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Jnfepti Starks, maH'r,
F.xoefled toijc and i[)ju h-d from the toth t
th* 25 hos i.Cxt month. For freight of Cot
tar, apply to
Taylor Sc Scarbrough.
Sept. t 5 8t 41 1
Now Landing,
From the Sim* Eliza Joseph
Suiks, miller, fiom Liver
pool,
TWLNTY bale* precn.Tlae 8c white
Negro CLO TH
Four bales of the bell London Duifil
Blankets
Iron Pot* from 3 to 12 gallon*
Dutch Ovens from y to 16 inches
6,8, roat.d 2od Nails, anti
5, f> and 7 inJt Sp'kei in calks
Broad Horn m J Socket Spades
lnlh 1/nens L Lr :;cs, aborted, fion
12 t- 2 to jcv). a hi 23d. to 4/2, pnirn.
cod—and
A iftiall p*rce! of Houle Coal,
For: SALE BY
Tavlu 5c Sfarbrouth.
Sept. 16 8t 4 11
THOMAS STEWART
7iiV PL//TE WORKER,
HAS removed bis St <rc to tin- house
formerly occupied by Mr. Jospi h
Davis, two doots tall of the Dvtf-. s
Head.
T. S. returns bis rroft -fiiicere thanks
to his friction and trie public .11 general,
fertile lib. nil encouragement be has rr-
Ce-.vcd fern them, and hop**s that by 11 n-
Temiititig aMtntion be will in,r.t a con—
trnuancc of tit'.-n loot;.
HE IIA V (;V If.i .v D,
A compile afl'e an-eit ol
Aruclca i.. In Line,
rhich be offers for t;..f on tit' 1 . T, dl r. *>-
f nibble tirtt; . C‘ Sts v/tll e ft.snUul-
Iv recetv and at- ; ’ tie :tid'y * ‘ < cuted.
LATT 1 v IMPO AT ED,
a combine . r* t• -n: < ‘ tut bed and
r: fi.lltiot.able
Lc i hanging Materials,
-which he will Its in the nested manner.
Cy Tlie highell p'ticc given for old
Pewter, and I.had.
John Jackson,
Hit Rftt'rd ftr th: /tip Eliza, and
AJiuiiipji , from Liverpool,
A large ad general supply of
FALL GOODS.
AL.,O.
An extensive and complero af
lortmenr of IRONMON
GER Y, conlifting of
every aiticic in
th it line.
Al.'O,
Cr ,tt s
CROua RY,
a(T 11 ted fm retailm?,
Foiird t infeed Oil irt jugs.
* lBby to I Whit ”
*• < C ,1 bp ill Spatiilh Brown k £
20 casks best Brown Stout.
ON HAND,
Sic.dts flat and squaw
bars.
Sepr. 3 o 4<5
Miikr 6c Moorhead,
llivc Jult Heccived, in aid! ion to their for
mer luppiy of
Dry Goods & Groceries,
WELSH PLAINS
Hun,hums,
Elen’s fine Caftrr Hats, in small cases
lS hliiis. prune Mufcovado and Loaf
Sugars
7 hlids. 3 1 proofWVd-India Rom
All of u hi.h will Ih- told on rvaloiuVile
terms, for caiti or approved paper.
Sr pt . 41 -
Robert 6c John Bolton,
Ha*a ton. Sais,
S WEEDS Ir<,n allotted
llrtnvti SugAr* |nr HoglhcaJ
Loaf ditto per Jiariei
Inferior Cottou lls-jfinir
Crockery Wute *n Crates
Northward Rum, and
Other articles from fluff on
Cologne Mid Stones, j feet diameter
Siackod Stcuc Lime.
Sep’ a, 8t 413
A. SCRIBNER & Cos.
T 7 AVI? just received jer the Schr. HUL-
J 1 UAH ec ANNA,from Ntw-Voic,airflj
supply of
BOOTS, SHOES and SLIP
PERS,
(or a itmtoa rjtJAtirv)
Which, together with their former fleck,
inake* their ahortmert iicomi to i-.oue in this
city.
