The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-05-11 00:00:00, page 2

W AN ACT
W’oncerning the commercial intercourse be
W lv>etn the United States and Great Bri
tain and France and their defiendencies t
and for other fiurjmses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of' Jiefiresentatix< a of the United States
of America, in Congress ussembied, That
Jvom nnd after the passage of this act, no
British or French armed vessel shall he!
permitted to enter the harbors or waters
tinder the jurisdiction of the United States ;
but every British and French armed ves
sel is hereby interdicted, except when they
shall be forced in by distress, by the dan
gers of the sea, or when charged with des
patches or business from their government,
or coming as a public packet for the con_
veyance of letters; in which cases, as well
»s in all others, when they shall be permit
ted to enter, the commanding officer shall
immediately report his vessel to the collect
or of the district, stating the object or cau
ses of his entering the harbors or waters of
the United States ; a.id shall take such po
sition therein as shall be assigned him by
*iici» collector, and shall conform himself,
his vessel and' crew, to such regulations
respecting health, repairs, supplies, stay,
intercourse and departure, as shall be sig
nified to him by the said collector, under
the authority and directions of the Presi
dent of the United States, and n5t conform
ing thereto, shall he required to depart from i
the United Stales.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That !
nil pacific intercourse with any interdicted !
foreign armed vessels, the officers or crew i
thereof, is hereby forbidden, and if any per
son shall afford any aid to such armed vt-s-^
scl, cither in repairing her, or in furnish**!
ing her, her officers or crew, with supplies
of any kind, or in any manner whatsoever,
or if any pilot shall assist in navigating thw
said armed vessel, contrary to this prohi
•j'JPS:. 3. Jind be i'further enacted, That '
ihe penalties and forfeitures which may
have been incurred under the act entitled
“ An ct to interdict the commercial inter
cours between the United States and G.
Britain and France and their dependencies,
and for other purposes,” last mentioned, and
also all the penalties and forfeitures which
may have been incurred under the act lay
ing an embargo on all ships and vessels in
the ports and harbors of the United States,
or under nay of the several acts supplemen
tary thereto, or to enforce the same, or un
der the acts to interdict the commercial in
tercourse between the U nited Slates and
Great Britain and Prance and their depen
acncics, and for other purposes, shall be
recovered and distributed, and may be re
initted in the mr.nr.cr provided by the said
acts respectively, and in like manner as if
tho said acts had continued in full force and
efFect.
Skc. 4. .dud be it further enacted, That
in case either Great Britain or France shall,
before the 3d day of March next, so revoke
or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease
to violate the neutral commerce of the U.
States, which fact the. President of the U.
States shall declare by proclamation, and if
the other nation shall not, within 3 months
thereafter so revoke or modify her edicts in
like manner, the:* ihc 3d, 4th, 5th. 6th, 7th,
8th, 9th, 10th and 18th sections of the act,
entitled “ An act to interdict the commer
cial intercourse between die United States
and Great Britain and France and their
dependencies, and for odierpurposes,” shall
from and after the expiration of three months
from the date of die proclamation aforesaid,
be revived and have full force and effect, so
far as relates to the dominions, colonies and
dependencies, and to the articles the growth,
prodi>-c- or manufacture of the dominions,
colonies and dependencies of the nation thus
refusing or neglecting to revoke or modify
h r edicts in the manner aforesaid. And
the restrictions imposed by this act shall,
from the date «>f such proclamation, cease
and be discontinued in ielation to the na
tion revoking or modifying her decrees in
the manner aforesaid.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the of Ite/irescntativcs.
JOHN GAII.LAHD,
. Pretide../ oj the Semite, pro tew..
Key 1. 1310
APl'KOVKU, ••
JAMES MADISON.
(CIRCULAR.)
TR E ASU RY DEPARTNTET,
C#M PTKOLLEIl’S OfKIGK,
AjifiI 27lh, 1810.
(E»TKAC?,)
SIR,
It is at all times desirable to give every
f icili'y to trade and commerce which is con -
sisteat with the security of the revenue.-—
With tlm view, a construction the most li.
t»era 1 which the collection law would war
rant, and which indeed seems to militate n
giinst the letter of the law, has been adopt
•cd for the convenience of the merchant with
respect to debentures. The construction al
luded to, is this: that the right to the de
benture commenced on the completion of the
entry for the exportation of (lie merchandize.
But this construction did tint authorise the
jikuvkry of the debenture until after the
clearance and depat lure of the. vessel. ——
To entitle the exporter to the debenture,
the law requires that *he gotxls shall be '•x
ported within twelve mouths after ;
lion.
