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is a figr®
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nations,
red in our eyW’j however^
our intentions to be calumniitea^^^^l
•‘ The nations of Europe have groaned
uhder the weight of taxes and famine these
two years. Kings induce them to believe
'that we alone are avkrfe .lb peace ; that
thirsty after blood and tieafures, we ftriVc
- idr nothing but plunder and conquests.
<• For the fake of humanity let us pull
off the Machiavelic milk the crowned ty
rants cover themselves with. Let us prove
that wt are willing to put an end to the
war, though we do not fear it, that we
conclude a peace because we love our fel
low men; but let us prove also, that tedi
ous or unimportant negotiations will never
induce us to suspend the triumphant march
of our armies; It now when our armies
inarch triumphant into Holland, and effect
the conquest of the Seven Provinces in iefs
time than one would spend in taking a
cursory view of thole countries; it is now
in the midst of fucceflea and vidories, that
we offer the olive branch to our enemies.
“ Let the powers of Europe open their
eyes; let them confider thd dangers they
ere threatened wish by Roffia and Eng
land ! Russia covets the iovereigmy over
the earth, and Albion over the seas. Both
powers have adroitly received every oppor
tunity to aggrandize themselves ; they
marched like giants to the proposed aim ;
but French valour feta bounds to their am
bitious prt^eda. tlfe. liberty would have
been loft forever in Europe.
« Thore bold conquerers who fubmitttd
the different people of Europe, did not
come frOHi the Nor hern defarts 1 Russia
for 60 years back follows the fama track ;
Hie civilized her faVage tribes, divided Po
land, conquered the Crimea, threatened
Greece, enchained the Caucasus, frighten
ed Constantinople, didated laws to Persia,
bumbled the emperei of China, and has
now ehflaved tha rest of Poiahd. in order
to open « pafiage into Germany.
•* Braves Danes and Swedes, the course
of the Ruffian torrent is direlied
against you. Attilla the Icourge Os
mankind, appears again at the head of
ferocious hordes. Your indepepence is loft '
if you do not frnftrate the sinister prejeds
Catharine against your countlies ; your
interest commands you to join us in Order
' to oppose an impenetrable dyke to that def
trudive torrent:
“ The British government ipfulted firft
our Ambafiador, and accused us afterwards
of having provoked thl wars. They charge
vs with intollerance, and take up arms in
favor of superstition, in order to force us to
become fanatics. They speak of our am
bition, and (natch greedily after the debated
diadem of Corsica, presented by a vile baud
, s>f traitors. They pretend us eager for
new con^uefb, ahdfeize themselves on our
islands, leave no part of the world undiff
curb'd wherever perfidy cad open them a
port, or bribery procure a fpdt of land.
They fey that wk attack the indepennence
of all nations, and they have at the fame
time employed every possible means in
order to force Genoa, Venice and Sweden
to break a wife neutrality. They have
encouraged, persuaded the Poles co begin
** The low cunning of Austria, the pride
of Ruflia and the excentric ambition of
E gland, have Spread misery and destruc
tion all over the.world. It is to them we
owe all the catemiiies under which Europe
now labors. The policy of Vieona has
long finbe been unveiled. The partition
of Feland, ibeinvafton, and afterwards the
proposed exchange of Batavia, the war
againftthe Ottoman Porte, have fufficiertUy
ditclofed the ambitious views of Austria ;
«ggrahdi«ement isthe con ft ant objed of its
fohcitude. Leopold persuaded the pow
cv. of Europe co join agairfftms; he hoped
ro detach AI face and Lorraine from France;
what good have all these intrigues pro
tiuced for Austria ? Faairc fs fees his for
midable armies deliroyed, hi> finances ex.
haufted, his credit annihilated, his artillery
taken, and (he reputation of his best gene
rals vanished. He would be glad to make
peace, because he is’unable coxohttnue the
war.
“ Prussia mast at leaftice oil which fide
good faith is to be met with—Frederick
WilliaKi, acquainted with the real pro
jeds of Austria, will be eager to abandon
a league which threaten! rhe cxifteifce Os
his kingdom. -
•* No other choice remains to Spahr,
hut to sue for peace, or to partake the face
of Holland.
B^^Fccuntenance,
pRa peace. Leave to France
alone the care of taking vengeance on those
tyrants of both hemifpberesWhat is it
you fear ? The French people are too great
too powerful to take any advantage by per
fidy.
