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r. ill: ,1 -J it in Sr' sly 1 ligc. 2b. r CiUlj 1 : v .' Wv rendered TOursetf t idictdous. . Tour sax." report -" r-"" cajms and declamation were a'-ikevna .'We admired fct your looc I which f4d the ignur of .admaautra- v.,..li;n!don ien .! and currency t yuus.ewn w your eaeoce, iHit we-.BUicup Your friends da nut Wd U arpriserl bfthe riJictiloas .uuuott 01 which vry puce Ir. Uai!. a w hr n they pronounce him ih great finan cier pott . living, and yet declare thai hi Ut atv nu( wpKMt IMM'Tni WW wmc can .. .w t. f tk natLvt If i Kit riocument You were Considered ta a apoiled" child, whoc tnind as will a 4obU tutioniuad beeo inlofed by Indulgence, land whose temoer was too fxritftble ta brooWilhrJ '..;- . .... . n. A. n t ;.. roaniyaarQcnuion OTreaonaHc cncncuu VV v rQ retrain rear atindinff -r iih the public and ' " ' f" toj!TaJpte,.ftn lionoBTa!)lc,opiniort of ,your , -Vt'i ? " " 'csmdocri tiefcrstact of Mr. Madison s adou- ' .. ..- . . . . : i j -j i ir.V tionrYoiC brought forward, and. advocated a r v V:resblJrtoriuacquivocal'y commending the ar? " ,.- , - Van-re merit? made wtth I Mr." .rine. and, so ' si tapidljr hnj -yoCUR "P0 of 4 x . certain, parr, that the . fcderalhu onihat oc V" '"t.J'K ' caaioa VtVtf voluntirify'ybur". auxfliaries- acnt of the state of the nation.,' Jfthat document it to he received at tha reult of the utmoUexer tioi) .of hi bLhiel, I har in repugnaDca tpde nouocinj tht ecretarr of tha tirHJty a the mbtt cooiunimie .of poliiical bnpostora, Whilst the revenue from emcTECTce- wa abundant, art accurate LiMvkdfe of lhcemiot rutes of arithmetic was sufficietil- to enable him to diichargo the dutki of hU oSice-' It was only when that revenue tiled, ttia: ne naa an opponuraty to owpiy uie pumic puw er of his lalents. . Dut what has ho exhibited I, Aa extraordinary specimen W financial genius, indeed 1 choice U wretcnea expeaicms; kwibushiw afrressions in front i od kunt Ibllowed by the only alternauve. . uaa Air.uai- nbetal and lust new ol the weaun would neither hare answered your nor have er.uiEcd hik rdalke. ' like ' :-f. ; fcngtand, i"rwhkl Mri Jefferson as veil as,the uttcrance of certain witty repartees which we A Mr. Madjym had long sought in vain') a fact;pnj dialogues , of comcdks, hcratlm I rst .' T- ' .. vhlctt your prpposed resolution to. the House speaker U made to say certain, weak tod. absurd -s Vof Uepresentartvee tended - to- contradict, by implyinx tlat r, Wailison naci aone more things in "order that the second may say smart ones, the annual report. Of the secretary af the treasury i .... .a. rv i than Mr Jefferson was .willing to do j and, as has Deen timidly ana toiejy conrtructeo to snora far went, this wM in eulogiumpn y:tZ ZSSZZ self for the enmity yotf had raamlested against r-f:" Iu " .T.T.' " i"! U theyenerahlepa(narcV . Xv i.i puoucaus uuurjavuwu .,.-,.-. . -;- j here are cunous rumouit abroad tnat tne se- with. ,rt . nunciatio 4sii - v., rmWintart Mr Smiih.aif he i" secretkry of to thwart It; but! will resist to 4. -J.:, atate 'You reviled Mr. Gikand he-cotova the endeavours to rnin a virtoous i'V. ' ' ': imtnUWilmfiiiiti :f rrtmhlieansi'' You os The situation of our foreign !!r fj)rtilude' the milevoleace W, Jour- tie ercfary- of the treawry means to resign the post he iatiohtvisndthe incJnse' of yoilr flattery, occupies. I becc of you, sir, not to b alarmed by la the former they beheld the Vimdvctive tern- this sarcastic report. Depend npon it, that he will per of " disappointed politician pand In the ncVer.leavt the cabinet whilst there is the Charter latter, nothing butthe cunning ofa' jesuit : of a nallonal bank to be sold, or a possihUiiy ofder . tw Sa w;u r,iiiWi hutVmir friends. stroyin(r the deputation of Mr. Madison. I know i . j t .iL.r 1 i.i ii-.'