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Gazette Of The United States & Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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On February 10 in Philadelphia, the commander of the French ship La Ville de L'Orient hosted a dinner for French and American citizens, featuring 15 toasts to the French Republic, United States, and liberty themes, with gun salutes for the first two, followed by patriotic songs, narratives, and volunteer toasts including to Washington, Mifflin, and Genet.
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FEBRUARY 13.
On the 10th instant the Commander of the Ship of the Republic, La Ville de L'Orient, gave a dinner on board to a number of French and American citizens. After the repast the following toasts were drank, the two first under the discharge of 15 guns.
1. The French Republic, one and indivisible.
2. The United States of America.
3. The mountain against which all conspiracies will be wrecked, the National Convention.
4. The patriotic Legislature which shall complete the emancipation of the United States from foreign commercial bondage.
5. The State of Pennsylvania.
6. The Militia of the United States and the National Guards of France—May they ever be united in the defence of the Rights of Man in both hemispheres.
7. May Americans not mistake the efforts which France is making to extirpate the ancient inveterate leprosy—Popery, Nobility, and Royalty, with which the United States were never infected.
8. May the aristocratical scum of France find a resting place any where but in free America.
9. The divine justice which caused to spring from the new world the avengers of the atrocities committed by the tyrants of the old.
10. The great confederacy of mankind—may it soon exist on the ruins of that of kings.
11. The art which guarantees to the people the removal of the clouds of prejudice and superstition which have enveloped Europe during fifteen centuries—the art of printing.
12. The art which guarantees to free people their Independence, and causes them to be respected by tyrants—the art of war.
13. The art which maintains equality in peace-ful times, is the best security for the cultivation of all the virtues, and the main spring of commerce—Agriculture.
14. The art which shortens the distance between remote nations, facilitates the exchange of their riches, and the more valuable interchange of their principles of liberty—Navigation.
15. Truth—may it ever be the shield of innocence.
The company were entertained with a number of patriotic songs, and a narrative of some historical traits of courage and patriotism; the effect which these produced, fully evinced that the company present felt as one, as one rejoiced at the triumph of virtue, and the efforts of patriotism.
A number of volunteer toasts were afterwards drank, among which Washington, Mifflin, and Genet, were not forgotten.
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Philadelphia
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10th Instant
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the company was entertained with patriotic songs and narratives, evincing unity in rejoicing at the triumph of virtue and patriotism.
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The Commander of the Ship of the Republic, La Ville de L'Orient, gave a dinner on board to a number of French and American citizens. After the repast, 15 toasts were drank, the first two under the discharge of 15 guns, followed by volunteer toasts.