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[Vol. IL— Num. 58.]
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From fbe Columbian Gazetteer:
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PREJUDICES and perfohat at-
A tachtnents,6y faliri^
mind against the convictions 0
truth, are among the sources and
some of the greaceft misfortunes is
life. Os this we fad very fatal ex
perience, Wpe^g^R;^
tion for governour of (his state.-r
Thefime: thing is again renewed
„in fome„degree, in the case of Mr;
..Genet:—- We^k and idcorffiderate
perfoobot diflioguifhing bet weeo
men and things, conclude that ev
ery charge which is alledged against
th^mioifter, it intended for a seri
ous attack upon the whole French
nation. These characters have di
,mini(hed greatly in numbers—but
there istaiU a little remnant, on
^hom reason and refleaion will
. never make irhp@ffiont. Mk
Genet's publication of his letter
: to §tePrefident, disgusted many of
Hvfiiendrty& to Gover
nour Moultrie di^ffedled still
more ; and bia letter to Mr. Jef
ferson, alias, counter proclama
tion and (ufpenfion of the President
pt,he United States, is undoubted
ly the seal to bit political death
/ rarririi^W^^
ftherelbr^ return tigkib tb this
.&¥&<: w^^
^e^fa^he^
be bos spoken 10 0167 pverament.-=
Truly nothing bptetithofiafm could
possibly direct such extraordinary
con^oa.©Mbuliafm is- however
o generally the parent of folly, and
misfortune— -=Enthu6afm led his
Safetymen, to declare war^gainft
ill the world uhheccffarily and im
poliucally, however just the gen
eral principle—=Eothu(iafm led
them to Holland. It te succeed
ed of courfelty a com
^ ail Europe^ and< has .ended at^t,
ta i train of the most pressing ca
,lamities both publick and private,
— E^hufiafyje^ Mr., Genet, in r
. to a&s of incivility, ingratitude;
mad folicy, arid' what in a citizen
, of these flares would be treason--
inffead of being apromoter, he has
b^en unfortunate with us, the firft,
and'ont, enemy to the true gltyy,
irid ^nterefapf the French Repub
lick.
Inlhort,eMhufiafm, and intrigue,
hfe rendered o|ffi ! cite obfea of <4-
most umvefW pity bfhii former
friends; and of indignation and
contempt tythofe, who being least
• aware Os Kis d^gerpu, machi^
lions, were fe ffl to become This
ad verfaries; ^o^rx %^ ^i^ #r .
He next dpchra, ,hgt he has
craton official,, and itano other
way, of certain officers if the Feder
at Government, ivbofe condnEt oQ
^^#,
unfounded calumny. The officers
of our government hare wished
to preserve the present peace and
r^^ X^^^ ^^^^
ratraj& fo^^l- ^ V #&&•
profpetiir of the nation, by obferv
ingXiu^a^d 101,neutrality, cool
, fiftentty witli fabfifting treaties,
lanil thereby to avert the horrodr^
lof a war, turners to bur country
F aq^unafyiling to ^e French IW
!publick. In all deliberations upon
;chefe fubjeas, Wite has beenu
gunexampled unanimity in fenti
imCTs, between the President, the
; Secretary lot State, the Secretary of
,the Treafury/and the Secretary of
War.—They merit so far the great
est acknowledgments from their
fellow citizens; and if they can cofy
,dust ui with'hdhoutlrid ttanq^
fty/dear of x'h& politicals te
. that now Jay waste shQtfohem
ifpheret,;we IhaWeftabiiffi our fame
for wisdom, energy arid produce.
I l cannot fay /wha'tcomplaints
liWc^ been officially ma1&1
:khoW b that in converfatioepitte
minister has atmopnced ttyte^fo
material to the officers of our go^
lernment, and the fafetyo&he te
publick, that the minister; br they,
. should, ftifat;tto; : ^
: for their treafoo, or tefai&Jhn,
.der.
1 Next follow,,the minister's grief,
at f&g &)teral Washing^ppyg
\ltocdebr&ed hero of liberty, accl
.fible to men, wbofe febemes '^^ftffi
; darken bis glory..
. Atthe
I breast of every American, not
,steeled against all sentiments of re
tard for the honour o f his country
I and firft magifthue, muff rifemth
iindignation, like many other strokes
:of that minifek thi^, ft conceived
in a manners which fixing nothing
. determinated, implies, and intends,
I every thing; that'# infamous and
. injurious—l!telfit,,infoft, tradition,
I@impertinence.
, It is so cenfidered by all but a
few out of a set, who call them
, selves /be 2@%rca^
- The gre, hairs of Washing
; ton,: who has dedicated the flower
% of his days, without reward, to the
: service of his country ; who cori
iduded fathrough treason and
, the tempests of war, to peace, lib
,erty, and happioefs ; whose aged
- head is still occupied day and night
in paternal anxiety; watching over
^the tottering: cradle of our infant
, repptyick—who now holds that
rßation in .society, which so ^1 toe
I governments of the world, coni
£mands the refpe& end veneration
-of every Other clafy of meo„i with
Ipi, under the idea of official protec
tion, calumniated by a charge of
Ithe most dangerous afpea, ^
► treated ffrith derision and is,
• pur own newfrpapers, by a !#
- M#wras<W whois dhermaoi?
lAn American ?xNoL a foreigner!
