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longer either The policy or the wish OF

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the United States to prosecute it.
Bu! as It was MOTTO be supposed that
fresh oyer.ures would be made by an
enemy 50 flushed with victory in Eu.
rope, and Us il womb have been dc
grading 90 our government to make
propositions iof peace, after having so
recently rejected Aimir 4 Warreu'o
overture, how then were negotiations
to have been brought about
fortunately the door for paciiicailon
had been previously opened by "a friend
and tho his mediation was not accept.
ed, yet it lei 10 a direct overture from
the British government for Peace.
To the mediation OF the Emperor
Alexander we We're therefore princi-
pally indebted for tire speedy termina-
ton af the War. This observation is
made without intending in the smallest
degree to detract from the valor and
proves of our Army & Navy, whose
deeds have covered them with an inn
pcrishable fame. At the time this o.
Ncrture was made, Mr John Quincy
4dams was our Minister at ST. Pc.
tcrsburgh. The writer of this article
was in Europe both before and since
the war, and has visited St Peters
burgh since the peace.
From authority which cannot be
doubted, he learned that the offer of
mediation originated with Count Ro-
mapzoif, who at tie time was Cl.en.
cel!or of the Empire, as well as Mn
ister of Foreign Affairs.
This gentleman, who was as disiin-
guishcd for bis inAexible integrity, as
for the i,beralty of his principles, en-
tertained for Mr.. Adams the highest
personal regard. He saw in the A.
mcrican Minister. the enlightened
s,attsmln--the profound scholar-the
skiIful diplomatist-thc modest, unas-
suming patriot. Qualities like these
were so rarely united in European
djplonatlsts, that they could not fail
10 be properly appreciated by one,
who bad such profound knowledge
Oh human nature.
1t was the high personal regard
winch Count kom4pzof entertained
for Mir. Adams, which induced him
10 suggest 10 die Emperor, the offer of
his mediation.
THE agents Of Great Britain at that
time were cndea vourlng TO impress up
Oh tie governments OF Europe, but
more particularly upon the mind of the
Emperor Alexander, the opinion, that
the government Of the United States
was composed ofthc mere sycophants
of Napoleon, and that il was by his
orders hat they bad declared war u
galnst Eng nd.
This WIS done at a five when the
French army was still in Russia. and
with view TO excite the ind gnAtion
of the Emperor Alexander against US,
Mr. Adams refu.ed this foul SLAM
der, and most ably indicated the
course which the government Of the
United States had pursued. So high
a respect had the Emperor A!eXan
der for The personal character of Mr..
Adams, that he considered his decla-
rations as outweighing all the official
aseeverations Of his political enemies.
The Emperor therefore, satisfied with
The propriety OF the course adopted by
the United States in vindcating their
rights, by the advice of his prime
minister, Count Romanzoff, offered
his mediation, which, though it was
not excepted by Great Britain, yetit
produced direct overture from her,
to enter into negotiations which ter,
minated in the Treaty of Client.
How far Mr.. Adams was instru-
mental in bringing about the peace, in.
dependent of the share which he took
in the negotiations at Client, the pub.
lie will be best able to Judge
MARCUS.
Oh s'str'mony! thou art like to Jeremiah's
hgs,
The good-were very good--the bad--too
soul to give the pigs!
BLUE VlrRoL VS.. LAUDANUM.
The quietude of half dozen of our
neighbors was disturbed early last
evening by singular occur ence, oc-
casioned by what may be called the
pains of matrimony. The alarm was
given BY "a little glrl. who came run
ming almost hreathless into the Drug
oiSt Store of Sadler Raw. William