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Y, April EDENTON PRINTED BY JAMES WILLS. Vol. NtfM. 164. I CbVpauticulax DESIRE. xtraci if letter frtth the Hon. Matthew Dkai lebruarv. 1809. -5 V v..ir favour of the i before roe, I r - - - nice to re that there it onev rrmont re )!icn ho u ikh o r gone ui the wildxf Tcrvmbn tdtJatrv, t to tmudcf me n Uute. Bv tle lettert I rrceiv'e from Ver fiot entrlW, it wrem to ne thut thoere. i'jlicaAh whom 1 held in the hlgheiveilu. jn, hare nntW ftrsottett that there uno. rr Gxl than Thonm JciTenon. It i i (vi my dear Ur, for mm , to oil thcmrlre uUicani. while they re man-worhii)ert. hi sort of wurthip it more crimnml, and U foolish too, tlun the woihip nf Un id Mtnet, of bulls and goats. rtim whi lulge In the latter toit'f wonJiiii, ety ldcnily reserte their caifuletice for wnu. -M g eh e ome her-por 4 hut aunt JorhiPtr are apt to impute mLUibility to fcir kij ; nnd to revfgn to . them all their hHerrtantttng T 1X their confiJmce blnccd . . - rw hJwj Ent!ahdv.(whicJi kh ttubl'dtf hcn hweer repueiwhtxati r-irtta wa 1 our iort; errrtlf frnirtd toUrrtnnfV .L U I VI ' . .. I r .; I t '.,' Veil IO I'RIIl II J I IK VIIU I fure. ,.. I renumber JtelUwhen thejwef claii of hip ii the cause of that change. War with France and England both, it the present tlieme. No tuch thing can be mt-atiw No Htl ia efer waged wch arrTht talk b mere nonwnse j for it H we H known, that the moment we commence war with one na tion, the other will grant na all we cn ask for, during the continuance of that war l nay they will promise more. It it jrYnleut 'the war party have no idea ,0f hosiiljtic with France, although the has the frwet adyan tages to hold out to" u as an inducement to encage on hrr tide, and althoheli her ruler It least ta be truKted. What hat become of hit plausible' treaty with the late King of Sjiam, ly which that Monarch was to bt Come Ehipenjrol the two Americas i Hnvenot aU his treaties with the natHint nl the earth, been7 e'itlwr mutilated or dtregarded f Be Mdci, France can do tit the least han 1 in jctteof waKy And et Buonaparte's conduct towards us, nd his decreet, are in their na ture at proK&mg at the conduct and orders 01 tngland. Iivlerd over and arxive all that kkralutt were a!mwt ma)e,to believe, that e fine bliovcirt and the pleasant funhinc try efijRed, andthe twidcrtraihey reapedf tight to be attriljutrd t J 4m Adam wi lid tirtuHi admiiutrj.to. 1 hrird then hat tlelr fUly wat to conspicuous, thi I tle MNiljhenswineirer pattern attelr it. K hen Jhn Adorns told ihe nation that the ger of Heaven Kjihted to war, Ue reuu hint, one and alU laughed, at htm. Mm (Uims gnt over thi t lbtly, ami in his latter yt made e cry 'exert w tolVe the liation 1 peace 1 he rrpented, and left us j peace. noma itwrutn was a good man when he ime into i&c. ul helitd never bren a lie7, nor a hi merchant ; le had never en practically coneraiit with cnmercil money mattrrs. lie was a Virginia gen rnpin V aral Virginia "gentlemen,- fir a long jne, strtnjr the trade ifvthelf country Car t-t 1 . ?... .. .. . '- - Kit uj inmr jnnw twv.jiTUfii vim wrn nt out on hire, by the IxIhi merchants, ilrr a prnhibitHvi which did imt permit em to irrn g company, or evenjojna in:Amenca.licir MwrflalwjoLthe ftistocratkuxHtont whkli Hlk-d the heads nf f urtfead rtolJliiy, that a merchant and, all inds of mercantile Uu4nHs are beneath the Hire ( a rentlrmin ; h was next to iro Wil4e that Mr. 4 Dtrwt c-uld -Iwre aim mcticahle rf corrtct Wkra ol , commerct le had read abuidanre on commerce, on d, and on - nunufactui e ; anl whhrut ractkal knowlrtlet, he errnoetmf thctieht ecnukl weave out fine tht-oriet, wluch might hrourht into practice. The democrats of nan aith less Vxpenmental hoowtdge than ivt of themehet, - to thh.k fur tlem. A'hea he cries 1wt commerce and tells hem to rely upon their own mnnuCtCiurts, hey fnrget that, he