The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-04-03 00:00:00, page 2

its popohfon, its coasts, and its
riven, challenge and mik out to
it among the commercial powers.
On this, worthy merchants, you
ought seriously to refled. # The
national credit mould be the g r eat
foundation of your wealth. You
fee the activity of government io
prohibiting all English merchan
dize, while it is equally anxious to
open new outlets for the produce
of French industry. The cause
we refer you to, is your own, —
Whatever exertion you may make
for the success of the War, you
will have made for yourselves.—
for the prosperity of your maou
fadurei ; for the interest of your
families; and for that of your
posterity.
" Citizens of every calling, re
flect on the important coofequenc
es which must result from the ef
fort which you are about to exert
in order to humble and punish the
pride of the cabinet of London.—
For more than a century, England
has not ceased to disturb the tran
quility of Europe; her reftlels and
unrelenting ambition has been ever
vexing and turmoiling the contin
ent, from which she imagined her
felf to be invincibly feparated,—
Frenchmen, it is your duty to
te^ch that island, that notwith
fiandiog its iofular situation, it is
by no means inicceffible, and that
you may carry back into its bosom
'the calamities which it has brought
home to your sire-sides. England
once disarmed and vanquished, a
perpetual Peace is from that in
stant established, and the balance
of Europe fettled on a permanent
basis ; for the French Republic,-
too strong to be attacked, will feel
no motive to attack her greatnefi,
will fee her above the flights of
ambition, and (he will feel no de
fine of tranfgreffiog her own lim
its.
“ Your fucceft, may, therefore,
be ensured. Vaoquifh [the Eng
lish, and you bellow peace on
yourselves and your posterity ; you
communicate its blessings to the
whole human race. Your battles
are the lift that it Shall be necessa
ry to fight. With you military
glory Shall mike its stand, and even
future ages Shall not produce any
rivals of the heroes of France.
" But it is not enough to talk to you
of glory. .The French revolution dis
turbed from its course by such number
lets cbftacles of every kind, will now be
anxious to return towards its fource —it
ought rever to be forgotten, that phi
lofopby was its principle, liberty its pb
je&, and above all, that its defenders
took up arms for the happinefes of na
tions. Frenchmen, it is your ambition
to overthrow the dominion of the Eng
lish cabinet ; but it is by no*means yous
with toenflave the English people. Af
' ter the unchecked success of the repub
lican arms, that people will owe you the
obligation cf having rescued them from
the weight of enormous faxes which op.
press their towns and villages. Eng
land Should n> longer behold iß,ooofol
dic.rs, 18,000 foreigners, to traverse the
ocean to threaten Tier inhabitants with
an immediate fervitud^ Her king, by
the combination of insulting tyranny,
(hall no longer compel her to defray the
expenses of these mercenaries who are
paid to enflive her—who wou ! d believe
it ? 80 millions of French livres hate
been thrown into the privae coffers of
George lit to indemnify him, as elec
tor of Hanover, for the expenses attend
ing the Hanoverians, whom he keeps in
pay to maintain, his delpotifm over his
own British fubjeas. /„
" Haßen therefore, citizens, to vin
dicate the freedom of that nation, whom
you feparak from the hatred which is
due to her oppredors. Let the French,
ever loyal and ever invincible, approve
thcmfelves in England both the oppreff
fr of the mioiftry and the saviors of its
citizens— the conquerors of the court &
the deliverers of the people !
"Be affyred too, that Englishmen, re
stored to freedom, wilt hasten to sue for
a glorious peace. - The English them
selves compare the m,chiavelifm of their
government with the good faith of
France. They themselves have admired
the moderation of the French republic
in the treaty with Austria. They knofe
that in this contest which their govern
ment compels you to renew, whatever
may be the event, al! the decisive chan
ces are against England. If France is
viaoriods in the firft attack, the govern
ment of Great Britain will tumble to
pieces under the weight of an immense.
debt. If any reverses retard your success,
the English must have seen that nothing
can damp your courage, and nothing
weary your perseverance. .The more
the efforts of the French are prolonged,
the more the debt.of indemnification
will augment, and Europe knows thit
this debt will be discharged sooner or
later. ~
" What has been the confeqnence of
that formidable league which the cabi
net of St. James' had organized against
.you at Piinitz?
