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the hoi*, moverof fte present
. *jotstirta,THjphe atui endeavuur at'concili
*atidn with whi£h he had intpoducsi ,it to this cored -
hf «hd b«u»m '$ Whatever Impression, howi
«ver, the violence of the h«tr. gentleman h<d made
»n his mind and <99 the mind of-otfief*', he would
-most unaffectedly etateyfiutd the 'hou. gentleman
might give him credit «• not for that statement it!
he chose) that he derived gre^t satisfaction from
’Vthpt'p.tft of tliefcouourabie gentleman's speech in
e WPWfehm cleltreil himself from an imputation which
; before certainly seemed to require a full, very "full
explanation. , He had great satisfaction in finding
^.thsU|he honourable gentleman at.d ' hie noble friend
rvtwo Mdividw.ls; wl.we characters unquestionably
b\ Stood very high In the publy; regard, h*d not been
"' ■ convicted of grtwsly antr foully imposing upon the
:'®housb and the public, by holding.out fallacious mo-,
fHiVrs teendeavour to induce parliament to adopt a
fi course of conduct which, under other circumstances,
..Ithere*& tdd not have been the slightest doubt of their
i mytetjngF Jf he had wiy fault to find with the h<>
•eourablc gentleman oh this subject, it would be with
' -•Sis forbearing immediately to communicate the er*
’ - ror into which he had been led. Itw-.sdne to the
tuse that they ought no| to have been left so long
a mistake, and tint the individual who was tiie o
riginat instrument of the deception ought to have
-been represented to them in his proper cn
.loors. It Was wmewtwt singular that this in
V; dividual, in hi* letter to lord Stour ton, forming an
appendix to Mr. Keogh’s pamphlet, had anticipated
jgMg manner in which be should he aita< ked m parli
IHnt. In the postci ipt to that letter, Dr. Milner
•aid “ Th^presentiSg of the petition to parliament
ftyy possibly induce one member of it to taunt ano
* tner with qftrstions concerning his authority for mak
, h)g a Certain offer ; and it is possible that the latter
may again make use of my name, and OF a hast}'
-Short note wbirjt I sent to him, not as a proposed
i (for I never bod aii idea of such a tldpg till 1 heard
it in the house) but barely as nsnpplenirht to a short
<9onversati ,n which I h;wi just boeu hono®rd with
'■ ‘by the gv*ntl»msn, and Which note I scribbled ftt n
■ hor.kscjler’s shop as I Was returning home. In this
relation, it will he inrnmbent on mesteafter hav.
been burn1 in effigy more or less, in his defence..
/ ii) Jre!atrd, and after ’standing ihu bating of the min
;<wwur writers inh i«or«ing paper, aim alter having
pleaded hisueumc as far as ever truth wmiM permit
pins to gn Jn an .ther morning papev—it will Iki in
' cutn'-ent on we, ! say, to tiring my d>cuments, and o
"aherpmofs, fairly and fully forward, in eider, ;,s I
•have mi often been called np.m to do, to convince the
;*|yni;fok that I never gave antlifritv fin* bringing for
ward the proposal, which froifijpitsnpprehtnsion and
k,i«l earnest ae .1. to serve, iis, wins brought forward,
hor indeed kIjv proposal whatsoever. These proofs
•’•jpanmot fait, th”in>h very mnrii against my inclinati
on, to furnish matter of triumph to hie and our com
■ •ttton enemies,” In the Morning Chronicle,, the lut
'tcr end of last year, there certainly was n letter from
* ,Iff. Milner, in which he acknowledged tlfct the him.
r *gentleiti“n opprfsite were warranted in the statement
Ktfiich they had made of lire tfispositidh of the catho
/licks, avowed his share of that warrantry.and defen
ded himself from the charge of inconsistency. At
that)>eriOT|Pr. Milner was unquestionably the ad
l^tocatc of ine corrcanuis of the honorable gentleman.
Rloiv the Case sto«d clear to the publick. lie was
'^tlad it did so.’ It would serve a* a lesson however.
