The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-11-04 00:00:00, page 1

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■ SPEECH
Os BARRERE on the late Naval Afi ion,
introductory of: he Decree for banging up
in the National Pantheon, a model of the
jbip Lt Fengeur,
(">1 I IZENS, the Committee has charg
ed me co. inake known to you fub-^
lime traits of fieioifm, which ought ceiiher
to be concealed from you nor the French ‘
nation. -'Since the sea hasfirft becoine a
field of carnage, and the waves have been
blood Rained by warrhe annalsuf Europe
do not. record a battle lb obliinatc, and, in
ffiort, An addon fa terrible and sanguinary
■ s was that of the ift of Jun 6, wheh our
squadron fated the American convoy.—
Vanftable in conduding the American fleet
into our poru.pafled .through waves im
purpled with blood, amidst lifelefs trunks
•and wrecks of veffds The obstinacy of
the conflid which precreded the arrival of
the convoy proves how truly. Republican
our squadrons are, since rhe hatred of the
Englilh name direded the blo^s. In pro
portion as the force on the part of the
French was unequal, so was the refiftanCe
great and courageous. The EngJifh sea
men, when they returned into their ports,
could not conceal from hiftory this remark
able confeffion.. Let us hear what their
papers fay of the seamen of the Englilh
fleet: u The French,” laid they to their
comrades who had not been in the adion,
are like flints ; the more they are Rruck,
the more fire they give.”— ^Appiahfe. The
foul of Republicansrifes infehfioly in a ra
tio w.th the progress of the Revolution ;it
.becomes Hill more energetic, and their
courage more.exalted in proportion to their
, dangers and ill lucecßes. The pa’ffion of
liberty, follows them every where,encour
ages them in impnlomneai, and comforts
them in adverfity,while the songs by Which
We celebrate our vidories and our inde
pendence, confoie them when condemned
to live among the implacable enemies to
the Republic. The Englilh have obtained
poffeffiou of heir perlons and their ihips;
but the Republican virtues of a patriot were
never in the power of the old enemies of
France. > la spite of adversity, the freeman
has an adyao.age over tyrants, even when
in chains. « Very early this morning,
fay the Englilh Jaurhals, the priloners be
longing to the French prizes' arrived at
SpUhead, began 10 be debarked ; and lev.
era! of them ate also fafely lodged at Hill
fea. , During their embarkation; they fang
Republican songs with their usual gaiety. ,r
At the pleating temembraoce of their coun
try, their enthufialm was so great, that the
Euglifh Guards considered the ardent ex
prelions or liberty, indications of mutiny,
and had the barbarity to filed oC the con
folacary hymns by a signal of death. A
Frenchman was killed by a Edilifia soldier
belonging tp the guard, afid the march to
quarterswas continued in file nee. Citi
zens let us leave these execrable islanders,
and fetam to the ocean, where,we (hall fee
the sublimest traits of courage and patri
giUk ardour. The naval forces Os the
• French Republic and the English Monar
, chy were for a confideiable time in fight,
When at length came this molt terrible
engagemen £; The severest fi re possible,.
.‘tnd the most legitimate fury on the part of
; <he French, augmented the horrors ynd
perhaps the penisof the day. —Three Bn
glifli Ihips were funk, and leveral French
yeltels disabled ; the enemy’s fire had tom
in. pieces the hull of one of the latter, and
United the/double horror of a. certain
• fitipwreck and a deadly cccflidt. But this
/ ve&l Was manned by a crew, gifted with
« the intrepidity of foul which braves danger,
Ind with tha€ love of the. country which
contemns death. A Ipecies of warlike
philosophy W w hole .crew ;
the Englilh vefleb furrouoded the Repub
ticad (hip, and called ons her to strike ; a
prodigious' fire of heiVy artillery was kept
gale Vengeur, while her broken mails, tai
tered fails, and detached- fragment weted
the waves.—ls so much outrage, er? so
preternatural effort*, to Be thrown a
way ? Could the Englilh think that the
French Republicans wfoii ld deliver them
fclves into their perfideons hands and treat
with fach enemies ? No, they could not
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with which the Convention was penetrated
and the acclamations of the tribunes were
blended with those of the RepLfentatives.)
By whom then, has the secret of our
grandeur z been revealed ? What friend of
liberty has rranfmitted to us this heroical
trait, which seems to belong to fabulous
times ? Who is it that has made the dis
covery i Our enemies, the Raglilh, their
journals,.; their eagerness to confefs our
glory. You Ihall hear what is said in an
Englilh Journal dated June i6ch., ** It is
certain, that in the brilliant naval ailion
which has just t^ken place, the crew of
one of the French (hips at the moment (he
funk, were heard unanimously to exclaim
Five la Republique ! Five la Liberte ! This
expreflion of gratitude tojhe Republic,
this predominating paflion for liberty,
which prevails even over the horrors of
death, is it the effed of mental energy, or
of terror ?” Another Englilh paper; ol
the 14th of June, relates this circum fiance,
aicribjng to the crew of th a Terrible this
memorable proof of greatnels of foul and
cpnftancy. kJ This Ihip funk with the flags
and streamers bearing the national colours,
flying on all tides, and amidst the redoubled
.Crieaot Five la^ Republijue ! In a private
letter from an officer of Lord Howe’s squad
ron, thb fabiime trait is ascribed to the
(hip le Vengeur ; ind according to jean
Bbn St. Andre, the National Reprefentar
tive, phis lafl account is the best eftablifh
cd : To le Vengeur belongs thil most glo
rious atchievement; and if it has been the
admritioil of our drfftardly ehemiei,'by
what Frenchman can it Be disputed ? Let’
us hot commiserate the Frenchmen who
composed the crew of le Fengeur ; Let us
not pity, them ; They died for their coun
try. We will honour their destiny and
celebrate their virtue. Applauses A pan- !
