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W all l r dignities.” In this contest ten
tiiju.uiid k.iaiit spirits will stniggic with linn
in ll.c rot. —ten iiiim , n.l otin r gulloai .spiriti.
tv.ll will him for the g*d.
Where the fugitive has been for the Ins:
twelve ye r, I k ,j# nut ; but Win tin .- sin:
hat liei.it ilr..;k ny ; !t and bitter tears, iti the
fsthmilc;! CSV of oremi—or waiWlerin|f im
ouic.iit.tb ■ i rteii and forlorn,uinonff thi wilds
beyond ibe w.-sUVti moiintams —it i* t anally
ntu- duty t. > wcleonie In r n turn; we f lenild
cons.d-r it mi the harbinger of bitter times—
;u 11 morning star df anew day—wc should
moke it a jubilee for the nation.
The tutelary genius of America should re
ceive her with open arm* —*lu- should endi
vur to make lier teach us ip the big'll wrought
1 Ogvisge of ouc of our native bi.rds, to at
tempt oJ’.cl again.
“ Amid our own star*,”
“ To inscribe a nation’s nasne.”
and in a wrr for honor, in the words of the
•sun'* pnet, over wines, tonih the cypress has
rec ntlv been aui-p: nd. <l, d.e should make us
i member as regards more than one power,
thut
“ rtase Rtibmission inviting both indignity and
plunder,
i, kc a worm kills the oak, that could have
brivcd the thunder.”
Tlnl sir. it is more especially the part
of honor to discriminate, to draw even
nice distinctious—against whom then
should we continence this war of hon
or ? Most uwpie'atiiuiably in the first in
stance against France : for let tne ask
you sir. w ithout going far back, when
general Turrcau wrote lib most inso
lent letter to the Anierieafrgovermnent
demanding an interdiction of the trade
to Sant Domingo, and you complied
with it—whore was your honor ?
When Leaner* undertook to deprive
you of one of your must essential rights
of sovereignty and to declare war for
you—to state that you were at war,
and she would so consider you—and
you remain quiet—where w.ts your
honor ? When she told you that, you
were a nxlioii withou policy, y ilhnut
spirit, and without principle—that
you were inferior to au assentbly of
the colony of Jamaica-—and we still
courted her—where was our honor?
When she plunders, sinks, boms and
destroys our vessels and cargoes—
when she m anucles and impresses otir
r?a;nc;j, and marchestheui like galley
slave.), tlirough her territories—and
v. c only complain thui these arc 44 the
meat dixtres dug modes by which bel
ligerent a jrnu exercise forces in appo
rtion to right"—Where is our honor.
When w e submit to that most iafu
iuo.i.s if ail decrees—the HainhoniViet
deer;? and in 5,1 ay, 18 JO, ta take
nlir.ii from March, lac#, hjr which a
i irica amount of American property
was ;<; ‘*■ and, and never has been resto
red, i>'d,?r the pretence of balancing
Seizures in the. United States which
neycr existed—where is our honor.”
When ‘ a !>>r paying double the price
vhieli any oilier people would have
riven for a territory—when we were
convinced of the fairness of the title
and look posSesskm of il—when we
legislated for if—when’ we establish
ed a pert of entry and delivery in it—
when we put on:- doings on oar own
statute book. al promulgated them
u> <!;■’ world-—when we had done this
and observed a frown lowering upon
the brew,.o? an apostate Bishop, a
wander:r from his country and bis
God—find v e shrank from a posses
sion which xv a still claim—where v;a
our honor? —This is the foulest stain
m the annals of your history ; und
if the title be a fair one, the w hole
Military force of the United States
t necessary, should be put ia requi
sition ta wipe il away, and to possess
defend the country in question.
Sir when Ur. Serrurier toU us in
hh; letter of too-<;1 of July last, that
liis Majesty the Emperor of France,
having au equal interest in nil 4 of
the ctales; desires that the relations
of cenimeree should be common to all
parts of the Federal teriinry “ —when
we were tol l this ft o:.ir tooth, at
the v< “y moment, or shortly before,
when the whole of New-England; pos
sessing’ halt the sea coast, and near
ly half the tonnage of the United
Btai ■*, was nudes* the baud of hi.,
empire, under a bull of excommuni
cation and not permitted to ship to
the Value of a sin rle cent of coioni
n! produce < * bio empire, while per
missions vver; given to. Now York,to
Charleston, ard lor aizSdd i know to
Ba|lj;,it>rc—-and we n;ile iso reply—
wiser;- was err honor ?
