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.can f .untjj RALEIGHj N. C.PlT6LlSHEl) (wekt) BY LUC AS AND Alt.Bd YL AN, 'Vol. 18; FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1813. A No: 9io; Congress. MR. KENNEDY'S SPEECH. ' , hmhntrrl in thp bill Mufl hltn ntn. ri m Naturalization Lpaa' v Mr, Chainhao, the bill as wntto u lrom the n.t authoriMd the naturalization of ail alien eute w.ho had declared their iatttntioai to be- ,,,V . .. ; J -I .1 ud the amcndrocni proposeu ujr gtrnucman oni Pennsylvapu wr. uoocrttj-uoi oni con .bltc the nattulition of every descrfpibn Fa tha i Wilienencroirt, -by their QomMjriiig wuh th rc. Du 1 uialtes t th a oi Mmgress passea an laavD 'C nM wBr " o itpirt the UtoitADd under the jurisdiction of Hr, ited St lftt l "ii6f tj.toctwt Lwceirtne t-".: nf iiine.0793 and the tuuriecniU Uar nril. 1802, immfcdtatelr aJ without a co!rpl ire whh the first provisiou of ihj first seciibn of bat act, which requircu a ikclaraUon of theii in- eo ion to become auzeus ttoree years before ry Wcre Jkdmi tcu. peace, because it could not, be :tK(eriiQod from Inst ; inesrimable, wbish cot ' n'o value, called f th termiof the proposition tftk Src"mewj lores , jiatiou'arlebt Dey have gi veto ait U ioljare I irau oureivc3 betore tnat period ana not,cVi:u great deal mow iAoiey dan he want to buy all nave oyv oi mure as yare or sq Qghteen gainst anaaa, una now uey are resoive tomake de standeen army inarch. Parbltu J Be next postcrue vvuibe atiias into comubioiv hen'he behoie oese Rraiavt:Borti, worry of de sublime genius of Napoleon le grand J . Mais you aay d bntft-crabnet, what'you calif tlont tgi wd iiimJf, bud dtrefbi-e ER,'J en, Aiih respcci'oourcitirena. But ir is apprehended that a kindred policy would beyidatedby th billlfunHndedJct gen tlemeu move it section that none should be naur idiz.d except thsy have rtiided five year within the UiiUeJ States, and hat will reheve them from U their diOicuiiy on "ihat score. Then, sir, rf .-thrre is nv substantial reason a gainst the biti with tne prtputed amendment, let us examine if there is none hi favor of it- In the present Htuarion of tile United Sujies, invQl-vtdiii-warji;h a paAcitvtiemy, wesUnd n red of at; the phfsicai forcr;. of the .couoiry - ' iil. r.wi. & dtUj,i. voirtT ; no; ir& the enffiriucut of them, and perhaps !ry -p''Vp-rly m In; reuiar army ot tile U- ni'vij orates icqa.nng onty ot ttiem an oatnot fidcli.;yljut what encouragement do ve hold put ty ihem to' enter our aimy and to fijjhi the yoo got right to t ht htm. Foutre otnaillc, is ai3 .argument toir your Xa-M(ofM. Gallaiin ana . a. moos. Mudisoa and Mons. Uileb's Si oate, a ittp s?t i Hills vr.d do-$ -for ftm- to make fH tl wQ uf ci.u.iieo tKt9e to Keen 6n:u gT ditiReiSable. is da( i'a"-a for jll rfr hjn-viteur. tn f.i:it o Kr.fu, -1 lauR-h like a lackvass. and force out iinils 1 sir, I am it) fd vur of the proposed amendment. BtiJi w'il! eri iejvof' to Rive Ue committee ihe rea which h ve ir fl iticed me no forming thai TV .. c . ' . I timerit. In' snuaiion oi uneu tDtmit'ii musu - . . ... , , . is disngreeame, inconvenient anq vimarrassmg to the;n beyorld measure. CBy the dcclaratidn of war L -jrhlz-h we ire encrasred. thev are deprived of all their civil richisV'they cannot insvi;ute a suit for I the recovery of ibeir just demands, nor can they fn ivnair 'heinselves in damaffci fui anr mal l" -r' . - , -r-.u , :n . treatment they may receive m ttuir persons ori'VC3 "iuu uiuincn icium wmmu iri Setpose de Senates conijjltuinltke we have en France, sen J message to S. A. Je Preside ut, to say, Monsieur.' we can't not aDDoint Mons. fisl. battles of our country when ire refuse to natural.! latin or Njons Russell to betToi.gress Amoassa ize tht m I Scarcely one Should they be na I dears 'at Prague, part Q ie dev is not boae neur turahaeil by the htate go'ernments, as is conttn-f Merryktcns ; and seepose S. A. de . JPwsidem Y . a tm f. iiL.fi ! i . ;ea ur oy some, yei mc govern neni onne unit- snould 93y to his maitre d'holej, don't Jet dese ed States, imh ss they, acknowledge the state au-j fall ascime into my house, kick dem out of ihoriiy in that respect, could not wi h propriety j door,-dev hurt mv constitution, far lam rfc- ctim them a citizens, and screen .them Jromjand shall ee dem to morrow wid de greatekj