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Iiave, IHJ- li ne r\<r t.. /..ru heard con-1 raise to ihe single purpose " of .ii.*cli«rR-
JpclurcJ. N« uIht In* constitution rnirling the principal or interest of the debt»,
hi» habits qualified Inin lor nir.li t rials ; j contracted on the faith of the public, fur
ami ivitli the. exc< ptjoju ol
pondent
li/.on in tin; nation knew as ive
ling
Uhofity of appointing tin: officers necessa
ry to the collection of.the proposed tin
es iut"iU j supporting the war limiting its cmi-
in-r little pei.-Ouiil 11-ki tin was a man* of tinunitce to twenty-live years, tttnl vest
cold, cautious. and tiotiil temperament. |ing in the State*, respectively, the an
Ills ItiUeis to fircone confirm this optn
iuut With what inca-uioil Steps due* ho
approach his ,object, wlyn this object
was liul to apprize his friend and corns*-, ------- ■ , ......
hat every well informe.l ci- by an address, prepared hy Mr. Madison, rums a government ot a despotic, or too
hitn- Mr. Ell-worth, and Mr. l/.unilton. Which, I nari;hntiil clmraclnr | that it made pir|
• ' ' of iho plan to put down the. Cotnin.iVhir
Chief, and to bring op in his r.,ou|
what studied circumspection "does be I for doubt or fortlilVmulty, with regard to some one, wlw, holding from the lactwttj
break to hi- liietid the secret of his fears [ the fate of the measure it recommended, would he heller di-posed to support
best in
duct which il became him to nuftuo oo ; writing nay ntldrcw, regard you as the I tnnr.d in four ofwrir. He. w slird to know, j
the present occasion, In: received a let- author .td'Hus said letters ; and, lurlher, wh,ih. r sinh.a war were just, n«, ssury, ..i /fe /niM
ter lion, a southern cures,,or,dent.; in-' iHat l have nine: hail sufficient reason j' ^"'^“"L^v^Tivar nn.Cm.thM*, I ..*>
forming him that n plan was matufed, at .lor believing that (he object ol the author (i ‘ m) ;tfl j , q,,. „ff,rin .,fa| «, ,
the rout of government, for the most
wicked and parricidal purposes ; that it
aimed professedly til establishing public
credit, and supporting national authori
ty j but that its real object was to ovur-
fhc$e resolutions were accompanied j turn republicanism, and to build on its
gelf—-tliHl tht Until'd Slates were cm the from the. weight and obnclnsiveness ol
verge of disunion and bankruptcy? M ilh i its arguments, would Imv e lelt no room i
from the effects of it sudden pence ? On
both these occasions, he whispers, rather
thau speaks, and employs its many in
direct injunctions to secrecy, as might
. have beeu proper had he really meditat
ed (as .Mr. Johnson says he did) the o-
verthrow of the republic. But enough
of thi“—the remarks already made will,
‘ we think, sufficiently show, that our au
thor’-’ judgment is not less fallible, when
it exercises on the talents and characters
of meu, than when it decides on their
policy and motives. We hasten, there
fore, to euhmit to the reader a plaizi and
brict narration, applying to the titCies and
occurrences of which we have beer,
speaking, which can be supported in all
its details, by competent testimony ; and
which, if we mistake not, will conclu
sively show, (hot tho P.i* t of Mr. John
son’s imaginary conspir acies, so far from
being an attempt to •■••• *nu -«> '*■
usurpation and despotism, was an honest
and manly, though perhaps indiscreet
-endeavour, to support public credit, and
'do justice to a long suffering, patient, and
gallant soldiery
lu the fall of the year 1702, the
troops who had been previously assem
bled at Verplank’s 1’oint were moved
to the Woody Hills, in the rear of New
burgh, where they established them
selves for the winter. About (he time
of this movement, a committee was tip-
pointed to draw up a memorial to Con
gress, ui which, atVr stating the disap
pointment and suffering of the army, and
“ their inability longer to endure them,”
they go on to utge an immediate adjust
menl of uccom/ls—a prompt payment ol
as much ofwhat might be due as was
practicable, and the placing the remain
der on such a footing, as would soonest
and most effectually “ restore cheerlul-
iress, ro< ive confidence, and contribute
to the ^-establishment of public credit.”
Major General M’Dougal, and Colonels
Ogden and Drunk*, were elected as the
beaters of this memorial, and were in
strucled generally to prouiote its objects
and to report the progress and issue of
the application.
