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Vol. 7.] .. MCHMOJSID, l'UESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1810. Fno. 44
^ OCT Published by Thom is Ritchie, Hearty op
posite the Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia.
•JCT CONDITIONS:—Five dollars a year, to
t.‘ paid annually in advance. Those who wish to
b* considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter
designate it at rbe. timt of subscribing, otherwise
their papers will be discontinued at the expiration
qf the first year.
RICHMOND PRICES CURRENT.
D. C
TOBACCO, 4 to 7
YLOUR—SITPKRrlXfe, 8 50
BO. PINK, 8 GO
CORN, m BARREL, 4 00
WHEAT, 1 42
BACON, PER li. 15 to 20
• WIIIIKCY, PER OALLON, 0 67
BAR IRON, PER TON, 110 00
HEMP, PER TON, 250 300
MERINO SHF.F.P t !!-The public sale
of ONE HUNDRED
MBRINTO S TEEP,
Which was advertised to taW •* j>1 > ■« it Fairfield,
•n the 3d instant, is POSTPONED to a future
day, of which due notice wdl be given
Interim. tho«e who are disnosed to purchase at
tRRIVATE SALE, will please apnlvto
M. C- B MTKRS,
o a ro
SAMUEL iMYEFS,
October 2._ 'tf
Pqii.,lC S \LE. OF MERINO SHEEP.
On Friday, tlic 19t i dav of October next,
being the third day of New M rket Races, sr 8
o’clock in the morning, l fill be exposed to Public
•Suie,
TWRVTY SEVEM ri'LL OI.OODRIJ
MEttlNO SHEEP, Vi :
.VX RA \tS k TIVENVr-ONE ETVF.S.
They vere lately imported in the ship Powha
thn, capt Poytliress, from Lisbon, and will be
■warranted to be of the genuine hr^ed. The sale
will take place at the Vendue-Office of Xiesitr
w. and H. Haxall, and th£ Sheep can be S'-en
at Roslin, by intending purchasers, at any time
previous to the day of sale
Terms—Approved endorsed paper nt four and
eix months.
The Ewes are all believed to be with lamb b/
a full blooded Me-ino Ram.
JAMES & JOHN DUNLOP
Petersburg Sept. 25 7t
S8t J JACOBS u- just receiving a fresh
• supply of FALL GOODS, amongst which
arc—
-Superfine Cloths and
Kerseymeres of the
best quality
Second dr* do
0 utings St Lion Skins
60 nieces red Flannel
60 do wtutf* and yellow
do.
1 bale Welsh Plains
•40 pieces striped Ulan
kuts
40 do. point do.
luQ pair RoBe do. '•
SO ps Curd iroy cords
and velvets
Toilinet Waistcoting
S'vao down do.
SO pieces olark Cam
: brick 4 4' and 6 4
100 do v ite do
Wild Bures and Boir.
h ixelts
B1 a *-k Sirsanetts
C dd Lustrings
Silk and Cotton CI.Ara
brnys •
Seeded Muslins
And a number of oth
•numerate, all of wliich
p-'ces for cash or good ]
tvjpt. ao. c . in
X. TOT ICE-—Notwithstanding 'he death ot Mi.
JLN Andrew Nicolson, the firm *>f Nicolson
Jietii & Co will continue ( r ree»biy to their ar
tides of co-nurtnery) until the first of January
tiekt* when it will expire - In the mean time, the
business will he carried on au usual, by the sur
viving partners, at their office, in this place
All tbrse indebted to that firm, or-to KicoUnn
and K* th. are desired to come forward and set
tle tlieir accounts on or before the first tlaj’ of No
vember next t Otherwise, suits wilT he institu
ted, without discrimination, againat all those who
fail to secure their respective bullances Those
■who have claims against the. said concerns will
nail for payment. Timely notice will be given o*
^the firm under which the t:cv/ year will com
mence, who will continue to a..pply their custo
mers with the choicest coal; their prospect for the
ensuing year, being more than u-udly flattering.
