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1 K "V Political. 4&ord to the wise and to the honest, , V'l ti e destined short! to exercise the sove rdii right 'of freemen, in giving your suffrage ior prtbidtnt of he United States.- You have also to .tket, as you know, a ice president ; , but as h? is raihera nominal than an influential officer, 4 shall sjv-&k only ol: president. , If there be a time, when the best talents are . Specially called for in our national councils: if tiiitre is one occasion, when, more than another, : vc ought to discard speculative characters, and chusetneo of business ; now is the moment. The nation is involved in w ar, with a powerful empire which tniOduts more by fraud and policy than by force. ' Uniting all her stratagems against us, ought we not to rally round the man of decision, of energy of practical abilities ? What conduct does wisdom prescribe to our ci tizens in the impending election ? What part does honesty assign ? ! One and the same Honesty in corrupt times, or at any time, is the proof of wUdm But if . therebe even' a distinction, the Wise rnan knows vvhatis expedient ; the honest only observes what is morally and of course politically right, and go imple rule of to haVe taken in It, thi Misrepresentat ions are riol wduh a denial, but as to the meeting said to have taken place between Mr. Clinton and a number ol that Caucus, of whom I was one, it is so far from the truth that from some time before the period al ludeddown to the present hour, I have never been in company with, nor even seent Mr Clinton, i --i.r I am, Sir, Your obed'tjserv't. -; . COU V.MORRIS." Fbreigrt. If : verns his actions by the just and simp 4, - rectitude. v:' "', - I A Does wisfiom, in the present crisis, or in. our ? I probable, future relations, require a different course from honesty I II wisdom whispers 44 elect the greatest roan fof the hardest task,", does honesty enjoin the propriety of electing a weak man, sur rounded by intriguers and flatterers, who cringe to the public steward for the purpose of fattening on the public estate No. . 'What proof of suitable talents hai been given to the people by Mr.' Madison? As to warlike operations, he has imprinted a Stigma on the reputation of America, lie pre postetously planned an expedition, the like jof which never entered the head of Washington, or Frederick, or Carnot, or any other military genim. He planned an invasion of the strong point' of Our enemy's territory from the weakest point in ours ! If there was one point in the whole circumference of.dtir bouhdaiy where we ought innVxibly to have remained on thedfcnsive. it was the easteinnart 1 oT te Michigan territory. Yet contrary to the rnaxiirisof military men of common sense the ex ' posed line of frontier between Lake Huron and Erifvwas Selected for invading our enemy ! The point most liable for incursion, was chosen for a Quixotic excursion, whose disastrous consequence shows the folly of its origin, (excluding the cowar dice1 of General Hull) When hives of red sava- Vages and hordes of white, more barbarous, were r ready to assail us from the northward and eastward f t "of Lske Michigan, &c. our wise rulers concluded . . In a.'.V.Tll Thpm with an int-rirr Inrro la -n o.l ' , -.-. M.. . . . i . J 0M UUi ; ministration which begins war in this manner, fit - to terminate it to out honor and advantage r Let I every unprejudiced, unbotight man answer' the ' ' question. p . We have seen that Mr. Madison is unfit to car . ry on war ; now let me ask docs his compliant with public sentiment in peace, entitle him to ihr ,.j . confidence of the public ? Has he uniformly repre., senttn the public will ; or has he too in quently treated it with marked contempt ? I air'uni, that James Madison has done the latter. Take a few instances : ' ' VVhjn i Ibert TJtdlatinjforsook the princiiplesof finance he formerly professed, and even adopted those of Alexander Hamilton,-against which he wrote a book, than the democrats wished him re rnovtd, beouse their morality could not stomach One set of piinciptes to be professed out of office, and a different set practised in office. Mr. Madr dison thinks othtnvise ! The'p'pple repose no confidence-in Mr. Eustis, Yet Mr-Madison hugs him lo his bosom. 