The Georgia journal. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1809-1847, May 22, 1810, Image 2

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tri- the vomiting which announces^ the approach ol the disease, and con limits till death. In regard to the prognosticks this lspitious to mankind. But there’that it is the very nation which all by government, and arc, it is said. s disease, our obscivation etuu> us to state, that from those cases ; vended wilh^jetechia, lew recover whilst those ac companied by an tin lv eruption, more generally and more salt iy get through the disease. The duration oi the disease is to u: unceitain. Some have died within twelv e hours, others within twenty lour from the time of the attack ; while a large proportion of otht t> have had the violence of it broken within forty eight hours, when it run into the form oi a mil'd typhus ol un certain duration. nOM TUB AURORA. mained still in a great portion oi \e most civilized quarter ol th iohe, a dark spirit of fanaticism, hich had withstood the light ol • nee, and degraded the species • herever its murky influence prc- lommatcd. A large portion of Ger many exhibited perhaps the greatest quantity of bold and analysing mind ; and also the greatest portion of in tellect, frozen and benumbed by su perstition and ignorance, always as sociates. The sparks which Bacon struck from the intellect in a dark Europe had combined, in succcsive addressed to the Transport board oalitions, with myriads of men and ountlcss millions ol money to sub A report prevailed yesterday that the bearer is M. Duroc, Bonaparte’s Marshal of the palace, and favorite ambassador ; but on enquiry, wt learn, that there is no truth in this report. It was also rumored, that the dispatches contained overtures of peace and the funds have risen in consequence from 1 to 11-2 pci cent. The Cabinet is said to have again become a scene of jarring contention, in consequence of a dispute which lias taken place respecting the ap tlrcatly shook. Emperors' popes, and kings, were forced by an inevitable necessity, even in the minds of embattled avmies and the EVENTS IN EUROPE. We have in cur last gone into very minute description of Cadiz, the principal seaport oi Spain. Tin import..no of an adequate acquain tam e with its situation, in every vie w, has become very great, because it ap pears to be, like New-York at the « lose ol oujr revolution, the last cita* d.l of llu'British on the continent; co,lcluvt;s of the Vatican, to bow and pay homage to the powers ol the luman mind. Catherine H. Joseph and Frederick, came from their thrones upon the common floor ol the human species ; and Ganganelli saw from the escurial chair that there was no alternative for the triple crown, but its accommodation to the liberal spir it of the age, or its tx- linction, The successors of those potentates, less u ise or perhaps not so well edu cated in the knowledge ol their spe cies or the character of the age, at tempted to return hack the tide ol intellect upon the human species, and The close of this catastrophe is to take place in Spain. We find the subject fraught with matter for thought, which supercedes those cold conjectures which we sat down with the intention to utter. We shall how ever pursue them in another paper. At present we shall close this es- sav with a lew remarks ol a more se rious character, perfectly pertinent to ge, which were re-illumined andjthc train of thought into which we rendered more illustrious by Locke,'have fallen, trom one of the most in- pointment of a successor to Lord at a period more recent, had electris-ltelligent Americans at this time in cd Europe. The condition of the Europe : human mind had indeed,like cathe-| “ There is an idea propagated in dral bodies, been prepared for the “ Europe by those who have no re new properties which they had ac-.‘ source but in tj^eir despair, w Inch quired rendered them well adapted “ it would be very unfortunate for to lie its conductors. Thought dar- “ our country if it were to find its ed to scintillate in the atmosphere oi'“ way to America, and lie adopted thrones and catherdrals. The seepby any man of character for under lie, i he diadem, and the triple crown,I** standing ; because if a man has mdl“ blit a .character for understanding, and the consequences which must necessarily arise out of its resistance or submission, have an interest on the affairs of all commercial nations, and a very momentous effect on the political, and commercial relations of Europe particularly ; for Portugal can never resist even an equal loree ini possession oi the upper courses oi the rivcis which meander through it. The politician who looks to events singly, w ill seldom judge correctly. To appreciate effects we must com bine causes and estimate various c- vents, as they lead to a common re sult. The subjection of Austria in tile campaign of lust year, averted the destiny of Spain for a season, hut the very necessity which abnt the measures for conquest in Spain, will now l ender the measures taken for its accomplishment more prompt, more vigoiuus, and from the very occurrence of the German war, will give i, tone of energy and determin ation to the accomplishment of the great cltsign of the European con queror, that of fixing his dynasty on a basis as immoveable as human saga city, with so much of human power at his command, can assure It is well worthy of the considera tion ol men who are cuucer the prosperity of nations, to examine the probable consequences to the world at large, that general revoluti on of all the European continent, which closes with the bite ol Cadiz.