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'CONCORD, WHAMTSHIRE,) PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY FLIJAH RU6SE LL_A_N I^l^SF^^_
[volume III.]
FROM THE CoLUMBIAnCeNTINEL.
CENTINEL ATLAS,
Being an account cf the Political State ofthe Elder
World, the middle of Sept. last.
OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
[CONTINUED.)
THE Convention, -crrnftant :andL
resolute, will never depart from
wisdom. Any remonftrancet that
are addressed to it; will be heard with
• attention ; but the Convention will
not allow the rights of enlightening
and warning, to become a means of
its humiliation and disgrace, nor fuf
fer any voices to be heard in the Re
public which speak louder than the
national reprefenration.
With refpe& to intrigues, and
those who may yet regret royalty ;
we will adopt a vigorous attitude;
we will maintain those measures of
general fafety which the public good
commands, but will not permit them
to be arbitrarily understood, or that
ungrounded suspicion shall occasion
any injuOice.
Every aft of government ffiall bear
the charader of juftjce ; but justice
shall no longer be presented to France,
as issuing from a dungeon and cover
ed with blood, as the hath too long
appeared under the direction of vile
conspirators. •.
Frenchmen ! Confider those u
your enemies who would directly or
indirectly attack the liberty, equali
ty, utility or iodivifibility of the re
public.
Fly those who (peak without ceas
ing of blood and the fcaffold ; those
exclusive patriots/hofe violent men,
those men enriched by the revolution,
who dread the reign of justice, and
expert to find their fafety in cohfu
fion and anarchy : But seek and es
teem those laborious and modest men,
those pure and good beings, who
ffiun public notice and employments,
and who pradife without ostentation
all the refoblican virtues
Keep io mind; that though violent
and rapid movements are necessary
to begin a revolution, yet moderation
and prudence must terminate it. Be
all united then in brotherly love, and
helped for the laws.
Behold, your brave brothers in
arms give you the example of this
foblime obedience, by their fobmiffion
and devotion to their duty. Their
glory is to obey the voice of their
chiefs: They continually bless the
decrees of the National Convention.
If they fuffer, they are resigned to cir
cumstances: If they die, their last
sigh is so rthe Republic.
, $ And you, in the bosom of the cit
ies and villages, will you fuffer vain
quartelfrto disturb the public peace ?
Will you create obftacWs to retard
the triumphant progress of the revo
lution.
Oh Frenchmen! What grief for
us, what^atitfiaion for out enemies,
to fee France, victorious without, and
torn by civil diflentions within I No !
They mill not enjoy this cruel pleas
ure; andtehat the Convention has
done in the armies, it will allo do in
the bosom of the Republic.
The warlike w tuesgive birth to
~^tam4 The domestic vifluef form
the citizens ; and these are the vir
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FRJD A Y, December 19, 1794.
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■ Mil HiMi—rni—wimmin
toes, which fuftaioed and fortified by
an invincible attachment to republi
can principles, perpetuate in a gener
ous nation, that sacred fire, that char
ader of grandeur, which has made
the French the firft people of the uni
verse.
Thus we fall soon fee the plots of
<Ulthe public diftofbera^feoflcerted,
all parties and factions fall ; and be
extinguished of themselves ; for in
all parties there are men who make
confufion for the mere pleasure of do
ing it, and do mifchief without gain
ing any thing by it. These are like
so many opposite winds, which, with
out benefiting the pilot, serve only to
perplex his manoeuvres#
Citizens, all rhe virtues must con
cur in the establishment of the Repub
lic. You have, by turns, displayed
your force in overturning the Baftile,
and the Throne, your patience in (up
porting the evils inseparable from a
great revolution, and your courage in
repelling the barbarians who have at
tacked your frontiers. The time is
now come to vanquish other enemies
by firmnefs and wisdom. A calm
must at last succeed to so many
ftorms^ The vessel of the Republic,
so long tossed by the tempest, is in
fight of the shore : Take care that
she be not driven back among the
quicksands. Let her advance into the
port, cleaving with a gentle course,
an obedient sea, and welcomed by the
transports of a free, happy, and tri
umphant people.
