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FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 5, 1813.
No. 876.
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vr:'i' 7?.;frhi country, if it were oar 'power to depriBdmnistriwi enpept t6 find thefj-yieM a point
" , , them of it, would bring .Great Brttm to tem'8sabein' T6U vitwof, the subject
From tlx Connecticut Mirror. - - -THE
WAR AND IfS OHIECTS.
' In the bst Mirror vrc stated briefly, the M ac
nunt curreni" of th first six jnonihs of the var
ranch acuinst ua. 1( would seem,, hawevef, not
fitbtanding lbe,disasteca wo have already
tjeti"oc3i tiie K8 we have ben itatlect toteAr,
Mid tbe miaerable firospect of : dojripf ..better, in fa,
tre. hat Mr. Maditon, flushed ith hir ow4 ;suc-
ah
froia hi pernicioui parpos, bf i'the. astonishing
nation has nndergorw sinc war was declared; '
The sole avowed objMt.oflthe war to force
Great Briton to abandon thg rht-of searching
neutral merchant vessels for, br 'own svjijicta.
yf& hve often ;atate4, wHargor Imioistratiarr
ll'iwtoU''''the..fictf"hat Great "Britijih'will
mtt yieidjhts jfjfht until reduced to sch tli-uresa I
enable'us to'cattaw'h'iJteftrce of
rrtuitv. ttu fat or mil. : ;. Wm. 1j
submission? Wc artf rauch habituated, in this
country, to talking of that nation as if she were oa
the brink of ruin from her own internal distresse",cessfuUy td maintain a contest,, vbreh the mighty
ma., wivii triune wiutii ic cxiciuat,' sue ta tuiicir
ihg to her fall ; and tha if we only' add onr
Veightrto the preponderating stale, "her fate is Uj
evitable. Tliis unfounded .and ridicu!dus jd4
comes- to us from a source, to which we arejndebt
ed, for "a large proportion of the evils which,, ne
perktkce in our politicl affairs, viz. from a foreign
corps of, ignorant, unprincipled desperadoes, who,
from having been suffered lo interfere in ourpyb
force cf France, with the aid of aUntinental a
rope, has hithert -proved incompetent to bring 6
a! Successful issue h Suppose, what.indeedv may
be copstered improbable, but which is notjmposi
Vibjp, that Bonpre should prove uusucrewful in
Hussia, in what plight shall we sand with our ad
vetttary t. However -Mr. Madison may deceive a
potion of the people of this country1" with' regard
to Xie reI obrect of the var the tinrlsb Inration.
lvr., ruin 1 reHolvea o tlrt' nfasecU- lie concern, .have..necote our tcacners, anaijur. ,aoo. particniariy; ute .ipritwh jjovntisot, ire not
.:Jl&? Wumbent to,cooDerwitlii.koSV
on the nations ait particjrfar fVgifatire, to ihvit overtbrpw. . K$uU he jiucbee frfrnMiig
ground their faMtft npoh a different bits. . Great! Russia, we may 'pcrhapr eXpeltt to obtain from
Britain, never was asspowerlijl a3at this momtnt.
We argue this, in the first place, from her capacity
to raise money and in the second, from her abi
lity to resist the attempts that hate been made,
and are still making to destroy her. ' ,
1. From her capacity to' raise money. It will
that she cannot avoid it. ; vThsf is she wiHWe'r ! be recollerted bf.,pr readers, that a few wet-na
atundon it. "until ihe is' obliged to sacrifice that, to since we stated that Great Britain rnned In the
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preserve her inoepencjencft. , j. ne onty means mat! year i a 1 1 a revenue more man unuu; nntuaiu
Ve possess, to enable uito jorce 1ier to mi Si s'a jof bTl th'sirm which had been raised for the same
rifee: ia thawithbaldinff Ifrom her our trade. ! nurnose in the United Stain since the establish-
JPar, though we, hare captured the f iuerriere, the ; ment bf our government. We will now go a little
them as,avorable terms aft ha jtfredy been of
fet ed, j Should he fail, the consequences to us are
very apparent. Our government will beimder the
necessity of ne;ociaiing without delay-but.we
imagine the negoc fttion will" be attended with
pretty serious disarfyantages.! ' 1 .'- ,
IOUR RELATIONS WITH Fi?ACE.
