— — — a 70wn akd countrt paper printed every tuesbat by alexander martin for john sibley vol.1 — noitacti parte t u e s d a r june 18 1795 justitiam speculamur.j — no 45 manry of ihefe itates who are its beft defence from the operation of the fund ing fyfiem ; our imrrienfe tuxes are drawn fiom ourfelves inltead of our impoii being confined to britiih manu factures ; and in proportion ;•.% we get indebted to lkitilh factors we injure our feelings as freemen — we are faiisfi cd that they nev§r did or will love our government t)ic idea makes them fick without a revival at the glorious f^iritof 1775 we have every thing to apprehend horn the indefatigable pains oi that crafty premier wm f itt the mortal energy of france and america should the former be compelled to fab sr.it to her enemies our independence would be endangered the anii-rh?\j 3lican in your lafc difiers in opinion from fome pf the rr.oii enlightened patriots that america ever produced that a refpeftable body < f 7/7/7 dutch and german farmers lhould have beenbentriciaito the ftatesoi penn jylvaniay maryland and new-terk may be admitted ; in political principles they z&cd for ihehappinefs of mankind and with unfhaken tidelity evinctd their i love of liberty and attachment to a re publican federal government the fufferings they had felt and the afilift icn of their forefathers had entirely e radicated national prejudices and they mixed with the natives by an indefina ble union from the intercouife which to the great misfortune of the united states we continue with britain ; it is evident that we experience many forrowsanti af flicvions — to a mind not callous her con duit with france muftappearrcprehen fible and infamous the crimes which are laid to frenchmen ariie from the ef forts of anti-republicans and lovers of monarchy with all that immense num ber of dependants who live on the hard tai ned labors of the pnor in eurooe ; who ground almoft to povjer leck up to france and america as 1 be ia.it refuse or abode for the oppre/tec whether france will eftablifii lisr re publican government or be cruqied by defpots it does not aflccl or invalidate the juitice ofber attempt — if the i7nited stales had caiife to complain of the op preffion of britain and to ftrnggle for the iiuainnient of her independence ; ' france has equally the fame and more fevsre faffcrings has marked her hereto fore better fate it maybe eafily feen that few of the european powers but wifh her ruin living in fervile habits of fubmifiion to their roafters it requires a long refidercc with freemen to be cured of thefe habits which cuftom has made almoft fupenor to the lawt cf nature qualifying laws properly ad miniftered would hot be orfenfiveto em igrants from a monarchy to a republic ; it would if they lef their old prejudices behind them which we know to be odi ous : allowing them to be lovers of our government fuch laws would be agree able as they would dtfdain to hanker after the leeks and roafiheefofi their form er unpleafant country our government muft have perilled it could not have ftood the fbocks of its declared and internal enemies if our great and illuftrious chai after had not bid defiance to every difficulty — the luft of tfee eye the pride of life the glare of pomp and ftiew they difpifed ; inflexibly juft to the caufe of liberty and uncontaminated with ariftocrati cal principles and european feelings ; they compleated tli£tf caufe by a glori ous triumph 0 ! genius of cur nation t celcfl'ml god defs of liberty i we invoke thy aufpices i thou mother cf patrhtfy and beneficent protettor oj republicans ! deign to look on us with complacency we are thy children o ! ghofts of warretu mont gvtnery jhercerand najb bleffed fliades arife ! and by vifion awake us out of our lethargy .' may we learn this poli tical truth " by uniting iuejiand t anddi viding ihallfail — that our true hap pinefs is founded on republican honef ty and firmnefs equality fayettevi/ie june 18 tbe above iu*s unavoidably milled loft week 2 latest west-india news tobago taken l iherty — equality the provifionary executivecouni cil of the french republic permits by thefe prefents to arm and 6t out for war a called the bur oft the 14th april a body of forces conliiiingof the 6th and 60th regiments anda corps of artiller arrived atgrand coveland bay in the trufiy 6ogun ihip the namilus and fairy floop of war two king's brigs end two tranfporisj ii«n bai badoes,all under the command of admiral lafbrey and major gene ral cayler they miroediately landed and marched over to port louis about 7 n.iles and at hah paft three in the morning of the 15th ftorined the fort arterfurmnonicg the comzsahder ge neralmantle to iurrtnder which he rduitd : here waa a beavy firing for an hour wr.i the fortj when it was car ried i%void in hand