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t ' I X.- I- l 4 P. ..: . v.. v ",..-,v ,"5 ( i- - 4 ' ii s -.., ' y,'t -U'V '-i-J ' t " . (THE NEW .WORLD. C ' s ' UeiuJ Siata. - ! ; j Ti these '.ir.flucii'i ij Tora; sfettlc nents tnd cVia.nl ti lbc Pnt da niriont nf the United States, tnention edn the tastchapter, ther remairtj !o be aded the rtat number and rariety of persons from ihe Eumpean Conti .,nt ind ihe West IndicJ, Who liaVr co,oe hither dun'ngthe tiVo centuries of J cur cxiitecce;' frum the year 1609 to j the single State of Pcnajylrania, which from theiripmertyf perhaps, failed to at ems to luve nearly quadrupled in'33 tract any of the invaders. The Welch, Tcarst thougli cons anuy senamRou- Lpte, is very impressive fact rtla- tire io this point, put, if we compute car w hole pnpuU lion at two million at la? Dcdaraticn of Independence, jt pro! table is little less thao fourfold 'at the present time, includingtheLnuhiiaiians. We procreu now to a uimidci. point in the formation of the mjSsnfthcNonh American popula'ion and it will require the discriminating faculties aid all the hnlntsi of our rea lers to surmount i established and ancient prejudice - We mean to say thaOit is very in?9r: . . i tint to a correct esumare oi inc nmcn mnxtUt'inn unA rhararter. and of v-. 7 the d-irrce, in which we were actoauy i Enfish colonir.s, a, mere emanation of English quiliies, that we should.' con sid f th-other Dnttsh European States ts really diVtinct aid m'aierially differ "est fmm the English Kfhgdora. . " TIu- American proyincVswere taking a consis ency in .1706. .when he Uh aid Scotch nations agreed to unite", cr rather to 9onfederate Fjtm 1605, toosw and a diffrrenr dialect, freedom f un Sxon, Danish 4nd Norman Laws s.?d tns'ltuttons ihe hephcrd state, the onirnprotrd state of Agriculture, . and ti t actual spirit of hostility, which, ne nr was brokto down until the time of George II all combine to render the Scotch people of a ttraper, disposition ?A rha acter nuterisl!y different Honj the English. It is correct, therefore, trf II t.Tum, ina uc uenraiion 01 men, nun ter habits, principleH religion, morals end iiist inions from Sroiand to the Nor.h-Arrierican provinces have coiitri hiitA to infuM? qualities really pot Eog Ish into th? American -peoplc,econo ray and character. - ' 4 Similar r.-marks arise upon thd, sub ject t)f the Irish nation and establishr nrnts. The Presbyterians ip the no)'th cf that Kihgflom are a mixed people, with very perceptible' Scottish, charac Aeri ics. The Irish, on the other hand, have stmnfcly reacted noon the Scotch. -r- . 1 . 1 1 r If It is well known that an immense and incessant stream of Hibernian people, Presbyterian and Roman Cath dies, has Powedjnto the Middle S Hes. The t!egreeor aiiiUariiy of the Irhh Catho-' anuongusn tpisopauan isno more than that which a conaneicd neOnfe c kibits when compared with its conqueU in., .iiiAinin curoDc me mosi 11 ciiconlani and contrasted classes of the pnulation of the U. Kingdoms. These r.imerous emigrants have not infuse! in to thi nation any thing material ofthe proper English character. : The progc r.itora ofthe Scotch and Irish Presbyte- tsns made and successfully pressed up J EnRhnd the PoiHcal, Beligious and -.citiusucal Solemn League and Co venanr of the loth century, inffu nce was mr.it sensibly felt in the Engi ration, in the middle of the- 17tb enrurv. ami Tltrf tr.. w- - fc'l did not desire the Monarchy, the I T. the Hierarchy, the Stand- 'iiitd CaurcU of Eng!ahd.- ' r ' lof COr.rri!-i1 ri.t4Ti.iV... .1 r II Phifntnnhir 'irwl t it Dk.iMm ) . S jion inhabitants of the ;'King-s The psoplc of America well know, Vm f island at the.tjme of pUntuig lna hecase of the Blacks in America America, '-.t r has occasioned' every ' where 'profound uunnqihe tnoUTjoroia periods of disqusittons on Ihe natural history of tr c0rAm?"V?rovinces, tne Irish Man, on the Tights.o Human Nature,' - o-Hib-mian families were 'of nd uponhc pare morality ahd eaqui r poTer a. weight, and in every r beOevolenQer of ; the Christian Reli- eiiif . 