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r
f -
IT appears by letter frpm Wafluogtooi
that the Prcfidcot hu ot (trtain ajuraacet
from the French Governmcat, that the jr
had'1 the grcato4deGre to cultivate a good;;
iinderftandine with the American Govern--
meat, and 'that , General, Vi&ocb.o U-'taT
command io Louifiana, had recclved ioftruc-
tioiia from thcfirft eooful tb 'puru' eonlidf.
tory meefuret wen. as wouja couQce ,10
'harmony; "and ? rrfhtual :: ijnprpytffleo'jpf
the interefti and the-rizhts. rterritort'uoi
' perfons of the people of the United iftea.
We hope, k'weat fore, that there ate none
- in the United State who would rejoice- more
finccrely than we mould at hearing ibis' 'an
. Bouoced iif rwe1 could fee ot "ictrofceti of;
' ' the CQoduft 6f thcrencigoveriaeot at?d'
IV - particularly, it thai ot ooapatie any one
j x- j. caie jo wricb T'";""6,v",vu
French cant; Whenever they were Mauling
add iofalting ao jr nation, in the perfon of
itVflm&aiiadar,
. SaWalfo?Wwy9&f- e.defcfe that.
- havin viewed the wholVof BbuaparUs con;
eujloms and property Jball berefptJSed, 'all pro"
vifontjor the army Jball le paid in mwey$i
'Tfcisjikeveiy
fauiQut fxacVionsHe: eftablifljcii emocri
tftj andwith tbe;new:goverotiiw'at 'Wade a
treaty by which money anuival Bores w
thejambuatijbf fix million! tF livers ttd.
three, fhipij of the linewere given to him, ioj
return for which he gave-to them certain af-
ffCofiFriedi7'4,W,' he performed
in his own way; by handing'them ve In
.i-.-. -; -': .-ni.t--ilijfi' 'Ll'Ai.
lout inouina iicri ut ius ircuiv.vi muiuw
Formib, to the inriyoh ff the proud JSoaJeof-
AuftW : C-? r ,V rt v)
' i haW 4 God merciful andgrac'utut
Thertftw Goi fat Gof' he bat fe
iiTbt ';Frcnch oitufitbe $uprime JSeihg, ami
banonr tlx rropba ana btt lyoran. . . -
Culaior thi commander i f the Spanijh Squa-'
droni, andyvben ) our veehjvtert' "taken "and
'cartUd-inii Spambport AlgtrattQur
jafouint wirfi ttaay lyuajome pfocr txtujt jor:
fhetf eondu3,d WWinihefe few day ibetrpd
m . m - U mm . w
..
r jboa ttf effrontery to jay t bat an toe
plundering! jtutrt quarantine regulation' "
h' travel tell the iubRcthat the Amerkahi
dud well enough, we thiuk, .to vmake a Vo l
' - the very profefiion offriendlhip hc haa made
- as iietJatn tfurvtci bf.Wi had intention. .
' He mutt bff hut a paltry politician, and lit.
tie fTead indeed ia; the buroatvhearti, wh
- will noe'iOi6r
upon, the cbuntryr than rrjgiccd at,
r s au p to o . ,-0 f p e ace. Let 1 qijtc ; what
gronnd,Woavcfbr f"th a TiaBce ! Oh i
- if wejhad bt half .terfaUiromhteouf;'
nefs iii Chrift "thawe Bave for ftar in Ffacci
we might hope"o call ,down prbtejaioo and
, bki&ag f0 ,ttf .h1'.
When jhe f renchetere4 Holland",; tbey
iflued a proclamation to tiB)cfeift l Wt
ttjderyywaefrukdt
' JdenitM ' k&than'tio - years
' " they fleeced he D.utth of fifty fic m'ilbni
of dollars i . or a .whole province of. iheir
tfrongeft b"amer'tonnd of a feapoi t.
