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: , - . . . . : ...... . ' . .... , . , . 7 v Ay :. 1 X I PUBLISHED (weekly) BY WILLIAM POYLAN. Vol. 13. RALEIGH, (N. c.) THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 809. No.. 6661 r 3 jforehjn Xokpon, November 2. re ' returned to St. Cloud on the MR mrfi ' Af.rf the lapse of a few days he was to pother journey and to proceed to Bay; . to direct in person tne operations a- nst Spain " 18 v lnaprooaDie mas ne have left Paris before the arrival I Mr. far, the messenger, who would in that case him tQ Cayenne. lire war agaurti aUnt tr ht mrrirA nn with all ,311111 now r- -- means Bonaparte possesses; ana- wocu mind reflects .upon the character of the n tvho is to direct thera, it may form some it iti cf the savageness and ferocity with cb war will be waged. , He seems" 'to fear rier he lia cajoiea, ana; Austria ue nas rawed. General Vincent s missioams idchtly no mission of defianed and seeuig initiate alliance petween tne iroperor xandar and Bonaparte, the cabinet '6f ,y I a has eiven assurauces of pacific . iriten hs, and it ji even said consented to disarm. akband her new Jevici. Ana uius, sa iled of the good disposition ot Kussra, ani,; y tiding notlwng from Austria, Bonaparte ijfnabled to direct his undivided attention to Sail. 1 fOpps are marcnuij muncr in wtrge iies, and with all pbssible speed between Jl 20th ancflOtfTof "ttfstjmonth, 100,000 -men re to reach Dayonne. TJtncr amsion -arc jtbing to Toulouse, as to a common en i0a wilich they may branch off -either theorist or west. lairg fbrce Will pro dto Catalonia, and the operations against (province will cdmmence the same time the vpera&ons 'in 'Biscay, and Naivairei cph Bonaparte deStnbed tn the Dutch JLcrs to the '6th, "which arrived last night, Hfeusily employed t VitHiria, in making re Jatious .tnd passing . decrees far the good, Tterrmient of Ai kingdom, eereeweJaj3ient4.asayw'beejivex. iliericed by our -arms. a,Japrl, at themomh Hhtf tiutfof Naples, Which we toeik about' m years ago, was attacked on the ttvofnine: Jbe 4th of last :m0nth,' by divisien of men and taken with the exception of tort, into which oa"p commandant had j are said to bafve be'en;sent to Naples ae conjeiTcnces at triurth pe at an nd the ml which has hitherto covered them I soda be withdrawn.--s-One of their obi sets ' . . . . ... . - , , can tairy penetrate into, ana sorry are we jsay that thtrerrs -no doubt -of Bonaparte's ing aa'.omplished it Ffe has persuaded ssiato enter into his vifws iipon Spain i the Emperor Alexander, is the medium; ouiM which he has made I ho hraoeror of f . : -71 IT stoiJ-eroain, if not an approving, at least a e spectator of that sanguinary "warfare h which ht is determined to 'visit Spamrr What arts and arguments oan he have pre: led upon Russia or Austria to eive credit any pledge he may make, or to any treaty may sign, alter his treatment of Spain kstions tike these ve -know7 are usele&s. the mind clhnot refrain from asking: them. story has now to record another nrbof of . icrigttis to which the creduhty of some J ajneis can b earned : and ia shall be ich deceived if she will not have toreord i signal instances cf the fatal effects of it. POHVe Of the articles from F.rfurtK wnn1rl suadc us that the conferences had, aroon ; fiCr thin?S.V thn .iWnl'Al'imi ifo 'Afm.fJ 1 rein . i . i . r-. msw, ana ine scuunng uie iranaui r Germany, to effect these objects no nference were necessary. Peace and tran u'ty were bothMnthe Power ofBonanarte ha3'but to shew that hisanlbitioh hadli- ti aud that1 he reallv desired Peacei -and 8vord might instantlv have been wsturned 0 nissheath.Vho keeps Germany from ,nS tranquil ?He aJoRo Is it possible that we trutos should have escaped the Emper Altuiider ? But conferences Were fHeces- 7 10 enable Bonaparte to conceal his rc- --iiuauon nnt to maltp npftre. hnt to r e. re Alexander withji belief th he: was rt apxiou for peace," :He solicited t conr 1 