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the hypocrisy was exposed and seen thro' .; i
. nd wasazrcat sctvori'ssc with his pxrtizans, i
!
me propertics in common with his scilow
dczn'tgosiuaa us all agessi-hc, like them, pa
vsi-J his Way to eminence by the most grass
um! hypocritical (! may of th; people. But,
he cxcclicd all his compccrs in some parti
cuhr. He had the stnngc, the unacccuma
ble :siacultymfiimng upon hypocrisy, wucn
ter having been deaectcd. over and over a
.in, in pract'sisilng the gmssest deceit, in
akiug the most hollow ]:cartcd professions,
and 11 possessing a total clisregarzl of truth,
d sinccrity. Had it been passi'zblc for so
c-l asirmm as General W-si-shmsi-zuu, to have
cen guilty of me mean an-ssl clthctsxng politisi
al vizcs which Mr Jcﬀcrson was well known
o possess, his well curncsil. unssl ovcrpowcr
15 popul-rity. would lawe fallen an l.umc
' te ucziiice.
This p'nsnumcnon cannot be accounted sor
averctv utisilsictury manner. ll'the inhabi
. tsol'tsin Uhtud Stutcs. one as intclugiolc
xd vlnwus ..- they cusiut to be, their good
to and csiperuucc, would have led thsim
animate this man by his conduct, and not
' his pwlss-umm llad they sigchh them
*lvcs tsiao trouble to rcﬂ-ctt on the events of
'- publfc like, they would have been put to
: difficulty to lind those great, and meri
rious traits of character, wuich wsiuld enti
him to their un'mundcd a'tlmiration and
uficlenm. Prcvious'ey to the formation of
he constitutim ol'thc Unizcu Statps, his vo
' ric- hav'e rartly claimcd for him any great
tnen't, except sﬂ' the act of writing (he De
clcrzu'nn oj lud-[wudence- 'If he in truth was J
the lmhor us tssctt state paper, and had no o
ther claim to popularitz ,-it would be an ex
traordinary fact 'tndccd—sot there probably
were at that time, there certainly are now,
in the United Statcs, hundrcds of men, who
would, is put on a similar service, produce an
abler composition, both in style and matter.
Mr. Jeﬀerson was chairman of :: committee,
in which were abler men than himself, and
is such, probably produced the drast, which,
after various amendments. was adopted and"
puged Multitude: of state papers, since
the edoption of th: constitution, have been
produced in the same mode, sar superior to
the-Declaration of Indcpendence ; and many
newspaperctproductions in our country, egcel
it greatly. This is slight evidence of Mr;
Ieﬂ'erson's being the greatest man that this
CWVY has ever produced.
When the comtitution va: formed, Mr.
Ielferson wnin France. It is well known,
ﬂuthe us from the sir.t, an enemy to it,
lnd wished it might not be adopted. This
eat hproved by e letter which he wrote
aneerehortly after the comtitution
phsiblished,si and which was circulited
ugh the ne'apepen of the day. Not
'-this epirit of hosiotility to the
sad; general Wuhington nomineted
site the osin of secremy of nate , end
enother domngogues, he liked the ho
down" Of office. elthough he
Marricd at New York. on Thnndly mn
z, um ch inn. by the Rcsicnnd Thomas
triscm. Mr. Robert M'Cm, merchant of
chandr'u, to Min Jennc: t'urgercon of that
ty.
Dicdon 'Thou-lay night, ;: Fort Nclson,
giot John Saupdenmf the corps of Arnllc
' und Engineers of tho U, Stones armysimd
immn Norsozk.
The Sick qsour—Counrry; The production
os Dcmctgozues, is incident to all free go
cmmcms. Sucn cnara-ztcrs, always ambl
'ou.-s, arc almost as cenniuly unpriucipch.—
: .Icﬂ'crsou formel no uxccpusim to me
manon cusc; but was is unbouu-icd m Bus
'oLicm, and as unprmcipiccl in his psioliuad
utimcnu, as any of me most luruuzcm and
'tiuus Imuug the Greeks or Romans, in
: days of m.:ir rcpctb'jcanism. He had
. til form sithe moment, under_
, *'-—- 'oqcm -—
FBlle, MARCH , 23 .
