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IALEIGH, (n. c.) TWRWOmMBERO, 809, No.' 71 5 . 1 Remarks , sa f mc f ut iir. jLJ tma. 1 rc.nW k. e shall wt utrrMuiea itl4M4 fcjMM ur min i. f -, tltifa.t.JC. atuck lht nc ready attention sroyM be given to any coil m-ing toa; was gryetr " The persecuted citii'c- 6, nti-.her do their hearts think o.'? Their aim I nidation affecting the interests "ofthe" tiro' jativ Genet, frttay .the shafts of calumny aimed at' him. is rti final good ,r indeed any goedto mankind, through any "other functionary that hwf tjer recoil iii their archers." This was after his re "but to advance their own ambitious views' and tor tu iituted.v This is very clear and intelllbie cal. wl cW ras at the instance of the President. gratify their cruel .dispositions. And thry 'arc 'to ancuage, fc hes that the government oil-his Fauchfci pursued the satre insolent conduct, and be resisted, on the same principle that we wy)ld r ou.try, cohV.de r the affair asvpersonal withplr. hadthl insole nee wrhen speaking of the President's resist and destroy a, robber, 'an' "assassin; - who i jatkv.it and hot reaeral'wiih his government! If J'l&ciaruauon oi neutrality, to can u " insidious.", should attempt to plunder us-ot our property i M therefore the political relations ot the two naiJns, visy i , su u picurtcssuu, uu, ciuscu io murner our wives ana cniiuren. wapuew q sutler any initrrujnion mc uiau f-'-f; r --r , ... .,, 4..,..v, tv. uw j suuuui oa.ms cicraiiuu ti ..w mv be tiken on the part of the British- govkrn-fexpihs purpose of influencing an approaching e- the wise and huly purpose of Divine Providence, im rmr etrta nud: ? ' r4Bf.f t-t li ("wn r bivtmctioa' t i iwctaicwl. thenclwrw h' . ' etiil Jvrqr , r.r..:pt-jlvc !? If r.tnt. We cannot ttUficm the article reft red V' to, at la; time the correspondence took pjce whether txrfore or aftrr ihe saili'iq bf the Airi Cine..ior cat e ui!entund, whether our io icnmtt has "already communicated., the circupi- fUncetotrie British intern mnt, orinrend to do lcct'4-n. Under all these disgraceful circumstan his power should be continued and yet farther en- ' f . i ' r i . ' . ... - . .... . ' . . . . cesrfthese, ministers, found a party and nauers. larked, there is still u Dowerahnve. that has fixn wh openly susraaned them injheir indecent ndj his bounds which Ik cannot pnss ; a lQwer that dut eious proceedings. i is never warning, eentuall)v to those who duly . I veil aftt the unjust conduct of the French 1 confide in it, nd are not w anting to themselves golvrnmeut ns.; proceeded to such lencrthsr ttuti Ihesicrns ot the times" are tmlv awful tvytu-iu. ih tWrnk that i his r.orrasDondence 1 na.ion.w? .driven to arms, the nartv still The temuest cro loudenmd vet lou)er s mhriift ialtW aa a i ik flitikiu(4 plae Wforehe AMcino sailed, and was luiPlcd uiej" pretension?. And of the evidence this alarming juncture, it belioves.us" to bethink Mr. tb- iWU- nnt sikl-tn this opinion we ere cof firm-'.-d, aij,cli.55tns c ihw couatry, onu mtance amoac maia areai- uistanci fr m the- theatre of t'enna! im Muto AJr.ia'k-on we un:eistond lt:t wasaington im lsl) umucm 10 nnnce. i ne answer oi; if,- iism.il iiimavcr oi loreicn relations io our . . . : . rr . is. r . i i . i. .. a r: :. . . if . U.4. : tut Mtui'iucn n t. .mvuutciV attvr ms ciespaicnts lor 1 115 viiutnuc 4 . 