^ You will not, therefore, \r
^bfiver the. debenture untile'
of the vesse'
^^Buuld he prompt v
HR|j^fcuiCc lately a '
*r
r St."
ili ihtf cii/of
visions in favor
he district of
jh^untcss tor tlie purpose or carrying
the limits and jurisdiction of the
^Ktates, the person or persons so of
Kr, shall be liable to be bound to their
■t-havior, and shall moreover forfeit
Rty a sum not exceeding Uvo thousand
ps, to be recovered upon indictment or
mation in any court or competent juris
pn ; one moiety thereof to the Treasu
|the United States, and the other moi
the person who shall give informatL
prosecute the same toeffect: Pro■ \
£Bhnt if tlve prosecution shall be by
officer, the whole forfeiture shall
to the Treasury of tiie United
Sc. L.'tttW.
expi^.xfjun of t\ic v ar within \vhich
•heTjfcportatiBn xikqulcl bcmade, is not war
rained by I;uv.. an opportunity to
landing the poods and
nisposing nr-t(Tt^i it^ne country, winch there
is too much reason to believe has been done
in many instances. These evasions and in_
tractions of the law hare inllhenced this de
partment to direct a rigorous execution of
its provisions relative to exportations of mer
chandize under title to drawback. And I
have to inform yon that it is the instruction
of the secretary of the treasury, that in all
cases which shall hereafter occur, you are
not to deliver a debenture until the vessel,
in which the merchandize is about to be ex
ported for the benefit of drawback, shall have
obtained a clearance an:l departed from the
port in twelve months after the importation
of the merchandize, to be computed from
the date of the entry of such merchandize.
G. DUVALL.
Communicated for the Mercantile
Advertiser,
1o John M. Forbes, Esq.
Consul oj the U. 3. at Hamburgh, i5V.
Sir,
At a very general and respectable
meeting of American citizen* interested in
the event of the late and future measures of
the Danish government in relation to foreign
property at present under arrest .in Sle>
wic and Holstein, convened for the purpose
ot taking into consideration the present si»
tuatiun of their property, and the best means
to effect an early release of the same, ns
also the measures recently taken by your
stlf in regard to the deceptive and illegiti
mate trade lately attempted to be carried
on ;it onningen, under cover of the A me
rican flag. We. a committee appointed to
convey to you the sense of your countrymen
now here, on the steps you have taken for
the security of their property, enclose you
a copy of two resolutions passed on this oc
casion.
L Hough wc am sensible, that i>: the dis
chatge of your public duties, you do not re
ifltiirc 'mdiv'duul protection or support, yet
we cannot but believe, that to be assured of
our unanimous approbation of your conduct
on this occasion, will be as agreeable to
yourseit, as it is gratifying to us to make the
communication.
We cannot conclude without expressing
our sincere hope, that the severe, but neces
sary measure you have taken, may serve to
| °pen tne eyes of those of our fellow-citizens
(it such in reality they are,) who, tempted
ami ensnared by interested foreigners, or
| allured by the fallacious prospect of tempo
rary gain, equally blind to their true wcL
jiare, and forgetful of the duty they owe
themselves and their country, have unlaw
fully prostituted their own honor and mora
lity, Drought suspicion on the flag of the U.
States, and placed in jeopardy millions of
the (•onafiile property of their countrymen.
V' ith sentiments of high respect,
We have the honor 10 be.
Your obedient servants,
(Signed,)
JOHN SPEYER,
WILLIAM CLARK,
TT War. M’lLVAlNE.
Hamburg, December}
fc!7th, 1800. 5
•American Consulate, Hamburg, Dec. 18.
Gkktlk men ,
I have received the letter you did me
the honor to address me, under 17th instant,
covering certain resolutions of my fellow
citizens now here, approving my late mea
suies at 1 onningen, in relation to certain
vessels under the flag of the U. Slates.
Called upon, in the most critical circum
stances, to take n measure susceptible of very
important political consequences, as well as
involving the fate of an immense amount of
properly, acting entirely on my weak judg
ment, and r.ot Supported by a personal re
putation equal to the magnitude of the res
ponsibility, it is extremely gratifying to me
to leceive the approbation of those respect
able and intelligent men, who represent the
.large property immediately at stake.
