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A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 34, NORTH FIFTH-STREET,; PHILADKLPIUA
[No. 125 of Vol. IV.]
f>'ii Jt- fjM F Q A 2-£. I ' : , j
HOW profufe ! how prodigal ! are fonie
m>n of their genius! They have no
more id«a of economy than a libertine—Sure
this extravagance dolewej the utinott ten
ure; and when we fee a man ]avi ftji 11JT as
nany metaphors ami figuies upon one subject
s would serve for adozei, we cannot but la
nent the blind the incOnfideVite walVe nt ta
nnts aml®enius, ami be led to believe that
he lime will come when this prodigal < >f w,t »
ike children that throw away their bread ai d
Juttei, ivlll want tiiat which he ha* lo toolifh
v fquandertd ; I am carritfd into these r<»-
fle&ionsby the perul'al of Come verl'es adiiietl
rd to " Juftfte" in the National Gaaftte of
July' 31ft* ; only attend to the vast variety of
Biapes and figures nndei <vh:ch tlie P clident
of the United States, ai:d 'the writer <ft
u Justice" are reprelented, and mark their
connexion.
The Prcfidert is an ro;al fig—
a fieei and a deer, in only two verses.
But tie writer of '< Juftit e", far exceeds
him in title- —He is dog, aml a moujt. but
£*£xl»v 1 *»'-•' «s js • ■'< 'i f! itrict- L &-prtvUtttr
— a nag
ape with a "cUnJ? quill-" , •
' What ail imagination this man mull have .
What aftonifliing incongruous powers ot coii
netticm ! One would suppose these verses were
written at sea, when every movement ol the
veirel introduced a new train of ideas.
" Wit" fays Lord Kaims, " consists chief
lv in joining things bv djla*t and fanciful rela
tions, which fwprife, because they are
tcftcd ; such relations being of the Jhgrtcjt
kind, readily occur only to that per for who
crakes every relation equally welame. What a
wit then the author of these verses in nit be,
who ioi-r-e have no relation at n—
W5 pretenfi.tns to fancybiiV are really Jurprt
jing and unexpeled, and are made equally wel
come with the heft relations imaginable.
As I am unwilling to throw any damp up
on decided merit, I am sorry that candor obli
ges me to observe that the metre in these
veries is not altogether accurately measured ;
however it should be remembered that ge
nius spurns at cifnfinement ; apd God forbid
that I ftiould cast a (hade over this rising lu
minary for a paltry fglhtble or two in a line—
©elides ttre more Hie' verTTKoßTifes, the more
is the " found an echo to the sense," and eve
ry body knows this Is ajcapital object in Poe
try.—Perhaps too the author, under the func
tion of Pope meant to J)i*lch a giacc or two
bc\Qnd the reach of art\ and dbubtlefs he im
proved upon the idea, by taking it beyond all
human camprehenfion too. JUSTICE.
• See page of this Gazette.
FOR Till GAZETTE.
THE public having seen in the General
Advertiser of Saturday the 13th inft.
a piece laid to be " from a correfpor.dent,"
entitled, " Two queit ions to two great Men,
one a piece."
iff. Whether he, one of whnfe com pa
nions is a man, who was employed by the late
King of France to bribe Members of the Con
vention, and who afterwards ran off with the
money, is a proper person to be at the head
of the Finances of the Uukm ?"
2d. *' What should be thought of a man, to
Whom a late General Officer in the French
Armies would dare to cry out with exulta
tion, that St. Domingo wasruin'd? Should
we not think he delighted too much in devas
tation to direct a war?"
And another in the fame paper of Tuesday
lift, under the fignatnre of ** Viscount N?>*a
ille-.," in which he fay* that', " In Voor Sa
turday's paper, you informed the public of a
conversation refppfting St. Domingo, between
a late General Officer in the French Army,
and a person who is so described as probably
to intend the Secretary at War, and conclud
ing with facing, that if your informant had
reference to ine, he told a Lie.''—lt is become
neceflarv, in order that a right judgment may
be formed of the whole tianfaftior, that the
following ftateuient should be laid before the
public.
An Enemy to Foreign Influence.
