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LETTERS FROM E.\ OUi.VD
^£r tract from c. writ oflcturt, written by an A me-
• ricim gantena.i while in England 40 hie Jricnd
in Savannah.
NO 111.
»To an A mericanaiccueiomrd to a clearandazure
sky, it ia difficult to reconcile comfort anjjjieailh,
with auch a canopy as continually hovers over th*i
city, as in Manchester, Birmingham, and some
01 her large towns in England. With a thick anr.
black smoke which floats in Hie air, which tin
people mi.. 1 # nliale; and which ob cures and black
'em prrry vbj> cl* they »etm to etp*nt nce no in
convenience; and apparently enjoy as much bealili
' as if they breathed a mountain air.
"Man seems to be fitted to live in every climate
'from the torrid zone to the arctic circle: as well
in- the burning sands of Arabia a- on The snow
capped mountains of Switzerland: <q ally in tli
subterraneous dens of Lapland; the rruicrabi
smok:-dried huts of Caffraria, New Zealand, a:
North America, as in the comfortable habitation
of the most polished states of Europe, and Ane
Tics.
“Pleasure is, in some measure an arbitrary
terfh; and it may be considered as the mere ab
(traction of pain, or the mbs nee of evil. The vie
•or external objects fitted to produce it, is se
dnm alike in different minds. Tims one accustom
ed to view the beau'ilul plains of Italy, with everv
accnmpamng f.-ature, soft amt tranquil; will look
with, horror on rugged rocks; roaring cascade:
and moun:ains whose sides are eternally surround
ed with clouds, and whose summits are covered
with the ice of ages. The hardy Swiss would not
ezcltange these rude features of nature, with the
voluptuous Italian for all .his love-inspirmg scene
nor would the Siberian part with hts country c
snow and ice, for the mud climate of moie south
■ero regions.
‘It is not then, very surprising that the good
folks of Great-Briiain who bav- never been be
yond the confines of their small island, should
think its climate good—nay, excellent Itisgo .d
by comparison: superlatively good when compar
ed with that section of Europe which .* involve,:
in darkness and snow half the year; or with some
of the pestiferous regions of southern Africa, and
'South America;—but it is wretched when placet,
in comparison with that of the V States. Hence,
‘I can sometimes scarcely refrain from laughing
when 1 hear a Scotchman or an Englishman sat
••this is a fine day,” or “this is a fine morning. 1 ’
because it is not raiping -should, perchance, the
sun be shining at occasional intervals at this sea.
'ton of the year, the expression will be “what a
lovely day;” although the clouds a> e so thick and
numerous as only here and there to affurc a per
at the “blue etberial sky ” Seldom, indeei
•does the glorious orb of day, shine in full splen
dor during the winter mouths, and then hts side
way rays are feebly felt. They impart no warmth;
and inspire no animation. One accustomed
cloudless sky, would, if suddenly translated to the
riegiun in which 1 am now breathing an atmos
phere of riB'ike, almost think there was, in the
'surrounding darkne-s, some portentous evil, or
dreadfal disaster. With more cold titan 1 hav<
felt in England, there is as much of the ‘blackness
of darkness;” or, to use plain words, so much
'smoke and moisture, as to make it necessary •<
(change a shin and cravat every day, and some
times even twice a day.
“I had heard much of Scotch hospitality, and
to far as my observations have extended, I would
confirm the opinions I have heard Their neigh-
bora, the English—say, it is formed of coarser
materials than their own. Perhaps, if there be tree
refinement, there is more candor: if (Here it leu
•Of the ‘ sumviler in modo,” there is, I am sure
Juli at much sincerity. Most of my countrymen
awe n nothing to taps rite the hospitality of either
people from selfishness; and would say, there i;
always under the dinner plate, a lurking interest,
anil .nth every bottle of wine a double motive in
the uflering. In the great body of manufactures
and radesmen this narrow principle is intermixed;
and as I told a low-minded fellow in Manchester,
Who had been tearing me to visit his warehouse.
