The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-09-25 00:00:00

PORTMIE DES SIOITX.

" None of icen hale as yet cent forward a suffi-
cient deputation to treat with us ; several of them
have not sent a single man, nor have we any ground
to expect they will do so. And we have reason to
believe that their principal chiefs and warriors con-
tinue to cherish the most inveterate and deadly hos-
tility towards the American people and Govern-
ment, and that war polies from those tribes have
recently started for our frontiers."—The document
is signed by W.Clark, Ninian Edwards, and Auguste
Chateau.

The Papers contain very long documents respect-
ing the American finances, and the disappearance of
silver and gold from circulation ; one of these con.
eludes Kith the following remarks:—" The fact is
that the embargo, the non-intercourse, and the war,
end the French and British sequestrations of our
property, have diminished the sum total of the na.
tional wealth by a great many millions. Ever since
the commencement of the restrictive system, em-
bracing a period of more than seven years, the be.
lance of trade has been against uc; that and other
causes have combined, and the national trading cepi.
tal has been denlorahly diminished ; the balance of
trade is still against us ; and set foreign prices are
higher then ever they were before, except during one
short period of the war. To what is this ow leg
oar having ton much money. We feel richer thin
we are—luxury, show, and profusion abound in a
country from which real money is almost banished.
—The longer we continue in this course the more
difficult will it be to retrieve our affairs, and it doe.)
not require a very lot% period to render that impos.;
Bible."

PRIVATE CORfteSPONDENCE.

=TRACT Of A LATTER !HON P‘RIII.

44 You oish to know whit I think of nor presont
situation, and I will give my opinion with frankness
•nd impartiality._ . . .

66 The party of the Counter-revolutionists, that is
to say, of those who wish to make France retro.
grade to the old regime, has for some time fancied
that it covered itself with the mask of the Constitu.
tion which it detests, with the more certainty to ac.
eompiish its design ; well knowing that it could not
overturn the constitutions' order of things as long as
the Dike of Otranto is in office, this party uses every
effort, hazards all kinds of enterprizes to turn out
this Minister. They tell the King that he wishes to
place the Duke of Orleans on the Throne; they tell
the Princes that be wishes to change the dynasty.
•L All the wise and enlightened men in France are
convinced that the Duke of Otranto labours with the
most perfec• devotion to establish the Ki. g firmly on
bis Throne. His importance, his interest, his fidelity, ;
all tend to this point. If tile Minister had a differ-
ent wish he would have allowed the passions to'work
the will of the furious, and the King and the Throne
would hasp b:•en %obverted by their hands.
" Those are evegietedy mistaken, they are abso.
lutely blind, y ho compere the present state of France
with that of :pain, and thick that the same plan will
take effect in the one and in the other. In Spain,
informs li ll and Winos are confined to a few indivi-
duals, while almost every head is filled with faun-
deism. In Fra lice, the whole nation reads, thinks,
and reasons. Twenty-five •ears of revolution have
enlightened all minds : the GovernMent may still lie,
but no man will be deceived by it.
64 There is hut one way to govern an enlightened
people—by reason, justice, and moderation ; every
other mode brings net a catastrophe.
s• The Duke of Otranto has had the'courage to tell
truths to the Kiel( ; bit has •ealed nothing from.
the Allied ['owe's, be:•:t tee., in the circumstaoces
which we are !them!, they have an interest isi know-
ing our situat' biome their repose is united with
ours.

" The frankness wills which this Minister has
spoken to the Kiqp, and to the Allied Sovereig•ls, is
a fresh proof of she desire he feels to estehti.ll the
Throne. If he had had ambitious and personal
views, he would have made himself minister of the;
vengeance of the party which for the instant appeared
to reign ; he would love acquired an.immense its-
iluener ; but he has despised this momentary power, !
which he could have obtained only at the expellee of
his conscience and his defy. lie attaches too high aJ
value to the consifl•rar he enjoys to become a !nail
• 4 iti litis momeut what be has al.
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