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®i:Qual inquiry. 1 fay, i you mean
Yo maintain your own charrader—if
fyohmeanlmhéhggdcdéawnsoﬁ;@%
terity asmenfen(ible of your conntry’s -
mong—aad i you mean o prevent.
the recurrence of calamities, similar
1o those which have bzen already en
- dured, you will give to your country
“a dired®, diftin®, not insinuated or im
plied, but a dire@, diltin&, positive
and unsquivocal pledge, that you'will
enter upon those enquiries without de
lay, and that you will profecnce them
with effe@. -Something has beeu said
with reference to the chara&er of the
_ofticers I do assert that the failares of
our armamentshave been of the great
est magniwle, that our lofles have
.beea unparalelled, and that the cir
cumitances under which jall our mil.
itary enterprizes have béen con
dge-!, are of such a description as to
reßifer inquiry indifp:nlable ; Bat,
‘having faud that, 1 desire those who
mAy advert to any thing which may
fall fiom m= will be aflured, that I
am persuaded, that every thing has
been done by the offi~ers that could
be achieved by them:. 'That, with re
gard to some of the effi-ers, more has
been done than the public has admit
ted 5 and, with refp=& to-others, what
the public may fcem to have cause to
lament in their condu&, is to be at
tributed only to the orders of minis
ters, to their instructions, to their de
ficiencies, and not, as I trufl in God,
to any of the oflicers or commarders.
A fay this, bscaule a rumour went a
\broad, in the case of gen. Moore,
to :he effe&, that all the responsibility
of the operations of iis army belonged
to him, and not to his majelty’s min
isters. I was told,-and the public
were spuriously tald, that whatever ill
{uccefs had aitended the military op
erations of the army under gen.
M ore, the cause was only to be feund
in the discretion exercised by the offi
cers commanding the army, which
discretion, we were also told, had been
absolutely entrufled to him. ~ I own
I did not believe the aflecrtion at the
time it was made. - But, since it was
made, how has it been coniradiéted ?
~—ll hope no man who hicars me has
failed to. read the interelting hiitory
of the campaign of the army uncer
general Moore, puslifhed by that gai
lant officer’s rélative. If there is g
man who has not read it, he s indapa.
bie of judging what is the true charac
ter of the government under which he
lives — Wh'ever has read it, if he has
the feeling of a Briton in his heart,
what mut be his inZignation when he
contemplates such a gearral as gener
al Moore going upon an expedition,
ths very planand objoct of whichas
foreign fron his own better juigment.
Going to the South. when he knew
he oughtto beln the North—Going
to mect co operation, where he knew
he had a 0 ground tzgw?f%gﬁ& co cpera
tion. Figureto ynu#ves the (itua
“tion of that gallant fidier, futjeét not
to the orders of a superior officer, but
r to the orders of a diplomatic agent, of
whom I mu? fay nothing else, than
desire you to recoliet in what manner
it was he executed the powers entiuf
ted tn him. If the injured spirit of
the gallant general couii bover ‘over
us, how would it reproach us for at
tzibuting the calamities of that cam
paiga,in which he felito any oither cause
chan the power by which he wascon ~
trouled. llf there are pointsupon which
it is p-flivle to doubt, with refpe&t
to the Spanilb campaigns, I entreat
you to wait till you are fatisfied
whether the causes which bave now
preveated the fuccels of our armiesin
Spain, arenot precisely the fame, as
_thofe of which we before had the “ex
periefice. The conduét and achieve
ments of onr troops in the field, are
to be atiributed to their valor and the
conduét of their general.. The dis
aftercus consequences, even of their
vidtories are atiributed to their want
7 . Y v
of fupplies—rto the want of sup
port, combination—to all these eir
cumitances which compel an'army to
retreat, even after a battle, in which
it has been vidtorious. It is to be at
tributed to ithe mistaken Inftruélions
of Bis mujeßty’s miniiters, coupled
_amith the cowmplere deficiency of the
means by which they were to be exe
cated. I have fated thus much ;
but when I have (tated my decided
opinion, that with refpectto both these
failares, inquires ought to take place,
I am persuaded the result of those in
guiries will be fatisfactory as to ‘thes
¢ondu& of the officers—l tmean 'to
contend.' that it is not to thé conauct .
of the officers, the failure our =arms
_have experienced are to be atiributed;
bt that the plans of thef expeditions
haue been attended with circumitan
ces, on the part of his majelty’s'minif
ters, of such manifeft, notorious, un- .
controvertable miftondud, as would |
make it the basest deretiction of your
duty,if you was not, on this day, when
you are, for the firlk rime, alfembled,
to exprels a general ;ép.tési}ﬂ;.;gf Wh
demoation, 1 wil [hiew you that &
sM* j 3
‘is probable ?frem what 1 have heard, -
\iis sefgle of father inquiry will great.
