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OMITTED LAST WEEK.
VARIOUS Intelligence.
THE late revolution of the French Con
vention, giving liberty to the unfortu
nate daughter of Louis XVI. and of propos
ing her exchange, adds an additional trait
to the fame of the present ruling party in
France ; and evinces that real humanity is
how the order g the da,. The unfortunate
girl must soon have died of disease and des
pair. Her health is greatly impaired ; but .
not Io much, but that the country air may
restore her. She has abilities of the firft or
der; for to her is attributed a poem, of which
the following is a translation of the last lines :
The <wretched viaim rffuprra dtj,air
B+boldj the free-born commoners of air ;
Envies their ba,,y lot, atdfeebly cries,
Ye little harmkjs trav'tiers of tbejhies,
Wb, quit you, leaf, boiu'rs, your verdantplains ?
Arid swing four flight to mb'ry's dread domains ?
Why from the breezy bill's enamell'd fide,
% theftfad taw rs,our ,whirring pinions guide ?
Hence,yepor mirifirds ! hence, nor liflen here!
Where pining farrow drinks her frequent tearj
Where vengeance bears her never wear, fang,
And fmileSi Suiting, on the Offerer's pang ;
Where each corroding torment meets relief,
And death, death only, ends the reign of grief!
From the (Boston) CENTINEL.
.- mr. russell, In your lift! read a very
judicious and elegant production, extracted
from a Virginia paper—and feeing among
the papers by the last mail, an address of that
aged Veteran and faithful Soldier of the U
nited States, Gen. Morgan, which breathes
Sentiments worthy to be circulated through
out the Union, I shall request you to°give it
-anearly placC—the more so as it is riot anon
ymous. Yours, CANDIDOS.
From the VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
. _ [Printed in Winchefar.]
To the INHABITANTS of FREDE
RICKS COUNTY.
Fellow Citizens,
AT# time when fufpiciona acid
jealousies are industriously excit
ed in the public mind, by the ene
shies of peace and good order, it is
-certainly the duty of every man, who
hat the welfare of hit country at heart,
.toftep forward and oppose such de
figM. With this view, I have pre-,
fumed thus publickly to address you ;
and chat, not under a feigned signa
ture, as ohe ashamed of the part he
acts—bu: signing my name, and a
vowiogmy sentiments. The pc^fent
Cf '@?T"^ candor and firmnefa in
ll e '° ° r de r an d good goverp
fffe 0 '- Emiffaric. from north & fouth
Tre among u# ; combinations ogainft
our peace and happiaefs appear to be
formed. This opinion fems to be
^lengthened by those printed peti
tiofapihe FederalLegiflature, which
are handed about; and whose object
fa to defeat an a& of the Executive,
and, by creating distrust in the minds
of thefyeople, lessen their confidence
in their public officers. To effect
these ends, designing men m^ke a
handle of the treaty, lately ratified by
the President, between Greatbritain
and the United States They repre
sent it as&many headed monster,
pregnant withdeftrudion to the rights
—the liberties and independence of
America. Every man who had a
food in it, it treated with the aloft
>illiberal atufe, and held forth as an
enemy to his country. Even that
great and good man, who prefixes
Over the Union, has been ceprefented
in a point of vie% calculated if pof
>file# todetraa from bn merit, and
f toinjure hit charaaer,, Here let me
ask, can it be foppofed that the Prefix
dent, who for more than twenty years
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[VOLUME IV."
CO NCO RD, FRID AY, December 4, 1795.
miliiinimHimnmn^iiifli^^
has displayed a patriotism unequalled
in modern times, has, all at once, loft
fight of that virtuous conduct which
gained him the appiaufe of an admir
ing world ? He has been the Ready
friend of his country in the worst of
times, and in the most critical fitui
tion,, and cao we imagine he is now
going to abandon and forfake her?
The uniform reditude of all his ac
tions forbids the thought.