Thf plediiUeouritry'v
comirlflioners, iiid cbnfifcaled id tbifir own
i- ijfe, the holcfthd Belgian Clergy pro-,
pertf , to the amount of 250 roiuioDS 01 dot ;
fara. S, that tlie ireedpn thf y gave thit
country accbrdiiig to promif' Was to free
" then"ot: : 55,000,000
v,s t v . ; Polls.- .Jof.ooO' 000.. -,
j When hetntered FVahcoiijia; if proclaj:
mation calling ;on the people for confidence
' ' with other ceiiaui ; affaMitces. Wat before
the army, And a volume' is 1 publifhtd in
' German, and tranflated ntb till ihe lan
' guajtes ib Europe, of their muiderV pillage,
exactions abd ehjomitiei:1;;-:,
lb Lbmbirdy, Bonaparte IfiTusd a proila
mat ion !--" fiationt, of flaty, lbe Fririchar
wt are come to iriak your cbaini Tbe French
- are the friend pjf-jfie 'Peopk m every uuAtryl
Tour property, your tufiemijhalt be rtfpeQid
. ; fSigned) i-it-W,
r-l 'te - ?. -iyui.
; In MUn he pubiunoanotha t-aepecr
for property,' and berfanal eeurSfyj refpeS for
"tf U, French areirue Mttfulmeh-ndthnj ;
fiiue. they kafebei to Rme and overthrew t'bejl
Pope, .P txcitedCbrffidht aqmj JfmaefymT
fMobcmedatmfT ) ile'retmns home,' ella
blifliei popery, " and at folemn 'mail held ,;
oh"tl i occafioiiJa the Uti ofthat wortU
Ivvhd knew :'of Ids pretendibg f o almflulir.aUi
he takes the facrament of the'Lord'a fupper,-'
as by T Cxtisf ordaioedf'-accbrdin? tohe
rituals of the Church of Rome.Iotanioui,
abom1(ia6le bUfphcmy I " f V -::
" After this authentic derail, are wc jullt.
fied in'caftinbj bff all onfience tn luch a
uprof&OBs
juilified iq tepbfiuany confidence Tthem
is We are aware becabfe we hear it ery
daj and fte tt before tis,; that many meu ar
obuinately avcrfe to -war,, and would maip
tain peactat aty rate I but have thbfe oee
luns'duly conCdeid war or peace ip all their
.bearings, aud Yelatibhs ? War- is a thihg.that
relates to foticty, not to individuals, and it
individual feeliilgs orjpriva tc jfetf inter ejj en
ter into the conipofitiou ot a man's thought
1 ' . . 1 r a i 1 '. u
on incie lUDjecis, jtney canuqt oe corrvw.
We miill often Veoturrlife to fave it, and to
redder it moefccureV afd to make it worth
ihfi bavfng -and many men hav loftthelr
all by beinjf afraid to venture, all 10 its de fence,'
' ' Oac has a land fpeculatiou ano
thaf a cbmaierciJ buei " Obe is afrtid that
lands will fali-asiother that iHrur aoce will
rife, v But this docs not Htr the rra!,-ria
lute of the : :4Ocfiion th que ttibn bf wat or
peace exte'ods to 'whole countries, empire,
and gi6ui ;Thfi fee no further than the
fcene jot their oven eflatti, otwlis or jtheir
bwcrwareh'jilfe ( and let them put this qutf,
tiob to their miuds and hearts t . and as ihey"
themfclvcs are not concerned! perhaps their
jodgment will not b warped,1 and they will ,
anfw.er it fairly : .Would it no! haye been
better for the places which ! have nieDtion-
d to, have tifcii en mnffci ': oppofrd Bona-"1
or
V
uttant
wen vraveh tell toe fiuilii
are treated bt Spoin.wtb creat and encreajing
tefpeSl'ylt would feem that the dembcrate wi-
neaa 01 aucmvung or 'ayumr vmuimic vur
rigRia were niy joutuuui wjinu anujmiogjju
the eonduci of the jSpaniardi.- In . tbejlyle
V Rawdo'pb'e -orTspring, the fcnCbilily Jiefolu
J they literally 'vindicate our tnjtmet.' . '
t In the year t JJ0, tiie, Spaniards fetzed upon
the Falkland I (lands, which? belonged to the
lirUybcrbwnheJ)
Jfoufe of Lordi moved a Refo'ution, ' that Hie
Majefly' be rcqucflei lo lay before Parliament
fucb information as bipoffffed refusing thefeii-
ihr rttinr.n at eounlnet 1 , tbe e are. our itmi 1 ucust utr wuii ui nut ouik, w uwu
-ftrt.Vi;,.4- j tv s ' trie language or promue aou.expea.to nave
'(S:gbed - ' - . ' . it belfevcd.: Alas.Alasrfatewell'.4he .d.ig ?