'I he gain of an "election outweighs the trifling loss ol an army. What'hink the peoplel ' But, says some Mind admirer or cunning con tractor or cff:ce holder, 44 It will be impolitic to turn Xut the-president who declared war.'' The Piesi. dent, who -declared war i According to' our consti. titutioiHCONGRESS wage war; and the present " Their system cannot be chanced t but, if we de We have had frequent occasion to put our read ers on their guard against the French Bulletins, on which so little reliance is placed, that even in France it has become proverbial to say . he lies like a Bulletin."' I he recount which the govern ment paper in France has given of the creat battle of Salamafica, we hereto anneXfnltis a most ex cellent specimen of ther vcracityu of a French Bulletin. Our leaders have seen. ifie Spanish and LnghsU accounts of this memorable, battle, and the consequences now are known. ..-.The French army fled, not retreated, upwards of seventy miles from the field of battle, with the lossbLnearly one half of itjs numoers ; the wo wd.o. -kings 'jvas compelled to uy iiuiii ins puiucc, leaving arnsuu eno immense booty in military stores whicli Ml into the hands of the allies, and finally the siege of Cadiz has been raised. "Now comes the modest account, which -must givVthe poor enslaved French a verycorreci idea of their .affairs in S pain Ledger, " French account of the Buttle of Salamanca,' , ' Paris, August 18. --The army of Portugal, commanded by his ex cellency thtt Marshal Ouke de Ragusa, was, on the 14th of July, encamped on the Douro, in fiont of the English army. .1 he Duke passed that river on the 1 8th, at Tordesillas, in spite of the enemy, and after several actions in which the French ha'd always a marked advantage, the enemy was driven back to Salamanca, when the two arjTties were in front of each other on the 23d ; after a cannnade of some duration on IxjlhTdcsTlurdr ivhile the Marshal Duke, de Rap"'isa. rpsnlvRfl ir p'wp hnttlp. was occupied in making his final arrangements, i 'i,r- f-nmiets, during the last few days. The he was stricken by a shell, which broks his right jed'lf I,as i 'st secn a statement from under the arm and wounded him irf two places in the right oi n")',T Reneral Hall brought by a horseman side. VThis accident obliged him to quit the field ;rcctly from hs quntuers, ami which the General dians returned to the iXtick with their numbers doubled, but Col-Newnari ftad dispatched expres ses to Col. Sniit)i for a reinforcement ; we have not yet heard of the result of the second attaek. 41 Col. Smith has retreated to the Block House on St. Johns. ' T . " Yesterday an express arrived here with infor mation that a thousand men are on their marcli from the upper counties to th'3 place God grant t'hey may soon arrive." ; IMPORTANT. By the steamboat which arrived yesterday, we received the following important handbill, from the Albany Gazette Oifice, dated Oct. 19th. Copy, of a handbill issued at the Geneva Gazette 7 Ulfice, Thursdiy Evtfilni? ' INVASION OF CANADA. S. E). Bsckman, surgeon of the 13ih regiment United States infantry, has just reached this vil lage from Buffalo, which place he left on Tuesday hst. He states that previous to his departure an express arrived from Gen. Van Rensselaer, bring ing intelligence that about 4000 troops, tinder his command, had crested the river at Lewiston and at the meadows 21 2 miles below, at 4 o'clock that morning: that the batteries on the mountains at Q iedinsion and on the rivt r beldw that place were i ' . t i linen possession oi oy our troops atter a tvery