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by the mode pointed out by the Noble;
Duke in the present motion. He dec!ar-|
ed, that it hid never been his noirion,
that this country, through the median of;
her Ministers or Executive Government,
fhoald be bound or tied up from making
Peace with France or any other Govern-,
meat with which it was at War, merely
on account of the particular form of that
government, be it called Republican or,
any other name whatever ; but dill he
contended, that it was eflentially necef
fary f;r those who had the administration
of the affairs of any Government in their
hands, to take particular care, that all the
raeafures the/ pursued, and more partic
ularly in a case of so momentous and high
ly important a nature, as that of negocia
ting a Peace between two great and pow
erful Naions, the, Should never for a tin
gle moment permit to escape their light
that molt necessary and important of all
concerns — Security. In the just and nc
ceffary War, into which this country had
unwillingly b.en drawn, by the insolent
and unprovoked aggression of France, it
had been the invariable language of his
M jetty, and his Ministers, that the grand
object they had in view, was the endeavor
to fettle or procure for the unfortunate
people of France, who were either at
tached to the old form of Government,or
, those who were desirous of a limited Mon
archy, or such as were ave fe tea Re
publican Government, for the people of
all or any of these descriptions, the No
ble Lord laid, it had ever been in con
temptation, to give every degree of co
operation and abidance to enable them to
form a G ivernment, which Should underi
any form or name, be the bed Govern
ment that might be imagined for the ben'
efit and interest of the French people—
but such a form of Government as from
its Nature, Constitution and tendency,
sh raid be for the real and actual interest
and advantage, and ultimately, which
should afford the mod ample source of
Security to this country and its Govern
ment.
The Noble Lord said, it was by no
means his idea, or opinion that peace
Should in any case be deferred merely on
account of any particular form: But he
never could agree that any thing Short of
the most extreme neceflity, Should induce
this country to propose a negociation for
peace, until it was extremely apparent
"indeed, th^i its Ministers could be firmly
and positively afesrtained, that rhe par
ties with whom they Should have to con
trast, were possessed of that permanen
power and authority, which was abfoluteb
necessary to give that fecurit, of peace,
amity and friendfhip, without which any
negociation of any treaty actually entered
into, would be to all intents and purpos
es vain and nugatory.
It was by no means his wish, his Lord
ship said, nor was it the with of any of
those with whom he ^d the honor to ad,
to restore the ancient despotic Monarchy,'
under the rule of which the French People
had lived so long ; neither was it their de
sire to dictate to them any particular f rm
or mode, by which they mould be govern
ed : But it was certainly their wish and
intention to aflift them to eftablilh alim
ited Monarchy, or such o her meliorated
form of Government as Should afford a
orofpea and a reasonable foundation of
hope, of that necelLry Security to the Go
vernment of this country,which it was the
absolute duty of its Ministers to have par
titular care of. In all the various chan
ges which had hitherto occurred in that
unhappy and diftraded country, he had
never yet been able to fee any real mark
or Standard, by which a real Government
could be properly disregarded. One set
of-rtien, or one faction, driving another
set of men, or ano her faction from the
feat of power, by the most bloody and hor
rible Scenes of murder and proscription,
his Lordship confeffed he had repeatedly
heard of, but not any thing which could
fairly or candidily be assimilated to a ra
tional or permanent Government.
His Lo> Ship owned, that the faaion
which at present held the reins of what
they termed Government, or in other
words, those at present in power, in that;
land of massacre and defotition, had ap-i
proached somewhat nearer to a permanent/
Government, than any of those who pre-/
ceded them. They had continued in pow
er about fix months, and had affirm
ed the name of Moderatifts ; but not
withstanding the Seeming speciousness of
this title, his Lord Ship said, he was very
much inclined to believe, nay, he was;
even certain, that they held the fame san
guinary and revolutionary principles.
