National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-08-31 00:00:00, page 1

Cape-Francois, S'th July, 1793,
2d year of the French republic.
The Civil Commissaries of the French re
public, to citizen Mangotu it. confuJ from
the republic aforefaid, to the fuuthern
date's oi' America.
WE have read i'l the Sti>\ and in tht
chn-lejlon Daily Advert if sr. ot-thc
i:ki lime, 1793, an account, lhair.efully
!;Jfc-ue, of the proceedings .it Port-311
We are ton murti occupied with
otner b'. ,r nef.' to writ* a full detail of these
proceedings; but here follows a datemsnt
of the principal fatts, which we deiy your
emigrants to deny.
ilt. The town of P<>rt-aii-Prince, and
the parish of La Croix tie Bouquets, until
then enemies, formed a coalition, and in
vited, in the public papers tlle '4 pariflies
of the Wt ltern"Province so fend, each ol
them, two deputies to a federal aflembly,
for the purpose of deliberating ' upon tilt
new order of things which the events r!
the 10th of August had occasioned.-' U;-oh
or AjainJt is the f inie thing : for whpev-e:
l.as the right of deliberating upon, has o!
conference the right ol deliberating a
2d. A proclamation of Polvsre', one < 1
us, made this projrrt prove abortive,—tht
federal afiemb'y did not take place.
3d. Two or three d'ays after the slave:
of La Croix de Bouqif- ts were put into r
{late of revolt, and the m dl'acre and con
flagration were commences! by thatcla!
of citizens who were sworn to niaimai.
the decree of the 4t.11 of April, 1 793-
4th. The reduction of Poft-au-Prince.
the confi leinent of Hanus de Jumecourt,
and the flight of Borel, chief of the re
volters of Port-au-Prince, were fufficiem
causes for us to force all tlv insurgent flave
of La Croix de Bouquets to return to then
duty without any elFulion of blood.
sth. Borel and his accomplices ha*e
» quitted the colony, loaded with gold and
bills of exchange. Where have they taken
refuse? At Jamaica. You will observe,
that the declaration of war againll Eng
land was then known all over the colony
for more than three weeks.
6th. The letters of Borel, and the other
fugitives that accompanied him (which
have fallen into our hands) prove that the;
were sent to Jim u a for no other purpose
than to return to the colonies with all the
Britiih sea and land forces—they prove
that after having concerted their fscrc-i
plans at Jam area, they hoped to appear a
gain in force within lix weeks, upon oui
coalls ; but that the retufal of the paymenl
of the bills upon Lindo and other mer
chants of Jamaica, which they carri- d wit!
them, would disconcert their project anc
weaken their hopes of the fuccefa of the
invasion.
The disastrous events of the Cap?, art
no doubt dill much more mifreprcfented.
inasmuch as those who were ths greatell
culprits mall be now with you, and as the
more grievous and evident their crimes art
—the greater mult be their elfurts to leac
aflrsy the public opinion.
We were occupied in restoring ordei
and public tranquility in the wed and ii:
tb» fonth, when Galbaud arrived at the
Cape.
In our absence lie wanted precipitate!)
to take upon himfelf tin- onice of governor,
although the executive council velted i-r
us alone the power of making him knowi
ns such to the people. He caused his coin
million of governor to be publilhed an<
proftife!y circulated over all the colony
agreeably to the usage of ancient depots.
Louis tlieXlVth, or Soiiman, or Ferdi
jiand the Catholic.
In his firft proclamation, he fought on!)
to deflroy the credit of France, by an ex
pggerated picture of the facrifices vhicl
the republic had made in order to conver
her aflignats into dollars.
At the fame time he exerted all thi
force of his enmity against 11s, in Lis j)ri
vate conversations ; and whi 1d he did him
felf remain behind the ciirtain h# 111 de hi
brothei Cezar Galbaud (a>inan equally in
solent ard brutal, but nevertheless as great
V n coward as himfelf) the oftcnfible charac
ti riu forwarding his evil designs ; he pio
jiiifed the convoy tliat tliev fliorldfail with
out etir consent, and contrary to the order
prescribed by the executive council.
