The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1795-04-18 00:00:00, page 2

“ These men will never be cor*
reded. Look into Hiftory, and
you will find, that once seated in
power, tyrants will never quit it,
till they descend into the grave.
“ Representatives of a great na
tion ’ Is your solicitude for Liber- ,
ty less ardent than that of the
States of the ci decant Languedoc
for the inhabitants of Gevandan ?
“ A wild beast had devoured a
woman and two or three children 5
scarcely had the news arrived at
Montpelier, before the comman
dant ordered three regiments co go
and destroy it.
“Thousands of victims have
been immolated by the f ury of the
Decimvirs; all France was cov
ered with mourning and conster
nation during their tyranny : The
greatest of all crimes, the usurpa
tion of the sovereignty of the peo
ple, has been c A mined. So many
attrocities will not remain unpun*
Khed.—No —for you are just.
“1 propose, 1 ft. That your
Commute s to-morrow make you
a report on the representatives de
nounced by Lecointre and by
all France.
idly. “ That the committee
of LegiOation present you to-mor
row with the project of a law,
tending to confirm the powers of
the Revolutionary Tribunal j but
at the fame time, to keep out all
the Judges and Jurors who had
aded before the 10th of Thermi
dor.”
The propositions. of Ci-auzei.
were adopted in the midst of the
. loudest plaudits.
Several Voices—“ Let the •
speech be printed.”
Duhem —“I desire to be heard.”
Several Members—” to the
■ Tribune.”
Duhem—’* I will not go there;
I will not submit myfelf to be ag
onized by your follies —
{Murmurs) The Tribune of a
free man is wherever he may hap
pen to be.
1 think that the principles and .
the decrees of the Convention wijl
be found to oppose the printing
of this speech, as they might the
delivery of it (Murmurs) and *I
will prove it. A great number qf
per r ons know, and particularly my
Colleagues who arc Members of
the Committees, that these Coty*,
mittecs are occupied dav and hiah
^awry, pronounced against them
by the rebellious commune/
“ Reprefentativfes of the people,
is it not evident to you as well as
to the whole republic, that the ac
complices, the perpetrators of
RoBESPrERRE Rill infed France ?
Cali to mind that they wirhed to
be continued in their fundions,
after the death of their-chief; that
Bjllaud found fault with the re
peal of the decree, which confer
red on them the right of arresting
us i and char, imitating the ex
preflions of the fallen tyrant, he
was heard to cry out in this afiem
bly, M Sure I hear a murmur 1”
“ How can you expert that all
the powers of Europe will sue you
for peace and alliance, if you fuf
fer to remain in the Senate the
Chiefs of that faction which has
laterated * the Republic ? Who
could affine their reciprocity in
their engagements; But perhaps
you will lay, with Wmbeceres,
that all the factious men, who
combine in the Convention, will
find their tomb in it*
Dewars—“ A man who de
clares himfelf an aflaflin, odght
not to fit in the Convention.”
Duhem—“ You (hall not with
impunitv assassinate the people.”
—(Hiffes prevent him from pro
jceedingb)
De wars—“ I think that a Re
presentative of the People, who
had the attrocity to declare himfelf
an affaflin, ought to be excluded
from this Assembly, at least for
three months, and sent to the Ab
bey. (Loud plaudits.) We have
known for a long time, that gfiaf
fination was your favourite expe
dient, which you never failed to
put in execution to attain your
ends. You dare to fay that you
will assassinate the French people j
Have you not already done it, in
putting to death their Representa
tives ? Are yOu not fatisfied with
the blood of 40 or 50 of your
Colleagues ? (Duhem smiles.) I
propose that Duhem be commit
ted to the Abbey.”
A great number of voices—
“To the Abbey, to the Abbey.”
The President then put it to the
vote, and a great majority was for
Duhem’s being sent to the Ab
bey. (Loud Applauses.) How
ever,
Legendre *~ moved the order of
the day.
Clauzex—“ f support the
proposition of Legendre for the
order of the day. Duhem pre
tended, that I had accused him of
a correspondence with the emi
grants of Switzerland} there was
lately an explanation on this fub
je& at the Committee of General
Safety > many of my Colleagues
confeffed, that there had been read
in the United Committees a paper
which proved, that the Jacobins
had held a correspondence with
the Emigrants in Switzerland}
but I never laid that any of my
Colleagues, Duhem or any other,
bad any part in that correspon
dence.” r
Bourdon del’ Oise—« 1 move
that we put to vote the order of
the day, in order to end a debate
which must be afflicting to aft true
patriots.”
. The Convention patted to the
order of the day^ ;
in dlfcufling this affair: The de
nunciation bears as much upon
thirty or forty other Members, as
upon the seven accused.
“ I only invoke justice, and
chat -all parties may be heard.—
Doubtshave arisen on the man
ner in which I voted in the affair
of Carrier.*—t voted according
to my conscience, and I would do
the fame in this affair. The Com
mittees are inquiring into it. and.
if Clauzel, whom f confider as
an infamous calumniator”.—(Vo
lent Murmurs-)
Clauzel—l de fire to be
heard jn answer to Duhem”
Duhem—“ If Clauzel, who
has the audacity to tell me to my
face, that I held arorrefpondence
with the Emigrants in Switzerland,
does not prove the fa£t I declare
that 1 will myfelf affaflinate him/’
'The assembly, and all the Tri
bunes, manifelled fymptons of in
dignation.
Duhem takes off his cravat.
A Member—“ 1 vote that Du*
hem, i he affaflin, be called to or
der.” (Loud plaudits.)
