gl -';V V 'riBIGfo frfoflr t-;''":.-'No': TQy j
I'-.
lUrt fAr Connecticut Herald,
No:".lr;: ,. ' '
tfiE contrast.' cn ; :
r jriyi hefs arc-incessantly barging.
liit-1'lers mule H-6xxr- cbnifterce ' by
f. Jfujztrs,- &d.G-4 knows we have
j, all til'- ;:iMsert;H ,Ui piayice us ..
Lwrnuare rcts-and tbco decide, .'.' t
Jfl lutorinuj cat 'Uiai i i Jiitc n fuc
jj W ou.cpinmerce fwJm thcyear'
..hit -.hour, and that since Bonaparte's
. jncf Mil.m decrees lv?r cruutlfs have
jjnk'p'r b iVnU,' American ship3 where .
1 .ir A . il.at
'rs'of Tt'ntv Anions; pf American
grtBOW detained in Frances, either
j, or si security, for good, be ha
4 f ' Vl'&bst ourUauffiridiig;
rtfiHT) aa stjijMed of their all driven in
u.tiie iifcerior,. t hrown naked and pen-
Imp prisons ana.inen , cioo.tneo, 10 ..pine
;f liberty. ,Will the worst enemy of
y say th.it she has doie tayr.se than '
if att that every tpo.werf however con
M,v which has falleajinder the control
lipase ami tould equip a paltry pica-
dai pirated on the American commerce,
i a fact that Spain, (while, SMlrfecV to
torsiCaivs mnaence, noiiana, nci
tributaries, have liwiformly adopted his
Jul decrees against us, and have msult
M robbed us whenever opportunity, pre-
i
it a fiat 'that ,the Danes, the amiable
and'latijB like .Darfes,1 (who are the ob-
infinite commisseration with demo-
bio soon as their canse became idetuin-
Bonaparte's, commenced their depre
V on American commerce, and are now
in? our ships by scores.
Jiiaorf, notwithstanding' these innnme-
OUlragcS) HISU118 jiiiu ivcriC3r turn mi-;
in us bX France and her satellites, that
w'uhher Tyrarrf, which solemnly uua
ts ill the immunities of free trade and
BEHOLD THE CONTRAST. ii-
ji a factxhix .Portugal, f9r t a century
se jBlJj'ance ; wjth ; England, has never
si I single known acl of wrong
iMt that Sweden, whilst in alliance
it and defensive with the Same power,
committed an offence ng.unst us.
I fact thiat the moment the Spanish
arajsedUts spear apainst Dtnaparte and
flits destiny, or (as our French Jacobins
"sold itself lo Britain." '.at; the same
lent the Spaniards-ceased to plunder our
prce, promply released or numerous
i mjwiwuiuij coauemnaiion ' in men
ind have, ever since- manifested the
friendly disposition tOvVards our country.
4 fact that with England our treaty
aeo suffered to! exoire. and Mr Jef.
f fusing to renew it- on terms even
Vtvntaireous. we have no other claims
t friendship than what her own interests,
nse of justice, or the (exploded) laws of
Si provide ;-;:X . - - - " .
. KSE AUE FACTS. Now let anv wbr.
pf of Bonaparte and hater of" England
wiiy tnese lacts, an0 persist in sayjng
that Britain is more our enemyVthan
t following execrable ; paragraphs ae
ne Boston Chronicle, th leading demo
:Pr at the" eastwards V ' - -
aaparte instead of oppressing Hyngarv-
fnd gives her freedom and independ-J
f'ftead t)f ainrine at universal empire he
'MmringtQ Restore the freedom of the
M .'thin w certain, the United States
covered the . most ardent desire lo be
f dly jfcrms with England, wjile France
and terminates in treachery and riiin. -- ; " -
The . extracts we have - copied It cm ;tbe
Chronic'lej furnish evidence, of 1hVt vj e luve
sq often said,M hat the- oW Jacobih'sthe lea
ders of our dubs were have been, ahd still
'.are wholly devoted to jhaftcif, ,to! tbe. blootty .
jbOtchtrsoCthe revftliition, ahdthe bldsphe-
mous, merciless instrument of her dcipotmi.
