atre wantons have fallen intcrthe"-bands of
me conquerors- . . , - r
The fucceis which on this occafion has an
tendcdthe Auftrian arms is to lie afcrfbed
rhicfly to the peponaj ccmduttjc , nis royal
- v.urc nrrKlntV. Prr Tent ervvhtfife7
where the danger was tnoft prcfthg, he'a
troo . a' his example, and prefer.
' t t ? . i' . .1.- i c. a .,:-fc
VCU IJiCIIl III VI U(i uy iuv vmiuii j aim vjuivn.-
;nefs of his manoeuvres J and at length feized,
" with infinite judgment; the true point : of at.
; tack which dedded'hc victory. v
i nr army UtUicu iuv miliii. vn niv. uvu ui
.. ' f t s s " I' i-
U3ttte7Tnatiext aay-roweu-i;is-iieyncaii.
fertnt points, encamped ne-r this place.
I have the honor to be, &c. K
'(-:-;:'ri (Signed)
. Rob. Anstruthrji,
' September 23. .
- Pacific Jrtuie. .
. ; Mr. Hoffman, a mefiener; from the Jtf a
' f nilh Minifter at .oiir court, was the perfon
tfe prcdecelTors of the underfigned in J uly
1 793 , .appllcdotrthis fubjectto theovern-.
raent f the United States-but he "was not
fuceefsful. '--Nevcrthelefs the National Con
vention, who by their decree of the 6th May,
I 7 37 had ordered the feizure of the enemy's
property on board neutral veffels, declaring
at the fame time, that the meafure fliould
ceafe when the EngUfti 1 flipuldrefpeftjieutral
flags, had excepted on the 23d of the"" .fame
month, the Americans from the operation of
this general order. - But the convention was
obliged .fooh tSrepeal the law which "contain
-lEEexcept
the manner m which "the EnclHh cdhducted
whowent to Paris, with the demand 'from
the Britiih niiniftry, that a' Paifport might
be grantee! to a confidential Agent to repirHefeeeneaiy's-pi'oper.ty on board American
tKemfetves, themanifeft intention they had
to top the exportation of provihons front A-
mericato France, rendered it unavoidable
1 he National Convention, by this, had
reftqred the equilibrium of neutrarily which,
England had deltroyed ; had d.fcharged their",
duty in a manner juttificd by a thoufand pafl:
examples, as well as by the heceffity of the
then exilting moment.' They might, there
fore, to recall the orders they had given to
fearas to the treatment of their flag; b
French, llnce,if keeping within the bounds
of their neutrality, they canfe the rights of
that neutrality j to bejefpeftebxthe Eng-
to Paris, for the purpoleor propohng to. the
Executive Direftory of France, moderate and
equitable proportions for a general pacifica
tion. Mr. .tlottman arrived in L-or.uon yei
terdav afternoon, with the anfwer ofthe Ex
ecutive Directory : that we believe to have
been fo far' favourable, that the paflport is
granted : tuch at lealt was the report m a
well-informed Political Circle.
There are laid to be nearly two thoufand
Spanim Ihips in the difterent ports. .
" " It is a fadnot much known, that the Spa
niards lolt 40,000 feamen, 15 months ago at
Cadiz, from the effetts of filth andfiuk.
' .pY-M O Ut H, September iW
" ' A - ' .
The latedreadful havoc made by the cli
mate at Stomingo, among!! the Britiih
Officers has been thus officially detailed, viz.
5 Brigadier Generals
24LieutenantsrColonels and Majors, and
77 Captains and Subalterns.
Orders are gone out for the wholc-iCand
to be inltantly evacuated.
PHILADELPHIA,t7wcr 31,
AUTHENTIC.
: Theunderfigned Minifter plenipotentiary
of the French Republic, in conformity to the
orders of his government has the honor of
tranfmittingto the Secretary of State. ofxthe
United States, a relolution taken by the Exe
cutive Directory of the French Kepublic, on
on the 14th lvleflidor, 4th year, relative to
the conduct which thelhlpsof war of the Re
public arc to hold towards neutral velfels.
The flag of the Republic will treat the flag
of neutral:;, m the lame manner as tncy Hull
fuffer it to be treated by the Er.gltih.