The pfesident, in his message to congress, says.
" Our affairs with Fiance retain he posture which
they held at my last communications to you," We
were willing to believe, and we ventured to express
dtrstaftding not to lay down our arms until Canada
and the Florldas are conquered and Napoleon mas
ter of the ocean as well as of the land V or is it Ao
compensate us for the immense as we have sut
tJWted by tb plundering, burning and sinking of
our prerty upon the high- peas, and its seizure,
confiscatio1!tard conversion. In her own ports and
those of -her&tefo lljformally to ac
L.."kJr: ' itii i'i rS m'"" 1.1 n k,,r.. - I
noowicacr iname are a Riran i"iv vnii"i
wuiifHit pnrtciwe? oris it to wipe off the loul as
persion, by reqnlnng an trnqnallified acknowledr;
ment. of its fallacy ? Let us have light.
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MARYLAND Llif$LATyRE. V
.vtbe house of repeiehtatresot tryfeatjy t
condefable majority g ;; '., ,
-Whereas the-'perfn'tawhee' iiaA .epfjtf of 6uf 1
republican institutions Jttepend 9T1 the virtue and
the attachment of the people to foster the one,
andjoyeotifirmtheotht, W thebovndto.duty of
those to whom, under Cur inestimable constitution,
the administtrtion pf public affairs is entrusted. v
For this purpose, a pacific policy is. essential, St
pightever to be abandoned, except in eases of .
extreme, emergency, in defence of national in. .
dependence, and to repeat the hostile invasions
of territorial rights. War is the heaviest calamity
that tan afflict a nation: If resorted to without
TMiaahd the Macedonian, yet we' do not believe : more into particulars. By a return made to the, u to know upon the im- Ju.st cail8e il must inevitably provoke the displea.
vapouring , nuu ui w,, . Vki . s. Drtant sub ect of bur relat btia with that trovern surc Ul u,c 7 kroner 01 inc umver?e.
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that our admirttstrationv, wea, vai,
. 1 mnt was nnt rv,taimH in flii urKrle nrfttranh.
to imagine, that .these successes havemade a .y Mngc'om, ror tne io.iow.ng years enomg me nr;fwm which we.mi fct mfef a ' nolh5
ot January eacn year, viz. . 1. , . t. ;r ,4 X. ,u r.
iwl Varao-trioB-a thev are. are vet sillv enouirh sums were' raised for the service ot the United - . ...
to imagine, that these successes have maJe a.iy
solid impression on the British navy. The British
hive, indeed, learned that we have brave and skii
ful seamen, and that it is more difficult to conquer
One of our frigfJPes than they iupposol ; and tHat,
in order to answer thrir purposes, '.they must send
jnore and larger ships than they have' heretofore
considered necessary. This they can do; and if
the war is continued, this they undoubtedly will
d), s fqr military operations on land, we have
lost a$ much character by them, to say tin- least
oa the subject, as we have gainfd on the wsier..
Our mode of reducing Great Bri ain, then, must!
January 1
I802x
1804,'
.1805,
1C06,
1807,
1808,.