These gentlemen, on reaching Phila
delphia, (where Congress then sat) were
not slow in discovering, that the repre
sentatives of the nation, like the nation
itself, were divided into two political
sects of opposite character and views ;
that one of these sought, (by the exten
sion and exercise of state sovereignly,
and by denying to Congress the means ol
fulfilling its engagements) to abridge,
perhaps to annihilate, all national go
vernment ; while the other was careful
to indicate, and ready to adopt measui es,
which should enable, that body to do jus
tice to its engagements, past, present
and future ; that this latter party bad,
in 1701, devised means competent to
this end, which were only defeated hy a
small and pertinacious minority of two
stales ; that a new proposition, on the
had it not been known that the
tentions, supported by the soundest and
clearest reasoning avail nothing in a con
test with popular clamor, excited and
maintained, by private interest and local
prejudice—and that, on this question,
gre d pains had been taken to put into
motion all those passions which most do-
form and degrade the human character.
It was probably these considerations
that suggested to the Department ot I i-
nance the employment ol Thomas l’aine,
a celebrated writer ol that day, to sup
port, in the Journals of Kliode Island,
the system proposed by Congre-s, against
the declarations of its known and ac
knowledged opponents. And the same
policy, at a period somewhat later, may
have hastened the return to head quar
ters of Colonel Walter Stewart, who to
the duty of inspecting the troops, soper-
aJiisU tlxii ui .I, awing tlie attention of
the army to the political crisis, which
was fast approaching, and to the course
of proceeding under it which shouldHm
most pro[>er for them to adopt. In exe
cuting this mission, Stewart was frank,
honest, and assiduous ; he saw all grades,
and communicated freely with all; and,
whether justly or not, was under the
most solemn conviction, that ttic creed
of the army, without a single exception,
was settled on three points :—1-t. That
they would look to the national govern
ment alone for compensation : 2d. Thai,
in prosecuting their claims, they would
make common cause u ith the civil -credi
tors of the Union : and, 3d. That they
would neither solicit nor accept fur
loughs, till the issue of the new appeal,
to be made to the wisdom and justice ol
the states, should he distinctly known
and officially promulgated.*
The uses and propriety of obtaining
some public expression of these senti
ments, were not overlooked ; hut the
pursuit of the olject, generally, was
slackened by information received from
the Marquis La Fayette, that articles,
their projects ; and that agents were al
ready employed with the army to ac- I
comph-h these purposes. Nor did the I
writer stop, hen: ; lie wont on to indicate
the authors of the plan, and pointed dis
tinctly tit Robert and Governeur Morris,
and Alexander Hamilton.J|
This communication, though highly
improbable in itself, though entirely un
supported by any auxiliary testimony
from the seat of government, and (bough
utterly unfounded in the facts it assumed,
made a strong impression on the mirnl
of Washington, and excited in that good
and great man a momentary alarm for
himself and his country. Under its im
pulse, he iudentilied lias address with
the machinations of his enemies, ascrib
ed it to the pen of one or moru of the
imaginary triumvirate, and denounced
it as the first step in the progress and
developement of a deep and dangerous
conspiracy. When, on the 15th March,
1783, the army had assembled, under
the general order of the I I th, this extra
ordinary letter was not merely referred
was just, honorable, and friendly to the
country, though the means suggested by
him were certainly liable to much nii'-
hntlerM Hiding and abuse.
I am, sir, with great regard, your most
obedient servant. .
Ci. WASHINGTON.
John AnvtsTitoNG, Esq.”
With this important testimony,11 we
close our narrative, and the review ol
the sketches altogether, adding only n
summary of the conclusions at which we
ibelieve ourselves to have fairly arrived
! in examining this last branch of our sub
ject.
1st. That the letters of Mr. Morris to
(leu. Green, quoted hy Mr. Johnson,
furnish no sufficient evidence of the ex
istence of any conspiracy against the li
berties of the country ; And,
‘id. That the imputation (to Mr. Mor
ris) of the authorship of the anonymous
address to the ofiicers of the army, in
178.1, is wholly unsupported by proof.
It If Mr. Johnson wishes any evidence of the
genuineness of this document, and will signify
the fact to the Editor of the U. S Magazine, he
will submit it to the insjiection of Sir. Hutus
King, member of the Semite of the IJ. States.
