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i'fat.t Ulk of th:; m-jorj'y th.*
_nt itncitt* of the jKopW ih us • now—-and
tffu. Uit minority mint >’■ .mit—aci oir.pankvi
by UlTrots by no unintelligible. They
were vs confident O! th. it- stii-ngtli as thi
majority r.uw u, ui’.d with us moth ivusou,
tov they had some -.ysUm—they would per
silt in runn.ng counter to Urn public tcnii
intri rtkrUi,; of swimming with it—-
snd like thorn, tin c gen*te.ru-n with all their
patriotism atid honor and gallantry and zeal,
will wit u-r.eutii the wave of public opinion,
never to me agaot, urjexs they ri.e under
tern: either rumte.
You wmot vti to'.ear with the people di
vided on tiic subject; and tile elections in
New-YoiT. und Nrw-Bnglar.d are decisive on
’••■at n .it. Tim is a different question from
ili t of >ur independ*nce; it is differently
l'c-rj'.giit on; under different auspicics—by
‘lilt, r i:t men and far other councils Tlie
tv.ir spirit is principally stimulated at this
: ion.’, in by those “ Uo have escape and from the
tytai.’ v or justice (as it (nay be termed) of
t'w Uritisli i.'c.'crr.nient long since the war of
id< jH'iidence. Almost every fox-ding press
in the United Stales is conducted by persons
oi iii..t dcsenpticui—th. two leading presses
in the city of Pni'rdclphi*, one in th ■- cilv of
fen’ nnoif, and I migh* dd another in a third
i ny, i. it deserve t the name of a leading
vi, 1 bis is the d-icription of persons
■ 'uo hi ivM iitn ci tof tlie wrong* they have
rereivtd (rout die Irish and British govern
if cuts r's now goading Us to War—talking
about . ’men icon spirit—the spirit of our revo
lt!: soil, and of tarring and leathering the to
r.dt, ts they lutvi the matchless audacity to
t- rut the whigs of the revolution. Let them
b- war-—I liav- a “ tory” in mv eye (Col.
;i) who will not undergo the discipline
of iar ar.d feathers from these second founders
<n ti-- u public without resistance.
V. - u.sy talk of war as we please—but
f.b: t i-pproxiinulion have we made to it ?
V i ; .,e no liuieh the nearer to it that mu
l.ai.r, reliance, our principle stall—the loan
tui-i .ea revenue to carry on llie war, h. a
pr ■’ Ttobe a broken ree.l. We complain
of .lie tiuLaiyo, a. and gentlemen tell us of
It is :.oioi war we complain, butofem-
We ciintend indeed tin t war cunno*
in.- wa ;ed under present auapicies without
due-;, ci agrau: anil disaster to ourselves.—
Vc s‘ e triat it wjd be disastrous and ruinous ;
i ,ill.nr present complaint is now of it* pre
cursor, its in u.r.i a.tn-it r tLc Embargo-.
OuCgtiitl: in; n has said We huCc adopt,: and
every measure Y.kfeii the situation of the
country requires in case vve, meant to go to
wvr. We In.ve not adopt'd two, of the most
important and indispensable. \Vc have not
paaw and the bill for raising tiic supplirs. Mr
H.uu!o'.pii ‘..ud that he would candidly p
---pr.ae tiie gentleman from Kentucky that In*
should have voted against the gentleman’s
taxes because 1 c was ojiposed to the war.—
The taxes ought to have been laid (if war
was their intent,on) in time to meet the ex
panse. ; in true lor die proceeds to answer
♦lie pub',■■ exigencies i since they could not
1- prodoi • iv.- until at least 12 months after
they ,lu-.l have been imposed—lnstead cf
vSi eh a butt!: n greater in amount and far
more U'lroual in its operation had bten laid
on tin,: country in the shape of an embargo,
ct*s! roving our resources and diminishing the
thttadv small receipt of the Treasury.
