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IN our paper some days ago, we pre- PtiJciU JctfcrsOH to the Kepiestnta tivcsqf Amerifi, AL.the opcniug of ;lW Cot5rcHV Official commuaicaUoi;s. of, this nature frokany government arc always nMt intcrttt, 'because they develop tfw principles acksviunx cl polity upon which that Covefnnit'meaiislto act. It it woald be interesting us to k now the en5rd in war) has thosw -tdsjduptnaw UhtJun- intv-rfStimr is it to uto knovv the svstera of that nation which takeSMore Af n..r minii lrturOtllWint WIWC VV" V ww - ------ - v ... DcQt ol Europe, una wnosc r-8pWU4-ifc,,.rv both in pqputition au-Uv J-Hi,:irvt:-V IV rear, that, we-, are at jxrtce '.vtiri inra, 1.. iiu-rrn-pA ifnnortation of liri- tish goods. In a commercial point ot view, America is of more tnsequ?-nce to us than Europsf and the increasing consump tin and demand for Our manufactures in that part of the world, promise to compen tate amplv for-every injury that the power of France can possiUy-do to British-com-jr.rrce (iti the continent of Europe. As it is thcrttoie of the utmost cons-qucnqeto : America, it is therefore highly important " -tUt we know and perfectly understand the vcrnment. When Mr. Jefferson was e lertcd , President, his election was uniVer- rdly considered as a triumph ohtumed by the French ' party in America over the . friendsof and. His presidency, how- Vion wiU-'bcLW whether the general opinion is n vt correct, that ll French part has con s'uln ablv lost giound in America since he ' . ...... r;,'-n the. Preside i.t. Indi ed the de- l, us in Compress of "the present sessipn l t .; i will -hew in a great degree me temper ui . ,..n, rK. and we trust. in mat icim- 1U- .iim.ur-i , . ft'' p, t will be tound to be in our favour ot that . t- . ...I,'. ..U W rr.t nrl ic'-nnw glorious cause, hji '-; -.ui,-- At present, we have only to offer some ob .-.rinn ution Ilr. Ttffcrson's speed - vhith- unon a cons ideration ai attent ;m as the importance ot tn sunjeci --'-n nUmltf to us to cv in c e th at - pQjiiu A.w jr trance vnicn ne w .y. not come under the f resicietu s 'Mnbitual wrong." " 1 lie manner that the Presid- t informs tht; Congress of these treaties is this : in speaking of the salt- of Louisiana, he an-nouncc-'ituU 77 meat of France sdui with just ititd-rmkch the importance to both nations 'of .such li beral an allotments as tnight best and per--maf-enlly pwnole the i&ffix&h7jr-m&-ihltrt -4 of both." For our parts we can not see wherein the 'FWncli 7-r.overnrrien) bad deserved 6f America this complement of being called theentighttneiMJiQVt rr.mcnl: of Vranct:: but of this we. are Vfty sure,' that if this ciil'ightaicd Govejnment ol Fratice had not blcx "oivtlie point of a rup. tuie with England, and had not ielLi'nrit could not defend; Louisiana agauisrine en thusiasm ol the lMititia ot uie- v ebici u States or against a 'British expedition, they youtdTieverhave: sold-therrHrorrtfrirrl millions of dollars, nor have git-en Mi. Jeeft rson, an opportunity boasting to ihe Quaker s of -lennsyir.tnia that tCt.V (yith 15 millions ol doj- .a couutry-uiaL .tneKMUutkv veuunfeis wvie t;oiiiS take t; dil- aim of l!c.sh, and the s word . war; orwliich, if tliey had not taken, G. Britain certainty .would, and would proba bly have, made'tbem a pri-sent of. Inm liouncing the bothvdary treaty ccmcludvd with Great-Britain tki-re is no mention i7:.fMJvtrnmtnt, or of my 'permanent J'ritnJMp aul reciprocal intere'sts wished for; he announces that treaty in the following manner : -NA fur ther knowledge of the grpund in the North (.liis own nation,-for- it is"; rertain ."t ."-. r- 'j -.,(r.J' nf' A inert - ost in the course oLthe year ten times' is" huuy of lier cilizens by the 'yeU hw' fc er as GatrBr.itain by itZavar. Wtr d ' not .Itiow.'.