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ting-fonged out of its more sober influen
ccs. It is already too late to play the old
game. The Rabble has got such topping
nations about their having foob, and be
ing made of the fame fluff, as they lay ,
with Kings and Lords, th ^ they art not
to be faddird, fleeced, and herded any
longer. It fhorr, if eothing leG trim ab r
'gate fay and divine right will go dowq
with you, my advice is to toy you a retirj
ed farm, turn grazer, and make and ad,
aninider laws to your Hoffes, Oxsm, sheep,
and Hogs.
Oddfneart ! I have a rare prcie& for
thee Billy Pitr. ts people will bs fe^iriou#,
'and talk fancy about liberty arid reforms,
make them pay for it ; that will curb
them. Bid the Lord advocate forbear ;
and pafsa law laying hvEecife on ctr.
tain feditievs words. Surely it will be
"fyllematic ; for sedition is clearly a Im
ry. This will be bringing them up free
• &'a)t, as the faiiors fay. If they flop
trade, and (hut up (hop upo, it, 'touch
them op with the old game ; if they are
obflinate, and choose to continue brawl
ing, it foil add another fair irera to your
budget of ways and&fa*r.'
1 wouW^op minn the duty to the eror
mitv ^fthe texp^e ffidri, froth & shines to a
0 —groat. For inlhnce, "the Rights ts
Mhn.r " Liberty and %'&,,%,
rhe like, should form a clefs f+ the firn j
intermediate claffcs to corfirt of fitch ex
prefrions as "•French revolution" —
v Friends pf the pecplc”=" SeMtoof
[No.3i.cfVoL. il.]
bfo^4t^^4tufot^
JtyceUarty.
The CORDWAINER, N^ 9.
DOST thou not perceive courteous
reader, that the CoRDWai,£K
(has caught somewhat of the fpiric of hrs
illuflrious pattern / He cannot, indeed,
conjare up tych a tcene of enchantracnt
aboet thee, and transform thy very ih,d-
W to a giant ; but mark, I pray thee,
how bold and wreonhned he ia,; not texh
.ered by prejudice to place or time, but
embracing all nations and all age#. 4 —
Woaldtt thou be furprized fhauld he de
vote feme future iucubrauofy as perhaps
he may, to a few political hinta 10 the
Chruefe, and Game paternal advice 10 p„f-.
verity of Jhe Ninexy-Nirth century ?I
A fiddle-flick for your poppet- (hows !
Away with your cob-web pageantries ot
fate-jugglery. Be advised, friend George
not to Ih^tout the Ambassadors of Rea
4on, became Frenchmen have invested it
with the spoils of Religion and Royalty,
and made it their God and their King.—
Reason is Reason ftil! ; owd if all men do
not choefe to run lunatic like Mr. Paine
and the Jacobin Club, depend upon it,
mankind will not always be cajoled ,nd
The Corowainer. at this timq pre^
&nu hi, compliments to the King of
Great Bri ate, Mr. Put, and Mr. Burke,
. and begs perm:llion of his most Sacred
Majcily, and their Right Honourables, to
offer a few Suggestions.
And how goes the date.game, my Tweet
Jockeys? Mind your hand, I pray you,'
Why sere you are placing your Trumps,
when a humbler sou won Aferve you oct
_4t Are you no§ in your Nine h^les,
: that your Hononrslhali count yoq nothing,
and all depend# upon your fvccel# in
.tricks ? It was, Ifywever, certainly good
play to lead out &t Ace of Trumps,
young Frederick, j^io Finders ; and,
Mercy !, Ghat h=.k dors he m ^:e #-
raong their Deuflh'lre/^l Buufr!
fie! ye had better be asleep, than be
' ptzflrg off your Edovj-Eayf to fech read.
Take my word for iu ' e nedßbe:te? ft^ck
invite back Reman •, pay the two former
a guinea a hair for (having their heads, to
enable them to buy wigs, and place the
latter under the dropping# of your ever
flowing Treasury.
the band ; cdlihome Muir and Pubmr ;
Columbian Informer;
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oafrfefo v^ r ?M^Oo&fflft^ •^foWfa ^sft^#
,tates" —" Parliamcrtary Inform,'' and
id on# down epa four,penny “ Equal Re
uprqfeatatfoa."