.'rlj thft ntJinoi natiifn nf Vi:irf ariit shotild he Mrrv the uttermost Jus president, v r , ... aiuirs arises neither noulied the eiuso-. of cot. MotetK!, and he instantly Irom tha.imbcciB;y nor frtm the wickedness of UcameunpopuUfif Yoif nraiiedliv Macon, tiil aamtnmrauon. - t-anow men can perceive mine U : : liistioudtiJ standing has become coi'vtempuMe i unparalleled events of modern Europe the real V"i ;. Scvour secret connivance with Li.G.litiivisalicady Causes pf. our present embarrasamenu I and your t ominous, of his disgrace- So pernicious h the in- ovru ' cobduct lor four years past has m no small From the pestUence of your applaud there is no popular. conhdence whn your country requited the peculiar our acrl- character of It nas.'ih-"Mr. Jefferson, and to poison the reputadon of Mr. a mt!e surprised the friends of the viiison,yourwounceupnue.puvsuca consoiauon the adminlstrafion.lhat Mr.GaHaun, in the chariot of Mr. Merry. 'The city of Wash- -r 'v . ' . .nhai with hnnonr : .no reuicc but ta luirtit tram uqnw excruoa oi ymir. iicumca.' iwur :KiM:C the sphere of its contagion. ' " ' ' . ttoajaf youf (nemh was distinguished by a n " .Th rrtinrt 'nf tho.i.prretarv of the trtusiu v an- intimacy with a Bnush envoy, V hilst y "is: f , ,A . anhieet ofexultatiin with vour few ad- WonSoua ' hwrnoura flight ta Uint die herents as wcllas wlJi tlie fcderulist- rtot- deed, air, rniintr'w nnd otthe Whom 'your 'newspaper pronounces tnc great em tfyiun ucusmjum n.i-uHin.wii5uu mm uiiuu;i I financier ' now living.", should nor have been able But,' sk, neidicr th cheering smiles of an English io'pTpdtice a'toore'reapectable budget of the nation- temc, nor - tlie brilliant miuisteii J equipage of her i u resources- At time like ihe present, when the lrd coul(f sooth the asperity of your temper nor ? kingdoms pf Europe.. appear .to have compired to wg "ie neari uw rageajor tne gra he has made is probably the pevfb'rmaece of one. of against the neutral policy of America t The authour W rlftrks.-and the noWic-are ret to be estonfthrcl. oi - i or m Lnngtute was rrpm tnar uisiwit ireeo nerhans. with iiomdthme nre't)Vtisli-woithv frfiro the labour of inventing sophisms to Overturn thV,'fruitful invention of the ourabla sccretarythe law of nations; he ftiynd ia jour speeches the ..lam loth ' to ' susDect "his caUacitV ; but if lie dcrs'argumfcnts h wanted; and the declamationof John not speeiHty protluce some rcsctabia.' tstridencejef' Kajidolph became on, a sudden the theme of np lih ability his talent qrilintegrity will undoiAt- J)lause,ut St. James. Sir, you have ieettebane. edly Be, questioned. Jt must be confessed; that bis. of yonr country. Weak men, dazzled by the tin- f ofTicial - estinlatcV during the em'iargb .nd now," aei of your wit, have been deluded into the ranks of give ireai Scope for the iinpeachmenlOi histliTct-tppposniori i cunnlug men, availing themselves ol leciUiil "gvv'y ana mc Bouueii jjiuwih vi piir . vu ..t...v., ..n. v jU u m. wate fortune is unfavourable to the suDpositidn tltal strument to increase. disafTectisn" among rebubii he ithtaoBt disinterested of ministers. ,Vhen a cans and foteijtn nations perccivint? the previdence secretary 'ef tlje treasury, firm a yearly salary of of factions and parties ift, out councils, have trifled four or five thousand, amasses in the snort compass . wnn ournonour ana aesponcct us oi our rtgnis, . v ., of eight years the enormous, fortune of trw IiutitlreUl ; You have grown extremely tender .oftbepresl. U we are