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. :rJ jtatoma afiionj xoac .tribes it also -t r V?ell known Chat on aft sClch occasions, auri , v' t.'-daot suppheaBf the brdinaiy munitions of 5; Avar have been afforded ; by the 4 agcnjtS of .British 'commercial; corapunies,? "and (even ; ; from British 'trai wereleriablefo commence, that svsteln ofsa i .. on our ironuers, waxen naa oeen at an times V vage ivarfareihd tscrimihate itr it .effects uuu so i -nibses sexes and , conditions,; a voltinir tDhumamtvt ; .vr 1 6 on I V - - revolting tohumanity V"; !;jY6ur committee would be much gratified ; ; 7. j f the could close here the detail of British i--V : prongs V bu it is the rr 'deity to .recite f.cj. another act of still; greater ; mal"igmtyt than f V;-;: kve- Deb -'already i r": v bVpiight tb;jrour . View. -The jttrnpt . to f "y Vismemlict'bariU'niori and overthrow our r . . , "the object bf Which Was to foment discon 'tcptsV add, excite insurrection aganst jhe ;V v tnstitated, authorities , and laws of tthe 1natfbn a lately idiscloscH';by the agent , f s 'no bonnd to the' hbstilifv bf 'the 'British government towards the ITnited States-- llW "I IT ' J J 7-.-- . 'V , H I' If" 1 !.. If ' tortitti the tlnited States and Great Britain ; 'vef e atpeaasi aiid an amicable negociation -"'anehditfir between them for theaccom ' ; inodtibn':of their differencesthVouh pub i'K' Be ministers; regularly.aiithonaediforvthe :(4 :-. flTh United States have beheld, With unexamclediioroearance cuuuucu Series o7;noV1cviencr6achments bnheif ; "rfts and interert Xn the hofe, thatyieldj 15'to the forfee of frendlV- remonstrances, :oftetrv-reeatd;'". the British government xniAt acfopt a : mbre just policy "towards Y itlietii: but that hcrpe 'tiOv .-longer exists. 1 TheV have:;lso weighed; unpartianyhe "! - '. lliS it- -kaon iiwrvrl lr Ka- BntisH so vernment in vindication of these ' encroachmenU and found in theni neither 4 Justification of polo.c:: . 1 , - 1 The. i British "cbVernmenV has; all edged in vindication of the orders in council that 4 k a jf ' it i id if is e i ti ll 5 k t - ' -i 'ft ' tbey Werejesorted to as 'a retaliation on L Prance.1 frtr f imilar aqgresion committed "'b her on our neutral trde. with the Bjrts - ish ; dominions. But h'6w has this- plea fc$$ supported I ' The duties, of British and French tapfgfessiods are ell kpbwntp Rfl 'with too wide and destruc 1 tive a wast of thepropertv of -our fellow ci - hnvw been forcbtten. -The 1. v t not reduced nor Cdo tliey ' fear Quv VXIVat they ever cppseatedjtp:discus3 ( with'tither pbvrr themiscoaduci; 6 thbtheri te a ptpqf ofheiKioveof "peace tot their mod eiiioni ". and of tthe;hoe SVhlcK.they 'sVxli ttidutged; thaV fric generous' sentiments ;vbuld not be niade to them in vain. : vBut'the; motive :was;mista ken, ;if their rforbeara'nce :Vas imputeScl; ther;a;theant; 'oC.VjaV4cnsibi;.liJ heir.wrongsi" or fbfa;4ebrminatibn; ;if suitable redres was nbtpbtained, - to resent them vThe time has? not$ arrived when this! system of vreabhmg ;mustr cease. It would be insultintb) repeat iL It would He adingUo hear- iU; ' The United.' 5fites must act'as an independent nation, and assert their! rigtiist and avenge their Vrg accofding to&ejoTh(ifjestimate of them;1 with the partvWbolnmitsvthem, holding it responsible forlts'own misdeeds For -the difference mad between Great Britain ahdr France byjthe applicatipyi of the febn-importatibn a!ct a crainst, England "only the motive has been Already', too of ten explained, andis too well known tpjre tjuire further UustratibrT, In the com mercial restnctioni to which" the United States resorted as an evidence of their sen sibjluv and a 'mud v. retaliation of their wrongs, " they; invariably f pla red bth pow crs on, the same, footing, holding to each in respect to ftself,, the same accommoda tion1, incas it accepted the condition of? fered, ind iij; resjaect fo the otheri the sanie restraint, it it refused. Had the British government confirmed tHe arrange ment, which was entered into with the British-, Minister, in . 