Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-06-15 00:00:00, page 3

By Cspl. !J3*kJe»r oftlsbri* Keeper. which ar
rived yesterday fi\>«*C»)r»ftt,*s were favoured
•with papers tn January sg. ^
' Wmsm*u/’'y*0
.It' to C^.l^ to be the lint to announce the
aaptareof hi* iriajei-ty’s sloop of w»r Victor, the
Portuguese frigate Minerva, and the coiintry ships
Resolution and Admiral Drury, by the Frenrh fn
fyjk La Mloniae, commanded by captain Victor
dp Tarry. “ ‘
lo the capture of the Victor, the national honor
ties nothing by the event; whilst the length ot
a contest, under to great a desparity nf force, ijnd
tl)e gallant though unsuccessful, attempt to carry
Ike enemy by boarding, shew what might, and, we
entertain little doubt, would have been-effectcd, had
the shattered stats of the Vidor enabled her gal
lant crew to carry on the plan, so ably conceived
bv their ladder, into execution.
_Ii _i* satisfactory, under every circumstance to
'observe, that .the CHSUcUit-s on board the Victor
.were so few and trivial, two women only having
‘been wounded duringthe action, which is said to
Jhatfe been maintained fur a spare of thiity five mi
■BOtcs. .
The Minerva, it appears, fell in, with the enemy
CU lhe22dof November, at 4, Y. M. when bulb
ingate* came to dupe action, which was continued
Upwards of three hours, when both ships withdrew
jfor a renewal of the cornbai*which recommenced
next day, a little before noon. In the second at
tack the commander of the Minerva is said^o have
displayed great Jadgment and resolution, and being
ably,supported by hisofficets and men, the enemy
suffered severely before the Minerva struck. Capt.
Ignacio is reported to be among the wnundrd.
The Resolution was captured on the ipth of No
vember, and tbe Drury much about the same time,
in the latitude of Madras.
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
Ho&
« of Rephesektatites.
Thursday, June 7.
At,15 o’cjork his excellency the Governor, at
tended as uiual on similar occasions, met the two
branches of the legislature in the representatives’
chamber, and delivered the following
SPEECH:
(gentlemen of the Senate, ' and
Gentlemen of the House of Represent afire*.
The independent, and respectable electors of this
commonwealth, by a majority of their suffrages,
having honoured me with the office of their supreme
executive magistrate, an honour at this period in
creased by the existing state of our public affairs, I
have accepted the important trust, with that grati
tude, which is due to such distinguished confidence;!
with that dififideace, which is fearful to do wrong;
and with that solicitude, which is insepaiahle from
a sincere desire to do right.
In this enlightened age of the world, the critera
fur judging of rulers, are their measures, not their
professions: thole only then, whose conduct is
t«qdid, upright, and honourable, can enjoy, either
the happiness of conscious rectitude, or the pleas
ing expectation, of the approbation, esteem, and
support of their fellow citizens. And should their
rule be meritorious, Low often do circumstances of
a puhlirk nature occur, which leave to government
a choice only of evils ; deeply affecting the feelings
ani interests of the people, and producing jealousies
discontents and opposition ?
Each of lale has been the state of our national
concerns, and the consequent divisions have exhibit
ad prospects of serious alarm—is it not the duty of
the trustees and guardians of the inestimable rights
sad liberties o%the people, to destroy if possible
this germ of political confusion, and at the shrine
•of publick safety, honour and welfare, to sacrifice
all private and local views, prejudices, and discoid
aot passiuns.
If I haw formed.a just estimate of the charac
ters whom 1 address, there cannot rxist a solitary
doubt, that in a pursuit so deeply interesting to the
pu’/i'ck, regardless of political distinctions, as they
wiil co-operate with me, in attaining these impor
tant objects: and to secure success, let the m-intl*
of friendship be drawn over past obnoxious mea
sures, and our exertions he directed to prevent their
repetition.
Whatever may lie the points of difference be
tween parties, in this they will undoubtedly agree,
that union is the #i'.tat principle of fiberty - for as
wvll may the physical body have a being without
air* as the body-politic of our republic!?, without
that priwlp*.
