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Foreign News,
British Foreign Trade.
HOUSE OF LORDS, May 26. ,
Lorn Litlbfooi said be should not de
ceive the House, if when their table was
loaded with petitions from the mercantile,
the agricultural, and the manufacturing
interest, he should declare that the inlet,
cst of the foreign trade was alone impor
tant. He therefore felt in tight, in jus
tice to himself and those with whom he
noted, to state why he had not proposed
some more genet al enquiry It was as
S'aterial to decide what they would not
o as whnt they would do ; for it was quite
Certain that the country would never set
tle into tranquility whilst the minds of
men were kept afloat; as they were at
present upon this subject. He was mos
anxious to tranquilize she public rutml up
on it i and in order to do so, he was rca
- dy to lay every document officially before
the House or a Committee, if a commit
tee should be thought nectssary, which
might be requisite. Fit st, however, he
must call upon the House to consider
whnt the internal stale of the country
was; and in doing so, they would be a
ble to see whether the distress had grown
out of a diminution or our internal c n
sumption or not.—The Noble l.crd then
made a comparison between the numbers
of pounds of tea, coffee, tobacco, malt,
and of gallons of British spirits, which
had been consumed in the present year,
arv l the / average number of those con
sumed in the three preceding years. In
•11 tlusc commodities, except the last, he
»t tied that there was an increase of con
sumption, and that the diminution in the
Tatter had been compensated by twite
th"'a promotional increase in the con
sumption of foreign spirits. He would
first take the articlcof ten, which, next
to bread, was an article of most general
use. The fairest way Would be tu take
the average consumption nt the lost throe
years, and compare it with the quantity
consumed this year Taking tlun th
years 1617, 18, and 19, he found the nv«-
rage consumption to be 21,650.87 J lbs. —
The consumption from she Jtfi of April,
1819, to the-sth of April, 182 u, was 22,-
332.117 )hg. multing no inconsiderable in
crease in thepn sent year. In the article
of coffee he found that the average con
sumption for the last three years was 7,-
523,583 lbs. The consiunp'ion of the
V nr ending sth April, 1820. was 7 358,856
lbs. rnnkirga small diminution * compar
ed with the average of the preriiniy three
s J'cers. The average consumption of to
bacco during the last three years, was
11,967,71-1 lbs,' that of the year ending
the sth April, was 11.175,917 lbs leaving
It deficiency of 791,794 Ihs this year.
Tin average cm sumption of malt during
the same period v, i s 92,130,2 73 lbs. that
of last tear 23,971 387 lbs giving an in
crease of consumption last year of 1,841,
IDO lbs. The average consumption of
English, Scotch, and Irish spirits during
the hist three years, taking the official va
Ine, was 5,173,753/; that of Inst year was
4.801,9371, being a diminution of more
than 30(1,000/. But the foregoing dimin
ution was more than compensator! by the
extra importation of foreign spirits lust
year. TVt m these accounts, in which
there could be no fallacy, it was clear, he
said, m* diminution of die articles of do-,
tnestic consumption had taken place, but,
on the contrary, an increase, He had fol
lowed this calculation in the common ar
ticles of life, to which no regular return
had been made out—in butter, in salt. In
bricks, intiles, &c, and hud found the re
suit to be the time.*-This was satisfacto
ry, because it showed that whatever might
be the influence of local distress, thßre
was the same general consumption as
there was helore it had fallen upon the
country. He next adverted to the state
of the foreign trade, as regarded British
tnun.ufactuiv and product. He now came
to another part of the question, namely,
our foreign trade, and particularly that in
British manufactures. Here he admitted
there was a considerable falling off The '
declared value of British and Irish maim- 1
Fctun a exported in 1818, v, a548,503,76('/ 1
tu 1819 ' w as 37,939,5i.6/. leaving a dch
• ucy of 11,564,2 i 4/. But it should be re
collected, however, that the preceding
year was one of gteat trading .effort; it
would therefore b< ■ better to take the a
vet-age of they.ars 1816,17, and 18. 'flic
average export trade of those three years
•wa545,161,756/.; h aving a deficiency of
7,300,1.00/ as compared with last year.—