tftces, he indulcfed in most nathetic lamen- fjwns.np doubt, over the' miseries of war F .Persuaded W Emperor to .join with him! i,n'ung us to peace t and though ha knows wnai he offers cannot be accepted, he de-. Ipon$ible fw the continuation of the war. ?c evacuate and bandoiv His designs' Pain ? will . he rlMsi '? hia 4nrinnf r f Vf i If hese were the things Tie'should .V"wnc m umnfzx then he might have rJffic credit for his pacific professions-But p"5,u Peace, onlv to enalile him td tM J' ,,nbimoi)s designs againstjipain taore secmity-. Let it not be supposed g3y,oh,. ;tat rhtsUerturySL-'pror, tl'OUl any racHral rpfnrm in hm' tr that nwnce aains us abated or assuaged--" m'i " " evcr epo to peace witn . us it !y towardsihis cotuUry is interwoven with -cace, and wbatycr be- his fate, the last pulsation of his heart will beat with hatred of Great Britain. November $J We do not believe that any French officer4- arrived from France "with Mr. Shaw 1 he flag of truce returned to Bologne as soon as the meisenger had been taken out by the Cpcus sloop of war. He wa5 landed at Peal, not without some difficulty, on account of the violence of the gale, and immediately Set off post for London, where he arrived at' six o'clocjk yesterday morning. , v 1 1 Mr. ShaW reached Paris on Mondav morn ing lust, and delivered his dispatches, one packet to Mr. Champagny, the French mini ster for foreign affairs, and another to the Russian ambassa'dor. "He was" detained in" Paris 'till the arly part of Tuesday .ftelloon,, when, having rectjveil ahslvcrs, addressed to Mr, -becretary Canning, frorii both of the a bove ministers, he j5rhcceded.oa;hirJ for Bbulognie, from Whence he erabaiked at cleveo on Tliutsday morning,., VMr Shi Was rec.'i ved with great satisTac tioti at all the places through Uich he passed arid treated With much civility ! and atten ion at ParisI Daring the short time, he remained there he was suffered to go abroad in compa hy With the' FrertcU Messenger, who lately came to England. .7- . ? It appears tlnrt Bbnap'ajrtadid hot wait for bouillet'fcn the 30th, the iSijp before Mr. Sbaw reached Paris; norcould ariy-eommunication ' .have beeiTmhcletoiiim between the period of the messenger's arrival , and his departuro. We all know the speed With which he travels,, and having left Rambouillet. for.BayOnne on 'Sunday, there was not-time to send a messen- 1 fjv- . miii uiLCl ivii. onaw laiuui uu in"u- day morning, and to receive his commHinU before Mr. Sh'&W'left Paris on Tutfsday after pbbn, 'It It 'probable,, therefore, Out Bona parte had arranged with his minwter the reply which should be returned 'to'this country, provided We declined entertaining the piopo- -bIH however,that he may have made some modifications of his first proposals not with any real view to nukepease, but to draw us into a cctfrespondence'for '-the 'purpose of en-dekvorlhg-ttf. render, us suspeeted by the Spa niards. -But thi s'poli cy,' supposing it tb have been adopted, will easily be, and no dotjbt -Im betn, defeated by '.titir ministers. ' "Still arey 4t. e Vuhut any French papers Containing a copy of Bopapart's message and expose, delivered on the '2 3 th of last rnchth . (-We "should have supposed that it would have beeh' brought !hy Shaw. If itlns, ministers do not think 4topoper to make it piiblicBut it-has been stated that Mr. Shaw only brought a Paris papdr of the 3 Ht, which contains nothing -more than an arcount of Bonaparte having left tRambouil'et -Thc message of Bonaparte to ihe legislative body was as" we -stated create relay, -transmitted to this country in manuscript. ' It was received by a Dutch merchant from his -mend at Hot terdam, who had received it two days, before. But we have this morning rpctived this in 26- sage or speech of Bonaparte's in the following form, .which differs !fro:n that in which h-was depend ttxn us whether he shall pour his arms 4nto Spain, and crown his , brother at Madrid. That part whicli relates to