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NEWBERN, N. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1821.
NUMBER 180,
VOLUME IV.
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JtlSTZO AND PUBLISHED WKSKLT, 1
PASTEUR WATSON,
At $ 3 per annum half in advarce.
THE KING OF ENGLAND'S VISIT
TO IRELAND.
The history of the British empire teems
With evenu of vast importance and nany
I then, extraordinary in their natare,
tt we have it this day m-our power to
H record, in the Gazette, au event
p arHinarv.and, perhaps of ore
L.rtanceto the British crown, han
inv that has preceded it, daring the long
Slexion belween England and IreUnd
We do not allude to the mere visit of his
ath to Ireland, or to
the enthusiasm with which, it appears, he
hns been received, but to the almost mi
culous union Vhich'has tn-en effected
between the hitherto most decided hostile
leaders of the Protestants and Catholics
in that country. Had this been the grad
ual ork of years, or had it grown out
of parliamentary concessions to tbesul
feriV and persecuted party, it cotld not
cite much surprise, but as the po.Ua
Deoas act of a day, at a period when the
wornd of the Catholic mind were yet
reen and festering from recent and bit
ter disappointments, it may well be con
fidered extraordinary, if not miraculous ;
and as to the important consequences
likelv to spring from such a state of
things, thev will naturally occur to those
whohave been in the habit of attending to
th" unhappy relations of EngUnd and
Ireland. But were no other good to arise
from the King's visit, than this harmon
izing oi such adverse and discordant ele
ments, it must be hailed as a blessing by
his subjects, and be contemplated with
satisfaction by every friend of humanity,
no matter of what country. " As it is more
than probable, that in the course of the
next) ear, as well as in many years to
come, the journalists of America will
iave to notice important events growing
out of this royal visit, and the reconcilia
tion it has accomplished, we shall, for the
inf irmatron of our readers, and as a point
of reference hereafter, insert all the de
tails which have reached us, commencing
with an account of the state oi" he public
mind previous to the arrival or' his Majes
ty i.i the bay of Dublin. iVash. G.iz.
Of the Dinner wliich took place h ho
nor of the coronation, we further learn
Thirty steward were "appointed, fif- i
teen of whom were Protestants ana nr
teen Roman Catholics ; and on motion
of Mr. O'Connell it wavresolved that the
R iraan Cathofk stewards should be cho
ss.i by Protestant and the Protestant
stewards by Ro'Catholics, and that
an Vnniver:'y diner to perpetuate the
nev born h irf HJshou'd in future take
place." V i
The Dublin 3foAing Patriot, the prin
cipal Mnistifnial p;i)er, but at the same
time dating 1,'vshed Jot its moderation and
candor, as ell as its ability, speaks of
this dinner jrt ihe warmest terms of exul
tation arjj jiea(js an account of it thus
A hip;jj day for Ireland:9
"Tbfe luaiberof the company amoun
rhre hundred and thirty the
'V'.vor was in the chair, and Lord
fir;?,:. , ;At as Vice President Never
,s -vif hpsed more effectual and unie-
vil wlirmth. . The Lord Mayor pro
F I 'IGrorge the Fourth,, as a bumper
V ;,h )ur times four but, the loud
5' ' wvdlclapping of hands, and wa-
' handkerchiefs, continued so Icng,
J imori 40 times 4 than 4 times 4.
leering after the toast, caught the
the multitude assemhled in tin
www. m wtw
who cordially resuonded. so 1ou1.
In.
repeatedly, that there was imme
V an order eiven to have tfim sprv.
in t with eleven hogsheads of porter
' ti was afterward fvtanAeA tr
Aw. Mr. Ellis the member of Parlia-
from Dublin, drank in the sparkling
'h , " a lethe to Irish dissensions ; and
rConnell, pronounced an elegant
J h,.of which the following is a pas-
: His Majesty has committed his
( h to the care of an Irishman many
' ; select friends were Irishmen. It
1 id of St. Patrick, that he had the
?f to banish venernous reptiles frt)iu
isle, but his Majesty has effected a
: ter moral miracle the sound of his
oach has allayed the dissensions of
hte we proceed farther with oar ex
f "i H may not be irrelevant to notice
'eraarkable characters named in the
u- trinS ParaSTaPhs, in order the more
1 hew lhe xtraordinary and iin-
i n rvDatUre f the Union whi has
A.. ce- The persons we allude tn
1 " i CI1 Je LJ0RD Mayor Oubhn, Lord !
