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which contain the resolve of the 24th .August, 1778;
and that there was no injunction to secrecy noted in
the journal. In other cases he fays, before and after
the said resolve, an injunction to secrecy is marked
in the margin.
But notwithstanding what ha 6 been asserted by the
evidences, with refpe& to the general mode of pro
ceedings in congress, it is certain, from an enquiry
lately made of the members of congress, that in such
cases as "this, no formal injunction is made, as it is
generally underflood by the house, that the members
have honour enough tofrevent their divul ing them,
or any other proceedings that would prove injurious
to the united states ; as was evidently the case in this
instance, not only from the complaints expressed in
the resolve of congress of the 2d ORober, but from the
charge made by Mr. Merchant, and the Rrongly im
plyed confeffion of Mr. Chafe, where he fays, “ I =was
Jilent" (when the charge was made) •' because laid not
know but I might ba c ue mentioned it in a letter to colonel
Lloyd." '(Concluded in the lait page.)
In our latt we had de Fleafure of announc
ing to the Public the Recognition of the Independence
of the United States of North-America by the States
of Holland: Since which we have obtained the fol
lowing authentic par iculars of that very interesting
Tranfa&ion
HAGU E, May 1, 17&2.
The following is the letter of cteence which Mr.
Adams, minilNr plenipotentiary of t! e united Rates of
North- America has presented to the . assembly of the
slates general.
High and Mighty Lords,
THE Rates of America in congress assembled, deep,
ly impressed with a sense of the wisdom and mag
nanimity of y:.ur high mightinesses, and of your un
alterable attachment to tee ri his of humanity, md
desirous of cultivating the friendfhip of a nation, dis
tinguished by its wisdom and moderation, have appoint
ed Mr. John Adams, formerly a delegate to congress for
the Rate of Maifachufetts and member of the council
for the said Bate, to reside with you, in quality of their
minister plenipotentiary, in order that he may give
you particular assurances of the high esteem they have
for your high mightineffes.We entreat your high
mightinesses to give full credit to every thing winch our
said minister (hall impart to you in our behalf; efpeci
ally when he mail assure you of cur friendship and re
fpeft. We pray God, nighanJmighty lords, to have
you under his holy protection.
Done at Philadelphia, the firft day of January in
the year of our Lord 1781, and the sth year of
our Independence, by the congress of th- unit
ed Rates, your friends.
(Signed) S. HUNTINGTON, President.
These letters of credence having been carri d to the/
assembly of the dates general, t ir high mightineffes|
thereupon took the following resolution.
Extract from the regißer of the fefolutjons of theirl
high mightinesses the frates general of the united pro|
vinces, on Monday the 22 I April, 1782.
M- Roreel, who presided ip the assembly the last
week has made report t teir 'igh mightinesses and
notified to them, that Mr. Join. Achmi, envoy from
the united Rates of America had been with him on Sa
turday lad, and delivered to hia a letter from the
assembly of congress, writ n at Philadelphia, t e lit
of January, 1781, and containing a credence for the
said Mr. Adams, to the end that he might reside with
their high mightiness in quality of minißer plenipoten
tiary : whereupon after deliberation it has been thought
good and determined by these" presents, that t e said
Mr. Adims is acceptable to their high mightinesses as
minifler plenipotentiary, that he shall be recognized in
that quality, and that an audience (hall be given or
cornmiffioners assigned to him, whenever h shall ask it.'
And the above shall be communicated to the said Mr.
Adams by the agent Van dr Burch de Spierinfhdek.
(Signed) W VAN CETTERS.
(Underneath) conformable to the aforefaid regifler.
(Signed) H. F AG E L.
This favourable resolution has given Mr. Adams an
opportunity of preheating to their high mightinesses the
following memorial.
" The undersign.-d minifler plenipotentiary from the
united Rates of America, has the honour to inform
your high mightinefies that he is charged, by infrac
tions from his (overeign, to propose to the fates gene
ral of the united provinces of the low countries, a
treaty of amity and of commerce between the two re
publics, founded on principles of equal and reciprocal
advantage, and conpnible with engagements already
formed with their allies; as also with such other trea
ties as they have it in their intention to form with
other powers. In consequence the undersigned has the
honour to propose to your high mightinesses that some
perform or persons with full powers, may be nominated
to confer and treat with him 011 this important fub
jea." (Signed) J. DAMS.
