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! A Circular Letter form, the Com
mittee appointed atdnurnerous
; meeting of he Republicans of
' : Wilmington- and its tvicinity ' in
-February Jastl to correspond on
. the subject of the . election of
4 , Elector for this Districts
VILMINGTON.n.CAROHKA.ocT.i.llSOS.
' v SIR, '.-.:' i : .:.
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.WE' understand, that' General I
Bhown,, of Bladen, : at Federalist,
" has been announced a candidate as
- Elector for this .district,' to vote
, for a President and Vi'ce-Presi
- dent of the United States ;r in. op
position to S am ue Asms, Sen'r.
Es,q. late Governor,', the candidate
L nominated by the Republicans, to
; execute that important trust,,
Ir The address posted up atOns
, lor, 'Kt declaring t this ' ; opposition"
purported- as we are intprmed,
that tie Candidate nominated by the
f ( iraiss-isapproyes of.' the
; present restnctipns on commerce,
meanfogthe Embargo is friend
- - - dly to- commerce j with some re
; jnarks leading ttiej people to -tin
, derstandtttet
, geV into poweTi i tlseresmction:
. will lie removed j anq lastly, that
he disapproves ; pf :t the measure$.
. ' .of the 'present adminUtratibri, ge1-
y nerl);'Xrt';f m iWi
: , It is hoped that a fair, and can
did enquiW info the merits of pb--,
uticai opinions mus avuwemy ncia
un as a iclaim tO'a specific OOlitical
trust wilt not: be deemed disres-
pectiui, nor even inconsistent wun
some new restrictive regulations
against ncutial commerce j arid it
appears' by a report Of pur Consul -jn
London, that Under these new
restrictions, upwards of twenty of .
bur vessels hAt just t iii n b een
captured,; and brought into the
ports of his district for ;cbndemn
II07I. -.. . .... , , -.. - ; . ; ,-
" 'These ; encroachments 'jort ourv
rights "deeply,, affecting our "com
mercial interests; spirited memo-'
toals were presented ta the Presi-'
dent and Congress of : the United
States in January 1806, from the '
merchants,bf Salem, Boston. Kew-:"
I Yerl ,' Philadelphia :aftd, ;Baiti- ;
more .signed, by, persons y of all
political artielS pm'ipy;
memorial irom -the mtm
'respect tHeir fiigJ Again the':'
pfovlsi6ni of he; present decree'
shall be abrogated and null in fact,:
- as i66n as fh&. English- abide"; a
gitn by the Ijjwfvnatwias.;
Soon 'after'the date of this decree,
a: treaty was concluded iii Lon
. con , oetween tne u nited states
jand Great Britain-at'the signing
iQi -which treaty a Note was added J
;o1 this effect ; that - its pfovis"ons;
snquia in- tio, wiserpreciuae tnat
;gOvetiimeh'r,;; fr'orn;' 'kdopung any
measiires it i might i'deera jproper,
Me6ntera6t Bubnapartc;Berte
decree If that decree.ihouild riot
3ieNre&Uted.Thuili-prin'dplfr
xKarits ofBahimpre'faiid signed
raiists as
in .a strain
rell as Republicans)
of 'fervid eloquence.'.
nigmy expressive , oi tne i inaig-v
nam iecnngs oijmc memorialists ; ,
states, v tnat tney wui not trespass
bit the tirae of ihe toftstituted -"ariii
horitieS withv'arrecital of thej
'various acts by which our coasts
and even .pur ports .and harbors
have .been . doaverted into scenes
brviolehce and' depredatidnsi yl
wmcn tne sccumy oi our . traac
and property, Jhas been impaired t
IHC xigiua ui uui ici i uuj y in v tvf
n'"whtchitlseqaaltyjuVtina
ITney say your 'unaoumea ngnts
. as an inacpenaenx nation, ana e ven 11
; the provisions ot this treaty, not
iwiths'tahdirig;; we )ttdst be jconsi
Iderect at liberty- to reeulate -and
coritrbul your lawful commerce to '
suit qur views abelligerent r;
iWbat share this ftdte,?!thus'. wholly;
nullifying 'every article the Ireaty1' .
