L
The paragraph which crave rife !o this enquiry (h;ill here repeat it. " The front confided of ihr
appeared 6n°the l/thinft. in the New-York Mi- " militia from North and Sou'h-Caroiin.i, and was
nerva, pihlifhed by Mr. Noah Webtter, in the sol " commanded by generals Manon and Pickens, &
lowing words: —" The Northern states fought the " colonel de Malmedy. The iecond confuted ol
battles of the Southern during the late war. They " the continental troops from North Carolina, Fir
fed, clothed, and fuppoued the army. They fe- " ginia and Maryland, and was led on by geneia
cured independence." " Sumner, lieut. col. Campbell, and colonel W il
It is extremely rare to meet so much falfhood in « liams. Lieut.col. Lee, with his legion, covered
so small a compass. The writer, whoever he was, " the right flank ; lieut. 01. Henderfon, with the
placed very great reliance on the credulity of his " flatc troops, covered the left. LieLt. co . a)-
readers, when he ventured to depart so totally from " ington, with his cavalry, and captain Kirkwjod,
truth refpefling historical fa&s, particularly of so " with the Delaware troops, formed a corps de re
leeent a date as those us the late war. " serve."
The Southern states, during the progress of the To enter into details of all the brave and fuccefs
revolution, were exposed to all the ravages of a mod ful (kirmilhes, incursions, and surprises, in which
deftrudtive and desolating was. Ruthless generals Generals Morgan, Marion, Pickens, . Sumpteiv
spread ruin in every diredticjii, far and near, Sumner, W. Waftiiugton, .Lee, and various^other
The eitizens were, sot a considerable part of the diftinguffhed officers of the Sou.hern states, were
time, entiiely out of the protedtion of the general concerned, though it wotild more fully eftabli/h the
government, which, in the period of their greatest pufition I have laid down, would lead me too far.
didrefs and difficulty, was unable to fend them mo- ! -I mud therefore difmifsthe fubjedt, with referring
ney or soldiers. (2) Many men were dragged from ' the reader to the hillories of Ramsay and Gordon,
their houses, and compelled to take up arms againlt and to the journals of Congress, in which he will
their country. (3) For fighting in defence of ihj -find ample tettimonials to fatisfy him, thar " the
common cause, several brave & diftinguiihed charac-j Northern states did not fight the battles of the
ters were adlually hanged like common felons. (4) Southern."
I have heard gentlemen of indubitable refpedtability j It thus appears, that the charges so pofitlvely
affirm, that a fourth part of the inhabitants of. and barefacedly brought forward against Jie South-
Georgia perilhed during the war. The, ern states, are void of even a fhaihiv of truth!—
havock in many parts of South-Carolina, (5 ) and i for so far from the Northern states having exclusively
in some parts of Virginia, was in a 9 prreat a propor- j fought the battles of the Southern ; it appears in
tion. Trade, commerce, and even cultivation, were , conteftible, that except at York-town, the South
almoft wholly suspended. And where cultivation I ern dates were left, during the mod dangerous pe
wa» carried on, the produce of the foil lay on hands ' riods of the war, to proteS themjelvcs almojl -wholly
for want of (hipping to tranfpoA it to suitable mar- unajjifled! Still further to (hew the tutal disregard
ketd. Taking all these considerations together, it of truth, which prevails witk those who advance
is not perhaps too much to suppose, that a Angle these bold aflertions : it appears, from an exami-
Soutriern date fuffered as muvh by the war as all nation of the accounts of the battles of German
the New-England dates united. South-Carolina, town and Brandywine, that there were probably
alone, lod 25,000 (laves. (6) At 150 dollars e.ach moie Southern soldiers engaged in them, than thifre
these amount to 3,750,000 dollars. Virginia, tho' were Northern soldiers in all the Southern battles
(he did not probably lose so man\, fuffered immense- together, Yorktown excepted.
