The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-03-24 00:00:00, page 4

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SUBLIME THOUGHT.
" Mycharter (fays he) is become a
withered m^cdecxk which both parties
belt to each other, in the wantonness of
play, deeming the file disgraced on which
at mould happen to fall. A ftrasge combi
nation of unfortunate circatu stances not
only overpowered my most foirited and
well meaning effort#, in riffling the hor
rid delpotifm of licentiousness, but alt
drew upon me the vengeance of a society,
whose principles, like those of religion, are
degenerated from their primitive parity,
to the species of despotism they i£a to de
left, but yet excite in the humour of eve
ry whim, th inofe degrees that exalt eapri
eioufaefs from a state of ridiculous infig
mificahce. to the serious importance of
arimidalit,.
"Tne inftitutors of this fociaty were
men of unblem'fhd integrity, and formed
it upon principles so noble, in an hour of
such iminent danger, that the genius of
Fra nee teemed to have taken its residence
wirh them,ahdconfeq ^ntly the confidence
of the people,' who coufaered it as th^idol
of political principles.
'' The apprehensions of danger abating
the grofe and weak, indulging the variety
natural to them; picked up principles for
falhien fake, thoughignorant of their, na
ture. Pleased with the novelty, they
firutted into view, in all the coxcomb fop
peries that the extravagance of whim and
colors could afford, displaying themselves
with the anxious Ambition of deformed
people, seemingly regarded in what
sense you noticed them, provided they
were but noticed; Mere profeffion being
then deemed a fufficient qualification to
entitle a man to become a member of
this fociey, it soon began to (well up
with cumbersome combustibles; who
though considered as poor harmless ex
pletives, where deemed a great acquisi
tion by some, who, through an over
fondnefs for* themselves, were proudto fee
the numeration table well filled, without
well considering the power of numbers,
mor the infinite variety of purposes they
were liable to produce, nor yet hew far
weak men were liable to be duped into
wicked agencies."
After this attack upon the Jacobin club,
the Marquis proceeds as follows:
" The vital (parks of liberty,(physical,
fy speaking) in its infant ftate,has nothing
so muchto dread as a superabundance of
idiotic phlegm, for though it derives its
corporeal' strength therefrom, yet when it
forces its way into the sacred prefence
chamber of reason, alt the charming struc
tures, and feeze# of order, are demolished,
and a fulmination of chaotic diftradion en
sues, which transforms the whole of the
noble system into fo K dangerous a monster
that its deftruaian becomes necefiry to
the honor and (afety of its own former
species.?
"Such was the monster which lately
broke loose from the chains applied by
reason, and rolhed forth inthe open face
of day, furioufly overturning all things
'1 'HE London Analytical Review con-
A tains the following article relative to
M Fayrtte, by which it appears that be has
published " A statement of his own conduct
and principles." It cannot fail to prove in
terestz *g to Americans and we therefore extras
The Marquis is represented as indiffer
ent about his fate, and being new entirely
detached from the soliciting intereib and
prejudices of the paffoos, bis mind is Gid
to have returned the serene dignity of its
native independence, and thus being ena
bled to take an impartial review of his
former conduct, he has determined to
judge how far that has corresponded with,
or deviated from the rules , of integrity and
juftite. 1
✓""tOULD we with ink the ocean fill,
\_, Igas the whole earth of parchment made,
Were ev'r, f 7 ^' flick a quill,
And ev'ry man ascribe y trade;
To write the love of Gid above.
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the Jcroll contain the whole,
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Said to be written by nearly an Idiot.
FAYETTE.
