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deem to satisfy them. This makes
aach government jeabus of the les3t
aspect of our conciliation with the o
ther, and studious to take steps to a.
Vert it. Accordingly, when, ou the
dismission of Mr Jackson, there Were
3: rong indications, manifested by
France, of a disposition to revoke, or
essentially modify heT decrees, under'
the impression, perhaps, of » serious
rupture between us a d England, the
British ministry may have deemed it
good policy to lower, th *ir ordinary
tone to us, and to give us and France
to understand, that the dismission of
Jackson, so far from impeding, would
be converted into the means of acce .
lerating the complete adjustment of
our differences; calculating that this
would have the effect of cooling the
a 'doable feelings of France towards
us, and of inducing her to wait for the
issue of our depending negotiation
truh Britain. The fact is, that the
disposition of the French government
shortly after underwent a considers*,
blv change, and that a period was pu
tf» the relaxation of her edict*. Had
that g vf-rnment, on the other hand,
assumed either the attitude of mark
e.l h'.b'ilitv* or marked friendship, to
wards us, it is highly probable that
Britdn would have seen it to have
been her po’icy to gTant us without de
l*y all we asked.
Nat. Intel.
Some doubts have been expressed
to some of our f.rinis of the genuine'
nehs of the note of the Due de Ca
dorc to General Armstr ong. We
have received a Paris paper, which
dir.sipares all doubt on this head. It
Contains the no»e which, on txamina
tion, we find to have bteu faithfully,
though rather clumsily translated.
'1 be note Itself is not dated; but “ Fe
oki, ia iiuucu 111 willing Dy
the person in Pars, from v hom the
p l’t r is received, which probably in
dicates the daLe.
Nat. Intel.
We have much satisfaction in ad
Y:sing the public that th« hooks for
receiving subscriptions for miking
th'ee turnpike roads in the District
<d Columbia, authorised by an act
o< Congress of the last session, have
been closed after receiving sufficient
sub.crintions for the fu’.l and prompt
accomplishment of the object, Ona o:
the roads is to be in aa straight a line,
ar, practicable from the Capitol to
Baltimore: another from the same
f.iiut to Montgomery Court House ;
* 2c the third from the Potomac Bridge
to ihe Lit le lliver Turnpike. Mea
su.e? have been a’rea iv taken to exe
cute * itnet delat,,this important vrork,
and no doubt is entertained of the
three roads being completed before th6
ensuing winter.
Thus hare the citizens of Washing
ton furnish*. (1 another proof ob their
ability as well ac determination to pro
mote tl c great interest of the place.
Nothing can more substantially ad.
Venice them than good roads.
Nat. Intel.
Wassi' otom CitYj Mny 23 .
Vrrini the National Intelligencer.
Triplicate.
Extracts of a letter from Gen. Arm
strong to the Secret try of Sta’e, da
tad Paris, tydi February. 1810.
“ The note ffm M. Chumpagny,
a copy of which is enclosed, was re*
celved 5ea$er<3ay,”
u Th a pops by the way of England
imJ m-.y rot be much liter in r ach
ing you than mv dispatch of the 28ih
■ul;. which took the satne road.”
The undersigned has rendered an
account to his majesty 'he 1* mperor
and Eir.g, f the lonvcrsathra hr has
hud with Mr Armstrong Minister
r:<nipoien lary of the United S t iles
<‘i America. His Majesty au-.hoji.ses
hnn >o give the lolloping an wer :
His Majesty should consider his
der;*cs of Berlin and of Milan, as vi
olating the principles of eternal jus
tice, if th> y w're n't the compelled
const- pence of the British orders in
council, a d a’ ove all, of those of
ty*v< twlirr, 1807. When England hns
frock**med her sovrr. ign.y unive sa),
yHy die pretension of subjecting the u
njv»usp to r tax on navigation, and by
t k^);:itig the ju.i?dxctio i of her Pa:
bamvtit cv -r the industry of the world.
IBs Majesty thought that it was ti e
duty cl all indf-jKndt nt nations to <ie
k n ; thrir sovereignty and to declare
in denationalised (detmtiem-disps)
thoae vessel* which sh uihl rang* thrm
srlyrs under the domination of Enir ;
lard, by r.-cognizing the soverdga y
which s’ e arn gated Over them.
