The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-07-20 00:00:00, page 2

* fftltet it stand, It will ditto ottco of a
beacon: It wiH warn the ftiture pilot, land
indicate the era* course of our destination.
** Who could so soon lead aa enlightened
and high spirited people astray ? Whc
could thus transmute the rich trophies cl
our national honour into all that is con
temptible and base t Backed by the profit
• gate of the country, throwing all their ef
fotts h|o craft, Jefferson came forward,
the magician, who, by his incantations,
turned the current of publick virtue, and
reversed the hopes of a nation. The hon
fSt yeomanry did not become corrupt, they
Were deceived. He chanted a requiem te
fheir fears, and gave an opiate to the un
derstanding Under the galling pressure
of Uic enemy, he kept up a delusive peace,
pntil the country was one loathsome wound
of dishonour. But posterity will do him
justice. Chronicled in infamy, his name
shall be coupled a with his characteristick;
\ and no ■ mention of him "shall be made but
as of the eminently pernicious ; as of ** Je
roboam, the ku of Ncbat, who made Israel
•• But what shall we say of his successor?
If tee rises above contempt, he does not
reach tommeodatimi. Yet I should do in
justice to my feelings to speak dforespect
ftllly of the first magistrate of our country.
I would be the last to throw the smallest
Kibld Obstacle in the way of our admin*
dun in difficult times. It is far more
Consistent with the duty of a good citieefi,
: te h<dd the lamp to lighten' their slippery ’
path- Bach individual ft a substantive part
< teundtunky; bound at all times to con-
UWpte according td his ability, to the gene*
' sal gnod. However stubborn the nerves of.
•then map be, I cannot be sensible of the
, MaUoet dtegiaeti attaching to the bead of
•tsFifpoteiick, but that I feel It at the
toaft; Nevertheless, Icm constrained to
say, that T involuntarily hold ftte in sunpi-
Bion, who once aptetatiaed for interest;
"tehatevee may be bio Bubsequont Indica
tions of repentance. From the lint, then
fore. 1 considered that Mr. Madison had
bo demand upon us for any thing more than
• silent support, whoa he was right. Yet
contrary to my views, urged with all seal
within the small circle of my influence, we,
who declension from the genuine
principles of our federative system, where
his natural opponents gave him much cred
it u|kmi trust; In which he abused our con-
• fidenco and disappointed our hopes.
“ Pressed by the thoughts inspired by this
occasion, fvltowcitieens, what further sit ill
I say ? Shall we look around, and from
passing occurrences, form gloomy presages
of the future ? From present evils, which
We all feel to be great, shall we fill our
minds with forebodings of greater yet to
come ? Shall we speak of embargoes, non
importation, non-intercourse, and pigmy
preparation, the offspring of treachery and
timidity ; nursed, caressed, and kept alive,
as wretched little bantlings to shame their
parents, by stubbornness and stupidity ?
Shall we view our country ar Insulted; yet
continued defenceless ? Ruined commerce,
an empty treasury, bankrupt citizens! —
These are but sorry subjects of reflection !
Ail this, however, might be forgiven; I
could forgive any thing but national dis
grace—Lnaa of interest ft nothing.—-Let
cur millions go to the private coffers of the
Corsican despot I It.ft the duty of republi
cans tobear privations. Let our commerce
go to satiate rival cupidity.—Let England
mock our folly and enjoy the harvest ©four
blunders.*pThis-in itself considered, might
A® fovgfvcn.—Poverty is no disgrace; and
a character for w«alth is not worth the la
-Ibour qf acquiring—The man whose sordid
spirit does not ria? above a calculation, is
t>ot worthy of being a freeman.—But to
coop us up at home; to expose us to insult; i
to let Injury accumulate upoa lnjhry, until
nothing is seen nf publick character, but
Niarlu of ibi.imy and dishonour; It ftnn*
pardonable; and may 1 meet my country's
detestation if I ever forgive it.
