The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-27 00:00:00

THE EMBARGO.

PHILADELPHIA, JUNI:: 18, 1808.-7—Amid thesceneS
of misery and distress, with which the desolating
policy of an imbecile and prejudit ed Administratiob
has overspread this once happy land, some conicP.
tion is derived from the reflection that those. philosa-
phical Wills.-o%tire-/Visp, which have so long led
among the mires and bogs of French infatuation, are
141 disappearing, and, with the next geaeral ele4'
tion,, must extinguisLed 'tor ever.
• Six. months woeful experience of Embargo polig.f
has convinced the fanner, the merchant, the 015
chaniC, the -fisherman, the sailor, and the labourer'
that their-several interests have been sacrificed on
the altar of cowardice, or at the shrine of corrur?
tion—and that even the honour and prosperity Q!
their country have been postponed to other coll.'
siderat ions.
'From the Distria of Maine to, the Territory of
Orle,ais, -and hum the Lakes to the. Atlantic (% irtl
the exception of place:nen and time-serer;), there
is' but one opinion on the sutdeet, and that opinion'
is expressed in toies of t hes • deepest indiE,matiori
against the authors of this natiom,tl
,and
sUtiering. The dcprcs:,ed husbandman, trader,
mechanic, and labourer, whose families have been
plunged into unexp-eded and unmerited distress'
bate traced their ruin to its source, and they 113%1
found it in the visionary theories of a moon-struci4
Philosopher, whose expei•iinents have lust to tbel
United Suites, in suspended lannnr and ~,v.a.,te,l-vrcr,
perry (to say nothing of the prOstration of nation''!spirit), a sum more than equal to the whole amount
of the national debt ! Whether the ejeetton of tbi4
man arid his adherents, from the confidence of the
American people, will torm an adequate compeds'l2-
tion ter the wrongs that have been inflicted, rentaillr
to be seen. - •

We hope with confidence, that the people, iv
their eleCtive capacity, will do themselves the only
justice that is lzqt them; and that they will call it'
the administration cat their affairs, men whose
lightened and honest minds will perceive and.rAlr"
sue the best interests of their country., and whos-'1
brave hearts will, with active valour (riot by "
re-
sirittive energies," or sell-destroying etnbargoes)r,
boldly assert and firmly maintain her rights agaio
every aggressor.

L

jCCUPATIO.V .ROLilk, aYTHE PAUNCH

TROOPS.

The following Official Papers haVe been 'publish-
.
at Palermo, by order of his Sicilian Majesty, 'an", ..
give, in addition to the Proclamation of-the v-ener-
ible Head of the Popish Cinuch (Which-appeared
In our Paper a few days ago), so striking a Niew of
''he atrocious treachery and violence which have
nein exercised at Rome against both the person, of
tIS Holiness, whom all true Catholics deem sacred,
'lnd the rights spiritual and temporal which he pos-
sesses, that we cannot help giving them insertion, •
'orlhe informatiOn of that misled 'portion of our
.11ow subje&s in Ireland; who are said to be more;
'tacked to the French than the British connection.
• We must, however,". says the Italian Commenta-
on these documents, " remark at the commence-
"eut, that this last at of the French Ruler (viz. the
-,fiznre of Rome), which violates at once the most
:''creel principles of our holy religion and the law of
'',Vions, evidently proves that,. intending to destroy
tl ancient Governments, the family of BUONAPARTE
vriAes, above all, with a View to establish
,their
itheisin, to destroy the Roman Catholic religion :
being fully aware that it cannot build up its own ty-
ranny, except upon the foundation of impiety ; and,
in fad, the Emperor of the FRENCH had no other
intention, in thus endeavouring to destroy the Ca-
tholic worship, than to eradicate from the minds of
the people whoin.he enslaves every notion of resped, '
and every sentiment of obedience, to the Head of-
the Church of Christ, whom he has with that view
itrove to dishonour, by. forcing him to enter into
a league with himself, or, in other words, to be his
accomplice in those robberies which he commits
against every kind of property, public and private.
tut the spirit of Gov, as will be seen by the follow-
log' pieces, has given to the Holy Father strength
t 0 resist these suggestions of the enemy of man,
and has enabled him to display an energy more
than human, and Worthy, the best 'ages of the
Church." •