Hi* Majesty distinguishes the
rroich fla visite) from he recognition
frcconr iissrre) rf the vessel. The
rcccgnitjon has no other end than to
a-c-rum' the realuy ©l the flag. The
searches an interior inquest held, ai-1
[though the verity of the flag be ascer-J
tained, and of which the result is ti-l
ther the impressmeut of individuals,
or tho confiscation of merchandise, or
the application of arbitrary law a or re
gulations.
His majesty could place h* reliance
<an the proceedings of the United
States, who having no ground of com
plaint against France, comprised her
in tht ir acts of exclusion, and siuce
the month of May, have forbidden the
entrance of their ports to French ves
sels, Under the-penalty of confiscation.
As soon as his Majesty was informed
of this measure be considered him
self bound to order reprisals on Ame
rican vessels, not only in hia territory,
but likewise in the countries which are
under his influence* In the ports of
Holland, of Spain, of Italy and of
Naples, American vessels have been
seized, because the Americans have
seized French vessels. The Ameri
cans cannot hesitate as to the part
which they are to take s they ought
either to tear to pieces the aet of their
independence, and to become again as
befere the revolution, thfe subjects of
England, or to take such fheasures aa
that their commerce and their indus
try should not be tariffed (tarifes) by
the English, which renders thenattnore
dependent that? Jamaica, which at
least has its assembly of representa
tives and its privileges. Men without
just political views, without honor,
without sn-rgy, may allege that par.
ment of the tribute imposed by Eng
land mnv be submitted to, becauselt
is light; bat why do they not perceive
that the English will no SMoner hav;
obtained the admission of the princi..
pie than they will raise the tariff, in
such wav that the bnr/Un n — ► r.~u»
becoming insupportable* it will then
be necessary to fight for interest, alter
hay mg refused to fight for honor.
1 he undersigned avows with frank
ness that France has every thing to
gain from receiving well the Ameri*
cans in, her ports. Her commercial
rela’ions with neutrals are advantage*
ous toyher. She is in no way jealous
of their prosperity. Great, powerful
j and rich, she is satisfied when by her
I own commerce or by that of neutrals,
j ^cr exportations give to her agricul
ture and her fabrics the proper devc
lop-mcn*.
ft ii now thirty rears since the Uni*
ted S'ates of America founded, in the
bosom of the new world^ an indepen
dent country, at the price of the blood
of so many immorral men, who pe
rished on the field »f battle, to thrhw
I off the leaden yoke of the English
monarch. These gemr.us mn mre
far from supposing when th y thus sa
crificed heir blood for the indepen
dence ot America, that there would
so »oom be a question whether there
should be imposed upon it a voke more
he vy than that whi-h they had thrown
' ff, by subjecting its industry to a ta
riff ot British lrgi iation and to the
orders in council of 1807’.
Il then the minister of America can
enter into an engagement, hat the A*
•ncrjcan vessels will not submit to the
orders in council of England, of .No-*
vember 180/, nor to any decree of
bk>ck:<de, unle»» this blockade should
be real, the undersigned is authorised
to conclude cv ry spr cics of convcuti
oii tending to renew the treaty of com
merce with Amerira. inH in oil
the mcaturrs orrp- r o corn, Krtate the
comm* rce and the prosperity of the
Americans, shall be provided for.
1 Ite undersigned lias considered it
hi?, duty to answer the verbal over- i
lures of the American mirister by nj
written no*e, that the President ol the
United States mny the better know the )
friendly intentions of France towards
the United States, and her favorable
dispositions to American cooimwc *.
The anders-gned prays M'. Arm
strong to accept the assurance of his
higji codVderation.
(Signed)
Chainpagny Due de Cadore.
Paris, 11th February, 1810.
His Excellency the Minister
r.enipoteniary of the United States
of America.
Fxtrart of a letter from Mr. Forbes,
Consul of the United States at Ham
burg, to General Armstrong, dat'd
Copenhagen, March 3d, 1810.
Agreeably to a royal ardor, priva
teering is immediately to recom
mence.”
