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I'art of the 1)< bate on the Greek ques
tion.
Mr. Clay concluded a long and
animated speech in support of the
resolution, by saying to the mem
l>ers ol the House over which he
presides, “ Go home, if you dare ;
go home, if you can, to your con
stituents, and tell them that you
voted it down—meet, if you dare,
the appalling countenances of those
who sent ton here, (he meant no
defiance,) and tell them that you
shrank from the declaration ol your
.own sentiments —that you cannot
tell how, hut that some unknown
dread, some indiscribahle appre
hension, some indefinable danger,
affrighted you —that the spccties
of cimetars, and crowns, and des
cents, gleamed before you, and
alarmed you; and that you sup
pressed r.ll the noble lechpgs
prompted by religion, by’ liberty,
by national independence, and by’
humanity. He could not bring
himselt to believe, Mr. C. said,that
such could he the feeling ol a ma*
jmify of this House. But, for
himself, though every friend of
the measure should desert it, and
lie left to stand alone,with the gen
tleman from Massachusetts, lie
would give to the resolution the
Tioor sanction ol his unqualified ap
probation.”
Mr. Randolph moved, that the
committee lise, and signified that
he should consider their doing so
at this time, a great accommoda
tion to him.
Mr. Cuthbert begged him to
suspend his motion for a few mo
ments, to which lie consented :
When Mr. Cuthbert expresed a
wish, that the Hon. Speaker would
explain the meaning of some parts
of his speech a little more clearly;
as he understood them, they seem
ed to contain reflections and insin
uations, respecting those who op
posed the resolution, which were
of an unpleasant kind : if its oppo
nents had in them the spirit of
freemen, they were not to be terri
fied from their posts by menances.
Ke could not believe the gentle
man meant all his words seemed
to convey—if lie did, he would say
that he, for one, defied the insinu
ations, and scorned the denuncia
tion.
Mr. Clay explained. He had no
intention to disturb the gentleman
he should take back nothing of what
he had said ; but he could assure
the gentleman, that he had no per
sonal allusion to him, or to any oth
er gentleman on that floor : far from
it—his feelings on the subject were
strong, and he might have express
ed them strongly. The advocates
of the motion had been called Don
Qttixottes : and lie had meant to
repel imputations of that kind.
On the next day, Mr. Bartlett
(of New Hampshire) at whose ex
pense Mr. Clay had exercised his
irony, rose and said, that however
young he might be, either person
ally, or as a member of that house
lie felt it incumbent on him to rise,
and to repel the charge of person
ality which had been cast by the
honorable Speaker upon the oppo
nents of the resolution of the gen
tleman from Massachusetts ; were
that charge, as stated, indeed ap
plicable, the parties involved in it,
would lie more worthy of the cells
of a criminal penitentiary, than of
a seat on this floor. The charge
hail been made very broadly—and
if the loud voice, the menacing
look, and sneering gesture, which
accompanied it, were intended to
apply to him personally, he must
♦end it hack as unjust, ungenerous
and untrue. With respect to what
had fallen from the gentleman fiom
Massachusetts, he could only say
that he had from his infaucy wit
nessed with delight the display of
his virtues and his powers, and he
had too long gazed with admira
tion upon that display, to be sur
prised at the abilitv he had now
displayed in argument, or at the
corrus.ations of wit, with which it
had been enlivened—and though it
had been his lot to lie, in some
measure, within their range, yet
even to him, they did hut present
an intellectual .treat. He did not
advise , hut he must say to the Ho
norable Speaker, that it was unwise
to throw out the insinuations which
had escaped him as to the motives
of the opposition; they were as
little merited as would be the in
sinuatiorfs ol one who should, say
to that Honorable gentleman, ‘ \ ou
sir, have a great personal and po
litical object in view—you perceive
that, on this question, the whole
country is in . tempest —you led
it to be necessary lor you to “ buy
golden opinions from all sorts of
men”—and you have aimed to
“ ride on the whirlwind and direct
the storm insinuations ol this
kind, would be, as to that gentle
man, unjust as they would be dis
graceful in him who should make
them, but not more so than those
which had been thrown out against
the opponents of the resolution. —-
He had been “ seriously advised
by the Honorable Speaker,he ought
doubtless, to receive the advice
with all due deference ; yet, how
ever criminal it might he, he felt
inclined to say to him,“ I thank
vou for vour advice—more, *oras
much as it was altogether gratui
tous and uncalled lor ; but, how
ever inexperienced 1 may be, or
however young, when I leel any
need of lessens on the subject ot
political integrity, 1 feel my sell of
age to select my instructor.”