T'hirc is another jr.cr.stuc, one adrersttd
11 at z -..tioMsly by t! grist It man from South-
C.-rolirir. himself, and by his learned and aroi
ar ie c'-110 - ;pie wi,o usually sits before him
Client tt) by tljc honorable speak, r oi
this house, and by most oi those who b -vc dis
p'a y and the greatest oral far w-r, I mean
in. a mi*, s tor ms mime detedee and t. Hence.
Ii& p.- fectiy obvious, if we go to War with
a great maritime power, we must resort tt.
irvaaur:; f naval prep. Natio- V/e are told
Oi’tlie sound being ’seated against us, (:s it
Jj bv flMiisli privateers unci r French orders)
and i'.'.rv is the seal to be taken off l By call
i :jg out the imldta ; or by adding two a.ldi
p'oiial Sect e'..r,vs to the deparinu lit of War !
Jam no navy nisn, sir 1 but I have long ago
dv.'b.ii and a:id 1 row rep.. t it, that tills nation
.a destined to be one of the greatest navai
powers ori earth. Our progress towards
ihri st..; ein my opinion has b-hi materially
rttardettby tiic me. sums or our own govern
ini nt, to and I ..peak in md renee particularly to
the iti ■■..ot.v., of M . Adams who attempted
to fur. e the er uvtii of n .vv prematurely
But it v.v gi. to w.,r with a maritime nation,
ji is i- ...lull neccußary v. should have u
tbn i—Y.s. sir', and : fit r ail is done towards
preparation for w..r that is rov. proposed, vve
;ti, ji be jin tas far from our object as if Ureat
-5T jtam iir.ci not a single subject in North-
Arne tic a.
AViith re: pert to our trade, its pre sent
atste m. . *•.: described in v. ry few woi-ds.—
TANARUS, iginnd takerail otir ships Undid to Tran, e ;
K-aitcc tub -a .Ml our ships wheresoever
bound. The licensed trade between us aid
a'. ,’ piiii.ibiiie.i or ..he,lit to be inter
,,jr.e,l bv the United Suites, and the tmliccit
-1 1 . e.e is proiiihitid by France —And for
. r.;s tied, thus prohibit veil by France ami
• .v.ivclvcl* vre are to go to war. 1 shall not
..tump’ vo urge any argtuheni ins. vvr;
Indeed j feel ashamed after the tnastcriy ar
. :nt of rrv coileagiic (Mr.Shcffy) now ab
a'l.’ eo leave, to sav any thing on the subject,
iirt the business Oil baud is embargo not war ;
i.dupoii a. proposition which is equivalent
Mii cti..n ortho pc itum, ut.questionably
die i. nole si.b'.ct of embargo comes up imd
i <■;. ,o d.r diac.is# on.
’ V.'.ili np.'ti .o the design of the ma-
Pn-iu of thin UouSv fiotn the coirmencement
< the session to t'l. present time, it is not
. iv intern sen to say any tiling, for this plain
TVAiCtv th.i.t I am'aCqua inteti with their tie
vr.c ov|v !ri.jn their subsequent acts ; but I
> : 'o-c no ill citation in avm-.ng that if the scs
• -.in ‘.-as to go over again, those gentlemen,
,;,o lav g iVcro a yielding disposition or a re
,.et *.;> ;}■„? opinions of vivv.ii violent friends
rvvtpt down the current, would make an
.hr i-I nd maniv resistkr.Ci.—or I see no
, i ess be .v.rv few, someone or two
indi-ad.r is for vi'lcim l prot. is to have the
hi, i„ : t esteem, who ’Vd! not be glad to gel
i,r..pe. But ‘hey have advanced
. lap c piv’-. and not left
‘.hi ’) reives room to turn. Tlvy wiil le. bailc
ed in .iie r i.sp, and will ur.qnt Uouably be
found in it. ■ . •> cm * f the pit l. UK'-
t am 1,0. ry, si , to worry thy patience of
iion.:.——u, I imiitrsvovd tilt gentlrn.iin
i-K, u-uai’y cii u:y right i.r nraliv. scme
. Uisio I to If. decUir-ti -ns made by n.-> dur
.. i-, r arssioi—crrtnnly to : ei’e
. i ieb i r.va,., w l ’.: c the drors were open.