waVth man who had iioat tranuly atverted thaVAmericant ought krep their wotktliofts lh;F.urrpe thn thenevet thy became msnnfirun:rs. their uerties would be endangered j and that in miiortioo at the? hnrd htierty, ther mun Jhere to their agricultural svtem. Thctr joiury ii thi tame man is auch, that wnen e tells them that ibcy mu4 Inh.bit the ei rtation of tlie nroiluce of that arriculturr. T . I . t 1 " . . . wnicn ne so !ngHIr recomnietMled, until they hri two nf the "nwt powerful nation on f irth at his 6-rt. to implore mercy and par Jon, they eagerly laV hold of the opportunity n show their i4ieIlieoce and, their faith. Vhile one of those nations taught at the pro. crt, and the other virws it as tmrsurd ao'ch to conform to tlie wilof nur chir (; the mea lurehnpektt at live outset, U ruitteil in, fnerely because the7 nation; Is told embargo war It thtif fate, and tlte man-worsJui- ra believe it. , Tlie emMrew Is rroc t-aml of course It it ct tobe settled, whether th klntntors are o toully lust to all irason asf.to follow thl fFhootVllen )nd you and I amongst them. criel hudl a Ilrtt W4t In 1703. W, r AA it f.Jlr in the t xt remt becauve we cowld ee iWhiog to he . lined by it 1 hot because there was not sufc prov ocitloa no t the Freutbhad. In riati or an exitinr. treat v. tilundered or . . . . - s - is threatened by KngUnd, buonaparie says, if one of our Vrtaeis sIkmjmI be sai.itte tvmtrd leaving or if aw nglldi vet 1 should speak with her, although araint the master w.Jl, the ts to be forfeit ctt rn coming whhiit the reach of his power, by land or by water. , t Yemrdeat sir," the threatened war. it to be with Eiigtand. Aiul wht t is this war for I What can we hope td accomplish by it, even if we enter snoKt heartily into it f fiverjrmo. drm civilised war hat had tome ohject pro. frud fur lit'commeocemenL Whnt alia'4 we drcUretnbe our mmire fur rowing in a war with England f Jt K the fteedutn of the seat ; we must Join Buoniparte in ton tending for this principle. " Well" suppose we should, after seven years warfare; after having expended one hundred and fifty mil lions or doiurv tod g ourselves otic liuiv dred millions more in debt, succeed in obil ging England Id yie!d the tridentwhat ie curity have we that Buonaparte Will permit us to rnjvMf any share of it f what ground have wr foe brlieving that he 'wilt treat us better thin he hit treatrd Sjuin, Portugal Italy, SwtterUnd, the United Netherlands, or any of thme natkats 10 whm he hat nro. -nrsed fireilo n on the-landljf we were to autceed InT otrfainingJn oneert witSTPna prte,-whit he C-il tlie-liberty of the seas, we ahnu'd juit put it in his power to inUave us. We deserve his hatred more than any other" nation j because, br: showing to the -world that a rejiuWican government cai ex it, vwegive the lie to that dechration, the pretext on which h uurpatin rests ; I mean his assertion, that a republican govern nient roit'nor exist, v. ' ; y , , -y - .-v Let us assist him in oMamlng. what he menns by the freetlom of the seas, and he will enslave us, at he has done all his fnendt ; fw by the freedom of the teas he means.7 fiet me tmimph on the ocean as well at en the land." , Onr safety depends on the uliort ness of his arm. I do not .see any prospect of finishing such a war in a "state of greater provperltr thin we began it nor do I belicte e can helprBuonapafie tfiueh,n' efll-ctlng the conmiett of the ocean; We lalk ejf-rats-big 50.000 men. but I believe' they are not destined to assM In the conquest of Spain al. though we understand th?t lie is to accorhf pllsh the lifiertv of the se.t by hissuccesa UjW on the landv N ; I suppose we arc to ope rate by sea while he conquers by land. We are to send out our t welv J frigates and sloops, "gether with our gun-b ats, to conquer their 1400-shtps of wht, wherever they arc to be ftnind t . we are also to send out our privateers