The committee had atone time
been urged to give the Greeks a
cheering word from this great na
tion. (not 40 wars old,) and yet at
another they had been told that it
they gave it, nobody would hear
of it——it would never go beyond
the walls of this House. Some
what too, of terror had been resor
ted to. Gentlemen were asked if
they dare go home to their constit
uents after voting against the res
olution. Whether to vote against
the resolution, or against the opin
ion of that honorable gentleman
were the more daring, he would
not attempt to determine ; where
he should go when he left this
House, he might not he able to
say, but if not to his constituents,
he certainly should not go to the
Grand Seignor, tor he should make
a bad slave either at Constantino
ple or in this House. However
obscure he might be, he had no
constituents so humble as not to
know that he dare do all his duty.
Mr. Clay rejoined. The gen
tleman from New-Hampshire, he
believed was anew member of this
House. If he had ever been here
before he was ignorant of it. He
had never till, now, heard of his
name, in the House or out of it. In
his speech on the resolution ol the
gentleman from Massachusetts,this
gentleman had gone out of his
wav, to attack a resolution laid on
the table by the Speaker, and
which was not then under consid
eration. He had replied to him,
he thought—he certainly intended
it—with great respect, with great
decorum ; it was his habit so to
treat every member of this House,
and particularly anew member, on
his trial, for the first time, belore
this House and this country. He
chose to travel out of his track,
said Mr. C. to assail my resolu
tion ; but I must say he did not
more mistake the dimensions ol
that resolution, than he has done
his own. And now after lying on
his pillow for twenty-four hours,
he comes here with a conned re-j
plv. What I now say, I say not,
for him, but out of respect to this j
House. If that gentleman had;
felt himself aggrieved, and had, at
the time, requested an explanation,
it would, with all readiness, have
been furnished ; but he has chosen
to go on, and to seek it in the man
ner we have just witnessed, and
now let him get it where he can.
On this floor he shall never get it
from me. The honorable gentle
man has farther permitted himself
to introduce a topic the most unfit
that can be brought before this
committee : he has alluded to a
relation in which I stand to this
country, (which has not been of
tny seeking,) and he has ventured
to insinuate that the ground I have
taken in the present discussion has
been influenced by motives derived
from, or connected with, that rela
tion. [Here the Chairman inter
posed, and reminded’ the gentle
man now speaking, that the gen
tleman last up had expressly dis
claimed the imputation of such
motives, and had said that it would
he unjust] Mr. Clay resumed—l
know he disclaimed them, and yet
he made them, sir. I know the
import of word*. If a man says
a thing is black, and then tells me
he meant by that to say that it was
white, I know how to understand
him, but if he did mean to cast
the insinuation upon me, I cast ‘it
back with scorn and contempt up
on his own tboulders, and there it
rests.
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jFoi*u£u fcmtiUgcnct*
Charleston, Feb. 7.
By the arrival ol the Corsair
files of London papers to the lGth
December have been received. It
will he perceived that no political
news of much import was stirring in
Europe.
A Treaty of Peace between Per
sia and Turkey was signed on the
28th July last.
The rumours and the specula
tions upon the subject of an attempt
on the part of Spain, assisted by
the Holv Alliance, to recover her
authority in South America, have
almost died away in Europe. The
paltrv paper, the London Sun, en
deavours to keep them alive, hut
no respectable journal in Great
Britain makes any reference to
them.
Money is so plenty in London
that bills are eagerly sought for to
he discounted at the rate of 21 per
cent per annum.
The King of Great Britain has
prohibited his subjects fiom re
ceiving any foreign orders of dis
tinction without his permission.
Russia Ukase. —The committee
having observed that a ukase or
order had been issued by his Ma
jesty the Emperor of Russia, pro
hibiting foreign vessels to touch
at the Russian establishment along
the north west coast of America,
from 65 to 51 N. latitude ; as well
as in the Aleutian Islands on the
east toast of Siberia, and the Kur
jHe Islands ; (that is to sav, from
Behring’s Straits to the south Cape
in the Island of Ooroop, viz ; in
45 deg. 52 min. north latitude ;) or
even to approach them within a
less distance than 1(X) Italian miles;
1 and it being apprehended that the
| seizure and confiscation of British
j ships fishing in these seas might
| take place, upon the plea of their
| having been within the prohibited
; limits, the Committee thought fit
I to make application on the subject
i to his Majesty’s Secretary of State
; and had the satisfaction of being
• informed in reply, that representa
, tions have been made to the Rua
j sian Government, and that, in con
| sequence, orders have been sent
out by the Court of St. Petersburg
to their naval commanders, calcu
lated to prevent any collision be
tween Russian ships and those of
other nations ; and in effect sus
pending the UTase.
T he fields about Waterloo have
produced this year a crop exceed
ing in plenty any one recollected
bv the oldest inhabitants. Itis in
! deed true that the soil of Flanders
! is rich from the blood of the brave
that has been spilt upon it.
Sir Walter Scott is elected Pres
ident of the Royal Society of Edin
burgh.
