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Fellow citizens our fathers and
mir elder brothers were strictly vir
tnous. They voluntarily abamlon
etl tlie bodin' of their families and 1
every profitable pursuit of life.—
Th‘V cheerfullv encountered the
danger and hardsh'p* of a dread
ful and procrastinated war—and
shall not we, enjoying a free and
fruitful country, ei dure a tempo,
rary suspension of trade, 'Which,
tvith ordinary fortitude, must bring
our enemies to terms ? Have we in j
a few years been rendered so ‘lege- '
iterate ? Do we value the inertinja
ble blessings of freedom and inde
pendence ? Can we expert to re
tain those blessings, if we cease to
strive for and to obtain them ?
Wc entertain no partiality* we
Vphcrish no preferencu ; we indulge
neither causeless prejudices nor
partial affection towards France or
England. Kacli of tlioje powers
have deeply injured us, they have •
equally violated tlie laws and inva
ded ihe sovereign rights of nation*. (
An it is our duty* so let it lie our
determined resolution to resist tlie
injurious decrees of the one, with
as much energy us the arbitrary
orders of the other. The inn rests
and the honor of our country de
mand this course.
Fellow- citizens, our national cha
racter and our public interest are
ta stake. If we surrender now, we
may yield forever. This (is the
proud and decisive moment, in
which wc must determine the qtics
tion, whether we can maintain our
real independence ? Such is the
hapless condition of society in that
quarter of the globe, that the nati
ons of Europe will be constantly
warring against each other. Our
country is too important to remains
unnoticed. We must determine
to maintain our neutral stand at
present, or remain exposed to their
intrigues ami attempts to involve
ns in their mressent struggles for
ever. -Should they succeed, their
Attempts will be perpetually renew
ed—if t bev fail, their present priva
tions and disappointmets will deter
them from similar endeavors in fu.
tore times. I maintaining our own,
wc arc, in tact, contending forth©
neutral and commercial rights ol
« very people. Our own posterity
w ill bless, and future nations re
gard us, with approbation and ap„
plan sc.
But, indulging a more limited
and interesting view of this impor
tant subject. Disregarding for a
moment the dignity of our nation,
the honor of our Hag, the perma
nent rights of commerce, our sub
stantiul interests and lutore securi
ty. What, we may enquire, would
have been our present condition,
if the government of our counti v
bad adopted any different plan >
Could we in any ease, or by any
different course of conduct have
experienced a more beneficial re
sult ?
Wc must be satisfied in the first
place that our government has de
termined from the host and purest
intentions. Indulging no favor or
fear, no partiality, affection or pre
ference towards either of the pow
ers at war, it has .cherished no in
terest separate from the welfare of
its country. If the path which it
lias pursued with integrity Inis been
marked by wisdom, slid! it not re
ceive our gratification and appro
hat ion ?
However aggravated the injuries
& provocations we have rer.-ived ;
however |n:.tillable the measure
might have been, suppose that,
abandoning every present prospect
and wish of peace, we had resolved
upon immediate war, would any
additional gqpd have been obtain
ed, or ihe interest of any portion
ol our country been better cheri
shed ? War would not have promo
teil Agriculture, or have restored
. <»ur commerce. It would have
multiplied our ex pences, impelled
»'* to tax ition, and added its every
calamity to our present compara
tively itileiior privations.
Neither was it possible to have
continued our accustomed com
■ tnerce under the severe restrictions
r a-id injuries it hail experienced.
Our vessels would have been cap.
'ured, their cargos seued. and
all inevitably condemned. Our
brave and unoffending mariners
would have been exposed to long
arid hopeless capt.vitv, and absent
from their families & homes, Ikmsii
•-rumored in foreign ship-, or con
i fined in distant prisons, during
k times m winch their services may
L m.
