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[VOL. I.] pRINTED BY daniel STARNES & Co. WEST END OF BROAD-STREET. * PROPOSALS B Y DANIEL STARNES & CO. IN THE CITY OF AUGUSTA, TO BE ENTITLED Mirror of the Times. THE universal promulgation of ,1 M d the general diftributionoflcnow- JLJ are objects of the firft importance in «w“>*ry where liberty ha* left trace* #f her footftep*, under every government w hicb confult* the happine.* of Man— • Knowledge,” said the Great Lord Bacon „power, united with virtue” it certainly ii liberty. Where ignorance reigns there T,tt triumph* and dcfpotifm governs. A* become* enlightened authority will be iidiied & morality restored Knowledge k virtue are the bales of freedom—the one inftruAi us in our rights, the other teaehe*, cur duties; the firft fl\ew» us how to ccn ftrud! the btft pr llible torm of government, the 1*1! require* u* to obey it when conftruc* led. It i»therefore advantageous every where, tbut in a Republic it is absolutely ncceflary (bat roircCt information should be widely diffufed and easily obtained : For ibirt ’ti* the f«fl‘ who govern. Tbty never inten tionally choose bad leaders or approve wrong l meafutet, yet they are liable to error—give them true detail* and they will judge cor reftly—for on flam grounds the people si vav* (rcTnjvfl cpmicrj : whenever they mis take their own interell* ’ti» owing entirely to want of information in the many or want of honesty in the few. But politi cal information is not to be acquired without much labour, and few have leisure to study the fy!lem», compare the opinions and pc* rule the page* of Locke, Sydney, Gibbon, Hume and Vattel. If an acquaintance with the of government and duties j of a citizen could be acquired only from huge folios & diffufe treatises, it would be feidern fought or if fought, the plough, the hatchet, ard the saw muff (hand still. Some cheaper and easier means of fatisfying euri ofitv and procuring information mus! there fore be looked for ; and where is intelligence chrapncfs and convenience united with more idvantage, than in the closely printed col umns of the humble News-paper ? Our countrymen appear so well convinced of the ulefulnefs ot periodical prints and have so vtry liberally encouraged them, that we deem i 1 unneccfia.ry to icfifl on their merit, and aimed I eliiate to request public patron age tor another News-paper rftahlifhment. We can pri mile little cxrcpt what atien tion, honesty & indifflry can perforin. The principles ol our Paper, like our own, will be Republican, “ but the fame freedom of opin ion which we claim for omftlven, we wish all others to enjoy.” Civil and Rdieiou* liberty is the birh right of evry man, and mill not extend the fpme indulgence tn a.I parties, and all fe<ft, which he wiflies for his own, ia already or defervea to be a (lave. lofupport Religion and morality will , ur P r| de—to encourage literature our enceayor—no communications calculated to d 0 ‘"‘ ler refuted ; no hint will be j •tgleaed. In a free country it i* necefiary i Jat the l»w should be neither vague nor "known, »!! public aof the State leg mature, will therefore be published as they “'■metohand. 1 The MIRROR OF THE TIMES will he «P«to «/f who canvass public measure with ■ X!7 ,, , nd ,n the condudl of aillil ”**’ as °^ cers government—it CONDITIONS. 1 The MIR ROR OF THE TIMES will he pubhlhed every Monday, on a royal! Typ! ° f an exccll * Dt < l ual *ty, and good The price to fubfetber* will be three P« r aD r*u«n, paid half yearly in l! hThe price for advertifmg will he fifty **' ‘w the firft infection i nrty leven and a half for each con tinuation. be «le'ivered to Town r ; b,r * at *^ r P , arcsofal>ode and in tl* * he ccun,r T will be done up KOTICF.. rn/ ' Per n n i hivin^nv vlh m T nftlhe E »i«ofD. Nfwfom Erq. late of War «» county drcoafnl, are re to'»M d<o J re !’ dtr . in lheir ae .*f d i- ,h ° re indeb,, ‘ d »ie „ td '* y r ° l,c '" d «o make im “’toute payment. HAHYNhW s °M, adm . r —:_ *• 3' JUST RECEIVED, 71 ro * Sale midsome (j Convenient Wv>ari made Ci?s K ? ,r "‘” “tnpMe, e-rquire of ih. primers. J « f y, i7. INKPOYkDF.R For f»l# at tbuoCct. MIRROR OF THE TIMES From the Nationol Intelligencer • i The late conduct of the Bri. | tifh miniflry has capped the cli- j max cf atrocity towards this countv. Their firft aft, the outrage on the Chesapeake, was an injury of the deepest die. It was declared to be unanthorifed, but the only unequivocal evi dence of its being so, a prompt j and full atonement, withheld, j Instead of making a just repar- I ation, a mission was inftituied ; whofc termination added insult i to injury. Close upon the heels of this million followed ihe celebrated orders of Novem ber the nth, which produced, with other cattles, the embargo and non-iniercourfe with Eng land, 1 hele, co-operating with | the disasters of her arms, pro. duced the arrangements made by Mr. Erflkine with our gov ernment. Every commercial reftriftion was taken ofF by us, the door to commercial iriter courfe with her was widely o~ pened, in consequence of the plighted removal of her orders, and the interdict to her armed ships to enter our waters with, drawn in consequence of her solemn promise to make a repa ration for the outrage on the Chesapeake designated by her felf. Our Executive, without hesitation, accepts the proffered terms of amity ; the