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SEMINOI.E WAH. ’
A rhn I knot and Jhnbr inter. | 4
By our n.itioiml conslilnlion, treaties are 1
considered as the supreme law of die land, j
If this article of (lie compact he construed |
ns a declaratory Statute, the antln.ivy n<
interiniliniial law must have been c.mem- ,
plated hv Washiiifton anc the conventional
law givers of l?bi, as pre-existent and
binding throughout these I oiled ,'nates. —
The rules thill govern < ivili ;•.<■>l vvni lare, ,
belong to the sinne la w. W 1 ‘ nsifhT (In in j
to he « holcsonie canons, m iprocally adopt-, i
ed hv the governnienls of eivili'/. d nations, I
to direct their lielligerent eondnel. iMntnal i
Consent is ihesourteol their auihcriiv. i
The hcnelits to belli '’rent states, for which .
they were established, me, to aholish ernel
practices, secure (ptarier to surmnlei ing
piisnners, to protect pacilic and hil(des
individuals, to save private piopcily horn
wanton ruin, lessen the elVnsim «n 1d0...1,
and nr rest the sword ofeMermiiiaiion. lint
if, as we appri liend, mutual e.iii-enl ahme
he the source ol the anthoriiy i I (he rules
id'civil!/,ed warfare, not only m> liiheol
savages in this liendspheie did, nr dues re
cognise the authority of such rules; hot
every tribe of the red rare, in eveiy win
waged by it, openly professes to act, an.l
does ai t, in dirert repugn nice to the letter
•wnwmr- tK, rtntnrtiTtaldur hi.f-'
dees « ilh (ire an.) sword- coimnilled acts
ol rapine and rubbery—niurd* red the < .p
live wouieii and small children in ,"icon's
ho.it—scalped Mrs. tiarreit ami her inlntils
—and burnt their prisoner, Edwani Kan
iels, alive !—-It is lice, m.se lids lei minus
rare (gis it tendered insane, because fore
doomed by providence) will not forego
enormities; mil not consent to adopt mild
er roles ofw.nf.ni—that all eiviliy.cd na- ,
•ions refuse In consider their ferocious tribes
as established states. lor although civ ill*
zed nations seal bargains with them, il the ,
subject matter he ol a pacilic nature and :
tpiieting tendency, yet. whenever hostilities >
occur between the white and red races, the (
latter, by reason of their wilhd ignorance, j
murders and madness, necessarily heroine t
outlaws, force!ng civilized warriors, horn ,
imperious dictates of self defence, t■. |
feat them as banditti. Hence, ton certain a
civilized nations, witliin whose dominion j
this anomalous race prowl and bunt, with* i
out consulting such savages, torm compacts i
concerning them, as il they were wild beasts, i,
stipulating with eaeli other In restrain (heir >
outrages by tipen force. The main cause v
ofesiablishing, by formal treaty, sncli ~
idlest degradation of the red people from I,j
the dignity of stales to the level of hordes, 11,
we trace to the radical vices of stubborn j
ignorance. Savages render such degrada-! i,
turn pel manful by rugged, resolute indued-1 \
by—that incorrigible, ii rational fierceness { n
ami wanton ernelly w nit h invariably mark I n
their hostile aggressions. Tims, Indepen- j u
dent America, (bent lirilain and Spain, so ||
long ns each power remains at peace with I v
its civilized neighbor, concur to guarantee e
such Irampiility. by engaging lochuin such \
tigers in tinman shape, whose haunts are
situate w ithin the territory > f jm isdiciion of , v
either sovereign. Vet, whenever savages, hi
eluding si.ch wholesome coercion, pass their di
limits to scalp women and children of either ol
dominion, so as to force a civilized govern- ie
ment to chastise barbarians, the experience hi
ol ages demonstrates, that to observe to- m
vi aids such enemies, mild rules of civilized ! a,
warfare, never did soften or suspend tlieir j j..
cruel usages—never lias introduced among m
these obdurate beings, any exercise of hu-iiii
inanity in their aggressions; nev. r has per- jus
smnled ihem to spare the unanned or feeble at
ol any age, >»x or condition. The ex peri* ih
mem has oiten been tirade, hut it has never m
succeeded, because hostile American sa-; E
xages,hitherto, have always been found so ill
ferocious and ignorant in war, that they bi
uniformly ascribe lenity and mildness, to so
weakness and to cowardice; consciutis,
[that as it respects th.-ir own conduit to* lei
wards an enemy, fear or feebleness alone,' W i
limit the lory of their inflictions. This ! sa
melancholy picture of w ild depravity is noi'ii.
