; "impulfc of paffiort-, are tltc only, matins that would
actuate a captain to commence a conflict; with one pf
his owner or himfelf could find an intereit in fuch a ren
contre. The" t6yii'l'deXiic vciprl;
cargo-and crew endangered, and in the ,yeat dLvtcloA.
ry, he could not.capturc or hold the vctTcl of his adver
sary. 'Nor can great dauber be rathmally apprehended
trom the, paihons of an oiUccr. -"Molt owners wiu cc
folicitom to felcdtdifccet and fteady men to take charge
of their" veffels, "which to bear the expence of arming,
will commonly be: oF confiderable burthen and riblily lair
denrd. The captain tooHvill find an ad'vantageiaob...
tainincr the approbation of his employer ; he hus ufualJy
a property in fame part ofjtie cargo, and coniequcntly 1
an intevelt in mating 'KiTvoy age fafe'& expeditious. If
heratta'cks, even with a fupetior force, it is pofji'.)le that
tit "may be -defeated, or.at kail meet vi:h hard .blows,.
,and heavyyjam'agc ; and he muJt be a fjnguLir commati-
..... r i r , 1 Z 1 t
a tight hull, loaaa lpars, wnoie rigging anuquicn pr-
a ' : ...... j .... ...
by beginning an engagement would cxpoft thcmfelves-'
lotheiuqaeot being .treateaas pirates,. .ir taKen eitner
by their adverfatiesbrby other, vellelsof the fame nation.
Thefc confiderations would have a powerful operation
. c- n :r- . . i i
upon the minds or mo; rTiw ii , i u t
' iticonfiderate perfons fhould prove to be beyond their
influence, the nation could not be jultly -refponfible for
" HSonSv&Vr nation" liTiotliOund to .refpond (or
the crimes of its citizens,-'ijnefs committed under its
fanciion or authority, fins remark uslto an aniwer
to the fttggeftjon that perfons wllo have been naturali
led iivthis coufitry'may fit out veffcls to giatify nation
al antipathies and refentments. It is perhaps a better
anfwer, that fuch cafes are not to be fuppoicd. Mer-
: chants; wherever, they re'ude, "do -not undertake vuya
ven ior the laice or ugutm jv .,..... . .... ....
lives of Great mitain, eipeCially know tnac tiir eav----ualndHilcers'Uhat
better than they can hope to manage it.
Thofc caufes of war may be termed iinjuft, v.hith
ate aiTumed'as pretences to commit holtihties, with
views to gratify the lull of ambition or conqueit.
Whenever the rafers of a n.(Uoii" arc IncHned'to ievy
war, and are in a' oonditiuii t profecute it with a-
- - profpea of fnecefs, fo- fertile ia-iti vention that pi e-
tencea are eafiiy found in fpite of all the caution and
of all the conceflions, which can be u fed tavtrthis
, . .... . ... .. I -.r-k
fatal calamity. A IiOelj a caricature, a preuruueu w
front to a miniller ora miftrefj, caufes the moil trivi;.l
and contemptible, have given birth to cruel and dc
itruCtive wari. While prudence and policy forbid the
United States to furnifr to any natum ajnit "uie or
war ; triere is no renfon to hope that the molt timid
Trench republic from proceedincr to the lail extreniitii s
.- jitj 3 in ti..- .1 iki j i. tin t i r it v wnriirvri nidia Lit hl it-kiLii
for this purpoft", and Hi'iU b qnnfirmed lii the belief
that our intennl divifions, and liirid infatuation in her
'favour wjll enable htr if not to corqucr, at lea it to di-
vide tne union, one wm mai-:c no oiucr W4r,jjjjaii.
Jis:lt"'a 'maratjrpg- war, which, God-knows, is bad e-
notmii at prelent ; until me iceis aiitirea or matTcimtr
War is not tha" rno.iL tiTc&uai iiifrrument nor the firlt
winch trance employs in tJie ; manurrtCture or tne
Rights of Man; fpies, emifltiea' cxclufive patriots and .
