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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1810.
No. 7p.
Fnrri the Ndtkti'il Jntelltgcncer
A ware .'of the situatiou in which Great Britain
ould be placed in relation to the United States
a rt vocation ol the lvrencli decrees, and appre-
ensive that she may b6 put too manifestly in the
mnp-, attempts have leen mad? by the lederal
lints to produce an impression that a b.a.r.e repeal
Great BnTaW onieTwaerrTnouTiTiirwoTiia
Ljjjjprcliciiu audita utuuiubauuu ui nvi uuia tt mi
k:s as would come within the meaning ot the
LoUongress .fif.2BliyJa.8t. A slight ponsidera-
on will shew that this impression is iounded in
rror.
The act of congress requir.es such a revocation
t modification of their edicts,, by the belligerents
that they shall cease to violate the neutral com- J
berce of the United States. It we give credit to
lie letter of the duke de Cadore, as extracted
torn the British papers, such a revocation by
ranee will have taken place on the 1st of the
nsuing month, as isNconiemplated by our act.
fin the samejrnanner he Btitish ROVernment
!oes not, within 3 months thereafter,-revoke its
diets violating the neutral commerce pf the Unit
id States, the non-intercourse act 'will probably
I. rlirA ac tn that natinn. Wilr fhp rpvnrnlinn i
K IV. . - - - - '
Frbm thi ATpffQlk Ledger ,
If the preceding article is to be cxinsideied as, a
mere editorial effusion,' we may feet it down for as
much as it is worth and no more ; butifwe ate
to look upon it as proceeding from, an official
source, or" containing the sentiments of the Ca
binet, we may prepare ourselves for fresh conflicts
TvidribBritish-goveiTrtimit
ders in Council are rescinded, ot which .no doubt
appears to be entertained. A great deal is said
respecting papf r blockades, we do not know of
any bTockatfcs w
is meant by that term, thai have not been ordered
in consequence of the Berlin, and Milan decrees,
and which of course will cease with them. The
British government has long sincu announced its
sense of a blockade, it has la'ely been published,
as communicated by Mr. Merry when he was
minister. It is very true, that the. principles there
laid down, do not acccrd with the Mtotcon code,
lor that requires- an invest nitnt by aca-ai'd land.
If we are to be regulated by the Napoleon code,
we must depart Irom principles which vre have
ourselves recognized, and acted upon. W hen the
i United Stales declared the port of Tripoli m
blockade, and condemned vessels attempting to
force it, they did not invest Tripoli Loth by sea
and land. That the blockades which are ordered
by the Fiitish government, are more extensive
than has been heretofore known, is very true, and
which arises from her comparative maritime
the Order in Council be such a modification of
lie edicts as that they will cease to violate the
eutral commerce of the United States By no
means, we reply. The British violations ofour
(CUliai lAMIiuis-ivc Have inn uccii wuinnu 'V "V' . , . , , r i ... .
. , m . . f strength, w ith that of her enemy,'1 enabling her to
rders in council. To dace her on such a footing 1 .'o1:"' . ' " , . .
i , . . ,, f Station a lorce at so many and distant points.
In ppiatirin to oiip npiJtral rommerr.e. as would au- B ' " . . 1 v
cannot accomplish, 'intrigue hd:reichery.';will-France ; and she'ancl her allies are the enly hej
perforrn.- An armf. cannot be at ortran$pru.tion from whom it would bS'Vecelvetf 'without
ed to our shores, but t)ie tnateriala 'to compose li)elamqr Ve' have perroitttI ur miriister to 18
Iwye' been f;radu'ally;...trodiKect Iftmoogst us in the., dtgfaded at the court of France ' He and'hi'
uiuav iJc,iuus simjjc, auu unucr pres.exi? uie iuusi; governmeni nave Deen insulted to his Jtact, ttuJ
mg. The United States, in-!the records of 'the state" department will thetf t
iildu$ille and imposing
eluding Nev Orleans, have not less than 40,000
effective men, uhomthe emperor no doubt count?