more dark than true. Then ■lore, terror, Ipr
and not forbearance, must he employed by i d,
a wise and humane warrior, if he*would ll
elfectually restrain the vindictive excesses'fa
of such cruel barhaiians, \ commander; re
of this character, will, if b be practicable,! ( |,
:ini‘ulalc and terrify tlie common red men i
the warring tribe, who arc always super- I
itioiis, by punishing gr.«ss outrages against
Liiiianily, personally : more especially, I
Inn such outrages are no Unions, and have i
t en perpetrated by any one of tln-ir great
hi plains of Carnage. A resolute officer of
nlightciied views, and enlarged humanity,
ke the resolute surgeon who saves life by
ic prompt amputation of a gangrened limb,
ever will shrink from the performance of
liis painful, hut most important public duly .
I'he importunate clamour of men whose
din.ls are narrowed by the technical pedan-i
ly of a minute and subordinate jurisdiction;
vim art as if they believe that onr constitu
ional code t xi>is only on the sin face ol
in per, and was chiefly compiled, not for
he coninion defence, hot to he disputed ;
,vho bring the subtility of the municipal.
Viruni, instead of the iiii'jil principles **t j
inimitable justice, into great questions o(
iitcrnaiional law; cavilling like special
pleaders, win re they should decide like
sla'.i-io -ji ; who feed lat their ancient grud
ges against heroes and patriots who surpass
them in public estimation —1 be little ten
sure < v. n i.( great rivals, never will deter a
truly great mm from llmsseivirig hi" co ue
try w ith firm and austere lid.-lity. Such a
great man so acting, will be supported a
gainst pilvate pique, by public, opinion ;
and will shake .oil tin* loam o! cavillers,
fii.ni the cti'si of his patriotic renown, like
dew-drops (ruin the lion s mane. \i mil
was the efficient cause of the dieadbd mas
sane at .Vynmmg t die tell (mteln-.y
of three handled citizens at I' i.rt .Minims f
What ! hut Mifl'ering robbers and.mi-w
to hurst the feeble bonds ol civil confine
ment, and roam at large among hostile In
dians? What! lint t.impeiing with tin
I reac. her y of an pun idled savage instiualots,
void ol faith and pliv ! Instigators who cal
cnla.ed upon ulterior impunity—well ai
<lltaini< d w ith the tempnri/.lng character ul
some ol our mi ice i led leaders —ignorant ol
the I iw of nations woven into onr code
ifi ai'. ! of being disavowed, it they acted
with decisive energy—irresolute and infirm
of purpose . \\ e contend, that a cnniman
der, ant hot iz<al to act against linslili-sava
ges, both by a permanent law nl'Toi gie.ss,
ami by orders from the proper department
..( gi.vei ninenl, would become respmis.ihl.
fir the unnecessary effusion ol blood, if Irom
fa) e tenderness, or misplaced clemency,
he should losir.iin from piiiiisliinga slangh
teroirs savage, who had been wallowing
in the gore ol Infant prisoners. Ihe prompt
execution of the barbarian iMicco,did honor
to < kin ral Jackson’s resolute humanity. —
The condine punislimeiil ol this wretch,
Jackson well km w would chock atrn ity,
abridge mas'-a*ae, and blunt tlie swotai ol
extermination ; and .such salutary eliecls
did ensue. It exanlpks made of native
hmbariaiis, proved thus salntaiy, die ex
ample made of exotic savages, vi uite abet
tors of robbery and murder, were absolutely
requisite. lor more than forty y ears past,
mm Ii exotic sa - ages have fomented ami ex
asperated every Indian war and m. ssacre,
ihat has stained oar extensive frontier with
so moeli innocent blond ! in tin ,a>t resort,
ol (he piilifu' c lianntics which the known
j agency ol' white savages have occasioned.