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D
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One of the most essential dutiee of : pre.
sidentof the l'nited Statee, ie. et the com
menccment of every eenion of congreu, to
communicate to the national legieleture, the
state'os public aﬀairs, both with regard to
soreign "and domestic concerne, end to point
:out to them the course 01 Jzohcy, which it
will be expedicnt to pursue. in the peiform
ance us this duty, Mr. Jcﬂ'crsion had a fair
opportunity to display his abilities ; bec euse
he and hispartctv had tiissiupproted es almost si
cu-ry important measure, which had leenssss
adopted under the {cderai,admimstrntiuns.
The courm— which he pursued, is before the
public What great schcme of policy, which !
originally sprung from him, has been carried !
into cssect ? Where is his wonderful prOjcct
otdt-y (locks? W'hcre is his host of gutt
boats ? What has become of his system of
embargo and nun-intcxsoursc ? Each in its
turn has either been scouted t'runi cxistencc ;
or il'in any measure tried, has proved to be
the cs-zence ofweakneu und totty lctie siisii, i
!
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I
ss are the echoes of many in being months'
ss ago. Ever since the French have overtun
)
i La Mnntha they have been literally " on
i
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; be. From the tuk, they ought not to ehrink;
indeed, cause the systemot internal revenue '
to be abulishcd ; and what has been the con
sequence ? 'l'he impost having been destroy.
ed by his pitilul " rcstriczivc ]zolicy," we are
lest without national iucome, and must either
t'caort to direct tares or loam. lie and his
party, by the basest falsehoods, and clamor,
run down our little navy, and now we are tle
scnccless on the ocean, exposed to all man
ncrol'insuits, from all nations that have any
interest or disposition td abuse us. In short,
we again ask the question—what advantages
hz-s this " grectstex! of men," this " friend q/
!he lzrocthlr," produced, since his accession to
the presitl-.-ncy, which distinguishes his utl
m nisttation as a public blcszsiing! We wish
earnestly, that some detjotee to his virtttcs
and tulems, would take upon himsclsthe tusk
Osanswcring the enqutry. But, until Some
th'msi; appear; on this subject. we have no
hesitution in saying, that his lise-is marked
by as sew as the cxrcllcnccs us pahis-tisitzt.
and as m-my of the vices and d-zlin-m-tizs of
at demagogue, as that of any of his prede
ccssors in the history us nations, however
black and depraved their public lives may
have been.
( Conncctiml Mz'rror )
49 days from Cndiz. He brought no pa- -
pers ; but states verbaliy, that previous "to
his sailing it was reported that a-Fronch
army of 60,000si..was within one sshundred
mi. es of Seville: That the Stlprcmf' ]uota
were " guiding business" at chille , and
were expected, shortly, to Cadiz. He also
learnt. that 30,000 English, and as many
Portuguese, were on their march from
Portugai to Spain.
The reports circulating in the Spanish
eeaports are scarcely worthctdetaiiing. They
of those provincet. That the supreme ex
the bordera of Andaluaia ;" but'tsive believe
none of them have ever trave'ned the Sierra
Morena since Dupont. The left ving of
the French army in La Mancha had me
naced Valencia and Murcia ; but we have
no account of its having ever entered either
which thlt eficsse exlttod Pt'e- ihet time
to the hour, when with e heavy heart. he
hedeedieu to the ohdrof nen, end the in-.
ﬂuenee of point- end pleee, hiesi friende end
edniirere, one end en ere challenged to pro
duce any evidence es hie being the great
tnan, the wise lteteemen, end the exalted
patijiot, which they uoﬂen declare him to
for if Mr. Jeﬀeuon it entitled to theee che
racteristice, the proof must be within their
reach. -
ecutive power in Seville, were taking pre
cautiona in the eveat of misfortttnea, to re
pair to Cadiz, and erentually to 8. Anteri
ea, there can be no doubt.
Letten from Liabon to the 23dsilamm'y
mention the recent arrival there of ls,000
wep- {rotn England:
Captnin Hedge arrived here yesterday, in
fRO]! SPAIN.
Bosrou, Here}: 47.
Þ lan— —
; On motion of Mr. Love, hie teoolutiou
relative to a-Netionnl Back, wu taken from
' the committee of the whole and referred to
' : selectco'mmittee. , ss
' Mr. Rhea from the committee on the
Poot-Oﬄce tmd Poct Reade, reported a bit
to eltablieh post toedl. Resen'ed to unm
mittee of the whole on Monday next.
