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of the FOU.R‘1“HOF _‘}‘u.L1', in behalf of the Citizens of Hart-
ford, return their Thanks to WILLIAM BROWN, Efq.
for his Oration delivered this Day, and requefl a copy there»
of that it may be pubiieflxed.   AA ’ % V ‘

A. KINGSBURY,e
J. HART,
I G. GOODVVIN,
A. HOPKINS,
D. ’WADSWORTH.,

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 T is with much p1"c>p1*ic:ty, ft:IE:Lt {hi8 day, is ge1'1e=-«
 ml} chavoteci to 1"12Lt‘.i(‘)I121}  ivit V and '0 :. But
it canngt be entirely 11fcf:h2I3;, even 01:: this 1>jz*r;X;1d day,
to improvepnc-3 fltvort hour, in reflefiting upon the
fitL1at.im:1 of our country. In the attazmapt t0 exhibit,
in 21 partizxl and ix%1acl£.*qu:xtc: ma1'1m1*, fame of t11edif-l-
fic1.1l1:i<::~; and c{au:1ga1*$, to whicll we Rand ezxpofed, I
Esta: not the vixnity to A expeéi tlzlzlxt the faéts, or re-«
we-"ions, whim may occur, wi ,, in an hi.-1'1 de«
gree, be: c=:i1;l1cs:r p1ea.£in% or i'1‘1f1:rL1€tive. A I? 111.21%! per‘-
Imps be fmH‘§.c§.cnt for He 0C%c;1.fioI1,jand furely it. is
enmtxgll for my 2un1:>itiv:m._., if this addmfs flmll be fo
f’ortunate, as 1:0 11121126 a1nixnpr¢a1"i%ic3n, favorable: to the
empire of virtue, and the-1*eign.of thcelzwvs. A
T3?--11:2‘ fplendid ftxcceilhsz of thrs: .'F1'encI1 mvolxuticm,
have, for 21 long time, blinclraacl cmr eyes, and bewil-
tiered our nznderflztnclings; and it was not in our
power to check. our eI1tI1ufi2af‘cic%% ardor and aifeétion,
until tlm perfidy, c-:meIty, and ix11piousfambiti%on of
its%leacfh::rs, had tz.-m.ln:al1 nations to eel for their
«own fi*eedo1%n and fegurity. ; It is new toowfell eflabu
Iifhed, to 21dmit<::>f any_:maf0nab1e doubt, that our
deixrefl; interefts, bothwkof a. political and domeftic

  

nature, are Vdeeplyinvolvedin the events of that% *

mvolution. A Indeed tliere &is theMfirongefi reafonto
ivelim» that Framhafi *1” mfififimi and dead‘?

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animofity, againfi the government and people of the’
United States. In this fituation, it will not be thought
improper, fimuid I defert the cufiomary topics of
this occafion, to draw an imperfeét iketch of the re»
lations we flsanci in, towards that terrible republic.
To fame it may feem firange, that I tfhcouid {peak
of any exiiting reiatidns, befweeri the United States,
and France. Events have indeed taken place, which
may feem to proclaim a ftate of aétuai hoftiiity ; shut

thefe events are net of that fiztozag and decifive <:afl:.,:s

which muii neeefiiarily ‘pI'0(fi1lC€iW&I‘.’ T he meafures
adopted by hour gevernment, to proterflz eur coma

meme, and in fame meafure to wipe away our na~  
tional difgtace, are ofthat tethporizing, and mm»*
grel fiatnp, whickh, partly paeifiet,   and partly htiitilet,

leave it<:S}3"rance, the ultimate decifion of the queil
tion? of“u11c0nditionai hoiiility. It becomes not me
toidecide, whether this {iate of things, awkward

and inconvenient as it may feem, is to be preferred V

to unequivocal war. %  
  ONE certain refuit however, of this motley fyftem.

is, that it leaves us expofed, again and again, tcvaili

the evils of negoeiation ; and it requires great polite-
icai forecaft to eiecide, whether a fituation more truu-;
1y a1am1ing,a can.aAbe   misfortune sci‘ any"peepIe.

VVe“ateiscal1edaspenTté iaé‘c  iz1iatfce1':e, ‘where every  

fiep is futmuncied with perils. If we refufeto I1€gC}-
ciate, wariis to he dreaded: If we liften to negocia»

tion, our own experiencegand that of Otilfil‘ nations,
will teach us to dread a “ dipiomaticfliilh’ in the
French, which has hitherta prmred‘ efficacious for all
the purpefes of their infernal policy. ‘   ( A
AFTER having humbled eurfeives before France,
and at the feet of her V diteftdryg after having made
oatcomgalaints to thefettmerciiefs barbarians, in the

elaaigttage of wounded friendfltip; after having be» i
r- helditheafinalaccom;pIifl1mer1t f our degradatiomin s    
 the nmttifying fpeétacieofoutijieommifiioners, eiriveni t
i , s?itjTwiiti1 everymarkeof contumelyt and reproachgs frame V

i  ,thepte‘fcin.ce«it)ft the haughty t divas; jwearetnaw {ups

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jblicatetl. te cemprornife our differences in an amicass
ble maenet‘. A A

UNIJER thefe difg1*aceful and degrading circum-=
fiancee, eught the United States to accept the pref-a
feted invitation B Ought we indeed to indulge amou-
mentary wiih, to be in any way connected with the
French republic? Any fuch conneéltiony muff beef-‘~
fecled by t'urthe1' negociaxion, and a cfecond treaty ;
to whicli there are many, and in my apptehenfion,
itnfuperable objeftiane.