The fentiments which the Auicrican ro.
vcrnment liave manifefted to the ur.derligned
Minifter .Plenipotentiary, do not permit him
to doubt, that they will ice, in its true light,
thismcafurc as far it may concern the United
States, and that they w ill alfo feel, that it is
dicbtcd by imperious circunmances, and ap
proved by juftice.
Great-Britain during the war fl:e has car
ried on, againil the Hepublic has not ecafed I
11 1
uimg every means in ncr po cr 10 acia to tnjt
fcourjc, fcourges ibll more terrible. She
has ufed the well known liberality of tlie
French nation to the detriment of that nati-
on. Knowinghow faithful France lias al
ways bc.n in the obfervance of her treaties
knowing that it was a principle of the lie
public to refpeft the flags of all nations, the
Britiih government from ilwbeginning of the
war, has caufed neutral vclfcls, and .11 parti
cular Anicrican veflch. to be detuned, taken
them into their pom, and dragged from then
Frenchmen and French property. France,
bound by a trc ay with the United btate,
could find only l real, disadvantage in the
articles of that treaty which caufcJ to be re
flected as American property, Kngtifh pro
petty found 011 board American vdfcls.
They tad a right, under this confederation,
to tfxpSifl, ilmt America would take, ficps in
favor of her violated neutrality. Oac of
veueis, nave waited till me .untim govern
ineht had firft -definitively revoked the fame
er, a lufpention only of which Vas
prcduced by the embargo .laid by Congrefs
the : 6th Mr.rch 1794. .But as loon as they
were inforaied, that under' orders 01 the go
vernment of tnc 'Unite J' States, , Mr. jay
was directed to remonttrate agamit the vexa
tory meafures of the Euglilh, they gave or
ders by the 3a y of 1 3 Nivofe, 3d year, to the
hps ot war of the republic to refpect Ameri
can velVcls, And the 'Committee of Safety, in
their explanatory reiolve 01 the '14th of the
fame month, kittened' to fanction: to the
fame principles. ri he National Convention
and the Committee of Public Safety had every
reafon to believe, that this open and l beral
con -uct, would determine tlie United States'
to ufe every eifo.t, to put a ftop to the vex
ationsim poled upon their commerce ; to the
injury ot the French Republic. ; They were
deceived in this hope 1 And though the Trea
ty of friendihip,. navigation arid commerce
between Great Britain and the United States
had been firqcd fix weeks before France adop
ted the mcafurc I havejult fpoken of, the
Englifli did not abandon the plan they had
formed, and continued to flop and carry into
their ports all American velfcls bound fo
French ports or returning from them.
This conduct was the fubjeft of a .note
which the uhderfigned addrefled on the 7th
Veudcuaire, 4th year 29th September,
1793.3 Yet this note has re.uaincd without
an a.ifwer, though recalled to theremcm-.
Nbrance of the Secretary of State by a difpatch
of the 9th Germinal, 4th year 19th March,
1796, O. S. ; and American vcffels bound
to French ports or returning from them have
been feized by the Fnglilh. indeed 1 ore, they
hnc adeda new vexation to thofe they had
already impofed upon Americans : They
have impreifed feamen from on board Ame
rican vclfcls, and have thus found the means
of ftrengtheningtheir crews at the expenfc
of the Americans, without the government of
the United States have made known to the
underfilled the ftcps they had taken to ob
tain fail' faction for thiY violation of Neutra
lity fo hurtful to the intcrclls of France, as
the underfigncd ludfetf. rth in his difpatch-
cs to the Secretary of hate of the 9th Ger
minal, 4th year (29th "of Marh, 1796, O.
S.), 29th Germinal, (8th of April, 1796),
and HtFlorcal, (20thApnl, 1 796) which
kave remained without an anfwer.
1 he French government, then, finds it
frlf with refpect to America at the prefent
1:1 tircumllanccs litmlarto thole of the
time,
year '9 ; and if it fees itfclf obliged to abai
don,' wah refpect to them and neutral powJ
Touraldc lm rf m,l,it M
they had pirfucd, and to adopt different mea
lures the blame Ihouldail unon the Britifh
rjvernment ; it is their eonduvt which the
icrch government has been obliged to fol.
low.
