National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-10-05 00:00:00, page 1

LONDON, August 2.
ARTICLES OF CAPITUL IT] ON,
Proposed by the Genera! of the tiiviiio'n,
iERRANi), commanding tile troops of
the French Republic at V aleucieiihes, the
26th of July, 1793
To Frederick duke of York, tnm:nandrns >
the combined army at the j.t&i of
Valencieiinei.—
pENF.RAL FERRAND will deliver tip
to the duke of York the town h < ita
del of Valenciennes, upon the following
conditions.—Anf. General Ferrand (hall
" deliver tip to his royal highness the duke of
York, commander in chief of the combined
army employed at the liege ps Valencien
nes, for his majesty the emperor and king,
the town and citadel of Va! 'iicienoes, on
the conditions hereafter flipulated :
Article 1. The garrison lhall obtain the
honours of war, as well as every military
article.—Anf. The garrison lhall march put
by the gate of Cambray with the honours
of war, and lhall lay down their arms at
the houfc called Le Briquet, where they
lhall leave their colours aiul fisld piece*,
without damaging them in the least. They
fliall likewil'e leave the troop iioi fes, artil
lery, provillons and other military e(fe£ts.
Those belonging to the officers lhall be re
llored to them, with their swords.
2. All the ammunition of whatever kind,
artillery, & every article, constituting and
making part of the army, fliall be retained.
Anf. Refined.
3- The garrison fliall march out from tlv
place on the sixth day after the llgiiature of
the capitulation, by the gate of Tournay,
to repair to such part of the republic as ge
neral Ferrand lhall judge proper, with
arms and baggage, horses, drums beating,
matches lighted at both ends, colours fly
ing, and all the cannon they cin carry, a
way.—Anf. The garrison (hall march out
on the 1 tt of Auguit, in th? manner stipu
lated by the firlt article ; and as they lhall
he prisoners of war,their i:oute to return to
France shall be commiusicated to them
twenty-four hours previously to their de
parture, in order to receive their parole of
lionaur and the officers, as well as to ar
range other matters refpecling the foldierv,
who fliall engage not to serve dui inp: the
whole course of the present war againlt the
armies of his majesty the emperor, and of
his allies, without having been exchanged
conformably to the cartels, under pain ps
military punishment.
4. The other pieces of artillery fliall-fol
lovv in eight days after the departure of the
garrison, as well as the ammunition and mi
litary effects Anf. Refufed,as to what re
lates to the artillery, and, in general, to all
the warlike (lores and provilions, and other
military articles ; but grained, as to what
relates to the personal property of the offi
cers and fiddlers of the garrison.
5. The neceflary carriages and horses
for transporting the baggage, aud for
mounting the officers, fliall he paid for as
may be agreed upon.—Anf. The neceflary
carriages and horses for the transport of
the baggage (hall be provided for the gar
rifon, 011 being paid for; and the coinmif
faries at war, who drill on their part re
main in the place, (hall be perfoually re
fponlible for the return of the said carri
ages and horses.
6. Tsvclve covered waggons (hall be pro
vided, which are not to befearched.—Anf.
Refufed
7. The convalefeent soldiers, in a Hala
tion of being removed, shall be carried a
way, and the neceflary carriages for their
removal (hall also be provided by the befie
gers.—Anf. Granted,under the llipnlations
of the fifth article.
8. As to the flck who are unable to bear
removal, they shall remain in the hospitals
where they no\v are ; being taken care of
by the officers of health appointed for that
purpose, at the expence of the republic,
ander the infpeclion of a commiflary at
""war ; and whenever tliefe sick persons lhall
be fit for removal, they lhall in like man
ner be furnifhed with carriage";.—Anf.
Granted : provided that the commil'iaries
remaining for the administration of the
hospital fliall be fubjeft to the military po
_ lie, as well as those mentioned in the jth
article; and the convalescent soldiers fliall
be prisoners as rtipulated in the 3d article.
y. The representatives of the people, and
all persons attached to the republic, of
whatever description they may be, fliall
participate in the capitulation of the army,
and shall enjoy the fame conditions.—Anf.
All persons, not military, being confidert'd
a-s citizens, fliall enjoy the treatmeiU grant
ed to this cl-fs of persons,
Numb. 98 of Vol. ll.]