on as the instruments of his'ambition Supposing
STSallitferTju
into his train, the fearful accession of force would
pals the stoutest hearts, amongst us.' '
.. Sojith jAmtrica, reduced tobedienccllapq
leons possessed of means, which he at least will
thin li sufficient to purchase or enforce our servi
tude. Who has the faith in the master's human
ity to imagine that the means placed within his
reach would be left" unimproved. The hungry
tyger of Bengal IetsnJiis prey escape when once
within his fangs. While ' the- gallant and per
secuted Wilkinson? is engaged at; Washington
in writing a fabulous history of his life and ex
ploits, the Floridas woKld be seized ; and New
Orleans wrested from us The signal for action
eiven, the emissaries which swarm in our sea
ports would shew themselves in battle array1 Em
bodied at the word, by a quick and unexpected
movement, the cities whose hospitality they how
enjoy, 'might be laid under lieavy contributions,
me ery snipping in uieu naior, migni ue seiseu,
prize the executive to issue his proclamation
cellaring the fact of her having modified her edict9
ons isuppositions respecting what further demands
, that they have ceased to violate the neutral' wm . V"
scinded. ,W"e hope our government will assert
its rights against both belligerents, without which
the spirit bf the act of May last, will, not be com
plied with.unlessitxwas intended to be partial, and
to be confined to ote of them only. Our go
vernment will certainlyrcquire that France shall
restore, all the ships now detained in France, and
make compensation for. those which have been
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lommerce of. the United Slates, she must revoke
(icr blockading proclamations, which she has htr-
df declared to be illegal ; and .as the impress-
pent of our seamen tra violation of the maritime
ehts of the United States, , and of course of our
keutral commerce, it appears to us that she might
ven be required totally to abandon that practice
icfore the provisions of the act of JVIay last could
considered as complied with. ,
But the federal prints argue, that Great Britain
cvetuwill yield the principle of blockade by pro-
amatidn, which they pronounce to be a part ot
Ihe old maritime law. They seem afraid lest the
(east measureof justice should be dealt to the4
Jjiited States by Geat Britain ; and really, in
Iveir zeal for her adherence to injustice, overleap
Ihe barriers of truth, and trample facts under foot
Iwith the greatest indinerence. 1 hey have under
taken, trusting to the ignorunce or short memories
W their readers, to state that the United States
pve never protested against the principje of paper
ilockades. Vve affirm cn the contrary, that the
United States have never ceased to contend foi;
ihe.true -definition '-of blockade, the legiii maty of
h'ch Wasin 1804 officially, acknowledged by the
IB ltish government, and the violation of it declar
ltd to be A grievance And is this acknowledged
grievance tgat which the federal editors declare
peat Britain never will abandon ? Are her own
Joiicial acts, disclaimingJLhe principle, held of no
liccountj Or is the new school of. public law, one
Jof whose prominent features is a total disregard of
jMutral tights, more to their taste f Let them give
fwrfernl mihlirjltir tn the nfPr.ial dorument whirVi
e published a week f go -let them apprize their
confiscated and sold : until those two acts of ius
tice are performed on the partof France, our
neutral rights are violated, the detention ot the
property is a continuation of the fi"st violation,
and it will exist in effect and in essence 'as long as
our property is detained, or compensation, with
held. .
From the Baltimore Federal Republican
FRENCH EMISSARIES,
Among the puerile and absurd reasons advanc
ed In opposition to the beliet that a-..trench
scheme is now ripening for the destruction of A-
Imeiican liberty, the love of the emperor for these
stales or his dislike lor universal aouiin ion nave.
litver vet been urged. The folly arid impracti
cability of so ambitious and'daring a project, is
the1: f atrering unction ' which, his infatuated sa
tellites lay to their hearts. They deceive them
selves into the persuasion that the tyrant ho has
always found means to break down obstacles to
his power, entertains so exalted an opinion of, the
unanimity, strength and resources of our repub
lic, that he would hot risk his reputation upon so
wild aV-enterp'rize. The same description of pd?
posterity language and threats used ttf intifnicraiet
which any aarnmisti ation regardiul .opionestja roe t
and honor would blush to read. This decnteallft- f
covaiikeoTidtrctiiaremboiderre
vitijoooi 11.11) TT 111(1. U IWU ail llUlllllia' f llg, tU(( TA'
ting, ihfiuence upon the feelings of the. Anierlcafil
jptople. - . . ; ; r.'.;
'At the commencement of the revolution, the;
Spanish Patriots gibbeted' oft, the rsV lee avlrf
emissary found atnqngst them---traitt)rs'and tool
of the - enemy they tore lim6 from liTib.fcrtet .
creatures of this description, ' who think they 'nr
saieiy piouu;g our .oesiruciion, nave a care mai ine
same fate does not overreach them. ' Let the'pa'r
tizans of France who are highln office iefct
leif they arrive at the same ignominious end;
which terminated the Career of' governor S.aht'f
the' creature of Napoleoin, but not less the friea'd
of Gfiierat Mcreau, Thereby hangs a tale. V
From the Baltimore Federal Republican.
