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vh«n lohmtaiily. offered, and when too,
our country is reduced to such a miserable
M 'te of poverty, that l,an» must be resort
«d to, to defray the ordinary expenses of
government.
The firm,
c 'ang away th*, relief embraced, aid the
<■ ‘great benefit -> out bjr the offer of th
Spanish mtoUl* f Is oar government >
i .ch tht«, 001.000 of dollars due to os is un
rot thy their acceptance I Is the 11,000,00-
ui dollars expended in the purchase <
Lxdsiana, of so little consequence that i
Vas more polltick to reject the minister <
uik independent nation, who was enipo*
vt'ttfl to establish oar title to it, which i
now disputed, than to recognise him for »
desirable a purpose ? It should be remen.
. Leiwd that the sum offered by Spain ex
<etdt the annual revenue of our country.—
It will not be forgotten also that the ven
ecu of justice, now spontaneously offered
to us have occasioned several expensive
embassies to the court of Spain from th<
United States, and atone time had nearh
produced a war between the two countries
. Yet now, whu we a few years since nego
j liated for at a considerable expense and at
the risk of a war, we refuse to receive
to receive the Spanish Minister, accept the
terms' proposed, and it would have been
time enough to turn him away after the
government which he represented ceased
to be independent. I> it pretended that
the French Emperour has a right to say to
Qte President of these states, “ you must
receive a Minister from Spain becsus<
I meditate her subjugation, 1 mam to ov< i -
turn her government and plant a Knig
upon her throne ?” He equally meditata
the subjugation of every power on the con
Unent, and every government hi the world.
Suppose »he same haughty end insolent
language to be held 4S to England, Hu*-
Austria,'and Sweden, is Mr. Madison
prepared to acquiesce? Bonaparte does
not k>k less anxiously for the destruction
of England and those ocher powers, th m
he does for that of Spain. If het eafter, in
a similar tone with whiah he declared Eng
land blockaded, he says to the' Umftd
St at ya, you must not acknowledge Great-
Britain to be an independent nation by re
ceiving from her » Minister, because 1
mean to iiSvade her, I mean to subvert hei
government, will our government submit
and tacitly assent to his pretensions ? Upon
the same principle that we admit the right
of his demand as to Spain, I presume we
would be ready to, support his claim to the
British Empire. In point of right and
principle there is no difference in the two
cases, and in point of fact there is not
much more, if we believe our wise rulers
to possess any thing of political foresight,
or tP »»• «nawed with the gift of-pi*phecy
England, say they, must ultimately bow
before the conquemur. During the pre
sent war then, while Bonaparte’s prospects
of subduing England daily became more
bright, and is waged at a distance with
equal vigour as it is against Spain, there is
no distinction in point of principle in the
two cases. The final overthrow of the
mie may be more remote than that of the
other, but we have the same right, and it
would be equally proper to reject a British
as a Spanish Minister upon the ground of
independence. At the time Mr. Madison
rejected Don Onis, Spain in every point of
view was as independent and as much en
titled to the free exercise of the rights ot
nations as England, or Russia, and much
more so than the United States, who basely
cringe to France and dare not like Spain
assert her Independence, by resisting the
power of Bonaparte.
In denying to Spain the rights of embas
sy, our government was influenced.by mo
tives more powerful and seductive than
ate generally perceived. By provoking
• £pain to a declaration of war against this
country, au alliance would eventually be
■ brought about between the United States
’» and France. A state of things would
speedily be produced in which this country
Would be found officially co-operating with
' the Emperour to effect the reduction of
South-America. A collision with Eng
land would necessarily follow, and thus
that would be accomplished indirectly
which, if attempted directly, d<MWbedvh )
rrdtted by the great mau cf the well af
fected citizent of America.