9- W ". a4 'c hkl J-wtre st.nl down to this place, and of course was h J'r w J c' w entaed iii any diplomatic correspondence. I aLiL v.m I TbisfLct 1? not import nt in itself, except we are ' ia wSlcv 4 lt kw our rntrmmcK niuratU l.d to inqnite if this circumstance be. k,tt4 fs d rttncT tctrmii:d r ( curred a tuomh pa-t why no no' ice should be ta. ' Mmdmi 4 Jtd' h !krn of it. until now, and why at this particular a immD ik'Wr.c.orouhtltht.--iaf,cture ? , " 1 .w..:aL It' ii4fc. 'and lbritanle that Ah. i Ii U unMiUn trnt we doubt it. that the despatch- .m--tk- v mA TcnWlM-iluA. I K .if .. if : . a i ikM irH...i.irt miniclur I:k 'lnndf ill'. kVH J. tt niMers mtlie year If 98. was in the possession a printer 'm this country, before:it reached the nerican government. With all these, and ma y moie proofs of a similar natqre, which could a produced, shall such men lay exclusive claim thi confidence of the ni.tion ? Will the people .sto,vv lluir coimdence on, those, who have en listed themselves under the banners of a fureign nower ? Io printing ihese circumstances into no- . . . -1. l . . . . . . . . ... r . t l. i.rfwrr,rin;ii 1. liij'riirf. wp navp nr iuh.i fiir than , t At t ia4dl-.t ! Ha at.rt atf I-I.ie packet. It woull he desirable that the 11) ,0 uartl our fellow cinzens agiinst those, whose j 1 t!ki4 i -truciji Ur -thJ !j !tah coitinmetiUhouk! be aDwized.oftlitecbttf-; motives by reference to the farts which we have iK msr c.fi .ett arxi erutu ot 'h inrnatkin of our irovi-ri invent, as early as possible af C"i"nr t the (od a mk.o a the former was apprized thiout t . . . 1 ... .... . Iff f t. - . TT 1 . . . 1 .... 1 Art ., t ..t . I, v-WEittt ft . rp a ib v air. jitcuiin wcuo 1101 ancucim a.) rhj. wilkvut isam- l .av the ceTmtlit f h d.3uty w4ll arise out of this circumataue. hi' h the recent thenges of the British cahiii 11 lon'rihute to avert. It tS n;t to be presume ., ar: t kiy h riac.iy ( j ? rtw al. ministration win commence us v J m .ptt UJjct ; ;n by a rupture v ith the United btatcs. J'o va tiw kct eiic t oi tht ntftioaf'ctaia a minister in pretensions, wiiuily inadij i- The-co'nmercial restrictions sJich are imt s rd at Drctcni. it is probable w1& remain soVie tim longer ; they may be augftutted, it 5ra m mrmnh vltsT, aua orrpi con ' 4 TWv a, p -r.d im cthrr courae . bat H vWi fmt 1 bf Mr. Madison and, a ill m'0m aK I - c fi m-Jieda pieceweiit Icrruinly U- more inconvcnient.iby reason ol the t J ' imif mm Vjm cr saay be our nnreiiainiy which attends the rufu'.ions of the two 1. A a ftavm ae hop tht I s from this unexpected event. , -'riMt ta il ijn jfovemmmv j Ti e co.rmercial in'.eiests of this country for i w ..it Ftwptiiiw aw u iiuii ; iir 4bi ihu ycar.v, najc !ee:i ui a mum ue Closely coniieoeu wua pJ ucjil biaied cauno't be doubted. ..a rtMmto4sa aad firmitCi t th sc eai.1 etemmems ot k !c n'uatiou . i-aeiaf f jsr5i Iws Je4 awl Msulted j reUti'Wi. they are abject to those sudde aiiU ini.n to coirieciure the future from thcBriast, In M mmil N;4e d i set vU:.t fluMiuiions Wliich political events pro- vuin has 'the shrewd politician, the "Wily states ReilectTons On The sta ts a Eurotb, Under 'this head, the Connecticut C6urant has latcjy published a scries of numbeisi The wri te'r concludes the whole with the following perti nent and impressive remarks: ,k In the stupendous drama of Europe, which begun with the French Revolution, -almost even succeeding act