" They compelled you to fight for
your independence ; you have conquer
ed Belgium?; They have deputed the
possession of Belgium. In defending it
you conquered Lombardy. In defend
ing Lombardy you restored to France the
boundary of the Rhine. The war a~
gainft yob began in 1792, forty leagues
from Paris ; you put an end to it in
1797, thirty leagues from Vienna. Eve
ry obstacle opposed to peace has only
given the figrial of new viacries. O,
Frenchmen, of all parties, the English
have done you much evil. Their cabi
net has excited your internal difeords.—
It wash which roused Europe against
you. It was the cabinet of St. James'
that armed you against one another.—
Turn your arms against it—unite, march
to London. There you will extirpate
the causes of all your calamities. You will
find at London the advantages of exter
nal peace and the end of, your troubles.
Having no longer any enemies to con
quer, you will think only of founding the
republic upon repose and happiness.
" You have traversed a long career,
and attained your obje&. Already many
concurring presentments announce vie
toryj The power of enthufialm has no
limits in France. In order to pref ge
your success, measure only your will.—
Your enemies have but one hope, and
that is, in influencing your opinions, if
they can, in difeouraging and difoniring
you. It is in your own minds that they
with to combat you ; on any other
ground you need not fear them. Prove
by the effed. that you have but one sen
timent, that every one for himfelf is
anxious to contribute to the great na
tional work ; that every one, according
to his refeurces, interests himfelf in the
proposed loan. Let your promptitude
to accomplish this obje& be the omen &
the image of the terrible rapidity with
which the expedition must be conduded,
and be assured, that at the very news of
this'unanimous movement, the cabinet
of London will already be vanquished.
- (Signed) "P. BARRAS, Prefideot,
''LEGRADE, Secretary.
United States Leg;/lature.
FIFTH CONGRESS—Second Session.
HOUSE, &c.— MARCH 12.
New Emission Bills.
ALONG report 00 this fob
fed was received from a
committee ; in which the fubjed
is fully displayed. It concluded,
that it fa not expedient for Con
grefsio make any provision for
the payment of the new emission
bills, nor the intereQ thereon. Af
ter a considerable difeuffion, in
which the report was advocated
b, Messrs. Coir, Macon, Nicholas,
Gordon, and Gallatin ; and op
posed by Messrs. Sewall, Foster,
Livingflon, Otii, J. Williams, aod
Paytoo > the question to accept
the report, passed io the affirma
tive —Yeas 52.
f Me Livingston laid on the if,
b^ the following:*
" Refilv&L That the Commit
tee of Commerce, &c. be inttruT
ed to eximine the two ads of the
British Parliament lately teferred
to them, and report the operation
thereof, on the commerce and n^-
viganoD of the United S'atei."
March 13.
The bill for fuppOrc of govern
ment for 1798, and the Foreign
Inrercourfe bil have palled the
Senate.
Prefidemt's MefTagc.
The House, after a warm de
bate, went into committee of the
whole, on the refolutioni lately re
ferred to them ; when 115,833
dollars were appropriated for com
pitting for tea the frigt'p ; and
a blank sum for pay, subsistence,
&c. The House concurred in
them, and directed bills to be re
ported. Y #
march 14.
Federal City.
A resolution passed appropriat
ing 200,000 dollars, for complet
ing the public buildings at the city
ot Wafhiogton. This resolution
was advocated by Messrs. Nicho
las, Thatcher, Rutledge, S, Smith,
Harper, Craik, and T. Claiborne,
and opposed by Messrs. Livings
ton, Varoum, and J. Williams.
The additional Stamp Aft pass
ed the Senate, with an amend
ment, in which the House concur
red.V
MARCH 16.
Several private articles being
aded upon—the House, in Com
mittee of the whole, took up
The Appropriation Bill.
Mr. Sewall moved that 216,679
dollars be the appropriation lor
the pay and fubfifteoce of the frig
ates' crews, for one year.— Agreed
to.
Mr, Sewall aUo moved, that
63 700 dols. be appropriated to
defray the wear, losses, &c. After
a short cooverfation, Mr. S. with
drew this motion, and 60,000 dol
lars was carried ; besides 2200, for
the falariei of naval yard keepers.
