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7 ". C THE' MMERVlI : - J . , . in'--. r7y. J PUBLISHED (weekly) 1;Y W iLLITJ BQXLAN. ' 1 v. f-i.ti.ri KANK '""'' ;r. . tunic Vol. -14. RALEIGH, (5. c ) THUkSDAY, MAY 25, 1800." Nq. 686. .e ff (he MtwYork 'American, Citizen, . .the reign of JeffkksOn terrour, M than n(.yer knew a reig . j. -nf his administration) a vindic- ilwiiwrseless war w wit.iv... -tvery mac of virtue arid talent m the pjity, t-hac did no? yield implicit tu executive opinipns, and measures. r was UlS,l!lsSn, WHaicvsi n view, the praaiseW-,to break-down , ...i ....TiP.ire. and to coerce the aJi I;u,r.. , .... ky mini -aiul penally, u pciscbuuuu irtion', u.to a-slavish submission -aMu-.rue, that " the King can do j -L Ji'son has himself said (and Xwilcw hai i m admirer either Iwn' oi his doctrines) t?ut Jefferson i&lf lusily remarked, that rdigious .uon has no other tendency than that ,m men either hypocrites er victims.- It political persecution the same tenden- was the origin of that execrable sys pcfsecuiion against republican inde- liifh vxk set in hrisk hceaiw iaivny ,.. oy only slily connived at and encou 'lt,l know not; but it was certainly Ad under, his auspices. Did a repub iffcr from iVli"- Jefferson.! He was de l Mv Lords, my Lords, the King's Iiot at," was the hue1-and cry set up . L n, iiJaA CttA tKaf llin giiii boats were not as large as a 74. i dislike tlie nropositiap fur a dry dock ? Then you are no republican, for as Mr. jii approves oj dry docks, anu au re msmis in Mr. Jefferson, ergo, repub ii is a dry dock ! A man landing here Irom txrope, who had not witnessed things, might uy, U ailifig this pa- hisis a, very good juke. file could latrine that in the " most enlightened in the world," as congress, resolved Is: the niostUee and only trvee, as tie U tribe .insist, and be.yond all question tbtTald-rcpuWkijk:heUierjcxi solve or the dauligter -house maintain pot; J say he could not imagine that ii a country, dogmas and doctrines so crous and anti-repubhean, had been ated by republican .Jieal, and enforced jublican persecutipn. Still is a fact. Iniggs .have been, and such things yet lulin Kandoiyh ceasureo some of the" p or the administration, and there - is John could not be republican, do'vn must go. He "hud nevty deserted re in principles, but what ten ? He did whip the king, and. that was precisely lie ofience as it he had apostatised from priiiciples ot tJe consuiuiion- JJuane that JoiJi was riht, and that JeG'er-- w " a good miioctnt man enough, but N iCa S Steod -with a vunc nhmit l-.tc winch they drew as they pleased." iriiiina?ctl in his Aurora, and he declar- pirne of the KnladdphU ward meet- ut r.eaiitr wards changed., fys he can fiti smile, and sti.il" play ihe'vitja'm--ttfwardi oKaiited a colonelcy! AM '"V1 ' Tiien the king was to be ;ped c,ud Hunciolph was wrong' I Won "kmS colonelcy I Randolptj was now 'I h his aistrict : out he juyst go, for m-toftgress a -republicaiv ojf alents ' "e, is a damnaWo f iii-v ! N?k ; l . .r., - W III Mr a seat in that honourable bodv who Uit like a Mandarin, and only nod his "tn the president asks him tp do sp. 5 m is not a disdn'ft nf rnnf,,,.;,, ; $ cre starled against him' in his "fJI'e first four had so jjne a prospect completely distanced, that after run-' - w , once round they gave up J tr the late president's nephew, was but s 'John's constituents ;it louder of Confuaius than l.inj- , -yv'-atnts nephew was beaten .Ucoount. If l ox had been de : Wemuiwtr, England Vould have; of. . sPcta'oility and ihdepen-' W .house of commons. . TheVv est- -I fclertni-c - . ..-"' oTrru,. ? cr permitted Jhemselves :TWdwetibyrcyul Wtr. " ' liberating us from nn unnecessary state cf commercial thraldom, and diffusing joy over every heart, had .given us an earnest of an administration exactly the reverse of that which had reduced the nation almost to des pair and eminently ejeposed our rermblkan governments to subversion. Every enlighten ea lover of his country will rejoice, with me, in the assurance wjth which Mr. Madison has furnished us," that his administration will be guiaed by whojesome experience, and not by pernicious theory ; by that impartiality - which is the essence of the neutral state, and not by that criminal predilection for