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RALEIGH, N. C.-r-PUBLISHED" (weekly) BY LUCAS AND A; II. BOYL iN ' "' V- r ' , - r- r- ; ri , , - .j .v fllSEB DOLLARS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 18 12. 866. Vol. ,---'-7 'olitical. From tht Jiaittmore Jimcman. . Citizen Soldier" has .undertaken to crimi " the molives'Oi an - vjiu "-m -rr- ed ,r.!l" fwKtHe motivi of writers. Are Jjjte iu T rnnrWinnS from thO uirrcwi facts fai'i s more speedily in the lower house than Such bills petuates thcTr weak and timid policy in these tern- whence the above resolution flowed. Gracious usually do how it was executed 1 have stated lor: pestuous nines, wr lour years oejrpname control ueaven ; in mis couairy, wnere the right of opt. imerlv. lhe (Jatizen ooiaier is mistaken : mere uimc wuurci r . -mwu u cvcivuciyivcuTu,.yne oi ine: mast si ihe uc v , rf t. o-a. then the Deool? , raid qrawii s vj - . - , - - will have a im yiT"1 - , eeabW facts to be trust y andy those 'it forming their opinions thereon j but i the Citizen Soldier, iacts ought not We known to the peopl he is afraid to . rnu with facts, lest their present rulers tlllS appear to them weak and unequal to the ,to7dr?Lr-.inr-tne nation. Werthejpeople, st be taugn: H5s-' ' ! . must not, "c V." 7 ' i ArMninP T flR f'Jll HULL IM H1C lest it should weaken the exertions of the country. If after fourteen monms nuuw uy that he meant war ; if after rectiving aH the sap nort tin' congress could -fcive him, we Wind that iur army is wholly unprepared to, make the -con templaed attack on Canada and in fact that he bas scarcely a force sufficient to defend our ex nosed frontier, we must not be permitted to say I. n tr, think that this is the "result of incapa. VI .v ' -1.11 ,tv in the oresident, lest our enemies should .urpl.v he ehconraeed. This is a doctrine to which I cannot Subscribe. The repi blican creed. Wi heretofore been " measures and not rn-n." AVnenever men employed by the public conduct measures badlv, and shew a neglect of the puhhc welfare, dismiss such men, or. hey Will nun the nation, and of course their party. The . people judge right nine times out of ten : gi" them time to consider, and aUfcough leaders adhere to an ad ministration who Illy manage national affairs, yet the people will see, will judge tor themselves, and will leave such leaders. . ; I deny that there is" any thing in my last piece calculated to take shame from general Hall." as stated by the Citizen Soldier. Oo the contrary, I distinctly said that Hull "psrmitted himself to be intimidated by circumstances and disgracefully surrendered his army V but I also sid that it Was an extreme neglect on the part of the president permit a post all-important as that of Mickina to be ent-usted to a force les3 than a company, when it required 350 men to garrison it ; that lie ought to have reinforced that garrison in time, and pli-i ced it beyond the piwer of capture, by supplying it with provision and every thing necessaiy fop a twelve months defence; that his noi yoing so. and espec'nll v his not informing the officer com inandins that poke of the existence of war, w.s un pardonablebut this is no apolor v lor Hull's dis honorable surrender, none can be offered for con duct so base. The Citizen Soldier attempts to take the cen sure of delay from the president' and place it on the congress'; thus admitting thdt our measures have nur- been well conducted. He considers it perfectly correct to censure congress ; this has be. come the fashion. It is time to place the saddk on the right horse. CongrVss are not to blame, as I hope to sshe w. Let the blame rest where it ought, on the president, v . Congress werecalled for war, and met the first .Monday in November. Therdocuments submit ted were YoUiminous: they were not printed for five weeks; (a first copy was sent to me) and 1 have understood that the committees nc.ver act tin iil the documents are printed and laid before them ; besides, the subject was one of great mo jnent and required time for a due consideration. The public papers shew that congress proceeded to act immediately after the documents were print ed, and on, th day of passed a bifl-ap. ptopriatirig g2,000 000 for the purchase of muni iions'.of , warn and on the24th Deceinberthejbill - granting additional bounty to men enlistSngfor the old corps. With respect to the old regiments, was no want of applications