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(the expedition to Verfai/lt) it still
remains enveloped in all that kind of
mystery which ever accompanies events
produced more from a concurrence of
awkward circu mflances, than from fix
ed design. While rhe characters of
men ate forming, as is always the case
in revolutions, there is a reciprocal sus
picion, and a difpofitioa to misinterpret
each other ; and even parries diredly
opposite in principle, will Sometimes
concur in puthing forward the fame
. movement with very different views,
/and with the hopes of its producing ve
ry different consequences. A great deal
of this may be difeovered in this em-,
barraffed affair, and yet the ife of the
whole was what nobody had in view.
The only things certainly known,are,
that considerable cneafinefs was at.tLy
time excited at Paris, by the deley of
the King in not ian&ioning and for
warding the decrees of the National As
sembly, particularly that of the Decla
ration of the Rights of Man A and the de
crees. of ite fourth of Auguji which Con
tained the foundation principles on
which the confti'ucion was to be erect
ed. The kinder, and perhaps tie fair
eft conje&wre upon this matter is, that
some of the ministers intended to make
remarks and observation, 'upon Certain
parts of them, before they were finally
fandioned and Sent to the provinces;
but be ,this as it may, the enemies of
the revolution derived hopes from, delav,
and the friends of the revolution, unea
siness./
During this state. of fufpence, the,
Garde du Corps, which was composed, as
such regiments generally arfe, of per
sons much connected with the Court,
gave an "entertainment at Versailles
(Oft. t) to some foreign regiments then
arrived ; and when the entertainment
was at the height, on a signal given,
* the Garde du Corps tore the National
cockade from their hats, trampled it
under foot, and replaced it with a
counter cockade prepared for the pur-
and 6:h. . . /' :
I cannot consider Mr. Burke's, book
in scarcely any ocher light than a dra,
malic performance ; and be must,„ I
think, have considered it in the feme
light himfelf by the,poetical liberties he
his taken of omitting some fa&s, dis
torting others, and making the whple
machinery bend to produce a A'^ ef
fed. Os this kiad is his account of the
expedition to Versailles, He begins
this account by emitting the only fads
which as causes ate known to be true ;
every thing beyond these is epnjedure
even in Paris: art he then worksop a
tale accommodated to his own passions
and prejudice:.
It is to be observed throughout Mr.
. Burke's book, that he rever fpeafcs of
plots againf fee Revolution ; and it i,
from these pl^.s that all the mi. r chicfa
have arisen. It suits his purpose to ex
hibit the consequences without their
causes. It is one of the arts of ths dra
ma to do so. If the crimes of men
were exhibited with their Offerings,
the flage effe& would foretimes be loft,
and the audience would be inclined to
approve where it was intended they
scald commiserate.
After all the investigations that have
been trade into this intricate affair,
I give to Mr, Burke all his thea
. trical exaggerations for facts, an,d I then
afc him, if they do not eftablith the
certainty of what F here lay down ? Ad
mitting them to be true, they shew the
necessity of the French Revolution, as
much as any one thing he could have ^f
ferted. These outrages were not the cf
feet of the principles of the Revolution,
but of the degraded mind that emitted
before the Revolution, and which the
Revolution -is calculated to reform.
Place them then to their proper cause,
and take the reproach of them to your
own fide.
It is to the tinner of the National As
sembly, and the city of Paris, that du
ring such a tremendous feene of arms
and confufon, beyond the control of all
authority tbit they have been able, by
the influence of example & exhortation
to refrain so much, Never were more
pains taken to inftfua and enlighten
mankind, and to make them fee that
their interest confided in their virtue,
and not in their revenge, than what have
been displayed in the Revolution of
France! I now proceed to make fame
remarks on Me. Burke's account of the
expedition to Verfaillcs, October sth
O, this the Deputation moved on to
wards the Balace of the Thuilltrits, be
tween a doable row of National Guards,
flambeaus proceeding, following, and
accompanying them, and Martial Mafic
Striking up, and continuing during the
Procession. -
[7% Members empoibered by the Af
femb!y to prejent the n/w Conflitution to
Louis XVI. tyere 6o in number.]
Having arrived at the Palace, the
Deputation was immediately ushered in
to the Grand Council Chamber, and
introduced to )he King, who now was
Seated on a Throne, surrounded by his
ministers, And a number of other per
lons of diftinaion. 1
and a battle there probably would hate
been, had it oat been for. the moderat
ing prudence of those whom Mr. Burke
involves in his censures. By his keep
ing the Garde du Corps on; of fight,
Mr. Burke has afforded himfelf the dra-
M. ThouAet then advanced, and
fifoke as follows,^;
'' The Representatives of the Nation
now present to four Majesty the Cotfi
tutional &?, which Consecrates the ini,
prefcriptibic Rights of the French Net
tion $ which gives to the Throne its
true dignity, and which organizes the
Government of the Empire."
The King inftantlyreplied :
" I now receive the Cooftitutidn pre
sented to me by the National Affably.-^
llh all Inform them of my resolution,
after the Shorten Foffible delay which the
examination of futh an important object
demands.
