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ARGUS.
“Here TRUTH unliccnt'd reings,
/(nd dare accost e'en kings themselves,
...Or rulers of the free.”
MILLED GK VI Loli :
TUBS DAT, MARCH 20, 1810.
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HIGHLY IMPORTANT !
By the laft Athens mail
thje Editor of the Argus received
John Mams, had arrived in En
gland, France and Holland.
Wo learn from tlic paflbngcrs in
Wic Packet, that not the {mailed ap-
pvchenfion was entertained that a
war would enfue, in confequence
of the ditmiffil of Mr. T.ickfom
Our London papers are moftly
filled with the correfpondence be
tween our government and Mr.
Jackfon.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
The Times of January 4, fays—
The (ketch of American negocia-
Not t! dVd the American govern
ment know that he violated them f n
And in the efri-.bliftiment of the for
mer pofition, Mr. Jackfon would
have found ample exercife for his
talents, without undertaking the
task of proving that men knew that
England, nnd there pay a tribute.” f
■ Warmly as we have ever defend
ed our orders in council, wo cannot
dill believe that this our enemy's
change of tone has been entirely
produced by their operation upon
commerce ; and are trot without
which they declared that they did j our fufpicior.s that there is an indi-
Wafhington City papers, up to tions becomes every day more puz-
the 10ih Marcil They con- j and every day ate we more
tain very late and important in- , c ? nvince d that great faults and
not know.
The lad topic upon which we
(hall touch, is the financial date-
ment of the Secretary to the Ame
rican Treafuty. We omitted to
obferve, in our remarks on this'vef
terdnv, that the thirteen hundred
tHoufand dollars whereby the ex
penditure lad year exceeded the
receipts, was covered by a fum al-
orders & decrees of thefe powers j January I—The rupture, at pre
brighten apace....A worthy cor- | fent, is not between Anvrica and
refpondent, at Wafllington ct'y, England, but between the Ameri-
' — ‘ ' 1 can government and Mr. Jackfon.
[Times.]
London, January I.—Minifters
have been bufily occupied in deli
berations upon the lad difparches
from America, having held two
fays: We hive good reafon
t$ believe, that the Britifh will
fend out another minifter, and
fhat the French will revoke their
decrees.” Our reprefentative,
JCapt. Cobb, in a letter to the
Editor of lV Argus, fays: “The
papers which J have inciofed
you, contain important and a-
greeable news. In addition, it
gives me fincere pleafure to add
that Mr. Smith, [Secretary of
State] has received a letter from
Mr. Pinkney, [our minifies* in
London,] ftnting that Marquis
Wellefley had informed him
that the conduftof Mr. Jar Id on
without doubt, been outweighing
her means, ami obferves too, that
(he acknowledges her inability to
commence a war (which will ’mpofe
no fciifible burthen upon us,) with
out negneiating a lone for the bare
infcrelt of which (he cannot provide,
without having recourfe to fo novel
a method as internal taxation ; mud
Cabinet Councils between Thurfday 'hope, at lead, that (lie will not
and Saturday* It is faitl if the A
mcrican government refufe to re
new their ncgociations with Mr.
hafiily or umieceffarily encounter
perils fo incalculable.
Tlte importance however, of the
(DJI me cotiuuaut mi. jai iviuu ■ . u..i\t_
, ,*r i i .i • -n refnondci.ee bc.wccn iWr. Liiiuik.
v/i.l be difavoweo by the Bittifh > an j t j ie Secretary for the Foreign
government, and that a gentle- | D cpartrncnt .
man will be immediately fent i January ic—The important
over in his room, with full pOW- news from America, contained in
Jackfon, no other negociator will preceding observations, though we
be fubitituted.
January 8.—A long and very im- [
portent letter we have given in our
paper of this day, from Mr. Smith to
Mr. Pinckney, relative to the un
happy difpute with Mr. Jackfon.
■--The whole materials however are
vet {,.complete. We want the cor
d's to adjuft all exifling differtil-
ces.”
TORPEDO WAR.
The readers of the Argus
have no doubt noticed the pro
ceedings of Ccngrifs, on the
our papers of ycllerday and to day,
relate to three fubjedts : The finance
of the country*, with which we have
lefs concern: The conduct to be
puvfued in relation to Mr. jackfon ;
and the meafures propofed upon the
refunrption of our O.ders in Coutt-
_ cil. The laft is by far the mod mo-
fubjed of Iorpctlots. The Sen- rnentous topic; for upon it will ul-
ute have paffed a bill appt opt iat timately depend the queftion of
ing 5000 dollars, for the purpofe
■of defraying expenfes that may
be incurred in frying their prad-
ical ufe. The vote on the paffegc
peace or war.