\ i hut limit and Amlnisiei. by debuling ill."'
fierce Seuiianles inio a belief that sm h ren
egadoes as themselves were envois from
tlieir great father, the IbliMi Ki g : and
also, lay the imposing tact, that, as so. h,
they were cnnnlenaiiced liy i
isb oilicei In I iorida—bad acquirei!, and
were Coll solid itiag among (lie hnslile s iva
ges oi'tliat piovinee, evik.milmritv ofim
lie use weight and mm dermis magnitude.—
Insomuch, ill at allltoils’li open iioslililiesha.l
disappeared, sahdoed by iin- vigour ami
aims ol ( >eu. Jackson ; yet these nulkaws
ot eminence, ami fomenters of fatal m s
• duel, il again Id loose among the chastised
and d jecied savages, might have retin.ma
ted their hostility and 11 kindled the li es
death. '1 bey were martial men ! i >ev
had already nianifestnl audacious zeal, skill
and obstinacy. Both were seasoned adepts
io nelarimis projects and bloody purposes,
i )ne of tin m had twice passed the no an. as
tutor to a fierce prophet, a fanatic savage,
ini! mied by enmity, aid breathing out
slaughter. liciti *.lt Magazines, ci .mmed
with implimenis of destrueiion, had been
opened to arm them. Though verbally
disavowed by the British cabnient, thev
had returned to Florida w ith a b ipial sup
ply of daggers and tomahawks—aid.
I r;1 1 vv i: 1 1 , had prosecuted against ns unpro
voked hostility. \ll the more recent enor
mities oi the motley humliili had been dis
lincily traced to their abominable manage
went —the moie abominable, because of
heir better knowledge—execrable, ii dis i
lowed hv their own governtm ni—nn.ii
■Xecrable, il secretly encouraged by il.—
Vibntlmot and Vinlirister had been edn
.itt.l in civil society : the craft andknav.-
y ot which they iiiluscd into barharnus
'•••tils capacious of most \ iolent and w ii-k.-d
1 lings. 1 hey exasperated the hostile Inn
.1 the Scmim.les by rank imposture, pie
ending, all hough they knew the utter fal
acy ot such pretence, that lands belonging
o the Squinnies were withheld from them:
nd that the great king had, by a new cmn
i.k 1, engaged to aid them in asserting such
nlc. Ii iv ing ministered tliis fresh fuel to
he Seminole fury, they led it forth against
s. in the most revolting forms of desolation
mi murder. Soon, under their auspice*,
he recking scalps of old men, helpless wo
rn n and small children, were displayed in
huida. strung oe nil poles, and waving to
he sickening breeze ! Arhulhnot and \m
lister were the hand, head and heart, of
nch gory assassins; wrote letters for them i
—beld councils ol war with them, and hnr i
■d the tomahawk by them. Finally. thev i
i-ere taken fidgranie bcllo, at the head of!
avages, arrayed against this civilized na-l
ion, after both outlaws had been distinctly j
readmonished ot the doom that would j i
lose their peiservance in a course of such 1
lagitious criminality ! The evidence of the i
acts we have stated, is on record, and the j
esult is - clear and incontestible. Both of <
In in w ere proud to have renounced civil so- s
defy; and to have attached themselves, as v
leaders, to a hand of barbarous robbers. — ii
The commander-in-chief w is, therefore an- c
tlmrized by the usage and law of civilized 1 1
nations, established by every such commu-1 r
11 it V, from ages of antiquity to the modern i
moment, to execute each of them on the jc
spot, lie was authorized so to act, by tbeji
same principle of law by which the com- p
manderofany armed vessel, which over- i
powers a pirate, is authorized to execute |<
such pirate, wherever, or however taken.—
Nor was (ien. Jackson bound by any lawi<
or usage, to institute in this case any »
inquiry. Uecausc the act of lighting at the]'
I Ik i,l of savage robbers, being ajipareut, did, <
! in itself, a fiord full pr«»of of malefaction list-1 1
hie in capital punishment. It requires not i
the written aulhoiity ol Valid, ( i 1 vol. -it I i
page.) to demonstrate, “ that when the warp
! is will) a savage nation, which observes no i
nil", and « hieli never gives quarter, such i
naiion may he diastized in the person of any t
- ,/,ed oi taken, in older that by Midi rigor, i
barbarians may be brought to conform to i
.In- laws of humanity.** It N atlel had ne
vei written, and ifinstead of twenty Jurists,
no jurist had e\er taught iis a dnclrine,
which nature, reason, humanity, common
sense, strong and absolute necessity, pro
claim to the whole civilized world we should
be ashamed, among oni intelligent lellnw
i ilizens. to find it necessary to argue, that a