With the expression, “1 will be glad to see you.* 7
“Yu. like most of your townsmen, your hospi
tality is confined to your warehouse, and your
politeness extends to their threshhulds.” But
there are, in all the large manufacturing towns ol
England and Scotland, many who do not carry
their interested motives from their compting
rooms; and alto gives full scope to the exercis.
'of geurrous feelings. It would be invidious to
Single out nami s; but I have engraven on the
tablet ot my memory, those of many families and
individuals, whose kindness was of that cast, as
would make me blush, were 1 for a moment to
foster a belief it was all false—mere show, or
tinsel No! lam not one of that suspicious tribe
who t'.ink more than one half, nay, three fourths of
mankind are rogues, and must be treated as su li;
And who are always looking out for i -me secret
or sinister princi le or action, that prompts them
to give a dinner, or offer to a stranger that kind
ness which an untutored savage think- it his duty
not to withhold. Else the savage man is better,
and feels the dun be owes to his fellow more
imperative than his civilizeij neighbor I would
rattier. I say, increase the sources of my hsppi
ness, by viewing always the best side of the hu
man character; and t would, therefore, not piy
tee daily into the wbys and wherefores. A very
long intercourse with the world is not necessary.
w;tlt a tolerable judgment, to seperate the wolf
from the “wolf in sheep’* cloatbi- p” or to mark
the designing k ave from him who e kindness is
from the heart, or who thinks his hospitality is
a duty. I would rather. I must repeat, be the oc
national dupe of an artful villain, than diminish the
sources of pleasure, by a suspicious conduct which
is at varienee with generous feelings; and the ex
ercise or which, on all occasions, like the unwor
thy prejudices of Doctor Johnson in his “Jour
ney to the Hebrides,” or the jaundiced eye of
Doctor Smollrt, in bis Travels on the Continent,
would mar all that satisfaction which is • be de
rived frum an Intermixture with society both at
home and abroad.”
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rxox rat Xssr-TOBK xvxxixg tost*.
COMMODORE TAYLOR.
On Saturday last, the case of diis person was ar
gue,), on a point ol law, in the district court of
■the United Statts, before judge Van Ness Suits
had oecn instituted against Dim by the Spanish
Consul, 1 o recus er the value of sundry captures
made by Taylor, while commanding the privateer
eadedvne Patricia.
Am. ng the captures m dj, was an American
brig called the Qnzella, tin board of ur&ith waa a
Spanish gentleman n.mrd Juan Juando. It su
stated in some of the affidavits, that after the cap
ture this gentleman was examined respecting the
oamers-iip of the property, and denied its being
Spaffish: dun I ay lor was at (his time sailing in
company with • (mail privateer, the oaptaia ol
ceived the permission, be did actually put a
round bis neck and tied it to one of ifie yards,
and then hauled the repe taut, and choked hint
until be confessed the ,-ropcrty belonged to bimj
upon which, he was let loose, and ley lor tool
possession of the vessel- Un the following day,
:be Spaniard sent ashore to Santiago and.procure
ed g15,000 fur the ransom of lluwproperly, which
was delivered to Taylor; watch Sum otmuneyibe
libellant now sought to recover in this cause-
*fbe judgeJtavmg in the first instance ordered
the defendant to be held to bail, be now aypperi
to be discharged from the arrest. Tins ^plica
tion wn> founded on an affidavit of the defendant
himself, stating, he was boro in Bermuda, a tu;>
ject t- the king of Great-Briiam, and Dai server,
in the BnUsD fleet: that in Idlu, he became a cit
izen of Buenos-Ayrc>, and a commander in their
naval service: that he was in the United,States in
1816, and there contracted for a vessel tu be lead
ed with naval stores, and to be delivered to him
out of the jurisdiction of the Uiiiud States: that
the veaseUUicd the r’oiir.h of July was accoru-
m^ly prewired, and at sea be purchased her
dunged her name to Patriots, and put her under
-a ttuenus Ayres comou-.iou, which bad been eii
trusted to non b. the Buenos Ayres government:
that lie veskel was a public arm .d vessel, belong
tug to the government of Buenos Ayres, an 1 not
priyate property; that he wa> not in an; manner
concerned with the fitting out of the v *-el in Bal
timore. nor with eidu-ing any ol the crew I',
avowed making two of Uic capture-, which were
charged against him, and said mat he had Dec
roseculcd in Baltimore by the Spanish consu. for
the -amc causes ot action. ,ic also produced a
c inmission wh.ch had been made > u: in bia- k
.and was fii.eu up ui.li me name of :he se.-»-l a .d
the signature* of winch were proved by a
•■ess. The defendant, al-o made oath, th l since
18,u, IK- had been a citizen of Buenos A, res, and
oad not been a citizen of any other state or com,
iry winterer.
