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of its gigantic growth in the. years
- which have followed since the union ?
In the year 18cs, that is, five years
after the completion of that measure,
the funded debt of Ireland increased
so millions, and nearly three hundred
thousand pounds ! So thatin § years
facceeding the union, which was re
sorted to, to impede our acceleration
to bankruptcy, the public debt increas
ed Zen millions more than it had amount
ed to fix years preceding ; explaining
thereby the value of the union, and
the wonderful skill with which our
public affairs were conduéed. In
fact, this increase of thirty millions
took place in four years after the
union : for the accounts which pro
duce this enormous balance of debt,
- are made up to the sth of January
only in 18c5-—the common period in
which the public accounts are balan
ced’and fettied From the year 1805
to the year 1807, the public debt a.
rose to fxty four millions, {feven hun
dred thoufsnd pounds and upwards !
We niight state the small {ums accur
ately if it were worth while—{o that
in two years after the union, the pub.
lic debt swelled to the enormous, in
tolerable, and ruinous ratio of more
thaun eleven millions, upwaids of five
millions and ‘a half a year ! A ¢irs
cumftance which must lead to conse
quences of the greatelt importance
one time or other. In the two years,
from 1807 to 1809, our public debt
took another Rart, and from sixty four
millions and near one half, it rulhed
forward 76 millions above one hun
dred thousand pounds!—that is to
fay, at the rate of increase of nearly
fix miliions a year. From the sth of
January 1809, to the {fame date 1810,
the debt increased from 75 millions to
81,000,000 ; that Is, 1t increased at
the rate of § millions a year; and
with this enormous sum upon our
backs, we have added now by the Irish
chahcetlor or the exchequer, four mil
lions and a balf more. Whence
comes it, that since the union, there
has been this invariable augmentation
of our debt ? To 1794 we may fay
we had no debt—what is the reason
-that we'owe 85 millions and a half of
money now ! There can only be one
cauft for this, and which can produce
“such iteady and regular ' similarity in
Ueffect, and that is, that the public rev
enue is injudiciously managed—that
every budget 1s so much arithmetical
imposture—an annaal display of er
ior ana miscalculation, which:the oc
currences of <he year confute and
! overthrow ; and which compels the
chancellor of the exchequer to bor
“row,to make up the deficiencies ‘in
‘his calculations, and to load the indus
try of a poor, though indultrious peo
=plé with taxes ; which to such a na
tion as llreland, is a greater retard
.iment of its ‘moral amelioration and
-«advancement, than any thing else the
ingenuity of man could devise. = -
s 1 Cork Mercantile Chronicle.
~111373 From the Avrora.
oL VAPO S THIE READER. .
I fometimés hear people {ay, ** what
- a'buitic there is about eletions,” and
“3 immediately set such people down
_:;?s very indifferent citizesis of a repub
~lic 2Ry s
“n. I hear other pzople fay,* I’ll have
mothing to~do with eletions, theré’s
~fach wrangling and conténtion’ 3" and
I set these cown as very well suited to
_the “ calm of Wefpotifm.”
~~ This bustle and this contention, my
+friends, is not very agreeable, I allow
—=but recolle@ that these are amongst
. dhe neceflary effeé@s of ¢ivil liberty. In
-'Enrope-there is-no'bultle,except when
-sailors are dragged on beard thips of
='war by press gangs or when conferipts
vare'dragged from their families to-the
carmies—now, let me ‘afk, which you
Idike bel, the bultle'-of an' ele&tion or
sthe tuftle created. by ryrants? -
-+ »Thereis'no contentirn' about elec
zgions, in° Europe, bt there ‘are bloody
Icontentions in the field of battle, and
“contentionsin the cabinet for the pow
erto oppress the: people :- which kind
-of contention do you like bett 2 ..,
= In this ‘world. nbthing is. perfe@,
~there is nodypftern that has' not some
sineomvenience 3 thar {yftem, therefore,
238 best which is attended withtheleaft
sinconvenience, and here the quelion
ngecurs; is it as incenvenient to have
the bustle and contention of an elec
stion oiice a year, as to have the in
|convenience:of taxes: and flanding ‘ar
{mies all the yearround ? ¢~ 77
2=~ THis is putting'the matter fairly
before you. - BEAY o e
. Imieed -I' should besglad to know
why thelaws of natore: fh' uld be en
tirely, -changsd vo: fait Americans ;
you are happier:than your fellow men
-élfewhere;and yet you;ior some of you
rgrumble, becaufe’ there .is {ome trou.
