Kentucky gazette and general advertiser — Lexington [Ky.], 1808-10-06 00:00:00, page 2

S' ROM THE ’TESTERS WORLD
The Kentucky Spanish Association
Blount's Conspiracy aiid General
Miranda's Expedition
No XII
continued
On the foregoing letter of Doftor
Brooks 'Ve lhall give feveral explanati
ons in our next number We fhall
conclude the pretent with the following
remarkable paragraphs from a publica
tion entitled “ Political commercial
an l moral refleftions on the late ceffion
of Louiltana to the United States by
Allan B M’Gruder Efq late of Lex
ington and at prefent attorney on the
part of the United States for adjuring
the claims of grants in Lower Louifiana
"When it is known that Allan B
M’Gruder had poiTr lTed himfelf of almold
every document which could throw
light upon the hiftory of Kentucky will
any one fuppofe that he would have
ncnned the fentiments and opinions
wlncn lvecxpreffes without the mod
fubdantial evidence ? Mr M’Gruder
was all'o no federalilf but one of the
firmed and mold independent republicans
who ever fet his foot in Kentucky
“ To whatever inconiprehenfible fpi
rit of delirium and delufion the circum
dances may have attributed its origin
vet it is a faff that about the year 1739
or 1790 a p'an was in agitation to L
parate the Hate of K-ntucly from the
union ant! attach it to the Spanifh go
vernment of Louifiana A memorial
was drawn up addrelTed to the execu
tive authority of tlie colony expreffing
the advantages of a union which was re
ciprocated in the fame terms on the
dart of the Spanilh governor 1 his
chimerical plan pr iceeded fo far in its rf
fefts upon The public mind that a pro
pofitidn to form the date into an inde
pendent government was Introduced
into a convention held about that time
to form ai titles of fepnration from the
date of Virginia It mud be recolleft
ed that no real caufe of fuffleient valid
's ity cxidedat that period to recommend
themeafure The government of the
United States would neither have liden
ed to a propofal of the kind or did pof
fels the power to grant the objeft of it
Every cbftacle and evely poffihle dan
ger prefented themlelves to admonifh
the public mind from the execution of a
fcheme fo pregnant with misfortune
Seceding from its natural ally and in
coiporating itfelf into a government
neither refetnhlant in principle and too
weak to proteft itfelf whofe fubjefts
were the (laves of civil and religious
defpotifnl the country could have ex
pected no better fortune than the com
mon refult of the fame dedinv with all
colonies dependent upon a fovereign
Involved in the fate of Europe and
continually an obieft of fpcculation in
the cabinets of ambition like the Have
it would have hern erf-d from the
mind and even degeneracy made pala
table There are forhe Communities
whom nature has fecured from the arts
of ambition and relieved from the ap
prehenfions of danger The rocks and
"'mountains of Switzerland the poverty of
St Marina and the wave? of the Ara
bian lands have piotefted thefe coun
tries from the dratagems of power —
But the wtflern country could not have
fought political fafety from the projefts
of ambition tinder the fanftion of its
phyfical misfortune and difgrace The
luxuries of her climate foil and pro
ductions would have tempted defire
and invted the atm of power to invafi
on In this cafe could protection have
been granted by the fovereign country?
Spain has not only been declining in all
the means of defence for two centuries
but the fate of the French part of the
houfe of Bourbon of which die made
an integral half has converted her for
mer ally into a powerful enemy who
regulates at will the drdinies of the na
tion Like the remaining columns of
ancient magnificence amid the ruins
ot Bdbec an- Perfepoli? the date is
permuted to Hand to mark the triumph
of misfortune and the laurels of con
qued Could it have been fought either
in the friendffiip or the policy of the U
nited States ? The fiid was forfeited
by receding from the confederacy and
from a league with Spain America
could eXpeft to derive no advantage
Would it been decorous to have folicited
the alliance of either France or England ?
