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Vol. 17.
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 181;
No. :844.
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PoliticaU
Philadelphia, May 21.
THE TRIUMPii OF PATRIOTISM.
Great palna halvinp: been taken latterly to coth
murvicate an impression of the aversion of thp First
Congressional District of Pennsylvania to th' en
ergetic mesures of the Federal Qjvernment, it
was deemed proper to give this misrepresentation
that empuatical and legitimate contradiction which
the voice of, the people themselves always unequi
vocally a(ToiJs. Accordihgly, 'orTvery short noii
ees, the usual preparatory measures were taken for
a General Meeting, at 3 o'clock, in thejafternoon
of Wednesday, the 2Pih instant. BeTore the time
appoinled. ,an immense concourse1" fidm-tbe, citj
and all prt9 0i tne county, wun aome irom.iw,
W9r county, were already on the ground and by
half past three o'clock, the whole republican phi
lanx in all its renovated urtioh and symmetry, con
sisting of not less than twelve' thousand citizens,
were at I heir posts. At o'clock precisely,
, WILLIAM JONES Esq was called to the
," Chair, and .'
JAMES WEST, appointed Secretary. 1
The purpose of the meeting having been briefly
expUinedby the chairman, the following address
was read oy warua ingernu, anu aaopiea, noi on-1
to .lnttnimmiclv ' lint with thf rpitrntpn rP Or!
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Wa k Ant'iicp i- noeant- a a ; At a all h rncni n rmmo i
which were read and severally put by the chair
man. THE CITIZENS. ,.
ot the
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
of
PENNSYLVANIA,
TO THE lit FELLO W CITIZENS,
- Thr'Pecfile (if the'U. States.
rf-LLOW-ClTfZENS, ' ,
i
-Tne Friends of the United States, and of.
their constituted authoritietJ, residihej within the!
JTrst Congressional Disiiict of Pennsylvania deep !
ly impressed wilh the solemnity of the impending conquereof continental Eut ffpe, in the hour of
crisis, and ti listing that their voice will not be with. overwhelming victory ; in his exulting camp ; a
out sbme effect athong the Amefkaj) people, have midst the crash of principalities and the groans of
met together fcr the pur(Sosev of comparing and royal dissolution; the arbiterof dismantled thrones,
collecting the general sentimemn this quarter of, ;at--such a time ; in such a scene ; tracing as it
the Kepublic, and submit the followtngas the de- jwcre the fate of worlds wirli the point of the'subre
liberate unbiassed and unanimousresuiiT. joli a drum lcad ip the field of battle ;th conquer
The story of American wrongs has beeh sopfor of continental Europe wrote his fiat in answer
ten told, that the patristic heart 9ickeh at their 0Hb,e fiat of English 'defiance ; and in an instant,
disgusting recopUulation : Yet, as prefacing this,! by thesorcery of power, the e.tst and west, the
last appeal, aivl for .-his, as we most anxnn-ily rKfjiwihtuJHUtrt
. the tast'nnei At may not be improper briefly to'prrcirfcts, and wrMdden, on pain of confiscation,
"'sketch' uft outline of that unparalleled, unmitigated, ; annihilation, to apnearutithe accustomed domains
iniolerable series of national outrages, against
' which, after too long an endurance, the only Re -
public extent Is now at length about to exhibit the
magnificent spectacle of an Empire of Freemen in
the armor and aUiuide of defensive war war Ibr-
their sovereignty, their lights, their blessings
war for the reclamation of their property, their thing with the gigantic wrong doers we had to deal
f persons -war for iheir homes and domestic altars with. Our policy was neutral.'. Our sysiem was
, a war staved off 11 every possible efibl t at re-; pacific and precautionary. We shut ouivo'wn gates
'conciliation has been put to beggary and shame and denied ourselves the 'profits, to avoid the tm
a war, to which not one distillation from the sub. barrassracnts, of foreign traHVcT - VW negociated.
tie and ami-republican essences of ambition or ag-. When sent away, without satisfaction, , our minis
grandizerticni has contributed, but which 'will flaw iters returned,, again and again, v to the irreiccrable
piire from the rock of self defence a war, with- .audiences of domination.; Sulkn silence or insult--Cut
which, or the rights i it is to be waged for, our ' ing menaces were the oiilytsers we c3uld 6b
sovereignly is servility, our commerce a colonial
traf'e, our person's exposed to pillage, our property
tobiiracy, our boasted institutions piles of theoreti.
cal ruins j and psace itself, that most dcs'rable of
aU political enjoyments, a contumely Arida'curse.j
From the tremendous concussions which have.
