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K I D A V, December 8, 1809.
XDENTON VPRINTED BY
JAMES
WILLS.
AT TWO AMD AN HALF DOLLARS FE1
ASXl'M, r AYA1LE III ADV AIICI-;r4-
National lntrinrrnccr conuias no o-
tVr itmriot Mr; Jactsao'a Circular to
6e Coatulsof bit aatioo U-jinU lolowa t
nklf followinflrictterf ai4 to bel
a jjiresscd to .the BrlmH-CpnjuUJs
akea fromihc Independent Amcri
can. v arc suuwrncu to say tuai
jts costcDts" so far as they contra
nlict die article published ia O il pa-
per of the 1 3th mtintre!.uive t9
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'tween our government u . ir, jack
We confess we ar dlsjppt" tcdln Dot ire.
L arorthing k etjoiy Cad frcra tlte Natl
Ed iHtctiltencer, whkh for this purpoc
V be considered e, the organ of govern-'
yteJLpeXaJ
5313tKp assertion made m MrrJckioa
virw b ihe Attains words i.I." '"til'. lv
Oae of the taUs alluded to has
beta admitted by the Srcreiaryf
S:ate himself in hit letter to me of
"the I9ih Ocu viz. that the thrte com-
dittoes forming the substance of
Mr. ErskinVa original instructions
were subautttcd to mm , by that gen'
h n anther denied nor admitted directly,
Ki iHe its' stance of -Mr Enkloe instruc
ts ere ufttnitted ta cor goernmen!,' but
he nt crvdeti tiut itich an Important tct
ft be.g Crnicd,caf et ground to suspect
ijikapartu .Mr.JUckicti a tt a tersest tt
tt taf Wed. Vherevfattt arc averted
jjr re other, we might .conclude that they
Vsi rur opmkx (betnj on iRjn to beRet e
Mr. EJJune dd Cummwtieate tiujruc-
vt even tfee ubUiKe U tbeiu to our
Lire ihe pubUc, Lkh it ao (Wx J1 at
We lute kairea tht theoTiCial and writ
nMrhaic Loded to n tl ktier of Mr.
rtUu-d la tht. iifilr Ihe.CheM-.
jcAt, iwl we further learn tnat it rupture
jt-et a oV rcrc rtrtriiL M inat MwiUter,
i-t- ULr pUce trnttl f;tr the .Afncue
feikvl i Um(H tUe cttvpoiKJencf w hkh
it, wt Utevc, lid ir. 0LU-y
ret oitln the British rket wuh the tGtt
ii f pauhe oq thb tuhject. :" 4 .
It f.rtumUince hart ccranrd lurniU).
t ?wre mitrtLIt lur !ictjan thaa . the
fM;':t h(-p ta let tb mbject firly
fc!fpriknttfdicswL; frr wrtly no
Hfbt to be dUctmed ith more free
ia tt uwkur, than orxr, h hkh the al
:runternit of tc ml war. &re Id
K.t. When we luy Knp to lee the
ji hd'tendenitu diicutedt allude to
rai:iKfit or auxin&wbkh the nHit rr.
7 rtibtiJi. UHuiddovn, thu In
3 ckion between our -own e;cremneftt
M ahuhcT, Out rr U 1wk;:t the riHt,
4 tV e I rur chilcri, wlw houtd jdieit
ta iKjitMrv rule. ar ilenixinced at
'oUieir awo, and the prtixans.of
rnernmcitL At no nun wWwra to
n wipettrd d btmx an enrrny tov W
'trr. !! timid art acd iitto iileoceaod
5 H'Ah eiterfed lrn jMrtii ane by tae
lii-ilteilnderidnt.
