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SOUTHERN RECORDER. **s**rsss=rs: VOL. III. MILLEDGEVILLE, T jO'/ iAY, JULY 1G, 1822. No. 23. yrTiWT7rrir g -'- g --"--~ r •* "" 1 ~'' *" PUBLISHED WEEKLY, 3 Y S. GRA.VTL.ljyU V J*. M. ORME, Oil Huiicock Street, opposite «!»• Auction Store, jkT THTIF.F. DOLLARS, IT? ADVANOOfl FOUR DOLLARS AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE Advertisements conspicuously inserted tiie customary rates. Letters on business, in ,ll ca j fs, most ho fust r*ui. AYmiO¥l\T\. IS fcN At' r for wseertnintng claims and titles to land within the territories of Florida. He It r:\-tcled by the. Senate and House of p yrrsentalim of the IT. State* of .Inen- , r fa Cangres* assembled, That, for the ,>f aacortMoins the rlui'n? and titles jpjrp.l ... I mds within the territory of Florida, as acquired by the tretity of the twenty-second of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, there shall he appointed, by •hr President of ih<> United States, by and •villi the advice and consent nf the Senate, i nee Commissioners, who shall receive, as Compensation for the duties enjoined by the provisions of this net, two thousand dollars each, to be paid quarterly, from the Treasu ry ; who shall open an office for the adjmli cation of claims, at Pensacola, in the terri tory of West Florida, and St. Augustine, in I’a'-t Florida, under tile rules, regulations, and conditions, hereinafter prescribed. Sec. i. And be it further enacted, That it th ill he the duty of said Commissioners to appoint a suitable and well qualified Secre tary. who shall record, in a well bound bonk, all and every their acls k proceedings. Hie claims admitted, with tliosn rejected, nod the reason of their admission or rejec tion. He shall receive, as n compensation fir his services, one thousand two hundred ami fifty dollars, to lie paid quarterly, from the Treasury. He shall he acquainted with the Spanish language ; and, before entering orl ■, discharge of the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath, before some authority competent to administer it, that he will we’ll and truly and faithfully dis charge the duties assigned him, and trans- tale all papers that may be required of him t»y the Commissioners. ' So*. 3. And beit further enacted. That said Com tiissioners, previously to entering discharge of the duties assigned them. ,11, before the Judge of the Territorial cyiirt at Pensacola, or some other authority in his absence, competent to administer it, tike an oath fnith fully-to discharge the-do- ♦ .»; of th'*' "i# L -mt abet! li,,Id their sessions on or before the lirst Monday of July next, at Pensacola, and on the first Monday of January thereafter, at St Augustine, fur the ;isei rtainining and de termining of all claims to land within the said territories ; notice of which shall be given, by said Commissioners, in some newspaper printed at each place, or, it there be no newspaper, at the most public places in said cities, respectively, of the time at which their sessions will commence, requir ing all persons to bring forward their claims, with evidence necessary to support them. The session at St. Augustine shall termin ate on the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, when said commissioners shall forward to the Seore tarv, of the Treasury, to he submitted to Congress, a detail of all they have done, and deliver over to the surveyor all the ar chives, documents, and papers, that may be vn their possession. , . Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That every person, or the heirs or representatives of such persons claiming title to lands un der any patent, grant, concession, or order of survey, dated previous to the twenty- fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, which were, valid un der the Spanish government, or by the law of nations, and which are not rejected by the treaty ceding the territory of East and West Florida to the United States, shall file, before the Commissioners, his, her or their claim, setting forth, particularly, its situation, and bounderies, if to hr, ascertain ed, with the deraignment of title, where they arc not the grantees, or original elaitn- ctairm fileiT with (hem ; k shall be, k are hereby, Authorized to administer oaths, In compel tha attendance 01 witnesses, by suliptcnas issued by the Secretary* and the adduction of such testimony as may hi wanted ; they shall have access to all papers and records of a public nature relative to any land titles wilhinsaid provinces, and to, make transcripts