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C avst.-' FityaLU Ulf Yearly... Vol. ioa) " w pin,: n kALtEIGH, (N: a MONDA?, EPrEMBER gt iBo5: PUBLISHED (weekly) EVWLIAil EOVLAN. I i 1 FOREIGN, y THE PilESN T POLI TICS OF U- ; HOPE. Our readers VM From Dtyt lVecVy Mepnger. find under our fo reign head fome particulars of the pro grefc -which Bonapartt;is making in Italy, no: . by arnisbut by tfr e cheaper methods of artifice r intrigue. .It was plain from the hrit, u.r the fweepink title of theking' of Itajywas nof .rd .r ootliing & the name continues cverv ir. empty Sardinia is rx:inl; Genoa is in corporated ; and Fufcany ak4 Naples, .pufhed upon their frontier., canonly hope toexift during the picture ot twe enipe, ror.. The pope, in his eccJefialhicat do mains, is a prhonsr out Upon bain, and tauft furrender himfelf and his terfBries upon .the mandate of his maftejhilft by the poflsflion of Switii.ft3 and Ke great avenues of Italy, Auftria is efFecTu lljccut off from allaccefs to'Vcmce The plea for the iGenoefe for incoirpo ruing themfelves with France, is fome what plaufible "Blockaded in our ports by the tyranny of the Englifli, though neutrals, we are puniftied as enemies, & can -n6 longer fuUUt-hy-t b a t-com-nf ercVf v. hicn is the only meanso ojy lupperjt. - When the ftrong oppfefs the yeak, their only refuge is in the protection of the ftrongvr Excluded from the Teas, we . are defirous of a continental connection, and in uniiing onrfelves with France, we Iniil be lecuYe as members oi Ijer empire, k partake of 4ts ig lories and i ts deAiniet' A qaConal pooM is then ffit oh footJand try a vote of the - population, Genoa fur renders Kerfelf to France. Without any kiice examination, of arguments, Buona parte accepts the (Vrender ; a fenate is cbnvened, ijpeeches 'and compliments are bandied on both fides, a conflirution. is lor red Out from his tra veiling port folio, y, with th? moft impregnable city, arid -the population of a million, it affigned, 2c delivered up to France, in half an hour. What irnpjreiiion is this likely to make Tjpon the contineht. Ituflia aas never dif fembled ; (he lias fufHciently exprefledher refentmeht mi the otrt fcore, and now that ftu maparte has chalked on St, it is Hot likely to fiibfidci. 1 he cafe ofveYuftria, as wehive obfervtd, Is not impreVbv this event. --ln add.'ng to Ins tneatore ofMji fult and encio:huient. Buonaparte is cftr tainty adding to hr fecuriry ; in cafe of a rupture he is favrd. the trruhle f tOi fjcring Genoa ; ii is only to be fearetf that he mayproceetKo f-r in vhi piOjjref of peaceable acquifnioo, tliatthere w i ) I .xu3t be room to make a (land in Italy or any where rife. . In the event jz? a continental war, which i as errjeain as any thing of fpccula ton can b;eflt1nittfril!y TuggeiHfoushere to take iome' view of the feveral powers. The fituation of "the court of Vienna '"-yS ftrangely equivocal ; its politicks for this ' ' fome timeifbave Jieeh myfjipjxA:uh "fbcappearance oFaverfion to the Britilh cau'.e it is iai nice obtervers, tobeouH the eve of coalition, and "with the fliew of .friend liip for "Frince, it js believed that the fword is about to be drawn. The iufpicious condudiof Autlria has an excufe Iro n , her fi tuition ; the High reft mftve.. ineni of ho'tihty brings'an army upon her, tfte iirlt onlet ot which the iS'uncquM to refill:. Unable, but by open anjjjfilioux "fd!icitation,-to ro'jTe?f1ie German dates, flic defpairs of this-afliiHnce till top hte, an?f furrounded by powers, Avho,. though involved in, a comTntfttintereft ib refift the encrujchments of Francel' arc yet willine e to oeipotii.n. to lentiien tne only produftive of difafler. Many of her beft generals hive retired, or have been difgraced ; her dominions, though large, are not equal to any exteufivc Jubfidics ; her population, though nuser5us, is ex-' haufted ,and tlifperlVd. . I befe circum ftances liave, probibly, made htr mor. dilatory , and cautious than ufual. 