Here we find a clue to the conduct of our
* Executive. Unless motives such as these
prevailed in our cabinet, it is impossible
that the just and liberal propositions made
to us by Spain could have been rejected.—
Our government, pinched is it is by actual
want and ground down to poverty and de
' spair, would have accepted the 8,000,000
dollars and anxiously awaited the corona
tion of Joseph to receive a new Minister,
hid not motives such as these influenced
their deliberations.
Suppose then the state.of things so much
to be dreaded, and the evils contemplated,
to be at hand. Would the pati iotick Sam
uel Smith and his brother Robert so noted
for veracity and honrtty, hesitate to em
ploy a small portion of their ill-gotten
wealth in privateering ? This is <he kino
of business which Commodore Barney tell*
us the patriotic*general was so anxious t<
embark in some half doten years ag>
These are »he resistless chsrms held ou
by a Spanish war, which will always bt
course
nt wa»,
nopnlar with the dishonest part of the com
i unity. Who are eagir for an opportunity
<> support ** the freedom of the teat*’ by
bbing their neighbours of their property,
kit we trust that the councils of Spain are
•greeted by too much wisdom to gratify the
..ise and cowardly designs of the factioti
hat now governs our country. If England
nd Spain will only exercise a little mag
laniinous forbearance, and persevere’in a
acifick policy, they will soon find this
< »ck hearted faction humbled to the dust.
Of the appropriation bill providing for a
nUs ion to King Joseph at Madrid, we shall
wreafter treat, as connected with and
•nore fully developing the dark designs of
>ur government.
LONDON, December 4.
\V"I received this morning Moniteurs and
other Paris papers to the 23d ult. attracts
from which artrgiven in our preceding co
lumns. The enemv appear much pleased
with the Covent-Garden riots. They are
carefully dgtailed from day to in the
Mouiteur. Bonaparte’s Kings, Princes and
Dukas, continue to crowd to Paris. The
grand fete was deferred uatil the 2d inst.
we presume to allow time for the arrival of
all the company expected. Meanwhile the
Emperour was employed in holding levees
;.nd councils, and receiving deputations and
iddresses. That from the Senate talks of
a league for the emancipation of the com
merce and the independence of nations,
and into which it says, the states of both
heminftheree are eager to enter; meaning.
n> doubt, France and America. The
grand fete being over, he will probably
turn his attention to Spain.
foreign
Received at New- York from Liverpool.
The vicinity of Croydon, in Surry, has
been alarmed, for this fortnight past, by an I
inhuman wretch who sallies out at ir »ht in I
a black mask, a dark coloured cloak, and
military boots with long spurs. He is a I
tall stout made man. His practice is tn
attack all the women whom he meets.
Having let the object pass, he turns round,
tnd seizing her by the shoulders, he shake*
and pinches her in a violent manner. He
concludes the brutal assault, by passing !
tier clothes over her head, and tearing her
person with a curry-comb ; sometimes
spurs are applied to the same cruel and in
human purpose. Should he perceive any
neraun coming to the assistance of his vic
tim, he makes off, and leaps over park
palings, or walls, although six feet high,
with the greatest ease. By his strength
md agility he has mtherto evaded his pur
*uerg.—Upwards of fifty persons have been
■nost seriously ill-treated bythis monster;
imongst whom is Mrs Wildgoose, tlte wife
<»f a respectable gentleman at Croydon;
she now lies dangerously ill from the treat;
meat she lately received, on her return
frorti a visit to her niece. Also the ostler
of the Hare and Hounds, at Wadding,
whom he mistook for a woman, owing to
the daikness of the night, and whom he
caught hold of, and, finding his mistake,
threw the poor man into a deep ditch.
The inhabitant* of Croydon are taking
every mean* to discover the monster's re
u eat; numerous parties were out last night
in search of him. The ttrrour is so great
among the females of the vicinity of Croy
don, nut a woman is to be seen out of doors
after dusk.
