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sictsi is ct .. D.!- deemen-cries! Must-" 1
now.—lu-tksihst Mirmr. we gave our rea
en an extract from the letter of the Hon
si. , r. Stanle of North Carol'ma to his coa
sisijctssfsigffituenu, gm'ng a corrupt-ruin view of the
expenceeofthe army and navy under the
administratioos of Washingtoa and Adam, ]
.. "and thzt of ]cifersqn. That comparison
" did not furnish : result very ﬂattering to the
'- eeqssnom'teal character and professions of the
;]attqr. Thie week two give another extract
sictftomtsshesi lame publication, containing :
";LWment of the whole receipt: and expenzli
Bsisssifi—ssW. ofﬂte tra-awry of the United Stata,
THE—lathe first establishmeot of the govern
*-?ctzﬄent, viz. the 4-th of March, 1789, down si
Q'FYWthe first of January, 1810. This result,"
, _ trinl'not gratisy the economisn of our coun- "
try.- any more than the other. Mr. Stanley
prosecsrsss to take his uatement from : re
if port 'of Mr. Galtatin's, of course, it is to be
Fesum'ed that the account is as favorzble
si-ssct' besinssfossr a considenbie time before the pub- "
si .silic, and no charge of incorrectness, that we _
have seen has been made against it from a
si- . 13? quarter, we take it for .sigrantedilzat itis
Pewter-rect. lssiso, what conclusion ought to
' be madq rcspecting the siprosessione ,andl
braided of the man;-who couid— wþine. to
si* zþatheticaily oVer the dun en to Whlf'h "the
"" mouth q/si' labar" nghtsi exþosissted ? ss
si si " ln obedience to a resolution gf "the
__ toils-e of representatives," the secretary of
_',"s the treasury transmitted " a statcmcn't
fct 'fsstsihesian'nual receipts into the treasury from
* "die (th' of March, 1'789, to let December
si j-"INOQ; and a stsiaternent'os the amount of
_- _ "'Tsideb'tssctannuaiiy incurrcd and teimbursed dur
ng the same period."
msisi'si'" .,By this statement it appears,
' ss—Tbat'the receipts into the treasury from the
"sssi 4th of Lhrch 1789, to the-SIst of Dec.
". si'siss si1800, during'the administration of Wash
ington "and "Adams, including all the
_____]oans, amo'unted to eighrysinine millions,
Ffive hundred sieighty eight thousand,:zi:
ct __—'sibunsidrsied assnd eightyxhree sisidollars, '
' 'ss-sisif- si "si " ";89,588,683
";? That during the same-period there was paid
"_ on account of the principal of "the debt,
si' the corn of "twenty two miliions, four.
si ssh'ftndred and sfixtysi' thodsand, nine hun—
dred and it: dbllars, si "si 22',460';906
That'the receipts srdmsit'hect let of ]anuaryﬂ
. > 1851, to;]an. Ist rein, during tbesiad
n-ministra'ctsiti'nn of ]cﬀerson and Madisbn,
_ amountedsi'sito one hundredsi and twenty
* sisione r'niilions, two hundred and thirty
23; si_ 'nine thousand, two *si'*hu*ndretisi and-fifty
rsi- three dallm, \ - -si121,230,253
And the psiayments on account of the prin
cipalossithe debtin the dame period, to
_ forty four millions, eight hundred and
, sixty five ihousand, seven hundred and
farty hight dollirs, 44, 86! ,748
These Statemenu with those of the &x
sspences of the military and navsisia] establish
jmetits asready given, enable me to place
she" management si'of'ouf money matters, be- \
_ fore you in another importdnt point of{
W' \ ct'lcw* L' 1
The sedersiai a'dtnimstfation received its!