1809, and . France mainlined her decrees, with France would the United States havelo resist, with- the -fmnessjhelonging to their eharacterHhe continued violation of itheifS rights. .The committee do not hesitate, to declare, that France has greatly, injured! the United $tates,v and that satisfactorv reparation has not yet been made ior many ot those inju ries But, that is a concern ; which 'the L United States will lookto and settle for "themselves The thigh character oT tlie American people, is a sufficient pledge to jhe world, that they-will not fail to settle it, ohcohditions,which thejliave a right .to claim. . " "v . r . ' " , " More recently the true policy of the British ,gtivernnient towards the United Stages has been completely unfolded' 'It has been,pub!clydeciared by those in now- er, mat me qroers in council snouianotoe i t ill rat - decree of Berlin of Nor. Si st J306; was repealed, until the 'French ;overnmelt ' tie nrst aggression oirranccn tuc pfa - ,eiit Wafi 5 EVgiiteeti, months had then: el : apsed, 'aitertne aacK raauc uy uicui-uu? tain on bur neutral trade,' Vithrthejbolonie i,"f. ..r . tain ' rtf Fnncp and her Mlies; and six mon ths frbm the date o the proclamation 6f Ma i 806.v' Even: "on the.rjh fan fiOrj'tKe dke of the firstlBritishtordee in council, Mao' short terni habfekpsed after the Ber lin decreV, tjiatit was hanlly; possible that the intelligence oT it shoutd ave reached the" United Stfeefc A: retaliation,", which is to produce;its effect, ; by operating on ajneutrai powpK ought t?pt to be resorted . to, tiU;ltHe neutral' had.stine.d. it by a - bulpahle acquiescence m the unla wful ct .' of thVother belligerent TtoughtSto be eiayed;uritil;after; 9ufficiet;tirne.njid been, ' Uoe ito 'the ft eutr at to remonstrate a ; VansttTic measure fcomplainedoiV - tb re--; ceivfr Wanswer, and; toact: on it, which -...5L.Uianc;e:nniCLt"rnilti. ibrn ,nile be eatisfied'wtth.the.nscerdeACt' thus Wan cuuvcr U3. uuv iia prcicnsiuo5wouiu: soou increase k,The proof - wlucn rso bbmoIeV. . -j : : .4.1 . . f cii.., i.i$.t. i.r'jtjn i$ TLrv 1 and hv'creh' mec:iM?lht.&l'3feiu ,1 1 . . auu jjjratciua suuinissjuu to iis,auiaor- ity Vvrould aflprd oT.ouir rfeAenferiacv could npfHl to; ; inspirit confidence hat .there was nojhnivto wjiichits usurpation's J .and our deradatibn-miilit.no be qarfiedirL-" ; 5 X9r commitee,bebeymjFjthat the free rtt sbas.bf AM.enca art wqrthyjb enjoys tKV liberty which their fathers purchased at the price of sb nach blood and trasuYe", and seingi. in; the mWsuj'esrdoped ;by Great Britain, a ;cbufse commenced and persisted in which mi gh t lead to a Joss ;6f daonat'.tiharicter anddependenc, feel no hesitation jn . advising resiBtahte ,by ibrcei in Which the Americans of the 'pre sent day, wi,firdve 'to theWezt and to the World that we have pot only inherited Relying on the ' patriotren of the nation. and confidently trusting that the. Lord of OS tsjv ill go with us tq battle in a rightibus causeand crown bur efforts with success-, ypiir committee recommend T Atf immedi ATE APPALVoAHiVlS. ; . " . toTb"e cruel," opphesirc, amtthju . Yei r?-1 nqt-tofedtwste'therii-ai, thit ldS and xjrannj, - ehhKr Irauor dr, rebels party' mEnbnd which has.heycr ceasedto w,Kia the war .iuif .and all ,wbcra bcen cSS bennincontinam1t..re we ready toJ 111 that thereis less:Ubeny of thought widjnJed, S? rJnited.StWs Uly W; subjects; ,of a ' .