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,.T-D .' i'. ,i- . ... :"L '.' ' wli j view Louisiana (ak, he did the embargo) as a positive. 'evil, , would consider pur navy o as much importance to us as the navigation of the Mississippi.' " The cost is" tremendous for A -- .. I. ... : l . L 1 1 .. yl rl Kim mI " I league's (Mr. Nicholas's) proportion, mast be I enlarged, repaired,, oeautinecj ana Dime up on "an extended scale. '"'. It was'more unfortunate tbatwe bad paid '4o much for the cost of a 1 inacnine rusting an i-ne-re- in nTfeness ;--.We1ni!glfv,then:ilc'0ate ifrdra this, fact what this cost fwduld be, provided the; House adopt ed the resorutiori of the gejntlenyu from'Vir. ; ginia, in its broad form, the most tan;erous fvii ntvfiifirl in thnt H usr . and nledrrad the nation to the, maritime defence of com. jnerce.- - . 4.' 'V From the commencement, of the present administration, to the preienUday, a; principle so abhorrent to his mind, so dangerous to the liberties of this country; hiid never been pro posed to Congress. . It ccMeropHtcs a pledge of every d rop of blood,' of every shilling of mo ney, to 1 he maritime -protection of commerce jUt mvitvt in rc6ui k He was not willing on one day f: lay the axe to the neck of com merce, to' decollate herand the next day to decollate himself, to commit Miicide for the, . 1 of com:ne ce. I f commerce ' could nst take-care of itself, !t was iiot worth canng for. out alter, ail ..jnar. nau uecuuiu on nc buujcci ef.a navy, properly' so called, ships and sea men would, somehow br other, work out their own salvation.. A great many of them, may be destroyed, but the rest would make, such profitable vovaees as to induce other to run j . - . j . 1 , r XIIC SaillC I lie luufcvu n. una jiujr,i3iuuii) therefore, wit.h affright. YVe had a navy de partment, to which, ex officio, profusion and expence were incidental. It was an establish ment of the worst kind ; an eaiaolishmcnt of disbursement alone, without. a shadow of be-, neftt- an establishment, which, as mattagfcd vby us," was a mere running sore in the body politic. If be wevean Englishman or a Hoi- lander, which thunkCod he was not, he would advocate a navy. As an American, at this l.iilic u , civ iwfc, t . " the plainest of all reasons that it was not suited to the time and our circumstances, and let gentlemen say what they will,' these must have ''their -weight. And what had been heard " on that flijgr,' coming not from nn nof doubt ful principles, but from good republicans, as they are called both navy d mi-navy men ? Why, first, that in the distribution of the powers of this government, the Executive - sln'rp 5 rnft small- .next that the government lacks energy ; tlTat if we cannot enforce a law, -.however,- arbitrary and, unconstitutional, not I f- l lp within the pnncK pal square. The isarmingas fgff without difficulty. The, kipe .of bpam (Jo seTi) had formed two regiments of.ioieign v 1 r .l.. n,nili armv : one ct irqops, ironi me f . the Royal F01 ei gne rs, 1 It they comf I am for meeting theni manful ly. In that event, I wpnld, hope that msteacl of destroying (for we ouht always to hope fr the safety of he, republic, however desutute of ground for h) it "will toughen and nerve ou manhood -that it will cjiastise pur pampered 'arrogance, I ..was goinglo say ; , that it will operate as in one point of view, I am willing, to allow tbot the embargo may haYejppe.iated, to bring old fabhiotieu homespun pjincifilc ns well as garments into notice, to reprtss the! vage of speculation and reduce our, bloated liixuryin 1 fact, to give us something more of a national character. In that point of view I am willing to allow, that even the' embargo has not been without is salutary effect. , ' linglo take the attitude recommended to us nemy had more than i-uu pi.. v-. by the gentltman.from Virginia and by my mounted-a more considerable numbed :Jiao worthy colleague. I have seen in this House been dug up taken out of cellars, and nxea proposition to gire efftciency to the militia, upon carts, a grotesque train, and in itsch sut to arm tbem, to m?ke thtm what '.hey ought ficient tcT prove the madness of a peop .a-; to le, (but what 1 fear they are not) an, ndc-; bandoned to itself. But all nuans ot celnce n,iati anA mrfotCTitoiinnfll Afoit-f. damn. I; Wert- Income useless. The possessors or Ke- . - . 1 . - ' - - . C A ..