The Delaware gazette — Wilmington [Del.], 1810-02-14 00:00:00, page 2

ifbtained—that Is to say, that she
;nust monopolize the commerce of
the
the world. She has uniformly asser
ted her right to make impressments,
and her resolution never to relinquish
the
it—she persists in her refusal to atone
for the repeated murder of our citi
of
zens—she uniformly has, instead of
we
punishing, rewarded the perpetrato
rs
of the crime—and denies reparation
for the hostility to our flag, bur
on
conditions which are a new indignity
.—she justifies her breach of faith, and
if
there is every reason to believe that
the indecorous sonduft of her present
in obedience to his
minister, was
instructions, and will of course be
avowed by his government.
On the other hand, Fraace has uniform
ly acknowledged our neutral rights, and
though she has »Hedged the example of
a
her rival* as a sufficient excuse lor con
continually invading them—yet she solem
ly promises that they shall be re-establish
ed on principles much more beneficial than
those for which we have contended, provi
ded we oblige Great Britain to respect
us.
These I shall be told are but promises, and
weak
I know too well, that they are but a
barrier against interest or ambition—yet
they are of some value, or all neutral in
tercourse muse cease—to a certain degree
they must be relied »n—and when a gov
ernment lias solemnly given its faith, we
ought (notwithstanding late examples to the
contrary) to believe some regard will be bad
for the pledge—at any rate, whatever be the
value of rhe security, it is olitred on one
side while it is positively refused on the o
{her. Here then we perctive an essential
diffc
nee ia interest, or a breach with one
or the other of the belligerents, F,y direct
ing our measures against France, what do
xve obtain from England i.r case tic
m.'u
a.il o!
lures should be successful; the t
her coders ? nci their object must (let as
neve/forget this assertion) " their object
mast be obtained"—Restitution of our sec.
î No, the right, they dare to call it, of
men
i
impressment from our ftugj' will never be
î
relinquished. Satisfaction ior national !
wrongs ? still less. Enforced with innocence j
;vj*v, it will hardly be granted when we have j »
thrown ourselves defenceless Into her arms; j
and if our coercive measures against France
should fail of their effect, and war he ihe
consequence, we shall lie in a sorry plight
to enforce our rights, when all the-nations
of Europe ucse our enemies. But perhaps,
in in at ca«, we have a prospect of a>-«ni
commercial advantages us nn equivalent.
Yes, truly ! the advantage of supplying the
British manufacturer with his materials at
his ow price, a >d receiving his wrought
is
ar ; it ■ , -aded with such duties as his go
ol
verit i.eut chouses to impose, if we can es
cape capture in carrying them.
There will be also tins further pecuniary
difference. Tiiat France holds, as lia» been
estimated, ten millions of our property se
qUESTEREU—o pledge (they insolently cail
a
it) ior our conduct towards Britain.^: The
situation of this property admits ot its be
ing restored—tve have a promise to that ef
fect, and I think if gond 'faith does not, in
terest may, insure its performance, either
in money, or, as on former occasions, in an
equivalent. But Britain has, perhaps, a
greater amount already condemned, shared i
and spent by the captors—this they not on
ly refused to oromise to restore, but, by
justifying the principle of the capture, they
prcclude all hope of satisfaction.
r 1
Against one party too, vvu have the
means ot red. ess, as I shall shew conclus
ively, in o\sr own hands. I repeat, that
unless the councils oi Britain are ruled by
> itself, we can without war force
ir,
justice—while we cannot in any way
iv tv
operate upon France. She could neither
be touched by our arms, nor affected by our
laws,
nor impoverished nor starved by
L our voluntary submission to me
encroach
inents of that rival could bave been added, the
excuse might l.av
:c had some color, but France
»'ever waited to see whether
we would assert
our
i 'glue, she ti aste
*. to retaliation, and abso
Iced
li
na:, y ob 'gallon to resist them on hi
COU 1 1
ourselves, our
c owe t<
ItVll d-g
.vn exLteuc,
ty, our c
as a nation, which 1
no <
discus*.