theou is ereded in the midst of the central
commune of the Republic 1 This monu
ment of national gratitude has been devoted
to every part of the frontiers,, let it also be
dedicated to the boiom of the ocean ! We '
have hitherto decreed nd honours to the
heroes of the sea service ; Those belonging
to the land having alone obtained our
homages.—-Why ought we not tp suspend
at thereof of the French pantheons model
nj»jLc Vengeur, infcribingon.the Columns
thereof the names of the brave Republicans
who composed the crew of that veffe), and
recording the courageous aftion they at
> chlevwd f ^y foch hofidow th« rnmeta*
brane? of great men is perpetuated, and the
feeds of courage and virtue difp^rfeti over
the land* of the Republic. It is that the
pantheon, by a simple decree of the Na
tional Convention will be converted into
a terrible repository, in which will be col
kfted, at the ©all of the Republic, (hips
disdained to deliberate; they law on one
fide the Englilh, on the taker their country,
and they chose rather to be a prey to the
waves than be difhonour?d by a capitulation,
fhey befitated not ; t^eir last prayer was
for liberty and the Republic; they disap
peared !—( An unanimous movement of
admiration wasmanifefted in rhe assembly.
App!safes and fhcuts of Five la Republlque,
expressed the lively and profound emotion
hope so much.- The Republic contem
plates her heroes, who will c querordie:
Several hours of combat did not abate their
courage ; they still fought; the enemy re
ceived their last fire ; and on all tides the
vessel filled with water.—What was to be
the fate of our brave brethren ? Either they
were to fall into the enemy’s hands, or to
be swallowed up by the waves; be under
noappreheofion for their glory ; they wert
Kill greater in misfortune than amidst luc*
ceffes. A firm resolution succeeded to the
heat of the adion. Pidure to yourlelves
le Vengeur, pierced through, open on all
lides; and surrounded by the Englilh ty
gers and leopards, the crew made up bf
wounded and dying men, contending a
gaintl guns and waves. On a sudden the
din of battle, the terrors of danger; and
the Cries of the pangs of the wounded ceas
ed ; the flags and streamers were difplaved ;
and the Ihoata of P^ive la Republiqut ! Five
*la Liberte et la France ! were heard on all
tides: It was rather ihe moving and ani
mated fpadscle of a civic feftival, than the
terrible moment of a ihipwreck. Amo
ment only wai Iclt them to deliberate on
their fate j but no. Citizens, our brethren
TUESDAY, November 4, 1794*
ture has btftowed on us whatever is acctf
fary for the conftruflion of (hips, numerous
ports to receive them, and seas washing eur
(hores. It is not to be tyrannized over by
the bankers and traders of London, that the
revolution has placed in our hands an en
ormous property, immense woods, a War
like population,and fkilfnl seamen. French
men, be brave and great, like the Repub
licans who composed. the crew of le Ven
gtur, and soon will England be annihilat.
ed.—Clear the ocean of those monopoliz
ing traders and the (hades of the seamen
who have immortalized themselves on
board le Vengeur, will rejoice, as they
hover oyer the tomb which their courage
has dug for them in the abyss of the ocean.”
American Intelligence.
p JTTSBURG, OR IT.
Resolutions of the Delegates of Tounfoips of
the l^.th of Augufl qfembled at P^kin
fons Ferry on the id of ORober, agreeable
to the notice in the PittjburgbGaxjttf.
U ESOLVED, that, is is the unanimous
XX, opinion of Ibis meeting, ..that if the
fig nature of submission be npt univer
fal,it is not so much owing to any existing
: disposition to oppose the laws, as to a want
'• of time, and information , to operate a cor
' respondent sentiment : and with reiped to
the greatest number, a prevailing conlciouf
nefs of their having had no concern in any
outrage, and an idea that their signature
would imply a sense of guilt.
and margiaers. It is nbt enough to form
heroes b^Hitional recompcr.ces: we must
befid^k r^tore to the French hrarine the
Ihip tbe fee has swallowed up.. No, the
reme'pbrance of le Vengeur Ihall net per.
ilh ; and that glorious name Ihali by your
orders, be bellowed on the three decked
Ihip now building in the coveted bafon of
Bre& Wemuft 1110 preserve the remem
brance ^K^>is Vessel which has been the
theatre of^dry and Repubiitln virtue.—
The vessel le Vengeur Ihall therefore again
float on the waves, and Ihall soon juftify
its., name and its renown, by joining a
squadron which will exult over those cruel
islanders, who aim at the annihilation of
French, liberty, and the deftrudion of the
rights of man. -
But are there not still more durableanonu
ments of glory i Time, which overturns
mountains, anddeftroys the works of men,
will not always refped- thole which the
Republic Ihall raise; and rnins will still suc
ceed to ruins, — Are there not other modes,
of immortalizing the traits we admire ?