authorising the 5'residrtu whenever the xitimuai - -punishment for treason towards theirsovereign injpleshair. Eh bicn, seepose after dey come oof tMbtic affairs shoulj'tn hi ofiittiott render fi ex' T cass of capture ; but should some of them from-seehim to.morrow, de president should write fiedieht to sell all or any of the ships and vessel , " patriotic motives, notwithstanding these disadvan long letter to prove dat he should nevair speak Ib'lotiging the navy, except" thirteea friRatei " ' . t in Mia iiiciimc, oecube cvecy time aey ucaigiiairo oy imiue , tui jw jooatv, iul during theval war with Vrancfe. It was then : unnecessary U was sqapdeiin public mo-jr 4 ' to force a hot bed navy au4 lAe fcdsralrti tftenfl ; ' kvf acknomtdged thcirXerritr 6f ur&inji the-'' public talc 'fu urtij thi4 vtry nyfafijr? they went out of offieff If the' iepubitaii' had been' - so very bc&Ulao' a navy, why did wdi thtf-aeU the remnant oi'the navy which the federal adrnm- - v istration hHided over to them at th:i exration of . 1 i's term of service t.No thtJy cherished what they received from' their predtccs&m as.'he Ita vcn,o a navy, o befci eated when the public ex igency should require it. ;Tbat tire hasacmcl I r , aod in 'sinwL,v: ytari new it I us btcoutf rieces- , wy, -vaijgil Lxcft ne by th'?ruWtciu ad ministration to bu Id wp yivf- done in" twelve years ijrtfte ikdy' ivittft- lafm ajT, pa lev right io in iHitan aiisiiriwm. - This paragraph comSiiu a h'ikhovr. ''which x had Ikqaent-Qccasiorio refiiicr Wc will re from being published hi p pnperr issued -under H I the eyes oi the Ptesidentand blvSepreiaries. , v. Did, then, the federaUst order the public sale f a part of the navy, before they went out.ot of fice t JLet fcts give tlr.e renly h ru lhat - ? on the 3d March, l80Lthc dar before Jeffersoni . :;, said gta SOd 109 col me I :hc in of so BP, 5. property, i ney are suajeci ana iiaDie,ccoramg lo a power vested in the President by an act pas. ed in 1 798 to be- exiled from their homes, their families and property; to any disi ant place desig nated by mm withtn tne. limits oi the united Stales, or at hi pleasure may be ordered entire l out of the country. .-:&' Aiid even if they are norrooveJ in the man. oer I bate mentioned, yet they are continually barrassidwltb the tnarsha,ir adyerttsemenis or derli)g them to register themselves or be subject to severe and heavy penaltie. loose ot thtm in the state that 1 in part represent, who reside in forty miles of tide water and who are m pursu-t of mercantile business and have supported their families by that means? are deprived ot tnepnvi lege and ordered to desist from the same ; in deed in the town where I resided there ts diver lity of opinion whether the tide ebbs and ftp wa with in turty miles ot it or not ; tnis uncruinty com treh those unfortunate person's to cringe to the tflVeTn rtFoimtd o ipcrintend jiio business, iu brier to know their opinion thtreon, which state of humiliation is graving; nd repugnant to the leftrtnsxxf-AJrcemjBiai-d from which I hum lly conceive hey bught to be relieved. 7 --Sir, I should be glad to know what substantial Kxsoncan be given why alien enemie should be tau severely treated and why they should n jt be pi jrlifced t There is no law or compact with b my knowledge which will either in its letter or spirit be violated by their naturalization accord inrto the principles of this bill amended as pro posed Vfhe law of last session .regulating the visit to see his health d.ey not only hurt his cort- thtm as alien enemies and deprive (hem of all j sgtulion, but de constitution ofde Nitestate aUs their civil rights during ihe continuance of the jsi. Well, woud you have bisnees to giggle your war, notwithstanding how long it might last ? I f side i Non ; you must set you down and cry, -caiy, nope not v orueen to Shakspear. - Pauvre Mons. Giles fhis bard usage would nave 'he effect to sour I am sorrv when t remembair dat he nrnir hnll , , . , ' ' - tnemndsoi inose persons ma; omerwise ware j be de next president! He querelle wid 8. well affected towards our coumry and the cause Mors. : Madison now about de ifar, not beaause m wmcn we are enagea. nounu poncy inevehe hate de Hreteeah less, but because he hate ry view l ean uke. of the. subject, seems tore.'Moju. OallaUn mart s Gen. Brutus say in quire of us toadoivt ihcm a citucns-nj hu j Oratigto Cicenm. Dey win be good friend uunifty inoperiogsly dmandj of. -4 to protect the agh when dere shall be ho office" to fight about, men we encourage to fight our bf.tles. jpeutcire j diir amitie deo shell put me to mind Sir, there is a fatality that seenHto attend this' de ule pioveib. So dogs will snarl about a bill. Formerly it passed both Houses ot C jan-'bone, aod play togeddur when, dey got buttins gressand was rejected bv the President, fcjafrt tlseto dd session it waspostrmed fromiim.