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-i I' 'j 'friend and an jdlrV we remainS not merely telligence, ahd respectalilitf, mdiuerenfjand c&ll part against them indiflerent,jan& callous, but that we are taking lie rent person from lain, by whoni m rJV. T.'"Jfc. P& .-'. f writers at L'oyd's were aetrauded .-l nit t :i! ..i.i,-.i".::L- : Hi k A I - ,4 I ft1 VI " 3 t .1 "Hi IS - CeWflr-rThe .-administratm' papers are busy in giving 'ekfau-as.'from Cobbet s Regis-. . -'terifor thrr singular 5 purpscfproniotiug their ;. cause. " If these extracts -(says - the . . Monitor) io'lipt'.akpnv.'(erts''l6';the mea sures of ouVAdmihistr-m diwp'pbftc'JTiftLe thsrithe'Tbllowing : , . ,r ? wadwi!!''re?yhi? the"Ame ricatii Tntfo " choose to " represent t he "h o'stile prodarnation, T6t ks'an att ol 'r waltution, but &s ihAct bt firetdution " As' if they- wereV tfraid, that weshould send in our Ships to bu'rft ih'eir'tdwhs 1 Belie Ve" them who witT ";' for my ." part, the "ctrafa'c.vident to ;me ; and I so' , ' it, - at'fi f$ w as ib " them "i ' for . the y; in all : their ne wspapers,' called it "an -:act of. retalia tion. Sfee the'procam.atioH hsfelf in page 24 ,'df vol, ill, and say whether it 'be 'an apt-of '4 mats precaution. ,lt 'was the Vrtlldest measure they cpulddciptMiv "Madison says ; and T S4y it was the harshest, bwC"ause they had it potJin'heFrpovw to injiire or annoy us in any oth'erHtSy?, jt was the worst thtiy could do. It wakiiora blow, for a blow they, were unable to deal tfs; but it was spitting in our farces, lit "tfa too, a meastire still ip exist ence,. at Uhe "same time when Mr. Rose ar- rived ' in America and, therefore, to have oBered rej)arati,'.'Until it waj rescinded, would have been disgraceful to us in the highest tlegree.' , It joud havje been Seggiqg "piidon with a cane suspended over cur sbouK rfsrV It would 'have-4jeen going he step further than the late miAisiirs, who entered upon a ntgoemtion touching the ..tight., of., search, while the Americans had a non imppr-, tation act passed for the&vbwed purpose of . cbrhpelling as to give up that ighi, and" kept sQspenufcu over Dur nt;?ds raid y. -to u. put m executiou, "incase Ve refused to accede to the : 1 terms proposed.',' . ; ':. ' . -America is nsr-mueh -oup-er.dniy.. as she ''Jfffi'- 'bp.- Nothing can possib'y make her Snore so She would declare war,-but she dure hpt.': .There is no fciir of " throve) ng her' into the vn)s of France." She-is there al ready us much as she can be. 'Our ships of War keep the two dear friends asunder." What the ' revolufiot of Spain may do, by, placing . the'eottntrics, johirig the United Statesr-un-diit-lhe immediate cbntroul of France, I know not. If the Americans were nbt such miser- , able slves to their envy ' and hatred of En gland, this event would at once, produce, an alliance -.fiensVe and defensive between-us and them V but, I am of opinion, that it w'Jl produce no such effect until severe suiTcrhjfr (which' is in store for them) shall. have taught thejn justice and modesty.. The floridas are hatHcd-by -Spaniards ; Louisiana bj vSpan iards andenchraen ; the key of the Mis si.s'si ppi ' ia44!ic4 handi. . Without the aid of Enat)d, it is jmipcsibk: for. the Southern and JV-tstcrn-States of tlieAnverican union to ; maintain-themselves agalnstlHmce, if atfacR ed by her,.; ; and, to avoid1 being attacked, there is but ope way, that is, by doing whaNapo- koi shaS juomuvand ; in other word, yieHJ to him vittiout rerit.nice Vh'at a fine held ..jwould.', this rt volution in Satn, be 'opened for. u grand Ci-ocr.ai'mi'or England and A ineiica,;i weru it not for the runcour of the er5;h:lhoj latter' country j The. way for them to proceed. is so plain, mat it needs not uto be pointed cut. How. natutaf, or ghi'ibus, '4 would .such-a ' cc-operation be I IJut it is hot iot ur to endeavour to ha&tm it. The first nctious tp .vtticK it nuistcome from-the' other Side i'- an they will not .come till the people, the. ri-ql people of AmeHca,- shall rouse t!i6m- selvts," -trample under ..foot the slaves" of J"rancev and resolve to act