As,or thee. Friend Burke, I adrift
fhee to lay down the pen.
•" Since the wwldi&fo mad we can hope
;o< no c,rf." Would you follow any
.(nOTe that w?afeb Paine ! Why, man, you
widwact h<if a &ff Jackals to keep you
.44*We Gent. Audwhat signifies to ffyid
yoar Drains ana your ink upvn Frag, 1
Y^u might as wfli pre,, co a wiud-miU.
h you ihtw your credential#, and plead
the a^h^myof &.%,, they will point to
ftguillotine. If you talt to them of the
thneu of things, and th old change to fay
a,word about Reafou, uer will inftaatl^
jein ifoeßph F U # P 4 ^ew ycu a fan
,iad@f figure, which ,they call by that
•fefy^dfeifa out in the French t^fie, with
a Qhe'fy <ap, and belli. If ypuhgth
tn year face, and mention Religion, whai
avails ? Why, fir, a French Conventioner
@l rife and move an amendment to the
Decalogue with a# much aftgr&nce a# he
wouid a decree to aboh(h Letters as Catch
W. In (hut, they require, a uifcrin&fpe
cies cl Rhetoric. N, argument fyek of
Gun,Ponder will prevail with &m ; and
b§ evr mc A y„our only hopeful Racuniciaa
16 the Duke of York. # %
€w*&><>o<^e&e& ^^^O
LarESr FOREIGN INfLLUGcNCE.
By Cafet Scott, fari?o arrived at Eoflox.
ref— 1"',
f R ^W.C E - *
EPiroMCTO,
PROCEEDNGS of THE.FRENCH
CONVENTION.
j&At tie time of RocE&srt£aaa'. Ex,
cuhb*.
WEDkE.BAT, JULY 33.
HE jacobins addrxfed the Coni
venti&n to denounce feme grander# } whom
Roberfpierre wished to dr.tv#> from^aru,
Referred toCommitvee of Safety, , t ,|
THURSDAY.,J&LY-24.. 1
This fitting was tumultuous.
Roberfpierre afeended the tribune.—Tie
said, that finse he pra-laiiaed a .Supreme
Being, the inveteracy of the faccetyr^of
Herbert 2nd Daaton, had increased.,! lie
then endeavored to shew the fahebood ot
4 report of iris propose to have go mem
bers arretted—The Committee g Safety
and Surety, said be, are the only pillars
of Libertv. The tfy stem .of Dumourier,
continues in Belgium; there they me re
planting the -trees of Liberty, they wi(h
<9 produce a change in the .Republic's fit 4
vacop.-rtt is r^umbencon tee &outeni
non to assume the dignity which batangs
to its character. —
Bourdon demurred 'that this speech
feould be. infpe&N ^ntye Vo^nritteCT
and there published. . „ , <.f
Barrerc fcpoAded. CcuOon, Grid it
would degrade %hci Convention,to h,e
speeches inlpe&eddiy Lntpmi&tep before
printed-he moved thatrit be (printed and
lent to the Communes.
?; Vadier complained Rabadpierre had
aratkedin ^ Ifo&fa^epQrt pa ,Cath|
Theos. Roberfpiege, said he had no iuch
imentionhS ^t 1, r.. # T O ^+ :
Carndon—Roberfpierre has brought a
charge agaiidkiht,rtfent fyflem pffaaoae,
in widen, he lays. Lincreafc the number
es di&ffegWd „rfoffi Roberlpie rre tt
ptocd^nh it he ,fyikc of the fyflpn gnjy,
by which'he repeated many werf ruig^d.
htdebatb grew warm., ^I'F
^Erer^demanded stercfciad^nLfflthe
deareessflich albwed iteapp^tynfigapf.
mmrfb&Mfd^ CitypuiffiCT^
ra^rfiid he;ifter can: feak 4lte fef^
@w fem he 4^4Q&#t& > J ^7
r.WmM&X&if thit as granted, it
would degrade the Convention ; for that
was an u^oithy member, who /toedtp
tyQk._',
Purrnu maintained the/exiftc^ce of Lib
ert, depended" on its adoption.
