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enemies; remember your real republican
friends and iHies the French ; and do not
for; , t the forin&f conduct of the Britiih,
with their infern.il herd of brutilh plunder
ers and barbarians, the Heifians. Let us
' not approximate that state of ignorance
anil contempt which has lately been exem
plified in nglantf, at the embarkation of
the po.>r deluded guards forHelvoc-t Sluys,
to jam the llavifh armies of tyrants, in op
.poiing the invincible patriotic armies of
France ; when they acknowledged " fenii
bly to feel the gracious and alfeKionate
mark of ccrndefcenfioij in their king, who
with the tender regard and anxiety of a fa
ther a cl a friend, honoured their embark
ation with his prcfence !"—Too ignorant
to know he war, fending them like oxen to
the {laughter, merely in defence of his own
empty crown ; but such is the delulion in
ajl kingly governments, that amor t egis
prevails iijftead of amor patria.
The fate of the French revolution must
evidently determine the fate of the United
s tates; with the republic of France we
si rid, with the conquest of France we fall
•In:l:r.:ce Poland, already conquered by
rubbers and divided amonglt tyrants, fu'j
ject to their despotic government and ty
. aniTical laws—Think of ten ;honfand Bri
• i! troops, accompanied - by the king of
i iigland'o son, now in Canada, and in pof
fefiion of our frontier ports, held in viola
tion of treaty, ten miles within the boun
daries of the Uuited States, robbing us of
our fur trade, and supplying the hostile
Tndians with all kinds of military stores to
fight aga'nft us—Think of the preliminary
a' liile of a treaty now proposed and infill
ed upon by the Indians, no doubt dictated
by the British with a view to become pro
prietors tbemfi'lves ; 1 mean a right to the
foil weltward of the Ohio—Think of the
Spaniards to the southward, ufi. g every
means in their power to stir up the Indians
agair.ft us—Sum up all these considerations,
and many more v. hich may naturally oc
cur, and it will b» easy to draw a proper
conclusion. You will surely afiilt those
who have afHfted you in diltrefs : and you
will aid the cause of repnblicanifm in
France, if not from principles of gratitude,
(of which I dill hope you are not desti
tute) y>u mult frim motives of your own
future prosperity.
It therefore behoves us immediately, if
govei nmentally neutral, yet individually
patriots, to contribute our fnpport to th
French cause as our own, and to manifei;
it by signing our names to the fnbfcription
papers now open in this city for that pur
pose.
A CITIZEN.
May 16, 1793.
For the N.vtiinai, Clazstte.
Mr. FreneAu,
CINCF, the consultation of last evening, I
find more embarraflYnent than ever, in
ft right and prudent choice of the belt means
to check the formidable combination of
power drawn up again!! our private pro
perty ; and against the constitutional rights
of every independent citizen in the ltate of
Pennsylvania, as the legislature has ad
journed—For though I have already fuffi
ciently founded the alarm, and exposed the
daring attempts that are made on the dear
est, and molt precious rights of freemen,
by an arbitrary domineering ariflocratic
junto in the city, we are rtill menaced,
aiid infiilted by t ieir sycophantic tools in
power ; who exult in the expectation of
opening their trenches in two weeks, in our
meadow grounds ; and to get through them
in the (ourfe of eighteen months.
The indignantfpiritof patriotism through
out this great and magnanimous common
wealth, will revolFat hearing of such un
manly and contemptible triumphs, over the
few devoted victims to the Canal law, 011
the banks of Schuylkill. But Sir, where
iafolence, ignorance, and power unite to
form the character of a public man, he
will consequently be the belt instrument
for the base purposes of oppression. Hence
it is, that the board of (peculation seem to
have been peculiarly fortuii te in the molt
judicious felechon of their managers, con
tractors, and overseers, for carrying their
canal law, per fas et uefas into inimed .*"=•
operation, through our meadow grounos.