This w as .doubtless a very great falling off
but"before they entered hitu any enquiry
into the cause of it, it w as material to look ’
to wl»«t the trade of the country wns an
tecedent to the last w nr, and also at the
periods «>f that war, when we were in the
most flourishing state. In the year 1792,
one of out great cst years of trade before
(he war, our exports amounted in value
to 24,965,200/. —In the following years
they wet e as follows ;
18(J6 - 1*35,900,000 ‘
• 18’ 7- 27,0t.0.U00
18(8 - 25,160,060
18u9 - 26,00... 000
1810 - 55,0d0,00P
1811 - 54,940.000
These w ere the ycats of the war in which
Otir commerce had risen to its greatest ex
tent. It was true that the average he had I
taken was deficient near 11.000.U00/. dur- 1
ing the last year, but stitl our exports
Were nearly as great now as thev were
during the must flourishing years of the
war. It next became necessary to in
quire in whnt branch of our trade a fall
ing off hod taken place ; some decrease
ip our European trade hud undoubtedly
taken place, but not to any considerable
cat- nt. That deficiency did not, on any
sveniHC of three rears, exccwd 1,200,000/
Otic article on which our expor s had
diminished was the refined sugar. Since
the ports of iht Unis,ls hsd been opened
to other powers in common with ns they
Supplied the in selves with that article. A
fulling .iff hid also taken place last year
in our continental trade to the sinminl of
doo.OUU/. i but with Belaud our trade whs
i'MSi »sog. The Noble Mst-qui* had »l
bulea to otll’ relations With India, but it
he would consider the real Canutesof onr
distress, he would Hud them to be the
glut of the India market sml the falling
cH ui mir trade with A meric*. Thu No
bi> Until provefded to detail the Ulliu > afl
Wliieb lied lakrtiplsoe in uur export* (o
Ahu nr 4, ■>( (oil>•!)«, gU*a, wnotions, cm
Mrs, hai'dwtie, Im iwukuig, upon «u see
rage of three yean,* .MU,,
W amt ally IU Hvbte Mat qua ad-
mitted that distress vrzs not wholly con
fined to Ibis country. He (Lord Liver
pool) went further. He said that it per
vaded the whole of Europe, nor did it
stop there; it extended itself, and was
no where moire severely fell than it was
at present in the United Statesof Ameri
ca; and he wottld therefore ask those
who ascribed the present stagnation of
our trade to the effects of taxation, tithes,
and poor-rates, which he was free to con
fess must produce some cflVct, to com
pare the national debt of America with
its revenue, and then to pause before they
ascribed our distress to such causes as
those to which he had alluded—The
cause of the suffering now felt in Ame
rica was quite evident; there was no my
sNyv in it; everyone might see it, it was
tins—ih it whilst Europe had been at w ai
ter 20 years, out of the last 25 years, A
men'ea hud only been at w-ar fur two years
—Hence she felt the effects of the war;
but how did she feel them ? AVhy, she
became the principal neutral power dur
ing the greater part of that period ; nay,
at one time she was the only neutral pow
er—She supplied this country with arti
cles Iron, the continent which it could pro
cure no where else, and thus had increas
ed in wealth, in agriculture, in navigation,
in commerce, and in every other nation
al resource, more than any other nation
had ever done in the same period. She
had /made in those twenty years a pro
gress that under other circumstances she
could not have made in 50, no, nor in 80
years, Nkw however, when the arts of
peace had begun once more to flourish in
Europe, America felt the effect, not of
her former distress, but of her former
prosperity, fihq was now retrograding,
Olid must retrace the immense strides
which she had made in the last twenty
years, until she stood in the situation which
she then occupied.
[His Lordship then spoke at much
length on the late act for regulating the
importation of foreign corn, but as this
subject forms the leading topic of the de
bates on Tin sday and Wednesday, in the
House of Commons, w e must here pass it
over.} —The great question, however, set
firth in the proposition before the House
was certainly not to he decided by a mere
reference to our corn laws; our manufac
turers themselveshad been fostered and
Carried on under a system of protection
which ha • been extended further than in
unv o'her country. It was true, however,
that wc had arrived at anew period, and
bis opinion was, that if all the laws with
regard to wool were repealed, out- wool
len manufactures would not he injured.
