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rrent of offers in difii. rence between
the rw.-* countries ? He underftood
t c fubj cl far oiherwife *, far be
believed it proper to authorize the
env ys di'dintLy. by giving them full
powers It g«*titleir.cn will now ar
tend, thev may kn »w the terms of
this pubiick comrod&on.
“ FULL POWERS
To Mejjrs- Piukney^ Marfhall and Ger
ry, Envoys to France.
“ JOHN ADAMS
Prrfichnt rf the United States of Amer
ica To all whom thefe prefents
(hall canceln—Greeting •
KNOW Y£, That for the pur
pole of terminating all differences1
between the United States of Ameri
ca and the French Repuhlick. and of
reftoring and confirming perfeO
harmony and good under ft an ding,
and re eftabliihing a commercial and
friendly intcrcourfe between them
and repofing efpecia 1 trull and con
fidence in the integrity, prudence,
and abilities of Charles Cotefworth
Pinkney, John Marfhall, and Fd
bridge Gerry, citizens of the Hid •
United States, I have nominated,
and, by and with the advice and
confent of the fenate, appointed the
faid Charles Cotefworth Pinkney,
John Marfhall, and lilbridge Gerry, *
jointly and feverally, envoys extraor
dinary and minillers plenipotentiary
of the United States to the French
Kepublick, hereby giving and gran
ting to them, and any and each ©f
them, full power and authoiity, and
alio a general and fpecia! command,
for and in the name of the United
States, to meet and confer with the ]
minifters, commifTioners, or depu- ’
uties of the French Repubiick, be
ing furnifhed with the like full pow- j
ers, whether feperately or jointly,
and with them to treat, conlult and
negotiate, of and concerning all
claims, and all matters and caufes of
difference, fubfiftmg beerween the
United States and the French Re
publick, for the purpofe of fatisfying
and terminating the fame in a juft;
& equitable manner, and alio of and !
concerning the general commerce
between the United States and
France and all other the dominions
of the French Republick, and to
conclude and l'gn a treaty or treaties, 1
convention or conventions, touching J
tl»c premiles, tr«jnknitting the fame
to the prefident of the United States
oi America for his final ratification,
hy and "i;h the a ;vice and conlent !
of the fchate of the United States, ;
if fuch advice and confent Ihall be
given.
In teftimonv whereof, I have caufed !
4 J
the leal of the United ft ites to he ‘
hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand at 11>e city of |
Philadelphia, the twenty fecond i
day of June, in the year of our
• Lord, one thoufand leven hundred 1
and ninetv feven and of the inde- 1
# I
pendent* the United States of
America, the twtnty firft
JOHN ADAMS.
By the Prcfiucnt of the United j
States,
TIMOTHY FICKERING,;
Secretary of State.
The h:ftory of the government
prefents fmther authoirtv. Let us
remount to the adminilfration of the
tint Prefident of the United States,
the mail frit in war, firtl in peace,
frit in the hearts of his countrymen !” j
I>lr. Hammond was reiiding at Phil - j
adelphin in ennrader of minilter
plenipotentiary from Great Britain.
On the 2^th of November, in the
year 1791, a letter was addretTed to
him bv the Secretary of State Mr.
0 * -
Jefterion, who had returned trom
Europe where hr is well known to j
hive been a minifter from the Uni
ted States. After adverting to the
execution of the 7th article of the de
finitive treaty of peace, and mention- j
ing the feniiment entertained ot the |
friendiv movement then “ lately
made by the court of London in
fending a minilter,” the letter con
tains thefe exprefiions “ Permit
me then, fir, to alk, whether you
are infiru<fted to give us explanations
of the intentions of your court as to 1
the execution of the article above
quoted.