hotel of savages, who never did, and who
never » ill, a el- m-wledge any law of nations;
ivliose beligerent usage ;e; on t every lot* is
extermination; who m d.e munDr a trade,
and torture a virtue—are entitled to de
mand from any other people, application of
those mild riih-s ol war la re, which they
spurn ; and wlm h derive all their force and
authority from the mutual consent ol those
, cations who wisely adopt and practise
them. Arbnthnol am! \mluaster were not
- only volunteer savages, but wholesale deal
i ersin human calamity; outlawed instiga-
I tors and abettors of countless murders
which they planned, organized,and assisted
I to perpetrate. Long-sighted Immunity,that
i looks through the telescope ol wisdom, to
- foresee consequences which, il not guarded
- against, strike at the source ol public wel
. fare, and deracinate civil society, urges re
t tributive justice to sweep from ihe earth
such anomalous offenders—the deadly foes
i of pacific order and social morality. She
. urges the condign punishment of those who
-! instigate extermination, and domineer in
• cnieli v, as tin* requisite sanction of her own
I benefitvui usages! She cowls,< itthe flimsy
, pretexts and miserable grimace ol Ameri
- cans, who proclaim commiseiation for exo
. hemal -:actors,thesw tnto- sofnnrcountiy,
, while they n i'i- . ue n nr of pity for bund
! reds of inorcnl victims, uho recently bled
• mi the ed.-e of that veiy tomahawk which
i the niah faciois, ovi r whose gibbet they
- whimpei, buried in the vitals ot onr breth
- nnaial friends. We a e .started at the
v public manifestation ol so much sinister
grief and perverted sympathy. lor onr
vvn part, we Commiserate, at this moment,
-. ihe fate es those 1 Ann rican victims whose
ii auiljis were found In Hen. Jackson reeking
, upon the red poh-s m I'forida; the brothers
n in must pause lor belter motives, before we
tenderly sympathize with hostile foreigners,
r ,or even ii itlt domestic factions, that how
e'er diversified by then mot lev politics, are
n I deleted by those who look quiet through
I I me deeds of men by the piivate grief that
i, I 00/.os tin di tiiei. puldie denunciation of
| tin-c.'iirs. iisin il by an ci v eutivi 1 , iis able
i i ami lion.. s ever iinmini'-tered such u de
pai imem of free government. Men of plain
mniei . iodine are apt to i jstriist the inn
- inis ol nei laiue rs, lioh I.tly popular, when
!, they happen n> coincide exactly, both in
i b e;ii.vs and in epininn, with all the most
. violent minis, ries ot American growth,
power and j insperity. W e cammi mingle
ijoin- tears, for Aihotlmnt and Wnbiistor,
. n iih the t, ins ni men who pi.Mp me sensi
; hihty Iti tin l actual wrongs o| the pe pie, to(
a fimninl construction ot the theory ■ I'tiicTr
I rights; men who employ pi lenne" subtlety
■ and bitterness, both in extenuating the guiii
• *d convicted assassins, an i in exaggerating
: the supposed envis ot onr soundest patriots
and most illustrious benetucti is; jauriols
wbn have grown grey toiling to foum ,(,,
edtitee «l bur national liberties, and'have
passed through every ordeal that can try
means' souls, without blame or blemish,
during the vicissitudes of half a century.
Vt e cannot sympathise in speculative opin
unis, uj'ruduous or chimerical , eagetlv
cherished by theoretic partisans who inis
take isolated rules for the principles which
govern them: and who, when once inflam <
ed hy rnii dveii error, would to gratify sinis
ter passion, under die cloak ot zeal tor the
constitution, canonize malefactors, and cm- i
city the saviour of their country! I
A I
1° «* si ii It* point of (lie cum; of one of •
the muleiaeinr—namely, the after-thought ■
ol c* loinpott'iil emui (o ivrojisidi.'r o juju- :
ment already pronounced, this, every atten
tive Jurist must know, could nut invalidate I
that judgment. Because, il is a judiciary '
piiiniple, well settled—that a judgment I
once pronunuced, cannot be remo'dilied on '
reconsideration. General Jackson had 1
i ighilul authority to overrule what the court |
thus recommended after the judgment had
been pronounced; and we conscientiously •
contend, that in so doing he exercised right- v
fill authority with sound discretion. W hat! i
sutler one of the instigating Demons of ’
death, to tamper with the Locksmith of a n
Penitentiary, to escape from its cell, to re
kindle hostilities and renew the war of ex- I
termination? Did not this fomenter ofsu- t
'age lury cross three thousand miles of v
