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t 1 - . A . jT f w--- - -x- T " M HE Ri&EEIGK r. fir I ' :!,: DOLLARS PER. rBAR,' RALEIGH, N;C PUBLISHED (weeVlt) DY LUCAS AND A. H. BOYLAN, or S2 SO cihts iii 4l'VKc. Vol. 17. FRIDAY MAY 15, 1812. No. 84 i. flu MESERVA. Political ! .i FHOM THE EVENING POST. A'tsmfit of the French government, to dlnmemher the United States, and actually selecting a President thereof for the America fieofite. ...The followingwas delivered to me1 by General Hamilton in hi9 own hand witing ' Some timeJast year General Cullough was sent by Adet, to explore the western parts of te United Slates. The counties 'of Pennsylvania be yond the AMegany"K,: wacky ; the country along the Ohio to the Mississippi : He was instructed to suggest the probabihy that Louisianna would: be surrendered by Spain to France 7 sound the T 4.nfiotStiun of the Inhabitant of our mrstern country ifiotStiun of the InhSiiantt of our jtorstern country wth regard to aiiei iration' omthe Utited Scares f unci a union with Ljuraiina. To inculcate that the Atlantic States were in their" interests, prejudices and inclinations, English. That the interest of the western people nude them Fit eNCH,and ought to connect them closely with France, he was a! an irwirnrtrri- m aminrt their HisimstLinn with re tn the future r.wllrfat,- tnr President : ANn'ririve the states in miitinv. and the Uninn to dwso- to promote skntiments fav r ABL& to) Mk. Jti-rnRsuN. And he was liitcwUe directed to on-: strve the country with a miluaty eye j noticing the tate Ot fr:ifications, and lorces, an I positi .ns furnished With money, to bt employed in fuliitling the Durooses -of his mission I" Tht above interesting docume'Vt, although not of the most recent date must bring to th" brest turn, and now New York, the first state in the U of every true American, recollections, and rvflcc:..nion, has a reasonable claim to tita; honor tions of a very iroprssive nature. I". discovtisat K';pubUcans come to yaur stms.! Unite in your how eany a psnod thit restjess governm nt respective ci ies ;o,vns districts, with yiur stretched their views across the Atlah ic to rhese other iellow ri'iicn snffoiers, and rcm wis'trate peaceful, "happy legions, afd orings to' mind iii'ia- parte's repeated offers to U lite with G.-eat B itin in the subjug-ttien, or disiii'iinb. me.ir of ae U- n;cDJtjcalls to mind also how u uler every go vernment and change of government and men to the present day, the American people have been ' insulted and abused by the rulers of the French. We have seen that this very in in Jefll rson agree able to the choice of a foreign government did ac . tually become President of the U.utetl itates, We have witnessed (and with a vengeance) that this President from the cpmmencement of hts admin istration to its last hour, devoted all his laleins to the service of his imperial master,' putting into Operation, every species of artifice, a id deception, not upon the people only, biit also upon ihe repre- aeniaitvesof me'pi:wytv.r- tiho dww-Mp4 pressed, curtailed or delayed millions squandeeq away, and finally to consummate, the wishes ol the Eroperpr, our own countrymen, a whole nation, then in the mosi happy, flourishing Btate, hopplrd with that destructive fiend, tailed Embargo. V j enumerate all t he misdeeds of that president aline, to aid a foreigner, would embrace ail the cdlum is of this paper, and therefore we must leave him to take up his"sjcce30r, Mr Madison, fn my Arint nrettv much in the lump. There is no trait of political error to be found in the measures of the former, but it is to be traced in those of the reigning President. Coming into office under the banners of Jefferson, who was enlisted by Tlonai. parte, lis no wonder to see him pursue exactly the ame mad destructive course. The following ex tract from a propdsed answer to t he speech pi the present Governor of Massachusetts, will prove be yond a doubt, (and the fact has nsver been con tradicted) that the French governm-i it have look3 ed up tost French party here, and to Mr. Madison in particular, for a cohipRance wit'i all their de, testable purposes. This same Gov, Giiry invued - an agent of the French "governrawit w breakfast With him, and our othtr .