ly in this way. Yet these date* are now threatened Let us here make a mod solemn pause. If we
with being " shaken off the neck" of the northern have not relinquilhed all cares beyond the fordid
ones, becanfe they are opposed to a treaty, which concerns of felf-imereft, here is ample matter for
has relinquished all claims to compensation for the the mod awful and painful reflexions ! Mult we
negroes taken fiom them contrary to the treaty of not (hudder with affright, at the tremendous pre
peace. (7) cipice, to which, with Syren ar.s, our incautions
While the Southern states were in this dreadful Iteps are so artfully drawn ! 'To any foreign pow
lituation, the Eastern and middle states, with some er, jealous of our pfofperity, a ruptuie of the
exceptions as to the date of New Jersey, a part of Union would be invaluable—to Americans it would
New-York, Philadelphia and its vicinity, and some be the sign and leal of inevitable dedrudti'in ! —
other parts at particular feafuns, were, comparatively What, the», mud be our abhorrence, out detelia
fpealing, free from the din of arms. Internal trade tion of the motives which can lead any man who
fuffered little check. The supplies for the army profeffes hirtifelf an American, to mulliply, by such
gave employment to the old branches of manufadtu gross, such (hamelefs, such palpable mifreprefenta
res, and called new ones into exidence : and if ex- tion, the already too numerous sources of jealousy
ternal commerce was suspended, numerous and fuc- between the' several members of our confederation !
cefsful privateers compensated for the interruption, who lays a foundation of falfehood ai.d deception,
—Prom almost all these advantages, the Southern on which to eredl the frightful fuperdrudture of a
states were partially or altogether debarred. If, d'ljfolution of the Union ! Are we not alarmeJ to
therefore, as we are now told, " the Northern dates find, that this idea is now thrown out with less
had fought the battles of the Sou'hern"—if "hey concern, than was formerly felt at the idea of erett
had " fed, clothed and supported the army," the ing a new state, a new couuty, or even the removal
contribution would not have been more severe than of a feat of Government ! whatever may be their
tint of their Southern brethren ; and, even in that profeffions, can the men be fedtrahjis, who are tb..
C»fe, they would not be entitled to reproach them endeavouring to dettroy our fdtral Union ? Are
with what they had done. they friends to order, who are familiarizing us tc
But the truth is, " that the Southern states the waft species of difordtr and difurganizatitn :
fought their own battles." They.contributed, to Are they friends to the human rate, who, as far ai
speak within very moderate bounds, at lead as in them lies, are endeavouring to hlait the hope!
largely towards " securing independence" as the mankind entertained, of having lie. e a lading aly
Northern. History bears them ample teflimony, lum against European perfecutinn f Should we, foi
that if the revolution was really a criminal ass, as any of the heart burnings or discords of the prefeni
would appear to be the opinion of many at present, moment, dffolve the Union—fatal, acourfed cx
they expiated their (hare of the guilt '• to the ut- predion—little did 1 expedt a few years back, yoi
termoft farthing." If it was meritorious and ho- would be so familiar to my pen—ftiould we, 1 fay
nourable, as I hope the world will long regard it, be guilty of this dupendous folly, would we not de
a very large proportion of the glory belongs to vote ourselves to the execrations and malediftiop
of our cotemporaries and of the lated poderity ?
The chief battle? fought to the Southward, were HARRINGTON,
•t Camden, at Kingfmoiintai-i, at Cowpens, at
Guilford Cour'.-Houfe, at Kobkirk's ill, near
Camden, and at Eutaw. Let us enquire, were
- these " fought by the Northern dates?",
At the l ittle of Camd .11, " the American iwny
" was farmed in the following manner: the second
u Maryla id brigade, commanded by brigadier-gr.
" neral Gift, flanked by a morals : the N. Carolina
" militia, commanded by maj >r general Cafwcll, In
" the centre ; and the Virginia militia, commanded
V by general Stevens, 011 the left, flanked by the
" N. Carolina militia light-infantrv, and a inoraf).
