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American Herald of Liberty.
fROM THE COLUMBIAN C£NTJNEL.
Centinel Atlas.
Being an accovrt of thb FoUricAV
state of th£ ELDER WORLD,
THt MIt>DX.E OF SEPT. LAST.
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[CeVtfntcdfor the Cem.tj>-
9«L, otnd•wrrtttn by the yen of Truth
and Impartiality.]
OF ^HE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
♦ ' ' A. ' <. r I » ■ t .f ' , ‘
WE have already taken.an ample view
of the fixation of the interval pol
ice of Fiance—and have marked with pre
cision the vai iousße volutions therein which
have been eftefted by violence and party
fpirit. We ihall now carry the reader to
the Frontiers and recapitulate to him the
fuCCcffes of the French anns in almost ev
lety diredion. We ftrali portray them with
the pencil of Truth and Candor, withoot
deviating and dekeadin^ to -that childiih
exultation, which the heroes who have ac
comphfted the viflorie# would freken at the
recital oiTrae Val<jur, likeintrinfic worth,
needs not ihcaidofornament, ' * but is when
unadorned adorned the moft”—• And tothe
Veteran that praise is alolto grateful which
gives to inm and his 1 Wave advhrtatie^-t-he:
justice that is due to them. On the Nor;hv ;
of F<ance, the French have not only recepy
turad the 4 towns £C° n<le * Valetciennea,
Quefndy, and Ltndrecie.') taken by the al
lied forces thehft campaign, but have ad
ded to their number all thole of maritime
Flanders, from B uges, to the Island of Cad
fand with the important port of Sluys, 2nd
it is laid Bergen op-kom—Befider this the
army of Made, and Sambre, have -taken
Treves dn.d.Juh<ri—-which opens a paflage
into Holland, or prevenu the ca-opex^tion
of the Duke of York, who is in Flanders,
witlrtlre Austrians who are oh the Rhine.
On the borders of Spain, they have taken
the townsof Fontarabia aud St. Sebastian :
But in,Piedmont they have been nece&cat
cd from the great di fiance of their maga
zines to retire fro^i fo^’e few of thdir ac
quiGlides ; but with what lola wfe .have
not been able to sfcertaih. z In all the cap
tuicd and te-captured places vast quanti
ties of Gores and mjlitVy apparatus have
hefch found. At sea eqtihi success has not
attended their grand operatious—The bat
tle of the Grftof June, deprived them of 8
or 9 finely equipped (hips ; and the grand
fleet has not since failed from Brest—To
counterpoifc this, their frigates have been
uncommonly fuccefsful in capturing thb
merchant (hips of their enemies; and the
ports of France are whitened by the canvas
of the prize sthey take; beGdea a great
number Which they have burnt and hrtrk.'
Having the chief pactrf the Cbmmerte of
Europe io prey np&n, thier cruizers cannot
Mail co enrich the natioo, at the expenlie of
kjs adversaries. /y
' k ^e cm not better ctbfe th ia article, than
by presenting to the Amtri cab public the
• following ADbßEiS*—received by the
fliip Bet fey, which arrived here on Sunday
last froth:Breft, and which we haflened to
pMieitfe the
Jateft mkhtjif gehefnl iMo^toation.
BULLETI^OFTIfE^COiyVENf ION, «
Sitting ofthe t^tb Fendimiair^
^Oa. gtb» diner ita^Jiyle)
WriUnWaBMMIMMSMMWMtW ,
CaMbacer es, ift the nanfe of 3 Com
mitteesOf Public Stfcfty, Genersl Welfare
and Legislation, united prefeated pie fol
lowing ADDRESS, which was decreed to
be inserted in the bulle in. -
T^E NATIONAL COKVEXTICK
FREdNCH PEOPLE. ’
Frenchmen !