1a bird bf bife r m@ ; ,
1 A revenger, from a nanon, for
I whose prosperity, the God of bat
I l del, it this Very day fupplicaied,
—fo^-^^u^^^ —e^==^4^
==- =^==^^^
from one extremity of our country
tpjll€,@ty unthink
ing, injudicious man. And yet
therelire a lew who countenance
and juflify such conduct —they
call themfelyes Republicans, in dis
(indion f^om that part of & com
munity, who being equally Repub
licans, wish, whilst we have a goy
ernment, it may be supported and
refpeaed-'Tis supposed there is
qot a court in Europe, from which
Afflfyffidour would not be im
mediately' diftniffeflor much left
than Mr. Genet'scoridud here—
And it rtyoYttpeaW^ I appeal
to his own experience in Poland,
IMat Ciffz^o Gene! is ho more
Arnbaffadouf in Ametick—---He
a,,;j@l i few (tats tetsmThe name
„re reality is gone— he can be of
nd use to the French nation, here ;
h&iffeff deritfunced, liLma, pro
ceed with i little fadroui junto,
attached to our GoVe/nour, and
still delude a feW good and unfof
,Degr&(¥ Ati@rlca& pufillan
^6^ Atifferi^ns, irifofaß fn,gi(
W&h fafy,jfo@rbm& ; all na
-Itions will dfyife "yuu, yob must
^idefeUe youtfelv&/
4 The Pfefi&ritOT th€ Übitd
States must @m6vg 6rf%rptyd;
@@" ainitfer,* t@te{fefyii;
ihme he" will &fit, ^dhb^'it'i,
: alMdy &is|% ffi for
it, it is the language of our me
!chanics, of our merchants, and of
iour lawyers, #nd ho doufraH our
Ihufbindmeri •,fotnd feb^te regard
I peace ind: good brd& so touch as
; that class of citizibs.
[ A government Which cannot
Iproteft its own honour, nor it!
, rights, is a bad government —it is
no government, or worse, and if it
iit true of ours, it.is time, we knew
. it f temporizing will not mend it :
If it is not capable of guarding 1^
.from the intruGon ofc foreigner;,
. let's join the dijaffeaed at once,
b Abd mend of make a new one.—
First itopreffibns ' in government,
I like those of individuals just em
-Ibarked in life, are laftteg tod im
; portant. To repel injury, is to
: command refpea.
rThe Minister bdtev# heUhali
talways be deemed worthy in the
teyes of the American,, of the fra
! ternal reception they gave him,
. from Chafleftony to Newyork.^
I This ffiews how the minister is de-
I ceived, find impoffl upon ty bis
- affouines. They are playing up
fon him, arid he ii trot fenfibte of to
IThe AmericMhb'hM^ ^
Ining as well as Other people. h He
i has been just so deceived in almost
levery thing. He miy find it now
I at t^tolWrt< It ii fob late
! tohlpt. The door of amnesty
rflratW^
Q#ft* will convince him o^
ffip^fyserroua A tour to Bof-
ton will still more convince mm,of
his delufiob. He would not be
known ; if feeleaped personal in
civility, he would be fortunate.—
Amazing reverse I there was a
time when from the fame people,
he would have had a reception
more honourable and flattering
than ever a foreigner experienced
from any nation, not tributary «>
another.
We have now arrived to the last
a&in the climax of the Minjft&V
defaults ; 1 mean his difmiffibn of
ihe President from office, 1? Ms
letter to Mr. J£fp,rsqs. The
greatest difficulty is, in which of
feverai modes this curiobi letter
boght to be Netted. It is the fub
je& of laughter, of ridicule, or of
indignation. I Ihall indulge the
humbtft thiit prevails, and by mix
ing a little of the Mile cum &e,
conclude this tragedy to mor/ow
with a farce, in the fh^pe of a
Frbclasatiop, froth the Viceroy
of the French Republick, to their'
fifteen Netir ColoriiS, lfe the 0^
oited Stites of America, by
Nov. 3. " Wm,Willcocks:
From the Newyork Daily Advertiser.
,Mefo.Cbildb§S Swsu~,
T AST night there was put into myen-.
J-J try, a letter [figned a SM&; con
tuning, betides rinich iimfife4^
the following words:
; n d^^%Q^
, soon be a Corpse—By the immortal God
that made toe, I will facrifice yog the firft
: tonvenient typormnity."
Cowardly villain! Make the attempts
soon as you please, but beware of your
own life ; for by the fame immortal Efe-'
ing you refer so, I will never be deterred
by threats, from making ftriaures when
I please, upon the condu& of any man in
office, whether foreigner, or native, who
shall attempt an infringement of the
Lights and Liberties of my fellow citi-
Hens. . , „.,
It is a privilege exiting in the nature
of our government—and secured to us
by our corifthutioni and bills of rights.—
It is a privilege neceffiiry to the mainte
nance of our freedom, however hard it
may in some instances bear upon the in
dividual.
In Europe defection invades this inef- ,
timable franchife. In the city of New-^
york, it is to be controlfrttyaffai^oation^|
A foreigner has repeatedlyin a m£^|
grant degree, in our own countryJ
this bulwark of publick fafety—
ther puniihed nor menaced. Afl
for using this privilege, is to tall
horrid arm of private murder.. 1
I am however at iffoe with in
cowardly villains—and shall risk
to preserve my rights—l did so to acquriti
them.,
whether the author of foch attemptty
succeeds, or faults, he roay rest assured,
that retaliation would be the^mmediate
consequence, and most likely upontfi^fc
hq holds most dear.
%' W M . WILLCOCKS.
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SUMMARYOP
Latest Foreign Intelligence. A
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Of^EUROPE. f
Tp R 0 M the varioui, and, are
4^ times, unconneded account
elf European tranfa&iooa, received!
in America, it it not easy to diftin-I
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[December 2, 1793.}