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-The following extrqct frqmth c London" Month-'
tntcrtained tbrbad of the motives' andjfnden .
y, - nteasura of the oppontni of the
administration on that topic which for a year
past has most deeply engaged the attentien of I
.the people. We perceive in the deltneatioii it -draw
of parties the award of history . ;
, "POLITICS, ''. , ',.
THIS is the grand subject which prin
ipallf interests the minds of men n the U
inted States of AmeTica; The form of the
government, the habits of the people, and the
Vonderfwl revolutionary events which havs'
occurred both in America and Europe, ir ith
an the memorjr of the present generation,
erve to fix, their attention more strongly on
liis objectrand to make it tlear to their fienrts.
Comparatively, the few last months huve
.passed away in remarkable tranquillity.
i hn general uscenuancy uceiuirea oy tne Ke
publican over the federal party seems to have
extinguished much of that animosity which
might hare been expected to prevail if the
contentions had been maintained with nearly
mial numbers. The larcre. unshaken anrl
augmented majorities, in favour of the re
publican interest, exhibited at most of the e
Jections, evince a decision among the people
concerning their political sentiments which
ilocs not appear likely to be speedily reversed.
The most fruitful source of alteration among
the parties for the last six months, , bas been
. the nroccediucs . of the national ..legislature
and executive, on the subject of the dispute
yitli Spain, concerning New-Orleans. The
uddeii withholding of the riurht of deposit at
fthat place which had been solemnly stipu
lated bv treaty created a strong sensation in
.the minds of the people of the United States.
A doubt, however, early aroie whether , this
unwarrantable act originated from the Inten
dant of Louisiana, or from the Spanish court.
While this Oucstion remained undecided, the
government oi me unueu o;aic uccnrcu u
more adviseablc to attempt a 8ettlem-.nt ef
the difl'erence by negociation, than abruptly
to adopt forcible measures which might lead
to a war.- They therefore determined to take
such Drecautionary and preparatory steps as
would, provide against the worst, ' and at the
same time to open a negotiation.
liut the opposition, obsorving the popula
rity of the economical and other salutary re
forms undertaken by the present administra
tion, and despairing of all means but of a, fo-
reign wrt unhinge ft system resting up
on no detp a foundation, employed every
means in their power to precipitate the nation
into hostilities with Spain. 1 For this purpose
the discontents and murmurs of th people of
the western states, more immediately suf
fe.'irtir the inconveniences and privations re-
' suiting from the suspension of the deposit at
New-Orleans, were warmly cherished and en-
cou raged ; an J hints of no equivocal mean
ing were industriomly thrown out, that they
ought thcrase-lvcs without waiting for the
concurrence or authority of the government,
to provide a remedy, and that a hostile one,
for the existing restriction on their trade.
The suggestions, thorfch well calculated to
gratify the feelings of ike moment, obtained
no success. 1 he western states strongly at-
tachkdtothe administration, to republican j
principles, to th kulhorityof the conititu' i
tion, to law and to order, refused to lintenU
prtpositin so destructive to every tiling
that freemen hold most4;ar. Thus the afTair
was quietly left to the operation of the re
monstrances which the government had ear
ly transmitted to the court of Md'id.
At length the order of the King, of Spain
arrived, the conduct of the Intcndant was dis
avowed, and the right of deposit entirely re
stored. Thus the Irusiness was terminated
with much more dispatch than could poii-'
b'y have been done by any arrangement of
violent measures, and without any breach of
the good understanding between the two na
tion. ' .
The e florts of the Federalists to involve
the United Stst-s in the calamities of war,
weren this occasion, prompt, hold and f
irverinf. Their disappointment indicatrs a
Ugreeof good scnc, rumJcratlon,' and re
cctin,inthi great botly of the people which
'does them much honour, tnd which, unfor
tunately for rnnkind, not always displayed
by a ttklion when their Passions tre roused
a i i
oy a sense oj injury. . t i
- It will not sppear surprising that this dis
tfic with Spain wis the grand topic. f dis
cussion in the newspapers, and ot fyjtc in
the national legislature, for several morulii.
