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BOSTON hrXn.UTt'JNB.
The Hpii . of 1,75 “88 r'.veil in F-mtirl
ACONVF.NTION of the Citizen* of Riston
WMt lu-lil in Funulel-ll'ill, on Monday, the
• •’ id Manh, to mike nominations ofCamli
d„U , for Governor and Lieutenant Gover
oor ■ to take into <-<mi<l< ruiion tin- io<mi v
situation of Public Affairs, anil the s vere
pirssMFX* of til’- t nil's-- s tcfilirn Codnutn,
lYiq was chosen Moderate, and Benjamin
Folia;\l. F. iq. Secretary. After an ample
a,id unim tod discuseion, tin- following’
Resolutions were unanimously adopted, and
ordi r< and to he printed.
\VIIERF.AS it appear* from the docu
ments accompanying a recent Message from
the President of the United State* to Congftss
that the late Rritish Coventu of Canada, In
the winter of 1809, did employ John Horry
as an rqrrrt upon a mission to this metropo
lis with inatn'otirms “ as a principal object
to endeMvor to obtain the most accurate in
fbrmatitvn oftte tree St-.te of ulfuir* in this
part of the Union Aid expressing his o
plrt&TiOi the possibility that the Federalists
oftlleT. .•.‘on Sir,tea, “rather than submit
to a ertntfmitii'C” of the difficulties and dis
tress to which th-y wejc then subject, would
r\; r tht*i’-‘ influence to bring about a separa
tion of'the Union ami further expressing a
and sire of tie- “ earliest information on that
uubj.'ct,” ardttlso Ilia’ his government might
h.’ mlbnnecl “ how far, in surh an event,
they Haiti 1 and lonic up to Falkland for assistance,
or nc disposed to inter into connection with
that put.. rim lent.”
Anil it appearing further that the said Uov
e.Tior Rtnii.-ncd his said Agent with creden
tie.h for the purpose, of authorising a com
munication to him through the instrumental,
ity of said IJenrv from any of the “ leading
party if tin v should wish to enter into any
And inasmuch as it also appears from said
documents that said Henry ( although he ilid
nut discover to n it ■A'*-** the jmrposc of his visit 1
to Boston, iiurshi -.ii his Cnminis.ii.in, nor ap
pear as an authorised agent) nevertheless
wrote sever?! letters from Boston to the said
Governor, affecting an acquaintance with the
wievs and state of parties, and a confident
knowledge of the intentions of the legisla
ture of Massachusetts ; although that Legis
lature h.-d finally adjourned, without any
power of convening themselves again previ
ously to the date of his 1< tter containing this
absurd and unfounded pretension :
And whereas the language of the Pre.fi
ilent’s Message is eonrhed in terms of ambi
guity, ami tends to inflame suspicions which
are proved hv these documents to he desti
tut.-of all foundation: And the time and
mod ■ chosen for this communication after
the whole transaction had been known to gov
ernment nearly a month, are probably intend
ed to influence the elections of this Common,
wealth, bv exciting irritnbli propensities, and
diverting the attention of the people from the
unconstitutional and oppressive measures of
( ;t;r state government, arul fr >m the ruinous
policy of our national rulers ; and it thus be
com -s important that any ltdwo:voption of
the views anil disp isilimis :>. the thsiples of
AVasiunotos, wiwtlior arising from the slan
el era of their opponents, th ur oven expressions
of good will toward Britain, or their sense of
grievances imposed by their ov u government
should be corrected :—Therefore,
Resolved. That the federalists of this nit
tr.polis and its vicinitv, n g: rtl wi h indigna
tion and contempt thtfieeth>JHy sr.d Ignorance
of a British governor wlio tould bela-vc in the
possibility or 1 a disposition in the federalists
of the eastern states to 1 ink up to England,
or to c iv,<jr into a conncetion with a foreign
power wrier any tircttmstimces, for the purpose
of cflectirg separation of the G'nkn.
