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I ; a: PBINTXD AND FUBJUl&HED BT - SALMON JIALh AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYA LI HALF YEARtY 15 ADVANCE. ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE INSERTED T s EVENTY-r IV E CENTS A SQUARE, THE ilRST WETSK "AND THIRTY-FIVE CENTS JoR EACH CONTINUATION.. 1 this war was in our own Wrong, contrary to truth,' justice and,hotipr-i t proves that thear hanb o&ei than an undeniable authenticated falsehood.! The war, therefbre-deseryes and can be distinguished truly by ho other appellation than an unnecessary, unjust and unright eous warf. for opposing "which we are moral traitors AH the gentlemarifs reasoning (Mr. Grundy) therefore, drawn from Mr. Munroe's and Mr. Foster V correspond dencef is of no avail, and merits no re ply.' -''.:y "" , To strengthen my positions, I will in troduce another piece of testimony, from a witness altogether unexceptionable, the late Secretary of State, than Whom none, save the President Himself, stood higher. 9 m m w i i w r i . "w in ri . r Br- i . i i iiai i i i i i . t a fc its express proviso was palpabtyJnadmis- whose honor wasguarded with a punctiU u, t.-v ' a ' wWi -s1h otwlTbns deHcacv amounting" almost to adora-4 jt: Hanson i second Spedth on . : ' im. mm MR. WEBSTER'S KESULUTOWS; Mr. H. said, when the - Duke of Jlare?s letter was Mrst published in iountry, not one mag in hundred suppo ed for moment tMt Tithe President would -take that lettet aYcoJhriing within the fiieanincr of the law of M Ca-this :JihTtYheinff- a condition precedent- and -onrltion subseauent. Mr. Hanson -t w - A j . isserted, upon authority whichh deem- d altoc:ether good, that the"-President himself, when ne tirst received tnejJuJce: s ctter pronounced .-,itj Jesuitic Airiand xpressed himseitn;termsauthonsing the ielief, that he would 4n0tccefit of it as joining within the termsof the lav of May 1810. However, notwithstanding His, ana xncuuucuiauic cviucutc upuu uic ace ofthe letter itself, to the amazement fall discerning honest men, Mr. H. well recoUected ;to his own utter astonishment 6n thea oiinov. lbiu, tnerresiqent aia the repeal eue Ins'rpclamatiQn'' 4eiUrlhtne;c of the repeal of the Berlin-ancl Milan decrees bn the hrst.of the same 0itl-jid ..y$lLt? thai is, thitl&eyi.rcire repefeV uatii& fore, according , tov the provisions of bur law oi in on-intercurse. in p w was nrawn the strong nljdcijdemakation betwe the two ,gre:at- parties, in this country Each took itspidecsfand, and DOttomed its luppprt prppbsihg' to government upon tjhe: trutfi brlsehootirof thi proclamation. Fe "Ihe tinorifecbatended, that there had. been a titiveiyiolatiopof a plain law tp favou?45Fice'iabtSr entbroil us With nglandthat; a palpable joggle had been practicefditcinduce a state of insurmounta ble fepulsiort in our relations with oneibel- ous delicacy amounting' almost to adora tion, as manifested by the dismissal oMr.d I Tacksoh. What savs this witness ? I antl atraia, oy, unaertaKing to' repeat nisesDi monvl shall weaken and adulterate his precise and energetic language, and will therefore givehis own words : " It is withinthe recollection of the A " merican ' people, that f the members of M Congress, during thVlast session, were " much embarrassed, as to the course most proper to be taken withrespect to 41 our foreign relations, and thattljeir em barrassments proceeded principallfrom " the defect in the communication to them u as to the mews' of the emperor of the u j IrencK. To supply this defect was the " great desideratum. At a critical peri -"; od of their perplexities, (the arrival at Norfolk of an. envoy extrabrdinary from " France was announced. Immediately " jthereon all their proceedings touching "-bur foreign relations were suspended-. u fTheir measures as avowed by tlem u selves and as expected by the nation, were horrent." as a manifes tation of our partiah- ty to the other, with the view to connect ohr destiriies to those of France. 1 You the Hiajority contended, that the president had only discharged a ministerial duty, doing nothing more than the law required of him, and in doiher which, he had no discretion to exercise. To say nothing of the spirit ojf prophecy with which it was solemnly proclaimed to day that the decrees were bqna fide and in " fact" repealed yesterday Ijask what was xhf&st ? how lias it turn ed but in evidence ilwere we the minority z roundly asserted, in the wrong, or MTere you the majority ab initio in the wrong, .