sit: vea'rs, inc'lu'dilig all loans, 589,688, 683 -
paid on account of the
ffikssssmpat of the Jaw, 22 405 ,906 ss
The army, 18 ,592,112
,Þsssi si-ssv The navy, ct " 10 ,928 ,956
And [eft m cssh' in the trea- s'
MMW, Aprii lst, 1801,1,794,052
: * 53,781,026
""si 'si' Balanee expended m twelve
ss . are on other subjects, viz.
sict fsiss'ss'rkidlnriedtq si nfficers of govern
,sssssisissss Swent forbign ministers, inter
mwshedebt incurred m their
.ssovm time, and generally such
-si_—._,sssif menditures, which with ap
si-po't'otmcms in the army and
ss __.__ct.sinavy, form the patronage of
M" ctzthe administntion—qhirty- five
si vctctosiunnwns. eight h'utssidr'ed s'sind
,ss Egg-zed shotuand, six hundred
"si" find! fifty-six' dollars—ag the
nue of two million, nine hun
0—1 5:— : ct- * '
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or'the administntion, as the facta would
'Mv way warrant. And as the "letter has
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'si ss . s 89,ssa,68;zssj
_ si S mss,750,304 !
"Balance exPLnded in him
years upon other Objects, such
as salaries to officers at home,
ministers abroad, &c. &c. as
dbbve,ss_incisiding the monks"
disposed 'os by the patron-Age
(ws—government beYond appoint
mc'nts inthc hrniy 'simd navy,
forty nine simillions, two sihun- 14
dred and c'ightysi'thrco "thou-ss
Kandctdollars, _ " 49fi'33sip'00
-sisiac the rate of five millions ss _
soar'hundrcd and seventy five
thousand. eight hundred- and
essictghty" nine ' doilars siin rsiach
ygar, . . ' &c.;-"43..— si
ct . si' !! 123,o33,306
"Herectil a result that thedullest may un
der tand, and'most obtuse must feel. : ]cf—
fersosin and Madison have received the peo
ple? money in nine years, thirty "three mil
liOns, four hundred and 'fortv , loursi thou
canssd dollars, (33,444,000)"more ' thsm was
received by Washington And "Adams in 12
years. ' And giving"Metsrsxjeﬀerson and
Madison full credit for all payments on'_ ac
count of the-principal oPthe. publid debtsissthe
army and navy, aod'fo-rctthesi'sslnoney-in 'hand,
they "have {spended in'mne' years, forty
nine millidns, two hundred and ci'ghcy three
thousand dollars (ZQ,283,000) orctﬂvess'mil
lions, four hundred and Seventy" five "thou
sand, eight hundredssand eighty ctninc dol
lars,' (5,475—;889) in each ysar,- in salaries,
foreign ministers, &c. and such expencea
ss'sssibesore mentioned,'induding'the benefices
distributed by the patronage of "government:
while the disbursemcnts'of the two lssederal
administrations, to the samesi'obj'ects were
)c'ss than three millions a year. '
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_ From the National Intel/z'g'en'cer;
sisiThe correspondence belWCcn Mr." Can-si.)
"ning and Mr.ct-Erskine, laid before the house
of lords of Great-Britain, and printed by
thEir order; contains four letters fro'm Mr.
Erskinesi'ivhich do not aþpear-to have bch
published inany English or American news-'- si
"paper. They are now published frOm a
printed copy lately put into our hands, all
the orher papers contained in that collection
having already appeared in the papers. si
, . (No. 8.) _ _ ?
Dispatch from the Hon. Doctor-'a! Ere-Line to
Mr. Secretwry Camzz'ng', dated Was/zing
" ton, Zd Dsiecember, 1808.
'The government and Congresiss havesshessen
topics at a loss how to not in the present Ex-si
traordinary and embarraesing siaituatiOn of
their public affairs, and'they'sihavectnot yet
-sisidetermisined upon the 'meassswses which they
mean to pursue ;ctbutsisiI think that l may
ssventute to assure you 'that the con'rse'siof
conduct reco'mme'nded by the cositnrnittee of
f—the house of representatives, to 'whtch'sinssras
5referred thectddcusimssents in "the- Presudent'e '
: message to Codgress, will, in substance, at
'sisilesissast, ssbc'adoptcd for the preaenqsiwnth cer- _'
; tainsi amendments, So as to give Fame time
f-þrev'ions to its going into operattOn. "s?"