I never doubted, tor a moment, the cor
rectness of the principle on which I acted,
nor did I doubt that the government and cL
tizens of the L. States would duly appreci"
, ate the motives, even should they have oc
casion to deploie the effects of the measure ;
but, when I found myself placed under the
necessity of sacrificing a large amount of fo
reign property and perhaps even encreasing
i ihe danger in which that ot my fellow citi
: zens was placed, I confess that my repug"
I ddkcc on the one hand and my still greater
| solicitude on the oilier, rendered my situati
on indescribably distressing; to have taken 1
such a step precipitately, would have been I
little honorable to my sensibility or judge-!
ment.
On tlie subject ofthe second resolution in" i
viting tne to repair to Copenhagen to make,
representations to 11 * s Danish Majesty rela-1
ti\e to the American property now under,
sequestration ; flattered as I should he by
the success of such a mission, yet consider"
I i:ig its great responsibility, the uncertainty
(if the event rind the difficulties of the voyagef
[ I should most diffidently undertake it. ——
II hope, however, tiiat no one interested will
suppose me capable of putting any personal
considerations in competition with a sincere
desire to promote the general good. It
might be prudent io delay for a lew da s, in
which time some decisive and favorable
measures may take place, or we may learn
the shape which our affairs are likely to as
sume, anti thus be enabled to take our mea
sures in conformity thereto.
I have the honor to be.
With sentiments ofesfeem,
our faithiul fricHd and servant,
(Signed)
JOHN M. FORBFS.
(CIRCULAR )
Copenhagen, Jan. 18, 1810.
SIR—Having come to this ciy at tf.c
request of my fir flow citizen* interested in
the ftrofierty under art cst in Rchlcswic and
11ols'cin, >o endeavourto obtain its liberation.
1 am hu/ifi J to nay that I have no far suc„
cceded, (hat the re/iortit nj the roual coni
vussiners at Tonningen and Gluckstadt
have been afifiroved by the king and order*
given to ruiar the arrest in those fi laces —
Ihr sillorta commissioners have been ditto
instructed to release surf: firofierty us shall
| he Clearly ftrovtd to be neutral, and in alt
’'•ub'/'ul cases, they are to demand t / the
"fr* tit -the /dace* ofimfiortation the
'h the firofierty was originally
-end forward the answers
"•g’ thir with oil docn..
•'.to the royal chan
/ am
l co,l ■
tioh
11 halve also obtained His'Kiajrsty's ftromi*e
I ti.atyhe buoys shall be re-esiablitfn d ui the
'river F.udcr, by which the dangers ot the
difficult uavdgation taill be much lessened
I'his tvill prove interesting to cur mcr~
chants, /irovided t:>c hax'C the good fortune
to preserve the trade to 1'onningen another
season, but in the presen* times a Jew weeks
produce so many chartg s that it is folly to
attempt to counsel distant specula‘tats.*—
Ry « nrsa order o f his majesty the king of
Denmark, all,colonial produce is prohibited ;
the produce of the U. 6*. in our own ships
will alone be received. 1 have not seen the
royal order, but ant cs’Jident of the a tit hen
licity of my information.
Every circumstance shews that through
out Hu rope orr commerce will be reduced
to the carrying and vending our oven pro
dace. Ply establishments at "l'onnittgen
and Frc d c ricks tad t and my connection at
Hamburg will be continued the next near,
and I shall be happy to merit the preference
in the transaction of rent American business
only, in those places. Should new events
force cur commerce to resort to this city
or to any ef the ports of the Baltic I shall
go to meet it.
J am rcsfice fully.
\ our obedient servant,
JO HPT FORBES.
V R. Since writing the foregoing I have
seen the circular from ihe Chamber of Cus
toms, containing 'he royal order alluded to
above, by which I find that the eapor ation
oj cotton is forbidden—I shall immediately
remonstrate on the subject:
Philadelphia, May 1.
From one of our London Papers.
FRENCH DECREE.
EJc'ract from the Minutes of the Secreta
ry of State. Palace of the Thuilleries—liy
decree of 30th Jan. 1810.
“ Jill the English merchandize that exis's
in the towns and places situated between
the Meuese and the Scheldt is confiscated
“ ‘l'hc product is destined to repair the
havoc of Flushing.
“ All colonial merchandize is put in a state
of sequestration.
Translation of a Decree of the King of
Holland, Feb. 1, 1810. .