se vere conflict, and that about 1500 of the enemy were taken prisoners. The express understood it to be the determination of our troops to make an immediate attack on Fort George, and a3 the cannonading had ceased previous to our informants leaving Buffalo, it was supposed the Fort had sur rendered. The, troops at Bulfilo were on the nvirch towards Lewiston, doubtless with an inten tion to firm a junction with the American troops , at Queenston. Further particulars of this affair have not- reached us. MORE DISASTERS r BAU NEWS EJIOX THK FKONrtEns." Canand trgna, Cctober 15. Daring the day we have been greatly ajritated by reports of events said to be taking place on the Scot), -ChriitU and Feniick fif' iutt nmu.a,. Major general Brock of hn. among th. shin1; and his Z d 2'! H wounded :Th whole numbe rS to have been engaged ;s .boot -160 T were regular troop, and 700 n'r.& Whoms On the Hth. an arrangement WM m.l- u.. ma,o general Van Rensselaer and Zl ior toe uneraiiori of all the niUtup51,,ei parole, not to, serve darinpth P i- unner particulars will be givt fpn no ' I can be ascertained. It am Zn J 1 -k "Ur tfnn,,. 'e Overrnm. k'.. . ' I numbers, in consequence of the inrtt;': loa UA r-:i:.:". . ""aP"!luiiai, f. Muna ro jqin in the coi.Cu Fr'jm the Many Gazttte, Extra. TUESDAY, Oct - We hasten to present tp the public tW Cj lowing letter, , for a copy of which vve ar debtee to. the politeness of the gentl, whom- it is addressed In this we rt oice say., there, is something to flatter the "L.J our country, to enliven the patriotism tfrt citizen and excite the emulation of th-i?f dier. made , for the purpose of correctinc? a false report which had got into circulation respecting an action f night at Queen slon on the 10th inst. The G;ne of battle ; his life Is not, however, in danger. The general of division, Clautel, took the corri maiirl iust as the action. commenced ? it rnntinin'rl for several hours with the ereatent furv : nrodipies 1 nl's sUtc".t is dated " Buffalo, October 14, half f.l valft'r. a.l veral artmns wnrthw nf the- Trnr !, 1 Past 1 o'ohfk, P.M.." and SCIVS, " That on TdeS name, were nerforined. Nevertheless, the acci- l.'10"r'"I!1S' ( the 1 3th) about 1000 troops crossed f f i V if -ft i J i i . .5 V ent which happened to the Dukft of Rajjusa had, from the firstrdetermincd general Clauzel tore tire upon the right of the Tormes. After vltenia tive and-equal succes heiecro3sed that river at Alba, leaving one of his divisionsto cover the bridge of that place till the middle if the day fol lowing. The retreat was effected without molest, alion from the enemy, whose loss was very consi derable. The French army continued their rcute on the 23d July, by Panaranda, whither they were follow ed by the English cavalry. Our rear guard made a successful attack on them, forced them to make a rapid retreat, and killed numbers of them. The rrmy then continued their route , without any fur ther molestation, and have resumed their former position at Tordesillas .and with the Douro in their !ront. -This intelligence has been brought to the ministry of the war department by M. Tabvier aid.de-camp to the1 Duke of Ragusa, who has been sent by his excellency the war minister to the em perot's head quarters Moriitcitr, August 19. . Philadelphia, Octi 23. GREAT NEWS. We are indebted to the attention of a friend for the following extract of a letter from a gentleman in Boston, to another in this city. It is dated on Sunday evening, and is bier than the" Boston Ga zettc, which bears date on Monday, but wa$ actual ly printed on Saturday. " A cartel has arrived this forenocn, from Hali fax, with a .newspaper fxom thence, stating that the Russians obtained A splendid victory "over the French on the 15 th of August, at Breslau, with a loss of 50,000. The French were first success- ful, but Bragation. with the aid of the cossacka. the river, .under the command of Col. Solomon Van