A. '"1;'12.r~;a’:rv between llates, is from its nature,and
the iitualtion of nations», a mere baxygain upon trait;
and the ;'>a1'ties can have no fecurity againft each
other, f<n'tl:1e per;Forny1a1‘1ceof their mutual fl:ipula-
tiexia, but the public faittli of their 1'efpe<iilive gov-
ernxtiexita. Tllifi public laitl1 clepencls, in a high de-
gree, 1J1J0I11tl1€?1'€3i.}3E2(ElZ which the rulers of nations
pay, to the facrecl ohligzitions of morality. A

Team your attention for a moment, to the moral

yehztraélser 01’ the rulers of France; you will find

them clellitate of every trait, either of homer, or
l1«:>11eliy.. V\7e were, far a longtime antler the fatal
(l€'2l1:'1ltl(:DI), til" imputing the cruelties 01" the revolm
1.T‘iCm;, tea the xieceflitieaef virtuous men, llzruggling
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ylltZ{"2”1}lI1t1:TI"!IlI'1£;l-63 ef a ctertairi delbriptiee of felflcalledt

pliilcufephera, tine zealous; ictlolaters of vice, in all its
lliicileotta l“(‘)3"I“l”‘3i.':'3,; and the :c:lete1*mined foes to Chrifl:i~—
anity, in all its wra1*i<;i>aatiemiminations. y'1”l1efe1nen,i
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eli virtues, not to be found in any code or fyftern of
morality, hitherto promulgated to man. Indeed
their plan has been, in all things, to clilhrrb and overu-
wheltn, the elleblifhed order of tl:-ought, that they
might with the greater eafe, introduces a myllerious
faith, and 21 profane and fearful worlhip, which was
to deluge the earth with crimes. Tilt-ill‘ principles,
are thefe of anarchy andimpiety, which they have
fcatterecl, lilee fire-brands, over the face of the whole
earth, ce1’1*yi11g wherever they went, mifery, eenflae
gretion, and death}. Thefe relllefs apollles of ini».
quity, have not been fetisfied, with the diffufion of
their poiibn, over a few kingdoms and empires ; but
urged on by the genius of fanaticilin and terror, their
fixed and unalterahle purpofe is, not to iceafe from
their horrid labors, until the accomplifhment of
wlfzat they, in blefphernous mockery, cztll the regen»
erztticm. of the world. s s A A

Smce the death of Voltaire, to the influence of
Wllflrfe pewerful genius, worthy ef a. better caufe, we
may fztfely impute the introeluétion of this novel phi.-
Ieliophyr, the difciples of his fchool have put in nito-
tien, every abominable artifice, and every potent
fpell, 2 to eflia-El: the drereclfutl purpofes of their n*1al.7~
em; iznpiety. ,%Se«.:tet telubs, (private focieties, and
cominitltees oft inl'urlreé‘ti0n,lhave been organized
tlurougheut Europe, to fcatter abroadtthe prineipltes
of itnpiety and anarchy, and to give them are nn»
contrelzztble power over the minds of men.

To prepare 9. confpiracy, deilruftive of the blell
fings of civil life, and every human happinefs, the

» lbciety ofethe ILLUMINATI, and the her: CULT Lonees

i ‘’‘l I am ferry to hear, that fame worthy peribns, who belong to the
fraternity of Free-Mefons, took ofl"ence at the ceniitre, here calf up--
or: the occurxr LODGES of tl«1'ecral"t;; and as I alrvays am difpofed
to give acandid explanation, of what I have lhid, or done, which

appears to have been rr1ilhr1det'lth0d, the reader will now be inferm-»

ed,,~of therlcattfe, ,‘.Vla‘371f/.?r§’/5' iLoc2’ge.r, were lfpoken of, in the manner

they were.; % That; a. rconlfpirecy of la; fm'rni_d;tble nature agztinflz 7
the churchancl the flete, has for a. long time ezerflzed on the Europeans

continents, meet new, be doubted; andfince the rnafs of t.eftirne-
my; pnblillted by the learned and indefatigable Abbe Barruel, there

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of freewntafonry, have exltaufted the powers «pf the '

human mind, in inventing and combining, a; ferries
of C_l1‘6Etd myfceries, unhallowed machinations, and
difaitrlous plots. All theft: various fchexnes, have
been tlevilkad for the fole putpofe, of giving aétive
and energetic etfeét, to the principles of Vultaiw,
and his ftzhool ; and their ftlccefs has become ‘at very

can be as little doubt, but the fociety of Free-Mafonsa has in a Vztriettj
of ways, been made infcruntental in the: plats cat the cortfpirzttors.
But this petition is to be ttnclcttfinod in a limited fenfe ; for it is by no
nawns tme with rtsggax-d to the gggenetality of tatalbns, :a.nuongwl1t>z1‘1, I
:find, zmny of may belt and earlieft trienclzs 5 ntazw enliglatencd and
worthy cititzens ; and many exalted patriotzs. No gnarl tmm will be-
liave, that ot1rg_gx'e:ttt:fi and beef: Clléttltllfltitff Gen. VVztl’l‘1ingt0xa, would
fl.ddl‘1lt'5 mtmcz and give: his fanftion to it fociety, which had fbr its (lbw

,jt:L€l:, the: clt=:flcrt1c€llttan wt’ religion tmcl gtznvcrnttmt-"ant.

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dinztryrzmlts, kntwm in Eng and and Arm.-rica, and t;lt:tt in tlmft-.
ranks ortltagretas, ttlltlttc fytttbols, cererm+)nit:s, anclm~yfit:1'1¢s of the
craft, have: l")t”-;2(3X"l C()l‘1Vt3l‘tt‘.L‘l to the viltrft purpollztt. Tlmiss is axonitantly
a<~lr1‘1ittecl by the btzflzinfbrntetl zmcl molt liberal nmlimss. By the ex.»-
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phenomenon, in the civilized world. The princim.
ples thus invented and difihfed, have at length been

dreadfully refined, andfublimated, in the” fervent A

heat of the jacobinic revolution in France. A
THE o-bjeét of thefe terrible reformers of the
morals of men, as difclofed by this event, is to

A nrake a dreary defart of the world, by the dellruc,-

tion of every religion, and the demolition of every
government. Thelfentence denounced againlt thefe

