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LETTER 11.
CTIE CITIZENS or THE UNITED STATEn.
. atnawaie that as the advocate of
<c, I tnay not float in the populat
rent, and vet I know that I air.
friend of the people. I trust also
I nine tenths of this nation, when
ay (hall have conGdered the fubjeQ,
fc all its natural effe&s and confe
fences, will admit that war should, if
lib!e be avoided.
would not go to war at present.
i. Because the war of which we speak
uld be hurtful to all claGfes of citi
.
z. Because the obiefl for which we
itend is not of fufneient importance
juftify the shedding of much
od.
jd. Because it will certainly be ob
nedj in a few years, without our
king a great facrifice of life and
afur to fee ure it. ,
My firft objeDion to war is the ru
it would produce, or the damage it
uld occasion, to all classes of ufeful
*ens. When we confider the im
nfe property that is at sea, belong
to the citizens of the United States,
i the great facility with which the
oleos it may be taken, at the very
ranee of our harbois, it will readily
admitted that war mud produce a
neral crash among the mercantile
rt of the community. How many
>u(and, men, women aud children
•uld be reduced to poverty by such a
oke, without a morsel of bread to
lain life. Our great cities/in a few
>nths, would be feenes of defoiation
} .Lx :: ‘ rj
at.fi .a in “ * nd £ *har vn
5 city, a great proportion of the in.
)itants are supported by commerce
ne. They mud all fuffer and many
them mud starve with out it. lam
lto be toid that fome of our (hip:
penters might be employed in build -
; privateers, and iotne oilier me
inics and camrien might find em
yment in the army. They might
e a ialutaty march into Canada.—-,
is would give poor lupport to a ffa
y. CLfxhiidrcm. It is
r aw.iar poti>etr'nhrrr ihtiabua ms, or
reat proportion of them, into the
intry, during the Revolutionary war,
1 thole people submitted to poverty
1 great privations, fur leveral yeau
hom murmuring. But they were
jiending for all that is-dear to men.
ty were contending for peifonal
uty and life. The ohjeft ot di(pue
.> me what cHFerent at pt rff-nt.
f the inhabitants oi'gredrerrres-w*r
be the only fttffems by war,'OUr
threi. m the country might fubfhu
the calamity with less relußantr
every citizen in the United
dbe affected more <if less by futi)
hange in our a Hairs. True it is
i fame people among us feenf to be
irousof war, though they do not
e a cent .about the car;fe of it.—
me men flatter them (fives with the
?e of becoming comuisflaries or
itra&drs for the arihy, by which
ansthey ihiayacquire tiches, w hile the
ion is reduced ’o poveity. ‘'Other
n there are who cherish a coudant
red of England and are delighted
h the hope of war. They c6tifidcr
l England will fuffer greatly and
enot how much wc fuffer with bet.
ere is a third clals, fat more nutne
<, who being indolent and viefour.,
e nothing to loft?. Thcle men ate
more us for war, becatile among
revolutions that may be cauled by
r, and the general wreck o! for unfits,
y may chance to pick up something.
us the moon curler is p sea fed with
orn>, because Wncr: a f.hip is wreik
he may chance to get iVune of the
ft. in the dliirrate of my fellow
zens, i Would pay little attention to
debres af such vicious individuals,
e farmers or. planters in general
Uld lujaVjii&icat!) by war in every
tof the union. Our citizens in
let a I ne clot he and with impound
We pay lor ('.’.ole goods by J
I exported f.rctluce; but war [
i an o \ tl 4r> our cotmn ‘ice. W? I
;{* then make clushes (oi “ritiffclv'ei
go u’khout u:eni. The fti'heiy and
tying :r<uk*. by which the l:.aHer
■cs a;c chenliud, mull tejurinate by
war. The staple of the Southern
Hate muff perish on hand, and the far
mer in the middle Hates, finding no fate
for his grain, may deep half the day in
bed, while his wife Icarus to fpia. 1
have laid nothing about the means bv
which war is to he supported. Out
duties of import will be reduced to a
trifle during the war. The common
expences of government, together
with all the expences of the war, mull
be difeharged by a tax on houfest and
lands. How is the farmer to pay his
taxes, when he cannot fell his produce ?