FRANCE AND SPAIN.
of a letter fium an Wnin icua penile-
tin in Lisbon, dated t'tb. 15, It.eg.
ranee has decided on war against
neighboring at,-an attack upon their /' f#t “
vileges, and the act an attack upon our own. 1 oUngal appear determined to hght hard,
Tlie speaker was deeidedlj against war,— end 1 think they will, h ranee will ad-
Gen. Fny fullowi il in opposition to tin- war, i mil of no terms short of such a coustitu-
and staled that tlie government hail no wish! lion as Ferdinand may please to grant,
for war—a ivur sahl he against Spurn, would 1 '" ' *-
he a war against olir constitutions. M.dt
Villeic, Minister of France, was in favor of
a disctissi to shew whi ther Spain was in, . ,,
.1 situation compatible with the tan-ty of bpimi ts sochmlhe strongest sense. !
France. He was in favor of w ar rather than
disgrace—rather than compromise—a situa
tion in which tlie revolution has placed iis.
Those w ho govern at Madrid hat i: obstinate
ly refused propositions for the interest of
Spain. We cannot withdraw our armies
ftoin tin*Pyrcnnees to have peace, or we sa
crifice the minor of the crow n and the sale-
fur war—a war said lie against Spain, would i (p CV er there was an unrighteous &. out
rageously nicked war commenced hy a-
ny government, this war of France upon
most sincerely hope and ardently pray,
that it may work the downfn) and utter
nffii of those who have projected and
commenced it.
“ The “ holy alliance” have at last
explicitly avowed their principles, w hich
are, that no govt rment ought to he a!
ty'of France.’^ Tlie Chamber bi’okc up with- lowed to exist which does net allow un
lmiVrUi.w
New-Yokk, April i.
After several weeks of suspense, we have
at length an arrival from England, with very
late intelligence. The ship Hudson, Cnpt.
Champlin, arrived yesterday, bringing Lon
don papers to tlie evening of the ’6th Fell,
and the Southampton Chronicle of the £7th.
to, but publicly produced and read, ami j F,,,nce had not yet made a formal deelara-
commented on hy the Commander
Chief, and, substantially, became the bu
sts of the proceedings of that memorable
lion of War against Spain, but it whs mo
mently expected to take place. We have
been favored with tin: substance of a letter
day. We ask, then, how it has happen- h'".n a highly respectable house in London,
• . , , 11 , which states, that the equivocal tone of the
e ‘ V ,,:l » d ". cu,nc 1 !lt ?u 'mi'ortant, ami, K , ,, {liid C;U ,J mtny S( . rioua con .
which alone furnishes a clue to the con-
King's spr
lectures as to the measures contemplated by
duct and opinion ol both the General |)|ie British Government, and strongly inti-
ami the Army, on that important occa
sion, should not have been mentioned by
any chronicler of the times, or biograph
er of Washington ? There is hut one
way of explaining tiiis extraordinary si
lence : the letter must have escaped
their research'; for it is quite impossi
ble that either its application or impor
tance to American history could have
been overlooked by any careful and in
telligent inquirer, or that, having been
seen, the letter itself should, from any
motives, have been suppressed—since
it was the testimony, publicly offered
out a decision
The future destiny of the Island nf Cuba,
occasions much speculation in the U. Slates.
It is easy to seo, we think, that American
politicians cherish a strong hope of its an
nexation to their Republic—but if the ap
propriation he attempted, they will probably
have to discuss some perplexing questions
with England.—London Courier,
Letters from Hamburgh state that Al. Mu
rat, the sou of the former King of Naples, has
In en refused passports which be asked from
Foreign Court, for the purpose of proceed
ing to the United States.
An application by tlie deputies from the
Peruvian government, fur tickets of admissi
on to tlie. seats appropriated to the arnbas-
idors of foreign pow ers in the House of
Peers, was refused, these gentlemen not hav
ing been recognized.
It is said that Belznni, tile celebrated tra
Her, lias lirrn employed to search after
Mungo Park, tlie celebrated traveller, and
w ill endeavor to visit the city of Toinbuclou,
on the Ioliba river.
Paiu.s, Feh. 24.
On Saturday, the President of the Coun
cil transacted business with the Duke de Ari-
goiileme.
The Pilate states that the Spanish have
fi red England, as the price of its alliance,
the ports of Masviaii, Saotara, and Ceuta.—
It would be better, however, if they were to
mates that they (the measures) will not he
■u passive as some liberal interpretations of
the speech would imply.
A summary of the latest intelligence from
Paris to tin* 2Ith is given below, which lias
a very warlike aspect. The Madrid dates
are to the 15th, on which day the Cortes
had decri ed, that the king and royal family
Should repair to Corunna, and they were to
set out the next day.
The colonial markets in I/nndon had been
greatly affected by the supposed certahity of
war. Sugar, codec, pepper, rice, tea, tur
pentine, brimstone, ktc. had considerably ad
vanced.