one which cannot Here we Kte that reparation for the attack was not sufficient ; that the outrage uiid JonV-' ment itre. not to sfaiul alone ; that lor st;r3 reason with which we are not perhaps ac'. fpiainted, a very delicate, ubjtct was cotjpLedT wuh both, and that 'wVjeitire' ubolitini, 0f ifnjvressments from fiercTanctU, w also to make ah 'inflisgfdlc part -of 'the satisfaction 'W'l his, instead' of bejng a spliii--.ed jational demand pf atonement for a na'ion. al offence, was a' direct insult olleral to thW: British .government, -and an atowal wl idi ito sensible man can mistake, thkt the o'iert of Qo now to breakfast, Mr. Wh;g, with what apiKutc youiiai" Adversity jeacheth a tool wisdom. ' From the (Washington) Monitor THE DO WM'ALL OF REPUBLICS liquiries have been often instituted intQ the -til causes of. the downfall qf republics; Joubt they are numerous. " But a'mb'ng .hen all, I know of none rpore powerful and :tp'l in its operation than that continual di$- iusuon which we see manifested bv ctru,in predilection for one belligerent M J"jffh'tson wan not satitsfactibn' but i. I''i'-i's and' talkers, itp wrest mankind bom the; ne inuuigcG but, at the expense f continual and increased enmitu.' - c st dictated by lheiLniu remand Hto invt. as Well as.tn hi- jnitirv nfmr V-H: Mr.'Mf.nwxi W r 1 . i-.t '5 ij"" "" 1 of the .other, as well as to the injury of our own.natijon, in every thing essentially affect ing Ks character, its quiet, and its resources. I persuade myself that the miserable scenes which we have witnessed will n'tr again be exhibited. . The Baltimore Whig, a paper too , disor ganizing to attract respect, and tooobsctjre to I merit particular notice, denies that our go- i : ' i i " ' vernmeni nas veiraceci ii& steps, and alter impertinently remarking that " Lknpv that I was uttering an untruth" 'when I ciade the assertion, adds, very pleasantly and with much wisdom " ingtnipus jVJv. -Cheetham, do tell us how a nation can retrace ii. steps which stands still ?" Philosophy indeed teaches us that a body which is at rest will always re main sp until put in motion by a superior power". But much as our late executive dabbled in a half philosophy, th- admisiiation has not, as the-Wliig party infmutes, always been at festl J ihiuk 1 shajnTvTnce to the salisfactipn if the hutublest unrlVstaiidtiig, before I have done with ttk.subject, "that it has advanced backwards ; that it has complete ly retraced its steps ; that the Jack bf ;u isdovh in the late president, or too much of sorunh'nt? wane, brought upon ,u,s those r:I.imijies whieh. for the last twp-yea.ri.' we- have-sw'Sfred, and thatj eo long ago, the liappy-ladjustine'nt of osaion ouiEB-ilJerences with England, which h.;.s just been accompliglied, nitUt 1 ve been, effected Well ; Mr. Monroe W of course ie O low he Protean change and 'shapes t f the ' kuig.JhU.aatevj Contrary to Jiis oiUu to that which had formally though i r i t ally been expressed to Mj Canning, li J himself instructed, toconpect with acl ,';r reparation, a .demand, Jo which he , which Mr. Jeflerson knew, as well a? s;', world besides, England would not j- . U' am instructed tq demand, aid 'M.J. !U-. that the u whole subject of impress' . shall be taken up ?.t this time,'' (p. IS the Message) and that atonement foi M tack on the Chesapeake wjtf not be r A u i!es P5sociated with " an entire abor.i . inipsfment: fvoivi "merchant vessel' , . i ta. I wh.tt couli! have 'been the ni '. Mr. Jefferson for such ?n. unnatural ass .... of things ? 'io this injudicious roupliug pf t.o t'Oct. si bjects, ivhieb Mr: Afndisw tn solved m,d r(';;f'(;ij1,Mr, Canning ?s the 1 iliouinf' .rvtdy. president's V' J), 5-6, 40 a;id 4.1. 4 At the tame time that I ofiev to i explanation of the. principles upon v ', ' ' ' -it m. Ma. nti,px.