The same observation might be applied'
to our cotton manufacture; but with re
gat’d to silk and linen, he conceived there
was some gioomls for hesitation. Afree
trade would put an absolute end to the
former. No doubt it might be matter of
regret that a si.k manufacture ever was
established in this country. [Hear.} It
wi uld have bci n much more natural to
import it from France, in exchange foi
snipe othet con.moddya But when lie
considered the extent of that trade, the
artfficisl had received,
and the number of persons it employed,
50,000 or 60,000, he confessed he saw no
way of petting rid of it. To him it ap
peared quite impracticable for the state t<>
meddle with it, and that the existence of
the protection was u less evil, oftire two
Tlun; again, was the house aware of the
effect which must necessarily be produced
upon the linen manufacture of Ireland, by
a removal-of all restrictions upon foreign
linens/ Whenhc referred to the peculiar
situation of Ireland, it was impossible not
tube startled at the contemplation, if the
house appointed a committee, it might be
desirable to consider whether the princi
ple of prohibition might not be altogether
done away When he slated this, he did
Hot mean to intimate that any great prac
tical benefit could be derived from it to
trade or manufactures, because a system
of protean on must necessarily be adopted
in its <dead. The substitution might, howe
ver, have a good moral effect, in admitting
what in fact could not be kept out. When
an article was prohibited, there were ma
ny persons, who by a kind of won nr<juiter
deemed it necessary that they should have
it on that account; from all tliis, however,
no great advantage could accrue to our
manufactures.
As to transit duties, he agreed that there
was no solid objection to the goods com
ing and going tree, or at a very low im
post, with a view of making his country as
great an emporium as possible. An at
tempt had been made a few years ago,
with a view to this advantage, and had
disappeared; but the ground, falaeious as
it was then contended, that as the other
nations only traded ihtough ns, we hIP
them already in our funds. He saw no
reason why the dudes and customs in gen
eral should net he limited to articles of
our own consumption, and why our ship
ping interest should not have the advan
tage of trading with other countries
Another point to which the noble marquis
had called their attention was the duty
on timber But there were a few circum
stances attending the history and origin
of that protection which deserved to bo
remembered; it took place in the year
1 So9,w hen’w e were entirely excluded from
the continent, and after a communication
had with the merchants that they were
promised protection to a certain extent.
To that extent the ship owners had a case,
because they had embarked in the trade
upon a peculiar understanding, ami not for
purposes of revenue. There was, howev
er, no positive assurance .given them, and
a subsequent duty on the ground of reve
nue was imposed in 1315, (he believed a
smaller one than before;) ami with refer
ence to these the ship owners hsd no
claim that auuld take the question out of
the cognizance of parliament. Indeed, by
an understanding with the board of trade,
the whole subject was laid open to parlia
ment in the year 1821. Without express
ing any further opinion, he deemed it
•■igut to pm the house in possession of these
circuiiis*iAi ces preparatory to a more nun
utc investigation, rite imple marquis had
next alluded to the important subject of
tin-a* utetiadr.and he himself was perfect
(> aware, that tbu Methuen treaty, which
when Hist made, was regarded as a nimne
in#nl ol human a iidoiu, .was now consid
ered as contra In-lory to all sound pritui
idcsui nauiiiiid policy It was a mistake,
huwsrtf, to sup pi se that m riugal b>
that tr,at) |j|tir*<i m, in *hc v-ent of our
not adlHMluf to U on the footing of the
.must favored hali ns. Ityiho second srti
cl*. Portugal Jtserved to bars*lf tin.
right, it w# did not giva a piim-i-iue to
bar Wonts, u» refu-mg our woollens alto.
