The Republican ; and Savannah evening ledger. (Savannah, Ga.) 1807-1816, July 27, 1815, Image 2
THE REPUBLICAN.
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Thursday, July 27,. 181?. ,; > •
by Frederick. s. Pell,
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. qfl vac ear, keaktux axeBtMt.
fgllNTED THREE TIMES A WEEK.
At Sit l)o;uu per annum, in advance.
ORATION
F.*f e /-
meutf of our artsy; ssb erpcrlesoe-Su* rxme
painful glare, as jn vivn-rng.the victories of rise
ocean.
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1VB non.THOMAS U.P.CHARLTON,' “ n < e »* P 1 .^- 1 ?5 sttuaii» T t£wMeh netwe
When' wo consider the means within our
power at the edihmcnceniwtt of hostUiiios.and
survey tha splendid results, the mind is asto
nished at the operations of that clastic spring,
which with loch mysterious and magic influ
ence controls the destinies of Republics..
Great events ire always productive of great
and unexpected resources, and the annals of
history shew tMt the tempests of war and Re
volution generate prodigies of virtue, or talents
or of crimes, which otherwise the shades of ohsen-
rity end retirement would here concealed from
public observation, or, consigned to oblivion...
The mind of man fs not even known to himself,
J* Us Presbyterian Chunk, Savannah, Geor
gia, July 4, ISIS.
fSVBUffSSP BV REQUEST or TBB EDITOR.}
(Concluded.)
Let not your children then borrow their i!
had destined him..'. K is then every latent
enefgy is roused iato action,—Genius developes
its wonderful resowceo, and he who before was
contented with the authority of domestic sway.
Dow grasps with eagerness at the aceptre of
Empire. He who before had aot seen an embatt
led boat, steps forth a “ mailed Mars,” and
lustrations of devotedness to Country from the proudly enrolls hia name, la the catalogue of
innate of ancient story... Let them no Ion* heroes and cenqaerers.... He who before
-wet Invoke with youthful ardor the aaans of never thought of the iatricacies of Legislation,
Curtins and Deeius.—Teach them tn say “ he now presents himself the patriot statesman,—
Us as brave and devoted as Lawrence.”— the intrepid champioa of the rights cud Liberty
B)«l the sentiments which occupied the e»- of his Country: and the enumerat on might be
firing, moments of this Chief, were not confin- carried to all these points of grandeur to which
ad to his noble bosom. The holy flame had the human character can be derated by fortune
spread through our invincible Navy ; and the or Jiy circumstances,
oommauder and humhU tar, had equally pat- "
taken of it* influence.. . The last victory
Which snatched the trident from British
£vowe>» affords the example.
Irobsides was engaged with two ships of
3is Britannic majesty, snperior in weight of ty<
The Revolutionary contests of America and
of France afford all the examples illustrative of
the Bati7e dignity and greatness of the human
character, aided by situation and circumstan
ces,—or cheered by the acclamations of Liber-
sseta), and in number ef guns The flag
Of one had already been loweredat this mo
ment, a poor fellow of this immortal American
jbigate, received a wound,—his heart’s blood
yras ebbing,—the surgeon announced to him,
that his Wound was mortal: “ I know that, re
plied the expiring seaman,—but tell me, Sir,
Baa the ether snip been taken”? Here
then was the sentiment of glory triumphing
The war just e'vssd has been equally prolific
of i/s wonders.. . But for this tempest, the
name of Jackso* would not have been known
beyond a section (of his country.... That
bravery of heart and enthusiasm of soul,—that
daring, wise, and drilfull disposal of means, by
Which Victory wai chained to the car of the
Republic and the nation saved,—all, all this
blaze of glory wodtd have been extinguished.
Ih the bosom of this dying patriot, rendered life
of bo importance, if its last moments could be
cheered with the shouts of Victory.