to p1uylrr their commerce, and we are to tnke C-madi The two latter things we can realty k. Tlie militi4 of Vermont can take all th.it prt of Cmula wnrth h iving, In ten UiVsilieierethc dertakinrbr eiven them a pasacex to Mon treal j and somcthtng may be gained by our privateers. But will the possession of the ftoeen regions of Canada,- while the SwLawk tmce it alwava blocked up by ice or a few British vewels, pr will the plunder obtained bvur privateers on the ocean compensate for the continual . blccksde of the Missisipjji, course which we can adopt under the present circumstances j and that is, to let war alone. When I was a boy, and a man injured or in sulted mc, I was consoled with the reflection that I should sooit be a man myself, and able to; :takerorowniiarthi-the-meAM- time -f- thought it best to take no notu!e of it. ' W)e are reHlly led into cur present dilem- w; K ucrwini ui viic rrpuui icant to a great national idol. In a few days the man. tie win, tie transferred to Mr. Madison, with all its cAarit, hV will then become the ob. ject of adoration; . . . : ' " ;.v v: bmce I commenced writing this letter, an esvty hat appeared in the Monitof , a newt paper set upherefasit is understood) for the express purpose of promoting Mr. Madisor.' election and how considered as the echo of his setitiatents. In this essay it is contended that the southern State ought to separate themselves from, the N Tthern, declare war against GreatBrUain, and instantly form an tlwnce whit Buoiiaparie. "TTjc advantages of such an alliance are pointed out with a de. gree f xeal and precision that lesneak the prnduaion to be no common rin;f,wt,,es-' rrfiefimepist 1 hsve really cbnsideri- entnriioiseoHrar a aBewoutcryoope rate upon the British, aid in aid of tlie Em b iro, to ocrce them into a compliance with our demands. But since tlie introduction tfy Mr, Nicholas re;luUon, which goes to the granting oTlefters of marque and - reprisal, I ant convinred that the finger of Alessrs. Jcfjcrson, Madison & Cn. iioiiita to war" vbi entnestr 1 am therefore alarmed. I.can never lorget the tolls, the dangrra the Inx letles of a war that gave us all that is valua ble-he right of self government, and inde tmidence, I can never, forget the many d f ficiihies, we had to surmount to keep the peple Jn Wart, and to kee alive tlut spir it which finally produced our success. "How often were we asked by the people who sup ported it. How loinr is this War to continue I It was a war in which every thine; that was devr to us and to our progeny was involved ; and we scrupiea not to say. and to do every thing to cheer and comfort, the taint-hearted and depressed. A that, time; we were.de- feruling our homes and our property, as well ns our noery, on our own terra h.rma; we knew our enemy had three or four thousand mi.es to come to nht us ; and we knew that bbbed nur fellnWcitiens rif every verel hey could find aftwiY theylnsulted our mi Mrrsm pean? j tney avowed a dctermina. ion to put to death every American seaman Mind n an English aj tneleel al thoiinh hich teamen wef pressed t thef demandrd f us lwin and tribute. H;t rni and I paint jd tnrMir.Hves and tontirncthtxair thehor rr of war, lts unprofitableneHs, and it ten. .?,,!ewinrf trm v- have - not- chant ed-ur sent imtnts ui'e hav , wdl fcartluamun-wbr -hok at-the 4iuricawe have sustained from France ) and Ji want to pursue the wisest Bv this time vour mind may be drawn to a question which has often been prop4indtrd to me,tartd often; answered ")VTiat would ray friend Jyon have done in the pre sent critical tituation of our Country ai.d "i.f the" world f answejrfor mytea-ganf,l did think and do think it w.s anaurlacious thing in Mr, Jefferson to send the treaty ne gociatedby Messrs. Munrneaitd Hihckney back to England,', without laying it beforehil constitutional council, the Senate. He would not have thought