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From the Gazette of the United States:
. rjS2ra?rgjprtt:igi.fir'-jrtt change of conjntuuoH---
.an awful "warning, to the piople of tk: U."Stittcs oj
'.'.I Jwrica. . . .;r ... (. .
Jo a free people, jeatetis of their liberties, no
privilege is ( precious iis, the right "of modifying
.-tbeirJwu fuch
;w "' prlicfplc
.' ther circumfran'ces, andNVhfl1 Vonjjeiiial with their
habits and'ujfjio(Vtions ; ho interference of fdrelgli
power is fopumiliating hJ fo galling as an inter-,
ference "irnpofing on them a form of government,
different from i hat which would have been the re--.
.fult of their own free choiee.mgt4Fioeblek
.ft.igs enpyed by the people oTthtie .American dates,
llm ineit'LtinMe one of p-acr:ably meeting together,
sui'l of o-ir own free w'H. of modelling afoim of
government ;rarli)'jrft;lveR and our poHettty, has
been our prjdi and the envy ofothtr nations, A
po tt ten years ago, the American people, uninflu
' enced by foreign intrufion, eftablidied a conditu
. tun, from w hi c h h a v e B q w ed be ni fits ere at er than
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folidatton riquiute for its external energy, vis much
: of the fyflem of date confederation as was adapted
to the habits of dis people, arid local conveniences
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nrvT04fi4-nfiinj nr I'fmi auat-M Wlltv.ll nave
been rtude on ilie free conilitution by the agents
- of t'raiKe. firll by Genet, in infolently dictating to
the eecutive 'exercifes of his conftitiuional powers';
aftervvardi by Wanchet, in infidiuofly-fomenting an
. infurrelion ; and finally by AdjSt, in loftej iag n un
conftitutional oppoHtion to the liritifii treaty, and
iii.l.icncing.by menaces the. important election of
oar executive, yet we may .'exult in,having hither,
"to'efcaped any direct aiid open attacks from the a-
vowed interi'erence of foreign powers. The hap
pinefs which we- feel in -this comfortable reflection
wnuld 1)J no a little augmeiited, could we fee our
allies, the fJnjttd Netherlands, in the enjoyment of
the fame advantage. But tecent events have afford--r(
J'a .-nrrlineKoly Ctvnfirinai'ton of the dcflgns of
France, i-i ,t!v face of all her promifeS, to that un
. .fiit'.'imt..' people as a - conquered country. That
r -ni e lias the Inclination to treat us in the fairrie
- Wiy, tlirr examlt of Holland futficie'ntly evinces ;
-that We have the power to fruftrate her ambitious
views, the example of our brave countrymen in our
revolutionary war Is proof abuTithnit.. Whethcf-the-.
V.:. of our anceftorS has evapbrated, or (lill retains
in the brpafts of their befcendants, its pure and ge-
"Tr::r7T-iT - t --y.-rr,r--rvr- tz rr.T.T" i '" '-irr V
jiiinic nrc, me awrui events wnicn are rapicjiy un
toiding will fhew to an anxious world.
How Jong we fliall be fuffered to en?oy4 withoot
; 4 urujjie, tno.e oieanigs ror wnicn our -gallant, tel.
low. citizens nobly fought and bled, I feel no difpo-
fit ion to predict ; but J cannot refid the injunctions
of duty which command nie, at this alarming crifis,
to warn my, couVitry of "the danger which impends
and to ftiinulate the,m'to' thole exertions, and pre
cautions which i their independence will foon be
only as nominal as that of Holland. A concife nar
rative of the events alluded to in that unfortunate
' country will now befubmitted, without farther corn
nient, to the ferioiis confideratlon of thole true A.
inerieHns, who ftHlprel er American independence-td
Frmch governments.
