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majority in the Houfe Of Lords and Houfe Of

4 inaJoiity IN the r1Oeie OF LOlus ano A-~"A~ "a
Commons
Befides the Order Of the 18th, another Or
der of the 25th of November, has been ihuec
| by the fame authority, and has been iupPort-
ed by the Englifh Parliament as fuzzy as the
other was, in layinR on goods entered & land
4 ed by neutral<. England, IN compliance
with the firff 0rd1& duty, called Ware
II hoafe Duty, which, IL | have calculated II ac-
curately, will average more than thirty two
per cent on the value Of the goods.
The government of the United States hav-
ing public Miniflers refding at the Courts Of
both thefe belligerent Powers, has nor failed
10 make every pofIible effort 70 convince them,
as well of the injufice, as the impohcy OF
thefe violent meafures
But the ad Of the BFiti1h Parliament, be-
fore mentioned, having the fanetion OF the
\ Houie of Lerds as the Britifh Cabinet with
ed on the 9th of March, leaves 10 hopes ct
that nations relaxing It's mesfures at preient.
The Emperor Of France, on the 25th Janua-
ry Taft, through letter from one of his Secre-
taries, gave notice tot the Ambahsdor OF the
United States, of the Emperor's intention to
enforce his decree Of the goth December; and
undertakes to explain the sggrefhons our ma
tion has fufered from that Of Great Britain.
He goes further. He declares that war
exits in faa between England and the Uni
ted States yet conhdering the United States
j as afociAted with the caufe Of all other pow
ers who have TO defend themielves againf
| England, declares that, therefore, he has not
taken any definite mealures againit our vef1eIs,
which had, at that tine, besn captured by his
cruzers, under the decree of the Goth of De-
| cember."
In communication of this kind, it is
| inpoffiblc to be more particular, in Eating
our ftuation in regard TO our foreign rela-
tons with thofe two power. Il have been
faithful, and have endeavored to be cor
rect.
In this intricate and perplexed fituation,
il may be apprehended, with great ankle
ty, that falie fep, or an erroneous calcu-
lation, or fallacious expectation of for
| eign aid, may involve us, and our pofterity,
in irretrievable mifery and diigrace.
1t is natural here to recur to the danger
of placing confidence in foreign alliance,
for the iupport of our national indepen-
dence.
When we turn our attention to antTent
and modern hiaory, we are convinced,
that there never was nation, which had
| placed its hopes as to maintaining its fov-
ereignty and independence, on another
power, but what has been reduced to con.
queR and mifery.-To this truth, folemn
and intereiting as il is, we have proof, from
numerous infances, which have very re-
Gently taken place. The whole face Of
Europe has been changed within few
years fome nations. are Grated from the
lit of monarchies aud republics and others
heretofore con6dered as Respectable, and
not few of them invincible, if they had
depended OH themfelves, have now the
mere ihadows Of fovereign powerfully
fentiments, of the means necefary to main
tain our national character, may be COM
muncated in very few words.
A great politician Ga Europe) lays it
down as maxim, that "there can be no
concord or unity, in a nation but where
"there is only one fupreme power" This
valuable fentimentis exPrefed by Prefident
Warrington, in more beautiful language,
in his valedictory address to the United
States -" The unity Of government,
which conffitutes you one people, is ALTO
dear TO you il is judy 70, for it is the
main pillar in the edihce of your real
independence--the fupport OF your tran
"quility at home, your peace abroad of
"your fafcty, Of your PROPERTY; of that
very liberty, which you 70 highly prize"
The benefits of this union, that great Sol
der and Statefman had been witnefs 70.
If in the revolutionary war, any one, even
the fmalle1t State in the Union, had with
drawn itfelf from the confederation, it
would have deranged, nay probably defeat
cd all our efforts.
The contef arisng from an oppofition
ofone or more of the States to the author
ity of the national government, call ma
tioaGl anarchy. Thisis more dangerous
and dilfrsfling evilthan the anarchy refult-
ing, in common ihftances, from the COM
motion of fubjeds rifng agsinft civil gov
ernment; becauic the oppoGtion in this
cafe would, as each State has a feparafe
form of government, be organized at the
commencement of its infurrection and the
calamities would be encreafed in proper
ton as the States fhould become divided,
as States, from the General Govern
ment.
The fcenes Of blood and carnage in 9TH
er nations ferioully admoniih US of our
dangers, and ought to convince US, that we
can avoid them in no other way but BY tie
free exere5f Of TIE General Government, in
all concerns within its powers, as delega-
ted by the people, and by retriaing the
State Governments to thofe lines of power
which were dehgnated when the federal
government was carved out of them.
1.-THE contributions of our National and
State Governments are what they were
intended to be, when efablifhed, they ref
on the pillars Of truth, and all deceptions,
intrigue, and INTERPRETATIONS, are oppo-
fed to the nature oftheir exitence.
Ihoie nations which thus interrupt our
commerce, do not act from enmity to ours
but from what they conceive to be necef