But how shall we account' for the eagcr
i:efs they discover, to fall at this feafori of
the year on those bottom grounds, when
they know, that the whole crops of hay in
every meadow, through which their ban
ditti digs, must inevitably be destroyed ?
Have not those grain of muftard-leed
men, mountains, precipices, and impene-
JB'.r,:ble rocks enough to remove into the
water' of the river Schuylkill to keep up
their stock jobbing bubble for eighteen,
months to come.' Let them come forward
and speak for themselves, and undeceive
a deluded public. I throw drown the
gauiuiet to their pettifoggers, pedagogues
and r.nderfti appers in oilice, to meet me
on folic! constitutional •ground, in a fair and
upright discussion of the question,
It will hardly be credited by our com
patriots of the neijhbnurifig states, that
the people'of Peittlfylvania, renowned as
they jul'tly are, in arts and in arms, should
at so early a period in the infancy (Jf their
government, encouicre the promulgation
of fvvinctling law:, excluflve charters, and
oppreifive monopolies ; ami ;tt the fame
time, proclaim to an aitoniihed world, by
tlie mouth ot' their chief' inagiftr.ite, that
" we cannot err in ascribing the prosperity
of our conntry to the fra :ie and operation
of her political institutions." Isqtvvith
itauding his Excellency's boafVed ' per
fection of our political institutions, Ire
will pardon lire the presumption of an
unequivocal, nay, an unanftverahle contra
diction to his encomiums on-the ii;(iiUuior
of the Schuylkill canal company. For
whatever a few interested' individuals
may propose to themfclves by that arbitra
ry law, the independent class ot citizen!
in the couflty of Montgomery,and through
the (Sate, as far as my obferv itions havt
extended, begin to think for therafe'.ves
and are greatly alarmed at the unconstitu
tional fao.i'-.ces of private property, thai
will be made for the local conveiiiency o■
aud emolument of the board of specula
tion, and the corporation of the city o,
Philadelphia.
R. S.
Plymouth, (Montgomery County,) Ma)
10th, 1793.
PHILADELPHIA.
Saturday, May iS.
On Thursday J ast, at one o'clock, P. M
arrived in this city. Citizen GENET, Am
baflndorfrom the Republic of France, t<
the United States of America. We ar«
authorized to fay, that Citizen Genet can
not fufficiently express his gratitude forth(
kind hospitality of the inhabitants of the ft
veral Hates through which he has passed
lince his departure from Charleston, to hi
arrival in Philadelphia. He Jias ever;
where observed among the Americans, :
grateful attachment ta those who, lik'
thcmfelves at a former period, are now
ftrtiggling in the cause of liberty ; and ha:
every where received the mofi flattering
marks of attention. On his way hither
both farmers and merchants readily offeree
him their floiir, and other articles of pro
vision, at a lower price than the/ wouli
dilpofe of them to the agents of any othei
nation. The article of flour only, that ha
been offtredhim, amounts to more tha'
!;x hundred thousand barrels.
The crowds of citizens that flocke;
from every avenue of this city to meet tht
republican ambaflador of an allied natljpr
at Gray's ferry, were a proof to him tha
the Penpfylvanians are not Tjehinrl theii
lellow citizens of other slates in tjie fpir'll
of republican pairiotifin. We have nc
doubt but the popular charaiter and enga
ging affability of Citizen Genet, will gair
him the efieem of the inhabitants of this
city and country ; and awaken in therr
sentiments of gratitude for our generou:
allies, the defenders'of the rights of inar
and reat friends to America in the dart:
days of war and desolation.
On Ttiefdav evening arrived here, the (his
Argonaut, of Marseilles,• (mounting it
guns,) Capt. Chabert, from China and the
llleof France. This veflel was bound tc
i'Orient ; but not being well informed ol
the Date of European politics with refpeft
to peace or war, thought it moll prudenl
to make for this continent She has had 72
days from the I lie of Franee, brings a car
go of teas, nankeens, &c. in value to the
amount of two millions of livres. J;he wa:
formerly a frigate, belonging to 'the Pope,
called the St. Charles; butnowh private
property : —mounts 14 pieces of 12, and 2
of i-6.
