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thips were afterwards tried in two tri
banals, and 2éoeir papers being fonnd
Jorged, they awere together aith their car-.
goes, condemned. 1 after wards recetv
ed the unarimous approli@lien of a.
general meeting of my fclOW ¢gﬁ
at Himburg, supercargoes of the
thips here, and at their requelt/prg;
~ ceeded to Copenhagen, to solicit the
liberation of the American property
. in thefesprovinces.. The delay which
has oceliFed in this inveligationssith
only {6MEeE of - d:(Tatistation i g
- condu@F “erhaps the diff
would have preferred immediates
catie ‘_;f;;de_la] d@, “*-* ‘
the summary of the priucipal fadts. 48
thall madke but one or two_ obigava
tions.==Although the encmies offthe
micafure bave endeavored to make a party
gucflion of it it bhas nothing to do with
parly Among my approvers were.
men of both the great political opin
ions which chara&erize my feilow citi
zens at home, and the committee who
communicated to me the sense of the
‘meeting were all federalits. The law
contravened is an old one, and was
passed .in’the year 1803 On the
ground of expediency and delicacy
towards the local authorittes, I have
ascertained from the highelt sources,
- that had the property been given up
by an undiftinguifhing general order,
: a new arrelt would have been irame
i diately laid under different agents, and
which would have proved fatal to the
. whale. i
‘Was it then my Jduty to jepardize
millions of the fair property of my [ellow
- citizens out of mére etiquette and delicacy
towards foreigners ? One fall more
1 bave put myfell in a slate of boflility
with many of the people with awhom lam
doomed to live and bave *xperienced many
inconvenicnces and pecuniary liffes ;- on
the other hand, 7 dofy any one to fheaw
zthat I bave derived any advantage dirett
by or indizellly [rom the measure. It is
preternded, that I was ivfluenced by jeal
oufy and baseness ?. I veply that {1 bad
snougl of fair permitied trade, ands {
wsuld bave accepted juch business as that
avbich I expsfed, UMIGHT HAVE
+HAD_ FIFTY CARGOES, NOT.
MERELY ON CONSIGNMENT,
BUT ON PARTICIPATION OF
PROFITS WITHOUT RISK -~ IF
I WANTED MONEY, I MIGHT
HAVE RECEIVED -ENOUGH
10 HAVE M +DE ME QUITE
INDEPENDENT FOR LIFE. In
fbort I can declare betore God and
my own conscience (and every honest
man who knew the circumfbtances will
admit it} that every motive of per
sonal interelt or convenience was a
cainlt the measure I took. I adted
upon the most enthufiallic love of my
country and its injured commerce. J
had a right to expc(l the approbation of
that country ; but lam sorry to have ex
. perienced wbat many have dene before me,
that malicz has béien much wmore alert
than candor, and that lam at this late
periad called forth to vindicate myfelf a
gainst the mofl c&ive calumnics in that
country, for whose intercfl alone, 1 bave
SJacrijiced myfelfs and that in England,
whefe commerce I have diveltly attached,
I HAVE FOUND MORE APOL
OGISTS THAN IN THE UNIT.
D STATES. 2 A
To the hiberal and candid friends of
my couantry and its fair commerce, I
hope that this jultification wiil not be
‘unwelcome ; as to those of a differ
ent description, and especially as to
those profit and bofi patrists,with whom |
the digniiy and heaor of the co’untr.y' i
or the-slug ave paliry considerations, |
when weighed againit a good freight, |
I do not. solicit their protecion, nor |
will their enmity ever turn me from |
the course I have hitherio pursued.
. v i B DR FORBES:
- CONTRASF—acais =
The Evening Poll of New York, of |
Aopril 21, 1809, invited the ship own. |
ers to display their flags, the church .
vestry to Have their bells rung, the
ani“%:ry}to fire their gunsy and the |
people at l;srge to lluminate thgi;’ |
houfes—* in honor of the triumph of
federal policy, in the reltoration of
intercourse between the Upited States |
and Geeat Beitain?’y -1y oo oo 00l
“Fhe fame papér of April zgth, af
ter deferibing | 'the>'f?;€)iC-ißg3 it hadl
recommended, said = Sk Aol
“& What are the reflz&ions that pre
sent themselves to the mind, from a
farvey and zecapituiation of this scene?