He aik-mbled ali the incorporated b-fdie;
cf the Cape, and. there summoned all the
American merchants ; he founded the a
larin at the town of the Cape ; lie greatly
alarmed even the intendant of the marine
himfelf.bv representing our urgent necellity
afld want of resources. It Was very so
Numb. 88 of Vol. I!.] S A T U R D A Y, August 31, 1793.
r. FRENEAU t (at No. 209, Market Street) Publijhcd Wednesdays and Saturdays, [Three Dollars per annum.-]
lemn'y declared ia this avF-'mbly, that the
town of the Cape was in great wane ot all
kinds of provitluns, although the event has
proved that it was fujjplied with more than
fu&cicnt for one month., It was then well
known that the service could not be fup
porte I by any other means, than by draw
in* bills of exchange u;>on the treifury of
tin.* republic, which Galbaud began tosry
tl uv i ; he even went a* far as to declare,
th it, even w'itii the wtliflance ot bills on
France, the public service could ."lot, with
out a miracle, be long supported, although
we then had at our difpoial to the amount
of from thirty to forty millions o! livres
worth of colonial produce, belonging to
the republic, which was -iiiortiy to come
into our hands.
We at length arrived, and Galbaud, bv
the reception He received from the citi
z;ns, perceived that his influence and cre
dit was less than he expelled. The day
after our arrival, we h id an interview and
explanation with him in. the presence of the
inteudant of marine ; we told him, in the
firft place, that CezarGalbaud. his brother,
from his conduct and conversations, could
not remain in the colony. 2d. That he
was hunfelf, by law, excluded from t ie
government of St. Domingo, in confe
queuce of the decree oi the 4th of April,
which !;as deprived all ttvofefrom any hand
in the administration of the colony, who
held pofi'effions in it, ants that decree had
not yet been repealed. The day after lie
declared to ;i in ivritinp', that he wifliet!
us to apply to him that decree of exclufi
-011 ; and laid, he was too m ich an enthu
fl irt in the cause of liberty, and too much
of a republican not to obey our order and
requisition.
He had the fatisfaSion L-> demanded ,
for ue declared he could not be governor
of St. Domingo, and we accordingly
forthwith deprived him of that office to al.
intents and purposes, and Tent him 011
board of the armed transport yeflel cat
led La Normande.
It was in this stage of the business that,
in concert with admirals Cambis and Cer
.:y, he put the sailer; of the r<= petite io ?.
[fate of revolt; be was declared governor
-ommandaut ot the sea and land forces,
ind caused the vefi'els of the republic to b'e
drawn up agaiuft the town of the Cape.
He, with the arined crews of the veflels,
m ide a defevnt and took poflrffion ot the
arsenal ; he directed the who e of his ar
tillery and mufquetry against the house in
which we were lodged ; he set fire to the
town, and reduced three-fourths of it to
a.-hcS ; he set the example both of pillage
and of cowaidice.
On bis retreat he caused all the cannon
to be spiked. and threw into the sea all the
warlike ltorev ai d ammunition belonging
to the arsenal.
It was not till after this horrible expe
dition that he si t off, witn the ships Jupitei
andL'Eole, the frigates La Surveillante.Ls
Concorde, and La Piecieufe, the (loop o)
war the Favorite, and the Cert and Ls
Manche tenders, together with all the
merchant veflds that were then in the
road of the Cape. It appears ;hat La Con
corde has fmce lett them, but we know
not what became of her.
Galbaud has cost the town of the Cape,
or France, by this conflagration, ten hun
dred millions of livres ; and more than
[ixty millions to France, if the convoy and
its escort ihould fail into the hands of the
enemy. '
There remain with tis in the colony
airly the Americaof 74 guns, three frigates,
[>ne of which is out of service, their crew s,
me troops well habituated to the climate,
and 60,c00 revolted (lave*., devoted to the
Spaniards and the cause of kings; and ne
vertheless, \\e;ire far from despairing of
he public cause. We ■- e nt/t fallen, and
the republic thall triumph as long as we can
Hand.
We reqtiett you to publish the foregoing
[lateinent of fact:, and you do it under our
lignatures and guarantee.
(Signed)
PQLVEREL & SANTHONAX.
NUMBER 11.