i ocean, to amass for our innocent citizens im- a
(dements ol murder.'' Hot a regular scheme k
im- hnteuery ? Open a f ictory of ourscalps? i
I Link in the thicket.' \ ell in the onset? t
Uin 1 the tomahawk, and fuel the hon-fires o
of death? t
Would to God, that I could place before A
tile eyes of many inconsiderate accusers ol I
Gen. Jackson, who rashly censure him for o
the most extensively salutary example that, n
perhaps, ever was inflicted—those torrents a
ol innocent blood, which for want of such ci
glorious officers for the chastisement of sa- ft
•
vages, inundated the entire soil of W yore.- fi
jug ! Can the writer of this - tide ever v
cease to remember so many immolated \ic- u
tints, w hose bones now moulder in that Ame
rican Golgotha ? Victims who perished by [
the supiness of our leaders, and their want n
oflegit’nnate energy to correct the savag-. b
instigations of our revolutionary Arbuthnot a
and Aiiibrister! Many a year lias since i
Tolled over me chequered by many si; ...mg '
events anil sanguinary scenes, both at hoitiej
and abroad. But no change of region, vt- j v
cissitude id life, or field of carnage, has
erased from tliis aching memory, images 01. •
death engraved on adamant. Images t.iat |
even now, seem to beckon to me point , s
to their stabs, and beg me to re-survey the I <
massacre of Wyoming. Memory, and not | <
imagination gives back to the mind, tnal ■
toils in vain to forget the wrongs of its 1
country, the smeared corses ol that dismal
theatre of carnage—the gory gashes the
mangled persons ol so many sitllering asso- t
dates, in panorama of horrors 1 that sicken '
the xml anil defy exaggeration ! There, lay t
nnslirouded the butcliered bodies ol men, 1
women and children; nil ‘ (ellowrcitizeiis
kinsmen and neighbours —unresisting v > c * ‘
tints of internal barbarians. I here, lay I
grouped in slaughtered families, the leebie t
patriarch, the robust son, anil the faithful t
malnui —mothers embowelled, glued to t
their clasping children ! \ irgins, in the .
flower ol youth and beauty—their snowy |
bosoms polluted with blood —marred and I
mutilated! Pipes thrust into their months t
in savage mockery—the gastliness of mar- I
ill r contrasted with the indignities of merri i
ment! The King of Terrors seemed visible, .
stalking over human ruins without pall or
drapery. Hundreds, perished. None es
caped. Dead silence brooded over the
carnage—humanity shuddered tit the cli
max of despotism! As I moved thro the
shatnbols of slaughter, the blood curdled
like frost in (he hidden cell of my heart!
Bui judge of its emotion, when I paused to ,
recognise the well known form and features
of a female associate, cut down in the blos
som of life and loveliness by such cruel as
sassins? Distracted by grief; bending over
her piteous remains, I impreciatcd curses
on her murderers, on the whole ruthless
race of red barbarians and their barbarous
instigators ! Ves, at Wyoming, the polluted
field of extermination and havoc, 1 forgot,
in youthful passion the meekness of Chris
tianity. 1 implored Heaven that the dry
earth might not ho suffered to drink in such
innocent blood; hat that, mingled with
tears of the morning, it would rise up to the
throne of the common Lather of mankind,
and rouse the wrath of Lis eternal provi
dence to witness and avenge onr wrongs !
ITIUCiOX.
FROM THE OEOIICIAN.
Till; HURRICANE.
The ravages of the storm, in our Imme
diate vicinity, have been confined princi
pally to the losses of individuals, in property,
which is as notlting when compared with
the distressing and fatal accounts we have
received from Darien, where, as will be
i mrwfmrsiicnnhedf rittrnfth liVr* lias taken
■ place.
!■ rmn Capt. \ crnnrd, of the schooner
I iiorn, arrived y esterday, and by letters
brought by him. we Darn that the hurri
cane was tremendous and its effects awful,
at Darien and its neighborhood.
At Mr. J. Snow’s, postmaster, planta
tion, seven miles from Darien on the sea
hoard, Miss Harrison, a sister of Mrs.
Snow, her two little brothers, Mr. Rufus R.
Merrill, who was there on a visit, and ail
the house servants except one unfortunately
perished.
I he letter from which the above is ta
ken, says, that the whole of Mr, Snow’s fa
mily, excepting himself and wife, had per
ished, and that the above names were atnoiu;
those who were lost. Ihe family consisted
jof ton persons altogether, but whether they
were all at Mr. Snow’s country place or
not, we have yet to learn.