“ Lain refolded to retrain in Paris-
I Shall give the necessary orders to the
Commandant-General of the National
Parisian Troops refpeding my Guards.''
The Deputation having received their
answer, and M. Thouret having asked
and obtained a Copy of it in writing,
for the fatisfaaion of the Aftembly, they
instantly returned with the fame Ceremo
ny that they had set out.i
In order that the King in the difeuffi
SEPT. 5. ,
The Grand Cotfitutional Chart is at
length finished, and was on Saturday
last preferred to the King ; who receiv
ed it wi,h a countenance in which much
outward fatisfaaian was depicted.<
The Members met in the Hall of the
Assembly at fix o'clock in the evening,
but it was half-part eight before every
thing was ready.
M. Vernier, the President, thert
intimated, that he had waited on the
King and an bounced their intentions,
and ahat his Majesty was ready co re
ceive / hem.
pole. An indignity of this kind a
mounted to defiance. It was like de
claring war ; and if men will give
chaleqges, they must exped confeqqtn
c,. But all this Mr.? Burke,has care
fully kept out of fight. He begins his
account by faying, ", Rifay wjll
" record that on the morning of the 6th*
"of Odober, 1789. ; the King and
" Queen of France, afters day of con
" fufion, alarm; difma^, and Daughter,
" lay down under the pledged fecurky
" of public faith, to indulge nature in
" a few hours of respite, and troubled
'.' melancholy repole." This is neither
the sober stile of nitbry nor the inten
tion of it. lb leaves every thihg to be
guessed at, and miAakep. One would
at lead think there had been a battle ;
matic license of putting the King and
Queen in their places, as if the object
of the expedition war against them.
[To be Continued ]
.Sunday, Aug&Ji 28. , \. ^
M.Humbert, deputed frdm the Na
tional Guard of Clermont, and in their
name and .he names of M. Bedu and
M. Caree, gave up to the nation the
pecuniary recompence decreed to:thera
for their coniad in Stopping the King.
& .;Sptunda,„Augafl „.
ft LETTER from the Miniftef, of
War was .read, representing the
dagger, in t^ prefect circumstances, of
leeching tfe'w^iike. : preparations.
These cbfervations, audfomeochers re
lative to the cladthing of the troops,
were feat to the Military Committee.
^neb NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
Foreign Intelligence,
per LATEST ARRIVALS.
Quack Dolors are Sometimes called
Mountebanks,, from their afeending banks
—or any other height from which they
boast Os their /kill, and ypnd their nost
rums. A little observation will con
vince as that this nickname does not be#
long only to the Spurious sons of Efula
pius, What is thd soldier who boasts of
the Superior courage of his regiment,
but a mountebank ? What is the divine
who bofts of the fuperiour excellence
and parity of the principles or forms of
his peculiar church, but a mountebank ?
What is the bead of a college who boifts
ata com mencement of the number or
abilities of bis graduates or ftudeuts, but
a moOTsbank ? What is the orator who
ftuos you every year with the hard (hips
and exploits of the Cincinnati, but a
mountebank ? What is the - man who
praises his own country, at the expense
of all others, but a mountebank Ire-In
fhort—front George the Jd. who pro
nounced from his throne, that to be " a
Briuffi fubjed was to be the freeft and
bappieft creature Upon the furface of the
globe," down to the apple women who
fit at every; corner cf our streets and
praise their fruit, the passion for mounte
banking is universal, and in every way
in which it is pra&jfed, it is alike con
„trary to good breeding and good sense,
and ,Should equally expose its votaries to
ridicule and contempt.
^Several matters refaaing the Riots
in Europe, are unervoid&tl, omitted;
<. • w .^i^y^u~'
A private letter by the Hawke from
India, relates the following incident,
which occurred to Major Gowdie, short
ly after he entered Bangalore, with the
other affailant^ Last war he had been
Tippoo's prisoner, and was confined, with
many other gentlemen, in Bangalore,
whbre they fuffcred every species of in
felt, harqffiip, arid barbarity. A hu
mane and beneficent butcher, whose bu
fibers led him often to their prison, saw
and felt, for their fufferings ; they had
been gripped of their clothes, and rcb
bed of their mercy, before they were
, confined. It would have ceft the butch
er his ears, perhaps his life, had he dis
covered any fym,cms of pity, for the
prisoners before kis country men. They
were'al!9w,d,only one fcer cf rice, and
a piece or half-penny per day, for their
fubfiftarce ; but the ~buccher contrived
to relieve their recc/ktics. Upon open
ing the Sheep's heads, which they fre
quently bought from him as feed they
were afloniflud to frd pegqds in the
b/ains. • Upon puffing the yar&f their
prison, he often gave them ab^five lan
guage, and threw balls of clay or dirt
at them, to teftify his hatred and con
tempt ; but upon breaking the balls they
always fop^d that they contained a fop
ply of money for their relief, and this
he did frequently, for a long series of
time. Major Gowdie had not long en
tered the breach when he fiw and recol
leded hi4friend, the butcher ; he ran
with eargernefs to efobrace him, saved
hint from the carnage, and led him to a
place of fa fety ;—the tranfpofts of thel
two generous spirits at their meeting,
gave the most pleafibg Jenfations to all
who beheld them ; it foftmed the rage I
of the soldiers, and made the thirst ofl
blood give way to the emotions of hum a- I
on of the CONSTITUTION, ffiould
exercise the utihoft liberty, all the Na
tional Troops were removed from the
Palace, and the King requested to ap
point his Body Guards. <
% Yesterday the fhitieries were opened,
all -the Centiriels polled to prevent the
entrance of Grangers being removed;
A prodigious crowd of Citizens hav
ing gone to the Chapel during the
morning service, on the entrance of the
King and Queen to hear Mafs,a<number
of voices exclaimed, Five la Nation !
