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.'<■ WLjms itnnuttto Wi wVntM’g coiwnnrteiTrojr. tytare of a correspondence between h«S excellency Da- ' rid B. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia, ami the Kori- »iM* Alexander J. Dallas, Secretary of the TreasQry the United States. ; - * ‘ t ‘ Executive Department Georgia, MMedgeville, Sth April, 181«. Sir—In the MilledgeviHe Republican, (a newspaper) of the 3d of the present month, I Observethe publication ttfan act Of Congress entitled “An act to reduce the Uinoimt of Direct Tax, Ac.” passed on die 5th March, 18)0, and on referring to the act of 1815, 1 find that it is required that those States who may assume the pay ment of their quota of said tax, shall notify the Secreta ry of the Treasury of such intention, on of before the ■first of April of the year for which such tax is to be paid. The legislature of fois State at their last session, did . authorise the assumption and payment of the quota of ftWa State, of the direct tax for the present year, of which. 1 should have informed you long since, but a degree -of uncertainty appeared to prevail as to what would be the Ultimate decision of congress upon the sub ject, and that uncertainty was never removed until the publication of the act of the 5th March last,as before stf ted on the 3d April, -three days subsequent to the day upon which the Secretary of the" Treasury ought to have been notified. Believing, however, that no serious difficulty can or dtight to result, from the want of such notice, and an xious-on my part substantially to comply with the provi sions of the act of Congress and the wishes of the State beiufljrrtfcie-totV aftmWfK^of this claim, it Wathepre-j Rented toscongress ai theiii heart Sfcssiqp. for thqir corisi- in deration. The Warrant has been issued for the amount or the acceptancej*f the secretary at war. I will, thank., you to order'the reinvent Wbfe made at either of the banks in Georgia/and as provisioivhas been thade at Philadelphia for the drafts of the treasurer, it will he a ' "enable accommodation to the statq, if that money I-paid irvGeorgia also, ptovitled yop adhere to your Legislature by making payment of tlie amount of the state's quota of the said tax for 1816—1 have the plea sure herewith to transmit Drafts of the Treasurer of the United States on S. Girard’s Bank in Philadelphia for g50,000, and an acceptance of the Secretary of War for ftn equal sum, both payable to the Governor of Georgia. TJese two sums will exceed the amount of the state’s quota by g 19,303 98, and as the State has large pay ments to make to a State Bank, now about to be establish ed, it will be an accommodation if this balance can be paid by a Draft on either of the Banks of Savannah or Augusta. 1 will thank you to inform me what probable amount In your opine n will be in the United States’-Treasury, f the first of July next, received on account of sales ‘public lands payable to Georgia, and whether the Ya- ‘ >' claims have been 60 far settled, as to authorise a gfer of the balance of the Yazoo deposit now in r ur D. B. Mitchell. I am, Ac. ^ Oopy of a letter from the honorablp Alexander .T. Dallas, .Secretary of tne Treasury, to his excellency Gover nor Mitchell, dated A 7V, tous, however, that every opportunity should be afforded to relieve the statefroYn the inconveniences of a defect in form, I submitted the subject to the president, who has authorised me to adopt witti yourconcurrence, thefollow- ing course of proceeding: 1st That the governor of Georgia, pay foe whole amount of the state’s quota of the direct tax, into tlie treasury, subject to tliefuture interppsipon of congress for an allowance of the abatement of 15 per cent. 2d That the'remittance made by the governor to the treasury, undercover of his letter, dated 5th of April, lie considfrcdeflectual for the pumose of a payment before the first of May; provided the governor shall substitute for the drafts and acceptances remitted, a payment of money, to the whole, amount, of the quota, into the Bank of A ugusta, orthe Planters’Bank ofaavan nah, to the credit of the treasurer of theUnited States. 3d That the secretary of the treasury abstain from draw ing the amount of the 15 per cent, on the quota paid into-the treasury until the sense of congress shall be ascer tained upon liie subject. 