.i ,y t . ' 'i i i ...r ri." j..- .I...-
ttie nonea out aeiuciea mats vi uic pcupic, r- :.
"tools with which in other countries fiie cArves' re
volutions out of the ro ugh .-na.tt rial. Jhe'general.s
and fol diets are referved. to give the finiHiing ttroke,
the tail polih, but the mainjob is accompli ihed before
thefet are taken in hand. If our American hearts of
plain treat'', and faler than vyni could ' conform to
their capricious, requifition, they have made new d.e
ereeiaii.devv'-pretencesFifidiwg at length wrtlr
ydiat meekne th:y.
h ave o bj u red pr el ences and made wli ru pd vTo ii r & m -jnerce,
.fcarcelyl deigning jo a'ftgli a tolerable reafon.
Do you not bclitve Sir, tlut thtfe decrees whieh diT,
rcctlyr jndiiecl'y affect the greater portion of our
commerce, will be backed byothe-s that wiJlfweep oft
all that is left? clii, be not deceived, they have already
commenced the only war wiiicrVthey'can profecute a-,
gainll us with fuccefs during the' prefent poftufce of af
fairs in Europe. The'pnly war which they .wllevcr
attempt, if TvcTe:nain u;iitei. : Hut they t;xult. iii the
perfualion that we cannot continue fo. They flatter
thcmfelves that their agents by fottering our local aki
mofities have completed the nudt, .arduoiig pat t of the
bjufinefs. Aheady their (leograpaers with the fcale
and dividers mii k out on tlc oup of America her fu
ture circles, departments and tnritiicipi cities. Alrea-
cry"lhTl;iT77rrnd-rr ire-plwtiuug-fa
i 4 r r t i . I- ft M ' ff r
4' i -
flee with t he anny of the MiiuTip-
ture triu riDrjs
hi nrt (Vhii! 1 rl,!i.'r( with "tfif nrmv 7f tile Cheia-
peak and Delaware.- Remember, 6ir, things much
Itfs nrobbk have cdrrie to nals. "
It is for ihefe reafons, believing that
and
the n-iyatian
oJ3ijiiLi;fiet;Luis.country , liai'e axi:uni.io prueu-:
, and tlut a nermiiUon lor a pnv:i;c armumeui u-
. ...... s
ectioti, is
oal canbe ilhlverctl anti iplititercd ;tiylftrU'niiits"6r
the fuft defcripticil,.v.irwilh
fate .it to models already before our eyes ; but if it
French will not attempt to hew the block with a
fwbrd, or pierce it with a bayonet. , The object, Sir,
of rhe orefent diiertorv is to divide the people from
the government, and fubdivide the people trom each
other. You are aiTurtd of this by our envoys who
luivc beerTfent to that country , and whofe patriot ifm
ah
ft: red of it by their envoy's npiform and repeated ap
peals to the ptople. You have been affured of it by the
capture and plunder efrAnicriVail propeity. continued
and incrcafitig fur four years ; a.id by their decrees
which exp fe our citizens to the penalties t)f piracy,
when prefled into foreign fervi.ee. But above all you
Jr. sAVnrrA of ir Uv the feAt ful-fate of other-coun-
tiii s, by ihe blobclliained: revolutifm of Geneva, the
., J . . 7 ... r IT I .
incoporatim tife fiilyligal i"0 nl of Hol-t
llrr tlierviliODriaiyjJia
commotions " f-S witz e r h nd7 a nd iheir-known "d e fig n
..1.1 T.l : 1 .. W I .
yrtipon jb'ouuaiia--aHtt-fc.jt:'ria lyv.4,u.yuut gai iit.
oufly douUt of-ilieir hopes aifd cxpecUttions that Geor
i;ia, the Cavcllnas and Virgin will pafs. under their
yoke ? That they have an eyeupon a Cif-Apalachr.
