The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser

From the New York Diary.

PROCLAMATION by the Hon. J. I. and R. K. Esquires, certificate mongers for the people of the United States.

WHEREAS, we the subscribers, sincerely wishing all the blessings of peace, liberty and good government to the country of citizen Genet: which can only be obtained by its complete conquest, and the establishment of an efficient monarchy, and being apprehensive that notwithstanding our wishes aforesaid, France might yet triumph over the potentates justly leagued against her; in case the least countenance was shewn by the subjects of America to the cursed system of republicanism, and therefore determine by the advice of our two confidential secretaries to advise some means to render the cause of France, and of liberty unpopular to the United States: And in as much as no method appeared to us so likely to effect these laudable objects, and to prevent the spread of republicanism as to vilify and traduce in the public prints the minister of our good dam ally. We did accordingly with the advice aforesaid, some months ago issue a declaration under our signs manual, according the minister of certain matters which we hoped would have rendered him and his nation particularly obnoxious, and draw us into a war with France, which was an object nearest to our hearts: and though our said declaration was calculated and intended to make the public believe that Citizen Genet had officially threatened the President himself with an appeal to the people, and that we ourselves knew it to be true, and notwithstanding our jesuitical caution in framing the said declaration, and the aid we received from our good friend Belzebub, which we gratefully acknowledge; yet the same minister, instigated by the daemon of Democracy, has with an effrontery not to be borne, publicly denounced us as liars, and detected the falsehood of our declaration aforesaid.

And whereas notwithstanding the humility with which we have submitted to this affront, and every endeavor to extricate ourselves from this scrape, we find even our own party dissatisfied with our limping relations, and, what is yet harder to bear, all the republicans of this city (who we deem real Antifederalists) intemperate in their demonstrations of joy at our discomfiture, and even our very good friends the Tories, clamorous for further evidence.

We do therefore in consideration of the premises, and as the only means left to rescue us from the cursed hobble, most earnestly entreat all persons from Maine to Georgia, inclusive, (it matters not whether they be black or white, bond or free, aristocrats or democrats, boys or girls, lunatics or idiots, liars or men of truth, jews or gentiles, whigs or tories:) to produce at our stone castle in Broad-way, in the city of New-York, by the 1st day of January next, all the evidences they can collect of Citizen Genet's "threat to appeal to the people."

We care not whether the threat was made to the President himself or to a chimney sweep--whether officially or otherwise--whether in a drunken or sober mood--whether in a passion or cool blood--whether in a dream or wide awake--whether in writing or by word of mouth--whether in earnest or in jest--for we have already demonstrated that all these circumstances are totally immaterial. Any person who will furnish testimony on this subject, especially of the hearay order, (which according to a new code of evidence we shall speedily publish, will appear to be of the best kind) shall be rewarded with a dozen blank certificates signed by each of us, and countersigned by our beloved secretaries, to be used as the person rewarded may find expedient; and we do pledge ourselves, that these certificates shall be so framed as to destroy the reputation of any man they may be used against, and shall at the same time be susceptible of such an explanation that no court can take cognizance of them.

Given at our Stone Castle aforesaid, the 4th December, 1793.

J. I. -- R. K.

By order,
A. H. and H. K. Principal Secretaries.