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1 i WI1 wi a; PUBLISHED (wkekl?) STAlZmAXD If ALL T&ESD AY 0(t.li'9i' l05 FROM THE AURORA. ; AMERICAN COMMERCE - NEUTRAL RIGHTS! ! ON every side there appears to be a dis position to oppress or-o disturb the prosper ity of America in her national career of glo ry and happiness Whether llnsconsenta- .neous hostility of powers which arerivals,aid J 9X war, with each other, proceeds horn a Common sentiment of envy or jealousy, is Xiot of so much importance to enquire,, as to lie satisfied that the hostility exists, is cyi tlenti syilematic, grievous " and ' clisgfriiccff!! . to suffer tamely, . The near approach of the nessioft of Congress, it is to W Hoped, will atibrd the nation some cnain and saiisfacto-' ry principles ol action, by which the people may be calkcb'-to sustain the national honor and lights-such measures of sJelf defence, and resistance as may command in future, the difference and the respect due to an in dependent nation. The conduct ol Spain is too evidently ac tuated by counsels adverse to harmony and good faith. ThisYiispositiou of Spain can not be attributed, with any reasonable foun dation, to any other came than the misrepre aentations and intrigues of the Spanish Mi- nister here -whose conduct is perhaps un- -cxampled in the annals of diplomacy, and whose indurance after such conduct is not to . te accounted for, on principles tha tan be authorised by -facts- within the public know ledge. " Under the influence of such re'pre aentations, as must have teen'mude by h ' hlrthsr of the essays olGrcvivm Maner.t ; and . from the affectation of contempt which" the ambassador has displayed in. menacing the consequence cf six Spanish sail of tu line blockading our haibcius, it timnot be won-' -' dercdat, that the Spanish cabinet should con--tieve very abject notions of ouf capacity to enforce justice. , . . The involverricnt tf Spain in t war with Great-Britain must have contributed to in crease her confidence in treating us with injustice. As-the ally of I' ranee,, tijf-tgtd in a common cause, which it must necessa rily he, from the ril.i'ive position and con nexions of Spain i'.iid Vratu e, and their crie xny being the same, Spain may perhaps cal culate upon the u .P.u-. iice of ihc n;iine of Buo naparte In America as c-palie of c-perutir.j; In the same ni'nie ar, over the governments "cf Europe. This cannot be sui prising, if we reflect upon the little correct knowledge which the government cf l.uropc possess of our real capAcity, our irol tisputUiou.-i, or our strength.;- The politici-in cl mon archies, irgue upoii" their own principlcsi and nut upon those of free states. '1 he impulsies of monarchies tire monui.tary and ' capricious they are individual, or next to individual, they are excited by the intercs; cf few persons vhove power and influence is the succedaiu'um for the public opinion and interests which influence fi ce states. In nations white the mass f men have a common p. id a sacred interest, there is a prudential dliherutiun. a necessa- ry regard so consetjurnres, and a calculation ! of the compara'.ivirifi't its cf a prudent or a J precipitate policy; the zeal of n free nation is not subject to the p'.netuy cf tt su.hUn itr.pule -but when cventscf uch acharac ter arise as ma involve the licvdom, the peace, the honor, or the prosperity of a free liiim, and that the f j . t prencill tU'iust-lvcs to the whole lutMi with an in esiM.Uc con viction -then the energies 1 1' moii-.t chies arc feeble indved coiup.;:id vi'.h the imion of a common i;itmst extending to cvtry in-. ..iliiuJuiland W4V44-V 4Uckidccl4.uLvn.i.. TheY'pcu'.ion i- s! w,it u mcd it i tcr ritj'.e. " Tlie tii !cl bevrnes a river, , andtherivsratorrtnt, nt jhty usthct'iwuiw tain flood." Spain from herHf cannot ir.j ire Ameri ca. iriotily tot il.e m..y r;uc sxth a spirit of indignation, that Hp . in may be lot seri . cusly iojurvd -the mean ar in mr (tower. Hut it jsr.t torn SpV:a i.lci.eiht ex pcrience w'ronsud h juiits. The lite msnifutJ of th. rii'i1i CiSJnct, gainst the cmnmcrrc of the Untied Xtaus, amounts to very lit il 3 aimrt of a diwUra'.iwn cf war, or of wir colonial mbjertion to ih I'rUish monarchy. It is tine, tint it U only til expression f thl. racoroui li-utihiy .which lus, vk'ult liiMe t iijtion since t!n aecfssienof th parent kin:;, nttujltd every act in regard to thess atatts, bt-th psevii.iM toour separation frmuhis tyranny ml ron auntly ilnce. liMpc'.kcl by his n tupi !i ty, f..r the stupid ar. always malignant, ar.! t!e inJHKUi f A Tactiait at H.c head of which Is Ms rAff the hatred ti Atnefira in tiSltil by ilutf , and thoe t the lame v tKi iaho irgrafted the r.y ai-l JUi'f tolitic cn tha lUnove atck, will shew itself at every opportunity, anlin.ecd n.nrc a, than imdcrth aJimiiivja'ioft -of Lrd N-Mtli, or ' tliiiiniiur simple f r i4lH;ru!ccc. ,lrd Nrth' was .1y W.v Cat's paw of C.nrtt and the hi'd'nr catiiut. Lord Korth dfUrid th Amrrictn war was nut Lis ttir.il int tj.t vjhJ Jiit n,nitr. On the rtmev; orNorth ffosa per, MWe of the hostditifsto thrse 'M. ttt jlly ti i Uutr.U 19 Kii'.U Ccort at4 lUe tjrtci-V ir enmity like the enmity of Satan to o'ar first parents,. was, deadly, and at the same time eternal. Unfortunately the minister who in a short time after succeeded to the ear and heart of that infatuated monarch, an apos tate ''him'selftfrom the principles ot liberty, -united with every thing that was odious and Hl)eral, the J.of the-ifrrro)fri-.of North's administration -the Weddenlmrr.s, the ycnkfnsbns, .t immaculate Dundas, and every iii'a'xim which decolated and exploded the house of Stuart, has continued to support the hostility of their king. Others out of the cabinet, as Shtjfield and the misantropic theoiists have supported thtm in prha mtnt. .- 1- : ' r ' They have lal their adherents and, their " echoes here nay their emissaries the fed; va'liits have constantly, from- 1794 echoed the friendship of Great-Britain. They have constantly' asserted that her interests nnd ours were mutual ; that nothing crimld from th it peiiod even in tuce the former to act unjustly towards the United Stales. Such arguments couhl only be brought forward' by persons, who had never heard of the A mencan revolution, or who were wilfully -.or corruptly blinded ; were not the interests of both mutual bifon tiiat period ? and did not that -king " whose every act defined the tyrant,'' forget that interest an'd induce him tj send fire and sword through these states, '. . ta.htre--soldiers from the shambles of Hesse to assist his o:u,t murderers, in the work of j death and destruction ? Do our merchants J think the disposi' ion of the British monarch I at- alt'tfunged ? Do they think his disap- I poiiitmonl of inslaving these states, has Jended to allay th it tyger thirst for blood and carnage, vrhich wai so' deplorably x hibited on the then unhippy plains of Ame-' rica? Do they think-the scenes in Ireland far some years past, exhibit remorse fir the scenes acted in America I Do they sec in any one ait ah exchange of the disposi tions for war and tyranny, for those of'peace and gojd will do they see it in the massa cres of millions of innocent Hindus. What have the Mahratta's done ? Their frontiers 1 was too ext'rnsive and British usurpation We tell our merch-m'.s that during, the refgn of George the 111. the influence of his wile, unci the adminittraiion of Pitt, which indeed issynonimous, they nuts' expect no. thing but hostility to their commerce secret ly or openly we !orel.ld vpon the re-ar;es- sion of Pitt, what the consequences would be and behold the prediction is realized. Such f.ave been always our opinions, such have been con-tntly the acts of the British c;.bir.ct- they have been plain enough to every person, whose interest did not blind his love to his