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Vol. 15.
No. 75 a.
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I The writer 01 wic iuuwwiu ituci (,nu scvcui
as minister resident of the Batavian repub
io ihis country, tie s man ot talents, oi
loffirw" erudition, and of a calm andpenetrat-
tJ V5. i .r k. t.Ai;t;rsl A.'k.n... .r Wput. a? wpII Ak France, the coast of Italv in
Vtsb government, that her minister in America, in
his negotiation of a provisional engagement, en-
tcred into with the American government in the
month of April, ol the present year, had exceed
ed his instructions, and that Holland, the island
hreful observer ol the political occurrences ot
k i country, with the assistance ot tnose superior
in. which' his station afforded him, he impar-
L pronounces upon the administration, which
sdegnuiefl aria rumcu uyr tuumiy, sun v. cn
jce, as will prove an anticipation of the award
Imsteritv. Would to uou that it were also a
Ld bv the blinded part of oiir countrymen, be
V . A f ' 1 .
. it is loo late. Americans naye nere a mirror
1 i L ..... W. m nfniiM r A M f r' jm ava n n
Uhich they mat see the image ot their rulers
liit hideous formfin which alone, the faithful
kil of truth can pourtray them.
Ijlr. Van Polanen is sheltered from the suspi-
i of any undue motive in speaking as he does.
republican by principle as well as profession,
Weser. as well ds France, the coast of Italy in
the power of the French, the French" and nutch,
colonies, -were again. declared in a state of block,
ade Hereupon fallowed . a . proclamation of the
President of the United States on the 9th inst.
renewing the suspension of the American trade
to England and her colonies, whereby the disputes
between .the two governments are not only again
revived, but the following amongst other conces
sions now openly demanded from the United
States of America oh the part of England, viz.
The relinquishment of all trade. to the colonies of
the enemies of England With trance arlairs are
On no better footing : all American property con-
tinucs sequestered in France, American merchants
are every where captured and carried intopoitby
'anfljCpntfilainta on .thfa . side, the American com-
m5rte wijl remain still the sport ot one. ofvboth
thbbelligerent powers. It has been laid down by
theEnglish ministry on various 6ccasions during
the present war, that a neutral nation cat) enjoy
no 'more commercial rights in time of war, than
IllMil VI 1 .w.j'- -. w. ' i p
representative of a revolutionary govern-! French privateers, m Italy and the states of
the
Churchalso American ships and cargoes are
laid under sequestration, a measure adopted like
wise in Holland, with regard to all colonial pro
duce, which is put under the king's lock, for the
purpose of detention till after a general peace In
Tonningen alone, American ships and cargoes are
as yet lelt tree ? tnougn me uanes aim iiaigusn
c li II" i T. 1 .1
o .. ii .i Qurdcn T ho hnri7nn 'iherc nri. rannnt he mnre
.i.(mvr in us rnnversauons. wiin an me ""vuw . .
'the
Li once subordinate to France, but now extin
ihed with so many others of her satellites, he
iswaved by every impulse ot political affinity
Personal connexionnot to defame the govern-
narty,.who, he must nave oeen conscious,
Lid not, among their other crimes, be suspect-
lofa want of cordiality towards the views and
His repugnance to England have captured American vessels destined for
. rnnvprotinni. xvlih all thf Sweden. . The horizon, therefore, cannot be more
feelings which belong to him, who however gloomy for American maritime commerce. Their
eously attributed the downfal of his country navigation to South America and certain Spanish
w alliance and Portuguese ports of Europe, still conUnues
In conveying mlormtion to an omcer ot tne m.lmCMuu,uu; w.v ..........
