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SWEDEN.
WHETHER Gustavus seriously
determined to join the league
" against France, appears rather proble
matical. In private converfaticn, it
is certain, that he Ipake in favourable
terms of the French Revolution;
and though he was necessitated a c a
monarch, to hold a different language
to foreign ambassadors, yet no public
ad proves adual hoftihty. against
ed States. I fee the ©a approach,
with winged haite, when genius, sci
ence, virtue and arts, (hall raise this
yet infant country to the pinnacle of
glory. ,A long succession of generous
youths, like the Ute soldiers of our ar
mies, and illoftripea senators, patriots
and rtatefmen, like thefirft Congress,
&I1 preserve our independence, and
cultivate its blessings, continuing still,
and Rill cenduaing, some beneficial
design. Another Washington again
fmdl rife, and Warrens, Mercers, and
Moßigaseries again (ball gloriously
bleed. Nor (halt we only boast of a
tingle }ffirfou or Franklin ; but nu.
merous polished statesmen, labouring
for the publick good, like theie, that
Adams, Lawrence, Madison and Henry.
shall fill oar councils, and cohdud us
to greatness. Justice, like the light
of heaven, shall disperse its blessing on
all without diftin&ion ; while oppres
sion, disarmed of her cruel fangs, shall
gnaw the lip with disappointed rage.
Industry (hall banilh idle dissipation,
the lewd nurse of villians, and (hall
hirden our independent citizens into
bands of martial heroes, whenever
rude iovafion threatens out peaceful
fields. Bounded by facial freedom,
founded on perfed liberty, Both civil
and religious, these United States shall
spread their welcoming arms to all
in undeserved distress, and be the bet
ter hope of those whom bigots chafe
froni foreign lands. Here shall the
persecuted fly, when, as in the bene
volent invitation of the Gospel, they
shall hear ths weary and heavy-laden
called to red ; and our country will
be the nurse of freedom, of science
too, and ufeful arts. Our schools and
colleges are flourishing on every hand;
and now the muses stray where once
the wigwam flood, and where the un.
cultivated savage gambolled by day
and filled the night with cries. These
shall vie in future times with famed
Lyceum or Corinthian schools, and may
ue not hope that this seminary will
shine with others in the glory of its
foftered fame ? Commerce shall pour
its riches with a lavish hand. Tall
navies shall ride the ocean in triumph,
and dash the thunder of our enemies
in the waves. The Chesapeake shall
roll by many a mart of trade. On
Roanoake's and James's limpid
streams old Tyre and Carthage shall
revive. Potomack's deep majeftick
tide shall float the wealth of nations,
and raise our modern Alexandria's
name as high as hrer's of Egypt : And
there the hardy seaman as he furls
bis fails, and welcomes his long-will
ed for port , when he beholds Mount
Vernon, our great Washington's pater
nal feat, shall bless the hero in his
grave, who secured his prefeat ease
and wealth. Boston, the bold asserter
and martyr of our right, New 1 ork,
the daughter of the ocean, and Phila
delphia, the feat of science, arts and
commerce, shall rival, or exceed, the
wealth and greatness of Amfierdam
or London. The Ohio and the Mif
fifippi, like the framed Euphrates of
Tygris, shall wash the moles of cities
equal to great Babylon or Ntnevah.
Kentucky's vales shall found with the
voice of happiness from hundreds of
industrious villages of arts and manu
factures ; and these extensive regions
firmly united, shall exhibit one grand
pidure of earthlv glory; until the
expiring groans of nature shall involve
the world in Chaos ; and final ruin
drive fwift her plough ffiare o'er crea
tion !
-POLITICAL REVIEW.
(Continued from our lafl.)
The Auftrfan operations have ans
wered to those of the Hessians in Amer
ica, who at the distance of an hun
dred miles were scarce crows of the
country; but upon nearerinfection
the objects of pity or contempt. Cool
to determine, and inflexible in exe
cution, the fubjeas of Francis may
yet salute their imperial lord with
the new tune of ca ira and the fete
example of the Brabantians, united
to the living patterns of France, pro
duce an aftoniihing revolution in the
body of the, empire. If recent ac
counts merit attention, the French
fewer spreads with rapidity in many
of the petty electorates ; and the ca
pital itfelfis not totally free from
the fame contagion.
To he continued.
their liberties. The Diet which he
assembled was rather to fill the royal
treasury at home, than to empty ex
hausted coffers# by a new war. The
spirit of Freedom, which lightened
full upon him, from a number of she
Dietine Deputies, and was manifeft in
theirwarm resolutions, could not but
convince the Monarch chat his great
est security, was at home, projecting
plans for the weal of his own kingdom.
