The Sun.
London, England, 1811-09-25 00:00:00

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IV'!AV • R AV G. t?.—lay All.the late accounts;
from Canada, it appears that bAiness in that pro -1
vitice' is in the Mos: flourishing state.....ShiP-butld-
ing.is now carried on there to a great extent ; many
ships of large dimensions having been launched,
there the present season. oar anti-commercial
system, which impov.erishe3 ourselves, oper.ites to
the .advantage of, our neighbours.--Our industribus,
labonrers and Mechanic's are quitting our towns, to
find employment in..a foreign state. The goods
which.are necessary fur. itie inhabitants of the United
States, and which, had they been allowed to have
been imported clire6tly to, our ports,: would have
thrne cheaper to us, and, would have raised a reve.
nue-for dor Government; are coming through
nada ; and truiteod of tilling our treasury, the trade
is strengthening a nation which may sooner or
-later-be' oar enemy. The unprincipled, smuggler
'and theforeign adventurer, are encouraged and sup-
ported,. while the real, honest American merchant
is ruined and and ne. It would -seem tho. this
stAte thiUgs could, not long ,exist--=it appears to
be impossible that our, present system. can be long
supported..—Acid we really believe, whatever the
supporters of N 1191, (:)N may wish, that CongretA
will be under the ireCesstiy of treading bach their
Steps. I

We find our Governinent onae more exhibitmg
heir firourne holit.iy of wiii;wiih Erigland,i and we
aitually believe I hat they ..are nyw really in hopes

the 13ritish will be provoked to cotn-ttit smile partial
acts of hostility Thii is *an exceiteilt hobby to
amble over the grounl, end make the people stare•

:It has been c,5041 ;bore than owe by our rulers,
greatly io.their advantage; .but the -poblte, mly be
aslurect that :they will, 'tett"- Juouiit and; rr..all air.
tempt to ride this jaded amtual. jf they sbould,
they w.ould'be throwti in the.ditch, and their hObby.
dialatictd or they ,would be more fortunate Gan
such horstmien g:.lietally are.

To i•peak without metaphor, if an ill-judged and
unneett6Sary ar N ith 'should take place in
iett.rty, our present !'ulerti would be:.divested, of
p-oi:%:•cr.. They could not condud the affairs of the
nation for tune year, • • The country would be-sold to,
BtsoNAPART a, and becom.e a previnee Of Fiona:;.
or the Federalists would. have:to take eon-inland:
Those' men wbO have (clustered so much about tak-
ing Canada ;it'd soyaScotitt, and.dectroying British
ciimmerce by ori•tateering, ~,',641T be the*. tirit.,to
" iL-!ei to ihe ITIOUt11111115." What can our present
rolerS do towards a war v. itii Englarid ?—Can they
build and Man fi,ets ? Can he.y marshal and support'
armies ? Cati they raise, complete, and supply forti-
fications, for the detence'tif our towns and cities ?
Ho 4 long would they be able. to levy taxes, draughts,
.conscriptions, contributionf; and 'a thousand other
odious thingi which, war would. make: necessary ?
Theie things are beyond their: power and they
kiiu•.v it. Artnies would not come at their call.—
. Detn,,crals are not 'more fond of dying than other
folks. There ,is a vast diffilence between a .noisy
.battle at an eledion, against a. few unarmed Etude-

rillistssittid a battle Where British sailors and soldiers
are engaged.--1 here is a difference between elec.
tioneering.spreChes and British cannon. In election
squabbles; numbers and noise carry the day, but.
against sword and bayonet, something tide would be
required. Quebec will never ,fall; it it is assailed by

none but democrats, and ihe fleet will ride
iriumphan! on the ocean, ii it tneetano enemies but
French Ariiericans.!

