The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-25 00:00:00, page 3

vrv*i the dcrluratlon o' rights, the provi
*»l‘»n «•<’ if coosri’.u'ion must be altogether
inoperative, .is the language of the bill til
rights is that all men Imve a natural and
unalienable light to worship Almighty Mod
according to tFu* dictates of their own cou
scirnce. It is undoubutrily a natural right,
and when it i; declare 1 toI»r an unalienable
by tile people in their original capacity,
any attempt to alienate it either hv the c n
atitutio.i 01 by law, must be vain and fruit
lets. t
ii is difficult to conceive how Ruch a pro
vision crept into the constitution, unless it'
■w*s from the difficulty the human mind feels
iu suddenly emancipating itself from fetters
by which i, lots long been enchained ; and
liow averse it ts to the feelings and manners
of the people of the present day every gen
tleman may satisfy himself by glancing at ]
the religious belief of t lie persons who fiil
the various civil offices of this state ; There i
are Presbyterians, Lutherans, Calvinists, j
Mcnonists. Baptists. Trinitarians 8c Unita
l iaus.—But as far as my observation extends,
there aie fewer proiestaats, in the strict
sense of tiie word used by tiie convention,
than of any other persuasion; for I suppose
that they meant by it the protectant religion
as established by the law of England. — ■ ■
For other persuasions we see Jwuses of
■worship in almost every part oftliestat-,
but very few for protestants ; so few, that
indeed 1 fear that the people of this state
would fur Mime time remain unrepresented
In this Mouse, if that clause of the couslitu
tion is siippos -d to he in force So far from
believing in the truth of the S9 articles. I
•will venture to assert, that a maj. ri y of the
people have never read them. If n. man
should hold religious principles imcomp.iti
ble a itli the freedom and safety of the state,
I do not hesitate to pronounce chat he should
be excluded irom t.h£ public councils of the
same; and 1 trust I know mv-eii no one
•would be more ready to aid atul assist than
ii-vs» if. But 1 sin.uhl really he at a loss to
specify and know religious principles which
are ■ hus dangerous 1 is su-ely a question
bet .\t. ii a m.*n and his maker and requires
more than hurt an attributes to pronounce
which of the numerous sects prevailing in
the world is most accept able to the deity.—
3f a man fulfils the duties of that religion,
v hich his education or bis conscien* e Ins
| ointea< tr ir mm as the true one, n•< person, I
bold in *»:.< our lam'. ot t'.herty, has a right
t > arraign him ai the oar of any mcj nisi'ion.
Am: ihc day I trust is h g past, when prin
ciples merely speculative we propagated
by !>>vcts when the sincere and pious wers
to ado vie.tin.3. and the light uiii.ded bribed
into hypocrites.
I he proud monuments of liberty knew
that the purest homage man could render
to the A'• mighty, was 1 the sacrifice of his
pa.<r,i.'.;;s and .11 the performance of his du
ties j tiiat tiie ruler ot the 11 iiv»* se would
receive with equal oenig; ity, ht various
off:rings of man’s adoration, it the. proceed
from an hu.nb.e spiut and sir.c rr mind ;
that intolerance in matters ot fai’h had
been from th-earlm ; : ges of the world the
tcverest torn eat hv which inai.k.;ml could
Le afflicted ; and that governtner. .1 were onlv
co cerned ah u; the actions a al conduct of
mail, and no ius spcculali • i ns. \Y1 „
i’tniii. ' us tec s nimsclt s;. exulted above his
fellows. :is to have a liamt to.dictate totliem
tiieir mode of beb-f? Shall this ‘rt «■ country
r.rt an example of persecution, which even
tiic return'll- * erivu of -nslaved Iiurope
would no .u! nut to? Will you bind ttie
conscience-in cln. ».s, and asten conviction
on tue minds in spite ot the conclusions of
xo isn.i and of those ties and liabi-udes which
are h ended widi every pulsation of the
heart? Are you prepared i<> plunge at once
from the sublime heights of moral legisla
t; into the dark ancl gloomy caverns of
supers tit ions ignorance? Will you drive
from your shores and from the "shelter of
your constitutions, ail who do not lav their
cbiathms on the same altar, observe the
sa .e ritual, and subscribe to the same dog.
lii.us? It so, which among the various sects
into which wc arc divided, shall he the fa
vi red one? 1 should insult u-c understand
J o 1,1 t, :s House to suppose it possible time
they couldassenttosur.il absui dities. For
*•'* MilU |ic; >txtiunii m mi 1,3 sn-Jnes
; • .1 nn-difications is contrary to the genius
o: mr government and the spirit of outdaws ;
Mid that it never nan produce any other ef
fect, than to rende r men hvp’Cries *r mar
tyrs. W hen Charles the 5th, F.niperof of
0. many, deed of the cares of government
k 2’ciig “d his Cricii to his son, lie. retired to
a Mui . -t • . \ ir re he amused the t - «.In»
ol iiis lue m regulating the movements ot
svaic’... *.. endeavoring tn make a number
ke*'> cue same time, but not being aide in
make any two exactly alike, it hoi him to
i fleet on Me foil) and crimes he had com
muted, in altt .noting the impossibility of
Js.vilxi .g men think ••'.ike!!
