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1 - j'j mm . m m i aaa , m r 1 j - - -a. m v -1 a a i.'. , t t t . t- k J w. iwt -- v . a i -: "iiH v - ,.. i i -- - i ' " i -I rT-"innn n i.i "' ' ' ; ' mr. picpiNG::mtR .-THE UNITED STATES,- Some qncxpcctcJ avocitiohs hare prevented Lirlv a cofttlnuiition of toy: addreasea as I had f the mm am. which 'relief tore jafMjsBut'to apply '.it; withK effei:t,:;ypu ,mdst injt their cuse. i o uu aiscr i nave aaveirec; tieffinff these cvila as; orieiWaiiitg chiefly in the inprincipicd ambition c$ a teamen, nit Mr. Jef- ferton at ineir ncno,' ir is necessary inai you should understarid his character, -in, order flhtlr lo estimate his public measures,' init an approba ilon of which a great portion of the?,icitizens of A6 upueo-states nave Deen Degijnea , s When Mr. Jtffersori enterlid-on the pree'nev of the United States, he tound them, by his own confession, ' in the full tide of succt-ssfiil experi ment . And yoiriaBiknoMr, thatrv,hile tfii ta- Juur4t - was taken ' into (consideration, in conney:- wn:with7he;re8oiutiori: above recited July 2d the resoltuiont Vas Agreed. ta and' the declaration ; and on the' 4h of July'areed to a Declaration of Indeh'endettte -after stritirig out ""about oflc third of tije Tvliole, astdrArtghk lf irffers6n",s and anyjnifrtol WSquieU antrvjihout fe"eat thance, tSfe first characters, iit cflTco, and ff oil;5 ' ' 1 de-rfe.ss'tnterrap'1 mlmitrl' t novate conTefi&IT 'J- i. ft 'paper., Thui furnished villi the ideas' ami views i was charRcd with nrcparinir a dtauirht of the claraUon;- Aad bt) the 28tb ofJuiie thjCQjjit. j Weaiier uncdntrouledby tenv Jo Ireland teej reported, a daufeht to congtcfSt'VOn the 1st) th vd that iiC satidiyhaS iwwVrenougTx to oveVftlJe them. i ac pTnrous etxpepces9j tne jiauon nave long ceedeto .all&d -an ttie femi ( iiatkiirt Is stiil 'CVtOt ofmaintaiAinf its natFOTal eiiitEBce udel eirfasne Ao'iW jhVe'asires thistJ'inayyei ;narerecutfs,'nAt:a:' be wh6n 1 conversed, and frorn - whom, aVa urivar AijnanScitizenV 1 received (heioat pointed i ' L - our c6iOrya;? Wv but:Whjch;.rema.q:snabattdr: become moreggmatedv: Atst ..... 'in; .SV.tt,inf.tt .'r trust not : torthc remedy is, WW ovw-j ,,,.'. - . v 1 :. j - -' j l , .2i 'A w ... -,v J--- e i wc c iu rj cuiujimicc : ana oecausc n? t nv wiMHiK'icsa io itxai iueir urocrs in vonncu tram sensibly manifested his disappomtrnent and chaor- rins at the 'jtraffons made in cotierrcss"- 1 In inciter rfafed Jug; ,1775 .tb an absent delegate,. w. jeiierson says,ijenciose ,a qopy oi tne ie. claratlon of indrpendenc'6 as agreed "'to in tne house cQngress and also a originally .. fraroedi You will judge wither it is better, cr , worse for the Icrhicka,' This letter, air! " the copy of the de cla ilJinpt anyprolessions whichIiave been .tnadc by ( the rrencn. mi? gives tne greatest Aincenaimy 10 our commercial prospects, and the utmost solici tude is discovered upon every report of dispatch is from Europe. T'e British - government has adopted every expedient to quiet the fears and to lesseri the wants of. their subjects, who suffer from the perplexeij state of comiherce. '-'The-gen- (vet ion -al originally framed," t-nclosed therein j'eral anxiety encourages the hope that state-of . both in the Tiand writingof Mr." Jelferson, I havelthiags which keps the whoe world in distress seen ana copieu.' . :tvui not be otjong duration. The highest duty - Seeing such great alterations in the original belongs to" the greatest danger; our country's draughf were thought necessary by congress, some : goocl is pu.c salvation..