The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1810-01-30 00:00:00, page 2

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" The position of our public aff:irs
fufifies an indivitual in off-ring his
~advice to the people Oa ordinary
~occafions this is a privilege frequently
”abuﬁ ; on this, it is a doty few will
chult to perform-—fo many plaafible
objections occur to any plan which
may be proposed, that the herd of
writers find it easier to oppose the
measures, that are pursued, than to
point out any which ought tobe a
dopred, :
As an anonymouns writer, the man
who now addreflss you. can have no
other influence, than that which rle
fults from his arguments, nor does he
wish to infinndte that official Ration
would, if he were known, entitle him
to more 3§ and to remove erroneous
fmpreffions. which might be created
by the charaéter 6f the paper he has
chosen, he thinks it proper to declare
that the simple quality of citizen, un
conn:=&=d with overfiment, cither by
. pficc or expe&ation,is all he can claim.
" Americans! your situation s feri
ous, but not al:rming It demands
the exarcife of refl -&inn, which if not
difturb=d by vain terrors, wiil lead to
no diftheartening result Brought to
a point, where it is <ifficalt to remain,
dangerous to advance; and infamous
' to recede, we pause—to 3 certain de
gree itis necefl.ry we fhotld. * Nor
do I wonder at the present cantion of
those who were loa' in there com
pl.ints of leflor juries : —~While re
monfrances, anl appeals to puabhe
_Jultice were thought fufficient to deter
our enemics, they were properly re.
sorted to as probably the beit, and
ce-tainly the cheapeit and most hu
mane means of fefence, Bur the ex
perinent has been tried, until we.our.
selves, begin to be weary of the repeti.
tion.— We now ¢rather tate T confefs)
‘difcnver, that in fate logic, the con.
ciuflion rarely follows the premises;
that reasoning is but a poor defence
against power, and rhat in the univer:
fity of nations, those who fight, not
those who reason best, receive the priz.
es of victory and independence. Yet
do not think I mean to blame that
scrupulous regard to public faith,
which has hitherto chara&erifed our
‘intercpurfe with other nations ; God
forbid, neither his divine proteétion
nor that energy which is derived from .
a confcinufnels of right, can be ex
pefted where this is Jifregarded. But
the dispensations of his providence,
have ordained, that the virtuous, in
order to prevail, muit be voited —
Jullice, therefore, and moderation,
eannot be maintainéd, withput the
afl ciation of fortitude and courage.
=TIt isitherefore T Jfeprecate that tran
qgnil {pirit, which content with having
demonstrated the injustice of a foreign
pation, pursues no weafures to assert
the dignity of our own, or to procure
that indemnity ani! security to which
she is entitled, that querulous fprrit
which complains m the corners of our
coffee hounies, or creeps through the
columns of a whining -editor—that
bumbaltic -spirit which animates a
town meeting speech, and sometimes
boldly thuadersin the tub-orator’s ad
dress at a barbecue—¢* Welll we have
got the better of Engiand in this con
troverfv. ! ¢ Gond be praised, but
where 17 Oh, we ‘have completely
ut them in the wroug : our cabinet
gas shewn conclusively that they h<ve
been guilty of ill faith, of unprovoked
“wiolence, of robbery. of murder and
moreover when fitisfa&tion was de
‘manded, they added infuit to injary,
‘ and impuiently requifed that the firt
_acknowledgement thoul | come froa
us” And what then? honest, but
simple citizen ! what then ? truly you
&ve proved, what all the world knew
before, that your hospitality had been
" abused, your shores invaded, your
. commerce pillaged, your countrymen
“putchered, and.that the perpetrators
of these ivjuries had amused you with
2 pretended tompad, uil their “pur
poses were answered, then impe ‘ently
taking off the musk, 1 ughed at your
crefulity, and endeavored to bully
~you inte a formal “surrender of your
vights, asthe price of their precarious,
their fatal frieng’;&hig; - Why did your
executive publish this long lift of jin
ﬁg, ‘down calmly under them., we
fhonld merit a repetitiou 8¢ the offence
. wsewas'it to make the world admire an
_example of forbearance so rarely seen
as'generally to be mistaken for pufil
" pare you for those confi quences,which.
