The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-03-20 00:00:00, page 2

arose. -■ nA •
■eturning home 1n Safety, 1 disdained
To govern none but Macks, and being told '
The sovereign |iugh were about to meet,
To choose an able warrior for their chief,
1 left my farm and docks, and took with me
My quondam friend, deep vers’d to base fa
tyiflwst
Ton toahoe, seeking to supplant his mafter.
By pniloaophick arts I gain’d my point,
. And fete-directed have from day to day, V.
Performed such deeds ss morroriee my name.”
This h the man, whet exclaims against
the vilest part of the community, meaning
the British faction. He is not only ” un»
spotted but unsuspected,” and if the ghost
«f TVs Jteme could sppear and speak, it
i .would say. Amen.
ft The voice of the fadtoes. This is
’ a voice of Uronder, and will cause the
stoutest heart, sooner .or later, to trem
ble. It is a well known fact that the
French have always been famous for gain
ing the friendship of the Indians. Their
insinuating manners and splendid promises
•ver have and will |t#ure the esteem
of arrege*. Whftra French Influence pre
vails Indians will increase and flourish;
Wherever the English appear, they de
crease. When the English, those vile tnis
creantto Who have always kept the world
in atamalt, first came to this country, they
found it well stacked with Indians and
other beasts of prey,'that, uncontrolled,
ranged through the forest, and indulged
themsclvv. in all the luxuries of liberty
and equality. What pleasure to contem
plate their happy, enviable condilhm 1. Be
hold these painted sons of nature, now
scaling the craggy cliffs, then, undaunted
ly, plunging froth their lofty summits into
the vale below, and bounding over logo,
through brush, through brooks, through
swamps, through mud and miro, that they
may arrive at the great wigwam, by the
going down of the san. Departed heroes!
we venerate your virtues, we admit* your
principles and practices aud art resolved
to be guided by you to the regions of per
fectibility. From the time that the Eng
lish, those enemies to the human race, ar
rived at thia country, the Indians have de
creased, and those few who remained cru
elly oppressed, being compelled to dress
like the English, and not suffered to use
their tomahawks an<J. scalping-knives, only
for cutting basket stuff and. peeling brooms.
Now the conduct of the French has been
directly the reverse. When thpy possess
ed Canada, their Indians were suffered to
limit their dress to the boarskin blanket;
and were not Ohly suffered, but encour
aged to hack and peel the heads of the
English. Savages ever have been, art, and
■will bo, to the'English enemies-Mo the
French friends. Though they have been
depressed, yet brighter prospects appear.
The flood of Indians that now inundate our
country, may be considered as the har
binger of returning day. They hate an
Englishman, though innocent, and love a
Frenchman, whether ” covered with glo
ry" or crimes. To promote the cause in
which they are engaged, they willingly
risk the loss of wigwams, squaws, pop
pooses and reputation. Let us then make
the great wigwam our rallying point.—
Discard even the language of our enemies.
It js a Mark of dependence, a badge of
sUvury. Let the Indian language, as used
at Court during the Augustan age nf King
Philip, be adopted. When at the call of
nor Grand Sachem we assemble around the
Council Fire of the great wigwam, pre
cisely at the going down of the sun; when
we behold our Sachmns. Sagamores, Fa
thers and Mothers in CounoH occupying the
flrot rank wkh their tomahawks and scalp
ing knives; the second rank composed of
j’?”*’ -, v WFSbmT *•• 1 ' ’
Aould not beftead at the present day, for
it la dHflcoU iw-u> understand what was
Written Meas. Awd if tpey are» remember
Wt jfda'tS, read Awnffroe.
< The voke of Jefftreem. tttth ! Let
all nature listen to tbe voice of Jeffereon,
•• the nun nf the people* a man as great
almost as Bonaparte, In hie defence I
wocild wrtiingly dud the last drop of my
infi. K I had an hundred heads, and la
♦vary head an hundred mouths, and to
every mouth an hundred tongues, I wnqld
wear them all <n* Je sounding his praiMs.