fvih*i VVUnlterdl would be r gbi u>
- proceed without ary reference to the
. gtinulatiou was another question. First
however, let them see what was the val
ue of the benefit which they were actually
i enjoying; and here take an opportunity of
, correcting a general misrepresentation as
. to the s derived from our treaty
■ with France, in 17d7. Though the dtt
[• ties on French wines were lowered, yet
those on Portugal wines were lowered in
. the same proportion. During the five
■ years that followed, the amount of our
i manufactures imported by Portugal was
■ only 50,000/, less than the amount export
i td to France, and equal to the whole ex
ported to Spain. Portugal and the Bra
• /ils now presented to ns a growing and
■ increasing trade of four millions sterling:
i and he stated the circumstance, not with
• a view of resisting the noble Marquis’s
proposition, Wat in order to shew what
were the difficulties that interposed them
selves between the general principles it
embraced and the practical application of
them. The I s’ point alluded to by the
nn()|e marquis Was the trade of the Fast
Indies: that question Was to be looked at
in two points of view, and in one of them,
the carrying trade, be agreed w'ith the
noble marquis; as to the other, the increas
ed demand for our manufactures, h- much
doubted whether the benefit anticipated
would be" derived from it. There was at
present a very extensive demand for our
manufactures on the continent of India,
proving the great advantage of our mate
rials and machinery, over cheap manual
labor.- for throughout the whole of India,
llritirffr muslins were to' be bought at half
[ the price of those fabricated in the coun
try. He had now gone through the sev
i eral points touched upon by the noble
1 marquis, and h<* had not the Slightest re
luctance in consenting to the committee
1 entering into a full investigation of their
bearings
i The Earl of Lauderdale began by com
• plimenting the noble earl and the noble
j marquis on the able mannerin which they
. had conducted this important discussion.
Me concurred in a great deal of what had
t falh n from both, but especially in what
i had bnen said by the noble earl on the
subject of the corn laws, nothing could be
more prejudice to the agricultural inte
rests than the annual revival and agitation
of that question.
After a few words from Lords Rllenho
rough and Gnltburpe,the question was put
and carried.
America anti France.
TIUSSI.STED FOH TIIF, W. TORK EV. POST.
Extract from the Constitutiemel, June 24.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
Mr; Cniimer Perier— In addressing yon
now, gendemun, my intention is not for
the present to support or oppose the pro
posals for the budget of the navy, but.
merely to awaken the attention of the
chamber and bf the government to an e
vent which is intimately connected with
the question now uml< r consideration.—
[Profound silence.] An important decis
ion of the government of the United
States has just been made known. Should
this decision, which I consider as authfn
. tic, be confirmed, it doubtless will have a
moat serious influence on our commercial
relations, and will prove highly pre judicial
I to the Interest of the merchants and ship,
.pers of our seaport towns It appear*
certain that the American government
| hai laid a tonnage duty of gtk on French,
vessels entering its ports. This duly a
raounts to about 100 francs per ton.—
Such a dqty, gentlemen, is equivalent to
a real prohibition; it is not only destructive
of all future means of commercial inter
course with the United States, b«t r also,
it exposes (o inevitable -ruin the owners
of shipments commenced, mat e or on
their way to the United States. The loss
es which may result from this tpessurc
ought tobe attributed to those who have
not made all their exertions to avert a
storm which was necessarily to burst up
on us, owing to tfie want of foresight that
presided in the establishment of our rela
tions with the several maratime trading
power*, audio those who have not design
ed to imitate the example of England,
who has just adopted the system of reci
procity in most of her relations with the
United State*. The Americans have long
since remonstrated against the great dis
parity of our custom house system towards
them, and against the charges of every de
scription to which their vessels are sub
jected in our port* It is asserted, that
the American government, to prove its
desire of preserving profitable and amica
ble relations with Prance, has made the
..most conciliatory proposals, ard endeav
oured -to establish reciprocal coudi'ions for
the commerce and navigation of both na
Hons, representing it was impossible that
a fiee and enlightened government should
submit any longerto see its interests suf
fer by u series ot obnoxious duties, which
it had the prudence and good sense not to
try on French vessels. It aopears that
these pacific negociations have not led to
any result, and that the Americans, tired
to see no satisfactory answer given to
their claims, have adopted the painful res
olution which I have communicated. My
intention, gentlemen, is not to attempt to
frighten you, but I must say, that should
the government think fit to apply a suita
ble remedy to such a state of tilings, it
might result in serious evils and difficult
to repair. It Is, however, but justice to
say, that, if, in this circumstance, some
reproaches may be attached to thb French
administration, the responsibility which
may result from its false measures, ought
to weigh also «n a number of respectable
persons who have been consulted on this
subject, and who, in expressing to gov
emu,enl their opinions, have not felt wil
ling to be impressed with the idea that
if a few unenlightened merchants wish for
a monopoly, the general interest of trade
requires liberty, and |especinJly that gov
erumeut and nations demand now, (and
will still more insist upon it in future.)
