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' American Herald of Liberty.
"Meff^rs. PRINTERS, '/
The follonvingfteculation, as its end is the
f roff erify and bappinefs of society, may
not perhaps, be unworthy the perusal of
your patrons.
TO fee indoftriovs young men thriv
ing in business, is perhaps one of
the faireft profpefts exhibited in a flour
ifhing nation. Fathersand guardians may
then finile upon their facet Is, and pos
terity participate in the rewards of their
labours and examples. Indnftry is the
sap port, the ftrenuth md the wealth of a
nation :—The support, as it is productive
of the necessaries of life ; the strength, as
it is the very essence of power, and the
wealth, as it is the ready cash in all cli
mates of the globe. Whatever is eflen
ti a I ly promotive of industry, will be read
ily granted, is an obje& to be regarded
by the Legislature of a republic And
to be promoted as an objed attended
with an infinite series of felicitating con
feq uencesi
Hence we enquire—What is it that
affords a stimulus—What that opens a
hopeful profped—What that calls young
men upon the stage emulated with per
feverence and afliduity ? It ie a question
of the greatell moment, comprising a
large field of argument, cogent and- in
teresting.
That which introduces a young begin
ner well into business is of the firfl con
tequence. Hence imperial Rome, as
well as many other of the most flou rift
ing ancient and modern citie?,efteblifhed
loans for the afliftance of those young
•nd industrious artizans and mechanics,
who, though poflefled of genius and a
bilities mull otherwise for the want ora
small capital to establish them in bufi*
refs tolerably decent,have spent the small
time allotted them to fojoufn in this life,
in a manner useless to therirfelves and the
community: which infthutions, wher
ever they were eftablifted, have ever
been produdive of the most happy con
sequences, and have always answered the
salutary purposes for which they were
intended—and happy indeed must be the
reflection, to thole who have founded such
an indHtUfion—to fee by their timely as
■fillance, the industrious mechanic fifing
by his own industry, from indigence co
a state of affluence, and those who mull
o:herwife become a burthen to the com
muni'y, in an advanced age, enabled to
support a family with refpeflability, raise
a number of soldiers to fefve their coun
try, and contribute conifiderably to the
revenues thereof. But in no,ft^te or re
public could an wftitudqn pF this nature
be attended with more agreeable conse
quences than in'the United States, par
ticularly in the State of New-Hafnpjbire,
where many ingenious manutedurers, ar
tizans and mechanics are loitering away
the precibus hohrs of their lives in indo
lence and fioth, for the want of flpdtfums
of money to enable them to obMwjm
establishment in their ufeful caUings^who
• mi^ht otherwise become industrious, ufe
ful members of society. The wealth
and support of a State, next to its yeo
manry* depends in a great measure on
its manuFadorers and mechanics; Would
it not then be ^'remelyjbeneficiai to
this State, ftould an inftitbtion of thii
nature be established, either by the lie*
giflature or wealthy individuals, partic
wbrfy at a time when manufacturers,
urtizans and mechanics of every deferp.
lion are emigrating fropi Europe, to this
happy land ? WobM not an inftiturion
of this nature have » tendency to draw
many of those ufeful Citizens to • State
where they bed a prpfpc# of foch pat
ronage and incouragement ? Undoubt
edlpf would; Would it not then have
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a tendency to save immense films of mon
ey in the State which is annually lent to
Europe, for the productions of the roan
ufaflurer and artizan—befides aff^diog
a considerable revenue to the State,
whenever an emergency ihould render
taxation neceflary. Would not such an
infthution be a mean in saving many vir
tuous families from poverty and distress r
Every candid reader must answer in the
afflunative. In ihort, it is to be pretetr
ed, coul3 a load of this description, be
established on reasonable and approved
security—either with or without a mod
erate interest, the most happy effeds
would refute therefrom. One charader
iftic of a good man is,— '* That he is
merciful and lendeth and a small
sum thus bellowed on a young and ih
duftrious mechanic, might in time ena
ble him to tend to perpetuity.
BENEVOLUS.
HIS Polish Majesty is to re
ceive, at the beginning of
every month the sum of 250,
000 florins out of the Public
Treasury.
Advices from London of the
very 1 best authority, contradict
the reports which lately found
their way into some of the Lon
don prints, that pacific propo
sitions for a general accommo
dation had been actually made
on the part of France—no such
pfopofitions, fays dur correfpWi
dent, have been made—and if
they had, they would have been
ihftantly rejected, as the belli
gerent powers combined ^gainft
France, will not listen to/any
proposal onthe part,of the au
thority exercised in that king
dom. ;. . ’ ■'K: .)
ENGL AND.
. LONDON, NOVEMBER 9.
