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ii . 1.1- TV & a iitr 6Lt.r i 1 v 1'v PUBU S HE i t(VE E K L y) B Y YI LI,! AM B 0 Y LAN-'". ".V ... t ': L ' l'aifab! tm Awxmt. oV 424; -zr-Fim the Charleston Courier r THE EconowW ioif the Secretary of the ireasury, m-thenttair ot Sandy Hook be cons, js'of'th same ipcqes; though tune- rior in ftize, to that of his -eat frieoil nd very humble servant the President, v Alike in peourjr of coaception, alike la icajojing jnicnuon, ine economy ot tne ircasurtr y takei the Icd of that of the President in r some y try material points'; That of the 'Utter involved no private lnjuiuce-the iornier am. . , i tie .latter disclosed only itnple penurr of snirit s the form-nf m jiosTtorTorse) design, enforcedccom: apicofana louqweti up by, arrogance. uif iauu oi uie iormer was unbecnmmv humiliatlcm-that of jhe lattery bold un. blushing wpftg The. former finding hi error, i endeavours Jo ' atone for 1 if byv: a change of ; measures he latter grerws not v. V raore PQ'fl out more insoknt and fu nous; oh being convicted of , wrong ; dis : daining all right, flies in the facVW.a Jerdict at law, and persists in th trespass for which the court amerced him in damag CS. Fiodiacthat the law rannnt 1m atriln. w P w d bv- threatened impeachment of Judges, ior junea Wheedled from Wira-iw. h- false, old, barbarous ballcd-tale of Econo ntiesy invokes the.toinisters of despotism to his aijricalls vn ig&ti legislature to forti fy, extortion by: a ffbtjatelegislative set -tQ betray efr trust jtnd put oneb!6t more in Uie escutcheon of American Irgis.-. latiires, ta gratify his mebdy humours, to carve for Ms resentment,; to establish his tyranny.1 In' show, to make hks what his spirit spars to, what his every art aims at, whathe means to Ve and what, if democra cy do6s not tnend its morals ai d manners, and if the ptoplc do not take timely alarm, if the legislatures are not more flexible incorrupt, if the Judges are to be battered downfwith impeachments he will assur tdly bV: the Despot of America) The Bonafartk of the new worlds-while the BajirAs of Monticello will be cast into the shade of ' philwophklfccl retirement, and in BisnomeaMhU spiriubsnk hi e.f for his clemency in letting him protract s life vbich in such a case it would be more honourable to him; to looser"TT'7X T 1 ; Headers, accuse us ; not -of too jpre at warmth or too ; much severity. - Is htis pa. triot? Is he a friend to the interests of jnaodkind I hM loVer of right, justice, pr of ItbertyvyWho tan see them all violat-1 td, " grossly iiolated and yet -preserve, phlegmatic indifference i ; Is he fit for i writer, to th? public trbb can" Coldly pass uvc u otiuus puouc wrongs, and truckle with a French bow of compliment and ce. retnonyito the man who,? witnlthelitaflf of office,- which misbteri' nnUic'.-Anfirlf.nr has intrusted to bis hands, ; makes a deadly : . r-rrvv n.inuJTiauai, ana kir i 'vc "S1 i aostract Woald that mn be a Journalist useful,1 or ?n. tolerable - to a community,: who did JoAfeeI as if they .were his own particular sufferings, the-injuries done to the great jrirae of moral and politat order ; who . would net takafifeat them wlih ircl'igriati. or who feeling a,WbIe argcr fill his soul, would, from fls motives, - Income the pandar to the thing he abhorred, and smother his resentment ?-in a word, would he he a fit person to transmit through the community just sintiments,- feelings ind cpiniqns; wha could be less than vehement ly severe at such an atrocious act as .that is qtustion T -; LeteTry man ask himself Witdk;r that country Rone in which liber. ,an: property anrtsecure'wlieVe such Jhmgs-are done,'; where sucb attempts tan e made with impunify. ; Is there anv mart Jn w V nittd i S'tttee; m-' wljpf? property. w government ; might not wlth commit 4respass, ,and bv force w:ia an house for public use . I Addressing 'Sir, before I erivc it up to be built upon.": ; Mr. Secretary howe ver. (Urns a "deaf ear to hi words,' and orders his men tb: build on.