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he third article of the decree of the
-: iof March fay— "The King, the
;7 publick funaiozary, oag ; t to keep bis
inc&ovitbin twenty leagues at the far
?of the National Affembly.''
The fourth article lays, " Ifthe King
•I go o "t e s the Kingdom, and if, af
^ having been invited back by a procla
—:bnef the Legiflauve Body, be Jbould
.'return to France, be frall be esteemed
? have abdicated the throne."
Now, if the King had arrived a^
fit medi, and remained there you oughM
'•have represented to hitri that he wag
At more than twenty leagues from the
^tional Affembl, ; and, had he puffed
!? frontiers, you would then have made
•^ proclama ion according to the fourth
article. Doubtless, you have not fofe
i-ea and provided for all possible Cases
3 which the Crown may be forfeited—
aid hewlaws may be made, but they
«re not made. ,$
Doubflefs, the King ought nbt to aria
:he publick opinion against the Ahfem
/y, and expose himself to become the
cerumen: of the firil fusions man thlt
:^juld get poffeffijn of h^ perfor.
The King ought not to separate him
.-if from you. But the question is, has
^infringed the constitution / Has h^
committed a date crime ?
Wi r n regard to the declaration which
the King left behind him, without ex
amining whether it was legaify addref
^d to you, or can formally become an
object of year deliberation, let us con-
Jier it in fubllance^ Bv the difeuffion
^tre Ring makes in it of the Constitution,
roes he renounce the authority which is
given him in it?=No—Befides the Con
:lita:ion was no: compleated ; —chef:
partial acceptations againil which he
proreas, were not nectary to the corp
cenfituant.
The Affertbl, lids never confounded
:hele partial ads with the acceptation of
the constitutional ad. When'it ffiall be
presented to the King, then will be trie
time tbit the King is free to refufe the
Constitution ; if he excepts it, he will
be bound by it invariably.
Thus it appears that there is no crime
committed againfl the Constitution by
the King ; and if there Was, still the
King's inviolability would not permit
him to be tried.
After this analysis of the important
point, concerning the King's amenability
before any tribunal, it is not at ab in
:ercfting to dwell upon the proofs which
the reporter brought of the culpability
of those who were aiding and abetting to
the King's Escape.
The intention of railing a civil war
was clearly proved ; and the report was
terminated b, a plan ofa decree,; he
foie purport of which was that Messrs,
Bouille, father and son, Heoriinn, Klin
gix, d'Oroil ize, Defofeux, Vauglas, Da
mat, Dludrouid, Kalcour, Ue^andel, Me
nafin, Talon, Ferfa, Valor,, and Du
moulier, Should be persecuted before the
High Na ioncl court ; excepting, howe
ver, the women attendar. s of the two
Royal lafinis.
The debate on this report was continu
ed with great warmth in the morning
fittings of iburjday and Friday. In
the coarse of it, bhosd innovations of
corrupt moti es, of receiving money
from the Civil Lift, were th ,^n out
against the Members who Supported the
Decree proposed by ,he Committees.
It was maintained with great vehe
mence by the oppofne party, and ad
mitted by^hofe who were far a ftiong
theory, but a mild application of it,
that the principal of the King's inviola
bility was carried re an extent danger
ous to the Constitution, in the Report
of the Committees.
To obviate this objection, the follow
ing Articles were proposed, arid de
creed in substance reserving the mode of
wording for consideration, as prelimina
ry to the decree propofsd by the Com
mitte^s.„
1. Every Kng who mail put himfelf
at the bead of a hoftilc army, Shall bl
held to have abdi'ca ed the Royalty.
2. Every King who, after taking the
oath to rhe Constitution, Shall retract it,
Shall be held to have abdicated.
3. Every King who Shall abdicate,Shall
.be considered as a Simple Citizen. ,He
Shall be open toaccufation inthe ordina
ry way, for his particular ads.
4- Every Kng who shall have confpir
e&a^i^ft the Coaliitacion, by carrying
7 jor own decrees are to decide this
lion.
These propositions were carried by a
great majority.
The firft article of the decree propo
sed by the Committees refpeaing M.
Bouille, was then put and carried.
M. Robespierre moved, that Monfeur,
the King's brother, whose guile was
obvious,thould be included in the prose
cution. If the Assembly refufed to do
^fy&he Should think himfelf bound, for
^Pfonour of the nation, to protest a
gainst their decrees. ^ ^ '>
This doctrine, said M. Chabroud, is
detestable. It attacks the liberty of indi
viduals, for the security of which no ci
tizan can be, accused, but on proofs ;
and againll llnfegr there arc hfpicions,
but no proofs.
The AtTembly proceeded on the De
cree proposed by the Committee, and
puffed the Articles.
The King continues in the fixation
inte which he was put by the Decree of
June 25, beirfg as yet restored to no part
of the actual executive power.
ON the memorable the 14th of July,
the Seven united Committees, the Dip
lomatic, Military and Constitution, and
those of Revision, of Criminal Jurispru
dence, of Reports,and of Inquiries, re.
ported concerning the manner in which
the Assembly ought, according to the
laws of the Constitution, to conduct
themselves towards she King.