We have not had more than one far*
pie of a land tax and we know in what
manner it operated. To this hour it
is not fully collefted, although that tax
was laid when all forts of produce went
to a good market. If I wished that
the adtniniftration of Mr. Jefferfon!
should become unpopular, I should
wish for war and the confequfcnt curse
of a land tax. I am next to inquire
whether theobjeft of dispute willjufti
fy the nation iu courting the calami
ties of war.
AGRICOLA.
From the Repertory .
A concise but conclusive argument on the
subject of protecting deserters from pub
lie ships of rear.
I remarked in the Repertory a strong
and indeed fatisfa&ory argument up.
on richtof search of private, flips
for i fit bj efts of belligerents, and as i;
nas not bien and I believe cannot be
answered, I regret that k has not ap
peared m the federal papers efpecial
iy as it was very brief, and is upon a
point on which our peace is immediate
ly .. . ... - . j
y wUitVUIIIVV.
The following argument against the
right to receive and protest -defends
Iroin the public fervid of other nations
is equally cogent. —Argument No. i.
Nations are or ought to he Indepen
dent.—Their rights are perfcßly red
procal and pe:let!!y equal.— IT one.
nation has the right to receive and pro
ted delerters from the public fcrvice
of another nation, all nations have the
fame right.—Now as in every public
fer vice of every nation ?he men arc al.
ip an d fieq uemly
do in i’pite of all the el’angers ‘ which
have hitherto atieure.l t’efertion, make
it known once tofailors, that every i'o
ieign port is a complete and abjointe a
fylum in which they cannot be reclaim
ed, and it Would not be possible (dr a :
fliip of tvar of any country to put into
the ports ofany foreign nation even
in diHrels. Our finps could no longer
enter Gibraltar, or Toulon, or Synv
eufe, or Malta, and of courfsr could,
not go to the Mctuieu-anean. Wh< n
font with difpatchesto France or Great
Britain, they would, noi dace, offer
■heir ports- bp{-.tvo : ubd he’ obliged to
Kira n:lecsia--~rxy their difpatchcs on
shore.
Xha,thmger aud absurdity of such a
pi incipU'.whicli if it operates at all must
operatesquur'y aiul.totbe greatest extent
tvenjo. the total abatuio<*fq at . 'pC./lb'ps,
proA-klnti. no suelr principle can exist, bo
tausv the Id’v at nations K founded in rea
son ami mutual convenience,
Ar'g’j'tneut 2d. AgiVtn', orant tliat the
above argu'tii.-nt proves that it is not law
till because imronVi-tcut with pnbiic am]
general inures*, that deserters should be
protected ;ami oi ctuii te ’ hat men in pub
lie srrv>c:e are sacred, and the manner in
which ihe sovereign came bv then, cannot
in foreign countries be inquired into.—
Let ns sc- how tins applies to the U'e dis
i pute —W<- c-ct.itctul, that our public flag is
[ a protection to all enlisted under it, ami
and that ho oilier nation can impure into
th? characters oi those on board. Admit
tins or any othtr i'X'oiu you pletrsr, stiii
ilie tin.', universal and i iimiitcd princ.rplt
: is that ail Mat!, in. are equal, aud liavc equal
| fighl3. ft we can set up the protection of
our flag, so can Great Britain of ii< rs—ls
our flag protect:, all tntircd under,it who
ever they may be, so and ous hers lint b\
the law o! Nature, Nations, athl by the
necessity, lie wiio iias the prior possession
uj a thing, has the prior.right—riw J ftisr
occtipiun is the nuncr, aid his proper')
cannot.be violated wivhout injustice. (A*cat
Britain wat the prior pc.ssrsior of both the
iitfseitcrs claimed .uui the dvscvtc r*. found
Ji tlitrc I.- ( hi eh we odmit) an high tcspeit
| <'u'‘ o jm inn: Hags, ii was as imu h due t
1 the flag of U. Britain, thv (nut occupant as
i to liit ti-gos America v. fi-<. It a<. quiv-d ;1m sc
I mkm) bv unl.-twi id incaus, .. •; pi used iu the
aOovc Arguuj.uu t No. i
But to 1 lose, tti’.-i arnutm u! to i!te satis*
faction ul ivui thinl.iiig m.tu,l' r 1, 5 p' jr
u.t* thii gy us ptopen . . u will net
be denied that bv the law of hature and
tions, the first occupant cannot lawfully bo
deprived ot what lie pos*eses; but if he
throws the property away, or it being an
anitii \\fera natures, it regains it liberty,
anv other person in iy take it. Is the de
serrion of men in a loreign couutrv etthei
a voluntary abandonment of the tove
reign or ruch a recaperatio ,/ibertatis (inc,
coverv of freedom) 1 hat the first occupant
loses his right and any other may lawfully
take them ?
