National gazette. — Philadelphia [Pa.], 1793-10-09 00:00:00, page 2

V. That ail exact and uniform observ
ance of existing treaties, and of the terms
of neutrality enjoined in said proclamation
is both our duty and Interest ; that we will
life all proper means to dilcourage and
bring to justice every pirfon who (ball con
travene the fame, and to preserve in its
full energy that efficiency of government
lo ueceffary to our honour, our fafety, and
our happiness.
VI. That the minister from the French
republic had a right to judge for himfelf,
whether that proclamation in any part
was contrary to the rights of France by
treaty, or not,; that if lie thought it was.
lie ought to have applied by memorial to
the Secretary of State, and if the answer
given was not fatisfa&ory, he had a right
to fend it to his condiments, and receive
iheir direftiuus for his future conduct.
VII. But for any minister to threaten
or attempt an appeal from the conflituted
authority of this country, to the people at
large, is an ast of the highest insolence and
injustice, and an iufult, n»t only to the
Executive authority, through which the
Union (peaks to him, but to the whole pco
.pie of the United States.
VIII. That we fully expect, and rely
for it, on the wisdom and fortitude of the
Executive of the United States, that such
conduct will at all times meet with the
treatment which it deserves.
IX. That in the present predicament o!
the United States, 110 citizen, under the
pretended right of expatriating himfelf al
pleasure, can legally enter on board an>
veflel of war with intention to commit bof
ti ities agai-nft any power in amity with us:
beciufe, as no law exists acknowledging
the right, and prescribing the forms of ex
patriation,the offended power has 110 mean;
of difcriminatiug the expatriated from the
real citizen, and the whole community i:
liable to be involved for the crime of one.
The laws of nature and nations, therefore,
and the principles of society annul fucli
pretended rights, and criminate such ac
tions in the existing circumllances of ths
United States.
X. That we sincerely pray for the fuc
cels of the cause ol liberty in France, and
in all nations, freed from the evils of licen
cioufnefs ; but, as it is not in our power tc
render her effectual aid, by embarking with
her in theprefent war, and we are are'nol
■required thereto by any treaty, the ftriftell
neutrality is out vvifelt and molt honorable
condu£t. »•
XI. That Elilha Lawrence, Esq. Vice-
Prelident of this Hate, is entitled to out
acknowledgments for his early attentioi
to-the proclamation of the Prelidtntof the
United States.
XII. That these resolves be publilhed ii)
the public papers.
JOHN BAYARD, Chairman.
RICHARD STOCKTON,Sec'ry.
From the Alexandria (Virginia) Gazette,
of October 2.
IT is necessary, in the present 'crisis,
that a public avowal of political sentiments
Ihould be made by the friends of liberty,
who would wi(h to preserve internal tran
quility. The ariftocratical fa£tion in Ame
rica are indefatigable in disseminating their
iniquitous sentiments ; while the surviving
tories, who opposed the general will in our
Itruggle for liberty, affeit to trumpet forth
the praises of the illuftriaus Washing
ton ; and availing themselves of the ma
levolent charge darkly exhibited again!)
the Citizen Representative of the French
nation, endeavor to insinuate that an at
tachment to thefacred cause of liberty, in
'which that enlightened people are engaged,
is inconsistent with the pure affection which
the American whig? have uniformly borne
towards the Prelident. The adulator)
praises which have issued from the aspiring
faction, in their addrelfes, have a manifeil
tendency to sow the feeds of discord be
tween France and America. To llrengthen
the hands of government was not the pri
mary otijeft of the addreflers ; and it is
evident that these pretended lovers of peace
and harmony would not oppose measure:
tending to excite the jealousy of the French
people. War with France would be ac
ceptable to them. Weak, however, is the
foundation upon which their hopes are
grounded. Can they suppose that the
minds of Americans are so uninformed, as
not to discover the radical delign of the
officious propagators of the calumny againfl
Citizen Genet ? Their object was tc.
harrafsthe public mind, between aB un
shaken attachment to the Prelident on tjie
one hand, and a sympathetic regard to the
jnterefts of France, and refpedt to her re
presentative in America, en the other, by
inlinuating that tbefe are irreconcileable,
subsequent to the alledged misunderstand
ing between the reprefentativet of the lif
ter nations. The union however cannot
be thus dissolved. The dark delign is de
veloped. The cloven foot appears. The
sowers of discord among brethren are
discovered. The deep laid scheme fails
of accomplidiing its purpose, and the base
projettors hide themselves in clarknefs. A
dark speech, capable however of the purelt
confti uction, is laid as the foundation of a
dark design It is darkly obtruded upon
the public, as spoken upon a dark occ3fion;
at an unknown period, probably in a dark
night, but to whom, remains full in the
dark.
