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Io the following letter from a young gentldroan of
j. extfive informltwn anii fuperior talemj now
I . r !a "Europe will Jbe fpundmaoj intereftingaQd.
' ; inftniftife rcmarkupoa'theprefertcnfts qf po
litical kffiirs on. the other ide of the Atlantic?
. 'v i - 'Cattfu: ss ,
, -v .iDENwaoHV April yth 1803V
:.Bjfore this letter is fecived, I prefutne,
you wilj ,have heard, that, the. political
horizon of Europe is ?aw darkened by
clouds which prjrtcnd the immediate te
" vival of.adefolating'war. . Ere thebil-'
Jows had completely, fubfided of a florin
. of, unexampled fury'& duration. ' we fee
I a new tempdr.,atifin which threatens
-. itilrmore violently q aqitate the ocean.
.Curiofity Jikeyoufs will be directed to
;,aicertain tne-cauies -which- have Jo;fud-
denly operated fuch important changes.
; But the proximate grounds of the policy
irotn, wniqn tney proceed are Ip cdin
pleiely enveloped iii minirteriafcrecy;
that hot hing has yet trafpired. even from
the t fnpihti conduclrrs-ot :thliondpvn:
and cpntradi&ory. reports. U
vT the unfettled and ill balance'd ftate
in which Europe was lft by the arrange
,tnents of thehte treaty of peace, tve rriayi
.withOuriiefitatiin,fcribe the mdrcTe
motecaufe of there warlike afpefts : vBut
doubtlefi fome' fubfequeht Occurrences
nave tuudiiicu ij ricauuu wuicn airca
noiti e appearances. , It U more cetieral-'
oeuevea tneyare occafioned by the,
pereniptory, refural of Britain to evacuate
Malta. '.Thh port was to be relinquilhed,
according to the treaty of Amiens, but it
(is now, alleged that France can Very ill
acta compliance with th ftipulations'bl
a treaty,; the obligations'' of. which, he
naslo utterly :difregarded. It is moreo-'
ver, urged,' and which cannot be con'ro-"
,verted,vthat a treaty ceares to bepbliga
tory when the. relative fituation of the
confraam parties differs' from what Jtt
was when the cpntraft was made. Have
iot the relative) cirumltances of the two
Countries been moft maferiallir a
pnee the perjpd -of formins; the, treaty
,the:mofteMIigh this
,www;w ic unncipic mat me over-
grown power.and immenfc aggrandife-r
menc or- x ranee , totally lubvertcd that
? vequipoHe jn th relatiorrs of the Kurope
in1atesrih whichthelbundefttiolic
' ibr more fhinatenturv riafr. hwnUreA
. their reciprotai proteaion. r Even thole
' Vhpdefended the peace did it? with a
conviction that Inknv farrJfi'ra
4hf demand that ftipromifeiintyTem
I Iffbi Continuance.- ThejraQpLfmro
.fi 5 es you will recolleft that' the' ftihnla-
tion' refpetling Malta was provifional
that. is,; if Ruffia would cqnfextf 0 gUa-,
ramec k. inow, a mat power has poll
nvejrfedtffTlo tdjlma asvTdntly,"
m Lurape no other guarantee could be
procured that irould not be under the in
fluence of France, 'what can Britain ."do
cue but retain it ?, - Every confideratiori
p right and policy Horbjds ijto be relin
.quyhed,.1 For, were; iha' to evacuate it,
jiere is a certainty of its being virtually
or abfolutely-'poflefled by' her .enemy;
which would- epen the way to the inva
fion of EffVDt and eXDofe her fndiari mC.