The Diet was scarcely oiffolved,when
the King fell a tacrihce to the affaffi.
nating pistol of Ankerftrom, for how
ever he may haue been applauded by
furious democrats, humanity mutt for
ever bluth at an action of this nature.
The only juftitiable mode of dispatch
ing a tyrant, is by the voice of the
nation, before whom, let his crimes
be amply proved, and punishment
awarded according to their demerit.
The a& of Ankerttrom, when fairly
examined, concentrates the villany of
personal revenge, with high treason
against the dignity of the people :
For as the representatives of the king
dom did not arm him with the axe of
justice, the blow which he aimed at
the legal head of that kingdom, was
levying war against every member of
the Body Politic ; and uniting in his
single person the whole of the judicial
and executive powers, he confounded
all order, and Subverted all govern
ment. The Duke of Sundermania,
who Succeeded Gustavus in quality of
Regent, has applied himfelf with
Sedulous attention to the best interests
of the kingdom, and Sweden bids
fairer to Support a limited monarchy
fora long period, than any of its
neighbours who have meddled with
the affairs of France. The abolition
of kneeling in future, where petition
ersappear before the monarch, is to
be highly applauded. These genu
flexious of man to man, imported from
the realms-of the east, ought long
since to have been abolished. The
bended knee, indicates adoration due
to God alone.<
GERMANY.
The sudden death of Leopold, at the
very moment that he was preparing
toinvade France, presents a very im
portant lesson to the mighty troublers
of the earth ; and fopport# the belief
which early antiquity has fan&ioned,
that he who digs a pit, is the firft to
fall in. There have been some, who
affirm that Leopold periled by poison,
administered through the medium of
the Jacobins : That this club has com
mitted enormities, and fandioned
murders, cannot be denied. The Me
dical Faculty of Vienna, however, do
not lay his death at their door: They
trace it up to nature's constitution,
&c. accelerating diffolotion by severe
fatigues. The death of Leopold, can
scarcely be estimated of any benefit
to Germany or France ; if he had
have lived, his fubje&smuft have been
barraffed by war ; and Francis hardly
gave time to perform the funeral ob
sequies, before he adopted and aded
upon the designs of his predecessor.
The young Emperor avowing hostility
to freedom, ratified a contra& with
the powers of despotism leagued a
gainst Gallic liberty, and on his part,
has furnished immense armies, well
officered, and more than supplied with
necessaries.
the following Ie ter from General Du.
mourier, dated Mons, Nod. 7, was
read in the National Convention, on
the gth.
"Citizen Preftdent,
<<r\Oß five days has the army of the
[ Republic been in presence of the
Imperialists ; and not a day passed with
out an action. Victory at length crown
ed our aims, and Mons is the firft fruit
we have reaped from it. We were re
ceived there this morning as friends and
brethren. The fovreignt, of the peo
ple is the basis of every public opinion
here ; and the inhabitants are eager to
take up arms in defence of liberty ; they
are evry where forming new municipal
bodies ; elections are going to take place
—and soon there will be no difference
betweemthe province of an Hainault and
a Department of France. Our successes
give weight to our arguments ; and for
once, reason and justice have been on
the fide of power.
" I cannot speak in terms Efficiently
high of the superior bravery of our troops
and of their humanity after the most
dreadful battle in the memory of man.
Forty thousand Frenchmen have beat
28,000 Austrians strongly intrenched in
woods and heights, covered by upwards
of 4.0 redoubts, by 20 pieces of heavy
cannon, and a great number of light
guns and howitzers.' In all the pre
ceeding adieus the advantage was on our
fide ; but the battle of Gennappe was
decisive : It was one of the molt gene,
ral that ever was fought. Every point
of the enemy's line and flanks was at
tacked at the fame time. Every corps,
I may fay every individual in the army,
was engaged , and after a most obstinate
remittance, the French nation was tri
uniphant in every quarter, thro' those
means in which her Itrength chiefly
consists —artillery and the bayonet.
" The Citizen Minister at war will
give the National Convention a more
ample detail of this important business.
A battle so long disputed and so bravely
won, could not but be attended with a
confiderab'e loss of men. I have not
yet been able exadly to afcer.'ain it ;
but eßimate the number of killed on
our fide, at 300, and of the wounded,
about 600. [The loss on the enemy's
fide, from the 3d to the ,th, but partic
ularly on the 6th, amounts to upwards
of 1,500 prisoners and deserters, and
upwards of 400 killed and wounded.
Nine pieces of cannon, some tumblers,
and great quantities of ammunition,
have fallen into our hands, and prison
ers and deserters are hourly coming in.