WAR. , ' ' :
They who have made democracy a study j who
and the best ciuzens, whose lives and families; are acquainted with; the arts, imrigues'and de1
mighl' be spared ; would be fyced to navigate, ceptions of its votaries, will find n their ex peri-
them to New Orleans, or any 'other convenient
point of rendezvous;
ence relief from the apprehensions oTthose cUamt
ities which follow in the train of War. All Eu-
of the enemy to think that other more dreadful the Jextreme of national injustice, of systematic
means would rot be employed, to heighten ourl robbery, threats nor defiance, can drive .ft Jemcf
miseries and complete the destruction of the na-1 cratic administration to war. They govern not
lion. The southren states would be doomed tojfor the nation's' welfare, bt for the gratification
encounter horrors at which humanity shudders.) 0f their own corrupt and ambitious views arid' th'
The subject is a tender one? but the appearance ' sheer lo' e of popularity, They rstetm tr,ut the
of the ti;nes should inspire us wi ll courage to : best mode of adrr.iffistering our affairs which pre,
look our situation in the face. By closing cur motes the one, and promises to perpetuate the;
eyes to danger, the means of averting our doom! other. If nq other piccf "could be adduced pf the
may be lost. The fact is too notorious, and the ., uhshken and immutable determination of our
truth too solemnly impressed upon every "mind rulers to shun a war at every . sacrifice, rhaigre
to be concealed, that a small French force, by : all their vaporing and boastful tjhreats Vhe tiTme
srming and arousing the internal enemies of the'ness, or Vather the cowardire, betrayed wh'eti
sc:uhern slates, would conquer them without Spain, then the creature of France, stopped the
sheddirg theirwnbleod. J reclamation of'jree-'. navieatfon't pf the Mississippi in avowed violation
dom distributed and a few artful harangues by such pf bur solemn right by treaty, identifies the
a man as general Risaudy would produce an army j master passim which governs our national cotin
of slaves more f.rmi '.able than Gallatin's iiisur-iCjis. 1 hat , did I we leave ut done (exclaimed th'
gents or Burr's conspiracy : the one dtstihtd to " American Burke) that baseness; crawling on its
dissolve the union, '"the other under the auspicts belly, like a itplile on the ground, jt.ould possi
of France, in conjunction with Wilkinson and Wit bly do to prevail on the proud aggressor to fotlear
laumczfoet, to establish an empire in the west, trrading vficn u? We asked his cdntemptas
For maay years it has been the undisguised po i if it was . our interest by obtaining it, to quiet .his
licy of France, through the intrigue s cf lit r emissa- groundless fears of retaliauon. But admiraiionT
ries, to make thte Americans the artificers of their- struck dumb, enquiry is hushed when we hear
own ruin. What cannot be effected Vyuheir arts
will finally be accbinplished by open Mblence.
" The.' workings of French emissaries first shew
ed themsehes during the administration of-Wasli-
mgtoo. It was- the pocy t me men govern-
readets that the British government in 1 804, thro
ttieir minister, Mr. Merry, has denied the legality
any , olockade, unless in respect to particular
ports actually invested, even in which case vessels
bound to such ports ought riot, they acknowledge,
to be captured until previously warned not to enter
ihem : let the people know that a violation qt this
plain principle was acknowedged to be a grievance
of which the United States had a;right to com
plain. This simple document, and it is but one
of a host of stubborn facts, selected on account of
its peculiar application, lias put to rout all the
forces of those nrints. which had as usual arravtd
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themselves in opposition to American rights, and
on the side of European domination. They have
Hot, with but one or two exceptions that we have
seenf republished it, and it is probable that thty
Will not, and lor the best of reasons, that it falsifies
the unifortri tenor of their assertions. It ought
fiot here tbpass unnoticed that these editors must
wilfully ; have abetted injustice and encouraged the
instruments of it, for' they could not but know of
uYisdecision of the Britisn government in 1804,
hich has been subsequently disregarded in prac
: We apprehend that if it shall . appear, when ihe
offioial accounts shall be received, "that, the act of
f ranee is a bona fide transaction- according to bur
law GreatrBritain must reyoe her edicts,; under
hateverriafhe,- violating our neutral commerce,
or by the orrtibr) of the law we are p'laced in a
state of non-intercourse with her.