Iris overture to us, and to the cqnlerehcts at Erfurth, was the last in the extract pubMshd yesterdays It is'the firbt in the statement we have pub lislied to day and whichy,we Jire ; inclined to think the most correct of the two. But jwe are not able to decide with certainty, not hav-' ing yet seen any printed official copy. .'Till we do, we shallTtfrain from making any'ohf servation's upon it, except the following Bo najMi te treats Americajust in thesame way as he trea s the States oi thv Confederation of ' the Rhine, Which under the pretext of being united for the preservation of their . Own in dependence, arc in reality combined for the purpose of furthering the views and obeying. thew,U of France!. " The Americans will continde the embargo, and, would rather lose the emoluments of commerce, than recog nize the slavery if the seas." Meaning there by,thattUey are united with him in the at-: tempt to procure what he calls the freedom of the seas. Let us hear no more then of the embargo beinr a measure equally directed ayamsi fiance anu ciigiaiia, or naviujj leru equally produced by tbose countries. Mr. Jelfcrson, we know jt. always talks of the em bargo having -been ptoduced by the British andFrehch edicts ; though the factts that he could not have been acquainted wkh our Or dersin Council wheh thV embargo was tho't of. ' ; - TwoGottenburg mails arrived .last night. They Itave not brought any intelligence of importanci. General Kl'mgspor has present ed a report to his Swedish majesty , upon the retreat ot the northern and pait of the south ern Finnish army, which was effected wiihout the loss of a gun or an ammunition waggon,' in sight of an , enemy greatly superior in num ber. Tffe campaign hi Finland js thus at an end, and-the glory of it, itmust be con fessed, has been wholly on the srdW of the vanquished. The emperor Alexander was ex pected at liira, on his return to Petcrsuurh, srnnmth published yesterday, though -the substance is ujc same , v T' " The grand object of my journey to Er furth, was to consult with the emperor of Russia" upon the most 'desirable means for bringing about a gcnpral peace iand with this view, subsequently a courjer was dispatched to the British government, to propose those conditions, without Which it wai not expected that power -would enter into a treaty l In case of"an 'ufavourable answer from his Britannic Majesty; it Was my intention immediately Jto put myself at the head of my annjes in Span, 'tba'aHnjr&rothe on theTnr3eia;hTcen- re of that kingrlom, at the capital! and to plant the Gallic Eagle on the strong holds of Portugal. ' . .' i f Russia andDenmark are united with me atfaiast England IThe Swiss experience e- very day fresh advantage from the Act of Moderation. I am perfectly satisfied Uvith the good disposition of the Princes of the Con- leaerauon or tne unme. iae icanans are and have reason to be contented with the ben efits they derive from their connection with France. . :The; Americans Will continue the embargo, and wouhl rather ' lose the emolu ments of commerce than submit to be slaves on the oesan- 7 . 'The views of the emperor of Russia and my own are in every respect conformable. Our first wish was peace, and we would even coiidescend to make some sacrifices ( quelyues: iucrrfices) to obtain it, and to give to an hun dred - millions of people, Whom, we represent, the advantages of mariiimer"Somroerce . Whauyer mabc the result of it, our designs entirely coincide, Whether for the prosecution -of war-or forabjsQlodalionfpeace." the speech or message, as wrc. hive just giyen it, is, a our readers WilJ see, less , ab rupt han the one we, published yesterday, though it does not differ, from it in subsUnce except inthatpart which.secms td make it MR. MASTERS-SPEECH, In. the House cf licfihsaitaUvc an the ZOth V nit. on the ttubject oLour foreign liciaiims, - , , ' Mr. Mastters said he lamented trr ' pre sent situation of afiairs, which he feared would terminate to .our disgrace ; he wished that mie sober view would be taken of this great qutsiion, before the.y blindly rushed deeper in to a scene oi ujnfusionand distress. In thx- precarious situation in wluch this country stands (suid he) it istheduty of eve ry man to avow his principles and sentiments, with firmness and integrity. Ti is' public de lusion Ij bow to the numerical projects and phantoms of any man : No man can be deem ed 'independent, unless he is euided by the reason and expedience of things, abstracted from all party and personal prt.tees.