A natural affociarion of ideas pour
tray a people, who, after having long
7.,£%cce‘beqﬁases' and oppreflive laws,
. are suddenly emancipated by the firm
nefs and virtue of inflexible patriots,
“To them do vu.ﬁodet,tncg:ﬁﬂiﬁﬂg& |
;of gratitude and joy. . And whe are
thgl?ﬁg;ﬁe@j‘wﬁd the eallern
Raies, who made a noble fland agamit
~'and drove its authers {rom the iniqui
"So much for federaklm in April,”
sR e B Eie Srllnc i,
e B i Britainto Yio-.
R G ueel Vi AR B
e N Ny, o
policy produced disgrace ‘and confif
cation ;- had not that policy prevailed,
~aur {hips would not have been con
s R SNI LN £ 2
AT it (mugglers, andof
“» I’9',. ;" bave ;efcap.ed -—-ret-z?:re .
-had it nor Prevailed, the saw of March
1809, would not Lave been passed,
Yrench +hips would -not have been.
condemned ‘ without warning, upon
enteting our ports, aad American
vellels wotld not have been confifcated
without warning upon estusiag French
ports. ;
. . The ringing of bells'and illumina-
E.tgé’f)mfm}li ch s ged to
ritain, by the repeal of i embarso)
“ofmaking our bottoms [muggle Brit
ith goods, of making us pagiuties in
to ths Britith weafury, of %Bing the
manufatories and arsenals of Eng-
Jand with ocur raw materials, and of
involving us in war with Fracce.
The fuare paper of April 21, 1809,
said that « (Ge fyfem of federal policy
had compelied the administration to
accept terms Sifered fixtsen mouths
before.” ¥ : ‘
If thofé terms hrad been offred, why
" did not Britaia confirm Mr. Erskine’s
engagement ! Why did it'not sccept
them, when we aﬁ"}mteg} Yo them ?—
And why, after the \Britith refufed to
agree to them, did npt the federaliits
~cobdemn the refufal 2 Why did they
take part with Mr Canning agailli
My Ertkine, and keed cut of g .
altogether, the real metits of the cAl§ 28
If we are to believe the accoun§ol
federalifts, Britain bhas been an¥ious™
to-do us jaftice, and would do us juse
tice as soon as France repealed her
decrees: ol course accoxding to their
reasoning; as France has repealed her
‘decrees, there will be * reftoration’ of
intercourse” and commerce with both
belligerents § if this is so, why have
we ao bell ringing «nd feaßiog now ?
- Thhe reason is a very plain one : the
knowing federaliftsare well aware that
Britain never did intend, thzt (he does
not now ntead, to -do us jullice j—
they know that Britain will vot permit
us to have any trade to France and
its dependencies upon any terms—and
-therefore they have no disposition to
-mock us with any thiag like rejoicing, .
~which might probably tend to Igave
“them as they are in retirement |
: Aurora;
From the N. Y. Corumsian,
THE IMPRESSED SEAMAN.
‘A FRAGMENT.
The evening was miid and beauti
ful. The setting fun gilded the hor
izon with his lalt beams from the hills
of the J:rfey thore. Theretiring hum
~of business, the fading splendor of an
unclouced day, the approaching cool
ness and {olitude of the night, fofteaed
the artificial mifanthrophy of the heart
and disposed the mind to contempla
tion. I was returning from visiting
the sick and consoling the «fll &ed, at
the abode of fulitude and difvafe, the
quarantine ground. - Curiosity direc
ted my course towards the frigate Ve
_nus, one of the veffcls captured by
the Britith at Copenhagen, and now
lying at gnchor inour peaceful and
“hoipitable waters—The vigilance of
an ever watchfui guard prevented our
geing on board the il futed thip.. Yet
~on coming within a {peaking distance
~of her, our fymipatlies were awaken.
ed and our pity and stronger paflions |
excited by the objes whiclhi met our |
observation, p o 45 by
_ Avone of the lower ports of the
frigate we petgeived a'feamanp, reclin
ed in a pensive mood, cafiing many a |
wiflful, ¢ longing, lingering look” .to
wards the (here, dnd appsrantly sigh
ing his sorrows to'the psfling breeze.