Either of thefe rival powers would poifi
b!y have lidened to the appeal but
with no other view than to humble eaciii
other by acquiring an exclufive domini
on over the objeft contended for It is(
the policy of France to fubjugate under1
the plaulible fanftiiy of alliance and
of England to lay under contribution e
very date who foficits her proteftion
“With this pifture held up to the
public eye when no rational caufe ex
ided to judity the meafure we find a
confiderable portion of the wedern
Country courting the alliance of a fo
reign power under the chimerical idea
of prefent advantage The country at
that period had fcarccly began to make
ufe of the river for exportation it was
not only known that Spain would no
deny the ufe of it hut that its ports
were open markets for the productions
of our foil
’ If fuch is the tamper of the rorn
munities when no juft caufe exids to
urge them to aftion wliat would be the
expreflion of that temper when aroufed
by aggreilion and irritated by the in
fliftions of injury? In civilised States
it feeks redrefs by pacific meafures in
lefs enlightened and powerful ones by
the fword and in impotent communi
ties by yielding up the dignity of inde
pendence to the mercy of an enemy to
fecure the precarious privilege of enjoy
ing what it condeicends to fpare
“ This would have been the fate ot
the wedern country had it been fo in
fatuated as to forfeit the protection of
the general government by connecting
itfelf with an European power Ame
rica is the only nation in the world
that would Or could yield ij an boned
and fincere defence An alliance jjvitli
any European date whatever would
have been dangerous in the extreme
It would have been upon the fame
Handing in point of lafety with tin
league between the Wolf and the Lamb
The former never allures but to betray
and mingles yvith carelfes of flattery
the venom of deftruftion
“ In the year 1793 or 1794 the Spa
niards did actually flint uptlie Miffiffip
pi and by that means afforded a jull
pretext for complaint on the part of
our citizens It is true that a memori
al was difpatched to government expla
natory of our rights to the the free na
vigation of that river and praying a
redrefs of the injury Yet 1 fileninly
believe that independent of all future
conliderations a recefiion would have
taken place at that period provided the
goverirtfierft Had evinced an immediate
and falutary promptitude by difpatch
’ ing iin envoy to the court of Spain A
variety of circumdances at that time
(orcibly operating in one dreftion com
bined to juBil'y the opinion Individu
al ambition vemotenefs of fituation
tte nature of the injury futlained and
the mifguided itnpetuofity of democrati
cal licentioufuefs would have hrough’
i hings to a fpeedy crifis When thefr
inotives cxid in the bofom of communi
ties they are apt to mingle in the deli
beration and to give a tone to aftion
fuitable to the public fentiment and
commenfurate will the objeft to bear
complifhed” — Vide page 54? to 57
No XIII '
We obferved that a fevv obferva
tions would be made in this number
on the letter of Dr Brooks which
was pubhlhed in our laft The per
Ion whom Brooks mentioned as hav
ing curfed Congrefs and reflected
upon the Magiflrates as perjured
was one James Speed a notorious
tool and trumpeter of Gen Wilkin
fon now living in Mercer: whether
Col M‘Dowel adlually became one
of Wilkinfon’s partifans as Dr
Brooks ltliinuates we have not been
informed but hope not With ref
pc cl to Capt Johulon now Colonel
johnfon we know nothing farther
than what Dr Brooks Bates
It is no ways aftomfliing that
J hn Brown “ seemed much out of
humour that be was so little attended
1 o in the oracle way” And that he
was extremely zealous to reprefent
tne Congress insincere' The lofs of
a Spanish Grandecsbip was not a tri
tie or a matter of fmall confequence
to a mino Void of principle and in
flated with ambition ard love of
power J edge Wallace is well known
to have been one of the moll ardent
friends of Gen Wilkinfon but h
has been extremely unfortunate in
his prophecy for we do not imagine
the people ot Kentucky w i i 1 ever be
convinced that be and Wilkinson were
in tie right" Although the arch
nets ot tnis Judge be as remarkablt
as his want of candour he certainly
outwitted himlelf on the occalion
for the lame confidence has never
lince been placed in his honour
The policy of John Brown has
been invariably double While to
the people and his confl tuents as
liketvife in congrefs he affumedthe
character of the warmell advocate
for liberty and independence yet to
his confidential friends he was uni
formly inculcating meafures of an
highly ariftocratical tendency He
neglected no opportunity to enflame
the minds of the people againfl eve
ry aift of congrefs VhiIe in fecret
he was endeavoring to promote the
