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| ‘ ronsul-General in-F rance, that at thjs time
f Colonel Burr is in th* pay of France. He
can be employed by Napoleon, for no other
. purpose, than to assist in the plan and exe
cution of some hostile enterprise against the
United Stales. The Emperour suffers no
: such suspicious strangers lu continue in his
■ dominions, unless they can be of use to him.
* Above all others, Burr possesses an accu
rate knowledge of the topography of the
United States. He is intimately acquaint
ed With the disposition of the people, the
strength and resources of the nation. He
knows every weak and assailable point in
the union, be possesses the very informa
tion of every kind, which an invader would
•desire; be is, there fore, in tbe employment
of a government, which bears a deadly hate
towards the United States, and which we
shall presently show, fitted out an expedi
tion to assist Burr in his Western Enter-
. prise.
Burr can only be serviceable to France
by injuring his own country, and if France
has f.o designs against us, why does she
employ Durr ? If “ Ait Mqjejtty loves the
' Americans" why does he harbour and sup
port her deadliest foe ? Why does not the
Emperour forbid this fugitive from justice
.to remain in his empire ? Why does he
not transport him to the United States to
answer to his broken recognisance? He
was ordered off by the government of Eng
land, and yet his loving Majesty protects
♦him. We are thoroaghly persuadsd that
Napoleon is only for a favorable
B opportunity, to strike a blow against tbe
“ United States, and that Burr will be given
a distinguished commend in the expedition.
If, u|»on his arrival at New-Orleans, a
sufficient number of his old friend* flock to
1 his standard, he will be treacherous to his
w .employer, and take power and conquest
into his own hands. The clouds of adver
sity dispelled, his glory and talents will
shine forth, and he Will shew himself ano
ther Julius Casar. That great man was,
no doubt, Concerned in the conspiracy of
. Cataline, and narrowly escaped with bis
•life. Hr, like Burr, encountered the Se
verest trials, and for safety, continued lortg
in voluntary exile, and was pronounced an
enemy to the Rvpublick ; but be returned
with thunderbolts in his arm, and overturn
ed the Rrpublick—or, like the exiled Al
cibtades, whose address prevailed on a fo
reign country to espouse his quarrel, and
chastise his country fdr tiis wrongs. We
have frequently advanced the opuiion, that
Admiral Willaumez’s fleet, which was
• wrecked off ou£ coast, was destined to co
operate with Colonel Burr. A reference
• to dates andttfcurrences confirm us in the
belief: SinCejthat been communicated to
Madison by the most
Hsri&that to the
British' Ministry to divide the Wiled
States,' we will now bring under our view
the conclusive circumstantial evidence
upon which our opinion is founded, that
Willaumez’s fleet was sent here to aid
Burr’s conspiracy. r
In 1806, whefl Burr’s plans ware in ac
tive preparation, France was "busily en
gaged in negotiating treaties with England
and Russia, one of the objects of which was
to prevent any interruption to Willaumez’s
fleet, which vyas bound to the mouth of the
Mississippi. In March, 184)6, Mr. D Our
buil was bribed or compelled to sign a sepa
rate treaty, wi'h a view to entrap England.
In April, 18U6, the fleet sailed, the ne
gotiation being so far advanced, that France
thought she could neither accept or reject
the treaty, as it suited her purposes.. The
.fleet shaped its course as if bound to India,
which proved to be a deception. It con
tinued on the Atlantick ocean along the
coa>t of South America, and touched at
.Cayenne in May. Sailed thence, and
reached Martinique in June. Then ran
down the West-India Islands early in July,
and soon reached our coast, and sailed to
the northward, continuing near the toast,
and was some time off New-York. On
their return, south of Cape Henry, on the
19th August, the fleet was providentially
scattered, and almost destroyed, by a
dreadful gale.
About this time, Ist of August, the
Spaniards began to menace the American
forces on tbe Sabine, which was, no doubt,
intended to afford a favourable diversion
for Burr, by occupying the attention of the
American troops, and giving Wilkinson an
excuse for turning his attention to a differ
ent quarter to that which was the scene of
Burr’s operations. The Spanish govern
ment being then under the direction of
France, the movements of the
on the Sabine need no explanation. Burr
X-is then intimate with the Marquis Yrujo,
as Duane stated about that time, and
neither Yrujo nor General Turreau com
plained of Burr’s enterprise, although it
was publick y given out that it was his in
■ tention to nt »ke a descent upon the Span
ish territory. From which, we conclude,
that the ministers of France and Spain
were privy to-Burr’s designs.