Rufus, if Kings, myflerious, hide
Their dark designs from open day,
Twill better suit thy royal pride,
To join an Owl, inltead ot Jay.-
The proceedings in the<"ourt-Jloufe,on
Saturday evening lalt, are a convincing
proof of the general sentiments of the ci
rizens of Alexandria and its neighbour
hood. At a numerous meeting, publicly
convened, every attempt to criminate the
conduit of the French minister was treated
with contempt by the alinoft unanimous
voice of the ali'embly. The minds of the
people are irradiating, and the public opi
nion will soon be discoverable from the»>«-
partiaL declarations of many. Let govern
inent regulate its conduit by the open and
voluntary declarations of republicans ir
general.
The tories of theday, who affefl to ve
nerate the olive branch of pcace, endcavoi
to reprefeut America as in a ltate ot pueri
lity and weakness, and theretorg incapable
of efpouling the cause of France. But wliile
the fupportersof the Constitution, with gra
titude acknowledge and ad ; e that divine
Providence, thro' uhofe interpotition iheii
form of government was ellablifhed, ir
oppolition to a haughty nation in her me
ridional glory, they will not forget the
nation who was iiiftrumental in accom
pli(hingthe grand event. Since this glo
rious epoch, has America enervated ? Has
the addition of a million of citizens, and
the a-quilition of abundant wealth, enfee
bled the United States ? Hath the increase
of her commerce, the rapid diminution ol
her debt, and her growing credit in the
w'orld, debilitated her arm ? Will tht
present (late of Britiin afford an argumenl
■ i favor of the alfertisn ? Groaning be
neath her enormous debt; engaged in ar
expentive war ; and torn by intestine di
vitien, (he falls from-her pinnacle of glory
and loles her consequence in the scale ol
nations. One act of America, the'mari
for her manutaitures, woul 1 complete liei
political career. A non-importation ail
of Britilh commodities, r. 11 the (hall ceaft
to persecute our injured ally, would be
more severely felt in England., than the
deftruition of half her navy.—This mighl
be done in perleft unison with the fenti
tiinents ot the pretended friends of peace
and neutrality, even without drawing the
['word, or linking a blow. America wouk
loon reap the advantage, though a tempo
rary inconvenience might enlue. France
would experience its salutary effects. The
balance of trade in favour of our coantr;
would rapidly encreafe. UfefuJ.ii) inuf ic
tories wauld be eltabiiflied. And Wiiile
the tyrants of the ealt are desolating the
fertile plains of" Europe, America, happ)
in the enjoyment of liberty and prosperity
will furniih the European markets wits
the produce of her foil.
A Fkjeno to the People.
October i, 1793.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, August 2.
Of all the diseases that afflict the humai
race, is not insanity the molt universal :
4nd is it not more evidently the disease ol
lations than «f individuals ?
What is Rliflia ? A vast empire : so it i.
.ailed ; or an attempt to govern, by the
nfiuence of one individual mind, hordes ol
gnorant wretches, scattered over immenl'e
in cultivated countries, living in (loth and
.vretchednefs, and litrle superior to the
:attie they herd, or the bears they hunt.
What does this empire want ? Population,
ndullry, and knowledge. What does it
eek .' Increase of territory, «f which it
las a hundred fold too much. And how ?
By facrificing the lives and labour of thole
men, the preservation of whom only could
render it ilourifhing and powerful.
Prullia, though not barren of inhabi
tants to the fame excess, strongly partakes
of the fame vices. Internal improvements
alone could render it prosperous and the
efforts not of ons man, but of every think
ing man within its limits, ought to be di
rected to this single objeit. In what is it
employed ? In foreign conquett, in going
to war to take a city this year, which next,
perhaps, it will go to war to keep.
What are the true interests of Germa
ny ? What but to reform innumerable a
buses, and detect the incessant atyurdities
that oppress its whole fyttem, economical,
political, and moral ? But for this it has
not time ! It mult march to play at sol
diers, and beliege certain parcels of earth,
brick and (tone ; after which it will march
again to accomplifli another fin ilar feat.
The title flowing with it, for a time, it
will proceed ; but the ebb will come, and
then its remains will march back again.
Of the frenzy of England, let thofegive
an accurate description who can 1 Happy
in the industry and intelligence of its inha
bitants, placed beyond the reach of conti
nental broils, having 110 chance or pofiibi
lity of benefit from war, with a certainty
thai its trade mull be destroyed, its mer
chants ruined, and its manufacturers cut
1 off by famine or the sword, if once this de
solating sword were drawn, without a (in
gle motive for its conduit, except what
can be found in the wild reveries ot the
Alarmiils, to war it goe# ! the mifchicfs
that were foretold nffault it on ever* fide,
and in every form; they daily become
more conspicuous and more dreadful ; and
yet at war it continues 1
"' I"is a mad world my matters !"
