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T Vol. XIV.]
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS
WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY
RELIGION and MORALITY ARE INDISPENSA
ISLE SUPPORTS.— —Washington's Legacy.
"poetry.
g,FROM the numerous late appeals to the Fatrietifm,
Pride find Magnanimity of the English nation, in prose and
verse, we have kicked the following for our Fount :—
BRITONS! TO ARMS!!!
Written by W. T. Fitzgerald, Ufa. and recited by tim at tie
meeting of tbe Literary Fund, July 14, 1803.
^BRITONSI to Arms! of Apathy beware,
And let your Country be your dearest care:
Protein your Altars ! guard your Monarch's Throve,
TTeeaufr ;f Gforoe and Freedom b vour own !
What! shad 14: L&gtoa ^ mther Sons re.yort,'
Whose Heroes fought a- Cs•— t,„i ^1t? —
And when ft^rfy^-L^^gf led ^ ^nguth van,
To Fra^e.^er Frenchmen, triumph'd to a map !
By Alfreds great and ever honor'd name !
By Edward's p/owefs, arid by Henry's fame!
By till the generous bipod for Freedom ihed,
And by the aihes us the Patriot dead !
By the bright glory Britons lately won.
On Egypt's plains, beneath the burning fun !
Britons ! to arms / defend your Country's cause,
Fight for your King, your Liberties, and Laws !
Be France defied, her flavilh yoke abhorr'd,
And place your fafetv only on your fwerd.
The Gallic Despot, fyorn your mortal Fbe,
Now aims his last, but his mod deadly bl >w ;
With ENGLAND'S PLUNDER tempts his hungry slaves
And dares to brave you on your native waves !
If Britoain 's Rights be worth a Briton's care,
Ta (hield them from the Sons of Rapine—fwcar !
Then to Invasion be defiance given,
Your Cause is just, approv'd by Ea; th and Heaven !
Should adverse winds our gallant Fleet reftram,
To sweep his "Bawbling" (c) Vcffcls from the main,
And Fate permit him on our Chores t' advance,.
The Tyrant never ffiall return to France,
Fortune herfelf shall be no more his friend,
Ard here the hiflory of his crimes shall end. —
His Slaughter'd legions shall manure our fhorc,
And England never know invasion more ! !
•In tbe year 1346, Edward, Prince of Wales, (commonly
railed tbe Black Prince) fen of our King Edward ill. gained
tbe famous battle of Creffy, in wbic^ 30,000 of tbe French
were slain upon tbe field.
fln theyear KAIS, Henry V. &fag of England, invaded
France; and gained tbe memorable battle of Agincourt, when
10,doo of tbe French were Jlain, and 14,000 were taken pris
oners. Tbe prifonere mere more in number than tbe liaorious
army !
lln ^ueen Anne's reign, A. D. 1 106, fbe Great Duke of
Marlborough gained tbe renowned battle of Blenheim. 12,000
of tbe French were fain, and 13,000 taken prifenere, together
with tbe French General, Marshal Tallard.
(c) "A barreling +tfl was be captain of,
"For fallow draught, and bulk i/nprizao/c."—Shakefpeare.
,re==CT^—ree==t==^—^^^
'£ouki-:na Treaty.
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WASHINGTON, OCT. 21.
"trESTERDAYi^t about 5 o'clock P. M. the Senate
X ratified the LOUISIANA TREATY; twenty-four
votes in the affirmative, and seven in the negative; there
were eight Federal Senators prefect ; but Mr. Dayton we
un^erftand, voted io the affirmative. The Treaty, as ad
vised to be ratified by the Senate, and which we have no
doubt will in a short time receive the final ratification and
promulgation by the President of the United States, is as
* follows; =—9=-
TREATY
Between the United States of America andtbe French
Republic. •
The President of the United States of Ameri
ca, and the Firlt Consul of the French Republic
in the name of the French people, desiring to re
move all fouice of mifundei Handing relative to
objects of discussion mentioned in the second and
sth articles ofthereonversionof the SthVendemaire
an. 9, (30th Sept. 1800) relative' to the rights
claimed by the United States, in virtue of
the treaty concluded at Madrid the 27th of O&.
