The Potowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1790-1798, 1796-12-15
Fyankiin,

When the Ep.lifh Violated the freedom of the neu-
rral A az, the 1ton was obliged 10 ue rePrt-
falls They ordered that neutral vetsels ihoold be
eized by the Ihips of the republics The excepted the
Americans from his meainre forced, againit her
inclination 10 make il bear them allo The waited
with Impotence for the moment when The might re-
:uru To coudhc1 more contnr u,able 10 her ieni-
ments for the United States. Soon The revoked her
law relative to the arreft of their vesels Soon al
70 the conmttee Of public iaety gave orders TO re-
iptct the American flag. 10 every clreum'tance
France fought che means OF proving 20 the United
STATES, the finceriuy of her frendhip. When rho
federal government complained of The conduct OF
one of the Predecessors of the undersigned the
French government faw only the conplaih's OF the
government of the United States, aud Immediately
gave the mott ftrikng reparaton.
Let the annals oftbe French revolution be oesnrd,
let the n nutes of that sugult fitting be ieen, in
which the matte nal convention received the miniiter
of the United States in it bolom The addresses
itudied they ffruo9 rcm hearts full OF
affection for allied people, they bres he'd the
ieniments which dictated them and the American
minitter found himle!f in the mdlt of his friends,
What Joy did not the American fay in'pire when
it waved unfurled in the French fcpate Tender
tears triokled from every eye; every one looked ar
it with There laid they is the iymbol
of the ind p=ndence Of our American hrelhren-be-
hold there the pledge of their liberty May victory
always attend it-May it lead glory hnr
from thoIand mouths were the exPrtflon OF The
fentments of the whole nation. Was not an Anne
ricau TO each Frenchmsn, another Frenchtnan f--he
was ore,--he friead ; and that faered name
amidlt civil dsen,ons, was equally respected BY
all.
What then was done by the government 1t Pnr
in queiiion whether it hould the treaties,
receive the agents OF he rebel and Prolcribea Priq-
ces mo it made prorlamltion OF inlidious
neutrality by its ehieansrits it abandoned French
privateers its of )uitiee ; it eluded The
anicable ned alton of the Re public for breaking the
chains of its ci,izens at AIaers mo. T. Notwith-
ltsndng treaty fipulations, j. allowed to be arre-
ed, vessels of the itaie it iuaercd Englard by in
lutine its neutrality interrupt It's cumtherce with
France notwithstanding the faith of treaties. 1t
gave YUM to heie fame Englh, tho after
having in(ulted her aag, pia9ed her citizens, Came
ALTO TO brave the American people in It's ports, and
take ftation whence to cruize on favorable
opportunity aeainit the French it might be T.. id
that it aprlauded their audacily all iubmilion to
their will, it allowed the French colonies to be de-
clared in ate Of blockade and its ciIizsns inter
dcted the right of trading to them, mo. 81 1t
euded all the advances made by the repubilc tor re-
newing the treaties of commerce, upon more ta-
vorahle footing both nations; No. g. 1t exeu-
led it{elf on the mott frivolous pretexts Whit it
anticipated Great Britain, by fociting treaty III
which, proi,uting its neutrality, it faefihced
France TO her enemies, or rather looking upon her
the lervces that the had rendered ii, and threw
Eide the duty of gratitude il ipgrati,ude was 60
vernnental duty.
Alas. Time has not yet deniolilhed the fortihca-
tious with which the EngiIh rouRhened this coun-
try-for thofe the Americans RATED for their de-
fence their half rounded fummits fill appear in e.
very quarter. amdt plains, on the tops of NOUN
tains. The traveller need not earch for the ditch
which ierved to encompass them still open I'M
der his feet. The fcattered remains of houes laid
waite, which the Are had partly refPscted, in order
leave MONUMENTS of Britiih fnry are fill to be
found-M-n fill exit. who can fay, here feroci
ousEngliihmsn aaughtered my father ;rhere my wife
her bleeding daughter fromahe hands Of an pn-
brdled Eneliihrnan. Alas The folders who fell
under the fword of the Brtons are not yet reduced
to duff the labourer, in turning up his field, fill
draws from the bofon, Of the earth their whfened
bones while the plcughman. with tears of ten
dernels and gratitude, fill recolects that his edss
now covered with rich harves, have been moil,en-
ed with French blood while every thing around
the inhabitants of this country, anmstes,,heh to
fpeak of the tyranny OF Great Betain and ct the &C.
neroGty of French1nen when England had decla-
red war of death to that nation, avenge her.
ief for its having cemented with its blood the indie
pendcnce Of the Unred StaIcs.-lt was at this mo.
en1 their government made treaty of amity w7tR