authorised to enquire 7cmj dent's reputation; and you tremble for his fate tie- he haaefiected it? If thisere a oveinment qf cause you imagiue that he ia surrounded by a junto Ihvusund dollars, EnRlaftd, aiid Mi. Gallatin a lord Melville, thereof .principled individuals! JJelieve me, sir, that Ciles fa Ubouring f liis country r-' and sleatf MtvmudTjaJkof elorr. he iJ not .cn Tom the honour o( rpuiling persuaJ anejdotet at ondJ Und,wtk3iybutni;ht Tue oouu3 i' motx correct and authentic stUpe from the moyih cf bis valet vAftd,sirfIcanasurf jroo, that.whm his coumry'a welre i t sik4 he will hot atop to re sect the -amde opprobrium of s male gossrpj ipr retort, at anf time, by enquiring m hether you gto bed torrWW er t or whether your present ghastly appearance has been occasioned by the i' ex ceM'oKbveiniousncM or the excess of dissipation. I admire the facility with which you quote Latin t It is sTmbo'ical of your political character ; for, in vxjriU you are quite a Cato, bqt b actions as great a tyrant as your abilities and poweT will permit rod to be. .Vhiht roil are fluent in the Koman lan- guagej you are destitute of e'veiy patnodc virtue of tnat wave ana tuusifioua peupie. - , . ... As you rail at the Smiths because a female rela tioa) of their's is matrimonuUly allied to the Eona par tes, it is singular thatyou have not discovered in a late 'marriage of the General's daughter roore im mediate danger to die commonwealth from so close an affinity to the nobility of England. v x ' r (Jan younoi perceive, ir,inuicauii i luru uian field, the genu of an aristocracy that is to ruin the American constitutions I , I do not despair of seeing, at ajne future day, a very severe philippic from you upon this theme ; for, as you are of thej lineage 6f the princess Pocahontas, you will hardly su3erany other dynasty to reign orer the land of one of . your i ancestors than' your own. in this you display , a: commendable ambition and your exertions to gain a throne' corrv'me us Uiat you are seriows'' in the bersuH oflt. If you should svucceed,crniil hie "to recommend Mr. Gallutln as prime inlnlst know pf no man so capullc of serving ad , Indian king. L Ho has very few scruples of conscience, and is never disturbed by those ttensatitfs which Im munize the hcart-fYour secret acquaintance with the amiable Secretary, -ill convince you, of the justness of my panjgyti;, 7 kxjtfrnct ought to cortrioce you, that women i'J bestow their hearts and. their Imnds where they please -and that no blame can attach to thf Smiths for a hymeneal connection which they neither sought nor promoted. Accusa tions of pailiulhy to France have been strenuously advanced against the secretary of state and his bro ther, becairsd the emperor of the French had cap tured theirpropcrty ; if this be a criterion whereby to judge them, tow friendly, ought ' they ' td he. to Great Britain, considering that her cruisers have ljt.1ir gmpiI i. Aa c.v.TM 1 kitnrtlw.t ."inilanh. tL. kirs worth of their property ! And, sir, whatwill everit your paruzans say to the rumored fncndsbip of the Smiths for France, fa calumtV whjch they have en joyed bi ccmmii with Mr.-. Jenerson,) when they readme recent ottuil declaration ol the becretary of State in rohuioa to French ewttiresi wherein he distuictly stares, -that w propert-Mo a considerable amount, belonging to citizens of the .United States, has been captured and seized by the r rench, for vi olations of the Berlin and Milan decrees' and under other pretexts; thutih some instances the merchant vessel of the Vnitcd States have been burnt et sea by French cruisers, and, In others, the indemnity oi the tessels and property has bcv purchased by the means of bills'of exchange drawn by the capuinsof the American vessels, upon their owners at a rate imposed by the captors. 