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The American Herald of Liberty.
Volume VIH.I
IS the Kingdom? which next pre-eots ic
felf to attention. For ages the hoc-beeof
biootry and kingcraft, it was expefted, that
{he would beinimical t. he French Republic/:.
She has declared war against it ; and hag
banithed from her territories every French,
who would not take an oath of implicit
allegiance, and allowing each one, however
rich, only 75 dollars to defray his expence;?
to any part of the world—-confiscating the
red. Her priests have been busy in propaga,
ting the idea, that the French are hereticks &c
--and with so much fccefs that the lower class of
people are the most inveterate against the
Republicans of France. Though the Spani
ards are in constant fear of French invaiion ;
they entertain the hope, by the afliftance of
the other powers, to exterminate them : -To
ibis end they are making moil ftrCnuous ex
ertions; A large army (by fame members
of the National Convention said to be Bcooo
(Long) has marched to the frontier ; and a
detachment has taken poffefiion of a poll in
France, at the expence of 50b lives. In ths
month of March la&, the Madrid Gazette
contained accounts of fume thoofand “ pat
£/o/ir^nations and offers to the King. To
deta^rthem would be impoffibie—fome idea
of their extent may be had from a few par
ticulars. Near one hundred whole cities,
corpora’ions, orders and hoofs have proffered
their lives and property—The city of Seville
raises & Supports two regiments of cavalry ;
feveial private gentleman raise and support
companies of troops —an inhabitant of Egea
gives 400 head of cattle—The, commerce of
Cadiz, one million of dollars— Bilboa 100,
©OO dollars : and from such gifts as these
down to that of a Shoemaker v\£bincbinila,
who gives a pair of shoes to every recruit in
his to wn—the Nuns of Santa Lunifa, who off
er their prayers for the success of the Spanilh
arms, and all their rents—a body of tavern
keepers in Cadiz, who agree to support 2$
foldiers,a barber pf Barcelona wffo gives r 6
dollars ;.and a company of Stocking Rea
vers at Sarogoza agree to watch in the night
while the regulars are gone into the field. A
writer on thisfubjeft fays, “ In Spain, peo
ple of all ranksrand conditions are so exasp
erated against the French, since the late fatal
event of their putting the King to death, that
his Catholic Majesty (having abolifted a law
palled Quintas, bv which every fifth man in
the kingdom was compelled to become a Sol
dier) represented ,to his fubjefis the necessity
of going to war with France, and desired that
all those who would be willing to take up
arms against that nation, would enlist : upon
which it was matter of Surprize to fee the
numbers all over the kingdom who offered
themselves as volunteers.
This kingdom isalfoin the leagueagainft
France : But fte has heretofore contented her.
deif with denunciations of the French ; Ex
cept, indeed, that fee has lately equipped a
considerable fleet,which is to aft in conjunc
tion with that of the allied powers: The moll
rigourou’s measures are pursued, to prevent
the propagation of French principles; and
the kingdom appears much united.
' THE Sr/ISS CANIONS
Have heretofore declared themselves neu
ter in the grand conceit which interests the
World", but some late unjuftiliable encroach- 1
ments and behaviour of the French/»have al
ienated the affeftiqns of the hardy StuHs, and
the interest of the French does not how appear
to be their wijh. Whether they will join in
the War is not certain—they are, however,
making warlike preparations.
. r , ; ITALT, .
.The Spiritual Direftor of this portion of
Europe is extremely inverterate against ^he
French : But his holinefs,.too timid
his inimical disposition openly, and too weak
to defend himfelf, if ever so ranch dispos
ed, strives to take ’the middle way: The
arms of the French Republic have been
polled down at Rome ; and Ji« bas afligned to
the National Convention, as an apologetics!
reason, that such indulgencies being recipro
cal, if the Pope’s arms are not permitted at
Peiris, the Republick's could not be at Rome.
Fqt the affafljnation of the French Charge des
Affaires, he has sent the most humble ajolo-
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POETU G A L.
SPAIN,
f Continued.]