« £ know h is excruiiatingly painful to
dwell onTmr case ; yet bear with me a lh-
M <x P*dlent, would to God I
xooM believe it would prove as salutary, is
*PP*J’feg the caustick or the amputating
knife to the deceased limb.—Let os throw
'aside party spirit, and say—Where Is pub
liok virtue ? Have we it f Has it gone to
our adversaries? Does it sleep ? Or has it
retired to some secret cell where its'influ
ence operates only on some honest bosom,
tenkaown to the world ? Athens annihilated
the millions of Xerxes; but with the same
number of efitoens, operated upon by the
thunder of Demoathenes* tongue, she fell a
trembling victim to the few veterans of
Philip. What was the cause ? One of the
most profound authours* tells you—** She
dreaded Philip, not as th enemy of her
liberty, but of her pleasures.** Her virtue
was gone.—What is our case, I beseech
you ? Do w« fear England ? Do we feat
France? Why do we fear them ? Because
they can destroy our liberty f Or because
they will abridge* our gold and silver, and
interrupt Mr pleasurea? Do you believe
tnm when they tell you Franco can make
yoa slaves; and that England can make
you tributaries? You do not believe them ;
they are false; they are your Worst ene
mies Shame that any ckiaen of onch a
country should lisp it. Your fete doasMtdc-
Th I history and experience of mankind
justify the trite but true position, that the
blackest vices often put rih the garments
of the fairest virtues. We have seen treach
ery wearing the face of friendship, envy
dressed in the smiles of lovs and admira
tion, avarice extending his cramped fea
tures into liberality, and self-devotion open
ing the arms of universal benevolence. T
this pleasing picture of human nature wt
have but one more colour to add. It is ja
cobinism clothed in the robes of patriot
ism. The world, ancient as well .as mod
ern, has abounded with characters of thh
sort, and America will yield precedence
to none, either h the darkness of their
complexion, or the malignity of their de
signs. Catalines, Marats and Robespierres,
are to be seen lifting their black heads and
rolling their baleful eyes in every direc
tion ; while the infatuated objects of their
infernal ambition gase wistfully on their
whited faces, and regard them as the
guardians of their happiness. Wisdom
has opened her mouth, has cried aloud in
the streeta tend warned this devoted coun
try of the woes fast gathering around her.
She has pointed her arm across the Atlan
tick, and said, “Look at France.”—Be
hold her, what she is, and what she has
been. A few years back her streets and
fields were filled with men shouting, liber
ty and equality. The Tree of Liberty
was planted in every village, and the rights
of the people echoed from mouth to mouth.
Every shoe-black became a patriot, and
many were the generous souls that were
willing to own every scoundrel they met as
their equal, their dear countrymen, nay
events their acquaintance. Follow these
noble spirits a little and you shall
see them plunging their daggers to the
hearts of their Amr fellow-citiaens, guil -
lotfoiog them by thousands, and erecting
the standard of a bloody despotism. SucM
were the patriots of France, and such are
in their souls some of the present patriots
of America. Such, people of Maryland,
are some ot the men under whose banners
ynu now movf. The fiends of France com
menced their operations in midnight meet
ings, in secret cabals, in revolutionary so
cieties. And do you see nothing like these
n.>ug yours* Ives? Hive you your eyes
open, and can you look with anydegtee
“Should Britain fall, and France at
tempt an invasion of our borders, our duty
and/io/icy would be no longer doubtful—
- no longer * teuton to be learnt front the
counsels of others. They would now be
sought for, not in the cool calculations of
the statesman, but in the indignant and
honourable feelings of the man. Every
husband, father, brother, or lover, would
now discover them in his own breasf, in
lines as legible and impressive, as if they
were inscribed on the heavens in stellar
characters.
