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FIRE! fire! fire! help! help!
1 the town's on fire—the world's
on fire—we shall all be burnt up a
live—roasted—baked—to make a din
ner for d—d Aristocrat& Stop your
mouth, fool ; the fire is out, exrin
guifhed, every spark of it—don't then
alarm the town, and disturb honest
people from their rest. But nothing
can flop the mouth of a fool, especi
ally if he it a wicked one :—He cries
on, fire ! fire ! fire !—if it is now out,
it was not a little while ago ; if the
vigilance of our watchmen has sup
pressed the flames, the house was cer
tainly on fire ; if we are not burnt up,
we had like to have been ; it is all
one—fire ! fire ! fire!—Such, and so
absurd, is the clamour raised against
the late Treaty with Greatbritaio.—
The only obnoxious part, the only
part against which the venom of fac
tion is direded, and by which the
public peace is attempted to be de
stroyed, is that which is rejected by
the Senate, and which therefore no
more forms a part of the treaty than
the Mahometan creed, or the adven
tures of Jack the Giant killer.—But
what can appease determined discon
tent ? The clamour is abiagd, and it
will be echoed from Democratic So
ciety to Democratic Society, through
every State, where a Democratic Soci
ety is to be found ; then die in the
insignificance of those who gave it
birth.
I will state a few plain and broad
observations, under which this nego
tiation should be candidly considered.
It should be remembered, that when
we are treating with a great and po
litic nation, (for such is Greatbiitaiq,
in spite of her mifeondud and corrupt
tion) we must not expert that our de
sires are to be the terms of negocia
tion—that because a thing is for our
advantage, therefore it is to be given
—because inconvenient to us, there
fore to be rejected.—Greatbritain has
its jntereftto attend to and to urge, as
well as we have ; and if the best com
promise of those interests is made, the
best terms admitted that the nature of
I the case would give, we should be fat
isfied. It is not but to ask and re
ceive, but to knock at their ports and
have them opened to us without an
equivalent, without condition or con
troul. Certainly it would have been
a good thing if Mr. Jay could have
persuaded the British ministry to cede
to us the exclusive trade between their
Weftindia islands and Europe ; to
have given us the free use of all their
ports without duty or reftraiat ; to
have given us a million of dollars, or
any, thing else you please. But could
a man in his sense sfk these things, or
would men in their senses have grant
ed them ? Is it not enough, then, to
shew that an article is no: quite so
" beneficial as we could wish, which it
; is evident we could nor, and perhaps
ought not toidue had on better terms?
If Mr. Jay had been treating with a
nation of idiots or children, he might
|,haye cajoled the poor creatures out of
any thing he could have asked ; or if
Mr. Jay had been sent to negociate,
or rather give terms °f pardon to a
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.NEWHAMPSHIRE PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY E. RUSSELL AND M. DAVIS, AT CONCORD.
The censure Gov. Jay has incur
red, by his mission to Greatbritain, is
most unmerited, and it is a proof that
no eminence of former services can
secure a man from ingratitude, and
the reproach of tin enemies—that no
integrity, however incorruptible, can
secure from the dander of wicked
hearts.'
This old tried patriot accepted the
mission with extreme reluctance—the
voyage exposed his life, from his pe
culiar constitution; and the mission
committed his character, from the dif
ficulty of executing it to public ac
ceptance.
That the treaty is lefts favourable
than many people expeded, is not the
fault of the Envoy who negotiated it.
Mr. jay had his inftrutiions from the
President and his Council, and no pre
tence is suggested that he varied from
them, in essential points. He has
people vanquished by our arms, on
their knees imploring our mercy, in
that case too he might have imposed
on the suppliants such terms as con
querors usually give. But in truth he
had to deal with neither fools nor fup
plianti, but with a people wife and
politic, though deluded ; with states
men deep and experienced, though
dishonest and corrupted. Ir is there
fore ridiculous to exped they could
be either terrified or ensnared by any
man under heaven into a compact by
which they were to give every thing,
and receive nothing. In short, I pro
fefs myfelf fatisfied with the Treaty,
as the Senate have ratified it, because
it gives us many and great benefits,
with as few and (mail facrifices and in
conveniences as could have been ex
peded.
MODERATION.
from THE AMERICAN MINERVA.
NO fentimeht is more just, and no
truth more frequently experienc
ed, than that expressed in the Presi
dent's letter to General Putnam, that
Republics are remarkable for the fin
of ingratitude.
The President himfelf is an exam
ple ; the very men who fought under
him have, in some instances lately,
loaded <him with opprobium for his
efforts to preserve our neutrality, apd
save us from the intrigues of foreign-
ards—men who countenanced that at
tempt were traitors, and in any coun
try but the United States, would have
forfeited their lives.
era. His condua has been uniform ;
be has been the steady friend of Free
dom and Independence. The con
dutt of his enemies has been chang-
dissolve our government, were cow.
ed—they vary and censure to day the
man that they admired but yesterday.
Governor Jay is another remarka
ble example. He was the steady un
impeached patriot, until he openly
opposed the insolent attempts of a
French Minister to dissolve our gov
ernment. This was accordant to all
his former conduct, for it was as pat
riotic and heroic to oppose the sub
version of our constituted authorities
by intrigue, as it was to resist the force
of Greatbritain in 1775 Opposition
in both cases was necessary to our free
dom and independence. Men who
did not oppose the open attempt to
C 0 N°C 0 RD, F RID AY, August 7, 1795.
insurgents were totally defeated. A
force of thirty thousand men is now
assembling to lay siege to Toulon,
the speedy reduction of which is pro
mised by the Deputies at Marseilles.