15 j: notwuhitanding, Aailria, has a.ftrengih fomewhat unaccou itable and peculiar to herfeif. More- deficient in pecuniary re lources thjuahy oUn'r great power, in a. rope,, he is better able to iahTiii'and do -tooiilerabiC-tliiiia-iiWt thein. " By long h-ihir, the vhole (lace is formed tol its necelfities, and the fubject is more rea dy to fupply free quarters, and, fubmir to military JTccnce than any otheK The ccuntry h iabu -ldantly fruitful in its parts, and wh tilt the war is carried on near horns, an arbitrary igovernment, operating en fo extertfive an object, can hardly fa:l of Tuch rcfources, is. nj.ift lerve an Aultnan my ; which .'till p iid, s Tacitus defcribrss the troops of the anci ent Germans to Juve been ' thsy havt a plentiful table in lieu cf f ay. ' Though flow in her operations, Ajflrir. Vakei amends, by hT perfeverance ; if lie. does not phy tbera Jhj-ieiu IpTrirfb? TievTr throws up her cards ; .nd though by an. error coniatonv to r;i.tiv courts, but particularly fatal to this, Ihe is accuttomfd to interfere too much and of lh.oBth-C ny, ,au of the merchants and others, interefetd in the cjmnmrce of the city of Charlfen?1 and -i am', fir, ,V our molt jtbcditin tjf rvai.t, ,f ii 1 HUivlAS COKBETT. . frcfidcn: of the booth Carolina In' ;' 4 furjince Company. . . 1 ,:-jlt hon.r J AMfc$ Madison, Secretary o Rate of ths U. " ' Sties ot Ai:icric4. top minutely In the operations of the campaign, jher is;reafon to believe that lne pndenceiif jKeArchdUkeundc whofe "guidae hef armies at prefent ire, has.-effujlly'coir?d her of this "folly r;jV - But by the celerity of the movements of France,; advantages are pained oyer Auftria before (he cad regulate her r? fources or miifter her troop; hut it h s always been the d-fiRn of Auftria thuth ITue of the war fiiould rather arife fro the general rfalr and concurrence of all the operations, rrrclnillv irn:InrtS j t.i ihe guns fier the ctnror is proclaimed- lid though a. flow advantage, than trvm ltroke. , : .. r JlufHii entirety governed by a picific" fovereign, and by aged, and therefore cautiou minitlcrs is wholly occupied "in hulbihding her refources, an hnng'-ng into accbunt her va(l eteyht tei ri'ory. The fphere ' of her atniuon is nor t he fouth of Europe her oWnCt of a,irju diiement, if- anyis the lide id th eaft. Witbi relrard to iht Kuronf an tvrt'i- ticks fte prfopoles butrone -end fecurirv ref6re has not vet taken, nor will 1'iirther part than what' is neceC tis aiin It fs rhus.thac Hie rus "n5r.f irftj-red countetrajftion to open force bur fliuld Auftria for felf defence, be compelled: to renevv the war, Kuffi from the Umt motivetiough not in the fame degree; will come "for word to aflift hen. This afliftance, howeveVwill b limitted by her original policy, and to hr own immediate intereft i (he vvilhiot fuf-for- Ai.rVf.: u c i i j . . I . " ' "y? iunii':r weaKcneo ; onr neither on ilif other hand will (he attempt an extensive Tecoery of the former