" Though led to the Land of Promise,
by the hand of God, —the If. aelites wither!
to return to the Fiefli Pots of Egypt, and
to their former Captivity."
rpHE Jew?, who had been accnflomed to
-* the bondage of the Egyptians, and their
manner of living, quitted Inch habits with
reluctance and regret; and it cannot be
denitfd, that we Americans, have but Wo
nearly so.lowed them in disposition. The
mo'.t iniplacahle war of devastation and
cruelty, .or seven years, did but suspend
the h'.biu and planners of the Englifit a
niong our citizens ; and though compelled
to a political reparation, pur taste and dif
potition remains unaltered, Tho' France
wooed us to her bofosi, we returned iin
mediately to the diflempered and rotten
breath of an unnatural mother, <vlißfe
hatred and brutality could not wean us—
whole corruption pleased our taste..——
While I lament this natural weakness in
the nation, which cannot be concealed, 1
inuft reprobate our legislators and govern
ors, whose duty it was to have corrected
its general influence. The moment we
no longer wanted the aid of France, our
'.'.oveniun, meanly, and of course ineffec
tually, paid their court to the government
of Great-Britain, intrigues in our enn
grefs, which would have chfgraced the
ilaves of despotism in Europe, marked
•heir daily proceedings—every state eon
tending who mould have til? honor of fend
ng a i..i. t -Iter to our new friends -.private
meeting*.—secret management —mutual ac
:ominoili ions and connivance, atiaft made
np the arrangement —4ad though they <si.>
lot name tlif ablell, they sent the vainej}
man of; ' the thirteen confederated [fates.
The remnant of our dying ciedit was ex
iiaufted support this dignified peribnage
in magnificence and (liow, til! it became
too degrading tp be continued. ' The reft
r>f the acts of his reign, and all that he did,
they are not written in the Chronicles of
the king* of Judah.'
Act's of the Britifli parliament succeeded
thick Upon each other ; all acls of implied,
jr dirett injury, to this country; import
int ports with-heid, tliQugh solemnly re
inquilhed by treaties, undifpnted de
mand*, refufed payment,—all accompanied
with unexampled contempt, and nnqualT
-sed hanghtinefs ; yet, to this hour, have
jni" agents, in whom *ve trulf our honour
and interests, filled theirpockets with these
irritatin / indignities, which the Gentoos
jf Inc!• ■ * in, or the broken-hearted defcau
'.iiits iifMunteznina, would and mull have
•efented.
To tl.is Hour, it may be remarked— Pitch
Vems our infatuation for tfiis old hag of
:ontamin*tion and leprosy : that all the
vealth we acquire, and surplus of all our
nduftry, is poured into her lap—(upports
ler rank and consequence—without which
he would iniiantly fall into indigcnce,
ivretehednefs, and consumption.
I saw, and lamented, at the close ftf the
ivar, the dangerous consequences of Eng
ifh faihions apd Englifli habits. We im
port their vices wiih their baubles, their
chicanery,with their laws, and their pride,
with their politic*. Their principles, and
heir manners, pervade the feat of govern
ment. the bench of.juftice, and the politer
circles.
Many of our Convention, whoformed the
Conttiuition, were hardy enough, to re
commend a kinjr, a houfi} of lords, and a
bench of bilhops,
Some of our judges have, on a late occa
sion, inltrucled our juries in the courtly
(tyle of Jefi'eries. Our principal ladies
require prcedence & rank—hint distinctions
nf taniiiy, and drink their tea at an Englifli
hour.
I regret the negligence of our Conventi
t>n; they ought to have ordained a Herald's
office ; who knows but it might have
Ihown the of n house of peers;
The very lift of the oid Bailey would have
gone great length?, and cut deeply into
the line of our anctftry.
Perhaps 1 owe an apology to the mi
nister of the French republic, for having
drawn a melancholy picture for his con
templation ; but he wiil pardon me for
having ilated I'aP.s. He must expect the
g. eat men in office, as coid to the inte
rclls of his nation, as they are to those
honest, but negiefcled patriots among us,
who bore the burthen in the heat ot the
day ; their buflnefs is t.o secure the good
will of the rich, who came in at the ele
venth hour. What are the murmurs ol
disbanded soldiers, compared to the ffiiiles
of those who have got their pay. They
must linger in the fliades of ictirement,
tili the drum beats them upon their lege.
He will have the •
him ; their God i 3 their interell ; itocJ<s
recede, like the sensitive plant, at th-.
most distant approach of danger. The
merchant is against him : for he wifhe
high freights, and low insurance.