D-iringtbis agitation t pamphlet appeared
ndervery singular circumstantes, entitled
An Address to the government of the Uni
'ted States on the cession of J-rmliiina to the
yrencli j and on the late breach of treaty by
the Spaniards j including the tranlation oft
Mrmorisl rt the wsrf Su Dominrn, aivl
Wie tession of the MissNsippI to j'rance,
Jrawn up by ft French comul'rf itati,.M
The bjccl'of this pamphlet wai doubtless to
Imrcssc the existing ferment, tnd to Imp I
tli nation to violent mcaanrts. By many it
as toavidaed U be ft iphtmus pifjrmnct;
fLailhe original, of which it purports to be a'
translation, though pressingly: tjalled tor by
the public, was never produced orreferi'ed to
in any satisfactory manner. The same au-;
tlior soon afterwards, and probably with su
milar intentions, published "Monroe's em
bassy, or, the conduct of the government in
relation to our claims to the navigation of the
Mississippi, considered ; by the author of a,n
Address to the Government of the United'
States." &c.'. ; '
FROM ST. DOMINGO. ' .
Fort Dauphin, Nov, 29, 1803. v
Mr. Unify ,,-,',) ',-- : !:
YOU arc invited, in the name of the
freemen of t. Domingo, and, above all, of
the impartiality which ought to b? the stamp
of a good republican, to insert in your nc,t
number the enclosed proclamation. -You
will infinitely oblige your most humble, and
mo!t obedient servant, v li. AMIr.,
PROCLAMATION, :
Of DessalineS) Chrisiopke and Clerveauxti.
Chiefs of St. Domingo. '
In tht name of the Black People and Men of
Colour of St. Domingo. . , '. ,
THE independence of St. Domingo is pro
claimed. Restored to our primitive dignity,
we have claimed our rights: we swear nevcr
to yield them to any power on earth : the
frightful veil of prejudice is torn to pieces,
and is so forever. Woe be to whomsoever
would dare again to put to get he iy its bloody,
tatters.
Ol Landholders of St. Domingo, wandering
in foreign countries, by proclaiming our in
dependence, we do not intend to forbid. .you,,
indiscriminately' from returning to your pro-.
perty, far be from us this unjust idea. - .vVe
are not Ignorant, that there are some among
you, that have renounced their old errors, ab
jured the injustice of their exhorbitan.t pre
tensions, and acknowledged the lawfulness of
the cause for which we have been spilling our
I blood these twelve yearR. .Toward those men
who do us justice, we will act as brothers
let them return among us. 1 he uod who
protects us, the Cod of freemen lids us to
stretch out toward themour conq'.itringarm.
Hut as for those, who, intoxicated with a fool
ish pride and interested slaves to a guilty pre
tension, are blinded so much as to think that
they are the essence , of 'human nature, and
CONGRESS
SENATE OF TH E UNITED STATES..
- A iliT 'IMPB.U:HaiENr--,t;-j.
' . ' - 'r' ; V : . Witdnesdajy 'Jan. 4.
AT one o'clock the managers of the Muse
f representatives,'appointed to conduct the;
impeachment against John Pickering, appear-"
ed at the bar of the senate, when Mr;; Nichol-1
son, in their name, announced that theyvere
.ready to present the articles. V ' ,;'.'