London Markets, Feb. 25.—The demand
preliminary to a treaty of peace, had the country did exist. Was it destroyed
that a conspiracy against the liberties ol i f,, r Umton since our last has been brisk and
been already signed in Paris. Joy, at
thus great national event, absorbed for a
time every other feeling ; and even
while considering its bearing on their
oivn peculiar situation and views, few
were to he found in the army who did
not discover in it some new reason for
confiding in the promises of the public.
The delusion was, however, but momen
tary, for the partisans of state sovereign
ty made haste to prove, as welt by their
language as by their conduct, that the
gi eat source of their joy at the near ap
proach of peace, was the means it would
afford, not of discharging public engage
ments, but of degrading the value of all
evidences of national obligation ; and in
this way, of opening more widely the
door to a vile and detestable speculation.
A letter from the Military Committee,
attending at Congress, was received ear
ly in March, mid bore testimony to the
inauspicious aspect of the moment, in
relation to the mission with which they
by Washington himself, under a con
viction of its errors and injustice ; and
did he thus put it out of the power of ac
cident, or of m dice, to commit any new
or additional injury with it ? Such is
our conjecture ; in support of which se
veral other circumstances concur, viz.
the particular esteem and confidence.
those tnen who in this letter were most
pointed at ; for instance, Robert Morris
became his intimate friend and counsel
lor, Alexander Hamilton his confidentii!
minister, Governeur .Morris his ambai-
sador to the French court ; and, what
equally establishes our conjecture, (lie
offer made hy him of u high envploymeat
(not accepted) to the acknowledged au
thor of these verv addresses, j
extensive^ an advance of fully 1-4 per lb. on
cations ol tin- laic India House sale has been
freely realised.
Liverpool Markets, Feb. 22.—There was
an animated and extensive demand the whole
week, sales amounting to 22,200 bags. The
attention ivas clnelly directed to Boweds of
tin: new crop, and sales ol tills description
bad been made a shade higher, hut as the
quantity brought forward had been fully or
limited power to the sovereign prince,
king or emperor. Such abominable prin
ciples are so shocking to every man,
woman and child, who is capable ot
reasoning, as would have prevented an
avow al of theta by any person of com
mon sense and prudence, especially at
this enlightened and thinkiug period.-
Hut it must route every man of every
nation, who entertains any rational ideas
respecting the rights of man ; it must ac
celerate the match ofjtist principles, and
the soouer produce that catastrophe so
niudh to he wished by all reasonable men,
and so much to be dreaded by tyrants.
“ We expect every day to hear that
the French in my, of about one hundred
thousand men, have entered Spain : and
that the Spanish government have re
moved from Madrid, with the royal la-
mily, to Cadi/, or Seville.
“ The Cortes of Fortugal is day and
night engaged in measures ot the higlte.t
importance. T he language and resolu
tions suit the crisis ; and it tlie tia'i»a
acts up to the present appearances, they
will do well.
“ 1 think that both Spain and Portugal
will endeavor to make arrangements with
declare Spain an English province, and then | (heir American colonies ; they begin to
with which he subsequently regarded more than equal to the. demand, hud prevent
od any advance ul consequence.
It was siippoand thu Flench would entrr
Spain by the end of March.
The French ships of war at the different
ports were preparing fur service with great
activity.
A commercial treaty between Great Bri
tain and Spain was finally concluded at Ma
drid on the 8th of February.
The Duke of San Lorenzo, Spanish Am
bassador to Paris, arrived at Dover in tlie
lsteam packet Dasher, on the 16th Feb. On
Nor was this all : to repair the inju- |,j s landing lie was greeted with thrice times
ry done to the motives of this writer, hej three cheers. On his approaching the. Ca-
took care to furnish him with an antidote pita!, his horses were taken Iroin his carriage
principle of the former, but accommo
dated, in some of its details, to tlie ob
jection which ha ! been raised eg nst it, had been charged,
would be speedily renewed—that this
might be considered, as furnishing the
last ground of confidence to public cre
ditors. civil and military ; and that uieu,
be‘h enlightened ;uul honest saw, in the
cirr*.instances of the moment, an iimne-
di it; and fast approaching crisis, more
calculated to excite their fears thau their
Hopes.
Such was the Mntp nf things about the
middle of January ; and on the 25lh ol
that month, the committee, to which had
been referred the memorial of the army,
repotted, nod Congress adopted the re
port : Resolved—
1st. “ That the. superintendent of fi
nance he directed, as soon as the state
of the public finances w ould permit, to
make suMi (immediate) payment, and in
such manner as he shall think proper,
until the further orders of Congress.”
