North Carolina Newspapers

VvT t ' . . '- illlllllli -- TV' a aitr ooi.t. ri "1 Vol. J 3; PALEiGII, (ni c;) THRSDYNOmMBEMWm. 659.- To' the Scnafe and Home of ' licprenenlaiivet - - o' Ae United States Jt vou& ave leen a source, nilow-chi-zens, of rauch gratification, if our last com munications from Europe had enhbUd me to inform you, that the belligerent nations, wh6se disregard of neutral ,rgts "as Dten so'dc-structive to otir coqumerce, had become avrakencd to the duty and true policy of re voking" their unrighteous edicts. That no means 'might be omitted toproduce this sa J'lfary eHect, Irlost no time in availing m? tidf 'of the act authorising a suspension, in vlible or in p-trt, of the several embargolaws. Or miuis'.cis;, at LndoH and Paris were in tiruCcd to explain to .he respevtive govern . inVii tber;e, our disposition to tKercise the am'.wity in isuch manner as would wtthuraw tl-pretext on wbict) le gJJfi'Sons. were 0!r"ally founded, and open the way fora re-' riewal of that commercial intercourse which" it c;is alleged on all ( sides had Seen 'reluctant ly otfetVwrted. - As each of those governments by pltllged its' atlintss ; to" 'cof?cijr. in re n )ithcifig a Measure tvBich readied its ad ursary thrpi gh the incontestable rights of r."'Jtrai only, and as tine, measure had been assumed hy each as a retaliation for an assert ed acquiescence N in the aggressions of the other, it was rcaso!Tiatljrex'pe' casion would have been seized, by both lor evincing the sincerity - of their professicr.s, tnd for restoring to the, commerce of the U nited btatcs, its legitimate freedom.. ,The in structions to biW ministers with respect to the different beiliereiits were necessarjiy modifi ed with a reference to their different circum- singesj ajin 10 me "conuiuon annexea rv law: harmony, with the exception of an uniusiifia ble proceediiifr of the D of Aleiers towards to ine executive powej.ot suspenston.rcquir- .jour consuto that regencyv. Its character an! 'ih'j a degree. 6f security, to our 'commerce "ci ixumstances'lare now 1 31 d before you, a'nd vnicn wouia not result trom a repeal ot the I decrees of France. ' .Instead of a pledge there- lore 01 a. suspension ot the embargo as to hep iri case di stich , .repeal, it was presumed m other consiferaiions, and particularly in the change proddced by a Compliante with our just demand? by one belligerent, and a refusal by the other, ill the relations between this other and the United States. fo Gi'eat Jiritii, whofc power oh the cr.ean is so as cendan't, tt as deemed not Inconsistent with ihat condition, to, state explicitly, that on, her r,esanding '.ftcr orders in relation to the U. tates.(ihtirvlrade would be opened with -her; jand rem aia shut to her enemy, incase cf his failure to irescind his decrees also. From France no. answer has leen received, nor any jodicatiori that the , requisite change in her decrees is contemptated. ; TH ftvorible re ception of the pioposiicin to Great Irjtain tvas the less to be doubted, as hex orders of council" had not enly been referred fofthiir vindication to an. acqujesceifice on the pav' oftlK Ujniled States no longer to be pretend t d, but as the arrangement proposed, whilst it misted the illegal decrees of France, in volved -moreover substantially, the. precise advantages professedly aimed at by th e Bri- iish orders. The arrangement has neverihe ess been, rejected. ' This candid and libera! experiment having thus failed, and no other e vent hiving occur--red on hich a suspension of the emlargoby the Executive was authorised it necessarily remainsin the extent .originally gh en to it. We have the satisfaction," however, to reflect titit in return for.the priyatiori3 imposed by tiie measure, and which our fellow-citizens in general have borne with patriotism, it has had the important effects of saving our mariners arid our. vast mercantile property,' as well as cf affording; tirne for prosecutig the dtfen iive and vptvistonal measures called fof by ;' theoccastoti. It . has demonstrated to fu , reign nations the -moderation and fu mne -s ' vhich govern our councils, aud to ovir. ckizens - tbe necessity ot unitinglh support of-t'&e laws ,vandihe rights of their, country j, and has thus long frustrated 'those, usurpation and 'spo liations v cb, if itsistecf in vol ved w ar, ifuj inittrfw, sacrificed a vitat -principle of ourna- tionaj hidependence. ' . j;.