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for vvhi’ h thefe orders were or run
aily itP r v, : I. J the ctht r afteroa
t;v.“ fh o:!d be the re! tilt of our
clofi g w'kh the American prcpofi
tiun, our relative’ fkuadon would
not or ly be equai to what it was
before the tlTuing of the decree, but
even in fame leftrfts highly im
proved. The refcinding of the de
mos, though,, from the prelent
ftaie of the European Continent,
the lame fa fifty, as formerly would
i) ( r.vfl for the pfaf.lice of, neu
tralizing, expoftd in Mr. Steven’s
i a:: ■ h.tf, endtled, %< The Frauds
of Nt utfai Flags,” would Hill re
%ive font imp o', o r diflerencts rcf
ptfling the rights of neutrals which
have never beta. adjufled, and af
ford the enemy confiderabie advan
tages. The continuation of the
embargo with refp-At to France*
y: hlie ihe latereour ft would be o -
pened between America and Great
Britain, would fecure all the ob
■j Tbs which were t r. pedted from the
orders of council, and a great Heal
more. The Americans are n pre
fect permitted by thefe orders to
trade wt h the Continent through
the medium of G. B. and to carry
on a di;vet inrercourfe with the e
nuny’s colonies. The embargo
v/cjki deprive the enemy even of
theft* remairj’r.g adyant'rges, & thus
injure, as far regards the Conti
nent of Europe, the mcnopoly of
t!ie American maiket to G.vat
Britain, which would raife the Bri
it.n 1 commerce upon the abfqjute
citdlruct >n of time of the enemy,
and tjfb Toady retaliate upon France
the eviila of her owm injuft ice.—A
*ru iua would then be alrno.ft as
cocnpletjely embarked v/tth us in
rdpted of all uleful purpoks as if
ihc had ckJartd war France
--and, from the internp’ ranee of
the e.jtrny, the probability is that
a-ftuA war would Have,befen the re
iult, at no very diflint period.
If then the American propbudon
■would hive taftier fccured aU the
advatiicg’ S wv.e iT<]ovei’, pre
vious to the decree of the 11 it Nov.
iiiod, or placed us at a better {ft
uatjoii titan we expedted from*our
ofdtfts of council, hoW corfiesit that
thft propt.fition has been pjccV and ?
From tilt* chancier of the mini iters,
and their advifefs, it is pot at all irn- .
pu babl: that they have formed the
ryigju ufn, in cafe of the renewal of
iFutral ii.tercourfe, to infill upon
the rule of 1756, and thus exclude
the• America s Ito in thc enemy ’s
chionies, which, unlefs fbrne relax
ation took plate incur own colonial
fyftem, w< u’d in th* prtfeht fuua
tion of the world, (object ‘hem tq
rditroft intolerable hardihfps. Our
government have been fetifible, that
the Americans* vv* uld Icatfcdy corns
to any accommodations on thefe
terms, and that the er.enr would
certainly rt-fuit; to rtfeind his de
crees, if he found us re halved upon
amt afu r e s-v hi c h wou Id de p rive hi rn
of the principal benefit which he
nught t xpt a from his conceflion.
The prop fition may therefore have
been r: j fled, becaufe minifiers had
determined to accept it only on
conditions which they were aware
would not be admitted. The in
cor.fiftency of this rule with the oid
cflubhfhrd law of nations was ob
vious. But as ’Bonaparte has fet
them the example of violating that
code, they probably conhder them-
Iclves as free from all the obligati
ons tha: fhould prevent their afting
upon this principle, while they are
cautious at the fame time about
communicating their pur pole to the
Americans, left its txpofure, which
is unnecilkuy while the decrees
and orders cf council continue*,
fhould only have rhe * sft A of forc
ing them to teke common caufe
w.th the enemy. if this is the
ground upon which, the propcfi.ion
was rejected, the pohev of <h? nro
ceedirg may be jnftlv tft mated,
when it is cor, fide red, that at a time
when we are called upon to make
extraordinary exertions—to fend
fubfiuies and armies to Spain, in ad- .
ditipn fo the immenfe ordinary rx
penditpre of the country, we are
depriving ourfelves of a great and
efi’etitial bench:, in order to fubjedt
the enemy to a comparatively trif
liiig d:!iiiivantage. But whether a
rc folutieu to enforce the rule of
’56, or fome other circumftancc,
formed the objection to this propo
fal, it isdiftscuft to conceive any teal
injury which cot Id have rebuked to
us from its acceptance. It is on
the contrary, hardy poiiible to re
gard it in aoy view in which it
would net have been highly bene
ficial.
