Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-07-06 00:00:00, page 2

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J&jkwtik •WM.'nfcMB’Wrf'by'ittSiiirMii of tliij Jm of
•or titter town of Portsnotai!*, on Wednesday last,
titth mure z«*a1 and |gin»aiion. It would
•(ford but Yftjde/gratification to Our readers, if we
otri to enter into a detailed account of '.he crr^rnn.
Hteif Of ttie ; lfc«jr were turli ns usually orcnr
uppmtfe* c erosion, but the general, we might el
BiostSy tbe imiyeisal partir ip ition of every do
* 'PSrrfptintiof citizfns, in il>e festivities of the dav, >v«*
• proof that whatever difh retire of sentiment may
writtopon minor (*, that upon this great na
tional day, weiur all jjcbiCa**! Happy day!
on whirtl the distinctions of parly are forgotten,
•0*1 riiirrn no bmp, r views a brother riliz'n a& an
enemy—n.ipivv oi rssion ! furnishing a hope that
.jli* time m ty yet airive, wh<-n we may real.** w hat
,,'Sbas ht f n too tnno qaestii<nnbls that we are,** all fa
(derails!*, we are all r»pnb! C nt/* If evir there
vies a time, ein'c the n»enio-v<!e rv*nt, whirh is
theeahject of this artii je, v.hm tin uiimily of sen
timent and ar’ion was required, the present in.y to
retarded a* jure!*.
fit proportion as •hi'rrtirrn of tli’^glorious 'hi>
antnu'tnPevrvy. heart w 11 np«» t not i«- j>« id*- and jrra
tiltide, so must every riliretirig n: in ft 1-e vlr-^j>’y im
jrr. S$W with ihc. ,r.lul i *isf« of human affairt. li
' wa3 ft» vain that «i:rr patriotic Siren derlor* i| that
, we nert a and ipdeprndenf people, and se..!-:
the ilfccli r;.t! .« by tboj.rst blood nt ni.r cimatTV, 'I
sons, do iiol stand ready to assert o»r nati
onal right', as a tree Brid nidi pendent notion. YV
fnity Ratter nurselvrr th .t the itor which agitates
Europe spent Vr it rearbtts <tur slimes ; bin
if this independence wht< h «*“
rde'icMe wlfh such holv'entl.uvj <s;ri is dear to ns,
■'Jet as ift d!s*fg--r<r th> warning voire of s.tpi-ri
eh> e, proi l.ii« cd in jhe d-sUtirlii-n of mighty em
pties, who*:- if ir iti<i;i‘eniuft i y the strength ol their
institutions almost to nim.k hum in power. Fa he
ftblt to inert ..*v) rt.i y the dative)3 Mi'll II l a !) we
llpre rn narKfi ap must re< nr to the sentiments v.l.n h
^animated our iburrry, trt the. p,l'»T'us rpo-t.u of our
national -inde pends nre. The performed in
'iv.ir infancy ought and must assure or, of what wcere
now cspa ji’, and should inspire os with confidante.
- 'jt Was tiy,umofl that we declared that we wire tiee
end independent, it was ! y union that we supported
that dee hi rat ion, and it is by union that as can
main tain.our independence.
Oemral Turrrau.-'I'he democrats s:iy they do
ant carets and give runners to general Turreor. ft
lie U * iil«0et*r in htl'llan shape, say they, tti.it is
pot our Unit ; his imp. ri d majesty has a light to
^1. lid w'm be ph' ises to represent him. Well, so he
Kiis, and «e believe he is properly represented hy
'general Titr+e u. He is a I tiflying tyrant h;m*rl>,
ft ini so is hi* minister in this emintiy. Ogr gnv
ernin*rf* ejipe.tfr to think "that the mi pernor and his
Servants have a rigt t to abuse them, and that tl.rv
aw hound in duty to ('ear it. To dtin-tr .lH this
liiivij-rt, add to show how different i! ® condort
WFthe ,Kiii,,virat,..n i, towards the ntilmfei* ol
Jianee ait™hi>se of England, we will tel ite a sljnrl
.jgn*>cdol|jB#te)t-l> was tn rimdilmn at W. s’ungton
e ^ppfc'stttfjHBpsS-nd Ihntieh it was n«v»r tmt listed in
the NutlfjfWl l'.i Hlgencer, was believed to he true.