has produced surpiisetiy its novel ty, and has abounded with incidents as terrible as thty were tinexptcttd. lloth wisdom- and-follj havebeen bullied alike in their conjecture respect in the fir. tire. In v;iin has the leameji sage ex piortd the pages of history, ancient and modern t find some pruallcl int&uice that miiht enable i'i fdftkai tl as aw ctunuy and hertjdiice. t aim mniUiilli .V 1 s 4 ; v 1 1 m9 1 urrrat ( y; v .tri ' y were laiger At no period of our former unex4 npied weie Licer lonunes more iprdly t iwf tt ' II 4Bitrtie. aaatna noicsi.,i 'tir. lint the m.tavoey uavt'ueen te "4"i0U j vrirry . Mr rig, tilling hinj,ct tthe ente prixing, jincj to those whi. were ic r(ci..H.v. wiuiinec 01 me ojeiauons 01 mc, nun, aiteiiipled lo lift (he veil from futurity, s 1'ar as to descry consequences from their canst' roar and carnage, and kep', as yet," out of the lor-" ten, we-are, in this respect in an enviable situ a- ti jii ; a situation which .ve ought to contemp!;it not without lively gratitude to the Governor of he Universe... nor without heart-felt compassion fof our sufiering feilow'-heings.- NcVer had a nation more means of happiness, more crgtnt calls fof pairiotibm, moie .frequent or more solemn -warn lings against internal divisions and dissentionsj yet we turn a deal ear Instead of uniting like 9 band of brothers to ward off the blowUbat threat ens a we are' but adding weight to it by violent and acrimonious distort! among ourselves. Is ' this worm at theoot, a worm that will never die? Is there no ba'm-tftat Coil 1 heal or assuage the wounds which have been made among uh by t le t iincorous spirit of party ? Then, our rt in must be inevitable ; for a nation, any more than a house divided against itseif cannot stand., A c'ri : is m.y arriv e, an 1 very soon too,- that will givj rpporlunity to some daing usurper to faa his foot upon our necksi .'' ' . k " My fellow citizens, of whatever political party ve have been or are, let this be henceforward" out genet al motto. For G d and vur Ccwwrw.- Lei U beware of that moral oi jow, or of those infidel, a ; their, ic;l principles and prac'icea, wiiich first cw pei v 1 the gate to the flood bf miseries whereby uurcps ts cverwheimed. Let us practice those. . ioiit(nil, moral, and religious virtues, whirhex.dt a nution. Let us shun ihe coniajjion cS'Trenim. 11f.uer.ee, r.nd ai'htl foreign irjluence. with arnueb vigilance and dread as we si ould hhun the tourh of the hand of death. And chen, ' m the nam- of ' our Cod, we might 'set up our banners, and b4 defiance to the arms ff Hesh, how potent, boeVtHj At shoul.i otlVr to as-jjil us,." . nice' v'ei.!rud i:i hie All, all, t .' t:v4 t ar. V repeat, tv. uiiouned of the opeiations ot the. 1 st bt'ui, hA the admimm 1 menu mk .t 1 mt tLa ita'tttx id eatct.t oil a ' Lrk vmr-Ktir, art tb.rik thl Mi. I The Suhtft continued. :crn . . . . .1 t. i,. . i-4 tiw aitauf a.jni'k the' character V - ?4 tV'kjiii gtwvriPr.by insisting upt: h apirr-umajikA tshicli had been so- I . f4ito:'.sia akch e hat submitted, arc I 5 4 ajua a :i,sfn., t that the circuihs ati ; a1 wiTHi h ..ieI that lxhi.'j h ' 'ii r Sewn in Malice I I r r L jcrl t ttirure a bersw a a-o.-'M. U4- frvrfl a4tty of circufnm w fi.idci d Mr. Lk ne hii been f-tM 4 c. niM 4 "he pe.sent rup t k 4 thv vnHMi nuaan Wvfctaudtiijf. m u fmg ,ttl fci.he that he hs it.a.f? !at fce 4m communicate ins I ;' ' . (.riltt'.ri'i. and w uppO!rf t m tua tti 4 Mr. Jksoiv If Mr , hv Mik MKh a cmitmunaatina to Mr. ' I4c U ur .;! 