- -I trust these resolutions will be cietermiped by their nierits,v4ind not by executive r piuty: influtn'ce. . .. 1 " ' Great pams hare been taken both in con versation and in print, to worn, upon the feel ings of the. people to persuade them, it must be embargo or wai at tlve same time you intend non-iniorcourse and then war. ' ' This report is calculated to manage, cUlti vate aiid sst in acti, the wai'mth f public, imagination i in order that a lion-intercourse and tlie embaromay be welf reveived. ' The rej)crt states, at the time the embargo was; laid, the Rritish orders in council were khowu and understood in this country, tW at officially communicated. Th;e , fact is the Britiih orders -in council -were - not even men tioned in the 44te. on ' that, question And -theiembaiWs1 Uid? as a x6eVclveTme without any icference to those orders ; and"', when the ministration found they Itad mis taken its opefationr tliay Went to the British government: supplicating .and begging, that those omers might be rescinded. Sir, this nation feels'hunibled with the xinhappy issue -of tfiek measuies ; and by deviatine: from an energetic; and practical course, are, whirled a- bout, the sport of every gust, and easily diiv-. en into any poru ' - V ' y Mr, Masters said, it had been In the pow er of this nation, more than once to have ad justed theirdilirence3wit Great Britain. Whim Air. Fox came into the British admin stratition, he ofiered our minister to rene w the expired treaty-, and at the same time remark ed ' it should not prevent him frgn proct ed ing m the;uegociaion, and endeavouring to make sucha treaty as. jv'ould be most satis factory to both'.' countries. In'the mean fime the renewal of the old trfaty. would prevent all coliis ion . between the two nations. Mr ilonroe's instructions'w ould not admit of it. 'Although Jay's treay was ekcepuorial in many pouits, and not popularin7 this counirv srrrhjs;nation-prtsfetcd- tinder that -treaty more than thev have since withhnf Mr M. said the late treaty concluded with the British government, by Messrs. Clonrce and Pinckney, wj a his opiniqa xuure advau- '6SU M"? Jormer, This last treaty was rejected principally on account of the pro testation signed by. be British Commissio; ners. It was w;orihy ef consideration that the ' protestation was no part of the treaty, and our government had since offered to continue the embargo, as to France, paovlded the British government would rescind their Orders', which was substanUally complying .Vuh the -proles. Ution, yet this treaty is rejected" . It' never ?has been in our poWer (said he) honorably to adjust the existing diffences with Rancr.' Whsc emperor has always showed "the great, est contempt for the neutrality of every nati. on, and whose determination is to compel us.to take part in the war, either, as friends: or allies, it the nation does not know t.isf I know it, and you know it Mr. Chairman. The demands arc positive, arjd beqause' wo" have not promptly -obeyed, France has 'sweptT by sequestration- juid confiscation all the'A meiicau property from Italy to Antwerpt, a. mounting to more than -on hundred million of liver ;. she has burnt;;, and'sunk many of our vessels without even the form of atrial. Why "do you continue the embargo, and add t it non-intercourse f Are yorf wailing for 4an answer from Bonapaite, that he has tak en off his decrees, that you may go to war