]n the same month and year, August,
1806. boats were building for Colonel Burr
at Marietta, and agents were busily em
i ployed in procuring arms and provisions,
and not long after, Burr was prepared to
disc end the river.
• The intelligence that Willaumez’s fleet
was wrecked, and could not reach the
mouth of lire Mississippi to co-operate in
the manner expected, and guarantee the
possession of New-Orleans, no doubt occa
sioned Wilkinson’* defection. £ol. Bury’s
arrest was said to be in contemplation on
the Ist of November following.
Burr never would have embarked
in so dangerous and extensive a project
without the remotest prospect of. success,
unless he received foreign aid, we are con
vinced he was promised that aid.
jft Admiral Wiliaumez’s fleet could not
possibly have any other motive in coming
io the United States, and came in the very
•• nick of time” to aid Burr, we believe <
he came to administer the necessary assist
ance.
Aa the Spaniards commenced hostilities
on the Sabino at the very time when the
fleet was expected to arrive, and at the
very time when the forces of the United
States were wanted Je watch the move
ments of Borr; and' as those hostilities
were commenced without any other motive
than to occasion a diversion, and ceased
without accomplishing any thing, at the
very time when the news of Wiliaumez’s
discomfiture might have been received, we
afe satisfied, that the Sabine Army was in
tended to aid Burr, and in,all probability,
to have joined Wilkinson upon the arrival
of the fleet, and the striking of the first
blow. Yet Wilkinson gained new laurels
by prevailing upon th» Spaniards to relin
quish their hostile designs.
jia it was given out, that Burr’s enter
prise was meant exclusively agahist Spain,
and as Burr was intimate with the Span
ish Minister, and neither the Spanish or
French Minister complained to the govern
ment of the United States, we entertain no
doubt, that both their governments were
in th« secret, and meant to assist Burr.
The last fact relative to Wiliaumez’s
fleet worthy of notice, is the following arti
cle, which appeared in a Paris paper.
“ Paris, September 3d,
“ Captain Jerome Bonaparte, comman
der of the Veteran, arrived on the 26th
August. He reports that he left the divi
aion under Admiral Willaumez in good
condition, having made thirty prizes, and
in pursuit of a numerous convoy. It would
not be firofier to give a detailed account
of the mdheeuvree (f the vessels under the
command qf this Admiral, as it would tend
ITO THROIF LIGHT ON HIS FUTURE CON
DUCT: suffice it to say, that he has taken
and destroyed upwards of twenty millions
of property.” .Fed. Gaz. Oct. 27, 1806.
“ Throw light on his future conduct! !
As to his taking and destroying twenty
millions of property, this was a bare-faced
French lie, for it is notorious, that they cap
tured scarcely any vessel wj^fli£tnning;
but the future conductoi theMMMral
all'lpporiant. ft JKe Jpade ftWfur"Ajm«-’
coast after Captain Jerome left, him,
that conduct of course was meant to be dis
played here, and We shaft never believe to
the contrary, of its being intended to aid
Aaron Burr's plot to subvert the American
government. A long time may not elapse,
before we shall all be of one opinion upon
this head, as well as the designs of France
against the United States.
TSOM THB COSNEOTIOttr COURANT.
Courtbous reader, did you ever see
noisy politicians, who like oarsmen, look I
one way, but steer a contrary course ?
Who, with piteous face and doleful ac
cents,
“ Sigh and groan
*’ For publici good, but mean their own.”
Did you ever see men, who were brawl,
ers for liberty and equality, but were ty
rants at home ; who, us husbands, fathers,
masters, and within the whole little circle
of their power, acted the despot; and who,
if providence had not put them under the
ban of the old proverb, “ cross cows have
short horns”—would, unquestionably, ex
tend their despotism far and wide ?
Did you ever see men, who in private
life were oppressors, extortioners, marble
hearted usurers; men who have entered
into the fields of the fatherless, and made
the hearts of widows bleed for sorrow;
men, who made lucre their god, and seem
ed not to care by what extortionous means
they acquired it—did you ever see such
men setting themselves up for patriots, and
acknowledged and followed as such, by
large flocks of human gulls ?