aii,' he well as upon a Tranf-A palachian republic ? ' Or,
that w hen their projects are matortd ihty will not wait
' ' for us to arm pur velTs, to julUfy open hp!lilities ? 1
What reafon can be affened to make' it probable
; .-that we: may uly upon an c?.xeinpticii fiotn this gene
Trfl.dthige, or that our ark will 'float upon the furface
:."' tin'ti. t he peaceful tl?eiiris ;wttte fiit-OKBrxmk-Siittly
tlveir conduttyovvai'ds u'a'docs not encourpge
thefe : hopes- bv their dferees that tluy made pie-
tion
not perfealy adcouate to aiioid ftic.i piot
- - -- . . . - . t
more eilifaeious-tliajv any other, and inch as u.divuki
als hays a natural tight to eUitnate 'for themftlvea ;
Believing that this mcafure caimot accelvatc wa- by:
fu'TiiUhing a juit caufe of coniulaint, ar.d that nothing
(ti our part will prevent . aiwaiif ,thi:. optioiL.becomes.
coiilirmed that wc are a divided people f, am con
tent to declare, that in my opinion this light ihould.
Iidt' be :-phibited by Uw.' 1 epeat that 1 am lliif
ready to Co-operate in liich rcftndious as may tend
to icmeve-theruples aiid pricipaL objcclionsof: its,
oypufera. I fliould bi' content to limit ifto vcilels of
a ccrtaiii t6hliige," to caigocsnot contralvaiui orcrrrr
filling of the piunerty of any powers . at war, and to
require bonds from the owners of velfcls lor-tlicir con
fin mity to the laws of neutrality;' and it is jirobable
that the right of arming will be modified by certain
rcllrictions of this nature," , - ' .
To divert thc pubhc atteiWicu from the true cucfli
on, it has been ipiiilcd 'that a war vvitlv I'rafrc'c will dt
ptive ua ot -our belt culto;ncr. A compirative view
of the exports cf the United States to the French
anil tjriti'h domums has been ir.entioneu a pr.ooi oi
hii aifcrtion, -- There U no doubt that prance may be
a good cultumer iipo"?i two - condition's, when Ihc re
ccives ouly what -is lawfully carried or willingly fold to
her. and when (he pays for what the receive. 15 ut.
-HO-jtilt-iufcrence (.mi be ad.hv ed' fruni the coin pa.rilou
between our eipoits to thofc countries for iie lalt
Cif 'jWn nn'lll.irnrlfsrn! nnt uf the French
dominions, uotHa ttotf'p
utactures or prncni.e : and ot that i. !i-.re portion wau
dcitiued for othei markets. ' -
The principal p-irt of -thefe cxports conful cd of fo
reign produe'e ; tli.e nvoket for vliich varreii' fVoiii year.
4aiyeAjQ U exROTs'to the Britidv dominions for the
7'car preccding7the.,i-,ft amounted " tolj J milrions ; to
i? . .. .1.'. r .. ' . !ll!,,i In n
rrancr m ic mine yar 1 1 ummiiu y"j. , - .
time of. peace, by' Mr. JeiTerfoii's report, it appears
that our aiHiuilavei age ex'poits --toGrcat-Eritaiii were
above 0 tiuilionsi and to Fiance -only hah" that amount.
6 that if tt'U' llandard be alfomed, the refult for a
fei ies of years is not the moli favourable; to ci"ur trade
with Trance, taking into view their fcizurcj, embar
goes, defe'ntions- and bankruptcies, it will be ilill les
laTrativevThis fua woukt lead aery etiivc
enquiry into the tlate of our commercial relations, ir
hcit'wovild beeafy demon It rated that our commence
wpuld not iutFer mote in time' of open war, than h
yiirtinderthTpefent
ry would be fiiperfluous, for no irian 'f my acquaint-
ance is dcluousot retorting to an oKeniivc war, arm
rari rn tnpVt it .'mil its ronfeoUences.
