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would commence, and in order
that the information might be ufcd
ai fairly as pofiTible, I thought itmr
duty to mcation it to forne of rhe
member*. Under thefc cirrum
liances, I mentioned it to Mr. Qj n
cy; not dreaming that my name
would be ufed, or that it would be
turned to aid the operation of party
conteft. In fad l mentioned t him
at the time, that ray only reafon for
commuaicating to him, was to pre
vent unfair fpecuiations; and that I
expfdcJ he would uie it fairly fa.*
commercial purpofes, I did not
fpcr.it to Mr. Emotf or Lloyd, or
3n their prefence about it. Simi
lar information has, I bt lieve, been
g /tn by moft of the members of
the committee. Gums, then, my
furprife when I found my name f'c-
Ircl and to give authenticity to t; not
in the manner I intended i:, to be
ti> 1 fii'! in the ordinary way for
the purp fe of comme'Cial equality
only, but in a manner to irfiortice
the rtfult of your itatc tleflio i.—
Every circumftance tnat could ai
certain its nature, and that ought
to Yi fluence commercial calculation
omitted'— fuch as its duration for 60
days only—and that it was a dtp
preparatory to war, b *th of which
were communicated to Mr. Qjmcy.
Sent off not by poft, fb that the
information fhouid be equally dif
fused through every part of the U
ion, but with unhtard of difpatch.
Thus has tns objoß of the com
munication been loft fiignc of; and
my name; airn ft cruelly introduced
under fuch ctrcuirfft&ricjes as *-e well
calculated Yo i jtire hfeun the efh
iration of my fritVls ilid country.
Cot,ft ed to the object intend'/, it
could only have prevented u .fair
fpeculation. To this purpof-, I
thought u might have been in deli
cate-, yet I rtmUld not have obj tied
to ‘nr public ufe of nw r.atne. It
ift fupe fl’inus to obferve, what is
the necelf try tendency of fuch treat
rfient. It muft in a great rneafuie
Ever that liberal intercourle which,
if pofiible, ought to iubfift between
gentlemen of different politics.
I am, with efterm, &c.
JOHN C. CALHOUN.
*[ The correfpondence between Mr. Bar
low and the French Minijter is, as
we mentioned bet ore, too long for
infection entire . The folio wing are
the three la A letters from Mr. B.
to the Secretary of State—from
which our readers may draw a to-
Ir.rtbly correft c one l uft on as to eur
affairs with the French nation ]
Extrald of a letter front Mr. BarPw
to the Secretary of State, dated Pa
ris, March 15, 1813.
“ 1 hare ft artcly been able to
an interview with the Duke of
B.:lIano for the laft 1 § days though
he h*s appointed ievcral. Hr has
thfappointed me la moil of them,
end I am fure with relu&ioce.—
Laft evening I obtained a fh *it au
dience, in which he declared that
his great work of this comment was
oow fi.iifhrd, *fcd he would b able
after to-morrow to devoce himfflf
very much to the treaty with the
Unfed S'ates, till t lhould be com
pleted. Aid I left him rather with
the hope than the full expt Nation,
that he will have it m his power to
keep his promife.”
(No. 9)
ExtrgS? of a letter from Mr Barlow
to the Secretary of State dated Pa -
ris , March 16, 1812,
“ Since 1 had ihc nonor of wri
tir.g to you yrfterdav•, the Moaiteur
has vome out with the Srnatus Con
folium of wiiich I fpokc. This i
nGw enclofe. This defpafch gnes
by a air hand fo. Bordeaux, there
to fcr cot ft led to lctrsc p*ffo r gT to
go by cue cf our f?.ft lading irhrs.
You wiil notice that the Mmifter,
in his report fav nothing particular
of the United Suers, and nothing
more preale chan heretofore of the
revocation of the decrees.
“ This furn fhe* an additional
motive for ufi g all cffjrts to get
the treaty througu, carrying wiD t
an unequivocal ftipuladon tha- lhaii
put tilt q i ftion to red, Its impor
tance is UitHcia.t to warrant my
detaining rhe Hornet.
c< The Kmpegur did not like the
bill we few before Controls tor ad
mittir g Ecgfh g"ods cm rafted
for before the non-laipcrution Jaw
went into operation.
(i I was qu< it oned by the Duke
©f LLfTmo on ihr bib -rth ag ud
deal of pome, w hen u fi .1 app< ared,
and I gave iu-. h dcrijti.l explana
tions, as Ith*‘ug : t a hr r ould
rrmove all u > *.f- • f Hue 1 have
li or hea*'d tha rh ‘ I rrrpMOr 1* not
v.tli fat .ucd. I; C g--rls. had ap
plied is relieving hand to individu
al cafrs only, and on pen
lions, it would i.a vc excited no iuf
picion.
