fVOJU 4VI
printed :p published BY JStatM. We have i not been indinVentj
SAlS(onrttr?.L 4 spectators ofvthis course oWasures. -1
i THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, r AI A I incf inhabitant nf th. ArlanMr ftnatt W
f,FnLi yearly in advancb v. 1 regard' Commerce, (as a great and easem-
4DveRTISJ!MENTS WILL BE INS31TED; TIAL. INTEREST. itt 13. DOt Onlv. in itself
AT .VENTY-tiVE cents square, the I a leadingpursuit, but it is most intimately
eek, and ' tjiiry-five CFiVl hlended.with all our'interests and occupaV
tions. '- Habits, arising naturally frm our
local situation and &e nature of our . soil
and products, .and now! confirmed b the
usage of two centuries. are not to be'chah
gcd We hold the right of i judging:for
ourselves, and havenever vet delegated to
any (government the power ot deciding
.Nations', nor willlotir voice ever be heard
tcr.varnish . wronci inflicted either t on "the
ioiercst or honor of oi Native ,Land But
Te deem itnccessary, 4 to every -jtifible
War, npt only Sait justicc,be as; plam
inA viihle the linhtiof; Heaven; but
hat'hi.obiects be dettnetiand tclearj in
F-VCII CCLNTIHUATIOH.
rv MEETING1 .
OF THE
TPTR VDS OF PE ACE
IS NRVV-H MPSHlrtE.
A-TTrcnlv to previous notice, a VerV
..VrVhrm. vaf held at Brentwcioiron ation. Wnen we assented .to -AeNattqhV
VridjN List. It was trulv a' great antljal Constitutipn, itWa amorigyithefi (but
theyv.bc great, mt order that -every man
mav perceivatheir Jmportancel; tnt the
tr prooaDivflrrainowfivivMpjc4.ixa. v-f
Citizen ,mav exncWragejdMcoUcnd for
t feem. We, af wholly .ma if; the
causes assigned. ior tncf piccuvx
gainst England Will bear the tcat of these
hTheimnressfnent of our Seamen, frhich.
(brma the mnlt nlauTible: and nonular '6f
7 "T . J t M.
WW vj
plde the" seameryqf New-England dp nv
Si .
tnat service i 1 uo w proicssto oe at war. t
for th4.support of bur : seamcn7s A rights .?f '
when weeontend (or a point? if gained, will X;
3
shut therput from;the most lucrative part'
b their, cmplovmcht, .and5 J sacrifice Weir
interest; that British and other foreign sea-, A t
men
3 -
selves
mav have cdual privileges Withheni-
. raiai, inuceu, wouu i oe iomporcani: .
interests "of the navigating sttcsV? if, the ' T
cpnsquence of this warlshould that the
r r
v., i
American fl.tg shall - Efive the American?
character to:all,whb sairtutder it, and thus
invite thousands of foreign scanen" to en . a if
ter inta 6urlserriceV"and thrustside, our VVv
own native citizens. , i'"
ril.i.t u
lertors '' It was discovered at ; to regard our right of traversiStlWSeaSf
n'.-rl"' hoar, that there was no prospect i as sacred, (and it is to us &irafi9tqnt)n J
( in p.Tmiod itmc the. assembly mtfte mee- our ngnt or lining tne grouna, we.navei
v: o' jcts and purposes of the meeting
-i-J i vri ,fullv and perspicuouflv stated,
-r ' r.n, v.;vtr. Sullivan, member of con-jr-'K,
K'l.lfjL'ssed the assembly. .It is not
j. ;., f r us, withiivthe compass of this
rr ) H do justice to -JVIr. SjtiUivan's
i fi'oit. Never Wits a speaker more at-.
tr.Kk'l t', -or an audience; more gratified.