AU of which they otTer at reduced pr : ces at
their llorc, nearly oppefite the JLrchange
the oik lately oacup.eu by Ogdie.C and I>a
ker AugnA 2a
BILLS of LAD IMG
For o*k at fb:t o£cr.
FOR THE REPUBLICAN.
COMMENTS.
( Concluded.)
“ THE afliflatice which our merchant* for
merly (fate to the Haytian* who had been e
mancip-itcd hy hit pttdecelfora ill the gorern
m. it, but whom, it i now hi* intention to
plunge again into fiavery, will, we are of opin
ion, bo one of the article* for which he wait
Call upon u* to aufwer,”
And ws arc of opinion be ha* a just
caule to complain of our conduct on
that score, aud that ht- would be a* jus
tillable in demanding the punilhment of
those merchants, as the Btitilh govern,
meat were in demanding poor Robin*
whom they hung in Jamaica, a* a muti
uecr on board the Hernuone, on board
of which (hip he had been imprefsrd anu
molt brutally treated. When we cor.fi
dtr the tumultuous and riotous proceed
ings of that tidtion which took it upon
thctnfclves to emancipate the llav-a of
St. Domingo, wc ought not to feci afto
uilhrd in beholding their oeeds annuled
hy Bonaparte—for when be succeeded to
the government he had a* it were to
form anew ivitem through necefEty,
~nd to conlidcr rlie emp r - as compleat
iy deffitute of lormsor taws—and ccnfe
tjnently, that St. Domingo wss in a
(late ol revolt, and fulject to his con
trol)!.
What nation ban pver acknowledged
ibar colony as independent of France ?
lias England acknowledged it ?—No,
has America acknowledged it ?—No,
tlieu ocr merchants, and thole who have
traded wit-h the Brigands aud fupp'ied
tlirm wi ii warlike It,ires, under the A
tnerican ftig, iuve acted inimical to
Fran- ‘, si.o defcrvcß pur-dhmeiit V\’hyp
the l.’ni cl Siaie;, as coloiii.s of Circa;
Britain, r.era in a Itate of revolt, dii
not England declare war agaiull France
for aiding a: and clKtting our-aufe? France
has Kjujhy as good a t.-afou to be of
fended wu'i the United Sratce, for ail
mg St. Domingo, which is in a state
id Rebellion Brand her sovereignty.
!i the i’evet of A. llisil m uiny, kill him
nd 1 dtr poircfliou (if Ins cltate, tud B.
iv . .glibour, lhull ! ivr: encouraged
tb- -n in the deed, and lh.il! aid an tup
port them afterwards in refulmg tf,e cf
forts of C, the repr,Tentative of A, to
bring th 111 to condign punilhfnent, dots
not B render himfclf culpable of a vio
lation of the laws of the laud t’ vVe may
th ereforc, without prciumption, confi jei
1 hole who liave been in the practice o
trading witli the brigands of Si Do
iningo, as criminals, who merit tit? sever
est punilhment winch an offended nation
can inflnft.
“ Cam we then expeift to escape.”
What—the horrors of war ? Yes—
Fiom the lerions manner in which our
Government set about reforming those
ihsi’.ctul Amies, upon the rotifi-ation
of the French Miniller to that tffid,
Bonaparte has witnefed the honed in
ienii-m of our Administration, and is
fatislied that it will not give a fondtion
to crimes which would render it a duty
in him to puuifh wi h ail the severity of j
war. But that iic will demand fome j
reparation for those wrongs we mull ht 1
prepared to expert—so thin will be an j
other injurious effect, in addition to the
many, of the bad coudubt of the enemies
of Mr. JUkrfon’s Adminilltation.
“ And as there i* no doubt, if a general
Peace prevail* in Europe, that Ii is fir ft .itrcn
tion will he given toward* he recovery of the
Illand of it. Domingo, he vill In tufticiently i
11-ar u, to pay us .1 waft whenever he may
} ltafe.”