Alts. Lafun, a widow lady l of Patterson
Island, and the whole of her negroes, were
swept away by the water and drowned.
At Creighton Island, Mr. Thomas Mil
ler, aged about seventeen, son of Mr. John
.Miller, of this city, and a person of the ‘
name ol Miller, employed on the planta- -
tion, were both killed by the fall of the i
dwelling house. Two negroes are miss- \
ing. «
The negroes of Mr. James White, neat ‘
Darien, wore all lost but one. '
'I he loss of eighty-three lives has alrea- s
dy been ascertained—fourteen of which 1
were white. t
On St. Simon s Island, all the property '
is destroyed. But only one life as vet 1
known to be lost. On Sapelo Island, Mr 1
Spalding lost all his out buildings and crop! '
and one negro. The overseer’s father, two '
sons and Our or five negroes, perished. v
In Darien, Mr. King’s store under the *
Blull, is blown down, and also two stores 1
ol Mr. G. Atkinson’s, and one of H. T. c
Hall's besides a number of others, together tJ
with almost all the fences and trees 'in the 0
city, and the place presents a most gloomy 1
prospect. ” o
Ihe sloop I-avorite was driven np some s
distance into Mr. Nephew’s cotton field, <:
where she now lies. The sloop Two 11
r fiends, went to pedes. The, sclu.onet "
1 horn was carried up on the wharf, but 11
was got oil without damage.
It is some relief to us, in our melancholy 11
task, to be able to announce the safety of "
the very valuable steam mill, as great fears A’
weie entertained for it. The following is
an extract of a letter from Mr. Win. Scar
brough, dated ISth inst.
I he damage we sustained, has been
trilling, in comparison with what most
others have suffered. The greater part of ol
tin 1 tile was toiu from the root’ ot the Hire vt
Mdl and Lngine House, and those cn the ii
Boiler House, broken by the precipitation pi
nl the others. The gable end of the saw tli
mill, was whirled ofl, and between forty c<
md filly feet ol the roof (but not the prim w
:ip!e rafters) were blown away in mass, a I
rom one hundred to one hundred and fifty w
fee-. Tiie short lead forming die gutters i
wartime near five hundred pounds, was i
pa n off and carried thirty or forty led. '
The foundation of the mill, nor any other '
part of the brick work suffered any damage, i <
notwithstanding the tide was from three to
four feet in the cellar of the nee mill. W *?; 1
have been very assiduous m repairing the \
damage, and 1 hope to-night we shall be
where we were before the gale commenced.
The Cooper's House was prostrated, as
well as the greater part of the fences.
Extract of a letter from a gentlemen in
Darien, dated I Sth hist.
“Mo tiling appears around ns here but a
scene of destruction. The storm experi
enced cm the night of the I4lh has ruined
(hi* section of the country. Ihe destruc
tion of property is immense and many lives
lost/’
Extract of another letter of same dale
“ To attempt to describe the effects ol the
gale with ns, would be undertaking a task
which 1 am hold to say no man can do jus
tice to. 1 will not pretend to say any thing
of it further than that it has been who ns
and has passed, desolating and making hare
every thing in its passage. Ihe damage
to properly is beyond calculation, the loss
of lives immense—i suppose in our county
not short of one hundred persons have been
destroyed, some ol the most heart rending
and melancholy cases—whole families se
paraled and crushed amid the ruins of the
buildings, or drowned in the water tin own
up Ir ani the sea. 1 look upon it as death
to all our pro.-peels. I do not know what
is to become of the county.”
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29,182-1.
It is with feelings of sympathy and sorrow that
in recording the further effects of the late Gale,
we have now in addition to the destruction of
property, lo detail also the loss of many valuable
lives, by its awful violence; and lo present a
account of sit tie rings and disasters which have
never before, we believe been equalled in any
part of this State by a similar visitation. Our
readers will find under it : appropriate head, in
this day’s pap r, as lar go a portion of the ac
counts wc have received on this subject, as our
limits would admit; and it will bo with no or
dinary feelings, wc arc convinced, that they pe
ruse the me unholy account of the injury done
by the late storm at Darien and its neighbor
hood. Wo fear that inline accounts from the
Southward, wall make further additions to the
detail of losses and sufferings.
Wc received some days ago, the commu
nication of Mr. Stuart; but it not being in
time for the paper of that week, vve conclu
ded the author would be as well satisfied to
have it appear with the account of the meet
ing to which it seemed in some degree to
refer—and we have therefore made room
for both, in the paper of this day.
