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From tie Rlcbm9r.il Er.qulrtr.
COHMWNICATIOK.
berween a Feiterahil arid a
Reitublican.
Kep. Still grumbling, my
fi iend, nbout the meafurcs r "’ ad
miniftranotu Why vou remind
nse of Cicero’s celebrated maxim
“.that there is no opinion so ab-
I'T*’ wnicb fomephilofophei's will
not be found to adopt,’’ I hid
deemed i4 impoffiblefor any man
C: a qatnotic foul to find fault
v;ith §fiis Tripolinetteaty. But
ted. But—l have two funda
mental objeftions to that treaty.
W hy iuould we p.iv 60.000 dols,
for tire ranfem of our country
men r And why, fir, [hon’d \ve
have violated our faith with that
“generous ally” the Es-Bafhsw,
of i ripuii ?
If. Th.- 1. we have paid a ran
f)iVi ‘or the in the vu ;t~
isr of our reJpc&ive prisoners, is
no more than wiuc 15 fubftanti
*praffifed by the molt civil;-
•-ed States, Do Great Britain
and France ever return to the
precise d’T in which they were
placed before the commence
ment of hold lines ? If either of
them has made extraordinary ac
quisitions during the war, do
they not always conceive thern
h-ives entitled-to retain feme part
o> them, or at lead; to demand an
indemnity for them, in the trea
ty of peace ? To be furc, this in*
Lemnity may not be paid up in
tlo’.'ars; for ic gcnciaiiy con
filts m the surrender of feme 1-
fland o” of feme privilege of
trade. Hut, fir, you cannot be
lerioufly opposed to the giving
ul a ransom, or your principle,
mutt be rs capricious as the
winds. Did you not within a
few weeks pad declare that lino
the government was 16 tardy in
releasing our countrymen, the
fmypathies of the nation itfeif
ought to be appealed to : it war.
a fin ame upon the country that
tiie fives of its citizens should fit
end angered for the want of a fit
tie money ; that no fieri ti re o (
rreafore could be too great to
red.ern the precious blood of
the peot le, and tint if the adml
r.ifliation would not random, i;
was the duty of the nation, and
J. 1 the nation would nor, it we
the duty eftheparents tbcmli lve :
to throw jin their contributions
i or the releafc of our ccuntry
rncr;. And yec ve who would
Jacrifice this heap of tree lure ire
now (hiking for the small I urn
cf 60,000 dollars :
F. Yes, fir, you may ccmplain
of env inco*ft Canty ; but jou can
not change my frfent opinions.
Would you have me believe,
it Col. Lear had suspended the
negotiation until our squadron
had renewed its attacks upon
Tripoli, that we could not have
released them without any ran
som at all, or fora fmaiur one
than 60,c00 dels:
K. Yes, fir, such is my opi
nion. sou will ptrhaps be rao
dcil enough to cor.fcis tf.at you
are not 16 corned a judge of
these things, as those experienced
men who are on the fppr. Yet
what do the Americans in the
Mediterranean declare ? Every
leirtr announces tl** formation
of an honorable peace. Coin.
Rodgers rejoices that we have
made a treaty <! the molt hon
ourable and advantageous to the
United -States.” Cspt. Bair.-
bricige and fome of his officers,
you well know, have exprtfifed
to vou the fame opinion, and in
’ such a case I fnouid think ihern
too much elevated above any
fdfiih imerefis, 10 rejoice at the
formation cf an/ treaty which
bid not redound to the honor of
their country.
F. No authorities, fir, if you
j lease ! Let us take the fwfL
ti.emfti.ves, and judge for our-,
fdves
; R. 11 n imports ! It is inrUf
frent to me whether we arrive
?r the fame conrlulion by argu
ment or by authority. You think
that a delay in the rugociatior.
would have put us in a better si
tuation tot making peace. Now
J t ntn , 141 -*. r cl■l. ■** 11 • r
were likely to hopper, which
could have made so tearful an
irnprefiion upon the heart of the
1 Bafhaw, and have extojted from
him such favorable terms*, a*;
thofevery circuit fiances which
Col. Lear seized upon. Sup-,
pose he had delayed the negoti
ation : Do you not perceive the
consequences : Gen, Eaton mull
have abandoned the project he
had so fortunately begun. With
his fmail force, he had taken
Derne, and defeated the Ba
in aw’s troops. Perhaps he
might have gone on to the cap
ture of Bengalis. But would lie
then have been ram enough to
have eroded the gulf of Sydra,
or to have gone around it, for
r the purpose of advancing nearer
j .o’ the capital ? with his fmail
J force ?