The refolutions propofed by Mr.
Troup, a member of the Houfe of
Reprefentaiives, if adopted as a law,
would, we apprehend, te decifiVe
of the bill hood ayes 18 n«ys j 0 f t ^ e determination of the Amori-
33; both our Senators voted in
favor of the bill. In the Houle
of Reprefentatives a motion was
made by Mr. Livermore, to re
ject the bill, which was loft—
ayes 27, nces 76.—The whole
of our reprefentation voted in
fhe majority. Of the efficacy
ol this mode of warfare, we feel
ouifelvcs incompetent to judge ;
hut were we to hazard an opin
ion, it would be favorable.—
Thofe d if pc fed to examine for
themfelves, may, by applying at
the Office of the Argus, fee a
feries of numbeis which have
appeared in the Aurora, accom
cans to appeal to the (word. F.x-
c hi five of (he confideration of this
melancholy refill t, which mult
fpring from the enadment of them,
it will, weapprehend.be evident to
all difpaflioriaie underllanciiiig, that i
the refolutions are in themfelves
pjrtial and unjuft, in every way in
which they can bicomc the fid.jcdt
of inveftigation I. They are un- :
juft, in profefTmg to deal iudi/’critni- j
natcly between us and (he French : j
2. '[hey aTe unjuft, in aflV£ting to i
be a mere imitation of our On era in j
Council : 3. And they are unjuft to !
the Portuguefe and Spaniards.
| Upon the hoftile aft of Congrefs, j
1 refulting from the conduct of Mr
Jackfon, we have the lefs to fay,be-
trtifl not their correftnefj, (as found
ed upon an aflumed (late of things,
will be materially altered by the
following molt important and more
recent communication from France,
which reached us at a late hour laft
night: —
Paris, Jan. 1.—" The merchants
have already had fever a I conferen
ces with the minifters of his impe
rial majefty, on the preffmt (late of
affairs ; and have fubmitted to them,
that trade has, fince the llerliii and
Milan decrees, taken quite a new
direction, and is carried on by very
circuitous routes, arid by perfens
difavowed by the real merchants.
Tile minifter:! announced, that his
majelty’s intention was, that neutrals
might trade freely with France, and
France with neutral countries; that
the obovementioned decrees hid
been pointed only again ft the cont-
m'erce of England ; and that if they
had been miunterpreted, and a falfe
meaning given to them, the mer
chants (hould makd 'reprefentations,
which would be favorably heard.
“It already appears to be agreed,
that tint vifitat h a, a meafure of po
licy adopted by all nations, is not a
violation of neutral rights, and that
tlte decree of Milan was intended on
ly to prevent the vifit directed by
tlte orders pf council, of Nov. 1S07 ;
by which neutrals were obliged to go
to England, and there pay a tribute.
It is alfo under Hood, that the emb.tr-
cation here, of a more gener '1 ten
dency, real or pretended, to accom
modation, between France and A-*
meric.t; however, if the preceding
intelligence be authentic, little now
remains for adjuftment; and if, on
the removal of the American embar
go towards France, the French com
mercial ediifls fall to the ground,
our orders of council, (for which the
promulgation of thofe edicts was
the avowed and juft caufe,) mult of
courfe drop with them, without the
neednty of a fpecific treaty —Times.
January 10—Mr. Oakley is about
to return to America. We believe he
leaves town this day in order to em-
bai k.
The Ruffians are faid to have
b.-en defeated near Siliftria and
compelled to recrofs the Danube.
The Turks are under the command
of the General Vizier.
Col. Tuirr, formerly Vice-Prefi-
dent of the U. S. arrived at Hano
ver on the ISih Dec.
The report ol the day is, that
Dr. Logan has, within a few
clays embarked in a v ff 1 for
Europe, his dt ftinition England,
;m.i that the objed of his tnif-
fion, is in its efuruder much
the fame as th
go and provifioual fequelltation of, i t ‘ ROe8 l0 t he faeiificeof their
American v* dels in France, were in
journey m
which he volunteered a few
years ago to France ; that his
prelent purpofe is to avert a war
between England and the U 5.