lititians who laugh to scorn" the idea of our sub
jugation, have uniformly predicted with triumph
the destruction and disgrace ot eyery coalition
that Talleyrand informed our minister at Paris,
if .thejynited States declared war against Spairf
"France cculd nctihrr d,ubt nor hesitate.'' J j
this unwarrantable intenercnce, this bold ritn"1
ance aud officious threat, fieezed the heart's f lood
ment of France to gain Iter point - by intrigue j0f the satre of Mon'icello It converted all his
merely but .since the destroying angel has usurp-i courage into obsequious fawning and philosophical
td the thi-bBche seems to have resolved to try rTOi'mness, The vaunted idea p,f , resisting Spanish
what numbers' and force coul'aUo. VVhere mere j aggressiqn toolrfl;ghtbut2markLthe sage did nor. i
was one emissary in Ike" .days of .Washingtonfci abandon the 'determinatipnio be..r'eye.r-g;ed.' ' .Thfe j
there are now hutuirt ds and ineyvaauy increase,
The insignia of the legion of honor has become a
streets'. 'Ihe irr.nerial party acquires fresh sni
rits and invigorated influence by every arrival from
r :JcT"Z'1:ri: .r, a" French port. .How soon this increasing army.
., .. Li u. l:c-j . .uAu. which is eraduallv crcanizing in the bosom ol
tnai ineir .uropnccies tiavc uccii vcui cu uuuiic . - ... . , , , j r
iJur, w-irt-r VV,Ji, m. the country wih awaken the jealousy and fears oft
he rial Eagles for protection ;
think that we alone can resi
chooses to extend his arm across the Atlantic
Boastful and Vain they entertain no fears that the
IF cower under ihe ! lhe cour'try will awaken the jealousy and tears ot
; and yet they affect,td'thc citizens, and animate tlum to spirited action,
sUt his . powtt wliSi he hve know hot, and God in his mercy -will alone
rrnsVhP Atlantir H direct. . Certain it , is, much longer delay wnl bi
Odium i$ i Jgngum jaciena has been nobly displayed. v-
Poor Spain is now down, and the , philosopher s
Thfre is tit1i nnf Kn firpat Biita'm will re1
.TckeJheiprdew
tie French eesbutthafn?nough.: Fvery
Eolation of neutral right is hot an ptderin council
Jut it is not therefore the less a violation. If by
pertinacity in adhereing to her infractions of
national law an neutral rights, she is placed in a
'e pf npn-intercourse with us, it will be her bri
ct, deliberately performed,-with thevlaw -of the
.United States before her a law irrevocable tod,
because it will have been acted, under ifi relation
I to one pf the belligerents, and could not be 'repeal-
w without such a breach f good faith as the U.
tatcs will not be guilty of, whatever example my
vbeen 6et by other nations.
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very thougnt oi muepenaence w rase ntgni
from : every American bosom, when the tyrant s
power can be emciently and openly employed a
gainstour libevtv. What combined Europe, rich,
powerful and skilled in arrhs, could vnot accom
plish, America, single-handed, would .hnd the
mere pleasure and employment of an hour.
