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f (■’ run ar,i htjuU tc fall 7 tra. f
p>r and >/ utter pervtrfon ana
a'w of neutrals, and dejlrulluM of
it ir comment end rights.
France to lofe aii advantage
f ’ neutral fupulits and all ad /autae
< f -ito if’ lira’s, & ail advantage
of th” revenues ar fing on neutral
import and cv urts : and neutrals
‘ve r * j rived at r.ce of all benefits
ir •, ;fc j. ;uj V H‘ sand coni imp
■ a*. to o it* J'v-'ich ccn:;nerce.
‘J h • (*;br ! ;.k >f this treaty w< re
hto i!tli:; > cuitU r & trade.
The v.f.j ; . and meaning of'the
t .n!- $ ; March ( ;nd p< >!ltea) in
17pj, ma kby England with Ruf
ih; >pain, Fruftu and Auftria, arc
k) f t> g, fi> full, 2nd foeorrn rehen
five, tut we take all t: * fubfc
qncnc retarfi dig tie acts ol France,
of-v Min, dd ;a*i, Bayonne, toe. they
do not p further ; nor fo far.
fr v : inn:l o fd , 17 93, the
7 ; i*r “! p""'rnnr, t took a li rp 3-
1. 1 /fi-r their fuu/l/l ice, Foreign
v:,r Hid interna! revolution opprt Id
ea Arm at that time, a-d they
r und that to;e rp u ovMFmc pow-
Titton, Ru{fi:i and Spain, and
th : ru to Shoring people of the Ne
theriunM, G runny and Spain, all
ccurAmed to keep troth them iup
’ pin > o’ pi ovtftons, 0/ land rod fia,
b ■ J r A :nf ir ov. too: !k
from being fine to France, and by
engaging to ufe ail their endeavors
i- orcmi! fupplies of bread or any
thiagrlfr. being tout to tl at devo
ttb country Alarmed, injured, i >
od e.d and vitally endangered by
thiar.nlav fid violation of cr.-cir rights
as belli >, er 3, and by this abide and
perverfion of the neutral trade, fup
; cu and right?,’ Fiance, more to
fr'ftr. herfilf from ruin than in r£-
1 cnge or retaliation, ordered the
.carp ex of the feme ntutruls, thus
ir h w’fuilv prohibited their ordinary
ti.iuc w ‘ Jv r unblockadcd pom,
re oe r. ‘n.d into Juan e ; ed/ as
p r :xc, Mr to teed her people and to
*. .? fir ■*• th { rices cr the
•.•f ocdnaii’.iii.’ If there’wrii
an*) thing *Vf hcr v ;• -fb or unkind in
t: ■ to', u is pla ■’ 7 .J undeniable,
the treaty of England with
TANARUS; 1 id her anter or p 26'iccs
fu r the j j i cf November pre
ceding, brought ic on. France,
] f . to fair neutral trade, and rot
feet, tj. nwUtr. Miv of oth r lints
L. r.i •.>a n. would have had no
ccc . Sonfor this meafure. She had
?. h?ci.r r pht to take the
oi neutrals (paying burly for then )
?•. “rcd :*c* chikirm, than Britain
r*d t* prevent the neutrals from in
dependent? going to tra-'le in inno
cen. goods *> h crane- , in ordei to
Farve her. The retro 1.1:ion of fuch
a on England,-. (France in
ciernnllying the r.cn\ r was agree
nb * :o the known lav of nations,
the qtn bon is produced
fv * ‘ etsUaiirg me furtt of tbs French
/, c. f.mcnt ? The anfwer is— Eng*
head. She is the cormnbctr of the
onginal aggs *. fiions on neurraly, and
1 . .•• :!* of the dttenfive retalia
tions o France.