1 n- ngl't and the practice of which
you
* t&d to complaît
at
nsi I
-nave Been exercised
by
•vit Britain, lYom tin
arliest d,
d Bmi-ii
fr
even without any qualification
or ex'
' favor of î* ition.il ships of war.''—-Mr.
ceplu.-u î
Canni
£ lettei to Mr, Monroe, 23,t September,
1607 .
I it to r deem this pledge,
we were to do an
at t unworthy of ourselves Jr
unjust co anothci
nation, tve-c : t t
v cm y told to ihut nmount, it
»iiotiid be io^t, or
iedt'ClBcd, Oliiy by OiTTio—it id
St läute., ily mollifying that we tlimdd receive i
a,* a bttbe tor the as-eition cf
nerht». X
shamed of b
,,H S vised this argument. Money !
! tien: !V mon-- iSliojior*
n.o:
, . „ , •
hholdtng our purchaser, or our prom
■it
ehe feel our enmity through
loos—nor can
the delicate nervous system ol a paper
credit.
and
Common sense leads us, therefore, to reject
the phrenzv that would arm against the world—
prudence leads us to choose between the two
the
parties—'and wisdom to weigh the advantages
of
of our choice. Let her dictates decide—and
we shall sec, should our measures produce
to
war, if directed against France, we gain no
one concession of right from England—but
that if England is the object, we shall gain at
feet
least, in the event we have supposed, proper
justice from her enemy. But on the contrary,
if we can force England into an acknowledg
tice
ment oT our rights, we have a solemn stipula
tion, enforced by the sanction of interest, that
France will respect them. The wealth we
love so much, will flow in upon us in abundance
and the patriot will not blush at the acquisition,
for it will be the reward of manly resistance.
to
For these reasons, the means 1 shall propose
w.ll relate to our claims on Britain. They are
calculated to shew that power the necessity of
a compliance with our demands, or if tills ap
peal should fail, to convince lier we can do jus
tice to ourselves by means, consistent with ho
nor, and completely within the resources of our
country.
J have delayed tins part of my subject, and
waited from day today in hopes that our public
coutcils would assume a tone higher than the
runring buss that has growled through the
scorn of our eternal commercial restrirtions—■
m >rt manly, than the penscroso style by which
they have long been distinguished. With this
bopel have continually inspected the records
of th.-ir debates; but must confess that I have
found but little in them that ought to ebaraq
terise their deliberations. Party a, imo' '*/
could have withheld the assent of one s ' ll ls>
from the most suluturv measures, slio'Bd they
have ueen proposed by the other- Even ri
personal views, state interests, electioneering
intrigues, had not hitherto prevented h trial ol
the experiment. Two moml-.s of mofit preci
ous time had elap='.u -lince the situation of our
ii to its representatives, yet
count I y was
no oiu. me isure is taken for defence. We are
debating the propriety of permitting our mer
chant ships to visit the ports of Britain, while,
they aro preparing to enter ours with their fleets,
and the six week it
e spent in throwing light
on the obscuie passages of an impertinent let
may have put our enemies in a situation to
i e î
e a bonfire of New York, The fatal error
î ' •
! tint we can tivf
nd ourselves by laws, returns
j
upon lit hke a topical hallucination. Reason
able on
evei y other point, on this we rave.—
j »
j
but the chord that sounds of war, and
daily to proclamations as Quix
r
n!,c; 10 !llJ
Tlu-v arc the battered basin
inns.
and (Ik* broken lain:
with which we are to
combat in the lists au
nsi the gigantic knights
of the ocean,
Me;
hi
the ponde. "■ :t
believe in the efti
iike the simple African t
in silent astonishment,
cat, y or charms, gaze
while the college of statu conjurors prepare
the spell, they wait patiently till the mystic
college statu conjurors prepare
the spell, they wait patiently till the mystic
aetd—anti when the Oby-horn
naracters arç
is Ii led with enrie of parchment and fragments
ol paper, they fancy themselves invulnerable,
and believe that all their evils will vanish when
this wretched mummery is at an end. What
can be tin; cause of ibis delusion r Do they see
any prospect of a favorable change? Are they
content with our present situation, and do they
seriously think jt can be maintained ? Or is it
a criminal inattention to your interests? The
first of these suppositions we have seen cannot
be admitted consistent with the respect due to
their understandings--the lust is equally in
compatible with the idea i hope we entertain of
their integrity. We must then believe, and
certain sentiments expressed in the house,
con
firm the opinion, that our present situation has
some occult charm which renders it desirable,
a!K ^ paper measures are supposed sufficient
to ensure its continuance. Admit the first part
th,a an< ! must have strange con
fi'W ... the secom not to provide for the
possibility of his failure.
