National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-01-16 00:00:00, page 1

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For the Nation al Gazette.
Mr- Frsheau,
UNDER- the influence of t!idea,
that the conditA oftheregular clar
gy in the western parts of Pennfylviims,
feare not investigation ; nor regards tho.e
ungenerous reflexions,, whiCii ma voiei .
ignorance may dictate, I have read wi.n
pity and contempt a piece m your paper
of the 28th of November, wherein the
writer, in order to demonstrate his_ extra
ordinary heroism.in furraounting t,.c dan-
K er to which he was exposed, m a late
tour to Pittfburg, represents the magil
t ->tes, clergy, and civil officers 111 i-«
western country, as openly, and danger
ously confederated in a state of aAual in
surgency against the government m the
union. , .
It i, evident that gentleman is ne.the.
acquainted with the western clergy, nor
with the excrcife of those manly virtue.,
which they inculcate, or his treatment ol
his fellow citizens, would have been more
confident with truth, juft.ee and genero 1-
tv . The weltern clergy are too deeply
engaged in discharging the duties of their
function, to condescend to take much no
tice of the excise, or its noisy collectors ;
nor have they ever ben found to combine,
or promote any combination, against tnc
government of the union ; but have al
ways been as forward in their station to
support the laws, discountenance riotous
proceedings, and defend their country, as
any other class of citizens.
Therefore, as a citizen of the United
States, ocecftbr
I c'll upon that gentleman (Mr. ClymerJ
to support his allegations by matte.. ol
fa&, and mud inform him, that unti.
that is done, the western clergy are ca
pableof despising the man that can, with
out any provocation, basely aflaffinatc tlu
character of an innocent class of citizens.
Indeed I frankly confefs,that the great
eft part, if not all of the western clergy :
think it their honor that they are not k
far destitute of that manly fetifibility whict
caufesmenin every station to participat<
the distresses of the induftnous poor, as tc
rejoice at the imposition of an exciie :
which in its operation must be cruelly op
preffive to the inhabitants of the weflerr
country, already bleeding by the irier.
cilefs hands of unrelenting savages.
At the fame time the sentiments ol
the clergy have been, and are, that reason.
petition and remonstrance are the only
weapons which ought to be uled in com
bating tHe-e*cifc4aw j and if those provt
ineffectual, then fubmifiion ought to have
the preference of any other alternative.
I have not seen any of the clergy since
I read the publication referred to; bui
being acquainted with all the regular cler
gymen in the western part of Pennsylva
nia, I presume what I have written will
generally embrace their sentiments. As
to the honourable President of the western
diftrift, the magistrates and civil officers,
I am persuaded their conduA as citizens
will be found, upon investigation, to tri
umph over mifrepiefentation and calum
ny.
A IVeJlmoreland Clergyma.
December 24, 1792.
FOREIGN NEWS.
* ExtraSsfrom Englijh and French papers.
LONDON, November 2.
IF the present rulers of France were
to lay aside all animosities against pool
Louis and his unhappy family, and place
them in such an asylum as might secure
undisturbed comfort for the remainder of
their days, the bitterest enemies of the
revolution would be disposed to look on
that extraordinary event with abatement
of hostility, if not with positive approba
tion.
By P. FRENEAU: Publijhtd Wednesdays and Saturdays, at Threi Dollars per annum.
The following is an eflimate of the prc
(Vrit value of the several manufactures of
Great Britain: The woolen i 6,800,0001.
Leather 10,500,000 —Flax 1,750,000
Hemp 890,000— Glass 630,000— Paper
7 80,000 —Porcelaine 1,000,000 S: lie
3>3 )O,GOO Cotton 960,000 Lead
1,650,000 Tin T ,000,000 Iron
8,700,000 —Steel and plating 3,400,000
Total 5 1,410,000.
A great perfonsge [George 31'.] seems
now in good earned to be entering on a
plan of retrenchment. Car'.eton houie,
with itseftablifhnients, is undoubtedly quit
ted, pro tempore, for retirement to a pri
-■ ate feat j and where, we doubt not, but
the great \ crfonaje will participate in
finitely gr-'iter happinefi than while liv
i !■; i:i f.nnpi-jous palaces, at an expence
incompatible with the present state of his
iffjirs.
If the French proceed to try their king
uid queen, how conlemptiLle will it mai-:e
them appear in the face of al! Europe!
Had their late f> vei - i ben a man oi
iV.lities and duplicity, like our Charles
,'ae Firit ; hid he loit to his country the
foveresgnty of many province 1 : ; had he
mpofe , without the content ot h:s peo
ple many and oppressive taxes; had tie
)een tie cause of tie deftrnctlr/n of th H
tves of many • his fubjefts, he would
.lien live been a pr ••v;r object tor trial :
put when he is a good humoured, eating
and drinking king, without any pretence
:o abilities ; when he is led merely as
:! "Uni.'lanees present themselves to hi
feeble tr.hid ; when he his never had th
eart desire to tnflaveor oppress his ;::!>■
every nation in t'ne world must cr ;
nit, shame upon them ! And for a natioii
:hat pretends to gallantry no lets than ho
tour to think of pui.'iihing a queen, c
jeaufy, howevei 1 1 the z nith of h rpow
.rand influence (he may have abused i;.
s incoufillent, absurd, and sanguinary.