4< In ronfcqucßcc of mv repeated
remonfiranees in cafes of corL m
nation of Amen-an rr. : n
frivolous or Life prctentUu s, f rh .-.k
the career U fame ve\ at antfl. a u
they fhrw a d/f[> fit'.on ro rcvifc die
judgements. The the
Ploughboy, and th? A'". are order
ed for rev Ron. The B* 1 kriuii is
in prog;efs, and h likely robe libe
rated, as you will by tf e cor
rdporidcnce 1 now have th- onur
to encioU rclpedu g h css'e. ,s
(No 10)
Extra Sis of a ie::c> from Mr. Barlow
to Mr. Monroe
Paris, April 22, 1 8 E 2.
u I am c tkged at iali to and fmTi
the f Urntt r thorn the expelled
which 1 Should have regard
ed more than I do if your ch?patch
es, which I have had the honor to
receive by the Wafp 3 had not Dm**,
wnar abated my ztil in that wo k ”
“It really appeared to me, tna*
the advantages of fuch a treaty as I
l ave fketchtd would be very grea-,
an 1 elpe Tally if it could be conclu
ded foon.**
<f It is tru’, that our rkims of in
demnity for pall fpoihtions fh usd
be heard, ex stirred, and farufied j
whi. h operation fh vuld prtcede the
new treaty or go hand in hand with
it. This is dull work, hard to be
gin, and ci’.ffi ult to pir ue.*’ “I
u ged it a h.ng with <ut the ef
h and even of ar, oral anfwer. But
la cly they hr.ve con Sen fcl to give it
a dif lifii >n, and th** mincer affuie*
me that Umething fhail bs done to
R enc eche compiatois, and on prin
ciples that he fay* ought to be fat
lsfa&orv.
u 1 fha : l r.nt venture to detain the
Wafp more tha . two or three weeks.
And I hope bv that time to have
lomething dccifive to forward by
her.”
“ Frrm feme expre(Tins in your
letters. I am ia hopes A receiving
loon f me more precife infirudltons
on thefc fubjells.
“ My communication with Eng
land by Morlaix Ys almoft entirely
c.t t ff. It is not fo cafy to fend to
L ndon, unkl* by one of our own
public fh ps, as t is to the United
Stares. 1 now lend your difpatchcs
ad my own to Mr. Ruflel, by a
m< lie grr in the Hornet, whom I
fhail di fire captain Lawrence to put
on fhore nr into a plioc-baat on the
ccaU Oi England,”
ohORGIA EXPRESS.
Air HENS, JUNE 26
T'lfi Fa-riotic citizens of Mil •
ledgeville had a meeting on the \3 ’h
injl for tke purptfe of expreffing their
fentintents <:n the prejent pofu- e of our
Foreign Affairs. ‘I bey entered into a
number of fpirited and highly Patri
otic Ref elution 1 .. —They deprecate the
tardy menhires of our government
—recommend an immediate declarati
on cf (Far againf? England, and the
t/fuing of Letters of Marque and tie
prifal agamfl both the Belligerents
They a if3 recommend the ocurancy of
Raff Florida by the United States and
the Facing our Frontiers m a Jlale cf
ee f zv.. : demanded by the crijis .
Tbcfe AMERICAN RESOLU
TIONS cf the Citizens of Milledge
vtlle and its vicin'ty, have been taken
in high dudgeon, by the diminutive
Federal corps in this quarter of
thi date. ‘ Theft Gentry ridicule use
Fe/clutions as bombaftic , and afjumh r
a Agree of authority which plebi
ans rught not affume. <£ 6ball, (Jay
they ) a DOZEN men prefume to Dic
tate to the Chief M a gift rate of the
Unhm ?”—LVe anfwer —they fhouid
net $ efume fo far—but any pinion of
the American P *t-le have a right to
R ECO MMr ND is the Executive,
cr my otter branch cf Government,
fuch mesfuns as they may derm here
ficioi to the public—and the citizens
of Millsd-Seville have done no more
Bui, pe?adventitre y there were mire
than a DOZEN at this meeting—if
jo i/c fiends will canter a favor,
by fur riffling us with the number pre
fent. lie will faithfully lay it erg
6i the Children in the Woods.”
uw wa— w %jrxs
WE offerve in the Augudv tier Ad
ah extras? of a letter, Jaid to be from
a Spani/k gentleman, dated'Caro, A
prill 2,, iH 12, adciref'd to the Edi
tor of tbs Freeman's Journal — in
which, among others, are the follow
ing curious pajf ’ges
“ On Holy Iburjday , the anniver-
J&ry of the Revolution, at about five
o'clock in the afu’ man, r.u earthquake
was experienced throughout Terra-
Firms, which, •without doubt, was
ihe fevered ar.d of longer duration
that any l ever rtmembsr in the dif
ferent parts of the glebe I have vifit
ed But trstpjrt of the provine of
Csro, which remains EAIi HFUL
TD l HEIR KING, k& r rot /ujtr
ed the LE *\S r INJURY /”
vgain —' c Out of TX Jick in
the hofpital of that place, (Laguna)
only ONE M V N was laved', he was
a ROY A LIS I", condemned to death,
on account cf his rtfijiance at Valen
cia r
Again—” At Porte Cf belle, about
THUS Y houjes have been tetal'y
/wallowed up, and of the remainder
only TWO bwfes are habitable, the
one belonging to Mr Herrera and the
other to Mr. Llanos, B(J1H ROY
ALISfS !”
