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THE ST AM,
And North-Carolina State Gazette.
RALEIGH, (X. C.) FRIDAY 31AY 31, 1816.
Vol. VilL
rVBLlSHED wmiT,
BY THOMAS HENDERSON, JUN.
three dollr prr nnum bit no paper will
VaX wivhot at least half a ye ar t paid ".
ijid no pap discontinued but at the opUonofthe Ed.
tor, ukU all arreara&rt ar paid . .
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AGRICULTURAL.
for The star. v
Jlr. eiufcrson In travelling through vour
aunty,
I
tion, venalitf oppression, machivrliim,and per
fidy end, O inconceivable change euloguing,
even to satiety America, American institutions
In iuch a man, can w ratiunallj place that
confidence which arise from a communion of
principles, view, and objects ? Are our ranks
m thin, that we should iiirite, and, with open
artnt, rrceive into them, every specious adven
turer ? n our cause so feeble, that ' it should re
frorre iuch auxiliaries r No there i in repub
lican mm an inherent dignity that frown upon
thia cameleon-ineonautency There is, too, a
spotless prity, that shrinks Croto the touch of
this' polUttoh and, Haaven be thanked for it !
America "possesses a to oral strength of her mn to
which Mr. Cobbett can add but little.
Hon dffensoribus istis
Tempus egit-
Wc are not singularin our opinion of .Mr. Cob
bett, and his scheme. We find, in the Washing-
coald not help saying to myself, these
iriners are more nice man wise. uUUU.i. uj,
,avin- plenty of land, but not of the best quality,
kar and destroy it as fast a they can ; as if
hey thought themselves rich in proportion to the
xn erty of their lands. Their plan of destructi
. ,mxars to be this : srmb and cot down as large
i piece of land as possible during the winter; fie ton City Weekly Gazette, of May 18, a well writ
n the spring, not only heap andhurnall the large j ten article, which, in our view of men and thing,
ivood,but rake or sweep together all tie leaves, j does infinite honour both to the head and to the
iticks. and whatever litter is on the pound, and j heart of the author. We regret the impossibility
urn that also. So that, in the very commence-1 0f lav ing before our Readers the whole of that
nenceof the cultivation the whole of the earth's, interesting article. Our limits compel us to con
W, that might have been sufficient to sustain it3 fine ourselves to the subjoined extracts :
;ife for two or three years is at once taken away j If, 8ay9 the writer, Mr. Cobbet knows facts,
tnd destroyed. After this robbery is commit- ; which it is of importance for the citizens of the
ted it is an easy matter to effect their favourite United States to be informed of, wiry does he
abject by killing their lands by work. Upon not, himself, come among us, and furnish us w ith
the same plan, if they wanted to make themselves all the particulars ? On this head, we w ill ven
. " . . .1 1 . - - A- -I il il d . A. 1
K Kv urnrLinir their horses to death, the first
tep,no doubt, would ne to withhold their daily
food. There would then be no difficulty in effect
ing the object Now, if 1 were a farmer I should
Sursue an opposite cours, viz : When I had cut
own a piece of ground, I would prefer to let the
trees, brush, leaves, &c. remain oil the" ground,
one, two, or more years then cut and burn the
wood, leaving a large quantity of litter, (food I
call it) which would support the ground for some
yean, even upon the start? ing plan ; but with
proper management the land would ever after be
able to feed and clothe itself ; and if I had any
land that had already been starved and worked
nearly to death, I wold commence resting and
feeding it, by keeping it enclosed to prevent its
being robbed by cattle, &c. who are the mortal
enemies of poor land. I would retain every
Ihing on it that it produced without culture, as
its just right. But when it became strong enough,
Wfeedins- unon the bounty of nature, then I
would employ it in my own way, and divide with
it, taking away only what mignt ne juageu rea
Xonable and just, by any unprejudiced farmer
tertrfawthe rest, viz : the stubble, arrass, weeds,
and whatever other offal matter it had produced
for its own food and clothing. Aud if this treat
mpni nrnvorl insufficient to restore it from its
weak and sickly state, to strength and vigor, I
would gradually feed it with a rich food, from my
farm pens (for I would have such, in which I
Would, in the fall and winter feed all my stocks
and deDosit all my corn stalks, as well as all oth
er litter covenient, that would serve for food for
ttose animals, or fit to be converted mto manure).