'• ml•' ig is more e . iy demon*f.r.Vctl than
t tat t. net , i ^ is the nubjt ;t of hil
T’eMi laws, . ,d that man ought to sui/’er e>
v (-pinlifi-ui. ion for what he d s, and not
fen a. i; '! isiuif. .1 re< ivk
J-. ■"* < a.) 1 mm loin of wisose ti vine es ■■■ ce
it is itporfiwi ; I lone ta punish the
1 the '1 ; h i* who else (•••ii k..ov* its niore
m .» >i vsl' fiaM '.’m. iv , 11 > r* I he e
1. i. l prefob inculr t*es v duty wh,. h
lean owt t 'ti* M|»W men enjoin* up
O'. .e o/arie* 'He pr.tet.r.v r very •• ; uc.
, ®"u the deles; . don ‘of t very v ; it feaciH s
t' It (O hop. I, » ■ .'or of [j IV; >1 X*
uc ’' ill pit.p.'i ki H •(,. , live- r» d reC
ti d ii) i>s honoraliic nr i beo.iir'.iit row
i-l ip's, then, gf . ; < * iy r.r. ed ;
i . > mipiess. d up* oii.irii mind, i< h«o>
hi i >i t "■ dirt-cor of ir. v n •, the r onitor
* f ’’ >. •• •*. wilt i u*.c be t!.c con
f. at nil. • i m a I ! ige
.vi cy r.v, An- . p. I am su-e that
you cn n.it *,c ai.v thing in *!.»*♦ oligion
todoii'".. <>!’iii "hi in * j 11 - «*, So
•''' ;• vt mi my life and conduct, the
< y .1" uni ion ut >!)»•<•< ? *ubinit with chter
fti. i.*s ■ your cuiifih .«.; liberal construe*
tin. \\ ii on, In ’i;< ' ,ifcr, {,j |;i n who
rov e tie obj'-i'.ii.n against me, ir whethur
*,c s •* »v religion or mi-, 1 nil unable to
soy ( l have nevcf c ovdercl it toy dntv
te pi v hi mi the ,»* iiet* of other members of rhis
if ’he'ii aviions ire Upright and their
v;o. ' net just, tin .( ■ is for their own r< n
i.ide iimn, not f. r | do not seek I'*
If! .*." '.onve 'S - , irjy ' • h -< vef it may
he fir ii, dii do v i sal m v (.flicions ftieti'i,
n<»r 'la f exp •! niy n. ;i from iny esteem
°r f' i'*nd*‘ ;» bemuse hr and ! d.Ji' i in that
1 ( • x. f io'! S iinr , , v,| v (i,*•»»!fure, it is
o'*, tuireas 11.i•»{»-• ■ i > ■;p • will be rxi ud
ed («> nr *elf, be in in all things tb d i
Ifie to:lie sunt* and •> ».i*'» du irs ot ci*.
lib-, S hound by tic same obf g itioi s
witii iiiyf'Ha v ci ]■/ •. : nor dri any niaii
'h i c i >• more t'»*j; , tIi,mi itits lf, »•<
'* •r;-i •• ivh.;./•*• •.• • w. dd that me
‘h'ju'd do Unto v ,j.. ye nn „ „ciu,
or sue»» iswieiav/ jms the I'l^mc.*,”
RICHMOND, JANUARY 25. 1810.
TOR TUX ENQUIRER.
T»’e •• J\>i-itrari'>Ti Hill" of Mr. Macon
Di'fsnus itseif under tw« d (T rent lights_
1 as a meansof repealing the inefficient re
•strird 'ijs f one Non Intercourse Ilill, and
of placing our future commercial relations
on tenable and advantageous grounds 2
as a menus of coercing our enemies into a
respect for onr rights. There are some who
advocate it on the first ground, who reject i*
on the last——others again support it on
both grounds. Let us touch briefly both
these points:
So far as the bill repeals the present ttotni
nal restrictions of our non intercourse law, we
readily arqniesce in its provisions. We np
prove of the dissolution of a system, which
operates as n species of nax'igatioti law in
favor of British Tonnage—f r it seems to be
universally admitted, that our pr«>d<ictions
are at present merely transported in our
own x<ettelt to some circuitous port, as for
instan'e Amelia Isle, and thence mostly
transported in British bottoms to the ports of
Great Britain—so that we. mostly employ
our own tonnage, in carrying our produce to
Amelin Island, and smuggling back British
manufactures ; while the British ship own
ers receive most of the profit of transporting
our hnikv produce to tl.. ir own ports, and
their manufactures to the entrepot.—Away
then with such a system !