lvensiellaer : General William Wadsworth volunteered under him. In the action Col. Van iiUDSidlae!' was wounded in the thigh, and brought off theCcid. G-n. WadswbVlifwas either killed was finally successful." sire something more vigorous thap empty declara tion, it behoves us to chooser for;a president a capable man a man who can render us respecta ,b!e abroad, and ktep us pure at home ; a man who jwill 'dismiss-intriguers, a man who will'discouhte hance levee - worship, prevent the-'-corruption-of morals, and adhere to simplicity and decency that man is Dewitt Clinton; To the Editor of the Evening Post. SIR Artiving-in town a paper is put into my! hand called the 'National Intelligencer, which con-' tainsnhe jtollovjng article. . . . ;, . Fi'om tlie Natioriil InteMitrencer. - Tfie-M&-Y6rkCoaliti'M-h has been Stated in most of tlic public prints that great Caucus has bee-n-held in New-York, composed of many distin guished gentlemen of .the Inderal party? We have not before noticed the fact, because somewhat vaguely stated. We now learn, that at that Caucus, the resolutions taken of most importance were Ji!Lit!ISili, -4'at under presenr encumstances it Highly Interesting Intelligence ! , Canandaigua, Sat. Eve. Oct, 10. Gallant kxitoit. The western stage has just arrived, and brings us some interesting intelli gence, which we hasten to lay before 'the readers of our paper. It appears that the brave sailors who had but just ari ived on the lHres, with .other volunteers, jn all amounting to two hundred men, went front Bufi'uloe on the night of the 8-9thinst. in boats, and took the British vessels, the biig Adams .(surrendered at Detroit) and i he Caledo nia, which. Wv re then lyiiijj under the protection of the lit itis' Fort Erie. They Completely sue cecdsd. in taking the vessels and 50 prisoners, and brought them to Black Rock and run thtm agrcund. i'his was aboiit S in the morning. The battery opposite Black Rock commenced a dreadful fire upon the vessel As major Wm.H. Cuylsr, aid to gen. Hall, and major Mullanv, of the 23 J r6gxi 1-Hrs, were riding down the beach, a shot fiorti the would' be unwise to take' up alnlSTlfotolTbu Sewn. Tliat they should"supp6rt the candi-' date o r die I wo id ready in nordination, whose success would besprcmote the objects of their paity. . . W'ftird , That they should net now make a se lectioa cf eitlitr as their candidate. .. In the incidental discussions to which these! him. It . is with much recret we announce this fa lal termination of the services 6f a brave, active and useful officer. ' And we regret that so glorious an achievement' should have produced suc!.a mis fortune,.'' Two -of the, volunteering party were killed, and seven wounded. , J .When the stage lefc Buffdoe yesterday morn points occaaicn, Messrs. Otis, Gbuv." Morris, and ! ink tne fit'inS hm iIie British Continued inces- . we believe. R.. Goodloe Harper, cave a decided Dre fc.renceto 5Ir.. Clinton ; and a meeting between itis genOnan and a certain number of the caucus, bf v)h(,)k Gwv, Alorris was one, was had, and in this i , meetipg .lr. Clinton declared, That all ' political J " ' " connectin between hbmelf and' the Democratic Par jj ty in the United State$' had ceased and would riot j . again oe reniwea. i nis lact can DecIDlHuciiTiT ; '- a cpurjt of law if necessary." ; - - ' V Although I am not a little surprized to see my ' ; sVif brought before Uje publiQ in this newcharactcr, f I should take r.o nctice of it were I alone concerned. . 4 . As to the Caucus spoken of and the part I urn state d santly. , We shall soon hear what was the effect. Such is the valor of Americans when properly directed." '.' -.