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irom America 1500,000 quintals of wheat,
of which 32,000 were confiunefi among
themft Ives and the residue (hipped to Spain,
Portugal, and the Mediterranean. This
quantity (hipped to England iias heen con
flantly inci eaiing ever lince by the yearly
addition of new cultivated lands in Ame
rica. It must now be the policy of France
to endeavour todraw this profitable branch
of commerce to herfelf, or at lead to have
her snare. I"he molt effe&ual means tc
accompli(hthis purpose, will be, to eftablift
certain free ports and erect (tore houses,
&c. fuflicient to receive and contain th-.
American shipments of grain. By thi
means the grain will always be in readinef;
to be (hipped wherever there (liall be a de
m ind. Tliefc fame free porfs ought alfc
to be a depot fur all commercial article
in demand in the United States, Y.&lis ver\
evident that a grain and flour trade with
America would be reciprocally advanta
geoustoboth nations; advantageous to A
merica, because the certainty of a place o:
depot, where a generous price would al
ways be given, and the duties very low.
would always command a speedy exporta
tion of their crops : It would be advanta
geous to France, because the people having
a constant and plentiful resource in their
power, they would be effectually secured
from all internal monopoly. Such place:
of depot would also support abrifk coaitino
trade from the north of France to the fur
theft ports 011 the Mediterranean. But
Poland offers 11s resources still more abun
dant than North America. Three of its
mod southern provinces, Podolia, V'ollii
nia,'and Ukraine, produce such immense
quantities of grain, as would supply all
Kurope for three months in the year. Bui
the Black Sea being the only natural open
ing for the exports of Poland, and the navi
gation thereof being only permitted to the
Turks, the Ruffians, and the Auftrians.
there is confcquently little grain exported
from Poland, and the people are under a
necefiity of convertingitinto brandy. Were
the Black Sea once open to our vessels, we
should receive constant supplies from the
provinces on the Dnieper and Niefter ri
vers ; and by means of the Danube we
should import from Hungary and Molda
via, all fertile countries and abounding in
wheat. Neither is such a trade unprece
dented. We attempted it in 1779, under
the Ragufan flag, which is freely admitted
into the Black Sea, while that of France is
prohibited. This trade was greatly in
creafcd in 1786, under the Ruffian flag ; bul
the last War with the Turks, and thepolic)
of the court of Peterfburgh, have now de
ftroyed it. It is now time, however, tc
give new encouragement to this brand
of indullry; and the dignity of our re
public, and g-sod understanding with the
Turks, demands, that the navigation of
the Black Sea should be opened- "
A pamphlet has lately appeared, giving <1
horrid lift of M. de la Fayette's crimes and
treasons against the nation, amounting to
no less than one hundred and twenty-five
capital actuations. The pamphlet is sign
ed by several refpe£table patriotic charac
ters. As our limits will not allow us to
detail the whole, we extratt a very few
of the accusations, without choice or dis
crimination.—He is in the firlt place ac
culed of "refilling to accept the com
mand of the Paris militia, unlefs-with con
sent of the king, (which militia meant to
take up arms agaiuft the king)—but this
was perfe£tly in character'; he being a
Marquis, and his family receiving 1800,000
livres, yearly pension from the court, it
was but natural that he should endeavour
to bring down the spirit of the people to
his own b ife level ; a people who had de
termined to assert their own dignity in o
vertnrning a tyrannical throne. 2. He
granted an armed escort to that old trea
sury traitor, Necker, as far as the frontiers,
laden as he was with the spoils of France.
3. He arrogantly demanded ot the Nati
onal Affrmbly, that four millions of specie,
gold and silver, the pretended property
of Necker, seized 011 the frontiers ol
France, should bereftored to him. 4. The
monarchical club at Paris was at all times
under his protection. 5. He intereffed
himfelf in procuring the departure of the
king's aunts from Paris, granting them a
guard, as far as the south-eastern fron
tiers, of several of his aids-de-camp. 6.
