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5n England, 1 found new sources of dis
satisfaction. I lamented that the paper
was devoted to these articles, which
could only be relished by a few, to the
exclusion of politics and article s of in
tvlligence ; and finding niv objections
attended to, I at length indulged my
leelmgs, and declared that I could not
nppro\ e a paper which never contained
any extracts from the Aurora, or culo
giiims on the administration.
At., .nit this time the Repository was
discontinued for want of paper; and I
heartily wished it might m ver again ap
pear : especially as in the last number
..n cssat, signed a h edur a list, con
taunal some extracts from the Aurora,
which puzzled both myself and frie nds.
Indeed I privately assured my friends,
1hat extracts were either formeri. s
or gross mutilations ; and this was die
more necessary, as one ground of mV
complaints against the Repository was,
t!::\t no extracts from the Aurora • \o r
appeared in it—During this disc?>ntinu
;uHe, 1 determined to subscribe lor an
other paper, so as to !;. ve a decent pre-.
tex lor withdrawing my subscription at
tile end of six months. 1 applied to a
political friend lor advice on this : ub
jeCi, and was advised to subscribe for a
new paper, just established in Philadel
phia as an auxiliary t the Aurora. This
p iper is called tlv. A)..-, locratic Press. I
rcqu'*«n.ed my Irund to procure it for
me, and was much pieased with the first
turn or three numbers I received. It
was crowded with i ncomiums on the
administration, & denunciations against
isurrnnci Alltel Justice Marshall, and
ir.orc particularly contained sevc ral hea
') an-,1 tin mas against Grcnt-Britain, co
picd In m the Aurora. Nothing could
Ik* in -re grat Ail to me ; and 1 'deter
mined that the Repository should no
longer find slither about my house. I
h itily si 'zed tlie file, and yeas about
to commit them to the flames, when my
v 11 s ig ‘‘sled the plan of sending them
t > 1 Ai.-n 1 in town, for wrapping pap w;
viueli was done immcflint. lv, with‘di
rections that no more should he sent me.
I had now formed a little squad of
f.iends, who with me* heartily wished
for ill.- destruction of your pap r. V/c
cair d itrd tint this would certain v hap
]) ii ; .or we knew that the subscription
lLt was rath r small, and we I licitated
oursvlv“3 that many of the subscribers
who were able, would forget to
H coriii 1 *r d also, that everysu c~ri
Oti vvao neglected to payf was a draw
bach upon your establishment: and as
we were persuaded this would he the
case with a number, we pleased our
selves with the idea, that you would soon
become dissatisfied with your situation,
and that our anticipations respecting
your paper would be realized in a short
period.
So far, every thing seemed to meet
my wish s.-Hut, S r, in a short time
my nnv friend Binns commenced a most
dreadful attack upon my old friend Du
ane, and continued for some time la
bouring to prove both him and J.cib, the
greatest villains upon earth. This was
a sad stroke upon me ; for it was my
wish, that my children should esteem
William Duane as the greatest and most
virtuous man on the earth, next to Air.
J efferson.
This schism between the two great
; ip port-'l's of Republicanism, Duane and
j i>'.as, led ill'.' into a serious considera
i,,i >n the suhject of party. I soon be
c ime satisfied, tint he who goes all
h ngths with any party, will often find
lii ns If in very hiv companifa and acting
i -oin very a/>.sitrd, if not dit honest prin
cjple--. This conviction humbled me.
niv conduct with respect to you and
your establishment, passed in review
before me, in its true colours. I was
surprised at the portrait it presented,and
shame for some time kept me silent_
1* ear of exciting the ridicule of my neigh
‘.oi '■ j pt events me from now stopping
.h Democratic Press, and again taking
elie Repository . I am determined, how
ever, to be no fong-i r a dupe to party, or
sutler both nty le lings and judgment to
Ik warped, by those whose interest it is
to keep up the deception*
Can minis.
C o N G R E .S .S'.
IIoUSF. OF Ii J'.riir.SF.KTATI VFS.
K >v. 24 — Mr. Mount, from the com
mittee to whom was referred eo much of
ill lVesid. i,i’3 mcssag-* as relates to ag
gic islons, &c. rojx rted further in part,
1 iiat the mini rous aggressions and
vio ations of our jui isdiction recently
c mi mitt' d within our p"orts and waters
!>y llritish ships ol war, whether they
a. •• to he regarded as the effects of po
st tit e orders from the Uritish govern
ment, or as proceeding from that unre
sm nined insol< nee and rapacity in 1’ri*
U..h uaval command is, which pr vious
ly produced tue uiurutr oi our fellow
citizen John Pierce, and the perpetration
of many other well remembered outra
geous and irritating acts, are convincing
proofs ot the necessity of placing our
ports and harbours as speedily as possi
ble in a situation to protect irom insult
and injury the persons and property of
our ci tizens living in our seaport towns,
ot sailing in our own waters, and to
preserve therein the resp ct due to the
constituted authorities of the nation.
T hat the committee, having maturely
considered the subject, arc of opinion
that the protection desired can be best
Sc most expeditiously afforded by means
o! land batteries and gun-boats, as they
have been induced to believe that by a
judicious combination and use of these
two powers, effectual protection can be
giv n, even to our most important sea
port towns, against ships of anv size
unaccompanied by an army.
That our most important ports and
harbours, and those requiring the earli
est attention and the most expensive for
i neat ions, are New-Orleans, S tvannah,
Charleston, S. C. W ilmin tan, N. C.
Norfolk.Baltimore, Philadelphia, Nev
\ore, New-London, New on, R. I.
Boston, Salem, N ;w!mryport, Ports
mouth. N. II. and Portland.
And that the ports, harbours, and
pi tees of minor importance, requiring
protection, and which may be protected
by less expensive works, are St. Mary’s,
(«. Beaufort and George-town, S. C. O
cracok, A wmarle Sound, fames river,
Vork and Kappahanoock rivers; Poto
mac, Patuxent, Annapolis and Eastern
Shore, Md. I) Inware b.iv’ and river,
Egg Harbour, N. [. V nboy, Hong Is
land, Conn.ciicut shor , Yiv .rton, II. I.
New-Bedford, Marblehead and Capet
Ann, York, Kennebunk, and Saco, Ken-'
nebeck, Sh, epsom, Damn re scot at, Broad
Bay, 8c S*. Georges, Penobscot, Frcnch
man’s bay, and Passamaquoddy bay.
Wherefore, your committer, bolding
themselves l>ound by the t nour of the
resolution referred to tli m, to report
hereafter theii opinion of the expedien
cy of interdicting the waters oithe U.
States to foreign armed wssels, accor
ding as circumstances, now unknown,
r.v.y, when know n, seem to require, sub
mit the follov i g r solutions, viz.
l.esf lvco, J hat it is expedient to au
thorise the President of the United
Siatis to cause such fortifications tube
erected, as, in addition to those hereto
fore built, will, with the assistance of
£ua-i>oats, aftord elieeluul pioieewou to