Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser

TRENTON, Sept. 17.

Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, the officers of the cavalry assembled at the General's quarters, and proceeded in procession to the State-House, where his Excellency the Governor and his suite—Brigadier-General Bloomfield—the officers of the infantry and artillery, &c. were assembled. The following address and answers were then delivered.

To his Excellency Richard Howell, Esquire, Commander in Chief of New-Jersey.

SIR,

The Citizen soldiers of the cavalry of New-Jersey, cannot omit the present opportunity of tendering their acknowledgments to your Excellency, for your exertions in support of the honor of this state and the dignity of the union; but, above all, accept, Sir, the grateful effusions of our hearts, duly penetrated with a sense of the honor you have reflected on us, by accepting an active command, and drawing your sword against our internal enemies;—be assured, sir, that, with such an example, we shall consider all our hardships as necessary, and all danger as honorable. It is, Sir, our decided opinion, that law, ought to be the supreme rule of our conduct, and not the will of a few unprincipled individuals, who are neither awed by shame, checked by conscience or confined to riot. Penetrated with this opinion we cheerfully obey the calls of our country, in this tender of our services to support an established government;—a government framed upon principles the best calculated to secure to us every blessing: and however painful it must be to a feeling mind to draw the sword against a fellow citizen, yet sentiments of compassion on this critical occasion, we solemnly believe, should yield to the more powerful emotions of duty; emotions which no one can suppress without avowing himself an enemy to our country, and ready to introduce the horrors of anarchy. To avoid these evils and to support the authority of the law, we now, Sir, under the banners of freedom, pledge our sacred honors to your excellency, that while we consider our swords the swords of Justice, we will never sheath them, 'till we have subdued or extirpated the hydra discord from among us.

ANTH. W. WHITE,
Brigadier General of
New Jersey.

ANSWER

To the ADDRESS of Brigadier General White and the Officers of the JERSEY CAVALRY.

Gentlemen and Fellow Soldiers,

HONORED with the command of citizens in arms, who feel the cause they are engaged in, I confess, I am not unconscious of the dignity of my station; but, at the same time, I recollect with anxiety, how much should be done to deserve it. Devoted, with you, to the best interests of the union, no part was left for me but that which I have taken; and when freemen, who have sentiments and courage to maintain them, thus join me in opinion and promise their support, I feel a pleasing confidence, which triumphs over doubt. The occasion of our appeal to arms I join you in lamenting; and hope that a proper sense of duty will yet penetrate the gloom which envelopes our misguided country; yet, even compassion, which adorns the soldier's heart, must at last frown on obstinate offenders.

Your sacred pledge of honour I accept gentlemen. It stands indelibly recorded in my bosom. and under the same banner, * and for the same generous purpose, I pledge you my honour in return. Our glorious constitution is the standard by which we rally; surrounded by a band of brothers, it waves terror to internal enemies, and discord shall shrink at the sight. The honour of the state gentlemen, is committed to our care, and, like you I wear it on my sword; but accept if you please, my sensations of your affectionate address without particular expression, and rest assured, that I shall consider your future satisfaction as my best earned reward.

Rd. HOWELL,
Commander in Chief of the Jersey
Militia.
September 16, 1794.

* Here the governor advanced and embraced the commander of the cavalry.

To His Excellency Richard Howell, Esquire, Commander in Chief of New-Jersey.

AT a time when we were pleasing ourselves with the most happy consequences of the late embassy to the court of Great-Britain, by which not only the commercial but the agricultural interest of our country, would have been in the most flourishing situation—when we were feeling the blessed effects of the most blessed constitution in the universe, what a cloud has been cast on our happy prospects; what a shock has been given to our political fabric, by a band of vile, abandoned traitors and incendiaries, who, at the same moment that they were receiving every advantage and emolument that could possibly arise out of their local situation, are endeavoring to undermine the very Government which pours its favours into their laps. Men so unprincipled deserve not the blessings of a Republic; they
To the ADDRESS of Brigadier-General BLOOMFIELD and the Infantry and Artillery of Jersey.

Gentlemen and Brother Soldiers,

THE address of your respectable corps calls for my full assent to the painful truths it contains. At a moment the most important to the Union, when collected in our own internal unanimity, we were viewed with envy by conflicting powers, and even rapine, overawed by firmness, began to listen to our claims; discord and folly began their mad career. Deluded men unconscious of the boon that Heaven accords, with parricidal hands would plunge a dagger into the bosom of their country; but ours is the glorious task to interpose a shield. Though painful the task, yet it is ours, my fellow-soldiers, united in one common purpose, to drive home confusion to their hearts, who, with polluted hands, profane the best of constitutions: but let us hope that returning reason will heal the breach, and their complete submission slacken the arm of vengeance! I consider myself as fortunate to be at this time called to the command, and feel the nearest interest in your military reputation: but I was conscious that you knew, and dare defend your rights; and therefore looked for these exertions. Accept, gentlemen, my warmest acknowledgments for this honor, and be assured that with your co-operation, of which I have the liveliest certainty, I despair not to keep unsullied our military reputation.

RD. HOWELL,
Commander in Chief of the Jersey Militia.
September 16, 1794.
ORDER OF PROCESSION.

1. The Officer of the Day, and the Adjutant-General of the Cavalry.
2. The Commander in Chief of the Cavalry and his suite.
3. Four Standards, supported by their proper Officers.
4. The Officers of the Cavalry and Officers of the Staff-Department in double files,
5. Guard-All with drawn swords.