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Aufv'e merits of the pretensions setup by .3 governments as unfolded in, the course of JL nd the EPIMerii : jol.ffl the basis ol two substantive anddis-1 t.ihe motives of our cabinet in 'assumincr tent attitude, he two enquiries must be karate and apan. a aisposjuon:nas ai- been Detraycu . w wiiuiHg: ,- vuiuounu To lose sight of the main and original lof investigations an enor whkh the Vh- fill oe easily. 5u yw mm c jjucresv pi jisand propagate misrepresentations to forc LbSc-opimon.: ... ;..;v . hajl be our purpose at mis time to avoid any isioa of the comparative manilestations .given . mo jjwerementt-f a disposition to record Lir unfortunate differences. Whatever 6- may be tormefl by us atier rrtatu delibe we shall promptly and fearlessly express j point rf oTder and. immediate interest the sion will be postponed until we examine the iity and policy of Mr. Jackson's dismissal. Ov for the people of these States, the f ee- W the press "and the liberty of speech j&till ish m all their characteristic and republican rl The repeated attempts which have been bf intoxicateddema jogues, to silence free ion and' abridge the" rights and priviicRes Ineni have bf en met with ah unetinstiish fcid maw spirit of resistance, wiiich . has i p - 1 a' i . uieieaicoi mem. nc inenas or ipeny ag bte government have So lar triumphed over komoters Ot lilegat violence and the advo of tyranny, and tlius have our laws' and been preserved.- It would hot be fitting se who have borne the brunt of persecution :ver ghrunk from danger aad Responsibility, br fear or indecision at a crisis like , the L, Our heads may lead us into errbK but bur hearts beat inch with conscious Dutitv itnotism. we disdaTii to mak c.aA ralr.tila. f tflnsequences,- 'whilel yre. follow fA dic- ind the lights of oitr own judgment. It be recollected that altb'oush v( fall with ,ni and our country, they do not sink with Iwct there cart be no iust erounds of com. if e should Mil to please every' federalist upright course we, sliall pursue. VtttiMtjufifivrifd by fact or justified by hfc'iatd PdllCt m duniaxinfr th firitish rt ttefaojileare called ution to decide Mis The tase is before them, and they are tun w aecwie. migmatinK or suDnlv'inff rlemedies.' ff,. Jid enlightened siatesmen will always mea tdresr byy thenjaryif 'any r sustained n the cftmirial codes of air civilized nations far scale of crimes and punishments is pre. 'u inoee laws are tienounceds incom withthe.fichts and benefit of Inmost violent punishments, t'olhe "most roences. Those CTadatfcna' ai-p. ri o-;.nu ri alsojn the yules wfeich regulate the in-' Mduev'eillri private lire : . 'and KJaticcunrulatcd rVrce do they appfy and pi si w?mLJm trJSftB, who.undertake neL great., community ? tircumitances ? usual andicutiar thev sometimes ,be dispensed . with, but even must be rendered ' stronelv; auolicabte jraergency, afid the frighful consequences a Olsiwnsatien shouid be , prepared for, disagreement between Kfri Se- fstnisal,-j? miiuinuatton by the lattcrf P.W.V as acquainted' with the V ton. or January'.- i&fteVntoWU.w - WWtt was. p-iven iri miU "'V- the arrabgjment aWcrwardt disavowed. 