northcarolina gazette vol 9 saturday february 15 175^4 n 423 from the london gazette whitehall oct 26 1793 ' ihe following declaration has been ftnt by his majefty's command to rhe commau d~rs cf his majefty's fleet and armies employed ag ti.n't france and to his v;a . jetty's ministers reiiding at foreiga courts fjmie circumfbnees inconfequerice of 1 xv.iich his ivajdly has found himfelf t'hg.i^ed in a dcfenuve war gai it france r.vk:io.v!i alu-idy to vjie-jrope thcabjetts hi hvs projrtrfea b lu.-i.tch r.cm the com mence sent ci il.ewartsrc of eqhal notoriety 10 r ' t c < -)■■ unprovektu rreilion to con t.ibute to t\.t immediate defence of his al ' i s.to obrain for them and for hirnfjf a j.i.t i-.ide.nriiication and to provide aa far " a cirrusnftances will all&fr fot the futurd .. c naty of hi own fu'jjj&.s and 5f the ' iti.-s of europe th-.-'earc the points ichhis majefty khs felt it incumbent . to employ all the mqans wi;ich he ' rives im the rfefourcesof his doi-nini me ,^..\ v e zeal i 4 of htspe ,■■.., 2-v l . fr i the unqushionablc iufticc of but i aas bscd-r d r more arid more o enf raw mucli the in ernaifituation of i r3r.cs'6b-irticls rhe con^^jion of a folid anil pcxm-ijienf tr<?afy " wm?h can alone fulfil his iajeiiv's jilt and falatary views for the r^crrnplnhmcht of thefe important cbjeds rcitdrin'g the general tranquil.iry of europe kfs .' lajefty fees therefore with the utmod f.tislaaion the prcfpedi which the prc ic'iucircu.rihnc's afford him of accelera t;n;r the j retmrn of peace by making to the w.ell difpofeel part of the people of france a mo:c pajjicu.ar decuratian of the princi ples wine ranhijute him of the objetls to v;-ich h s v'eivs are d;reded and of the 1 ;..:.'■-"> ■ tu.h it ia ms t mention to purfae w h r fped to the prelent fitujitioa of af fs'rs ine events of the war the confidence r pofed in jjim by one of the mcfl conf:de rab'e cities of france and abovd all the \ tfn whibh is nuhffctlcd almoft univeruh'y i : hut co niry,tofi d refuge from the ty 1 aa 1 by vt.ich it is now overwhcl.ined reiider in e:cplaqation on hi majefty's part a j reffing and m..if f enfable duty : and his !•: jeiiy fees additional fatiifuction in ma k iuch u dec.^aiion from the hope cf t::iaiag i;i the other powers engaged with irw in tbe common caufe fentiments and vicvvs j 1 rieclly confcrmable to hi own jj ii the firft period when h's melt chrif f .. m jefty i ouis the xvith had called h:s : c z around him to join in concerting ir lures for their common happinefs the r has uniformly fhewn by his condudl il-ie nc«-rity ot iis wiih-5 for the fwecefs of io d ihcuttj but at rhe fame time fo in tc-citiiig - ! undertaking i lis majefty was • plj afflicluh with all the mif fortune - iicji cniucd ; but particularly when he pre ' shred more and more evidently that mea iurca ht confequencei of which he could r.ot rfug.uife froni himfetf ir.uil finally eom pel im to reimguifh the friendly aud pa ciwc lyiiem which he had adopted — the iromeut it length arrived whcniiis iviajeity i.w that it waa neceltary tor him not only to detend his own rights and thofe of his al l-s not only to rej.el the unjud aggreffion vhich he had recently experienced but that ah the dc.-.rethnterefu of his people impofed up;>.i him a duty full more important that of everting his efforts for the prefervation of civil loeiety i:fclf as liappily eftabliflied a jnong the natibnt of europe the j^efigns which had been profeffed of x'*fornihig the abufes of the government of 1 raqce of eflabliihing petfonal liberty and t"e rights of property on a folid foundation cf fv.'ei«ng to an extenfive and populous country the benefit of a wife legiflation and in cvjuitablt and mild adminiilration of its tiwn all tiieie fahutry views have unfor . tunately vanifhed in their place has fuc ceeded a fyitem deiiruaive of all public or . der maintained by profcriptions exiles at:d confifcations without number by arbi trary impri onments by maffacres which cannot even be remembered without horror and at length by the cxzcr*.ac murder of a juit a id beneficent scv r.cign and of the iiluftrious frincefs who with an uafluken firmnefs has cixarr.i all the misfortunes of her jvoyal confer his prutract^d futtcrir his cruel captiv ty hit death , j he inhabitants of ihat unf rtunate country folong flattered by promifes of happi:;cfs renewed at the period of every frefh crime have found themfdves plunged into an abyfs cf unexampled calamities j imd neigmu-ur ing nations inftead of deriving a new fe curity or the maintenance of a general tran quilly from the eftab ifhment cf a v\ife ar?vi moderate go ernment have been cxpof.u io the repeated attacks of a ferocious a^ar hv the natural and ncceflry enci^y o au.