on the french part were 9 killed 14 wounded and 2.85 taken prifonersj eighty of whom were regular trcops the remainder feii ors from french fibipsj and french in habitants the jlngiiih loll 7 killed and 1 8 wounded ; among the latter is gen cuyler in the aim but not badiy the fairy floop of war was to fail on the 23d for england wfcfa the prifoners then tons or therabouts ac^u-iliy belonging to the port of with fuch number of gunsj bojlets quantity or powder lead and other warlike ftores and provilions as he fhall judge nzztixa ry to defend himfelf againlt pirates robbers rovers and generally vquiiil all the enemies of the french republic in what place focver hz rruj meet with \ them to take and conduct them pril bners with their fhip arrns and o'her matters of which they may be poil'c-'red provided by the faid that he govern himfelf according to the marine regulations and ordinances cf the vz prefenratives o£the french people pw ticujany the fourth article of the ds crc of january 31 rejpeding the num ber of men nece/faiy to make tip his crew and to caufe thefe profent letters of marque to be regiftered ia the bu reu des claffe at the place frosn hi-h he fhall fail and to depofit there a ii figned and certified hy himfcif with the names and far-narhes age place of birth and abode cf the people 1 of his crew and upon his re:urn to make re port before an officer employed in me administration of the claffes of whate ver may have happened during his voy age the provifionary executive coun cil requefts ail people frierds anu alli es of the french republic and their i gents to render to the fiid eve j alliftance thefree palling andre pasng in their ports with his faid vcit;l and the prizes he may have made hereby granting the fame permuiion in firnilar cafes it is recommended and erj^in ed to the commanders of public veifels to fuffer the faid to pafs freely with his veffel and thnfc he m3y have taken from the cneir tnd to render him every fuccour and astttance for the gazette mr sibley from juft fentiments en the rights of nature and fociety have the phi lofophei s of france by their united and i inceflant labors for the laft forty years difpelledj the magic chairos which ty i ranny eiublifhed for nearly fifteen cert | turies ; aitiiled and nouriihed by the j lnracy of the roman church and kept ! the inhal jinrjls of this great imttlo in i chains and ignorant of their unaltcra j ble rights thefe chains are not only j pleafmgto royalty but of ariftociati j eal birth and their ratio is the divine rights of kings paolve obedience and non-refiftance : but thanks ro the su preme governor of the human lace who has vou chafed to fim'e on the ef j forts of i eger era ted france however lamentab'e nd contrary to common ferfe rr.d rcafor this heterogeniorjs ncufenfe could not be eradicated by the juft and puberal voice of fevere com plaint and litter fuffering — but the bleed of thefe mer to whoffi mankind are highly indebted rr.uft be cil'cred at xhe on ine of c-efpotifir in ettghrd where they boa ft of hav irg mote liberty than their neighbors and of being better informed we find z s i nw f y perifned on the fcaffold ; and that iunr.ir.aty of knowledge and recli tude of foul the great john lock was expelled from a ur.iverfity for endeavor ing to ferve his fellow men — the fu ptrior happinefs which a federal re public has over an arbitary monarchy will ever find the narrow and malignant politics ot ddpotifm endeavoring to dif lutb its peace from the adrainiilrati on of the britffi in 1 76 to the prefer t eprcha america has experienced the want of ju lice humanity and that lib erality of fenliment which that enemy to tl.e rights of man mr.%j&urky de rla:es " onlyhelevgs to britons jrxoin this oppreflion of the court of britain and additional ftrergtli of the crown.it is prefumed and i fear too true that the report we have that nearly one mil ken fterlinghas beer fert to thefe uni ted states for i&ch purpofes as would lead to undermine and deftroy our hap py ceiiritution to blaclen the caufe of france cur only ally our bctl friend — this is founded on the following reafons the treaty of p*r y in 1783 has been fulfilled by theunked states with facred truth ; while ihc britljh court fcave refufedtocirr.ply wilhthc moil im portant a tides the weftcrn polls and fur trade which belongs folely to america and are enjoyed by britain the former cofts for guards againft the depredations of favag by our mil itary cftablifhxnent nearly one million of dollars per annum jbefides the hor ridloffcs cf ourinncceht brethren wfcofe value no price can eftimate as freemen the fur trade is worth to britain two millions of dollars and in the hands of thefe flares would be more beneficial than that enormous fum the from cape francois papers seine particulars f