I would have no more stocks than I could support
in this manner, and all those should be employed
h enriching my lands ; and my land should, in
turn be employed in supporting my stocks.
AN OBSERVER.
ture an opinion, that he finds the business of op
position too profitable in England to be relin
quished ; but, following the mercantile or com
mercial course, he can preserve his present cus
tom at home, and set up a house for his son in A
merica. This we consider to be his true aim ;
and as to his philanthropic professions, w e look
upon them as mere hypocritical cant and knav
ish pretext."
1 he circumstance of a newspaper published in
this country, and edited and controlled by a Bri
tish subject residing in England, is, in itselt, sin-1 when he virtuallv assures them that they are the
POLITICAL.
tribunals, forming, in many cases, precedent
for our own and to the many liberal, and even
licentious, productions in that kingdom. Wit
ness the republication In that country of Mr. Dal
las' pamphlet on the causes of lie fate w ar, em
bracing an enumeration of facts highly ineulpa
tire of the political justice and honor of the Bri
tish jrerniuent t witness Mr. Cobbett's own Re-
B'sten , than which there il no publication in tl.
nited States more audacious or scurrilous. In
reaTtty, it is not essential for uio know either
th vfcciofthe English ministry or.tyt sufferiajrs
rf tke 3jtjrJtdt people? in order to enlighten
to Our own wwlJare. Let u tratch ur ten ru
lers. Let not our attention be attracted abroad.
To have it perpetually rung in our ears thaUthe
people of England are slaves andtbeir king a ty
rant, is to fall precisely into the error into which
the English themselves have, to their cost and
sorrow, fallen with respect to France. It was
alwavs the artihee of the British government
to impress it on the minds of its subjects that they
were intinitel v more happy than the French, and
superior to them ; and hence have arisen endless
quarrels and wars, repressive of the peace and
prosperity of the world and of the progress of the
arts and sciences. If we listen to Mr. Cobbett,
he will instill the same ideas into our heads, fo
ment discord between the two coun r e- enrich his
family, and laugh at American credulitj.
" As foreigners emigrating to the United Statfes
and devoting themselves to an honest vocation,
we have not the least objection to the pursuit of
Mr. Cobhett's son and bis coadjutor : Rut it
would be a reproach to the national understand
ing, if w e rere to suffer ourselves to be cozened
by the numerous eulogies bestowed upon the
Americans by that writer. For two years past,
he has showered upon the people oftliis country the
grossest flatteries. He mav play the part of the
starvellingSpaniard in Gil Bias and expect a good
supper ; but. he mav depend on it that our fellow
citizens have sense enough not to believe him
From Hie Virginia Jlrgus.
COBBETT'S AMERICAN POLITICAL RE
GISTER.
' The phenomenon of a newspaper published in
the United States of America, but edited and
.-controlled by a British subject residing in Eng
land, is actually exhibited in New-York. Mr.
Cobbett's son and his coadjutor have arrived in
'that City, and made arrangements for the execu
tion of the grand scheme.
Bonaparte's plan of a Fedef alive empire was
Warcely moreextensiv, more grasping than this
, singular spread of typographic ambition.. It re
minds us of the Vine which the mother of the El
.der Cyrus is related to have seen in a dream, and
which extended its branches ever Europe, Asia &
Africa -America was not then known. There is
something bold in the conception of such a pro
: ject ;and if its execution should fail it may be
aid of Mr. Cobbett, as of the presumptuous
1 outh who attempted to guide the car of the Sun
'fen!. ?ll .1 1 1 11 . . . - -
umi liiume we wnoie worm, magnisiamen ex
tidit ausis !
On this subject, we are unwilling to say much.
'Jt some Printers concentrate, and others ram
"I we have no objection to their schemes, pro-
;,"ded the' mass of the people be benefitted by the
sult. This is the main point ; and of this the
people themselves are the only proper judges.
All we have to do, in our editorial capacity, is to
wti the people against those delusions which
'J be intended, and which time alone will fully
"evelope.