it!;,, >v. ore dugs of this (i-.Htse ms- ere;
L evi,-, p- ■ c i is not ibr me vos.y. lean
t -iV civ I :• U a. i > ~s in r.pwisc privy to tlu
■ ; ard b. l. vr ili*K.ti ec.-vti, n- n wilO wiii
i. ks t>. vi- ei. .1 th>- d.b.t.. :wd so
•,he n\i :.r„r. v—di iht; icr .\u.arLs I
made cu*. ihsre, wrul l have absolved me
fr tm having any hand in making these pro
ceedjjjgs Jiuhiir. f f'eit nnscll inflividualiy
iojured ,'iivt a grieved ; kit f have no he si ta.
liett in rrpeati ; wh o hr- doors are open,
.l <-obsc vatioii o l. TANARUS, 1 presume the gen
tleman from dou'iiJdaHilinn 1- ‘erred. I snati
not stop to enquire how far s'ich an allusion
Wjs in order. S did say, wiien the doors were
dosed, and from tiic source of my informa
tion i have no more ciouht ui the fact tnaii I
have that Mr. Buriuw I as wore our minister
10 France—for 1 did not him go, and it
may be a false report di.t 1 had the Lest
reason to believe that, iloia the liist coming
to this country, the French minister haii
pressed the American government to cut of!
all supplies to the Spanish pc .i .sula, and
that our government had resisted that press
ure. Why sir, is there any man who knows
any thing of the designs or policy of the
French Emperor, that thinks he is so litT
sensible of fils own interest us not to have
desired it ? Can it be believed that Monsr.
Serrurier was sent here without powers aid
without instructions to press our governi :>t
to put an end to trad between’ us and the
Spanish and Portuguese ! Is the French Ca
binet so little enlightened as not to endea
vor to attain that object so desirable to
France, when that endeavor could cost them
nothing? What did I say? That these at
empts had been made, and I believe the pre
cise expression was “ hitherto eluded,” or
parried, bv an argument that might satisfy
even a Frenchman; that if the Emperor wish
ed not to excite the universal execration ot
the people against France, he must not touch
our trade to Spain and Portugal : that the
people of this country would send their ves
sels wherever they could get a market. I
stated these facts, and 1 staled them on tin
own responsibility. The gentleman from
South Carolina has different impressions. I
presume the gentleman has had an opportu
nity of investigating the subject andascei
taining win thcr such a proposition was ever
made. The gentleman bows assent. With
out trenching on his privileges 1 would ta
p-lad to know whether the g. ntlcmai quati
fi s that denial by the term “ official !
Because sir, I know rather too much of di
plomacy to believe that there is black and
wh te tor it, that there is any correspondence
HiiJUe on tin subject. I do no; bel.cve it;
hut 1 have no more doubt of the fact th..n I
■should have if you (Mi. Kp."; ker) or the gen
tleman from South t. roiu.a himself were to
tell me he had received and horn the President
or from a Cabinet minister. 1 can have no
more ; and if the information of the gentK
man from S. Carolina came from the s..:;n
loutce as that which I possess, al. I have to
say is, that one story has been told io the
gentlemen from fc. Carolina and a different
story to myself. But I presume that that
cannot have been the ‘act. As the old peo
ple soy it otinuls to r- ~\ion that such a pr< p -
sitiun should have been made hi Mr. be. m
ri r. I. was too desirable an obj ct to be
overlooked. Why not ask ? He c uld but
mu*-, with a reftte; 1, and then he would be :.s
well off'as before. Why not as weil press our
government Oil tin t point as to put an end to
our trade of St. Domingo ! We know that
our government was so pressed and acceded
to the requisition. 1 was one who joined in
o doing, not because France wished it, but
because I thought all the slave-holding states
were du ply mieresU and in cutting olf'aU sort
of communication With the devoted Island
It was upon that ground and no other that i
voted for the lv’.