The inhabitants of Mons, who received
us as friend and deliverers, assure us
more than 1000 Austrians had conceal
ed themselves in different parts of the
city from their commanders, for the
purpose of surrendering to ns. I have
some light borfe in pursuit of the ene
my, who no doubt will bring us in
more prisoners. We have found here,
feme stores of forage and provisions. 1
am dispatching General Bomeron on
one fide with 8000 men, and General
Dampierre on another, with nearly an
equal force, to make themselves matters
of Ath, and of the immense ftorcs laid
up in that town.
" The Austrian army has retreated in
the greatest disorder towards Brussels
and Brune- le-Comte; It was to have
been joined the day after the decisive
battle was fought by the forces under
the command of General de Clairlayt:
I will fee out in pursuit of the runa
ways. ...
“ The troops of the republic, not.
withstanding three mights of bustle, and
four days cf fighting, and the absolute
want of many neceflaries, which cannot
arrive as quick as we could with, dis
play an ardour and constancy, which
cannot fail to overcame every difficulty.
The privates, officers, and generals of
this army, are all entitled to the confi
dence and esteem of th<Nation.
“ DUMOURIER."
Foreign Intelligence.
Battle and Capture of Mons.
GLORIOUS NEWS !
" I baften to inform you, citizens,
that I, this day, made my entry into
the capital of Flanders, without the
fmalieft difficulty or opposition. My
advanced guard, under Major Gene
ral Lamorliere, found there only some
soldiers, who had concealed themselves
and Tome deserters. Lieutenant Gen
eral Latour the Austrian Commander,
had arrived there four or five days be
fore Coutray and Menin, with 5000
men. He sent some tioops to Antwerp
and this evening set out himfelf for
Aloft and Brussels. If my army had
not marched forty-two miles from
Tourney to this citv, without once
pitching their tents. I would have some
hopes of being able to overtake his
rear ; but the troops must take some
rest. I still expe&, however,that after
my advanced guard shall have had re
pose, feme of this baggage, which he
embarked bn the Scheld, may fall in
to my hands. GeneralDomourier has
desired us to march upon a line with
him ; he shall not find os lagging ia
the rear, though we are not as well
provided with flores as he is.
(Signed) DUMOURIER,
General in chief of the Army in
the Austrian Netherlands."
"I yefterda; presented myfelf before
Brussels with my advances guard. —
The Austrians disputed with me the
heighths of Anderfecht. I was unwil
ling to expose my brave comrades to
(hed blood in vain ; night came on ;
I kept my troops under arms ; and in
the morning I was received ar Brussels
as the deliverer of the Nation ! The
Citizen Minister at War will Jay be^
fore you the concise details which I
have sent to him. The army of the
Republic is more animated than ever.
It may receive for motto, Feres acqui
rit eundo.
CAPTURE of GHENT.
A letter from Lieutenant GeneralLabour^
It was said at London, but not con-,
firmed, that Brussels was trken—The
Court of Stockholm have recognized
the new government of France. Great
part of Ireland is in commotion. The
iaft accounts of the combined would
be despotic army, is colle^ed at or
near Halle, between 30 and 40,000
strong—this is riot far from Brussels,
and a conquest must here t-ke place,
it is presumed before Brussels can be
taken—but what cannot an army of
Freemen effed.
SINCE the public- ion of our last
Journal, in which the series of ^he
GLORIONS SUCCESSES of the,
French Republic were brought from
Paris, to oa, 30, the British Packer,
Carteret, has-erried st this port, in
42 days from Falmouth, with Paris
accounts to the 14th, and London to
the 20th November, from which we
are able to give but few extra's this
day.— In addition to these accoun s,
we find, that the fubje& of the trial
of LONIS XVI. has been in debate
for fevcral days, in the National Con,
vention, and had not terminated on
the 13th November. In these debates
are found many ingenious, difpaflion
ate obfervaticns,and, if we may judge
from the complexion of them Louis
will not be tried, but kept in confine
ment —no precedent can be found, in
laws of nations or usage, to try the
Lord's anointed, and exfepflfaßo law#
are violations of the principles of rea
son and justice.
CAPTURE of BRUSSELS.
Letter from Gen. Dumourier, to the Na«
6 Gentlemen who came passengers
in the Packet heve brought London
papers to the 24th November, bat
tion.
donnaye, to the National Convex.
American Intelligence.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 9 .
" Brussels, Nov. 14, 1792.
" Citizen President, '-
tional Convention.
LABOURDQNNAYE>
'' Ghent. Nov. 12.