for. their own in terests. This-event ccn be at no great dis tance.; They. know what French armie-s'are. .They, fitrstna!ti, hate the French ; and when once, they juayethenvin their nti hbourhood, they will begin seriously v. to think of their means of defence". Drive them from the-ccn-tihentcf.North rnerica.they'mUst ; or- they rniisc the rp selves '-beconie lths subjects of "Ffance. There is no other alternative; They cannot drXve them away without the "aid of England ; and the giving of that aich will ria-tuttitfjfE- and necessarily lead to a connection, "which may have 'a wonderful efi'ect in the worla.; ;iiuUjcannot t6p often be repeated, ttjit the first -moveniehts' tow'ardsTiuch a- con-' rnectionj; must hot be mad6ij tii-.'' -'." ,7As5u"5'.iand in, swe wiil gWeone more extracf from the same-wGrk, for ihcsdme- ..purposf T that is, reader, in making Converts to the Administration. " :'"''' ' "" ago- 1 he fact is, ; IM man, that fraud, so far from being American povernment, Ourst iiOt appear in A'merica'siiite "Hhe Hran'Sacfidatfu'dedo?")" because by that transaction he clieated'to a. much greater eent'm AraVrick than he did "mhgiand, for the greyer proportion of the' cargo, whlchthreugh tlf? Alleged contrivUnce ;iley was captured by a French crulzer, helbnged-tb " American' citizens, "aJod was not insured. - - ' , ' - ; ; ' . " Nw helt known that the- jational tntelli gencer has been forced to'cciifess that Halnu ""' the American meiscnger" is 'the' 'identical Haley here spoken cf as "he who deffauded the underwriters "at Lloyd's, and cheated the1 Americans.": "As to hia r'"hoTartpgToTap pear in Atrieiicrv why not,-Avhen Mr.'Jeffer-' soh openly protects him, hay honors, him with a public appointmeut? Shameful, scan dalous, infamous as'this "is, it is nevertheless strictly true Jom the Norfolk Ledger, "At this moment we have before us an offi cial document, which will enable our readers to perceive how -much we -"have given up, which, it wus in our pbvyt-r to have enjoyed ; the deciees of Boniipaifepaper blockades to the contrary notwiihstap'ding. From the offi-. Lcial document alluded to, it appears, Jbat we export from the -30th Sept. .1806, to the 3oih Sept. 1 a07, to place s"whe?e Bonaparte's pow er does not extend, U3 follows : . . ' . Domestic. Swedehjf ,56157 Swedish VV. Indies, 4 4 16509 Cale of G. Hope, , 67241, "and quite a'dif.J may always have'you, GREAT) and. GOOD ;v all letters yhich mipVt i r r I i thehde . RlENDrin m holy keeping ;t; 't: from you wkT ' some years; " Written at. Uie city vof Washington, the 1 8th." "port a design to meet hk -Lt ' i. I employed by the r.-lV-, '".' Your good (rjend- 7 "i to tttura you the mcWd. r I Ernd,- . - 16823757 Scotland, . 2;49941 Ire!fidT ,. . 1631854 Queiiscy, Jersey, if1780. GibrAtar, il(J332 British African ports, 3273 do. East In!its, 11665 do. . Vi Ihdiefj, 532227b Newfoundland, cc. 208611 Brit. Am. colonics, , 1 129588 Honduras, &c. 146S76- Madeira,' " ' 5237S Fayal and other Azores, k 2 1957 Cape de Verds, J5237 Brazil, - 4734 Maltp, . Morocco and Barbar . iaUs, China,, ( .. . ...... Eeast indies, Africa, utli ocas. N. W.Coastof America, 10777 Uaoishuow Britisii) W. Indies, . 8358 " 34022 317163 369SiV . 3385 Foreign. 38567' 911155 . S4316 i88l2S9 U726I " 23832 268, 13122 r 1783 ES701 -63026 1 . 58881 1 6.944 537478 69194 14976 44413 144 1504, 34984 'THOMAS JEFFERSON. forder of the Prestdei;' ': -:i'. 'i James Madison, tfep'ry of State 1 " . From the JVbrth American ? 496010 143258 593443 1026632 5266 92933 3"0736i5 " 'Flie w'ay that tT.e American states will get out of their emhai rassment, with respect '" to us with T- should think,- be - this r. Mr. 'Thomas Jeffet-son and his party will bousted, . and the new president will disclaim all their hostile Jicts. Sliou.d this be the case we . shall on harmoniotisly for the future ; and . think,' 'th'at the Americans (especially if Na pbleofi succeed in Spain) will'not Le long; be V lore tiiey join 41s against Fralice. That this I'-a'ow 7 beJtlecascv I Tieartily wish ; : but I am ' V '.if 'sure it hever will be, if ve makfe' the first Dollar, To which add, Spanish European ports air the Atlari- ticV , . I)oii the Mediterra ''neanl - Danish colonies in AmericJ, the dies arid TenerilTe, To Portugal, -,-; DollBrs, 304639Ci 6984175 797017' 2566533 331214 1 rv . 