:. S iliv:m traced our present calamities
t 'i-i :-'r true cause. JVlr.1 Sullivan "has no-j
h! -:.d usffulh discharged his duty to his
c -u ,;.!Uieits. Chosen, by them,j to pcr
f i an i important trust,, he has told them
c . lily find plainly, why all attempts to
av- th :ir ..interests; have' been vain. He
In tohi them that nothingsican savt them
fiv.in wr.:t inrdneat" and ruin but a change
Df-mcii.5iires and a change of men. Qilr
rV;v jiit iiiv f?Iu'S done his duty. Let
tiu p: -ople'dotheirsV , . s;. '
irtr Mr Sullivan concluded his speechv
a i v.iiittee .was appointed to prepare a
n .: , ) ri l to the President of the. United
S ;cs. d . precating-the pi'C3cnt wai. ano
t r in prepare resolutions, property bca-
C ;tcvi 1- tlui convention' i and aotheYtp
t - ntu consideration vthe subject' of the
r .pruuciung elections. . , '. .. .
i nr covntioni then udjoiirned' to give
f. for -the several, committees to' attend
t their res active duties In the after
i u the nif-morial and resoluticns.were
i . i oiiuceii ; and alther behig very ably
a'vfYlnqntmly discussed, were unanimous
. i.dopied. '. .
N , "MEMORIAL . . '
TO JAMi:S MADISON, ESQUIRE,' v ;
. President of jhe U. States..
Mpilh. -.than JbigTEEN Hundred of
twj ItvfeabitantSi-aucI : Free Electors of the
t Ccuutv of HocKiNGrj am rin the tate; 5i
i' v- H,MP3iiiREt being assembled, , ih
scnloily and. peaceable manner, accor
to cury fanjioubted Constitutional
at Urentvood, in said County;
v tlis fihh aay c?f August 1812, toxcenr
t-.;- o?if the common Good and Public Wcl
f do now address youv with th res-
chic to the Chief Magistrate of ithe
r we believe -tott''VW "c :a!i uui grcaicr nowy -:,.
shbiect of CTcat.msrepre, w J
itJAn ..W.l,i. , mnrh Kvmnathv.l ul 8?' niaa aia uot, nowever,-occX"
ibVorioyer. nVi fcaow theiM11 lt occur rfpret4t mor evea , yu;
ses-oPfihlS abGce.; ; VVe.ki.ovr, iiit N.Lto, president' Jeffersofi, thatWdibe, , '
-k -,:h V:,-!,.. . h, hLn.i !n WI?S .tPhtjc fothe purpose of attA:npt-. - i
i inir ta mfn a vprv. small nnrtihrc rtf ntfm ' .
sornecasesi in too, many'cases, impressea r - rry V- . .vvrr v
r . . .ol: ' i ! seamen virom"-cantivitv. ro commence al fc:
" .Till I IT II II I: 1 ' T ' "T- T . J'-." LJ f
t:, house. Arrangements' wercaccordv supposea. inai wesnouiov uc;-ipr
ill, made for holdiricr the meeting under ? ved of the former butfbr reasonso
cr V:UL-L TENNEY was chon Prrsi- Justify the prohibition theater. . We felled toserve.on -board British &ips cf ;w?.':' "chrmust inevitably,, .as.tjus 'wafo
ottrrConventionndtheKon. Wm. ! originally'saw nbthing; and can now see ,War.,;. But the number of thcsecaWs.has; v1 ten times as; inanyto ,a cap., Uf,
a JCrNT. SecreWv. The Rev. Mr. noting, ekher'in the letter, o 4 ? T r : ;'
: r ri, 1 ,T nt'thr Vfttinnal fumnipf. whirh rnkr- it i,; .u-a.. mn': : -&nglamii has always, protessed a willing . j
: ,rf ,-iate and imprest, praver. Af- cur duty to acguure ... a system,' tending to' Viaion; that the routed number bears lit- ne" to.adjshs;. subject W.wmcabfc ;.r . u-;;..
Us relation.to the number.- .We ri " T 1" "-"-f ..-ju,,,. ; ..,
3WEthose.toWhominatances6finiPresS-..do ! war'. efft,nff JV
r,!ent, if thev did actually exist to anrcoV dJ.WW She ' h?s ? ? !nde .u.s t th,? ' .
