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TO-JULIA.
O ! fay when cn my burning brow,
Thy hand was plac’d with tender zeal;
Why d?d my p'ulfes'throb—and how,
Or why, did I such transports feel ?
I thought—and O ! that thought forgive,
Or prove the fond idea true, .
That, Julia, you would have me live,
l’or love, for happi.iefs, and you.
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From the Mercantile Advertiser.
Th F. rR: so w E R ’s Wrongs ; or, the
living Biography of Pct ( y Tyrants.
“ FT nought extenuate
“ Nor aught set down in Malice.”
Shakespeare.
The natural -biafs of the human heart
is understood by all who permit them
felvcs for a moment to refled. An
accurate observer of men end manners 5
with peculiar pathos, exclaims,
Man and refled in a little brief authority,
“ Plays such fautallic tricks before Heaven
“As make even Angels weep.”
Ths exemplification of the poet
text, in the case of tlve unfeeling
ditor, shall be exhibited and if dtecu •
lots are not fufficienily luminuu?.:
and the likeness so Unking that out
fallow citizens may point the linger of 1
fCorn at him, and fay “ Thou art the \
sftan,” it will he the faliltof the [aimer
apt! not of the nib j est.
The fir'll who fits before me is a mart
whole bio ted vanity and insatiable ava-j
me render him truly contemptible. —;
Devoid of one good quality to win our i
affefiions; he has rifeu from the low
est, grade in focicty by cunning and
trick. In political and religious faith
aperfeft weathercock, a fpauie! breed J
that will cringe and fawn, “and futile,
and be a villain (till.” This sycophant.
is one who on the prisoner has heaped
accumulated wrongs. With honey on
his tips he profclfcd pretended redund
ance to deprive a man of his liberty,
and.his btead who had a feeble aged
parent dependant on his exertions for
lupport. His partnersjoin in the hol
low hearted profcflion. Being a co
partneifhip debt, he orders the poek,r
partner to languish out months of wea
ilforne days and nights in aprifon s and
leaves the richer at large, lie after
wards acknowledges a fcttlemcnt be
tween the rich partner and hirr.felf fli
pulating the pcrfccuiion of opprclfed
poverty —yet this whining double fac
ed Janu, who conspires, with igno
rance and malevolence, to rob the un
fortunate of the lall cup of comfort
which fickle fortune has left—talks
loudly of humanity—and boasts of his
chnflian difpolitions. Shall I men
tion this being who is less than man ?
no, the colouring is so true, that he
cannot be miltaken.
The next is one who according to
the ftrtctell sense of the word may be
esteemed a pharisee—a Heady church
going, prielt-ridden being ; who fus
tatns a fair reputation by wrapping it
up in a religious cloak. This man
has pend up in our jail for years, a frail
fellow mortal whole support and the
support of his family have depended
on an old father-in-law, who by his in
dustry drives want from their door.—
Can this man, have the feeling of hu
manity ? can he possess one part of the
chriftian spirit! Impoflible.
The third is a fine gentleman—his
polite manners would make you be
lieve he is poffcffed of the foul of fen
frbility : yet this man has retained in
pnfon a poor industrious mechanic
for more than two years, who has
wife and four (mall children to look
up to him for support—but to look in
vain.
The fourth profile is Hill more dis
gulling—fee in him a man who him
felf has eaten the bitter fruits of mis
fortune; yet is callous to the call o
humanity, and compels a brother ful
serer with a numerous offspring t<
wade his life in confinement! Tho>
inhuman wretch i if thy punifltraen
be delayed in this wctld, it awaits thee I
in another.
But what grey haired old man is this
who approaches ? Let us hear the tale.
Misfortune has blanched my locks —
a falfe friend his deceived me—po
verty and dillrefs have drfotated my
once happy dwelling : an English a
gent, to whom I became security, has
seized on the wreck of my fortune,
and for years consigned me to the
dreary jail.
Fellow-citizens ! let disgrace and
contempt follow through life these tor
tures of your species, and let the claims
of oppressed humanity prompt you to.
refund a lav; which puts it in the pow
er of the rich to lord it over the poor.