1795, between his Catholic Majesty and the said
United States, and willing tQftrength.ent.be union
and friendflrip which at the time of the said con
vention was happily re-ellablifhed between the
two nations, have refpedively named their pleni
potentiaries, to wir, the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate of the said faxes, Robert R. Livingßoh,
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States and
James Monroe, Minister Plenipotentiary and E
nvoy Extraordinary of the said flutes near the gov
ernment of the French Republic ; and the First
Consul, in the name ofthe French people, citizen
Francis Barbe Marbois, Minister of the Public
Treasury, who, after having refpe&ively exchan
ged their full powers have agreed to th: follow
ing articles.
Article I.
Whereas, by the article tbe third of the Treaty
concluded at St. Ildepbonfo the 9th Vendemairc,
an. 9 (ift Oa. iSuo) between the First Conttfl of
tbe French Republic and his Catholic Majesty, it
was agreed as follows : “ His Catholic Majefly
promises and engages on his part to cede to the French
Republic, fix months after the full and entire exe
cution of the conditions Stipulations herein relative
to his royal bighnefe the Dukeof Parma, the colony
or province of Louisiana, with the fame extent that
now has in the hands of Spain,and that it had when
France possessed i^ ; and such as it should. be after
the treaties fubfequemiy entered into between Spain
and other Rates:"—And whereas, in pursuance of
the treaty and particularly of the third article,
the French RepublC has an incooteftible title
to the domain and to the poffiffion of the•
Aid territory, the Fuft Consul of the French He-|
public, desiring to give to the United States a ftroog'
proof othis friend fltip, doth hereby cede to the fairf
United States in the name of the French Republic
forever & in full tovercignty, the Gid territory with ,
di its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the
fame manner as they have been acquired by the
French Republic in virtue of the above mentioned
treaty, concluded with his Catholic.M^jefty.
II In the cession made by the preceding article
are included the adjacent islands belonging to Lou
isiana, all public lots and squares, vacant lands,and
all public buildings, fortifications, barracks & oth
er edifices which are not private property. The
archives, papers and documents, relative to the do
main & sovereignty of Louisiana and its dependen
cies, will be left in che poffeffiop of the commissa
ries of the United States, and copies will be after
wards given in due form to the magistrates and mu
nicipal officers of inch of the said papers and docu
ments as may be neceffarv to them.
111. Tbe inhabitants ofthe ceded territory (hall
lie incorporated in the union ofthe U States, & ad
mitud as foul as poUible,according to tbe principles
A the federal conftinniorr to the enjoyment of all the
fifei advantages ind immunities of citizens of the
' Uniat? &3*T, and hi the mean time they than be
maintained and prote&ed in the free enjoyment of
their liberty, property and the religion which they
pr^fefs.
IV. There shall be sent b; the government of
France a commissary to Louisiana to the end that
he do every a& necetfary, as well to receive from
the officers of Iris Catholic Majesty the said country
and its dependencies, in foe name of the French
Republic if ft has not been already done,as to tranf
inh it in the name of the French Republic to the
commitfaiy or agent of the United States.
V. Immediately after (he ratification of the pre
lent treaty by the President of the United states, and
in case that of the Firft' Consul's fliall have been
Drevioufiy obtained, thd eommiftuy ofthe French
Republic shall remit all military pohs of New-Or
btns, nd other parts of the ceded territory, to the
comniffary or commissaries named by the President
to take possession ; the troops, whether of France or
Spain, who may be there, shall cease to occupy a
ny military post from the time of taking poffeffioe,
and shall be embarked as soon as possible in the
course of three months after the ratification of this
treaty.
VI. The United Rates promote th execute such
treaties and articles as may have been agreed be
tween Spain and the tribes and nations of Indians,
until, by mutual consent of the United states and
the said tribes or nations, other suitable articles shall
have been agreed upon.
VII. As it is reciprocally advantageous to the
commerce of France and the United States to en
courage the communication of both nations for a
limited time in the country ceded by the present
treaty, until general arrangements relative to the
commerce of both nations may be agreed on : it
has been agreed between the contrasting parties,
that the French ships coming direaly from France
or any of her colonies, loaded only with the pro
duce arid manufaftore# of France or her said coto
ffles ; and the thip< oT Spain 'coming di'ttfy from
Spain or any of her colonies, loaded only with the
produce or manufactures of Spain or her colonies,
shall be admitted during the Ipace of twelve years
in the port of New-Orleans, and in all other legal
ports of entry within the ceded territory, in the fame
monger as the flrips of the United states coming di
re&ly from France or Spain, or any of their colo
nies, without being fubjeft to any other or greater
duty on merchandise, or other or greater tonnage
than that paid by the citizens of the United States.