"two ufeful, and venerable infiitutions, is at once fa,» A
tal, and irrevocable. To accomplilh this detellable

objeét, the adepts are commanded, and even lfvvorn,
never to be weary  niaking profelytes, by arts the
molt infidious and vile 5 and even Princes and Kings,

are to be ‘drawn “in tofign, involuntarily, the fure
warrant of their own execution. l

A IN this warfare, of vice againlt virtue, of anarchy
and rebellion againfl: civil order, of atheifm “ and
every evil work” -againfl: religion and morality,
truth is to be put to flight, by the light artillery, and
nzjflile weapons of fophiliry, and the ground thus
gained, isto be preferred by fire, the fword, and
the guillotine.

lԤl:svIa:n has a, fyftezn exified, fo full fraught with

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mifehief; and in itsefi’e8ts,_fo terrible to the affairs

of mankind. l l To fay that the dark. ages are revived,
in the plans of modern pliilofophifm, is a feeble es.
preflion; fince the conduét of its adepts, is not the
barbariirn of an ignorant horde of favages, led on
by the momentary irnpulfe of pafiion ; but their
cruelties are the refult of cool calculation, and rem
quire the ingenuity of a refined people, to invent, and
the firm and fyfiematized plans of a learned peopIe,to

 asterzecute. '

t SUCH was the fchool, to which the leaders of the

° French revolution, and the chiefs of their prefent

republic, areindebted, fortheir principles of mo-~
rality, andno perion hasrnovvirthe hardihood tofay,

A thattheipiafling fcenes in France, do not fatallyovere»
ifyiinllthetpupils, the moflzfanguine expeétations of

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their matter; If A there be any :neceility,'sthat them;
lers of nations, lhould regardtl1e‘,_comn1lotn rules of
morality,ifwe mull rely on the public “faith of
France, for the executionlof a treaty, which is to
reconcile the two nations; where {hall Wellfind the
principal which is to infpire us with lconlfidencle or

hope? Is there any fecurity that thelllipulations, t

which may be written on parchment, will not be via-
olated on the moment of their execution? Is it not
rather to be expeéted, that as foon as an. opportuni-
ty prefents, the rulers of France will ridicule our
mifplaced confidence, “ laugh at our calamity, and
mock when our fear cometh 3”’ p A 4
Ir arguments drawn from the utter depravity, of

l the French leaders, are not fuflicient to convince the

molt incredulous mind, turnyour attention for a
moment, to their diplomatic hillory, as‘ it refpeéta
both foreign nations, and ourfelves. M y r A

A IN looking over the long lillof nations, who have

been prepared by negociation, to become provinces

‘l of France 4; Holland, Geneva, Venice, and “Swit-

aerlarid, claim, in the dark. cata1ogue,a,p,re-emis
nent rank. The difaltrous fate of thefenations,
teaches the people of every country, the mart awful
and tremendous leflbns, on the diplomatic engagefy
ments of the French. Thefe engagements are‘ not
confinecltto treaties, executed with the ufual and ell
tablifheld‘ ceremony of a public convention 5, but
may be traced in all the public acts of their agents,
commiflioners, ambafladors, and generals. 7‘

AT the time when Dumourier entered the Nether»,
lands, to prepare his way for the conqnellitof Heel»
land, he chofe to clothed“ the diplomatic t1~:i11”ot*
his gffovernrnenyt, in the odelufivel fbrmtofya ‘proclaw
mation. lnthis fliape, he attempted to ‘create a
fcltilfrn in the country, liryafliurilng the people, whole
friend and deliverer he claimed t0be,,tl1at while

their perfons and, property, Ihould be lreld facrecl and A

inviolate, the vengeance ofhis ;t1iOQP_$ifl10l.:lild fall

to
withtaccutrrulated weight, upon the heads of their
oppreffors. _But lefi: the piety of a religious people,
ihould receive a lhoclt, from the avowed infidelity of
the French, and lead them to defend the altars of
their God; he was careful to declare, in the molt
lfolernnmanner, pledging his military honor and the
faith of his governrnent, that the church, its prop»
erty, and the rights ,ofconfcience, lhould every
Where, and at alltirnes, "be fecluloufly guarded.

.UNFC)RTUNATELYt thefe treacherous afiurances,
gained the confidence of the people ; and the rulers
of the country, thus deprived of its flrength, were
compelled to admit the triumphant march of Du-
mouprier, into the shearer, of. their territory, No
fooner was,this~tuceets known in Paris,‘ i than i theNa...
tiona1.Aflembly, fetting , at defiance, the rules of
War, the laws of nations, and the ties of confcience
and thonor, iflhed their facrilegious decree, dire<E’c;:~
ingnthecindifcriminate plunder of the inhabitants,
and the violation of the facredl temples of the Lord.
Nor was this national aét a vain ceremony, flnce the
Netherlands, M were doomed to experience its harfh ef~
fetfts, in a too precife and literal execution. The
wretched inhabitants, llrippetl of their property, and
toyrnjfmm the foeiety;,u,of theirlwivies strands children,
were compelled to yfiibtriitritorthenl fcourge of French
ldifcispline ; and in the rnidfl: of the molt cruel fuf~
feringgs, their piety at was lhoclszed, with the lacl l'pe€ta..
icle of their churches robbed of their hallotwetlinvafes,
theiraltars overthrown, and their prielts reproached,
infulted, andllain. \ A p _ i y

I MENTION the fate of the Netherlands, as paving
the way, for whatis termed the revolution in Hold-9

 

~ land ;, hut what is in trtitli, a realand cleltruclive cons»

queyii, By the tnagie Tpell of negociation, and fram
teriniaatxon,,the;.,French=,» liave eftabliihedia military

rept1blic:,~yon the rtrins of the;;Prince of Orange and

t 1_§l,1iSpar,ty,_i  forbear ntoi detaitl the pat'tiCttl:;tr6Vents,

, 7 ~ riwhirchleiatl the way to thede1‘truétion ofithe United
 t  i PTOVlI1C<?:’8-t VTherecitalpwcmidonly ferve-to roufe