molt noxious laws probably only
with the intention of exciting dif-
in the years 1794 and 1796 John
Brown and his friends were daily
haranguing the people againB the
Excife Law he and his bofom con
fident the late George Nicholas Were
contriving meafures to carry it into
effect 1 he following letter which
he wrote to Tench Coxe efq com
miffioner of the Revenue Philadel
phia is a fufficient proof his politi
cal Jefuitry in this relptiSl
“ Frankfort Kentucky Septem
ber 30 1796
“ Sir
men in this Bate have been ref
pefting that law for fometime paB
In addition to thefe communications
I mull obferve that fince my re
turn to this Bate 1 have embraced
every opportunity of makm tpy
felf acquainted with the ienfnerUs
of the more influential citizens rel
ative to the Excife and find that
many objeftions to it which in this
country were at one time deemed
folid have been entirely removed
by the termination of the Indian
war and by the Spanifli treat)' In
deed the people with very few ex
ceptions appear fo well difpofed to
favour the execution of the law
from June 1794 that I have not a
doubt but it may without difficulty
be carried into full tffeCt from
that period fnould the government
deem it expedient to remit in favour
of thofe who (hall comply all for
feitures and demands which may
have accrued anterior to that time
The lofs which the federal treafury
would thereby fufiain could not be
important the amount of thofe de
mands being inconfideiable and a
great proportion of them accrued un
der fuch circumflances as I Bated
to you in the Convention at Phila
delphia that any attempt to inforce
their colledlion could not fail to oc
cafion great irritation and difgufl
amt in the end would moB probably
be found abortive Should govern
ment appiove the propofed cnpK
mife in that cafe Col Nicholas will
if appointed undertake to difeharge
the duties of Federal Attorney for
this Diflridt without compensation
for fix months from the time the
earn million fliall retch him His
abilities and influence iu the line of
his profeflion are unequalled in this
State a id are fo highly efiimated
ere that his appointment to the of
fice would greatly leflen the proba
bility of future oppofition to the law
and tbe office having been once filled
and tbe law put into operation I do
not exped any difficulty will be
experienced in procuring a fucceffor
of fuitable character when Colonel
Nicholas Shall refign
I am with very great refpedl
Sir your mofl obedient Servt
Signed) j BROWN
TENCH COXE Efq
Commiffiuner of the
Revenue Pbiladelph
This political trick and finefle
which John Brown invented to car
ry the excife law inlb effedt equals
any fpecies of duplicity of which we
have heard His molt confidential
friend on account of his popularity
was to accept for a fliort time the
office of Federal Attorney but of
courfe to reiign it at the proper pe
riod when the impreffion of the law
began to be felt and exercifed The
relignation of Georege Nicholas
would confequently add to his popu
larity while it would detraCl from
that of his fucceffor and aCl as an
additional incentive with the people
to rebel For when a charafler
extremely popular refigns an office
on account of its oppreffive tenden
cy to the people he is rendered Bill
more popular and the office Bill
more odious
Thus was John Brown and George
Nicholas laying their heads together
to bring the Excife law firB into o
peration and afterwads into dif
grace They were in reality plan
ning a fnare to entrap congrefs and
the government of the union where
by they might lofe the confidence of
the citizens of Kentucky and there
fore rekindle the fpirit of repara
tion which had greatly fubfidea
Brown Wallace and SebaBian
were about tbe fame period incefT
antly convening meetings of the
' ikviiwun yji cAumij' kl 1 1- r r' ° -
content and infurreclion among the "UIZens from different parts ot the
cjtjens & Bate under the plaulible pretence
Let it be remembered that whJf congrefs f°r re-
1 r idrels ot lome grievance or other-
1 have the pleafure to tranfmitjfitould be placed in the chair T
grievance or other
but in reality to procure an oppor
tunity of pouring forth their vindic
tive fpleen againfl the executive
government A celebrated meeting
of this defeription was called toge
(ther at Lexington on the 28th of
March 1794 where what Mr Ma
gruder calls “ tbe misguided impet
uosity of democratical licentiousness" J°uatT’ Versailles on the aoih inst
" ' - - - Sorrel Hors
for your information a letter recei- fixed upon George Muter for this ORDER-OF T lit $
ved by me from Col George Nicho- purpofebut their entreaties appear-j PRESIDENT
las (fating the terms upon which ing to have no cfR cl upon the ltub- OF THE UNITED STATES
In his opinion tie Excise Law may born humour of the ol 1 Scotchman General Post-Offr