Five la Confitution!
His Majif), who was taken unawares,,
being unable to hide his emotion at this
circumstance, burst into tears.
On this th^ audience cried cut — Five
le Roi! Five la Liberie ! One person in
particular pronounced with a loud and
diflina voice, Five le Premia Rei Con
stitutional des Frozcois !
LONDON SETT. 9.
MOUNTEB ANK.
MAGNANIMITY.
American Advices.
PHILADELPHIA CCT. JB.'
Extras of a letter, dated Washington, id
<Kentucky, Sept. 3, 1,91,
ONE of the Indian captives lately
died at this place —his Excellency ,
Governor St. CLAik gave liberty to
the rest to bury the corpse according to
the cuftooi of their nation : The mode is,
that, the body be wrapped in a Shroud,
over which they "put a blanket, a pair of
moggafins on the feet, and Seven day's
rations by the head, with other necessa
ries. The march from Fort-Wafeinztra,
was very Solemn ; ontbeir arrival at the'
grave, the corpse was let do„, and the
relatives immediately retired—an "aged
matron,then defended into the grave,
and placedife E':nket according to rule,
and fixed the pr&vifion in Inch a manner
as (he thought would be most handy and
convenient to her departed friend—
calling her eyes about to fee if all was
right, She found the deceased was tee-,
foot, and inquired why they had omitted,
the moggafins ? The white perlon who
Superintended the whole business inform,
ed her there were no good moggafinsia
the store ; but that byway of amends
they had put a Sufficiency of leather ia
the knapsack to make two pair—at the
fame time shewing her the leather. With
this (he appeared Satisfied, faring, that
her friend was well acquainted with
making them."./
—T
The church now building at Peterf-'
fog, is the largest in Europe. Two
thousand men have been working •on it
these 20 years, and are not yet at the
" ill. That they look upon the cause
I of the King of Frances their own ; that
I they require that that Prince and his
I family beimmedia^ly fat at liberty,and
I free to go where they pJeafe. ^d to re-
Iftore to hi, Majefy that Sacred honor
land submission due from a people to l ^i r
I Sovereign by all laws of nature and civil
I Society. - „ •
I "zdly.Tfa theSovercigns core
lio oppose and revenge any further at
r tempts against the fecyrity ofthe perfens,
or the honor of the King. Qjecn, and
any pf the Royal Family.
"idly That thev will hot acknowlege
any other Constitution as legal inFr^e
but < c bat has the unequivocal a,probation
of the King, given icben he st atjuA :^er
ty to da as he pleases.
“ And that if no such legal CORAHS
t'ion is fettled, they will jointly ^ ever,
means ta put an end to that fptrtt,
anarchy and ponfufion so <<^,,7 , o
regularity a^ good order watch it is
duty of all governments to cherish and
'°'^,edh,& d&re^
Os the EmpeßOß, in conjunction with the
Courts cf Berlin, London, Madrid,
Turin, Naples, and Peter fbourg.
''HE underfigged are ordered by
1 their relpeaivc Sovereigns to
make known the following :
'4 That notwithstanding the glaring
force and violence which both preceded
and fuccedded the a&s of consent drawn
from the King ofFrance io the decrees of
tbeNationalA:rembly,yet they had with
held their opinions as to the free will cf
his Christian Majesty in the consent
above mentioned, but (hat the attempt
made by that Monarch to obtain his
freedom was an undoubted proof that:
both his religion, and his will,had been
violently forced, and that the formal ar
refling of the King, Qceen, Dauphin,
and Madaroe Elizabeth, occasions
grounded anxiety as to the further views
of the, opposing party.
" That the before-named Sovereigns
can no longer forbear expressing their
feeling, and declaring the reflations
which they have been induced to takein
the pr^fent fixation of affairs,and which
the honour of-their Crowns, the ties of
friendship, and the earned wish for the
gocd order and peace cf Europe,require
of them, and they have charged the un
dersigned Ministers lb declare in their
names. I'/
COUNTER-REVOLUTION.
g^SomePoliticicuis think thefollowing arti
cles points to jometbing furious to France.
DECLARATION