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so the Citizens of Georgia.
AN address to the Citizens of the
United States, and particularly to rhofc of
“ New York, New-Jerfev, Deleware, Ma
ryland, Fennfylvania and North-Carolina,
on the propriety of choosing Republican
members to their Hate iegiflature,” has I
find been lately republilftcd here, in a
kind of pamphlet, and is intended to be
diftribnted throughout the Hate, for the
purpose of influencing in some degree the
choice of Electors of President and Vice-
President of the United States, The ob
ject of the address, as the writer Hates, is
to effeft a change in the measures of go
vernment, by the removal of Mr. Adams
from the Executive office, and the eleftion
of a President of different “ political opi
nions and conduct.” And as he seems to
have exerted more art, than reason to give
force to his performance, I beg leave in
the eXcrcife of the right of a free citizen to
make some reply to it, efpeciatly as the
manner of its being republished here , au
thorises every individual to confider the
address as particularly direfted to him,
from the Person who was at she trouble
of having it reprinted. And although the
choice of Electors of President and Vice-
President in this date, will probably be
with the legislature, as no mode is point
ed out for the people to make this election,
and therefore this address may not be sup
posed to have an immediate and direß in
fluence therein; yet as it appears purpose
ly calculated to make unjutt and improper
irnpreffions, I feel it a duty not to fuffer it
to pass unnoticed.
The writer after his introductory sen
tence, begins to complain of the fetttrs
which the /edition aft has forged for the prejs ,
and which makes it impoliible for him to
address us with the freedom he ought. Long
before the publication of this address here,
the {'edition aft expired, and therefore, it
is evident that in giving it circulation, it
was deemed of no confequencc whether
the fubjefts of complaint had real exirt
ence or not~~lnit even fuppnfing the aft
to be in force, this commencement of the
address is eithf-r falfc, or contains an ex
press acknowledgment that the writer
wiflied not to regard the truth. For the
{'edition aft, when it existed , never impos
ed any other reflriftions on the press, than
that it should not be the vehicle of falfe
and malicious Hander, nor on the moil
unprincipled writer, than, that he should
confine himfelf to truth in his remarks.—
Every aft of the government was ever held
fubjeft to the examination, and the cha
rafter and conduft of every public officer
fubjeft to the ferutiny of every individual,
vyhc/ thought proper to engage in the in
vefiigation : And the fediiion aft not on
ly allowed, but rather invited the moH un
bounded freedom in publications of every
kind; requiring only, as to the officers of
government and the legislature of the uni
on, an observance of that truth which is
required by the laws of God, and the vio
lation of which ought never to be func
tioned by the precepts of man. When a
law then only forbids us to publifli lies ,
will any one pretend it prohibits his pub
liflling truths, or prevents his examining
the conduft of “ the Ptefident of the
United States” with the freedom he wijhes ?
Or can any man poifiblv feel cramped and
fettered, because he cannot faljely ami ma
liciously slander the Chief M.igiflrate of the
Union, when he cannot take that liberty
with any other individual, and will not al
low any individual to take that liberty with
him ? Can it be the wifli of the virtuous
and enlightened citizens of the United
Stales, that the highefl officers of their go
vernment, men whose integrity is un
quefiionable, and whose ferviccs they have
long experienced; fliould become a kind
of political Targets,at which the envenom*
ed darts of malice, and the poisoned ar
rows of slander may be difeharged with
impunity ? And will they resolve that the
dexterity with which these mifehievous
weapons can be hurled at the honeH and
the upright, fliall be the difiinguifhing cri
terion ot Republican Pat riot ifin. For my
own part 1 teel as tenacious of my rights,
and fliould as readily oppose any infringe
ment of them as any other American citi
zen—but 1 never yet felt myfdf injured or
cramped by the fediiion aft; this may
however be owing to mv having never
yet felt a desire to publilh a falihoodagainft
my neighbour, or the government of mv
country. Throughout the whole of this
address, however, the writer affefts a won
derful fear of the fediiion aft, and pretends
