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it.? orders : r. cctr.cll, rather than fu'omit to than, even during the te m of their probable continuance. Bit there was an© her point of view in which cite fubp Ci prefenred itleif to the cowmirtee, 6c that was as regarded the charatt- r of the country. We were a young jari >n, and he hoped we ch • rifh • J a hide p id? and fp rir, as well as a g eat dal of jufticc 6c moderation. Our ficuab m was not unlike that of a y ‘ucg man juft e tering into lift*, and who, ifh; sanely fubmicted.td one cool, e, intentional in d'gn’ty, rn>gnt Ihf 1 calculate to b* kici.ei ad cuffed for the whole of the rrmft ider of his life : or, if he fhould afterwards u: dersake to re trieve his chaiadter, mult do ic at ten rim 3 the ex pence which ic would hav * coft him at firft to fup p:'rt it. We Ibould dearly under ftaod and define rhofe right* which as a nation we ought to fupp ri,aod we fh -uld lupp rt at every hazard. If there be any fu h thing as r goca between na ions, furely tne people of the United States , ©ccup- mg the half of a con i lent, have a r g it to navigate the ft as, without b; irg mojtfbd by the inhabit;*;) *of the little Hind of G eat Britairt. I r was Under thefe views of the fuhj 61 Mat h? committee did not hcliute to gi cit as their opi ion that we oug it to go to war in oppofidon to thr orders in council. But as to the extent r f the war and the time when ic lh/iuld be com menced, there would of eourfe be lom ‘ diverli y of fencimer.c in the H uf<?, as tneie was, at firfl, in the committee. That we cas contend with Great B us i openly and even harfdtdLcn the element vvheie file injures us, it w uld b- !o ly t 1 pictend. Were it ev n in our power to build a navy which (h uld be able to cope with hers, no man wE* has aa v regard for the ha opine fs of the people o r this con itry, would vcattire. to advife fuch a meaiure. All the fame and glory winch the B t uli navy has acquired at fi, jljc been dearly paid fur in the luff rings and nufery of that ill-fated people at home— fuff'rings occafio ed in a great meaiure bv the exp-nce of that ftu pendoui eftabitfh reot. Bit with out fu:h a navy :he U States could make a ferioui impn fli >a up >n G. Britain, even at La. We could have, withm fix anivhs after ad?- claiation of war, hunch eds of teers m every part of the ocean.— We could harrais, \{ nut deftroy, the vail and pr.fi able commerce which Ihe ii conftanly carrying on to every part of this continent.— We could drftrjy her fisheries to the north ; we could depredate up on her commerce to th- W ft-In dia ifh ids which is pafli gby our doors } we cftuld annoy her trade along the coaft of South America * wc could even carry the war to her own (hires in Europe. But, Mr. F. faid, there was another point where we could attack her, and where ih? fh u*d feel our power ft.II mure frnfi >ly. Wc could de prive her of ncr extenfive provinces ly ir g along ur b ards to the north. Thefc provinces were not only im mentely valuafte in tncmlelvcs, but almoft inJiipenfiole to the ex iftence of G. Bma i, Cut off as Ihe now is ii a great m- afore from the noith of Europe. He had been credib y informed tnat the exports from Qj* be: aHne am mated, du ring the Eft year, to near fix mii- JiO s of dollars, and molt of hefe too n a r ticl s m th firft nevefti y— in fhip t rnocr and in prbv.fi:;rs for the lupp ore of he* fleets & armies. By carrying on fuch A war it h; had defenbed, a: the public expence, on laid, aid by individual eoterprife at lea, we fh mid be able in a fh ;rc time to remunerate ou ‘elves tenfold for all the Ipotla i >ns fhc had com mitted on our commerce. It wa:. vt'i h a view to rruk* pre paration* for fuch a v,ar, that the committee had r ffi. red toe reiolu ti m on the table. Whether he means recommended were ad q uV to the o'jf'dt, or whether they c be ft adapted to the end, it would br for the Houle, when they came to difeufs th j m frparatflv to d-*er mine. For himfelf, Mr. P. faid, and he prefumed fuch wre the feel ings of ail the members of the committee, he fh mid have no ob j (fttons to any modifications of them which might b- agreeable to the houfe, fo that the great object was ftill retained. Ifthefe refolu ti ms, or any other fimilar to them in c>f j.