The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-12-16 00:00:00, page 1

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'k&rSHORT .time ago having^ 1
.(AL h fewl&fure"Weeks, cufefi^y 1
Te'd a^'tn rak^itout dn'hcrf^ 1
from 4hj&p)%thrppgh th'tyctyWl
paste of the Eaftttn Spates to Ports- 1
mouth ib Flewhacnplhire, fromi
^i^WM,^^'
,raqgib.it ^^^^,@lll^e I
tick toffi/phcerfpaflfog throughl
the central p^rts of fh^ "fouth&n
@^i|^I
A sea& Iwmngtytf@r previ-i
oar® my commencing f my jour
ifey,^ f^dile^ to' the United/
States ,„t ^afytft,^
duced me to pay a lliort visit to)
toet, goal in^ all-the cities andl
tnWrif through which I spiffed,।
when,; to ^:&!&^P^%^4¥
£oo&mea& I. founds £he- report
^rtfevthere werebo le'6 than fay'i
of the ' oMthntin^h^
continue in jheferyice during the
whple war, confined in those dreary
pri^; 327 Os which- hid fami
&@k ^ey , £ re in fata,
07 Ire ffliru^#^ th^^^^
-Mhmerit afr pea%tod ambogthe!
'^riteppy number, there Were^^
ctimmiffioned' q
'tenant colone!, 3 majors, it cap
.taint, re fedtetaArsi 22enfigB§ ? 2
^^ f ^^%
J uf geops,4 , Upo, a, fuia ,oveni
gAtiomolfte caufei of their deten
tion, I found everyone wft for
debt, having 'received, no pay of
^any value during the war. When
they returnedfremtheviaorous field
o' glory"and honour, to the shade of
^fafe life, with nothing tb ffiew
•for„& Aurels they had justly ac
quired hue fears, infirmities and
wounds, they expefted to have
ffiared at least an equal rflvaotogel
A with their fellow citizens of those
blessings which .their gallantry had
ipfuted to their country—but what
was their treatment ? What did
they receive in return for all their
Services? Final settlement notes,
al fobftitutes for their rea| pay,
which they kept until dire n^cef
fity, their calamities, Offerings and
diftteffed families compelled them
io part with them from 2/9 down
to 1/3 on the pound, which was
not half equal to the interest then
due. Good heavens! is this the
case? Will future posterity be
made to believe that their ancef
tors received foch usage as this, af
ter feating the Independence of the
United States with their blood,
Many stupid ignorant;people fay
if the army had keptttheir final
feutaetits tiirfety, jhe^ might
deceive their foil pay,; or in other
words their nominal value. Such
language is an infokto common
luid#foM^©;:W' *±ll, toigtif
I the tavifher of hii miffrcfi plead
[Vol. ll.— Num. 60.1
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fyc@ift,, ^/%p;op!e co m^
life of forb foolish sordid language.l
It is well known that most of these;
brave, then, in returning triumph
& from the h @4 % glory, were
butjrfindigent circumstances, their
bufifiefs of ever, kind having lain
d@d|fpr fetreo faf^ those in par-'
ticu^r who had /families, beings
biiged to run more in debt for their
maiftbahee, while in service, than
their whole, -pay would fell for^
ife close pt the,w:r. Is there,no
way to extricate'thefe brave men
itodi cruel confinement, and worse
than Babylonian captivity ?, Shall
the very , men who were covered
with fears in feeuriog' the liberty
of America, lose their own liberty
&ffi#^ iW^^cfy
the leandaious and perfidiaus injus
tice of that very country their
(words refeued from worse than
I%li^ffi^^ ^~
ready wear so sickly a countenance
in itefe infant r^ub^ky/thntrihe
diff^^erfy become mortal? Sha'l
(tie.;raiferly (peculator, the dark
designing, infamous tory, and oth
w raticides in America, whole
^s^ %%1 ffi f
late war,m/fatad the vl# ruous
patriae/ and deluged theirscountry
,sh the tiood of its Inhabitants
reap' a'lQh^ advantages which are
due fa the brave indefatigable worn
out foldiets ? It is unnecessary for
ms to poirit Out * inode for, the re
lief ; the able pens and ,fe elo
quent speeches of a Madison, a
Jackson and a Wad(worth, whose
names and memory wilflhine with
unfading igfaand brilliancy,many
bundled yeaq a@;,which we shall
tie no more (whfcuhejr oppofers
i/ppls most jug pf<aU caufa will
lie buried in obfcurc silence) have
pointed a mode of redress far those
grievances complained of, as obvi
ous as the fun in its@erid@ heights
hiis rot only this pan of the vmy,
but, eight tenths qf all the reflate
;equal fuferees, except confipe-
I ment. The old army are much
surprised to find that never since
your circular letter to the gover
nours ph he, union, and your fare
welorders to them (both wrote ten
years ago) that not a single pub
ilick Speech, nor a single address to
iany publick body has made its ap
- Ipearance from youfavourable tow
lards mitigating their fufferings.