1 , what lliape T as an enemy? where
is bij tranlporls—bis Ihips of war—and
all the ttcei era, nectllary to render him
ff rrr.idablc to n* ? and what will our
svi y goo!/■ imdt the Engliih, be about,
who bate to long been in the habit of
pi tiding our commerce i But as being
at peace with Bona, they will uot inter
fere- in our defence—tiue— but they will
to his olftnce. Great Britain has uoi
very great rslilb, for ft rid v obfei-vnm’
treaties ; particularly when any infringe ;
ment will aufwer lome particular pur- 1
pose of bers, and as we may be sure that
peace witli Fiance will not deprive tier
of tbeule of her navy, we may alto be
equally sure that the possession of St. ;
Domingo, by B uaparte, will render
him no more formidable to the United
States than he i at present. For our
pait, we thittk his poff.-llion of that fer
tile colony, an obj dl devoutly to be
wiiltcd by the United States, notwith
flandtng fome few of the Brigands friends
and eonetpondents, may think to the
centralv —wc, therefore, do not care
how toon he becomes our neighbor.
“ Finn, the difference* which still fuhfilt be
twie:. Spain and u, we have yet other tear* to
apprehend.”
Indeed —and what are thofi; other
tears ?—why that
“The Blood fucker of Europe will ne
ver foi fake ho prey until fie leave* it a bloud
lel, curie.”
Something worse chan a weasel howe
ver—but wc do not conceive how this is
to aftett us with ucw fears. When the
wolf, who is just icady to devour a lamb,
is llaiu by the trolly Matlilf, we do not
beiieve that the Shepherd ought to re
gard the maltiff as an enemy—now as
Spain is the prey—& Bonaparte the blood
tucker alluded to—and as Spain is even
now, uprelenied a* our enemy, it would
kcm as a I'irt of irreconcilcable contra
diction of the nature of man, for us to
star Bonaparte bscanfe he may render
that enemy incapable of doing us further
injury. l.ut the do&rines which are
generally promulgated by the Courier
editor* and their prototype* in the
North, are so itrccoactleably contradict
o.y, that we need never tie surprised a’
ant pa r adoxical argument which we find
in the columns of their papns So fa
from affnming that boldness of freemen
which they pietend to aecufe the Ad.
ministration of wanting, every instance of
their conduft, difpl?ys the nioft imbecile
minils,and pufilanunous fouls. The nam
of Bonapare found* terrible in their ears,
and every move he trake6 upon the great
chefs board of Europe, fills them with
th- nroft alarming fears, yet, fucb is their
cot fillcncy, they aifo to hold
him in all that contempt, which they
would feel for a pigmy. We may, with
great propriety, c- mpare them to a pack
Cur-dogs, who, on the difeovery of any
ex raordina y animal of fivtce afpeA.o
pen in full cry, then stick tbetr tales be
iwrrn t ! l ir lags arul ft uk ft
“ Bonaparte will neeer fcrfake hi* ftpanifb
vaffi’s until he has obtained fi oui them all that
their f-illy and v r can bellow—wlien,
with one Imperial fi.o,ii. will drive Ids Catho
lic ..tiy from his thr ,ne, ail fuuftitute in his
place, one ol In* own family.”
And is futh an eicut to confirm ihofe
“other fears” winch auift di ft rtfs our’
minds?—we think rot—on the contra- !
ry, we b lieve the confiqiieuccs will be
more fseorabie'fo far a, they Hull con-!
cern us, at all eveius th.<i change cannot
put our concerns with Spain upou a
worle footing than tin y have ever, here
tofore rested. The French government,
wr believe, has fome regard for its faith
and honour, when pledged to another
government, but we have experienced
! but little of either, in the Spanifti go- 1
1 verument.
i “lie may tliilk that a king of I.ouifiana,
! and the Florida*, inay be neccffary to check
l (he extenflou ol Republican principles upon !
ibe (velbvii as !e ha* done upon the Eaitern I
. Continent—in wiiicl. case fie may either elevate :
1 to this dignity, one of his whitkered generals, j
1 or one of Ids niritielnkes, or perhap* he might j
, rracioufly coud. b i<i to place upon the throne
one of his American Idr,liter*, who from his i
out(-t in the hloody revolution, and through j
all th- protean forms of government, up to the j
imperial dignity, has admired his principles, I
, his morals aud his religion.”