4 I j-Mkiifud ia assert 1 5 , rfit tocd by oar guvcrnmcnt - r, 4 jse tf a-4ca m earth, Ujn inttresitt. ? y 4 iktf tix f7trwincr.l of the - tii.-' !4 ki hi ii.amctwrw In no tf in U t itie himself to his govern 1. t tSa in4r 4 his instructions, for it sw iHi U dispatch of Mr. i wT ir, jfk i;t of the 3 I of January, ' h a It -J;uh by ahicRtkc camlitions ! -t f -1 ii ir. lkkmc fx the con t( . t .tocut, ea A tnatlcr to ' read-.'M'at d Till to n-he the latter part WU ha c (rioted, it chars prm mci iu.olted in muchob&ctr . ts s iycunKrtJ as .tatraonliaary, s 'If I fa d, ptt. h of the 23d of Janu 1 m r.fjt'ia Af iir of the ChTsapea,keT n'.nt of that iflatr fcrmtd a " t rui i! aitangtmcht msde with -I vfc.,M. Vttke remnr that' with re- " r a'a t o! ; C Ka:ake. Mr. Lrskine t rf 'rH.cv aril that thL drsoatch (f a --;! ? I 4 a .L-fv.'j toe wdy one on the matter f - -a it t h t to the modincation of the a xid nru,v iwpiiJ by this country, nitvcauwa 04 Unu&a orders m coun ?m. rm these r B-ttiona, we are natural- a c ivwra i a of what effect this cir- The r.ipture between our cabinet anv. the Hri, ih mimit: r. is a circumstance which ...nisi give .tiuUi concern to every one who has tL: inteiest jn.t happiiHs of this natio-.i at heart. I'fie Irench jiriy rtj-ice, and now loii for the cdrsummati ft. uf all tluir hopes, the, reward of"alj heiv long 4 ahn to rrmce. either under htr revolutionary 4 vt.iimcnt. or her Corsican master, ft requires ire patience to listen to seme who r re now ?s a m n. all tne patrio'.ism of the it .ion, whe: tk se !io h tve taken the trouble to eamine then Cind jct can produce incontestihle ot idehce of division o 1 foreign government, 'sad -Jm,o'prii j proligato opposition to lbtirhoV.11. It well btcomes such men, to assume in th. "present cii si tns of patriotism, and to ascnb : to others a 4- nt in attachment to their govemii i.ent. . V?e tttl a i.onadence, tltiit the pe pie of this na- tar ft, will rally round their government, and ret en t :.h Cnnnessany attempt on the p irt of a foieigi ifcoernment or its agents, to msul . the nation, or lointei meddle with its concerns. Hut when wc see that already attemps are mAing to cause sus pi ion to be a'.Uched to the Fe Jcvlits, we are not inrlind to be silent, the more?; ;:tn we recollect uiui kaowtht foul sfeutce frjnf whence these su. i(ion ptoceid. '' - 1 We have n t other authority for the truth ol whit is said 10 have bean the cc.xluct of Mr. Jack sui , than "what appears in th; National Intelli gr v t.ct bt Having it to be '.ue. we have ex pnssed our opinions, and to vhich we have no '.hir to add. nt'his is not .he first instance' in which thegoV tTinent has been insulted by a foreign" minister, bj we both hope and btlicvt -that it will not fur nsh another instance of cour penance to a foreign ageat, m contempt of all decer cy, and regard to lb lAmeiican character 1 ' ; t Those who' are now assuro'.ng such extraoi"dina rf hirs cf virtue, will modtratf a jittle in tluir hr) h tone, when tlWy find .1 at their conduct isj no forgotten, upon more occasions than one. NWt part, if not nearly al! of cur readers, know thi conduct of Gie',.he in i e'd this government by lanirujce, which is. toe uvdecent to bo here re- pdted. he assumed the r-jht'of carrying on na been equ-d-l