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turn more formidable than any degree of '
etre-[th of which the eooetitution of the
letter In I! my time etuceptibic. A wri
lcr who had nudied the military eetablish
wente of modern Europe predicted " that
oned-Gum wouid be speedily endured,
- ebsioulj : nation, with the rceourcce of
Fmsic. beeek through-the sorme and tram- -
fix'd-e of the Hentittnione of the period ,
alike-of local ealicitudes by a general
wkreptq" . tum her attention exclus'n dy
{"Qssllluiwy asssiliu , and orgumze : regular
ct of universal empire. Such was the
which of {'t-once, when she had formed
in immeme military force, and the course
of assente had lodged an omnipotent autho
til] in the hande of a body of enthueiaetic
. dsshd mbitioue theoriete. whom experience
two taughtthe truth of a maxim of Livy-.
' the in war there are but three enentiel re
Freneh'po'wer, must-be bejesicd that is ie
or the work of chnnce ; buv, in a great
"gree, the run}: of n' deliber.;:e project
for rheyxbjugation of Europe, srnmed and
end made even before" the reign of the
Direﬄry. The eonclueione which an ec
tendve eobeideret'wn ofshje eubicet had led
me to ndopX, were ended-oned by the ec-.
Kno !edgaeosos all ib": accord in the ecene
. side red-lution, with whom ] had ocee
on to converse in "Parfe. They drew
fro-the biexory o! nbe commonweahbe of
Mryzwoee li'u of fraud end menace, ct or
molenee end eedueticn. by which the latter
ken enables! to be il- 1he weakneee, to
more the eupi ny, to' confound thess
'odg-enl. end to over ver the for-titude
&! unkind- Tbe nreluvee of the Auyrian
nﬂ Mncedonien. of the Greek end Roman
mue-n. were and still ere dili nel)
nenrehed. fer precedenreinth'e moi,:on
m ' Fish force. The inveterate
idiuof had he venin- nnd dictiliex,
When e market the national
Men—mss cool-demed be one
"" ' noted-so! ssuperilnentssehnros
saw . .?
. liuililﬂo ** good eoUiers, good officers, and ]
5 W'Qssmamsieprin of hu
ss mammmgx ell time" e enme:
.. Me with"! deey knowledge of the
* ' of the ye. yich : congeneoial'
"cleane-ned made, the cure prin
- nen-ure, ekﬂsully japed m cir
si till not give eke name re-si
luck were the checklee by which Prince
fill intend until the period of her revoiu
tion, na from which the woe releued by
the extreordinry went. si
* By the rerolutioo her relative eituatioo
'- eotlliy changed The deltruction of *
thou innmted by which the old govern- !
neat in common with. the rest of Europe
woe iuﬂuenced and checked, tree one of the ;
int events. While the other nate: of *
the cootiuent continued to revoive in the
chin, in which their muinu and habit:
retained (head,—Frence was loosened, at it—I
ﬂﬂ'srom the politicoi firmameot, !: pre
pared to purlue any direction, or to re
ceitﬀeruny impulse which her'ne' mien ct
night-choose to, give—Ill: the wreck mate
rioh were-found for contracting : new
It nen. reniuing the m igoratmg elcments
ofrthe old, but : sped from the models of
outiquily, and endured with : distcmpered L
good fortune." rsi
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"TJi-esiic h- any- wpyred'simisian'ss
Fold. man in! du'ninge ofihe'irct
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GIMUS !! DZSPOSH'IOJVS
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4 !RENCH GOVERNMENT, We.
** Who-ver enen'de to the progrese of the '
azuoin knowne-w,
"'zmmeAWffiu'
[courffinm]
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than the Roman for Dimmat is uni
l'mal (divin- Th' M finthe Way
'ol' the latter were tnore sormidasshlp, and -
vantluishedsiwith more d'tsieNty. In the
int stagea-of their momen, they had to
, contend against siaationt who poem-ned mi
litary and civil institutions superior to their '
own, and when they overcame only.. by l
ado'ptin; the executnpcq of; all.
latter had to rontend, at the same time, a- ss
gainst external attack, and against the-"dun- ,ss
sssi-r of internal commotion, ariting from
sthe disfution ofjacobinitm. As "todv'm
[ Europe had never hnown an universal do
ss miaion, they could not itaazine'a possibili
ty of the conception or of the-execution of
such a plan. To form, what the new atate I
of thinge required—new combinationt— ;
by which all their hereditary prejutlieeo and i
uaesul antipathies, and the whole scheme (
of northern policy, were to be at since t:
ploded, was an essort which the gignntic
strides-os their enemy have not as yet so!
