Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1798-03-16 00:00:00, page 2

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PIIILA DELFHI'A, '
% FRIDAY EVENING, M/tneH t«5-
Far the Gazette of the United Statu. 1
J»R. TEKVft,
It is a'fad confirmed by daily experience,
that we have among us some chnrafters, so
abandoned to all sense of honor, so destitute 1
of that love'or country whioh nature has
implanted in the breads of all men, traitors •
excepted, as to eridra«or to juitify the ont- 1
rages of the FvencK rulers upon the sacred '
rights of their own citizens and their wick
ed and unprovoked aggrcflions upon neutral 1
nations; by ransacking the records of etc- '
ry government from the creation of the world
prefent'day sos precedents. Theme- >
rit of this new dii'covery, thai ont immoral
aSion veil!cxtvfe another, is certainly due to
the French apologias, and fully accounts. •
fcr the mpny reccat violations' ef trad and
toufidencc of tvhich their moll zealous parti
sans have been guilty.
. during the firft years of the revolution
in France, our excltilive patfribts vindicated
the cruel and Unjust ad« of tfre French ru
lers, upon the ground of. thur being grand
originals in ihemfelves, and as such,
worthy of cbt imitation of all the surround
ing nations.—N«vv forfootb, that we'arte
crime to our lcafes, and can no longer view
Frenchcrimesin the light of cardinal virtues,
our patriots have wheeledabout, anil plainly
tell us, the dire&ory import their habits of
perfidy and pillage from abroad! These are 1
precious confejions, from which a IdTon may
be drawn of the utmost importance to the
wtlfare of the human race; it is this, That
the French people,after having (lied torrents
of blood, after having laviihed mountains of
treasure, and endured years ps unspeakable
misery in pursuit of Liberty aud Equality,
are now groaning under the yoke of a gov
ernment, more sanguinary, mire immoral,
more faithlefs and more arbitrary than
ever existed before.
I have been led tb make these refleflions 1
by perilling" a series of publications in the
Aurora, under the signature of an American
Merchant/ .in which the conduct of the
French government towards this country, is
not only defended on the principle of pre
cedent;, but a number of Jesuitical argu
ments are adduced to shew, that the result
will be rather beneficial to U3 than other
wise. It is not my intention to notice all
the filly ideas, which this tirrfeme writer
ha: broached ; : t would be apiece of drudgery
. to which my icifure is not competent: bet
as his object is ta reconcile the people of the
United States to the late hostile mesfure of
thtdire£tory, by nprefenting it' as militat
j->p solely agaioii Great-Britain, I flialL in
h>y luin endeavor to prove, that thcConduft
ci the French ruler? in relation to this coun
try, has beeo from the beginning diihonelt;
fcaft aft J treacherous; and that in the pre-
Tent instance they are aiming a'death blow
at our merchants, ftiip-buildcrs, mechanics
and farmers.
At the commencement of the war between
France an ! England, we owed a debt, of
some magnitude totbe former—bat this wa6
r.at all—France at that period was threat
ened with a famine, hence it became necef
fsry for her then rulers to sbferve some ma
nagement in their plans for despoiling our
citizens; and being fully imprefied with the
importance of precedents, they began their
fyitem of fraud, by imitating the example
of the Jews in borrowing from the Egypti
ans The mode of doing it was this. Thef
inftrufited. their agents in the United States
to contradt with our merchants for supplies
to an immense amount; they opened all their
ports to «-ur vtffels; they welcomed our cap
tains and fupercargocs to their (hores; call
el them braves AmcrlcainSjirtd almofl squeez
ed them to death with their fraternal embrac
es; until tliey had decoyed into their pof
fefficn, property to nearly half the amount
of the commercial capital of the United
States But mark the sequel. Theyrefuf
td complying with the contra&s made by
their agents on the mpft frivolous pretences,
to some of the (hippers they paid* part,"to
others nothing, and embargoed all ourfhip
pfng, until the value of both vefltls and car
goes were consumed in expences. When
these advocate* for pure principles, however,
began to perceive, that the braves Americans
were not dtfpofed to trust. them with the re
maining half of their property, they instan
taneously difcoveredthat ourveffels had been
navigating unmoleiled for several years
without the Role sEquipage—private or
der 3 were therefore immediately issued for
bringing in and condemning all Americans
rcffels unprovided with that document, this
order was promptly obeyed, and several
hundred of our (hipping, trading under the
fanflion of a solemn treaty and furniflied
with abundant proofs to-identify the pro
perty to be American, were captured, con
demned and fold, and the crews turned on
shore exposed to all the horrors of want.—
It was forefeen however, and predicted by
those persons who have marked the rapid
march of the French rulers toward the tem
ple of infamy, that when our veflels became
provided with this magical document, resort
would be had to feme new pretext. This
brings me to notice the late decree of the
French government, which declares as good
pn'te, " all neutral fr'ps, baaing tn board
merchandize end comnodities, the frtdisßisn of
England, or of the English p'ffejjions."