“ In such a crisis, Liberty or Death, In’
dependence, , or a gloriouo grave, would
become once more the motto of the Ame
rican people. And ydu, my fellow-citizens,
as a part of them, would adopt it as your
own. With' this engraven on the sanctu
ary of your bosoms, and your trust reposing
on the God of armies, you would meet the
invaders at the water's edge, and there
would commence the deadly conflict. In
the sight of your families and friends,
whose fates would be suspended on the exe
cution of your arms. In view of the tombs
of your fathers, who, when you were of
tender years, had successfully fought the
battles of their, country, and whose sacred
ashes would now claim protection from the
insult of the foe.—ln view of your homes
and your holy places, and in behalf of every
thing for which freemen would wish to live
or dare to die.—Under all these incentives
to gallantry and glory, you would dispute
r»y inches the soil of your native land, en
riching it indiscriminately with the blood
of its enemies and its friends. If forced
by superiour numbers and super four disci
I plioe to retire from the hard fought field,
you would waste by fire every article of
subsistence, and bring famine in aid of the
labours of your swords. If still pursued,
•md compelled to abandon both your cities
and your cultivated plains, you would re
treat across the mountains, and determine
to incorporate with the savages of the
western wilds, rather than become the vas
sals of Gallick usurpation. But, if again
molested in this distant rallying place, this
modern Utica, the ultimate retreat of Free
dom and Independence, even then, in that
extremity of fortune, would a last effort re
main to be made, a last duty remaineto be
performed. Taking counsel from necessi
ty, and courage from the justice and thf
righteousness of your cause, you would
rush on your pursuers with the weapons ol
despair, and either exterminate them in
your fury, or expire at their feet, with the
liberties of the" world.”
FA DM Vxx FZOXJUX AXFirZL/CAX.
Extract from CalS will*! Oration pro
nounced at Philadelphia, on the 4th in<—
Thii Oration has obtained celebrity. The
following are the closing paragraphs, apd
are not deficient in energy or eloquence
pend epon any foreign nation undai Heaven,
ft depends exclusively on yeareelves.—
Nothing but your vice* can ever enslave
' r ' •"H jl® •
yoa.*
Mr. CALDWELL’S ORATION,
Cadiz, May 20.'
• Tn the kingdom of Jaen, a great many
companies have been formed, and barrhss
the enemy very much Some of them have
intercepted many waggon‘loads nt plate
»nd brandy, and several drove of cattle.
The French in Catalonia desert in such
numbers, that scarcely a day passes but
from 60 to 100 of them join our forces, and
each of them l» immediately rewarded with
200 real* of Vellon. .
The defenders of Ciudad Rodrigo, re
solving not to be inferiour in glory to the
Taoxacowa, April 18.
I After the last advantage obtained by the
army of General O’Donnell over the French;
Marshal Augereau, leaving the fortress of
Barcelona, Gerona and Figueras, garrison
ed with a few troops, collected the remain
der of his forces, which it is said amount
ed to upwards of 12,000 men, and proceed
ed towards the frontiers. The Marshal
carried away with him all the valuable
I effects of the palace of the Captain-Gene
ral, where he lodged. General Chabrati,
through a principle of honour seldom to be
seen in the French Generals of these times,
restored the service of plate, which he had
been using, to its owner; but all the other,
commanders and officers Packed up with
their baggage the articles of most value
that they could find in the houses where
i they lodged. They are accompanied by a
number of merchants, who, deceived by the
rumours disseminate* i*y the ministers of
Napoleon, that all was quiet io Spain, that
the war was terminated, and that the
French were in peaceable possession of the I
Peninsula, had come to establish their com
merce of silks, linens and cottons in this
province and that of Valencia. It is not
known whether they will remain in Cata
lonia or return to France, for as they are
accustomed to dissemble their intenttons,
no confidence can be reposed in appear
ances; but what is Certain, is, that the
principality is freed from the enemy as far
as Hostalriqh, and that publick correspon
dence is restored in every part of it.