And, fir8t,we would ask the republicans, if they
fw-get the licentious course of unbounded and
nilent abuse on whatever they hold dear,vener
wle, and sacred, pursued by Mr. Cobbett in the
tariy part 0f his political career, under the name
,'Peter Porcupine ? Can they likewise forget the
'ifesses and rewards bestowed upon him -by the
British ministers and their friends on his return
'England? Those rewards, fyowever, did not
jtisfy him j for, he soon after enlisted under the
banners, of the opposition ; and he has ever since
aged against' those ministers an active, obsti
nate, ana deadly war draggitiforth from their
gular ; and sufficient to occasion vigilance, if not
to awaken suspicion. Suppose Mr. Cobbet (a
thing not in the least improbable, considering the
suppleness of the man's mind,) should slip into
the pay of the English ministry He might in
sinuate, through his Register in the U. States, and
even do it w ith an air of patriotism, thoughts ex
tremely noxious to the republican principles of
the American people; and thereby serve the
cause of royalty more efficiently than if he were
the avowed advocate of all its deeds.
In the following strictures, the writer very
properly animadverts on the trite nature of the
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topics, wnicn are uxeiy to constitute me suotance
and marrow of Mr. Cobbett's valuable commu
nications to the American public. We do not
blame Mr. Cobbett for touching strongly and fre
quently upon those subjects but it is unquesti
onably true that those political diatribes produce
very little effect, if any. After reading or hear
ing them, kings and ministers are very apt to
say, like the usurer in Gil Bias : Truly this is
a fine sermon ; the preacher has performed his
task ; let us go and perform ours I" and, like
the usurer, they are generally more keen and
more ardent in the performance of that task, af
ter the sermon than before. But to the conclu
ding extract :
" In truth, continues the Gazette, what has
Mr. Cobbett to tell U3 r That, in an old monar
chy, corruptions have sprung up ? That the peo
ple are heavily taxed ? That there are royal fa
vorites, aud sinecure placemen r 1 hat in Eng
land there is a stupendous paper system ? And
that persons in authority trample on the necks of
the poorer classes. Are these to be the topics of
his communications ? It is to be mfe-red from
his intimations, that they are. And are these
things new to the American mind r Do we not
find the same facts staring us in the face from the
I days of Nimrod to those of George the third ?
from the period of the Assyrian empire to that of
the paramount dominion of Great Britain ?
from the page of Herodotus to the page of Hume ?
Surely, it is not necessary for Mr. Cobbett to
send his son hither to inform us that vice and mi
sery increase with the populousness of nations ;
eighth vond"- f t worlds'
ved, than he would part with hi life. la cons,
quenceof this refusal, and the reaoUtt tone in
which it was persisted in, the emigrant ppU
to the minister of police, who virtat of tM
lot des i'tapects, Immediately issued an order of
exile for this refractory purchaser U repair U
Verdua, where he is residing ai diiifaiment, tin
der the turveiUanee of the authorities of thejplace.
The parties -are Mr. Mdame, ;iow Doe de Vasse,
the emiraut, .d Gen. DuterUe, the resent
holder of the estate. '
The. inhabitants of Vincennes assembled last
"k to take into, consideratinn k vi
duct ef Gen. Donainiqie, wb lit? dfndtd tiie
castle 5f that name with, to mocn bravery and
peYseverence against the allied troop j they vo
ted him a sword of high value as a token of their
gratitude, and agreed to address him a letter.!
pressive of the sense they entertained of hi pa
triotic conduct. This meeting and resolution -give
such umbrage to the court, that the notaire
of the place, with the mayor and his deputy, were
called up but the other day, before the prefect of
police, severally reprimanded and deprived of
their offices.
Oil ascending his throne, the present king
swore to maintain the Legion of Honour, reserv
ing to himself the choice of a iiew colour iad a
new decoration. The red colour ? however, has
hitherto remained unchanged, the eagle alQAebe?
ing replaced by the portrait of Henry IV. As
decisive measures are now deemed seasonable,
an ordinance is at this moment preparing to abol- 1
ish the institution altogether and to Announce
the creation of a new order in, its stead. None
but the pure of the present legion will be idmit
ted into this order, other members being excluded
from it, by not receiving notice of a fresh appoint
ment. The colour will be a bright apple green,
insteaa oi tne rea, reserved in luture solely for
the favourite order ot St- Louis.
A law is also in preparation to authorize the.
seizure of the property of persons included in thfe
proscribed list of the 24th of Jttly. This law may'
afterwards admit of an extension to thai of obr "
: j- i i- rri i .. i
uuxiuus muiviuuaig. ie wora conideation Ma
voided, that this new infraction oi the charter maj(
jile.van-lria, May 22.