1 wilt thank yoti to express your, views upon this over ture as soon as you conveniently can. If you accede to it, be pleased to state at what time the quota will be paid; and how your remittance shall be returned. When the ar rangement is completed, instructions will is«ue to suspend the assessments, valuation and collection of the direct tax in Georgia. I have the honor to be, Ac. A. .1. Dallas. Treasury Department, -Ipril 29th, 18i6. Sir—Your letter dated the 5thinstant was received this morning. Entertaining great doubt of the power of the Treasury to give effect to a notice made subsequent tt* the first of April, so as to entitle the State of Georgia, to the discount of 15 percent, on the amount of her quo ta of the direct tax, but anxious to extend to her the nfost liberal construction of the law, I will postpone a decision upon that point until I can be favored with the ■ophiion of the Attorney’funeral. ' In the meantime, 1 hasten to repeat what was stated Governor Early, on a similar occasion, that the Tre-a- sdrv cannot consistently with its general rule, accept a payment of the assumed quota, in the manner w’hich is proposed. Provision lias been made at Philadelphia, for the payment of the Treasurer’s Drafts, in favor of the Governor of Georgia; and the acceptance of the War Department will, also, be provided for, whenever a war rant shall issue. But it would be impossible to discharge the public engagements in Georgia, were aTl the public fiyivies and taxes, accruing there, to be satisfied by pay ments elsewhere. - The loss and embarrassments to the Treasury would b£ extreme, and every application, to be allowed to make such payments, has been necessarily and uniform ly opposed- £cr these reasons, the Drafts on Mr. Girard’s frank, will be held subject to your order, and an accep tance of the-Wnr Department will be presented for pay ment on your account. Be so good as to favor me with instrtictions upon the subject by return of the'mail. If the orders which have been given, are executed (as rpresume they will be) the sum payable to the State of Georgia, on account of the sales of the Mississippi land amount to about 230,000 dollars between the first of Ju- 3y and the 30th of September next. If the assumption of the direct tax can only be applied -to the first of October, in consequence of the want of earlier notice, a corresponding amount of the sum then •due to the State of Georgia, for the Missisippi lands, will be considered as a payment upon the principles suggested in my letter to Governor Early, i It is not in my power at this time, to give you satisfac tory information, upon your enquiry relative to the Ya- 'gpo claims, but the subject shall be examined. - I have foe honor to be, Ac. A. J. Dallas. 'Copy of a letter from his excellency Governor Mitchell to foe honorabl e A. J. Dallas, dated Executive Department, Georgia, MiUedgeville, 20th May, 18i6, Sib—Tour letter of the 29th of last month has been received. When I wrote you on the 5th ultimo, inclo sing the drafts of the Treasurer of the United States for g50,000, and the acceptance of the Secretary of War for the like sum, in payment of the state's quota of direct tax for the present year, I was under an impression, that the mode of payment thereby proposed would be fully as convenient to the general government as it would be to Georgia. Georgia had advanced the amount for which those pa- prrs were received, out of her treasury, and in money which at no time has been under par, and at a time too, -when the UnitedStates had no menus of raising it in this •quarter. Hence I concluded, that it was both reasonable -and just that the same amount should be returned to her without loss or discount. Where then can theinconven- Sencejgise t° the United States, if Georgia in place of re- -ceiving.the repayment of this money at Her own treasury, which.I’contend she has aright to require, she consents T* receive it by way of discount at the l/nited States’ trea sury In Washington? The amount is now due, and the accommodation being rejected, the amount of the pub lic engagements in Georgia so far from being lessened are thereby considerably increased. Besides, permit me To say, that the reason you offer for refusing the payment in the way proposed, applies in tlie present instance with - 'peculiar force to the state of Georgia; for she has engage ments as well as the United States, and ho wean she meet them, if her means are placed beyond her reach? Her Treasury has been drained by her extraordinary exertions -during the war, and it is impossible she can meet her en gagement*, if she is refused.dll accommodation in the ap plication of her funds. By offering the payment in the way proposed in the present instance, I have laid chum . -to mo larger sliare of accommodation than you claim for jthe United States; and I yet flatter myself, that you will ' -admit die reasonableness of foatclaira and settle accord- EjngTy. But if your mind is made up, and the payment cannot %e received a* already proposed, in the same spirit of accommodation which influenced me in the first instance, 1 shall accede to your proposition, that the quotaof the ’ direct tax shall be paid on or before the first day of Oc tober, by the application of a corresponding amount *of The sum then due to the state of Georgia for the sale of the Mississippi land; and J accede to this proposition ■with more alacrity because, that fund is the one designat ed- by the legislature of our state at their last session for The payment of our quotaof the direct tax. And ! will here repeat, that my principal reasons- for offering the -other mode of payment, proceeded from my desire of accommodation as well to the Unite dictates as to Georgia. Jt is at -the same time to be understood, I do not yield tjmyight of the state to have the discount allowed by taflr/'notwithstanding the Want of tifnely notice, be- mme although the direct tax of six millions bad been laid, yet it is notorious that congress had taken the sub ject into consideration, ei thereto repeal or reduce drat tax, and finally did reduce it one half, the publication of whiob, never was made in Georgia, until after the day upon which notice ought to have been given. And until that publication, permit me to ask, what was the state to assume the payment of? Her proportion of six millions? certainly not; of three ’ millions? no! the re sult prove* that foe could have assumed die payment of no specific and was therefore justifiable, or ex-, curable at lespt.for waiting the determination ofcongress upon the subject. The opinion of the attorney-general first determination of rejecting them as payment. If hofcever die payment ipf "these sums in Georgia ^ilf be attended with anv serious inconvorieuce to the ' attended with any serious inconvenience t9 the treasury of the United Stated, I shall, in order to accommodate die government, use every endeavor in my'powerto -negoci- ate for the remittance of the amount at as moderate ex pense aspqssible; indeed, it is my sincere desire To re move every difficulty hr the way of an eqiiitabeand amk cable arrangemept of the claims on both sides, and I re ceive with pleasure'foe insurance that you are actuated by the same desire, lain sir, Ac. D. B. Mitchell. Copy-of a letter from jthe honorable A. J. Dallas to his excellency gonerftor Mitchell*, dated Treasury Department, May 8, 1816, Sin—-I have the honorlto enclose a copy of the attor ney general’s opinion, string, that the notice was given too late,in thecase of tips assumption of Georgia to pay r.• -f* * ■ . • ■. • .. instate, tfran, lus. fe. ahd ships were take fo citron’ hoard the moment they 'd arfwfc., , ' Her. Cathplic majesty and usterfeft Cadiz, September nth, And proceeded toXeres, through foe Isle of .Leon arid port St. ifatyV The municipal,b°dy took, leave of her majesty-at St. Ferdinand?* battery, the confThetf of its jurisdiction, when her majesty Condescended to address them in the following terms: “I .depart full of gratitude for the demonstrations of regard giVcta me by Oie^wholc population; and I beg that they will continue to love me.” Expressions of joy accompanied the royal travellers along the road to Xeres, and this city seems to have exceeded those of which they had hitherto .been the objects: but some unfortunate accidents having taken place, in con- •ople’s undertaking to draw her ma rking out the mules; a proclamation was issued forbidding this prufctice' for the future. On the 12th the roy at pair proceeded on their journey to wards Utrera. * .' Minute of a conVenyitioft between the dey of Algiers and captain James Brisbane of his majesty’s ship Queen Charlotte, held ott foe 29th of August, by order of ad miral lond Exmouth:— her quota of the direct tax,.on the 1st of May. Solid- ‘suit redounding from it to the British nation. The dey Copy of a letter from Riohawi Rush, F.sq. attorney ge nera! of foe United States, to the honorable A. J. Gal las, dated Washington, 3rf May, 18ld. Slit—In answer to your letter of the 3dth of lust month, I have the honor to state, that I have carefully examined the act of congress of the Sth of January, 1815, together with the subsequent act of the 5th of March last, with a strong desire, so to construe them, as to au thorise the United States to receive the quota of the di rect fax assumed by the state of Georgia, although no tice of an intention to make the payment, was not given to the Secretary of the Treasury, before or on the first day of the present year, lam not, however, able to do so. The notice from whatever causes, not having been given until after that day, I feel bound by foe explicit language of the 40th s ction of the act first mentioned, to say, that I think ii too late. With the greatest respect, Ac. Richard Kusu, a. e. Copy of a letter from his excellency Governor Mitchell, to foe honorable A. J. Dallas, dated Executive Department, Georgia, Milletlgr7 tile, 20th May, 1816. Sin—Since writinv you this morning, the mail has brought me your favor of the 8th instant, containing pro positions for the pay ment of the state’s quota of the di rect tax, as authorised by the President of the United States, and foe attorney general’s opinion on the subject of notice. In reply, I have only to observe in addition to my let ter of tiiis morning, that the state has made such large advances to the United states, during the war, and ex pended otherwise such large sums, that it is Entirely out of her power to make a deposit in foe bunks of the amount of her quota of the direct tax, without making sacrifices which she ought not, in my opinion, to