thereof. They shall exam ine into claims arising undei patanu grunts, concessions, k orders of survey, where the survey has been actually made previous to the twenty-fourth Jan. one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, whether they are founded upon conditions, and how far those conditions have been complied with ; and if derived from the British government, how far they have been considered valid under the Spanish government; and if satisfied that said claims be correct and v alid, shall give confirmation to them : provided, That such confirmation shall only operate as a rc- leaso of any Interest which the U. States may have, and shall not he considered as affecting the rights of third persons : and provided that they shall not have power to confirm any claim or part thereof where the amount'claimed is, undefined in quanti ty, or shall exceed one thousand acres ; hut in all such cases shall report the testimony, with their opinions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, to he laid before Congress for their determination. Every witness attend ing under any process from the Commis sioners shall be allowed one dullar a day, and one dollar for every it vventy miles travel; to be paid by the party summoning him : Provided, nevertheless, That the Commis sioners shall not act on, or take into consid eration, any British grant, patent, warrant, or order of survey, hot those which are honafide claimed and owned by citizens of tiie U. States, and which have never been compensated for by the British government. Sec. 0. And be it further enacted, Thai there shall he appointed, hv the President of the United States, by and with the adviee and oonsent uf the Senate, a surveyor, wb" shall possess the power and authority, and receive the game salary, ashy law apper tains to the surveyor south of the State of Tennessee; hut his duties shall not com mence until the commissioners shall have examined and decided upon the claims in West Florida, who shall thereupon furnish the surveyor with a list of those admitted, and lie shall thereupon proceed In survey the country, taking care to have surveyed k marked, k laid down upon a general plan to he kept in Iris office, the metes and hounds of the claims so admitted; c lining th same to he surveyed at the expense of the claimants, the price whereof shall he the same as is paid for surveying the public lands ; hot no surveyor shall rharge for noy line except such as may he aetiinlly t un, nor for any line nut necessary to he run. Hr shall appoint a suitable number of deputies, and shall fix and determine their fees : Pro vided. That the whole cost of survey shall n*'t CXCttfcui n »mlc . Sintls fTo- vidid also, That noun other than township lines shall he run where the land is deemed fit for cultivation ; said surveyor shall re side at such place as the President of the United States may direct, and shall keep his office there, and may charge the fol lowing fees, viz: for recording the plat and surveys of private claims made by any of his deputies, twenty-five cents for each mile contained in the boundary of such sur vey, and twenty-five cents for any cupy certified from the honks of his office. PHILIP P. BARBOUR, Sneaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLARL), President of the Senate, pro-tempore. Washington, May bill, 1842.— Approved, JAMES MONROE. tint's; which shall lie recorded by the Secre tary, and who, for his said services, shall be entitled to demand from the claimants ten cents for each hundrrd words contained in k;ii(\ papers, so recorded ; he shall he entitl- cd to tw enty five rents for each aubpoiin is sued : Provided, That if the ftaionnt SO rc. fromthe .rational.T.gis of June It),published at (Worcester, Massachusetts ) , Mfl ADAMS AND MR. RUSSELL- To those who take any interest in our public affairs, the quarrel, if it may bn so called, between these gentlemen, which now occupies public attention, must lie a subject of considerable specu lation. Mr. Adams considers himself ns having been accused by Mr. Russell, in a private letter to the President, of a willingness to have abandoned the inter est of the western country, by the propo sition of an article for insertion in the late treaty ofGhcnt confirming the Bri tish right to the navigation of the Mis sissippi. In a comment upon that let- nt of indignation, at home. They did not lightly yiel< 1 their support nor will they so far trill* with justice and consistency as to with draw it, unless they fiud. on tlelibcralv examination, the pledges of integrity