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F R A N C E‘.
CO ‘J i:CI I. OF FIVE I, uNI)R H &•
i o Hu real—May []•
■— A meftaore was received from
. thcL-ciiicclory relative to the af
bdlination of the* French minif
- iers. It was the fame as that
Jranfmitted to the council of
.ancients.
The melfage being read, the
' proficient ftated, that fifteen
members had infrnbed their
names to (peak. 'T he ptiotity
was granted to Rh* lock.
heilork—“ You have juft
heard the reritd of the horrible
outrage committed upon the
p** Tons of our minivers; one
dime was wanting to complete
the long fcrics of offences, of
which the houfc of Auftria has
been gui’ty towards France, it
comrs to frighten poflcrity. r I he
moft barbarous ravages have a’-
ways refpe£lcd tlie facred cha
racter ( f the miffionarics of
peace ; yet a civilized nation
has juft dyed its hands in their
blond! fnfolcnt corqunor! the
triumph of a day b'inds you,
and makes ynu forget fix yems
of defeat. It is in the blood of
the reft of the French \ on would
walh off the fhame which the
vifto ies of Fleurus of Areola,
&c have imprinted upon vour
fo: chead. Men of r rar.ee !) ou
wdl know how to check and to
punifh him. Fiona a I parts of
France let one unanimous cry
be hea d—Revenge! Revenge !
Mar es of Bonnier and Rober
joe, jou (hall be avenged ! and
you, [can Debrv, your blood
Hi all not have flowed in vain :
a ciowd of avengers are daiting
to tbofc parts, the (ccne of your
.aflaffmation. Ihe vengeance
(hall he proportioned to the
atrocity of the crime/’ Sher-
Jo. k concluded by moving,
t. 1 hnr comiers extra tdna
ry fh ul be ient to aU powers
to infonn them of the hornbb
outrage that has juft been com
nutted, [Murmurs.] *
2. That in a place pointed
ou*, there ffioidd be cftabhfhed
a high tiibunal. compofed of
judges lent thither (tom all pow
ers. | Murmurs]
3. That the officers of the
army fhould wear crape on their
arm : that ti e black ftandatd,
fhould be dilplayed in all the j
communes: and that dicfe marks ;
*
of ge er il momning fhould not
rcale till a fignal vengeance (ball
have been inflifcled upon Auf
tria.
4. That the councils would
declare in the name of the Re
public, thatthc country charges
ithlf with widows and chtld r en
of cur min tiers rftaifmated.
5. That a war tax fhoutd be
eftabbihed to defray tire ext a
o'dinaiy expcnccs renclc ed ne
ccllary by circumftance
bhedock defued that bis fen
timents might be referred to a
comm Ifiou.
'1 he council ordered the print
ing of his fpcech, 1
Ou planter of Ciror-de, Crrufe
Latouche liallieid, Lucien Bu
onaparte, and Souitbe, ciavted
in the tribune, and all denied 1
to be hea:d.
Duplanter called upon sh ra
tions for vengeance. “ People
of France (cried lie) 10 arms!
your enemy has an rnlatiablc
third for your blood; he has
jufl bathed his bands in the
blood of men unarmed, and in
celled with a charafter facrcd
among all nations, even the moil
baibarous, March !—fly *—out
raged humanity will lead you to
viflory !—1 move that a com
miflion be dirc&ed toprefent the
form of an addrehs to the • rench
peop'e.”—The printing was de
ert ed.
BaEieul— <c T he horrible af
;fafFination of our plenipo en
tiaries is then but too true ! they
have been maffacred by the lol
diers of a nation who ought to
have watched over their lafety
I will not attempt to roufe youi
indignation. The recital alone
makes me fliudder. In hearing
it, alt the nations’of buro e
wiil be chided with horror; the
authors thcmfelves arc frightened
at it: the palenefs of gui't is
upon their forehead.
6< The univerfal conflagration
of Europe, a war of extermina
tion, had already been the reluh
of the new coalition. ihe hor
rible alfaffmation which has jufl
been committed by b caking «*l!
the tics that unite men in foci
-1 ety, by transforming civilized
| people into hordes of I vage
canibals, (huts the door to all
means of conclusion. The
| nation which foreigners them*
felveshave chara6lertlcd as
and the nations her allies a:e the
only ones at this moment who
ought to be tlaffed among civi
lized people. r l he rights of tire
o her people are fufpended; die v
will not recover thole :
they will not refume the ir place
in the f cia! «rder, hut by their
'oima! affectation to revenge the
crime which has jufl put huma
nity in mourning." [Loud and
repeated plaudits.] Bai cul
repeated the preccd ng fentenre.
“ I’or ou;felvcs, let us refume
that menacing attitude which we
have always km wn how to pre
(erve in the inicift of the greatcll
j dangers. Let us pu ge the foil
of France of a I the enemies
which (he dill holds in her bo
fom ; of thole heterogeneous
which check and oppoL her
happincls, which rejoice at what
defolate us, and which coniprre
with the enemies without. Yes,
unworthy Frenchmen you are
the prime caufe of the ills that
afflifl ns. Have iou lufficientlv
abufed the indulgence, I lhall
alinofl lay the weakness of re
publicans ? I ITIOV'*,
1. That the rneffage and letter
fiom Jean Debry be printed and
dill ibured to the number of 1 2
copies, and lent to ad the Can
tons of the Republic.