[TRANSLATION.}
Trieste, March 7,
Mr Inspector General,
The confiscation of the American
schooner ftlizabeth, captain /cilery
barrr.ll, has taken place in consequ< nee
nl die ^rders ol hi imperial and Rov
M il 4*V*a8r'eably to the com muni
citiull '|ade to r.,e ou the 4th ins taut,
L>> the Governor General,
%
fchave since hee'n hodfietl oTthe in-i
tendons of hi* Majesty in a more for-'
mal manner, by the letter which the
Duke of Gaete, Minister of the Fi
nances, wrote to me on the 24th o:
February last.
According, to the terms of the let
ter, and conformably to the orders oi
his Majesty, it was enjoined immedi
ately to lay an embargo on all the A
merican Vessels which should be found,
or Which sltbuld arrite in the ports of
the Illyrian provinces, and their car
goes were directed to be confiscated.
These particulars furnish an answer
to the enquiries contained id your let
ter of this day, and I think it would be
expedient to communicata them to
eapt. Farrol.
1 have the honor, 8tc»
(Signed)
DAUCHt,
Count of the Empire^
Counsellor of State1
and Intendant Gen,
Taris, March 26.
Stitv
I have but a moment to enclose a
copy of M. de Gallo’s letter to Mr.
Hammer*
1 am, sir,
With high respect,
Your most obedient serv’h
(Signed)
JOHN ARMSTRONG*
Hon. R. Smith,
Secretary of State.
[TRANSLATION.]
NAPLrs, March 9. *
The Minister of Foreign Affairs oFhis MP
jesty the King of the Two Sxilies, to
Mr T. Hammet, Consul of the United
States of America,
! Kid.
I have laid before his Majesty the rej
peated demands which you have address.,
ed to me In behalf of the American citu
*«*n» and vessels lying in the ports of this
kingdom. His Majesty cannot contetr.plft.ta
without pain the little consonance which
appears to him to exist between your solu
Citations and the principles adopted by the
government of the United 8 ate* whtih
are contained in the provisions of the ncl
of the first of March c! the past year,
operating against the commerce of France
and that of thosd states leagued with her
in the political system of the French em
pire*
After that act, you ought not to be sur*
1 prized, sir, at the vigorous measures
; which his Mnje$»y ihe king has been com.
j pelled to adopt against the vessels of yeur
na*icn laden with prebibi'ed merchandize.
[ \V*lh respect to the Americans who
, compose the crews of the confiscated ves
j sels, his Majesty has directed his minis -
• Ur of the marine to procure passages for
thi-m, in order that they may return to
America.
1 flatter myself, sir, that the alterations
which may take place in the resolutions
of your government, will dispose his Ma.
jesty to measures more conformable t® his
views and to those sentiments of friend,
ship and good understanding which the
King is desirous should exist, and which
he wishes to cultivate with the U. States
of America.
Acefpt, sir, the assurance of my very
distinguished consideration.
(Signed) %
The Marquis tj GalI.0. ’
T7" The preceding oilicial papers, res*
petting the state ot our relations with
France, go far lo shew that but little
ihance ex sts of an early accommodation
of cur d.ff rences with her on any princi.
pies compatible either with justice* or that
ifsprct wh.ch every independent nation
owes to tts-c If These communications re
n.rve nil drtubt of the genuineoess of the
Due de Cad>re’s note to Central Arm
strong, which in point of language as well
as substance, Is equally repreh* ns.hie. The
principle* it ns«u ues its such as we tie*
vtr could adopt w thorn disgrace, and tne
terms an outrage «m dignity «nd deco,
rum. With such fea urcs, tk is not sur.
prising th.it its ge .oil.(liras w .9 questioned
—fr it was scarcely credible, tyiat a go.
moment that we were told, from vari.
nos qurr era, proicssrd friends.up towards
us ami a mpret lor mu ral rights, shrulu
use language o;>ly fi ted to excite indigna..
tren. VVe are auimrsnl to s.iy, that our
government had no official knowledge of
the existence or this note, until it was re.
ee.ved through England, a f w days since^
hy the Cain 7l». I'm* publicity given to
i; mu3t have b-ron by the French govern.,
men , as It made its app arsnee in the Par.
is p’pers a few days subsequent to Its
dr.te—-a memorable fact, indicatin' the re.
solatia*) of that government, In taus com.
mstun< itself to tne wand, to maintain the
ground taken in it.