that (he firs’ condition of the mutual ex
change of commodities between them, he
founded on the equality and reciprocity
of the arrangement* they may think fit to
adopt, and in order to prove how much
reason aud sound ides* euntinua to pre
vail over the prejudice* which, till now,
have governed the commercial world, I
will mention the motion m -de not lung
line* in Hurlismnit, by the ciiuf of one of
th* dial home* in tVigUnd, respecting the
«o much bosaitd of prohibitory *)»t«ui ol
that country
The nuiiisu-r of the uary we* telling u*
jolt now, (hat in unity in he ati one, we
uugld to ham * *«,*) Xu, no doubt a*
; ought to he strung, hut ve ought also to
be just; and wa should feel a persuasion,
that, in the negociation alluded to, gov
ernment will notiose sight of this maxim,
• and will attempt every means, compatible
wiih our political rank, of re-establishing
our commercial relations with a people
which so many recollections and interests
make it a duty for us to cement more than
ever. (Murmurs of approbation on the
!efp) ' „ , . .
The Minuter of Foreign Relation*
wi]l not attempt 'here to establish a dis
cusionon the principles and on the facts
just now stated. This question would be
*o important, that before acting upon it,
mo*e certain and positive doucumen's
than those hithert* obtained s should ba
required. I will not even venture 3
postive opinion on the question now raisro,
ind will merely state, that some time
since negociations had been'commenced
betwen the'Americans and France; m>
predecessor has caused them to be com
municated to the French Chamber ot
Commerce. The council of manufactures
and commerce has been assembled; put its
deliberat'ons have given no additional
facilities for the progress of these ne
guciations. Government, anxious to leave
nothing untried, has consulted all the
ohambers of commerce of France; an.an
swer from all of them has not yet been
received ; b M t the opin.on of those which
have reached government are different
However it may be, such a question is not
of a nature to be discussed in this house,
and no person has a right to say that in
this occuraence such or such a measure
ought to be pursued.
Mr. de Vittrle, in opposition to Mr.
Caaimer Perier, said, that the Chamber
had no right to scrutinize or to blame any
act or relation of government with fo
reign governments, and although there
might be something true in the repprt, he
•could notbeleive (hat the American gov
ernment had taken so hasty a step, but
contended, chat should this be the fact,
the French government ougth to pursue
a retaliatory system, the result of which
would shew which of the two nations
would be most affected by the cessation of
intercourse.
Mr. Casijner Perier rose and after a few
remarks in reply to the minis er of foreign
affairs, said, that he (had not, as wa* inti
mated, condemned government in an
absolute manner, since he had declared
that the responsibility of Hie evils which
the present state of the relations between
France and the United Stales ought to
weigh, in a great measure, on those per
sons who had been consulted; h* said this
subject was not foreign to the chamber,
and' that his observations were founded on
his duty and his constitutional rights.
The Minute-. ■ of Foreign .HfTairs contend,
ed, that the chamber had no right to dis
cuss or encroach on the views of the goven
ment; the right of making treaties.beiofig
ing, by the constitution, to the king alone
(And the louse adjourned,)
A letter dutedParis, 26*.h June, received
by die James Monroe, from a gentleman
entitled to the greatest confidence, states,
that, Mr. Gallatin had a long interview
with Mr. Pasquier, (minister of foreign
affairs,) on the 24th; the result of which
was not known. But that it was generally
beleivedno retaliatory measure would bo
adopted by the French government.
The above was received by a.French
house in this city yesterday from their
correspondent in Paris, via! Liverpool—
To the politeness of one of the fiwn we
are indebted for the translation* -
ipAiSr
On a full examination of our Spanish
papers, we do not find any thing in them
of interest, that we nave not already seen,
with the exception of the following, which
exhibits in vivid contrast, patriotism, and
Its ‘‘kindrid vice.”
FREYHE’S CORRESPONDENCE
WITH QUIROBA.
Gen Head Quarters, Seville, Jan. 15
Sr. Don Akthont NnaooA :
The authority which 1 am n*w exercis
ing, my true affection towards the person
of the King my master, and my particular
friendship for you, sir, when f admired you
as an officer in his Majesty's army, prompt
me to address you, to prevent ills, which,
at the moment, may yet be none; when
after being inevitable, will be of conse
quence fatal to yourself If one moment
of political frenzy could make you forget
his Majesty’s and your own interests 1
wish to facilitate to you the means to re
store to yon the sovereign’s favor, and
that opinion you have lost with the na’ion.
