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1
w v ii
TO "ft
Csx.oatfft.s.
ffopii 0F MASsACiii)ss,rrs.;-i
pic of the United Dia f -JlsachuseUs,
the came of
list or'RefMcd
.fv. vnti & British Sub) tit t
We zmc of the facUUoils mtjonty
r Uhf virtnallr rtCOff-.
in Tour 6 , uc:
litcd the degroajog uuk w
Bti'h Parliament
i; vfftt tn 0 tvh&tsocvt
rictifto any power on rw, v
hare, wlttn trie nonor
dence of our dounttry required, dis-
played thermal energy ot ine nauon,
coTcrcaus nag
ced the enemy to sue tor peaccju
hh own capital; they have conuuu-
irougn me siurmj
European ar, in
-and now. when the
wrongs ind' injustice of the. bclUgc-
suddenly intolera
ble, th'ey hate stized hold of the last
and only anchor 01 npc iciw p
(rti thi neuce fcfthc country-re
, ff-ta of which havebttmihe aanng
bf our rhcrchanis and underwriters
rrvt'trviai hankruntcv and in case
iiuiti 1 y
Should Jhe tiritish goverhrqeat send
a respectable fore say i or iq
men, to land in this state, thefedera-iuf.-
who are heartily sick of & re-
'""J . II u
pubUcan governroem, as wcu u.H
order t Uincinnaui wuuiu Ju.....w
i smA i r rl f f" tnt"
to a man, anq aga vu.v(u-
protection of bur late graciousovc
reign, and put a final end to the U;
States."
T Tnnn the two first objections We
have only to ay, that wy gentle-
man whfi wishes to see trie umzw
nian Mercury from which wer-opy
the leiter. may do so oyppiy w
t tht Aurora office. i
' . -H , .
To the third cavil we cannot out
Si To this .laic hope should fail, they have observe, that its. nature attords
utvtr," 'by prepared for the last appeal of na- strong pre8umptiVf vldlnctth?1
i ..I..:.... fhir inp. irci iuiia ii
licit! i' k .
inn eraiiicooy m lrvV
Americans to navigate the ocean to
,UCh pert and places as they think
cxpcJent to license, W
cotofsuch taies ai they shall see
fit to impose, i a gracious indul
etnee, which ought to havebcen
embraced. Already haVc they driven
fbm the council of the nation the
, AK ACT
Authorising; the Secretary of the Treasury
1 to pay rotuVomptrciifr.onne ircasurjr,
iri trusti "tlic amount of ceruiin Bil& draw n
by Jolih Amstrong, minister from the
nitel States to the Court of France, on
the Treasury df. the -United States.
.BE ti'cna&eiLix;tKi :Snaie:&nd
'Houit of tfeprtstntbUves vj the Vnu
ted States iof mcrtcaiinngres as
"sfTnbted, ; That ; the -Secretajry of the
Treasury beand he" ts hereby autho
rUed and directed, to pay into the
Hands ofthe Comptroller of the Trea
sury of the United States the amotint
id cash, of ike bills drawn by John
Armstrong muuster irominc y1"
tedtatcs to the court "of: f ranee
on the Treasurer of the United States,
in favor -of Nathan Pre res, Denton
and Hall,' pursuant to ,a-liquidation
made by the crovernment of France
undet the convention, concluded he-
tween the. United btates, ana uic
All these measures. the advocates , . wrirr exoected toes-
of the resolutions would have had re k hv nllihbu or denial of such French govern meatf qh the, thirtieth
Tn ih nw. however, tneii . ? l
ulministration have not done : 1 hey
have hot entered into an alliance with
France & continental Europe, against
Great-Britain, when invited to it by
a direct attack on bur national sove
reignty, and when the pulses of the
whole nation beat nign ior icyq6
son of art old patriot, wnose nrrm - , f Qf lfac resolut on5
:..fv and talents BO esscnu.uj - - , ,
And for what reason f is it oecau
the politiral information and diplo
matic talents of the former, coxten
lire with the various interests of the
United States in their foreign & do
rs estic relations, woutd be less ser
viceable to our country, at the pre
sent crisis, than the counting-house
itfll and .nice calculations of profit
md loss which distinguish the latter ?