i Finoall, Mr. Eats and i
j The Lord Mayor, it may be recollec-
leu, uunng ine laic sessiuu ui me uuusu
parliament, proceeded from Dublin to
London in muclv pomp and presented a
petition from the corporation of his city
against granting to the Catholics any
further concessions. His Lordship is the
rmuch talked of Alderman Beadley Kino,
stationer to his Majesty, andGiand Mas
ter of the Orangemen of Ireland, an as
sociation formed or the purpose of pre
venting an extensjon of the privileges of
the Constitution to the Catholic body.
Lord Mosck is, we understand, a no
bleman of little political influence, but
his hostility to his Catholic country men
was particularly manifested about three
years ajro, by his giving from the chair at
a public dinner where he presided, the
followin'Jiorrible toast, which was made
at. the time a subject of warm animadver
sion in the Dublin newspapers "The
r. '
Pope in Hell pelted with Priests.'
Lord FfS'QALL,- is at the head of the
Irish Catholic Nobility, remarkable for
his moderation in public ; and his amia
bility in private life, and for his steady
pursuit of Catholic emancipation
Mr. Ellis is the representative for the
city of Dublin in the House of Commons,
returned in the room of the late illustrious
Gra rTAN, supported in his election by
Alderman King and the Orange interest,
and put into Parliament by them for the
expressly avowed purpose of opposing the
Catholic claims It seems he aave as a
toist on the late occasion. ; A lethe to
Irish dissmsions."
;Mr. O'Connell is a Catholic leader
enjoying more popularity than any other
man in Ireland celebrated as a lawyer
celebrated for forensic as well as a pop
ular eloquence celebrated for his un
compromising spirit whenever public
right is at stake, and particularly celebra
ted for his advocacy, of the Catholic
cause, during which he never could be in
duced to cede to the crown one particle
ofjwnat lie considered the constitutional
right of his fellow sufferers He will not
consent to the Crown having a veto on
the appointment of Catholic bishops, be
cause he considers such a power likelyto
be destructive of Protestant liberty, as well
as of the;Catholic chnrch in Ireland He
looks for! nothing sh irt of unconditional
emancipation, conceiving that the usual
oath of alliance should be held sufficient
to bind the Catholic in common with the
Protestant subject. Mr. O'Connell had
also been the avowed friend and warm
supporter of the late Queen, and, we be
lieve, for the last twelve months, her Ma
jesty's Irih Attorney General.
; A sixth distinguished character, men
tioned as being present at the dinner, is
Sir Benjamin Bloomfleld. He is also,
ah Irishman, but has hitherto kept aloof,
from Politics.' However, as Aid-de-Camp
arid Private Secretary to the King, it may
fairly be presumed, that he will give to
his royal master a faithful report of all he
witnessed in this extraordinary assembly.
; We have been thus particular in our ac
count of these personages, the better to
prove that we do not misapply the terms,
when we call this an entraordinnnj and
almost miraculous union and. that im
portant consequences may be expected to
flow from it, is, we conceive, quite obvi
ous. Well might one of the Dublin edi
tors say, as will be seen below, that ( the
Irish in England and America will read
the report of this unanimity with aston
ishment, only to be equalled by their plea
sure." ; We shall now proceed with some of the
details:
FS-om the Dublin Jcncmal, Wednesday
j evening, August 8. ., .
j We have never witnessed more agita
tion than pervaded the city during the
whole of yesterday. The expectation of
its being announced that his 'Majesty had
reached Holyhead the apprehension of
thie mail bringing an account of a fatal
rasultof the Queen's illness, together with
the uncertainty in which the latter event,
which was too probable, would leave the
further progress of his Majesty on his
proposed excursion these various causes
combined, produced the highest degree of
pbpular excitement. About'the hour of
the expected arrival of the mail (half past
tWo o'clock) until late in the evening,
crowds of people, and great numbers ol
horsemen and carriages, continued assem
bled about the Pot Office for a time
SackviPe-street, the widest, perhaps, in
any city in Europe, could not be passed
without some difficulty! The delay of
the mail, however, caused their gradual
dispersion. The mail did not reach the
p6t office, until half past eight o'clock.