We insert, as requested to do, the article
signed * 1 liocion, though we do not con
sider it, by any means, the most able article
on the subject, which we have seen.
FOII THE Clt RON 101. E.
Mr. Editor: The heart of every Ameri
can swells with patriotic pride as he traces
the progress of the illustrious E.\ Fayette,
if his tour through our beloved country.—-
\\ heiever he appears, the most unequivo
cal oemoustiation of national gratitude can
at least by him, be attested to. This is as
it should be. May Ibe permitted humbly
to suggest one additional mean of rendering
tins epoch iu our anna's perpetually fa
mous > !l is a lamentable (act, and of uni
versal notoriety, that the laws under which
this august Republic delights to be govern
ed, ate not altogether exempt from the lust
ot barbarity —and, consequently, in ac
cordance thereto in part. There is scarce
ly a /t.ite in the whole twenty-four which
now compose the Union, wherein there are
not some ui.k.ippy debtor suffering all ike
horrors of imprisonment, fur no other of-
Jencc than that of being unable to satisfy
the demands of his creditors. Nor, per
haps, in any other of the Slates isthis sever
ity so rigid, and me victims so numerous, as
in those very Slates which our illustrious
visitor has honored already with his pre
sence, itiid where (hat honor lias been so
nobly rejected by the manner of his recep
tion. Mow, what 1 would humbly suggest,
is, that gratitude and mercy should meet
together. Let every State visited by La
i ayette, make a general gaol delivery of
imprisoned and unfortunate debtors. 1
mean those, under the term unfortunate,
who are truly so, iu the common accepta
tion ol the term. In one word, I mean
honest men; and the incarcerated of this
(.ass will he found to be vastly the majority
of imprisoned debtois. Even the Despots
ol Europe—aye, even such a wretch as
t erdinaud of Spain, are wont upon great
occasions ot jubilee, to illustrate the occa
sion by some extrao. dinary act of cleiuen- i
I .' • n ust in God, that this Republic will ;
not loose so fair an opportunity, as that i
which is now offered, of excelling i„ all ;
respects any example heretofore extant, in i
shedding a lustre over any epoch in the i
listory ot Nations, To La Fayette it
would be a more grateful offering than any i
i’cl made to him. (
HUM ANITAS. ,
Tg iLe Eiliior of the Chronicle and Advertiser. 1—
I
Sir; Under those representative systems f
if government, where each citizen has a <
oice in the selection of his rulers, the elec- 1
ive franchise becomes the most important c
irerogative of firemen. According as (
hey evince wisdom in the exercise of this a
onsiitutional right, good men will govern, I
liiolesoiue laws prevail, and prosperity 0
bound. On the contrary, if the people, -
iho arc the only legitimate sovereigns, in v
a republican sense, allow their voles,
influenced by faction, personal am'.,
or merely nominal distinctions, b,,i ,
will fill public stations, abolish |. j^9 c '
and trample on the rights of the tiii z ,
Hence results a serious obligation "HH**! 1
every member of a free state, to
this right, on all prescribed occasii.nl'll
accordance with the honest dictates
unbiassed judgment. Mo elector i s ll
berty to neglect this duly. The piviL^H l ';
knowledge, that he is in the minority ~j^B < ''
that his vote will consequently be in
cannot excuse his silence. Nor will an B
different bestowal ol his vote, form a
hie discharge of that duly
for office are generally so unlike iiidii.iß "
cut individuals, and the exigency 0 f J; jfjß it
and circumstances in the republic , n
among the people, is frequently so s'
land fluctuating, that it would he exir,i,. *
nary, if not impossible, for two or ni
candidates for office, to prefer th-h- il
live claims to the same post, at
time, with equal justice. Let even 1
vidua) elector choose b< twe n thcni;
let the rule of his choice be the puhi, ir /M I v
—not personal aggrandizement; nm r
pride of family; not the gratillc;;ii 1)n p
party. It is objected, “the man ni
choice is not before the public.” j,,.,,
your independence place your favorite in =
public eye, by recomniending liis fitm^^^H 1
beforehand, and by sanctioning your pre^B'
dilection with a fearless vote on the day
election. This manly conduct will aiiu^B !
a salutary example to others. 11 tlie liapi.^^^H*
less ness of the case deter you from adopß'
ing this course, make choice between nJ/.
you may consider evil alternatives; but !■ *
all means make choice. You have frienß.-|.
who confide in your judgment, and wl 5
therefore respect your example, in
united effort in favor of a tolerable, v I
may avert an intolerahle political
Prudence and philosophy suggest
course, in a world where w e are cmnpe|| ( li^H 1
, to take men and things as we find ihen9
and not as ilicy should be.