Ilcsolvrd , That the failure of tile mission
of the said llcnrv, who hv his own confession
dared not even “ to discover the purpose of
his visit, or to shew his commission, or ap
near as a> an authorised agent,” ot the Itrit
t-.i) government to any im.iyii.uai., v. an hnn
orable testimony* of the purity and inti grity
of the disciples of Washington (who was liini
.. elf accused as being of the British party)
.■.■ inch though not requisite to establish their
coaraeter or to increase the satisfaction re
c.iiit'.m? front the proud consciousness of their
itprigiiiitcaH, will serve to convince Great-
Jii-iu.in and the world, that th • principles of
the federalists arc not to he learnt from their po
litical opponents ; that our good will towards
\lu-t nation is founded on our prc-einivu lit at
tachment ‘o our on l // { (.isiCo, aiul that in no
period of political dissention vv.lt the intf-r
----i; l ent” of any foreign nat ion in the afta.r:; of
our country he countenanced or endured ur
j; m V-it, That we lament tl-.y omission of
the President of the United States, in his
message to co-gress, to do that justice to
the people of the eastern stall s which is so
fully warranted by the disc oven and docu
ments by himooiimiunicati il. Afairoccas on
is here lost ot , indicating tile character ot a
“•rent portion of his follow oilmens, and o.
giving an official sanction to the.patriotism of
ids political opponents, which must have been
t-eceived b\ th m as a pledge of that, magna
nimity which should ever actuate the mea
surcsof a chief magistrate, and which would
have made upon foreign nations an indel
ibl - impression of the iurorre.ptibility of
the Am rican people*. But uv d.s.vrn with
i- ;T’ t, that ius.eial of thi. wise and benefi
cent course : the language used by the Pre
sident, is obscure in and indefinite, slid better
adapted to confirm tliuu to remove suspicions.
Wueii we also consider that toe enormous
sum of ini-tv lam sa n n iLLA-is has been
paid hv him to obtain a knowledge cf the
mere circumstance that a .Hellish over iter
thee.'years sin e wider the apprehensions of a
pi'obaLl’rupture iictveseii theta-o countries, cm
t,loved an agent upon an imsitceessf.d mission in
*■. the United States ; and further, that the
information in hi. possession relative to this
transaction was kept ,rom congress nearly
th.e sp. t • of a month alter it was received;
and that it is made to assume the delusive ap
peaveuee of a conic.unleath o from Philadel
phia many days sub. cqueiit to the time of its
having lx-en counnunieeted at -.Uh'shnip-ton. —
When wo also consider the inteivst prohaoe.
taken by the President it; the e/-e i-ne of this
commouwcaUh fivin viic.i future bearing up
on the next peexidmtnd election xx* arc
compelled to regard the v. hole dcvch-jn tnont
of tins Hi i*,ish fo.u-iguc ns nvmcipally - od di>-
i YgpuuoUsiy intended, to divert the avn niiun
i futile goad people of this state from the
Qjusguous ptoeivdings of their own go. ernor
and iegislatatc, anil fitnn the ptx'siK i t of war,
taxes, of commeiciid rcstrictloas, of <!!s
1 tress, povirty -e 4 , v-hi* it they cannot
lr.it p rciin t.ie plx sent ne-asures of the
m.‘si,iutl got riitttnl:—ii tnnt in tlie old
oiil-ery again .t a British party the universal
discontent of the Imtirst men of rll parties
arising from the management of our st.d.
concerns, may be suspended ; and thcauthor..
mid promoters ofusurpation, proscription and
intolerance, lie thus rescued fn m the censure
oftheirconsti’iient ,and once more eiecti and, to
heap iijxin ns new insults and i>ppre‘sioiiN, and
to reifidte this interference of the president by
tis-irtfood offers upon a future tcrarim.
/(. solved, That we heve never c ascii to
regard the union of these states as an invalu
able blessing endeared to u* by the legacy of
our Political Father—and we- have a perfect
eonfidcnce, that our active and distilrpiislied
fellow-citi/en* who are opposed to the sys
tem of embargo, non-intercourse and commer
cial restrictions, arc actuated by a desire to
preserve this Union, by preventingthediscon
tent and ruin incident to those systems. But
while we adhere to the Union asourbost hope
we do not forget that, to pres-eve aiul to protect
commerce were the principal motives of the peo
ple of this commonwealth in acceding to it. —
And if at any future period (which Heaven
avert) our national rulers shall manifest a de
termination to abandon or sacrifice commerce
without which w- cannot andwish not to eocis! ,•
we shail never resort to foreign aid to obtain
that redress of grievances which a great and
free people are competent to effei t by their own
energy.
