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AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
^nittd States
Portsmouth
.• PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Printed and Tubliffied every
Fo/ - XIII.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 , ißoj.
Os ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL)
prosperity, RELIGION & MORALITY are indispensable!
SUPPORTS WASHINGTON'S Legacy.,
From the Balance.
No. I.
A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE DI SAD
, VANTAGES AND BENEFITS, WHICH
\ WOULD PROBABLY ACCURB TO THE
UNITED STATES, FROM AN ENLARGE
MENT OF THEIR TERRITORIAL LIM
ITS BY THE PURCHASE OF EITHER
LOUISIANA OR THE FLORIDAS.
I_jOUISIANA is avast tradolland, -
Weft of the Mhhlippi ; and is bound
ed East by that river, South by the
Igulphof Mexico,Weft by New Mexico ;
and to the Northit fticichesto an indefi
nite extent, as its boundaries in that di- -
region are unknown. Mr. Livingston's
memorial describes it to be an insalubri
ous marfoy country, in a burning climate.
This description is supposed, however,
to have a particular reference to the
Southern parts of Louifian,.; which
are exposed to the heat of an intensely
scorching fun, and are so matchy and
unhealthy, especially at and near the
gulph of Mexico,as to beuninhabitable.
Opposite to the Notches (a diihid be
longing to the United State, and lying
at the distance of about three bundled
and fifty miles from the mouth of the
Miffifippi) the foil of Louisiana is de
clared to be fertile,and its climate plea
sant and Salubrious. In the narrative
of Capt. Isaac Stewart, who led cap
tive by the Indians, had traversed that
wilderness, the air is represented to be
pure & Serene, the climate healthy,& the
foil exceeding rich on the banks of the
river Missouri; which empties into the
Miffilippi, one hundred and ninety five
nfie. above the month of the Ohio, and
eleven hunrird and Sixty miles North
of die gulph of Mexico-
Louifianl is moftiv A sorest : the
greater retrofits white inhabitants are
Roman catholics, ( f French and Span
ish extraction; but neither their nura
ber, nor that of the negroes whom
they hold in bondage, is known. The
metropolis of Louisiana is New-Orleans
which is Situated on the Ealt bank of
the Mifftippi, one hundred and five
miles From its mouth.
" The Floridas (according to Mr.
Livingston's description) are a narrow
strip of barren land." -Lying East of
the Miffifippi, they extend in length
about one thousand miles ; ar d in no
part are more than a hundred and fifty
miles wide. —They are Situated South
of Georgia ; and are bounded by that
State, by the Atlantic Ocean and by
the gulph of Mexico ; and Wederiy
they border oh the MrihSippi, from its
month to the Georgia line. Ihe prin
cipal town in Weit Florida is Fenfacola
in East Florida, St. Augubine.— The
inhabitants me maJlers and S^s.
The river Miffilippi, together vith
its Eastern branches, (as Defter Morse
fays, in hisUniverfd Geography,) wa
ters five eights of the United States.
That noble river being the only re# 1 to
market for avast and fertile country,
whole inhabitants are rapidly incteaf
ing ; its free navigation is of primary
importance to this nation : and almost
equally important and needhey is it
that the pcople.of the States, puffing
down the river, Should have Some con
venient and eftabliihed place where to
unlade and deposit their cargoes. In
the year I 796, hpain, by a Solemn trea
ty, Stipulated that New-Orleans Should
be open and free for the people of the
United States, a place of deptfit. In
1802, Louisiana was ceded by Spain
to France ; and the Spaniards, after
this cession, and while (till holding pof
feflion of New. Orleans, denied to the
. people of me States the privileges of
Jepotit, which they had Sacredly pledg
ed. The treaty having been thus vio
lated, on the part of Spain, many
thought the national honour required
chat the perfidy and infalt Should be
reflated and punished ; and that New-
Orleans ought to be wrested from the
hands of its perfidious pofieffors. The
administration pursued an opposite
course. Mr. Monroe, furnifhed with
two millions of dollars, was dispatched
ft) France to open a negociation. Pre
vious to his arrival, Mr. Livingston,
>efident in France, favoured by a mod
fortunate concurrent e cfcircu mftances,
had already presented his memorial to
•he ord consul,& was negociating for the
urchafeof Louisiana ; which purchase
as finally made,for the sum (if we have
0 correct) of fifteen million and about a
trier of a in.llion of dollars. Report
fays, that Mr. Monroe has repaired to
Madrid, to negociate with the Spaniads
V exchange of Louisiana, or some part
of it, for the Floridas.