Capt. M'Knight, of the schooner Brother's Re
turn, has politely favored us with the following
letter, which he received while at Marseilles :
" Marseilles, March 8, 1816.
e less manifest, aud seizure may appear in thp
Ight of sequestration. . ' L-
uyuus is hoi in a state oi insurrection ,bujf P
lie minds of the people are in a ferment. ' Tblal',.
city is described in the trench papers as enjoying
profound tranquility, it raust (bfe admitted tliat
By the most respectable authority, we have precautions are employed to maintain that Iran
just received the account of the wanton outrage quiiity. Several pieces of cannon are placed be-"'
committed by the troops of "the Spanish garrison, fore &e door of the governor's hotel, M. de Da '
-1 1 ft
upon some oi uic o.uters anu uiea ueiougiii- iu ma9 and a Picket ot cavalrv is there r.otistantW
the United States fleet, stationed at Port Mahon, on dut ft :3 a 9inffUiar fact that tb rri-mW.
isiana ot Minorca. ed flag is found waving every morning instead of
It aTinpars. trnm th rpftriilatinna nt the m. Ul. z i ..P . .. .
r '7 - - - - - I i ii w wi ih 1 1 1 1 f . 1 1 1 1 iim i iwn nn ifia. unthmit iia h..
:U f .... Il 1 iL.iiK -i 1. I 1 7. T " iivuov, n luivui tM IM,
iiisn ijrai iisuu uu uie lsiaiiu, mai uie pairuie oau
orders to take up all seamen who were found in
the streets after the beating of the eveuing re-
ing been possible hitherto to discover the authors
ot this provocative to rebellion.
The most rem.irk.ihle fart ttrtri;riiV.o A'.jti
treat. Some of the men belonging to the fleet, bances which have ltely taken place in different
that were going down to their boats, had been part9 of France, is the constant refusal of the na-
arresieu, anu were met oy tneir omcers, wno onai and deoartmental guards in Va n o..
solicited the officer ot the guard to release them, tive nart in the sunDOrt 0f the rnval .utKnrlt;
l'.ii i- i i , i l i i i i - sviva
wnicn ne was dispose to u j, out nis insuDoroi- ingt the peopIe XhU refusaHately occurred"
.....v. .... . b ...v.... , at VlUe irancne,apiace in trie neighbourhood of
liifha unnta flip ciilura attumntft.l i n nvfrirnto It , rv
. .v, rv. jyons, wnere tne omcers oi government attempt-
tlitms,il vps nv torr.e. ivhpn tli n-nard tlt-pw hark I - J j. i . . .
j . o . .. eu to axiest two lnuivmuais. Wtto liasvmjr r.iuni
some paces, and wantonly nreu a volley upon there upon business, happened to be unprovii
flip npinri p uttirpi j niirl mpn. ivlin. in thMi I -ii nntr.i . . r .
... , uea wun pas3por. 1Q tne great jot. and a-
turn, rushed upon their adversaries, and after a musement of the people, these two men
severe rinllir.t. .Hiicrecilpri in riisarminw nart nt r j.i .l .r
i. uiu uie grasp oi uie genuarmene, Dy crossing
the guard and putting the rest to flight. Iwo ,.: n,T fr,im K k: .i
Lieutenants were killed on the spot, and many
others of the American party were wounded.-
lhe wanton cruelty ot the act, done by men that
never signalized themselves but in the persecu
tion of truth, justice and liberty, naturally in
censed the brave bosoms ot those who possess
those qualities in so eminent a degree, and it is
only owing to the prompt and prudent measures
of the gallant commodore, that most ot the garn
son of the Island of Minorca were not numbered
with their canonized saints."
iver, and from the latter being deprived of all
means ot pursuit Dy tne intenerence oi the pub
lic, and by the relusal of the National Guard to
co-operate in quelhngthe riotous populace.
