Star.
London, England, 1814-04-16 00:00:00

VOICE OF 111 E PEOPLE.

AMHERST ResourrioNs —At a legal Town Meet-
ing held at Amherst on the 3d day oflinuary, 1814,
to see whether the town, in the present alarming state
of our public concerns, would take any measures to
redress the wrongs which we suffer, and ward off the
great evils which impend over us, under the present
system of embargo, taxation, and oppression of the
General Government, Noath Webster, Esq. WAS
chosen Moderator, and the following Resolutions and
Votes passed, viz.:
" Resolved, as the sense of this Meeting, That the
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political affairs of this country have arrived at an
alarming crisis, which not only justifies, but demands
a full and decided expression of the sentiments of the
people. and particularly hi the Northern States.
" Resolved, That the people of this commonwealth,
in acceding to the constitution ci the United States,
expected, as they had a right to expect, and to claim
from the General Government, that they should enjoy
the benefits which are declared to be the objects of Fe-
deral Compact, viz. To form a more pertect union,
establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, pro-
vide for the common defence, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of libetty to our-
selves and our posterity.' Unfortunately, the mea-
sures of the Genital Government, fur a number of
years past, have, in our apprehension, tended to citun-
tenet and defeat every one of the above stated objects.
Instead of confirming the Union, they have alienated
the affections of the people, thestrongest bond of union
between the several States, and have introduced enmity,
jealousy, and discord among the citizens. Instead of
lustia the people have witnessed the foulest par ialitics
in di -peasing favours, and the emoluments rf she Go-
vernment—in sacrificing commer. e to the views of
the dominant party—and attempting to fester one
branch of business at the expence c f others ; and in
multiplied acts of of prcssion committed by the mili-
tary power. If our domestic tranquility has not been
interrupted by insurre ns, yet the patty spirit which
has been nourished has planted the seecis of animosi-
tr and d scord, impaired private confidence and so-
cial armony, and cerritpted the elections to an alarm-
ing degree, thus gradually undermining the founda-
tion orour Governments.
" Resolved, as the sense of this Meeting, That the
alledged reasons for declaring war were, at no time
sufQcient to jusify a measure which is necessarily at.
tended with immense evils, public and private—but
since the repeal of the British Orders iu Council, and
the repeated offers of the British Government to set-
tle the question of impressment upon fair and equi-
table principles, we consider the continuance of the
war as destitute not only of right, but even of pretext.
Under this persuasion, we consider it as a sacred duty
to ourselves and our country to withhold, as far as
legally practicable, all supplies for maintaining the
war. All that the Government can expect from men
who conscientiously believe the war to be as unjust as
it is calamitous, is, that we shall not resist its Of -
cers in taking from us our hard-earned property.
44 Resolved, That the system of treasure& adOpted
and pertinaciously pursued by the General' Govern-
ment for a number of years past, in opposition to the
best interests of the Commercial States, an expensive
end sanguinary war, to obtain. what is evidently not
attainable—a war begun in rashness, folly, or wick-
edness ; eott4octed with weakneks, and with an enor.
44:94f.tzMIditure 9( money :.'an oppressive had of
silsta:asto. at she eery. inotpeni that cite wavy is
'tripped of the ;neaps of paying ,thetn--sthese aad,

other evils, too nomeroies to be recited, far ont.werie
Hthe benefits derived tb these Stales from the Onion.
itherto we have borne the public evils with some
degree of patience, in expectation that madness and
folly would have an end. We would still bear these
and greater evils, could we believe that our rights,
liberties, and independence demanded the sacrifice;
but the more we observe the temper and disposition of
the dominart party, the more fully are we persuaded
that all our hopes are vain. Nor can we persuade our-
selves that, even if this war were terminated, the con.
tending interests and opinions of the different sections
of the United States would not deprive the commercial
States of the blessings which the Union was intended to
secure. But whatever may be the fate of the Union, to
the laws of which we have been and shall continue to
be faithful, while it exists, we hold it a solemn duty we
owe to ourselves and our country, to discountenance
this iniquitous, unnatural, and destructive war.
If Resolved, That the Representatives of the town,
in the General Court, are desired to use their in-
fluence to induce that Honourable Body to take the
most vigorous and decisive-meisures, compatible with
the Constitution, to put an end to this hopeless war,
and to restore to us the blessings of peace. What
measures it will be proper to take, we pretend not to
prescribe ; but whatever measures they shall think it
expedient to adopt, either separately or in conjunc-
tion with the neighbouring States, they may rely upon
our faithful support. (Attest)
" F. DicteesoN, Town Clerk."

BREMEN MAIL.

BREMLN, APRIL 8.

Accounts from Blakenese, of the sth instant, qay
that there have been some sharp actions between the
outposts near Haarburg for three successive days, in
which ten or twelve hundred French have been cut
off from the rest and taken prisoners.
The English gun-boats are not yet arrived. The
heavy artillery brought from Rendsburg is for the
most part unservilpable. The English have, not yet
taken off the blockade of the Elba and the Eider ;
but these rivers will be made free as soon as the Da.
nish Government requires it. Davoust is taking mea-
sures to block up the harbour of Harnburgh, by
means of the merchants' ships there.
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We h,tve received the official news of the entrance
of the Allies into Paris.

DUTCH MAIL.

AMSTERDAM, APRIL 9.

A courier who k arrived at the Hague from Liege,
which he left on the sth, brings news that the Swe-
dish troops are in full march rJr the French frontiers.
On the 3d of April there was a smart action between
the Swedish troops anti. the garrison of M.ter.tricll.,
in which the latter had 200 killed and 26 wounded ;
and lost, bez:,les 25 prisoners, two pivres of cannon.
The Swedes had tii) killed and '2O wounded.