In the mid ft of your triumph, your ruin
is meditated! Thtreatevicious men,Who
Wish l&dig the tdinbof Liberty in the vety
bosom of France. To be Blent would be
; to bet«, you, and .b« mqft sacred of our
' duties is to enlighten you upon the perils
I Which fiArobnd f tm. Ybar dabgfeiroijs
enemies arencft t4TOftT»illhMX)f-dtfpdtifm,
’ which^os havc-bc^ accoftpmcd to van-
SAT U RDA Y, 13, 1794.
qu?ftu It is thtfr perfidious etniflarim,
who, mingled among you, attack your in
dependence by irapoftare and calumny.—
. friii pankipatOw olthe crimes of Robefpi- '
ferfe, and of aft the confpfrators chat you
■hate overthrown, art employing every ar
hifiCe to sap the foundations fcf the Re pub
) and coveted with'different marks, are
trying, by difotdet and anarchy, to effect
■sfl|»ut revointiem; t '
Snbh h the efiaraiter Os thole Whom a
spirit of ambition makes capable of tyran
nyi Th<ey proclaim principles, they utter
ifentimenia, which they do nos pcffcls; they
call themfeives the f. tends of the people,
and they love only to dominate ; they speak
>of ihLrighta of the people, and they aim
only to rob them of their rights.
Frenchmen 1 Suffer not yourlelves to be
led astray by these lyibg infmuatiohs. In
ftruffed by experience, you can no longer
be deceived ; The «vil h«l ihewn you the
remedy. You have been very lately near
falling into the faares of the wicked. The
Republic was finkings you made but one
exclamation, Five la Convention ; and the.
wicked wereconfeunded, the Republic Was.
saved.
Remember, that so long as the people
and the Convention are united, the tfforts >
of the enemies of liberty, will be baffled
and defeated before you, as the foaming,
wayes-are dadhed again ft the rocky Ihore.
Exercifing'year natural energy, you wiil
no longer permit a fqw indiviouals to im>
pose on your reason, and you will never for
get, th|t che.greateft torment of a people,.
•is for (he public mind to be in a continual
agitation.
This w too well known, by those who
, would thus fatiguis you, to fink you into the
flcep of d/ath, in the arms of tyranny.
Buehtitii to the voice of your Reprefen*
tatives, you will never cease to remember,
that the fecniity of liberty, conbfts at once
in the force of the people, and in their
. unify with the government which has mer
ited their confidence.
The Natianal Convention, con ft ant in
ita progress, fapperted by the will of the
• people, will maintain and organize the
government which has saved the Rrpub
l Ite- . ■ '
We will maintain it, difengtged from
the vexations, the iniquities, the cruelties
of which it has been the pt etext, and with
which oui- enemies affeft to confound i t.^
Wc Will maintain it, in all its purity, and
in all its energy, ilk defiance of thole who
would corrupt the one or exaggerate the
other. .
We will maintain ft* even to the entire
deftsodion of all the enemies of the revota
tiob, in spite of the hypocritical patriot!fm
' of feme, who. with perfidious hopes, call
for the Constitutional Government.
Yes, Wefwear it! We will remain at our
post till the moment When the revolution
ihall be confumated ; till the moment when
the Republic, triumphant, giving laws/ to*
| all her enemies. Avail be able to enjoy, un
; der tha fafe guard of her victories, the fruits.
cj a Cocftitmion $s fdlid -as die peace flic
ihall have did^ted.
L7 We will (pare error) but firike down
vice; be inexorable towards immortality.
The immoral man ihould be caff out oflo
dety as a dangerous tkrnent, corruptible
| m hh nature, and always disposed toiat
' tach himfelf io {edition and coafpirecy.
I Iponlcund not thole men who have cop
ilandy fuppoited the cause of liberty, with
those fcr whom pubflic coofufion is an ad
; vaUtage, tfnd general difoider a means of
fortune. Reiped the former fly the lat
ter.
Your Reprefentathes will not fuffer pub
lic places to be filled by any but the true
friends of the people. They will remove
from them those pet fid ions men who speak
without ceasing of the rights of the people
but Who would refeive the ekcUfive exer
dle of them th theAfekes.
