National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-03-27 00:00:00, page 3

en-'oyol n tuning the ws.-ld upside
down with their ambitious Wars —when
they imprl(o:i, torture, or put to death
virtuous men, who hive courage enough
to tell them, the truth—when, to fati>fy
their avarice they crulh nations under an
intolerable weight of taxes, impous, and
vexations of every kind.
And let us enquire alio, what tan be the
creed of crafty and covetous priests, vhc
facrifice every consideration to their tliini
for gold ?—how can they have the alfu
lance to pnfe!'- ths chiriftian religion—
a religion .vivcli inculcates poverty, humi
lity, fo'pveneu of injuries, and even love
towirds our enemies !
The truth is, they find it their interefl
to prevent light from fpr -adiug among
mankind. They are fenlible that tiue
science, in restoring the rights oi humar
nature, would soon convince ir.cn thai
they can be hapjry without the interventi
on of crowned or religious despots. l'<
set this aflertion in ac! -arer point of view
I will introduce a pafiajs of Bar infants
as quoted by Eufebius. Speaking of th:
Sires (the ancient ("liinefe, before th<
time of Confucius) he Jays, —Apud Sera
lex efi, ilia ceedesjcortatio, ft.rturn, et Si
mulacrorum cultus omnis prohibetur ,
quart:, amplifiimaregione non templum -oi
dAis, non leuam, non meretricum, uon a
dititeram, non fur em in jus raptum, nor
hjTKicidum, non toxicum." [Fragment o]
Rardefanes in Eufebius, Praepar. Evang
Lib. 6 Cap. 10].—" Among the Seres
the law forbids murder,debauchery, theft
and all kinds of religious worship. Thus,
in that immense country, no temple, nc
public woman, no adulterer, no thief, ni
murderer, nor poisoner, are to be seen".
What Being is there, endowed with the
rift of common f.-nle, that would not pre
fer living with fttch a people, rather thai;
as in Europe, to groan under the iron rod
of a tyrant, or be fubje£ted to the tempo
ral and spiritual persecution of a set oi
cruel and begottedpriefts 1
March 25.
For the National Gazette.
Afcrap of .Modern Antifsieralifm,.
<~pHE managers finding their party on the
-*■ decline, and knowing it will not an
swer thei r purpose no-w to find fault with
the constitution of the United States, and
that they are not likely to gee much by
railing at the official conduit of its public
officers', have changed their ground. They
tell us we are to be deprived of our liber
ties without our knowledge, and lay to
the world in as many words, that there is
nobody in the country fit to be trutted with
the government but themselves and friends.
In OT'er to cover their a ..bilious ueiigna
and to dupe the people to put them into
power, they ajfc.l to clothe themselves in
the humble garb of simplicity, while they
inodslHy affu-ne an exclufbe right to the
ptle of republicans ; and like a certain ci
devant duke, preach up the doctrine of
equality.
It is said the fchcme is of Virginia ex
trattion (a foil not more likely than some
others to produce much true republican
ism) and was fuggeftcd by some of their
firft partizans, with the laudable delign of
enabling the few, to ufnrp an authority
over the minds of the many. This is cal
led by way of diftinftion, znewgams adap
ted to the times, contrived and played toi
the purpose of getting into the saddle
PHILADELPHIA.
March 27.
On the 14th of March arrived at Charles
ton, S. C. th? fliip James from Bristol,
which place the left the 28th of January.
The former accounts of the execution of
the king of France on the 2 ill of January
are confirmed by this veflel. The molt
material particulars by the James are, in
brief, as follows :—On Sunday the 20th of
January the executive council assembled
early in the morning, with the Mayor and
other officers, to concert measures for the
execution of the decree againit Louis the
XVlth.' Having concerted the measures
of execution, at 2 o'clock P. M. they
were sent to Louis, who was at the fame
time waited upon by the president of the
executive council. The three extracts of
the decree of the national convention were
then read by the Secretary of the execu
tive council. To which Louis answered
by reading a written paper, signed by him
felf, making known his lall requests. which
ran thus—" X demand a delay of three
days, in order to make the neceflary pre
parations to appear in the prcfence oi
God !—I demand for that purpose to fend
k for and fee freely the person whom I lhal]
name—the person whom I demand is, M.
