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Vs'fiJlj AlQdit.ru.ui w* N. ■
■*r3 who have crossed the sea, or are medi*’
taling a voyage in insalate-l detachments—
France, Swizarland, (Jertnuny, England,
Scotland, are yielding np their inhabitants
—and “ail Ireland,"’ it is iaid, would come
over, if she had the wav. Some are driven
isy oppression, others ly the fear of L—all
are invited by the charm? of the brilliant
character which v.e have just wou, the
freedom we enjoy, the hospitable asylum
w hich wo have opened to the wanderer.
And it is at this moment that we see in
quisitorial circulars from the Department
of War and of the Denerrl Post office,*
flowing from a resolution -of the last Gon
grea, entering all our public offices—whose
object is ———what ? to ash the head of the
office, however email it may be, { ‘ in vrfcat
state or county ?/ju born ?‘ } and extend’
ing the same to the lowest clerk in the of-.
ti e !—lf it be meant by this, to draw a dis
tinction between the citizens of the differ*
ent states, aid to <!rivo the southernnian
i’roin ca office of the west, it is contrary to
the genius of a federal institution, which
ought to regard all iis eiii/.ens with the
same impiriinl eyo—it is against the genius
of a eons ituiioa, w n**h provides that 4 * tijo
citizens f each sute shall bo entitled to ali
he pririlegcs and immunities of citizens in
i.iie several sta’es.” if it bo meant to dis-
Uiguiah between ih A citift'o horn h©;e, & j
those w* o were not, the native horn and the ■
naturalized citjs -rl.it ts also incompatible|
with a constitution whUh shuts no uoor of
ofi e to the naturalised citizen, exc3pt that!
which lends to the Presidency of the Uni
ted States. 3f is ntao virtuolly contrary to
the solemn faith of oatnr vii'zation whirh we
plighted lo the foreigner, when we received j
hi* pledge of tt/Jegian •. If he te unworthy <
of ,oufideoue, he should not have been putj
Ant oiii e, or he shook! ba turned out for his J
demerit* surely, and not for his birth— lt’ 1
the law be already, too liberal of its gifts,
if too many aliens be lot in, who are on-fit
to eajcy them, c i.igi* ii* provisions, and re
quire a longer term of resid'enee. But wc
ought aot, by this underhand and insidious
ttneaa*, to *et a mark up;)ti the nUur&iized’
citizen, ivtd throw so *U an iutpedLseni in
the way of emigration. *
* Y*. those alone, but from every branch
of the government—Treasury, Navy, Laud
Office, &e.— Nat. Int.
FOREIGN. I
, i
IMPORT AN T MEASURE.
By private letters from Paris,
We learn that a somewhat singu
lar report prevails there respect
ing the late negotiation between
the Courts of Spain and Portu
gal—The Court of Brazils, it is
said, proposes to cede all the
Portuguese territory in Europe
to the crown of Spain, in exchange
for a large part of the Spanish
South American possessions*—
With the view, as is supposed, of
conquering these latter from the
insurgents, either as a principal
or as an ally, most of the Portu
guese troops have been drawn
from Lisbon to the Brazils.——
Bu.aos Ayres is certainly una
ble to hold out long against any
■powerful attack : and on the oth
er hand, however indisposed the
inhabitants of Portugal may be
to submit to the Spanish yoke,
h does not appear that they pos
sess anv means of resistance in
the absence of their soldery. We
know not what foundation there
may he for these speculations—
IV.o.ch politicians are never ea
•'•y without discovering, or fancy
ing that ihey have discovered,
no me deep intrigue; but if anv
mance avers of the sort are really
going on, it would be desirable
that our influence at the Cour
cf the Brazils should be a little,
better supported than it has been
of late. Wc believe them is no
British minister : * anv rank there
at present. — Lo> l'sp r.
Lc -UU Jvtiy 2.
Departed Commerce —The la
ftorious'sessicn of Pariiair*.ca t vas
ciceed yester- 1 \y with a c, xee!i
i fiotn the Ffines liegeru, which i
touched upon our external and
internal situation, conveys the,
gratifying assurance that ‘” Peace, j
so essential to the interests or all
the nations of the world,” is like
ly to continue ; and trusts that
the distress, which the circum
stances of the country at the close
of so long a war, have unavoida-
I bly entailed, will be but tempora
ry. His Royal Highness there
fore relies, with perlect confi
dence, on the public spiv it and
fortitude of the people in sustain
ing these difficulties. And here
it may not be irrevelent to state
that this distress is not confined
to Great Britain alone; that it
extends to every part of Europe,
land to America* —it is not that
| the Prussian trade, that the Med
iterranean trade, that the Ameri
! can trade, that die intercourse in
j any particular direction isbad, but
I that commerce, in ail countries,
in all situations, in all forms, and j
of all descriptions, is unproduc- j
live. “ It would seem,” says a:
contemporary, 44 as it the ordinary i
appetites and necessities of man
kind, which constitute the vital
principles of commerce, were
from some moral or i>h- -steal re
X /
volution, no longer to repay the ;
ingenuity and reward the indus
try of the mechanic and the mer
chant.”