5 condogt of his majeily’s mpißers
—What I am calliog upon yourlord.
ships to express an opinion. npon s
th regard to those points whichare
‘public and notorious, which are
~obvious to all the world, ‘and no in
quiry can make your lordihips better
acquainted with, even if you had here
on your table all the orders and coun.
‘ter.orders of all th 2 contending de
pariments, belonging to what is called
the exilting government. Ido this
not solely for the purpole of censure,
though I do diftin&ly avow, that, to
shrink from the duty of censuring
ministers, would be to abandon the
most sacred trust repofedinus Ido
it for the more important purpose of
prevention ; for, to my z2ftonithment,
‘if any thing could create it, after what
I havé heard, the.principle is this day
avowed— theintentron declared—avye,
and ;ycu are called upon to make
yourselves pariies to the continuation
of these delira&live, wanton, and fruit.
less expeditions. Therefore, the a
mendment | have to state, does not
merely go to the condemnation of
miniflers-—llt will make it imspoflible
you can fuffer that part of the address
to pass, wiich, if you do; will make
you individual partakers, and the
fhaters in the consequences which
“mult follow from the mad determina
tion exprefled in the address which
has been moved. = Confcquences,
which I shew little spirit of predi@ion
when I state, will be much more cal
amitcus than those which have preced
ed them.- 'he noblejbaron,who second
ed the address, adverted to opinicns
and fuggeltions of policy, which, had
they been pzflcd over in silence by
others, 1 thou!d have thought it my
bounden duty once more to have
brought before you —II did not shrink
from the du:y of ltating them when
they weie unpopular. If 1 predi@ed
theleonfequences of the meaferes of his
majelty’s ministers, when those conse
quences were Joubtfal and wncertain,
certainly I am not to shrink from
them now, whenall I hive said has
been confirmed by melancholy ex
perience, and when the great mcjonty
of the country perceive . the deinfions
under which they have labored, the
a:tifices by which they have been de
cetved, and the dreadful refuits of the
- errors into which they have been led.
I ‘o repeat the opinion I huve before
exprefied, that, from the moment of
the rencwal of the present war, the
policy of this country ought to have
been dJecidelly different from that
which was puriued in the lalt war.
At the ouifr, and during the
greater part of the lalt wal, it was de
firicus ro raise inEurope a {pirit of re
fitance to the overwhelming power of
Frince. To encourage that spirit,
an to prevent if pcflible, the fubju.
gation of the continen: j onr it was
seen that our endeavors were fruitlefs.
Treatie: were figred, by which the
several powers of Europe acknowledg
ed their fuljugation to France,
though the disalters of our allies were
much less than they were ‘atv present
. They were such as to lead ary man
acquainted with the intertor fitustions
cf the kingdoms and goveruments of
the conrinent, to believe,, that any ef
forfs of ours would only have the «f.
sect of renewing, with ten fold apgra
vation, the misfortunes of Europe.
That was my opieion with regard to
-the improvident meafare of renswing
the war, after the expericnce wé had
- had within the last ter~years, and
~when the hope was loit that Russia,
Austria and Pruflia would be uniied
i into one common confederacy, and
; make fucha refitance as thould uiti
~ mately enable them to withfland the
- urmolt efforts of France. There couid
be no such hope rationaily enteriain.
ed ; and all that was circulated on the
i fubje®t was a complete delusion ;
pracife’, I hope not by, ‘but upon
thole who entertained it.—France, in
her old situation /before the revola
| tion, as every ‘man acquainted with
-~ the huftory of that couatry knows,
- was fufficiently strong to muke head
f against any confederacy that could be
~entered into in opposition to her. If
the was thus ftrony before the revolu
“tion, she was. by the peace of A
" miens. in a fitndiion which nothing
but some great change in the continen
tal affairs, « r the state of France hee
{elf, could ass rd to any man a wel
~ griunded hope that resistance could be
effe@tnally opposed to ber. Under
' these circum{tances, what was the
prop=ble mischief of resiewing the con
test ? You was anticipating your own
harvests—you was irging powers to
recommence a war which they were
by no means capable of carrying op~=
youn was hindering powers who were
friendly to you, and who, if you had
“fuffere i themto enj~y a little repose,
" might probably have cffcétuated ‘a
- changé in the situation of Europe, and
of making an’ opeming, of which this
* country might have availed herfelf for
_ vigorous and fuccefsful co-operation.