agitated Europft? since the eruption of the Erench
revolution, the U. States of America wisely kept
y kept
aloof in an avowed impartial, unexceptionable ficu
frfditv ; hotr as those who envy us allegrJ.tt n.
ing our soil with the disasters of the "belligerents
for European wars and the Dritish treaty res
tricted instead ofexpan'tmj the immer.se Cfmtne'r -
ciaf reources of the North American continent;
but with Characteristic enterprise, integrity and sionsvjvcre also brought to bear upon our almost
. advantage pursuing the 'broad highways of erflp' exhausted pntience. By way ol retaliation for which
' umnt, and acqairingviii tran'q'iijity and forbear-; impositions from pr.e beiligerent, the other entr
ance, whatever -was not withheld or wrested from ' cised the more distrefsing, though" not more un
us, bf tli5 great maiiltrhii povvers. While havoc, ! justifiable,-authority nfacttially'. burning and des
famine arid dilapidation were desolating ihe King troying our ships and cargotis oh the ocean.
idoms of Europe, peace, plenty and ptosperity, drt- .During these aggressions, EellowCitizens, the
ven from their abodes in that region, fledbyer the deadliest of all, that late refinement Upon outrage,
: troubled. Atlantic, and set up the ark ot their ro
venant in the delightful wilderness ol thi3 modern
lindjof promise. ' !
r With ih excepiion ofsome commercial vexa
, tioris irk 17$ and 1 7?7, the fortunes of the only re
Tiublic seemed to be enhanced, as it were by an
especial rroviuenee, 10 give irresisuoie spienuor
and attraction to their contrast with the fallen for-
tunes of all those monarchies from which the 6ft
gin'al settlers th'u country sprang. An advance
ment in population arid afiluence, an irriproyement
in scienro. and the art?; in agriculture anl ; corri
"merer, an exuberance of tlie products of the earth,
and an 'accumulation, of the profits of the seatrait,
scending all example all calculation, all, hope, dis'.
tinffdished the destinierof the Amelican federa-
inn ; and with ctflainly the lightest allotment of
Ttha'evils inseparable''fr6m '''humanity 'that ever fell
to Any'. people without' foreign or domeittc wars,
w ithout. taxation, without any more of the pressure
cf government than was absolutely necessary to
keep the bands of society together, the perfection
of polity was. accomplished, and the visions of phi
lanthrdplsts realised, in the establishment, admin
istration and astonishing succcsi ot our free, re
'publican i
instituuons ,;iJmemory ot evcry-lover of las
While thus situated, fellow-citizens thus pros)
pering among ourselves, the con
nfliot in Europe per-
and. with a
short, delusive interlude of cessatidn m 1302, its
fury for 1 9 years "hai heytr intermitted.. It, was
always evident, that commerce waj originally, one
main object cf the contest ; and that it is now the
only object, appears to be conceded on all sides.
.Lnglsmd, the first marhtme power in the world,
who opened the batteries ot her attack with all the
kingdoms of Europe for her allies, being uniform
ly defeated in the success: vei coalitions she subsi
dized, finally, in 1805, was left alone. tomaintain
the unequal conflict agrijist -all her former auxilia.
rles : then or soon after subdued into the ranks, and
maintaining the quarrel, oftier predominant en--f
my.. At tins conjuncture, iciled, oppressed and
cast down, with a devouring navy to employ, a vast
mass of manufactures to dispose of. jealous and
apprehensive of bur already Well grown (greatness
and. commercial competition, the ministry of
Britain resorted to one of those expedients oi na
tional desperation, Which like the dishonest conttL
vances of a delinquent individual) however they
may serve the moment, and however they may in
jure others, always recoil with their worst re ae
tion on their authors. The ministry of Great.
Britain, behind the rampart of.a navy deemed im
pregnable, set the execrable cxatnpje, of op'enly
, jolatin the- ,aw, of na(ionSt and of triaipfih up
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on tne imminsities oi neutraiayun order Irom Us
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fragments to level with surer tflccttlie blows she
was aiming at victorious France. The voice" of
America, fellow-citizens, was instantaneously ra'S
ed against this infamous inrpatl on the comity and
usages ot sovereign and neutral states. Not any
town of any consequence on our seaboard, but ap
plied to the federal government for'redress, by so
lemn protest at least, if not more energetic oppo
sition, against Britannic asgrievement. AH par
ties, all classes were united ; and the voice of the
(country descended by acclamation upon its rulers,
demanding retribution.
Our English antagonists were" entraced with a
foe no wise slow to imitate 'their inins ice. The
of H fituions.