18: 19,
1810,
1811,
1812,
78.44 1.000
. 73.5 46. 000
58 500 ;.00
. 68.893 OCX)
81,23,OCO
. 84 2-26 0 )
8J 89 ..00O
. 94 747.000
97.2u.3.0"0
...99.109,000
105.718,000
and
D6 oy Wvnnoiuifig our '.rauc ;r. im uiuci "uivn, r
through the medium of .B-napartes Continental Making in the whole in 1! ye3rs,iC934".lOj,0OO
3vsiin. to which we hav Ioiik been a real party, s'eiiine, that i, f-iur thousand one hundred
:W jWi'Latftfmpt to shew the emcacvoi our iiuy omj millions, hve tmnut'eu and sixty thousand
TBellpFtOTWc 1
G eat Britain carries on is not exclusively:, with f vow anyvtnar, or number of men, my clamm-
country, tins remarfc is made merely De.',in lhev ac w.- . . ibo,lt 1ne immtT,surable si.cofi
bat that these Telations would be made the subject
of another and a distinct communication. In this
hope (for there was . at first more hope than fahhin
thi; sentiment) we havewaited thus long for the
disclosures. VVe are satisfied, how:ver, that all
expectation of a farther view into the arcana of our
French concerns is vin, and that if the people ob
tain any furher insight into them, they will net be
indebted to their guvtrrnmetrt for it Nor are they
to expe.ct more from the newspapers which,speak
the sentiments and possess the confidence11 of the
government. Like my uncle Toby,' who was care
ful to niveth wid nv ITminute accountof all his
ha ties, .except that in wMch he was. wounded in the
groin, these slickly, for the rights and-honor of
tht: nation never itail tp let ns know of evtry Ui-
tish wro'tg, while ihe insults and injuries of France,
did it depend upon their disclosures, would renviin
lufliced anJiinkuovn. T.he4soais ihiidUs.
here ft rlinionsfrtwnj 't an 1 fair disclosure of French perfidy and in-
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forest suppfjsets max curiraae: is enennai tome that lhey have lvised more money, by 90rne hun-l !usiicf: might have the same effect upon their mis
wry existence 01 taat nauoo. ,ne loiiowmg ex. Irt.d miIlions of i0ius, sterling, in the short tress, he people, as too close an inspection of my
muHuiumsfi ......v. uj- 1.... .v...,v.., ... v jp.iCe (j deven years, than wout.1 pny the whou.
meeting of Lewes Wool Fair, On the 27ih of July, of lhe;r tle,.t Is u not then worSB lhan ch;Wish
1812, will shew jame interesting facts on ihis t0 pivtcnf that, by depiiving then, of an export
subject. , Ure of twelve or even fifteen millions sterling, ,i"
The real value of the expotts from G. Britain 'n were in our power to do it, we should In-et k
tolhe American States, pTtioUsly'to the Ameri nrwn Po ver of. that nation, and turce her to
can Non Importation and Embargo' Laws, and to yie,d a point which she considers not only esseo
the British Orders in Cncil average of three ,i&lto independence, but to her very existence i
years, ending U07, inclusive,, ' 1 ' But even this miseraide end, we have slv-wnv 11 is
' ,. . "' ig 3 not in. our powrto accornpSish j f.ir when e cirt-
And to all other parts of America, " ' off ourtvade, they And other parts of the cominent
including the British and Fo- (wheie i.t is. received, to tn t'mial amount;
teign West Indies, 10,599 514 2. Let 'us "now for a moment enquire, What
amiiur ' iren. iiiitain possesses to resist tne-
at
Total for the whole of America, 22 736,3i5j tempts. 'that are making, or may be made to des
"ttui real vafue of theitiori fmm fH. RrWuJn iroy her ? A pretty fair experiment has ben?
to the American States, average of fouc years erkl
ing 1 4 U, inclusive, during which period the Bri
tish Orders in Council hnrt" American Non lmpor-
tat inn lind Kfntiartro T.SIISA rr in nncr-jiinrr. ;'.:
1
made for ten years past,' by 'the-oidy power otvthu
globe that had any reasonab'c cxnettatio.ri of suc
ciess. His tffnrts have indeed been jptoniwhing ;
and almost every other. evjj, liesuvs the destruc-
5,46459 tioh ol' Great Britain,) has been brought by them
' (upon the human race. -Every nation "m Europe
-J-l.'i j has been dragged into tha contect almost every
17,133.551 ' nation 'in- Europe- lias een subjugated arid enJav
. ' V ed. ' merely for the purpose ol i-nabling the shotV
r'n.g' timnster-ofciniqt y -whose oWd am bi tion and
And to all other parts, of America,
:; . ineluding tW British and .'-.Fo.