country. Such has been their conduct during the last war, in Europe and m the west-indies. in their restrictions and in their commercial regulation with tue et-LHiiii is! iiid.4 now lliey arc onlv trymaj one step further. The hostility of ait idol turned editor induces hinvto attii butc ail thoe mts to the " lonttmpl enter 4tined by Creat-Britain for our present ex tcutive." We can trll the mjfr, if ir.aud var.it v has blinded hi ill so that he cannot !ii- tern beyond hii liosC"--th..t hi. in;lic'uus rancour has rendered him the pity cf many who sVtll continue his paper; we appeal to ths iv,crch.ifi s tolree house, let the motor in juire there. We will tell th major what cuvoii.-a;et!; British govvrnment, it is the writings of fo !s . ). him. It is the rhapsO' diet and infiimtions of too many f our na tive mcrchurr.s (fr British merchants arc put out of the question) in favor ol every . ihinj; and t very, set . of agression of -Briuio . to other nutions .-Consiaiiuy defending e very act "of the Biiiish goscrmnetit when they were ruinh; the innocent merchant of Holland, Spain ur. France and now for sno.l),bccaiiiC it come and will come nearer, home, (far this is' only the bcn'inning recollect the Aurora has given you warning) now it idncnw-iiJ that the British can do wron; njw ft-is discovered that the virtu ; ous monarch nf Biitincan be unjustThat ; the tMvy of Britain ny be tnr d f.r the ; w.sM of purposes! There .ire nief chants 1 who luve cr.sthr.tly defended even the ! plrtlr t,f Bnrsin when inflicted on their brothtc iiicichantt who walked in-thc same I 1 codce house in this city lint wlune roni- mrce lay mot e in the rc cii ol Brif.h entiarn they h.ise nlays blinrd iJm: irinoctnt. Tluy have Imuv dfpdl the robber but wh l nnw f Why r.ow they sulTcr atnl are likely to sulfur and their tale now is al'crf I we sppi'tl re.rfidenMy to x nit if it 14 not m wt irj'tice ini'.rnl that their eyes arc opi-ncii, tlu.uh st ttet tlut irtr.g enj c'';i.ilrCcc:'it. Thrre r. father canses which rruournsr-d thf I'.rit'slu The public a'.'fit f the federal ppcrs '.he sain? tneins wt I h ere en.. Britain but we trust he will find himself mis taken. ; '-' '',' '.",., ; Perhaps' which is not at all unlikely, Mr. Merry following; thfc; cunning example-' of the Spanish mijuster,- may have procuted counsellors - ooihiotstTevhans Mr. Merrv 'mzyriirt. in the face of the secretary of slate, ths redoubtable authority of lawyers-he may send to his court the opinions' of a go vernor's son,, or of two or.three who had been Tttomey generals, as an answer of thet re? monstrance and resolutions of congress. The Spanish convention business may be re-acted -and are ouf.,merchunts still pican enough to sit still, and by no public act enter a protest against this lawyer legislation- this is imptrium in impcrto, a proceeding of itscit suhicicnt to encourage every act of injustice frotii any nation. However much we deprecate war,vet when the ka!. of our rountry is involved as we consider it now to be, we shall not object to some retaliation' not oy lining at snadows, nor by creating taxes, etise-men, 8 per cent loans, contractors and other means for lazi-. nessto grow rich upon -but, a retaliation at tha'expence of our enemy, and which will soon brinjj them to reason -if tlie property , of our merchants is to be seized at itea, mere ly because Britain can do it we y, let our merchants be indemnified by British pro perty j?n land -this is within our reach completely this, with a short embargo, and a -non importation act ot lintusn rnamnac- tur4, willellectually do the business without line oW,iule yups. If Spam will not do us exact justice we recollf ct well that Mount Vernon owes its name to an expedition in which Americans, "then only .colonists, signalized themselves. That the road to tlie Havanila, or to Mexico, is not too difficult (or those, who in the dead or winter, encountered the