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HVm to h* ti V~t s, * •
hk nuke known to *. ?i the un-
H r“b!< priiicip! s which ’ •• a* and
■ 1 regelato I.U <> oJlc. t.'. s
HH ‘H niK'i'ion ~ ‘
|H “France, cdtrst.-. tic- TANARUS,
H.t the ptiuU eta the trade.*—
Bic vtTikl whuh curries
gH” i: :• net- *• its g '.vcMo'H-m, nay
H 1 cni.fi :.i .{ vi* c< ! >nv ;
§H insult inch a *. (Tbl Iy fear eh,
jHirt'uir, r \ ai.v act < ‘mbit. ary p ,w.
Hr, is a r. of the fundamen
■ and law of cclcniz and is an
■’.track upon the government of the
■ante, The fee: belong to every
nation without exception; they ate
the cfiinmon proper • a.;.’
ot 1 mankind.
• Confiftertiy v. ah t!. - ‘ octree,
metcV'. -vrfT'.ls belonging to indi
'Viouats n* \y pais by inr.< - ?av a
p. rfons whet neytr expu&d thenj
frlves tr. be n '~A‘ prii . :-rs of war.
I:: her r'nq*ioil ~ France has
Vcbrnuer-d fat red private property
0< ‘ofn.-p in the ware-lvules of
ti . v'.r>qjif}>*'2 ft?.:-. and such have
?■ i the cr u-.i If.re diXpnful or mat
ter? of ir id ; at thie m uit-m,
()6i;v v:. hv !;* ‘C of rchaiuiiz ,
r.d efpe i.i I! v arc pa fling
hroughthe French army & Auftiia
o procowl to th • iteOitiatiori cotn
nercs oi“-&s. library e had ieiz
jed the in inopolV of the seas, !hc
have arcumnlited ir her ter
ritory a!! the ;--e “ :U of t\. C’ ,
and the wot id have obtalhed
meafu rafc Ic we ait h.
“ lSr.Ji-ul;:ei :, y t if F.r-gLr.d had
the dominion of land v. inch flic lias
■ t.cr, i r. r. %l <*n the ■ • if', f.e r it< q*i
fltims would he t r or:n< us. rhe
iwt aid, as in the times : -> barbartlin,
fold the conqueri J, and iliiiri-
them as fl .ves throughout :ur
land. The avarice oj trade would
have abiorbeevery thing, ac.d the
government of an enlightened na
tion, w hich has brought the arts of
civilization to periltlion, would
have pdvm the earlieit in (lances of
ti.e reftirn r f the savage ages. That
government is fully impruTed with
the iiq.ifticc oi i:s nsval code. Hut
v hat has that government to Cos
wnh juflire, which only enquires
for piotir ?
“ When France flail haveeflab
lilhed her naval p >wcr, which, with
x extent of hercoaft and her p >p
■tlatinit, will ioon be accompli(ht:d,
■hen will the emperor reduce these
principles to practice, and apply his
■roarulate to r< nder it umverfal The
[right or rr ther usurpation, of block
lading rivers and coaits by proelarn
lation, is palpably contrary to reason
< quity. A right cannot poflibly
H;ing from the will of an intereftoV.
but n'ufl always be founded’
HHht- iatui'd relations of things.
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t :t:ul : c; . n::eol tifrit. y,
the j. . i..;:y at <‘v< • neutral.—
A lie.tv tran fi r . elf to ano- .
tiler ftat< ;it m.iy duff uy the ar- ‘
1 1 ives of i; iiid-.-pci, ; ui#, and
pi's from prii.ce to prince; but
th - :i ht >} f.ivoreignry is indivifj
b!e and unalienable ; no one tan
rctu-unce it.
“England has placed France in
a stale of 1 1;iockade. I he emperor
has, :a i': decree of H rlin, decla
red the B.iuih iliands in a fbte of ,
blockade. Ihehi ft erf tiieCe regu- i
lations lorbid- neutrals to proceed
to France ; tlie fecund pc .hibiteJ
their tuiet in English harbours.
has, l>v her orders of i
countil (it the i,ilh ol Novetn’ er,
1807, levied an iinnoll osi ncut a!
fliipsj'and obliged t* :i to enter :ts
ports ht-lort* they (ai! to France.-
Rv the decree of the 17th Decent-
Uer, of tlie fame yiar, the noperor
fins decreed, that, all luch fliipr be
d&hatior.abfed whic 1 ’ b.id entered
f n/difh porh, or lubnuttei to l>e
laic 1.-ecL |
4i In order to ward i lT the incon
vfniencics with w! t'cli this (kite of
tilings threaretied h r commerce,
Air.Vrica laid an embargo i all Inr
harbor. ; mid although France ha 1
tfone nothing more than uh.d tlie
right of retaliation, i*s wants, and
thoft rtf its cblotiies, luffeied much
fr tu this merfur ; vet uid the tin
pen-r magnanimously connive at
the proceeding, in order, faiiier to
cn .tire the p ivaticm'of ci>ntnerce
than to acknowledge the authority
of the usurper of the has.
