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In penetrating into the enemy’s
territory, brave Ibldiers, we need
not ftimulace your courage : You
are always eager to combat and to
conquer; but we recommend to
your conlideration what the French
people have proclaimed every
where—War to the palace, peace
to the cottage—War against ty
rants and their fatelites, peace to
the peaceable citizens, to the hum
ble abode of the indigent, to the
abode of the ufeful labourer and
industrious artizan/’ This con
duct, as it arises from our feelings,
is also dictated by our inrereft.
The Spanilh territory, upon
which we now enter, will become
part of the French Republic. Let
therefore devastation, pillage and
incendiary be far from you; let
the fearful inhabitant behold his
asylum refpeAed, and learn at
length to esteem a people, the a
vengets of the violated rights of
human nature, whom kings and
priests have reprefehted to them
as a people of Anthropophagi.
And you, inhabitants of the
Spanilh fields and towns, ufeful -
labourers, industrious artizans, fly
hot the Republican legion; throw
yourfelve^ into our arms, without
weapon, without defence, and you
will find in them protedtion and
fafety for yourselves, your family,
and your property. The Fjem-H
soldier has sworn to exterminate
the men armed for tyrants; but
the sword so dreadful to such will
always refpe<ft him, who,defence
lefs, Ihall implore his assistance
and his clemency. He will equal
ly refpetff opinions, manners, cus
toms and usages. Remain, there
fore, in your peaceful dwellings,
cultivate your fields, gather in your
harvests, work at y our occupations,
^and liberty, growing in the midst -
of you, will soon make you feel
the immense distance between the
avengers of the rights of men, and
the slaves that move within the
verge of delpotifm*
The French soldier would con
quer you to freedom, not by the
lerror of his arms; but by gaining
your hearts, and illuminating your .
minds. ,' f. . < * , ,
(Signed) PI NET, the Elder;.
CARRAU.
CAVAIGNAC.
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To the army of the Weftern Py rennets,
a»d the Spaniards of th® Frontiers.
Bra<ve Soldiers!
THE moment of victory has
at length arrived, which
proves that this army is the worthy
lifter of ihdfe* of the North and
South; chat, by their example,
you will also avenge your country,
overturn the defpocs, and facrifice
their fatelites ; that, like them, af
ter purifying the land of liberty,
sullied by the presence of slaves,
you will bear the triumphant arms
of the Republic into the territory
of the enemy, and there display
the tricoloured standard of free
dom*
Volume IX.]
FRENCH PROCLAMATION.
PubliJbedonTwtA^jS, by William Stearns, in Main-Street, Exeter, (Ne-uo-HampJhire} at 6fßper annum.
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER OF SI»AIN
TO The SPANISH NATION*
Btave Spaniards !
A 8 I only intend to lay before
/y your eyes truths that will
cauie your fears to subside, and
only’ alk of you to listen to me
attentively ; my solicitude gives J
rne a right to require it, and your
own inrereft warrants it*
I am well aware that venal and
poisonous pens will endeavour 10
' picture the late fate of war as the
depth of misfortune 5 that bold
and calumniating tongues will re
prefenc the impetuosity of the
enemy -as irrefiftable. I know that
traitors to God, to the King, and
your cause, will not be filenc, but
will use every means of bringing
you over co their sentiments ; that
their seducing language will repre
sent to you every thing as poflible,
that the venal spy will endeavour
to^ngage you among insurmount
able precipices; but at the fame
time I am acquainted with your
loyalty; the King knows it, and
confides in your fortitude against
the torrent of evil advisers. Do
you feel the true extent of our re- ;
sources ? Be allured, that they are
fufficient, when combined, not on?
ly to drive the enemy as soon as
they (hall,begin load, butthat
the King hopes to fee that enemy
crulhed on the arrival of the rein
forcements which have, begun to
march, and which are animated
by the most ardent desire to meet
the.enemy, rather than to take rest
in camp.
Spaniards !
Can 30,000 weak and undifei
plined men, wage a serious war
upon us on the fide of Navarre
and Biscay. They are not, and
cannot be in greater .numbers,
owing to the state of the frontier
provinces. Thepombined armies
in the North require their firft at
tention, and whde the French ap
pear augmenting their, forces, they
in fa& diminilh/ It is by violent
means that their people are forced
to their armies. Terror and the
guillotine are the springs of all
their operations, and they excite
hatred and despair. Youfeethat
the sacred right of property no
longer exists ^mong them; you
fee that justice has disappeared
from among them, and you fee,
that under a fallacious purer of
right, they havefyccecded in bring
ing into fubje&iqn men, but in the
efld they make flawes of them.
Unfortunately., our citiesand
villages have experienced this fatal
ill. Scarcely one inhabitant did
they leave free when they made
their mcurliQn/ This incurfipn is
hot Aftonifliing, it is a conference
of their unbounded cupidity j but
weigh the motive, and judge ofthe
infufiiciency of (heir arms tp pur
fuetheir advantages./
Could you imaging that or
30,000 men wpujd be able to fub
our ^oyinces^ if we begt puy ,
endeavours |b destroy thsj^ .
PROCLAMATION.
TUESDAY, November 18, 1794.