ﬁamﬁmﬂtgfd aithes Sob s
fafety orreputation,: are incyitable—.
nﬁ%”mm‘”wm Abase moble
feelings of the foul. too Jong. Qfﬁ&a&d
g purfuis W*“g:v
audily exerted i the never e sing.
eonflits of party=it wasto ate. faicly
ghe question. and bil yon choose be.
gaveen the inf umy of buying ww“’g
e R eQg
PSRRI NE T hich jou. acquired.
il SeIR R T
acquielcence would secure you from
further -injuries, and the wiliom of
-averting them by manly refiltance.
To rest here would be jult as dignifi
‘®d as the condu&@ of an 'indi'v%ual
who withour the spirit chat avenges an
insult, or contends against injustice,
fh-uli fatisfy himfelf with prociaim.
ing how often his name had been if
honoured, his bed defiled, or his body
received the chastisement of a coward
Your president has a®ed with dig
nity and firmnefs, but has a&ed to
little purpose if he is enabled to do no
thing bur fend off an insolent envoy,
or to add another proclamation to the
former inefficient lit. The rest de
pends tpon your representatives —yet,
were [ among them, I should not
propose immediate war —Subsequent
numbers will detail the meafires
which, Ithink, oughtto be pumfucd
—f{hew our med4ns of attack an i de:
feace, when the appeal to arms be
comes inevitable—and endeavor to
form some probable conj:¢ure of the
result.
In the meéan time let those who dis
like the spirit of this address pon ‘er
over the following' piture of -a pecple
who lke us thought commerce the
greatelt good,and gold the only riches
of a nati“n-—who like us cvered the
fe 's with therr mercannie flovis—and
like us=God <vert tiic 0 zen! gave in
to the tatai deluficn that the ceadiy
hatred of a rival could be deprecated
by fubmiflin
The Carthagenians. ({ays the hist
torian describing the i:t period of
their existence) * awoke 1o _new fen
timents of honor, they reviled the
spirit of their own commonweaith,
ever reacy to barter national charac
ter for profir. to puichafe fafety with
thameful conc-flions, and to remove
a present danger by giving up vhat
it the oNLY SLCUTITY OF ‘NATIONS
againlt any 4 ger, the REPUTATION
OF THEIR VIGOR and the HONOR OF
THEIR ARMS ”’
'Anieticans, examine yourselves!
do you observe any traits of ref
blanee ? If they strike you, corfi ‘er
them well,and mark the consequences
to which they let'; they were fuccef
fively, loss of hwnor, inatiention 6
public defence. a resistance enfeebled
by vifcord in the hour of danger. «n
impotent firuggie in the paroxyifn f
despair and final anwIHILATION
Their country bhas be:n {wept by the
besom of deltru&ion, «ud - while the
palaces of her warlike rival still com
man: the admiration of the world, a
solitary traveller searches among the
fan ‘s for some doubtful veitigs of Ihe
grand, the weaithy, the commireral Car
thage. , 3 VINDEX
R ssy nce-
It creates furprile to perceive the
class of people in which a servile ‘=vo
tion to Ilngland has had most irflu
ence It is among the werchants a
mong thole who copltitute the navi
gating part of America, that a will
ingness to yield every thing, even their
own interests to that power,has found
a foltering attention. =~ -
. M: Mucon has well remarked the
clamor which three or four years since
the merchants raised, at the inter sic.
tion by Engiith a/ju ficauons, of the
circuitous trade in colonial pro uce.
Boston, New Youk. Phi}adelp"sia, Bal
timore. &c. ail faroith-d memorials
& remouftrances from the merchants,
m which this pretention was combat.
ed witly strong argument and animat.
