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ilVeckty Retrospect of Politics.
TROM THE LIVERrciOX CHffolilCLß.
Di.ip--tch.es httvc been received,
since our l ist, Irani getter :I Sir Hew
a) .iryra. le, -it Gsbr.dtu*, smd from ad
miral l-"id CcHbvqtvo >*:i, a; Cadi?., con.
fivmiusr the sucreu'fer oi’ Dupont’s ar :
lay, and also til'a divi./oh comm .uied ’
by general Wide), to the Spanish pa-j
ti'iuL.i. The substance cl ihcr.e ciic
y.itches have been published, and will’
be found in’ another part of our paper, |
The same Gazette also contains an a'c-
Count of the retreat of the French from
Madrid.
The army, the k‘ lr, ‘he cour% and
all” die French resident in Madrid,
have left ihat'cfey b the greatest con
sternal ion, in consequent: yas is sup-?
posed, of the. delea 1 : ] capture oi
Dyontfe -.r.rr*. Ivi.ug lore- hbTor
he felt his caokal. is re do. ed to have
robbed the palaces of their valuable:.,
•re A his <r a/ fofo.vi y; h'. royal ex
ample, lb fed th nls- lves with th
i: oh ui ■■ lie ctmr a’ ) o r place.-
if this iaf .nvuiuoii be- (bonded on fact
if,, C thoiic my ,y v.’id i- ,in
]■ ‘ob.ifikity, venture to i-. am in*
Sonin, when once he g a leer of ,
lr>r& .s. The people will dtsffi
him as
A vice of Kl.fgs,
A cat purfc of th * empire ar.d the rale,
That f;t :n ;; liir-lf the preciuusdktlcm ftwle,
Ar.d pat it iu hb poufo-t.”
The pmfe'u band of Sp.ii :• h-m
hen s-jceesaiul bin a-;.:{ ex; ect.r.ton
t: y liar e given a ss?< ikfev • c, ;ol vi
people feter.VjinH to be iri.; .ve r- p;.
Lie of, a , :hoido it .1 useful . s.on to
•every governmen a::d to* c\e.y kfo : ~
TANARUS; rants must read ‘this ho non and
ti - -mbie, while they are bdhfuained to
;.c vnowieiffie *!v;t ev- u I.^t, oi :.! \\ ■■ -
1, never biscmfiuccl, cannot stand a
pcipst .he hervo .3 •. rn, raised to ob
t.. .a a nation’s freer*. :n, or to .dclcir
the hueretl,c-iuse bi .übertv. The pu
li Hat ion ok other countries will, from
subh mi e A..mpk*, learn to form a pro
per estimate of ’ht lr united strength,
v.'uerev: r the time shall render it advi
seablc for them to dema fed their natu
ral rydds.f: oni'the hards of oppressive
ar.d ty; nnical. governors. K ations
may'so Her long, but there is a point
beyond which they'will hot br..r. This
••ought tbte .eh the rulers of fee truth
to ctfltivdie by jus* <*, moderation,
and a flue regard to the sights of nu n,
the esteem apd fefiveGoiis of the peo
ple : for the pi opie are the only h u mbs
upon v liieira mom rcli Cun rt ly in t! e
time u difficulty and danger—.end the
•monarch v. h. • properly ft;;tils ti e du
ties he owes to.the people; and is in re
ality the i-iti.e. < i his pi < pic, will, not
cut} find them dutiful children, but
valiant defenders or a cause rthat is
-alike,the cause oi the king and tire
people.
