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,. . --,-' ' - y ... ' -.-A"'? ' ------ . - - ...... . x -. , , ... ' , , i , . ; Ll PUBLISHED (weekly) 'BY WILLIAM BOYLAN T1' ' " ' 'l ' ' 1 1 - . . - ... - T" ' I ' T ' ' " ji - , , i , f " IGH, (n. c,) THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1 809. fid- l. No. 6.91. ' RALE IB) lrtlVO) DOCUMENTS accompanied the President's Mes- last Minerva.. - w FROMMlt CANNING- foreign Office, Uih Dec. 1808. Iticial note of the 23d September .1.. nnk:ihil4ttf that some al 3 to you i"c I" , . . t ffliljht'bc- made in the orders in nriih a view to adapt -their operation -1 .... th. ' altered stale ot Europe, -.n't I V IxJ - - - .a""' .. ... liol In H.Wi. itrucoirc Ilium tilt! more rwJU,v , 0 statement was -however onlf inci- and as I "l UK vjmc umc i'..i.;, . n'rli-'iiiiiiiw enrli tirn. ' . it.., J! ,nII. lii1-k t-kMVirl. iterations irajjc uiwuiui mui Uu- etffcen us seeing main muue, .uicy nnt 6e founded on the admission of any principles for which yuu were contend i! nerhaps, iiot necessary that I trouble you with at:y iui iuer commu- imnn this suoiect. ..uui me oruer upon thdr commerce, outvid and inward, . . . ....... .... viuvia lf UlUllll VA VilW JVttl 1 ... V ' ; "' J. . ' . n 1 . i vvcie iu lonstrain to uasa tnrouen untisn ports Uut it lsfequally true, that my government has constakly protested against the entire system, wia which that pretension was con nected, andWs in consequence required the repeal, nottfc modification, ot ths Iirit)sU or aers in coun honor to be, , at consideration, v most obedient, humb'e. servant, Wm. PINKNEY; ' (Signed,) Extract of a let Secretary of & I have receiv tihculicn oi Julot! clo3td." Jro27i Mr. Pinkney to the , dated March 10, 18091. from MrXanning a no- ideof which a copy is tn- . . Mr. Canr.Ar to Mr. Pinkney. The undersignc majesty's principal secretary of state r foreign aiFairs, has re ceived his majesty commands lo . acquaint ,h I have the honor to inclose a copy, Mr. Pinkney' that as majesty' has jth;cd it b-jen passed by ms iviajesty in toun- A'ednesday last, I am desiroua previ- 1 l.l!n.t!nn .P Ar , .1 1 I -v ? . M tfl US aCtliai pUUMLdUuu, ui chaining the trroiinds O'l wtnch the more ex- a'tevations, which were in cuutempia- ve been suspended. - 4s iuttnded to i flax m a certain decree Tuitions oi the ouiers in council, vun 1 to such of the powers in hostility with etstv as were :ioii or.snouiu no.p.ace ' . I'l ! . . 1 I ives, ma slate otnosuiuy wun npam ; the same timeihat this relaxation was led to other oowers, to prohibit absolute- strict, rigorous ami unmitigated block- intercourse whatever with r ranee. fe adoption by' these powers, who were cbecn the'obiects ot such relaxaiion, views and projects of France with le to Span, does away all assignable i of distinction between France c those , and that part therefore of the inteiiSed ions does not take place. alteration contained in the inclosed or councel stands upon a separate gfound, I have more than once understood from hat the part of the orders in council this order goes to mitigate is tht which It most sorely in the United States, 1 ;reat pleasure in being authorized to iunicate it to you. be the honor to be, with great conside- Sir, ' Your most obedient, Humble servant. 'lam tinkneV) luq. ' ' Majesty , in virtue of the-powers reserv- him, by two certain acts passed in the ear ot his Majesty s reign, die one en "An act for "i ran tiner to his Majesty, tie end of the next stssion of Parliament, ol 'ustoms on the goods, wares aod 'nidize therein enumerated, in furti&r- 5 n' tlie piovibions of certain ordei-san " . - . " other entitled An act for granting 'wajesty,' until the end of the next, n of Parliament, certain duties on the tot'umfrom Ireland, of goods, wares and muze theruii ernimerated,'' is nlcased, Nith the advice of his privy council, fi and it is hereby ordered, that the l0"of tha.. aforesaid acts be" suspended "if timies on exporta;ioa, granted by Jicts, so far as relates to articles being wlti produce or manufacture of any Tifor the time being, in:amity with his n ami iiom the norts of which -ithe, h flay IS lint v 1 nr.' irirttl Aivrt Country into any pprt or place of Wtd Kingdom, either in British ships Mips of the ' country of which such 5 are the growth, produce on ihanufac- Majesty is further pleased, with .aforesaid, top-order, and it is here wef that the said duties on -exporta-'upended, as to all .goods, wares and ndizj, which have been, or may be '1 as prize until further order shall tticrein. . expedient to establH tire most rigorous block ade -!" tlie Isles ol Mauritius and liourbon. Mr- Pinkney Is theilore requested to apprise the 'American Consls and Merchants, resid ing in England, thatle Isles above mentioned are, and roust be cUidered as in a state, of' blockade ; and thatl'rom this time all the l measures authorizeclby the law oi nations, and the respective traies between his majes ty and the different tutral powers, will be adopted and executed tih respect to all ves selsi attempting to viWe the said blockade after this notice. I " The undevsigned r(hists Mr. Pinkney to accept the assuranctslf his high condsiera- tion. (Signed ,RGE CANNING. foreign office, March, 1809 mmttfOOOOOOO'tOOOOnt GONG E S S. " t HOUSE OF KEl lENTATlVES. 