ficed' to extort.' The power of the republic
was at first despised as a mere pltantesm
gan'e, and at length regarded with senti
ments of despbndency ﬂdssdismav, which
enfeebled every exertion. . Nothing; in
deed, but a total rerolsiutioa in the— internal
constitutiona of the other states could have
prepared them to meet France on equal
terms—with a military system yielding an
inexhauetible supply of men, .and a code of
principles alike destructivo to their domes
tic interests and to the general prosperity of '
Europe.
I
"she Upiud Kingdom of Gmt Britain in ac
- count wichcthe Unked Smn. '
To mount of capturcs.sincc
raising she emfurgo,
To oak-rage an I 38.600 recap
tured from the Frbnch, and
restored at 25 per cant.
' a Di
Tu asimount a! capturea ainca
raiaing the embargo; 188,420
Supra Gr
Bysia vnriery of inaulta and :
'muhipliciiy of nbuaea allow
ed by the prucnc adminie
a-raiian of iha U. Scales,
'and adjunad b'y Maaaicura
Gilca and Co. us,-no
,, Ds'act
To mount of capmrea ainca
raising the cnbargo, 209,542
Supra Cr.
By amount of ;aþturca "
renorcd, _94,500
Chargca demanddd on si
renoration, 50.- per
Cent. si 47350 _
' , * . 47,250
Baiancc due she U. S. 162,292
Tha ampira ofFranca in account with the
. Uniccd Stuca.
Supra C'r.
Byamountof their'cctp
tures renored 10,000
By amount of recnp
tures from the French
thcorcd, 28.950
The Kingdom of benmnk in account with the
Unsiiiad Smca.
Conm Balance as ndjua adsiby Moaaicun
Cilu and (in. '
By anndry advanc
mcnca made the French
camp-rot, towards his ;
ct-siobiaining sithe liberty :
of the leas, lWW
By undry French in- si
,triguca and him "inai
man", : si -
- The French Republic, " cradled in war," (
enjoyedab on'fine an irreeistable euptriosi- .
ty over the nations of the eentinent. The'l
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FRON THE DOITON GAIETTL.
POLITICAL DEWCRATIC ARITII.
METIC ,
_ o K 'r !! !
- UNlTED STATES
In account current with (it: centinent of
5 U [t' () PE.
Bulancc due Greai Bctitain 700
wiv
.....- I, 12: man
3 305000
Dr., ,
38850
39,650
9.650
at. , ;. '_ ss \.::,ss,rsict'.\"_'_._
, ct-si TheBp'anlsslhsslunta in account with the
si , '. ' -=.—.Ur.ited.3tatcs. " ' .
Dr.
;.To mount of . captured since
& raising the "taling-1,- 10,®0
: -Note, this account postpom-d, as this nat
.tion is' struggling for their sovereignty, in
which in 'invtilved their liberties, privilegt s
. and prOPCsiNÞ .
I - Fellow eitizens, lOUk at these accounts,
ss exatnsii'ne them the yourselves, shey are tok
en from the lusurunce office.-e at Philldel*
phia, and other public dncutnents. Hurts are
otubborn thir'tgn. ss Some of our little {not
rulen ere for going to tour with the British
nation; for whit? will'thc- people of these
Unind Statrs go to wet-, until they know
sm whnt ? lt alway: ditt, & always will,tulte
a repuhlicnn government at his: time to get
heated up to .u tus pitch; then they will
turn out as it were in a man ;—the husinen
will be called ltonurable ; ctwe shall then go
heart and hand. Do, my fellow cltilcnl,
look back and seriously rtﬂc-ct, not] do not
go to war until you are- fully satisfied that
the object to be obtained, is worthy of the
sutiguc. the hurdship, the tapence, and
more especially, the blood thttt must of
conne be epilhd in the ctmflict ; and pre
vent, is possible tbe- wailinga of the wi
tlowgssatndtbe cries of the rutherlen and
orphane ; come of you, my brethben, cult
Well remember the ,dgys of old, tho-ltantpt
act, thetca act, thesiB-sis on ]:ort hill, the
mandamtzt couns-llors, &c. which were
only leading strinzctsss to chington ; we then
had an object to obtain, or rather to main
tain, our chatmttr rights and pll\'ll(gua,l
whisih we were then taught to estimute (are
. above rubi:s : and after being insulted, a- l
busetlss-cpit upon, tantalich, mastacredl
and fired upon in cold blood; ,we rose inl
armour, birldcfiunte to the proud tyrant,*
challenged their Guliuh, "and obtained the
independcnce of our countrv ;-—but my f
friends, what the we going to war for now? '
No man, or body of men, of r to attack ]
our sovereignty, or evtn to thtcaten our;
ittslepcntlence. Some complain that the'
belligerent power: of Eurtzpe do not treat
our merchants undoe-lating brethren w-si-ll ;
what then? Thty are not the ones, how- ?
