National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-10-16 00:00:00, page 4

Frem lie Alexandria Advertiser.
' & 'HE j -efent crisis is important to the
1 world in general. The llruggle of
expiring defpotifrn will eventually be pro
ductive of consequences with the fate
of millions yet unborn. Such as can view
the present fra with the eye of indifference
/null be calousto feeling and poffcfs a ilo
ical insensibility. Patriotism cannot influ
ence their hearts. Let the idea of the
subjugation of France be once admitted,
r.nd th * mir.dof tk-'true Patriot, the friend
of mankind is filled with painful sensations
in contemplating tVe consequent m-.ftry,
f ndiag the extinction of that sacred fire
which now animates the breads of free
dom's sons in the eastern world. Religion,
if paR experience proves anything, would
become subservient to the bafell purposes.
Calculated by its divine author, to pro
mote the happiness of mankind ; an'
Fraught with sentiments declaratory of
on earth, and good will to men ; it
would be converted into rhe tool of def
potitm. and the chain of arbitrary power,
by the monlhous conjunction of church
and Hate. The gueftion in despotic courts
is not what religion is acceptable to God ?
They enquire not whether the articlts of
their creed conefpond with divine revela
tion ? The aspiring despot, and the subtle
courtier form an eccleiiaflical establishment
which moit effectually Lcures to them the
poffeilion of aflumed power, and the de
pendence of th .r slaves.
Civil liberty, which once Stimulated the
brave Americans to the noblefl a.sts of
heroism, would on!y be remembered as 2
pieafir.g dream by the mcutners furround
■ing her sacred urn. The generous patriot
would lament in secret the misery of man,
condemned to tread the rugged paths of
life i:i chains- The parent, who once en
joyed the blefiings- of freedom, would
drop tiie sympathetic tear, while reflecting
on the mferable fubjedlion to which his
children are born. The ndultiioas hus
bandman, and the humble mechanic, find
ing no security in the pofT'ffion of their
well earned property, would relax in their
pursuits after honeit gain. Supinenefs
would pervade the wretched fuljeds of ty
rants, and the hand of industry would be
enfeebled. Taxation without representa
tion ; trials without juries, oppreflion with
out redress ; the unnatural degradation of
the multitude, an! unmerited exaltation
of court fy copharts and worfliippers in the
temple of monarchy, ;*re the prominent
features of the monger that strives to raise
its diminilhed head, and uni
vcrfal dominion over mankind. The en
lightened mind of man recoils at the bare
pr bability of the extinction of reason,
and the triumph of defpotifrn. Shrrl ty
rants again fatten on the foil manured with
flavcry, and watered with the tear of op
pnlTi 'i ? S'all the votaries of defpotifrn,
more impious than Moloch's worlhipper3,
et the head of hcllile bauds, again desolate
the world, and deal misery and death with
unsparing hand among the innoccnt vit\-
jmS of their rage ? Forbid it Heaven !
This is the period which decides the
important queilion, (hall man be free ?
Such are the views which prsfent to the
mind of Americans in ant cipating the
• conquest of the patriotic French. Every
good citizen, however, deprecates the evil.
They feel interfiled in the eventful ftrug
gl ; while gratitude, duty, sentiment, the
common cause of liberty, with perforative
eloquence, demand the infant arm of Ame
rica to relieve a filler in diflrefs. Interelt,
too, if reveriionary blefiings are worth Se
curing, points out the propriety of render
ing eS'edlive assistance to our injured ally,
if required. Despising the motives which
influence the friends of monarchy in Ame
rica to aflume a dove-like appearance by
talking of the blefiings of peace, and the
advantages of neutrality, they dare ttot
pnrchafe these at the expence of Ameri
can faith and republican virtue. When
these gentlemen become the advocates of
peace in Britain, and condemn the breach
of neutrality there, their sincerity will be
less doubted.
The hackneyed argument in favour of
a renunciation of our alliance with France,
arising from the condemnation and death
of Louis Capet, is unworthy a serious re
ply. If the exifling treaty had been en
tered into for the mutual guaranteeing
the heads of the higt contrasting parties ;
if the extinction of privileged orders in
France, or the ereilion of arillocracy in
America bad been (lipulated as causes of
.disunion , then the treaty would be equally
aTFe&ed in its operation, by the decapita
tion of Louis in France, or the creation
of an arillocratic rule here. The execu
tive of the United States, and the French
miniilry, as the representatives of the king
their matter, in the formation of that treaty
mutually engage, on the behalf of their
refpeftive nations, for the peiformance ol
articles stipulated, equally advantageous to
the citizens of both countries with refpeft
to commerce and war. It refp'fted not
the internal government of France or A
merica ; and no relative change in the
conllitutiou or policies of either can ann\:l
those obligations or render the treaty inef
feiShial. While, therefore, tl e goo 1 faith
of France is experienced, Republican A
meiicai>s will rejoice in the alliance, and
render all the •iflitlance (he claims in the
hour of her ditlrefs from the unsophisticat
ed conftrutiion of the bond of union.