Phrlede/pva, .7 y ') 27, 1
On tMPnorning of Monday 15th rnft. be
tween feveo and eight o'clock, at the requcft
of the Vi'countde NoaiDc. l ?, a gentleman of
this c»ty accompanied him to Mr. Badie's, •
when rh follow i.-g cotlyerlation pdOeri :—
' ■ —Sir,- in your paper of Saturday
Ir.lt, the public are informed of a conversation
a Frtnch General Oifccer, and agpn- •
tlenian n 3 public capacity in the service of
tue United States—By the French Officer I
conceive I sin meant.
Mr. Bache.—Sir, it is fa*><J 11 a General Offi
cer," your name is not mentioned, arc! 1 ven
ture to allure you, it was not intended other
w i c f^an against a man in public life, unJcr
jfeh Government.
I am tjje only French General
OtMpr m town, and doubt tJv ji.finu
*twp alludes tn riiM; arc vef-yJ
Saturday, August 3, 1793. [Whole No. 445-]
Jwt- pnde
taclc o|K»n aiwtftr. • ••s**• " "»*V ' /
Air. Hachf —i ' epp»t that yon are not tnel*
tvoncd, and that tfe artvtl# is 'not uieant
rgiht i on. ' . ' *'
V. A'oai7.>ii—Her* k my answer tnJlifs stt
tack (handing him tihtt the
signature of VilcoiHfr Ndaitie*) which I with
inlerted in youp' - . ,
Mr.'Bacht.—Be*ffMtcd I (hall
duty to do to. • *,-■•■ I?
V. S'auitks.—l now wifc to-hive •Gie-'uaoie
■
•Ae.—tM
. Mr. DacAe.—?At preftn —/
Ko fciva l\im-Wpy but wiH Co
aiKt.oiKujto'ltaw to l«* il»nic. -
„ i K m«y -,
arid toi #ift>pflnt itt 1
■ i Mr. .dertiiirfj <k> &>« ,
V. SriiHtr^-fto-Khatibofii *•■»" 1 &fV« at
oji fwe i as vifc.it tptoS#' 6 ' f
Int.J'' . i"
~ Mr. tWB W'|Wf 1 f J
w'nUftseiytfii ag»Mi^6rip«t'ow d *%, ( i
again,beiylßMi pp*
UUd-'t+fr " '■• ' •••^,•>:■'• — ' -' : •• P
' a private man r vo tins towi
.try 1 tof<m3i»>quiet: it <*«yman wiftw:
to addtefs me with Duth, I have no t?bje6;iop
as to iiiyieU* hw being left w-i;h you—
hut no man Ihalffite tkro' sic as another; fc
chJrt you will be authorised to give, up the
name of any pevioii >yhu Diav hereafter pre
lent other publications.
Mr, kachc.-r'lt is il.ot the custom cf this
cjuutiy.
V. Moaillcs.—l will call again between one
and two o'clock.
Accordingly at about half past one, Vis.
Noaiiies, accompanied by the Tame gentleman,
callid lit Mr. Bache's, and waited about half
an hour, when Mr. Bache came in and began
the con venation.
Air. Bucke.—l am. now authorized to give
you tiie name of Citizen Paital as the writer
ot the piece in queitiun.
k\ Aloatffo.—Mr. the Secretary-os
Mr. Geiitt ! t
Mr. cache-—The fame.
V. Aouillej*—Very well 1!!
Mr. lactic.—l can alio inform you the inten
tigsi SKIS r»'»t \Cuba* t your bet meanti
Aguwjt a public ojjt-ier oj our Government.
Munities. — l repeat again, I hope you will
aIwA)S *>e to name the perion who may
in iuture cleiire you to print any thing rela
tive to me, or you will be aufweiablc.
Air. Bache.—Yes, Sir, certainly.
V. NoailUs.—*l expert the lei ter given you
this morning, will be printed.
Mr. Bache.—l give you my word it (hall.
The name of the gentleman who attended
the con variation, the printer is in poifeflion
ot, and at liberty to give any peifon who
may doubt tb£ authenticity of it.
FROM THE BALfmOlti i.VE.aiSG POST.
SIR,
Your ifijerting the J»'!owing in your ufejul Paper t
tuill muck oblige A FRENCHMAN.
AMONGST thcMulattoes and rebel Haves,
\Vho plundered and burnt the Cape-Fran
cois, or slaughtered its unfortunate inhabit
ants, Stephen foverel and Leger Felicite
Sonthonax, who always lay they are delega
ted to the French Leeward lflands, to rcejta
blijh order and public tranquility, have declared
by their proclamation of the 2ift uit. that
the will of the French Republic, and that oj its
delegates j was to give freedom to all the Negroe?
who will fight for the Republic, under the or
ders of the civil cominttfarles, either against
foreign or domejiic enemies.
