The gazette., 1799-02-04

Ihe hrAt clau'e, oajy2 alPiei94, gave 10 Toenced
robbers On the ocean an unlimited exercite al
Their Observation-Disclosures the mol ou.rag eous
! acts ot violence and injuGice, and leg3iized
every iPecids Of piracy and rapine.-The lecUnd
| branch OF this decree. the proof Of negative
was agaInlt every rule Of right eG4b.iIhel a.
mon2 men, and 4 Pervcrion Of the ordsr of
nature. What mau in fociety, if accufe1 OF
clmeE, and obliged 10 prove hintclf innocent,
wau Be able 70 avert the rod of Punihment
Thele isveral DEGREES received a modification
in January 1893, when it was .-rthe- decteed
~ the Directory Of France, thai tas cHARAcrEE
oFU.}tA H5a!aLs determined ~ he nature ofAci,
1arSos5-and therefore al ~ 1sL hLa IL oDE5g or
Il b3rt 7g7 t5t merehaadi3, Of England, 81 Of fsr
PI.y'57s, 7g-re declared g294 Pyi2s. Altho the
terms Of this decree are general, YET the
American commerce was the obi q aimed at
bactui- We have very ltle commercial conuac-
i5n with any Other naton-4nd becaul. our
trade io particularly eZpo.ed 10 the c1un-Is and
pirates Q. France.
Thele rehidions, bearing on the face Of
th-m determined lPir:t Of uoGiIty, and of
P'u0de7, f. contrary to he rights OF neural
! aati0ns-to our particular iuterelt and ID the
( Pulat;ons IF 1ubGl.ng treaty, induced Con.
Gres very early lat lummer to fpeak il The
t0Et OF reh9lnce-t0 iulpcnd in part our com.
n1trci+. intercourse wih the French dOminions,
anL to declare Tie exiting treaty nul and void.
1t was hoped that yh-fe enerzetic maaIures
would have ind sd the Directory 10 change
HIS p1lioyt5 iotIen the rig0r of its DEGREES, and
to agree 70 al amicab.e adlment of diTcrea-
ces :-Bu, the revere has haPPeucd the
n re 6rmly France is cPPo!ed, the more dead
ly j her enmty ;--InI While the exi1cac5 of
her C0u1c Is f-!e.y depends on fraud and dill
mutation, we cdunO- cxPect more benevolent
treatment han WIS is exPreG=d III the decree
0f The Directory ot the 10th ot O5to7er l41,
that evsry tsr.1g, sitlsr alH5., or ORIGINALLY
fIsm trs cluH-II-5 II AMIIY or ALLIANCE zyi.b
from, IN tH > STATE OF NEUTRALITY, qy5s IL
J.Ir.r Qfa 19zm5a GRATED jy t5s ea-zis5 1 Franc,
2r ass c9ma9s pgt q t5e ers1y 9t t5s b.5r d ev.1,
1r ..5-r5 5shesng 2 tbs e7s4y, J5IA ts a-lzred z
TRAITOR, -l! trsat-a a5 inlb, 7ylb5ut .J Jsng
Permitted 70 ANY c.ls rs5a:-J-r b oeaI THAT HE
WAS C0H?ELLED INTO SUCH SERVICE BY FoRCE.
No llronger proof ct she e1if-a-e of & Gem
of terror can politely be i'm gn-d than this
very Ge-r-e-lt il the zsbluj 1Hrg Of human In
jueicc. Tais decree, however, /, conhR-at
Hi,h that oi March, I-G7-th= one Pulith-s A
man as guilty uuiel, Al P owes him!-.f i1no-
cent, and ne other irfids the pun llmsut Of
traitors on men, who have b.ea mrc.led by
iorce, and azaint their wills, to jon the eng
mics Ut France If the meu, lat-ly taken by
A Dritlh iquldron from one OF our a.msd q vel-
!els, command ] BY Cap. Phi lips, lh ulI hap
pen to fall iato .h- HANDS Of Tre0chm-n, tL-y
NUT b- put to death Thi, Is more thdn
Coth.c ba55ar.ty; and if heaven Las ye, in
tore any thunIe-holts, rei Glib ulc9Hm1a
7przf5," they viii ere long BE let looie to PIn1h
The or mes Of tie Diredoy otherwile julice
mu1 have foriaE-n he throne OF God, aud the
mercy Of the moa high have degensraied into
weaknefs.
notwithstanding The unezamqlcl wjcked0efs
aad Pe'ady OF France, We may tlcovor in he
meaiures ot her councils a ve.y iu1tle and IN
Jealous polcg. To ll1is and conquer" IS
the motto inllfi7ed on every page Of her mo
d-rn hit0ry ana if !he has hitherto been fu--
oel.tul in tits purl-il, il is b-c4u.e her views
are TOO bafe and profound for the b lief and
penetration OF mankind. Indeed they are 70
much interviewer vii Projections Of fri=ntihip,
ani with a zeal for Liberty, yha- neutral nations
have been deceived, and hurried into he fatal
vortex without Pelcejving it. We imputed the
conduit Of Genet 70 the Phrenzy and delrium
of the man, anl not to the prenedi1te plass
of Ills nation. In this ,gs at Ian found ourlelyes
miaaken-he adsd well the part aligned him !;
and his nominal dilGrace was only 10 lull Us in
fatal fclgiry. 10 thi, ana tuch like artifses
Of France, many once happy republics in Eu-
rope owe their deRructior and to the faithful
vigilance of our con.titu:ed au horities, which
has been wall Of itren2th round about Us,
and pillar Of fire in the mdIt of US, our very
e1iacace IS nation mua 0e imputed.
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