*lt would naturally inspire a jealousy of similar com
inuiuestio**, and a suspicion of the accuracy of the
^'jdilginent of the hommruhle gentlemen opposite,
•when they professed to anticipate the feelings of
'tfrtt cathoiickj nf Ireland. The honourable gen
tlcmaw had even s aid, 'that be liiid received a letter
5 from one of the c»thohck bishops, stating his expec
tation, that a meeting e,f the Roman Cathohck Hre
riates would .concur ihthe sentiments which had been
‘r»^rted last session, Iieing the general. sentiments
j ef the Irish calhnlicks. * ■ • /',<•
*' Mr. Poivuitihy, in explanation, observed, that his
statement wax Wrelythxt he had received ’»letter
j’frein *,C»<Uiflli<fcblshq|», expressing hia opinion, that
’ his (Mr* Pon&oiiby’s) speech dsserved the thanks of
t-afl Ireland, ami particularly of the cathr.Uck prelates.
' ^TheCjiaticdlar pf the Exchequer resumed. This
• was evident, that there seemed thp greatest dilB
^twpy ht-ascertiilmng with whnt the caiholicks would,
! really be aa\i»ficd. \Vhat wore the views of the
.honorable gentleman ? Did they coinride with those
' ©f the honorable mover, or were they peculiarly his
own? He Understood the honorable mover to declare,
■ lhat ihecHtholirks would from him in vein expect
tlie recommendathm of concession to them unless
>-tb*t'concession were accompanied by a renunciation
«t their part of foreign influence. Now, after
'•ill the attention that ho'could pay to the hn
t Storable gdlitletnai) who had’ just spoken, he was
/Wable to collcdt whether he agreed in that senti
mifrt, or tvlieiher he differed fro® it, and thought
; that Oithout condition or stipulation every thing
’ ought to hfe rimcedeil tothe Cathnlicks, on the
•ifrtBd Of *hat they^ might afterwards be disposed to
‘ doi '’If wqs matvriat to know this.» A great variety
* Of opintebs had been uitered during the drli.de. No
1 bn* had hetfo so explirit in the declaration rf bis
taecttmcnts as the honour;,b’emover ; but in that de
rWaratifri, he (the chancellor or the exchequer) had
tti take protection' sg.ilr.st the repeated
riBtrsrge of intolVraTtce f since by the opinion of the
. mover, he i>hs justified on the occasions
‘•lit which tlMs intolcrhit Spirit w is sscrjlwd to hlni
In-resisting coiides.idns, wfHcjt according t*. that oi
■phriott taught not to have hup made without a coT
\respondent provision. The lum'-urable mover ar
gied that ho concessions ought’tovbc yielded to the
' twfhout securing .some concession on
T^juirt equivalent hf analoghua trt tljp conces
!:a«i.'«ftlie win. What this anatngus concession wa<
'twi^ghhmtlMi^r-tsihs T»M substitun-d. the km,.
particularly
'■dN&fngiiiihabt'lj
, . , - ...-baronet cheered Uiit
.^xUrAtK.n i.f hi* hdi. frWhd." He, who had himself
' r*rV,Vrt iftbehrue rn ve the what he cal™
\ r^*y* »» «U grounds on
*r!h,^Ac^*,hlv,we? 1,4 no» with
'wM frieftd ln hts tied ration, that the nr-mriRed
’*■ «*l>h‘<n*d» midi the ho.
this const hen
;'«y4 What were tfihT^uwe tn do if they went into a
eodtmHteeun the •jethlnj, ? The hm,n«,raMe Lctxle
'iw»n.,«ppf^e woflhteot tell them, (eat M« ill.di*™
;tVfs«lpet-wma shvhit ffrofine irj$|n the mind* oj ft.
''j*£kk'S2*a** •"“wW *uj>t k it
•*** WipowrbHr Aw? (MtiolictCOfikJ accede Jo it* IW
iu tfce t^mrriitee jt; that iirrjipgcti^ni; tbust
i;eris.(«ly be absurd to
Muft^rauuilm. be made, were to be the shl*
!«coh>mtuce, it woold a«qc
"* Sto' * committee it all.
