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i g i m - (No. 41 . ; W I L M ING T 0 TjH UR SDAY, OCTO BER 26, 1797. VoLI.J 7. K T T F i i From the Neiu fork Mint Tva$f Sept 25. 1 E Have prefented to our readers the oblervations of Paftoret in the council of five hundred, relative to the conduclof the: Directory towards the United tatesWx have in our pofleflion an anfwer to thole obfervatiens, entitled, the "American go vernment unveiled," which in every re fpkft, etjjpafe the RiUinfyate of the Aurora ana porcupines uaxeite Afterfome oeneral remarks on attempt of Segnr and Ha (tore t, to overthrow the conltitution, the writer fays, " At the time when' France conftituted itfelf into a Re public, the pretended allies of Paftoret de tached ihemlelvcs frvm us, not by a decla ration of war, which, would have become a Iran k and toy 4 nation, bat by all hofe cU fcurc and indelicate manoeuvre, which mark the weaknefs of a perfidious govern ment ! " mrf which Bright expofe them to ate queltration of their property; The farre cry he (ays, was railed hy thofe who ! l money in the bank of Venice, iuGenc J, and in the caverns of 5wirei4and ij hints very plainly that the French govern ment ouyht hot to luffer futh friends to cape, when it is driven to every expedient to talis money' He goes on to examine .the meaiis of attack and defeneej r jeiFclfcti fey -tle U nk 4 Crater. We have not time at prefect fc noiice his oblei vatiens cnthefe points and fbme others but he has one remark that; we fhall jnvtk entire,- h is '';'thi. tirat wUbe tin prefent powers make peace,. rhen f litue tochaftife ; M-)veiii!iitrits hIv S are weak, crafty and 1 aitl.e is." The meaning of mis, we teaVe to reader's conjectures. This is favinr we ought to have none to war at on ce at temps to fteer clear of the war an (j prefer ve neutral) ;y, are called perfidy. The writer takes for his proofs, thefub ilanceof the complaints of Mr. Genet, a's they 'Hamlin his letter to Mr. Jelierfon, Bf Sept. iS, 179; vi?. the President's recei ving the vilitsof Noaillesand Talon, his fullering medallion: of Capet and his fami ly to hang in his room, bis conduct relative to arming in our por ts, pikes ,"&c . a n d c fa a t Walhinton had delayed to call Compels, t'o'gethcr hotvwthftanding Mr. Ocr.it's refpecltul imlnuations." . ., . The writ r Ineaks of Wafhingtoii's be ing furrounded with " men of. England :" he lpeaks of tke, M patriciate ;" or fenate as be'ng a " confpiracy againff. the Ameri can people : he fpeaks of Mr.- Monroe's being lent ' Plenipotentiary to Paris vith out powu s,"as an t of machtavel.fni tede ccive the French, by bis warm repnblican ifm, and lending Mr.Jiyto London, to make a treaty deftructive to the French treaties. ??c Galls Mr. Jn the " Dtrmo laid of the United States, Wiat is, atory, warmly attached to monarchy, to a peerage and to George the 111." The writer luggells tli3t the executive of America has been guided by Hritilh a gents, leagued with all traitors, relugcc color ills, and emigrants, in a flumetul nunner with a view to overturn the Re public. This nonfenfc ha.bceh repc.itediu Ame rica, and re-echoed by the French Jacobim, 1 11 it is perfectly half it ceafes even to excite refenttnent. iiut wfiat the writer fays of the dfins ol the French govern ment, if true dcicrvci moie lerioui conli deration. He fuggeft1! that the French Republic, ftruggling again'.t two and twenty armed rowers at once, has hitherto difk-inbled her deep relentmcnt againft the United States. But now (he has cut olfalmoU all the heads of the menacing hydrat and fince that of England only remains to be taken elf, " it is the part of her grandeur, as well at of ber jnllice, to roanifeft to the United Sratis all her lcn!V h v." The Dircdory, he fays, have "Knit liu.ir brows like Jupi ter, but have not hurled the thunder Ndlor has fpoken, but Achillea h- re. ntatned in bit tent." What then tnuft we poor tic 1. do, when Jupiter launches iiii liiunder buhl at us, and Achilles am dies forth, armed with terror. The following paragraph is