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Many very respectable republicans are of the o-
g inion that it is high time to speak to the citizens of
Connecticut plainly and explicitly on the subject of
firming a CONSTITUTION ; but this ought
not to be done without the approbation of that party.
The foregoing considerations have influenced me
to warn a meeting of the general committee of re
publicans.—This step was not taken, until I had
consulted as many of our republican brethren as ex
isting circumstances would permit.—Respectable
republicans from every town in Middlesex county,
and opr brethren at Hartford have been consulted, &
unanimously advised to the measure.
The meeting is to be holden at New Haven, on
the fifth Wednesday of August next at mine of the
clock in the forenoon, at the assembly room.
You will, as soon as it can be done, be pleased to
communicate this letter to the republicans in your
townk they are requested to choose one or more per
sons to represent them in the propose meeting. No
republican of fall age and who pays taxes ought to
be excludcdjfrom a vote in this choice.
tie. In that printofthismofningit issaid :"Tench Cox
u has ever been a snake in the grass ; aJesuit whom
" every one doubted and no one could trust. Let hi a
u draw round him the deluded and the profligate.
" He will pilot them with as little success as he did
" the British forces in the revolutionary war.
Whether shelf Is the real character of Tetich
Coxe or not, is riot, at present, our business to inquire
we must say, however, that it comports tolerably
well with the character which we and which the
democrats have for years been accustomed to hear
ascribed to him; But here we come to the pinching
point* If Tench Coxe has ever been known to be
Lch a jesuit, such a treacherous perfidous snake in
the grass, such a traitor as to Conduct an invading
army into the metropolis of the country, how hap
pened he,till withen a few short monthsto be such a
confidetial associate of Mr, Duane, Mr, Dallas, Dr.
Leib, and the othef champions of the Aurora ? It has
been very latley acknowledged in the, Aurora that
this same Tench Coxe was not long since a princi
pal writer for that paper, and Ills talents as a polit
ical writer were, at the same time, highly extolled.
Are these people so frank as to acknowledge,
then, that the perfidy, baseness, and mendacity
Which they say have ever been characteresticks ap
pertaining to Tench Coxe, are proper qualifications
for a writer upon politics in the Aurora ?— And is
It decent in them, after reaping profits which have
sprung from the exercise of these qualifications,now
to expose add reproach him, because he refuses, a
ny longer, to exercise thenl to the same end ? At
a time when secret information was communicated
from the office of the Secretartof the Treasury,
while that office was filled by MT. Hamilton, & the
facts, after being grossly and basely distorted were
published in the Aurora, we heard no complaint of
the treachery of the miscreant Who betrayed them
though in so doing he Violated his oath as well as his
faith.—That, however, was, in the language of the
Aurora able political writing.—But how happens it
especially,after this man's character has been so long
and so well known, that from the moment that Mr.
Jefferson came to the presidency, and acquired the
power of removing federal officers this identical
Tench Coxe has held some lucrative office or other
under an administration so pure and republican,and
still holds One, which used to be obecupied by an hon
est man arid a federalist ?—Are these Aurora mak
ers aware of the severity of the reproach which they
thus cast upon their worthy employer who very un
worthily fills the office of chief magistrate.
Want of room prevents us from pursuing this dis
agreeable subject any farther at present. It may
again be noticed on some future occasion ; in the
mean time, those who have a curiosity to see with
what adroitness Coxe exculpates himself by proving
that somebody stole certificates and some other de
mocrat did some other base thing, are referred for
satisfaction to the paper of the other party. To
make even an abstract of the whole is a task from
which we must beg tube excused.
We used to hear much of the impropriety ofcffi
cers of the United States interferring in election
and particularly in those of individual states.—We
have been often enough told that the reason whv
Mr. Jefferson turned cut almost all the federal offi
cers, was that he might supply their places with bet
ter men, and that democratic officers would share
the same fate if found to be guilty of the like impro
prieties.- Yet we have seen that the Aurora, which
claims to be the leading democratick print in the
United States has long since declared that Mr. Gal
latin, secretary of the treasury, habitually prostitutes
the influence derived from his high office to the un
worthy purpose of promoting party elections : still
Mr. Gallatin holds his office. The same paper is
every day filled with accusations of the like nature
against Mr. Coxe, of this city." It is asserted that
he neglects the duties of his office for the purpose
of electioneering in this St even in the neighbouring
states : still Mr. Coxe holds an office under Mr.