It is not, however, denied by those even
who—"have introduced this'mesiaeure, th'at'it
is only of a temporary'na'ture, and that "the
'United States may be driven to adopt a
I more decided course of conduct-against the
," belligerents before the present Congress
closes, or at any rate soon after the meet
, ing of the new legislatur'e, in consequence
of- the feelings and sentimehts of the eastern
division of the United *Stntee_,-ctsi.which has
almost univertally esixpressed a ssdieapgrobsia
'cttion of the continuance of the-emhdtct-go, and.
has begun'to—ahew symptoms of,. determi
nation not .to endure it much longer.
'—The government and party In power une-ss
quivsiocallyexmen their resolution n'ot .toct
remove thesiembargo, eXCept by eubstitnt-'
ing war measures against both Selligesirents,
uniess either or both should, relax their l'e
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Rope-painto the man,
nous-. moa, as ]an- 1, " , si - : +
-- um.9yew-.cmestwmﬂsedi . _si .
and twenty one mfifiomsstwo _ * ss
time ddlus. - . - ;J'UNDSFB
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They have paid in the n'rhe' si
period, ' ss ' si .
For the princimldﬀ thedfbg'Ll—BGSFFS
Foc- thc afmy ' '12.si349.si$57
For the navy _. * " "125717922
They have cash in the "km- ss ss *
any-m. ]an. 1810, 'asiszmrz
hundvcdct yul thirty nine
thousand, 'two'bundrod My
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munication: have been made to medy Mr- ss
Nadison, and neven! of the members of
thie'sigoverment, which ! wit! accordittgiy
lay before", You as I confidentlylbehm they
wm'defivered &m' an dfeigned desire.,
that they might pi'oduce the essect dlead— .
ing ifpossiblsie to some adjustmentof their
"diﬀerence: with Great-Britain, so as to e- -
"habit the government and the nation to ex
K'ricaee thesmsefves from the present very
sidisﬂessingd-ilema in which they anew-i
Volved. , si ,
Irl'ZMadisb'n'exps-emd his-firm Wife
tion that When thesidoc'uments rest-ned to in
the president's'mesassage, =a'houkl he see'n by
his majesty,-s government, and the corres
"þfmden-ces hetWeen theis'ministcr irr'Frence ss
with the Frenohsi minister revpedtising the de
crees of Berlin and Milansisbcmid be deli
bm'teiy considered ; particularly thezifo-Dg'
remonstrance of Mr. A'rmstrong to the '
French government, ofthe lithch. 1807, '
that it would be acknowledged that th? U
States had exerted all the eﬀorts" which re
monscmnces could have been sopposctl to
be canabie of prtxctlucing,siantsil that in failure
of'any eﬀect front them, in penuad'mgct'the
French government to withdraw their un
just restrictions upon neutrtﬂ commers'e, re
course might have be'En had bythe United
siStates to measures of more activity and de
cision against France; but that in the mean
time Gsireat-Britain had issued her orders in
council, before it was'knownctwhether the
United States would acquiesce in the age
gressions of France, and thereby rendered ss
it impossible to distinguish between the bow :
dun of the two belligerents. who had e-1
gnailY,iommitted' 'aggreasio'ns against'The {
that subject 'wh'ieh "are detaiied in'hissi cbr
respondences with the American ministers
in Londcn'and Paris-, as published in the
doc'uments referred toct'm the president's
messagegbut which I do not now repeat,' as
- my object is men.-ly to inform" you 'of the
result of his observations, which was, that
as 'ihe would must be convinced that" "A'me
rica had in vain talken all the' mean: in her
,phWer to obtain fromss Great Britainsi'ahd
mature consideration of the actual state of
the assairs of this country, the particular
situation of the government and ruling par
ty, and from certain private but important
communications which have been made to
me bysisome of the membersctsiof the admi
mstratlop, who are eincerely desirous Of 3
conctltatton with Great Britain. "
[: ts—evident from every thing- which has
lﬂelytalcen place in this country, that the
people at large are desirous of having the
embargo removed ; but it is also to be col
lected from the result of the elections thro'
f out the U. S. that the present ruling party
llzzzs ! Bags! enajorfuy es =h= Pwple with
a good understanding sh'oulgl take place be
tween Great? Britain'and the' U. S. and that
he thought that 'the obvious—advantages
which would thereby result tohossth countries
Were a sufficient pledge of 'the'sincerity of
his sentiments.