-ryr-. ' . . Savannah, October 8". Extract of a letter from St Mmy's, dated Octo. -' - ; :('- ! - ber 3. , -; l ;' nan has'had an engagement with theIndians, and killed, fifteen, and lost Only one man, himself he was on hs" 'marchrtb their town ; it happened in a pine barrep, in the day time, and-their nuaibers "were slaUi ta be about c'(ual, but at night iha la- or taken. , ': The result if the actidn, from (he most cor rect accounts, is, that the Americans had 400 kil. led, and -100 surrendered at discretion lor want ol ammunition.'' Such is the substance or this unpleasant intelli gence, as given by major gen Hall, who had it from a credible nun, who was on the ground nearly all day. . 1. S.Thc person rho brought the abeve be longs to cap. Stone's Iiloomfield Light Horse, and was sent express by gen. Hall for a supply offtni numition, which there is said to be a want of on the lines. The barracks at Black Rock yesterday blew up, having in them aquantity of powder, which was set on iirfc by a bomb-shell horn the British batter. OJicc qf the Natiunal Intelligencer Washingtci Ci rr, Oc. 21, 5 o'clock f.m. Wi h3sten to lay before our readers the accounts which h i reached us of a late engagement on our Northern Frontier. - No official account of the ac tion has yet .reached thfe city. Fionf the N. York. Mercantile A(We; lisef of October 3, -The following .important .intelligence wai re ceived antris office yestefday, by the steam boat r" Fronitlie Albany. .Ga.sfte of October 20. I'he following is the mait accurate account which we have been able to obtain of the late attack on the Heights at Queenstown by the American troops. , At 4 o'clock in the morning of the 1 3th instant, Col. Solomon Van lleiibsllaer, at the head of 3CK militia, and lieutenant colon.el Christie, at the head of 300 regulars of the 13th regiment, embarked in biats to dislodge the British fr:m the heights of Q-jeenstowH. They crossed under covtr of a bat tery of two 18 and two 6 pounder. Their move ment wadiscjvered almost at the instant f their depar6H" from the American shore.7- The de tachments landed under a heavy fire' of artillery amr nuisliatry.' Col. Van Renssflaer received a wound through his right thigh soon after landing, but proceeded fiirvjutuH he received 2 other flesh votinds in his thigh and the calf of one of his legs, and a severe contusion on one of his heel?, when he ordered the detachments to march on and storm Head-quarters, Lexvlstszvn. hrt i?- h Tour son, major-Lush, was in 'the utuV jbattW yesterday. He acted "as aid tod, r auuasciapr,- anu provea nis genuine staj As I had tta honor to direct the fi- f -t.' battery vhich coverecl the landing,'! hadifcj uc!i jjus&iuiu cnance to see tverj"thing th fii e of three batteries and a shower of musketrv was poureu upon tne nrst 1-JO men whnUi ed; of whonri Stephen ,was one. lit U ao wun us, wen, Dut exnaustecl. The battle wj long and severe. Col. Van .Rensselaer liidjl snots tnrougn ana tnrough, and one' fm contusion. Many are killed, many wbundti on Dotn sides Drock has (alien, his nidit- camp mortally wounded. I am well, butts- naustea. 1 ours, Very tiulv, ;- s ,r, joiiXLOVETT.: - Slrtai mH!Jv)' " 7 - - We have collected the following additiotjl particulars- from 'a 'Source which may be rdkj on- t In the hrst plaes, gen. Van Rensselaer did not go rashly into battle, a, some" have suppo. ed. His conduct was the'result of V.'Jii. tion, and perfectly justifiable, both in and wt ot battle. - ' At 4 o'clock on die mornirg of the 13::!. ouj mi una Under the command 0 litriit. mi: Christie, crossed the river to dislodge the ene my from the rlelgh'ts of Queenstown. Tkr landed under cover of a battel y of tvoeigh teen pounders and two sixes, i;d encounirrrd from the enemy the peltings of three Latttru-i, ind an incessant blaze of musketry. But col Van Rensselaer made good his landing ia perfect -feheet of i.e.' He advanced -bmvcly tiil he was shot twice tlirotigh the sr.neiiV and through the leg, when . he was ohlVwdiff stop; but with the utmost presence bf wL directed his officers to rush forward andsto: the first battery. It wis gallantly done. Boili parties reinforced fast, and every battery pbj ed its best. LieuU col. Christie got ovfi, but wa3 wounded in the hand. The conflict be came general over the Heights. A large ..body of -them "got behind a stone guardhouse, iu which was mounted a pair of heavy ordnance. Two I8-pounders were directed apinrt it, which raked them severely ; and at the eigM shot tumbled up a heap of men; and tiismoi'.fr ed one -gun. Thev fled - behiml iucl, ?e Hiirjt!