yZJ - nNAPARTE. ' ' iiitrf maiihood -iris lure!:; fled from the
Now let us f how, he made gbo all this I
' -Frosif tiMktttfy?tytfw &tt he.
exsaed ebntribuuon'of twenty million.: if
uvret, or one mnuon pouco i, wumrj
. afterwards oihciuucctluve exattionKo Uie
. amonnr;'onii'"inilibd Doaad tterltAir .JThe
chuichcs were given up tovp!undci every
J teUgidus fund,- and every public titafure.was
4'confilcated l and ihe coontry was made oue
t fcene of rapine and. a lfortjcr. At ravia, j
' crarrifdo of the French troops left by Bona
paiteharing 'wantontydcfiroyed the tomb
OI pi. rVUgUUin,. WlllLiyu uiimuiuui, uhu
twlwjjfs Vcligtpufly venerated, they collefled
aroiind'and tboJktht aa(n prifofters,'- but
carefullv afeftVined from offering1 violence to
a finale foldier1, Bbnapart marched back,
. and carried mi!uiifyrexcution over the
wnoic country ourni tne town ot icnmco,
parte; and Tun the jhaturd of all tb grierr'
ous"murder, -opprrjins,Aexdiuo8,.;.a'a$
plunder of war. in aa'houpndjte rtlttlance,
, vitb chinceof fucceeding, than to eodare
aqd,ibfamy of cowardly iaft fubmiflion, to
ar.rbgantaraced impotjuic ' nd 1 forefy
it fpeaks enough of Buniparte. W hat cab7
we faj-whtt cldi SbakcfpearcMilton;
and all tlie poets m tone, iagioctCarrbgact'
impolt uitf worlc iliaa bis having the wipu-
out
ana put coo 01 iimtnaaouanis ta cm m
q$ bldbd f and thett marching jo Pavia
, tocjtlf by ftbfaiand mafficred the iohabi '
tacts. W ;.; i?vj '::.J-ff : ,
. . ooapart fignttf a treaty wnh'thf Duke
V i ' of Modeoa prouifing neutrality. on the payf
' t meut "bf, twelve million i of. livers.; iWhcn
tjtat was paidhe'arrefted theTDukj:; ind ikt
tortedftom him 2C6.000 fcqoin oa thi
another- trtatr was iffrted," called Convent
. - tioh de $artieihKb,:'M cburftf, waa folio-.
' cd bf freflt wolatibb and exactioos.
-i - Ita 'breach ofhcireatVj
,. tralityi l; be jtoo ; pofleaoipr Mguoto to
' . Jtiii,tb$ Btitiih ptoperty ljibg theifndh
tbadff the Duke yif Tufcany pay the xpepce
t bf hU army; marchicg thefc.'tv.7)
. When hVtfnteied tlV territories ofYenice
hejffued, acc"attTmgrtb cuflbnii 'a proclamti,
on of certtiitt ajurances.' Bonaparte to
' ' the RebulTic of ytidcc ' H it to deliver the
earth." when the molt that we can fay under
oppreffioD, ii ' Ltl me, b' let me die in
fence " ,-'.. ,
P - S: Does Bonaparte fay a word about
oonighi at N. OrleauS;-. Hii-ffurancee are
a declaration that, the right does rtoi txill.