“ With refpetl to the commerce
of the two countries, wc haiefuppo
let!, that wc law in levera! indances,
re ;ulations on the part of your gov
ernment, which, if reciprocally a
dopted, would mateiialiy injure the
inter* fls of both rations
On this lubjecL too, I mud beg
the favor of ycu to fay, whether voti ;
&c authorized to conclude or to * e
1
arrangements wi U us which
nay fix the commerce between the
two countries on principles of recip
rocal a lvantage r”
[/$ be conchuieA in our next.]
Legislature of spaseactyusfttsf,
imm I • ■ ■ i in
H9USE OF MEPRESESTATirES,
WiDNomY, Jan. z4.
This being the day appointed for the
meeting of the Hon. the General Court, a
quorum ot both branches aifcitibled.
A joint committee was appointed to
wait on his Excel’ency the Governor j who
reported, that his ExceNtncy would meet
the two branches in the Reprefent Rives*
Chamber, to-morrow, at 1 % o’clock*
A committee was appointed to confnler
the expediency of repealing, or fufpeml
**g the operation of an atf, entitled “ An
ait for regulating towns,” &c. palled at
the laft flfiion.
A petition from Rowley for a new regu
lation of the law refpefting School D f
tri^ts—a petition to clear the river between
Bridgewater and Middleboro’, and to re
quire toll for parting the fame—from Mil
ton, for a law to make it obligatory for
towns to offer to their inhabitants the
Vaccine Inocculation—were com waited.
A committee was appointed to confider
the expediency of repealing the act parted
Nov. 17, 1808, to empower towns to cx
cufe Engine-men from ferving as jurors.
" A petition from Charleftnwn, that a law
may be parted for the better fecurity ot
that town from fire, was c unmitted.
A hill for repealing an a<5t entitled “ An
act for regulating towns,” &c- was read
twice, and to-morrow, ir o’clock, affign
ed for a third reading, and committed in
the mean time.
The Senators and Reprefentatives artem
bled in the Reprefentatives’ Chamber,
agreeable to appointment, when Hi? Ex
cellency the Governor, attended as ufual,
entered, and delivered the following
£>pcctl):
Gentlemen of the Senate, anti
Gentlemen of the Houfeof Reprefentatives,
THE fir ft feflion of the Legiflature is
generally and neceflarily fo lhort, as to oc
casion the poftponement of much bulinefs
to the winter, which affords more lcifure
for patient difcuflion and juft decifion.
The various fubje&s referred to this
time, with fuch others as may be brought
forward, will now doubticfs rtceive your
candid attention.
Complaints are fometimes apt to arife,
that a conliderable portion of the legifli
tive labour is devoted to applications of
individuals, thence called private butiuefs ;
but when thefe fhall appear to be for the
purpofe of combining the wealth and in
duftry of our citizens, trtrdcrthe fandion
of law, to promote objeds which involve
the intcrefts of Agriculture, Manufadures
and Commerce, and thereby inCreafe the
population of the State, the uVans of in
duftry, anti the comforts and convenience*
of all, they will be confidered as ent* ed ,
to your mature deliberation ; and vour i
pitronage will undoubtedly Ik* extended i
to fuch as do not interfere w*ith thofe pi in- *
ciples which experience has decided to be [
falutary to the public weal, nor infringe ;
the t'ichangeab'.e rules of juftice, a ftrid !
obiervanceot which is not lefs neceflarv to
thofe who feek to amend their condition,
than to thofe who exped fecurity tor ;
their rights. f
It is underftood, that the provifions in
the third fed ion of an ad for the limita
tion of certain real adions, ami for the
eqyytable fcttlement of certain claims arif
ing in real adions, hue occaiioned the!
fatis fad my termination of may vexitiou* i
controverlies. It m.1y, however, dtferve j
the attention of a wife Legifl iture, to j
confider the expediency of making thofe j
provifions more effednal, by allowing to !
the fetiler a further time firn payment of
Jhe apprifed value, on his giving reaibnable
<• • <• •• i* , • i i* •. ■
ucuniy rur iiucnargmg me Mine, wain
the colts of foit, at the difcretion of the
Court i i which the fuit may be pending,
an 1 that, On giving inch It ent ity, judg
inc it in iy be entered, for the fettler.