-wunissioners, . Mr. 1 'Pihckney and Mr. Mi.shall- i: was on the 30th October, T797. The agent told ouf oomrniion. . dk.mc v.Vn n, i li ve that in ieturninc:, and "exposing to your coui.trvmen, the unreasonable Jj'r. hp demands ot th.s jovernment, yon will linite them in the. r -resistance io those demands (which wetti abribe of 220.0) dollars and a loan ' of thirty millions.). Vou e mistakett- You touehf to lhat the diplomatic skill Af France "anoMhe means she possesses tri your count, y, are sufficient to enable her with the French party in Amrica,To throw the olarrie.of the rupture upon the Federalists," &x. &c , Anothtr convt rsation took place with the same aeent on the third of November, in which the a--lirent said, they .! received, inUlligence from Americavihat ifO-1. Burr and M. Madison, had tonstitut thei'. the differences between the two nations would have been accommodated ' before this rime " Republicans attend ! The dif ferences before they would be sat ed. were to be of 220 UOO dollars, St the con t)reced"edi by abribe ot 220 uuu aonars, PrCCCU . ' r n.n.m f trdUri. Our COm ' sent to a loan oi jo.uw - . V-fSidnert. however, and among thcrrt lhts now Governor Gerry, who always; was,-and it seems m emains a Jacobin, would not submit to thU exorwStributeVo, Vishington taught his Splo sa,S. Wiltons frdelence, but not a BufFreh government lamented thatthey "theli wMrAladison OJrio deal wuh. ' ! wl we have in fact in one shape and another -piTd millions for 'butea.ir tormeo been reversed,, and instead thereof. Millions f .r Deep rct ' t - nnnr.e : for inadequate Tribute, not a ' lbr citix;ll$ 0rt :Ncmf J l.-. gtolv, cowardly, mountain for denet f -5CongresS. . with the French agent, were sent Jo our govern - merit by our above named commissioners. There is their own hint handwritings for it. After this, is anv thine to be wondered at which has, Or miy tate place.. For Heavens sake give, up party prejudice and save your sinking country. You all see and feel the deplorable situation of this country. In these sufferings there is no destine tion of party. .We till execrate the embargo, and other restrictions. We all reprobate a war. It can answer no valuable purpose to any hat those who are to get into places of p'ofiTV Quarter-masters, commissioners, &c. Great Britain may 6uf fer Jome, bui we shall suffer everv thing. Thou' 'sands of . families must be ruined in addition to those that have been. Bonaparte is the only one who will be gratified ; and he will be so in the highest derae. He is a highest degree. He is at the b mom of the whole. I have not conversed with a single republican but admits the terrible pressure of the times ; and the ruinous consequences of embargo &c .. .and ail agree that it would be well to. have a change of ru lers. That it can't be worse but may give a chance ;of something better; There must be a change of I President : Four vears mote of the nast career will lotion. It will be impossible for the Eastern and i that imrirue for, which they are so famous, to middle states much lon reTf rto emiufe such ruin . wrn1 th,,,nelyei into office, in any department and oppression ; Mt Midison and other omse! of ''t? neut, deleat and disappointment have holders may dwell in pilace and riot in luxuries ''fold in their train. I am at a loss to account it r.,ia ,,s,, rk,,,. a .hn.iimj i,.r. 1 f r ( lii strange selection of military officers, fo ger ; and then give place-to wiser and better 4nen. I h- next president must not be of Vfrmian 'growth ; tha1 state of Miss.tch iseits b'is had her in commanding terms agi ist thr higii handed, injurious measures of out ; lvem.muf. Wm VV1LLCOCK.S. PUBLIC Sl.M flMESF. Haw opinion has changed in S uth Cafolinat respecting" Mr. Ma li-'on, since he was chosen president, the reader in iy partly gather from th.: following extracts ; taken out ot two succes sive essays p i!lished in tne Charleston City G zette," the leading republican paiiei in the state. At the last election ot president, that print was his warm advocate If all republicans possessed similar d.scernme'it, the ltpu Uican party, whose Very existence is now endangc red, might, ytt be saved. Popular murmurs indi cate a sat utarjr drscoTitent.