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Volume X.j Ko, 497. PUBLISHED (wekklt) 3Y ALLMAXD HALL TUESDAY, JULY 15, :806. For the Wilmucgtoh Ga2stte. The following Communication was unavoidably omitted in our last. , " . Mr. Hall,' ''' '" : t Sir, the grateful sensations of a heart im pressed with the. worth of liberty, excited yes terday, by observing that joy and 'triumph ' were the predoniQant features of afiairs in our town, is pay apoiigy. for submitting to your perusal the following observations, which you are welcome to treat as you please. , PuilagaIuos. Ju?j5, 1806. . ' ' . ,. ." NATIONAL happiness, put-chased at so dear a price, as the blood of thousands of our inost worthy brethren, diffusing itself thro' every pift of the United States, and so.plen-. tifully enjoyed by us in particular ; calls a- loud for 'thanksgiving to the 'GOD of rmics, as well as gratitude to the happy instruments of such extended beneficence ; and he is not an American, whose callous soul is unmoved by the voice. Can a wise and good Govern ment, founded ttpoii eternal truth, and- ma naged by the .most judicious hands; with e Very advantage of soil and climate, render a Nation happy ? I ask you Americans.-r who alone, can give an answer; because ou are 'the only people under the canopy of Heaven, who have made the experiment. That which; philosophers and politicians ol different coun tries talk of; that which all the nations of the earth s.'ek after, is here, is here among the sons of liberty in rich abundance ; helpless . innocence is here protected, encroaching am bition checked, property secured, perfect e- quality established, and consequently univer sal order and harmony prevail, and peace and happiness diffuse their precious . streams throughout the land. Our country now in its infancy takes the lead in the road to national greatness, and excites the' fear of foreign tyranny, lest some friend to humani ty encouraged by the glorious achievements -of our ancestors, should st -p forward in the ca-tse of liberty, and Ay ae vigorous and well directed effort, beat off those accurse'd fetter of slavery, which have long kept more than half the world ;i mhery. This day there are thousands of mUeruble wretches, dragged from their earthly all, away to the field of slaughter, ther. 1 sulfor all the hor rors of a Wo dy and lediom war, for no other purpose, thnto gratify the npirin jam'i. tittn oriiu,critiis un I haughty tyrant whila i l tl2 r.-giou of peaer, w: enj -y all the blcs siT; mchiJ:l in that deir name Ltrt mceitng.'ur in one lunn mious bind of bro therly Ijvj, and lak in tile sun biarns of tui rx:nplJ pr prity. Suc.ii chjic blessings can be duly estimated nnly by cousiderin ; ths ii -i: j wi'i which tlu-y were nurdi ; I. We 1j k h little way back, aid how different the aspect of our country's nlfairsl Our people I KHianuinurli.itisaoppressioii;-! hry rvmur. itrr.e; fcareaniwered with insult h-ri sum -tliejr bear the indignity with perfect p itirii'e, It hope forfsdrrsr, tut sustaining injury after injury, hop- vanishes I They again remon strate with greater earnestness and concern ; and are try ovcrbea quiet and i'lbnmsuc. Vri;J with thce unreasonable, oppressive measures; they are ; revolved to make the k-prate attempt, to j withhold their property acquired by iuJ.n- j try from the cruel hand of Iraud and rashness; i this kindles inJigtmioti and wrath in the breast of the overgrown I vrati's, who lift up their voice, and swear by heaven and earth, thit Americans shall feel how dangerous a """thing Itis to resist kindly poucri And r.ow the storm begins ; the sound y( the tr.r.npet is hrard in our land the rasa-cs of war threaten otir infant ro-intrjr with entire deso lation, or abject slavery ; seethe eternal ene mies of liberty, wrll e pupp-d with all the weapins of death, rr.v.i"? through the states like blood thirsty lull-' otm Is ; pulling down hnutes, burning cities, carrying off ptopcrty and murdering the defenceless t no opposi tion checks their fury ; rfvers of blwid cannot satiate their thirst ; destitute of ttie feelings of humanity, and t ist to a sense of honor ; they call for the dastardly, ittsiduous bartarrani, ti exercise all the