Among the lubjects of a more general
and public nature, no te has higher claim
to your ferious reflections, than the laws
rcltting to the Militia. To a free people,
this is, at all times, aa interfiling concern.
(n the pecuhar and perilous date of our
foreign relation', it would be the extreme
of drill Iron to confider war improbable.—
the defeiicefcls condemn of cur txtertfive
frontiers, and the final Inti's of our naval
force, leave no hope of preventing inva
fion, or of relilting an enemy until landed j
on our f>il. In fucb an event, our imme
diate reliance mult he o;» the Militia of
the Rate. To render this, then, to fay the
lead, our firft refource for defence, as efti
cent as pofiible, i.^ not merely the didate
of pro lencc, but the imperious call of a
Pccrllity impoled by ciicumltances over
wnich we may have no controul.
In the cotirfe of the autumn, I attended
the review of two hrig-u!es, being all the
brigade review of which 1 had any knowl
edge; the firft of Gin. Wood’s, of the
eleventh divifion, and the othtr of Gen.
GoonALt’s of the fecund. The order,
regularity and difeipiine exhibited on theft
occasions, reflected much honor on the of
ficers and fiddlers that compofed the bri
gades.
In the month of September, feveral
peiIons were committed to prifon in the
County of Kennrb<c, on a charge of mur
der. Shortly after their commitment, ap
pichentions were entertained, that a dan
gerous inf.irrcCtiun would be excited for
the purpofe of obftr tiding the courfe of
juftice, by an attempt to refeue the prifon
ers. The Juftices of tire Court of Com
mon Pleas, and the Sheriff of County,
with a due regard to the truft devolved
upon t! cm from the ditlarce of the Com
mander m Chief, on the fourth of Octo
ber, certified to Major-General Seu all,
* of the tigh'li r!:vi(i in of mUi'.hi, thit it
wis nect irirv that a force, c mfifting ol
three hundred men, fhoiild be inllatitly
raifed and cdled forth, for the fnpprtmon
of the apprehended infurvetfbun. On
which the Major General detached that
number of militi*, armed md equipped
according to law. Notice of this applica
tion, and of the doings of the Major
General, was immediately trarfmiticd m
the Commander in Chief, who iflaed luch
orders as were authorized by law, and as
the exigency of the cafe required.
Aware of the necelGty of enfuring a due
l adminiftration oftlie Laws, and not iufenGbje
I to the duty of rendering the lervicca* liti'e
burthenfome as polfihle to the pnh'iclc and to
the individuals who were fuH ’d tfi oe detach
ed, and prefuming on the efleet of the good
difpofitions which were mamfefted by the
citizen? in that coun’v, to prevent a'! «b
flru^ftioii to the regular courfe of juftire, and
of the promptitude and alaericy of the
militia, in obeying the orders ot the Ma
i jor General, it was thought advifable to di
rect a detachment of one hundred and fifty
men only, with pernvlfion to Genera! Sei^ale.
. if, on eonfultath n »uh the Magiftrites and
Sheriff, half that number fttould be deemed
fufficient to be on aiftual duty, to relieve the
men by turn*, or iu fuch way a* he might
judge proper. The Magiftrates and Sheriff
having certified to the Major-General that
one huudred men would be luflicient for the
purpofe intended, he permitted all above that
number to return home.
So foon as the ueceifity for a military force
ceafed.the troops that had been called forth,
were releafed.
All the papers refpecling this tranfa'ftion,
will belaid before the Legiflature; and it is
confidently hoped, that a proper regard to
the necellity of rendering the law* (upreme,
the economy of publiek money, aud of the
time and fervices of individuals, will appear to
have guided the conduct of all who were cal
led to aift in this unhappy buGnefs.
To the officers and men who were detached,
great praife is due, for the promptnefs with
which thev obeved the call of their Country ;
and the order aud difeipline which they evin- |
ced on duty, manifefted a juft fenle of their
obligations as Citizens and Soldiers.
