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7 From the CENTINEL.
The Felo de Se ! /—Np. VIL
©Or, MUNROE convifted of inconfiften
¢yy infidelity, and ingratitude ; Sfrom
bis own DOCUMENTS.
My fellow citizens !
MY readers were introduced to
“the British treaty in my last
number. As it is the only prop of
expiring Jacobinifm—as it is the only
apology which the advocatesof French
rapacity have invented to defend the
perfidious condu& of the French gov
ernment—as it is the only instrument
by which the cannibals of honest fame
haveattempted to butcher the repu
tation of the jllultrious Wa/hington—
as it occupies seven eighths of ‘Mun
roe’s narrative, and is declared by him
to be the “ an/y” {fource of French hos
tility, and to be an event which will
be ever memorgble in the annals of
this country, it deserves, and it shall
receive my most {erious attention. If
it can be {hewn then, from Mr. Mun
roe’s documents that the miflion, and
treaty made by Mr. Jay were not con
ceived by the French government to
furnifh any just occasions for uneasi
ness with our administration, and that
they are not the grounds of their a
larming and ruinous aggressions, all
men, even Munroe himfelf, must ac
knowledge that they are destitute even
of apology. In my last number, it
was observed that the firft intimation
of any uncafinefs relative to that mis
sion, was in. December 1794. Mr.
Jay had gone fix months previous to
that period, as a {pecial Envoy to
Great Britain. Not a {ymptom of
discontent was manifefted by the
F¥rench..——They had not then been
taught by our Jacobins the insolent
dottrine that we had no right to ad
just our differences, eftablifn our com
mercial rights, and enter into any en
gagements not repugnant to our ex
ating compa&s. They must have
known by the solemnity of the em
bafly, that it contemplated extensive
arrangements. Yet they were per
fectly at ease and were repealing their
obnoxious decrees. A report that Mr.
Jay had undertakén to be a mediator
excited an alarm. They accordingly
applied to their amiable, frank, and
bosom friend, Mr. Munroe. They
were at this moment on terms of the
most tender republican friendfhip. Do
they whisper in his ear any anxiety at
our treating_ with the coalition of
Kings ? Do they intimate an appre
hension that we were compromitting
our neutrality, and facrificing their
rights 2 Had Mr. Munroe yet com
municated the reftri¢tions of Mr. Jay,
or did they require any evidence of
them ?
Either Mr. Munroe has wilfully
secreted these things from our admin
itration, or they never existed. lam
inclined to the latter opinion. The
French government did not at this
time conceive that we were so degra
ded a people, as to submit to such in
{olent categories. 'What was the con
duét of our dignified Representative
on this occasion ! Did he content
himfelf with repelling the suggestion
of the mediation, or did he go further,,
and unwarrantably commit his coun
try by a falfe declaration that Mr.
Jay was restricted to a demand of re
paration of injuries ? He did the lat
ter without an enquiry, without a jea
lousy, without a suspicion on the part
of the French, without authority, and
against the spirit of his instructions.
“Here then, although the govern
ment of France well knew that we
had a right to negotiate and form
what treaties we thould please, and to
condu@ our diplomatic tranfaétions
without their interference, the busy
Munroe crowds the secrets upon them,
without their request, and thus lays
the foundation (with a nation dispo
sed to usurp) of future claims and
pretensions. i
This however is mot the highelt
point of his infamy in this particular
tranfation.—He makes this a& of
his own, unauthorifed as it was, the
source of all the French uneasiness.
He ‘charées our government with de
sciving the French by this fpecifi¢ de
claration of the obje&ts of Mr. Jay’s
miflion, when in truth as I have shewn
10 declaration whatever was neceffa
r¥, and if it should have been; he was
mftructed to make a declaration of
p >oy . X SNReG AU RA B Ni N USTRSeIVOO beßßy A S R Ser Sy Te e - W
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WHERE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THIS PAPER, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND ARTICLES OF INTELLIGENCE ARE THANKFULLY RECEIVED.
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Vol. XLll.—Numb. 2161, ]
et Wampshive Gasette.