- to uraeur Yo. s c, M ms, Prentair.I am always serieux. various pretences, until u was tot late to act upon1 Sin :e mv m.i .lUr tred into it .nri... I it i and at this session it hasben committed, laid ,Vhv.7s h .to to nee you toree in good humeur,' over, and at last reportrd tu th.s , mutilated 'fchs,. j.-s .ley is my cus orwiir, and den tibbyshore, Permit me here to ibsetve,aht.t I have u.ider. ' . iL s,,r . n.-.r. n. L ,i stoadfrom good auViority, though .wt from the o werp, !v . a-, .-, Uusrh as Voltaire "a.l ,,w i viiiuTai v..6u,is.a iu hcm ntiltinir sh 11 tvaradu Ure(f-&h rnna in rfifmin ,: : j .u.. u .. i - , . uaiwaiiuv,uii, aim nas ho oojrcuons to i.air o SCO e and b atri-ar 1 ke de iahb ! I ... ..... .' m.- i . . " oo- . uv u wirttinta-pietjemnapch-rmayBap improper that J should mention -Inacircotnsiance junammite to querelle wid oriaannudderj to call m me ws, auu 9 mwc ...yaciy .."! lue .UKisome imme harder as flint : tdalje rn orraauoa is aitogetner unnecessary, as 1 presume hum who don't saVS. A; Mon: Ma,ti aa Mrtf cr.-nilftm n ha ihr iriit'rwnftetir in art aiiH.. .... , t.f r-- u r . .... P . V IC r " ;M.cuy uiacKcyc uis will ingmcn r Admiral whh iui units, iu lliirk hat in tirru. cpiHp r - .uaNK;At.k. .1: ,w wv. viiw irvi iVI IllVJ LV Ul J 1 1 liw i;iuvntmi w..y away The persons intended lobe relieved by the recklee ! Oh. I hntw nfm .1 aw,;.,;i bill generally, were banished from their native eat one touseen wattymillion. and catch d. land by the oppression and tyranny of their cov fevernairnr at K nt ilnd. Vt re -u i cnoployront of seamen on board of Americaqes j etiioient they fled to this as the only assylume yallofievre shall seize him before he shall tret tela, is not all in any respect affected by it. :'Tfoipersecu.d humanity, and almost at the mo-j to ftaltlmoi-e 1 -'....-Av fl t section of that act only prohibits the employ mtnt, when they conceived; the mselves safely mart after pece of any seaman,' except he is citixen of the United States, 01 a man of color, a sheltered from th; monstrous s ,-rm that had bu-ste,d upon their unfortunate heads, and when! natiyc of the United States. i from which every ?y were consi.lfng thtmselves with ih? pleas person will perceive that there, is nothing irt this ing idea, that their difficulnes were surmounted, section that even oints at a restraint upon our j and the remainder ol their lives would be spent in rililtooaturalize end after they are naturalized, i peace, comfdri and hanpi ess, war broke out in every one "must know they have become ci:izeus ; their adopted country ; they w re again threa and can be employed in the oianner.t:ofiteinp)ated I tencilwith exile and baoishmeht, and there ap by the act, "The: only restriction contained in 1 pears be1 no resting place for them on the face this secilc . . . alLns until they are oaturalised, and even this res St, those aliens in the part of the country traint is .ot imposed upon us until after peace. iaj "here I.live, and for whom 1 feel so much soli testored to the country. - icitude, are eentrally Irish or, birth : they 'are The 12th section of the act is the only one it that has any ibtng like a bearing utxn the qucsdani' and a alight examination f it will plain, y shew that' the bill under discussion with the proposed .amendment will not in the least interfere wiui toe provisions oi iu acuiiuu was jr- iicularly . intended, according to my undeistand Ihg of it, as a basis upot idch anegociating for Dejce should be predicated. And what does this section contain ? -Nothivg more than to restrain os after the termination of the wan from natural lz:n any lien who has, not itsided ive years ' runiti we uniua oituca muwui icviug- u m Siine ; the true construction of which that we an naturalize until