Keflions to the ganger of annoyance if riot
01 conqueit, ;
deiiretTtatottia had Wn
cotiduedbn: prmcioles too 'iubtilearid
, irefihtqegeriefally underftoodd
:coniequen,tiy,-to receive IhaUmanimity
bfi fuj?po jpEf whicli fdecefs depends.
tyfPVti&H ifibubn o( French prin
, ppleS (iwa$ a rttotiv? of wartoo Equivocal
to be comprehended or approved Hiy the
mafsof the pebpleAll howler, con
fcumd, ithe;fenhment that it was im-
fpfBble peace could be preferred whilft
rttce held fp difproportioned an influ-
encei vnd equally, agreed that political
iftlom diaatehe renewal ' of hoftili-
: the burDot of deftrovinc fo dan.
gerous an aicenqancy;: 'Woenever."a ta'
rabonjupclure'' flbuld ccurV f I
d6iiqt fayiUhat a declaratioh.as explicit
wa made in ParJiarriehl .but i affert k
was f , theihiimeat which not only pre-:
HvailjnthaitofeAbiitb
ed the; whole" ;n arioji;' in this temper
lofmind weiaetcft,XtKen; a;predifpofi?
tidn, that wdiild Require no -very (trong
';prpypcatic t6v- e3ire:tcf!aaioh4; Such a
prbvoc'ation has; pjeenV gi vin; arid a for,
'beararice.'not to belexpecled has thitherto
i preferved,tranqui!jty, .for; we have feen;
f" ere,ihe; mkjWas; drr"or M wax cold,'?:
, ofthe)reHminary ftipulatlons; that they
ij were,yi9lgedbii he. part 6f rhe; French
; governrnentby tbeunnexing of , Iied
mont and thelfle pf Elbathe acquifiti
onf Louifiana; ihe exercifebf a coft
trouirtgl authority! ove
dmgrufurpatiori. o vthelfupremac, y of
-the Cif-Al
and'fuiaUy, by u's;arbritrary interpofi-,
; Wtneaffaits of the virtuous andun
v"vwvib -a v-an, ineie pfoceeaings
"i ic iit auucuiuii or lerrimrv wn rn t
I have dwelt the more on tbi3" pointy
lam perfuaded it is the Tubiecl: of the'
pending difcufljons. . and frqm a wifh to
give you the probable vindication' that
will re publifhed by BHtair. to the world,
in the event of a renewal of hoftilities.-?'
You are, however to give to my commu-
nications no greater connaence ti:an you
mav AiDDofe thev iiient as rnnvevincr on.'
depedencef all'iEdrb'tSe ?. and Whicfi'
Lf all Euri
. 7rtrv;?l?,7VMucuul:lIluc. - jeagirt '
wuuuiuwcoursgetpoppoie. ByHea.,
fvl-gte. having: delcendedfrom
:fef43heK havea'noblenefo
of iwdual andnation-
-vple i)i t6te:fc,--.-- $wf
. ku Ja : trie fcriea of ; aggreffionS
which- rhayej mentibnefcertahily-hate'
conderablyjnfluenccd the recehtdeteT-
mil they .are not tnhc mrs
probability of peacp or,war;v I am Jure
you.will eagerly folicjt information;, but
We yet remain in fuch entire darkneis,
even as to' the caufes-of the mifunderi
ftanding, that any corichifion from pre
mifes fo uncertain and imoerfcaL' vou
nruft be fefible; will be liable to extreme
falacy; and,deceptiori;"..fV,;: -:.
" we iook to tne unparalleled exerti
ons employed to prepare & equip the nj
vy for fervfeei & like wileo the equally
aaive arrangements in the arm v. wefhall
certainly be . difpbfed tP conclude that
war is inevitable and will very ihordy be
declared. E ver fince the meflage Jrorrt
the thrpne, thepreffiog of lea-men, h and;
the commiffioliirigbf (hips have beeii
unremittingly continued. ' 'The militias
have alfo been ordered out, and the mott
ptpnipt and cffeaual mean are ufektp
recruit, cbmpletelyj the regiments of the
regular fervice. But fome hopes ate yet
enteftaihed by a few, , that the matters in
difpute im'abe amicablyadiufted. Cou
riers aredaily;lpng'Detween".tic' two
countries jbut the contents of. the dif
patched which they convey are not allbwV
ed id tfanipif e. -We f havenothing tcJ
ipectmg tne iue onne negociauon enn
tied to credibilityV( The papers are fill
ed. with fpeculations but founded jitorte
on conjecture.: Of thisj however; you
may fetain;that-'there. has'ldng ex
isted herea difconterit the terms of the
peace (I5 mean ajealoufy of the preiSdn
defahce' which France was juffered ; to
retail) and that the hifolence arid over
bearing fpirit,; together with theimpla'i
cable animofity manifefted by .IJoffapar.
