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Georgia & Carolina Gazette.
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The following rurfory re
marks upon a very interelllng
fuhjeff, are offered with a hope
that they will draw forth a dif
ciuTion worthy of the public
perusal.
That every man has a?: undoubt
ed and inalienable right to ex
patriate h inf elf and that no
country has any claim or autho
rity over him longer than he
vrfuhs in it, appear to me Jo
plain, that I wonder these pofi -
Hons were ever . Jerioufly difpu
ied.
Gothic, barbarous notions;
principles impudently afierted
by any nation, ought to have no
influence when they oppose the
dictate rs of found reason and
common sense *. In all difeufiions
to which law has any reference,
it is common for our minds to
be bewildered in its labyrinths,
and after we have speculated
until wc are wearied —we arc
often iefs able to judge correct
ly than before—without enter
ing therefore into thole argu
ments which arc to be found in
law books—l purpose to take
that view of the fubjeft, which,
less intricate may be moreeafily
comprehended.
After the acknowledgement
of the independence of the Uni
ted States, it is truly surprising
that the Britifli government
fhoukl aflert a pretended right,
which by that instrument they
virtually conftffed was no longer
their own, even presuming that
k did at one time belong to
them.—But that any luch pow
er exists in any nation on earth
is altogether denied.
The supposition that a man
has no right to change his place
of abode is moil abfurd —just as
much propriety would there be
In every village or town objec
ting to the removal of any of
those who were born or had
feTided in it—as in a nation
to fay, that none of its inha
bitants ibail remove, or to seize
upon them wherever they may
be found. This arbitrary, un
just, unnatural, irrational princi
ple, is no\v attempted to be efta
blilhfd as part of that law which
ts to bind nations.
PETERSBURG:— •(Georgia) — Printed by BURKE & M‘DONNELL.
It is of no importance whe
ther we 3re deprived of our
rights, or defpofled of our pro
petty, under the name of law or j
not i the eftedt, our sensations
and our misery are the fame.
A government may pass five
hundred laws to juftifv religi
ous perfection, the infringe
ment of civil liberty, conftfcaci
on of property at its option, and
restraint amounting to complete
slavery ; and though thev may
plead the latter, the Epirit of the
law in their defence, the autho
rity of the government, and rhe
will of the ruler—all are in
vain : our nature revolts, whilst
it feels that they are abominable
tyrants, and pants for the thru
to shake off the yoke.
Although the ardi-tyrannefi
Queen Elizabeth in the plent
tude of her Infalibi’lity in judg
ing of theological truth, deter
mined to proferibe all whc.
would not conform to her form
of religious worship—yet even
flee did not add, that they might
not retire to fome other country,
and there adore their God ac
cording to the dictates of their
confidences unmoiefted. James
ift, under whose reign the Pu
ritans fuff’ered immeofe grievan
ces, and who was very little in
* *
dined to indulge any person in
differing from him;'especially
on religious topics, permitted
our anctftors to rake refuge in
the wilds of North America,
and the succeeding princes with
all their perlecutions and tyran
ny, allowed the fame ; and shall
we not have the fame right ?
The tenure by which the dis
senters of England retain the li
berty of woi fhipping God ac
cording to their own views of
duty, is nothing but fear on the
part of the ministry on account
of their numbers and wealth;
and because they would not bow
down to the idol which the gov
ernment have set up, they are
excluded entirely from all pub
lic fituitions and offices ; and
should any circumstance arise
which would form a favorable
opportunity—the abolition of
the toleration aft would lay them
open to all the penalties and
coercions of a cruel law made
by mad bigots, and enforced by’
their barbarous tools. Now
should such an event happen,
and it may be attempted—would
it not be adding misery to cru
elty, to tyranny and injustice to
debar those from flying to these
states who value peace of con
science as the g'-eateft blcffing,
and who would facrifice their
lives rather than their duty to
-their Maker. Has any earthly
power a right to controul thy
mind, to hinder me in the per
formance of rnv religious duty,
and to bind me to flay in any
firuation in which angu.fh cf
heart, loss of property, poverty,
want, and imprisonment mufl
be my portion r No —and it is
i to be hoped that the /* men can
government will flernjy defend
h A T U R D A T ANARUS, Siptembeh 28, 1805.
rhofe who emigrate to tins coun
try aga’.i'ft the encroachments
of all .dw.fi; powers who, confi
dent cf tneir ftrengch, carry on
their illicit deiigns; and defy the
laws of God and man.