be cal led upon to make, unless indeed the United States will repay a sufficient amount of tjie advances made them, to enable the state to do so. The only question as I appre hend, involved by want of timely notice is the allowance of foe 15 or 10 per centum, and this is a matter which al though I admit the letter of the law to be against us, I do not admit that in justice and equity we are precluded and on this point I shall probably seek the decision of congress; at foe same time I admit you are bound by the iaw. Any reasonable accommodation founded up on principles of reciprocity, which may be proposed and which it is in the power of the state to meet, I am willing to accede to. More than this, I am hopeful the officers of foe general government will not require up on this, or any other occasion. I am sir, Ac. 1). B. Mitchell. ('To be concluded in our next.J FROM OUR NEW-YORK CORRESPONDENTS. Bnitrm, November 5—Noon. “We copy, and forward you for publication, the fol lowing items from our file of Gibraltar papers:— “The consuls, and others who were at .Algiers, gave it as their opinion, that another hour’s firing would have levelled foe city yith the ground; and the officers who landedafterthisaction so far concurred in the opinion, that they thought the upper part, at least ofthe houses would in that time be brought down bv the fire. “Nothing could exceed the firmness of Mr. M'Donnell, the British consul: and the enemy who threw him into confinement, tried his true British stamina by all sorts of threats and insults, but in vain. The room in his house, in which he was to have slept, ws»ko perforated, that he would not have been safe in any part of it. “The dey’s palace suffered greatly, and there was scarcely a house in foe town that did not receive injhry. It was generally believed and asserted on shore, that the first broadside from foe Queen Charlotte, killed not fewer than 400 men; a great number having collected on the beach opposite to her, and who neglected to get out of the way when a signal was made soto do. i “The Impregnable was dreadfully exposed to the fire of a battery upon the hill side, and also suffered greatly by the explosion of a shell on board of her, which coni- municateito some loose powder. She is said to have lost between 60 and 70 men by this accident alone. “It is computed that 700 pieces of ordnance were brought into action by tlie Algerines alone, to the fire of which the fleets were exposed fur more tlmn 9 hours.— Lord Exmouth’s coat was literally torn from his back bv splinters. “Return of Slaves released by lord Exmouth at ’Al giers:— Neapolitans 471, Sicilians 238, proceeded to Naples September X, in the transports Maria, Trafalgar, and Friends. Romans 173, Tuscans 6, proceeded to Naples August 31, in foe Severn. Spaniards 161, Portuguese 1, proceeded to foe coast of Spain in foe Spanish brig Alex-- ander, on the night of August 14, without permission. Greeks 7, proceeded to Malta in the Wasp, on her. way to Constantinople. Dutch 23, delivered to vice adiniral Van de Capellun onboard the Dutch squadron, August 31st. Total 1083. “The Heron brig has earned to Genoa the money for Sardinia; and another man-of-war had carried 300,000 hard dollars to Naples:” - (Here follow some anecdotes of the British tars during foe action. One sailor for want of a wad for his gun, •thrust in his jacket, but forgot to take out his tobacco-box and jack-knife-, another said, when the fire from the ships became general, it would raise tlie price of mason’s work, Ac.} The British fleet anchored In Gibraltar Bay, Septem ber 12th; and, notwithstanding foe Impregnable was to take in a new main-mast, the whole of the ships (the Minden excepted) were watered, victnslletl, and in eve ry respect prepared for sea on tlie afternoon of the 15th, when they got under way, and cleared the Straights be- . lore dayibreak nrttt morning. There were 2000 more staves to be received* They A- •• ‘ ~ ; —1 1 — hope dftt this incident, the eccumnct • a. we cannot now doubt, .vili not affect the anucaiL !!• tions bttweeq foe two nations. It is foe interest nf !*" L luted States to maintain them: our government wi ^ 8A V ANNAH^tBPUBLIC AX, Tuesday Evening* November 19, GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. “f acquaint the dey tliat lord Exmouth expected he would give Satisfaction tor foe 1 " affront done to the Bri tish Consul, the ill treatment he had’met with, and the ins answered, tliat he was ready so to do; and asked what I wanted? “I then replied, are you sorry for tlie violent measures which, in a fit of passion, you adopted towards the Bri tish consul; and do you ask pardon for foe same? Yes, answered; tlie dev. “I then insisted upon foe dey’s addressing himself in person to the consul; and repeating before his .ministers what lie had just said. ' James Rhisraxb, captain." When lord Exmouth hauled «ff from bombarding the place (being out of ammunition) the seamen were so fa, ligueil that they were not called upon to repair and set up the rigging till afterday break on the following morn ing; from which time, in less than 24 hours, the whole fleet was again in rvmliness for action, and the ships which had expended their powder received tlie requisite supply from the vessels carrying foe spare ammunition. TheLeander, admiral Milne (carrying lord Exmouth’s original dispatches) arrived at Gibraltar in i3 days from Algiers. Rear admiral Penrose had arrived at Gibraltar from Algiers, on his way. to England. “The Saracen brig arrived at Halif.