It contradicts the opinion entertained by all
mankind of the sagacity and political know ledge
of the emperor to suppose a false notion of our
power and resources would deter him from the
execution of his project,, to convert the American
states into French colbnte"sT"-..lt isr.pt for us to in
struct him as to.'ourstrength and.colrdi.tion' or to
let him into the important secret of the reduced
staTeof ourrresoiirces. Already has the tyrant
heard with joy and exultation, of pur poor and
humbled condition. He has not, at this late-day
to learn of the progress. of his agents in sowing
the .seeds of discord, and fomenting dangerous dis
sentions among our citizens , Jle jvell knows that
even in. a time of profound peace, government nas
been driven to the desperate expedient 6f negoti
ating a disgraceful loan; to defray its ordinary ex
penses. It is nor unknown 6 him that Americans
are unskilled in the- science pf waf,and have been
bereft by the hand of time of almost every officer
to whom it would be safe to commit the fate' of a
raw'-and .undisciplined annyvv.-. ''.';f ';'. -' '; 1;
But. i t has been ' said, f while the British navy
rides mistrcss-ef the ocean, the French can no
more pass it-flianeyOBl fo
pit- While England stafjds w e do hot fear an
open and direct Invasion. yp should be safe, and
confident' of security if this were the bnlyinode
in which we could be assailed. Napoleon Ts' sel
dom baffled or confounded by the want oi means,
to arrive at his atrocious ends. - Vhat open force
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iaiaiio puriioeru.es , .;
For - a series of years France has exerted her
utmostjibwer to cLstiuct and revolutionize ihe
American government. Ha4 it not been witness
ed years ago how I' ranee exerted all her skill in
diplomacy to seize Louisiana, Florida and Carta
da Genet had his sub-agents in our back coun
try to occupy them. Louisiana has since been
He re is democratic courage for you. But how slmy.
we ever be revenged of France - Wajt'tUi she is
down ? ('apt. Falstaff was afraid pf Hotspur afte
he was dead. The valiant knight with his shirt
and a half regiment feared that the Uain warrior
might be counterfeiting death 1 It would be death
o-a democratic president to come within-a thouaf
ind leagues of Napolean's , burjei ground. " His
ghost would setore away their senses. - ' . '
BOOK 3 I N D IN G. '
' ; SAMUEL CQMBS Sc Co. 1
HAVE established a Book Bindery in the
'front part of the Minerva Office, where Mr
fraudulently sold to us without a title, -and the
treasury drained to pay for it. Fifteen millions of
dollars were thrown as a sop to Ctrberus, and the
property will be forcibly taken Irom us, whenever
a favorable opportunity ofi'ers j perhaps, in less,
than two years. - -
France early opposed every attempt to establish
the stabil v" and resources of our Government.
With a view to promote divisions and foment fac
tions, in 1683, her emissaries opposed the grant
to the army ; they 'also opposed the constitution
in 1787, and in 1789 they dared to take; an open
and active part in opposing the fending 'system'
The intercepted letter of Fauciet-.fiei minister,
proves that she has leagued net sell with tactions
to undermirte the - independence of thenation.
But innumerable acts of a much later date, since
the Napoleon D) hasty, appeared to terrify, and
scourge mahkihdr prove
which she bears the United States. These have
more recently ahgaged 'public attention, ; and are
within th recollection of every body. r Connected,
their maniffsi'thertiotfcd anrrnositv of France, and
point to the enemy which we have alone to tilead.
Bovlanlatelv keDt his Bok-store.
Samuel Com bS' has conducted a - Bindery
for Messrs. Someryell ?c Conrad, of; Petersburg,
and is emboldened to say that he is a complet
ma'slit of the Business. ' The Merchants of Ra"
leigh and the adjoining towns, can be furnished
with Ledgers, Journals and Day-Bopkitkade cT'
'good, thick paper of any size, "Clerks o! Court "
can he sunnlied with.i Record Books ; and OIu
Books will be re bound in handsdm and durablfe"
covers, on the shortest notice. The prices, for all
kinds of work will be as low as at Petersburg aQ
Richmond. . Gentlemenj cpming to the Ceyns'ariU
the General Assembly, will afford opporlui.it les
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fr orders from a distance. Ordeijbipr rebindinft
M boot8 Sc. received by TJ. M'Rae, Esq. ?osU '
A : PLANTATION, lying a!out three miles to
XJL the.East of HilIboro'iKh, containing 650 s?.
Cres oflandTofa good quajiiy, There are on the '
premises an elevated and btaiitiCul situation for a
house, a crood orchard which seldom fs. & an ex- .
If America does fall, it Will be by a blind devoti cellcnt meadow7" Aboiit 100 acres of the land are
pf 6, 12 and i 8 months. pavaMe by equal in'sfVK"
ments. AppJv to Wm B. Mc ars. in Wijminglon . :
or tne subscnber.ia Hillsborough.
on tb her: avowed and bitter enemy,-who .will ivot
condescend everooconcealhis haired, or to cloak
his - designs against our liberties. I he . United
States is ihe or.ly aatfbh which boasts of its inde
pendence that ever- ubmit,ted to such gross abuse,
IHSOItnce ana mjusuccj aauaye wsu
Oct.se.
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