It should seem by this expression, that all
the formidable armies of the combiuated for
ces against Fiance were threatening the
French Lecwaid Ifhnds. Neveithelels it is
undoubted, that the Eiglifh, the only nation
to fear in these Teas, were without ary J'qua
dron at Jamaica ; and that the Spaniards kept
them elves within bounds to preierve their
boundaries. Therefore who were the true
enemies of France at Hifpaniola ? The rebel
slaves and free niuUttoes their instigators,
and the Haves ha ye been declared tree by the
delegates of the Republic. I* it for havjng,
since two years, laid waste that lb flour tffciug
country, by murdering the proprietors ai d
burning the properties ? tfcat they have been
called to fight against t(;e doniefiic enemies..
Who were tfien these domcftic enemies T the
white people who they had already fwprn de
finition to.
But now, how agrees that will of Che dele
gate ;ol the Frtuch Hi togive freedom
to ell the Negroes, with their oath so solemn
ly taken, on the 24th of October last, the day
of the reception of General Rothambeau, as
Governor of St. Domingo ? He do A»ow y laid
tbe\, tiio kn.di oj men in thn country, the Jree*
men and Jluvts. He do t.naiu that Jtavt?*
jitxeffary to the Lu'onjai Such is the «?rV7 *f
the National tinvention* and we do declare that tf
tUy naulA Aic their diffojiiioru in this regard, ue
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*h u!d r&tfor djs~ than f ° to that, vfa-
Ut iof ycitr properties.
Ask! now, the will of. the of th<-
Republic is to violate tleie properties, to give
the freedom to all tfte Negroes, to make them
,enjoy allthe rights of the French citizens; and that,
.fay they, fa the mission which the ftat'onaU onven
itwrrj and the Executive <.ou»a/ of the Republic have
"iven to the Cttui (ommiJ[aries.
All the proceedings of the National Con
vention are public. Where is that which
pives them such an impot tant miffior, to make
Jlpift enjoy afl the rights of the French citizens ?
would not all the world have resounded with.
ft> "its of that event !
jAlljes American, judge now between the
Gi ii Commissaries, appointed by Louis Capet,
ans the inhabitants of St. Domingo, accused
by rhen , or their in your own papers,
to infringers to the laws,, particularly to
thav which p,ives to the Mulattoes the rights
of Citizen?! There are infringe rs of the laws,
but the French nation will judge them. She
ougf'if at length to be enH^h r ened by the con
flagration of jlhat important city, the Cape-
Fraj.co.s.
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NATIONAL CONVENTION,
May 6.
C AMBON, after some remarkson
the want of harmony in some
parts of the Republic, offered a plan
of inltrudiion for the coinmiflioners
of the Convention. The discussion
on this was adjourned.
Ban ere read letters from Nantz,
dated the 3d May, by which it ap
pears that 600 men ofthe anny coin
manded by Gen. Beyfler w ere driven
back at St. Lcger, by the rebels,
with a loss of 100 men, and 2 pieces
of cannon.
foreign Intelligence.
TranflatcdJrom French Paters.
The ad mill id rat ors of Nantz write
ftaiing ibe iieceffity of immediate
afliftance, to repiefs live rebels in
the department. " But a little
while since a body of 4 or 5000 men
would have beer, fufficient to reprels
the infuri edtion ; but time has been
given thein to organize afidexercife
themselves ; they occupy more lhaii
25 leagues square of country, and
all the inhabitants of this territory
take an active part in the rebellion ;
they are obliged to march under
pain of death ; the emigrants and
priests have succeeded in making
some of these unfortunate people
believe that theyaie invulnerable.
—Those who are taken and con
demned to deaili go to the place ot
execution with demonstrations of
joy, and in expectation of an inelti
mable reward. These people ate
not to be despised, there are about
200,000 armed ; 1 hey march in
large bodies ; 40,000 have been
seen moving with order and celeri
ty. Extensive meafutes 11) alt be
'taken ; two armies fliould proceed
'against the rebels, one from Nantz,
from Saumur, and our ge
nerals fliould never attack but with
Cuperior forces."