YVith ri sped to submission to the pre
tentions of the belligerents more complete
than the Embargo. It is direct and um q 11\ -
ocai submission to the interests mcl Wishes
of France that all trade between us and
Spain, and Portugal, should be at an end.
It is direct and unequivocal submission to
the Ordin in Council, because they tell us
we shall not o to Fiance, and we will there
fore go no where. We lia.e received notice
fi oai an . ntmy not to t. avel a pai ticulay road ;
to at oid submitting to the requisition we
k.ep close house—or ail nations know hiw
‘o compromise what are called their rights
We have practised it or. more occasions than
one, and shall again when the occasion o. -
curs. There is but one nation at pus nt in
,he world that does it not frequently, and
there never did exist in m recollection but
one other—the ancient Romans were tiic
one ; and the modem Romans, as they tail
themselves, the other—aid yet the C esar of
Ccsars knows will low to compromise his
rights. It is Vert fine, talking about rights,
but the quest,on is remedy, and you must at
lust be governed by circumstances.—WTtl
you pronounce that all who have gone before
you have been dastards ? Will you say that
Washington submitted ? That Adams’ sub
mitted ? That Jefferson’s administration was
a long continued course of the basest sub
mission ? That the best act of the ad
ministration of Adams, his accommodation
with Fi ance was submission ? I hav, been
torn pacific policy, but if vve are to goto war,
take off tin- Emla.rj.-o ! I)o not in th. sun.
ofSaitgrado, deplete u,. by wav of prepara
tion for bald;. (five us beef-stakes and
porter if we .ire to light, and not water-gru
el and the lancet. It is a well known Tu t
tha- five out of six of the m< n who perished
during the revolutionary struggle, perished
from the consequences of our refusal to re
ceive foreign manufactures, thereby di pri
cing ourselves of the supplies and re - .time
requisite lor carrying on the war-
Wall resp. c.t to the public opinion about
war, from persons of all politic s, 1 have re
ceived this answerwhen they li..vc b; en ques
tioned oa the subject—How tar. you expect
to m.,kc your enemy belie v you art m ear
nest win n yon cannot induce your own peo
ple to think so ? Some of the most vir.i nt
jacobin prints in this .country, some of tt os.
which have gone furthest in denouncing tin
torirs, are those which have had agency in
producing this impression on the public, cr
those who discountenance them have pre
dv.ced this impression. It is a v eil known
fact that the c. s. is as I have suit, tl it.
Mr. CAUiOI N said that the gentleman
was conect n supposing he had Dec n abiut. c.
o, when he (Mr. C.) had ..pukeii of th. ci. e
larat.on made by a member during the su re
sitting. Whatever may have been the soon <•
of the gentleman’s imormation, said Mr. F.
■ t cannot have procei ded from a higher source
than miiv. I wen. to tlie highest source and
received the iufo.ma'.on tl.„t r.a such appli
cation. however probab’ •, vvs .’’er rmie to
ibis goverun'cr’. I think ris. if fillv :u
----thorisud t- s:y that no s .-h spplicatioi. was
. tvr mxi’e by th. Fr.nch Minister, or i v am
;>,. Mp-t terh m, divectly or inch r.ctiy, c,.’ c
V Sr ifiin--rwiie. I do r.ct attribute to th
,foeTc'rs'i the lUtimai.ru of the .x;si; r.ce o
,n /'riT.i h .efiecni ecn the lets ; tlie io’
dCXMlflt, Uccaoxe, t.r, I am sure for-,:.
roast wo l ti;l attribute no such metis; to the
Executive or to a majority ot this house ; but
unfortunately- suco mute ins ben made of
bis remarks ;i to convey til t impression. I
mu, liierefore, glad to-day to hear tile gen-
Cei..ail’s ojiiiiion t,.ai sueh a demand was )'i
sis.ed by our government. Misrepresenta
tion-. fiequentiy creep uno the public pi’in.p,
and it is well time th \ a.iouid he (O.Tected.
