The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-23 00:00:00

A P.7ERICAIV PAPERS.

DEMOCRATIC VIE . --lhe American Watchman;
k.D Paper, print,d at Wilmingtou,'Del4!.
wale, recointiret, s a declaratiun,of war agathst

3re 41 Bt trt n in th to;lk.Aving .
" By de Itostilles (and Heaven ktiowiwO
lave sufficient cithe) we so, uitt separate the o'iLl to-

nos and Briii3ll enussiries trom lbe true friends of

the coun.ry—We should set at liberty the en,lnved
loos of Canid tut atly annihilate British intti--

CU+,fsC with North Amaica."

Lie -above extra i speak- the sentiments of every
leader of the dethoclatic t.i.trt. Now, it the people of
the Unitel States are dispoied for war, we cannot
object ; but we cannot endure to see a bet of faai-
ow demagogues strive to urge the pcoi)le on to cer-
tain ruin. The nation is not dispoSed for war.—
This disposition exist; only in the breasts of such
men as the &Mats, of Maryland, Giles, Eppes, &c.
of Virginia, and others, their counterparts. The de-
mocrats pretend to enumerate advantages which
slight be gained by war. We shall mention a few of
the evils wui it.would flow to the Country in the
first instance, and secondly to them individually.
The titst consequence •of war would be, that our
commerce would be even more thoroughly destroy-
ed than it was by our .own embargo. .Our coasts
would be swept by a hostile sqi:iadron, and our towns
would be at the mercy of an enemy. Never was a
country more completely unprepared for offensive or
defensive operations. For ti.is, our defenceless si-
tuation, we may thank the policy of Mr. Jefferson.
He and his patty have brought us into our present
difficulties, and now they can think of no other eit,
pedient, but one which would result in distress to the
citizens, and ruin to the country.

A wise man will not beat himself to spite his neigh,
hour; nor will a wise people ruin themselves with
the tamt hope of ruibiing another nation. The jus-
tice of our c,:use is one consideration, our ability to

maintain it is another, and both should unite to ren-
der war expedient. A wise man will accotnmodate

his aanins to his means, 'This mode ot reasoning is
untiOubtedly humiltatig to our' pride; but that we
are, 01.,1i6ed to adopt it, let us thank Thornas.Jeffer-
-9011 and Insicoahjutors.
'li they had carried on the system commenced by
theFedt;rd'adrriinistration, if, instead ot squanderingthe revel►ue.in ,
tlie..p,.iychase of barren rind unprotit7,
able 'waters, tliey bad .employed • it in, the-bqiitling ot
a navy an4z-raising of fortifications, we might
now be in. pAitqatical to _repel the injuries, foreign
5i111,,,• •
powtrs. But -iitoatedi, as we now are, we ought to
temporize.
The,distress citizens would be a conse-
tieenee flowing from ,the destruction of, commerce.
A market may .:now be. had for some portion, if
not the whole Of'bur produce but in case of war
with Great Britain, it would lie upon the, hands of
the farmer.—(Bal. Fed. Rep.)
NORFOLK; AUGUST 30:,--Arrived' yesterday, in
liamptOn Roads, the British filo-ate L'Africaine, of
40 guns, .Captain Raggett, 4:s days from Plymouth,
England, having on board Francis James Jackson,
• Esq. his Baitatmiu Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary,
and'Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United States
Of America, with his wife and three children.

MIDDLEBURGH, OCT. 17.—The duties imposed
upon artic',es importcd into Walcheren are as
follows :

On Spanish wines per tun of 2 pipes-6 florins
on importation, and 2 florins on exportation,.
On bri.ndies per puncheon 3 florins on importa-
tion ; exportation tree.
Rolls per puncheon-3 stivers on importation;
export free.

Tobacco in leaves, per florin on importa-
tion, and i stiver on exportation.
l'obaccu manufactured in rolls; in, value of 100
florins-2 florins on importation ; I florin on
exportation.

Coal, twin England. per chaldron of 18 sacks-
-1 florin on importaiion ; 4 stivers on exportation.
The,e'duties have been imposed by order of Sir
EYRE COOTE ; wheys are upon the point of being
introduced upon various articles, of which 1 ahall
send you information.

MALAGA, OCT. the Danish ships. on
au embargo had been laid in the Spanish
poets, have been sold, and have fetched very high
Vri'ces indeed ; much higher than could be expe6ted.
The money produced from them has been deposited
in the coffers of Government.
Success against the French seems no longer
doubtful.. They cannot maintain their ground
against, the intrepid Spaniards. Every day we hear
fresh accounts of small parties of armed peasants and
others having cut off the supplies of the enemy, and
sometimes even considerable bodies of men.

When the supplies of arms lately sent out for the
use of the Gallician and Austurian ariny were landed
at Corunna, the peasants of military age flocked in
from all quarters, offering themselves as recruits to
the• amount of. not less than 40,000. The supply,
which did not exceed mono, was however in suffi-
cent for the regular troops of ROMANA. Now that
-the extraordinary demand from Government, created
by the late expedition, is at end, we trust that the
manufacturers of Birmingham may be permitted
10 enter into contracts with the Spanish Leßtion
to any extent they ,may think proper. We are as-
sured that the Spanish Embassy is ready to pay in
bard dollars for so large a supply as 300,000 stand.