.ble in exercising the rights of freemen.
- This bustle and contention;. a:z;ln!e
for enjoying the -fruits of their labor,
~far;bring able to lie down every night
it peace and with the confidence:that
prefgang or fldidrs il oot e
:you: before the moming from your
-wives aod children, - .
'Tis troublesome to he eating and
drinking, but these are cirtumitances
wbich you never thiuk about, because
you could not exist without submitting
to them. Nor can your repiblic ex
ist, unless you submit as cheerfully to
the troubles of an ele@ion, as you now
submit to “the horrors of digestion.”
And troublesome as eating such
good bread and beef as we ‘have, must
-be to some of you, it would be much
more :nconvenient if you had no bread
or beef to eat ; as is the case with mil
lions of as good men in Europe as
are in America.
It is also very troublesome and pain
ful to have a leg or an arm cut off,
but would you not submit to this op
eration to secure your life to your fam
ily ? and yet you grumble at the trif
ling inconvenience of an ele&ion and
at preserving the government which
saves your lives and fortunes.
So that you cun take your choice,
perform your duty as good whigs,
_difregard the bultie and contention of
‘the elc&ion, continue t 6 eat and drink
in peace and plenty—or grumble at
elettions, bring them into disrepute,
“and let men be ele@ted who will intro
duce the pace of drums and trumpets
and the plenty of prisons and poor
houses. POOR ROBIN.
| From the fame.
| TO THE READER
When [ hear a man fay—* wha:
would one vote fignify, it is of no con
sequence whether I go to the ele@ion
or not”—l set him down as a bad
citizen of a free state, I mean politi
caliy bad.
With as much propriety might a
man fay—* I may do wiong, but
what is a single crime in a large com
. munity "’
.In a republic especially, a man
._owes much to his country, he has po
' litical duties to perfrrm, not less im
perious than moral duties.
. You are free and you are, proteéted
| —your conititutions point out how
| you are tofecure freedom and protec
. tion for your posterity ; your confii
« tations command you to vote at elec
tions 3 they do not fay “f{uch and
such officers may be cholen,” but they
fay ¢ such officers fball be chosen.”
. And as the welfare of the whole
- people depends upon the relative good
. nefs of each man, no one has a right
' to refule his thare of duty at an elec
. tion, any more than in a court of juf
-6 tice, or in the miilitia.
{ True, there is no legal penalty for
.the one, although there is for the oth
er 3 bgfl the reason of this is, the fra
. mers df the conltitution had purchas
ed freedom dearly ; they prized it
| above iife, they gloried in the right of
| choosing representatives, and there
' fore never dieampt that any of their
Tucceifors would become indifferent.
~ The morzl good of {ociety requires
- that 2 man should not be at liberty to
| take even a peach from a neighbor’s
| tree, without permission ; so the polit
xp‘it:a'l happiness of the state forbids you
| tolob the. deserving of your vote.
i You would think it very tyrannical
and insolent, if you were forbidden to
vote at an eleion, yet of what use is
your right to vote, unless you exercise
it ? _ e
As long as the people vote, their
government will continue free ; but
1f you go to the poils with as much
relu&ance as it you were going to
the penitentiary, the death of your
liberties capnot be.ar distant ; and
when you refufe to go at all, their ex
tintion will take place.
Indeed, I know no better evidence
of the virtue of the people than a fuil
eleéion. 1f the bulk of them vote,
.depend upon it, they value and under
stand their rights and duties ; but if
few vote; their is disease and danger.
Peltiiential vapours arise when the wa
‘ters are {tagnant, none when there is
a current. . -
.He mus, indeed, be almost inani
“mate, who does not wish to vote—
there is a fort of pride, or joy, at
lealt I have ever felt it, in being able
to aid, Once a year, in impelling that
‘wachine, which preserves so many
lives, diffufes so much happiness, and
commands the admiration of the
univerfs, that ought to captivate you
¢ Liberty and property,” fays Ju
_nius, ¢ gre precarious, unless the pof
. ““fefiors have sense and spirit enough
“ to defend them.” :
... If a man owed you a sum of mo
ney, I.make no doubt but that you
would take care' teo obtain it ; or if
your property wege aflailed,you would
protetit. How necessary, then, is it,
~that you would also do youriduty po
livically, that you should strive to pre- -
serve, for yourfelf and poflerity, these -
-institutions, which enable you to pre
serve and enjny your property itfelf.
¢ In England, the people once valu.
