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fl6M IH rlMA!'S JOURWAL. ,ERS upotf FRENCH" INFLUENCE.; t pEoPJ-B OF THE "VXITED STATES ' nrieinally intended by the writer of thse iMfftna IV lnicimcu uy mc wiui. wi vuvsi. n , .-- r . - -. ' , i- Vthe character," or French mnuence up- ...ki. nkdee which he gave tothcPiiblic. 4 object to examine in succession the va ..jnH different dishes of the great po Lrtainmcnt which France has given to ited Statesaa av0 tiaqyie aa inaia -irum m the apple of Thomas JeffersonVjibble vi y- it. . j EaWrco. But there is a certain imp antl artlor in the public mind which the must suffer to influence his conduct, though not suns i' them v swer . a jjuui his riehts, and will maintain L'U firm and proud independence. The Have their ngms aisi. Aiiey hij ma...-.jImi-p. thev may exercise all the powers ivuvi ' ' , , . 1 .i . MAwl vtsvfr Mart n a thv licism, tney may i"u vj Tit lipre thev must stop. 1 ne writer i .:.- u..t km ic'ill ronl flirtation tun in auvioc, vi PM ' . . ' .. appear. to require volumes in a momem up jboct whicn nas rcijuncu- uis icutwiuu :. mpwiirdecidine upon the proper mode i 1 .... Inn hlvirvpAfifi Ylt bursueu, anu cvvijr . in his own poor juugineiu, ucwaimagitai tainted. Such sbaix not be obeyed, i he ill!, in this case, be eoverned by one ol LjeffeTSoniau maxims upon which he now y value, and will " manage his owrr attairs mm wav." The cool iuclffmentpf tlte Pub Lever, will be greatly respected. In defer- io it, we now exhibit new, extraordinary, lost interesting lniornsauon, iu uic niuzi WAvrs Movir, At least eight miluohs, be sides fat kEUVriVlSHMEHt OF ALL' CLAIMS fOR SPANISH AND FRENCH SPOLIATIONS, AJiU MUST HAfE IT, ; ' " ' .' ' f;enral Artnstronc. at lencthi tantalized be- vntid endurance in' this; business,' and well know- ihK that there was a snake in the grass, applied to! liundred and ievenfy-stT, and the amount, divided 7M tn Mftrrh .1707 rnrnm.d flt - $5,000 dollars per annum g 200,000 as before, is, per head, onefiundrtdandjijiy- Charge for accommodation of house- dollarand nine cents. ; lr "r. hold -say, within the hrst period ot 4 years. , nine rr'idinCi meo, ai once, iu mc wtuiuiuu , of 1805-$. the reader's recollection is re- , for one .moment, to the (public) message President, Jefferson, at the; commencement It 5ess on. It indicated, in terms me mw lined, that the United States werfe on the, war with Spain. Speaking ot the injuries from that nower, the message satd, e of them are of, a nature to be met by force tnd all of them may lead to u. i cannoi but recommend such preparations as cir 3nrps rail for." 'I he messafje, indeed, a- ltd in that ambiguity of expression, and in -rrai;Atina of censure upoa every belli t," for which the luminous mintTof that re- pile man was distinguished. Spain was par te mmnlamed oi the eenerai censure up- ... , - v the belligerents," was evidently meant tor Britain but nothing was said ot -trance, this not one word of FRANCE ! Yet the bent had in his Possession documents from I 7 - . ... . . .i irai Armstrong, announcing to Ipm, in ine perlcct ot all orhcial tormn, that as respeci- KQtmCUlUeS WHICH Ulincai IU wwi wtwwii mcrican and Spanish governments, there was tt, as Mr. Kandolnh soon alter said in me U of Representatives, " no Snain." Speak- ' r - . Spam, among other matters, the President A Propositions for adiustintr amicably7 the iariea- of Louisiana have not been acceded In a nrivate messaee soon after,; he said s the policy of Spain to reserve herself for is. Yet this arch deceiver knew that the a why the boundaries of Louisiana could not iusted with Spain was -.-. .