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out izrmlignetiott, at the lzorrid and dtifgufting fcenes,
which l1::zve every where l‘‘ marked the track of
the revolutionary armies :mcl<:c:>des.” A his fufficient
to ‘Izzy, that HoIland,7 whofe indttflrmus yztélrivity,
and perfeveting et1te1~pri:.«te, hattl for cemrtttieettbeené
chataéterized by the fi*ntplAe, but exptellivle meta-
phor, A of he bee-hive,A and wltofe cott1Amercialit11port-
ance, tmd gteat wealth, l.yhztc.l given her the name of
the bzmk of Europe ; hzatefibeezt transformed, from

hex‘ ferrrtet enviable atml fplendid fituation, intoea.

poor and wretched im.itzttot,Atof the Frencll repub-
Iic. A If wealth, fplendot-', zmdlpower, A could c'onfer
teputaticm and happinefs, thefe were her portion,
ztnd richly clid the cleferve them ; but wealth, fplenm
dot a1'lCl pcrrwet, all are HCIWII cm rapid wing, to
grace the triumph mf anAimAptetAi,ot1s; mallet.

INA like tmtnner, Genevtt ; once iIIL1Pctic>us,,lfor
the cultivation of every polite art, andthe patron-
age of every abflrttfe fcience, has been mztde the
theatre of the wildeil: mind ‘tnofi f_ha.tnefi,tl faéliions,
at'n*1:ingcitizen ttgaittft citizen, with a deadlyend
ra.r1cot'ous hate. A A *

A A A ‘WHEN the Accmventieny ordered their - army } A into
Savoy,‘ lttirt A t*heAyeer A  71’9r2A, "Serv:l;1n,A l miniflrer of war,
wrote to Motttefquieu the ccstmmtntler of this army
the follmving tmtler, “ Y(Z>1.‘l_I1‘l'L1l)£ enter”, AGeA.t1AeVa.
"‘ byconfertt, er fc>rce---tltey have 2000 llande Of
arrxtsirtyelttlmtt Amwn, eftwhicsh we are in neec1.tl If
you enter by force, you will lend them tousgif
you enter b*y‘cot1fent, {till youtwillt fend them to us,
promifing to‘repl21ce them.” A Ailmnget inflance csf

French diplomacy need r1“olt*be, fought. The lzul»-l

guegeof it Ale,   plunder Genevaw-do it byecenfent
pollib1eA-wbut, at any ttr2tteepIt1ttcleryyGer1eve.‘ * Not-

A witltflzanding this _ ort.l;let,] lMm1*tefqt1ieu,’ gamed ei-

thetby hi$lAtfe7are,; his I13(JC?l€1f£a;ti0‘T1y, eta T€all.‘lefiT€,_ to
amide. “tuptAuteA with tl1e‘lSWifeg A A  that time the allies*
of Geneva, AA concluded ttgt_re3,ty,lbywhieh femething

like eAqt1itabletetnt3, AWeregtAanteclto the Gettevefeg
Nothing -(:a1”1f’~ exceed ?the, difappointment,  ‘tancotg.  

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and revenge, of Briflbt, Claviere, and their party,
when the news of this treaty, arrived in Paris.
Montefquieu was initantly profcribed, the treaty fo
tnodified as to fuit themfelves, and the wretched
Genevefe, compelled to accept the deitrutftive fra-
ternal embrace; A long report, the ptoduétion of
Briiiotis pen, ferves at once to {how the refentment
of the Gironde, at Montefqnieu’s ill-timed lenity,
andthei1~ owninfamous principles refpeéting the law
ofiinations. A t t A A it A ‘ A A

c TI-IISl report announces to the convention, that
‘F Genevaithall obtain no other treaty, but the com.»

tnonication of French principles.---M-You are to con; A

fider, whether a «free nation A can, or ought to bind

her [elf   treaties  } tltwhtethielit they are not l indecent

with itany%govemmen‘t which does derive its powers
front -the people-«t-—-for it is perhaps in that confilts the
fecx'et of the tevolLttiot1.?i' According to the philoa
fophic opinionsof this a%deipt,i the principal feotet of
the French revolution, confifis in the deftruétion of
thofe only ties, which bind nations together, like
brethren of the human race; and indeclaringit
infamous to abide by treaties with any people, oth.»
erwi'l'e than as they {hall admit “ thecommunication
of 1?‘re:nc;hprinciples.”t This; is» the language of
tnodernphilofophifm is an"? olffieiall, freih coin-—
ed document, from» the bloody mint of the revolu+
tion, ~ »Up_Qn thefe principles, the United States may
hope that the French will refpefit a treaty between
the two nations, whenlevet we will confent to a
‘? communication of French principles ::’A’ or in other
Words, when we {hall  eftabliflt civil order, bythe
ereftion of a igluillotinea, when we/{hall teach our
citizens morality, by the preaching of atoheifm,V% and

iwhenwe {hall build “‘c arepublic: onclearth, by pul»

ling chown the throne, and the King of Heaven.”
t%Vat-ttttole, a namaeAveneralble l to commerce, and
dear to the arts‘, need only abet mentioned, to ‘ awaken

l etreryiibreai’C,Atthe liveliefig indignation, anAd the
 molt‘ 90ignaatli‘1”orrow.~t" his oncetc rcfpeéted 