I Have you ever seen political gnat strain
ers and camel swallowers; men whose
minds, in the time of Washington’s admin
istration, were perpetually sore by reaspn
of their holy jeahaisly for the constitution, I
but who since have witnessed with patience
and with seeming pleasure, most barefaced
violations of the constitution, by arbitrary
suspension of habeas corpus, by audacious
and repeated attempts of the executive
duiing the embargo; men, who applaud
ed the insurrection, and yet de
nounced as traitors to their country, those
who ventured to complain of the embargo;
men, who declared Washington's procla
mation* of neutrality to be an arbitrary
jtretch df and deserving impeach
ment, and cunsidwged Jefferson's enforcing
act as being so sacred, that whoever open
ed his lips against it incurred the guilt
of Scandalum Magnatum. <f libelling the
Lord's anointed ; men x who formerly clay
I moored about the expenses of government,
I but are now satisfied, though its expenses
| for the last nine or ten year*, have exceed-
ed its former expenses for the Mme term
of time, by the enormous sum of twenty-one
millions of dollars; men, who formerly set
the country in upi’oar because government
borrowed money to defray the expenses of
preparations for war which at that time
appeared instant and inevitable, but now
think it welleuough that government should
borrow millions merely for a peace estab
lishment ; men, who protested solemnly
and vociferously against even a single cent
going out of the publick chest, unless spe
cially appropriated by law, but are now
much at their ease, though the treason
hatching Wilkinson, and other leeches of
the nation’s life blood, have filched thou
sands upon thousands of dollars from the
treasury, in the very teeth of law, as well
as of equity t
Did you ever see men, who though they
had loved republicks so violently that they
harboured the project of kneading the
whole human family into one republican
mass, do. notwithstanding, love and adore
the nation that has uprooted and destroyed
every republick upoti earth, except our
own ?
Did you ever see mCn, who, though they
boast much and loudly of the spirit of *76,
and pretend to possess that noble spirit
themselves, have, with respect to France,
steadfastly maintained the doctrine of pas
sive obedience and,non-resistuuce, and em
ployed their utmost endeavours, that robbe
lies, buffetings and footings, from that na
tion, should bp requited on our part with ab
ject cringes and servile prostrations ?
Did you ever see men, who avowedly
were king Aters, and positively declared
that every wearer of a crown deserved the
gibbet, who, nevertheless, would be glad
that twenty, crowns were placed upon the
head of the Corsican tyrant—sons of liber
ty, genuine repuQicans, patriots by profes
sion, who have followed Napoleon with
their best wishes through his whole career
of conquests, carnage and blood, and mani
fested as hot a seal for the universal empire
of all devouring France, as they ever did or
ctyild, for the universal empire of republi
canism ?
Have you ever, Courteous reader, seen
such men as have now been described ?
—“ Why yps”«——and so have 1.
JONATHAN.
Lucien Romaparte, though as vicious
as his brother :n every respect, is more
calm, more tranquil, is more premeditated,
is of a less turbulent temper, and has not
that degree of insanity about him which his
brother has. Ju private Lucien is as
bad as Napoleon; in the political, he is not
'to dangerous, because heja mllitery
jKan. Napoleon’ Wall knows thav Lucien
is a man of considerable has read
much, and has cultivated his mind. He
appears affable, and has a great deal of the
suaviter in modo. He is of a very inde-j
pendent mind, and will not implicitly re-,
ceive a command from his brother. Lu
cien is too ambitious to have a kingdom in
feriour to his bi others, Joseph, Louis and
Jerome ; and Napoleon is afraid to make
him a king of a powerful nation. He knows
that Lucien would not easily receive laws
from him, or put in force any decree ema
nating, from his mad brain ; therefore Lu
cien is kept at a distance. Besides, Na
poleon knows that Lucien does not enter
tain any high opinion of his talents. I be
lieve there me very few men who judge of
Napoleon’s capacity better than Lucien.
He does not'think highly of him In that
opinion, he and Talleyrand coincide.
From a recent work by a gentleman long
Lucien Bonaparte was born in the year
1774. He carrte to France in 1793; and
became an assistant usher to a primat)
school at Marseilles, where he, soon aftei
his arrival, married an inn-keeper’s daugh-,
ter, his first wife. < -
When his brother was appointed com
mander in chief of the aimy of Italy, Lu
cien obtained the situation of a commivsa/re
de guerre, in which post he soon amassed
a considerable fortune.
When he was at Genoa, he became an
owner of a privateer, or rather a pirate.
The depredations committed by that ves
sel, excited the animadversion of all the
French papers.
On the 18th ‘Brtimalre, It was Lucien
who gained the day ; in return for which,
his brother appointed him Minister of the
Interiour.
Vety soon after, he went to Badnj> z to
treat for peace with Portugal. The sine
qua non was to be a private douceur, to
him, of six millions of livres, about 280,000
pounds sterling; but as the government of
Portugal had not specie to give, they paid
him in rough diamonds.
Soon after his return to Paris, a Mr. Salor
mons, a rich diamond merchant, from Lon
don, went there to purchase them.
Lucien wa* appointed member of the
Tribunate on bis return, and made some
very good speeches. He was afterwards
made Senator, but did not gel beyond that.
