The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-10-28 00:00:00, page 3

The leaden of the French revolution have
like other politician*,, been ft^necimes in *
the right, and forhetimes oiherwile : but '
the fidelity of the soldiers to the standard
of the Republic has been diftfoguiflied by
circumflances unexampled in hidory..
To arrest a vicarious general, at the head
Os his troops, would, even in the purest
days of Rome, of Athens, or of Sparta,'
have been a very dangerous experiment.—
The army of the com mon we) th of England
degenerated into a military machine, con
ducted by Cromwell. Ac his command,
they littcraliy turned foe legislature of their
‘country out of doors. The annals of every
domestic contest are full of foeh ftoriee. It
1$ quite needless to mention any other in
rtancef.
in France, Fayette poffefled the confi
dence of the people.. He was a man of
talents and of .virtue,and known to be luch.
Butin the moment when he began to
bppofe the Convention, or rather the pop
*ular party in it; his influence with his ar
my was Annihilated... Himfelt and ievenl
of the principal officers were forced to fly.
If there has been only one general in
modern ages, who deserved the attachment,
rhe gratitude, the veneration of his soldiers,
Dumourier wks that man. With a body
of raw forces, and by the mere dint of su
perior (kill as a field officer, he repulsed the
veterans of the great Frederick) tho’ twice
as numerous as his own army. He after
wprds conquered Flanders, the grrateft ac.
q jifion made from the foundation of the
French monarchy. He would have alio
conquered Holland, if hii army had not
been llarved by the perfidy, as he alledged,
of y fart ion in the Convention. His men
fufiertd hardships that cannob be related
without horror. Thousands died ; thou lands
deferred back to France 5 but we never
heard of a mutiny. .
At fad hit determined to desert the cause
of the Republic ; he affirms, perhaps with
leafoo, that the Convention had z previously
determined ip murder him. Something
of his difficult fiiuation had been understood
by his troops. They buffered him to es
cape, but,a handful excepted, none qt them
"deserted with him.
Cuftiiie also, ano her victorious comman
der, was, upon very odd grounds, arretted,
tried, condemned, and executed. No mi
litary murmurs ensued. Not a man mmin
ed.
Houchird, just after a very great yi&ory
at Dunkirk, was arrested in the midst of
his own camp, at a. time when arreftment
had become equivalent to death-. ; He was
.tried, condemned, and executed, without a
remonstrance, or even a request in his fav
or.
JoUrdah drove Cobourg and Clairfait
from their entrenchments at Maubeage.—
This was the greatest and best fought battle
that the Republic had theft gained. Jour
don was recalled and dismissed, wifo as
much facility as if he had been but a drum
mer- Every body had reafph to expert
h-s trial And execution, but be baa been re
stored to command.
Several other eminent officers have been
fi jpended or nave fled. All have invaria
bly found that the integrity of the soldiers
to the national cause was inflexible. The
talents of a Csiar or a Cyomwell could not
have dazzled or debauched an army of
modern French Republican*. The com
mon men seem to have adopted the laconic
motto of the celebrated family of Doug
las,, forward * The fate of a favorite gene
ral’is Ike a bdlruffi opposed 10 the ocean
of military enthusiasm. A people, who have
undertaken to extirpate the Sovereigns of
Europe, are engaged in a talk too arduous
to give themfdves kifure for thinking of a
displaced commander.
We do not fay that the French army are
to be pratfed for every ptrt of their edn
durt. We only state what has artnally
happened. h
* In all the f^uabbles and maflacres of the
Convention3he army,the city of Faris, and
a very great majority of the rest of the
people, have invariably flood by the foccefs
ful party. This Uniform adherence, and
unanimity, afford a ftroqg preemption,
that many of these executions which appear
so (hocking, have been grounded on fub
flantial junice. ■ . .
There is do reason ip expert that the
pregrefs of the french arms will be impe
ded by the execution of Robespierre, of ev
en of any general in the French lervice ;
since Fayette, Dumourier,' Cuftine and
Houchard, Roland, Bnflbt and Danton,
have vanished from the fleeting kene With
out revenge, and al molt without re mem
bftnee.. - .
