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‘IFW* thr lender. Statesman,
THE MAS^OEHADt,
T l )* pride 'f-a fi,vertin’* frrfft lu%
*'*»'« •» lairly I re»d in the record* «'.f HrM—
•ir« pomp atxl it
Ft!.e Court CavHit it «* t fakrn '
1 hr I evil annuuncet n*
Hr ittued hi* card* with all due *,r, df
iind wit’d thara'diftct Stm.ldd't fulypWd
,0 the tv or of C^Mufasgeo.
’ r s** to hrirht.
* to Hrceti -nd thro, ftjuirti, ibcir giseft'* •
lo tnvwe, h
rtir fm.fli-tl thUr t„n , h , d „ d #i#l
Wtih cr»na»ncy Moftnlrcrt.
* ! ‘ e . n . "* P folu, * , A rta*e wa* kept,
■Ami the B li rrHffn fi -<>r **** n. w.% fwrpt,
And on .. tv*. ,|„ t dhy , f, mrd .dept,
' h; ■4<nct of Ccittnlujcu,
* Th J. #W | »«W*-lUll with imific run f,
* a ode tva. proudly f,i„* •
-tnd the throat with Orange dtf.gu* wa*
»utiߣ.
Pri m rpL-r'i inrrnHon* i.keo,
J hr roof w„h fktbonic ga. hrnm'd brlffcf.
And a bo*fir* bOrrd thro’ the echoing night,
, And «o.h (l,uH« ,h« crowd their
light,
l.ikc rocket, at Cos mhag*n.
TbtreWcre ffn*). without ft r#v e |, within,
ihc cymbal* dang and the w*r-di U ».i* din,
Andfl c rcfl.l mght wa, uOirr d in
With pjgartry and par »dii*g.
The crowd adv >nc d and a wonder rose
Tor ev’ry gu.ft ,hr. w off In, riot bn, ’
ilnd lhi* Orangi r transformation rtiew*
Jlaih man had been tn. Ajucrading.
Vor pirfon erme, with caffndt and rerwa,
Hr laid t* e linly v.Onrum* down,
1 lie gneft. remain'd but the parft.n wa. flown
And a Iwau wa, l fvn parading ;
’Onyx trhe, hr lung for pfalma divine,
Ur (oftl< Cp'd a lady’* wine,
wind warbled forth, wirh a- emr. fine,
I'he charm* ol nuiipitraUiog.
f»ate*vn*n* Telit hid *tt aged crone,
A flar w * over a fwmdlev thrown ;
Thtr* Wa* folly brnrath afenator** gown,
Royal favor* arrayed in.
Trom the inn* «*f Com a lawyaroirt,
T the Devil’* levee he laid hi* claim,
Bur the l*v yer fldl remain'd the I me
1 htefughotit a I m. hpii radirg.
I ord Cathrart rrm* in a hear flrfnrntr,
H he fame w** « mr SVwarr. w * furiout,
And whm it j in’d hi* lori'fliip’* firit.
from tie k.flui '» ti ml* '«w*» taken |
It feivcd it* |jm if mercy to hide,
And vci'd Or flar of a B'i'on’a pride,
So hi* lordfliip laid the fktn slide,
After the iuu.iuon* to Copenhagen.
Now Sat*» wn g’ad thla £**rt to firn,
Vho firm'd ash m'o of i«c fnpany,
But the general It Sited himtelt to be
To the hall ol audience taken ;
And there wa* of Aormirg'A fi< ging a view,
Ah arfaw wi a there, ai dMjinathtoo,'
Ami asp ce wa* left I etw an the two,
For thr liege (4 Copenhagen:
Sir Home ratne in wiih pei’larVpack:
FecUiely w rap’d in a pirateYjack ,
And the fmngling ware* onjiivbrndinglia.ck,
From vaiiou* , ant}*,wrre,t.nkrn.j
T here wt re tea, ai.d.filk* fre'nitfar, t C'anton,
And.ii goti.ffulitn irom a v Sp*iiifli Jhm,
And a >c>(w fir.Hiinie had fi’.tly woii
At the C(ge pi Cop.i tihagcp.
J, , ■’ '■ i
Now tumult* Viiid the guefly* appal,-
And niaddeniug'liiug'h.tci,* flmlte* tlieihalll,
V'hilc'ficiidn’up >u t»cli' .call,-
In accent* wil'd, 1 and flun king
Who come* writ I- 1 ric VituVfe,'* crir»idn»\
An'othei flit'iknC" yl'ii’ilitrVundjii/f,
•‘That thi* pnditinnVboyfiftil son,.
