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N>. 46, ofVol.XlI.] MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1810. UVhok No. 618.
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forctatt Sintelliscnce.
Boston, feb. 26.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Within a few days pal, there have been
i federal arrival* at the fcuthwird, from differ*
I «„t parts of Europe 5 but unaccompanied
with auv reuular papers, or the receipt of any
import an news. The latesr dates are faid
to be London Dec 20, received at Norfolk,
j by tlie Ocftes, Capt. Hardiman, from I-iver
p,.v I'he fallowing articies comprise ail the
Jn'»je&< of any imercft, which have been
I gleaned from them . —
Important Articles.
towroN, ore. 2, 18 'fJ.—Intelligence is faid
to have reached government of a plan formed
bv Bonaparte to hrow new obftacles in the
wav of 'hr expelled adjuftmeot of our differ*
ence* with the United State* immediately
•her his arrival at Paris he called a meeting of
his m»niften»,in which the Russian and Danifti
/\inbaifadi>r-» assisted, for the pumofe of de
fying the mo*, effectual means of inducing A
merica o join in the continental league again!
the (.aval power and commercial tuterefts of
Great-Britain, The leading idea which fug
gefted icfdf, is said to have been the cloGng
of the ports of Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
•gainer the Ameiican flag, upon the principle
of ;he facilities which it continue to afford to
the introduction into the Baltic of colonial
produce, and the manufactures of England.
With the preeile refoft* of the deliberatioMs
of this extraordinary meeting we do out pre
tend to be acquainted, but we underftand that
Count Pahleu, the Ruffian Mioifter at Paris,
was preparing to embark for ^pUnited States
with the full concurrence of his court, to en
f^rce, by negocia’.ion, the views of Naiioleoa.
Coutitr.
All the account* from Pan* reprefen' the
jifTemblage of Royalty there as unprecedented ;
and that Napoleon will fpeedi.y invite them to
recognize the exchange of hi* title of “ Pr^tec
lor of the coufedera* ioa of the Rhine,” for t hat
ol Em per & 'f the Holy Reman Empire. If is alfo
dated he mean* to make another mock oiTer
of pacification ; and ha* poftponed hi4 j urney
to Spain for fi t weeks
Parliament will po&ire'y meet the 22d
January ; and :he Chancellor of the Exchequer
has feat circulars, requiring a full attendance
of the member*.
“ Dec. 4 —Tfw Pari* Muniteur of the 28d
Nov. among other notices of public tribunal*,
lays;—
“ Che addrefs to his Majefty from the Senate
talks of a LEAGUE for .he emancipation of
the commerce and the iudepender.ee of nation*
and into which it fay*, the ftate4 of BOi'H
HEMISPHERES are eager to eater ; meamug
oo doubt, France and America 1 he grand
feu (wing over, he will probably turn hi* at
tention to Spain.”
“ The lalt Gaze.te contain* the officia1 ac
count of the furreuder of the Islands of Z *nte,
lthara, Cephaiouia, and Cerigo, to the Britilli
arm* ’
44 King Louis, i« fo be tranflated to Weftpha
lia. and Jerome to Holland."
“The Arch Duke Charles, of Auftria, is
laid to be dangerouhy ill,**
LATEST FROM TOSNTXCEX
ExtrgS f om letter) tecetveJ by the A>.%ufla% Caf t.