After a variety of reasons therefor,
they report, " That it appears that
there is to crime committed agaioU
the Constitution by the King; and
if there was, kill the King's inviola
bility would not permit him to be
tried" This report altho' extremely
unpopular among the Enrages of Paris,
were nevexhelefs adopted by the As
sembly.
" It was on purpose to form a Con
ftitutiori, and not to establish on the
Throne a Perjured Chief, falle to his
very oaths,that the Nation deputed you to
reprefectit.
" Ju Illy alarmed at the report of yhoi
Committees, we now request you to dis,
fixate our fehrs and dur anxieties.
" When the Romans perceived their
Country to be in danger, the people
themselves affsmbled, and the Senator!
went to demand their opinions.
", It is in imitation of this custom that
tec hbw request you to make no deter
mination whatever, until the fentimenty
of the French N^io, are collected. ;
" Be cautious left you give success to
the attrocious perfidies of our enmies,
^nd forget not that every Decree which
is not within the limits of the po%er
confided you by your Cenftutients, is an
absolute nullity.
(Signed) „ "Ln PEUPLE/'
xoo Signatures were annexed.
FRIDAY, JULY 15. .
One of the Secretaries read a petiti
on presented on the preceding day, of
which ihe following is a Copy : -
To the National Assembly.
KINGSTON, ty&mnica,] JULY 23
or HE SpanilhiownGazette mentions,
that yesterday fennight the mer
cury at Farenheit's thermometer, placed
in the Shade, rose to ninety degrees.'
A most Singular atd Calamitious in
stance of the effe€r of a Sodden inunda
tion occurred on the 18th of lass month,*
in the island of'Cuba, at a place called
Rutenies Grandes, about five miles from
the Havannah ; and where the king's
mills let the manufacture of fneff are
Situated. At this place there is a river,
which runes between two hills, has fe
vefd hobfes on its banks, and is much
used for bathing-by the inhabitants of
the city, who, at the time mentioned,
were there in considerable numbers. A
gentle rain had fallen in the earliest part
of the day, but about seven in the even
ing, such a deluge poured down, that a
person, who was nehr the foot, declares
that nothing was visible but a huge body
of water ; this continued falling fcr near
three houf^, at the expiration of which,
the river, that on the preceding day had
been near fifty feet belosv its banks.
DECREE oftbe N. ASSEMBLY, in cod.
frequence of tb FLIGHT of the
KING of FRANCE.
on a direct and criminal correspon
dence with the enemies of the nation,
shall be held to have abdicated.
Weft-Indies.
On Tuefdy last week, Meff/s, Ruftan
and Fauras, arrived at New-London—
deputed among others by the Municipal
Authority at Cape Francois, to repair
to the United States co Solicit Succour of
provision and ammunition. They in
form that on the 23d of August, a gene
ral INSURRECTION OF THE NE
GROES took place, in the quarter of
Cape Francois,—The plan was laid,
to strike on the z„h^ but a Negreffe,
having difcovete.d jhe plow tp,her matter
they immediately e&fe, commenced their
depredations, and the intire d^ftrueion
of all the plantations by fire—and the
indiferiminate Slaughter of the whites,
male and female—were the con equen
ces, That the number of the insur
gents, exaggerated by reports, were to
be estimated to ac leak 50,^00 ; but not
all afmed.—To oppsfe these, the citi
zens of the Cape, the white fugitives,
and mulatoes of the city, amounting to
eight or nine thousand, with near a
thousand National troops, have assem
bled in arms :— Who, we learn, had
fortified all the passes to the city, im
pressed the seamen of the vessels of all na
tions lying in the port, for military
service—had confined the negroes own
ed in the town, under a firong guard in
the jail and the church—sent all the
wcemen ,nd children on board the Ship
ping and had difpached expresses for
fuccrour to the United States, Havannali
and Jamaica ;—That the day they fail
ed the village of Pelit Acre, within
three miles of the Cape, bad been de
stroyed, and that the light of theHhmes
was visible in the night in the town.
The Cape, from its natural Situation,
is well! calculated for defence, and
from the spirit . of the inhabitants—the
difeipline of a targe body of them, and
the fuccour they will probaly receive we
have hopes that the progress of the rio
ters will be checked ; and that the fear
of many for the fafety of the town,
will 6e done away in their fubjugatioti
either by force or famine.
Tn a late adver ifement for the sale by
action of an estate with its fixtures and
appendages in Martinico, is an article
literally thus :—A fine young breed ne
gro meneb, healthy and we 1 made, and
capable of any burden; a\{o a young male
negroto match. They pre natives of the
fame coast, and have a firing attachment
to each other, but will be fold separate
ly, if more agreeable to the purchafcr.
ALMOST every day. adds to the
number of Rumours of -Wars, Tumults
and Infurreftions, and the left report is
generally attended with more melan
choly circumftarices than the one which
preceeded it. This Is IbUtly true, as
applied to the diftreffiog' tidings of de
vastation committed by the Negro Haves,
in the Inland of Hispaniola.