am ability on which they have relied to be withdrawn. Mr. Adams has long been identiliea with the republican party. Personally acquainted at almost every court in Eu rope, having been in the employ of eve ry administration of the federal govern ment, a politician by study and practice from his earliest youth, most profoundly learned, and pre-eminently capable, Ins accusation is indeed formidable. Re garding him as one of our country’s proudest ornaments, wo should join in his resentment if we believed our rep resentative engaged in any intrigue to sully his fair tainc and dimmish his just popularity. Admitting that amidst the plots and counterplots, the corruption and degra dation already visible in the mighty pre parations for the next presidential elec tion, it is difficult to judge of the designs of politicians, always to he suspected, al ways hariertng the rights and interests they ought to represent for their own aggrandizement, we cannot, neverthe less, discover any reason for believing, in the present instance, any obliquity in Mr. Russell’s course from the direct ness of truth, end from rectitude of mo tive. At the time when Iris letter was transmitted to that authority hy which lie had been employed kto which ho was responsible, it is not credible that lie contemplated using it to prostrate any reputation, to establish any measure, to aid any cabal. It was private aud confi dential ; therefore not intended to ope rate on public sentiment. It was not designed to produce a secret influence against any of the members of the Ghent mission, because its privacy and confi dence was not of the strict and sacred character of a friendly epistle. It was private merely as not being intended for publication, and was a proper subject for the revision of the President’s cabinet council, his closet counsellors, and Mr. Adams and his colleagues. How then can Mr. Russell be charged with attack ing wantonly their characters, disturbing the peace of the living and trampling on the ashes of the dead ? He had and has a reputation to sustain, not as colossal as Mr. Adams’ hut broad, lofty and invalua 1,1a wa« tinrlor « r; supported as was Mr. Adams, by the sanction of a concurring mijority ; and it was due to himself to have exhibited the causes of his dissent from approved and adopted propositions. It was also due to himself, if the letter containing his explanation was lost, to endeavor to res tore it. He made an exposition of views, and, we think it such a one as was due to himself, temperate, able, frank, with out arrogance on the one si le, or sa tire, ridicule,, and invective on the o- Iher. It was not tainted hy that conti nual reference to self, by which the whole demeanor of candidates for otlici is too often distinguished. It is iuipor tant to determine whether, in the letter [ and commentary, he or the Secretary of | State appear as the more profound in the science of international law, the more penetrating to discern the operation and results of treaties or the more wily ma nager of an intricate negociation ? To pursue such an inquiry would be to en large this article beyond (he patience of our readers hut most of them owe some thing to the man whom they have deput cd as the substitute of themselves in the federal legislature and they will go with ux yet a little farther. Hr. Adams asserts that Mr. Russell’s whole lelter is “ a laborious tissue of misrepresentation of every part of its sub ject." This is language not usual among umch'tit is ramified and examine its par- icular branches. Mr. Adams has been i most distinguished professor of rhetoric and he must have learned, in the stud; uf that »rt, that the subdivisions of such a charge, like the cuttings of the poly pus, are each a distinct Si living whole, lie accises Mr. Russell of imputing to his colinagues the violation of their in- -tructiixis. Now where is the founda tion of such a representation ? In ac cusing of another misrepresentation has not the accuser fallen into mistake ?