In Junl793, England, provok
ing me ce.:\ muarcc of fuch me.-
lures of V a nee, and avowing it (.o
b‘ in n anon oi he March tr aty
w th T-d.. ifiued her June orders
of counco. to ftop ail * cargoes of
,--js bound in neutral vefTds
i'O Fra.-cr. t vas ch>nc to defeat
the French liruggles for liberty,
and American independent trade and
navigation. She had before (tope
< eber r.-utrai;, Xiogbind vaunting
in thit liiperioricy at ~ which
her R- ‘ An treat? give, and which
has aggravated r ' lc f3 B c ene-
of ebi T.:r e, put tcrfi - c.r
---(k svf j) tc, 1 7 >3. ‘V‘o com pie re
her dtl bciare f’ x agairJl neutrals
am! ig?inft her h i! gcrent adverik
r , Bilra n fecuted a -ndemr.il7 to
-er minifiedffcr any order of epun
cll, however contrary to the hw of
nations, the Comm on law of Eng
land or the parliamentary fiatbees.
The .6ih fi-cr.rn *1 4he Eigl fii
aifl of the t7tfc of June, 1793, in
demnifies their miitifiers fur every
pofiibl vVAm.r of ru* oni r^ght*
■
and for every p Hbie viola uj of
the ufa. es of war among beijige
rtnrs unde thofe orders. ‘J hc
conftinstion of England was thus
changed—J fir.oytci- in order to
dtfiroy her cn mv, who is preo nd
ed to, be .n a r f ■ gre fi rtri Iu hai jw-
Icfs ] defy< u r emy, by a rno- h
later decree <jf November, 1807.
fii this attempt toddtrc.y an enr nv,
neutrals are attempted to be de
prived, dosing rhe whole war, of all
the pronT En of the law of narom
—the : .ar> : l morals. The b?,fe vote
of a ‘iuuor Tjarfiment, that an execu
tive pr) lama ion of the king of
England coofd repeal V .. atTs, was
to be realized as toys, or vould be,
if we luff r-d", r. Arru-ricans ! Ne
ver go r > fea on Rich rm an condi
tion?. Probe no v to r e bottom
this cancer 0$ your h oor-—-your
inters fis- • vour* independ* nee.-——
The her.rt Tu’kcns wi h indignant
agitati- ns, v/i\t!. infolent and
pernicious of fu< h gofs
aggre/lions, baftly li. suits our
wrongs by pretending to a teght of
retaliation, ‘Tis time for thefts
thu gs to end
Ihe autumn of 793 exhih ted
or? more urols violstu. nof neutral
Hghrs bv the Britslh go /efnment.
A':i r.fUtr.-l fiij pfies for the- Aencb
colonies even of innocent goods
deftined to. u blockaded por s to
which wt cec.b tr?A by rhe French
peace—Am-te < f Ai-yufi, 1784,
•<• c* dir toted 11 be feized bv the
fecr.'t Oof r of ‘rhe Brirfh king in
coorto'l of* fhe 6 h of November,
1793 ; and all Fren h colonhi! pro
duce, though neutral p-< p rtv,
in l.r vi iT Is ( -V ** a .:s of Eng
war irg wuh F aoce, were 10
aumor 3ed to be f 1. and bv the fame
ord-T of conn 1 ! Mid and and f
potic Britain ! ’ 3 by Inch acts, re
pea'rd often i.l! the fumrrer of
1806, that you brought upon your*
lelf and upon the mil rai world the
B riin decree of rhe 11 th of No
vcmb-r, tßc6. Yur Jbbfquent
-ids of 1807 nave brought oh cite
M* lar iid Bavonne decrt< s, and the
American bates, too tfTdtually
embarg eel by thefe interruptions
0; netitral trade through your an;-
grt (Tions and rhe retaliations of your
fi.-er, are rendered forciMv a country
tf i ic'flture and rnamtfuns alone.
Arm T.ans, cot.fid r for your
felvcs the hiftorical irt ihs h-re of
ftred ro vour view uk yourfe-ves,
whether France, in peace, ever ar
reftec! your commerce with Eng
land againft French laws, as Eng
land did by you fv France in 1702 ?