516U4 8i93l3 930J75 t248818 153173 31991290 22941873 Thus far Napoleon's power we may defvj exc pt his cruirrrt, and from lhose there is little to tear.. Will our.governmeV.t keep us blocked op, when we have a market fbr Uiree fourths of all our domesVic, and S-Z3,000,( 00 of foreign pioduce ?. What have we to four fromtlie cruizers of Napoleon! The folrwing is a copy of a letter written by Mr. jietTerson in 1807 to Louis Bonaparte, King 01 nuiiuim. 1 iic rceuiietuun OI It ousht to bty revived in the minds of the A ,iieriean people .'at this alarming crisis. ". -Had a federalist even written such a letter to a king of Great Britain of any other king, the Jacobins would have some caused - for clamouring about "monarchical tenden cies." In .what respect the Bon apart ea are more deserving of our brotherly affection than other kings, I; am . unable t . per ceive. But Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madi son, have doubtless: aome ' causet for their peCuliarjmachmerit to this family of up-'-fcfart emperors ami kings.-,--U. 4", Gaz. Great and coop 'titsn Havine re- We are authorired to publish the following correspondence, in order to prevent those misconceptions to which such transactions are apt togive rise. , ,'i r . I Last evening rTnajor ! l3isseU of the army, delivered the Tollo wir.g riof e, as addresscil1' : ' L ' ' No-1- . y$ '' ';-. ;Geheral:lAAlES'VlLKINSONthe com v mander in chief of the' army. , . - - ? -' to, -. .. . ... Captain ROBT. GOODLOE HARPER commanding a company of Volunteer Ar- tillery. ... : ;r v . t Captain Harper, under the .veil of .patrio tism, naving secretly assailed the General'st honour, and by wiles and fictions, unprinci pled and inhuman, endeavoured to destroy his, military -fortune audjiis fame Gen. W. conceives, that injuries of such uncommon, atrocity, without a ray of provocation to ex-, tenuate them, gives him anTncontcstihle claim to commensurate reparation He there fore waves the ..privileges, of rank, andde mansfrom capr. Harper the only admissi ble atonement. '. Major Eibsell of the army, will deljver this note, and is authorized to adjust the time, place and manner. Baltimore, Wednesday noon, ? .' 2Gth October, 1808. 3 Mr. Harper answered th at from threats -whiclr he h;id untlerstood had been thrown oyt by gen. Vikinsoii. he had for sometime expCi ted such a message, and was prepar ed with an answer, Which should be deliver ed in writing the next' rotting', at any hour when it naiht suit "Major Bissell to call - Major Bissell requestiitg. to know the sub stance of the answer. Mr. Harper told him. it, was this4' I do iit intend to meet gen. Wilkinsoj) .?" and addeS, that the reasons would be stated in wi'iu.og the next morning, when major Uisocll should call. . He promis ed to call at 9 o'clock the next morning in order to receive Mr." Harper's answer in writing. A little after nine, major Bissell called, and Anb am, Sir. "YourniostobetUentservan ' . N; B. I ijive vou mv K. --, kinjioiT has not seen youuk:bon??i unucrsunu the contents of it. -fr1- MitHarper presented to him thjJoljowing.. ojLthe &igk-ce-ndh ion Hherei-rat!onC anawe.uasealed, requesting him to read it. their icspeethe decrrcs, yet we hear findthat No. tb General Wilkinson must excuse me from accepffrfg his invitation. It supposes an e quality, which, situated as he is, in the pub lic opinion and in my. ownrl cannot admit. Neither' can I admit that for advising Mr, Clark to lay before congress the documents in his piHsessioh," Tendiiigto. prove the exi'-t-ence and nature-of gen. Wilkinson's "canhec tion with the Spanish government, which advice appears From his 'note of. yesterday, to be the otfeacc whereon his c'lallenge is foUnd td, l ain personally responsible to' him. It was my right and my duty to give that ad vice. ;To admit that I am responsible to-ger!. vVilkinSon for having j;iven