——During the space of time above mentioned, 00
other nation fliall have a right to the fame privi
leges in the ports of the ceded territory : the twelve
years shall commence three months after the ex
change of ratification, if it shall take place in
Fiance, or three months after it shall have been no
tified at Paris to the French government, if it shall
take place in the United States ; it is however well
underfloor! that the object of the above article is to
favour the manufactures, commerce, freight and
navigation of France and of Spain, so far as relates
to the importations that the French and Spanish
shall make into tbe said ports of the United slates,
without in any fort affefling the regulations that
the United flares may make concerning the expor
tation of the produce and merchandize of the Unit
ed Rates, or any right they may have to make such
regulations.
VIII. In future and forever after the expiration
of the twelve years, the foips of France shall be
treated upon the footing of the molt favoured na
tions in the ports above mentioned.
IX. The particular Convention signed this day
by the relpe&iye n.inifters, having for its object to
provide for the payment of debts due to the citi
zens of the United Rates by the French Republic,
prior to the 30th of September 1800, (Sth Vendc
maire, ao. ty) is approved, and to have its execu
tion in the fame manner as if it had been inferred
in this prefect treaty, and it shall be ratified in the
fameform, arid in the faffie time, fo.that the one
shall not be ratified diftina from the other.
Afother particular Convention, signed at the
fame date as the present treaty, relative,o a defini
tive rule between the contracting parties, is in the
like manner Approved, and will be ratified in the
fame form, and in the fame time, and jointly.
• X. The present treaty fliall be ratified in good
aid due firm, and the ratifications fliali be exchan,
ged in the space of fix months after the date of the
signature by the ministers plenipotentiary, or sooner
if possible.
, IN faith whereof, the refpeAive Penipotentia-
Irfes have signed these articles in the French
; and English languages, declaring never:he!efs
that the present Treaty was originally agreed
to in the French language; and have there
; unto affixed their feds. 4
I Done at Paris, tbe tenth day of Floreal, in the
eleventh year of the French Republic, and the
30th of April, 1803. ' '
. ' BARBE MARBOIs.
ROB. R. LIVINGSTON.
JAS, MONROE.
ORACLE POST.
TUESDAY, November 15, 1803.
_ Foreign Affairs.
From a late London paper.
,LETTERS OF LOUIS X^f.
' monument the noblest and most durable was
Ycreeled in France to the memory of Loui>'
X,I. in the publication of a collection of his ge
ne ne letters—These have been republished in
L don, with a translation by Miss H, M. Wil
lis us —rhpy are addressed to his Ministers, bis
^ fliers, and his confidential Counfellers. They
f .ain specimens of elegant writing, of feientihe
d Volition d^tical wisdom, of domestic pru
, c ^> of teiic. rand of manly sentiment, which
I' greatly exalt the character of the amiable &
rtunate prince who wrote th^m, in the eßima-
L;f exery person of worth and taste. They
? 3 .th?trow of royaly with new honors Nor
; isrL Q, to thihi;of any thing thatcould more
I eftduaily tend to renew the ancient loyalty of
the French towards the government and the fam
ily of their kings.—We are willing to gratify the
ingenuous curiosity of our readers, with a few
extracts from this most mterefting collection.
To Mr. Bertbier, Intendant of Pari;.
Pari^, Oct. 28, 1788.
You have preferred to my council of Rate a
plan dictated by the pure ft philanthrophy; and
I approve highly the means you suggest of ex-I
cirpating mendicity from my Rates.—To render
the poor ufeful without increasing their misfor
tunes, to establish places of retreat with humane
regulations, and under wife direction, where the
love of labor shall be encouraged, where aCtive
youth shall be occupied, and infirm old age com
forted, such are the motives, and such the aim,
of your project .The corvee is abolished ; but
the high-ways require continual and expensive
repairs; might not your hofpitals'cf mendicants
furnifh workmen to mend and conftruC troads ?
I fee whole armies of pioneers formed in those as
ylums, scouring the country, and Rationed on the
high-ways, where they will provide against acci-j
cients, and the ravages of the feafoas, and main-1
tain a free circulation throughout all France.l
You seem to me, however, not to have paid fuf
ficient attention to the means the leaf! burthen
fome to the people, of furnifhing what is neces
sary for the support of your eflablifhments in fa
• vor of mendicity. The people are already too
touch oppressed by taxes ; must their burdens be
so increased as to render unavailing the benefit
of the abolition of the corvee ? Let tis make choices
of the mode the least expensive, the most agreea-I
ble to tbe people, and by which the ends you |
propose can be accomplished, of difburdening I
those who pay taxes, rendering tbe poor vO-f111, 1
an' coping inroads in good repair. Year a-,
bifads, Sir, will no doubt furnifh you with new
treads ; and be assured I shall second them in
my council. Louis.