t r;ti nnr think Co meanly of those
a v
a common cause with hfr against and wc DUbU5
France and her allies. Would the f , roihtheGlaseow gen
- . ... 1 I I r - . . i
tlemnn. from the contents ot wnicn
, . .
the reader will be able to aeter-
n letter beinff writterl for the JMer-
curv. or to any person In .Edi n-
burg, tor it appears uy
letter to a gentleman in tnis cuy,
whirK letter is also (the original!
in the hands of the editor ottnc:
Aurora, that the letter from New
York was addressed to a person in
"..wn,, throneh the ave Wl5ncu 2UUU ?" "I fuT,T.: Ft." .
tiaea iaw"w"w""T- " t"-t think not. They nave no amcu newspaper, and irom wai
storms of the revolutionary tempest G Brita-n and mt i f ' , EdinblirK paper
into the haven of peace tana inpc common cau5C hcr against nubllsh likewise an extract
dence, to roase way iui v -
man. who was then tried f .nd of the resolutions have wish
ed such an alliance ? No doubt they
would. Ah ! that's the rub. Anc
ror not doing this, and uniting our
destinies with those of that nation,
ithcr to fall with hcr, or by Biding
in her support to remain a subordi
nate and dependent nation," the ad
ministration are to be hurled from
their seats, to g.ve place to men who
.:n nn Hrcir..tr m ermpe to tne
1 ill n. - . n
o .:2. mmA T.riti fflfc fhp inde-
;ho have done thisdeed, as to .ttn-J ;Hf tTrnS rion at
bute to them so sordid a rocuve, is '7'" , " r mwtf
fu . -.. t u'm r.r h.n tlt.n the shrine of her power.
r men ucuutc mv mu"' - 11 ' ... r
. , J vinMir.tinr alike II Fellow-Otizrvs I Awaice irom
Jnrvindi-nre of his vour letharcv, and see the danger
ik arewion o' that surrounds vou ; the wiles pre
rxruuu y 'ti . u - - , 1 1 ten izaic or
paring to ensnare, are ciccpcr iau .
your are aware of. Be on your guard! ! of J
ir.j -l.ii i. fmm thirtich day pi j
XOU ltldlt iica a6
BRUTUS,
day. Of April, in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and threeljland
also, the amount of tne bills ; drawn
by the aforesaid minister, on the said
Treasurer-: of the United btaies, in
favor of Joseph Sands, pursuant to
a liquidation made under the conyen
finn fltoreskld. which sums sb baid
to the Cbmptroller, shall be held by
him, in trust, to pay and satisty such
j i .
persons, ana in sucn proporuows,
shall be adjudged or decreed by the
courts hereaiter specmea ; ana ic
said sums shall be by the Coroptrol
ler deposited in the officexof discount
and deposit, in the city ot wasning
of the Writer, and ton, for sdfe-kceping, until such judg-
rmmrrv acainst
" . .. . , ... m.
pretensions of cu the oeuigercms,
supporting the measures of the ad
tnii.Utration, best calculated to se
cure the peace, and preserve the re
sources of the nation I And is the
litter to be preferred because he may
be willing to sacrifice all Uiese rights
and blessings to the sovereign claims
or pretensions of ene of the bellige
rents I Judge tor yourseivca. f
ready has this ephemeral majority
so improved their brief authority, a
to pas resolutions in censure of the
measure of the constituted authori
ties of the nation ; giving as one of
their reasons, that certain resolutions
w r nM(l nv mc u'iiuci iw
irom the AtJBORA,
THE VIEWS OF THE TORIES.
" .
The letter from New-ifork to" d
oersori In Scotland lately publish-
ed by the state committee of cor
respondence, cf Pennsylvania, has
excited some senttbiiiiy at im. x or,
where it is dated ; the mode in 1
; onnmhufion and suDbort which it has been treated, is cu-
of the same measures. Mark the rious ; in regard to its authenticity,
logic of this reasoning ; from it we it has been said first, that it was
art to cortdude'that if some pledge not published in Scotland, but in
themselvesto support the constituted vcnled here j second, that if pub
authorities, it is a good reason with i:shed in Scotland, it was not writ-
others for resolving to rtslstthem ; ien America; and third, that
mine upon view
the biasokhis mind.
