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no rth'car ql inagazette vol xl saturday detkmber i o i 79 6 no 569.3 philadelphia nov t in fl,ort he confiders it as a br each of our n^utf.ility unkisthe french be hov 0 a to partake in the advantages it holds out to great.brit;)in he alio claims this partici pation iii purfnance ofthe?.d article of the treaty of 78 which grant the french all the advantages of commerce and navigation enjoy cd by the molt favoured nations and in this point of view the orders of the french vends of war to treat the american flag in every refpea as we mall fuffer it to be treated by the englilh have been ilfuedi 1 he minifter proceeds to proteft in the name and by the orders of the executi e directory againlt the violation of the 17th article he claims rcplevy of all feizures and the annulling of all judicial acls with ref pec to french prizes and proteils againit all oppoiition to the lale of prizes he protefts againlt the violating of the lame articles by our confuting into our ports brituh armed vejtels and againft ttie inter pretation put by our executive upon that arti cle e**raa from effbysptyfalbtl xew^ork ainerva birr the french arc not the only political ranatics tlie whole combination acainft france was attfrft projected andior ievcral years prof ecwed by fanaricifim edn.und burke w as the lender and was to the crulade agamft france preciiely what peter the was to the crufade againft the in hdcls who held the holy city in bond ge ihe alarm which iprcad among the pri vile god orders in cdniequence of the frencli pr.inciples ot liberty and equality refembled the alarm which overlpread the chridian world in confequence of the conqueftsof the 1 inks ; and ihat which the romiih church experienced at the propagation of luther dcktn e in the 16th century oppoiition to principles always lpreads them if they are * ell founded hence the folly and madnefs of reiiltmg tbe p rogrds of opinions by force i he prit.leir.jd orders conlijling of princes nobles priefts and tlie regularclergy forefaw in the propagation of french principles an annihilation of their diftjnftions inftead of leaving the ivemh to themirilves they let up a hue and cry throughout europe that they diflolved tnmles of dl foetal order that they diilolved the bands of ibciety and were to be oppofed as the common peit of the hu man racei . important r-jpo relieve in fome dcjvrcc thcimpatiei ce 1 of the public as to mr adct's aft no to our executive we promifed an our li ic i its contents we fulfill the tufk with as much ac uracy as is compatible with the brevity v.e are obliged to obferve and thein tricacy o hf i\>bject . he minuter of tha french republic thro the w iioie of iiis note peaks as acting niiclcr t ; t ■pfels orders from the executive direc tor after expfefling the a tachnient of his government for the american people he com j tains in the name of the directory ofa violation on thepurt ot our executive of the 17th article of the treaty of 1778 i he iirll part of that article itipulatcs that the r'rench ii;a!l be at liberty to bri g their 1 1 :// s intt uur p^ru without its being lawful i(>r any oi oar officers to take cognizance of thtir validity in contempt of this itipulation he ltites that feveral french prizes brought into our ports have been feized tried and re(tore to th ir original owners with vari ous degrees oi delay vexation injuitice ar.d injury hu complains th it the enghftj were fuf fered to arm in our ports in various inftances and that the complaints of agents of the french republic ever proved ineffectual in popping them perfons filfpe&ed of having aliified in arming ivench privateers were ini med'atel thrown into prifon while thofe concerned in arming britilh veflcls were never molefted i the executive in thefe infiances exhibiting an ev uelitpartial ty tor the englifli ai:d no regard tor the maintainance of theh ik utrul.tj - he fecond rtipulation in art 17th pro * bits all englifli ihips that ftiall hive made 1 enchf nzes from enteringour ports — our e^ccui.vc have in their conftructit n of this i ;• ;' ition conhned its prohibitory etrect to britilli vecels attempting to come in with their prices i he tviir.iiter protefts in the name of-th^i.-irectory giiinit the propriety of this contlruftion he confiders it as an attetr.pt tasdd to not to explain the artide aver c tb.c lupppiition that the article is d ubtful iiv.il'ts on the impropriety of an ex partt cpnftruttion he cites tuntiry ex a■r.plcsol lnplilh iliips of war having enter ed our ports contrary to this llipulation having made them convenient itations the better to annoy the french and having even contrary to he forced interpretation given to the ijtb article by our executive brought their nri7.es into our ports and there rcriittd tjiem to cruise againlt the french 1 he 1 in]iler next adverts to jay's minion he bites that france was deceived by the dftjur lions of our executive when that bu(i uds was jvt o;i foot : and that the directory canfulers the britilli treaty as depriving france ofaii the advantajreous ftipulations n tend d to be fecured to licr by the treaty of 1778 as tending ro render the neutrality of america advantageous t6 england to the de triment of franc . he declares that the directory confiders our treaty with britain as a violation of their treaty with us ; and as equivalent to a treaty of alliance with that nation ; and in confequence orders him to fufpend his mini iterial functions here the directory declare that they do not wifn this inealureto be considered in the