Si.*,; 1 do not part*!lain of the fart,
but of the (’elusion with which we,
use perpetually sbftfflcti—'No sir; on
the contrary, ; long a; France pur
sues i.er ps.’seat of conduct
towar la 1 wsiut no intercourse with
Ju*r—sv-mirl t> God,’ so loin; as h?
tbits trrals there were ti Chinese
wr*;l evtauding Irani the foundation of
the. U*.cat D* pto the third Heav
ens, all sound her Empire, if such tut
> ns xverss nfceessary to eat r>£’ all com
jrtanieatipn between her and is, tnitil
site li better disposed to do us jns-
Ike.
x r ° OfetimtwA]
rur. CROIS NO. IV.
IN our previous remarks we scru
pulously avoided auv comments on
the motives or views of the present
parly with regard to our relations with
France and England. We merely
gave nrir opinion os to the actual
state of the crisis without attending to
Its latent cause. A cursory view of
the principles of (In* prevailing poli
cy will illustrate the true origin of
the present forlorn and degraded state
of the country—and will exhibit a
system Unsonml, impure, corrupt—a
curse upon our country which destroys
the foundation our prosperity, and
w ithers every had of rising greatness —
a whirlwind which sweeps into one
promiscuous ruin,character,honor.prin
eiple, and justice, and prostrates by
its pestilential blasts the fairest attri
butes of America.
A decisive and avowed enmity to
Commerce, was evidenced by the
Democratieal leaders at a vrry ear
ly period of our government, Mr. Jef
ferson’s commercial report and Mr.
Madison’s resolutions introduced into
the House of Representatives confirm
this. It was at that time intended to
make Commerce wage war for poli
ties, and to gratify illiberal prejudi
ces—the consequences of such projects
were foreseen and unfolded—were de
nounced ruinous and disgraceful, and
fortunately were then abortive. Com
merce continued to increase, to flou
rish, and enrich our citizens under
the fostering care of Federalists.—
It acquired a powerful momentum un
der their wise policy and regulations
which propelled a Continuance of the
same effects during a portion of Mr.
Jefferson’s administration. His fixed
determination to give it a deadly blow
upon the first specious opportunity
produced the Embargo. That and
succeeding measures which have des
troyed commerce, and impoverished the
country are still justified by pretexts
void of solidity or correctness.
When (ill, voile ol‘ the Aft-m .*■. r
was concluded ami peace made with
our former enemies, n was due to
justice and to prudence to bury all ani
mosity arising from that memorable
struggle, and to view every nation as
a friend or enemy according to its eon
duets towards us. This honorable
course was not, however, adopted by
some men, who not only embraced
every opportunity to foment and inflame
prejudice and passion against one na
tion, hut became enthusiastic admirers
and devoted partisans of another;
which discrimination lias continued to
the present moment, equally prostitut
ing sound policy and national interest
to the gratification of unworthy and
impure inclinations. This was more
particularly evinced in the violent and
outrageous opposition to the British
Treaty, and has appeared systemati
cally ami uniform!) since that time.
Two eligible Treaties with England
were rejected: the Berlin Decree was
acquiesced in and the Orders in Coun
cil opposed, and complaint and diffi
culty s artificially produced have been
gradully accumulating, ’till they lmve
led to the present crisis. While in
sult, injuries, ami aggressions of a
most aggravated nature from France
have produced a conciliatory adjust
ment with her. We declare cause of
hostility against one, and take it. our
bosom the other. Our relations with
one of the belligerents appear to be
a concern, as now managed, between
a government, and not of a national in
t’ lest. They seem a diplomatic trial
of skill, and no consultation of the
good of the country. A bewildering
competition in which words and not
deeds decide the coiiicat.
Enmity so Commerce was a natural
consequence of violent antipathy against
England. Ccmmere? will always find
the must advantageous channels when
left to il ‘ ov. n direction; and it will in
varigjdy pi.rstr its own interests. And
interference as to its regular course is j
t dangerous experiment. Its eounex-!
ions with England and her extensive !
possession** ft noded on sure and es- |
tuLlishcd regulations which left little
scope for injustice or caprice, were
beneficial, and brought into exercise,
activity, exterprize ami capital, our
tonnage, exports and revenue increased
with unexampled rapidity, and the
whole country felt the happy Influence
of this prosperous state of aflairs. It
was thought by men without experience
and accurate knowledge, that through
this medium.ls: gland might be injured,
that she was dependent upon and could
not exist without our aid, hence the
desire of throwing impediments in our
commercial intercourse with her by non
importation laws, in order to encour
age an unnatural am! ruinous commerce
with France. This system has had a
full trial, been cerried into complete
effect, and what are the consequences?