While I pray to God to avert this formidable evil,
X mull declare, rayLipprdien
rcfentment with avarice, of ambition ;th violence, of
power with fiauil, which has overwhelmed the repub.
lies of Europe, and holds them in their fetters of def
potifm, threatens with the fame fite, the liberties and;
I'nri. Trirlpnrf of ilii onuntrv. It is time, fir, for our
fellow-citizens to roufe from the enchantment of nyf-
taicen gratituoe, irom tne areaiu ui uuut ...w.,
from the indolence of peace, arid the apathy of riches,
lit. JSimc firithem to realifettvVt the; violence -hich
de'predTterthtir""fom ravage "'their' toailr'
"and bo r n theirmv nsrPeii
Ci mimli iljuorrr at at thin moment. Thepeflilence
wrefled from another. MutK, (ir, can be effected bf
your example ; the fpitit and difeipliiie of the militia
may bclrevivcd, the forts un the hills and illands in our
neiuuournoou may oe repaireoj ana tr any mwa acmi
rationbf the French or of their "'inea'fiiresJ'fhTnild-ytt
lark in the minds of any,of the inhabitants of Rfixbii
ry, which I will not believe to be poffiblc, no peifon
is more capable., than yaurfelf of dcnionilratirg its fol-.
Jv and its danger. . - . . .
Such, Sir, are my fcntimetits; and( tlnnigh time
and cventscin alone tiy their merits, my country
hold's the molt fubftantial pledges for my fu-cerity apd
ardent affect fen. J am embarked with y;u atid my
fellow citizens in the fame intereil, I am bound to the
fame foil, my domeAic tits are of the Urontrell nature,"
and the competency, on which I diptttd to educate my
children in a moral detcftation cf all foretgri influence,
wilLbe nflantly. and deeply affected by a war. Ti e
otdy favour, Sir, that I can folicit from y u, or from"
the inhabitants of Roxbiny, is a candid belief, that my
-endraTrnTS' to fcrve-iheiB--ar-suiahiU3and fuicere, si d
anibiliou as I am of tlic.ir-fToj3d-pjijioiv-Ty
mode in whith I dt fire to fecure it, is by obeying un,
all occofioiis, the dietates ot my Confcience-
I hare the isor.our to be, oir, your .mult ub client
Jnunhle fervnnr, '' H, G. OTiS.
KIN G STO N, t Jam.) March ic.
P.vlrifFt- r.f If'trri ii tA P.rt ,:u I rl,,., Vi i1ii7tr'
, v ., -7
rt"We liave bcerl lure under fomc iippithtidion, oc-
cafioned by the attacks-matle by tf'e brigands on feve
ral uoltand the foccels that atrt4Hle4 thrm at the lis
ofNerd and La Coupe, (which never r hi M" cffL
very dear, about aco mei') nd ;dfo tl:e evat'uai;'.ii d
the quarter' of Grund . Bois. for want of annnii"itie:.
On the other hand, Mirabal.ii?, thatis to fay, the !' t
ui minimi la vttiij.uii i.y ucicnucu , ctuu ati':"j-;';
tt th Ij( sr nmnti fmm Kt V' l 1 k l
9orf'i't-i.iaWi't h-itvp " 'ti&rin "JTiwii T in. iti n;.,. c ...(.. i l.j.
We f:nye only o men
pf Freiich polulcs, wKrcfi Walb in. "dark)efs, fill be"
followed by the deftruaion that wafteth it noon day.
For this peitilence, '4i'nio.n is the only amtidote. s
gainlUhi.C'delinfctlonfinioni8'tW fafeguard'
It iseiticathjus and infallible. (Wortntry will yet
be happy in a f pint of union ; fuchit was manifefted
hv the ir.hahitints of Roxbury and Milton at. the
dawii of our rvnlution. fhould extend its facred Jarr eL
i iiroiicf hoiit "A merica. '. YouTtirTif'hofe zeal w'as fo COu-
picuousaL,lhat eventful era yon fellow townfmen,;
jwhote lacrrhces ana; liilterigs,wf re io cniinc-ur. win
on) rnA'tv fmr"nrlHr''.iiiit-Jiniijr ani'fFoit. to One nation.
the liberty and independnce,r which yoa jfo hardly
UlIU'Vc lame troops will march inftantly to his afTill
ance. ; The greareft advantage ivt have oltiiiiud is at
13 u fen fiii), where they had al fu m;.d: an ihcu.iiwi
Aboiit 3600 of their-men. "were killed, the r n aindti
wet'"; completely routed. , If as we prefurr.e, they have
raifed the fiege of Miiabalaj.-j we fhall.again.be. Kft
trarrquiL" ; . -. ..." -"
Ttie no ft tvf Ba Coupev'tken bv the eremv. ip a
lma!l fort ,at a confiderable ... dutance. from Port-au-
Prince, and newly eredted.''