light of a rupture but as a mark of their fe l'e°of injury which is to lad until they can obtain fausf.idion they reiterate their expreflions of friendlhip for the people notwithitanuing the wrongs o f the execut vd the minilter concludes by ftating that the french republic always had it at heart to cultivate harmony by a mutual interchange of good offices ; but that our adtriiniftration have as conltantly endeavoured to break af under the tics wh'uh connect the two nations early under the republic the french co lonies were opened to us ; the pom of france ali'oon the line footing as their own veflels when england violate-d the neutral flag france obliged to make uie of feprifals exempts fro.n the me.ilure the americans • and tho forced f or a while mult againft their in lination to withdraw the exemption they early renewed it while france was thus even during the tempelt of a revolution treating the ameri cans with marked attention what aiks the note were he executive of the united states employed in 1 hey were quepuoning whether they would acknowledge the repub 1 c or receive their ainbi.il'ador ; whether they mould confider the tr j_t;r the price of ameri can liberty as binding whether the envoys from exiled and rebelling princes iliould be received ; an ambiguous proclamation of net * tmlity was framed • french privateers were hafraffed ; england was differed to fport with our neutrality and to cut up our commerce to the detriment of france , eng lifh l)ips of war were admitted in our ports the advances of france for a renewal of the treaty of commerce were eluded under the moll frivolous pretexts while our executive courted the britifh and foliated a treaty by which j-.roftituting our neutrality we sacrificed france to her enemies wi.dom and policy would havepointed out a very different mode of treating the novel doctrines of the french reformers if the principles of the french nation in producing io dangerous a principle to civil fociety as the crufading princes pretended they iuould have let them alone ; for the operation of them upon the french nation in produc ing all manner of crimes anddiforders would have proved the bed antidote againft their propagation in other countries indeed tlifc wiid notions of the jacobins and their terri ble effects have actually done more to retard the progrefs of regeneration in europe than all the military force of europe and afia com - bined could have effected erf or will al ways fall to the ground without refinance truth was never yet fupprefled by force buc is efpecially aided in its progrefs and eftabli(h ment by the efforts of opposition in ei thercafe the princes and nobility ofeurope had they been wife for thetnfelves ihould haver remained quiet but wifdom lias not characterized the pri yileged eludes of men in any age or country i hey determined to extinguiih the light of the revolution the event however wrlh be that truth will bine with moreluftre im confequencc of the additional light that has been ihed upon the i'iirrounding nations b j the collifions of the immenfe conflidl in every point of view the fool mb and abominable and nefarious confpiracy again it france will ultimately contribute to a gene ral rcfonnatidn in europe in the firft place the combination itfclf was fo iniquitous in principle and fo darinc an invacon of the fundamental rights of nati ons that of felf-goveniment as actually to juftify nil the charges againft thefeudalfyftem it has only ferved to increafe the odium a gainft the tyranny of the privileged orders it hisfpread the deteftation before exjftw among philoiophicalmen and ftimulated evm men of bufineis to wifh for an extermination of the old orders of fbciety who thus abufe their power in the fecond place the war againft france has excited difcutfion and diffufed a fpirit of inveltigatirm more generally in europe than books and philolophers ould have done in half a eemuvy it has fpread the princ pies of locke sidney price prieltly voltaire and others friends of freedom among a greater number oipeopfe in five years than all the priming preil'es before had done in a ccntu •• 1 his treaty abandons the modern law of rfenions which even england had fan&ioned in 1 1 treaties and we in every prior commer cial treaty with european nations it gives me engl i the t';i ility of obtaining the tranf portation ot naval tore and warlike ij la ments whithcrfoever they pleafs under the fhelter ol the american lag ; whi'e this faci lity is denied to france and thus it changes during the war the refpedlive footing of tiie belligerent powers with tefpect to ns the treaty he further ftaces cutsoffthe iuppliss in provtlions which france looked for from this country by ftipulatmp that the britifh piay iu every fituation feize our provificn vcllcls bound to the ports of their eneniie • and tlnis whillt a review of late events v hilft every object around lull remind us of the tyranny of britain and the p-pnerous afliftance of france i he note concludes by calling on americans to remember that if generous minds are alive to injuries they can forgive : and that the french when they nre treaud as friends will ltili be foand faith ful friends ind generous allies * the fupplics which france c::pe«5led : n her colonies were cut off by uur virtually accjniefc'mg in the principle that a declara tion from a bririlh commander placed tliern i.i a iiate of blockade in jic third place t'oe war has augment
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Title | North Carolina Gazette |
Masthead | North Carolina Gazette |