I take tills o; porfiuiitv to *y, tiiat the re
poit of the debate in secret session, as pub
lished, is mutilated, paitisa and entirely in
correct.
Mr. UANDOLI’H said r.o doubt the gen
tiemau bclfoved wh-thc hod a.d but the
source of his (Mr. R’s) information v„s such
as cculd not have fait, and to hav produced .n
h.m a conviction of its truth. I stateii, said
Mr. R. when the embargo bill ‘..as under cou
sidtraiion, hat our government ha t been
pressed by the French .'lm-ster here— hat I
had such knowledge of it as I cou.d not
doubt cl—in substance to cut off tnc trad
between ti.is country and tlie Span.slt oirun
ions ; that our government had ip*- 1 er o—
lii.hcrto, in reference to the time when i
spoke, resisted tl.at pr ssure is unquestiona
bly they must have done, because tt they bail
noth would have taken place, ‘foiat was
the amount, 1 txl.eve, of my statin-nt. 1
differ, however, fom die ;;ent.enian from
South Carolina as to h accur .cy ot the r. -
port of tiiat Debate—l wish we h, das goon
stenographers in the mixes—-for some ot ihe
speccltet; were reported with an acccrac.
wliich astonished im —more accuratel’, 1 ix -
lieve, than 1 have < ver seen report, and bv [X;i
sonswlro attend here for the purpose. Tins
observation cut;inly does not apply to my
own remarks—b c.uise 1 feel myself ut tlua
point aggrieved end injured.
Mr. BLEF.CKEJi—In answer to one of
the arguments urged for the relief of my
constituents, who a.e now suffering under
v v/’ i -i... 1 1 i v 11 1 “ j jjvr ait nty'z uuiitt mi.mi.i
tlie visitation ct their own government, by
tiie gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Randolph)
and myseit, that we ait not pivpa.e.l for wai,
and can o go U< war bv ti.e .line tiie embar
go w.il expire, and that U.e.eio.e the prayer
ot the memorialists ought to be gran.ed, it
is s..al, by the t.s Ue.nan f. om South-Caro
l.na (Mr. Ca bo n) that War w... be declared
within (x. daps, and by die gcnt.eiuaii trom
Kentucky (Mr. Johnson) hat” be will vote ibr
a declaration of war with n tiiat time. It, sir,
this be so~xif gentlemen wi.l l.ave the hard -
liood to pi n:e the country in o a war in ,ts
present unpn paix and st.de, .ti.out sn .imj,
without a navy, and wit-bo it money, and bring
up..n u# def at and d.sgrace a at ignonim; ,
which must ui uiisbly result, dun will tin
people, hose complaints you now refuse to
i.ear, then will ti e peopie, “ho are to te..r
the pr.vations, sufferings and calamities oi
tin war, whose bleed is to be sp.lt, v.host
houses are to blaze, whose towns are to be
demolished, speck in a ton- that shall, and
will, cud must be hi an!—tiicy will speak m
thunders that will r.r.g th. heavens from
Maine to frcorgia, from th. A iantic to tlie
,'vi ississ ppi. 1 jmcc, sir; in tin- signs ot
the tunes ; ard I wond r that gentinn.n a.e
not sei.sibl that th opini o of the people n>
a amst their measures. He fore manv weeks
shall have elapsi cl, I lx in ve th y win lie sa
tisficdofit. Jt may be but a fond d.lusion ;
1 nwy dew iv.- myself; hut, sir, if gentlemen
persevere in the it- Course, if they go as far as
■ hey say they will, 1 believe the people wdt
put a stop to their ci-accf, and that I shall
soon hail the clay when >l reign of tlaorv,
oplbstrv and false philosophy, which has for
Several years past oppressed this country,
p raliscd its industry, cluck.d its enter
prize, retarded its prosperity and depressed
its spirit, will come to an end ; when that
commerce to which we owe so much of our
prosperity, which is the fi-i. nd ot'civilization
and the contpanion of Christianity, will re
v.ve, will again “ vex every sea” and p ne
rate even bay, river and inlet where human
bongs and human wants tan be found.