I need not inform my readers, that every
cargo of -Weft India produce (hipped from
the United States is composed in part of
coffee and sugar from the English islands,
that all our vefftls without diftin&ian.coaft
ers included, have some fyare (lores of Bri
tifa manufafture on board; but I will bold
ly affirm, that in all caseS where the cause
of capture Ihould not happen to exiil under
;he deirce, it wiU bi fnpplird by th; castors
wup.\ I! Hi do.iU
ticle* • ieha.idii<" or .j f ° -
whicl v•< - • ■ tJ '
ttr Jaktng out the captains and crews, f.- s
very friend to humanity mu!¥ deplore the e
vils iiieident to a state of war, but it would
be as confident in a physician t6 re-
c )m.neid the use of preventatives to his pa- *
tient ip the agonies of death, as for this pie
tended American merchant tb erpntiatc on
the bltflings "t peace, when there is no
peace.
In contemplating the present awful ci ltis
of our affairs, we fbould do well to cor. Gdi r g
whether national calamities arc not deligned v
as punishments for national offences. Dur
ing those times which tried men's fouls t
when the iflue of the conflict was doubtful, a
when our hearts were too humble and too v
honest to miitake the obj«.(Sis of our gr iti i
tudr; we flocked to t>ur temples to return v
thanks to tile supreme being fur having ra' J
edus up'a powerful ally in the person of t!;e n
late unfortunate king of France*.—Na>, y
those statesmen and heroes, who under the t
. fame'divine influence conducted our n 'fairs to j f
a profperoos issue, hejd but orte opinion on 3
this head; which opinion was hy the".n ex- ' {:
preffi,*d again and again in their solemn del A'- t
erations, ?.s will mare fully apjjesr by ti«e v
journals of the late congrcfs, reference be- d
irg thereunto had. What thf n mU?I be the a
language of the hiftotisri, when lie coined li
to record the events us events which tl
form a ia the annals ot this country, t
that nothing can obliterate? If a candid t
man, lie will fay, that in applauding the
conduct ot the persons who had embiued t
their hands in the blood of our deliverer - t
who had rejected the God whose ioterpofiti. t
onwefo often acknowledged—we were guilt
ty of the molt abominable perfidy and in- t
gratitude! 1 t
No rr->n fubfcribe6 more implicitly than t
myfelf to the axiom, that every nation has j
full right to exerci e its own discretion in t
the choice of a government —but I deuy the v
newfangled dodtrine, that all means are law- r
ful. It was unlawful, for instance, becauie c
not neceflary to the success of the French t
revolution, that the blood of the dethroned 1.
king and his innocent family (hould be (hed 0
on the fcaffold, and their memorits branded Ji
with the most unfouoded and atrocious ca
lumnies: but if these things were unjuftifia- t
ble on the part of the French people, what t
apology can we offer for becoming parties to t
the tragedy by transferring the obligations 1
we owed to the fufferers, to their cruel and f
unreleuting persecutors. c
A real Ameritau. c
J
For the Gazette of the United Statu. \
M*. F»NNI», t
In reading tbe J<l volume of Adam's defene*
vf t*he Gonftitutions of the United States, I felt
mylelf irvefiftably impelled to (ranferibe thefol- £
lowing fenteoeesfer pjiblieatioa in your paper.
Sentiments fa flriflly just, so truly fuhlime, and 3
so well calculated to irrfpirethe American youth f
with virtuous and rdftned ambition, cannot be t
too often prcfente<J to the view, nor too deeply f
iiaprsifed heart.