We relled on our oars, and listened to
his meditations. He saw or theught -
he saw we felt.an interel in his fate,
He dare not hail us, for fear of the eye |
of the sentinel and ‘the severe lash of |
the boatswain. Butas we hang about’ !
the thip he threw' a paper overboard,’ |
unperceived by the officers, which '
drifted on the tide ull within our reach
‘when we tock it up and perused its
contents. - They were his Sunday e
-venings reflc@ions, und were doubtless
felt when written. - And if they claim
no merit for lierary elegance, I think
they deserve the meed of fincevity and
nature. - They follow : let the reawer
WAgE. Tl g eSI Al G
%O heaven! how cruel and nore:
mitted is my l’& t: Three years Fhad '
traversed the rogged ocean ; for I had i
| ;efpwedemw;pﬁ xetorn till I had ob- |
tained a competent ‘portion. of this
world’s hard-goten goo ’s. « Fador’d |
my Nancy, and Nancy
But rigorous poverty ¢ forbid the
bands,” and doomed us to separation
till fortune smiled propitious on cur |
Shite. .Uk ot - pontent aud vishly |
fnighted wih ber love, 1 hied coce
gBS em!‘*ﬂg
;ﬁ: Go, TRFORLS VENC NS My
TR et 14 SRR o i)
i) oe eNa A )
b iofucat el ohtume bite, T 8 fdics.
«’“":..ﬁ‘ evu i ng“‘fwm A ?%":!%f @E}
ey e o OOV e L Beth et eUL BT
‘The glad {ound was e harbinger of
happiness and delight} When night
“came the light appeapd. Tou me it
was the torch of hygcn, iead’ng to
love, tojoy and extag. My Nancy,
(for she had heard fr¢m us but three
-days out) faithful tolher ablent tary
with patiehte, fond agxiety and hope,
awaired wny approach. And now—
for neve on iuch an"_‘,_occaﬁan is the
inimitable Dbdin a mowent absent
from My merory— e e
. “And as the mich lov’d {hore w}e.ncar, '
In fancy we behield the roof,
Where dwelt a friedd or partner dear,
" - Of faith and love a matchless props. -
¢ 6
Cheerly indeed did the sea boy in
the chains sing ott to the pilot the
Jdeffening depth of water, and all was
jolity and glee on board.. O my Nan
cy. ! how your poor tar’s warm heart
throbbed with transport at the idea of
once more prefling you in a tender
and ass: &ionate embrace. 1
‘But—a fail hove in fight between
us and port. She neared us falt—
and soon her boat was zlongfide upon
its accursed errand. A Britith lien
tenznt came on board, called ail
haunds, and examined the crew O
heavens, what a{éene for me ! Home
and all the-woild held dear for me in.
view-=the joys of meeting multiplied
by an aﬁce of thice years——a tender
mother apd sister, a foni father and
brothers, and——the refl:&ion almost
finks me———a charming girl, the be
trothed partner of my foul, waiting to
‘receive me with raptures of ~ffection
aud love ! Aund all this entrancing
profpeét, this earthly paradise jufi o
pening upsen my delighted fenfes—
all this foretalte <f heaven’s highest
bliss wrefled from my gralp and blast
ed in the bui-—the cup of blefl=dnels
dashed from my lips, and ali my hopes
deltroyed by the. fdl ulurper of the
seas. My prote@ion was disregarded.
The officers, with infernal coolness,
and affe@ed good huraocr banded it
back ‘o'me faying ‘¢ It is very wellto
be furs my good frllow ; but they
can be got for Lalf & doliar a piecein
any port in Amcries, you are a iiie
tiearty looking fellow, you mult fep
into the boat.”? « I'was ‘t.ken to the
frigate, and, to ilhe great aggravation
of my wifery, at length ‘transferred
to the Venusand brought into the
harbor of New York o
O boaltea freetom of this happy
land, in what do you confilt 2 The
ficlds of my native foil in fight!—
the founds of the cheerful Sunday
‘bells fill ring in my ears | My par.
ents, my brothers and filters, and the
idol of my foul, are probably at this
moment ecjoying the cowfort of a
sober evening’s.walk, attending divine
service in the New Dutch Church we
have so often {requenied together, or
perhaps throwing from the battery
their melancholly looks, their ardent
withes, to the idle wind ! And but
two fthort miles between us! Yethun
ders of my country’s vengeance, why
flszep ye 2~—Each night and morn 1
heur the ratthng drum summoning
the prote&ors of my country’s rights
to arms. At forr Columbus, at El
lig’ island, and at Bedlow’s iflind I fee
the loud-mouth’4 cannon, the briltling
bayonets, and the disciplined troops.