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 ~¥

"h«jnoredl;name,‘is wiped out of the cataloguellef

nations. If the fuecefsfull army of that arch»l3uc»

caniezr Buonaparlte, gave him poffeflionof this lance

famous republic, it required the plowers 015' “ the
diplomatic fkill’? of his country, to barter away ta
anmther mailer, 3. whole. people, their 1%ightsll4and
poffeflions. With Venice, the other Italian flares,
are:-: funk in the frightful abyfs of the French Hrevolum
tmn.   
BUT it is the defiruélion of the Helvetic confeld»
fimcy, ~wh'§:cl1 zxffordsl to the United States, thexnofli
terrible exanuple, of the fure fuccefs, and; fatal ef-

  lfeéls ofF1"e11ch negociation. This Confederacy in
form refpc-:€ts., flrongly refembled the clonfiitutioln of

the: United States. It was compofed of   a numbfir of
indepenclent flares, leagued together, for the pur-
pofesl of common defence.l Tho’ the tie, vvlgich

bound the Svvifs Cantons, in one political body, was ~

lefs accuratcaly dA<afinc~;:<:l, and had not for its   abjeélr,
fo vafi: a variety of intamfts, aslthleMA.Americanlcon-5»
fmderacy; yet it had been found, untillfinelalthe
miracvdous caveat, of the French revolution, a full?»
cieznt Iixfésmguard both in war and p;aa.ce.llll _:v’f.m41¢,fllxfQ;If1fg‘
principlé of  _Cl0;ml)i1I‘B1d,Wlit_hl§fi{faCf€d re.»
gard fiur tl1eil1*l originall compa.&,ll1a$ ” enabled the
{Swim tic) nxazmfazn thmr corxޤt:ut1on mad xndependw
ence, lrora. feznesl: of ages,ar111df-‘aha fhocks 0f [,COI.1""'

tasndingmatiuans.  }?>ylrcea1Ic>;1l«mf ythmfe fortuitous

evams, l whiczrh lhappenl to na.tim?1s,, A during   zrheig-gram

T ml ib»x*n1at%ion%, their Rates lwere VVuneq1m1, 111 paint

of territcpry and wealth, and difiered “’~frOn:,1«" leach

Qtlwra win religion: languagealnmnnersll and Grigins A
But notwxthfianding lthflffi‘ perplexxng, la11c1l?fleen1iz1g~1y '
 incongruous C-irCu1:T;1.fi:3:11C€’55a..thfij‘I'I¢31V€IiC..‘l.l.‘CQ‘IIf5Ch3J?aw

cy, W fife: lthe .imprefliv<e lanlguaga   élaquent
Mallet Du AI’an,,: l 59 £w;*1{t%ed1lik¢llilts mountainml by the:

l gradual coherence ofits lAlpm:ts,  glemllents qf whichl

Werle cementedby tlwlweighzaf      L 

l    Tx-xafimglcé “I'M, will   

the mind, ;'§'j.a,‘.   fpirit  

AA tettneieit, and facrilegioustoedef’tr0y.“ ‘ A

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after, ofitstaneietit itihabitants, who by tI"1eirAvz1iot
alone, I12w'Aetiecute.d to their defcendants, a rc-:pu.ta-
tion, refpeéied and venemted, by furrounding Ij",’rin-—
tee, and a tra11qAui1itjr, iundiflurbed by the agitatiorts
and coztvulfions of Etrropean Netiolts. A A
TI-}.US?fO1'tuI1at€iy Afituated, and Atrufting to the
7AWifdOn1‘Of~t.i?1€iT- government, for the means of pro-
teétionythe Swifs pee«pAiA_e,~ tA»=mhfide1:ed thentfelveet as
exempt from the calamities of war, and for years
precedihgthe French revolution, A had Acultivzfied the
arts Aitofi peace, with at-r1’11Anren1itting diligence zumdfucia
cAefs.'vAfA=0f morale pure, and imanners fimpie, the
tertanttsiabftttthefe fortunate mountait1s, were intpofu
ifeiiion of a felicity, which was the continuA;1i~Athen1%e

of the hifl:Aerian’s praifeA,~A and Tpoet’ As fang.  nah-A

tions feAemAed to” regard their tAfingui1ar good iifortune,
as aLfacred»_ gift of theavemi which it were impious

 A.AfI'-theA beginning «of Aa%tAevo1utAi:on,t whichitwas to

involve  '3‘ is ithefe" happy ittflttiesrflt in  its A moi’: frightful
tempei’cs,A the I-Ielvetic Confederacy, was the firm
friend, Aandi: unfu;fpiciotuts~t- ally of Franc:e.~ Relying

on the faith of treaties; Armed content with their own I

fituaticm, they tpterfevered in their ancient and wife
policy, Ao‘fA.affun1.ingt A A among Vt Athe» hoitei1eti‘tieAtp0wers,,A: Aa

i1etutra1‘tpeiitAtim'1.  - ”"Iih*eitiA‘Aithief3A AiiA'of 4 Fsranctet?  affefted to A

betberrzzed, with this hxftlanceit ofmagnanimity and
jufiiC€’~Whi1e*‘,theY‘ hztrbtoured in their mpacious
minds; the fell purpofe of dragging the happy SAwifsA,
into the vertex of tthAeir.ewn confufiom Scarcely
had the treaty of Cenipei Formio, removed i the ob«-
ftruétions in the path" oi7AthteAiiFreneh‘,‘whenthey threw
off the mm ;;and attackingithe»t Cantonsg; juflzas
they awoke * from their dream A of fecurittywt; at the
ptointt of sthetiAbayoAneet, and witha. thirfi: of blood
and plunder never‘ before Awitnefled, A“ they fixed
their AbtxnAon SwitzerA]anAd;’’ :  A A ‘  A

A A ‘ AT _?lI1]€E1I'iy period idftthe A revolutiong, ;A {pies

a;AnAdAAemi{faries*tWere difpatched fmm tParis,; to {ow

 met Af¢t:dS  Adifcord,i; throughout there peaceful A Are- -

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gions; and no inttiguesl were left untried, no ‘saris
uneflhyecl, to fill the minds of the people, and their
magiftrates, with terror and cliltruil. To the influ-

l ence of thefe fecret agentst maybe charged the diab-

lifhment of foeieties denominated patriotic, atBerne
and in all the principal cities and towns. Thefe
pretended patriots, holding trealbnable correfportd-
ence, with the jacobins at Paris, and with;tl1e*SWifs,
who had been banifhed for their crimes, were « peta-
petually difleminating their feditious poifon, in the
fireetst and public places 5 and with the accuftomed
revoalutionary cry, of “t ariliocratf’ calumniating
every virtuous citizen, and every upright magiltrate.
By arts like thefe, were the vilelt faétions crea-
ted; who, infinuating themfelves into the public
courtcils, and filling the magiltrates with doubt and
difmay, effeétually prevented the adoption, of a fill“-
gle meafure, of a vigorous and decifive lcharaéler.
‘IT was thus, the pafles through the mountains of
Switzerland, were opened to Bruhe, at once the am»
baifliadtor arid. general of the French republic. tWiytlt
one hand he grafped the exterminating fwordm-with

the a other, a he dealt out the doletofshegociatien.