From the Raleigh Register.
CHARACTER OF PAINE.
The arswer to »he following letter from
John Mo gnmry, K*q. of Cha ham
coun;y, in this •■* «. to Joel Harlow, E*q.
tbe critbra cd author of'* Fh« Colum.
bed’* placra ibe mixed Chirac rr 0;
the late Thoma.. Patna in a truer light,
than, perhaps, either hia Fiirnda or en.
emies have here ofota viewed if. It a.
so, disc o-es a fact, which cannot but
b^plemmg to the Fuends of liberty
ih'ough<t)t 1 he w rid, that Mr Ba ton
is at this time engaged rn writing a
History ot the United Ataics t
To Joel Barlow, F>q. near Washington
City#
HOXOBXn PATRIOT,
l Mter ihe s-me ion or the Republican <
fJmn*r. one of th^r.amernus admirer* ol t
rutir distinguished abilmea and zealous ex* I
eMion in adverting ;h?T gV* 0F man,by
the support you have giver. to the Rtpub
lican cause irt »he.e Unned S ates (01
•»hich ihe tettor and design of youTCele
*>ra ed«* Columbiad*' give** a sYiWie.it e
,f d'nce) trkes the I bery of writing tr
vnu—Yet* sir, ycur humble addiessor it
nt a los* fir an apology for iftti freedom
■f writing to a gentlemin of such super «
•ir rank in Hle^ w.thou hiving a previous
ccjujin ance j yet the p essm# on his
•n.ncl impels him to seek some relief from
our being i disposition to inform the ig
orant, v» ho have a« hi nest so! citude tu
enquire after Truth* Sir, this is my case
—a d ihe plain fact is, that after reading
the grand, pnetic.il and noble description
given in your Columbiad* of .our Pat
riots, S a<esin<n and Warriors, during
■the revolu ionary war, your Iriend Wat
very much disappointed .n not finding the
nsrae of Thomas Paine mentioned, from
first to last* A character socenspicu>>U!
(and in my mind so worthy] to be total
ly emitted in the a. nals of the llevoluti
on* I feat indicates some defect that suefi
shallow politicians as myself cannot set
intc-^unless, dear sir, your tender rtga d)
for the feelings ot your fellow men wd
induce you to favor a ’76 Whig withimmt
relief from his anxiety.
Sir* I am a plain lar-mer^ hi ve lived St
yea son the banks ot Deep R ver, Chsi.
h*m coumy, have spent lit He of rhy tim<
in classical len*nmg, but have taken soru«
paint to teadj ei quire and thbklor my
self.
I am, Mr, with >he highest sentiments
<>f esteem your very obedient servant,
JOHN MONTGOMERY.
Cha ham County, N. C. Oct. 1,1889.
Answer. •
\VAshixtox City, Ock. 28 180^
SIR,
ten- *erj nauering lener of 'h<
Isl insU has itcailed 10 miccl a *ubj- (?
which has btforo given tints some tinea,
sinets. I have regre ted ihat I c -uld not
jas l thruvhr, with pi'bpfriety notice as yoi;
I wculd wiih the cha'acter of Thomas Paine
II knew him w e I; md ro man ha* a h giu
jer opinion of the merit of hri 1 hors ir
the cru^e of Liberty, in 'his country ant
' thionghout the world—Bui he wasunjud
j 'o himself. His private life d-sgraceH h:i
pubi c charac er. Certain immora.i its
! and low and vulga^ habits, which are anl
to folfow- in the Ham of alrco-t hibi cJ
jd-uukenneis, rendeied him a.dMgusinf;
Jobjedl for many nf the lauer years of bn
| life, though his mentai faculties retainer!
much of their former iu*tie.
