Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser

From a Correspondent.

SPIRIT OF 1776.

Our Jacobins pretend to feel the spirit of 1776. What was that spirit? It was all pure American, without any adulteration or intermixture with French taffia or democratic whisky. Congress in the declaration of independence spoke the language of Americans—the language of manly good sense and real national dignity. They declare that as to Britain they will, "be enemies in war, in peace friends."

The war whoop Jacobins exclaim, we are enemies to Britain. A friend of Britain is a foe to our liberty and independence. Is this the spirit of '76? No, it is directly contrary. It is the first article of Jacobin duty to be the enemies of Britain in peace. Yet ask them, whether they would go to war with that nation, they say and swear no, no, no. It is truly said of those who will swear that they will

The spirit of '76, was patriotic. No country was then loved or respected so much as our own.— The Jacobins lately toasted the French constitution and gave nine cheers. To our own they gave only three. Citizen Jacobins, is this like '76?

The spirit of '76 was magnanimous and heroic. We appealed to heaven, and defied the hosts of Britain and her hireling Germans. No one then desponded or shrunk from the crisis. What is the language of the Jacobins at this day? It was France and France alone that won liberty and independence for America.

Our liberty cannot be maintained, if the French are defeated. We must become slaves unless the French hold their conquests of Flanders, Holland and Savoy. Their cause is our cause.

Is this the spirit of '76. No, it is the language of cowards and traitors. It is the language of fugitives from a land of slavery and who bring the spirit of slaves

maintain with the native Americans that we are now infinitely more able in respect to power and resources and not any worse disposed than we were in 76 to maintain our liberty and independence.

The spirit of '76 was really independent. Congress with indignant firmness rejected every attempt of Britain to treat with us as Colonies. But our Jacobins, with the spirit of Colonists, or rather with the dastardly spirit of slaves, reproach our Government with having made a treaty without consulting France, deny the right or propriety of any treaty with her foe, and rejoice to read the miserable insults and threats that are copied from the Paris news-papers, or fabricated in this country.

Take a review of the conduct of our disturbers and it will appear that there is no resemblance between their principles and those of '76 which they affect to hold in veneration. There is a much nearer likeness between the Jacobins and the Tories of '76. The tories said at that day, America cannot govern herself—she must be dependent on Britain to protect her.

The Jacobins parody this sentiment and exclaim forever, draw close and closer the bands of brotherly union with France. Our liberties depend solely on this union. If France throws us off, we are lost and undone. Our political salvation is staked upon the alliance. Men of '76, if you are not in your graves, are you not angry to hear Jacobins take your names and disgrace them?