te on every occafion againft t hii country,'.
, noJiiie a aupon-r
i rellrainsit from
burlhn . into ooen war,' but fubmiflion'
on his "part tb the plairris now ; titgdf and
the belt pledge given bf a future amica
ble intention.' iThc'vile and treacherous
aftefripting to embarraTs the cdmmerce
and injure the. finances l of . tHe,'countr j,
by exciting i conftant alarm, by pr.oyok.
frig fo" lequ'eht'armamenfs andnen ob?
viatjng an aaual.ruptu're tby , protracted
negocsations d 'ultimate conceflions
has beeii completely jdeteaedjandvill
no longer; delude, v Ifaffairs coruibtbe
fo fcttfeai'tb pbtnife-aiaftag peace
fwhicft can rhaTdlexDeaed in the
Dfelent ftate of EuropeTwar WJil'&eyitai
txfa? by an" imptrf eci compfomife of-!
fend! tlie aflibrrs arid prejudices iof the
xarion would probably in its prefent
innper Ibfe hish
; me, then, lirtle hope, of the prefervation
of peace. . -That jBonapar re; will retrjaia;
as far as perhaps-he is 'ribw required;
Carinot fe expecl:ed from hicharaderj
. indjjfnjw' that the mmtry vt ihuGuntrj4are
s 'r Cpnfidering.therdforhat war is
tmavbidable let us fpeculate on the bro
Jbable? cbnfeqUcnces-5 And firlt 5 I wlll
efldcavcurj to exp&fe the retrbr of a very
prevalent iifc)tibDinvArrieric.rthat Great
Britain was nearly reduced "to bahkfnb-
cy oy meexpcii es oi me iaie warr ana
its) her
competency to r.eiuae ana mamtam ne
cpnteit. ) it is lo, far f jom bctng true, that
both tfie sgricultur dl,.and,v commercial
capital of the country wa6 increafed dur
ing 4hat-peodTttt . Tcnti and prfcerpf
lands weH? nearly, doubled rid the ex-,
ports Sr : imports were in nearly the fatfte
prbbprtiori i And what further -efta-.
blilhes it; h4h"e ver y lenfible meHoratioh
lin thescr'editof the peolei'vlis Jin
crekfe:bf affluence, ' I am told bythofe.
who are' ccrnipetent' to dedde, "is very ob:
vioys in every gr'ad of fbciety If then,
atthe conclufibnof a war of unprecedent
ed, lacrifice and expenfd wbich though
"generally difttogujfhed byth'e-moft glori
ous and fuccefs'ul achievements, was yet
markeJ by fome of the hcavieft lofles &
misforfunesv we, find j ;- that inftead oi
thetprofperity of the iiaiiont being unfa
Vburably afFeaed; its rbfouirces had flou
lifhed and ; multiplied, beyond example,'
we cannoi emerrain a ltupiaon or ner
adequacy to fupport the threatened war.
ror ahy vfeafonahle apprehenfion ofthe
cpnfequerices the.rnoli tuipous to FrancPV
ana nptning wnicn,canti.eriaMy v ne
jne iritereft of ; Great Bntaihvi'he for-.