2d. “ That the several states be call
ed upon to complete, without delay, the
settlements with their respective lines
of the army, up to the lit day of Decern
ber, 17C0 ; and that the superintendent
be directed to take such measures as
shall appear to him most proper, for ef
fecting the settlements from that peri
od-” And
3d. “ That tlie troops of the United
States, in common with all the creditors
ol the Union, h ive r.n undoubted right
to expect security, (with regard to future
payments.) and that Congress will make
every effort in their power to ohtai:
from the respective states substantia!
funds, adequate to the object of funding
the whole debt of the United States.”
In prosecution of the policy indicat
ed in the last of these resolutions, Con-
press on the 10th of April, proceeded
to recommend to the States “ as indispen
sably necessary to the restoration of pub
lie credit, Sc to the punctual &i honorable
discharep of the public debts, to invest
the United States, in Congress assem
bled. with n power to levy, fur the use
of the United Stales, certain specified
duties upon all spirituous and vinous li
quors—teas, pepper, cocoa, sugars, anJ
trpd is*e«, and on all other goods, a duty
of five per cent, ad valorem at the time < Aml iul0 whnt di( , tl , e „ e re5olve (hf
and place nf importation ; restricting] Into a rci-onimeudittion of another,
U-a application of the money to he »u | ami last nmontlranct'
The communication of this document
to the army, was thought to present a
lit occason for assembling the officer-,
not in mass, but b_, representation ; and
for passing a series of resolutions, which,
in tlie hands of their committee, and ol
their auxiliaries in Congress, would fur
nish a new and powerful lever for ope
rating on the two dissenting States.—But
to this end, there was yet wanting the
interposition of a hand, which should
touch, with some ability, (he several
chords of sympathy and feeling that be
longed to the case, and thus secure to
the deliberations and their results, that
tone and energy, without which, they
would he tide,id letter. The choice fell
upon Major Armstrong, a very young
man, (the Aid de Camp of General
Gates,) who, yielding to the solicitations
of his friends, in a few hours produced
an address, which was believed to be
peculiarly adapted to its objects. Nor,
according to the historian, was its effect
less distinguished than its reception ; for,
besides being approved and applauded,
all appeared to lie ready to act un the
advices it contained, f
Rut there now arose motives, in a-
nother and powerful quarter, for lessen
ing its influence, and even entirely coun
teracting it. While the Commander in
Chief deliberated on the course of cori-
* Stewart's agency is mentioned in a letter
from Lieu. Ciates nf the Sid June, 1784, in (lie
following terms: 1 Gordon lias been very im
portuniita to know, vyli.it he culls the secret
history of tlie noon) moiis letters, and lias an
impression tlial they were connected wifh
seme great financial anangemeuts. As lie is
an uld friend, and an lemest man, I have au-
Jivered frankly: Tliat SUuvait was a kind of
agent from our friends in Congress nnd in tlie
adiuinistratuui, with no object, however, be
yond that of getting the army to co-operate,
with the civil creditors, as the way most like
ly for both to obtain justice ; t* Unit tlie,letters
were written in my quartets by you, coined
by Richmond,, end circulated by Barker, and
were intended to produce a strong remon
strance to Congress in favor of tlie object
prayed for ion former one ; and that ttie con
jecture, that it was meant to offer tlie crown
to Cie-ar, was iviihoiit any foundation; refer
ring liiei to bis townsman ami neighbor, Ur.
Kustis, for further information, as well as for
the correctness of this
against the poison contained in his own'
original opinions, (delivered to the ar
my,) with regard to these very motives.
This letter is a fine illustration of the
foresight and justice of this great rnin,'
and is in the following words :
“ Philadelphia, Feb. 2 j<l, 1707.
Sir: Believing that there may’be
and drawn to the house of the Spanish Em
bassy in Portland Place.
The speeches of Lord Liverpool, Mr. J
Brougham, and others, delivered in Parlia
ment, w ere translated into Spanish, and sent
to Madrid.
At a Dinner given at the termination of
fhe Norwich Election, Mr, Canning was in
the chair. \Vhen he was toasted, he deliver
ed a speech, in which lie observed, that he
the most liberal
proud in stating that
ition was never more aide to support
them in the eient of her being compelled to
take op arms.