The last mail from Corunna
brought what is .called intelli
gence of a most dreadful nature,
from the province of Rouffilon
that thecommiffioners from the
Conviction; in' order to stop jthe
^rogrefs of the Spaniards^ had;
ordered the-tremenduous guil
lotine fo'be ere&ed in every eity,
town and village j and every
The Deputation appointed
for planning a new form of
Government, has been charged
to present to the Diet a plan for
fixing a certain Military estab
lishment in Poland and Lithua
nia.
The army Is in general to
consist of at least 12000 men, or
more, as soon as tKe requisite
funds can be found, without
raising new taxes.
Late European News.
IR E LAND.
Dublin, oct. 26.
WARSAW, OCT* 12.
POLAND.
TUESDAY, February 4, 1794.
male, from the age of twelve to
lixty, to join the Republican ar
my, under pain of death j^that
the Spaniards, apprehending the
most fatal conftquences from
such barbarities, were obliged to
retreat j and that, when the ad
vices came awav, they were on
ly four leagues from their own
frontier.
Notwithstanding the dreadful
nature of this intelligence, we
have a better opinion of the
Spanifli troops than to believe
that they were frightened out of
RouiTilon by the guillotine;
and confider it merely as a con
firmation of the intelligence read
in the French Convention, viz,
that the Spaniards have been
beaten from every post, and o
bliged to retreat, by the num
bers and impetuosity of the new
Republican levies.
What are the profpefls of the
Generals with refpeft to the fate
of the campaign, may appear
from the very high encourage
ment which they have offered to
the French troops to desert. It
is certainly rather humiliating
for this country, to be engaged
in a war in which nothing has
been hitherto atchicved except
by means unworthy of the Brit
ish character, and where, after a
trial of force, the only resource
that seems to be left is the fuc
cefsot a system of treachery.
General Prefcot goes to aflem
b|e the troops of the line in the
Weft-Indies, at Barbadoes, where
they are to join foe formidable
armament to be carried out by
Sir John Jarvis and General
Gray, for the reduction of Mar
tinique, Guadaloupe, &c.
It is determined that 140 in
dependent companies are to be
regimented, ten companies to a
regimtnt. The field officers are
pfoe-ta^en from old regiments'
Captains to ibe Majors, Majors
to be Lieutenant Colonels, &c,
without purchase, and their for
mer Commiffiqrip to be fold, the
produce of which is to be appli
ed towards the recruiting ser
vice.
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The advices received by the
Flanders mail of yesterday con
tradict, by their fifen.ee the re
port of a victory gained by foe
Prince de Cobovrg on the 19th
and aoth infL over the French
near Maubeuge.—The only ad
vantage gained by the Allies
finee ; the engagement of the 18th
confided in driving-the advan
ced detachments *bf the French
into the camp before Mau
beuge. \ V
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THE whole nation is de
termined to receive laws
from no foreign power.-—Ail
persons fufpeded of aristocracy
are taken up. Ninety members
have been expelled the conven
tion, being fufpeded of royalifm.
The exportation of all articles
of firft necefilty are prohibited.
Silks,-and glass &c. are free to
be exported.
The Spanish forces have been
beaten in every quarter ; and the
King of Sardinia is likely soon
to be left without a kingdom.
The whole energy of the Re
public is directed against Eng
land, and preparations are mak
ing for a defeent, for which
100,000 men are intended, and
all merchant vtffels in a state of
requisition, 100 millions have
been placed in the hands of the
Minister of marine for the con
ftrudlion of boats carrying each
four 24 pounders to cover the
landing of the troops,
Toulon is blockaded by
70,000 men, and is expetfted to
surrender.
[From a London Paper, Nov, 9.]
Letters from Barcelona were
received by the last Corunna
mail, which intimate strong ap
prehensions for the fafeiy of the
Spanish army in Rouflilon. The
French have risen in a most pow
erful mass in the adjoining prov
inces.
The Representative of the
People, Ferrand, wrote froni
Arrean, tq the Convention, as
follows-** 41 We have repulfrd the
Spaniards on all points; we have
carried fear and dismay into Ar
ragon, as well as into Catalonia ;
we will raze the very basis of the
throne of theSpanifh tyrant; and
I'do npcdifpair’to fee the tricol
qyred flag hoisted upon the walls
of "Madrid’ in the course of the
next campaign ”
A R N f s H.
Just received and
for sale by James Burleigh,rhe
best kind of VARNISH for
GreenrChairs. Exeterffan. 14.
The troubles of Vendee draw
to an end. —
The main body of the French
are entrenching themselves in
the woods, from which they
lately advanced. From that
strong petition, it appears, they
mean to observe the farther o
perations of the Allied Armies.'
Subjlancb of a letter front Ha»
ire-de Grace, Oft. 16.
American Intelligence.
PHILADELPHIA, JAN, 8,
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