-x October 18th. from Bermuda, with a mail to go by the Queensbury; but that vessel had sailed a few hours before.” ; We have been favored with a file of Calcutta papers to the last of May. The British war-raised forces had been disbanded; all the opposition made by tli6 native powers appeared to be effectually reduced, and tranquility universally re stored. The papers contain numerous appointments made for the permanent government of Batavia. The first divi sion of foe booty obtained when this Dutch colony was captured, had been declared. Admiral Stafford's sliare amounted to upwards of 163,0U0 dollars, and he had but two thirds of one eighth. til a Calcutta paper of May 29th, we find advertised fur sale, “by order of government,” a jewel called “the Mermaid Pearl,” lately transmitted to Bengal from Java, and stated to be of enormous size and value. It is alajut one inch and five eights in length, and three and a naif in curcumference; and its shape resembling the human body, with tlie right hand raised above the head in the act of combing tlie liair.. By the addition of gold and enamel, the form of a Mermaid has been obtained. The tail is exquisitely united to the body, of a most beautiful gTeen; the waist ornamented with a rich girdle, studded with 13 rubies—The head superbly ordained with rubies and enamel work. The whole said to be a fit ornament for tlie regalia of a monarch. THE BOURBON MINISTER. Our readers have already been informed, that Mr. Hyde de Neuville has audaciously demanded foe dismis sal of the postmaster of Baltimore, for giving a public toast, in which Louis the 18th was justly stigmatized as an “imbecile tyrant.” To convince this presumptuous slave of a “legitimate” despot, tliat every citizen of free America has a right, and will exercise it whenever he thinks proper, to express his opinions on any subject, and about every man, high or low, we now echo the sentiment of Mr. Skinner, that Louis foe 18th is a “ty rant,” and that his “denunciations” cannot “dishonor’ the patriotic “generals of France in exile.” We go fur ther, and declare it as our decided opinion, tliat" he is the weakest, and yet the most barbarous of “tyrants; that lie is guilty of the blood of tlie murdered Ney and I-abtdoyerc; that while he is a tyrant to the people of France, he is foe veriest slave, the basest tool, to Eng land; and that he deserves, as he receivea, the general contempt and execration of mankind. Now, let tlie caitiff - envoy go to Washington, and re quire the government to punish us too for tne expression of our detestation of his royal master. If his requisition should be treated w ith disdain at Washington, as it pro bably would be* let tlie minister demand his passports, re turn to Paris, and there tell the miserable thing who sits upon foe French throne, how much he is abhorred by the American people, and how freely the democratic “rebels” speak of his immaculate majesty. Let us not be told that because Mr Skinner occupies an office under the general government, it is therefore incumbent upon him to be silent upon matters of public concern. This idea is too slavish in its very nature’to be entertained for a moment; it would lead directly to the monstrous doctrine, tliat he who enters into the moat humble sphere of public service thereby compounds to renounce those invaluable rights and privileges which have been guaranteed to every citizen by the constitution, beyond even the power of the national legislature itself to invade or touch.—Baltimore Patriot. A very' uncommon incident is stated, with all the so lemnity of truth, in the Baltimore Patriot, of wliich it be comes our duty to our readers to take notice. It is brief ly this: that in consequence of the Post master of the city of Baltimore, (J. B. Skinner, esq.)having, at a public din ner on tlie 4di of July last, given a toast obnoxious to the French minister, he (M. de Neuville,) formally re quired of our government to dismiss Mr. Skinner from his office, if not otherwise to punish bin)/ The obnoxious toast is thus stated: “The generals of France in exile; the glory of their na tive land: not tp be dishonored by the denunciations of an imbecile tyrant.” _ • Finding this fact stated in . so respectable n paper, we must give credit to what would otherwise be past belief. We should scarcely conceive it possible, that the most perfect stranger to free government—much less that M. de Neuvijle, who had lived