The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-07-31 00:00:00, page 1

In our last we had the pleasure of announcing to the
publick the recognition of the independence of
the United States of North-America, by the
States of Holland: Since which we have obtain
ed the following authentick particulars of that
very interesting tranfadion:
HAGUE, May i, 1782.
The following is the letter of credence which
Mr. Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Unit
ed States of North-America, has presented to the
afTembly of the States-General.
High and Mighty Lords,
THE States of America in Congress assem
bled, deeply impressed with a sense of the
wisdom and magnanimity of your High
Mightinesses, and of your unalterable at
tachment to the rights of humanity, and desirous of
cultivating the friendfhip of a nation, distinguished
by its wisdom and moderation, have appointed Mr.
John Adams, formerly a Delegate to Congress for
the State of MafTachufetts, and member of the
Council for the said Rate, 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 Mightinesses.
We entreat your High Mightinesses to give full
credit to every thing which our said Minister shall
impart to you in our behalf; especially when he
shall assure you of our friendship and refped. We
pray God, high and mighty Lords, to have you
under his holy protection.
Done at Philadelphia, the firft day of January,
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Se
ven Hundred and Eighty-one, and the sth
year of our independence, by the Congress
of the United States, your friends.
(Signed) S HUNTINGTON, President.
These letters of credence having been carried to
the assembly of the States-General, their High
Mightinesses thereupon took the following resolu
tion :
Extras from the register of the resolutions of
their High Mightinesses the States-General of the
United Provinces, on Monday the twenty-second
April, 1782.
M. Boreel, who prefixed in the assembly the last
week, has made report to their High Mightinesses
and notified to them, that Mr. John Adams, envoy
from the United States of America, had been with
him on Saturday last, and delivered to him a letter
from the assembly of Congress, written at Philadel
phia the firft of January, 1781, and containing a
credence for the said Mr. Adams, to the end that
he might rciide with their High Mightinesses in
quality of Minister Plenipotentiary: whereupon,
after deliberation, it has been thought good, and
determined by these presents, that the said Mr.
Adams is acceptable to their High Mightinesses as
Minister Plenipotentiary, that he shall be recogniz
ed in that quality, and that an audience shall be
given or commissioners aligned to him, whenever
he shall ask it. And the above shall be communi
cated to the said Mr. Adams by the agent Van tier
Burch de Spierinfhoek.
(Signed) W. VANCETTERS.
(Underneath) conformable to the aforefaid register.
(Signed) H. FAG E°L.
This favourable resolution has given Mr. Adams
an opportunity of presenting to their. High. Mighti
nesses the following memorial :
“ The undersigned Minister Plenipotentiary from
the United States of America, has the honour to
inform your High Mightinesses that he is charged,
by inftru&ions from his sovereign, to propose to
the States-General of the United Provinces of the
low countries, a treaty of amity and of commerce
between the two Republicks, founded on princi
ples of equal and reciprocal advantage, and compa
tible with engagements already formed with their
allies; as also with such other treaties as they have
it in their intention to form with other powers. In
conlequence the undersigned has the honour to pro
pose to your High Mightinesses that some person
el persons with full powers, may be nominated to
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for that purpose; their engagements with France
for combining their maritime operations, during this
campaign, being too far advanced to admit of it."
It was determined at the fame time to communicate
amicably this resolution ^ he Empress of Russia.
April 19. Mr. Adams, Minister Plenipotentia
ry of the United States of America, had, on Tnef
day last, a conference with the deputies of the as
sembly of their High Mightinesses, and he has, on
this occasion, proposed a plan of a treaty to be form-
ed between their High Mightinesses and the said
states, which has been accepted by the deputies of
the provinces, in order to be laid before the Lords
of the Rates, their conßituents : and moreover it has
been referred to the deputies of the colleges of the
admiralty.
We learn also that ch Friday last, conformably
to the resolution of the LoMs, the Rates of Hol
land and WeR-Friefland, their High Mightinesses
have in like manner taken a resolution to ieje& the
last proposition made by &e court of London, for
opening a negociation on the foot of the treaty of
1674, and to make known the fime to the Empress
of all the Ruffias.
confer and treat with hun on this important fub
jed."
(Signed) J. ADAMS.
April ~3- We are assured that conformably to
the requeit of Mr. Adams, committees have been
already appointed to confer with him on the object
of his memorial. On the ether hand we learn that
their High Mightinesses have answered in brief to
the propositions for an accommodation with Eng
land, made by the Ruffian mediators. “ That they
excused themselves ftom entering into a negotiation
Extrad from the resolutions of their High Mighti
nesses our Lords the States-General of the Unit
ed Provinces of the Netherlands, Monday the
25th of March, 1782.