-w'he'fc 'tliis blowy arena he specH. of e.ts ; the wapppears hither to to 1 uve been almost a bloodless war. This Ploqdy. arena. tht he. -peaks of. does nutjLs:st ejtheri'the'Vt-$trIndies or A merica. wht-rt we liavt- taken St. Pierre,. IIique;iop, r"'Deinarary, EssequitK-,4Berbice anil 'IV-mo,- w ithout -the- less o( -tingle iifeoto't ithcr side"; when -the. only blood which' has been spilt was at St. Lucia, where' vhe obstinacy-of the French Gene ral gav an -oppomrnity to tir Troops 'of iihewirVj their courage, and setting an a aropk the World of British generosity, in'spatlrig every man of the garrison of a fort taken bv storm. Tht enl'ii-Ltcncd vovernvwit of France, . ... - j o - ; as he mils it, is also on the point ot losing St. I.r.ir-ro anrt tlrat pn at event too is , , . o ,, likely o take,p4Ke lite oniiuer.the i'rench or r.ngnsii siue ; but or tht contrary, in a manner likely to niv -thf lives of many thousands of feri JWn,' as" well av the negroes of the Ki.V Humanity has not been wounded hy oui conquests in that petty sllair at St. Lucie the noble example of generosity .hewnf o a conqutred enemy, thrt w tueh a bright veil of glojy ovex the exploit, as fully compensated Great-Britain for the loss of '100 men. All the other conquests of "'E no-land have been abs dutelv bloodless. Mr. JfciHi sori seerhs to consider the pre- ' - i.. . v. .-.i .Ui. aeni coiuesc ueiwctu jjiiauu nuic r lightened government' oi: France, aS merely a common quarrel, wnu.n ne., oniy w itiu.!. Sttf lias nroved that the boundaries esta blished between the Bi itish tei ritoi us and those of the United bxates, at the treat) thei knowledge ot the grp'inu in uie - , , . East or NorthWest angles of the UniteU tube soon put an crejas v. i. . i l ..ct- TltTnVa' e. but not i inom-jntTjeToi-e France .of Paris, were too iifipertectly described to be suscept ible ot execution -: -it4.as tnt re fore been thought worthy of attention for nre.print? and cherishine tlu-liarmcny at.u useful mhrceurtc buwkrf. the two nations, to rtmot C littnti-ly rr:i nmt-' - w hat un favouiab'le-lnvfdents might render a ground of future misunderstanding." Harmony and useful intercourse arc ctrtainly weaker terms than permanent' pea'-e,'- frit nvbftip, and mutual int'ercM, which w-re applied the Ftench treaty.- if itr. j . If. i oou reahv think the term 11 enlightened ; is applicable to, and merited bv,'lhe present govern- meni ot France, all the worm must agree, tharhe is. partial to die French interest.: il he do not think that the French Govern ment deserves that tide, and yet chooses to be stow J t jnere I vas a cc m p i m. ei . t i.t might have . be. towed his compliments c- qually on cur Uoverpment, w uaie s r w as his private opinion. , It,, alter this conduct, v ranee se: es TT'pe'a' e, TuT not a nio m e nFbeToTeTrance shaVUx; convinced tt is inability to con-, qucr thfeountry, and shall consent to give up that doniineering tone with which she has so- long'Hasulted the weaker powers. 'When the coveYnmirit of-' France -.shall KeallY'te. fio eiilighlchxa'sLS to abandon these ambithus projects of um ersal conquest iih-At- ilh-vio-Uoiie---- rittrtaincd. and: con tent herself with cultivating the natural fertility of her soil, and those peaceful arts of commerce which bind nations ttTgxdier bv their reciprocal wants and reciprocal p-ood fjffii's, t.hJ: vand not a moment sbon ei , e u i ih to see the bloody arena ot war fr.r ever closed, while all the nations of' the world, free and independent, know no . . -in otiier nvahty but that ot Who snail coniri bute most, by their industry : or their ge niiis, to advance the interests, and happt- -ness of the human race. merit pronounced against Thomas Pass more, is too equivocal and ambiguous up on which. to predicate ran accusation ot i high misdemeanour in office." : Let .us examine this' assertion. The, Judge declares thar he was present, and adds " I gave the case all the considera tion I could at the time, and three-fourths of the court, who had heard all, declaring themselves fully satisfied, I saw noeasm ., ti wmrant'a d'menu BUI-CONCUR-KED."