5nsinuatiori Mi. ftmi, w -..nu r v-j XWrnwru had no knowledge VTilUHe Vas exceeding hi1 in a Jge Umedtnfti'lhat W Mr, -Smith) nii;-, , "4t." m- : conditions "7ton bm" MV' " T ". -' m uic iouowing statejvm'a hegofiatiopv is eDii$eUl-i!b';' vernment, and inXorm'alion1; pfficially Imparted to mm, is consiaereq as communicaiea w tne govern ment. ' If he think probcrttd siiDpress imd con ceal information officially communicated,, for the purppses of jfitiigue and vCorruptipi,. he is guilty of a rnisdemeanorvvhich involves theveracity and gooujaua or our government r or. sue, 4,Screta;may'-be:lmpeaQhdv .?addiK6hf.tpnitli's- iponfSasion fact, vr hairje.' frorn under the hand. oLE that tKosa condition were mad knowny- and two of them, were assented to- as will appear; by the following extract : .! -s ;r'-';X . ' -: h I consider itloveeyert: to. be. my dity to. de clare) that duringrhy negociation with yoiji, whici led rrie, to the canciiision of the, provisional agree ment, I found r9 rfcason to befieye that any diffi? culties would occur, in the accomplishment of the two former cpnd er -.'of -the President of ue!iiUd'''.States'tci;acce4c' to the first, and Consistently with the explanation which I have before gjyen to the second poinC On the contrary, I received assurances' through yjpur-that'the Presfcitnt would comply (as far as iVwas in his power) with the first coudition, and lhaf there could be no doubt that the .Congress would think it incumbent upon them to assert the rights of the United States, against such powers as shouhj adopt Or ac under the (decree of Frahctf, as soon as their actual conduct. or' determination upon" that subject couldbe ascertained but that in the mean time, the President had not the power, and could not. undertake to pledge hjrpsejf in the formal manner required to. that effect." . : The whore of the letteof ttiiich the above ex tract is a part, excepting the iatugraih containing the extracts was revised and altered by the secre tary of state,, to suit his" own palate., So com pletely had Mr. Erskine been Atduced-lliat even his correspondences were submitted, to Mr; 'Smith for revisal. state this as a fact, known & pub licly talked of at the city of .Washington, which Mr, Smith will not deny, andjf he do, it can be proved. The extract which ,we quote, was iot in the letter when Mr. Smith perused and corrected it. "The conicience of the minister peradventure Urrtote him,' ahd he afterward! added the above paragraph) disclosing information vv inch it, was concerted to conceal. l"his no dyubt'took the p(theofQciotjeer; You are; already' . RALttMon TiDSBAtt R fuaucAv. tiotuJ does not necessarily ihcldde thtf knowledBWdispb did not write- I i' -i rdi& "lh goveramelt Vjipeernpt tcrBeparatefaspentjf to Bpwe'of ther Mfl. JACRSON'S DISMISSAL." - . , f himself from thet '9demtneri ? . Th- irrAarv o'P The next msinuation u)n.nce between our eoverBmenti .- :- ;,:rt- s. :j.:. t.:j ..t.t A- . tL 0f the American peopled It should be f borne in mind that the first and irn ?eoquirf to be 1made, isk' whether-the de L,.f his "Britannic majesty'a minister lias Lch 5 W justify aoministratidn in the. ieanrojrcaress .wuiyii .uwju iuc power, tbbuKfit fit, to adopt, -f;.-A7' 1 r -." ' we conamwr on wmco uc was ut 'coiiciuue wererpeen. ajsposcd, bf bribes and Intrigues, to accep : prescribed. So far from the tertnS wjiichhe was the proffered boon- IjutEnglahd isathorninthel' -actually induced to. actepf having: been -contem- side of l-ranc'e," and'Entriand mustheaeAttvedi a conuuci i""" "" "-" .