Whatever may be ihe thoughts of j
Bonaparte relative to the progress of j
! republican principles on the Western
| Continent, we may lafely predift, that
|i< long Bi wc (hall contirue firm in our
I attachment to thole ptinciplcs they will
expand from one end cf our continent to
(ire other without ever being fubjedt to
h, controul—as ambitious as he in r is
l paying but j poorer mplinicut to vine im
man heart to suppose that be, as the ex
ecutive of a grew and powerful nation,
can prove futh a flagitioU3 fwiudlcr as to
claim any fir. of * .-ntrou! on r Loinfia
i. —a country which he fold himfclf, to
the U- Sand for which he has received j
our governments acknowledgements to
make him a fair and equitable compen- !
fation—die contrail being concluded j
and pod, Hi on of the prop.-rtY taken, it
‘t as bonafide American property, as any
Hate which compose the union—and
! conftqpiently wc may as well eipecl to
find bun eftabliffiing a monarchy in New
tiamplhire or Massachusetts, as in Lou
tfiana.—Amongll ail his Cainclion chan
ges, and protean forms we can fee none
that he has aftumed, which ftiould create
in our minds, so gross a suspicion of his
views. We arc well aware to what part
ol the “ corfican’s” condutf those declai
rners will have reference, to refute our
arguments—but (ii- reference cmi have
no analogy to tile paint in qucllion.—
fits felting up and pulling down govern,
incuts 10 Europe is only the ait of chan
ging bis own fyilems in hts own empire,
as it were, aud finely we will allow a
man to regulate his own concerns his
own way. Germany, as a conquered
country, Holland, as a fubjetted ftate—
nd Italy as a coi quered country, are his
dominions, and as luch, it is no concern
of ours what fort ot’ government he fiib
ftitutes for them, nor how often be
changes their governmewt. Louinana
would form no part of his property, eveu
Nvere he to “ drive hi* Catholic sily from
his tiiront”—and add Spain to the lift
of his co, qn. Its j it would still be Ame
ritsii property and out of the reach of
his conlroul u. tek our government fhoulil I
in.tappily aj pt Inch mealores in its!
conduct towar s I-'anoc, as would pro
vi.ke a • oiiuik neeinent of hostilities, a-d
1 in that case we might look out for hi*’
lcgioiia, not only in that quarter, but in ‘
every othei quarter of the United States. 1
VV e ought, therefore, to admire and
cilr ni our ddmiiuftratiou for its endca
vouiing to preserve the nation from filch
a calamity ; -e ought to be pleased in
the affucance that our government is pur
luing moders e a ;d conciliatory measures
in all its concerns nut on'y with France,
but witli all Europe—as pcac? particu
larly with France, is certain'y better
calculated to render us happy and pros
| perous, than war i.
But it is for the crime of rendering his
j country happy and profperousthat those
declainurs are so noily in their oppoti
tion to Mr. Jeffeifon.-hke Tantalus, they
are vexed and chagrined, becaule Mr.
Jcfterfon, through his wife ineafures,
prevents them from plucking the fruit,
which thty have promised themfilves, ot
1 their labouis, and they can avenge them
felvcs in no other manner than by abuling
him, Hindering his charatter, and pio
phefying evil, to alarm the timmid, and
furprixc the unwary.