-éd’the right'of ele&ion’; bur they did
not” persevere in exercising it, and
‘hence it is, among other things, that
‘now. they " cannot exercise it if they
e B TTS e Y
Therefore, I fay, every vote ‘is of
ronfequence ; hundreds are formed of
~gnits, and the evil example of gne,
“ihay produce the default of many.
FOREIGN.
PARIS, AUG 17.
Last Wedn:fday his imperial ma
jelty being seated on the Throne, sur
rounded by the princes and great offi
cers of state, the deputies of Holland
were. prelented to his majelty, and
their president, his excellency admiral
Verhuel, delivered the following :—
¢ SIRE,
“ Your very faithfu! fubjeéts of
Holland, the members of the council
of {tate, of the legislative body, of the
deputies of the land and sea forces,
and the deputies of the city of Am
sterdam, have the honor of presenting
themselves at the feet of your maj=f
ty’s throne, refpe&fully‘to declare the
sentiment of ddmiradon, confidence
and obedience with which they are
animated. ‘
“ The Dutch people, fire, known
in the anpals of history, by the ex.
ploits of their heroes, by the {potlefs
charaéter of their statesmen, and the
exertions made by them to obtain and
maintain their independence, are still
poflefled of a firong recolle@ion of
the virtues of their forefathers.
“ The great gvents which Europe
has witnefled in the course of the pre
sent century, has completely changed
the political {fuppprts and relations of
states, and their independence, for the
attainment of whih our ancefors fa
crificed their property, their blood,
and all that is mo({ dear to men, from
the preflure of cifcumftances, could
‘not but undergo certain reltrittions.
At length united with the firfi nation
in the world, ¢alled by the greatest
prince in the universe, to fh<re in the
favor which his exalted genius and pa
ternal solicitude liberally befflows on
his happy fubje&s, and of which Hol.
land has aiready obtained so many
proofs, the Dutch continue to flatter
themselves, that by their loyalty, their
obedience and their inviolable attach
ment to their prince and father, they
thall déYerve the prote@ion of a migh
ty, generous, upright and benevolent
government.” :
His Imperial Majesty returned the
following answer s~
“ Gentlemen, Deputies of the Le
gislative Body, of the land and sea
forces of Holland, and Gentlemen
Deputies of my good city of Amfier
dam, for these 30 years you have ex
perienced many viciflitudes.— You loft
your liberty wheg one of the great
officers of the republic. fayoured by
England, employgd Prussian bayonets
to interrupt the celiberations of your
councils - It was then that the wife
constitution handed down to vou by
your forefathers, was deliroyed for
ever ;
~ Besides, th,éprcient' is a tume, when
no. man fhonit he iodifferent 1 our
counntry is in a - “isical fitwation, its
differences are a«juiied with France,
and therefore there is less hope than
ever of adjultment with Britain. At
such a crilis, are you difpo 1 to fend
the advocates of Britain as your Re.
prefentatives to ‘Congrefs ! Remem
ber, you are now to elet men to serve
in Congress uotil 1813—during years
so big with events, as the next three
years will be, you ought to be well
and truly represented in the national
councils. ;
If you love your country, then you
cannot be indifferent.
POOR ROBIN.
. ** You formed part of the coalition,
in coniequence of which French ar
mies conquered your couniry—an e
vent which was the unavoidable con
fcquence ot the alliance with England.
After the conquelt, a difktin& govern
ment was formed, yet your republic
formed part of the Empire. Your
{trong fortrfls and the principal po
sitions in your couatry, were occupied
by French troops. and your govern.
ment was changed according to the
opinions which f{ucceeded each other
in France, '
“ When Providence placed me on
this firft throne of the world, it fell to
my lot to decide forever the fate of
France, and ‘all the nations which
compafe this valt empire, to beltow
on all the signal advantages which a
rise from firmnefs, confiltency and or
der, and“to destroy the baneful conse
quences of irregularity and weakness.
1 put a period to the wavering desti
nies of Italy, by placing the Iron
Crown on my head. 1 annibilated
the government which ruied Pied.
mont. By my act of mediation, [
justly appreciated the’conftitution of
Switzerland. and brought the local
cirepmftances of the country in uni
son -with the fafety and righis-of this
Imperial Crown Igave you a prince
of- my blood for your ruler ; this was
intended as a bond to unite the con
cerns of your republic with the rights
of the Empire. - My hopes have been
deceived, and on this occaflion 1 have
shewn more forbearance than my
charadter generally admits and my
rights required. [ have at length
put a period to the painful uncertain
ty of .your fate, and warded off the
fatal blow which' threatened to anni.
hilate all your prefperity, all your re.