he moit nece«w.n- to their country ;
and finallv, when deprived of otir
t v *** se l s arr ff striked of nur proper
ly ; when mi great a portion of our
resources incautious', exposed bad
fallen perhaps into lh« hand of the
enemy, without |*ossf»ssing one ra
tional prospect of advantage, we
uniat nt necessity have been driven
into war. i
It i* impossible that we should
speak of the existing opposition to
j government in terms of adequate
itid'gnation and sensibility. If an
opposition thus w anton & unfoun
ded in principle has not been able
to embarrass the administration, it
lias at least increased the obstinacy
of belligerents and impeded the
progress of negotiation. We are
common partaker* of the Irene fit*
ol our country, we should sustain
its distresMs with fortitude and
fidelity. Your government, your
countrymen k Iriends look to your
support. I lie eyrs of foreign na-
I tions aie stedfastiy directed toward,
you. Ihe interesting question is
now to lx* decided, whether the
people of America possess sufficient
intelligence and public spirit to
support the measures of their ad
ministration, or whether they will
tamely abandon their evrrv csti.
niahle right to the hand of violence
and rapine, I.et ii* decide this
point with dignity and virtue,—
When France and Britain behold
our steady resolutions they will
probably he constrained to yield
their arrogant pretenotiu*.
In the midst of these difficulties,
the government of our country has
pursued a course equally distin
guished by fu in ness and muderati.
you. In the pursuit* of a pacific
'system, it has studied the interests
and regarded the sentiments of the
people, The unprejudiced world
must be convinced that it ha* been
actuated I j a sense of justice, and
not influenced by terror. In all
ns negotiations it has resected
the proper claims of other nations,
but it has also cv inccd a full deter
mination, never to surrender the
essential lights of pur own. The
last treaty attempted to he formed
with C*. Britain Is acknowledged bv
an English author to have been
oven less favorable to us than that
which was granted by Mr. Pitt,
and it was principally rejected be
cause it contained no substantial
provision for the security of our
seamen. In the last ucgociatioti
with England, it was desired hv our
government that every subject of
difference should have been settled
«ni(l nothing left to toiure contro
versy. At the request of Mr. Hose
we cheerfully consented to sepa
rate the affair of the Chesapeake
from other topics of dispute ; hut
that minister neither consented to
afford a previous satisfaction, nor
would he condescend to inform us
w hat terms were contemplated by
Ins government as a just and ne
cessary reparation. The corres
pondence upon this occasion has
been communicated to the public.
It eviix.Tsthc utmost spirit of jus.
lice and (rankness on the part of
our government, but an uncoiicila
ting disposition and total want ol
candor in ilie opposite party.
IB presentations have been made
that our administration is adverse
to the interests of commerce. Ev
ery suggestion to that effect is for
eign to the truth. Instead ol being
hnMiie to trade, its best endeavors i
are exercised to maintain our coni. j
mcrcial tights ; such has been its
regard for commerce, and such its
yohmtaiy dependence upon it, that
it has relinquished every species of
direct tax, and placed its reliance
upon the resources derived from
trade. \ uur own intelligence must
detcimine who arc the best friends
of commerce, those who are ably
and tnmlv maintaining our com
mercial rights, or those who. lor
tlie sake ol a temporary and pre
carious tr.ilic at the risk of war,
are willing to surrender them to a
foreign power ? Gladl would our i
government remove the embargo*
Heady is it to renew our accustom
ed tradrt and intercourse with nuli.
ons tiie moment it can b • done wiih
°m tlie sacrifice ol principle and
privileges which a virtuous people, j
ind an enlightened administration, |
ean never abandon.
fellow citizens, it is hoped *hat i
w*e need not apologize lor having ;
trespassed thus long upon tour at- j
tention. \\ e are the inhabitants !
ol a common country, we possess a j
mutual interest a:id are bound b\
* ♦
‘ reciprocal obligation*. Our nation
| has been injured, our administra
tion has faithfully performed its du
ties. Let us examine the measure*
that has been pursued wi»b candour
and impartiality, and let us ail >rd
I to a virtuous government that sup
i port wlu&Ji is worthy ©I a generous,
j f ree .md fmlightened people.
And now to you, as republicans,
as fri< ihU to the consiiution, and
advocates of the union of our
1 country, permit us *o make a can
| did appeal. We sincerely believe,
1 that upon the preservation of the
I general republican party under
I providence, the liberties and hap
piness of the U. S ates depend.—
I.et us cherish virtuous and sal
uiarv principle. Let us promote
a spirit of union. Let us dis
countenance contentions and jeal
ousies between state and state—
and consider ourselves citizens
of one nation, one free and hap
py country. In the choice of our
general officers, let our council be
unmingled by presonal prcferancc
and local partialities. Let us
renumber, forever, this solemn
' truih that our union is the pallad
ium of our civil liberty. Let us
resist & prostrate (action by what
soever persons, under whatsoever
form or with whatsoever pretext,
its head may be erected- Let us
never voilate that sacred rule
which freedom cannot survive,
that the will of a majority ought
to be pursued, and finally, let us
remember that the existance of our
republic depends upon its virtues.