And here am I, a slave to foreigo
tyranny. Guarded closely like a fel
on, if I attempt to escape I am shot
at like a wild beafl ; anc if overiuken
lathed from ship w 0 thip, till my A
merican blood flains the “ecks of his
gracious majelly’s wooden wails.—
Would an Englishman be fyffzred to
remain in foreign misery like this 2
- But 1 wult check the lifing tempelt
of my- foul.—Here patience and tor
tituce are the only wirtmes.. ...
Fard bard is my fate, O bow galling my chain !
My lLife's fleer’d by misery’s chart ; .
And though to my tyrants ¥ dare not complain,
Tears gufb forth to ease my sud beart. .
e T e eA g s
SR B L Ok ON,GO T ORNRA U 1
- Eatef from Eugland. . . -
" On Monday atrivedat Salem {hip An~
gufius, Cheever, from Livcrp?nl-‘_—}cf&. 2d
Scptember A file y%thc Loadon Courier
for the month of Apguft has been reccived
by the Editor of the Salem Guzette. The
aiticles in thele papers,’of any interest, rc
fate to the war between the Turks and
Ruflians— the ele®ion of 2 Crown Prince
of Sweden—and thetrade under French li
cences: Of the Berlin and Milan decrees,
and the Britith Orders’ in’ Council, &e. we
thail probably. hear little or nothing further
till the important firft of November drrives,
The accounts from' Spain and Portugal are
anticipated through a mre direck channcl..
There had: becn hard fighting between
the Turks a 6 Hullans s etge, . ex
pefled soon. to follow. ' The FRENUM
Prince of Poxte Corvo (Gen. BERNA.|
DOT'I )is ELECTED CROWN PRINCE
of SWEDEN tHe is expeéted to foan the
‘Government cight millions banco dollgrs.
2 e pretent Smy o fßois gercanticat o be.
guarantced—maritime advantages (when.
the flare of Enrope will adm'wf‘!*g":g
obtained for them—and, above all, Finland:
n cxpetied to be regained (rom Rofia
vt haeiifes i aRCE
Marine hay e Fraoce rom Hamburt,
X gﬁ W~ . w’)@;ﬁ %’i‘::’éﬁ*« *? :ﬂ
dy: Feench arunufattutes 5 byt no. geaip or
Y~m %;’s‘ s:ga;@é, v”vmﬂ **J . ‘ g
Nl i R o, BN
3 % R Ear - - T P
Seine 3. and also excepting, some exclusively
of arts, literature, &e. 55 : -
_ The French general MeNou is dead at
Venice. -
~ The Dotch Guards were expeted at Par
is the 29th Aug. ' The ex-King Lewis was
ill at Toplitz. Kl YA
“'lhe¢ King of Pruflia was to disband half
his army, 2¢,000--he will probabiv be dis
banded himfelf witli the other balf, - .
._4cco Freach troops were marching from:
Hawbueg, fuppoled by sonic to be ready to
afiiit at the election of a crown princés=by
others, 1o seize on Loglith m_crchandifé‘{ ‘
.. The French papers state that the trench
.es are opened at Almeida,’ and that Locd
Welliagton was looking on to learn the-art
of besieging, They state also great fpceefs
¢s to their arms in Spain-~but intercépted
French letters, “itis said, give. a very differ
cat piture. ~ g - ia
Londen, Aug. 31.—~Some important com
mereial information was yelberday received
from the coast of France, in letters dated the
zgth inst.- They meption that the ports of
depot, or posts inte which importatien id to
b permitted, are limitea, by an order of
Bouaparte,tofive ; name'y Oftend, Rouca,
Rochelic, Nantes, and Bordeaux. Ten h
ccaces were known to have been issued for
the admittauce of vcfleis into these ports
bat on the éondition that theie return car
goes consist of haif wines or brandics. The
new licences, in addition to the articles al
lowed to be imported by the old, extead
this' privelege also to ail kinds of indigo, -
cochineal, nutmecgs, cloves and cinnamon.—
Sugar and caffce will be objeéts of partica
lar licences ; the advantages resulting from
the importation of which, will itis foppof
ed, be cxduﬁvc?' conferred on the Waired
States. in cale 6f an arrangement with that
Governmeunt, The commiflary at Oltend
wiss lately arrefled and conveyed to Paris,
“on an accusation that he had afforded too
tnuch facility to trade
Feiig FROM HAYTI—AcAin.
