_See Page 40._ Of the excessive and passionate devotion which was felt for the French republic, and of the blind and almost equally extensive hostility to the measures of the administration, the gazettes of the day are replete with the most abundant proof.

As an example of this spirit, the following toasts are selected, because they were given at a festival made by persons of some distinction, at which the governor of Pennsylvania and the minister of France were present.
To commemorate the 14th of July, the anniversary of the destruction of the Bastille, the officers of the 2d regiment of Philadelphia militia assembled at Weed's ferry.

Eighty-five rounds were discharged from the artillery in honour of the eighty-five departments of France, and the following toasts were given: 1st.

The _fourteenth_ day of July; may it be a sabbath in the calendar of freedom, and a jubilee to the European world.
2d.

The _tenth_ of August; may the freemen who offered up their lives on the altar of liberty be ever remembered as martyrs, and canonized as saints.
3d.