AN ACT
North-Carolina, a
AOinAIkb tj 4... r
port of entry ; to ch.nge the ram or
k rl'ittrirr of Naniemor. to ihat ot b
H - - - - - - J w .
a tn milrc Augusta, in uie
district of Maine, a prt otjdaivery.
Be it enacted the Senate and
Hoitfe or Rr6refentattvs ot tne uni
ted States of America, in Congress
troi and aucr uic
une next, a district!
shall be formed out of the district of
Edenton in North-Carolina,. to be
called the district of Plymouth, which
shall include and comprehend tne
rivers Roanoake and Cashie, and alj
the waters, creeks and harbqra ue-
loncintr theteto; The town of Ply
mouth shall be the port of entry and
deliverv : and Windsor and cjkcvy
arky, ports of delivery. A collector
ments or decrees shall take place
I Sec. 2. And be it further enacted
That alV suits' or proceedings at law,
or in ecuity to establish claims a
trainst. or. recover the whole or any
part of the sum so depOsjtcd on ac: 1
count of the buls rawn m tavor oi
Nathan Freres, Denton and Hall,
shall.be commenced oh or before the
first day. of November next, in the
circuit cotirt of the fourth circuit, ho!
den in the district of Maryland, 8c all
proceedings at law or in equity,to esta
blish claihls against, or to recover the
whole or any part of the sum so de
posited on account of the bills drawn I
in favof; of Joseph Sands, shall be
commenced on or before the day
aforesaid,, in the circuit court of the
second circuit hotden in the district
of New-York, or in the circuit court
of the district of CoUiiobia for Wash
ington county iqsaid district, and
ny or either party aggrieved by the
judgment Or decree of either of the
said courts, may rcmove th'e same
n. Um ennrm mnrt ftf the United
for the district shall be appointed, to in the &me manner, and on
brUenefit, or oti his account) fehtejpi
accept of, agree.; for, untfertak;o0
execute . an y such con tract or ajgisee .
mentVih the whole, or in part; eveg
memberd offending shr lVfpr tc-V
ry such o&ncfei upoi cohv ctionthereV
of, before f Inycburt of the. United
States, bloMhe territories '. therep
having icognijince of such,-offence,
be adjudged guilty of a high jnisde
meanori and shall be fined three,thou-
saod dollars ; and every such con
tract or agreement as aforesaid, shall ,
moreover beabsolutely vpid.and;of
no .ffect ; Provided nevertheless k
ThWm aU cases Whercny sum or; ;
sums of money shall hatc .leri ad
vanced on the iai t of thetJ ftlteflv
States,' in consideration of anv such:"
contract or.agreement the same shall ft
befbrthwitb ,reia)d;iand in case of
refusal or delay Jb rt pay the &ame
when, demanded, by. the proper m-:1
Cer' bf the department underrwhbse
authority such contract of Agreement
shall Jiave been made or Vntered ih
to every person so refusing or de
laymjgi:--t6gether;.-svith his surety 6f :
sureties shallbe forthwith prosecu
ted at law farj the," recovery bf any ,
such sum or sums bf monejr advanced j
as aforesaid.; r- -. t,-p-
; Sec, And &pt further, Vttatltfl
That nothing herein contained skill
extend, or be construed to extend to
any: contract or agreement, made or
entered into, or accepted by aiy in--corporated
company,, where such cfori-
tract or agreement snaiio maqe ior
the general benefit of such incorpc-
ration of cbmpurfjr; nor to the pur
chase or sale hills of exchange or-,
other property by . any member - of
that if some have endeavoured to
to strengthen the arm of government
against foreign, encroachment, u is
sufficient apoiogfr for others to at
tempt to pawlixe it i iri short, that
patriotism and treason loyalty and
rebellion, are the same thing. But
tl is not to expose the absurdity of
their reasoning, the falsity of their
ostensible pretensions, that these re
sclauons are adverted to it is to open
to your view thi real object of tiiem.
