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zens at large, and to the directors of the national bank in particular, through whofe hands acceptances of his, to very large amount, have paffed-and afk them, whether he was ever called upon a fecond time for the payment of either bill or note to which he had put his name? If this, then, is a fact, and he defies his greatest enemies to contradiet it, what portion of infamy belongs to that man, who would bafely endeavour to deftroy, the credit of a citizen, because he is a friend to his country, and the general rights of mankind, and will not fubfcribe to the political fentiments and fins of a noted pander.

If, in exercising the rights of a ; K

freeholder and freeman, to promote a Parliamentary Reform-the wifh of every honelt heart, and which the experience of every day proves more fully the neceffity of, Mr. Tandy has tranfgreffed the laws of the land, for a juftification of his conduct; but fubmits to the candid and impartial public, whether it is confiflent with the character of a gentleman, a man of honour, or of fpirit, fheltered in office and fituation, meanly to affert falfehoods, where he knows he connot be replied to, by the injured party?

Mr. Tandy has long defpifed the envenomed fhafts of prostituted, anonymous writers. who have abused him through the channel of court papers; but will not fuffer himself to be openly and wantonly traduced by any man, however exalted in fituation, nor fubmit to the peevish petulance of an imperious and impertinent UPSTART, without publicly contradicting the fafehood, and declaring the author to be, as he now does, both a calumniator and liar. Mr. Tandy, anxious to juftify his character as a foldier, being then a Captain of the Liberty Artilery had a general court martial called to try him on the circumftances that occured between him and Toler; after the fairest and most serious en quiry, and having examined Col. Smith on oath, the court unanimoufly and most honourably acquited Mr. Tandy, of any charges that could reflect on his courage or conduct as a gentleman and a foldier. On the 14th of March, 1793 Mr. Tandy was arrested on charges of diftributing a feditious publication figned, Common fente,' ad dreffed to the Prefbyterians of

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This publication was an animated addrefs to the p.ople. and contained detailed ftatement of the places,

penfions and emoluments, enjoyed by the family of the Beresfords, on the 20th of the fame month his name was returned in the Calendar at the Affizes of Dundalk, to be tried for the alleged offence, but on infpecting the ftate of the court, and viewing the arrangement made by the crown lawyers, by Mr. Matt. Dowling his law Agent, and confidering the difpofition manifefted to filence the public voice and beat down every man of fpirit manifefted in the trials of the preceding day, when not less than nineteen young men were capitally convicted fortreasonable practices,it was thought prudent that Mr. Tandy fhould not hazard himself to tainted juries and hired informers. He confequently took fhipping for America, where he continued in the town of Wilmington in the ftate of Delaware, until he departed for France. In France he continued enjoying the confidence of all the leading men of the Republic, until the year 178. When the French Government attemped to aid the Irish Infurgents, with men and arms, all the distin guifhed Irish fugitives then in France, offered their services and affistance to co-operate with their countrymen. Mr. Tandy was raised to the rank of General of Division in the French Army,and embarked in the Anacreon National Brig of War, being part of the fpuadron, and divifion part of which effected a landing at Killala, and another was intercepted and de. feated by Admiral Warren, Mr. Tandy's Veffel by contrary winds was feparated from the other fhips, and was fo long delayed, that he was unable to make the coaft of Ireland, until the capture of the fhips

th which Mr. Tone failed.

This circumftance he learned at the Poft Office of the little Inland of Rutland, county of Donegal where

he arrived 16th September, 1798. On hearing the fate of the expedition, he weighed anchor, and steered towards Norway where he arrived after capturing an English vessel of fuperior force. From Norway he paffed by land to Hamburgh, on his way to Paris, in company with Col. Blackwell, and Harvey Morris, Efq. On their arrival in this city it was notified to Sir James Crawford the British minifter in Hamburgh, who immediately demanded them as English fubjects and Rebels. to thisthe corrupt and cowardly fenate fubmitted, and on the 24th of Novem ber the gentlemen were arrested ironed and imprisoned, preparatory to their voyage to England. This violation of the rights of nations and hofpitality was not done without the most serious difcuffion, and after confulting the courts of Petersburgh, Vienna, Berlin, and Brunswick, thefe powers then in alliance with England, readily affented and the fenate relieved themselves by the advice, and promife of protection of the coalefced monarchs for their prefidy. Mr. Tandy demanded the rights of a French General and Citizen, to this claim the Great Frederick objected by faying he would not recognize Mr. Tandy any other than a British fubject, not having refided feven years in France, this point between a citizen of Dublin, and the Fruffian Monarch was decided in favour of his Majefty by the magnanimous Paul the Autocrat, whofe pride fwelled to an enormous and hafty magnitude, by the short lived triumphs of the favage Suwarrow and his Cannibals in Italy. France appeared to be receding rapidly from the Coloffal ftrength the acquir d, by the energy of her republican foldiers, her fate feemed inevitable, by the treachery and timidity of the directorial goverment, who allowed every facility by neglect and cow.

ardice to accelerate the progrefs of the Northern Barbarians.