“ The first secretary of the King’s Cabi
net being duly authorised by a decree of the
1st irtst. informs the director of the customs,
that it is the positive intention of his ma
jesty, that provisionally no American v?**
set shall be suffered to enter any of the ports
of this kingdom, whatsoever their cargoes
may consist of, or from whatsoever port
they may have sailed ; whether they have
been in England, or have been overhauled
on their voyage oy the English or not ; but
that these ships shall go to sea again as soon
as possible; without having discharged any
part of their cargo.”
The decree likewise especially charges
the director to give the necessary orders
that the above positive intention of his ma
jesty be executed punctually.
Extract of a letter from a mercantile gen
tleman in Antiver/i, to another in Phila
delphia, dated
“ Antwerp, March 23, 1810.
“ The Emperor has ordered all the Ame
rican cargoes detained at St. Sebastians, and
other ports of Spain, to be transported to
Bayonneto he sold, and the proceeds placed
in his private treasury. Similar measures,
it is apprehended, will be taken in Italy
with respect Ho American property detained
there, and I fear it will in the end he ex
tended to the unfortunate cargoes detained
here. In the Danish ports, I understand,
they have also ceased to release American
property. The prospect before us is gloo
my, and we cannot look for any favorable
decision, until it is known how affairs will
be settled in your quarter. I fear nothing
short of your quarri will
induce the Emper< ,eri_
caa property detai’■ ..c;.
PRIVATE CC RREt.PO
COMMUNICATE)' K TM.
el;
1*HIA T. O’ST
] • T r R i) i
I 25.
Trade is out • the
e just
now, and God 1 . wh
. see it
on a regular foe
;h 27.
It is said a rf
F rench
Emperor and on !
led the
16th inst.— ~Ti
emain a
kingdom ; a c *
id a
cuniary sacrif *
CO1
nothing more
the si
King will rcti
es, ai
riage feasts ot l)i
rotfifr are
time our deci s ;
Vi ting tl
of American .< •?
into our
in full working- -on ti.e other "hand our out
ports are guarded by French cors irs, that
capture every vessel they can lay hold of on
approaching our shores; which are every
one condemned hy the prize court at Paris.
We have noticed the nomination of a new
French Ambassador to the If. Stales. As
it is said the British rr inistry have concln.
ded an arrangement with Mr. Pinkney, your
ambassador the Court of Sf. James ; we
sincerely hope France and Great Britain
will both rescind their orders that affect
your neutrality. We are, however, sorry
to remark, thatevery where, where French
influence prevails, the Aiiit-ricans are tiea_
ted and considered as the instrumental me
dium used hy the English merchants to car
ry on their trade with the continent of Eu_
rope. No kind of colonial produce can be
exported from the duchy of Holstein to
Germany. This interdict will bear heavy
on die American adventurer to Tonningen.
VVc continue debarred from our commerci
al intercourse with Germany and France
Rumors of a pacific nature have of late been
in circulation, but nothing certain is yet
known whether overtures have really been
inad£ for that purpose. Our market lias
long been very dull, but it has become still
more so. In consequence there is not any
s‘ir in produce. Price* are merely nominal.
Coffee is pretty abundant. Haw sugars
scai ce. Cotton morion hand than is suffi
cient for wants of cur manufactures, and
without foreign orders prices are not likely
to rise. Pot and pearl ashes are requested
Carolina rice heavy on hand. Tobaccoes
have attained extraordinary higu prices*
but wc apprehend when the captured car
goes are b:ought to Market (which it is
expected they will be shortly; they will
undergo n Considerable decline. Dyer’s
wales are ejaite standing. In Fiance they,
are imported dircc from England with
French imperial licence*. I .ru.uto and
Pepper in little demand.'
Amsterdam M.uch l?7, l_.
A* 1 "believe it must b^^very
b.ui ; 13 Aiflcrir;ntkll\|)sl\ave oflatt? urrived
here anJ by * tlie last Danish decree
U»ey ave. iut even allowed to transport the
sp»ods from there to A-tonu. In the Prussian
dominions timorous measures ate likewise M
taken against the import, and it ‘mils that*
Russia will likewise be very ^harp in regard
to the vessels coining there, ro that the navi
gation to the north and the Baltic, will this
tear pr«*bab!v lie subject to va^tdangers and
difficulties. It L» *o be lip|n-J ttiat things
may soon take a more favorable turn, for as
it is now situated, it is almost in possible to
undertake any thing.
Berlin, March t?.
The following lias appeared here this
day : •
“ We. Frederick William, King of Prus
sia, &c.”