-"vh,Biv ' "r sue uu retaraca we conquest ot Spain, and - i ; f;, 1 ' f they, were substituted tJLyou in lieu of 4hose .on checked the rahid march '-of, the iucatemhki to uhi - In of theJ'RiPallj? propOsta.Seei' tttextract iVearve;er6al'dominibni .v;-v'': r-Mj : fX'-'v" " ' V f Yskine, from Mjvfcrskine's Xt&tv.i.. t;V;r.-:,-Vliutlwis Knglarid to be 'fleitrtert'.f-' "'- thatTIstt attys-'gen ta been tried in valii it - I - ment?; Ktlie lie hre givtri? Vis tW ; .5 jj .1 the -whole of letters the ut FfefbtrtliaWh ! FT'i- Trtd therefor other; miati 1 is in; Mr. JacEsorr's letter lurintf her into7 the snwe Division in th fioval - J " fv flowing wordslamilV ere pttxlucedand Boriarrie. extended : r ! acquainted With tbarrinstrucv bif fittterirMr haiwrM'W!W.7trt; !' 4 i.ir KiL i J tiri-which was given, and J have bad fh hnor' iivisicaf he'Spaniar w'eri 'mft'-undef of informing you that it was the only one by which yoke for theirjovfn benefit.-' Many ,6f tfiFm;tae r r a vciiaic wi uiueiurous pcmnni roup?.. ire exwnorsi rt ti-f nrrt language used ? 6, unless the re-asseruon of i orTtheOT gud boats and Invasiohs. T'Tef - fact appearing in Mi. Erskine V letter,; and after-; all the'schemes ahd,ex"efn"ai'c! attempts of Bo let . us' see 19, what Janguage Secretary Smith re feltf barrier, and rendered it hecesary - fdr hirn to" plied to this part of Mr, JAejtsonoteT..'- -;;';, aek out a new invention jBonaparteJs never ai I ,marfreron wteverul iB$tBrAqnd m?RofiER c. harm for the mantiriie t nattohs, winch is cornV allusions in your Uitet, Vc - ! : v ( " prised in five wbrdsriA freedom If the OceanjK, jltinoujiK me oecrciary j oiaie may tmnx " tnc w enougn -lue unssions ana t;anessnoutn King' of England is in hi dotage,'', and "the g6i.e4yTkfi liberty oiJii:yse'ai-Jorei'er',MiXUc A- secretary by surprise ; but whaT Was done in a whose commands I obey and to wfeom alono I formafdiptonktic form could not be uudone so i conafder nryself j-esponsible. ? Beyond this, it suf- I'tnttW.i "u cypress acKnow k' tLeTAHty was aertuaint in hi:? : contained -in Mr. Er rwftmem-!v 1116 Wuaion pi. aunWt W- b the government would not the cat was let out of the bag. If we turn totirePresident's messdKe. it will seem t,hat he disclaims all knowledge of the in structions of January, , and yet b-y tjie above ex; tract-it appears that the faith qf tut; President was pledged w the performance ot pi.pf tJie cdriditi-' trans.'. Ire mean" m imheamment of . veracitu. We wsh the pedpie to read. co-mparei and reflect. There are corrupt rulers in alf fe jernments, and Ood knows we have had our share of them of late ; therefore we must keep our eyes cfoscly turned towards oUjr great men. - But touching this asseveration, government neyef would Jtraye. concluded the arrangement un less under a. belief that it would be ratified Mr. Smith- admits a knowledge bf the conditions, and Mrs Erskine state that the President promised to perform one of them. Well what is a condition! Does not the performance of a condmon proposed by Engl jndvi irriply cohcesion,Von our rirt ! 'A e ondition, H a promise o do s'orn'etliinir m consi- ueimion jji someming penormca as preparatory tplt." That previous : or," preparatory something was known to" bur ' Koverniacrft. because it consti tudedi the condition; itself:Bndytt turiwvemfflent knowing that the performance their part was ah indispensable' prerequisite, ac- Jcededtd ah arrangement .made in express contra- icmiuii yi yioscr very coiioiuons. inus consiuiea ard" fimrhunicaied, and the bare insinuation of the fac t is made the plea for. djsmi ssing a