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tyje ure»?J»f question; a
^wf aig; cuo, e«si<in ft be made to
oatetter expectations (night He en
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.rt»«fcheMer>«td those who though* wkh him. nr
■Mtt, wereofwpiolRw aiiie^Rtieh ivWwi.se* would be
•freedtofty the ^tliAtke. hudtheyvfa been
• ifomwled by them, or any other rydvaleot arranke
wcoaW it her* been Wb.deced *a * ralxi
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agreement 1 In vhtt w$j could k _
eoncur
rence of the catiwlic* tave been enforced t If some
of that body had resUfsdgnthe ground of religion*
*crttpfc», what could bcflfWi &at ? Having tfoce
nised a general gxpettttlon, it would have been itn
pbuible to disappoint ill The pope might hare refuted
,liiesanction;the catholic* might have changed thdrr
opinion ; and in either case it would have been im«
practicable to punish or to interfere with the strong
p tiid of power without incurring the just charge of
the greatest intolerance. Thus it appeared Unit it
was mighty well for gentlemen to argue about the xr
to, or about this or that arrangement, but who were
to be the final judges? The catholics. If they said that
they could not concur in the arrangement, it would be
just as intolleranftn attempt to compel them as it would
be to require them to take the oath of supremacy.—,
•fie ides that concurrence might Ire of no avail witheut
the concordance of the pope. His holiness was not
at present iiii a situation of independent action. How
could his consent be obtained ? Nay, if it were to be
obtained, if Buonaparte would inducethe Pope to give
it, when he was released from the subjugation under
which lie at present lived, might he not consider
himself as not bound by a sanction which he had giv
en under the influence ofhjs confinement ? How chi
merical to suppose any arrangement could be produc
tive of a satisfactory-issue with the cathdicks ' But
' he, by no means, founded his objection to the allow
ance »f the catholic claims, simply on the refusal of
the catholics to give up the veto or any thing else in
its stead. Nor did his lion, friend near him do so.
His hon. friend only stated that that was enough for
the argument of to-night; there was no reason to
suppose that the catholics would concede that which
the lion, mover of the question deemed to be the in
ti i sponsible accompaniment of any concession to them.'
If the house were desirous to collect the sentiments
and wishes of the Irish catholics, publicly expressed,
let them consult the work of Mr. -Keogh, to which
he had before alluded. Let them read the following
passage:—« It is time to lav the axe to the rant of
the evil. If you sincerely led that love of England,
and that loyalty to ymiy king you are so forward to
profess : if, in a word, your purpose be to s ive Ire
land to the empire,-let her experience an eternal di
v reebetween religion and politics, including the abo
lition of tythes, and the sunpressinn of everv snpriea
Ot public plunder tipon pious pretences. Let her see
■her corporate bodies, mending the university, annul
lerl ; for they are all organised accomplice* of old er
rors and (.fold vices, against every moral, political, or
physical inprovement. Let her peasantry be freed
from the pressui e-.f rack-rent, not h/in»perutl vesta
tutes, but by bringing to markets fewer bidders for
more arable land; by discouraging her grazin'*, and
enc uragingher domestic manufactures. Letthepro
gressire at cumulation of her taxes be terminated.”
The whole ended in an intimation of the necessity of
dissolving the union. On this last point the honora
ble gentleman opposite had vented a similar opinion.
( Mr. Ponsonby replied in the negative.) He was
gh.d to hear it. 'I he hon. gent, however, near him,
had certainly admitted the possibility of such a mea
sure in the course of his argument. Mr. Keogh,
who professed to speak the sentiments of the catho
licksin Ireland did the same. Ifonce the right of the
Catholics to demand were admitted, he could not see
how it would be possible to stop short of giving them
all they demanded. He saw no prospect of satisfy
ing the Roman catholic claimants by any measure
shnyt of giving them a full establishment of their
church. He had also felt so: and he had always
argued mi. Without therefore relinquishing that
ground of objection, he had thought it sufficient to
state what he had stated in opposition to the hen.
mover, who, to preserve consistency, ought to vote
against iiis own motion and not for it. For if there
were no grounds for the hon. mover’s belief that the
cathoiicks would consent to make a satisfactory ar
rangement, then the hon. mover on his own princi
ples, should oppose the referring of the petition to a
committee, the result of whose proceedings must he
afteikhaving excited expectations which it was im
practicable to gratify, to ler ve the publick mind in a
state much worse than that in which it was found.
From the London Courier of June 0.
To the beginning and the conojusion of "the mar
quis Wellesley’s speech, last night, on Spanish af
fairs, we refer our readers with great satisfaction.
There be appears as he is, a great statesman, llis
proposed plan ot the campaign was excellent.
The greatest activity prevails in the dork-yards
at Venice, sav the Paris papers. Five ships of the
line, of n lighter construction than ordinary, are on
the slocks, and two of them are nearly finished. A
frigate, corvette, and two brigs have also been late
ly finished and will be speedily launched. The Rus
sian vessels ceded to France, have been .repaired.—
The crews’tnarrhed over land from Trieste to Rus
sie. Three brigs had arrived from Tuition, and were
lying iu the herhour with an Italian galliot, and «
trench gun boat. Some vessels of war had been
stationed oft Lillo, MnUmorro and Cbiozes. It was
supposed that a flotilla would sai(on a cruize iu the
Adriatic.