under our laws, and particular ly known tlie freedom of our institutions long before he became the minister of France—could entertain tlie idea of even remonstrating against a freedom of speech, which our constitution sanctions, and no law can restrain. No other language, nor half so bad, has been applied to the sovereign authority of France, in the toast which is quoted, than is daily applied, without censure or pun ishment to the members of our own government, by our public prints opposed to the administration, and by hun dreds of individuals: and the government can no more control the language of those whom it invests with office, than of any other individuals in society. It cannot even secure itself from the censure of its own officers; much less can it claim to chain their tongues, and seal their lips in relation to all the foreign powers, lest perchance some one of their representative among us, more sensitive or more zealous than usual, might take offence. Tt is enough, it appears to . us, if the executive conducts it- self, in its ~ intercourse with foreign powers with a due regard to their rights and feelings, nSver invad ing foe one, nor insulting the other. We have heard it reported, in former tiroes, bow truly we say not, tliat remonstrances have begnjnade by foreign ministers against foe freedom of the fjrcas^ And that foe proper officers of our government had replied, as they could not but reply, that tihey had nd Other or further control over the press rits freedom being guaranteed by a power paramount to their authority) than what other individuals had. Every man of sense, whatever the law and usages of the couittry tie represents,, must see and acknowledge tlte Justice of such a reply; nay, on* Would think, would «]oice to fines coontty in wbfoh the most , perfectfreedom, even licentiousness sfspocch and of the ces XtTBACT TO Tine KBTTOX; “Many bills are nowS^ foe Le^iXrH n 1816 cipient state. The bill to restore Wall anr i , a " ln - the privilege of piloting vessels in the watere of tw* state passed the Hojise of Keprestntafivcson Wedn^ day last, after considerable opposition The hill, vifie foe state of Georgia^ f -'>ngie,sion.4 District was thiB.day called up; and after a pp-Ux and • ’ •warm debate, was laid over, for further consider-1 ^ to foe next meeting of foe Legislature. The veas^d nays for postponement were forty-eight *o twehtv-ntne Many of the eastern members voted .-gainst the’biil -L I am now satisfied that this measure will never he sutte" ed to pass, at least for some time to come. The nj. have the power and they are determined to keep it Colonel Hard** deserves a great deal of credit. took a very active and zealous part in endeavoring ; f; promote the passage of the bill. A bill amendatorv of the acts incorporating the “Planters’ Bank” and “Bar k of the State Georgia,” is now before the House. Its ject is to substitute the Forfeiture of dnidends, instead if stock, on the failure of a holder of shares to pay, required, an instalment thereon. What the fate of this bill will be, lean not well form an opinion. To-morrow both branches of foe Legislature meet for the purpose of electing Directors for the Planters’ Bank and Rank nf foe State of Georgia, to represent the state; and a Huy. Master-General in room of Colonel Strong, resigned.’’ DUANE Says, the situation of this esuntry, for the eight L »t years, “may be illustrated by a reference to the eircunv. stance of a ship at sea; when it is discovered that the captain is a drunkard, and one third of the crew derang ed in mind; another portion seeing the infirmity of tlie captain, and the .insanity Of so great a part of tlie crew meditate what i$ best to be done for their common saftiv- “roe must not give up the ship?' say they, because the cap tain gets d unk, or part of the crew are either fools or knaves, disguised by folly; we shall not risk the slap, nor our own safety; this pilot may run us ashore, or these idiots may throw us on Vhe Barbary coast. Let us duly follow the captain’s orders and watch how his mad crew may conduct themselves for the remain ier of the voyage: we have dll equal shares in the s/dp, ant our interests are embarked in common; if they go a little out of the wav, by kei ping a bad reckoning, or neglectingto throw the jog, or to take an observation, let us keep the better look out’ and note the loss by their traversing cud lee wav. tVe may be no longer at sea; but when we finish the voyage we can change foe captain for one who is not a drunk ard, and get a new crew of men who are neither impo tent nor crazy.” Though there is some difficulty in reeoncilingthe allego. rv in this form to the UnitedStates, especially as the misun derstandings which must continually occur between in ebriety and lunacy bear no resemblance to that system atic corruption which Du^ne says subsists between the president and the influential republicans, yet we pass that over, and take the simile in its present shape—the ship as our