I Mr. Randolph regretted me he hetlbeen
? aboent lrom hie duty in thin home the for
f mer part of the prnent union. But in
, being necessarily dimnt from the teat of
; government, he had one conaolation that
while he could n0t partieipate in the wise
measures which might be punuediu the
national counctls, he dtd not retard (host
measures. He could not indeed perceivd
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again to return to us, it was not for him to
determine. Commerce is like large and
powerful water courses, which when once
turned, it is hard to bring them back to
their ancient channels. By non-importa
tions, non-intercourSes and emhargoee, our
commerce hadbeesinturned away from us,
and is ever it is to be brought back. he wan
satisfied it would not be by laying addi
tional dttties. He thought the great
question before the natiun now, and be
fore the house, is, wu'l you submit to an
European system ut' loana and tuation,
or will you r trench yt—ur rxpences? For
his part. he was ready to retreneh. And for
that purpose, he ,shuuld move to reduce the
army & navy. He (he!! made some sarcaetie
ohacrvzttions on the ucn and advantages of
the army and the abusea of the same, in
which he did not 'forget'the fatal swamp
near New-Orleane. He laid he did 'not
doubt but there were manssv'mher expt-ncea
which might be turdUCH], and which it
ntsight le proper to consider, but in mon
ttuutng the army and navy, he meant to
take a hull by the h-nrntt, he therefore of
fered the following resolution :
" Rrctolvcd, That the military and nava]
eatnbl-sltnt ttt of the Untted State: ought
to lie rcdmcted."
The resolution was referred to the com
mitteu of the whole to whom was referred
tht hill for laying addttional duties on im
ported goods, warm and merchandize.
On motion of Mr. Eppee the bill ma'siing
appropriattons sorsicarryirg into cssccl cer
tain Indian treatit-s, was taken up in com
mittee of the whole, Mr. [hath in the
chair. The blanlts were filled andssthe bill
r< parted to the house. The house agreed,
and the bill ordered to a third reading on
Saturday.
'The Bamtre bill was then taken up.
Mr. Bibb's motion sur amendment etill
before the house.
i ct Cmrgsh ay" the Unitelﬂbtect.
; HOUSE or nffizsannnvp.
! ctctss Tutctnmnj-Mereh' 21. si
; [Taten for the A'l-e-simdria Couth]
No arrivals this do.
cLzszo.
Schr. Frezghtrr. Levering. Cblﬂnm
--by ]amn Lawruon and othm.
it hisduty to move such a propos'tt'ton'at
this time, but for a btll on that subject
mcrce whtch we once enjoyed, was ever ?
which he understood was pending between
she houses. Whether the ﬂourishing com
tummerce might is possible r etum to its:
iormer chanm le ; and he should have tho': ss
any plan or a) etern of measures, in the ei
tuation he was in; but he supposed that
when he should arrive at the seat of go
t-sirnmt-nt he should be made acquainted
with come pian to be pursued. But until
cttestrrda} he could perceive no system of
[rt-Drrding. He now understood that "the
Ludget was opened and that a system
oftaxttion ..nd leans was resorted to. For
his part had he been present at the first of
the sessism, he should have'thought it his
duty to have brought forward a reaolu—
tion to rsi-pral tbc non-intercourse, that
ct pcoTTON.
w
ran 0] mcxaruma.
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si nTUlT-IONN- ssss
MRS. EDMONDS, respectsully inform.
\ the public, she proposeo. on Monday, the
ss second day of April, to open aSchoollor the
tuition of young India. in Prince street, thre
ss doors abate the late Col. Hoee'n end will
teach, withthe aid of proper nlilhuu. she
following branches. viz. Radius, W'ridng,
Arithmetic am. Englieh Gnmmn, "wing,
; Painting in inh and colon, on ut'm, tissu
ss ny, &c. &c. and drenclin dunbloink. Em
broidery in chenilln, gold. silver and tilk.
Mupu wrought in do. Print work loigne..
ot- land::apeo. Tnmbour. end Needle siwork, '
pl-in end fancisul. Flinge, end Nation!
all its variety. si "
By : careful, uurmimd and equal weld
tion to her school, she hopes to merit up."
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