coa- cjy ei tsot 15;onprte; Ti?ihe h:nourable Jambs MjltusovrEflJ. tary of ZUtt iftksVntied 5 Met. v.? . The MtMO ilAL ot the Prefident npiretftors of the South Carolina In fiinnte Company, and of the merchants a no others intrefled in the tommcrce of lu' city of Chai lefton,. RtfptflfuVy jheueih, , ..... THAT your memorialifts are deeply 'ar 1? d by the recent capttire at the very emrance ot this port, of the Amen- j cau(hip7"wJ Viffivoy.a Kr'i)d) privarerr. Thivtnt has excited among all cljfj'ts of citiz ns, the ftroiigrit IfuUnons-, not on ly becnifc tiie laid ihip Was captured with-. aw any cohmr of preic;nce, within light of I ind, but btcufe .'he was our only regular ondoh trader, and had ou loard a full T'pTyr'of fpnT.g and (;m!icr gods. 'J he d i : t re Is and . at ) x'- f y . Di .5 xan td . by th efe circuohnces, art- g eatly enhanced from our having been hitherto deprived of our fpring fopplUs, and from an anticipation o 1 1 h e conlrq ifi; cesj u ft ly to be apprehen d ed frrm a t ontiauance ol Jinilar out rages r fliould .not. the moft prompt and. effectual eafoiri-ibe dopttd for thp prote "iEllop and 4ecuijtyl)f,our cotr.mercial inteicrts -Your memoi ial.iU art; iunhorife d io add ahhq.ih the i'jct be, .not detailed in the jtfottft) ih it it .ipprars from undoubted an iho.'iiy, ihji ihK' m u jituiif of the prize . the falfti -iur.-'u Vi'. to the ;.bo'e m( n" tioned capture, the tap ovs havinij laid hat they would releafeth- i wo Friends, :a the tveru of their tcllii-r '"with any oi he r vITirible pIze7 wl"th' mi- he be more vorihy theirnorice. I - - i his moll exirordirtary canture- in di.. ftQc violition of our treaty v ith France, (as appears L.tne accompanying docu 1 .. .' " V F , f I heightened by the well known, circuni 'irace bt many of the cruiiers. which in leUvour Ihprts, be lonrbE to St Jgode . Cuba snd Barraioa, in which reccptachs our vc0Vls and It heir "cargoes wUh the;I knowltdiie of the government of Cuba. are iu'lUntly ibhl, without even the forma- S 1 ... ... .-r iurity ot a trial, any condemnation h hatever, thereby precluding every fu? ; tuTe probability ot redrefs- . - - . - . Your memorialifts avail themfelves cf this occaiion, to notice a late dtcifio'n'i of 'ii hand the .takeCany. to fpof thelf-exiftence,' or jealous of any .confederacy by whith Auftria may proflrj ?in(3t?rfrn-y&.n?ocii;? .far.fear.4ff. , 'tfeteOion, and is unripe for any indeprn . : " or opeijaion.- That incomparable body f troops, whicb at f he - beginhrng of the late war, had givcifi hep-fdidecideci. a fuperiority, no longer exiftsin thefa'me perions. If her troops have derived ad. ; vantages fro a hing leries of aftivefervU' ztesi thefcadvantages wrr equallyiaa jb fide of th e enemy. Her af nines ha ve fo often i r: be en beaten, ' tha jt is no wonder if 4 fortof tvearinefs , and defpair have crept among ahem, after fuchan infinite train.of un- trevyarded fatigues,' when they have feen With regard to England, Aich an ally as thisrwilj be alnjoft ineftcluah ; . f Pruflia, now on the edge of the French territory,-with a miniftry who already conrider Iiuonaparte as more their matter tha oh'eir.ow'nTm'er.eigni'.'.