!Their dependance in the time of
1 the war was not on any energy in
Congress, nor on a friendly difpofi
tiona great many of the community
• bore towards them. It was your
repeated general orders to them,
your positive promises, your fol
lemu engagements to them for fev
:eti years together,, and your hav
ing fpontanebuQy assumed your
felf their advocate ; it was this
ithat kept them in the field half
Ifthryed, barefoot in thtytyMdte ol
Winter, and* the cold frozen ground
'BYE. RUSSELL. —CONCORD—*N EWHAMPSHI R F'. %
to lie on without a bl^nfetywhen '
a month's pa#,;would not pufchafr
a gill of whiskey. It was the al- i
most immortal light in which they
viewed you, the in.comp?,(abte love
they had for you, thic veneration,
refpeft and ^Or&riOn they paid
you, th)t mite, them encounter
more diftreUes^a difficulties than
any other army ever did for the
rights and liberties of the human
race ~ therefore';;fa yoy,;Geriera'
Waffiiagrori) w^ile they are *«„,-
rienciog worse thanGOThic barba
rity/thty how lodk for relief, they
0%, look; for reditfs, they have #
just right so to do ; foryou, fir,
they lurefy have aright 10 claim
ycmr'|tiflte#4"tt^iaffi accom
pliffimqhfcef &* i^iice which you
fotofeea tand-fo fo'emni, .pledged
your words and honour as com
(pander in chief, thst they thould
receive ; @3 ifihe„en,fuing ,Ccn
grefs megleas or denies doing ahem
juftire?"tfere :wilt be something
more to 'feat th^n#bteach of neu
trality or weftern Gv&gfs. The
wounded too often irritated may
atlaft become incurable ; and how
troir awful' and melancholy does
i&appear, to feeaJegiil^ture of a
nation, with impunit,;? look oh
such i^^ce, and wantonly make
I fport of ' the most humble e'htrea
ities arid tears for justice of the
• bewailing widow, the distressed
• Orphan, and° # ^Ihe fbined, heart
broken patriot. It is not duly die
iarmy, but every sue repfflicah's
: breast in America that pants for
ian end co these iniquitous, ciriel and
unjust (offerings., t
Jam, Sir, and'nobe ever lhgyave
reason to be, with the moftexaltec
' . feritimerits of frefpea,,vorit
sincere well wisher, arid pbedient
humble fervant 3
' A true Friend to virtuous
LIBERTY and EQUALITY.
Wyoming, Sept. 4, 1793-
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DECREE of the FRENCH NATION
AL CONVENTION.
DECREE exempting from all duties 'articles
tectfary to fubfftence, and -other ebjeds of
proDtfon, in the Colonies) relative to the
United States, ponouaced in the fitting of
the 26th rs March, 1793, zd,ear of the
I French Rtfubkch.
THE National Convention,
willing to prevent, by pre
cise regulations, the difficulties
which might arise relative to the
, execution of their decree of the
fl9th of last February, concerning
Ithe United States oL America ;to
grant new favours to that nation,
their ally, and to treat it in its com
mercial connexions,with the Fiench
, Colonies, in the fame manner as
the vessels of the Republick, de
-cide as follow :
Art. i.' From the day of the
publication of the present decree,
lin the French American Colonies,
fthe fifty of the ; United States, of
|)g b^tta tffay tons, „ lead
I loaded only with flour, and articles
of .Qh'&r.ce; as a,(o objeXs of
provifioo,j parjfularlv menti%ed
10 the 2d' Article of the D.-c^e of
she 30th Au°uft,[.l'7.B,,. as lifa
.wife b^cor, burier, idij, Zalftop,
dad c^nd^s shall 6.e.adj,,g:ea;into
<he'pQ{(s oT Hid Cpk^e„,wpi ex
eiripr.% fiomali gufe: ne fame
exemption (hall 'be exfenced to
French vessels loaded with the fame
commodities from foreign nations:
Art. 2. The.typt^ios of the cF
fel§ of the United Staces, who, haFi
ing broughtinto the French Amer
ican Cofonie; the obje&s Comprifi
ed in the foregoing Article, would
with to carry their returns imo the
territory of the said United Stated,
may load in the said Colonies, be
&tes fywps, rums, taffies,, arid mer
chandize of France ; a quantity of
coffee equivalent to the fiftieth part
of the tonnage of each veflel, asal-,
so a quantity of sugar equivuleayo
the,tenth part of the tonnage, con
forming to the following "Articles.
Art. 3. livery Captain of Amer
ican vessels, who would wish to
m^ke returns to the United States
irocoffee and sugar of the French
Colonies, must prove, tha his vef.
teG on entering the port, had at
teaft two thirds of its lull loading,'
agreeably to the fitft Artiste tri
that t'ffea; he ftiali be bound to
give into the Custom-house, of the
port he puts into, within 24 hours
after his arrival, ^ certificate frorri
the Agents of th,e Marine, afeer
taining the guage of his vessel, and
the real tonnage of his loading.
The officers of the aforefald Cus
tom-house, shall take care that the
exportation of sugar and coffee may
not exceed the proportions deter-
Imined by the 2d Article of the
present Decree.
Art. 4. The Captains of the ves
sels of the United States of Ameri
ca, shall pay, at their clearing out
from the Ifl^nds, like^ those of the
Republick, only a duty of 5 livres
per 100 weight ofindigo; 10 livres
per 1000 weight of cotton ; five
livres per 1000 weight of coffee ;
: five livres per icoo weight of lump
sugar ; and fifty sous per 1000
weight of brown sugar.— All other
merchandize shall- be exempted
from duty on Living the said Col
;oniee.
Art. 5. The sugars and coffee,
which shall be loaded, shall pay in-
; to the offices of the Cuftcm-houfei,
, which are in the Colonies, or shall
be established hereafter, ever and
above the duties aforeiaid, those
imposed by the law rif the 19th of
i March, 1791, on "the sugars and
ceffee imported from the said Col
onies into France, and conformably
40 the fame law.
Art; 6, The Captains of (hips of
the'United States, who shall desire
to load merchandize! in the said
Cplonjes, for the ports of France,
/shall give into the office of the
[December 16, 1793.]