•The thVfristcr'of iis im nr rial m j*ty has a s-'ut
•i:ar the eniperntVs capital of the United StaUs, the
mmm'- °* IMjUfnftr*. As soon ns his high
pHiward of th< arrangement made by Mr. lir
"vith 'mir govertiirn nt, he left his country srat
.rop'grtst 'r®6*'« ar'(* ',i nt s*fitting .»hd blowing in
W|%JtiUi>t<>P. to rail our administration to an ar
'fiinoi in the Mntul ltis master. ]!■: wrote ft note
"IfrlSisfretary Smith, whirh if report «jn».,ks truth,
wss-Uffcihe- rnsnlrftf; overlie irinp, unit in dating,
;|haoThe h-Mer* of it -e puli if Dir <lo Culture, m our
*o Paris. ?Jr. Serf* taty did uni fly n>tn a
T^ilrnt passion o* hi the rasAf Mr. J..rksnn, It
•*W*te-nnt -pnlTrft it 'til' show rSe'i'ilmml just 1,1 that
jfcft**.' U’h# .gotten; went do I not wish to he ri:I of
|*Sv Jnrrr;i«. »nf» to "thud hr* “ svprr min,nt"
Sts-it^r. Mr._Soyt.1i w«, therefore, itiRtiti. <?dtohave
TSTlSttetl tojvis fiighneas, that lie couht not answer
AiJeUtr eijat hed in fi»rh. terms, it west ton harfj,
f*n ryntlriuan—There were probably .some other
KisiW given, sue!? a* that the uinneement was a
4han» eajl that it would not be ratified t y (•,« Brit
Jail eorernment. lire ^etnr.ll wn3 SO far appeased
Bs to wjthrfrit* his letter, urtd write another more
«^fte»hj§ t^t.the feelings of nur mar.lv udmmiair.iti
op, /flW»Trtt|r utas answered and the. intercourse
eoutrieo I-Sit idph'1. ■ II,.., I 1 r . .
R't) * I *rl Trtr i t^ni. The reader 1* well oc.ju.dated
ajoUfTh? treatment Mr. J41 kson received for «n in
-Jjas not yet t»«rn found. But here the
jJMhns altered. Cu n. Torreau is a l-'miehinan—
ailgfckboii ts un Englishman. ’’ • ,
' ^ a. r. r.v. i\at.
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ijsuFWw tie Spirit •>(' Stx<tify-8>x. apflSkj
ALxAitvsiKots.i’s Cor a r.spoN cstvcr.. #'*
®|£rrf the Cimrt $*Z(fU In bis paper of
befen* reader* ihf l«*j.
Mpn Geo. Arnosj#r^, Jem rfks, “ that
|Prn of indrprigifgi .•n|nd%nmu lV'I a
i|jfidiL»g*.jfc^LWbtt In wit. It geo, Aror
ipafi fci» gp®tun>ei«l.'jig»iiiM ti ,- j...i
etfo»yt*i
itni'Ay' ranieryil aamui ,1.” j:,, ,|
Armstrong u rhr
IgpHJS lui;»o»i»?e f»e us to My, from
jjjjj.’itew wt-iia the present arid Id* ex*
WphwWt brift-j*P*dnk hash of |b,. in
gi-eriOtrhtvHft'l nr* eo)i|>i;;nuirai.b.n'w Jth
pR#> It huStJjeet*.■yFiuf.yte'ii.i ll by *J*rm
’kr/k or •M,^k hn.nhtiTtid-r the ipunlci -
vntiffTltiertjr to wpel iiiJi just tonsikiJily wrtman
th<* - injury “ lawhtssoesi
and iepiisaV inH vtfd upon tUfpty the. Frtarh go
veriinnnt. as also »uih vnftMMcd insinusiions’' at,
minjil i>* uttered by that power njamsflhis n«Mfod?