- - ropain to adjust thern ' in? terms whatever Wunprincipled, conduct in telling Congress tie would not say .to the American f eopie .e. Worldl that it was the policy of Spain to "ie herself for events, when his agents abroad wmed him jthat it was the policy ot p rance serve Spain for evnts ! (The public message sent to Congress on the 3d of December, and Private messaee only three days after.) The . . . . . . - r wious Jefferson, ' the only man on earth ot P the writer is at this time .disposed to speak 'Kventy, and that, he appeals Jto his uoa lor nitu ot the assertioni lor no private or per- t!rF-ac:An lu11 Vnpui ihafrfmm tlip vpm rtritrin fltiationsUarefeienc&io;,the purchase as f boundaries of Louisiana, the government pin was suffered to take no step whatever w applnnc tor the- Commands ot I ranee, as m the constant habits at every stage of hllClrlAOn aP rMrl!nm - - r tt r tai urUo (hnea v ""vjd, uvllUllijj ruv if niinv viivuv vwni werev facts which will not be denied by t i 'f our Ministers who have been concerned in N lefrotiations". or bxr their titivate Secretaries. let this Man of theT People this President " cood old United States' told Coneress. it Drirst mm ! ia ' t Vinvfi rcsinn tn K. Jtliit she Franceir was disposed to eEect a TTmtpfl States antl Snain plan to what our Ministers propos. nat a horrible violator oi -.liutn t-vv nen M this, he kripVthnt if France 'was diSnria- ntcta'seulement.'it'wolud be effe'eted'. Ft moment.- But there is mirth Virtoin'that 'i analofrnnc ' Anlnffnuii in what ? Our "Hitters in the offers they made, ' proposed' to yR-NCH, mer"elv to obtain aboundarv for i orvp3nisn spoliation aione u 'is n lately been qffereden N , e rtnrnit,M..' j BikltlP thhSP nfT.-TO caiyl nTiw ili!nr nhnnt Knv. A Horida, UnJoi'htf-flltf mpsnt this FRANCE must expect from France, should thef go to war with Spain. The General wrote to the President (and the President incautiously' suffered this to go tn Congress in the mass of confidential documents) MTTalleyrand was instantaneous, prompt, un- nuivnral in hift feniv.. IF TQTJ CO TO WAH with Spain, trance can neither doubt tatb ! L she . must take part with SPAIN LI V Thusearlv was the criminal man, who then pretended to administer the Executive Depart- ment of the Government ot the united atates, in formed, officially, by his own confidential agent, of the inflexible determination oi me cm peiup Napoleon to controul the conduct of the United States in its foreign relations, and thus early, as we shall soon abundantly prove, did he submittb such controul,. These facts, infinitely momentous beyond any thing in our recehtWstory, have been concealed from the good People of the United States, from 1805 to 1810. The confidential message so often alluded to the confidential documents which accompanied it the attempt of Mr. Jefferson to make MrRan ,iirr,. aa rhairman of the committee to whom the private message was-reierrea ime macpeiiucm and honest MaCon' being then tne man wiro nam ed committees) 'the tool of the Exec utive to bring forward, in conclave, a proposition to appropriate rinHnrs. with a view to supercede the measures which it seemed must naturally grow out of .the message, as it contained not a w;,, ahnnt imnnrv. and did contain many hints a- bout war the conversation between Jefferson and Randojph.. involving the ihdigrunt.refusal of the latter to act the dishonorable part assigned him the substance of cofiyeTsations oetween me same .niioman and Mr. Madison and Mr.' Gallatin, on the same subject the (sortpf) commission issued t Mr -RifWii and Gen. Varnum, as Managers w --. ... r of the House of Representatives, ana jvnignis qi the'Back Stairs, when it was ascertained that Mr. Randolph would opposenne acimimsirauoi -mc sub caucuses, ana otner mwrauvrca u. hw,t ith the result will be reviewed in ,.L ..... c success on. For the present, wimine ic-yc th. p.,Klir. w 11 take a little lime to tausk vw jl fcjwm-'wj " r 14,000 Fxnensts on account of house and relative, accommodations at seat., of (vempnent, as deducted