Noji, urufttd !y pf.ulr'censuref and
vrsSf-tle painwiatrof power t will en
"meewiuiry wKa aVcctcrroinat.cn to
rajTi truth. "
Tcf r-jr ow part we can coneetre onthir.z
JHhnd dejraJngin .nncrple, arJ
trrpitV M practice ttun the aenumcnt cr
J e hae vniced. It nay be a very
f-fn'.rrt dnctrino ff the in tfae, but
fJ,?kfy. :MtA be tiete k will be rrjcctcfl
ICn:Var,: "wha the trade'
?. aUuogB rulers haaeier brennd ever
i-Je ru'moua r the people. It U not jit en
tb prote of etery nation, therlthtof
t f""! 'he metureaof thir sovernment,
a r,lirioijt Hjcht whichAmerican
rw im win txercie, and W oor Judge.
it cannot be rxerciied upon a ulject
I JmportarKe, than one on which war
If It It our right and, our duty to
ie ind determine whether' the nation
W rto war or iKhow we ak it that
7a!.on to be rnle witltndt a free and
Jlbfte$t: and perform tho duty, If
M if h, M 1 krty t0xp our convicti.
u " Mopj d in thcomtnencrmer.t
I'W'1 hy the terrmif a'nf 'drnuncta'tU
KlritL bft, '- e than t)e ttaret f
wUa we cirtied into irani to f.ri
tify hit ambition aaJ the a-ranement of
hit (amity and fToaritei f Daei any one tup-.
pnse, that if the people of France could have
been permitted to lure decided oo the war
which Xiapoleort b waginr asabtt Auttria
and Spain, that they would hare given their
assent Y . -:. X - Y. .
.-- It it ab-wrd to tuppof tha we are always
in the rtht in oar dncQstions with foreign na
tiont mod It ia both lutolcnt and wicked to
bread as enemies of their country, tho ho
hve the iudeicndenc to tay that we are not
ao. The ioconabtency of thoae who wUh to
kiSefitir enquiry, and aikoce indrpeadent
divcuttion, wJi be expotd by what we are
Koine to state. Great-DriUin is engaged at
this time in a War, upon the unuccesalid u
aueof which the has not to apprehend the
ka of some remme cokmy j stc U. corttend
ing with an enemy , whose power and means,
re grr At cr t'a n any hamin being ere; pn-tt-ficd
an entiny who avows ttwt not)uig
alkort of her destructiun ihall siMie hit re
rente. In such a contcrt roe waum) think
that everr heartland hand in the -tuAicwt wrWML'
btt w44ed1kiit it not ';iWmr f:1rmmi
the wtntmgs m what irt rtTe Jnhei pid-r
on papers, .la whkh Ue metures if the go
vernment are expord whh bitter teery,
as well at rtgardt the etu e$ of the w ar, and
at to the mode of coudtKting It, and thit cp
poaitkat It carried to tuCh a betght that it
sometimes wtmtd seem at tf it rejoiced hi the
ditattcrs of the onunrry. These writings t-f
the oppotiUoo papers tn Engbnd, are c4d
tohh avidity but the dcuwcrAtic jwpert. U
this country, and in prrpunk atthey rctik
thetr gotemment, and czpoae its BtwirTv
i he o ire they are admired and conimeiMkd
for thetr itHkprndeoce, and etin Cthktt comrs;
in fbf bis share f applause, when heexputet
the measure nf his own govemraent 'e,
wt!d now ak how the same men can admire
thit independence and frerdont ti enquiry m;
notler coontryindBider- circumstances
Mich as we haie atated, and such as are no
tnriput to all the world, and )et denooncc h
inrwira-wnfl .
. We hare submitted these remarks, at ex.
preire of the determmatiwt .hh we
hate (brined, and nf the ctmduct we mean to
portue.. CcaMckait thit we are directed by
a regard fr the - m'teteac and honcr Of or
ctjontry, we stiail rxamtf the sUct with
frretn, and eaprest rr contkuon, with
ort ngrdmgemaeqoericet a they may af
Irct et irruru!ly, fjf white w are desiroot
tf the putjte ippnirttwXH w win not rndca
tor to Ujtalo it at the price of cur own,
'rrumus.
- Fnm the ton Jan IndrficnJtnt tV&ff. x..