ed langu.ge Bur to the all sweeping
orders in council, emnanating from
¢ his maj:iy” himfelt, they_ are tor
pid and indiffzrent, And what was
the carrying trade of the relics of the
French colouies, to th: export to all
Europe of the surplus pro.uce of our
country ? % s A
- How is.it that the Britith merchaats
are o keen after the interelts of their
trade, and the merchantscof America
the firQ in the country to give it up;
The late arrangement with MrErfkine
was disavowed by the miailtrv, be
cause, in the language of the Biitifh
merchants at their meeting on the oc--
cafipn, *it aould enable the: Américan’
merchants 1o supply Holland with cidsnial
produce cheaper than th:y” What a
fatirte on the Ameiican merchant ;
and on those which are termed the
navigating states * The Britith mer
chant even complains and forces, his
government to @ breach of faith, in
order that he may {fupply the encmics
of his country by a smuggling trade —
And the American merchant is indif
ferent, nay aids and ‘encourages the
British merchant to do this to the ipju
ry of his own fair and hnn‘éﬁ;tradn in
the f:me article, nor is there a single
memorial or remonstrance by the mer
cantile or navigating part of our coun.
try, at so gross a fucrifice of their in-
Revelle. o i e R
1t is because too many called A{
merican merchanis, are in facl no more
than the agents of Brilih wercbans, &
their irft duty is to yield to the inter.
sl baivmphios and cmploginet.
ally American Mer L e adupea
Sy ¥ok L T N
. And are the navigating potion of
the communrity to. be the lougeﬁ,_ mn .
-aiding and supporting a policy which
aims at the deliru&ion of their t‘rade.?
Let me remark another late evi.
dence of the. wilful hostility of Eng-< |
land to our counuy and iis trade.—
The profefling to blockade France,
and to be driven to use every means
to weaken the pefources of her ambi
ticus emgperor, gzc. they prefer taking
off the surplus avhear and. other produce |
from their deadly enemies the Fremch
themselves, to making an accomodation |
with us, by which we could fipply |
their wants, because we might, at the f
fame time, pursue a carrying trade to
a small exrent with Holland ! |
! e I —
Extract of a letter dated Wafbington, Dec 360 ;
“ You are no doubt anxious to learn what ;
congress are doing at this interesting crisis of
~our national affairs, and at a time when
~every eycis turped towards them with ea
- ger atrenticn [ regret it is ot in my pow
- €r to give ycu a better account of their pro
ceedings than what a true flatement will
- pictent 5 but I wiil give you a brief angd cor
rect fketeh of the a®ual state of the con
greflional business. i'he bouse of repre
fcntatives‘ha\rc fora fortnight past {pent
fome’ ~onfiderablie portion ot every day in
the dilcuffion of Mr Giles’s resolutions from
the senate, which you bave doubtless seen.
The federalifts oppose and resist th:eir pass
ing. even to a vote upon every ground their
ingenuity can devise They change ground,
and cach day abandon the position they had
tak¢n on the preceding day. They fiift ua
dentonk to jultify the condu& of the Brit
- ifly minister towards our government, and
'~ throw the blame of the rupture upon our
- cxccutive. They pretcnded they could fee
- nethiag improper on infoient on the part of
Mr Jackson. This was the argument of
| Nir Goid and Vr Emmont irom New York,
and ot Mr. Quincy from Maflachufetts. This
’ 3ftndied exoraium of considerable length,
lptter genticman rofc on Thuifday last, with
dad apprised the house that he thould prov#
i " clearly. comprebenfively, and éontlz{ﬁ?be{y," that
the aflertidbn: contained in the resolutions
} were falfe But when he came to the fadts
upon which his argument was to be foand.
l cd. and the commitree of the whole house
- hiftehing to hear this profound discovery, be
' stopped short and fau down, arid left the
- committce hke 4 country dance at the {bap
- ping of afiddle firing. Then up rose Mr
I lu'.f?cn!y * flinched when he came to the
Gaipiniery and aftee recovering from His
furgrife, at the fate of his friend who so
- hil[? deprecated the paflage of the refolu
| tlo9 as a war measure, as an aét of hostility
- towards Gieai Britain It is to be lament
;. ed that upon national queftinns there should
bg «ny tertous civifien among oyr fellow citi
- Zdos but ¢cspecia’ly inour national councils ?
- bftin congeels there is'yet a spirit of oppo
% fijion again@t the administration that can
- uuither betncteated nor diminished—a [pir
it that| labors inceflantly and zealonfly,
’ meafure\hat can be offcred or fupgefied by
to thware cmbarrafs and oppose cvery
| our governmicnt to resist or repcl Brit:{h ag
g efliovs and Britith inlolence Refifk 1 fay,
l They then wold you'they preferred war, and
tor 1t is not now o be demed that they re
filicd the embargo and non-intercourse.