from, pre sident s salary, and not charged to public treasury, - Amount m relation to presidency of General Washington, . ' 2i4,6db Expenditures in relation to presidency' of Mr Jefi ootooo AMD UEF-ECT. From the Canhkjicut Mirror. K SCIENCE OF DRAINING MONEY- FROM THE TBEA vmi pvamffned the'oisfraffs of monies ex- fiended on account of the Jiresidtnt's house, as ofhci- ally called lorth by-tne commuiee : - niuios v mav he thouerht, rjerhaps, to betoken curious and cunning matters relative to the management of public monies, let tne suojeci iainy wbi .,i i The items': it is true, are not the same as have been een in consul general L,ear!s accounts, ... f. ViV.Mf, Ai:-tA an1 nnr. which are so noiorwus i iuu'vj mity of charges against the United States. Items for making and repairing pumps and pump boxes clearing out tne -wcu icjjaiiii.ij ufc....b repairing .uniiv.-a, v-. . -p - - pairing plaistering new water-pipes and repairs to office's putting up one grutegaking down ,wtK.r.small inh5 levelling dressing ground grass, Bcc. clo D dollars and 1 4 "cents..iaifflfiJteiB;.fqr digging earth and carting- such charges appear to have oeen paia irom me c.ir nf thft United States, on account of the y . v . - , president's house. Aceoroing iu uic oniu ,,.nt riNn. 9.T the whole or uie exueuuiiuics, nlaced under, theheail of president's house, in the, -TV- - . 1. - L . n course of about live years ana mice uiumna, a- n. i-l J .1 Af 1.- riintfl tn more than hlty-ciffiii mousauu uuh-u. v. ' . . . . t-, nn rnn!p to know Uie amount aisnnciiVi without any of the more or less that appeared -. .j . . , i j -..... ffVpJal stvle . as economical K.nowicui: ting by wholesale, when secretary Dearborn was ;,,vintr W calory of. 4.500 per annum, and could - . i f V .1 th'.t displace persons oi espencm-cu wmpti'i-H vi trie family establishment might flourish ? Take it then, precisely as set down fii the'staterflnt, from the treasury department ! The sum is 58,573. dol lars and 9 cents, ao muun w uuiij-wi'um-ed in relation "to lhe palaee, from the 29th March, 1803, to tne jutn juuc, ioui v-w""ft "v -,,nta , Jn,Urpi and settled at the'treasury depart- uvu"o . ... . ment. 1 heb,aiance oi injiica, tunnov.ii wu the treasury, and remaining to be accounted lor Dy the superintendant of the city of Washington,"6n the 30th Ot June, iouo, c-un.iwj, iu : u,.,, No. a, was 49,107 dollars and .58 cents, neither more ftor less. Itdoes not appear trom any ol the " documents, hpw much of that balance was Uien considered specifically reserved for account Although thepublic information, therefore, is not so complete as might be desired, yet, with the f?at now before-usr-somft estimate may be form ed of the public expenditure relative to the presi dential establishment, jor tne two aamimairatwi nf tivht -vearai' The comparison., is 'interesting, especially if there bea questionr Whether the af fectation ot economy can be used as a political cloat for extravagance ? ' ' '.- Expenditures in relation te firetidencu of General Salary ay ior; 8 years from March ;, fiprann . Salary- fors 8 years, from March, i ey i,. March, i Buy, computed at 25V000 dollars ner annum. . Chatge for accommbda- " r i ...L.ii . iiou ui nuubcnuiu, wun re- , ference to the period of 4 years commencing the 4th ' ' of March, 101, appropri ation of 15.000 by an act of . the 24th of April, 180O, sales of property belonging to household of president Adams, by act of 3d of r filarchj 1 80 1 iorh,estimat- ed value of the whole sav 15.000 L.narge tor accommodation of household, With.refer- f ence to the period of four years, commencing the 4th ot March, 1805, appropn anuu ui i,uuu wuii5aiei h of decayed furniturejhcl equipage, by act of-3d of March, 1805. for (he whole, say SOOjOOO For thfc contingent expehsel jrjf both Houses of Congress, ; for the second 'session'pf