— Violation implies the wanton infrtngiment of something sacred and it ts evidently intended to present Mr. Russell as ac cusing his colleagues of violation in that sense of the term ; yet in his letter you will only find the endeavor to prove his own correctness by reasoning to show their error. But there is another branch of Mr Adam’scharge which must be inquired into with more deliberation. However it migkt have been made it should be dispassionately examined. It is that Mr Russell has misrepresentated his own con duct ksentiments However faith in Mr. Adamsopinions may have given currency to his impeachment of Mr. Russell’s tno lives a»d conduct, we have learned so much scepticism from our observation ot men, in whatever stations we have seen them, ns always to judge lor ourselves where facts are represented as guides, k to appeal confidently to the decision of a community whose hopes and fears, whose objects and interests can rarely prejudice them. Mr. Russell gave, as it is admitted, a silent vote against the article which is the subject of controversy, and wc are told that he furnished no other exhibi tion of his sentiments except his official and joint acts, which certainly could not commit him as to his private opinions.— We cannot therefore hut think that it is rather a latitudinous display of animosi ty against him to insist that he has mis represented his own eeutiments, when there is no evidence ot what his senti ments, were except bis own account of We are the less disposed to quaff el with Mr. Russrtl for noticing the in structions of April 15th 1813, restrain ing onr negorintions from a stipulation •eenring to British truders the right of navigation in the rivers within our ju risdiction, as we lielieFe him to be per fectly right in the view taken by him of that part of the subject. Mr. Adams us a reasoner and politician appears to us to shrink amazingly in the attempting to •how that the.Mississippi wya not within nor exclusive jurisdiction in lhe contem plation of those instructions, k to prove the navigation of that river, emphatically and descriptively styled the great aitery of our country, to be as useless tp the British as would he to us the navigating the Bridgewater canal or the Danube. It will not be believed hy the Am. rican people that it would have been safe lo have opened or continued open to for eigners a stream continually pouring lovvn the articles ofcommeice in a flood ample as its own waters, k again leading hack into the recesse* ot numerous re- publicskexlensiveterrilories. Mr. Adams had refuted his own argument before he used it, by guarding against such a ca lamity. Equal injustice seems to have been done to Mr. Russell on the subject ot the fisheries k on this opic Mr. Adams has indulged liim»e!f in the eao e piquancy of remark which belongs to his style— treating a representative of the people from the State distinguished as his biitli place and the cradle ot liberty, vvitii the same overbearing pride as he lias done the bearers of Castilian arrogance and evasion. The fishing privilege referred to by Mr. Russell and which Mr. Adam’s disturbed mind has led him lo imagine to include the w hole range within which our enterprizing seamen strike the harpoon or draw the line on the great maratime common of nations, is on the contrary confined to the right of taking and curing fish within the territorial and maritime limits of Great Britain. If Mr. Adams has found Mr. Rossell in the way of hi high and honorable ambition, he is sure- Mt them. It is true that he assented to the ly rather rudely retaliating in represen proposition of an article of treaty con- | ting him willing to surrenderjm unhrrnt- firming the British right to the navigation if the Mississippi k the right of the Ame rican people to take k cure fish in certain places within the British jurisdiction. Whatever was Mr. Russell’s private opinion, it was his indispensable du- L ^ .£-.r*i.ii-u v.y a iaa|.>: .ty, to have acted in concert in all propositions to the government with which we w ere treating. The commissioners were, like a cor poration, one, jo int and inseparable.— They indivisibly represented the sove reignty of the nation. What a spectacle for the contempt and ridicule of all tor- eign powers would our country have be come, if, when we liad sent abroad a mission of peace, our ministers had dis played their own aberrations and shown that they could not agree on what they ought to demand or concede 1 What would not have been the scorn and in dignation, the satire and invective of our Secretary of state against the negocinter who had made such n sacrilic to an idle parade of consistency, ostentation of sincerity 1 The production of a pencil, which ran sives' f ghtfula pect tn what is right, would have been appalling with such a subject to portray. Mr. Adams in support of his charge relies on the fact, (which we cannot ex plain,) of the variance between the ori- cd right to the fisheries, when he ha? only spoken of the comparative value of that right in a restricted application of it We have taken n brief view of Mr Russell’s letter and the comment, only so fur as was necessary to pxemnt him irom an iiicnli'K* •• « hieti if ed would abrogate his claims to public confidence. We dismiss the stihje leaving to olhers to determine the quo tion of policy involved in it, having our selves had referred only to the humble object of personal consideration It uppers from a table of the Associ tions, members, kc. ot the Baptist (le nomination in the several states ot th Union, that there are within the limit the United States, 1G9 Association 3122 churches, 1822 ministers, 212,509 members. 