He brought 12 pieces of cannon and 800 c
men,"with fixed bayonets, into the Thuil
leries, in order torepulfe the unarmed ci
tizens. women and children, who begged
of the king to recall his aunts; those wick
ed women having carried .off with them
an immense ftim of the national treasures
to Rome. 7. He required of the nation
al guards a molt unconstitutional oath ;
that they should fwe.ir to him fidelity, sub
mission, and th» mod blind and implicit o
bedience. 8. He-persecuted, tormented,
and arrested the hawkers of patriotic
prints, a long time before the decree,
which at length, thro' his influence was ob
tained againlt them. 9. On the 18th of
April, 1-91, he engaged the king to make
a journey to St. Cloud, byway of feint,
knowing that his baggage snd other nccef
faries were then ready for bis flight. 10.
He was an accomplice and witness of the
king's escape, in the qight of the 20th of
June, having previously made himfelfre
i'poiMbie for the king's remaining in Paris,
jr. He employed one of his aids-de-camp
to go a little in adv'Shcc of the king, whild
on nis journey ; prderlng him, if his rha
jelty fliouid happen to be flopped, to do all
in his power that he fnould be carried pri
soner to t]ie fortrefs of Verdun, rather than
brought back to Paris. 12. He demanded
and obtained of the National AH'embly 2
decree, permitting any individual to leave
the kingdom with hi* arms and effects,
without a paflport; which gave an oppor
tunity to all traitors and confpiratots to
go out and come in at' plealiire. 13. Ke
brought into ilie Champ de Mars an arm
ed troop, with the red flag flying, and ar
tillery in the centre of each detachment,
who made three fucceliive discharges on
the people. He alio neglected or defpifec'
all those humane formahtts, defigncd by
good men. to mitigate the bloffriy feveritj
ot mditary la\v, which was only meant foi
robbers a d ruffians, but in this in,lance,
had its full effeil upon patriots and inno
cent persons. Three discharges of artil
lery were made before the red flag appear
ed. he then g :ve orders for the ranks tc
Scatter and n. ;11 acre \\ ith their sWords, sa
bres, and bayonets, those miserable men,
women, and children, that had by thi:
time turned their backs and fled—it is toe
ti ue, tne number'of these victims t»
tiie inhuman -vengeance of royalty coulc
never yet be afcert'ained ! 14. Alter thi;
horrid carriage, he c::ufed Ills troops tc
wafll the faces ol the dead, to discover i:
anyof the proscribed was among the num
ber ; the next flep was to (trip and throw
them iuto the river, leaving only clever
on the field of death ! ij. He has alway:
obuinatety retained the badge of Cincin-
NAT us ; nolwithjianding a decree, ivhizl
expre/sly ordains, that no Frenchman, ot
French Citizen, who wears a foreign badgt
of nobility, can, in France, hold a plact
of public employ. 16. He transmitted tc
Bruirels, to the holtile commanders, oui
leveral plans of attack, the fthemes of out
operations and the slate of our armies,
and otlier matters, as well civil as military
17. He gave up his own army to the
will and direction of the enemy, to con
rlutt them to Paris, to cut the throats ol
the National Aflembly and thf patriots ;
and afterwards to give lip one army to be
(laughtered by the other !
Such was the conduct of the perfidious
La Fayette! It was high time then, w her
he fled, that the jultice'of the laws flioulr
b.ive taken place, and the recall of our mi
lifters ; without whom we were upon tht
i erge of deitruaion ; 3nd the iincll coun
try in Europe, on the point <?f
irey to twenty tyrants, who would have
omented eternal wars in disputing about ;
partition; and the people, more entlavec
•han ever, would have become the fooc
ind nouriiliment of these infernal monller;,.
March. 2j 1793. Letter from Cen.
Duniourier, commander of the
army of the North, to the National Con
vention, dated Louvain, March 12.
Citizen Prejident,
The fafety of the people is the supreme
aw; and to that fafety, I have facrificed
in almost certain conquest in quitting that
/icloriuus part of the army who were up
)n the point of penetrating into the heart
>f Holland, in order to come to another
>art which has experienced a reverse ol
ortune, owing to certain physical and mo
•al causes, which I shall explain to you
■vith that open freedom of opinion which
s now more necefTary than ever; unci
•vhich would always have had a salutary
•ffefr for the republic, if all he N r public fer
/ants had been less parsimonious in the
jfeof it in their official communications,
ind if. whsn communicated, they hat!