" Major-general baron de K*lb commanded on the
" f'eht of the line, and brigadier-general Small wood
" commanded the firft Maryland brigade, which
" hundred yards in the rear." (8)
At the battle of Kingfmountain, in which major
general Fergufon was (lain, the Americau army was
composed exclusively of the militia us the Wellern
parts of Virginia, and North and South-Carolina.
At the battle of Cowpens, that brilliant instance
of bravery and good conduct, " General Morgan
" drew up his men in two lines. The whole of
" 'be North and South-Carolina militia present were
" put under the command of general Pickens, and
" formed theJirfl line. The second conlifted of the
" light-infantry under lieut. col. Howard, and the
«' Virginia riflemen. Colonel Waftu'ngton, with
•« his cavalry, and about 45 militia, under colonel
" M'Call, were drawn up in the rear of the
" whole.' ( 10) The light-infantry were from De
laware, Maryland and Virginia—and the cavalry
f om Virginia, as may be feeu by the lid publilhed
by general Morgan. (11)
The American army, at Guilford Court House,
" confided of Huger's brigade of Virginia conti
•' nentals, 778 present, and ri; for duty ; of Wil
«* liams's Maryland brigade and Delawares, 630,
" and of the infantry of Le.-'s partizan legisn, 82 ;
" that of continental regulars, 1,490: besides these,
'« there were 1,060 militia from North Carolina,
" and 1,693 f rom Virginia. The whole army
"confifiel "f 4,24-! foot, and of t6l cavalry, i«i
---" eluding Washington's ligh: daragoons, 86, and
" of Lee's legion 75 " (12)
The battle of Hobkirk's hill, near Camden, was
fought about fix weeks after the above, and by the
h fame army. (13)
$ Ol the battle of Eutaw, I !n»t already given
(I) See Ramsay and Gordon, pafTim.
(1) " Congreis was unable to lend either men or
money fm-the defence of the Southern States." Kara
fay's_American Revolution, vol. ii. p. 229.
(.") Ramsay's South-Carolina, vol. ii, p. ixj.
(4) Ibid, page 157—Remember Col. Hayne.
(5) "South-Carolina exhibited fcent-s of distress,
which were shocking to humanity. The single diftritf
ot Ninety Six, which .is only one of Six Diftriih in
to which South-Carolina is d'vided, has been comput
ed to contain fourteen hundred widows and orphans,
made so by the war." Ibid. 27c.
(6) Ibid. 384.
(1) Much dilingennous fnphiftry has been used to
invalidate the claims of America on this head. The
clause of the treaty of peace on this l'ubja«sl, itates that
the Br'itiih trooprftiould departwithout carrying any
negroes or other property of the inhabitants." This,
as has been already unaniwerably observed, must mean
either that the Britilh troops ihould not take away the
negroes then in their polleflion—or that they should
not rob the inhabitants of negroes which had not been
taken from them. The latter ftipuUtien would be
justly deemed an insult.—The former must therefore
neceflarily be the true one* Volumes of quibbles might
perplex, but never could refute this explanation.
(8.) Ramsay's South Caroftna, vol. ii* pp. 147, 8.
(9*) Ibid.lßo, 181.—Gordon, vol. iii. p. 117.
(10.) Gordon's American Revolution, iecorid
New-York edition, vol. iii. pp. ij6o, 1. ,
f 11.) Ramsay's South Carolina, ii. 472.
(xi.) Gordon, iii. 173.
(13.) Ibid. 189. Ramsay's S. Carolina, ii. 230.
('4-) Ramsay's S. Carolina, ii. 252.
(iS-) From the accountsof the battle of Brandy
wine, I have takmi the following extra<£)s : " Greene
draws up his force, consisting of the Virginia troops,
and a regiment of Pennfylvinians, commanded by col.
Stewart, ** * the tenth Virginia regiment, com
manded by a A. Stevens, supports the attack of the Bri
tilh cannonade and mufquetry, for fifteen minutes,
though they have never before been engaged *****
Wayne and the North Carolinians, with the artillery
and light troops, after their defeat by Knyphaufen,
pate the rear of it in their retreat. Gordon, vol. 11
pp. 225. 216.