== If it-was your policy that the pow
ers of the continent should recruit
themselves,” what was it with refpeét
“to your own firuation ? You hadbeen
relieved by a short truce from a war,
* the preflure of which had borae hard
_er on your finances than any former
‘war, I speak not with referece to
_numerical accounts, but I speak of ofc
“tenfible efforts 3 and I fay; that, as to
ostensible eff:@s, the last war prefled
harder upon the country than any
war in which it ‘had ever beea ergag.
‘ed hefore.—Then what was the obvi.
ous policy you ought to have pursued ?
You oughtto have availed yourselves
of the advantages which God and
nature had given you; and to which,
‘ainder the circimfances you were
placed in, the diftates of wiffom and
common prudence fupgelled you
ourht to have confined yourselves
with the most scrupulous care.” |By
{o doing, and by adopting that {y[
tem in the firt year of the present war,
your expences were -brought within
limits which. the country might have
~endured. Since you have departed
- from iz, your expences have increased
~ toan amount which it is lamentable
to contemplate. In.the firit year of
~ the war, an attempt was made te a
~ dopt a system of husbandry and econ
omy ; it fucceeled compieiely ; and if
it ha! been persevered in, you might
. have goge on without additional pref.
~ sure on your finances, and you were
ftiil alide 10 the moment which would
givethe enemy the molt tormidable
. resistance. You were alive to the mo
' ment to fay, the (tate of my naval
force enables che country to withstand
ail the 2ttempts of the enemy, and its
financiai ¢is alequate to a deten-.
five war, 25 long as 1t may be pro
tra&ed, not only without any addition
to, but a gradual aileviation of its bur.
- dens. Wuh refpe® to thatMyftem,
your lorcthips read the gloomy libels
wiiich are iffucd from the press.
~ Thofewho eltadithed tha: fyflem were
succeeded by his majcßy’s prefint
- mi Illers, who tock care to tell you
that the comife of thewr predeceflors
. w.s to beiroked at, net te incuce
| them to labor to the fame salutary end,
- and tokeep withinthe bounds of pence,
~ bur as a beacon and landmark by
| which to fleer direétiy opposite, That
. by their efforts on the continent, of
- Furope, they were to rescue the na
' tions from slavery, and the other op-
E p:cffion und power of the enemy.
' We have now been brought to the
telt of experience—-~we have had
three years of vigor and ecterprifc ;
and for three years these men have
had the unlimited command of the
ccuncils and reafures of the country,
and I grieve to fay, the uniimited dis
posal of the lives of the army and
navy What a terrible account have
they to render—what a drea fui ac
count have you to demand of them ?
and what a dreadful account have
you in your turn, to tender to the
© country'? Then, I fay, not by cur own
sy stem, but their own,againlt the expe
rience of three years,againft all reason,
against all knowledge of the Rate of
| Eurnpe, aguinft every argument
drawn from the past, they embark a
large expedition on the continent,with
th: hcepe of affording support to ocur
- allies—~wi‘h a hope, which in the lalt
{ debate, we were told by a noble lord,
-using a phrase no less magnpificent
than the expedition was, to effe@ “ the
- deliverance of Europe.” Now, fee
‘~what this deliverance of Europe has
. come to—Sßee what his majelly’s min
! Isicrs have «ff:@&ed. Be not fatisfied
. with fuperbcial intormation alone ;
. but be fatished whar has been the
- walie es tre:fure ano the facrifice of
lives by which his majetty’s ministers
-have coentrived to render the Britith
pation the derision and {corn of all the
furrcunding countries. I must remind
you, that this address contains a dif
tinétpledge 1o pu:fue a continued war
fare. Donot take my ffertion—look
at the words of the address, and you
will perceive, that ziter all the dis
graces you have fuffered, these men
have the conscience to fay, not only
that you fhail not inquire into the past,
but that you fhali support the king’s
migifters in the prosecution of rhis
war, of the wimiters of which this
country never betore had an example.