minis terand exposing us to a war. , - . ' -The first insinuation of Mr, Jackson, is contain ed in the following' passage' froni iiis, reply to Mr. Smith's first note. ; " . ' , :",It was not known when Heft Rngland, whe ther Ir. Erskine had 'according" to the, liberty al lowed him, communicated to you ,x ex t en s o his original instructions. It nojappeara that he did not. But, in reverting t his oScial corres pondence, and particularly to a dispatch address ed on the 36th of April to his majesty Secretary of State for Foreign affairs, I End that he. there statesj that he Lad siibmitied to your con s'rdera 'tibie'.thriee condhioiis sptcjfied( , thl,thcb-iii: structions, as the giound vvoik of an arrangtment which, according toinrormatioh recei ved from thi country, it was thoqght in- England irtoight be made, witn a .prospect ot great mutual advantage. - Mi". Erskine then .reports vaRBAtiM jt,r, striatum your, observations upon each of the three conditi ons, and thevrjeaspjps "which induced you to think that .others might be substituted in, lieu of thein. It inay.Jjaye;tbeen con these latter, were 'iah equivalent for ('he V original vuiiuiuyiia , uui mc very act .pi supstiuauon evh- ernment upon the, eve of dissolution is it jgxpttcted toertcan Jacobufs shouted, " Huzza for the liber that-a ministtr of a great and powerful tiatie; w the Ocean i" t -; ; : . would tamely receive a reproach which the most) ? But these Words and phrases have no otheiV nettv slate in Germany would have considered V meaning than the shouts for the librrtv of the landi disgrstce to her representaiiye r Irrelevant ani t formerly uttered by the TlemiiigsV, Dutch, Ger- fititcr. If tlds amohjs diplomiuc sidered indecorous1, their ideas vary very much tnrrdy foi1 the purpose of brmg'tjg the ocean un " trom, those t private gentlemen., Imsisthe on-; oer ms control. ii he intends tie ocean shall bo 5. ly expression in the whole . correspondence that f' ee' why docs" he act in direct opposition to that . will warrant a charge of uidecortiny about which, freedom on all occasions? jrje has cisrbft" out" anu Qgravmions anu so loruj, we ceara so mucn uciwcch his own ana-, uriusn ports, wnicri in -the. National Jnttlligencer. The following is was guaranteed to us by a treaty signed by htm4 " " air. -jck son i s Eepiy iu u. a-v. cm , atiu uur snips auu cargoes, anu sccjuester- " Where there ifiot freedom of commiinfcatl-; ed rui pi ope riy, in djrect violation of the treaty on in the form sustTtuted for tlu more usirl one the law of natrons 'jiiined: ou'sip abd car ,'' of verbid discussion tbere ean be little useful in goes, vhich were carrying on a laful'trade up; tercoufse between ministers, and one at least of $n the high seas ; subjected our vessels to captufef' the epithets which you have thought proper t6 ap- end condemnation, for ufferin' them to be board ; ply to my last letter,' is such as necessarily abridg-j ed by British men of war, which we.cbuld nof -es that freedom --Tliat any t'hiog therein conta'ui- j posajbly-. avoid; ? he . - Has Obliged the countriet'un' T eu may. oe irreievaiji iq me suojeci u is. 01 course iw nu uuiiiumum, ucn us tiouawi, iiaiy, ueu : . . . . . . i r .1. e; J. ; l:. j - - . ' ! oompeteni m y( as youu succeed c-ument lose of ty of ,mv allusibnsv-jou must allow me to acknow-- as lav as was iti his power,' our Interccairse witlf ledge only the 'decision- of iny own &overeign,'.thfe Hiitisli' 