ir, would be to" -droit a principle leading dire ctly to the sup pression of evidence, and the impunity of of fences'. . - - (Signed) ' ROUT. G. HARPER. Baltimore, Oct.' 27, 1808. (Addressed) en. Jamas iVitkinson Commander lhChiel Sec. ..... ' VMajbr Bissell replied, . that he wis r.ot au- thoriztd tb receive any luther -communication from Mr,' Harper, but in consequence of Mr; Harper's verbal answer, to gen. Vilkinson, of the last evinhig, was instructed to leave- with hini a note from genv AVilkinsbn This notp' Mr. Harper declined tb receive, unle Eft -Major" Bissell would first resume his answer .to een.. Wilkinson. This major Bissell repeated that he" was not .authorised tb do, but insisted on leaving the note, which he laid on the table and took" his leave. After bisdepartue Mr. HaTperopehed it, and found it to be as fol lows':1 - . " - ; .''':-. No. in. . - - . Gen. Wit kin sc.v to Capt. Harper. . Major Bissell having reported tb the gene ral, cupt.. Harperls determination not " to 'rheet him, agreeably to his invitation ofes teruay, the general can ht43tm lurlJhef-t;om--r rriunic")tion with the captainbufhaving de scended tp.the captiirletehlic regTes he 1 lWniril jlTI.. 1... ' ' ' . . J w.... uc iciierwtiichl allurUj the above, to capt. Harper, was .hat ? lias appeared m the.North Americ ! the designation No. 11 " . ' DANIEL BISSELL '. 'terday .thai there-was so hope of the E . Minini.try revoking their. orde?S(w w '4 Bon-apaite refubcs to rescind his Becrtef h oar government choose to submit tamei?1' his measures. : Un this subject the I V Morning Gbronide, an opposition par k the following. article, under date 0t V n ber 22. . .. . - tPtt5a , " Mr- Atwater, the gentleman s .the last dispatches by the Hope frpm A ca, sets'ofl' Pirhiotiurn to his native en on Friday next. This gentkn.m, is lit derstood to Jake-put any iu.t fUJ" pur government that is at all cujcJaU.d lay the spiritof irritation preying in AnjT lica, or to facilitate the compile reccne ili- cn oftlie twogoveri)nients., In Let. . apprehensionsare enriained,andbyptrsoJ too, not likdy to be uninlbmied, that there -no probability of ati aUiicao!e tcrmi:?!. ' tp the discuss:ohs which have so Jong KCitt on between the two governments. , h s that our government decidedly, refuses tore! scind the orders in council, or rnake any mo-, dificatipn in them favourable to America,; ani the American , government thtrdore exprcs their resolution, or speakii.i; more correctly ia thejanguage of the .American constkut-oa, thciiopiaion that the embargo will not be 'xZ pioved, or even ydaxedj until the orders 'la ouncil are rescinded ; nay more, until the A. merican Qar; shall be guaranteed from tiy: nic kstalioh of our vessels-upon.,ariy prince whatever. Such is the represtnt'atiuriVthut has reached us, and we 'feci inclined to bs. lieve it.". . , . . . . .,,....'. . . i hiis, notwuhstanrhng we have been told m the olhcial papej s at Washington, that our gcvuiiment h..d sent propcsiuoiis to France and to 1. inland, offering, to raise our en,bwr 4 1 1 :roi iiiovelaents . towards it." leraldi 'r dvtf'iQ Hatty. are' not a little surprti tl to, liiul the. following article in a London paper ofthe aznd ult. i ;i H;ythc:-Americ''essengcr, which ! TPpe, .and depted to purstiits which' separate a cfttain morninor ranffi mat treneraiiv be-trom meir anairs, we sun iook-wun i;ku- ceivecr.youi' letter ot septcmDer last, ' winch. no- r should be compellecT to bear-tes'titnotiy t ur.e3yoyraccessioatohu throhe.cf ' Holland, . his cowardice, atfd-put him out of the ranks o I t tencier ypu, in Denan oi cne u. otates, imy Qong'ratulations pn thre event.; Conntcted with ycur nation by the earliest ties of frcend "Ship, antlmaintaifiing With her-UniritcrrupT ecm-lations ol peace find comracice, b . event. Vhich iiiteresl3 their welfare can be indinlr ent. to U.S. It is, therefore ,. w ith ' the greatest pleasure I recei ve the assurances of your majesty, that you wijllcontinue to che rish those ancient relations, and WE shall, on OyU part endeavour to strengthen your good will by alaithfulobseivtince of juslice, and by " 1 1 Va I inor Panfn that trenerallv ' tr ays tather an'overweeninff-eWemess to de? I 'THERLYT concern ort wliat effects .those -na' prUiatcilhe American ? government, thought tionsj andjffer constant PRAYREH fbr jheir jm)(et&j send fntbclrpulatioh a few day since.. welfare:--Wfth a-FRIENDLY saiicituxle- for ' JrIicf r'''msiaDgcf? ' is amahrcf in- yojwjnajesty-ts pewoaM PRAY God, that he honnui Baltimore t Oct. 27, 1808. 