ac cording to his demand ? Or do you wish to continue ibis oressure in order to gain time to offer to the great emperor in more explicit , terms, that you will lake lide wijLh him ? Your meabures are leading to that point, and it will be tne result. , Russia, Prussia, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Naples, ih short, all the subjugated world passed -embargo laws under the influence of Fiance, uuper the same pretence, and woioed nearly in the same manner as ours theie fore jrouivinbargo l4ws had a tendency t prevent the liriUsh government from rescind, mg their orders of Council, and wsre more injurious than beneficial.. . Creat Britain has iven you her answer. , Sir, our alfairs Jiavi proceeded .daily from bad 10 worse, until wc have been ' brought step -by-step, to. thrsTatenDf th in&. Byotlrer siStwig tiie first belli geient dec. ?l, wehuie in. vited retaliation and courted calamity.7 Vou otu in to ilesisf from a course of mea suies, which will, in my opinion, bring the people of this hation into warn and miseiy. 1 1.1s is a question which will decide the faie ofihis country. ' Sir, before you pass a non ' uueixourse, i beg the House sincerely and gravely, 10 consider the talutnHies which will lollow ; inconveniences, mischief and diatffiiS, are great aiid certain. The belligerent pow4 era Jiaye trampled upon the la w oi nations, and w.e have trampled on and disgraced ourselves. If these mekures were intended to coerce them, they would prove visonury and philoso pineal, and not founded on experienct. Youf cxii erne and theoretical measures may be brought forward ad hjiniiuni, in order to ex." tinguish all prmciple oi acuon, which aiisa IV01X1 experience and probability. Mr. -VI. said, the embargo originated from no plan of sound policy whatsoever, ahd.wai iu'eontradictioni to aif the principles f coni. merce. Your finances "(said he) musVlean' upon commerce, or your whole system will tumble upon your head. Wu are throwing open the doors ' to smugging. Whenever the laws of trade press hard upon th t6epl6 your shores and frontiers are lull of contra, baud. When he cast his eye back on our once nourishing tonmerce"ahd "agriculture grown to perfection through a series of lor tunate events, andtrain of successful industry ' and ; cnterptize, unparailed in the annals of the world, and contrasted ihem, -wilb your non intercourse and embargo, it gave; him melan choly reficefcui. He could not embrace a system which tended to destroy our 'country. In looking round (said he) yo will. disco ver symptoms" oi radical decay, and proof pf?J7 Consuming strength. Never 'did a. people " suffer so much from fallacious measures and empty words. This non initrcpurse and em bargo mUst be given up. -ThJy stand on no solid principle j it is a reflection On j our wis dom to persist in them ; ou cannot shew ei ' ther of ihutn to be the means of obtaining . some useful end ; there can be no dignity in perseveipg on joUr ill chosen ground ; you are not punishing the htlligeredts; the operation is childish and fruitless you ' are punishing ourselves. - The project of abstinence and starving men into a Sense of . duty might apply to a CouvenrS or Mdnas tery,but the operation aS against the belijgeV rents, is extremely - absdrd aud ridiculous jhave got into this difficulty j the great ; question isj how ueAVtrto. getvouu One cbj stacle in Uje-Way,4k;ilydupiwdIylboaste'd.' 1 When you laid ih - embargo, ' and r you now' : scorn meanly to jsneak out . of difficurtles, ; and are pressing the nation into non-intescours and warr ..lthinis it best" :"tbbae thcvgeueTT rous courage, when you find and feel an error l 51 hohorably and fal rly ta renounce it. ; jpyuurnonrnteTCcurse-and -embargo-arts : ittehdid to habituate the citizens (o the nia ' nufaUuring and wearing homespun j that is alsj vis:ouiiy. InsitaJ of homespun, thf genius ofTth : people is Cemmtrcc, C'cswrr;
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