that were it not for that, he could Hate
some important faft.% and ufc “ Hrong
epithets” which nenv he is prevented from
doing—this is too flimfy and trifling a
kind of art to impose on us, for no man
who reads the public new {papers, and
nhferves the freedom with which the pub
lic officers are treated, and the minner in
which they are often Hindered, can believe
this writer had any of the fears he affefted; 1
particularly, as if he pofltfled any real
lasts, no law forbid his publifliing them—
and he might and would have rejoiced to
to do so. All his dark insinuations there
fore are merely intended to induce a belief
that he poflelled fafts that he did not; for
it is a certain truth that a pcrl'on who had
laboured as much as he did, would gladly
make public any, and every faft in his j
knowledge that would favour theobjeft of
his address—his not publilhing them, is
therefore an evidence that he did not pos
sess them. After however lamenting his
being fettered, by being reflrifted to tryjh,
he goes on to express the neceility xtf ew
mining the conduft of the President, and
tells us we were taught to expeft from his
adminiflration many bleflings; and then
proceeds to fay our “ commerce has be
come the prey of both England and
France.” It will be recollefted that the
objeft of this address is to prevent the re
eleftion of our present illuflrious President,
whose conduft the writer pretends he is
about to examine; but in this examina
tion no notice is taken of the many fervi
ccs he has rendered his country, no regard
is paid to his fpiendid talents or numerous
virtues, but every effort is made to point
out the impropriety of his conduft, and
among the firff of his tranfgrefiions we are
told, our commerce is plundered by Eng
land and France. Is Mr. Adams to blame
tor this? Is he the plunderer in both these
cases ? Or is he, or was he ever able to
prevent either ? He can no more prevent
the improper conduft of foreigners at Tea,
than he can the improper conduft of un
principled and abandoned men on land;
and it would be as jult to impute to him
every high way robbery in the United
States, as to impute to hum these depreda
tions on our commerce. But lays this
writer, however inexcusable and rapacious the
conduft of F>auce has been, tile Britifli in
their conduft and policy are Hill more so.
Admitting this to be true, let the unpre
judiced mind alk if tlie fault is in the Pre
sident ? Or whether he ever countenanced
Britifli depredations on our commerce ?
He was among the firft of our citizens to
oppose the injuflice of that nation previ
ous to the revolution, nor has he ever in
any inflance been disposed to yield to it
the rights and previledges of the Ameri
can people—his orders to our naval com
manders, evidence his determination to
l'ubmit neither to insult or aggefliou where
it could pollibly be prevented. He has
not indeed as the writer Hates, given or
ders to retaliate, and I trufl he will not as
long as that measure can be avoided.—
Trifling as lome persons may confider a
war, and much as they may wifli to pro
voke one with Great-Britain, I sincerely
hope the wisdom and firmnefs of the Pre
sident, will, as it has hitherto done,preferve
us from such a calamity. To preserve
peace with all the world, and that confid
ently with our national charafter, and the
preservation of our Independence has been
tiie uniform wifli and unvarying poliev of
the President, and to him alone it is owing
that an amicable negociation with France
is now progrefling, when fuflicient causes
exifled, and many efforts were made, to
produce an aft of declared and general
hortifitv. But the writer goes on to enu
merate the various laws parted during Mr*
Adams’s adminiflration, and tells us, wheq ’
he was elefted, there was no fed it ion aft,
no alien aft, no damp duty, no direst tax,
&c. It may perhaps be deemed political
ly cunning , to attribute these afts to the
President, but the man muff be politically
and naturally weak indeed, who can be
lieve him the author of any of them. They
were such as the circumllances of our
country required, and were determined to
be neceflfary by a majority of both lioufes
of Congress, and Congress, and not the
President were the framers of them. They
did not indeed exiff before they were enac
ted, because they were not before thought
neceflary ; but when they parted, a majori
ty of the representatives of the people, col
leftcd from every part of the continent,
were in favor of them, and thole men were
I should suppose as capable of judging of
their expediency or propriety as the writer
of this address.