But listen and hear his own weeds, whan
seated to the Gubernatorial chair. * «
•My name U Thomae., On thasouthsrn Ml mJ
I drive my sable flocks ; a prudent wight,
■aw ever wiShM to be esteemed wise,
And gain the lose of blacks as well as whites.
Oft hod f heard of battles, but ne'er long'd
'potash into the Add martial bands;
Pre fear of rifled pooketo, broken shine.
One dismal night, in haste ceturnM
With 4r*f»>l news, “ * spriok of war* was seeir,
' in the form ofgtins and swords appearid,
And an ward mov'd point foremost towards toy
* ; bouse, t 'A-7,’' 7 «M!
Pright*bing my Aeep and geese. My aegroes
Mon ’ i tow
Like towards, left their tauter. 1 alone, .
With unbent bow, and quivWng'm I wewf, ~7
Swift scamper'd from the enemy*, and shuifd
The road be took Than basted to a
Myself toftWe, and by good luck no foe
I met in fleeing. Tbas the race I led, ■'S
And did outstrip the slow, epoiUecking fap- ‘ ;
I conquer’d. Not a sweM was flrawri.
No arrows, wtogM with death, or leaden balls
Were crimson'd with the vital blood of man j
No mighty chief was Stripped ofhis arms; f
Each lire*—and Wean tbe arms wMcbthfla be
”Or the wisdom and talents displayed
throughout the whole administration of
Washington, it* own immediate effects in
promoting the prosperity, the happiness,
and the elevation of our country famished
the moat conclusive evidence. It was an
administration of settled precedent*, ■ and
great practical maxims in political science,
not an administration of visionary projects,
and abortive experiments—lt was an ad
ministration of silent courage, unbending
dignity, and persevering firmness, not an
administration of empty bravado, time
serving timidity, and ever-changing expe
dients—lt wasap administration expanded
•nd ennobled in every flcage of It* resplen
dent course with motives of a publick and
national tendency, not narrowed and em
bittered by act* and ebullitions of personal
resentment, nor degraded by doing homage
to the dicteteeof party—lt was an admin
istration whose spotless cabinet the spirit
of faction never dared to sally by her un
hallowed touch—lt wn *n administration
which from the very verge of national
bankruptcy, restored publick credit to an
honourable standing—which conciliated
the esteem and commanded the respect of
foreign nations—which, by making thefrest
practicable preparations for war, offered
the best possible security for the preserva
tion of peace—which gave to Americans
just and ample ground to glory in their
birthright, their country, and their name—
which, from comparative poverty and
weakness, raised our nation to a proud
pinnacle of opulence and strength—and
which, by providing alike for the interests
<4 all, led, as by enchantment, the affec
tions of all to rally by one mighty impulse
around our constitution, our government
and our laws—lt was not, I say, ad admin
istration turning on a contracted spirit of
faction, as on its central pivot—an admin
istration which from, superlative opulence,
hurried the nation to the vewi brink of
insolvency—which by pusillanimity, com
plaint, and indecision, brought a lastingre
proach on the American character—which
endangered onr peace, by neglecting or de
molishing our preparations for war; which,
by implantingdisrentioneand fostering ani
mosities between the different sections of
our country, facilitated and even invited
the dismemberment of the' union—which
found the nation rich, flourishing, and pros
perous, beyond example and almost beyond
expression, and reduced it by mismanage
ment to the verge of ruin—lt was not—
trust me, my fellow-citisens, it was not
such an administration as this—These are
tendencies, these are evils from which the
administration of our Washington was Ex
empt ; and suffer me to add, these are evil*
which to us would has-* been known only
in theory and by name, had the principles
•nd policy of that administration continued
to prevail in the councils of the nation.”
during every season and mtorttr lb the In
dian vocabulary; after having raised the
black ghosts of midnight, and conversed
with spirits black, white and gray, shall
they not know what has been, is, and shall
be I TOM.