They have - palliated her insults, they ha e
and ever Will dei end Kerx perfidy and her out
rages. ( :-r' . . -;
. "To convict these traitors of their deep; plots,
and rtiterited falsehood s,io .shpwj. Bona-,
Porte's baseness and enmity to America,' we
hive' only to call tb "fnTnd his violanana our
trfaty, fiurchaied at the firice pj millions ; the
svizure', burning, anil drxtrliction oj our pro
Jicrty ,? th. 8quratra(ion ,)sits and c&rgoed,
fierfidipusty e'ntmfifird in his ports ; the long
and cruel iififirisonment of our ciitzew, vuh so
J'ev ofihe ne'csMrie8 of'Merthat they would
''aiatvfwydjforjsh'for "ndntt if not relieved by
6ur 'oteif'mt&tateri j our exclusion from every
port oj.iu'ipeana l&e cqurs$ o me nipoar
gl j jan ' thr wtctjihi, who has at one time
repeated the blasplTeyofD a 'n towT aiTdTST
another the erefed of the Mussplman ; the pro
fligate BANfeiTj wlio has poisoned thesoldiers
wounded in his defence ; who violates neutral
territory to immolate' the l of the Cor.de
raoe .; and murdered the unhappy Halm, the
subject yof a foreign,, Id. ngdbm, for dating to
expose his crimes can he feeTparti.dly lot: y
people, Whose republic isa satire on his des
potism, whose religious character is. a libel
on his practical atheism, and whose gospel,
describes him as the curse nf Gd ? The prof
fers of this iron headed, irbn hearfkl savage
arc .drugged with death Would, to heaven
his Venom was buried with Kis carcase, and
that his minions here wtre as palsied as they
are detestable.
,. Fellow-Citizens, he fiwake, he vigilent. 77"
writers in the Chronicle act here the prt ot
those venal, wretches who spread the procla
mations of Bonapar'e in 'Switzerland. . The
tirave rugged tenants of therock"s-atirr mbun--tains,
fought and struggled in vain, after they
were rlivided by t'aitors. They i wear now
the livery of the. Tyrant. Spanisljlm; epen
dence has also been put in jeopautly by the
same class of miscreants. When our hour
of trial corht S. as it will come, if England is
crippled or Overwhelmed, we have ev ry thing
to feai; from such slaves of the tyrant. Mark
them now, and determine, that if we have
to fight for our country, those who have strove
to unman us before the con est, shall not sur-
vive the liberties, which they havelstudied and
toiled to beyay. 1
- ' " PUTNAM
" ."tHE COMMAKDES IN CHtEf-
- ,No.I
nrhe Hon.. David CJark, late member of
Congress frafm ' New.Orleans, 4vas at length
From 'the 'fiYorfr Evening PokU y ; V ih'few Cays be' at thedispo?albfTMn.l
--.-v-t-: , -t, .mm . - , l- hv fl rlnP ' lSnw- ahnnwn evetrn ht nrrur.I
n. 14 known to have.; hztir&mti'.(bt the sal
s- 1 ;.'"lT'f tbe'wsterntWs:r y ahis:dispdU
ipr tj?e -r ivii power jn the- territory,; at ntfYvaaf
the little
surrendered,
destruction
.country, but such an appei-llhihe. beppte is
win iorce conviction on me. governmui iv.$ti
'de.mohstrauons of his guilt as n ust revive tbd
such' an ti'p4u'on ,Q is treabefy
ucp'ive r.nn ui uy:. means, nowrsiiaii
forded "Jvin--of .rtnewinc Jt. A' ftv
will place at the head of, the 'execaii
who:
published his highly interesting and important
wuik itisjjctiiii utc iitau io .wnommr. jer '
;ff rson entrusted the1 command of the army.of;
the ; United Mates', and ntin.ued.him in the '
same, with a full knowledge qf his guilt.