" A prnfyeil iatofaturity in America, is like -i
eontemj ia'nig through the telrl- J
cope of Hrrfchel: Ohjefts, ftupendcus in their ,
magnitudes and motions, Rrike us from %U (
quarters and fill us with ama*eir.ent. Whtn
werecol.'eA that the wifdaru or fully, the vir- 1
tile Qr Vic*, tbe liU.i-ty or I
minior.o bow beheld by i s only as Columbus 1
law tiiafe timet in vi'fion,* are certainly to be ,
influenced, pethaps decided by the minners,
examples,principles and palitical institutions of
the prelent .generation, that mind must be har
dened into ltone that is n*t into rever
luce and awe with such cfTeft ng before
histyes. Is there, ein there be a young Ame
rican indolent and incurious, surrendered up to
difiipation and frivolity, vain of imitating j {lie
loi.feit manners «f cduntriev, which can never
be made much better or much worse ? A profli
gate American ycuth mult be profligate in L
3eei<, and richly merits the scorn of all man'
kid."
• Burial!} s Vision of Columbus.
From the FEDEKAL GAZETTE.
Mtjfrs. TunJt ci" Brtwn,-
The letter from Philadelphia, published yes->
terdayin your paper, was unqaeftionably genu ■
ine, so far at least as to the real exprrfliou of
writer's sentiments, though prob .bly im
proved in the languige by some friendly hand.
Its tendency, though not manfully avowed, is
very obvioys to all who have watihed the po
litical char jflers and couduift ofpbMic men.—
To prepare Americans to f>ifT*r with tamcntfs
a,continuation of thoSe infultsand depredation s
which have long tried their uience, and ftrip
pidlhem of their propelty v (» certainly its ob
jed : and if, after feeling the public pulse by
this flight efiay, the wrier Cin flatter hirafelf,
that it may be brought to 3 temper tailed to
his views, there is no doubt hut we (hall fee
measures proposed and advocated to keep us in
our prtfent state of imbecility, without any
means of affording prsteiflion to our citizens,
and in despicable dependence on 1 foreign coun
try ; by whose arbitrary orders our commerce
is to he deftrnyed. If feme favored partisans
can make profits under these general grievances
of their countrymen, by a trade on fufferance,
to the 'A'eft-Indies, it is plainly insinuated, ihat
»em« 4 ulcno efToi ts to deliver ourselves from
a fubjeiftion so difgraceful. Americans, it fceins,
muit renounce every principle of rational dig
nity ; nor hope, after thetr total fiibjefliori to
the power of their matters, that they will be a*
• ble to fay with Francis the firft of France, after
hii defeat and captivity, -we bait UJI every
i thing hut our honor. This is not the only view
. of the letter-writer : another is, to calumniate
, the government of the United States. He has
the boldness to fiv, that the calling of congress,
last ksnreer, was with a view to produce a war.
' Whether thia discovery was made by hiinfelf,
or jderived from tbe Utter of the
I which an unadvised correspondent too hastily
I made pSblic, it is not matcrisl to enquire. Bijt
f there never was a more unfounded iinputaiipa';
and, ier the refutation of it, nothing lurther
need be fiid, than to refer ilie public 10 the pre
fident's ffMCvti at the opening of that f£ffinii ;
in which fptei h, delivfred before any experi
f ment of tbe temper ofeongrefi, anif
, ly without any knowledge of its difpofitioli:",
. than he pofleffed before he called it, he publicly
aar.cs.nced his resolution to renew negociatjon,
1 and use all means, confident with honor, to pre
_ j fervethe blcAingsof peace. Let this fuffire.fi r
- j the present, to nlimate 'he polit cal prir.cples
r j and ear.dcr of tbrlctter-writir.
ASj 1NDI? KJ»SNT AMIRia.'M.
i.. : . ••; or jj
i-\>reiga
8 V TUT. HALIfA.X rXcK*y*». AKfHVHiS AT ft Y0 T. K.
PARfS, Janmry 14, ,
L ! B E S T Y E Qjf A L, ! T V.