You are to-believe, that what they
failed to do under better auspices, that
which they faled vo do when Aultria
was at war, and when the other
countries of the contment, were un
fubcued, is to be effcéted now, when
Aultria and those countries have ceaf
to be independent p6‘wers-£u are to
kazard your armies—to h¥zard the
lives of 50.000 men—and for what
purpose ?— Inthe vain, delusive expec
tation of being able to contend against
the military power. of Irance. —Un
less your minds are intoxicated by fail
ure, as others are by success—unless
you fee laurels where others behold
only cyprefs—nnlefs gz, Aee tri
umphs where others ¥ disgrace
—unless you fee victory where others
fee defeats—aunlefs you are so de
luded as to think, that with armies-of
thirty or forty thousand men you are
competent to meet the whole military
power of the continent of Europe—
unlefs you fuffer. your underltandings
to ‘be so imposed upon, it ‘is impofli.
‘bleyoucan consent to amaddrefs which |
fan&ions a perfeverancelin the measures
of his majesty’s minilters. Lentreat you
to confider that fieither will jour fi
nances enable_you to bear a longer
contintiance of the fyßem purfied by
the present minilters, ner,as a milita
ry power, *will the population of the
country supply your armies with re
cruits. It is a vain expectation,which.
has been tco often disappointed, that
all cur failures may be attoned for by
some signal success, by a change of
the nature of things, and by an alter
ation in the natural course of humane
events. Having again discharged my
duty in protesting against this {yftem
of continental warfare, convinced as I
am, that it can.be productive of noth
tog but evil, will now call upon you
to try the merits of the late campaign
as far as refpedts the coadu& of his
mzjety’s miciiters, not by our system,
but by their own.
[Remainder next week.] 6
REPORT ON MANUFACTURES.
Thursdry. April 19.—T! e foilowing letter
was reccccived from the Sceretary of the
Trealury.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
April 17, 1810.
Sir—ln obedience to the resolution of
the House, 1 have the hodor to tran{mit a
repurt in part, on the {ubjeck of American
manufadtures. |
Some important information has been ob
tained®, but is in gencral partial and defec
tive ; and it would have been desirable that
the report might have been delayed to the
next [effion. ” :
Permit me to observe that the approach.
ing census might afford an opportunity to
obtain detailed and corre@ information on
that subject ; provided that the deputy mar
shals were directed by Congress to collectit
and to make returns in such forms as would
be prescribed. ;
I have the honor to be. &c. |
ALBERT GALLATIN. |
Ty the Hon the Speaker of the House of Repre-
Jentatives,
On motioh of Mr. Bacon, one thousand
copies of the report were ordered to be
printed, and it was referred to a fele&k com
fittee, with a view to the consideration: of
the suggestion as to authorifing the maribals.
deputies, &e to affilt in obtaining informu
tion as to manufucturcs
PROTRACTION OF SESSION.
On the motion of Mr. Smilie the. House
resumed the consideration of the resolution
laid on the table by Mr Smilie for relcinding
the vote of adjournment.
The resolution to refeind was PASSED "
Yeas 59 Nays 47.° ' - PR
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE.
The engrofled bill concerning’ commercial
intercourse between the U §S. and G, B.and
Frange and for other purposes was read a
third time—and the quefton having been
stated « Shal the bill pass 7 =-,
~ Mr. Quincy opofed the bill at great
length. - , i % 4
. Mr. Pitkin followed on the fame fide. |
A question of order was raised, in which
an appeal was made from the decision of the
chair ; and after an hour spent on it the
Speaker’s decision was confirmed by the
House 77 to 37. . : TRy
Mr Dana also spoke against the bill. ~
- The question was taken on the paflage of
the bill about 5 o'clock, and carricd 6t1040;
‘ ‘ " : ‘ : f
' The Rev. John Wefly's prophecy, « thit
the worid will tome to an ‘end in
1836, has been lately published in Charle
ston, 8. C and has produced some alarm a
mong the flockholders of the Union Bank:
of that city, becadfe its charter exitends 40 850 !
- A person belonging to Harvard, was im.
prisoned at Amhert; N. H for attenipting
to pass counterfeit hjll,’,, His éb’nvj&m
‘was doubted 5 butin prison he attempted to
commit {uicide ; firlt by ":_éhdcuvqég;g 10,
kill himfelf by beating his head with a flone,
snd niat by cuning hsshreet., . His oo
o Ravional Legifatuve,
ELEVENTH CONGRESS —SECOND SESSION,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMERCIAL INTERCOURSE®
Wca'nq/lf.:y, Aprii 18 —The bill on this fub
je&, called * Macon’s bill; No 2” wastaken
up- Mr Glolion withdrew bis amendment
to it ; and &
Mr Johnston moved two additional f=ions,
one of which revives the twa fe&ions of the
Non Intercourse Law, for ex¢luding foreign
armed veflcls from our waters 3 and the
other for laying an additional duty of Fifry
Per Cent on all Fnghth and French goads,
preduce, &c. imported These new duties
are to take place immediately on the passing
of the hiil
After much debate and a variety of mo
tions were decided on, the firft fgtion
Was agrced to, Ayes §3——And the fccond,
Ayes 59, ‘
Other amendments were made; when
the Committce rose and reported the ,bill.