“ Ihi “diary") was raised, a
f, ’ !i nf n-a j ; ,r rt: ufe was lub
fti for it. The p users on the
co .tin.l *i; a'limti with England
havi.'g t.-f 1h h: ohj. ct i.i view,
n adt a cuintn.'ii with h
mat th v a 1 ;ht derive rh< lni :* i
va:.titles. I hehar!) vrs nf II l and,
c l the Elb , of tut \'.'dttr, 01 l*dy,
and of Spain, \*\re to enj >v tV.d'e
b. :.tf.t*i from which France was to
b:- ex iu.l J ; and fit- ine or tin* >-
ther wur to be optr.efl or closed to
cointnme its ctrcumflances r: n ‘t-r
----ed txpeciient, so as France was be- ,
r. ft of it.
“ t hus, fir, in m'*r. s os principle.
Fiance ffcfigns the freedom of neu
tral commerce, and the indep-n
----deiice-ofthe matin uepoweti,which
(he reffected up to this moment,
when the maritime tyranny of Eng
land, that respects r. ithing, and
arbitrary proceedings of its g vem
munt, ci inpelii J h* r to adopt m .a
fures of rataflatiotv, to which (he re
join .1 with regr.-t. Lit England
revoke her blockade of France, and
France will recal her declaration
of blockade agai; ‘* England. Let j
England rev- ke her cabinet orders !
of the tr ’i Kovembcr 1807, and
the ‘Milan decree will expire of it
fc.il. American commerce will j
then recover irs complete freedom, !
and be affit red of finding n the har- 1
hours of France favour and’ protec
tion. Hut it belongs to the United*
States to attain this happy object
by their firnmefs. Can a nation,
rcfolred to remain free, hesitate be
tween certain momentary
ami the great c;iule of maintaining
her independence, her honour, her (
foveragnty anil her dignity ?
M. Champ vcny.”
It is slated that Mn Rando'ph
will he unable to attend the present
fellion o coiigrufs, from indiip. fi- >
lion. Virginia Herald,
K, v. T-:rr.,C c:* ’
Lt: ■byt’ •“ l • / r, >
fr: .11 ...tigua, tl it, lat th. ‘
tifli are making prepararic sto . ..
Gaudaloup, St Martir. ~ St. Eul.
u, and uii-ba ly Sr. Id.<* o!
Extract of a Utter from Pfj.'.i.ui// I.i
dated December G, 1 )'J, rtuiv
ci tit Elrfv I ark.
“ I lie onlv r.cw. I have befuies
wh*t you will fee in the papers, is
that Bonaparte has blockaded by
prcclauuition all the put ts of Em on ■
ici; open his Britannic maj fly’s
order in c -unci! <>* April last. ’
ATt- lately mentioned fmn riling
refjnbrg tlie Cotton Manufacbty
in this *ow-n.—li ailords us additi
onal pleasure to (late, that we |(ave
seen the Macliii ery iu operation,
b r ow has between two and three
hundred fpindlcs in morion.-*-1 he
ginning, carding and fpioing are
.dl done at it. linmetife iuqior
tance it would be to the It ate,
should the bufmefs ft >u ilh. As
(hi. is an attempt which can prove
no nthc r than for th*. g- nerjl good,
wc hope coir {late govr-m-rc’lit w.Il
f tv-ir ir.—lV! iie servile defenEnee
friUwS us more fully in the lace c-
Vv'i'y dav, it cannot h p- (ik e ts-at
the f-.dLring arm of government
wiil be relufed.
l.cun%\'di Gazette,
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TVas*:t?:ot m C.rrA - , D:c 5.
Gen. IVtlkimon Wc ‘ c me? time
fioce lta?ed the re call of Gen. Vil
li in ion, bur such a confiderabie
I *ngtfi of time has ebj fed fine-’ th; t
fl n a rt, without rhb occurrence
1 : r y circumftanre et general no
fuiie'v rerfpefting ir, that many ire
im lined to dou*>: the rorreffn ‘ < r
tn inforiT-aiion upon that It
‘ ’ k- w- t* :t tlie publ ‘- !
nt’-'h nt xiefv upon thin n ct.
v - ’hick proper ? • fti-ie'txj 1.
t/ia* Wi kii.foi) i;- ordered on • } .
i>.'; ce, and is exp. tied here
>'■ lit of January. 11. ano ■ ,
r ‘iilp ! : ion as his excuse brut
having c* me on bU re this.