There is no reason to expect that
Spain will restore that government
‘which the brave gen err I Castanos has
called a feeble ,nd cowardly govern
ment. In ad probability the Bour
bons will never more govern S .fen ;
they wit! sink into the obscurity’ they
hoe ipcrittd. To say nothing of
Carlo/,, if Ferdinand vys inveigled
a way by any litisd profhists of Na
poleon, he must have been a weak
elt.iractef, and therefore incapable cl
kingly dignity ; if he was frightened
by Napoleon, he must have been cow
ardiy, and thcrcfofc unfit to reign—
it he was cornr ted. by Napoleon he
must have Teen base, and therefore
unworthy of a crown !—Can it then be
expected that such a ptince shall l
restored to the crown he has abandon
ed, bv the hero-- whose blood has fer
tfesed the soil of freedom ? It is no l
&x. ail likely. Spain will rather bcconu
a republic. ‘This is rendered tin
more us the resolution ha.*:
been formed of assembling tiic Cortes
at Toledo in Sep ember, for the pur
pose of promulgating a new constitu
tioii. To . efleet this purpose, it is
& u:l the dviic of dio -tigo, ik,s traver
sed the vast peninsula of Spain three
tiiV.es,
iru.u x ‘OT'iu.rai
r.ot very interesting. Portugal has
not displayed that energy which might
have been expected. Juiiot Still holds
out. A body of twelve thousand men
with general Loison, lately joined him
at Lisljou ; they marched from Al
meida, three hundred ‘miles distant
from Lfebon Without o-*posi‘iun
through a dulicuit country,
i While many of our cotcniporaricsj
1 seem to hail the probability of a war
! between Austria ar.d France, we trust
jwe may be permitted to enquire tfhat
’ will be the probable result of the con
icst ? The sober r ; t oner, who takes
plain matter of fact, and experi-nce
‘or Ins guide, will hesitate before he
-admits that vrar between those two
oowesfs is an event for Europe in her
■present circumstances, and especially
dr Eng Lind lo rejoice at ; he will net
. iy hesitate to admit this, but we art
nnch mistaken, if ‘by r.irpiiry he is
;ot led to a quite contrary opinion.
I'here is not the slightest prospect
f any assistance being r-fimoed her
>y her neighbors. Prussia is buried
i the dust powerless and poll lo lly
~ad—lv.isria could not ’contribute
hued.cd thousand men to the -co
• ’lon, site has been baffled-and delca
•-"’ in her attempt upon bveden, and
v!.at is more is completely govern
■y tile politics-of France—-from such
power it would be little betier diaa
, ,-ia.wy to rxocct tiic diliverance oi
; - nope. Sweden’ may possess a will'.
nt where is her ability *? Denmark
■s been dt.ivrri into the arms oi
‘Vr'-rr, what cm be expected from
*r? (1 is trcii evident that if Aus
"fe fgh'ls, she inu’- t fight sieve, or
without any otlicr.ftssisl-.nice than vvhsi
•mr gold can g:ve her. Now what is
L.r prospect cf success in :mch a con
cst ? Wc are told she has lour hun
dred, thousand wdl appointed men in
y’ ms. ISo we were told when -Mr;
Pitt iured**.r ii.-Nj the list l. ‘. l coaii
liut the end prov-c*.t tixit \Ve i
•vi ;*c told f;,i w, and what iirchuood is j
here oi the tralh of this statement,
when the great cause of jealousy and
Honap irte,’ is said to be her present ex
ertions in completing her military ts
t .bbshment ? flat allowing this *0 be
true, where ere her officers to com
j mand them ? fins site dismissed the ‘
: poltroons whose cowardice shone so
I conspicuously in the plaips of Auster
’ htZj and filled their pi ces with men!
equal m discipline and experience with
tie French officers uho compose’
‘o -eru ? 1 his she has not done nor been
able to do. However la, - ge her army
way be, it is a mass of inexperienced,
. enw il.itig recruits, l.cr officers are of
.toe same breed as those who before
preferred the safety of tla ;r own per
sons to the military glory of;heir coun
jtr,, ai dto eonipiete this dishearten ]
I ing outline, her councils arc still lilled
| with the same cabal that has before
| It'd her to the brink of ruin, who are >0
fir from gaining wisdom by experi
ence, tnat-they still lock upon the arch
duke Charles with an evil eye, and will
again commit their armies to a Mack,
rather than to the only general that is
capable of commanding them.
Fitch being the gloomy’ opinion
which we cannot help forming of the
means of successful hostility on the
part of Austria, wc must look with
fear and trembling to a contest with the
i mies ol I raiict, not on paper, but re
uliy numerous and well disciplined,
commanded by officers of consum
mate skill, w hem 3 ears of sen ice have
elevated to the rank they hold—and
under the direction of military talent.: ,
web as those of Bonaparte. If Au .
trn were an undivided country like
spain, and i- people animated with
the spirit of liberty, we should hope.