Aflv yourselves, whether it is prov
ed on fuch 2u r hcr!fv as that of Ha
milton, that France in *7 pc forinu i
the pr j:tot or difip.enoberir.g your
country, as Briram did ? AO- your
feives whether France, in 1*793, a
greed with Rufina to aggrefs upon
you iri a manner un< by
engaging to deprive vouof all com
merce with England ?
It s very true that France has
mad? many ievere decrees, detply
afitokmg neutral trade. Heaven
knou , that i e do not mean to
count~nc.net’ i kancc any wrong - s
. k ‘ ■> V ‘ 0 - • ■
trisn. of retaliation upon being
an- t e right of me pov.*r at, .ar
to draw’ from neutrals thoft be** efits,
“-hi :h the other belligerents fab-.t
lully t-rces, aid whici the neutral is
unwilling or unable to prevent.-
This chapter is delicate in the extreme.
’ r s fitter tor men Ir. cor
rectly to confiA r, than for ms to
ddeufs in this place. *r:s one,
1 owever, wt.ikh emfeienee may net
eya It, lot prudence oarlock. *Tis
a ti*m- fo examine au confide** all
and to aft firmly by the ru'e
of t’ght. The wrong doer mull Is
brought to a proper enurje , or tis
plough and the boe, the anvil and the
loom will be our foie employments. —-
Commerce is fufpended till Britain ♦*>
turns to the law cf nations—she law
of morals. * ‘IN 11 then Eng’and and
Algiers—-Scotland and Tunis—the
un.trd imperial kingdoms of the
Bricifii itles ard ;he piratical dates
of wretched Barhary rnuft occupy
the main. Britons, frown not!-
’ i i.i-your government, who have
made tins tmierabie condition of
the commercial world. It cannot
be c/nctakd—E cam-o be denied.
England has made a Tophet of the
ocean. She has deft rayed the
*• :ide of the wofld by her attempts
to monopolixe the whole. She
owes her gre??nets’ to the import of
mat?rial ,me can no lor.ger procu-e
!>y her ii ttrdifted trade—
ladnrer flie can no longer fti>— to 3
navigation which has nothing to
<o| —to ‘.racie which is amih'-l -tec
—to’a nav? which has nothing to
conquer—m a lurrounding world,
which has Ihut her from us domi
nions. jltriscoEa.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Y r ith deference, the following
Cunirr’inicationj are fubmitted to
th? co* uration cf the ddieiis* of
this flat'. ; and while I deplore the
cautos whieh gave birth to them,
yet, I viev to is* an Indtfpenfible aft
of juft toe Which I owe to my Air and
to the Community at large, to give
them publicity.
MilleJgeviite, July 8, 180$.
SIR—-My friend, Lt, Mead, is
authorized, in compliance with v ur
requetf, to withdraw* my rote* to
y- not the 6th irfic.—You will there
fore make arrangements with him,
to nice: me at a certain dms ar and
place, when and where you will
give me an opportunity of obtain
ing from you that fatisfadion. which
the many injuries you have de. e
me loudly tail hr,
(Signed) H. STORES.
li.. &auy.
H. Stern,
In anfwer to your challenge qf
yefterday, for the many imuriev to
Edged to be done you, r fienl
the following catalogue of obit ft A
err, containing as many fictions as
there are articles exhibited againfi:
the t( fraftion felling comrrfifiion
ers, M . and which are deemed com
pletely applicable to you: chara&er
and present /landing in the tilur.a
tion of a large majority of the irr—
]M*fial people of this cornm nitj,
a*.i forming’ in my in tod an iefapo
rable barrier to a compliance with
your requcll; they have hitiierto
had a /landing too familiar with the
public to furprife you r,ow*with
their novelty. Read then, then,
7 his rote has been withdrawn ly
a ngte from Mr. Faroe to Ueut.