The people of Poland mull certainly he
great unbelievers, or they would never be
dilfatisfied with the partition of ;!'eir king
dom, since they have the aflnrances ol
two powerful princes, that the subjecting
them to foreign powers, is only to prefervt
their freedom aifcd happiness !
Atigujl 12. From undoubted authority
we learn, that Cultine was sentenced or
the 6th, and was guillotined. It is said thai
(uch was the fury of the mob against him,
exasperated at the recent lodes they hac
met with, and which they imputed to hi:
treachery and inattention, that they feizec
liis tody, and cut it in five pieces.
THE CONVENTION,
Daily occupied by the multiplicity of bu
linefs, continue firm to their polts, and du
ties, notwithstanding the difficulties whicl
surround thein, nor is the least defpairol
lie republic to be seen.
The convention has decreed, the ar
reftuf all foreigners, natives of any of the
belligerent powers, now in France, whx
lave not taken up their fettled relidenct
for three years: And an appeal to all thf
he world, on the plots made to deltro;
:he liberties of the French people.
They have also decreed, the eftablifii
ment ol another camp behind the grant
:amp in French Flanders,to cunfift of thre«
lundred thousand men; ond have declar
ed all France to be in a Hate of iiege.
By French papers of the ad. lUlt. rcceiv
»d in town on Saturday, it appears, thai
3ii the firlt instant, upon Barrere's an
nouncing to the Convention the taking oi
Valenciennes by the allied army, it wai
decreed, among other thing:, that the
queen Aiould be immediately tried befort
:he revolutionary tribunal 1 and in confe
rence of this decree, (lie was removec
on the following day from the temple tc
the Conciergerie.
It was likewise determined, that the
monuments of all the French fliould
ae dellroyed.
By another channel we learn, that fooii
jfter the intelligence reached Paris of tht
-.aking of Valenciennes, Cufiine was be
leaded.
A decree was passed, banifiiing all the
Bourbons from France, the young king
and his filler excepted.
It tvas likewise decreed, that all the fo
reigners of those nations at war with
France, (hould be arretted, with the ex
ception only of those who had been three
years in the country.
From the preparations that were mak
ing, and the disposition evinced by the peo
ple of Paris, tkeieis every reason to be
ieve, that Saturday last, the ioth, was a
lay, the tranfailions of which in that ca.
jital, will make humanity fliudder at theit
recital.
The next port will, in all probability,
aring us an account of the execution of the
queen of France, and the imprisoned
members of the Convention.—While Eu
rope will drap a sincere and refpe&ful tear
aver her tomb, the fate of thole who (hall
bave been the cause ofher death, the Brif
lots and Condorcets of F'rance, will be
ronfidered as thejuft retribution of their
:rimes.
When madame La Corde was led te
execution in Paris, flie fmiltd attheguil
otine, deliberately cut off u quantity ol
ler hair, and intreated that it might be
eat to her father at Caen. She ti>eri told
:he executioner, with a cheerful couiite
lance, that (lie wai ready, and defircd him
;o remember that (lie died a pure repub
ican.
Hamburgh, July j6, Oil the ioth instant,
Vlr. John Par is presented to the Senfcte ol
:his city his credentials, asConfulfrom the
United States of America, atuf was receiv
ed in that quality. As the laws of Ameri
;a exclude foreigners from that office, by
entrulting thisgentleman with it, they have
;iven him a very particular mark of their
confidence,
Leghorn, July 17. Ou the 10th inflant, a
Danilh (hip arrived here from Toulon.
The captain mentions that he left in the
road of Toulon, 16 (hips of the line and 8
frigates, all w eil armed and ready to set
ail ; and that a great many more were
Stting out.
We have no accounts here of the Englith
Tquadron, which was expeclcd a great
while ago in the Mediterranean : the Spa
nifii squadron, on the contrary, has left oft
cruifnbg in that sea, and has returned to
the port of Carthagena.
Paris, July 28. The Convention have
passed a decree, whereby monopoly is de
clared a capital offence—Thofe who make
falfe declarations oftheir provisions or mer
chandize, who fuffer proviiions or mer
chandize ot the lirit ne'.effity, such as bread,
wine, fruits, coals, oil, iron, cloth, &c. to
spoil in their magazines, are to futfer tht
pain of death, and every citizen who in
forms againlt such offenders, is to be allow
ed one third of the merchandize, as a re
ward ; tne second third is to be dillributed
among the poor, and the third to be confif
cated for tlie benefit of the Kepublic.'—
The Convention adopted the whole pri jeit
of the above decree, without difcuflion.