The British sloop of war Avon, of 18
I guns. Captain Fresher, sailed from the
Capes of Delaware on the Bth instant for
the Island of Jamaica. She put the money
I for the Spanish Minister on board of a ves-
I sei at sea, on that day. We understand
I that the captain would not wait longer for
permission expected from Washington, to j
land the money in the United States which
arrived after the brig had gone down the
I river. This is the brig which lately had
an action of nearly an hour with a French I
frigate which treated her rather twugMy, I
in her hull and rigging, and killed Several
of her men. The action was fought within
musket shot. The French frigate sheered
off. We also understand, that three Ame
rican seamen were delivered from prison I
on the Spanish Maio to the captain of the I
Avon, were given up by him to the I
American Consul at Havana.
| ALEXANDRIA, July 13.
Had the American government upon the
receipt of General Armstrong** letter in
1808, confiscated the Dutch no doubt
much clamour would have been raised
against it; but had it so acted its conduct
would have been much more justified than
that of Bonaparte io seising American pro-
I party without a pretext—now as Holland
has virtually been declared no more than
a dependance of France, is not our govern
ment bound io justice toatop the remainder
of the Dutch debt, to remunerate in part
our citiseas fur the infamous robberies they
have suffered by Bonaparte, more especial
ly as a vessel which cleared from this port
for the express purpose of paying part of I
that debt, has been seised, and no doubt
condemned, by Bonaparte himself, and
thereby destroyed our ability to comply with
our engagements to bis own subjects., If]
such acts are submitted to, independence is 1
a farce, our name will become a byeword
among nations, and none will pity our ig
nominious fall.
of rftiwunce on ihd'Tuiftmeny Societies
blackening in your bosom I Be certain, be
assured the spirit of the orgies of Francf
boros within them. Mark the words and
actions of their leaders, and you will dis
cover in embryo the captains of the French
crew of 1790. You will discover the same
artifices, you will hear thl same cry about
liberty and equality, the same absurdities
about the danger to be dreaded from a
smalt, a comparatively small body of men,
who what they do, do openly, and against
whom therefore the people can always
guard. But these insidious democrats,
these Jacobinical men, who now baVte the
publick voice, conceal their purposes; they
are ready to gratify the mob in every whim
or folly however dangerous, Crouching to
spring like tigers on their prey when op- ,
portunity shall give them leave. j
These few lines are not the effusion of
party malice; nor the offspring of a man
eager for power. They are the words of
one, who has but the general interest of a'
private citizen. They are the words of
TRUTH. |
NEW-YORK, July 17.
the jßalls.
-V. K Gaz.
♦ The utility of the Portable Rumford had
not, probably been experienced in the field on
any previous occasion in New. England Five
l,r X r puddings, varioya kinds of both meat and
vegrtablee, were cooked in the boilers and
steamers at the same time, i
f This land was allotted to a respectable form
er, between 50 and 60 years of age, who came
three miles to bis work, and was ploughed by
a fine pair of red oxen, the handsomest in the
• The Colonel (as is bis usual custom) rose
very early, and upon coming to the field, was
astonished to find them sU upon the ground—
■nd very pleasantly observed, that although he
•** "ridier, they had this morning stolen
a march of him.
try, prove it by actions rather than by tna.pi
and declamation."