This depute was got the better of by
t% order, the day.- —Robespierre ,
fyecii was decreed io bf printed, and did
mbuied.
A . FkIBAT, JULY 2,
St. Just, fiid_he was of nd party—he
would center, against them all. The
Comrair.cca had .directed him to report on
the chargc of opinid ri. Hue to the Con
mention, aid in his own name, he would
: GO this. H intended to support the fen
xuocata Robfri^nrre delivered the ^y
before, but' was interrupted by difjpprpv.
i%lQ^h :
Auer tome tumult, Tallinn Qoke to pr-
Tdfien—^. Just tells you lie is es no
fruity —rtwr aai I—lonly cipoufe the fide
of outh. Yesterday Rosenpi rre report,
co innia own n^e— .ip-day another, i^em
?er tyeuUs Qn f hs. o^. author ,/;,No
^pddjQpzen b^t must weep at the a
fate we are rfouweea te, when individual#
didste thus in hcifown name.
JL&te Vffpwfo^t You will Judder
with Lurror,when 'CW % l ^ h ^ armed
force of Paris is entruhw to forritid.il
hands.—Henriot via# denounced by the
Revolutionary Tribunal as an accomplis
of Hebert. What was tne consequence ?
One m 3 .atone bail the audacity to sup
port him-rit w„&>berfpi„|. Lava
Sterne ct the |s@ , the armed force,
th eonly moble ip, miliuwy treft, .fl&„&
thepGignaraif, to fo^& a "ffi blow OD
the &prefy¥W%# of the p<op,^ :—Un•
der whole suites h..s he been preceded I
—TQarfpLcrce's. I might quote many
proofs of tne fame audacity on inc part of
Roberfeifrre, and of his infamous deigns
against liberty—among others, I need on
ly to monnea that he has been the author
of the imprisonment of the Members of
th? Revolutionary Committee of the Sec
tion of Indjvtfbiiit, —men of unfull ed
integrity, andaf.dicingniihed patriotism.
Ipeege him wiQb^hg withdrawn him
fclf from the Committee for these four last
decades,, s,ce the decree with refers tv
the Rcgolutipnary Tribunal, paged en the
so Prairial (June io) which he alone de
vifrd—and which.,. w<s badly received.—
Thus he intended toßrivetrom Che Con
tion every impure man ; that is ta fay v,
cry perfect who. did not plaafe h,m@f, or
whom,he might, fyfea to be possessed pl
feSiere difccrnßi°V> to prose#, and in
tegrity to oppose his ambitious views ; and
as preparatory to, tlifibJUhiug himtelf fa
ttet?£)& torlhipr which has so long been
teebfefe offchip ffiflyqs, he wpuld have
left nonefn the ^giye^tion put his crea.
Hires 4nd dependents,; mep as vile ¥,im
/feif, aid jeady£Offorward all hi# docile
ble views. Buki# ^feuswere difeev
cred by the yegymeans, which he took to
carry them into execution — From the
fit?, which I have.brießy lifted, hi# in
tempons to corrupt the mili ary, toenflave
and to degrade the reprefentatioa, appear
plain and incontrovertible. Are more
Goßs Rill necefay:in_@Mty? fetyftenQe
tb.c charges against him7,¥@tyOim of
having traced fion, Ju ince 3 sraqm|
,wto had robbed the public of 4,0,100 if
vres.-r Such ^is itya bwid&non on which
stands his -pretentious-to difiutrrefedrefs,
wN@h wfrte only aOmedrin order to con
ceal the deep-laid projeas of his ambition,
and to deceive theft wham he afterward#
#CT44Qxn£ave. J,ccufeffim withbeing
fyrr@rfy.hy,.hapd of 'r^ii#: feng
whfoyt, iQy^geffarpo mention the
fafty^&bame, of, Dqyty^ W With ^
fofe^ifo'q^^^wellie
affqcjurs,&bopf!pp^he.could ,d mitinto
s#fl&%M'l^j^^r & fff&
fo&Mfto 1 pr^rn—l ftJ
Talken, in a lengthy fpeeeh said, that
in Roberfpierre # hotel the lift of proa
fcrlptions hd been formed, which had
deluged France with blood—Like Sylla,
jhis proscriptions we re intended to pave the
,wag for his ow. ipower and eftablilhmert
as Dictator. Happily hi# designs are dis-.