That war will be
nearer by making preparations for carrying it
cn with vigor, is tlie reasoning of the dotard,
who fears to make his will lest it should accel
erate his death. If indeed the consent of par
ties were necessary to bring on that event—if
wars were never made until both the cham
pions agreed on the condition of the combat,
and were teady to enter the lists, we might
then safely delay our preparations ; or cven'in
our present fallen state, if like the coward
which history figures in the jest book, we could
obtain an assurance of not being struck while
we were down, we gmight then trust to th e
humility ol our position for defence, and be
disdainfully permitted to grovel with safety in
the dust. But no such promise has
ned! given,
mu* adversary has not the generous'-simplicity
ol Joe Miller's hero, though we rival the de
gradation, but not the ingenuity of his oppo
nent. We may creep and fawn in vain; blow
"ill succeed to blow—indignity will be heaped
upon injustice until we lose every feeling of
self respect antLbecome fit only for the degra
ded stale, to which we shall be reduced. This
is riot declamation, it is sober serious truth._
Listen to it men of ail parties !
Ton who proudly take your name from the
constitution of your country ! Federalists,
shew that you merit the distinction, evince that
energy which is the boast oi your friends and
direct in a proper course those high sentiments
of"pride with which your adversaries have
rt
proaehed you. Let your country's cause call
lortb that tu. rypj and shew that her honor i
'be obi-ct of ynur
Euw a new and
contest .. vt>u< *>ivt -sa-'i» and coil* ! Lü*A
^ ^ ^ o) . J rîûlisw ._.
^ J the ]); . kl . y oyatiu|) of lhat you
may secure a eioriau* witimph tntritir country, your
and shew hy Hit ■•.'.crifice o!' ptrscial consider
nie,
ations that you are worthy of th| confidence
which you challenge. Compare,-1 pray you,
the
the character of an apologist for. he enemies
of your countiy, with lhat of theinUependeni
asserter of her rights —and continue no longer
are
to buy the reputation of consistent^, by advo
cating an outrage to your country; which you
At'- I >'
could not brook if offered to your rulers,
feet not to believe in the friendship of Britain,
a
when your understanding tells your there is no
hope of ever being brought to a sense of jus
tice but by coercion. Leave to pensioned prin
ters the odious task of calumniating your gov
ernment and ascribing views to the Erst magis
trate, of which the tribunal of your hearts ac
quit him. Can you my federal fellow-citizens !
Can you believe that be wi\3 actuated by hatred
to Britain and that if it were possible lie would
nut have preserved our peace ? Some "C y p*»
assert, few of you contradict and / cl * n °ne of
. ,
you believe it. lie is a prudent man and of
acknowledged abilities ; box uLnded rashness
olid folly are implied in the: charge. His char
acter for integrity and truth to
never ques
tioned : yet the imputation amounts to corrup
tion and falshood. His fortunes are embarked
with those of bis country, and a reputation ac
quired by a long -eries of honorable labor is
at
stake on his conduct : yet the motives of an ad
kliout fortune or fame ascribed to
venture
fie is ambitious of honest fame, and
him.
wounded by the sufferings of his countiy : yet
Hie conduct vith which he is charged would
tf.nd only to ruin his reputation and destroy
every hope of retaining the confidence of the
people.
Again, my countrymen, 'tune assert that, in
the secret sanctuary of your hearts you do hom
age to truth, and abjure these malcontent Ban
ders. Give way tu these feelings. They are the
voice of the deity within—and cannot lead you
wiong ; utter in public what your secret con
science says is right—trust me ! the triumph of
truth is better than any which party run prepare,
and a reputation for (rankness and candor more
precious than a renown acquired in the ranks of
error, it will more than indemnify you the
scoffs and ridicule you dread for your desertion.
Betides has it never occurred to you—that unto
ward events might oblige England to disown the
insolence as she once did the justice of her minis
ter ? and have you clearly appreciated in this
case the over .vhcmliug shame of having offered
to the enemies of your country arguments azrir.it
lur which even they will d-sd
i to accept.