-iA r No' 1 lW VIM event the e The nd the other; that of Reding the younger, a w.ss genera, u. . w- ry different character from that or hish general of the same name- The 5th anq 8 th corp of the French armies were but psv ing the Birfossa, Very far frorfi the line of the French army, and all the victories recounted wpre-alreadybbtainedcand the, business was almost completely settled. ' . . Af er a description of the (Hsorder that feign- ed in Madrid, the bulletin proceeas, , ed with Ralhtrpraise' a little paltry beggarly : tiro are always masters of Madrid, rppropriation v f 200,000 dollars voted for that 1 peror took all possible care to pre object.- And but name a regular force, sir-. ; troops from gding' fromiiouse.to liouf object.- Ami but name a regular torce, sir - ; uonps call -them volunteers or what vou will, the played. sound vibrate -to your heart Y ybu loose the shooters advanctdaud the emperor' constant- pour forth the national trea-1 y refused to sendnyo sustain mem. i u. stride hut the naval chord or standing army, 1 city was ruined if many troops bad been 1 eni- 11 .t ..I. t.-. ."...it nl...tl Onlu t'nmp rnmnAAlPS of SliarP- w w.j ! . . i . v 1 purse strings and t sure without ountingit. When I hear prin ciples advocated, against which I always did and always will protet.tr and when I see the policyof. this House, "sd variaTrrfrom what I conceive it ought to be, I am induced to take 'one more possibility oUierxcar(-.e of avo"' d jng imrnefliate war ; and therefore when that part of the resolution comss up, v. hich propo ses the issuing letters of marque and repnsal, I shall movtt you so to ,.amend it as to ex change it from its present portentous and dis "nlayiftg aspect as a solemn. pledge -from tin's nation, for thefrraritirfie '--wotccuon 01 com. xlcv2k 1 he prince NTeufchuteI summed the ti ty to siit'rtnd'jr. His majesty at the same time ordt rt d the Vre to cease on all points.. Al five oV lock gen. M i la, one of the mem bers of the -'Military. Junta, don Bernerdo Yriarte, sent fi;wvi the town, repaired to the tent of the mrj. Gen. They informed hi in that the most iiutlligent persons xvere "PmIOIi tha' the town was destitute : of resources, and that the coiitinuat.knof the defence would be the hciglit of madness, bvjt tharihe louver -orders of the inhabitants & the foreiirners at Mar drklrvere 'def. rmiiied to p-se vere in the de: l;'.V 'L.... C u frvtirl ,ft;!r 14 .. jgi iHlC,-OUI. V mo ti J "uuik "wf with such a government -it wants energy and force : give us one that has some strength." Gentleman want it to: be magnificent, strongr able to crush all. opposition, to destroy the ...... ' tTf U.il n 11 lllp , hf.ot.fl (4 Th'. rjil C - IT U.Ak limb H 'Nt4L ,t ji iicv the Executive patronage is, as it were, the Presidential property, and that he possesses 1 tbe right to do -with it as he pleases," instead of considering it a mm placed in his hands, as it is even in limited monarchies, to be excr- cixtd wider found discretion and a high resflon iibiiity or the general good. When these doc trines are broached in Congress, sir, by men calling tbeiuselves republicans, and.deemed as such, I am compelled to recollect the times, mcrce in every sea, to what I conceive it ('fence. Relieving that they could not do it witb ought to be an authority to our merchants ; etiecMhcy requester! a pause ot a tew noursto to arm and defend themselves, and resist (not ' inform the people of the real state, of affairs, j.ubmit to) these decrees and orders in coun- ' The maj.gen. presented the Deputies to thej cil which we h ive declared wc wiilesist, in Empei-or and king, who adr ressed them ather wfds, that we will not submit to. ! thus : Yo make use of the name ; of the There are a great variety of opinions as to : people to no purpose ; if y ou cahoot restore what will be' the eventual consequence 10 tranquility and" "appease their minds, it is be- man can precisely foresee the issue, but to my cause you have excited them to revolt; you judgment it is the most promhing plan that have seduced them by propagating falsehoods has been suggested. Its immediate conse- Assemble the Clergy, the heads of the Con quence will be, that your merchants will go vents, the Alcades, the men of property and out armed, and if captured, the bile-and van-' influence, and let the town capitulate by six tpgal by Zajaveviide l litv',.