'The reasons which induce me to believe
'that-the 'views and determinations of " this
government, assicl'escribjedssto me by Mr.
_Madis6n,s-a'resithe'ir real sentimenu, and
'that they will pursue that course of conduct
'Fiance & just attention to her rightssi'as al
neutral power, by representations siand' re
m'onstrances; thar the Would be fully judtis
ficd in having recourse to hostilities with
either belligerent, and that sheonly helitat
"ed to do'so, from the difficulty'of contend
ing with both ; but that she must be' driven
"even to endeaVor to maintain hesirrighta a
gainst the two greatest powers in the worid,
unless either of them should relax their sire
striction's upon nentral sse'or'nrnerce, in which
case the U. S. would at once side with that
power against the other which might conti
one lta'aggresswns. ss si_ .
_ Mr. Madison obsensied tosict'tne'that it:"i'idat
be evident that the U. S. would'sienter upon
measures of hostility with great reluctanee,
"as he. acknowledged that they are not at all
prepared sor war, much less with a psiovver
"so irresismhly strong as GreatsiBritain, and
that nothing would be ' thought to be too
great 'a sacrifice to the preservation of peace,
except their independence and their h0nor,
He said that he did not believe si that any
Americsianssi would be found willing to sub
mit to (what'he termed) the enCroach'inents
upon theliberty of the )ri'gsihu" 0f.the Usi' S.
byctthe helliger'er'ta; ssa'ncl' therefore the "alter
native!"- Wsi'ere crsisrbasirgo orWar. :
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siand' mssore'congenial withctthe spiritos a free '
latttctr as 'e'ven' less injurious to 'the interests
tssvhich he entertained respecting the best' in
terests of his country led him to wish that si'
ed mal me people or this country were be- "}
ginning to think the-former alternativesstoo
prime,-and would perhaps soon preser'the '
people.
whiehthey have marked out, arise from a -
U [Hch outwa
{'He declared to'si'si't'ne'sithsiatss'etct'trysib'pinion '
He went also into' all the argumenteisitiþon
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a ot to kept-al it, while the restrictio
the-i? mutral rights cent'mue in set
both vantage-ma, without ashsumuss'
meanms. and as they sheweth-(3 act
lied e' " that the uitimate am] offiy sig
'mosctf of training {such watsare, i! :
ed in, is war," and " that :— pfmssmsi'
passion of (1th would not
resistancesihut sulmission ;" I cmhm '
lore conceive that it would be post;
tshem to retract their dectatatioxm an;
(it-ed, they would not have theiþs
continuing the embargo mon;/55m
monshl, and of-course, therefor-e, sh ,
substitute wet-"measures when it Ghousi
siwishdrawn, unless they were to Wndsi
the principle: they have laid down. at
change all the resolution: which shty
so unequivocaﬂy expressed.
'siIt is true that they might possibk-dsi
is they found themselves pressed'by
ftmmbcr and strength of their GPPOnene
by to change in the opinions of theirmsi'
ry amongst the people; but it is Plain:
the decision" in the house of sireprrsch
in Congress, upon the resolutiontpmp
by the committee appointed to consider
'sbbje'ct of their foreign relations,
were carried by a majority ofeighmsssi.
