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Newspaper Page TextTHE AMERICAN PATRIOT. VOL I. THK AMERICAN PATRIOT IS PUS IJSIIED ON TUESDAYS AND PHI DAYS, BY MITCHELL AND PRATT, VEXT BOOK TO THK CUSTOM. ‘house, on THK BAY, SAYAN V AH, AT SIX UOLLAKS PE It AN NUN PRINTING OF EVERT DESCRIPTION EXECUTED WITH NEATNESS, AT the OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN PATRIOT. “PROSPECTUS AMERICAN PATRIOT. THE principles which this PAPER will support, are designated by its name.—They jre principles founded upon an immutable ba si3, which misrepresentation may for a while obscure, but cannot permanently affect : prin ciples stamped by eternal experience, approv ed bv the plainest dictates of common sense, and recognised and practiced by WASHING TON and HAMILTON. They advocate the honor of our country, not by pitiful parsimo ny, commercial restrictions, and ridiculous ritodomootude ; but by manly, adequate and efficient measures.—They cherish Agricul ture, and foster Manufactures, not by maim ing and crushing Commerce, but by extending towards it a just and liberal protection.—The operation of these principles have rendered our aountry prosperous; and under their influence every branch of society were successfully en gaged in their various occupations.—Our countrymen received an invigorating encour agement from file correct and honorable mea sures of Govemmentadministcred by aYVASI l lNCTON—.their purity were developed, and by appreciating them, wealth and its conse quent comforts and enjoyments, honor and respect with their attending benefits, recom pensed the justness of their choice of Nation al Rulers.—The same cause, the exercise of the same principles, will produce similar ef fects. To assist the restoration of this cause will be a leading object with this Paper.—ln promoting this desirable end; moderation, can dor and truth will be rigidly adhered to, and all private character inviolably held sacred. TI US Paper will comment upon with unre served liberality, public men and public mea sures, and will endeavor to place in a clear point of view, the misconduct of the public servants in attempting to cajole, deceive and mislead the people, thereby to maintain the high posts of honor, which their measures prove them incapacitated to fill; and the impropriety and incorrectness of their mea sures, fraught with disaster and ruin.—To banish political deception and restore the clear light of truth ; to expose the petty artifices of intriguing- and designing men, and give to IfTCygrTTr-m-rti Tirtcnts thit* ■nrwgfVt r*j influence in society ; and to promote the great ends of public utility and general welfare, by advocating enlightened and enlarged mea sures, will claim the strict attention of the Proprietors. THE pure American sentiments by which this print wilt unerringly be guided, shall receive no pollution from any foreign predilections : The aggressions of no nation will be pahated, nor the injuries or insults of any power extenuated ; a just, an ingenuous, a candid policy towards all nations, which disdains as unworthy the dignity 01 a great republic, and derogatory to the character of unenlightened government, equivocation or ilecplioii, will gladly receive our utiflSst sup port. SKETCHES of debates in Congress, Marine Memoranda, interesting Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Public Documents, and Eloquent Popular Speeches, will receive a regular insertion. Original Political and Scientific Essays, will claim our particular attention —and gentlemen of talents, whose observation, discernment and acquirements, remh rtheir opinion and remarks interesting, are invited to desseminatc the productions of tl’.eir kisure through this PAPER. JOHN S. MITCHELL. CHAHI.ES M. PRA TT. SAVANNAH, April 14,1812 1 Mrs. RAMSAY. A few Conies, for sale by HARRAL # COFFEE, lVolte fl - s Centre Building, and at tlqs Ojji-e. liT i his vvoi k eo’.nes particularly recommended to (he pious, from its interesting materials, adorned by the elegant pen of the celebrated Dr Ramsay, April 14 1 Just Received, At OLI VER 11. TAYLOR'S, market-square. Per ship Charles from New-York, in addition to former large and elegant assortments of BOOTS and SHOES, TYY O Trunks Philadelphia Su war row BOOTS, Ladies SLIPS, and Gentlemen’s dress SHOES, Mo rocco PUMPS, &e. Which are offer- M for sale, at the lowest prices, for cash only. B. J. SCRIBNER. April 14. 