4 REVOLUTION IN GM EVA.
This event has taken place upon the
principles of Liberty end Equality, uhder
FROM A PHILADELPHIA
the immediate dirertion of M. Soulavie,
and Merle, French commissioners, who bad
brought over a large p»rty_of the inhabi
tants intoAheir measures. Early in foe
/morning of the 9th, the members of a club,
bf which "the two Frenchmeh were leaders,
had lecourfe <0 arms, knd, arming the
populace at the fame time took pofleflion r
of the gatek and arienals. They then e
krted a Revolutionary Commitee, by
whom every perfbn inimical to their inter
ests was inftahdy apprehended, and sent to
prtfon ; nearly a thousand in number, a
mongst whom is'M. Neckier, late prims
minitter of Fiance. Among the prisoners,
all this ecdefiaftics, no one excepted, are
comprehended.
. Soulavie is at the head of everything:
His confidents have taken on tbemfelves
the whole of the management: and fd ful
ly Was he prepared for what was to hap
pen,that early on Sunday morning he trans
mitted to checltib a lift of thole who were
to be apprehended, with orders to leize
them wherever they could, be found.
The Revolutionary Triounal was no
ffioner elected, -chan it proceeded to exer
cise its funrttonk. On the.zzd it fen^enced
to death fourteen perfone—(even of these
fenrences were confirmed by the Revolu
tionary mass—the others were changed into
banifoment or impnlonmeot, wuh contif
cation of property. The condemned were
instantly foot. ’
The populace,fince the revolution, and at
this hour, pillage eiery where, and are ea
ger in endeavouring to difeover all whom
they confider‘any way inimical to the
present fyflem. -
SALEM, OS. *zi.
TALLIEN,
Ncfw Leader of the French Convention,
Is about 32 years of age, lull of fire and
energy. His head is lofty and command
ing. He is a Girocdin, or, to speak ftrirt
er, a Mukadin, in all the extent of that
term. He is fond of women, of the table,
play, and all amufementi. Particularly
careful of his person, he spends much time
at his toilet. He lives publicly with Ma
dame De F^tenai, daughter of the fa
mous C:byrua; of Spain. She is hisEge
ria, and as much as poflible foftens the ri
gour of his Republican chararter. When
he was deputy commissary at Bourdeaux,
foe engaged him to condurt himfelf with
humanity, and saved many from the fury
of his affociaus. TaHien, however, voted
for the Death of the King.
The London prints brought by the late
arrivals contain two state papers of consid
erable interest. They pirture Very strongly
indeed, the alarm of the allies, the tapid
progress of the French, and display the
desperate means to which they thick of
having recoarfe for the defence of the coun
try, now the fest of war. Ooe is a mani
fefto addressed by the Prince of Cubourg to
the Germannic nation, in which, after tak
ing a retrofpert of his unfuCtcfsful efforts
in defending Flanders, he calls on that por
tion of Germany, between the Maele and
Rhine, for their silver vases and men fils
of the churches, for the service of the em
perot, and concludes "by declaring that if
they are as negligent in their own defence
as the Belgians,he will delolste their coun
try, and retire beyond the Rhine. The
other i» a proportion from the Ssadtholder
to the States, for a general levy of men to
retrieve the desperate circumstances of the
Republic. N t *
Capt. Woodberry arrived yesterday,
days from Tfinity, Martinique. He in
forms us. That the Britifo troops have died
there in amazing numbers, that there are
but very few remaining, and that most of
rhe French merchants are leaving the island
for the southern states of America? Part
of Admiral Jervis’ Iqadron remains at Fast
Royal, nor having men enough on board
to navigate them but of port, they having
dekrted.
COMMUNICATION
^be President of ibe United Stales
Could not make a reply more /
faired to his fftuaciori^ith regard
to those who so caluminate him
in all the papers of the
Union, than did another Great
Personage, who had been greatly
importuned to exert his faperiori
ty and power in checking the many
wanton aod licentious attacks from
the press, oh his (acred person :
His answer I I was born, •
Was inftruEied, and will continue as
the friend of freedom •, tbofe
think sue other wife, are of a nature
L f/■ <■’ \ /' ■• ’ r* i.'
