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. . p Georgia & Carolina Gazette. Volume i.J x 1. R M S OF THE GEORGIA CA CAROLINA GAZETTE . f. Price to Subicribers, three dollars per annum, half in ad vance. •i. Advertisements for the firft insertion feventy-five cents per feu a re, and fifty cents for each continuation. N. R. Gentlemen who have teen Jo obliging as to obtain Sub scribers for this Papery will con fer an additional favor by for warding a jlatcment of the names *o the Editors as Joon as convent • Emn the Baltimore. Evening Pojl. 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- [Number 17.