The clergy are enlilled against him : for
to them enquiry is a dangerous enemy, ant)
philofapoj 1 the king of terrors.
But to halanre all these, yon have, c'ti<
zen Minifler, three-fourths of the virtu
ous and untainted Yeomenry of these
stater, who ((hough hitherto they have fat
peaceably under the Tree of Liberty,
which they have planted fry their courage,
which they have watered with tjieir tears,
and which they will, if neceff.uy, itonrilh
with their blood) will not hrfitate a mo
ment, if called upon, to unite
to their beloved brethren ofFrance against
every hated and malignant clefpot of the
universe. When the Lion ruareth, the
beads of the field tremble; when the
brave & hardy foils of 1775, unsheathed the
Iword, these little drawing-room gentry —
levee hunters, fpecnlators, and excisemen,
who now pester these growing dates about
the importance and mystery ofgoverninent,
will immediately (ink into their original
inlignificance ; then the honed old general
will recognize the poor, but \ irtuoui com
panions of his glory; he will feci more
solid comfort iji one moment, from be
holding the facetofthefe defenders of their
country, than he ever received fiom all
the grinning attendants of his triflirg, odi
mis, and difgulling levees, for these
many years.
My firft w ilh is, honourable peace; if it
:annot be preserved without honour, it
rannot be lading. Had I access to the
President of these dates, I would advise
lim to call upon the delegates of the na
iou inltantlj. Had I a voice among them,
[ would prepare for war, as the only
ure means to avoid it.
Aug. 28. ' KAMLET.
For the NATIONAL GAZETTI.
\tOTIIING can equal the insolence rf
some iiewfpaper efl'ayifts, buttheflu
}itUty of'( ertiiin individuals, who cannot
jerceive the snare that is laid for them.
Dili* administrators of government, confi
dently secure behind that veil of lecrecy
hat covers the multitude of diplomatic
"111s,enter into party feuds, not with a visw
jt aliening the rights of tiie people, but 10
"npport the malk which is beginning to fall
"rom their faces. Is this a proper (lyle of
reaiment for the people of America; or
lo they mean by the propagation of falfe
eports, fabricated in their offices, and
liffeminated by their creatures, to fnip
ivreck us on one rock, while they pretend
o inftru£t us how to avoid another?
111 this manner are the common pfoplf
jfEnglard and Ireland tampered with —
By fucli debasing means a corrupted Britilli
niniilry, not capable of supporting their
irecnriuus exidence any other way than
jy diverting the public attention from their
nefarious proceedings, have involved Eng
mdina foreign war, in order to burlt
sfunder those infant friendly connections ~
ivh'reh were beginning to take place under
:he auspices of Liberty, end to unite two
neighbouring nations in the bondsof peace
ind amity. Such were the deps they took
:o render a war with France popular, and
:o liir up Englifli fubje&s, now become U fa
brutal than of old, to drink with avidity the
jiuod of the French ! —From whence arises
:b sudden a change in the fliort space of
:wo years?— How is it,-that we fee the
very men, who could not find exprefiions
SufficientlyJervile to atidrefs the late king
jf France, now treating with so much in
dignity the people ofFrance ? French
men ! our generous friends, our brave al
lies ! —'tis almost to no purpose to tell you,
that it would be fruitlefs for you to look
['or friends amongst th? Americans. I
am alrnoft tempted to fay, You have none !
Th« friendlhip of your quondam king,
Louis tiie lalt, was an ineffable favour
to our heretofore great men; but what
have they now to look for from a nation
who have no crowns to give ? They are
aspiring to reign ! —What have they to ex®,
peitfrom a nation that offers.neither rib
bons, titles, rank, grandeur, or prece
dence ? The court of France, supporting
the great men of America by her pow- y
erful arm, would have led them to royalty,
in spite of ir—but alas ! their dearefl hope?,
their fondeft expe£tations hi've fallen to
the ground with Capers head, victims lo
the llroke*>f the unfeeling guillotine 1
Time has been, when a religious relpeft
was attached to the perlon and charafler
of an ambaflador : a charge of the lead
difrefpett towards Hi moli Christian Ala
ie/ty's euvov, would have been deemed
fufficient cause to difmifj an imprudent offi
cer from place. But then, my dear coun
trymen, the molt gracious fevereign of
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