Jefferson from which he derives a salary of two thou
sand dollars a year.—Pierpont Edwards, of New-
Haven, is another of Mr. Jefferson's officers. Evey
body knows, who and what Pierpont Edwards is : his
character is abundantly notorious. The following
• circular letter will show in what manner he rewards
his employer for the office which he holds. We in
vite the particular attention of our readers to this cir
cular letter, and to the answer which is subjoined.
Mr. Hawley we do not know ; but we know that
Citizen Edwards is, for once, answered by a plain
honest farmer whom he hoped to gull.
, New-Haven, July 30.
Sir,
The ferment which evidently exist among the
federalists, the vast exertions which they are now
Making, all indicate in the clearest manner that they
realize, with awful apprehension, the rapid approach
ofthe dissolution of their party —This however will
not lull republicans into security ; on their part cor
respondent exertions will be made,and these exer
tions will be such, as will bear upon the face of them
the credit and sanction of the whole party.
On a former occasion it was objected to the re
publican address, that it professed to be the act of
that party but exhibited no proof of the truth of the
fact ; it is deemed expedient that our next address
should be free from such an objection.
The Aurora begins to touch upon a spot in Mr.
Coxe's character which we shrewdly suspect is very
tender & will not well bear handling. It is said in that
paper of this morning,that "he seems inclined to boast
of the confidence general Hamilton reposed in him.
If this be true he has rewarded him in the way he
rewarded many others, by treachery." Wc
could wish that the Aurora would speak out, in in
telligible language, upon the subject ; but as that
print enjoyed the benefit of the treachery,to say noth
ing about oaths of office, such a disclosure is hardly
to be expected.
© CC
THE ATTEMPTS OF
Connecticut Democrats
To revolut onize that State.
It is very desirable that every town should be ft:
presented at least by -one member ; the benefits of
a full representation will be discerned by every one;
In case any thing shall prevent a meetingjof the re
publicans m your town, you will please to attend at
New-Haven in person;
I am With great respect and coilsideratiori yous
obedt. servt.
PIERPOINT EDWARDS.
Chairman of the General Committee;
Bethlem, Aug. 15;
SIR,
The hbhbtir 6fa circular letter which ybu was
pleased to address to me, was just such anyone as I did
not wish to receive. I know not what officious friend
or |foe has represented me to you as a suitable person
to be gulled fy the hopes of a revolution in this state.
Vigilant as your party are, you may rest assured
that once, you have missed your man. Being a
plain farmer, I have yet to learn, that a constitution
to be good must be written, or that a time of "fer
ment is the season to form a new ode ; or that uni*
versa! suffrage tends to secure the liberties of the
yeomanry of New England. The latter project es
pecially appears to me, to be putting a dangerous
power into the hands of the rich and Unprincipled,
and setting tip liberty for sale to the highest Bidder,
Besides, sir that in a time of ferment,men who hold
the first offices in the gift of the national executive;
should be making exertions" which bear ufton thefface
of them the credit and sanction of the whole foarty,"
look§ suspicious ! ! I and as though the liberty and
happiness of their fellow citizens were n^vholly
the object of their hearts ;the opinion oftrffty re
spectable republicans notwithstanding. Ido not ap
prehend that the gooq of the state of , Connecticut is
to be promoted by rebellion to its present govern'
ment, of sedition under its mild arid wholesome laws.
1 care not if the present government was derived
from a charter of a king, if after amendment by u
sage it is the best state government in the union. It
has given me all the liberty I want, and as many of
its honours as I would wish. In compliance with
your request, your letter will be shewn to all the' re
publicans in town who wish to see It. The term re
publican however, we believe belongs only to Free
men of the Washington school ; of this description
we have one hundred and sigty. For the Obsequious
devotees of the empdYotir of the Gauls, of the empe
rour of Louisiana, and Virginia influence, we have
not learning to make a name. As there are no vo
ter's here to elect me, were I of this description, I
think I shall not elect myself and attend at my own
expense. Should you think it best to address anoth
er circular to my neighbours, you must toast your
cheese with more care, and set your traft with a
more delicate hand to have it take effect.