The undcrfigncd MiniP.crFlcnipotentiary
concc'.ve it hi t'uty to remark to the Sc'crc
tary of f tate, tl, it the r.curral governments
or, lit; al!ccfjJlcpubilic ha c notiunu; to
lilli, the Republic will relpect the uv. But if,
through weaknels, partiality or ether "mo
tives, they ihould fuffer the Englilh tofport -.
with that neutrality, and turn it to their ad--vantage,
could they then complain, when
Fnnrc t tn rririri the tv:ilinr r( niiitrnlil- .
; to its equilibrium," lhallad in the fame man- : "
ner as the Englilh JJgcertainly ; for the
neutrality of a nation conhlB in .granting to -belligerent
powers the fame. advantages, and
pnnrfc nf rhp war. tVi:if nf X ral nnrinn irrinfc
to one of the belligerent powers advantages .,
not ftipulated.by treaties anterior to the war,
or fulFcrs that power to feize upon them. -
J he neutral government cannot then com
plain if the other belligerent power will en
joy advantages which its enemy enjoys,, or,
. if it feize&,on them other wife that neutral '
irovernment would" deviate, with refbect to
it, rroai tne line ot neutrality and would be-
co:iie its enemy. - v,.-,v' ?'--T'.r'";
. The underligned Minifter Plenipotentia
ry,' thinks it ulelefs further to develope thefe
principles. He docs not doubt that tlie Se
cretary of State feels all their force, and that"
.the government cf the Unked Skates will .
maintain from all violation a neutraly which .
France has always refpected, and will always r
refpect when her enemies do not liiake it turn
to her detriment. - .-;; .
v - The unoerhgned Minifter r lenipotentrary
embraces tills opportunity of reiterating to;
the Secretary of State the aflurance1 ot his
efteem, and informs him, at the fame time, .
that he will caule this note to be printed, - In
order to make publicly known the motives'
which, at the prefent juncture, influence the
Frerch Republic. . .
Done at Philadelphia, 6th Brumaire, 5th
year tf the French Republic, one and indi
;vilible, (27th of Ottober, 1796, O. S.
Dlgnetl) 1 tt.. iUj X . .
Extract from the" Regifter of Refolves of the
dor, 4th year ot the French Republic, one
and indivilible '
The Executive Directory, confidering,
that it becomes the faith of the French nati- "
on to refpet treaties or conventions which '
. . - - -
iecure to the nags or lome neutral or friend
ly powers, commercial advantages, the re
lult of which is to be common to the con
tracting powers j tlioffc fame advantages (if
thcyl Ihould turn to the benefit of our ene
mies, either through the weaknefs of our al
lies or cf neutrals, cr through fear,' through
intcrcfted views, or through whatever mo
tives), would ipfo fuflo warrant the inexe
cution of the articles M which they were 1U
pulatcd. - . DFCHF.E AS FOLLOWS :
All neutral cr allied powers fiiall, with
out delay, be notified, that the flag of the
French Republic will treat neutral vcfiels;'
cither as to confiscation, as to fearches, or
capture, in the fame manner asttey fhalll'uf.
fer the Englilh to treat them.
The MiniHcr of Foreign relations is charg
ed with, the execution cf the prefent rtlclvc,
which lhall not be printed.
A true Copy.
.(Signed)
C.iinot, Prcfidcnt
DEPAPvTMENT or STATE. .h-
11 even! cr x, 1790.
'Sir,
I have the honour to acknow ledge x re-
ccipt of your note of the 27U1 ulr. covering
a decree of the Executive Dircclory of the
French Republic, concerning the cmnaierte
of neutral nation.'
tl- i i - r.n'.r.' i
iicutral power who can tiiLn cnlv the ricdus
he lawt o;.r.at:cn?, and,
otn and the French He
impoftd fpctial fjbl'ga
treaties cxilt, therffu').
id confifcatlnj!; therroptrty
1 ...... e . 1 1 T.i i i
ui uicir cncmic,ijun.i mi waiu niiurui vci,
fcjs, would oi'y TArrrifc an acknowledge
ri jlit under the livv of uationi.. If toward
u-
fcturcd to thctn
others, bctwec
public trcati
t'whs. Whc;
lie. uv leizinrt -n
9 m ri