Where the disparity between the mp‘9
tive merits of opposing candidates in
striking, but their several pretensions hI-B
bit strong points of resemblance,
cutties of making a judicious choice
1 increased. In this case, every Imiie.-t <
tor will investigate the characters lu firH
' him; he will canvass their personal mrrii’l
and private virtues; scan their mentaleH
dowments, and moral obliquities—and 9
i will then decide in his favor, whom i:i>m9
- aiders best qualified to promote the gen« 9
3 welfare. During this season <>l di'iib-r.9
3 lion, he may expect, however. I - benssai'ifl
by the arguments, amused by the
sies, offended by the presumption, and 9
gusted with the flatteries of the interested
partizans. It is during this anxious
1 of political probation, too, that roinpeiiii<9
- will seek to delude and mislead the |irn{l9
, Every avenue to possible influence will l 9
attempted, from I lie proscribed affront I
tendering money to pm chase a sole,
J every grade of electi.meering pm tilu:i:9
1 and chicanery, down to horse racing 'ill
barbacues: for, it is the work of cmiO( i f.J
! -- r * u *b t " ,% j cv» Oi lug <aH
? practicable expedients to bear upon in
election of a favorite leader; and to cpi M
m the public mind, every disposition t.ui infl
- and impartial examination imo bis nierJl
and qualifications. In tbc use of these i.." 9
grading and dishonorable menus, unnc.iilitH
candidates for office will he hut too sucrol
(ul, with two classes of el ctor--. V>’u;i9
- one class, comprehending those who ac-l
’ know ledge no I. cal attachments; !i ui:
> little character and less virtue; and Inii9
ignorant as unthinking, the
politician may degrade himself into Inver, l
, by imitating their follies and vices; hi
lending the sanction of his own practice,
their violations of all the laws of decency 9
and good breeding; and hy vilifying, inß
their ears, all the distinctions and worth cH
more dignified and respectable societi.-ll
Another class he may manage, l»v maidn'l9
a less self-degradation; but a great rs ai-IjJB
(ice of principle and integrity : I mean ili.;i||
portion of electors, consisting iff political M
desperadoes and adventurers, w hose pms- -I
pects, fortunes, friends and .nfluem e have ';a
deserted them : men of shrewdness and in* .1
formation, who once commanded respect j
and enjoyed public confidence; but alio, Jj
by more recent political tergiversation, have 9
forfeited character, honor and consistency, M
and have therefore little to hope for. l ose- 1
cure the patronage of this mercenary class, M
it will he enough for him to pledge his sup- B
port of laws and measures calculated to M
promote their interests, at the expense of 9
the general good ; while at the same time fl
he may gather strength from temp- r z rs. I
hy avowing principles and attachments I
hostile to the real sentiim nts of his heart. .8
b rom these two classes of electors, a judi
cions and independent choice of candidate B
is little to be expected. Rut the fault is no. KM
altogether theirs ; for wherever corruption, B
iu any form, attends popular elections, ill
will be found to originate with those, ur I
among their friends, who aspire to office: ll
pre-eminence.
1 o the character of the American people, m
it is a fortunate and creditable tin um- ■
stance, that there remains a third, and me- 1
diuni class, between the extremes ot the 1
aggregate population, composed of the w ell I
informed, orderly, independent, though on- I
ambitious citizens, who become, iu the bn* J
dy politic, the guardians of the weak and I
ignorant, against tlx* machinations ol the J
strong and crafty. On this class, it is diiii- |
cult for the mere politician to produce any J
dangerous impression. They have siifii* |
cient information and sagacity, to detect Ids |
artifices; and independence enough to di?• I
pise and expose them. Being practical I
men themselves, they will not tolerate jug
gling speculators. They are men ot geini
common sense, and sound understandings- I
friends to fair discussion and freedom 01 U
opinion ; practisers of rational eco.-mciy- '
Conscious of their rights, they will not
allow political knaves and eiitbusia.-ts to
tamper with them. As any attempt to bribe- I
or corruptly Influence the elective voice oi 9
li-is class, would be as impracticable as 9
wise, candidates for their favor seldom