On the part of 1 lie Spanish Consol it- , as pros
ed, that the hrig Fourth of-July was bull,, armet.
equipped and owned in Baltimore by sundr:
me clums of that place and commodore Taylor;
that all the crew tre e cnhsied there anu at N-r.
folk, in December, lrfi6, and the beginn ng of J
ntiary thereafter; dial Taylor sailed m the vessd
at that time from Baltimore; that within the ju •■»
diet,on of tbe United Mates be hoisted the Butt
nos Ayres flag, and changed die name ot the brq
from die Fourdi-of July to the Patriots; proceeu-
ed on his cruise, made the captures of Spams.-,
property complained of, and returned to bal;.
more in July, 1817, with the privateer, without
isving been at Buenos.Ayres at all. I list aft ;
die return of the vessel, a quantity of specie whtc;
tney had captured was divided among die ownei
in Baltimore. It was shewn that the sale whici
uad been made at sea was a mere sham sale; that
the real owners were American citizens during
tlie whole Ume', and that die government of uue-
nos-Ayres bad no interest whatever in the vessel.
It wasaleo established Uut the defendant had not
Been prosecuted by the Spanish consul in Balt:
more, and a certified co, y of an oaui made n,
I'ayiur in the custom house in Balumore, dated
April Ul, I0I6, was produced, in which Taylor
a wears, that he it a citizen oj the United Stutei,
vVilmington, Delaware, and tbe sole owner
the schooner Hump, tor which vessel he was thei
taking out a register. A deposition f Ventura
tzquierdo was also produced, staring he had been
engaged by tayior, in Baltimore, t. go in the
vessel, to write the log-book and do all the other
writings of the vessel; that, while to Bal imore
Taylor employed him in forging a como i-stoi
for the brig—anodier commission which Tayioi
had, belonging to another vessel, having been de
stroyed in attempting to alter it with vitriol, 1
that it might serve tor the brig Fourth- of-Jul
that tbe witue. s wrote tlie commission, another
person signed it with the name of the supreme ui
rector of dueiioa-Ax respand fay lur sealed.it with
in Balumore; and that during tlie cruise herei
mentioned, the privateer had no ether commis
sion than this one wmch the witness had fabricat
ed
The point upon which tlie libellant chiefly re
lied was that this vessel had been fitted out in tlie
United Stales; dial it was a violation of the ncu-
.raliiy of ,his Country; that all captures made by
such vessels .were illegal am. void, and the partie.