Butdo not let your present ficua
tion discourage you. Do not im- '
agine that our affairs have reached
the last extremity of danger.—
Means of opposing the enemy are
not wanting. The King will bring
down their insolence and pride by j
taking himfelf the command of
his Catholic army; Your Sov
ereign reposes all confidence in
Spani/h loyalty, and he endeavours
to make return for it by limiting
as much as possible his Royal
pom^ that new imports may be
avoided ; diminishing his expences
as much as the honour of His crown
permits. This measure, and his
paternal care evinced by his con.
ftant attendance to the dispatch of
public business, ro adminiffer jus
tice, ^eferve an extraordinary re
ward. Let us imitate his indefat
igable zeal, let us fulfil our duties,
and by vigour in the present mo
ment Jet us secure our felicity.
Les peace and tranquility among
you make return for the upright
intentions of your King, and all
his faithful fubjefts shall receive
marks of his igpodnefe. Weigh,
de,ar fellow citizens, tbs fmcere
effufiqps of my heart, and you
will ^Uth And candor have
been my guides. I have no oth
er end in view but your tranquili
ty, and to rouse. your spirit to de
stroy a horde of banditti who wilh
to disturb our quiet. If I luc
ceed in this, you will find in a few
days, the fruits pf my endeavours.
Assist my designs with your en
deavours, and you will soon feql
the advantages of your exertions.
Religion will contribute to your
triumph, and its aid Will be with
out intermirtion,' invoked for all
by your true friend, A
ALCUpIA. ;
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It is not furprizing that they
Ihould at this time have seized
upon an open Country j but they
can form from that no pretentions
to niiory.' The nature of the
country alone must stop their car
reer, Be well allured that the
experienced and Brave General
who commands our forces, will
permit them to keep what they
have usurped only so long as they
Ihall not incommode him; and as
soon as he (hallundertake to de
stroy them, he Ihall succeed.—
Dispel therefore the fears with
which you may have been imprcll
ed ; but at the fame time make an
effort to secure jourfelves in your
homes. God, his facrcd law com
mands it, and retied: that your
fields will not afford you the pro
duce unless you ly under his ban
ners. He will (hen atiift you and
he will fight for you. Pray to
him sincerely, and implore his
protedion. To this effed pub
lic prayers ftiali also be offered, t
Look into hiftory ; the innumer
able examples of a wonderful de
fence made against mightier attacks
will be the answer.
er be engaged in a service more important
to their country. It is nothing less than
to co^folidale and prclerve the bieffiugs of
chat revolution which, at much expence
of our blood and treasure, conlti uted us a 6
free and independent nation* it is to give
to the world an illußrious example of the
uimoft conlequence to mankind 1 expe
rience an hearttclt htufa^ion in the con
vision that the conduit of the troops thro’,
out will be in every rdpedl antwerabje to
the cause, and the magnitude of tne flake.
I here is but one point on which I think
it proper to add a fpccial recommendations
—lt is that every officer and soldier will
conftancly bear in mind, that he comes to
support the laws, and that it would be pe
culiarly unbecoming in him to be in any
way the infraftor of them, that the effcntial
principles of the government confine thd
province of the military,when called forth,
on such occasions, to these two objeds—
i 11, to caffibac and subdue all who may be
found in arjns, in oppphtion to the national
will and authority— ad,to aid and support
the civil magidrates, ajnd let it ever be our
pride and our glory to have the facrcd de
pofic there inviolate.
Convey to my fellow citizens in arms,
my warm acknowledgements for the rea
diness with which they have hitherto sec
onded me in the most delicate and mo
mentous duty the Chief Magistrate of a
free people can have to perform : and add
my /affe&ionate .wishes for their health,
comfort aud success. Could my further
presence with them have been neceifary,
or compatible with my civil doties at a
period when the approaching commence,
ment of a session of Congress calls me to
return to the feat of government, it would
not have been withheld; In leaving them'
I have less regret as I know 1 commit them
to an able and faithful direction, and -that
this direction will be ably and faithfully
Seconded by .all. ’
G. WASHINGTON.
FURTHJRPARTICULARS OF THE
RESOLUTION in GEN ESA.
—————
GENEVA, July 2 y.
IN the details I now fend you,
ypu may place the fulleft con
fidences they will serve to throw
some light on the causes which
have produced our new Revolu
tion;, and on the means pursued
tor its accomplilhmenx. ..
On Friday the ißeh inrtant^M.
Soulvaie, and Merle, a Commiff
oner from the French Convention,
resident here x gave a grand dinner
to the principal members of a fo
/ciecy, entitled* the- Club of the
Mpuota^
confiningof tie most violent,pat-
Tbi following is the Phftdem’s
mejfage delivered to the Conimandt.r
0/ the Patriot Army^ on taking leave
of it.
" United States, (Bedford) Ofl. 20,1794.
To Henry Lee, Esq. Commander tn Chief
of the Militia army on its march againA
the infur gents in certain rwefiern counties
in Pennjyl^uania. , '
Sir,
BEING about to return to the feat of
government 1 cannot take my departure
without conveying through you to the ar
my under your command, the very high
fehfe 1 entertain of the eniigrened and pat
riotic zeal for the constitution and the
taws, which has led them cheerfully to
quit their families; homes and the comforts
of private life, to undertake, and thus fair
to perform a long and fatiguing march,
and to encounter and endure the hardships
and privations of a military life. 1 heir
conduit hitherto affords full assurance that '
their perseverance will be equal to their
zeal ; and that they will continue to per
form. with alacrity, whatever the full ac
compMhmcnt of the obled of their march
ihall render necessary.
No Citizens of the United States can ev-
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