An account of the expenfe incurred on this
1 occafion will be prefenced, when it will be for
the Legiflature to make fuch provifion for de
fraying them, as juftice fhall require.
While it is a matter of deep regret that any
of our countryrueu fhou!d be fo abandoned at
1 to make atteinps againfl the free courfe of
juftice, on which the rights of all depend, it
muft afford great farisfacftion to refletft, that
the circumftances attending this tranfaifton,
were of a nature to deprive fuch thoughtle *
— „„ i__r c_.r„.
Of the duties which the Reprefentatives of
a free people have to perform, none can be
more pleafaot than that of preferring the live*
and hea'th of their fellow citizens. Experi
ence in the United State*, a* well as in Eu
rope, Item* to have effabliflied the faifl, that
the Kiue Pock is a fafe, mild, and complete
preventive of that loathfbme difeafe, the
Small Pox.
The condudl of the town of Milton, in
caufing the inoculation of many of their in
habitants with the Kine Pock and in telling
Its certainty as a preventive of the Small Pox,
appears to have been regulated with lo much
prudence, wnfdom and caution, as to tender it
worthy of the nod publick notoriety. A re
cital of their dotngs, which has been contrail
meated to me, thall be tranfmitted to the I.e
giflaure. f
In obedience to a rcfolve of the 20th o
June hill, propufing an amendment of the
Cooffi ution of the United State*, refpetfling
Embargo and lafpenlmn of Commerce, a copy
of the fain* was tranlniitted to the Chief Mag
iflrates of the leveral State* in the Union, with
a teqtielf that the lame might be communica
ted to the Legiflatures of fuch States. The
anlwers which have been received, will he
fent to the I.egillature.
At the lalf lefTion, we had the happinefs of
mutual congratulation on the profpeCt of a
micable adjuflment of our national differences
with one ot the great belligerents of Europe,
and of a revival of our Commerce. ro elfential
to the profperi'y of this Commonwealth ;
fubfequent event* fhew cur relation to the
powers at war to be iu a moH critical and al
arming Hate.
Although our conv.neraa; and foreign con
cerns are confided ro the government of the
Union,yet fo deeply iuvolved are we in e^ery
thing which regard* them, that the exercile
of a!l conllitutjoual means, either to prevent
the calamities that threaten us, or to prepare
to meet them in a becoming manner, is a du
ty too imperative to he neglected. Having
done all iu our power, to thefe ends we may
humbly rely on that Diviue Providence which
has lo often and fo fignally interpofod to re
lei ve our country from impending danger, to i
all human ayes inevitable and overwhelming.
It would be iuperfluou* in me again to recom
mend candour and prudence in Uifcuflion, al
ways neceil'arf to a wife and happy refuit.
Every one mult fee, that, in the prefent por
tentous crifis of our affairs, thefe qualities,
with a difinterefted elevation above all party
fpirit, are indifpeufible to the fafety of our
i dea-eft rights and heft interefts.
The principles which l took the lihertv of
fuhmitting to your notice the laft fellion,
and of avowing as the rule of my conduift,
have invariably guided the Executive in the
performance of all its duties ; and while I have
the firmed conviction that they are juft iu
themlelves, and that a Ur.Ct adherence to them
in all who adminifter the government, is ne
celTary to preferve the rights of the people,
and the contiitution under which wc act 1
can errertain no doubt of their influence in
all your deliberations, and that the refuit of
your labours will advance the profperity of
the Citizen, and l’ecure the dignity of the Com
jnonwealth.