-bfciised ..tnonarchy mav ra' procecuing? . , uirirruiersTK arraigti both the 7 nesjof their wfsdbmnUth purjty of their W4, v tne oniy repU&lulK )on carUi r'I trust lo God I -white our constitution fplves and guaranties toivf I I rigt'(withoat ivhlch Hhertv is rterW J 1 1 1 4cclarlnpur "opimdtiof laws proposed and 0f &omthe United State? Qazetle fc v 'J-S" i . K " nil" C ' THE TIME FOrTDEfrfSIO J The constituted authorities of these U nited States have passed V law declafing that war exists between the itnited States and Great Britain and nobody ;an doubt that this law places the twd countries in a state bf war. iButhia, act of the gOvei n ment, certainly lawful and therefore obli gatory jwi us, however unwhe, has" b&n followed, and was indeed preceded by dispositions, in some of its partisans, that are 4 equally- unlawful and. abominable. Ileriaces of the most intemperate kind are thrown out, in the very spirit and lan guage, of French, proscription, against thosfe who shall now presume to express a disapprobation ofvthis momentous mea sure, and expbse its cpRiummae folly and injustice, h It is even more' strange thar some, of those who have most conscien tiously opposed this war, and still hold it inyabhorrence, doubt, or affect to doubt, the propriety of uttering' their sentiments f and indulge in an unmeaninc cant about the necessity of; " supporting the govern ment now vc are at, war'-I say unmean ing cant, as now used, VI would aslc the gentlemen, both those who threaten and those-who shrink, what there is in a law declaring war, I would "say creating war. .wiiicii promun? or suspenas tne ngnt neld (and held to be7 enjoyed) by every citizen of the. United. States, of investigating free ly the' polie of evef-lavv impqsed upon him ; of endeavouring to prevent the com pletion bfany projioged naeure by all the Aaeaos o argument ;ahd eloquence in, his power, if he deems it injurious to the ho nour and interests of his country : and' to labour to "obtain the repeal of any , such Vhad not been done in the present instance ; :ak& Avheh "the order: of Nov.: t i ttf was is- : lluA ; wll Wnnwri that a., minister of ;'3 france had -declared tothe .minister pleni- I ',!rv r .potentiarylpf United Sfates . at 'FarS; : I! 'xy - featTirwa ; nbt itttended that the decreebf :K J i. ' I-Berlin3hould-apply to thV: United: State?. ft is Vauallv WeU;JcnoWn;tnat nqrAmeri- i ! 4 f -ekn vessel tiad then -b-eeh condemned under; 7 : i:or si2ure :l ' ) I C T rft h government 'was acbuaintedV , The ; . facts ?pruie jbnslayV i Vjriires6f Frncev however Ainju in . 1 tfeselVes,yereothiiig more than a pre- text for thosebf ; iiwun1ciencyft :thatjpretxt,"ample "proof thas already been caffor vefnSefit itseif an in th most impt-es-, :V lvve fornix Although Ttwas declared that , ' rtfie ; orders l ihHcbuncilt were" retaliatory irwas aiso . aeciar-r ii V f ' If-;: the ,yeaM80d.; Ebually.is it imnossibtertb doubti longer, the rcbursef which 4he Uni- teatef pughtib pursue towards 0ratV Britain. -.v, rVri rrumuiiii vicwTuj me muitipiieu wroocrs of the British government since the coju nieemeht Srf ihp present rwaf,i itrTnusf lbe eyiaentTq me y impartial WQriduwt 'tht 1 . .- S; If ' L iHhem'sel ves,t that t) Ws i.ti- Hf frit H ran rit aim rier allies ; 'rerb .-conWect within'tneiriwn pprtsf the I . French decrees ., wer Considered only, as wbtf threats. .liSi kh C-tv ; r" Vlt fis nb justification be ; wrbngs of f.r v 'I-""''" by another i nor;.ongntn iact, iitraq Mmare Worthv ttie:e6vcriiint;f a:creat - V.V.-'ih-tiatioDi to.relievc than to siaii the injured. ' J- t .-Tirt i-jnptinn nr. ttrer tvrnnoji hv nno 1 J f " 1 V vj. ! father porepair gnw, r IV . pv6unded;bonor5pf- e-inj 1 ?J ? i An utte inafiifity alone to -resist; would T'A juslifvl r let suVree r.of our Hghtsv and I vv--feir3l2a 6 wiH U cth:rs. v ""j . -M , . ' j v lw ' -- , ; ' had revbkedVaft? its. internal restraints on the British ccmniie rcc, and, that -thetrade of the Onited States with pran ce ' and her allies, should he prbhibited-juntii ''Great Britain w.as also rf allowed to trade ' With the m.;T c By . this declaration. iit appears ; thattcr satisf y the pretensions ofthe 'Bri tish; government, 'the, United Stales must join' Great Britain in the" war,wxth'4?rane6 and prosecute the war, until France should be subdued for rvithputfclier subjugation , j m&ure by a bold and unequivocal expo-- it were it yam to presume jon sucti a con lureo? its miscniets, injustice, or impoli- Verriment to thesesstates bas,.beeh'still fiir uier uiatu&cu.