One bf the advocates of this mea
sure hath unhesitatingly avowed,
that he cared not whether the em
bjxgo were a good or a bad measure,
he would seize the occasion it offer
ed to hurt from their seats the pre
sent administration, and place in
th.tF trari men. whose measures
no person in N. York ever wrote
such a letter for the Caledonian
Mercury, nor .such a letter to E-
dinburg. We copy the letter ome
more the better to.reiresn tne
public memory on the subject.
Extract cfa Letter from e-o.Tatl, dated
IQib December, 1807.
u A war with Britain will co welt
nieh to ruin this country, on which
. ti t
account the letierairepuoncarvs, wno
possess roost of the wealth of the-U.
States, and are joined by the English
merchants, and the very respectable
society of Cincinnati, are doing all
they can to prevent a war. On the
other hand, the democratic republi
cans, who, though they have few res
would be .directly the reverse of the a th and
lcvcnu f v4W4 . :. ;rw consist mostly oi tne rooDiuiy, are
i:nil keen his oifice in the town
of Plymouth,' who shall j be entitled
tr nrivf three ncr cent, commis
sion en all monies by him received,
hri account of the duties! arising on
goDds, wares and mercnanuiAc iim-i
d district, and on
yrj w - j
the tonnaere ot snips anu
w - . f r t
the other emoluments and ices oi oi$
fice established by law. ! ,
Sec. 2. And be it further Enacted,
That from and after the thirtieth day
of June next, the district of Nanjt
moy, in the state of Maryland, shall
be called the district of St. Mary's,
ahd the collector shall reside at St.
Mary's river, which shall be the port
of entry and delivery for said district,
and Naniemoy a portof deliveiy on-
! ly, to which a surveyor Ishall be ap
pointed, who shau be enuuea, m au
dition to the fees and emoluments
already allowed by law, to receive
a salary of one hundred and fifty
dollars. i
Sec 3. And be it further enacted,
That the tovvfi of Augusta in the dis-
! trict of Maine, shall bej and .hereby
is Constituted a port of delivery, to
be annexed to the district of Bath,
and subject to the same regulations
and restrictions as other ports of de-
Congress, where the . same shall b .
ready for delivery, and tor which, pay-
ment sthaltbe made at tne ume.pi'
making or entering into the contract :
or agreement.- f ,:-x -
, Secf 3. And be it jitrthcr tnatted
That in every such contractor agree'
ment to be made or entered into, or
accepted as aforesaid, there shall be ,
inserted ah express conditiou, that nc
member bf Congress hall be admiU'
ted to any share.or part of sucHcbn, '
tract or agreement, orio apyeiiefie
to :arise thereupon: ' Qv&f'p?
JSocMAd be it further ehkdl
That if anyfecer of the Unfiled
States on behalf of the United States
shall directly or indirectly, make;
or oter.itpny contract, bargainj,
or agreemeht in writing or other1
wjsef pother than such as are" herein
excffte wiH' any member of Con
gress; such officer so offending, orl
convictipn thereof before ?ahy court '
having jurisdiction thereof sliall bir
deemed anu taken to pe guilty ot
a high misdemeanor, and o be fined
in a sum of three thousand dollars;;-.