crurl forms of torture on the innocent, and im-ira? the calamities' of a country already dVnchsd with tlood with suupi of money, Ihey obtain their rrtpiest, and now the savage shouts and whoops of In dians mingle tvir Itorrois with the terrains Bad groans of bulrhr ted f-inties. and cirtti late their tremendous echoes through the wil sternes of wis and mooti'dins ; m lt.l uni--f rssl dettnictinn appturs una4iid.iblc. And , hll thtsc fit jjts r;o m, unrhrcked f shall America inrur thj gu-lt, ami tierUstin,f shame, of tamrlv excSn-in; her li'Kllv and her all, for R,itih ilavrry and mascref re there none of her so.i win enjoy her blettiR s,tnaf 'd cApome hercaie, nda il her In her distress? h -'I h-le con pier d, troilden under font a-td KYunJ in tilths, to gratify the pride an-1 -rm-dy avarice of a haughty Mmjrrh f (i')D fo.ltij I Utter we had nevrr been bam, than put from oof k'ltt I see Amcricin ptrint,' the choice fthe people.' now aiwniMrd in l-f p, dchle r' ceniuUaUon ; 1 s:c a iiatuUr ut tri men, without ths-xompulaiqn of authoTity, without the necessary provision tor an expe dition, voluntarily associated in company, to march over trackless mountains from one part of the continent to. the other, eagvr u. J brave all the terrors i death, befr,.. thundenng cannon in the field of action i and may I not hope that one effectual effort will be made by thise son's of freedom to' free the Country from depredation ? Be it ever re- membered ; tell it to your children, and let ' 'VOur' children tell it-to future generations ; that those sage Patriots, the representatives of the United States ; without allies, without arms and ammunition, with no sufficient stores to support an army, or money to pur chase, on tti.it' auspicious day the fourth of July," 1776, Declared themselves fhke ahb inoependknt. No sooner whs thi Declara tion made, than it echoed throughout every part of the union, and roused even the heart of the Coward; the people pledged their pro perty, their honor and their lives to support ; with united voice they exclaimed -Liberty or Death ! The drums beat to arms our brave countrymen, fired with the love of liberty, nw lay down their implements of husbandry, take up the weapons of war (such as could he procured) leave to the care nf providence, their wives and children, or aged and feeble parents, and come forth to form an army bulTir.iently atrong to repel the force, and im pede Hie march of the enemy. Various were the conflicts, and great the sufferings of these ntrons cfh-im in liberty, afier repeated strtstr- gles under circumstances, the most discoura ging that ever any but Americans fuuirht. it often nppeared, that both they, and their cou.Ury must inevitably fall a sacrifice to Jl.aiuh and savage lury. What rnxious soli cimde ! What deep concern, did the hearts cT th'j brave and virtuous feel, when thev saw many of their niost valiant brethren butcher ed, thcirbe.it officers slain, their annics rout ed and ilf i.ig belorc the enemy, their fund ex luusiei!, their men i!icoura$ed, and who).; district's submitting to the cruel mrrcies of UritUh protection I. Vhat nation is there on earth, that would dare continue the U!itpi?u war u:i ter fiese melancholy urcunstancci f nth greater carnestneih and concern ; ;j l- ey iir loaded wiili heavier taxes by the in- j t r- qtsi-.-j rbeariug lrUs, inoti:r to make them j f'"' l,,c'7 'Sl j U our country 'conquered ! must we ap.d.our children be reduced to the wretched c jiuIi- f (. ..... lion ot eternal slavery i V ainlul thought 1 Oh ! my dear Country, and all that is includ ed in that imir:utit word, 'must 1 give thee upas lost forever ? j Is there nopark of tnar ti.d fue temai.ii;tjin ihtf brc4tof Aiiienrur,, which seas ol bLod cat. not q icnch ? -Hark 1 niyjieirt gr ws warm within me ; mcthmks 1 h3ir the all i.r'.Vuiling voice t f Va;iin;. ton exclaim, Amciica siull triumpfi. See hiai it the head of hi brave troops," reduced ty want, and w m u fa'iu.-, re-o!utely niatvh'i.i g t.i vict ory over the bodies of the - iteu iin,; down an 1 bearing r.!l bef ire lii.iw Gl-irioiis c(.iu-iest l- Tite wesk have triH,i.:.i uiwn Ins ;rnig; the brave have e 1 1 -r.