When the frozen canals of Holland, during the
uncommonly fevere winter, ofi7gc prefented an un-
interrupted road to the armies of France, and thus
t i ' i -i .
inuiguei of France, after a dlfcoflkri 'and delajs.of fedition npd rebellion, for H rew oitVr efjhjft
l' ' . i 1 . X 'tl " 1 fc1
mauyjiionius, io toriet Hie Iree anil unequivocal Wt trutt in God lhat louign gov nu is not to
yffj;.to pru- prevail herei hut without pu nVpt'tuprort and eii-
jcc,t, "and by a" majority of about 70 vou to 2,1-ferity given to our own, tur trult is but t.relvfcnii'b'i -
lou will now, genilenicn, reiire lor icnluieiu
tioii You will liiligently enquire aitr U oiUucti
cognizabJe by this cort.and'due pi eieiiriieut nuke,
bliould it be nccelfary, Mr. attorney s ill i.Hiil jou
t nu iui iiu. n me inn i wn ii jui i iici-uirttiiuiia
greed to' a conilitution --founded oi the bufis ot an
vtiictent-couietleraittyn rf the urovincts, uiul i tJie
debts. remaining chargtabl,s before "on the U vera!
provinces which had incurred them. Befbieliow
eriis: plajof jcp" out to the
ueople, to b$ ratified by' tlte lever af ptvlncj Two'
ot th diiappoirited member.s, oi the Uatavian cony.cn"
w. potted dif to i'ari's, and . haying, cohfpired a
gainlf the liberties ancl Independence, uf their coun
try with the. directory, returned to the convention,
BOSTON, April 15.
IMPORTANT ! " '
Extrad of a letter from London, dated in Keb laff
" I hole who have claims pendinn in tn aland fdr
..v.i uti men iii my in nuiiann. aciuanv coniDcwca lumpcmaiion rnr.ttrii un iuo nai ons. v 111 oo wen 10-
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.iJiictYcu uvuy 10 lay annc inc lorm 01 govern
ment they 'had julf adopted, iind to luhrti'tutc. in its
place, one w hkh hati bcvn lr..nud at i'aris, and the
hrft article o( which . ellabfifhed the principle ot
llitj and tnd.i'J Ji.it. . ; .
Whether the people ni' the different provinces
will accept it, is yet piablcniatical. h is fiiiwevi
attend to the information given by MrY bayard, hi
tile Ur.M nf Tmm m MtAldk-Ai... ..n.it-A
"I'l If lltl IM Jdll. I LI II, 'It (u l" 111 Cldl J (II Ihliv,
relative 10 '-the evidence' rtquifue to fupport their
claims. The individual luliercrt mutt ite to a,
that, all nccefl'ary documents in their refpedtive
cales are loi warded io their peddLr agents, or tof
Mr. Bavard. or Mr. Samuel Cabot,' who aie n&bhe.
to be apprehended tljat, alrer- much I! i nggL- and j .agents.; . and nut rely-wholly- upon the government
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hewing,
the POWCr JO al ter r mr.Hilv rhir fiwn Inrm hfnn
Vcrnnidii t,' than t ha t ot 'lntmmITne'-!vli'F
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auu wiui counLtrieit utquieiceuce, tot
f4heir new j:yi-jjjts J j hey may be fuffered
- facifiiHted t"hef" march to Atttfferdarti. the conque-
-rors, with affected geiierofity anddeeeitfol promifes,
congratulated the Batavians on their emancioation
fromnheolcro
tliem, under the protection of Franc, the full and
free enjoyment f their! i betires7 TThey even i made
ibis aflurahce the fubjeft of a folemn treaty far,
not content with the declaration of the convention.
' thar the people of Ba t ay a exer cifingi )M,m,Gz.
T,llt-u' is ineir rjgnt mat' atone potleis the
right o alter or modify the form of-their govern
ment,' they make it the article ot the Treaty oj
Jllianci' ;that the :R'epubfic pf France acknow.
ledges and guarantees the independence of the Re.
public, of the lnitd Provinces." .In fpite ofthefe
folemn- aflTi ranees and, of tne fecred irjunftion of
lJ.,"eat'e,'..thgovern'roent of Krau'cel have feized'on'
the firll opportunity to fhew the rtuferable Holland
ers the extent of ir humiliation and" tfie perfidy of
their new aMies. On theabdication and departure
of the StaJtholder, jhe Batnvians, anxious to form
new government, .appointed deputies for that
pnrpofe who net in grand convention and w 5th that
jgtaviry and "del i he rat inn", (o peculiar to their nato-
7ral characEclcdiicuired KJuh&moht h&-1 heTvar ious
1 fiLS opconu
tionA (mall party :was defirous: of eflabfifliing
their con'iitution on the bafisf confolidVtton. or in
the French-rtyle. plnnityarai indiyifiKilhy, and of
concettiqg the flat e or provincial debt into a gene
ral debt of the unioiTi In other words, this party
(ftipported, by the' French mTnifler): aimed at abb
, v lifting the flate gbvernmenranc! at a general if.
fumption of the ttgte debts Bo t "not wit hftand ing
the-. prcleverance-jJutliirL-etandhe-a
ry on the farce of difchlhon in their m ovincial af
V'b1ies, and to- preserve the ' m'wic jartKs of an in
dependant ''nation, hutlhe' foregoing' tranfadion de
monftratcs that " Holland has" loft the fubjiaiice of
liberty and independence.