reign West Indies, r
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MVine a total-for the wholeof
America, : t; . - " 23 597 612 naioiicai vengeance, nave been the cause ot all
: In the latter period therefore, the deficiency , thcsc attempts, b destroy ' Great Britain The
to the direct experts to tlve American States was toyal fmilyrP.rtigM have been driven ipto ex
more than compens2ted.by( m, increased exparta iIe f, om Uie5r Eotopfan dominions the Pope has
uoo to the other parts of America 1 bv which it. aecn "tgraueu ana-imprisoned the monarchs ol
Would appear, that during.tbe first mentioned pe.aP5es' sPrti" -.Frussiii'.i and' Sweden, have been
riod, the goods exported from hence in American '.jdethrorred -the King cf JPerm.irk, the Emperors
ressels were by no mearfc eruiftlv carried to thei0 Ciei.'many nl R "' have be.n reduced 10 a
Ametican States, for tbtf coosumption of these
States, but that a Targe piOixsrtion of them most
aave oeen conveyed by thp.. Americans to . tht
state' of-vasa!age-!Ktland, and a large part of
cm ujra niMncs. iias oeen annexe j 10 i ranee so
vereignties have been chained SJidlranLri ed like
West Indies and 1i0uih"AmeriHTThTrh -Ave havr peas'S . m the s'all-kmgs hate bten created .nd
ourselves since tunbliecf -directly in British .K;n-toncra?ed riuoSs- aUd tens, of millions of liv
4iL..l. . .-. ' . . ' r - ' U ...... t l...,U....H
.uiai an equivalent proportion ot the exports to
e Biitish Nortlf Ameifcan Cpl-nics and the West
muse, in me latter period, nave indirectly
touml their way into the American States to nk a-
ll?5cca5ie"cy in: lhe djrectimijortatioiis there.'.
, , Here w art presented with the important fact,
tiwt tivou.,-tjfe ex-pom frof,i that lynion lo the
Ur.itsd b'.at:s rert rctlucefP during the existence
el w- restiicii system, yet ihe trade w 3 turned
:w eiffsrenf chinusla in other parts of America,
n4 that ihs avei-ag amount'of .'exports'.' for Tour
leanj ending in 18 U, exceeded the average a
"&f Vhe-fcwr years preceding,, ending in
r Mrer'lhen,. is the practicul proof Of the
fkT- ' "(liniJous rn ofpolicy,7whith
" illustrious Jefferson? invented, to sulwerve,
.under fcnbknarnc, Bonaparte's ' ConUnental Svs-
; u-iVvM'yAW -JhlF,resttts-inXonre9
aver T j.ri..! . . - . . 2L
uncle s wund," would have had upon his mistress
the widow. It would prove they are not the men
they, would anntar to b-, and that in the midst of
lheirgie.it nrolcssions of zeal in the exuse of their
country's rights and hnor, they were privy and
consenting to the violation of both." We are now
1 nagtd in a war avowedly wagsd in support of our
commercial ii;rhts. U'e take it f.r -granted that
)!ie pri;H.i;.le of commercial rights, fot which we
now contra, is to be triaintairted at aa times, ana
against.all nations : or in other words, that we will
maintain our connn' r:iil riiihts" as wel 3gainst
France as against England How theivcjocs it hap-
pen tl at w r 1: re at war with' t h tT5'r. e a rki al peaee
with the ofhtr, at the. present momtnt I Why,
avs the eovernnient, becavtse Enclmd impresses
It produces a boundless waste of blood fx. irea,
sure ; demoralizes the 'habits-of the people.: it '
givts birth to standing armies; it clothes a domi- -nant
faction with power, addition to the irtcliy ,
nation, to infringe the dearest privileges of Tree. rt
mehto fetter the freedom of speech and of the
press to plunder private property to suspend -habeas
corpus to violate the constitution by im
plication and by new definitions and constructkr: S
of treason, mdet ihe mask f a law ; to subject to IU
an odious and unrelenting persecution, perhaps
to punishment, citizens whose only crime is an -y
opposition, fairly, honestly, and constitutionally
supported, to the system" of the rational adroinis-,
tration. Offeisive war is at all timeis repugn,.nt
to the genius of a republic, bur if waged by the', o "
rulers of a free community the peoplt, whomuat, l,,r
nece,ssarily encounter tire perils and support the '
-costHhethteatrh4ve-a'tighito'e'xpecVth at '
least 9 chance of uccesA,. a" fa voTable prospect or .