M Our revel eou.ru iaflckii g !’*
A third r*cl»itucd'„" SitJnv uth eih tell,
•‘ Hi»* ficr< e I Vi kc the bigot \dl!"
'i*he three fi nduv-env’d the dance ol Hell,
It* fateful IpelU pnriuiiig.
•• h eland ftirll bleeel!” erictl C*fllfre?gh,
“ IVijlh /Imnuti /" ('auniny did lay,
Perceval cried “r» hgion * r*>,
" Shall light tlic pile of mitt."
The madtief* fpread*. tie gurfl* ayree,
And all W.i* rt-ui aud revtrlv,
Not kitldtt tlih nor w iliVr «i e,
Pantheon** Wall* e’tt l*o Ihd •
T’ e I'ctnotit wide their tore! m flung.
Tt eib«nt of miicl'iel loud ihev sung,
TVith V-rlvill * ii air ft e I'aoqel rui-.g,
lu diai ghti o' l.til broth ti-afled.
But tii'ioc’* now spread with thv mafiptcr,
thoikd |
“ Th*t l . ndimorii m'* (’o'-** were Ink'd !**
Ar.d hu b* *•)-r.it<f? e. eh other kuock d,
Vt ith lit* of ai-gii lli taken ;
Fi t , l t un <l. e'ar’d that tl tir feir* v pte vain
fUb i t> tm<-depart and thin e.lcu tLeit
pain ;
** * 1 .i i to fee yon a'l again, ,
** hi ttVCI gc lor ( oftrltigtm /"
To TJF.y CHUM, /'actor, j
.Arut llan&tekeon.
How nunv mult hsvc beer
vour coitjccuites, my faiihfui
fnend, ttj-rtt the fast* of
K»,. tt£ ; Row guat ilir ajiptc |
ht'i'liO i of iiiv family leR, in
cre ffiog (he immenre ocean, I j
n av );ave »•> ihou,
futiter. PtaltJ to the g*ca'
—c ! fo thin).
hui «he great amcJunt
of debts dtlc to me, and ihe
hope.*, hy their recovery, to ie
tire to the delightful banks'of
he Ho-Narg, could have indu
ced me to wancicr to foch a dis
tattcr'from you : this you must
all well kilow. The circum-
Hatccs ol the voyage, See. I
I wjW not occupy this letter by "
idling you . I arrived heir
early iti the whiter, as k is here
termed, and immediately appli
ed to my debtors, who arc in
this country conhdcred great
merchant*, bui are not 10 be
compared to ours in Canton. 1
had, at tfrfl, wliaf, from tny pre
knowledge of this couniry, I
may call fuceefs ; but, learri,
my friend, ihnt I had scarcely
obtained above one half the;
amount duet* me, when a preai
and high command, called an
embargo, was ilfued detaining
all vdlcl* within rhe pons, and*
of courle confining me to ihe
couniry of a fliange and half
civilized people. ,
You wcpcctcd lo have been
at this lime, filling wiih *ny fam
ily, heatkening to the recital
of my travels and oblcrvations;
unhappily you have been dif* <
appointed, and I have bad
mote leilurc for obfervaiion
and enquiry than I deftred. —
Whilll I remain I will
endeavour to give you now and |
then a lerer.
You will of coutfe, he cu
rious to learn why all trade i>
lulptndod here, why the llriped |
flrfg n<i longer waves at Macao, i
and why your friend cannot de
part, to his favoured country
and ihe friends of his boforn.
Know, then that this country
has never followed ihe wife cx
imple of China -that, although
it is boundlcfs in extent, having
< v.ciy climttic foil and prodne
iipu, tieccllary it has
lo.olifl.tly busied itlelf with for
. tign r.om'mtTte :in this alone-,
men' been to
the neglect of>gi icuilt«tMve.tnjmwi
fact u res, a n.d‘ the a>r«t*?i.
• You will sciir-eel.y emit- i\
but- ir is" the fact, lifegl,- a-lrhoogh
iHeJe A’tnciieans eall li-emile-lves
the mudb enliglvtcne-d people- iin
It!r.<*' w.o;iltl, they conllaMtl-v; ;ia..
vel 3,®®o miles,, and .pay/ high
prices;, for things they can get
ta* 'lre-Mire,, »t a low- rate. Wc
Chiwtife,, who., a's well as others,
| pt'Oli’i by this Hi mint.fs, mull
iio’t complain of u, 1 merely tell
vou this to convince v©y that
we are really the wik,* people.