The republicans are accufrd <>f|idolL
zing Bonaparte and admiring his princi
ples, his morals and his religion from his
fir ft outset in the revolution up to his
imperial dignity. The charge in the
manner it is prefered, is fslfe and mail,
cious ; neither his principles, morals nor
religion has ever formed any fubjed, in
themselves, for our idolization or adnii.
rativu ; we have idaured him in uo other
•potty .f yfin lira ass crave -v-=rrK, r , •>
flriilfol grai-i and, and a w ife p-alltic-'-n ;
and ** inch <fie whole world moil admire
him. From a heap of ruir.3 be has . rec
ted oi.e of tlie grandest tmpircs upon
earth; effectnally broken down the bar
rier which a corrupt ministry had raised
againtt the progressing hap;>tnefs of
France ; humbled the pride and dtftroy
ed the tyranny of Great Britain on the
continent of Europe, and compleatly
rontrouled the influence of the Pope of
Rome ; at) influence that in former agts
I has created more bloody war 6, more into,
leration, and originated more malTacrees
than even the hellish policy of the B.itilh
cabinet lias effected ; and if all thcle
deeds do not recommend him to the es
teem of mankind, mankind mud, indeed,
be difficult to please.
“ When we turn our *rv from thi* piChire,
what a dreary profpebt prefent* itfelf at lio.t.v.
A wral imht cile administration purlujng thole
meatur*-* which neither wisdom can sanction
nor policy approve; w hich are calculated to
fink, the once illultrions American name, to a
1-vel witli those nation* in Europe, who have
been twilling, and tumirtir before the feet ,f
•he usurper, until at iengtli they Lave been
swallowed up, and no trait rerncini ts th,.ln
former independence. Are we prepared to 10.-
sent any insult v.-hich may be offered tu oar
rtatiou.il foverigaty!”
To what period, subsequent to the
year 1794 anJ prior to the year i3oi,
ftiall Nve diredt our enquiry, for the “ once
illuilrious American namer” And ia
what respect has the mealurcs of Mr.
Jtllcifon degenerately dtffeted (if wc may
be allowed the exprefSon) from thete of
the illullrions Waftiington ? How was
the national sovereignty defended at chac
memorable ptried when Me. J,y was
lent to London as an Envoy Extraordi
nary f on th United States ?
For twelve years, Great-Britain had
kept policffir.n of our Western posts, in
violation of the ‘reaty of peace, in cm se
quence we were deprived of the benefit of
the fur trade wi.h the Indians, and the
inhabitants on our defencelefs frontiers
were expeffed to all the cruelties, and
barbaiitie* of a niolt savage war with the
Indians who were instigated to commit
those cruelties by the BritilU ; our com
merce was plundered on every fi-a, our
ports and harbours blacked up by the
British fquadronr', out teamen imprcfT-d
even in our harbours, and every insult,
and indignity, which British infoh.-ce
cuuld d'diatc, was offered to ourciniali y.
What me-atures were resorted to by the
administration to put a period to those
infij!tß, and to obtain fatEfattion for it e
injury the nation harl fi:/Lined. Why
negociation. The chief jullicc of the
United States, without resigning his
oilier, was nominated and appointed to
tins important million—he was charged
by the government, to “ procure a friend
: ly adjuflment of cur affairs”—did he
‘ fulfill those orders—we can only answer, .
that he rendered the American chara&er
ten times more infamous, than even that
of the Tripolitans, by lift bale ctferliou
of the inteiefts of his country and the
very ready crMicrflior.s he made to
Great-Britain, of eveiy demand the
those to nuke. Inftcad of demanding,
in the voice of a free and independent
Citit en, that reparation which the nature
of our wrongs required, he protfrated
himlelf at the foot Itool cf the Tyrant’s
throne, and with the fiihrniffion of a fl tve,
assented to the mc.fi abjedi tcr:n3 which
plesfcd the tyrant, to offer. The
posts which hr should have demanded to
have been immediately and uncondition
ally filrrendered together with an ade
quate compeiffation for the injury, which
their detenfion had uccaltoned the Unit
ed States, was confirmed ta the polfciliau
of the British for near two years longer,
and as a coinpenfation for the favjui
done us, in agreeing to deliver them up
at the said stipulated period, he agreed
that all the Tories, who had returned to
England upon the coaclufiou of the re
volutionary war, and whose cases ha 1 al
ready been decided upon in the States
Leg.flatures, should be rcce-ived again
into the bosom of our Country, and en.
joy all the privileges of free and indepea.