Answer—Thia is dijproved ab income
nientier ab absurd* Wither above Argument
| N’o l. If it were necessary to add more,
it woiihd be sufficient to say, that in a state
of nature, in which nations who have no
treaties with each other still remain, ic can
not be prevtended that domestic and thtn
ed ttniinals, which stray into the inclostlres
of another, become the property of the find
er. Certainly the right over subjects in
public service camfot be more easily divest
ed.
In both these cases the property remains
to the first owner l , toil account of the labor,
panis and property he may have expended
to acquire them.
It is possible that this point will be set
tied with Great Britain —She may concede
tier rights rather than go to war with us ;
but iu the other alternative it is important
: e should all understand this question at
the present moment when we can reason
more coolly than we have don® or may
hereafter do.
PHILO JUSTITI A.
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Cfjr locate.
Savannah, Nov. 16, 1807.
The Le£flttur of this fine fanned s qaonitn, on *!
4th inst. The .Senate made choice of Roaear Wai
ioh, Hlq for their Prcfilent , and William lZdsinaoN,
Ef'|. Secrefary—nopsentioaof the proceedings, of the
lower house.
jAtto litwiH, Esq. has been re-eledted Governor.
We are informed that the legislature have e’eified
Wit LI am H. Cra\v?o and, efq to fill the place of the
late Mr. Baldwin, in the Senate of the UuiieJ Sta:ca.
Wimiam Bar>ws is re ele<ned Harbor Maf
tcr, a(d Dr. WilmaM Cocke HcaJ.h CCcer, of the
Port of S.avEiiaah
SAVANNAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Monthly Comm ‘tt.-c jar Non/.nber 18qJ.
JOHN HOLTON,
hi.EAfeER HAND,
JOHN HUNTER, and
JCSiiPH CARRU rHERS, Efq’ra.
Sr-,an County ElcSion for M-tnltrt to th- Ctate I-g'Jtjtvrt
John Pray, Senator—Abraham Oindrai, Itiprefen
tative.
The United States au-h<iat, No. 12. licut. D iter
IS. Al*-.,
• ‘4, —— Bui ler
—— Ij, ■■■ Merril
Fatted on the tith ul:. for the Belize—destined to
cruize in lake P.uitcbattraifl — CrLsntpaper,
fj : tMPOIiTANT. V r
By Capr. Whipple, of the {hip arrived yes
terday in yftdbfirTr.pndoii.We liive Keen favour
e:l irith t he’ -
TiON—On the day Capt. W failed (ICth Sipr.). ‘the
oficisl account at the SURRENDER or COI’EnHA
GEN to the BritiHi. was publifhetl in London, and the
Tower and Parle Our.s were fired on the occaGon.
He states tEat Copenhagen c|pTiulat'ed onyhe
Sept, and on the Bth the Brii?FH troops marched into
the city—ttulk p; flefiion of the Fltet (confifiing of i8
fail of the llac, anuml-er of frigates and fmilkr v. flels)
*ud of the Battery.
W. a — ina** i the )6thr the
ofScLS*rcount.’ ti t ga,ve it to an officer of a Britflh
man ui war, who boutuid him a few days ago.