kch covernment in India of the highest rank, west inaies, is ai. uarmoiomews uc.oi.gu.g io
Lid scarcely think of treating the character Sweden Negoaat.ons were, jt is true, commenc-
Wicyof our administration with wanton in- .ed in tne negmnmg oi ia momn, uciw.i u,c
kkeand contumely. For, what end would it nmcru.au i -u ..,..w..f
r? Maral Haendefs is nersonallv unknown but tt ts regarded at a mere poaUcai manoeuvre to emoairast vie
kA, ,n,) thpv tn him: it would not therefore ! htgotiatidiuwith England, and it is expected fW on the part of
for the graUfication of his spleen or that-of the F' this "g""" here mil beagmn made , 0 former r
fwMpn1r'Wi..;. that the slender tlm'r Pttons, vhch have already been deemed tnadmuub.e,
iins Of the Dutch commerce in India is car Compatible unU People beS,n now ,o . Ije
on exclusively by the intervention of the A-'p Sent,ra5,y pressed with the belief, that it
dean nag and American merchants, it was of ? "c lTS ' u $ nt
v o ' .. . r. mc hpp rfifffPHieps with nn nf thf hplliofprent
. k;. ia aorn lh tnii cnti nt iui.ivi.iin.ivu., w.,w w. o
iinuuiiaiiv.c wuimwiwMnuv -w ... ... .:i:.
rations, the nrobabilitv of eneaeing in the Powcrs' wnw " luningu. nTHji.Uu,u
or avoiding and the' mean.Vhich would utrfaI r,gh 5 cannot Df thfe,35 pr
" o . . . H than Kir fArva nF ormo nrl that thi tim trvev
ll U ..! U; nnnrHAr hari "lull iF wivv . t ., uuu v
pauce 10 eacn rcsuiw - r.u . ho
teen able to resist the proof of the impotence , u fm..K u.c..v wuFu.
j..icu. c vi, a. ,w;n;. ! ncen nassea in mac lvny i ne omv meau ui w
this country depend ; he could fiot shut his H, u.u -o
S upon the glaring arts which they put in exe-sua0n7u uf ".t" -'
- . r ' .r l . France and Kntland. but the dissentions existtne
tfin to tnrtitv tne tenure oi omce : ne saw no;- -.- o- -----
..j ........ n,.;fi, ,.;.h .mmhin, M(rpr. ; nere win not auow it. tuejacnonai present
in order to direct the popular breeze ; he " 7:, . " 7-
. . . i -j r::. Lana. wouta miroauce into eGverumenf mc nuw . u-
marea tne navoc wnicn mey niauc ui its iuicr- ' . -r V "
I -111. uiv uiuji 1 I 7 .. . ... . . . r .1.
of demagogues of the same stamp, operat- f a nomr,ana inlcr oj c no rc
0 O.. .. fir. A A !! with Vrrre ivnnlrl HpnriVP the Tire
I'irough a similar progress of cowardicei pe
h and private machinations. He " therefore
me tohis correspondent in ettec-t tirat nothing
py or honorable was jto- be expected from a
fple ledso blindly by men whose: measures,
p they did not centre in themselves, would be
pertbed by chance or forced upon them by des-
t n.. ' r . ' . 1 .... - . .
1 hese-conclusions were orawn wunout a
pledge of the striking facts, which have since
died them.
At the date ofTiTsletter, Ir. Van Polanen could
be apprised, that the refusal to receive the
'wish minister, the dismissal of the British, the
ib submission to Cadore's letter, the Rambouu
Jcciee, and the endless confiscations and im
sSn'nunts, which followed, would be crowded'
'he compass ot the ensuing year, this we
' seen, though he had not, when he wrote
National humiliations' experienced for many
are nothing, but the main question with
'eminent and its supporters is, hovi shall we
ii our Maces r'
vvould carrv us bevond bur limits, to descant
d every passage, which in this important let-
claims attention We cannot, however," refrain
in barely, referring to the apt exposure of the
anij measures of the Executive, to surren-
Ihe. interests jof.Jvevv.Errglandand.the mercan
partof the union, by abandoning the colonial
'It. From this, it seems prtbable, thev were
1 prevented by the premature disclosure of
'f schemes and he bullying ot the muuster of
"ice, whose interest was many ways involved
keeping up the claim.. The Dutchinisier,
I ficid A war with France would deprive the pre.
vailing faction of many of their, adherents, and
Rive rise tb connections with England," which- in
the uncertain issue of war, it is wished to avoid.