U'e Inuld no ship.«, hut make
our whole couniry a garden :
we lend for no goods, but make
ail we want ; anchd we have
more than we Want, thole who
are iu need mull come and pay
us fOr them.
Hut, ] must allow’, that extra
ordinary circumftanccs in fume
mcafuic ncctflafily created this
picfcrence of foicign com
mnte. —The wars in Europe
nbife of which has tcached
even ;he } esccful plains of Fo
kicn, had dellfoyed the carry
ng trade cf the Dutch and Eng
:fh, and ihe Intle that was left
' m ihe hands of others. T hi>
trade became very lucraii\e,
aid os ibis Ameiican people
are proveibial for a vat ice, they
| gtatprd it wuh all imaginable
eagerness.
You have heard, my friends,
nf the wars of Europe. They
began bv a combination of what
• they call the gretn pow ers against
a tingle one, France ; and lor ;
j the purpose of conquett- You j
who know the ambition, and,
mcroachtrents of the FnglillgJ.
upon ihe peaceful plains oft
J liinduftan, nra\ leadily conjee f
) uie, (fiat in this combinkUO'H
j England eimircd the leading
i place, its objeti was to
a a
ftrrry fbe trade and colonies of
Fiance. \
H-rnce it > as, that, tlte nava'
•powrr of Ertglarwl being me
(iftalie, ihe commerce of Itancc
fell ?t»to the keeping ol the A-,
at, nentiaU.
*Ffr its IcTlrs on the ocean, ‘
France coin pen fwed itfeif by *
fuccdfively conquering eve?)
povor on rhe Continent ol E.u
rope, that had combined again!!
it : The coftvcrfion of thefc
powertt into aiftes of 1 ranee nr.
crffarly followed, oc of courft
their commcrceexperienced the :
fate ol that of France— k also
fell into the hands of ibefe rieu.
»raU.
Tbs my friend, was the w ay,
in which commerce obtained al- ,
molt the rxclulive attention of
the Americans. They arrived
by its prc'fi's, at a rate lo fcnex
atrplei and profperou* as to
excite the jcalouly of England ;
which, fighting to hecoire the
only commercial power of the
could not look on con
tenterfy whilfl America advan
ced tothc condition of a rival.
Its enry was the greater, because
this rising rival, was, as you
know, but a few years
the i< fgntneant colony of Eng
land hetfe f.
Another rircuiTtfl ance I must
mention l'lte induftrv & zeal
of ih< Americans in earning
on thp trade of the Dutch,
Kranth, and Spanilh, prelerv-
ihe|r colonies to those nati.
| ons, and afforded them all their
tin eons and re (our res — t he t»nly
difference was, that they wore
not thfmfelvcs the carriers.
I (lull here, my faithful l ien,
drop my narrative, and in my
next proceed to convince you,
that the great Fohi, has favored
us with peculiar wifdirtn. We
live in peace and abundance—
there i no comfort we have not
in p>>fl‘’-fl?«n.- Our.corntr.y has
a population of meai'lty
faa-r Is. ll-iomS’ n on a tcr.pho.r-y not
’ .is far, ye as t'lie to a* toy 1 aim,
tv©«w confined in-; and we hawe
n»ar MrfhlttO' fo.icig-rv cou-imirence :
; Vet mhe A merma ns wu.h mwe
tenintuy flam, a«i-.d as m-a-ny
iuiia'l ad vantages a«s wo have,
ar-e hut Jix millions of people,
A: one diith of them are engaged
in foreign commerce ! What,
ray ft tend, can we deduce from
thele fa 6s, but that tfifdom is
bellowed upon us alone, and
that the people ol this country
are permitted to remain fools,
that we ihouhi not forget how
much we owe to the mighty
Fohi.
May your (lumbers be re.
fiefhing, as dew to the feitile
botdus of the Yo-Uang‘ and
may content dwell wnh my
faithful llanai and our childfen,
until time (hall bear to them,
their KIANG CliFE*
Phihaelphio. the third of
the Mien I\ vsn t .
(
To ZJEX CHUM, factor, »
Xear Haiigtchesti.
LETTER 11.
1 proceed, my dear Tien, to ac
count for the events, that hare de
tained me from h»y home, and your
raluec company.