4 h.c C0Qlcst withGreatiBiiurhK pon.; ;v 's'Va! (: " v"; : aa independent, iheyTormcd a Itill be remembered, thititbepeo- JK body of influential o'pponents, cr Pe 'f theilWotth-A merican provinces cecidj RevoJu'ion'uts. The instituti; before their Revolutiojv tad never s-e.i ffl.k il5m to establish, were those a foreign bcrn army of - more.than - "."w 1 1 uir r 1. Jin. jinin iinnrt. ill iiulilii 1.11 iiil.im j uu isiun 1 Jir 4 -. r - will.:riot'consIdered as a mere rVfi V-m ent to esti mate' the AVelch 'emi grants to' the U. tates, as a section or people, not entirely f the' Enjish stock or character, during tjTe seventeenth and; ctehtee nth c entu'rie i, in , wliicli the A:,' merieon provinces , were commenced &J matured to a separate. independcnce-T Wittuut the limtjs oi ( bcouan ana Val?s the Saxons in England proper, had .vSquished the'jiritbns, so .fai as to become the, dominant a od character iinj political community.' From' the time of the; Koman; conquest ot ungr land, there has never, been 'a subiectior. ofthe Welch, to the,ItaUan Empire, or to any of the successive conquerors of E linrland. : .1 ne mountains ; oi yv aie. renffthepea " tne- naure ot-icncc.ana iron me coniraiy, ; kiycmkimu energetic $verti5nJ inthe Housof Turlor, which commenced with Henry VH. and ended with the memorable Queen Elizabeth. . The distinctiori i bc tween the t.niisnana vvcicn caarac tcf and instituiicns Vas so creat that the I-cgislature of England found ltne- cessary td abrogate ind suppress their mstitutions and customs by a special law, stronger than the measure ot oeq. U. to change the institutions and Habits f the Scots. yThe ancient Britods.Iiave to this d?y a' separate language, and e- ven in their English, a Welchf dialect. II The line of Welch Sovereigns of Ene .11. r . .. ..-t'lTi: nana, ending wun i-uiaacin m duj, and the troubles of the Scottish, Kings of England nfever ceasing till the non existence ofthe Stoarilinej it cannot be doubted that the numerous tahd early Welch emigrants to the middle provin ces of America, brought with them a portion of their inextinguishableTnation al c'hirACtcr, with its actual variations from 'that of I'A j Anglo-Saxons or their1 mts, has ever taken place; jet there cannot he a doubt,' that many lessons have been drawn froni the untutored 6 perations'of the human mind, and from the workings ofthe head And feelings of ihe ride savages. They exhibit man under the exclusive influence' -of natu ral causes. The actiral presence of the red tribes and that of the African peo- pie, to the number of one millori in tlie t i Z ' rj ui C whole, is no inconsiderable fact in a na ion of less than seven millions of white persons. The Cerfs and Villains of Europe are. of the same origin, com plexion and religion as their masters..- The Cerfs or Villaios or Black labor rers of America are of another, race 2c .country, of a different complexions and the upfrequent arid uncertain worship per of an obscure and. unknown Deity, whom they ' endeavor td propitiate by riide nd humble sacrifices at the graves of their d -parted relations, and through 1 entreaties, by means of those deceased riends. The determined, but tractable spirit and other characteristics' of. the inaian irioes arc oijpuyca 10 ineir con- it hfwirs. with th e aggressing and in suit- Whites, and their xonstant peace i!a we).w.flK,wMuTc.wijuHuu conciIiatinr..TheBlacksiin other couri- iTlth have been admitted by Ivariousi to the Sa mwp,., ''--y craraenta j ,to.tne. tccicsiasucai orders a.ir! even to;thfr Episcopal, character ; to xhe duties of .Pastors and'Missiona ties ; tohe DoctoVs Degree y, to the office of Pleader.fi.ndio.the rank of Ge-neral.