The late decree of the National Conven
tion of France, announced to the public
by Mr. Secretary Jefierfon, which ope
rates so advantageously for the commercial
interest of the United States, and displays
•he of magnanimous France,
should raise a conftious blufii on the cheeks
of tho e who have wounded the honour ol
America bv fophi ticating, and explaining
away the felf-evident meaning of words,
and the idea of treaties.
Tell it not in B:itain, publilh it not in
the (Ireets of London, that the civil au
thority of America hath been exerted tc
punish as delinquents her citizens for en
gaging in the common cause of mankind
■under the banners of France in oppoting
her numerous foes, led the votaries of del
potifm tiiumph in the defection of the
leaders of our country, and rejoice in the
extiriflion of that flame from whence the
lons of Gallia derived their sacred fire.
Citizen Patriots, can yoarefufe the tri
bute of gratitude due to the TWELVE
who, defpifingthe influence of a felf-confe
quentialexpounder of law, ftaodnoklyfirm,
hnd disappointed the hopes of an aspiring
fa&ion .' And (hall the verdi6to of juries
be despised ? Shall the citizens of Ameri
ca, the volunteers in the caule of man, be
Hill pursued by niiniflerial vengeance?
Doth Balak, the prince of Moab, hope
by change of time and plsce to curse the
people ? Disappointment and flume shall
succeed the attempt, and America fhail
(till be free.
Alexandria, Srf t. 25, 1793.
PHILADELPHIA.
EnlraS of a letter front the rtyaljl army,
(in opposition to the National Convention)
dated stagers, 'July 29.
" At length I have the pleasure of com
municating to you the moli ]>!ea(ingevents.
We have fought several days fuccefively,
and the action of the j Bth completed our
joy. and gra'itude towards the Supreme
Being. The christian and royal army has
entirely dellroyed that of tie ithtijls.
They have had fix -thousand killed, nearly
the fame number wounded, and thre«thou
fand made prisoners. The remainder are
so dispersed, that they will not appear a
gain. All their artillery, ammunition wag
gons, baggage and provisions, are in our
pofleflion.
" God has blefTed us with a complete
victory. His aid also manifefled itfelf
rowards 11s on the 24th inflant. We bad
heard that the bridge of Ce, was guarded
by four thousand men : we in consequence
approached within a league of it 011 the
23d, and the next* day at three in the
morning, we ranged our small army in or
der of battle t» attack it at day-break.
" The enemy fullered us to approach
within cannon (hot, and then discharged
twelve pieces at us.—We immediately cri
ed out, the sword of God and Louis hisfol
lenuer, and rushed like lions on the four
thousand men, put them all to the sword,
and took all their artillery. There, on the
bridge dyed with the blood of the enemies
of God, we made the air resound with the
praises of the Lord, whose exterminating
angel undoubtedly marches before us.
" After this lait victory we entered An-
I gers, where the white flag 13 flying on all
I fides, as well as in almoll all the provin
ces of Anjou. We have just dispatched
a courier to order the colunjn of the royal
army, stationed beyond the bridges of
Nantes, to approach that city on the 4th
of Augull, in order to give the alarm on
that fide, but to undertake nothing, until
we fliall be ready ourselves to make the
attack on the other fide.
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A N EXAMINATION of the lute pro
ceedings in Congress rcfpeftkig the
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I'reafury; with Oblervations, &c. on the
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iin 11—2 d. paragraph, lor Coalition read
Collision. Page 2.5. line 11—2 d. pirag.
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T^THEREAS an attachment at the »uit of Sam
uel ImUy and Nathaniel Imlay, execui.<r:
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lands -of Garret Voorl)ei9, late of the county o;
Middlesex, and slate afoiefaid, returnable to the
(iiit Tueiday in leventeen hundred
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said Garret Voorheis, that unless he appear and
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April 17. law. jy HOWELL, Clk.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AW AY on the 20th of June Ja A, from
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ftiait built, has 3 yellow ca.l in his countenance,
talitcth wi.h his tongue again!* his teeth,
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Sept. 4, 1793* 2aw6w
Seat of War.
FOR SALE,
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