1 . The gentleman had with him at New
port and Providente, the Evening Papers of
' New York, containing this interesting ac
* count, but in unpacking his chelt he laid
them on the table in his lodgings and un
fortunately left them,' very ihuch to his
> mortification.
He further rf portsfoat Geh. Py c h e g ru
had Been at Farit, and had returned to his
command with orders from the Conven
tion, tq pursue his operations with redoub
: ted Vigour. / z
It was reported bo Saturday, on Change
that the dajtes destroyed the credibility of
foe information, but foe present account
may be depended upon.
. Re-caplure of Guadaloupe.
„ Er cm NORFOLK— Ocr, it.
By Captain Trick arrived last Wcdnef
day, and who came paflenger in the (loop
Richard, Cap'. Ripley* ol Boston, bound
to Baltimore from St. Croix, we learn,
that on the.yth September an engagement
commenced between the Freqch and En
* glifo at Guadaloupe—the English werd
totally defeated, and all those who could
not reach foeir boats were put to fob (word.
They Ufj foe French m poflfeffioh of thd.
1 whole island. The Enghfo had 4000
troops engaged, and the French 460 Whites
end 10,000 armed Negroes—who obtain
ed their liberty in confcquCnCe bf their
taking up arms. >
incapabk^cf comprehension, js their .
principles of protecting liberty is the
laying ] nates io entrap it.
I—authentic —
BY a gentleman of undoubted veracity,
who arrived in this town last Friday e
veniog, from New York, which place he
left after the Mail, and camera Provi
depce-s-we have cho following agrteabie In
telligence :
That Slays, which was said in the last
EngHlh papers to have been abandoned by
the French forces who befiegid ic, h-d ac
tually furrerdered to. the arms of foe Re
public. This important news was brought
to New York in a veflei from Hamburgh,
which left chat place the iorh of Septem
ber last i a very short paflage at this season,
as foe came through the North Seas.
The gentleman, our informant; further
fays, that he is well acquainted with the
Captain bf the veflel, and has convened
with him fully on foe fubjed; and has no
doubt of its authenticity.
He also informs us, that Rotterdam a
principalfea port in Holland, was besieged
by foe French Troops; who had burnt the
Gun Boats, under foe command of foe
celebrated Sir Sydney Smith, which
were diipatched from England to the aflitt
ance of the Dutch.
The veffd from Hamburgh, was under
the command of Cape. Champlin, artd
belongs to the house of Maa tor r-s and
Champlin, of iNew York
Northampton, o^r g.
On F.iday hit, the Sopreme
Judicial Codrt, ended the Septem
ber term in this town—-during this
feflionj Elias Hull arid Charles
Haigood, were convicted of Coun
terfeiting Gold arid Silver Coin,
and fen fenced to ftarid id the Pil
lory artd to be confined’on Callie
Island for the term of eight years
—also, one Whiting tor breaking
open the public (torts in Spring
field, sentenced to fit on the gal
lows, and to be confined on Callie
Island five vears.
** IT »< impoffiok to fay what is doing
by Mr. J ax, but from, what I can judge,
this country is perftrtly inclined co be
friendly, and to do ample jaftice to Ameri
ca: as fueb, no doubt every thing will go
right. From wh« 1 have seen, both in
Fiance aod Germa°y< ® n d here, lam of
opinion the present unhappy war is by no
means likely to be put an end to. All
parties appear fd determined, that I foall
not be forprifed if it con inucs seven years,
or even much longer?’
N EW-YORK, Oa. 18.
ExtraS of a letter from an Ameriian gentle-
It is reported with, confidence, that in
donfequence of the Statu qu> agreement
between Mr. Jay and the Britifo Mindtry,
Major Campbell has evacuated the Fort
at the rapids of the Miami.
a . By last Evenings Mat I.
man, dated- London, Auguli 20.