we feel no Witatmij in stiying that there is nothing
?»» very extraordinary in the firmness nr 4..ft ness of
his tone, ut which *• every American of indepen
dent mind ought to fi ll a pride'.” Jl #p the rOptra
>y Rtn. Aj-mstrono Wiista manacled hy Lis iiistruc.
tinns and compelled tn besoviy guarded in his
communications through fear ol giving uffenre to
that government by a “ firm and l.ifiy” exposition
of Ha atrocious conduct towards America, as tn e
void at ull hazards, even by tfie utmost submissive*
ness inducing it “ to cn-oprrate with the British
poli. y” then it may l.e said that he has ected <-ir
fccily. fiis language appears to us however to be
.full mild for the occasion, under almost any cir -
rinistanct •, hut perhaps not more so than tils in
structions warranted. Cut tailing the editor of the
court gazette upon his own glound, that gen. Arm
strong has vindicated Iris government in a linn «rvj
lotty tone from the •* tinfuo:,dcd iRsi»)uations,” (aI
luffing no riouM to the Due de Cadnre’s Ictlii) ut
t' fed against it, and that every American of in le
ieptn it nt inisj.J most fn l a pride at the circum
stance, what iet us ask most or ought every A men
can of independent mind to fro I towards the editor
ot the rouit gazette, who cfadd pass over in perkrt
si.e.i c* iar n* ar r.vo monies tins very Mter vehtrh
milly.;. those “ onionn'hd insinuations i” Why
|( th-i! hix finn \ lofty toj/e was so pirfrclly
loV't C'lr.Cfl on WilliesS'l'g tl■051* hasp Uislllll tions,
t ns.' (il'yr id'no epithets of ihc Krrrtrh minister?
U'm In* lr of«l of spreading Ihrougli the national le
gislature 11.- n i:i session, t! r dame of I on* si indie*
n.ittoii at the rnsufpnce and villainy of France l,y
poti-i* srofcdin; in n» null* e those “ unfounded insi
nuations?" ’.Vliai lim suppressed h's ire, which lie
w " Id nir.v I* ioi, to f, lte ! 3 i dievp ho feels I if a
iji ni md l-ntv tone i« justly aso'jertol entnmenda*
1111,1 nozv, 1! w;s equnlfy so (//,// f Duane hovvevet
ii.iS iojly possess* i| i:o pi;,do k wuh the HI* ir.s * f
n i ooni iij -or much oi h e con :y' l of our nomst
l.-leiiMor. He !ias aiteudy told the pip hek that
it would not comport with tlie subsistence of tlie j
N'V.iouai Intel' i s't ncer” to not Witt) indepemh n. e,
‘ Its. existence” lie toils us “ depends upon its ohe
lor.re io i he tempo! ising and t ricking schemes of the
I’.duenttyl mem! pi s *d i ongrestt.” Ilqj l on-iurt on
:h:s o* ruvion therefore is y no means to lie won*
ierert at.—’i is a true spe. nm n of hit ‘■random
no) hirst-aran’ e u I dignified moder iUon.”!! Hot
et Us view this subject ii atiothi t light and admit
or a moment the r o; r-rtness ol tl e pri tins* s of out
•Otirl gazette, •• that the firm and lofty ton* of gen.