concerned in it were all tresspassers, and
such were. liable to be proceeded. against
.lie courts of tlie United States. That although
it is a- general principle that, where a capture i:
made at prize no court but the court of tbe cap
lur can enquire intu its legality, yet (bat this ca t
is jui exception to that rule, the capturing vessels
having been equipped ana fitted out in this coun
try, and having thereby violated our neuttd rights,
and rendered our government liable to ibakt
compensation to the biUegerent whose properly
was captured by this force. That at all event-:
the defendant ought to be held to.bail to givt
Bit libtllant an opportunity of appealing to the
judgment of. the highest tribunals for their ulti
•natv decision, whereas discharging him without
bail was the same as taking away thonght of ap
peal. v
On the part of tlie defendant it was insisted,
Uut the captured property not being brough
••’ (bin the jurisdiction of Uie court, it could
proceed against the person only; that the ques
ituno: domegez was a mere incident o the ques
:ion of prise or no prize, and that the court n 1
having Uie principal matter before it, could not
determine up in that which only grew out of it
Tlie court decided:
First—That it had no jurisdiction over prize
cases as between .-pain ami her colonies; or Uie
colonies and any other power at war, whtre the
vessel making the capture was nut htted out of
the Untied States
Secondly—That were the vessel naking the
capture, was alleged to have been fitted ut o'
the United States, but was crui-ing on the high
8:as, under the commission and authority of one
of ihe belligerents, tbe court would nut interfere,
unless the captured property was brought within
the jurisdiction of the court.
Thirdly—That the court deemed the question
of damage! to rest entirely upon the question ol
prize or no prize; that not having jurisdiction of
the latter, it could nut have any of a matter neces
sarily growing out of, and depending upon it—
and therefore, that it would nui hold c -mmodore
Taylor to bail in the suit instituted against bim
for damages; the property not having been
‘urisdictioi
brought within the jurisdiction of tbe m urt.
MORE PRIVA TEERLYO
The privateer La Forluna, already well known
for having taken ihe Portuguese ship Monte Alle
gro, has also taken the brig Don Joao, Sexto, and
put on board her prize-master Woods, and Mur
phy as mate. The prize then came near Balti
more, and met at tea.with the scli'rHebe, which
bv ing laden, he could only put some cotton and
hides on deuk, and accompanied her to Balti
more. Murphy then steered the vessel to Cape
Look-Out. and thence to Beaufort, where the car
go ol the said brig was laden on board several
small schooners, and by that means dispersed thro'
the different ports of the -United Status, (New
York, Philadelphia, &c.) The sch'r Jane, which
came into New-York,and.was seized by the Por
tuguese eon ul general, are believe is laden with-,
part of said brig’s cargo. The amount of the car-'
go of the said brig is about gW.lMO.
It also appears from a patriotic seng com
posed by some of the L> Fortum’, poetic bard'.,
•bat another Poruguese vessel was taken,
but was released after being rubbed of every thing
valuable. She was called the Venture Felix.
JV 7 Gazette, Zaisti.
FROMTUE ^PACIFIC.
Extract of a letter dated Valparaiso, 5th May,
18.18, to a merchant in New-Yorfc.
The United States' sloop of war Ontario, cap.
tain Bidtile, returnee, here a few days ago from
Lima, with judge Prevutt on board, who accom-
trv.and itvs certainly owing to the humane inter-
ferenct of captain Biddle and judge Prevost —
Bv thf Ontario,- the lota of the bat'le of Maipo
wife Tint kntiwn, and which dismayed the citixens
of Lias, ss they had been led to believe that tlie
amy; of general Osoro would soon reconquer
Cbli. as no expense' ha-l been spared in tquip-
ptag it- They alone contributed one and a unit
nidootis of dollars. The viceroy at Lima treated
the officers with marked attention-surrendered,
at the firat demand, the Americana who had been
so long con6r.ed in prison—and what ia very sin
gular, and so highly honorable to captain Biddle,
*e gave an order, that the American vessels'then
in the ports of Chili might sail, and should not be
molested by tlie royal cruisers. How flattering
to our national glory, that a smallship, so fiu dis
font from the United States, can acc-rapUsh such
important t ings: it apeaks more than volumes
coo'd do in favor of our gallant and rising navy:
and bow galling to the pride of the English wi o
•o lately, pretended *0 be indignant at the con
duct of the royal squadron then blockading this
port, in permitting the Ontario to enter! Com-
01 .dore Bowlts, ofthe Amphion frigate, alleging
it was thereby violated, and, in future, that the
English should not respect it We now sic this
same ves tl returning from Lima w ith American-
forced f. om a Spanish dungeon; pa; not otficera
to be exchanged, which, in part, isackii wledgiiig
their g verntpent; an order In® tbe viceroy that
our v.s.elakkpigjit soil frum a blockaded port
without dread of molestation from the ro r
cruizers; and all Ibl' after this ssme vessel rescued
from the guns of the frigate Vcnganza the bt;ig
Ariel of Baltimore who certsunlv would have be- -
captured. Tli English arc extremely mortifi
Bat so much has be, n performed bv a sing le ,loo >
o/wai, and particularly as they joked so muc 1
ujien the vessel firat arrived. Tbe day is noi
fir distant when we shall .act that Conspicuous
irt which nature has destined us to perform; an.