Otickney it liberty from T mnwam
11 Turmitge", Dee V, 1809
“The moveneii * rf b-*r.a*.» te. a«v> ihe
nominal King of Denmark, excite loin..1 ftiVi
cion Decree af er dcc.ee is ilfued inti rd'^l
ing the tranfportafton of col :u*l pridive
from ar.d to particu ar place*. F'each or Weft
phahan troop*, with Exr fe Officer*.imi d i e
Ha nbu gh, ar.d an addition of Geu* des Arme*
is expecked l h-i^e juft -eceived intelligence
that hi* Majefty (the Ki*;g of Denma k) it
jea'ou* that g^ea- quanti ie* of prop-r v have,
by varum* methods, found their way inw> his
dominions, which he lup'iofe* io he Brififti ;
and has iffued an order that all pr« perty ftt»r
ed at Alton*, flia'I be examine ] by a Coinmif
honer on the 7th toft ; and fh» g?4 -'•ai tin
predion*. j« that where ihere are no .e-rilicate
of origin, the property wi'l be condemned,
“ Dec. 18, I St»9
** Since mv letter of the 2d in A. no’hrng of
importance has been accompli thrd \ a kefs
continue in the fame undecided fla»e, and
prices low. The committee of examination of
property, have not yet finifhed their invert Ra
tion, but I think its tendency wi ¥ not lie dif
advantageous to bon* fide omericana but the
contrary
t Capt. Sticknev was informed (the day pre
Mousto his failing) that a quantity of ct fFee
■wrhich had beeu leqm rtered, was releafed anti
jfo'd. -
£xtrj& tf a *atc ft cm ahn>, dated Feb, 19 to a
Mo (b ntt in Boiton.
**l went ove* to JBev-riv very 'ate laft eve
ning, to ge* a;' the information l could from
Capt Stickney, who had juft arrived in a fch’r
of Co’ Thorndike’s from Tonningen. Cant,
h. left that place, Dec 27, and reports, that
three (lays p'evtuu <o his failing, ail tie Amen
tan /!• of ty tbe-e, -uns taken u.to the fo senion and
fntanter the teal if tbe Kt»g <>f Denmark ,tnA that
ail the papers relating to it w^-e to be tent to
Hamburgh [why Hamburg? tt,.»t is not tire
•apital r.( Drama k, but a place held by the
French,] to undergo a vc y line! ex-m nation
Capt S lay*, - hat ad tbe information he has
upon 'he fubjecl he rece.v-ofrom capt I, Bar
ton of hi* town j whofe opinion was, that it
W;*u!d be re.rated very foon. The feizure
was occaHoned *y w , or three English vends
k"V:r.g ci me shred from England, under A*
oitr ican colours There was no appreheufion
aV,ui proper y hona ade American ; and the
D toifh gov? nment \va» defirous of encourag
*"2 *be /inter can grade. It was reported at
7 unnngen, that ad American TclI-if in Nor*.
«-y were rtlcaJcd,**
From WASHINGTON.
E xtract f a letter, dated Feb. 9, 1810.
“ All parties feem anxioully look
ing fer news from England, and ve
ry little appears to be likely to be
‘ done at preterit. Macoa's bill has
lain in the Senate about a fortnight,
and no report is yet made by the com
mittee. I Ins is unfortunate—but
'good may come out of the dt lay.
The only perfons upon the comrrm
| tec who know any thing of the fub
jefl (Hillhnife and Smith, of Balti
more,) are againft the bill, but I fear
no alterations will take place. Should
it become a iaw it would be a great
misfortune to the country in general,
but more particularly 10 the mer
chants. But the non-intercourfc
ought to be inllantly repealed. The
opportunity it gives to furly Collec
tors to tyranize, makes it very op
prt-lTive. Approp os of thefe officers
,—that is, JV)r Jefferfons Colle&ors
— upwards of one hundred thou/and
dollars loft bv Brown of New-Or_
leans, and thirty t hot fund by Clark
of York—recommended by Gov*
LangJon. As Clark’s character was
well known at the time of the ap
pointment, it required the recom
mendation of a great man to procure
it. Thus goes the people’s money,
taken from the “ mouth of labour.”
Querey who ought to indemnify the
people ? Hus traffic in offices, (for I
can call it by no better name,) has
been mod fhameful. Men, to help
and fupport their popularity, get
minions appointed to office, that they
may trumpet their praifes, and ufe
their influence among the electors.