feet: will be impovdriflied'almofl to(a chw
gree of beggarf y the total fufpenfionbf
her je vi ving mairufadures. & cp'm'ittcrcf
"whilft the Jitter will encreafe bercaDitlr
Ijiyr fweepingthe;trade:oi
world intb her pbrts.Tlf itftruehe xfe- ;
Ifohal debt (that-" p. s Jfejeft
ferfon calls it, but which 1 conllder w :
the bed band of polfticaifociety) wHl pc. V
augmented' but iri no '.way Rropprtion-,
mi
ed to the vaft Accumulation of riatii
4 A HcKf bf ftfhes Annrffive "riot 'Xftiam. -. i
its Dbfidve"amount. butwhenifexCi
. ' ' .... ...... ' .-,. ! .1
iuc means v-uajuiv, j i, t umur vi--r .
llrely relative. " The debt'oTEngland caiig v M
never, then," foe, lenpufiy raieniome ; rx M?i
to whateve? '.-amount, it may attain ?i
of increafe. Not one halibFthe prelent 4 H' ili
Cri-CQnld.
nation, nnv yeasi apo. a
v Vm1 t haf. f -riavp f?raw"tr tint Mno- in -x :i; : l 'k S .1
ray fupport from a fuppbfition of a cbaiw ! ifc
tiori on the cpritinen againft B'ciBf.
lyf , ibme jealonify of France, '? in phfeU Av " t
qu'ehetf deteairig ah intrigue, of '8fA.;i X
parte, witir ihe rorte for a 'part ot ms Jfe-.
vant pcnTeffibns, , and it iighlybt7;
ble that .jlultria ahd Switeerlanduriydf ?i . ,
their recent niuUsrid IbiTfis, would not
fje.averfc to "enteiinto an efficient coalir 4
tion.'.4-'t..' .;:.-w..VAv't .' v ..'"i '-... .s i::-:tu '
i. Petmit rhe, tb dired..youiattcritrcJo:;f:
thet more jmrnedfate concern qf ithi i
coantry. t And her?r iirj Thall juictr , ;
the ra'ofl ardent patnotifin and theirn'?.f:
eft loyalty, . .the'-one acpuied by tKejPRCr,
lent crifis, and the ibtherlledlbrdi'by v &
the lata confoiricy aaainlt the Iifeof thehr T" ;
king; . In Parliament,' a unammiiyj jie-i
on
meet withthlnbft'univetfalnjbbort.'' I
There is but cme point ori; which any di l
'verfity of fentimerit prevailsT Itis'fi' 1
pppofition to (hc prefent Winiftrj.as pe
mg incompetent to the prefent conjuncwV
ture, T hp recal of Mr Pitt, is clamor " ,
puflr demanded. T Many rumours.are K
circulation about a change of Miniftry.-f, .
It is.faid that the kinghas affented to rh$ . f
coalition , oi, any parties,;', provided ; lt. '
Pitt and Mr.' Fox be excluded irbn the
Miniftfy. t He can tolerate neither of
them. . So various are'tbe. tumours ubV:v ,
on this fubjea tbat it is impoffible 'tdfat '
what wih r.eally take place:t We bear of ; ?
Lord loirkGfey, Sheridariand fveA
"Tr-"-r-r"-'.-v- rai or tne oia mini itrycpming into pmce, "
ahce.?;it js to be hoped nat fo exoen
vc Tina ; menectuai a ce 01 war ine
with fhe enemy w:H be : abandoned, end
that .V every energy will te confined
to the navy,- and thus,' at a comparative
ly inconfuerable expehfe," a fleer Will be
malnrained ecual to the corAriiarid of the.
ocean, to harrafs the eaalts of France, to
burn many of her town?, . to feize her co
lonies and naval polls, and finally to cjef
troy the remains of her navy and utter
ly tpannihilrte her,comniei;ce ; jhUs rat
fingftill higher that naval JTuperiorjty of
which Erance js now fo envious. Where
then, exift the( grounds of fo rAuch ter.
ror ofthe "inigmy nation'? Jt is true
that the phantom of an inrfion has again .