--i3ot H ikig ' riHST EXTRACT. " Having passed in review those states which have claims on the presidency and vice presiden. cy at the ensuing election, 1 come now more par ticuiarly to dwell upon the individuals whose nomi nation would, in all probability, produce the' great est possible unanimity, tin object acknowledged by ill as ot tne first mp irtance, but not Imely tooe ob- tained by the nomination of the present incumbent for a re elec ion. 1 his being admitted, the dith cultv consists in hxine on his successor, it is true this is said io have been already obviated by Vir. ,Mn.a , but whether a maioiitv of the stales will a-! to rL.nrlr ,rm.ne, t the anuoinLment 0r a. gr:e to renrler permanent the appoi , j , president irom among tier citizens, is noi socer tain, pafticu'ariy as she is exceed- d in population, in wealth aftd resources,, and at 1 at eqiilltd in statesmen, by New.Y .rk. I doing lhiiv will be necessary to ask tin- question, whether it will not bt better, by uniting the Northern ami S-iuiherny to include the Middle and Western; ihaii by too tebaci iusiy acheiiog to the latter, to dissatisfy the former. 'I!, which is very probable, the New England states join New York in support of a nonhetii can didatefqt.ihe presidencyv4he ywulLlheas sisian c& of Maryland, and a very trifiit.g snppo t from the southern or western sta es, which will oe'secuied y a Vice president takf n from o.e of those sec tions of the Union, can elect their ni;-'i. even thuugii the ancient dominion" and Pennsylvania should be opposed to them. v - - 'ft scarcelyf affards matter for argument that the uniting of the northernSt southern extremi-ies of the Union would harmonizes much greater por tion of the citizens, than, attheir expense, uniting the middle 8c western ; and is it not probable that a president from New-York and -avice, president from G .-orgia would completely accomplish this end f ' With De Witt Clinton as president, we shoud immediately begin to recover that "high standing among nations -winch was our pride, and boast - Then if our merchants should ,be plundered, or our citizens murdered in biir ports, or on board df , our ships of war, or dragged into the worst of sla very by Britain, rranc:,Jr any other power, years would not be spjntin fi tiitless negociation. tempo, rising measures, or commercial restrictions, only calculated to ruiii Our t'uiciisv but a declaration of neutral rights, would declare to . the - world what odrs are, and the first invader of them would, be considered as an enemy andrireatedratxordmgly t then, indeed, we should be again a nation, and ou.' ci i zens would not be-plundered asjthey-now are by every piratical rascal t?iat can fit out a row boat, from his majesty, of tlayti to him of Gfcat Britain."; ' - " ' . ;-. ' " ; SECOND EXTRACT.. (Of fcdrral afiioinmenti in the army, ) But thtsubjecL l allade ! td as requirhg inves. tigation. is the appointment of officers in tlie army vvhyse political optnious-are aS adVcrsc ta all the contemplated pursuits and objects of that army. as the enemy' they intended to fight. Nothing ceuld better comport with the wishes and feelings of you constituents, than the law for raising an ar my, for the defence of -their long invaded rights ; uui, iiiav m. t.tj auumu uiiauiu uj iuii inimical to those rights, men who deny that any such rights exist, or if they, do, that they have notb.'e n violated, is a paradox th military calculi tion that cetainly requires o be expliined. Un til it is explained, it will be considered delin ltreicy -somewhere ; and as far as relates to the state you rrpvnt, circumstances conspire to fix that delinq iency on :.r-; . , - As he (the preside nt-culd not be personally acquainted with the appucants of your sute, it-was to iiaturaL a as necessary and propjhat he should apply to you for inf rmation, alitfap Lt. 1 1, thai ariinv oKAnlj4 tA nflR..ii4 K w ..r. (joint or reject according to your advice, that I cannot think it will be .assuming too mucl, to taKc it for granted that he did so. The consequence is, that there has scarcely been a man appointed in the lower "dfvision of the state," who is frit a high toned federaiist. Convinced as I am, gtn ile nen, that it must be well k.u,r'n to you that whenever aiW of these men have been enabled, by prove them unwor;hy of such conhJenCerwc have ! o ny 10 tane a su.u icw ui wicu ,aSl uuiu-u .1 is lideeii unnecessary to recur to particulars; the inise les of the four years reign of thai pany are too vvell remcmbcreU." - - , TOLITICi FUR FARMERS. Before we rsh liito ths war, wise men will con si Jet tne situation 'of Em ope. To nuintain the O.Wdnce of power used to be thought by the wisest statesmen as good groind lor war. The reason was, tu.t the security ol ihe naiiiii Was Inzarded by permitting one. prince o engross too great a por tion of power. In joining France in t:,e war a gainst Engtanii, t is manifest that we should be acti. g direct contrary to the maxims sanctioned by wis.lom aiu exptriencd. The power of France is now so overgrows and enormous as to be dan geious to the trvedim ol the world. 