But alas! if their language contains
ue word liberty, it is like a caballs
ic sound of which the people know
tot the meaning; they cannot feel
the}’ have a country, nor distinguish
oetween forms of government. Thei
care not whether Francis 11. or Napo
leon reigns oer them, and they will
not light unless forced to it. ‘ Tffi
, contest, the: ciorc, v\ {{ be, as be sere
j between ;u ; a.ies only, aid, a
uciarcpnsuii .nance.wm p>C c vlc- j
torious. If the emperor ot Austria
means to conquer the French, he ]
should first give his people a country i
to fight for. Let him break the chains
of feudal oppression in which the per
sons and property of his people are
held—let him give to them a repre
sentative g vernment, the trial by ju
re, and a free press —let them know
[ and feel they are men, and r.ot transfer- -
able property like ‘Cattle-—and his em
pire w wild then be safe, though mr*
riaclsof Frenchmen were tokp-ee into 1
it. But while his people are virtual
ly slaves, what matters it to them who j
is their task master.
Britons may view this contest as |
alarming under another point oi’ view.
It is well known that the Austrian fi- j
nances are wrc.chcdly low. To whom
‘should this last of the ( sears look
for relief but to generous England.
We shall send them subsidies, and as
for as money is concerned, the bur
then of the war will foil upon us. Loa
ded, as ve are with an enormous tax
ation, this would be but a melancholy
prospect were we differently ci cum- ,
:.tankediti other.respects ; but in the j
“, resent cran.pt dst ate of our rnanufuc-1
sues, the general dullness of our trade,
1 is but natural to ask how these sub-1
I dies arc to be raised without produ
cing extreme distress.
We learn that a report prevailed at;.
•Washington, so date as the 17th ult.
hat the abanuonment-of Mccre Island
nad been required..of the American
government by Sir J. B. Warren.
I'.cre is no probability that the em
bargo v. ill be soon 1 emoved, it is in
general popular ; and although for the
time being it may be attended with in- i
conveniences, yet these inednyenien-1
ces axe far less than ‘would be expe-1
tit need in a state of warfare with any J
ofth European nations. The presi
dent, has the power to take elf the em
bargo, should circumstances occur to
‘justify itbut the
I must continue until, the meeting of
congress in November.
From the ChUlicothe Paper.
ON the night of the 13th instant,
a i'ior of a most serious and felarm
, ing nature, took place in the town oi
.Marietta, in. this state. : The editor
Jof the Commentator, of that place,
i was attacked in tKe precints of tlf<
i town, by a'mob cf twenty or thirt
ruffians armed with bludgeons, fo.’.
His arms were bound behind him with
a large rope, and his life severely
threatened ! He endeavored to ex
jiostula'c, but finding that mean too]
feeble for his extrication, he raised
the cry of murder ! which, after a !
j considerable time, brought some gen- j
! tic men to his assistance, and altera!
long struggle, he was miraculously
rescued from the ferocious banditti,
and made his escape into a neighbor
ing house, after slightly stabbing one
oi the party .with a penknife. °The
house was then surrounded by forty
or fifty* people, who continued there
j the greater part of die night, until- the
| sheriff and other officers of the pc .cc
’ called a part of the militia to their as
; sir tance, and dispersed the rioters.—
| A special court, con;posed of five ,ma
j gistrates, has been held on the occa
sion—soil *e of the aggressors have
niUiie titeir escape and others arc
bound over to stand their final trial at
December court. The attack was
made on Mr. Gardiner, in consequence
of some publications in his paper.
Ihe above event, when minutely
detailed, will be .found to surpass any
thing ot the kind ever known in the
United States, but as a full and cor
icct narration or the transaction'is
now preparing for the Marrietta press,
lad will be signed by the stales’ attor
ney and the judges of the court, the
j writer of this article will, for the pre
sent, decline further animadversion.