The Africaine frigutc, Capt. Raggett,
na* arrived at Portsmouth, from the Chess- I
>eake, in 26 days. The Honourable Mr
Erskine, his lady and four children, came I
home in her. The Africaine lay two
months in Hampton Roads after she landed
Mr. Jackson. Soon tafter she arrived sev- I
e alof the crew deserted in one of her
i)<>a.ts: the men were claimed by Capt. II
Raggett, but the American mob seemed to I
I be judges in the case, for, though there ap
peared every disposition in the government
to restore the men, they were never given
up, and it was attributed to the influence of
the mob The officers of the Africaine had
I very little communication with the shore, i
I in consequence of this disgraceful transac
| ion. Captain Raggett did not g<rO<shore
I rtll the lime the Africaine was in America.
I The general opinion when the Africaine
sailed was that the differences with this
I country wuuld be adjusted.
i We have received New-York papers to
| the 2d, and Boston papers to the Bth ult.
We have received French papers to tip.-
29th November, and Dutch to the 2d insl.
I I’he Empress of Austria is recovered from
I her severe indisposition. The Emperour
II was expected al Vienna on the 22(1 ult.
the French having undertaken to evacuate
it on the 19th Some disturbances have
iroken.out in Bosnia, Carnolia, and Aus
umn Gallicia but the cause is not men-|
tinned. Troops were marching in those
directions to rept ess them. That in Car
nolia m stated u» have been quelled. The
from Madrid is to the 7th ult.
at which time Bonaparte was expected to
■ippexr shoitly in Spain, at the head of a
! rirge force.—Soult had arrived in that
• apital. The peace between France and
\ustria was known there on the 3tL—
These papets also contain Hoffer's Pm
cunpalion, recommending submission toue
December 6.
Tyroleans; but it bears evident marks of
French fabrication.
The ting has been pleased to constitute
and appoint the Kight Hon. Spencer Per
ccval; the Kight Hon. John Foster, Chan-
I cvildrof His Majesty’s Exchequer of Ire
land.
- The Gazette of last night contains the
official account of the surrender of the Is
lands of Zante, Ithaca Cephalonia, and
Cerigo, to the British arms.
Private letters from Holland state, that
King Louis, being unfriendly to the anti
commercial system, which Napoleon wish
es to enforce, to that country, is to be trans
ferred to Westphalia, and that King Je
rome is to receive the crown of Holland in
exchange.
It is said, that Mr. Perceval is not to
vacate his seat for Northampton, in conse
quence of his new commission as First
Lord of the 'treasury, because he who
stood second in the former commission now
happens, only by the event of the death of
the Duke of Portland, to stand first. This
evasion of the spirit of a positive and
wholesome law, wc trust will be tacitly
submitted-tg., , * -
A letter has been received from the Nle
men, of 58 runs, which states, that she had
fallen in with four French frigates steer
ing westward. These are, no doubt, the
ships that sailed lately from Loire.
A Spanish officer is arrived with de
spatches, which are said to afford great
hopes of the immediate surrender of Bar
celona, which is in the greatest distress
for provisions, in consequence of the de
struction of the convoy destined for its re
lief. The Spaniards are said to be pre
paring to storm Fort Montjuie.
A letter from Moravia states, that the
Archduke Charles is dangerously ill.
The French Consul in Denmark hah
given publick notice, that Peruvian bark is
no longer to be classed among the East-In
dia commodities which are not permitted
io pass the line of the French officers ot
customs.
A very serious insurrection has broken
out in Bosnia, the particulars of whiah are
anxiously expected. It is also reported,
that proceedings of a veiy unpleasant na
' ure have taken place in some parts of
Austrian Gaßicia, and in particular in
Lemberg; Irotb French and Austrian troops
are marching to that quarter.
The late insurrections in Carniola an
said to have been perfectly quelled. Nine
ringleaders, one of whom was a French
emigrant, had been taken, and shot in
Trieste. k \ ' *
CORK, November 24.