been railed Jd frighten and deter. But
none except the weak and th&timid can
fourcV, tf Bonaparte fiiould. in the de
lirium bf teferinnent or the intoxication
yain glpryhave the mad temerity to
make the attempt, Jet us cohficier the
cbahces of fucceis. Is it prefumable that
an army of any force can' effect an invaflr
on, when watched .by a navy fp vigilant
and powerful ? 'p. But admitting (which
is granting alrrroft an fm poffibili ty that
anarmybf force .fhould land: veafe to
recollect , the riumberlefs difad vantages
wun wmcn tnev wouia narve to contend,
cutoff fyomjheir1 county
the meais of Tupply or rnforcenient, ,
they muft, even if Primarily fuccefsful,
be fpeediur vinquiflied bye.-waiftinR '.
of their;numbfrs.;But thti isthe moft
unlavourable, conclufion ; Are we not
father Warranted in concluding that Bri
iifb yalourv ?wheri- animated by the call
bf patribtilm, . .and inflamed, by every paf
fion which can give energy tb exertion,"
wll riott a nibmerit be refifted ? Hifto-(
ry .records many examples which. Will
juflify the dbnclufibn j wifh' to.im'prefeT:'
Iri Grecian ftory we read of a Thermiopy
Ige, . a Marthorit and a Salamis f the ex
ploits of a Leonldas," a Miltiades and.a
Themiflles.'-;5 The" ; Swifs i rneagre in
reioutces and ribt.mre powerful in nflm
bersJiaye exhibited .exertions npt inferi--bur
in brilliancy of glory. -'Norjwill the
hiftory of our own; cburiffyllefslnforte
the' infltuaiye, admoriitiori'fthat ape
pc when routed by art attempt f o lelit
their fights,- their libertiesV'arid their
deperidenietf SMt countty, : "are capa
ble Tjf.cxeTtions nor to .fcfe.rneafured br
atiylcrduiarf ftandafd of calcplatibii.rC!
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teti'es'awl0aWS 1
tioi?$ fhe 'gencialvgobdrlf'wai':
fhould be 'declaied, I believe' it ivould ?4
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yef be obeyed. ,It is eyen faid thariw',
is aireaay oeicriniuct ana raarine &aicev.: ;
r ecefs of parliament is theiimefixed fox
his fefumirig his fbf trietbffjcesCv J
1 heiubjea bf bur difference with Spait
has excited much intereftifl this; eunttyr
The'laft intelligence which- reached vdsip- tj
wasi? ihat congrels Were debating with v
cUfitf dotty slnd that Gren. Smith?hadle - ; -clared
he confidef ed the. country aslorit
the eveFa war.TLetteS-frbmi Mldtul 1 v
ftblifhed. hete'riienridxiHharcma -
of-Spairt: towardiluceedsmhelf f j
from the iriftikatibri lor FrariceI& Ihe1 ;;f
matterrnfdeted;iri this htixi:evkA.;
L ' " .; .'ir r-, 1 . ; ,, T-. -4 . .'' ' "'tr
i iuu Acres valuable jLand A
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acrci" at poq1
Fiaokliii County,, I9 mile from ' the; City of X V
Raleigh nd 1 1 tnilee from Xoiiilbrg f Ttw ;; '
Tftft is well watered and idaowd tototu anil .
fmII grain, and ja good (cat for a ib t J
. Alio nrb acrca in Wake CohntT.Mn Art ' x
Manoch- Cretk, 7 mile from Raleigh at4 4
from Powell' bridge.' ThU lalt iraft U well
adapted to raiffng Tobacco, Cotn, ' Wheit-"ot
Cotton-land cotaiot i fioeoprir orchard "A:
Spbrcriber onrcfop fcwfor feiSj '",
laid fyinff -eoXJtllcv Rfvr. frf t i'
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of Apple, ania- Pach Tee ; ibeand VjMfr'Z .
weu watered--f''itii at? rxccHrnt'Tra' fir'mL7& ',:
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