1 he great uower and airfoitiouiof France for manv-hunt!ied !0f years has been 4ia object of just jealousy to the ' surrounding nations, ll heretolore her pi wer has Jt:t.n dangerous no -is it now to be dreaded r I he Revolution has rendered her citizens soldiers the unmens dvbis,. Jtht burdened her before thi; revoitnion arovytaw3r-lhc imperfect anewfia plex system ot finance, ius given way to one sim ple and unfetti led. Tne limits' oi France are ex tended to twice their former bounds. The nations that formerly were her rivals and able to keep her in check, are now either incorporau d with France, or absolutely subjugate to her will, and when id all ibis it is added that this giga itic power is wield ed by the sole will of a chief of consummate mili UrV -'f unbounded ambmon a-.d in the vigOi ot ttis lile, r lance presents a power so a nuking and dreadful, that every independent na ,vaw" .".u" 8.jvu. " lile oth-r hand We fiiJU land contendjng i al most single lianded and alone for her existence agaiiisi mis colossus, lingund at sea is poweriui. Were it not tor hei navy what would stand be t weeh Bonaparte and universal domination ? It is kne BKii'sn navy that confines his armies, to thejand it. Mie ady does (he enemy of con ii,t , ; 1 ounniicnt. 1 he exertions ot Bonaparte to conquer St. Doiningo, his endeavor to preserve, his East India posSiSsions-.'his present zealous prepara tions to ouild ships arid man his 'fleets,' together with his declaration that he warns ships -colonies, and commerce, show conclusively that he does not' tun hoc in vicvs( io me toiiiiiicoi tuunci uui thuugn ingiana is poweriui Dy sea, ner navy is hot' datgerbus to our ifeedom . Jl'liough . sncnad; twice: as laige a- navy, America would have no- j thuig to tear frm i , for her inckpendence, be cause, however liOi.ue to Us, her navy cannot come ashore, and she has not men enough to send an Army Wge enough to piake any consideiatile imprefcsionVpon u. England too besides -being drained of men, is s burdened with tax'esrand' so weighed down with a mountain ol debt, that al though she might do a great injury to our com mcrce, we alone could in a few years, besides de fending every tfut of our territory, make Very sen sible inroad on hers If my premises are correct, and they are submitted to the candid examination of -my" brother farmers, it will follow, Thaftrpm the imnitnse power of France we have just cause of tear, should shecouquer Eng land, for our liberties. That there is no distant probability of England's conqut ring France, and thatfrom England we have nothing to dread for our l.berlies. That it. is not our interest that England should be conquered by Bonaparte. ' And" therefore that it is unwise to join France in the war to subdue England, when it is pur interest that she should not be subdued. ' It is unquestiunably for bur interest that France and England should both maintain sufficient power to, enable them to cope wiih each oUier. In this rivaiship we find much security, and the man must be the slave of passion prejudice or somewore motive who desires to see either subject-to the will of the other The Gleaner. Blank Checks and Notes, :,Qf thezforms'adoptetf for doing business in the State B4nk and.iu branche3, may be had at this Office ' Foreign. 1WFNCH PAPEKS. . From the tonitcur. REPORT UF THK DUKK OF ftASSAfJO. $iref- The maritime rights of Ltiropr -s settled by the treaty at Uretcht, became ,the"c inm-jn law of nations. This law, rencwedin all s . t treaties, proves, that Uie flag covers i he m'eu. i .n dizc, that therefore enemy's g uds iuidr a n-u. tral flag, is neutral inJ.be -S-utne-mwpviMHt ti.iii'rJ property under an enemy's flag, rsltosiilc pmpe. -rr Tiw t.ly merchandixe not pra"fctrrbv t!ie naur tire arms aiui war nw -tae .sm. i rrtiw 'jiwI C i. .1... obligations of belligerent power'!;. iv a ICS Ot events, the ijritish marine has b-C0jiie "rrn, Nil. merous tiun all the. other m-ri'f ns itowtT : ing auvani geot which, she wish; r.s ttVs ,i'nr.t 11 seas (o the sume laws as ire 'em';r ;d in the river Thanit. p'lc here states the cHIf-rtTi'. or :erHn 'council j'caJrYour.ajcsiy sa-w-e--eils;-Tvjv(T which the continent , was menace r," 2 i.,.