This fyftem is infinitely more exten
five than you imagine—it extends
from the Commander in Chief down j
to the orderly Sergeant—and I allure
you that no office is neglected—eveu
that of a petty post-office, whofchon
ejl income does not exceed six a«d
eightpence per annum, is carefully at
tended to—hence comes it, that you
fee fuch incongruous appointments,
it is not the enquiry “ is he honed,”
“ is lie capable ?Cbut “ is he one of
us ?n “ Will he assist us, and our
friends to hold our places ? * But the
affair of Collectors is a very serious
bufint fs-- four millions of dollars mult
be borrowed to meet the expences
of the turreot year ; and (hould we
have w .r (which Mr Giles is deter
mined upon ) ir would deffroy near
ly ine whole revenue, which was
teen miilhns of dollars per annum be
fore thr curd embargo*—And as we
have discover d a Infs of one hundred
and thirty itnufin ! dollars by Collec
y J 4
tors already, I think we may rational
ly conclude, there will be further dtf
! cove lies, these hard times. Our af
! lairs (you will lay) are in a hepeful
ttain— true—and let the people ex
amine into their affairs, except they
are willing to be ruined. but forr.e
lay, if the people choofe to be milled,
1 choofe 10 be hoodwinked, like a horfe
! that goes in the mill, how can we
1 help it ? When ruin fares them in
the face—or rather, v\hen they feel
r^eir heavy burthens-—then, and not
! till then, will they begin to look a.
bu: them—this I grant has fome ap
pearance of truth-—but Hill, I have a
better opinion of the people. My
rule is, to place before them lacks,
and they can form a corre£k judg
ment. but the Democrats have fo
often deceived them, they defpife
their undorffandings-they think they
can continue to deceive them as long
as they choofe, but they will find
themfelves wrsrchedlv miffaken.
4
“ It appears that the meaning of a
I x
few of our friends who voted for
Macon’s Bill,has not been underftood
- they were alarmed left if this Bill
ih uld be reje&ed, fomcthing worle
would be fubft»tuted--for they It ill
keep up their clamour about a “Jub
Jiitutethough many are afhamed of
it. But on this (core their “ fears
were vain”--.they dare not ferve their
mafter in this way any longer. 1 here
is no doubt, in my mind, that fhame
deters them from an immediate re
peal ot the non-intercourfe, without
any “ fubftitute.” But it is hard to
give up pretences fo confidently
maintained. Mr. Jefferfon faid, his
embargo and non-intercourfe would
make Mother Britain (as the demo
crats call her) fo poor you would be
able to count all her nbs--but Mr.
Gallatin says “ the old jade grows
fatter than ever.”
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£ljc Monitor ♦♦♦♦ No. XXI.
, Come uith me and tee my zealfor the Lota "
SUCH is the stupidity of men that the
plainest declarations of scripture are unheed
ed, or, if ever remembered they are receiv
ed merely as matters of speculation and not
as rules of conduct One of the most bare
faced departures from the morality of the
Gospel is a levity of conduct which the Apos
tle calls '* foolish talking and jesting.” Al
though our Saviour was pleased to declare
that tor every idle wot^d men should assuredly
render an account in the day of judgement,
yet this truth appears to pass our minds with
out any salutary effect. Company and social
conversation when rightly improved are pro
ductive of much good. ** Speech ventilates
the mental magazine,” brightens the facul
ties, and usefulness. But when degraded
to low buffoonry it weakens the mind, fills
it with impure images, and serves to incapa
citate for the right discharge of any duty.
Could the conversation which it generally
made in social circles be written down and
read by those present in one after hour of
cool reflection they would wish with confu
sion of face to write Ttkel upon it, and blot
it out forever. And must the professed dis
ciples of Christ fellow the multitude in their
idle conversation ? Must they to avoid the
charge of bigotry and superstition spend or
rat her mispend and trifle a way much precious
lime in discourse which is neither profitable
nor rationally pleasing ? Must they be guil
ty of a conformity to the world which even a
pagan philosopher would disdain ! 0**tell
it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of
Askelon !”—If such as feel the impropriety
of a sinful or even useless conformity to the
customs of the world would resolutely * come
out and be separate,’ and fora while endure
| the scoffs of the unthinking and the ungodly,
and order their conversation aright in all
thing-s, much very much might be effected
I White professors of religion allow them
selves in light and vain conversation it can.
njt be expected that others should abound
in that which is serious. Therefore, aa with
the Apostle, * whatever things are just,
whatsoever (hinge are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of
good report ; if there be any virtue, and if
there beany praise, think on these things.*
3|ntrifsting political spurrllanp.