The confederated defpots, anticipated the folemn and magnificient entry of the woman-killer, the hero of Praga, into humbled Paris. The most filly and expenfive preparati ons, were actually made by the gentry of every country at war with France, to affift in perfon, at the fplendid amufements that were to be performed in the Gaulish Capital under the aufpices of Suwarrow Italicus. The spell that bound up the royal vifiual powers, became a little removed by the interruption Maffena threw in the road of the Ruffian conqueror, and the unexpected arrival of Bonaparte from Egypt, pulled the dazzling views of the enemies of France into pieces, every step the favages had made they were compelled ignominiously, to retrace, and the claffic regions of Italy were again were cleared of the modern Vandals,

The Conful immediately applied his great talents to the refources of France, again the triumphed, and again the afferted her ftrength and vindicated her character, by the punifhment of thofe perfidious friends who calculated on her decadence from the misfortunes that arofe from anarchy. Hamburgh was theatened by the most pointed indignation from the chief Conful, for her treachery and treatment of General Tandy "You have, faid the French Chief to the frightened ambaffadors of the hamburgh Senate) done what the favage in the defert would difdain; you have violated the duties of hofpitality, you have betrayed a French General into the hands of his enemies. He will die nobly. but, his blood, will bring more calamities on you than hoftile armies' The bafe and humble fu pli

cants remained a year in Paris, crying to a vert the indignation of Bonaparte in vain, who punished their city by a fevere and heavy amerce

ment.

Mr. Tandy was tranfported to England, and remained in prif n cofely fhut up, until the 12th of February, 1800, when he was brought to the Bar of the King's Bench in Dublin. to have judgment of death paffed on him, for not furrendering himself for trial on a given day ac. cording to an act of attainder, paffed against him by the Irish parliament. After feveral adjourments and much law arguments it was decided by the Court that he should be acquitted on the charge, as it was proved on the teftimony of Sir J Crawford, that Mr. Tandy was in cuftody, by order of the British Goverment at the time the law prescribed for his surrender,

This acquittal faved the Government from the inconvenience and subsequent humiliation of delivering up Mr. Tandy to the demands of the Chief onful, who was deter. mined from his first arrest not to abandon Mr. Tandy to the caprice of his enemies. Though it appears that the sentiments of Buonaparte must have been known to the British Ministers, they seemed determined to go through the solemn farce of bringing Mr. Tandy to another trial. He was transmitted to Lifford to be tried for high traeason committed in the County Donegal, at the time he landed there out of the Anacreon. where he remained near seven months, and at the Assizes of Lifford, was brought to trial on Tuesday, April the 7th, 1801. his Council were Schoales, Rolleston, and, Sinclair, several applications to put off the trial, were refused by the Court, several arguments on points of law were overuled,

on which Ts, Council threw up their briefs.

Mr, Tandy then addressed the Court in a fhort, but manly impressive speech, avowing every thing set forth in the indictment, and said his heart disdained a falshood.

Judge Chamberlaine advised he would weigh well the consequence of such a declaration, that sentence of death muft inftantly follow.

Mr. Tandy anwsered, he was not afraid to meet death in any shape, he knew well the awful sentence of the laws he was ready to receive it with the resignation of a Christian and the firmness and fortitude of a man.

The Judge passed sentence of death on the 4th of May.

About this time negociations had been entered into between the two Governments, and articles agreed on for a general peace, Lord Cornwallis on the part of England, and Joseph Buonaparte, on the part of France met at Amiens, where the articles were ready for the respective signatues, Bonaparte sent positive instructions to his brother not to sign any treaty, until! General Tandy was restored and safely landed in France. Thus the life of an Irish citizen, and the fate of Europe were connected by the spirit and tone of Bonaparte, and England was left to the choice of either humbling herself by giving up one of her own subjects, or again trying the issue of a renewed contest, She prudently submitted to imperious necessity, and on the 14th of March, 1801, General Tandy was safely landed at Bourdeaux, and in thirteen days after, the treaty was ratified.

Notwithstanding the most palpable and public knowledge of the refusal and commands of Bonaparte, not to make any peace with England un

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