A neutral, we fay, Is only hurt
becaufe it Is impoffibk by any other
expedient to come at the enemy.
Here a neutral offers us another
expedient, certainly equal, perhaps
fuperior, to that which we have cur
ie Ives adopted. In ojeclirg that
prepejition, our government have
not onlj erred in ti.cir policy, but
appear to have committed a fla
grant Inj oft ice i for what may be
our tt le In certain circumftmces,
to alter what may be called the
pofidvc law of nations, we cannot
t ither by the rub of ’56. or under
any other pretence, have a right to
v io! ate the law ufn all ons, which fu r
bids us to do an innocent nation a
great harm in order to reduce an
enemy to a frnall inconvenience.
Our late commercial regulations,
whether viewed as to their policy or
their juilice, are aii very happy il
lidlihuonp of the fable of the Dog
in the Manger. In order to pre
vent- others from feted r3, we are
Tcarving ourklves to death.
u-tnr*v 0
LONDON, Odober 10.
Every thing in the Andrian do
minion has atlurned a tnditary cha
raAer even the amufements rf the
children. At Vienna, almoft ail
the bovs are eairolitd on Sundays
and holy day sin corps, and the go
vernment has deemed it expedient
to encourage this fentiment. The
Archduke Charles and Max mi ban,
late ly attended a review of a b'igaie
of boys in the fuburb Leopoldftndt,
zn d diftributed numerous prefents
anion git Inch of the te juvenile vol
unteers as mb ft diflinguifhed ihena
felves.
Auftria, with a view to the for
mation of military commanders, has
eftabhfhed four more companies of
cadets, in addition to the two at
Ncuftadt and Vienna-—each com
pany is to comprife’ 124 members,
and are to be ftationed in Auftria,
Bohemia, Moravia, ckc. Fora
thele companies aii onicers are in
future to be chosen, and no man,
however high his rack, car. hereaf
ter obtain a commiftion in the Auf
trian army, unlefs he has fervtd in
this probationary corps.
Ruflia, in imitation of the fyfterri
lately introduced into the Auftrian
and Pruffian ierv’ices, has adopted a
plan to flip ply her armies with non
comrainioncd oißcers. With this
view, a battalion of apprentice gre
nadiers has been formed—:t confifts
of four companies of granadiers and
two companies of light infantry,
and from this battalion all the com
miffioned officers pf the army are in
future to be ciioftn,
GFokGf \ FXPRESS.
Ai I 111 1 VS, dP kJL i .
AT an annual meeting of the
Demoftbeman Society on the 12 d of
February, held at Captain
Cir/s, k ach M snbfr of trie Society
appeared in a complete iuic of
homefpun ag-ceably to a refolution
t ) that t ftl-tt, hr; ught forward by
I’ • Scct T 0 n ho 16 ch of Se pre m -
b--r, ißoS—and after f Prefident
had called to order the following
Oration w’s dd v. red by R. Scott
in commemoration of the day :
G ih TLfcM k N,
Vv K have aftemtiled to ceie
brnte tnt dry which give birth to
tilts infant lr.ftination, and to pay a
tribute to the f tinders of this foci
ety. Permit me to requeft your
patience for a few moments while i
■attempt to fee forth to you the in
tention of our being formed into a
foatty U the benefits arifing there
ft am.
Man is by nature endowed with
certain faculties• which dlftinguifh
him from the brutes, and form him
i or t lie ecjoymenr of fociety. Why
are we bldled with fpeech arid rea
l *n, the charadleriftics of our fpe
c.us ? Why have we minds capa
ble of e/ery improvement in fei
ft-ce if it be not for fome great pur
pofe ? We fellow the laws of Rea
fon and N lture when we unite our
felves in focieties where we may
mutually give and receive informa
tion. Shall we deflroy or neglect
thefe valuable gifts of nature ?