- w she “ his errors ns well as his sound opr “ nions too o/’-en go together into the minds of othei’S who have no opi “ nions but such as fhev take up irom kt others ; this idea is, t.hut the present “ cotfktental system of Europe, is a i^Nuived and personal thing, and that having come in with Bona- “ parte, it will go out with him, and “ that rather than do any thing, it will be better to wait the slow, but “ safe and silent remedy of time. “ This idea is unsound from the bot- “ tom. The present state ol things “ in Europe, is now no more the ex- “ elusive work of Bonaparte, than it is of Charles, of Frederick, or Fran- “ cis, or Alexander, &c. The truth “ is, that the old rotten dynasties ol “ Europe required correction and a- to assert power against reason and|“ mendment, they are now undergo- Mulgrave, who retires from the Ad miralty. The desire of some of the ministers to place I.ord Castlereagh at the head of that department, is re ported to have given rise to a serious difference with their colleagues. A vessel lias anivedfrom Helvoct- Sluys in 3 days. It was mentioned at that port, that Holland was to be united with France, after the expi ration of 1 month, when it was sup posed that the political and military arrangements lor sucli an event would have been completed. We learn, that a rumor was very current of the intention of Napoleon to take possession of the Dutchy of right. The same causes operating extensiveh in a nation distinguished for its acuteness and its impetuosity, had unfolded abuses, found them in veterate, and aimed at a radical cure. Had the thrones of Europe been fil led bv wise politicians, or their coun cils been formed of men qualified lor the age, the regeneration ol France would have been as certain and as innocent as the reformation of Flo rence by Seepold, or the organiza tion cf Prussia by Frederick. Fanaticism and unmerited power were alarmed. 1 he American re volution had established principles in uusiui.a p raL (j ce vvliich had been only thco- :erned in/ . „ . , , reticalhj preached and upheld m Eng land for two centuries. The mo- narchs with genius, who had occupi ed tlie thrones of Europe, had disap peared wi’hin a few years of each ther. Imbecile men, demonstrating ing the operation, and if the work “ was finished to-morrow there suc cessors would have nothing to fear. “ Have the people of Naples any de sire (Jo recall their old king:— “ Would Spain he better if Charles oi Ferdinand were given bark “ to them l Would Holland take “ back the Stadtholder ? What dis position is there now in France to restore the Bourbons ? How many chords are now binding all those “ and many other powers together ? “ But how ridiculous to sit down “ and wait for the decease of a man “ of forty, whose constitution and ha- “ hits are more likely to carry him “ to 100 than short of it; and all “ this on the contingency that his “ system may not survive himself “ l)o not you be deceived. In tht long prospective of his mind, every thing likely to disturb this system It is a subject on wh.rii taough tin ,| u . lllS(J j vt . s t ] R . absurdity of hero-]* 4 will be foreseen and provided for, effects may reach us m one shape or' J - 1 r another, we can contemplate only as spectators. There was a time when We might have had a vote in the con vention of civillized nations. I hat time is now past ; we can manage litory capacity, had succeeded them ; it required hut an incendiary and as sassin like Peter the hermit, to roust them, and they found him in Burke, a triple purchased traitor to the prin ciples of virture, and an incendiary qualified by his talents to earn the u ages cJ Ins crimes and set the world in arms. This memorable epoch was mark- . ed bV the revival of the fanatical spi- our own affairs in our own way, but the period io past when we might have luul a powerful and an usclul vote to give. That time passed a- wav \\ ilii the most latal measure ol blindness and imbecility, the aban donment of the embargJ law by the rit ol the crusades marching arm in arm with the spirit of worldly ava rice. The Eiblc and the Ledger, were forced into a treaty offensiv tenth congress ; to that unhappy and deplorable point, will posterity look back n iih a sense of humiliation and an imprecation of indignant re proach. \Ye live unhappily in an ag£ when the principles ol many ages struggle against each other- The military spirit of the ages preceding the 16th centurv, had been lor a tune made subservient -to religious fanaticism. and defensive, to sustain superstition and trample morals, philosophy, and the rights of man. “ and die when he may, it will not be an Alexander dying of a de bauch, and leaving his kingdoms and conquests to