1 ' t Tuesday y vie. 13. On motifln of .Vlr, M Lim, the house re solved itself intoa corr ittee of the whole, on the report ot the cr i nittec to whom was referred the petition cive American priso ners in Carthagena, anim the-following re solution, with,which thee port closes : ' Resolved, That the prsident of the Unit ed Stales be requested tj adopt the most im mediate and efficacious neanS in his power, to obair.tlie liberation I the prisoners, if it dhatl atfteUr to his eaiisfction, that they ;rre- e unlawful etiterfirize g( d ; and that ) that purpose. ill up the blank, with invvluntu rily dra wninto in tvhich they ivere tnk dollar be appropriated Mr. M'Kim moved t 3,000 dollars. ..... , Air, Randolph said, lit this perhaps was the most proper time f expires his entire disapprobation of the prfliipje ofjhe reKolu ticwi. He Wasunwihingu give one ctnt of money, as a repreBentalfe oi" the peoplt,- to wards bringing back int .he body of this na tionally such unfoYturia, but guilty persons He knew it was an invi )us thing to appear to Ictitron the side of i' umany ; but there were cases in wnicn tcitan on tnc;-'Hs-,oi, humanity was the greatit cruelty to society to vote on appropriatiorjo delray 'the e:;tra ordinary expenchturet ol wu'eign- inter, course i Is not the pr. dent rf the United, States already autliorizelo pegociale with the" Spanish, government V this' subject t Is"1t"' presumed (hat he-has tiled a deaf car to the cries and misforttines o hls- sufreriiig fellow But Ayill the house pass a resolution hold ing up a premium to view I 'Is the (disposition manifested in this country towards conduct ing expeditions hostile and destructive to free governmenuis it such as' to render, our . in terference for the release of these men justi fiable ? Some new.Miranda of some new. Burr may easily turn this resolution to his advan tage. To those whom he" may endeavor to engage in a treasonable enlerprize, lL may say that if it should prove. unfortunate. 'ani disgraceful, they have only to plead to their government that they were involuntarily drawn into the -enttr.pr.ize ; that they were led to understand it was a iawfiiTbnef and one in which the service of the country would te promoted that, in fine, they were involunta rily volunteers. ' - " ' Will you tax your fellow citizens those .of them -who have qt enlarged and . liberal minds, who are not above the dull pursuit of .. civil life -will you tax them to bring back tins species' ot population into the bosom ol your country;? As a Christian, as a man, Mr. Randolph would be governed bytone con- aeration : as a representative, derations were sometimes to govern. r . i . i i . mere vnigiu oe inucn mercy consir There was '.jo justice in taking upon-themselves to interfere for the release of these men. It was the greatest of all passible .cruelties to society to bring back culprits into its bosom. Suppose these petitioners had been arrested and condemned before they had Iclt the coun try, what difference would "there haye-beun between them and other culprits? Who would then have stepped forward to their relief? -If they had escaped just?ce in this coun try, they had fallen into its grasp in' -another. And the house were now about to take upon themselves that responsibility of conduct which the executive refuses ; lo share with each other that imputation which society would cast upon them, in case the petitioners wfe restored lo their body ! fie wished the committee instead of telling them of the si tuation of these unfortunate and miserable wretches, would have sl.en their peculiar claim to the interposition ofthis gdvenrment with that of piin for their rtlease. Air Kmott Wis in favor Of the resolution. He thought a speedy "Velief ought. to be afford ed to these unfortunate men. The money which was proposed to be appropriated was not to be given toese men. It was to em ploy an aent to go and bring them home. It had been said that the president already possessed the power to interfere with "the Spanish goverenient, 'n behalf of the peflTon ers. This might be tje : but he had no. ex ercised the power, an) this resolution was in- , tended