Among th* distant friends of his lam*
and admirers of his talen'Sj l keyonrsebj
these objefil o 3 would net t'rike tht
mind so forcibly- They will jus iy de
mand why he is r.oig.ouped m he co •
s'ellaiion of our lumuia'ies, anrng the
patriots and rapes who have their place
in the poem y<-u men'ion— Those wh<
have contemplated him rnly in privet
life, who have either not read his r-riting
or bavt chosen 10 forget them, cf *bich
classes there are too many among; my
reeders, wou'd h*t highly offended to see
his name trea'ed wi:h ary respect or appre
ba ton- While those who have known lum
as I hi*c done, among the most iliu trioua
and meal contemptible of human being-,
must be afflicted at the contrast, cm,
►grieve that they cannot snatch hir.i from
3mong the last end fix him in that place
aLne where his good genius ought to have
prtsetved him.
I Perhaps these reasons will not bo sa is
foe ory to you-..They are scarcely »*> .o
me* —■ But In the His ory of the (Jolted
States, on which I am ai p'rstnt c< cuni
ed, he will find his p ace. Il is hi« most
p oper place, where stncl and ample jus.
nee mu* be done him as one of the mosi
able and efficient defenders of our lights
..< ne of the surest guides that led us to
Independence and Peace.
Wiih the greatest respect both for the
motive of your letter and lor your patrio
.ic sentiments, I am. Sir,
Your oh’t servant,
JOEL BARLOW*
Mr. Montgomery, kc.
f
Baltimcrb, May 21.
PINKNEY’S LETTER, kc
As there are some things which rftusv
be published, sooner or later, We lose no
im? in laying Pnkney** letter to Welles,
ley before our rentiers^ hruf.h there i*
I'Otlung of a plea«:ng nature either in Ihu
or thi* reply—;b« one is diffuse, minute,
ttdirus and vap’d ; the other is smooth,
catiiious and somewhat da k.—Uiirg ra.
ther a ju9tifira ion of Jackson and an af
front to America than otherwise; bu1
they ■assent, reluctantly, to recal him 5
for sake of hs majesty's pure lov* (• A,
merca.—If Pinkney** style is disgustful
his behaviour is infinitely mere so;—u
was extravagantly obsequious and mean.
He ta ks with Welletlry Irke a paiasit?
or a mend.-e-int, and t-ferwards, as he
himself tells »i«,— he runs Idee a larqury
to tk- B itish secretary, wi h his own let
ter, [and was doomed to wsit TWO
MON THS k TWELVE DAYS for an
answer
But, we eauiion the reader to judge for
Mnr.se r.—Believing, as we do, that Pink
ey possesses neither bright taler, t, a
«n*e of honor, or political integrity *
—hrlieving, that he has dishonored hi*
mission,sullied h« dignity, a^d degraded
Jur country, by his r«ee*it batang.ia tr
i set oi English Squires, fo* bun era.
ordsand genthmen, to which he confcs.(
* ' s
seS «n grat^ude Tor ohrTjef^ted
and undeserved kiodi ess, S»c. *-* \yt.
are unur, perhaps, todeal "equal and oar
*6\ jusdce** to the minister* He has re
mained too long In Britain !
Vf th rerpett to Wellesley $ he dees*
not openly deny that Jackion had grossly
insulted our government—-so far he ha*
displayed more truth) decency and virtue
than American federalists—But, in ie€lu
nng Pinkney on the course our ad minis*,
tiation ought to have followed (via. pre.
ferrmg a previous complaint to the king
of England!) he has bean guiky of note
gro^ contempt towards us than Jaekscn.
KaWeVer, as ho and Pinkney speak-the
same tongue ■ all must have been res
pectfully friendly ! II Whig.
• See Pinkney's famous address to the
English sheep shearers.
m) m <
POILAOKLVUIA Way aa.
E*»raa or a letter from a well informed
gentleman in Washington oity, (dis.
triCl *>f Columbia) to his friend in Phil*
adelphia, da;ed May 18th, luio.