FROM FRANCE.
Arrived at Gloucester on Sunday last
schooner Betsey, eapt. Haskell 28 days
from Bordeaux—Brings very little
nev. s. The Captain informs, that
French troops were returning very
fast from Spain, and immediacy
marched to the North.—They w ere not
allowed to stop in Bordeaux more than
twelve hours. The reasons given for
their return from Spain were, that it
was conquered! It was believed that
war with Russia had commenced. A
gentleman high in office had been be
headed in Paris for giving information
to a spy from the Russian court.
“ CONSERVATIVE SENATE.’’
“ Hitting of the 10 th M rch, 1812. - ’
“His excellency the Duke of Bas
sano. minister of Exterior Relations,
communicated the following report to
his majesty the emperor anil king.
“ As long as the British Orders in
Council shall not be withdrawn, and
(he principles recognised by tlie treaty
of Utrecht, towards neutrals, restored
in fell force, the Decrees of Berlin and
Milan must continue towards those
/.oca's who shall suffer their Flag's to
1 1 e dedal!on a! iz ed.”
“ DmalinnaUxed'' —An arbitrary,
new fangletl term to denote American
vessels who have had the misfortune
to be spoke with hy a British frigate.
What will Mr. Madison contrive to
advance now in justification of his
friend the Emperor ?— E. Fast,
F.x.'r.rtofa letterTron. Taria, dated .March 15,
in .. g.rti. nvn in tins sown, (Boston)
The ship Bulab, Ingraham, arri
ved at Civita Vecthia COih tilt, from
Boston ; rl in eonseoneta-e of bring
boarded by iro English vessels* has
with her e xgo been provisionally sc
jue.stc.rfdF
* This is punishable under the Mi
lan Decree, the revocation of which
has so often been told.
t! W'-YCr.r., MAY 22.
I v-‘ ft;. /: K-luKt:.
rv t ? --i •• Or it. >.- injit. Bowden,
1 . - . received l .iidc” papers to the
cl, U t->
It appears, that 11. B. ?.T. schf.cnet
Maikarcl, sailed from Falmouth, on
the loth of last month, with despatches
Tand.probably a nuiilj for New-York.
We do. ikit lierceive the departure of
tiny vessel trom Plymouth, witli Jit.
Ruff on board.
The riotous proceedings in the man
ufacturing towns, had not entirely sub
sided: hut appeared less alarming.
Petitions were daily presented to
Parliament for the repeal of the orders
in council. On the subject oi the re
peal of thj orders, a discussion took
ptaec in the House of Commons r,n the
Bth nit. in consequence of petitions a
gainst them from Hadamsliire & Sbefr
field. On this occasion, the Chancel
lor of the Exchequer denied Hint tlie
orders in council produced the evils
complained of.
In reply to Mr. Whitbread he ob
served,
“ The honorable Gentleman had re
commended that the subject should he
referred to a committee, but the House
should (hut this was a ease
involv ng a great political question,
which it was not the practice of Par
liament to delegate to any cireumscri-
I c.l committee, of the w hole House.
A detailed examination of evidence did
not appear to him to suit :v subj’ct of
that kind. lie knew what an eSrci the
shutting the America* market must
have ; out would the Hon. Gentleman
state whether he would repeal the or
ders in council, and what he expected
from such a step ? There was one
time when Gentlemen thought that the
Berlin and Milan Decrees were done
away, hut that time was past, an man
who knew any thing of the subject
would say so now. It was notified by-
France herself that they should con
tinue to operate ; that they should by
considered as the fundamental law of
the continent, until vve ahardined cur
system of blockade. There was no
man it? that house who lamented (lie
-I dresses that were felt more than he
did, but would any man say that he
was prepared to give up our maratime
rights, hy which Great-Britaio had ri
sen to power and consequence ? When
this declaration on the part of France,
with respect to the continuance of her
decrees, was known in America, he w as
not without hope that America would
not charge upon this country an un
necessary strictness in the measures la
which she had resorted. But whatev
er tha effect in America might ho, this
country ought to know that those de
crees were in full force now, and were
to continue so until G. Britain should
yield up those privileges upon w hich
her prosperity was so strongly founded.
