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" ... 1 : . Aid... '2.1 " ' i THE NORTH CAROLINA V ANDV , v; FA Y E T T K VI LL E AD VER T I S E R. - : FATETTEVIL IE Pu b 1 , i s he p KvrKY S A TURD, Y by HODGE and BOYjLANT Vol. III. S ATUR DAY, November 3, 1793. Numb. .137. FROM TIMOTHY PICKERING, To P. Johnson, Inquire, Cf Pritice Edward County Virginia , x icnioii, cupteinDcr 29, 1793. S I R, I HAVE received your letter cf the 2 r ft of Au-; guft, covering a paper wit lout a fie-nature. pur- Tpjljjlg--LlLg2a- addrefs. from the Freelderetf-xi?Tfo xnncc iviwara county, in the ltatc of Virginia, to form nu", it was tfieir remit U that I flumld prefcut It AddretTeS to the Prefident- being perfonal to him, and nof connected with any of the fubotdinate de partments ot the government, it 13 not neceffary that they thould pafs thro my office ; and perhaps not one in twenty has come to my hands.- Hitherto, howe ter, I have forwarded all (yours (excepted) which I Jiave received : and theaddiefs from Prince Edward Jeounty, would not have formed an exception if the refpeft for the Frefident of the Unittd. States, pro feffed in the beginning, had appeared in the progrefs of the addrefs. But conceiving it not to be any part cf my ttfficial duty to forward addreffes, I will not vo lunteer i.i tranfmitting nncf which is calcul -.ted to in- faUh-C&tM-igcf SuchltP dreffers mull choofe fome othei medium' of convey ance er,'from further bumbling us ; from tramping on our nerls i frm ivlaU?rdejh-oyk ; from levying diTcre'ionarv conir'ilijtt'tont ; I'mtn rril.; ... l homtnious tribute, .a tribute -to he meajurtd only by her wants, and our utmnji ability to pay ; fromfubjugatingus, as (he hss done Holland, and Switzerland, find' other '.puwes ; ana while as talldy as imprudently boafting 1 . wim a rod ot iron Yec. the bovtnei: of foldiers. difeetrdTl .t"c- . 01 "Ie united states, to whoinjyjiiijjiiiexrfL uf ier The freeholf'ers of Prince Edward county profefs, that it is not their defign to approach the Chkf Ma gi Urate of the United States without refpec! ; and yet they call -his dignified rcfolve ' never to fend anotliffr 2vtinifler to France, without a'ltiiraiBces that.fie would !ereceived, icfpeclcd, and honored, as the reprtfen tativo of a great, free, powerful and independent na-tlott?-:is4fmtit.:oii !" aiidihryiTliTTuate, that the maiaritv of the menr-crs of each hmifc of Con- grefs, and the Prtfident, for concurring in certainyf their public acl3, have a design to overtlnow the rights, and to' dtftroy the liberties of the people of the United States ! As I k:iovV the integrity and ge nuine pattiotif 11 ot the great and leading tharaiters by whom the formation and adoption of thofe frffts were accomptiUied, I hefitate not to ca'I that lnfiui rTrmT7;-Wd"trT"w I par- tpau3 r4f4--ge--i-- ttftargtHr3't;c'&e1i1'eTit7 Therefore, fir, I return ycu the addrefs ot theTrce--liolders of Prince Edward coMity that if they fadl finally dettrmine to infult the Piefident and Cdngrcfs, ' ly periliting to''ofS:r the addrcfi!, they may commit Jt to fo-ne per foir who is cap rblc of debating himfclfby jprefentir. it. " Jtla-&rJL but tlii liberty tlaimod and ufed by tlje freeholder? of . Prince Ed- Lsit'iirX0Jiut y-oVxx a m 'wm-1 lie-proce'cdi figs r of the Prelideni and Congrt fs "(a cl-Wrri whicrTwhite esercifed with decency, without ..infult to the conllituted.au 'thoiities, and wi.thpnt a dvlig.i or tendency to excite difcontents and difobedience to the laws of our coun try, Will never be qutdiortd) I tru l may be-ufe-d by - m r in pVnm!n!n(t tin ixiilAlji-rgA-mrrm if m f1Tyi.. III w Ju 1 11 -trmK U IJ Li lyurvwu citizens. - The freeholders