<ft, fliould'paf* j it was then she Intention of the committee, as foo n as tH e f rc es coniem pi at ed t u be railed fh uild be in any tolerable ftite if pieparation, to recommend tie employment of them for the pur? ob\s for whit h hev fh d] hav been raded, unlef, G. B: i ain fr H, in the mu • time, have done usjuf tic;e. In ftiorr, i was the determr.i ation of the committee to recom mend open'arid determined wa- —x war as vigorous and tff ctive <*s the rtfourecs of the courttiy arid the re lative ir ation of ©urklves acd ur enemy would enable us to proie cu e. Th: committee, Mr. P. frhd, have not recommended this comic of n: afures wit hour a full fenfc of the high refponfibiiity which they have taken up <n ? hernlVlves.— I hey are aware th3t wat, even in irs heft ar.il fa r.- ft form, is an evil dr/ply to be deprt ca *d ; B r ic is forn ‘times, and on ft w oc. afi •• na pe; haps more than on fhs, a need lary evil. For m\|Vp, I confeis 1 have approached the lujbj <sl not only with diffidence, but with awe : But I will never lit: ink from mv du y bccaufe it is ardu >us or unplrafa r j and I can moft rel gi'u fl declare that I never a6t and under or clearer con visions of duty than I do now in recommend ng thefe preparatory meaiure* : or, than I (hail ultim a ely in recommend g war, in cafe Great Britain ftiall not have refeinded her orders in count il, acd made f m • fatisfa<St >ry arrange ments in relpidt to the imprt IT nenc of our learn *n. If there fhould be any gentleman in ihe Houle who were not fatisfied that we ought to gi to war for our maritime righ f s, Mr. P. eaindlly entreated ihat they would not vote for the refoluiions. D ) not, fa:d he, let us raife armies, unlefs we intend toempiy them. If we do not m an to lupport the rights and honor of the country, lot us not drain it of its ref urces. Mr. P faid be was aware that there were many gentlemen in the beufe who were difjatisfied that the com mittee bad not gone further , and re commended an immediate declay ation of war, or /be adoption of fame mea ■ Jure which would have injtantly pre cipitated us into it. Bb be confejfed fucb was not bis opinion. He bad no idea of plunging ourfelves headlong in ■ to a war w tk a powerful nation, or even a refp Stable province , when we had not three regiments of men to fp are for that fervue. He hoped that we fbould not be influenced by the how ling of newfpapers, ner by a fear that the J'ptwt of the Twelfth Con grejs w uld be queflioned, to abandon the plaiKtjl didates of common f nfe and common diferetton , He was feuflble that there were many good men out of Congrefs, as well as m iry of bis befl frier* s in it, whofe appetites ivere prepared for a war fe*ft. Hs was not ,'urpriled at it, for be kne w the provocatives had been fufflciently great. But be hoped they would not inn ft on calling in the guefls, at lead, until the table jhould have been fpread. IVbcn this was done, he pledged himfelf in behalf of the com mittee off oreign Relations, that the g ntlemen jhould not be djapptmltd for ihe want of bidding: and be be lieved he might aJo pledge hfmfelj for many of the members o) the commit tee, that they would not be am on 2 ihe - la ft to partake per/on ally, not only in the pleafures . if any there fhould be, but in all the dangers ef the revelry Mr, P fdid that this was lb: time and occafion on which, above all civ e-s, within vis ‘eupenencwe fhould aft in concert If th ui'tmate intent of the great body of ibis hTcuf: and of this na ion was ihe lame, -/ / f o far as he had been able Jentiments of bold, was— would be no and fficidty . o h Bui we mufi yield Jim. pinions a- dt ) ihe feed the r Rifle id of in-udg ; rcjfeZHons and rccrimina Ho"fe, hr hoped th t the Houfe and of the Union but roe party aid confide nation as an • . mi n <m>wihli i • jin ,\ diiJ .<oiA EX PUli TFhRNS. J4H(jlp 1 WE cohgiatuU.c our Pa. the CA.