For L 0 N D 0 N,
fl* T ' lc ne ntw copper-bottemed Ship
Mount Vernon,
BU RT HEN about 412 tons, will be rea
dy to rcceive her cargo on Monday next, and will fail on
or before the roth of May next, great part of her cajao
ergaged. For freight or paffjgc apply to the subs. ribeis,
No. 21, Penn-ftrcct, '
NOTES*
Philadelphia,
WEDNESDAY APRIL ay, 1796.
A French Paper, und*» Hate of Feb. 20, announ
ces that Mr. ADET is recalled from the United
States, and is to be fiicceeded by Mr. FANTANO
of Buurdcaux.
The institution of Sunday schools has toe obvio«s a
tendency towards the promotien'of public morality to
stand in nee Jof encomium. J'bt authors of tills ad
mirable inftitutioH deserve from their fellow citizens
the highett eru.onnums. In proportion to the utility of
any piojedl mult be the degr?a of merit attaching it
felf to any mean ol forwarding it. In this point of
view the managers of the Philadelphia theatre defei ve
froitt their fellow citizens no inconlidcrable portion of
credit for promoting this land ible inflitutron.
As that charitable iuftituuen the Philadelphia dif
penfiry is also to have a portion of the benefit assign
ed to it>the theatre cannot fail of a crowded audieaee-
Setting alidethe intrinsic merit of theplaytobe
performed on that evening, which is universally al
lowed to be inferior to no one whatever the inward fat
isfailion of aidin;; charitable eftabiilhmsnts, will no
doubt influence the liberal citizens of Philadelphia, to
do honor to themfelres and to the cause of humanity,
by a general attendance at this benefit.
COMMUNICATIONS
By a paragraph in tire Aurora of this morning,
Mell'rs. Swanwick, Livingftop and Parker are f->id to
represent the Mercantile lHtereft% of Philadelphia,
New-York, and Norfolk!!!
It is a Angular fa<2, fays a correspondent, that the
National Diredtory of France, and the Briiilh Parlia
ment, Ihoold both be engaged at the fame time in pall
ing laws for the fupprelUoii of Club».
A correspondent, who yesterday heard the fpeeeh of
the gentleman froip Geneva, faggefli, that no part of
that extraordinary performance was more wqftliy of
notice than the oblei the ninth article
of the Treaty, and the eftedls of its provisions on the
State of North-Carolina —without adverting to the
want of candour manifeit ou this occasion, and the open
detection in ah attempt to present an erroneous view of
the fuhjefl, the manner m which the Orator touched
upon thequeftion in refpeil toPennfylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, and especially Virginia, eoutralted with his
guardian efforts to rail'e doubts, and beget alarm, rela
tive to the extinguished claim of the Grenville family,
could not have afforded pleasure to the Representative:,
of North-Carolina, however fatisfj&ory the compli
ment to the understanding and the talents of the mem
bers from Virginia, might have been t« them. The
gentleman fiom Geneva ob/crveJ, wifely, that he was
110 lawyer—his diftourfe in more than one instance
proved the truth of his observation. If he knew the
Hillory of the Grenville cafe, and had examined with
even llight attention the laws of North-Carolina, he
mult have known that the Grenville Title was extin£l,
that the cftate was, long linee, vefttd in North-Caro
lina, that the proprietors have been rompenfited by
Great Britain for ihe Ids of their eflate, and that the
I jii U ui queltion are held by, and under the grants o 1
North-Carolina, and not by any Britilo iubjecl what
foevcr; and eoufequently could not be, as in fait they
are not, at all affeAed by the ninth arficle.