Armstrong's let nr to the Dor de C dore, sheds
ustre on tlie proudest days oi Roman virtue,” tv hat
iio?l “ evi-ry American of n iep. tuleni min i” think
>1 ! he “ firm and lofty*’ ton** ,.f that part of the pre
*i I* m o utfissaae, at the opening ol the S I session ot
;h- eleventh congress, which relates to the conduct
if trance, wherein he b aely notices her *' tres
passes” tind contents lt’m«ell, after a la .oured **f
iort to justify his “ MiiRlcrty a> raogement" with the
ilritish government, and to £x upon it the odium of
the disavowal, witn tin rely iniornung rotiaress tf at
'* wjth France the posture of our relation* dor! not
ronegpond with the measures taken on the part
*i ti e United States to effect a I lVouia de change!”
li.id noil.mg at that limp transpired with that pow
r u high deserved in he noticed and coniinuniraltd
a the nainmal legislature in a more lorrii.l* and
inprcsoive matinet than we find it wu, particularly
ah n the “ principal hell perem” who was also a
‘ trespasser” had received so great a portion of his
ttt-ut»«n? la the pertinent Ian, tings of garuml
\i matr *iip,’ was the rapture and cotuh n nation <;f a
d ip driven on the shore3 ol Fran* e i.y stress oi
.vcalher mid the perils of the sea—nothing ? Was
he seizure and sequestration of many 'cargoes
wrought to ]■ ranee in ships violating no laws and 1
idn> I tied to rept lar entry at the imp. rial custom
imisi-s-—nothing ! Was the viol ,tion of our man
time rights, cor.se.TBltd us tiny 1 «ve he. n by the
iolen.ii lorms **1 a piltdtr trraly—nothing? in a
V'HS it Ufut cur ships were burnt on
:ln> high sear., w.ikmit other offence tfc.-.n that off e
»no1114 to U'S L*j)iu-ii El ites; or, othir •'•P’logy,
han was to he limn a in thefnlm'nced safety of the
ii rpetriitin ! Yet nil tins and much un.icwaskiiuwn
.0 the president at the time Ills message was deli
lered to congress ; at a lime that lie knew he w.is
Kamil ly ti e rnnsliHUion of the lend ‘i to give to
1 ogress inhumation nl the state of the union.”—
.ii!i»rul Armstrongs letter which Mr. Kdi'.ot friruth
' Hi os ‘t Soeds lustre on the proinh .it days of il >
Inin virtue’ applies with peculiar force to the fltr
illions confine t ot Fiance in the cases just recited,
.11 wuicb the can otive was nppiisrd ol at tue com
netu enicnt ol the lost congrne, and if o, ner.il Arm
.ti. ng rie«: t ves commendation lot the “ firm and
lone" which he lias assumed in vindicating bra
r>t
'ove/mmnt, it is clear us d.iv that the president
__......i 1. _ ___ . . ... r . .
oi rits public r- nsure and cnn.lertination fv.r the beg
tiv notice which ! e in his message to congress
1 s taken ol the unprincipled conduct of France, nl
aliru gm. • I Armstrong justly terms the “ injury,
nauii I uvlcssness ’ot that power Inwards Artie
ica. From Mr. Madison we never calculated op*
m any smug either very hold or dignified; We ue*
rtreunreived him qositfied for the chit f magistracy
it the United Statis, however he might he lor a se
iretary ot slate, a ii>tii*l.Uor or for some inferior stu
iioi) in th. r oi toe presidency of the union, and we
ere firmly convinced that the nation will consult its
1 st ieli rcMb 1 y dispensing as speedily as practira
ii.e with t■ is «dm nisi ration. ye is a tiintd, tempo,
r.- uo point, tan, as void ol decision as of nerre.—
lie is lilyr.th’ui.ited to preside ovet a nation nl tree
liren- fits administration so far has been preuluc
1 ie <d little else than embarrassment to the nation
il large, and Uiere now appears • positive certainty
il its hetn; rov,,|v, d iastlH greater difficulties with
i power tlral immsteriahs-ls have heretofore hi
lempie't in p- rsuade njptoi J’pve was actiug upon
die pi iociple ill let/il^Mro” and solely in defence
if the ** lieednm i.f Lhe’seaa.” From England loo
tliere is but little expectation that hi:i aduiimsliation
will ever obtjon joist and ample reparation for far
It* stpaeg. s. So it stems Ural we are going on
Horn had «<» worse, and.Wjv'u is at) to end, it 13’not
niueddlh ull to cofjeuiire than awful to cotUem
ifl *.■*«.---Will* respect to grner«t ATr ms! rung's letter
jI ti e tilth nl M*jreb, which has fceji » subject id
^ifbifti Refill rontiemnativm, we are-not prepared to
SISU J^aiHWjsaHJied %pprobalif>n, because it con
mnsennie sejittments in the highest degree rierriM
»rj la Uie Uidcjwndvnce vf U»«»mer of irFemen.