for commissions from this state lam informed more offered than was required: he says the pay of officers was with, held until in actual seryice--tBismust be a mistake except in' the-case , of general Dearborn ; but if true, every officer is considered in actual service from the moment he receives an order to recruit or attend his regiment. The Citizen Soldier censures congress for not declaring war sooner. He says that they were in session tight months beiore they declared war and why ? They had passed' the bills for raising an army early in the session ; and it was prudentland proper to wait till the presi dent should sav he had made the necessary prepa- ratiorisT It certainly would'have ben extremely imprudent to have declared wir sooner, i ne ui tiicn Soldier would have u believe that the presi dent had every thing to do after the declaration of war. It is of this 1 complain, 1 contend that ne had time and money to have made every prepar ation before that period, and that if we had had a competent man at the head of our government, he would have been and ought to have been ready to march an army into Canada the moment that war was declared. What a figure do we make ! War declared four months, aud fhe great und po werful nation of the U. States has not yet a force caDable of attacking a poor trifling orny of the enemy, protected only by its peace establishment. What will be the consequence of this unaccounta ble negligence ? Why, that Great Britain will have time to reinforce her army and hold us at bay un til a more efficient man is placed at the head of our government. an old soldi kr. Let us then turn froth these dark and gloomy 'Tcred : the tolerant p'inciple of scrutinisintr the prospects, reanimate hopey and create new confi-1 merits of public characters, cherished with a ho!y, oence, oy rpiiying arouna me ucni;i now suunuucu i tirniumasut ctruii.c , in mis country, and t'i it to you, which will bring into the counjcus.ot our, l too by a party exclusively applying to itself the country men surpassed by none in the qualities of tne mina, or in tac virtuous ana, painoxic iccungs of the heart. . " In Mr, Cfinton y6u have the tried and inflexible republican, who in his native state has,1 by his pre eminent ' talents, deserved and received ; from a grateful and 'free people, the highest and most confidential appointoftents they had to bestow. His wisdom firmness and intrepidity ate wanted to in vigorate the arnvof the executive. Such republi prbnd appellation of democratic republican," .e see this attempt maue to destroy the best founda tort6f oar liberties. It is .time for the people to feel alarmed atibdngeus.Vrogresv-ih&fenti-rhent which Substitutes men for measures, has already made, and by one manly iefibrt to rescue themselves from the evil whtch awaits them We ought to rejoice that the opportunity of doing 8o i so hear at hand, since the earlier a rem.lv i applied to a disease, the sirohge is the hone of a can worth,' Isuch "commanding eodowmentSiv wULraicld cure. In the tkct'foo of-Mr. Clinton to Lin your Virtuous bosoms identify itself with the art-1 the presidency, the pest hopes' may he inrtulgerl. creu ann enueanng recoiiecuons oi nis iamer 5 ana vnai ine Augean siaoie wmpe cieatiseu ot uuh and his- uncle's great revolutionary services, and. the! corruption, & dptracy Appear as i oiightto a'p- Oeiwral St. Clair received hit commi3Biun as a colonel from the old confess un the 22d of Jai. 1776, raised lii regiment and was actually in Canada cri the 1 Uh of May lollowing. EXTRACT From an Address of a Democratic Delegation in Pennsylvania, to their fellow citizens. Fkllow Citizbss We are engaged in a war wi'h the greatest naval power upon earth, the se cond military po.ver in the world. It is tluir dutyr and wilTTierihepride ol tree distinguished republican and political standing of Mcuric viimuii in iiic uuimtna ui ms country. Pknnsyi.vania, in Mr. Ingcrsoll you Will find the man whose exalted public ?nd private worth will refute calumny, and bring your jut national pretensions into public estimation. As a member of the continental congress, appointed by the old whig legislature ; as a member of our convention, who formed the federal constitution, chosen by the I pear, the guardian angel of our liberties, our com merce, our national honor. A CONSISTENT DEMOCRAT. THE PLOT DETECTED. ' From the Pennsylvania Fanner. AMERICANS, PEKNSYLVANIANS, FREEMEN,' PATH lOTS, Read and learn -from' the following base and irV people; as an executive officer appointed by go- famous propositions, how ah unprincip'ed set of vernors of all parties he has discharged every ; intriguers emanating from th' Corrupt SVasbing. duty to his country with unbounded approbation, ton caucus, audaciously and traitorously presume The friend and fellow laborer in the old whig party, -to buy and sell the people's'rights. 