PORT OF PIULADEJLPHIA,
Brig EHtta.-'Whcclwrixht,
Two Si Iters, Welsh, 801 l on 9
Schooner Polly, Lewis, J?.iuaics, via N. C. 67
Betsey, Curtis, Jeremie 24
Betsey, Freeman, Martinique 23
Ship Pctray, EHiot,
Brig Charlot'e, Cufhing,
Abigail Latk,
Fame, Chirnlide,
Juduftry, Francis,
Scljooncr Little John, Boyd,
Sloop Baxter,
Capt. Freeman from Martinique informs that he
left there
Brig V»nn», Burrowjj
Delight, Tate,
Si.hr. Jenny, Young,
March
Tht following portrait was drawn by a man, \vho
rom a concurrence of dreadful circutnttances, was
bout 6ve feet four inches, strongly built ; his (hapc
ulgar and brutal ; his mind had never received any
pecies of cultivation. He imbibed the education,
nd ret-ained the temper and manners of a German
;ame-k«rcprr. He led his men to battle as his dogs
o the chace of a boar. He was tather brutal than
erocious. He always preserved his ancient habits,
>is old connexions, he did not love, he despised
he nobility. 'He was looked up to with the ut
noft reverence by the peasants, who rcfpe&ed M.
vlallonflet, (for that was his name with them)
nore than the Beauehamp's, Dclber, Lefeure, and
ither chiefs, who were much better than himfelf.
Delber, the bravell and mull able of all the Ven
dcans, had a particular esteem for, and confidence
in Stofflet. L>cfc«rc kept a drift eye upon him.
-i '
In the fitting of the Council of Fire Hundred,
on the 20 of March a scrutiny took place, for no
minating a commiflion, charged to examine the
meflage of the Directory, refpeftisg the Jtiftices of
the Peace, who have refuted to take the oath of ha
tred against royalty. On this fubjc(3, L'Eclair of
the 3d, faya, the Committee appointed to report on
the meflage of the Diredtory, is not disposed to re
vive Jacobinism. It then declaims at great length
againtt Club 6, which were the support of Robef
p;erre,' Chatimette and Hebert. If we can forget
the terrible teflon of our misfortunes, let us call our
eyes on the mifchiefs produced in Holland, by Po
pular Societies, where they have arrested Magif.
trstes, and attempted to seduce the French soldiery,
in order to rival the government. If we want o
ther examples, let lis look at the United States of
America, where the government has seen obliged
to employ the force of aim*/to teltore tranquility
to provinces agitated by Clubs. Let us look at
other countries, and we may convince ourselves that
the r happy Conftituiion, which in many of its parts
ARRIPZD.
DATt,
Newburyport 16
CIS A RED.
Bourdeavx
'Hifpaniola
St. Bauhotemewt
Jeremie
New-York
Jeremie
Nvirfolk
Philadelphia
Portland
Button.
Journal tf Real.
their chiefs ; who with the heft intentions, tiftea
Jiovethe ruin of liberty.—Clubs are excellent when
>ve wish to di Utoy they have reudertd tis great
services, which we can never forget, and we may
again want iker affiltaiKe, when we wish to brin£
about a new Revolution ; but, at this time we wish
to draiv it to a conclusion, to repair our evils, to
find tranquility, and to prtferve oui Conttituuo.i.
An arret of the Dire&ory, d<tted the <StVi Ven.
tofe, enacts, " That from that day the central bu
reau of the canton of Paris, lhall grant no more per
millions of that fort whirh are revoked,,except those
which (hall be renewed in consequence of those de
sirous to fettle at Paris appearing before the minis
ter of police, and ailifjning good reafonj for that
pnrpofe. All permifliuns for accafional refidencc
are also revoked. New pei minions may, however,
be obtained, but enly for a ftiort time, by tho«e
who (hail be able to afligu jultihable causes not in
cluded in the exceptions fubjuined to the laws of
the third and fourth complementary days of the se
cond year. The central bureau is to continue la
grant permiflions, but onlv according to the ftridl
and rigid lei ter of the law. Those wh.rfe permitliora
are revoked, are bound to quit Paris within the pe
riod prefciibed by the law.
LONDON, March 13.