Upon the Ocean these heroes were conga*
Invincible... An astonished world
Anently
Bad see
.Over the weakness of nature,—it was that tbril-1 and the hero Sunklo the grave unregretted and
ling exquisite feeling ef national honor, which unknov/n.-ww-
,.nl.™int. Wc ghouJd Bct h3?e recogn5zed |n
tbt m. dest and unassuming Macomb, ihe
hero of Plst’sburgh In the “ cool requester-
ed vale of life” th» invincible Brown, would
have 11 pursued she noiseless tenor of his
way 1 ’...... SebVT, Gauss, RiPlk*, Poa
TBHiCndoa.iif, and a host or others, all emitted
to the wreath of fame, would have slumberrd
out their uninteresting live,, undistiogutshable
from the great roaa of their fellow- citizens,
and perhaps Unambitious of their applause.
At the comooemsmdnt of the W3r j the pat-
riot anxious fcT thenstlon's ufsty in «aintoc,k»
seen them dissolving the enchantment by
which England had rode the proud mistress ef
tho Seas ;—it saw her ages of naval glory—the
terror of bar thousand ships, lost or diminished
in the effhlgence of American triumphs.——
The chivalrte contest of ship to ship was noW
Cautiously avoided.” Squadrons were scarcely
deemed sufficient to hem in, and destroy one
of our adventurous frigates, scouring the ocean
pnd seeking the (> edge of battle”.... The
prdcr was given to destroy, and in obeying it
We have seen every principle of honor and civi
lised warfare outraged and violated.—The
pcutral port offered no sanctuary. . . The
" Bulwark of our Holy Religion,—the world’s
last fiope,”—the champion of legitimate sover
eigns, and national law, would not condescend
ana consider the American naval hero within
tha pale Of her tenets... He had shivered the
talisman of her power—and was therefore an
Outlaw. R became the business of her justice
dfid piety to knock on the head, wherever he
CbQla be fopnd. — But this hero was still
fjrmid&bie in every situation; and the hour of
■jusy ana expected conquest was to the vindic-
five and exulting Briton, that of carnage and
dismay... . It was tho Lion bayed by numer
ous huntsmen, who saw his fate, yet still terri
ble in the unequal contest, surrendered with
tha rafisolation, that he bad not sacrificed his
character for strength and valour.
. rortCT and Read.—“ the Essex” and “ the
General Armstrong” will live in the memories
of tho valiant and honorable, when the mantle
<of shame will in vain endeavor to conceal the
infamy and cowardice of their assailants —
The name of Eeeatnr will be rung upon all
tho changes of popular applause, when “ Hope
knd his prize,” will have become in the ironi
cal ballad, the sport of children.
Yes j my Countrymen, a deep and mortal
stab had been given to the vanity and grandeur
of Old England. Her towering spirit had been
Bowed to the earth by the valor of these repub
lican seamen.
Vengeance had been sought in every form
malignity could devise; and yet one shape re
mained, in which it had not been exercised,
and that was of course seized with demoniac
avidity.... I allude to the cool, deliberate,
ar.d according to tho evidence before the public
•the premeditated massacre of our defenceless
tars, in Dart; to or Prisoh,—placed as it was
supposed, under the gnarrantee of British hn-
ouanity. How illusory was the confidence!
At a time when the two nations were at peace—
at a time when the expectation of visiting
- w=iuucr u: congress wane mas
body u actually in session-,: will coll at the war
department and sign a receipt for it upon the
record; in this case a letter of order in his fa
vor from the person who has the right to re
ceive the warrant, addressed to the secretary of
war, will be deemed' a sa.TL'icnt authorization
for its delivery.
If .the original claimant be dead, and an heir
applies in hi* right, lie must produce legal cer
tificates from competent authority, to prove
that he is a legitimate heir at lato; in which
case, although there may be other heirs ex
isting, a warrant will be issued in that name,
adding thereto “ and the other htiri at law of
,”&c.
A land warrant will not bo issued to nn exe
cutor or to an administrator.
PPar Depa.rtm.an1, Oct 1,1811.
THIS IMPORTANT ?I£\V
Of the affairs of Europe, Is translated from the
Paris Moniteur, which extracted it from the
London Statesman of May 20. Coalition*
seem to hare nearly run their rece.