11. solved, That in as much as the governor
of this Commonwealth hath in his Speeches,
Proclamations and Messages during the past
year, pursued a course of unfounded accusa
tion against his political opponents;—As he
hath persecuted for opinions, not only in
words hut by deeds, in removing from office,
men who by long labor in the serv ice of their
count ry, and in many instances by revolution
ary services in the army of the United States
have merited such honors and rewards as the
country could bestow, giving their bread to
men who have no claim but that of support
ing his election—As he has besides added
insult to injury by giving as a reason for these
removals that the subjects of them were ene
mies to their country and determined to over
throw its government :—As he has excited
the legislature to many of the infringements
of the constitution, and acts of party violence
which have been adopted during the past
year ; and has not hesitated to approve such
others of the same description as originated
in tlie legislature itself:—As he has resorted
to various unheard of means to foment a spi
rit of hatred between citizens of different po
litical opinions, for the purposcasweconceive
of stirring up one party to a sufficient degree
of zeal to overlook the aforesaid unjust and
unconstitutional conduct, and to spread a
suspicion of the motives and conduct of the
other party, so that in this state of efferves
cence lie may again he brought to the chair,
w ithout due consideration ofhis claims to it—
, For the foregoing r. ason.s this assembly con
sider it to be their duty and that ot their
fellow-ritizcns throughout the state, to pre
vent by all latvful ami honorable measures, the
re-election of said Governor Grant—being
solemnly impressed with the belief, that if
the people pass their approbation upon the
nunsUres before recited, and others of a like
nature, our constitution is a dead letter, and
the right of suffrage v ill have lost aU its
value.
Resolved, That, as in times of great public
difficulty and distress, the people of the an
cient republics forgot the distinctions of par
tv, and reported to the trii and, experienced
.foil unambitious patriots, who had retired
from scenes ofcimurntton, and p rliaps were
condemned to retirt ment by unmerited loss
of popular favor • —So we belie ve the people
of Massachusetts will now call to their coun
cils the friend of Washington, the late Gov.
Strung, whose wise, impartial, and upright
administration still lives in the memory of
the people ; and by a decided vote in his
favor, silence forever the claims oftbose m u
who build their hopes alone upon their opin
ion of tlie views and ignorance of the people.
Resolved, That as the beloved and ever to be
lamented WASHINGTON, so dear to every
good man of every party, left the retirement
which u as ti e only reward of a life ot patriot
ism, at the call of his country; as we believe
that his spotless friciul STRONG will yield
to the claims of a country which he loves, and
that his country will place him at her head, to
unite all parties, to discountenance and con
found forever the men, who by false pretences
of patriotism, have obtained her coiffidenee
fur a season, which they have abused, to the
ruin of others and the aggrandizement of
lliemsi Ives.
Therefore Resolved, That we will, with all
our energies, and by all honorable means,
promote the election of the
Hon. CAI.F.H ST RONG, F.sq.
As Governor of this Commonwealth, itt the
approaching election. And that by* the l:ke
meuns, wv will support the
lion. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, F.sq.
As JJeiitenant-Goveinor, whose public anil
private virtues entitle him to the confidence
of our ti llow-citizens throughout the state.
Resolved, That we .sincerely invite those
honest men, who have at anv time differed
from us in political opinions, to unite with
us in our endeavors to abolish party .-.pint and
distinctions, and to prepare to act as one peo
ple in peace or in war —to retrieve our com
mercial prosperity, ami to preserve and per
petuate the union of these States.
STT.ITIV.N CODMAX, Moderate-.
BENJAMIN POLLARD, Sccivlari.