nation ap plauds it; the legislature sane ttons it, in a manner that proves the mod unfufpicious confi dence, by opening theintercourfe without limitation, and without the least reservation of Execu tive difcreiion to suspend it on any contingency ; cur proper ty, to an immenle amount, is inftamly embarked on the o cean ; Congfefs adjourn in fe. curity ; when to the aftonifti ; ment of every honest man these engagements, asfolemnly adoo. ted as any engagements made bv man, are disavowed and annul led, not in part but altogether as well those relative to the Chel apeake as those relative to the orders in Council, in the lan guage of Lord Batburft “ as ■wholly unauihorijcd." How can this be? Is Mr. Erlkine a traL tor to his government, a fool, or madman, thus to commit himlelf, “ not only to have ac ted in the way,” in the language of lord Liverpool, 44 unauthor ifed by his initruftions but in direct oppolition to them ?’* .What thole infttuftions were we cannot tell. But we all re collect the language of Mr. Ers kine, Sc if we believe htm a man of common honesty and oi the rneaneft uder(landing, we mull conclude that he was authorifed to make the overtures he pro. posed. They were not extorted from him, he was the fxrjl to propose, them, and as pionipo fed, verbatim let literatim , they were adopted by our govern ment. Mr. Oakelv arrives in this coup. try in a British (loop of war and forth with Mr. Erskme commences a correspondence ; with the Secretary of State with the following letter, dated April 17th. 44 I have the honor to inform you, that I have received his j his majtfty’s commands, to re present to the government of j 44 HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE.” ShflkeSpCaTC. the United States, that his ma ( jetty is animated by the more i sincere desire for an adjustment |of the differences, which have ! unhappily so long prevailed be -1 tween the two countries, the re capitulation of which might have a tendency to impede, if not prevent an amicable under ft and ing. 44 It having been represented jto his majesty’s government, j that he Congress of the U. S, I in their proceedings at ihe open ; ing of the last (elfion, had evin_ I ced an intention of palling cer -1 tain laws, which would place the relations of Great Britain with the United Stales upon an equal footing, in ail relpefts, wuh the other belligerent pow. ers, 1 have accordingly received ! his majesty’s commands, in the event of fucb laws taking place, to offer on the part of bis ma. jelly, an honorable reparation for the aggression, commit led by a Hricifh naval office*-, in the attack on the United States’ frigate Chelapeake. 44 Considering the aft, passed by the Congress of the the U. S. on the iff. of Mart-, (usually termed the non intercourse aft) as having produced a (fate of equality, in the relations of the two belligerent powers, with res pect to the United States, I have to submit, conformably to in ftruftions, for the confederation of the American government, such terms of fatisfaftion and re_ paration, as his majelty is indu ced to believe, will be accepted, in the fame spirit of conciliation, with which they are ptopofed. “ In addition to the prompt j disavowal made by his majesty, I on being apprized of the no authorifed aft, committed by his naval officer, whole recall as a mark of the king’s displea sure, from an highly important and honorable command, im mediately ensued, his majesty is willing to rellore the men forcibly taken out of the Ches apeake and if acceptable to the American government, to make a suitable provision for the un fortunate fufferers on that oc. cafion.” Nothing can be more pre. cife or explicit. Every fiipu lation offered is in obedience to the command of his majesty. The terms are unhesitatingly acceded to. The next day the following letter is received from Mr. Erl kine : 44 I have the honor of infor. 1 ming you, that his majesty, having been persuaded that the honorable reparation which he had caused to he tendered for the unauthorifed attack upon the American frigate Chesapeake j would be accepted by the gov ernment of the United States in the fame spirit of conciliation with which it was proposed, has j inftrufted me to express his (a 4 j tisfaction, should fiich a happy termination of that affair take place—not only as having re. moved a painful cause of differ ence but as affording a fair , profpeft of a complete and cor. ] dial understanding being re.ef tablifhed between the two coun tries. 44 The favorable change in the relations of his majesty with | the United States, which has 7 j | been produced by the ad (u* i fually termed the non-inter, course aft) passed in the last session of Congrefi, was also ; anticipated by his majesty, and haseneouraged a further hope that" the reconsideration the • 1 of existing difference might lead to their fatislaftory adjust ment. 44 On these grounds Sc ex | pectations, I am inftrufted to , communicate to the American government, his inajrfty’s deter- 1 mination of fending to the Uni ted States, an envoy extraor* dinary invested with full pow ers to conclude a treaty on all 'the points of the relations be tween the two countries. 