The following letu-r is from Mr. Joseph
Whittle, master of the ship Nexis Planter,
of Liverpool, to Laurence Roche, of Cove-
“ I was boarded last evening by his Ma
jesty's ship Fortitude, Captain Vansittart,
70 miles west from Cape Clear, whose let*
ters I beg leave to enclose.
“ I gave Capt. Vansittart intMgence of
two privateers on this coast, one of which
had plundered the American ship Eliza-
Ann, from Dublin to New-York, of all her
stores and clothing belonging to the captain
and passengers.
Yesterday, the Recruit, Capt. Murray,
and the Wolverene, Capt. Carr, arrived at
this port, from Vera Cruz, having on board
upwards of three millions of dollars, on
government and private account. They
left Vera Crus 30 days since. The Span- I
ish line of battle ships San Ander, and San
Dramon, had sailed with 12,000,000 of
dollars for Cadiz ; the latter ship was ac
companied by the Undaunted, Capt. Ma
ting, she not being deemed sea-worthy;
i and a fewdayawfter she sailed, she sprung
deak, which obliged her to pul into Porto
Rico. I ‘
REMARKS ON ?H£ APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mb. Lyon observed, that in bringing for
ward the present motion, he had in view,
not only to get aj opportunity to vole against
the appropriation of a large sum of money
for the continuance of a mission to Russia,
and sending t new one to Joseph Bona
parte's court at Madrid, from which he
thought no advantage to this nation could
possibly be derived, but he hoped to be
gratified rfnd enlightened by the discussion
I that would arise on the motion. He hoped
gentlemen who were very sanguine to gel
this large appropriation of 40,000 dollars
gulped down M ene swallow, would con
descend to present to the house their view
of the utility of those missions. Two gen
tlemen, (Mr. bmilic and Mr. Burwell,) had
risen seemingly for that purpese; but when
their observations were animadverted on
by the gentleman from Connecticut, (Mr.
1 Pitkin,) they have, as 1 understood them,
explained away every thing like an attempt
at a justification 6f the missions in a politi
cal point of view.
Royal .dmeterdam Courant qf Dec. 1.
What commercial connexions have we,
or can we have with Russia, (sa«d Mr.
HAMBURGH, November 21.
PORTSMOUTH, December 3.
VIWNA, November H.
MR. MATTHEW LYON’S
nett##.
Lyoo.) which will justify ike II
tobe created by keeping a mission at St.
Petersburg, tbp lavishing 10,350 dollars
annually of the people’s money, fer th*
salary of the ambassadour and his secreta
ry? Let it be understood, Sir, that ioa«-
much as tire President has sent Mr. Adams
smbassadour to St. Petersburg, with the
consent of the Senate, (after the mission
had been by them twice rejected,) I have
no objection to his being paid for the time
be may be out. He has received his out-hl I
of 9000 dollars for the current year, as well
as that of his secretary, advanced or for- II
warded M him, from the department of
state ; so that the question now before us I
is not, will you consent to appropriate for I
this year’s salary ? It is, will you consent I
to legitimise a perpetual mission at the I
courts mentioned in the Secretary’s report
of estimates ? It is now we are called on to I
vote the annual appropriation for such ait
establishment. We have always been told
that our commerce with Russia brings no
money; her staple commodities are the II
same as ours; her exports are principally
iron and hemp, and articles produced from
those staples; and shall we, ata time when I
there is the greatest necessity for encour
aging our own manufactures, and the culti
vation of the materials for their use, bur- I
then the nation, and increase the national I
debt, by keeping a mission at Russia at the I
expense of 10,350 dollars per annum, mere
ly to faciliatc a commerce which operates
as a clog on the growth of our manutac
ures, and lends to discourage the culture
of hemp, and the making our ore into iron.
My situation in the western country, which
incapable of producing hemp for all the
world, forbids my concuring in such a ru- II
inous policy ; my knowledge that this na
tion can and will, with due encouragement,
produce more tharf she wants, forbids.it.