1 V.re were the har'p'e'st people dnChc earth, fl
low ciiitcr.s. We wer!e reposintr in nrolonnd n,jace
j We . were governttJ by maistiates wholovd
peace ; and ,who had not learned fromprotractefQj fd-crewf btroyant on the itackss and unknown
abortive hegociattorl, that negotiation avails no
tain.
SJon afcr, the mMrder of our ciountrymen in, the
Ctiea.Spe.ak'e was superadded to aggravate these in-
: tunes, i he people nirned to arms, nut a paci-
tic administration, still -not despairing of pacific-re-
! dress, stayed the noble ardor of ihe cofuwrry ; that
' country wWch ii
first burst will re
jjwayi lull ol nrfbje .ardor ; whobe
hrst burst wilt rebuke its calumniators and scatter
iu enemies in prostra'.ioti and d'ucomSture. "
The lit'ht of search, (as it is tailed) another of;
the catalogue of our wrogS, interpola'ions of va-
nous other indefensible claims into the code of na
, tiotis, toge ther with the rigorous enforcement of1
certain absurd aful antiquated, but revived preten
which was. reserved ror the page or aioilern.histo
ry, that fold,,,, and iridelible stain on the bearirigs
of our independence, the ritht of impressment a
it is also miscalled, 'has been systematically exer
cised on our persons : tind not.less than seven
thousand American citizers, .have been dragged
irom ineir occupations, ineir country, tneirjami-
lies scourged like malefactors chained like gal
ley Slaves toth sidefiLJlri'ish shipsexposed
and slaughtered like piratesand their wives and
children subjected to an unnatural widowhood and
orpJiajiage,iwlnle. these deplorable victims them
selves, by force of British service.and liritish law,
are compelled to become, denizens ta that monar
chy, w,hi.ch prohibits-expatriation, and assumes
to Itselt jurisdiction to reclaim, whenever found,
the fugiiives from its, impressments,! its t;
arid its ignominious hardship of existence,
It would be easy, Fellow Citizens, to n
taxation
magnify
this retrospect with many other indignities, and
with the hideous details of thse thus cursority
'noticed. But the volume is already overcharged ;
and it is necessary,to break pfi the narrative, which
- , has feen so oftep, so much moie strikingly un
- folded, 'thatataomages' must be engraven on the
else 'carry your atWhtion from the sea to t'Ve land1;
and arresting it first on the frontier, where jlhe to-
manawifrot me savage is prompted tp tne butcher :
oi our unconcious veuiers df ine miernai ot rata-
. e i . ' : jj J i. i ' . . t
gems of ruthless Engimoirectlit afterwards o
the more civilized department of the union, to our
cities, to our firesides, wkere the mode of attack
again appears adapted to the scerte of its opera
Uon, ahd a jjWzingyeivilized liritish Spy, fs fouiid,
like the Serpent in Eden, tempting our weakness
with untried changes, and with all the wilhngness
of his nature beguiling us to our perditiori. .
the host if excitement, which march before and
beckon u's to combat."-!--We have borne more thiiri
eve any puof le 'did tbjt an appeal to arms-
We have left enatterivpted no atrivirujor adjust
ment. 'We nave expcndedall the stores of pacin.
cation; and, do not bratidish the keen-edged j Delegation ot Pernsylvania..,.the keystoae of th
sword with ihe right hatid, till the rilive, branch splendid rch, whosij ba e is the aolid, ana we
has withered in the IefV Vef have deprecated trust, immutable rock of the union. .
long enough our unappeasable, insidious assailants, , Resolved, That attested copies of the proceed
more dreadful, more pernicious m their ambush, ings-of this meeting be forwarded by ihe Chair
than they culd be in flagraRt war." We havebeen man to the Piesidetit of the Uniteil 5tates...:.the
more plundered of our treasure, while suing for President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
accommodation, more abused, more injured, than House of Representatives, and each member of
we should have been, in the same period ot hos.
tilities ; and the current of our national character,
of our national existence, fellow citizens, is gliding
out of view, while wc linger on the shore, vainly
iiTipldring the monsterns of the deep to sfwre us.
too long ago: And placing our highest trust in
that bt?inp, who Eoinetimes in his inscrutable pto-,
vidence atilicts the just, but ottener requites their.
constancy, we are likewise full of confidence in the
people of! these United States, in the litrhteous-
1 he season lor action has arrivedainvod, did j off tor circulation under the direction of the follow
we say ? As buTfr-uitless but laudable exertions to ing committee, viz. Robert Patterson, John Binns,
avert the last resort nainfullv Drove, itarrived but Chl J WercnL TmM ixu.. i .