National humiliationa experienced for so many years
are" considered aa nothing, but the main question
with government and its sujiportera is, how shall
we ktefi jour places? '-The opposition" against the
crenei al embargo, which was beginning to threaten
the fxiitenr.e of eoveiiimentw has taucht it that
are permitted her in time of peace ; and that thereT
fore trading to the colonics of her enemies which
were shut to her in time of peace, does not be
long to the neutral rights of America, and was
only- permitted by England through indulgence ;
but it ;was only lately that it was formall) insisted
upon by the British government, as one of the
prViminary conditions to a reconciliation with
America, that this trade should be given up by
the Americans.
; The prennt president of the United States, and
secretaries ofistate . and finances, constituting the
piajortty of the American ministry, have already
n area to (he English minister in America, that they
were prepared on this sidr to make that sacrifice,'
The southern and western stales would lose
nothing by it, and it is there-that the principal
sireneth of the nreveiline: faction exists. The
country interest in ailthe states suffer by it, and
the only opposition made to it would be that of
the eastern states. I have therefore reason to ap
prthend that the president cf the United States was
inclined to ui'ld to the tietnund of England, though
I at the same t me entertain hopes that the seasonable
notification 'h.reofs and the circummance under
which the same lock place, connected with the timely
interposition of the French minister in. America, will
effect an alternation, in the aisposiuon of tne American
cabinet.
The French government sacrificing every thing
to the great pioject, of which the principle fea
tures are np secret, does, not in the least sutler
itself t-be impeded therein, by the commercial
interests of France and her allies. It considers
them as a temporary sacrifice, indupensible to
the accomplishment of its grand object, the hu
mihation and weakening ot l-.ngiand. i nere
existed, notwithstanding, at the commencement of
this war, a motive or preserving peace with Ameri
ca, viz. the interest of the French colonies X. all
trans-marine possessions of France' are fallen into
the hands ot the English,, except Ouadaioupe,
Mariegalante ;and the Isle of France which are
under effective blockade,-- France, so long as the
present system with regard to foreign commerce,
is persevered in, has no oiner interest in me pre
servation ot peace witn America, man so iar as
her nolitical interests will not allow ot this coun
try's forming a closer connection with England
but she knows how reluctant America wouia De
to proceed to such a connection, and that were
she even to resolve oh it, and to break with France,
the least concession upon her part would again
shake such resolution and delay its execution.
England, on the other hand, has a real interest,
for various reasons,, in .preserving peace ' with
America : but she calculates upon the defence-
lessness of this nation and upon civil dissentions,
from ther Minister ot Foreign. Relations to Mr:
Armstrong, which , is now published, appears to
us the niost'extrabrdinaryi It would- b "waste.
of tihie,3i examine :aU the many absurdities
winch ar contained in this paper;; they are too
obvious to escape Che most careless observer
tTuiTtnbaT
ludiculous at this charge, is, it is no doubt in
tended as an offset to our just claims, for tha
injuries we have sustained fro.m - his rapacity anJ
injustice. Equally ridiculous are the complaints
against thect of March 1809, as i effected
French merchant vessels, when every one knows
that they were - long before that act passed
not only excluded from the United States, bit
had disappeared from the ocean. Our act serves,
however,' as an excuse for. the sequestration of
American property : " reprisal was a matter P-f
rights'This position is taken, and will be main
tained, or the Emperor must restore the seques
tered property. By this declaration, thus po
sitively made, we are given to understand that
no claim will be admitted ; and it any one can
discover any thing Vike a promise to restore, or
compensate for the property already sold or se
questered, he must have the facility ot extract
ing consolation, which,' tho' pleasing for the mo
ment, will be delusive in the end.