At atrasburg, tne same mortification has been
experienced by government. At a late festival.
an idle report happened to be spread of Bona
parte's having landed in Holland. The lower
orders of the people, who were at that, moment
collected in different places of entertainment,
rreeted the intelligence with iov. and wir Innrl
and general in tneir snouts ot vive I'lSmpereur !
rrt l rr ...
i ne gendarmerie being insumcient to auell the
disturbance, the national guard were called un-
Jtomi Fans, .March 27. 1 submit to you the on, and, a3 in the former instance, denied their
following facts that the British public, so inter- aid for the purpose m question. These are tri
that crimes augment in proportion to the density estdd in the atiairs of this country, may be duly flirtg incidents within themselves, but may not be
oi coinmuniues : mat cunning men govern tne lg- acquaintea witn tne proceeuings oi uie present so in tneir consequences. inev serve to anew
norant ; and that established power will pre-1 ministry and those of its agents in the depart- the disposition of the people, and the policy of
serve useu oy strong or vicious means, ji it can menis. tne government.
not do so bv weak and virtuous ones. I M. Carnot, a nephew of the celebrated patriot 1 Previous to the intended iournev of h m-Jn'j
When Mr. Cobbett has descanted upon all and minister of that name, was lately arrested ces, emisaries have been sent to explore the state
these points, in his prolix manner, in what way here upon a suspicion of entertaining opinions I of public opinion in the departments, and to in-
are the citizens of the United States to be better- unfavorable to the present government. A cou- J quire whether the prefects are sufficiently active
ed bv his lucubrations ? Does he wish the Amer- pie of moutons were successively introduced in- t in pursuing the system of purification, which ia
icans to draw the conclusion, that, the English to the place ot his confinement, tor tne purpose ! deemed necessary to consolidate the new throne,
people being in a very wretched condition as he of seducing him into an avowal of his political o- General Travot, whose trial I announced, to
STATE OF FRANCE.
asserts, and their rulers very corrupt, we, in this pinions; but the endeavors ot these gentleman you as about to take place at Rennes, received
country, ought to be satisfied and happy ? That proving ineffectual, and the strictest investigation his sentence of death, on Wednesday last. He is
our happiness is to be measured by contrast with of his conduct not giving rise to the shadow ot said to have obtained a respite. This
ereneral
that of a foreign people? And until we reach a charge against him, he was at length, after three who, during the late war, for the third time, paci-
luc uiicukcu iiiisciauic tuuuiuuu ui mat ucuuic, yvcciva iniui isuiiiiicui., aci ai uuci it , ai tuc cam- lien m cuiCC) lias al icllgui laiieil a VICum XO
tnat we ougnt to regard ourselves as tne most en-, est solicitation oi nis menus. nis merciless persecutors, tlis ludges were se-
l l l A l' . .1 .
enlightened, the freest, and the most virtuous in
habitants of this globe ?
Now, in our judgment, tins would be a very su
ly conclusion
kafiinA A man rnmaa lrt Via a o l . 1 n a m ilnvi
and many shades of wi etchedness before a nation
reaches the dark night of despotism. By the
way, w e by no means consider the British monar
chy as a despotism On the contrary, we believe
that, where the crown or the government, is not
immediately concerned, there is as much justice,
and almost as mucn ireedom oi tne press, in E.ng
A purchaser of national property lately receiv- lected out of his most avoved enemies, count de
ed a visit from a returned emigrant, the original Viomenil, general Caruel, and M. D'Artichamp,
owner of the estate, who, without ceremony, or men whom for these last 20 years he has been m
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Therfc are many degrees of sin any offers of indemnity, claimed its restitution: the habit of meeting in the field, men whom he
.1 s t .1 1 ! il 1 "jl.l 1 11vtjllltf 1 j t . "a a . V V ',
tne purcnaser resisted tne claim, and deueu tne nad iougnt, defeated, and more than once saved 1 y, .
threats with which it was accompanied, stating from the fate of those taken in arms against their lil.
that he could no more part with his property, le- country. ; fh
gaily and fairly required, and immensely intpro- Tlie prefects, it must be allowed, vie with each ih'-
other in zeal and ingenuity, in the. discovery and
Moutons are devoted agents of the police, application of means calculated to conciliate pop
whose office iLbv appearing to participate in tlie ular favour to the restored dvna'stv. It m h
' supposed ferfinga and opinions of the prisoner, to recollected that there were some ume since conn
.T aud deadly war draggihforth from their j Iaml as in America. In this respect, we need induce a disclosure of hia secrets ; and to reveal ! motions, at Beaune, provoked by tbe intemperate
Wet recesses the hideous monsters of corrup- j only appeal to the adjudications of the British them to their employer. I conduct of the new authorities oljthat tjwtt. M,
m