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ssss esse Comucopic'si' fihishtksis his iasibers by c
ssctsivsissmeraling the pi-incipal things he thinks
'he has provesid, and by statinsig the consc
Wences to be' drawn from those prooss-.-——
First he says he has demonstratcd that the
sisidancialsystcm osGreat Britain "is in a
bottei'ingztasitc and approgches diaso'iution."
' This sinancial—e) stem has been so declared
ctﬀ ;þcse thirty )ears, and the: hopes of the de
iacrat's ha'ye long been cherishcd bv an exj
Necmion osit a total ruin of England fromct
ﬄbznkmptcy. Alas their found expec,
mions have' hitherto proved vain ; and that
happiness of ourjacobins weich hangs on
the misery os England seems now as far
from their lips as ever. lt 18 however an
tvidence 'ofctdcmocraticct manlincsa and ge
mosity to attack : foe on the vcrgc os
bznkruptcyo Would it a t be more safe to
waictill this bankruptcy and ruin actusiallj
uke place before we venture on hostiiitics?
!; nnot more prudent to wait till the enemy
isqxite down, then kick him ?_ For, if wc ;
strike him when sailing he may recover and
" The United State}; are hot to chnsidcr
th' Posicyct of Great Britajn as it rcssipects
France, but the Policy os Great Britain as
'lt respectd the Unsstsited Statcsis alsiohe; and
&! latter, being stibversch of Ameljicart
ﬂeucttrality," dught by the government of the
cited Statessa to be resisted-" 'shere's for
YW—Therc's argument. We must consi
a'lishc policssy of France as it relates to G.
main not as it violates the ssneutrality of
she Uzzz'tcd State}. We msiust hot i'esz'st
inncc. Not asiword is said csizs that. But
si. s! m'uet reiiit Grent Britainss, because While
'si lbessiz wrektlidg hard for her very. eﬂgfence,
"'t rescntesotiisi meanly reddering !m'si- ilrea
6? 100 powerful enemy all the miatahce in
so" Posswersi. ?
. Add Cqmcopja tcﬂs us the cht mode.
fi'f mistaken: glory is not our legitimate.
We: are told that Engiand has lost the ba
lame: of trode, and this loss has been occa- i
tioned by the emhargo which has kept from
her our specic, by which to susisszport her pa
per currency. Our cmbarg-J opened new
channds to her trade. It destroyed our
own crude, while that of England, during
its continuance, was greater than ever be
fore. We cutcﬀour right hand that she
,might burn he:: fingerss ﬂ
" The antZ-beutral restrictions of Grcasit ]
Britain compelled the American govern
ment to resort to embargo and non.inter
ycsitu'u'sef5 No, no. The orderssior wishes
'sisNap'oleon produced those measures.
" The resort to theie measures was for
mate, ifiasmuch as they tended to sepa
kssate the ,mlerests of the United States f sim.
those of Great Britain." Without dss-u'ct
Inch was the baSe intention of those m'csssii
tures. _ But why ahould our interests be Se
parated froshthose of any nation ? XVhere
theisintcreot is reciprocallet there never be
: cessation of friezssldly intercouree.
"GresiatBritain is the sole cit't'zse of the .
pretent commessrcial restrictionsss' because .
they could not be enfor'ced is it were not
for her navy." Did her navy enlorce the
Berliu, Milan and Rathbduillet aecrcesss?
By the power which Bonactparte posissssesscs 0
V=r_.the bentioesint of Europe we know what
nurictions have taken place on otxr com
mrrcc. How 'n'uich gsireater Would they be
if France posSt-saed a navy. Vast asis Bo
neparte'ssipower 'tssss do the limd it isis sinqt suf
ficient for oundestrtsstction : odr demucrats
a[most Weep BecaLYS'e (fie British navy :idei
between us and ruin.
jctum the blow.
" Great Britdid being the sisolc catsszke, from :
ctshe'circumstance of her having the sole 1
Pover, She canst! She pleases, restore fretct- 3
(10!!! to cotnmerce." '. What power has (L'.
Britain on the cbntiheht ? How could she
Þrevent Bonapartesss plundering us ? 1
Ame- ict- osisig Wax."
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17.