- .V ' ITiaV ask. flOVV it h3nnnrfl thnf n rrn-rtnMr. ... An-nifr ariiVla rnSIUami l,lrinm i r- r. A wramcnt was m his hands, this tide of national Jcomhiittee should agree to report it ? My an-Uhat every Marshal of-France has Sn his division Dfosoenty abated ; and towards the close of hiaiewfr rnust-he rnnirtnmi ? Thanh nt preswifecynd m the ;two .,Wais;Jwhichf;;have;oet-sbf therommittee nerceivinp . the chairman's 'of their5-r"..1es. .At.rl atnr.no-. th r..nnn nf Hw Jfea .under hii croons which Jiad passed miviu; ii it iw luntsi wu... juui aiponea ; rejyinir on tne necessary ame and iri peace 1 barUamant nrofesii'd 'a' dewre" to'ibresti ! witn tne jmrea ;a.U,hisBentijrient A"Bltrjeaan'if cilzeiis ; with Iihi faff ' T"K( ntinrirtal ianbo will l.p fiinrirl ir, . . i . .. CTff ' r n . .cwigre-wj ano remaps iiucnning -to suggest to line inuniry at 4'JU tliousancl, and the caLvajyat "Ta pr- Jtfferson s ill judged anddec'eitTul pohev ; in i Sume 0f their friends to move for such as they 61 thousand; "antf not including the troops which nujettlnto which we are to expect no voluntary cnange under deemed expedient. Be this, however, as it may, I have passed fvon the southern mff of Franc'cin itwa dir. Madison, wtiose cordial co coeMTtf rr .nth tus the lare-e alterations and amendments aWv paecesso, . was a piedgtf (Mr.; Jettvrscn said; ; tioned were actually made. In fact, the nuterf. :iiat he would persevere m the same .system.- als of which a dtclvation of independence tr.lu I had contemplated, giving a detail, tn t;ie or-, crop posed, were so abundant, the talent nW ler in which they took place, of the principal acts rcfluisUe in Ike comfiiler, vvouUtbe that oijast dis so far as known to me j of Mr. Jefferson s ptft. crimina'ionf a coi-rcct ludgnmrto"feec'lthe ick.fcfojiroii bich Wightjie .. fornid a" just cs. minor considerations, and avoid drawing out to nate of his merit f & from which the sinister po- too great'a length such as were important ; in or icy which ha governed him would appear, I der to Present to the world, uith .t.VnJi a, ,a fchall however, Hot confine myself to this course ; I that nVuai r . a a s.'u u.it;a..o njvi4- .acta - wiiwiys fjn.i, ks c?.- he n-fimh Icumstances m direct correapoudenceiwith ihc Rovernorof Coco, and ndmenis -irii through Bajonne injo Spain, is one vwhich gives! cre .b3 iy just rciurnje)irom a tnp oi aoout 300 - l . thterior -I trayUed op, horse-back, v J "6metimes 4 very : disagt eeable 1 sleep 1 ntiy on the bare, ground with only the caicuiauons. Mr, Jefferson's firstclaim to distinction seems to have been founded on the Declar&tion of Inde towfrtace, of which he is reputed to be the writer. Sq much applause, indeed, has been heaped up. on him for his agency, in that state paper, that more merit cowa oaraiy nave been ascribed ' fnnnr! ? ra lum, it, instead ot. writing a declaration, he ad been the. awror ot the independence of the ot . men cniiiUu Jy Tit.f?net.'Mhtd jkv miMktfx. T2;e Russian .empire ;ha a full wcrk of cixiUziHginanind, as the vefy imperfect tliscoveries of the vast countries belonging to that ernpiiv atij the pj-t sen t state of its population in-, farm us. Ziablau3ki tells us that' it shares in the blessings of' an inn easing population The po pulat inn reported in 1792 at 51 miHions, in 179 was reported ai 26 millions,' and in lS06t 41 of Wfredat xijnKss t iavhtgf rimet iuv ?-) Cr4t liine' thjt nUitndi Uwy 3rVr tiusy plan t' nimS acoititutpJ tikj- PewVlaw'siTmi' peopll Jiret present Very iuiet,; bjal perhaps is a calni i V purtiEnd'ma storm' Jhe-day the conVess met. ' bad brhich-was.h'qtieaikd arai tweafcyoung mabbrothcyrln."iaiir ofChe PreBident's J-The 1 object of this rash- plot wa to exeitethe slave and ulattoes ijthe;Cxaplexjbf tht Doniingo brethred.'ye,'AeYi4re"iMUhW'hi!rA- " Paine's Rigfog of AfantiwA RoMfteaii't Social s Cowrac,"-it appear to nc winV the object of t 1 ttin'.tKeir-ovfrh tbroatci4:,,i,'v.i i ' ( foiled im Its attempt on the city1 of Coro, and given ' it up; as a Bad job, forva 4 H feasts What right they had tp attack them, is more? thaft I caa conjecture.: ) j am however of opinion that ihe volution is, by ho means at an end.,1; As? yetP blood has been ihed, but thejeople talfc'f;,iajorii"'':V frcingsoiuhfortunatepanUrd told k7 talents, who were theh members of congress, and 'provinces, besides 14 jurisdictions, and 4 territori Know mat so large a ptjrtitn of Mr. . Jefferson's: al go errn enfs. These latter are : Georgia, the draught was lopped oH. expunged, altered and a-Don Cnscs, the Islands of Russia in the East mended the conclusion