Comnl1antlingypatn tlmtuehimore numerous than

that of the confederacy, he dared not confide histfuc:-~ V

reefs to their bottlhetilt valor alone. ‘Within all few
leagues of thegatettof Eflerne, and after hoflilities
were decidtetllyancl vigoreully eonnrnenced, he re»
liortetl to his ClVlltt1‘l1t1;raél€r5 andlpropofed aynrarmiilt
tice. '”l‘l1ietfate.l, attdpulillaxiitnous expedient, was

iaclopted by the coencil, while it was perfused by the
Fxenclt, for no 0tl"1t3I‘,tll1£I;'§1 the lharneful purpefe, of

e1'eating divifitms in thefiate, and mutiny among the
troops. Libeleof the mollfalfeand treacherous
temlemey were diilributed throughoutthe Swpife
eatripy aecufihg their ‘impolite meritorious iitofiicers, of
the feul defigmof hetraying the tlihertties of Swin-

jz.erla11d,; and deliverinygyits troopsfintotthe hands of l

their enetr~1iesl.;l Thefluéluating conduft ofthe “gown

exnntenty t fuyrnilhecly tooliilrong‘ at A confirmation, at i

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this feditious calumny. At one moment, feeling the
pride, and aflirming the port, of a gallant anceliry,
the council refolved to prelerve their liberties from
the unhallowed touch of fraternization, or perifh in

the attempt; the next, as if {cared at their own to Al
merity, they erafed the manly refolution from their

journals, thatnought might appear, but the record
of‘ their ‘dilhonor.-w--At one itirne, adopting a noble
and generous policy, they armed the commander of
the forces, withample power, to vindicate e the modT4- A

term Swifs from the foul {lain of cowardice-~m-the *refo-- ,
lution is fcarcely pafled ere the genius of difcordl en» A

terns----they pally the hands of their general, at the
moment he is about 073 fl:tike,and thus the only op»
portunity of faring Swiiticerlaudi; is a forever A loft.

~ ”IN”ithe midftt of rthefeperplexing councils, and
‘contradictory meafures, the troops gave way, to the
fuggeflzions of calumny, and in an evil hour they
fell upon their ownyyofficers, many of whom, were
the wretched viétims, of a fury and defpair, at once
ferocious and irrefillible. The French general,
carefully availed himfelfl of i thefe dilatory A and dif-
graceful fc-enes, to lmove his army into pofitions,
which might infure his fuccefs; and nothing now

remained, buytto attack at foe who had yieldedihis  
‘ lafi: and only hope; The conviélrion and remorfe, of

the Swiie troops, came at lafi to remind them, that
every thing was loft ; when aétuated by del'pair,. they
refolved to bury thetnfelves, under the ruins of their,"
country. The onfet was furious and terrible, and a
fcene of havoc and flaughter, enfued, which while
it reFl;e«5‘te ilrnmortal honor, on the ezepiring valor of
Switzerland, will exhibit to us, in the moll: glowing
colors the atrocious and fannguinaryipirit, of thefe
fierce republicans. At t i

THOUGI-I Switzerland was loft, by the timidity
and treachery of her own lcitizens, yet there were

1 many, particularly of the magiftrates of Berne‘, who
i anigtnated by the example i of the brave andineor-»

tuptible Steiguer, rulhedt into the thickeft of thebata

1?

..'.*-'~.-.~'.-i--....-~-:.-~'...

V tie, and heroiecally died, fighting for the liberties ef

their country. That great man, the Wafhington of
Switzerland, who had feen. the llorm while yet in

the fmall and diliant cloud, and had never Ceafed to V

warn his countrymen, of its fure and rapid ap-
proachi refuted to quit the bloody. confliét, until
forced by the hand of admiring friendfhip,-, he was
teluétantly compelled, to furvive a country, for
whole tho!-lot he had labored in the cabinet; and
fought in the field. Illullrious man A i

“ O I had thy counfels firm ahd goodg,

l Thy vet’r2m eounfels been pur{h"d, l
Helvetiaflill had freedom knowrx,
Nor hem beneath at defpots frown 5
Not feet: her fertile fields laid Waite,
Her hamlets burnicl her temples raz’Ll,
Her cities levell’d in the dull; l

t t Her fair a prey tohtfiendalike lull,

‘ In heaps the dying and the deed,
Hoar age, and feeble childhood fpread;
By ternpefls fmote, whofe pzile remaitis 
Lie whitening o’er their native plains.”

Triue fell the boafl of repub1ics,«,the pride of
fcitertee, theenvy of Kings. Her exifienlce ‘tisihinot

now to be itraced, but‘ in the lhndgv remembrance, of  
to her former virtues, and in the keen regrets, of the

wife and good, for her departed. glory. Shelwas

not at viétiin, to the courage of her enemies ;, fineei

while onafliiilled, by artifice and intrigue, and clothed

in her niilirtary terrors, {he flood aloof, the gaze arid .

admiration of the world. to But {he expired in a cone

vulfive flruggle, between the arts,~artd arm's, of

France, banal now lies a fad merlument, of the folly.

and flupidity, of liflening for a1nomet1t,to*'the fyren‘ l

fong of negociation.

theirezrsemption, from thisfyflem ottratud and im»-is

or. have the United States, much reefon to boafl: A

pofition. «Like 8witzer1and,“we oricelhad our tree?