Having u fed the word oaths in theoutfet of
this writing1 we think It right to obfeive
that Bonaparte,' with his arm, iitipofcd en
the peciple, and fwore (jdtlity to tliatcou
ititutibn which" he aftet wards put down. '
j r - MONDlAY, APRIL 18, IBpi, ,
Wi lately promifed to take fame further notice
of ihe conduit ofadm nilration, relative to the
occlufion of the port of New Orleans' and the
cejftok of Loujiand, and to tonlrajl it witSHbe
opinions of the Earl Chatham, and with what
bad been done by Great 'Britain when placed in
It will be temempered not tin otjeaions made
to Mr'. ,Grifwold'!e ' Refoluttbtf, requeflafg oftbe
Prefident information of ihe CeJion ofLouifianal
were, that it might obJlruS the negociattun , that
was about e'ornrhiticin with Spain, that it might
pojjibfy V jj bought -io iv ii Hufpicion: of
unfriendly or improper condua pb thV part
of Spain,' and, irritate the met .honour of the
puuddftoui 'SpMta rds . which if feems notwitb'
(landing the multiplied ' try 'tithe' and Infukt we
qave receiver w ; wctr oanas, we are not per' ,
nutted even to Jlilietony lt has1 uniformly been
faid, ' intxtenuation of the Spaiuh I Government
that tbe Intenttant uaed without authority. Vl
oyunijir duutytew w mu conveniens jmartfj
bae encouraged that belief.' In the fame mtarmerz
when our yefLclt were detained and plundered ett
iireofthofe iJlandsord Weymouth and Lord
Jtltfljborougb oppofed the motion J Ley fetid it
might i cmbarrafs the 'negoWion 1 which was
dependioc 'Thet infilled uponihe delicacy of
Sp aniih honour; that, fafiiitti attention and rr : I
til J .. i: )'.- ,. ,t. ...Io'jE.X '-r it
gtsra pugps so oe jievm to tot vj uui
Gikirtrzjftwat
andi win. tiot the jail of the King of Spain, but
pugbtio be charged, tffbe rteguLir; coaduft of
the GoyerAor of Buyeno't :Ayreti. nrp,.
"' f.ord Chatham rofe andftcondedjhc" motion
of the Duke of Richmondin an eloquent Speech
defyetfm&fudj
a part of which wt here iafert .l T'b 'e eeincldence
in pfeiencee. wutmauS. of our Jacpline, with
the Lords Weymouth and Hillfborougbj and of
vur Federaufli in Congrefs with the Great Ear
of Cbatba'm,is 'Jriih$?-Ilf foppoftng
Weymoiah andHiliJbonugh to be 'John Ran-:
dolpfytnd Beau Haw fun, and Lord Cbaihani
to reprefek Rofs, or Grifw6ld,and by changing
J Falkland Iflaos" into New Orleans' we
may very Will imagine the following fpueltobqve
been recently L-linirrti in Conereft iThbfe who '
U and ta tad it for political information will difcovet 'the
jouitow. opinions ana mijeraoie exeaienis oj our
leading democrats, and tbofe woo rtaa.it only
for iit rhetorical merit, may pafs over unnoticed
the remarli which we have occafwnally inter
fperfea in it, aid it will afford tlcm'niuch 'enter'.'
tahimcnt,- - -v-C r-
UJt would be offering an infuU to. the itudcr'
fandingf of our readers if we fupefled they did
not already believe that Lr,d Lbatpam i o mon
alone' outweighs the opinions of a . thovfahd fucb
men. as Robert, ,4Jf7imVy j W
tbepreitous fet (ftfynegadiesand mivee, "w7io
form the tobinet council oj '"Mrtffetfonl.
Vlfifiet in attentive ptrufal, jtbe fopowikg'
fpeecbf let every .candid man ajk Umfelf tfthe
peremptory eci(ive tone that Chatham would
have affumed if f laced it (ireumflanies fimllar
to ours, would not, have been fteferalX U the
abjeft, degrading fupplicntions of our adminU
Jlratiun', and whether the former would not have
made us feared, and pur' tights refpttied, and
whether the Utter does mtprtjlrate pur national
dignity, and invite d repetition of infult, ,t . ';'
i kuCHiAi. t rife td gve my"
hearty 'affent to the motion made by the no
bl Dufee. thy his Grace's favouri" I have b;en
permit toJeeTt, before it was .Offered to
: the Hbufe , i I have fully con Gdered the he
ceftty fof bbtarning fio'hr the. King? fervwu
a communication of the papers defciibed in
the motion, and t Mia periuded" th4t the a
larming ftate.of fails .a3.,yell al the ftrengfli,
of reafonidgy which thcSnoblr Dyke has
urged; and enforced. that neccfliry, iuft have
been powerfully fJt by your lordihips. ;vFor
entering bbon fdchcenfideraiiohsn fealon
r is improper ,'no occafion ftould-treg'eflied..