1 “law office. THE SUBSCRIBERS have en tered into partnership as prae lidonors of Law, and opened their of lice in a part of the building lately oc cupied by Doctors Proctor and Bartow on the Bay, a few doors west of Mr. John Mooreheads store. WILLIAM LEIGH PIERCE. JOHN DRY'S!)ALE Junior. Ypnl 17 4t 2 Dr. J. B. Berthelot, Has just received from Mew-York by the brig Eliza Lord, a quuntito of Genuine Drugs & Medicines, viz, YLT Petre. Gentian Root, Rhubarb, Fol. Senna, Magnesia in lumps. Arrow Root, Cream of Tartar, Jalap, Ipecacuanha, Liquorice in sticks, Camphor, Opium, Gum Tragacanth Trusses, Camomile Flowers, Mercury, or of Supplement, Salt of Lemon, Sarsapparilla, Cold prest Castor Oil, Spirits of Nitre, Therisque, Henry’s calcined Magnesia, Common rlo. calcined. Oil of Cloves, Oil of Mint, Nipple Shells, Breast crooked pipes, British Oil, Essence of Mint, Turlington Essence of Spruee, in pint bottles, &c. &e. ALSO, The genuine. Chalybeate Apparient or improved Cheltenham Salts. —■: •* :o DR- J. B. BERTHELOT,respect fully informs the public, that be possesses a sovereign remedy for all diseases of a PRIVATE NATURE. Persons of both sexes can with confi dence make use of it. The advanta ges of this remedy are, that young men may take this medicine, and be pvr&vtlj. . . j^,. aver y 011 the part of his connections ; also, the patient may, without apprehending any danger, expose himself to the cold, night air, and the rain, and pursue his usual avocations, as it requires no par ticular regimen, than to abstain from the commission of excesses. |Up Those who may apply to him, at his Medical Shop, near the Ex change, may be assured of the most profound secrecy being observed. April 31. 3 Just Received, i Case light Summer HATS. For Sale by EZEKIEL YARN ELL. April 3:1 fit 3 FOR MEW-YORK, t. UU The brig R. gifeGlift, master, will mec' t v.jtii dispatch, having a consider?j’„(£ part of her cargo engaged—-for i- eight, apply on board, at wharf or to L'tJWMNG & CLAY. April 2i 3 FOR SALE, I cun The SLOOP MARGARET 74 Toms Burthen can be sent to sea at small expense. DUNNING & CLAY. April 31 3t 3 For BOSTON, The SLOOP JANE s**- Capt. BOLLES, will sail THIS DAY’ at 2 o’clock. For freight of 40 bales COTTON or passage, ap ply to the master or J. BATTELLK. IVho has now lending from brig AME RICA. 73 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 ren’s Morocco HATS. April 14 1 Rum and Salt. Just received by the ship Winifred, from Rhode Island, 20 hogsheads N. E. Rum 290 bushels Liverpool ground Salt ON HAND. An extensive assortment of American manufactured Goods Bedtiek. Chambrays, Stripes,— Plaids, Cotton Balls, &e. 12 reams Writing Paper. P. H. & T. CRAPON. April 21 St 3 SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1812. CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Debate on the Navy Bill. February 28. Nr. LLOYD. —Mr.President,The amend ments proposed by the committee to whom this bill has been referred having- been gotie through with, l now beg leave- to offer u new one by an additional section to the iblluwimr effect b “ Be it further enacted, That the President “ of the United States be, and he hereby is authorised, to cause to be built as speedily as may be, on the most approved model, frigates, lo carry not exceeding thirty-six gutis each; and that a sum not exceeding - dollars be, and the same is herebt appropriated for building the said frigates, out of any monies in the treasury, not other wise appropriated.” It is my intention Sir, to move for twenty new frigates ; hut the number I have left blank, in order, should the Senate be favor ably disposed to an increase of the Navy, a,id disagree with me as to the degree of that in crease, they might regulate the number ut their pleasure. Sir, l have been induced to oiler this amendment from an impulse of duty towards my more immediate constituents, and also from a sense of the obligation imposed upon me, however teebiy ! may be able to respond to it, in the honorable station in which 1 am placed, to endeavor to the extent ol‘ my abi lity, to support the dignity, protect the rights, and advance the best interests of the United States. Sir, 1 trust the amendment under consideration, if adopted, would have a relation, and a favorable relation, to all these objects. 11 it be not the determiner ion of the go vernment to engage in an open, actual, elii ciciu war; or to place the nation in such a complete state of preparation, as may avert war from our state of readiness to meet it; then the measures of the present session, those ot tilling up the existing military estab lishment, and thereby adding to it be tween six and seven thousand men, that of enlisting a standing army of twenty-five thousand men I to serve tor five years unless sooner diseliarg ed, of providing for the employment of fifty thousand volunteers, and of holding in readi ness one hundred thousand of the militia, would be not only inexcusable, but nearly treasonable, as they would in such ease with out any adequate object, impose severe and heavy burthens upon the people of the United States, from whieh years of the highest de gree of prosperity would not relieve them. But, sir, I an, bound to believe, that unless “the deteeimhation of the gYivcmaacnt of n . -, : - v . 