- .The enlightened Courti of Her l.;n '. tippotnte'd a Negro Counsellor of State, and he proved .lo-be' one of the maskable of,. those.whb have been ho norea with that tMe fnshort, the Ne-' groes have distinguished themselves 4s Artists ; as Professors ot the ancient H modern Languages, Of Matbemticsand foreign - navy, 1 The French army, of Hochamheau ' co operated with that of 'thc most ancient counties of-the Uj V. talents andgeberal kndwledge.jof the of the soWierstropressed the; pubiic; mind, as well as the gbverfhentr the arf; my, 'the naTjrand tlie mUitia oU. ,S. itimi iiiju uicaa ui ,iucir. nicri(Naiu 'viifi racier Wixeni tke presence of the Ercnch navy is atsp remenbered, and that- many foreigners of rank, talents c enterprirr served in the American ArV my and Navy, and mbcea intimately with the cities' of . So'itt; itill . be presumed that those foreigners, 4n one of the most Influential" jituatiohs. of hq- man life, must have excited very con-'u siderable attention. The xa.se of Cthe U.Statcs, in the war of t Jieu Revblmioh eiecteri2edf this anted iaiiic army. ano Gallic Nay in our fields and Avaters.il It is well known hotv'eminent rthebfli-jf ccrs s of the army of Jtochambeatl and of ir fleet lit America rendered them- their selves, 'is' ike soldiery of Liberty during comes io this : ; how.longiWt: can, con ti theSirst y tars " of the French; f evoluti- hue 'to expend seven ty fipUfidns f ear ? on. .Among the niimber of causes, prOx- -r-Bui, it is not to; bef bejreved, thrdt the iraae and remote," which contributed to excite to' political reformation ip France , the sentiments imbibed by their .milUa.' ry characters here, are nortp be for- I goiicn-, iney gaveus prooaDiy, ip re- n tnm; 1; many impressions, and taught A'f rlca,,by their.earfy imitation of , her , mer! great act, tb6 wuuom the vast importance o atchievement. If the plan and extedt of. this enqui- if ry. were to comprise a .Volume, some II aacmionai conaiucrsiiioqs4roigni, oe aa- duced to prove that even the AmericaV provics, were rather the 'colonies of all Europe than of the English King-; dom atone. . We , might establish the arguraent with e'nereased force, in re ference to the present timej when the II ear. ofictual. separation jur heads: But the ad- dyction of evidence, respecting objects in our country, aenveu irom oniinen 11 a number of revolutions in the ancien English institutions occasioned or adopt- eu in in orin-America, n me nine oiour 11 confederation with the British' King) I dom. : COLUMBlANUS COBBEf T's SECOND, LETTER " to the . ' We regret tDat we are not able to give, at bett aecond letter to' Kinff Georee." espe cially" that part of it in. which he wa to point out thexnotle of destroying' the Coast in ir-Trade of France. J5ui Whatsis now Published is sa?d to' be all which has yet That" the time Is now fait, approach ing when this kingdom , will have single" handedto contend for its independenct, tf K, irs' arroin ill .Vm TT. rope, under the sway df the.Emneror xt 1 .u - t u" t . " ; interest it ma? be to deceive the public. Fwill attempt, to denyf anless there- be and cnustian like, and unambiuous ria- turiTof: that ' ionaoererVshould induce him io make:no attempts against us , . -T 11 J Those who think ?bits,' may sxe nothing new,; noming aiarming' ip ine. present, state f the war' but, .those' Svbo'tlilnk directly thft reverse' 'thosey who think, tiaf rom prioci ples.of s'ej f preiervktipn; as; weU as from the passion of envy anil revencre, as from a lbel'6f etoi7Napdf leon will aeek the subjugatfon of th : kingdom; ; those persons must perceiv that the battles on. the Danube, the sub lequent .armistice,-and which- it-will necessari! 1 the. treaty jy, ifyb'e;sfoII6wedi have -fciVen to the contestthat decided character which warrant's the assertion' that Epglahd is bow cohtchdihg for,her exist ence.,-: iy.f ' :f,t&:ui X This being. th'e case": . or; at least ft bei ii g so n - 7. PP'tiib.n lhe': next thihg lor me. to enquire imo ia. riow . wc are two modes; o f warfarei hich ;weinay su pppse "pofcon to ;pursue;T - :ihat oi pasting ''and .that ofassaurtV.