Ibis is a concise hiftory of the fub
jeft ; and in this authentic Shape it
comes before the public It is a fub
je& of vast importance, and applies to
the interest and bosom of the whole
natron. In the ensuing difeuffioos, <t
shall be canvassed coolly and candidly,
on the grounds of its own merits, and
without any irritating appeals to party
feelings—Should the writer's remarks
prove incurred, or his arguments be
found to be inconclusive, he will read
ily acknowledge his obligations to any
one, who, in a decent manner, shall
point out the errors of his principles or
the fallacies of his realonings : if, on
the other hand, his observations and
arguments Should be correct & weighty,
it is hoped that even those of the oppo
site party, who make truth the object of
their enquiries, will not faftidioufly re
jed them; but that they will give them
their due weight, tho' they are uShered
into public view from a federal press.
C ILCULATOR.
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From the CbarleJhu Courier.
The Government paper at Washington
calls upon all those opposed to the pre
sent administration, at this time, to
"foeathe ibe^ord, " as it is termed ; and
adds, " if their fouls are inspired with
true magnanimity, they will seize the
prefent propitious moment for atoning for
pad offences." What are the offences
which the federalifts are called upon to
atone for ?
Have they offended, by framing and
carrying into effect the present consti
tution, in spite of the most determined
hostility to it of the party now in power,
who made use of all theirofforts .to pre
vent its adoption ?
Have they offended, by the adoption
of a system of finance, which has railed
public credit from the lowed ebb to
its present flourishing date?
Have they offended, by enacting
laws, and purfu>ng a line of condua
which rendered America refpeftable
abroad, and the people flourishing,prof
perous, and happy at home?
It is true, the federalists have never
hired Tenderers to abuse Washington ;
nor have any of them taken to their ta
bles and to their hearts the wretch who
ilyled him " a patron of fraud."
It is true, the federalists have never
encouraged "an intolerance as despotic
as wicked and capable of as bitter and
bloody persecutions," by driving from
office the war-worn soldier, and tue
faithful servant, on account of a differ
ence in political opinion, in order to
till the vacancies with such as would
lick the feet of power, and sing hosan
nas to a faction who have risen to con
sequence through mediums difgrdceful
to honour and probity.
It is true, the federalists have never
exalted to one of the most important of
fices in the State, a man who had a
principal hand in exciting an insurrec
tion against the government and laws,
the suppression of which cost nearly two
mill ons of dollars.
It is true, the federalists have not
done any of those things : and if, in
neglecting to do them, they have given
offence, it is an offence in which they
g^ry.
The " propitious moment" to which
rhe government paper alludes, is the mo
went of the celiion of Louisiana. The
administration and their agents, from
the commencement of their career in
office, have conftan ly been in the hab
it of attaching 10 themselves the merit
which belongs to others. But n the
,instance of the cession referred to, even
with all their effrontery, it could hard- °
ly have been expected that they would
have claimed any other merit on the
occasion, than merely having an agent
on the spot, to whom overtures were
made by the French Confnl, through
his agent Talleyrand, for the cession
of Louisiana, after it was found that
France could not take poffeflion of it :
that this is all the merit due to the ad
minillration, in this case, is well known
and felt by the “ Chief who now com
m.iadc, and by every head of depart
men! in the government. But they hope
as heretofore, on other occafiohs, to
delude numbers ; and to inftil a belief
that this measure has originated in their
forefight and wisdom.
Much as his been said and written
on the fubjed of the cession, the follow
ing paragraph, extraded from the Cq
iurnbian Centinel, printed at Boston, is
well worthy of attendon.