The book is entilkd Proofs of the corrupt
tipn fif general ' Jaw? IVUkiiinon 'and of Ms con
nection with Jlaron Burr; vith a full refuiatu
on of hi slanderous allegations in relation to the
"tkdjacter oj th'e firitkipul ivitntss agaimt himr
v l have read no piece ot $emtroversial writ
ing since Whitaker'S ,f Vindicaxion of Mary " j
that, has stirpsvied) tlie little ;.yoluimnri)e1bre
me, in closeness and perspicuity of reasoning",,
or energy and beauty of style. The conyit ,
tion it-leaves upon the mimt is af a nature so?
pcjrfrctly satisfactory thai not a doubt remains1
to be Solved, not a question remains to be -ask-'
ed It cgrtainlyjjs one of the most comptete
-triumphs- of virrtie and talents over villainy"
anoi rueaiiness the wbrld ever Witnessed. All
who cart .purchase this book ought to gefit ;
but I mean" to treat my distant and numerous"
readers who have not the means of procuring
it, rvith copious extracts. Th i following is
the introduction 1 . V
44 Whatever pleasure' is derived Trcm the
punishment of crimes, it is always painful to
iiecome thoin'suument of inflicting jt. It-was
th-rtlore with regret that" I found myself call--el
o'i to lay llctfe ihe louse of representa
ti - s life i.ifornii tton I possessed of general
Witkinson's treachery and corruption. . . ,1
r . ThiV" regret was heightened -hy' the idea
that ap irt at least of my information had been
pcquirtd from theiVohmtarv confession of the
(narty accused,' and a breach of confidence was .
so vep'ignHnt to my IVeliDgs, that although
the conftCrtce was unsought, hut rather press
ed upon 'me to pre en', I believe, a disclo-
force it has, will be v i rt, mediutty' si
, and forced .urjoperate; hviitf.ovif.&K
i , and theie ' U' no salvation for iBS ?
: I
j y r
."V . 1
: 118 Aggressions ofi France have bt i
J tetaliation, of the , Eiiihsh owlU s in
' t -i '
waparte has discovered a Dacii distio."
hwards us. 4 His conduct has beeri mark-
r The (? j'Jawing well timed remarks
"te aixiVje execrable paragraphs are frem
f Uazette;' a federal paper tjiat isol
"ied with some.of the bespwritten ar.
f4cd W(a the Chronicle, form a branch
(fKLconspiracf against orde liberty '
mw vrv va. W.a
ui win avjii pc.rcauy iu piunic
"a. pcfignards to . the bosOm of the pa
I re preriarmg the dark scenes of
Jid tnarchv. bv , attemots to stranp-l
freedbrn; to' bribe us ,to throw away
lunce, and to bgtray our country
I W victim ffi'ftn- inetiaKU txrnt fT nf
.t-le course of such knaves there can
It begins in lies-and deception.
-, See Hauterivc's lettei fur the hfstorV tf the Embrj.
s -( .' )m '
GENER AL WILKINSON.
Daniel Clark, late repret?entaMves in Con-
gress from the district "of Orleans, has wih
in a few weeks past, published a pamphlet
concerning Gen.'- Willimson, which -certatiuy
deserves the notice of the people and of the
govefnment. ' , "
He undertakes to prove two propositions :
ftrsW that Wilkinson has been a pensioner of
Spain -2nd, that he was associated with Burr
in Jhis treasonable schemes. . -
. Mr. .Clark pledges himself to establish these
propositions by' weighty documents which he
has annexed to his pamphlet, and which are
rf.ore voluminous than the pamphlet itself.r
Fremhis own evidence laid be re" congress
in thesses8kh of 18078 he draws no infer
ence - . r--.-- . '' ' ; "
t How far MK Clark; fias succeeded in the
L task, which he has undertaken to perform,
E inc puuue wm necipe. ror our own part we
acknowledge, that we have already decided.'
Mr. Clark has placed the' guilt of Wilkinson,
Jxih as to cotruptioii andreachery"leyonl the
reach of doubt. No impartial man canx read
Clark book and doubt as to the censumma
rguilt of WilkiosBn, " A .'"A
Shall this m'arr still he continued as'om-
mander tn.:CDle'f'pf theanliWsorthe Utfted
- btates?- ' .fi . ; , Sfiirit of 76T '
, ; v GENERAL WILKINSON :
' ' 4. ''.-.' . !
Dkniel Clark, fate Delegate in Congress,
from the New Orleans Territory, has publish
ed in an" octavo jplqme, which may4be pur
chased at any of our book stores, a very able
and satisfactory exposition of vVilkinson's con
nection with Burr in the early stages, of the
conspiracy and of bis infamous correspon
dence'witii theSpanish government to dis
"m ember the United States,'an.d to annex a
poftionT of them to the ."dominions of Spain,
fhivwork ought to be in the' .hands, of every
man? who feels an interest in the honor and
s safetyofKhe Hnion. Hov Mr. Jtfferson can
command of the army a m yi so entirely des
titute of all princinle, all honor ; one so aban
doned and prof igpte; one who fr pelf had
"devoted his count! y to ruin, is vet to appear.