frozen regions ot Canada,penetratedher forests, and stormed her proudest fortresses. A few resolves of congress would soon put an end to the tax which Britain now" levies, exclusively of X ? r cent, on good exported, to the United States, more than she does' to any other part of the world --such an act would soon tnnke the Eng lish manufacture tutn tounsd'or in onno- iition to Messrs. M'Kean, k Co. and the whole herd of Ameiican lawyers, even were their opinions procured they would plead in terms which even Pitt would at tend tn.rr vtc know nothing of the situation of Bnuia. From the United States Gazette: AMf 1C AX COMMKRCf A! D NEUTRAL RIGHTS. I Uvin;; perused what appeared yesterday morning under this head in the Aurora, a few ideis occurred to my mind which arc 0 lie red witi threat difference to the public. All parties appear to ajjrec as to the Iiritish mat if c to against our fair trude, achi(iledg ed that government in ISpl. How lo defeat so daring and unprovoked an attack or ti ic taLiite U compensate the httf:'ercr, rnptaisk question of no small moment ; many ways oil'v-r, but to stlect the best and nwA efntutl is not so easy ; if our merchants would he u-t.tniwnus the course is plain, safe, easy and ceriaut Let general meeting be called in etch city, -and resolutions he entered in t, not to impott any goods cf the growth, produce or manufacture of CIreat-Britain. 14 until the pJidA p-Mi(itiun of saurity fpT a;i " A ntricjn property, iu hein contraband of " war or bound to or from blockaded ports, " publicly und oflkiilly announced to be so, " previous to the sailing of the vessel, and full "tompcnsktionto.theowucrsor.hll such Ame- ncan property taken- under any order of " the British government." This would not be going too far, it is merely to secure indemni'y for the past and security fur the Uture." It has been hinted that our minister at tht Court of St. James's may have winked at the new system of spoliation, for that the ' Trench did the same, upon In advice and assurance that he would give them eflcctu u al aid, and thoogh it Cou'.J not well be done by the United States, thet wai t mtilnj u if Jni i'r, and which they hit upon jut ' in the same manner the British are now "doing." But this is not to be believed! If l.e did advise the French to do o, cer tainly, he would not advise the English lo the same act f As to the Spaniards, we can pay ourtilves. There ate gentlemen now in this city, from the westtturd, wlo sill make tutratli whr never Ccngrca authori it, u per extrj jutt thim (four ctttxttun ihrm, and will rpat;c to doit, iut ef ent tl(r. la the Ui.iirdSiutfi, and also, kI It injwt snj pn - prrprrj in Mtii.-n. A KKNTLCKY MAN. ri it el tiy a uiston on a t enno n 1 on a Ccb ( tt, mav inv be eqaliy e(TiB':Mrtis on a I'atke at I! ;.!v, and a f.'i. .'.' a (. ChailcstMi h cn msny of their arguments be arcmiotf l f -rlhe nme mrn which tirriedthiouS the Infamous BiitUlt Trea ty, perhaps Mr. Mcny eaprrti may ally the cpjii'.io.t tj tc rteicut u.uiure of ket. It was known'rTytot--Hmr.?'r.' ir.g that Mr.' Elfworth, one of his majf- . , tj's meffengers, had arrived at Lord MuU cravc' cifiice, in Downing-ltreet, from Ptfieifburgh, and it was generally un!er ' flood thai his di(patches were of- a molt ; fat is factory nsture. But, itvadcfijicui to this fad, there was a teport that his ma i jelty's niinifters, in confequence of pacific . overtures from Buonaparte, hadWueht' 11 aoviicame,- in concert wiui me caDiaets of St. Peterfbnrgh and Vienna, to pro pose to the French governmenr the alfem- . hling of a general congrefs, to take into coiiiictcratton the intcrefts cf the different Hates ot. Lurope. - : . 