You IV. -UvHpWyl
m as- www w v jftas
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mi ea
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hntt tht Dcst a Veil.
rnne into aettul retirement, I should m have
the cruelty to dWturb ym I wou'd respecV
the shelter whkh mufohune resenes Lr the'
lowest rf her tktimt, and kave teatn that
nrivace whkh is equally suited' to the mode
rat inn of vour takmta an J yeor virtues.
that I am not t le eatir impresed by coin.
man optnkej, hen I wiil adm that your ei.
Utenci has nt been ahngcther ueless to the
coontryT.To estubfiA ay valuable truth,
one example ts better than a thnuund lec
tures i we har natural suspicion of theo
ry, and we mljiht have llngeted tbmuith
get nf sceptkitio before we could bate found
se strong an example as that supplied -by
your Rofa Highness that no degradatioq
culrd'qUAlify a man for the service of his
country that the tnott eu'gr vice can giie
a lesson i4 nmratitv, and the meanest thirst
of power a triumph to the constitution.
;I know that, to your delicacy of feeling,
nothing, la likely to be more unexpected, .or
pertupa, more painfut,' than a public charge
of thetard'nsl virtues.' ' ',.'-
;;il .donh.aeensitiof of ptety and patrl
riiiim is, it mutt be owned, rather repressive
for the biuahing humility of a mart who has
hitherto succeeded in concealing his virtues
from the surpklan of even his moat intimate
friends. But, Sir, if I am not "mistaken, yuu
were horn for a public example ! Other
men may rest their claims on the gratitude,
you deserve youf-reward from the juiUce of
the-ounthrv, Stfiultam Urtutem guri'
mua and it it a duty which I dart not de
cline, to draw your butted merits up to light,
and demand for them the honor which is their
due. - rt 7
r rlc ian old man's imagination sinks be
fore the tatkef following youtnrougn your
Hire of Jjlory i" and, in an age when eve.
thine Kemtrull or alteratKm, it u noaugnt
gratiicatton tn have uitrnvercu so striking
an example of a total dciUace of change, a
mind tttadily pcrruing its origbul impulse
turning aeitherto the right or to the left
neither to.be nwed by the chilling formality
of reason, nor ashamed by the sotcriog ia
oerttnence of ridicule.
. Bet to have enemies b the natural (ate of
merit lour enemies mar endeavorto re
present your coarse as easy and scarcely re-
of thoae restrictions ebichVnltrsr minds mar
h'4d sacred J-'ci!ii dettnuu wrvmt.
se: I defy their bitterest malice te tire an
other iniance of a man who has detcted such
epiortuiutiea and such Industry to bis pur
pcie, or whose progress has been at once so
regular and so precipitate ao rapid and so
etudes iating.t .-.x N
i Other candidates fur fashionahle fame have
exeroaed their faculties opon naru of the
system yeur Royal U'.ghneas may- have a
&wufrWaat thegamiwg tahle,t the Four
h hand Club, the race oortej or the stew
her, for the range of the onlverssl science,
yr are wiihoot a competitor J You ssrpasi
them as" far aa the rariiire of inttinct out.
each ai4 alLf Crons the peoalng cf a love let
ter to the ca puliation cf an army, yon are
iipeqetUed, onim.tated, inimitable.
I ean essttr cowrive that rtrvxiim tike
yrTa wtM feel st4nee hat restless In retire
ment j a cmsckaitoevs of superior abflit'ies
natertty , orjes to ttieir exertion. IihTre'
pteted that yo4 cmvdrscend still to direct the
mnjjerfit f the commander in chleTs
(nra:e I and, as if H were ycer de yrrminatmn
to dastle us with a bUte of m'njkd virtues,
and a spVndid e!fx!enrl tn a prtncelr ptri.
oim, cttentiftg jrurself with the pay ai
tnrronage of the ctNnnund,and Jeavrug to
anther Ue endtvided honor of the respuasl
hili'v. ,.t- - , ,. '-t.---
- Hut It bbwrd t o Canute TtTQ by the ron.