-r-Is"this equivocaii Is this ambi. guous ? No t but the Judge, is a democrat .. ..... and must not be impeached. Impeach ments are' for your Addisons, your Cha. ses, your Shippens, Yeateses and Smiths, w ho are" all federalists. Brackenndge, however, has novVoffended and must be re- m , moved though not jmpeachecl. lie nas de tected the gross and flagrant partiality which seems to have dictate4the measures rf tKA rnmrrittpe 'of trrievances and of the house, and has severely reproached them with it. " I think it absolutely necessary, , ; , i ,vo1.t nnfhf dlS- aannsiraion. mai a ohv-.-. - - - - , 4 L I Jk. tingvwshed." The committee Knew mat this declaration, coming from a democrat of Judge Brackenridge's, standing would have great weight in the minds ot all ho. nest men. of that party, and would con vin'ce the world that the object of their per secting fury is men, not measures.This is the head, and front of his offending. -IJimillat lachryma. . - L anc aster j 24th March, J8C4. The following is a copy of Judge Brack enridge's letter, read in lhe House ot Re presentatives yesterday, and which no douH will much cxuteth -public auemiuu . . . ri i lai) f lp m a, March 22d, 18C. ; posed t, entertain. in P mnlimentetl bv America, w c can .),.-' ... nidoe whether we nave uuiuuw.h '-r - - . . - . Utrs ma) juugc f -f,ni... ve that anv thme-she may do-tn a ft conclusion, .hau. . considered Mr. Jefferson . the most important WWffi JBitual- wongS After expressing Inths course of the summer the president I mattrtn tnr America, that she . had concluded two treaties respectguoun- - CQ -QUtnces Q insult or ' ' drie,;; onrwashe treatyo , . - he 8cJ.m8 to w a com. sold Louisiana;. i: "2 Zn nWti with contempt lot Euro not have kept it for s x months, 4 . . minu . After atknow- - ; Vas a treaty by wtnen tne Siith proper -gratitude, the good-. tween the Nprthern.part of the U. States -, vWWncVto bih country, in keep- he,, conceives. America snoaia- iouow, uc ..;.' w TnrfSisfons, "to exact from e- ,-..w.t;r,v'.h observance to our vessels and citizens of those principles and prac- acj3vaiaviiimn llt.C- an - " ' O J . . . ... , :. .'.., rharairr ni a nisi naiiuu, v '. tHat of a:v independent one, pre- ' , every consequence, to nnsdlt orct-. -r x -Veamaor:find: any' fault f-cw 'it' Gazi-ttk of the U. States. . TI IE letter of Judge Biarkenridge, in TtTT.. .i .,r' nnrl tlir. in or -eedines of Lille t.l) o .'tir. . . , . .. I - ti. ti' fnr thf ravatres of the War ; and, while he regrets the - miseries of other nations. rr.ttfd.-rt it the dutvof ever American citizen to look on the bloody Wttr&t b lvc-iX h..fnic us. with commflsseratton Ut.w .- 7 . - . , 4 . . . '.V, - ; :. indeed, butjvyjtn no oiner w.sit iu.ni .tv it closed." Now, .as we happen mo.i io-..-11.-VA. ,lic.mW -.hd dissent from evefv wori ot the sentunents jxpiesheu w lv Present 'in. the latter rnrrrof, his speech, . . . i . . f -C. to. the .President no . . . ouua ui 4 c,, r m 11 nrc ot. dol- tled bv the pavmeui v.r j utH u . r. .w. Kr-ktmed French 'arid -ptous, project --v iX u Kid ' defcndll it during the war ff - -.. , t. :.ri.;tit orders of cr nro- . . ...... t .ritr. -and h-s successor - (., .uhiectto the mosAaAitr.ry confisca. llllllp vnav-.0 -T- j . t'd to carry to their own country.. to xirown tho.V blacks .. .,e th hlessines of Providence, they are wrong, if. they; suppose -they havcan . ---- ...!C.-s-.nM ctirrt frritltllnC T exclusive rign-.w. t" .. .i--.- .vv." has .been'.:as'.hiKnVy-:1a-- ' . . . 1 ... fnr Toiired by ProviQence as any :uu. -v- on ther globe.. iu.intr?.- v.:,.i1.. j ..... w . .4j.-i . .Aj...r.i Aiifi.i.pc ferson, wfe reallv.oo ue wntuvuvu. rr, he CbieCt&Ot W'.,'t " ' f .'Fntrlarvd iTather -a proud one, .1 ; ..mtrle-handed fore, thejiher tv of the world, against.u rtiuii. t t r1i VnAwa no law but conquest. If. Mr." Jefferson's pity is: for the number . i:..;. i.t m the contest, he miistbe un- A. miannrehcnsion ; he may reser c his UW. t - , our House of Kepresentaiivcs upon it, de serve and will doubtless receive much at- 1 .- ..... ... 1 I- .1. .!'