dent citizens. Nor was thi* all—another
1 article was filled up, and aimed every
1 advantage that could flow to us from a
trad; with the Indians, and the Western
Territory was moll fabmifively granted
;to his moft Gracious Msjefty. The
Hale claims of British fubjcfls (called
! British debts) against our merchants who
had been ruined, in ti* icvclution, were
guaranteed and the mode of recovery ren
dered prompt, and speedy, while the ho
ned demands of our injured citizens, for
fpoiliations, committed under ail the cir
cumftanecs of the molt atuacious villainy
were to be adjudged by five commtffion
era, two Biitifh, two Americans, and the
fifth to be cbolcir by these four upon the
chance of “ beads or talcs,” which in five
cases out of Icten, was likely to give the
majority to the Britilh, and coiffequeu'.jy
qualh the claims of the injuted plaintiff.
Intbismanntr did ourenvoy ext'.ordinary
sport with judice.
The Lriufti, with that dil'pofition for
plunder, so peculiar to their govcrmeut,
i thtir n4v r> aDd l‘r armies, carried away
I them, when they evacuated our
| country, an iiruneufe amount of our citt
j zen’s property i u Negr-vs, and other
tnoveahlta—yet, altho’ the robbery had
greatly difttelled a vatt number of faint.
Itea, and entirely beggated many others,
| Mr. Jay had too inneli rejard for hi*
[ raajeUy’t teuiibility, to wound it by tucb
* vu 'K r phrase, as, reftitutiou ;to have
I demanded retlitution, or cotnpcuUtion
on this head, would have been uncourtiy
and unpardonably nTeulive ty his rnaief
ty, and sooner than the misfortune
ot ratling a frown on hit royal brow, V lf
preferred to facrihce his country. £) ,
lea men were langui/btng oo*B ioar.J cf
BEvft -effi-’c war 3r.d wYiv.-.-re tied
ryrK Jly op, 1.. V ■ .! cp;a
----n in’- IS, w At- I ~ec the tgh” of—-
ifit-y were ooittlis beneath tns notice, and
so i.e P Intel; no t.wuble to til I rp
any article in their favor.
So decided, was the coodafj of Mr,
Jay, agairft hi* own country, in bis nego
ciat'on, tfiit it ff;ould seem he confide: ed
himfclf, as being absolutely employed by
Great Britain to make a Treaty for her
! interest only ; so far from regarding the
real points upon which he was lent te<
negocistc, he difcardcd them i.* total,
and made Great B.itain the cc.ijiplaii.anc
in the cause, with a dttermination to a
ward her fieavy damages.
Time determined he set himfclf to
work with all imaginable allitlaity. In
our treaties, which had been previously
• msde, the principle or neutrality so es“
Entiafly ireceffary to cur commerce that
i “ free (hips should make free goods,’*
hd always been rigidly adhered to, but
; Mr. Jay oaaittod litis principle, as being
; utmectffaiy and >n lieu thereof added one
! more advantageous in its nature and cf
j feds to Great Britain, viz. the right of
j fcarrhing our vessels even while under
I convoy of an American armed (hip. Tins
c-grading piivilege has been the scourge
of our commerce aod has paved the way
iu tuufe interpolations in the iaw of na
tions of which vae are, even now, com
piaiuiag. 00 far from representing to
tnc Briu.h guysrniiieat tLe iai|>ropriety
Sc uijufticc ut (Lett conrlu t tti then Atiri.
ti :ttj dvpredatiuii, up .11 our co,xitncrcf’,
and iiiiiiUtig upuii their abandoning luck
. a hostile pinacipie. he did un the contra
jry s itnt then, itiil tt.oia ampla privileges
i to CGaitui-.D. tiac aii all ii-s various
! ft. J pea of ciucity, and rupccity ; even
j our pretfdions *-,j dedartd contraband •
] and, as it ti.e advantages already granted
i Wasii.it iuiucient to iatiafy Great Britain,
| he added a sweeping chafe declaring
j that America, should export neither V\ r ell
Lidia produce, hoj- her own cotton, in
her own veffcla.