0 r v. Aug" ft 26. The'difpatches broupht laft Friday bV Mr. Llfworth, the melfengcr, are, now nndcrtlood to be of the highelt itnportaoce. They are Hated to contain not 'only- tiic ratification ot the trcary between, this country snd the Emperor Alexander, but . an account of the demand by Abftria, of. the latter for' aflillance, and the determi nation' of the court ot reterfburgh lo march a confidcrable army into the hcre- diiary dominions, lo co operate anainlt r ranee. ' It is een mentioned in private . letters, that 60,000 Ruflian troops had, on the 30 li uli. commenced their match for Brunn." The fame accounts. add, that his Pruffiun Majedy has declared his unalter able relblution to adhere to h;s favouiite ' fyftcmof ncutialiiy, and that Ruffia anil Aulria are not without hopes cf .prevail ing upon him ultimately to join their con. federacy againil Buonaparte. In thefe (latemcnts we cannot but think thcie is a confidefabie degiee of txagge ration. We not only doubt the actual march cf a. Ruflian army ; but we can difcover no thing in the pafl. conducT of the King of Prulfia, or in the general line oh p olitics to which he attached to warrant ihc idea that he will not take part with France. It is, however, very probable, that theia.. . tificatiou of the treaty with Ruffi.i has been received by government. If Ruffia be determined upon carrying into effedl with vigour and cordiality operations a gainll France, it is time fhe fhould de clare hcifelf in a dccifive tone : but what ever may be the conditions ol the treaty. .... . Hat 1 .... . it is r.ot at an i.xcly that they win be al. lowed to iranfpiie until the meeting of Patlian.cjit. Govcrutncnt was rccupicd the'whole oC lad week and it flill emploved in taking up a great number ol trar.fports. They arc ptobably intended for the conveyance ot RulHan troops to the Mediterranean, or 10 any other point wheie their fcrvicei may be nrjuired ; and we can learn, that a Rnllun fquadron, of ten fail of 1 lie line, is lhnrMy expetftcd to co-operate with us in the North Seas. The tranfports ate tj rendezvous at tlie Nore. TJic molt active exertions arc making to reinforce oyr grand fleet, and Admiral Cofnwal'.is will ihotily have thirty fail of the line nnJcr his command, exclnfive c-f ihc twenty d fatcl.-d wi.h Sir. Robert Caller. Admiral St iling failed on Sa tuiday in tl.cCiiory, y3 gum, from Piy tnuuih, and f:e moie line of battle Ciipa ' were t.eai'v ready 10 fail from Cafaml Bay. At Port (mouth (he Victory of too, Bcioni, Saturn, Hero, and Kepnlfe, bljaj purswill fail in the courfe of aTcvTrlaysr We undtrlland that lord Nclf-n.wi!l pro, cecdio Piymomh tctho'ft hit flagon board the San Jjfef, i-( 1 1 a gunl. It s LorH fhip is lu ufumc his command in the Mc diiernnea'', with unliniiued orders. The following letter, wilh which we wcie this morning favoured; from an cx ptiienced officer belonging to" our fqu dioti off Boulogne, contilni fcvcril inte icfting panUulafs woiihy of notice. It it daird Ntw Komticy, Anj;. 14 :t:iotir:!!:: Late 1'orcign News. LONDON? Aug. 34. Yenfidayhe Fundi tipeiienced ve- IV conh-Uiab: tlk, '! tiliottt tCtfnni We anived Lit evening from cF Foulog ic, whciecrtty thing remained in llitu quu, exept thai about the encm'i tirfc't inder !)..tch colours formed a junc tion wiih the Boulogne fljtit'a 00 the lid 21,1 11 it. Itoin the callwifd. Scvcnl reu irats ssl.ich ssc hae fpuken enrrobcrae tivh otter in the teport iKat tichl line t bilile fiiipsire ready for fc'a inihe Texel, and 4 co trafifoitf, with about 2000 ca valry already cmbiikcd. About ao.o, lrHps are a. h ready near Amflerdam anj iti vicin.ty. I really ihlik a fl-rel, ere iicil i:,omh ii cipirril, Hill comeuptl.e Channel 10 gne ui I liille g'fj, when, pio ably, Ihc craft in Boulogne may at. lempi an Invafivn. There are two or tt.rte difficulties, howecry that the' at ictr.pt cf ty.cii't will molt esidcnily have" lo contend with, be their attempt miJe1 were iffs-ed M le Ufcn a.d favour, l c? V-T'' n ",mT h'C'" T fetSirteHhichuvk t.ct la tU mat. i iVV? r.V ."r fml,P;t"" 6 1 I la lb: futlr'aci wc f.aitarjcnaiiiciltlui, 1
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