The Southampton Chronicle of the S7th
ofFeb ,tke latest paper received, says—“In-
formation lias reached the Admiralty from
Russia, stating that our navigators had ac
complished the object of their voyage, the
dors, but the reader j ships having been spoken off ley Cape hy
will not oe unpieaieo to see the mnnncr in several vi^sels belonging to Kamskatka. If
which they were relinked by Robert Morrii, ibis be correct, tlie-great geographical pro-
inh letter of tlie 2‘Jiii May - , 1.63, to (, en. |,|eui is solved, and probably our hold navi-
\\ asliingto": | gators are now on their wav home by tlie
“ Ry some designing men, my resignation of r.e -c i\ ...» *
3 , , i 15 • ,/ ,p , , l way ut the t acilie Ocean,
nmcc (grounded on a conviction, that unlcsi i m • r- ,,.,i
. .. ...I The Duke of Tarentum, a Major General,
of tlie Duke of Ragusa. Lt.
a _ liebamp will command the first
Il I division in the first corps of the Spanish ar-
England would be obliged to defend it, which
would not prevent nor Frrnch liberals fiom
calling for peace, and all in order to support
and extend the power of England.
London, Feb 26.
French Chamber of Deputies, Primary 24.
Tlie order of the day, being the bill tor
raising the slim of 100,000,000, for the extra
ordinary expellees of 162:5, was called up,
M. Royer Collurd, opposed the law, and
spoke boldly against making war upon Spain.
He insisted that the war was not conceived
by the King nor people of France, and that
the principles upon which it wasundertaki n
menaced France as well as Spain. A moti
on to have this speech printed was negativ
ed.
Mr. Delcssert described the war as unjust,
impolitic, dangerous and interminable. He
asserted, that Riego and Quiroga, and all the
factions, who have attacked the government
of the King of Spain, have a right to govern
Spain according to their fancy. For hi-
own part lie would rather make war upon
the Rhine against 50,000 Austrians, Russi
ans, and Prussians, than march to make war
upon 0u,O00 Deseamisadoes.
Gen. Foy attributed the war to a conceal
ed l’nivei who would corainencp, through
Spain, a war ngnin-l our institutions. 'Finn
Power drags France where she does not
wish to go, and so tires out the Ministers,
that they will render war inevitable.
The Minister of France, lM. de Villele—
To prove that, wo ought not to grant tin*
subsistence demanded by Goverment, it
ought to be proved that the present situation
of Spain is compatible with the tumor and
security of France. That is tlie question
which ought to be discussed in tnis tribune,
instead nf going out of the way to attack
such and such a Minister.
It has been said with reason, that the
President of tlie Council of Ministers was
| desirous of preserving |u-ace. Such also
i was the desire of tins Monan li, nnd there is
no Minister who would have remained Mi
nister had he advised the King to make an
unjust war. Yes, had it beeu possible to
have avoided war, we should have done it—
and we have tried every' thing to preserve
, • j i t , pu hi v%11ir.ii ii'- i- 1
ime$ non occasions on winch rnv ommofa .
r . . . • , ! . h-j*s t!»'t»*ripirw d to support
of the anonymous letters, and their ato- principles, and he was pro,,
thor, as delivered to the army in thte
year 1783, may he turned to some prtr-
sonal and malignant purpose, I do here
by declare, that I did not, at the time of
t Mr. llarvie, of Virginia.
|| Neither Col. Hamilton, nor Governeur
Morris, so far ns our information rstnnb, took
anv notire of these slander.
something were done to support public lueilit, | .■* U !| u { .° 0
very peroicioiM cnnscijiiences would follow) I ta*vcs the place u
was misconstrued. Il vs :* - represented as a G'ul. d Aoticbai
peace.
We have even made aTI the sacrifices tve
could to remain in that situation. No doubt
peace is preferable to war—but war rather
than disgrace—war rather than compromise
the dearest interests of my country, and
that is the situation in which the Spanish
Revolution has placed u*>.
There has been obstinacy, there have been
refusals, on the part of those who govern at
Madrid ; tlie propositions made to them
were, however, not in the interest of France,
they were all in the interest of Spain ; in
fact, we did not wish to make her a French
factions desire to raise civil commotion,
was said, Hint the army were to he. employed
ns the instruments to promote flagitious-amiin
terested views ; nnd llic«e [suspicions] found I Dnvoust was dangerously ill. Tile 42d from
wtmitlanre to minds tint should later beeudor j ||;, vr e wert io motion. Tlie Cth, 9th, and
| cny under Reggio. Aoticliamp proceeds to
Biscay to command the corps of Zalmhi
talk seriously about it.