F. But, fir, whose fault was it,
that he did not receive addition
al reinforcements of men and
money, ? You lea you cannot
advance a fingie step without
perceiving the weakness of the
adminid ration.
R. Edit weak; but prudent
They had already done enough j
I for Gen. Eaton; would you
have them unneceflariiy throw
away the lives of cur people and I
the tri'RHMra of the state ? A r - j
tend to the admit able ioiflrucJivr.s j
of commodore Barron to Gen. I
Eaton on the 22nd, : of March : 1
“ If by the your energy and cr.-j
“ criiona added to the [applies j
“ new Jeut ibrward, you luccee;;;
c< in getting poffc.Tsoo of Derr.? |
<f ar.d Bengaue, we may cafi u
“ lace th it having received gfi
“ impulle from our (Irene : , Ox
<c Ex-balhaw will hmfelf p •fic.fi
** fwfficieni energy, ecu- y ■
si talent, cad if accouns are cor -1
:t redr. in ficient ir.tereii’ auiongl
** toe people, to move on wit/:-
“ firm fieps, arid to conduct ’ his
“ friends and followe-s the
cc 01 i i.’ poli; bur fin aid 1
“ be be Murid deficient in thefc
” dTential qualities, or that it
u appears we have been decei
"*■ i J is Ivg .li intiiii|)'ji3tf|iO(j
u cf the inhabitants, he mull be
“ held as an unfit fabjifid for
£C further support cr co opera
‘ tion.”
F. Weil, grant then, tha*
Gen. Eaton iiioukl not have re
rei'ved, and i'i.s not recti*e any
further neats from
onrfeives—
R. Then you grant every
thing which I requite of you ~
You grant that hia projeft mult
have been abandoned. Alt the
acqullklons which he had made,
must have been given up.—
Derne mult have been defei.ed. I
But what is world than all their, j
you grant that every ‘imprrfiion i
on the Ilalhiw’s mind have been
removed, which tire fear of an 1
invasion had produced. There-!
fore he could have entered into}
any further negotiation unavredj
by this apprehension.
F. Bu: the iquad'on fbili re- 1
mained. Its formidable attacks}
would soon have renewed his ap
prehensions and his efifpofition:
for peace.
R; True: the squadron would
have advanced to the attack.—
But had it not already produced’
its impression upon the Ealhaw’sj
mind r The appropriation of the!
Mediterranean fund to continue!
during the vzr ; the number and j
force cf the found run always ex
aggerated by diftancej the re
collection of Prebble’s achieve
ments mult have been an awful
[rnprefilon upon his mind; per-i
haps nearly as great, as the very !
fight and attacks of tire squadron!
.ts. if we and t have produced.
F. Then you contend that
the B ifhaw v. ;s as much alarm
ed by receiv'ng exaggerated *c
ccunts cf Eaton's forces, and
from bearing exaggerated ac
counts of our squadron as hr
would have been by fec'ng cur!
squadron in his harbour and his ;
capita! tumbling? about h s cars.
Uearing of our squadron was al
moff as impressive as the seeing
of it, and even if it was not as
much so, you make out thac the
‘.fear of Eaton’s approaches woulu
av • • ir-- : die f. do. Very .vr >
**aplu’ r :'a! indeed ! Therefore you;
jconciu )e, that no moment of no- j
jgociarion •'ouid have been so fa- I
jvc arable as the one which was
; made use of.
j R. You therefore, my friend,
jis rather premature. 1 have not
vet enumerated all my reasons
for believing that that was the
proper moment for negotiation.
What doyou think cf the Bafli tws
threatening to put our coun
trymen to death if he were too
hardly prefled : Or what is more
probable, to retire with them in
to the dderts of Barca, where it
would be a! mo ft impossible to*
purfuc him ? Shall 1 remind vou
of the threatened co-operation
of Morocco ; or the wavering
politics of the Cabinet of Tunis ?