Having heard the report^of M, de Lynden, de
Hemmen, and other deputies of their High Migh
tinesses for foreign affairs, in consequence of the
commercial resolution of 12th of this month:
having examined the memorial of M. Ie due de la
Vanguyon, Ambaflador of his Majesty the King of
France to the Republick, for fettling with that
court a plan for acting in concert at sea agninft the
gratitude.
That having nothing more at heart than to main
tain and cultivate by all suitable means, die affecti
on of his Majesty to the Republick, an affection on
which they let the highest value, and to observe in
this refpe& the most perfect candour and rectitude ;
they have in consequence taken their resolutions of
the fourth current which have been communicated
to his Majesty.
That with rtfped to the resolution by which his
Serene Highness the Prince of Orange and of Nas
sau is intreated, in his quality of Admiral-General
of the union, to form a convenient plan of naval
operations against the common enemy, their High
Mightinesses having attended to the desire of his
Majesty, contained in the said memorial, meant to
obtain from their High Mightinesses, their final in
tention on this important fubjed, by an amicable
common enemy during the next campaign; where
upon, after deliberation, it has been found good
and determined, th.it in answer to the said memo
rials of M. Ie due de la Vanguyon, AmbAfador of
his Majesty the King of France, lie be informed:
That their High Mightinesses have received, with
much content and fatisfadion, the assurance of the
continuation of his Majesty's affection to the Re
publick, of his defiie to favour their views, and of
the disposition of his Majesty to give real proofs
thereof as well in the present conjuncture, as in all
others in which the repose and welfare of the Re
publick may be concerned.
f hat their High Mightinesses having already re
ceived in the prelent war, proofs of his Majesty's
friendship with regard to their possessions in the
EaR and Weft-indies, and particularly on occasion
of the conqueit of the inland of St. Euftatius, made
by his arms, are 011 these accounts penetrated with
TEE
L O ND O N^, May 16.
It is happy for us that the mails of Holland come
to hand very irregularly; for as often as they ar
rive they put us out of humour : It cannot in effed,
but render us deffeerate, to remark, that since the
pacinck propositions which we have made to the
Dutch, they aflame a higher tone, give themselves
up with lets reserve to their resentments; and not
content with repudiating us as natural allies, openly
bestow upon us the title of natural enemies: Can
any thing, for example, be so insulting to us as the
difeourfe of Baron de Chapella de Marfch, which
they affed so much and so generally to admire?
This difeourfe pronounced on the 27th of April
last, among a thousand other improper, not to lav
insulting, reflections, contains the following:
Noble and powerful Lords !
" 1 he time then is come for us to render homage
to the liberty, the privileges and the dignity of the
Batavian nation, by opening our ears to her voice,
which has demanded with so much energy, aid
which Rill demands, that this Republick acknow
ledge the independence of our brethren, the Ame
ricans, who have made themselves free by the noint
&fTe F.vprT and that we concert with them mca
fures expedient for our mutual prosperity, ana for
eufuring a permanent liberty on both tides, by a
courage and intrepidity which may frighten all ty
rants who trample under foot the most sacred rights
of nations.
inclined to think that it has made these advances as
preparatory to a general peace.
'* It is nevertheless an intolerable thing that our
enemy in the midst of their dißrefs, should have
dared to present 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
pefeTon of which belongs to us as well as to all
the people of the world. The Republick is in a
condition to let this intruder of treaties fee that she
can maintain her rights by the force of her arms;
nor will it be the firft time that Britain has trem
bled before the flag of this Rate. The interests of
our country, of all Europe require, then, that we
endear our to avenge ourselves.
" Betides these motives there are others frill
which oblige us to rejed the English propositions,
to make no separate peace with Great-Britain.
Your noble Mightinesses feel already that I meta
to speak of these Riiking marks of kindness which
this Republick has in the most noble manner ex
perienced from his molt Christian Majesty.
" Now that we have refbived to league ourfeh^s
with the enemies of our enemy, in order to humble Q
him Rill further, how can we consent to any peace
but in conjunction wrih bur natural ally, and aiu
" It is our duty, noble and powerful Lords, it is
cur duty to render another homage to the voice of
the people, they cry unto us, no separate peace !
No fufpehtion of arms! No revival of ancient trea
ties with an enemy who has never refpeded them,
and who has always attacked and violated them in
the red arbitrary manner. Such is the language
of our bed citizens. The proportion lately made
to this Rate by the Minify rs of her Imperial Ma-
and precise declaration on their part, they make no
difficulty in declaring openly and at once, that when
the plan of common measures at sea shall be adopt
ed against the enemy, their High Mightinesses will
not on their part, recede in any manner, or upon
any confederation whatever, from the execution of
such plan of naval operations determined on for the
next campaign, and that they will not differ them
selves to be diverted therefrom but by mutual con
sent.
[Numb. 240.]