of doing such a thing, bad he not have been too sensible of tlieudoratuni WidtohimY The treaty was as good s could be expected. The American seamen were provided for by an ihtormal arrange ment virtually autliOnzec by inmseu ; ana as to the note affixed to it, if the Senate hid thought properto ratify the treaty', "there might have been a note added to it expresi sive or their, understanding that the object the British note was considered, so far as cnncerneffO plied with, and. to far as conceriied this . coun try matter for our own special f'nsidrr ai tion and to which-we AouJo''jibl.ly due attention, that in case the Jiote siiouia be consldwd GreAtfBrit any stiuul .tkm in the treaty, then time rati- fkation Was not to be considered as complete and that, otherwise, it mijiht go 'to oiiera- ($ion. This being, done, .1 am confident we should have receivisda favourable answer, and that every "thing, even the aff-ir bf the Chesapeake, would have been satisfactorily, settled. XJ know this isoidy what ought to have been done ; yet it points out the course in some measurer wtiich in my opinion ouUs -.-now to be pursued. I ' am not to dictate, Til have no more claim to confidence in ray opin ions thin others, ltlvoush I do not believe we c.iff crCeGreatfBriuiJi into a comph ance with our measures, I would allo w those -who wish to try experiments in that way e very reasonalde latitude. 1 would allow them nW-tiiiportutioii: non-intercourse aiid heavy duties, v I would allow all our merchant ves sels to arm and defend themselves against the pirates of any nation. I would aliow them to chinge their system as often as they pleasi t i but 1 would not allow then! to involve the nation hi an absolute war or a perpetual embargo. I wish to inouire of niy friends in Vermont, when we h.id destroyed one'army. it would 1. who arddspodlojhiuk I have changed my . t tke them tome time to collect and transport another. In tht-warwe bad every thing dear to ut tfi gain by success, and nothing but our lives Jo Iqsc. In the proposed war, all th st we Could gain, after expending our blood and treasure, would be to Wrest the com. nund of the ocean from 3ritain artiltogive"' it to Buonaparte. Can an American wish fir' such ttate of thines I 1 can say, I do not wish it 4 I say our efforts can be of no a vail to eflect it x I say, let this nation grow, and he , will be able herself (when Buona parte s HI gotten power shall have vanished away,' and the kingdoms of Europe shall have become divided amongst his successors in much the same proportion as be found them) to maintain a formidable' attitude. Let this nation increase for 60 years in the manner it has done, and it will possess a po potation of 30 millions of souls, and an annu al revenue if : 150 millions of dollars.. Our extensive territory is favourable to that in- dnvfry, economy and rrianly . enterprize, which has made us a resiectab:e -nation in the shortest time ever calculated on by the most sanguine phitanthornst. AVhy shall this growth he stopt ? Will thepeajde of Ame- idol, their oracle has said they triust liate war or Embargo ?. Thev have tried one of his alternatives j They hare at an immense expence, by an incalculable sacrifice, weigh ed the Embargo, and found it Wanting in all its healing powers. In all those saving proi jiertics which its friends pledged thentielves it possessed. Is it noi time for the republic cant of America tn awake from .their slumi ber and shake )ffthe delusion before they find themselves involved in a war from which they cannot extricate themselves witlloiit the consent of their eneniy, Britaii, and their ally, Buonaparte f One twtidii Jean, moke war, but it takes two or more to make peace. If this war should be com menced, itwill'not . last three year before the people will be tali ling nut in town meetings and country meet ings for peace Vtbey w ill be