, “ It is a fa#, the American admin
istration are indebted to Great Britain
for Louisiana, and for all the praise 1
they claim on the score of the cession.;
They know it. And if they have any 1
gratitude they will acknowledge it. Be
fore the British king's message—which
struck Bonaparte and Talleyrand and
Andreoffi with so much aftoniShrnent —-
was received at Paris, Mr. Livirigflon
experienced the most mortifying neg
le&.—A minister from St. Marino could
not have been held in greater contempt.
The British message of the Sth March,
reached Paris on the fith, and on the
12th for the firft time, M. Talleyrand
condefeended to be very civil to Mr.
Livingston, end invited him to dine;
afaring him at the fame time, that
notwithstanding the coldness Shewn of
late, the firft consul wished very cor
dially to be on friendly terms with the
United States. A variety of testimony
can be adduced to support these fads.
Lord Whitworth informed his court of
the reconciliation ; and letters from
Americans at Paris and Bourdeaux
have announced,hem in the papers. Be
fore the receipt of this message too,
France was taking all necessary mea
sures to colonize Louisiana. A prefect
was lent out—all the civil and military
officers were appointed ; and an army
under Gen. Victor had aftully embai Ic
ed on Shipboard at Helvoet, to fail for
New Orleans. The patent spell of the
message palsied the expedition—War
with Great Britain was seen to be in
evitable—the colony could not be fet
tled —the troops were difembarked—
and the country fold to the United
States force time in April. These are
plain truths, which defy refutation.
From them every reader can make de
dudions."—
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LETTERfrom HANOVER..
"YOU have known our former Si
tuation, I will now tell you our pre
sent ; the difference between the legal
Government of a Prince, and the ty
ranny of French Republicans.
“ French intrigties always precede
French invasions . • the momerit Eng
land armed, France plotted ; and a
legion of emissaries were the forerun
ners, of an at my of soldiers ; hence the
irresolutions, the contradictions, the
bombastic threats, and the degrading
submission of the regency ; hence the
opposition, the disunion, among the
people ; and hence the want of public
spirit in a brave army commanded by
able ohicers, but whole courage and
whose talent were neutralifed by the
weakness of their fuperiors,and now on
ly serve them to feel so much the more
the reproach of having, laid down their
a: m^, and of being prisoners of war to
an army inferior or equal in number to
themselves.
"The dedth of the Hanoverian Re
gency may truly be called a suicide,
because, even after years of unfortu
nate war, and the loss of a number of
battles, French insolence could hardly
prescribe, nor our Regency concert to
any worse or more dishonourable terms
than those Signed and submitted to.
From being fubjeds of the best of
Kings, we are, without Struggle, and
without resistance, become Slaves to the
worst of tyrants, who oppress and mock
us, who plunder and despise us; when
30,000 brigands are rivalling each 0-
ther in mifehiefs, Striving who Shall
rob us the most, and who shall be the
most busy to propagate immorality and
irreligion, and to give examples of de
bauchery and lemons of Atheism.
Three grenadiers have been Shot, to
prove a discipline, exiting only in the
reports of the Generals.
"Every where before the entrance of
the French troops, French emissaries
excited and encouraged plunder and
violence ; and our common people Were
adive French citizens or robbers, be
fore they were effective French Slaves ;
and.fo rapid has been the progress of
French revolutionary principles, that in
many places the people have already
divided amongst th6m the domains of
the Crown, and estates of the Nobles ;
but as this caused alarm to our neigh
bours, the Prussians, French bayonets
have been obliged to fulpend, art inte
rim, these confequenees of French ex
ample and dc&rine.
"We capitulated to an army of
20,000 .Frenchmen, but at present up
wards of 44,000 French troops Save
entered our country, and every day
their number is' augmented ; this has
given uneasiness, and measures of pre-
Icaution are ordered both in Piuffia and
I Denmark ; and many think them ho
I more than netefiary, because, Since the
Revolution, France has never yet re
fpeded any country where plunder was
to be got, when plunder was wanted,
and wanted it must Ee, Should the
French continue here, and art in the
manner they have done hitherto. Let
our resources be ever so great, they
must be exhausted when extravagance
prevents economy, and patilon excluded
regularity ; when tyranny imposes con
tributions, and anarchy extorts requi
sitions ; when property is urifafe, in
dustry prescribed, and commerce ru
ined.