Portugal, as well as Spain, is fil
led with state prisoners. In Lis
bon alone there are 7000 confined.
Bordeaux, Dee. 6.
The letters from Madrid ot the
| 30th, are not very interesting.—
Political affairs are in the same
j state, and the military operations
! terminated by the defection of the
remains of the troops of the Em
pecinado, and hisarrestor submis
sion, for there are differences on
this point ; it is only known that he
was expected on the 28th at Val
ladolid, where is the great civil or
criminal tribunal.
Though it is firmly believed that
the amnesty was signed on the
28th, and that it is to be published
to day, the exceptions it contains
are said to be numerous including
free pardon to a great number of
Spaniards who have been more or
less concerned in the revolution so
his Majesty’s favor will include a
comparatively small number of in
dividuals. The Duke of Angoti
leme gave amnesty to all the mili
tia j the King approved of it ; in
some towns it has been observed,
but in others it has been eluded,
and even now the bastinado is ap
plied to the volunteers who have
incured the displeasure of the fan
atics. It is affirmed on good au
thority, that in the Council of State
on the 28th, at which the King
presided, his Majesty expressed
himself decidedly against the per
sons prescribed, and said that Spain
would not be a great sufferer by the
loss of 10 or 12,000 persons, who
have tied to foreign parts to avoid
the sword of justice.
Private JeUcrs received i*> London
from Paris state that 40.U00 b reach
troops will remain iu Spain, and occu
py the principal fortresses along the
Pyrenees and the most important com
mercial towns on the Mediterranean
and Atlantic. They also notice a ru
mor that the Congress which is to as
semble at Paris on the attairs of booth
America will also consult upon the
state of Spain, and that the Congress,
for deliberations on the concerns oi
Greece, which was to have been held
at Vienna or Paris, will take place at
St. Petersburg!). . .
A French squadron consisting ot
six frigates and eight sloops ot war, is
fittinw out at I oulon, said to be des
tiueiffor Brazil and the South Sea, to
watch the progress o( events in the
South American war.
‘fhc Cause of the Greeks continues
to prosper. A letter from Zante of the
Itlth of Nov. says that a naval action
took place on the 4th and sth of the
same month, in the guit of lalante,
between 33 vessels of the Grecian Ma
rine, and 32 Turkish ships of war of
triple their weight in men and artillery.
The Greeks had considerable advan
tage. The Turkish squadron retired
towards the Dardanelles.
A letter from Hydra,dated Ist Nov.
describes the mode ot warfare ot the
Greeks. It states that only the iorti
fled places,and those where large for
ces are embodied are provisioned, so
that smaller bodies shift lor them
selves. That the Greeks being ex
tremely temperate, subsist on herbs,
which gives them a great advantage
over the Turks, who cannot endure
privations for any length ol time.—
The war of these detachments is a
partizan war of ambuscade and desul
tory attacks: They avoid the Turkish
cavalry by seeking the heights and
fastnesses, leaving the country deso
late. The Turks, unprovisioned, are
obliged to retreat, when they have the
Greeks again at their heels. Al
though the country be ravaged, the
natives cannot he starved out.
Gen. Mina is treated with the great
est attention in England. Wherever
he sroes, he is received with the warm
est enthusiasm, but declines attending
any public entertainments; be says
that the lamentable and degraded
state of his unhappy country is such
that the most appropriate sentiments
in which he can indulge are those of
grief and mourning.
The young Napoleon is at Vienna.
He is said to be a most interesting boy
full of vivacity and restlessness —and
resembles his father. The name of
Napoleon is forbid to be mentioned.
In an article taken from the London
Courier, we observe strong assurances
made by the editor of that paper that
the British Government are satisfied
that there is no ground whatever fora
belief that France will take any part
to subjugate South America. The ap
proaching death of Louis XVIII, ren
ders it necessary that the French Go
vernment should husband and concen
trate all its resources at home. The
Prince who succeeds to the throne,
the Count de Artois, was particularly
violent and persecuting in his opposi
tion to the revolution iu 1789, and is
known to have cherished the same
feeling to this day. His ascension to
the throne will be viewed with an evil
eye and foreboding mind, by all those
who have an interest in the consequen
ces ot the revolution. On the other
hand he will be pressed upon by the
nobles, &c. to restore the absolute mo
narchy, to restore the national domains
and do many other obnoxious and un
just things, which were most manfully
urged upon Louis the XV 111. The go
vernment of France is not yet estab
lished. From all appearances it would
seem that Alexander is not willing to
enter upon a crusade against South
America. But the present state of
that Empire is so much involved in the
aspect of affairs in Crevce, that wc
think it impossible, that she will not
at this time be able to send any large
portion of her disposible force any
great distance from home.
Savannah Rep.
FROM RIO J ANEIRO.