How the French, with Gui Patin at their
lead, abused the English as barbarians and
*avai>es, when they behca :ed king Charle ;
:he Fit ft, who perhaps defcrved his fate!
How v. ill they in the r turn be enabled to
etort upon them, if any violence is oi
"ered to the perfoi of their late fove
eigns ! [ 'Jini/lerLlfopcr.'j
The number of inufquets purchased b)
:he rep bjic of France from this country,
r o much to our advantage, was 78,000;
ibout a fortnight since The r own manu-
F-aories continue to be inc'-ffantly em
ployed, and, befoie next spring, even
man, in France, abie to carry a mufquet
will have one.
The French funds are rapidly riling :
and to those who conl.der England ant!
France as two buckets in. a well, and whe
think that as the one nf.*s the other muH
fall, it may appear probable, that our funds
ivill decline in proportion. But this cal
culation is erroneous, and does not com
bine every circumstance that ought to oc
considered. If the French revolution
tends, as it moil: certainly will.- to preferye
peace between the two ration*, it wil]
dvance the profpetity of the one country
in an id'i 1 oi- equal ratio to that 01 e othet;
and our 3 per cent 3 like the French af
fignats, may yet get on to par.
A'ov. 17. The inhabitants of Madras,
in a full meeting, have voted an address
of congratulation to Marquis Cornwallis.
upon the success of his arms ; and have
directed that a committee {hall 01
the royal academy of Great Britain, to
»oint out an artist by whom the statue
purposed to be erected in honour of that
nobleman (hall be executed. An address
is also to be presented to General Mea
dows, whose portrait will oc placid in
their town hall.
Admiral Goodall has sent an .Lnglifh
frigate into the roads of Nice, to bring
away the Englilh Consul, and the mer
chants who may chufe to leave that place.
M. Truget does not oppose this rneafur e,
so that no rupture between the kingdom
WEDNESDAY, January 16, 1793.
of Gr:at Britain and the French nation
will be produced by it. Thi Englilh and
all o?her persona have, indeed, had per
fect liberty qf-entering and quitting Nice
whenever they pleased, without the allif
tanctf of Admiral Goodall.
The following is a copy of the conten
tion concluded between General Montel
•j iio i, in the name of the French nation
and the Ger.evete deputies in the name 01
that! rc.Mi'jliSi wll _ i was in the
Nut o". -! Convention on Friday »\(l.
I. All the c<;rp. of the Swits troop:
ivhic.'i are now 111 (*eiieta, Qiaw 1
ly. Retire frito Switzerland, and the fan:
retWKt shall be completed betwixt the pre-
Ic-Tm. per od and the 3lt ot Decemoer next
-, between this time and the fame e
•e''. .... !jr ™-l the Irer.cl
rocps who fjiroaaded Geneva, and v;i"
iad-approached it 0:1 account or the dii
\rences terminated by the present Con
n- n, ihall lie witl.drn - n.. aid pnftcc
11 such a manner as not to give any canK
jr alarm to Geneva.
3. From..(he date of the present Con
>en'jios a free c>'nmunjcAt;oa
he inhabitants of Savoy and the twa tc
uhlics, and full liberty of patiing froir
Geneva to Switzerland, aid from Swit
'.irland to Geneva, lhall be re-eilabnfiui
)U the fame footing as in the time 01
jeace, agreeably to treaty and to ufagc.
4. The republic of Geneva exprefslj
ind folemnlv reserves toitfeif all anteiio'
reaties with its neighbours, and partial
arly t:: it of 1584, with the refpedabh
■u.tons of Zurich and Bertie, as Wvll a
ne ift article of the treaty of 1784.
ihcFreoefc rcpu Lcnot meaning that tm
eferve frould connect it witn treatie:
n which it is not concerned, nor preju
lice in any thing the power it has reler
red to itfclf of reviftng its own treaties
■x cuted proviuonally until the time o
uch revision.
l ite present convention {hall be ratifies
)y the French republic and the republi'.
>f Geneva, and letters of ratification lha
>e exchanged on both fides, in the fp c
;f twelve days, or if possible, sooner.
Signed, &c at Landrecey, on the id
of November.
The duke of Brunfwick has tarniftiec
he glory of the Prufilan arms, and revive,
he courage of the desponding democrats,
HLis insolence in the profpeft cl fucce!>
vill prevent compafiion in the leafon 0
ralamity. i -i- h tliii difcomti. -r_ ma} 1
:,e ascribed to the immediate iirterpofn ioi
if providence, yet no apology cari lereer
lim from the imputation ot precipitancy
n undertaking the expedition, and ralii
less in his mode of conducting it. 1
•eflefris little honour on the wisdom or thr
:onfederates to "..ledge they were deceiv
;d by the emig.ant princes. The pam
•>ered minions of a voluptuous court, an.