After having expressed our foHcitWdes,
aad manifefted pur thoughts a^ intemioni,
■ the National Convention recalls to .the
i French people those fatted principles, those
•' kerPil tteAiai Wdh clhfeta the revert ace
bf »R/g«xim<haa».'• r j,
t AaMionc*n«qt begover-oed by the traq- .
fieut decifibna of the ayill^Mch. yields |o_ i
all the ‘ ItwhyTHf admurlfy b£
the laws alone, that a people can be rul*
td.
The Jaws are designed to guarantee the
exercise of cur rights. This is that preci
cus protedion which man firft foeght in
political affbektiob*, ahd they allure it td
hi inby the aid Os government, which re
flrains the c.tiZeb Within the circle of his
dudes.
Any thing- Which tendi to tetCrruet the
exercise cf ir.efe r'ghh. Is a crime agaihft
: fodal -organization.
Indivicua) liberty should find its limits
only at the point where it begins to affect
the liberty of another. It is the law which
ob/erves and marks these lir^itt.
Property ought to be faired ; Far from
us be those systems, didated by immortali
ty and idleness, which not only lessen the
horror of robbery,but teach it as a dodrine.
Let the law then affoiFthe right of prop
erty, as it allures oil the other rights of Ul6
citizen.
Bat who is to eflablifh the law ? The
people oaly, by the organ of tfitk Repre^
fentatives, to whom they have delegated
this power.
No private authority or SOCIETY IS
THE PEOPLE ; or ought to aft or speak
in their name.
Shou^d a Ucriligious hand date to seize
the rights of the people cn the alter of the
country, the Convention would be so much
the more eager to Arikcthe ofurper, by the
poutr with which it is levelled, as it must
account to the people for every attempt
committed against their fovreignty.
The Convention conftint and refoldte,
will never depend from wisdom. Any re.
mon lira nets that are addressed to it, will
be heard with attention; but the Conven
tion Will not allow the right of enlighten
ing and warning, to become a means of its
hukniluucn and disgrace, nor luffer any
voices to be heard in the Republic which
speak loader than the national reprefenu*
lion.
With refpeft to intrigues, and those who
may yet regret royalty j we will adopt a
vigorous attiruce ; we will maintain these
metfuresof general fafery which the pub*
lie good commands, but Will not permit
them to be arbitrarily underftcod,' or that
ungrounded suspicion Ihculd occasion any
injuflice.
Every aft of government shall bear the
charafter of jnftice ; but justice shall no
longer be prefenced to France* as Bluing
from a dungeon and covered with blood, as
(he has too long appeared under the d;iec
. tion of vile conlpHtors.
Frenchmen I Confider those as your en*
emies, who would direst ly or indireftly at
tack the liberty, equality, unity or indivis
ibility of the republic.
Fly those who speak without ceasing of
Hood and the fcaffold ; those exclusive pat*
riots, those violent men, those men enrich*
ed by the Revolution, who dread the reigA
otexiftence and exp est to find their fafety
in confuffcb and anarchy; Bat seek and
esteem those laborious and modest men,
those pure and good beings, who shun pub*
lie notice and employment, and who prac
tice without oftebuiibn all the Republican
virtues.
Keep io mind, that though violent and
rapid move meets are neceflary to begin a
revolution, yet moderation and pirudence
must terminate it. Be all united then in
brotherly love* and refpeft for the laws.
Behold your brave brothers in arms give
you the example of thisfsblime obedience,
by their fubmiflion and devotion to their
duty. Their'glory is to obey the voice of
their chiefs’: They continually bless the
decrees of the Nation al Convention. Jf
the^feffer, they are resigned to circntr*
ftMces j If thby die, their left sigh ir for the
Republic. ■.
And.you, in the bosom of the cities and
villages, will you fuffer vain quarrels to
diftoib the pablic peace ? Will yen create
obftacfes to retard the triumphant progress
of the revolution. . * : X
Oh Frenchmeb I What grief for os,v'Jis£
fathfaftion for oar enemies, tn fee France ,
viftorious without, and torn by civil differ
tions within I No! T hey shall ndt enjav
this Cruel pleasure ; and what ihe Convcr
.tion has done in the armies, it willalfo uu
m the bosom of the Republic.
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