of Prince Edward county fay, ' obedience to the laws, and att achmerit" to the go- vernineiit eftablinied by the choice of our country, we cfleem as the primary "duties of god cititens co'rripenfdUan fliuld ever be mnde : Thf v wisre onlv. af;er preffing them in viin, not to abanJon our ju!l ciu,'n&-o;f-f tt Fi'iiiliMr -fm-th e-rrnrn "rnttfTnTr'wIi iofT uer iniqiiitous ricr hid caiiifd oiif ' citizens to be fociety, and difturters of order and tranquility, whd write,-ptint, or publifli any falfc fcandalous and inalkU ous writings againft the government of the United States, i.r either Houlc of Cangref of the Uniited States, or the Prefident of the United States, with intent to defame or bring1 them into contempt or difre-jmttJirjtQtcixe-gAiflr4-h!i flfhe-liatrcdTjf-the-gaad:-pcople of the United States, or to ftir up fedition, or to-abet-t hei What honell man can jutlly be alarmed at fuch a law, or can willi unl:miteJ permilTion to be given for the publication of malkious falfehoods, and with intentions the rnojl bafe f They wh complain of h garprovifiont for publifhin intentional defamation and lies, as bri dling the liberty of fpecch and of the prefs, may with equal propriety complain againft laws made f ir pu milling ailault nd murder, as r eft tarn ts upOTi the free dom of ftren's a'tioni. Bteaufe we havt the rig'u.lo fpeak and puMiflt our opinion;, it does not seu'eiTi rily fallow tl.at we may oxemfe it in .uttering filfe and malicious, flinders againft our neighbour or ,our gove'friittcrit, any more than we may, -under cover of. trecdom or action, knock Jown the.hr it man we meef, tyranny ih thofe wretched republics which, partly by force, arid partly by her " diplomatic fkill," have been reduced urtder her controul ; andfa dly is prevent her injliaing on us wh.it7jt has threatened to indul the mi- fet able fate of V mice ! hat is, to be partitioned, bur- tered, and told, out pedons witu our cattle and other property, to the European powers with whem France could : make the moft profitable bargain for hcrfclf J - . - ' It is true that "compenfation for pafl injuries has been fought in vain by negociation but fo defirous was the giivernmeut of the United States to effed a r.C Micibation with Fiance, the envoys were iii;trucl- ed not t lyii on compet-fqlic or e ycri $ It.ipnlariorLiiijaJicenr'IVW thqit we are tree agents. We may indeed uic our tongue?, emj)urpensjircaa our muli'vcts . wtien$cr.we- plealc but-at tlie lame time we rnu' be accountable and pimfliable for mak- priinlcrcd : a hope wai ente; taxied that a fenfe of ing1 fuch improptr ufe of either, as to injure others juftiee might hereafter return , and toncurring wth national policy, reloe t ciir feilo.v citizens their honell dues, tint the freeholeri of Piiiice Edward county kuo.v, or ntiglil to know (for the documents hare bvJen pubiilhed) befrc tlie r. cenfure theirowji governnjent, that inlcei.f ot making, or ftipinating to tmke fuch compenfation, the French government made their own unfulfilled contracts and the monltrous depredations thcy'had committed, and would continue to commit wn our conmefce, the rnc-ifurc of their de mands of tiib .te ! And., ahho the United States had borne a thoufand hi foils and injuries fro n that " hiuy-hty'.' oo.ver. and had reoeatedlv foinrht. and . ; . - .. , . ' : o ' fl?llltiliciulerjiiijr of thrc perTeTf reconciliation ; yet thofe envoys were not re " eRVy 3 rfjjectfu'ly and carnejily fecking a eived i they could not .rtain per fiiffion to fee the Diredjry without previoutly ftipulating to bind the United States in ignominious chains as tributaries I tri butaries to a government which, regardiefs of j jf ticej