. They, therefore, are naturally adverse to
the exrenfion and success of the principles of
EQUAL LlßEßTY—which undoubtedly
were the objed of the Patriots df France,
who firft planned the Revolution in that Re
public. •
To sum up the account, almost the whole
of Europe is united against France; and
many of them are this year bending their
forces against her. What their success will
be, God only knows—Mancan but wish and
conjecture. If their objed is to rein-state
Despotism—is they are llriving to bend the
necks of Frenchmen to the yoke of unlimited
power > and to raise new Baftiies on the ruins
of the altar of liberty ; every free heart
throughout the Globe mull pray f° r their
confulion and overthrow : On the other hand,
every rational FreemanVwho wiftes the reign
of law and good government* founded on the
principles of Equal Liberty and Social
Happineh, mull lament and condemn the
excesses and brutalities which have been
committed of late in France. They blot
the hifloric page ; and their friends can on.
ly hope that ere long their Councils will be
as famous for wisdom and moderation,found
ed on invincible Patriotism, as their armies
are for bravery and zeal : Then will success
crown their exertions ; then will Peace ex.
tend the Olive over the nation—and happi
ness be its lot.
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Commonwealth of’Maffachufetts.
BY HTS EXCELLENCY
JOHNT HANCOCK, Es<^
Governour of the Commonwealth of Maftacbu
‘ setts.
A PROCLAMATION,
wHERE AS the Governour of this Com
monwealth, has this day been served by
Joh n Brooks, Esq. Marlhal of the Federal
Court of the United States, with the follow
ing Writ, viz. *
“William Paffal, Com- The J’refident cf
plainant, the United States,
To John Hancock,
in equity. Esq. Governour,&
versus- y- James. Sullivan,
Efq.AttorneyGen-
The Commonwealth of eraloftheCommon
, Maflachufetts,Defen. wealth ofMafTachu
dant. J setts.
«• Git E ETI N G,
»* FOR. certain causes offered be
( L. S. pore the Supreme Court of the United
y / States,holding pleas in equity. We
^command and ftri&ly enjoin yon,
that, laying all other matters aside, and not
withstanding any excuse, you be and appear
on behalf of the Corfimonwealth of Malta
chufetts, before the said Supreme Court of
the United States, holding pleas in equity,
bn the filth day of August next ensuing at the
city of Philadelphia, being the feat of Go
vernment, to answer concerning those things
which stall be then and there objeded to the
ftid Commonwealth ; and do further End re
ceive on behalf of the said Commonwealth,
what the said Court (ball have considered in
this behalf ; and this you may in no wifeo
mit, under the penalty of four hundred dol
lars,
•• Witness the Honourable John Jay, Eff.,
Chief Just ice oft the Supreme Court of the
United States, at Philadelphia, the elev
enth day of February, in Ihe year of our
Lord one thouftand /even hundred-and nine
ty-three, and of the American Independence
the seventeenth.
*< SAMUEL BAYARD, Clerk of the
Supreme Court op the United States ft
AND'whereas, it being a matter in which
the inhabitants of this free Commonwealth are
deeply interefled, and which wiil reqnire the
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; There are federal petit powers in Europe
cf whom it is;not necessary to fay any thing.
Satiliites of the Great Nations we have giv
en views of,they revolve in proportionate or
bits to the planets which influence them t
But some of the crowned Rulers of these
* Kingdom lots'’ areas much in dread of an e
plipfe of their darling prerogative as ever the
Emperor of all Germany could be ; and they
nightly fee in vision Monsters of Jacobin
tjb form
gy that meekneu could Hoop to. How the
account now stands between these nominal an A
real Republics we cannot fay with certainty.
Appear, their palace gates to storm ;
And Indigence, akin to death.
Contempt, which freefes with the breath.
Equality, all haggard-ey’d ;
And Guilhotinis, and Rigicide ;
Are each an ever.conftant guest.
And rob their nights of sleep and rest.
