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onr commercial reflri&ions wouH
imporverifli the merchants and ruin
the farmers—Not a fenutnent is ad
vanced by Mutchinfon and tories, but
what can be found in 4 Pacijicus
and dthers of his fraternity. There is
not a lent* meat on the present qtirl
tion in the Repertory, Gazette, but
what can bo found in the papers oi
Draper, Rivmgton, <irc. The maflfa
cre in State-fireet was accompanied
with the fame tali'ehoods, as the cour
tier on board the Chesapeake, &c.
It is fortunate for this Country that the
fame kind of argument Ihould not be
used, as it mu ft convince Britain, that
what they now fay, is equally as falla
cions as wluit they formerly said. It
will convince them, if they follow
their advice kqvj, they will be as woe
fully deceived as they were then. —
Sinister consequences will follow fun-
Uar raeifares. The truths have .al
ways proved the molt diiaitrous advi
ses of Britiih policy. Irt no iuftance
have they prcrii&cd right, but in every
one have led their followers into the
moll fatal errors. The lories did
more towards the speedy dbtainmenc
of Atn ric2n independence than eve a
its friends. They so caafianriy kc, t
the Eryghih in wrong by falle re
ptefentztiens, that the Americans
gained their objects with much gr n
er facility by their blunders. The
fortes so greatly loved their case and
money, that they would advise toinea
fures without giving themfeives arty
tjotlb’e to judge ofthrir efficacy, and
as long as they were paid, they cared
but little what difalters best! those
who were employed in the execution.
Many a brave Englishman has fallen
a fscrafice to tory perfidy. They are
-neither friends to England or Ameri
ca—but facrahccd both couniiies for
ease and Money,
T'its being the real chara&er of thei
tory I incite:, in America, it is fip'pii-j
fuig yhat the Briiifh nation have not
tienovunced them as a band of unpnn
cs‘//id incendiaries, inftcad of attencl-
AT/g to any mealutes recommended by
thrtn. They have uniformly been
. wrong In every particular. The. A
j; eilean merchants and the Bruifh
vn: rcliants have reason to deprecate
their interference in our political con
cern:, as they have been the cause of
dhnoft the whole difficulty between j
the two countries —For the ministry !
have been generally led to purfus those 1
plans which are recommended in their i
papers, and while the faction hold up)
that a strong party are in favor of the;
Brit'ifh, they are more ftixious and;
cJei.nnined to jproiecute their parpo-1
i-'. By iricfe fali’e suggestions, both,
countries are fubjctl to the nod 1 u-!
incus redrictions in their commercial j
The fuel is, the federal
papers, as conducted by a few unprirt-j
ciplcd 1 te'C'iiigs, piodace s!I cur pre-j
ftnt troubles, for while they are bale j
enough to alledge that 4 * our ease and:
inone,;“ ure more powerful coniidera-!
turns in tlte mind:, of the Anaerciani
citizens, than our “ liberty,’ 5 ’ we may
be alfured that every power in Europe
wdl endeavor to take an advantage of
our depredation. The man who
ir.iU'-te; is. this principle is a trai
tor, rind defervestobe execrated asj
such. It :sfi> derogatory to our na-j
tional honor, that the vooo men ic !
particular ought to frown indignant I
on the author, for while we are thus)
eiUmated by foreign nations, they will j
Beexpofeci in ail their commercial ne
gotiations to every impofitioa which
pride and arrogance can intiift, This
was not th*” character of their fathers,
and they ought qorerto fui&r the in
famy io be cut :v/ll on them, it is j,
f presumed that nothing presents a dis
play of public indignation, but thai
magnanimity which has ever indulged
such mifereants in their perfidy; The
titn may however be when the public
voice will proferibe such wanton in
foience within its proper boundary.
For the INTELLIGENCER.