Efcheauvaux deFormont, he lodges at No.
483, Rue de 3acq.
" I demand that his person be secured
from all disturbance, from all appvehenli
on on account of the la.it offices of charity
which he shall render me.
" I demand to be freed from that per
petual iufpetlion, which the council gen
eral has eltablifhed over me for some
jnouthj.
" " I demand in this interval, to be able
to fee my family as often as I ihallrequelt,
and without witness.
" I would request, that the national
convention would immediately proceed tc
deliberate on the fate of my tamily, and
permit xhem to "retire freely, wherever
they may think proper.
" I recommend to the nation, a'l the
persons who were attached to me. 1 here
are many of them who have expended all
their famines to purchase places under
the new government, and who, having
now 101 l their sole dependance, must be in
circumstances of want. Among my pen
fioneri, were many aged ant' ;idi/er.t per
sons, who had no other meat.sot lupport
except the penlion which I gave them.
(Signed) LOUIS."
Done at the Temple, January 20th, 1793-
On which one of the members observ
ed " Louis. Capet has pnly made these
demands which you have now heard, to
the deputation of the executive council,
because they did not inform him of the de
cree pafied yelterday on my proportion, in
which the greater part of his requests are
anticipated. I demand on that <;rou d.
that we (hall pas. to the order ot the day.
The a dumbly accordingly pafled to the
order ok-theday.
EXECUTION of LOUIS XVJ.
PAils, January 22, 1793-
Louis was beheaded yesterday at the
Place de Louis XV. at a quarter pair ten
o'clock in the morning. He was conduct
.ed thither in the mayor's carriage, accom
panied by his confefTor and two gendar
mes. Great silence was preserved during
the proceflion, but when he reached the fa
tal spot. the noise of drums and trumpets
was great. He ascended the fcaflold with
firmnrfs, made a sign he had something to
fay : little, however, was heard, on ac
count of the noise, ex:ept. " I die inno
cent 1 I forgive you all ?" 1 he (en
tente was inllantly executed, / ive lu
Nation resounded on all lides.
The whole place, and the avenues, were
filled with troops of the line.
A member of the convention, who voted
for his death, was attacked in a coffee
houf< and killed. This, is feared, is but
the beginning of a scene of bioodQied,
which will not (oon be terminated.
Orders have lately been sent to Truget,
to fail from the Mediterranean into theo
ceau to watch the motions ol Lord Hoou.
By an arrival at New-York, that left
Ireland the 24th of January, we hear, that
the uiiturbances 111 that kingdom were ve
ry great, occasioned principally by a f cu £"
city of provihons which prevailed through
out alflreland. especially in the northern
parts, where, it was reported, many thou ,
finds of the inhabitants were embotlie...
and had committed great outrages : and
so alarming were their excelfes that molt
part of the troops from other quarter* '-ve.e
drawn off, ill order to quell the rioters.—
When th:veflel left Cork, pressing rf men
to go on board {hips Ol war, had not taken
place, but it was hourly expected would.
We hear from Martinico that tranquili
ty is perfectly reitored in that island-
The republican flag of the nation was
hoisted 011 the 4th of January, immediate
ly after the departure of the fleet of royal -
ills, who have taken refuge in the Spinilh
illandof Trinidada, where they were but
indifferently received by the government,
which has iince written to Spain relative
to the part that is to be taken with theni.