'I
. 7 \ ..\
.—
kobjcc't, is a desensctlvc war—J' Th'! descrctx'
sive war ought to consist in commercial re
atriccionsﬂ " The publicsssentgmcnt, how
ascertained, is for embargomon-intchqmse
or non-importation." I: were bsietter to
! come not at once, and tell, what we doubt
not is the truth, that our adminislration
have apsipeascd Bonapartc for the present
by telling him that we would rcsz'st Great
Britain in such way as would be most con
ducive to his insstcrest, with the same sub
servieney as his dependent kingdoms m mu
si kepe, by cxcluding British merchandize ,
far d subsequently perh aps by open wal—
3 Bonaparte has probably the promise oswar.
! i'Cotssnucopia calls an emhargo, not a mtmi
icipal regulatioo, but a DEFENSWE WAR--—
! 'W illt Napoleon be satisfied with this. ? T he
! public sentiment, is} new ascertaz'ned, so):
] Comucopia. How is it aScertained? By
half a dozen o! Bonaparte's scrshbling a
sigents ictrssi this country ?- He may rest assured
that his writings in the lntelligencer wiU
not change public sentiment, nor make it
si consorm to his wishes. Embargo and not:
iatercoursesihave been cried. Blind tcmeri
ty only will produce a second tria]. The
!
ss last embargo was near producing civil com
motion. THE PEOPLE WlLL NOT SUBMIT
TO A PERMANENT EMBARGG. No consti
tutienal law that Cungress can make can
hind them to obey it, - find, si'ssw/zatever may
be the consequence, the' WILL NOT OBEY
n'. '
Gur Frehch writers ought to be utore
emdid with their master. They ought not
to ﬂattes Bonapnrte with the hope that such
a measure can be cnsaucd. \Ve speak sear
less!y what we believe. A permanent em
bargo woukl be openly violated. One half
of the citIZens must he in arms against the
other to cczmpel obedience : and the arms ss
of the Uss. S [host oppose first the statusitesisis '
then the azme cf INDlVlDUAL SsATES.
M aterHa'
ﬂations.
equalptssi 1001 100 100 . 300 _
choaks them ; what they can neither swal
low nor cast up They fear silence yet
dare not speak. The President is distract
ed to know with what language to !addreSs
congress. He dares neither go forward sinor
" tread back his steps."
incqpying the followih'g table, whi'ch pro
bably is ver}? nearthsie truth, and the publi- ss
_,
Blodget. His " Economica," published a
few years ago contains a vast deal of accu
rate and tisesul insormatiohss the result of
"great labor :sisi'nd attention. He has now in ti
state of greet sorwardnese a work ofa si
mildr'namre btsin on a more sieniarg'ed end
comprehessn'sive sca'lssect. , In collating the ma
terials of his intended publication he has
carefully hotcd the source of our otigin
through every mediuu'six presented it} the re
searssch ostsinany siyears. . Hcte hzsisis indulged tcttsss
cntion of which may gratisy cluritosity. ss
'I—lz-e sourcc's as the Present intersiuent þapuj
'Idtian as the American Statesss carefully"
collalL-a'from the best attainable authori
__ fies—fby S. BI.0DG£T. ct
others _j ]
English
I rish _
Scotch
Gernsiaans
D utch
French
Danesss
SWlSS
and
all i
tvits' end. The Homer has brought what.
concerns of the United States than Mr. ss
Few isis anyctpersons in the country have
paid more unwearied attention to the siscal
is the adxrjnistration had not lost their
wits, we should say they are now at their
Eastern
iistricl
East of
Hudson
river.
si.
T—
Hudson
land Pot
w
"betwecr
Middle
dis.
32 1
27 K
12
14
(10
——
Youth os
Po.
Southern
district
40
21
11
10
sotal
[compa
red
By :: ass
scale of ;
300 * ]
153
57
21
26
15.
-.siss
13
"
I
1
1
1
, 16: ! per ib. Until we have something more _
Extract of (: leiterfi'om W'ashington, qft/zg
QOt/z Oct. 1810, received in P/zz'ladelþ/zz'a. !
si .sssi" Turreau has oslatehad manyctpoctnser- '
; ences both with the presildenx and with Mr.!