' that they were wilhing to undertake if ; now
they decihine the expieffion of ary opinian,
- T aflure you, which may be deemed repeiling
the insolence of the British minifler to cur
excentive. Our reftiidbive fyflem was a
dopted for the purpose of resisting Britith
aggieffions. This system federaliim oppos
- €d tiii it was abandouned ; and now what do
* we hear the pppefition fay ? War! No A
~reftricive system again? No. What then
remaws but tame and fiient fobmiffion ?
- Wili they fabmit 2Oh no They teli you
- they will never submit But what will they
“do ? what have they done ? what are they
domng ? Their conduc furnifhes the awfwer :
Naihing bur oppoie their own government
wihcn cndeavoring 10 prote& the couutry
from Britfh outrage If they are confiftcnt
in any thing it i iu this—opposition is their
system. I'bis remark is applied more par
ticularly to the federalilts in congress and
some few fedgral newlpapers. '
The boneflt ycomadry of our country,
who have been attéched to that party, do
not merit this charaéter. - Their obje& is
very aifférent from that Of their leaders.
I he laiter only ftouggic for power and of
fice, the former arc governed by patriotic,
but mistaken views And so far as informas
tion can be here collected of the epinion
of the foderalifis from diffcrent parts of the
union, thty @y no means julhfy the . stand
their party has takcn in the present feflion
of congress « . s -
The discussion of these refol gtions ought
not to have tzken two days.;ana wounld not,
had not the federalifts oppefed them with
furh violence. %
The repablican members appear anxious
to take the queltion, aud have several times
. calied for 1t ; but they are as often defeat
ed by some fedéral speaker, who will life
“and sz fprech of several hours repetition
protract it—foln’as he firs down. up starts .
another,and thus they continue from day
to day. This day, I believe the republicans
mean to tzke the quellion. s
. The report of the committee o_f foreign
- relations, of which Mr Macon is chairman,
_ has occasioned much (pecular‘iou'. e is 2
“measure calrulated for war or peace ; and
will probably pass And as 1 have reached
the. future ‘ténfe, Iwill, from what I haye
heard whispered, conjecture what will fol
- low the passage of these resolutions, th‘lCh
will pafls some time next week. After the
vote on this quettion is taken, which will be
_in the affirmative, some energetic measures
will belhdoptzd o There will vey provß iy
~ be a commuanication from the ‘c:crunve},é-afd
vising congress to place this country in 3 |
poftore of deferce and to enable the nation
to aflunre an attitude as formidable as ‘we
A intellgence will_dusing the month of
February “be received from England, no
-measures but of a defeafive natare will pro- |
Wum&u £ill that ‘time. ,1F Great |
‘Britain fhal ﬁmh mﬁw ffe{"‘*‘g‘“*
_or rather if she thall xot immediately disa
vou'ith congiefs wil probably eadesvor o
give the cnergies of the nation the direction
L ghts they 00 cin 1796~ Golumbian, |
oTLR E eg D TARRST fe
- the girl who J
Sl B Ll Lel RLG et S
primed uhe lealt /park will make ber go of ™ |
- Pavrovial Leaidaiure,
ELEVENTH CONSRESS“—SECOND SESSION
- HOUSE CF BEPRESENTATIVES.
ERIDAY, TAN §—Several official Réports
were made by the Secretaries of the Treasu
ry, War, and Navy, oo the accounts of their
refpe@ive departments,
The House weat into committec on the
report of the committee appoiuted to drafe
rules and regulations for the House. .
The rules reported were read Mr Liv
ermork moved to ffrike out the rule re fpe@tmg
taking previous questions, whﬁh states that |
afu_:‘r theprerviou: gugﬂion 13 called for by ene "
Zfth of the members present o ;’e[:a!eﬁal} cease
~ Mr Livermore {poke at some length in
favor of his motion. A long debate enfucd
which lasted to a late hour of the day.--
Meflrs, Gardinier, Ely, Pitman, Wheatcn,
Quincy,Shcffy.Dana and Emott spoke again(t
the rulc,and in favor of striking out. Mefirs,
Rhea, Ross, Smilie, Soathard, Boyd, Alston,
Root and Johnson. spoke in favor of the rule,
At half past 4 the committee rose, reported
progress, and had leave to fit agamn, and the
Houfle adjourned.