MEMORANDUM. :
Afier the preceding, and before M.
Munrod’s next awas avritten, be received
[from Secretary Randolphy a letter of Dec.
2d, 1794, blaming bim for bis indifcrect
and unauthorifed parade, in [peechifying
to the Comvention, in a manner unsuita
ble for the Representative of a neutral
nation, in a public audience—condemning
alfoy bis surrender of our rights, on the
falfe and ridiculous pretext, that he was
not inflruled to vindicate them ; and
Shewing him even on his own ground, ihe
gross folly of undertaking to cngage, that
the people, and the President of the Uni
ted States, would pe pleased to fee their
rights violated, to gratify French rapasity.
- COMMENTARY. .
The foregoing letters furnith im
portant data in the examination of
the question relative to the treaty con
cluded by Mr. Jay. Munroe and the
Jacobins aflert, that the commercial
part of that treaty has given jult cause
of uncafinefs to France. =+~
The Minister, in his narrative has
represented that a report relative to
the treaty, had gained ground, and
had produced great jealousies in the
‘minds of the French -govcrnment—-
‘But he artfully conceals from us the
nature 'of that report—and would
leave the people to believe that a. re
port of the Freaty as it really is, occa
sioned the uneasiness. Thus, My Fel
low Citizens, are you daily duped by
the intrigues, and the fallhoods, the
~deceptions and artifices of noisy pa
triots ! When we examine the real
-correfpondepce between the Commit
tee and Munroe, (fce page 103) we
find that it was “ a roport of @ Treaty
a very different, nay totally opposite
import. But this 1 shall ¢onfider at
large-hereafter. I pass now to ;
ANOTHER TEXT :
The Bth letter of Mr. Munroe to
the Secretary of State, is dated 13th
Jan, 1795, and begins with congratu
lations on the good dispositions of the
French Government, and all France,
towards us ; of the unanimity in fa
vor of the decree, complying with our
treaty, &c. &c. In the 2d paragraph
he adds, ¢ that latterly this profpe&
has been somewhat clouded by ac
counts from England, that Mr. Jay
had not only adjusted the .points in
controver{y, but concluded a treaty
of commerce with that government.
Some of these accounts state, that he
had also concluded a Treaty of Alli
ance, offenfive and defenfive.”’—This
report having gained ground, appli
cation was made to Mr. Munroe on
the 27th Dec. 1994, and explanation
given in writing, assuring the commit
tee, that the treaty contained a clause,
exprefily declaring, that it should uot be
conflrued nor operate contrary to exifling
treaties, and therefore our engagements
with other nations were not affefied by it.
Speaking soon afterward of the Loan
proje&, he fays his efforts to interest
France in our claims on Britain ‘and
Spain, were stimulated by the intelli
gence that Mr. Jay’s negociation had
failed, and that we were on the point
of war, or actually engaged in if, with
Britain. But beginnmg to perceive
the criminality o% the Loan-proje&,
he fays, “as soon as I understood that
Mr. Jay had adjusted the points in
controversy with that nation, the ob
je& on my part was at an end. I was
aware that if the adjufiment was ap
proved, we could render no such ' ser
vice ; indeed I gdoubted whether in
peace the government possessed the
power to render it.”’—He therefore
suggested these ideas to those to whom
the previous communications had been
made, who readily declared they wish
ed to create no embarraflment in t’Tn.is |
or any other refped. ‘ " ‘
The remainder of the letter eulo
gifes the wisdom and humanity of the
iyltem now established, and contains
some conjetures on military affairs,
particularly that the maritime strength
of England will be broken, which in
deed he seems to think certain. |
. The gth letter is of the Ift Feb.