:>een : ttended to with more complacency
:han the idle strains of flattery.'
You cannot be ignorant, Citizen Repre
sentatives, into w hat a wretched slate ol
Jiforganilation our armies in Belgium hac
learly fallen by means of a minister and
pfikers who conducted France to the brink
if ruin. That minister and his officers
lave been changed, but so far have they
:>een from receiving ptmi'fhment, that both
?ache and HaCenfratz were appointed
to the mayoralty of Paris, and from thence
"orward the capital has beheld fcencs ol
:arnage and slaughter in the ltrcpt of the
Lombards, &c.
In the month of December last, I laid
nefore you four menior.als, Hating the abu
"es that were to be redrefTe«; I pointed out
to you, the only means which could put
an end to these evils, reltore to our mi
mics their wonted vigour, and to the cause
as the nation that justice which ought to
ae her charafteriftic. These memorials
■emain neglefled,flighted and unexamined;
.nit if you will give them a fair review,
you will find therein predicted all that has
lince happened ; you wil! alio find a reme
dy propoied for the various dangers which
threaten our rifuig republic. Our Belgic
armies, in the neighbourhood of Liege and
Aix la Chapelle, have flifiered every spe
cies of want and misery without a mur
mur ; but by reason of continual lose-,
owing to ficknefi and fl'.irmilhes with the
enemy, the desertion of a number cf ""offi
cers and soldiers, they were reduced to
less than half of their former frrengtii.
It was not till Geaerr.l Benrnonville
C3ineto the miniftrv, that the army began
to be furuifhed with recruits and supplies.
But he was in Co foort a time, tii.it w . fl.it'
experienced ail the misfortunes to which
our disorganized expnfed u :- c i
was the adjial iitiwttimi hi :: on
the jft ofj ebriWy y-Mi;tlijT:;-,?fr
tor tUfr ■honor of the nation To <hv larr <*•*
againd England and Holland. From that
instant I l'acrificed all my chagrin, and
thought no more of tne difmiflion I had Col
licited in my memorials. The great dan
gers and the salvation of my country were
my only solicitude. 1 endeavoured to get
the ft art ot the enemy, and for the lake ot
attacking Holland, mv fuffe-ring army for
got all its miseries, Whilst with the frelh
recruits from France I took Breda, Kllii
dert.and Gertruydetiberg, Lhe Belgic army,
animated alike with cvturag&aii.l patriot
ism undertook the iiege and bombardment
of Maeftricht.—All proper preparations for
filch an expedition were wanting. The
authority of the new administration was
not yet eltabli filed ; that of l"he old was
both facily and criminal ; the nation a
bounded with money, but the new Forma
lities threw so many impediments in the
way of the.treasury, that ny part of the
army received pay. —It is out of my Slow
er to detail the causes of the check these
armies have received, iince I am but jnll
come among them : they have not onlv
given up,ail hopes of taking MaeftricM
but have retieatedin disorder and witli
loss. The magazines of every kind which
were begun to be collc&ed.at Liege, are
taken by the enemy as .well as pari of the
field, and battalion artillery. '1 his rtrtreai
adds also to the number of out enemies,
and on this head I mean to be particiilai
on the causes of out misfortunes.
I n the events of human affairs, there al
ways exists a reward for virtu? and punilh
ment for vice. Individuals may indent
escape the eye of that providence (or call ii
what you will) becaiife they are merel)
imperceptible-points in the great order of
things—But take a view of hillory, ane
yon will find that-nations never escape.—
As long as our cause was just, we conquer
ed the enemy; but when our began
to be directed by avarice and injuliice, we
were madi the inflruments oi our own
deftruttion, and our «?neniiesjiave profited
by i-t.