So far as this Bill excludes the armed vet
relit f th'* belligerents, we again readily ac
quiesce. This is a part of its provisions which
f dls within our powers of J^xecuti.in—we
may be incompetent to shut out their maun
; fact tires, but who will deny, tha» we have a
j power toexcb.de their armed ships ?
j 1 he only doubt is as to the p Iiev of ex
! eluding ilteir private ships There is a class
[of reasqners, who think hat the present hill
;ought merely to have knocked r-ft’the shuc
| kies of the non intercourse—that it is un
['vise at this time to have preserved any of
.out- commerctal restrictions—that the bill
! ought not only to have revived the power of
exportation or importation, in our own x>et
re It, but in the vessels of the • belligerents—
For what say t ticy *
, *• It you exclude the ships rf Hntain, may
you not export h cnuutf i vailing system on
her part? Smuld y it'drive her'From vonr
p *11-j, will she ii«*t drive your vm el- from
, net’s? A* d even though site mav not posi
Itively prohibit ih»*m. v. ill she not be spirited
up Ht least to lay *uch discriminating duties
, on your produce i:i your own vessels, ns to
shut them «.ut from her ports, nr at least
subject them to very heavy tributes for her
own benefit? llather than encounter surh a
state as ibis, would it net be betiet to raise
the discriminating duties in your own port* on
her manufactures, in such a bright, if ynur
.duties have not already reached that height,
as to give your ve»«e'» the command of
the tran-port of these manufactures?
Should'(-Treat Britain, “continue these rea
s'ri'*ifly to this countervailing system,
wii; she not have every advantage over vou ?
w il you not lie reduced to the same situa
tirn, in which you are now place.i by the
Non-Intercourse law; that is, as British
vessels cannot come into your ports, nor
yuur’s go to ber’s, will they not establish
some intermediate rntrcfiotr, wimre the ves
sels of each nation will respectively meet to
exchange their cargoes-——your’s todeliver
American produce, and her’s British manu
factures-and in this sort of game, will
she not have every advantage ?-ns there
a>e no free ports in her neighborhood for
y<-ur vessels logo to,she will seek.them near
.you-at Halifax, Amelia Island or some
othei-to these your vessels will respec
I lively resort-but ps one of their cargoes
is worth many of our’s, their value being e
much greater in fircfiorlion to their bulk—
wi... follows? why, her tonnage will reap the
profit ot transporting your bulky produce to
her markets, and yonr’s the comparatively
, humble profit of transporting her manufac
tsirrs to your own from the entrepots, es
• tarnished between yon.—And it (»reat nri
i tam should have occasion tor r.ornc of your
own tono-ge, how easily could she obtain
it bv granting Licenses-how easily in this
way could site levy contr fciuom and u i
jbute on your own com mere?-an ei g;ne
i which you would neither have the inclirta
j ti.in noi ti.c power to employ——under such
'igh'S, instead nf being called an “ American
| Navig uien Hill,” it desei vts to be stvletl h
! " Bounty Pill for the benefit of British
Ton Huge.”
in iii.*wcr to these arguments, it has been
sold, thiil scrh views had been anticipated
by i he franw *> of tiie hill — that they had
provided against one of the greatest oWjec
tier. , which has been urged—that Cireat
Britain will never think of re (.ting to a
coun.ervu:ii"g system, because i. isprovi
td by the 5th section «f the bill, that after
i the loth ol April, no allied s are to be
j bioughf into th'* U S but immediately from
! , I tcc • where they ar; produced—'hat of
c u. se ill" system of inter.iieti'ace entrepots
i .o longer c x;.;t —Kri»i h mamifacimes
•*ih no lougerbcse a to • iicse ports, as unci? r
ti;• bill, they cannot be introduced into the
U. 8 — & (». d seeing that liei goods ran in
j no other way fi id a vent into die IJ State.s,
wdi ha under the necessity of keeping her
P'lris open for .1tnerican vessels
In teply to these p- ■ .lions, it may be said,
that vrn if there be no tisk of a p-ecise
r.o hi uvaiiiugsystem, on tlie p.nt of (ireat
Britain, tin * bill dues not guard against
much higher discriminating duties in Bri
lisii ports, and a consequent imposition of
buruer.s cu An.erican Merchants and Ainc
rir.an 8l.ip o /»ic?*•- -bu' that there are no
soikI rea- ms r« ihinl: these post lions correct
—Mint the llntish Ministry will probably
resort to at untcrv ailing system—they will
Consent to A certain reductr n of the quail
my » f tlieir manufacviirei consumed in the
U .i>cd 8 < .. and trust for theii reward to
<ri encouraged prostitution of the American
flag, to .n increase of the profit s of their
own tonnage, to the evasion of the jihh -ct
of our law, through the use of eu> refioln—
they wili call to mind t.ie niunher ol fictitious
clearance’*, ol col in sinus and elusion4, which
heir men . a.ts have so <fttn practise don
•‘oer.ontin ot of Lnropc—and at nil events,
! d '.he pro ; s of their *ra i<; should be ulti
I mu cly reduced by their own countervailing
I plans, lit y wiii think t!i rfiselves cnnipeti
I are l by the use of it as i coercive system
’ upon the A nci'ir in government, as a mentis
of exciti.-g d’sroii.enL arnoii’c our o -»n cin
| seen:*. and .f producing the abrogation of a
i me isurr, . hi . h excludes heir vessels fi n
-.nr ports.
