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TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN OF
Ludovico Ariosto;
WITH NOTES.
By JOHN IIOOLE.
EXETER, (N. H.) MONDAY," NOVEMBER 5, 1810.
has received a written and official no
tice of that fact, in the following
words : —" Je suis autorise a vous
declarer, monsieur, que les Decrets de
Berlin et de Milan sont revoques, et
qu' a dater daler.Novembre ils cesser
ont d'avoir leur effet."
I take it for granted that the revo
^'MASSACHUSETTS.f
BOSTON, OCT. 27, 1810.
from LONDON, Sept. 3, 1810.
" Yesterday I saw two'Americans
from Paris, with despatches for Mr.
Pinkuev. Their tale is a gloomy one.
THEY" KNOW NOTHING OF
THE RELEASE OF ANY AMERI.
CAN PROPERTY; butsay that Gen.
Armstrong had no hopes of such
AN EVENT, AT LEAST, FOR THE PRE
SENT ; —and thal the only condition on
which the decrees of Berlin and Milan
will be rescinded, is a compliance, on
the part of England, with what the
Duke of Cadore says, is " bien enten
du ;" well understood. I—So 1 —So that not
withstanding the positive assertion that
they are repealed, and will cease in
November, it is very doubtful wheth-,
er they will be repealed at all."
^ The above information is from
a correct and impartial source.—Cent.
On the 23d of February, 1808, his
Majesty's Minister in America declar
ed to the government of the United
States, " His Majesty's earnest desire
to see the commerce of the world re
stored to that freedom which is neces
sary for its prosperity, and his readi
ness to abandon the system, which had
been forced upon him, whenever the
enemy should retract the principles
which had rendered it necessary,"
I am Commanded by His Majesty to
repeat that declaration, and to assure
you that whenever the repeal of the
French decree shall have actually tak
en effect, and the commerce of neutral
nations shall have been restored to the
condition in which it stood previously
to the promulgation of those decrees,
His Majesty will feel the highest satis
faction in relinquishing a system, which
the conduct of the enemy compelled
him to adopt.
I have the honor to be, With high
consideration,. Sir, your most obedient
and humble servant, , ," J
(Signed) WELLESLEY.
cil of January and November, 1807,
and April 1809, and all other orders
dependent upon, analagous to, or in
execution of them, will fellow of
course ; and I shall hope to be enabled
by your Lordship, with as little delay
as possible, to announce to my govern
ment that such revocation has taken
place.
I have the honor to be, with high
consideration, my Lord, your Lord
ship's most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) W M . PINKNEY.
The most noble Marquis Wellesley,&c.
1 have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter under date
25th inst.
Lord Wellesley to Mr. Pinkney:
SX R ,-\
Sir,
cation of the British Orders in Coun-
HIGHLY IMPORTANT SPATE
Lord Wellesley sent' me, yesterday,
his answer to my note of the 25th ult.-
respecting the Berlin and Milan de
crees.
I hasten to transmit a copy of it.
A copy shall be sent without delay to
Gen. Armstrong.
I have the honor to be, &c.
Wm. PINKNEY.
Hon; Robert Smith, &c. &c. &c.
From the National Intelligence, Ex-
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August 25th, 1810. ,
MY LORD,
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Gen. Armstrong, Minister Plenipoten
tiary of the United States at Paris, a
letter, bearing date the 6th inst. in
which he informs me that the govern
ment of France has revoked the de-
crees of Berlin and Milan, and that he
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TheAUTHOR.
October, 1810.
From the Baltimore Fed. Republican.
Democratic Creed.
I.
I believe in— Bonaparte. :
IE
I believe—let moralists say what
they will—that whatever Bonaparte
docs is right—that what used to be
called murder, if he pleases to do it,
becomes an act of Justice—that when
it suits him to deceive and destroy hjs
friend, it is nothing more nor less than
a masterly stroke of policy, and that
by bloodshed alone he merits the em
pire of the world; not to mention
that, by the unparalleled generosity of
vesting all power and all property in
his own person, he lays all men under
an obligation of which they can never
acquit themselves but by becoming jus
devoted slaves. Furthermore, I {be
lieve that whatever nation resists him,
Many dedicate to thank for past fa.
vors, and to secure future adherence
and attention —in this also, I follow
my illustrious predecessors. To you,
gentlemen, I am indebted, for thi
knowledge I possess of the world, m,
information of the heart of man :
The volume of human nature, never
would have been opened to my under
standing, had I not been well aquaint
ed with such excellent enemies; you
have taught me to view man as he is.
not as my fond imagination painted
him—by your patronage, exertions,
and influence I am enabled to say,
" Sweet are the uses of adversity,
which like the toad ugly and venom
ous, yet bears a precious jewel." I
can now endure misfortunes wit^ calm
ness, resignation and dignity, and
view this little dirty planet of small
moment, compared " to another and
a better world." I can say with sin
cerity, with my old venerable name
sake, " be not grieved or angry with
yourselves," that you have persecuted
me from city to city, reviled and evil
entreated me, as it has conduced es
sentially to my substantial happiness.