13,109 havingbeen baptised during the past year ; the re turns of the number ofbapti«tns are not, however, complete. Of this denomina tion in the State of Georgia, there are 101 ministers, 201 churches, aud 15,352 members.—Missionary. MEXICO A friend has kindly put into onr hands a file of the Mexican newspaper called The Sun. The latest number is of the ginnl 'letter of Mr. Russell, supposed to j 8th of May, from which we have transla have been lost, and the duplicate furnish ter he pours out atorre ^ calculated to overwhelm the mind of tbp I gentlemen, and it is nearly as nnfortu- reader and to annihilate the towering so- nate for one to feel obliged to use it, as perstructurc and deep laid foundation of t f„ r the other to have it thrown upon his Mr. Russell’s reputation. | reputation. It reminds ns of the elc- Whcn incti so conscious differ in 1 phant who can bear the tower with ann- . , „ . - —, | their views of national concerns vve feel C (1 men on Iris back, who can trample ei.’Miu r j,“‘’Vhich 8 |, n he^bv’de- renewed with peculiar weight the com-1 bands of soldiers under his feet disci,arg- and fifty doll.iis, wind, hereby de ^ ^ impr ' ew ion of the fallibility ftfj jug the content of » P^le upon ed by him as a copy. That, however there is an irreconcilealde inconsistency be tween tiie two papers is not so evident lo us as it appears to have been to Mr. Adams, whose correctness of views might tie unquestionable, did not the signs of a disturbed spirit appear amidst the work ings of his mighty intellect. Instruc tired dared the entmensa^;,,, Tpr ij) 9 services, me excess shall be reported to tho Comtnis- •ionen. and be subject to their disposition, and said Commissioners shall pyocm to clptermino on the viiliuitj oi cxnftnne and determine , aid patents, grants, concessions and enters anis, niin i MtiMia or survey, agreeably to the laws and ordm- ■iv fvifttiner of tho. EOYtM’nmrntB w f vq heretofore existing; of the gov making the grants respectively, t';"'mg dne regard, in all Spanish claims, to he « Olid thins and stipulations contained in the eightl article uf a treaty concluded at Washington between his Catholic Majesty and the Uni ted States, on the twenty-second of l'eh- Vi,ary, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ; but any claim not filed pimtm • to the thirty-first day of May, one thousand wisdom and the uncertainty of political 0 ne who had pricked his proboscis, doctrine; but when they enter the lists But it is one of the “ J ura belli, to lay to tilt against each other and grapple in nH \,\ e the dignity of philosophy on ;1 prerl- l(nneuiut)Miiaivi»j j- , eight hundred and twenty three, shall ; deemed and held to he void and «>f no effect Provided nevertheless, And be si fas tier enacted, That in all claims tnibmiltcil t the decision of the Commissioners, wh-t the same land, or any part thercot. is cLmy ,.,i !, v titles emanating both fromthe Lutish It Spanish governments, (he commwwnors shall not de cide the same, but shall repo t all mch eases,, with an abstract of the evi deuce, to the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec 5 In'! be it further enacted, That the Commissioners shall have power to in quire into tho justice and validity ot the to tilt agt»—--- , , angry contention, then indeed we watch with apprehension and curiosity the tall of one nr both, which we perceive to be threatened. . , Wo take a deep interest to the, welfare of both these persona, as men whose ta lents and energies belong to tho nation, and are as unwilling to see that populari ty, which they have earned hy long and faithful public service torn in pieces by each other, as we should be to see our capitol dilapidated by a powerful and an gry clement. Mr. Russell is the immediate repre^ tentative in congress of this District, and received bv the circumstances of his e- lection the most distinguished mark of ihe confidence of his constituents.