I'edcratisti I
; nn change of principle.—
Retain your name. Retain while you think them
right, your tenets. Guard the constitution u
guiustany excesses of democracy, which you
think would destroy it. But while you watch
you
think would destroy it. But while you watch
the postern, do not let your brethren be over*
r~-- 1 ' u - s-"' ' Vr,M h * ive Here ., coixmou
:t
interest ; take then a common share in the dan
ger, in the glory of the defence and do not em
ploy that full share of talent, which it is acknow
ledged you possess, in framing apologies for a
nation, which does not deign to make them for
herself. They degrade you; They may ruin
your country.
Rif.ub/icans ! Be worthy of your names I—it
implies all your country can desire you to pos
sess ! Synonimous with patriotism, courage, and
impatience under illegal control, let it also I c
characteristic of moderation, und a dignified for
giveness of wrong. Shew that however irrita
it
ted by oppression,you can receive with the grasp
of friendship, every hand that shall pledge its aid
in the great work of defence. But remember the
to
responsibility that rests on you, and you alone.
If ary serious injury should result frotfl your ne
glect, the best excuse you can bfierpo you
î î on
siitucn'.«, for the time already lost, will be a
wretched one. A diligent employment i f that
which yet is yours,can alone retrieve j ou in their
opinion.
Americans ! Under whatever denomination
you have arranged yourselves in bands, by what
ever shades ol interests or opinion you may have
decn divided—throw off the party colored livery
be
that disgraces you.—Exchange it for the honor
it
able uniform of your country ; no longer likt
the Highland slaves, suffer youiseives to be dis
languished by the name of your father,
adopi
or
his principles, his imeiests, and his deadly feuds.
Y our country's honor and her interest, joi r in
dividual honor, your private interest,demand (h<
solemn sacrifice of party feeling,
Never was oc
casion more favorable to union, never one that
required it so much.—Even if insensible to the
value of reputation, you do not feel the indignity
offerer! to your country—the annihilation of iti
trade may forcibly affect you ; and the flouting
e
dungeons which confine die Codies of your un
be
happy countrymen, may also stifle their groans.
in
—^Yet you cannot he indifferent to the rest.—
Hie voice of blood will be heard. It cried out
to Heaven, we are told, when it first crimsoned
de
the earth. The Almighty heard it. He fixes
hia mark upon the murderer, and implanted ir
the human heart an hoiror for* the crime, which
no reasoning can « a licite,
Even while yot
of
read, you feel this truth, and the bodies of vont
countrymen, not slain in honorable war, but
butchered in the
unsuspecting hour of peace,
present themselves to your view. They call ai
loud for atonement—and tell you with the soil
the
enmity of the grave, that the tenutation of theij
country fell with them, and will never resusitatA
that
until revived by honorable satisfaction nr by
and
speedy vengeante. These, suppress them as yyii
will, Americans, are your sentimentc.—-Wrytt
rt
ever be your party,you feel on the perusal of inis
call
simple statement a short indignation,
tbat be
i
eomes you. Is the emotion momentary? D
and
■ you want the aid of other »notions to s
:li;
! Lü*A w *« L. «Utou-Glou between vwt otv
inters and .he M ppo.t . iyour counter
no.
Abandon one, and the other fall«. Whatever be
your station, tbi's is inevitable like the stroke 06
death. It visits all akk
merchant and roeelia
nie, farmer, lawyer or divine, all have the
satin,
stake. The tyranny that now drives you f tom
the sea, unless resisted with the energy of the
union, will soon oppress you on the land. These
are not the suggestions ot fancy, nor arc they ad
dressed to yyur passions, but to your deliberate
judgement. Exercise it without passion, and
I >' ou will perceive that though united, there is rv\£
a measure for our strength :
yet divided
wt
should fa'll without a blow,
You will find that
division invites hostility ami weakens defence.—.
Do not deceive yourselves with the id.ca lhat
op..
position may safely be entertained until the
nib
ment of danger, and then be suddenly dropped
Human nature contradicts the idea. The
sions, like the waves, will not be commanded
!