In proportion as t!ie power of *
France increased rhe more despe
rate became the condition & eon
duet of her rival. E gland was
>diintoned bv all the powers that
bad joined her against France, and '
her commcice and manufactories I
j were shut nut of their Furopean
market, wluht the intercourse be
' tween the continent and their colo
j uies was maintained by American
,agency.
|, . In these circumstances England
•' determined, at once to cripple
1 l-er commercial rival, America, &
destroy the trade carried bv us
k Ajl'pmg, so much ro the advantage (
El Fiance and us adits. 'lbis you |
may, perltJp*- «oppo*\ riqu'-red !
an inimen-e power to accompli*!., |
and w ill, titer* tore, Inr a-toni k hrd j
to learn that the on!? authority up. |
on winch this revolution was to be
fotinch'd a*>ti accomplished, w-, A
mere iirnd.iiniduii of blotkade,
published in a paper, somethin r
•ike our chrp kcc-kttng, or pekm
Gazette.
The inti n» of this was arnarert,
from the ;'ljsue*ihy of the
it no other evidence exwted : fr»r,
iearn, that it would be as impossi
ble #6 blocked*' the continent 01 Eu
rope, as to e*npt\' thclaVe PO-yang.
But, you vill sav, hive I lie na
tions on itie comment no means to
*mplo\ against England—havetiny
no marine r Ard will Aiterica sub
mit Vo the jealous and vindictive
U rant of England .' To U:e>e que
stions I amwer:
Engh.ud, by successive strata
gems, and usurpations, has dcs
troved tlte Commerce and of course
the marine, of ever v state, iikelv to ,
imjHide her march tothc toonopdy 1
of commerce. You know limv
preaf the influence of the l>utcb,
French, and Torfuguese at otie
Mine van in the fast——and it no
b.ntVr exists. In like mannir oth
ers fell beneath the frraud or force
of the cmvcrsal njfttuper. 'Hiese
moans ot course irvrensed the Fv g
hsh marine, whilst they xiertroved
even the commercial character cf
those who had beclt I'nglaiiil’smic
ct'ssful rivals'. an!l tF.eietore yen
will not be surplised that in our
day «e witness the supremacy of
ihe British marine ; it is the tie
ccssarv effect of 1 ’ls years' intrigue,
In berv, and plunder.
Bv their own laws the English de
clare, that no native seamen or oth
*r person, can thcome a
another country ; yet they
r <ke from the ships ot the Kits«fans,
Dims, Swedes, Uuich, and A me*
ricaiia, such seamen as they want,
and declare by other law, that .by
two veais service (datention) in
• heir ships, these seamen have lost
all claim to the r owe character as
Americans. and have betonne
British subjects. This is thr wav
mi which their murine has been
maintained.
As therefore, the powers of the
Ku.ropcast contnent could not, by
bf rite e\-rcise of force, either
niirinraiH riieir otv-n i-r-adc or that in
American bottoms, they resorted
l*o proclamairsns, swch as th'ose of
the Ent'-hsh ;■ and, net to be out,
done m a-bvud.it v, »Iwey deoh.red
ifre British Mauds hi »■ state of
Wtoeka.-I.cv, ftuibxdie eoßfirtionsr
waili them.
Sa tlmt -
merienns mosi not go to the con'i
nent and France said “ if the
English will not suffer you to trade
with us, veil shall not trade with
them ; but ihe moment they re
tract, we will.”
You may ask, whether America
would stibmit t»» this ? As the first
wrong was done by England, and
as the cessation of injury ou her
part, would produce the same con.
duct in France, of course a com
plaint was made against the injus
tice ant* nranny exercised ; hut it
produced no redress, and, there,
lore, none could be expected from
the latter.
This denial of redress is, in fact,
among ihe hast of those evidences
of the vindictive and envious dispo
sition of Britain, that her former
colioie'- have had.
Yon, who so well konw our laws
in suen caso*, will start with sur.
prise Hid horror, when I tell you,
! that ahost a year ago a British ship
of wat atfacked an American frigate
in an Areriean harbor, killed and
wounded several men, compelled
the frigate to strike its colours— 5t
that redress lias never Wen given
lor the outrage and murder; nay,
that ihe perpetrator of those acts
has barn promoted in command,
and »e#t to onr Eastern teas.
Tns sou would nCt believe, if
I di*f not Uius a-*nre von of its
truui. How differently did our
• country be lave about the same pe
| r od—-A Clinese was killed bv a
*h<x from a British ship, and the
English consul was immediately
seized and <cr.ained, until the man
"lio had given the order to fire was
su'iendeied to our laws and pun
•sled. The contrast is the more
rentalkablv, as in ihe latter case,
there mas not a prt meditated in
tbiiion to whereas in the for
-1 ni r, the matter wns a stiliject of
I onciaj orders, preparation and re.