Yours,
NATHAN HAWLEY.
Pierftont Edwards, Esq.?
District Attorney, Con. J
GIVEN at the palaceqf St Cloud, under the seal
of the Empire, the 4th of messidor, ( Yeac 11.)
(Signed) NAPOLEON.
REMARK. It is worthy of remark, that most
of the conspirators condemned to death, and par
doned by Buonaparte, were NOBLES ;—whereas
LONDON, JULY.B.
Paris Papers reached town yesterday to
the 27th ult. which state the execution of Geor^
ges, and eleven other Prisoners, on the morning of
he 25th. They were taken from tlie Bicetre to the
Conciergerie, where they heard the terrific decision
of Gallic Justice I ! ! they only desired that a Priest
night lie permited to attend them in their last mo
ments and this was readily granted them. Georges
was particularly devout,and remained two hours with
his Confessor. Between eleven and twelve they were
put into four carts,& conveyed to the Place de Grave,
vhere they were guillotined. Every one of them,
it is sold, was distinguished by a dignified firmness,
die noble result ofa loyalty that could not be subdued
>y misfortune or death. As they were on the eve of
being launched into eternity, they exclaimed with
heroic intrepidity, “ Five le Rei, Vive Louis
XVIII." Georges was the first of these victims of
Corsican usurpation, anti his firm and manly exam
ple gave spirit to the whole, if any of them, indeed,
ould want resolution to support them in a cause so
honourable to their principles as Loyal Frenchmen,
The fate of Georges deserves particular regret, as
he has been so long and so actively engaged in
attempting to resist the Regicide Governors of France
and to restore his unfortunate Sovereign to the Throne
of his ancestors. The sacrifice, of this gallent Loy
alist has made a great impression on the people,
though they dare not a present avow their feelngs.
Paris, July 9.
The Court of Appeal has confirmed the sentence
against Georges Cadoudal, and eleven other persens
condemned to die.
Nine of those first condemned to death have been
pardoned by the Emperor, in Privy Council. The
following is the
LETTER OF PARDON.
NAPOLEON by the Grace of God and the Consti
tution of the E ipire Emperor of the French.
To the President and Members composing the
Criminal Court of Justice ts the department of the
Seine siting at Paris :
Our heart has been the more affected by the new
plots that have been formed against the State by
the enemies of France since two men who have ren
dered great services to the country have taken part
in them.
By your arrete of the 21st of Prairial last you have
condemned to the punishment of death Athanese Hy
jacinth Bouvet de Lozier. His Crime is great but
we have wished to make him feel in these circutn
stances the effects of that clemency which we have
already held in singular predilection.
In consequence, and after having assembled in
Privy Council in our Palace of St. Cloud, on the 2d
of the present month, the Arch-Chancellor of the
Empire, the Arch-Treasurer, the Constable, the
Grand Judge and Minister of Justice, the Minister
for Foreign Affairs and for War, the Senators
Francois, Jfeufchateau, Laplace, and Fouche ; the
Councellors of State, Regnaud de St. Jean d'
Angely)andLacuee and the Members of the Court of
Cassation Bouvaine and Oudart. We have declared
and do declare, that we grant pardon with respect
to Capital punishment to ,and commune the said
punishment into that of deportation which shall take
place after the term of four years, during which the
said shall be imprisoned in the place which shall
be assigned.
We direct and command that the present letters
sealed with the Seal ofthe Empire, shall be presen
ted to you within three days from their being re
ceived by our Attorney-General in the said Court
in a public audience, to which the person who has
obtained them shall be conducted to hear them read
standing, and with his head uncovered; andthat the
said letters shall be afterwards transcribed into your
registers and a note made of them in the margin of
arrete of condemnation.
FOREIGN AR TICLES.