1 tat, sir, is not the Ian guage of a msn partial to' the codrt of St. Cloud. And, I mubt, remind you, thbt the Smiths have nei ther paid ttfe interest of the Dutch, loon ut hard dol lars to Ixmi Napoleao, nor promised Mr. Erskwie that the carrying' trade ahould bo given tip. , I hope, sir, that I have not irritated your' temper. nor been so bold as to weaken the tartness of your ....!!. j . .- '' n . . i . t .. . . biuuica sarcasms, uuiici n:e soucu you to Bpare your friends. Above, all, spare the learned and pro found Am Macon j for althouglvhis celebrated bill Which he modestly styles a. " navigation law," is no toriously the per fonnance of an ingenious JittjUor in exiedietlt8 behind the curtaiii,ye jt i cruel iti you to proclaim that " the manufacture of our laws should be entrusted only to the mutcrworkmen'oitht coun try." i Rlr. Macon teels the seventy of the reproach and will think it unkind in a man who has flattered him into his present ridiculous course cf politics. , .ifci.S5, 1810. . CAJVIILLUS, WpwU DC no mnicuiiy n accouiuuigiorinp circum- iujou m Aiumun uuiuu aim I'muunc m stance 1 -but It tvould be too hasty a determination soul are a sufficient security against the cabals of any ( to decide without further mvtstiratibn,' that .Mr. combination : He views with equal composure the ..:;t; Gallatin had' made use. of theoppbrtunkies which "- his station afijrds, to speculate in the fimds for Jus individual benefit; or, "that 'he" availed himself of , the same oppoitunitif.s, to becoioe the proprietor of lands whtcli have been, sacrificed by the artful re presentiUions of, the!" mn'wj:io purchased from tlie i ' public.. itf tbeVhonoyihible secretary has recently 1 transmitted, the interest of thg Dutch foan'tb flol Jandj' in specie, .'we' tnay W asmfed thathe has iik reasons for it ; jiitl'd it will require till four ingenui ty," sir,' to demonstrate1 that Ailieit Gallatin,? who -f Jbas drained the conuwy of hard dollars topay, them 1 -V " into the handaof one of the lioiiitparics, would liaye been a d roper chariicier to fill the offie'df secreta ry of state, toyhich he aspired I 1 am not fearful of - ''i . -V- 1 comtadiction when tafiirm thaticdW this act ton- irary to mc incunauons oi tne prcsiueni,.. ,. , J Because the Secretary 6f the treasury has made is feeble representation, of the funds of tlienatibA, rVou "awkwardly conclude that it is imhfaubl&a . v make a better one; and with your. usual logical brecision, you attribute the poverty of the treasury u: to the proceedings oi' the administration. If. we ,, had not(Jonie experience pf the duplicity of Mr. Gallatin, wrf might be deluded, by your sophistry; v , Jlujtj'airi i ' after rthecolhtsion between you and that , man to disliopour Mr. Jefferson, men of discern . mcut l;aVc regarded Mr. Gallatin witlr Suspicions ,You certainly naive' not' forgotten the declaration Vldch you mide'upbri the floor of the House of Re prescntati ve, that the Secretary of tha, trpamry "had irrformed you Mutt the firetident had attemited, com trttttf to tuvi, tb dntw'two wUjpiu of dollar, from (he ( public fture fsr . secret fwriote ; end you must al i o remember how meanly the honourable secretary escaped from the odium of that act of perfidy 'to ' MA JcfTerson aud '"from the.dfograce m which he , ' involved youjiy maklrigybu his dupe. It' was per fectly uhderstodl ift tlie time, tliai he ; pacified ybur t v Wainfr'1 vfino-eiiflde hv suitable exnlanatibna and.ari " tlent prorr.ises-if 'futUte' atonement. - He wo4d; Beotments