And let us therefore, fellow citi
zens, support the government of
our choice. Let us also support
such candidates for officers in the
i general government, as are regu
larly selected and recommented
I bv a republican majority of the un
i ion. Steadfastly pursuing the path
of patriotism ; convinced that we
are promoting the happiness of
our country ,• however we may
lament the errors of opposition,
we shall feel happy and tranquil in
the exercise of rectitude, & cheat
fully entrust the final success of
of virtue to heaven and to you.
By the Meeting
Henry Rutgers, t'haiman,
Jchabod Frail, Secretary
William Few ,
James l'owns end t
Tunis Wort man,
Samuel Lawrence ,
Augustus Wright ,
John Mills ,
Adrian C. Hegeman,
Samuel I'orbert ,
Ransalaer Havens ,
Joseph Humbert ,
Republican Committee,
THE BLESSINGS OF MONARCHY,
And the Happiness of Old England.
A gentleman of respeftability
and intelligence lately from En
gland, who visited different parts
of that kingdom, reprelents the
condition of that ill-governed
country, as truly miserable, and
to the miniitry as very alarming.
Universal dillrefs and diflatisfac
cion prevail, and large military
forces are quartered in every
considerable town, to pi event
riots and rebellions. In Man.
chcller, there wciemany thou,
sands. The government are
apprehcnfive, in the event of a
lcarcity of the volunteers, who
have arms in their hands, and
will not give them up. W hen
the volunteer fytttm was ad
opted, the minister deiermined
to keep in their poiTdfion the
appointment of officers ; but
after the organization the soldi
ers infilled on electing all offi
cers, subordinate to the field
officers ; which right ihe govern
ment was compelled to grant
them. The officers of compan
ds are of course extremely pop- i
ular with their men, and owe
, nothing to the government for
| their places.
W heat lias risen very much
lately in England. Tie last
tear s crop was abundant, and *
before our embargo it was
cheap. Ihe public apents pur
chased luge quantities and un.
i
til a short time since. whenever
the market role, these agents
lowered it hy felling ; but now
the public stores are entirely cx
haufled ; and fhouldour embar
go continue, the distress and
misery of the kingdom will be
excelfiveand intolerable. This
gentleman declared that the em
bargo was the falvaiion of our
property, and the only and cer
tain means of bringing Great
Britain to terms.
A thousand absurd ana lying
tricks are resorted to by the
king’s printers Sc agents to quiet
the people and keep alive their
resentments towards this coun.
try. A new one is invented Sc
played off every few days. —
While the gentleman above aL
luded to was in London, Timo
thy Pickering’s letter was hawk
ed about in the llreets, and dis
persed throughout the kingdom,
to juflify the government for
its conduft towards the United
States Sc to fiiew the fentirnents
of a high public charafter with
refpeCl to our idminillration. |
When in I.overpool, for many
days trumpeters went about the
city proclaiming “ great and
glorious news from America,”
that the United Slates were in a j
flawing condition , Sc the whole
country in a (fate of rebellion ;
and revolution. Hand bills to i
this efieft were circulated, and .
(tuck up on pofls and at the cor
ners,
I he parliament of Great Bri
tain has lately passed an aft,
giving power to the magiffrates
on High lellimony, to imprison
any person Jtiffrßrd of being
dilaffeCled to »he government;
so that the liberties of the sub.
jects arc in the keeping of every
ignorant or malicious jullice of
the peace ; and the writ of ha_
hcas corpus is virtually suspend
ed. Such is the condition to
which the federalifh would re.
duce this country ; and this is
the government with whom they
would bind us in close alliance,
and entail upon us all its abuse
and tyranny.
Baltimore American.
Upon the suthniity of a very respectable
gentleman from Aelxantlria we are enahleil
to ftatc, that on Monday lad fLur fold iu
that place for J Itollarj 15 cents per barrel,
and further, that one of the mod confidcrahle
merchants there.oa reference to his books
finds that it did not fell forfo much at that
time tad year.— Mtnihr.