given liter a v " In a Mate of war fo violent as tint which the French Reriblit has ful taincd againtl the muff powerful kings of Kuronc, it ts indubitable that neutral nations were not her friends, and that her friends, who covered thcmfclvci with a Ummeful .neutrality, have been a;td are her enemies" This is the fpeaking oat, what French agents and their auvocatcs ha.c oitennm ced tou. before. The writer then examines the que (lion of war with the Uiiited States. He fays, merchants whorrde with th Rppublic or aainlt ber, tin ler the Amei lean Mag, coun ter revolutioni.U who have placed their money iu the hanks of the United Jfes, tec. t aife an outer? about ihe danger of wir with the United States. fNn withdrawn their cpii'. frii Franie, and pitccU them 111 A uerKJ, th- fear $ r ,,i From the Virginia Argus, To the Editor-of the PHrgirila Wo us. Richmond, Oct. 4, !797- opinions govern. and what crFed. on bis fecret and difpofitions toWjards that ment f , 4th- G. How did it hjrpren that sn at- J taihment ro the taufe of France (of which. t3t character wasw'ell known to lie a warm admirer) became connected with, and un-. ci rilood to be inleparable from, an enmity I to onr ;dvf rnmr n and -that :hc per Ion who haef been the chief caufe of the adop tion of the government, and'was well known to be under the influence of the am bif'ador, become immediately cn h is return to America, fo ftrangely changed, as tQ he johfittered among the fprcnioftin thofe' if. 'hr principle of a friendhip to the caul:: of France ind enmity td the American go. ternment ? .A' ' ' 5in- (X Who was it that recommended the writings of iVlr. Paine here as ' the ltandaril of 'Common Sen ft 'and whether was ihe. fame perlon acquainted- with Mr. IVine's whole fvftrn:, (r if. he was io- when fie became- acquainted with it, whe- ther did he wilh rhr hiHoence bf that reconv inrndation to extend to the whole of his wife w ri tings ? ' 6th. O. VVho'verethe two influential chnracTeis who introduced Mr. Frentau into the deportment of late, ami let him up as a print rr-; who introduued-his fob fcriptioii pr.jn-rs into A!bcim.u !e, Orange. &c. "recommended hi 01 as the republican primer, and atled as agents even between bun and his fublcribers in that cjuarter : and why all thishfdirffry, trouble ahd pains, and wliat the objcl nd complexion ol sj;a; paper i 7th. O. Why wore the rejoluticns of Attiqirftarle on the fnblct of the prcclama tion of neutral : rv (formed and warmly ad vocated by younp ju-ntlemen immediately trnin under the ;; r. ..7e roof and infiueuce of the fecretny ci Rate) fometerially dif ferent frOnl the en?nmunication from the r lena 3 pov ntnent for themfelve?,. in kit Ujis 4Dfli'f.-int nnft in th fenafe. whn M. abjince and in contempt of his advice, any, f Blount who had been among the molt warm, decided and important advocates if hi? eleclion in America, was to. he d'tf- iirciced ? - Sir, The uleful and interfiling matter wi?!i which your paper is always filled, makes it improper, perhaps to cxped or alk of you, the republication of any efl'ays which may have appeared iti other papers of your own frnre, much lefs thofe of your own ci ty : Yet, the anxietv which I have heard a number of your lubfcribers, who do" not take The Virginia Gazette and General Advertifer, exprefs, to lee the papers pubi lifned in that Gazette; Under the d gnat lire which I now N. ri'e, ind ices me to acquit myleb rt the c!ut;.t? of p tti;:Iiry, for the jbitr-bf-rs. or friends to any particular iiewlpapefj by publilhing in yours, lome of the .leading features r,f theNINE num bers or the Develppemerft of tbe.caufet ii ie diftui bsr.ces between tlie American and French Republics- 1 nis I am impelled the mre flrona'y to, by another confidersti m in addition to rtre I public office nf fb.rr upon the fame fubiei one already noticed, rieiidet the (ua! ir- 1 . 