Some curious pecuniary manoeuvring ha;
lately taken plSce in thi city. Menacing
letters, demanding sums of money, were
sent to several perfoiis, thro the medium
of the port office, with fictitious signatures.
and directing money to be enclosed tc
their addrels, thro' the fame channel. On
Fuefday afternoon, a hair dresser, of the
name of Guillioux, brought a paper to the
pest office containing the several fictitious
names, and requeuing to receive the letters
so them directed, if any. He w;r» imme
diately apprehended, and, after some pre
varication, acknowledged he had been em
ployed by Mr. Joseph' Ravai a, who had
..ireatened, in cafe of discovery, that an
accomplice would infallibly assassinate him.
Upon this evidence Mr. Ravara was taker,
before an alderman, who confirmed the
hair dress. r's Itory; adding that a person
unknown to him, from Spanish America,
had requeued him to ?pply for these let
ters, for as they were intrigues offtate, he
dared not to appear, left he should em
broil himfelfwith the Spanifu commission
ers'."— .Mr. Ravara is committed to jail, to
take his trial.
The Governors of the States of New-
York and Maryland have ifftied proclama
tions. similar to the Federil proclamation,
ifi'ued on the 22d of April lalt', enjoining a
conduct of itrift neutrality towards the bel
ligerent powers.
The armed fliip Argonaut, that arrived
here 011 Tuesday evening last, from China,
left the island of St. Helena on the 31ft u;
March. They, had intended to anchor and
take in water there, but from fever.: 1 fuf
picioiis circumflances (particularly the tie
t&ntion of a .French armed tirlg by the
Englilb goverhor) the captain quitted the
i(laud fw.idenly, leaving his boat with nine
it)en on fiiore.
On the ijtli of April, a bombardment of
the town of Port-au-Prince took place, in
eonfequence of an obltinate oppoiition
made hy the aristocratic faction there, to
acknowledge, or treat with commiflioners
from the Republic of France, whoarrived
there i't the America, a French 74 gun
ihip anci two large frigates, on tile 4th oi
April. About 9, A- M. the America con:-
silenced a molt dreadful cannonade (ail the
merchant /hips, French and American hav
ing been previoufiy ordered out of the
port.) The America began the cannon
ade on Fort St. Clair, the frigates at the
fame time benibarcung the town, which
continued without a mcine a's intermiifior
till some time in the afternoon. Three a
ri.locratic forts returned the fire with des
perate intrepidity. It was computed the
three (hips elfcharged about 3,500 large
balls again(f the tow n and forts ; upward:
of 80 persons were killed in the town.—
Towards evening, Borell, the leader oi
the_ aristocrats, made his elcape with 30c
whites and ico negroes, to Jacomell. The
cailnonade then ceased, and tlie commif
lioners took poffellion. Four of the ring
leaders of tiie faction were lent on board
the America and hanged. Tranquility i:
now restored lo the island, the commifli
oners ;ire engaged in organizing the army,
and ali are republicans again, notwith
(tanding the attempts made by emifiarie!
to difaifect them from the national cause.
r bree hundred ol the mofl dangerous aris
tocrats are imprisoned on board the met
of war."
A large number of French emigrants
have lately arrived in Canada, amongll
which are said ttf be lixty Roman Catholic
prielts. The governor of Canada has if
ftied his proclamation, commanding the
Britifli fubjefts in that province, to make
prizes or' all Fi ench Vefiels that shall fall ir
their power.
Ou the ift of March, the provifionarj
executive council of the French Republic,
reported the fubdivilionsof the French ar
mies.—The whole amount from the seve
ral fubdivilions of the north is 50,039 men,
under Gen. Duniourier, Eruflels the place
of rendezvous. 2. The army of Arden
nes, under Gen. Valence, 32,757 men;
Sedan the place of rendezvous. 3. The
1 my of the Moselle, under Gen. Beurnon
vdle, 33.416' men, rendezvous, Metz. 4.