-mmtncement of a New It is ciiftonury with Printe. ojcafi ms like the preffof, to the public in Poetic fir aim — i a fpecies of cump fi ion to w we have no jeretei.fion —there we falute >n the more hum and lets p* iilh and manner of pr, During <he year which has juft luplcd, we have firqutnily beta un !rr the nectfti y of notr lag th foibles of fume* f our typographic.tit brethren —the < ffije of a censor is frequ nlv and lagreeabl ,ad alway s unthankful. But while we a 6l in our prelenc ftaa..n, we fib all coofi der oarfelves as aavug the Cl mine Is who a e in durv, bou and to vindicate the PEOPLED RIGHTS. In the dilchare of ths, we think, impe rious duty, we have had to notice, wrhfumefev er ir v, the Apojlacy of a Grantland, the Villany of a IVag non, tne Stupidity nr a IVooihopter , arid the Impudence .fa IJobly- which laft, de fere vs, and (hall receive, our congra.ulations at the commence ment of the prelent year. Thel t ie “Liberty-Pole Hero,” in Ins pajx'r of the 19 h ult. has, in Copious ih iwers, poured down hie wrath on the devoted heads of the prefenc adminiftration. Among other things, he la.s, that he does not “ believe there is capa- icy luf fi dent for managing currcddy, the concerns of f? great anvi important a nation as this, am :r g th> ie who NOW comroul its deit ni s.” Fr m the whole tenor of this little Hero’s production, it wt uld bed ffi uk to de ermine which he m ft oreads, a war with Es Employers, or an embrace from the Emperor Napo leon. To fee him a: rale, as far as in us lav<, w- can affurr him, 5c aft his POKY brethren, that they will never, vv .iie they remain In this country, experience the latter. Bur, it actually appears, as though we Hi uld have, again to ch slide ir.e inloltnce of John Bull, and his hirelings. Perhaps ti;*s httie agent may v.fu Athens, duiirg the m u ii g Summer—for thebci tfi of his health. Should this le the tale, we are co fi V'n: i-.r would f e ccrgra- ] tula'to in a maun < r:hv hb rx ertinns in the caule nl “ B.ua.i/a ‘ faftarchnM fl:.” I ; he fti uid nor draw in his bonis, previous to a Declaration of WAR £giii ft M Jtrcr Britain, we hclitate 1 nor to lay, if, after that period, he fn uld have ticcrfirm to vYrtheup cour.rrv, will be nut by 3 band of irfulted Fail ids, who, ofter con- Codt.i p h m to the bale of a Li bert) P It, will pals r n him a lrn- i ten f, fimiiar to the tII w rg: 4 <c That Billy Hobby having grown, ‘The vtleft lory in tbs town, slr.d ne w or full txamieuHion, ’’j Convihled by his own confejficn ; Findin g no tokens of repentence, 1 7 ids ben J proceed to render fentence: • Fiji thru’ a poof that s fjme n hat boggy, IVedl drag the Utile Tory Hobby , J^ Y < Then in due form we’ll tar hint . hfr as ihe law dire his. \ ihe tswit attendant rids | h Corf able bfids him, ‘ I't -d him up to fljame, Pole fam whence be ill the* proceed to neefe our Hero’s ft. I in general, we gnation ‘ f trade I a jwn our I rn- i iof our Agn- If srcial friends, 1 un-derftood as J ent pbftuie of vied land of flind of ft a -Pi k- “ the woriu’a the p>re- - s engag fta ii,— artr.tr- h re-- ■ Eac all | . utile their ac* I - uj < to that day. , j V/e i;d g atefui for the encour- j ■sgemens we. have received dunVgf J the jaft yeai—a ci truft that our un- remitted exer ions and vigilance in * ‘ the catife of our country, wil en=* 1 lure to us, a continuance of public v patronage. j ALL the R; I dutlons, propofed W by the Committee of Foreign Re- I lations, have been sgreed to by the J Houfe of Repreientatives, by very 4 lag: Majorities. By letters receiv ed from Dr. Bibb and Mr. Hall, it appears that the Public mav culace, with a certainty, on WAR? j and that roo, with “ our friends the Bntilh,” and our neighbors, th® I diaais. It is laughable cooblerve, t (nuv that things are coming co a point) how pliant the Tory Editors are becoming. Even Hobby in- J t mates that he w-uld fight —not the. * Brit ifh — >ut tic French or Indiansg 1 \f hey fh juld Invade our country. * * We have nothing further from, Mr. Fofter. We prefume he hat b''n hdectrif -d —-not by the Earth- • | b the Report of the Cammitte of Foreign Relations.— • From Spa a and Portugal there ig- nothi-g f.w. The Lfi: advices Pi m E 3 and reprefent thar coun try as in a d-pi stable ficuation—the rradeimeri |lar\ Eg—the people dif arr ftrd— ir.d the King, more cravp than ever ! fyj 3 Fhe Reverend Lorenzo i will preach in the Chapel on Sun*^ day next.