lo make it a prcremtory duty that hcj should exercise it. , Mr. Emott then gave a detached represen tation of the tircunis'.ances relative to the expedition of Miranda, and lead the testimo ny of Pink and Rose on tic trials of Smith and Ogden, to shew the petjtioners .were in nocentrand ignoran jof the iature of that ex ,iuuftisut-AaT tie'y had lcen -Tfi'mTce statements of the persons w ho engageit them in the etiterprizw by the preparations having been carried on in open day, and by some circumstances .which apparently appeared to have been kiiown to government, to bel'eve they "were y be employed in the service of the United StatestSjtjme to, cpnie, to New f-.i,)rleans for the purpose' of guarding -'the Unit ed States'man Uom thaL quarter, to tl.a seat K 9 ia. f citizens, taken -captive ia loreign land ? But this was not a quesiionjtvhether we should appropriate a sum of rnsey to random Amef rican citizens, imprisoul in Algiers ? The iniiiTiouais wno now pcfoueu, wci e cngsgeu ' in the expedition of Mir)da and the conspi racy of Aaron Burr, ure the hi)se aboir to give countenance to ese persons ? I wyl not consent to i?. Th wha:areJ!gjoicJg duJlpur'&iuls of civil lifting take for me pie lot they, have chosen h themselves. r Among thc article of premium" Tor en couragement of domftic itiantifactiiic( he. was fojf one, ever wilJg to lay a duly m im portations" of such pepis. He did 1iVi"VaTit MjpuIation of thk-kip. In fact our popula tion, although spare tin number! ould be fQund sufficiently reJndant in qulkty. " It was. but the osr day, heltd under stood that the foreiA office in'G"'at Britain had comrmitted, rf thii-itcned t commit Aaron Burr, ualeshc quit thy country im meclialtly. In a moral oiiy' of tiewvhis case did not differ om that oj the pdiuontrs. There w'as no difirenccv-bu sh a operat ed to his advanuyt Ther was Vidmbiedly crltt DUtflie. supnorur of ijfes Uy cf the side1-,? Aaiw- Burr i .and it we are to nave an accVsion of "suci populatWat allhe should the preference i intllectuAl merit. V ' ' ' -: '' ' :: -V . . - - . - What are we about tklo ? Are stjabout-f of goverlmem. jt appeared too from the statemepts of Mr. Einott, that afier these men were pyt on board the Learjder, aod began te suspect the legality of --the. "enterprize, they could, not possibly Obtain leave or procure a chance of getting back-to the place whence the started ; and t h at they could not even hae their letters conveyed-to shore. rr, .i-; -t-i .t. i lire- uciiiiuucrs were sevciui luyAjsaim 7 lAjles from the seat of povernment, inc'arce- ated in dimgeons, and had it not in -their power 10 prtKiuce witnesses nere to prove their innocence. , They were not guilty of a nyfiime. They did not ask large sums of money to purchase their freedoin. All the Spanish government -asked, that-ours feKould say they v;hished the prisoners released. Mr, Diicoti understood the objection of the gentleman from Virginia to arise from his be hef of the guilt of the petitioners They did inkney to Ma. Canning. Great Cumberland Place " ' Dec 28th 1808. "ae had tlif l, e 24th instant, r.ommunicatinrr an or- v-d by bis majesty in Council on Ved a J and havfc transmitted conies of Prs to my gynment. V ,eciy true, as theconcludjtng para- J four letter suddoscs me'to-believe. AIT - ' - ' 4 J i. - k , v"ecijtales have viewed with great anequahty of gU ; out me. .sHrwriiy ol Jt we pretension of this government J inteUccxuat quJ a pretension the present order' f asserts, without much, if at all ;io- Dll-tiral ia l.uv imnrwH not dainr-the ; ifUerX)5iiionCongress as gLU ? t y Trie n- heyyyere perhrps . guilty . to a certain extent hut they iiai thrown them selves on the .humanity of the' government. I he report ot the committee txai-essly states that they were inveigled into the enterprize. What comparison was there between these men and- the grand conspira'or Aaron Burr ? liucr had Ins-eyes open to tl scene ihwhich he was about to act these mea were forced against their wiJI. IheJtnierprize was re-' commended nrthem as lauUe. He doubt . ed whether they were K''y or notof any cri me deserv i ng of an y punishment - The question was" as to the quo animo-ihe intention. with which they had engaged" in the expediti on of .Miranda?. ' -' The house could hot expect from thepetr-- j ttotiers.sucU testimony ; as would be necessary in a court of justic?i They were at so great a distance from their country, and generally men of low origin that i was impossible for them to procure belter evidence than that which Ibe committee liid reported- they be lieved to be substantially true in the petition.' Mr. Bacon read a letter, which had just been put into his hands, from ViIlTam Lip pincot, one ofthe men who had