I thitl not venture to decide on the
merits of the treaty ; but allow me
to observe, that the Twenty Senators|
who voted for it, together with the |
President, who ratified it, are at least
as likely to be in the right as the Ten
who voted against it. That many ;
good and well meaning men objeA |
to the treaty, I have no doubt; but,!
are /their objections in themselves so :
important, that, rather than wavel
them, we must run the rifque of do ;
meftic confufjon and foreign war,—
The treaty was constitutionally made,;
and constitutionally adopted ; it there-I
fore becomes the duty of every good/
citizen to acquiesce. Noise and cia-[
mour can answer no other purpose butl
to render men di(affeaed to public,
measures. Were those who busy;
themselves in exciting the fears and;
alarms of the Farmer at his* plough,;
and the Mechanic at his work, can-I
didly to avow their designs, it is to be;
feared, they would be little short of|
difOTganizlog the government. Their
language and coodud give but too;
much room for the fuppolicion. Tho'
our government and admioiftration
are efleemed by the nations of Eu
rope, as models of excellence, yet, in
the opinion of these men, our liberty!
is expiring—our Coafticution violat- |
ing—our public officers deceivers, &
aristocracy exercifiog its tyranny. —
Thus, under the languageof the pat
riot, is concealed the defigos of the
anarchist.„
Was the question put to the peo
ple of the United States —do you live
happy under your present govern
ment t Few, I, fitter myfelf, would
answer in the negative, but such as
would not be happy under any spe
cies of government. Is not the ad
ministration of our public affairs at
tended with the happier effeds ? By
our neutrality in the present European
war, are not our best interests promot
ed? We remain in peace with for
eign nations, and we experience pros
perity at home. When had we such
encouragement for industry as a^pref
ent ?— The produce of our firms;
com mends prices heretofore unknown;
the hufbindman is amply compensat
ed for h^s labor ; cur farmers are
growing? rich and independent ; in
(hort, all classes feel and enjoy the
general welfare. But had a contrary
policy prevailed in our public coun
cils, different eftas would have been
experienced ; the United States, it is
more tha^fyo would, ere this,
have been engaged in a ruinous and
deftru&ive war.%
^kfanot long fincty when war in
all its horrors raged in this country :
Much biood wa§ (hed. mny lives loft)
and much property destroyed, ere it
was happily termthated. These things
ire recent in the memory of every
man. 'Can we then so soon with a
renewal of them ? Are we already
M^—M—WM^hrWi— —I 1 **" 111,1nInw " 1 -' 1 '
anxious to fee our country drenched
in blood ; our towns laid in alhes ;
and every kind of industry ft@d ffHI?
Do we long for the moment when,
the plough shall be deferred for the
spear ; the fickle for the (word ; and
domestic feretiky for the noise of can
non—carnage and deaths I hope and
trust we are not so infatuated^ The
men who wish for trouble, of this
kind to take place, are not the men
who will be ioremoft in the day of
battle, nor who rail be most generous
in affording pecuniarily aid for the
support of war. No, your foes will
be taken from you to fight, and year
purses will be opened to pay# In short,
my fellow citizens, so many are rhe
phyfcal and moral evils attendant
upon war, that so long as there is a
profpea of adjuftiag our differences
by negotiation, we ought to depre
cate the idea of having, recourse to the
dernier reform „ Conlider these things
seriously, and your own good feole
will detAmiee you arighg. We ought
to be upon out guard, to as not to
buffer ourfelvel to be cajoled by plan
fibie words, when the danger is fatal
to our peace and prosperity. Let us
place that confidence' in the Execu
tive which his well-tried virtue de
mands, and not tamely yield ogr o
pinions and feniiments co the declam
atory verbage of designing fophift^
You, Citizen Soldiers, who com
pote that division of Militia which 1
have the honour to command, are, I
slitter myfelf, as you have always
been, thefteady friends of peace and
good government. Already have
you given the world a proof of your
attachment to both. The alacrity
and cheerfulnefs which you difeover
ed, redounds to your honor. The
principles from which you a&ed were
noble—they were worthy of freemen :
Let them always a&uate you. Peace
and good order are infinitely valua
ble: Prize them hi°My— promote
them with fteadineft. Friends of civ
il liberty, you must be friends to good
government. In the present day, it
is become more peculiarly necessary
to shew our attachment, by difeoun
tenanciog in , pointed manner, every
attempt to lessen it in. our esteem. —
The insinuations of the designing
should be repulsed with rational firm
nefe ; and as we have sworn to sup
port the 6onftitution, which is the
envy of some, jbut the admiration of
many, let us be careful to traofmit it
fafe ,nd incorrupted to p,Verity.