. ?.R .. . i
compel us to abandon our natural and ac
customed pursuits i We regard the Con
stitution as " ah Instrument of Prescrva
tion, not of Change " , We' take its inten
tion to have been, tc protect, -by the strong
arm of the whole nation' h,einterests of
each particulars Section, i It ; could not
therefore be without alarm an- apprehen
sion, .that we perceived in the .General Go
vernment adispdrition k to embarrass and
enthral Continence by repeated Restrictions
and to rrake War, bjvshutting tup; our1 own
ports. Still greater was our concern, when
we heard ourselves .admonished, -finally t&
retire from the Seas, and 'Mto provide far
ourselves hthose comforts and' convenience
oflife for xvhjchjt wauld bettHwiseMKR
MORE to repu'Ja, .distant - Cowiirie&$M
Wc do uo't lieaUaTt to pjvtlwt wjedeeni
thia; language' ttutiywncensitutiohal. and
qrrogantr'. and it woulc be with .infiuite
regret, mingled with . other, strong emo
tions, that we shoulderceivera hxed ana
settled resolution in the General -Govern-.
ment to enlorce this exhortation by the
authority pi Law, andlto accumulate1 ;up
un -us, in the.intervals of War,; a ponde-
rousV and. crushing system of Restriction,
Non-Importiition, Non-Intercourse, and
Embargo. . . "; .-:.
.The alarm . excited in riurminds, by the
fuvqritc and long conBnuedf Rf stnetive,
Systemy" is praised still h?ghcr, by life late
declaration ol War aWinst Great-Britain,
an event which we bclieve,m the present J
defenceless circumstances '-pi the,. Country,
will be . prpductjve ofpcVis pf incalculable
magnitude.-, t Vv: : ' 4'r"
, We, arejaot Sir, among i those, -who
fee an unmanly reluctance to -,thje jiriva-;
tions, -6r,a tiervous sensibility to the dan
gers of War. , ,Man.y of . us, had; the Honor
of aiding, by pur humble fforts in xhe es
tablishment ,of our Judependenc' and of
espbsingWr lives., ih moj-charj.'.ope field
of danger and bioodj vq bar cbuntry'3sser
vice.We areready to mejet rthose.f6c'ccs
.M;m.' .i, mkaUnm.VHt lauiiv-vemaysay uicwiim wun wmcn
caanot fipd.themouu .'Sorte of the mVmP meeprotfctK.;re obuincd S of th
hers of .this Meeting have been-constantlyi ..Unce., in hieh -..fore.gners,
' l i ci ;:; .i r..' .u; L'arcfriounaiwitn American' protections in
Viae 'J vnivaeeltr -.'rl..
nave iiau . onj?)SAun tnc ucanviruui uiCf lf ...; ,
T.m. - ,'pmho . ,i officially. i offered -to prohibit, by severe
jjjauiyj tig
1 807, " and vet
ver suffered th
duririg'olltWtime haVee- bM xamtaw from-Amen,aa
,e loitefwS&rtiie Akefu yV?? e ' Amecan;,..goernmcne
. ,i. m - vv wollld enact laws nrohibitmff . Arnfri-ir
ikrnSeameii by.rf impresstnent .Other r i a 1-
t;- ru "V'' - u J, i officers" i rom CTantmg protections, or :er
Members of this Mcctmc iiave,a3-las- .-- s v l- . i i-
: . r t . 'o v . ? . , ; t tincates ol citizonshiD. to British snmects.
t'.rs fir v pfisr sA irintr intxuMteci. as it urerrV. . . ' i . . . . o - - --
-.i -.i- , .. . . . ,T bhe has also.-, throucrh her minister ntfe'r.
cn tne oeasvna have uecn vmtca nunareas
sftttmes byJiritisb- bhips.:'ot i,WaCwand,ne;-. -. . J . itsK:H
- k . i a o 1 iJ " rv 1 our government could name- as beine un-f, Xlth
47 r ao, Am "ricau ii earned. Vtaken. from K - v , ra - ' ' i- f 'eM?
iheni br, Impressment. y " j' . . , . jV v t . a j ru'uul vt.