“ Although we considered the..means
taken in consequence of the Treaty of Til
sit, 11 til June, 1S03, which had for their ob
ject the entire exclusion of English com
merce, as being sufficient for the purpose for
which they were intended, we are now con
vinccd of the contrary, particularly l»v the
measures lately taken by his imperial ma
es’y the Emperor Napoleon, and therefore
are now under the necessity of taking new
measures tor the purpose of imposing the
above.
1st. After the 1st day of April, no vessel
which may arrive from any European port,
having on board any ofthe articles prohibited l
by t!ie continental system, sha'l be admitted I
— Drugs shall alone be exempted.
2d. No produce, common',v termed co-;
lopial, tile produce of the East or West
Indies, shnil he permitted to be imported
from any European port, o.s it is not to lie !
supposed that any of the continental powers,!
win) possess colonics, import more than
they want tor their own consumption. Co
lonial and such oilier produce ns is not Eu
ropean, can only be imported direct out of
American ports, and out of such other East
and West India countries atidcolonies with
which France is in friendly intercourse —
All East and West-India produce on board
ot a vessel coming from an European port,
shall be confiscated.
3d. As in such large undertakings, it can
not be opposed that the cat goes are the pro..
pe: !y of different shippers, it shall n«5t lie
farther permitted that such cargoes cbn be
entered as being the property of more than
one house, and. for each • argo only one pro
prietor can appear and prove his proper
ty
4th. The examination of the riiip s and
cargo’s papers, Ing.books, the declaration
of the Captain and crew, remains as before
ordered, iu the power of the different com
missioners appointed in our ports for that
purpose; tt the same-time, for the more ef
fectually preventing all collisions, hence
forth all the certificates, generally termed
certificates of or.(in, shall be communicat
ed to the imperial French consul general,
consul or vice consul, who may reside in the
port where the vessel arrives. Should the
latter object to the entry of the cargoes, the
above commissioners are immediately to re
port to our department of foreign relations,
and await the decision.
5.h. All gtxids and produce, not Europe
an, shall, upon being landed, be taxed for
consumption, and iiodifference shall lie made
between what is declared to be for home]
consumption and re-exportation, as we are
rather willing to deprive ourselves of the
profits which attend transits, than to expose
ourselves to difficulties and uncertainty of
forwarding into other countries goods of
doubtful origin.
' 6th. Every order and regulation which
our board ot trade, police of the port, fee.
may issue, shall be immediately executed,
and our department of foreign relations have
it afterwards in their power, upon repre
sentation being made to them, to alter or a..
riend in any way “they may find most pro !
per* Every complaint against the laws cf j
the commissioners, are to be made to that I
depart meat.
rth. Iii the same manner where expediti •
ous measures are requi itc, oar military,
police, &c. arc required to obey, provision"
aliy, the or tiers of tlic commissioners, who
are immediately 10 inform oar department
of foreign relations of such requisitions, fee.
as they may have been obliged to mxk*-.
8th. As respects the land f ade, all co
lonial and European goods, shall, as hither
to, be permitted ,o enter from all states with
which we aie in amity; they must, however,
be accompanied by a document of the ma
gistrates of the place, who must testify to
their unquestionable origin; which certifi
cate must be attested by our council—but
their goods must also be immediately taxed,
as is provided in the 5th article.
We repeat the threats contained in the
above mentioned decree of the 11th June,
1808, as to all persons contravening, an 1
shall not only punish all our subjects, who
act in opposition, but particularly our com
mercial commissioners, who do flat follow
ojir instructions, &c See.
PH EUEUICK WILLI A M ”
I)oue in Berlin, March 13, 1310.
Portland, April 30.
On Tuesday last the ship Two Brothers,
Purrington, of Gardiner (Maine,) arrived
at this port, in 32 days from the Downs.
The intelligence by this vessel is but one day
later than that received by former arrivals.
The Captain reported, that it.'"as generally
believed in England, that the United States’
frigate John Adams, which had sailed for
France, on her return to tins country, would
bring out the articles of a treaty between
G. Britain and America.
Nkwburyjort, Mny 3.
FROM L IU110.Y.
By the arrival of Capt. Toppan, on Sun
day, who left Lisbon on the 13th March, we
learn that Portugal had not yet surrendered I
to the French. The English were at A!>i an
tes, about 15 leagues from the French ai my,
which had not riossed the Tagus. The Jin
glisli officers were o.'opinion, that they .should
not be aide to make much opposition : their
troops were sickly, and many had died—a
detachment of them left Lisbon about the
1st of March, for Cadiz
T he Diana from Lisbon has brought over
a few of the teal Spanish Merino sheep_j
We understand ihat there are a ram "cow* I
for the late 1 resident of the U. ft. (Thmn.is !