H • R RY lib'.TK .4
B h. VEr.LT RAN DOLT Ns
EDWARD D. DIGGES.
Mane Sll'1 ~ tlNov
SaTOTU ^—1 shall petition the next Genera!
A hly to sell a '1'ract of Land, lying in
M-klenbmg w*rty» belcnBinB to Kicli-rd
3rame, a Lunatic. L TR R FR iZ ER%
°* Rtchaul BramJ
October 2. --—-w v
XT OTICE.-The subscrit. ’r "M lUr
JN Borough of Norfolk, and i * ’ ll,!? Pr*®
tic*of the Law H practises tl«c tc 1-ral &
State courts, Holden in die Borough v i
and in tlie Inferior and Superior Cot.'4'** Ji* ll,e
counties of Norfolk, P inces# Ann and ^ M*5'
mond. His otfi r is but a few steps from ti>c Ex
change Coffee House.
MERIT M. ROBINSON
Sept 21. _ __ _ . 8t _
, \ t OTICE—The subscriber has rented, and
XN removed lii* Counting Room to the hr^f
new Brick Lumber-House, near Shockoe Wate
Hou->e, and. I it ly occupied by Mi. James C An
thony T’ •**- bouse is calculated to store up
wards of 5(J0 hogsheads of Tobicco, and several
thousand barrels Hour ; it is situated convent
ent to the b tin ul the canal, a.ui rendered secure
from fire by lv >og covered with tile,
THOMAS GUY.
Richmond, Svp 21 _dm
VI AN fLI) IMM&DIAiLLY- \ Yotinp
▼V Man, of rt<(K.C:«bf« connection*, about lo
«r 20 year* of , to attend in a Dry Good Stoi c,
who write* a jpond band ; one from the country
would be pi < lerred. App'y at thi* office.
October 5 _ _ _
B l7 A N K b,
or Kvany DKiCair t lOw,
pop S/iLE AT Tula OPfrtk
F'gureu do
Calicoes and Cliintfi
Gingham*
Irish Linen* from lSd
to 51d sterling
Brittunnias
[ Shirting Cottons
I Silk and Cotton Ban
danno Handkerchief*
Madras* do
Silk and cotton Shawls
Camel*’ Hair do.
Mens’ black Worsted
Hose
Other cold do.
Ladies’ superfine Silk
and Cotton do.
Do Silk and Cotton
Gloves
Knurs and Fjrks, as
sorted
Table Sponns
Artificial Flowers
Nuns Thread
Cot*on Balls, Pins,
Combs.
f . r ) • '
»r articles too tediom to
will be sold at reduced
>aper»
'■TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD Elop
I ed from Mr J rnea Sirut.i, about the mu’
die of M .y last, a slave, named SAM, who tia
been employed for several years past in that gen
Roman's Bake-House.
S A A is about twenty four or five years of age, j
low of stature, and not very bulky ; of youthful!
appearance, a dark complexion, a countenance !
with an incessant smile, approaching to a grin, i
and thereby discovers a fine set of teeth, winch
he is not u little fond of shewing He is slow of!
speech, and when spoken to suddenly or quirk
ly, stammers and hesitates exceedingly.—Hi* '
clothes not recollected.
Some time in August last, a note was given
him by the Suoscriber, (who then wished to dis
pose oThim,) to look-out for a purchast r_It
merely purported the terms “ to any person re
siding in Richmond, or it’s ^neighbourhood
And as he has the note still in possession, hr
will probably, under pretence of seeking a mas
ter. endeavor thereby to efi'ect hts escape out of
the "State.