Month q/* Worme.
r»pM YUE BOSTOH OAZITTB.
818. CALDWELL’S ORATION.
* Loth here afen tbit picture, and «* tint/
• darife* mb wrfiy'ysw htartu for to I thall,
H tf they he made of fitnetraUt ttuff /
*.lf turttm hoot not brwd them t«,
thtf to prof aruLhedvarh agninet teiue."
s Th» following masterly picture of the
Administration of Washington, is taken
from pa> Oration delivered before ” The
American RefiuhUcan dririe/y" of Phila
delphia, on the 9M day of February, 1810,
by Charlee CaUvell, M. D.
the young warrior* with their bowsand
arrows; and the third filled with our
squaws and poppoqaea, all newly painted
and greased, cluthad With blankets, seated
<m bearskins, adorned With wampum, list
ening to a long talk oa the advantages of a
savage life; I say when W« behold all this,
we are astonished that all do not tarn In
dians. Now these savages declare that a
faction exists, and that if most be British,
as the French nevflr were gsilty of to ‘
trigue. Will any doubt thdfr knowledge ?
What! after having attended powwow*
On motion of Mr. Gholson the House re
solved itself into a committee of the whole,
on the report of the select committee on
the petition of Emma Darden, Mr. Desha
in the chair. The committee reported the
following resolution:
Retolved, That the prayer of the pe
titioner ought to be granted.
The committee agreed* to the resolution
and reported their agreement to the House.
The House concurred and ordered a bill to
be brought In for the relief of Mrs. Dar
den. (Thia good woman will probably
now get paid for her horse. Her petition
has been before Congress for many years
and has on a moderate computation coot
the United States in that time ten thou*
sand dollars—how much better it would be
for the government to pay their just debts
when they are demanded ]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
FxioaY, Makch 9.
Confltetfjtf.
Retolved, That the prayer of th* pe
titioner is reasonable, and ought to be
granted. This resolution was carried, and
a committee appointed to bring In a Mil.
The House adjourned until Monday.
IN SENATE.
" Mov»<r, Mauch S.
The census bin after being amended,
was passed to a third reading.
The bill for the relief of Charles Miaifie,
and the bill to extend the time for locating
Virginia military land warrants and re
turning the same, &c. were passed to a
third reading.
COMMERCIAL IJVTERCOURSE.
A message was received fromlhe House
of Representatives informing the Senate of
their disagreement to the amendments of
the Senate to the bill concerning commer
cial intercourse with Great-Britain and
France and their dependencies, and for
other purposes.
A motion was made by Mr. Leib to post
pone the consideration of the bill, Icc. to
this day fortnight, and lost.
A motion was then made by Mr. Leib to
postpone the consideration of the subject to
this day week.
On this question there were,
For postponement—Messrs. Brent, Bay
ard, Campbell, Champlain, Gregg, Ger
man, Leib, Robinson, Smith, of Maryland,
Whiteside—lo.
Against postponement-*.Messrs. Ander
son, Bradley, Condit, Crawford, Franklin,
Gaillajd, Gilman, Goodrich, Hillhouse,
Horsey, Lambert, Lloyd, Meigs, Parker,
Pickering, Pope, Reed, Smith, of New-
York, Sumpter, Tait, Turner—3l.
An adjournment postponed the question
till to-morrow.
.TU Hooia rikk tvsotoed ftaelf into fl
committee *T the whole erf the of
the comiaittee of commerce and asaanfeit
taree, oa the petition of Tristram Horny,
of Nantucket, Mr. Desha in the chair—
The committee roae and reported to the
House, that the prayer of the petitioner
ought to be granted. The House concur
red, and ordered a bill to be brought io fat
the relief of said Tristram Hussy.
