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g p E if 1 ON: Printed, bv HEN R Y W I L L S, Joint Punter to the Statb with ArHopoir &&0 &J& M m.IX. F R 1 D A Nov i Mil , i4, 1794. Numb. 45 1. Philadelphia Gat.tb. Thllg.n.cic.a.toih.ex.a.ng State trvctMm P-rtKularnouce. Its Wowed from a Co. k paper or,he Mih of S 7 0 uft The author1 11 a nobleman and an irrlt Hence, we may be Satisfied, that his rations; if he makes iPhj nfiourofiherefcyrce or liab.Uiy of. the R,public. Tbe piclure prefents an alarm, jne profcft to the enem-es of F rayce. 6c t TBnf Fiance in May 1 7 94 . frfJCH is thetirle of a pamphlet l& tfly pb S lilhed in London, by the Count de Mon Tl.'Uaid, who lelt.Pam at the above date. ,ThiV report of an.eye-witnefs, written in a il?alayi (hewy, and Sometimes vigorous, liijexcitrd fome curiof.tv. Certain it ts, how r, that two conclufiona diametrically oppo may be drawn frtm it ; the one, that a eoanter Reo1otion is impoffible The other, toil a counter Revolution i eafjr. We " have ajlefled into one point of viewall that M. mtgaillard fayi of the difficulties to be fur counted in effe&ing a counter Revoty In ifubfeqoent article, we (hall; examine what t (ays tn favour of a counter Revolution. ; . v Kit'mcd Cwwriow. Though the National Convention poflelfes neither their confidence nor their efteero, the French people will loon (iriAion ihe difpofitiom of order and - property A Jt it decrees 1 it haa long reigned by-tenor j kut will fooo demand relpeft, if it can this J tar refill, or rather repel, the allies from- the rentiers of France. .Time gives ftrergth to the Aflcmblv 1 and the affaffinations whicli it finftwni, are already, in a.noc, foittned mto afli of nccefTary rigour ; The governmen t will b consolidated, when the executioners are no longer feen j and the moment is not far diftant, ben the places, now appropriated for public mentions, .will witnefs the alteration of pub Jicfdb'ials, ', touwUee.tf Public Safety , Executive .Pow er, Qtmd.MmmlJlrat'mr&CrXte , power, the action, and "right of Sovereignty, are con centered is the Committee .of Public Safety. Thethitty committees, amongft whom are di iW the labours oi the Convention, have no ftire of .the government j - they are entirely ig-, ortnt of the great external and internal mea wti, which are exclufively taken by the Com mittee of Public Safety but the greatett acli Mwy where reigns in the execution. ; Ttelfe Cotnoaiffioner& replaced the fix Mini. ; lent. but their metnhera are chofen by Sue LCommittefof Ptiblic Safety & fo this the Re ; tolutioniry Ttibuml have alfo taken the oath j f obedience. The A4mjniftrtive Author!. 7 Pi vepartmenta devolves upon the Cnvcn. Wfl.tw the influence of the departments, as "iyw diaria-. and munieipaJities, is enfinMTLhe impofts, the (Jiftributioa of I'ur, nanonal fales, and the" maintenance 1Ja' Cqm,ID,t of Public Safety : lawa ToW, tQDftr0fleJ, and canala dug fcm'SL r,'ufories are every 2d Wdcfertdthera. The moft J. SL Z ;e Uvifl"d $ pi.c reboots Zrtt7?rh? Pr""es, and amidtt the , t i nc lower KriitnAu rv- tCQocntlw r j .."'?"" v lining rfateik,-. w,u"""iy minions to exe- , 1 -KZ "'" onJRtxiMonarO Wfcsaittee J rc Bna olZSu'enerale Safety, and are inicl, its fubmiflive and blind agents. They have repofeJ the Sovereignty upon its bofom, and they will ioor lay their pow er sra t it s f eetp The Cqin out tee-of dRu b lie Safety, affrighted' tviih the number of agents which it had every heie fprrad through the Republic, (oen felt the necelHty of reducing (if its external fiiuation produces no inquie tude) the twenty thotifand Revolutionary Com mittees, thofeintlruments jiectfl'aty to univer lal deitruclion, auxiliatits; of their tyranny 1 they have felt the neceftity of reducing them to ftveo or eight hui.dred defpotic avthorities, a number, at prjelent, lufncient to an(wer for the obedience of the cities and di Uriels. The "Commitiee intends to recall into its bofom, al! thofe portions cf