The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-03-20 00:00:00, page 2

the fecondtry Stites tod the week
powers ; the thinks not of ft rip
ping her Alltel ; (he is faithful to
her friends ; she punishes her en
emies yet without hating them ;
naturally generous, she does not
even hate the Eoglifh nation ; and
never in France will a Minister
have a right to the spotbefis for
his abhorrence of that people.—
But every body in France is a
greed in one point; it is that one
is there put in mind of Toulon,
of Dunkirk, of Quiberon, of the
Vendee ; it is that one decefts and
curses cruelty, perfidioufnefs, the
bloody machiavelifm of the Brit
i(h ministry, and that one deplores
at the fame time, the inconceiva
ble bliodoefs by which the Eng
Jifh fuffer themselves to be over
burdened, for to become the hor
ror of the world.
The great nation will revenge
the Universe, and to effectuate this
Frenchmen, more than one mean,
presents itfelf to you ; the most
worthy and the most rapid is the
invasion of England, Unheard of
successes have accustomed you to
count no more the obftaclei. In
such enterprizes, the name alone
of the Armies is the promise of
triumph ; and the justice of the
case is its warranty. It is no long
er the time of laughing at projects
of defeent, and of difcuffiog the
means. At the height where the
French are, their will is victory )■*•I
Therefore, let the army of Eng
land go and dictate peace in Lon
don 1 and there also, Republicans,
you will find auxiliaries ; and there
also, you will find many men,
whom reason has not fufficiently
abandoned, to prevent them from
being fenfib!e of the odium which
their government spreads over the
English name ; and there also,
you will find those thousands of
generous men who struggle this
long while, in order to obtain a
/ parliamentary reform ; and there
also, you will find those Labour
ers without number, who sigh af
ter peace, whom was, by protract
ing itfelf, reduces to misery, and
who weigh, in the balance of
their real wants, the splendid de
ceit of royal harangues, the illu
sion of Manifeftos, and the chime
ra of conquests ; and there also,
you will find, the Irish nation, so
many years oppressed, and which
bears with so much uneasiness the
chainsofa Court that nourishes
itfelf with the toils of Irishmen,
drenches itfelf in their blood, and
feoffs at their defpair.fr
Go, under these sufpices, brave
Republicans : second the national
and unanimous desire; conduc
ed by the Hero who placed you
so oftenon the road to Vidory,
you will have also for you the ac
clamations of all the just and vir
tuous fouls that exist in the world ;
go, re-eftablith the liberty of the
fas; reftria: in fine, within, wft
limits, the disorderly ambition of
that government, perturbator of
its Qwo country, as well as of the
Universe ;—fecure the repose of
the French Republic, and that of
Europe, therein the grand talk
which remains for you to accom
" plifh. And since at this moment
the Briti& government, Peering
coldly and with a ferocious smile
at the disasters of the Continent,
applauds 14 opulence, force it to
pay, gonformable to
quota of the expences of this War,
which ^cabi.ee alone ^
to eternize, and which it well
knows it may terminate as soon
as itchufes to (peak, to the French
Republic, a language that one
may lifter to, and that one can be
lieve sincere. '
Citizens', you will recognize
your own fencimenU in the expo
fition of those of the Executive
,Diredory. The fame spirit an
imates your faithful Reprefeita
tivei. Io vain the Cabinet of
London exhausts its efforts to sow
among them miftcuft and discord,
or to persuade that it has succeed
ed in it. The 13th Fruflidor
has deftrOyed English influence,
and since that memorable Day,
the Members of the Council and
those of the Directory present the
fpeCHcle of the most affecting
union..
Hah ! All Patriots have but
one iofWeft— There is io the Re
public but one opinion and one de
sire. War to the Cabinet of St.
James' is the cry of France.—-—
What glory is promised to the
Army of England ! It fuffices to
indicate it to such Heroes. Ah !
to endame our Warriors ,ith an
invincible enthufialm, it is only to
put them in mind of what they
have already-done. The Wails
of the ftronged placet have fallen
before them , the firft Captains
of the powers of Europe have not
been able to refill them. They
have made prisoners, Bender, at
Luxembourg, and Wurmfer, at
, Mantua. By them the three col
oured Standard waves on the bor
ders of the Rhine, and on the &
gean Sea. After so many Victo
ries what speeches or what words
could add any thing to the ardor
of French Soldier ? It is enough
for them to hear the voice of their
country, and to bear in mind their
own exploits. (Signed)
REVILLIERE LEPAUX, President.