Tranquility is perfectly re-establish
ed to Paris, all the leaders of the in
surgents have been tried, condemned,
and executed, without any attempt
having been made to refeue them from
puoifhment. h
With refpe& <0 the Mediterranean
Fleet )the Deputy Niow, who is on
board the fleet, has sent a dispatch to
Marseilles, stating that the Beet is in
the outer harbor, and out of the reach
of the insurgents.
June it. Paris papers to the ,th
instant were received yesterday, which
state, that the Chouins are Bill; as we
ings, the insurgents prevailed upon
two of the Deputies on mission in the
South, Poultier and Guerin, to enter
the city.
They are there kept in a state of
confinement ; and it is apprehended
that the infurgentfrmean to force them
to issue such orders as they shall deem
necessary to the execution of their
projects. Having assembled a large
force at Toulon, the insurgents let
out on their march to Marseilles, to
which it was determined to lay siege ;
previously, However, to their leaving
Toulon, the Deputies on Mission, in
the southern departments, had arriv
ed at Marseilles, and had been very
actively employed in assembling a
force Sufficient to oppose the infur
genti.
Their attempts were fuccefiful, and
several battalions having been collect
ed, left Marfeilles,determined to give
the insurgents battle ; they came up
with them near Marseilles, and a sharp
but short conffid ensued, in which the
LONDON, JUNE 8.
THE Paris papers of the gift May,
and ift June, contain very important
and interesting intelligence relative to
the infurreaion at Toulon, and to
the state of Paris. The intelligence
from Toulon is of so late a date as the
25th of last month. It appears that
the infurreaion there was not then
quelled, and that the city was still in
possession of the insurgents. For the
purpose of giving a greater degree of
color and formality to their proceed-
made the best treaty he could, and if
if is not for the iotereft of the United
States, the blame must fall on the
Senate who ratified it, not on the
Mioifter who negotiated it.
To abuse a man for not gaining
points which Greatbritaio, an old,
proud, powerful, commercial nation,
would not yield, is fupereminent in
gratitude, and tends to discourage all
able men from undertaking public
commissions. Such, however, was
the fate of ancient heroes and patri-^
ots—hailed, to day, as the faviours of
their country ; to morrow, driven in
to exile by a fickle populace.
BOSTON, JULY 29.
By the Dolphin, Boynton, arrived on Monday, in
38 days from Liverpool, me have again an
opportunity of printing the latest European
Intelligence.
Latest Foreign Intelligence.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
have repeatedly very confidently stat
, ed, in considerable force.
Tuefday advices were received from
Brest, which reach down to Thursday
last. By these we learn, that a squad
ron of 14 fail of French line of battle
ships it at sea, These are the only
ships in the French ^oy at 8 efi fie
for service. We underftavd ch> two
commissioners are on board uis d~er,
a division of which is laid to here fail,
ed for the Eaftindiel, Salted provy
Sons are very plentiful ^c Bedi, and
even fell below prime cod ; but rice
and flour are very iesfge.
Liverpool, June 13. A letter direct
from Paris, was received on „fterda,
fennight, by a refpedable house in
Minchefter, from M. Peiregiux and
Co. the French national bankers, giv
ing the following information.——•
" That the decree of the National
Convention, puffed on the toh of
October, 179,1 ordering that ail pro
perty belonging to Engtifh subj e &3
should be confifcated, is reverted —
by a fecund decree of the 3d of Janu
ary last. All specie and eff cis of ev
ery kind, are ordered, therefore, to be
restored, and are now ready to be dis
posed of, as the refpedive proprietors
in this kingdom may dire&."
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Other Continental Affairs.
London, June 8. The most important
features of the intelligence received
from Italy, contained the following
article, dated Milan, May 2. "Or
ders for forced marches have been
given to several bodies of troops. By
various letters from Turin, it appears
that a council, at which the principal
military officers assisted, has been held,
the refuic of which was; to drive the
enemy from the territory they peffefs
ed in Italy ; a fourth campaign would
of course be necessary, in order to ob
tain a laftiog and honorable peace."
It was rumored on Friday, that the
garrison of Luxembourg had made a,
fuccefiful sally, in which the French
had fuffered confidcrable loss both in
men and cannon. This report is now
confirmed by a mfffenger arrived
from Fraockfort with ktters and. oil
patches of the 25th ult. which men
tion the circumstance in very pofitiye
terms. The sortie is hid, by these
difpatche#, to have taken place on the
loth ult. and it was of so important
a kind as to lead to, a probability of
the French railing the siege.
It appears evident, by the last ad
vices from the .Continent, that the
Emperor is not 'difpofed to make'
peace with France, upon any other
terms than those which may be ap
proved by the British Cabinet.
The Electors of Cologne, Meniz;
Treves and Saxe, the Duke of Wir
temberg, and the Bishop Wirtzberg,
have all positively declared they will
make no Separate treaty with the
French.
In consequence of a declaration by
Mr. Crawford, the Esglifh Charge'
des Affaires at Copenhagen, fignify
ing that all Danilh ships laden with
corn for France would be faized,
and the landing and freightage paid
for, the exportation of that article
from the Dqnilh States, has been
prohibited till the firft of September
next.
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