Bt P. FRENEAU: (at No. 209, Market Street) PnHijhtd Wednesdays and Saturdays, [Three Do llars per annum.']
io. The deserters lhall remain recipro
cally in the corps in which they are, with
out bo-inn molefteel. With regard to the
prisoners, th*y m y be exchanged.—Anf.
Refufed. The deserters (hall be fcrupti
uully delivered up before the garrison
eaves the place j and the nccenary re
earches lhall be made to discover those
who may be concealed. The Austrian
prisoners, and those of the allied powers,
lhall be faithfully, reflored.
i!. Gommilfaries fhadl be appointed on
both litles, to fix upon the objects which
Tiill be adjudged to the republic ; as well as
ill the pspersi rejatite to the artillery, the
'ortilicatiuns and military registers, as well
those ot this town'as of every other pb.ee
belonging tu the republic. The fame4hill
ie oblerved with refpefl to all the paper:
t>{" the civil and military adminiltrationj.—
Anf. GommifTaries froii all the civil, and
military departments lhall be appointed,
o receive the papers, elTc'fls and inilitarj
mildings, artillery, call-iron,arfenals, war
ike (lores and provilions. military and ci
/il chelts. In a word, all the other objeitls he
onging to the government, of whatever de
cription. These commilfaries (hall be in
roduced into the town immediately aff'cr
he exihangf. of hollagc. The chiefs ol
:he different,corps (hill be perfoually re
ponfiDle for the frauds which uray be com
mitted in the delivery of the papers, chsds,
artillery, and other objects above menti
oned.
12. The inhabitants of both sexes at pre
"ent in this town, or those who have taken
efuge in it, the public fun&ionaries, and
ill the other agents of the French republic,
hall be protected in their honours, their
lives, and their properties, with permission
:o retire wherever they please. — Anf. The
*ood order and discipline of the allied ar
mies will preserve the inhabitants from ea
tery kind of insult in their perfoHs and
properties.
13. For the maintenance of ortler in the
police, the fafety of persons, and preserva
tion of property, the cpnftituted authori
ties and the tribunals (had remain iti the
tlifcliarge of their functions until ft may be
jtherwife provided. The decilions of the
tribunals (hall"be refpefted, and 110 confli
cted authority lhall be called to account
hnr the legal proceedings of its adminiitra
ion, or of its jurHeli&ion.—Anf. Kefuled;
jut the adminiurative and judicial corp;
lhall be respected, until it (hall have been
Jtherwife provided by his imperial niaje
ly.
14. No person (hall be molested for hi;
opinions, whatever they may have been, or
or what he (hall have lawfully said or
lone before or during the (iege Anf. The
ntentjon of his majelly the emperor ant
the king "is, that the peaceable inhabitant
lioulel in 110 wife be dillurbed.
15. The inhabitants (hall not be fubjeS
to the quartering of troops. —Anf. Grant
ed; as far as the number and accommo
dation of the military buildings will allow.
16. The inhabitants {hall not be obligee
to perform any military duty, and thoft
why have done Io until Ihe present mo
ment (hall not he considered as military.—
Anf. The inhabitants (hail not be obligee
to perform any military service, except ii
the usual cases, in the Provinces of his ma
je-lty the emperor in the Low Countries.
A« to those who lhall be armed or in uni
form, they (hall be treated as the other mi
litary, according to the 3d article.
17. The inhabitants (hall alio be exempt
sd from military labour.—Anf. Referrec
Co article 16.
18. Those persons who (hall chufe ti
-efiele elsewhere, (hall hat'e liberty to de
part from the town with their families,
>agga*e, furniture and effects, and to dif
uife of their immoveable property,or whai
s deemed filch', to the profit of whomfoe
ker they may think proper, during the
term ot fix months. —Anf. The inhabi
tants lhall be permitted to retire witl
their effects, within the term of (ix months,
wherever they please, and paflports flial
be granted to them in confequenee.
19. All those who may wifii to returr
to, or to come anil inhabit 111 the city, Ihal
be received, arid (hall enjoy the fame ad
vantages as the other inhabitants. —Anf.
Granted.
20. The present currency, namelyeffig
nats, (hall continue to be received.—Anf.
Refufeel to acknowledge aflignats as mo
ney until an ulterior arrangement.