;which they pretended to censure in their'
I predeceffors. His Lord Ship was perfectly
of opinion that the, held the fame hofttle
;Sentiments with regard to this country ; and
in this he believed himfelf to be juftified
by the language they had held out to the
d fferen{allied powers,wi:h refpea to their :
desire of negociating Peace with them.—
IThey had talked in the mod lofty and in-
ISolent Stile of making peace with fame of
the powers with whom they are now at
war, in order to continue their hostili
ties with greater force and effe& a
gainst others of those po vers, and amongst
those he had ever, reason to believe this
country was most particularly alluded to.
And was it with a people who entertained
and publicly avowed these fentimenti that
this country fhou'd,at the present moment,
humiliate itle!f so far as to offer terms of
negociation? He hoped that honorable
house would never so widely depart from
the language and Sentiments be had uni
formly adopted* Since the commencement
of the present contest, as to countenance
such a proposition.
His Lordihip said, that he had a res
olution in his hand, which he intended to
move byway of amendment to that offer
ed by the Noble Duke, and which he
then begged leave to read to the House.
Here his Lord Ship read the refutation,
wnich he avowed to be the fame towdem
•verbis, with that moved by the Chancellor
of the exchequer lalt night in the House
of Commons. His Lordthip was induced,
he said, to make this avowal, not only
because he highly approved of the whole
of the resolution, but more particularly
[becaufe; that he thought in affairs of such
hmmenfe magnitude and importance as the
! prefent q eftion every means Should be
used to Shew, that the majority of the two
houses so exactly coincided in Sentiment.
The Noble Lord added, That he had
no other reasons for entertaining the opin
ion he had mentioned,that the present rul
ing faction in France only affeaed the
name of Moderatifts to cover their deep
deSigns, and to impose, not on the French
People alone, by this hypocritical means,
but upon every power in Europe, wnich
did not watch them with a cauti^s c/e।
Ore of thele reaOnr, his L^rdShi, . %%:'
ptified in the irft <e of a man, (-,• k
rieve Lacroix,) who was lately by ad,,
eree of the Convention, carried heQ #
he Revolution • Tts^ '^
no d'Ut>t, but vuiy HO a ff&ru-w .- 10~
jui lotine, for merely having published a
pamphlet, byway of dialogue, " Alking
whether a monarchy was not the favorite
Government with the French people, and
desiring that the Primary assemblies might
be called upon to determine the qeef
lion ?" This, the Noble L rd said, was
a Sufficient proof to him, that the present
rulers were equally as despotic, and as
fond of massacre and bloodshed, as those
who had gone before them, and that they
were very near as far from that State of
permanent and Rational Government, as
all those with whom his Majesty's Minis
ters had hitherto thought that it would be
unwise and impolite to treat.
^^ooQcoootftoACß^oooe^ocoQ^coos^cm^lfexoe^
3oret,^72, JTiiclltg&Tice,,
[0 An arrival at Philadelphia, from
France, has brought intelligence down
to the fame dates from thence, as those
„ceived from England ;—fonie of the
most material articles, we extract]
CentiNbl.
Os FRENCH AFFAIRS.
NATIONAL CONVENTION, feb.2.
C^LAUSEL, in the name of the Com
> mitte of General Surety, read a let
ter from the Representatives with the ar
mies of the North, Sambre, and Meuse.
“ We have just had an interview with
the Minister Plenipotentiary, from the
Hague. " I goto Paris, said he, with
the most unlimited powers to treat with
the French people. I fulfil the mission
with pleafcre,for since the 9th of Thermi
dor, you have a government ; but ifßo
berfpierre had lived, I should cot have
lundertaken it.".
j " What a source of refleaion, contin
ued Claufel, do ^efe few words afford a
Iman who thinks ! Is it the system of terror,
which we have prostrated, or the princi
ples of equity that now guide the conven
tion,that make the coalesced powers trem
ble ?" Insertion in the bulletin, <was &(reed. l
Guiton Morveaux, in the name of the
! Committee of Public Safety, presented an
account of the situation, arsenals and ma-.
gazines of the Republic, of which the fol
lowing was part :
In the month of Frimaire, only, the
foundaries destined to supply the armies,
furnished 500 cannon ; the immerse quan
tity of pieces of artillery we possess, per
mit us to employ the copper of our bells
to copper bottom our Ships.