In tracing the cause of this calamity
we have nothing to fatten on, but the
Decree of the National Assembly of
France,admitting the Free people of co
lour, to the rights of citizenship ; or ra
ther to the opposition of the whites of the
Weftiadia Inlands, to this decree. The
machinations of he f'ree Blacks were
to be dreaded—Dafirous, as they were,
of enjoying the Rights of Men, the
powerful oppafition made to this desire,
mu 4 naturally be Atppqfcd, to create a
spirit of revenge—and to this we attri
bute the infurre&ion. We hazard the
conjecture, and shall proceed to our
narrative.
INSURRECTION OF THE NEGROES
overflowed and inundated the adjacent
land ; destroyed in a thort time the
whole of the stupendous mills, and sever
al dwellinghoufes. The consternation &
terror excited by this sudden visitation
may be more easily imagined than
described ; near five hundred unhappy
persons periled in the water, and the
damage sustained is computed at up
wards of a million of dollars.
Newyork, sept. 10.
FRENCH WEST INDIES.
American Advices.
BOSTON, SEPT. 21.
IN THE
Arrived at Neou-Teri, the foi, Hope,
Capt. Service in 50 ttys from London,
Papers by this arrival an^uMce instore
eant intelligence, es which the following
is th Jubfance : —
That Z mob had affembted at Bir,
mingh&m ; and that their indention w&i,
to destroy the interests of all the Dissen
ters—That they firft attacked the hotel
of M s . Dodfley, whereabout 80 person
had met to celebrate the* 14th of July,
the day of the French Revolution ; which
was soon demolished. —They then bum
the mansion-house of Mr. Joho Ryland,-
though money to any amount wal of
fered for its prefervetion.—They the#
exafted money of the inhabitants and
began and soon efl^eed the deftruaion
of Mr. Hutton's h'oufe, in high ftre-er
plundering it of all its property—
Then set fire to the house of John Tay
lor, Esq. baker, which together with
his superb furniture, stables, offices,
. green-hopfe, hot-hpufe &c. ^ere soon
reduced to a heap of ruins—They, then
fired Mr. Hutton's country house, about
<wo miles from Birmingham ; then M*
fieurs George Humphrey's and William
Russell's, Esq, a little farther on &
We are informed that the National
Affcrab/y has decreed, That the new
Legislature of France, shall meet at Pa
ris, on the 15th of O^ober next —and
that the -Constitution, intire, Shall be
presented to the King, for his approba
tion, the Ift of that month. To .this
period, the attention of the French na
tion is attracted.. It is a doubt with
many whether Loui, swill assent to it—
and they found their doubts on his late
condud, and prefect Situation. If he
Should no s , much uneafinef, is expe^ed
—and the Royalifis will then if ever,
make their Stroke to effect a Counter
Revolution.
The Societies in England, Scotland,
and Ireland, which have commemora
ted the FRENCH REVOLUTION a
mount in number to, near fifty, and are
composed of the most refpeaable charac
ters. From those of London, Dublin,.
Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool,Man
chester, Taulon, Norwich, and Ply.
mouth, we have received particular ac
counts. The sentiments given in their
toasts are worthy British and IriSh Free
men—an univerSal philanthropic fpirif
animates them all—and our country
fliares liberally of their attention. Ac
Manchester, two of the to^fts were—
" May the New World regenerate the
Old" —." May the leven of America le
ven the whole earth."
v Nathaniel Barrett, Eq. who arrived
in town, on Friday last, via Cape-Ann,
from France—-which he left the ig of
August, informs—That the moil perfea
tranquility pervaded the whole of that
kingdom, , united with a determined
resolution to defend the principles of the
Revolution against all attempts againlt
them internal or external that
the flight of the King did not excite
an agitation es forty-eight hours con
tinuance — —That on th& promulga
tion of the decree, exonerating the King
from all culpability, and declaring his
person inviolable, a few ribiers assem
bled at the Champ de Mars, to swear not
to have a King, and that two persons
fell victims to their rage—but that the
Mraguis de la Fayette, at the desire of
the. Municipality, immediately marched
a body of National Guards (who to a
man are true to , the Constitution) and,
after Some opposition from the mob, ri
bout a dozen of whom were killed and
wounded, dispersed them ; and that
Since, the most perfed order has be<H
preferred.
killed all the Whites, Men, Women and
Children, burnt all the Plantations for
fxty miles round, and were within three
miles of the Capital when the Packet
left that port. The fails of all vessels
in the harbor were unbent, and the
sailors detained for the defence of the
place. The light of the fire was so
great,thlt they could fee to read on board
tie Packet the night after ffie failed.
A packet is arrived at Ncwlondon,
from Cape Francois, which brings an ac
count that the NEGROES there, to the
number offruenty thou,'and, had risen,
- FRENCH LEGISLATURE.
tOMMEMOR ATIONS.