11 The king Isas received information
of the arrival of the duke be Angoulen e
at Bayonne ; he is commander m chief
of the French army destined to eater
and conquer Spaiu.
“ Were it not for the internal enemies
of Spain, now carrying on a bloody civil
war against the present order of tln.ig*,
l should entertain no doubts of the sue-'
ce«3 of Spain ; the army ol the hu h,
as it is called, will add much to the
French cause. If however the aruct-.t
and people of Spain mid Portugal pei-c-
vere with fortitude and spirit, they wi i
ultimately triumph. Rut the disaffected
and timorous will operate as a Erg:
drawback on the exertions of t he hern a',
nnd brave part of the two nations. The
clergy, with,, few exceptions, will consi
der it as the last struggle for their jiou e"
and wealth, and of course will make eve
ry possible exertion in favor of the.
French army, ns they have (lone for tl. .
army of the faith.
**■ Krigiaiui isrxQ, |)y its mini*!*” •»*
rid, declared itself neutral, which may
mean that unless Spain will secure the ul
timate payment of the debt -lie owes Eng
land hy putting Cuba into her possession,
to bo held until the debt is discharged,
she caunot take any part in favor ef
Spain ; and that if Spain will comply with
such a proposition, then England will
afford such assistance as may he stipulat
ed. There is no doubt that England Inn
long bean endeavoring to obtain Cuba
by negotiation, and it may not be unrea
sonable to presume that she will endec-
vor to take advantage of the present cri
sis, for effecting so important an object.''
[Upstori Put.I
VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND.
Nkw-Yohk, A pul it.
By the arrival of the junket ship C<dur-
bia, (’apt.on Rogers, in £1 days from J. '
pool, the editors of ihc NiwAurk 1’ }'
Advertiser have reciivi d London pap-
tire evening of the 4lh, and Liverpool toll.-:
Gill of March, both inclusive.
The affairs of Europe are assuming a mnr:
serious and interesting aspect. The papei s
contain Paris dates to the £Gth and M a! at
to the 2-2d Feb. The session of the llvt -
ordinary Corte- was’concluded on the t
of February and the last act which they pus-
d provided for the itunovai nf the se.it
province, hy placing a foreign King upon the j government in cast: of necessity from invas'-
Throne. on or the capital being threatened by a lu:-
How could this war compromise the inter-! eigu invasion, to Cadiz or some other pi n '■
ests of France. Not wishing to impose any of safety. As soon as the dissolution h;: 1 !
law, we would confine it within the limits taken place, the Ministers waited upon the
ever shut against tUan. \\’o now rust on liie
♦•vent lo . how, wliuihera siucm* rugarcl 1
lie justice ami public interest, or n sinister res-1
neot to my own privnto emolument, were the
inti iculial motives to my conduct. I aui ft ve
ry niistHkun man, it time end experience shjill
not domoii'trnlo, that the inti rests' of the army
and of public creditors arc given up Hut I rnenti-
14ih of the line, had suit out for liayonne.
The first brigade of equipages of Angou-
lutne was to arrive ut liayonne the SGIU Fe
bruary.
Funi squadron* of cavalry arrived at Bay
onne Fel». 10, and more expected. An Bul
lish frigate arrived at St. Sebastian's with
on these tilings only to you,and la confidence; «u'tns, See. ft*»r the liberals.
be
supposed that / tun the
it shaft not
leader of sedition."
And again he says, 44 Mining donfc whnt was i Xi r
in my power, to ’establish Urns,: plans whirl, I •‘M'™} .P:,'/. rl,.' ?
appeared necessary, for lining justice to all,
and affording relief to our army in particular,
Tlie Courier of the evening of Ihc 26th of
Feb. says—“ We received this iiintninf hy
express t . ,
yesterday, with a full report of the very
portant debate io the Chamber of Deputies
oting one
xpenses.
wcie to lie pursued, I would gladly 1ihv« de- j Tlie length and importance nf this debate,
which tlie Speech from the Throne laid
down.
This war, say tlwy, has already produced
had effects upon our commerce. It is be
cause the public credulity has l>ecn abused.