.. t..nr rn. It should be stated io.r uie nuor- t .tinn nf nir rt' aders out of the state, tnat 7ud2e Brackenridge is a democrat, wno, before his appointment to the uencn, nau signalized himself by many flagrant acts of hostility to the Washington jysiem oi .- " 11 1 1 " . A .,.,1 K'uV-Llf titles, and naa mereiore ruiuci.u very dear to those who are now m power. Tl - nthr-ihree Tudces .of "the Supreme Court have always betn federalists. Judge Rrarimnt cfe was Dresent in court ai uic time that Passmbrg. was attached apd com.- mttrA anfl fullv concurred with the other Judges in. the sentence. -Fhis fact was wellown toTheTt inYavrntlimpeacHing th pther Jddges, .o tr. nublitr: vet no notice was fakeVbf him in thicre porter or in anyno tV.r hrnrJ-ef InrrS UDCU tne" -.-SUnieCl. - A Olivers are federalistsIbi Yet, like some othef democrats, he appe.trs to have a presentiment .that all men dis- tinffuished trom theraouie uv f- 1 i t -. -- , ll.JI HoaouraUc'the Spnliec of How f RepreteiUalkes of fennty'xania. -u Sir,' . " r ' ": "- 1 :';.' ," ' n havf seen a renort of the honourable Lthe House of-Representatives, orr thetroma- plaint of Thomas fass more against ai-inc Judges of the Supreme Court of this state, mvself, excepted, for a judgment on att. hn.ent aeainst the-said Passmore hon an ilkgal contempt of the administra- ! .x i .l"tL. .-.t. "ttMiti Vr. tion ol justice, ana wmui icj.uu vuui v nourable house has adopted, and proceeded to att upon' it. I was not upon the bench when the mQtion was nraue iui t iu w .1 -.. ;r.tv;i- r',r whv an attachment should "not issue, the motion having been - .- . V -l 4 AAA made on the last day ot x oept. term, .acu, when I had left the city On account of yel-ldw'-feVer wh'uh.had begunto prevail, and the motion having been heard, he fore the t udges residing in the city or neirU,: and who- met on that day for the purpose of i,-,..;,,. mntlftM nnlv nor w-as I on the MtAUH in...-. j t - - f J". ihf araumeiits on the lacts ot I the law, took plate, and the rule for the at- i. i t !. Unt..nr ' taehnttnt vas made ansoiuic, nai..6..v--turned from a special court atthexounty of- Northumberland by the way ti ;mu..;- the place of my residence, and bUt'a tevf days intervening, o tnai i aiu, v place on the bencn unuibutiiwj,.;v. . beginning ot the term, h. v... on the thud anu mymuu& y..5- wlien some additiohal.evitrence was giveu , and. observations made, the presumpuou may have bee" tbat 1 Uia nQl, , u "F and dojidess I might reasonably have ex cused myself; but 1 cannot say that 1 did ndt take a part, I gave the case all the const- .1 I rrtll fl (' L111IW. - wei auuu x vyv..-. ii j f.w-4h.trtwhodiad ht artl an, oe- UUIU w v..v. - ... - . i r - .- claring themselves iuliy satisncu,-i -aw u reason to warrant a dissent, but,concurred : : I rannot thereiore.distinguishjmase m law frhm that of the other Judges, and in . u...., t TOrti,i.l nnt i I am tar from avoid- f ; .rr.rtli arc iu m . 1 ( , .t. -- 1 . else render themselves siibsetvien't t6 the " Worst pt pass lorEf. and the worst of men.. Under these impres sions he seems ambitious of falhng urthe companvot honourable mciv like that of -the- refractory and democratic Balaam, is, " Let me die, the death of the righteous, and let wjdast end be like u In this, however, it seems he is not to be indulged. The com mi ttee, to the enor mity of their proceeding, jassert that -l his acknowledgment of concurring luthejudg- Arnr.o-;a nrosecution, but am un- wilting to incur the imputation pt screcn inK myself when in strictness equay ba-; ble: but T thlnl--it absolutely necesiary for the credit of the republican administration u. t ..i,....u ot4di,tintruished? . as there .-..:.i. -thn a man s can be no stronger vt-vv- - v own ackn6wledgment,-the house w,U find v no difliculty in a resolution ie, . tl. iUt of impeached officers. " With the- highest fespeet-forthe ho durable house, ana youicirw. Mam, Sir, . Your most obedient ; . ";:" x Humble servant, - -2 .41 I ... i - ."' . ' ..f -'.Vi -A
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