Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . 792), held instroycd and the barracks burned. Brown, Boston, Jan. 24, 1793, a select party ofwith a larger portion of the troops, march- 300 sat down to a feast in Faneuil Hall,cd for Sacketts Harbor, and the remainder over which Samuel Adams, then lieu-accompanied Wilkinson, the commander- tenant-governor of ^lassachusetts, pre-in-chief, to Plattsburg. sided. Speeches, toasts, music—all were French Neutrals. See Acadia. indicative of sympathy for the French French Politics in Am
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . 792), held instroycd and the barracks burned. Brown, Boston, Jan. 24, 1793, a select party ofwith a larger portion of the troops, march- 300 sat down to a feast in Faneuil Hall,cd for Sacketts Harbor, and the remainder over which Samuel Adams, then lieu-accompanied Wilkinson, the commander- tenant-governor of ^lassachusetts, pre-in-chief, to Plattsburg. sided. Speeches, toasts, music—all were French Neutrals. See Acadia. indicative of sympathy for the French French Politics in America. The cause. The children of the Bostonprogress of the French Revolution, de- schools were paraded in the streets, andcisively begun at the meeting of the to each one was given a cake imprintedStates-General (May 5, 1789), was con- with the words Liberty and with the organization of Similar celebrations were held in otherthe American Republic under the new places; and the public feeling in favor ofConstitution. The .Ainericans naturally the French was intensified by the arrival 475. OF TK00F8 U.\ THK RIVEK, PBENCH PRIVATEERS—FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA of M. Genet as representative of theFrench Republic. That was on April 9,1793. He brought with him news of thedeclaration of war against England. Ithad reached New York five days fiercely than ever the two partieswere arrayed against each other; and nowthe Federalists were first called the British party, and the Republicans the French party. So long as the FrenchRepublic, so miscalled, lasted, the poli-tics of France exerted marked influence inthe United States. See Genet, EdmondCharles. French Privateers. On the arrival ofCitizen Genet at Charleston, S. C, hefitted out privateers to depredate on Brit-ish commerce, issued commissions for theircommanders, and conferred authorityupon French consuls each to create him-self into an admiralty court to decideupon the
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