'dominions :Jn)prisned;ur:-ealPCQi.','' cvc. .c. riepce u is eviir-ent tnat py uut freedom of the Seas? Bonaparte means that tM h h )uio tnaeavor 10 snew, np as ian ihik, , iu uuopi n qecrees against us ; oiock 7 insg doingi' in so far will my ar-i a'ded hole nations against us, without a single .,' its validity but as to the prpprie- ship of Wat to enforce fcisv.bk)ckade--pr6hibited. ' "ne BroU -i:" : : '"'"VV0 uv ",c 'cry .acj Ptolon U.i.' . T"eni WOW the in fact Vtrv eXOl c tlv mmmiinlfdi to von. aftd M fear Af v. .ly ,v Puw have made! by yoil of course laid:beforgf nff Prcwrlcnt foi hU t viofcT't.W owronsideatiOTjL . -i aril, l !.I0Onioltostrurln.'.n .AfA, t,-l : i bees that ! do not deviate from the respect due to the government to wjhich Ivm accredited ; 1 -r;Tjbii:wlsfollqWdVjUiat son.. ' So ended the dispute between the Secreta ry of State and the British minister. It was cut short.by "a knocking down'aiiiuinent.' - - Some sayf tht on both bides therrespondence vva3 severe and uncourily,,but certaii) it is that whatever there is. of inducvrttr. and 'severUy pf manner appears? the letters ihemiejves anu tae quot4tiois given- .'to have ot SecieUry rsmUlw e app and tTibshitoed of all- polriicaf-denominations whether there is any thing in tbe letters, publish; ed to excuse our govtrnmcnt.for dismissing a mi nister. lie bisLory of revoIuUpiiary france can scarcely furnish a puirallel to the act ; ahd.we know not how to account for the un)rccedented pleasure, ; -after, winking at. the indigiiiiies offered to ojt minister in trance, and after htr ' minister and those of other nations have been rude and o- overbearing Eere,(tnolels it 'bulirt'-, 'designed coinci-, uence -with rrench views 'and poiicy. Jturope will so jidge of it, ard those who have studied theha views of the FrVrh; faction in- this, country, will not be at a loss to ascribe it to it Vtrue; motives. Mayproviderice tyert the calamities which it was designed and calculated to bring upon our devoted country I 1. ' '- ',-, ..-:,; :,. ;".' r: Front theJjsschusetta Spy,i' -.7, . Front "tW comniencemnt of it? revolution in Vrafice, it has been easy1 to tee views of aggran disement, and the .seeds of arnbitioni in the pro ceet ings of tlie French, their declarations to the contrary notwithstaftiiJK'. - In speecheia ;the.le- ,'gfilative assembly, and speculations .published in their newspapers, iney nequenuy maimainea xne principle that t rance and tngianu, united, could couqutp the yhqiq; world, ; After the war between Englandiand FranceV commenced, they ascribed to hicmsclvii the poWev of conquering the world and the course tliey were to pursue was .pointed out Bytheir bold poHticiansv One of vthe most powerful nestruros by which this conquest was to Be effected, was the famous decree of 3the lfth of November, ..1792J by vhich they declared they would assist any nation" which Wf dcifrbu of ef fecting a revolution. ; Flanders accepted their ser vices, and they (kefit Flanders ; - Holland also ad mitted them intonier' bosoni, andC they Areriw session of IhUand. , But these! examples were not sufficient for.ltalythe ianaiirish tbtaste the benefits of French -liberty--and .accordingly therFrench overran and kefiL'Mskssiofi of Italy A maiority of tho Swiss took a fenfif to the bless ings of. French liberty-Ttherefoi-e the fraternal hug wa extended torbwitztrland. the wora iipeny, has iprovrd $ talisman in, the hands of the Frepch f every