The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1794-12-13 00:00:00, page 2

Th% warlike vitiuei give birth to . he*
rocs i The domestic virtues form the chi
zens, and ihclc are the vinues,Which fuf>
tainod and fortified by an invincible attach
ment to republican principle.', perpetuate
. . in a gen eSous-nation, that fitted fire, that
'Tharatler of grandeur, whichhas made the
French the firft people of the universe. '
Thmwe {hail soon fee thepfou-of ail the
public disturbers disconcerted, sil parties
and fidions fall, ar.d be extinguished of
ti eruSelves ; for in all parties there are
nen who make confofion for the mere,
pkafure of doing it, and do mifchief with
. out-gainiag any thing by ir. Theft are
like^fo many opposite winss, which, with
out benessiing the pilot, serve only to.per
plex his ma:ceuv:es. . ,
. Citizens, ail ^>e virtues must concur in
the^elUbliihmrnt of ths Republic. You
have, by tarns displayed your force in over,
turning the Baftile and the throne, your
patience in foppoiting the evils inseparable
irom a great revoiuiion, and your courage
in repelling he barbarians who have attack
ed joar frofttirrs- The time is now come
to vanquish ether Cncrn+esby Urmriefs atd
wisdom. A calm must at last Succeed to
io huoy storms. TW^effxl cl .he Repub
lic, To long toiled by the tempeft.u in fight
of the shore ; Take care that foe be not
driven back among the quick lands. Let
her advance into the port, cleaving, with
a gentle ccurfc, an obedietit sea, and wel
comed by the trans, p r u Os a free, happy,
aod triumphant people.
It wat then decreed at follow : ..
The Nktfooil Convention, after having
heard the address presented by the Com
mittees of Public Safety, General Welfare
and LegifUtion, united, in execution of a
decree of the i1 th of this! month, and hav
ing unarrimoolly approved it.
Derreef,Thtt it foul! be printed & font to
aH d>e A^minifirattons of the Departments
aria Dtjifitb, to the Municipalities, io the
Se^icnary committees, to the armies, and
to pbpuler focieaes.
- That it foal! be publifoedby all the Mu
nicipal rtie!?, polled up in the Decadary
Halls, and rend in all the Assemblies of the
Cdmmtrhes and Sections.
That fix copies of it Stall be given to
each Member rf-rhe Contention, and that
it fodl be translated into al! languages. -
That the Administration of the Diftrids
fhaß taufe rt to be reprinted*, and the Na
tional Agent of each Dlltrid foall ferd it
to ail Puoiic Inftruflors* to be read to thfcir
pupi’s.
CAMBACERES, Prefidcnt,
GREaT BRITAIN, j
Is playing one of the most extrrordihsry
parts that the world ever witnessed. Al
though foe had, at the commencement of
the French Revolution, made the most fa
vourable iAi pre flions on the Rulers cf the
French «hd had seen her flag honoura
bly entwined with the tri colour-d flag cf
France, ted the flags of the United States
and Poland ; and although foe was the last
to engage, and the least interested in the,
cruf&oe against France foe has been made
to bear the chief burden of the war. Ac
• an immense expense foe has been made the
lubfidizers of Prudia arid Austria, the two
powers that began the war,and that are molt
intertfted trr its' continuation—and while
her commerce is fuffcring great fpqliation,
her Vns a rd* hourly facrifi-td in Flanders.
•At. hon.fe their appears to. be « profound
calm, which is enforced by the utmost Vig.
ilance and efficiency of the government—
To awake the loyalty of the kingdom, sub
scriptions have been set on foot in all the
counties to raise Volunteer corps forth? in
ternal derate of the kingdom ; and to nip
the buds ©^liberty, the gaols and towers
are filled with authors, printers and book
fellers—Tvery ex^reffion tending to debase
the government is punifoed in the most ex
am platy manner ; and from the numerous
afibciatiom daily forming,the Ministry ap
. pear to have the voice of the nation in fop
port of the blundering fyltems they have
■./ purfoed. .. -
The condud of this kingdom, with re
fptd tothe neutral nations,' has totally
changed- Infligated by a falfe policy, or
4et<had been issued by the go vermes for
flopping and condemning all neutral vef
fols bound to.or from Frahce, or its poflef.
fions, Ihe United States, Denmark and
Sweden, have made proper complaints on
thia The most offenfive part of the
orders have been revoked, end the com
merce of neutral nations, does not fofter
much interruption from this country. In
Scotland, government roles with a rod of
iron, and in Ireland, the voice of-reform
or revolution is not at prefect heard The
Britifo navy in a (mail degree eonfoles the
nation for so repeated losses in Fiandeifl, .
and was al sea, at the date of oar last ac
counts.
The Wand of Corficahas lately been eli
ded to tie dominions of thp BritHh king ; j
and-Sir tjilbert EUfot has been appointed.