LoSdoX, May 20.
We perceive more every day tha fasle posi
tion in which car minister has placed us. The
tidings which reached ns from Belgium and
Germany are in no wise calculated to encourage
ns, and What comes from tho provinces of
France still increases onr alarms. The Eng
lish army is menaced with bearing the whole
weight of the war. We can no more reckon
the 16,000 Saxons who were on the Meuse; it
became necessary to disarm them and send them
into Prussia, with strong escorts, which has ao
much lesseoed the forces of the Prussian army.
We-can count no longeron the 16,000 Belgi
ans, for it is not doubted, that on the first suc
cess of Napoleon, they would settle affairs with
the Hollanders, and we should find ourselves
all at once deprived of the Belgian and Butch
army. In short, the troops of the German
princes arc far from inspiring entire security.
The ill disposition of the Bavarians who are in
the Palatinate, is perceived already.
The Hanovarians who compose part of our
army, arc not hawnver, more sure. Part is
made up of the Landwchr, (militia in mass)
and almost every old soldier betrays bad inten
proposed peace, and wfie, in that car
p*ta'hss*rdedhis person, slid rtu the risk o\
porisfiiug io the flames to extinguish Uio coa J
Aigrette n which ilsstopschio had kindM.—«
-Where,.then, e>q*rred tho Russians, are the,
mo.ivex et ihe haired of Alexander^ and <
<htt hatred has foundation which wo know not
where is the justice of miking • million of
men fi;Se to appease it f wh have much ta
lore, and nothing to gain y the frontiers of
Sweden are at the gates cf Si. Peiei burg; out’*
at the gares of Stockholm; our limits have
been entered io Moldavia, in Peisin ; Poland
as far as Waits is our’s ; we have restored
Prussia, and recrened an intermediate power
which shelters us from all fears on the side of
Francs. This is whst they say in the Russian
army. ’I*i« what they incessantly repiest at
Petersburg ! What is to be hoped from %
Wfcr whore motives excite di.couicut and awl£
<0 no hope!
The news from Justirn is not much more sa-
tiafactory. This power demands now subsi
dies too, not only for the SO,000 men whom she
has promised to send to the Rhine, garrisons
included, but besides the army which she h« te
leave in Germany, on one side to watch Bava
ria which she distrusts ; and on the other, the
Russian corps which we pay, and AiexandeV
will leave in Poland. Perhaps she will de
mand of us too for the 150,000 m-n whom .ho
now employs in Italy, ami w'-o have already
suffered considerable losses, whether in the af
fairs with the king of Naples, affairs which !u\o
been mostly fatal to il, or by diseases; loVies
Which are estimated already at more than on#
fourth of their army. We know the influence
of that climate on Austrian troops; we know
What it will effect in the season ws are about
to enter, and we foresee that if the count ue
Seilegarrie reaches Naples with his army, which
it hardly probable, fie will bring back only its
broken wreck into Austria.
In fine, Prussia, ruined by the prodigious ef
forts she made in 1813 an 1 1814— will not aha
loo be obliged to fiavc. some corps d'armce des
tined to restrain Saxony, ani to watch the
corps that Russia will keep with our mon£y in
Poland and Austria, in Bavaria and Bohemia.
ed around for the elieftain whom public op o-
inn had designated »• (he leader of Its armies.
He wa» not to bo totind
Ages revolve ar.d Kingdoms dUappaar, bot
ages and the dissoai-io-i of Kngdomo dc
not produce a WAstixoTow.... The Re
public therefore rush*! to the contest resting
ita hopes cfgloiy and success, opi i the Gan-
ins and heroism to be elicited by the concus
sion.