From lime immemorial?, the sue eessfnt maxim of j
ambition has be«m “ to divide and conquerand
.even fr?e governments Kavs so far sanelioned it, for
preventing the cnwn, afi'd preserving tBe subordina
tion of their colonies, a* to disseminate jealousies
amongst t|pri.
Such was the policy of Great Britain for retain
ing the colooiet which first formed the U. States ; a
policy which in the early period of their separation ;
from her, exposed them to imminent danger, and
was their most fotmidable foe.
Out the good sense of the colonists prevailed;
and with a population not exceeding two millions ol
inhabitants ; fcith executives and judiciaries, al
most wholly opposed to them; with rego! troops,
in their fortresses, cities and principal towns, to
awe and controul them ; with few arms, and mili
tary stores ; and without puhlirk funds, or an or
ganized pivernment to conduct their np-iations ;
they adopted this motto,“ United we stand, divided
we fall i” and their union, successfully commenced,
and triumphantly terminated the revolutionary
war. Had a party spirit then prevailed, it would
have been fatal; it vvonld have plunged the patriots
into the ahyss of irretrievable servitude ; it would
have exchanged their exalted stations vf man, for
tbatof senseless Automata—and even cemented as
.the United States now are, by excellent federal and
stale constitutions, if the invisible hand of foreign
influence, or if denp rooted domestic prdjodices and
animostltes should.abiatn the ascendancy, they will
too Lite discover, that lie lost of union, it tie loss of
liberty ; for hour*ver remote we ant from foreign
nations, or kill'd by prospects of their friendship,
should our;tmion bo dast,ioy-ii, tuustine wars must
ensue, ami soon confjpt this beautiful, populous, and
cultivated country, into a barren, depopulated
waste.
But will not tijreiga powers, viewing as they da
these Gnurifchicg.commr.rchi sVV.as britji' the invidi
ous eye of c.'jaipe!l!or;‘ seixe the first favourable
f.
resist foreign iavmion t
•nts of Europe, France a»d Great-Britain; nations
to whom all others are most Indebted for their pro
gress in arts and *eience», and for those usefuftdis
coveries and improvements which adorn society
andpromote human happiness; nations unrivalleo
by land and sea; who id their conflicts have nearly
destroyed tbe independence of continental Europe,
■md threaten that of the ^uartersof the globe; if
we refiert on the,measures of their mighlptgovern
ruents, we rannot too deeply regret that they have
lost sight of their own dignity and honour: or why
d>> they not apply the powers entrusted them by
Divine Pi evidence, to complete, not the misery,
but the happiness of malt ? Why do they not im
mortalize theii fame by recording it, noton the sor
rowful tombs of slaughtered millions, not on the
desolate ruins of mournful principalities, kingdoms
and empires—but on the brilliant pages of illustri
ous phihinthtopists—on the durable annals of the
great, the good, the God-like benefactors of man?
To the civilized world, the answer is a subject ol
the deepest regret and grief— Inordinate ambition
and power, allies on the land, allies on the orenn,
are as insatiukle and unmerciful as the relrntles*
grave. Unparallelled wealth, agriculture, manu
factures and commerce, but furnish endless maga
zines of fuel to feed the unquenchable flame of am
b"ion: and power, lawless and boundless power,
is on both sides implicitly obedient to her sovereign
will. Obligations of every kind, political, moral,
and religious, arising from tbe rights of neutrals,
from the most solemn treaties, from publick law in
general, and from humanity itself, are neglected,
cancelled and treated with ineffable contempt, eve
ry beam of hope that national justice would resume
her elevated station, has been ephemeral—glitter
ing in the morn, it has been dim at noon, and ex*
linei in me eve.
France has charged Great Britain with the esta
blishment of a despotic commercial monopoly ; and
has viewed her own ronduct, as the mentcrious ef
fort of a magnanimous volunteer, in a common
' cause, to detent the measure. The king of Great
Britain in return has charged France with the fabri
cation of this as a pretext to cover her deep de
signs of universal domination. Neighbouring na
tions, by tbeir vibrating conduct towards these
mighty belligerents, have deflated that both are in
the right, and both in the wrong—and the United
States, ever careful to offend neither, hava, with
uniform solicitude, cultivated the friendship of earh.