You have been flattered—you have beer
leceived—but I vvVJJ tear the veil from
before your eyes- The Belgi ins have thro'
the means ot our armies inhered evecj
pedes of vexation, and in rtfpeft to them
the sacred rights of liberty itfelfliave beer
violated; their religious opinions ha\ t
been .iifulted ; their very -church furni
ture has been, profaned by pitiful mean
pillage ; yon have been mifmr'onned a:
o their character and intentions ; the re
union of Hainault was effected by dint o!
mufquets, sabres, antl bayonets ; that oj
Briifiels was brought about by a band ol
men, who could notexift tinlefs in feene.
of tumult and trouble, with the additior
of some ruffians, \\ ho were collecleel foi
the- purpose ot intimidating the citizens.
Examine the history of the low country -
and you will find that the Belgic nation is
good, liberal, brave, and impatient of fia
very. That most cruel of ail ti.e monster
in the service of Philip the id. the duke <.:
Alva, put to death no less than 18,000 oi
them by the hands of the executioner.
The Belgians took ample revenge by keep
ing the country in a state of civil war lor
30 years, and their attachment to the re li
gion of their fathers, and that alone, v. :
the cause of their returning under the Spa
nilh yoke.
"Y our'finances were exhausted when we
filtered the Belgic provinces; and your
ready money had disappeared. Canibon.
who may indeed be a well-meaning citizen,
but is certainly unworthy all financeeriiuj
confidence, saw no other remedy than li
the poflelKon of these rich and fertile pro
vinces. He proposed to you the fatal de
cree of the 15th of December. You ac
-eptcd it unaninu ufly, and yet every indi
rioual member that i spoke with elifappro
vedit, and allowed the decree was unjuti.
One of my .four memorials particularly op
posed this decree; it was not read to the
assembly. This very Camboil d'.d his ut
mofl t.» make my remonlhances apppa r i.
in odious and criminal point of vie w; "bv
iflerting that I was opposing the decree o;
the sfiembly. You confirmed that deti.ee
by another of the 30th of December ; at)<!
charged your commitlioners pereinptoril 1 ,
to put it into execution. Accord,ng ti
your orders, the executive powerdifpatch
rd at lealt 3o commffiioners. The choice
as them was bad, and except a few, they
were generally men void of all.rtfteSiim
and prudence; and uhem a violent z. .l
hurried to a degree of action and in
tance beyond their powers.
"i 011 may rely upon it as a truth of the
S.rft magnitude, that the age!:'! <f drjpoti..
tyranny, were spread imwenfiiy u.Kk.
throughout Belgium. "J lie military com
manders, in obcdicnce to the decree, -i ere
obligee) to employ the forces enti tided t<>
them according to orders. These extor
tioners completed the enmity of the Bel
gians. Thenceforward terror, and per
haps hatred, took place of that fraternal
!pir;t, which marked our mere early pi o
grefb into the Belgic. piovin'ce.-: and, i.;n
iortunately, it was at the very hour of 01 r
reve. Eof fortune, thartht above mertio: id
mercenary agents oftyra'nny ext. V. d ihem-
■"elv s in the catife of viok ncr nnd »ljufliee.
i'on have b ;en d:v/:v\ wuiir. ,ard to
the re-union of France with (V. i parts
Iff Belgium. You. luppofed it a v u.itary
nei, because you were deceived ! y sals-
Anddx. Honce'you luppofed yo:: v tre at
liberty to take the fuperfiuous jji.Hefrom
the churches, to help oay the ex;;-.- ifes of
the war. Youthen ioniidefedthe Belgians
as Frenchmen—Suppoling them so, a vo
*i;:tary surrender of this plate, ought to
have taken place, without wliicii it was
in their eyes fuoilege. Ti is is wh t has
actually happened. Theprieib and monks
have taken advantage o: fuel) impii dence,
and conlidered us as plunderers; and the
village communities have we'ry where
armed again'.t us. This is nor. a war of
aristocracy ; far our revolution is favour
able to the peafuntry, who nevei ilielefs
arm against us aud found the alarm in all
quarters. With them it is art war,
and on our part a criminal war. We arc
at this moment fucrounded with enemies :
you will fee it by the accounts I tranfmir
10 the minilter of war; you will at the
fame time fee the firft me sure's wh'ch ne
ccliity forced me to take to five the Fremh
am y, the honour of the nation, and the
republic itfelf.