-1 1 ,e -ni-Vy ! S l!ie hopes of the U.;a io; revive, tiie txpe-ta'inut or gt. !) ava. 1-euit baiHed, tyranny iwou;)il v I I Am:''iu i i'tit ! V.dint Soldiers. .i?.-.:;;e y i ir : re'iira wi'h j .yf.ilsprcd a.ab -i.ioi.s: vnnr fiicuds whom in !f.v- expi cling to ace yo.i i i.iure, v.,,'1 ri'.-i". yvn hvU songs of tu Ui.iph. an J Cv l-hraie your heroic exploit on the stnr.gcd ii.innn :ia j blcsiig pncurcd th'.m at t;;;.- r,k .f your lives will lender you a i:iouiiu limes mire dear U thtir hearts! The storm is Mown ever; the sound of war is heard no more! IVaec and concord tne restored, and now the Soldier no longer ap. ixars. Commeice and agriculture, which had long lain in a state cfiorp:r, are ag:n et i.i motion by the hand of industry and by the blessing of providence fill our atore homes with plenty, and our hearts wih Rladnen; seminaries of Icarnin j are every where crec ted ; the au.i of literature appears, and sl.eds Its lenign beams on nurthorcs. Hail ye son of t'olum'.ia ! ye vie with the mot rnlijlit ened lutioi s of the earth, and exhibit a ccie of national happiness, which attracts ti c gze of the admiring worL Did" bmwtiful I lea vc, when acattering her ttcsings through ecry pirtnfthe cl be, rcim.e her choicest favours for us f fvr us who hut yccrday, were not rvopJc ! lie ntcful ihr n ye highly favoured mortals, an.l acknowledge the di tine agency in all your enjoyments. While wc let uhJernuroan vine kfig-trre nd eat the delicious fruit so plentifully yield ' ly the luxuriant tree ef hbcriy ; let u a hove all things maintain our moral character unjxiUunrf, therish harmony among cur le, and hand down to pWcrify an exam, pie of rectitude, with all the l!i-vngs of a Rood Government, to he enjoyed by future fenerations, when we are removed to another region. Present properity it no security a Kitnu fyture alvcrsiiy the Kene msy change, and we may have occasion Irf'Uke 'P arms once more in defenee or our coun try j insul t have already hrcn given, and while ambitious niiians all ras;inc, and tumultously dashing in angry conflict hke the troubled ocean, hippy will it he lor us, li, without cocretvc mciurct, we can pre serve oar own n'u'rality upn hfnfMh;e terms ; Ictuint tn'i cmrwltts withde lauvi dreams of tsftiy, and utgUct th r,f cessary means of defence, if we are ready to march at the call of our country, foreign powers will be caucious not to trample on rights, we hold'sacred, aDd which we are de termined fodefend with our blood. the voice of sound reason that the source of power lies in "the people, and authority, delegated to an individual, has for il object the happiness of the community, from which it was derived, and supposes an obligation to exercise it solely for that end ; we have only to observeyhe same good crcotioiny as hereto fore in the choice of bur officers, and they will adtfpt the best .methods, to guard every avenue, leading to the subversion of our pri vileges in the smallest degree; should they find tint reason and argument fail, , and re course must be had to other means ; let it be known to all the world, that we are able, and stand ready to enforce their demands, and re pel the foe, who dares tnvp.de our rights. In . the mean time, let every heart glow v illi gra titude, and every tongue -acknowledge the good hand of that GO!.), who sways' the scep tre of the universe ; who fought for our fa theVS) conquered out" enemies, freed our coun try, and laid up blessings innumerable tor the present generation. From a Paris Paper, ,. . TO THE BRITISH NATION. - Arrogant as your government has often shewn uself in moments of success proud and domineering. afc is the character of your civil and military oflkers, towards unanue l and defenceless nations, I have too much philanthropy to uUi iUue to the mass of any nation the vices cf jts administration.' I will still delight' to believe, that there exists in the British nation a fund of justice :md ho minity, ready to avenge tlitf injured, and threatened rights cf peaceful and impartial neutrality, lu nvktug an appeal to your sms; of equity, I am still aware, that I eiittr in'o an unpromising career. The applica tion is made to one of the coldest,' against one cf the most infl'.tcntial principles of hu man