'edritairted fon the -subject of com
mercc, had in hrdducing hs jreje&i'
uon i by the 4Presidcnl, e cannot -pretertd;t-dejtermin
hii'mucBi'
ytc v may presume ; to; ? observe, '
that such indefinite Pretensions. H i
ed i the '..honor ot ; .our country ;.in''Hr;.q-;fAf diifroki wtrjhe laiojut
svuteaana numuiaiea; ana our , traac. pj tne umzea states coma
gallant countrymen 'oppressed and;; not well have been expected by ra
persecuted : they feel it unhee'ei-: tificatiofit to receive the ' saiictioh of
sary to askilthat "the force of the : its first M&istrate. 'WK'trtf
personal regard towards, the can- nation, should be . employed, in re- ; ;-' Ab'oot;itht" t lattet erid of : No-
didaternibre especially When ln pellinV and chastising liwlesifree-ir i vember -1807, there were rumours
; suutcci ay. any, coruuu oi , mai oooters, wno nave oarea to sprcaa . m in xircuiauon,- cienvea irorapriT
community wuu wuoscrcprcscn- tneir" ravages' even" Deyona tne" n;vate corresponaencc ana untisn
oh to be cloathedi -X; ; H theatre of their plradcalexertbns.'il assumption f richfi'the British
In fforit of thes reebmmehdai J and to ;:lnfcstur!rcswith.. : UXiirnMtrit:ere abbiit ; to issue
tory claims to bur suffrages stands H their irregular and ferocious host
- disapprobation of Ahe Embargo H tility-rThese are outrages which'
j. OUW, ViiViWyiW uiy wuv t 11 nave p'i'i'wU, u4Wo-ivwa 111a
which they ; are laid down, this , culiar' manner upon the nouce ot
measure , snail receive our nrsi 1 our governmcm, ana cannot nave
r i. j , :.i . -i? J.i 1
hands of the patriots open 40 the
rmnsn na? : out' in vz yvicv . ui ...
ever v man of reflection, the.ulti- ; -;-!
taate success f these brave, men , ;
against the immense force of the Vp
usurper, is very, doubtful V it'is in-
finitely too uncertain; to iound any . . - ;
commercial calculations on sucii
a' result.' ';-t'- -: ' "'p.
But sir there are. terms ; there ;
."are'eonditionsi on which even" Uri-''
uer tnese uraers ot Council, we v
may be permitted to trade to the;,
5 European Continent; generally- ,
ese termad
ltq an? independent HcHX
.Indeed ra'theiinsblent and degra 4
"dinglth'e ' minds'ot iridehdept j,---Americans
'Hu5tvtyblat.tfem
especially th'c &r$ s bf thos:io;
Jh thTferdl'Jtrortery war!l; indivi '
)
notice. . . , laiiea to excue us lnaienauonana;
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Correct opinions, sir, of the ex-, correspondent disposition to pre-
pediehcybf political measures can vent arid redress them sue n is "
onlv be formed when consiaerea the vitw which tour meuoxi-
witnreierencto inccircumiuim.co 1 austs HYtTAwwm ahxx-
urtder which they are adopted for : bus cRistsorouR affairij whIch.
witli nauons as individuals lesser 1 appears to them in am alarm-
evils 'are frequently of necessity xko decree to affect' theIr
submitted to, in avoidanceot tnosc country akd. its commerce.
of greater magnitude. ; ',v, r ,; - This ; memorial.; concludes thus
Itis on this, principle alone, that i " the means of Tedress; for the
, a canuia cxtmiiMuuu ui uic 1 pa5l, anu security .jur-uic ju
ot tne jemoarffo can dc raaue. 11 .
it should appear that in the then
existing slate of. ouf foreign rela
tionsv it was" not only the most
provident; the most moderate j but
absolutely the only measure, ex
cept Immediate war ; that consist
ent with our national independ
ence, . could have been adopted j
bord as5crjions against hs. merits ;
hd "pathcitr ;dectamitioii, agaiiiit
' . its enetts ; will not, it is bresumed,'
hbkiri mucK faflucrice.'when ad
rrcssed to the" sober .reflectiori 'of
. the people of this district. , .
' : In order to' present you with
,' full and" comprehensive -view of
that, political situation of the U.
' Btatcs, which: rendered, the em
' bargo . eligible; we' shall trace
. from their very sbu'rce the various
causes uohicH combined id produce
1 ' - i s.'