[The following is taken from a smal
work, which has lately made its ap
pearance in this town, under the ap
pellation of Aphorisms' on Men,
Manners, Principles and Things.—
By Joseph Bartlett, Esq. of Ports
mouth. Dedications have become
rather unfashionable; but this one
of our author, is valuable for its in
genuity. We have seen books dedi
cated to all sorts of beings, human,
devilish, and divine; but Mr. Bart
lett is the first, we believe, who has
thought of addressing his enemies.
We have perused his maxims with
pleasure.]
Few authors write with more sin
cerity, never dedicated with less hope
of reward ; I feel a wish to copy
those writers who have gone before
me, to address the rich and the pow
erful of the earth, in this I must be
preeminently successful, as in you m,
dear enemies, I observe many who rob
in wealth, have been, and yet are exalt
ed to the most honourable situations in
church and in state ; this distinction
has. been conferred, for your great
complacency of temper, placability oj
mind, and benevolence towards man.
GENTLEMEN,
DEDICATION.
TO ALL MY ENEMIES.
EXETER.
Finally, I believe that the end
sanctifies the means: which, by the:
bye, is a maxim of the utmost utility
in matters of political reform ; as was
manifest in the French revolution,
where the principles of republicanism
were developed, and the. world was
favoured with an example of the ef
fects of liberty, when put in operation,
without any of the embarrassments of
law, that cursed contrivance, to damp
the ardor and shackle the exertions of
true republicans. I say, in the last
place, I believe that the end sancti
ties the means. And here again I find
myself constrained to indulge a mo
mentary digression, while I express,
my admiration of French philosophy,
and my thankfulness to its inventors,
for a discovery, without which the
most zealous republican could never
have achieved any thing more than
half-way measures, and the mystery nf
makipg people free by fire and sword
would never have been understood.—
But once for all, I say, the end sancti
ties the means, and as no, republican
ever proposes to himself any ends
but right ones, as may be instanced in
the heroes already mentioned, and the
mighty Emperor, who has put the fin
ishing hand to the glorious design, I
shall ever hold it unworthy of demo
cratic magnanimity to suffer any em
barrassment from Jaws, human or di
vine, as they are called, or to pay any
regard to censures founded upon such
aristocratic principles. So help tec
Bonaparte, '
I believe that Bonaparte does infi
nite service to mankind by silencing
the clamors of law and justice, and
proving by his own illustrious example,
'hat the right of the strongest is an in
defeasible right ; thereby dismissing
forever those superstitious regards to
a supposed divine providence, which
have been known sometimes to gripe
even a good democrat, and paving the
vay for future enterprize, as often as
an, political regenerator shall be dis
posed, in his magnanimity, to melio
rate the world in the same way.
as for example the Spaniards have done %
forfeits all the rights of humanity, and
deserves to be put to the sw^rd.
111.
I believe that the embargo was
merely a municipal regulation to se~
cure our own property, without doing
any harm to any body, and I believe
also that it was intended to annihilate
the English.
As I did believe in Marat, Robes
pierre, and the rest of the Parisian he
roes, successively, who propjtiated the
goddess of liberty by hundreds and
thousands of victims, and indulged the
republican feelings of the people with
the charming spectacle of guillotine
executions, and shotting en masse —1
say as I did believe in them, so I now
believe in Bonaparte: and as the
French, with those staunch democrats
who admire them, are the only true
republicans, I do hereby declare my
sincere belief that the cause of liberty
essentially depends upon their aggraa
lizement.
V.
I believe that liberty according to
imes and seasons takes different forms
—that during the American revolution,
It was a government of laws made by
rhe representatives of the people—
that in the French revolution it was
insurrection and bloodshed, and that
now it is the absolute will of Bona
parte. But under allits mutations one
inseparable property it never loses, i.e.
at all events to fight the English.
VI.
I believe the English never did, anil
never can do an honorable thing.
VIL
I believe the federalists to be averse
to the domination of Bonaparte, %nd
consequently traitors and enemies to
liberty. Indeed the same actions are
good or bad as they happen to be done
by a democrat or federalist, and noth
ing is more evident than that federalists
ought to be denounced, as enemies to
fheir country, for what, in a democrat,
would be excusable and even merito
rious.
VIIL , ,
I believe that Bonaparte has all
power at sea as well as on land, and
that if he seizes a ship and imprisons
the crew, we ought not to presume to
make it a subject of inquiry; but if
the English do any thing in the same
way, altho' in their own defence, wo
ought to make a war upon them.
IX.
IV.
[No. 25.