It was then decreed at follows :
The National Convention, after
having heard the address presented by
the Committee of Public Safety, Gen
eral Welfare, and Legislation, united,
in execution of a decree of the 11th
of this month, and having unanimous
ly approved it.
Decrees, That it shall be printed
and lent to all the Administrators of
the Departments and Diftrifts, to the
Municipalities, to the Sedioiary com
roittee; to the armies and to popular
societies.
That it shall be published by all
the Municipalities, polled op in the
Decadary Halls, and read in all the
Affembfes of the Communes and
Seaions.
That fix copies of it shall be given
to each Member of the Convention,
and that it shall be translated into all
Ilanguages.
That the Administrators of the
:Diftrifts shall cause it co be reprinted,
and the National Agent of each Dif
tri& shall fend it to all Public Inftrac
; tors, to be read to their pupils. :<
CAMBACERES, President.
\Greatbrilain,
>ls playing one of the most extraor
-1 dinary parts that the world ever wit
. neffed. Although she had, at the
commencement of the French Rovo
r{ lutipn, made the moss favourable im
^ preffions on the Rulers of & French,
I and had seen her flag honourably en-
I; twined with the tri-coloured flag of
France, and the flags of the United
i States and Poland ; and although she
was the last to engage, and the least
interested in the crusade agiinft Fiance,
) she has been made to bear the chief
, burden of the war. At an immense
- expend she has been made the fubfi
dizer of Prussia and Austria, the two|
powers that began the war, and thit
afe most interefled in in continua
tion —and whi'ft her commerce is fuf
feiing great ipoilation, her loos are|
hourly facrificed io Flanders. At!
home there appears to be a profound ;
ca'm, which is enforced by the utmost ,
Vigilance and efficiency of the gov-!
ernment.— To awake the loyalty ofj
the kingdom, fubferiptions have been;
set on foot in all the counties to raifel
volunteer corps for the internal de-.}
fence of the kingdom ; and to nip I
the buds of liberty, the goals|
are filled with authors, printers and I
booksellers :—Every expression tend-j
ing to debase the government is pun-i
ifhed io the most exemplary manner ;
and from the numerous aflociations
daily forming, the Ministry appear toI
have the voice of the nation in sup-I
port of the blundering systems they
have pursued. The conduct of this
kingdom, with refped to the neutral
nations, has totally changed. lofti
gated by a falfe policy, orders had'
been issued by the government forl
flopping and condemning all neutral
vessels bound to or from France, or
its possessions. The United States,
Denmark and Sweden, have made
proper complaints on this head. The
most offenfive part of the ordershave
been revoked, and the commerce of
neutral nations, does not fuffer much
interruption from this country. In
Scotland, government rules with a
rod of iron ; and io Ireland, the voice
of reform or revolution is not at pres
ent heard. The British navy in a
small degree consoles the nation for
its repeated losses in Flanders, and
was at sea, at the date of the last ac
counts.
The island of Corsica, has lately
been added to the dominions of the
British king; and Sir Gilbert Elliot
has been appointed Vice-Roy thereof.
Os what weight in the scale of events
this acquifi cion may be, we pretend
not to determine., ;
ttefet.ro——Bet
OJ Spain.
The spirit of this nation appears
by the lift accounts to be railed by
the invafioos of the French ; and an
army of >.170,006 men is said to be
levied to oppose them. As we have
before mentioned, Spain has lately
loft Fontarabia and Sr. Sebastian.
The former place surrendered to the
French in fix hours after it was sum
moned, although underLbuis XIV.
iftoft Iftrfhal Benvick two mont|B,
and the flower ^ his army to reduce
the fortrefi— The latter isa place of
much trade, and has a mote so fuflr
ciently capacious as to contain 200
large vessels. It is defended by a
castle of great strength and feme an
tiquity, being built by Sanhco VIII.