Shall we, I say, Sir, after refusing a Min
ister from the Junta’s court of Seville, in
Spain, take a decided part in favour of the
Corsican usurper, who has been hoisted on
to the Spanish throne by his tyrant brother,
by voting our constituent’s money to send
i mission to his court at Madrid? In no
other light can this thing be considered,
notwithstanding the vote of yesterday, re
ducing the sum first proposed as an appro
priation to be extended in intercourse with
foreign nations.
The committee of ways and means have
made the report'of the Secretary their I
guide ; it has been printed for the use of
the members; copies have gofie to offices
of the departments of State and the treasu
ry ; and this report will be their guide with
egard to the items which constitute this |
aggregate of 49,400 dollars. This report I
bring'ng into that aggregate sum, a mission I
r to Madrid, and Krecord or document be- u
ing to be found pointing out what was the II
intent of the redaction. The Executive I
are left to send this mission to Madrid, if I
they choose to call on us another year for II
. the balance of the expense, or to draw it I
I out of the appropriation for contingent ex- II
penses for foreign intercourse. I am told, II
Sir, that instead of embarrassing and de- I
laying the passage of this appropriation I
bill, 1 should have come forward in a manly ’
manner, and laid a resolution on your table, I
for calling home the Minister at St. Peters
burg, if I did not like the mission. It has
been too often the case, Sir, that millions I
of the people’s money have been voted 11
away in a day in this house, with a bare I
quorum of the members in their seats.— II
This very unjustifiable apathy is by no II
means a reason that we should not now II
check an appropriation, the utility of which II
is at least doubtful and indefensible. Gen- II
tiemen will spend weeks very patiently, in I
debate on mere matters of form, or on ab- II
struse propositions, the ultimate decision II
of which is of no importance to their con- II
stituents; but seem very soon to be worn
out when an attempt is made to particular- II
iae and shew to the people the manner in II
which their twenty thousands are laid out II
Although I do not profess to be a connois- II
seur in politeness,l have always prided my
- self in acting open, manly and candid. Had I
I on this occasion, been manly, or rather I
= foolish enough, as the gentleman from Vir- II
1 ginia, (Mr. Eppes,) seems to wish, to have
suffered this, which I call an abominable
appropriation,.to pass sub tilenlip, I should I
have immediately been told that the re- I
solution was an unjustifiable Interference
with the powers of the Executive, and the
resolution would in all probability have
been smothered, as many an important one
has been, by a refusal of the majority to
consider or take it up. I think it is most
manly, Sir, at the time when you are
voting away millions in a single day, to call
the house to a pause—on important ques- I
tions like the present. Indeed I know of
no other way of discussion on this subject
which could be provoked or obtained.—
Subjects of this kind, seem to be always I
too delicate for majorities to dwell upon:
tub tilentio votes suit them best.