All masters of vessels anti others arc, there
fore, forbid, at their peril, harboring or carrying
him ofl". , ’ -j
Tiie above reward will be given, and all rea
son able charges allowed, if brought back 111 safe
ty to
JOHN KING
Richmond, Julv 10 »t
V] Ol ICE.—wn the IGdiday . t Uctobei next,
•k v ensuing, I shall expose to sal-i, at Ihnlic
Auction, for ready money, at Thomas B >wles's
tavern, in Henrico county, one hundred 81 twenty
six acres ol LAND, he the same mote or less,
being tiie fame whereof .Lewis S. Edwards now
resi les, on the road leading from Ground Squii
rel BmV to this city This sale will be mud
in virtu, of a deed of trust from the said Edward*
to me, for the benefit of Alexander Bl- k.vooj
SAMUEL McQRAW, T, us tc>
Sept 28 - , 4;
'pWENTT DOLLARS Rr.WARD —Ran.
I. away tr.i.n the subscriber, on the 28c!> tilt
ft I kelv bl.c k negro tellow, named BILLS' or
"VILLIAM, about20 yem of age, 5 feet 4 .n
cln-s Irg i, high forehead, large eye*, and look*
very fierce when spoken to, and !:.s\ iiclined—
| lie liao on when lie went away, a Virginia cloth
I shin, black lur hat, short brown cloth coat, a yel
; lbw fllwdlles waistcoat, («lit near the lappe'Oa
pair of blue cloth pantaloons or white dimity do.
l and a pair of buck strap boots.
I It is supposed be will lurk about Richmond a
few '1: ys. uiul will endeavor to get to Petersburg
or Alexandria, where he formerly resided ■'
Mr Mutter, to tshem he furmerlybelongec!_
j The oakl fellow runaway about the beginning o
, lari August, and .tur lurk.ng about Pelersburg,
j (attending to the Theatre J preiending tliat (is
master Was gone to the northward, and had per
vnitted him to go at large till he returned. ! have
no doubt but he will endeavor to pass for a free
nejfro, Hn‘* W1" produce & -m fids ■ paper to that
eftect, as In- has done before- Who v r will ap
prehend ai*i»! negro or confine him im any jail so
that I get hi-; again, shall receive the above re
ward. I
All masters of vessels ami zithers are for warn
ed from harboring said f 1 .w.
SIMPSON MORRIS
October 5. t?
F3- DENNIS having commenced his Semina
SJ} ry heretofore spoken of.near the Swan Ta
vern, respectfully cnlicit* tlie patronage of his
ii'iends and the public H<- readies writing and
Arithmetic, the English langa.'.ge grammatically.
Astronomy, Natural .ml Moral Philosophy, Ge
ography, Surveying and book keeping, for 25 £
per annum, and promises to pay the moat uni. -
mining attention to the moral as welt intel
lectual’improvement of such pupils as may hi
confided tz> his care.
N.B IIsvbig established a regular bdhrd’mg
house he will continue to receive boarders 150
1L> ;er annum, l!'wing breakfast, dinner, supper
ai-ii lodginp-, or 4 per yveek.
October. 5. , if
' R ’’O be sold on Monday the 22-1 O-tobeiV lb
£ personal c:Titc of John Swan, zler/d at ! is
late residence: Trims ot sale 12 month* credit
with bond and approved aecnrjty'for all sum* over
t'-n doll iis, and under ten dollars, cash Persons
having claims on the estate, will present them ot>
zir before the day of sale . th ise indebted w 1
be pi. s«-il tzi settk their scco.ints,
Th. LAND will be rentczl on shar s or other
v/ise, to suit those inclined to rent- nd some
good crop n, grots to hire, deliverable ai Christ
mas
There will be sold, at the same time an.l on
the same terms, a small invoice <>f Sadler's tools
entirely new.
JOMN T. S'VAN, AU'mr.
With the wiB annexed of
joun Sv.a tlec'd
Powhatan. Or'. 4 ids
r \ N i El), to piiic.b.tse or hire, a good Cut,
'or which casli will be given. Enquire at
tin* office.
October 5. - * tf
P.r./CC/,TJ'OM OK t' H K VCll KBICTS, &C .
The following Essays fio.n the Aurora,
present us. v/ith a clear exposition of the
Spirit and ( pcration of the late steps of the
French government !:i most respec s, they
coincide wjih the '‘•’News taken ot the same
subject, in this pane: of tl\e‘2nd inst.
