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fen to fall into the bands of fame vtbo utay not fee the
pamphlet, and the reader •will excuse me if I think the
matter it contains of importance enough to merit as
wide a circulation as p r f ■
Americans,
r| ‘HUS have you ieen the confe<jt*ncM of French
X Invasion, from which you have also seen that no
compact, no convention, no treaty, no tribute, will
preserve any coimtry in which these infernal monsters can
either by force or fraud once get a (toe footing. 1 hat
they will leave nothing unattempted to get such a footing
iaJthefe Hates is moft certain; so that you lave only to de
termine whetlier you will witness horrors such as you have
read of, and perhaps dill worse, or bravely resolve to keep
off the contaminating cutthroat crew by the thunder of
your cannon and the point of your bayonets.
Peace! peace! peace!— Ah! this is the toothing found
by which you have been and yet are lulled and deluded. A
corrupt and 1 wicked fadlion, vho are combined with the
despots of France, and who are continually endeavoring to
•divide you and keep you disarmed, in order that you may
fall an easier prey to them lei ves and their Gallic mailers;
This abominable taftion, in l'pite of all your boasted know
ledge, and still more boasted love of liberty and independ
ence, have contrived to hoodwink and delude you, and to
make you submit, with fceming resignation, to injuries
nd intuits unheard of; and all this have they done by a
continual canting repetition of tlie lingle monosyllable,
Peace!
But, ever! suppose it poftible to patch tip a peace with
the haughty Divan; suppose that your Government and
yourselves were to abandon every thought of preferring
your national honor and independence, and basely knuckle
down before the altar of Gallic deipotitin, bearing the de
mand Tribute in your enervated hands; and suppose that,
in confluence of this, the grovelling tyrants were to con
delcend to honor you with the fuperciliousgrin of fotgive
, Itefs; suppose all this; would all this ensure you your be
loved peace , after which you banker and pine with the
fondnels of the lover and the fretfulnefs of the claki?—
The anlwcr to this question is best given in the fate of die
dt graded republics of Europe , to whom, on like conditi
ons, France has already granted the blejjings ol Peace.
Holland Hands firft in the catalogue of niiiery and diflio
tior. Holland, so lately the feat of freedom, commerce,
industry, and affluence, having been pillaged by its dear
ally the rapacious Republic of France, and forced to de
clare war again!! Great Britain, by which it 101 l both its
maritime importance and nearly all its foreign valuable
potfellions, presents at this momont the fad lpectacle of a
country divided againl! itfelf, governed by the haughty
mandates, and awed by the arms of destitute of
commerce, its navy annihilated, defaced almoll from a-
Jnongft the nations of Europe, and reduced to a mere ske
leton of that power which once so nobly contended for real
liberty, and which dilputed with Great Britain the empire
of the main. If I alk you .to what this mighty downhill
is to be attributed you will not liefitate to anlwcr, that it
was effe&ed by the introduction of French principles, and
by the united efforts of the crafty and the credulous; by
the traitors who (as ours do; still cried peace •with France,
apd by the filly people who lifttntd to their deluding voice.
Geneva owes its ruin to a peace with France • Without
the leal! excufc in the world, in the year 1792, the French
marched an army againl! this little Republic and surrounded
the city. The Guievefc, having called in their neighbors,
the Swiss, to their afliftance, were in a fituationto defend
tliemlelvcs, and ftcprefl'cd their determination to do it.
The Convention (ever as base as it was bloody) finding this
to be the case wheedled them into a negotiation. A treaty
was made, according to which the Swiss were to be sent
Cway and the French army was to retire. Ihe army did
retire; but, when the Swiss were gone, the villains of the
Convention annulled the treaty; their army advanced,
Entered the city, and were joined by numbers of traitors.
All the blejjings of a French revolution began; the rich
were plundered, feme of diem put to death, others to
flight; the poor little Hate became a province of I*ranee,
and from case, opulence, and independence, fell to the
lowell degree of misery and vaflalage.
Genoa, by yielding to demand after demand, by paying
tribute upon tribute, and by swallowing humiliation upon
humiliation, thought to el'cape the general w reck; but no;
a revolution has been effeded, as at Geneva, and followed
by similar conlequenccs.