Tne ad)*5u nment of Congress ar«f rhe
dearth of foreign news, have afforded
i.«*<nfor he usutl display of ta.ent in the
(. .’eral n w papers and given a wider
i •cope to the wagging tongues of busy,
me 'dling pol tical gossips Among other
vagraM stur es, which amuse for an in
> ids ant an a-e in .he next in van; for
r’ rne «o"ce ning ihe President
md s.c e ary of state, ti.be. the child of
i the mos wan-on malice or he offspring cf
the mod crude irmgj. a;ion. I allude to.
a tale which n presents that there is u
misunderstanding between Mr Madison
a'd Mr Smith. It ig within my knowl
edge, 'hat there pievail* hr ween the chief
magistrate and his* princpal secretary m
Cordi-Iity of feeling and a s reng h ofes
ztm, which car,not be shaken by the
uproar of faCtion nor by tha s!y artifices.
fit hntmi.a onekw.'-l - __i _ • • a
„ .. . ."I'll rcspesr
ur Gfalla in. whatever mny be ibe *rre
of ih ngs Between the family ot Mr Smrl*
i and that of .he secretary of the treasury
-n a social po,m of view, I do m^st tc.
• ieinnly assure you that the greatest hat.
mony prevails between those gentlemen
in the cabi. eu I p-etend not to be a
“(archer of heat's but I declare lo you*
(And I defy cor.trad fiW,) that Robert
hmi.n, secretary of Mate* has never uiv^
en <o Albert Galla id eitker cause, or eo.
lor of cute lor ill will „r enmity , and
yoo m*y fearle, ly ehaiiange the most
entha ias:ic admirer of the secretary of
he t ca»u«y to p ain to a solitary faft
whieh will disp ort what I have averted.
I must rema k u> y u, tha, when one
ii*it hatiis -in *thar lor a secret cau»c, for
a cause which he is afraid to t«II, it is
ip.neia ly the cases iha he conceives iliao
the person hated hairs h m ih return*
I iTieAe no app^ckvim 01 thin remark*
bu- wilt fur |,e, tb<e,T.-, .hui -ould be*
4 vtr? Mti^ular a*-d ex:ra- rdinary etr
oomvarce ind-ed if the president of the
Uoiled b.a'es rhou'd be on iff erms w» U
a man, wno, mor.g all ,k« heads of de
t-arrnen 3 under Mi Jefferson's admin*
t«i a tan, was h- on'y one sincerely de*
•irius of Mr ad'si it's elevation to the
pres d^ncy. Qelie^e me when I tell you,
the president and -cc ctary ot state are
men ot tut* much go .4 scn»e, too patri.
01c. tr « considerate ct rhe welfare of the
roubi car, pnr.y, and too fi ra-y impress
ed wi h h<* duties of their high su ions* .
to jar or quarrel, if their lor-g s a ding
. and ra tonai frienrlihip fo, each other wert*
loot, ofuseliy a sure preventive of such ars
ui. >mVpy occurrence. And you may re.
*'y upo’i : , Mr Srni h u a man of to®
much 'emibility, too indejie.ident in hi*
sentimen s, a d possesses too nice *
•en=:« of rue honor to hold his place for
•ven one moment if he entertained the
slightest suspicion that ha was not the dew
ctdod choce of, and very agreeable to,
Mr Madison ; Above all, 1 atn certain
that he would instantly resign, if the re.
pub,ican popular voice were raised against
him, or if there were a manifest indica,
t:on that he Was obnoxious to the ma-»
of American, freemen. The federalist,
•ill never ftrgite Mr Smith for bfina
.he prompt and luminous organ of Jack,
son’s disgrace; and h-nce. from the op
position, the recretaiy of state has no.
thing to «xpe£l but ctfb«ions of spleen Sc
cbulluions of ridiculous anger.’*
Aurora, ,
SIR FRANCIS UURDKTT.
Tomorrow we shall commence the pub£
heat ion of some of the leading speec hes
:n the House Commons on Sir Franc *
ilnrdeu*s extraordinary « Letter to hia
constituent*,- for which he has bee®
O'rnmitted to the Tower m London,
These speeches contain an exposition of
the law of M-goa Ghana, s„d ,h<>w ni%
what authority «heBritish House of Cam
mans haTe founded their decider.*. Tlio
sensa’ion produced in London by this de~
• »s on has been grea\ A rerpmiti ,n wa*
•tgning for a Westminster meeting, t®
consider Miat was proper to be done i®
consequence of being deprived of one of
their Kepresen a tvs*. As soon as it *?a
ko fn that the warrant for commit n-e
Sir Francis to the l ower v a, »itfned by
thw Speaker, the streets were crowded
with people to see him.conduced thi’her,
and occasionally cries wera heaid - ilur.
Jett fur ever.**
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