-with - he name or , a rrench Ally, is almoft as effectually a yice.royalty of France, as Holland it fedf. . . ' : n tef pecnrnfeertortKern powers, i we den appears rifihg to that d'egreeof coiuV--quehce and ftrength, as to be a'dvapcmg into the ftation from which Prnflia is ra pidly Preceding In any event-oT a to tlr e French power, whether by defeat, or in j u r r e&i o n i n .fomeof the-h urn e rou s : provinces, the German 'powers wtu!4 Lfini: a rallying poft in Sweden, and fbe mig! it again become as. in the days of Gutf avus. Denmark is hot fa loft to the, itate 'of jts , o n intereft as may ; at firft Xlght Appear'. This -ftate evidently only refts iin her prefent torpor rill the com menct ;jmentof action by foms great pow er. We mall rrefutne the fubjeft at a fu ture t jme. '' . ' ' ."I copy. 0 't of the $futh Cnrtlint Infvranct C&fMy -f CHARLtSTON; aid Tube, l804- S IR, I have the honour to inclofe a iht fo inaay valiant exploits hare been Xm erorial of the Prcfideot and Diraors ment s) has already breai tcSiowed byj t yents no let's siirtnin ocr harbour being at this moment crnip'etely hlockrd up by three t rench private er$, ..and more are daily expecled) wh-ich t ximmes 'all velTels co" ming in and going-out of this port, and ei ther detain orr:k'ale them, according as iheir vaioe excites the cupidity of the crui zers. . v .. ' . j . - .. Jliis drgradihg ffote cf our hsrbour has reef fTiriiy raifed the premiuhiof infnranceK thus foi it'g additional fums from the pock et of our cimens--has advanced tb$ price of f verv tommoility, & createl dillrtfL ing fl'gnation of our exports ; for the merchyncs not receiving, tof tr goods from abroad, are inc. pacttated from tirchafig the produce of the countr. An-ong ,Kr ftf-nlnrahl fs of the defeiirrle s ajU hnrniliaurg c ondition of our.- com-. merceixm.'y be tnorenyer enunterated the immenfeloiV-ti f duiip "thofe on the fliip Two rrieftdrUms, being eftimaud 'by the: collector at 45)odo.drdbrs. Your memorialifts have the beft reafons for believing thit thi early fuccefp, X periehced ' ly thefe ' Frencfiprirajeers, 'wi'tmmedia'tely "allure others nV fwarms to our coaih and bar," to the total ruin of private. mercantile concerns, and the molt fa t al il t ) a Ic a t io ns of the publick revenue. thediitrkl court vithin this ftategrouiid- ed.ou an aft of Congrefs, v hereby, fhe ji; territorial Junftiiclion of the United t' States is limned o the fliort dift.incVcf ;l j three miles, or a marine league, from the , t coaits or mores, which, by the fa id court is conftrued to mean ih'te miles from the land ; confequeDtiy, the middle -eKmel'.'l of our b r, being morr than three milea i, diltant from the ne areft land, is pronounced; by judicial authority to be without thcV1 jurifdivflion of the United States 1 The , -very entrance of our harbour, in full fight n of the city, where vrfT: Is are frequently 1 oohged to anchor while waiting tor tide, and with a pilot on board, is, by eur own tribuo ils ackno vleiged to be without the . prottclion of our; government MI A'our memoriafts refr am from comme rti;; ring on the pernicious tffec"t$ of a fyftem' of policy : Jo pregnant with difhonor aiVJ ruin to the trade and navigation pt the U f ; on at large, bhtmorrprtichlarly toth of Charleftonf froih t he geograpyy tf whole lliores, and particular lCal fi'tiatU; on of whofe bar, and harbour, evtr vef fel, in her ingjefs and egrel'b is thus fob. jetted to fearcb, detention, orfeiijre- We content fiurfelves with a bare ftate-- menr of the above grievance, fupt rvtdded o f manr others; not Jcubti..ir rh t the Prt fident will tak theamc- i no confide, ration, and being duly Jmprt IT d with the necefiifv of fome early remedied arrange. ment, either ot a leifl. tive cr d'pjpgtic