C. GORE.
His Excellency, and l'uite, then retired ;
and the rw<> IT,ufes leperated. The Gr**
cnor, , * this occasion, tv is dtefei in a full fmi of
MaJ/chofettr m.inuftdurel Broadcloth ; from tie
rood of tit Merino/ of £ LIAS AH IV A7 SOU £f of
Pittsfield, in Bei kluire, «i>jJ wove and JrejJed m
that county ]
After His Excellency, and the Hon: Council
I and Senate had retired, the Speech w^s com
j mitted to MeflVs. Jackfon of B. Bangs. Cutler,
1 of N. Y. Ware of W and Hough of G. to re
port a 1 ait able add refs in anfwer thereto.
A committee was appointed to examiuethe
feveral laws etUblilhing the Supreme Judicial
C u-t and Coii-tf of Comman reas, ana ru
c.tnlider the proprie'v cf man-ug tu^'l-er p>«v
vifiOH by law refpetfiugthe powers aud d« y
c* laid Courts.
CABINET CONFER A NCE.
t Enter President and four Sec, eta its, tolut.
President- — Well gentlemen you know
NV- have been insulted, grossly nwujied
TheinwiU.lo be Mire, has no* been so clear
h stated to the publick. as we m.ght wish.
Mr Giles has done well, as to •»* be ha.
' (rone ; but he ought to have aaid more. U
is the fault of that gentleman to he too spar
ing of words. He ought to have touched
' upon that par* nfjvW. correspondence,
* where he speak* of an honorable and man
ly opposition to the French kmperor. But
we understand it; and what, gentlemett,
shaU be done ? , „
Secretary of U'ar -Fight em, by all means.
p,es._Very well ; 1 I'ke to see spirit —
But what say you, Mr. Secretary ot State l
Stc of State-l say go to war : 1.think
we shall prove a match tor them. It they
make too* free use of their powder and ball,
we will require in future the written form
of fighting. We will then try our skill at
proclamations and resolutions ; and if nothing
else will do, we W\U interdict communications
of every kind.
Pret —But gentlemen, txso of you look, a
little dissatisfied. I hope we shall all be
united on this subject. What say you /
Sec. of Vavy —i confi ss, sir, lain not alto
gether satisfied with respect to the insult.
Pres.—Whv .Sir, did not J«ck*.i» make in
sinuations implying Klovri tmiE in the de
partment of
Sec. of Treasury—Not in the Department
of State, surely
Pres —Come, come, Mr. Treasurer, none
of your sneers. You know that with all
your sagacity and caution, Mr. Erskine, al
though very clever, agregiously mistook
I vour meaning.
Sec. of Navy —To be sure he did not
know whether the Treasurers meaning
was direct, or indirest ; and I believe that
Mr. Erskine is not the frst who lias lx«n
puzzled in that particular
Pres.—Gentlemen, this is no time for jok
ing—let us come to the point. Mr. Secreta
ry of the Navy, have you any objections to
going to war ?
Sec. cf Navy.—I have two Sir,
Pret.—What are they ?
Sec of Navy.—Want of Shivs, and want
of Sailors.
Pret.— Have you artv, Mr Treasurer ?
Sec. rf Treasury —1 have but one, Sir.
Pret.—What can tlu.t be .’
See. oj Tit usury.—W ant of-CASH
3ot. Gaz.
jportlanb,
Monday, February 5, 1810.
Owing to the late severe weather and
west wa*"«tl\ winds, we do not le.irn of a Sin
gh* arrival from F.urope the last week ; con
sequentl* we have m* later intelligence from
that quarter.
Letters from Hamburg, dated November
IT, state that all business and r.;v stop*
ped in consequence of a new decree of
Bonaparte’s.
West-Indies.—On the 18'It of December,
Admiral Cochrane was off Basseterre, Gua
faloupe. On that day lie captured two
Fveneh frigates and two corvettes, alter a
spirited resistance.
■ ■> • "
A short l^r.r/e tv make a long J ce.
Is or is it not true, that the President has
had in his possession, for more than five
weeks, a Treaty sent from Bonaj-urte, which
is of such a natur e that he neither d.»res sub
mit it to the Senate nor reject it without
submitting it ?—Nneyork Herald.