April 23- We are assured that conformably to the
request of Mr. Adams, committees have been already
appointed to con er with him on the objeff of his me
morial On the other hand we learn that their high
mightinesses have answered in brief to the propositions
for an accommodation with England, made by the
Ruffian mediators. " That they txcufed themselves
from entering into a ne ociation for that purpose ; their
engagements with Fiance for combining their mari
time operations, during this campaign, being too far
advanced to admit of it." It was determined at the
fame time to communicate amicably this resolution to
the empress of Russia,
April 29. Mr. Adamis minider plenipotentiary of
the united Rates of Ameria, had, on Tuesday last a con
ference with the deputies of the assembly of their high
mightinesses, and he has on this occasion proposed a plan
of a treaty to be formed between their high mightines
ses and the said states, which has been accepted by the
deputies of the provinces in order to be laid before the
lords the Rates their constituents: and moreover it has
beep referred to the deputies of the colleges of the ad
miralty.
We learn also that on Friday last, conformably to the
resolution of the lords the Rates of Holland and Weß^
- Having heard the report of M. de Lynden de Hem
men and other deputies of their high mightinesses for fo
reign affairs,in consequence of the commercial resolution
ivr 12 ! J’'""' m ° nt h:having examined the memorial of
11. Ie due de la Vanguyon, ambassador of his majesty
the king of France to t e republic, for fettling with
that court a plan for anting in concert at sea against the
common enemy during the next campaign ; whereupon
a " ' eliberation it has been found good and determin
'G that in answer to the said memorials of M. Ie due de
a anguyon, ambassador of his majefly the king of
France, he be informed:
Ihat tneir high mightinesses have received with much
contentment a^d fatisfaHion, the assurance of the con
tinuation of his m^jefty's affedion to the republic, of
his desire to favour their views, and of the difpofttion
0 his m jetty to give real proofs thereof as well in the
present conjuncture, as in all others in which the repo e
and welfare of the republic may be concerned.
That their high mightinesses having al ealy receiv
ed in the present war proofs of h+smajeßy's friendship
, th regard to their poss ffions in the EaR and Wtf In
dies, and particularly on occasion of the conquest of
the indnd of St. Euftatius, made by his arms, are on
these accounts penetrated with g atitude.
That having nothing more at heart than to maintain
and motivate by all suitable means the affection of his
majel yto the republic, an aff-aion on which tey set
tue bigheft value, and to observe in this refpeH the most
perfect candour and rectitude, they have in consequence
taken their resolutions of the fur'h current which have
been communicated to his majesty.
Ina x with refpe& to the resolution by which his fe
re"e ^^^^e P "" c e ° f Grane and of N,aff jU is in
treated, in his qulity of admiral generalof the union,
to torm a convenient plan of naval operations against
the common enemy, their high mightinesses having at
tended to tlie desire of his majesty, contained in the
laid memorial, meant to obtain from their high mighti
nefles, their final intention on this important fu'frtt,
by an ainicabl and precise declaration.cn their part,
tney make 110 difficulty „)declaring openly and at
° l)c °' tn '', w " en ' r pun of common measures at sea
(Rail be adopted against the enemy, their high m ghti
Defies will not on their part, recede in any manner, or
upon a^y cbnfidtration whatever, from the execution
of such plan of naval operations determined on for-the
next campaign, and that they will not fuffer themselves
to be diverted therefrom but by mutual cdnfent^
.LO N DO 'N, May 16.
It is happy for us that the mails o' Holland come to
hand very it regularly ; for as often as they arrive they
put us out of humour: It cannot in efrft, but render
us detperate, to remark, that fine tiie pacific propo
sitions which we have made to the Dutch, they assume
a higher tone, give themselves up with less reserve to
their 1 fentments; and not content with repudiating us
as natural allies, openly bellow upon us the title of
natural enemies: Can any thing, for example, be so in
fuiting to us as th d fcourfe of baron de Chapelle de
Marrnh, which they affect so much and so generally
to^dmhe.
