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T iw , -r r p-i 1 , "I? nninn wirrinr n n"nnT th wir" ix - tn & rrrxr rrf --: ,V4 ( f t -rr s ;yiLMINGTON, tN.C) TUESlKV) AWUST -25 lPlV. ' : '. . ' Number 15 - II.-1 I -1 , mm- r..r " ' T I , 1 .-' rt . - ,ij 1 t'lH.. ft v. " rum: : Kew-Enand of good quality forj5j7 -ooowt.Pept' - J : J V . - ' -30bbli. biv . st 5 ; J - v tfioobushelax' , toooI a't, u - 100 boretSo,' j,". - , I bila IIumnrru . 1 jt- -r!1,' ' - '-Apply to i.' -r" Ac2ust13. . i Lu.'Vfc GOMEZ. '.A. i . . li ' 1! 3ZZlLMJLl ' I' 1 ' 1 , . ot v f Land, eon- i i ' vee j Townr nd Littlv ,bi,r'l two tory Dwel- xhen, Stc.1 formerlf iht pro - ptitjr Ciobn 'iUon, itaua; Csb, notes : - tiejjolishb at Bank ef$ro be U Jtn in pxymetrt. F ;f urther partjculan p '! p'f 19 nl Hartroahi. in VV'jltningloni or 'lio Iht nbtcribf rjn nrunwck County.' : .: , - Ji.? II. 8t FflRAlM I. VERNON. AlDcsctter. Ci- r cotnpany on Ufl ; jTt ? s eyH light, hair nd tight ttvett incbet high, blue eytt, lignt.aair and light coropiecnon ay to wat bora in iiyde county, in thu state, nd hat no trade. A reward of Ten Dollar . will be girMito any person who will deliver said deserter to any olTieer in be U- States Array, or secure bint in jail, so that he may be brought to hi duty. ""' ,V MICHAEL t. KEN AW, -July U.'X;' Cafi.U.S.AOth Reg'tl - -s' 25 Dollars' Reward. " " I . ' ' RAN-AWAY from the Plantation of th ' fat Mr. Jobo FoUsoo, on Thursday the 25th Inst, a negro man named JlMj he, la about twenty years oi age, fjra feet eight or nine N inches high, of a Try dark complexion with large mouth and 'thick lips, he shews his teeth much wben he laughs, and speaks slow ad dutinct. It is supposed ho will endea vor to conceal himself in and about Wil mirton ot the plantation of the two Mr. - Teener's on Cal-Fi H cretTk, or the phnta. " tion of M. Tl.-"Ti I. Datis n the North ' V. o.. v.t dclkTcr ue Said knliW " to me-in Drumtvick county, or confine him " In the jiil of Wilmington, so that I get him ' shall receive the abote reward. . GEORGE p AVIS. u The subscriber begs leave "tp inform his friends and the public thai he nw occupies that commodious and comfortable tuildine in the town of Wilmington, known ' ky the name of the Maiini Hotsi, form erly occupied by Captain A. Bill and late by lira M'Donald, where he has opened a house of entertainment for the recaption of genleel company. His attention to business he ' thinks will give every satUfsction to such . Gentkroen as will honor him with their pa tronags He Can accommodate ten or (welrt , itandmg hoarders and has a convenient room for transient Gentlemen ' " - ' 'Jane vrt'j v- ; W Aastsmowe. ' ' - To Rent. - ' The two complets Fire proof WsreUtius. s No I c 2, being the nesrest tht Whart Alto, the Wharf and a snott Counting Room, formerly occupied by Mr G W B Burgwin Thu situation is very convenient for a tom. mission Merchant,' and for receiving and shionine produce Ennuir of ..'PaY Your Taxes." ; ' The subscriber has in his possession the tax lit for the year till, snd is prepared at all times to attend 10 the collection of . the taxes, at the office jbrmerly .occupied. t Wtn. Nutt, fco. deeeated. I deem It unnecessary to state bow Sheriffs' are re eVtred by law to procsed with those who do not pay tbair taxes st tht proper time, is It is known to all whoat names appear tn tht tsx list Punctuality is therefore expected which slop will prevent compulsory steps' front be, r resorted to. . ' l June S Gas, Holm 11, jun SkriJ, ; A Gooil Haraiti.' ""AT.krlr ronns Tellow, with orwtthout bis moir, will be sold low by applying st u;0mctorto JOHN WILLKINGS. N. B Th fellow unilerstsnds tskin Cart of Horses and would make good Geld band, and tht Wench U so txecllcnt Cook. r August 11. if ' . . ;V Jnnipcr Bhingles. TV. miha'rrlber will contract to deliver Jn ' Wilmington, or within ten tmlvt of the Tow In lat sviMtwm)- ?f ShinRles, or ls quantliy, dressed in lh f,..t minner and with round inds. Apply to Jfthn Thfmas, In Fr"cvil!e, or F. MeUs Jun I srEqi of M. la til Sentte of '.he L'plDfxI fy-itv. t, , TBSiKftwi... iv uU iune, t poAmi the further cwKlcrt'ion-ef th& bili decUrtng; irw"lgint X, tire Britiun,to the 31st of Octebsr. . t . .o j ,V; It 'is not,n hhd'then that you pect irameditejy jto assail yo'ur enemy.' Is it on the octnn that the impression .is to b iaad I JiYoti vet twenty-vesseiiJof war -Britain uptriril of a wousandWhat wrili avaUj the activity tr