, Smizh. ,,l'n one ofshcsischc issictsa3id_ to_ have
3 proposed si of), the.— part _of his simascetj
; to fejzay -she,_.plunder.os ossur property in
; France, Spain, IIa/land,.,1taly_and Den
1 mark,,by a slice _of the Spanishctand;Batavi-ct,
an Covloniesct which we =arc__dcsired to pur
chase a-Ia-Lauz'sz'ana. ..This is;! very easy.
wayto restore pillagcsithough I do not thin]:
it honorable or jpstipsiour government thus
to become (he accomplcgq _of a roþbcr, and
si ,purchgsm o; Stalcn goggsctf:
L 5._.— .
. siom' river —to such :! height that the tide:: have
siand for 30 or 40 mile: down, we are in
siformed, that a)! the bank meadows along
Are not the assurances froth EngIansid
that htsir cdicts will be; rcvokcd on the: lssit of
Nov. as sorma! as those ofÞ rance . . o te
is ambiguous, is not the other. ? Then
might not the proclama tion have admitted
the ships oseach nation if of cit her, with
out allutling to any other object?
'When the president issued his prdcfa'rﬂga
tion in consequence us Mr. 'Ersk'sine's ar
rangement, he puhhshcsssil the correspond
enc which lcd to it ; but in the French in
stance we have not :: syllable of explana
si')ﬂ-'**Ibi[f.
ct Zoid a! 13d and .we,cannot quote higher
than i4d, unless it was for a few picked bags '
per cwc , .wheat 14- a 143 Glper701bs.
The unhappy s ate in which the monicd
and cmmmercial interes as of this countiy at
present stand, has sensibiy aﬀected our
prices, and catised scteral forced salcs to be
made, which have further. depressed, our
cotton market. .Good Uplands have been
It may he fortunate for our countr rv that
aii the dcmncrats m the nation hat :: not the
same penchant for war, whith a fet: hot
heads have. The New Ynk Cuiumbisizn,
a democratic paper, says, " May every e
ditosir who wants war have enough of it, and
mass} every congress man, who heilpvsss ioi
blood & thunder, have them tvithositsi; me e-a
the pe0ple thank God, are against )ou,
and the next congress will be srienris to the
peace and happiness ofthe people."
decided in the metcantile world, we can do
little more than quoxe prices, as various
shsstxks which almost every mail brings pre
Vent us from formitig an accurate judgment
of on: sucure prospects- Rice LOsa 213,
per cwt , tar 26 3 275 , turpenline 16 a 17s
and ﬂour 58 8 605 per liarrel; ﬂaxseed has
been soid as high as 685 per hhd. and 708 15
Some ofthe stapic comtnotl'ttics of the
souctthemstatcs wiilnothc much bcncsitcd
by a renewed truth; to France. Tobacco is
.p—rohibited, ﬂour and siWheat are cheaþcr
than in Amcrica, and cotton the Frcnc h
expected.
VV. &Rsi. RATHBONE.
are endeavm'mg to produce m Earopsin— ss
[(if—do
sure. The passions are on )our. side, but .
tctzfa savorite mark, for which perhaps 14
1 2d might be giten. si
The same remark may be applied to Ncsstssv
Orleans, which may be estimated at 14d a
W'ill it be better for our vessels to be
compelled to take cargoe's to bring from
France, than to be be left at their option in
England P—Byst. Pal.
Qucriea, as to our commerce with Eng
land and Francen—VVill our exportation to
France, consist more in the prossduce of this
country than our cxPortation to En giant}?
'Jersey, says, we are all m confusion here,
Will our importation from France con
sist more in usqsal articlcs than our impor
tation from England ?
the tovm being complctcly inundaced with
water, and the inhabitants passing from
house to house in bosiats._ Three houses
ﬂoated _dov.si*' : che riv_cr yesterday, and the
numerous fragments evincc great havoc in
the neighborhood. --_-—-sbzsid
the river are overﬂowcd. —-P/u'l. Pap.
ovcrﬂowcd mqsc of the whayvea' m o'ur city,
Ccmmun'z'catc a'sor t/ze I 'ea'eral Gazctz'c.
LIVERPOOL, Octobcr 6.
A letter snom Ncw- Brunswick, New
The late rams have much th'ess wctaters ili
' ;—
ss' A' qssumsiztety 0/ La Pct'afe, ssctzl aguim,
'Zmd Ossrona/co Hzasscs.
Ezra Kinscy and co.
sssHEAl RE
{si
fsiom Mr. Tackettsacudemysi Hc w .!ac-T
' 'lhe piice of tuition and fire wood Will 50
i Staffind (,ouriiy, Nov.2—16.. 71.