Thus my fellow citizens, have I
exercised that right common to all
freemen, of expressing their thoughts
upon political affairs. I have done no
more than what 1 conceived it my
duty to do, and what I considered the
importance of the occasion demand
ed. It may, however, be foppofed,
(as ejery man's conduct is liable to
renfure) that it Uprefumprion and ar
rogance In an individual to obtrude
his (entimepte upon the public My
conduct, in this refpe3, may be rep
refected in what light it may , but it
gives me pieafure to reflet, that t
have the approbation of, my o*n
mind, as to the integrity of my inten
tions. With every ,ifh for your
prosperity and happiness, I am, &c.
DANIEL MORGAN.
s#4/7, o^2B, 1795>
"number 163]
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• Liverpool, cot. 5
By letters received from Panfmouth,
we lfare, that those brave volunteers, ,
who engaged themfeivts with Caps
Child, to serve on bo^rd the Com
merce de Marseilles, here joined their
flip io good health and (pints, and
expert to proceed to the Vvetbodies
in a short time. Exclusive of war
like stores, troop# co the ecuount of
30,000, are to be carried cut ; for
which purpose, ten fail of the lihe,
one firft race, one 94 guj ship, and
three or four 74'', together with a
fleet of armed Eaftiddiamen, are en
gaged. Admiral Pole, in the Colos
sus, and Admiral Christian, in the
Prince George, are included in the
expedition.
The Commerce de Marseilles, is
fared in the different prints, to carry
120 gons, but the truth is, that (he
mounts 136 guns—Naval ge r Heinen,
who have looked narrowly into her
merits, declare, that in the mrin arti
ctes of speed, defence, a^d internal
;accommodation, this ship b' fsr for
paffes ail chat Europe ever hid to
boast of,
MINISTERIAL MANIFESTO,
as set forth in ope of,(heir papers yefterdsy.
IT hat been out uniform pra^ice,
at different periods, 10 Rate to the
public our opinions and observations
upon the general tipta of effairs ;
and perhaps the coofideratioa of that
fubjeft was never more interring or
important than at the present mo
ment. Some of lb< cbjeHs of the war
we now look upon as unattainable —
Ow attempts to accomplish them have
failed—but this failure has neither
brought dishonor nor disgrace upon
the Birifh charader. Wherever our
armies have fought, they have gained
reputation,* and where our navy has
been engaged, it has been victorious;
The formation of the confederacy
of the allied powers had, for its prin
ripalobjea, the defiruaion of a lyf
tem in France, which tended to disturb
the tranquility of every other state. A
love of juflice, and perhaps a more
urgent motive, that of fefiecarity,
required that such a system fhouid
not be left unme'efted; but the con
federacy, formed to oppose the estab
lishment of it, has been so weakened
by the ecceffion of some of the pow
ers of which it was composed, that we
can scarcely look upon it as having in
view any such purpose ; and indeed,
while it remained united, although
the deftrudion of the, French fyflem
well the avowed intention of the alli
ance, there were few of the powers
Concerned in it who bad not other febemes
to profecute,t and to which a confide
rabie part of their force was directed.
This circumstance perhaps may ac
count, in fort degree, for the failure
of the whole plan.
We cannot at this period lament
that circumflances fhouid alter the &
figini l purpose of <M confederacy.—
Complete success in the fulfilment of
it, plan would have been, in our opin
ion, the happiest issue for Europe ;
but that, peace now is better than a
tong promaed war, even if it had
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[notes. • Yes, so they hive in—r^%.
t Poor John Bullif How they>i,^ him !
He must finallyM,^?'" r •') 4