;eovered —his success made him incautious.
He conceived, like Lofar, the name of
King was only wanting to fix hid in hi#
power. Was it for this that C^pet waa
brought to the fcaffold2 Was it for thia
petty despot, we declared eternal war a-
Igainft Kings—and promised to fujpert
liberty at the price of life ; No, 1 in
voke the shade of Brutus (looking at hit
burn.) Like him, I have a poignard to
rid my cou try of this "tyrant—if hej#
net delivered to juiii&e. The French peo
ple are net devoted to Roberfpierre nor
no ineiviwal. Liberty is the obj-a of
their afi&iobs; and who form# defigri
agrinftflut they know ar# their enemies :
Ao^ tins' they will pursue amid all in
trigues of domeflic traitor#, or oppentibn
of foreign delpots. The Republic is to
be supported as well by vigilance, in
council—and justice, in pun : fhment, at
by Arength in arms. Need 1 mention to
you the exprefen of Damas, a creature
of Roberfpierre's to a Joufoalif " I pro
hibit you from publishing my difeourfes
till firft communicated to me." Here it
the tone of the Dilator, the people lhall
know nothing but through my organs 1
The guilt of the traitors now stands re
vealed—it remains only to punish them. £
demand that we declare this fitting per
manent— Decreed.
Valepne^—l denounce as cue of this
corfpiracy Boulanger, who in making out
a proscribed lift, said to Hebert, '' Write,
and we will ftrike"—Dufrefce, who wca
engaged with Dumburier —Duress, who
yesterday excited the Jacobin# to affaffi
nat.e the people, and Lavalette, ex-noble,
commander of the Parisian armed f orce,
and protested by R beifpiene— and that
the, be arretted.—Decreed.
Duma#, demarded that the Aid; and
adjutants of Henrior, fheutj be arrefied.
The arrest of Daubigny and Dijas, war
vifo decreed.
Barrere made a report, and preferred
the plan of address to the people. Adop
ted and applauded.
Vadier, presented a detail of the differ
ent circumUafecesof tyranny, which char-,
riariized Roberfpierre and his system of
,foies, bv which he surrounded the reprte
'fantatires, and fettered their operations.
[Erirafagantly applauded.]
Several other members fpeke; after
which the convention decreed the arrest of
Roberfpierre the Eldfb the Junior^ St.
Just, Cauthen, and Lebaa, all deputies—
Also the arrest of Juror Ncbolas. Tire
decree was instantly executed.
D'Herbcis then pronounced a fpeedu
on the raeifures necessary to be pursued in
^^^efent moment. [Highly apphud-
SUNDAY EVENING, JBL,Q
Bourdon, it is reported the Jacobins arid
the Commune of &is are exciting an id
furrefli n. Though we have nesting to
fear. I move the commune be or^sfed to
the bar. Decreed.'
Merlin— As I was coming c#t of m,
benfe, Henript *io 4° others, took me
prifener to the guarg-boufe : There £
harrargaed the people, ivto refpe&fvl to
the r,eprefent>ticn, released me. Heuriot
iatWincan time was fpreadihg ferror
andconfufron ; b#t § Gemd'Atmes to6k
claim the tyranny of Roberfpierre." —-
(Loud and repeated burlts of appl use
from all part# of the Halt.)—Roberlpierfe
attempted to speak, but after different ef
forts found himfclf obliged to deGft, in
Consequence of the most vociferous exch>
mation from every quarter, of " Down
with the Tyrant ! Down with the Ty
rant?'
[Whole No, 83.]
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