The friends of Peace, Commerce and j
Prosperity in Xcwhampshire, are engaged
in adopting all fair and honorable means to
secure the re-election of Governor Smith.
*fohn Lan^don, of embargo approving mem
ory, is the democratic candidate.
The venerable Gen. JONAS FLATT,
has been nominated the ttderal candidate
for Governor in Newyork. A great change
has taken place in public opinion in that
state since the last election. Gen. Platt is
a disciple of the Washington school, and j
his friends are confident ot success.
7 hr “ (lag Rule.'’—The pretended
advocates ot “ liberty and equality” in
Congress, have n*t yet mustered suffi
cient boldness to enforce their odious
and arbitrary plans tor putting a stop to
the freedom of debate. T hey find
i they have overshot the mark, and are
1 striving to buck out. 1 his unconstitu
tional measure is zealously opposed by
the independent membeis ot the dem
ocratic party.
Democratic Logi^:
Or, Hirer reatorut why M;. Gore ou^ht not to
be Guternor.
I'd. Our present worthy Governor, when
hi niet i ie Legislature, at the opening of
present ^‘ssion, was dressed in a suit of A
merirHii manufactured cloth. This, demo
crats, who are seeking for office, loaves and
fishes, will declare to the people, is proof
positive, thru Mr, GORE is attached to
British manufactures, and a rank “ old t«»ry.”
21. 1 he Governor lias recommended in
his speech to the Legislature, the expedien
cy of allowing a further time of payment to
the settlers on lands of disputed titles woere
an adjustment shall have taken place. Your
“ Kings” and “ Cooks” will declare this
is evidence that Mr. Gore is a tv rant, and
a:t enemy to the poor, and opposed to relieve
those who are in difficulty and embarrass
ment.
3d- It being a duty incumbent on rulers
to preserve the health as well as prosperity
ot the people, Mr. Gore has directed the
attention of the Legishtu e to the beneficial
effects which have resulted from the intro
duction of Amt Pock, in preventing the fatal
ravages of the Small P >x. ^ or political
quacks will tell their patients liiat the dis
covery* cf the Kine Pock was made m lfag
law'* '••‘Vi iHiriKiuccn into '! (,».
j nited States direct from that country . ,•
this circumstance alone is sufficient to
vinee every elector who is not wilfully
trad obstinate, that Mr. GORE is cnmnL-.l
ly under “ British influence,” amt Wlj|
rewarded tor all these thing* iu »* ant ,
Gold” *k
CHOICE OF TOWN OFFICERS
The dem *'rats have exhausted all their
ingemiitv in Iving and deception in emieav.
out ing to make the people beheve that the
law passed last June session, regulating the
choice of town officers, was an infringe,
meat of their rights. It has been asserted
in the Argus and papers of that descriptor
[that it would require 1100 dollars toqin|j%
[ a voter in town affairs. This is fal*-, ^
new law required no other pecuniar q.^
ficatious than the old one, which are that!
voter shall pay a poll u\ am! two thirds 5f
a poll tax, or a tax on any property to t!»*t
amount. And the only bearing and nperj.
tio* the law of June last would have had,
provided it had gone into effect, would
iiave been to make town officers contort*
to the old law, and prevent fraud and m,
proper conduct in electing them. Those
wl 10 doubt this statement, can easily exam,
me and if they can read and understand
plain English, they well be convinced.
But this law, which was to proitrate th#
liberties of the citizens, if democratic p*.
pers are tube believed, is rrpealed. Duu hs
were ervtertamed that a clause of the law
might admit of a construction which would
w irrant a jjerson in voting in more than ore
town, pros id. d he paid taxes in each town.
Further, some towns represented that suf
ficient time was not allowed to comply with
the provisions of the law ; these motives
have induced a repeal.
“ Facts arc stubborn Things.”