erttioni ef common men. rtl harr, rr
hah, ne. secret inttincxt some. dark, and
pnjihetk cmKiousnesa that yoa hive not
yet fatfi'ted the end of your hrtng, and paid
ytwrtkbc to yewrr coontry. Some wtitati.
ant an ymr past lervkes to the empire may
hire cunt inert 1 yoa that you hare bem mar
ked out for a memorable duty that hke the
favorite slave of the anckt.t tyrants your as.
iHtance H ieeeaary W tt lart houf iat her
renown j and that no other hand can sort
frctually sltortca the pais of her hnal strug-
jhyjw, ;;n,:,.. -v
Urpnrt hat even gone ao fares to aay that
the appointment of Lord Chatham to the
command of the expeditioa is nothing more
than a kgenious contrirance (cr your Rov'al
Jlighs'a immediate and public resumptioo
of authnrity'.K.As a friend to the feelings of
an injured pat not, I would not advise you
to trait too much to this Intriguing expedient.
You Mill hare tn feel the prejudice to whkh
merit like jour's mutt always be exposed !
You have already escaped its violence i a se
cond plunge1 might not be equ tllr101"
The tde of public rpinlon avtafl runs strong
gslattyna. ' Your rnbes of rrice may hatev
hitherto irpt you on the surface but they
have been too much drenched not to have
lost their bunyancyTher would be too hea
vy fce jnnor frefolrnew. You would be swept
away at nnr e by an irresistitiie torrent, and
your country wnuld have to lament the ob
srure waate if a lliis whose last moments
should htve been glen to her Intrrcts, con
secrated hy the sotemnltiet of naubhal jus
tice, and devoted to the ends of national ex
ample.. t "
Beware I warn jma.vbewtre of tsktng
on you the command nf the army Fit will be
your ruin. But youkmut eairn.your fate by
sehumbte
let jutke take Us course j but the soiled and
trsmpted laurels of our army must not be the
wreath that hinds the victim.; ",
Stsy, Sir, If you would not haveevefypa-x
rent in the land raKln; curses on your head.
5iuy in your retirement i It is fittest for you.
You may there best exhibit and Indulge
all those qualities which natures like your'i
fell as the first prrvUeges of rank and opu
lenw. .Yu rasy be a Tiberieus at Caprea,
or a Domidan at hit villa, and ahernautv en
joy the pure festivities of the one, and the
phUosophk solitude of the other.
Bewsre of Intruding yourself Into com
mand the last army of the empire must not
he again truvted with you before anenVmyi
VJread tn lock upon the coasequence. You
hive made me feel more than I thought so
many years had left to me I -Yoi have roused
an old man from the borders of the grave 1 1
have not meddled with public affairs for ma
ny years. v I thought that in turning the puh
c eye. on the Oraftons afd W.ajiejdsof my
day, I had done my measure of. service to
my country j but lean servelier veC J hare,
been the test friend of your Royal HighncsaV
family, and am personally your's when I
Warn you against oaring to take any share of
the public authority. You can be tar I only
Ihcre you are osacuaa f The titer, bbia
cage, may be suCered to live an object of j
fearlrsi abhorrence and cheap Curiosity j but, r
once kt hsce, it becomes th'edutyot every jr
man to arm himself againa: the violence of
Ohe royal savage.". fvn-
If you are not this moment the virtual
Commander In Chief why is the luflueoce of
Itir resentments ao fatally prrdominent f ,
Vhy Is your enmity a simple ground of ex- -:
clusiun f Must e trace the serpent b eve- "
ry dark and sinnnua windins of hit retreat, '
by the infection of hit trail t
hy, vrhensuch a man as Chatham is
out of service r Is it because he took the
atngte resolution of doing his duty with equal
heroism io the Senate and in the fa Id I Oris
it that you think it but fair to acquaint us
whh the principles on which a higlter rank :
may empower y ou to act, and take this op- .
pcrtunhy of declaring thaf no rnait can be -'
permitted to aerve his country t'dl lie has turn
ed traitor to his conscience, and that the du
ties of the army are contrary and hostile to
the Hxhts of.he'people f
f:1rmtytt
these charges. - I bae ttul acane hopea of.