1 2. That a manifcfto be drawn
1. which the crime that lias
• juft been comrniued lhall be
I denounced to France, Europe,
I end poilerity;
3. That in all the communes
i a funeral fete be celebrated, in
i which ail the citizens fhall pio
j nounce the oath of hatred to
j royalty ; and the government,
authors of this aflaflination, (hall
be dev'ted to public execration.
4. Thata flandard, analogous
to the occafion, be lent to the
armies.
5. That in each chief place
of the department, a monument
be erefted to pe»petuate the
remembrance of this outrage.
6. That th* legiflative body
adopt the widows and children
of our unfortunate minifters.
he council ordered the print
ing to the number of 12 copies.
Foulain I pro
pofe an add.tional article to Bal
licul's plan. Here is your poft;
it is from the height of this tri
bunal that the impulfes of your
patiiotifm mud eledbify all the '
icpublic ; the nations of Europe
mud hear us ; they mud know
that we will not lay down our
arms until this horrible outrage
has been revenged. Our aflafTi
naled minifters were our old col
leagues; they were members of
that wonderful convention wlrch
nveithrew the throne, founded
the republic, and cemented it
with the blood of its la ft tyrant.
FnghtfuJ Auftria, atrocious rc
| vel ing in atrocity, had already
lexercded unheard of ciuelties
1 upon the members of the con
vention, whom treafon had fur
rendered into her hands ; and
fhe would, have mcrcdefsly im
molated them to her vengeance,
if they had not been exchanged
for the remnant of that impure
race which has conftiluted all the
ihs of France.
’ t I move, that upon the day
which lliall be confecrated to the
, funeral fete, the prefidents of the
. two councils pronounce an ana
. logons difeourfe. I move that
jail the patriots in this aflembly
II forget ail ddfentions, fufpend all
i hatred and difeord (a great many
voice? —bravo) and that we fur
, niih the government with the
. j means of developing the national
, energy. 1 move that Ballieul’s
and my propositions be leferred
to a committee of feven mem
ber'' Agiccd to.
The fitting was then put an
end to, ..midft loud and reitera
ted cr;es of vengeance I ven*
geance! vive la republic !
May 6.
The meftage of the direflory
upon the allaftination of our
plenipotentiaries, together with |
the proportions to which it gave
1 life yellerday, were refeired to
| a ronimidion, compofed of the
deputies Pioulain Grandpre,
Bcilies, Ballieul, Duplanier,
Talot, Boulay-Paty, and Fran
cois de Nantes.
BLA NK DE ED S
For Sale , at this Office, *
LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY, ,3, , 799 .
An extraordinary circum-
Hance Las happened in Penn
fylvania flate, which will i n a
great meafure account for the
rapid fbides which the govern
ment of this country has taken
of late towards monarchy, an rl
the oppreffions we daily find
coming upon us. It is no lefs
than a clofe connexion difco
vered to be between Mr, Litton,
the Englifh minifter, and fome
men high in office, in our ov n
government. The following
may be relied on :
“ Sweezy, a noted horfe thief
in Bucks comfy was outlawed,
and fled to Nova Scotia and
Canada, from the government
of which latter colony, he was
lent with difpatches to this city,
and on his return was purfued
under the iormer outlawry he
| efcaped, but his chara&er called
for an examination of a parcel
which he left behind, in whicti
were found three letters fiom
Mr. Lillon to the honorable
Prefident Ruffell ; befides a
great number of letters from *
certain OLD TORIES, refident
in this flare, to others who took
refuge f;om juftice in Canada.
The papers are fo warded by the
rnagillrate who opened them to
Prefident Adams/*
We (hall be able next week
to lay two of the letters before
| cur readeis.
J here is a third letter of the
Britifh rniniller of which we
have not been able to obtain a
| copy, becaufe it is in the hands
of adminittration, but there is
a faft in it, which has come to
our knowledge, in a manner
which we can neither depute
nor fufpeft the authenucity of.
It /lates to the Briiifh government
oj Canada , that in the event of that
Britijh province being attacked h
any foreign power , the government
of the United States Hood pledged
to /apply a military force adequate
to the exigency to defend that cclonv ,
and to prejerve it to the Entijh
government.
One rcfle&ion prefents itlelf
on thefe attempts of Bdtifh in
triguers to involve us in this war;
let any man compare this praiie
of a public violation of the laws
by the Britilh minilier, with the
barbarous expofurc and /logging of
the two Mi/s Daly s, at ( on, in
Ireland , the daughters oj Mr.E u *
gene Daly , a Uatiorer of gr^ c
lefpeclabilhy in private andpuh
lie life—with a [ ntence of
lafhes inflißed on two beautiful V ct *'v;
ladies, both in the ptime of youin
and beauty ; and foi onlv lament
ing the cruelty pia&ifed on intS
brother , for it was the brother
bewailed- —let any American
Ills hand to his heart, and 1')
it dehrable ; is not the iaea 0
tabic —to have any connexion!
with a government whole mm l |1
I ter interferes in our natrn^