Ctriainly’ not. Nobler.motives have
warmed your breads j you exift as
a fociety not only for your own im
provement but of thofe who fhall
come after you ; the lame laudable
ambition adtu.rcd the founders of
this inftitutton, and it behoves you,
as their cottrnporaries at lead, to
endeavor to equal and if poffible to
excel them in all kind of improve
ment. We live in au age and
country where hnman fcience is
fwiftly progrdlif g ; and in all we
hot join her diclinous train l 1 fpurn
the idea, and hope that every one
belonging to this fociety will dif
chdn the fuppofkion of his being
confidered a cypher in the literary
world.’ Jure rove then your time
while v( u have Rich an admirable,
opportunity of becoming men o£
t 1 nee jad reft allured who ever
of you my youthful friends Ihall
waite your juvenile years in unede
f) J rg purf uits, the time will come
when you- will forely repent your
fo.ly. Attend’ then not only to
your collegiate purfuits, but apply
a lew hours in the courfe of each
week to improvement in the fub
lime art cf Oratory. For this pur
pole collect together once a
Vi;k to difeuis qtuftions, and if
you bellow the lead ftudy, upon
them, the improvement which you
will receive in the courfe of a coile
g!ate hie will be cr the high eft va
lue. \\ 11 it be urged by any of
this sir mbly, that they never will
be fo lituated as to need the powers
of eloquence. Let rue reply to
this frivolous after don by laying,
tnat there is no fituation- in which a
roan can be placed in which the
powers of eloquence will not be
lUcful. In the difcuffion of the in
tents of nations a man fhouid be
eloquent in the Mgheft degree. It’
he lhauld be fo fortunate as to come
forth the advocate cf a fufterirg
widow, or an injured orphan, he
muft wifh to poft'ds the powers cf
the orator. On the eve or a battle
cn wnicti ucpcritis t.i-,c lartottv susi
the fate of a nation, tre g e rcra T
rru-ft pdTcfs that oratory wnich is \
capable of inflaming the minds of
his foidiers and cf leading.them on
to the coiiteft.. is as
requlfite in the pulpit as is in the
fenate, at the bar or in the field of
battle. Indeed there is no atSfcive
fituation of life in which a man can
be placed where he will not, at fome
time or other, wilh, at leaft, to be
eicquent. Let not natural difad
vantages be urged by any of you as.
a realon for your not attempting at *
kaft to become acquainted with’
this art, when you but recoiled: the
fituation of the orator from whom
this inftitution took its name : the
ftory of Demofthenes is known to
you all, and his fingle example
fnould flimulate you to exert your
felves to become mailers of this
pleafing art. Has there, ever been
a fairer field for tit quence than is
at pre Pent op? ned in this republic,
pofkfting every advantage that f and
and climate can bellow, having a V
government which gives aii encou
ragement lies in its power to the
growth of eloquence, why may not
Columbia produce orators who
ihall rival thofe of Greece cr 111 me ?
Nothing but vice or a want of vir
tue can prevent it. If then it is the
defire of any of you to become
orators, be diligent in acquki g all
kinds of knowledge, for be a fibre and .
ybu will on? day reap the bent ft. of
your diligence.
I would be in the Hgheft deg r ee
bkmable if I fit on Id difmifs the fub
jefl without reccmmendirg to you
a due obfervnnce of your laws
We are now able to bail the fi tdi
anniversary, and the only afiignable
reafoa for this is, that your laws
are lalutary and have been rigorouf
1/ executed let me entreat you
therefore to preferve order in your
body, and you may be allured, that ‘
although this inftitution is
rhe time will come when its bent fa
cial effects will be felt and acknow
ledged in the greater circles of
fociety.
At a hebdomadal meeting of the
Demon.henian Society, ic was re
folved unaninioufiy, that the above
Oration be publiftied in the Georgia,
Exprefsi
WILLIAM SCOTT,
Prefident.
DAVID CALL!HAM,
Secretary.
From the Political Ohfervatcry.
CO M M U NIC ATI C N.
Seme cf the inhabitants of ILene.
lately gave information to the inhab
itants cf Packers field, that our fed
eral government was purluing
meafurts which were ruinous to the
country, and had brought the natic n,
to the brink of dtftructioo, and they
reqticfled the inhabitants of Pack
ersfidd to petition Congrefs for a
redttfs of grievances. The inhab
itants of that town obfequioufly
complied with this re a for. able rr
qucft, and called a meecirg j but
when they were afftmbled, they
knew cf no grievances of which
they could complain. They there
fore chcfe a committee and fent it to
Keene to get inftrudLons how, and*
for what to? complin. The Kren
ites, wifely cor, fide ring that, unlefs
we could be indulged in paving tri
bute to Great Britain, the fource of
the fecret fervice money would fooa
be exhat fttd, told the committee
that it >vas the embargo, the deteft
abl? embargo, of which they ought
to complain ft and they greatlv con
clefcended to furnifli the committee
with a petition j with which they
returned to Patkersfkld 1 . Thein-
ne Huger at a loft with