A debate arose on a motion of
Col. Varnum, to strike out the
words "for sea with all cowueuient
fp^d," in the bill—as it appeared
as a dired ion that the Prefideot
should fend the frigates to sea,
whether it was necessary or not.—
This amendment was negatived,
47'°38.,
The bill was then read a third
time, and passed.
The amendatory Stamp A&
was reported to have been en
grcffed.
amratan Betos,
VIRGINIA.
NORFOLK, MARCH 6.
THE brig Betsey, Capt. Steel,
arrived here on Saturday in
21 days from Guadeloupe, con
firms the account some time since
published, of an mfurreaion io
thst island. The only particu
lar! we can come at are—that the
Negroes, who it is well known,
have been made French citizens
by their parton Vidor Hugues,
finding themfelves^ fomewhac re-'
grained in their licentioufoefe, de
termined to destroy all the whites,
tin which attempt their dearly be
loved Vidor had nigh fallen, hav
ing, in the course of the engage
ment, two piftQl,,ed'at him.
• There were upwards of 15,00
of the footy.coloured disciples to
liberty sod equity Iff b'rig thej
d^ ; end the day after the migh-1
ty Vidor put 150 more of them 4
to death in Cool oloodi
MARYLAND
BALTIMORE. MARCH 14.
Late from France.
We h ve an arrival from Botif
deaox. Paris papers tie as iate
as Jinuirv io h,
Verbal, accounts ftite, that
Melfa. Pinckney and Gerry,
would fail for Alexandria, in two
weeks. That Geo. Marfoal wood
remain, to wait orders. The great,
est exertions continued to effed the
descent on England.
PENNS^^
PHILAD. MARCH 16.
The following article which appears
to corroborate the report of the
capture of the Spanish fat by
admiral Orde, is copied fro„
, the Su,, of Jan. 15.
>Advices have been received at
the Admiralty Office from Earl
St. Vincent, fating that two rich
Spanish ships had reached Cadiz
harbour. They were from South
America, very richly laden.—
His lordfllip was immediately to
put to sea to intercept the remain
der, and as the Spanish fleet was
out, or about to fail to proted
them, * rencountre between the
two Fleets we trust will be the
coofequence.
A SUMMARY of tbi value aid drfiftatioi
of tbt Exports of the United States, com
mencing on the if of Od< 1796, and end
ing on the y>tb Sept. 1797, ugreta^j to
abatement laid before Congress.
To the dominions of Raffia 77,45°
do. do. of Sweden 898,31;
of Denmark 2,538 224
of Holland S 845,486
of Greathritain 8,569,748
ofHanfeTowus 9,569,748
of France 11,664 091
of Spain 5536,253
of Portugal 463,420
of Morocco 15,000
es Italy 767,064
To China & E.lndies (generally) 387,310
Weftiodies (generally) 1,508,044
Africa (generally) 230,873
Europe (generally) 207,077
North Weft coast of America 15,607
Total Dollars, 51,294,710
A NUMMARY of tbs value of Exportsfrom
each State.
From Newhampfhire, 275,840
Massachusetts, 7,502,047
Rhodeifland, 975'53°
Connecticut, 814.506
Newyork', 13,308,054
Nekjerfey, 18,161
Pennsylvania, 11,446,291
Delaware,; 98,929
Maryland, 9^11,79?
Virginia, t 4908,713
? Northcarolina, , 540,901
Southcarolina, 949,622
Georgia, / 644,307
Total Dollars, 51,294,716
Treafur, Department, Register's Ofre, gtb
'March, 1798.
JOSEPH NOURSE, Regflcr.
note.— Three quarterly returns from
the diftrici of Charlefton,(Southcarolina)
are wanting.
A Paris paper of the i,h Jan.
states; that the envoy from
Rome at Paris has been taken in
to curtody, and shat a courier ex
traordinary has been dispatched to"
general Berchier at Milan, to de
sire to march the Republican
troops against Rome, in order to
,avenge the manes of the brave
Duphoz. #
NEWTORK.
A tester froma gearieman in
/Philadelphia, diced on Widner.