Suehascene ol iniquity as Mr C'atk exposes,
'is without example.. TVutclvTjxasr, t' -J.
suiv or ta :ts I .before knew, - ytt a strong sense
f duty alone conld have induced me to obey
the ca!l of the house. J'" compiled., with it ;
and my evidence established a direct confes
sion of tiiU. Utile foresight -Jwas: necessary
to discover that this would expose me to eve
ry1 attack that could he made upon my repu
tationit was -verified, by. the, event ; "every
crime in. th? caloue of human dejM'avity
was immediately imputed to me, and the ba
sest and. most contemptible arts were used,
however, with so little success, that althougli
in a moment of warmth I hadlhouItt it. un
necessary to promise the public a refutation of
the charges, I "yet on. a cooler consideration
61 tht ir absurdity had 'nearly determined to
treat them with silent contempt. I thought
that the motives' of the calumniator would be
plainly perceived ; .and that a character, which.
wasTounded in a virtuous education, and forin
ed by a habitual attention to its precepts,
could iTOt be injured by the unsupported accu
sations of a wre'eh, , weighed downfstill more
hy profligacy and xrimeshan by yearsr and
sinking unler a pressure of public abhorrence
'and contempt lI was. rnoitover convinced
thai in vindicating myself I should be obliged
to undertake, the. disgusting task.' cf pursuing
I my accuser through all the inire of specula-
tion and vice, "m which he had endeavored to
conceal his treason and corruption.. My aver
sion to this office would have induced me to
remain silent, if l had not reflected lh,at the
unaccountable favor granted to general VVtf
Jkinson by the executive might weigh among
man, whose tmina win, i .irust, ve '-.fiptn jo ir
conviction, and whe yvill not6flqF?liis coun-, f .
iry to be degraded .'b' tttniiitrarf? - -
ofike, 6r her soldiers any longer to be led.by-
a pensioner of a forei'pfo'e'ri. ThS is my i
object in the present publication ; .to' attain), it
ihahshov,;,.
-1st. That Gen. ;WiIkln'son,, from the yeal
J79- to 1803, certainly was, and'' that pvoba- ;
bty ne, is yet, a pensioner ci. tne opanjn,go ;
.yje-rnment.-' ' - f '."' t'.','''" ''4)'- : , ;
' 2d That his object was a treasonable aN
tempt-to sever the uuipn of these btates. . i, '' 1 '.
3d. Tb'at he . knew, favoured, iahd adyised ' ' ;
the enterprises of Col. Burr, and never rew
solved to be treacherous to his accomplice, un,"
"til he could no longer with safety- be so to hi
country. , " 1 , . r-'y., '':.'
Iuis; possible that my; personal knowledge
of ills treason and corruption induces me to'Tj"'
suppqse,the other proof mort, positive than it
is, but nnless I gieutly errj tht re will be rid ' ,
oqeasien to recur 10 rny own testinsony to es--ibiisb
his gult. Murhxf the evidence novV
offered hasalrtady appeared bci'otethe putlje; "
hut w-rthout order ancl at considerate interval . .
of ime ; frequently without such remarks, as
vere necessaty to ..ina.ke it intelligible, faAnd -never
accompanied . by any that would show
the manner in which the cliffei'lj'nt documentSf ,
elucidated each other and supported the te
timony of the witnesses. ..;., , ,
My object now to, supply "this dtfeci, to?
give the evidence at ope yiey(, to $how hd,v it
applies to the different chargeeV and then '.jletjf
an', enlightened ,and . imp rtial public decide'
whether the testimony 1 was forced, to give
Was "a malicious calumnyy ov a. s'lmpie.'natr':'...
rioirof facts as they: occurred ;f-wheiher rnf7
a fihe accuser, or he, a hired betrayer of his
country. submit to this alternative ; altho'- .