Mead-, both cf which remain in the
hands cf Mr. ML Mi linn x for public a*
‘turn, if Mr, Early rcauejls it.
iitnc at and : tier ?; if r* . 1
nnocertce, b-rfor! your nrtu to.ure
Zeal, ir and fei ( o
ta i;*n, hurnes ) a ro r,ik f ttrf
** blood” its an expia.ion of our
‘ F’ rs
Fchlicn id. It is a notorious fa ft
that you d<d defend the inregri*y of
the fraftion fclui * cermntoh rs,
from the time that fufpicion be
came fir ft attached to their p*u
cetdir.gs, un'il articles ofimpercb
men: were pr -firred ??. -d :r*. %
by the Houfe o ; Reprefsntativrs
bee. 16. 1c is a notorious iaft chat
you did boaft at the werhh, or In ♦
other words, the rtaliztog of a fo -
r fne zc to.uto ii 3. A-id ru u
♦
if there were r. :* receivers there
would be nj thieves; canfequi. y
can only be teftecl by that o: u *
ccmmifii oners.
Sec. 3-i. I: to ? to to ihr.t the w.v !e
tenor of your converlauon on ‘..fis
fubjeft before the Governor, v, to
you were in the full tide of fra< .and 1
4
clamour v/as at its ifig eft pitch,
tended to diiTu.de nis wave: rg
f
lales at C..p>. JAiiis's tavern, al
kdging tha; “ 1 would yet ho
lie wee?—Bit “oeful exp.-rie. . ;
teaches the community ta-befic vc
that fuch councils were but too ‘
cefsful, and that to jour agency
muft principally ( e afcribeci tous iai
.- ec’t i-.Ftb*. I A ecu ‘ e.
Sec. 4th. Ic is a connuus dc *■
that you have been in the daily a
bits of receiving an illegal ar.to
dwindling to:e, as Secretary ttoi
Executive Depmcfient, vi- v lot
ten chts in the tottery ho to I
ri, a and .v- appendage of the Gov
ernoF<u *■ nu..Ay i d •ft u%
rcnuyal only by him, faved you
fre • impea-d-ts *c aAt to irh:vg*
t . ate*-Ata fdfcoi of the • .
W'-^.
tur*. , uy.
Sec. s:h. T:c t* a notorious r. ‘to ‘
that you dio write a libellous urd
4< Billin ‘gate” produft on, wh'c'*
appeared fome time ago in the L •■u
ifviilc Gazette, figned, Marcus,' **
in aufv.m * to ’ -e. •;
the fradion.a files under the figna
ture o: * jack ion,” after you had
under Rood that 5 was the rrottf:
author of thd? piece in which you
endeavor fid tody to affei! my charac-;
• tei in a perfo-ia! and an individual
M.v_ rr.w # v*F : MT r : .>
v c tingyar• - ■•* ! ;■, ths c■ >uh y <
frfirdLfiut. Mead, announced that
you were ready to and fa vow me as ihn
periontherein aimed at ; have you
v ;7’ to hi : Tr. . r- ■ [ t
chariah I.atnar, Efc*. of tins [ l.r:c,
you had the inlblence to declare to
my fic?, and juft before the fib.* g
of r{ Marcus f> no, that I muto b r j
the author of • ’ Jackfon
now forfooch, you are willing to
give a certificate that I w; s not :hu
per ton meant in 14 Mar -uv” prevu.
ded I will acc ; urm v ate you in retiL
turn, with act rto!’ ate g in; to \ r A
validate that valuable and correjjf’
ftatetaent conuto.nf 5 i.- Vl ! ivefEJ§
u.rto • -to? . ip; V *B^
could l thus * ...mml ny co mXryW
caufe, and contort in the fane : ft.
to receive a ftolto declaration f or?
your hand. And why are y c. t
duced to this fid dil rritna ?
>t r 6h. E :rrfi tis a noto i.ut
toft that you been invite-* by
‘ Tfrn Share f through the r. :fi
ucn of z ncu , avowing his r. *?,;.•*. *
name, 2nd fiiomittirkg to ;0t ; u .!g
----ment whether to afkoi ;iim fi iSU->
nen tor his Mi:'. ire u. on your