The Paris papeis to the 6tb, were received is
town on Thurlday, which brought nothing import
ant : They only mention, that a leliraint it goiujj,
to he put on the libeity of the prefj, and that no
journal (public will be in future permitted
to circulate by the pr>tt, except such as are acknow
ledged by government, and approved bv the cen
sors established by them, for the pifrpofe > examin
iug such publication!. This restraint enragtsmany
of the Journalills against the Executive Dire&ory,
some of whom do nut scruple to fay, that such an
arbitrary inquisition, was even never attempted by
Robespierre. Others fay, that they do not imagine
that such. a meafuie wi i pass the two Councils. .
StofHet, according to letters from Angers, died
with (irmnefs. Befoae he was (hot, he tied a han
kerchief about his eyes, and knelt down.—The foI«
diers hit him at the firft rtre. One of his Aidet
du Camp received ten fires before he died. They 1 '
were fold by a farmer, who conduced the Republi
can troopsto the place between Vallons 2nd Chailet.
By Lloyd's lift, it appears, that the number of
(hips taken by the enemy, from EnglanJ and the
other powets at war with ihem, from January 1793,
to I>ecembet 179J, is 2009, of which 119 were
retakrn by our cruisers. Ike numSer taken by
England and the other powers, frdm France, is
319, so that there remains a balance in favour of
the enemy of 1491 veflcls. Ships of war and pfi
valeers are not included in this llatcmrnt.
The King of Spain, to defray the rtcpences of
lus journey, has taken two millions of crowns fiou*
the Tieafury, which is appropriated to the aspen*
diturc of 40 days. The Duke of Alcudia, who
has four Secretaries of State with him, tides io the
fame carriage with their Majettien,
By Express from 80/lon.
BOSTON, April 23.
TREATY MEMORIALS.
Critical Juncture.
The critical jun&ure of publie affairs in th«
United States, has arretted the attention, and uni
ted the endeavors of the friend* to pence, order,
and the public good, to ward off the evila which
threaten our tranquility. At the fame indaiit we
fee the commercial part of the community, uuiiing
in one common prayer to the House tbat no par
tial conflderations of policy may influence their de'
cilion on the important question before them ; but
that the faith, honor *nd interest of the nation, may
be preserved by making necessary provisions for car
rying the Treaty into fair and honorable rffe&. la
Philadelphia and New-Tork, the number of petiti
oners it greater than was ever known on any former
occasion. In this town, a memorial was fist on foot
yefteiday morning, and last evening we were told,
that the fubfcriberi amounted to near One thdlS"
sand.— From Salem, we received the following of
ficial accaunt on the fubjedt.
SALEM.
At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other inhabitant r
cf Salem, lawfully qualified to vote in town affairs,
held at the Court-House on the lid day of A
fril; 1796.
Voted, tinanimaufly, (except 4 dissenting per~
sons,) 1 hat the town of Salem, present a memo«
rial, to the hon. the House of Repref-.-ntativcsoF"
the United States, praying that they would make
provision for carrying the TREATY with Great.
Britain, into fuH and honorable effect.
Vond, unanimously, That the draught now pre
sented and read to the town, as a memorial, be
accepted and approved of ; and (hat 4he fame be
presented to the honorable, the House of Reprefen.
tatives of the United States.
Voted, unanimously, That a committee be cho
sen to join the Sele&men, to compleat a fair copy
of fa id memoiial, and to piefent the fame to the
inhabitants of this town, to be signed by them }-
and when eompleated, to forward the fame to
BENJAMIN GOODHUE, Esq. or some other
member of Congress, to be presented by them, to
the hon. Representatives of the Uni ed States.
For this committee, Capt. Joseph White, Ben
jamin Pickman, and John Tread well, Efqrs.—
MefTrs. John Norris, William Gray,jun. and capt.
Ephraim Emerton.
A true Cosy from the Town Records.
(Attest.)
EDWARD NORRIS,
Town Clerk.
1 >
The meeting at Salem yesterday was generally
attended, although rlje warrant forit was not grant
ed until nine o clork, on Thufday evening ; near
500 citizens aflembled, of whom only 4 dissented to
March 4.