A try, and confided ~o_ur peacie toits force; like other; “ .

we adoptedand proclaimedour neutrality, andrlikei j 7

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her, we have been deceived ; but through the inter-
pofition of’ the flrong hand of ‘a protecting Provi-
dence, we have not yet “ partal<.:en” of the lait

,“ of her plagues.”

HITHERTO, our confiitution has efcaped the ruin
prepared for it, by its enemies ; yet, has it more
than once, been brought to the brink of political
ldeI’cru€tion. France has afl‘-ailecl us, under thefpe-
ciouswand impofing cliaraéteir, "of, a friend, a filler,

and an ally, ~twl1iil‘e her : conduéthas betrayed, a men»

tal and irreverfible hatred, to our political efyilems,
our morals, our commerce, our laws, and our ma»
giftrates. In our country, and under the eye of our

government, jacobinicclubshave been eftabliihed,
, feditious publications «have been circulated, ~ anal trea-

fonablelcorrefpondences forme-id. ‘Wehave witnefll
ed the corruption, of one of the principal oflieers of
“our government, ; and themore alarming phenomena,
of twolinfurreélions, againfil: the wholefome laws of
our country. Agents of France, have been multi-
plied in our borders, fcattering wherever they went,
the revolutienarytvenom. The venerable name of
Wafiaingllton, has been profaned, r by the foul breath

of calumny 5 and it was enough, that John Adams,
was Preficlent of the United ,Statesl,_and :1‘ virtuous l

man, iithatii1ii£7eltalfo3lhoiulicliibecome the object of the
bitterefl:reproach.. ,We have fent public agents,tof
ellabliihed character to France, who have been neg»
leétecl, infulted, and fpurnetl from her governtnent ;
wl1ilewo1‘thlefs traitors and vagrant conipirators from
America, have been admitted to the higheit honors.

, SUCH is the fltetch of French diplomacy, in the

i United States; the cletail of which, would fill Vol-—

urnes; In no rel‘peél:, has our fituation been more

honorable, or fafe, than that of Switzerland, eztu
 that we were placed, by the hand of God, be-
yonclthe reach of the arn§1s,l,oflF1r'a11ce. All thefe
A ,fl1ame,fuli’&e,npes,i have beeniiiiiaétetl again, and again,
 fen,the",A1ner.ican, theatre, yet there are men, who
i 7 are continually tepeatiingthe. tlale queflion 5 What

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ihould prevent the accommodation of our“ diflerafl
encesfi’ " Why {hall we obitrttét thereturning friend-it
(hip of France it The rnoft fatisfaétory anfwerf to this
queition, is the plain and trite remark, that byine-=

gociation, the French have every thing to gain, and
nothing to lofew---America, evyeryy thing to lofe and
nothing to gain. A A ’

'1":-rel naval force of Great-Britain, has nearIyclef-

troyecl the llrength of France, tupontthe ocean, and

the combined powers, are giving; ample employment

to her arms, upontl1elar1tl'; and {he has now no at.
my to fpare, for they conqtteftiof the ‘ United States.

2 While tl1i11gs remain in their prefent fituation in Eu-

rope, it would be madnefs in the direfitoty, by break-—
ing with us, to multiply the number of their ene-
mies. But whenever treaties, or military l‘u<:eefs,i

ihallgive to France thatvfuperiority, whichlhe fo arm A

tlently and vigoroufly purfhes, we may then expeél:
the full vials of her wrath, to be poured out upon us.
‘With this view, {he now llifles her refentment at the

ehaltifement, her colonial pirateshave received,ianc1 A

though inflamed with revenge, for our dating to op-
pofe her clotnineering fpi1‘il',“ih€FiS, l1uil7t3iIN»1g;i11:8't0
fleep, with thelullaby of treaty *amtl, alli_a11ce.. But
let us remember, that {he is “ treafuring up” for
us “‘ wrath, againil the day of wrath.”_ gW_iththe
folemn calm, whichprecedes the earthquake, {he is
waiting forthiet time, when the unreilrained. volcano
of her rage, {hall burfl: forth, and bear away, inuita

tremendous torrerrt, our independence, ourl;peace_., 

andiiour very eailletxce- « W   , p  i  ~  .

THE time mutt fhortly arrive, when the precarious
treaty between the French republic, and the Spanifl1
tnonarehy, will iheidifiiolvedrly  iseimpoflible“ that a
convention, i founded upon fearand ifufpieioh; on toyne
tide, and upon avarice and rapacity, ong-thge :other,l

can be of long A Jdurattiony.   Thley money and patience

of Spain, jvvillfoorztbeexhaulied,yja11‘dytlhen mayfwfi

ataexpeéh   the iaxnbitiousiprojeéts 01’ dire&err, to     
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South»-Anterice. They have already turned their ma.»

lignant eyeé towards the inexhaullible mines of Mens-
ice and Peru ; and whenever Spain {hall refufe the
tribute, which is the price of her prefent tranquility,
the hungry armies of the French, will be fent to
carve their own fortunes, in the luxuriant fields of

§Spanilh America.

Ponremrons will be the fate, of the United
States, if this eventtlhall find them, flurnbering in

tithelarmsiiof fecurity. Can we indulge a hope, that

the feeble province of Louifiana, will fornt 3. * fuiii»
eient barrier, between us and the French when in
pofleflioxt of Mexitco ? Having reached the borders,
of Georgia or Carolina, an ‘army of Frenchmen will
find ready prepared,‘ powerfulenginee of lrevoluti;on
andiconqueli, The blacks, urged ion“by‘vengeance
for the harwdfi1ips‘of flavery, and ztnitnated by the ex»
ample of their Afritcanlbrethren in the Wel”t~Indies,

twill inltantly join tttheiltandard of the invader, and

greedily unite with him, in the Work of plunder and
blood. Imagination already conceives, myriads of
furious Africans, colleéting together the materials
pf vengeance, and rnarchingin dread array, to the
dwellings of their nrallers, Paint to yourfelves,

V acities) given nplttllto in,dliferilné1in‘la,tel fpltxnder, villages

faeked andbiltiirtiecl,  countrydefolatetl, amid’ the

A fields ij“ watered with the blood of their cultivatorsfi’

Liftentcl the groa1ns=of wretched white».-men, butch.
ered by their itnfirriateflavess, the fhrielts of mothers,
and of virgins, a prey to more than deumohiae lull:
gtndjbarbarity, and the cries of infants, l l

. l ‘s  ,i ‘it l’ta.bhecl at the breal’c,~
Or reeking or-tithe points of fportive,ja.velins.