I shall take the liberty hereafter of mak
ing a few more observations on this fubjeft
which I hope will receive no attention be
yond what they merit, for their candor
and truth; but in concluding at this time,
I cannot but observe, that the writer of
the address alluded to, in his pure repub
lican leiitiments, recommends to several
Hates, such changes in their Hate I.egifla
tures as in his niodeftallumption he thinks
proper. One might ask this writer how
he came to know better than the people
themfclvcs what changes wouldbe proper
in the LegilLtures of Hates of « hich he is
not a citizen. It is generally supposed
that the citizens of the rcfpeftlve Hates arc
the b:H iudg*s of the changes neceflary.
as well as the political regulations proper
for the state to which they belong, with
out being directed in this particular by a
stranger ; hut this writer seems disposed to
di&ate to almclt every Bate in the Union,
and in all liketyhood he is not a citizen of
either—for I have generally cbferved, that
a great proportion of thole mod opposed
to the prefentadminiftration, and most de
| firous of change are reliefs defignmg fo
reigners, who in return for the hofpitaliry
received ir> our country, abule and Han
der the government that protects them.
But whether in this instance the writer be
a foreigner or not, it is evident he is not a
citizen of more than one of the states to
which'he direfts hu address, and as an in
habitant of the Independent state of Geor
gia, I venture to suppose we are not so
unable to judge for ourselves, as to need
dire&ions from abroad in the choice of
our Legislators. , ZENAS.
PARIS, May 29.
It is said that general Mack has not been
received at the court of Vienna, where he
presented himfelf. He is entirely di(grac
ed, it is said, for having fltewn himfelf
devoted to the party of the archduke
Charles, and for having surrendered to
general Championnet.
MAY 31.
A rumor is in circulation that Madam
Buonaparte is going to join her husband at
Milan.
General Vandamme has arrived at Paris.
He left the army in the heft difpufition.—
He is going to command in the depart
ments of ci-devant Belgium, where the
Englifli appear to threaten a debarkation.
Reports presented by the mini [ter of the interior
to consuls of the republic.
“Citizens consuls, I have the honor to
denounce to you a number of the journal
entitled The Ami de Loix, which you
will find annexed to this report.
“ This journalist might have publiftied
his opinion refpe&ing the mftitute with
becoming decency; but he could not with
out deserving to be fupprefled, indulge
himfelf in throwing redicule and treating
with carcalm a set of who do honor
to the republic by their learning and ta
lents, and who every day are extending the
sphere of human knowledge. I demand
of you, citizens consuls, the suppression
of this journal, every number of whic h is
marked by characters which have little
refembiance to its name.
“ As the friend of the arts, and under
this name the defender of every thing
which is interfiling to them, I demand of
vou, citizens consuls, the suppression of
the journal entitled the Ami des Loix.
“ Health and refpeCt,
(Signed) “Lucien Buonaparte.
Decree if the 29 th May.
The consuls of the republic, upon
the report of the minister of the inferior,
decree
1 ft. That the journal entitled The Ami
des Loix , be fupprefled.
2d. That the ministers of the interior
and of the general police are entrusted
with the execution of this decree, which,
along with the report of the minister of
the interior, (hall be inserted in the bulle
tin of the laws.
In the absence of the firft consul,
(Signed) CAMBACERES,
Second consul.
Buonaparte writes that he is beyond the
St. Barnard. The 25th of cavalry is just
going to march to the army of Reserve.
This night a military commission, convok
ed by gen. Lecourbe, has condemned to
death the commiuaiy of war of the firft
class Pommimer. He was convicted of
having endangered the fafety of the army,
by converting into money fur his own
profit a requisition of provisions made for
the army at Kimpten. 75,000 liven were
pocketed by him and the army was in
want of bread. —The council of revisions
to which he has appealed, will be occupi
ed with this affair. May this example
strike horror into men who leaner defla
tion through the conquered countries,
produce feafeitv on the rout of the army,
and throw disgrace on the French name !
It was worthy oftheauftere Lecourbe to
be the firft to give such an example. By
rewarding among those who have distin
guished themlelves, fufiliers, cannoniers,
drummers, and waggon drivers, he has
increased a hundred fold the emulation of
all daffies of the army.
ARMY OF EGYPT.
Paris, May 24..
Advices from Constantinople, dated the
24th Floreal, (April 14) state, that a Bri
tish fqadron had appeared before Alexan
dria, the commander of which declared,
that he had orders to flop all veflels that
might iffiae from that port.
Yesterday the Spanish ambaffijdor com
municated officially to government a dis
patch he had just received from Vienna.
The fubjed of it was, th3t the difficul
ties started by the allies, to the the execu
tion of the convention of the SthPluviofe,
had obliged the army of Egypt to pursue a
conduct a'nalagous to circumstances.