NOTHING can afford wore concluffve
and fatistatlory evidence cf the proiperous con
dition of any itate, than the indSiftry of its in-,
habitants. Perfouai activity and perseverance
beget competency and independence. An in
dutterious people, relying upon their ow.f exer
tions for a subsistence, wiii coofider the fir iff at
tempt of oppression, as the figmil for rellttance ; 1
and aware of the difficulties to he encountered j
in accumulating property, they wsi, in general,
spurn the idea of depriving others of their legal
right. That general induilry would be produc
tive of national be uefit is a prdpoution, which,
it is iuppofed, not the molt ht.g.vus will son*
left. It then remains only to difeo v r tome ex
teufive pla.i, by which the couit.y woulu be
benefited, and its citizens generally find employ
ment, Other nations may afford us examples,
an i it is our own imprudence and apathy that
muff be charged with the foHy of our liav, ig
never improved by them. Men, ditpoled tt^ la
bor, and avetfe to crimes, have been urged by
the-rest ftlefs preffbue of powerful want to the
commifcion cf deeds violative or ia.v, because
though they {ought, they could not obtain em
ploynent. A commercial country, properly
regulated, it would appear, could afford but
few Linnets of this kind ; but commerce in
ternally is requilite to the right iup.sort and
conduct of commerce externally. Internal
; ommerce gives to the laborer a mean sub-
Sitence j ad the result or produce of that in-
Ur*: at commerce -carried abroad, yields to the
merchant his ultimate profit. Nothing tends so
cordsr.erably to meliorate and extend internal,
barter as Canals, or Water Passages. The la
bor oi digging these, at public expertfe, would
afford work and profit to numerous persons ;
and when completed, they would be a iource of
immeufe .uvantage to the country. The Cui
nele are a wealthy people ; ard notwitkttand
ing their vail numbers, they are remarkable for
their univenal aAivity. Their Canals, of great
extent and convenience, are the chief fuurccs of
their gc.ic;al wealth and iuduftry.
They have made the waters of the Yamour
! and the Argun, of the Kiatft and the Tay tub
fcivienf to their system of policy ; and their ter
ritory is divided into almolt regular {quarts by
the frequent iuterfluAions of their numerous
water peffages. An author of received authen
ticity informs us that they have no less than ten
thousand boats, fome of two hundred tons, kept
at the public expense, which trade through these
canals. Their country too is eminently favorce
by nature—a pas tof it lying under the T ropic
oi Cancer, and the rest extending to upwards of
thirteen hundred miles north. So, the air of
j China is keen, mild and warm, accordingly as
j you advance north, or south ; and the toil is
| adapted to the production of every nectftsry and
j comfort of life.
Ingenuity, wealth and activity will always
! result from the difeovery of any plan, by which
. tdents and indu try may be encouraged to dis
, play themselves. The Chinese dll'covered such
j a plan, and they ha ts become rich and perf ever.
xng. Their numerous inhabitants are fupphed
’ wffh whatsoever they need at their very doors,
by the mean of their canals, and their external
i commerce is of great extent. Inland naviga
tion has given China her just claim to commer
| cud consequence, for that it is, which fpports
1 her foreign trade. Her peopl cither exchange
| thiir mutual redundancies j or fame pay gold
! or silver for force equivalent, iuperfiuous to
j those, who dispose of it. With gold and silver
• foreign commerce is kept tffve with her—
! for in such estimation do her inhabitants hold
their own manufactures, that they never think
of purchasing those from abroad.
Again 1 repeat, what is obvious, that these
canals are the great and confidcrablc sources of
her industry and wealth.
Holland, yat a place cf corffiderable
wealth and commercial insportance, when file,
m imitation of China, formed large and nume
rous canals; saw the treasures cf die world con
veyed through them. Ker commercial prosperity
may have been, ir.i fome degree, checked by the
Commotions of the French under General Piche
?ru in mtiety-fonr ; but her gradual decline has,
m my opinion, been aferibed by Zimmerman, 1
very correftly, to the general ftourifhing coi.di
tion of other European powers, which have lat
terly taken from her a part of her former trade.
The Prince of Orange refcced her from the 1
Yoke of Philip, in fifteen hundred and feventy
nine ; but a i'ubfequent St. Itholder, taking
flight to England, left her to the French in
feventeeii liundred and mnety-lour. Whatever
tends to facilitate commerce is deserving atten
tion. Canals tend to facilitate inland naviga
■don, and, therefore, to accelerate the barter or
exchange, which is to be made ultimately a roa .