■ Si i ..to the I’ v i si nos of ibis famous
l bill, iep<>iit.l <>y .’.ir, ».1 ..Cj.i——8ui.a the
principal Arguments far r.nf against it.—
It is not iov intention to hold the scales of
Policy, and decide on their comparative
weight.——But this much will I say, that if
>hi» navigation bill shall happen to pass with
ant some efficient provision for the defence
if our rights, or previous to the passage of
some other bill for the same purpos , 1 shall
tremble for the rights of niy country and the
honor of it» Hefireaentatrves—for I fear lest
this mil should lie the only measure adopt
eel—— lest this bill, which now a&snmes the
character of a repealing <n«l« commercial
one, should begin to be regarded sts the sol**
measure of resistance anil coercion-and
lest many an honest Representative, who
I would not conscientious^ connive at thedis
grace of his country, would think he had
now done enough to prevent disg-ice, qui
rt Ins conscience by he sophism, and fold
up hi* arms in inglorious apithy. Such are
my fears- ■ , may the result give the lie to
mv forebodings !-And this observation
brings us to i he 2d aspect, under which this
bill presents itself:
There are some already, who. regard it
as a measure of coercion who are of opini
on, that the non interct'Ure should be res
cir.cled. and no other auhs'uu e adopted but
this! .To such a class of politicians, wlmt
shall he said ? If tliev have no heart to feel
tor tlie wrongs of their country, in what wav
can we inspire one? If they ate so blind as
to mistake this for an efficient resistance,
what art “can purge their visual orb?” -
Some men choose to place their, leli
ance upon the operations ef this Biil on
lit** jYaviga';ng IrU treat of England
What infatuation possesses them ? N >t to
say, thathlnglaud.by coun’ervailing this mea
sure, or hy discrimina’ing duties, may partly
turn it against ourselves, that she has thus
considerable means of redress and coercion
in her own hands ; what says the experience
of yesterday? Surely if we have been una
ble to destroy her manufacturing interest by
the shutting up two thirds of her markets,
we cannot suppose the exclusion of Fifty
Thousand Tons of her shipping can do every
tiling-No, let us resort to some efficient
substitute-let us arm. let iis convoy, let
os issue letters of marque and teprisal
let us vindicate our rights, and throw bark
“ tlie poisoned chalice” upon the lips of our
enemies.-Let us do something, worthy
of men ami worthy of Americans!
NO TRIMMER.
“ secrets worth knowing.”
.1 unos Elliott, who is now conducting a arvt of
i 'Jon tescipt paper in Philad lj hia—who, at a
politician, has trimmed every point in the political
compas from a red hot democrat to the mod
obsequious slave of Britain—“ everv thing by
Urn*, snd nothing long”—and who, as an Editor,
•s playing to the life “the motley fool,” seen by
Jtqncs, in the forest—whose paper is truly a
’ h'crapiana <>f the must Iwld and disjointed atoll'—
” b»uf- a t>i( of itlork stone, and there a bit of
white”—here news from Nineveh—and there
from the Moon—Imre a setup of Latin—and there
of biography—now it pirn, then » strain of poet
ry, now a lash of the bifterest ratire, an.I then
one of the profounriest apothegms •. morality—
various as S Salmagundi, without any of its xeut
—volatile as nn Ariel, without any-ofits spirit—
now at Philadelphia, retailing fashions for the
! f«>r, or follies for the grate — and then at Wash
ington, hovto-ing r< und the Hulls of Congress,
•like Darwin’s liwuhus, and drinking up every
thing with “greedy and leathern ears,” now pry
ling into Inns and Boarding-houses, like Pindar’s
I magpie,
-" a chattering Bird we of m meet,
A bird I t curiosity well known”—
1 picking up light scraps about the members, the
, heads of departments, “ noting ever y passing t -
vent,” and retaii’ng it in his licentious Jouruid—
Ibis motley man of shreds -md |>«trbes, we sav,
who has hid Cue honour of disg acmg Co.lgress by
a seat atmntg them. after many iiiuendoes arid
idle insinuations, repeated f rom time to time, a
!>onl caucussKS and state secrets, that he knew
\ something of great importance to the state, that
| it was in his power vo disclose the F.encli luttu
ence in our councils, to lift the curtain from the
cabinet, and show them for what they are, but
that hit scruples and his duties f.rbarl him—this
veiy conscientious gentleman, who lias neither
“ firmiit ss enough to avoid a dishonors!)!? action,
nor teeling eni ugh to h* ashamed of it”—has at
I last met widi some hoary monk, perhaps Mr
j Picket ing, or s.-,me su’.-'le confess >r, like Mr.