Kernes and chief.ai; n scootd'ugiy snrnr.g
from the bosom of ensanguined conflicts, and
a maxed the veterans of Eu'oje; by (heir skill,
.heir enthusiasm ar.d their Victories
The scene closed sr,d left the oroud banner
ot ’76 fliatiug in • rlgtlnc renow., o’er the sacred
nrinctples of the Revolution May *b<3:e
principles be eternal 1—may Hie Almighty m*
ler of the universe continue to shed his besedic-
tions cn this great and favored pecple! may *be
aceorsad murtners of faction be bushed in
he I 'ldrr acc'amations of patriotism } may
we all as f.-iends sod Fellow Ci ter.a feel tliai
we have a country entitled ta the warmest af.
fretiot.a of our heart ; may we ever bail win
joyous burst* of exultation (his nietr.orib’e J u .
b’lee,—•»»’■$ the fervid pmver of the Ciireen,
who has the hor.c.s to address you, , 0
• hank you for yo«.r indulgence and y.ur pa
tience.
tentions By a singular fatality the soldiers ""gh* to expect, if it is not done olresdy,
■who have already carried‘ - - * - -
taehed to Napoleon,that t
out ceasing, and the hope
again under his colours. We have then but I °" u menace each other, whilst we fight
our English army, which can be of any service j them* We sliall pay and fight, that the aulo-
to us, and which we can be certain of hodling to , °» all the Rturias may be the despot of
our system, during the whole struggle ; but its Poland ; that the emperor of Austria may *p-
‘ * press absolutely noble and charming Aa.'y; that
the king of t'rcssia may seize a heritage the
force is not above 23,000 men, and that already
experiences decrease. So flint lord Wellington
sends courier after courier to solicit reinforce-
FOR THE INFORMATION OF SOLDIERS,
Who are subject to mttph imposition and loss
in obtaining the land they huve earned in the
late war; the following is communicated by a
friend for publication Y. Col.
INFORMATION.
For the government of those who have claim*
for Bounty Land under the acts of congress
relative to the. existing Military Establish
ment of the United States.
their native shores,and there chanting the Io~ , A warrant issued at present for loo Bounty
(rains of victory,—bad infused joy and hilarity A '* n “*b°ve specified, w ould be useless; because
Jo the breasts-of these thousands of imprisoned n ®*" rve y. ®* provided by the law of the 6th
Citiscns, a British SaTaoe, casting an eye j •* Wa y» 181*, has yet taken place,
of ferocity over their prospects of happiness. For the purpose of eventually satisfying these
end Liberty, wasp]aiming the means of blast-: claims, congress lias appropriated six millions
iug then... Pnder theflimsy pretext suggested ’ of acres, viz. two millions in tho Michigan Ter-
hy Ms tyger ingenuity, that these defenceless ritory ; two millions in the Illinois Territoiy ;
people were about to emancipate themselves and two millions in the Louisiana Territory
(when peace had already m&dcthem free) thro’. When these lands shall have been surveyed and
crevices picked by youthful playfulness, this' laid off in lots, conformable to law, and the
slave of monarchy, already rendered doubly other, necessary arrangements'for issuing the
ferocious by inebriety, directed his armed rayr-. warran-'s shall have been made, public notice
tnidons to surround and fire upon these brave thereof will be given in different newspapers
and defenceless Americans.— Is not the arm throughout the United States.
<jf each 6f von involuntarily extended to take
Abe villian hy the throat ? Look to the
bleeding bodies of your Countrymen—look at
the dead end wounded. It is the first time
their noble hearts have been subdued—it is the
first time they have bent in supplication.....
1 cannot continue the narrative. The - bloody
and attrosious tale is in the hands of every,
one... There remains however a faint hope, that
the country of Hampden and Sydney, will wipe
In substantiating a claim of this kind, the re-
gular discharge of the original claimant from
tlie public service, will be considered as the
best voucher that can be produced. A claimant
ought, also, carefully to preserve a certificate
received from the pay office ; because, although
such documents will not be considered in them
selves conclusive evidence to substantiate
c.aim for bounty land, yet they may servo as an
>I1U ^ , , ,, --- r - lode* to authentic records of the original
this .foul stain from the bosom of its national I rsght; such, for example, as the muster roll
tuner. If the British government also returns ' or other records of military service, by which
•n request of “ jdSTIFIablu noMiciDB” and means satisfactory proofs may be adduced rela-
bur’ilacassesees then let ns with humility acknow- five ta the period when such a claimant enter-
Jedge that virtue, vigour and honor have aban- «® the public service, whether he fulfilled his
doaed the councils of the Republics. But as engagements, and the reason why he was dis-
long as there exists an American, feeling for charged.