coiTesppndedwithydur factious designs ; -: and ' you j ofc it mpfe to his passions than to las fi-j delity thai he lias! aubfnitted jto CotTgres. a EnaftciaT open hostility of Pickering and the perfidious ad- moniUons oftandolpu. Kelyuig upon, that bund of patriots who. will never deceive him, he acts for the good of his country and will cover himself with m perishable renown." . . I congratulate you upon the improvement of your natural sagacity. ou had already astonished the world with your atute discoveries- in politics ; but how is our amazement increased vhen. you de clare that you perceive in the matrimonial connexi on ot an amiable lady with-a. member of the Bona. pane fantily, the commencement of French domi nation dver the United Statps ; treasonable designs tn me resignation oi nis seai in- wougress uy. ;ir Nicnolas;- and the entire ruin ot our tree institU' tkns iii the vigorous effoits of Mr. Giles to tindi tate too ngnta or tne country; ri o eorrouotrnte Uie perspicacity of your intellect, your, friends - ijuote your own predictions, and in the true spirit, pf im postors hail you a a prophet. ; Like all other false prophets youvilh I doubt riot, endeavour to. fulfil your own foreDoclings. as to tne nneans, you will not. of course, tie', very delicate. ' .To revile Mr Jefierson, to depreciate : Mr. Madison, : to defame Mr. Cilesj to inculcate suspicions Of the Smiths, .to collude with IV r. Gallatin, to flatter Mr. Macon, or tof little Mr. Stanford,' are modes of conduct per fectly indifferent to you," and alternately .preferred as the progress of your rnachinatbns requires,'. Sir, ypw deceive yourself. Tht4 Is not the; land of the Arabs, nor are you a . MahoitieU. : The .Americans are an enlightened people and you a Very sdhTcrehi kind bfhero froni the fugitive of Mecca, It is true you, faintly resemble him in the fiaitt part of his character for, like him, you retreat from the bustle' of life to'ceurt in' retirement the pleasures" of inspiration. Your nttural Constitution will preclude you fr9m tome of, the raptures which Mahomet ex perienced'in his cave"; but then your envious dispo sition will be amply gratified by incidents of1 another Cotriplexion, which yotir chaste imagination lias cre ated. Hoyle'a games, ordinaries 'cross-roads, brothels, and gaming-liouscs, , with .the ',scenes of which you ejwear'toe sb very fanuUaT, afiord you "gstcs ti entire r sui and dc-cnra., t tj ( tu new oor "a lit stead iindrVa' iSe ( trr:soI encrtV50 expencccJcuy muc, u j , Idcowrerderice oMKiiluIiig them f cnierjrj . bcr, ic fcc or td proilde for repairing th vv " nrxirt Veinjt.' as contempb'xd h the bit , i ' pnf-TTtd the lis eJ:emiMv anj aurt;, j, ' T comment J by every con JdcTiitioe of ccoc expencc", econotny in umeTaodmM supm J ' ty of the Vessels when compkated, kcfcc , " ' . Mr. Oi said he knew tUre wtre genu'erocb thoughl; .that .it would be letter pwlky to Vt frigates go to iestruetioa'-akntthcr, uid iLa,.' money expended ujiou hriivrepwr-4?; thrown away, or worse, as living- ctm..;..' expetices, tec. &c; aid that imputations hjj '' M ihrown out'aj-dnstthotc fwliLwfW(H1Pt'jrwi establishments, even to rrrry limited extcn r who formerly .exposed OicmJ He had reason ' u'eve al thill lhcso4 .a put&hv however urr ed, had not ltn altegcthfyr wilhou: iidr tC lie would, therefore, endeavour to put iUj"t ject in ftstniQ pdfcrof vier, lay bestowing a few t serrations on it , - -T ' , J' In the first place he would ceU'to the'ree oIIjc' of gentieflicn, for tltey appciy ttthare fcrv-.,ttcn overlooked thecircunisfiitice, tliat the 'present r estobluhment was fixed in the years. 