ever, that contpinin most; they who cum-'ss
plain most, are those uho'do not knoty one
rupe of a ship ram another .- but_..re ut-leiy
after the loavts and fishes on ehurc. Are
these to be thy_ gods 3_ 0, Atnerieuns ! I:"el
mun calculate um your expence: wm be
indented. and your income dimsinished.
Broahcr sar'men. look to them. things,
and ask your-else:- hdw pencc in lgzin to be
obtained ?- By' cresiaties, negncialium, &c. !
But, suppen : fpr {now.enz, we Ihuuld sol- !
low the wise man'osiqdche, *_* lcassv: uﬂ'sicon-w
tention before it be meddlcd Fish," and-?
" study to be quiet," beard; on our mind;}
shame of: the sovereign of our rule-so,}
lad. when the comticmional authority again 5
kc'olvn into our hands, let us elerc'llc ix.!
and'phce o'er pour in su-zh hands, as have
"been dried, npprovul, lqd still mnine-'a n'
good report ; well meam-es will man to!
nicye ;he oink'mg ere-lit and. bon-om- of our!
coumo !
Om more. brother finden, un yourzsi
eyen upon Europe, led ask youndch'
will; have the common people in that (par-si'
ter of th' glede been igluising for, dun}
many ynu la: jack To mine thy"
mid-ad addition! u'gicle maining up:
lotv soleers of '75, who remain to thin dzty, ;
rcvulve these things in your 'mindag let
them be written, as with the pen of a dia
mond, on the tablet: of your hearte, let '
them be an sl'ontless on your sort heads,
teach them diligvssntly to yssurchildrenmhsin
you sit in your hous-sse, wh.n you walk in
the highways, when you sit down and
when you rise up. , -
Is the merchanti'actntl marish-te complain
heat'ken to their rent—ming; judesic canditi
Iv of their complainrs. ]! they are Well
grounded, letthetn arm for lsssslf defence,
tmyluy out little navy in. llit'll' tis-istance,
to protect them in their lawful b.;sincss.—
These expencca will be trilling in Ctlllp'dl'si
non with a national was ; the revenue drawn
from the ﬂilﬂ'þllle of these merchants, will
amply disbune thsile exsaencce, and le-te :
eurpluo for other national dint-ges.
The reason of tltil war-whonp at (H.
time, seem: to he this :-—'she British mi
niotrr in said to have insultt—d our prelide-nt
and his lecretnry, and through them. the
people of the Unitrd Stttteo; it hurt and cry
he been made after this Mr. [ner-11; ad
vert'tdementl hue been circulates] through
the union, oﬀering teem-de for this ram!!
ing-fellow; level-al have been ltpprt'hctttletl.
examined and lequittetl, become they did
not-newer the ducriptiun of this public
ditturber of the peace ; besides, my breth
ren, where are we to get the money to Ittp
port an ermy ? By lottns, by laud tum-i....
lf by learn the interest must boy-aid -how ?
By land tun-s. _ ln cne of ; tun, )yusil
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LKSBON. December !.
We are ha py to inform the public the
the lnaa sum-med by the army Of La Mun
eha ia much lead th* " —w;tl_attid at ire:.- ..