'Whether the new conilitution is better than the
rejecled one is inimaterial fuftice it to fay that the
latter was the free. choke of the Lutch, the former
has been foiced upon them.-
The views pi France in preferring the one to the
other are-obvious. - Having huh a decided influence
over the government ot Holland as the -poffeflcs, it
is highly 'important. to her that her will mould be
promptly and. effieaciouUy- obeyed, It is evident
that this effeft will be more eahlv attained tlimuoh
the medium of one fmalVaflembly at the Haeoecort-
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.-i.inig u power, ana rtguiuttu ty ner mandate
mdu.Dy me eniDarraiicd moveiut-nts ot a complicat
vU uKtLiiuiary, ; exiename iHto- ail tne urovmees
'J his, predilection for unity iva difplayed tn the firtt
proclamation iflued in Holland by the French gene-
raTTora r c a u iii t ion. where 'lichee mandrrfea trtte
Jiovj Jam ot ordinary adminhtration which rtay
unjjeae tneivquihtioiii mayt fit a ide.' t s if om
tfie fame Confide-ration that France has endeavoured
to depreciate our Itnate ind the executivt, in hopes
of ultimate4y-feeing all power concentrated in the
popu.at branch, and that Uk flat ot Virginia, which
has fo much influence therein, k in her eyes of to
uiutu importance.
to U cure their own uitcietl , they uuill not complaut
ihouldconipenllttion be delayed or the amount
the will awarded them,, be lefs than they expeded-They
to car- f ftould furnith the following proofs, viz. ,
a
Chief Jujiice FJlfiibrth' s charge to the Grand ry of
- .v. vnuca ztatiS jor the dijlrtt of Jiw-loi k
. Gentlemen of the Grand Turv.
Placed as guardians of .the laws, yon have iff truft
the government itlelf A government, let me re
mark, ehtituled to affetftioi as well as luppdrt A
govcrnmcntUgitimatej rn-;itS-p'rigiH, treein-its
princiwtesafto: teltedtry ettetts eminently beneftcient.
If we look upan- it, as it is.alie palladium of Ame
rican liberty, and cround of national hone, our fi.
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miuuc ior us preiervation wni encreaic with the
d angers to wh ic h i t fs expofed.
That fondnefs for novelty, ancf extravagant antf-
cipation of good, which aided the government at its
ouifetmuitironinightyearsI.experiuie
wnat any government on earth could realize, have
given way to dilgmt, an
theory. : ' .
t-et3to have betn expected is the rWnefol influ
erice of thofe clewcntyroMiforamzatton.rurt tenet
ot impiety, which have, been propagated with a' zeal
that would have done honour to a better caufe Of
the difcipled many it is manifeft, that, unhinged and
imperious, the mind revolts at every inftitution which
can preferve order or protect right ; while the heart
demoralized, becomes infenfible to, focial and civil
obligations--Sd radically hofltle to free govern-
iiiciii, arc mr juipmnoiiru ana ine impious .'
It is iurther oMervable, that evils which annoT
u, by a defrngenipns afcriptiqti to caufestirat have
no agency in producing thm, are made extenfivclv
the means of leduflinn.,
With concern I add. that whatever of difafFec-'
tioh has fprang from the fources, or ti e common in
cident ot government,, or irom .out ward net's of
LemperJ fpitit nf part has not f
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' jfl Copies' of the prucetdiniJ, und decrees of
the courts 111 the tales where 1 he" proper 7 was eon
demne'J "ij ' rcgutar'QQtotti - .
id Proielts, and other evidence of the property
being captured and taken from iTitfn, in thofe cafes
where there was no condenihatfoTt by the regular
courts of admiralty; lucli as (he Martinique caie
for example. " ' - ' .
" 3d Evidences of tiie value ot the captured Well
India and xiiher goods at the port of dcflinaiion,
about the time when they would have urrAvedjherej,
and alfo the Value of the velTels. .