PHILO BENEVOLUS.
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IT ROM A NEW-YORK PAPER.
BRITISH AGENTS.
There can be no doubt but the
-3riiifh agents and toue-, wril use every
endeavor in their preffe.s, to obtain it
confirmation of the till mataiim
code of law, ft on the next meeting
of Con.ueb, Hut the persons and
prop*, r; v of .the;; employers (hall bt
; UvttO, bcca.rieon iaure, -v hi lit that of
i the poor unoffending American tailor,
jbccuufe on the ocean, (hall be fubjefct
! 10 .he p.uv y and iuiprtTonmcnt oi the
In * */I
j ijriui') navy.
j U'v. are certain ihat the American
j citizens will not eorinive at those dil
! tindio'*;. —ih y f e enough of Britifb
laws in the acquittal of-Burr—and
i they never will fubiriit to further
| wrongs in the adoption of other laws
I from the diktat.s of the cabinet of St.
| j UIIK'E.
I We repeat again, that there is no
i Hep within die tread of Congrcfs,
. which can so cffcftually command
; peace ivi.ii Briuin as the rejection of
Inch a clause. Only one declared
| that, if in case of war, the U. States
knew no difference between property
,on fiiore and property on the feas—
and Britain never goes to war with
l you. This reminds us of a circurn-
I fiance :n the Bi itifh hi [lory, under the
j government of Cromwell—A Quaker
; had his vefltl seized and condemned
.under feme pretence or other by the
I French government—aftar hearing
j his depafitions, the merchant was or
■ dered to call at a certain time, and he
fliould be informed of the settlement
of iis case—in the mean time Crom
jwtii ordered tome of his cruisers to
I bring in the firft French merchant
I fhrps they met with, the cargoes of
j which were immediately fold—and
I when thequaker called for the redress
jhe expected—he was paid the full a
j mount of his lofs—Marzarene though
equalling Pitt or Dundas in blustering
dared not refer.t the mode of indemni
fication.
j Such we are fatisfied is ;he situa
tion of Great-Britain, that if Congress
at their next meeting, only declare
. that British agents fliali be imprisoned
jfor American teamen —and Britifii
, property be a remuneration for the
; plunder of our merchants, why then
Britain will know and feel her situa
tion—even if they do not commence
hostilities before that period .
Every letter from England, and we
appeal to every BritiOi agent for the
truth of our assertions, declares the
dreadful alarm they are under-—we
know that if the affair of the
Chesapeake had happened only one
month previous, that not a tenth part
of the exports to this country would
have been made. We alk the British
and Scotch agents if we are not right
in our assertions ? We ask those lately
returned from the united kingdoms,
what are their ideas of a serious dis
pute with this country ; what are the
opinions of their connexions there;
•re they ready for war; merely to gra
ify the individual pride and refent
nent cf their minillers ? We aflc them
♦hat would be the real Hate of the tna
•ufaclurers and workmen; will they
ell us it mere smuggling into the con
tnent of Europe, or into the United
j States would warrant a manufdfturer
• to employ his capital, cr to make pur
chases in cotton on credit; in case cf a
war ; we appeal to them if toe Aura a
has not been always right in its
cf the real situation of Britilh affairs :
There are divers Scotch and Britifii
merchants lately retured, we could
mention, their names; we know their
opinions and we leave it to them to in
form the tories at the coffee houses. -
By making the persons and property j
of British agents refpon'ibie m case of j
a war, we doubly serve the.U. States ;j
we hold hostages for our seamen, we
preventives from informing the ene
my of our movements ; by the pro
perty we indemnify our merchants,
and from the surplus we prevent taxes
or new tmpofts on our foreign com
merce ; we diftre ft our enemy and we
moll effeftually serve out lelves.