NliUTKAL COMMERCE.
TO THE EDITOR*. .■
KIR
I am not surprised, that the recent
news from France has excited a variatv of
opinions and emotions, in the minds01 tn« in
habitants of our commercial cities. No man
of sense could have well anticipated jnv at
such an event a« the restoration of amity
with France, from thpse who applauded the
violation of the laws, the submission to fo
reign licences, and to paper blockades, and |
who called for the unfurling of our flag a_
gainst the imperial standard ; no one could
have supposed that “ the Rritinh fiarty in
America" would rejoice at the l i e act < f
France, which of all measures that IV na
parte Could adopt is best calculated to test
the professions and promises pi.'dicly trad*
by Britain, and expH its i-m'S- uies fin
the shores of America. F.very lover of Ills
country should hail as'auspicious, that m«-,t
'ure, which has created such cons'ernauon
nd imittei mg fear amongst our worst ene
tites.
And as *his is the way, in which thism*w
■ ns been received by •• the British pa t- '
who can wonder hat they a o busdy eog
vd in disseminating surmises and doubt*
respecting the motives which produced th«
measure, the nature of the revocation. 8c thi
consequences of our confidence ? To endea
vor tu frustrate those endeavors, and toplac<
the subjee fairly before the public, are tny
motives, for requesting you to permit me »t
express nn seutiments through the medium
ot the Aurora
lu discussing »he«i! three points, I presume,
I shall have sufficient, scope for expressing
tny opinions :
1 What is the nature of the revocation ol
het decrees, In F *ance i
2 What will Britain 'o >
3. What shrill \< e do t
In discussing anv particular part of the
Subject ol our differences with the bellige
rents, it is impossible toav^id a consideration
of these truths; 1 that Britain first began
to harrass n; tier.:Is, and had an interest in
doing so, which France hat not : and that
Fr.mce did not retaliate, although interested
in the prosperity of neutrals, until after long
suff ring and the cie-enmn of ueu ral rigu.s
by newrals themselves ; 2d. that Britain n s
always injuredvncutials, uonn tin* ground o
alledged rig fir ■ and that France his t jured
neutral* upon the ground f an a l. ged s:t**
cr.t ce by neutrals of their rights aud their
use to their enemy and injury to their friends.
And 3d 'hat although •}>*• u. .,r-s ion> from
willingness on one id«- ;t ul t orn a retalia,,»
ry pol.cy on the other, t rr alike unjus’ifi
able, the for me i were unifminiy more gr.iss
ie ilieir nature and extent. *.
I tirse truths were so well unders’o d in
"807 8 who.' »he embargo law was enacted,
that ‘h».- penalties or restrictions imposed
I U!,tm Britain, were necessarily more severe
liUj^'iocu U| i , ii/r III C?«»
sequence of tile daily impressment of our
seamen, the attack upon die Chesapeake,
the murder of Pearce, &c. British armed
vessels were forbidden to enter our ports,
whilst French armed ships wet e not prohib
ited, the slops of F ancc not having violat
ed our por»s, not having murdered or impres
sed any of our citirms, nor insulted our ter
rltory or tl g
This discrimination was protested against
bt Britain; in January, 1808 Mr, U >se
c mplaitied oi it, and declared he would
j offer no reparation until it was removed ;
; but our government very hi/iorably and
I firmly refused to change this discrimination,
nli< dging that France had not jus :fiec
so harsh a measure as the exclusion of it*
ships
Nothing had beerx done by France fr«>rii
1797, to March 1809. to warrant any changt
m >’.s resolution ( fourgovernment; the ex
eci.ivo it ul de or mined to..bide by theprin
c.iples >f exact ju<tiCe ; btr secret intrigue
[and ha* intrigue ex -•.dug itself into ‘he
ex •< utive councils, baffled ail hese dignified
and co .histen’ purposes, and «he same con
grass, which repealed lie embat g . law, pas
sed an act on the lrt Match, 1309, contain
ing this sec'ion
‘ her 3. .-Jnd be it further enacted, Thin
from anti after toe 20 li day of May next, th;
entrance of the huiburs and waters of tlie
LJ. S and the territories thereof, be, and
the same are hereby interdicted o all ships
nr vessels sailing under the 11 .g .f G Britain
or France, orowned in whole or in part by
any citizen or subject of either ; ve sels hir
ed chHiteredor employed by the govern
merit of either country for the sole purpose
<i carrying letters or despatches, as also ves
sels forced in by dis'ress, or bv the dangers
ol the sea,only u: ep .tl. And ifany ship or
vessel sailing under tile flag of G. Britain <r
France, ot owned in whole or in part by'a.