& hive you continued in the;;wTong . ever sijice?what sayi the evidence in the case? On the 28th of April, 18U, the emperor promulges his .decree, antidated or not, it isiimmaterial,- whichcommences ythus : ' peeking by the rejaort of tour ininister, hh that the United StatesfhaVe passed a law of resistance, &c we, : Napoicoh&c. ? do- decree &c What law of resistance:'? The March law of 1 8 1 whicKsuperceded " matinn.tnftnnivp.vinenpft ot tne rneai in tn courts oflaw So that administration sought tontrench themselves behind the assump- tirm iF'fV, fnrt, ' tnafr tint r1rfc wrp f I ' - . ----- - ot tMaTli'.l8ll ;"the law at reistanr.f to Englan." was a consecuence of that re- i . m i i r i m peai, wniie on we otner nana our gooa f incna i3onaparic umciaiiy ueciares,- aoa prc-duces thevvery repealing! decree itself MTC4fcW W V WVW U . that thevrepealingaecree hadibeen cbinbiu nicated to:Mr.RitsseH and Slr perrurier r aoout the time o its aate, jus- orcier tna Jt might be laid before; this gbyernment-It JSLthis:?- collatteral-Afaciii-of- ccinim-untcatibn .. that these resoludnsare-meantperhaps in vahW ta establisHty Wereiwerlght and ' you wrongs ;,r l h,e-videce is betore,the, ' World; and' the best and OnlK; witness- to ! ici j act,vtne emperor xijaseu,- ?oy puoiisn r ihgjhis decree pro vesthe rectitude 9f. oui course, and the fallacy.lpf all your i posi tions. ;vlt:nfovetHenrCclamadQnvto,havft . falser ih6ly bf;MaVcH;to have' been V'UniiiSt." sls nredlcated to use the fashina-- ;l pbVase) upon1 "a falsehood Tkaud At r,, ves.Tn.at eve,ry,s:ep .since uirentowarqs 44 (( ct u ( it tc it suchconference -was favorable, and remo ved all doubt of jthe truth ofh6 proclama tion, If not agih reported this ;concluk sion would necessarily be drawn, that the l&foifpiatioa' SeiruHer, waa unfavorablei ; WKat was the result I Recur t& the I testimbnygiven' by tMri Smith,rand all doubt is removed, latttus state of things diat did the committee of foreign felatiobC-'.'; Tfte ' chairman again Intrduceii .the law frlof ; Iresistaince a gainst England bottomed upon the-asserted repeal - of the? decrees and the president's procfematibn, which Jtself rested , u)bif what is now established to bera juggle of France -an bndeniable untruth. The na tion of course did infer, that Mr Serruri erhad fully satisfied administration of the repeal of the decrees There Were those to be sure, Mr. H. was among the num ber, -who never jfor a moment changed their iopmion, bn(t the lany continued un der the delusion, Until Mr. Smith's dis closures burst upon the nation, aroused ge neral indignation and struck with amaze ment and horforj every man Whose mind was open to conviction. Nevertheless, administration proceeded with a steady step j to their point of destination, and fi nally, plunged the country into this most ruinous, calanlitous war, which has filled the nation with..grief and mourning, and brought us to the! verge, if not the gulph, of national bankruptcy. They rushed on blindfolded -till theywere so far advanced xas nottb have the power of .preventing this people from being sucked into the vortex, which had well nigh swallqwed up the Ii berties ofthe world, and but for the me morable and glorious events which have opened a new erit to the nations of the earth would have sealed the doom of this rising empire. j Mr. H. said he feared the house were now severely suffering from the wide range taktn in thjs debate, which he him- oa -'with i every appearance of ; since rityvV' Thp ivholef secret lies here-it wasthought ;;i England must be conquered, Bonaparte V would bestride . te globe, and we -were fot? making early, terms in the. very nianbcrfOf :. all those, states of the continent th'at edfiei t ed most because most obequious, supple ? mation, that might be received from MMefC Jiad protested against but a day or wo Serrurier especially as he necessarily must have left France, long" after Jhe all impor tant firsidau nf November Unon his arrival at Washington and Immediately; after, he had been accreditgjt.nowing, as I did, the impatience of,! Congress & of my countrymen, ,1 lost no time in having with him a conference. This " conference I concluded by stating that I nrnn him a note propounding the several questions, that I hacl just had the honor of putting to him conversation, and that thus Jby his