The Potowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1790-1798, 1791-09-12
PET N S Y l. V A N A.
puILADE P II II A, AuguG 81.

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There was time, When lto uIe Edmund B4rke'.
..,,, ,e, tho.land iwords would have leaped from
.s.r f.ab,ares, to avenge ditreipecttul look
..(r .r the leen of France.-Bat, alaek how mutt
Tlmund's bowels yearn, to think, that private ci-
,;,,n has dared TO preienr cooked pifto, or blum
JersC,. at both their Majeltes, aud threatened to
tre upon them, if they advanced e Jingle ftep;-
when phocking TO loyal cars y 10 far from feeling
,n tlloofand lwords even peep out Of their icab-
huds, in defence Of aliys-he loon i4w fifty thou
,nd fwords and muikets brandined, TO defend
he copduct, and to eicort their captive Maieiles to
Paris!
M,rtihed as the King Of France mutt have been,
.,he time when the Battle was demoiihed il may,
ia;s. event, prove very fortunate circumltance
OR him. II that Heli-upon earth was iiil in be-
inr his Noft Chriltian M+jelty might hinifrlt at
ns yerv eittant period, take up his abode there.
= And mankind in general 10 well pleaied to fee
every punithment bear 'fome analogy to the crimes
ollie offender, tia, he wnala probably meet with
III, confederation, udnidit the horrors of the
Billie, than in the elegant apartments Of the
laasre.
We're the Battle vet in exi(tence, and Louis con
tasayhere the very fight OF that pri(on would con.
lan,N keep alive, in people; minds, the remem,-
bre OF tllaie cruel, les formerly eSercifed by :cir
IlfDots; ard mutt CO.. deraoiy abate TIER COM
r,dEon for the man. who was himtet fallen into the
nit into which he had Gait 70 many Others before
This IS but natural: And on the fame principle, we
Ely flppoie thar the wretch, who roait ed a
i've in the brazen buii lie mad coutrived for
tie torture Of hers excited leis pity amidit his
deadiu i.iiF rings, than he would have found fhis
bli bad been frii deftroyed, and his pupimenr at
,erwarls confined to iiv,ple hanging. For, wkillt
the people had bis internal engine before their eyes,
sah in4u fhaddsred at the idea Of his own dan ger
and ilppuing even he could fuPpreis his recruitment
sgn the wicked protector, itiil he could not have
much pity to irare for fich an uEuman villain, who
va, reaping The frnit of his own devices.
B. tie Lii accounts from France il appears that
lir Pope has revoked al his bulls and anathcnas,
,giBt the proceedings OF The National assembly,
ae.-Ths eireunitance, ii is fad eauted great re-
'eings and !liunlinatons In France.
OF 4,95S quarter barrels of gunpowdcr which
haze been epnlited in the maya inc of this ita1e
f#te =Ha4fy halt, emily 80 barrels were imported.
Tn balance Of the claims o! the itate of South
Carolina again, HE United States amounts to up
Wards Of fourteen mlicrs of dollars.
.1he4tfairssot France have long enlisted an in
tereisinE fpeeracle to mankDd--,he friends of the
iaman race have reioiced in the downfall of one CT
the mott .tnpendons fabrics ever erected by the de-
mon ct de{noi',n, and have carnctty wiG,cd 10 Zee
TIE so-iou 1en,pel of Freedom erected on its ruins
The prosres that has been made in this great work,
'epIe eNauiatnin the cauc Of liberty appears to
lave taken poseiaf Of the minds Of the great body
Of the people; and actnated by one mpulte, in
whatever lhape form the ancient tyranny appears,
IT'S initsntansoung rciised
Tie recent attempt of the King, and its confe-
I1taces, exhibit tie character OF the people in
'moiF rc!rec!able point CT Light. AT the moment
when ielrc'ed body Of troops were called upoa to
sa't in aiding the 6gh, ofthe King, theiratms fell
rom their hands, and thofe whom it was expected
sorld have been the faithful adherents of the Mo-
nafel, were il'Ranly transformed into the guardi-
ans Of the public lafe,yWel might Louis declare,
INT he was convinced that the people were in
'a,our or the Revolution.
-Four hooiand emiarants have embarked at Lon
o'nderry this ieafon, for the United States.
ny the Taft Georgia Gazetres, it appears that
ssnsral JaeAun is eanvalsng tae election of Gene
~ ~ Wayne Mir. .Jaekson has pu5!iihed number
%lhaa7its, to Thew that bribery and falie returns
VT, sae among the expedients adopted to carry the
e essl'9n asainii him In the pretcntment of the
o'snd )sry os Chatham, this election forms the
WILL VIII 'on Fcuons article in the lift Of grievances
NAV therefore expect there VIII be ba.iDs IS for
Mo Committee Of elections in The next Conereis.
NJ A R Y l. A N D,