escaped from ' the prison in, Carthagena, stating the situati on in which the prisoners lived, apd confirm- -ing the l epresenlalfon made by the gentleman from NewvfcSik Jlr.. Emott.) He trusted the house would turn" their attention to the miterable ' condition of the petitioners, and' take some immediate measures to release theni from foreign captivity, slavery, despiir anct , perhaps death. - L- - Mr. Peurson felt much sensibility pn-thj! subject. I'he-petitioners did not appear tox him in so odious a light as they did to the ho- nourable gentleman from Virginia. If they were guilty at all, it was only a6econdary guilt. Let it be ; recollected that the prominent features of Miranda's expedition were -known' to the late administration ; that from the trial of Smith and Ogdtn it appeared that the ex pedition was either directly patronized or coni. nived at by -government. But if it were un known to the government, how could the pe titioners possibly be 'aware that the enterprise was an illegal one? Had they not ittison to j believe that they were to be employed in the servicer)!" tueir country r Offers of a higher nature treason itself had been committed in this country, and the criminals pardoned by Ue executive. And were these men, only secondary criminals at worst, to be suffered "toTenntin under the se vere punishment in which they now existed? He hoped' thatthis country would not punish wc,tmerely for the sake of infijciiiig punish ment? It wa3 not likely that the petitioners would ever head conspiracies. They were generally young men of obscure, birth ; and they would be pleased to submit to the laws of t heir country: Theywerenot permitted to have intercourse with their friends on shore, after they had gone on board the.. Leander. General Miranda, while here, he believed, had the honour of dining with the chief ma gistrate, and other characterigb in the ad ministration, lie had communications from England" to different persons here, stating that Jie would be of great service to this go vernment in case-of a war with Spain. If the administration knew ofsthe enterprize, they were as guilty us thepetitionets; and iP the former were deceived, surely the latter might also have been deceived. It was the policy of" every well.regulatedj govt nnnent to vest the. executive with a d!s cretioiurv lxnver of pawloning crimes ; and this power was generally exercised ovei'Vne first, olfencc. lie had no hesitation to'ake up on himself the ysXhislti$ir-$t as much mo, ney aa.wouj,' Le taken out of the pockets of "fScTittKuuents,- to- enable the president U procure tlie release ol the men now impri soned in the' Spanish diUigeoiTS. f t would re flect a discredit on the riaUpnal "churacter ta ' suU'er them to die in thyl miserable condition. He trusted the hot.se would exercise tiiat ge nerous humanity which ought alwj.ys to cha racterise a nation. - Mr.- Smiiie . remarke'd, that an attempt had been nuide by many not in the adminisiration to fix the guilt of Miranda's enterprise on tha aJminislratioti ; but really he did believe t!Mt this charge hud been given, Up, until he heard ; the bekrexpre&sions of the gentleman last up. Heilid not think that any man could give ere dit to the imputation. - . In a naiiohal point of view, it was of the very last importance that this government; should act cautiously on thi'Touhj jct. sjvdij - .was sensible, was extiemeiy jealous of every thing that looked tike a disposition in this na tron to injure her in her American provinces Will you now confirm all her snspicicnsryind jealousies? It was sufficient for him to know .thftt it' was better to bear a private than a pub-; liceviJ. " - ' - Mr. Pearson explained. lie had not mer.r.f to uay,. that the government Were tonCerajVl-""' Vn tle ' eKpychtion. ;to atiy givut extent, i'le -Avrshed to be understock, as taking thegrnvini 7 tliatif the administration were ignorant of it, hO'.v could the petitioners Xnp.w it wa; ac;i- Mr, Pink was glad the gentleman from N. Carolina (Mr. -arson) had explained his; first remarks. Jt refivcled on the understand ing ol 6iiy man in that '. house to suppose the government were engaged in an t -ntet prizj whic.b was so totally incompetent to the ob- jtct jt p;o;;osed. .( ' He hoped the house would concf in the i-p4 of the comniitt'ee. " tewish! mea sures to iKitsken to procure releage oMiie petitioners from .a situition so IfartkaiI o iniej-;ible, lhat-his powers ovcr-rJteJJ i-.hbh langiiage did not enable-, him to give an ac; Cjuite description of it. And 1 ave jrf.te" men been proved to be guilty fBy the grave 'assertion of j,hehonr.urab!t memJr frpm Virginia (Mr. IiaTid b.) In wiifti consists
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