If the Orderu'in Uouncil were repealed
before the Berlin and Milan decrees,
the consequence would be, that Franee
would have her neutral trade open with
America, while we were denied the
trade of the Continent of Europe.
Unless the House was prepared to say
that this should be judicious, the pre
sent did not seem to him to he a period
in which it was possible to do away the
Orders in Council.
The above petitions were ordered to
lie upon the table.
London, April 18.— The call of the
House stands for Wednesday, and is to
be strictly enforced The motion on
the Catholic Question comes on the
next day.
The account of tlie capture of the
Rivoli. of 00 suns, in her passage from
Venice to Corfu, was received from Vi
enna. It was mentioned in two sneers,
siveports front Venice to ienna, and
there is little or no doubt of its being
correct, (she was laden with stores,
provisions and troops, f’er Corfu, aud
was armed en flute. One of our fri
gates, whose name vve have not yet
beared.laid heron board in the most
gallant stile. The action was long &.
severe. She had most of her masts car
ried away, and 400 men either killed
cr wounded.
Liverpool, April 15.
RUSSfA & FRANCE.
The question of peace or war between
these powers appears to be nearly de
cided. The last accounts from the north
of Europe state, tiiat on eaeh side the
troops w ere in motion towards each oth
er. If, indeed, our intelligence from
this quarter he correct, a most formida
ble combination against Russia has been
established.—More than one hundred
thousand French, with three hundred
Saxsor.s, Prusians, and Austrians I
This is. however, the first time that we
have heard of any part of the Austrian
power being employed in this new con
test. which from the magnitude of its
preparations.intended to sweep theexar
himselffrom tlie throne of his ancestors,
and vve much doubt that cither the finan
ces or the feeling-:; of A list ria are favour
able to such an engagement. But ex
clusive of her help, v. e tan conceive the
French forces and those of the Confed
eration sofitcientlv numerous to render
the situation of Alexander one of pecu
liar hazard and difficulty, and especial
ly when the fall ofhis empire eauimt be
1 might to his aid—Tike t-e treat
Vrederiek, he is hemmed in hy r. a • ,-t
formidable eenfcderarv, bat ti v. Uu
ai.d activity by which the ? r .,, s -.
eaui:terk*.kttce<i the exeo**ofyhvv’ ‘
mr\T.:s arranged against him, iVr.n‘V.‘‘ l
fear to be guml in St. lVfmlmrm'i.’
That Russia must tight (he | )at ,
alone appears certain. She had , n f a l’
no aliy to whom she eonid lnk tor mi,
tary cooperation hut Pros-a • and loh'!
not beeau ,• her conduc t to Prcsia ht
merited assistance : for there has! !
peculiar harness on the politics of v’
exanderboth as to Sweeden and Prar- !
but. because it v. as a matte rof coirre’
policy to unite against the commercial
tyranny w iiieli France was exere'v.
over them. The proximity ot'p rus '.,
to lice aggressive powers, and pcri,c- t
despair ofsiiceess, h is induced lier ~,
ereign to enlist, under the banners ni f, :
enemy,and to deliver up hiscountrv and
fortresses to military oeenpation.
are the humiliating terms on which
is received as an auxiliary ? Thevl.av.
it is said, produced much uissr u
(ion among the people ; hi:t when |}.g
French are in the heart of their country
even murmurs must be stilled. ry,
French are to occupy Colhcre. I';;,
lau. and ‘AJemel, and the Pit: :i:u
are to support thepi as long as they r ..
main in those fortresses, as well as t ,
furnish such divisions of the French •„
my with iseccssa rics, as are to be’marci.