TUc Commifcrr of ihrExecutive Directory «
at {he municipal ivdinMiiflratiOri of t-fre can
tba of 6iian, to the inhabitants of that «
canton, |
«' CITIZEKf., : v
" The vi&orioui French Republic no lon-
' ger apprehends danger item its enemies
without. ' ■ - n
" Hie Coalition being deSroycu, .eaves «
F. tK;»ifcd to Iter, mercy ; that power ?
ai'jue, after h*vi»p iuppotted each of the
v;roqiiifh<:d powers, in tbe'ftur'' —after hav-
' ii..jr rent• Frjnce with l'nttfHne comii.otlons,
will jln.7 Hlfty'n the whole weight oi h;r in
-1 JigiHrtion -ihiJ of bervc.-igearice.. The mo- n
uey which fiie lias Javiftu'd, ailtf which ftc t;
yet eonfiftue* to lavish, wi-I not save her fiom n
the sword of the republicans, and it is this e
j fwori rWh will loon avenge the cause of 1;
ajV,E«M»j*« of viointcd principle and of li- r
! berty trud'deu irider fit-fit. Its corrupt and t
tyrannical government will give place to that t'
which the people of England, worthy, no a
doubt, of freedom, IJiaII fnbftitute to it, t
and before the trees Hull havt their firft d
leaves f>n them, the tri-coloured standard, a
floating on the _ British foil, fbaJl remind ji
them of what they were and what they eug'nt
to be. 7
" But in the moment of fixing for ever 1
th« delliniesof the firft republicia the world, t
the government, turning its attention to f
home, is no longer disposed to leave the in- t
ternal enemies of the slate any realon to v
hope for fuceefs, and if determined to def- I
troy them ; not because it i* apprehensive of c
their efforts, but because they weaken the v
public spirit; and because it is time to give a
to the Hate all that energy which hat been r
vainly attempted to bedeilroyed, Govern- t
ir.eilt wishes to rally all the friends of their 1;
country and of liberty by republican inlli- p
tniions ; beeaufe republican inftitutiona a- 1!
lone can give energy tothe public mind, and <
operate within, what its victorious arms t
iiave tffeftcd without. e
" Awaken, then, republicans of this can- c
ton from your lumbers ; you especially pa- si
triots of 1789, who do not confound liber- d
ty with licence, and the laws with anarchy, si
This is the moment in which you nfuft cob- y
folidatc your work, and fix for ever the fate
of France. Rife from y»ur deprefiJon, fe- I<
cond the efforts of a government which it si
perpetually triumphant a government, t
which on the 4th of September deflroyed a
the hopes of the ruyali-t faSfio/i, and fixed t
-peace, and fccured liberty on the molt un f
shaken bails. Dare to avow your principles 0
openly ; dare to call yourfclve* republican, 1
and may this title, hitherto unfavourably re- j
gardtd, become henceforth an honourable v
title ; and may those vrho do not deserve to . c
ftiare it with you, at lead learn to be silent.
" Officers of government ! It ic to you
-in particular that I address myfelf. Remem- <
ber the republic will onlybc served by those 1
who are the friends of liberty. Remember 1
that there is flo longer any room to tempo- .
rize, and Ojat you mult frankly (hew your
fclves-to'b'e'wfrai you are: If there are a- -
ny among you, who are not devoted to the
cause of liberty, remember that of all kinds
of bafehefi it is the greatest to receive pay
and maintenance, and to hold a place uader
a government which you deleft, and the
deftru'dh'on of which you are desirous to
bring about •, and quit your situations before
you are-driven from them, a&d lay aside a
mask, which foouer or later will be torn from
you.
" Zealous officers of the republic, it is
on you that the republic particularly relies,
and on your example and your influence, to
give vigourto thepublic mind. Employ in
yOur offices none but the partizans of liber
ty, and difcird those who have signalized
th'cmfelves by contrary opinions. Scrnpu
, loufly observe the days of repose, and let
your offices be dole shut on those days, and
f do yourfil-fes afTemble, together with the
■ magistrates in the Tlmple of the Laws,
; there to be present at the promulgation of
| the new decrees and orders of government,
to hear the recital of their triumphs, Jthc
i songs composed on their victories, and the
s civic discourses, which are to encourage and
* give strength the love of the country.'. *
" Government requires that I should ac
' quaint them with the conduft of those who
J aS contraty to these inflrudlions, and I no
. tifytoyoa, that I shall neither betray the.