SvAndheh
That from and after he bassinsr of
this act, it shalf 6e the dky of thJ
the same terms and '"conditions, as
appeals and writs of error are now
prosecuted from the said "courts. ;
bee. 3. JLnaoe njuriner enacicu,
That whenever a final" judgment or
decree shall be entered up by either Secretary of the Treasury, Secretanr
o; tne saia couris in iaui a, 11 0j vyar, oecreiary 01 me XNavy, ana
son or pefsons who may have esta- I the Post-ma!ster-e:eneial annuallv tn
fished a right or clai m to the whole iay before Congress .a statement of
or any part ot the said, sums so paio an the contracts which have been
to the Comptroller, and deposited in made in their respective tkpartmeht
virtue of . this law, the said Comp- during he year preceding such h
troller shall direct the cashier of the port, exhibiting in wsuchstatement
said office of discount and deposit, to the name of the-contractofVthe arti
pay tne . amount recovereu iu uic iice.or thing contracted for, the place
party or' persons entitled under uch wherc the article was tojbdeliverJ
eaeer for a war; As every man in
this country has a vote for members
Of Congress, the democrats cbuse al
ways persons of their own stamp to
represent them.' .They are proud
always of opposing the federalists,
rum 01
system of measures pursued by the
administration for which they ore to
be htnled from power J They have
retrenched the expenditures of the
government, they have managed
the public revenues with so much
prudence, as in the course of seven
are nu
m this
, . . . r.-mJ .. ... rii .... w-0 , -
r-CAV Ar. 71" they abound : there are at least' 10
tan y virtnj ; T to 12-demoCrats, Should war ac
n a: takplace, thisis the heartof
judgment or decree so rendered by
ihe said courts. '
J. B. VAKNUM,
Speeder of the Mxtit ef ' Representatives t
S. SMITH,
President of this Senate pro tempore
Approved, April 25, 1808. !
! i TH: JLFFERSON.
. , AN "ACT
dencetning Public Contracts.
, - it enabled by thi Senate and
' Houfe of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of, America, tn congress ax-
ed, or the thing perfofmethe Wrhf
to be paid for its performance or feS
.Kveithe ate, and, ourjatjop .f (hi
contract . '. r;
-. -h BVARNUMJ
, SpedHf oftbkMouiB of Xcprhentaiiveij t
. : 1 , ', . S. SMlXH,
.PresMioftbeSeVtrofehipei:
Approved, April 21 . 18C8.V " .
TH : JEFFERSON:
AMR1CAN HEMP;
scmblcdiThtX from and after the pas-
sagre ot" this act, no member oLCor-
liverv in the United btates ; ana 1 p-ress. snaii, - uirecuy, .or'-ujuuy,
' 1 . . . . - II . 'tfi I X 1 ..Li'.a..V ll"Oi".ii-. - iri.:- ,t . . . , v . . tr 1 v., .
there shall be appointed a surveyor,!! nirpseiipr oy any puicrpcrsu wai, 11 osfv, 4ew-x-ona9n, xwew-iorK
ITllZ Secretary of , the Navy wili
receiye, until ?tbe 1st oti November
nexty. i'rdposats fr fu'rniihing water t ot
ted Hemp or the growth of the U. States;
to oe oenverea either at jPortsmout N
to reside at the said port of delivery,
who shall he entitled to receive a sa
lary of one hundred and fifty dollars
annually, m additioix to the otner emo
luments allowed by lay. .
v I. B. VARNOM;
soever, iiitrustforliimioriorhii BaltiraoreVNotfolk; ,
UAftr. r on h, AheonnnerlrMmn C Charleston; S. C.'Sa-
vsnnah, sGeo. or. New -Orleans
or hentfit, or on his accounVunde
taie, execute, hold or enjty, in the
whole or in part, - any . contract or
acrcemeni hereafter to be. made or
enterco , into wim anyomccrw( inc.
United btates, in their behaii, on
"VFor well water-rotted and well cleaned J.
Atnericaii. KemT the Secretary of the
JaVyg disposed to allow a liberal price a
lieyorid the usual price bf such hemp when I Ii
te.Totted,
1 n upn nmm. in .inrir Liciidii. wnii,. . - . 7 . ri-v . -, 1 , 1 1
"it
I i Pruidaxt of die Senate
A no raved. April 25th. 1808
V THT JFEFERSON
i , 1 1 rUIILiaia Ull .lUC.Uail Ul, Hit. vimwu IIWill Kt niPcnt tn. crtt. fh nr4an.i An t.
pro tempore. ' IJStaCeSj; andjf any meraoeitjpf Con lithe' place where, and .the--time twhcnr it
W , -j, . iress i shall, directlypr; indirectly, tl worna oe aenverea. . . 'r '
himself,-or by any other person what
Say Bepartmsfit May 3, 1,'
'i
i 1
rT m .7" I T JJi k , the United States, and truly the ca
TcJS r& Pir Hl
$?cvti) ijj rost f tr ai tiltr to te
ill!
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