Date | 1796-12-10 |
Month | 12 |
Day | 10 |
Year | 1796 |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 569 |
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FullText | no rth'car ql inagazette vol xl saturday detkmber i o i 79 6 no 569.3 philadelphia nov t in fl,ort he confiders it as a br each of our n^utf.ility unkisthe french be hov 0 a to partake in the advantages it holds out to great.brit;)in he alio claims this partici pation iii purfnance ofthe?.d article of the treaty of 78 which grant the french all the advantages of commerce and navigation enjoy cd by the molt favoured nations and in this point of view the orders of the french vends of war to treat the american flag in every refpea as we mall fuffer it to be treated by the englilh have been ilfuedi 1 he minifter proceeds to proteft in the name and by the orders of the executi e directory againlt the violation of the 17th article he claims rcplevy of all feizures and the annulling of all judicial acls with ref pec to french prizes and proteils againit all oppoiition to the lale of prizes he protefts againlt the violating of the lame articles by our confuting into our ports brituh armed vejtels and againft ttie inter pretation put by our executive upon that arti cle e**raa from effbysptyfalbtl xew^ork ainerva birr the french arc not the only political ranatics tlie whole combination acainft france was attfrft projected andior ievcral years prof ecwed by fanaricifim edn.und burke w as the lender and was to the crulade agamft france preciiely what peter the was to the crufade againft the in hdcls who held the holy city in bond ge ihe alarm which iprcad among the pri vile god orders in cdniequence of the frencli pr.inciples ot liberty and equality refembled the alarm which overlpread the chridian world in confequence of the conqueftsof the 1 inks ; and ihat which the romiih church experienced at the propagation of luther dcktn e in the 16th century oppoiition to principles always lpreads them if they are * ell founded hence the folly and madnefs of reiiltmg tbe p rogrds of opinions by force i he prit.leir.jd orders conlijling of princes nobles priefts and tlie regularclergy forefaw in the propagation of french principles an annihilation of their diftjnftions inftead of leaving the ivemh to themirilves they let up a hue and cry throughout europe that they diflolved tnmles of dl foetal order that they diilolved the bands of ibciety and were to be oppofed as the common peit of the hu man racei . important r-jpo relieve in fome dcjvrcc thcimpatiei ce 1 of the public as to mr adct's aft no to our executive we promifed an our li ic i its contents we fulfill the tufk with as much ac uracy as is compatible with the brevity v.e are obliged to obferve and thein tricacy o hf i\>bject . he minuter of tha french republic thro the w iioie of iiis note peaks as acting niiclcr t ; t ■pfels orders from the executive direc tor after expfefling the a tachnient of his government for the american people he com j tains in the name of the directory ofa violation on thepurt ot our executive of the 17th article of the treaty of 1778 i he iirll part of that article itipulatcs that the r'rench ii;a!l be at liberty to bri g their 1 1 :// s intt uur p^ru without its being lawful i(>r any oi oar officers to take cognizance of thtir validity in contempt of this itipulation he ltites that feveral french prizes brought into our ports have been feized tried and re(tore to th ir original owners with vari ous degrees oi delay vexation injuitice ar.d injury hu complains th it the enghftj were fuf fered to arm in our ports in various inftances and that the complaints of agents of the french republic ever proved ineffectual in popping them perfons filfpe&ed of having aliified in arming ivench privateers were ini med'atel thrown into prifon while thofe concerned in arming britilh veflcls were never molefted i the executive in thefe infiances exhibiting an ev uelitpartial ty tor the englifli ai:d no regard tor the maintainance of theh ik utrul.tj - he fecond rtipulation in art 17th pro * bits all englifli ihips that ftiall hive made 1 enchf nzes from enteringour ports — our e^ccui.vc have in their conftructit n of this i ;• ;' ition conhned its prohibitory etrect to britilli vecels attempting to come in with their prices i he tviir.iiter protefts in the name of-th^i.-irectory giiinit the propriety of this contlruftion he confiders it as an attetr.pt tasdd to not to explain the artide aver c tb.c lupppiition that the article is d ubtful iiv.il'ts on the impropriety of an ex partt cpnftruttion he cites tuntiry ex a■r.plcsol lnplilh iliips of war having enter ed our ports contrary to this llipulation having made them convenient itations the better to annoy the french and having even contrary to he forced interpretation given to the ijtb article by our executive brought their nri7.es into our ports and there rcriittd tjiem to cruise againlt the french 1 he 1 in]iler next adverts to jay's minion he bites that france was deceived by the dftjur lions of our executive when that bu(i uds was jvt o;i foot : and that the directory canfulers the britilli treaty as depriving france ofaii the advantajreous ftipulations n tend d to be fecured to licr by the treaty of 1778 as tending ro render the neutrality of america advantageous t6 england to the de triment of franc . he declares that the directory confiders our treaty with britain as a violation of their treaty with us ; and as equivalent to a treaty of alliance with that nation ; and in confequence orders