:ber)A oJ.Orj.rrtPo f
to be fwicurred, the prtHaHe atchievement of the'
graijd objects contended for, and the permanant
establishment of national lights, will be made , -
manifest to ihem . To this end adequate prepara;
tion is necessary genius and patriotism must' ;
explore k'call into exercise all' the national ' re-v
sourcestin treasury must be replenished, and 1 ' 'f
every deficency provided for a rnilitary ad na-"
v&l frce raised with alt the necessary munitions of
war competent to repel any hostile invasion, ' 8e
coramensurate. with the plans and schemes of con- Jv
qtrest. Such a state of preparatidn would banish t "! r
all aporehensicn of tntmgling alliances witbithat
ferocious deDotismAvhtchiias blotted from the
map of Europe every republic of the old -world
IhaU e application of theser.ri,marks td the, coursef
of po Hey pursued hy the. gbyernraehl otheUof- " v;
ted States, every friend to Ws' counfrytVill at' I
once discern, that it is calculated io excite thelive, f
m... , nm''. nn-t imi r. , ir -ia .mnn best anxiety and alarm.':. Alter an,, unprecedepted.., ,
our commerce.. And what of, France ? Why as! persewreance in system, of ;ommercial restrict J
to France the posture of our affairs with her Te-.-w8 produciing .tndivl Joal disttfcM ' and nattonaL v
mains as usual." Now what tliii posture is. and hi impovcishment, ourrcpuri,t.ry-j.xommed tp 4
therto has been, remains to be known. Without war with powerful and .formulate; foe, without
being acquainted with the secret wrongs inflicttd adequate preparation ; iwiih an inefficient military,-,
on thi rn.m.rv hv the ' French' Povernm-m. or ! force ; with; a reduced nayy, and wuh an exhaus-
dwelling npon the innumerable insults which he! tcd treasury. To obviate the immediate and
hs heaped upon us as a nation, we re
l;"ing abstract
fer to the fol- i oppressive rifricultie9 of Uhe;J crisis, miHtia 'and s
from the report of the secre tary of volunteers are subjected tA field and garuson duty, (
ow7-V'shrhaTelpSted"Wcon and- called uponto supply , the deficit ncy of re,' 1
have been butchered decrees of the most tran-
liical'nd sanguinary naaire have been established,
aid et:f.M'ced in the mc st rigorous and crnl man
neri every rtj- and every Iwse and vindictive pas
sion h is been enlisted wita the corte.s:- and 'alU
lor the purpose of destroying Gtat Bi it a in. For
neat ly five years-past; a mist bloody arid extermU;
nating. war has been carrit-d on in Spain an'tf Portu
galat this momtnt the whole chihtiau v.'Ki js
in arms, and ihe tkru'iblk CAtibt of all the mi'-
sta't, to show how far she has respected
meris!. rights. By .this report is to be shown that
since the freely of I BOVshe ha captured five hun
dred and sixty American vessels v
Of tho3e she has condemned, -
Burnt, .'; . - ; ;"
t'obbed and plundered,
Sold, . "
Scuttled at sea,
. ;"Suak, - ' . v .., .
lSequeste red , jLi.
Confiscated, -' ; .
' Of the remainder, fate unknown,
Recaptured, : ..
ly)t, . '.