. The news from this island of infuriated
blacks. flill continues tinGtured with-its orig
inal dye. It i 3 now reportéd, that the tables
have turned, and that Petion, the mulatto
chics, has repuifea’ Christophe, the Black
Emperor, in an attack on Cape Nichola
Moles—The attack was made eon the 24th
August, with 2500 men, and repulictd with
1500 “The aflailants loft 600, of which
were two biack Marthals, Bagye and Manue,
Pction’s loss is rated as inconfiderabic. It
is also {tated, that the mulqucto floet of Pee
tion kad capturcd five of Christophe’s bar
ges. —_— r
From River Plate.
.. Our intelligence from the River of
Plate, into the month of August, is
minute and authentic. ~ The revoiu
tionn at Buenos Ayres; in favor of the
native American patty, 2an? the abso
lute independence of the Vice royalty,
which began onthe 20th May, by de
priving the Vice Kuig; { Cifneres,undir
the Fuuta of, Seuville) of his command,
was completed on thc 2235 June, when
he, together with the iate Governor of
Moanteveido, - (‘Kiodibri,) who had
been residing at Buenos Ayres, in con
sequence of the unpopularity of bis
con:uét, was arrested, put on board a
eoaller, and sent to Spain. The na
tive Junta of Buenos Ayses, had pra
dently adopted the measure of lower
ing the high. rate of duties ; by the
removal of all cfficers of wncertain
zeal, the appointment of uadoubted
partisans, and generally, by:carrying
their regulations inte rigorous «f.&
All the old European officers have
been depriveu of their fire arms and
iwords, and difpeflefled of their offy
ces. -An expedition of 1500, had
been {ent into the interior of the coun.
try, for the purpose, as was generaily
supposed, of ufliting the revolution
iits of Chili in- effeét'ng a change of
government. . A comwmifftoner < has
been sent from the capital of the river
Plate, to the court of St. Jawes’ with
an azecount of the change, for the
purpose of forming a commercial ar
rangement.. AL
At Monte Video, on the other hand,
these changes of revoiution were op
poied by the munigipal authaﬁt§ j—
which bas the whele controu! i the
absence of the Governor of the navy
an'royal arsenal; though'the power
of this city Is considered {ubfervient to
that of Buenos Ayres, the governor
of which tdkes the titleof vice-king of
the proviuce. The great number of
European Spaniards in ths city of
Monte Video, is, considered the only
chief obltacle to the revolution there
—and an arbitrary system of éfpoin
age, is continually operating which
awes the native Spaniards into {ilence
and. fubmiffica. © Negociations had
been ope-.uiiin June between the two
cities, but without cffc&ing any ar
rangement of accommodation. Soon
after the revolurion in Buenos Ayres
ha peen effeéted, an opportunity was
offered, which had it been improved,
might have enabied the inhabitants of
Monte Video to have completed the
revolution of the province. Col. Mo
rianda, who commanded the citidel
was interelted in the Americanparty ;
he was threatened by a party of ma
rines, who besieged him, and summon
ed him to surrender s a rraitor to his
country. Had bic aed with prompti
tude -upon this [ummons, he might
been joined by the militia, and declars
£ Buplodcuin - B SIOE
courage aa well as judgment, be fuf:
fgﬁa’ g g,;l &ﬁ h
fegimdey v i and ogerher
Soer i fanrels) RA NST
o
oAt Bidiateh ihica ol Be.
e e e
Pt e et
i AR L iR eIR Sek
€d by the sroops ITOLNGSU: LOS 25 N
- with the loss of 8 kilig@and m;
RGBT g Nl
- Frenchmen in. both places were 1
confinement, Leniers wasat CM
o 2 a 8 Porteniensh. T .
' TUESDAY, OCTUBER 23y 1810.
<vlD 20 D €AI 4 B Gal S A ale
THE PRINTER’s WANTS.
. His mofl pressing awant iss Monsr !
- avhich answers all things. 1t W 5 little
more than-one-year and a half since ‘the
- Gazette'bas been publifb-d by the present
proprictor, and he regrets to observe that
[ very ferxb bejo'm{ the limits of’ Portfinoutly
| bave fecn proper to make any payment.
}\Yﬁajc' in arrears are carneflly requefi:d
2o feg o 3L, for 152 printsh * awant, Money,
| AND MUST HAZE f¥)? L
| The prinser wants to purchase any
quantity of good TANNED SHEEP
‘ SKINS, from'one to a thousand; and if
delivered immediatzly cafb and the bighyf?