No King since the revolution has paid
a jvisit to Ireland. No King of England
eyer visited this country in peace.
Great strides have been already taken to
allay faction; to remove, prejudices -to
diminish feuds to conciliate greater
than all the! exertions of good and wise
men have been able to accomplish ia
thirty years."
" Nothing can be more delightful than
to witness the good feelings and hilarity
which prevail amongst all ranks, orders
and denominations, civil and religious, of
his majesty's subjects on this occasion.
It has not been disturbed by the slightest
tendency to disunion, and every one
seems to vie with his neighbor, in the
manifestation of regard and devoted loy
alty to the ; person of the monarch, be
cause every one is convinced, that no
monarch that ever swayed ihe sceptre of
this Empire, has done so tnych for Ireland
as George IV. Already has he wrought
more to accomplish the blessed work of
conciliation than all the sovereigns of his
line already has done more to revive the
city of Dublin to something of its pristine
splendour than has ever been done before.
And he will receive such welcome, as be
fits the people whose enthusiasm' is pro
verbial, arid a King, whose sense of such
manifestation is durable as it is lively."
" Talk of victonesr-talk of grandeur
of imperial power of commanding in
fluence among the nations of the world :
the first have been achieved by his Ma
jesty's armi ; the second is the tot awar
ded to freedom, bravery and virtue.
But no victory we repeat it again, has
been achieved like that which the ap
proach of his Majesty to the shores of
Ireland has accomplished. It is the nost
gI6rious of all his conquests it has cost
no blood no tears no suffering. His
Majesty recommended conciliation and
harmony to his people That portion of
them who were Irishmen, who had more
.bitter recollections to forgo who had
more acnmoniohs prejudices to crusn
who, in a word, had more to forgive and
more to forget, than any other in his
dominionsjwere the first to .mark their
obedience to his majesty's desire, and to
prove to the royal mind that no sacrifices
were too great for their loyalty and love.
The expenditure of treasure, and even of
blood are vulgar considerations when com
pared to the holocaust when the people
of Irelandj have made of their longest
cherished prejudices."
" His visit, his very approach, has al
ready accomplished this. He will be
met on the j shores of his kingdom by a
united andjrateful, by a brave and loyal
people, rliey have given all tl..-..
mosities to the winds they have exchan
ged the calumet of peace, and pledged
he cup of brotherhood. For the first
time in their history" they are united
and, loyalty is the basis of their union."
Royal Irish Institution for promoting
and encouraging the fine arts in Ireland.
In order to commemorate his Majesty's
most gracious visit to Dublin, and to re
ward the exertion of such native talent as
they trust will be displayed on this glori
ous and auspicious event the committee
of Directors propose to pay the sum of
five hundred pounds for the best Pic
ture on th0 occasion of his Majesty's ar
rival and landing which shall be painted
in Ireland by an Irish Artist. The pic
ture not to be less than twelve feet long,
by nine feet high; to be executed previ
ous to the 1st of August, 1S22, and to be
come the property of the Institution.
The Illumination, and his Majesty's
public entry into Dublin, was postponed
until after the Queen's funeral. He is in
excellent health. J
The details which we have just closen
evidently j present many a text for com
ment ary; but we have no wish to disturb
the agreeable sensations which the perusal
of such circumstance may have awakendd.
We cannot, however, in justice to our
selves, conclude without one or two ob
servations! We are not to suppose, that
in drinking " A lethe to Irish dissension,"
such men as lord Fingall and Mr O'
ConnklL intended thereby to proclaim a
renunciation of their claims on the con
trary, it is; to be presumed that all par
tias looked to Catholic emancipation as a
good to flow from the union of that day.
On this a 'question arises- will the King
meet the natural expectations of his peo
ple ? will he throw off the Sidmouths
and the Eldons, and the other benighted
bigots of his Cabinet, and give to Ireland
her rights ? will he thus perpetuate a
union of sentiments, of affection, and of
interest which his presence has so happi
ly begun, or will he blast their hopes,
and adhering to the doctrine of the.hyp
ocritics, puffer his Coronation oath to
stand as a barrier to justice? -There
is some difficulty in answering the ques
tion, but there is none in coming to the
conclusion that if he does not meet the
just wishes of his Irish subjects, his visit
to them will prove a source of greater
danger to his government of that Island,
than any, event that has occurred since
its conquest by William the Thiid, and
the violation of the articles of Limerick
Fed. Go
j THE UNITED STATES.