TO M. De LEVOISIER.
Marc/) If, 1783.
Yout last experiment, Sir, still excites my ad
miration ; this discovery proves that you have
edarged the sphere of human knowledge. Your|
'experiments on inflamable gaz shew how muchl
you are occupied by that admirable science, which|
etery day makes new progress.
The Queen, and feme persons to whom I wifh|
yqur experiment to be shewn, will meet in my |
cabinet to-morrow at seven in the evening ; and
you will give me pleasure by bringing me the
treatise on inflamable gat.
You know, fir, how much you possess my es
teem.
TO THE COUNT d'aROIS.
%/) 18, 178ty, eleven in tbe morning,
I had yielded, my dear brother, to your feli
citations, and the reprefentatious of a few faith,
ful fabjeds; but I have since made some pru
dent reflections. To resist at present would be to
rifle the loss of the monarchy, and the ruin of us ;
all. I have therefore countermanded the orders|
I had given ; my troops will retreat from Paris;;
and I shall employ milder measures. Talk to;
me no more of an aft of authority, of a great|
stroke of power ; I believe it is most prudent to ;
temporize, to yield to the storm, and cxpe& eve-|
ry thing from time, from the awakened courage ,
of the good, and the love of Frenchmen for their j
King.
TO M. VERGNiAUD.
January 19, I„2. .
Your plan is fnblime, Sir—but it is no longer
time to feign. You make propositions ; and I
can perform nothing. I have not even the pow
er of convincing the world that I have the desire
of doing good. Yourfelf. Sir, even in the
supposition that I consented, haYe no success to
hope.—Crimes and conspiracies are abroad : the
constitution must fall, and with it, the First Pub
lic Functionary whom it created. You hate
great and liberal ideas ; but your mixed Govern
went can only last a day. Tbe Innovators propose to
themselves no particular end ; tie, aim at novelty,
and quill never attach themselves to any thing, but quill
always dtfroy.— They would overthrow, to mor
row, tbe coqflitution they had eßabliflied to-day,
and the Public Fuctionarics they had themselves
made ; they tend to their own deflru&ion.—We
must, Sir, rally sincerely round the conftirution,
which perhaps is not free from impeifedions; but
may serve, in stormy times, as a salutary plank.
Let us then unite our sincere efforts to save this con
ftitutim. ? i
Faris,.Augufl 12, 1 792—Seven irt tbe mrniftg.
"My Brothers,
"I am no longer king ! The public voice wi:l
make known to you the most cruel cataftrophr.
lam the mod unfortunate of husbands and of
fathers -'—l am the victim of my oa°n goodness,
of fear and o' hope.—lt is an impenetrable mys
tery of iniquity ! They have bereaved me of ev
'ery thing : they have mafiacred my faithful fql>
jests; I have been decoyed by stratagem far
from ray palace; and they now accuse me! I
am a captive ; they drag me to prison ; and the
Queen, my children, and Madame Elizabeth,
share my fad fate.
"I can nr longer doubt that I am an object
odious in the eyes of rhe French, led astray by
prejudice —This is the stroke which is most in
fupportabfe. My brother, but a little while and
I shall cxiß no longer.— Remember to avenge
my memory, by publishing how orach I loved
this ungrateful people. Recall one day to their
remembrance the wrongs they have done me,
and tell them I forgive them. Adieu,-my broth
er, for the fall time !
~. r'^TY.
The fonowing article is from a Paris paper cf
^9-
Portalis, the date counfellor, who has the
charge of the religion, has sent his circular let
ters to the different bishops of the departments
through which the First Consul will pass and are
as follows:„
Right Reverend—
" The First Consul sets out for the Belgic
IRates, I fend you the ceremonial fixed upon by
I his holiness in regard to his reception, together
with the arrangements to be made. There can
not be too much refpeft shown, neither too much,
thankfulnefs, veneration and love testified to the
chief of the nation, and restorer of the religion of
the Rate. Portalis."