I t annof but lament that the strong prrsumn- '
tion, if not th6 posi-ive proof, brig siHce it,
the hsnds of the extcutive power,' were notv ,"
SLtjficient to have precluded the necessity" of ,
this tasks bting performed by an individuaL
Let it be rernembered that 'he man wh-im I '
accuse is commander in chief of rTe. ai'mjes '
,eLib.fe JUnited .States that.he4s-suiprtlhy
the strongest!' marks of pfesideXiial fayojir i
that, after he was openly accused,, and aiier
my testimony and that of others was herd,'
he was continued in command, and thaUjthe'1
more forcibly to express contempt forUhe-ac'--cusation
and Confidence in " the ac.cused, he is
i sent to the very scene of- his alleged coi rvpi -
tion, U placed with the fullest powers in ,atf- 4:
very country which it is alleged he 'wished to'
sever from the union, and where the freest
intercoursejs "afforded with his former conupv 6. .
ters":. a private ihdividnal carries on a vtxf': y
unequal warlar Against a man"' thus support' '
ed thos invesud with the power ' to screii' '
himself and assail; .his accuserV W'tneaaey,-?;'; ;
are with difficulty persuaded .to pp?ar"p,ja'i.' ' .
the parti ssns of the president, .outweigh" the4irfSn,S' are withheld '; and jn this country pafv
strong prooi mjus guut, ana tnat every count
on that suNect must creatt one'of my veracity.
But the important trust which has lately
1 been committed to him, forms, a motive in fi
nittlv stronger than any persona" consideratr
on Knowing, as I do, tb at he has for years.
1 been this .pensioner of a-foreign power, I bat
J his hire was. paid-for the dismemberment and
ruin of his country. and believing as 1 firmly
believe, that the same wages areyet paid for
the same iriiquiiy,Fi cannot with indifference,
behojd him placedf in that, very situation, in
which he: can withv the greatest convenience
complete his treasonable purpose. l owe it
,to my country to call their attention to the a-
mazing bliAdness, the wilful incredulity ! or
the co-operation in guilt, that has thus invest
ed a detected .traitor with the means of com
pleting his ireasonxCfAt the moment I write
this, James Wilkinson. Arrival-is hourly ex
pected ; by special di rections of government,
preparations are'makine to receive him' with
a pomp andsplendor which the U. Stales have
heretofore shown only id fa'- saviour of iiis
country. He comes a commander in chief of
the place, where b it a few years since he ar
rived, first, to sigt the pact of his own disho
nor, and aftenvaids to receiie Jthe yearly wa
ges of infamy vhere the - notoriety of his
guilt will make hint fear a witness in erery,
inhabitant ofthe country where he may with
f icifity renew his ancient 'engagemeuts, or
make others that will be more eflBcacioas for
thesuccess cf his schemes. -'."""''''-
The. important pi'ovi.icc of Louisiana, will
. . " . ' . ; ' ,x.", '
ticularly, where, tlie laws ha ve0 been so gross
ly, violated by? this very man with , impynityv
the fear of military . execution has, I know,
prevented my obtaining much evidence which -would
have supported a 'prosecution" carried
on unotthe sitnetron of governments ,11 there,
fore, tinder i hese disadvantages I should havr
done uo buye'tlia'n raisi .such violent presump
tions of 'gmhva to throw the burden on the1
saccussed, iuwould rbe. enough l.i o serious :ve-
charge to justity the actite researches of gov
ernment: rslore has been d.te and yei all t
quiet ; no investi'Vationis made hi the '.prosier.
officers ; cot ruption "rides triumphant- fri, the" (
car of office ; treason rears its head adorned
whh the trappings o&ommand. But 'he pa
geant rh, nearly past. Unaided as T ht.ve,
been, abandoned as .f nm by those whose Arty
ii was to tae the lead in the enquiry, I have'""
foi-tunattly for my country succeeded : 'ndr ;
wherrthjsneyidence" isulisled,"not a "single', :;
doubt will remain- conviction will .flash on e- '
i very mind. lut the arrogant oflender wilf fxit
rwfro thepubUc indignation. A strict jm count.,
will be demanded of those who have thus tr.fled
wkW the dignity of th nation and endangered .-
its exfetence.
Written prrviouarl? ffii-Madiwn' fitn
Jutl 1'uLUthtdruhd far sale tthi Qfoc
- DYLAN'S '-' ".' '-r-
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