Thirty foundaries are employed day
and night in the Service of the navy ; and
in one year they have produced 15,000
great guns.
The manufadures of arms, of all kinds,
furnished in one year 12,000,000 bulled,
in seven months, 7,600 artillery waggons ;
and 10,0)0 gun carriages, and each dec
ade 3000 fabres and 4000 bayonets.
The manufactories of Paris, in thirteen
months have fabricated 157,000 mulkets.
After the reading the report, it was de
creed, that the jury of arms and invention
of war, cease its functions on the 10th inst.
On motion, it was decreed, that no par
ticular religious worship Should be pub
lickly supported—and the churches order
ed to be fold. It was also, decreed, that
women, or children, under 12 years
old, prisoners. Should be set at liberty.
FEB. 3.
A number of motions of denunciation
against the Froberfperian fyllem, was pass'd
with eathufiallic applauses.
feb. 4.
Pelet, in the name of the Committee of
Public Safety, Submits to difeuffion the
reported decree relative to the fending of
Representatives to the Welt Indies, and
.hree to the East Indies.
Gonly, “ Our possessions in Alia, have
become a prey to the Enghfh. The em
o re of the Mediteranean, and of the O
cean belongs to them ; we triumph upon
land, have hitherto eucreafed our glory
more than our riches. The English have
done the contrary, they have added to
their treasures from the immense wealth
of the Indies. The people of the Indottan
have always been the wealthiest upon earth.
It is therefore in India, that we Should
Strike England. It is there only that you
will dry up the Source of that river of gold
which w,-+< among them, and which gives
Ifcm means of cf-m^^g their partial
b^f^ thriller, of paying
nimenfe armies, anti &": ^Laaiq^in cur
oofum the coals of civil difcotd.^^--
" India is not loit to us as long as we
u^H ate lite cf France and Reuni' □.—
-_- English knew it, end they will Strain
every nerve to possess them ; we, therefore
ou't to negle& no measure tending to pre
serve to us the two keys of those Seas. It
is impossible for you at the present time,to
fend there fufficient naval forces ; but you
can increase the power of the inhabitantsof
those two islands by Sending Representa
tives there. The lots of the Isle of France,
would occasion the lots of Madagascar,and
with the lolsofthe latter,we Should lose cot
:on,coffee,fugar,filks,timber,and it would
thenceforth be impossible for us to recover
our posse ffions in India. 1 am in favour
cf the decree offered by the committee.'
Dubeuchet opposes the decree proposed
by the committee. Which of us will un
deruke so difficult, so distant a mission ?
what a croud of denunciations will fall on
the head of him who Shall undertake it !
No, No, it is not in the colonies, but
in England we muff carry our arms. 'I o
Rome Hannibal went for the protection of
Carthage, and but for the luxuries of
Capua, that mistress of the world had been
destroyed. To Carthage, Scipio in his
turn went for the protection of Rome be
sieged by Hannibal,it is then to London
we Should march. Referred.
FEB. 12.
Maree,organ of the committee of Pub
lic Safety, reported that the Brest fleet
had experienced, during its cruize, which
had bee*only 34 hours, the fury of the
winds ; three vessels have been funk, but
their crews, however, had been saved ;
three others had been damaged, but net
very considerably ; two of them have been
Since repaired.
The fame member reported that Since
the arrival of the last messenger, 28 prizes
had been taken. _ ±
TREATY with TUSCANY.
Richard, in the name of the Committee
of Public Safety, after a suitable inrro
dudion, read the following TREATY:
Art. 1. The grand Duke of Tufeany
revokes every aft, consent, accession, or
adhesion given to the coalition formed a
gainst the French republic.
Art. 11. Therefore, there will be,a
mity, peace and good understanding be
tween the French republic and the grand
Duke es Tufeany.