-; tiem from thence and they fled. Bythtsthuc abouip o'clock, the enemys fire, except cr: mrJiiii-. I-' rt -An'-l. II i.;l.',nil nn, I Vl'-t('l f 1 bid r..SJCU over the heighfV,'' liUt.' sent back to. urge h ' troops which; were, .passing over to support -.hc . . I. . m . two columns. , At this time,1 however, tnenrc my receivetl a reinforcement of several aw dred of-Chippe'way Indians, and comivKncri no attack. with great fury. . The rifle-. andjw bayonet had scarcely put them to route, anl drove theitt to the woods, whsn tbey !C joined by a large re in force nint cf. ng from Fort George. They renewed the attsc arid the conflict became tremendous.? It hst' ed a!)out half an hour, when our v;jiant tyar tan band,-who had-yvaded througllploocl, ticipating yicto and ammunition day. Thtfv had ry, being exhausted m string' jn, wife-ohfigetr to yM & A foujrht eleven hours "rf.'' thel first lattery, and was himselt carried off the , intermission. -Many have .fallen," mapy. f.dd. Theprdcrs for storming wasgallundy exe- wounde,j an(1 the British have manyprf cuted, and a .evre conflict, ensued. .Lieutenant ers but on this hcad We have not suffix it :CS- litt'tt particulars to enter into details. ..J i.n . vni (Pimp .iprs :wuuuua hpt he is on the recovery. Brock, t general, is certainly .slaji. ; he iiij1:B cyl. Christie received a wound in the hand but got verthe works : at this time both parties were re inforced ; the enemy soon gave way, and lied in every "direction. Major, general Van Rensselaer crowed over to'susiain the attack, and ascended ha llujh-afjaueenitgwn, where he was attack-1 ' " , . , a. , it ed wun great luryuy several nunurea inaians, -v. . .i.v. . t who were,, however,-soo routed and tlnvtw tntaj;' 8 P. M. to the Editor oi ills jiveninj. , ths American aide beijan' to move t&dily, and a Lewistown. He confirms every thintl n Hall's account of the liiaster wbich li1;-;, our army.' Dox- war n tht rc't - ' dred of our men are prisftJers, ur.d. amount colonels Christie, Scoit and Kdiwick, an Mullaney of the'rcigular 4jU(i . and ft nel. Schuyler's reRiment.. i iibu released on paiole, not to serve during tje nv Our troops, on their landing, took possev wn ;'! , . Oritish battery, which thsy.rsUined till al.u ' when the British wet e itinfticeJra"" !. , . ;,! bYuti to surrender. 1 The numter w',, hally stopped. Thi3 induced the major general to return in order to accelerate' ilieir movements he mounted horse and used every exertion in his power to urge on, the reinforcements, but in vain : whereupon the general, perceiving that a strong reinforcerneht was advancing ' to support the" liritishj ordered a retreat ; but before the or oer veacnea nijigaaier general vvausworin,- mc battle' was' renewed by the encmyvith-great vigor and. increased numbers, which coinpelled-lhe A. mericans, whose strength and ammunition were oorHLpWilliamsslead,- hy hrrl ghiin r f ,.- ..Inver. hours, and with very-little intermission, to give way- The number of killed is considerable on both sideij but the Americans 'have lost manyLpnsoner?, in cluding' about j5Q' ofiicers, most, of whom are .YOuaded.Y Arcing the prisoners are licti colonels gCU W HHCUi.ll . - - ... .J' wounded is about 400. The rt.uo;r which crossed over are not palt.cularr n" "p -hnt'.mint- tianii' htin ttOHL 1 tO geons bave beejv permitted to go over to,- wounded.: CoJoneJ Van.RafIerniai;--. -ihi wounded 0:1 the fu-.t atuhj'.;-- ; ''"T T ' r - r-r-Twi--.?y y-.,wTi-yt'-.'' - -
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