those who wish to appear to love their coun-
tilled and fermented liquors.—From thence
they were invited to sit at the table, which
was well furnished with Merino mutton,
beef, hams, poultry, puddings, Btc. the pro
ducts of his farms. The proprietor did
the honours of the table ; and the following
sentiment alone was given after dinner J
Independence— Deeds—not words.—Let
nel Humphreys' elegant Arabian horse
I Ranger. The land Na 7, was finished
ploughing before 9 o'clock-! The teams,
II passing and repaying each other in quick
succession, presented the moat animated
II picture of the kind we ever beheld.—
Whilst this was performing in one field, the
axemen and carpenters were felling, hew
ing arid framing timber in another, for a
I shepherd's lodge, which was ready to be
|| raised before nmm. His clothiers, paper-
II makers, cloth and stocking-weavers had,I
during this process, prepared the boards
I and other coveting, which was put on by
I the appropriate artificers with great de
spatch, the painters instantly followed them
with their brushes. At given signala the
work people ceased from their labours, and
| refreshed themselves from a neighbouring
booth, erected and furnished for the pur
pose. In the vicinity ef the booth, a spot
I cleared by the surplus hands for a sheep I
i w *lk, (to protect them against winter
storms,) of about 100 feet in length—un
der thia bower a table was laid for 153 per
sons. The dinner was principally pre
pared hot on the ground by means of a Por
table Rumford What added
much to the beauty of the general scenery I
was, the appearance of numerous Merino
and other sheep, interspersed amongst the
ploughmen. This stock had been brought
from Humphreysville to eat the grass be- I
fore k was destroyed by the ploughs.— I
About 40 apprentices of the Humphreys
ville factory, dressed in neat and comely
uniform, were employed in collecting ma-1
tfrials for manure and othef agricultural H
operations. It ought to be remembered,
that, although many of these children be
long to respectable families, yet some of
have been rescued from the most un-1
fortunate situations. All were£my with-1]
out bustle; each at his station, co-ope-jl
rating without noise, as if animated- with 1
the same spirit. Before half past three ||
o'clock, all the processes of ploughing, II
building, painting, fee. were completed— I
the ploughing bad been finished, in a very 11
skilful manner, two hours before this time. ||
At the sound of the horn, the work people If
and a number of very respectable fanners II
re-assembled at the booth, and refreshed 0
themselves with a variety of excellent dis- fl
NEW-HAVEN, July 10.
On the 4th of July, the citizens of New-
Haven were gratified with an exhibition,
which far novelty, utility and patriotism,
probably stands unrivalled in the records
of all preceding festivals on this memora
ble day.
The farmers, shepherds, mechanics and
manufacturers in Colonel Humphreys’ am
ploy, having beforehand solicited to-be uae«
fully occupied an this day, he’ proposed a
ploughing match, dec. and had them as-
I sembled at his farm in Yorkshire Quarter,
about 3-4 of a mile from the State-House.
Their emulation was manifested by the
early hour of their appearance on the
ground.* ,
At the dawn of day, fa a field of ifi I
acres, marked out into lands of one acre
each, fourteen ploughs started each in its
own land, according to its number, each
being drawn by one pair of horses, oxen or
moles. The other fohr lands Were plough-1
ed by the teams promiscuously, Us they
finished their own. The animals, bred at
the Humphreysville establishment, consist- I
ing of horses, oxen and mules, were gene-1
rally admired for their beauty, in particu- I
lar four grey Colts from the stock of Colo-
heroes of SarrapsM and Ge ronz. areanx
ious only for opportunities of testifying their
patriotism, and accomplishing Jjwir wishes
of exterminating Mie French legions. In
the sallies they made on the 30th April,
and the Ist instaut, against the forces that
appeared before that place, they succeed
ed in driving them from before their walls,
with a loss amounting to 180 killed and
wounded, taking at the same time some
prisoners and many articles. It is very
probable that in consequence of the move
ment of the Anglo-Eusitano army, the mo
dern Vandals have relinquished the idea
of laying siege in form to Ciudad Rodrigo;
and that they have retired, as it is report
ed, with precipitation, two days after their
entry into Astorga on the 22d ultimo. It
Is added that the garrison of that place
succeeded iq effecting its escape. |
The Philadelphia papers mention, as *
report, that Mr. Madison has appointed an
Agent or Consul to reside near the new
revolutionary government of the C.arracas.
It is probably tt 14. Napole°“ finding he
The peculiar clayey substance used in
China in the manufacture «f earthen Ware
has, it to reported, been found at the south
ward ; and that Ware equal in transpa
rency to any imported from the East, has
been produced from it. We also see, by
the papers, that millstones equal to French
burr stones, have been made from stone
I found in Peuaaylnfoia.