ny citizen or subject of either, and not ex"
c ptedasal res .id shall, after the said 20th
day f May ncx , arrive either with or with
out a cargo, within the limits of -he U. S.
or of the territories thereof, such chip or
vessel, together with lie cargo, it any. which
a.av be f. utid on board, shall be forfeited, &
ma\ be seic-tl and cundemned in any court ot
the \J, S Sec.”
Theiecan be rto doubt, hut that the same
u*iaeen influent - which procured the repeal
ol the mbai g ., obtained the enactment of the
abov-i law ; in fact, it was by the law, of
which the above is the :3d section, that the
| embargo was repealed. Nothing had oc
curred, on the part of France, to induce con
gi ess to resort t6 this mensuio ; nothing had
>c: mred to weaken the frank but e ..per
arguments of Mr. Madison, in J-omary,
1.08, against placing France, who had Coni,
ra.fted no wrong, and Britain, who had ex
reeded all precedent in outrage, under an
s equal penal tj ,* yetxhis law passed, and as
it now appears, without any previous notifr
i cm ion t<> France, that her vessels would be
Ist-'Kcd if bey entered our ports!
I 1 Wav n consequencenf th.s law, drafted
by Mr. Gailatin. and the principle of which
Mr Madison h»d declared to be unjustifra
bio, tba» France resrrted to confiscation ;
her language was this—without giving
any warning you subjected French vessel?
entering your ports to condemnation, your
vessels upon the sam r principles'are now
ubjected to sequestration, without warnin"’.’'
Vet whilst I must reprobate this step taken
by France, I cannot but condemn thedepar
tor. fr. m he system, so well defended by
Mr Math sin in his correspondence with Mi
Bose, and by Mr. Pinkney who it is to be sup
posed Implicitly foPowed the instructions
which he received from the department
of state, in Ins correspondence with Mr. Can
1 hns affairs^rerrtaineu, Condemning on
both fiorn the 20ih Mar, 18uy. until
the lit May. 1810, when in the spirit «»: va
cill.» ion and imbecility, the law of March
1809 above quoted, was repeal cl, and an ac:
passed, of v/hioh the following is the mate
tial section:
•• Sec. 4 And /*«• it further enacted. Thai
incase eithn (» Britain or Prance shall be
i ' *re the third day of Match ncx-., sc» revoke
nr modify her edicts, as dial they shall cease
to violate the neutral com fierce of the U.
which fact the President of the IJ. N
| -nail declare by proclamation ; and if then
her nation shall no* wiih n three month
hcrcafter, so revolt or mf*hfy her edicts ii
iikr manner then t ;e third, tonrtli, fif’h
ixth, seventh, etgnth, ninth, tenth, and i igh
renth sections of the sc?, entitled '* »n h<
< interdict the commercial in'ere nurse b*
, ween the U States and fi Britain ft \
France autl tboir dependencies, and for o
: j ther purposes,” shall from and after the > x
■ j ptration of three months from tlie date of'lie
I proclamation aforesaul.be revived, and have
full force and effect.so far as lebites *o the
dominions, colonies, and dependencies of the
i nation thus refusing nr neglecting to revoke
01 modify her edicts in the manner afore
said. And the restrictions imposed by this
act shall, fropi the date of such proclama ,
turn cease and be discontinued in relation to I
the nation invoking or mollifying .her de-!