By a courier who arrived at Tiieste on the 11 th,
the Ilntehess of Riigosa received intelligence, that
the difference* which hud arisen with the Turks hud
been . ouiplelely settled.
About 4000 additional French troops entered
Rotterdam on the 1st inst. They were'to be quar
tered on ti>e town Untili the person should be disco
vered who wounded a French officer, by throwing a
brick, which struck luiu on the bead, and' nearly
-r art of the A mftican Legislature, super
ledirig the Non Irtic'irourse taw, will be found tn the
frantaf our piper; a high compliment to the wis
Join with which his majesty’s ministers adopted,
and the firm moderation with which they have per**
severed in the system of policy towards the United
Stale*. Such a struggle4 as Ibis has be^ij makes
Kngiiindfee) her own power and her own greatuess,
while she viewr, with complacent regret, the impo
tent malice oF some American statesmen, and la
ments the factions participation jn their views of
some of our otvn politicians. It is computed by a
political afilhmettcun of kmerira, that during th*
t»n* it.was unlawful to export corn .hither, we im
ported from Furtive, to the great prejudice of the
fMiu Atlsqlir farmers aijif merchants, 1,21?,824
barrels of wheat. Hereot circninstanras have in
creased this loss td Americ ui agriculture,and would
be likely to'inma»e it to a still greater extent, we
fear, if the piuhilutionikp export continued. .
The nottons previouiTy t ntei t iined (from the pro
eisthns of aooltferJriU which appears to. .have been
lost) respecting thtTsobstituted measure, were, it
appear*, err.ineont>. 'It.was conceived, that if would
levy heavy tmpfims npoft cargoes imported by e?:b»r
of the belligerent* ;ur her rasas thHaw no# stands
m America, her waters, grid harbours are open to the
f rancv end England, hat shat ta
tneir ships of war. As are have now tie occasion
In send a rtest to America, and the he« thrown open
her trade, not for one convenience, but her riw^, we
have neither much toCsJSBlain of. sat any thing to
Urnakbi
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THE PUBL1CK LEDGER,
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1810.
Captain Macbamara, «»f- the brig Lottiia,
boued to Alexandria from Lisboa, arrived yester
day in Hampton Roads. Captain M. left Lisbon
as late 4s the Fourth of July,, at whtrh time there
had beru no action on the frontiers. It would
seem that the commander of the combined English
and Portuguese army bad determined to art on the
defensive. The investment of Ciudad Korierigo by
the French does not appear to have changed Lord
Wellington’s plan, nor is it probable that he will
hazard a general action to relieve that place. The
difficulty of drawing supplies for'tbe French army,
will it is probable, incline General Massenet to force
an, action. j
Markus continued good for American produce—
Flour 16 a 17 dollars per barrel—Wheat 3£, and
Com 2 j per bushel. V.
The Continental System, or%e system of
Corsican raparity, is extending its If in the North
of Europe, nor win it in all probability, Lave any
limitation, where French power can be appliej.—
The seizure of American properly at Slralsocd, was
to be expected under tHt Rambouillet decree,—
Speaking of this Male llumbouillet decree, a dtmo
cratirk paper, says,
lly adverting to the llamhouillrt xierree, our
! “ readers will see that the condemnation of Ameri
“ can property in Fr inre is not final, since the pro
“ ceeds of the sales are to |>e deposited in the caisse
“ d’amoriissment, where it will he subject to future
dispositions. 1 his decree fears a foiileinporane
“ ous effn t with our non-intercourse law, and n re
“ mams to he seen whether it will have a collateral
“ existence.”