The adions of the celebrated men of anti
quity, who also obtained temples that no
longer exist, are they not living in paintings
and in writings ? To poets and painters it
belongs to describe and depid the event
of le Vengeur; By their consolatory ver
ses, by their grateful pencils, founders of
the Republic are considered as. grand, gen
erous or ufefu). The monuments raised
to the heroes of Hom?r, are to be found in
his verses alone. The celibrity of Agricola
no longer lives in the urn msde by a celet
brated artill, but Rill breathes in the writ
ing of Tacitus. Let us lay the balls of an
honourable ftrife between poetry and paint
ing, and let national recompenees, decreed
in a civic feftjval, regenerate the arts, and
encourage artists, or rather, David, again
take up your pencils and let your genius
snatch from the besom of the,ocean the ce
lebrated vessel, the seamen of which have
drawn admiration from the Englilh them
selves. Why can. I not make my voice
reach to all thole who defend the country
on the ocean ? I should then fay to them,
Seamen of the Republic, when her defti
mes on yomr terrible clement are entrusted
tp you, curn for a moment your view to
wards the Pantheon, and there fee the grati
tude of your country ; but above all recoi
led le Vengeur, whenever you encounter
the tyrants of the ocean. The marine of
Kings is an expensive luxury, that of the
Republic a lure weapon to emancipate the
leas. Liberty hasbefides commerce, anoth
er ambition : Commerce Will have Haves,
and ordains that one nation alone Ihall
predominate. Liberty will have no more
tyrants by sea than by land. It is not
that we (hould be maritime slaves, that na-
• i
Refclved unanimously, That we will
fubm>t to the laws cf ^the United Static
that we will not diredly or inditU&y o^
pole the execution of the ads lar'^fing a
revenue on diddled spirits and nr^'that
we will support, so far as the Ifev r^iir**i
the civil authority in affotdirg the protec
tion to,al! officers, and to the citiz<us 4 re
serving at the fame time cur coDiiitu
tional right of petition and remonftrahce. 7
Refblved unanimously. That in our o«
pinion in the four counties of Pennfylvanii
westward of the Alleghany mountains,there
is g general disposition to submit to all laws
of the United States, and determination to
support the civil authority in their execu
tion.
Refclved unanimously, That William
Findley-of Weftmoreland county>andDavid
Redick at Walhington county,be appointed
commilfioners to wait on the Prcfident of
-the United States and the Governor of
Pennlylvahia, with a copy of these refolii
tions, and to explain to government the
prelent slate of this country, and detail
such circumstances as may enable the Prefl
dent to judge whether an armed force- be
now neceflary to support the civil authority
in thele counties.
Refclved unanimously, That the fecteta
ry.tranfmit a copy of these refclutions by
pest to the Piefident of the Unded Sutei
and to rhe Governor of Penofylyania, and
have them printed in the Piccfburgh Ga
zette.
ExiraEi of a letter from an officer Vs
the Federal Army ‘who was in the
late ■aFUdnbttween GencralWayne
and the Indians, to his friends in
this city, dated Camp at the cba*
fiuence of the Auglaize and Mi^
ami rivers, i%tb August, 1794*
“ We have obtained latisfatSof jr
information that in the adion of
the 20th instant, we were opposed
by about 9000 Indians and 47
white men commanded by Colj
M'Kee and Matthew Elliot. Th id
force exceeded my computations
formed at the time upon the fird
of the enemy. Had they con**
denied their force, instead of at
tempting a line tiear two miles
long, the attack would have been *
much more formidable. Our iold
in killed and wounded of all ranks;
was^n the right wing commanded
by Brigadier General Wilkinfoii
59. On the left commanded by CoL
Hamtramk 53 —of the mounted
volunteers 26, and of Ihe artillery 9
iq— Total 13 the ground be
ing favourable to the enemy, their
lots was incohfiderable; The field
of adion was reconnoitered many
times by light parties and finally
swept by the army in line tp fearcli
for blankets, axes, &c. dropped
during the fkirmilh and the greats
est number of the dead of the e
nemy, including several white
men, which every observation and
inquiry can produce is less than
thirty-7-We are to continue here
until the return of General Todd,
who is this day dispatched with a
bout 700 mounted volunteers, to
escort provisions from Grenville
which, is 7< miles from this
place.” *
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NEW-YOiik, o£. 14;
Geneva, that peaceful Repub
lic, the feat of Science and tolera
tion, is now doomed to Suffer the
hotrdrs ofa Revolutionary Tribu
nal; That Small state incapable,
of ; effed'ual refiftahce, has been
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