:he unprincipled invaders oi iheirc i
reedom, were emitled to no protection,
»nd u-worthy of any confidence ; and
hough the view of misfortune might ex
:ott relief even for guilty fufferers, yet it
:anr.ot juflify the monarchs of PrnTia and
Austria in participating their coun
t's and conforming to their directions.
But commiseration for the exiles "as no:
ihe true motive for engaging in the war ;
r.or can the failure of the enterprize b<
ascribed to their prudence. Li:.tie poli
tical sagacity was icquifite to forefee the
confequenccs of the French revolution;
the . ' rehenfton of its influence fv, allow
ed up' minuter concerns, and fufpendec
the infigr.ificant quarrels of 01 posing
princes. ' A system of military govern
ment was to be fnbftituted for that which
1:1 founded on the rights of man. Era
ployed in this important objedt, the court
of Berlin, deaf to its true interests
& regardless of the faith of treaties,abandon
edthe patriotic fovercign of Poland and it?
brave inhabitants, tothedetefted ambitiorol
the old Ruffian tyrant; expended htr
trcafure and facrifiecd her trqops to re-
(lore the Austrian influence !n France;
forgetting that through its predominance
the kingdom of Prussia was lhaken to the
foundation, and its favorite monarch ex
posed to ruin. We must congratulate
our friend and ally on Lis defeat We
may find more honourable employment
for his forces in repreHing the hostile in
curuons of-iffic'uus barbarity, and pro
te&ing civil'j-dffTaciety from another ir
ruption of the' Scythian tribes. His ad
vocates, however,fpeak confidently ®f the re
newing of his attempt again'.l Franco ia
the ensuing spring. But the gallant de
fence ofThionville, the encrefcfing num
bers and returning discipline of the French,
innies, and the magnanimity of the Con
vention in refufing to treat till he had e
i-acuated their territories, may teach him
that '.lie enthuGafm which the energies of
ti iith Stid freedom rnfpir£, will ultimately
preva.il (Tver the .-■•mailt e-.ertions of disc,-
plined valour,and the molt consummate im
provements in military ta&ics. Mean
;i.:ie, those who are Ihotked with the hu«
milia'ion of despotism in Paris, may be
hold its philanthropy in the boinbard
nelrt'df Lisle, and the deftruiVion of the
property of its defencelefs inhabitants, and
:onte:nplate its magnificence in the ful
rr.ir.ation of impotent manifeftoes, when
ts Expiring vidians were perishing disre
garded on the plain 3 of Champagne.
Gen. Outline's attack upon the inde
pendent princes of the German Empire,
may,pofTibly,be one means of roufiug the re
butment of the Germanic body, & addun
neceflarily to the lift of his adversaries —
The republic ought not to forget, in its
ttdom- for the propagation of liberty,-
the overthrow of eftablilhed govern
uentfi is a difficult talk j anT ttiat the
lappinefs of mankind is more effe&nally
promoted by the defTemination of know
edg», than the violence of arms.
The barren rocks of Savoy have re
:c' oed with the fhoiits of vivela liberte;
ind the city of Nice has submitted to its
;entle sway. The joy with which the
nvading army was received by the people
Jifplays, in the moll striking colours, the
rppreifive nature of their former govern
ment, In provoking the refentinent of
this formidable neighbor, tie sovereign of
these narrow territories (the king of Sar
iirtia) h;is departed from the chara&erif
:ical prudence of his family.
The ftriSeft neutrality wa3 his only fe
•ju.itv. He mud now purchase proteili
an at the price of independence ; and the
louse of Aullria will fcareely obtain for
lim that tranquility which his own dif
:re;ion mi jht have preserved.
It is more and more improbable that
w 11 take any part in the contest a
raill ft France. Loaded as that country
s by the accumulated weight of civil and
ecc efiaftic bondage, debilitated in its ro
(burces abroad, and ruined in political
oeconomy at home by the ignorance and
vices of its present rulers ; yet the innate
dig ity of sentiment peculiar to its inha.
bitants, and tire romantic courage for
win h they have been diftinguiflied, may
re (lore it to its former lustre. The feeds
of Gothic freedom were with difficulty
crad cated from the minds of the people ;
and, had not superstition l-:nt her pow
erful aid for their extirpation,ti e 'possibly
might have produced the happy fruit ot
constitutional liberty. If, by the alli
ance of France, they obtain this hlefiing
it viillbefome compensation for the'mil
eries they have endured during the inaus
picious adminifttation of the Bourbon
race.
The National convention of France
beran its career by abolishing Royalty.—
Without inquiring into the fuperiofity of
the republican system, trie circum(lance3
of their fituaiion jullified them in adopt
ing it. Louis the XVI. had so com
pletely loft (he confidence of the nation,
thatsny attempt to retlore him to his for
feited rank would have been at once de
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