21. The national domains, which have
been fold in comformity to the exilling
law s, (hall be reserved to the pnrchafers. —
Anf, This gr.iUc not being of a military
S A t U R D A TV October 5,
nature, fliall be reserved, as the preceding
one, for future arrangement.
22. The commonalty (hull tontinue to
enjoy the properties which they at present
pof.'efs, both moveables and immoveables,
especially the corn which they have in ma
gazines, lor the fublifleripe-of the inhabi
tants! Answered as the preceding
;irti:!e. With regard to the magazines of
conTj they lhall be elifpofed of for the bene
fit of the persons to whoin they of right
belong.
23. The colleges, hospitals, and other
charitable cftablilhments, (hall continue in
:lie iree and peaceable enjcryment of all
their piopei ty, moveable an 3 immoveable.
—Acs. Granted for all legitimate property.
24. All lebts coiitracteii'jjefore and dur
ing the liege by the myjiicipality, the ge
neral council of the commonalty, and o
ther cohftituted authorities, wnetherliqui
tlated or to be liquidated, fliall be held as
IjwfullJr and fuftlj contrafted.—Anf. The
debts contracted by the garrison, the mili
tary citizens ar.d inhabitants of whatever
tjefcription, ftiall be liquidated tothefacif
t; ifiion ot the parties.
25. If any difficulty in the terms and
cend.itions of the capitulation fhouid Oc
uir, it fliall be understood in the most fa
vourable sense for the garrison of the place
and its inhabitants.- Ar.f. All the anlwers
above mentioned being clearly e::prcffed,
this article is without an object.
Given at my Head At Valenciennes, the
quarters, before 27th of July, 1793,
Valenciennes, this iti the 2d year of the
28th of July 1793. French Republic..
(Sigt/cd) (Srgtied)
Frederick, dwks Ferrand,
or York, Cojn- The General of the
nrmder in chief of division commanding
the allied army be- in the place.
fore Valencien
nes.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES.
Art !e I. This thy, the 28th of J'jty.a!
fev j n o'clock in the morning, the garrison
fliall deliver np to the forces of the belieg
ing army the outworks, the half-moen, the
crown work, the counter-garde, and the
pate of the gate for the fnccour of the ci
tadel, as well as the half-moan and the
horn work of the gate of Cambray. And
for the fake of j)referving order until the
departure of the garrison, they (hud retain
the interioi- of the gate of the Corps de
Place, of the citadel, and of the city, unii.
"heir departure.
11. If an anfvver is not returned by ge
neral Ftrrand, before (even o'clock in th<
evening, it is declared to him that the tire
of the trenches (liall re-commence at niti<
o'clock, when the truce will be terminatec
by his fiience.'
111. The commanders of the different
corps, who have papers or effects to deli
ver up, fliall remain in the place until th<
delivery and Inventories of the papers anc
efl'efls lhall have been made by tile Imjee
rial commiflaries.
IV. As soon as the capitulation fliall b«
ligtied, hoflages (hail be lent into the place
namely, a colonel, a major, and a captain
who fliall be exchanged against officers o
an equal rank of the garrison, which hof
tages fliall be reft or ed immediately alte
execution of the articles oi the capitula
tion.
Given at my head-quarters before Va
lencieiHies, this2Bth as.July; 1793-
(signed) Frhuekick Duke of York
Commander in Chief of the Allie<
Army belieging Valenciennes
Mr. FreneAu,
YOU Hill oblige orie of your conftan
readers by inferring two or three (hori
pieces in the National Gazette, from the
New-Brunfu ick CuArdiAH. The
Meeting to which they allude, was re
fpeftable, being aided by the Prcfiden
- aiHiV'u e-Prelident of Princeton College,
a lawyer of some eminence, &c. The)
all harangued the people, to induce
•them to tome into certain RESOLVES,
that I believe have been "republiflied in
one or two of the Philadelphia papers—
How much it will redound to their ho
nour, the public will in due time judge.