Gh motion of Mr. Johnson, the House re
sMved itself into a oMnbrietee of the whole,
on the-eepevt ef MrereMßmitoep ef Ma fail,
on the petition oLMargarct Dapsy—Mr.
Desha In the chair. The committee of
claims reported that on account of the
statute of limitation the prayer of the M
titiooer ought not to be granted. Thia re
solution was negatived. Mr. Johnson then
moved the following resolution :
Revived, That the prayer of the pe
titioner is reasonable, and ought to be grant
ed.
This resolution produced a debate eV
several houra—Meters. Macon, Boyd, and
others,wera against the resolution—Messrs.
Milnor, Johnson, Potter,Shefley and ethers,
were in favour of it.
The question on'tlqi resolution was taken
and carried. The Committee then rose
•nd reported the resolution to the House—••
The House procreAsd to consider the re
solution to grant the prayer of the petition
er. The question was*t*ken by ayes and
nocs and carried—ayes <4, noes 3ft Abd
a bill was ordered to be brought in.
On motion of Mr, Fisk, the House went
into eommittea of ehe whole on the report
of the committee of claims, on the petition
of Peter LandafoMMr. Desha in the Chair.
The committee of the whole agreed to lhe
report pf the cq'anMttee of claims, which
was, that the prayer of the petitioner ought
not to bo granted. ; The House concurred
in the report, so that the claim of Mr. Lato
dais is rejected.
The House went into committe* of the
whole, on tho.petition of John Theespson,.
an old rfvofationary officer, praying com
pensation for services rendered—Mr. Pit-,
kin in the chair. The committee of ways
and means bad reported, that the claim of
Mr. Thompson w*s just; but on account of
the statute of limitation, they were under
the necessity of reporting, that the prayer
of the petitioner ought not to be granted.—
This report wss and reported to
the House. The House concurred. Mr.
Gholson then offered the following resolu
tion:
Tuksdat, March 6.-
The bill to eMlpnd the time for locating
Virginia military land warrants, &c. and
the bill for the relief of Charles Minifie,
were read a third time and passed.
The bill for taking the third census hav
ing been read a third time, was recommit
ted, on the suggestion of Mr. Campbell
that, as it now etknds, the apportionment
of representatives to be made in pursuance
of the censns will not take effect till the
election of the fourteenth Congress instead
of the thirteenth. The committee are
Messrs. Campbell, Pope and Anderson.
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE.
The Senate resumed the I consideration
of the message from the House of Repre
sentatives, stating their disagreement to
the Senate’s amendments to the bill con
cerning commercial intercourse, &c.
The question pending when the Hoose
adjourned yesterday was on adherence to
their amendments to the bill.
Mr. Anderson observed that when he
had made the motion yesterday to adhere,
he had done it under the impressioq that it
, was proper to bring the subject to a con*
" There is nothing to be apprehended
here from the French, notwithstanding all
the threats of Bonaparte.
" Should he even send we
may calculate that be wilP-gCfposscssion
of the major part of this country for the
present: but it is my real opinion he will
not be able to keep it. He will, however,
destroy all commerce, as far as in his
power, except In this rich port, where it
must flourish more than ever, from the
security of this place."
Letters from Tonningen, of th* 19th
December, announce the release of the
ship Delaware, at Calais, after a deten
tion of four days. She was sent in on her
passage to New-York. Also, that large
salt s of goods had been made at nearly the
same prices as before the sequestration.—
The purchaser taking the risk, table to
seieure on himself.