Representatives of the nation, J call both
upon your juilice and your important cb'i •
guions; I call upon the sacred principles
delivered in the declaration of the rights
<>t man; and with in patience I wait your
d'ecifion. At this moment the fate of-the
empire i? in your hands, and I am persuad
ed that y»ur decdions will be marked with
truth and virtue, that you will not fuffer
■ our armies to be fbiined with crimes, and
then become the viiiims.
(Signed) The Commander in Ch ; ef,
Dumoumer.
[ The above letter appears in the Mo
ii:.'.ur UMivcrJetle of the 25th of March,
which mentions in a note, " That the
letter had not been read before the Na
tional Convention, but printed ar.d publilh
cd in the Belgic provinces."—At that time
it was not, probably, thought prudent to
it in the Convention. It was refer
red to the committee of defence, and Du
mor.rier requelted the Convention to come
to no decision on it till he had again con
ferred with the Belgic commiffior.t n>.]
For the. Nationat. Gazette.
Fellow-Citizen Printer,
EVER did the baneful eft'efh of an in
-1 tj-iguiiig funding system in the United
States appear more eonfpicnoiafjy than az
present. The nation of France engage 4
in a general war for the rights of the peo
ple against the ctefpotifm oi tyrants, is con
demned, cveu by iome Americans : Leu us
ncjuij c ho they are ? The answer is ob
vious ; men diverted of ev#py ft-nfe of gra
titude, vile (peculators who are intereKed
in the public funds, and of coisrfe In(up
port of every liieafureof government whe
ther right or wrong; harpies who are
grown fat on the former hard earned duefc
or the war-worn pa riot soldier, w relied
from liim in a Hate of hard neceiiity; and
even the present earnings of him, as well
<; s other good citizens who are obliged to
pay indirect taxesior the inter eft of twenty
iiiilli>gs principal, which was i . fely ob
ta ned at two fhiliings in the pound. As
tor tiie old bitter tones, ait-Jicugh U me of
them are (to our frame be it spoken,) upon
Chatham principles, put into public c£ices
of ti lilt and proiit; new comtrs of preju
diced ignorant Europeans ; and reiigtoiis
fanatics.of every deft ription; they are still
the avowed enemies of France and Ame
rica ; lor it is impofllbie in the nature of,
things, that any man c:m be urcaTlV.end to
the republican government of the United
states, who is an enemy to the French.re
solution.
Ungrateful Americans 1 "Had France in x
Lhe important hour of your for li
peuty, proclaimed it her " duty and inte
eft to be impartial toward you," what
v. ouldhave Ijpcn theproJbableconfeqveUce?
:!iat you would at this moment, in a state
r poverty, be vijely groaning miller the
yoke of "Britila" (lavery.—
vriftocrats, courts, and crow ned heads are
oathed in mourning i'-.-r the death of
Louis XVl—Tender hearted creatures !
10 so much lament tb£ loss of one man,
when they are the cause of hundreds, per
'i;;ps thousands, -toeing butcliercd <iai ;• ; let
; iiem luourn aiid treiUoJe ! not for the love
hey bore to the late perjured and traito-.
ous Jcing of the Frencai, but for fear of
their own appr. aching fate, vhe a 1 rr.nce
in spite of them, (hall eXtabiiHr her republi
can independence.
II I am rightly informed, even' feme of
the clerr.y in this city have prtf im d to in
sult the patriot feeling's of their h. . r.:rs in
lately applying the downfall of An: h: ift to
the downfall of the Roman C holic
religion in Ftj ce ; and in av ry recent
nftance public pra.vers wetc devo;.;iy of-
Kred up .to the throne of grace, "< r the
fafe arrival of a certain ecclriiafiic (not,v in
this city) of (em irr.er.f r.orprioi?: \ nijuical
to our revo!'mvnr~~ — c
American's, r< use 1; < m yov.y ' rgy,
and think for yourfelies ! be r> v* ie«.i
nor iufiuenced by ir spies cr e 'ffavies of
your rate cruil, ar.d present umJ nting