1 truth, nor negleft my duty,
r "You too, who have been included in
1 the requisition-, have been able by means of
th« exception which government has tho't
t Prop»r to make, to yourfelves at
, home with your families, should recoiled
t that the favor you have met, renders it par
t ticularly incumbent on you tp refpeft gov
-1 ernment, and to aflift it by combating the
> enemies at home, while your bravo com
rades are engaged in contending with -*hofe
. abroad. .'
r " Citizens of all claSc3 ;at the com
j mencement of hoflilities against England,
v these coasts are about to be covered with the
c numerous battalions of the conquerors of
* Italy—Welcome these brave defenders, and
receive them with honors ; observe their
?, wounds ; remember the afts of valor which
i, they have performed—remember, that half
y naked, in want of every thing, and forget
t tiug that th-ey had relations and childrtu,
* and considering only that their country and
' liberty were threatened., thsyfecured these
bleflirgsby ttor blood—rememberthatt'hty
j. daily braved death, while you, quietly at
t- home, were contested to read details of
their viiSories by your fire fides. Render
y tbem then that tribute of gratitude which
they have a right to expcCl—applavfr, at
" r leatt, you owe them.
SJ " They indeed m#y fpsak of their youn-
liberty—they know what they
have done for ar.d may csafider them
«th^vov, 6 wck,
forts, neiiher the ore nor tl.e other
have been in ejilWc. It W ' ,y lfnl b [
yourTclvts to these men that you w.il lean, j
to appreciate the value of these great blel- ,
figri's, libmy aad the republ-c. As W you ,
who abhor these goods—you,
firanger;, to wfrom the republic afiords an
afylum —you tea, whom pass.on« prejudi
ce, and 1 efcnmient« render li.sensible to her
glory and to he. triumpln, who daily pour
forth v..«ir guilty wiftesfor
whom the memory of pall horrors cam:«
dtter —whoever you be, and wherevsr you
exist, be eyeful out to nufhke the inctd
rreucc of cfcvn* merit fur weakpefs# IVcr
you notice, that the end of
fast hand, and nxr.e.sber, that thrower
which has deftrqycd ali the tings of Europe
can with a twauii annihilate yoy.
" Internal t::eni;« ! heliere that govern
ment" kno»! aAdf'jees every thing; cjujs,
tavern*, and places of public entertainment,
nothing can cfeape their vigilance. Aw*k
-1 en *ll of you froth your error, you efpeciat
r ly who have fufTered yourselves to be cor
riipted by perfidioas influence, -return _ to {
those fentimentsavhich -you owe your coun
try, and draw that line between you and tiie ;
agents of England, which can alone' pvo- ;
test you, can ensure you fafety, and hin-
der you from fharii.g the pumfhment which
, awaits all men who seek to thwart its pro- ;
; of all cbfTes, I fnoald betray (
you were Ito conceal a cruel truth. I" .
• spite of my constant efforts to diftinguna .
, the mass of the inhabitants of Calais from
. forac individuals, perhaps more intprudeot
than culpable, I'have not been able to pre
-1 vent government mistrusting this commune ;
. I have not been able to prevent them from
• considering it in an unfavorable point of
: view, *ad froci fufpe&ing. that there are
a number of individuals in it who oppose its
1 measures, who regret the monarchical fyf
■ tem, and who, devoted to perfidious' En
gland, ire reidy to assist' the' vitws of that
power, '• \\ r < are in pofleffion," fa/* the (
direftory, in its letter to me, " of the clue
[ -of this plot, and we already know part of
; the truth, that the public spirit is corrupt
ed among ; yon, and you alone." You,
• cdmmifTary, in whom we.have placed een
fideace, you alone among these numerous
■ denunciations, canaot find ona guilty per
son. What are you about ?—We remind
you of yonr duties, and of your oath.
" No, my fellow citizens, I proftfs it
loudly—no, you are not given up to per
fidious England. Its gold has net corrup
ted you ; public spirit is not extinguished
amongin ; & if the English, who threatened
the Walls of Dunkirk, should come to pre- |
sent themfclves before the memorable gates
1 of Calais, it is then that the world wauld
, have been convinced, that if some among
yon were formerly devoted to a king, you
would all have been refslved t® perish, in ,
> order to preserve liberty and the republic.
" No ; both of them are for you the on
-1 ly objeft of your wishes and of yow soli
- citude. You have proved this, by the bu- [
: merous facrifices which you have already j
r made, and you may hereafter make. N® !