China fat the example, Holland followed i >
the civilized world saw plainly how much advan
tage they received from their canals, and tne
French and Englifli began to prepare them.—
! The canal of Langeudoc, in France, was . ag
over immeufe hills and values for cue aimured
j miles ; and that of Calais facilitates greatly the
pi.ffage over to Dunkirk, Kt. O.mer, and many
other places. “The canal of fays
an intelligent writer, “ runs a course ot eigh
teen Icag ues, to the immense benefit of the pub
lic and the Royal Revenue,” and the Ga; -
oune has been taught to communicate with the
Mediterranean. The Englilh have labored
| upon, and vaffly extended the navigation of the
j liis, the Avon, the Medway, the Lea, the Lug,
1 the Rennet, the Stroud, the Wey and the Are.
Various as the experiments of forming ca
nals have been, we observe ail uniformly
crowned with final success ; and as fame causes
produce like effects, the trial, iff made by us,
will succeed also. The expenses, at the outlet,
would be confideratiie; but their fatisiaetion
aiifin <■ from a public lource, would bear upon
individuals too {lightly to beget murmurings ;
and their ultimate utility would far outweigh
me.eat co.t aim labor.
AN OBSERVER.
r,r the INTELLIGENCER.
M. EAR RE RE, a celebrated politician
of modern times, , has obierved with much pro
priety, that'Eugland alone is jealous of the* prol
perity cf America. She observes the popula
tion and extent of our territory considerably iu*
crerded, without meddiug one drop of blood.—
Advancing toward the summit of national glory,
yet prelerving a pacific policy, we have not fail
ed to attratr the eye of that overbearing and
jealous power. She cannot forget the fcer.es of
ih it glorious revolution ; which Ini riling afun
dcr the trammels of tyranny, pronounced us
worthy of the freedom we had fought for.
The fenliment of gratitude does honor to
the human heart; and I can feel, at belt, but a
very feeble degree of elteem for the man, who
kaowa it not. The services of the French, du
i ring our revolutionary struggle, are engrafted
| m our hearts; and as it is our intereil, so I
tA it id vi- be ourir. diration* to cherish the
good will of that valiant and undaunted people.
Never acting, since our Independence, towards
our country, as bound by the laws of equity
end oi nations, Great-Britain considered the ac
quisition tff Louisiana, as tbs signal for com
mencing depredations before unheard of, but
between powers avowedly belligerent.
Her fears are, as indeed they fiiould be,
great ; and the impartial reader can trace in
the pages of London papers, nothing but a
spirit of difpare,which perhaps not evenErigland,
with all her corruption, has before fe*lt. Her
excefiive jealousy had already turned its hawk‘s
eye to the Banks of the Missouri, and the anti
cipation of additional glory to our country, had
rouiffd her to insult, ltimulated her to assassina
tion, and now commands her to despond. The
geographical position of England divides her
from the European Continent ; but she i3 sepa
rated from the powers cf that Continent, no Less
by her intereSs, than by nature.
All the ingenuity of her ministers is exerted
in deviling plans for obtaining new viftories,
which, ix effedled, are scarcely so, before they
are dismissed who devised such schemes; and
their successors dilplay their genius by giving up
the conquefis so recently atchieved. All of the
ministers ci her Cabinet have art enough to
form a fyfcem for iacreaffng their national dabt;
but none of them can find out any thing., like a
mode to dii charge it.
Indeed, Great-Britain has gone so far in
the gulf of iniquity that file nit:ft proceed, or
peri Hi. She muff continue corrupt, for if file
becomes honcll—fhe is annihilated. This,
though a gloomy picture, is a correA one ; and
this fabric of corruption, the Bnti/h government,
begins to totter—-the nations of the earth will
rejoice when ihe falls.
NUMA.
Fur the INTELLIGENCER .