“ Our pa ft dangers, our prerent fi&ories
the neceflity of fortifying ourselves against
a new league which might endanger our
liberty, the right to endemnify ourselves
for our multiplied losses and numerous fat
ri fices, obliged us to extend our frontiers,
to chufe large streams, steep mountains
and the ocean for boundary, in order to
proted the republic before hand for many
centuries, against any prqed of mvafijn
on the part of our enemies.
*• They pretend in vain that ourgovern
ment being only provisional, it cannot be
expeded to treat with us in a solid man
ner.
** And you dare Hill to doubt, whether a
nation that knows how to conquer, be able
to negotiate,”
This report was often interrupted by
the most lively apphufes, and was ordered
to'be printed.
NEW-LONDON, Aprils
Capt. Hurd from St. Euftatia, informs
that Mn. Goued. of St. Kitta, a man of
veracity with Whom he did business, aflured
him thkt he had seen letters from the wind-
Ward codtaihirig The intelligence of Grena
da being taken by the French. He like
wise laid that as the attention of the En.
glifh fleet kt Guadalqupe was called to
Grenada, it was conjectured and believed
the French would flip down the other fide
of the island, and attempt Dominique.
The French have a small fleet and many
men ; the Englilh a large fleet and no
meh.
Our government is the Plenipotentiary
appointed by the mala of the French Peo
ple, to terminate the revolution and the
war Has there ever been an ambaflador
inverted with mo e ample pcivers ? Peace
concluded by us, mull be more solid, be
cause it will be the result of the with of
all Frenchmen. Our government is the
will cf the hation ; justice is our strength !
Humanity is the basts of our principles,
and our guarantee is the loyalty and cour
age of a great people, that will be free.
“ Examine that government; it hiss re
leased the prisoners, encouraged industry,
revived commerce, pioteded rhe arts, made
justice the order of the day, in the interior
of the Republic, and vidory on the fron
tier*.
.
B O S T O N, April 11.
; . LATE FROM FRANCE,
we learn, that a vessel has arrived at
Philadelphia, in Jo odd days from France,
bringing Intelligence into February—-the
principal articles of which are, That the
Dutch wire busily employed in organi
zing a REVOLUTIONARY GOVERN
MENT, for the United Netherlands;
that the officers and seamen. of the Dutch
navy, had declared in favour of the French;
and that the navy Was to be employed as
auxilieries to the French.
In a Su Crpif paper it is mentioned,
that Sh Lucia and Grenada, are in the
hands of the French.
Recent letters from Mr. Jay, give the
public reason to exped his arrival in the
United States very soon.
^"tLAUZEL, in the name of
kJ the Committee of General
Surety, rbad a letter from the Re
prefentativesi with the armies of
the North, Sambfe, and Meuse.
• “We have just had an inter
view with the Minister Plenipoten
tiary, from the Hague. ‘‘ £ go
to Paris, said be* with the most
unlimited powers CO treat
with the Freach people. I fulfil
the mission with pleasure, for
Foreign Intelligence.
national convention, fib. i.
OJ French Affairs,
■ »
Richard, in the name of the
Committee of Public Safety, after
ft foitabfe intrpdudion, read the
following TREATY:
Art. L The grand Duke of
Tufkany revokes every ad/con
fent, acctffion, or adhesion given
to the coalition formed against
the French republic.
Art. 11. Therefofts, there will
be, amity, peace, and good undet
ftanding between the French Re
public and the grand Duke of
Tufcahy. ,
ARTi i&JTh^s neutrality of
Tuscany on
the footing on which it flood be
fore the Bth dfXJdnWj 1793.
Art. IV. And thd^reient
treaty will nofr/^
but after its
tional Convention a ahoM J
Done at Paris ahVh^^tional
Palace, of' of jd
year of the French Republic^
After a long debate tife^Con
' vention decreed that the report &
treaty shall be printed^ arid ad
journ the consideration of the lat
ter to the 15th inst- (13th Feb.)
Domestic Intelligence.
The manufactories of Paris, in
thirteen months, have fabricated
157,000 muskets.
After the reading the report,
it was decreed, that the jury of
arms and invention of war, cease
its fundions on the 10th inst.
On motion, it was decreed, that
no particular religious worship
Ihould be publickly fupported—
and the churches ordered to be
fold—lt was also, decreed, That
women, and children, under 12
years old, prisoners, ftiouid be fee
at liberty.
the coalefceS
power^ lnfer tin in the
Bulletin, wJs decreed.