makes the extent of its -power, the only "rule of its coudu t ! " At)d- yet ' the "'dilretfirs, treeholders of " Ldward coimtv. f tremblinplv alive left - -r -. OV ; " in nee in their characters, their perfons, or their property. We would on this fu'-jeft only add, that fo tende r and regardful have Congrefs been in this inftance of our right3 as citizens,, at to have exprefaly declared in the la.w-tiut a ay-e r fbo-tHfced-ud e r-i rrwy-ffive-- in evidt'nee in h!f defenfe, the truth of. the matter con tained in the publication, and that the jury before w hom the trial lhall be, fhall have a right to deter mine the Uw and the fact., under the diieition of the court, as in other cafes. Hence there can be no conviction, unlefs it appears, not only that the mat ter written, printed or pnblimed vas filfe, bt that it was fcandalous and malicious nd done with wcked I Allow' me ' niice mo-4utui:iient-bfl--to--- rrancci . 7..: ... . ' " . 1..... You will recollect that in the difpatches from out " Envoys, it appears that the perfun defigwated by the letter.Y, accompanied Mr.'Geny on the 17th cf Oc tober, to Mr. Talleyrand's offlce. where Mr. 'e.rry hating obferyedj.Q3ir"TalleyraMd.,..-that M ..Y. that morning Hated tohhn fome proppfitions as rom- Ji)gJ:t.Qna.-hini,..Mr.,.TaUia-rtd eeU"ie-:'-4iMt tk-g .infurinatio'n. g i ve 1 i hf'm' by .lIc Y. w. as j u 1 and 1 a i a h t. . always be relied on. " Looking baijk one' pa;e in "" the difpatches, Vc find the propofitions ilated that mprhing by Mr. -Y; to Mr. Geti y, thus recited. He (Mr, .) then. tlated that twomealure3, which Mr. Talleyrand proj. 'A being adopted, a re flot ation ' of friendthip between the reotibliclTWoid:! follow im- -Bnt-trthr-ralxrmnfpTisinfi nu iTJoTTabo ve n oticed, con fiftetit with this, declaration ? They Wo fay that cer tain acts of . Congrefs are flagrast violations of this a proper way to maiirfelt their ft-rife, of the " firft iluties," of good citizens, oBcdience to the. laws, - ind atfachp.ent to the government of their country's I choice r' Un the contrary, do not tuch declarations " tend .to excite difobedience to the 'Taws ? hatred to "the government i infufrection and revolt? , The Freeholders of Prince Edward county atk, , Can we, fo.an inllant, flatter ..ourfelves that the ftrength pf America, deftitute as the is of the means . of attacking a diltant enemy,"is competent to the rgfeat fchelwc power of France ; or of compelling her to a conjicn ifation for injuries which has-been fought in vain by -it egocf at io ti tA'UolCnreTBTWlk, in my lafn;'" wKo'in the-U. States has propofed this fcheme. Who has 'Ideclared or intimated- that the bbject of our govern- . jrnent, in providing 'fln army "and (liips- of war,' was to ""humble the haughtinefs and tHe ' power of France ; or of compiling her to a comperifatiofi for Injuries which has beeii.foughf iji-' yain &y negociav lien ? Allow me tor ilk, in my turn, who in the IfS' ' 5tate.has'. propofed this fcheme ? Who has declared f.intimatevd lhat tlie object of our governmcut, in providing an arrriy and fhips of war, was to hum- , tie the haughtinefs and the po wer of ; France Who "fta8urged an j other motives lor, UiofeoiIufe8f than J ihefe ;, 7o prevent that Khatightinefs"- mnd that " Their rights and liberties iliould be touched by any ait of 'their own government are n Jt fatiated with thi con cellbns which have been m.tde lo France ; with, the palt facrilice 0 fo mjiny. millions of the property of thd'r commercirj .feilow-cjtir.'