44 In the mean time, with a view to contribute to the attain ment of so desirable an objeft ; his majesty would be willing to withdraw his orders in Council of January & November 1807, so far as refpefts the U. States, in the perf'jafion that the Presi dent would ilfue a proclama tion for the renewel of the inter course with Great Britain, and that whatever difference of o pinion should arile in the inter pretation of the terms of such an agreement will be removed in the proposed negociation. We have here the lame clear unambiguous language. The proposition is accepted ; and Mr. Eifkine couches his last letter in the following terms, de clar.ng that he is authorilediby his majesty to take this final flep. 44 In consequence of the ac ce, *ance, by the Piefident, as stated in your letter dated the 18th inst. of the proposals made | by me on the part of his majesty, i in my letter of the fame day, for the renewal of the intercourrfe between the refpeftive countries, lam authorifed to declare that his majesty’s orders in council of January and November 1807, will have been withdrawn as re fpefts the United States on the ioth day of June next. Let the impartial world pro nounce, on this data, whether ihe arrangements thus offered by Mr. Erlkine, were, or were not unauthoriled. The fact is that Mr. Erskine’s injlrudions were penned while the embargo was in force, and under strong 1 evidence that it was intended to continue and enforce it. Such a continuance and enforcement threatened the trade and man. ufaftures Sc navigation of Eng land with vital injury. The disavowal is made, after its re moval, and when there was fuperaded a moral certainty that the whole reliriftions attending the non intercourse were alio removed. Then she was fuffer ing for ihe want of ourraw ma* j tenals, our provisions and naval (tores; now her market is aboun* dantly supplied, Sc the*dif»vow- I *1 of the arrangments made with I Mr. Erskine is baited by the in. flantaneous and enormous pro stration of the price of Ameri can produce in her ports thirty per cent, below the prices at which it previoffly (food. But to close every avenue to I tn doubt with regard to the authority of Mr. Erskine to make these arrangements, to the 15th of June next enluing in ericlofing the Brililh of the 26th I of April, Mr. Erskme addreffe» the Secretarv of State as 10l- I l»os : ' A t W -& MONDAY, August 14, 190?. “ In confequenre of officii communications sent to me from his majesty’s government, since the adoption of that measure, I am enabled to allure you that it has no connexion whatever with the overtures which I have been authorifed to make to the gov ernment of the U. States, and that I am persuaded that the terms of the agreement, to hap- I pily concluded by the recent ' negotiation* will be ftritily ful filed onthe part of his majesty.” A ministry, that thus sports with the plighted faith of the nation it represents, to fubferve a fugitive intercll, will have a dreadful account to render If that nation can be routed to a fenle of its real interests, to the glory it boaltj, with what a tremendous vengence may it not overwhelm the authors of this unpara lied atrocity ! If it be alive to the honor it certain ly once poflefled and which we hope it yet letains, it will at least consign them to the harmless walk of private life. We rejoice to perceive that as yet on this head, but one fee ling animates our countrymen, & tbatfederaliflsas well as repub., iicans, eastern as well as south ern men ? denounce the conduft of the Britifj) government with equal spirit. This proves, that notwithfUnding the collisions of party, the great body on each fide is at heart found*—Hence, amidst the evils which this con duct will produce, it will bring with it, perhaps she greaictt bltf. ling that could be conferred, u n ion. Honorable men of all classes will unite, and rally round their own laws, govern ment and rights. There are some individuals, who embrace this occasion, to condemn the credulity, as they are pleased to style it, of their own government. But on de liberation, we are fatisfied they will pronounce a different judg ment. Our government had no reason to question the autho rity of Mr. Erskmc to offer the terms of accomodation agreed u pon. They were such as we had expefted would result from our mealures; they were such in. deed, as were ditiated by the true interetls tof G. B. betidf. They were proposed by an agent of the highelt rank, were explicitly declaied to emanate direcfctly from his government and were ratified with the ut. most solemnity. For the breach of a contract thus spontaneous. ly & formally made, the annals of civihfed communities did not furmfh a precedent. Thepefona! character, moreover, of Mr Eskine tor intelligence and probity stood fair & even high, Bo fair h so high that Mr. Canning, though a poli tical enemy, in Parliament repre semed him as distinguished for hit fidelity and talents. Under such circumstances to have refused to ac. cede to term* submitted, would have rendered the Executive ob noxious to the imputation of an in disposition to restore the amicabU relations of the two nHt j on!l> >n( | have given a handloto faction to nirtuei it* wor ,t rujwt . T j lc a . dom of the act has been attested y die almost universal approbation not to say joy with which it >r da received by the people. It hat »f. lorded t/iern tcO tne occasion of proving to ih« blindest hostility otoad ili e sincerity of tlwir wishe* What * fenfimnrt! it comet horn? to th fseart of txtff friend of hunhoty. [No. 44.)