Have not the predictions of discerning
men been realised ? Does not the situa
tion of the country too fatally prove
it? The full tide of our prosperity has
been violently arrested, with a know -
ledge of the consequences, to gratify
illiberal prejudices and rancorous ha
tred. Our country has been rendered
truly contemptible in the eyes of the
world, and every branch of our citizens
arc participating in the general dis
tress, to make philosophical experi
ments whieh recoil with ruin. The
robberries and plunder of France do
not interfere with these wretched ex
pedients, but are oyerlooked from pure
considerations of friendship.
We leave it to candor to conclude
whether this violent hatred to a foreign
nation, which seeks the gratification
of its rancor at the expense of our
most valuable privileges, does not irre
fragably prove the existence of influence
in favor of the enemy of this foreign
nation. The most contemptible com
placence to an insulting Tyrant, the
most demeaniug acquiescence to the
most outrageous aggressions inflicted
by France; when accompanied, by
artful and inflamatory aggravations of
the most inoffensive ait of her enemy;
leaves not a doubt of the existence of
of a foreign iaftwnwss. we arriv
. iriuu. • -. nitric pass; as that our
Commerce, our Agriculture, J)ro .
dace must he injured and destroyed to
injure England ami please France ?
Are the rights of our countrymen to be
so far trampled upon, as to have our
Liberty, onr pre-eminent privileges, our
important ar.d inestimable attributes,
torn from us and violated, to gratify
foreign predilections ? The freemen of
America have acquiesced in the depri
vation of the enjoyment and free use of
the Ocean,'and lately enjoyed as a fa
vor, a commerce trammelled with res
trictions, in a time of profound peace
and are now embargoed!!!
This baneful philosophical mania
has shed its ruinous influence upon ether
great national establishments; economy,
became the word cf distinction, and
anticipating the destruction of tire great
source of revenue. Commerce, objects
of expense must be diminished—lienee,
the mutilated state of our naval force,
defenceless frontiers, &e. &c.
Thus it appears that the basis of
the present crisis is false and unsound,
the measures adopted to subdue it in
adequate and insincere, its latentsouree
hostility to England and enmity to Com
merce. Is it possible that a crisis spring
ing from such causes, and treated as it
is by government is any thing more than
a consummation of deep duplicity and
ridiculous folly ? It is not evident that
the unfounded alarm echoed through
the country, is but a manmuvre. a link
in the chain of expedients to promote
personal views of aggrandisement r Is
it not clear that the present system of
measures has long been leading to a
crisis of humiliation, dijlionor. (I isgrii.ee?
At the present moment according to our
government, war is iudupensuide and
we must have ir, at the same time they
dare not adopt measures to render it
efficient, audit’ it is not waged the re
strictive system will be continued. And
can any thing be more disgraceful than
the latter alternative, universally al
j low :J impotent,submission, and plung
j ing our country into humiliating ruin?
! Yet such is the ruse, we must have an
j unjust war, commerce s v.ept from the
ocean, French ii eternity, or n continu
ance of an infamous and impotent sys
tem. And is our country to continue
under the influence of such measures,
and guided by such men? Jf we can
not have correct men for Rulers, let
us have those who have some experience,
some dignity, and the magnanimity to
retrace their steps when they perceive
their errors. So far from being ilie
case at present, that it is evident, the
terrapin w ar is only brought forward to
reconcile our countrymen to a continu
ance of the Continental system.
raaHMiWHßaßiairmaaF tiiiii HiiaM mmuiw
AMEBIC AN PATRIOT.
SJ WLWWW. APRIL 24, 1812.
THERE are some persons
in this city, who not only com
plain of violence in our columns
but issue threats against us. If
giving to FACTS their appro
priate language and coloring, and
speaking the TRUTH subject
us to censure, vve disregard it....
We should think ourselves much
more liable to blame, to disguise
or curtail the whole TRUTH,
or dress it up in such a garb as
to destroy its effect ; such a
course could not be reconciled
with eitlter correctness or
duty. At a perilous t ime when
the whole country is verging to
ruin, and every branch of so
ciety involved in distress—
when those at the head of depart
ments and in the most responsible
offices, are from all quarters de
nounced as incapable—when dis
grace and dishonor are continu
ally accumulating upon and dar
kening the abused character of
this country, from the prevalence
of a miserable policy ; —when
French smo,
and traitors over run the
UNION, and insinuate them
selves by means of a sardonic
grin, into confidence to implant
a dagger into the bosom of un
suspecting innocence ;—then to
shrink from a delineation of the
evil, would be a prostitution of
cur pen, and a violation of a sa
cred oflice. What would be
thought of that man who descri
bed a hex.i, in the sublime, grand
and elevated scenery of a heav
en : who should clothe a satan
with the attributes of an angel
—give vice and virtue uie same
language—black and white the
same name—guilt and innocence
the same title ?—the language
must be appropriate to the occa
sion, and truth must be spok
en—we should despise ourselves
were we to allow any considera
tion but that of RECTITUDE
to guide us.