N LEGARDE, Sec, General.
Letters from Bern, of the 16th ult.
state that they had, in the night of the
14th, received intelligence that a column
of 15,000 Ff^nchmen were on their way
towards Switzerland, on the fide of Por
entruy. Every thing announces, that
the obje&of this movement was to take
poffeffien of Ergueil, and the valley of
Mueifter^a country in part fubjed to the
Bishopric of Bafle, and which it was sup
posed was ceded to France by feme secret
articles of peace of Campo Formio , The
secret council and the council of war
were immediately affembled,and Cour
iers sent to all the cantons. In the
morning an extraordinary fitting of the
council of Two Hundred took place, in
which, after great debate, it was decreed
that 20,000 men should hold themselves
in readiness, to march on the firft signal.
All the signals were ordered to be in rea
dipefs, that iftafe of necessity the levy
in amass of the inhabitants might take
place with the greatest promptitude; in
short, a Proclamation is to be addressed,
as well to the German country, as to the
Pays de Vaud. It is said that they will
promise to re establish this last country
in its ancient rights. The state of Swit
zerland is at this moment critical. _ 1
/ The news is now circulated, that the
Swiss Envoys have been ordered to leave
Paris, and that War is to be declared
against rhe Magnificent Lords ; thus the
long insults given to the Republic by
hypocritical conspirators are about to be
avenged, a generous people restored to
their rights, and the chain of Republics
so extended as to form a barrier between
the tyranny of the North and the liber
ty which will reign in the South. ?
" The Diredory having heard the re
port of the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
orders, that the Minister of the French
Republic residing at the Helvetic Cah
tons, shall declare to the ,Governments of
Berne and Fribourg, that the Members
of those Governments Ihill answer per
sonally for the fafety of the persons and
property of the inhabitants of the Pays
de Vaud, who have ad ^r^Ld themselves,
and may still address thernfeives, to ihe
French Republic, to claim, in execution
of ancient treaties, its mediation, and l0 a
be either maintained in or restored to
thrir rights.
" The Minister for Foreign Affairs is
charged with the execution of this order,
which is not to be printed.
(Signed) " BARRAS, President.
''L. M. LAMEVELLIER 8 Le PAUX.)
(Forth Secretary General." }
JAN.B
Extras from a Popular A^r+Jt to the two
Council!, relative to the lowafan of Eno
&.^,
" At the very name of England the
blood starts in our veins, and the heart
, Redder, with indignation.
" The administrators, the peace off
£cers, and the agents of the central office,
deposit on the alter of their Country, the
sumos 4739 francs, the amount ofa
fubferiprion opened, to defray the ex
penfeof war against the English Govern
ment, the hatred of which has increased
in proportion to its crimes. It has reach
ed its pinnacle ; it is a national hatred ;
it pervades the whale body politic ; the
families, the individuals, all excite and
animate one another ; the desire of ven
geance is with them a public virtue, that
inflames them with an ardor fimiiar to
the sacred love of their country.
" Ah ! who could view with cold
blood all the enormities, that horrid
Government has been guilty of? Hate it
not fettered and daftardifed the English
nation, heretofore so proud of its liberty ?
Has it not died Bengal with the blood of
its wretched inhabitants ?—Has it not
sharpened the daggers in the midst of us,
and lighted the torch of civil war ? Does
it not deny food to 22,000 French whom
the fate of war has thrown in its power ?
" To complete, the horrid story, this
very Government boasts of being the
most philosophical !
<, " No, the rulers of England have no
thing humane; and we can compare them
no longer to any thing but to those fav.
enous wolves, used to prey on human
flefh, and whose stomachs (ejed every
other food.
“ But whilst the thirst for revenge
consumes us, and since every Frenchman
is eager to quench it, let us not be un
mindful of the fate of 20,000 men, that
groan in the dungeons of Great Britain
—let us hasten to their relief, and let ev
ery citizen view it as his duty, to contri
bute to their comfort, untill the happy
moment of their deliverance.
" The central office proposes opening
a new fubfeription, designed to alleviate
their diftrefs.'
"Happy, if it can dry the tears ofthe
wretched ! yet happier if its example is
followed by others !'
" Receive, citizen President, the ex
pression of our refpe& and our devotion,
The administrators of the central office,
" LESSURE,
(Signed) "COUSIN,
:"LETELLIER.”