But the real cruse Is the same
in ah countries—-it is the long,’
sanguinary, and exhausting war.
It has wearied and wasted all na-1
lions, and immediate recovery
from this state of exhaustion is
not possible. But the recovery
is certain, and of the pressure we
now labour under, strong motives j
for a patient endurance ought to j
be derived from the consideration!
of the miseries lrom which we
have escaped—and the grounds j
we have laid for permanent seen- i
rity and repose. It was therefore,
with satisfaction, we heard trie
speaker of the house of commons
assume a tone of congratulation
and confidence*;veli be fitting his
high station and the commons of
England., He well described the
councils and the measures, bold,
provident and comprehensive,
which had re-established the tran
quility of Europe upon the basis
of legitimate government. And
he gave its true character to the
pohey by which the allied powers
! have been influenced in their
treatment of France. They might
have dismembered her ; but they
adopted only such measures as
were necessary to protect the
world from the renewal of its
former sufferings. This was a
policy to which no one will deny
the epithet of generous, and we
trust and believe France will jus
tify the other epithet applied by
the speaker, that it was wise.
HRITIHIi UARLIAM ftJNT.
House of Louds! June 18.
COLONEL KURIL
j Ji!\rl Or” ■■ rose to a* k the noble Viscount
1 i!t>pjsitc a jijestM.i on tins subject of (ho
• Htll (Mien Rill; on the diseundon of w hich
I they -vere about lo enter, tn reply to some
• <>im rvt-made on a former nic*ht, the
)noble Vis-tiynl i"WI staled that no Amerirnn
jhftd ever lu oii sent o:t) oi’ ?}jr- ctmiury under
‘thcAt'en SiiU, <* ,|ro that no difficulty
j ererorcarmi *• to *'.• wheth
jer the AmerirKii ante w-ti were ?liens or
| ro', Tv-:: ‘hr.) h dtinr cf-tvd, not
iii-a. U* . vi. w ent re
spectable authority, tUiit an American Lad
been sent out of the country under the alien
bill, and that that Atnerteao was Cot.Bjrr.
| The noMe-viaedunf was not at that time a
! ble lo say whether that was the
lease or nut, but had twirl he would enquire.
He wished to know whether that enquiry
had been made, auu how the matter stood ?
Lord Sidmeuth h;iid,timt the noble eari’s
statement had not been correct ; for, on ■
looking at the records in the office, he found ;
that Colonel Burr had 00l been sent out of;
this country umier the alien act,
Earl Grey—Theo he mast have been mis- .
informed as to that point; but he wished to
know whether any had taken
place with respect to Mr, Burr, and wheth
er any dtfficMdties had, in the course of pro
ceedings,'arisen on the question to which 116
had adverted ?
Lord Sidmouth 3tated, that Mr. Bjrr had
com 1 * to this country, and passed under a
feigned name j that he had ehaeged that
ivjjnej and passed under another feigned
name j that government conceiving that he
mishfchave had *ame improper object i view,
apprehended him umier the alien act, but
that no difficulty on the ease had arisen—-
Government were convinced that he had ro
improper object in view. He demanded
passports for Sweden, received them nnd
went out of the country, fie afterwards
returned, and desired passports for Ameri
ca, which were grunted. He was not sent
*<ut of the country under the alien act, and
no difficulty oeenrred.
Lord Hoiland—Was there no question
I whether he was alien or not ?
Lord Bidmoulh—He did not say <bat
tl'eie was no such, but there was no diiii-
I cuity.
Ear! Grey could no* eoncieve how it wes
pcs - : ble that, when Burr was apprehended
iiider the alien act, no difficulty should
hHte occurred. Erst) on the Noble Vis
-onut’s own statement, difficulties w.ust have
oc’ U rid 5 at ’east so it appeared to him $
iul the best mode of settling the question
i would be U produce the proceedings as to
Burr from the reem ds of the office. It w?s
a arrange doctrine for Ertg’wh iuwyer* to
juiot iin that there w*i no necessity for
their knowing the sueject upon which they
writ to legUJutt*.
Lrd Biilnfonth repected hi? statements as
to Turr, i.nd said, that on his return to this
attorney he h and sprJitd for a iicensefor res
id;*n'*e, end vnluntpri'y submit,ted to the
alien laws-—There wus ♦therefore, no difti
cuhy io the case.