If ever: man, who persecuted
in England, violently robbed cf
his property, thrown out of his
firuation, and divested of the
means of subsistence by the ar
bitrary p o*eedings of a furious
adroiniftration, be reclaitnable
to the end of his life, and be ex
posed to all tlie uncertainty of
being (hipped back again—what
inducements are there to be in
dustrious, what fectirity againfl
attack, what cornpenfation for
injury ? One may quibble, ano
ther ma, prate about the law of
nations a third may tell us of
the duty which every man owes
to his society id which He was
born—but this is all quirk. A
man is not bound to any society
longer than that society secures
him the pofleflion of his rights,
guarantees him his property,
and defends his life—and whilst
it does this, none cf its mem
bers will leave it ■, and when it
does not, all the obligation (if
ever their was any,) is void and
a non-entity.
A t the commencement cf the
nineteenth century in this en
lightened age, claim fubvcrftve *
of the law of God, contrary to
the fpiritof the Christian religi
on, and degrading to human na
ture is enforced. Upon the
principle that those who have
once been English fubjedt mufl:
always remain lb—the Britifli
arejuftified in pressing Ameri
can Seamen, in forceing am
grants to return, and in captu
ring American property —it is
upon this idea the government
a£t, (for they have too much
honor to violate those general
laws in which all nations agree)
and wifiling to retort for the
loss of colonies they a vow
a right to their own fubjedb,
and under this pretext, force
American Tailors into their fleets.
A private case has occurred
within my knowledge which
proves the truth of my opini
ons. At the conciufion of the
revolutionary war a person emi
grating to this country quite
young—he served his appren
ticefh p in Virginia, Sc has been
many years in bulinefs on his
own account. About four years
ago he was induced to visit
King Icon in Jamalcn, and whilst
there, was prefled by an English
gang, and nothing but a deter
mination never to be released
from the Tick lift, procured his
difmiflion—this was a person
not used to sea for vice, a man
of relpeftibility and fome pro
perty. He was robbed of his
prperty and hh papers, and for
ced to lerve three years in an
English man of war. although
he had refried in the United
States seventeen years. Is this
j iftice ? Is this the law of nati
ons ?
I fve been informed thac
this topic, will form a promi
nent feature in the bufinefls of
the next congress, and certainly
a more important affair to the
community cannot be firmly
fixed than this right in a man to
expetriace himfelf.
SIDNEY.
——-
BOSTON, Sept. 2.
■>
Prom Lijbon. —-Capt. Hooper,
arrived here yesterday, in 36
days from Lilbon, informs that,
about five days previous to his
failing, a Britifli frigate from
Nelson’s squadron, arrived at
Lilbon, and put dispatches on
board a packet direct for Eng
land. The frigate then pro
ceeded up the Mediterranean.—
Capt. H, did not hear whether
his lordftiip was going up the
Mediterranean, nor where he
was.
From Gibraltar.—Civ*- Sim
mons, arrived here on Saturday,
in 35 days from Gibraltar, in
forms, that an official and detail
ed account of the negotiation
and peace with Tripoli, had
been received at thac place, and
that he was promised a copy
cf the fame, by the American
consul, but being ready for sea,
and a favorable breeze Spring
ing, he left the place without it.
He however understood, that:
the terms were an exchange of
prisoners; and the gratuity from
our government of 60,000 dol
lars.
Capt. S. further informs, that
lord Nelson had ajrived at Gi
braltar, without having heard any
thing of the combined fleets
from about four days after leav
ing the Weft-Indies j and im
mediately proceeded to Tituan
bay, to water from whence he
was to proceed In porfuit of the
enemy, determining, (as he laid)
to follow them while he had i
veil'd in a situation for the ser
vice.
A letter received In town
from Gibraltar,’ and dated the
24th of July, states, <c That
lord Nelson, arrived at that
place, a few days previous, hav
ing been unfuccefsful in his pur
suit of the combined French and
Spanish fleets; and that he im
mediately proceeded to the west
ward in fea’-ch of them.”
The letter also adds, “ That
11,coo Spanish troops were en
camped at the north front of
Gibraltar, from which the gar
rison daily expe&ed to be a:-*
tacked ; but were prepared to
give the enemy a warm recep
tion.”
From Rochelle. —Capt. Jarvis,
arrived here on Friday, in 43
days from Rochelle, informs,
that soon after leaving port, and’
while pafilng off, Rochefort, he
met a French squadron, confid
ing of 7 fail of heavy fiiips,
coming out of the roads, v h
brought him to and ordered ’> ha
into the roads, under the ‘ciiitv-
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