be carried into full operation in tbe Wallace took hold of him by the August i$tb itiobf’
State of Kentucky I alfo forward right (boulder and Sebaftian by the pROpOSALS Wl be received at tll
inclofedthe affidavit of Robert Saun-deft while John Brown putting up office untd the 15th dav ot- December
ders a difliller of confiderable in- his rear literally forced him into the next indufive for making- and repairing
fiuence which may ferve to (bow chair The following refutations fevcrai parts of the Polt Road fro
what the condudl and difpofition ofjwere then adopted iNaffiville to Natchez herein after men-
a great proportion of that clafs of On Saturday tbe 24tb inst a numer-uaweA — that is to fay:
was fufficiently difplayed Althoue'ry
the meeting was convened by the
happy triumvirate whicn we have
named yet it was judged prudent
thataperlbn of oppofns principles
lev
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ubscnocp 111 Vv wuUtcRl
f borret Horse L
last’sprTg! Lands ‘
may get his hor-e upon application to the sub
BUCKLEY’S FERRY
THE subscriber having become proprie
tor of the Ferrv on the Kentucky river formerly
known as KirkhairTs & lately Foster's takes
1 Ins method of informing his friends &the pub
lic at large that he has a new and excellent
Boat The cliffs are cut down and excellent
roads on them so as to render a passage to
and from the river easy and convenient for cait
riages waggons and persons on horse-back
There are good roads leading to and from hi
Ferry in different directions It may with
truth be asserted that it is the nearest and best 1
route from Lexington its neighborhood'
and the upper counties for carriages waggons
u-ttopSjosQ c &c- travelling to Shelbyville the Licks Lou
tuo!j Suipnoj pnoj oip jbdu ‘uojSuixaq isville Gander Town or BairdstowFL Th
uioij sajim g Suiaji ‘oiu o oaSaU abavr un j route from Lexington will be as follows :
pujs aqt iOAipp jiav suosjodyio uosjdd I To Versailles 12 milevS
aub oj piuwoj dAoqs aqt oaiS -uqof To the Ferry 5
o) ouiBu siq poSump aq ! sjooq-Doqs puc suoo ' To the forks of Benson 10
BjUTid pjoo-XouRj ‘jaiqs potyiu uauq qsuj where the road from Frankfort to Shelbpille
3uo‘jboo qjop uAojq uopuoqs abavrurj oq uuqu is intersected Constant attention will be giv
uo p?q i jy sjbo( f-£ jrou uodturn jiui en at the Ferry where will be kept a constant
nuutf SBUioqx auisu siq su3is ssisd oqi po3aoj and plentiful supply of corn hav and other
oqA iiosiad aqx oqjooijiq) jeau JSuiqinrj forage for waggoners and travellers
obrsioj poponp joud r q jim ‘swd i uiiq1 Jeremiah Buckley
uavi3 prq uosoad snouiBjuauios -isuiqiasl September 22 1806
3i) uo actios? siq apriu ua-Se put: sui N B It 9 s spposed to bs ony 40 mi
uo jClU1'03 U0Vr0S ’SU'M jean dnuaqm from the Ferry to Balrdstown ' 3t
sc a oq sr aq03ipq) joj 3uinu si oq pad
X3 j p3uoitsonb iCpsop uoqw sdsqpuc ‘noot' '
uwop joquu suq pin? ‘qomq fiqBidio’ si ou AV3HXLVIAI
SaojcImsH pouittu NVW OH03N Turpm a 'W H P“
VZZ 3qi UO A niU3M ‘ajuuoo onsv'rj oq’ 3inIl ‘uoiffiiixai uhoojis
ut Suiaii jaquDsqns sip iuon WtVNVS i3 uo aui o asjoq pres s3uuq aooiAV
‘ a I -(pip spiq si pus ‘sioal J
G el V At G ? ‘JsqurauiM irqi pirej on : fluuds js pjo
SR-VRUOfT X T V T At T rieav xi? ‘sjods ajppes oni ao olio ‘pvaqiaoj sq
ut IBIS IpilUS B SpiIB'J JJBq B pun U331JI
ous meeting of respectable citizens No 1 From Nalhville to Buffaloe
from different parts of the State Greek 1 he oidance is efiimated at
assembled in I exing ton and af miles All this didance or the
ter taking into consideration tbe principal part ol it tne road has been
degraded and deserted si tualion of cut out y 1 e military and prepared
ibis country both as to its com- enent'y (or ule fome few years
merce and protection and coolly 2 from Snake Creek to Grind-
dchberating thereon the following ftone fjrd Didance efiimated at 40
resolutions were adopted: mile This part of the route was
Resolved 1 That the inhabitants likewife fome years fince cut out by
Wed of Apalachian Mountains are en- the military and the road prepared for
tided by nature and by dipulation to the upe r
free and undilturbed Navigation of the “ ' ' -
river Miffiffippi r flf rTf year
2 That from the year 1 733 until this here by Edmund P Gaines elq will
time the enjoyment of this right has be purfued the whole didance excepting
been uniformly prevented by the Span- the fpace between the Chickafaw towns
lards and the fird'fording place of the waters
3 That the general government whofe of the Big Black which will be refurvey
duty it was tn have put us in jMcifioii with a vicw 0f materially leffening
of this right -have either through de- the diftanC(
vign or milUken policy adopted no ci- Tl j j it
feftual mealure for its attainment 1 rffnd ' t0 be and coroPet