TIIE period has, at last, arrived, when
England, {Lengthened by audacity, has call
aside the vffl of hypocrisy, and openly avowed
j her intensions toward neutrals. She dares to
: complain of the French influence on the conti
nent, when all the world knows, that/he, and
fire alone has given birth to that influence. Cor
rupting with her gold, and alluring by herper
fuafions, (he has time after time” led Raffia,
Pru'lta, Austria and Sweden to coalesce again ft
I’ ranee, ihe arms of Napoleon we re fuccefafu), i
and the defeat of his sdvfrfeAtfl Was£cc U rf e
the extension of his influence. But .ti^p o . v ,
ers begin to difeern their real policy; and will i*
no more duped by the {battered government 0 f
England. She pretends to be anxious f or the
maintenance of peace, when {he tells Denmark
it is impossible for her to continue neutral, *
though {he wilhesto do 10. What groi3 iucon,
fifteucy I
Cathcart and Gambier tell the inhabitattj
of Zealand, that they are authorifed to *
.nounce the objeA of their visit, amicable. : W e
come not/’ fay they, “as enemies but in felt,
defence.” “We come not as enemies,” but
just to capture the whole Dauifii navy. \y e
-come in felff-defence,” but our objeft is to con.
I quer you if we can, but invade you, umefs
furreuder without a trial, we wih.
The Danes, however, will struggle W for
their liberties—they wield the sword of justice •
may the God of armies give its edge a tenfold
ffiarpnefs. But can there, after the declaration
of England, that no nation fhali continue neutral,
remain any doubt, what we fiiould prepare f or >
If we resign our neutrality, England is the na.
tion we mull fight. Russia auc Pruffa de.
fpife her now more than they ever did France*,
jar.d Jier government which h'.s long been the
i common diiturber of nations, has po-.v Lecame
their common enemy. So {he will continue,
until ffie has been compelled to impart Justice, ’
CYRUS.,
THE SUBSCRIBERS
Having entered into partnerfliip under the gr®
of
Bulloch & Glen ,
And having taken convenient Stores or.
Smith’s Wharf for the reception of ail Linds of
Produce, offer their ferviccs to their friends in the
FACTORAGE AMD COM MIS.
SIGN -BUSINESS,
To which, as .they intend to he confined, tbr
promise themselves it will be in their power to
i give fatisfadliuii.
A. S. BULLOCH,
THOMAS GLEN.
Sav. O&ober 15
’ THE SUBSCRIBERS
H. : Si tl cuttred iuio co r. ; .. r ticetr the
fine, of
Small & AfNish,
Have taken Store and Counting-House on Meflh.
Smith & Bourke’s Wharf,and tender tL- i; feewast#
their friend* and the public in the
FACTORAGE & COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
ROBERT SMALI,
JOHN M-Kia-r.
Savannah, OAober al 69
FOR SALE,
A BAY LOT, No. 5, Pn-aDT; Vt:rS,fA.
I. A. ject to 30 dollar* psr aanurn City ground rent.
On the Lot arc a very comment tvoff,--/ DWEL
LING HOUSE and other OUT j'iC sk The
. terms will be made easy to the ptirc’.afciv A!fo,t
likely, healthy, inteiiigct.t MULATIC EOT, abaci.
2 c years of age. a complete Floufir Servant su J •‘C.t
waggoucrand ploughman, Apply ta
BULLOCH S: GLEN.
Cftober 53
Factor and A amt
O
M. SHEARER, ‘
INFORMS the Planters that, he contin
ues to fell Prodtv.; and rth ~- property on
Comrmlfion, and h?s y -j-itof fite-aroof
Ware-houte room, on Lotion s Whan.
OSober f6 6y
PAINTING*
Seth 11. Keen,
j Life, ms the cxentlemen of Savannah mid putiit
*ll general, that he carries ou the
HOUSE Sc SIGN PAINTING,
In the (hop next door to Dr. John Love’s,o
the Hay, w..cre all bufiucfs.in his kae w r :h be at
tended to, when called upon, with {trick acteu.
tion.
Groteriet will be taken in n-aymeat i:ai*¥
convenient for the employer.
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