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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