Should rot thefc eircumftanccs
have induced a prudent govern
ment to facriftce a few thousand
dollars for the ranfbm of our
countrymen, and our unconditi
onal exemption from all future
tribute? We could lue wi fit ed
indeed that these objeds could
have been brought jboutbyaj
1 mailer ransom. But confijer
that the present furncces not ex
ceed 200 dollars on each head,
whereas the Baflicv refufed to
j liberate them durim; thelaft full
j under 50 dollars pr.head; Even
j we ourk-lvcs eff rtu him at that
i vine not Ms than 1 00,000 or:
! 120,000 dodar*.
j f . But, Sir, haw do you get
jOv- mv objection of our laving
; Herd our fkufi with the Ex
j ‘.haw ? tlaving pi dged our-1
■ > :s to rciloi ehirn to thc/hrone,
-as it j; and, vyas it honourable.
io'-us t > defirr; this uleful and
f vrne.'ous alls’* ni the manner
I'Ve it done ?
1 i-'.) ‘Mvc fe'en nothing as yet
fivbich proves the existence of
; .li’-h j. dipuiJMon. h very thing,
vfin ‘ 1 t<eai3 an official (lamp, di
re-Tiy u- --- ; s s o ddprove it.
What io- ; rucl.oos dots Mr.
tVfa.fiion give in ms ie-ter to
Mr Il noii of August *BO-2, |
win (i has *'>e**n 16 tnumphan-lvi
qu-aieo oy mc Oi • ttiu 1 c ierai •
prints I “ Js fv as the views of:
iC .the brot’ er m-iy ronfrihure to
<! ovr fuccei , the ai l of churn
•* may hr ued to the purpoiV,
i{ Should tins a’-’ bes “.tn i m
c applicable, or the objril un-
“ attainable, it- w,il be due to
et the - ton -r of the United S afi-s
“ and to the exp-r Tat ions hr r. ili
:f naturally have formed. to tir.u
“ his - disapi.Mnt.fient. with t< n
** de rnelfi a : t . on tore hi m,
cs (as neatiy ,- ay .) ro the
“ situation * •• >: v/u h he wv
ft drawn, r to i- ■ - o’.i.er con
venient civ. - • Neat fiat n a*
“be inc-i e clip bit to nun. h
i “ c&je of a t ■. ty tip -a<:t witii the
|“ ruling iLihvv oi i’rqv-li, t or
haps ic mav ‘ c pollible to
imake b-r.we ft-pv.U‘tom formal
j“ or informal m favor of the
! ,c brother which mav •>e a defi
}“ rable alleviation of his misfor
-1“ tunes.”
I But thefc i.tfiri’Tio s you j
fee were written in !hoc. f.ecusj
defeend to a late period, and Are -
whether gen. Eaton w,r> auihcri -l
fed by fubfequen*. infiruftions to j
make any jiofitive proniiles to the j
Tlx Bafnaw of Tripoli i Inch as,|
fiortilcre him to his throne, i
! What fays commodore Barron in !
I his letter to Mr. Eaton of March
i a:, 1805 ? “ i feel it my duty :
“ to lta:e explicitly, that I muftj
withhold my fanTioo to any -,
“ convention or agreement com-1
tc mitting the U. S. or tending!
|“ to impress upon Mamet Ida-!
I “ flaw, a convidlioo that we\
have bound our/elves to jdacei
1 ;t him upon the The!
Commodore fays in. another j
<f part of his very iiitcrefting!
<c letter; “ 1 with you to un
1C clerflaaci that no guararcce or
“ engagement to t : ;e exiled
“ prince, whole caul? I rnuft
i‘ 1 repeat we 2 r c only favouring
| <c as an infv. imtnt to our advan
“ t-.tge, and not as an end in it
“ J.bf, ir.uft be field to ft. nd in
“ the vjay of our ac vj u;efcr. nee
“ to any honorable and advan-
taneous terms or accornmoda-
Ron, which the reigning Ba
■
; -.it -v iti-.y v hjuucea f> p.-.*.-
pole. T>*'e terms hcir.<
j“ once oftered sn i aoc-p'r ! bv
£C the repre'evtattvc cf wwii
“ men appointed to treat of peace.
our support to the Bullnw
“ must nrcclLrily cease.’ 3 You
fee by these inftanftions that ft
far from Gen. Eaton,having been
authorifed to proimfe the Bx
Balhaw to restore him to his
throne, he is exprefaly* directed
to enter into no such convention.