The restabllsliment of the celebrated society of
Jesuits in France is confirmed. The Missionaries
consist of 500; of whom 50 are destined for the
East-Indies, 100 for China; 100 for America, 100 for
Africa and 50 for the South Sea islands.—The rest
remain in France ; excepting about 20 who are de
stined to enlighten the Indians on our North-west
CkdUGEs Cadoudal (the sort of a farmer) and
others, because they were merchants, mechanics,
and plebiaris,wetatent to the scaffold without: pity or
remorse. So nnm for the " Disciftles of Liberty
and Equality." Lon.ftaft.
fed ~ " WARSAW, JUNE 6.
In assuming the title of Emperor, and attempting
to render it hereditary in his family, Buonaparte
has put the seal to his usurpation This new act of
Revolution, where every thing fron^^dtyfafyOT hag
been nulld an void, cannot weake^^^^^^Hh&lt
being accountable for my condui^^^^^^L
Whose rights are not less injure
whose Thrones shaken by
ciples which the Senate of /%rbl^^^^^ff.
lish—.accountable to France, to mvWq|ffl,^my
honour, I should consider myself as betraving the
common cause, Were I to keep silence on this occa
sion. I declare, then, after having renewed my
Pfotestatieg§in§t all the illegal acts, which, from
the opening%f the States General of France, have
led to the alarming Crisis in which France and Eu
rope are now involved—l declare, In the presence
of all the Sovereigns, that, far from acknowledge
ing the Imperial Title that Bonaparte has received
frorti a Body which has not a legitimate existence,
1 Protest well against that Title as all the susequent
acts to which it may give birth."
The Count De Lille (which is the title b ywhich
the Moniteur always she uks tfLOUIS. XVIII) has
published an extraordinary protest against all that
has been done, and is doing m France, since the reu
nion of the States-General.
Our American papers have given various and con
tradictory accounts of a skirmish between theßritish
and French fleets off Toulon. The following are
the French and English notices of the affair.
AUGUST 31.
Capt. Story who arrived on Thursday fromGonaiyes,
informs, that Dessalines had declared war against
Spain about the middle of July, and that his priva
A letter from Admiral Latouche Treville, dated
Toulon, 6 Prairial, year 12, (May 26, 1804) to the
French Minister of Marine, states, that two French
frigates, and a brig, having anchored under a castle
in the outer harbour of Toulon, on the 14th of June,
the English obtained intelligence of their situation
and sent an equal force to attack them at anchor ;.
at the same time, Lord Nelson entered the narrow
channel, With four sail of the line, to cut off the re
treat of the frigates.—On this La Touche Treville
gave orders for his whole squadron (about 8 sail of
the line) to put to sea ; and in 14 minutes they were
under sail.—The English Admiral he adds, immed
iately abandoned his design, recalled his frigates,
and made sail away. The French pursued till night
and then returned to port."
ON the 28th of April last, the brig Richard of
and for Norfolk, sailed from Tobago to touch at Cur
racoa, but that place being blockaded by the English
was not permitted to enter ; therefore continued her
voyage to N orfolk, and stretched over for Mona
passage, but could not fetch it, and bore up for the
windward passage, and on the 12th of May fell in
with and was taken by a privateer schooner of 2
guns and 70 men under French colors, who after
plundering the brig of what was useful for the schr.
took all hands but myself and boy, on board the pri
vateer, and put a prize master, an Indian, and four
Negroes on board the brig, and ordered them for
St. Domingo. The Prize master said that they had
massacred the crews of three ships on the coast of
Hispaniola in consequence of their being armed and
attempting to defend themselves (and who they were
could not learn,)and had positive orders to put every
man to the sword that attempted to force a trade
with the Brigands. These rovers crossed the Carri
vean Sea,& coasted the main until the 4thJune,when
they concluded,to go into Curracoa ; but while at
tempting to make a harbour under the cover of the
guns of a small fort at the west end of that island,
the British frigate La Franchise came up, and o
pened a heavy fire on the brig and the fort, which
was returned from the latter, and a brisk fire was
kept up for about half an hour, when that from the
frigate became too hot for the fort, and most of the
garrison quitted their quarters. The prize master
finding the brig must be taken or run on shore chose
the latter, and the people made their escape in the
small boat. During this time the prize master and
one negro were wounded, supposed mortally, and
the brig's hull and rigging considerable damage by
shot. The brig lay on shore about half an hour,
and backed off, when the frigate sent her boat and
took possession, manned and sent her to Jamaica for
salvage,where she arrived on the 9th of June in a
very leaky condition. I have the pleasure of Infor
ming that my people were put on shore at Sautega,
all well and their obtained passage to America.