Lucien having expressed his disappro
bation of the murder of D’Enghein, and ot
the conduct of hit brother towards Gene
ral Moreau, he received an order from
Regnier, the Grand Judge, then Minister
of Police, to quit Paris, in 24 hours, and
France in 8 d*)*, and to take all his fami
ly with him.
resident in France.
NEW-ORLEANS, October 25.
It is rumoured, that the Governour of the
Mississippi Territory has ordered. 1500 men
to march into Florida ! and that on the' 16th
instant a mutiny broke out among the revo
lutionists at Baton Rogue, in which Captain
Cook was the ringleader. His object-was
to restore the fort to the loyal Spaniards.
He and his two subalterns have been broken.
tf)C toail*
• BALTIMORE. November 23.
MR. SHORT.
Various accounts, derived from the most
respectable sources, warrant the declara
tion, that this tool of Jefferson is engaged
in very deep intrigues at New-York. By
his address, he has insinuated himself into
the good graces of the federalists, and con
trived to render his presence very accepta
ble in the.most polished circles of New-
York.
From the character of Mr. Short’s poli
cy, it is at that he proceeds
upon French principles. He approaches
all his points circuitouslyi abuses his em
ployer, and assumes the appearance of
every thing but what he really is. He in
gratiates himself with sdme influential fed- >
eralists, by affecting moderation, and seem
ing to acquiesce in their opinions ; and of
others, he has gained the confidence and
good opinion, by feigning great distress at
being suspected even of having been en
gaged in a dishonourable mission; and
there is a third class of New-York politi
cians who think him marvelously honest
and trust-worthy, because he plays off the
stale artifice of denying the wisdom of Jef
ferson, and abusing the measures of the
present administration.
Now we have good reason to believe,
that this My. Short is a creature of Jeffer
son, stationed atNew-Yoik as a spy on the
federal party.. This may be set down as a
wild and extravagant conjecture. Not so
visionary as may be thought for. Jefferson,
when he retired from the Presidency, ob
tained an act of Congress, franking Tor life
all letters and packages addressed to and
from him. This was to facilitate his ope
rations in regulating the conduct of his
party. New-Yoik is set down as the head
quarters of federalism. The federal re
publican convention, it is no secret, met
there at the last canvass for a President.
It is a section of the union, in which, above
all others, a smart, active, vigilant jacobin
emissary could be of service to his employ
ers. To say every thing of Mr. Short, in
a few words, overlooking for the present
many interesting particulars of his Russian
mission, of his long and close intimacy with
Mr. Jefferson, his unwarying subserviency
to that unprincipled man, we say we feel
ourselves called upon to adduce evidence
to convict Mr. Short of a very artful un
truth.
In order to remove unfavorable impres
sions from the minds of federalists, Mr.
Short has over and over stated, in New-
York, that he left this country for France,
without a knowledge of his appointment
as minister to Russia. The fact is as fol
lows :
Mr .Short sailed from Philadelphia, be
tween the 26th September and Ist October,
1808. Secretary Smith says, in his letter
to William Alston, (chairman of a com
mittee,) dated 20th April, .1810, The Pre
sident, during the recess of Congress, com
missioned Mr. Short as minister plenipo
tentiary to the Court of St. Petersburg; that
Mr. Short proceeded to Europe on his mis
sion in October, 1808 ; that as is usual on
such occasions, a credit (by'letter, dated
September 24.) was opened for him, by
the-department of state, with the bankers
, f the United States at Amsterdam.
To convict a man of a wilful untruth,
<im«>nsst honest men, is generally consider
id sufficient to destroy his claims to pub-
I lick confidence and esteem. 1 hose who
have been deceived by Mr." Short’s pre
varications and plausible misrepresenta
tions, may now know him, and if they con
tinue to countenance him, they are fit ma
terials to be operated on by political knaves
and impostors. In these eventfol times,
men who have publick welfare more at
heart than personal considerations, do not
see fit to be over-delicate or timid.
The National Intelligencer has given us
the result of the late census in the city of
Washington. The number of the inhabi
tants is 8620. In 1807, the number was
5652. In 1803, it was 4352. It has been
about seven years in doubling. One cause
of the slow increase of the city has been
the iniquitous proposition to remove the
seat of government. We presume this ques
tion has now gone to sleep forever. Should
it increase at the rate it has increased
the three last years, there will be in it
above 100,000 in fifteen years. Its great
increase however must principally depend
on i<s becoming a more commercial place
than present prospects indicate. George
town above, and Ah xandria below, both
1 last increasing, h ive at present the advan
tage of it, though Washington is extreme
ly well situated for commerce. Men ot
laig- cnmmtrci il capital only can give ii
a vigorous increase hi number and wealth,
and such prefer the old established chan-
ALEXANDRIA. November 22.