Indeed if Gen. Eaton has obfer
v'd the provilion of this Liter.
thereis.no expectation of afii.s-;
jtance, which our “ gallant ally”,
could have formed from our co
operation, He had not even a
right to expert, what fame of
your federal editors have so ve-j
hemently in lifted upon, that we!
Ihmild engage in no treaty with i
his brother, until we had pro-j
vioully conlalced his own incli-j
nations. I
F. But lupnofe Gen. Eaton >
has, in the warmth of an ardent
an cr.ihuliafm, violated his letter
of initrurtionr., and made jpich
promiles to the .Ex-Bathaw.
R, then furcly you would
not conceive his promises binding
upon Us ; nor could you Ire filly
enough to find taGt with the
treaty or ihe administration, he
caulcthey have net provided for
the fulfilment of these unautho-
; riled promilesr
h. But though no such pro
mitVs have been given, was knot
incumbent’ upon us to make
fome remunstiou to the Ex-Ba
jihawfor i:is lerviccs ; Is there
j-mv “ tlipul ition” made ro al
leviate his misfortunes ?” C)ifi
have we tc reltored bi n to the j
fnuation from which he was;
drawn ?”
K. You know we have flipu
late-.l in the treaty for the rclto
ration o‘ iiis wile, and family.—
If any thing can he laid to an
*.Heviation of his fortune, lurely
this may be. But if we have
been truly informed of the Ex
i Bafnaw’s conduct towards us.—
’ 1 hotie this will not be the only
I KiUicc which we Lead alfora nud.
! I cannot but think that next
congrefsis bound both by huma
nity ar.d honour to make fome
appropriation, towards relieving
fit n iroin the di fir die a of the
world.
(* .*< >rra Ru i>*.7 bll ci n,
.lAV NN T AH, Oiitu’oer, 4. iSoj.
For the Graf a Republican.
THE LIMNER.
No. vii r.
The imontlsest c'nr-e /f nafu*e has vs pains l
And rriK -.r fciciids, through rror, wcni'til our
rest ;
Nor are fcea vrated to fire on earth.
You NO.
Columny is an erii, wltic'.i haa iiifeft'd
the world from the cable It aet a of civiy
/atun. If fuccee.iiiijf |;eeration are
u'lfcr than those, wb< preceded them, it
appear;; rcatonahle to fuppafe that t'.iey
unit? ftipe-.rir goodnef; with fuperi >r wis
dom ; He who from inlancy to manhood is
“ vegetated in generally be
comes lo l in “ the vortex of vice.”
But Columny seems privileged to fialia
jarotittd, fcutering d-rfolatiou in its pro
j grtf-t, and bialfing i:e v: nom the faitril
fiovrers of creation, ‘j'lte granded effort!:
(of ir.-uius. a/i'l the operating energies of
j ber.cvoEtice iiave been checked in t'ncir
leaner progress, by the peltifcr mi jjr>! f > 1
!of this earthly daemon. Latent enmity
J tiefigb'.a to add, fresh venom, to the darts
oi cal ain uy, witi.-h art: as easy to barb,
•a: tn.-y are diQien'r to eatraA. fi'he fa-1
. tal wound wrar.k'cs unseen, and too of
ten are dtfeovered, u< nderj a tjangren^
; w‘!.s-h |>lio: 0 at deft mcr all the rernedi -a
iof flcill. But t!.e ennte becomes doubly
’ odious, when the obb-A of assault i> a
j weak, and defenceleft youth,
j The rratured adult hao eolleftcd Oran: Mi, j
j hir, experience, an ‘. acquaintance with the
I world, and the pcfHona of men, haveren
| dared him in fome degree, a fit chan-pi >n
Ito cope withs > d.-’-gtrous, bad inlidiou*
la,l enemy. The shepherd, bchobij the t
j majertic once, proudly d-fymg tiie firifej
1 of oppoGng elementr, w.'nlt the tender, !
