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tar as criminality is concerned, the
lories and aristocrats, if there are
any who wish our government
Changed to monarchy of aristocra
cy, and the antifeder^ls, who wish
to render it more democratical are
precisely on the fame footing.
Their opinions differ from the
central will. But the truth is,
there is no crime in either case,
while opinions rest in theory and
argament—our government guar
antees to every man a full right to
speak his mind freely on all fub
^asj and tobc in heart a tory.
Formtbc American MiNerva,
The TIMES, No. X.
TAKE heed to yourselves,
Tories, or you may Toon Puf
fer * generalfweep' the measure has
been proposed already more than
once; fays the General Advertiser,
in Philadelphia. If f understand
this threat, it means, that there
may be Toon a general Massacre.
One wbmd think by reading tne
language of the incendiaries of A
merica, that We lived under the
dominion of a pope, a Spanilh in
quifnion, or the dey of Algiers.
The attempts made to frighten
their oppofers, and cdntrbl their
opinions, rank the Dembcrafs of
the southern stares among the most
langiioary perfecutors/the popes
and the Neroes of ancient times.
It is flrange, bur true, that men
are always the fame proud, blood
thirsty, perfecuring tyrants. In
ah countries, in all governments,
give men power, and they become
tyrants. Opinions are never dan
gerous, to persecute them is always
Aefpotifm. The conftnotion and
laws of America,* have no where
said a man Th all not believe in the
Pope; the Turkish Sultan, in Ma
homet or George Hid. There is
nd law in America to punilh a man
for thinking a monarchy the best
form of government. So long as
opinions do not produce overt ads
against the government, the Opin
ions are legal y they are not crimes;
they are not punilhable. A man
is under no legal or moral obliga
tion to think our republican go
vernment a better form, than the
government of‘the Six Nations or
the Chinese—Crimes consist only
in overt a Sts : and when crimes
are committed, the laws will pun
jfh them, not men. A man has
the fame right to be a torj y an arif
toerdt or a monarchy man, of th f e'
United States, as he has to be an
Antifederal^ or oppofcr of the exit
ing government —The opinions of
each of these defedptions of men
are equally opposed to the general
sense of America; and equally
hoflile to our republican constitu
tion. It is no more a Crime to
believe monarchy a good govern
ment, than it is to believe dur
federal constitution a bad one. So
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Foreign Intelligence*
L ONDO N, March 17.
TH E Secretary of State
us the Republic of Genoa
has fignified to the BritiHi Confu),
an ariftocr at, a Mahometan, a Jew,
a Pagan, a Jacobin, or an antifed
eral. Our government is a go
vernment of universal toleration.
The freedom of America, its
gfeatelt blefling, secures to every
citizen the right of thinking, of
speaking, of worfhipping and ad
ing as he pleases, provided he does
not violate the laws. The only
people in America who have dar
ed to violate this freedom are the
democratical incendiaries, who
have proceeded to threaten violence
to tories and arijiocrats and federal
republicans ; that is, to people not
of their party. Every threat of
this kind is an ad of tyranny; an
attempt to abridge the rights of a
fellow citizen. If a man is per
fecutedfor his opinions it is wholly
immaterial whether the persecution
springs from one man or from a
society of the people when men
are disposed to persecute. Power
is always right ; weak ne fs always
wrong. Power is always infolett
and defpotic^ whether exerciled in
throwing its oppofers into a bafti/e;
burning them at the flake; tor
turing them on a rack ; beheading
them with a guillotine*, or taking
them off, as at the maflacre of Sc.
Bartholomew, at a general sweep.
Power is the fame in Turkey asm
America. When the will of man
is raised above law, it is always
tyranny, and despotism, whether
it is the will of a bafhaw dr of baf
tafd patriots.
"MtJJrt. R^;
REABING^rib ouie of yoor papers
a number of predictions said to be
fame hundred years Handing, lately
found in France, brought to my thhid
fame things of the like nature, contained
in an old book written by Benjamin
Keach, a protestant dissenter of the last
century. The book is profeffedly writ
ten againff the church of Rome; the
ride of It is Amichrift Stormed—the
predictions above mentioned, yon may
give to the publie, in ytmr paper, if you
think them deserving of any notice.
They are as follows i—-
From the American Apollo.
TUESDAY, May 27, 1794.
The Admiralty has received
certain intelligence that 50 French
provifidn Ihips, under the convoy
of the Ambuscade, have arrived
in fafety at Brest from America.