Gui ton Mor v£ aux, in the
name of the Committee of Public
Safety, prefenced ah account of
the ficuation, arsenals and maga
zines of the Republic, of which
the following was part: ,
In the month of Frimatfe, on
ly, the foundaries destined to sup
ply the armies^ furnilhed 500
cannon ; the immense quantity of
pieces of artillery we pofiefs, pef
mic vs to employ the copper of
our bells to copper bottom our
fhipst
Thirty foundaries are employed
day and night for the. iervice of
the navy ; and in one year they
have produced 15,000 great guns.
The manufactures of arms, of
all kinds, furnilhed in one year
12,000,000 bullets, in 7 months,
7,600 artillery waggons 5 and 10,
000 gun carriages, and each de
cade 3000 fabres and 4000 bayon
ets.
PHII.ADBI.PHrA, APRIL 8.
TXISPATCHES from Gen.
1 Way we, dated the i sth of
Feb. and which arrived last Sat
urday, infortir that the famous
Shawanecs Chiefs, and ^criors^
TREAT? with TUSCAN?.
“ £ have now only to request
of you co point out a place upon,
which you will permit us to plant
this ensuing spring, I Will im
mediately remove my Warriors,
my women and children CO it, and
place them under your protee*
tion. -—"• i '■■■.
: - - BWng de
war, and
JWWe agreeing to as-
Me, with all the other Chiefs
Vpneir nations at Grech vile,; Gen;
Wayne's quarters) in June next^
to conclude a general peace ; and
in the mean cimt to cease from all
ads of hoftilicy. The request of
an old Deleware Chief, indicated
the distress of his nation, while it
manifefted the sincerity of his pro*
feflions, at the close of his speech
co General Wa^tne, he said—-
her; and is universally lamented. la her
life she exhibited the Christian virtues in
4 high and uncommon degree—She fudain
ed her last sickness with diAinguilhtd for
titude and resignation to the will of Gou;
and full of the faith and hopes of the gof
* pel fell asleep in Jt(at,——Marh the per*
feft— -heboid the upright—their end it peace.
It was Currently reported last evtnfn^,
that by an arrive! at an out-port, from Sr.
Mar.ins, information bad been received
that the French and EngHlh outward-bound
Weft-India fleets had met in a southern
latitude, and engaged ; that the Trench 16ft
three fit ips of rhe Tine, funk ; and tnie Eft
glifh (heir convoy. Placing but little
reliance Oh Weft-India reports, we are of 'o
pinion, (hat the pre fen t orginated th the
iofs of the three French men of war fa a
florin ; and of the capture, by the Brest fleet,
of a great number of English and other
vefiels.
The intelligence of (he infurreflidhs in
St. Lucia, S’. Vincents, and Grenada, io
confirmed by recent arrivals.
THE TREATY—We still learn, it
highly favourable to the commercial inter
ests of (he United States; and that therO
does not exist a doubt of its receiving the
cordial concurrence of (he Senate of United
States, in June next.
The firft mark of diftindion Which will
be conferred on that eminent statesmen
and patriot, Mr. Jay, it is highly probible,
will be by The Sovereign People, in clewing
him to the Chief Magistracy of the State of
New-Vork.
A letter from Shelburne, (Nova-Scotia)
obferkes, •* The Treaty between England
and America, has put the final fighature to
the death warrant of this place.
The gales of wihd which were experi
enced on Ihe American coast last winter,
seem to have extended throughout Europe.
In one of them the British grand fleet was
obliged to return into port; when about
the fame time, the French grand fleet w:a
fepafated in a florm, and three ships of the
line loft. The Spanish fleet had also to
encounter the rage of the elements; and
had many difmafted. The damage done
the American commerce is considerable.
LAST Monday departed this life Mrs.
Nancy Dean, wife of Mr. Ward C.
Dean, of this town and daughter of the
Rev’d Samubl Webster D. D. of Sal
isbury—She was an amiable and tender
companion, a dutiful child, a kind and af
fe&ooace mother , and a benevolent and
faithful friend.-—Piety towards Gon and
benevolence to all mankind distinguished
her cbara&er. The poor experienced her
bounty. She was beloved by all who knew
WHEREAS MARV my
Wife, has already run me ia
debt, without my consent, and has there
fo e miibehaved herfelf<*>this is therefore
to caution all perlons against trailing her
on my accounC, •» 1 am determined not to
pay any debts £he may cantriA »rom thia
date. MORRIS LAMPREY.
£pjem t 6/i dfrii, 179$*
» Creter,
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1795;
BOSTON, AMlic.
REPORT.