those English writ, rs who are paid to vilify our
tountry, wi.l sc- that uv do not over-rate *mr re
sources: even within the last six years our hope
did not anticipate wlut we now witness The go
vernment ar. entitled 1 o great credit in sending
s hip of war to tnese seas, anil giving the com
maud to so distinguished an officer as captaji
.liddii. who by his correct c--nduct, commands
die respect ol all Independent of all the advan
Lges stated, the On'arin’s being in llo'S’ seas
has saved a million of dollars to the Uni'ed States
If general St. Martin had been enabled to fol
low up bis victory, there is no question but Peru
must have 'alien; it i- however an event .not far
listant. Tlie-e is a great want of tnnney here
which paralyzes the operations of the government
St Martin is now at Buenos Ay res, supposed
.'or tne purpose of obtaining means to advance
towards Peru. Tbe patriots have the command
of the seas; they have lately received from Eng
land a large ship, very far heavier than any which
•lie Spanish have in these -eas Only one four'I
the cost was paid in cash; they have a long credit
us the balance. Arms and ammunition are con.
lanriy arriving from England; ndt ed there
more than can find a market— -Yhi Advocate.
[It will be perceived by tbe following article
that the conduct of the’United States towards the
Seminole Indian, and more especially as-rtspects
the execution of Arbuthnot and Ambnater. ha:
-reated great sensation in England. AVe give tlie
following, merely to shew the tore and feeliugs
the British editors on the subject ] -Edi.o Sa
vannah Htpullic-n
From the lavei-pool Courier, of August 19.
UJY1TED STATES.
The war with the Indians, carried on by
general Jackson, presents a horritl rbarac
tpr forociuus uttrocity. ’Fh“ orders li
this omeer, to carry on an externunatiri
warfare against the men, is little rrliev
uy the exc> ption of the yvmr.cn anti cltil
tlrenj fur what must he their lot, whei
their natural protectors are tut off? W
• an see no means of palliating these bru
lal excesses, dishonorable to the office
who :s employed in them, even if he is act
;ng under the orders of his government
aqtl if he is not, that government is callei
upon by the sacredness ofcharactertudisa
vow them it, the most expressive mantlet
It is really sickening to see a civilized state
ntrodoucing a barbarism of feeling an
practice among its subjects; cheapenin
human life; familiarizing scenes of slaugl:
ter, hid enervating the principles of justice
■nil. the sympathies of humanity. Let u
•ven suppose that the Indians have bee
the aggressors; that they have git en just pro
vocation by theirharsh and savage warfare
ithen examples of severity are necessary
1'hey may be painful; but,upon ths whole
he acts of humanity to th-3 community gen
rally- But is extermination necessary?
Is a powerful state, with a military lorn
at its comma).d, sufficient to overrun the
Country, and keep the people, if necessary
in entire subjection, under the necessity!.!
filling it with universal slaughter? That
is impossible, and the conduct of Jackson
must, therefore, be in the abhorrence and
reprobation of the world; apd if not pun-
shed by his government, must fix upon
the state itself a dgep and raceless stain.