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For tKis purpose we shall neces
sarily be compelled to recur a far
back as Auguu 1803 ; About
that' raohth the British govern
' mcnt, by interpolations of the la
of .nationsi adopted and enforced
turei are respecuuny suomittea
to your wisdom.- But: your, me-
mdrialists' cannot forbear to in-x
dulge. a ho'pe'i .which they would
abandon with' deep reluctance that:
they may. yet be found in an ami
cable explanation with those who ;
have ventured to inflict ' wrongs'
k upon us, and to. advance- jinjust
pretences' to our preiudicoi" v .',
These- -imerpolations- bf the-
law ot ' nauons, pressing with
great, severity on france. as a bel-
ligerent ; Buonaparte intoxicated
by recent s"ucqesses, and infuriated
under the cnect ot these novel re
julations ; issued a decree at Ber
lin1 . irr November '1805, declar-,
ing, all the" dominions of. Uriuin
in a state of blockade, repre
senting that .. the$5 . measures
were resorted to only in just re
taliation of the.barbarpus system'
adopted.by. England, which assi
mthtesuts legislation to that of
Algiers,' and shall cease; to have
effect with respect to all nations
1 7h6' shall have jirraness to com"
I pel -the Ingush' gb'vc'rnnicnt to
Orders of Council of the tenor of
those,' which afterwards ; proved
to have been at thit time aetualJ
issued;: Tb rebiit the": assertion
of the ministerialists in the House
of' Commons; that the embargo
Could not have been "predicated on
the Orders of Council, as their ex
istence was riot known here at the
.time that act passed ; it was prO-
yea mere on uaui,inai miciiigence
of theit nature; and thqir expected
eariy promuigauun, was transmit-,
ted to this bountry, sometime be
fore such promulgation really took
placeOn the day the ; message
recbmnleriding the,erabargd was
serit to Congress, there appeared
in the Natiorial Intelligencer suri
dry extract froni London and Li
verpool papers of the I lth & 12th
of; November lSOT-stating the
circumstance with .certainty, -so
that it appears upon , die whole
although , oh that day oar govern
ment hadnd ojficial Iknowtcdgt on
thesubject ; yet that the existence
of ;hese ordera-Was placed UeV
diially bled 'arid,' sustalried 'priva? t
nn& CAr Wf thhsff who SiVftered in? :?1''i
"the losis of prbpefty 'andconnec- ?
Jtibhs,' in bpsing the Very prmcP:
$Cj4is f cplonfe's V now'a't-' ;
tempted to be iraied J upon us'? ?
for berniission tb carry bri oUr law-' v..
jtui; ...commcr.ee an liiuccuucut- ? ;v ; ;
of tax to Great-Britain. ' princfo s ;
pie 5 siri acqUiescerice v i;' which
WOUlq ue a toiaii uanuoumcju ot- ,v
bur national independence.' ' -. In- . ' --
stead bf pursuing i direct'eourse-" -
in our puiwaru pat. sage vo, ur nr . r w
bUr hbraeWard passage frOm such ' 1 -
ports ot tne .European-conunenr ., - ;
as exclude the British flag ; weT . f-
must in the first instance; go to a' ;
pbt in'England, there for the puf-. ; ' '
pose of-paying a, tax, discharge ; ' I ;
anurcioaui ana men vmy urc wc-, .. ; . .
permitted Jo "proceed to the port dp C-:
aiYinaft or-thi.sr let it be uhder7
stood is not "properly - sbsakihg C ,
Hutr-' with .reference'to foreign 'i-, ,
trade is an impdsition of. payment
.. o . . r. .7 ' -
for perrissldn to export Jr import , ,
certain articles or for permission"
bt vessels ' to . enter the - ports ot '
aunt (uttvot , - . .-.
Therieht of "'aft independent' : .
bound by treaty) wholly- to ex - 1
elude the ship of any othef natiori 4
roni iw Oorf absolutely to prp- j: , '
niDH tne impoaauon or cxporja- .- 4 .
tiorf of certain articles, in or but I ,
of its oxon ports; or so to mo-uiy-
or regulate these patters ismay. , -
seem mcci u i nscu, is nui iq rje . .
questioned, but as no one nat'ton '
fiat a right atxuilt,to prescribe- the, .
InirtJ d wAiVA any Afr, ttri"
dependent nations kftaU Injdc witH 1
each other, ihc right to irappse uur;
ties ' ever frtf be jcomltercd as : .
'corijtned, to the regulation "of suck ' . ' '
tradt, as others may think proper t
cafry oil with itself. ; Whereas V
this" is a tax levied by Great-Bri-'
1 mm- -
j tain as a condition, on which alone
fond J one indtpcrideht nation is by thenuL
. all doubt; By these Orders of 1; permitted- to trade with another
Council tome, supplemental addi- ; independent nation; each of whom
tions,' and an' act of Parliament ! as such is entitled precisely to the .'
. same ngiiik win nerscn.
levying a .tax under them,' our
! (ride is completely, cut off, from
every port ot the European Cbn
tihent; frdm whence , the British
flag then was,' or thereafter might
be, by war or otherwise, excluded.
It is well known" until very lately
the British flag ivas excluded from
the ports of every, country in Eu-
I C . I 1-
rope. except owcucn, auuii pru-
bably by this time excluded from
' the ports of that kingdom also.V
Therd Were Indeed by the last
j ; ifluropeirt accounts some ports in ,
bpain andrortugai, then m the
With
I the same propriety, and support-'.
ed by the sime principle "of justice .
arid right, should our flag front
jj war or policy be . excluded from v
America; might we Wholly inter-
diet t or. according to our will and .
pleasure controul; modify.; and
prescribe the terms on vhich alone
the British should be permitted to
trade there adopting the same
measures towards them as they
have towards us; . the conditions
would ' be that all their vessels
f,
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