— They were proud to furnish to the great council of the nation n member whose observation of men and governments had been extended over many countries, and whose faculties had given him celebrity ted an article relative to tiie proceed ings of the “ Sovereign Congress” of Mexico. We have not found tmie tn examinct, horouglily, the contents of the tile, but our cursory survey has led us to infer that tire press is likely to be ably k efficaciously conducted in the new em pire. The Sun is tilled with enlightened discussions of the principles and organi ins unfitly iiiiuuvvi* — » . , tions to the American plenipotentiaries, zation of free constitutions—the severa. had forbidden them to permit our right departments ofgoycniment, the oxecn- sing emergency and the suavity ot man ners of a candidate for office, we know is rarclv preserved under any attempt or suspicion of attempt to divert from him that precious gift, that much loved boon of ambition, the people’s favor. The declaration that Mr. Russell has misrepresented the subject cannot be fa vorably received when his letter shall be candidly considered and when it shall be recollected that it was addressed to the president *<ho was so well acquaint- d with he facts that the effort to de ceive him would have been insolent, dis graceful, absurd, and futile. The petulance, for even petulance en ters into the greatest minds nnd indeed is that alloy by which the celestial puri tv of philosophy is reduced to the com mon standard of human frailty,—the pe tnlancc presents sell to Louisiana kc. to be questioned. Mr. Russell in his original letter, undoubtedly having referrence to those instructions, says lie does not regard the offer of an article relative to the navigation of the Mississippi as n violation of them. In the duplicate, he repeats the assertion, but adds, “ but 1 considered it to be a- gainst the letter and the spirit of onr other instructions, of the 15th of April 1313” On this disagreement it is that Mr. Adams ha9 poured out more satirical bitterness of soul, more acrimonious wit than ordinary powers can command.— He seems even sometimes to pause, ns hantoms of his wrongs rise before tive, legislative and judicial arc analyzed, and resolved into the true elements.— The article which we have translated shews that, in the army, a predilection for the Republican System has been boldly manifested ; and we collect from the essays in the Sun, that tho limited monarchy with the imperial head, which has been adopted by Cungress, is^ far from being universally approved’ The editors of that paper declare in favour of the monarchical system, after much reasoning from history, but they incul cate the necessity of union in sentiment and action above all things, whatever form of government may be established. ^im/'ai'if'to gather'more'vengeance for I There seems to be a complete unanimity is intended victim. Is there, however, as to the point of national independence. in the duplicate any other variance from the original than the exhibition ot a more enlarged view 1 Both the papers strong ly reprobate the measure referred to and represent the proposed article of ne- goriationas inhibited by* policy. Lhiie, therefore, we admit that Mr. Russell, in offer,o« n duplicate, wa9 bound to have furnished an exact copy, and hold ourselves reserved lo hear any explana d the right to make whatever political arrangements may be deemed most eli gible. It is contended that the new monarchical constitution is republican in its essence, if not in name, it bring founded on a perfect equality of rights, and a liberal representative system — 11 We do not deny,” says one of the es sayists in the Sun, “ that liberty is fully enjoyed in federative Republican go linn which mav be furnished, vve insist I vern'ment ; but, na in the human frame a case with bodies politic. Thetnentalim* provement and social virtues necessury for federative Republican government, unfortunately do not, as yet, exist in the mas’* of the Mexican people. All must concede likewise, that the acquisition of them i9 not ttie work of a day—it is the work of perseverance vvitii time, to which vve must commit the future lot of conimunities, only lakingdue precautions not to retrograde. All extiemes are vicious ; the greatest wisdom consists in finding the true mean between them—• s this consideration, we may suppose, is what has induced our wise Congress to choose limit eduioimrchical, government. Let us lie s^Uistied with advancing in every lliini, vvilh the step* of men ; not of giants, because the tatter do not exi-l.