SATURDAY JAN 6—A bill to revive and
continuce ia force until the 4th March, 1811,
the Mediterrancan Fund Laww was read twice,
A motion to eacourage the manuficture
of Iron, by grants of laud to ere@ Lion Works
within the United States, was negatived,
NAVAL ESTABLISAMENT.
. The committee on the fuijeét of the Naval
Eftablithmernit reported that the bulls of the
frigates now in ordiriary sught to be imme
diately repaired. ' [&F This vepore wwas ascom
panied by an eflimate of the Secretary of the Navy,
that 775,000 dollars would be nee:ffiry for the
repairs of weflels in commission and ordinary.]
. “T'he Houle again went into committce on
the Rules and Orders of the House
. Mefirs, Blaifdell, Gardinicr and Bacop
supported. and Mcfirs Ross and M Kee op
posed Mr. Livermore’s motion to strike out
a rule-~which was negatived, 56 to 47.
Mr Quincy moved for the {ubltitntion of
the old rule of the House on the fu'je@.—
Negatived, 59 to 36.-~Mr. Bacon moved to
amend the rule by adding at the end of it
the words *en the main gueflion ™ so as to al
low debate on the previous question Negatived.
Mr Quincy then moved to add the words
“ Buithe previous gueflion fball ntver be put until
every Member qobo chofis 8o speak foall bave Jpoken
oncc on the main gueflion” McHs. Quincy
acd Talmadge supported. and Meflrs. Rhea
and W Aiflon eppofed the motion. But
the committee rose without taking the quet
tion— nd the Houle adjourned ¥
MONDAY jAN. 8- Ou motion of Mr. L'9-
ermore, the Seerctary of the Treasury was
‘requelled o 'gy before the House any in
structions issued to coileGors relative to re
fufing clearances to private armed veflels.
Volunteers-——A refulve to raise 20,000 \‘r‘*
untcers for a limited term of fervide, wis
reported. and referred {or tomorrow .
Meditzr ranean lund-—'The bill to revive the
2& for laying 2§ per cent. additional dutics
commonly called the MediterranganFund. went
thro’the committee of the whole, was report
€d and pailed to a third reading tomorrow.
Nawigation Bill—'The House again went
into committee en the bill reipecting Com
mercial Intercourse with England & France,
Mr Livermore objc&ed to the 3d fe@ion.
Mr. Sawyer wished it postponed. | :
Mecfits Pickmen, T.ylor. Sheffey, Burwell
and Quincy made a few remarks. generally,
in tavor of most of the provisions of the bill
—and Meflrs Livermore and Sawyer said a
few words against it :
Mr Livermore moved to firike out the
4th fe&ion of the bill, which relates to {ca
lettercd veflels Negatived— Yéus 24 »
Mr Clattenden weved 1o add the follow
ing proviso to-the sth fc&ion.' which pro
‘hibits, from the 15th ot Aprif next the im
portation of any merchandize from belliger
ent or neutial countries or coionies not the
particular growth or produce of those piaces
refpeétively -~ Provided that nothing in this al?
contained salt be so coiy;med as to probibit the ime
portation of salt from Great Britain or France or
their dependencies
Mr. Pickma ~ moved toftrike out the whole
of the sth {eCtion—— Mr Sheffey observed
that this {cction was an important onc. and
to give further rime for its consideration he
moved that the committee rife and report
progress which was carricd.
The House in committee took up the re
port of the committce of clections on the
contested election of Jonathan Jennings —-
The comm ttee agreed to the report and rose.
TUESDAY: JAN ¢--The Secretary of the
Navy made a report on the subject of Navy
. cpntracts apd Clerks in his depariment.
. The Mediterrancan Fund »eviwing bill pafled.
. On motion of Mr. Whitman a committee
was chosen to report on the cxpediency of
‘alteriag the times of holding th. District
Court in Maine. !