Sovereignty and of-crimes, which it had before lb prcfutely abandoned to them. By the rights or Man, they invaded all property and focjal order ; and by the Same tiny, will impoie thein again. The public foice will Stcoud. thele meafuies in the departments. finances. In Finance s, the Convention is richer than up.ited Europe. Seven ninths cf th Soil belong to the Republic j and this con tirioal pledge of -paper 1 1 edit is row become inexhaullible, by ;btrapidity with which pro ptity is exchanged, and always to the advan tagc of the aflentbly. Thf y have already con -ceivtd the project t nationalise the-whoje toil cf France ; to regifler the territory, like a pub tic debt, in the Gi and Livrej and jo relume the property of the cletgy ad robiliiv, pur-: ciialed,i8ihey pretend v-.-aLa..pricejjucMnJfr 'Wiiw.J "tts, to whom all real aii- rciU Itiffalnft l . Jppttlarmmuif; fJrrtfMM; ' "prj framed ,(pondenc "ith the Coma Tt ..iC.-:m'--'--'T?'- ttet de Sutttr- tiuttne iVtj; f-tbe ComnitteioTPublic ive bodies and late and direcV mitteoof Public ror to their aciuai value. Near rle hur.rjtd millions (about twenty million pounds (lei ling) in gold and filvcr, are dcpof'utd in the coffers of ib National Convention. The mint of Pa in, to which was transmitted all the' bullion of the. fuppjtUedrovincial mints, contains near 70 millions, about 3,000,000!. fterl'ng.J ol metals, and daily additions are thrown in, by depoSits, colleeliona and penalties. The plun der.of the churches produced thirty two mil lions, near 1,350,000! efling and through the whole extent of France no longer now re mains a Sacred vaSe, not even in the domeflic, chapels. Though improbable, it is not im- poUibJe, that .the French Republic will one day prtfent itfelf to c6mbat with the money of every oiher nation, at a time when they have. Spent all theirs, when France is,lrred from taxes the public domains making this eafyj and when all the powers are reduced to the lait ex tremity. V ConduB of the War-Number of Fighting M.-The Military Committee, directed by Car not, La Fate, d Anvil 1, ind many other individuals whole only talents are crimes and wickednds, draw the plans of attack and de fence,, combines tneir operations, and adapts their Military tafiics to the Spirit of tbe Revolo tion. From the rrvemotrs 3nd from all the pre cious vertices of the exploits, the xeal and in tclligence of the great Generals, Minifters and Statefmen, who adorned our monarchy, thefe villains have extracted the means f its an nihiUttn h.J Kieht h und red and fif t 'ir thou - land ettective men hg!t under the orders or tne Committee of Public Safety ; and this num ber mav be augmented. After the harvefland fowing feafon have afTured the future Suhfif- tence of tbefe new foloiers, when they are no loneer ufeful at heme, we nv fearr that France, in the end of the campaign, and ap pearances warrant the afleition. vH add to u aclual means, thofe of a war generally cffcnfiye Reyuiitions, Mahns; of Arms Saltpewe, h fDn. The lequifition, this new kind of defpo tifro which applies Solely to dtfencr, equally affecls the neceflfartes, mankind, and all the re Sources of fociety. One poition of his pro mpire, by an ipdudry, wholly militaty, which employs their workmen, whom the want, of labour had rendered dangeioos The liftlel'a activity -of-thpeople-4s-4uihd-ta profit Ty their agitators. Two hundred thou fa nd hands, are, night and day, bufied to forge the pikes f inforitclions, and the raufquets ot the ar my, and a thouland or ekven hundied are di iy finiflied in the workftiopsof this city, Pa ris. One hundred pieces of cannon, tour fix and eight poundeih are monthly call ; and the exertions of the cllabliOipriems of Moulan'. of Coibeil and Font'ainbleau, as well as thofe of each department, is contlpo-. lent with this dreadful acliytty. All clafies of citizens con-, cur in tlieic objecls they feI the necrfhty of rrpofe, arid they believe that the mod vigorous An alone