Several Voices—“ To the Ab-
bey 1 To the Abbey !”
> The Grand Duke of Tuscany
j has acknowledged the Republic,
and obtained a peace.
Amsterdam Jan.
About the end of last week,
Gen. Winte went from hence,
with a body of troops, for Helder
to seize the vessels of war which
were there, as well as port New-
Dieppe, in which expedition he
succeeded, as well as to that of
Helvoetfluys, whither he went for
the fame purpose.
■. u ; ’ »»■■■*■
PARIS, FEB. 7.
From Bruxelles, Jan. 19.
Yesterday two representatives
of the people arrived here from
Amftcrdam, they are going to
Paris.—Every where the soldiers
of the Stadtholder lay down their
arms. The Englifb army is in
visible: it is presumed that part
are withdrawing towards Hanover,
and that the remainder must be
T HIS morning arrived here* the
Jhip America* Capt. Ewing, from
Havre^ which place he left on the
20th of February, The Captain
communicates the following
Just before Caph Ewing failed,
all reftriftions, however, on the
exportation of articles of luxury
were taken off.
Os the TAKiNG of AMSTER*
XFromBACAE’s Aurora, of April z and 4,
printed at Philadelphia.)
THE Republicans had taken
Amsterdam, ^ich ‘ 1000
Merchantmen, 12 (hipsof the
Line, & 36 Frigates. The Dutch
troops offered no resistance, agree
ably to a proclamation of the
States General. The combined
forces had retreated also without
attempting to oppose the progress
of the French. The British troops
retired to a corner of Zealand.
h does riot appear that freedom
of trade has heet? reftoied yet, a
greeably co the projeded decree,
of which we lately gave an ac
counts
A Convention had been called
in Amsterdam, to frame a Consti
tution, which was expeded to be
publilhed on the sth of February,
The Dutch Admiral had hoifltd
the tri-coloured flagln the port of
Amsterdam. The Stadtholder’s
arms had been taken down every
where. Thete particulars are
contained in papers brought by
Ga pt. Ewino.
Tallien’s party in the Con
vention (till prevailed. Barrere
Billaud, and CollOt, were under
arrest; but the general opinion
was that they would not (offer
death*
The Stadtholder resigned his
authority, in a letter to the States
General, in which he declares that
he must depart, as he cannot lon
ger be of tervice to his country ;
and for the fame reason he had ac
cepted the resignation of his two
fans.
The Captain fays, generally,
that the French oh thefideof Spain
continued to be vidorious; and
intelligence of the fall of Bilboa,
was daily looked son
Important Intelligence:.
French Accounts.
Sy Tuesdays Maik
DAM. &c.
REPORT,
Made to the National Convention,
on the fubjed of Peace*
Bojssy d’ANGLA* spoke to the order
of the day, ^nd made a detailed report on
the Situation of thia raft empire, its relation
wuh other people of Europe, and the true
interest of the latter with refpedl to France
“The moment draws near,** laid he,
' when Europe, exbaufied and humbled,
will be obliged to sue for peace, when all
the courts in (defied in the continuation of
the war, but unable to support it, will cd,
deavour to represent you as the authors of'
ail the calamities of war, if peace is not
restored to this c^tinent. You will ex
pole your defignf^ith candor, and refute
with energy the atrocious inculpations yoor
enemies intend to brand you with.
“ The formal ccreowhies of a^
and energetical simplicity of n iw people*
Pcfpbts formed a league against us, minlf
ters planned our deftraftion, the armies of
Europe formed but out immense host. and
near Brielle and HelvoetfluysJ
if they have found means of em
barking.
We are credibly informed that
feverd magazines and 200 English
vessels, in tbeZuider-2ee, are in
the power of the Republicans.
The capitulation of the town
and province of Utrecht, conclu
ded with the French, contains the
following articles;
The lives and property of the
inhabitants (hall be under the pro
tedion of the law; no one shall
be molested for, his conduct dur
ing the war, or the period that
precceded it. Entire liberty (A
the religious worlhip.
All the other articles have been
declared by the French General
beyond hrs power to grant, and
have been referred to the decision
oftheßepretentativesofthe French
people.
Gold is not the most precious
article the provinces of Holland
offer us. Provisions of all kinds,
and in abundance of Ihe re mer
chardizes whic^ begu io become
fcatce in France, are of much more
importance to the Repbulic, and
if we know how to take all the ad
vantages of this conquest, the for
mer abundance will loon return to
FrarCe. The maintaining of our
armies will cost the Republic not
a farthing, and our enemies dis
graced, confounded, defeated and
routed on all Gdes, will be glad to
accept kneeling the conditions we
(hall please to grant them.
JANUARY. 27.
Every moment we are favour
ed with new details of the immense
riches which vidory has delivered
to the Republicans in Holland.
They exceed even the fondeft
wilhes we entertained. They
found a superb founder y of armt
at the Hague; the city of Delfc
offered the most considerable and
best furnilhed arfehal of Europe.
The city of Dortrecht contained
632 brass cannons, 40,000 (lands
of arms an immenle quantity of
warlike (lores of all kinds, and
proviiion^ enough to maintain an
army of 40,000 meh during a
whole campaign. Excellent dock
yards fitted in a mafterlv manner
for the conftrudion of (hips, and
provided with timber enough to
ered A numerous fleet are Only
part of the immense advantages
refuking from the capture of
Rotterdam. Evfety where maga
zines glutted with provisions,
which the Dutch, guided by a
prudent economy, stored up, in
order to fell them with double ad- 4
vantage in calamitous years;