:' which they-might tesblv-zsito tak-:,'a
1 have already'explained; Why ibchcvcss
siwiilsi'ﬂdopt' the ("purse of conduct whl
"have described in thesbressgoing pattos
I dispatch, 'tirising "out 'a! the state o
Tsi'ctcovn'try' and their 'usiWn particular sizu
; and I will therefore proceed me:;ﬂain
spriv'ate rdasdn's for feeling" cohfirmcha
ssopinit'ms, and will have" the honor'of lzsi
; before yod Some important c'bmmunicact
si' which Were*'made to me ssby somccf
s'm'embc'ra (of this government, siunoffisictct
1'but With a desire that 'the) might pr
? : favorable eﬀect towﬂrd's'a conciiiaticc
5"Great Britain. ' I'beg leave tb rest-ty;;
si' my next'number'ifi which they arecu
'rd. 1
si I, havethc'h'onotct to be, si
'ssVV-tth' the highest respect; Sir,
' You? cries-{obedient humhlsiscs'
si' 'D. 'M'ss. ERSK'lNZ
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fDisþ'atoAfiom ' the honor'a'b/r David If
' tq ﬂlr. Sccre'tary conning-, dared If
ssssiiazg ton 4t/z Dcc. 1808.
SlR,
. si'In' th'c'tfo'tctint'sios Seietssras privalt
'z'etsi'vie'wb which ! had with Mr. Gallatin
"n'ere-tary of the sitte-"awry, and with"
'siSm'tth, secretary'fos' che navy-51 have
lected srbm them "that their" sentiments
incidc With thsibse ssofssﬀr. 'Madisdn, t
I have'detaiied at some length in the
:e'ding number of my despatchc5,' Lest
ing the proper 'course of conduct
ought to be pursued by ""the -United'
in their presenc'situation, although thfs
diﬀer-ed as to the prOpriety '"bflay'sng ,
'ct'nbargo, as :! measure of defence, and
thought it would have been 'bctter Wsi
ressiorted to measures bs a'ffi'ore decidrﬂ
ture nt first, but nowssthessv had "Of
means lest, out contmue it for a tune-=
and then in the event of no change "5
place in the conduct osit'hsie belligercnsi
wards the United States, to enchsct
la'ssert their rightsasigsiaiust both power!
thatif either shosiulcf relax in their 33?
stone, "they said'they would vote for "5
part with sharp-ne against "the one i
should conti'mte its a—ggretsions- 1
'Mr.'.Gailatin remarked to "101 'hsiss
resolution: whicb were proposcd ;ss
c'om'rsiriittee of foreign relations in lb"
port to the house of representatik'cf'
which had already paased in comm'ssict
the whole house, and would perth'
pass into alaw, seemed to him to,"
tw_o very important grounds Of ' si
With Great Britain, viz. the non-Who
act as applicable to her alone, and ;;
Twenty-bite; thaf'they have nBt ]ozz
ground in the present-'Congress, and th,
"salt of the election: for members QH
great, proves, that although theyhav;
some vot'e'tsstctin th'eeastem smmsitbaxsi
will have a great majority out 'ofssthetsi
ss number of the nex't Congrtsiss.
sident's proclamation, whereby the
Great Britain were excluded from sss
of she U'nited, while those osFrasis'si
permitted to enter-si, hutnow, bythcsiz
tercourae law both powers were ?
the-same footing ; he did not [Iretcn m
lbasst this measure had been taken fro,"
motive;-si of conceasion to Grcat sir":
as in her those consequences sosio
conceived they might be considere
moving the two great obstaclef so be
ciliation. This he wished mlS
eate, as he intimated to me that sue,
were about to be taken by ;COUS'
another yery impot cant subjtfct 9.
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