Any meafure which has peace
upon honorable and rational
principles for its objed, is lau
dable, however excentric the !
means by which it may be
brought about; though we very
much queftion the fueceis of the
prefent undertaking of Dr Lo
gan—ive cannot withhold our
applaufe from the generous and
benevolent purpofe which is its
object. With the llatefnutn of
England, it is net a queftion of ,
fo much relative indifference, as !
it was with (he llatefmen of
Fiance when Dr. Logan fuc- j
cceded in averting war; with!
France, it was only a queftion of
momentary pride or paftiun ;
with England it amounts to tin* I
decifion of queffions going to j
the fundamental power and poli
cy of the Britifh government ;
goes
By the brig Affrce, arrived
at New'- York from St. Bu: fln.lo
inmvs, we learn that on tin 6th
ol February, after a fcVdre con.
tell, which lafled five days, too
ill and of Gyadaicupe furrcndcr-
cd to the Britiflj under general
Bcc.kwith and admiral Cock
rane. From the fame fourcc
w,e learn that the ffiipa Loud;;
Scc.ilia, fiotn New Yo k for
Gij*on, and P.hcunix for L : fbon,
were ,'T.pturcd on rhe-i.r paffagi,
and feuTk'd by two French
frigates, whet carried their clew,,
to Guadelope.
The {hip Romulus, arrived
at Rollon in 51 days from I.if-
bon, brings ^ifpatches from Mr.
Adams, and private letters tx-
' prt ffing the moll favorable o-
i pinion of his miffi >n. L'fbon
j pi in s to the 28th of December
! are received by her, which,
however, contain little news of
intereft
| The head quarters of the
■ Bri.ilh are at Abrantes, thit y
j leagues from Lifb n, in a fu'k y
| (late, being veiy much ieduced
j by lolis.
Gerona had not furrendered
the 2f)th ol N tvember
1 The Spanifli army of the
Manclta was at Valdepcnnas—
that of the French unuer Victor
at Cirulad B. ad.
There is nothing faid about
Cuke del Parquo or Souit’s ar-
, my, which is rather ominous to
| the cauft of Portugal.
| Net a word about French
forces entering Spain.
confequence -of t be
America followed by the non-intcr-
courfenA 1 that we therefore confid-
, , f ; Dtxttr.fions to the fovereignty of
embargo law oft-. r °r , ■
1 the ocean, to a lacrihce of their
charleston, March 3.
B ■nafartk has diff.tlved his
marriage with the Emprcfs Jo
sephine. She is to retain the
rank of “ Emprcfs Q.ictn
crowned,” with an annuity of
two millions of Hvres. f lhe
daughter of tin* King of Saxony
has been mentioned as tlte pro
bable fucceffor to Josephine.
Hunburg, Dec. 1. We have
not received pofirive information,
concerniitg the Imure organisu-
tion of tlu- Ilaufe-Towns. The
following are the particulars *le-
ferving tile molt credit: The
Hanfe To.vns will be called the
United and Free Imperial Ci
ties ; they will be under the pro
tection of the emperor ol France,
will furnilh a quota 10 the con
federation of the Rhine (TS'tO
infantry, betides cavalry & 2oO
artillery ) Their deputies will
ftandiug maxim of monopoly,
ered the Americans, who came into ' nnd it goes to call upon them to i affemble at certain times, for
the purpofe of confuiting about
panied with plates illuftrative of , caufe America hat. certainly fuftain-
tlte machinery and experiments ed_ no ordinary provocation in this
^hich have been made. Should
the experiments about to be
made evince their efficiency, it
will be worth all the navies that
inftance. We have never yet given
our opinion upon this fuhjedt, and
(haft now therefore Crate it.
Firft, then afiuming as a faff, that
of which confiderable doubt
plough the dominions of Nep* ( (Jill entertained, that Mr F.rskine
tune-
The refolutions offered by
Dr. Lcib, in the Senate of the
'tj. S. on the 8fh inft. (which
will be found in the fecond co
did v\6I iu a manner contrary to ihe
fpirit of his inftvuilions ; yet whence
originated the neceffity of imputing
the knowledge of this, our minillcr’s
deviation from his diredlions, to
America ? Ir is fufficient, accord-
to the doflrine cited from V.it-
lumn of the. preceding page.) i j c j, fty Mr. Smith, to fruftratc the
breathes fentitnents worthy of
an American—They ought to
be the foundation of the ultima
tum of our government.
VERY LATE 1 ROM ENGLAND.
Ncko York. March 5.
Laft evening arrived at this port,
tire Uritifii Packet Kliza, from Fal
mouth, with the December and Jan.
ma-fts. The packet failed on the
15th of January, and brings lam-
don papers to the 12th of January,
mclufive, ftom which we have co
pied the mod interefting articles.