action. Natton d glory, cupidity, pat riotism and self love will be all inv-'.ted to combat your reason. Y ur seniv of just ins Stiil, supported by truth, and animated I y a strong sense of unmerited injury, i ron.'e boldly to the combat, uni! if there yet ruinin in Uiitish bosoms, mine h v; tf !,onr than cf m-ncy, more iTKrd ti reputation t!i;n weal'h mora respect fir justice tbi s'.oii fr diTiinaiion, I shall not jn.uc my ap peal without effect. During the whole rnrsfr of the lite and present wts, it is well known to ail Kn'ope, ana t no fni't of it U:ter tn.m to yvirscvc ih.it tlie coii'li.ct of your ci niters, ;ird of your Courts of A'.imir.i'ty h.:a been marked" by nn uiintcrrupied eiitsjf vi'ilat'.ons cf hrutial rights, ho lng as these lidnctions wrre restrained within-surh bounds, that iipm au theutical calcuhtinn, neutral nations thought U cheaprr to su jmit to injustice, rather Uiult incur the exprnces and rijquvs of tiie jofo. ces necessary to redress so loirg have they submitted to it as to an inevitable evil. -Hut increasing insolence, and accumulated imurv have fully proved the wisdom of the ancient, i maxim, 41 Qbna printouts' and have com..., pHltd sis ti ad pt the set.timei.i of an ele?.itit ' writcrcf your own country, that a nation who weighs its pwst againn its i t-'i.;, will in the cr.d be sure top's? Lni," In ih-erly pm ol the te wir, America ma'ea startd.andit was a hthle one, e,4hst vour - gignntic maritime j-retens ons, end l2',0rJUpiunds Stirling p;,id ly yo j to her citizens while it is a rc:o;ded p:-otif of the injustice of your ij.utrs. had perhaps the d niVI? and unfornjn.au ifirttof lulling her into secmity,,f ml of exposing her in a de fenceless state to lite storm which appears to br n ready to burst upn her hen'. W;ihin a few months past, y&ur Cn:!?r' )d your oledient Tiihitn ds have usertcap ed the feeble hnun l-ries which a scnuc cf justice hal hitherto opposed to rpaiity, end the purlieu id Doctors Cointnoiis would lead a stranger to lilies c, that America, and not France, was the object of your v, Peeance. Aware of the jat indention cf a brave and i loyal people, your ministry are endvavouiiir j to shelter themselves from the tempest, and. by rousing the avarice and the rcmtmtnt of the nation, to throw the reiponsi'.nlity fiom their own shoulders noon those of the peo ple. A pamphlet, we learn, has lately ap. ixrsred, iirdt r ministerial sanction, attempt, ing to justify thtir unprineiph d and unex ampled aggressions, and preparing the pub. lie mind lor what they krow wilt he Hit effect of their pcrscserar.ee, ancpen war. Will you lend a patient ear to a stranger, white be t xmins one or tuo of the pr mil p!e advanced bv your courts a ling them selves Courts of urViwind, linnVaecond Hace, while he offers alnefrcsdr tonme of the ideas tjid to he advanced in the minis terial pamphlet in favor of a war with Ame riea I Although frrm the nature tf the case. It etc ran be less ptttision and ceiiiny in iscuing ji st ioris up.n the laws f f Pati'.fis ttatt uiMi th-st e.f municipal autbonty, founded ttpon decrees or statutes, yet the common., consent of all the nations of Eu rope to adfipt csjfiain principles as laid dowi. hy certain1 tiblc commentators on these laws, and the intrprtuction of these writers, as au thoriiice., ia the Courts of Admiralty, seem to have furnished a solid basis on which to rest our. opinions on any questions which may arise between conflicting nation!. . GreaUliritrdn etfeci'aliy has no right to con troyert the principles laid clown by these writers; ...becau je bhefas uniformly recei-.. ved them as authorities in her Courts, and has always made them the basis of her claims on other nations, in her judicial and diploma tic rcl:itioi$. If, on the other hand, there existed no such commentators, nor any po- , : riiive convention between nations, still the lorce and obligation of the laws of nations, founded on the immutable principles of jus tice' ar.d morality, would be equally great f'u. but inahis latter case we could enly have re course to the principles of natural law sug gested and deduced by.' impartial reason.