the eleventh Concress, commencing he 27thf Nov. 1809. "fthere haveljeen aDPronrtSied. thirth i tour thousand .... ' i. . - uuuar. ahc wnoie numoer oi mernuers is one hundred ana seventv slr i and the. amount. nr headj is, one hundied and ninety three dollars und eighteen cents. " Contingent expenses per heaq---1st session 3d congress $7Sir 1 st session 8th congress ' 149 09t -ad session 11th congress 195 18 Is this the astonishini? reduction of nation it. pense, add saving of live people's money, that was to be broueht about bv the political reform and . m conomy that were promised uhtjer Mr, Jeffeisoh ? Was it tor such augmentations ot public expen. diture, that oil the mouths of labor, male ahd feT male, old and young, werecal!ed upon to cele brate festivals, and sing " Jefferson and Liberty' 14,000 Expensesion account of house and relative .accom modations at seat 'of gov- ernment, charged to pub lic treasury estimate-; charged from 29th March", , 1803, to 31st December, ' 1 808, as per official state ment, No. 2, 32,805 9"0 appropriated by act pf.Sd -March, 1807, as per state ment of appropriations - 15,000 appropriated by act of 25th i-April, 1 80S, as per state rhent of appropriations -. 1?,000 -29300 S5 1,865 9.0 . i or estimate otherwise charged from 29th March, 1803, to 30th June, t808, as per official statement, No. 3, . . jl. 58,573 .09 Balance of monies advanced , to the superintendantbeing . ' g49,107i,58-100 on the "30th - of" June, 1808 for nroportion on account of palace, sayonly one tenth part ' - 229,000 ' A NEW PEMOCHATIC DICTIONAHV, ' The following ingenious definitt&n of a few words,: of .late very muchused, is coDied froni the Baltimore Whig; The writer' should have -dedicated his work to the President of the Uniud States, and the majority in the last congress. t; J. X. Hj. A'Oil. ' From the Baltimore Whip-. Extract from the New Dictionary, as adopted aiid ,-fv , .,iirli---. exempaiveci ai vvasnnigion. Dignified moderation-Passive obedience : for bearance : non resistance ; submission to evert indignity. Honorable Retirement Running away from Mi enemy; blockading one s self up in one's house, barricading the doors to seclude' the pursuer.- tree trade Capture ; sequestration ; confisca tion; . 5 " Jtefiublicam'ttn Any" thing oi nothing. Moderation-Tergiversation ; duplicity ; a!L things to all men ; disregard of principle. Rethonsibilitu scarecrow: terrific cohlin : t , - -. v ........ o a devil, shunned alike by the President and con gress, despised by the judicviry; an excuse iojr Standing still ; the apobgy of knaves; the.gil?" berish of fools. Eloquence Words ; , strong lungs.- Coura0&mi quod) 'Spirit k vehement speech. ' . . Energy a string of r.esolutlSr presented yes tertUy, and withdrawn to-day. I . , . rcoundricquiyocaj ; unintelligible that which contains live or si meanu;(mdre or lesSJ) - Indeiendtnce resolving to day, not to submit, out rescinding me resolution io morrow. 4.910 JJisiatch of bmtness lalkmg, and intriguing ,; for five months, without doingany thing. '$f Patriotism weit?hini? Ene-lish cuffs atra;nrt' 63.483 09 but to allow for any possi ble error, and that the es timate may not bebver charged, set down for th)e "v.liole "no more than - A.mount in rcfation to, presi dency ot MrT Jctlerson, 61,000 g29O,000 o u o o French kicks, and quietly aottlinq the account. Constitutionally selling a charter for a bribe General welfare His interest of one paramount, to that of ninety nine. , ' . 'i - Convincing argument Dollars aid cents. Might Profit ; gain. ..