him to fufpend his mini iterial functions here the directory declare that they do not wifn this inealureto be considered in the light of a rupture but as a mark of their fe l'e°of injury which is to lad until they can obtain fausf.idion they reiterate their expreflions of friendlhip for the people notwithitanuing the wrongs o f the execut vd the minilter concludes by ftating that the french republic always had it at heart to cultivate harmony by a mutual interchange of good offices ; but that our adtriiniftration have as conltantly endeavoured to break af under the tics wh'uh connect the two nations early under the republic the french co lonies were opened to us ; the pom of france ali'oon the line footing as their own veflels when england violate-d the neutral flag france obliged to make uie of feprifals exempts fro.n the me.ilure the americans • and tho forced f or a while mult againft their in lination to withdraw the exemption they early renewed it while france was thus even during the tempelt of a revolution treating the ameri cans with marked attention what aiks the note were he executive of the united states employed in 1 hey were quepuoning whether they would acknowledge the repub 1 c or receive their ainbi.il'ador ; whether they mould confider the tr j_t;r the price of ameri can liberty as binding whether the envoys from exiled and rebelling princes iliould be received ; an ambiguous proclamation of net * tmlity was framed • french privateers were hafraffed ; england was differed to fport with our neutrality and to cut up our commerce to the detriment of france , eng lifh l)ips of war were admitted in our ports the advances of france for a renewal of the treaty of commerce were eluded under the moll frivolous pretexts while our executive courted the britifh and foliated a treaty by which j-.roftituting our neutrality we sacrificed france to her enemies wi.dom and policy would havepointed out a very different mode of treating the novel doctrines of the french reformers if the principles of the french nation in producing io dangerous a principle to civil fociety as the crufading princes pretended they iuould have let them alone ; for the operation of them upon the french nation in produc ing all manner of crimes anddiforders would have proved the bed antidote againft their propagation in other countries indeed tlifc wiid notions of the jacobins and their terri ble effects have actually done more to retard the progrefs of regeneration in europe than all the military force of europe and afia com - bined could have effected erf or will al ways fall to the ground without refinance truth was never yet fupprefled by force buc is efpecially aided in its progrefs and eftabli(h ment by the efforts of opposition in ei thercafe the princes and nobility ofeurope had they been wife for thetnfelves ihould haver remained quiet but wifdom lias not characterized the pri yileged eludes of men in any age or country i hey determined to extinguiih the light of the revolution the event however wrlh be that truth will bine with moreluftre im confequencc of the additional light that has been ihed upon the i'iirrounding nations b j the collifions of the immenfe conflidl in every point of view the fool mb and abominable and nefarious confpiracy again it france will ultimately contribute to a gene ral rcfonnatidn in europe in the firft place the combination itfclf was fo iniquitous in principle and fo darinc an invacon of the fundamental rights of nati ons that of felf-goveniment as actually to juftify nil the charges againft thefeudalfyftem it has only ferved to increafe the odium a gainft the tyranny of the privileged orders it hisfpread the deteftation before exjftw among philoiophicalmen and ftimulated evm men of bufineis to wifh for an extermination of the old orders of fbciety who thus abufe their power in the fecond place the war againft france has excited difcutfion and diffufed a fpirit of inveltigatirm more generally in europe than books and philolophers ould have done in half a eemuvy it has fpread the princ pies of locke sidney price prieltly voltaire and others friends of freedom among a greater number oipeopfe in five years than all the priming preil'es before had done in a ccntu •• 1 his treaty abandons the modern law of rfenions which even england had fan&ioned in 1 1 treaties and we in every prior commer cial treaty with european nations it gives me engl i the t';i ility of obtaining the tranf portation ot naval tore and warlike ij la ments whithcrfoever they pleafs under the fhelter ol the american lag ; whi'e this faci lity is denied to france and thus it changes during the war the refpedlive footing of tiie belligerent powers with tefpect to ns the treaty he further ftaces cutsoffthe iuppliss in provtlions which france looked for from this country by ftipulatmp that the britifh piay iu every fituation feize our provificn vcllcls bound to the ports of their eneniie • and tlnis whillt a review of late events v hilft every object around lull remind us of the tyranny of britain and the p-pnerous afliftance of france i he note concludes by calling on americans to remember that if generous minds are alive to injuries they can forgive : and that the french when they nre treaud as friends will ltili be foand faith ful friends ind generous allies * the fupplics which france c::pe«5led : n her colonies were cut off by uur virtually accjniefc'mg in the principle that a declara tion from a bririlh commander placed tliern i.i a iiate of blockade in jic third place t'oe war has augment |