8th- (J. VVhy were the Icntiments of trntion I wifli 10 fliew to your fubtciben it thofe of the fame connexion: zv.i immediate. arge, with thole of. every other paper in y under ihe fame influence, alw tysand u America, there is. one per Ion inparticubr, niformlf ann, bitter and loud ngainit whole name has been frequently mention- principles, men and me dures, which the ed in tbofe papers, and who, la-n crf.l - berfbn holdins that influence over tliem nre- ly informed, cTeclarcd (iho' with a bluili'l'tended to view in a very different linht ? I am told, of mo.fdl iniiM.ence, 1 prcfiu:ie, I gth. O. Why va; ihe fame ineonliiten- on his cheek) to a citizen of his own comi-1 cv of femunent which thus prevailed bt - ty, after the pubHcatMm of the jih No. I rween this man of influence and his admir- that h : hail never then ken one of tht.c h-n, even ma trained in the fame charac- uublicdtioiit;" who, if there w.Ti no othfr I ter at once, bv bold'mn up to diffi rent peo- Miiiiled to be grattfipd, certainly hjrnfcf jpe of different fcntibients, almoll in the is. That the perltH alluded to ma,' lame breath, the lame charac'lers in dif- no longer P without a Imht of what I have tilready faid and thought of him (i:A 10th. Whether or not, was the let he is ihe latl of all men I would conceal ter laid to have been written to Mazzei, jholc fentimcnts and opinions from) I fhall the production of the perf'on to whom it therefore now draw up a funvnary of the I Aas impti'.ed ; and if it w as nor, why was principal 'hmgs I have there laid of him, the u fluem e of us reputed autl.or's-.name with tite addition of a few more winch yet I not taken fioin it as loon as it was known remain to he touched upon, and which, in J to be publilhed in France with a view of my opinion, it behooves that perlon to ex- I injuring this country i plain. And that I fhall do for the motl I nth, O. Was the department of flate. part by the way of interrogation, as that Iduriug the fecretarylhip of Mr. Jcff'crfon niHjarsto be the favorite way of arriving! made the channel thro' which letters were at truth, with fome of that perfon's advo- Ikut to Fr.ir.o-, which th.e writers of luch catcs and friends. I U tters furnnfed to be improper to be trull By the ingenious invention of the Auro- led thro' that depart met, after that tlevotrd ra, which may julty be fty led the enemies! fi tend tor ranee had left it, and were of jacobinifm put to the r-ck, we are taught I therefore committed to the immediate care to propoud a few uftful queries on the o I of the ai'iufler of that country, at the ther fide ; a few candid anfwers to whieh I wore fecure channel. 9 asnSs been acknow- wilt very much a)d the querift and Editor Irdgcd by a man luppofcd to be in Inch of that ulef.it nape in arriving at truth on I tracts ? thelubiect of his ennuiric-'. By as ready! 12th. G. Who was the per fon Dupont and as famfaflory anfwers beine made, aside Nemours in the council of ceo de- were afforded on that QCCauon, it may be dared would be devoted to Fi ance if he feen who, and what party, are bell prepar- was appointed prelidcnt of Atrerica ; and cd to pal's the fiery ordeal of fncli a tor how did that fcrvant of Jhe French people turous examination ashas been there let on come by that information which uaswuh- fnet. held from the American people ? In the firfl place then Mr. Pleilnt, to 13th. Q. Why was t. Adri fo ex- purfueandlc confident with my origui.0 trrmely anxiom for, and active in thee, olan,, who, give me leave to alk, was our legion of Mr. JetFerfon, and wai not he ambafladof in France, when 'their revo-- the perfon to he deyortAYn f ln i lution broke out, and our general govern leCted prefident I ment was formed f 14th. Why did Mr. Adct communicate aJ. (,). D.J DOt thit amlulTadni uiitc wi-h Mr. Blottnl on th it piHJra, andwhy to Am-rics, while our crnvernmcnt was was that amiable tait of America fo lire under confideratioo for adoption or rr j-. - louoti (n the elect. on of prelidcnt) for lion, recommencing twain thmcs tv be I Mr. Jc'fcrlot. ? dn-which were t e, or paid an vc I 15m. Q WHy did Mr. jTffcrfon quit rv yreat atren-'oti to f Q. IL ' 1 - ' andtherr- See fmeri ft, t, fir mjxfUm- k-i::hi ot the people i f A o-r -1 to