Ai. LETTER from Boyer, an Adju
tant General in the army of the Euliern
Pyrenncs, stated, " that General Du
gommier, before the Revolution, possess
ed property to the amount of two millions
—that he was one of the firft to embrace
the cause of Liberty ; and that having
been appointed a Colonel of the National
Guard of Martinique, he had bravely de
fended the patriots against the traitor Be
hagne: He q,me to France in 179 Zto
solicit aid for the patriots and the commu
nication with the Colonies being interrup
ted,' he devoted himfelf to the defence of
his country. He was employed as Briga
dier General in the army of Italy ; be was
next sent to retake Toulon, and, finally,
appointed commander in chief of the army
of the Eastern Pyrennes. To his wife
difyofitions were owing the victories of
the 30th of April and ift of May, the<
'capture of St. Elmo, Collisure,Port Ven-<
dre,and Bellegarde,with the totaLEvacua- 1
tion of the French territory by the Spaniards. I
Nothing was wanting to his glory, but to'
die in the antes of Viadry, on the 17th ofl
November; He left two sons, Adjutant)
General, in the army he commanded, the )
only thing they inherit from him. He 1
left a daughter at Mcrfailles, totally un- 1
provided for.'
His wife whom he left 'in Martinico <
with her mother, is now at the ageof 56, <
without .resource, her property having 1
been plundered by the rebels, and her cf-f
that bore any appearance es refifaace,and
marked its career with blood and destruc
tion, confounding the innocent with the
guilty in one promifeuous ruin.
The legislative body terrified at the
ruderiefs of such desperate ohtiageeufnefs,
fuffered itfeif to be dictated into measures,!
which the necessity of the moment only
could juttify, or rather apologize for.
It was my misfortune to oppose the p r °-
grefs of such violence,with the utmod spi
rit 1 was matter of, and my overthrow was
the consequence of the. contest. Reduced
to the necessity of yielding my neck to the
murderer's knife, or of availing myfelf
of the alternative which the law of na
ture and reason afforded, I prefered a fab
miffion to any law, rather than to the blind
vengeance of a fury,which was governed
by no law. My enemies rejoiced at my cf-|
cape. it gave persecution the important
appearance cf vigilance, and alto gave
their unjust or pretended suspicions an ap
parent justification."
Whatever seasons the Marquis may have
to deleft that party to whole resentment he
fell a facrifce, yet he here declaims against
the old government cf France, with his
accustomed energy.
'' In chafe arillucratic days, the induft
rioos hufbndmin was not to enjoy the
fruits of his honest labor?, and the infalli
ble wants of a despotic government gaped
for a large (hare of his golden harvell
The re fined modes of arift rcratic assiduity,
were ingeniously adapted to collect ano
ther (hare, with all the aggravations of in
ference. Another (hare fill to facerdaw
drones of all degrees from the haughty
prelate, to his pampered eminence the
;cardinal.
" To turn our eyes from this wretched
•feene, to the court, we might fee a (warm
of parasitic (hadows, or forms, whose na
ture. it was to glitter with gaudy colors,
in the fonihine of the royal (mile, and
vanish in the gloom of a frown; a farcical
airy group—mere enigmas of entity—lueh
is fancy presents to us in the mummery
fernes of a distempered dream, incessantly
nocking each other, in the graceful antics
of nods, bews, fafeinating (miles, and
curtefies, &c"
Such are still (aid to be the sentiments
of the Marquis, arJ noone can ruminate
upon his former adions, or his prefen:
fate, without feeling a degree of indigna
tion against that Prirce, who contrary to
every idea of justice and humanity, fubjedb
him to all the rigors of an unmerited ins
prifonaeut.
" The herbs of the field, and what was
ever deemed refufe to the human appetite,
were thought good enough for peaf^nts ;
their nutrition fapporfed corporeal Hrehgth
to a certain degree, from which refinance
was not to be feared. To touch the fitted
calf, lamb, or capon, amounted to some
thing like fccrilege in him—his betters
were ready for dinner—his rich vineyard
was barren to him—his charitable emin
ence wanted more wine than he could
waste himfelf.