, \ vintages of health, and of gentec: and fiicnd-ss ct
]) socicty.
.ss Charles Tdckesitt.
dozen or single.
si This dassy ]assnding si, _ "
From sitlze Sc/woner Sz'x Brolkem Captaizctc
.Lane, from Baston,
Saturday have;": er 17,
—-A'l HALF PAST 6 0 clctocx—
At the lequest of many Ladies and Gentle
men,- for the?
LAST NIGHT POSITlVRIsiY.
GRA Vl) PEPFORAIA NCE
, By Jlr. ﬂlartin. si - -— — ' _
PAnT lst—\1any ncn clties not )ct exhi-si
;bited , amonzr them the IIatCou' jlllCl, play,
ing wi'sihu nsi biLIS. ., Xisszutchcs blui-sicu to pieces"
am! r-ss'p-ctii-d. , ,si -
P ART 2J—-— "Me 1 ...csf cd'mz'rm' P/usszntasct
m'zgroria, in which sm che firsj; time the scene
.ui' Romco find Julict acccd as I;) living pur
szns. ct
PART Sd— The ,Mcctzy Dante and [Jul
tss-lzca! ion. q/ T! itcizss -
'l he w 'zoie to conclude wish some sketches
of sin: 'W OikS, with irfisiimmabic air. never ,
exhi'sizitcd in this cmmuy. ,
.l-zd .wo pieces of T'zeassir zsiml Fizc Warctis
The lst with a device which succ essivciy'
appears and disappectssis ;' ct - -- -.
The Zd, a rcpxesent: tion of Ningara i
Falls. .
(22? Doorg to be opened at haif pzst fixe—
Curtajn to rz se at half past iix. - 1
Arhnittal. 00 80}: "5 ccnts—Pi t 50 cis.
'ct'l'ickcts-to be had at Mr. Shields' and at
the Theatre. _
NE hundred & scxcntz nones osisLAND
situsiatcd on the- post mad from Alex
siand-liafiosi Occoquan, will} m ? milcssici A lex:
andiia; being one half of the Round [fill
tract, and formerly .the property of VViiiiam
'l ripiett.si. I be terms will be made known Ly
appiication t_n Mr. James .Irvz'n, Mount Airy,
or to the subsmibcr now rcsiding at Mrs.
The Subsuibcls have just xeched and for
sule at theil l an) :ud, -
. FQR 1811, .
, Just published and for salc by the grass}
Linsay' 8, near Occoquan.. '
HL} subsgriber will continue this school}
ssthe, ensuing yeai, ansid instruct yqungj
gentlemen in the following branches of egiu- ;
cation, to_ wit ——S/z,elling, Reiadmg, Wrizz'ug, '
Artcttlzmetic, English Grammcr, upon (];ng [an
of Lindley Murray ;--ss_-.C'0,mﬂ081si_li0,n,si B/siaz'r'c !
Lecturcs, filoral Plzzloso/zlzy, Pracgical 3!!sz -
veying, and Gcograþlzy with the me, of th?"
Ma/zs and Globes, Boaidcis can be wcll ;zq.'-_._'ss
commodatcd convenient to the schogl upon
very moderate terms... No student v.- ill be
admitted for a shoiter time than one vsieassr ., si.ss
- November 6.
commodzueascw boaiders upon moderate
terms.
, V. 13}: wom—
twenty one dollais and thirssty soixr cents. .- ssss
'l his seminaiy is advfmtagcously sim'ated, _
possessing in a very eminent 065168 the ad_-_- sisiss
""Tzsifstulum Gmmwssa'r SCAOOZ ,-siss
10 hosigsheads, ct
51 barlels , j, Rf'faictling Sugars.
15 half barrcls fall caught Mackarcl.
llth mo, 10. _ colm
. . ]N STORE: - ss
2000 bushels Livcrpool blown Salt.
Octctbber Ssi. _ _ __ cosi
FOR IALE BY —ss ,. , ss
.. Lawmsan 53 Fosswle,
'Nov'cmbcr 17 . __ 'ct;
'Lhc ,ubsmibei is distam about ossne milc
zssOR sA'LE'; 4;
A few balds of COTTONz;
,. Reynald siGrimes.
APPLY' TO
]oseph Smicht
ALMANACS
SPANISH HlDES., . . ,
s
——
FOR SALE, _
Cbttom & StCWz'irr."
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