fuimlahans ItMjact 1 6th. O. And finally and Jaftly .Mr. Met (wiih whom Mr. Blount was inthi.ate, and coincided and operat ed fo perfecllyj the election of a prefident -devoted, is France) certainly andbfolutely at the bottom of the Canada plot ; to give coloured pretext to which, and raife a p'bofible pretence for retaining oUr polls in thefouth weftern parts of America, to bring about a partition of the United States, in which thofe fchemes of French influence aad American devotion would be more eafi 1 T4iprocat ed tjvan b-he troklc mt.v.u of :he auk' tfjJfatygp&atr-j oi eonfulting the w 1 u-of the Mterlcan peo ole, the pretence of fjfi invafiornfrom Ca u.ida on Upper jtiouiflana was raifed, and Mr. Blount's pretended plot with the Bri tilh fabricated. Te laft conclufion (which I triift will clofe the fecne of French influence "and A meric an devotion to that couutafhong us) 1 think 1 am now warranted da diaw, from a little hint o! tht complexion of the plan which accidentally and unguardedly fell from Mr. Blount himfclf, before it was known how f.ir and which way the opera tion of the difcoyery cf the contents of his letter to Cary was to go. This very athiuiJt lenatoron his- wy to c onp rclsm 1790, in company with his pa. tt j'Jlc Brother, tell hi, in this city, wjih two gentlemen, one a devoted friend and advocate for French principles, the other, luppoted by him, irom certain linking tir. cumifances, te be a warm and decided ad vocate for tiie eleclion of Mr. JefTerfon. " lie hoped," he laid" the lacier gen. tleinan had been doing every thing in iiis power ro enfure the eleclion of his friend Mi. Jcri'erlon as president; that be had lcctired tor him all ihe votes in his flate anl trat i! he wtrt not r'rtlmk he WuulJ make America fhake to her foundation? Mr. Jefierfon we know was not elected preTideiTt. How Mr. Blount was to make A mtt'.Lzlhake trthcrjOundaiiontA for what, et this cJcclaratron mow, & add it to that of Dupont de Nemours; the exertions of Mr. Adct and Mr. Blount to the i'.nnc oh. ct in ihe eledluin of the prefident ; the agency i f Mr. lilnunt's friend (Adet) in me vanacia itncioe ; ana mr. vice f re sident's unwillingnefs to be prefent and aid ing in the disgrace of bis good friend, citi zen Ulounr ail proclaim. W hether this coriellion of Mr. Blount. made at that particular Uage of the buli- neis ougnt to attract the nonce of the com. mil tee charged with an enquiry into every circuitiltance attending the b.ifmefs, it not for m to l.iy. One thing however, be comes necellary now fcr me to declare ahd that is, the author of jthefe publ cations holding it tqually improper and mean to do either a public or private injury under a cover f any kind whatever, now oilers. that if Ui!e who he conceives have injured Si- jr country in that way, and are pointed i', will cokaeceml to come forward and anfwer fuch queOlooi as are here put, and i ihin their power to anfwer, he will on hit jirt, afTnme a more v.fihle appearance, and pledges himfelf to fubilantiate every thing he has afl'erted : And, that any one who 1 fli lles the principles of democracy and e. quality, fbould hold himfelf aloof from the enquiries of people under an idea of fuper ior dignity and worth, or from an official confidcration, is only a confirmation f. t . 11 deceptive pretences in every way. AMERICANS. From the ORACLE Lord Malmtfbury't Ncgori-uion,' Opens under circ umftaiirrn, if not of an unprouiiung, it Iraff of a ringnlar natuif foe nothing can be lefs fecure than the ex- '. r.aaaf mt gpw imunt with which he is 50111 jj to treat. By the word government ere, we do not tnein the perfuns who ad min. !frr the public affairs of 'Frame, but the coul) it tit ion itfelf. Kven in a fettled ncrnment, rhanpe of miiiiilert may take plare :t acrhnal tim, h jt It dl wit'mur overturning any agreement arttnlly concluded; brraufe, though the minilfen under whole aufpices it eommen. cc 1 fho'ild "r removed, 1UU the autUorhv under wStM ther nrgoiuied would remain 1 ' 1
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