As to the “'moral honesty ” of the J
•measure, sure enough it is lor the inte-!
reII of the British and their tory ad- 1
Keren ts here, to cry up confiscation on
land, as a breach of “ moral honesty
m ihe code of the piratical govern
meat o! Britain, it may do well enough,
for it is her intent to fay so, exnftly as
it b the law, and frith of the follower'-
ll the Mahometan code; to declare
universal hostilities to all christains. —
But let the United States Gazette or a
nV such like paper, or all the tory ad
herents of George ! ll.eilabliih if they
can, tire 4t moral” difference between
property cr persons on the ocean cr on
land.
Can they tell ns the difference ? will
any American citizen dare make the
diflinction ; will he dare fay that his
fellow citizen who is navigating bis
vcflc!, is to be immured in a British
dungeon, and that the Britifii agent.
I who Is exulting over the piracies and
i murders of that government, who rolls
j his caiviage through our. fireets— - with
; invpuni y—to (port his liveries and lux
juries in lafety, to give his traitorous
i feats and toafl; whilll the navigator
of our vefitls, pines under flarvation
| in the cells of Britifb despotism ? will
jany merchant at the coffee house poir.t
lout the “ moral Jifjerencz” between
the two r
The truth is, that a!! Britilh cus
toms and laws are equally bad—we
have and daily do experience them in
this Hate— Burr has reaped the benefit
of them at Richmond—and Btitifh ad
miralty courts have been always en
richcd by them—and it is fulltime that
others were adopted equally beneficial
.to the whole world—the United States
Gazette we hope will give equal cur
rency to all our opinions, as it did on
Friday—foT nothing which we write on
this fubjeed but we wish diffemir.ated
as wide as poffible—for the days ofde
lufion are palled, and the editor of that
Gazette and hi % friend Phineas , well
knows that the tyranny, the madness ol
the British miniflry, has by the mur
ders off the Chelapeake, realized the
prayers and the wishes of every true
American—it has given the complete
slate and damn’d all British and tory
influence throughout the U. States.
■— mi tananerj.?.-
Foreign News.
KIEL, Augufl IS.
Patent concerning the war which has taken
: place between Denmark and England :
Gottorf, 16th August.
U'e, Christian ihe Ith, King cf Danmark and
Norway, isfe.
To all our well beloved and faithful fub
jtifls we make known by these presents, that the
j Engliu ambassador, Jackson, has declared on
! the 13th of this month, that hostilities were
: about to commence again!! Denmark, and at the
fame time he demanded a pafiport to depart
with his fnite. From that time, war between
Denmark and England is confidereJ to have
broken out; and every faithful fubje<s i 3 re
quired by the present order, to take arms to re
pulse the violent audacity of the enemy. Every
Englilh veflel which iltall approach thy coast,
ouglit to be treated as an enemy.
We impose upon every one to obferv? atten
tively, .md to denounce to the rnagidrates, every
individual foreigner who infpiies i'ufpicuau.
Every bill, of Exchange drawn by EngLhh
men, and every payment Is? their addrefks, ar
general!” and fir .ft! y promo*. ru L toe , p
ients. Further, we place ourlVlves under Ee
protection of God, in thejuftice of “our caui'e.as
well as in the proved fidelity and courage 0 ,
onr Danith monarchy. The present order fhail
be notified r.ud aih/.ed in all public places, to the
end that all may conform thereto. And in
faith of the above we have placed our Lai royal,
HAMBURGH, August 17.
Several meffeagers-arrived yeiterday from Cos.
penhagen, and different places in HoUleim—
They bring the news, that war broke out on
the 13th, between the Danes and Englilh ; all
the vctfels in the perts-of Holstein are put under
embargo ; all Englilh stores are seized all
Englilh who are not Danifii citizens, are arretl.
cd.
The Daniih admirals, Stein Bill?, Peymaa
and Rever, command the maritime forces em.
ployed in the defence of the Island of Zeeland.
We may expefit a vigorous rclillance on the
part of the Danes ; the preparations for defence
are well organized ; all are indignant at the per.
Selb y and arrogance of the Englilh.