1 800, Jiof , derthe adrmnlstnof M7cfersoo,Ir1, approbation add cdnscntof Umself,and, he fceliov of every other repUlilican tlicn in Coagress; T; at that time the establishment was thotght i pre aud. treasonable one f ralitbat after compleatin ii frigates now proposed to be repaired, the establis ' . mem wiu uen ee irss, uy taree mgateV tfei s thought prvrr and reasonable by the jrrpijbllars at that time. He asked,' whaf circumscmces Jud taken place since 1800, 180 ! to justify vlurthcr excision oj uie navut asianusamcnt, or .whh wl t propriety can' those wha then consented to that tabhshment oe accused of inconsistency of tondutt, or change of political principles, for -conscntine tt-:. u uiauuwiiyciii iiun k iiucg .XIgUieS, tllU they then thought both reasonable and proper. v ; Since' that, time- the United- States have been blessed with a vast increase ef population, o vW in. crease of weUV parculaljf merqantile wealth, and increase of revenue, Stv Atthe sair. time ith an uucAAuipivu uiumiuucui ui puowc,acDt ana with al, they' have in the mean time. had their rights, commercial rights particularly, asstdled by both the great belligerents of Europe without any prospects of relaxation from ciflierj Etc.'1 He asked whether they could find ih any of these circtjrnstabceS, caus es to jusuiy, at jne present moment, cusmantrm their navy, or cutting off or uriefting die liaVal am of their government He presumed th$ 4 whole of them would. naturally produce a .contrary tendency. no iiu incae impuiaaons ata Deen thrown out by some gentlemen, for whoto he had the highest res pect, and, lie believed, with thtf uiostcandidi thon 'i uiLiAti wuviuuuus on tneir minus , ou; their er rors would be easily corrected by ' an attentive re view of the events which preceded the awsesj which produced the" events, which foUpwedjthe change of administration in 1800.'' Dunns the federal admi. nistration tho federal party conceived the erroneous opihron, and acted,under. the mistake's .impression, iuai mc vupwiwui wi me vnirop states 'wanted . c"gy "nd to supply this want they undertook to fcgi&late energy into For this purpose they de vised expedient folustify it and resbrW cal fcrce armies and eavies to sappiy thiar.iicoii ccWed fatal defect in the constitution, -and to form hhe essential suhsutt;te for nergy, whlch' was, i0 wicir.ricwj uic great oesfaeratum ofthe govern- t 'Xi b: -.a y t f i i r SENATE U. STATES. January 21, 1810.' I 'v ' These measures, required enormous expenccs; taxes were imposed on the people to tleJray them;; : and when they were informed!tiat tirese ' expenccs' were intended to procure energy, they did. not bs lieve they were m waritpf any sucb,eiiergy,They ' ; found their rulers were acting under a mistaken vi- " sionthat they had departed' from, the-necessary practical objects of theigwemmciit; and gonft in : quest of yision&ry theories which existed ohlyV their own deluded iniaginatioiis, whicR could te 'of no practical trse tp the people, and which' cost theni , vast sums cf motiey, fee. Jkc'-Thcy therefore twk t s the government out of federal hands, afldputit into' the hiinds of their opponeits the" republican tarty. The visionary Uieory of pneW was, therefore, the v ' fatal emir of ;h- federal party and that;erfor de-. . ; pnved ttof the powrr uf thet natioa -The' govern- - inent (icing thus placed in? the haricWherepubli- "' cans, whilst heated with the xeal of opposition to . , the federal docti ihes, and flushed with their- recent -triumph, it was natural for them, 'with Jthe best in tentions, t6 run into the opposite extreme,to gotoa i far in the relaxations of tho powers of, the govenw ment, and to indulge themselvei in the delightful