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s-rmW tTie l iberties os your cmjn.
( p/ as sirm and invnovcible as
we/lern hills , which brave the
slomn us 'ime, and bid dcsienco
to the convuliions os contcnd
inrr dements.
° MON CEZUMAZIN.
smtmes' * vr^M.t.vmmjrr wnr.***
ALEXANDRIA, Manh 14.
The sollowing extraordinary
transadion, our aushoiitv sor the
truth os which isunquession ible,
is not generally known. We
do not re r olle£l evei to have
seen it pub! (lied.
\ seaman. who hid been en
]i(led by the United states to
{erve onboaid the C'onslyHation,
and who os enuri'e was under the
itnmedi te p oiestion os our go
vernment, was during her crude
saspeded to have been one os
the crew os the Hermoinesiigate.
Captain Ttuxton sont the man
on (bore to col. Hamilton, the
Britilh vicr-ion r ul at Norsolk,
who dssp *tched him immediate
ly sor Halisax. What has been
his sate we know not.
On resleding on this extraor
dinary occurrence, the si st en
quiry that naturally (uggests
jtsils to ’he mind, is, a«« the
commanders o‘ our armed slops
veiled with the arbitrary power
to deliver any os their crew,
(wh *by virtue os iheir enlist
ments are under the special pro
tedinn os governor nt) to a
soreign nation ? Is so, the sad
should he ge erally piomulgat
sd, as sew men arc willing to
place thcmselvcs in a sisuation
wheie they are liable to he ic
tnoved sor ever horn ther con
nc lions, rh'ir sriends, and their
country; merely perhaps to
t -trsv an idle whim, indulge
1 hssi rapricr, 01 plcasc the
vindittue u« I malicious temper
os an individual.
Or, was this surrendered
to the Biitilh government by
order os the president os the
United Stares ? Is so, srom what
sourcc did Mr. Adams derive
this authority sor theexerciic os
such a power ? Kos, we pre
sume. siom the constitution;
Co srom any os the exilling
laws—nor even srom the su
prem ' law os the land, the Bri
tish treaty it sed— or this instiu
mvot renders it necclsary that a
dumnd slmul 1 hsc made sor the
arcusid b) th»* British minisser,
or tome ossicer aathoiized to
m ke the same ; and requires
that evidence os his criminality
sh.dl he produced to the conti
nued judiria. auihontus os the
United Sr res. besore he can be
delivered up.
7 2775*5.
LOUISVILLE,
TUESDAY, Apri! ig, 1800.
Sunday's Southern Mail had
not arrived when this paper was
put to ptess.
National Magazine.
C3~ Suh/cnbers to ike National
Magazine, are rtspeHjully insormed
that a Jew copies aye ]ujl received ,
and ready so be delivered at ilus
Ojsve, where /übscnptwns tor the
tvoik, > ill be r :nvcd.^jk
/{■hi d »o
From the Avrora os April 2.
By oppressivc asts towards
the editor os this paper, the au
thors and supporters os certain
measures obtain 6rie end. at leass
they deseat that activity and
induslry with which he perlo
nallv watched over daring and
dangerous measures. It was os
some importance to these solks
that no report could be given os
several os their recent debates;
iq sa st it is clear srom sornc pri
vate declarations as well as open
proceedings that, it was the hone
and intention os the artgb>scde
ral party to get at Mr. Pinckney ,
hoping to prevail either by ter
ror or arbitrary punishment, on
the editor to salsely accu'c that
gent’eman; and thereby give
them an opportunity os depriv
ing him os his seat.
The editor sinding what the
angle- sederal party would now be
at, and srn hug other insinua
tions in an evening paper, con
cerning another republican
member os the senase. thinks it
proper to declare,
1. Thai he received three
printed copies os Mr. Ross's
bill, one cs them under a h'ank
cover, was lest a the ossice, the
other two he received srom metn
brs os Congress, who conceived
they had a tight t<> puhlisbthem
and who have given the sdiroi
authority is he chutes to publisti
their names—which, however,
he will nor do.
2. The insormation con rern
ivg the Caucus, at Mr. Bing
ham’s, came in an indirc£l man
ner srom two gentlemen who
wee present, and had the editor
been allowed to bring sorward
evidence, he would have called
twelve members m w os the si
nale, and the piesent speaker os
the house os repre sentatives to
prove the sa£ts; and he knows
that two os those gentlemen
would declare on oath the truth
os whattsu editor has pubhshed
on that lubjest : and surther
(hole gen Irmcn stom whom
the insormation came, voted on
the resolutions os the committee
os privilege unisormly with the
ct mmittee. 'I hele gentlemen
in this a&ed inconsisti mly, hut
they sind that the considence
they reposid, is not nor will it
ever be betrayed. The editor
has now told all that the le ate
could extra6l srom him even is
they had illued another edict,
declaring that the rack sh add
be introduced and their culprit
put to the torture
Prom a Philadelphia paper os the
2 d os April .