-,. X t ..His majesty wished to spare ,1. I JMcilrid had surrenclertd ; tot if uj vould be obsttqafe tno-jgh to ta&jfA mines and himihs Ointilrl M ; Thngiifly on every' sion of jasalle has, however, fallen 1 fi men of them,:who hive been swnrdv - They were stragglers op S had gone astravV , , ' Wl Then follow sonie pavticMlars 0f (l '' of Rosas in .Cataior.ia, vhich had m uciv;u , uui ik.ia aujJjJOSea the inja jvie iuiniwiiig ,iu evacuate lU'-'Aioi Englishmen w ho had lacUed, were ' ki unvenuuo uie sea uy an itallian A11 attack made , by the. Spaniards" Huora, was repulsed wiih loss. la, 1 10l rat and coi'i of which we have heard so much, instead of being vented in sputtering and spiteful re solutions against theitf own government, will be poured forth upon the aaftcreasor. It will . - o'clock in the morning, or it shall pe destroy ed. 'I will nut, nojToughr I to withdraw my troops. -You havenilfssacred the unformnate French prisoners who had- fallen into your nLvvatUhe-expenCe-ofa 4UnbfHhe-4odyvr4-rha)ll 'restore thic'' g'dVerirmeht ip- "its- accOrarTds J only a lew. days ago, you suffered tomed popularity. If the merchant leeis he two persons m tne suit ot tne uussiart Am- wi II know from whom for, will be dare to bassador to be dragged along and murdered the constitution was trampledunder foot, wb(en some men dared to iisk the 8-ntpnce, "that the p.ircjimenthad better be burnt." I am unwilling tf) see such principles govern, let who will be at the head of afiait s ; and there fore I am' unwilling to give my assent to the resolution of the genth mvin trom Virginia (Mr. Nicholas) which has been, with his cha racteristic hiima'mty, chaiitab y adopjed by my colleague, (Mr. liurwell) for in truth, it Was 'thrown an orphan on the wide iViorid by . t 1 . . ' .1.;.. .1 . ' - - Its,' pai Gill. 1 UU iiiji aay itivii iniic Ii,- Dot, or even that it will not come, when it will be necessary to strike at Quebec j but I am " unwilling to .tl) ir now, when there' remains one chance to this nation of preserving the blessingsC peacje ;fir, if we have a War of that sort, commissaries and contractors mayT fatten, but the public will be impoverished ; and sccrce any man who has not a fat con tract, or a snug office, will be enabled toSpay his taxes and maintain his family, injLhe way they have been accustomed to. s - 'But this is not all, sir. If we plunge ?.t this jnnuient intQvwar, for to my mintl there is 1." ally not one atom of diiT.-rence (if, we are to gcr to war) between this duy and the first of June, who. can way how or when the war shall end ? ind, with an emptyexebco'verfor to all r,i"irifal-TnTrrnes'tbe exciieouer is emntv . t v... w. - - ..r . -. "with a revenue depending--whflly on loans, would it be very asionishingif the same causes w hich overthrew the most powerful monarchy in Europe, should shake a little our owp com federateil republic ? That our pi-esent form of governrnent should be destroyed bv the same-Ciose-s which unquestionably did destroy our l ite government under the confrderation ? The government of France, a populous nation, ti ... .iU'Sn interna! trnrpB:' aL as. we ttii ii'iuwi !- .--v..vw-, uroit bevond imagir.atton,' was hlcst, or cursed . . - . ' . . . '...u .1. ..1 a,' vou please, oy a roiuibicr, wuuucicuniiicii V carry n a war without taxesi-lpans were to eupi ly all deftciensiesr TtFeperiment end-, e i in tlif subvertion of the govrrnrrrent. 1 . 1 believe that no man can doubt, if the ways and r,eaMS could have been raised iiUj7i.8, that the French revolution would never have taken r.lace. bha'd we .then, unnecessarilv, vand I of it in this point ol vir-w only) expose car government to sucli shocks M" hops uo. come back and sav, that you ought to have kept on the embargo? No, sir ; yo.u will have permitted him to go out with his eyes open" the government will have washed its hands of the thing The merchants will become what they ought to be, the carriers of your produce, the great machinery for transporting, your commodities ; instead of being a-kind of poli tical cabailtrs. Let them go to the counting house and they wilHiave enough to do: give them employment and you get rid of their complaints. If we take this step it is not pos sible that Mr. Canning even -he I beg his pardon ; 1 would not speak harshly ot any the energetic times, as they were called, whenNvuua behind hii back, much less of one that sNhree-thousand miles off-tTiat a British Tudela, in which tl worsted. Itis added, that the .Span the dinner prepared for the Frenc A Spanish general had been ext jreachery ; and a proclamation .had sued, declaring every unmarried man dower, from 18 to 50, who did not levies, a traitor to his country. Even had quitted the convents, "and were 'a1 the trenches. The same papers al that there was much desperate fig! Bonaparte entered Madrid , and the French hjive lost 50,000 nr;n What rk-ht hadvou to bold such lanirnnj-!. eitered bpam. 1 hey confirm ti elsewhere ? The capitulation ousrht to have of the Britisli generals and Rainana ltyluced you to pursue a ditterent line ot con. in the public streets, because tncy were Frenchmen born. The incapacity and base negsof -aeperul had put into your power troops who.