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for many years pafi^That authority and
his claims, were founded on compulsion,
, not on content ; and his enemies who are
Ailed “ patriots,” waitted only on a fa
vprable moment to expel him and his fam
fly forever. Dumourier had a perfed un
derftanding with tne Dutch Patriot , when
he entered Holland ; and had he been (up
ported by the French government,he would
have been ihafter of Amsterdam in two
Months from his firft attack. It was the
Jacobin faction that thwarted his views,
tecrificed him to their jerioufy, and post
poned the conqucft of Holland for near
two years.
The French.tbo* matters of the United
Provinces, affed to treat them as “ allies ”
This moderation is certainly good policy.
But there is reason to believe that this
policy will continue only during the en
thusiasm of a revolution^ and white mutual
I 'HE fall of a kingdom, like that of a
.1 mountain flood,comes when we Icaft
expeft ik—Breons ! beware ; behold the
dangers that iurround you, and tremble for
the consequences. Involved in a ruinou j
war ; your armies flying before a vi&ari
oos enemy ; unaflifted and betrayed b>
these who call themselves your allies; the
public-money prodigally lavifhea on Sardi
man mercenaries in British pay ; the faiel
ities of Pruflia supported by youi revenues
in the prolecutinn of war, w hole cbj ft is
the deftruftion cf milieus, the slavery ot a
nation ; the blood of K'JfiuJko iric* against
us——add to this a rut ous commerce at
home; Gazettes iwelicd wih bankrupt
cies . a r o t a i j o f s O t credit a want of con
fidence in every department of the state,
•nd finally an Unprincipled ministry, who
drive the nation down the strong tree cf
power the floating Wreck of their own sva
«ce and ambition.*—Such, Britons ! is the
piflure of your prefen state.
“ The idea of conquest, that dream of a
disturbed mind, is fled. Self-defence is
now our objeft, nor are we certain how
that can be attended. I? tus not deceive
ourselves, our dangers are great; the eremy
we have provoked is Formidable; ou p e
fent contention involves the political exift*
ence of this country ; ^nd what resources
•re devised ? What exertions are made on
our fide to Hand the shock, to avoid or re
pel the blow ? Who is lb weak and credu
lous. as to be lulled to security, by the en
feebled efforts of a feeble, divided admini
firation ? Or, what confidence can be plac
cd in their armed dependent ? Will mil
itary Harlequins, those Sunday Heroes of
the metropolis, will they, I aik you, with
stand the energies, or refill the imperious
movements of a French army, before whom
the chosen bands of Auflria Are seen to fly,
whom neither art nor nature can flop in
their course ? The plains of Fleuras can
witness how and what they aft—Toulon
too stands an eternal monument of their
prowess and valor.
•• Now the qaeftion is whether the na
tion is to be facnficed to the minister or the
minifler to the nation ? He himfelf gives an
iibfwtr— his example decides the choic.
He has no kruple to involve us all in an
tndlefs train of evils, and to let loose the
demon of war, that they may bold One
day longer the reigns of government. To
Satisfy his tower ng pride, to foorh his un
bounded ambition, he has flu iced the put
eft veins of Britain, and with marble apha
thy, beheld the niikries of his own crea
ting. The charter of nations has wifely
provided, that the examples should be
tnade of delinquents in every rank and fla
tion, according to the nature of their
crimes. Where the primary law is neg
lefted,their liberty cannot exifl. A nation
is free, when the minister is amenable to
jaftice, and er.fiaved when punishment can
not reach him. Let public delinquents
then, be.brought to public juflice I Careful
to fcreene himlelf, and buly to abuse oth
ers, let him be accused in his turn/*
THE CON^UE^ OF HOLLAND
was an event to be expected— it was fore
told with great confidence, many month's a
go.—The public well know how odious
has been the authori ypf the Siadtholder
Volume IX.]
Saturdays, ^Samuel W.nslvw, Matn^treet, Exeter, at , DolL & ” p ,. ran ^
srom a hondon Paper.
American Herald of Liberty.
In r taly the French art forming »IHan.
ces.—Genoa and Tuteany have already ad
mi ted hrirminifters Wpheof theremon
(trances of the English Ambafladora.
Io Turkey their influence is very con*
fiderable. The policy of the Porte is to
rake the firft favorable opportunity to a.
bridge the power, of Ruflia. and vindicate
the honor of the Ottoman Empire. French
workmen are employed in conftrading (hips
of the line in rhe black tea—French En
gineers are employed in diteiplining Tur
kifli troops.
In every part of Europe great events
seem to be preparing, and the philosopher
and the merchant are anxiously waiting
for their accompliihment.