-n, " Wrqng k Loss ; n.o money-: ' . v... i3trs2VwVy,..:Drafting a, law,' so wortjed, that me secretary oi me treasury mmsi ten ioiKSMliat it means. Brt rift,'.. ..Eichteen sectionaanstead of aldozen of lines; dividing a thing into , hundred "part msreau -oi iKing ii in me lump. - . Foret?git...Ao shut the'doorr wfrcn the steed 1 stolen. - , . i1onflrfcwords,peechesJand..resolution5A Similicitv of manners ...Set forms of introdhC - tion at the levee, everv Wednesday evening px The difference between the sums pyid during! eluding gentlemen dressed m boots, unless M lmt nfieentlemen happen to be members of congress,! the presidency of Gen. Washington and that of Mr. Jefferson, is 76,000 dollars tor eignt.years. A general increase of public expense on account of the nresidential establishment, to such an ex- .... .... . , r tent,-was probably not expected by the.bociy oi ptrsons,wlio applauded the inaugural speecn, made; by president Jefferson, in March, 1 80 1 . Apportioning 76,000 dollars for "eight years, the avt-rafve is 9,500 dollars annuallu a sum cpsider- ably more than Sufficient to defray the salaries of the governor and heutenant governor me, becie- taty-and treasurer, ano comptroller ei aoooums, for the &tate of Connecticut, tocelhcr wiihlallow- ances for their clerk hire;," and other expenses ofj omce. rv,' ; . ." So rharactcrislic is thefdifference between the presidency of general Washington and the presi. r tr. Jefferson, with resnect to nublic VJ V- ' V 7 " - 1 - monies,,, in cases more immediately interesting to themselves. Proercssion in the contingent exfienses of the twd FTouses of Congress. In the first session ct the third Congress, commencing the second of De cjember, 1793,. there was appropriated tor ex - whom it is expedient to induce, to soothta -it '! ress and flatter. . . " :;- iuper-,eminenr talents..., Cautiorr mystery ; ti- ; muiity ; something hid in a napkin, seen or under stooil by--nobody. ; Regard jor neutral rights " Kesolveu, 1 hU neutral rights be suffered to shift for themselves" -. ; 'From the Aurora. In a season of peace, men of little intellect or narrow knowledge, ;inay slide tjirough the con gressional benches, innocently., and without pre ju dice to the country : put tne nreseni season noes not admit of a government ofknaves and fools, oi what is equally pernicious "though not so odious--a legislature composed oi men so little competent ., to the business of legislation, as to become, from, , personal incapacity, mere automatons iny the hands ol the secretary ot the treasury. ; . Extract of: a letter from a father, in the. District 7 1 of Maine, to his son in Baltimore, dated, . '"' - " augusta, 'June 5, 1810.".:- " Your brother Peter is a prisoner in one. of the ses of firewood,1 stationary, printirig work, and aJ French prisons v his tntME bang., cast Qwy,iT. . r Lt... re.r.nn. Cadiz-Aau. in the late storm. . He was on board rnntintrent exnenSeS of the two Houses of Con rt-Vj sii'-tHe sum ' of f f n thousand. dcMars The whole riumberf Jiembers, at' that time in both j divided by the whole number of members, is, per htead, seventy-tngo dollars ana jony-six genia slKr tht rnnfinont eitnenaes of the two Houses rtf''.ohcrr'PRs. for ths first' session. 'of the eiahth m "W! W"" va.wvMj wa "- " P , Congress, commencingtne i,m oi uciojer i oyo, pvrlusive of the exnense of printine the; Presi- deht's messaire of the 23dof December 1802, there was apprbpriated-tlie sum of twenty-eight tiousana aouars. , in mat wjnKrcss, ic -wun her of members in both Houses, was crif the sliip Commerce captain Colburp, of Hallo- way.bhould there be any vessel going iron Baiiimbre to France, beg the master to'roatt ijr;- ' quiry fur him." '.' ,r"'." - ;V: The following Jetter has been .received by tlo Collector of ths pott, -to which we give publicity Wltn pleasure, mine ih; iu. -., those who it concerns will fikye an opportunity ci procuringltheir release s spori as the oSture gj . ; the casevwHi auow. -. ',-t"3'y -i . M. S. Prtncessi Port of lijtrpool,'- "OIK, I make it known to you that I was lorn ir
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