“ Since writing the foregoing, I have aa
certaioed that four ships lately arrived at
Tonningen under our flag, and have been
laden in England; the Native, Captaim
HUI of Philadelphia; the Commerce, Cap
tain Harding of Boston; the Betsy, Cap
tain Wishart of New-York; and the Six
Sisters, Captain Isaacs, of New-York—
This last was totally lost at the entrance
<f the Eyder, the other three have been
•cized on my demand. I, was placed in
the moat embarrassing situation of my
whole life—l feared, (and many other in
terested partook of this apprehension.) that
such an exposure at a moment when an
immense American property in Schleswick
and Holstein was arrested under a gene
ral suspicion of collusion and fraud might
have the most fatal effects. I never doubt
ed the correctness of the principle, al
though the expediency of the exposure
and the alarming magnitude of the respon
sibility I was about to assume, occasioned
a pause of some days—the notoriety of the
cfrcumtance, however, at length feft foe
no alternative, and I demanded the seizure
of the above named ships, writing at th*
sam* time direct to his Majesty the King
of Denmark of which letter I have nori
the honour to enclose a copy. I have no
answer as yet, nor can it be foreseen what
has been in Copenhagen or what will be in
Paris, the effect of this unfortunate occur
rence. In any event, I am strong in the
conviction of my own rectitude and sup
ported by the opinion of General Arm
stfong and the unanimous approbatloa of
the respectable body of American mer
chants wjio represent the large property
immediately at stake."
I he following is fa (attract of a letter
from a respectable gentleman at Cadiz,
dated January 14, to another in this city—
received by the brig Eliza, arrived at this
port yesterday from. Cadi*; she sailed in
company with the Atiantick, arrived at
Nflw-York:
The letter from which the foregoing ex
tract* are taken, make no mention of any
battle having been fought subsequent to
the battle of Ocan*.
Mr. Anderson then moved to appoint a
committee of conference to. confer on the
aubject with such committee as should be
appointed by the House of Representa
tive*—agreed to.
Messrs. Anderson, Leib and ,Smith of
Maryland, were accordingly appointed on
Ute part of the Senate. ;
■ Mr. Bradley submitted tha following
motion for consideration •
Reeotved, That a committee beappoint
ed to inquire whether any and what far
ther provisions are necessary and expedi
ent in relation to the intercourse between
the United States and Barbary powers,
with leave to report by bill or otherwise.
Extract qf a letter from J. M. Forbes
Contul of the United Stater at Ham-
Arrrecr • letter from a Merchant in
Rourdcatuc to another in PhUtbAMda,
dated December 31.
“This letter we send to Rocheta, by
the mail Just going off, hi order ,n
time for the despatth ship Matiida?lyii«
there wind bound, and the only opportuni
ty for the United States.—-We arc, there
fore, obliged to be very laconick, wh!sb you
elusion, aad because he battered tfia inttr
ast of the country required that It should
be finally acted ore Ha said he was still
impressed with that Idea; but paying a
deference to the opinion of Ms friends, de
siring also to treat the House of Represen
tatives with the respect due that body, and
because it was more conformable to the
rules of proceeding generally observed, be
withdrew the motion to arfderr, and moved
tosiutaou tba amendments He said he
should by parliamentary practice have
been tally justified in the motion to adhere
before insisting. But it was proper that
the two Hauses of Congress should be cour
teous in their conduct to one another and
the state ef affairs at present peculiarly
required it; be therefore varied bis mo
tion.
The question was then taken to insist,
and carried without a division.
burg, dated December 20, 1809.
25p tfr jnaflM.
PHILADELPHIA, March 13.
NEW-YORK, March 13.
Extract qf a letter from a gentleman
thdg citg, dated Cadiz Ihth
•nia. Philadelphia.
n In my last of the 13th, mentioned that
his Majesty's frigate Vohmtaire, Captain
Butler, had just arrived here from affTou
1M and Gibraltar, and brought
insurrection in the South of France headed
by Generals Massena and Laborde, which
new* I now understand is peailive."
Extract a letter from an America*
gentleman now rending in Hamburg,
dated December 19, 1809.