NEW-YORK March 29.
liii/ /site til's. —The ship Orbit, Pool,
from Liverpool has just arrived. She sailed
On tlie first of March. There was no pros
pect of the Orders hi Council being rescinded
as late as the 26th February, a hot press in
ad the seaports of England, for seamen.
Ships cf war fitting out in great haste, in
consequence of the accounts from the United
states to the second of February, which Were
considered b(> hostile that some supposed a
fleet would as soon as possible sail tor Ame
rica—as they would have no other choice than
to prepare for the threatened war. The Or
bit has despatches for government, and 7,<JdO
letters. Ship Hannibal from Baltimore, anil
Unit Rodcric from Xcn-York, lor France, de
tained aral carried into Ply mouth. The Pa
cific, General Hamilton a.id Louisa, from
N\w-Yoik, lud arrived at Liverpool.
Favorable news from Sweden had been re
ceived in England—l v, as expected that a
treaty might he mad; vv ith her.
A partial change had taken place in the
British Ministry. Lud CastlereagU (a mis
take iu the name, prob.,bly: occasioned by the
oxtivtne Unity of our Nev,‘-York corremon
dents in tmnscriHr.gj appointed Minister
i for Foreign. AfTah vit the- place of the Mar-
I quins of UV.ilesly, who resigned tlie scats of
office op the 2Jth February.
Tlie Prince Regent, in a letter to Mr. Per
ceval, dated 4tii February, says—“ The
Pc.nee f els it incutnbuit oil him at the pre
acut juncture, to communicate to Mr. Pfcrci
val, ii > intention not ton move from their
stations those whom he finds tlie re as bis
liiujesty’s official servant:. At the same time
the’ Prince owes it to *Jic trudi and sincerity
of character, which he trusts will appear in
every re* bin of Ins die, in whatever situation
place- illicitly tr declare, that the irri
sibtahle impulse of filed duty aid attection to
’ his beloved and afflicted father, leads him to
dread tint any act of the Regent might, in
die smallest degree, have the effect cf inter
fering with the progress ofhis Sovereign’s re
covery. Tbs consideration alone dictates
the decision now communicated to Mr. P r
ceval. Having thus performed an act of in
dispensable duty, from a just sense of what is
due to his own consistency and honor, the
Prince has only to add, that among the many
blessings to he derived from lib majesty’s
restoration to health, and to the personal ex
ercise of his royal functions, if will not, in
the Prince’s estimation, lie the least, that
that most fortunate event will at once rescue
him from a situation of unexampled embar
rassment, and put an end to a state of affairs
ill calculated, he fears, to sustain the inte
rests of the United Kingdom, in this awful
and perilous crisis, and most difficult to be
reconciled to the genuine principles of the
British constitution.
Federal Gazette.
LONDON Plimmx FIRE OF
FICE, SAVANNAH.
THE doubts expressed by persons
who have been in the habit of doing
their INSURANCES in this office, of
their security in the event of war with
Great Britain, have induced the agents
to publish the following extract from
the an*.ter of the Company’s Seereta
ry in London their special letter on
that subject.
“ With regard to the apprehensions
of insecurity to parties insured in this
Office, in ease of hostilities between
the two countries, I beg to say that
the common Law of England does not
throw any impediment in the way of
an alien enemy’s recovering under a
Fire Insurance Police, whether the
contract he signed prior or posterior to
a declaration of hostilities. With
Marine Insurance it is otherwise.
During the late war with France,
indeed, an Act was passed, disabling
persons from paying or remitting mo
ney to the enemy, but this Act ceased
with the war, and has not been renew
ed. Indeed, during its continuance
the Board always considered their ob
ligations the same, and paid from
time to time, considerable sums to per
sons residing in a hostile eountry.
This explanation will, I trust, relieve
your friends front any doubts upon the
subject, ami prevent any interruption
to your concern.”
April i J i
FOR VIII LADE LFIIIA,
|#r The Packet Brig AMERICA,
Capt. John Bockius, will sail
the 20th inst, and has Elegant Accom
modations, for Freight or Passage ap
ply to JACOB IDLER, & Cos.