! Section for *everal day* prjLous '•
J tin* murder.
! flow then, you w ill tav c*n
I account for the contrast br!'Ton'*
our conduct and that of ti e A ir'* f
lean* ? 1 will tell B ',r A
at home and are itviepcmicttfcfc®
w have no no ill?on* (f ?r|9*L*
or thousand# cf men on she ?
to inv‘fe plunder or check uV- ® I
otir rrsoluuon to mate our 1
j*od laws respicted. W e have ’'JL®
foreign infuencc amongst os,
foreign agents to corrupt cur ptf:- M
pie, no foreign commerce to weaa /■
die hearts of Chinc«»e from thed j]
faith and country. If we had ads ||
milted the British I
'Jacr.rtnn; & others, so often ? lit I
to us with large presents, we c aid j
not have obtained redress fc the j
wronj done us at Macao.
Very differently is 'the condition I
of this country. British JUtcart. I
n+u are here in evety port/andof!
couse there are not wanting v«», I
cates for ary outrage of l|li»g’*»nd, I
and calumniators of every thing I
American —oav, I b’usM, to tclll
you, ihere are natives too, whoseß
rrmembranccid the mu tier I h.ivsl
mection<-d ha? been drowned ia»
wine at the British J Macartneys®
table. . if
O, mv faithful/friend, what i®
piettre of the n;o>' enlightened *x-n-®
pie on earth; at/d yet this is but®
a frii.t outline./ Ifappv,
China, you hawe sustained voni cha.®
racier t>r fcoqjb vears, by agrfcuh®
tore, oitnuhvitories, it arts! Hon®
l long to yi.it ) our peHcellil vales®
and quit /this new world, th4t i<9
thirty >/ars has produced so many®
of the baleful influent®
of fdfeign comttielfce. ®
/ Farewell. KIdhG.CIIF.Lj
Philadelphia, the ninth
of the Moon Nusht.
princkljf" peace.
lam accused of having '.rcatnqS
this Spsnbh favourite indecoroudypi
and add the following circumtanc®
in his favour.
Don ltonios de Salas, a respect** |
ble professor & doctor of law s in thfl
university of SaJamarca, was < oil-J
demned to six years irhpri soimibntl
in the inquisitions, for certain *p'tj®|
ulative opinions : against this de®S
sion his friends appealed ; but t®l
Archbishop of Toledo, “ conndqiija
ileg dc Salas as a bold, unbend it®
spirit, a j Ihlosopher of the pres<®
age, and one who had presumed tj®
doubt thii necessity of an iiqudH
tion,” confirmed the sentence. Jm
The Prince of Peace being afj®
plied to for his intercession, laj®
the business before the king, wlJ®
•ordered the proceed mgs to be i<®
vised ; this the Grand Inqnisitfl
refused, but his majesty enjoin inf®
obedience to his mandate, the cdfl
clesiastick paused, and relyingp®
his iniluence with the queen, at®
dressed himself to her majesty <®
his knees, and in pathctick lui®
guage, but without success.
It was on this occasion, that thjl
queen of Spain burst forth into tilt if
follow ing animated words : “ Yot®
grace,” for our spirited female wa®
speaking to the Archbishop of Lo®
renzo, who was using his ciidea®
vour* after the Grand Inqimiu®
had failed, “ your grace must e*s|
cuse me, for I can listen no longe®
it is to these inquisitors, and to hy
pocrites like these, that the sove-'
reigns of Europe are indebted I of?
alt the revolutions, and all the mi®
fortunes they hvae experienced.*
l)e Saias was set at liberty, au®
this is said to be the first instance®
m the Spfinieh annals, in which®
decree of the inquisition had bee*
reversed.
In certain late fem*nstrancJfe
which took place between the Kn®
glish and bpamsh courts, the Princ®
of Peace has been ceusuredjor Hi®
degrading submission to Gallic®
indignity ; what might not an®
man be obliged to submit to, rath®
j than expose his throat to the knif®
t of a tool pad, or Ins head to the pi®
tul of a highwayman ? t
[Lounger's Lemmon Place Bo
9
Not long, since, a country®
man patting a (beet in New®
York, was gazing atzthoulan®
fine things; a person, from ®
window, exclaimed—“
do you think you arc* in
ven ?” to which he replied-41
“ No fir, but I might, hart I no®
looked up and /een the devil in®
the window.’’— Phil, Tickler. I ;
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