‘ price will bz paid. 7 hose wha have hem
on band awill never find' a better market
than is now offered s,
G T ke printer 2lfo awants tawo alive,
capable Lads. of good morali and fisady
habits; from 4 to 16 years of age, as
apprentices, tolearn ths *+ art &5 myflery’
| of printing. .To such the befi ensourag:
t F Those ind<bted for advertifiig in
mient will be given. if application is made
imimediately. (3 i
I the Gaz:tte, mufi maks. imenediare pay-
NNt ——or [y FOR ! | (POR 1! 1
London dates to Sépti 6 have beon »-.
ceived.at New York—6 days tater Ihix
before réceived. No news of importanse
bastranfpired. . The Orders in Counei?
bad not been repealed.. ! ‘
Capt. Conklin arrived New York on
Thuryday lafi in 22 days from Lidfbon—
reports,that the Britifb army bad arsiy.
ed at Lisbon from Cadiz: leaving snly a
Julficient force to garrifin the place~—zhat
7o general batile had taken place botavesn
the French and allied armies, wor nwas
Juch an event expe@od. as 1t awas gene
rally supposed that the British army avcriid
very [ leave Poriugal. FHmejda ca
pitulated 29th Aug fiuce avhen the brave
Lord Wellington appears to havs bean de.
bating whether to fiuht of TUD away. o
A letter, perthe Liura-Ann, dated
London, August 30, has a Pc fiferipe
which_acknowledges the reccipt of 2
letter fiom Paris of the 24th of A
gult, fating, that Bonapaite La re.
iealed all the American property that
was under fequefiration. ,
“FEDERAL IDEAS
-~ OF REPARATION FOR WANTON INJURIES,
The Repertory of tie 16th inflant haw s
lengthyarticle to prove that ** Britain has
‘done us no essential injury ” or at least none
that can now be fubj‘t-‘é} of complatut again(y
her by Americans thea@s of aggression be
ing cither disavowed or difaliowed by that
government, or feifsoparation taken for thom
by the American govern.ment: The sage
doctor arranges the fubjedts of complaiugs
against the country for whem all his tendce
{ympathics are excited, and which supports
all his-fond expcQations, unaer four heads :
st The 'z'mprgfmqr;t of seamen ——He fays;
“The Britith never require the privilege of
taking an American ffom our ships ihe
Jole contention sy whicther we fliall proteér
Soreigners” ** The British government have
SIVGR positive orders to miolclt no native Ame
rican. T'hey have even gone {o far 4s to
concede that on the high seas they wonld
not teuch-feamen of any defeription e’
No,furely Briain 'does not definit:ly re
quirc the formal recogaition by our govern~
ment of Rer +iglt to force native Americans
inte ber'raval fcrvice; but she declares (and
her paitizans approbate, the determination)
that she will ot surrender the privilege oF
seizing forcigners on board our veflew. and
tiis well known -that uader this prevexe
thousands of pative Americans'wiil e, and
are torn away, and by the management of her
naval commanders very few of them cver re
turn to their fricnds and their coungry.om
This cnormous evil can sever be remedied
so long as this indignity to our country is,
allowed under any pretence whatever. ~ So
long as our government allows cvery fcoun
drc% who wcars a Buitifh naval upiferm to
be sole nmpire in the case, so long will eve
ry breeze waft the groans and curses of our
enslaved countrymen. Why fhali a citizen
foifeit the protection of the government un
der which he has taken refuge, for the bare.
crime of being caught upon salt water ? Has.
Britain a claim, paramount to the liws of
‘nature 10 the ocean us her exclusive domain,
‘that c2n outlaw every one who dares tra
verse it, unless protedied by a Bri;jﬂ: flag
If so, let her preclaim her empire, énd cow~
ard nations tremble and obey. British offie
cers weli understand the extent and meaning
of * positive orders”’ relative to vivlation ot
neutral rifbts. The positive orders to officers.
are as little regarded as the- pofisive engage~
ments of the guvernment—and the violator
of them thus apens the way to promotion.
How long since the important and gracics.
* conccflion” that m feamsan of any %z’fﬂia}. :
should be molelted on tiie high seas has been +
made, we know. not~—we dfndwn cver
was made. Dut if it was, an paper, We-fee
how it is regarded in practice ; the recent ap..
rival at New York is a striking (though not
singular) itluftration of its value. .
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now a question of theory. Ta cut off the.
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