** In consequence of suspicions eatertaim
ed by the French government, that a good
deal of British property has been intro
duced at Tonningen by means of false pa
pers, an inquiry has been instigated by
that government, to be sgt on foot by the
Danish government, into that fact. The
measure adopted by the latter, was, to
cause in the first instance, an »mrt of all
colonial produce and foreign manrfactnres
which have been imported within the last •
six months, and commissioners have been
appointed to conduct the examination at
the different ports. A good deal of alarm'
waaat first excited among those interest
ed, but as the object of the measure came
tn be Clearly manifest, the alarm has sub
sided ; and being now satisfied of the ori
gin and intent of the examination, it is
confidently expected that the restraint will
be removed so soon as the examination
takes place. The commissioners at Too
ningen have finished their business and re
ported to the King, having found no ene
my’s property there. The commissioners
at Altona have not yet gone through with
their examination. But some property haa
already been restored, by order of the
King, upon a special application made to
him. As to the property of my friends, it
is so indisputably clean*, and so well attest**
od, that I should hare ->pr|hmhn
about its being released, after the meat
rigid scrutiny. With regard to the pre
sent examination, it is perfectly well un
derstood to be one in wbith ft is wot th*
wish of the government er its officers tn
make discoveries, were there any thing
to discover—for obvious reasons. All the
property has already gone through the
formalities required by the lews, which are
in themselves very rigid; though I cannot
say or think they have been very rigidly
enforced. The consequence of detectfou
would be, to discredit the King*s authori
ties, and to justify the suspicions of the
French; both which Ula certainly the in
terest and policy of the govemesent and
people to avoid. If there really he any
covered property at all, the agwtmt,.ln
my opinion, is inconsiderable. But since
this inquiry has been ordered, four vuasete
under our own flag have arrived at Ton
ningen, which Mr. Forbes, our consul, ha*
thought proper to dcnemqp, as comiag
from England, and they'have accordingly
been seised, and their crefe
" There is not a word in it he to Mr.
Jacftson, his name is not even mentioaed. •
It merely states, having bad a conference
with Lord Wellesley, who expressed him
self and bis Majesty’s government Ms being
cordially disposed to adjust all differences, •'
and from the tenour of bis Lordship's
condersatkm, he, (Mr. Pinkney,) conclude*
they will mod out another Minister tex
mcffiately." «
‘ retosreme »<■*».
We understand, that a letter has baea
received this morning from * gentleman «f
high standing in the democratiek ranks,
which says that the Marquis Wellesley
abated to Mr. Pinkney that the govern
ment of England wholly justified Mr,
Jackron In the part he took in the late
Correspondence ; but that to convince the
United States that they were eariiestlf
desirous ot an adjustment of difficulties,
they whne willing to recall him, and to
send another Minister of talent* and rank.
March 15.
By th* Richmond Packet, from the Cape
of Good Hope, we leflra, that a severe
shock ef na Earthquake wa* frit at the
Cape of Good Hope and its Vicinity on the
4th of December last; it shook dmvu »
few houses and rent several; no lives were
lost. The ships in the Roads felt it severe
ly—it tested the whole of that day with
violence, and for three successive day* in a
les* degree. The inhabitants were so
much alarmed that they quit their houaeft
and lived in tents.
wittuteret W> tegrei t* ]
add, thaf the French governtaMuflhao ggp*
all American property uncter sequestra-*
tiotv—This measure wa* executed oMgen
the 38th of this month, and- unm tlfe Jeae
expected as there were rumours of a very 1
pacifick nature towards America."- Gov- '
ernment despatches by the ship Commo
dore Ragers, would reach Paris on the 3d
inst. She arrived at St Sebastian* on the
27th of December in 25 day* from N*w-
March 14.
Autrecr o/W letter yhom
. , dated Match 10.
” The committee of conference were to
have a meeting to day; bat nothing will
be done till the return of the Adam* fri
gate.
” The official despatch of Mr- Pinkney,
has dwindled down to an unofficial letter
from that gentleman. , '.