Had lifts iieaty btrti regarded as the
production of the Br.ti.li ministry, and
as a vow intuit ottered to cur govcif.iuent ;
Sc Jehu jay put in troua and uimicdiatelw
traufported to Botany Bay with it round
Ids neck, then, indeed would the admin
iftralion have proved to the world that,
though patient in fitfferiug and flow to
anger, the American nation could both
feel, and reicut an insult ; had this been
we might now, with much propri
ety, boalt of “the once illuilrious Ameri
can name. * But ate* ! this glorious ap
pellation no longer appertained to ui, it
was fnatetaed away in the dole of the
18th century. There was, we blulh to
acknowledge it, a cc.tftr.utKinsl majority
of voices in the feuate, in favour of the
faeritice, and the American chara&er
wtts cooftuutionady blaffcd ! every arti
cle cf this infamous treaty, with the ex
ception of that sweeping clatife, which
denied 11s the right of exporting Weft
India produce and our own cotton, ia
| our own velVels, was agreed to ; rati
j hed, and made the iaw of the land.
I she republican minority flood fium ia
. their cppofi.ion to those difgraccful
rr.eafures ti-om il.eic commence ment j
they ft rained eve ly nerve, and made c
vc-ry effort, in their power, to preserve
-he rational honour Iromfo foul a itain,
cut Urn euiihll was too unequal, and the
federal fai'tiuu prevailed.
Independent of the tlifgrace, in which
our n iiionnl character was involved, in
cuoft tpjcuce of the treaty, we continued
to experience new intuits, and new inju
ries ; the numerous privileges which it
granted to England has continued to
operate aganilf our commercial profpc
rity to the prefeut d.iy, wtiercas Mr.
Jay wa* Lnc to London to negociale a
treaty, the fcatis of which, ought to hav.‘
been, honour, juilice, and rerip.ocity.
but, palling over this dilgraceful period
in our hitloiy, to what part ot’ Mr.
Adams’s admmiltration lhdl we turn
our view, to behold thole deeds of glo.
ry which rendered the national charge*
ter so illudriou > are they to be found
in his war with Frauce? by r.o means,
for this was the effedl of Mr. Jay’s trea
ty, and so far trom being an honoura
ble tncufure, it was on the contrary a
very dalhnlly one ; fhail we find>them
in his landing army refolulion. Here
again we lee ditgraee, for while France
was hemmed in on all Cdes, by the Ger.
mans ar.d Ault nans on Und, and the
Uritiili and sfmericans on lea, the nation
was alarmed with a report that the na
tional convention had refolvcd to tnvaJi
us ; the report spread like Vlghtnlng,
and panic struck, our z , eii( mca b “
to buckle on their armour, threatening
vengeance upon the foe. This measure
r*ucbed oft ia Various difgracefui and
opprelfive l.iiapes, vis. in the (lamp ad,
uiretttdS, ledition law, 8 per cent loans,
&c. &c.
Shali we look to that part of4iis administra
tion for the •• once’illuflrious American name’*
where he dilplayed luch a longing desire tomake
peace with I'rance after tlie coalition had been
destroyed by Bonaparte, aj to persevere in fen
ding anew let of ninifters to negociate, even
after he had virtually declared the conduct
with which our minillers resident at Paris, had
been treated, was degrading and inlultir.g to a
iree and independent nation ? Or lhali we
find it in hi. midnight departure from the City
ot Washington on the 3d March, ISOI f
‘’ e do contend that the national chandler ia,
as lUiiltrious at tbj moment as it ever has been
tince the year 1 ; and that every meafurr
ot the p.\ic(it wdmuuAration has had for their
the happiness and prosperity of our
country.
Like theilluftrious Wafltin ton, Mr. .'cJtt.
■lcti has recourse to negotiation in preference to
war, to obtain “ a redrels of ucr grievances; “”
but, unlike Mr. A.f ms, he would neither pa)
tribute to Tripolitan Carfa rs, ncr iufiei them
with impunity, to iggries c us. l.ouifiai.k was
defirca-ie to ca an account (pime pally) of the