By the choice of those risen, of whom you
are at the hear!, you are not ignorant, sir,
ofthe meanstomake unsuccessful the va
lor and determination of the officers of an
army. A forced march, leaving uncover
ed by advanced forces the passage of
these, a sudden, well-timed panic, or your
own retreat at some critical moment, will
be sufficient to deliver them up to the
king’s arms, rnd put an end to weighty ca-.
lamilies. As respects to your fate, sir, I
offer all my mediating interposition with
his Majesty, not only tor your free pardon,
but as well that, in the royal revenue or
otherwise, you receive an appointment
equal to yonr grade. I cannot doubt, sir,
but you will return to yourself, and that
without hesitation you will embrace my
proposition. PREYRE.
ANSWER.
Gen Head Quarters, St. Fernando,
Jan. 18th, 1820
General.—You have doubtless forgot
ten when writing me your insidious letter,
that vou were addressing the Chief of
the /rec Spaniards, andwho, fifteen days
since, bad sworn, to the universe. Death
or Liberty.
I have read your letter : the *tnmp of
weakness and malice, and a hist fop your
self it is with difficulty you will expunge:
in every line I »ee deception, perfidy, and
weakness, snd, finally, all the batequali
ties the characteristic of your govern
ment and of it* subject*, You have ilar.
ed to indicate the mean* to sell tho*e cifi
zen* who boldly confided to me their
live*, (heir liberty, mid (list of the mother
country. lam horror-itrttek that inch j.
dea* are fullered by a Spaniard. Th,.
|»eifubnu*ii#*n of tin- most uugiaieful of
men cauuoi have reception in (he fiis* free
citiaen of our countriesi certain $ *ulfi.
eitriit motive tn abhor him. lint, *» yuo
have taken up the pen to insult i« , | «dn,
ill return, «ene you ( and, in the name
of Iks father* us (ha auninry and of good
Mpamird*, I solemnly foiguv you i sud,
(to th) itll, pin you all W/lulu* M*, ih» ,
) immediately when .the .gotefmnent to
which you are perjured are re-uruted,
\ that jour services may be recompensed ;
and for this favor I require only that you
I devote yourself to our country, and {five
, up the command of an army that ’tis only
j a Swiss would accept of General, I sa
' lute you; be convinced of this truth ; and
, know that my small army is confident that
. he who suffers for hberty is immortalized.
QUIROGA.
\ . "
i CHRONICLE.
J
' MjeYsxa.
I
, Tuesday Moairise, Aubust 22, 1820.
* The City Council of Savannah have re*
1 ported thirty-eight deaths in that city, from
; the Ist to'the 15lh August, inclusive—
* thirty-five of which vere by fever.
| COMMUNICATED.
Concert and Recitation.
The exhibition announced for Wednes
’ day evening next, at the Planters’ Hotel,
j will, no doubt afford an amusing and ra
tional entertainment to the citizens of An
t gusta. Mrs. Hakn+m, we understand is
distinguished for her vocal powers. The
’ comic powers of our old favorite Bkowx,
, are too well known to need recommenda
tion. The pieces selected are well calcu
lated t o inspire a healthful degree of cheer
‘ fulness, and dissipate that spirit of ennui,
. of which this season of the year is so pro
ductive. ' 25.
1 AMERICA AND PRANCE.
The most interesting feature, to «», of
I the late news from Europe, is the excite-'
’ ment produced in France by the passage
? of an act imposing new tonnage duties on
3 French vessels. From the friendly feel
s. ingofthis country to Fiance, that act
* was passed reluctantly, and / will be cheer
fully suspended, according to the provis
' ion it contains authorizing that course,
II when the government of France shall
' think fit to reciprocate with us the libe.