the dignity of hi* country, this black deed will j « the original claimant does not personally
not he forgiven or forgotton. apply for his land warrant, he must prove his
This Fellow-Citixens, is the only event c»J-' *>'» own affida-
pther outrage has been avenged by the briliiont i ,- x f [he w w .“ 0M>eTer
heroic erm.. ... > said affidavits are made, or the power of attor-
I cannot advert to particular events-they ; ney is acknowledged, must be attested bv the
II r,Un volume. The details of one tn-; - J -f .s. e . v tCe
would fill » volume. The details of one tri- i
umph would exhaust my remaining strength. 1
cun only *ay that in contemplating tho achieve- -a he rutiCCs.
signature and seal of the county clerk or
other equivalent authority, of the district where
menu. He demands even the veteran corps
retired from active service, doing duty in garri
son. The powers who ought to have immense
forces to push with vigor the war which they
have provoked, seem at this moment to listen
to other interests. They apprehended too
much trouble in their own states. The king of
IVusiia has cot more than 40,000 Prussians on
the Meuse, and the Russia,-i army is not
yet in motion, at least in any considerable
force.
The emperor Alexander has declared that
the subsidy granted by treaty for 75,000 men
who arc inarch to the Rhine, is insufficient,
end that England most also pay for 75,000 men
which he is to leave in Poland, for the purpose
of coercing that country, which his irresolute
policy has not satisfied, and which he seeks in
vain to abuse by hopes always deceived. Thus
we shall pay 150,000 men in order to have
75,090, who, at their arrival on the Rhine, will
be reduced to 60,000, badly enough disposed to
carry on a war which has not, all their officers
loudly declare, any other object than to ■ pre
serve Belgium to England. IVe are in fad
assured that disgust with the war is carried
great lengths in the Russian army. From
the general to the subaltern, they speak loudly
of its injustice they shew, its folly in compar
ing its advantages, which will be nothing toils
dangers which arc real. The generals espe
cially, demand why, after so many hardships,
so many glorious events, they should go six
hundred leagues from their country, from their
property so long abandoned, to search for fa
tigues, and success* at least doubtful, to oompro-
mit the glory already acquired, and undertake
an expedition, whose imprudence ought to
strike every mind, at a moment when there are
between France and Russia so many rival pow
ers with whom so many subjects are yet in dis
cussion.
The Russians begin to take no part in the
policy of their master Shall he r&ake war for
the Bourbons f That is not for the interests
ef his country ; it is then to play tbjs part of a
new Don Quixotte, that the emperor exposes
and sacrifices them. Sliall We make war from
hatred of Napoleon ? Bnt is it allowable for
sovereigns to interpose their pessonal resent-
most cherished, the most respectable of the
princes of Europe. Worthy employment for
the treasuries and free blood of the Eujish
people. °
Whilst the .enaction was .trafficking with us
to lfi rve a cause which the opinion of En
gland disavows, what was Napoleon doing ?—
Landed France the first of (March, and ar
rived d Pi-is the 23th ; by the 1st of April ax
array otjOvj,009 men were assembled in Flnn-
i fJ > *V BUP * V' ,y :(,a ds have been covered with
old soldiers, with the same soldiers who return
ed so lately f tm captivity in the wilds of Rus
sia,, and whom enthusiasm nn.tr recals to liieiv
colors ; with natto.iai guards, who no less en
thusiastic than the arm;,-, a d roused by indigna
tion at the declaration of the congress, fl, to th»
frontiers ardent ami ready to combat the ene
my of their conntry and their sovereign. Ar
mies are organized on all points with that ra
pidity which was not only produced bv the ac
tion of a government full of vigor, but by ax
unanimity of will among a people who ht*a#A
the voice of national honor.