) Something mud be don my lords, and iai
' mediately, t five an injured, infulted, undone
wuntry. f If not to lave the Itate my lords,
at leaft to march out aod drag o juftice thofe
fervants bf the Crown,', by wh'ofe7gabf&ce,'
neg.'ect or treachery, this once great flourifli
log people are induced to a .Condition' dhi
plorable at home as it is Jefpicable abroad.
member Jaciins, that this fpeech was deli-
vered . K?Sg ago in : Eogland a ; The ,orator.
therefore does, not mean you TBefore'this
.country tbey Hand as tlie greacr imtnalav
Such I mail prove them to be for 1 do not
doubt of proving to your Lordihips fatisfac
tion i -that finct they hayefbeeo tdtruiled with
the conduit of the "king's ffairs,' they ; havo
done every thing that' they ought not to have
done, and hardly any thing that they ought
to Bate done.; "' The noble Lord Hillfirq
roukhl talks of the Spaniih punclillios in the
lofty llyle and idiom of a Spawad. . ;We are
vu uc wuuucuuiiy icnucr or inc opamui pome
cf honor," is" ' if they bid Wri 'the "''complain.,
ants', ' as if rArjr had received the' .injury; ' I
think he wodd havtf done Better, tu have told
us what care has been ; taksn tf tV Englirtv
liqnour. -! Here ; J,oro Hilllbbrough thould
have ihewed a bit of naber Jtbbut fo hie
iCoVeied "with foft ords about fenfbility.2
JWylLords;" -t ard; well acotuain't with te
characlejr' of thai nation, at lead as far as is
' r . . i i .i " a
prcicnica oy ineir court ana minuiry, ana
UicJd think this coufltryVdilh'ocored by a
ibibparifon pt Ebglilli good ' faith' wiih the
Eeglilh arc a wndid,Jan ingenuous neoplc i
Enpliia merchanC' the generous limit if ouf
;oavai arid mfftary officers WouVl be1 degraded-S " v
Jbyi ;cbmpar,ifM -.'
"bccrsnWjthh;nun i
been dbligcd id aegociate, and rievec'met with
. arv : inflance' bf candour, . or dignity in jtjbeir ; '
procee'digs. fAftefl- a lobe
ieir.wantfcaiuIour faitb; bWd'; f '
ibyfelf compelled to t4j!k't6 tbpra in ''petmt
t taryy aecijive laoguaigc. wuauiam vas not a ."
E junto fcave'feid himfeJf ia'Carter'ilDbiitttatBK
t thb (ighVbff a few: Light horfcJ inee ft
however, for reafons unknown to me, it Ifas ; ?
been ihoughi;advifable Wnegbciate with tlie ,
court of paiii, J 1 hould have conceived that ' f
, tba great and fingl6"oijeft.1of fucb ?f negocia-"
tioi) would have beer tb has! obtained com- ' '
plete, Jatisfa&iob. for the.injbry' dbne'tothe v,
verbwo-fandrf people f "Engfand.Buif 14
underllood ,tbe noble rd,"Tthe "SnNr object S
; bf the prelent negobiaJon4 to find a falvo for f- ":
the. paocntou'libnortlbf UieSnaotardfThe'' "i '
Abfurclity offiich' injldea is in iaelf uofupport.'; V
able.l titi My Lordi'tbbjecttobur nego-;
ciatlng at all under poi prefent cirHm (lances. ''".'
We are not in that Ctuatioh ia whichreat f
?arid-powerfal -ot&b it-W
1 Si-A itweign Mwet ha? forcibly robbed his U
.:-.n -r . r ..: j. . . t . .
