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wrong on a former occasion, is no excuse
for his present error. He ought to he
consistent, before he complains of the
want <>l it in others. Hut the want of
inconsistency he* complains of in the e
ciiior of the Aurora and his readers,
does not exi t. His quotations say w,
were unwilling to go to war whilst there
was a prospect ot settling our ditfer
; nces by negociation. Such is our sen
timent now ; and for that purpose we
have sent dispatches by a special mes
senger to our ministers in England, and
should the llritish comply with our jus
tifiable and righteous demands, we shall
have no war. Nor does the “ I\-derai
ls i.” believe we court it. His quotations
also sav, that less than actu; 1 invasion is
insufficient to cause war. And who w ill
. av we have not been invaded, when our
c it zeus have been nuirch red within our
•u -diction, by a regular attack (rum a
llritish national force ? It is nut ncccs
r.arv, to c< nstitute im asion, that our ca
pitul should he taken. And su'd we arc
n t 'or war, ii honourable reparation is
made. War has no charms now, nr>r
than it had iormerh ; but we know the
pro' ication is greate r. 1 lie iormvr oc
•• a; ion to v hich the “Fc dcr ilist1' aii i !es,
is no ways analogous ’o the present. 1 he
ISritish were then the first apgivs ors.
Scarcely a vessel came within their
reach, which they did not cart re un ;
their then new doctrini of the right of
•search. The French remonstrated a
y in t our indirvctiv a: ling th. ir encinr.
1 >y conniving at th- ii strengthening
themselves by our men and nurih.n
<lr/- , and announced to oui governu. nt
ill u they would tn ..t us as v e stiff red
<r>u .selves to be treated by tin British.
The result was, that between th Fn i n
and Knglish, on:- commerce was ncarlv
annihilated. Scarce ly a rhip cr aped
the : mgs of on o ©th< r of th
The tlun acl ministration tliou ht the
finger ol heaven pointed at war with
France. Numbers thoughtftif it pointed
at all, it pointed at the lirst ag rcssor,.
hnt be lit Vi. d negot iation might sue etd
■with both ; which in the end prov< l to
he the fact. V ith a view to a furth* r
experiment in the wav of negociation,
l no ted oy the ** P
i • detl u ib.it w v.n* i an evil of mo
ral .ind politic.!, magritu h t * anew nt
incomputable l>y h.rnan 1o.. sight, and
t xposes to the risk <
very.” All this, arid all els ■ v said
th* n, or can be said now, v>. a know
ledge, and happily our gov-.;..meat is
of the same opinion, and tor that reason '
is making a further effort at negociation.
Hut it’, after ail, our just claims should
he refused, we contend we had better
run the risk ot the evils attendant on
war, than submit to foreign chains insi
ience.
Hut what S' - ’ms to disturb'the “ Fe
deralist’’ most, is a fear that he ehou! i
bethought a lb ry. N"o person wiil dount
that tlu iv are such chaiactor.: in the U
nit d States. U woulci he strange indeed
if the in.- were not. For In -id_-s some
few of otir own countrymen that are par
ticularly partial to the British govern—
men!, th re are uutubers of Englishmen
in the I 'nited Sint. s, an ! some ot them
r ceivin 5 pay from their king: that they
should endeavour to gloss matters over, |
an I make ail appear as favourable as
possi le on the part of Britain, is to be
expected.; and such Duane speaks of
when h speaks of British Kmissaries
and Fories. No Federalist, feeling as
we believe ev. ry true citizen of Ameri
ca now feels, has the least reason to fear
bein r called a Tory, either l»v the Edi- 1
I
tor ot tlie Aurora or his reach rs.
A F » M K X .
October 19th, 1807.
/A fi: I L IGF \ c: E.
Hral'port, t S. C.j Sept. lf>.
D.parted this life, on Monday aftrr
n< or*., Mr. Arthur Smith : and on Tues- j
*!:t\ inorn:., \L. fhoinas Hutson— j
| amt yesterday th rc rji:i;n* old. . st young |
.u'.h-iiten v, re cl; posin u in ihe tomb. I
On nionti. u rnin'j, tiit ’.' r.rosc in ail
the vigour of . ..ill. ami h a. 1th ; in a le v.
hours both ver* l>l< eoi’i;* on the ii id* I
It mout. A ( hail age lu.d been given
and acccplec!—,i riuei was fought- and
i*oih w re ino;tali\ wound d. .n: h,
honour, are thv triumphs ! Corm hither
Urn lisand no.’ rhy sens ! S e two
young ir.cn. tit j v of >h ir pat -nts, !<
veiling the dead’, t .he at each othei—
they fire—they iall. S e them gr >;>u
ing o’i a death i Vi—-and r. tv bivatlu
i their lost.—Hear th< distracting om
en, a i.i a fond an l loting parent—tii.
h- art piercing lain*nttul r f alf.-ction
j me . i -tcrs, ar.;! t * mor* h.hrt, thm h
* qu illy deep grief <u !ovi*g broth* * —
an the s pit using to tin yes, or mu tk
to th / t ar>—V t th ■•c, oh Oacli ,t, are
tin* fruits ol honour, so i .di d.
Oh thou i lol.w ho deligh test in hue r.i
sacvifice ; who suuffosl up blood as tweet
smelling incense ; when vriTI thy reign
cease ? Oh ye votaries of this Moloch,
ve abettors of murder and bloodshed !
remember that that day will assuredly
t’Oiii;', when you will know, whether yov*
an to frame your actions bv the laws of
honour, or the laws of God.
' Boston, Oct. to.
A rrivals at various ports from France,
bring Paris papers to the 1st of Septem
ber.
1 hey do not announce any political
event of magnitude, In Paris every
thins gave place to festivity and rejoic
cing—military, civil and ecclesiastical
parade, pomp and procession; King
making and duke-creating, “to give”
says Bonaparte to Ins subjcct-Legisla
tors, k a new eclat to my most distin
guished subjects ; and to honour great
services by great recompenses.” Verv
tit tic mention is made of an invasion of
F tv. land , less on the affairs of Denmark ;
- and nothing hut eulogy on the new
llr.ssian A1 \under the Great. A French
army still continued to menace Porta
ged ; and the .siege of Stralsund occupied
•the energies of Marshal Brune.—The
little garrison of this fortress, only 8000
*' rong, continued tobid defiance to those
French troop; which had prostrated the
greater part of Europe a. their Let :—
Another sortie was made on the tuh of
August : a battle ensivd, and both side*.
suffered severely.-The garrison had
been r mforced bv troops from the in
terior of Sweden.
\V ■ fui'i verv little mention tnitlc of
American aft .u s in the French papers.
Ptm. * DKl PHI A, Oct. \5.
We under land t:> e Gen. John Sher
h been :■ .anoint' r! ( e lector of tiie cus
ic pot i the
place of G jn. M d i iberg, deceased.
An unkr .vv:i di a. ■■■ pre vails in apart
of Deerli Id, a to.. n situate on the Con
necticut river,which proves mortal with
in If. hours from the attack, baffling all
i the skill of pl.y; iei ias.
CfTII MOOTiy, Oct. 8.
A ri -ht to < eci le upon th • constitu
tionality of ihe a< ts of the state legislu
lute, waiast wii.t^r assumed by the
< »urt of common pleas of J. ffersoti
< mu' /, in which so much oi the act of
tin h gif.latuic as ; ives justices of ihc
pi ice jurisdiction in v..:ns c xceeding 20
, dollars, v- u declared uncoilitituvicmal