This difeourfe pronounced on the 27th of April lad,
ammy a tnoufana other improper, not to fay insulting,
relictions, contains the following :
Noble and powerful Lords!
" foe time turn is come for us to render homage to
the liberty, the privileges and the dignity of the ha
lavian nation, by opening our ears to her voice, whicli
has demanded with so much energy, and which Rill de
-111 mds, that this republic acknowledge the independence
of our brethren, the Americans, who have made them
felvts free by the point of the Lvord, ad that we con
cert with them measures expedi nt for our mutual
prof;erity, and for ensuring a permanent liberty on
both fide-, by a courage and intrepidity which may
frighten all tyrants who trample under foot the most la
cred rights of nations.
I id our duly, noble and powerful lords, it is our
duty to render another homage to the voice of the
people; they cry unto us, 110 fepaoat^peace! No fui
penfion of arms! No revival ofancieut treaties with an
enemy who fias never refpefted them, and who has al
ways attacked and violated them in the most arbitrary
manner. Such is the language of our beftcitizens.
The propofitibn lately made to this Rate by tne mi
niflers of her imperial majefly o f Russia, conforma
bly to the declaration of the present minifiry of Eng
land, to engage us in a particular reconciliation with
(ur enemy, or to induce us to a cessation of hostili
ties with them, is inadmissible : both ought to be 're
jected in a manner becoming the dignity of the republic.
The new cabinet of the king of England is ^OO enlight
ened to have imagined, that this nation was so foolish
as to be caught in this snare ; I am father inclined to
think that it has made these advances as preparatory
to a general peace.
It is nevertheless an intolerable th ; ng that our enemy
in the midfl of their distress, should have dared to pre
sent us with peace by offering us the enjoyment of a
free navigation ; as if it depended on them to give or take
away, an advantage, the possession of which ' belongs to
us as well as to all the people of the world. The re
public is in a condition to let this infraQer of treaties
fee that she can maintain her rights by the force of her
arms ; nor will it be the firft time that rosin has trem
bled before the Rag of this Rate. The intereßs of our
country, of ail Europe require, then, that we endeavour
to avenge ourselves.
Besides these motives there are others fiill which oblige
us to reject the Enghfh proportions, to make no sepa
rate peace with Great-Britain. Your noble migatmeffes
feel aI ready that i mean to speak of these ftrikinc marks
oi kindness which this republic has in the most noble
ma nner experienced from his most criftian majefly.
Now that we have ^folved to league ourselves with
Friefland, their high mightinesses have in like manner
taken a resolution to reject the last proposition made
by the court of London, for opening a negociation on
the foot of the treaty of 1674: and to make known,the
fame to the empress of all the Ruffias.
Extract from the resolutions of their high mightinesses
our lords the Rates general of the united provinces
o^the Netherlands, Monday, the 25th ofMarCh,
A '° n 'derable. body of the merchants interefled in
the New York trade, within a few d ys pad, waited on
tne secretary of hate, to know if it was the intention
of government to keep the important poftof N # w-
York, what in case of its evacuation would be the fa e
of their property there; and whether furthtrfupHies
of merchandize and provisions might be sent thi he
with fafety The mmifter received tnem polit Iv,
assured tnem that government would take every p^e
caieof their property, but ad^ifa fa not to fend any
Jurtber fufeplus oj merchandize to that place.
May 18 Opinions are divided, as to the efftH which
our fucccff<s in India will produce upon the Holland
ers. Some think, that Worried with the war (in wlch
they bear the heaviest expence) they will lower heir 1
tone supplicate humbly for peace, which they have
lately rejected with haughtiness. Others, re nu
merous, answer, that their conduct prove quite the
contrary: that losses irritate them that they have
never been so aflive, so unanimous in their determina
tions to carry on the war with vigour, as since they
have loft part of tne means of doing it. If arms then
do not bring them to reason, we have Rill less to ex
pert from n gociations. These promise little, as ap
pears by the following letter from Mr. Fox) miniver
and secretary of Rate, to M. de Penolin, minifier ple
nipotentiary of the empress of Russia, at the court of
London, dated St. James's, May 4, i?