Who have Just Received and Offer
for Sale
50 Bids. Philadelphia Sup. FLOUR,
14 Pipes GIN,
23 Bbls. BEER,
5 Bbls. BEEF and PORK,
3 Bbls. BREAD.
April 14 t
For BOS TON, The SLOOP JANE
tffr Capt. BoLLES,willsailTHlß
I)AV at 2 o’clock. For freight
of 40 bales COTTON or passage, ap
ply to the master or J. BATTELLE.
Who lias now landing from brig AME
RICA.
15 bbls. Philadelphia FLOUR.
IN STORE,.
30 quarter and half quarter casks
MADEIRA WINE, received per brig
Venus. ALSO, a consignment of 14
eases Men’s fine and coarse and Child;
run’s Morocco HA TS.
April It 1
FOR SALE ON LOW TERMS,
200 Bags Coffee,
20 I!lids. do.
60 Coils Cordage,
20 Hhds. Sugar,
60 Bbls. do.
to Bolts Russian Duck,
10 Cut. Shot,
160 Kegs Gunpowder,
10 Cases American Manufactured
Hats.
1 Trunk Muslins,
1 Case Irish Diapers,
By R. RICHARDSON, & Cos.
April it 4 1
.\iigusta Caudios.
600 BOXES of Best Quality aiul as
sorted Sizes,
For Sale, by
li. RICH ARDSON, & Cos.
April 14 If. 1
wantfTT -
One or two Young LADS, as AP
PRENTICES to the Printing Busi
ness, from Fourteen to Fifteeu Years
of Age, of Gacti Morals,
Esquire at this OFFICE.
\MERIC \N PATRIOT.
SAIANNAH, APRIL it, 1412.
FREEDOM of the Press is an
important, an indispensable segment
in the noble arch of LIBERTY; im
pair that and the magnificent fabric
will tumble into ruins. The constitu
tion secures the enjoyment of this ex
cellent mirror, which concenters the
rays of discerning freemen, and beams
them upon an intelligent people. The
law restrains the licentiousness of tlie
Press, and prevents it by penalty, from
directing its powerful momentum a
gainst retirement, which ought ever to
he held sacred. Far otherwise with
political acts and public men—in a
free country they are, and will ever re
main subjects of unreserved discussion
and comment. But a Press which is
guilty of wilful misrepresentation, or
is detered by any motives from with
holding deserved censure, with regard
to public officers and their acts, is not
free—it is either corrupt or under the
influence of a despicable fear. A pa
per marked hy either of these charac
teristics, administers to the public pal
ate a dose of poison, or is quite harm
less and inoffensive, hut not useful and
nourishing—the first is a species of
treason, the other a timid and repre
hensible innocence.
The object of the Press is to col
lect the rays of intellectual light into
a focus and scatter them through socie
ty—to diffuse eorreet information—to
fan into a flame by a quick and rapid
publicity of its scintillations, the lat
ent spark of emulating genius :—to
sound the tocsin of alarm, and arouse
the slumbering people from their fatal
lethargy, when lulled into repose by
the deadly potions of corruption—to
come boldly forward when the ease
demands, and tear off the mask of
fraud and deception, and expose their
deformity—and when truth is the ba
sis, and intrinsic worth and merit the
cause, to plunge forward at every haz
ard in their strenuous support. A
PRESS to he useful, must beINDE
PENDF*’'’ .*. - - . >
..sett hy any sinister motive—every
consideration must yield to duty, and
however unpleasant the discharge of
that duty may occasionally lie found,
it must and shall he executed. Ardu
ous and highly responsible the task of
those who superintend the Press. It
is not an object of mere individual con
cern, every member of society is inter
ested in its fate—it is public property,
and the proprietors of a periodical pa
per the public servants.
With such ideas of the PRESS,
and the duties of its administrators w e
introduce to our readers the AMERI
CAN PATRIOT.
NAVY. — The Speech of Mr.