1795 : It imports that he had sent to
London for Mr. Jay’s Treaty, which
he expe&s will be brought, and when
‘communicated, the French govern
ment will view it with the utmost li
berality ; the other paragraphs are
chiefly made up with remarks on the
affairs of Holland, the submission of
which country might have been ob
tained without conquest, but conquest
was preferred by the French, because
it would be Unconditional. |
— OUR COUNTRY’s GOOD OUR CONSTANT AIM —
Tar VILLAGE TATLER.. ’
%40, this pernicious vice of gaming "’
P ERNICIOUS,indeed ! And hap
py would it be for society were
it eternally abolished. Oftentimes has
the careful wife, with an aching heart,
waited thereturn of her husband from
his usual rendezvous, while he, with
mwore than brutal pleasure, was expo
“fing his property to the hazard of a
die. There is no vice more univer
sally contemned than that of gaming.
Its profeflors are generally devoid of
‘every sentiment worthy the charadter
of man, and are ultimately to submit
to the loss of reputation, health, and
fortune. Many there are whose only
enjoyment consists in the gratification
of thus propensity, and who, at the
fight of a pack of cards, forget every
duty imposed upon them by the oblk
gations of domestic, as well as civil
society. And thousands, from the in
dulgence of this fathionabie folly, have
been reduced to the most degrading
situations. In the whole catalogue of
vices, incident to human nature, 1 do
not know of any one that is more just
ly abhorred than that of gaming. Its
focinating influensce, and deftruétive
consequences are acknowledged by all,
and yet the fame understanding which
condemns, will oftentimes embrace
the principle ; the fame heart, which
shrinks at the mention of this ignoble
pra&ice, will sometimes palpitate for
a palm slush ; and the fame tongue,
which is declamatory in the censure
of this great wickedness, will upon an
~occafion, eithef praise-or condemn
fortune, according to the good or
bad luck, .which he may have had in
this infatuating amusement. Gaim
ing does not stand alone, but is inse
parably attended with a train of other
vices,” to which . it always introduces
its votaries. 'Was the loss of proper
ty; and a temporary ‘difappeintment
resulting therefrom, its worflt confe
-quences, the weakness of humanity,
-and the bewitching power of this vice,
might when jointly considered, apolo
gize, in a degree, forits indulgences ;
but whoever contemplates it impar
tially, upon. its genuine constitution,
and takes into view the many fami
lies it has subjected to poverty, and
the many characers it has irretrieva
bly blasted ; I fay, such an one must
curse its example, and exclaim, in the
language of my motto——< 0; thir
pernicious vice of gaming?: ‘Thedif
tracted Beverly was seated at the haz
‘ard table, worn out with fatigue, and |
harrdffed with anxiety. His fortune
wastuiped by an artful villain'whe
of Alliance with Great-Britain,” and
! that « in that Treaty, we had forgotten
| the rights secured to Franceby the Tren
ty of 1778, which created difguietude.
Two strong-and important ideas ruth
upon the mind inYeading this letter
“of the Committee ; Ift. That if the
treaty was any thing fhoit of 2 com
pa& of alliance, it would not excite
their resentment or even censure ; 2d.
That even if it had been a treaty of
alliance, fill if it did not affe&t the
rights of France secured by treaty, it
would not give them offence. This
I take to be the fair interpretation of
the Committee’s-application, and it is
founded on the {olid basis of ‘national
Jaw. We had a right unquestionably
to enter inte an alliance with any of
the belligerent powers, not affe@ing
the existing war. How did Mr. Mun
roe then understand this application
and in what manner did he reply ?
He understood it at that time precise
ly as I do~~he did not attempt to
combat the suspicion of its being a
treaty of alliance ; he thought it fuf
ficient to assure them “that it did not
-affe@ France—<that it contaiied -an
explicit saving of her rights.” This
‘was enough for an independent na
tion ;; ‘it was all that an ally could alk
without insolence, and all that a friend
could grant without debasement.—
What was its operation ? Perfe@tly
fatisfaltory—not a murmur—not a
suspicion ;-on the contrary, eight
days after, they repealed their most
obnoxious - decrees——to effed which
we had then been labouring eighteen
months, without success. =
Cease then, ye babbling calummia
tors of administration, nor longer -at
tribute to the magical power of this
treaty, effeéts which I thall ' hereafter
prove to. have -been occasioned and
produced by your wicked intrigues.:
8 P SCIPIO, Fowiox.
TUESDAY, April 24, 1798.