The fact appears to be, that the constant
encroachments of the Americans upon
the Indian grounds, has excited a hostil
spirit among savages. This is not surpris
ing. There may be great truth in the fa
vourite principle ol the Americans, that
the claims of savages to grounds which they
can only occupy for hunting,ought not tour
rest the progress of civilization. But this
maxim rests upon principles which the mind
of a savage cannot be expected to compre
hend. He argues more directly; he say?.
‘You take away our hunting grounds, you
fake away our food; you are, therefore,
our erem'ivs.” • To our minds thete is as
true logic in this as the other, though the
science of political economy may notglaze
over with its terms. Unquestionably.no
nation has a right to deprive another of the
means of subsistence; and till the Indians
learn the arts of civilization, hunting i«
the only means of furpishing them with
the necessaries oflife.
The only honorable mode of proceeding
in the case is to proceed as William Penn
did, and purchase a country. When his is
agreed upon,the sava»es retire backwards,
and fix their abodes deeper in the wilder
ness. . But if to this are added kind and
concilatory attempts to introduce agricul
ture and the useful arts among them, not
only is an enlargement of territory acquir
ed, (for 100squareinilesof land cultivated,
will better support a tribe of Indians than
1000 of hunting ground—and all the sur
plus land is then fhirly thrown into the na
tional stock,) but new subjects are ac
quired who must,as civilization advances,
merge into the mass-of the superior people.
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. ;r s
Little of either, we fear, has been done by
(he Americans,and the indiscriminate mas
sacre of a helpless people is but a poor
apology for the neglect. It is in the na
ture of things, that the oppressed arehated
because they are injured, and again injur
ed because they arc. hated.
We fear, that the execution qf Arbuth-
aot anti his companion is another atrocity,
and which must call for the interference
of our government. From the present
aspect of the case, Arbuthnot was a res
pectable commercial man, not a military
character at ail; and from his good nam>-
among the Seminole Indains was engaged
by them to make some representation of the
wrongs they were sustaining from the Ame-
ricaits to the British government, their al
ly. For this, it appears he has been most
barbarously, and in defiance of the law ol
nations, put to death. ' A succession ol
charges have, of late, fastened themselves
upon the character of the United Sates,
and we shall be happy if they are able sa-’
tisfactorily to explain them.
IMPORTANT MATTERS.
London, August W
The duke ofClarence ha»declared,says
the. Morning Chronicle, that it ishistnttn-
tion tu return with the dutchess to Eng
land in the course Of a few months, as he
ha* the well grounded prospect of her
royal highness bringing him a prince nr
princess, and it is their mutual wish that
tne birth should take place in England.
The same paper, which is in luck with
its interesting secrets, goes on to state,
that the pregnancy of the dutchess of Cam
bridge is also announced; but it laments to
learn that her royal highness is to be con
fined in llanover. This, it continues, can
not be acceptable to England, unless it
c-iuld be supposed that there is a design
of separating tlie kingdom of Hanover
from the crown of Great Britain; and that
the future sovereigns ot the nation should
be b--rn within it.
From the National Intelligencer, 6th inti.
Tlie governor of »he state of Tennesset
has recently published an address to his
fellow citizens, assigning his reasons for
nut having convened the legislature, in
xtra session, audjor having, by a tern
porary appointment, filled the vacancy to
the representation of that state iu the sen
,.leof the United States, occasioned by the
1 signation of Mr. Campbell. In order
justify the preference which, in making
that appointment, ho has given to Mr. Ea
ton, the governor has published the name
-f the persons who have recommend
thatgentieuianto his notice. This course
though novel, appears to us to be in perfe
.ecordance with tee principles of our gov
--ftineut. If, in all case* of appointments
■ifice, the recommendations were in life
manner published, good rftects, it appears
to us, would attend tlie practice, liwould
be seen'under what inducements or ittflu
eiicea appointments are made; and lette
ul recommendation, having some responst
bility attached to them, would be v;ranie<
with I.-m troll it J. At present, it fieqUeut.-
iy happens, that those appointments which
prove most unpopular, are backed by th
nost numerous and respectable rccom
inundations.