AMERICAN NAVIGATION BILL.
The Houlein committeeaga in tookjup this
bill —M. Pickman’s motion to itiike out
the sth fe&ion yet undcr consideration
(&F This section provides that no goods, wares
or mevchandize wvbatever, 6eing" of the growth,
produce or manufaliure of Great Britain or France,
-or any of their colonies or dependencies, foall be im
ported iato the {]nited States after the 15tb of April’
next in any manner. from any port or place other
powers in which Such goods fball bave becn grown
or manufaltured.] L« P i
- Mefirs Pickihan, Livermore, Potter und
Ross supported and Meflrs Macon Filk -
Sheffcy and Taylor opposed the motion.
' la the debate en this motion were min
gled many general remarks and observations
“on the principle of the bill.- -~ - = 0
The commitice rose at a little palt four
o’clock without taking a question on Mr.
Pickman’s motion. reported progress, and
obt@én;’d leave to fit g%f: R SOE R R
. wepNesbay Jan 10% After the disposal
of some iocal boiinels. the AMERICAN
/NAVIGATION BILL was again debated
‘in committee of the'whale, | .
» MriMoatgomery advocated the bill,as a
eommercial regulation. and hoped it ‘was’
‘only the firft fink of a chain of mealures.
‘which this congress hall adopt. .
</ e, Bmifie was-in favor of the hi'l as 2~
Ainig ‘!»'}’?"“& Hichg Mg timet =
. The motion to firike ouy the sth fedion
’?‘ gatj tﬁioﬁyy 31 rifin ; ****,,
M u&cir woved i fedtion 1o provide
PMo mjﬁ
F uﬁf’% e R slyed in the sth’
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Jrere pasenvlien the ol (v ok
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R obebe il GGt iad s w. |
PR LGNS WA P TR Al N e
For the NNH GazerrtE.
Mu/ffachufetts to New-Hampfbire,
DEAR SISTER,
THE frank,open and ingenuous manner
in' which-you have explained yourfelf ;—the
intercit you take in my weifare ;—the recol~’
lections you have raised of our ancient (xnd
I hope I may add continued) fricudthip ; e
vince yeur candor and sincerity.
. Although you have bat ﬁ_ight}y adverted
to my difagrecable and unhappy fitvation yet
you bave touched me, my dear filter, in the
tenderest poiat. You have aflifted to rouse
Bi¢ from an epathy 1 had too long slumbered
in.» I tcel the indignant giow ot resentment
againfl those who kave been aiming to en
tangle me in the tramme!s of that o/d beldase
owr flep-mather 3 and hope cre lovg to set you
Soch ex example. 38 vou can follew without
biuthing for the Zoaer of our fowmily, - .
With refpe to @y oliidres of whom you
complain as having cncroached on yous farm
for the purpose of taking an a&ive part in
the management of your affaits ; I can only
fay that T totally difappreve of their coa
du@ It would be difficult if not impofiible
for me to prevent it. 2ow Lave only to exer
cise the autborit_-v you ffﬂ?ﬁ en your own foil, and
punifp them wwith the uimof severity, This is
what I would molt eertainly do in a similar
case.
You would pity rathep than blame me, if
you knew the vexation, grief and anxicty I
cndure from the condv@ of my childien, a
large portion ot whom, were they to think
and a& for themfclves, would never deviate
from the corred? paths pointed out. by our
Fatners at the Councit Fire;: but, lam
sorry to fay, at a few of the most influen
tial amongst them, have become so aspiring
and unmanageable thatthey look with ¢on~
tempt on the plain manners and found principles
in which 'we were educated, and sighing for
* the flefb pots of Egypt,” are ready to feli their
birth ¢ights ; or, rather, to swindle their breth.
ren out of the fair inheritanec carned by the
toil and blcou of their ANcesTOßs Though
fma\lhin: number, they have, by:forming a
cabal or Sunto, {ucceeded in exciting in the
rest a spirit of oppofitten to every salutary
measure proposed for our happiness and pros
perity. Thereisno doubt they have a feeret
correspondence with o/d Madimt Britannia ;
and have formed a design “of putting the
affuirs of the familyinto common flock with her,
although she is nétorioufly within an ace of
tetal bankruptcy ; and is engaged in a most ru
incuslaw suit with all her powerfol & wealthy
y neighbors. Regardless of every incentive
to filial duty, & forgetting the respect. which,
my age and -ﬂanding}in_iz’e.‘ family, demand 3.