crees in the manner aforesaid.’*
1 his law re-established or authorised in
tercourse to and from both the belligerents,
but it holds out .a temp at ion to eacii in this
sense *• You profess a desire to rev ke
such orders or decrees as injure American
commerce and infringe American i igbts ;
it you will put your professions into practice
——if you, Brit «i.i, will repeal your orders,
we will resist France by ceasing alt -inter
j course whatever with her and by maintain
ing it with you alone un il France shall do
us justice — - if you, France, will rev* ke
yom decrees we will resist Britain b\ ct-as
jug to trade witb her. and by maintaining
intercourse with you alone until Britain shall
do us justice ”
* By die correspondence of Mr. Pinkney
tvi li the Marquis Welteslev, we find En
gbiod indispos d io this step; and France
n.is been the first to accept the proposal ;
; her language through Champagny, is ein
, phatic and cannot he misunderstood,
| " 1 he decrees of Bo 1 in and Milan are re.
■ voked, and they will cease to be in force
from the 4th Nov. next, it being understood,
• that in consequence of this declaration, the
! English shall, as they have declared they
| would, revoke their orders in council, and re
n 'unce the principles of blockade which they
* have attempted to establish ; or, that the
U»ited StPtes, conformably to the act of
congress, which you have just commumcat
ed, shall cause their rights to be respected
by the English.”
*ci, jiiain as tnese declarations and pnn_
ciples are, naturally as they arise out of the (
measures and laws to w hich they taler, at
tempts have been made to induce a belief
that the IT S must go to war with England,
in case ot her refusal, to insure the fulfil
mcnt of this promise of France. That no
such conclusion is warranted, every tnaiv of
judgment must discern ; we promised to dis ■
continue a trade with such belligerent as
, should not respect our rigtits, and maintain
intercourse with the belligerent which should
respect them.
I Either, therefore, Britain must now, as
I she has so often expressed her willingness to
do, revoke her otders ( uid renounce the tiew
system of blockades which is a palpaLle vi
old'.ion of out neutial r gbts in the no ;.nr g
of the law of May. 1S10. above quoted)
or we must J'ulJii r.ur engagement mack
in the face of the wold t break off all in
tercourse with h r and maintain it wiih
France.
T c e i-, no new condition robe fulfilled
m trtover 'he prop sit ion accepted is our
t.w,i uid we have on y to do, what, in the
positive language of nur own law, we hare
pledged ourselves t.ido.
And, thii', at last, the crisis has arrived ;
; here is no longer any need of long letters,
nor of nt. w maus ers nor o* confidential con
versaiu ns ; diplomatic .suhtlcty, and eti
qnettc—sophistry & suspense, must give v/ay
t plain l ingu g and prompt action, •* will
v°u'»r wid you not. Ci. Britain, leaveunno
les vd the neu ral A met ican trade to all ports
.n Europe not actual!) blockaded? We h
now c. me back t<> first principles -—if yi> u
will respite our neutral rights, we will t, ade
w;<h you, and allow you to trade with us; if
yon will not we shall absolutelv abandon all
sort of intercourse with you ; we will, ns
our law declares condemn such ot your ves
nHs as shall enter our poit9, and we will, as
e are bound by out law and promise to do,
maintain our trade to France : and if ycr.
will still determine upon outrage, we will,
tho’ reluctantly, resort to retaliation by eve
ry means which, the justice and u ,age of ci..
vilized society have sartC'tfied, 6c experience
has proved to be effectual.”
Such is the language, that our govern
ment is bound to sp.-ak : whenever Mr
Madison shall receive an official notification
of the revocation of the. French decrees, he
will be bound to give Britain three m utt.s
notice ol the cou ■ e * njoined upon our g jv
e-nmi n> by the lav/ of the land ; ard, if at
the expiration of that turn Britain contin
ues to disr- gard our righ s v. then be
•bound to v,int nu" ports against her v< sr.tds,
to preVen' our own from entering hdr ports,
to seire her property and her subjects, if
she continues to sei-e our property and riti
r eus ; and to maintain our intercourstt wivh
France.