t Huii, to st.il tfie- nvn-tiuirs of his wayward con
science, and reconcile him to “ every possible
consequence.”—This g'-niletnm com:* out ki
length with the following Portentous lidinji-*—
, Hear it, ye winds ! and 1, t the nations utmuic !
! —Let the fedtr.tl prints, who know him as well
; hst we do, and who once marked him as the o! ject
of the r scorn, now seize the glad trump, and
sound the tidings to the skies ! — For here cornea
the spy uf the people, the ccntined of their rights,
the destroyer of the fame of Thomas yejfemon !
“ Pompey was killed by a slave, Goltuh smitten
j by a stripling. Pyrrhus died hy the hand of a vro
m-n : tremble, tbou great” Virginian, a spy is
' coming out against thee, and “ thou sbalt hs no
more” Titus apeak, the growlings—of the distant
thunder:
“ A New History'
It 13 intended, (many tilings easier t.nu than
done) " slmui-l Divine Providence permit,” (ami
• he infernal fiend inspire,) “ to publish in llie
Fri-.eman's J jbrval," (no longer to hide /tit
moon under a hu. he/,) " at the close of the pre
1 sent 'essionof Cni'grc-is, and not before,”(” break
■ out fair moon,” no longer beep this world in
i da, buetes,) “ lor want of tune” (to codec t and fa
j lirieatc iliStcrixIs,) “and otL'r good reason*'"
(ooiili may hereafter, if nea t: try, put a conic
| nient step to the publication,) ” an extended ne«
• rit-s of Fetters, addvrssJbl to the People of the
: Uni.cd States/’ (like those on the promie'y ot
removing the neat of government from YVssnmg
i ton, and otli-r e<na>s, announced in the Pros
1 tus to the above named Frcrmas’s J iuk
* ai,, and not iit published) " in which w.ll be
traced the origin ..ml character of French /nflu
inee upon i!ie affairs of the United States during
line Administration of Thomas Jefferson.” (In
[ v.nri hatti Cullen written the Fife of Thomas j I
| fersow, in v ain lure the fed* ral prints re echoed
j the cirarg-'-s of French in fluence— for rl! their past
| 11hours a..* to be superseded—and the clu- vhich
j iimy have been »o long searching lor in vain, is
. at length found.)
** The work will Involve such statements of
Facts” (or Paheh'iod*,) ” and *i > art nl Do
cutm on" (which liave evaded even the gr.iip of
the Boston hetrayrf) “ and JMbates, hitherto
concealed from the ptlb’ic,” (notwithal ..iding
the numerous akelrhcs of closid door dt-baies,
already published,) botJi in ih*; Executive,”
(Debate* in the b '.entire dcpirtment !) “and
j faegisijtive ltep.irt n ms of the government”
; i we should like to c tho-;« in the Judiciary
j no !) ” a j in ,y he publldn >1 without a violation
j uf I!..* ronititutfonal privileges of those depart
i mew a.” (** Each Hovte, s.ys the tonsilt.-ium
f toe U iitd States, shall k p a j nnn.il ..f it*
proceedings, and from tune to time publish the
same, <weptiiig Mieh p.uis in..y in their
judgment rtquiie secrecy”—wneu did Mr K
. nun >ii». j. -|.i : ! Alla', *.•> bef on his slioul
.ut of the who!- Honso of .lepre
-t t'.iv: ( tt. • entire prudence of the E ie
.'•• ;', i (J *• Wiint those ‘ cuindilntion.ii piivile
... ■' <• the \« r-ter, must ol course dtre.oie fnt
’iinsrd., u« ii-». first instance* (and James El
•-->*. Vj he t!ie jute, Find help us ') “ md Uie
* - • Vi * * *
U'>Yernr~<'nt vfill have a right to metre it J* rcn
titmion-tl* decision upon the subject s1\er
wards,” (that is, expel a fellow, who is no lon
ger » member )
“ The writer is a were of the immense respon
sibility, which is attached to h tft'k of this dm
rripti »n.” (So great, that if Mr. E. had any po
Iittcal reputation to b>»e, we should pity him, for
the pledge which i.e lias given; but so slippery
with gen 'eir.en of his description, as to he easily
I ev.idod f r “ good reasons.”) “ JJnt having
i calmly i llrctcd upon it, fir a year or two,” (**,,,
jtl tf length time, as well as in a multitu nf
i C'jnnc;t'tort, they say, (here is much wisdom.)