1 Sc unguarded shrub filhan untimely vie -1
tirn to the raging tewpeffi. As the fra-!
g-aqce of v.ri.al germ it deilroyed, fj the
pvi.i.r. of youth is often doom-d to pine j
in ofifeurity, through the wretched rein- ’
r;3nt of a bail and life—t life, robbed oi
the energy, which maturity won! 1 have
unfolded, hv the deadly venom oi detrac
tion, the spurious chi’ 1 o en vy.
To errors,ofoC -cii jnai extrdvagancicf j
•j cf youth, afford often to the gloomy i:na-
I gi,.aiio’iE of tlieagvd, subj.% est he mod
fatal augury ; and in a preiuatarc ciefpji:-
deucy they renoo ice the young, as be
yood tha kindly Mi-usncfe of reform.—
The molt Liutary aud inftruitive Icfi-juo
• ’sv- •r.rat;? f. Ti the lie tr; c.e!t of
Toe wiad.u , acq ttr >1 by <-xir>
ji - u-f’ w!M f-jon. H.-t- r their pi.
jt!'..- -ti !of Aiflipution. Let no:., the
:d )inn of defeat'*-, ■ xtinguilh the loftfc of
1 hop-’. ur>ti!! tnn ■ cle?- :y depidb the b alu
rof the man. Til# cIF. v fit. of
| v !'.h msl ft have time to ftihfki-* ‘ It j fit
of intoxication will soon ccali, and tluf
’ gieiujs of which'ea, iy exceffn haw n
til” mere a!ioliitton, will btirft fort).-, ani
| Haine in m.i:'r , d:?'ii folondor.
j It u indeed tvordry of remark, that
1 the fir’J step-is made noon tlie thivdi .: i
| - j. ; .
jdo iour, and i xp.-rirnct'd frier.d vei l'd >- s
j M r d^ .l Aiu 1 !oc IV'oil pi'oiiii|. mi e,i
j F*>r f.s a yotc.it of the a ivvc <?:fcHptiwt
i approach.a to ?*. , to maturity, hit man.
nn-B,a;:d hhqo- h> and will lie n.oJiiird by
j the better niTeilio.is oft nr licet, tuui the
j <*veche* of the youth will tac •? in the
liability of ilv: adult.
The titoil inci iHon*! pi ecs of machice
r\* is inexplicable, at; J the more mi-oU’
our iovelliuatiun, the 1 iorc are we bcrcil
der-d, until’ its nrijn pathi are prouer
!ly united bf the Mechamll. b’o we‘cut
| form no idea accurately of the dtllincd
• man, Lorn the rude', i-nperfed traits, dir.
1 tinguiihable in youth. Time, b Iwre
I die Mechanill, and lie tmiil complete Ilia
! work, before we can form an adequate
conception of it.
The explication of error, and the c*.
ertionof reafott, in endeavouria/ to dis
suade youth from licentious pursuits, a:x*
not the fuhj .r.t of my condemnation. ——
It is that rigorous severity cxercifed, (re*
lative to the accidental exccll’es, into
which youth may Lucli) by the old,
than which nothing appears to me, more
contrary to enlightened morality, and
Uriel jußice. That indulgence, which
in its origin, proceeds from a convivial,
hofpita! difpoiiiiou, aided iiy tt.e fervors
of youth, may terminate in riot and ex
erts. lhi*. rational monition properly
applied, inav be productive of the moll
aufpicions rcfult. It ever grieves a ire
ntrom mind to itfiert upon itfelf, as the
author of dill refs, to tliofe, cvedence an ‘
intcrell ami ar.xiety in its welfare, and no
thiuy can poiubly be a more forcible lli
mulus to amendment, than this leflvdiion,
• veil under tl.*; ajrony ot fell denial.—
1 Wliere there is no exertion nec.llary, no,
l merit can be attacked to fucccfs ; and
I where, is no call for relillance, there can
be no virtue in subduing. M.
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