- Grocery Store.
Benjamin Leverett
Has just received apd bas for sale at his
Gracery-Store,
No. 1, Bow-street, Spring-Hill,
A general assortment of
Welt India Goods
- ‘And Groceries,
avhich ke will fell as cheap ar can be pur
chased at any flore in Portsmouth,
' Consisting of
FRENCH Brandy ;W. 1. Rum;
Holland Gin ; Cherry Rum ;
Auxcayes Molafles.
Sherry, Lisbon and Malaga Wines ;
London bottled Porter ; Philadelphia
Loaf, East India and Brown Sugars.
- “Fresh Hyfon, Souchong and Bo
hea Teas of a superior quality.
Wellk’s, Rumney’s and Faulker’s
No. 1 ‘and 2 warranted Chocolate ;
Coffee 3 new Rice ; fuperfine Flour
per bbl. or retail ; Surrinam Cotton
of a superior quality ; Poland Starch ;
best Hair Powder ; French and Span
ith Indigo 5 Salt Petre. - .
- wOSweet_Oil in flatks ; Pepper ; Al
fpice ; Ginger ; Nutmegs per or
retail ; Cloves ;3 Cinnamon ; fine
table Salt in baskets ; Mustard per -
-or bottle. X ‘ :
Freth Mufcatal Raisins in boxes, per
box or retail ; do catk Raisins per-cask
or do ; Oatmeal.
- Frefth Zant Currants ; frefh Figs
per frail or retail. |
- * Shel’d and unfhel’d Almonds ;
freth Anchovies and Capers ; mould
and dipt Candles ; crown and bar
Soap.
Warranted Pigtail Tobacco per
roll or retail ; Ladies’ fine twist To
bacco, do Fig do ; Segars. :
Cotton and Wool Cards ; Elliot’s
warranted Snuff per keg or retail.
Gun Pow?:ler and Shot; Pollock
Flﬂ'!, &c. &C. XA
. B. Leverett returns thanks to bkis
friends.and cuflomers for their numerous
Jfavors received, and hopes by his affiduaus
attention to his business to merit-the con
tinuance of them. |
Grand Lo_g§e of New-Hampfbire.
| HE officers apd members of the
] ~ Grand Lod%c of New-Hamp
{hire, and the repreiéntatives of Lodg
es within this juri{dition are desired
to attend a quarterly communication,
tO. be held at the Lodge Room in
“Portsmouth, on Wednesday the 25th
day -of April instant, at 7 o’clock,
- By order of tte Mofi Worfbipful Grand
PRGIERG T LTS S R
.E. 8. LIVERMORE, Grand Sec’y:
firlt seduced him to this vice by plau
sible profeflions and fubtle¢ address ;
and afterwards by dithonorable mia
nagement, defrauded him of every
thing. This was too much for the
sensibility of Beverly. He could not
brook it. 'The comparison of his for
mer, with his present circumstances
awaked within him refleions the most
severe ; and filled his {foul with the
sharpest stings of remorse. All which
1s very finely imagined, and beauti
fully exprefled, inthe following soli
loquy from the tragedy of the game
mafter, with which I {hall conclude
this number———¢“Why, what a world
is this ! The slave that digs for gold,
receives his daily pittance, and geeps
contented ; while those for whom he
labours, convert their good to mis-.
‘chief, making abundance the means
of want. O, shame ! shame ! Had
fortune given me but a listle, that lit
tle had been still my own. But plenty
leads to waste; and shallow fireams
maintain their currents, while {welling
rivers beat down their banks & leave
their channels emipty. What had 1
to do with play ? I wanted nething.
My wishes and my meanswere equal,
the poor, followed me ‘with bleflings.
Love, scattered roses on my pillow—
and morning waked me to delight. O,
bitter thought, that leads to what I
was, by what I am ‘ ki~
» 4NECDOTE.