The would-be Lieut. Gov. GSAr.
A fatyrical writer in the Bofton Gazette, after
ridiculing the ambition and itchfor popularity
which prompt men to folicit office* they
have not the ability t > execute, and for
which nature never intended them—con
cludes with the following remarks :
To tbofe, who prefer reafoning to ridicule,
a* a left of tru;h, we have now fomething fo
ber to fay. The only fair and legitimate obje&
of ridicu e, as of all human puniftiments, is to
hold up an example to deter. As to any ef
fect on the individual, punifhment ufually
Carnes ton late. If there ever was a cafe which
called for “ that fcom that blafts and witheis,”
it is the one I have undertaken. To quit your
principles—your party—your political and
pe-fonal friends, is always disgraceful. To
join openly the banners of their enemies, who
avow their malignity, and their wilh to crufli
your late friends, is ftill more fhamefuS ; to
, bet'ay thole with whom you kave allociaced, is
the bafeft of aft. Now you do betray them in
the molt injurious way, when you defertthem,
join their enemies,and give force to their cal
umnies, by fuggefting and afterting that your
former friends are actuated by ** Foreign vfu
The deferter is more than a common
witncfs—what he fays is viewed as a fort of
cenf'JJi.uol former guilt, frcm which he has
purified himfe'f, but to w hich hik lair f iendt
a-e fubjecT. Whereas, this uew language is
nothing but a facriliec of confcience, and an
outrageous exprelfion of zeal, which all new
converts are apt to make.
If fuch a defertion be at all times fo dispu
table, how much more fo, at a late period of
life, when ambition ought to be reprefied ?
How much more lo, iu a man fo diftingu llied
for his property, and whofe defe&ion would
operate as a pernicious example to juvenile
and unprtftcipled ambition 1 Hew much more
It is x facl that general a fenator of
the United States from Maryland, (lands in
debted upon bonds to the prefent government
of Spain, to the amount of about THREE •
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,'
which debt he expels will he wiped off by
thefubjugation of Spain to the tyrant Napo- •
leon.
It has been alfo flawed as a fa<5F upon which :
implicit reliance may be placed, tha1, a treaty
has been negotiated by general Armflrong
and M. Hautrieve at Paris, deftroyiog the neu
tral charafter of the United States and pledg
ing the American government to become a
party in the wir agamfl England,
And above all, u is a fa<fl, that the Trench
party in this country, encouraged and embol
dened by the tame and pafTive difpofition of
the federal party, have at lafl openly propefed
to the people an alliance with the GREAT 1
ENEMY AND DESTROYER OF MAN*
Witnefs the following appeal from the Au
rora!
“ My fecond reafon why we ought imme
dia*ely to fo,m AN ALLIANCE WITH
FRANCE it, that our i'tere/l demand t it ; for no
man of information can doubt that Spam and
Portugal will be fubdued iu a few months,
and then Penfuctda and Mobil I e will come un
der the power of France It is well known
that Spain i* very troublefome at the Mohi e ;
and as foon as Tom big!»v and Alabama are
well lettied, the trade will be tminewfe. It we
form a connexion with France, we can, on
very eafy terms, get poffdlion of thole and-,
which will be a great acquibtion c the Uni-,
ted States. Nor can I fee one argument why
we fhould procradinate this connexion ; Cham
ftagny'i lettert efeeak the fentmentt of enter y ft end 1
of the eights ef rgtione. an t particularly of Amenta*
hirffinejt, ar 4 contains mil in it that sr# can not fa ta j
fo, in a man who had been honored with the
confidence and fuffrages of his fellow citizens,
a»’d who had attained as high honours as he
wa« able to bea*- ? Some ate dilpoted to believe,
rather too high for his head.
Finally, to be willing to quit the honorable,
the virtuous, and the wife, aud toaffociate,
politically, with the bafe and the profligate,
i i» a proof of either a low or a callous mind,
i Defection of one’s party, and entering into the
Itews of democracy, is a fpecie* of proftitutiou.