From the want of a territorial government,
we labour under many, and great incon
veniencies. Here in Alexandria we have
a gaol scarcely fit for the accommodation
of swine, and quite insecure for the safe
keeping of criminals. A new one cannot
be built without a law of Congress author
izing the Levy Court of this county to
build one; and though one hour’s time is
not necessary to be spent in each House o
Congress for the purpose of passing it,
Congress cannot, or rather will not, find
time to attend to it. This is but one of the
many evils we suffer from the want of a
territorial government. Congress ought
immediately to provide for one—perhaps
four senators from each county, and the
number of representatives in proportion to
the nu nber of inhabitants in each coun
' ty ; the President of the United States be
i ing the executive. His being so will allay
the jealousy of the state*, and satisfy the
provisions of the constitution, which saya
such territory of ten miles square shall be
under the jurisdiction of Congress.
We ought to have a representative ia
Congress with at least the right of voting
The inhabitants of the District must exert
themselves, and their wishes may be ac
complished.
nels. It ii cot so near to the H* •• Alex
andria, DOT so near to the country and the
produce brought down the Pftomack, as
Georgetown.
With nearly 30.00* souls In the District,
we have neither a territprial government
nor a member in the National Legislature.
Our accounts from the River of Plate,
via Rio Janeiro, are to the 11th September,
The independent Junta of Buenos Ayres
continued its bold and sanguinary’ career
Liniers, the former Viceroy of the'province,
who had fled to Cordpva, had been pursued,
taken, summarily tried on a charge of
treason, and executed the 26th of August.
He had but a few months before been the
most popular and influential man in Para
guay. The Revolutionists had organized
an army of 4000 men, who, joined by the
native citizens, were every where carrying
into effect the revolutionary system. Peru
and Chili have also, it is reported, declared
themselves independent of Old Spain.
Monte-Video, and other places on the
north banks of the River Plate, continued
faithful to the mother country, and with a .
small naval force, had blockaded Buenos
Ayres. The English commanders observed
a rigid neutrality, directing their whole at
i tention to the security and promotion of
English commerce.
PHILADELPHIA, November 25.
NEWS FROM SOUTH-AMERICA.
GALLICX DEMOCRACY.
It is impossible to dwell too often, and
almost Impossible dwell too long, upon *
the subject of the astonishing influence
which France has acquired over almost all «
nations but England. Some may consider
it unfair to impute to the democratick pgr
ty in this country, generally, a participa
tion in that mad devotion to France and its
Ruler, which is displayed by the leading
men of that party, with scarcely an ex
ception. In one point of view it is sp; in
another not. It is true, that if we converse
with the honest and unambitious among our
democratick citizens, we shall hear them*
onp and all, declare their detestation of the
character and policy of Napoleon, and
their determination to defend their coun
try, and sustain its rights, at Mil times and
under all circumstances, against the arms
and the arts of Fi ance. Their sincerity in
these declarations is unquestionable. They
I speak as they feel. They know that Na
poleon is a Usurper and a Tyrant, and that
France aspires to Universal Dominion.—
They know these things to be wrong, and
that it is right to censure and condemn
them. But while they condemn the wrong,
do not they the wrong pursue ? The mo
ment you attempt to shake their confidence
in their leaders, by shewing them that those
leaders are devoted to French Policy, you
have a hornet’s nest about your ears. Thf ir
attachment to the managers of their party
is so enthusiastick, that they become furi
ousif you venture to question the perfect
purity of those managers. It is hi vain to
state facts, for they will not believe them.
It is in vain to make use of arguments, foe
they will allow them no weight. They
will hear nothing of •• French Influence,’*
because their leaders have told them that
theye is no such thing in existence. But
they are firm believers in “ British Influ
ence,” because their leadershave told them
that all the leading federalists are ” To
ries.” If you prove to them that most of
the surviving officers and soldiers of the
army of the revolution, the men who sacri
ficed their fortunes and hazarded their
lives to make us independent of Great-Bri- *
tain, are members of this ddious party call
ed federalists, and tell them that it is im
possible that such men can be Tories, they ‘
will hear you with careless inattention, and
remark in 'reply that it is very true those
men were once good republicans, but have f *
been corrupted by their own inordinate
ambition, and by the artful intrigues of Old
England. |
By the ship Canton, from Lisbon,
have papers to the 30th October. Tb«y
NEW-YORK, November 28.
YE RY LATE FROM LISBON.