The House immediately took it up. A
motion to have the amended bill printed,
was negatived, 5910 43 The amendments
were agreed to. That laying an additional
du'y of Fifty Per Cent, pafled Ayes 59 Noes
272. ; ;
An amendment authorizing a suspension
of the restrictions as to the natign revoking
its edifts was also adopted. Several addi
tional amendments were negatived ; when
the qucftion, Skail the bill be engrossed and read
aihird time 2 was carried as [OIIOWS ;=
Yvas—Meflts. W Alston, Anderson,
Bacon,Bard, Boyd. ] Brown, Burwell,Butler,
Calhoun, Ciay, Llopton, Cobb, Cochran,
Cox, Craw!qrgs Cutts, Dawson, Detha, Fisk,
Franklin, Gannett, Gardner, Gholfon Good
win, Holland, Howard, Hufty, Johafon,
Love, Lyle, M:Kee, Montgomery. N. R:
Moore, Morrow, Mumford, Neifon, Nichol
son, ]. Porter, Rea, of Penn Rhea, of Tea.
Richards, Roant, Root, Sage, Sammons,
Scaver, Seybert, Shaw, Smefr, Saulic, G,
Smith, Southard, Taylor, Tracy, Turner
Wgaklcy, Whitehill, Winn, Witheripoon
Nays— Mcflrs. Bibb, B-eckearidge, Gar
land, Haven, Heister, Kcnnedy, Marico,
Pickman, Pitkin Pottery Quiucy. Sheffey
Samuel Sthith. Stantord, Swoode, Whitman,
Wheaton, Wilfon—=lß :
The biill was osdered to be read a third
time tomorrow, and the Houle adjou: ucd
at 10 o'clock, after a {fcflion of twelve hours.
posste o ooergnioutl . e !
. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1810.
24T Wse o ee vl sDOe 0l e
-It would afford an iofinite fund of
amusement to trace the ziezas course of
modern federalifm, At onea-,'n:omcnt,. we\
find it clothed in thuuders, ‘hurling its bolts
of wrath promiscuously among the infidels
who disbelicye the fiacerity of their profefs- -
ions of patriotism.—At another, when they
perccive aprofpe of defeat in the parpofes
nearclt their hearts, we find them fawniﬁg
as the whipped Spaniel. After the ele&ion
in 1809 they boidly talked nf a severance
of the Union—boasted that their JSirm, pate
riotic and dignified condu*t had awed she
general governmentp& compelled them to a
bandon a fyltem of measures which was then
belicved belt calculated to preserve the
peace of the country,&procure redress of ine
juries from foreign powers.— Vermont New-
Hampthire, and Maflachufetts yielded to
the deceptions, and became the inftrunients
and tools of traitors to fubferve the cause
of Britain, and awe the American govern.