Htajjtver politic it ba*c fccco
m ?»'*-*«■ »f BW> Baw Be*0 VttVXmiitUTZflp
Itl> the hdfcor'hgnvenmpdH l>e4\ir» Us Jcuer
*’* tile I4tl>.»t: February, fhere rerfaiisty, sI.o«W no
I j^2 it ■ l*olkFiisyV u rft MM*,. ** .. A >4! ^t. -_ —^ 1 __
jtengFf bayerrmarohd'any doubt or hesitation »ni.
"il* minister us ,ii* lhr* pait (it? wj^ to iat^Uer its
receipt.^. The measure pf our wrongs was filled to
tiie bn® Wo bud tilreijjlipsubmittfri to greater lu
dt^O+Ues than ought 16 tijpre been borne with. It
hitil become high liiiie that our minister shot,lit
“ vindicate his government in afirm and lolly tone.”
!!,s ta?k was a simple one. The atrocities of France
wire notorious. It was hot ,i iJ.Gif u)t matter there
to! e for him to enumerate her most prominent arts
til floor.,n£ aggressioflr. ( his ht lies done m some in
si lures in a lornf.|e andst r siting manner, hut not him e
so i bolt tile or r a Slot* called lor. Yet his lei ter is defec
'.her parts. He has no where protested against
tive in ■
the limit incart era lion oi Americans, llu barely
notices- the “ unfounded in-muotlon” that the people
of the United St tes were destitute of policy, of oo*
none, and o! energy, and passes over in silence
ml; r passioi'3 in that letter, perhaps n--t less objec
tionahlr. Nor does he vouch sale turall the French
iTJ.ntstci s attention to the very exceptionable cir
cums'mni e of his having first published in the face
oi oil Lurope this insolent communication, helore
he condescended to furnish him with a copy. Hy,
could i ot well have acted towards our minister, nr
government in a manner more truly contemptous.
Yet gen. Armstrong deems this h matter ni no mo
m u., or careful y avoids treating il as such.—
Ai;-im, wl>ui Hie we to think of a minister who in
one breath justly excepts to “ a measure of repri
sal, equally m tdcn and silent in its emu tau nt and
application, founded'on r'o previous wrong, prnriuc*
live of no previous romp],ant, ami operating be
Voud li e hin ts <>( h:s in jedv’s territories and
within those n| Stiver* lgtis >v* o I ad e ven i/ivtttd tie
eomnii ire of the Un.ted States to t‘ eir poi t,.,” ,n.J
in the next speaks of •• the court fence he feels in
ti ** cpcH.mtMi.ynl policy ot Ins maj stv," »1 o has
authorised those measures of reprisal equally sudden
B ; s.Unt / U hat is the plain inipoi t ot those words
“ opfti and loyal poh y,“ but fairness of conduct
nd devotion to li e pi au ipjrs ot justi- e f If tins hr
the pl-iiu no natur d intirpiet nun of their mean
iuu, does it not or, ue h deari e ol ox re.oe mmii
slat, nry, it not base hypotnsy m our in n er to
vipnify his cotjidaice o liie Oj.cn nod Lyal.policy a
t t v rant who sam in tied ihos ** me ,-ui a , I i ■ 111
is! equ ifly sudd, n and silent in then i n ,i tun in n
application, lounded uu no previous wrong, pnujui -
tive ul no pr vtuus comphiin', and opi rating‘ eyc.u
the limits ol his majesty's lemtories nd wit r,
ti:oS“ oi sovereigns ■ o had even incited tl e com
liter, e ot the Un ted States in their ports?” 1'. might'
also here he uekH with great propriety w, eti-T is
‘ open and loyal policy’’ in *! icti general Arm
itr.mg places so- li implicit n nlidence mnsisteo n,
the capture aria condemnation ol a s ip driven , o
die sf arts ol t ranee I, y mi ess if weather and the
_>er Is ol these'! — the seizure and sequestration o
iridtiy rargr.es brought to l raru e in ships violut ng
no h.w and adunttea to le^nUr entry at the imperi
al custom hou-e—the violation of our maritime
rigois, roiivei r..ted as they have hem liy the solemn
iorois 0! h public k treaty-—In a word, whether n