May their laudable endeavours be crowned with
merited success!
France, previously to her revolutionary war, for
a series of ye&rs, trembled at the rod of nngbty Bri
tain. That unparalelled event has reversed the
scene, and France threatens the overthrow of her
great enemy. The Emperor Napoleon, has, in sub
stance, if not in form, derlared it. Napoleon, that
great arbiter of the East, is a most formidable foe :
His equal is not to he found in.the aonals of man.
Other memrehs have been styledgre.it; but as u
statesman and warrior, he is super-eminent. He is
a prodigy of human nature, lie is viewed by bis
enemies as a comet of the first magnitude ; at a dis
tancs, they admire the awful grandeur of both, but
the approach of eilhar they dread, as the precursor
of certain destruction.
Thus unhappily circumstanced is Great-Britain,
and sire views her safety * in war. She conceives,
that by a peace, her gieat and only national safe
guard, her Navy, must be dismantled; that her nu
merous foreign seamen will return with joy to their
native shares; that her national seamen, in part,
will be compelled to seek employment abroad ; and
tlie.t when imperious necessity shall again require
her navy, in it* pres, nt vigorous state, an event
which would rapidly follow, the measure would be
impracticable, and the result her conquest. Her ea
gle-eyed states.men act on this pnnripl*, and have
declared it. They have even derlarrd that a peace
must establish their national safety; and this they
view as a political impossibility.
On the part, then, of the United States, will not
good policy look forward to the continuance of a
war, in the participation of which, they have been,
and will continue to be in danger.
Each of these tremendous powers, presents itself
at different times to United America, with the af
fected attachment of a disinterested admirer. But
are they not disingenuous and inexorable compel!*
tors? And however impartially she may conduct
towatds them, when either merely suspects that
she favors.the other, is not a jealous phrenzy there
by excited, urging the decree of American destruc*
tionf in such imminent danger, i* there not an
mdispensabh: necessity of union?
Shall we hot then cordially incite the other great
department of our government, the judieiaiy, con
taining our luminaries of the law, the able and
learned counsellors and practitioners at the bar—
our respertable and pious instructors, the chrgv,
whose love of country and promotion of union du
ring the revolution, is a pledge of tbeir support—
'the citizens of the other learned profession, who, at
that eventful period, in patriotism and prowess were
inferior to Bone—our respertable and wealthy far
mers, merchants, manufacturers aud mechanics,
whose ruin would be completed by intestine commo
tions, shall we not invite them all to aid in the pre
servation of our union ?
Will not this desirable measure, if commenced by
government, Lt supported by the constitutional so
vereigns of the land, the people ? Will not every
friend to hit country recollect the stirred trmb,
“ that an house divided ogaiust itself cannot stand?'’
Will be not determine fur himself to relinquish a
party system, and the practice of misrepresenting,
and unjustly reprobating, his political opponents?
Will he not magnanimously impute to his fellow
citizens ii» opposition, a mistaken zeal in patriot
ism, and cordially embrace then) ? Will he not dis*
countenance evety attempt to wound the dignity of
the press, that great palladium of liberty, when
urged to prostitution and abuse ? And will not in
ternal pears and happiness—will not order at home
and resprtabilily abroad, be thus again restored to
this great and respertabld State?
V Washington, the immortal Washington, by bisi
farewell address on the subject, an address, worthy
of recordj)nas tablet of adamant, calls on
etfrveymrr
Strains
National.
Adaift wi!b W»‘e#scta.»
The grea
M
vernroent. - -..a. . :T-;. .
" P*«v»wty the Revolution, wfaeu clon^fW
•tried end portended « political tempest, it, wm
predicted by miaistetiat adversaries, that out federal
league “ would he a rope of sarftt.* Tble, to a
great degree wae veniLd by the Iona of the lOAfe
iteration. The*change from that to the Federal
Constitution, applied power i ally to the feelings *nd
interests ot the community at large, and produced
the necessity of an ac<;oiimui<j<vuou. '1 bit,, u«vmg
been wisely adopted, and the requisite amendments
having been sanctioned, a system of Federal Go
verament exists, wtairb embraces the general, and
nearly the universal approbation ot the people. .