paztleu, equally baffled in their the ories, cqiaiiv out in tneir t.ebses : ana tromni s to .last, it h4s happened that what; occurs today alt Ji ds rio neans by whic h to judge of tp-rr.ori ow " Wc nave sci a LTet hiKl h eh-snirfltd 11a .. ... ;,. TfX .... a r il-l -tH t :-4 nun iiiu 111 119 mi ;m anil, uut nit uaiivia ui m government. V lu seen this nation .f thirty millions of pw'ple, iiot'r- piostrattngand s"Weep. ing away all. its civil ii.st i ution ., but also waging open war, as :t wete, ai',ainsl rat,aven. We nave j'-en it, in the uproar ol unarchy and atheism, co vered with crimes "the most horrible, and ra.mg hr.g itself by the niurdct oi' tjiyria'is of its citizens.' vViiile thus weltcring'in its own bloiid, and seem ngly in is last agoniia, '"we have seen it spring forward in the paiteixysrrts of 'rage, bearing down 4.1 befjre it with hi fsistibie might, binding the -utroundji nations :,i tetters, and spreading ha voc and ruin far r,ld wide. - u We i at'! Sct a 'jm8 ma"f f nP name or Hunily, an ativtn'.urer a foreigner, who had fed lipon the bread of public charity we have seen im step forward, put his bits in the mbutb'of this Vase of Itafitam tit ate; . Jic case wl ttiiS maQ ras not excited thr- attention it ought. ' , The following letters exhibit a true stattmtn? f facts. 1 From 'he Canadian Journal. Kti2AJt.THTOWN, (u. c.) May 10, IB09 MbtMowkS; A most cruel murder having been perpetral kcI in this place lately ott the body, of Isaac D 'Uiidetlpll, a. resident here, I deern i,t ny dutyK. through the medium ot your paper to ray before the public a statement of the affair ; and mus request yc-i will as early as possible insert tfcO? folling circumstance andjetters. in inc 111 si iiiai-ctii rxiiieiieaii vessel, shki 100 lirnrifl lrrm Oo-ilf nclmrniio-h. in the sIDtc nf Nfur. . - f,"- ft"' J Ynrk, to Oswego, anchored in a Bay on the BriV liji shore of the St. Lawrence, having, on board' a captain William P. Ifynnett of the 6th Uniiei States Regiment of inlahtry, and some of hifl men. While layini; in said bay, captain Bennett. HMio hfad received information t f m. American deserter being in pur settlement teaching school, furiou3 nation, scourge it with his w hip and gpad j ordered his Sergeant by the name of John Grave?" it with his spurs. We have seen thirty millions j. to pursue and take him: the set gent 5c two of his jf peopicvwlio generally, neither feared Gcd nor regarded? man, '.who had spurned alMaws divine nd human ; -we-have eij theni one and all, bend their necks to the ypke of the usurper. vW have seen them, ail as one man, become the tools of his ambition, a n ighty engine in his hands :ha'. has been wielded by him? hither and thither at hisrpleasuy;. Like the He Goat in the Prophet Daniel, that " touched not the ground" as he went, we have seerrthjbi modern 'Alexander mov ing in his career of victory with astonishing rapid- it,', shaking the pillars of every government with in n.6 1 each, overturning thrones at a Single blow, putting down and setting up kings, and stilladd ing nation afsjer nation 'to the traut.f his conquests We have seen moreover a series pfncidents re-aiaikably-leudingr-froin first tbast'1 to promote his views: All this v.e have seen already j and what will be the next act in the drama, or what its catastrophe, Omniscience-alone can forttel. The kingdom is the lord's, and He is the Go vernor among the nitons. ' He citteth upon the circuit of the Heavens," and ''darkness is under bis fe.