But ' at present Qongress treads back
steps." No, most puissant Emperor, it is you
"that treads back your steps." You areat length
compelled to acknowledge by your own act, that
your anti-commercial system, which was adopted
without regard to reason, policy or justice, has
most completely failed-
' It must afford great satisfaction to those who
have foreseen, and foretold what would be the
result of that system of commercial warfare,
which-was projected by France, and so foolishly
adopted by us. The advocates for Embargoes
and Non-Intercouses, must certainly have some
reflections that cannot be very comfortable at this
time. But more of this anon. Let us pursue the
subject under consideration.
Necessity has produced that which justice or
policy could not. To any one, who took the
trouble to examine the subject, the consequences
were obvious. The systm of sequestrations
and plunder, could not last long; the expenses of
a nation must be defrayed by means more cer
tainfrom the industry and enterprize of the
peopleprotected by just laws ; on tUese sources
the enemy of Buonaparte relied, compared to
which those 'adopted by hinv was to compare time
to eternity. - '
It is too plain that the emperour has found that
commerce is necessary to , France, as. well a3
England, and however his pride may seek to dis
ouise the fact, his own acts rise in judgment a-
gainst him Our act of congress which passed
the first of May, appears to have been unknown
in France until the month of August, and its ef
fects are wonderful, if we believe the emperour,
for although the Berlin and Milan decrees are
and the weakness of the government which is a, not yet repealed, they no doubt will be. Ia these
tkorpnf.iher nresent timninotence extraordinary times when all reasonable calcula-.
uuiivnuuvnv j - - r - f v - . .
at sea makes her look down with contempt upon a
nation, whose sea coast and mercantile towns are
protected by nothing but incomplete fortilictions,
and whose navv consists of seven frigates Eng
land knows also by experience', how passively
hbodVy
' . .... . i . vx Voo nlu to lakf. rare that she does not
losses and sacrifices, and that although pailiamtin v"! vvv. "..:. ...ir T :r
tarv dcclaimers may bluster about fighting all the too. otten exceeu meijicu.c iuS,,.,
idiy ucuaiiiicia iuajr uiuow au b & " i,onsne ' ftffpr nppnr.iations and lndemnifica-
vr.vM o.-.,i lifiTnrHino-t ifir lives anu tortunes, tor "i'i'-ai.. v -o-'-" - -
. ' ' . . . .P i .. - it : tirvne.
h hmnf onri ncrFirQ nt hfir coiinirv : vci 11 11
III V 1IU1IUU1 un j j
tions are bafHed by events, we ought not to be.
surprised that the most unpopular and impotent
(accordingJo the opinions of violent democrats)
of "Our aefs, has produced such important restilts,
or to speak correptly,' furnished the pretext. This
noor act, which has been abused . wilhall the
really come to pass, the disasters of the country
would 6oon be thrown on the governors, ana me
loss of the present prosperous state, ascribed to
their ignorcncet bad Jaitli or corruption, Ilence
the passiveTconduct of the late president Jeffer
son, which will doubtless be imitated ny tne pre-1
sent president as long as possible, though a doubt
arises now more forcibly than before, whether it
be longer practicable. 1 he merchants have-got
rid of the major part of thei goods and received
others in return, and the once overflowing grana
ries of the country people are now nearly emptied,
what more reconciled to the government jur a
considerable time to come. ,
thovelif h ueccsbaru to enter into, (his, . conci.se
statement of the political situation of this nation, vi
order to shew your excellency what hopes may oe
entertainc$lbf the government qf the United States
terms of reproach, that canTje founTjhTthe' voca
bulary of an infuriated democrat, its advocates
branded with all the opprobrious epithets' which
party rancour could suggest, has done what the
wonder working embargo, and its appendages-
non intercpurse . cqu14
I Ulb V4wiuii" iiv. jjuvyiiuiiusivi) r ,.i '.. . i i j' jl
txpressly imputes the intention to make the causing usneuiruy y w,-.y 4-
fender, and in "'behalf of the Dutch colonists,
i r' mai n wuuiu ui. jh-vuiuu iiici.ii
Nances alluded to. " ': " ':' :"vr".