.n ; and of the rights" and dignity-of their country 1 They'ttiil " entreat" the jPreliJtnt to t itTmit to f'irtlier indignities ; to new overture,--'' and to adopt fome fpcedy and effectual plan fr conciliating the differences be tween the two Republics !" ZThe addxefTers-complain of the odious alien and ' icdmon bills." I will theref.ne nke the libertv to- i been renubliihed in F.nmw.-'wi' "tranfljr'pd -intrk iiiLLjyii?eiiiJBf-Jdiofe general circulation ; txcept in trance, where all the preiles heing under the ahfoljiteont mediately ; the one was a GitArutry of fifty thoufand pouhds Jlerling ; the other a purchafe of thirty two miilions ofthe Dutch refcriptions." The difpatches that had be; a pubiilhed n the United States, havTr.g; and this having been doncalready, in an excellent ad dtefs to the citizfiw of New-J'ifey, now before me, I lhall "c tracts, I 'with lonle fmall variations j ' The Alien Law has been bitterly inveighed againft as a diiect attack upon qur liberties, when in fact it affects only foreigners who are confpuing. againft us, and has, no relation whatever to an American citizen. It gives authority to the firft magiftrate of the union, to order all fucfc aliens as he mail judge dangerous to the peace and fafety of the United States, or thall have reafon able grounds to fufpect are concerned in any treafoirablc or fecret machinations againft the go veinrpent thereof to depart .put ojFjgyr, , territory." It. n only Tiece;.rary tp iilf whether, without fuch a power vgfted in fome department, any government je3 of this aft zxtflrangers Merely , perlonsnot adop ted and naturalized, a description of men whci have no lot nor inteteft with us, and who eyeh manifeft a difpofitioft the', moft hoftile to this country, while- it affords them an afylum arid proWctioni' It is abfurd to fay that rn providing by laivfj thsif removal, the conftitution is viol deed who does not know that the conftitution was eftablifhed for the protection and fecurity of American citizens, and not of intriguing foreigners." ; VThe SibinoN act ba likewife been fiiamcfully mifreprcfented, as an ' attack' upon the freedom of fpeech and of the prefs, but we find on the contrary, that it prefchbet a pamhme&t tjy for thefe "pefts of. tory, they have notialloVed the difpatches to be pub limed, but where, however, it wai impolTible but that fome copies fliould be introduced ; and the French. Directory and their minifter Tatley rand , being aarcr: how deteltahle their conduct, as reprefented in the difpateJies, mull render them in the eyes of all man- ; kind, wilhed to wipe away their.ignominy, and efpe cially the reproach of corruption, in refpect to the douceur art ratuit v of fi ft y t7ho u fa rrd' pou n d s ft erling demaaded for their own pocke!1;, by 'cafling their a ents, who informally cnfei red., with our Envoys iLxJRTAifim tinGVERSras ttlljtsMrer .unauidibr'.lL ized an unknown. .With this view. Mr Talleyrand jdjcfls an utter ignorance, of the, perfana-kfignatedia the" difpatches by the letters W; )C. Y. and Z and -in his letter of May 3cth,' with folemn giimace reT quells Mr. Gerry immediately to cofcmVjnicate to ihim the names for which thofe letters . itanj. Apd Mr. Gerry,-, although he k nevf that -Mr. Talleyrand war much better acquainted with X. Y- Tiid Z. thari-he was himfelf,- having complied with this iufuliing re. queft Mr. Talleyrand makes aTorrhal record of their names ; 'and then pUblimes the cofrffjondencebe't7vrer him and Mr. Gerry on this fubject jn orderto Ltr.i the eyes of the French people, and amufe the world with the idea that the French government held io abhorrence , the fcandalous propofitiqn (as Talleyv " rand calls ; 'it) made by X. and Y. with ; reFpect to tic " payment of any fum whaterer, intmled t be pock - i 17- a -f-r -
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