visions' of extending the range of individual liberty , They were, therefore, uivdangtrof relaxing the . powers of government so far, as to' deprive it ofthe means of its own preservation and execution for do 1 1 mestic objects f and to imDalr or destroy ita efficacy ' wlinjtrcign aggressions, ; ;fao theory, , Uierefotei ofthe republicansas opposed to. thst ' ithe federalists, was the relaxafion pfjgovernthental . : Qbicnattom tiadc'by Mr. Cubs on the guestion f -! K'" ' -"v k,",";'"'" e. ei,rcmO: lu 'nouiu j ; t and that tJils has botn too nhkh the ae -with'-tluj ' fc repubhan' administration, ho rpgrctted. to ;ay he.' . learea wottld be demonstrated bv a war. anerfiLul . revjcrw of the events ofthe last two or three: years. ', He' saullthiid.boenUsiortvne of , j belonging tdlhe United States, From this recommendation ofthe President. Yi tvell as from the papers and other information. V. tainea rrom the ,JNavy Uepartment tn rrclaticn to this subject, the measure was addressed to the com mittee by two obvious and powerful considera'tions. ' ' The one, to preserve the frigates proposed to" he repaired from entire destruction. ' : "v - N ; . vTho othfcr, to empioy theni as instruments of nro. icwmi uuu uciciiuc ui wio cvem oi war, 0CC these extremeiHrthat he tlwught the true policy f tte.i;tea states would he found, in the wiedium' between these two extreme & jir.'G. said, the second cemmfettwyeft in 1 i &c. 'S: I'duCedthe committee tAtvnon k Mir li 'in"rti! With rcspoct to the tirst obiect itis tftK. ploy the ftiatea .InfHriTYiAnfa t,Jrv:nnnl k - . y T - - V I o ' MillVIILA VS Ul ULIAjUVH , d9incc.and even, of aiuwyanoe in the event of war. ' Geptlemcif have asked whether the-whole r tho ' frigateare competent to resist'the British flce'i even a small smiadron of Jt ? iTowUrh ItUsftswef- ' ed, noj they are W, - But it by no means fotfows, v.vu pro vicumpetent, io atcnieve'iiwi marked, the Secretary ofthe Navy informs youahd this information he believed was founded unnn an actual exa'minatioivjpf the vesscjs, that they" tequir- eu inaieruu repairji, mat iney wouta probably be da maged $0 per cent, by delaying tho renairs for one year, and sliortly thereafter be totally, unworthy of repair.1 Tliaf the present cost of repairs "would be ftuuui oi.juf u unp uu uj mo onginai cost , of" new vessels, and that when repaired they ,Vbuld be bet ter vessels than, ccld be built of green timber,- That the tcpuirs of the whole of taSem cbvildhe completckj by ne fall, if the vrork was alt J.y be done at this place. Whereas, let fell timber for new frigates, pd tp complete them but of timber how to be procuredi wjbuld require two or tliree years,' Jkc. muw uivou kiiyuuiiuinvu mo coinmiucd n spicnuia exploit, that therefore they cannot be oi , an,U!,t5 "M1' H conceived tijey mighi bo mate- v rially 'useful hi lefendiirJa 1owh m raui rf a naval ',' f4b..t. . Pl, i-...f j l. ..... - .... ... . rl ' ucy . wouki lorm an1" essential part oi a p- ;., combined force for that olycct. : Fdruficatiohs on iahd nhave heeft 'erected at an immense expence i s gun boars hftve been provided for the defence of the : seaport townskcRad frijjatcs arein many respects. tsscntkr to their combined operation. They are '! -1,1.:,!... i . . . .' . . , "f"" mjoiwiii tu v lurnismnir omcers ana mea. always peca ' , dcslitjr thai hejias subiiwued CoiTesi En'at.ciarjreat scope for .vtjlgwldetM?B Whilst Mr. left to the alternativfe tithe, fyinj sip. thdic fri-i fo tU "giro boos, itc. kcndS has' ' ' ;;. 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The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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