-I naire sevefat times had upon precisely the same terms t' Perhaps, it will be conceded, for I think it truejt that if the reparation which has been, offered by '.the .one nation and accepted by the other, had been tendered and received, two; years ago, a commercial treaty jetvveen us and England would hav been, ajl is now likely to 1)5, a necessary' consequence, and that such a treaty would have been an effectual bar to a,&d an -absolute .preclusion of the orders in council, and therefore of our memorable em bargo ; supposing, as has been sometimes alleclged, that the orders were tire cause of that foolish and fatal measure., ff this be so, and I am of opinion it. is, it h to the non-ad justmentof the affair of the (Chesapeake that we owe all our agitations, bur broils, and our .sufferings. - We shall now sec that it was in .the powcrlof Mr. Jetfe.rson ftbay antV satis factorily to have settled this un pleasant afi'a'u immediately after it happened, -and that .the adjustment of it; fey Mr. lyladison is solely at tributable lo '.Mr. Madison's ul";ly abandon jng the position which Mr. Jefferson hd as'-- sumed, and to which, to the great danger of the-impoverish merit of liisountiy and the severance of the union Le pertinaciously ad hered. It will be recollected tiiat MT. Monroe, be fore' he had received any inotrncturns 1Vqi lr. Jeiferaon in referene.to the Chess pea(ey wiote an ivnoncial note to Mr. Ca.iinirig upon the attack which had been pialei that fri gate, in which "note, deprecating the outrage ijij pointed terms, he explicitly stated, that it fwas an" act ,pf so atrocious a ch racier, as to fofbid associating with it any other subjects: Until therefore, reparation was made, the other . causes of misunderstanding between the two nations, Mr. Munrpe was of opinion, should remain as they were. .This u exactly tlie principle of Jthe adjustment lately'ffercted by Mr. Macfison, but the re.verseofj.hai which I Mr- : Jefferson had thought ttlJtAassume. Mr. Monroe thought trr every tnhghtencd land honourable man would have Ihoueht, lmt fithe thoughts M iSlr, Jefferson were precisely the opposite,. Mr. Monroe receivedhis, ir,struct.ions with jesly h s authorized n.ie 1Q. lisct' you the subject of yc ur npresentai t.iat 1 reiye.,v to you the assauc.e i to-conduct that disevsfkm r, fi Vic f most-amicat)!c iorm, anu io bnng.il 1..- a clusj.-vn suusfactory to the hpnonr, gs oi both i outlines ; it is maitt r nj rjri-te 1K ;.'.n. ju" the mind strange notions pf new systems . I lie manag,cmen of boaeiy by .""govern-,. . .i it .:' " - ' -. . ' Vhis idea ha? olten been txuted in my 'rd ; and "it was forcibly renewed adavpr past," by a production in the Na'i iiiai I i- gencer, proposing tp withdraw the An.e- -n community from 'he aucjent channtli ninian wisdom, ajhd to. prpc-ed iipon .o .s, which, to say the bes.i of tbt render a tio6 ridictilous, and eyuuliy lead to titruclion. kVhy 'tlui!kl v.'e discard the lessons of ex - p I'ieiu.e ? Why should we forego that know Ui'ge which is the result of the observation 5 cf Jsali acemwy ofi.ges? What vain pride . M the heart wo'dd 'impej ug to xpurn every" Ihjig Luropeun, mer ely bemuse it U liurcf.e Whei.ee came Aiveiicu-i civilizition, Tit came not from Europe: ? L'he abongines f this country w.ete the inert st savaces in -.re : and ev.tu Jiaw we tref.t them as such. l Omit si? that I vm cosmopolite enough a i iUs-?e that all the i-x.ctllencies of tht; ' wprld, : :i: coactnti-auxl, by ireiportation, if you,. 5 pifa-e. it America;- The human ru'uul, f'ura i-a-isiy to civjlization, is of such slow 'pi q j '""S 'on, that we ought to grasp and secure '" Vabanr1 'lllul::,ng' 'he community -n hy Mf, Mlfisoll Qf lhM 'had I ari(1 ruinous course of policy , to r" rpur3Ueci h Mr. JefferVbriiii that th f9rc,S!-airs, and I once ' adiuv reCC1,t very PromPt and satis 'ith l'nef ol-ur prominent .differ "conV 1c1, Necessary and . C1Ucnce-Of tetracinLrbv Mr.'Ma- i"! ha 1 f W'i',art antl embarrassing slife !T nunately taken by V,. I PU'deceSQr. Ttt nnmloni ... , C-'r ac!v"'Vced in a snirit of ex-. iiau'lV-"1--108 being 11 1 "tQierabiy oppressive l:' justly odious ; 'viliTT-. Ftre -.cfictated by fin i, 1 i . Jct hf ii, """-n r.aa been insured ,. I lhe w president, and which, unless accompanied by a concession on another aiid listinct point, which was of coui se not connected with it, and which . . venture to assert jEngl and will never make -ujitif she is beaten in" it. The following wereliis 'in structions. After -recapitulating the facts a bout the Chesapeake, Mr. Jefferson instructed Mr. Madison to say r ."TheTiature and extent of the satisfaction ought to be suggested to the Ijritish govern ment, hot less by a sense of Us own honour than bv iustice to that ot the AJiuted btates A formal disavowal of the deed, and rejl T T .; rt 111 i i,i n-r-.