Barrere read another letter giving
an account of some fnccefles of the
rebels against a small body ot patii
ots.
Another letter from Poitiers an
nounces tbat that city is menaced,
that the rebels have gone into Bi ef
fuire, which our troops had evacu
ated.
After the reading of these letters,
Barrel e infilled on the importance
-fit' preventing the civil war from
spreading ; he gave an account of
the forces in march or intended R>on
to march againtt the rcbe viz.
Ten thousand regula>», 6000 re
cri'-ts of the department of Chaien
ie, 1000 volunteers of Orleans, 2
battalions from Rouen, 12,0c0 men
from Paris, the amount ofafubtrac
liop "f "cn from each company
in one of the aunies of the fron
tiers : such arc the foice3 intended
for this expedition. But there are
in Pari* men wl.o brctd confuflon
in the feCkioiis, who will neither
fervrnnr n.l.irs to tti "*■«*.
wli<i kill time in ci'ilruilions ; rlieie
are count ei -i e^olutlonilts who j'ctl
v'ert the law i« givs a ft.ib to liber
ty. Some wifli to feuil ufl ba< he
lors only, ollters <ii iltoci ais, Mid
01 hers again other eludes ; llietlce
a genera! want of euetgy.
A member announced that in ihe
depart uifnt of Lot, all the .citizens
wilhed to be enrolled ; the gates of
the city were obliged to be flint to .
prevent this entljufiafin froiji being
an injury to the population and in"
dullry.
May 7. The coniniillioners of the
convention on the vefteijt coalls
write that they had fulpended the
colonel and arretted 8 ofiii e< s of 1 he
Germanic legion, and Ill.it their
conduct was applauded by the pri
vates.
Cambon declared. thai oil the ioth
of this mouth, the Committee of
Public -Safety would render an ac
cotyiT of all their operations, and
would exhibit a faiclifiil ll.Sieun'ut
of I lie fit nation of the republic ;
that in the meanwhile it was his
duty to do away the impressions
which caltimnics ngainft that com
mittee may have produced, i eif^f jv.e
totheir expenditures, " calumnies."
said Cambon, " which ive have i {jtid
of t lie hand of the " arm patriot
Brifiot| be reyorter .'iHured,that
tlie committee had hoi yet touched
the IOOjOCp liviqs put info their
hands—neither hs^ci. aii.y part of t,he
fix millions appropriated for lecrec
expences been ex pen,(ted ; neither
any thing; of the funds decreed to
indemnify our allies, for expences
they might lie at to second i he force
of the republic. Cambon oblei ved,
that the employ of this 1a ft menti
oned fund was'rt fiibjert of calum
ny, in order to oblige the commit
tee to explain thcinfelves oil this
fubjecl:, but that the committee
would never impair the fecreis of
this operation. Having called Bi if*
for an infamous libeller, a man con
ne«.led with Pitt, Cambon explained
the difficulties the committees had
to encounter in order to get things
a going ; —" When we began our
said he " the executive
power did not atft, and some parts
of it even yet cannot get to fliew
lufficient activity. The minidry of
Marine is very active ; ihar of war
is a labyrinth, %vhere it is impoHible
to find one's way : I defy any man
from getting through it. The mi
niller of foreign affairs often co-p
---fults with the committee ; yet he it
nor as active as we c6uld wish, aitd
in general it is plaiii, that the li'ii
nifters try to avoid fatigue. The
re union of the miniffry of contri
butions with the national treasury
has been piopofed ; this Union is
neceifary," &c.
NANTES, May 8
Treason appears on every fide ;
we learned ye ft er day ihat a detacih
nienc of 300 men of the ci devant
regiment of Piovence which was
polled at St. Columbin five leagues
hence, has gone over to the rebels,
carrying wich rlieui a colour, one
piece of caniHtto, their arms and
baggage—l his detachment has been
well received by ihe banditti, who
fay tlTat they have nothing agaiuft
the white coats (troops of ihe line)
as ihey were not the cause of the
king's death. They (em bark one
of these soldiers afrer having treat
ed him well, filled his pockets
wiili crowns—This in*n lias rf»a<le a
report to our department, and has
been imprisoned. The rebels wit-h
----in 1 J days have taken 1000 ninfkets,
3 cannon, and t wo aroniuniiion wag
gons. Soldteis are daily sent to sis
but they are unarmed, we arm
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