gallantry ot ybiir ofliccr and seaman aiinst pch idisnarityt of forced Your Tittle navy, must fall in) 'mediately c Jb driven from ,the'ocean. Some gentlemen:.; Indulge' great .jejrpecta tiotis from, privateer it uttia? Great Bn taiii -kmr ' unarmed or'' unprotected vtrale ! which they caoattack ? .Privateer have tm otner oDject wan piunaer ana oooty. They . avoid armed vessels--anl defended xi is th$ British commerce in every part of the world by J her great naval force it h( little to be . expected , that rprivateering wilt be attended, with " much Recess or vernccrasement.TBurl. while we are search for ,,tbe meanj bi :;aocyijtj tie. ra-4j jnietce oi uniain, ooes .11. pecome us to overlook at thu moment the condition of. our owai;A Valuable, part of. thfjtrade from beyond the uapeot Oood-Hope has not yet arrived. Oithe numberless ves- cU which! sailed on; the re;pf..the7eiBt. bargol few ghavt; Returned . Your mer chant Teesela are without convoy and ttt terly defenceless. t Your condition thtre. fore, is, that with more commerce expos ed, yourr adversary, will. possess greater means of annoyance, and the consequence must be. that we shall lost; infinitely more han we ran expect tp gain ; , 1" Under such circumstances what should hurry, us into sv war Are; gentlemen afraid they wait UU Xovemoer, tlie world will not last Ipng enough, to afford Uientim to. gratify in war their mighty resentment against Britain i ,Uc believed as he hoped, that there was. no honorable "n "a gentlemen en the uoor wnowouia not live lone enough to have a ' complete sur- kit- ia the . war, thougi (t 6houM be post- 11 Donedfor afew months. ; ;t -r :. He said he was grcady influenced in II (US motion tor poaipumng uy uia couioin- ....r . a 1 11 ed considerations' ot the . Uie present de fenceless condition of the country, and tht rrotection which Providence had given us against a maritime power in the win ter season .During the winter months Vou will be defended by the elements , Postpone the war till November, and we shall not have to dread an enemy on the coastiill April. In the meantime go on with yoor recruiting, fill ' op, discipline, and train an army. 1 ate we, stations u you please which will enable you to open an earlv camDaicn. Your trade will all have time to return before hostilities com mence, and having all your ships and sea men at - home,, you may be . prepared to put forth all your strength upon the ocean on the opcniiKt ot the ensuing spring, Shall we, by any untimely precipitancy, yielding to a fretful impatience of delay, throw our wealth into the hands- ot the enemy, ad feed that very rapacity which" II IS OUr O0JCCI 19 puniMl vr luunuc. v t . We can loose nouimg by delay 1 much will certainly be saved j and at a moment pregnant with grcat'events, it was most eviJendy our true policy to temporise. iou give up no rignt, yieia 09 pretention ahd profit br every day in' renderini the condiuon of the country more acetr 1 its attitude more lormiuaule. II. ; arpreciation of time is among the hi ...t points -of politic.il sagacity Ta. iuow what step, the times will w J rant, and to' take the step at tht proper time, is gener- .ally a matter 01 more important ana au- bcult consideration than the nature or a proposed measure. Yihout' inquiring whether war was the right course lor the nation to take under exi.t'mi circumstanc es, he did most conlwknuJy sstert that this was not the time when war ought to be commenced . " ' ' ' r Mr. B. said it belonged to th motion he had. submitted-to bring unde review the allcdged.csuf s of war, and to enquire into the probability of bur attaining the objecttbr which w were toemoarx in the war. If vt ar to come out of the war, as wt enter into It, afttr ha iig wau td the Hood and treasure ot the nation. 'and loaded the -country with debt and taxes it woU certainly more rational t submit at once to tlie wrong w endure. If we exnect to extort iny eoiiceasioo from Britain, we rorst b prcprtl for a long, obstinate, and Moody txnflirt. Britain at thil tnommt does not four! II euaml She but tedaccd the Uir Uiipoaed t -surrender het pretcptlons,' aic has evidently made sdyaices towards con ciliation. vThe) recent orders in .'council ere desired to; be so considered, and sh lias removed a great source of of umbrage in withdrawing jher armed ships from our coast.