Army of the Lower Rhine, Under Gen.
Cuftine, 45,885 men, rendezvous. Stras
bourg. 5. Army of the Ardennes, under
Gen. Kellerman, 30,508 ; rendezvous,
Grenoble. 6. Army of Italy, under Gen.
Biron, 3 1 .Sfi »ien, rendezTotis, Antibcs.
7. Army of tiie Pyrenees, under Gen. Ser
van, 30,566, places of rendezvous, Per
pignan and Bayonne. 8. Army of the
coasts, under Gen. Labourdonnaye, 43.553
men ; places of rendezvous. Rochelie,
Vanncs, Quimpen, St. Malo, Vologne and
Havre.—Besides these, there is an army of
refer ve; under Gen. Berruyer.—The sum
total of all the abo-ve, is 298,537 men, cx
clulive of Berruyer's army. —To this im
rnenfe force, more than double tlie num
ber was to be added, provided the fo.tes
of the German empire should attempt an
impression 011 the territories of the Repub
lic.
The flip Charlotte, lately arrived at
Bollon from London, brings the following
paragraph, elated Peterib'urg, Feb. 4.—
'• Our victorious armies are putting them
feive? in motion to go againlt the F.'-ench
regicide*.a formidable fleet commanded by
the intrepid admiral Riias, will immedi
ately pass thro' the (traits of the Dardan
elles, ;:nd proceed to attack Marseilles.
The celebrated general Suwarrow will
embark on the fame fleet-with a body of
troops destined to make a descent. Prince
Imarette is in full march, at the head of
20,000 Coflaeks and Kalmucks (!!!) and
three thousand Huflars. to join the combi
ned army. They will be followed, we
are allured, by another body of regular
troops."
When our laO accounts left England, it
was generally believed that the infatuated
n inifiry had entered into a league with
the despotic powers on the continent, to
re-eflablifli monarchy in France by the
point of the bayonet. The league was al
ready so. [trong that the Fngiifh vefiels of
war took all merchant ships whatever co
ming out of French ports, whether neutral
or otherwise.—Very late letters mention
that Mr. Pitt had informed the hotife of
commons that there was a prolpeJt of mat
ters being accommodated with France,
and that lie acknowledged the Frcnch
fleet to be superior to the Englilii —If there
beany truth in this, it may be explained
by the following paragraph from a London
paper, "The king of Prufila has idema; d
ed a categoric d iiifwer of our court,
whether it is their intention to join fpirit
eelly with the combined powers for re
ettabli thing monarchy in France. And in
c ,fe they lhoiild not, it was his determina
tion immediately to withdraw bimfelf
with his forces and retire to his own do
minions."
The celebrated Baron Trenck, who
fuffered ten years imprifonmcnt in the duu
geon of Magdebourg, by the old tyrant of
Prussia, that scourge of mankind, is arriv
ed in France, from Hamburg, This man
vyas (hut up for the "pelled of years,
uirh a critft of bread, a jug of water, and
hktomb-ftone conflantiy before his eyes ;
the iii/iriptioo only legible, by tJtaint,
glimmer of day that was admitted !—
A writer in the Virginia Hearld. (who
ligns himfelf Hamiltomertftj) fearing that
many perfojH-might be at a lots to inder
itand the meaning of certain terms in the
late reports of the Secretary of the Trea
ftiry, tints explains the word Jijirumcvta--
lity, from Sam. Johnson's folio dictionary.
'Instrumental it y—agency of any th.ng
as Kieani to an end.—Perhaps J'ome of the
members of the late Congress may give 3
more fatisfaflory definition.'
There is now living, near Prince Ed
ward court liotlfe Virginia, a person na
med John Holloway, born in England in
the year 1669. He left England in 1714,
and arrived iirVirginia a few v eeks after.