Earl Grey asked, whether Burr had not
on the ground if hj.9 bt ing Vorn in English
ahegiance, oi jeckd to hi* deportation, as it
w.i* c ;!!ed ; for thi * was no English mea
sure, and no English name. *-■
Lord HnlKcd .sk; and, whether Burr had
noA apT'Jied to be naturalized, ar.d had not
been inarmed that he could not, as he couiti
not sj<-y that he w..* bom cut of British al-|
k’.uinnee ?
Loid Sidmbuth said, he knew Bathing a-!
hunt any suh circumstance.
Lord Holland observed, that they ought j
to be cautious about pausing an act to put;
those powers io*o the hends of those Who,
when questioned as to the manner of execu
tion, had no answer to give, but that they
know nothing about ihu matter.
Lord Mdraoutb would say nothing as to
the candour of the observation 5 but tbe
j proceeding a* to Burr took place in 1808,
j when he wn9 not in the Office of the Rome
Department.; but, even if he had, he might,
j not be able at once to recoileet every sepa -
rate proceeding.
i From the Southern Patriot .
Resolutions drank, instead of
Toasts, at the Good Rum Spring,
upon Coldwater Branch of Mud
dy Creek, Noodle county, in the
State of Blienderdom, the Ist
day of April, 1816.
At a full meeting, Nicodemus
Nincom, attending in person,
elected himself President and Se
cretary : Whereupon,
Ist. Resolved, unanimously,
That lam d—mn angry.
2d. Resolved, that i am idle,
and rather than do nothing, I am
determined to do mischief.
3d Resolved, that I have nei
ther office nor emolument, and
therefore bale all those who have.
4. Resolved, that I want to be
taken notice oi, and to do this X
must make a noise.
(iih Resolved, that I am out,
and want to be in ; and to get in
myself. I mu'?’ try to put others
| out.
- • • “ ; p * ,-v •_
O 6tll. Resolved, COA -.hß
no one fehr.U rc nr v z-a ?. At $ w h
will not serve for iunTag aitt
beat his own expenses.
7th. Resolved, that all my re
presentatives who voted, for th<
compensation bill, shall be tnrnec
out because they voted for it, anc
(those who vottd against it* so;
being in Congress when it passed
Blh. Resolved, that Ja:^ie<
I Madison, by signing the said
bill, became an accessary after the
fact—is unworthy of my confix
dense, and be requested so resist*
9th, Resolved, that all rny re
presentatives who took die com*
pensaiion, be requested to vacate
their seats and return the money;
and that ir.y attorney-general be
instructed to commence sails a*
gainst ail who refuse.
10th. Resolved, That all the
members of the Senate & House
of Representatives, who voted
for the bill, are greedy, avaricious
interested knaves ; that all thos*
who voted against it, are canting,
hypocritical, time-serving syco
phants-—that those who took the
money , are grasping and covetous
receivers of stolen goods; a&d
that those who refused, it, are
mean-spirited popularity hunters*
who would have taken it if they
dared.
1 ah. Resolved, that those who
refuse to give pledges, are prcud ?
obstinate aristocrats, who will not
obey my instructions; and lha?
those who give pledges,are sneak*
; mg, pitiful demagogues, who do
not deserve to be trusted.
15th. Resolved, that the said
bill be burned by myself, as com®
mon hangman of the county, and
that my members be informed, I
would do the same job for them
with great pleasure.
| 13th. Resolved, that the duties
on hemp and taxes on whiskey*
are grievances, and must be re*
| pealed.
14th. Resolved, That the In
dians aught to be exterminated,
because they are red men anc
own good land.
15th. Resolved, that the Sec
retary at War is a savage', because
1 he recommends humanity to sav
j ages, and that he dislikes foreign
jers because, he says, to do an act
! of’ beneficence from which we cf n
derive little benefit, is more bon*
orable in us than to do an act of
justice and policy by which we
! are the gainers.
i 15th. Resolved, That to say,
j when all other means of civiliza
tion fail, marriages among the In
dians might perhaps be resorted
to, if a direct insult upon the peo
ple of the United States, because
1 two thirds of the Indians are al
ready half breeds, and I myself
have a wife in the nation.
17tb. Resolycd, That all gov
| eminent is tyranny —all taxation*
| oppression-—that ail men in office
; are rogues or fools, and tbe only
iwise and honest person in the
! country, is my self!
i 18th. Resolved, That my
! thanks be presented to Mr. *****
of S. Caiolina, and Mr. **** of
Mew- York, for their zealous, pat
riotic, sensible, discreet, judicious
learned, classical, drxere, well-tT J