We find this article in the Engvirer, said to be
extracted from the Baltimore American—if we had
'l 'n son,e °ther paper, we should have
taken ft for » stroke of irony, though we should
have considered it as very unseasonable levity upon
serious subjects. The degradation of national cha
racter, in submitting without a shew of resistance,
to seizure of property, without any pretext, the
consequent contempt of the world, and the ruin of
thousands of our countrymen, are not subjects for
jesting. We acquit the American of any such in
tention, hut we would however take the liberty of
asking the editor of that paper, and also his friend
the Editor of the Enquirer, if they seriously.do be
lieve that the property, or its value, will ever be re
restored or paid to the citizens of our country? and
if they have no such belief, that they will say what
is the meaning or intention of the article in ques
tion ? i
In the Enquirer also, we find another article ex- |
traded from the same lespecuble source, in these
words: j
“ No Ameriran property has been seized in
“ trance by the older oi the emperonr, except A
“ merican vessels and their cargoes.— No American
“ ia France has had property disturbed, unless si
“ lusted us above. The ofiiciousness of many of
“ our editors in giving to their readers garbled in
“ formation, consisting of a mixture of truth and
“ falsehood, does in Europe, much mischief, since
they regale tbeir readers at the serious expense
“ of others.” - r V
We are here very gravely told that no other spe
cies of American property, except vessels and car
goes have been seized in France. We would be glad
to know what other species of property it is likely
could be seized—The Americans have no lands in
France, and if they have money, it is hardly to be
presumed that they would make a public expositi
on of it. The plain translation of this French pa
ragraph is this “ No American property has been
“ seized in i ranee by orders of the euiperour, ex
“ cept such as could be found.”
On Saturday arrived in Hampton Roads, bound
to Annapolis with despatches, His Bntunnirk Ma
jesty’s brig Netley, Lieut. Jackson, from Antigua.
By Palmer s^Packet from Alexandria, we have
Saturday’s paper oi that place j not one sentence of
any thing neit. r ^ ^ #y-tr ■
The reason assigned by Denmark, for excluding
us from Tonningen and iiueum, is rather specious
tban genuine. It was, probably, to appease Buon
aparte, which.pride would not permit to be confes
sed. The Danes areas.able as willing to discrimi
nate between vessels from America and elsewhere.
The form of documents used for months past admits
of no mistake* It has, moreover, been generally
understood,., that no American vessels, ever went
from lleligohjnd to the continent; that American
vessels were prohibited romiug to Heligoland, ex
cept in ballast; that the trade between that island
and the continent was curried on in small craft;
uud'a part ol it by boats from the continent. As
Buonaparte assigned, us a cause of a part of his
severity, our non-intercourse, we had reason to
hope for some abatement when he knew that the
law had ceased. Gen. Armstrong ought hot to have
faikjd to h«ye reclaimed the property taken on that
pretex t.—jBo*, Pal. « a Va 4 M - a. .. • - ’■ .. ■■
- if. *"-J • • - .mmj, -■» • V A \ ’
*• . J5KU-BL0CKADING POLIQY.
The pChfesaed design of the Uteembst-gowss too
•bsnrd, bod the If heme, fur enforcing it too arhitra
gJT, for enlightened people attached to principles of
coostitH'ion»l liberty* :It* failore was inevitable,
although per hap* accvhyra ted by the weak-headed
yioksce of some of its port izaas at tha seat of go*,
eyausent. -i ;v; .
"That rude’aggregation of incongruities, "the pile
of embargo-acts so laboriously headed one upon ao*
other, bad begun to 19Iter* when the whole was
tutaWedpver hy the ncuMteicoum ict, which wa«
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&CV-V* vT’-TV,
approved by pretiterjeftrson*j|p«r whichhos fur
nished Buonaparte wilt« preamble for hia Ram
bftnillel decrcg against Ameriran property.'
In the course of fretful legislation—from The par
tial non-inter couru act passed by I he ninth congress
in the noted session of 1805-6—through tkesSfr
ittgt and the sinkings of political empiiirism—down
to the hypothetical non-intercourse act passed by the
eleventh congress during the session of 18Q9-10—
il^e great inherent fault of the ministerial number! in
congress, tbit which has rendered-theSb so con
temptible to foreign powers and so Mwatioos to our
own country, the fault which hasten first and
last and midst with the Jeffersonian sect, if analys
ed attentively, might perhaps be resolved into scan
tiness of intellect and supertax of prejudice, a con
fidence ton implicit in the executive magistrate pud
a legislative condescension to executive .aggesti
ons, without acquiring communications iu due form
of official responsibility according to the constituti
on. The inte rposal of their legislative character
w ith more zeal than judgment to shield the executive
b«s hem turned against them: And u is notHin easy
task now to vindicate themselves from some of the
reproaches published in Jeffersonian papers, If
they pretend to have acted on ih^,opinio* of. presi
dent Jefferson after the embargo was failing, where
is the official evidence of the fact ? If they profess
to have acted on their own views of policy, they are
accused of deserting the executive.