The following article wilt
be read with
sincere pleasure by every true friend to
the glory and honor of our
country. It
subjects wil-1
proves that thereare British
ing to do our Government arape justice,
and to defend us against the-malevolence
of the ieviewers
PROM THE EDINBURGH SCOTCHMAN. J
AMERICA.
Additional testimonies to the happy ef
fects of its Political Institutions.
" But in fact, how singular, and for the
well, being of man how glorious the
change, which has turned those vast
haunts of panthers, waives, ( and savages
into tne aoooes ot industry and tne sure ,
asylum ot tne oppressed I What a no
ble edifice there has been raised for hun
ted liberty to dwell in security ! It is
impossible to tread the! soil of America
ancl not to bless it ; impossible to consid
er her growing wealth and streagth with
out rejoicing." Views of Society and
Manners in America, in a Series of Let
ters, by an Englishwoman, $2.
We feel it a relief to turn pur eyes from
convulsed Eupfftpe, the scene of solemn
hypocrisy and triumphant villany, to the
cheering aspect of the United States, en
joying, under their pure and benign insti
tutions, an untroubled calm, like that of
the heavenly bodies, and rivalling "these
bodies in the serenity and onstancy of
their course, and we hope in the stability
of their existence. Feeling as we do,
that the whole human race has a deep in
terest irt the prosperity of that ..country,.,
we are always eager to receive the state
ments of impartial travellers with, regard
to its condition ; and we gladly em
brace the opportunity which the book we
have quoted offers, to lay before our rea
ders not any statistical facts, but the tes
timony of an intelligent eye-witness ito
its growing prosperity, and to the happy
effects of its political institut ions.
It is justly observed, by this enlighten
ed and eloquent writer, that the English
people have, been . as ill represented hi
America as a home. Few British trav
ellers who 1?ave visited that' continent
have been qualified either tc do Justice to
the country they professed to describe,
qf credu. to that which sent them forth.
The: best of them, in their best efforts to
be liberal, have seldom been jable to shake
off entirely the "beggar elements" of
the old world. Hence the strange- mis
representations which prevajl among us,
end unsettle men's opinions Ion a subject
neither obscure nor difficult! In a pros
pering country, wtth ten millions of in
habitants, some see nothing but forests,
bears, and rattlesnakes in tfie intelligent
andjvirtuous husbandmen of the Republic,
(he see nothing but drunkfen boos in
lier free press nothing but tiegro adver
tisements in her Congress j nothing but
demagogues and in her mild and Equi
table government, nothing tut weakness
and anarchy. onsidering the mischiev
ous effect of bad institutions! in vitiating
men's moral perceptions, such distorted
views are not surprising. Fifty ,years
arOf had any individual afjfirmed that
such a Government as that of the United
States could existj he would have leen
denounced as an enthusiast. That 10 mil
lions of men could , govern themselves by
a system of universal suffrage, and live
in the most periect order and security,
enjoying a liberty of speech j thought and
action never equalled, without standing
armies-without a hierarchy of priestr
without a shackled press ; without state
prosecutions ; without idlji pageants;
and (most strange of all) almost without
taxes in short, without force applied to
their persons, or frauds practised on their
understandings, is a conclusion most de
voutly to be deprecated by those who
hold mankind in thraldom, and only slow
Iv believed by : "the . liberal minded,
even after it had received a practical de
nomstration. Generationsyet unborn will
bless and honor the men who corrfided in
the virtue oT their specn s, in oVhance of j
power and ridicule, and mad the bold
exoerimenti the issue of whioi has raised
the destiny ot ue numan race. i ne r
Washinirtons. the Franklbs, I the Jeflfer
OSns!, who framed those yobl institutioos,
vvill be forever canonWed ir the hearts
of the enlightened and generous, as the
greatest benefactor of mankind. Their
courage and wisdom have realized a state
of society surpassing all that ancient sa
ges had imagined in the dreams of their
benevolence ' While their glorious work
exists, writ even in the remotest cor
ner ftbe globe, there is a hpe of eman
cipation for the most benighted nations.