BENJ.JACOBS.
n.b. I afterwards learnt that the prize master
died of his wounds.
ENGLISH ACCOUNT.
Gibraltar, June 25.
Hy the American ship Heart of Oak, we learn,
that on the 24th May,three of our line of battle ships
stood close in with the batteries off Toulon ; and
commenced a heavy fire upon them.—Provoked at
this insult, the French Admiral, seeing no other of
the English fleet in sight, set off with eight sail of the
line. After pursuing the decoy about three leagues
from land they perceived the remainder of our fleet,
coming along the shore ; and in full chase of the
French, and went directly into port.
The Gibraltar of 8o guns, has just arrived from
Toulon. Capt Reeves informs, that the French
fleet did not go beyond the protection of their own
batteries. Lord Nelson, however immediately re
solved to attack them close to the harbour's mouth
and Admiral Campbell, with two ships of his divi
sion, got into action with them, When the whole
.French squadron immediately retired into Toulon.
BALTIMORE, AUG. 27.
The Pittsburgh paper Aug. 18, says," Last week
arrived at this place a number of emigrants, from
the Prince of Wirtemberg's territory in Germany,
and have descended the Ohio to commence a settle
ment on Bull Creek."
BY THE LATEST MAILS.
. ©^
LONDON, JULY 6.
SKIRMISH OFF TOULON.
FRENCH ACCOUNT.
LOUIS XVHL
t% fa
New-york, Aug. 29.
June 11.
teers had capturing all Smish vessels
Yesterdayl&i±hQt a meeting offhe Trusteed
of Union College,^he Rev. Eliphalet Nott, of
Albany, was elected 'President of that seminary, in
place of the Rev. Dr. Maxy, who has accepted th# ,
Presidency of the University of South Carolina,
BOSTON, SEPT. &
FROM MADRID, JULY 6,
"I take up my ten to inform you, that such is th#
State of things between the two Governments, that
there is more than a probability that a war mtst en«
sue. In fact such is m€ situation" of things,' that on® m
or the other governments must recede ; and It is orira
such points, that the American government Neither,
Can, and have declared Mey never will recede from■
Our minister has called for a final answer on Tues
day, and if not favorable, means to demand Iris passe
ports and quit the country."
ST. DOMINGO.
The French still hold what is called the Spanish ™
part of St. Domingo ; with the city of that name ;
arid the port St. Jago. Gen. Ferrand commands in
thief. He has defeated Dessalines (the black Ge
neral ;) who lost ohe thousand men. Capt. Castel,
an aid-de-camp of General Ferrand, has lately ar
rived in the United States, to demand succours of
M. Pichon.l
FRANCE.
After fourteen years of excessive turmoil, amidst
the conflict of the most malignant passions of the
human heart ; amidst scenes of blood and devasta
tion which marked the footsteps of her course, ancreß
which challenged the accumulated vengeance
Heaven ; deluded by vain theories and false prin
ciples ; goaded on by the insatiable ambition of pow
er-seeking demagogues, the "enlightened" people of
France have been impelled from change to change
by the violence of their leaders, till they have run
the round of revolution, and at last have arrived at
the precise point from whence they started. France 1
in the termination of her revolution, has justified the'
opinions and verified the predictions of those who
viewed her with reason's eye, and who tested her
conduct by the experience of ages. "The calm of
despotism," as was predicted, has succeeded the
storm of democracy. Wearied with their unceas
ing agitation "on the tempestous sea of liberty," the
French people suffer the chains of tyranny to be ri
veted without resistance, and quietly acquiesce in
the usurpation of a despot.