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ineir arousca, cnueavors. ve can to mind leiiow
eitizens, xrre tormer struggle with threat Britain
wnen witnout arms or ammunition, fojdiers or
officers, garrisons or ships, treasury or "prepaia-
tiqn ot any kind, without even compact or govern
ment bes-ide'sV common sympathy, and common
enthusiasm, 'te then thinly scattered people of
the Atlantic crWstt snufling subjection on the gale
at a distance, irected themselves like a column,
on whose sum'iiiit n.iate.d the banners of liberty,
and alone dn trje defertctless breach breasted the
onset of vain gliit ious invasions-undismayed at re
verses, unsubdued by privations 'preserving, "in-
ltlatigable, invincible gradually advancing to dis
ness oi iuir cau-.e, in me aiacniy ana energy oijand they are hereby given to- the
ciplincforganrg-iuon and ictqry arxhieving at lllM -.Wghaa j&.terrcd Icilir-pertw
im oj4en 'years toil and alternate rortunt-, that
independence we -arc. now in out turn challenged
to sustain. " v ' .'
We' call 'o mind, fellow citizens, tlie yet more
distant annals, the ciiscoery of our beloved coun
try, whin Columbus, the type of the' American
chractrr, in a fiailb.uk, vtiili a disaffected. and
destrtsff the western ocean, braving, all'dangers
Land doiUtSiijore ten ibie than dangers, still kept
due oh na in' 'liisimdu'riied c(;urse, till these shores
appearedthe revauTf res(ilution anl a ju6; confidence.-,
these shores nowered with a popu
lous, powerful and martial repufITc'hose citizens
need nothing bwt to be resolved and iutly con-
' fident id themselves, to conqiitr, like Columbus,
and the. heroes of t hrir oTi TeA'olution, the sei rh
'ingly stupendous '''obstaclts which infatuated injv's
tice opposes to the accomplishment dl their final
and permanent emancipation. - ' , .
Renolvcd, As the opinion of this mectinlr, that
the enly tfficient remedy for tbj protracted and
aggravated -evils which aflict our country, will be
flound in a promp', vigorous,' open war ; with that
power whose edicts blockade the entire, continent
of Europe : save only such parts as -"nVpifre our
instrumentality to circulate her products and sup-
ply her nay and military espediiions -whose
j fleets not only plunder our lawful commerce upon
J the .high seas, the-liberty of; our citizens by the
flagitious crime ol i m'pressm fen t-.W hose councils
have the audacity to avow these crimes as their
fieimcneni system of maritime rights ; and stimu
late our citizens to acts ot Irauu and violence, in
order to, tustain her hionsirous scheme of univer
sal monopoly, piracy, and smuggling...-'.-;....."; .;.
- A prompt and vicorcus war 1 "not lot the limited
and impoverished commerce of the moment',' butiand tocemptl the British government- to repeal
tor our unprescnptaDie lights ot sovereignty, the
liberty of car citizens, and the future free circula.
tipn of the immensely accum,u)at;ng-surplus pro-
ducts, of this free, fertile, and extensive continent.
these are legitimate anopnevitable causes ot war. i well knowing. that a great majority of my constt
Resolved, That the liberal and impartial con- j fjents, are unwillirfg to engage in a war for objects
duct of the executive of the-tinited States, rhore beyond ourmeans to accomplisb,believing that war
especially in the military.and. naval bpjMintmemTftr-:greatereyj!..i..an any we now suffer, and per-
instead ot producing a candid and eeneious sacn
lice and prejudice and party passions, on ihe alter
ot union, ot thtrshnne ol otir country ; has Irom
a virulent faction, the fungus of party opposition,
been rt turned with aTnelevoleht and traitorous
conspiracy to withhold and impede the national
resourcts...Kliscourageand obstruct the recruiting
service...".ti-a.duce the character and motives o; the
g6vertment...tand organize discorent, disaffection
and criminal resistance. . -
"Resolved,' Tut without .distinction of p'artyii we
respect and esteem all who are devoted to the true
interest, honor and independence 6i our common
CQuhty....vthb recognize the only principle upon
which' free governments can exist ; the wilt of the
majority constitutionally jironpunctd, and' who are
ready to obey that will with zeal and hdehtyi
Reaoljkd, That judging from the hm, decisive
country. ' ' We m'ghtled by co.opetatiVe mgaurf 5 A pfrpat'ttt'on lor Vae
lie IUMC Ul kllC CXCtUUVC UIC53HIJ.C lO CIHIIIICSS, iwiun-
w armor and attitude demanded bv the. crisis,
(irresistibly impelled by unceasingprovocatibnM
the reccw can oi me House ot representatives
w tin, tneroaniicsi intention ot assuming thatatti.