insisted in burning our ships on the high seas,
without other alienee than that of belonging to the i
Ln ho Sei.Le* ; or other apology, than was to be
bo; no to tl e i nhant ed safety of the perpetrator—
Vet ail lluseacls ol pel biliousness were ol long
si ton.ng, are truly rharactcristn kof *• his majesty,”
iim In d bust just been recapitulated l.y genital
Armstrong eit the moment iie is avowing Ins perfect
pi iiiiacore in the open and tvj/al poliiy ol this insa
tu1 le tyrant ! Uuhrsuch ciri umstum es w e caonu!
join ia echoing i is praise,in apph.uding indisciitni
ui.tr ly the conduct of a minister who should so lor
yfl the dignity due to It s st tion, ns to express Ins
entile confidence in the open and loyal policy oi a ,
wretch whose deeds have hjig beiti uutki-u with
the utmost flagitiousnc-ss arid perfidy towards his
»oV'. h:i:ii nt, cod from wh.m it is now suffering
the most crud injuries, the greatest indignities 1
From the North-Carousa Feber-cl I1epi:3
' L1CAN.
Ta the Freemen of the Counties of JohaUem, Wayne,
Grttne, Lenoir, Jones, Carteret and Craven.
Fellow Citizens, '
In del rtnee to ihe wishes of many estimable
friends, and in the bumble hope of being useiul to
ny ci 'Jiitry — uninfluenced by motives of intert-st, ol
vanity, or of ambition — ( prtsint oiysilf to yoiir
consideration as.a Candidate 1<t your suflragrs at
toe approaching election of a Representative to
L’ongrtss. To many of you it is known, and by a li
1 am wtiling it should be understood, that this ten
der ol iny services lias not bei n resolved on wi'.h
iiul hesitation, and is not made but with diffidence.
Since the avowal of Mr. Stanly’s determination
to':b cline a re cl: i t oo (a determination which few
ran .regret more than mysrll) t have betn hnnomed
with applicant::.3 from ditfeient parts of the Dis
trict t* permit myself to be nominated for the ap
pointment. Grateful'to my lutings as tLes" testi
monials ol tymfiiler.t e end affection necessarily were,
yet a compli-mce with them was opposed by too
many considerations, not to occasion doubt and de
mand tune tor reflection.. A reluctance to engage
m an electioneering contest—a distiust of my capa
city for the iwtul functions of a National Legisla
tor—the abandonment of my private and professi
onal pursuits—and the sacrifice of So many domes
tic enjoyments—these and many other objections
were placed before me in stiang at ray. But what
ever has hern their force they operate no longer.—
If K he ihedeliheMiie wishof a majority anmngyoo.at
this momentous period of your public concerns, to
confide to me this highly important trust, a sens-;
if duty forbids me to decline it. Win tljer such he
your wish or not 1 am unable to ascertain, but by
declaring my willingness to obey your call.
Actuated solely by these considerations I am
without temptation to deceive you ; and should be
utterly without t xcitse could 1 descend to any of the
arts of deception. It h.ts hren u- usl for those who
have preceded rue on sim.lar occasions to ijiske an
exposition of their political opinions. (Jiaveuo
difficulty in complying with the requisitions of this
custom. Instead however: of amusing you with
the cahaIJislic terms of party, least understood by
those w ho use them most, 1 wilt lay before you in
plain ami explicit language the leading principles of
tiiy political rrecd, formed upon reflection, confirm
r-tl by experience, and endeared by habit- A decid
ed attachment to a free guvernment, which derives
its origin from the will of the people, and it esta
blished by a fixed and pm amount consmuttoa—
* .