King of Navarre, 101194. The
;Prime-Miniver has pub'jfhed an affec
tionate address from the King ta hit
fubjeds, and a proclamation for rail
ing the inhabitants an maffe has been
made in several provinces. A for
midable conspiracy has lately been
detected, and the confpiratora punch
ed, A large fleet has fitted into the
Mediterranean to assist the British
fleet under Lord Hood, mid every
menfure seems to indicate that Spain
means ferioudy to engage in the war.
1 OfPoriu^L
This power, although not active in
the combination agairtt France, has
Ifent a fquadroo to cooperate wih
Ithe British navp ; id fume bodies
of troops to assist toe Spa wds . H-r
;war with Algiers still fynti ^, Ind
' ,her squadron is ftatio rd to cobtice
! the Algerine lovrri to the Medwt
raneafl. Lae atce&u% however, lay
;that a facade on of these pirates bav^
I saually passed in 0 the Atlantic.
At Geneva,
An infire revolution has lately
I been effefted —the old order of,hibgt ,
j completely i+olifhed, aid the admin
;iftrators of it guillotined, A minis
ter from thi* Republic has been re
ceived by the National Convention
I of France.
Political Mifcell,any.
FROM THE MEDLEY.
I the SOLDIER, No. VI.
WHILE the nations which inhabit this
earth, are almost universally engaged
in a bloody and defeating war, we can but
rejoice, my fellows, that peace is allotted us
for our portion :—but to preserve this bless
ing, the unanimous voice of experience a
greesin declaring it the height of wisdom to.
be prepared for war—That is, in a scriptural
sense, " to have e*r lam,strimed and burning."
To have our troops well organized and dis
ciplined, and the implements of death, the
Tyrant's dread, in complete readiness for
any emergency.
Such appears to be the language of Con
grefs and the several State Legislatures, in
the late required detachment from the mili
tia. They have politically raised the beacon
of terror, and have as impolitically passed
over the essential requisite which will enable
America to continue terrible to her enemies.
" The Labourer it vorthj. of &, hire," is a
faying of him who never spoke amiss—ls
this proverb has any remaining ratify our
Legislators should have kept it in view—and
instead of doing that which they ought not
to have done, and which the power delegat
ed them by the people never warranted them
in doing ; they fhbuld have done as they
ought—namely, offered the Militiaman an
ample compensation for the rifle and service,
laccompanying the life of a Soldier.
But why do I advocate whM they ought to
have done? The matter is fettled—the de
„mand is made —the Soldier must march !
—or—TEN POUNDS-is the next word
of Command. ',D #
* I was most agreeabiy surprised the other
day on entering our village inn, instead of)
decanters and glasses, which generally strike
the eye, to find a notification over the fire
I place, warning the inhabitants, freeholders,
of the town of Newbedford, to meet at the
old Congregational Meetinghouse in this
town, on Wednesday, the 13th of Aug. inst.
at 2 o'clock afternoon, to consult on the *
i most agreeable method for raising Soldiers,
agreeable to the late ad of Congress. I was
. readily led into a train ^f thinking how this
Iconfutation would terminate; who origin
ated the warning—and whicl jof our Fathers
' or Seleamem firft proposed a measure, which
,is fraught with so many traits of justice as
this step appears to lead so. Ihad previpuf
ly determined to proceed in the investigation
:of the Militia L^w in this number, but find
ing this notice for a meeting,,^ withmg to
I prove myfe!f" agood Soldier,'' the confid
f elation ftfu&fle, in the ptfritynaurel
rouid nog mM'profit,bly,e my pen, than
calling fe attention of my fellow Soldiers to
a matter which appears of fuel, moment, not
lonly to etich individual of qs, \ut to the
.whole Commonwealth . ..
Experience is thefeltjudge of the merits
i of any aßion or Law. The Fathers of this
town, after experience, fee the injustice of
.^b^^
rights of man, ^-fofj^^,
Il^^^
now call upon us to appear, as a town, and
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