—The attempt to imitate their march is perilous, kc,” 'J'lie message of the President of tha United States and the report of the com* mittee of foreign relations of our Cong- ess, respecting the recognition of the endence of the emancipated Span* 'll Colonies, appear to have produced e sensation in Mexico which could uve been desired. We observe that u question is agitated in the Mexican 'Wspaper whether the Island of C’u a the event of us becoming independent, ill associate itselfho this Union, or to the xican empire. The advantages which e have to offer, are fairly stated, and the conclusion is drawn that vve might be preferred. As yet the liberating ar my in Mexico has been but badly paid, tie Congress were occupied vvitn cx- edients for providing ways and means, to satisfy the wants of those whom it is so important to conciliate’—A"at. Gaz, SOVEREIGN CONGRESS. Mexico, May 8. On the Gth inst., a represt ntati n nag read lroin the cav alry regiment, No. 11, the purport'd which was to make kmmu to the Congress that th * suffrage uf the Ulcers of the regiment, v hose names were subscribed, was not lor the tem pered Monarchy, sanctioned by tin s- embly, hut for the Republican or Oe- mocratical form of government, as the cnor of their represent loan would clearly shew. Tins exposition, heard ill) surprize, caused great heal n he dispute which arose whether the ream • of it should not be discontinued, in con sequence of its not having been pre i- ously Consir—sstV-to rtew COTD ,T* • of Poiitioni. Considering the disadvantages and in convenience? vv Inch each ot those buna ol government presents to vvlion.soev er will analvze them carefully, and who h of lliem is most anal igous and best adapt ed to our present circumstances, ibe true friends of liberty must regard that exposition as ibe most heinous attack that could be made upon the Sovereignty uf the nation. For, if the nation, legi timately represented by her deputies, outlie very day of ihe installation of the Congress, established it ns one oi tiie bases of the Constitution of the Mexican empire, that the form of tiie government should he a limited constitutional monar chy, and if the ecclesiastical, civil and military corporations and even the peo ple, have solemnly taken the oatii lo that system, how can it, without the highest culpability, he openly toiil to tiie assembled majesty of the nation, that such is not the form of government wanted, but another, believed to he hot ter ? This is an insuli, the nature of which is not changed, because it is of fered hy the body of officers of a t em inent. The army of a nation ought to busy itself only in supporting the govern ment which is established, provided this be not repugnant to (he primitive rights of man. It ought to leave all modifica tions or changes to be made by those who are lawfully empowered for that purpose ; for, it, on the contrary, it un dertakes to legislate, the necessary free dom will be wanting for the most suc cessful deliberation in matters of the greatest importance, with ihe proper decision of which the fate of the nation is closely connected. And what faculty of deliberation will the sovereign con gress possess, if the very force which should be exerted to sustain their free dom, be employed to wrest it from them i Certainly none. It may be said that the army will do what it pleases, w ith a mere hint or intimation, inasmuch as the dread which the mere idea of the abuse of its strength inspires, causes the firmest w ill and the purest patriotism to blench. Nothing, indeed, of tiie kind, is for the future, to be apprehended from our ar my ; it loves its country too well, and cannot wish to see her involved in the miseries of anarchy. Let this or that government, in good sooth, he establish ed, but let the right course be taken— let general sentiment be consulted in Ihe first instance ; not that vvhich springs fromthe effervescence of passion foment ed by vague notions of an im iginary li berty, but that vvhich is formed by the colh-iou of various opinions, and render ed thus, stable and uniform. Ollicrw ise^ unfortunate will be the nation—doubly unfortunate, if the armed force should he ' t,ann T ° ~ "“’-V. £ ; , u , h ' i9 mate . auffffpn transition from one extreme to unfortunate, if the armed force should b* nee with winch the charge of mjsrc-| that the J 8 ™. ” "Ju ioa upou a«o her ts impossible or dangerous, so allowed to influence the ulterior defile scntation ts urged against Mr. Rtw- rial or as wairant, anjt >oip<Raima up°u a» jt al P, rked bc the ration, «f th* sovereign Congress. , 13 nppeareut wheo we Consider how | bu motives. i *