Vice Roy thereof. Os what weight in the
scale of events this acquisition taly be, we
- pretend not to determine/- - - —■—
’ OF SPAIN\
"Fhe spirit of this nation appears by the
Lil accounts to be raised by the invasions
cf the French ; and an army of T/o 000
men is laid to be levied to oppose them.*— *
As we Tave belote mehticned, Spain has
lately left Fcn arabia and St* Sebastian.
The former place ftkrendered to the French ;
in fix hours fif'er it. was fumrtJOned, ahho* -
under Louis XiV. it tuft Maifhal Beovick
two month*, aoddhe flower of his army to
reduce the fortrek— The latter is a place of
much trade,, and his amolt fufficieady ca
pacious to contain xdQ large vcffels. It is
defended by a castle of gieU fhcbgth *nd
feme aniiquity being bulk by SacchoVfll
Kirg of Nav rr^ ; n 1194.. The
Miniftrfhas published an afl'edionate &-
dress ftom the King to his futjeds, and a
proclamation for rdfing the inhabitants an
has been made iu fcvetal proviacer.
A formidable conspiracy has lately been
oeted o and he con'pirators punifovd,—
A large has failed into the Mediterra
nean to affiftthc Britifo fleet under Lord
Hood, and every measure items to indicate
that Spain means seriously to engage in the
wa>
*
OF POKTUGAL. '
This power,*«hhcugh not aftive! in the
combination agair.ft France, has lent
squadron to co-operate with the B-itilh na.
vy; ahd fame bodies of troops to assist the
Spaniards. Her war with algiers still con
tinuts, wnd her squadron is fLtioned to
confine the Algerine rovers to the Mediter.
raneah. Late accounts, however, fav that
a squadron of these pirates have adu.fly
piflcd into the Atlantic.
■_ _ *. ■■ W; «
> aT GENEVA, f
An intire revpiution has lately befn cf
fefte^—the old order of ■ hings compleiely
ab .-lilhed, and the a’drmniftratprs of if gutl
-- A minifler from this R public
ha* been received by the National Conven
tion or France.
Foreign Intelligence.
FR A N C E.
NATIONAL COxNVENTION.’
Sitting of 15 Vendemiaire.
' 4 '
Vi&ories of the Anny under
Gen. JouRDANa f
CAN TON > in the name of the
Com mi f tee of Public Safe
ty made the following report:
Citizens,
A signal victory has crowned
the glory of the arms of the Sam
bre and Meuse. The enemy > whq
were fortified on the banks of the
river Roer, and underthe battery"
of the fort of Julieis, has just been
completely beaten, and the fort of
Juliers is taken.
This is the 'moft important e
vent of this Campaign, not even
excepting the battle of Fleurs t
It cuts off every means of relief 10
Maeftricht, gives us a point of
support near tfye borders of the j
Rhine, banishes the enemy beyond
that river, and gives us a com
plete poffeffioh of all the resourc
es of the countries of Limbourg,
Cologne, Ticve^ Luxemburg and
Juliers.
Nor was the operation easy in
its execution, it was the most dif
ficult of any of his campaign.—
The enemy had coHeded all their
force—they had about 80,000
men. „ All the advantages both of
nature and of art were in their fa
f : But we had in ours, cour
( confidence, and the remem
. branch of pyr glory j but whai
are all the obstacles of nature and
of art, compared to the genius of
Liberty, and the love of one’s
country ? "‘ \ /x •*
Citizens I All our enemies
‘abroad are humbled and dying.
Thtis the armies have fulfilled
their talk, the firft • It is now, our
duty to accomphlb our own: They
have laid upon us the duty of
crushing the enemies of the interior.
/Citizens! The triumphant
armies are'docile to ydur voices—
tovld you fuffer that a few in
triguing men Ihould didare to
you here ? No, it is time that the
National Re'preffcntation ibould,
with her gigantic arms seize all
the fadion ; and in finking them,
one again ft another, Ihe Ihould re
duce them into powder; that (he
Ihould at last proclaim that Ihe a
lone would remain the depolitory
of the people ; and that (he (hould
annihilate whoever will dare Jay
his hypocritical hands upon the
chariot of the Revolution;
• .... . •-
OFFICIAL LEITER.
Jourd an, Comander in chief of the
army of Che Sambte and Meufe^
to the Citizen Reprejentatives.
composing the Committee of Pub
lic Safety.
ClTlZEli REPRESENTATIVE?,
The army marched yesterday
towards the Roer, to attack the
enemy ; the right Wing was dired
ed to Dueren,, the centre to Ju
liers ; one divifiofi to Linnick,and
the left wing to Hinfberg and
Randerait. All the troops which
the enemy had on the left wing
of that river, were vigorouflv rout
ed—the right and left wing at
tacked the posts which defended
the plates whefe the army was to
accomplish its pa flage bythse-river,
& notwithstanding the redoubts of
the enormous entrenchments all.
havebeenforced—the Republicans
have conftruded bridges,under the
most brilk fire of the enemy—eth
ers, more impatient, have crofted
the river by fwitnming. LeCon.tre
charged the cavalry of (he enemy
as far as within piftbl (hot of the
town of Juliers 3 and had it not
been for the firing from the place,
they would all have been k'lled—
the night put an end to the adion,
and we wsre prepared this morn
ing to go on, and to avail durfelves
. djiheconftrudion of our bridges ;
but (he enemy did not think pro
per to wait for us ; they departed
at 12 o’clock at night. A fog, as
thick as ever 1 saw, coofealed their
tear from us until 8 o’clock.