On the fust of Nov -ml-cr, e^ery French
decree infringing our rights will cease we
have no new conditions »o fulfil, nothing moie
expressed in the letter of Chatnpagny,
than that we do as we said we would, that is,
“ cause our rights to be respected by the
i English, conformably t<> the act” rf May 1
J BIO. If wj shall not fulfil the promise made
in that law in case of necessity, then ol
course France will no longer be bound by her
engagement, but as the seme of the nation
hits been sire »dv sufficiently expressed on ^
the acts of the 10th congress, honor, in’er
filt, and Round policy, command us to carry ;
our promises into effect, like an honc9t and
independent nation ; and asthc virtue dune
people will nt> d >uht oblige their represents•
tives to do their duty, I have not the smal
lest doubt, but that we shall hereafter enjoy
the great advantages of .» trad#, to the Euro
pean continent ■ -‘••if Uritam will permit us.
or if wr will use the means we possess and
compel her to permit us.
And here I reach Che 2d and % l points of
e -quirv, but must defur noticing >hem un il
my next,
SIDNEY.
NEUTRAL v O AMERCE.
TO THK EDITOR.
SIR,
I think it proper to keep in vie-’
i e real state of otir present sruatiom, ami
e trite grounds on which wc now stand,
with tl»^ txhigeien a of Europe -—I have
■ shew*
" *
1st, j. lint we held out to the belligerents
— fnr>or u dial powet v.'vch s' ouid
fu st respect cur rights, ant! -penalty
to that power which should leluse to
re pcet them, after ihe other had
ce.ts.-d to violate them.
^d. 1 tiat Fiance huj revoked her decrees
in comptianrc with his our pi offer p
tliai she now stands upon .he xft trie
and letter of our la tv-our i Manual
^'g^gfincnt * nnd that France does
no requite any o Acr modi'ion. than
that‘which our taw offered.
2d. That we have n< w only u ..ay to Bri
tain, “yiu ft.itc violated our rights
up .n tlve pie;* ot retalia ion against
fiance ; you have said that if ITance
w mid abandon her decrees, you would
rev. kc yours—France hits abandon,
ed her decrees, the plea of rctalUti,.
on. therefore, no longer avails you,
tulti' your promise now by doing us
justice 6
. heve aie die actual grounds upon which
we cow stand.
Tae next question for consideration, is,
will Britain now do, what her own ministers
and her < missaries in America have so of
ten said are weald clo ?
In this piace it may be well to shew what
are the lestrictions of the Berlin and Milan
denes, a>.d wha- chang.* their removal
w. I produce, i hose decrees subjected A.
meiicana to otiz.i e-it t..ken going to or
letu.niug from a Hii.ish p in—if they peid
a tax to England, nr otherwise subnu ed to
ner regulations—if they convev ed British
manufactured good, or Brit sa cpioni.il pro
duce—if they sailed under British convoy
-and if they even touched at a British.
port, they were forbidden to enter Fiance.
Of course f *om the 1st November next.-our
vessels niav trade as fullv and as freely, if
the British will not molest them, as they did
before ant French decree was passed. orbe
lore the Frencn revolution itselt
This •teedotn to trade to and from Erg-'
land and in any English goods, has been said
to be the sole object »f Britain. But we Trail
now. at length, find what h is b«>en so s ea.
dily predicted by democratic writers, that:
all this #lk about retaliation, &c. :»as be«-a
false ; - e shall find Tim Britain never in
tended to respect our rights, and ilia- we
must now at the eleventh hour, take other
incans o make her r- <pe*c' them, or sink in
to everlasting d'sg-ao- as a nation
. I hat Britain :uill not how do, what it has
heen so often pretended she wished to do. I
contend from a considera u.n of her esta_
bushed policy, her un f .rm conduct, and
the avi wals now made by Iter ministcriat
newspapers 1 London, and in Boston and,
in^ New \ rk . i i truer of our e p; rts.