We find the following article of iotell
gence in the Netv-York paper of the 3d
instant:
“We learn by the commodore Porti
from St. Mary’s, that several thousand In
diaiis and Negroes had collected in th
neighborhood oiSt. Augustine, and becom
roublesome to the fiontier inhabitants o
Georgia. It was even said that they had
encroached So far toAvard St. Mary’s as to
render She communication with the south
ern borders unsafe.”
We are under the impression that muc
of the alarm respecting the Indians and ne
groes in Florida, is without suificien
ground. Oral accounts inform us tha
these Indians have been congregated neat
St. Augustine, for the purpose of indue
ing them to relinquish their title to cer
tain unappropriated lands in Florida, ol
which it is reported, a pack of speculators
re about to possess themselves, by ces
sions from Spain, ol the privilege of pur
chasing from the Indians. This is tli
nount of information recently receivei
rum that country; and we have no dnubt
(hat the Indians are gathered together
about St. Augustine fur that purpose sole
ly, though we were, until lately, under a
iifierent impression. Su far from med
taring hostilities against our borders, daily
accounts are received of the lately hostile
Indians coining in and suirenilering thein-
elvcs at our posts.
[Theeditors of tbe National Intelligencer, make
rather too light of ihe situation of our frontier
and the disposition of the Indians towards our
brethren in that quarter. We can assure them
that numbers of hostile Indians are now in the
vicinity of St. Johns, who have avowed hostile
mentions, and that tbe very first change they
hare, will put their threats into execution. Un
der this impression the frontier people are in con
stant dread; and some hare removed away. We
have not only “oral” testimony forfwhat we now
state: but ocular demonstration also. It is dang-
epms in the extreme to hold out the idea of se
curity when there is no security. Certainly those
within the hearing of the war hoop or the deadly
rifle. know their situation much bptter than indivi
duals residing seven hundred miles off.]—Editor
Sav ainah Republican.
In the present demand for specie, and
the embarrassments it creates, is there not
some reason to regret the limited cepacity
of the mint of the United States? The
species of coin in demand, is Spanish dol
lars, our principal metallic circulating
medium. If the capacity of the mint were
enlarged, on a scale proportionable to the
extent of pur commerce, foreign and do
mestic, would it not, within some reason
able time, afford a sufficiency of Americ. n
coin, for the purposes of a circulating cur
rency, of denominations not used for ex
portation? We should think it would.
Spanish dollars would then be an article of
commerce pierejy, and, being *o, the vplne
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of solvent bank paper would not be affefct*
ed by the price which,vss an article of j
merchandize, dollar* bear in the market.
If we are to maintain a mint, it stands to
reason that it should be such an one as is
adequate to the. purposes for which it is
established, for which it is now quite in
sufficient. The mint ought also, by the
way, to be removed to the seat of govern
ment, its natural scite; an<*t the expira
tion of the five years for which the act of
the last session continues it at Philadel
phia, if not before, we confidently antici
pate the transfer of the mint to this city.—
Nat. Intel. 5th inst-
non Tits sitioiu niTxuiBzxcxa, stir. 50.
The accounts which have been lately re
ceived fr om that quarter leave no doubt
that gen. Aury has estaolished a rendez
vous at Old Providence at St. Catalina.—
From all that we have seen of the objects
of that establishment,. although under
mure respectable auspices than that at
Amelia Island, we are right glad it is not.
made, our borders, and will call fnrnooth
er intervention of our government than is
necessary to the protection of our own
commerce.
The temptation held out to those of our
citizens who are weary of the dull pursuits
of civil life, in the Kingston letter whiF'.
we publish to day, are sufficiently setl A-jj
tive. Ail who desire to make lucrative'
speculations, or who thirst for military
glory, will find “encoragement and pro
tection uimer the benign auspices” of com.