We had availedourfelvCs during
the night to ered bomb-batteries
near Juliers, & as soon as the fog
allowed usto fee the place,we threw i
in. it a few bombs, whereupon
the Magistrates came and brought
us the keys of the place which had
beer, evacuated in the night. We
found it in the best ficuation of
defence j there were 60 pieces of
cannon,' an arsenal in good repair,
and a great many othef. things,
the particulars of which have not
yet ceme to me. The.lofs of the
enemy may be animated at about
4, or 5000 men killed and wound
ed, 7, or ^OO priibner.% and many
horses betides dbferters—Our cav
alry is at the pursuit of the enemy.
I (hall hear from them ibis even
ing. GiLlet, will doubtless give
you an account of . the behaviour
of the troops. > ' ■
£ am just toldthkt 60,000 wt.
pf powder were found in Juliets.,
Health and J^at^tity. »,
Signed, JOURDAN.”
Domestic intelligence.
VIRGINIA.
FREDERICSBURG, Nov. 13.
THEY mention that a mutiny had beeri
excited by two Serjeant# and fix o
the^a of the Alexandrian infantry. heir
object, the difbinding of the army—They
had succeeded in bringing over the piivatca
of Col. Lane’s regiment to their views
and were making progress in Cd. Camp
bell’s when their imention-s weie dii
ccveied. They,were tried un the 4th and
found guilty ; I* tenet hud not been paiL:i
when uur informant left camp, but the
prevailing opinion they wou!d be fhoti
PHILADELPHIA, AW. 26.
Poftritt of a let Ur ftom Pi tfb'urg f j - ;
“ 1 haw* just heard.chat 77 pnlbners ale
coining over from Walhingccn—we have
hfere already about 80.”
N E• W - Y O K K, M 4. '2'6*
Intelligence is received from Canada,
that the Weftcrti.Pofts are certainly to be
abandoned by the i.riufo.
We have ieceived information, that the
tre ty with the Six Nations was concluded
about a fortnight past; tb the intire Jutrs
fadtion cf our Cbmmiffioner, who is now on
bis return.
A
BROOKFIELD, Dec. 2.
Extra fl of a If 'ter from a gentleman in Phi
lade phia, to hu fritnd in this town, dated
Hov. 22.
“ By a letter cf a late date from the left
ward it appears probable that the nuia
body of the Federal army, under the com
mand of Governor Lee. will soon return.
A regiment has been nifed by volumary ’
enlidment, >0 do duty for a Hurt time —
A considerable number of the abettors and
leaders of the infurreftion have been ap • *
,prehended and are in cuftoJy. It is said
that Ba adfor d is-w^nderingon the banks
of the OhK*. iMpafures will probably be
adopted for retaining a fofficient body ©f
the militia in the dilaffe&ed couaiiek tfl
assurances are obtained that the civil au
thority will be adequate to enforce the ex
ecution of the laws.
*'l enc’oie to you a copy of the Prtfi
dent’s ipeech as delivered to both Houses
cf.Congrefs on Wednesday last. The in
teresting derails and patriotic sentiments it
contains will be pleasing to you. I wish
the Jarobin clubs and fell created societies,
who under various names, have been fa
busy ih sowing diffenl o*; uneaflnefs arid
difeord, may read arid profit by it. The
rising profpenty of dur country, refolcing
from existing circumftinces, cannot fail to
inspire the most pleasing emotions. Pru
dence’, firmnefs, and an honest adherance
to the principles of neutralny will place
this country in a state of hefpefiibrlky. sur
passing that of any other nation on earth.
1 am felicitous that the ciozena of the Uni
ted States foould individually learn to con
fider themfekes at Americans, Detached
by catuie from other parts of the civilized
world,our iriterefts are diftinft, and ought
not to be involved with *any other nation
whatever.”- . .
, ■ _ -
BOSTON, DEC. 6.
FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS'.
Various accounts corroberate
the informatiort;of the arrival of
a reinforcement from France in •
1 the Weft irtdies. Severahveflek
have been spoke with at sea, who*
report having seen part of the fleer,
and accounts from the I (land fay,
that a veflcl hasarnved therefcotn!
Brest, which failed with the fleet.
Accounts from Frahce too men
tion the failing of a fleet. The av
erage estimate of the force, is nine
• (hips of the line, besides frigates
and transports 3 and io 000 troops.
With this force, every island in the
Weft Indies can *be taken in the
present season.
Mr. JAn MISSION.
A letter from a Member of-
Congress, at Philadelphia—“ The
afped of our public affairs.is very
i different ffom what it was at thes
opening of the last feflion; Mn
j Jay’s miftion has more and mord.
1 the appearence of complete foe*,
cefs.”