nat'u'reV tP.iIJ''Vecur taTfucli a? may Tppear. Ir wli conducive to the di fired endi , i ur tncn ori lifts having tl un txliiblU e but ji impel I -6t view of tht it ruirious, upprot-i ft,:d, and 'tgradtd fituation, rely tfu-'i ..oi.fideii.ee oq the prompt interpefi tion ot the Prefident, to obtain by r pre- fentations to the minifters of France, acd ot i pa in, (in the event of the Two Friend i being carried into a Spanifh port) reditu (1 tioti of theJaid (hip and hcrrargo, arid to cause a llop to be put to fimilar fpolia. tions. ,-"''And" your mmorialifts farther' motearneftly folicit fome immediate and etfvctujl naval protection for our harcoufi and mores, togethrr with fuch other mea.J lures as the national ctuTncils, In theffj wifdom, may deem expedient, as well fort prevention of the renewal of the outrajeil we have futlaijitd, as for the permanent fafety and proteftion cf our commercial. ana navigating rijnrs ana iijccjtus.-- j Cbjt leiett, (S. C ) June j. j COPY. . , Department cf Itate, July io 1805. "S"x"I4 , I have -rectived your letter oil the Vi'J u!t. incfoling the memorial of- tie insurance company of which ypu ar pr ef d f n t , ' a r d of the in e rt.h an Sc othe r intereilcd In ths . commtrce of, Charlelt ton. . .''-v .;- - ffaving . heeq befp're made arguafnttn by the cdilcclor of cu;Toms, v tth the cirf cumliantes of the capture' tf the Twg friends. 'I loft, rio tne in ftatinc it to thl Fatal deialcations or tne puonck revenue, r rieiiu, m Kiiuiu.iMHt hhkiu ..xW .. Ytntrimmorfah a pprehending t hat Briti Q ' Cru. & x s , a v ai 1 - j ng J lie m.fjeixQ proteSion, WiH nd-MT. -peTTuig the Fre n c b , affii mt &oc rupy thei f r ou hd pa hd eTiTier r eTaln tolhe"ia me tf e- grading ftate harrafling pur vefTels by lear ches and detentions, or fubjeOr-us to the rftfgrccful and mortifying obligations of gratitude, for aln futcof nd relief. Your meaiorialifts are tbe more alarmed at thefe depredations, becaufe inuch valu; abje property is ml expected tms luinmer, from other quartf jrstlian London, and cou liderable importations jvlll be looked for incthe failjfor our winter fupplies : ai'nf fhould there not be sn eally and Jifluil check fo thefe aggreffions j fhould our fall importatiotrs be alfo interrupted,' the cala tijs .. j'aft year, producedi by the htirricane 8c other caufes, in :whkh ih city has f largely participated, would be aggravated to fuch an extent,' as to eventuate in gene ral ruin -and ,ih?fe gceat alai nj and ap- the communication made to him refptctirf tbis-jt cnnn)ilTary 6f his nati ! on atCharleiloni hfi'ejubledMmlt.Orir ticipate mV tltfites, by -.recnefl :n'g-.'i hekx, tains'iceheral cf the-French i olonies, f. allot wnom ne nao-writfcnrcineciinBi to Obtain latisfacltion for" this violation the convention between France and tM .United Slates. . J . , .. .... . . .'. The obfcrvatioB? contained in the xn morial refpecling the.'.hjctrfituation, ai the proteaion'ineceflaiy lor tne.port. Charleflon; atid the adjacent coift, Iiaf been weighed by the Prefident, 'aud p tonriecilon with other: information, wA promote fuch mealies ss the iiature j his funftion, -the-exifting taws, and tl- poWic goocTrc syhtf t hooght to admit ar require. I have tfie honour to be, fi very refpeftfully, your mofi obedient fe ' vant - ?. . .; ;: p-:j....rjf JAMES MADlSON-r ( '"lTBOMAJ-CoRBETT,r tfy:- ' . '' . . . . ....-.'!!... -. r --ff-.- -- r;: i . . (
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