- - Unnder a "continuance" of , the belU'rereat The docuroents, containing the coriespon dences on the subject of the foreigh 'edicts ...aginst our commerce, with the instructions given to our mmisfcera at: lxndon and Faris, are now laid .bt fore you.' .' The ccnimuniScations, made to Congress at their last session, -explained the posture in which the cloe of the discussions relative to (lie attack by a Br'dsh ship of war on the fri gVe Chesapeake left a subject on wLich the nation had manifested, so honourable a . sen sibility. Every view of what haa" passed au-(hoii-.ed a belief thut imnlediatete steps vould be lake u by the-British government (or ledressing a wrong, which, the more it was investigated, appeared the, more clear ly to require ,'what had not been provided Tor in the special misai -iv '. 1 1" is found that no steps have been taken for the purposp.. On thecon'rary it wii btTseen, in the document laid before yoii, that the inadmissible prelimi-ttary,-'' 'which obstructed theva'-ljustiniDt, is still adhered to; and morejyt'r tfiat it is now brought into conaection ih trio distinct, and the t elalive ca .e of the orders in coun cil. The instructions which had bten giv-en taour minister at Loudon, with a view to fa cilitate, if necessary, the reparation. ' claimed by the. United States, arc included in the do cuments communicated. Oar relations wkh'the otht:r powrrs cf Eu rope have undergone no material changes since your last session. 'T'h'e""rinirfifne'i6 cialions with Spain,, which fad been alterimti. ly suspended and resumed, necessarily; expe rience a pause, under the extraordinary and .interesting crisis which distinguishes her iii ternal situation. With tiie Bai'bary powera we continue in will 'enable you tdecic!e how far it may either ritnv.or hereafter call for-aiv measures Not within the limits of the Executive -authority. in. uiu iiiuidij uciifuuc 'jrine uuuhc utacc that a sufficient inducement mijpJttj'Hound i-has been steadily maintained. Some "instan witlv 'n trvr' if" will riH-4- . - . Mtw. -v. 1 111 1 111 1 in 111 11 v 11 ne nixiiu ri'i anil 1 n ih 1 rt im. of Con'Sress- to -'decide on Scht vear. TTiese. ViLlrtho lf.re aoted tn siir.h a state of I ,i .T. ..-.; .u w..t - 1 . r- 1 tu, uic iuiicitiii 1111 1:1c aaiixirs ami waifi- rVieasuresi which in detince of 1 ws .liicu ; consecrate 1 the rig'hts of neu'.ral Over Spread the ocean ".Tith the "Wisdom hfe course best ad things ;j.an;L bringing Avuli tljenias thoy do, from every part ot the union, the seutunents . i our CoasUtuenlSr my confidence ;is strength - iened' that in forming 'this decision, they will, Cwith an unerring regard (tojthc essential rights aad 'interests of the natjon, weigh ami coim L parethe piinful alternatives qut ofyirhich fl choiceis to be mide. Nor shctald t do jus 4 t-!ce t the virtnss. whl-h on other-: ocdasiojis , Jb. jtTc7 Z inirked tit?, characfet of our feilolvi . ?nsVif I did not cherish an equal confidence, I tiia't the alterrtative chbsen, whatever it may . J'?idl be miintiincd with all the fortitia'dc rn Ipatriatisai whlcIiTae criiioiiV t ia-. 2-pia ' .r" :'... - -' . ces of individual wrong have, as at oilier timei' taken place, but in no wie), implicating the wdl of the nation, Etyomrthe KliSiissi'ppi the Ibways, the Sacs and the Mbairfas have delivered up for trial and punishment individu als from among themsLlve accused of mui jderingcitiaens of die -United 'SiatyS,-. On this "side the Mississippi the Creeks .re exerting themselves to arrest oflendeis. of the same kind, and the. Choctaw Jtavelmanifested thtir readiness and dtsi're for amicable and just 'ar rangements respVciing "depredations commit trd by disorderly" persons of their tribe. And generally, fiom a conviction that we consider them ala p-rt of outtejves, wid chtrisli with sincerity their rights and interests, th attach ment of the' Indian tribes is gaining strength daily, is. extending from tlW nearer to the more remotej- and will amply requite us f..,r