A squadron was to fail from France the
24th of January to restore order in the se
veral islands,
Thegovernor of the United States ter
ritory, south of the Ohio, iflued a procla
mation on the 28th of January, notifying
a number ofdiforderly persons under his
jurifdiftion, who were collecting with an
intention to march to the upper Cherokee
towns and destroy the fame, to refrai
from any fitch attempts, and
them to disperse, &c or that they
fwer the contrary at their peril—ll' <*n; ■ -
quence of the proclania.iou the',' dilji .fed
accordingly, and returned to iheir homes.
Numberless depredations we hear are to'i
ftantly committed by draggling Indians on
the frontier of the territory above menti
oned. Their chief object appears to be
carrying ess horfrs, in accomplilhing which
they pay no regard to the lives of the inha
bitants, many of whom have been killed
during the late winter.
We hear from Jamaica that on the 6th
of February Capt. Bligh arrived there
from Otaheiet, in the south fcas, bringing
with him 347 plants of the bread-fruit tree
332 of which were left in Jamaica as a
(lock to be propagated thro' the islands.
The remainder are to go to England, be
ing intended for the king's gardens at
Kew.
" Beiides the plants above mentioned,
(we are told) Captain Bligh has brought
248 plants ot different kinds ; among which
are the Otaheite apple, (one of the faioll
delicious and high flavored fruits in the
world) the mango, China lemon, almond,
and two nutmegs, whichharibeen planled.
and it is expe&ed will grow. He all'
brought two natives with him; one ol them
came with an intention of going to Efig
1 aid, tlie other remains in Jamaica, to as
ft .1 in Php cultivation of the plants.
It is worthy remark,fays a correspondent,
with how much address certain suspicious
voters on a late apjfittal, go about to pu
rify themfelves—fenGble thafe felf purga
tion is neceflary, they attempt directly or
iiulireftjly to insinuate .to acertain perjon
age that they have no interest in a.certain
thing called public blelling, alias, public
debt, or in its agent inftnsptent-ality * alias,
bank of the United States- 1 Having, as
they suppose cunningly eluded.discovery,
by transferring intruftto a fan, in law,
brother ifi Jaw, father in law, &c. &c.
that interest which under this specious co
ver they still retain in the corrupt leaven
»f iniquity. But how would the mind of
that perfoliate be imprefied, if calling for
the original subscription to the bank, or
tor a lilt of such members of a certain bo
dy as were stockholders on the firlt tfay of
Jan nary last, or for the original books, of
transfer of public debt, he {hould discover.
what is now pretty notorious, that at lead
twenty-five of a certain class of voters,
have their names enrolled in one or other
of tiiofehn'iourable lilts, to the honourable
amount of thousands upon thoufanda ?—
and what too, if he (liould find the three
or four principal defenders of a certain
character holding some one, two, three,
and even four hundred shares in a certain
bank!
There is (fays a correspondent) fomp
thing extremely paradoxical in the present
crying and almost calamitous scarcity
of cadi, not less among the people at
arge than, as it is fuggelled, in the
jank and treasury of the United States.
Nor will it at all allift to unriddle this pa
radox, if referring to the reports of the
Secretary of the Treasury to Congress,
ind upon the evidence of which his reputed
icquittal ttanc]'. the public are told by the
Secretary that late in the month of Febru
iry [here was on hand of public money in
he Treasury and Bank of the United
itates upwards of two millions of dollars,
>efides the coming in of about 600,000
11 ore of bonded duties which would fall
lue between the firft of January in the
irefent year and the last day of this month,
perhaps, however, ip may not he expedient,
jr there may exifl rerjons of the. mo'rtent,
A»liy no part of this enormous excess of
:a{li is, at this time applied in thepurchafe
jf t'ne public debt, particularly, when it is
onfidered that now fix per cents may be
>urchafed at from 17/6 to iB/t> in the pound,
tnd the Secretary himfelf wasJo apparent
'yanxious on the 30th of November last to
apply this money in that way, as to re
juelt of Congress in his repprt of that
late, to pass 1 la-.v to aicthorize him topur
hetie fix per. cvntt at the market price, tin?
ibove par.
flxtraCls from various late French Pa
pers.]
