embargoed, and the captains and crews leav
ing them, as no profpect of accommodation
w?th'the Bririlh court appeared near at -hand.-r
Mr. Izn.irdi, the American Conful, had.
engaged his oaffage VulvCapum Cobb, for
this coantrv i who waited two days for him,
was then obliged to leave nm
and
THEpECREE OF AMNESTY.
Tht fdlvwnit report ef,Ri(,h, in the Council
of Jncknts, on ihfTjvofthe d Br urn aire,
fw,s account of which we gave'fl few days
ago,. we now i ranlate at length .T
. V In offter ttreakulate with a precifion
tO'ND'O N; "Oqoher 12.
Lord Malinftury,it is at length fettled, is
tlie perfon w ho is to be fent to Paris, as am
haflador extraordinary from this country to
the French Republic of France; He killed
the King's hand to day, we underftand, on--h'.s
appomtfflenr,lnnd took" leavthisma
jelly.- His departure is fixed tor to-morrow
evening or Friday morning, and he will pro.
' bably reach Paris on Sunday night or early
on Monday. .
' perhaps there never was entruited, to a
t,.,W Kpin(Y a necrncintion more difficult
anddelicatein its nature,, and' requiring more
abilities ; nd cautioa in the, conduct ol it, than
Np pnt prpil inrd with the French
tlicit-UUl. IW . -
Republic In former negociations little elle
was to be adjufted beyond the' claims of the
contending power's to territorial poffeflions ;
the parties at War were not actuated by very
vinlphrnreiudkes. or atritated bv very deep
refentlnents. . " "
Materially different, however, is the pre.
- fent cafe ; in, this war it is not iwo nations
that are engaged -In a con teft. about fome pet-"
ty fiihery, Vome navigation of an u.:prodacl
ive river or the excluiive poffetfion of fome
blafted heaths ' Of this war, the complexion
and character have been more dedy -and fa
' .T',l . nU nrenouelhons hatfe been fet ajrainfl.
. , fftpmc . .nrpmdices have been onwo'ed
" : 11 A J 1 J
..to principles the priviledged have been con
tending with the unprivjledged, the mind of
man has been goaded, and irritated, and in
fhmed, beyond aU. former, example ; and all
the pallidas of a human heart have been let
loofe to render ;he conteftmoreremorfelefs,
- and t6 race without conftraint or controal. ,
, To heal fuch wounds requires me niceit nana.
.1 and the mod confumate ik.hV - A fliort tun
v, ill probably decide the 'fate of the negotia
tion; 'that the negotiators deeply iriipreued''
Avith the neceffity of a peace,' and feeing this
juirter of the globe faint with the lofs of fo
much blood and ' . treafure ; may enter upon
the negotiation with a'detcrmihation to put
.a fpecdy period to me calamities 01 war, anu
t'toreftore general tranquility to Europe, is
our winncii wmi uu iiimninininji'
It is underftood in- tl mercantile circus,
tWnt the court of Portnual has actually acced-
" d to the terms propofed by the French as the J
. ,. --- ... - . , .
"price of their forbearance, and mat tne ports
of that kingdom will veryihorily bs ihut a
gainft thi$country - i:
A Swedifii ,ve,Welfrom England was not al
lowed toland at Calais ocBologne, and back
to England. .
. Oct. 14.
Yefterday a commilfion paffed the preat
feal. at.the lord chancellor's houfe in Bed-ford-fquare,
appointing Lord Malmftury
.ai.nbailVdor.exif aordintry and minifter pleni
potentiary fro;n this court to the d'.reclwy of
France, His Lbrdfnip, attended by MdCr sv
Sylvctter, Wiffm, Drdlens, and: Brooks,
four ofhismajefty'smcflcngers, will to-morrow
fet off from his apartments at Grcnicr't
Hotel, in Teniwi ftreet. for Parts. '
Gccro?! F.Uis, Efq. is appointed fecrctary
y'ortny tne expectation 01 tne. regulative do
pyt the advantages and difadvantageioi the
law of the Jjd Brumaire and m order tode
tennine ths'principleMipon which we ougnt
; to at'tnd&idirt this' important queftion, I
t am under' the'neceiffty ot recurrinff from the
ftormy times in which this law Vas paffed to
itheprefent day, a day not kfs critical, and
whirh there isneed of the clofeft union of trfd
tleration and of w-ifclom' -
to the cmbaffy to Paris, and accompanies the
noble Earl on Ui voyage. We have not
leanit who is to be Ins pnyate fecretary, nor
of what number pf perlims the t ftablilhment
is to confift. There is no doubt bot from the
appointment of a perfon of lord Malmlbufy's
confidcration it is intended to give fplendor
and ftile. Whether this may recommend us
to the ftadied plainnef of the French Dirrc
trry we know not. We underftand that the
Marquis del Campo foon foir-d it political to
abaui from the magnificence of fchappearancc.