Hamburgh, Bremen, and Luheck, though so remotp,
have not been able to avoid the outllretched arm of French
rapacity and power, bur have been compelled, as the
price of peace, to pay a tribute of fcvcral millions, in
return for which they arc hourly threatened with final
feibvcrlion aiid total ruin.
Venice made peace with the French , ind thereby gave
them an opportunity of dii'piaying the tieacherouinels of
their charader in its fulltft glare. Alter, deluding die
people of this state with the hopes of liberty, equality, and
independence, they pillaged the city of its trealures, de
ftroytd its mol! splendid institutions and costly ornaments,
hnd levelled the pride of ages with the dust. Tliey took
poffefiion of its inoft valuable iilands, plundered it of its
navy, beat and murdered hundreds of its inhabitants in
mere whim and caprice, and finiilied their perfidious work
by delivering up the mife cable people to the government of
S ilrang(x,and of ajMonarch whom they had always p.ffeded
to confiucr # one of the greatel! enemies of liberty, and
whom in their decrees and proclamations a tliouf*
•nd times ftylcd a despot.
Switzerland doles the awful leffotu This Republic
was. like the United States, a federative one. It had
long been equally the admiration of the ftiresrian and tiie
civilian, and not unfrcquently tlie fubjeil of the mult’s
praise. Yet, by peace with France, tltis much admired
Republic lias been tom up root and branch. Switzerland, .
basely forgetting the murder of the King’s guards on tlie
ictli of August, odicioullv came forward, tlie firft Hate of
Europe, to acknowledge the Republic of France . The
Swift> observed what they called a ueuuality; but it was
vilely mfiacrtr, rfwavs operating tnfevor of tlie French. r
When these latter hail swallowed up the neighboring coun
tries they quarrelled with the Swiss. 1 hey ordered them
to fer.d away the Englifli Ambaflador, which would have
been done, had lie not spared them the disgrace by retiring.
They were next ordered to banilh tile Emigrants; they
negotiated and complied. Now there was no ground of
quarrel left; an infurrettion was therefore excited, and the
jgcncrous French marched in their army to protetl thf poor
•I pprejfed in fur gents! In short, \X\e HELVETIC UNION
was now told that they mufl change their constitution. Tliey
negotiated, but still the enemy approached. The Legislators
met; tliey offered to make feme alterations. Thole would
not do. They must receive a conjiitution from Paris .
They refilled, and colluded their army; but, still indeci-
Jive, (just like our House of Representatives) they ordered
their army not to ad. At last, while they were still de
bating,-comes the French fans culottes and disperses them
at the point of tlie bayonet. The Swiss army was found; j
the people were brave and active; but what, with such Go- (
vernors, were they to do again!! ten times their force! j
They nrfhed on the enemy’s camion; were blown to pieces ,
k by thouftmds. The women fought by the sides of their i
hu/bands; no less than eight hundred of them expired
under the fabres of the Woody French. With these gallant
females the liberty of Switzerland groaned out its last.
TJhus, Americans, nave all the republics oj Europe,
For their endettvoring to conciliate with France; for her 1
tame submission to injury and insult; for their whining,
cringing, and crawling for peace; been finally rewarded
by the fubveifion of their governments, by the loss of their
property, by the massacre of their people, by being reduced
to the last degree of national wretchedness and disgrace, and
by being rendered tlie (corn and contempt of the Universe.
But the example is not complete, without (hewing you
what would have been the effect of an eppoftte conduit .
This you must also learn by again turning your eyes on
Europe. There yon will perceive that those who have
fought the French with bravery, who have obstinately re
filled the progrels of their principles, and who have never
yielded to their insolent demands, are still secure in the
enjoyment of jtheir commerce, their Wealth, their liberty,
and tlieir religion.