1 : - mornirf.' . c- , . i -fT4're answer' of which No. II. is aro'py, . waa iftcntransmitteq tp . gen. jWilkiasuii. . Ft&m ihe mcricun,. To those who know capt. R. G. Harper, it is unnecessary tft Ray that he "is a switidltr and' an alivn to honorjr1, iut tp the whole world it may be necessary to procLi:W him "for a. coward, because he has been a bully ; and thus to phpe him below thecohsideratibij' of every man who values the character of a gtntlcman." ; ' . -. : ' 4 . ' - J AS. VVILILINS ON. - . i-r . : Eultimore. Oct.-27 1S08: " the propoVitiofi to the British; ministry wj clogged with the old and. often . rejected de- niinti that iuigiand icuouuce and relinquish' the ngJit ot stitich. Why did the jadmim- . i i5 . .... suauui i tnew irs ocniauo i coutu lntysu: pr-se, that our embargo would ccmpel Git:t untun, in ner present situation, to - yield i belligerent right in maihjsartg which- she is supported by the laws tl nations and "the in- YP.rioljle usage of the commercial WQilu ? i Or did they ;.dd tliat. daus'e, cme "'--which lluy knevv cvuta not Le-accepted, for the -purpose of defeu'thig "tre-whele ? Are the leading I ir.t'nile! 5 rl our adminis' ration,"- tuch l luidcvs' j ;u i;egociati(;n j or r.re they determined .t mi ruaius til.ier to keep . their cor.stnueiiiS still sirugRling under an oppressive 'and use less embargo, or to plungetheir country in an linneccsWy and. ruinous war with hn- -, -as to our ii,mna'-go, it has hjvd.es wcii r,t since predictbd, no kind of cflect upon u'.ilr rof the I cllii rem powers, un's to, i r.rwe ..tberij to execute their dcciccs with-inc'iiastd' . figPiilj,-- -', . . ' :', . Let pi briefly state the case. France, tne fust clinch r, will not a&ccde to the oferscf our goven mtnt hejbvill i evoke htrJtcrci, on 110 otlitr cnditionv than that our- govern mt nt interdict all in'tMYcurte with Enghind -'-dttla e inst England- issue clctis agaijr-st Ei gh-f.d which will, compass t Ie b ject and )t refde the necessity of Lis aeatist -us. In other oidsBonaparte has piontur. ced us at war w ith (i. Britain, has resolved that, until- t-ur goYernmcntlics discovered and pn climed the iacaic will be at vac witH via. H ence hjMhieized ai d burnt our Vessels on" tlcear-.-hence'-lVe h?s seques tered andcon'fiseuttd our property- -heivce , helradl rested end imprisoned t.ilr citizens. On the 'other htnd, England are us;i:'.''ce thafshould we svibm-it to the Decrees cllio- naparte, s-he shoilhi find-it ntccssuiy, in self-defence,-' to; issue retaliating., Oidtrs." .After waUi" Hgiii.ov ten nionths, without discf.yef ng on etii-'pn.rt, ariy disposition to tppcac rhensures of Lapoleon," she sends n.itir htr Uideiof ietaliation; On receiving the ft" position olour admintcliction, that the I-1-,.. bai" ?M?KK''"r3is"t:d. so fr.i- i's it i t:!tes to 'v. Being directed by. gen Wilkinson tp open , contrition that her Orders be rescinded for righi-tearcfr --np:-- Y)urKrrTbat'go is aTOt;wcrpa re---larion which you have y right to adoj-t anwf voice at pleasure. We have no .tight ucr;, clinatioii 1(0 contend, or-intermeddle, w'th;'j your tnuiiici rt arrangements. . ' Satisfy y c-ur- . stbes on thagubjetriT anct-ypu satisfy usi But,., as to our Orders they were dm tvn forth. -not by your Embargo, bJt'"hy-'the Decrees cf Co- " r.aparte, which wve quietly submitted to 1 -you. Procure the revocattiBfof "his Decrees, or. bring to a close youHntetouHe and-your -neg'ociation' with him, aiKluTOrdefsycrfar: as-they rtlate to you,-shall be rescinded.' This, we are informed, and we 'believe Uj is the tub stance of the answer, given bv the British 4
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