In the year 1798, federal gentlemen con
tended that the constitution gave the Pre
sident, with consent of the Senate, the
power of sending as many missions to fo
reign countries, as he thought proper ; and
that we the House of were
bound to vote their salaries and outfits.—
We, republicans, contended that this house
nad a discretionary power, and could re
fuse to appropriate the salaries and outfits
when we thought proper. There bbut
one federal gentleman now • member
who was at that time a member of thia
house, (Mr. Dana,) I am happy to be abb
to congratulate myself on that gentleman’s
seemiqg to have come to my opinion, while
I have to regret that many gentlemen in
this house, who call themeelve* republi
cans, particularly a gentleman from New-
York, (Mr. Root,) and a gentleman from x
Maryland, (Mr. M'Kim.) are advocating
the old aristocratkk doctrine on this sub
h ct. I confess I do not understand that
kind of republicanism that changes its doc
trines with the change of power. I like that
steady republicanism that will, when in
power, practice on the doctrines advocated
by republicans out of power. What prin
ciple has been more eealously professed
and advocated, and oftener reverberated
in the publick ear, than afteci/ick afifiro
firiationa, yet howhs that principle scouted
now by self-styled republicans, when in
power, and called to act upon it ? In thia
very bill you make a specifick item for the
salary of each officer of the mint, In lieu of
saying in .one item—“ for (he salaries for
the officers of th/ mint, doUara.” So
w ith regard to the Governours of each ter
ritory there is an item for each individual
salary, and for each set of
of saying—“ for the salaries of the
ours and the Judges of the territories w
dollars.” But, Sir, when this house is call
ed on by a number of its members to'make
a specifick appropriation for each minis
ter and secretary that is to be kept at, or
sent to a foreign court, instead of approprt
ating the people’s money in a dark, enig
matical manner, not easily understood by
them,republican gentlemen forget all their
high sou'ding professions in favour of the
republican doctrine of afiecifick ufiftrofiri
ationa. and shelter themselves under a
custom, which, they say, was in practice
under the administration of those who made
no such professions; as if they acknow
ledged, themselves, that their former pro
fessions are now to go for nothing. What
caution was oftener repeated by republi
cans, ten and twelve years ago, than ” be
ware of the power of the executive; by
its extensive patronage our liberties will be
endangered ?”
Instead of guarding against executive
encroachments, republicans, ingame, have
quietly acquiesced in, or actively promoted
as they do, in this case, every enccmtch
ment that opportunity has presented™
The gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Ep
pes,) has really told us an edifying, enter
taining story, about a sick man and his fa
mily, that were put into a salutary and
quiet sleep by reading and hearing for a
very little time the production of a’dull au
thour. And the gentleman has very wife
nly made thia production apply to the
speeches of the members of Congress.—
That gentleman has had no opportunity to
get himself to sleep reading my speech
es made this session. The newspapers
have been otherwise occupied—and 1 can
tell hhn, with truth, that <m my way to
Congress this winter, (however eafsv 1
wa< to read the news, and to hear what
was doing (fere,) I have had many a com
fortable nap in reading or attempting to
read the long speeches made by some gen
tlemen during the session.
■ in—
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Monday, Fxbmuaby 15.
On motion of Mr. Dawson, the letter of
Mr. Fulton, upon the subject of Tor/itck>ea f
was referred to a select committee.
Mr. Rhea moved a resolution, requesting
the President to lay before the House a •
statement of the sums which have been
from time to time expended upon Fortifi
cations, and of the sums appropriated to
that object, which may remain unexpended
Mr. Burwell thought the resolution wtffild
give the Executive a degree of trouble dis
ptoportioned to any advantages to be de
rived from it.
Mr. Rhea said some words in support of
the resolution. 1 *
Mr. Fisk, Mr. Gould, and Mr. Milnor,
opposed the resolution as unnecessary, tho
information in substance being already be
fore the House.
Mr. Dana was of opinion that it would be
proper to have the information in detail
from the Executive department.
Mr. Rosa alto supported the resolution.
It was negatived, 41 to 3k.
On motion of Mr. Milnor, the House re
solved itself into a committee of the whole,
on the resolutions respecting the Batture,
Mr. Macon in the chair.
The several resolutions heretofore offer
ed by Mr. Sheffey upon the subject, to
gether with that moved by Mr. Love, de
claring the right of the United States to
the said Batture, were read.
Mr. Love spoke in support of his resolu
tion. As the constitution of the United
States makes it the duty Congress to
make all needful rales and regulations re
specting the territory or other property of
the United States, he thought it the duty
of Congress to make the declaration in
volved in his resolution, if they had ground
to brlieve that the property belonged to
the United Staten, [This to •*. begging the
question,” and is the very same principle,
dr rather abandonment of principle, upon
which Mr.Jrflerson suspended the decision
of the Court of New-Orleans, by calling