answer I should be ena- j uiea 10 lay oetorc tne rresiaent wun tne utmost precision nis communica tions to me. I accordingly immediate ly prepared the following draught of a letter and considering the President's sanction a matted of coursi, I had it in 4 duerbfficial form copied by the appfoprir ate cerk. iBut ' watting on the President " with it y and after having reported; to " him verbally the result of the conference ,u Iwas, to my astonishment told by him " that it -would not be expedientfo$end to ' Mr Serrurier ants such noU l;Mis de- ' portmentv throughout this 'tntcrview e- 44 44 i4 (4 " -which j occasionally betrayed him into "frtful expressions Having -in view u .nothings hut? the dignity of -thegovern-" ment, , and the prosperity of mycountry, 11 and, . overlooking nisv pdevishness. J ' entr Bated hi m, b ut in a manner the most c delicate, jiotto withhold 'from Congress "-any information tha might he. Useful to Ai:.themat s momentous a juncture.' ' ; ;,Tolgive its full and proper, force, to Mr. Smith's ' evidence, t ashort notice of Some interesting and important circumstances at tending 'introduction and final adop tion of the March Jaw of 1811, will bene- cessary. JWie -gejatieman who ;was chai:T man ofthe fcbmmitpe, of foreign: relations atihat; time, is nowa mexnberof " this house,;and-his; seat;j .s sa then, as well as I remember; correct ; me:-if wrong,he introduced; the law.bf ?jMarchl 8 1 1, just zi Mr.' Serniper's arrival 1 Was; ahnounced. As scon as the Hninister's arrival 4 infVVash irigton was knOwn, hefwitliclrc his bill s unilerstbod 4t the time ;to 7- zhed wit "tinglyand to allow time r certain from the new minister freshff bm r . - heth ey the dfccriee8 of Berlin anV. ' v;cre before, desirous as he was of confining the attention of the house to the simple sub ject of enquiry, whether Mr. Madison or the Duke of V Bassano . was guilty. He could not too often repeat -how desirable it was to pin down1 public attention to the point, whethertbie heinous offence impu ted to our chief niagistrate was false ; ahbj whether heithad the independence and spi rit to prove it so j 1 or preferred pocketting the outrageou s insult to encountering the; ire oi -ponapartei ;j r It was proper here to notice an argument much dwelt upon by the treasury side of the house -m the communication to con grest0erench repealing decree would notayt prevented the war -nor was there any. reason to believe, that England would jlher orders ' jif the French repealing decree Sad been communicated tb her. To which I- can offer no better answer than this -she did repeal, as soon as the deran ged 'state : of the Sministry wouldpermit, and in less than a; month, or thereabouts, from the time Mri Russell handed in the decreee. But the argument of theffcentle- men supports the presumption of the truth. of Bassano s assertion, and squints to wards a Justification o itssuppressiori 'by goVernment.vMr. H. - would meet the gentlemen upon this ground. Whitt:did it prpve I precisely; inat he t .minority have all along andj invariably: maintained. That you were so bent upon this war y as hardly ?oidesireapretext fbfv engaging in ityou were' 'resolved to "wage itt let what niight happen. THa4 Great Britain repcaled'her jorders, ;Jhicxvwerethovsold' avowed cause of the war, sh would have been taken up on j the ground of : impress ment, though totally abandoned in the ar rangement with Ei-skine. That point set- uea, tne new principles or DiocKaae wouia have : remained tQ; be adjusted ; even "this settled, restitution of property would have remained a amplecaute oif warfwith those 'who dsiredjitl . , As England 'rece ded, we have always advanced fcven to 'the i and shbnaissive., Ji shorty the -elemenis of which the ruling party is composed re quires a constant state 01 excitement ana irritation to be kept , up against, England,: j lct the party disunite andv is jbyerthrown. J f Xt'iremains "for me said'lr. H.tqacVv, cbdntf fbr.the' cause of the. falsehood, jpld P by Bassano, J althbugh it is concluse ob ; the face of the correspondence that at least 1 one palpable lie has, been old by him: V) will prove I by his ovm ?pfds, Mr." 3ar-.;; low very modestly reacted the Duke;tb 7 j tell lie to answer the purposes "pftheexe I cutive. "In the most humiliating, degra- 4 ding and supplicating tone, upoEu hisjr knees almost, he prays, the DukeA:;jVtay .1812,. to publishi a decree, declaring the : Berlin and Milanxlecrees wtr'er jpealedih' i November 1810, . and thus to legalize .the " false proclamation and give to it the:cjuali--4 ty of truth which it. wanted from the' Tie- giuuiu 7UIU5 ucxierousiy 10 :anae unaer us again the popular groundNvhich had"" been slippedrom under administration by -Tk the Duke of Cadore's juggle WeU JVIoiW P sieur, always courteous, ever accbmodrJ ting likb a true bred Frenchman; beingV, j importunedno lend Mr.