The latest advices from Coh
flafttinople leave no room 10 doubt,
that the Empress of Russia con
fiders the present state of Europe
ai favourable to the execution of
her designs against the Turkish
empire. T,he Ruffian Ambassa
dor has communicated to the
Divan, “ that bis mistress infills
on an embargo being hid oh all
French vessels in the Turkilh
ports ; and that he has also pofu
tive orders to demand a dechra^
tion of war from the Grand Seign-
Or, against that rebellious nation;
the refute! of which will be con
fidcred as a deci ration of war a
gsinft the Emprefe.” Rothing
farther h yet khdWn than that thfe
Ottoman government is determine
cd to support their independency
by treating with just contempt? thfe
mandates of foreign foveieigns.
HOUSE OF LORDS, feb. 17.
I OR
that whenever EngJifh veflels shall
endeavour co chace any Ihips with*
in the reach of the cannon of the
forts, they will be immediately
fired at, conformably to the Edid
of Neutrality, and to the univer
faliy acknowledged rights of na
tions.
TH E Marquis of LandfdoWne,
. in a most eloquent,, nervous and
lengthy Speech, tock an ample
: review of the conduit of the Brit
ish ministry, in precipitating(heir
. country in war j of their ignorance
t in conducing it $ of their UI soc
-1 eefs in its operation j of their
: cbhdu& towards the French, and
j*. towards the petwral nations. Ori
this last particular, when mention
: ing rhe'United States of Americai
he observes :—
« fiuxour treatment of other neu
tral powers, was nothing in com*
The Serpent sloop of war, which
is just arrived, met with numerous!
neutral Ihips, chiefly bound from;
Denmark co Spain, and laden with
provisions. Their true deftinarion,
however, was probably for France:
but they were so covered with
invoices to merchants in Spain,
and recommendations to the Na
tional Officers in the French ports,
in case contrary winds or stress of
weather, or any other misfortune
Ihould drive them co any part of
France, that it was imprudent to
make prizes of them.
The North of Europe Teems to
be pregnant with impoi rant events.
The Em press of Ruffi.i is making
the most formidablepreparations:
while Sweden and Denmark flruck
with those appearances, seem to
form afeparate Coalition between
them.
panfoh with that which we had
ihewn towards America ; our lifter
people ; our family compact; our
natural child; Our friend, who
(poke our language; tied to us by
every affedion . Our cohdud to
America had been marked with
more than common Outrage, he
was afraid with blackpefs of guilty
that , he almost Ibuddered to ex
amine. He was almost afraid 10
speak out, but it was a duty in
cumbent upon every one of their
Lordftjips co endeavour in feafon>
to prevent, if ppffible, the horrors
to which the attrocities that he
alluded to, led the way. He did
not Tpeak merely of the order of
the 6th of November, an order
made without consulting the A
mcrican merchants; btit by whac
iubtlety had it happened chat the
Algerines had been made to declare
again ft the Americans ? Was there
nd fufpicioh that the Indians, which
had been called the arms which
God and nature had put into our
hands, had been let loose upon the
Stated ? He had no doubt but to
these qeflions.Miniflers would be
furniffied .with, ready diplomatic
anfwers.*— But it was for the con
sideration of their Lordftips,. and
of every generous mind in the
kingdom, to express, in time to
prevent consequences, their abhor
rence at the very idea of such a
system. No power on earth, the
canton of Beirne itfelf, could dis
play more true wisdom, more dig
nified moderation, than had Mn
WASHINGTON, and the go
vernment of America. He had
displayed, shall I fay (Tays he) the
grandeur of a monarch, he dis
played all the virtues, all the wif
dbm of an honest and enlightened
man ; he disdained to follow the
example of those who not merely
aft upon the popular cry, but who
raise a cry in order that they may
ad upon it; but he opposed him
lelf to the madness of the moment,
and fecurcd to the people of A
merica thfe blessings of peace, irt
spite of themfelves.s^-Wbat is the
cdnfequence? The rtfledioh has
proved to them the wisdom of their
government, which has colleded
flrength and stability by the mea
fure?’ , '
£ ARI S, Fth. 20.
The grand total of prisoners in
the different goals of Faris, a
moums this day to 5569.
Feh. 2j. On the 21st inst the
Commons of Paris decreed, that
all land, which had hitherto been
let apart for the produce of luxury
should be town with grain.
Addrefies, out of all number
, are daily handed to the Conven
tion* praying it not to listen to
terms of peace; till all the tyrants
of the earth have bit the dust. *
The most remarkable is tha; from
HocheHe, which contains the fol.
[ lowing paflage :**
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