BOS TO N, (Mer 27.
CAPTURE of SLUTS.
Last Friday the Circuit Court com- ■
menced their feffian io this town—we are
happy to learn that no criminal cases have
been prelected for trial.
DIED, at Baltimore of the yellow fever^
Mr. Thomas VFeiUter, Me of this
towr: ' ■ T - '
—ln thia Town since our, last, Mr:
SamueL Lamson, JEr. about 80.
Small Pox.
THE Small Pox may now be
had by inocula:ion» at Joh#
Bond’s Hofpnal in Hampftead-^
Said Hospital hzl been repaired
lately^—also a new one will be fin
ifhed within fifteen days, bbtfe of
them fit date upon a large hill,
which affords a p leafant profped,
and fine salubrious air. Thole,
perforiS who wilHto be inoculated,
are desired to apply soon, that
•things may be made ready for
their reception.
jo^H Bond.
(Mohr 21, I'7^4,
On tbs \ ~th Sef>t. a vefel eiuned by a gen
tleman belonging to tbit town, wat captured
a Bermudian pirate, within two milei of
the light-bou)e, at the Capet of the Delaware,
■the Captain piund.red, and the feftl and car
go carried to Bermuda, for ttiali abas con
demnation. For many ye ar> thu neji of pi
rata have exifte r, to the disgrace of tivilix
ed Jociety, and the jbame of the power that
fupporti them. It it time their annihilating
took place.
After tbi> .meeting a proper notife ilion
,will be addrefed to tooft, who vefae at a dis
tance.
iFe bear not a word said bf Robefplerrc,
or het fyfttm of Morality—Neither hear wt
eulogiumt on t.he brave Kofk-olcow.
It it said, when St. Just wat going with
hit friendt, Robespierre, anc^ other t, to the
guillotine, he said, in the wordi s/Shakc
ipear— ,
ExtraQ of a letttr from a gentleman in Rutd
lan,a (Vermont) to bit . friend in Newbury
dated September 24, 1794-
“ I find from what information I am able
to obtain, that a Revolution is on foot irt
lower Canada, The French,^tired of val
falage, are, about emancipsting themfelvea
from their intolerable t^,& matters, the
Br tilh : Should this happen, the province
of Canada will becopte a very easy conquelt
to the arms cf the United States, and the
elute of war on our weHern frontiers very
easily removed. The Canadians fay they
want nothing to cany their plan into com
plete effert, but perlons of erterp;ize and
perseverance to take the lead.’*
Secretary’s Department, (Phila.)
OCTOBER I/. *
s^* It is ^cquif'd that all persons in this
dtj inttrefied in captures made if property
by Bfitifh cruijers, will be so good as to meee
at the office of the Department of State^ to^
morrow morning at I I o'clock inorder to con
fer w.th the Secretary of State in. rtla ion to
the appointment of an agent for the manage^
ment of their b u/in fs u idtr the late o der o'"
his Britannic Majesty in council re/peeti f
appeals and da ms
. . “ I told ye all,
** When we firft put t^it dangerous kaHe to
cutting,
** 'Fwouldfall upon our nech.”
„ Wed odd ay rhe zzd in ft. Mr. SamueL
Tomb was Ordained to the pa floral card
of the Presbyterian Church in Newmarket
as a colleague Pallor with the Rev. Mr.
Eweb. The public exeYcifes of the day
were as follows — The Rev. Me Row
land made the inuodudory prayer—the
Rev. Mr. Morrison preachtd rhe fermoii
—The Rev. Mr. An an made jhe cople-i
crating prayer—the Rev. D'. Macclin
'tocK gave the charge—the Rev. Mr.
MiLTiMoftE gave the righthand of fellow*
ship—and the Rev. Mn BvckminsteA
made an addrefsto the people and the con
cluding prayer.
The decency and order with which the
whole was attended Was pieaGng j bu^
what affords lingular joy to the friends of
Zion is' that this people which have long
been divided into twa focieiies are novt
happily united in one.
Ureter,
YVESDAY, OCTOBER 28,
1794.