-suirendered on the field of battle, and the capitulation has been violated. You, Mr. Morla, what sort of an epistle did you write to that general ? It well become you, sir, to talk of pillage ; you who, on entering Koussillon, cairii;d offalitlie women, and dis tributed them as booty amofig1 your soldiers 1 : -Latest from sp.hy. . Phjrhouth Jan. 3. The Encounter arrived yesterday from Vigo, after of five dan s She brMiglu private le the nce, dated the 27th ult. which st: messenger had left Sir David Baird' the 1 81I1, at Keneyento, and pissed tl J. Moore's army on uie morning cf armies were in good health and fpi, Illake had made a stand and was Co; his fcrmy ai Lton. It was confjniiy ed at Vigo', that there bad teen r,n it tion .at Madrid, after the French pot sion of it, and that the enraged SpaniV put to dth several thousands (' the whost bodies Avere piled np in heiips streets. The less of the Frenclrin kr! wounded, at Madrid, Saraossa, saredo,'1v stated to be 30,C00nien letters also state, that thet5t!i rej light dragoons had fallen in with a 'bf French dragoon.-,- near Kio Seco, charged through them, made 2no and uestroyetl the rest. It wus also that Bonaparte had returned to Pm count of an insurrection in La t La Mancha. We give the above exactly ns w it, without vouching for its auihciit Letters per the ,theTIind.pstan, Vrigo, Dec. 18, in some measure cc the above accounts, as having been recti VigO. A cutter sailed from Vigo with patches for government, when the I: left that place : she has not yet aniv We find in accounts received from that Coriinna papers had reached that the'S&uh uit. They mention, that defeat of Castaiios, a buttle, had been French we rep "is, t ,ilce I rroljci tlie d. si ate I is ininisteTxCould have the face. to construe this resistance rnjo a justjeause of waron their part. Commerce will -protect itself and ps?ace, I ttust, will liethe result. From FJiEA Clt PJPERS. -FIFTEENTH BULLfeTIN .'- -, 1 Of the French Army in Siain. - This bulletiif is dated Madrid, Dec. .7. s- ItcontiU'is particulars of the conduct... of seve ral oUiccrs who distinguished themselves ; vyith prtwnotions. It states that gen. Lubi enski had, on the 2d,- rtcturoitied tie re mains of the arrriy of Cafitarms, near (i;uida-. laxava, under the . command of gen. IVua.' Castanos was said to have been "deposed by the General Junta. Then follows a. Ipng tirade, against the duke Del Infantado, which ends with stati.ig, that " he will lose his titles, hivpi-operty, valued at two millions of livrcs a year, and he will go to London, to seek the "people if not," you and your troops shall all corRcmpJ.andNingratituderwjth which England be put to the sword." .This speech of the t)U)snlways rewarded the men who 1 acrilke f einperor,, repeated in the midst of the respect thir honor and their country to the injustice , aJdy people, gave the certainty ihat he com of their cause'The bulletin continues, As manded in person. The ' losses sustained soon as the report of the chief of the ;squa- during the foregoing day, had earned terror dron, count L,ubicnsku was known, tne ttukc. md repentance into all minds. During the of Istria put bmTself in march, with sixteen rieht The most mutinous withdrew them- selves from the danger by flight, and sa part ductf bee what has been the conduct of the English, who are far from piquing themselves on being rigid observers of the law of nations. They have complained of the convention of Portugal, but they have carried it into effect. To violate" military treaties, is to . renounce all civilization, it is 'placing ourselves on a footing with the banditti of tl(i desert. How darcyou, then, presume to solicit a capitulati on you who violated that of Baylen ? Sce how injustice and bad faith elway s recoil upon the guilty, and operate to their preju dice. 1 had a fleet at Cadiz ; it was tmder the protection of Spait', yet you