ed through the Prussian territory:
this too v> hen there is an alarmiue-sec:
city of provisions through *b e Tj.,
kingdom.
n hat Sweeden w ill do or. this ever.
gene appears us doubtful esc. -
we think it 1 easy tc< see that i’ :
parte at least has distrusted her: and
is probable that the tras reason that ;
again wrested Pomerania from!,,,
den was, to prevent the Swedes from
Having access to the continent (tunr
the time of his being occupied
north. Had that door hero lull :: .
a regular army landed there rsi.-.U
have collected round it the i:;di.-;r.i
population of Germany. and pr • hu-.i
an inconvenient division in Ids- res.
Every step which has been taken shiv:
that the war v ith Russia is not a L.
step.it has been in preparation mu:
mouths, and arrangements have L: ..
made accordingly. Buonaparte e.rd
not Alexander, has sought it. As
Russia ti.e rvvr.t is very doeV.ly.!
hut as to this country, the sactH s :
Buonaparte can only confirm the m •
sent separation, whieh exists Let;*/•:•
Russia and us; the sr.Lniissicn ci*. ■
evandcr would have prod need cu.
elusion from his ports; his and. IV; l cia
do no mere.
What the preparations are wbh.,
Alexander has trade to meet themiph
tv force whirh threatens him, does net
appear 5 at least ice ceacuatc. s r
vague and : r. it! f.u The,
however, un indication? of despot
ey. Gen. Bem.ingseu is to lu. .
command, though not a we could he
wished the chiefcemir.aiid. Title. :i
said will be devolved upon harm 1 r 1
A n.iiitary f.ircc is ganigia-’- it.
interior as an army of i carve.
SPJW JlA'I) POL’TVa.’:
The rumors of a part otr the Fienci
j force being drawn firm the Peniureia,
I are so far cor.llrrncrf fcy the Freueh r
pels, as to admit, that, the i, :<{..! .
guards ha*. e an ived r.l P. > ■?. r: •.■
a part of the Voile!: tr*;->: s l:.i !■>
vimr under h:.-!.:• ’■■■ . red li.
by another route. Ti esc troops *•
spoken of r.s expressing their regret ?
le.aviug Spain, and their contempt
the Guerillas. Mow is it then t’
they are withdrawn from the con
and that the Guerillas rre still I • ‘
practice their hen-ising and e.rs'r
tve propensities ? x .t e, arc 1. : v n
informed, that 00 battalions aie to ■
marched into Spain to supply the •
ees of the troops ‘o he *.\ itkdrv
to reinf-rce the armies. A boa.-*
the military :.,, ~ . of France Al
lows, as exhibitted in thus movim: >
armies from one extremity cf I ■
totlieotber. We conceive that i
reason of this transfer of troops, il v. 5
is the fact, is, that the war in t y
so harrnssing and destructive that ts
soldiers engaged in it. s;r
prospect of its termination. S-..ve c.
ed for a change of service; and i
Bonaparte has deemed it rca.- •
that ether part * cf his army
sisare in the difficulties cftl
It may, however, be much d.vac
whet her the hearted marefcin *cf‘* rx ■
ses of troops- is not designed as a o
ver to that which Bonaparte is ain't
anxious not to expose, viz. that tv
present internal state of France ;
the presence of an atkUtfeoat r.
of troops to maintain traugri.iv,- -
so,the sending of sixty additim -1 1
talions into Spain is on p per c: ;■: ■
that some fears are elite. ,ui\. n 1;-
naparte of his own subjects .* _
evident from his answers to the a :
ses of the departmect... Tv. : ‘
allusions to the evils of civ it w.
!us hope that France is ir •••**•-■
front it, are onns'inl topvs
speeches. One insnvrectjc?) v- : -
dy taken place, and the <•-
grain in most of the disin< ■
there r.o oilier causes of s. ■ r.
| a eirenmstanee wTich at r •*.•*-
| pireatiivu i; : c.'S-'-v.