-Aju uas ueen rnaae . mani fest that the' United States" are considered bv it as the Commercial rival of Gxeat- firk tarn and that-their . prbsnVritY and erovvth are. incompatible wither .welfare? When alf these circumstances ,arer taibnltntdcon-. siaeration, jc is impossmie.ior-your' com- mitteer to tioubt ,the.mbtiyes whichhave The rio:ht tb disciiss the ments of a U doesbittiiia; with the passing of the act nor il there any , power'hefe to tie uptKe tongiie to truth, or : sealdown the spirit oinyestigatiou-Sath, a tyranny can pbtam only where laws once sanctioned are imatutableVvantir where bf 'course inquiry niight stir up discontent, biit coiili fdrnish no -remedy: or; the" evils it) discovers. ; I thbucht nb doctrine waa better under.tbnn ffbv,erned the: British Alibis country than the ab- mc4Jmcs iowrtiu3 ;iuct uiuicu Places ince 11 i ' -1 i --t'-iilif-ti - i-r- ?i ; who now:, find;;it Tcbnveia lent :(fo limit:and tidh laws j-ihe;airect tax:: the Watem Vif intejrnariaxationhad vreceived the- fiabc tion of the : fCbnstituteb T authorities of "the nauuLW iorceaon me' umtefl 6W-,.V,W,,5 -v?J.ww. iujjrurrio -Dft ates, -1$ radicalljrla bontest fbr theirbvef I stibjept$,ot,discus4ionnri pppositibnand reignty and "iijdependerice. f Ybur iom. pWfe whJ : hadioppbsd themwere at f transitory effedt ; Theywjh ntc all the attention offtHe House to,thbsebf" a berma nent natuVe iy which entrench sbxiply bn outmost important, rights and wbnld extensively ';andVitaUu)r.be)t intr- "jo4,tf'-'mi1rf rr? fail t-1itb.Irt -T Ti'i'Xlf iuaies y i j iiicuriv;i uai -auvania s or Jtneir revolutiOnTif submitted 76vrJ: Uhe Control i bturbpmmerce, bV Great Britain' re-; guiiuiug uv picviurc, iuu expeiung it almost from;thi ocean; AViutnincbc fccguiauyus .uave,oeen xarriea 5H,?!CH ASS tan? nfiscatingui oi our, vesseis ;witn .tneir cargoes, as were. said tohave violated her edicts bften' with outrpreviouvarning oftheirdaneriJthe impressment oj ouremzenstrom on ooard 0u.V,feeT elsewhereV'aiul 'holding. JWenr in bbntlace uhtil.it 'suited theconvenience of their on pressors t Ydeliyer thein upare Encroach ments of thathigh arid ; dancrerous tenden cy vi jicii cuuiu ui laii to proauce uiat per- the JllltV ahrlnfr.f ssitv rf nnnr.vtinv . . V ment now the war is declared. .. ir it tnf ane T Shall implicitly obey the law ; Jtbat we shall triVe 1 the aid", thatmay be constittitidnally required of j to carry it -intb effect, thit weshair without, oppsitioa by prkinon meeting 5ft! " vii pvawiKii. services wh laypfully called upon, and that Wc shall "abstaiti ff j abetting the enemy by every possible mran n-L barrassmsr the efforts of our Sea combinations nr nNvrimM wf nt tnatwe shall submit to the IaV, in fidelity ft! wuuc it j uie iw, 1 sav fp-ante vah all tn heatt- It is Precisely th nhrdi . , , j . - v-v. vtv( law cry ana noimnsrmore orlesst isrto&.tttY th;a Hut it by supporting gvjvei-ntoent, -we are to yruie stand that we are, n.o longer to doubt its wislm' 0 virtue, or discuss , its measures, that we are to sUl. scribe the doctrines of implicit,, uninquirinfc A passive, obedience-:; we are iiot to shov: to our abused ,ellow-citizens,.how and by whom they are kbuscd to expose this war, this wanton war in alt the iirnj ntiesand deformities pt its conception aiid birth the miserable weakness of its infancy, and the jnevtbl wretchedm-ss of its career,' I say no,, and evu-v "a 'viiuiui v.xiji,tn win ii.