the attach on port an prince extract jof ( a letter " the comrrjiffioners entered port au prince the 14th in the evening a bout 300 fhot have been fired and a bout 20 perfons killed borel has flown with about 500 perfons tdwards jaemel portau prince april 16 we are now well treated here the tms-n is quiet and the forts in the beft or der fort st clair fired on the fhips of i)-e re-public with rcdhotrtiot and iuc cieded in fettingthe america on fire ; blrt the fire was ifoon eitingutflied : a si^her bullet was through the cabhih hut hart no one there were fvve men wounded on board the frigate la fine cape april 25 ycfterday at 46 minutes after nine in the evening we had anearth quake here it jailed not upwards of four feconds and appeared to be felt from north weft io fouth eaft the national commidioners at st domingo have iftued a proclamation dated april 2 1 for the reelection of r/fficers to the national guard of port-au prince.havinej difmifledthe former who oppofed the landing of the commifso ners thefe presents not to be ia force but for months only reckoning from the date of their being recorded in faith whereof the provifionary executive council of the republic has caufed ihefe letters to b fi gn^d br the minifter of matins and the 3ta,l ef the republic to be tharero affixed given at paris the day of one thoufand feven hundred and and * year of the french republic ( signed ) m o n y by the minijler of marine ( signed ) cortrain ( seal ) ezcept thisno form is va lid british ports open the iflands of st chriftopher gre nada and antigua are opened for the importation of lumber and prof ifions in american veifels the ports of bafte-terre and point apitre will be freely opened to the vdtels of the united states of america : — said veffcls willhave liberty to export in retmn for their cargoes all kind of colonial produce paying however the local duties and thofe called domaine d'occident the fubferiber having re moved to the hop lately occu pied by mr murchinfon taylor con tinues to carry on the gold smit h's and jewellery business in its various branches and from the encouragement which he has cxpe rieneed from his former enftnmers he latters himfelf that he fhall merit the approbation of any who will oblige him with their caftom the moft trivial favours will be gratefully acknowledged by their humble fervant philip ott exports from the provinces of upper and lowercanada confirms this truth the aflembly of st lucy has de creed " that reckoning from the 17th march all the ports of the ifland hall be opened to all neutral veffels „ our commerce is much fettered by britain we are wholly retrained from the iflands—fiie has injured us with the republic of holland infulted our flag and many of her aflions on the high feas are little fhort of a<ss of piracy her fending immenfe quantities of merchandize to thefe ftatcs with brit ifii factors who by eftablifhments all o ver our country participate of every priviledge which the nation enjoys — cir culate books and publications villify ing the republic of france the caufc ef fliberty and a republican govern ment ; drinking toads on fct days of feafive to the natives of the foil in the refpe&able ftateof maryland fome fteps have been taken to prevent this grow irg evil jonathan plain an inoffenfive character brought oneof the beforexnentioned books to town a few days fince ; it had for a ifronttspiece badly executed t»m paine t the cele brated author of cowmen senfe hang ing with the " rights of man " ia one hand and a bundle of affignats or pa f er money in the other * vfhat benefct his arifen to th yeo department of state to vit : official information ha been received that the municipality officers of the city of dunkirk have withdrawn the buoy which marked the entrance into the road of that harbour notice thereof is nercby given to all maftersofvefiels of the united states mariners and others whom it may con cern given linger my hand this 24th ctay of may 1793 thomas jeffe r son department of state to wit p watches cleaned and rep aired with care and difpatch strayed or sto len tfrom fayetteville on the -*- 18th ult a bay mare & roan horse about 14 hands high whoever will take them upy and de liver them to the subfcriber in roman county or to the primer of this paper hall receive a generous reward and all expences paid j elting $§* all perfons are for bid trading purchagng from or hav ing any dealings with the fubferiber's negroes — as he wiflies to avoid the nc cectilj of enforcing the law robert cochjtar t hereby certify all whom it may j concern that 1 have received an official communicatk>a of the form a dopted for letters of marque by t&c french republic of which form the following is a translation given un der my hand and seal cfqjfiae this 24 day of may 1793 thomas jefferson