4CTr . into an actual, vigorous, real war, or af am Mute tv me nation into a perfect state of readiness to commence it, should it be neces sary ; and in either of these cases, an efficient naval force is as indispensable, nay much more indispensable, than a land force. A few days since there was exhibited to the Senate an account sales of 380 hbds. of tobacco, and a parcel of cotton recently dis posed of in the dominions of his majesty the emperor of I* ranee, who professes so much affection for the United Slates, from which. , t appeared, that the Tobacco which cos* vvith the charges near twenty thousand di ‘jutrs was not only totally sunk to the advfv„ t involved them in an additional' W.r ~ payment of the expences of r.. , , dollars more, of tlic cot* un ‘ <•, ‘ nt l !'°, US!U 'f parts were also sunk; r . sixteenth a bad state t,f mark. tF 4 , d, f ““‘"f merchants mu?* a j- *J , k* zar dot v,IICi were unpre “ff 3 for J*> e I " i J rkets which v 0 l i d , l “U h - Th ;; totacco o tat( . ~ lu have been bought in the United ‘ .otn 2 1-2 to 5 dollars the cwt. sold ?” 2 J dollars, and the cotton which could - ave been purchassd ut 10 cents, sold at 50 cents the pound. The loss arose solely from tlie (perfidy and rapacity of the French go vernment, in seizing upon the gveatcr part of both the adventurers, under a pretence for the payment of duties, which it shifts ad libi tum as suits cither its avarice or caprice, or promulgates or withholds, as best, answers its purposes. Sir, you will remark that these accounts of sales bear date July 15, only eight days ante cedent to the information communicated to the American government by Mr. Surrurier in his letter to Mr. Monroe of July 23, 1811, in which he states, that “ the introduction of tobacco is not prohibited in France, .it forms the first object of culture of some of the states of the Union, and his majesty having an equnl interest In the prosperity of all, desire s that the relations of commerce should be. common to ail parts of the federal territo ry.'. Yes sir, this is indisputably the sort of interest, which Ids majesty is pleased to take in the commerce of the United States, and this the sort of benefit, which he, without doubt, would delight to render common to all parts of the federal territory. This information was given in too authentic a shape to admit of its being questioned ; it came from one of the most respectable mer cantile houses in the coimtry, composed of federalists,* and was made known to you by an honorable member of the Senate, from Maryland, (Mr. Smith) of opposite politics and who has long in some sort been consider ed or re spected as the commercial organ of tiffs house if not of the government. When these facts were stated, the colleague of the gentleman, (lion. Mr. Heed) with the manly frankness of a soldier—of a man, who in the times which tried men’s souls, devoted him self botii soul and body to the service of his country, who entered your army at the com mencement, and continued in it to the termi nation of the revolutionary war with grtut usefulness to the public, and reputation to himself, with that integrity which characte rizes him, after giving vent to the honest in dignation of his heart, in a phiilipic against the Emperor of France, which 1 shall not re peat, but which was as well placed, as it was * Messrs. Robert Gibnor and Sons, of Bal timore. justly merited, he asked, “If this was the state of your commerce—if such was to be the sti.t ot \ov.r commerce after a war w ith Great-Britain what in the name of God were you going to war for ( His colleague (Mr. Smith) rose immed ately and said “ This was not to be u w ar for commerce, it would be ab surd to suppose the nation was now going to war for commerce—commerce had been abandoned long ago—the trade to France was worth nothing, and if the Orders in Council were oft tom orrow, if the same system con tinued, the trade to France you id be worth nothing. This was to be a war for honor—. we were now going to fight for onr honor 1 Yes sir, part of this is too true, commerce has been abandoned—commerce has been made the scape-goat, on whose back have been piled all the crudities and follies’ of mis taken theory and visionary speculation, and thus laden she has been sent adrift into the w ilderness to be lacerated by every briar or bramble, that could rob her of he r coat, or plant a thorn in her carcase. No country on earth, in the same period cf time, and under similar circumstances, ever reaped one half the benefits from commerce wffiich have been experienced by the United States. Without adverting to the effect, it lias had on the ex tension and embellishment of your populous cities—without adverting to the encourage ment it has offered to your agriculture and to the settlement of your wilderness, w hich lias been made to blossom like the rose, and in all which it has been in a high degree instru mental ; look at tiie records of the twrasurv, and you will there see, that commerce has put into your public coffers, during the short peril 4 that has intervened since tlx adoption of the federal constitution, t-wo hundred mil- Horn of dollars ; a sum nearly three times