- —no, you are not Englishmen, you are
Frtfichmeo—,you ««c eveti 1 epubttCilH. f
- undertake to convince goveruraent that it
e ha 3 been deceived. |
s "At this raomerit, when the armies ap
f proath, when the government is making
t every preparitien for invasion, you mutt,
e citizens, remove every fufpieion, by break
s' off all conneilion and communication I
e with the country which the republic is a- j
a bout, to attask, ar.d caver with its arm : you j
3a will avoid every correspondence, which, j
though really innocent, might excite the j
is jealousy of .the government, and cause in
i> tefttions to be ascribed to you which you
0 have not, and which you are far from en
n tertaining. This is one facrifice more_, but
r- it is time to make it; and you will make it'
■d readily, bccSufe it it indispensable becaufe,
t- by so doing, you will prevent new infinua
:t tions from occasioning new errors—becapfe
d it'will be one proof more of your devotion
e and your civifm.
'• " A patriotic loan is now opened at Pa
>f ris, in order to accelerate the approaching
t, invasion. Already have the admfnfftrationfi
•c and the body of merchants of Pari», fub
le scribed several millions. A number of in
d dividual* in the department* are haflening
to follow this example. You will no doulst
"* imitate them.
10 " Government has left it-to the merchants
>" of Paris to fix therafelves the mod speedy
1C - mode of repaym<int ; and they will them
fclves assist the operation of it, which, as
111 far a* it appsars at present, i* by the pro
-3f duce of the postage of Calais.
1 "V ou will join your ofiering to mine of
« already made. I shall transmit it to the
r - municipal adrainiflration, who will keep an
*- account of the names of ths lenders. The
" e whole furn will be sent off from Calais ia
y" tin day*, and you will prove, that so far
lle from the gold of England being all power
ful with von, yon can yourfelf lay down
m - money to humiliate ancfreduc* it.
1 > " I repeat it again, second my efforts :
dg not reduce me to the cruel alternative oi
°j being.obliged esther to use severity in tht
performance of my duty, or to betray il
eir by a culpable indulgence. May I alwav.
c be happy enough 10 be a'ile to proclain
al * the civifm and the virtues of my fellow clti
ct - zens, and never uuhappy enough t« prose
cute the guilty at the expence of ray owi
nil feelings. .
rfe ,t No ! citizens q[ Calais, you will ftil
lc -y be wßat you always have been—the ftiend
a t of the country, of liberty, of equality an
o{ of the con ft it ut'on ; and you will alway
~r gladly exclaim, Vive la RtpuUique !
lc!l (Signed)
at " Pigauit-Maubaillacco,"
CcmmifToif. of tlia Exe.ativ; Dirc&er
un-
ley LONDON, Janj IS
em lac Concorde frigate, c»romatvded b
' lit*
| j}?* h-* " fiwt u»u
." Jk-'iirJcTux an Tfngliih velf. J Ornn.vC, the Fly
ii-g- Mfti, laden with fak fi:h. -
iThe privateer Giroiide hat taken a P Br _
tugttelc vefTel, named La Notre Dame d«
la Gloirc, laden with sugar, cotton,
| jml cftimatedgt ly ,Co 6 livres.
The Sp»rt:ate, of Bourdeaiix, has take ß
andcariied iuto that pert, the Clinton, l a .
den with {alt fifh.
The Claris., of Nantes, has taken the A
meriian brig Thomas, laSrn with English
merchandize.
The PaV.riote«f Brest, has fei 7 ed and
sent mio L'Oiient, the. Caroling an
merican, going f, om London to Cha>feft oD
with a cargo jof Cloths, &c.
The envoy of ltill Confined i a
tlx Tetnple. It is not true, as has ben,
said, that the Diplomau'c-body have tsken
part in' this affair, and hay- demanded >| it
i'eafun of his impnfonment, v
From Marseilles we learo, Hiat consider.
able bankruptcies Ifave happeVd at that
phce.
Tiie central admiuiftration of the\) Wcr
Loire have opened a fubfcrij>;ion to dt?r a »
the expences of the expedition against £ n .
gland. The Proees-Vcrbal whi«h they hare
published on the fubjeft, .concludes thus—
" From the bloody deck .of the Sandwich
the manes of Parker call foravengers; a»d
Bantry Bay, the Grottos of pingal, and the
love of Liberty, fliajl give birth to them."