; Seats havine been assigned them on the
floor of the Senate, and the sergeatit at arms
enjoined silence, the managers rose, and Mr.--Nicholson
read the article of impeachment
as follow. a ju.-v. .,1-,t;:v':v:.--.;
:-v t ; ARTICLES; , '
Jlxhibited by Wu rf-1aeMatives
'cf thvsmted S.tae's,in the name of them
:teNfs &" of all the people of the UnitedStates,
against John Pickering,, jwdge of the district
court of the district of New-Hampshire, in
maintenance and support of their impeach"-'
ment against him tor high enmes and mis
demeanors.' "'.''' V-'.' v ' ' -ty V' ,
; ARTICLE I. ,
Thatwhereas OeorgeWcntvorth,surveyor
Of the district of New-Hampshile, did in the
port of Portsmouth, in the said districton
waters that are navigable from the sea by
vessels of more than, ten tons burthen , on the
fifteenth ddy of October, in the yearone thou
sand eight hundred and two, seize the ship
Culled the Elizai of about two hundred and
eighty-five tons burthen, whereof William
L.acht was late master, togemer wun ner iyr
niture.tackle and anoarel alledcrinc that there
had been 'unladen from onboard of said ship,'
contrary to law, sundry goods, wares, and
merchandize of foreign growth and manu
facture, of the value of four hundred dollars
and upwards,' and did likewise seize on' land
within the suid district, on the seventh day
of October, in thcyeur one thousand eight
hundred unci two, two cables of the value of
two hundred and fifty dollars, part of the
said goods which were alledgcd to have been H
unladen from on board the, said ship, as a,
foresaid contrary to law : And whereas,
Thomas Chadhourn, a deputy marshal of the
said district of New-Hampshire, did on the
sixteenth day of October, in the year one
thousand eighl hundred and two, by virtue of
an order of the said John Pickering, judge
of the district court of the said district of
New-Hampshire, arrest and detain in custo-
dyfdr trial before the said . John Pickering,
u
they afTect to believe that they are destined M jndiwrf the said district courtrthe said "ship
- by heaven to be or-mastcrs and our ty rants,
let them never come near tas land of St. Do-1
mingo: if they come hither thty will only
meet with chains and di-portaiion lot them
stay where they ar ; and tormented by their
well deserved miiery and the frowns of the
jgst men thai they have too long mocked ut f
let them still continue to move the pity and
concern of nobody.
We hnve sworn not to listen to clemency
towards all .those who wodd dare to spck jj
haps even cruel, towards all the troops who, I
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incmsciTcs lorgcumg lite ouject lor Whicn
they have not ceased fighting since 1789,
should come yet from Europe, to carry among
us death and scritr.dc. Nothing is too dear
and ever? means are lawful, to men from
w Hon it is wished to tear the firtt of all b'cs
iii'.s. Were they to cause rivers, and jof-n-nil
of bUod to run ; were they, in order to
iiiaiutiit their liberty, to conflagrnte seven
f ighilis of the globe, they are innocent lcfore
the tribunal of Providence, that has not.crc
ated men, to sec them groaning under a
harsh and shameful servitude. '
If in the virions insurrections that took
I dace, some inhabitautsl25dnjiim jeT
ud not to complain, have been victims of life"
cruelty of a few soldiers or cultivators, too
much blinded by the remrmbrancc of their
past eulicrings, to be alio to distinguish the
god and huma-e land-owners from those
that were unfctliug and cruel t we lament
with all the feeling souls so deplorable an end
and declare to the world, whatever may be
said lo the contrary by wicked people, that
the murders were committed contrary t the
wishes of our hearts. It ws impossible, es
pecially in the crisis hiArhieh the colony was,
to be abl to prevent or stop those horrors.
They who are In the lean acquainted with .
nittory, au know that a people, when amilcd
by civil distentions, though they may be the
mol polished on earth, give themselves up
to ll, Kinds of excess, and the authority of
Iheiwets, always but poerly consolidated In a
time of revolution, cannot punish all those
that are t;uilty, without alvayi meeting with
new difficulties.'