be fought fur by his generals.” I FOREIGN New-York, April 23. The ship Golconda, captain Croc ker, has arrived off Sand)- Hook, in 33 days from Liverpool, which port she lelt on the 2-ith of March. Th passengers and letter-bag arrived in town last evening, and the Editors of the Mercantile Advertiser have re ceived a file of London papers to the 22d of March inclusive, and-Lovd’s lists to the 16th. We learn verbally by the passen- Thcn it was that slumbering spi rit ol chivalry which had been invo gcrs , that the U. States frigate John kul in the cause ot the most inla- Adams was to leave England for mous debauchees, was found to arise, p’ ra ncc on the same day the Golconda clad in the terrible panoply ; w hen sa ji et i. but were finally undermined by tiu , ff} u ‘ spirit.oi resistance aroused a na-j No change had taken place in the spirit of commerce. 1 he civilizati- t u,n nieuaced \vith premeditated par- ministry but such an event was daih ol modern times lias been the cl-/|tion, and openly proclaimed as dos- l CX p l . c tj.(L ■ lined to a state more terrible than '1 lie John Adams, American hi gat , is to remain at Cowes till to- mo row, to transmit to the Ameri can government the ulti matum of the pending negotiation between the Merquis Wellesley and Mr. Pink ney. DOMESTIC. GEORGIA—SUPERIOR COURT, Chatham County, April 2fi, 1810. j JUDGE CHARLTON’S CHARGE ’ TO TIIK GRAND JURY. Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—I have not addressed charg s to the grand juries of the other counties,in order that I might here concentrate all my remarks, on the occurrences of the circuit. Nothing can so strongly indicate the virtue of a people as an implicit obedience to the laws, combined with a respectful deportment towards the officers of government. Forming an a opinion of the people of the eastern district, by these criteria, I feel a proud satisfaction in saving, that in no section of our country has great er energy been displayed, either in support of the laws or of the authori ty of the magistracy.—Justice, for years past, has moved on with a firm Holstein, in total disregard of the]-' 11 -^ steady pace ; uninterrupted by rights of the Crown ol Denmark. un y °f those commotions which That country is we are told, to be theorists have considered so insc- alienated to the Duke of'Oldenburg, parably connected with republican in- who was to assign his own domams| Stltu tions. to the kingdom of Westphalia. The course of events, as thev are London 3larch 18. The enemyjblended with judicial proceedings, had not as late as the 11th ofFcbrua- prove also, beyond the reach of rc- ry taken possession of Alicaut. Let- lutatiqn,the exalted moral character ters from thence contain a statement °l the citizens of this district. For which, for the common credit of the nearly eight years, hack the public American name, we could wish to sensibility has not been shocked by attach no belief. It is said that a the pageant of an execution—and for correspondence had been detected six years of that time, punishment, betw een some Americans, residents by branding and whipping, has been in Alicant, and the enemy, in con.se- inflicted only on ihree persons ; one queiice ol which every American had oi whom was a subject of Spain, the been secured, and throne into pri- other two native citizens. Amidst son, by order ol the Governor. The so large a population, is not such a American Consul, Mr. Montgome- diminution ofcrimesalmostunparal- ry, is said to have been implicated, lulled. But the causes producing and was compelled to share the fait such benificcnt effects must he ex - ol his countrymen. tremely obvious to the Moralist and March 20. The American fri- the Politician. To the Moralist, gate John Adams is ordered to set because he must have traced the ra- sail to morrow from Cowes for the pid advances a few years have made United States. It is generally be-jin the intellectual improvement of lieved among the American mer-jour people—he traces this improve- chants in England, that she carries out for approval and ratification, if they be deemed satisfactory, the pro visional terms ol adjustment suppos ed to be concluded between Mr. Pinkney and Marquis Wellesley. ment to the unfettered dissemination of divine truths by zealous and pious men, or to the means of education, which are so open and accessahle to every class of our citizens. To the Politician, because he perceives we The vessel charged with these des-jhave none of that mendicancy which patches will, it is said, first proceed on the other side of the Atlantic, is to Havre where the best informed such a prolific parent of crimes merchants suppose that she will take none of that excessive inequality of General Armstrong on board, in or-jlortune, which bestows on one the pa- der to carry him home. laces and luxuries of Heliogabulus Accounts have been received from which deprives another even of such Holland, which state, that Bonaparte comforts as may be found under the T on feet not of the agreement but ot th | collision and sometimes ol the com-ffb.it of Jciusaliin, j eisepolis, or promise of all those passions, the nii-|NmcVv li. litary heroic, the