-' JShe - has goffered ' satisfaction V for the affair of the Chesapeake, which tour I; government accepled---whifch must there' ent, i We arc no loneer the : colonial trade i France nSloniref itas Colonies, 'and we haVe ,iio occaiori to bntend- at nresent for anv emritv rishta hichcovfld not be exercised' if yieldcdf 4 The ucstion therefore, as to the'' right i neutral to be. the carrier t)f the, pro-; 4Uce' of the colony of a bejligef ent, having tjeen reduced-froni the course of the war tq "a mere; question of -theory; tt no longer ehtered nto the dispute of the T two gov vv.The qutstion'as t the Impressment of ''..' . r t i. .j..- .'(..:ii.ti. difficulties Britain never Contended for aricht. to Impress - American f seamen. The right she claims is to take he.r'ownV suojccui iuwp ia ur inert nan lervnc. She exercises the right in relation 'to her T A SL.' 1 pwn private tcsicis. nis ngui sue ne ver wiiM nor can - give up. it our met-, chant '. flag5 were a iecure' protection to British Sdiraen who sailed tinder-it, the British navt must be Unmanned by deser tion while; our merchants can, and do Tmv dollar for every shillinff a sailor can. earn in tha aaval service ot his country. - Can it be Expected that a nation which depends , fur! its existence upon its naval ening the 'destruction of its maritime pow ea ! ; No war, of ny duration, or however disastrous, dl ever extort this concssr sion she may at well fair with arms in her hands as to sal quietly the. bond of terruin. "-.-.'y ' t--ri 'C '.'' V: t had ever required the unqualified aban donment.of the right to impress. - Our complaint was chiefly of the abuses coin ... 1 .1. . i . , -r .t.-. !.v r rnitted in the exercise of the nght-": It was a ftractke freauently attended Vuh Violence, Insult,' and gross injustice. ; A- mericans were 'often, trom design or mis take, seiled for British subjects, "and we have abundant evidence of the fact, that many of our nauve seamen have been fiwrni into Hritinh crvices-He had al ways understood, however, that such acts menu 'Iht government have never cuutt' ed the ripht of holding an American sea' II man gaini his wUh The pretentions of ioe IWU irJVi uiiiiua Mtwn -. iuuivvu admHed of adiustmenu The chief em- barraasment arose trom; the diluculty ot distinguishing the sailors ot the two coun tries.; But' he hsa bo doubt that this, and all other diCicUlucs on the subject, might bt vanquished witlwut having recourse to war , 'vf; - -K ' -- -'- X-: Tne dispute, as to paper blockades, was, for (he present, merged in the orders in tounciU, Those orders f were now tor be: considered as com prcheu Jin g the whole Cause of wr,, ,; .' " ,' This subject deserves to be viewed in every lieht,' The orders in council were not at irus time, suiiponcu, upun nicir on . r. . . -.i .1. elnal Rronnd. ' The ex-mln'uwr Mr. Can inff, had ritbficly and candidly confessed the tact.' J hey were adopted as measures. of retah.ition, though they never deserved that character. "He had alwavs consider- td the Berlin and Milan decrees used as mere pretext. ' Those decrees were vain and cmutv denunciations in relation to Encland. "The plain " design. 'of the- Uri tish governmSnt was to deprive France of die benefit of external commerce, unless the profits of it were divided with herself --1 Vis was fully proved by the hcenae tinde. Britain carries on the very trade she denks to neutr J, and lutving engross rd tho whole to hrrsell,slic rxclude' tuu tral fiXiW .partitipaimrf'. JVo man was more disposed than 'himself to reprolwte the wrong and injustice ot the DntiMi. g - vernment upon tlus subject. " Ihe)' resort to tlie French , decrees M justify UwiA stlves, in j thongh be considered them' us no juMihcatioo, yet, our'r.venimrnt in hrr conduct luul admitted tlut the decreet placed us on the same footing at to France as the order in" council 'a m England,' tnd required equal measures us to boih nations. -1 r v ... 1 Our g-A'emment have been pleased to say vial be did not think at this ume any nua InUiAtutio Ulicyci loiJu th?ir. , andflie otf'nee which had been given pieteiy ' '.j ' "'-, "'" at variance ia relation .sealed. k nis is a nciy ana ass v:a- witnout any - -proof. . The decrees tou!d only be, repeal X ed by the .'same power and Jn. the samei . ; manncrin;which i;tby ; were tnacte'd,i They proceeded frttti the iovtreign power ' ' of France d .became tm) laws of the cni . bire.'