Philadelphia. Jun* 2S.
Roll's Gazette S.vs, “ It is. certain that a nrv
Ftenrb minister is coming cut to this country; He
!«-lt Pails about the middle «»f April, |nr l^.yonne,
where lie was to embark for the United Stute’a.* x
A lett> i from the st ite ot New York Conveys % ^
v>Ty strange idea as to the intention of polities! par
tes in P. nnsjlvania. We should treat it as per
fc^tiy'chimerical hut for Ike general correctness of
t^iouice from which it is derived. It amounts (a
no more or levs than litis : that gen. Acafttctrorg
will return to this country immediately; that h»
will fix himself in this state, nf which we hvliev®
he is u.native ; andfin illy, that he is to he support
ed as govetnour again t Simon Snyder !—This will
be a ‘* tearful odds’ fur Simou.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Hhrictianu
(XorwaifJ to lus frieod in this city, dated
*• CmusTUNA, llth April, 18TO.
“ I heg of you to advise your friends in Pbtlftdefi’
phia, that the Danish privateer law is j.usl renewed,
and innumerable cruisers of all siaiji are nyw fitting
out in Norway lor fresh depredations. The pie.
sent political relations between Frants* and the U*
nited Suits appear to increase the difficulties ef
safe navigation this wav.” «
fe - ; ’ ’• : i'*
latest from Cadiz.
Captain Tarns, nt the ship London Trr.der, ar
rived this morning from Cadi* in 45 days, (and
reached town after our paper war at pr»*s) inforrhs,
that tire French hod made nn farther progress after
redti u on <d*Fort Matagorda on the main ; that
th« Spanish and Portuguese force on the island a
V*Pr
whlrh it managed by legidigjift
rhotra by ,lbe great body aQfi*
loi stale 1 periods of s rvicr, o»
iiiit them to be useful, nor innljjthg to tree ttiemiit
tram a neressmy sense «>( responsibility—» hirh itf*
upheld by a judiciary, wise, virtuous, and depend) nt
an their good-mudm t far continuance mi oflitevj|||
wb'th the poor and the ru b, the weak asdthr pow
erlul, nr# alike protected and alike restrained;
wi,rre justice 19 administered without distinction
ol prisons; and the liberty and property of ev.iy
man secured from violate.11—it is a s. nlicm nl in* »
Irr woven with eiefy ligament ot inv heart. A 1 or*
dial uflerimii and deeply fined veneration for tji.it
bond ol onion, which makes the Anurtran states a
na'iou, and on the pieseivittop of which dep ud
all.mr hopes to establish justice, insure domestic
tranquill y, provide for the coiiiiu.01 fief, m e, pio
mole the general w. bare, and sei ure tbe 1 l*r,sings
ol liberty to out$ 1. es and onr posterrtv”—a*onvic*
lino that tf it be om f di-solved it is yribp f. rev r_
a disposition 10 consMue its provisions 10 the spirit
o( those who framed and adopted it, and with that
candour whit h alone cun render it irlrfiil and < t’o 1
eiu—are principles and feelings which “hare
grown with wy growth and strengthened with n y
stiengtl . ’ Ado to these, a wish to preserve mv
late the good hub ol the nation, to cultivate m t! e
spirit of justice and impartiality, prure and harm -
ny with all iorrign puweis, but nevirthto’ lear .(
edecUon to surrender essential rights, la submit to
ictaal indignities—a steady put pose to cherish and
promote the pi.ot egiuultnr.il interests nt our riti
sms, to give every practicable encouragement and
uotecfion to their lawful comm-n c, and (in mtboe
linution not in preference to these primary objects)
o lost, r the 111 mufai luring establishments of out,
rmintry—und you liave the grr.t nml'n.-.of u,v pi* "%■
ilical tiii.h.—It is that ol a humble pupil in t1 e
ichool ot W-shiiigton. In His udbitn si ration t
v is illustriously exemplified. By Him it was m.