peace is restored to the coun try, in thej same manner tlvat wewoulvkd fore ibe act of last session was passed ; and after teace, we can only naturalize those who have re sided five years 'within the hmits of the United Slates, without leaving the same j and even this restriction is not to be imposed upon us in respect o Uti ish s'nbjects; unless that nation adopts, a siuutar Arrangement in relation to our ciuzeus. I thiDk every gentleman ought now to be sa. ti'hcd that the letter of that act will not be miring. d norj 1 pretume it u equally clear, that the po licy or spirit of it is; also untarnished for in what iiativ-r ine; we to et at the policy of a law, but bf the ii itself ? and by that H seems we did not tncdi to ciinnm ourulyts tartner tnan toeeciare .thfirwef :iv. 'wtdrtiot nit uraliie any alien after the ;triiii.aiMn i.f Ue wr wh had not resided fif ytats ."Uhin the United; 5atea without leavirm . Mais, - poor scrip -now I have convince you. i joos want to ax to you nudder tin? before I tro You know, when Jean Henri sell his bag of wind to us, toprove what every boddee know already, same as de wheh ladee in de hot climate of Lap. land sell a bottk full of breezes, you know, or ought lo know; je ciis, he say he entertain de same. hatred of our republican eovernment as rautratois. JJis was to intorm de worie and Ap empereur dat he was ready to be scoundrel any time if dt y wfuld pay hirfi hiair for it. Eh bien, where is Jean Henri now i Aynt he notin Montreal ? .Begar, he is k-en falla ; neanmoins, i .". a. jicrv iviaoison snail give to me nine .gentlemanly in their deportment, well disposed j lousecn dollar, i shall undertake to shave him ! towar$' the goverr-menrot the U. States, some of them have intermarried in the country, itnd have children, the sure pledges for thir fidelity ; many ot them are my companions when at home and 1 am confident, they would defend the right ot ine nation as soon as hernaiivjjons. There was a time, Mr. 'Chairman, when the native.bom patriot of America adonied and cher ished an Irishman as his fellow sufferer and fee low citizen, and why do such sentiments'not now exist i Are they less cenerous, brave, or en lerprtzing, or have e ody changed situauons V' ' Political. Frvin the Alexandria Gazette. MOWS Ph EN T AIR, '., ; , Shall all my exortation to yoo be toss away in vain I Have you not leesteen to de profound rcpublicain raison which. I have- advance Lor have you stuff whole crop of cotton in your yare, same as Alona Ulysse, Captaine de vasseau, when ne sail troo de isthmus of Darien, to avoid de bubble hole of Scylla t I can't not comDre hend dis businees of you to be more siub'xrner as a race horse. Shall you continue' to publish for everlssteen your raskeely nonsense cohtre our wise and pure adminiairatioi. ? Ay n't dey n de ose clevair" jertirnen , which was ever rule any nation since de creatioa of Moses ? What have dey evair dot which was not four miUion of league ttdder said of wrong-? Dey have, pass beafitifool short leetle law for pay all Ide faxes. Dey have 4oanj sixty million eicrht tipon thispropo4tion, no complaiht could be just- iundre,d touseen seven hundred Jinety six dnl-l FTiS rf.m rai,ynli,n-Jt4r' ts n j1.! . f ,rtif l-jin Knlf rjmt ' Cr A Appropos, 1 like to forget. I wish you would make one srlall address to de Eiecteurs of Mer ryland. Tell to dem dis proposition : La voila : Jentimen, my good boys, ityou will all get half shave belore you go to de pole, and vole for eter nal war, I shall Implore S. E. de secretaire lor loreignairs tojntke a decree which shall say, de law of de Congress was a beefstake, and dat it ought to be enacted in dis mannair, so as your tax shall not cost much t On the county of rrmce ueorge' seven touseen six hundred nine- the purpose of disposing of those vessels which were hastily commissioned to retaliate, rrencn spoliations. These vessels were principally rner chant ships, purchased for a temporary, purposev and were not considered'wortlf retainmg as, parts of a permanent navy. ttut wht did theae same federahsta do besides f Instead of " acknowledg ing their errour". in building '.a navy, -'a law war passed on the same day'in whi?h the sale of 'hesc insufficient vessels was authorised. afiftrofirittfng Jivc hundred thouiavd dallpr towirdV jELrivsiiinT SIX