-The, same power-in the" solemn.. , 1 form' of ' Uf6ul4'4ilcW-eyQketUcm'- -Vf possess, the 'decrees Itall'thie formsf ; ; law hit have we '""evef seen, has ' the go Veramsnt any reason to believer that auV decree in the jfornif'ofsi'la.tiat.leeB pas eilj to repeal VetnTh, promiseoc -sovefign tbtftpeal i jbivr7doe ' ncannnl .-4 i-i . hot would' a refeeencr pf . his minister 'Z- -to Its f being repcisled'jhave' that -effect' Every sovereign ower prescribes to its " j.? self a fotm in whi-b1 Us.- sovereign w0i -' shall be' known, whetr it is to c&nstituteTa ' - Uw of ihe land. C vi- "-.Shi decree teacK' us that this form I--id France, and we have no grouhd to bf lieyit, that ihe decree are iepeakd. juit wja l::i see aj act ?KfH 'P ? K3 5th Fjy . forinta,wlach they are tdund -Sucli U- vaiw wuiaw uuivug via avi tv?i 4 Atiw 4 fa repealed by law passed in the same' forni cod to us thatthe emperor considered-tha It is the practice ot every nation in Europe 'X-' - K-'i and of every; civilized" nation on eartli, - v H Buteven the promise jf; repeal was only- f. conditional, and it has never been annouoV ' "-' 1; condition coniplied Viift "on our part by prohibiting the importation of British pro V duce ahd manufacture' In fact, daily ao ; " counts are received of seizures made Orn ' the princifJes of these decreed and, t f ' affirntliat the decree are repealed,- was only to add perfidy to the atrocity of th ' French, who do pot' hesiute' to plunder, ' . burn and destroy our property on the higbi- , seas, even after, abandoning theprctencw ' . with' which at rstv they .were" respectful , ehough to, attempt to cover, their violence ' " Nothing could be more evident thast ' the policy of the French emperor, uof- , hothing mdre mortifying than the success , ;h;chr C'.-44 l.iaj-Uas-ilt ha. contrived to satisfy Oar government diat h r, .v has rejwuled his decrees, while, to tha . eye of the rest- of the world they apjear to be .in torce. By thea means he rrsv ,. : . opened our ports to tha public andprivati ship ot- r ranee, and shut them, aj.unsl , V- ' those of Great-Britain.''. lie denies" he e, ;. vidence of the 'repeal of hjs decrees, which ' ' -V he.' well knows, if furnishedto us, wo-Ud-' immediately remove the ordcrl in council,-, " ? and facilitate the settlement of our diTcrs . - -r , tnecs with England. Britain has detlared, - that the moincut eVideuce 1 produced 0$ "... , the repeal, ot tlie decrees, th orders if ; , - council sh,ul iimo facto be adnnlled. The . - fempcror instead of furnishing diis evidence . is giving daily prpoU to our sorrow ao4 loss, that the decrees art In force and ope-. ' ration. '.' ' 1 , v - , -'. ' I am amtfng the last men In the senate. . said Mr. B.. vho would justify or defend' . , the orders in council, riiey Violate lhft "-' , pltincat righu of tlie nation. - The gruii ' 4 -of retaliation was urver more than a pre . . '' text, and thair' pl.ua p;ject is to depriv France of neutral' trade ' 1 never 4 -contended, nor does' Britain now contend ' that she-would be ju-uficd by the laws or usages of nailers to interdict odr com- .";. ; , merce with hev enemy. 'She covers her . ' i Injustice with the' clolt o! reuIitiou and , ' i j Insists that she has a right to retort apou ' 4 1 her encm the evJs of - his own policv : 1 V J This is a doctrine to whkh I a.n notdnpo- ' 1 sed to agree, it ii destruction to neutral! " ; It makes them the rry ot the belli ge 1 rents. It is a doctrine width we must re- , ? m "siif bnt tluitiinfaird manner of resistance ought to be determined by a view only to , bur own interests. Because we are Injui red we cctuir.ly are not bound to m is wr befoje it j lor our own benefit. There is one effect of this wwr which gen tlemen ought to take into vitw, and winch, U hint was a sourso of giuf and huiuilia tion. In making war U4on England w btlng Uit force of thu nation aid of F.kiice. .I'e art about to assist a govern- . ment from whom we - have suflcrcd fuT years past the most humilulinj iu lulls aod the most Mrociou wrotijji. W c are about to make common c .use m UU a iuanwi9 haU s us fur our hiiiguge uml dcpises US 'fur our government,-ud who wvuU to morrow, if he had the nu os, without see k- ing pretence, dd us to the list of hl toiyiliered prgviuces. ' This connexion should riot be hastily fornivd. To other nations it has Uvn tht forerunner of tht ir ; auhjupuloii tn4 ruin- Ict u tk time to ' lOnM.lcr ihc tin icqucntes f a step upon wtiith th j destiny of the nation U .t ndi, Yt'a mav t toLt by dJay but tau giia as- Wilmington. 3ia
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