- Let uS examine the two great modern, novel doctrines ; dvanced, and attempted to be en forced by Great-Britain, by either of these standaids. And, first, as to her interdiction of the C'j'oiiial trade either directly or indi rectly. Great- Britain 'contends that Neutrula in time of war shall not curry on a tmde be tween the colonics of her enemy nml the mother country, -which was rot lawful in time of peace, although the tiade be bona fide on Neutral account -at neutral risk and for Neu tral profit. On what authority is this extensive and important principle founded? Is there a sin gle dictim in Puffeodorf in Grot ins orVat ttl which justifies it? Is it supported by any convention explicit or implied made between any nations of F.uropc ? Have there been any usages in past wars, decisions of any Co;irts of Admiralty which countensnce it? To all these question we can bold'.y reply. A'jne. Not a sentiment like this can be found in any writer ; nor has any nation but Great Britain yetd ired to offer such an affront to the rights of independent nations. On the contrary, noprmnpje can be more clearly settled than that Neutrals may freely carry on thrir cruimtrce i h brpigcrent na tions, with the single, iff d?Jj.ncd exceptions, cf not jrivinjr relief to nn iitested anl 6h:kad' ed i'y or Jjrlttu, n.,d cf not supplying the enemy i'h things Ji'crtair.iny tj to which has been applied the iippellatiou of eon ' trthnj. . Tlds p--i.vilegc of reutmls in even carried' so tar, liist neutral nations have the right to rt'pplv freely cue of the belligerent nations vith iy.:'.cnients of jfjr, provided itstisual c-imnicrec in time of peace c n isted in sup- ' .plying tituh articles. Nccrdid the ernes r.n, -whether the trufTic was siu.li a one as was allowed by the belligerent nation in lime of pai e, applied to any other than contraband orticlcs, atiie in any single instance, till the British, inspired by the same jealousy against the Dutch in 17.S5. us r.ow actuates them n piinst the Americans, chose to advance this monstrous decttine. And let me m-k, what isit to Grrat-Brltoin, if Frame or llolljidsl.otild.ee fit during a war to nhx their municipal regulations, in f.vor of ot! er ni'.ioTis? If these naliciis sup ply thrm with n i-e of those artlclrs whirh are, dcnoinii'a'rd cor.'ra'. jn ! of war, what p'f-xt could Great-lit iuiu haic lo complain cf the indulgence ? The en;inr"us U prepcj. t-iO'is pritiriples set up by the British Courts, would go the length to ray, tl.st no nation at ar- with.r. could cluua4itr- launidpst laws, coald allcr her co'onisl i"c''ina in time of war. J.tt us rximinc 'his'pjinta li:tls ticarcr ss it respecTt Grrat-Btitmn, and hrr own conduct, and see whether it com port with her sanclilimtt principl-i. It is a well known tict, that by the standing laws of Grea. r,iiuin, cther nations have no light to supply the British colonies with provisions nr to rany on any trade therewith. Partitu. ht permisto:i is. however, granted in timo cf war, l,y prot latnat'ions from the Governors of these Islands, anthoiising the importation r provisions I'uring the existence of tho aiMMfv onh. Did Gtat-Biiisui ever con re ire, did any ether nation ever contend, that the American scis;ls which carry on this commercf were a lawful pme lo the ene mies of Great-Hriinin t Miserable indrcl would beThe situation of the Carllbee Isl ands if such a construction 1 ad prciw'Jedi Yet it mutt he admitted that the cases are perfectly analogous. It is a trar'e svhich the Americans were not free to estuie in lime of peace, and whirh Great Hntvn allows on ly on account of her nectts.riet itt time cf war. To shf w ihsl tl.U pt inriple et up in en titt ontjhf the British (Vur's in the war cf 1736, and afierwsrds wholly abandoned till tb year irffl. is net ore on the solidity of l!.l. .L tVi.'.-l. I' .1... , jjwi,nn inc iinusn s win ixeuiseiTcs place any great rtli.ftce, we will cxtmitir the his tory of its rxrr.Ue and tsrcution. No ore ran douSl, t!..it. with ihe UritVi powtf and with the Br'lis't Hp-ft r to iria ta'n all their legal marl.ime lights, t'.iey f"e extended teir principles s far and srf.st at the lw of nations ciild wsirai.t. ' The ist wp this ptu.sit U a U YJgiUlir I A i. K J I
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