DUGO MMIE R.
tate being seized by the English. A third
son embarked in a fleet for the Weft-In
dies, the Ihip in which he failed was separ
ated from the rest in a storm, and no ac
count has since been heard from him. He
left also a son and a daughter by a woman
\,i colour, whom he had placed in a school
at Bellville, near Paris—They are now
without a single friend in the world. Such
is the melancholy situation of the brave
Dugommier's family. This letter was
ordered to be referred to the Commmitte
of Public Safety, and inserted in the Bul
letin.
Marac—" Allow me to mention a fad
which honors the memory of the brave
general we have loft, and reminds us of
the honorable poverty in which the firft
generals of the Roman Republic have pas-
I fed their lives, Dugommier, by devoting
himfelfte the cause of the Republic, loft
an immense fortune in the Colonies. At
Paris, in September, 1793, when he was
appointed Brigadier General, he lived in
such poverty that he was under the neces
sity of applying to the Convention for an
advance of money, to enable him to join
that army. I was then a member of the
Committee of the marine of commerce,
and Dugommier applied to me to second
his application by ilating,that it proceeded
from absolute necessity. Without the small
advance then given him, he would not
have been able to join the army ; and to
to this circumstance, so trifling in appear
ance, are we indebted for the immortal
victories that wi rank Dugommier among
the most celebrated Generals." The Con
vention ordered these fads to be infested
in the bulletin.
—am a»gu«aawa—— l I —— *
The goodness of God,in his providence
over nations, often appears in the charac
ters which he prepares for their fafety and
defence—David, he railed up for the glo
ry, Cyros, he anointed for the reftoratior
of his ancient and chosen people. I con
fefe, I recognife in this illustrious Citizen,
the immediate hand of Heaven. Hard!
can! imagine talents more fitted to cur
filiation, both in war and in peace, than
those which diftinguilh and a'do=n his cha
fader. Di I depreciate by this merited
eulogy, the talents of his fellow citizens ?
No—but where have we seen such an af
fembluge of caution and intrepidity, of
patience and enterprise, of medeflyr and
Armnefs, of cool and penetrating judg
ment and prompt decifiop, of love to the
people, yet fuperiorlty to popular elamor,
and anally, of that felicity which the Ro
mans so much valued in a Genera! —a
Christian will call it the Jmiles of Divine
Providence; that leein to render auspici
ous all his undertakings.
Will envy dash back these honest praif
es in our face, by laying that other citi
zens might have been found of equal tal
ents ! Be it so—but they have not been
found. What though Rome might have
possessed other fenaters besides Fabios,who
could have vanquifhsd Hannibal ? Or be
sides Fabricus, who could have disdained
the bribes of Pyrrhus /Shall Fabius or
Fabricus therefore be robbed of the glory
with which they have been crowned by the
confect of ages ? I esteem it one of our
chiefmerits, and I count it one of the no
blest ads of patriotism in a WASHING
TON, to forfake the fommit of fame on|
which he was placed, to accept the dubi-i
ous helm of government, and, for the
good of his country, to put to risk a fame)
which hiftory assured to him untarnished^
and immortal."
The following image of our worthy
chief magiftrste, delivered in the fame
difcoerfe,ts sublime and expressive. Do
we not owe to the mercy of 'God,"
laid the Preacher, " the prudence and
Philadelphia, Feb. 24, 1795.
Extract from a Sermon ,reached on Thursday
laftb in Pine-Street Meeting House, by the
Re®. Dr. Smith, of Princeton.
"- A MONG the favorable circumstan
ces accompanying the ekablifh
ment of the federal system, I cannotomit
to mention the pfefervation of the life of
the worthiest of our fellow citizens, and
his acceptance of the chief magistracy, to
whom America had before owed so many
obligations, and who has, in so uncommon
a degree, united in his favour the public
sentiment and fuffrage. His acknowledg
ed talents, His disinterested pstriotifm,
and hij .qil-.nt fervicea to hi# country,
gave weight to his opinion in the public
councils, contributed, in no small degree,
to the adoption of the constitution, and
had greatly promoted the stability, the
tranquility, and the energy of its opera
tion.