lint now a-dsys the Aurora of peace lets
u have the glimpse of a less stormy time,
now thai the calm of victory has succeeded
to the troubles of ft dreadful war, every thinj
in St. Domingo ought to assume ft new face,
n! its govtrnmeni henceforward to be that
'of justice. '
Done at the heij quarters, Tort Dauphin,
November 13, UOJ. '
(Mgned) j
, f '.'i.f ' and
called tile Eliza, with her furniture, tackle,
and apparel, tind also the two cables afore
said : And wlerciis, by un act of congress,
passed the second dry March, in the year
one thousand seven hundred and eighty ninei"
uis among other things, provided that " up
on the prayer or any claimant' to the court,
that any ship ut vessel, goods, wares or mer
chandize, so seized and prosecuted, or any
part thereof, should be delivered to such
claimant, it ahull be lawful for the court to
appoint nrrce proper persons to appraise
sucii ship or vessel, goods, wares or mer
chandise, who shall be sworn in open court
for the faithful discharge of their duty ; and
such appraisement shall be made at the ex
pence of the party un whose prayer it is
granted, ' and on the ' return of such appraise
ment, if the claimants shall with one or more'
.aurcticsto km approved ofbv the court, exe
cute a bund in the usual form to the United
States, for the payment of sum equal to a
sum at which the ship or vessel, g6ods,varcSt 1
or merchandize, so prayed to be delivered,
are appraised, and moreover produce a ccr-'
tiucate from the collector of the district
' wherein such trial is bad, and of (he S)vol--
LiUvr thcreoGif aux iherc bclhat-iUe dutiv--
on the good, -wares aud merchandize, or
tonnage duty on the ship or vessel so claim
ed, have been paid or secured in the manner, '
as if the goods, wares,' or merchandize, ship
or. vessel, had been legally entered, the court
shall by rule ardcr snch ship or vessel, goods,
wares or merchandize, to be delivered to the
said claimant," yet the said John Pickering,
judge of the said district court of the said dis
trict of New.llampshire, the said set of con
gress not regarding, but w ith intent to evade
the same, did order the said ship called the'
Eliza, with her furniture, tackle, and spps
rel, and the said two cables to bt drlivtrrd
to a certain Eli phalctt Ldd, who claimed the
iame, without his, the said Kliphslctt Ladd,
prodoctng any certificate from the collector
and naval flktr of the said distlkt, that the
tonnage duty on the said ship, or the dutirs
on the said cables, had been paid or secured,
contrary to his trust and duty as judge of the
said district eoui t,' against the laws of the U.
Slates, and to the manifest injury of their rv
venue ARTICLE II.
That whereas at a special district cenrt of
the United Mates, W gun and held at Torti
mouth, on the eleventh day of November, in
the' year- oj thoussnd tight hundred and
two, by John Picktrinir, iudire af the sid
court, the United States, by Jorph Whipple,
their collector of said district, having libelled,
pfopoumicd snJ given the said jorfe to un
dcrstsnd and be Informed, that the sai l ship
Lllsa, with her furniture, tckle "d apsrd
had been seied as aforesaid, because' there '
had been unladen therefrom, contrary to law,' .
two cables and one hundred pieces cf check,
of the value of four hundred dollars and up.
wards, and having prayed in their .said libel,
that the said ihin with her furniture, tackle :
and. apparel, might by the said court, be ad
'judged to be forfeited to the United States,' .
.and be disposed of according to law and a
ccrtain'T-lipbalett Lnddf by his proctor "and
attorrrey, liuving come into the said court,
and having claimed the said ship' Eliza, with
her tackle, furniture and apparel, and having
denied that' thejiad two cables and the said
one hundred pieccs'of checki had been unla-.
den'Jfrom the said ship contrary to law, and
' having prayed the said court, that the said '
might be reamiwm him the said "Eliphalttt
Ladd, the said John rickering,. judge of t- a
said district court, did proceed to the hearing
and. trial of the cause, thus depending between
the United States On the one part, claiming
the said ship' Eliza," with her furniture, tackle
and apparel; as forfeited by law, tmd the said
Eiiphalett Ladd, on the other port,-claimin(;
the said ship Eliza, with her furniture, tackle '.'
and apparel, in his own proper right : And
whereas John S, Shcrbui n, attorney for the
United States in and for the said district of
Ne w-Hampshire; did appear .in the said dis
trict court, as his special duty it was by law,
to prosecute the; said cause in behalf of the
United States, and did produce sundry wit
nesses to prove thfc facts charged by the U
nited States in the libel filed by their collec-.