“nod Having his comssi a ioc," *fr«t
is, sophisticate* it, like a criminal, by dint of
i persuasion,) “he b:s,of course mtde up A>'»
mivd. as to the proper com sc to he pursued’*
tpir.p-r, ih.it is, p« cniiur. fining to the etui.)—
' ** mul wi'l puv4im il, »•< godless of ererr possible
' coi’scqutncc ” (» von, d;sh-jn'>nr /) " On,- coun
try nm,t be saved f-om subjection to tiie inHu •
em.i- or a Foreign povri r.” (~hngluh, >s well as
French, we sup|»ose, sir ! ’I rein hie then, your
!>;■• s.nl patrons ! tremble, ye minions of" Mr.
I'ick nog!) *• And lie cannot be a :*eal pat
riot who is It <am')itUiUS ut' Sm r-lJr.ro rioN
in ti<- great nini gl ••’i*nis cause of its s dvataiu !”
(Genius 'f my Country, wiiat nil instiumrnt
have you selected t >r our Sivioor, if James El
bolt b- the rn ii ! What intteriaU to form an A
nr ricMii D im !)
“ One or two letters will appear in each week,
&• tuevv It de time ol publication will piobablynot
fall much shot t of a year” No more news then
from Ndieveh ! no more scraps from antiquity !
no more s. rains of pnetiy ! no more pu •,—for
nearly a wiiole year t-g-iher ! Hut in ,,Lce 01
these, v hat Hoods of Jig!;* will prior on the pub
He mind ! what Harp r m Clue* ! whit tub
and gun powder plois and piois of all de
scriptions !
Blue Spir t* and green.
Yellow Spirits and grey,
Mingle, mingle, mingle,
Mingle as ye may
What ecstatic dreams of bliss break on the wil
der ng imngin itions of the Fcde’.dists !
V-s'u-na of Glory ! sp.tre their aching eyes.”
FEDERAL GROUND!!
If is impoulde to trace all the absurdities,
tricks ami misrepresentations of ail the Fe
decal prints in the U. S.-they ate as
numerous as the “Stars in the Heavens nr
the Grains of Sand on (he Sea Shore”—But
it is meet, now and then, to take a glance
at our adversaries, shew thr aim «>f their
I exertions, & hold them up to public indigna
tion.
I lie following Essay is from the ** Federal
Republic in,” of Baltimore—one of the
best trained, and most full blooded prints of
:the Federal class. Kx fiede Herculctn !—
judge him by this namp.e ! see the lengths I
r.t degradation, to which he would push us
Yet this man is an American by blood—tho’
in spirit, a Briton.
lie is for sending an Envoy Extraordinary
to G. Britain!-10 apologise for the dis
mission of Jackson ? to beg pardon for our
teeling as Americans? to plead tor the re
mission of our sins? to promise to sin no
more? to relinquish our claim to the sea
men, snatched from the Chesapeake? to
submit to the Orders in Council? to acq ii
escein the three conditions ? or to " so.ieit”
the h onor ofano 'ier Mmistet Plenipotenua
ary amongst us? In the name cf wonder,
what benefits are we to attain, uy a mi -
sure of such seeming fear and positive de
gradation ?
In what vay the British Cabinet will take
ottr dismission of their Envoy, it is imposai
hie to say-it may hang on contingencies
•if a new and in >re respectable set of mi
nisters should come into power. J.trkson will
be dia..vowed and recalled——but it Canning
and liie. M* quis Wellesley should go in to
aid and fortify the present ministers, it is
likely that they will support him -In this
case, our government wid recall Mr. Pink
ney-let Great Britain brave the cotise
i quences.
i But let the Federalist apeak !-he needs
j no Critic to point out his faults or lus false
I hoods!--he speaks sufficiently for as well
las against himself :
AN ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY.
We believe :t would give satisfaction to a great
majority of tha nation, were the Executive to have
recourse to the measure of sending an Envoy Ex
traordinary to Gie"t Britain. By this means dis
pit tea of a more serious character, than any which
no v exist in our fo: eign relations, :iave hcen »a
tlslMctorily composed. H it should he sngg- sied,
that it would be a humiliation to solicit redress,
after nil th it is past, many nnswers occur. It
whs hitherto thought no humiliation, wr.en more
honorsble and high minded men lvgulalsd our af
fairs. Besides, it there were any real degradation
in it, it would net be So deep as what hits already
been submitted to, and even coui ted from France.