How far the commerce of Holland w? ’
be affefted by the Revolotinn, cannot well
be afceft»*ned. Shoo'd peace be fonn re
stored to Ear pe, the Dutch would probs
bly retain their commercial habit*, pur.
fui s and con-est ion'.—Bu r fhouM war
continue, the French nrdy find it nec^fftry
to divert the fhioping and Teamen of Hol
land f otri their'ordinary channels and in
that cafe^ the mercantile affairs o< that
ceiin’n may frff r material alter’»io< a.—
The Dutch have courted peace for ace«
turyD’ft »nd have rather chosen to brook
feme infu^a. than abandon their pacific
policy How far their new connexion
with France and the general changes now
taking place in Ebrooe, will involve hem
in the neceflby of aflum'ng a mor milita
ry charefier, time only ran determine.
The F**nch arereWv d to humble the
pride of Great Britain, The ennqueft of
Holland is a severe ft-oke The Weft
Indies are in a fair wa v of foffering a gen
eral .revolution. The French have destroy
ed the Engl sh fettem nt at Sierre Leonne
in Africa : and a fqn*dron ia undoubtedly
detached to t»ke pemffion of ?he Cape of
Good Hope—a port from whence .. a few
frigates will much annoy the English trade
to the E ft-tydies. The Irish wait onlv
for fopport to give Great Britain ferioua
trouble ; and Corsica is .ripe for infurreC'
tion.
The revo’u,ion wiU principally ben-Tit
♦he richer defies of ci izens. by throwing
office* in*o their hands, which had been
enroll' d by the Stadtholder, &sis friend'.
M'ft revolutions in al! age* and countries
have been tfi\fted by a scramble for pow
er. So true i this that a reform o* <»o r
eminent, or revolution, miy H defi.ed,
u a change of governors or mafter* ’»
There hat been breve'y government hat
ever existed. wh re the people hsve had a
voie* in marking it, a conftan' of
men out o' ofli e against men in r ffice.—
The men in ffice h ve always been railed
tyrant* and had ma« » «kok -h«4r
places, call 'hemfdves patri^h and good
men. But ir has generally proved »hat a
change of mtn has not changed measures •
and the men who fucreed in displacing
htirr’yvU. are no be ter men in office
than their predeceff rs.
interest dir fts the measures of »he two
governments. The. moment the int'reft
of Holland is kune; to clalh with that of
France, the Dutch Provinces, under the
conciliating name of allies, will find
themfelCes in faft Provinces of France.—
Tfie whole extent of he effefts of the Re.
volution in Holland cannot now be fn e
fem. That the Dutch have rid 'emfelve
of a burthen, in the eXrulfiop xFrhe fa-r.
il of Charge, is ce tain ; and there is ’r.
♦le doubt, they will wifely cleanse h P
c nfti uuob, by brufhi- g away rhe rubMft
the Feudal fvftcm, ref ming abefes an j
eftabhfh ng more equal rights. But whe
ther he mass of the people will fl nt j
selves in a much better fitua ion ; wh-»her
he-r labor will procure th*m more food
and other neceffries than before remain'
*o be proved. Tn a pop-1 u« country, whe
ther the government be free or defporic,
bbor must b* cheap ahd he mass of neo
pie mull be poor. A resolution. a change
of governors, is of much left confequmce
to these people, than is commonb imagin
ed ; for if their labor »s to be pur^hafed
for fit perce a day. their fituan’on is near-
Iv the fame, under whatever govern men
they ive provided it fiords .hem tolerable
protfftion
SAI URDA Y, May 9, *795*
In the fitting of the on
a rtuffive from the french Rrpre
lentacives to register the poftcflions
of the Stadthoider, it was decreed,
that the deputies of the generality
should make known to the French
Representatives, on th6 part of
their high mightinefles:
I. 'That many of ihe poffefftons alluded
to were not in fa£t the property
of the ci-devant Stadthoider. but
he was only permitted io hold them
for bis awn ufe^
“ That the sovereignty resides
ib the entire People, a r id therefore
no portion of the People can arro
g. it to themfelves.’’
[ I he other article! are only explanatory
®* he or ccedmg After this.declaratidr,
he Ass mblv anol Ih as ificonfiftent there
wi h, the forte of g >vemtpent cor.fi med by
he Fruffian troops in 1787, Feredit
an dig ickS, such s I btauholoe , Captain-
General, Admiral, the Equestrian order. as
well as all hereditary Noblesse, and the
Culhge- of F nance —They allo abfobe
all perlons from the oath? taken agf^ea^lv
to the Confti ution of 1787, and 1788;
and have eitablilhed Pr vifional Cum nr -
tees of Public Safety,'of Military, of Fi*
nance, and Accounts. The declaration is
dat d at the Hague, under the (mail leal of
the Country, Jan. 31, 1795, the iff year of
Baisviap Liberty, and 1 signed b* P.
PAULUS, vc. and C. J De Lange Van
WIROAEEbB.]