I "will hp vnprirl Ahat Wf. shnnlrl pvnlaln how
7 ---r
letter jefl into our hands This reasonable
toiity, we are wijfing to gralifyi It was put
.ard an American vessel bound to Tonningen,
wapHtcdiid ' earned jo' England'
a it as produced upon trial in the court of
riv.:. i ;
r'"1aitt. 1 hchre this extract rame into ont"
through oh American gtiitleman.r'Vtf-
Tuoucan.
;. kue. from ! R. rf Van Rjtanrn ' to MwshaV Daen-
lt.i.,Pl,u"'"' G'"'al'f Dutch India; Caied New Voik,' Au-
I ntHll!ence 'a TPrf'tvfA. kprp nn f hi 51st .Til
M a dedaution having been made by, the Eng
'I'hpre arr nersons who conceive that ihe pre
sent suspension of commerce with England will; of non importation and
be the only means ot pnngingper to reason, urn. not.
so long. as a neutral port i open, the English will I His Majesty loves., the Americans'' just
by that channel get American produce and intro- about as much as every-honeut American loves
dute Enclish manuiacvures into America, nine -nis niaicMy, nuu nu muic, uu i. oummiu..
rica will therefore be obliged to stli tier prouuce.to his majesty, we nope una ne wm ui
tnn,'m andservile system of government, however
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dignified by its parlaans with the epithets of pa&fiu
and just, has loo long and pointeaiy viamjcsica m,
weakness, to dread any thing else inereirom, iau
that in a moment cf confusion and despair, brought
about by' foreign and intestine diflerences, it may,
in spite of itself, come to resolutions, which in
ffierr:r6n-Seqttmeiritthgivcrise",t& arv open
rupturrvvith -France or-England.:SEyen"'should
covernment be able to avoid this, one may easily
foresee, lrom what has aireaay occuuw, u. .-.
withstanding all treaties, and the customary protests
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This wa not a demand of the British gc vernmcnt, but vo
luntary iffer" of the American- adrnirustration through Mr. trs
kinf; The writer T the letter places the matter inte Uif point
cf view in the equel,M!kS..-tt. tTVt-j -'': f'"' .''
cheaper and pay dearer for her supplies. The
English navigation would moreover be benefitted
by it. It is the avowed opinion. of all who have
distinguished memselyes- as statesmen in 1'this
country, that America will not be able to adjust
her differences with tne two principal panics m
EWopen"
accomplished with the one,J'U would involve a
state' ot hostility with" the Other. Formal declara
tions of war, are not expected from eithe r party,
but (and this is the important point of view I take
of political events) the commerce of America will
continue to be the object of the violence and rapa
cirv oFthe"one or the-other side. Their exten
sive commerce will in future1 be narrowly circum
scribed by ihe prohibitory laws and regulations on
the continent of Europe ; by the uncertain
state of their political relations and the violated
authorities of all national engagements ; block
ades, proclamations and sequestrations, to which
iha-bellifferent lowers "'-occasionally report ; and
by diVtrJt.othV.goq
T he-vlblent hate-which increases more and more
between the principal parties! in this devastating
war, eives rise to an infuriate spirit of animosity
and revence, to which both the national interests
and every other consideration are sacrificed.
Of all the extraordinary slate p3pers. which
have Droceeded from the French government
since it commcncedjts revolutionary fcareeri that
concern about our independence, prosperity, or
liberty, for God forbid they should retpire hi?
protection. We should hardly think ot electing
the wolf for. a shepherd No, all we ask . of
him, is the observance ol common honesty as.
regards our property, ' .
The" Brinshgovernment have tainy overcome-
the empm-6ur,"and by retorting upon him the
measure of his own injustice. ;
: As ah' evcnt thaf promises advantages to our
country, we. rejoice in it, but y?e ihTrik our-'mer-chants
will be wise in restraining their spirit of
enterprize; 7 - - - Norfolk. Ledger, '
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