The American Republican gazette — Concord, N.H., 1803-04-28 00:00:00, page 2

Were officially declared to the Spaniffi
ambassador, and uniformly maintain
ed by every republican member of
congress in either house who spoke on
the fubjeft. The infraction was a
greed to have been committed; and
the difference which drifted between
them and their adversaries, was that
the republicans did not confider the
aft as authorifed by the court ofSpain, (
and that therefore unless Spain would
countenance the wrong or refufe the
right, it was not a cause of war ; tho a
cause ofrefentment, and ajuft ground
for obtaining every further security
which could be obtained against sim
ilar infringement of our rights. This
was the object of dispatches to Eu
rope, and with such views a minister
was appointed to proceed to Europe.
Had there been no " violation of our
rights" or 66 infraction of treaty," there
would have been no cause of com
plaint, nor any necessity for an em
bassy—it is perfectly in the character
of toryifm to find fault with the exec
utive for telling the truth—for they
are not accustomed to deal with sin
cerity themselves.
v The TWO MILLIONS.
It appears that two millions of dol
lars were appropriated for public pur.
poses, which purposes were confiden
tially made known to congress.. This
confidence was betrayed by a Connect
icut member, who escaped expulsion
for the breach of trust only through
the mistaken lenity of three or four
republican members, who absented
themselves in order to (uffer him to
escape. Two millions of dollars are
appropriated, for public use—What
then ? Congress is informed of the
use—they approve of the appropria
tion and the use, But then it is done
with closed doors. We shall suppose
it to be the wish of the executive to
purchase the Floridas and the island
of New Orleans, and that the sum of
two million jwas_rowired for that
purpose. Would this be a wrong
measure ? This is not the considera
tion of the tories, they would not wish
an university to be erected at Wash-
Kington City, left JefFerfon should have
the credit of being the founder of it !
They would not wish the Floridas or
New Orleans to be purchased, left he
should have the honor of it also ! But
why, they will fay, was hoc this done
in public? For this very special rea.
son, that no man who wishes to make
a bargain upon as low terms as possi
ble, will at firft declare all he means
to give; nor until he knows what the
feller will ask. It was not to hide the
appropriation from the American peo
ple the communication was privately
made, but to prevent the fad being
known where we were going to nego
tiate for the purchafe—lt was to defeat
this purchase, or to induce the holder
of the Floridas to infill upon such ex
treme terms as might embarrass nego
tiation—that the confidence and honor
of congress was insulted and betrayed.
It was with the fame view that the
writer of Essays in Mr. Burr's paper
of Newyork, under the signature of
Coriolanus, suggested a sum so enor
mous for the purchafe* as he hoped
would render all negotiation imprac
ticable. [* D.40,000,000]
The paffeffion of the Floridas and
New Orleans by the U. States, is ul.
timately inevitable ; but it is inevita
ble only in the ordinary progression
of our population. The possession by
honorable negotiation or reasonable
purchase at an earlier period, must,
from the advantages of the weftern
, navigation and commerce of incalcu
lable value, be desirable. We are
well fatisfied that the people of the U.
States would be perfectly content to
obtain the immediate possession at tzuo
millions of dollars, or pethaps more ;
but the objects of the tories in and
^mofConrc6w& to Overthrow the
present administration—and republi
can principles—it is for this they be
trayed, their honor and their trust—it
is for this they fought war without
necessity, & oppose negotiation where
it is proper—it is for this that they at.
tempted to excite infurre&ion in the
Weftern country —and it is for this
they are now intriguing to divide and
sow jealousy among republicans.
The re opening of the port of New
Orleans is what Gouverneur Morris
would call one of those accidents that
baffles the mod profound wildom and
experience, (meaning his own !) and
fupercedes all federal calculation !
It is said in private letters that the
Spanish Intendant of New Orleans,
lin consequence of his mistaken and
injudicious policy, has found it expt
dient to rejign his office— and return
to Europe. [Aurora.
VIRGINIA ELECTION.
Washington, Aprilll.
John Clopton, republican, is
re-elected a member of Congress
from the state of Virginia. In
Richmond he had noopponent.
In the county of Fredrick, in
the fame state, General Smith,
republican, had 554 votes, and
,Joseph Sexton 154
On the sth inst. an election
;was held at Spotfylvania court
house, (Virg.) when the votes
!were unanimous for John Daw
,fon as a member of the House of
Representatives of the U. States.
General Brooke was chosen state
I Senator, and L. Stanard and D.
, C. Ker Delegates.
I OHIO SENATORS.
April 15. The Legislature of
Ohio have elected John Smith
g and Thomas Worthington Sena^
:tors of the United States.—These
Igentlemen are both decided repub-
Ilicans, and friends to the present
/ administration. They have also
j eleaed Returned J. Meiggs, Wm
fyrigg and Samuel Huntington,
Supreme Judges ; and W. Silli
man, C. .Peafe and F. Dulany,
IPrefiding Judges.
IFrom information received from
lour Consul at Gibraltar, it ap
- Ipears that the John Adams, the
Newyork and the Chefapeak,
were at Malta on the 29th Janu
ary last.
A letter from Bordeaux to a
gentleman in Norfolk, after men
tioning the appointment of Gen.
IBernadotte, as minister to the U.
I States, adds—" It is said that such
lis the state of the French Colo,
nies, that new commercial ar
-Irangments with the United States
are neceflary, and that the A
merican commerce is (hortly to
be put on a better footing.' 7 ,
The Sun, a London paper, of the 2d of
March, has the following paragraph:
'' We have received letters from
Dover, which state that the pes
tilential disease which has been
raging in France, has reached
that port and Deal ; but we are
desirous of hoping that our in
formation may be erroneous.