ment. Rbode-Iland and New-York were
fcrionlly affced and well nigh became
victims. Federalism calcuiated with cone
fiderable certainty on the ce-operation of ail
the New-England ftates,to support itstreafon
able projects in 1810 ; and its defiances of
the National government shew how far the
mifchief might have extended, but for the
good sense of the virtuous citizens of New-
England —How much cause of congratulg
tion, and of thanks 10 the Governotr of all,
have we, that we enjoy so much light in this
wellern world, that we can deteét lurking
treason in its most deviou, mazes—drag it to
the light. firip off Its deceptive covering and
frultrate its'dreadful purposes :—while in
those countrics where tyranny reigns, a des
signing-sew, by playing with the passions,
have it in their power to drench the land in
blood, to gratify their amßitious propensi
ties, without procuring any benefit to ‘the
pcople—Verily the lines are fallen tous in
pleasant p'aces and we have a goodly beritage,
Federahifm has again retreated to the (and
of flcady babitsy where under the anfpices of
pricfleraft it may make a permanent stand— ¢
But federalif, like fire, while restrained
- within proper limits, may fcrve to keep
alive that spirit of a@ive inquiry and cau
ticn which is the vital principle-of repub
kicanifm ;~~Now again we find federalifts ail
conciliating-~They taik of barmony, union,
and moderativn, with as much fang froid as a
Judge of the Inqaifition of mercy while the
rack ispreparing for the destined viétims of
bloody pricfls, and superstitious monks-~
They with to banith political intolerance, and
introduce a poltical milienium. Look at
their conduct where they have been able to
put in practice the mi'd forbearance they
_preach to others -~Look at New York
where it is shrewdly fulpected that BRiIBERY
gave them a majoriiy in the couneil of Ap
pomnrment--every republican, every hero of
the revolution, whom they found 10 office,
they have driven out, to make room for
wretches who ig the (truggle for libei€y took
refuge under the British cannon-~traitors who
led the enemy through the country, and
thared the plunder of our conflagrated villagess
other instances ot pa‘ical proicription,
Look aifo at MafiacN&etts, where belides
under the emiable Gore, ® Conrt winch gave
the greatet tacility to business, was abolifled
=—and for what 7 Why forfooth, becauic it
was crcated under a republican adminyfteation
and its oflicers were not ALL federal. - It gave
a nomina! office, with trivial emoluments,
(nothing additional expeace to partics con=
cerned, the bulinefs. withoui therr exiflence;
being done by rhe Court of Common Picas)
and readily cxpediced business, to tranfaét
which the partics wouid have todanc: attens
dance cuiing a 3 whole lcflion ot the Court
of Common Picas, and twice in threc times
not get a hearing at last, trom the muluptic
ity ot bufinels 1o that court. -
In rhis State no opportunity has cffered,
during the ore year in which the federalifis
ha e exercised tHe auihority, to cxcreife
this system of piofcription o a large extent.
This may not have been the fauit of his
Excellency Gov. Smith—as his =eoritings evi=
dence he is uat very friendy to republicans :
Bat a mere fubltauual rcafon “may be, he
has been troubled with a republican council, to
keep him within due bounds, 28
‘ltis humiliating indeed to every mas
poflc(ing the proudand indcpendent fpirig
of an American, to observe the cffet in
tended to be produced in this country, on
concerns wholly local, by the condact of
the two belligerents of Europe ~-Jult 'pre
vious to the ¢leétion in New York, a vetlel,
the Young Scldier, Capt. Folgier, arrived
there from Cadiz, and brought the informa
tion of the gale which happeaed. there on
the 4th of March last. in which many A
merican veflels were driven afthore, and loft.
Coleman, Jackson's printer, to stimulate the
Britifp party, publithed that the veilels driven
athure were burnt by eur friends, the French,
and (Hat cvery cxcition was made by the
Britith commeznder toaid those veflels~-that
an Englith boat with her crew,were loft, in
the henevolent design of ofiflingthe distressed -
Amcrican vefels —Capt. boiger has correch
ed the misrepresentation, by a publication
under his owa peme; stating that molt of
the veflels were burnt by the Englif to pre«
vent their falling into the hands of the
French who had’ poficffion of the coaft.on
which the veflels were driven —-It is by
such means the British party thought to i~
fluence the eleétion in New-York--What i
the relévance to an ¢le@ionin one 6t our
States, whether an injury is done us by
Franee or England ?~=Neither of them are
friendly to us--One is tyrant of the land-~
the other *of the occan—jufite forms no
part of the polirical creed of cither.—So
lorig as we permit such base - means o -
fliicnce our opinions, otfr boalt of liberty and”
iidependence are farg,icql—ourgof’ﬁf naient de
pends alone on the will and voice of Amer
icans—why then should - the people iook to -
Eogland and France, to ‘lc.arn whom they
(hall ele@t as rulers I-~This attempt to in
fluence our opinion of our own rulers, by~
the conduct of tbOfC ot s """but a tl"iCk n
of fiaitors to our liberty for P_‘“’P‘_’fﬂ' which
they dare not avow- ‘ b T e
From an intercepted letter, considerable”
alarm has beenexcited in N Carolina and
Georgia, from an. cxpé&eﬁ’ihfury;éﬁgn of
the negro slaves. The letter purported to
be from a chief in Georgia who fliles hims -
felf Gaptain Fames, to an accomplice in N..
Carolina which fixed the 22d of Aprilas the
duy pmwhich the work ot euutiley sad sure
nage ‘was to begin. Some doubt however, is
legtc yainod of the authenticity of the fettet,.