SEvEwTT FOUR GU.I SlIPS," VAJ h Wro before ordered .to be built, inj? for ccmplHinjj navy -yards, docks and Whaives. Did thfs shop ? a disposition to reduce the Kavy ? What wbh h fruit of the first law ? As soon- as Jefferson as ' cended the throne, he sold ell the ve'isds'woicrs. he was authorised to dispose of, and laid up the ' - othe .a in dry docks. What did he do under thdi J second?, where are the,6i; seventy fours order ! ed to be built, and which. With the thirteen JrU '-, gates saved from his grasps by prudence ;..ia (k 'J rieral Congress, Uiiir ttiber bad been kept O-i 0mwu!I bwi'iSiaN'frlti.;' V val heroes, to have coned 9flxa&fullr with an force which Great.Britain has had on our coastal at any one time, during this disastrous war 't1 l heir keelsnnrue, wereiawnncderaHmwa-1 end are still lyine in our navy varda as the ft deralists left them, but now rotting from exposuro -the sad memento to omt navvl officers at th htistility of Jefferson and Madison' to nary. Io -stead of buildir.g these seventy rours. Jefferson as it were to humble the pride t)f our naval rift cers, and to cast contempt upon our navy, devo ' twl all his energies to raising an inuncrtse brood of Gun-Boats, which, tho' useful in thej? place, l are not to be depended on lor. the 'defence !' wit commerce and our jci ; fnends of a navy, federalists or democrat the latter truIyThey ' did iotrdnfoi? i, MnVtl public opinion, excited to the highest pitch by thik--1 glories achieved by Hull. Decatur. Jones'. Hnin bridge, and La wrericer compelled them tn - something to meet the pubtic demand and savta their own popularly. If the administ ration, were the friends oTa navy, why did Mr. fiallatin hn of its leading members remark, that the'best use lawmen t uuon s torpe does could be applied, wa " to fix them to the keels of our fricates and bin. , thefti into the airV" ' 5 ; . . Let the public 'once more-judge!, from, these 'acts, whether what the Intelligencer calli iU. commou party slang of democratic hostility to navy" he well or ill founded, j; - The policy in eood old Federal timea wa.W fieace iretare for wor,M but our wis6admin1str- , tion seem to think, that war should first be dc- clared, and preparations made for It &b This has been their course in relation to our pre sent war ; and it is justified by the1 Ihtelligencer, ' when he boasts jfiat the republicans JHJ nn sell off the remnant of the navy which the fedef- ty cent; on do county of Calvert, two touseen laladministratfdnandedijver tc them, but cher four hundred - ten cents ; on de countv of St. i ished it (how as the feaveri of ti h Mary, tree' touseen nine, hundred fifty cents : created when. the exigency' should rrouir it w on de county of Charles, six touseen seven That "is, they kept : this remnant," without ad hundred;forty xents," kc. etsetfa. Ah, cairil .ding toil, but iufferingit to be diminished. -un' nuiinwtor waranuno taxes t v lve ! son du " uiey oeciarea war atramstthe nMiect naMl ".. ' . . m 7 . '.- il, :; , From the Louisiana Gazctn$ Ma- PaxNTBR, r' T;--;: iK Th newspapers of this city notice the arrival H and departure of troops, but anir other auhiertftp" import, that relates to the army in this quarter, is studiously kept1 from the oublie' eve.- At a '; moment like the present, when everv nr rr,K Union near the ocean is liable to an airarW In, m M P , . ...v uii;, iJic.BKuauon oi military anairs in New-Orleans f is not even mentioned. All . bustle; last fall and - winter ,; forts were erecting s'r uiiwraoie point, oarrarxs building Tor ...w .vUIIUvvwiyu vi i an once e cannon t 1 have de honeur to be Sair, ir - , Wid; de highest consideration, fsigned) r, NICHOLAS PEDROSA. r r--"' : " 1 - v , ilAIRDRSSSBR. V, Fromjhe fAT.rT.j ComMeiiial Advcriiter. ; NAVY. :w , - The National Intelfierencer, received vester. day, contains an article in relation to the efforts npw making by' the general government to in. ctease our navy," concluding with the follwing paratrraph-:-- " - 1 ' ; ' , With regard to Ihe common party slane of; oemocraiicnostuuy to a,navy, we will just bb- I. 4i serre, that the Jiostility of the republic-n partreryaluntrwjs paralized : the Htih. lhn w nafy. in me reign ot teruor, arose trom the sironw, secretary of war, thought YvprttoJ&oieji
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