is. that the dmuvht jm! it An.irir!m'.ti.mnt. tn nrimnimr was sumcientiy marked with imperfections. Rut I in theS parts retained, what neSy ideas are to be tound r ,1 he natural and sociat rights of man dis plaved by eminent 'English . authors,- with Whose j writings the leadjng men of the day " were con ,how how slender U his claim to distin 0 - . - v... v i" j ix;v aUic cause and object of the resolution 5 all' then- rights, 1 say, and their infringements,: had been,- iur years, inc sunjecis rt conversation,' ef discus siori in newspapers and pamphlets, ;rnd prejr.inenc' in tne general cqr.greubcs ot I ' U ar.da. 171$ 1 ;.&s Aire luuiuiub uiUHiercu presenr IQ US tne icl- rii.e nnrl nW.ort r,f 1 . - -jr. .-. . - ( . w. iuwiij iav.ia. .v.:: ; : ..: ; ' ir.. ,0a the 71 h of June ZT6, " certain resolu tiom L?ljctug iiiucpcuuciicy- vere - moveG.. I ney veLjconsraerea tne next day: and asram 6n .Mondiy the, Oth. The - first resolution was"; in thes words rp,1 That these Uniied Colonies Ve, o'f .right Vough' to be, free and Independent States that they ire absolved from allegiance 'to Ijlie British crQwn "and that all political connex. ioa. between them and the state of Great iBri- rum, una ougni . to uc, loiauy aissoived.vy t'ihe ftfiner consideration: of this resolution was" Dost pwied td) the first day of July. But that nouime might 'beost;i.n jpase the Congress; should ; thenj ject, - that when the agree fbtheYesolntlon, it was now. resolved that a wmmitlee'sheuld he appointed to Drenare &de. ckrattMcTttic effect of that first resolution. And t the,! Ith'bf June the aDoointment wn marlp.. The uienobers chosen . vefeM'.JeesitHtu Mr. John Adams, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Sherman,' and wr,. Koscrt Livingstoav,. And Mrf Jefferson being ' the'first on the: list of the "committee was m, course thg chairman. ;A partipular policy go terned the choice. In the early period of wr re- uiuiion, it , wa,s deeded expedient-. irj very im portant questions,- thatVirginia should Jak the tead. f Virginia was then .the largesi apJ . most rpuwusot tne v-Olonies- ferhaps, too, it was 1 xpected that; hertgoing before would powerfully "'Huence. her neighbours o follow tin her. track There, might be other reasons.; Such, however "as the fact ; as I was once, assured by. .the late : . oamuei Adam (then amember, irorh Mas "htisetts) with asignifisanceof countenaftc, in ""Motr me remark, .which distinguished , that wi 'polrttcian, ' It was, then, in purstiahce of this Picy, ' when the minds "of the members of Con. Cress, .generally, were,, by-the actual state of yp "iu soine previous proceedings, prepar Jj fr. the Independence of the Colonies, .that Richard Henry Lee of Virarir.ia moved ' the reso is manifested in Jheir various lisohition?, declar a.tions, jnd eloquent letters arid addres'ses. So that , (as above suggested) the c hie f task of the . compiler of tlu: declaration of "inclepen dence wbuld -consist in niaking, from thest: ample materials, a judicious and di'gnified.selertioiu The, celebrated Air. -Locke had' long-beiore' taught his-countrymen, in Enelaiul and her r.,;ln- niesrwhal were their rights as men and as sub the re so tons respecting; IndeDendencv :' and bv the lit. jneerr- (as t liaver' understood) Johri: Adais T of jassacniisetts seconded them, Mr. .Lee would, most of bourse, have been the chairman of the wawnittee, had not the d an (remits " sirtrtpee nf s&me of .iKs-family callearsh-im -homerr t '"v vuuitc ieucnn;s coueague ivir. Jet- may seem too obvious to remarjj thatas "wuinary. cases, so - especialiy ; "6n-T this frreat atter, instead of nrofer linn irt their rights, ?. experienced- oppression from their government jhey ' had a right to resist; to change rits-.