We are not for war, it is evident ; but the admin
ist.alien have Wantonly and studiously perhaps
adopted such a course of conduct as may bring it
upon us, whether we will or will not A special
mission would be the best method of obviating
the danger. It would give time for tne evapora
tion of the feeling*,-u huh must 1/e produced in
England fty the dismission of her minister, the
labored ami sophistical imputation of a gross
bieech of faith in the message of the President,
and tne defiance held out in Oiks’ resolutions to
a conflict. For Die speculation which is made
upon the reluctance of the British ministry to en
gage in a war, must, in order to be correct, take
into view the influence of the nation, when their
passions are set so violently into motion us to si
K nec the calculation of mere int- rest. We think
• In* trails actions of our government, to wtucii we
allude, of that nature, which will operate through
the medium of the British people actively upon
their government. The present ministry are
c-'tfi'i.ed not to be popular or powerful. They
have not strength peril ips to resist a general sen
timent of indignation, should it impel towards re
sentment against us. Whatever might be the
conclusions of statesmen, that it were wiser to
bear sod forbear, they may be found a necessary
sacrifice to a ijontronliug popular feeling. A mo
sion from this country might allay •licit a spirit,
ii it exists—At any rata it would furnish tti .se
who are pacifically disposed, an useful instrument
to soothe and moderate it.
As almost ill impartial and reacting men a
morig us are of opinion, that no •.niiiciciit ground
i existed for the dismissal of the minister, wc tired
I not doubt, that lie will he supported by his em
! ploytrs, and that they will adopt « one menus ot
I expressing their approbation of him add their re
! sentment at the tu.uim.nl to which lie has In ex
I suhjcctcd. This will most probably be done b,
j oisinisaing Mr. Pintmey, by wliicn we flliad be
come dipiofiiati'udiy insulated — A mission ol tins
| sort wouldthtrcfov'.: be well timed as it would,
restore the communication, lint we confess,
| that ii is principally a* it would probably check
I the tendency to hostilities, that we wimi to im
1 inch an embassy expedited That it has nut be
j lore now b.ci, pjt m practice is a nit lain holy t»
nitii ot a determined iniention not to take tin
I most obvious and eflecitial precautions against >• I
war, lor which we do not sec the slightest pie- j
para;ion. We should not anticipate,* that i |
would term.u ite in an accommodation, for wc b< I
heve, that none wdl be itdiuilted so long ns ilu I
Flinch goV 'niKK ot adheres to ils principle!
«s announced in the last Ittier to Armstrong
it toe French faction cannot tig ge us in ,
war sgaj.st Ei.g! ,ml, they will at least, while ]
• V
tr>cyrM.i”i tV ir present jAfemitncy, tap*
cial care I ..at she shall nut b»* pUreii m the udv.iit.
lageous light, whicii would ensue Crum mu -c*
comraoriinion, whilst ln-r rival remained retYrtcu
tu'y. They will sacriti o nuidi inure of tilts
wealth, the honor, ttin spirit ft 'he vital strength
of this nation, itei<>re they will consent to make
shipwreck of their party, by placing live county
— the unrelenting*, snereused and destructive en
mity ol France, in a striking comi 'st with hur
; mony ivstort'd with Enginiid. A* h proof or
|^"V th-*y, who have t*>>"ken so loudly uhout
liglitinjf England wi'li he *:iousa<ul ships, will
never t»e the-id prov, k rg the anger of France by
even seeding an escorting ohtp to sea witli our
nvrclianlmen.
Wc think mii Envoy would be wcl! received in
Englajid, and his pre-ence there would save *p.
pearauc-s, he would not as inurht be supposed,
be called upo-i f»r his ultim ituni, till lie wu
re dv to hand it in ; particularly if no more con
isideruiile preparations were made fir hostilities
up >n lius continent, than have taken place in
the two Ia**t years, and that have been pointed
"Ut hy ine l.»ie energetic infss'-.jfe. If he were
to make s« irewiy, there need he no greater *ciu
ple to rejecting it. than there was in setting
side that ul Rle.-ssrs Aioi.roe and Pinkney ——
1 ime would no gained i.t miy rate, and lot tune
i;s.i;iit interp ise to rsrse up s. rn • event io fuvor
of Ad'iitr.isu *tion, by which ••. cy inigh: extricate
• licm rives 1/oia their pivirnt dilemma, or at
i"n.st give a new turn to ; (Kars
37” Wc hud no Washington ft a fieri* hy
yesierda;. mo. ning’s mail—nor any further
item* of the Proceedings of the H. ot R.
except in the Alexandria G z ite of the
22d.—This paper informs, that on Friday,
Mr. lihea's motion to strike out the hist
section of theNavigation Bill, sons to make
it a fiermanent taro, was lost, A. 26. N.
102—and that Mr. Macon's amendment go
ing to limit the Act to the firesent session of
Congress, was nl»o lost, A. 54, N. 57_
i hat on Saturday, Mr. Livermore moved
I to amend it by adding a new section sus
Ipending the operation of the 3d, 4th, 5th,
6th. 7th, aud 8th sections untill day
’ot next, which motion was lost,
24 only rising in the affirmative—that Mr.