th justice arid fiiendsbip practised towards tnem. Husbandry and liousVliold,:roeiiufac turc are advancing urnong them, more rapid ly with the Southern than Northern tribe's, from 'circumstances of soil and" climate-, ..and ontvol. the two great divjuions of the .Cheroken nation have now under consideration to solicit the citizenship of the United Stat and to be identified with us in laws and government in such progressive manner as we' sirall ihhdt, best. '" . . " In consequence of the appropriations of the last 'session of Congress tof theZsectirity - of our. seaport towns and"harbori,'-'such'"sfWoT defence 'have -been erected -as seenrtd to be called for by the situation of the several places, their relative importance, and the. scale of ex pence indicated byihe amount of the appro priation. .- These works will chiefly be 'finish ccUiV the, coufsft of the present season, except aJsew-Yovk and fs'ew-Oileans, where n6st vr$& to be done : and although a great pro portion of the last appropriation has been ex pended on the former place, yet some further vietvs will he tu.bmittcd to Congress for- ren dering its security ..entirely adequate against navaT cnterprize. A' view of wliat has been done at the several phces, and of whjt is pro poted to be dune, shall be commuiuctted as, soon as tie several .rt parts are recei vttU , -. '. - -. r": - 'i- 'iv-.-, - v - . ' -, ; (V-.-.",- j - ral iletachmeuts of miiiba or of volunteers under the laws passed for that purpose. , For the ensuing Season however they will tye re quired to be in readiness, should their. service be wanted. Some small 'and special detach ments have bet n necessary to maintain' the laws of embargo, on that portion of our nor-, thern frontier which offered peculiar facilities for evasion. Bui these were replaced as soon as it could be done by bodies of new . recruits. By the aid of these, and of the, armed vessels called into service in other quarter?, the spirit of disobedience and abuse, which manifested, itself early and with sensible effect;while we .were unprepared to meet it, has-been consi derably repressed. , . . , r- Considering the extraordinary character of the times in which we live, our attention" should ,'unrepijuingly. be fixed on the safety of our country. -1 or a people who are free, and who mean to remaia so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security. It is th'ereiore incumbent 011 us, at every meeting, to revise the condition of the militia, and to ask ourselves if it is prepared to repel a pow erful -'enemy at every point of our territories exposed to invasion ? Some of the states have p ud a . laudable attention to this object : but every degree of neglect is to be found among j others. Congress uloue having the power to produce an uniform state of preparation In this i'cat rgan defence; the interests which ilv.'- ro deeply leel in their own and their country's security will present this as among tli - most important objects of their deliberati on. Under the acts of March-II, and April 22, respecting arms, the .diffkuly of procuring them from abroad during the present situa tion and dispositions of Europe, induced us to direct our whole efforts to the means of inter nal supply! The public factories have there, fore been enlarged, additional, .machineries erected, and in proportion, as artificers can be found or formed, their effect, already" more - 'S i- J. r- . .... -, . .- iii.' " ('- S -Vv I- ' ! iir.t - . ! IT .HIT. rt ' 1 ue aavamageousiy empioyea in oDimme tnt pvncia iiccosarjfjwr a, eysiem. 01 improvf- f .nbtf snou1ttaf'ltd'V ' A vailing lnjself of 'this,- the' las ' Occasio ' which wijfijecur of addressing the twoHquss ' of Legislature" kt; their xrietiiug,' I; cajphpt o- ' mit the expres.s?oa of niyj sincere gratitude, for the repeated' proofs 'of ;,0necroani fested to mtf. themselves aha" j)itir predeV tensors "smSeJfcnV: tall to thVadmJnibtrationi I tUd the many indvilgences experienced their ' -hands. JThe wine . paUful acknowledge- ments are"due (o tny fellow citizens generally, : whose support, bus been my git-t encourege. tnent under all tmbarrassmcnts. In-the, ransactiou of their business7 I canhjat ihaye escaped error. It