A. b.
Aliddlcfex, (N. J.) Sept. 28.
r T~ , OUhofe who fliall have pertifed the Re
it solves adopted by the delegates afletn
bled 011 the 30th tilt, from the couilties of
SonVerfet and Midiiiefex, to take into con
sideration the Prelideni's proclamation, re
fpetting the neutrality to be oUfer > €4l;
Whereas the 6th, 7th, and Bth refoJves
"are volunteers (i. e. entirely difcon netted
with the Object which occalioned their
meeting) you are to corilider the delegates
in their indiridtial capacities,as exclusive y
entitled to all the credit which thrt-e
merit—doubtless they will raise the thanks
of the French nation for the 6th, where ri
they have so plainly pointed out the man
ner In,which their ambaflador is to condi>6fc
hiftifelf, and so clearly defined their rights
—or is it to 6e supposed, that the French
will consider any insult or.indignity oif .red
to tha organ through which they hold a
Communication witli this country as an in«j
dignity offered to themfelves—for the de
legates seem to have forgntten, that a
grcc.bly to the laws oi' nations, an ambaf
fatfor ii entitled to peculiar privileges, antl
" Is by the universal practice of nations,to
euiov an entire independency from the ju-»
rifdiftion and authority of the state where
he rtlidc*." Vat. p. 688.—As a citizen of
this state I feel a degree of mortification
that the resolves of the delegates, on a fub
|ecl on which, they are incompetent to de
cide, Iho'sld be publithed through the Uni
ted States. Will it not give room for
forming a contemptible opinion of us as a
date ?—We havrrfurcly no reason to with
ts dignity lefl'ened, but on the contrary
ought ro exert ourselves to add to its re
peatability. S.
September 7, 1703.
T COME now, fir, with your leave, and
with the leave ot my fellow citizens here
present, to speak a few words on the prof
pea there lecms toarifeofa war between
(it eat-Britain and the' United States, which
leeais to be the deligtr of the proclamation
to avoid. It appear* to me, "and I prefnnie
to every thinking man in the United Ststcs,
that we have.had and {till have an indireA
war with that restless anddeligni»gn«ition,
nenrly lince finning the late peace, rhroujh
their unjust detention of the vvefter.ll polls;
which if, was prefn'med at that treaty they
really meant to give up in the courf'e of a
year or two —taking a reasonable time for
:heir traders to call in their property front
:he diftailc It is true that that part
as the treaty is loo;1y worded,and not so ex
plicit as a bargain Ichool boys would have
nadein the transfer of a top,a ball,ora mar
hie—yet I think the hotleft tfnfufpe&ing
hearts of our comniilfioners thought the
Britons :u honelt a? themselves,& that they
ivouidfoontgive up those polls according to
lie true intent and meaning of the treaty.fc
I can by no means impute their conduct,
is has been fur mi fed, .to the Britiili gold
Just blinding the eyes of their underitau-
Jing in the ligning that article.
From this cause, without a doubt.arising
in the, mind of any sensible man I have
:onverf'ed with on this subject, fpriiigs the
>var with the Indisis?, for it is well known
;hat at those po!h they a: e supplied licit
jnly with arms and ammunition, hut wirit
rvery article they Itand in need of for their
avage depreciations, 111 which the United
States have luffered the loss. of thoufancis
if men, women nod children, befidss the
.expenditure (if at lead five millions of dal
ars, and in the prefect.year, I doubt whe
ther the account will be closed under two
millions and perhaps the lives of many of
jur worthy fellow citizens; which money
ihould have bee.-j applied to pay our jult
Icbts ; add to this their late and present
fepredations on the ocean, perhaps not le-is
:iian 1 50 ofour vessels, taken bv them, from
jur honelt merchants, and unjustly de
fined to the ruin ofour families, and 'our
unarmed seamen treated in, an inimmaii
manner. Now if we are to bear all this
ivithout' a profptil of redress, and mid
lands to be tied up, let us ilrike out front
jurnew made calendar the, day that has
ieen kept in remembrance of our birth a£
a nation, and return to lick the dtift that
ilefpots are preparing ifor 11s. If the Bri
tons wifif to be at peace with the United
States, let them come forward and (hew
an example of jultfce and humanity, by
immediately giving up Niagara, Detroit,
and ail the extent of country to
11s by the late treaty of peace ; but so lorj
as they hold those ports they 'certainly war
in a dastardly manner against 11s. And let
our government also come forward and
shew an example of justice to the natives;
and this terrible and exptnfive war will
soon cease. It is true that we as private
citizens cannot judge fully of these hiLtteri--,
not knowing the secret iprings of govern
ment, but so far as they luve come to blir
knowledge', we as free citizens have a right
to judge lor Viinfivesj aftil mj Mill JSti£S-'{
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