procure it. They hive loft - every Sen:imnsf fear, which the foreign powera once excited, and they 3ll obey. Iron, Lead, snd Tin, arc ftiirabtuidant 1 private houlVs and . public monuments, are no all liiij-ped ot thcun lnis lu.intle rtfource has not, till no been ufed by the tyrants. Bofs and' bionzc cover the reads andiivttr j and four thoufand bells, - I - II ' ' ' 1 . -.I'" ii v upun-iiie quay or - jooen, are icatiy 10 iuo mit t aLothtr foim, arid be founded ir.to can non In hi$ refpeit alt ihedepaiments prefent proportional refources j and by their ule, the. I I . .. n . ' - r renrn nattun nnier tnemieives n e:ry ouc the allied powers and rf fuce them to acqu elce in the vanity of conquering Fiance. blt pe ire i obtainetl throughout the whole extent of trance irom a fertile lar1. and' is made with pertyrevery-Frenchsnanv employs o pie Serve the oiner ; ana tnis tney nope i rmuic, uy,inv treaty of peace, whicrr the1 dtpartnients think of .making. The Committee of. Poblie Safety can now difpoSe of their fortunes and iiclioos, make migrations of men, Jike the einiflion of aflignats, and. ti$fptrl whett cities, and coun tries, upon every point of the-Empire-they have defrroved the iolendotir of eauinares. of J drefs. and of Servants, but they have replaced them by an expenceA na ore fu; ted tv their new more fucrefs, than the fii i t(ta y a Seemed 10 pro mile. Aititis font into all the pjrts of the Re public, have in fl rutted their pupils with the moil incredible activity. A million of men are employ ed in this work, and the gitateften- ccturagenitnts are given to them, Meat, liorfes Cloth uc. The animalt which man has rendeied nreeffary to his ex iftencr, are cpnSumed quicker tlun nature can produce them j but the armies enjy this diifipa tion and the provinces add daily to the refour ces, by the regulations which they iinpof'e .upon themitilves, tome voluutary, others in 1 tie name of the law j and this alone makes meat (9 Scarce in certain cantons, and abundant tn others. particularly in Normndy.Horfes diminifh 4nd perifli in a moft fenfiHle manner. The Svpplies which the Convention procures in Switzerland, and by theafiiitanceot the neutral powers, are over balanced by the exceflivie cortSumptioh of the forced labpurs, convoy) and armies. Truth, however, obliges me to acknowledge,, that Agriculture ufes nearly the fame number ot hories, that it requires luxu ry, commerce and the conveniences of life, fupply this wonderful prodigality. The pod roads, however, areas abundantly provided at ever, ind this Service experiences neither in terruption "nor del 3 y. Cloth . is m a n u fa ft 0 red tt Sedan, Louviers and Olboeuf, and- in the great rnanufaories, with lefs nicety but witk more aclivity. The enhanced value, and the facility of eluding the law which regulates their price, affords to this branch of induiftry, the means wrncn tne wears -or r r ancwjitot fefs for Some tim;. They can clothe the natitn till the end of the year 1796. This prtcroit animal has been put under the nnmcdiate pro tcclioa of the Convention j and the consump tion is consequently diminifhed". ' Farnini imfnffible in Frdnte.-Wc ton ft no longer thirk si thefarnines of which news - pa peis have So long given s hopes Only foVn's parts of France, and particularly Outenne. ex pesienced a total want. 'Butbeficjes the motive for Jpreadirg thjs plagoe over a province, where the Convention dreaded the effccrS of t he way, nd Sent to the frontier, to which abufi dance called new defetideis. A fortionwia ftpred to the inhabitants of the interiori after the frontiers,- has been fofficiently prbVldejd- i ne exact diltnbution vrmcn nss uten aaoprea in the departments for four; monthi and the iubiequent ceebndtny, have taKen away all reafons of nhuietuHe. r France -is far from wanting grain ) prodoclive hartefll will he peaceably gathered in frern their rtoft fertile (See tbe laI fage.)
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