consider- the no- thecausi isvto have- the Freedom' to drstroy the trade or ' ctl naiionsiexcefit his oVm. - He hak caused all the trade t-f lUibsia, Denmark, Prussia,' Austria, Hcj ianrif Iialyj the tfanse ToWcs&ci to be fitterl, cUsUoyed .and; it was he that Caused our trade tur . be entirely at a'stand for about 1 6 months." . v It it , also ybofly owing to the existence of his dfecrecy that V c are now '..encumbered whh too : much re, , guih.io," and shacUed with noh4ntercourselaw8., .TI advocates for the "lVetdom of the seas,";" II 1: LvcornmtncJd on the p;,rl have never undertaken. to give us a definiUon of 'U appeal to the- liberal jlhe ivvm- 'f hef dare not j-lts they, know it to be merely a cant phrase, invented to. cheat arid bub I ble ,the vioildlt Bonaparte get possession of - trngund and the "British navy, and he will then' have a neW term, v We shall then heof th PtrAcfe o the jper an ;"' and m order to secur . that peace,' hr vtuuid" prevent any- other than ihit FftrichjtagJtymfpfmring-xMiie ocean -i France v ants slilps, colbt tjes , and cOmmerce''--and the' ; Enipeioi' of Fraftte tfbiild take care thert should r be no commerce where Franile has 00 colonieaC I-onapartti and the .French in general, are ex- h treniely' ignorant of the vast power and resource!' ' of the B itisU nation but he; will,- in theccourse3 L 1. i . cf a few years, discover that she is not to be cotV tjuertd by'all the cbmmerctal restrictions, mteiy dictions, embargoes; or 'other SohemeS which Bon , rTaparte; or even Mr. Jfefferson is capable of de7 vising and ,wlrert he has folly made that discor ery, tlvul not be at all surprising (f he should of )tr to deliver tifi the executive dominion tf$hc oceafl? to ken ittraseihe viill guarantee to him the fornv man of the continent ! v- .' ,P y. ' hi l: The . Kjnexed 'inenwrandum of JVotes toerf cithqjr: iX-oet or Stolen JroT 'tiief ct hr' near 'Beaty' ':?IP : Fcrdt on the Catawba, on the 9th day of i 1 nute of 19 Svcrlu.g on Rob't ti Kwnedy about 1 6 yean dun - jur Wl iH tuvli'Fj.. jwm hue,-. -. y r ---),. - -- ; - ' Chailei Alexander,1 ljj yeart';due. ' e" 'Jl dois. ijD'Mai(1iew Hart, "! year iasslxSl 1 ' V iJ : 7 i on Capt, Siepheh hkxmt f yearidue. ; : 1 ' , - ; 26ya, Samuel Hoggi'iiead, 6 nioikdue, '-, '- "r ' 1 .' v-s. lvW,i'i' Carld fees- (iwiteriidi. V fsk . 1 ' : -: , 14 on Jvhn Gardner, .6 monthS'Tlu. . '' i ,' 1, I ; '. "40-on James Harris, Indian Laud, Sou th.Carc lira I; , amcnea 10, nu moe.i w, tiarrtv r f earvpne.-.:-r; 1 ', ' V 80 oh- hathaii Orr, aisitned to me by Jvatlian BeatyT. 'abw yeara djv,,-..-;.;,.,, ,.,;.;,, ? 1 . i .1 18 oq William L. David fl,' about 3 year! due,' X- Also aiS4ccouni pi t dote, folabopr done liim. ; s J. A biid against ErsESnPprwr, ifor 33Q aciei of laiid' tbj State tif.Kemlickr. v ,:' (- i ., -ii. 'f-' "'r'- "-..'.-V; '-.''A-'tH-ovcB acWntagautat.'die'cstati.'of - WHiam..Ir'CrwibA fpr 96 dols: near 3 yeatt due, v i v - ' ') i-'- ' '-. :"'t' l-iiote,vf .dolsTVon John M'Neely, Ifcdelj,-atiigndl t- ' mftbv Ebhraim' AUxander about 3 yeart due, - '... V -if. i 1 - -1 ':ii! lf9n(Ufbk) 'Hence the original efface, and if Mr. Ma-jojf German independenoe; Thf al)tve publication it therirfore' to notify the pubficj iKat . do heiebv lorwarn ail pertoni fnan-ljadiajr fcr aaid noe, bond and aecounu given u m , ' miff 1 li nr"TT7T " ' BLANKS Qf elf Icindi, &tr& -'f ..V-1 - - t -
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