1 i.'b. -iV. ..u the declaration ,of war,;our KoVernhiene
; -u assembling to 'express our opinions
c 'i,e present Stateof oar National. ,Af
i l wc are influenced, not only yja -bh
tq contribute as far as iq us lies; to-:
v rd removing-th'e "evils which we feel
11 a r. verting the; greater Evils' which ve
, but also . by ,a sense 'of 'rtheV dutys we
C've to the; Supreme Ekecutive of the .Na
ten. . . ; . , p J...r ; t ,:. t
FheCbief Magistrate, of a Government
nhiqh reas on public .pinionarid which
cm only look for the support "!of ib Vear,
-y.o m tiu ...ppiUMaiioucji vnq jreopief
s a right, to be; informedr disunctlyand
: xiaiiUyi o( the sentiments i enfe'rtajnk
e ; DVthe'Coln'mnnitvJ rnnppriun'mpV.
5: 1 n
: 4 u erHa natmna rmporfance., yfis
cne portion ofthe communitivdceDlvXm
rested i the :prescht!stateVof thmgsvand
licitiodsly. concerned aboiitv their fuVure
ogress, w6 bel leave jo prescnVtb you l
whview.of ousciitiracnts, andppmions.;
we have witnessed1 withy sincere an&
Gtep fcgret a' sbtem,of policy -pursued by-
B-rgobf Igortd the;presentiihic, n.4
cing rpst, crjVi0USly indur vjeiv,' jto.'the-
;trucaoa-v:tlie -CoiiCfi f of "these5 ii
Avucucvciui. caa twr .sncwn inatthe
vindication .of our Nationrfd'tionpr iOr tl)e
preservation ; of , our , esaentiii rierhts, , de
mands LUj We shall, not bp moreWbw;
th&n.othera, toaspire- atter:0lsTiNOTicm;
in anv, cause in which distinction would be
honorable: .Z
k Jf twte could peVcei vie, that the -present
War was jusf rvir we. could' perpeivtnat
our Rights and, lib exjes required it ; if
we couid perceive, that no Admimstration,
however :wjsc honesty or impartial, could
have; carried us clear 1 of it ; if we could
perceive userzanda, reasonable
hope of oi'ni;itspfoiessed objects ft if
We could; perceive these things,' thei War
vould, in-some measure, cease, to be hor
fifctey It would grow f tolerable in, adea
inexpediency hould'b made ntanifesw
lb iron nd jt4o6dy features, wqiild soften;
asfits.'jijsTicik grer.apparent.-Giv'eNUs
,butt3:see that. this War haih ct.arWVtV
TiCENJECESsit-rvnd.EfclDitrNiafiirt
' y . '.! r i Li-.' j litis uccij. iii a iuauuci aucii uu uns 1 1
1
ceo of impressaientv in any decree equal tos
iziuuwcaiin-as wcunaersiana, vave. neen v TT . , . j . i
'u1, ii . i' . J lect. Under -an exneetation ,f which hfl
unaoie as oura.eiyes, to aiscovr msian r - v . , r - r N v . , v
i . . v; . . never Dcen Drotetr oit toi an amirah .tr
j if i
the allrded -numbers At It-is impossible, 1 v & . . r r
under . these circumstances tor us. to.be-
licve.,; that the evilxf impressm'entvaQp ex-
isti m. the degree of - cnormityi;tpreten4edi;
t f so manttf our seafaring. feUowrcitii?:n
wexe aciuauv in oonaage,;;iney (muRi: rnave
bee taken from amopjjHnihhabitaotsrof
the. Atlantic coast. .They-j would, be? from
among Our bretHrcai sonsj f elations and
friends. n: Wc should be acquainfed 'Jwiifc
them, v and theii misfortunes; Wc sliould
hear the criesof their wives land children
their parttits and relatives, qulte as: soon
as our.ieliow citizens of the South and the
It is well worth v of notice, that the great-
tst Apparent feeling on : this uBiectof
lmpresstnen and: the greatettlisposi
ttrvtt tfl tisnr 1,1 li a . 4.
tertained by the Hepresentativeli of those
ptates
own
r
ceased to make , it 9 topic -of .complaints . j-M
When' the - arrangement was: ;mader wurj jft ;'ri i
Ir. Er6kine, the present administration -P4
, ,-v . , ii. , ' . -t ' -rtt.3
diflienhies oh the subject of- impres3meiC
"as insuperable obstacles to peacft . .-v J . .