Viewing the general desolation of Europe, tlie fallen
state of all the countries that have submitted to the scourge
of the Republicans, and the calamitous, the brutal condi
tion of these Republicans themselves, what a grand and
noble figure ando I ;the people of Great Britain exhibit to sur
rounding nations, Handing, as they do, firm and erctl a
midst the storm, proudly determined not to submit to the
will of the enemy, bravely resolved to facrifice every com
fort in support of their religion and their liberties, and still
enjoying all those bleflings of which other countries have
in so ftiort a period been bereaved! Their trade and manu
factures still flourifh “ through the state,” and fuqiafs the
commercial enterprises and fucceflcs of all the other nations
in the world. Agriculture, for from languidling during
the war, has been purliicd with unexampled vigor and prol'-
perity; all their excellent institutions continue to thrive
under the unremitting aftiduity of tlieir Governors, and the
oealelels generosity of the public; and the national bene
volence has been mol! nobly displayed in the fuccefllve and
ample fubferiptions for the relief of persecuted foreigners,
for that of their own wounded soldiers and sailors, and for
the benefit of the widows and the oiphans Os those who have
fallen in fighting the battles of their country. The iuten
court? between man and man is preserved unalloyed by
suspicion; the charms of iociety remain unControled by ten
’ror; tlieir wives vaicl daughters deep. without apprehension
of being disturbed by die violator or the affaflin; and their,
property is fccnml by mild and well dilpenfed laws again!!
tlie public depredator and the private aggressor. Their
iftands in the AVeft Indies have been fecurcd, and aug
mented by those of the enemy; their pofieflions on this
continent have continued unmolested; their extensive and
valuable territories in the East Indies have enjoyed the meft
profound tranquillity; they have added conquest to conquest
in Alia and Africa; the Cape of Good Hope is tlie guardian
of their commerce to tlie East, and the rock of Gibraltar
defies the poVer of Spain. In naval fame they have made
avail acquiiition. In that part of the war which belongs
to Britain they have obtained successes which fuqiafs the
mol! brilliant examples of their ancestors: history abounds
with tlie noble ueeus of Britifii tars, but it was referred for
George the Third, after decisive and glorious victories
successively gained over the fleets of France, Spain, and
Holland, to fee his navy ride triumphant at the fame mo
ment at the mouths of BreJ ?, Cadiz, and the Texel .
Such, Americans, and fofituated, is the nation from
whom, generally /peaking, you are defended. Compare
her filiation with that rs the degraded peace seeking
Republics of Europe, and then determine which example
you Jhall follow. Independence, with all its attendant
blejjings, is yet within your power; hut, as it was ob
tained by arms, fa it mufi be maintained; and you have
not a month, nay, not a day, left you to confder, whe
ther you jlalUaJfutne those arms, or basely bend your
necks to the galling yoke of the insolent blood tbirfy
tyrants of France.
IVanted immediately ,
AN OVERSEER to take charge of a Rice BUmtari
on, for whom generous wages will be given. None
need apply uakl's well recommended. Apply to
JAMES'SMITH.
New Land, Liberty County,
9 th July, 1795.
■ NOTICE.* _ .
A LI. persons are particularly warned again!! purcbafmg
juiy Negroes, lands., or otlier property, belonging
to the Effate of John Ruppert, deceased, from any person
or peribns whatsoever, as the whole thereof is 1 eCUred, by
the will of the said John Ruppert, to the foie and separate
use of Mrs. Burney during her life, and to her children
after hair dcceafe. ‘ ,
, WILMAM LeWDEX.'I t- \ , .
John EpKnses. J EiCn,tors -
February li, 1798.
C 1
A STOUT young man, of a yellowish I
with a fear on his forehead and upper lip, and a bum* ■
on his fl'in, ran away from the fubferiber, without any JjH
vocation, fmee last January, is well kneivn in Savannah. I
being always employed about house. It is fuppoftQ h e v! •
harbored by Negroes in Cos. Wylly’s Twamp, and at Wj; 1
mington, where Capt. Smith, plants, and at’ other ifl ßn( k J
He took with him, among!! other clothes, a clay colored ■
I'urtout coat. I
If Dick returns of his own accoi€ his atfence will be . ■
verlooked; if taken, a reward of 20 dollars will be paid lL 1
delivering him to the Keeper of the Workboufe. 7 * ■
W. I
Fifty Dollar* *nevd-d. ‘ I
RUN AWAY from the fobferiber, I
about 4 weeks Snce, A Negro I
Fellow, named Brave Boy, an African I
i \ . bom ’ straight m-de and slender, about I
5 feet 6 inches hl gb, dark complexion, I
21 or 22 years of age; it is fuppofud I
he will change big name to Abraham. I
Ten Dollars, with reasonable charges, I
will be paid qp hilflelivery to the Gaoler in Savannah, I
and the above reward of fifty dollars for proof of his being I
harbored by a white person, so that .he offender may bt I
brought to punishment. Geo. Millen.