Mumford (of the city of N. Y.) declared
himself ngainst the bill, but moved, that it'
it pass, two new sections shou il be adutd
to it, ** to arm commerce ngreeeably to Mr.
Burwell’s resolutions” respecting convoys
and armed associations of merchantmen-_
that Mr. Montgomery also submitted an a
mendment, authorising the President to in
struct the commanders of our armed ships,
to bring in for adjudication any vessels at
tempting to evade the provisions of the law
—which amendments altering the provisions
and principles of the bill, Mr. Miluor moved
to refer them to a select committee. This
motion was lost, A. 59, N. 60, and ths
House adjourned.
THE NEWS,
That Great Britain ha- g lined possessi
on of the Isles of Ithaca, Cephalonia, Z«nte
and Cerign—Mid means to restore the Ioni
an tiefivblic under the auspices of the Bri
tish Monarch :
'1 h 11 yjtnrlia Iile, a Spanish Island on the
coasts c»t Ea t Florida, a bom seven leagues
N. of St. Augustine, 13 miles long and 2
broad, lias miraculously become the center
of m st of the trade between Great Britain
and the United States—that so astonishing*
is its increase of business, that on the 11th
instant, 150 Sail of vessels were lying before
it, anti the cotton along the beach for a mile
and a half was piled up Jive tier high:
1 hat the iifianinh Junui, who perhaps
have ito longer *• a local habitation” in Spain,
have declared war against the U. States for
rejt cting their Minister :
And itat the Sons of American sires are
at this moment debating in Washington,
whether they will disgrace the memory of
those sires, by relinquishing the rights which
they purchased bv their blood :
It these things are aot news, what in the
namtt of wonder ! is t
COMMUNICATION-.
Ever since the constitution and government of
[this country were adopted, Federal* and Federal
ism. have b.-eu the Targets upon which John
Bull has played !ii» policy.' “ I deap.dr,” says
he, “ of subjugating America by for. e ot arms,
hut I will hereafter try what mischief emissaries
and g«ld will do. I will send um.mg tliein ■ er
tsin of my native-born subjects, who, st’tcr a
short residence there, shall assume the name of
x federalist. I will instruct all those tor its unci
refusers, that wete expelled from that country
with my armaments, to slink hack, if they can,
and call themselves federalists. I will keep hi em
ploy as many men as I tan get, to print newspapers
in America, and advocate iny cause against any
mea-sures of .lie American govern punt. My
emissaries shall have full power to convert as ma
ny influential federalists as they can. Thus, in
a few years, I shall have advocates enough a
mong my enemies, to act in '•on.;' rt wi h an in
vading torce, and teach these Rebels, sub
mission.”
A correspondent of the Federal Rrfiubli
\can, from Georgetown, says that “ Bur well
i is a man of sense f* agreed—and that ” if
; he should be in the secrets of the ad minis
j tration, we nav possibly j ulge from his pro
positions, what are to be future proceed
, iegs ot the House ——What wiseacres
j these fellows arc > What exquisite logicians 1
;as it Mr. Burwell might not be in the secrets
ot the Cabinet, and yet his p; pos^i ns not
their own. This wiscac.ic might have said,
that Mr. B was not only a m in of Mease,
but of independence—vjIiu fAlaws in the
wa!:c of no man.
Tj* Yesterday there was a second conference
between r.ommiuee* of both hous»s, on the Court
of Appeals Bill Os i»s termination, flic com—
mitlcc of die II. of 1). recommended to their bo
dy to come up to ft 2230-which w .s disa
greed toby the house, who finally adhered to
dieii disagreement t > fln» serate’s amendment.—*
VV> have not he-rJ the report of the committee
oftiie Senate.
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IOST—Oil Friday the 12»h of ibis month, be
-t tween the City and R re Ground, g »ngth.i
j no .r w iv, a large Si .tch Pebble final mounted
• Ith gold, aiui with J T cut in a cypher on the
a*!*. A gold ring was studied to the loop of
’be S< al, by which it was su p-oided. A liberal
re vwrd will lie given lor its rtcoviry. Apply to
he Printer,
January 25
t “ 1 ,,,,l '•
LIAS V LACIIAIZK, TAYLOR,—R-,4
p ctftilly inlurms the Ladies and Gently
nun of Richmond and its virmitv, that In- b
•omfnenced biisirtcns in the hcus> next to ' l*
i'lcilson’s store, main >- reef, wli re he hop ‘r*r*
ssivlmty and r.ticntion to all command* !*,h/
it a share cf public patronage. to m';
4» AH oirters executed alter tin *
.icalvSt Iaslliont. '^'Vcst an /
J nuaiy Id
N. 11. riu'veor fair good W«* i
lo whom lhafcighe.-t wag-a w'u * w*>iicd,
ply *s above. *‘J si v«u,