Vienna letters anounce that Kleber has
entirely defeated the army of the grand
Vizier. This unexpeded news is given as
certain ; it will appear probable, if we re
coiled that the treaty obliged the Turks to
furnifh the French with paflports fro/yi the
coaltfced powers, and that the refufal of
Keith rendered that engagement impoffibie
to be executed. It is in fad probable,
that under fucli circumstances Kltber
would be constrained to employ force to
oppose the occupying of grand Cairo, and
the pofitioris which would guarantee the
fifety of the army.
The ratification of the treaty reached
lord Keith, at Leghorn, at out the ic h
Florcai (30th March.) It will not have
been known in Egypt, till long after the
event announced by the Vienna letters.
The enemy has dared to make an
fion into the maritime Alps, but their
presence will not long fully the foil of the
republic? and the march of the army of
reserve will soon force them to abandon it
if they do not voluntarily do it soon.
Great praise is due to the conduit of citi
zens Charles Lecroix and Lecoiatre Puyr
reaux, perfect of the commissioner gener
al of police for the Bouches-du-Rhone:
Citizen Fauchet, perfect of the depart
ment of'the Var, led in person columns
of the national guards against the enemy.
The faireft day of the republic nfever exhi
bited more energy.
[ Journaldes Hommes Litres. ]
The Ottoman Porte ought to have con
gratulated itfelf on the treaty of Egypt;
by the treaty the invasion of the French
had turned out advantageous to the Sul
tan. We had subdued for him the Mame
lukes—we have recovered for him an im
portant part of his states, where his autho
rity had long been dilowned. The obsta
cles which the Englifli opposed to the ex
ecution of the capitulation, could not
but be likely to become fatal to the Tur
kifti empire. Kleber has already beat the
army of grand Vizer, who ivifhed to take
polleffion of Cairo, before he had furnifli
ed the French army with stipulated palf
ports ; and if we- take a view of the pre
fenl state of Turkey, and the different cir
cumstances which have attended the ex
pedition of Egypt, we shall be less alatm
ed for the situation of the French in that
country.
The army of the grand Vizer did not
reach Damascus till after a march of eight
months—its passage through Syria, and
its arrival Damascus, where a continual
feeneof desolation and disorder. In fur
red ion,. desertion, pillage, heads cut off
in camp, as well as in towns and other
parts of the country, are all fads attested
by eye witneflesi The Vizer having fall
en sick in a convent of dervifes took it in
his head before the capture of El Arifeh,
that to fecure'himfelf from Buonaparte
whom he was about to attack, he could
not do so but by building a wall across the
defart.—His physicians and his treasurer
made him renounce his projed, and a
corps of 12,000 men were neceflary to
carry El Arifeh. What then would have
been the progress of this army without
the capitulatiow ? The pacha Dgezzar had
refuied to join the grand Vizer, and fetm
ed rather to ad against him than to obey
his orders. He had (ignified to him that
he must take another rout than that of
St. John Acre,and the Vizer did notdifpute v
these orders from his fubaiterns. Dgezza f'M
had likewise sent him his refiguation of the
pachalic of Damascus, and forbidden all
the diftrids fubjed to his authority to fur
nifh provision to his army. The Imperi
al army estimated at 36,000 men was en
cumbered with a third more of servants or
women, and could not cross the defart
but by transporting water, provisions and
fodder on camels. The French masters
of the wells, had only to attack the camels,
to starve and annihilate the army.
Extract from Vienna.
On th 12th inst. an express from Con
stantinople brought to the Turkifn ambas
sador here the unexpeded intelligence of
the war having recommenced in Egypt.
The departure of the French having met
with many difficulties, the captain Pacha
not arriving at Alexandria, with his fleet
from Coftantinople, and many of the
French having been maifacred in Egypt,
general Kleber unexpededly attacked and
totally defeated the army of the grand Vi
zier on the 17th and iSth of March, at the
moment when he was preparing for bis To -
lemn entry into Cairo with 20,c00 men.
The bloodshed was terrible, particularly
among the Turkish infantry, very few of
whom eicaped ; the cavalry were less un
fortunate, having efFeded their escape by
, fleeing to the cnr.n of Osman Pacha the