PARIS, FEB. 7.
Gen. Hoflen has found an immense
Iquantity of provisions at Dart, Gorcuni
and its environs; we are only - beginning
to look over the captured artie'es. One
of the magazines containing 5000 bagsef
oats and 2 million bundles ot hay, cf 12
pounds each ; fpiritous liquors, tatelc
butter, &c. God knows how much.
He found here 120 brass cannot-,<
: Gorcum 620 pieces of artillery, a d be
1 tween 47 and 50,000 fire arms :_ He civ
not receive the account of the warlike
Stores found in the neighbouring places.—
1 This canton of Holland looks like an im-
I menfe magazine of forage and provisions.
The Republicans took peffeffion of j 8
gun boats, each carrying an 18 or 24
pounder, &c. They took besides two
l English frigates and two brigs completely
I armed and equipped.
(Signed.) ROSSEUW.
P. S. An artillery officer has just arri
: ved from Schoonhoven 'and Nieuport ; a
vast quantity of ammunition was found in
both places. ApSeboonhoven 2913 fire
iarms, 175 tons of powder, 32 brals can
non, 4 .mortars, two howitzers and 57 1-
: ron cannon.— Ac Nieuport 15 brass can
>nons, 2 mortars, 4 howitzers, 54 iron
i cannon, &c. Muchof the money which
1 the monks of the Netherlands have hid at
. Dort has already been found.
I (Signed) BRIER,
i Representative of the People.
1
1 FEB. 13.
The Hollanders have established a con
; vention. Their coeftnution is to be pub
iifhed the 5h of February. The arms of
-WTC Aadt&de- ?%,<Yeiv _wtartlrr
■; down. The States General of the United
[Provinces have decreed the following
/Proclamation : It has just been published :
PROCLAMATION.
" The representatives of the French
: people who are at prefect in this country,
' having communicated to us that it would
1 be necessary to make immediate provifiona
' for the prefling wants of the French army,
'& having consequently demanded th- fol
>lowing articles :—
1 200,000 quintals of wheat
5 oootooo bundles of hay, cf iflbseacb
200,000 bundles cf straw, of lolbs each
5,000,000 measures of cats, of iolbs each
20 eco pairs of bee's
150 oco pairs of Shots
20 000 coati and waiftcoMs
40,00 c pairs of breeches
Irso,ocxov&*h_ -.-- „--,—-——_
I zoo oco Shirts
50,000 hats.
The wh.le to be deliver?.? a: :i%e lev
era! periods, within one month, at Bois
le-Duc, Thiel, and Nimeguen.
And further—l2,ooo oxen, in the Space
of two -months.
Decreed to be furnifhed accordingly.
VIRGINI A.
RICHMOND, March 9 .
MR. John Morton,of King G,:'»
a gentleman whose charafcer in life< it
of the moil amiable call—was about, h^
weeks ago, inhumanly murderer y < w ~
of his slaves. No cause can be a^gred
' for this execrable a&, except, that h:s
family, which was extensive and reputa
ble, having determined in the courfeol
the ensuing year, to remove to the weftern
country, and his ilaves, urwillirg to be
separated frera their connedions, iuppef-a
ed in cefe of his death, they fhculd be di-]
vided between his brothers. , A
The murderer was infligated by his fas
ther in law, to destroy him. He confeff
es, that after many felicitations of the
principle of a divificn of his master's Haves
taking place, and the impeflibility of de-'
tedlicn, as he was vainly taught to believe
Art. ITT. The neutrality of Tufeany
Shall be re-established on the footing on
which it Stood before the Bth of October,
Art. IV. And the present treaty we!
not have any eff>a, but after its b rgra
tifie&by the national Convention.
,Done at Paris at the National Pair,.i
t^e lift of Pluvoife, 3d,ear of the Fi ?
Republic.
After a long debate the convention de
creed that the report and treaty f 11 r
printed, and arjuurn tne consider <nof
the latter to the 25th inst. [l3, h R „
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