We, do not say.this to weaken the energies of the
paopfe„ 'or becatike we think the country i, in any.
d !tiger .of' being conquered, should a war with En.
gland toke Itlace. America was once totirtraity for
Great gritain, and should the unProfitable contest of
.doing each other harm, be. twin tried, she would.tre•
doubtedly be again too many for her. But-it Must
be:other men than those whonvw rule the destinies,
' of the nation, who must nertbrm the duty that
would then be required. -It_ roust be a different
sort of 1.3,0p1e from congressional.speech-mokers and
eivetioneering harangiiers. - Where are the Men
whose 6Ltrtions obtaineil our independence ?-
,Go to
the shades of -.solitude---to the walks of poverty
'ehere, to the disgrace of the 'country, they Hve
been iffiven—;•lodk them, up, and ask them . about..
War with,•England.
; . They will telLyou quite a, different story from.
that you are accustomed .to, hear 'from dernoeratie
.orations, speeches, and news Papers, ,They will tell
you that • war .with England is tro•friding•tnatter
and that to conquer, or even
,to htimble such a na.
lien, must require much blood and treasure; and-
that though Presidents, Secretaries, &c: &C. may
be Made out of democrats, soldiers and sailors must
bediawn fret° among the federalists.. s
.That ilionglt,
~..,Ivartied and lofty speechea..may be .made in the
SOuth, teetfi," armies, and Other means of defence,
o'hiOst corne from the North.
- • 0.,
,_„.,alletwitl tell-you, that the Conquest of Caoada
and Slava Seotia would cost' More than they are`
~ • •-
• worth when 'conquered ; and that piivateering,

.thotigt &sight enficALA.rew int:1101136, would be
ol" no use- to the farmers and othets Who :Would
' have to -support the wan. They would,
,in shorts
tell you, that though, if., *should come, they
wonid again gird on the sword,' confident that,
%kith Divine assistance, they should again' con-
cler—yet, v. ith tears . would they say it, many a
youth must perish--and we shall 'probably be •io
our graves before such n war can be brought, to, a

Close.

" Naw-Ynar, Atiq. 13.--411 the'Avrora Of the
sth, we find an article on the subjed of our, rela-
tions with Great Britain, in which Mr. FOSTER, the
British Minister to our Government, is stated in his
interviews with Mr.' Secretary' Mc :sump, •to have
assumed a tone of arrogance and insult.' An
intimation to the like effell we have remarked
in the Bahimnre Whig, from which it has been
copied into other prints. We have seen these state-
ments with much surprise. We cannot sir that
theYare contrJry• to fad ;.but we feel ourselves called
tipon to say that: iv'e never heard of the circumstances
stated in these papers in relation to. the interconne
of the British Minster with our GovernMent ; al-
though, had they occurred, t hey would more ,than
probably have come to our knowledge in some shape
or other.; On the contrary, we had Understood that
the interviews between the
,Secretary and the Minis-
ter were perfectly amicable ; and that, however. te-
naciously the one or the other might havt adhered
to the rights or pretensions of their resptiiive
Governments,. their conferences were conduaed in
a 'perfectly decorous and friendly manner..—(2Vat.
ha.)

The frigate amslitufion lay in Hampton-roads
on Frihy last. Two British frigues were riding in
the Roads. Captain HULL hailed one, the Ma.
lemle. She not,only answered very civilly, but. her
hand flayed the " President's March, or Hail Co=
lumbia." • '

" Mr. Fos•ratt, the British Minister, left NV,t,h-
ington fur Baltimore, on Friday List`. It is said Mr.
F.. intends to Visit this city. •
COLVtt.7, ue are has been iernulted
to retire from his. Clerkship ia the Office of State..
...• ~• •-
Auo. 20.-.-Thel(rench," it appears, still eon-,
Ltinue their.dePredations , on' Ametiran commerce,
not withstandin; he.assertion ot.t he I'Vtoiovallntelli.
genrer, that the French Dv.crces- are revoked. The
brig Dorothea, arrived at PhiladelPhia, on her passage
home tell la with a French frigate, •who io,formed
the Captain. that she had f,klJen in with the brig
Two .13thies, of this port, and burnt her,
TO the other calam'ties under which the nation
groans, the icOurge of an
,Indian war is like.ly to be
SLversl accounts concur in stating that Ira»
iiona murders and depredations,,have been recently
cimitnitted by the, savages;, the cause of which i 4
Probably to be sought for in 'the attempts made to
obtain, enormous. cessions of lands front them."--;-
(Fd. Rep)