“ 1 hat all men being eq a\ ail
are eiigi ole to all posts or employ
ments, without any other motives
of preference, than those of virtues
and of capacities.
“ That each man has the right
•o Grve God in such manner as he
pleases, or does not please, with
out being forced in this regard in
any way.
“ That each man has the right
of fuffr^gc in the Legislative Af
lembly, of the entire lociety, ti her
personally or by repreientarion, in
the choice of which he h^s concur
red.
‘‘ 1 hat the hw is the free and
solemn expreflion of the general
will j that it is equal for all, eithei
to pLn’tfh or to icward.
• ''That each One has the right
to concur in requiring from each
Functionary of public adminiftra
tion, ah accctint and juftification
of his conduit.
^he late ft European M^ices,
Ar by the Ohio, a rived at hew-York
from LONDON. ’
Rogrefs of the Dutch Revo
lution.
7 / AMSTERDAM, FEB 8.
THE Piov fb nal Affcmbiy of
the People of HuLand n
ding Weft Hi (land have pub
« ftiCti 1 the toll' wing
Declaration of the Rights of
MAN, and of a CM IZEN.
[After r^ogn zing he Sovereigns or me
people, i« the firftjnftancy—l fee Affcmb,
declare,] '
“ That all men are born with
equal rights, and that tnefc natural
n^h scannot betaken from tnjim
That these rights are equality,
liber y, law* property, and rtfift
ance td opp tilion.
Jn 12, 1795. ;
”My lift the 30th uL. »n u- ced
io you the a- rival of afl g from rhe Puto.
wa a me, Chippewa, and other tribes, with
proposals of peace ; he Miami tribe wnich
war there eprclented by two *ar ch‘»fs,
who informed that they would return wi h
the head men of their na ion in a f-w days,
have not yet come in; however, we are
no< tojucg» from this that they *ll not
confi m to their,promile ; breaue yefte.day
brought us chfee Indians from the fame,
tho’of distant part of rhe nation. 1 cau
ot inform you what was iheir bufin* fs,
fom the want of. an in erpreter but W«a
lea to conclude from their signs that their
chief are near tq us, and wll probaoly
make their appearance this dev.
, . Jnu ry 14, .
«* I have just time to inform vou hat
Miami tribe have come in snd are anxr us
for peace Part of them leave thir to-mor.
row for head quarters ”
• Cincinnati Feb. 19.
« Since my Is ft we haye been favour
ed With an emb^ffy front the bnaw-ne<e &
Deiewa es, which completes the Whble of
the nations lately at wfr .wt h us • you may
therefor ca-culate that the voice of War
will be hushed. and we lh il be per mitted
to recline in the lap of peace. I confefs
to you I have not the imalk^ doubt of the*
finceritj of the lavages, bee use they fee
it is their intefeft to bury ihe hatchet, and
live in terms of amity and-fnen^ihip with
F?t They declare with candour that the
Britim struggled hard topreveot their com
hg in.” ,
** The If th day of June nexrisappoin- <
ted for the treaty. Aryet the Indians en
tertain a favourable opinion of our hospita
lity, and wilh .for peace, and have gone
home impressed with fentimehta much co
our advantage.**
It was the n decreed to refer hfe
.’ntfliwe co < h« comrntttcc of pooltc
f .to fake rhe Op nion of c tiz 6
Vander Dr^ Ftlcal of the dd»
<n at ns, on char fuijed, &c.
111. 1 hat he did not hold his
Jions at Stadi bolder * but as a pri^
vote individual.
IL That it wouldfi ft be nerejary ta
deduct his debts^ which Were en^
ormous
All ( goods, veflels, merchan
dizes, effedtj and debts, belonging
to Che governments at war with the
R public, <?s well as thole belong
<ng to the Fren h emigrants;
pr efts and religious louet es, e m
granrs of the conquered countries
between the Rhine and the Sea;
are seized and ordered, to be cork
bleated for the ufc of the Repute.
HAGUE, FEB. 6
THE Provifi >naty Council has
made known that all Municipal
officers, a.e hereby exempt fn ni
their oath co the ancient form of
government. ;
Citizen Paulas, is chosen Pre.
fident of the R-prefentatives of
the People of Holland, and all
foreign n imfters are to tranlati
business with him
The Baron Schubart
Extraordinary from the Court of
Denmark, and the Citizen Adams,
Kefidrnt from the United Su.es,
have each had a fcperate conference
with theCicz n P Paulus, Pres
ident of the Affemblv ot th» pro*
visionary Reprelemative Os the
people of Holland. ..
PHILhDELPH A ^yil 18 . ,
Extracts rom etiers written by an Offici*
in Gene, al Wayne's army to b s Jrini
in ibi> jcity
0 Fori Wayne,.Miami V bge,
[Number 45.
JEB lb.