T UES DAY, July 23, 1793.
confederation of the General Court, at an ear
lier time than that co which they stand ad
journed,
1 have therefore thought fit, by and with the
advice of theCounciLto convene the General
Court, upon Wednesday, the eighteenth day off
September next, at ten o’clock, A* M. and
they are accordingly to meet at that time, at
the State Houfe,Bo(lon ; and all the Members
of the f?id Court are required to take notice,
and govern themselves accordingly. And
the Sheriffs of the feveial counties, their un
der Sheriffs or Deputies, and Ccnftables of
the several towns within the fame,are hereby
direbled, to cause this Proclamation to he
forthwith publilhed,and polled within their
retp^ijve preernds.
die EH at the Council Chamber, in Bos
ton, this ninth day of July, in the year
of our Lord one th&ufand seven hundred
and ninety-three, and in the eighteenth
year of tht I n d e pt n d enc e #/ the Uni
ted States of AMERICA.
JOHN HANCOCK.
By his Excellency's command,
JOHN AVERY, jun. Secretary.
From the Farmers Chronicle.
Brother Ely, «
Hhe following, taken from a late Maffachuletts
Magazine, mayjerve to Jhew, that the in
stitution of Majdftry is good, altho' perhap/
not so daftly attended to by feme members
of the fraternity as it ought to be ; it may
likewift serve to remind negligent Brethren
of their duty ; For are therefore requested to
pubhfb it in your Chronicle. Four 's (Ac.
A CUSTOMER.
SOCIAL INFLUENCE OF FREE MA
TSONRY.
HE institution of Free Mafohry has an
abfolote tendency to inculcate every thing
laudable andufeful to society ; and its lead
ing qualities arcPhilanthrophy well direfted.
Morality pure, Secrecy inviolable, and a
taste for the Fine Arts.
It may be observed, that Solon, LycutgUs,
Numa, and all the other Political Leg’flators
have not been able to render their ettablift
ment* durable, and.that however sagacious
might have been their laws, they had at no
time the power to expand themselves over
all countries, and to all ages. Having little
more in view than viftorjes and conquests,
military violence, and the elevation of the
one set of people above another, they were
never universal, nor consonant to the
taste, or interest of a|l nations. Philanthro
py was not their basis. The love of coun
try, badly nnderftood, and pulhed into limits
on which thev ftoukl not verge, deflroys of
ten, in warlike Republics, the love of gene
ral humanity.. Men are not to be effentiaL
]y distinguished by the difference of tongues
which they fpeak,of clothes which they wear,
of countries which thev inhabit, nor of dig
nities with which they are ornamented : The
whole world is no other than one gre^t Re
public of which each Nation is a Family,
and each individual a child.; It was to re
vive and reanimate such maxims, that the
Society of Free Masons was firft inflitofed.
The great design w^s to unite all men of
sense, knowledge,.and worthy qualities, not
only by a reciprocal love of the Fine Arts,
but (till more by the great principles of vir
tue, where the interest of/.the Fraternity
might become that of the whole human race;
where all nations might increase all know
ledge ; and where every .fubjeft of every
country might exert himfelf without^ jeaiou
fy, live without difeord, and embrace mutu-.
aiity, without foregoing or too fcrupuioufly
remembering, the spot in which he was bpm.
What obligations do we not owe to those fu?..
pcrior fouls, who, without listening to the,
suggestions of \ntereft, or the natural desire
to surpass Others in power, firft conceived an
eftabliftment, whose end was the reunion of
the underflanding and the heart, to render
both better by the contaft ?
The fanftity yvhich attends the moral qua
lities of the Society, is the next branch of
the fubjeft worthy of observation. Religious
orders were instituted to render men more
perfeft Chriftiahs ; Military orders^ were
founded toinfpire the love of glory ; but the
order of Free Masonry was instituted to form
men into good, citizens and good fub
jeds ; to make them inviolable in their
promifes,f faithful votaries to the God of
friendftip, and more lovers of liberality than
of recqmpenee. ’
But Free IVfafonry is not bounded by the
display of virtues merely civil. As a Severe,
lavage, forrowful, and mifanthropick kind
of Philosophy disgusts its votaries, so the ef
tabliftment under consideration renders men
amiable by the attradfem of innocent plea*
fures, pure joys, and rational gaieties*
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A Lt perlons indebted to, or have demands
on thf eflate of DANIEL ROBINSON.’
late of Exeter, dectafed, are requested to fettle
the fame immediately with
DANIEL ROBINSON,
Exeter, July 5, 1793*
TO BE SOLD,
ONE hundred fifty Acres of Good LAND.