Gold, which we this day publish, is
chaste, classical and elegant: he pla
ces on the strongest ground, the essen
tial duty and national importance of a
naval force, which the commercial
states have a right to demand—and re
futes xvitli conciseness and ability, the
weak suggestions of prejudice, and the
depraved obliquity of interest. It ap-
to be the systematic pursuit of
the present policy to unnerve and jeop
ardize the Union, hy the abandonment
and destruction of commerce—Whilst
Mr. Gold hints at this striking feature
of deniocray ; he puts to the blush, by
the purity of his style, the tumid pom
posity, the empty, windy and swelling
bombast of the general congressional
eloquence.
THE House of Representatives
are constantly refering to the commit
tee of Commerce and Manufactures,
petitions to import goods from Britain,
ordered previous to the Proclamation
of Nov. 1810—and as this would not
he the ease, were there no hopes of their
being granted % it is an additional proof
of the war spirit, if not altogether
evaporated, being suspended for elec
tioneering purposes.
AMELIA. —AImost every act,,,
the present administration is charac
terised hy such peculiar imbecility
such a wanton violation of every thi >„
thing like prudence, and utter disre.
gqrd of every dictate of honor, that no
project, however foolish and absurd-,
however derogatory to the character
and interest of the nation, excites sur
prise at the present moment. The
Amelia expedition has been inosi
wretehediy conducted :—After deter
mining upon the clandestine seizure of
this Island, and employing Matthews’
and others for that purpose, for some
months past, yet it is likely to fail
from inadequacy of force. We draw
this conclusion from the circumstance
of a military State Officer having three
days since, requested to be informed
by the officers of the Volunteer Corps
of this city, if upon being ordered to
St. Mary’s or the frontier of this State,
they would be willing to mareh their
companies into Florida. This could
not be necessary unless the United
States force, at the southward, was
entirely insufficient, if not for retain
ing possession of the Island, for the
capture of St. Augustine. And as
there has not been any declaration of
war against Spain, to justify the sei
zue of her colony, and we are in no
danger of invasion from that quarter,
there can he no doubt but that the
good sense of our citizens would recoil
at engaging in the cause of such fla
grant injustice, as the assisting in the
seizure cf territory, in a state of dis
sention, from the shameful artifices of
our own administration. Where is
the terrapin army? AVhere e-e the
23,000 men ? Canada is not yet at
tacked. and perhaps never will he by
poor Madison, certainly then a few
thousands.-or at least hundreds, might
be spared of Ibis redoubtable army, to
assist in Florida. Circumstance*
strongly justify the idea, (hat tlie Ca
nada project w as only meant as a pre
tence to raise men for this favorite
measure of administration—for it is
worthy of them. Recruiting has been
very unsuccessful in this part of the
Union—some two or three me:, have
been scraped together in finis city:
foau nmess a seeiiou- or he 23,000 men
should march front the northern or
western states, Amelia must return to
the hands of the Spaniards, if Augus
tine should he adequately reinforced.
EAST FLORIDA.
ALL accounts from Florida coincide
in the very important and interesting
fact, of assistance having been covert
ly given by the U. S. forces to pro
mote the subjugation oi Amelia Island;
they moved in concert with those who
attacked the regular authorities; and
within a few hours after the surrender
of the northern section of the island,
unprepared for resistance, it was trans
fered to those acting under the order
of the U. S. and now remains in their
possession. Attempts upon St. Au
gustine have proved unsuccessful, and
if the garrison at this fortress should
be reinforced, so as to enable them to
act offensively, the consequence must
be, that the American forces will be
viewed as invading enemies, and ac
tive hostilities ensue.
The character of this act is cf the
most infamous east, and reflects upon
administration a deeper tinge of dis
honor than we thought they were sus
ceptible of receiving. It is impossible
for Amelia, in (lie present situation of
Spain, to be occupied honorably by
America. If we have claims upon
that nation for injury inflicted on oar
commerce many years since, why were
they not then adjusted with that go
vernment ? Why were they delayed
till the present moment? The claim•
may be unjust—but allowing them to
be eorreet—-do they justify or paliate
the outrage committed on the territory
of a nation, disabled from her peculiar
and glorious ranse, from resenting such
odious encroachments on her sc.ve
rcigntv ? There are never wan’mg
pretences to the basest of actions, and
less disputed claims she tld lose then
title to justification, no doubt the un
manly Madison will pretend, <h*t