11 rality of ovrr Commercial Regulations
1 The measure seems to have produced
1 there as much sensation as if it had been
1 unexpected. But what else could they
3 ' have looked for? Our Minister to that
w country had been long enough entreating
* them to listen to reason, and Jong enough
> put offby evasive answers. The subjoin
1 ed extract of a letter from him to the Se
cretary of State, communicated to Con
• gress at the last session, shews the ground
*. on which our law was passed, and, it rk
‘ presumed, in the end, France will not dis
■ dain to be as wise as England, and, by a
‘ relaxation of her system, avail herself of
the opportunity, now offered to her, of
1 placing herself in our ports on the footing
i. of the most favored nations
;,, JVhtional lutelligencer.
i Extract of a letter from Mr. Gallatin to
i the Secretary of State, dated Paris, Jan
f uary 20, 1820.
j “I have now the honor to enclose the
copy of Mr. Pasquies’ long promised an
i sweronthe subject of our commercial
r relations, which was not received till al
ter I had closed my last despatch to you.
t lam confirmed in the opinion, that noth
ing will be done here until we shall have
done justice to ourselves by our own me?-
sures. The ministry is, I think, well dis
posed: but they will not act hi opposition
to the remonstrances of the shipping inter
i est, and of the chambers of commerce,
i which have been consulted. That ofPa
, ris is averse to our proposals. Indeed,
t Mr. Pasqmer informed me, that that of
1 Bordeaux alone had given an opinion f„-
vcrable to them.”
THE ARMY.
We learn from a source entitled to cred
it that i r the present prospects of peace do
not change before the next meeting of
, Congress, an attempt will be made at an
early day in the session to reduce the ar
my of the U. States to the same force of
the peace establishment (found fully com
petent for all the purposes'of the coun
try) in Mr. Jeffersons time. Tnis or some
measure of reduction would have been
adopted at the last session, had not seve
ral members become a little alarmed at the
prospect of a rupture with Spain and sug
gested the prapriety of a postponement
[ of the subject to the next session, pledg
ing themselves then to support the bill.
In time of peace the policy of our institu
tions is at war wiih a standing army; it is a
, moth Consuming the revenue of the coun
try without renderingwny equivalent ser
vice iti return; it is a dangerous germe in
[• a republic, as all history testifies. Let
. theres ire, the caustic be applied before
I corruption pervadesthe whole—while the
, Senate ean act it should, lest the time
should come that it receive law from its
servants.— Nashville CfUrion.
, Nashville, August 1.
Yesterday the l.egis ature of this state
adjourned its extra session of five weeks
■ and one day, having passed about one
hundred and sixty acts, mostly of a' pri
vate nature. The captions appear in this
days paper. Among those of a general
character, growing out of the excellent
message of the Governor at the commence
ment of the session, is a State Bank, en
tirely btttomed ou the Suite funds, and in
tended in the sequel to the profit of the
■ state.
. In addition to this law, there is an acts
authorizing the redemption in two years
1 of all lands and negroes sold under execu
tion, on paying the Purchaser ten per
cent on the money he may have advan
7 ced; the same act also prohibits officers
selling under execution some few house
hold and family articles—personal pm
-1 pet ty sold before next December, mayal
• so he redeemed in like manner aS ae
grecs or real estate.
The Indians.
\ correspondent of the Albany Stales
man, in giving an account of the cole
i bration of the 4th of July on the borders
r of the Great Western Canal, makes the
i following remarks
• * * * * ** Among other things
I tfllich dillflit »H> tllft liHlli*
, her of Indiana who adanth d the relohrs
• lpn> J should IliiiikAhst there were hr
I iween >m» end two hundred p>«sem
, some of them diesssd in the gundy ms
i fUtumul Umiu lube* They stood |«*tng
.in mute admiration at the -....
tinually bursting d pon th tw
sight. Here they saw
pie crowding in like a tore-v r
. ry quarter. The Great ti
or in other words, a river of
miles in length opened i n a T H
by the bands of the white m Yew
as their eyes could reach >nd «|
boats and skiffs; the sv A j a
, and glistening in the snn- tl
several bands filling the ."*ki
thunder; and the shouts i
.of many thousands rendinell
—aU these things were i. v j!J he S
to astonish the poor
them to think that a Hid of d *4
spirit was changing the iaceo 7H
try which was lately , ,#a H
, must confess, that the sight
Indian cast a cloud thts *»
fora moment darkened the«u
ery that imparted so „ p ' end d«,
Here, said Jto myself, ™' lch l*«j
of powerful tribes ami na *® the re »U
wi„„d ,W afrow, p„S"J, e 'S
of the wilderness, and , Mn “ i 1
war over these very
once met the foe, and
enemies in the pride p ' ed .