Lottery Hall , June 45, 1798.
i wENTY DOLLARS KEWAKD^
WILL be paid to any person who may lodge in tlft I
gaol of Savannah, the following NEGROES; I
Tom, a very well made smart little fellow, has his hair I
tied behind, or rather on the top of his head, or near it; I
lie is a cooper by trade. Fanny, his wife, a very likely I
| young wench, about 5 feet 6 inches high, drefTes verj I
! neatly, and has been a house fervarrt. They are well I
! known about Savannah and mod of the plantations in the I
vicinity, where they have always lived till lately. It is I
supposed they wilt lurk about the plantation of George I
Millen, Esq. or feme other in that neighborhood, from I
wjicnce they will make frequent visits to the city. Ten I
dollars will be paid for the de'ivery of either of them so- I
parately. Fanny run away about two weeks ago, Tom 1
ytfterday. JAs. JONES.
Ship Yard , *fuly 18, 1798. * I
inlcnor Court, Cha ham Cuum),
July Term, 1798.
Ordered, ,
r the Court be adjourned until Monday the 6th
A of August next, at which time the several Colleftorg
of Poor and County'Faxes, and Overseers of tlie Poor,
that have not yet fettled their accounts, are requested to
attend at the Courtboufe, precisely at 9 o’clock in the
forenoon, with their accounts and vouchers, for settlement.
All persons within the county of Chatham, (the jurifdic.
tion of the city of Savannah excepted) that keep taverns,
billiard tables, or retail liquors, or those that intend so to
do, are notified, that they mufl; apply to the Court by pe
tition, and take out licenses, under such regulations as the
law directs, under the penalty of forty-three dollars.
Extract from the Minutes,
Justus H. Scheuber, c. i. c. c. c.
Savannah, July 12, 1798.
Interior Court, Chatham County,
July Term , 1798.
IT appearing by the Sheriff's return that the following
persons were duly summoned to serve as Jurors thifc
term, but made default, viz.
Robert Murdoch, ‘ , William Clarke,
Samuel Wall, Richard Keating,
Hampton Lillibridge, Michael Miller,
John G. Williamson, John M‘Cullough,
Charles Tondee, John Lillibridge,
Ordered, That they be fined in the sum of 20 dollars
each, unless they Ihew good and fufficient cause of excuse,
made upon oath before of the Peace, and filed
in the Clerk’s Office within 30 days after publication here
of, so that the merits of the fame may be determined by
the Justices at their next meeting.
Ext rad! from the Minutes,
Justus H. Scheubeß, . 1. e. c. r.
Taken up at the fublcriber’s plantation, Screven
county, on the main road leading ficm Savannah
to Augusta, about the 17th May last, A BAY HORSE,
about 8 or 9 years old, one hind white foot, blaze face,
branded on the mounting Ihoulder 26, and on the near
buttock IN, trots and canters, about 14 hands high,
August 29, 1797. STEPHEN PEARCE.
* UP in Savannah, A Negro Wench, who
JL calls, herfelf Hannah, and sometimes Kate, and •
fays it is two or three years since (he ran away from
Chßrlefton, that (he belonged to the widow of Thomas
Smith, but believes that Die has been since fold to feme
person in the country; fhg appears to be about 25 years
’ old, of rather a y-ellow complexion. Whoever (he belong*
to may have her by applying to Matthew Motz, Keeper
of the federal gaol, and paying charges of advertising, &c*
Savannah, sotb Sept. 1707. _
BROUGHT to the Workhouse in Savannah, A Ne
gro Fellow, named Buck, about 5 feet 6 inc!>e*
high, and about 40 years of age, (peaks very bad Engli!h
fays he belongs to one Myer, in South Carolina.
Nov. 23,1797. _ Jacob Tasissy Gaoler^
BROUGHT to the Workhouse in Savannah, A Negro
Fellow, named Fork, fays he belongs tp one Mr.
Yawney in Charleston; he is about 5 feejt 6 inches higfe
and about 50 years of age, his bread is greatly scarred by
a burn from powder, as lie fays.
June 13, 1798. Jacob Thews, Gaoler.
BROUGHT to the Workhouse in Savannah, A Negro
Fellow, wfio cannot tell his name, nor that of l' s
master; he is about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, and
40 years of age. Jacob Thews, Gaoler*
July
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