instructing their representatives; to procure , them peace, when peace is not in their power. It is now in the powercf their representatives to main tain peace: and one word from th people now, veould be worth more, than an huni. dred-1 volumes iwo or threeyears ' hence, War cannot now be constitutionally declared, without he concurrence of a majority of the immediate renreaentatives of the people t but war once declared, cannot be concluded the St. Mary's, the Chesapeake, the Dela ware. fcc tWill ..ihfjr compensate, for tlie haioc that may be .made on our coast, ex. tentled some thouahds)f miles, and vhiclr can never be fully prepaied for an attack I I have said enoueh on this subject to con vlnce you, my dear sir, thaj lm opposed to the war which this country Is threatened uy Messrs: JeffcrsonMadison and Co. ? I need not .tell you, sir, that I feel as Indignant a anv nersOn Can fetl at the Ininries Inflicted on this nntionby C. Britain 4 nor nerd t sav that there is no man in the nation who wntild, if we had the power, sonner make the ultimate appeal for es of government, as well i that of our cue my ana our alr. sentiment v if- they can tee any change of pnnciple irt this letter f Was I ever in tavor of involving this nation In war ? No ; I roost irtrenUoUslv opposed the war project In '9rf 9. arid '99 I could do no more.. . Mr. Jef ferson, and all the republicans I acted with at that timet did the same j not for the sake of Yrance-iitb ji it wai for die sake, of our own country ; anforjCje same reason I am 4w opposed ....to a war wito7:Englan!LI We had provocation enough to go to warthea.J we have enough, now :I wished, to avoid it then i. I do no more now.Mr, Jefferson ad- yised an embargo last wintlr and a ni.ijori ty of Congress agreed to it. In order to jus tif themselves, they said there must eithei be an embargo or war ; and now, when the embargo has become hopeless and insupjwrt ableVand nd nation will declare waragainst us,r(t seems as if the adnnistraUo-mnjori--ty intended to involve us in a war merely to make good their own assertions, f r " 1 I have already written you a long letter, and have scarcely touched upon the subject" which was nppermost In my mind when 1 first took up the pen ; I mean the charge some gentlemen pitfer, against me, of apostacy, Wlid ha apostatized f When we obtained Louisiana, men cattingthemselves republi cans contended for giving that country a go vernment m all respects reembhng that of Spain i they were for driving by Jfi3&ify force, aU . the people from the lands of the Spanish government had ( given them for the three years preceding jind for pmiisbing by fine and imprisonment. all such cl tenants who shoJild persist in their titles. The bill passed the lower hooe in the ihape l speak -ofl. Iwas owing to federai. y.te that those principles were not carried intp.eRtct,The as it now standi fa a tlist-race to the na tioW. For mvLopnojiitioii ttithisbHW ajid. to (he odiou principles is contained, I was first denounced.. The ssmepnnnple of wresting from the judiciary their constitutional power, , and front the people their property! .has cf 1en been attempted by the men in power art ling themselves republicans. law now holds a place inthe.Amerlcan cotie to that vrfrct ; awl Mr. JefTcrson has nrderrd It to be carri ed into effect by th militury power, ilirectly i made in the f ice of a recent and solemn d : judication in the -high court " of climWery of .that country. RepuMican tnajorities have of ten deckleci, rontrry tn the, old republican doctrines of 97, 9?, and on givin np , the principle of shott grants for.saUrie to he llUtXs,pement nnd it is nwlnj; to thr-votes - of men"xnirnV1eVtiri iffr t h tSeJIousc oT RepresentaUves will' have it iu - . ill&MmMJbX-aJiuMMb jjtas. -myfrf nWstif :1. V X - ; 1 .7 -V--:-. V. ' ? -;..J " uaa m St
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