Laced liveries and luperb equipage were too
llronfr a contrail to the grey frock and fiacres
of Paris. 1
ThcSpanidi Conful took his departure
F.ncland onTuefday fall. The ainbaf
fador lVil remains for tnftrucYions from
court -
. Of all the moral caufes vhich have oc
cafioned the flux and reflux of political opi
nions, there is none more dangerous than that
of fanaticifrn, which impels the multitude"
from excefies' to tlfecomniilfvon of exceffes
(till inore fatal. , The )irit of party has al
ways prefcribed moderation,, beeaul'e mode
ration baffles its'defigns.vi
" After the 31ft of May, the Revolution
like Saturn, deltroyed her tirit born, the pa
- relt and moft virtuous of her fons.- The Gon
vention, the firft vidim of opprellion foon be
,pame its moil- active in ftrument-x But nothing
that is violent can be laltjng, the excels of
-tyranny wakened liberty, and the 9th of
. I hermidcir predaim'ed it. " "
, 'J Then we were carried by tfn .mfenfible
current to an oupofite bank' We.were.deli
. rous to repair every lofs to fobthe every fof--
row,- to heal every wound ; thefrilbns were
thrown Open and our friends and enemies
were fer indilcritiinately ' at liberty 1 hey
iuxl i;Titi:ed ; if. was enough j we ve' to
their deliverances the' appearance ot a tri
timph In a fhor.t time they refumed their
funclions and thence rofe tlie reaclion which
has fo long-tormented France i'" The punifn
uientof lbioe'iliains, far' from appealing
their vengeanceonly irritated them the more.
The convention was fenfible of the danger,
and diflilled drop by drop the jullice w$ ich
they wiflied it to pour forth its floods- W hat
do I fay ? They determined julilce, and af
pircd .only aftcrvengeance I
' Tjie re-aciou daily iucreafed i Conftl
tution was then prefented which offended
both the republicans and royalilts, and the
Anarchiiis, beeaul'e it was at once wife and
Republican. TheJiOyaliits thought it afa
ycurabk moment ; we faw them foon hatch
ing new plots- I do not fpeak of thole par
lour Royalilts who preferred their pleafure
t. the. extTciie of their rights but ot acliv'e
royaliits who were indefatigable in their ex-e.HioiW-to
overturn the Repubiic Tley per
c i ed that the moment for declaring thein
f ives was arrived, and their rojedt was to
bring the Convention into a double fnare, by
it buck toroyalifm, or by throwing it bring
ing into the hands of terrorifm. ' '
f The Convention knew how to conduft
the bark of liberty through, between the two
d mger s j it was victorious in Vcndemaire,
but it did not abufe the victory it wept p-
vcr its l.urJs, -and are not they the laureU
gatheicd amid civil broils of Cyprcfs ? No.
revcr, r.ot even ol the yth Thermidor, was
the Convention greater than at this period
it arrcfted the fury of fotne it rcpreucd the
ambition ol others Then came the law of
the 3d Bftrrr!3ire;is it became the butt of
two fusions bolide to appearance, but aim-
incr m reality at the fame object, lb they ne-
vcr ipoke or it wunoui exaggeration.
The . one' party held out, that without the
law of the 3d Hrumaire tlte Republic could
not exilt, the other party confidcrhig i: as
revolutionarT, and forcettlnff that it was
not repealed, and confcquemly that it com-
. rt . .t -
inanucd reipctt, qusuncait wmi every term
of reproach wh'ch could provoke difobedience
on its enactments. What characltmes the
pafllcms now inaft'on is, that they demand
at the fame time the repeal and the tontinu
ance of the !aV. What do I fay I they de
mand that it be ex.tended to amneltics ; they
with alfo to give it 1 new exiftence and to
create it a fecund time.
11 Tlic reporter proceeded to an examina.
tmti of the law itfdf. What, fakl he is the.
nature of ihehw t What arc its characters ?