But in is present state w see but the .
leeuier
e. Al.'"
hefrifininss of that influence I
whin.
in the fullness of its strength, iff
vs irsUoed to eert ottr ihc
It is deducible from undisputed
datVthat in the hort space of one cen-
turv. the United States will contain
hundred millions of inhabitants. Such
; a population, speaking one. language, Jirj '
in under one Government, and enjoying
, bove a others l0 devol ' the
of man, will be a phenomenon of which
the past history of mankind can scarcely
enable us to form a conception. The
American Government will then be at the
head of an amount of moral and physical
force which has never been equalled, and
must be irresistible. If tyranny shall
thenu exist in any corner of Europe it
mu3t be .by the sufferance of America V
A Government so constiucted if the
greatest achievment of philosophy since
philosophy had her birth. And it issur-
prising, that an object possessing iirfc
unrivalled moral grandeur, has so seldom
awakened corresponding sentiments in ,
the minds of those who have contempla
ted or described if. Something must be
allowed for the effect of those modes of
thinking which Tiave grown up aihidst
the usages of the old world ; which teach
us to confound grandeur with pageantry,
and simplicity with meanness. Notwith
standing our pretensions to refinement, it
is undeniable that in all public matters we
exhibit the grotesque ard piebald ra,:e of
an Indian. The South-sea islander, who
tatoos his face with ochre, and runs a
fish bone through his nose is not more
ridiculous, in the eye of reason, than an
European Prince or courtier, who covers
himself with' gildii.'g and trumpery gew
gaws, vhich a man of sense would be
ashamed to have in his house, and then
exhitiits himself like a harlequin to the
admiration of children, -and the derision
of men of sense. The taste which dic
tates this barbarous buffoonery is "of the
s;me stock with that which prefers a gil.
ded block of wpdd to a Grecian statue.
And the man who identifies ereatnQ
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with such paltry exhibitions, is as unable
ro appreciate the sublime simplicity of
the American system, as a savage is to
feel the beauty of the . Bel videre-Apollo.
Every vulgar minded Greek could admire
the Olmypic chariot of Dionysius, but it
was only a small arid chosen circle who
could feel the sublimity of the death of
j Socrates. The volume before us shows
that in the philosophy which results from
exaltation of sentixnnt, vrmen often
the start of men. The moral sublime of
the American democracy was nevr so
deeply felt, and so eloquentiv described,
as in the " Letters of an English woman."-,
the generous feelings of her sex save
her the trouble of laborious speculatlohs.
Nor has her enthusiasm been nourished
in ignorance of its object. She h;s wit
nessed ;its all-pervading and bnneficial
influence, and her admiration of the A
merican Government is but au expansion i
of those sentiments of benevolence and.
love of justice which flourish in every
mind where cultivation is united with true
sensibility. It is impossible to deair
of a country where such minds are sjrew
ed through the circles of private Jifo
TREATY OF CHICAGO.
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! FROM THE DETROIT GAZETTE', SEPT. 7.
On Thursday last Gov. Oss and Mr.
Silbey, the commissiohersyppointed to
treat with the Indians returned from Chi
cago, together with the .gentlemen who
attended the treaty. ye understand that
the object of the govrnment has been
fully obtained, and fhal a cession hns
been made by the Vidians on favorable
terms, of al! that ountry extending from
the southern boudary of this territory to
Grand River; And containing, by esti-
mation, upwards of 5,000,000 acres.
Not less tbSri i 3000 Indians-Attended
the Council;' princicipally otawtamies;
Ottawas afd Chi ppe ways, and during the
; whole prressof it they coh&icted,them- .
selves i0 an examplary manner. The
final result was delayed several days by
the vsrious propositions and modifications
whlth were-submitted on eachside. The
Indians eaily evince! a disposition to sell,
bat were determined to secure the best
possible terras for themselves. We are
lmormcu mm sumc.oi ine supmauuns hi-
serted in the treaty are very favorable to
the melioration of their situation, and to
the gradual improvement of their condi
tion, mora and physical. ,
The country has been represented to os,
by, the gentlemen who nave travelled ov
er it, as fertile, well watered and pleas
antly situated. It Is injterspersed with
prairies and woodland, and is moderate
ly elevated, but not hilly. Lakes and
springs of pure water ar abdndaof, andn
even in the driest season furnish an eihu-
berant supply.
iThe Josepnis a navigarie stream,
whose head waters approach within two
world.
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