All the evil that has been done i« to be attri
buted to that moral influence, to that spirit
nf party which has been di played even in
this Trihane. But has not tin* King re as
sured France, in saying that we have, in our
colonies, and on onr enasls, ships nf war in
iniieh greater number than are possessed by
this unhappy Spain ? _ I
1 repent it ; the question confines itself to
this—van you, in the.state of fermentation |
withdraw th
King for the purpose of consulting him ah
the execution of the Decree—but he shew
cd a strong repugnance to comply with th r
views, or to make any arrangements l '
leaving the capital, and in the end he requir
ed the Ministers to resign their places. I i •
on this, great agitation* among t|ie linen
chiefs and others ensued—a crowd gath, ‘ -
around tlie palace, who threatened \a ' nn
to the King iri erioseqnenee of tin-ill un
nf the Ministers. Alter some time, the mi
nister of Finance, who had remained v
the King, prevailed with him to rcin*t:0e 1
Ministers, by which tranquility was re-lot -
As the history of these events is <J, , ■!
in tin: Spanisli articles of inlclhgi-nr .
son to believe, li,.'
in iolrigne ht tvs, -'
I have acquitted what
was ihc first and great- on that day, upon the motion fur voi
neared that other modes I hundred millions tor extraordinary e-
in which Spain is, withdraw the army you
have upon the I’yienees, for it is on this con-1 think there is every
il it ion you will have peace. In fine, ti II us, this affair has original
’ if there lie any other part that can he adopt- the French gnveriitm lit and
ed for tlu: safety of Fiance and the honor of That weak prince was well a
the Crown, than that which the King has a-1 strong ground ol inti rfr
parted in peace ; but it Ims been liiou-ht that
my further agency was necessary, to procure
for tlie army that species nf relief which they,
seemed to ueaire. The factious, detigilinginun,
who ifn« to have lighted up the Jinnies nf mutiny
and sedition, tins undertaken a most arduous at id
perilous business—to save his cues try vipur
THOSE CONVULSIONS WHICH HER NKOUUl.isnfi;
ti ll) hazarded. This beenmo a duly, whvrov
the first duty lo justice was performed, und lids
shall be performed ulso.” ,
§ To these circumstances, am! with the
same view, we may add, that Timothy Vickfr-
ing (then quarter master general, nnd, if (ve
leave ns but little room to dwell upon th
tiler news in these papers, or to make any
comment upon the debate itself, further than
to say, that the speech of M. du Villeb: (for ]
sre, lh -
dopted ?
It is pretended that we wish to impose th.
Charter upon the Spaniards. 1 can affirm
that France never made sin h a proposal, nor
even hinted any thing to that etfi-et. In fiu-l
who can say that institutions which at.it us,
do not mistake, the only person who, on tlie j th,. troops en
loth of March, opposed himself to the coup-e j »
M. do Cmateauhrian:) did not speak, tho' will equally suit another natini
it was generally expected lie would) sheW-
tjuit France has determined upon vvat*, and
‘may fie expected to order her army to enter
Spain forthwith. The belief is, that it will
have passed the Pyrenees hy tlm 12th of
next month. An article from Bayonne ot
the l&tli says—“ it appears that orders will
he issued from the 25th of February to put
echelon along the extreme fron-
reeoininerided by Washington and adopted hy
the army) became at a subsequent | e'ri aj It be 1
Secretary of War
Royer Collsrd, in his speech on the law
granting supplies, observed that this is a de-
France iia“, that thi King of Spam:
/>/,-, and therefore his cousin D !:
Fra nee coiisidored it net niure'y ;:n
kindness and good nc-ghhorlinod, h ■
ty to interfere in his hcti -If. The jot
oo fer this meditated mth-gc upon i
. independence heiqg placed upon th
ii,g, it became a rnatter'not merely n!
In all our relations with the fVi,insula, vve (>i ij.p m-reseTy,.to i-tahli.-h
have not * niiigie reprrtaeh to charge clir ' ,t N1 t the King of rip,Ihi wi.s not 1 •
selves with ; w,- have alwaj s endeavored t• • I i nutiii >' 1,-n g tlifi.-ti i
maintain peace, and it is because peace »p | ,,!, j \,,i | ,i',. , . I.
peers to os more <1 uigerous than a s'ate ol , ll(iU( j, \ f,, tl.e Km .1‘Jt
wat, that we propose to you to vuie the sub • c . iS0 p,.. „, r> q,,w .ft. i
sidirs demanded. proacln s of a hmftili ..rim. The J
M. Basterech spoke against the law; bin I do l orles fur this iriipvt lot, .‘mil
as anon as he* got into the. Tribune, a great j ihe opportunity—he aeiz- d it.
number of Deputies Ol life right, left the j in its exei utioo. Hnd m un---4 he* ■
Chamber, so that there was not a quorum. | This, as iniglil h.ni l«*-n anil a -I-
; a ad the session was adjourned. | v.as expected, pieduced L-o.a.w ---