AN unprincipled peer, being told
by a friend, that one of his creditors
wished since he had no chance of re
ceiving the principle of his debt, to
be at least paid the interest—replied,
with more wit than honesty, « It is
not my interest to pay the principle,
nor is it my principle to pay the in
terest.” :
"THE fellows of the
| New-Hampthire Mepicar So-
CIETY, are hereby notified that the
annual meeting of the society, will be
held at Benjamin Lamf{on’s, in Exeter,
on Wednesday the 16th day of May
next, 10 o’clock A. M.
As there is several communications
to be read, and considerable business
to be transacted at this meeting, a ge
neral and puncual attendance is re
quelted. .
j, By order of the President.
LEVI BARTLETT, Rec’g Sec’y.
King flon, April 2, 1798.
The Printer of the Dartmouth Eagple
is requefled to publifly this four avecks
Jucceffively before the said meeting. -
B e et ety st
Portsmouth Aqueduct.
Q T a meeting of the DireGors on
the Gth inst. they voted an ai
feflment of zen dolfars on each proprie
'tor’s share, and have direéted the pro
prietors Treasurer to colle® the fame
on or before the 24th inst.—The pro
prietors are therefore requested to pay
the fame to him at his dwelling house
in Portsmouth, agreeably thereto,
where he will attend for the purpose,
from g to 10 o’clock, A. M. and from
3 to 4 o’clock, P. M.—The Contrac
tor who does the business will, as he
has_heretofore done, apply for the
money the moment it becomes due,
and its not being ready will destroy
an eflential part of the contra&. 4
Those persons who have net paid
their firlt affeflment are particulariy
«<alled ‘upon by this notification.
- THO’s MARTIN, Treasurer.
Portfimouth, April 7, 1798.
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» FOR SALE BY
‘Willlam Plummer,
In Market-Street, :
By Wholesale &3 Retail,
on reasonable te,rms;for cath or ap-'
; . proved cfedit, |
EST In- | French Brandy.
‘/‘/ dia Rum. l Holland’s Gin.
Madeira, London Porter.
Sherry, o - { Loaf and Brown
Port, = t & | Sugars. i
Tent, § ? Hyfon, &
Lisbon &" { Souchong &} 3
Malaga J - } Bohea I
. Coffee ; Chocolate ;3 Molafles ;
Alfpice ; Pepper ; Cloves ; Nutmegs ;
Cinnamon ; Cassia ; Almonds; Rice ;
Flour ; Oatmezal; Raisins; P Olafld
Starch ; Ginger ; Currants ; English
and American Mustard ; Indigo ;
Basket Salt ; Capers ; Spanish Se
gars ; 4d, 6d, 10d & -20 d Nails ;
Window Glals. oo 000 08l
Rujffia €3 Swedes Iron,&c.
: T B LEY.
That well known building, the
New- Hamp/hire™ Hotel,
Now occupied by Mr. Jacob Walden,
T is large and commodious, and
I well adapted for a tavern or
coffee house, "to be entered upon
the firft day of July next 3 for fur
ther particulars apply to
ELIJAH HALL, Prop’rs Clerk,
No. 13, Partﬁnouftb Pier.
TO "BE LET
A small HOWSE in
Daniel-Sreet—Tlnguire as above.
Portsmouth, April ¢, 1798.
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The inbabitants of the town of
Porgsmoven ,
A ed, to exhibit to the Sele&med}i
RE hereby notified and request-
a jult and trpe account of their poils
and estates rateable by law, on or be
fore the 2d day of May next, and the
Sele@tmen will attend that business at
their Hall in the Brick School House
every Thur{day evening from 7 to 9
o’clock, until said 2d day of May.
GEO. GAINS,
SUPPLY CLAP, & 4
ELIPHALET LADD, U 5
MOSES WOODWARD, 3
SAM’] HUTCHIN‘GS, Y
N. B. Tlte Duwelling House on
Pelt-Island s now vacant, a suitable
person with a small family may occu
py the fame~TFor terms apply to the
Sele@men as above.
Portsmouth, Apri] 6, 1798.
Los- pr Annum,