4 That even the meafures they have -7 t'e ay in October in the year
adopted have been uniformly concealed 1807 and the work is in all refpefts
from us and veiled in mydcrioiis fe- to he done to the approbation of Return
crecy Jonathan Meigs efq or Thomas
5 That civil liberty is prodituted Wright efq " agent for the United
when the iervants of the people are fu( States rtfiding in the Indian countries
fend to tell their maders that commu- In making the fame the following rules
ntcations which they may ludce import- -n? 6
ant ought not to be entrultrd to them a'e to b (erved
6 lhat we have k right to expert and ’ roa mu“ )e le a ft
demand that Spain ffiould be compelled 20 Bet wide and all the timber and
immediately to acknowledge our riglt under brufii to be taken off for that dif
or that an end be put to all negociations tance
on that lubjeft 2d All marfiiy places are to be caufe-
V injuries and infuits done wayed and alI cauftwayi are to be at
and ollered bv Great Britain to Amen- n r -
-1- j 1 r- Iran ten leet wide
ca call loudly tor redrels and that we -
will to the u tinod of our abilities fup-! A!1 ftrreams undfr feet in
port the general government in any at- fordaole at their common
lempt to obtain redrefs j winter tide are to be bridged by good
8 1 hat as the voice of Eaftern Ame- fecure bridges well built and made fafe
nca has no v called on the prefident of and fecure for paifage the bridges to
the United States to demand that redrefs be at lead twelve feet wide
senber upon paj'ing the expeace of advertisin' -1
lam u j
Henry IVatkins
V:'i iil’c- Sept-mbcrS' 133S
of Great Britain Wedern America has
a right to expeft and demand that no
thing fhall be confidered as a fatisfaftion
-hat does not completely remove their
grievances which have a dronger claim
to fatisfaftion both from their atrocity
and continuance
9 That the recent appointment of the
enemy ot the Wedern Country to nego
ciate with that nation and the tame
fuOmillion of the general government
v hen vie alone were injured by Great
Britain make it highly neceffary that
we ffiould at this time date our judde
mands to the Prelident and Congrefs
10 That the inhabitants of the WeR
ern Country have a right to demand
that their frontiers be protefted by the
general government and that the to:al
want of that protection w hich they now
experience is a grievance of the great
ell magnitude
i That the attainment and fecurity
of thefe our rights is the common caufe
of the W edern People : and that we will
unite with them in any mealure that
may be mod expedient lor that purpofe
12 Refolved as our opinion that
meafures ought immediately to be taken
to obtain the lenfe of the inhabitants of
this date at large that 1 o doubt maybe
entertained of their opinions and deter
minations on thefe important fubjefts
that we may be able when it (hall b:
neceffary to communicate as a State
w'ththe other inhabitants of the Wedern
Country
13 Refolved that it be recommended
to each county in this date to appoint
a committee to give and receive commu
nications on thelV fubjefts — to call rheet
ings of their counties — and when it may
he judged expedient call upon the peo
pie to eleft proper perfons to reprefent
them in Convention for the purpofe of
bco
deliberating on the Heps which will be
mod expedient for the attainment and
fecurity of our jull rights
By tbe direction and in tbe behalf of
tbe meeting of tbe Citizens of tbe
State of Kentucky
GEORGE MUTER Chairman
Attest
John Bradford Clk
Lexington May 28 1794
(To be continued)
I HAVE FOR SALE
A trusty HOUSE WOMAN thirty-two
years of age and of good constitution is an
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well— price £80
Matthews Flournoy
Fayette county Sept 29 1806 tf
FOR SALE
A LIKELY MULATTO WOMAN a
bout twenty -two years of age she is a food
spinner and an excellent seamstress can cut
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Printer hereof
fot September 10 I80C
CHARLES HUMPHRYS &?Co
HAVE JUST RECEIVED FROM
NEYV-ORLEANS
A quantity of Jamaica spirits Sugar and
Fish which they will sell on the following
terms viz -
4th proof spirits by the hhd g2 per gall
— — — barrel gj 12 cts do
Sugar by the barrel or cwt 22cts pr lb
— — — smaller quantity 25cts-
Fish as usual-
Lexington Oct 1 1806" 8v
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Apqq E ‘1U81BUI qijg 311 ‘lsiqiqSiu
Jrpinirg uo oiniscd Am jo uo KTIOXS
GUVAVni SHV7T0Q TA1J
4'h A tree fhall be laid acrofs all
larger Breams where the breadth of the
d'eam does not exceed the length of a
ny tree to be found within half a mile
of the place
GIDEON GRANGER t
Podmader-Genera!
Aug-tifl 13 — Sw
gCF The Printers employed by the
General Pod-Office are requeded to in
fert this weekly the next fix weeks
Blank Deeds
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