1. The death-stroke was not given to
nobility in France till Royalty was wholly
ibolilhed. Royalty it felf is a species of
lobility, and as long as a particle oi it re
mained, nobility might have been restored.
livery deprived nobleman, who now rec
ions any tiling upon his ancient titles of
lobility, mull be a fool, equal in lnadnefs
:o the Norman who some years ago pre
"e lied himfelf Jo Doctor Fraoklin, at Pa
ris, ami offered to govern the Americans,
nkiiig, in virtue ot poffeliing some drops
as the blood-royal. Hut if there is a man
n France', of what they call noble birth,
fc who \ *.;• : himfelf upon it. he must bs a
traitor liofe sentiments he accepts
any place lev .he republic,
2 Tiu . :i» fepm to forget, whei
o vocife: - " ;it tile debates oi the Nati
onal Co.: ■ :n, that they no longer ad
ex-, i litiv e body at the direction 0:
L c.uis the XVlth. Americans did no
•:i persecute their Congress during th<
.car wirli.f ngiand—they left them to i:c
y, a:ulftiil watched them narrowly
\v..l out perpetually giving them advice u
it;c bar of their deliberations.
3. Letters from Germany announce tha;
3,l'eat numbers of the French emigrants
'eeing their brilliant expectations not si
hear being realized as tlicy imagined
havebetakenthemfelves todJierent trades,
Thus.nothingis morecommon among then
now th in to fee the gramlfon of a greai
general turn butcher ; the descendant of ;
minister of state felling small drugs in ai
apothecary shop ; and the foils of courl
favorites employed at the noble occupa
tion of tooth-drawing!
4. If there was a time proper for open
ing the yeins of the body politic, there i:
alio a time to close them, for fear the
w hole frame ftiould be convulsed. The
opposition of a particular will to the gen
eral >vili is tyranny ; and if the insurrec
tion against despotism is I jnclioped by the
public voice, an inlurreition against the
republic is impious. The firlt is virtue,
the feconcl a crime. The republican torn
of government is founded upon the piili
and generous virtues or the heart, the vir
tues of hospitality, fraternal affection,
and the feelings of humanity ; but what
are called the virtues of monarchy, arc op
predion, violence, proscriptions,'and ci-n
tempt of men. Rome, while free anil
republic, was nottlifgraccd with ten mur
tiers ip the space of three h;:i,'i!re<i ye.-,:"' .<
whenunder kings, and in a fluteot Caw,
ry flic-was the tonftant scene of mvrjer.
proscriptions, and death. Monarchy
tragedy that always vvimjs iip itscari'ciwitti,
terror and tlefpair—but terror
national character, and defpai}; mifieatjj it.
5. Iratriotifm, like religion, has its hv
pocrites. If \ye would unruaik itj. ft cr
phants, we must always tonikler what Ari
Aides, Pfaocion, Epaminqndas, lirutns, or.
Cato did in fmiilar, or at. the fame June-,
ture of cjrcumftances ; and- 01. the other,
hand, what were the proceedings as ;?y(if
trates, the Decemvirs, Sylla, Ma rins, or.
Clodius ; the former never enters.i into,
lenathy, intricate difcullions 011 the affairs,
of liberty and the republic, but (lid then r
duty. They did not call theinfelvcs the,
friends ot the people, twit were »o in real
ity. It was not an. insatiable ambition,
and-inordinate pride, but their humility,'
thcirlimplicity, a n d their public fjjivit, that
conferred on them thg yf yea;,
men. The latter, deftroyeii, wkfe on.'
hand, the barriers of all power ; and with,
the other raised up a barrier for their
own security.at once hideous and terrible.