We are affurcd that the. account in »
morning paper relative to an interview he.
tween a high married couple, is without
ffcuad.it ion. There have recently, -indeed,
been fdme domcftic negotiations in th*
quarter aliuded te, and we kprn that they
are not likely tc. end in a separation, as for.
fidently afterted for fotpe time past, but
that there is foaitthing like a probability
that harmony may be restored .between the
partie«„ if not conjugal endearment.
DUBLIN, Jan. 9 .
We hear from. Monatterevan, that tli»
house of captain Evan*, within three inilci
of that town, was attacked on Saturday
night by a party as United Irishmen, who
fired into the windows and wounded des
perately a female fcrvant—They were not
able, however, to accotnplifh their purpose
of breaking into the house. . '
January 11.
The ensuing teini is likely to give full
occupation to the eouri of king's-beoch:
the trials of the Belfaft prisoners -for high
treason, and that of Mr.'Arthur O'Connflr
for a seditious libel, are the principal cauf«
cxpc&ed to come forward.
; | CONGRESS.
! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
i STATE OF THE UNION,
TUESDAY MARpH IJ.
■ ' Mr. Sivjll
■ Having moved that the House go into t
. ] Committee of the Whole on the&tateaf
r J the Union, ' .
I j Mr. Nic noxashopedthe house wAtild not
■ go into a committee of the whole on th«
[- u ß«te ps the union to day, as they hs3 some
treason to expect' farther information' from
) the President of the United States with re&
- pedt to our dispute with France. The let
r ter communicated from our commissioners
, refers to other letters. It fays, •' we fee n»
. ; better profpedt of our being received than
n 1 when we wrote last." He wrfhed to havf
j the information to which this letter refers •,
j ' fiuce, if it was true that all negociation was
1# at an end with the French government, it
e was proper t'ne information should be l&id
- before the Lcgiflature. He hoped, there*
n fore, the house woald wait for a day or two,
t- to fee whether or not farther information
t wo»ld be sent to the house oti this fubjetff.
It' . Mr. Sew ax l said, that the howfe were
:, already informed, that, in the opinion t4
i. the commissioners, all piofpeft of negoeia
e tion with the French government had ceifed,
n but as, farther communications on the fnb
ject might be cxpefted, the feledl commit
l. tee did not wish the house at present to gs
g into any new measures, but pierely fo.g*
M into a consideration of the resolutions re
5. ported in January last, which might be dan«
5 . without any further information, from thji
g President.. He supposed the information
which h?d been sent to the house was intendr
ed to haftentheirproceedings in taking mea
ts fures for the protection of our commerce
[y and the defence of the country ; and if n»
n . information at all had been received fro»
at France, be supposed the house would have
g. thought it necessary to have gone into the
defentive measures proposed, though thjy
of might, in that cafe, have driven it till t»»
fe wards the close of the session.
Ie Mr. Harper said, if he could be of opi*
)n nion that all the members of this house
he fatisfied as to the neceflitj of going at P rr "
in Cent into the measures prop»fi.J, he (Viould
" ar be ready to go into a committee of the whole
;r . on the state of the union. He himfelf tho t
vn there was information fufScient in the com
munication which had been received, to ao
j : thori/e the house in immediately atting i'
of pon the bu'fintfs ; bat as he doubted whe
he tlier other gentlemen were of this opinio®,
it and as more might be expefted, he wifted
yj to wait for it, as'it might produce greater
f m unanimity as tothe ncceflityof the meafurei
'ti. which itmigkt bethought propet to take*
f e . . Mr. Dana said, though the commi® o "'
we ers had written a folio before, the ' ctt^
which had been laid beforetlxehoufe was •
t;]l result of the y-'holt, as they t*ll the Irt •"
uls dent they have abandoned all hope oi
ind commodatiou. And he thought we vtr
nyS brought to that situation in whiih w« »u
jay whether wc will take any means for t.
piefervrition of our rights and liberties, <■
' submit depredations and infultscois
srr. milted upon us by a foreign power.
Mr. J. Wi-t.[amihopwl the house wor.r<t
wait for the furthtr infsrmation wbicfc
by roight bft expefted froit "