is incident to our imperfect fnature. But I may say with truth-mv errors have been of the undtrstan'diiig, cot of mien- tion, and that the advykecintnt. of thetc rights and -interests has been the constant motive for every meagre. On these, tfonsiderations I solicit their indulgence. Looking forwM'4 with anxiety' to' their future desliniesf tru'sC' that Jn their sU-auy cbai acter, unshaken by diffidilties, in their love ol Lbtrty,-obedience to law, and support of the public authorities I ee a sure guarantee of the permanence of Our republic ; and retiring fiom the chargct of their affairs, I carry wi.h me the consola-v tion of a firm persuasion that Heaven has in siore for our beloved country, long age to come oi prospcrny ami nappiness.- November 3, 1808. Til : iLHXIlSPN, Of the gun-bbats auihorised by the act Of December last, it has been thdVfght necessary '."--i-.'.Ti .. : 1.. j. 1 .t--i T -t than doubled, may"hemcTad7os"To keep pace with the, yearly -increase ol the militia. The annual sum appropriated;-by the latter act have been directed to the en couragement of private.; flumes farms, and "contracts' have been entered nto with im'ivi dualundeitaWeji'5 to neaiiy the amount of the first years Eppropri-.it ion. -r""' ' v". The tu .pension- oi out foreign commerce, produced by the injustice of the belligerent powers, a id the -on sequent losses and sacri fices of our citizens,, ai'e -subjects of just con (.rn: v The situation into which we have thus been foi ced has impellec) ur. to apply a portion of our ndusty and capital to internal manufactures and improvements. The ex tent t.f this conversion is daily incnasing, and little doubt remains that the tstablish ments fo'tmid and forming, will, under the auspices of cheaper ttJateriuls - and &upsist ence" the freedom of labor fiom taxation with us. and of protecting duties arid prohibitions, beeon'it ' pjeriiar.ent. The commerce with the Indians too, within oiir own boundaries, ii- likejj- to receive almnd?,nt alinicnt ffntlie same iiiieitial 'sonfet", at.d-uiU secure to them peace and the 'progress of civiltvation undis-tuV-b- d y practices hostile to both. - The accounts of the receipts and expendi tures during the year ending cin the. thirtetvith day cf September--last', being not yet made up, a correct statement will hereafter he transmitted from tl'ie treasury. In the rp?an" time it is ascertained that the receipts iave amounted to near eighteen'. millions of dol lars, which with tight miUion and an half in the treasury at the begtnr-.Vng of the year, have enabled us after meetingihe current demands, and interest incurred, to pay two mill iotnr three hundred thousand dollars of theprinci pal of our funded debt,, and' left us iir the treasury on that day .near-'-fourteen 'millions, of, di;llars. . Of these, five millions three huh-, dred and iifty thousand dollars will be neces sary to p:y what wiil br doe on the first day of Janvibry next, which will .complete the re iihburSemcnt of" the tight per cent. "rstock. These payments, with those made in the six yeas and an half preceding, will have extin guished thirty-three miniums five hundred and tigh'ty thousand dollars of the principal of p the -funded delt, being the whole which could frcm the A'tiu Yoi k Spectator General AriuetrbTig and the French govern ment. To the following narratives, we ask tt.e faithful attention of our readers. They exhibit a statenui;t of facti which will rouse the indignant feelings of every individual who regards the honour and independence of his Country. r AVMlXJ?yjl"JUliStration are cringing at niost. exposed.,, and thresidue will require Ik tie timt: for their corystruction when it. shall be -deemedjnecessary. -'" -, : -. Under .thea'ct of the last session, for raising an addfcon at Jmi li t aU ' force, so many officers we re' immediately "appointed as were ueccssa ry fj carv ing otv the business of recruiting, and in proportion, as it advanced, , others" have been added. .We have reason to believe their success has been satisfactory, although such; returns have not '- y et "been received as enable me to present you a statement "of thu htrmbers engged.f ' ' " ' j :- ' T 1 ,. - I have not thought