They gabbled about liberty, and yet even,
the liberty of opinion in the moll ordinary,
tilings was compelled to yield to their im
perious controu!—tljey talked about the.
public good, while their bloody {lands were,
fcatterifig all around titein hatred, dH'cprd,
and death—republicans of S"rajice 1 ii'i>
pours to tlifarm thole apoflles of defpot
iCm, of t.heir. faggots and their daggers ;
but do not turn them against their ";>\vu
guilty, breasts—spare even those who have
pared 110 man ; and by loading then.
A'ith. favours, let us give them an example'
if republican generolity.
6. There is an ai illocracy of public build 1
ugs which ought not to he coyntftjanceii,
n p(ir reoublic. ]jut ill reprobating tliCs
iriltocracy of palates and pompons (lpyics,
et 11s not confound in the general cgnfure.
liofe edificesdefignedfor the deliberation!
jf the elective representatives of the peo
)le, Any ltructure ere&ed. folelyto ho
lor and ackn9\ylgdg» the fnpi emacy of the
aws (that ftibfiil by the general consent ot
lie nation) is praise worthy in the'nioft
/irttious republic, as it tends to impreflstbtt
:itizens with a rcfpecl for the laws. la.
his view therefore, a few parsiciilai
juildir.gi, for holding the public councils,
n every department, may, not be. linwpr
.hy th? future c gnlideration of the French.
Jeople. But the arillocracy, in buildings,
lere referred to, is w hen the people us'
republic are to blind' as to authorize tha.
railing to the honor, and for the fi.cerilu
jus accommodation of tjie mere private
perfonsof the magistrates, thoie edifice>
which are ralhef calculated for heredita
ry kings than the transient exsuitiyes of
the national councils. The people are
evermore an object of hatred, and fear to
tyrants and the sons oi' tyrants, who foi
lliat reason akftract themCelyes front
them as much as pollible, and live,
recluse in vail and solitary habitations,
the resort only of courtiers anil fvco,
phants.—But as the fate of France depends
iot upon the talents of any que mail, fu
let no one man be fetlnded froth the peo
ple, by a public aO, in a highly diftingui/h
---sd dwelling. Our strength is i.ll the laws,
:he laws fubfill in equality, and equality
s at an end when are cpnlider
.d, personally, or abflracredly froiji their
office, in any other light than that of citi
zen, or when that veneration is proflitu-i
ted to men which is due .0 principles on
ly. It may be said that, " the edifices we
arefpeaking of, cannot be dangerous to
liberty because the offices in our govern
ment are transient, and he who is to day
railed to delegated power by the fviffrages
of the people mull shortly yield to a fuc
celfor, that liberty may not be endangered.'*
We anfvver, that a faithful inagiftrate du
ring his niagiftracy ought ;o know nptji'mg
but care : if we surround hiin with the
pleasures, the splendours, the pomps, and
the vanities ot the world, and put him
with all llnfe into a (patriot;* palace, he
will regret the loss when the term of his
feryice is expired, and will omit 110 ei'dea
vour to be seated in his great houie again,
and even to coulign it to his pollerity after
him.
I Have claims to about two hundrtd and
fifty thousand acres of LAND in the state of
A.entuckey, in different parts of that country,
lomc of which 1 know to be equal to any; all
ol which I am inclined to dilpofe of, cither by
entire sale, or by admitting one, or two part icrs,
to whom the agency on the whole wili be com
mitted.
One fctjrlh of the contract will be required in
hand, either in calh, merchandise, or luch aflets
as may be converted to adtive use, the relidue
may be apportioned in convenient inlialments-
The purchasers to give Security, on the lanJ,
or otherways,as fuiba thern.
Knowing that there is a prejudice against the
titles of land in that liate, which is more general
than just, iam willing to jtipulate in the con
cra&, that a dlfcount, or deduction, Olall be,
made, where any laud may be loft, by reaion of a
defective title.
Any perlon inclining to such a purchase, it r. -
quested towiite to me by post, in answer t
whom, more Particular information will be givtn.
tl EN R T B Wi\jC S.
Richmond Match io, 1793. V