The first candidate lor president, united the public
suffrages; hut til regard- to ms successors, divisions
msued, being the result of the different territorial,
commercial and political views and interests of the
stales ? which in the beginning had little or no ac
tivity. The peace, order and dignity whtb, never
theless, prevailed in the lederal elections, are the
, highest penegy rics on the people, and cn the foun
ot thatr governmint.
( We have in the lederal rhair a president, whose
enlightened mind, and whose moral, social and po
litical virtues qualify him in a sopereminent degree,
lor that important station. If auy nation can boast
of a Chid Magistrate with superior qualifies for
promoting public happiness, it is not within the re
collection or knowledge of the pat sou addressing
you. Of what cwnseqoeure is it, whether a Ple»i
(lent be born on this, or on that side of Potomac ?
Are not the United States one great political Fami
ly; exquisitely alive to the least common injury,
and to the rondun of government for removing it ?
When we consider alio the respectable characters
which fill the other great executive offices, and
those of the legislative and judicial departments, are
they not, so far as character has a ciaim, justly
entitled to our highest respect, confidence and sup
port f From men let us turn our attention to mea
sures; let us view the conduct of lias federal gov
ernment, from the first burst of the Galiick Voica
no, to this day ; let us look at them on the honour
able ground nl neutrality, charged, in turn, bv each
belligerent, with mean degrading partiality, and
repelling with dignity, the unptovokrd attack.—
See our federal rulers, robed injustice and honour,
whilst Europe, convulsed to the center, has been
in one great blaze of war, preserving, for a series
of years, their unoffending stales in peace ! Befodd
them, in the choice of unavoidable evils, struggling
with the impatience and afflictions of the people,
under the painful, hut indispensable operation, for
preserving the vital fluid of the nation, their active
property ! and then let us declare the correct judg
ment of candour and truth on the conduct of our
government,
Whilst we admit, that there is no perfection in
human nature, and that the greatest men do oiteti
err ; let us not construe the errors of honest hteti
onartes into rrimea; let us place in the opposite
ecale their meritorious acts, and at least give them
full rredil for the balance. When this is done, may
we not with truth declare, that the Icderal govern
ment have done well, and are good and faithful
servants of the puhlirk f
In the channels of husbandry and commerce,
flows in a great measure the active property ot this
state. These are natural allies, the aid ol one, is in
dispensable fo the other, and it is fortunate for bo:h,
that there is a coincidence uf friendship and interest
between them. They are the greatest piilais of this
commonwealth, and not a right of either ought to
be invaded, or tmpaited, wlaisl she, in subordina
tion to the general government, has an arm to pro
tect l*'em.
Industry atid economy,- those great sources of
wealth, cannot be too much encouraged and sup
ported. Happily for this country, they in nume
rous instances, are inlisted in the service of manu
facturers and mechnnirks. These valuable aud im
portant classes of our fellow-citizens, have a just
demand on government, for every reasonable en
couragement and support. Tktir pursuits are prac- !
ticable patriotism, and whilst our national and
state parchments, establish our independence (if
right, their measures, more solid, are establishing
for us, ah independence in deed.
When we reflret that the United States are in
possession of numerous blessings, political, rivil
and religious, many of which are not enjoyed by any
other nation : that we are remote from those seen* s
of war and carnage, by which F.ufope is vested in
*auic; mAi wernj<*y me uncouirouieri ngoi.on pun- !
ciplcs of true liberty, to form, alter, and c*rry into
etlccl our federal and state constitutions : that found
ed on them and on law, there exists a spirit of tola
ration, securing to every one the undisturbed rights
of ronscit-m e, and the liee exercise of religion : that
the people, at fixed periods, has * the cl nice t»l their
rulers, and can remove those who do wrong: that
the n»»ans of education in all its branches, are libe
ra), general and successful: that their national
strength, resources and powers, by prnpsr arrange
merits, may render these states mvineille: that by
our husbandry, commerce, manufactures, and me
chanical arts, the wealth of this country almost sur
passes credibility : let us not be prompted by im
prudent 2*aloU of any description, to hazard the ir
retrievable loss of all, or of any of these inestima
ble blessings ; but let us secure them for ever, with
the aid ol Divine Providence, by rallying around
the standard of our national government, and by
encouraging and establishing a martial spirit, «u
the solid inundation of idlernal peace, order, and
concord. '
•-» E. GERRY.