“ A bachelor aged sixty, but i
as frefh and healthy as pollible
at his age, having a character Sc
education which render him still
amiable in foiiety, desires to
marry a lady between the age
of twenty Sc ihirty-five, and of
an agreeable perlon, that is to
say, a genteel figure, regular
features, beautiful eyes, a pretty
mouth, adorned with fair teeth
well arranged and very white,
in fine,; rosy complexion, and
free of <ll bodily defects. This
bachelcr will pay no attention j
to fortine, his own being fully j
sufficient to procure for a bc
, loved companion all the com
forts that a solid education, vir
tuous foul, and grateful heart
can require.”
, Lon. pafer,
A ailor falling out of the
main op of a man of war, by
great good luck, fell p)u mp on
• his breech unhurt, and looking i
about him, seemingly unco tu
cerncd, as if nothing had hap- '
pened, cry’d, blalt my e y C$ lj
. what a move that was. *
I _
FOR SALE AT 1 HIS OFFICE, j
A fru> Cofiit) •/ m Pav.phltf mutUJ
A WARNING to the WORLD j
Fy an explanation of the Roast r
with seven heads and ten horns • ,
aiui the Beast with two horns like
a Imib ; St the intake of the Beast
spoken of in the. Revelations ot St.
Jo.iti, 13th Lhapter.
j AUGUST A' Qct . 3i,
WE copy the followiwgtpttcr
for the purpole of making for* c
remarks on it:
h'eparatian for thr Attack on the
ChesapeakeS !
The fafts Oared in the follow
ing le tier ( fays the United State t
Gazette,) may be relied upon,
and we sentme to fav will not
be contradicted by our admilrr'
ft ration.
“ London A 2o th ißc3.
j ** Dear Sir,
“ FINDING that the negcr,
I ciation between Mr. Rose and
! your government has led t(f
various mifreprefematio-ns, and
i that the American people are
yet wholly uninformed of vhr
terms ol reparation which Grea*
Britain was prepared to make
J for the attack on the Chefa
] peake, I think it proper to com
municate to you the folio sing
(ketch of those terms, that your
j countrymen may be enabled
j fairly to judge of the difpoiitioh
;of his Majedy’s government
to make honorable amend for
j the unwarranted outrage com
| milted by Admiral Berkeley.
After expi effing his majedy’s
deep regret for that tranfaftion,
and his unqualified acknowl
edgment of the principle that
fliips of war of neutrals are to
be free from (earch, Mr. Rose
was empowered on the part of
Great-Britain—
To reimburse all the expen- 1
fes of repairing the Frigate.—
To restore the men taken *
from her—
To grant penfion* to the
wounded— and to the wives and
families of the killed,”
And this no doubt the Editor j
of the United States Gazatte J
esteems ample reparation.
They acknowledge a princi- J
pie which is laid down as part 1
of the law of nations, & which j
heretofore has been considered 1
as indisputable. They conlent I
to pay for the damage they have ]
done to the frigate; an afton, 1
, idling indance of judicc ! Had !
the British minidry<broken fomc j
windows in a drunken frolic, !
they would probably do the 1
fame.
They will grant pensions to J
the wounded and to the wives 1
and families of the killed!!! !
That is, they will fettle the price I
of an American seaman’s life or I
limbs, as they do with those |
petty German princes whose 1
fubjefts they hire to fight their j
battles.
The fird hint of this I
fition they mud have taken from
the ancient ueregild , by which
a value was let on the head of j
every one from the prince to
the peasant, and if the murder- 3
er could pay it he was fafe. j
The British miniders, in like {
manner should have named the l
sum they would be willing to ]
pay, hereafter, for any AmerL j
can citizen whom their officers j
might chance to kill, from a J
cook to a commodore ! Ladly, \
They agree to redore the men |
taken from the Chesapeake (as- 1
ter one of them has been hanged, jj
but let that pals.) By which it M
appears, that they do not give!
up their pretended right to press
American citizens Sc force them a
by rema.ning two jears in a*®
British Man of War, to become-■
British fubjefts! No! Thisbej
mg the principal article in dif J 4fi
pute, they carefully keep it out Jp
of lieu. *
In our opinion the quedion.®
is limply thrs :
Did Admiral Berkley and ]