Vjlilliaip Cannon, and.Mounfey Finning, two of the
mnXipeer* on hoard the Britifli frigite Jason were c*e
tu e! at Ilalif ix on the • 2th u!t Four others, fen
teheed to fuffer at the fame lime, were respited, after
they had afeemied the platform.
A Jrttqr from London of the yth of September, to a
refpexfiahlc merchant in this city, states, on the autlio*
l it y of Samuel Williams, elq- late Couful of the United
States at London, that the answer to Mr. Munro’s
contnuioication, on the ful.jcA M the Cliefapeake, was
of to fatiatatfto y nature,as tadv away the appreken
(ion of war iietween the United States and Great Bri
tr. uriefithi* war thould be fought by'this'Country.
Fhiicttclphio gafier.
C'pt Doan, arrived at tfew York from Bilboa, in
forms, that chi the lft of Sepietcher, *to,oco French
troops puffed thtougU the ueighLK>u(hue.d of Bilboa, on
their way to PorlugaL
Y< flerday about one o'clock the French frigate I e
Cyl.elle got under weigh front Crane, Iflaiid, with a
fliong wiud at W. S,NV. and proceeded to fe®.—She
was kit,by the pilot at 8 o’clock iaft uig/it ;bort (ix
fcagu-.s to the eaf.W.sid of Cape Henry, going off un
dei a ptefs of fail, at the rate of it knots About an
hour ;:lt*r lcav.ru; thc.Cyhe’.ie, fp .ke a piloi -who in*
I'orsi eil that the Brilith fl.ips were all at lu. set about
6 league* >o ttiefor tiiVTatu and eafiward of tlie Cape.
The v.iu4 fhillcd to ticrrli about n.idnight, and Ji*s
httn lilowftig very strong ever finer, so that there is
every restfotr *o fieri eve the frigate-ha* est sped.
’I hit tur’jiifhes os with an evidence of toe impolicy
ot dt pending upon .my other than our owu means for
dclrnce Our govcriimtnt 1. me tioic finer ra'culaicd
rpun l).?s ftigafe a* a part of the delfti.e of N. rfolk,
ami ru)4< ed atmther pars f liar- frti e then -tmpluyed
I in c< lif'Jquenctj fiohs-id flic is gone without lta or
I tutficc. h* v '"g taken wb.t we uledtu Call FrtnJj ham
J We wifE MCNificur a good paff*g to F. auc*.—
j Ut. . 6.
J Imi'a's-Tn'str— This tml whish ,be engaged tie
j pi L'i<
etUn thti'ftate by the-tccu&d being bailed to ftmt*
trial in tho fta e us Ohio, for a milllemeannr, in pre
paring the ir.eans foC a military expedition agioH the
dominions of the. king of Spun- And f> after nil tbit
mighty f‘lfs, Burr is commuted to ftaod trial upon a
charge ot prepariug she m*atis of an expedition to ai
tack the dominion* Os Spain, with wfium the United
States expected to be at war. To avert this get
mil'cfiicf, the conftitntiun of our country n-.-ci
, fhtmefully violated, the writ of Habeas Ctirpui f f
prndfd Judges insulted and driveo from the feat of
juftlce, Counsel imprifom and 4ml treated w.ih cootumct/
and infolehce in the courts of jnftice, for daring to
execute their profeffi tial duties ;■ Private citizens ar*
reded, their papers examined, their persons seized :in<i
deported beyond fra 2p<3p miles at an inclement fa
fon;’ Port offices violated hy f-izing and opening all
letters, in short every thing (murder and ro'ibery ex*
cepfcd) that violence and tyranny could excrcife it*
the mrSR rtsJpdficTcOuhtry, has hern perpetrated in this
land of lilnirty wit.fi impuuity ! *• Unit Coluts'Jiu hap
py laod.!’*+fL
“ France has fhip* ajJ wc have Teamen.” Under
pfefeut'eitxutnft'inces, if the fltips of France were in
another Planet, they could not be less ferviceablc to
the tTnitcd States than where they are.— th.