The Spunith "till-try _ _I ter-"title in
which caused teat ul-lghtmlmong t'ne ,,
ntm . The sine in price-ere ia mors-in.
founder-able l't in what it ficult! have but .]
in any other union poauning-lrnctﬀtatrim. -
inn, for they ulmuat all return to join thssie
btnnere. 'l hia luat check man]: but do .
not eker the ultimatr result us our te:
umpha. Did not the Spaniarda, loue tli
battle of Mtdellin. and by it he Ghttle of
Ettrcmodurn. and shortly. ttst made them.
aehrea mattere again of the' name province
without any pitehcd battle?" Did they out
again become mattere of La Muucha after
hat ing loat it by the battles os Cludad Real
and Almanacidl They [eat the battle of
Utlea ; but have they toand thereh to he
masters of all the tzrritoriel from utnt-I ss
through Uclea to the Tagual Then n
lectioua naturally lead us to othera of great
importance; but reaerving lbesttsittltil we '
on the official detaila of the [an battle, w,- -
will for the preatut draw only thit- conclu
aion; that the peraeverauce and firmntsa
of goveamnenta and nationa will be more
powersul in the end, than the momentary
el'ect produced by the battle* of one day.
Pyrrhua alwaya beht the Romans in battie
and still waa at lust obliged to quit ltale,
because he could no longer fight with them.
There are aitwrtioua {and our Pe_ninsu':..
may be aaid to be at preaent one of these)
in which victory and the lose osa battie
will almost equally contriw the salt-::
tion of the country, because if the conquer
ed [out a great dal, the conqueror los-:a
not a little.
Szntu, Dcc 11.
An officer of our army who was tctþcn
prisoner in the battle otssOcana arf] mace.-ed
cd in m.:kin his recapc, he came to he.-ac]
quarters in [g.xCarol'ma, and insonm th-tl
"the French bcoidc s treasmg their pr'u-mcxs .
very had, had take-1 away from them nil the
good part osthsizir up.-arc] in or-l-ctr to make
them appear wretched on entering Mz-er,
and make the lnyal inhabitants of tho: city
believe that our army wan in want estres)
thing. He also sayn that while he was at
Out-na, where he stnid sometime in disguisc
he saw the Frmc'n employ all the labour-t:
to collcct all thvtr dead, of which he can
thz. e very large pitcs. and. heard- an nfficct'
of the artillcoy observe than their Iou on
thatdsiy had been very mnddcmbk.
Pfan proposed for the auemhzing of th:
Spanish Curtes, or Parliament of the; na
tion, Wsin sanm the Swille Gaz-zttc of
the government of the llth Dusimber,
1809- -
lst. That there be no distinction us
chtnc- in the election or connimting ut'tho
Curtt 1. but that all clauu than be repre
lentcd alike by the same anemhiy.
24. The people sh.tll'lppuint their Rprc.
lcmdw * by clrctom. ,
ssl. All citizvm who pay tun mud
endtlcd to vote for clcctonl si
4zh. Every town-ship containing {on s...
milics shall we: for one elector, had who. 1
the numhsir of familicl of ot tt-Wtuhip Ill-oil
atte-ed 750, it gltsitil apt-dint two rhetor-.
zbctorial numbfinor no'vl. "And ny ' one 1
sm. l'owmmps contamin. len than
500 familicl ohnll join when. so n'- to nuL:
mgcchcnhe number required to voce sue
one or more also.-to".
th. The provim'nl junmo 11! In (decido
th: number of cl:cmrs_ which belong to
"'"7 cuwnahip, a; eke the lowmbipc that
are to be associatcd to zmke up ,lhect num
ber requirss-d : in !?ke man: nhcy mss to
dsitcrmmc the number of kept-mouthe.
which chaﬀ own proviucsfl lecMy !"
to bzve, according to the pqsipulaci-m .ns
each, an asceruincd by thc'lm cddssif's ta
kes]. -
hh. The :lccton oscvcfrþrofiucsie shall
me:: in the phcc nuignr'dssbv the sijuon of
the provincc. and th! sstlfyss (nen. I;"
olden man shall It! at prrsifdmcss, nnd th:
youngest nmn as Iccrssixcty. sing, then
than clcct key.-renewing) ul' she rsiui Qsooc
sm- every 800 samilics in (sihF'ss pkovince.
- ach- Any on: on}: be appointed-I elec
ws 'hectlUs'hc be;—fill'd w yn- inijw e'- ss
the: he by a time: or not;
my be 'appointc-d : to;-t: : (nisi- , who: \
honour osir . , ss
icopkss' .* si , ssl' ,_ sit - . fsiss I: .
To] apeeeh of -' -' si sssi-ssasiss. , !
Alt Old Soldier qf *7 ;
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