By theßeprefentatives of the People of . f/?Flo_rid'a.
. . & DECLARATION.
It is known to the world with how
much fidelity the good people of this
Tertitory have protfefled and maintain
ed allegiance to their legitimate Sov
ereign while any hope remained of re
cciving from him proteétion for their:
property and lives. Without making
any unneceflary innovation in the ef
tablithed principles of theGovernment,
~we had voluntarily adopted certain
regulations in concert with 'our firlk
magistrate for the express purpose of
preserving this Territory and shew
ing our attachment to theGovernment
which "had’ heretofore proteéted ‘us. -
This compa& which was entered in:
to with good faith on our. part, will
forever remain an honorable te@Rimo
ny ‘of sour upright intentions and in
violable fidelity to our King and par
ent Country, while so much as a thad
ow of legitimate authority remained
to be exercised over us—We fought
- oaly a speedy remedy for such evils
- as seemed to endanger our existence
and prosperity, and were encouraged
by our Governor with solemn promis
es of afliltance and cooperation. But
those measures which were. intended.
- for our prefervation,he has endeavour.
~ ed to pervert into an engine of deftruc
i_ tion by encouraging, in the most per
to your national indullry.
~ % The day thall come when you ars
to conduét my Eagles to the {zas, cel
ebraied by the exploits of your an
cestors. ‘Then thall you thew your
selves worthy of yourselves and of
me.—From this moment to that pe.
riod, all the changes that take place
in Europe, fhail have for their Arft
motive the dellrution of that tyran.
nical and irrational {yftem whkich the
Englith government, unmindful of
the pernicious consequences- which a.
rife therefrom to its own country apd
subject it to the arbitrary authority of
Loglifh licences. -
“ Gentlemen, Deputies of the Le.
gillitive body, and of the land and
sea forces of Holland ; and Gentle.
men Deputies of my good ciiy of
Amfiterdam, tell my fubje&s of Hol.
land I fee! perfedtly fatisfied they pof
{efs the sentiments they profefs for
me—Tell them that I doubt not their
loyal attachment, and depend on their
heartily joining their exertion: to those
of the rest of my fubje&@s, to vecon
quer the rights of the sea, the loss of
which five coalitions, incited by Eng.j
land, have icfli&ted on the continent —
Tell them that in all circum@tances,
they may reckon on my pecutiar pro
te&tion.””
MISSISSIPPI. NATCHES ocT. 1810,
Weft Florida Declared [ndependent
We yelterday received by express
the following highly interesting Com
munications :—
H. () Fort of Baton Rouge, Scpt 24.
Sir—ln obesience tothe order of
the convention bearing date the 22d
inst. I directed Major Johnson to al.
f=mble such of the cavalry as might
be ready at hand and march immedi
ately for the Fort of Baton Rouge';
I then proceeded to Springfield where
1 found forty-four of the grenadier
company, ,commanded by Col. Bal
lenger, waiting the orders of the con
vention ; at one o’clock in the mor
ning of the 23d-we joined Major john
fon and capt. Grifi:h, with 21 of the
Bayou Saca c valry and five or fix
other patriotick gentlemen joined us
on our march ; at four o’clock the
fame morning, we made the attack.
My orders weie not to fire till we re.
ceived a shot from the garrison, and
to_cry out in Irench and Eaglifh,
“ ground your arms and you shall nst be
hure 3 this ovder was ftri¢tly attend
ed to by the volunteers till we receiv
ed a diichsrge of muiketry from the
guard house where the-Governor was,
which was briskly returned by the vol
unteers ; we received no damage on
our part ;of the Governor’s tzoops,
Lieut. Louis Grand Pre was wmortal
ly wounded, Lieur. J. B Metzegnes,
commandant of the artillery, was al
so wounded, one private was killed
and four badly wounded ;we took
twenty-one prisoners, among vhom is
Col. Deluffus, the rest of the garrison
escaped by flisht. The magazines,
stores, &c found in the garrifen have
been reported to you by James Neilfon,
Lfq who was appointed for that put
pofe. b ety
‘The various and complicated duties
devolving on me from the prefiing cir
cumstances of the momnent forbid a
more minute detail.
The firmneis dnd moderation of :he
volunteers who made the attack was
fully equzl to the best difcipiined
troops Whole companies are daily
flocking to our ftandaid, and the har
mony - and patriotism prevailing in
the garrison must be highly gratifying
to every friend of his country.