<T7ANTED a number of hands, te
VV work at the CANAL at Bellows'
Falls, from the fifteenth of April next, to
the last of November, for which the high
est price will be given, by
WILLIAM PACQ
Cbarleflown March 12, 179;.
TO BE SOLD -
A SMALL placd
1 fixated in
| Keene, containing
|noo3nhw thrce acres, with a
lEIB^^B"^il £ o °d dwelling Heute
1 "d °"' r ^p^dage#
ffiiz£^b^&^ —with about eighty
g\.od youno ^peltrees on it—situated al
bout one rt 0 ^ 'from the Meeting-house.—
For terms and further particulars enquire
of W. W. BLAKE, or JA&ES WY. U&
MAN.;
March i6rb, 1795. )
to be sold,
A. F A R M,
containing about two
-tee* hundred acres of ex
cellent land, one half
under good improve
ment ; lying in Surry, on the road lead-✓
!ing from Keene to Charleftown; with a /
Igood house, barn and corn-house on the
fame —a good orchard ; bears about thir- ,
ty tons of hay in a season ; is well water- /■
ed ; has good plowing and pasturing, and
lies' within one mile of (he Meeting-house,/• 2
and will be fold very cheap for Cash =>|
For further particulars enquire of (■
JONATHAN SMITHS
Jan,, Much a, 1795.
firmfiefs diplayed in the most trying and
embarrassing ci cumftsnecs, by that great
magistrate who preides at the bead of our
government. 1 fee him like a rock in the
aside of the Ocean, receive urthsken, the
f ury of all its waves. Violence, intrigue,
fa&ion, da(h themselves to pieces against
nim,and fall in empty murmurs at his feet."
COURAGE and GENEROSITY.,
I HE fofiowing is an account of
the courageous behavior es one Gillet, a
French quarter master going home to hi#
friends, had the good fortune to save the
life of a young woman, attacked by two
ruffians. He fell upon them, fibre in
hand, unlocked the jaw of the firft viMain,
who held a poignard to his breast, and ;t
one stroke pared the nails of the ether
(who was armed-with a piffol) just above
the wrist. Money was offered by the grate
ful parents ; he refuted it; they offered
their daughter, a young girl of 16 in
marriage; the veteran then in his „d
year, declined, faying, " Do ycu think
I have rescued her from instant death, to
put her to a lingering one, by coupling so
lively a body with one worn cut with
age?" This a&ion has been recorded by
one of the bell painters in Paris, and was
exhibited, not lorg since, in the royal
galleries at the Louvre. Several of the
Ipt&ators wilhed to fee the hero of the
tale; after fume sefearches, the modern
Perseus was found in the infirmary within
the college cf invalids, where he had beta
/or three months, without having uttered
a word of his adventure Monsieur de ,
A certain divine, about to change his
congregation, mentioned that fubjed from
the pulpit, after service was over; an old
negro man,belonging to the congregation,
and who was one of his admirers, went up
cu Bra —^d—'▼§red to k^wfr&HQi
tive of his leaving his firft flock : The
parson answered, " he had a call." “ 1
mafia, returned the negro,who call ycu ?"
" God Almighty,"arfwert the parson." I
maffi, he call ve ? " Yes, Jack, he called
me." " Muff;, what you get here ?"
" I get 200I." " And what you get
'Oder place ?" " Why I am to get 400 I."
" 1 maffa, God Almighty call you till
he blind from 4001. to tool, you nd go."
president of the parliament, brought him
co the Louvre, where he was received a
midst the applause and congratulations of
persons ofjhe firft rank,who were all eager
in offering him money; but this he abso
lutely refufed to accept of.
The Gov. of the college obtained of the
then minister, that the annuity of 200 li
vres Ihould be continued to him during his
life, though that kind of half pay general
ly ceased when the veteran accepted of a
retreat in the invalids.
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