The bill sor deciding disput
ed ele&ions os President, which
palled the lenate on Friday, 16
to 12, demands public regard;
it canies pwer to a mod seiicus
extent indeed, and as we pie
disted in the outset. and which
ptedrstion drew on us the re*
lentmcnt os its authors, it goes
to ciea;e a new branch in ihe
government which can put \\ horn
they plcale at the head os our
government. By our absen e
siom the sinale gallen t
not able to lep rt the dc
die pail age ot this bill 1 .
time, and can only*regis.
no per ion has had indv'
kC: A i nr..i - \z. *
(o take notes os the (peech os
Mr. Charles Pinckney on that
occasion, which we undetstand
to be generally allowed to have
been equal in eloquence and
ssrength cs reasoning to any
thing ever delivered within the
walls os congress. We under
hand he declared it to be uncon
siirutional, and its tendency
dangerous to the liberties os the
country. We muss hope, and
wc iolicit, that this gentleman
will at some suture period os
leisure savor the pubbe with that
and others os his speeches, sor
which we have so osten applied ;
it is a justice which he owes to
his country and himsils to point
out to the public the danger os
the extraoidinaiy measures now
pursuing,.
We undersland Mr. Baldwin
os Georgia opposed the electoral
council bill or as it is called, Mr.
Ross's bill, with great sorce, and
arguments clear, nervous, and
unan s werable, Mcssrs. Ross t Dex~
ter and Read , replied—but their
strength lay in the dead majority
os v hich they were sure besore
they began,
Mr. Livermore os NTew.Hamp
ssme, is entitled to great credit
sor his candour in this debate.
He honessly consided he would
not vote sor the bill, he consider
vd it as tyiannical and unconssi
tutional.
Mr, Lawience os New-York,
did not declare hitnsels so open
ly, but his (.pinions were clearly
the same as thosi* ol Mr Liver
more, Mr. Pinckney, and Mr.
Baldwin, sor he lest the senate
chamber on the division w ithout
voting.
Under these circumstanccs
os doubt, with thosi gentlemen,
and the small majority, there is
just realontohope, that the house
os represeotatives will reject it
altogether.
FOREIGNERS.
In the debate on the bill
which is clessined to be a bone
os contention betwixt the sede
lal government and the (late os
Pennsylvania; as the (edition
and alien law's have been in
Virginia, a man who has been
elevated srom an usesul occupa
tion to that os senator, aliened,
that in his part os the country,
not a Tingle individual made the
smallcst, oojedion totlse a ien or
sidition laws, but that one man
w'ith whom he had convened
had gone so sar as to say that he
wished all soreigners in ght be
sint out os the country The
ideas os those people aie not to
he envied by sreemen; but to
w hat a pitch os iliiberality muss
not that man have arrived, who
was capable os entertaining so
unsociable and barbarous a sin
|ti nent. Is such an idea were
capable os being extended, to
w-hat would it not lead ? Is
strangers w r ere robe sent out os
this country on account os their
opinions, why not the sens os
ssrangers, sor having imbibed
the principles os their sathers,
and is sims, w’hy not grandsons
sor the same ideas ? Again, why
should not the army and navy
be purged os /Irangtrs to prevent
the desenders os our liberties srom
catching ~<»ntagious piimiples'
In (hort. h a sentiment can
lightened mind, zml no rrp.n ? r
seusc would have sulsered it u,
escape him, is he di 1 not intend
that the party entertainincr •
sliould be reprobated by every
man os common undemanding
But although humanity teach
es that ssrangers should be hos.
pitably received, and jussice dj.
retls, that there should be only
one law sor the citizen a 11( j
“ sor the ssranger that is within
your gates/' always remember
ing that your sathers were ones
“ strangeis in this same land •”
yet soreign luxuries and soreign
insluence as they have beenth c
bane os every country, sirsl by
corrupting the morals, and as
terwards by undermining the
liberties and virtues os the coun
try, leave it a prey to the sirst
usurper ; s o soreign things should
be contemned when soreigners
arerespested according to their
virtues, their talents, and their
usesulness.
A native American besore he
is capable os serving his country
or himsels muss cost the coun
try on an average 10001. where,
as a ssranger, the moment he ar
rives on our shores is os imme
diate public utility, and conse
quently worth to the States
10001. Is it w*ere not so, hotv
could we account sor the rapid
encrease os riches and porula
tion in America while we were
colonies, or sines we have be
come independent States—the
truth is, soreigners have greatly
contributed to enrich our coun
try, but soreign luxuries and so
reign politics are beginning to
coirupt it.
A Specimen os a Great Speakers
Diary .
January tjl. —Went to ths
house—took the chair— selt ra
ther aukward or so—-bawled
out order to keep up my spirits
—democrats watched me ; ho
ped to catch me tripping—
nick'd’um this time,
2d.—Took the chair at 11.
Much srightened—made Ed
mond cbaii man—more aukwatd
than mysels —whole houle laugh
ed at him—never mind—they
will laugh the less at me.
3d —Took the chair at n
Made several blunders—demo
crats laughed—damn their im
pudence—knit my brows and
made an ugly sace at urn—Ran
dolph pur me right —hate that
Randolph—
-4th —Went to lbs PrcsicJem's
levee—he gave me a very radial
shake by the hand—made me
seel all over warm—lonny pay B
great regard to merii—will g' ve
me a snug place toon, no doubt.
5th —look the chair at 11
made moie blunders—believe
1 (hall never get right, got into
a damned serape about order
Democrats try to mortisy me—
Nicholas looked at me with
contempt—mem : not to bow
tvO Nicholas when I meet him.
6th—Went to church —muss
go to church, sedeialists muss be
pious—twill do a great deal os
good.
7th —took the chair at 11—
made more blunders —wished
rnyscls seme where clsi—com
sorted mysels with the
os 12*dollars per day —a
rbmg ’vhere I come srona—JijMJ J