PORT OR “SAVANNAH.
ARRIVED.
ShipAlmtra, Whrj#ple *“ ’ Loudon
Schr. Fortune, Denny Boston
Columbia, Hawes ditto
CLEARED.
Ship Dartmouth, Starr New York
Schr. Three Friends, Wixiba Boftoa
Sloop Ru h, Phi pp< St. Mary’a
Delight, Cooper Charlefto®
Republican, Brawn ditt®
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THE SUBSCRIBERS
Beg leave to inform their friends and the public, that
they have received by the late arrivals from N York,
A general assortment of goods
Which they will fell by wholMals and iitau, at
reduced prices, for CASH or PRODUCB,
AT THEIR STORE, ‘
Oa Tatlok and Scatiiotie* , i Wharf, vis •
Cogntac BRANDY—Jamaica RUM
N. England RUM—Holland GIN
Madeira aWd'Sherry WINES
BITTERS in bottle®
CORDIALS of all kihds
Hyson and-Yoffhg tlysofi TEA
Loaf and Iroov’ Sl}fii||l^
CQFF.EE jfo
PORK—BEEt
MACKEREL—HEBffINGS
CODFISH— PIPES
Pilot and Navy BREAD
SOAP and CANDLES,. Doolittle’s
Writing and Wrapping PAPER
London MUSTARD
TOBACCO and ELGARS
CHOCOLATE
Coarse and fine CLO ATHING
Fancy Silk & Bandanna 11ANDKEKCHIEFS
Cotton and Woo-red STO( KINGS
Volret CORKS, (<c.
THOMSOM & O’CONNOR.
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just reglived, .
By the Luma and Di\v,fronii Nfew Vorx,
1M ADDfn m TO STOCK CM KhUD.
Ladies KtU and Morocco SLIPPERS
D. I>lat k and colored velvet ditto
Men’s fine SHOES arid PUMPS, he.
2000 PAIR of
Best quality Negro SHOES,
Whfclt will be sold at cost and charges by
Taylor & scribner,
On th. B'tif, opposite the Exchange.
in ■i . mmn i m ■ i i;".'” .... ^i
- ‘ SbeLiij’s S-ales.
On the firtt Tttesday in December next,
WILL BE SOLD,
At the'court-heni’ e in Camjdtn county, be
tween the hours of ten and thpee o’clooi,
ALL rfre improvements of Robert
M‘Farlahe, situate .and beif on
part of lot Nri. S, in ihe torn of St.
M ary’s to satisfy a obthined in
favour ‘of'Low arid Graves, against Robeift
M'Farline and George Sterfctt.
ALSO, ‘ ‘
- One Horse and Chair, and front part of
Lot No. 26, in the town of St. Mary’s, to
satisfy a judgment obtained in favour ojF
Seih Craig & Go. agairist David Lewis.
ALSO,
Frontpait of Lot No. 4, in the town of
St. Mary’s, to be sohl as the property of
joseph Dorr, to satisfy a judgment obtain
ed in favour of Mear and Main against
Joseph Doi r. Conditions cash in half an
hour, or the property to be sold again at
the purchasers ritk.
JOSEPH CREWS, D.s. c. .c
St. Mary’s, October 9f. 30
For Sale. ‘
■ ration on Turtle River
Glvnn County, contain*
■ng by old survey 500
ictes ;on the premises
are a-very comlortuble dwelling house.
Cotton Gin house and Mac hine, with every
necessary out building. The largo-A pro
portion of this tract is well adapted for the
culture of cotton, nnc\ a nan ior Ru e, wuft
the plantation rimy ho hired for opy )’<’r
1 2 or 20 prime task able hands, For terms
apply to .Mr. 7 houias I.mci tuce, Suvaftniib,
or u>rht* subsenber at .Ll.yi -J|.J,.-jiMt.
AUfiX’R, t . WY LLY.
f?t*j>trntLer 10 14 if,
Flank Manifests,
for Sale a’ this ojf.ee,