as great as the national debt of the United States, the price of your independence, as it was funded at the commencement of the fe deral government. Sir, this is what com merce has done for you ; what have you done flip commerce’! In the year 1793, when Great-Britain de predated upon your commerce, you had a man at the head of your government, who fought no battles with paper resolutions, nor attempted to wage war w.tii commercial res trictions, although they were then pressed upon him. lie caused it to be distinctly, and with firmness made known, to Grcat-Britain, that if she did not both wise to violate our rights, and make us reparation for the wrongs we had sustained, that, voting and feeble as we that weir, just in the gristle, and stepping from the cradle of infancy, we would try the tug of war with her. What was the consequence Her depredations were stopped—we made a treaty with her, under which we enjoyed a high degree of prosperity. Our claims wey-e fairly heard, cuujXuJaLc MlituldiflL and the awardii were ho i p.,r c[ to (he sufferers. In this instance you did something tor com mcrefc. Next came tVs war with Tripoli, the Ear bary states pr e yi and upon oiu commerce, you determined to resist, in.d dispatched a small squadron ty, the Mediterranean, this ought to have been considered as the germ of your maratqne greatness, the good conduce and bravery 0 f that squadron and the self immo b‘..;ion of some of its officers spread Hit renown of your ry uVal n roWegs to ‘ all qua ,.„ ters oi the civjii zed globe . what did you m tlu-y instance ? At the moment when vic- T bry had perched upon your standard, when you might have exhibited the interesting spectacle of the infant government of the United States holding in subjugation one of the powers of Barbary, to whom ail Europe had been subservient, at this moment, when conquest vm completely within our grasp, a a civil agent stepped in, the laurel was tom from tin. brow or as gallant, a chieftn in as ever graced the plains of Palestine, and we igno ininiously consented to pay a tribute, where we might have imposed one. Then came the Louisiana convention, in which, after purchasing a disputed title to a territory, and paying double What any other nation would have given for it, we w ere per mitted by France to put our hands in our own pockets and take out three millions of dollars more to pay to our own citizens their claims for property which she had plundered from them. How was this conducted. Much in the same sort of spirit in which it was begun. Those of the claimants who were on the spot, or wlio had efficient agents there, who well understood the avenue to the back-stairs, who could delude others, and purchase for a song claims they were sure of having allow ed, who could intrigue well—bribe well—and swear well, gotfortunes, whole the honest unsuspect ing merchant, confiding in the correctness of his claim, and the integrity of his own con duct, got nothing ; and very probably some of tiie latter may now be seen wandering as beg gars through the streets of vour populous cities, the pavement of which is made to echo, by the rattling of the chariot wheels of those who have defrauded them. After this you had the Berlin decree, the orders in council, the Milan decree, the Rmubouillet decree—the depredations of Spain—the robberies even of the r.ricgado black chief of Saint Domingo—and the un provoked and “till continued plunder of Den mark—a nation of pirates from their origin. What cause of complaint has Denmark, or ever bad Denmark against us? Her most fond, and speculative maratime pretensions we have willingly,espouSedand, yet she continues daily to capture andcondemn our vessels, tk cargoes contemptuously teiis us, that the government of the United States is too wise to go to war for af w merchant ships. And this we bear from a people as inferior to the United Slates in all the attributes of national power or great ness, as I am inferior to Hercules. Yes, sir, commerce bus been abandoned, else Why pro hibit vour merchaants from bringing the pro perty’to a large arncunt, which they have fairly purchased and paid for, into the ports of our coumr; —else why by this exclusion, perforin the double operation of adding to the resources of the enemy you are going to W'ar with and Impoverishing y., :? own cstizens 1 Yey, sir, the gcntLhmr.a from Maryland is right—but he lias no especial reason < f com plaint—from his situation s :id standing te NO 4. should naturally liave been Die guardian anq protector of commerce in this house—lie should have raised his powerful voice in her favor—he should have opened his arms for her protection, lie did raise his voice, but for nearly her extinction, not for her encourge incnt—he did open his arms, but lie gave her the clasp of death, not that of protection. The embargo—tiie enforcing act—the non-in tercourse act—the lion-importatiou act, and all that ill-omened brood of measures, num ber