An act of ruffian violence has been
“‘ c !y coin twitted some smdl distance I
xlow tne . jpauish line. A party of!
na;, supposed to be residents of this
efiiioi j, Wiiq have Drought a upmbir
TrernTTor u... or m I
injuries done to themsehc—ffi ;( { - .j
some time past in Wilkinson c< m
boynd and abused in a saw pc i :1 c j | ’’
human manner, almost within tV
view of the court, then in so k •
person whose testimony thev ffe... j
in a cause. approaching to 1 i —j
coyed from his l oose a Mr. 1. r
Kneeland, pulled him from Ids L , s .
tied him to.stakes, whijiped him 1. ,1
mercifully, sr.d cut off both lds?. ; : V
In cutting off the last they were in
much haste tl at they s!s cut or.e 1”
his cheeks to the hone. It is a eyes,
tion for the determination of the ffi.
Cst and orderly part of the cu'mrar.i-i.
ty, how for persons capable of nj.p
outrages are entitled to the psotectim
of the government,
Jvatcnez Gazette,
From the Aurora of OCiibtr 1-?.
THE VOICE IN THE WIIUIP.NES.-;.
This d-'V, i is tbirty-one vari
fine? the L'-riiHh genera! Bnrga\ rr,
Capitiilaied to the armies of the U,
States at Saratoga—and the min
who drew up the c pmiia'tion are
hvimy, anti both iu America. G
Wilkmfon who drew i>p and dtc,
tated the terms, is command r in chef
of the arm es of his countrv, r>d
cot fi quehtly an of jcTf ofincurardc
•hatred and aversion to the foes of A.
tnerican liberty, and the corrupt nd,).
ions of England,
On the oilier hand,’ gen. Craig, the
ofif;c < 1 who, on the part of the Britilh
ligned the capitulation, is now gov
ernor and comrfiander in chief. f ihe
i B.rtiifh forces in Canada, an objeffi of
j admiration and folicirudr to the tpries
[and enrndes of American peace and
‘.ndependi nee.
h is in hiPnry, that ail ftateftnrn
ftll clv exper-encr, it is from htiter/
mat i xamp'es are drawn forimittr.fon
and prrevuttog. In our own lufi r/
■ ne fifing generation are noi luflicien -
lv iuftructrd in the knowledge- >1 the
v rtn", ’..dor, f utmide and rffl.feiions
which . (fitbhU'.e'd the 11 be■ ty anti she
rights u high we now et-jr-v.
1 here has been an ince fiant and ac*
fivi conipna y again(l the princmlts
of the rev. iution of ; 776 the and c’a
ration of independence'* has been de
nounced iiow ’the pulpit, and the ve
rv foundation of the government iu
rr prelrritative democracy, that is ia
reprefcniaiivcs ihofen by free men,
itCeit this moment daily denounced ;
the union of the (fares has be n ruin
cuidd, and then fepatanon openly ad
! located and recommend ‘d, by men
] calling themfdvcs fi deraiilts—as if
nten Ihol tie* lay the way to preserve
it-fe was to murder —th, t the way to
piomote virtue waste practice criinr.
It is, we repeat ir, by men who call
theqaielvcs federaliftt—the rr.<*aßn.g
of winch is men united by politicnT
ties, or devottd to the fuppoit of u
nion among Hates—thefie men, thus
c*ying aloud weate friends of union,
prove their devotion to union, by ar
guing and declaring for difimion—for
a reparation of the dates, for unfcdcr
clinvg federal dm, and to exhibit to
the ridicule and contempt of the
woild, the hvpocrifiy of men wh< fe
actions have so conftaruly belied ihetr
ptofelfions.
On days, like die prefent,"which
commt moratq,greai events, it is fit to
effi] up in t’re bosoms of the virtuous
the fierious emotions which memora
ble deeds are calculated to awaken.
1 beman who only two years ago fii-
by a magnanimous ad of fclf-la
ciifico, a daring conspiracy againlt
the integrity of the United States—
and thereby obtained the eternal cn
inity of traitors and the adherents of
Britain—tijat man who ft 1 fieri trealon,
and and on this date 31 yqars ago, dic
tate and 0.0 tain the submission of tic
Brutlh aiuiy under Burgoyne at bar;
atoga—
j Li: not our purpoffi to publiffi
j that convention—but it is our pur.
poke to pu k'ffi what is tiurc to the
putpofe*