•fined in his political testament, the last and o..t
he least valuable ot his
11 r»'P 1 : 111 f* fllllc t n I i -.
rymrn.
I hese principles, my Fallow Citizen, must cmitt
me u« influence my conduct in whatever situation '
%
nil.V be placed, c ndnur r< quire s of me also to <i
I‘re. that llie views and opinions which no I. njf
nn - ! Ii *1 occasion to avow, relative to lion
'MU 'l.iJi' utius ol the nation, remain \v un
ft —have indeed d, rived strengtli Iro n ■ >.
1 he conrm .*! poticy which J iKm i.-. . t, : ,
' '•* a1'1 Wll O ■■ treat . J ,»
let till 11
<uvrd i!
I"
■ loll.; le |>llvsie in' ... , , ;I.„!lt|.,i
- an h..<t -“.vi, usly . I ..up-ct*
•' 1 ‘ *•' 1,1 'I «• t •; • ■ vTreat
:4nl la ur -I ;).■ ren,-s ar» m -t . ; ! ,..,i lUr
,:J"»" r at v • : w Ftnm the
r.niperur ! ! • u n,>-e- - n <h nt fur the
■ Stm seeu- v : t lb- t-m, »! . ,v. rrneive ; an
i u nidation »< - - -.on * x . pi-m ». e hi*,
nry nt independentn i , n now inen,t eti
vith it sh dei.iinri, ,' , „< : n -tmicnt, insulted
»ith.the most! ni :omel < r'ax ni reproach.
Ill theri,visions ol part, have distract-d
nircoonliv, erarceU a ru n . he ir.oml « ho brs
rot taken some shale —1 I I which I have acl
;d all of you know.—l„ luiral npuimns, [
inve always been firm - n t jd.d; hut 1 never
rave Keen, and firv.ntly tu, | never shall he the
>lave of faction. None cari ; or the imeTnper
inreof party sp'rit more than , vs»It. N ,n- ran
jernure lolly rmn'niroii,.,! r ].. a» once the no
if Son I h I ppm -s, I-till the r), ify („ ■ of our nitti
>nal prosperity, hh mid 1 t»,.n e directed hy yrU
o occupy ■ seat in the 1. f ist tore ol the; t ill. 11, I
fish :t |.) t e distmrily on i iii..r|, t))di rve!V
ii'Casion I slull e.uisidpt t n v onlv to diit-v-i if
io«sil le w i,ht is r p/i. n/hi’ji/it, artu’ for mu Cf-vn!ry’s
'uod an 1 this once osri rtaioe.', >o aoht-re to it in
te.Mhly, whet! . r it lead to the support or lo 3ti op
lositiuH nt the views ot e.il 'imstralion — whether it
■e popular nr unpnpulot— whomever it may please,
ir whomever it in.iv olleiu).
It utter thts trank avowal and upon these grounds,
i'ou should ST-hi t me as the d*posi;sirv ol vour con
id tire, I s ntii ihtic'td I “el mysi ll honoured by yon,*
dioice. Asti will mv sacred dotv, so will it be
ny higocst gratification, to in eke you the .truly re
ure.in my power, 1 y a hmh'd rt-vnti, n of all my
acuities (such as th.y are) to tire promotion <4
■our wellare. ll however yu ihonh: p'r t- r oon
•liter individual, most i liter,idly will [ .m q„;ejve in
our ilttermination, nor regret a continuation in
hut private station, which uothing ran ever tempt
ne to relinquish, but a tense of duty and obedience
o your will.
W iih sincere wishes for your bappiritss indieidih*
illy and culler lively.
I am Gentlemen,
\ our Ii iend and fellow citizen,
william ga$ton.
Ntvbern, June ‘20, 1810.