--Our planter commences a suit at law.' and at the s'ame timic offers to submit his propo sal and the price he demands to arbitrates," tnaitterentiy chosen by both sides. ; ; JVlr. Secretary refuses tosubmit hit Just right "trt arhlT1ilft" Th til Mnr.lirl.' on( judgment is given by a Court and Jury a gainst Mr. Sectetary. But wlut signifies luaij .uio puouc aoi xur. oevrciary pay the damages iho nublic fnot Mr. Sctre- tary) defray the cbsti arjdixlrgea v-tl is well as Mr. Secretary-) undercro the infamy of being adjudged guilty oj a wrong by Court and Jury. 1 No matter, therelore JVlr. . Secrctsry tries gan, aod refuses to depart or pay for the ground : again a suit is instituted, and agaiq.the pub Ijc are saddled with a verdict . and cosi and their attendant ignominy ; and what is worse the Jury to make the punishment more exemplary, give more than, seven times the damages givtn at first. But Mr. oecretiirj' gt-ts angry " Oh the. audacious, contumaciou s insolent, rebeliious rogues," says he. ; Hbhihere Mr. Secretary, men tiou not rebellion -vou rememiicr- a hem ! whiskey. D -n meir, saj s Jvjr, Sc. crctary, you are incarabk- ofgmaking adis. tinaum : insurrection against a ;tcpubhc is a wholesome-'' suaxuUntl.'cipMsuiiiJd a' King, as I am. is rtb-ilion, and ouirht oJ bepunishtu; So (carrj ing on our h)po- thesis) JVlr. Secretary goes to Columbia & desires the Legislature to compel our Plan- ter to surrendtr his land. XVo, say the L gislators, ,'we cannot do jfu T his is a case that may be our own ; wherefore Mr. Secretan', if ypu wish us to oblige you, think of t ome way of doing it that may not bring the mischief home to our own doors. Now this was preciselY the case at ; New Jersey, Readers 1 Carolinians 1 bring it home to your Own doors, and your decisi on will have the happy co-operation of in terest and conscience in lis favour. lNow let w-setKwha edby all tlus ccpnom by this prodigal parsimony, vr 'partimonious pi od igali ty It is worth consideration." Never was jus- JXgjit yaf jiflce jwiih true economy ; never was.true ecor.cmyLrtconcilable with disho nesty I'ncyer did wisdom say one thing, and justice another. Here we have a high wrought picture of folly lorcing its way to bankruptcy with '.the arms of injustice:."": In a countries, even in vrkey property is oecretarf , make them as low as his consci ence can pffofd. . I am really; cqncerAed, sir, that the ho i.mnn i rtirtiizMhis aDOlication to the lensla. I nrv-rtw h iK' u.. rMm 'S'-'V-'- P?sinSr mknti'a suitable reply to .sucb observati. die bill of plunder through one branch. - In 1 1 CI). : ' Rut I am In uAm m.hiKV. itinivn. calculating this,- let our Calculators make sated by the reflectiois' that,lthouih; for allowance for postace -of letters and their en.' f tho nretvnrh mv V..t Wt.ltr!.ftrtMMt Closure to mcmbrt. kn-5n mmrl Hay' f hxr rA Arrm, c v:: u..,.. old Kcnc The petuifice fof:ens them into coofeot," &c. "i??-! he shipping wrecked by the want of the beacon' licbtswe make no ac- 'i ,f-t.: . tkL:. ... '. ' !fi--i r: - wto tjc mbunuita uvea 10 hypothecs ? says, the metaphysical Wat fMr. Purviancc was here called to'order.1 bHKDT. So we say, what are a thousand . - :':-,v "y "i ;';y- 'P'"- i lives toa slv act of ecanctsic ? Som nf I v - '",'" ' ly v f juewstana i rmry. vy nue tne inends ot the administration here are extolling the wisdom and profound policy of our crovern- ment displayed in the .purchase of Louisl.v ana, and the diplomatic skill or our mini sters, ordinary and extraordinary, in man- acrinc the neeociation, and while thev are preparing, to celebrate mch transcendant talents by a grand national festival,? it ap pears that the ministers the mselves, Living ston and Monroe,r are busily engaged id proving to the world that neither they nor the ad ministration arc enti tfcid to any ere die for whatever advantages may result from the acquisition of that country. v We have received iniormaUon from the most authentic source, that in consequence of some jealousies ; which have arisen be tween those two gentlemen, each has been at greaY pains to prove that the Other is en titled to ho merit in the hegociation, and that, in fact the exertions of both have been .crowned with the most brilliant success. information came out in this madner; The' friends of Mr. Livingston in Paris, who it seems are much more numerous than those of Mr. Monroe, on account of bis supcriot hospitality and more gentlemanly deport moftVrelused to acknowledge Mr. Mon roe's ciai-.n to the sole merit of negociating - tne ireaiy, nu Bsstricu un inc cgcirary that the credit wa&principally," if not whol- ly, uue 10 mt. juivingsion. i o reout this ' r' .st. x -.