I tie policy if B'i amis writ'un in bloody
cnar&c ers upon die pages even ot per own
historians : by the h.vid of na ure destined*
t>» s t . anon inly of the second or third or
d’ r. it has been her s-eadv purpose -.o rise*
ab >ve her dev. :iy. and to support by force
*' fraud a nredominancy amongst nations.
I ltd her efforts bee.t governed bv a generous
ambition, bytho.een Thug ptssious which,
constitute glory ; on the freedom, happiness.,
anti civil ~ i i-.n f the world ; up n die ciif*
fusion . t science ati«l the promotion ot vir
tue ; had her n « rprizes been even tinc
tured with the cn va rous spirit of rmancu
pating na ions, md converting the universes
into a social communion of interests and en
joyments; the genetosi»y of the intention
would have p .lliated the ex ravagance of
th.e undertaking ; but when her actual po.
licy is Considered, and we tialyseit; what
adei.'gn at'.! what a cat .strophe does it pre
vent * selfishness is every where predomi
nant, and millions are famished, massacred
or enslaved, in order that a few thousand
persons occupying only a part of an island
of about 400 by 300 square miles in tho
noi th of Europe, should ILe in luxury and
wealth ; ..it the ex.ience and to the subjtfga.
tion of tii2 rest ot the world. Where is thero
a commercial state in Europe that has es
caped the seduction of her gold or *he. ra
pacity cf her squadrons: destitute of resour,
ces for manufacture*., she has prevented the
superiority which the possession oftlm-e te
Sotirces natural!- give to hei neighliors, hy
inyo ving tliam in constant wars with encli
o.iiei, and hence, has contrived osecure one
menus oi establishing her monopoly and
prospering in Wealth upon the miseries of o
thrr nations ; by similar means, by f->rm-nf*
i*.g intestine broils, exciting jealousies. by
temptations and bribes, she has arrayed' the
nations of twoquarters of the globe againsb
earh other, in one of which she has subject
ad fiO millions »>f p.- . le to her rapacity ; on
tue European continent by g. anting subsidies
she has taken care to employ conimntaL
nations in war with each other upon the land,
winch have at last terminated in her ex.
pulsion from it ; whilst -.ho has raised r na.
vy upon the ocean capable of crushing all
commercial enterprise, or whnt she tear#
most, commercial cnmpe'ition.
I o serine his monopoly ot manufactures
and cem-fierce and colonial rapine, she hats
been contending for -ho e five centuries; is
it likely then, that she will now g-o > in
her rarc-r, to enable us to enter into a m
petitron with, what she ferns, to sa, he
foundation of hei monopoly ? do not our r
chaiits know th - t r|| j dousy, with <vh h
0,'» commercial progress has been view ed
throughout tin a. ? h --everiui-rir.il to
Fram e, must they not ad-nit that our c >m -
met cial pu-sppiity is declared by fl-itain to
be incompatible id, ti tier interests ?
If this Ite admitted, as it must be openly
by every hcr-est American merchant who
has a grain of tirde-s anding. and covertly
bv every British pirt-aau .»r agent, let me
a>k what would lie the effret*. if R-itaia
were to “ renpec our neutral rights V*
In thr first pUc*v rnc greet source of her
revenue would be destroyed ; wc cannot now
' ke ourcargi.es to the continent without
first railing at en English /,- ,rr, taking out
a licence and paying duties for ihe perm is -
»i< n ; this irMulr helps to support the novy,
which compels us to submit to it; is ft like
ly that this tribute will be given up ?
In .he nex pi ice, wc should be able ac.
c riling to lord Sheffield, to dt s rov th*. wh- la
merchant trade, now carried on undcPlIcenee,
f * tiggling &c. because w- can build sh pt
ffoajicr, andcan navigate them cheaper*