The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-23 00:00:00

AMERICAN' IriPtRS.

NEW Yorik, jut'? 16.L:-TllO attempt in the Ad-
ministration to take,oif from themselves the disgrace
attending the failure of the Osage negotiationi, by
throwing it upon the Federal party, is at once ui-17
generous and profligate. It is, on the contrary, from
the tame submiision, nay, apologetic acquiescence,
of Administration to the atrocious and multiplied
outrages of BUONAPARTE; that we must ascribe both
his commencement and insulting perseverance in
violating our rights. Even the appointment of
DUANE will be viewed by that Despot as another
boon to deprecate his wrath and conciliate .his good-
will—perhaps it was so intended.
The people of this country must be now 0117
vieced, from fatal experience, that the Federal po-
licy is the only policy.to cause their rights to be re-;
speeted by foreign nations : and that a fewinsigni-
- ficant taxes, raised to call forth the power And re-
sources of the country, are not so oppressive as an
all-unhinging and, desolating Einbargo. Had Mr:
JEFFERSON gone on to increase, instead
,of destroy-.
ing, the naval power of the nation, we •have no
doubt that it would by this time have been so respea-
able as to haveisecured us in.the full and tii)in!'e.rrup-
ed enjoyment of a sole and lucrative neutrality..-e.
Both of the great Belligerents having valuable coin-
- pies in our neighbourhood, and knowing the extent
of our national strength, and the determined spirit
of the GovernMent to call- it forth, would have
treated us in a very different manner.
We should not then have heard of such things as
Blockading Decrees and Orders of council. But our
weaknesS and the degrading pusillanimity 'of Admini-
stration have brought us to the presint distressing
dilemma. It must be obvious to every one, that
even in the present singular situation of the Belli-
gerents, it they were firmly convinced that we had
power (something more efficient than " restriaive
energy"), and spirit enough to throw that power into
the scale of its enemy if our rights were violated
by either, they would be respeCied by both. For,
kowever insignificant and contemptible we may
be to them in our present state of " dignified re-
tirement," we should be dreaded as an active enemy

on either side.
We are told that Mr. PINCKNEY has forwarded
to our Government a pumber of propositions as the
basis of a commercial treaty between this ,country
and England, submitted to him by the British Go-',
vernment. They propose placing the United States
on the footing of the most favoured nation in all
commercial points, so soon as we chuse to renew
her trade. Mr. ERSKINE, it is rumoured, is autho-
rized to prOceed, in the arrangement of this subjeCt.
We cannot, however,- state any thing respecting it
with ceftainty.—(Wasit. Fed.)
Mr. ERSKINE, the Engliat Minister, arrived in
Otis City last evening from.. Philadelphia. We
believe he received Dispatches from his Government
by the Packet which 'arrived at New-York on the
Oth. It is runaoured that-he is authorized to enter
into a friendly discussion of the differences existing
between the two Gotiernments.—/b.
In our last we stated that Mr. LEWIS undeniably
confirmed the declaration of BLIONAPARTE, that we
should no longer remain neutral. We have had the
pleasure of seeing Mr. LE•rvis, and find the.expres-
sion used was rather too strong. It might be, in-
ferred from it that he knew the fad. The- state-'
ment of the affair is this. A deputation of the
Merchants of Bourdeaux waited on BTION' APARTE,
soliciting permission to carry on their trade in brandy
through the mediom of neutrals.—The answer of
the Emperor to the request, as it was reported among
the Americans in• Paris, was, that there should be
no neutrals.

We take pleasure in making this correaed state-
ment, because Ave have no wish to misrepresent the
language of others, nor to induce improper impres-
sions on the public mind.
From another expression- in-the same Article, it
might be inferred that Mr. LEWIS was indecorously
treated_in France,: as it,ll_,particularly mentioned
that he was decorously
,treated in England. That
Gentliman assures us" that his reception and treat-
ment was -perfeEtly.friendly and respe6tful—that in
both they had some difficulty with the Custom-house
Officers on their arrival, but that they were prompt..
ly removed on a representation to the respective Go,
vernments: In both . L'Orient .and Fahnouth,- the
Osage was treated as a national 'Vessel, and paid no
port charges.—n.