Travellers wuo were at Lisle a few days a^o
hare related to us what they saw. Daily four
or five battalions of chosen troops, composed of
stout men, inured to fatigue, commanded by
old officers, enter the city, with bursts of tho
liveliest enthusiasm. We assure our country
men, that what these men saw at Lisle h;;^
happened in the districts of tho North, the
Mease, "* e Rhine, and the Alps ; and every
where the old soldiers were returning to their
standards, would not wait to have their uniform
complete, bnt only demanded arms; that tho
national guards come with eagerness to relievo
the garrisons, and all the armies cantoned were
HI a condition to begin a campaign. On the
other hand, our bankers know through the-
commercial houses with which they have re
lations in Fiance, that the contractors for p-o-
"k? on the 20th March, furnished
500 000" r “ l,on, » now CJnsQra = more than
Our countrymen who were in the capital oP
France, assure* us at the same time that thei:i
fuctnnefi fnr mablno ..,1 • • W
factories for making and repairing arms, are
more numerous and active at Paris than they
were at the ebrameneem-nt of the war of the
ments between nations? And when these ra-1 but^oo'rensketa'a daV*and fab , r j > cat ^
Kssa^fe’vsisIS'sSS- ■»=*=*£
T&rsffihfirss&ite &j£sp m * 4^-"^
that after the battle of Austerlitz, the emplror } fen thronef^ve^tJfree^vJr'f n ^i!T h ? 5e fa ‘~
Alexander might have been a prisoner; that i ofPresbarff Vienna and TiWH ^ ,h *‘ reat,e »
turned at Gading by marshal Davoust, he could throneshave been ferndeJ h^Vkl h h ° SC
not relire from a position sr» critical, bat by? the Prpnplt ) *_ tho bravery of
pledging his word of honor to re-enter RussU ,orere£, Hj sTfi'li??' cb ° icc oftheir
by regular stages, with his army, and intermed- J wilhouT'muti-ex “ a!0n .
die no more in the affairs of Germany ; and that : A?!*®’ w ' tkt ! z } *f**?»» interests,
be, of whom he now declares himself the impla-1 people be’efn^n/ 0 ^ **■'*?* °/‘? ton oftheir
friend, to tlie glory ot carrying him to grace his
triumph in Pans.
means to
Who then will hate forgotten that at Til
sit, the emperor Alexander had no longer sn
army ; Lithuania was rising in arms behind
httn, the deputies of this provioc* were
atreidy with Napoleon. The empsror Alex
ander saw no resource hut in the generosity ol
the conqueror. He pawed the Niomcn, he Ns-
polcon came to dwell tor 2D days in the camp of
Napoleon not haviog any ether table than his or
other guard than his guard. Peace was nude,
and the es>peior Alexanders*w st> clearly he s»r-
ed o-a state*, by that generous peace, that he said
on signing the iat:fi=ation of tW treaty , To
day is the as»lfier,aty of the battle of Palrotx:
this day equally tape* the snfi ire. £ year bad
hxtdlyfted elapsed sine® Alexander traversed
the French army tretr. the Vistula to the^rfort,
where he remained a month entirely at the dis
posal of the et&pcror.
- A declaration of the coalition is announced to
Os; it is easy to foresee what its effects will be
among us ; that of the 13th of March has given
Pj r i Ua J? 5 j° "“Paleau whose number is increas
ed by hts decrees for the abolition of the slave
trade, and by the liberality of his eonstitntion.
“ et * declaration appear; let it be in the
same spirit with the first, and we may engage
there will not be one of the old advocates of
tho war that will not become a Bonapartist
sue electors of Westminster are convoked to
consider an address in the same sense with that
of the livery of London. It is said that the meet,
ing wul be very spirited ; but we know before'
hand, that wc shall see more ardor for the end
proposed than of opposition to peaee. Already
Southwark has passed a resolution against the
If the prince and ministers persist in their
deplorable determination, if the government of
Tree old England does, not renounce its conspi
racy against the liberty of 28 millions of French
men, and against the most sacred rights of alt -
.people, what will happen? Oppression will be-