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tude ; and pur i own cohvicttons.of the 'im media
immediate
necessity of that lawful appeal: We pledge to thfs
constlMited authorit res of our country, in the most
solemn and deliberate manner, all the faculties of
body ahd mind, and all the resources and means
with which it has' pleased the Almighty to endow
us'; to sustain to tne last extremity the war they
pay duse to Be wed against Great Britain, the
most atrocious and obdurate aggvessor
'Reatfcedt That the thanka of this meetine be
PreeUtV-6a tho laeiuWis td oiigress who
urc uijjuiicu aim snan xonunue to maintain me
rights' hoadr and independeKce of the nation, anil
in particular to that noble bhalanxthe derooctatic
the Pennsylvania delegation
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting;
signed by the Chairman and attested by the Seci-e-
tary .be published in the Democratic papers of this
city, and that 5000 handbills of the same be struck
William Lhincan, Wnv West, Frederick Hoeck
ly, . A. Hargesheimer, Robert McMuIlen, Jacob
Holgite, T. D. Anderson, Jacob Richards, ar.d
G. G. Liener.
Resolved, That the thanks f this meetihg be
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Chairman and
btcrttary
Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be
given to theSecretary of the sub committee of
Delegates (Charles IngersoJ.)
WILLIAM JONES, Chairman.
Jakes West, Secretary. '
From the Mrjolk Ledger
Many of our friends having expressed a desire
to see tho address of the Honorable Edwin Grav,
to his constituents, and being ourselves impressed
with a conviction of the importrnce of the subject
of which it treats, we insert it with pleasure, in
this day s paper. 'It will be remeondduuM..
No man was a WarnfcT'Truboorter of Mr. Jt fier.
son's election, but this gentleman has not been so
blinded by party spirit, as to approve in one set of
men, that which he condemned in another.
. -Afrit, 1813.
Te present session of congress being about
to end, 1 take the liberty to address you once
more on the subject of our, ( olitical affnrsi and,
as in my former communicai ions, I will present
to your view the animal statement of the receipts
and expenditures of the geeral government.
Here Mr. Gray presents h'i3 con'stituent, with
an accurate and detailed statement of the receipt
and expenditures of the general governmerjt,
which, as we have already puni shed,-we shall
omit, and procrtd with his address. -
1 he government has been compelled to borrow
money to meet the extraordinaiy eences, and'
an act;has.been. passed authorising a loan for ele.
ven millions of dollarsr the interest of which ijsto
lc secured by a renewal ot the system; pf. internal,
taxts, in operation under the adminfsrratipn.iof MrT'
Adams, to take eff ect in case a state of actual war
shall ensue. The consistency of the republicans,
who turned out Adams because he' was infavor
of war, of St anding armies, of navies, of loans, of
still tax, stamp tax, direct taxes. Sec. Sec will be
duly estimated by those who -take the trouble to
compare theire conduct now$W;th their profes
siors when tb.e'y came into power. . -
: An act to authorise the raising of twenty five
thousand regular troops, fifty thousand volunteers?
and to call out one hundred thousand militia, are
the principal measures preparatory to war- The
objects of, the war proposed to beeniered into, are
apparently the protection t rwtutrak -commerce,
the Srders ih' council, by taking possession of Ca
nada. As I do not believe we have' the power to
coerce either France or England to render us that
I justice which they have so long withheld ; and
teeny convinced inaitne saiety ann tranquility ol-
the southerh states require that we should never -.-engage
in war, except in case of n actual inv asion"
of bur territory by a military force, 1 have Aherf
fore opposed thenar m ssuresadopted hycongrts3v
For a defensive war, I would go ,us far qs any rna
in the jaiion, Iwluhever we are invaded ; but tc an
offensive war, I for foif ign ccr.qrrt-'st. or tor Ghiecty
beyond our rcch, I am decidedly, opposed. Whe
ther a declaralion of war will be made this yt ar or
not I am unable to say ; but ! cannot suppose it y
probable, Withctit ah army j ivhtch, when raised,
is to be supported and tquipptd by the jirecariaus
dependence on loans ; the" tas-efn states almost '
unanimously opposed a. war. the'ygreat' masiHif
the people of the southern stajtes alro averse to it ;
their ptbsonalsafcty at hazard tiom c;;nses Viiffi- ',
ciently cbvioui to every man t( .t't flection, an1
which ! fcrbtar to repress ; I cannt l)elieve
tJor-gress w Hi, unjc r su c h. ci i ou nistamr.ts, propose
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