"We know, for a certainty, that Rus
sia has much censured the conduct of
Prussia and France, with regard to our
country. It is to Ruflia alone that
Hamburgh and Bremen are indebted
for their present neutrality, and neither
the pecuniary indemnities tc one pow
er, nor pecuniary loans to another,
would otherwise have saved them from
French fraternity.
"Two of our countrymen are sent,
by orders, as negotiators to the Corsi
can; they are no doubt destined to aug
ment the number of (laves, decorating
his triumphal entry at Brussels, to en
dure his insolence, and to hear his ca
lumnies against their Sovereign : their
places are certainly not places of hon
our and we had great difficulty to find
two persons patriotic enough to abase
themselves before the vulgar throne of
the Corsican Usurper." . > .
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anecdote;
[Frem Ramsay's HiJlory of South- Carolina.]
THE firtt Statute that roused the
colonies to oppose British taxation, was
the memorable Stamp act, palled in the
year 1765. To concert an unifom line
of conduct to be adopted by the differ
ent colonies on this trying occasion, a
congress of deputies from each province
was reccommended. When this mea
fore was proposed in the assembly of
South-Carolina,it was ridiculed by an
humorous member jn words to the fol
lowing effect ; "If you agree to the
proposition of composing a congress of
deputies from the different British col-I
onies,what fort of a ddh will you make ?
New England will throw in filh and
onions—the middle State flax feed and
flour—Maryland and Virginia wjll add
tobacco—North Carolino pitch, tar &
turpentine—South Carolina rice and
indigo—and Georgia will Sprinkle the
whole composition with sawdust. Such
an absurd jumble will you make, if
you attempt to form an union of such
difeordant materials as the thirteen
Britilh provinces." A Shrewd country
member replied, " He would cboofe
the gentlemen who made the objection
for his cook but nevertheless he would
venture to assert, that if the colonies
proceeded judiciously in the appoint
ment of their deputies to a continental
congress, they would prepare a di(h fit
to be presented to any crowned head in
Europe."
HUDSON. AUG. 30.
IMPROVEMENT.
One who Should return from an ab
sence of a few months from this place,
would be gratified in observing the
marks of increasing prosperity exhibited
during the present season. In the line
of Ship-building five vessels are nearly
completed, three of them Ships, one of
which is fold by its builder, capt. Ab
el Cheney, for upward of 13,000 dol
lars. Os houses and stores, between 20
and 30 principally of brick have been
commenced this year. These with the
numbers of tradesmen and mechanics
who have eftabiiShed themselves and
families from abroad who have fettled
in our little city are to its friends the
most pleating. & inconteftible evidence
of its growth and improvement.'
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The U. S. brig Argus, which was ;
launched in Boston on the 2it t till,
was ready for sea, and w<uld have
failed, on Wednesday last, had her
Commander have received his neculfa-1
ry Jailing orders[
Spain received from South America during'
the late short Peace, no less than Ferty-uirc;
Millions of dollars, in fpccie.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FIFTEENTH YEAR.
®mle, anti
Advertiser.
Saturday Morning, by Will'm W Dan'l. Treadwell,
Price one dollar and fifty cents per ann. [No. 49.
(U"ADVEIv [ISEMENTS reasonably and conspicuously inserted —Commu
< NICATIONS did, attended to —and every Favor thankfully acrnowl
( EDGED.
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• • WASHINGTON, AUG. 1,.
° OFFICIAL.
Exttafi e[ a Ictter frore Thomas Afefleton, Efe-
American Cenfe! at Leghorn, to the Secretary of
State, dated May loth, lßoj.