Dublin, July 16. A bill is before thepar
liament, which if it palTei) will destroy all
hopes of a parliamentary reform. The
purport of th« bill is this. : " If any com
mittee, conventioH, or delegation of ?
people shall meet for fnoh purpose, the ma
gistrates are enabled and commanded by
the bill, to difperle them by force of arms.
The freeholder who votes at the election
oi any such delegate, is fubjefled to the
penalties of a mifdetneanour. By this bill
therefore, there is imposed on the people,
a silence on public queftioiis as drift as that
which exists at Conltantinople.
The high price of infnrance has greatly
enhanced the value of every article of im
portation, at the fame timo that it has
damped the ardour of trade. The conse
quences are, that the public pay twice as
much for the fame commodity, and the
merchant tranfafts not one fifth of his usual
business. At the the Custom house, in the
metropolis, and in the offices of collectors
throughout, the receipts continue to be
barely fufficient to defray neceifary d:ft.urfe
ments withont affording an overplus of a
lixpence to the Treasury.
PHILADELPHIA.
Wednesday, Ottober 9.
Exlratt of a letter from B oft 011 Sep. 29. '93.
'• 1 am happy to inform you that Doiior
Robert, an eminent phyfitian of the acade
my of Montvilte & fellow of that of Paris,
arrived a lew days ago at this place from
Macao, in China ; brought here by a fuc
cefliou of unfortunate circumltances atten
dant upon the war.
" On the firft news of the dreadful epi
demical fever which rages in Philadelphia,
he determined to go immediately to that
unhappy city. He devotes himfelf to the
service of the poor, gratis—They are A
mericans ; they, are the brethren of the
French patriots.
" He has torn himfelf from the embrac
es of his dearest friend* whom he bad not
feenfor 14 years, a*d whom he unexpect
edly met here—to fly instantly where hu
manity calls him—and where brotherly re
gard makes it his duty to go. M.-.y his
"having thus devoted himfelf.be a confirma
tion of the lince.e attachment of the
French patriots, to the truly republican
Americans I"
The Consul at Botlon.
" Since England, jealous of the growing
greatness of America, and the vail com
merce (lie carries on, has maliciously rcr
folvej on ruining our trade with France,
by taking all the velVels going thither la
den with any kind oi' provilions from this
country ; and as we are unable to prote£t
ourselves from the ravages of this haughty
tyrant, havin* no force at lea, would it
not be advisable for the Frcnch consul to
give public information to our merchants,
of the period at which the two {hips of
war, mentioned in the Diary of yeiterday,
are to depart ; they would surely convoy
whatever number of our merchantmen
might be dellined for any of the ports in
France, and prffteft them from the insults
they so daily meet with. Such a measure,
while it would be ferving-our merchants,
would be no less beneficial to our allies."
[;V. York D'ary]
" It is but a few days fincc, that a poor
fellow travelling to Lancaster, and enfeeb
led by sickness or want, being as is (uppoftd
lately from Ireland, was refufed all com
fort or shelter by the inhuman inhabitants,
until oppieii'ed with his calamity, and
(hocked by the brutality of Ins fellow men,
he funk down and died by a fence, a few
paces beyond the tavern, 011 this fide of
Mill Creek, where he could not obtain
admittance."
On the 17th ult. the Indian chief, Corn
planter's nephew, with two other Indians,
arrived at fort Franklin, from the treaty.
A council was called on the occasion, and
Cornplanter's nephew made a speech, in
forming of the failure of the treaty : " th at
nearly all the Shaw anefe warriors had gone
to attack the army of the United Slates—
that the Pottowattamies and the fix nations
have all put their hands together to be oil
the fide of the United States ; the Shawa
nefe, Wyandots, Delawares & Tawathta
vias, are determined to be at war as long
as they have a man left : their warriors
were willing to make peace, upon the U»
nited States giving up all their lands on the
weflern fide of the O'lio and Alleghany,
from four miles from the river; which wai
not agreed to :—He gave his opinion thaC
these nations, would have agreed to a
peace, had it not been for M'Kee, who told
them they would be ruined if they made
peace, (liort of their own terms—and that
he would Juppty them with any thing they
Wan ted,being authorized tofurnifli them with
whatever they Jhouid afl< f or, except men.''''
" The number of burials in this city for
the two months part is considerable, but
probably not above four or five times more
than usual during the generality of autum
nal seasons. The real truth is, that a gene
ral, but very diverfified sickness prevails
among all ages and confutations ; a proof
of which is, the uncommon mortality a
mong children, bearing a considerable pro
portion to the whole." Very few are at
prcfent aftefted with the yellow fever,