S I R,
I MADE no delay to lay before the kir . the com
munication which you did me tne hor -to make me
on tiie firfl instant. His majefly has received it as a
new proof of the warm and sincere par which yor
royal mistress takes in the re establishment of pear %
between Great Britain and her ancient ally. I t:ink
it needless to express to you, fi , that ~his mai Ry has
learned the fenriments of hfr imperial mdj Ry with
the highell fatisfaaion, as meeting at all point? the
Reps that his majesty has already -aken to promote the
good offices of the court of Peterfburgh. The kng
promises himfelf beforehand, that her imperial majefly
will hear with phafure, that he has for a long tim an
ticipated her wife councils, by offering to the Hollan
ders the full freedom of navigation, according to the
treaty of 1674, between England and the republic:
by which the principles of the armed neutraliy Would
be eftabliflied, as to the cohtraaing powers, in their
utmof iextent His majesty has therefore made no
difficulty of declaring, that he arcep s as the ground
work of a I parate peace between him and the Rates
general, the freedom of navigation, claimed by her
imperial majefly in her declaration of February 28,
1780.
This is the vote of the whole nation, it is the cry,
it is the prayer of an enlightened community, which,
thanks be to God, has just ideas of its firuation ; whi h
ardently desires to fee without fur! her delay, the pro
mised combination of measures with the king of France,
for the ensuing campaign, whether on our coast or
elsewhere, vigorously executed, &c.
the enemies of our enemy, in order so humble him Rill
further, how can we corifent to any peace but in con
junaion with our natural ally, and after it thall nave
appeared that he is no longer 111 condition to renew his
arbitrary conduct towards us and other nations. That
we have be 11 saved rom the brink of the precipice to
which the artifices employed both within and without,
by this odious enemy, bad led us, is, n,xt to God, to
be ascribed not to ourselves, but to the king of France!
Let then the principles of gratitude gu de the conduct
of this Rate. Great are the obligations of this republic
towards this monarch, the friend of humanity ? Viz at
would have become of our colonies ? What would have
become of this Rate without ti e fuccours o f the French ?
It was noble and mig ty lords, the fame powerful
neighbour, who, at the time when our fathers were
fighting to shake of the Spanish yoke, co-cpera ed in
our deliverance, who in the present time has refened
our necks from that of the Britons, which a firfl we
did not seem to dread. Thus penetrated with senti
ments of the most lively gratitude, our countrymen,
expert that this republic will immediately coniieff itfelf
by the closest ties with a generous nation, who take, to
heart our interests and our property; with a power
who has more care of us than we have of ourselves ;
with a natural ally who requires nothing from u but
what tends to our own pri-fervation, and our own ad
vantage.
Permit me, fir, however, in communicating to you
the king's sentiments, to remark, that I believe, that I
only repeat what I had the honour to write to yon, by
his order, on the 29th of March. If that letter did not
produce the effects which his majefly expeHed from
these Offers, tending towards a reconciliation, and upon
the establishment of which, according tothe informati
on of her imperial majesty's minivers at the Hague, the
republic had unanimously agreed to fufpead the nego
tiation of a peace with Great-Biitain, but if notwith.
Landing the moderation which his majefly. lias exprefs
td on this fubje& in the most unequivocal terms, the
republic will persist in ri jetting every idea of a Separate
peace, the king will always p : ffefs the fatisfaßion of
having afted in a manner a. to demon Rra te the value he
sets upon the frieiidfhip of her imperial majefly, and
the deference which he pays to her dvice.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) C. J. FOX.
Letters from leghorn advise, that the Ruffian squad
ron, which has hin in that port for several months pa fl,
under admiral Suchotin, failed thence on Monday 2zd
of April, to escort some merchant (hips of their nanon.-
(For more European New^ fee the Supplement, which
is delivered (gratis) with this Paper.)
City Au&ion.
QN Friday next, at 9 o'clock in the Mom
inn, will n,-in tile SALE, ^ usual, o'Y vuiy
of MERCHANDIZE, Honihold Gvods. Kitchen Ftr
nidie, Wearing App r *k &<
JOHN BAYARD, A^ieAffi#
July 22, 1783.
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