‘they have, lately had the indecent temerity.
to, propose to me a matrimonial conneélion wjlh.
Foba Bull, the bopeful fon’iqfvthag #ur bulent wos
man : 3 fellow whose int’.pres and de&éucbg%?r
are so well known throughout the "9?6‘51
whose overbearing conduc towirds e fams
ily has given firch just cause of offcace whose:
difarderly \ife” has ruined bis conflitution and
brought on premature old age; apd whose .
capricion; whimficsl iemper B Adgnous.
“disposition. will i “”"l“h‘m?&l‘t}“ fathic des
plorable . predicament with bis fermagant
i, Tbet DenepilentTy i,
“artifice to ?5‘%‘9;; . &m Dattic array
sgaioft the et of the fomily; and have for
“duced them, in many instances, to (et at
rnought the solemn compacl, by which at the
Srempation of obe lny JalyPig SRS Ret me
our Great law giver, the 1M MoRTAL WasH-
Sagerom (T Ty LT SRR
It is with this knof of Vipe: %“"mﬁ
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- elited for: the RO A e s
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¢ BY AUTHORIIY.,
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RESOL?’EZ)' by the Sc‘naﬁ' and House of
; ,R@,-db;:téﬁv?: of the Uuitfdfsgétﬁnf Awicr=
ice in Congrfs aﬁ?’ﬁbied- ‘That the cxpreifions
contained 30 theofficial letter of Franeis .
Jackson, Mianifter Plemipotentiary of his
Britaobic Majclty ticar thic Uhited Staiis,
dated the 23d day ol October, 1805, and
addrefled to Mr. Smith Sceretary of S.ate,
conveying the idea that the execntive gova
ernment of the United States 'kad a kuowl
edge, that the arrangement lately made by
Mr Erskine, bis predeceflor in behaif of
Lis government with the gowiment of the
- States was entered iato without com
petent powers on the part of Mr. Erskine
for that purpose, were highly indecorous
and insolent That the repetition of the
fame intimation in his official letter dated
the sth of Novemher 1809, after he was
apprised by the aﬁ'cvcranon. of the Secre
tary of State that the exceutive governmeat
had no such knowledge and thac if it had
poflefled fach knowledge. such arrangement
would not have bcen entered into on the
pmt of the United States ; and after also
being officially apprised t?at such intimation
was inadmiflible. was (il more infoleng
and affionting ; and that in refufing to re
ceive 2oy turther commuunications from him
in confcquence of thele outrageots and pre
meditated infuits, the executive government
has manifefted a just regard to its own dig
nity and honor. as well as the chara&er and
interest of the.American people. That the
letter signed Francis J. Jackfory headed
¢ Circuiar " dated 13th of Nov, 1309 and
pudlithed and circulated throvgh the coun
try is a still more diret and aggravated in
sult and affront to the American people and
their government, as it is cvidently an infid
ions attempt to excitetheir resentments and
distrusts against their owa government by
appealing to them throwgh falfe or falia
cious disguises, against some of its afts; and
to cxcite resentments and divisions amongst
the people thamfelves, which can only be
difllonorable to their own charadters and
ruinous to their own interests ; and ‘the con
grels of the Uuited Siates do hereby.foleman.
ly pledge themfclves to the American peo
ple. and to the world to stand by and {ups
port the Executive government iu its refulal
to receive any further commuaications from
the said Francis J Jackson and to call into
aclion the whole force of the nation if it
should become neceflary . in consequence of
the condud of the Exceutive government
in this refpec, o repel such insults, and to
aflert and ma.utain the vights, the honor
and the interefls of the United States,
i Y eBE VA RNUNE
Speaker of the House of prgjénlative:
GEO : CLINTON,
Vice- President of the United States, ant
Pre_ﬁd’crzt of the Senate.
Fanuary, 12, 1810 — APPROVED,
JAMES MADISON.