-form, and introduce a hew one. And to the objection, that this principle would produce .mischief, as often as a turbulent spirit, should desire the alteration of the government, iJUtlkC aUSWei'S " llll thf mirlirPf K grpwn general, aiid. the ill designs of the ' rulers become vrsible;,'or their attempts sensible to the greater part, the peopl?. who are more disposed to suffer than right., themselves by' resistance, are not apt ta stirl hdMri!l Jefferson, In the de. claratioh of independence, copying Mr: Locke's principles, and i'.eas. says, in the like case, that k prudence, indeed, wilUUctate that governments long established,, should not be changed for light and transient causes : and accordingly, all expe. rtence-has shown, that mankind are more rlia. posed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than tr, ngnt memseives by abohihing the forms to Which they are accustomed' v Mr. Jefferson has never forerotten this ideal nf me pauent endurance with which a nation will submit to oppression, even from a government not " long established br he1 vvoiild not have vpntnr. v.. ...v v.v.....b .vpniuicm 01 an unlimited em bargo, and other similar oppressive, and ruinous measures. , But-he had also learned with w-hi- laciiiiy a na:io mignt be deceived. ' And so con these islandsthe Russians divide them into 4 claj. ses. in the hrst aie included 21 large, be sides small Cuvile Iblands between Karoschatca and. Japan, yip the second, the Aleutic Islands east of Kamschatc 1 with Beoring and Copper Is lands, iiine in niunbei,, oLwliicluthc, large st js,Cv nalaschaP havrnFTse nr.an company at RaJja, a straight at which in "? 7.84 was a fort nd stttjement. The Russians have settled in 4 places in America. In Last er HaveniM'herc thry build their, t'esseb, in .Fort Alexander and Kaster Rt-rtnnht mnin t) J.i; Kuvsian -and gimjuasch fort, and these ,settlc menis contain 46. persons subject to the AKieri can. company at-Kadja..1, - . - . Ex trait ff a letter from Dr Logan to Ms friend vTcln ff a 'VntoWh. ;, anV lt. a(Vritt share of the meal in the day ot IJassava brtm and brown su gar, washed down with muddy water Strongly fla-, vouted with the dirt of Alligators anj the slime of Water Snakes, of one; of which 1 saw . the skele v tbn,'the" monster beihg killed in tlie. act of swalw lowing & deer at gulp. During the '.whole. three- ; weeks I was absent there .was "hot f dron of. rain,, fell, and yet the heat was by no means excessive. . In fact,'. l.retiral jjrom ty,kiur vith sun, burnt ; k face; lJut an increase3 appetite. For1 the ', first three days travelling, the Toad leads Over-high hillT, with narrow jvallies ,oetween which give rich crops of sugar and indigo, and on the rising grounds coffee. So happy is the. climate, that, 60 miles from this, you see corn fields interspers ed with the sugar cane and Cacao plant ;.and if they were in the hafids of any other people for ' instance, the English,',Fraich, Dutchj or, Yan" kets, in every garden Would bef united all the. EoreiwaaandTropCT and water-melons, which grow without any nil ; tivauon, no other fruit S3 to be met with up the country.-- ; .' ".-vr . ' 'After haying trayeHed about 1 SO mfleSi we arrived' at jtheXlanbS,- which are imrnehse plains I.' 1 f . 'V Accept my thanks for.youx pcTile and friendly letter. . .;'. '. ; ,. ','' ;"'. " I am not Suprised .'that some individuals ex press doubt, ami hesitation, respecting the object of my late visit to luigiand.---.It is pnebf the curs es arising-from the violent spirit of ;party ini oiir countryf-jthat. the.yiews and acts of individuals are too fieosentlraUiihiHed to. the worst of motive? 1 1 thattretch as far'asHhetiver Oroonokp, and in the rainy season afford pttsture to great i-,4erds of cattle, IIere:'J.'nbthi--Telieves'inthe-'ye'. except now and then large tracts of palni trees growing so regularly, and of suth equal height,: that they appear as if --.'planted t the nand ofman. The extent of my journey was to "a town calle3 Calabo- 20, near to which run. the river .Guarjco,- the on ly "stream navigable even for canoes that X ; met with.7'--i--rr''-7i--'' " The towns1, are very poorly 'huilt, having s drtjen ox; two of tc4crable:housesjihe remainder of the habitations beings built of mud -with "roof of palm leaves. . Most of the towns have a grand I 1 inert of violent passions f or contracted stlnsly church never minds -;'; 7 . : ; - ' labove half finishe'd. J brmable