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I)jloi,re. Dcr. J.
MARRtr.n, on Saturday evening
l ift, Mr. M \Nsj-m.n, *n of the
right hon lor I Mansfield, chief
jnflice of his Fannie tr.ajefty’s
c urt of >. unman plias, to Mils
n \ ay B Smith, daughter of gen.
b. url Smith.
MARRIED—Ar Augusta cn
Sundry evening last, Mr. Ch.mm.i- s
Sipv.\LL, merchant of this county,
to Mrs. Aston, widow cfthe
latt Joseph Aftun, Elq.
f Y I wish viator u’O’dii explain
himself. FUGIIAS.
SVRATED
][ ROM Maj. W6r(ham’s in the
town of Washington. on Monday
the 18th instant, a BAY MARi.,
abiut (ix years old, with a blaze
in her face, has no brands recoil, rt
ed, two white feet, one behind the
other before. She is about 4 feet
8 inches high. Any pci fun on de
livering the above ddcribtd nutre
to maj. Worfh.un in Waflimrffnn,
or to the fublcribtr in Aflfii its, (hall
be handloindy compeafated f,r
their trouble.
JOHN PE FiUS.
December 30, Ibu 9.
STIFRIFFi; SALE.
‘rt toe first Eucd'ty in Ecbrunry
•it “/ / tu.n n the usual /ours at
Market house in the true 9 of
rta, the following property
IV.LL BE SU.I),
;( )n
1 a- tvs ol on Shuldtfbone
creek; . ‘—n as tlie property <>f
J ‘ll 1)’ r:>. ,so f.ilisfv f indrv ex-
itio. 111 f.j’. tr of Willi - Shivers.
Return: ito ? by a conltahle.
One negro , >inan nn?ned Vio.
!t; tak nas the property of |hn
Rudcilel, dec. to fa isfy an <. x tu
tion in favor of Rih-v 1 rewett.
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One kny man ; t ken as the
property of Mi ajafi t > -p r
iffy an ix<cution in favoi l fdm
Lu< a property pointed ut by
ttie defendant.
Terris earn.
II x ( Oo S/, f.
D .r-’mber no, 1809.
SHERIFF’S S \LE.
IT//./ BP. SO/./)
On the first Ivesday tn February
vi t, ai the court bouse tn Franklin
county, b. tween thi hours of ten
a* l three o*flock t the following
profit rt) — viz.
f >
V. g NF. hundred and twenty ccr'-s
ct land in Franklin county, grant
ed to Lewis Scwall, whereon Wd
l’un ( !• horn now lives, a ljot
Rooexi A J fi' (aru 1 ’ ; Ado 97
” in 1.-i.i countv. wiitrenn An
dr tv h can n -e - livi s, gr,.n !to
l.e -as S w !l. I. vied .-.n a r -
pr ly ‘ '• 11 •on T.'i- VonrfßdJ
* i.Oc .r Mildv-a, to intbtj JHI
Hunt.
A’so
One hundred and forty. tv*
n ball acres of laud m laid
rn N -.il’s -.Tak :;r„ red to !
Gragg, including the plantari.uH
whereon jnc I) >w f y now li\ s H
taken as property of fib D>w iq 1
to At.driw Corat hen. ‘ 1
Also r
Ninety acre? of land in FmnVin |
c -unty, being part of a furvav wM
357 i 2 aerc-s, granted *< l ! ’o H
Payne, <?n the Beaverdam r
(being the upper part of the hi: vt*9
oii the creek J ; tnken as the 1
<ity oi j"!.a Hutchins, to L’uJmS
Zebediali Pavne. H
Conditions Ca h.
11. 1 EKICLL, *S7/j!l
D remher 30, 1 SO 9.
RAX-A-IF AY ■ M
ROM the fubferiber, ?iJ
i ripklin county, (Geo.) about
1 Si Si of Ocf .her latt, a negro man
named H \RRY, bUck cotnplecf
ion, (h >rt built, about ‘/8 or fiO
y ms of age, a g -o I Ma< klantn
win n he laughs he (h< ws ai> tet-rb.
very plain, and has, 1 oqv ct ir.adt
towards \u, uita. Any pt-ilor.
wh- > w ill dtliv ei him.ro m-., or cot .
fine him in jtil lb that 1 pet him,
shall be liberal’'” rewarded, and a', -
nec-fTary expencts paid by the iub
ft riper.
£ D ■ STEL Jo>.'ES, SO 1 I
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bi.a,:k 111:1ns M
E li! e. iL-, sir :h::