Should it be true, we trust imme
diate means will be taken to pre
vent it from spreading."
A private account from Fiance
(published in a London paper of
theadMarch) mentions another
plot to affadinate the Chief Con
ful. A letter from Rouen, of
-the 23d February, states, that on
the 21st a Frenchman by the
name of Bourgais,juft returned
from England, was, with a num
ber of his accomplices, arrested
1 by the government, in confe- 1
quence of information that they
had entered into a plot to assas
sinate the Chief Consul, and af
terwards to seize on the reins of
government. A number of pa
pers were found upon him, which
are said to develope the diabolical
scheme, and to implicate a num
ber of persons, in England, emi
grants from France. M. Bour
gais went over to England in the
month of July last, with recom^|
mendations to several refpe&able
familes to procure him a situation
as a tutor. He did not succeed in
this, and the account is, that he
was drawn into the conspiracy by
some of those emigrants resident,
in England, who still cherilh thel
thoughts of a counter-revolution,
by the means of tumult and anar- ;
chy.l
New-York, April ii,
The arrival of the ships Two
Frjends and Oneida Chief from
London, and the ship Henry from
Cork, all 28 days passage, has
furnifhed us with irregular files
of English and Irish papers to
the firft of March, 14 days later
than had been previously receiv
ed. )
Orders have been issued from
the War Office in London to in
'creafe the bountie^for recruiting,,
and to take men two inches be
low the usual standard.
HIGH TREASON.
[&T Col. Despard, with several
others, was lately tried in England for
conspiring to take the King's life —
on the trial one packed jury refufed to
Hand, but a fecund, packed from the
Nobility, declared the prisoners guilty
and they were executed.]
The recommendation to mer-;
cy of the Jury who convided
Colonel Defpard,the mediation of
Lord Nelson, and the prisoner's
own written application, have
been without effea ; his execu
tion was judged neceflary from
motives of state policy; and ac.
cordingly, the lenience of the law
was carried into effe& upon him
and fix of his associates on the 21
February. They met their fate
with fortitude. —Colonel Defpard
having asked and obtained per
mission, addressed the fpedlators
in the following manner :—
“ Fellow-Citizens, I come here,
as you fee, after having served
my country faithfully, honoura
bly and ufefully, served it for
thirty years and upwards to fuffer
death upon a fcaffold for a crime
of whilh I protest I am not guilty.
I solemnly declare that I am no
more guilty of it than any of you
may be now hearing me. But I
though his Majesty's Ministers
know as well as I do that I am
not guilty yet they avail them
selves of a legal pretext to destroy
a man because he has been a
friend to truth, to liberty and to
justice—because he has been a
friend to the poor and the op
prefled. But, citizens, I hope &
trust, notwithstanding my far.
;and the fate, of those who^
doubt will soon follow me, th#
the principles of freedom, of
humanity, and of justice, will fi
nally triumph over falfehood, ty-
I ranny, and delusion, and every
principle hostile to the interests
of the human race . -And now
having said this, I have little
more to add, except to wish you
all health, happiness & freedom,
which I have endeavored, as far
as was in my power, to procure
for you, and for mankind in
general"
The fame day on which Colo-
Ine| Defpard was executed, Mr.
I Peltier, the Editor of a paper
printed in London called L'Am
bigu, was 'tried at the instance
of the British Government, and
convided of publishing a libel
on Bonaparte.
Extras of a letter from Port Republic
can, dated March 2d, received vis,,
Philadelphia.
I " The brigands have lately
; seized upon a brig from Havre,
;with many pafiengers aboard, in
-leluding one woman and some
children. Within three days we
have heard of the taking of Petit
Goave by the brigands. The
southern department is likewise
in danger. The plain of Aux-
Cays.Rochelois, and several other
diftri&s, have been burnt. Gen
eral Rochambeau has sent to the
Commandant at Aux-Cayes
2800 men, who will flop tha
progress which the rebels are ma-,
king daily."
The inhabitants of Maryville,
Kentucky, and its vicinity, arc
forming themselves into a society
I for the purpose of encouraging
domestic manufactures, and they
have already railed by fubferip
tion the sum of 2000 dollars for
the purpose of procuring (pinning
;and carding machines, &c.
Natchez, Feb. 19. The poll from
New Orleans, which arrived yester
day, brings the pleating intelligence
, of the OPENING of that port.
_..QCT@. 0
Philadelphia, April 15.
E*traa of a htttr — Bordtae*, Fib. 24.
" Our correspondent at Paris writes
! that a report prevails that the order is
countermanded for the embarkation
of troops for New Orleans. He pro
mises to afeertain the truth and inform
us without loss of time. This affair is
altogether mysterious; we have been
in expedation of the expedition being ~
made three months ago—letters have
been received from Paris two months
ago announcing the squadron would fl
fail in a few days, and yet they are ,
still in port."
The war against New Orleans ap
pears to have terminated in a blood
less vidory —there has been indeed a
very' great deftru&ion of ink and pa
per and a great devastation of words.
/ , ? {rfurera.
Poor Human Nature is likely soon
to be in a perplexing dilemma, sus
pended, like the tomb of Mahomet,
I between heaven and earth. If the
Galvanic, Oxygen, and Vaccine sys
tems go on, it will be impossible to die!
an d if provisions keep up their price,
it wiirbe no less impossible to live !
London paper.
The vice president is on a tour to
the southward—but there is no harm
in that—perhaps there is not a more
innocent politician at this time in the
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