At the age of 67 he married a woman of
44, by whom he had a son now alive, aged
J.l ■ — Holloway is now in the year
of his age, and in good health and lpirits.
The Secretary of the land office of this
fl.Tte, withthe Receiver and Surveyor Ge
neral, notified the public on the 13th in
stant, that a considerable number of war
rants of fnrvey are ready to be delivered
to the persons refpecliveiy who have filed
applications therefor, and that unless
within 30 days from the date of their notice
filth warrants are c: lied for, and paymert
made according to law, the refpeQive ap
pliiat'ons wilt Infe their priority, and
warrants will be iflued for the lands, to
any other persons who shall make appli
cation according to law, and who fnall
pay for the fame."
The Britifli, in Nova-Scotia, are forti
fying Halifax with additional (hong works
of defence, and repairing the'.old ones. A
regiment of troops was railing, and the mi
litia embodying.
An Englifli fleet is arrived at Antigua,
under Admiral Hood, with 2000 troops on
board. The merchants of Antigua are
fitting out privateers against the French,
who had been very fuccefsful In capturing
Britifli veflels, particularly off Turk's-Ifj
nnd, where tiiey had cruising two feventy
four's and a' jogun ftiip, besides frigates,
and many prirateers.
Fourthoufand French National troops
are arrived at Cayenne, a French province
in South Amerisa.
Heads of foreign Intelligence since our lafl-
F.nglifh veflels in conformity to the mi
nisterial plan of sowing disunion in France,
had landed great numbers of incendiaries
or. the northerneoaffs of the republic.parti
cularly Normandy. These w ere chiefly fa
natic priffts or emigrants, who by exciting
a spirit of fanutacifm among the ignorant,
had in some places succeeded in disturbing
the public peace. The exertions of the
good citizens, however, had cruil ed nil
tears of a counter revolution—Recruiting
was going o-i rapidly; and tofuch a degree,
upon hearing of the cheek in the Nether
lands, that there was a profpe£t of railing.
300,000 additional men in a fortnight, if
nejeflary, to maiehto the frontiers—pub
lic loans were effected uiih ease—the na
tional finances well regulated, and ,;!c
----quute to every exigency—their navy fnl
ly manned with brave and determined men
now free from the effeminate courtly
wretches that formerly oi,graced the ua
trv element, and flamed the marine cha
raclsr ct the French—Not a fmgle mer
chant of consequence had foiled a ftrono
proof that the national spirit is above aiT
casual misfortune—ln England eve. y thing
feenu-d verging to the worlj—credit at a
very low ebb, and loans not to be had un
der 8 per cent—a large fleet w ere laying at
Spithead, but wholly inactive, while the
French were scouring the channel with
only fourteen fail of the line j mercantile
and manufacturing bufmefs wasar a f:>-d ;
one bank in London had fail. . two
millions,with many capital hoi.fes, and in
evitable national bankruptcy feemtd close
at hand.
At a meeting of the citizens of Philadel
phia, on Thursday evening lalf, it wa u
nammoufly resolved. That a committee < f
seven citizens flionld be appointed to pre
pare an Address to M. Genet, minilUr
from the republic of France to tfie United
States ; and that a general meeting of the
citizens should be called on Friday evening
to receive the report of the committee.
Agreeable to notice, a very large and
refpe&.ible number of the cit'Lens met,
according to appointment, when the com
mittee repoi ted the-draft of an adsireis
which was twice'read, unanimonfly agreed
to, and a committee of thirty appointed to
pi efent the fame. The commitli e ac
cordingly repaired to the city tavern, two.
by two, followed by an iinmenfe eonccnrfe
of the citizens, walking in procefiion, and
there prefeiited the minister with the ad
dress, who alter receiving them in a molt
friendly and polite manner, made a
verbal reply, in terms the mod ieelir •
and afiecfionate, which was answered bv
the Ipudeft acclamations of the citizens, t-x
prei'ive of jheir sincere joy on this, ani
mating Qccalioo.