Accept for yourfeif and your bedy,
affarances of my high efkeem and re
gard. ity e
(Signed) 1 PHILEMON THOMAS.
Commander in Chics of the Fort of Baton Rouge
A - and its a'e'jbe;rzdm'_c'ieit pe 7
The Hon JonN Ruea, President of the Con
e e vrntion “qf"Wfﬂ-fldr.ida,,“ g
el AT TS 4T, ATy
nances fandtioned and eftzblithed by
himfelf asthe law of the land. =
.~ Beirg this left without any hepe
of protection from the mother Coun
try, by being betrayed by a magistrate
whele daty it was to have provided
for the fafety and tranquility of the
people and goverament committed to
his charge,and exposed to all the evils
of a state of anarchy, which we have
so lonp endeavored to_avert; It he
comes our duty to provide for cur
own security as a free independent
state, absolved from allegiance to a
Government which no longer pro
tests us.
We, thereforc, the Representatives
aforefzid; appéaling to the Supreme
Ruler of the World for (be réctitude
of our intentions, do {olemnly publifli
and deciare the several diftridts com
posing this Territory of Welt Florida
to be a free and independent State.and
that they have a right to institute for
themselves such a form of Govern
ment as they may thiok conducive to
their fafcty and happiness—to forny
treaties—to eftablith commerce--to
provide for their common defence, &
do all 2éts _which may of right be doné
by a {overcign and independent nation.
— At the fame time declaring all a&s
withir the said xerritory of .Weft. Fio
rida after this date, by any tribunal
or authorities not deriving their pow
ers from the people agreeable to the
provisions of this conventiony to be
nuli and void—and calling upon all.
[foreign nations to refpeét this our de
claration,acknowledging our indepen
dence; and giving us such aid as may
be confiltent with the laws and usages
of nations. - :
This declaration made in convention,
at the town of Baton Rouge, on the
26th day of Sept. in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight Hun.
dred and ten—We the representa
tives in the name, aud on behalf of
~ our confllituents do hereby solemn
ly pledge ourselves to support with
our lives and foriunes. .
: JOHN RHEA. Prefilent. -
(Signcd)' Fobn H 70671_/'o7l,‘l)[)l'»'3’; I"licé/ey,
\ Fobn - Mills, i?o[m Morgan,
Joba W Leonard, Edmund Honwes,
Wiliiam Borrow:., Tbor)zas—Lill.—:y.
: }g ‘iWilliam Spiller,
AxprEw STEELE, Secry.
Ve POSTSCRIPT,
Just as our paper was going to press. we
were informec by a gentlenan dire@ from
the town of Wathington, that his Excellen
cv David Holmes, governor of this Territo
ry, had reccived inteliigence by an express
that Col. James Callier, ot Wafliington ccun
ty, with a party of forty or fifty men, had
taken pofiiflion of the ‘garrifon and Span
ish settlement on the Mebilie We give
this a 1 .we'reccived it—we cannot vouch for
its anthenticny. . 7
25 To this ;rtick ‘the Nationol Intel
ligcncer affixes the following remark j—
bWe sincerely bupe the intelligence conveyed in this
article is not to be veliedon If it bethe precau
tions taken by gowernment to prevent the evil will
bawve failed of success, and these concerned in the en=
terprize may find ithemfcives inuolved in ‘z;cry Jee
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5 e 3 AN ¢ '.‘ . ."~
The following particulars refpeing the
_iflard_of Nantucket, have been ascertained
by the gentleman who took the Cenius :—
- There are on the Ifand—B7 males, 76
widows, and 45 single wonren over 70 years
of age—_—g']g’widows-,—zl widowers—474
fatherlels children, under 21 years of age.
ot bk L Sep—— Cbrbn
. Caution to Parents.~-A daugbter of John
Lansing, jr. Esq. of Albany, N Y. and two
~children 11 Granby, Conn. have lately lolt
“their lives in confzquence of their clothing
taking fire. . | s AR S
“State of New-Hampfbire, . Cheffrire ff.
NOTICE is hereby given to the porrefi
* ¥ dent proprictors and owtiers of land in
"CHESTERFIELD, in said County, 'who
have not paid their highway town, county
and school taxes for the vear 1809 that so
much of their'land as will pay said taxes to
gether with icidental charges, will be fold
at public vendue at the dwelling house of
Capty Ebenezer Harvey, innrholder in said
town, on Tueflday the 22d day of January
‘pext, at one o’clock in the afternocon unless
prerented’ by previous payment to me the
fubleriber. [ R PO Ty
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