-M4i'jr applied a remedy. fTeVe -the 3-rt!T. n f j i ui decnes, &c. &C,. are (,'ivi n." NeV did av ;ict of reprisal attain its object in a more'j iompt m '.fi ner; Your majesty armed u v. i'.h . iiiotu 4.oiv. er. Holland, the Hanseaiic towns, the coufuri s which unite the Zuyder-Z-e wiifHiie Bal ic were united to, and subjected to the - aine regulations, as France. He then ays, 'hit Flncland. a'l";-.l arrogantly hastened to the domi ir, r til-: se ;A, .u.us cr suius reiuscu cwik.c imo au uie p m of the continent. All ihe disposable forces of France mmt he. sent wheiever the British 11 lg can enter; an wxsf charged with guarding our immi iisf: coa our marime arsenals and triple ra ige of loitrtses, which cover the frontiers, w Ml answer to your majesty lor the-Safety ol the terv,iy rrrrrd' d to its valour. For a length of time Lngtnd pr claim ed everlasting war, a frightful pIVjei t which i likely to be realized, if France is c.i,y to,sect Li gagements without guarantee Vace sii w hith your majesty, in tne midst of all v.u; pi. ver u is so often offered to your enemies, wi't crown your labours, if England. nersevei' n -ly biwis'itd tfce continent, and separve' ftono. all '.has states w:,o e in lcpend net she has violated, wilj consent to rt '.'itn to the principles that co-nsutnitf Fjavop.an so. i iety, and ackTiowiedge the liws. ,.f i.aions, ind r spect those rights co.isixraied bv the trvaly of Utrecht. He'fiort f the Mtniaer f lVar. 5ici The . greaj fpart uf . your"" ma)estyi;J troops have been ''julled rkbo,'the Freth-h'em, . pire, " ;Tu1SiicW''in ereit.-MUv5i'i4Ms the independence of the Vmp'jv, ami ni.int.vin the Milan annDerlin decrees, so. fa'il to England - i He afterwards proreeds ib state, how i;rtoTT Mn. gland has already suff re t Sy tl se Viecrt es, and jMjintsbut measuits for thi -orsmzuion and position of the national jriwv s in t. fiifur. nt s' rong fortresses un tht 'A-hi-ie. t 'Jr.- t T-,'ii n, &c. kc. so that in f.ur Uys 3'J,UOi . :inf! wiihin ten, from 60 to PO.OQO -nit i may .tit collected ut any given point whi;h might be :'a'tarfvi. In the itting of the 18. h co'itnt I ctpwie, i! the rume of i lie special coinniissKiiji, .u.cr e,ii'i i i ti.e" two preceding. reporis, spoke as follows: hn- b)pean commerce must be freed f i-nv tl e si,ame. ful yoke wished to. be imposed on -it.' Na Uit de mands this. The. most solemn tre aies prescr; e ii. i iic iuilk.i iwis iiucresis oi me e.i ire Cf;n inuepenuence smier in ws jsianc. a part ot tl .e "evils with wUich he wished to iiuin late the ww' ' He has swo fn everlasting waj'f. But a f rmi" c powjc-r will "render vain this attempt against i:u' m v ' f)ie hundred thousand brave' m-n. iecd frnin umonE the conscripts, will join thi flags ot giory. FR ENC H SENATUS COVSULTUMr Aftr the reading o the reports the cbunst IlorS of state presented the project of the scnatus contf suite Ol the following tenor ' Sitting'of the Zth' March, ' t The senate-having met at noon, count LaeeAcda in the name of the special com mission; ap,pbii ed in the sitting Of the 10th, preienttd trie f. Mowing' report upon the project ot the sena-ns cnnsulre. v Sefiators- Yrpur special conmissibn has cxain ined with all the attention theitportance of the Subject demantWd, the sentus consulte'S proj cc relative to the organization of-the national gu n;d of the empire, as well as the levy of lOOcohniij irbm the first Ban of the national guaids, anil. h '. with care compared the dilfrrtnt dispositions, wi n the reasons whtch have been i stated lb you. This project is divided under two ti'les , The first offers one of those impt rtant iootyii; tions which will signalize one of the most it'MsuU oils of reigns ; the second ruts in motion-- pi cf that force 'established bv the" tjnt ; one is tl-e ground of action, the, other the cons.- qnencj and application of it. . , . - - Let us, before all, fxamjne.fhe fitf-t. . J If separHttsiin'o three bans th national rr'iflrd of. ifie empire ; ..it points cut French men, .who. ac cording to thf difference cf their age rr.ust h fiif o one or-othef of these thiv linns ; il fift-V successive. jTA'tiewiid of tbrir :diffir-fnt stations ; k ileHermines the haUKe of the "seriee whic y, if. country and sovereign have ailgbt toespect.fr n' them.- . . - -'T " V-r---'--"- , And "now what is the W'orrat guard of lbs em pire I the-nation armd and what naiiori fru '''t' which extends iru'n the bank of ths B ihT: s-a t. those" heytihri le Tiber, anl wh-isr ancient rfncwti' day wnjtiires ftesh telatby succcsslclnii'r J':': -l .... . .'-.';-' J 1 i r. v 1 , J rid , 0 . IT- t" I l 1 1 a - '"-J ' A ... X . f ; i 1 .."a T i t' '- '''
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