Baltimore, Jan. ZB.
Extract of a Idler from Rio de Janeiro, dated
November 11, received in Purnamhucu iiitli
December last, broii<dit by the brig Doris, ar
rived at this port yesterday from St. Salva
dor, and !l-i days from Pernambuco.
“There appeared great inquiet
ude and commotion in the city, oc
casioned, or rather incurred by a
very vehement debate in general
assembly,relative to an outrageous
attack, made by two military offi
cers (Europeans) upon the person
ol a private citizen, whom they
supposed to be the author of a piece
in one of the gazetts, signed “ O
Brazilenro Resoluto.” The Em
peror assembled his troops at St.
Cristovaro, (his palace) situated
about two and a half miles from the
city. After several messages had
been exchanged between his ma
jesty and the assembly, the latter
sent a depc
that they would
deliberation until the
arms should disperse, or be rt
\ed several leagues into the in l( .
rior. On the I2iha corps 0 f a
tilery and one of infantry w tt ,.
inarched down, and
the building iu which the asset;
bly were sitting, and several j,; ec J
ordnance were pointed towards j-”
with matches lighted, and by a
cree ol the Emperor the assembly
was disolvod and seven depuii-i,
taken prisoners, and committed t,
the Island ot Dos Cobios. \
change oi ministers took piace, a ll( j
an embargo laid on all shipping on
on the l.uh, and taken off die aisj
Nov. This information reached
here on the 13th December whti>
the officers who had received or
ders of honor from the Eniperot
threw them off. Anew Presides
was then elected, named Manuel
de Ceruallo Pias de Andraudu
who was formerly intendant of
marine: The former president
and officers feigned them stives sick
and did not attend the organization
of the new.
From the New -York Mercantile Advertiser
By the Tuscaloosa, Capt. Mott
we have advices from Rio Janerio
to the 22d of Nov. The Political
concerns oi the nation were in a
very unsettled state. Ihe Emperor
after dissolving the Cortes; made
prisoners of nine ot its members
and was banishing them for France.
Anew assembly was called by
the emperor- A friend at Rio
writes, u a Republican form of
government is not likely to be es
tablished althongh the motto
is “ Independence or Death.” The
troops of the Emperor are constant
ly under arms. the 14th, an em
bargo was laid on all vessels in port,
for what cause is not known—bu
on the evening of the 19th, it was
raised.
Extract of a letter dated Rio Janiero, Mr. 15
“The course of proceeding,a!-
together unprecedented, alluded to
in the enclosed, was the determi
nation of this government not to
suffer the baggage of his Excellen
cy Ciestr A- Rodney, to be trans
shipped from thcU. S. ship Con
gress, to the ship Sally, Capt. Cook
of Salem, (the ship in which Mr.
Rodney was to proceed to his des
tined station,) without the regular
inspection by the office's ot the
customs, to which passengers’ bag
gage is subjected, but to which
inspection the apparel, instructions,
&cc. of a public minister, destined
from a country in amity with this
government, to another friendly
court should, as a matter of course
be exempted, particularly as said
baggage was not intended to be.
landed here. Mr. Rodney, in a
verry decided and proper manner
resolved to abandon his property
onboard the Congress rather than
submit to the examination of his |
effects, and by the determined and
spirited objections to the proceed
ings of this government by our
Consul, Condy Raguet, Esq. th;
baggage of Mr. Rodney was, after
much detention, allowed to he ta
ken from the Congress to the Sal- I
ly without hindrance or molests I
tion.”
Jtio De Janeiro 23 d Oct.
A Public Dinner was yesterday
given in this city by the American
citizens, to His Excellency |Ciesar
A. Rodney, Minister Plenipoten
tiary from the Republic of the U-S’
to the Republic of Buenos Ayres,
who stopped here on his wav to
the place of his destination on the
17th September, and who ty ,l
course of proceeding altogf’^ 1
unprecedented, on the part of ,r:
Government, has been detained un* 1
til this day Mr. Raguet, acted
President, and Mr. James B riC /
head as Vice President, and
company was honored by the P rf ”
ence of His Excellency F. V- I
mez, Commissioner from B ucr '° I
Ayres on a special mission to 1,1
government, with his suite.
Frond Martinique. —Capt- J or^ n j
of the schr. Eliza Ann , arrived 1 1 j
forenoon from Martinique, wh e ® c I
he sailed on the Bth January.
forms us that about ten day ß P ]
ous to his sailing, some letter 1 * I
been found, which gave rise t 0 1
suspicion that the free p* rS ° nS . 1
color on the island, i ntended 10,1 J
upon the whites, in consq uenCl j| 1
which martial law was declare . J
citizens all placed under arm*. 3 1
from thirty to forty who weie 1
posed to lie the ringleaders, 1
airested ; among them ‘ vai 1 1