It conci5rns,"in the firft plare, rhe if.dlvklur
ais wno 111 tne rnmarj or tlectcral Aiiem
t;es La e lubicribed to'tcditicus cr illegal hier.
fures ; fecondly, thofe whefe names appear
ed on the lijl ot emigrants, and . ho have not
got them, expunged ; 'and thirdly, the relar.. .
tions of the emigrants w hour k prchibitv from
holding pVikhc offices till ihe general peace-: .
r " 1 already anticipate a multitude of re-,
monftrance's ; the law is revolutionary ; pro
knbes the citizens in a nv;ifs, it violates the
conftitution, the convention had no right to '
pafsit, becauleit was not invefted with con
Itituent authority, I obferve in the firft" place
that to fay a law is revolutionary, is hot .to
fay that it is contrary to the interefts of ihe
country. "ufTwillny "one fay thata"lav is"
revolutionary, becauie it refpecls the Revo
lution. Unfortunately we have (till fome of
thatdefcription, and the commotions which -are
frequently felt, fiiew the neceffity of
them. , j fhe revolution is finilhcd fmce the ,
Conflitutional Government is eltabliilied, but"
the revolutionary movements : may be pro-Z
longedy like the agitation of the waves after a
ttorm'whcn ferenity is reftorecl to the air ,
Riou next confidered the law of tle 3d
Brumaire, in its relation tovthofe individuals
whom it affects Is thelafety of their per-
fons or of their properties, laid lie, violated ?
Do not they vote in the Primary aflcmbties ? :.
,N re not they content to be eledted under it ?
T.iey are prohibited it is true, from the ex
erqile of -the funclions to which they ihall lie
appointed : but is there the. fmalleft dif
grace accompanying this prohibition Why
were you . who now cry out fo warmly for"?
principle, lilentj when the Directory appoint
ed a military government in the department
of Normandy But you -thought and with
Tea fon, that t w as heceffary above all things
to cruih-a civil war,. and that the beft way -
to enjoy the Conftitution was to put an end
to tiie. wicked attempts of its enemies.
. '-W-hen thcconlpiracyoftheitftFloresl
was difcovercd, what did we ourfelves do if
t)id we not pafs laws for the occafion ?.Oyes,
Revolutionary laws. ., For whatelfe cantbiit
law be called which excludes from Paris and
Vendojne the individuals to whom it refers ?
but you were defirpus, and it was your duty
tofecure the tranquility of that commune,
and 'freedom of operation to the high court.
If any tells you, you have created a dafs oT
fufpicious men, you have paffed a revolutio
nary law, you will reply to this halty realon-
this
ingin the words of. the illuftrious Roman'
Let us go to the temple and return thanks to ,
the ods, we have faved the country.
" VV ill4 the, right ol the Convention to pafs
the law of the 3d Brumaire be difputed ?
T he Convention?. 1 he Convention was ap
pointed by the people to fill up that immenfe
chafin between the power which was no more
and that which was not as yet created. Jt
has unlimited power, and it employed it in en
acting the law of the 3d Brum aire-
" If I examine this law as it refpetts .the
relations of the emigrants, I find that it is
confonant to our civil law. " In every coun
try, tintler every govcrfmient, ti;e judges
are challenged in cafes where their relations
areintereftcd do you think that the Republic
in a procefs the moft important with the croir
grants, onght to entru't their relations and
Iriends with the care ?.f judging them?, After
all the paflions, aild inter cits and prejudices
which have ajrcidy attacked our glorious re.
volution w onM you with to place it in the lifts
with nature ? We are not capable of facrific
ing the ties of blood to the huerctls" of our
'country j wait till twenty years have retem
pcred our mindt. And the defender of their
country I1 How will ihcy ' look, think' you,
when they fee the rcUtloni of emigrants
holding public office I l)t not force them
to fay to their judrcs. ouf hrethcrn your
relations have pcrilhcd bi-fore , our fwords t
they were trUors and par'cldeM llius dif.
PoUtionstlic molt feverely tnilured by tlic
W, are approved by moral sty jdi&atcd by
poricy, ar.d confornuble' to the Cor.lVitu.
lion. '
V NcwdifficultVsiralii .iiy rife upon the
propofition to extend to am;' rllics' exclufion
fro.n public officii ; t'.irrc can he no tmneity
where there s.i ro d une ; now the fimple
fjclrf rchiiondiip to an eu.Wfantf.f aViiput