that genteman among their patrons and supporters. Yes, sir, commerce has been abandoned, “deserted in her utmost netd by those tier forrm r bounty fed.” Y'es, s%, she lias been abandoned Se has been left as a wre ck upon the strand, or as a derelict upon the waters ot the ocean, to be burnt, sunk, or plundered by any greater punv assailant who could man an oar, or load a swivel for her annoyance. What was the leading object of the adopi tion of the federal constitution in the north* ern parts of the Union & what isnow ? Most emv phi tically it was for the protection ofcommerce! What v as the situation of some branches ofour commerce tin. ,i ? Look at the statement which was laid upon our tables about a fort* night past, ami taken from the returns of the treasury. What effect has it had upon our fisheries which were so nobly and successful ly contended for, by the American'commis sioners, who settled the treaty of 1783; which for a time suspended that treaty, and which both, the duplicity and intrigue of France and the interest of England, strove to deprive us of—of our fisheries, which were then eonsij dered as a main sinew of our strength, and u nursery of our seamen? In iho year 1791, when we were ju.it emerging from a chaos of confusion, the export of dried fish, was of the value as then es t.mated of g 1,200,00(1 In the year 1811, it had diminish ed in arly one half, and was only 75700(1 The whale fishery in oil and hone in 1791, give 190,430 I l.i 1811 it had fallen off nearly two I thirds, and was only’ 78,000 This is the state of our fisheries, which apply to the northern states, af.er twenty years op; ration of the government. Lot us observe now the export of vegetable food in which other parts of the Union are pore deeply interested. It i t Worthy of at tention, and 1 shall noth, a series of years. In 1791, tiie export of vegetable food amounted to g ‘,640,904 1803 .... U,l/80,000 ltrfi .... 12,980,684 1305 .... U ,752,000 1806 .... 11,050,000 1807 .... 14,432,000 1808—the unfortunateembar- ’ year, which did not cam lrtence, however, vint.il nearly three mouths of the custom-house year had elapsed . . 12,550,000 1209 . . . . 8,750,004 ly Ul .... 10,750,000 1811—the last year, amid all our privations and em barrassments it exceeded the export of any former year since the first set de ment of the country, and mounted up to twice the export of me preceding . year to . 20,391,000 And the present year the crops present a vastly (more abundant harvest Ilian the coun try ever before produced, with a glorious market to carry it to, not afforded, however, by France, for of our vegetable export she takes Scarcely any, but a market furnished almost exclusively by Grcat-Britain for her own supply and that of the countries lUnder her possession. Now if it has been shewn that if the 77“ ners in Council were off to-morrow, you could get no new mar ket for tobacco or ’the great staple of the Country, cotton; and it has been also shewn, that the export of wheat, flour, and vegetable products was never' a:./ thin.f near so great as at present; let the ihrmavl and planters of New-York, Pennsylvania, Ma ryland, Virginia, and the western slates tell what they are going to war for ? Look at the same statement for Mm situa tion of the export of our domestic m.rsufac turcs— In 1791 the exportation of domestic manu{ factnres amounted to gfiOtl Ot/J In 1811, notwithstanding the res- ’ trictions, to 2,062,000 Having increased mere than three dimes since 1791, and giving also to the manufac turers a larger export than in any former vear, in addition to tlieir having in many articles the entire supply of the home market thus. affording to the manufacturers a much greater degree of encouragement than they ever be fore experienced. Ixit tbe manufacturers of Philadelphia and other parts of the Unipiu also tell then, what they are going t o war for ! If this be the situation of our domestic manJ uliictures, and if our agriculture is in a hi-rfi state of prosperity except for a few article*; which a war would not improve the demand for, and commerce is abandoned, it muut fob low if we go to war, we must, as has been stated, go to war for our honcr ! Weil sir—this is a noble theme, perhaps a boon worth contending for—it is tiie fruitful parent of many virtues—it is the germ of whatever adorns, and sanctifies urbanity cour tesy, and confidence in polished lifi'. The honorable gentleman from Maryland, in tbe fervor of lusimagination, possibly may think) “ It were an easy task, To pluck height honorfrom the pale faced mean Or drive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom line ne’er sounded, And fetch up drowned honor by tiie locks. So he that brought her thence Might without corival, wear all her tiigflitic s ” Sir, the feeling if it exist is cre&ts&ie to him; but I can assure him if thd be a contest for honor, he will not alone- “ fetch up drown, ed fcor.cr by the foeks ” not * without *c.t :;