victory ! Here they o ni-» i ! ' 4h *
ders of the great Spirit in
shrunk from tire L]„ ■ " s
Here they once
rapid eloquence of nJuJe a Co ' J ]
their councils of War and VH
the majesty of thei r TVI
down to worship th e ,£ fi of
But here, alas ! .ape a )i ,i ,
What a comment on the f H
moral universe wh at a picture ff*j3
instability. Thei r power i s wi
God in his anger wdthers , 1
the fields, and their numbed Y i
. a, the Windsof heavent^td
, m harvest time. Here 1
weak, humbled, and despised,
the rejoicings of tile white men i n 3
som of their own country, where t J
nage feast of their giardfathers |
have been celebrated. All this ml
right. The tide of civilization
from the east to the west with ce J
power, and civilized natiirris
tribes must s*and in s’lence an a hfS
ness arid behold its progress. No jS
be lifted to arrest it—no barrier J
posed to stop its course. A fevj
years and even these vestiges of M
tribes will be extinct, as their footij
are. followed by the pressing purs'll
civilization, to the rocky mountains,*
over the extended spine of the AixiJ
♦heshore of the great Western oj
None will he left to wail over the del
lions of revolution, and the very ciiiil
which they shammed their hadcl
smoked thecalamut. will be emiiil
the remains of antiquity by the sell
ing eye of the philosopher. |
Indian War. I
Extract of a letter dated Chariton; jJ
tiffin June 22. I
An Indian campaign is now stall
commence. For some tirge the sr J
this quarter have been very «ndJ
Several horses were stolen aivpekjß
since, near the boundary line up |H
souri—the Indians were fcdlowed, cfl
kern, and it is said one of them val
the others escaped. We are tolifl
that they came to a house on Chiiil
ver ivhere they stole several horafl
! ed a dog and stuck its head urtriH
in the yard—the man of the hoiuetiH
sent, and the woman and ehildreiH
nuch frightened. A party is noviiH
(unauthorised bt anv legal pov*er)fH
mined to follow the savages and
he horses ifthey can, and if not ij
tise them well for their cnniiittiW
T apprehend serious cnnsemuncfiJH
is not some chock given tn 'heentrß
—we have a defence!' ss frontier ofH
miles which will be exposed to crS
inroads from the savaires, ami inant®
lies will abandon the country skiM
war become general. H
——o sis- <SP w • ■
mow the AXti.r.cTic jiiiiAtijß
The Military
. West Point. I
The corps of .cadets will, it
marched frtrm tlieif cantnnmfn'i
Point, southwardly, as fur ns Ph
in the course of the present
object of such excursions is tr>
embrvo soldiers an cppcrtunilv
ing acquainted with the f -Cf
try. to exhibit to them,
difficulties of conducting a
safety* and expedition and he
surmounting ihcimn'chm- w.
ally oppose the progress ct an
also to strengthen and ref" s t
felt by s he community for t
institution, by bringing into
ate view of a large portion n
the fine body of
the nation is rearing toi •- •* ■■
guard and pr tection. .
A similar march was tru t p
mcr of the last year as hr *- Y'B
sie and Hudson; the corr.?
into a battalion. ciinsi*’‘ r ~ n 1
panicis and counting ,n 31 ,
and ninety-six ofTrcrs s”" P.''
following extracts from
of the Chiefs, thong-1
(eristics of n very vounf'I
show the manner of tht ; r ‘‘ M|
good will with which the,' ' ■
sally received, and th« ana»y,
gratitude excited by h op--“
• The cadets embarked ar
clock (August 111 I '' f 'V.K f H’lbHfi
the purpose of wbertll":
finding at the Cold.
determined they
march The wind yj
the dav excessively v- - •
ed the short time ihe> -
water, extremeiv di»..‘ a
camped in a small •; n(t
beyond the Spring, « ■ , r ,
lO'indry, erected i" 1 ’
where they rc tirua r ,
night, ill order In >» 1 W
p* epara’ ions, » lh I
wugona and arr oy ' , ;
# l>ni|( six ••’•dock i»
miaul. ofr.dJ ‘h""'- «
lilte'l tile cV!'t*i H
(elltion Unit ' •
wnuld *'l ol iI "I, *
nrrci*' J, a» •ml 1
us nnni i foe 11 *
~ufr iim ' Ui ,.. ;■»?
r *ll ik. ai rs** I*'** 1 *'** ■