directed' a gitinst it the mortars ot-the town where you conSniapded. I I. ad-a Spanish army in my ranks ; lwouldjalher have viewed tbem tm bark on boaid Uie LnglishhTps7ancL obliged to precipiMttjit from the rocks of Ef i nosa, than to disarm "it would rather pre fer having 7000 more enenffes .to fight.: than be deficient in honor or g7odfaith. Return to Madrid I give you till fiiXi ocidektd mor row morninrr return at that hour voir 'hae i 'r - r.t . ' .1 . -vi ouiy iq iniotm me 01 me suDmission 01 ine; ards i trofl cuted 1? fforil , 1 tlso S'J ting i 1 1 I since t! e ur ands1 aiarc squadrons of cavahy, to observeJhe-eneniy. The duke'of BtHuno1 followed with the infan try.' The duke of Istria arrived at Guadalax afa, andfound there' the rear-guard of the e niemy, wbicliTvas fil'rjg towards Andalusia, dispersed it. and made five hundred prison, ers. The general of.division Kuffin, and the brigade of dragoons of Bordesault, inform ed that the enemy "were moving towards A ranjuez,J proceed erUio thaVplace. The e- nemy were put to flight, and those troops were immediately put in pursuit of all those that are Hying t ".TvartIs Andalusia. "v- . . "Ttif cren. of division. T.ahoussave. entpr. . j, - --, v-, - of the troops was disbanded. At ten o'clock, on the 5th, gen Balliard took the command of Madrid ; all tjie posts were put into the hands of the French, and ageneral pardon was pro claimed. The bulletin closes with a panc geric on the order observed by the French, in" taking possession of the- town, the, securi ty enjoyed by the inhabitaiis and with tirade against ah e English., .,-. -The I oth Bulletin, dSted1 Madrid, Dec. ,. 8, bef ins like thet precefing, withtlie praises the rewards of dcstinguisiied offieers: 'Thetreri. of clivision, lulfin, having passed Tagns ed tht Escunal on the 3d. Five or six hun-fafAjaniuez.adyanced towals' Ocana, and dred peasants -wished to defend theconvent, j cut-xrff-tfie retieat of the' remains of theafrm but was driven ovit byia brisk atlack." ! ot Andalusia, which wished to retire to their lhen fi' f-rtherpirticularsot the tranquil ; own province, and throw themselves towards srate ot M.tdnd, and theprdeily manner in1 1 . Cu:nca.v which the position of that city: was taken, Sctw j The divisions of cavalry of Gens. Lasall that they went going to march to with the view of cutting off the commu: hetwten Bonaparte's army at Madrid, rear at Astorga. Corunna is certainly at a great distance from Madrid, the pal scene of action ; yet we see little discredit the junction of. theBriti and Romana, both from antececlent and local circumstances The victory be obtained by Castanos, is not so sUo be entiled to belief. If any great victor been obtained hy the. Spaniards, it 1 probably by Pal ifox, near Saragmsa, marshal Ney, Fa t!ie French bulletins shy and obscure irv their mention town. ;' - Chronicle office, P'y . Jon. 3. 2 o'clork We stop-tlie press to announce t ofJostph, a hired cutler, in this par ing a confirmation of the statcnunt , by the" England gun brig, of the'r of the French in Madrktr'and that tw thousmd Frenchmen bad filfen by .th of the Spaniards in that city. - Oui4 Correspondent in London has us with the following interesting -aiHc An arinictide has been cnl.i tween-Weded anft "Deivmark, which i he bmken by eltker. party without notice." - - ' - .-' Greenock Dec. 21 Liters froth Gi of the date; of the 25crjsTovi s'ate, J counts had just reached that garrison ther, revolutibniaving taken "place wretched government at Argils. pWiculars aie ne t stated fut tlU-r thsr was eftt cted by .some of the soldiers Dey's army, who had returned fnm They forced their way into Jthe P assassinated the Dv in its own apar ouih ace Suuy- ol Eu Term, i .' Ncs&JJohaiinan ' ;: : vs ' '' Jesse Lester St b Ta terson. IT is ordered and fleered by iliij Cou t, u,-wi cf the Sher.ff ol'Su.iy Cv-u.ity. ;hat jab Pil ot the defenrfautv in shi cae, rfsider! U'rid this Srate, so iha: the process of subpeeaa-111 - upon him,; that .iiblicaii ji b'' n-a.ic ni inc newsjapcr pabliiherl n Ra'tigh io. TQjr weeKs ly; thai unless the said jrub Pattersjn demurs within the three fL t !ay3 of next te;rr tlinant"s Lillsfcall be ukcu pro coi:pc.so a to I " ' '' ' JAMLSWHKS, lit ti!S s: 4 tei si El si i ICI I; i( It r 1C0BJ plitc ancn join the d aui, ti in;.; reason 1 li tror accoMl 1 of.tM e arrvil , uiitii ed fcf i not 11 14'day t J' in thai : r,f t;
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