Q _
, United States Legislature.
FIFTH CONGRESS—-Second Session.
/• '—t-
HOUSE, &c.~-FEB. 26.
STAMP ACT.
THIS fobje& wit called up by
Mr. Harper ; when the re
port of the Committee of Ways
and Meant, on the petitions for
repealing the law, and which re
port wai against the repeal, wat
debated, and negatived; when a
motion for the repeal of the AH,
teas put io the committee of the
whole, carried 49 to 36. When
the House resumed the yeas and
nays were called on the question,
for inftruaing the committee of
Ways and Means to bring io a
bill to repeal the Stamp Aft, which
'was Carried in the affirmative, yeas
s%n*ys36. The House did not
adjourn until a quarter past five.
FEB. 27.
A Bill to repeal the Scamp Ad,
wai committed for to-morrow.
A meffige informed that tWf
Indian treaty appropriation bill had
received the Prefid^ft fignatere,|
fforeign lAiercourfe.
This fobied was returned in
Committee of the Whole. Mr.
Nicholas's amendment for curtail
ing the eftabliffimenc, under coo^
^deration ; but no decision wat
come to on it. ' The committee
rose and had leave co fit again.
M4 2 '°
Stamp Afi.
The bill for repealing the Stamp
Aa, passed 51 to 42. .[0- The
Senate have ooncooturred this bill
16 to 12; and the firft of July it
fixed, for its commencement.]
Before the House rose, a Meft
(age was received f om the Sen
ate, informing them, that the Sen
ate had resolved, that the bill for 4
repealing the Stamp Aft Jbould wot
V^,
MARCH 2.
The fubje& ofthe impeachment
of Wm. Blount, wai again taken
up. The Senate had summoned
him to appear 00 the third Mon
day of December next: Mr. Sit
greaves wished an earlier da, ;
and the message of the Senate „i
committed to the Manager! of the
Impeachment to report thereon.
The House then again resolved
itfelf inro a committee of the whole
on the bill providing the means of
foreign intercourse teith foreign
nations ; when Meffro. Oris and
Harper, (poke at great length a
gainst the amendment of Mr.
Nichohi. At the conclusion of
Mr. Harper's fpeecb, the question
was called for ; but on a motion
to rife and ilk leave to fit again,
it was carried by 50 members ris
ing. The House adjourned. ('
[^ The Poft/cript in last Wednejdaffe
Bost on Centinel jays, " Mr. Nicholas's a
mendment for abridging the Executive power
in the line of Foreign Intercourse, bat been
NEGATIVED, 52 to 48 ! Laus Deo !
The Bill as originally reported, has paffdto
be engroffal."}
American J2etos.
VIRGINIA..
NORFOLK, FIB. 1,
Extraordinary long Passage.
ON Sunday arrived in Hampton
Roads the brig Verandering, FrM
eric C. Meyer, late master, bound to
Baltimore from Hamburg, out 3 1 weeks ;
and loft her anchors and totally defiitute
of provisions. Three weeks before her
arrival the Captain died ; three werf
sick in bed, one had been farved to
death, one drowned, and one made his
escape on board a schooner at sea ; they %
had only the mate, one teaman, and a
boy that were able to stand, and those so,
weak, they could not let the reefs out of
the topfails.'
PENMro&Nra.
PHILADELPHIA, FE8.27.
Extraa of a letter from 4 refutable gentleman
at the cit, of St. Domingo, dated fanuar,
firft, 1798.
" Although Ido not imagine that
this letter will find you at Philadelphia,
yet I feodit, in order that it may serve as
a guide to you and your friends, in adopt
ing the rieceffary precautions, in the dis
patch of your vessels for French ports,
j “4privateer of Guadeloupe has bro't
into this port two veflels belonging to
1 Baltimore, leaded with provisions and
dry goods, of which the captain of the
privateer has demanded the confifcation,
became they have English goods on
board,and that theirdeftination was tothe
F[ench ports, Jacquemel and Aux Cayes,
-which by a decree of the Executive Di
rectory, is expressly forbidden. The
commify, of the Republic has accord
ing^ granted the condemnation, altho'
this decree has not jet been carried into
tffed at any other place, or on any other
cccafion.
^:fettatfm take th? earliest oppor
tunity of informing you of these parricu
lars, and of pointing out ttenecefa
steps o be pursued in your ffii^m^ts.