"The convulsive throes," the agonizing spasms
"of infuriated man, struggling for his long lost lib
erty," has in France served only to put that liberty
out of his reach. The mild and amiable qualities
of a benevolent Prince, have been exchanged for the
blood -thirsty, cruel and insatiable ambition of a re- Iq
morseless tyrant. The cry of " Vive la reftublique !"
" Vive la liberte !" is succeeded by Te deums for
his imperial highness the Emperor of the French.
Napoleon, by the grace of God, &c. &c. is seated
on the throne of the Bourbons, and the Frenchmen
may whistle for their liberty. The enthusiastic ad
mirer of French principles, the disciples of the new
school, the advocates for democracy, may see, in
the result of the French revolution, the fallacy of
those doctrines, which have been taught by vision
ary theorists, and which have hurried on, in her
mad career, the terrible republic to crimes of the
deepest die to attrocities too shocking to relate.
Let it be a memento to the American people, that
their destiny will not be disimilar, if they suffer
themselves to be directed by the ambitious views of4
popular demagogues.
Louisiana. From the first moment that it was pro
posed to attach this country to the already too exten
sive Territory of the United Statess we saw in it no
thing but danger and trouble to our government. We
find our fears too early verified. A spirit of disaffec
tion has ever existed in that country, which the gov
ernment of that country, though Imperial, cannot
dissipate. Mr. Claiborne, some time since repre
sented the Louisianians as totally incapable of h elf gov
ernment. Popular,self created assemblies are how
ever instituted among them, in which their grievances
are explained in language not equi vocal.
LATEST FROM LOUISIANA.
A friend has politely put in our hands Louisiana
papers to the 18th of July. The third article of the
treaty, respecting the time of incorporating the in
habitants of that country into the Union of tne Un -
ted States, is couched in such vague, unsatisfacto ,
language, they find themselves at liberty to ado t
various constructions, and hence much dispute h $
arisen. The Union a governmental paper, maintainsJ
that " as soon as possible" means some considerable
length of time, and therefore disapproves of the dis
cussion which have of late frequently discovered,the
impatience ofthe people to be immediatelynaturiized.
“ Are not these unsunctioned assemblies (says a wri
ter in the Union) is not this irregular apfointmenc
of delegates, is not the formation, circulation, and
transmission of a memorial,originating in false policy,
founded os false principles, & supported by false rea
soning a proof that we do not infer for the want of
libertyri!! Refer%.
From NEW.ORLEANS July 28, 1804.
“ I INCLOSE the Supplement of the Telegraphe,
which contains a copy oftheMemorial,Remonstrance
and Petition of the French Louisianians ,to Congress.
There is no question here, that this business had its
origin in the French cabinet ; and that the petition
ers have been promised support.—The memorial,
as you will see, is lengthy.—lt is a spirited, well
digested, and well written performances—lt was
drawn up originally in English, by Edward Liv
ingston, Esq. late one of Mr. Jefferson's Attornies
in New- York :—lt was then translated into French ;
and has been debated, applauded and adopted in the
city ball-room, by the French people here, in what
we should call a town meeting ; —called as caucus
ses are usually called. There were but few A
mericans present : but ofthese few, was Mr. Living
ston. It is but lately, that these people ever dream
ed of the Liberty—they now so peremptorily demand
as their right from the hands of Congress :—And
from the style of their language it would seem they
think themselves able, if Congress should prove re
fractory, to establish their liberty by their own ex
ertions. Their demands, are, “ that the inhabitants
of Louisiana shall be incorporated into the Union of
the United States, and admitted to all the rights,
privileges, and immunities of citizens thereof ; —anef
that so much of the law which provides for the tempo
rary government of the country, as divides it into two
territories, and PROHIBITS THE IMPORTA
TION OF SLAVES, be repealed." Appearances
here are certainly " squally ;” and if there be any
energy in the National Executive, it will be called
into exercise to support the authority of the Union."
The French still holds what is called the Spanish
part of St. Domingo ; with the city of that name ;
andthe port St.Jago. Gen. Ferrand commands
in chief. He has defeated Dessalines( the black
General) ; who lost one thousand men. Capt. Cas
tel, an aid -de-camp of General Ferrand,has
lately arrived in the United State, to demand succors
of Mr. Pichon.
ST. DOMINGO.