- Barlow one - lie P i for his purposes, and those of his employ- l er, liberally resolves to tell two lies bbthC; of wVich however, tho' caught. at by$Mr; ! Barlow, as' a proof of his gresft addei a Sc J influence with vihe French minister add ri to the difficulties and disgrace of govern-'4 i 1 mn it. Th e antedated .decree appears' & bthold ! it gives the He dirpt:iar'Mr.' Madi-J-j son's proclamation, (never to this'1 day re- t called in language 'becoming; the occa-V sion,1') establishes the Jnjusticebf the law . fe of March 1811, and !the unnght6ousnes$ A pfthis warl The other lie, as wehbpe ic l will turn out, is that the Decre.wat:;iiij .prpper time ; commtinicatedid MrRus sell and Mr. Serrurier, tb be laid , befbrcV this government. Take it altogether tie-K ver was such aggravated wrong and: xnj us.- H tice, such outrageous insult DefortlsuB- i mitted togpiere are the extracts from Mr. Barlow's letters. On the 1st of May 1812. Barlow writes to the duke ; of Bassano in thesewords ; " It is much to be desired that the Erench government would now make and fp'ub lisn an authentic act, declaring the Ber- ' lin arid Milan Decrees, as relative tb the unitea otates, to have ceased mWoVem- ! " ber 1810, declaring that they have not'$ " been applied in hnu instance since that ' - 44 44 ,1 'i " tinfr, and that they shall not be so applied - in future. This . is admitting that no" authentic? repeal had before taken place, and to ask ; Z mc xj ujk.c iu lou, w declare norvi lyiay pro actuallyA tepealedi as.; assume clruncdbv the executive -x-!d be ,drawn by -the public, T r.fter al lowinc: due time to learn 1 the 'ir-c;:!: of the f conference tu?tween the secretary of stit tncom 7?z .rportea. in:.: tne; result, ct rig another, vcn 1 ' wxth" the nien) at pur head Yhojow ncvem uzt ;rrhtt was inevitable B.obnq-pr ! ..:r, cr. ! mtut liV.ccatinuedor. the'riatuj.Al !':.:ent bfemciracy ls. witK- :m, caa u p -r-ay ana aiesv.: ; ; A, trea : vith: Er-f :idA;as:rlwcya';Heemeiliian-, hcia tt V? ouat " io declarttiori-t-pf ; warsrith .:ce, iind itiwrA ..oti.lcviv thit the late pr crident; -nd authcr ' pi air the, evils en duredby.(tlia cbuntryj ;frequentlv declared th T 1st 1812, that the repeal took place at that date ; ad to u, make now", and publish, ar vj Decree tb that effect, ; was tb be sure a ve- t ry. modest request, tho , il;:was all. import J ant to ask and have, x it - granted, to. make : S that which was false in Nov 18 IQj appear to- have,; been true' in i 8 . Mr. vBarloww - succeeds in hi request so far as to get the ' Deer, --butr.-dates, the repeal o- tb7-' French obnoiious edict in' April:! 8 11, in-1 stead of Nov..l810. flake Mr. Barlow ownwerds. I will now, read an , extract, said Mr H. fronvMr. Barlbws letter to 4 1 1 Mr. Munroe of Mavl2th, 18124; HWhetf H . in ; the conversation abov alluded tb . 1 ! (witlx Bassano)-the D.ukexnr$t producVcl' 4 ; ' to me the Decreelof 28th lAprilif IQlif 'r made no-Comriient on the strange man- ner in which itltadbeen'sb long conceal- 5 ed from me, and probably front you. I only aked him t that Decree bad beek ' ! H published; f He said nbf-yiut declared it V? hadbeeii -bommuni.rHtedto my prede- 1 . cessor here,and, likewise aent to Ulr. C , patches. were .not communicated, to Con- ' icss iium annual i ycaraucr IOC QatC Ot . jjf-uow;s letter containing tnc intonr.atioo u in,:ead,c: .being promptly; and jrpluntarily.7 v: . communicated, as" cotaining nothing that it was desirable ocbnceal.r-Itia also re-V; . mafkible-thaf'-yheti' cbmraunicaednot word'orzpUcation or Wntractica ia ccd- J . tained in the': F; Vident's- messar 2. He . , ly tends, the d c cl r.rz : : c n c (fBzz z : ircdbyhs country; Jrequentlv declared merely eenas. tns accltioactfBassanD;- . at " hz vented iio treaty vith ETnland. '"Vich ?arthui'. impliedly diniiied to be WQo,-,'niVirtbn"-?yic-Tried rrcct,: brer-,: o " net .d-jsIsd-'XIr, vE'1
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