"'"Jvv-y1 PBr-Vl u "onnnions. . u tns
Ifland reftored I Are : you placed in i Statu fo?f
Is the port of New Orleans opened oi ano- i
thcplace of depofit affigneo! Q'y If that hjid',
been done,; it micht then perhaDs have been-1
r juftifiab'e to treat with; the aggreffor bpoa ihb
;u3iction uc ugnt -1 mane tr rtnc.jnTult
offireito the trownof England; But- will -you
defcend fo low ? Will yoa lo lliamefully
betray die king's honour as to make it .matter' '
pf uegociation, wbetfier his Majefty't poflefli-
ops man oe reitpred to him or not 1 Whether
we Iha'l be allowed the free navigation of tha
Miffiflipplor. not ?J I doubt ' not my. lords,
that there are foroe important rhyfteries in the
conduA of this aftair which ,,'; whenever they f
ae explained will account' for the profound "4
filence nw.obfervt'd by thb kios's fervanu: -
Tfie time will come my lbrdi, j whn they
mu Dj?,ajyie? .rrn nyiir concealments
Thefc'are fome1 queftions-which! fobner or s.
laf e r, muft be anfweredvt ; Don't treaible .fl
Tacobtns.' we tell vou once more ill this, hao- -'
ipencdin'.Ennd 1 ; 'The miaiftrWi I' ind,-
j"S p! ro ppneis inc puouc wun an -opinion,
that the Spaniih Court have cbnflant-'
Jytdifavowed the proceedings of their Gover- "t
nor I . at tome perions I lee have been Iharac-
lels and daring enough to ad vile hi MajeHy
to fupport and coun termnce this Opinion in his i
fpeech froin tbe throKe; Ceruinly my Iq: ds,
there never was a more -odius a snore Infi'.
mobs fa' fe hood impofed on a great naiion.w
It degrades'the king's honor-r-it h an infult
; to' Parliament His Majcfty has beeo advjfed
to. cob firm, and - give currency ionabfolute
falfehood ' l I" beg your Lbrdlhips' attention,
and hope Lfliali be underllood, when I re-; ,
peat.j that 'the courpf Spain's; having difa-.'.;
vowed the aft, is an ahfoluted palpable falsehood.
Let me afk, my Lords'; .when, tjj'c firft com
raunication was made by the cbunbf Madrid
of: iheir being aprifed of their uking of
Frilk'and'sl lflands,;: was it accompanied with
an olFjr of ioltant itftitutioo, and the puciflx.
mem'' of the SVni tiovernbT I Pit they
jikye not they have adopted the aft; as the r
own, arid the very riientiori of a ,diff vowal if "
'art impndenj-inlslt offered, to. the king's dig- "
nity. The king of Spain -dilbwns the thief
; I De Yf ujoMifowns the iniendant. while he
leaves him unpuniihed and pro6ts by the
tbefuLllo.vtigar.Englilh,, he is the receiver
of ftolcn goods and ought to be. treated ac
cordingly, My Lottie, if "it falfcbood' bf th's pre
tendtfdjdifavowal had been cotfined o '- the
coort 'pf Spaib, ; I (hould a havel admitted Jt
without concern . ! I mould have been con
tcut, thdt they themfelves had left a door
open for etcufc-aod accomrnoda'tion, The
Kiug of Englabd's horruur is not touched
. stIl be'. adopts rnb Talfeolc3eliv'rt. it-fa
.his'parliaateftt (or the Prefident : Rates it fa
the Govcrnon-of SiecluckyU and snakes it
ihis'QWji.' c , H 1 ' ' ' - ., !'
I - cannot juit this -fuDjecl-.witbout.cim.
paring 'the .conduct" cf theprrfent miniftiy
with that of a gentleman (Mr George
Grenville) who Is now no more. The oc;
wOOns wtre fimilars The French ha taken
a little Iflaud from us called 'Tu ik ' : I land '
XbeMinifter then at the head of the Trea
fury tboke'bufiBefs upon'hiailelf 'yhni he
did not neeocute : Cor expnC 'hUfenfiSi
f3 he fent for the French ambatfador, and
made a peremptory' flemsua. .. ex courier w-. ,
defpatched to Paris aiid r jreturned in a few )
days,;with otders for lnftant reftjtution, not
only cf the ifland,- but of every thing ihc Jf
EnrlilU fubjeds had loft. , '
fion " what I have faid my Lords, I da
not douht but it will beaffefted tabe undcr
tiood by mail Lords, and given oat to the
public that I am for huttying fhc nation at -
all e vents into a war .with SpaTi. My Lords,
ldif claim Juch eouncih, iui I beg. that this
declaration may be remembered. . Let us
have- peace my Lords, but let it be honour-
able, let tt be fecure. I have better rcafoua
pcrbsp?, than can v. of your Lotdlh'J
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