C-CDJZ HARBOUR. ' • 1
A letter ftoam some croaker, or French
spy, in Cadfa, dated 4th May, says-- It
to dally expected the French will.fire an
the shipping in the harbour." Vessels
which left Cadiz nearly a month later than
the above date did not realise the expecta
tion. The French batteries nighest to the
harbour of Cadiz, are in fort Matagorda;
and from thence to the Mole is nearly 5000
j yards, almost 3 miles, and the shipping cgu
anchor in safety at a greater
17* An excellentfilan of tht fortification?
on the I»le qf Leon, on the extremity of
which, toward? the see, Cedfr fa aituated,
wa? taken on the ?fiot by Captain Web-
Ker, and a copy of it may be aeen at the
Fire and Marine Inauranee Office, m?
plan agree?, pretty accurately, with the •
di?tance? taken by Captain Nichol?, yfi the
Engli?h Engineer?, brought from thence
by Captain Chamberlain, who ha? arrived
at Norfolk. By theac calculation?, the die
tanee of the fort Cadiz town, from the
left ba?tion of Matagorda •« 38Q8 yard?,
and <f one of the batteriee 5203
From Cadiz Mole to Matagorda 4233
yard?/ from the Market Place about 5000
yard? / and about lhe ?ame distance to the.
head of the town. From Matagorda to
Portallee, a Spanieh fort, 1330 yerds
The pnndpai part of the above ore bo
yond the range of ?hot to do execution.
The Portuguese Princess, lately married
in Brasil, is Deice to Ferdinand VII. and
this alliance, it is said, will cement the in
terests of Spain and Portugal in the Wes
tern World. Americans, who have visit
ed the Brasils speak in high terms of the
civilities received by citieens of the United
States from the reigning family there.
Sunday, sailed for Lisbon, His Majesty's
ships of 74 gone, Milan, 38 guns,
Martin, 18 guns, brigs Ferret and Harpy,
I of 18 guus, and the transport brig Arid,
I having on board the 7ih, or Royal Fusilier
regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Cob*
nel Blakeney.
it
We have been favoured with New-Or
leans papers to the 12th alt. and are happy
to find io them continued evidence that
I federal republican sentiments have many
staunch friends in that city. •
Further (f Mungo Park.
On Sunday the 17tb June, the Spanish
brig Boladore, Pedro Paillet, master, on a «
voyage from the rivet Gambia to Pensacola, .
with slaves, put into Nassau, (N. P.) for
water and provisions, having been S 3 days
out. J' . ‘ .
By this vessel we have the pleasure to
learn, that hopes are revived of Munge
Park’s being yet alive. An African had are
rived at Senegal from the interiour, with in
telligence that thia celebrated traveller was
then in the Bambara Nation, a close prison
er; and this account was so far credited
as to Induce Maj* Maxwell, the Comman
dant, to fit out a vessel at Goree, (schoo
ner George, Credit, master.) to take the
African informant up the Gambia, with
promhes of due reward, should he be
to bring back a letter or other token from
the prisoner, to establish the faet. The
schooner had returned before the Baladore
sallea, after havfog landed the African g
considerable distance up the river.
We are authorised to say, that his Ex
cellency the Governour has issued direc
tjous to thq Bi incipal Officers of the Cun
toms throughout the Province, not to give
a Clearance to any vessel laden with
Pickled Fish, until Certificates are pro
duced from the Inspectors,' that the Fish is
io g-ood order, and has been/iro/er/y pack
'd io barrels of the .size -required by the
Act of this Province—29th Geo. 111, cap. S,
sec. 3. . •
The American ship Pigou, f rwn
delphia for Gottenburg, whose detention
has already been mentioned in the paper*
arrived at Halifax June 21. This, we pre
sume, is the ship alluded to in the letter re
ceived in town yesterday.
Halifax, July 3.
BOSTON, July 18.
By Captain Hobbs, of the schooner Re
gulator, arrived yesterday, we received
Halifax papers to the 3d instaht.
All the regular troops at Halifax have
been ordered to Portugal. The 7th regi
ment had sailed, and the 23d was held in
readiness for embarkation *
After dinner the ecaeourse 'dispersed,
much pleased with this new and rational
mode of celebrating the Anniversary of J n .
dependence, nnd highly delighted with the
pxbfxct PRomikTr of coMovfr\) 9
ALL PXF.SKNT.