- It ought :o meet the public icons—it is the
only barrier agamd the introduction of gen
eral deprivity. To iuffer fuch men to retain
their ftanding after fuch an act, is doing irre
parable mifchief to the publick
As a merchant, IV r G<ay was juftly diftin
guifhcd for the extent and fuccef* of his enter-J
prize, and his knowledge of foreign markets.
Beyond this, he was ** vox et preterm nihil " E
ven iu his own profeiiion, 1 know and honor
an hundred men, who have mu«h more enlar
ged views of commerce, and at lead, as cor-1
rect commercial habits — Out of his own walk, •
Mr. Gray was unufually uninformed and fu*
perficial—In converfation, dictatorial and ran
ting—In debate, of which he is fond, garru
lous, incoherant and ilippery—feldom reding ’
long enough in any one pofition to enable li« j
opponent to grafp him, and if he fliould be fo
fortunate, always wciggliny out of his grafp.
Same writers have contraded Mr. Gerry and *
him with Mr. Gore aud General Cobb.—This
is wrong. You cannot bring them fo near
together, as to make them objects of compar
ison* Nature has put a barrier between them,
which men ought not to overleap.
Mr. Gray s opinions on the Embargo, if they
were not [metre, do great difcredit to his heart
—i? they were fo, they are equally fatal to
his head* His prophecies as to htir tffedh on
Belligerents, (while they had feme effect in
keeping them on) are undeniable proofs of
his total want of enlarged views even «.f
Trade In 0iort,it is to he regretted, that he
had not one friend who had frankneis and in- •
fluence enough to fay, ‘ Mr Gray, you have
reached your zenith—Nature made you for a
merchant—-If deipifing her laws, you turn
flatesman you will expofe yourielf to as much
ridicule as your ambition can crave.’
«»«»»
Americans! Read and Ponder !
^ From the Baltimore Federal Republican.
THE CRISIS AT HAND !
We (late as a faQ of which we challenge
contradi&ion, that the patent of the United
States rejected tie Spanijb minifter, Dm Onis, with a
! bnrw lodge, that be was empowert! by bis government
to settle the disputed boundaries 'f Louisiana, and
guarantee to this eousstry the payment if EIGHT MIL
LIONS Of DOLLARS as a remuneration committed
upon cur commer ce.
It is a fa8 that the French party in congrefs,
thiity three in number, as appears by the ye as
and nays, notwithlUndiag the unjuft, irapoliticlc
and intuiting rejection of the Spanifh minifter,
have attempted to procure an appropriation of
money for the baft and daflardly purpose f sending <*
minifter to Madrid in compliment to the usurper Jo- .
septs B naharte.
h * fa& that the difmiftal of Mr Jackfon,
the Britifh minifter, was announced in a po
litical Journal in Paris, condu&ed by one of
Napoleon’s fenators, before the minifter’s ar
rival in this country could have been known
in Europe.
It is a fad if the French parrizans in con
grefs, Meflrs. Smilie and Bur well, arc to be
believed, that the million of theapoftate John
Quincy Adams, to Ruftia, is countcled with the
northern CONFEDERACY, upon which Mr.
Smilie declares that tie laft hopes of this country de
pends.
effabljb, and which will be tbe GLORY OF A*
ME RICA, at a free *»J iudepeniant ft
We call upon tbe people to ponder on thefe
thing* The moment is critical and interefttng
in the extreme— Uuleis the patriot ifm, ftrength
and ta'ents of the federal party are fpeedily
and vigorouflv exerted, we iliall be drawn into
the vortex which has fwallowed up the liberties
and happ nefs of continental Europe. The
proud andafpiring fpirit of Americans wi'l be
humbled,and they wt!I be reduced to a flute
of ignominious vaffalage to a blood flamed ty
rant.