Ceremonial to be observed in regard to the re
ception of the First Consul in the towns in which
te will flop.
The bishop with his clergy go out of the city
gate to meet the Consul, offering the cross in or
der that he may kiss it ; he is then to be placed
under acanopy, the bishop accompanying him
until he arrives at the church gate, where will
I be sung rhe following anthem : "Behold I feud
Imy angel who shall tread my way before you,"
together with other fui table pfal ms. Arrived at:
the church gate, the Consul will be presented
with tho holy water, which, after having dipt his
finger in, he will make the sign of the croft, af
terwards the coDfiil'syw'fa will be befprinkled, the
people only bowing without changing places-
Further if Mad. Buonaparte is present, holy water
1 will be offered to her, then her consort will be ac«
I companied to the officiant of the altar, where he
Iwill1 will kneel under a prepared canopy. The Bifh
-1 op will afeend the altar upon the left, and ting
1 bareheaded as ufeH; 2nd warning re fc auditors
famevetfesand prayers will be laid, the Te Deuni
will be sung, the Bishop will give a solemn bene
diction, and the consul will be led in the fame
manner as before to his palace.
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
The circumßance of Dr. Lettfom, having liberal
ly fubferibed 301. for tiaunnel waistcoats, blankets,
and other comforts for the soldiers (although as a
I Quaker he cduld not contribute to military mea
sures) reminds os of one of his society, who being
asked to fubferibe towards the erection ofa new
church, repited, " Friend I cannot confidently
I fablcribe towards building thy church, but I will
I give thee tool to pull the old one down."
This remin !, us of another anecdote of a Q^ker
who had the command ofa trading vessel which had
to encounter an enemy's lugger cn the voyage. His
principles forbade him to fight dired ; be there
fore resigned the command to the mate. In the
course us the adion, however, things did not go on
to his liking and he addressed the mate in the fol
lowing terms :—" If thou meanest to hit the ene
my,friend, thou fliouldft point thy guns a little more
abaft —o—
—of a letter from an officer on board of tbt Jbi, Pennman,
Capt. Alexander Coffin, to bis friend in Hudson, dated Ant
ver,, Jul, 28, 1803,
"Our Ihip had hauled into the Key, and we had began
;difeharging her cargo, we had worked two days when we
were obliged to break of to assist at the celebration of the
' arrival of the First Consul, Bonaparte, which detained us
; four days ; after the holidays were over, there was ,an at-
I tier from the Minister of the Interior, to stop all neutral
;veflils from difeharging any foreign produce without each
I ship was furnifhed with consular certificates,,certifying that
I the fame was not the produce or manufaflure of England,
I or from any colony under the Briuf bgovernment ; as we
had coffee, sugar and rum without certificates, we are de
tained under that law, which was puffed after our (hip's
arrival at Flushing. How long we shall lay here is quite
uncertain. Captain Coffin has gone to Bruges toapply it*
perfan to the Premier , Consul, but without the least proba
bility of obtaining any redress.
"When Bonaparte visited this city, there was every pre
paration made to receive him io the firft ftylc. An elegant
arch, was thrown over one of the principal Rrcets elegantly
painted, the town house was fitted up in a maGerly flyle for
the illumination; and the fire-works were superior to any
thing I ever saw. Madame Bonaparte made a visit on board
the Jenn y of Boston, to fee some Sandwich Island Indians,
but, oh, how mortifying / Every matter and officer of the
Americans were paraded on the Jenny's quarter deck, but
"Madaibe never deigned graciourfy co smile upon us.
"The Firll Consul was very active in surveying the port
and gave orders for several akcratrons far the convenience of
(hipping. Thete was a grand ball and every American
mailer had cards of admittance : tltefc were present between
X and 3000 ladies and gentlemen—Enough / On our firft
arrival ! had a profpea of making something handsome by
my adventure, which was coffee, but now I expea to log
the whole ; yotf must not think it Grange if the next news
yen hear is that our fliip is taken up by government to
carry troops to England"
The Emperor of Gttmahy has publfftred an edid laying
a new duty on importation. -The hundred weight of cocoa
will now pay 50 florins tadependemiy cf he import estab
lished by the decree of i,i& candied Cigar 50 florins ;
the other Sugars both refined and in ponder, 43 florins;
brown ftfgardlj, and syrups 6 florins. The fund arising
from the additional duty ; is to go toward a poking food,
for dimia&ing the number of bank uotssuow in atcuhtivn.
[No. 5.