Lot No. 5, fifth range, and second Di
vjfion—adjoining. Col. Badgers Farm, in Gil-,
mantown The Farm is well watered—and
has 30 Acres underimprovement.—
— For further particulari apply to
z , Jonathan Folsom.
Exeter, July 14^*793* , - *
T ETTERS Remaininig in the PoJiOfici
Xx J uJ y b *793- r
Mr. Nicholas Smith, 2. ) £ xtter%
Mr. Samuel Hobart, j
Joseph Clark, Esq. Roc heft er.
James Smith. Esq. Newmarket, 2. ,
Mr. Joseph Calef. King flown.
Joh nW. Gilman, Pof ."Niafir.
Cash Writingpaper
given in exchange fore Jean Cotren & Linen
RAGS at H.^R an let’s Printing-Office.
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BLANKS of various kinds may
bq had. at H. Ran let’s Office
Exeter, June 11, 1793.
O noSes, coenafq:ie Deum
Ser mo oritur non de regnis, dsmibufque dlienis,
— ■ • -Jed quod ma git ad nos
Pertinit, el nejcire tnaium, t/F aginmus
Uirwmve divitns homines^ ’ ‘
Ftom the society in queftton, arebsnifted
all those disputes which might alter the trar.->
quiiity of friendftip, or interrupt that per
febl harmony which cannot subsist but by re
jefttng all indecent excesses; and every djf
cordant paffon. The obligation which is
imposed upon this Order is, that each mem
ber is tb protect aßrother by his authority,to
advise him by his abilities, to edify him by
his virtues, to afiift him in an exigence, to
facrifice all personal resentment, and to seek
diligeotW lor every thing that may contri
bute co the plcafure and profit of the Socie.
ty-
True it is that this society hath its secrets;
but let net those who are net initiated, laugh
at the confeflion ; for those figurated signs
and famed words which constitute amongst
FreeMafcns a language sometimes mute and
sometimes eloquent, are only invented to
prevent imposition, and to communicate at
the greaieft distance, and to know the true
member from the felfe, of whatever country
or tongue he may be. >
. Another quaiiity required by those who
enter into the order of F«ee Masonry, is the
taste of all ufeful sciences, and liberal arts of
all kinds. Thus the .decorum expected from
each of the members, is a work which no A
cademy nor univeriity have so well cftablifh
ed. The name of Free Mason, therefore,
ought not to be taken in a literal sense, as if
the inftitutors had been really workers in
Hone and in marble., , They were not able
Architeds, but many princes, bo:h warlike
and religious, dedicated their talents and
their fortune, under this banner to (he Molt
High, --' <
ALL perlons indebted to, or have
demands on the Estate of HALE
STEVENS, late of Lie, deceased, aer
desired to fettle the fame immediately with
the fobferiber.. ’ Wm. MORRILL, dtdm'r*
BrinfaDOod, I, 1795.
The meetings.of the Masons referable those
amiable entertainments spoken of by Horace,
where vll those are made welcome guefts*
whose underftaudings may be enlightened,
whose hearts may be mended,or who may be
any way emulous to excel in the true, the
good, or the great.
AL L perlons having demands
against the Eftare of IsAAC WIL
LIAMS, jun’r. deceased, are requeued to
render them in for fectletnent—-and all in
debted to said Efface are desired tomakcica.
mediate payment 10
ISAAC WILLIAMS, Adm'r.
Exeter, July 1, 1793.
ALL perlons who have demands on the
4 Estate of SPENCER WALLACE,
late of Excer, deceased, are desired to ex
hibit them without delay, lor fetdemeht—-•
and {uch a* are indebted to said Estate are
requeued to rtlake speedy payment to
SARAH WALLACE, Adm’trix.
Exeter, July 6, 1793’
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