' Six fijipi of war were layjpg in the harbourof
Port-au Pi nice' 611 the 24th February, which added
conliderably to the fafety of the town, althougli the
brigands di! not venture ner it. . ..
'.The attack on'Boucafiin commenced onthe icth
Feb. "aud hilled till the evening of 1 7th, when they
were obliged to rctireith great lols ; We had four
-nien--killrd and xigltJLlPi'J'ddV; The enemy lott their
Lommani.ant liirc. 1 hey were in ;.;nempcr-i -it-onv '3
aifault, thut tlity brought no. cannon with them, and
tluy evtn meant to attack L'Archye with the cannon
bvlonging to ' Boucaffin, Seveal plantations were
bu,ined, arid confiderable . damage dime, Coloftel I.a
Puiini Tiaslbehavrd with thegrcattTf "bravery jn de-
teiidiiij that diltnct."
March lKTucfday hisrriajelly's fiiip Thorn, capr.
G &o igne , air i vel f i o m a c i uife , la It fro m Cape oN i -
chola Mole. . She brings intelligence of the arival f
Admiral Sir Hyde Paiker there, with ftvcralpiizea
fiken on his curiie. ' v '
T V rt' A ? 7 II' ... t- f . ,- -
, rais majcuy s imp v.iiwuui, ujs luiecn ano carriea
'into the Mole, a French corvette, called the Little
board of thisyiTel were found five of the crew of the
llerinnine trifate, anu thiee Octcrlcis trom lus ivlrjii-
ll-'i frur-ifH .A n (1 lllml .
A lji't-. fr'tn P-ir TClt4u-1a fToI(. 111- A ill .
lntt. nitntions that on the 2 btli urt. a man ot warand
iome trqhrports arrived there from Enropf. ;
Wpn'zes taken by adinu-al Parker s fquadron, are
4 briis and a fch'r from Campeachy, of which the
latter only is arrived at the !Moic. . A few days before
t he - fq u.u!ro 11 appeared oh t ti e - -1 i a vati nah ; " a il Cc t 0 1
nine tail of richly laden hips, under convoy of a fri
Aatc 8c corvette, had ariivtd there from La Vera CruZy
L O N D O Ni March 17. - .
,.: ' ADMIRALTY OFFlC..
Copy of a letter from Sir John Borlale Warren, K. B.
to Evan Nepean, Efq.
r . Canada, off I flc Dieti, March 8. '
;'--TsfRl:-r -:::r.'",;::;;:;"'-r j:;:,;;..;; ..';;;-..; .....
I tike the libcrtviofl
mnrniiiit a convov of the encni-v-asl iiilcovcixd withia
Ifle Dieu. to whom 1 immediately gave cluce, with his
Ma"tftly?a -fhips under my 01 tiers -L"uf-tX?Bfelec 'dyili
tvayrThde the fignai for the boats of my fquadron
to" chace, and 1 nave the ktisiaaioh to iiitotin. you,
that the veffcls mentioned iifthe.inclofcd lilt were cap
tured by them; ' A fchoouef gun v-tflej and an armed
lugger t-fcaped -into the Formentine PafTage, near the"
IOaiid 'of Norincntier- lL.
l'wo"of theptizes are numberedrand laden with na
ys! ft'orea i for the armament "equipping at Brcit, for the
intended expedition againft England ; the red have
' it 1 . . I I .... inrt-Air' KM hnnnil
Wine ano pranoy ior ti; '5u"t
from Rochefort to the above port....
1 have the honor, kc. J, B. WARREN.
tcyces iur- coniiccin-.njT jur property m ujc uwt or a
:.-:'- - .. .