-p.i»blic order they have had to encounter acts of a^reffion without pretext open violations of all treaties unprovoked declarations of war ; in a word whstever corruption iil trigu or violence could ite for the pnr pofc fo openly avowed of fubv<rting all the inftitutions of lociety and o/extendin<'-over ail the nations of europe that ionfufion which has produced the mlery of france this ftafeof things cannot exiil in france without involving all the iurround ng pow ers in one common danger wit out giving them the right wifhout impofing it upon them as a d ity to ftop the progrefs of an evil which exiils only by the fucceffiye vio lation of all law and property and which attacks the fundamental principles by which mankind is united in the bonds o.fjci»ii loci ety — his majefty by no means difpute the right of france to rnorm it's jaws it n<;vcr would have been hiswiih to employ the in flucnee of external force with refpe to the particular form of ifovernment to be e lablilhed in an independent country nci ther has he now that with except fo far as fuch interference is become really cflential to the ftcurity and renofe of other powers under thefe circumftances he demands from france and he demands with jultice the terminatioa of a fyftcm of a::ar chy which has no force but for the purpofes of mifchicf unable to aifcharge the primary tiuiy of ail government to rcpref the di orders or to puniih the crimes whicii are daily increaiing in the interior of the countrf but difpofing ar'aitrarilv of the property and blood of thq inhabitants of france in order to c'illurb the tranquility of other nations and to render all europe the theatre of the fame crimes and of the fams misfortunes the king demands that fome legitimate and ftablc government fhould be eftablifhedj founded on the acknowledged principles of univerfal juftice and capable of maintaining with other powers the accuftomeu relations of union and peace his majefty wifii^s ardently to be enabled to treat for the re e ftablifhment of general tranqui iiy with fuch a government exereifing a legal and pcr m.inent authority animated with th wifn for general tranquility and poilefiing povver to enforce the obftrrvar.ee of it's en gagemerus — the king would propofe none other thanequiiable and moderate conditions not fuch as the espe;:ce3 the rifques and the facrifices of the war might jultify but as his majefty thinks himfeif under the ir difpenfabie neceflity of requiring with a view to'thefe confederations and rill more to that of his own fecurity and of the future trar juility of europe his majefty iiefires nothing more fincere jy than thus to terminate a war which he m vain endeavoured to avoid and ail the cala mities of which is now experienced by france are to be attributed only to the am bition the perfidy and the violence of thole whofe crimea have involved their own coun try in niifery and dilgractd all civi.izcd h.t tioiis as hi majefty has hitherto been compel leji to carry on a war agasnft the people of france cohesively to treat as enemies all thefe.who fuffer their property and blood to be imfhed in fupport of an oajuft aggrefilon hi majefty would 1ec with ttfipite fatisfacu ion the opportunity of making exceptions in favour of the well difpofed inhabitants o o ther parts-of france as he/ias already done with refpttt io thoie of iuulon the king promifes on bis part the fr.f penfion cf hoiiiiities friendihip and a tar as the coi.rfe of events will allow of which the will of man cannot difpolf fecurity and protection to all tho!e who by declaring fcr a monstchial government fliall hake 01t \ u c yoke cf a fan^uinary anarchy of that sn rchy wh : ch has broken di the moil fa creel condsof fociety diilblved all the rela tions of civil life violated every right con founded every duty which ufes the name of liberty to excrcife the moil cruel tyranny f to annihilate all propaty to feiae on all poflefljions which founds its power on the i eten.icd content of the people and itfelf car ieb lire and fword through extenfive provinces for laving demanded th b ir laws their religion and their lawful sovereign it is then in orjer to deliver thcmfelves froii this unheard of oppreition to put an end to afyftem of unparalleled crim s and to reitore at ler.gtn tr-nquilitr to france and fecurity to all europe that his nisjaif invites the co-operr:ion of the peep c o france it is for thefe obje&s that he calls upon them to join the itandard of an hereditary monarchy net for the purpofe of deciding in this moment of diforder calamity and public danger on all the modifications of which this form of government tnav hereaf ter be fufcepiible but[in order to uni'e them k'ves once more under the empire of law of morality and of religion ; and to fecure at length to their owncouatry external peace domeflic tranquil.ty a real and genuine li berty a wife moderate arid beneficent go vernment and the uninterrupted enjoy ment of ri!l the advantages which can con tribute to the happineis and propciity of z great and powerful nation treafur r ilitc january 15th 179 j north-carouna the genera merably by their refold lion ol ri;s 6ih day of .:;<.■ prefeni 1r.cn 1 h having directed that judgments be ifun»edi stely taken agaiuft all ptiibns in arrear to the 1 hereby inform fuch of the reve nue officers and their lecurkies who ccme within this delcription that judgment will he entered up ag-iinit them aecordingly dur ing the superior court lv hilisw>rough dr ftrift which will happen in the month of april next john hay wood public treasurer fisher & glanvill a tihcir tan-yard in pohok-ihctt near johnc bryan etq'rs want to pur chalc a quantity of oak bark for which they will give the following prices viz fcr spanifh oak 4of per cord white do 35 do do red and black do cf do do iheyhia'e al/oflrfale sole upper and h-rnefs leatner enff fliins calt ikin and cordovan boot legi of the firft quality : alfo a parcel of itrong fhoes all ot which they will fell on realon ab!e ternjs forcafh or raw hides they will alfo take hides to tan onfhares the eniuir.g feaion should any perlon fa vor them with their cuftom they hope to give general fatisfaftion an apprentice v anted at the above bui«»fei6