lunatic religious,! We all know the history, even the slow, but linn pace ol analytical man of 3!) years, lias heard and been philosophy, the growth of what is ter med taste, and w hich consists in a cotempurary with events the most iLupcndous in their lorm, progress, love of the fine arts and a solicitudejand consequences, to he found in hu- iD ik's .ess their finest monuments,mun annals. What a humiliating sa- 1* and u> rival ami to excel them ; thisjure is the present state of taste, sustained by the expansion oljon the conspiracy former! Eur ope lonneti at Pavia the navigating art, and the still morejin Italy on the conferences at Piinitz humble but more mighty power ol]in Pmsia, on the successive coahti- printing ; all these have as it wen jons ot the powers of Europe ! Look combined, without compact, to Ii-j.it the map of Europe in 1791, th- beralizv and to extend over a ljrgur whole continent of Europe, from Ca portion ol tlu species, .the blessings, jinbria to Kigt combined against, mid die influence < I intellect in civiljsir.gle nation ; and it is so notoriop s icicty. U hile the progress ol tluj/uit " e have now, alter not quite h 'assions was onlt an operali-tv ears lapse only to ask who no, European ton London March 16. Avery’ extra ordinary report was current at Os- tend last Monday. It was confi dently stated, that the Austrian Prin • cess Mary Louisa, the intended bride of Bonaparte had fled in disguise from Vienna, in order to avoid the marriage. The elopement rumor reached Dover by- the Pappenburgh vessel Swiling, capt. Lante. 3larch 17. A French Flag of fruce, from Boulogne, with dis- jattheson board for government, vas met at sea, on 'i'hursdav even- l beral g ■t u f t uvui.i oi r.u v. th- competition effect v; rules o’. ,r the wu ng, bv the Cherokee gun brig, the enemy had issued a decree, ordering all A merican property in France, to be confiscated and sold, and the pro duce to be vested in the imperial funds, until the nature of the relati ons between England and the Unit ed States should be ascertained. The same letters add, that General Arm strong had presented a strong re monstrance against this violent mea sure, in which he declared that he could enter into no treaty, nor hold any intercourse with the French go vernment, until the property confis cated was unconditionally restored; and concluded by demanding pass ports. If this intelligence should be confirmed, we may consider a rup ture between America and France as unavoidable. March 21. The attention of the public on the continent is so entirely absorbed by the contemplation of the approaching marriage between Na poleon and the Austrian princes, that every other political consideration is suspended. Private letters have been received from Spain, by which it appears thai Cadiz has not yet been formally at tacked, although it is in a state o! complete blockade on the land side. At Malaga, the French remain in un disturbed possession. Letters from Oporto to the 2d inst. mention die English and Portuguese armies to be in their former pusses sions, without any expectation o. coming into early contact with tin. .diner ■-j can tdi aptain of which received the dis iUlies from tht French officer, and . -reeded with them to Dover, ; 1k re he arrived at nigln accom- mined by the French vessel. Tin despatches were y csterdav received 3Iarch 22. Letters from Hollane report that, Bonoparte has agreed t give the Archduke Charles a kin fe dom, and the Dutch are afraid tha the Austrian Prince is to be the sue cessor of King Louts. tub ot Diogenes—he perceives, that we have no agragrian law, framed upon the principles of the Gracchi ; but it the efforts of those patriots were founded upon the benevolent intention ol ameliorating the conditi on ol the poor, by an act of national bounty, that object has been attained by our legislators, upon the footing ol the most perfect justice as well as the most ^liberal equality. Every citizen, as his head right, is entitled to some hundreds of acres of unlocat ed or vacant land, and the means of purchasing are so much within his reach, that it is scarcely possible for him to be surrounded by that com bination ot circumstances, which, in the transatlantic nations, enable the insolvent patrician to trample upon ' the rights ot the indigent; and drive that indigent to the commission ol crimes. Other causes will also pre sent themselves to the view of the politician—That independency of sentiment, and ot action, that convic tion of the agency which every citi zen exercises in the government of his country—that he is a fraction of the sovereignty—that the laws are nude by representatives elected by limself, and responsible for their onduct to the people. It is the a- ,l egate of these, which influence the conduct of the high-minded citizens >i a republic, they compel him to espect himself; and in doing so, ie learns to respect the laws. Up- -n principles such as these, gentle- ten, I account for the moral and rdinary deportment of our people, s men and as citizens : and God rant that they may be always dis- ■ nguished by the character which I Live been giving them ! I have, gentlemen, in every public