it necessary, in the course of the last season to call fur any gcae h r;i',' nr mnr. Ivj.it? d within the limifM-nf the lswar,d ofour contracts, and the amfuntof piincipal lhu? disxlsargfd will have liberated there venue from atw.ut two millions of dollars, of interest, and added that- 'sum annually to the d isposable- surplrr,. The; probable accu nuihv'ion of rtve siirplusSes of revenue' beyond wht can be applied to the payment of the puMic debt,whenevcr the freedom and safety of out commeixe stall be restored, merits the consideration of Congress. Shall it lie unproduct'ue in the pubfic vaults ? Shall the revenue be reduced or Shall it not rather be appropriated to the, impro yem eqts of roads, the fee t, and courting the smiles of Bonapar te w bile thsf editors of the at ftiinistration are vindicating his cause, palliating his aggres sions, throwing a veil ovtr fiis insults, eulo gising his getieroshy and his humanity, de luding; the people into the belief that he ia v the friend of otir country and the shitM anu- support of its liberties, and draw ing us iroper-) cepti'bly into the whirlpool ol rrench domiha tion- while these things are going forward m this country, the poor unfortunate Americans, who have been taken captive on the common I ' high-way of nations and carried into Trench . ports, have been plundered of theirproperty, '-. thrown5 inte diingeons, confined to the' diet of -l the vilest ciiminals, dragge through th country fiom pj'ison to prison, and treated, with the gros ;es. insults and the most inhu- : man and rayage ciitities.--And to add to this -disgraceful scene, the Ameiican Minister at Paris, who . is stationed there to watch over oh interests and to befiiend our citizens, is represented as aCii'ng as the Minister of " Trancei and byh"is cold,' indifferent forbid- --d'm -unfeeling-and: ilnj&rbAjrJcducUis consenting lo her ciimies and making; himself a 'partaker of her guilt. If the spirit of our fathers yet exists atmsng us if the ardorcf patriotism and the love of independence be not extingii'vshed forever, jiihe . public mind must soon be awakened to a scr.se of our in-'" -juties, and our dangers, and roused to a re- solute and manly vindication of cur insulted honour. . ' , .....l . X ''".' ' ThOrst article is from the Tretlon Fd-" -eraJfsfi and those which follow, on the same rubject, are from the. Tost of last evening . -1,3- AD THIS. ,. . , Extract of a letter from captam Colfax jun. f -7 the ship Octavia, frornCharlestonr bound to London, to his father in New-Jersey, dated London, July 26th, 1 60S. 7 " Ve were, captured-'the 27th of) January ' . last, off Dover, at 11 o'clock at night, and at ;m .2 o'clock next morning; were landed at Calais , prison, where-wc-remained a number of days oetore we. were reieaseo ; ine snips ana cargo ; are detained 4inderahe imperial decrees; wei were kept five months on pfiscners allowance,'"'', and not a cent to help oursehes with having i juu.y jp- . yinatcct a men ui Kll our.- canals, riverE, education,- inj Wherjjreat;. foundations" of prosperity ahd-uniou, under, th; p iwers w hich Congress may already pos sess, or such amendment of rthWc&trerituTion : as rny be approved by the states I While un certain of the course of things the time may -" '' ' - , P , '. money, cloths, and jihr fact every thing they could layjtheir precious hands on. -I made every possible exertion for it lief Cor myelf -and pec pie, but a!l in yain.lyselfy honever, vith a number more ship masters,11 with dif- ifirult y madeturtiey tod H,- w he re ;We re presented our situation to our minister Mr Armstrong : he inrormed me!t waaf.a givern-fnentMjfqirAbcTckrt-he Could not intirfere at present, as all Such, cases lid not come under a governrndnt claim- 7 1 took that for a definitive answer and returned to Calais with the rest of myiKifortun ate companions, where we remained - Confined' Tol small Quarters for five moiitas, atine end ;of rwh'tch.-. we toarciiT ed th 1 ough'. France awf Flandr , into lloh' land, marry " without shoes to thtirfcet ar.d othei ways in a veiV distressed sitUiiticn. U11 fortunately for me lhad not a shoe to n y fctt for more than two uiouths Uitii wc aiiivea at 'Iv Af .