-iri hi i (i .1 . ir.L'i fit ,fih tiuoint-s: it s mulffr n v..-t i vl. S.ju" """""."i" that )uu sliuuld have been inMructed in 'r.rmt " h:. hh ileUCh German, Italian or to the demand of reparation for the ..-is tk yi I lsh" fbe O'cnJi.y ?, the Eeopard up'9n" the Chesapuajkt? A ' v,' V" posiuou wbaiever respecting ihe js-i U fur eHr iritisn seamen in mercii.ant vtssels; a s'jb-1 jeet Which is wholly unconnected uith.the cause of the Leopard and the Chesapeake, -and which -can .only tend to -complicate tnd embarrass a discussion, in jtsclf of sufivcitnt, delicacy and importance.-' " The c'ifficuHics in the way of such ad justment 1 1 ready smoothed, by the disavow-: ul .voluntarily offertd, at. the v.ury outset of the discusiou, .'ff he general and nnqualified : pfetensioji) to search ships of war for desert ers.. There remained only to ascertain the fact? 6f the particular case, aul to proportion the reiara ign to the wrong. " - . Iij the British government now to undey. stand, that y ou, feir, ac not authorized tp i n ter into this question sejicratetj and distinctly ; without 'having obtained, us ,a preimuiary -concession, ,the cpusent of .. this country to enter into discussion with ."respect to the prac tice of searching merchant vesse for desert ers ? .. .:'. ' " "r ; - " Whether fch.y arrangement can he de vised "by which this practice may-adm.it of modification, vlibaut prejudice to the essen tial right;? nd interest, of Great'Brtain, is a question ivhicli, as I have t jreacly said, the Biitkh gbveixinient-, may be reafly to entertain ; Ihk whether the con sent of Great Brita'm to the entering into Sufch discussion shall be exlw ted at the price of an amicable adjustirttntyas to .the condition, of being admitted to make honpurabje epai4- ' lion for an injury," is -a.-oneSuoVof quite a cliff fej'ent sort, and one which can be answered no otherwise than-iby. an unqualiOe.defusai,' '. .What says RiivMoiU'oe ? An honest itd an hoiourarkau, "hri answers without' am Jjiguiiy. You ak, he observes to Mr. Can ning, whether I am authorized to separate this latter incident (the attack on le Chesa peake, from -Xlje general practice, and-Q treat it as a distinct topick ?) On this point I have to state, that nvj in si ruction , kv.'Jci are suTpriseTiJevyas-i hsmieted-" inpl tbr-accepjtri-ti : enjom rhe to constder-the wh! e of renaralipriToWhe attack on the Chesapeake,:, this c.las of injuries as an- entire Subiect."" ' -. ." i, Li----..: . i-1 n i An'- -- . ' "' ' - 1 Message, p. 4-3 Jfere the negotiati qn ended inXuidpn. Mr; Jeffersvn refused to accept reparation wilfessi accompanied .. with an entire abolition -rf im pressments from merchant vessels," which was to make a part of it,, '"'Reparation has now been made by Engind apd accepted by, Mr. "Madison svitkr'thejeakt J&iicc. being tale? of unir&ssf'ienijfrom icerch Mttf-iessclpi Was J then not right ? Has not Mr. Madison completely retraced t'h?. rttis (if Mr. Je,Cerso'.i ? H .is -he --not abitadoned' his , ii virions- polity ? ( FOR THE house and 2j acres oij'.rtd nean.iia; rsiaia-r-Has he 'nit iseiy turied Ijiijjack- on they lei gh, lately the .resid?Bce atAVifSJrdti, Mvhicfr' principles,- in this respect, of .the .', iiiustriDUs'p--rhisplaot will form aiSgrec he sofnuier and in ' Jefferson hrAe rybr-reparai ion w hicii wa s 1. residence, and the , lease- may be exicri ?ef to ' s tprm of nin year's rfdi sited Application betfi;de o; r5:iohn f f&ywpod, at Ivaieieh, the subscriber? in Hdifaxir r' (ion of the four seamen to the ship from the v were taken , are thinei ol course ana m Jetterson fiJie ycry-reparat ion y disDensible. As a security for the futivre, an j tendered to i Mr. Monroe in LbnCon, anii entire abolition of impressmeiUs from vessels which Was refysed Jiy Mr. Jefersqu, now under the flag of thebnited -States, it not. ac.eeited; " But an : entire" abolition of in alrcadv avrtged, isnlro to make an rpuiftf'.e'i' p.esstnent from merchant vessel, haVictf also siitlepirt tftk'e lifiU.UnJ- Mwfjt. 7-8. 1 made an i'ndisf.entiblt fiart of the satUfhclion,'! the i to or i i ; WILLIE W. JOVHS. March 31, 1809 9-4w-if
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