This difputt they may settle by dividing the re
proach am >i!|fthemselves as they think proper.—
Hot who will deny, that in the United States the
president Jefferson, member of the French national
institute was theadviser and patron of the late em
bargo, and that he showed a lace to it until the af
fair became serious? After this. he left bis follow
ers in congress tn the hazardous alternative ftf
maintaining or abandoning it. If they persisted in
attempting to maintain it by force, they w'ere sure
to be defesud l y the body of the people. If they
abandoned it they, were sure tobed-spised by num
bers of their party. This therefore;was i crisis
when ttf be aloof w„s in character for Thomas Jef
ferson.
I Arcordingly he kept himself at^of:, and his^oor
coogri-ssiniiiil underwoikers have been doomed n»
j bcai the hardened reproaches, the sarrastick revii
ings, the contemptuous denunciation of Jeffersonian
j editors, without attempting to vindicate themselves
before the publirk.
So constringing has hern their situation, and to
ungentle their sufhranre; although president Jeffer
son himself declined the held of trial after the ques
tion about his embargo had assumed its molt seri
ous aspect.—True indeed, he issued a proclamation
lor suppressing insurrectional combinations in the
vicinity of Lake Champlain, where there was no
insurrection. But what was bis subsequent con
duct ! ,
What was his conduct, after the leaWgture in
Massachusetts had passed some resolutipSpfand the
towns in New-England had begun to speaF? When
he received the letter of the late governor of Con
necticut in which that excellent and lamented patri
ot declined compliance with an ainpthoriscd requi
sition about military force, did presides)! Jefferson
adventi r^to communicate the letter to congress ? If
he had done it, the questiua would have been heforo
the publirk at once, Whether the president of the
United States cr the govereor of Connecticut had th*
better causef That question, the president Jefierton
did not choose to state at the bar of publick reason.
If the governor was in the wrong, why did not
the president propose or do something to effect the
object of his requisition and secure respect to the
naiiou.il executive? But, if the governor was un
questionably in the right, then the union of decorum
arid decision, the principled patriotism, the unan
swerable force of constitutional argument, in that
admirable letter of governor Trumbull, might well
command respect lrom the adviser and pationof thu
embargo at Washington. In tiuth, after the arbi
trary orders issued through the department of wat
for maintaining the embargo wifh all its oppressive
supplementary restrictions by military force, presi
dent Jefferson at the head of the executive power1 of
the United States had not the face to meet the go
vernor of Connecticut iu the fair field of constituti
onal principle. ; ... . .
President Jefferson vas in.the. wrong; his requi
sition as transmitted by secretary Dearborn, was
not warranted by constitutional law.
If therefore-he bad frankly abandoned what was
found on experience to be unsustainable, president
Jefferson would have acted like an honest man--—
But there was ueither magnanimity nor gratitudain
shrinking from puhlick view at that moment, and'
having his hapless courtiers in congress to aeon*
tentious service which for them was hard and inglo
rious, the service of partly btacing up and partly
hauling down the clumsy pile of embargo and en
forcing acts. ■ *.. vn/*- i. i
Without any thing from him of direction or agen
cy iu responsible form, the poor trOnp* were left by
their commander in chief at the hazard of events,
to act, or to suffer, to do, or to undo, to advance or
stand still if they would, or to retreat as they could.
And now alter all their hard straining to ex tricats
themselves from difficulties into which be hud led
them, they have to bear the charge of drsirtisc
their leader, although their leader duelled them.
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;; >••■'■• “ ComtnurncQtioH.
It appears that Buonaparte’s plana against th*
Spanish dominions in America have .not had that
happy issue Which he contemplated, and that bid
stratagems have not produced the least’ effect on tb«
loyalty of the Spanish Americans, which it net in
f<?ri«f to that whirh the inhabitants of the peninso
U hava manifested for their sovereign 'Ferdi
nand VII.- ' ‘ i
Three Americans, amd a Spaniard called Blanco,
spies nr' emissaries of Buonaparte,bave bten erreat
ed at Ghihuagtia by Don Nemesio Salcedo, in con
s. qunice df the seasonable advices which the vicn
roy of Mexico communicated lb that commandant,
general of said provjnML that these persons had ar
riyed at Upper' Louisiana front. Baltimore and were
lining to the town ofSt. Fe. ' These four individual* '
were travelling with two negro slaves amongst fh«
Ih<Kaii tribes subject to this province^ .without any
passport from the Spanish authorities pf Fenti
to*nd VII. from the place whence they prooreeded,
which is indispensihly necessary in onfoMp enter
the Spanish domiiuoQS wit boot being considered as
* •PJ ;—-there wer* found is their posaessfon 4
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