'Gallatin yisiu with your Read, your Bryan, your Sergeant, your ed Albany lately- Treemeh will say whether i hey Bradfoi d and your Hutchinson, the retired and un. do not see in the corruption of these liberticide pro. assuming citizen, is presented to l'cnnsylvanians positions the unexampled and unequalled intrigues ;' for their enlightened and virtuous support. - j of this Genevan secretary for his continuance :..mii -With the zealous and undivided support of such office. fci,. - ; men, we sacredly believe, is involved the union of Men of Pennsylvania, will yotrallow the inestj, ' vmtncai ihe salvation ot jrour btlovcd country, imauie oiessings ot seu government, purchased by w and the remaining deposit of liberty in the world. the heroism the blood and the treasnre'of our lo. Tious revolulionr-fni be .lavished from the rieonlel-vv"'.- ge of an unprincipled sctf From the Boston Centinel. : TO THE PUBLIC. Myhame" being mentioned in an article from the National Intelligencer, I deem it to be my du ty to declare, that 'having bien present at the mtfini ftt Mu; Viirlr f'hrAin i!litrl..l' tr ,h etufp men to exert all their energies to bring that .awful j m-ellt ofthe nronpdin of that mpetin ; , and unhappy state of things to a just, a speedy and alse l also tnow that no pct sons were au;hons an honorablr conclusion. - - ilr.4ed by that meeting to make any communication What will be the best means of ctTecling lhis ,t0 Mr. Clinton, nor was any made or reported to mig.uy object, is a question Dig witn tne utc m ,,ie meeting from him. I cannot vouch for that repuoizcao America, ana We believe that it can n - i i aom, .n-mness ana lr.trrpiaiiy in taecaoinei; acn- he wa- nr.-?,iift. :n - tuWt Af l,,,tr. h, tht ' general s cna-acitr .uki stanuing, eotitie vity, enterprise aud capacity in the field. Let us l timatinn nr the exriress:rtns m t:inz,lt flClf ..j., I him to the greatest consideration ; and" all w us then, fellow citizens, with that co-l deliberation t0 su Clinton a8umade t0 a certain number of 10 nothiftg. coald-be more gratifying to wnicn becomes tn.s most solemn occasion, tane a lhe caucuSi. isentirety new to me, and repuenam I "e ,CtU in.".nos.?1 mr'.v',,IInana lo rei'u& view ot some ot the .most prominent jeatures ot uo eve representation of his political creed which they posst'ss those exalted qualifications which j " to become the heritage ol an unprincipled setf. iu'rigtiing itfice hunters ! Forbid it HatrtbtiSm t " Forbid it ju-.tice 1 Forbid it Heaven ! 1 . Hiw- Americans save your country by makt-i; Ait deep damnation of such deeds recoil on th i uHty authors, by-driving, them from Ihe p"-;oiilc'si con fidence forever, Ai.BANYj September 26 1813. Dear Sir Permit us to introduce tn your ac--' quair.tance General King, of MaSijHchuit. us Iris- his ish to communicate freely with ore or' mere the liberty of the world, gentleman's opi.vions, having never spoken to him ?1 lhf .utenaot. governor s . friends in your city be tfiVced alone by wis- in my Hfe nor seen him blU and lhen in relation to the prdsidemal question. )idity ih the cabinet ; acti-; ne wag presWing in a Court of Justic. but lhe fa I 1 he general's cha- acter and standing:, eotitl. they posst'ss lliose exaiteo qu alone can carry us with honor and safety through the mighty conflict. The course of conduct pursued by the executive, both' before and Since the declaration of war, has rilled the public mind with melancholy forebodings, with doubts and epprcheiruons. I he 4-military October t 1812. H. C. OTIS. - Ft om the Connecticut Couran'K THE FINGER OF HEAVEN. Pending the question of war, the people of the peace establishment was neglected to fiITedup ' wcslcrn slale5 wer?,."alou tor l measure al-. by the president, wh-n he possessed S 1,100,000 most 10 a man. f he tKentucky delegation to anrimnr a.ed before the lasr session of congress for i ('onSres 8eVtn 10 e-Twere. all clamorous l r I " - o that purpose, though it .'might have been easily effected, ind although he had olficially declared in his message to congress, en the 5ch of last Nov that the necessity of var existed. When the house of representatives, in compK" ancewi''h the president's call to put. the nation in the armor and attitude for war, passed the bill for raising 20,000 men, his secretary of war, in an in terview with a, committee of the senate, stated the wish of the administration to be for 10,000 men only. : - . Such views strongly evince thatthe open official for war, and all voted for it. They had no fellow feelings for the inhabitants of the sea coast. The destructisM of their commerce, the capture of their ships and cargoes," and the exposure of their opu lent cities and towns,, they viewed in perspective wTtholdliertedlnditteTericei Wherrxhe-exposed situation Of New York was mentioned, in Con gress, the taunting reply was, that if New-York was laid in ashes, its inhabitants might flee behind thelnountains, and there find safety. Little did they think, even in its outset, it would be brought home to themselves, "and that with such attendant lican party' in this section ol the state, than aii ar- rangemenLwhich would avoid a competition ht the choice.of president. r At a period like the present, big with t vci'.s, in vhi h we are contending for eve-y th ug d-ir and valuable, and when a portion of our - vi'.iz. ns are systematizing measures calculated to deadtn the energies of the nation, rely up .-n it, the sup porters and lriends ot the tons rut;o.n cannot t ut view with emotions of the deepest regret, a siriig-" gle between men who think alike on gcnerf.l riiticc sures. We acquit ourselves when" we sol.. rriJy declare to you, 'as our firm belief, that no tv tit could exalt Mr Clinton highe? amorig his repub lican f'iends than a surrender of his prttensiotib io the presidential chair at the ensuing election ; and a difl'erent course would constquei.tly, in our o- rlflnir. Th law atithoriinop lht arirlilional retri -. Thews passed in 1808 Those, topether with the 'peace establishment, .if lull, would have formed "an army of 10,000 men'. Those regiments were fully provided for by, .the, uhexpc'ndd balances in the war department of gl250,000, which sum was at the disposal of the president to be applied, as already stated, to the recruiting of men, to the purchase of clothing, tents or any object of a mi- Jiuryjynu language of the administration tjpon the .question i ho,'tors 39 makVn,eim, lrembJ, tor the saifetv the conquest of Upper Canada as a matter of pas time rather than that of serious warfare; and some of them, their leading ones, -probably ex- congress could not' ifThey would have occasioned ! of war was secretly counteracted, while prepara UOn was neglected, time lost, and the enemy leu to provide his best means of defence. " Congress Aid not cohfracl Ih'eresldenrWd 'full powers, yet no purchases of clothing (except for the men actually in service) were made; No recruiting was ordered for the old corps until after the 10th of February, five months after congress Was called. The 'Citizen Soldiar will, I trust, con sent that sol fjr as relates .t,o the old corps, the means appropriated by congress were fully ade quateW computing tliem ; , and that as no attempt was mAtTg"frorn theJlime the president called con gress until the 10th February, neglect Is fairly at. uibuUiTue TO Turn; I have oh a former occasion stated that at no time" from the day the president called congress " to the present moment, could,a pretext be made of a want of money foLthe purposes pL war ; that there always has been a large surplus at the dispo sal of the president foritherpurposei ofthe war.. : Having proyeti as I trust I hayej that cbhgVess . are tree ot censure as it relates to the old corps, I the Hth January last,That bill-was not tossed from bue house to the other, as stated by the Cir tizen SoWier : it nassed the senate, ' as aDDcars hv the papers, rapidly and without much debate, and A war .pom merited, under the guidance of such an ministration could not fail to overwhelm the American name with disgrace, and cover our con terns with confusion. , .Accordingly, we soon find that our frontier for tresses, which had been neglected to be strength ened and provided before the war, were surprised and taken , before they knew the war was declared, bya handfutof Tf adetr aird Thutanl". The navigation