(i say NQ. From ihe Chaflestori fyitrier. Jife&rs EorI Vccidently noticed, in an ob scurepartof this mornings papers, the intrrebtin intelligence, thatKwenqf.Aw tail of American vettei have been captured and destroyed by a Prevch Fleet and that a part of their crews have arrived at Mdei! ra. These vessels are .said to have been bounM t Spain and Porugal with provisions, and are Mipno: sed to be a part of tjiejare number which sailed from this country ' immediatelr before the Krnhanpi lu" jaiitc iHc. burning el American vessels by the French, hasbeeiso Ionand sp juietely accui, esced in by the government of our country, that it now appears, to. be.considered as a matter of couvsei and, even you Messrtditors, 'vvhoseutv it is to notice Such base ' and unprincipled attacks upon tht honor, the dignity and, the . interests of our country, puffer them to pass by lifce the idle wind,,merely ving them a notice Under , your marine head, as a common place .articleof shipping" intelligence A conduct like this, in papers, of, a different rompla ion,. is perfectly ihcharacter for it appears to m to heeorisidereji as a'paR of their professional duty, to palfiaterot ccmcal tlije irVrmitiefc orrance. f 3Vhat, my countrymen, are w to 4a w!iat art we to think, . of tlte conduct of the. present adminis tration of the country,, when they submit, without i murmer,?; to -such barbarous system of warfare, What, allow " me to ask, would have been the con duct of the democrats jofthia city, , if IhtHlIcrence ta4 reached ' us that twenty-three tail of Americana had oeen;capt:urea ana tTRVT, witnout even the torj of a trial' by, a single British qtiadron f tVouldnofi ouir city have been in arms upon such an occasion, & meetings held to spirit oh thelgoytrnment to imrne diate war against such anatiort of modern barbarians t Itcannot.be. doubted that svieh ; would liave been th casq.. Where -tei mus. we seek for the inetivei which govern such tnen or an vevent like die one in baestjon ? ;-Imtch fear, my countrTnen." thev vni be found to spring frohi the same feelings that have reaucea our once nappy country to its present stati of distres3.arid4e'gradatioii,:to aabse "toreseen ani deprecated by tjie immortal .WAsftiitOTos himself to ail undue pdrtfflift to Tpance. , . I . .June I w V- A3 AMERICAN ' V. 'A- tupin, r since tney. weretnfe lawr ol the flEoor bf cotigTcsi j?V-sbme broach' increasedafter, the laws feWac tedi and evenarnied isiox-iatibnsVre'forl vation 'apnlies totheslibrt: and hbndbrnblft warb xarriisd -otf fhSaf -1 rS aiirl f g JJPtect 1 and Jtbvmg , ;Pornlie Carolina Federal KepublTCan. ' . : . : Claiming to ne,an Amci rican by;: rfiv births and' parental: born ii citizen jof the United States, and reared Tjtiucjrxn ucnign innuence oi its- sacred una ltco:ct1utiq improved ia ',bndeqmnding tp .appreciate its value I nayewjea i down, asap impenoasrulc of rnbdnddct. .to $upport tii just rfi&ptnsa ihh fiy s& the energies army; soul and bb dybj?."my bodily' strengthtfcy Wysuffrage uy iwv nee aim uircsiramea opinions; and to jconsider thoseL itsrcatest eneinie yhb -bf' ostensible. knd fastidibuSL reasons, craiiipj its ;broal letter, by modification! estranffedjfrbllrisits languaieViiand in direct pylolatiorf of its. meanW. v f jstthii' ct men, mat ,i view tne attempt to hut of tne montns ot tne jjeopje, nd to' gag the? j lie presentiti vesi bvdra Wina- line '-of w rnarfeation between the rrght of turning i 4 unQaa1iietI''Rulers;bV jnl the figHt bf brn njea- rr-?'v'tif r , pwjrrvVUI1lltntionai p gans, ;ia 4'clarin infringement of Sie libtf tiejL6the people j bne that bails upbrr r.cuuyijsensxo searcri mtayoui; cob stttutritfafindjdutSv opposition ;at that day. : hadf, no i scruple to invcigfi most bitterly :againsf ; that "unkind !safiLft UPP afneicij'i;be& rights to dp so va3neverquesdbned of imp'eUed uu niciouj-ejiecti;snor-,Touiu tnose us tne on-1 . i 7 j v . iuV uw ' Ii : J - , ' . . - , r v-v. iweapplaud and sdr.irs those ncc !eof. Great Cri-lh0 rc. ly cs2S30tic;2 ths:i7c:i!d result -frca it tsJa J cldJv ids !& 0f speech ; ant Uthby! hVf eM rnaintaib ngnj agauuw tne-Kireats1ovviolensce or prsionITi Hhe iif Suffgandi richtfbf Freedom oSDeech' ' ath litrltba. t Childretf of our HeT5ubUcanttstiriit t the56ne cannot Jbeeparited from' the otfcfj to ictbut-cjenymg tfniUbe iniellicnc? hpV.toact;-WjthoutYivrafftth f vf-f , ,,All -
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