-T- " t -- giviug inauigence to any disposition be may possess tor acrimonious retort, he may stilly find some other tinie, when, 'not being re strained by the rules of the housed he may aYaLhmself cence oi responce. , respected 8,0 much that the, Grand, Seignor could not forcc a beggar out Of his hut, iho he. were to ofTer him ten times the value of USec Mussel's Aileppo, end Campbell1 Journey ever land to India ), In England, v hen by an act of parliament a canal is en acted to bicilC w street widened, sfes sors are appointed to value the premists, and iu their valuation to take in every cir cutnstatice,,.t ven those in which tlve preju. dices of the pwntr, . his predilections, or his private conyeniefice inhance theproper tj iienceV'nb complaints arertnadt-w 4,'ie public arc seryed, and tli proprietor is per-, fectly satisfied, ad the officers of govern ment condeicccdfcd to- do- tVe samey pnly the character of govern'ment would be' free from stain, but much expence would have beiun saved to die country , Bu . i o -that would have been too much for econo thfes 16 doMr. Secretary must bbcw his skill in staryirg the" public cause: But .like the man who endeavored to bring down his horse .by little and little, to live on a grain of c'jbnrt day, & lost him in the experiment, he has so managed, his starving that it has already occasioned an immense, loss to the puouc ss wen as io private lnctiviouais. We have not grounds npnin which to state the Specific sum3 lost But our read ers will be able to make a calculation of suf ficient accuracy for the'purposc of condem- .fh:k. l nation or tne owcers oi gvernmfrirom tarv 0f ftp tresssryrinXSii: be'thinfeiul' w tntef oii'vour cotton trcunds fwith a Pg ofbuitdtrsrrahd erect ori .it . ii house rselves tip a plainer, we would say,4' -. upp an oScer of govemtner.: tl wi mic ti o! the c6untry,-what irouiq you : Takicjr' leave to answer for ! him, think it is nrobabla his renh' would be j wstaotl yjM9QtM& I Thoogh it I vould be.1baii.ta make good hU words," it wOUld hf?a!nT-n1 TuMiyVi fnrhim tn K-tV Eft. Jpstead of that, however, we will suppose j .'IDlh cood temoerlenouah to sav M &Ir 1 good temperienoutth to say &Ir arm (Gil Bla jfii want to call him Mr, Secretaru: I have no obiection Jp accommodate the public i but as six mil lions pf people are better aNe to-pay for a lot of ground than one individual tQ .bear ciosa oiit, Jmustbe paid form; -.f, ant- eorresoonclent whp win rouse an es titnatejtiponrtnern any stnu h u u , uc PU wlj V Wwlw-"-- -r "7" g AV.vThe expense of huildlhcr fhfc two bcacbns---lhis! rnusf iiavebenconiderable iBelne-abandoned they may be cbnsider- -.i ,.n rnnrU - V . .,r. -'-4:'';.lrdistin't. election-' when 'lhis country V ' ' . - ... , , - 1 ' ' I . ; . . 1 . m . r V r'JecsnjThe; damages given bythe have become old thd opulent, and not. to .. v li"""J u V v'- mum at law on the two suits, which, it owe and Bcvea make eight, amounted to eight iyjmdreid andifiTty doUars.v-Besides, no dpiibt," the costs on theTtwO suits and the Jiagirtg them tO frial4 could not be trifling, unless lawyers have lost their old iavete t knack of btU-ofrCOSt making We will Some of our readers vill answer in the words of my y i out. aNOW, urouier, I take that to be downright murder No matter SaV we let thu lii-Vn rra tliio lAa if 'iwy j pirty is. the only thing worth the comem- plation oi us who deal iij tconoTKw. Re port lays. that the duties on the 'tartrots ttf the two sKibs lost would have amounted to tivent thousand "dollars. Take them at ttn thousand, & itw ill answer oor purpose sufficiently. So much lien is lost by eco- Then estimating the cargdes by the du ties on a 'cencral avrritre od vaterm at 15 per cent, and' therefore multiplying the do ties by 6 1-2 we shall have the value oi them; whic h if Aritlmeik has not been' re- ytwlutionizedy will be found to be. sixty-five thousand dollars. 1 he ships were worth somethin,but we make the Secretary of the 1 reasury a present of them, to help out his econn miei-' y-. Thus ends ihe historyf the Knights of the 1 iserly i Heart, - and tbJr adventure wnn, the oindy iiook tight-house . From tile Washilmbn Federalist. The debate cn what was called the mendment to the Consiitution, was cairied to an unusual le ngth, both in the Senate and I louse ojf iU'prefcenjativt sAVe Jiiiye pub J TiShea the greater part oi the speeches, and enough in all conscience to convince every impartial reflecting man, of the impropriety . and JlTlP of the" proposed alteration A qutsticn which heclairned in the affair,Mrtonroe whicfe oi iginautl in party views, has been published among bis friends a ktter which supported by a prty eal, which bears down he received irom Mr Livingston beforte ail opposition; and deaf t3 the calls p'f rea- reached Paris, in which Mr. L. expressed: son, conscience and lov of country, heed- a hope that Mr. Monroe had brought Intel-' Jessly presses forward on us mad career.' ngnce liiaimc unura ptaics naa takeh it 'pestessron jvriij-irecnSj.aSj Wiinour Sycli In tle present state ot the