As to personal threats we in
vite those who issue them to car
ry* them into execution—instead
of hiding in* a corner and there
pouring forth their malignant ve
nom, let them come forward
and make the attempt. A set of
men who would attack an indi
vidual supposing him unarmed,
are worse than highway robbers,
for they ixe without their gene
rosity, and arc actuated by heli
born malice—they can only be
viewed as midnight assassins, or
contemptible and base cow
ards.
Yv E will coadestefcj to honor !ir >
tiis, so far, us la draw a sketch of his
character, which cannot be mistaken.
• and then never again debase our pen by
• noticing so abandoned and so contempt.
: ible a wrote!).
, Brutus, or tlie author of that piece,
• ean •• smile uml smile and be a vil
lain be can shake hands; profess
, friendship, while working enmity and
i deep hostility arc rankling in his ho
: sum. His mind is rude and aneultivat
-1 t’d, bis soul dark and malignant, his
passions cold and savage; his hear;
w ithout the ornament of a single gen
erous virtue. He is without liberalifv
or dignity or nobleness es character, of
course is a deceitful and insiduous hy
pocrite; he is without real talents or
genuine merit and of course is inflam
ed by malicious envy; he can make
general accusations, but dares not par
ticularise, because he is without abili
ty to support them, and knows he is
actuated by falsehood, calumny aid dan
der. M e feel a pity for Brutus despise
his impotency, disregard his personal
slander and eommisserate his cold and
flinty heart. He will derive nothing
but shame, dishonor and disgrace l v
handling the pen, although be may
give vent to his dark malice, he had
better adhere to his prescut employ
ment, bumble as it is. Let those who
read this sketch of the character of
Brutus, identify the person. We did
expect attacks of all kinds for discharg
ing an imperious duty, but shall not
pollute our columns by noticing them,
and only condescend to take this notice
of Brutus because he is ambitious of
distinction.
AS Brutus is so fond of Candikts,
we shall at some future time republish
otm or two of his numbers for the bene
fit of this CHEAT HERO; we can
not form an opinion of the splendid
projects of Brutus, and his manner cf
executing them, unless we suppose b
devotes himself to the amusement of
the public, and being composed of
“Eve of reyvi, and toe of frog;
VViKil of bat and tongue of dog:
Adder’s fork; and tuid-wornfe stfef,
Lward’a leg, and owlet’s wing;”
.taaL r;,l. widiCiUt a UdL
\\ ill do—will do—and will do.”
“ Until *.• von years, three times air.c,
lie shall d’viudlo, p; and; . pins ,
Though hi- brain cannot lie lost,
Yet -t shall be Umpctt test.”
Ard tbo’ be emmet rise to taxt,
Is already deem’d t 1 etsiixal ssamt.
Ms. Lt.oyd with the ardor and
firnme-s cf an intelligent statesman,
and the discernment and iadep'-ndepee
of a real American, demands a raw
for the protecti.ee cf our vivhts e.r, I. an
noyance cf our enemies, ills excellent
speech glows with sentiments of ;j ,rr •
patriotism; and while hapoartra*s u
vivid colors, the insalts and aa*s;resfe.u
of foreign nations, points out, [as la.;
frequently been dene, and as system
atic ahy reiusedj the correct remad'-.
t be strang prejudice against a it:*-’
appears to have its root in au invidiv
jealousy of the L.uUvn States, i
while sueli an establishment would pr
tect their commerce and elevate tk;
to a proportionate grade in the Uuioi:-.
it would be altogether manned by he:
natives and seamen, and this prejadic .
is the more supprisibg and alarm!ny,
when its gratification is aecompanie 1
not only by general ruin, but a desy
dation of national character. Mr.
Lloyd perspicuously traces the distrac
tion of commerce, through the various
manoeuvres of the pretence of preserv
ing it as a justification of the pretend
ed war measures; awl exposes tk *
treasonable absurdity of an pledged re
gard for honor, as a ground for vi a
when the heaps of insult and dishonor
Imperial France has loaded admin;-
truth.***, arc yet upon their sh raider =.
This Statesman is worthy of hi3 e:
lightened constituents,. I.e is a star r f
the first magnitude in the politic . ’
hemisphere, who together with a few
other of similar brightness, is surroi;.'. •
ed by twinkling rush.lights and hav;
opaque, pestiferous meteors.
THERE is no paper in the tinier,
more strongly characterised for e..i