Aury; and < very “honest and upright mart'
will be amply remunerated fur his effects^
.nisi servirts.” It is a little remarkable
that, in the enumeration of inducements
to flock to the standard. of this celebrated
rover, the love of liberty, the sacfyPd sym
pathy for the struglos of the enthrallei"
people for their freedom,finds noplace.
We hope the. number of those whom!
Aury will attract from our shores, to follow]
his fortunes, will be few indeed. The ac
counts we have lately had, of tfc progres-
of privateering, and its connection wit.
i.lfences against humanity and against ou
own law,, have not tended to sharpen th
-ppetite of liunurable men for adventure:
of that description
Though the practice were not, for soum
political reasons, at the present time ex
prcssly forbidden by our laws, we shouh
not. tor our part, regard the invostinen
of the money or the employment of the en
te.-prize of our citizens, in the system ol
privateering under foreign flags, as a lau
Janie use of funds or ‘ industry. We
t!]er incline to think it tends to the inj
ot fair commerce, and to the prejudice
public morals. It is at least donblft*
h*-ther it does not; and being of doubt ft "
right, and legally wrong, there is ever
reason why our citizens should refrai-
frimi it.
How far, abstractedly considered, pr
vileering under foreign nags is reconciles
bte with the duty of a good citizen, vhc
find no law ol his country to restrain him,
•s a question on which Jherefrias been much
difference ot opinion, and (Be solution of
which must essentially depend on the mo
tives of those who engaged inti*- On this
-uliject Vattel says—“Foreigners taking'
commissions from a prince to pr 1
tion absolutely .nriocent with
them, are guilty of an infamous ,, -y.
I he thirst of gold is theironly inducement
and however their commission may assuifj;
them of impunity, it cannot wash ^w; '.
tneir execrable guilt; they Mone ar)F' ,
cusable who thus assist a nation of v\!
the cause is indubitably just, and
have taken arms only to defeud themselv f
from oppression. They would even d f
-erve praise, if the hatred of nppressio
-md the love of justice, rather than the f™
•ire of riches, actuated them to gen^ \
effort, and to expose their lives or/fortu.
to the hazards of war.” The law or n;
Cions is here laid down with a precisim
which-shows what has been the opinion t
the world in this respect in other timer ;
and we do not know that subsequerj
circumstances have materially changed it
I'lie exception mentioned by Vattel exacts
y fits the case of those of our citizen-^
-vhohave engaged in these expedit ionsfroi ’
tlie hatred of oppression, and fromz-al fo
ihe sueccess of the cause ol ■ liberty ir
South America. That there are tlipsc'
whom such motives have influenced, whs
have thought themselves even justified it
evading the laws of the country to accom
plish their views, we hav&lhot the leas
!oubt: but far the major part, we fear, o.
those who compose the crews of these
armaments, and ft
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urnish their equipments
are influenced by a widely different coni
sideratinn; the thirst, not even for militii^
1 y glory, but for Spanish and Potugu.
gold. A
■ We have seen, with deep regret, by re
cent disclosures, to what an extent a fe.
of our citizens have been engaged, fro
or the other of these motives, in privatee.
ing expeditions; an extent which we coul
not have believed, had not accident deve
oped. Of the policy of the law enjoinin.
neutrality ori our citizens, and prohibiting
the fitting out of expeditions from ou
ports, against the commerce of friendl
powers, there have been some who hav
doubted; but respecting the duty of our ci
tizens to observe law, when made, there ca
be no difference of opinion. The sam
course of argument which would justify
violation of that law, on the ground ..
mortal right, would equally have excuse
tlie violation of our embargo laws, an
might even be used as au apology f
breaches of our navigation and reven
laws.
in referring to the recent disclosure-
mean to cast no reflections on those whe
names have been given to the public
having beeo made the subjects of proseci
tions by the Poituguese consul general
Baltimore. Without pretending to eu V
whether those prosecutions will be soft*;
ed on tbe ground of national law, we h
information which satisfies us, that at le
one of them is founded on evident.
tied to ho respect whatever.
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