public mind is in vain to urge this subject lurthtr. To the following speech on this subject, we call the public attention for another. purposes It maybe remembered, that during last winter, a report got abroad that Mr. Jack son of Virginia had challenged Mr. Purv't ante and that the latter .had refused xq.meet him. -This wa immediately contradicted in this paper, and the author of the unfound drd rumor, was in plain language" calltd a -Jia?. , No' person was however tound har dy enough to father the lie. It may be a musing to our readers, to see on what a slight Inundation, ; the champions of demo cracy attcrapted io,erect ar fighting charac ter for this Mr. Jackson. This will be found in the lollowing Speech. " What can be the reason that they are so anxious to deck their friends with the Lyon's skin"! -' -rypeech cf Mn Pitrviance. bf 1 am told, 3VIr. Speaker, that When j chanced to be absept lor a few minutes" on this dtb?te,v:a gcntknian Lfrom Virginia, (Mr Jackson) ininstver to some. observa tions which"! had the honor tosubmit to -the house the other night, nn the subject which is ttill undtrdiscusRich, was. pleased to observe, that to such of those ouserva'tir ons asl related to the' probability of' fraucf, intrigue, or corruplVon being practTsed in order to procure a Presidential election, he could hot fcelBi msejla! liberiyulKderilhc: rules of the house, to give . a suitable reply in h'u place.'- I'.- ,- ."yA : ' ""y'H I regrtt that the- gentleman shouldconsf ceive oimseu uncierany rcsirainc iq.iius regard. But I am bold to imagine, that I copld not pave used any . expression which should fqstly have excited the gentleman's in&vation. rl decUfre that I meant those observations to. apply -eiclusively to some shaU anv which haValreadv occurred. ' If any such instances, of corruption have already taken la'ibyJare.imknQwn tp me and. I must beg leave to say, that there, is not a gentleman in the bouse Who could have mistaken my.meantng, except the ho norable gentleman himself j it wa too plain tViank some lecal friend to tax those bills for j for any person who was. pleased to attcfid U3, and we beg he will for the sake of Mr. ' to it, to misuadersa4 : a measure negociation would be1' fruitless. Just at this crisis, however, affairs between England .and France took such a turn, that the French government found it impossi ble for them to retain the country and urg. ed Mr. Livingston to accept it,: which heT-.-.V did, and the negociation was finished before -the arrival of Mr. Monroe.- -It is uhques- ? tionably true that Mr. Livingston has been , rquch disgusted with the: parade which . both the government and Mr. Monroe have maoe o uicir rcpjjctijve merits ..in ,ini$ transaction. He expressed no little indig nation at a slight put upon him in the pre-" , sident s messairc ai uic opcninjr oi me sessi on of coogi;e9Si-m Vvhichla , .compliment is paid to the yvunii te rsr in the plural number,, and which Mr. Livingston considered as a recognition of Mr. jSlonroe's claim.1 . A num'ner of very curious particulars relative '1 to this subjecthave come to light in jrantei " : and will probably ere long reach this coun try. So solicitous is Mr. Livingston to prevent IMonroe fronlT sharing the . nonburi . that at th public dinner given by the Ame- ' ricans in Paris, in honor of the treaty it , was expressly agreed before-hand that no ' mention should be made of the name of Monroe as connected; with the treaty; 'v v ' ,;" &'r7 .. . : I MAIL-STAGE " v ,; ; ' "JB FirETJTEVILLEr ITIeavei RaieigbjbTT ' ly after day light, and Fayettevills about the; lame time on Tuefday to .retura( and to oo3 hues eiicfir,way ' every ;bther day, Snndayt except- . -ed. - R ates of pslftge, fear doltafi for one per ii' ' foo, who is entitled io 14 pounds bag'iretlf f( othr extrt baggge pays at the rate of foarjdol- lars for every 1 5P pounds. ' f Way pafTeneers '7 . ' cents per roiler TnebjicareklTured that eve ry leafonable effort udJifi made to make this, part of the line as plcafantf as poflible to thofo -V who are good enough to give it tbetr patronage . on them the owners are - dependent for afEf -v.-. tance to compenfate for Mhe heavy expenfes'ahd '7 pains that attend the buhnelj . i nn hne rega. larly nieeu that-owned by Mf ffrs: John ; Drunt," .Wood and Co. of Virtnia, fffn. fetarfHni'g to Kaleigb We bellcrt they have aod are roak- ; ifig fu?li Exertions as are here dated, on their part. . ; ,CER.'D. BANKS KZ-. x L " . -It, I c If . i m ?vVi u' '; -:' f mi -.w-,.-r .h t -" -I I- T V
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