 

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 Aeove all, "view Frenchmen, mingled with new
grot-;*s,,t tlefs favege thanethemfelves, and with {miles
iiof eclitacy, joining in the in1pure and {hocking death»
‘tlanee off  Africa, _aIf1dll.‘>:Y their hideous obfequties, A in-

A [felting thjerernainslof the flaughtered inl1abitante.,i If

any  imtagines this pifizure over drawrelethim

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read the revofutionary tragedy of St. otningo;

there he will find, “ confirmation firong, as’ proofs,

from holy writ.” A r A

t eSUot~I are the fcenes, we may expeét to fee‘ rrealia
zed, in our happy country, yunlefs allour refources,
all our energies, are brought into immediate and
aftive operation.

\ Iznsoxxrs of an ordinary defcriptiong had not the

power to produce in our government, or people,
any refentment, againfi the fierce and rnarauding
fpirit, of the French republic. It required the com»

plete profiration of our trade, the deflruétion of out i

national charaéter, and even a civil war, in the heart

a of our country, to infhfe into our public councils,

a final} portion of the fpirit of our fathers. So 1011

indeed had our patience continued, that we had. be-
come the jeft, the bye-word, and fcorn of all pa...
tions net excepting even Fraxme. Themagie fpell,

” of parchment chains, which bound us itronger to

her fieadyy eye onadiftant objeét, andprefelveate

France than iron bonds, is now happily deftroyed.
The ‘day on which our treaty was vacated, waaito
.A.me1-iea, a fecond 4th;of July---wanother natal day
of O1.'LI' p;It>riot1e independentze. A 
Tt~II3 change of tfpyirity and meafurea, has at Iength,
opened our eyes, to new and animating feenes, and
enabled us to feel, the immenfe difference there is,
between. a refolute and fpirited nation, and apeople,
eompiaixting, undecided, and forever temporizing.
We are now ebeginning to form a nationaleharavfter;
our government, is aflinning a rtefpecftable, and com»
maxxding attitude 5 our infant navy, has already
given. a happy fpeeimen, ef what the wooden-walls
of America, may one day become; and we are fail
approaching the ti‘-116$ when weihalinet only “%‘ have

a name,” but be “  praifeyatnong the nations.” _p

rCton‘1tnerce too, not long new “ laid I-ow, even in
the daft,” now raifestherwdroopingheady; and While
reflzingher limbs on.the.:anehor‘~ef- hope, and bran»-

diflaing  her hand,;~ rthe Apmeritcantt tritdent; flares r y W

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recover her accullomed honors, and re-{lore to her

country its departed fplendor.

SUCH has been the elfeét, of calling up 5. fmall.

portion, of the relburces of our country; and one

woulcl. imagine, that few could be found, [0 loll: to;

all national pride, fo dellitute of every ‘fentirnent

of patrio'tifzn, as to Willi for a relaxation of nteaf-».

ures, for evidently calcnlatetl to raife our l“t3pLlt3tlC“fl,
and to eilahliihlfortourfelves, fo permanent a {ecu-

rity.  Yer is it a rnelancholy truth, that in our own; i a
country, among our owrr citizene, even in our ptube-L
lic councils, many are found, who with a perfever-—,

ance at once ailonilhing a:n~::l ziclarmixig, attempt “‘ to
{top the wheels or governnretnt,” by a determined

oppoiition to .e,v,e,rj,r nieafnre of fafety, and who {till

ctontinue to fitig,

peace ;, when there  no peace.” a i
TURN then, a deaf ear, to fuch perficlious, fuch

the: everlaflzing long, of “ peace,

treacherous counfellors. Remember, that when you

attempt to negociate with France, you have to treat
with a nation of philofophers, the high priellst, in
the temple ofrirnpiety; of republicans, the deter-«
mined worfhippers of anarchy; of Ptateirnen the
rapacious robbers of the human race. Call to mind
the horrid iichool, in which the newlaw of nations,
theterrible code of France, has been taught. , Re»-
colleélc that the inventors, propagators, and aclepts,
of this new ‘code, are governed by principles which
let at defiance all religion and morality ; blal'phe-
moufly fcofl' at every thing virtuous and good, and
refolve to facrifice on their impious altars, until the
final clillblution of the moral elements of the world.
Be perfuaded, that the pernicious doctrines, of this
modern philofophifin, l were not meant merely for
the clofet fpeculations, and impious paflime, of the
adepts 5 but rather behold, in the unhappy fate of
Holland, Geneva, Venice, arid Switzerland, apratzlin
cal conftrucftion, and a literal execution, of their molt
horrid tenets, In the convulfive flruggles and expir--
ingkfighs, of thefe wretched and deludeclnations, an-»4

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ticipate your lure, and inevitable defliny, if loll:
to your own dignity and fafety, you ihall again lend
a willing ear, to the fuggefiions of France. The
fpirit, which her injuries have roufedg, {he has un-
willingly beheld, and now attempts to foothe your
manly indignation, by clmpping the haughty lan-
guage of a defpot, and aflixming the {oft tone, of a
friend and ally. Regard not the fudden change, of
thisProtean monfier, who can at any time allume

lthe ihape which heft fuits her purpofe. .Although

{he now fmiles, and fawns, and would lick our feet,
remember, that “ like the tiger,‘ {he always crouches,
ere {he leaps upon her prey.”