Upon more than one occafion have the lib
erties and independence of this people been
preferved from deftrd&ion by the atftivity,
courage and perfeverance of the federal parry*
but upon no occafion has the interpofiiion of
their zeal, influence and undaunted firmnels
been fo much required to Uve their country,
as at the prefent moment. If they continue
longer as idle fpedarors of the feeue of ruin,
death and deflation before us,all will be loft'
the nation will be irretrievably ruined—Now
is the chofen moment to make a (land. I»
the very heart of our country has the upflart
tyrant dared to create Grand Dignitaries of
his empire. The imperial banner is unfurled
amidft the free citizens of our republic, and all
the arts of French intrigue are ufed to feduce
our deluded countrymen to rally roUnd the
ftandard thus eroded. Merciful Providence »
Can Republicans, cau Americans be calm, jnJ
different, unde.idtd at fo awful a cr.Gs ? The
em.ffaries of France are daily incrcahng in
numbers, in zeal and auoacity. They are
Scattered with due regard to d.fciptine and
-7,... j 4u*rter ot (lie union } and
even in this port within a few day, part, ,hCie
lias been a frefh arrival from France of thefe
daring and cutthroat moufters. We appeal
to tt.ofe noble and generous feeling* wh.th
animared American bofom, in the days of our
political father, whether or not one general
and Gmultaneous effort fhould not he made
througnout the union to check and counteract
the growing influence and prevalence cf
French principles and politick*.
By every tie and aff clion dear to f , i,
we are one and ah called upon to i.
leaf! an etlsri to lave our country—
is almoft ripe and will butft upon u
are prepared Let then (he fed- a!
fpeak out at once in Ai , g ;t j
guage. Let them pfldge their .ives and tc
tunes to reM by all patrioiick means the at
tempt to form an al.'ance with F.ance, a u
nion the moft unnatura , diabolical and felf
deftru&ive It is in the power of well aff c*
ted citizens to prevent this ruinou* and par
ricidal mealure,and if it be not done we mull
anfwer to the dread iribut als cfour God, our
country and our confcieuce.
Upon fo trying an occaflon it is with grate
ful and indifcribaHle feelings of pledu-e hat
we perceive, by tokens not to be miUascn, that
the true ft lends of our country are at I eng h
rouied to a jilft fenfe of the danger that threa
tens us. They are rcfolved to m ike ano her
and a more efficient fti uggle to talcue u> from
the fangs of tyranny.
THE SECRET.
The firft rffltdt on ro men of hostel romdt
it that the inter if of the Adminiflration i* iden
tified with that of the people ; aud hence they
are liable to d*aw the erroneous cuiinufiuu
that the adminitlration would not beint.ivor
of a war, uuleia the Honor am? lx rmiit of
the Nation imperioufly demanded «t. Jn
der thi&jO^rimp*rft *, a nation may commit a
fatal mti'<ilte and rulh into an utmecefl * v
war, when a knowledge of the real m'.tivt* of
the rulers weu'd have prevented the f. ft fief,
and its irreparable confeqeuces
The lave of i eife and AggranJitfment is com
mon to the Hainan heart, and is xvbetf’t by
gratification. ihe p ; > !fi >a ol a jtifiice
commiHi >n, or fome other iaA. t Ltisfied your
defire* ; or has it no’ rather warmed y*<ur am
bition for its continuance, or to obtain 1 i>e*
thi.ig greater > What then wu!> be the th.,- r
of the EXALTED HONORS of the fit ft of
fices in our national government u a-b-ti-ut
Jomh? To pretend, tha’iur leading men art
” t timbitieui, wou'ii argue extreme ignorance or
extreme perveifeneia. A tv*' v eil heteafe
ttf { I'wES, and ftvell t be if Undone and tmUvrunh f
tbeir intvmbents. While lie fie.fie w be
offre/ed with the f the war, the RUL
EKb would he exalted with f>tfo p \v Rs a. d
honors The secret of all their clamor* fo war
i« the bo ft of POWER and AGGRANDIZE
WliN i Port/fn utb Oracle.
A Ten Tears War. — Letters from
Washington, announce the rumor,
that Mr. Gallatin, having been fo
warmly disciplined for his late cor
rect and candid report, on the finan
cial ftate of the country, has at length
confented to frame a new Repor^ln
which he is to prove, that our nation
al refources are adequate to a i£N
YEARS war.
AW/ Reading,—It was fhrev dly
remarked that “ the girl whv* has in
darned her paffions by reading N v
ds, is a piece ready charg.d and
rimed, and the Icalt ft ark will nuke
iergo eft"