As Mr. H’bhy has given the letter ,
from which the absve ere extrafls, a
c onfpi cuius place in his Tory Vehicle,
it will not, we prefume, be deemed
uncharitable in us, to afertbe to him,
Jentiments coinciding with tbtfe of the
writer. H'e may jafey take it, then,
that it is the belief of Hobby and this
Spanifh gentlemen, that tise Gr eat Je
hovah will mt viftt, with the Pbun
ders o f his fVratb, tho-e who are the
Jt enuous advnates for RO TAL TANARUS,
the mof? determined jhekiers for the
Supremacy of KINGS. Mr H bby
is known to be one of the tnolf active,
and the ablef advocate that his Bri
tannic Mtijifiy has in his employ in
this date In as much as this is a fad?
undeniable, we would thank any good
citizen in Augujla, or even our little
Hero himftlf, to inform us, whether
the EARTHQUAKES which were
experienced ttie firfi of the prefent year
bad any JcnJiole -fteft on the OFFICE
of ttoe AUGU ■rA HERALD, or
cn the Dwelling of its EDITORS ?
If thfje convulfions of Nature threat
ened with dtftruflion tbcfe Royal Ef
tablifhments, there muft have been,
(according to the doctrine held fen ib
in the above extra Sts) Jome mtflake in
the cyder of this Divine DJpcnjstion
—for we will venture to affirm, that
IVm. JHe lby is as FAITHFUL.
t the Britifh government, as any Roy -
al Ciubjef? in the United Kingdoms.
“ Luilbellero and God fare the King,
“ tVVoe often k'd-d our Thro ftng.”
PAiTou 1 DM.
By a private letter from Augufia ,
•we are informed, that the not or Bus
Editor of the American Pat? tot, (a
tory paper lately efakiifhed in Savan
nah ) was fublickly duck'd in that
place, (on account of his infamous if
mbufive publications agair.fi govern
ment ) by a patriotic body of citizens,
arid his Prejs threatened to be bu- nt,
if he did ret immediately dec cm 1 for
his Britannic majejiy's dominions, he
fork prole ftion under the wings of tie
civil authority, and iffutd a bend bill,
in which he poiirdy rehnquifhcd ail
right and title to the Patriot—-and to
patriot ! ni. “O, what a fall was
here my countrymen!"—Take tare
Teds. Beware Hbby—your turn
next ! XVe hope this juf example wilt
be attended with fa.ut ary effefts.
Giro. A r?*.fs.
$-J* Per [oris wifhhg to fuhjcrib; to
ihs American Patriot, a paper print
ed twice a week in Suvnnnab, will
pleafs cell on Tee Editors of this pa
per, a gen is for tvs proprietors.
Aug jfla Herald.
There ts an old faying, that “ the
receiver is as Lad as the thief “—lf
fo, Billy Hobby has, by bis agency for
th fs Savannah Dries, rendered him
fdf equally obnoxious to the patriotic
citizens of this flute.
To your Tents, O, Israel !
This is a Text we are fend ef—be
en ufc zve know tbs Tortss hate it.
Let ou friends read the follo wing,
and we are c fi dent they will join
with us in the exclamation.
VVc cannot, at chit moments
avoid cautioning our friends, in the
liases eaftward of this citr, panicu-
Is- lv, again ft giving too ready cre
dit to the thouland rumors which
fi sd their way from this neighbor
hood, or are the offspring of bufy
conj dure abroad. It cannot he
and üb:c f, and we now only repeat
what we have faid alrnoft an hun
dred times before, that deefive
mci ures are in the contemplation
of C ongrrfs, and that thev wsU re
main io fefTion until fome me?fure
fh;ll have been adopted, haring the
etfcdl and character of war, again ft
one of the aggreffirs on our ng vs.
In the dllctiffi jii of fo ferious a mat
ter, it cannot excite furpriz' 1 that
there fhouid ex-fl a difference of o~
pinion, even among thofe who think
a : ke as to the pi ©per courfe of pro
cedure. We believe, however,
tha rbk difference is more as to the
m jdc than the fubftance.
Nat. Intel . 13/& inf?.
The Senate nas been fitting with
cl nfed and oars, until four o'clock of
ea hor the tw© kit days. Itisge
raiir underftood that ferious and fo
fema dcov.e has occupied the time
employed in their fittings; and that
as yet they have come to no decifi
on on the importaut queftion before
them.
The houfe fat yefierday with clof
eci