'iVVyuUf-eD-that hiitrtisincelgtveii
to this .subject a sudden , and :uriusual ira
portance ?---What is it. that hatfr so?com
pletcly stifled the voice oft the friends
the seamien, and. at the Same timeoalU d
intor actidnsuch? in ;
the bosom of tstraager ? -What 13 .it, that v
hVth'raised thekvoicc. be yon d .the. western V
mountains so loudanjl clanlerous for their.'
protection -by warwriile i he - fathers andf
brethren; -I. tnc friends and relatives, the
lAViyeiahdfcVil
eventhe, teamen cthemielvesi vdeprecatei
K 1
1
! t
xmswar. as tneirreatest caiamitv ttiafi . v,t
, .which hcv&no seamert atalloi'theirA rn Z7 , -f ' ' ' : , " w-,
; .while those sections of the ...irntrii,aT "'Tru.i.i-'i-.j a .u 1 :V
,. r . j . ;-V"7 ? , i r5uyv,niuc auutuc urusrs in council. ,
n 0Vin.;pt tWS.ot other cause of war, beno better a- ;
the manuersi of. Umted: States . e.fnatioathaii the..uWert of.impre3SIpnu -'.M
kheir.hotne,rfarc,;tiy..8reat mOjpnt.i The ibjocgade now so griefaisrto WciiduA. 3J'
garnet that war, th7profeS8-6b- red,-we kowWa redded; -ihejWne, . v'.
jecw. of which;.. the release. of ,mpreS3fcd it.was Uid? a mea&& favorable tQ ov S Ift
seaman forso principal a figure. -. rutetests, iWel?now this," upon the, ei- .fH.
,rltu well:nbw0 at Engand:pretertdi priss-.deaaration'f .Mr., Monroe, thW.
S.S?; of:,'PgnoarSeahten;; 1,ur;tniniS, :in,- gnglarid... We have hia" ' M,
.f;5J?. M5b aa'vpraWe light,'.'.. at d ,tha.'t it. pronibe'
ra0?- bhighly " snisfa'clory ti; ow wmmer. .
tke;pha li!oiaer tutaoaV.iTKis cial'if.&SW. . ,s -f Jl;
claim, .we supposete .laeither; 4foitah . 'By.what .trainf reasoning this Gvor is " V H
ded nor noyeW; tt jirtcogViised Ae W turne'd .Into' (aVinjury aijd anTmuryr .
' .. . rp-l 5 . tMwijF iare utienv ai a loss to
niaiuiaw. tnatrthenghtpelongs tofall na-': s .yfc are'equalli
l?n85??tlaJ,reaons,;-8ay theyf 2umcnts used to-
-r t l?n 4 r"a;Sf l,nc Franc were( repealed
1
.TtAESUfeE, ajad'our Blood in:fo prosecu
tion ; ;. wV- --t
But we are constrminetosayvithat,we
cannqt,un consciencc,ra$Cfibe ,theorcc:o
mg characteristics, :to the,, present. ;.WaT 1
Weire. ot,: Sir,' the apot f gists, of -bther .
comprehend
runsati$fied;vwitlfjthc ax-v ? ;
prove thathe decrees Jof- : fel
m Nov. 1210.: ant 5 ' o5
? iiS?" l?-afi W nimscii ana Aattterp fore, : withoutldear tihg from. im ? t
jectto hcrdefcncc and(Prdtcction, tm time -kin tq compel En&andbr Var to aban;: . .
t?:', ;iv;' 4;; dpn thcQrdUlnfccitnAg $
this: wcr nptso-,; xstouf; nation to supposed repeal ofTthe Freiicb decrcei,we; V vH;
plungintp ruinbul war,; in order toietV nWc;thcxprc'decV IHf,
5McattP'PJPf ve rigrfebetween'the, government 'itfelfa lteas: 'MpchX tblJ 4
.? orhmfcn oftt eign. nationtt" the tedgintnit tlose iccVecejik' K$
subjec of that eVnnent; . .ATenvV.tb We haye also had dailyyidcpce of thrif f r
Wf vto csppuse their.ase,4' ip' per tjX and some membefsVjT thisme:etuig : :Vt
bpositipn.toeaase: ofjouV'bwn; native' h.c' convictions of the engL'randc--kV't;t' -roaripers
't r Shafl we contenJc jof the free ritioutoFtrinacd the'vr iVr f