[We have Abridged this speech, by omitting some
local matters.]-——-£d. Led.
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& DISSOLUTION.
The Copartnership of Curtis and
.b thin day dissolved hy consent of partim—
JO. M- Curti* ij authorised to settle the accounts ni
the concern, to whom those indebted arc requested
to tba|e payment.
D. M. Curtis,
' y»
- Geo. B. Kwr«
June 15, •
spoke taftV:
for Ne+ O&p*.
April, *Naples tw Mr
• bjch Stated, that, in 6 *e»ksI3 i
had let* coudriavAi H&d iiM „
MedHerrtnean swarms with* ffern
wer« at Tunis,* at Buena, aryl,on
Marseille*—They have rsptefd a
S<-l«. „ - ,. ■ A
™ 11~~11 in.. fiiftaM—in—
Mattel Payne's Third ftigftt.
01, THE
DEViL TO FAY. ^
Doom to be opened at Six, End the Performance
to commence at Seven o'clock precisely. v
Ad'iiitUn**^ One Dollar.—Tn'k-i» lop
at the Ledger OHice, and at the Office of th#1
: OfficfoJ
tie.
On Saturday the 23d instant; at, ft
o'clock, Will be Sold on the premises, ; 7
That Valuable LOT of LANffe
On Smith'* Point, . / '
(Opposite to the house of Mrs. Brunet—ThU is a
im>st desirable and healthy situation, and can be dD
t itled into building lots to suit purchasers. , •' ’
v m»o,
■m
The HOUSE and LOT,
Formerly occupied by Mr. John Newell-Term*
will be made known at, the sale.
Francis Smith.
June 13. 4
FOR CHARTER^
ms
THC fixe,
_____ Ship General Colburn, jj
Burthen 343 tons.
For Sale on board,
l£Sg
Her Cargo of Cadiz SALT.
ALSO, >}•
The Cargo of SALT per Sch
Fortitude, from TurkVlsland. J
June 15. tf
/or Freight or Ch.. .
The good Ship UR
Burthen about 200 hogshe
complete order for the reception of n cargo.
to
Christopher E;
June 15.
• »• •
*, FOR SALE,
15 tons of square IR<
Assorted sites—Apply to
Robert Ma
June 15.
REMOVAL .
D. M. CURTIS*
Was removed to the house lately in the ocl
Messrs. Mackinder tc White, No. 14,
Square*.
Where he offer* for Sate a targe and genera/ wwt*
ment of
>
Stable and FANCY GOODS.
ALSO,
A large assortment of SHOES, of all
qualities. v,
fry* Those who are indebted to Mr. J,'
vant, lately removed to Boston, are i
make payment to D. M. Curtis, Who is toil?
rised to receive the same, %
-
Fencing Exhibition
If. Meleyer, Fencing
v a uugiu oy the famous Pietr) and Mem
Fencing Academy of Toulouse, has die
inform the inhabitants of Norfolk, that be
perform on Tuesday next, 19th instant
chetjt, Fencing Master, as shell as
teurs of this place, will fence with hi
from the applause be hit obtained at ha
ces in different parts of this country
and from his great attention its.
thing with the greatest propjspty, to
who will favour him with their co
begin by the Grand fictul dr*
different Counters, fce. fee.—An
with the Car and Tkntet; and'
Teat* of Arqad Svotd Axcre/«e.
The performance will begin at
the evening, at Mr. D 1*0*0*'• *aH
admittance One Hollar, and Half
of refreshments will bn re
Gentlemans
K B No
*«M, »
will be
v* AfttrrA*
tor those Ladies
UtZu