your amendment, vl w)Ji coniesa tlut, on
this point, the gejieral opinion is oppoaite to . ,
mine. Your frtendt atrribute, your pat con-
duct to a persevering Wly your enemies to
an obstinate vire. Both agree Uut, as
your errors were the work of mature, it is
absurd for their reformation ; that, as yu
rudaed inta crime without reflection, so you
'will eont wtue hi it without remorse. Bur, ia
my tttterrrurve wrth you, I nxve observed A
Certain pmxlple which has been termed the'
beginninefcf widn. The mwt dcrradins
stain on other characters It pMbably the po
This of vjrtee ia youtV If your feclitits are
nn, to oe toucneu or the wrungt of the pro-
ples, let vctr fesrs be romed by their resent- v
rth of BriUsta men it slow,
mett--The
but JtJblpigmsire- tthe jeft-exofJieary-.
injury, embittered by cmtinual inult ; eoc '
eaaityrnuwd, but, rnre naaaed, nut ts be la id
wtvit attUktaatMl , juHwe it wul tv be
satufkd with cutting off the contemptible
mluir n that cling round and prey upon yru
it wiU be nekherin )-xir hrtediury rank nor
in waar remembered servkes to protect t on
The COnfieratloo ,hkh has hitherto slum
bered, or only throw a out its casual blase,
shafl awake;-4t shttlnot be coi.tcMwith
feeding on the dry and worth es weedt'ttot
lie at your feet, it shall rise to the Mighty
tne r orest, ana, m uietr parcnea ami butt
ed verdure, kave only the more strikirg m
ponaenrsot utunparTguewition.
Public forbearance haa been exhantted .
the people cannot aubmit to further itmi't '
uiey wia not comprehend thehooest policy
of redeeming your character at the eipence
of your country i f nd, by the appointment
oc socn men as Utstham and Dandu. pro
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ving to the nation that your's are not the on
tfhandibf Whichlf mayfje'rlumed.
Is my Lord Chatham a man fit to, be put
at the head of a Brithh Expedition f What
are his exploits of successful intrepidity, or
practised skill f It it for his political or his
martial prowess f I5i that your Wve ff jtn
tke has been enraptured b the good natured
impirtiaUty thkh has made him the pHant
instrument of so many administration! I Or
is it that )ou reason from his civil or military"
accomplikhmeats, not unjuatty inferring that
the man lm has pent his who'ejife in the
barter of office, will he peculiarly dexterotit
at a con rm lion, and, In spite of li'mhconte
and the Hrlder, obliterate even yourown re
nown in the art of capitulating with the ic
lA'ou are not totaByrulned. -4 dare not bid -
the vUct criminal despair. " Your duty Is . 7
ptin ; dismiss those nierabV substitutes of
yi-ur's aend old Duudat to Chclea and hie
pention end Chntham to his cheap indul
gence, his reversions, sndhishalf pay j tell
him that ' the people wQl not suffer jiim to
serve them j that they are beginning to know
and todetpi such men that their service
ia not the private sinecure it used to bend
thar if they have punched, the tripping 1k
nor of ai iVihceV that they wUI oot be more
kf.lent to the stately perfidy pf ajxrer ! ;
V Then, " sir," inttantly mtre, niisfurtune
hat but yet do., half her wot k the ha
brought ynu to tkame, let her now bring vou
to repentance ! It would be utetess to di
gutte from you that the period mutt he long,
and the remorse sincere, before the empire
can consider you as he son of its sovereign .
But I mice more warn you to bewsre iu?
retrieving your character bynv sudden est,
periment on pojHitar applau ! If it be true,,
thistfrmnJChatKa you tnmk to,,
hi aurrert nu iroin mat, to your assuming
the command with some compnntive rcar,
no language can The T strhg enotinh for your
reprobation, Init the plan has too niuf h oC
laboured treacliery for your Indoknce. Thin
would not be the spirit of the soldier struf
gling fairly in the great cause which would
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