J.:flVrsoo, Esq ) a ram and ewe 1 r the pve
sent President, and the balance to the t
o! James H, Hooe, Esq. being twelve in iium
.'oct.—Alexandria fta/ier.
} Letters from Canada state, that th**couri
c;»fcuvij;g bccu arrcjlctl t^d Ic’.uts op* ned
the JOHN ADAMS ARRIVED. 1
The United States, ship ,hn Adairs, has]
arrived in tlie Chesapeake; she felt il iv;e
ihe /•;!'. of April. Wchavanot learned any
particulars ot news. GeniArnnstrtjng has
not returned home as waa-xpectcd, irom
whence it is to he inf»rrec|hat he has not
terminal -d liie negociatiuns I which he had
cngfgtii.-—Aurora.
RICHMOND, MAY U,iBlO
i or nn: jc.yq uiiTiW.
TO THE REPUBLICAN Pi RTV*.!
THE CEXTI.YEL.~1tv. VllT.
1 he intei est which the people o|this coun
try felt in the revolution of Franci. display
ed '.If m the uu.st striking manier on the
arrival ot Mr. Genet. Regard'd as the
French republic personified, he \vas re_
c.eived, wherever he Went, with raptures of
joy and triumph, which proved the jrtucrous
sensibility of the American heart, tad the
passion for liberty which prevailed# with a
great majority, throughout tuisland. There
wcie those, however, among us, win look,
rd upon these effusions, ns ].igo did upon the
favor manifested towards Cassio, anl upon
the innocence and bliss of Othello an4 J>es
demona—that is, witii an eye of sciwling
envy and ofjdark and malignant jealonly and
revenge. The project was formed dflnak.
ing the < bjcct of lavor himself the imtnt.
«»tnt of that revenge, and the Are ai»l en
thusiasm of Genet’s character aff.trdlel r.n
easy opportunity of carrying it into eft-CV
IIu was accused of having threatenol to
appeal from the President,* Washing <m, h>
the people, touching a measure tending to
preserve the neutrality of the U. Stags'.-,
lie denied the charge with all his stre.jg'h ;
and Mr. Dallass, the Secretary of Stapf ir
Pennsylvania, the only person to whbn he
was pretended to have uttered that tlivat,
also denied it in the most solemn and (j ci.
s:ve manner. It was all in vain, howeler:
for such un opportunity ofusingthe poUla*
rity ot Washington as a shield for thesepet
enemies of the French republic, was not ttbe
lost. Accordingly John Jay. th»n the Clef
Justice ot the U. S. and Rufus King, a Sell
.or, came out with a voluntary staietnsntjn
the N. York papers* that they had accus l
Mr. Wenet of uttering that threat, and t»kt
they had it from II am i I ton and K ox ;
h id had ir, bye the bye, at the secondV*
third hand, from Mr D.Ylass, who rntircv
denied it. With these high names agaiifc
linn, however, it was in vain for Genet (C
kick; the charge was fastened upon him—
an issue was thus formed between General
Washington and h'm elf; and the federal,
ists availing themselves of the previous
identification of the minister with his re*
public, branded every friend of France, as
a friend of Genet, and of course an enemy
o Washington the father of his country. No*
thingco' Id be more disingenuous than this ar
t fi c ; the. p'enp>, however, who could not im
mediately understand the juggle, were bro'l
to u pause; they loved France, because
France had served them in the hour of trou
ble nnd danger; they panted for the success
of the French republic, because its object
was liberty, to atchieve which they had.'
themselves just waded through seas of fire,'
and oceans of blood : At the s me time, they
felt that those sentiments-were not only con
aistent with their love and veneration foi
t'»e father of their country, but that thns
'.tr.: hmr.nt:, invigorated cacli other by tbei
congeniality. They renumbered the Uflionl
of W ashington and Fayette ; they had seeu
th :e heroes of liberty i nn the field toge
ther ; and they remembered throogh what
troops the Rri'.i h marched a: the sane
tier of New Ym k.
7 hey coo hi not Comprehend, t’mrcb-e,
ho«r their attaclimcnt to Krarre or FrenoU
liberty v/ns at all inconsistent wills their Iw?
tor Washington' 7 he fcde» .p i i>, hmve-vr. .
insisted that it was v,», hum by j
people t<t consider, how i ; - ,
bit fc'a;jtU(Je lo tltsif f/.wnd..
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