was Mr. Jefferson's practice to this Jdea. it Was manifested in . so'many of hi -Tacts, that Decefitifn may "be considered as" ftttfotetitm V 1 . , ilAlU JHY PICKERING. ' From the-Rstex Register. ' ' We-see no necessity to sav morp nf rtp.t;Kr. "(as fairs thaivtegards the general atatd of the' nation. As to myself, I belorigto.no party but that 0 my country whoever-may be at the head of the government, I, will not be a silent observer of pat singeirents j but whenever the" honour, peace or prospeptj', otrny country 1 in. danger, I will ex ert my endeavours to -support hgt best interests rl"wjk'iio'.saMsfied. mr. Auaiiis, as uisposeu 10. involve us in a war with France, and necessarily throw iis irtto the arms of Great Britain ; at that period the most powerful nation in Europe; Nor am I now willing to saenhee the peacejot the United States to the colossal. power of France ; becoming the scourge and destroyer of the civiliced world. ' 'Considering the bickerings and semi-state of ... .r ' t .J. 1. : -1. r--. .-'- i.- ' .i witiiaie 111 wiucn vreai Druain anu, me united States have been engaged fof several years j and viewing these two great .nations drawn up in marv lial array, waiting for the signal to engage in a Lumiiti, in wnicn u is mne matter ior- wuom vic tory declares, as ruin and , distruction must be the inevitable-consequence to both parties (by the'trea- Lchery and ambition of B.ohaarte) Ildetermined on a Visttto England, to satisfy ihy 'own mind res pecting the disposition of that nation "towards the United States. and to remove, as fair as it wai in the power of a private individual, their prejudices against the' people of the ynited StatesY excited by the representations of these who are enemies to the Peace .oiboth roimtries. - t - ' I resided five months in England ;J--ve11eJ upwards of eleven ..hundred irileT0USh lhe This aptJears to"1)e general ly tjje case in every Spanish town I have :scen. The peqple are much intermised with iht In dians i originally inhabiting the province, and ai e a yery laajr aihd dissolute set bf bejnsrs. In the best ' houses you . see the young girls swinging all day in a haTiamockvamokirig tegars with the Ughttdj thiti hi'thimotdhj ' Charming creatures to c'hoo&e ' ' a wife ''ftov .T.'7 And yet some of them aTepretty,- 7 Here is none bf that generous hospi tality yqu tneet 1 ' with at the Ciape, nor have even the richest the J least idea bf what we caPtsomibrLu -A hammock supplies the place of a chair, a seta, of a bid. ' Hands were made before fcni vesandTorlis '; and " who would use a dish, plate," jug, or iWash'.ham!. bason, when one Calabash will serve ail -these purposes. " 4 French firivateers. Perhaps among all the de- '1' grading circumst'anceT to'wbich the poor deluded ' people of America have of late submitted, there nevfcr xi as ai j - thing which ' makes them look so truly contemptible ' as the French pj vatees nowrf riding irtourJhaibourSioBiMOPHO slaves m ' e ... f France depressed as' they.are'. wqimu. i ot ssubmit to such a stale of things i--T.hey' w6iiLl 'n'Oheif . such ihstilts and abi unless overawed byarmitK. L' I mjtjs. country Visited their Drinci rl'-'P0s n(a man- uracturlarWrWl--ht their great agri- ,yest'.oni the-committee meti conffrred and fre 'Communicate . their ideas : some of them Ts 1 HVa been ir,C..-Jv .L ' .1 , ' I ' ' 0 ' " .no's ui Hie nauwil. wuMw.M-r)13------ - :-0-".-.r ...... ? ' cn.tafoimed) puttmg.tliir. tbotigha onj-The Regency has been. eablished wifnbut'cVaural raeeUngnd was introduced to men of preach, r-x' v; . - ,..-.,.v,;.v:-:::, ... Vv--,;"-, ,5 .'."'- . .... .- . .,-- iSie cbndiic.J'"the emperor- and cHiis pi i vatttrsr alias -tional -vessels1 outrages' all decency Las v vrt as all iaw both of God and man:, and yet fof;' I without! being compelled' tes it by any' physical ' force ; we stem to ccnsjdeiHhe doctrine of pa's sive ;ohedi?nce and 'nbn-resistaiceT as orthodox . J when tipplied to his irhpetial Wajsfi:imi.thatta - V preach, "or piact;se any other -would be t'amnatigir
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