country, the drunken captain as our ruler, tlie democrats as the deranged sailors. Well, then, a sllip is bought by 9 company, (each mem ber having alike contributed to the purchase) who ap point from among themselves a captain and crew, includ ing one third of the owners. They all embark jn her, and proceed on a voyage, on which a majority of them have agreed. A storm overtakes them: the captain, in consequence, takes his measures, which are promptly ex ecuted. A few of the owners accuse the captain of drunkenness, and his men with being frantic, and endea vor to Foment commotions among the rest on board; who either approve of the captain or remain neutral. All this time, the vessel, though sorely buffeted by the. tempest, continues steadfastly in the prope r track, and safely arrives at her destination. Under such circumstan ces, is the commander to be still supposed as having re ally been drunk and the sailors crazy?—or are liis accu sers to be considered as either unacquainted with mari time affairs or wilful disturbers df the common harmony, and who should make atonement, by formally acknowi- edgmgtheir errors? But, were the latter still to continue their allegations, and endeavor to remove the captain and crew, and appoint others, would it not be the interest of the company to exclude them, and compel them to dis pose of their claim to the vessel ? Only by adopting such a course, dissentions could subside; unless the ma jority sacrificed their welfare and offered violence to their understanding, by yielding to the caprices and folly of the minority. . * Such exactly has been our country's condition, ever since foe instalment of James Madison. War was, by a majority ofthe nation, decided on, and measures for its execution entrusted to tlie President. Federalists and Clintcnians (who only differ in name) pronounced him imbecile, an idiot, peculator and unprincipled traitor, and represented his plans as ineffectual, and ofarumou* tendency. Not satisfied with acting so dishonorable and infamous a part, they even supplied foe enemy with provisions, who was murdering our people, and plun dering and burning their dwellings —still farther, they became spies and informers: many of our vessels of war, when ready for sea, were rendered useless to the coun try, by being detained in port, through the intelligence given to the enemy by means of rockets and blue lights. But notwithstanding all this, the tempest of war hasbeen weathered, and our national barque, covered with the laurels of victory, is now' riding safely in the road-stead of prosperity and peace. Tbe malign and turbulent ghos. of opposition, however, is not yet appeased; but prow» in foe shadow of falsehood, and insists on the martyrdom, at its shrine, of the faithful. But- why hate our chieftain and his officers for defending the aowntiy when in dany- ger? It was for conduct similar t c-t htat ha tt V. .sb l ngtonsT name (wliich oppositionists assume; and whose actions they pretend to revere) has been inscribed on the polar of immortality! It is not the professions of we ’'* >nt ™ e 'r actions, which enable us to judgt: t.,eir worth. y then deify one man for doing that for winch, another is persecuted and defamed? Most egregmnamctmsistency^ unparallelled wickedness! Why persevere, '* *> in so odious a course'—but were Washington altvft aod at the helm of state, he would have to undergo aN tic contumelious reproaches and lying aspersions which hai fallen to the lot of Madison. It is not correctne s ot conduct nor soundness of intellect they . y f s 'P e * £ ” - j' K 'V are the bar between them and pow er—which have pi J _ the administration on an immoveable basis, ami preven eo- the nation from becoming a prey to intriguers, w would sacrifice every friend to freedom, for the ** reason that falsehood would blot out foe last star in firmament of truth. They have one remedy however—which will p end to their complaints, and be very acceptable to domestic antagonists. The plurality of the nation— * least two thirds—being democrats, who do not, nor . not, believe what is said against foe government discontented, so long as they continue in the conn * must expect to be ruled by them. Suppose t * malcontents adopt the course that we have pom e as the most judicious for foe factious portion or r owners—sell their possessions in the United »ta emigrate wheresoever their inclinations lead, would end all dispute; and, till such a step ... their lamentations, cautions and exhortations will move one iota slftbeir grievances. Truth is natmal to man—the reverse is like walkthfi r<Tv>«w _ __ backwards. Custom and time are both necessa^ the habitual falsifier;, but even then, nature of ^*V JLg him involuntarily and unconciousiv , as it were te-eu her power, to declarc the truth. Hence many ^ propositions furnish, as in foe present instwicrt.^ ^ cesvsry foreign to bis intentions—conclusion# IF fcover foe disappointed and malignant traitor, SUt I apostate, foe swdiA.parssfte.