Since the appearance of the Englifli fleet in
the Sound, all commercial -aft airs which are made
by fca, with the north, are suspended, and all
{peculations deferred until anew order of thing;
takes- place. We flatter or •. Selves, ncvcrfrheUlt,
that on one fide the Danes will make a vigo.
roes refittance, if they are attacked ; and they
will be fuccoijred by the French ; and on the
oth r hand, the emperor of liuflnr will take cn.
ergetic measures again!! the eternal enemies of
the repose of the worlJ.
PARIS, August 18.
At five o’clock, his majesty went in ftate.to
the palace cf the legislative body, in order u>
open the session. ills serene highness the
prince vice-grand elector having obtained :m.
million of his majesty to present the oath to the
illative body, appointed lsnce the feflicn or
the year ll,'thefe deputies were calleg in rota
tion by Mr. Lejeas, queftor, and each of .thrm
was accordingly fworu in at the foot cf the
throne.
The call of new members being ended, bus
majesty said ;
“ Gentlemen deputies of the departments to
the legislative body ; gentlemen t rib tints,
and members of my council of date,
“ Since your hit! session, new wars, new
triumphs, new treaties of peace have c gtl
j the face ol political Europe.
“ If the house of Brandenburg, which vtn*
the fill! to conip ire againif our independence,
ftiii reigns, it 13 indebted for its crown to the
sincere fiiendfhip v.hich the powerful Cinpetor
of the north has inspired me with.
“ A French prince will reign upon the Elbe
jhe will k- v how to con.ii.ate Use intcrcfts cf
j Ins new ii;bje£ts, with Jus firft and mot! iacr-'I
‘duties. ‘ ‘
I “ ‘[’he ’houfe of Sarcny has recovered, after
m interval of fifty years, the independence v.hij'u
zt had loti.
“ The people of the duchy of War few cr.d
of the city of Dantzic, have recovered their
country and their rights.
“ All nations rejoice with common accord,
to fee the maleficent influence which England
exercised upon the continent, irrevocably de
ftroved.
“ France h united to the people of Gerrr.rny
by the laws of the confederacy of the Rhine, to
those of Spain, Holland, Switzerland and Italy
by the laws of oar federal system. Our yov
relations with Rtiffia are cemented by the reci
procal efteemof these two great nations.
“ In every thing that I have done, I have had
solely in view the happiness of. my people, which
is dearer ia my eyes than my own glory.
“ I have w.fc.ed for maratirne peace. No re*
fentment will ever influence my determinations;
I can have none again Aa nation, the sport asd
vidlim of the parties which rend it, and deceived
with regard to its own affairs, as well as con
cerning those cf its neighbors.
“ But whatever be the issue which the de
crees of Providence have assigned to the marc
time war, tny people will always find me the
fame ; and I ftzail always hud my people wartby
of me.
“ Frenchmen, your conduft ia these latter
times when your Emperor was upwards of Sfl o
leagues removed from you, has augment ed irf
dteem and the opinion I had received of yot ?
character. I have felt myfelf proud of being
the firft among you. If during those ten
months of absence and perils, l was present to
your thoughts, the marks of love which you
give me, constantly excited my mot! tiwly etno
tions. All my solicitude and every thing that
could relate even to the prefervau'on of my per.
son, affe&ed me only by the intereli which you
took in them and by the importance they might
be of for your future destinies. You are a *)d
and greet people. f
“I have meditated upon diiTcfent arrange. 1
ments in order to firnpleiy and improve our in*,
ftitutions.
“ The nation has experienced the two ft hap.
py effects from the eftabliihmuit cf the L’rioii
of Honor. 1 have created different IWoerh!
titles in order to give anew hi ft re to r..; prin
cipal fubjocts, fur the purpose of hcnoriiM
ihining Cervices by filming rewards, and
preventing the return of all feudal tinea, w!,...:
are incompatable with our constitution. !
“ The accounts of my Mmitfers of Finite?
and of the a reafury v, ;.i make known to y; -
the profperonr. ftft, of o Ur finance. My per
pie will experience a caofiderabli diir-iV"A’ A
tUeicij4i#d;iß in laud tax.