of the lakes, with our small na val establishment, the baggage and hospital stores of our invading arrny, were perhaps never thought of, certainly never. attended to, until 'swept into the hands of our feeble but vigilant enemy. By a system of wartare, devisedjiy the cabinet; as incomprehensible as it was unfortunate, otif"fwo43ernrcTrftic young men of the city arid liberties," armies designed for ivasidn were left to ttefrwitlv out concert. .. , - . The fall of Michilimaclcinac and the' usurpation ofthe Lakes by the enemy, nave dissolved the neu. the most barbarous and extensive hostility along our whole Northern and Western frontier. Every mail brings new accounts of the ravages of the In dians, and the murder of our citizens. .-, If we,are to. jr,dge the future by the past, fellow citizens,, what is there in the catalogue of misfor tune, disgrace and ruin, that we have not reason proceed to the new army. The act was signed4to apprehend front the continuance of our present 1 J.LI : 1 ' rgi . . ii i - . . I . . . ... r . teebierresoiuteanirxiistracted cabinet,to conduct the war.' . f. :'' . i - .''. And iertiember we; entreat you, that to give to such men your votes 4t the ensuing electioneer-j pected to ennoJt themselves by it. These hopes are now turned into despair and wild affright The, war, which they were signally instrumental in bringing upon lhe country, s signally visited upon themselves. Uod is just 1 It appears try the ' subsequent articles, copied )iriiordestwyisprospscts, ant) ritprive this na. tion at a future period of the Kervkes of a uyen whose talents we highly estimate. With much respect, . i Your obedient-servant, '..'..."' A. SPENCER. JOHN TAYLOR. Kicharcl'Iiii-cr, Esj. ? 7 '"". -- - - . Nt v, Yobk Oct. 7, 1 8 1 2.. . Gentlemen You r'joint letter; b which you did me honor to introduce to my acquaintance (ii n. King of Massachusetts, was duly delivered to r'tv I have conversed with him fully on the sisbitct referred toby you; and have explained tpbini ar laige. Ihe reasons which induce me to give i', -av royuunequivocal opinion, that Mr. Clinton isnjl at liberty consistent with a.diie regard to the rights and interests of the American people, t withdraw from4emocratk president lhe intolerance of ihe Democratic youne of Phi ladelphia is strongly reprobated by the democrats of Baltimore :' " - ' The reigti of Proscription commenced, - M DKMOCRATIU YOUVC MIiN. ".At i special meeting of the Association of! of Philadelphih held On Ft idav evening, 'October 16th, 1812, the follow ing resolution was unani-l mously adopted : ) - " ; .---"-i?pwerf,--That7all-those.embersfrtlu trality of the savages, and confederated ' thetn in sociatin, who are opposed to the re election of James Madison, as president" ofthe United States rand dignity of rejinbiicanislu.-poh whlii'groui'i are at liberty to resign, and if they, do not avail themselves of such liberty, , as soon as their names are kn,ovn, t-ifey shall be immediately expelled. - - A. PERLEE, Sec'ry-" : It appear? that in Phlfedelphia, the democratic young men who refuse to subscribe to the infalli- bility of president JVIadison, are to be puj under at the ensuing election. . The suggestion ot ien. eral King, that in case oi Mr. Clinton's retiili.g from the competition, the republicans 'of .Mas?u. c husetls would support him at the end of four years, for the presidency ,can never be listened to on ibtfn part of that gentlemen or his friends. The elec tofs ought always to be left free to act according ; to the future merits- of the candidates.r Arrange ment's, between po'.iucal parties, or members ofthj same party binding or et'.emptihg tobind, the sLf frages of the psopie and to contioul the free;.cui- rent of opinion, are incompatible ivith the purity can'. Mr. ClinUm relir.ouis-!r the president com, tition with Mr. Madison for the presidential chair f By so doing,- he wotild "disappoint -the just cx pec.. taiKJiis oi uie peofwe, an'i eieai bocmmuh ay tntm u pon- J he-pimcksuidhefe&iuiTs .of no oitlitary magnitude to the republic 1 lnve consulted icve- ral of Mr.-Clinton's particular, fr.iidi in whose therbanvfnhe--assodationarwhijel There is nothing in the whole history of federal- ngrce with me, that U is tmnscctsjly locor.fer with ; ismijrothing Jn tlte history of-usurpation and tys him rarmy which equals the ba3en;ssvof the principlcj lie never will, and he never ouht, to surren- I