Nothing is more strictly true than the
common remark that when a man imnsjjes
his business in such a manner as compel#
him to hire money to defray his ordinary
expences, “ he is in a bad waybankrupt
cy and poverty are the natural consiquen
ces. The observation is equally appldt I*
to state affairs. This is a subject which
admits of no riecep\ion ; hence the demo
cratic papers are as silent as the grave on
the situation d'Mr. Gallatin's “exhausted
treasury.” All their ingenuity at decepiitn
will avail them nothing in this case—facts
are stubborn things. Unless Mr. Madison
and his coadjutors change their policy or
resort to the assessment of new taxes, iu*.
tional bankruptcy will ensue.
Jl7\at are Congress doing? Is a cjuestir**
daily asked, and which maybe answered in
h few words, and in the same way John and
Ned Idler replied to a similar question from
their master, \ iz John, what are you aboutl
—nothing, sir.—What’s Ned doing ?—help
ing me sir. Mr. Macon’s navigation act
has not been decided upon, tho the ptfVkd
mg opinion now is, that it will, as it is laid
the president is in favour of it On the ex.
pediency of this measure, various opinion*
are entertained ; but unless we are deceiv
ed in our calculations, should this bill !*•
come the law of the land, its operation will,
if possible, be more destructive to the pros
perity of the United States, particularly the
northern ones, than even the late vletetsabla
and rrtinnu* embargo. KotwithsUtfriing
its seeming impartiality, it will be almost
exclusively hostile towards England. It it
does excite a spirit of retaliation on the
part of Great Britain, so tar at least as to
exclude U S’ vessels from her ports, or tr»
the levying such a duty upon them, as wit
intact amount to a prohibition; the cos
sequence will be a speedy f 4.1 in the prior
of lumi'cr and the produce of our farmi.
The polrcv of nur democratic ruler*'promi
ses only a disjioxHiun to re from bad ti
wo: se.
f
MurJtr v:itl out.— In the course of llit*
debate winch tovk place in Congress, Jan.
23.1, upon Mr. Macon’s bill—Mr. Desha, of
Georgia, declared he was in favor of* deci
sive r\ir measures —for calling out the mili
tia—declaring war—marching into Canada
—attacking Nova-Scot.a with 4'J,'\K) mm,
*>nd driving every Englishman from tii< con
tinent of America ! !
Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, dcelarcd be
was not averse to war and that lie covldsce
nothing m the bill to hinder our taking
possession of Canada and Nova-Scotia. Be
fore we go am further in noticing the pro
ceedings of these political madcaps, u«
would seriously a*>k the fanners of Uos
District, democratic or federal, if they are
p xpared, or disposed to shoulder their
muskets at.d inarch against Canada—de
stroy and drive into the sea, the unodend
ing inhabitants of those provinces, who
have done us no harm, but who wish to live ,
on let ms of peace and friendship with ua'
We would ask the inhabitants of our sea
ports if they w ish to have their vessels de
stroyed and their trade annihilated by th*
British navy ? for congress will furn’sh nei
ther means ot defence or pro* ection in ta*r
ot war. If you wish tor such a state of
things, put confidence in democratic rulers,
they will cry “ h. voc and let loose dlc
dogs of war.**
Democratic Policy.
I here is not a citizen of New-Erg
land, however little conversant, in pub
lie affairs but what knows that cent*
mcrce is the life and soul of this pa*1
ol the country. But if they should !<*
a moment review the proceedings o
i our democratic rulers, they will
every act relating to this branch of bu
siness has had no other tendency but to
embarrass, jeopardize und destroy com*
mcrce. The consequence is, that ,or
more than three years past the farmer
lumbermen, and merchants have lost
more than one half of the profits cl
their labor ; but by the falsehoods and
misrepresentations circulated by lh<j,
democratic papers a large portion o*
the people are led blindlold to d«»r
own destruction.
Macon's RiU.—A letter from W':1,5' ^
dnted 25th ult. states that Maron’s ►'iH p*"‘
t d to be engrossed for a 3d renting 0,1 1‘ '
•ay—- Jos 71, nocs 5i i that rl w II H m* |