" Yellcrday 1 obtained from the Gov
ernor, who is chief of the Sanita, er
Health-Office, after months of unavailing
efforts considering the total impossibility
of his alcertaining at what time and hi
what places the yellow fever may exist or
Subdue in rhe ports of the United States,
that evry bearer of a patent or bill of
health, delating " tliat no contagious
fever reigns in the town," and certified
by the Miyor or firft.Magistrate, by the
chief ofjne Health Office, and by the
naval < fficer of the port, then such Vettel
Shall be Subject only to the usual term bf
24 days quarantine, and that the mer
chandize may remain on board during
the period, free from the tax of one pec
ce t, but that all vessels not provided
with this document mail positively en
dure the rigor of the present existing
law."
CHARLESTON, AUG. 18.
The French frigate Perseverance, 32
guns, took a pilot on board yesterday,
and is now irtthe offin bound in with
two captured Ships. From the report
of the pilots, we le±rn, that one of the
Ships is the Juno, of Glasgow, mount
ing 14 guns, and 40 men, bound to
Wilmington. N. c. captured off Cape
Tear, a few days since, after an action
of two hours and an half.—The other,
the American Ship Cotton Planter,from
Havana, bound to Cowes, to touch off
this port for supplies ; captured yester
day, about four leagues from the light
house, but within three leagues of the
coast. Some of the crew of the French
frigate informed the pilots that the,
had fallen in with a fleet of British*
merchantmen in the night, and capture
red 12 fail. It is known from whence
the French frigate comes—'She reports
from a cruise.
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NEWBURYPORT, AUGUST 27.
Two days ago a dumb spirit seized our
democrats on a fubjed which has for
years afforded them a fruitful topic for
the most violent and profane abuse ; for
which we can account only by the in
formation contained in the following
noreVrom Mr. Timothy Williams of
Boston, brother to the Apent in London.
Suma awarded in England.
Vcffel's. Mader. Sterling. Belonging to
Reaver, Fierce, £892 14 JobnGreenleaf,
}&tfcj, Wiley, 8,382 6. FeterLe Breton.
Betsey, Aewell, 804 12, A Davenport
^ E. Hale.
Dolphin, Knapp, 753' $' Samuel Knaap,
Lug, Woodman, 3,179 16. febn Batch.
[Mofer Broun, Nicholas Tracy,
Wm Wyer, fona. Gage,and Mo
fee Pifbary.
Mehitable, Knapp, 901 14. Samuel Knapp.
Eeggy^Polly, Broun, 1,059 I - Nich Greenleaf
Co. L. N. Spizenfield,
Mofee Brown Us P Obrien.
" From amount of awards, costs and com
tniffions are to be deduced."
A considerable proportion of the above fun
is for damages.
^,la addition to the above, we add,
that while the French government has ap
plied the Jpunge to the claims for nearly
twenty millions of dollars for fpoliated A
merican property ; —and whilst the A
merican Treasury is made to pay up
wards of three million of dollars to Satisfy
bona fide, bills drawn by French Agents
on the French Treasury, for articles Sup
plied the French armies, navies and g?r
rilons; —that on the 13th of lad June,
when Great Britain was engaged in a war,
which apparently will call fortbrail her
resources; and, whn too She knew,that
the United States bad contraded to pay
nearly Twelve millions of money to
France, to assist her in the invasion of her
kingdom ; At this time, the British Par
liament, voted rhe sum of 330,000! Ster
ling, (but little Short of a million and half
dollars) to enable the Commiffinners ap
pointed unner the last treaty with the U
oited States to carry into etfefl their a
wards in favor of American citizens! !
Let the Frenchified 'democrats read this
! and fcowl:—We do not ask them to
blu(h ! They have long Since 101 l that
faculty.
While on this fubfra, we can further
add, that prior to the 18th June lad, the
I Board of Commissioners oil the fubjeft
1 of American claims, bad executed about
200 eales;—th.4 it was expe&ed the mo
r'\ Torrid be receives bv the middle <f
Au.utl'; ard'h-tthe Board would finifli
, the r bufindsin all July.
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IThe United States bifg Syren, Capt. Stre
' art, carrying 16 guns, and 13T rotb, hesfail
led front the Delaware, to frn Comoodore
prebk'sfur^dron in th< MtOikuaueau.