. tor, as aforesaid, in the" said -courtpand to
she w that the said ship Eliza, with her tackle,
furniture and apparel, was justly forfeited to
the United States, U did pray the said court
that the said witnesses might be sworn in be- .
half of the United States, yet the said John
Pickering, being then judge of the said dis
trict court, and then in court'sitting, with in
tent to defeat the just ' claims wf the United. .
States, did refuse to hear the testimony of the
said witnesses so as aforesaid produced, in be
half of the United States! and without heVing
the said testimony so adduced in behalf cf
the United States in the trial of thesaid
cause, did order and decree the said 'ship
Eliza, with her furniture, tackle and apparel,
to he restored to the said Eiiphalett Lsdd the
claimant, contrary to'his trust pno duty, as
judge of the said district court, in violation
of the laws of the United States, and to the
manifest injury of their revenue. .
L.. : ARTftLKlli:' ;
Thutwhere38lt is provided by an act of
congress, passed on the twenty-fourth day of
September, tn the year one thousand seven
hund
red and eighty-nine M that from all final ,
decrees in a district court in causes of adml-,
ralty and maritinie jurisdiction, where the1
matter In dispute exceeds the sum or value tf
three hundred dollars exclusive of costs, an
appeal shall be. allowed to the next circuit
court to be held in such district." And
whereas on the 13th day of November, in the
year one thousand eight hurdrcd and two, at .
the trial of the aforesaid cause , between the 'i
United States on the one part, claiming the I
said ship Eliza, with her furniture, tackle, and
apparel, as forfeited for the causes aforesaid, 1
and the said Eiiphalett Ladd on the other part
claiming the said ship Eliza,' with her furni-
ture. tackle'and apparrl, in his own proper
riht, the said'John Pickering, judge of tho
said district court of the' district of New
Hampshire, did decree that the said ship 1. li
ra, with her tackle, furniture, ftnd apparel
should be restored to the said Eliphslctt ,
Ijdd, the claimant " And whereas the .vl
John S. Sherburne, attorney for the United
States, in and for the said district of New
Ilantpshirt, and prosecuting the" said cause
iorandorMhr part cf the United States, on
tbe said twelfth day ot November, one thou
sand eight hundrtd and tw, did in the name
and br..tf of ths United States, claim sn ap
peal from the said decree of the district court,
to t honest circuit court, to be held in the
aid districtof New.Hsmpshire, and did pray
the said district court to allow the laid appeal
' in conformity to the provisions of the atl cf .
congiTss ian aiuresaiu, yciiine saiQ jonis.
Pickering, jiu'ga of the said district court,
(regarding the authority of the laws, and
wickedly meaning snd Intending to injure the
revenues of the United States, snd thereby
to impair their public credit, " did absolutely
and potititely refute to allow the tild in ut
s piaycd for snd claimed by the sid jVhn
8. Sherburne, tnUhslfcf the Uritcd States,
contrary to histrust and duty as judeof tie
said district court, against the laws tf ti e
United States, to the grest Injury ef the put
licrcitnue, and in.siolstlon of the wdema
oath wlkh be had taken to adndnl&Ur. equal
nd impattial jutlct.
. ARTICLE IV. .' ,
That wheress for the dte, falthlul and irs
Jnirtisl sdministr aticn e.f jostle r, urrpersreo
and ld.tiety sre es'thtisl qtihtif t in tlecU
rafter ef a jufge ittha ss.lj Jcln 1'irltr
Ing bting a wan M' U sc mnri! rnd li.'em-j-erste
rslito, on ti.e tkventli st d tt!r h
tlays of November, In tl eyeirere ihcirJ
eight rnnilred and two, tti. g 0 m j' i'ce cf
the district ccsrt, in it.d f r tl e unctt.f
Nfwllsn jklirt, eiid IJ f cir t; ti t!.f lirch
f ti l said cevtt, Ur the p'.r te cf sn h is-
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