-t." Divine Providence rules and overrules men then went on shore, proceeded V ihe school 'i house, took the saidHJnderhill, tied hia hands be fore him, p.ik! drove him some distance through' ; the woods with theif guns and bayonets, pricking him continually n i most cruel manner io mak him run, till they came , to to tie Kings highway ' when the saia Underhill, looking towards a Mr. l-Word's house where he boarded, felt, a- wish tQ escape to. it and run ; he had 1 ot proceeded mora thaq 4 oi 5 rods when he'was fired at by the, said " Sergeant'and his tnerj and on a second discharge cf a gun he wns mortally wouudip when1! the 3"cr;;cam nd his men rm up to hi nd were go.... ing to blowcu h3 brains, but he begged his life . saying he Had received his death Wour.d and want eda fev moments to make his peace with hiS maker ; oiv which the soldiers left him, ran to tn shore, went immediately on board the schr. awl from thence with their capta.n Bennett, fled 10 ,, the American shore. Underbill '.with assistanca reached Mr. Pullbrd's house, where he lay An ex4 cruciatrng torture till Tuesday afternoon, whera he expired. The coroners inquest sat on the bo ' dy the next day and brought in a. virdict ot Wifc 1 lie, anairsot both nations and individuals; and a- Itul Murder, (alter hearing the testimony ot rran -midst the convulsions, the confusions, and thejeis Davis and Robert Augenoft, two seamen be changes in Europe, it constantly marches forward longing to the vessel mentioned in their depojti "xj,M with unerrmg wisdom towards the accomplish- ons, also many other strong and convincing tesuav' valand military enterpri s fm owr -country, by'mentof its final purposes Yet, while we acknow-monies)The following letter ferm capt Den " cor mis .ioDing and ar;iv.ig or cifoens against jldge awe, the dispensations of Divine Providence nett, with my answer, will further elucidate th naSons, with whom we'rere at peace lie had m staining the pride ol human glory and bring- 'latter, 1 am your humble servant. T T f iib.ui tuviiVMM. f i! ke i ra the political and com-1 nations, with whom we were at peace lie hatl " m staining the pndt o! human elorv and brintr I Wi'tommril t'tetwo cuntriet. 1 jtl audacity to say that the TPrcsiient ought to ing into contempt the honorable of the earth ;" f Kid- ff:tly kfermedihat Mr. Smith has .hate convened Congres upon his arrival, making. also while we entertain a firm belief that it will be '! k. lkon, - that no further commU-j hirtself the judge of the dutiesbf the President ; so ordered by the Dispenser pf all events, that 'w'niU rttelved from him, and that Vhti checked in this inmlent carter, he threaten--good will finally grow out of this state of things tr.ty- ul U.t - determination, would with-. ed to appeal, and acta.ly did appeal to the peo- we do, in the mean time, not the less detest the i4y w,; kngwn to Vis government, pie. He wassuppoec by a pafly notwithstand instruments of cruelly that are filling the earth. II 5 a ajwrso lo it al the saxiic tixacUut a. and upua a meccaable tt-casiaa the follow .witU tialcnce and witl blotdf They xjjcaa not you, "- coPY;)Jwyv:-' y M Anchor oJJT Major Ford's, May 3f I $0& havejnot the honor of an acquintance s - ! -'- ) , ' 7 ( v V
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