The paper of the 12th dates as
probable, that the French decrees
would very fpeedily be revoked.
The United States (hip of war
our ports, as difguifed Engliihen; j forego their jealouiy, arid the
and that fince Amerca has repealed jealoufy of their {hipping, mer
her laws, ours fltould fall of them- j cantile, Eaff lndia, Weft India,
(elves. , | and general navigating inti t efts,
“ ! he merchants flatter them- ■> . c . ° ,
r , r , - • • „„ ; ol our growing wealth anu mart-
leivcs from theie communications,! . r>
and from the news lately received,
that America was not difpofed to
time enterpnze.
It is requifite to keep thefe
yield to England, that the political 1 confiderations in view; becaufe
relations between the two coun- , will be* unwife to calculate up-
. • /■ .. a. A.!.r.n „c i . r
validity- of an engagement that the
1 minifter forming it thould have vio
lated tiic intlrudlions given him : it
, was not neceflary to prove or to aver
j that the other contracting party
knew this, “ To refufe with honor
j (fays a high authority on public law)
j to ratify what has been concluded
' or by virtue of a full power, it i;
neceffary that the government ftiouli 1
have ftrong and felid rcafons, ntu
rhat it Ihew in particular that it* min
ijier bad violated bis injlractions ”
Hence it appears [if ihis argument
he weft funded, of which we have
i no doubt] that the offencegiven-to
America was perfeHly unneceffary
and gratuitous : the rial merits of
the queftien being this : “ Did Mr.
Erskinc violate his infiiutlions ?
tries, for the eftablifhment of per-
fedl harmony, will become a drive ;
and as it feems that both nations
h-jve a well pronounced intent in
their fnccefs, they will probably a-
gree. on fome provifioual bafis, and
permit trade to refumeitsrelations,re-
ferving the ulterior difeuflions on the
great queftion of maritime rights.”
The public relations between this
country and America, fuch as they
appeared upon the face of the laft A*
mcrican news, will, as we before
hinted, be materially altered, by the
contents of this important letter from
Id itnce ; the ruler of which here, as
w * fee, gives up the whole grounds
5. difpute with America, and con-
.vdes not a little to us: “ It alrea-
(y appears to be agreed, that the vi-
it at sea,” (or in other words the
he tight cf fe:;rch for which we have
fo long contended,) “ a meafure of
policy adopted by all nations, is not a
violation of neutral rights, and that
the decree of Milan, was intended
only to prevent the vifit diredled by
the ortlcrs, of council, Nov. 1808 ;
by which neutrals rctr" obliged to go
I on fucrefs ; anti any difappoint-
munt, if it be againft our ex
peditions, will not only be
more agreeable to the U. S.
but more honorable to him w ho
may accomplifii it. Some pains
have been taken to fpread a-
broad a report that Dr. Logan
undertakes this buf.nefs at the
defire of government; the pur
pofe of filch a report is not dif
ficult to difeover ; it is bur fait
to let Dr. Logan enjoy all the
merit which is properly his.
Aurora
NEW-YORK, Feb. 10, 1810.
Geo. Sumpter, minifter pie
nipotentiary of the U. S. fov
the Brazils, under the domin'on
of the prince Regent of Purtu
gal, arrived in this city yefler-
day. We undetftand he will
Ihortly depart from this port to
South-America, to enter upon
the dutitfi of his miffioa.
thi-ir mterfts. Thefe cities can
only have an ambaffador at the
emperor’s court. The other
perfons can only have a conful
[at the Imp rial Hanfe-Towns.]
December 2. The fame meal-
ures have been taken at Hufum
and at Tonningen as were taken
at Altom againft ihe exporta
tion of colonial produce, and
throughout the Duchies of Iiof-
tein and Slsfwitk.
CT We feel a pleafure in ftat-
ing to our fellow citizens, that
the Hon. Howell C< bb, is in
excellent health, and we are
authorized to ftate alfo, that he
will be held up as a Candidate
for the next Congrefs
Augusta Chronicle.
DIED, on th.o 9th Inftant-. in
the 54-ih ye?:; of his age, Briga
dier General THOM AS GLAS
COCK^ of this place.
Augusta Herat K
FOR SALE,
A NeW Cotton Ma
chine con lifting of forty two ci/-
cies —Good cotton in like bag-
ing will be received in payment,
B. HUBERT.
■20ih March, 1810, j?!-H