... Courertt'd into a priVnteer,
Partially released.acquiued, restored
qr compromised, " - ,
-Total,
144
17
n 2 -4,
V &9
5334
' BO y
' 9
163 ,
-32
41-
560
This is the A posture of our affairs with
Fraiice' so far As this branch of our1 commercial
rights extends,! and, ihis is lbe nation with whom
iL-. . .
scry is ai an imroense nistitici: i onv the throne ; we are in .bond of peace and goodJeHowsiprwhife
which he has usurped, and the 'empire which hi allwar With England, because in The stnig to
has enslaved an-Ibound in fetters of brass,, for the support her "own rights, she sometimes incommodes
purpose of adding one more nation to the lone ah.' ,is in ihi raiAmm niit-'a. y ,
a en- tus m the emov
laiogus 01 iiis yassais;inesirue. istremendous,! : A
the slaughter immense; and the contest isTlisiiir- n'resi
KiusheU by every mark ol vengeance iindf despera- ing the authorised expectations of anarly as Well
tion and all for the nurnose of -'destroying' C;feAt J Tamrah iV, in th iKriiinnnn Cnt 'th.
tM-ttain anq yetf (,reat Britain sianclanshakkiafcavU Wha'any privatiora,. and .ogevote ow uvea and, lortuin t
-word toore upon this disgusting sublet.: The
idenfi iii his rneS'sage, 'adds, NqjXrithstand-
culars enormous sums are to be raised by loans
and taxes7and a neighboring Colony of the enemy
is invaded by detachmehtipf undisciplined troops
imperfectly supplied wii " necessaties.' Under 4
such circumstances, folly 'only, can expect success ;
and should futthrdsfeat.'sgraee and d?s'mayi,-.Jv
accompany our-military Cpefatiops, the gloomy -
anticipation of anvnAatuVatuance -with the cen' i
queror of continental Europe .will naturally .Iiej..","1.
indulged. Thus embarked in a disastrous' contear v
the nation ha rrassed and debilitated by its coftt hv. -1
uance, will sigh for peacet and for its attainment 4;
the immediate and important objects,, conteiide'd - 4r
for jwill be abahdonediT - J - S "
The avowed causes of thr?war .were the orders' r'
in council andthe impressmer, pf American Sea. '
men ; the first of these causes is removed, and it '
vmayeasonablf be interwfi, iiom the communica-, .
ttcns blAhe president of the, CJ, States; to congress . 1
rssprctng the negociati6ns'!t(i,-tbe'BrKUih "goj,
vernmeit, tbat the la'tterT rniglU be;adjusie'd to tbs,
sittisfactioif of both nations. ; Influenced by these.
consideratios believing' jt, fo be an imperious dt-
tv of the Mious6:ofdelegatesof Maryland,' fltiurtl 1
with a vi?w .to ob?x present foj'ejgn : relations :. 1
express the opinmi Or their "cbnMifoents ' rehrtve ? ',
. j - l- vi-.J.i- .. or :dl .- 'ft..' r- i
to me present siaip. v wnu iii oerciort -
' Resolved,' That a den'sive watjonghi to be,pro(
setuttd and sustained at hazards ; and for ibUV-;
purpose we, are ac su uroc vrcV,r:a." onacrgo v
and unawed a monument of pdwer and vigor; the jirrfomatio-vdo we derive Jrorh, ibis deciairaliofi ?
to the public service.
-incriipatibie f
juoersi7C OI ,
rugnar V'
I'rL -BotlMrrV-C " s yur.iri(lcV .most extraormnary that tnejofisof men ever wit-UThat are the discussions on Joe ? -On this : point Resdved, That'offtnsive wnr'.li
. ,: wv a more interesting: enquiry remains tui ha n...t. ' . :. -r. '. V r:-.Ytl . ' -.'". J t . .Vr. - t
wqt on this Imnnr l" V'Mui. u 7- s - '
-VUtbcre that X ln SrJS r' ' -tr V, P!1!" p hiipower is ..re-Tutfed. so low as to trajTidhis people the least information: Is it to rm anf the ends cf 11 jdst goWrnm nt, and
.7. .uw.V e,loss even of all the trade with for its xisterte. then, and not i;n K,n. m, W .m r-.:... ... j j:.-::! uu - Li t-tTir.K.. c,...
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