"4th Authenticated copies of the invoices anil
bills of lading of the captured goods in all initan
ces where they have not advice of ti tir being alrea
dy among the papers in the cafe. '
' Thefe pitwfs will be indifpenf bits iowhjlcor
in part,' -as the cafe niay be, to a recovery of th
property : and where they have -been neceflarily
delayed, or have mifcarried, the declaration of the
parties dating the cafes of his delay tfiH be necefla-
ry, jnoreielpecauyjylit
f it has been ndee"il (trongly afferted t h a t even in
-hgfe-timcs thy agents of the Krehckgovff nment-4n
-tlxe U. States were very .a verfe to an eifficicnt fede
ral fyfte.nl-:. . - v r;:-;;-, :'..-:--
ennifpection-has been incompetent to prevent ; and
which mlfchieffeems incompetent to fatisfy,While
it changes boned men, poifons. the fources of public.
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connaence, ana panics tnp nauu or aaitiuiiitration i
it opens a door to foreign influent, that deftroy-.
ing aTigel of repuhli rs.' ---f--- ".-- - s- - ;
If From thefe indications within; we derive an ar
gument for vigilance aodVfirmnefs in-1 he execution
pf4awiow-vub-4
ling alpecj ot. exterior attatrs .i.rW.bethe' allured
-by,;carefle3or impeUed ,by: vioyene.tt.b.c.:ob?eRili
Vt4eparate the people from the gnyfrqmenr, s
the avowed object is ro feparate the people from the
government.;; and of curfe th I prepare: them, by
layed beyond the teriods nientiohed by Mr. Bayard.
-Th evidence pt thevalue of- molafles fugar,
coffee and cotton, in BoftoB, and other Furge place?,
may be eafiJy afcertained, and dated tnontnly, front
the fall tt f 793 trthe cfofe of the yea t '95, by re
curring to books ot the large dealers in thofe arti
cles, wh buy of the ifnporters, and wbbfe depofi
tions as- to their value, will have the more weight,
as they appear to be Jefs intereded than importers.
The vaWe of hlh of iff kinds, df beef, pork, botter'
lard and other exports may be afcertained alfo bet
ter by the dealers who fell them to the exporter, and
may be dated monthly. A general certificate, or de
claration, as. to the imports from the Wed-Indies,
made by the dealers in Boffon," niight, indeed ferve
fori the- whole , of the-MafPachufettVclaimsai tbe
prieehrthe other ports are governed by theBofttMi .
market ; and fuch general evidence will fave much
trouble to individuals, ff it, will be much for the
intered of the claimants to have thcif demands edi-
mated by the prices at the port of dedination, in
dead of being allowed 10 per cent, advanced upon
the cofi of their goods, with freight, &c. then the
evidence of thofc prices flioutd be obtained, and fent
oh witbbut deTiiiy7irwiirnot beeafy to ifcertatnr-
the - value, ot cargoes bound to foreign marneis, aim
in fuch cafes the other rule allowing a certain rate
of advance with freight. 'Sic. mud aenerally be a-.
doptedV and for thefe claim's, the mbtftlvfy "prices ot
American exports' TwTHTBe..ve'ry inrtintlo Kb
Ifaatiate the prices dated in the invoices.'' . , '
PROVIDENCE, (fc. I.) April 22.
On Wedtseldav morning lall, between three and
four, a'clock. a fraart fhock of an earthaoake was
Mr in thi. rm atrrnrlrrl a ruiublinK. rtoife like
diftant thunder, which fecmed t progrefs from eaft
to weft. . . ' " -; . '. "1
The cnlleflors of the cnfloAis have received cir
cular inlfrnVinriS (af the 8th of April I from the
fecretary of the treafory, to preventtlie failing of all
veflels armed in the United States, except fuch as are
bound for t he EaiUndies, nnuLBtfiejrwif
by congrefsv , .''
nbenchoblte
failed from Trinadad ihe 29th March, we learn, that
Jthe parr of the Bririft fleet which had captured that
place had failed afew da) V after the cajturr, lea v-
ing there the Dictator o'f J4 And a frlgatf .and .
ftveral otlier frigates crttlzing oft the. ifland the
inhabitants tranquit under the Brifift government
flour at 16 dol'lar. . J 1 . - '
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any produce from Trinadad , unlets in exchange for .. .
provuionsv and . thea or
jjmuirt-hCBUghl
in proportion
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A hour fuJdavt after his departure irom 1 XYaifa&f
pafling Porto llico, faw a fleet of fhiS of war
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