Once in motion they may overwhelm u«, bn
cannot be restrained—Experience contradicts i
—ar.d that a sense of common danger is an effect*
p*»
ual restraint we have too
of
. , , . , , . many examples t.,
doubt—neither the vigorous attack of an enemy
of
without, nor the pressure of pW.er.ce, famine
and conflagration within, could for a moment
calm the fury of the parties that raged in Jerusa
lem—a worse scourge than either fire or swortl.
hunger or disease, ihc la»t greuteat curac was rtl
served by Heaven for the accomplishment ofthe
ac
prophecies and the instrument ol its wrath.
at
The diclde tt nu/ieru of Rome was lier
ad
nio,t
formidable as well as faioiiic
maxim, and tlw
to
perusal of
newspapers must convi
our
ice
is nbt confined to antiquity. I could
ibat its use
enlarge or. this subject, but if the sentiments of
my readers go with mu 1 have saij enough_if
they do not volumes would suffice,
the
In this number, 1 may appear to have
war,
deied from my plan, but it is no digression, 1 am
in
Heating on the means of defence—and tierr
.rrouml woik is union—the
superstructure .»
mplc.
the
V INDEX.
From a late ücolch fiafier.
of
The imports of cotton, in the year just expi
red, into London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, are
us follows :—
of
the
BAGS.
From America
17lMti7
British West Indies
üö,.qtiy
Conquered Dutch colonies
the
48,Wl
Polin gal
18,981
this
East Indies
11,40*1
All other parts
8,390
Total,
28 2,66'/
Total,
28 2,66'/
Thus America furnishes five-eighths of this-
important malêrial.
The total importation into the United States,
on an average of 3 years, 1802, 1803 ar.d iaq*i,
amounts to 1(1,930,000/. of which they take
from Great Britain 8,093,000/. i litis, the im
port atiou Ou in Great Britain is almost equal to
their importation from all the rest of the
world.
The exports from America amount to
15.400,000/. of which 9,000,000/. are of do
mestic produce, 0,000,000/. of imported goods
exported Of tlvs sum of 13,000,000/.
5,200,009 comes to Great Britain,
Thus America imports from us 8,903,000/.
isxports to us
5.200,009/.
Leaving a balance in our favor 2,893,000/.
This short statement -will furnish some reJ
flections of the highest importance, connected
with the question of peace or war with the U
nited States.
Bold arid artful achievement .
A letter has been received by Mr. Weight,
man, of Fell's Point, from capt. Johnson, of
the schooner Two Margarets, of this port, giv
ing an account of the capture of the schooner
by a French privateer, and her subsequent
1C,
capture by himself. The letter is dated as
Gibraltar, November 23, ! 80f), and states, that
on his passage from Malta to Bristol, be. on the
19th of October, came in sight of Cape Bon,
when, it being calm, a French privateer soon
rowed up with sweeps and captured live Two
Margarets, putting ry prize master and mate,
with six men on board to carry Iter into port.
When night came on it began to b'ow a gale ;
and the privateer parted from the schooner ;
the captain previously giving orders to the prize
master not to permit captain Johnson to be cn
deck in the night, lest he should retake bis ves
sei._ A gtiaid was placed over him, be was
confined below, and threatened with death if
be attempted to stir. (Capt. J. had captain
Bounds and bis mato »boat d going to Gibraltar.)
On their first coming on board captain John
son feigned himseif sick, which lulled their
suspicions asleep.
So in the morning he was
suffered to go on deck ; and consulting with
Mr. Whipey, about re-capturing the schooner,
found that be would stand by him. Going
down, he again came up muffled in his great
coat, with a hatchet under it i He first knock
ed down the pr ze master, and leaving him to
W. instantly dispatched the mate by repeated
blows—both these being killed, the vest were
intimidated: and captain Johnson
ain took
command of his vessel. He made for Cagliari,
where he was obliged to peiforny a quarantine
of 18 days; and three days after, piöcuring»
crew, lie sailed Nov. 10, in company with tim
British packet, bat, losing her in hazy weather, ,
and dreading Fiench cruisers in the Streights,
he made for Fort Mahon, in Minorca. On the
ÎOth he reacht d Gibraltar, where he was taking
m jiff -visions art') repairing hjs sails, Etc.
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