- Supnbse Lhim to nursuc'the Ibrracr and us (o pur ue the' same mocierot .wanareinat "wcq tow, pursue, what,' IVfould Ijke'toasfc your Ministers .to explain;, must be the consequence 01 nis uuuown quicuy, fi fcivirig rest, and 'in Tact peacel s.t5 alllis dominions wfbile he caused us to expend seventy.; mi 1 1 ions a' year frHow jmarif years wuuiu u oc possioie, lor us, to ar ry 6n a ,wa.r of this sort j which as far "aa I can see need noy cost 't he f subfeets inf Napoleon a sumf which, when distribu ted, would amount to a. farthing a headl 1 h aye before,, e x plained to youlajes ty, that: all thehost useful .commeccisi: comoiuoicauons arcf xveq nowcirneo ''.". -J ' . - ' -. . - L f ' j"" on oejween me several cpunmes.unoer apoeon;a sway anq trjav, m acja far as"relaj:'es jo! the prosMrltyou tnose coun:nes, "Our power" as now used ha no effect, r hat .tO.iotilDskt; to-k'noW from youc Majesty Ministers inouiq wef oo, were he tocresolye ypon a Jnete menacing, .;lerefpajragaph, warfare.; -if jieyetela-doTnbthmlstalif but weely ;to: say4 jroU slJ6 j nq 4? a vc I peace Vl V In : this? case" th$ Vquestio ever active spirit okNaboleoiv'wjHiuffer him to pursjie thU m ,On the contrary, if, he:ihouldi;inthe. ('course ofa year, have finished his-work uq uic ponu:m.oiuippe:,;wiii.)np . aahsurely as'-he ;has(iXet,s.eihus'seX riously about his late labour! the jfulfil-J take a view( of his mea'ns of attach He wijl have' invhis. hands, or : nearly. ab his jicuiuniuu, an 10c ivaqs ana narpii;s apu f arsenals that he could wisti i' Ibr) aoantar nyjnorejhan he could possibly (wanU i His meahs of building andfitting out and manning ships ,'wourd be inexhaus- Jtible, i.Even.during the present war he has, I believe, built two new ships to our I lone ; . Having-once Settledfthej cootH II nent to his likino-r bd lon'WouM" he (be - in': criing;'a.TOVyyfar-'au'perinrtt to pur:iiiJjcsiys navy in rumoers v wot equji in sKiu ana lnope noi m oraveryj; oui iar superior in numoers",;f ana,un less we suppose thef French tbtallyi idea rpableof-attaining' navl ski IK wej must II; allow-thai experience would soonmake in era iorraioaoie. . ramiui as u may oe to contemplate svich'tiuths it would' be iojiy iodine exirciiiC' iur us 10 snui our eyes against! them. -ILwfcJboK then, at jthe naval efforts that Nappleoiv hasjbeen able m make eveii.dnriiig j tary wars, wercahnot retrain from being airmea ac inose,wmca nc.wiii De ena b 'edtO make whsh heshkll IiaVe toini pi Ttely gotten 'rid; vofpsersand shall,' at the'sanie tlmefeave ;at have afloat a xhinldred snt ps. jof the liner cOm p)eteJ jr' $ryit$ inq nc inrsea. t-.eavig .njsiMCOut .M5vm dnd arsenals enough for this purpose- will nave-" the.-greater jart of, them J(bV the fdurt Iv pf Vhat !the ill Cost us: KWffV.uS S'L iii.-.'J.i.i'i.. v sea;- Suppose-thi$ 4otbe "Uiecask-iiii'l jvhat J situation-should k then ibe f if And (if dun, present, in arfa'te be t continu'edr 1 do not my par seeijany reason -nor canjt uiscoveT any. rcasun, .why-.ber should -s not-Mrfium Ai forcei and even in a Mi'thQti9t-fyfX therefore, becnejsnfs:i61 colder, whei. alferi iVe'shallf bavertbe ineani jres " .mesQcVaforce.BwUhoWte istehce of any snc)i eh!s6ne 1 should- tbiaa will fyjVthW cursg yjp y caaUie ?arm?if0f naparte 4ipbn thebppiWitor Ofha vib settled ihe contment,' will be aWe tbsetid iout, several fdtuiadroiist bncf 0? iat?nearly bnfeand the same Vime& wsmpJoTr to do this: Sid tb hnre frni ! fen f b fetleelj jhoiiSandH -ach; andXtocro capceXa4na reach;4heivf:destn; ;pi f'stout rau'ddro'ns Iwbulaxrauifer?" tfcer ,,ine virtue ; ana 1 memmau pieageiio i-.oTa,vvrwiworihi f her memorable Upon v thjs, sdppositibn.witflnei ' ' .... (the only rational . one we haveinext to 'hosofpwtisd For my part; I. can see no reas6nj;(if Ve pursqe our present system"6iwifr uitej -why .Napoleon 'should noti imj- yeaf "afteTr he has settleid the affairs lot the Uonti have pointed out. iT:hree;!ycaria'.no fongpericTtl already renduredlmore landjsupposuigthiCtobe tfieiDyxbjecj. to ftttendo-But; if;Napb!fioorsIioul4? k r P: ' hve; kout -squidron)iri f vcTirtteonads ' -rable;pprt.frm the re:iU tm.Cadii Lnt ; elusive thwUle nQthlnghatliatj-V' " tteption of thetwhoiebf our fQrccrli' ?i as it now-is. upon the? Eastern .cotsts or ? f r-nglarwhilene,tsa Is feir Ireland, frpmt V' l f wV-auuu, v1 a "y ne oouivr (, 5j , 4 ports and especially ;to blockade jthd 1 , i ' whole- of hipo;ts',s If ekhVccnta& O . c jstoup and ; well supplied squadron, -;J -; tAimpossler J.evep ; if ahe6ather. " ' V should alwajrs be fair. undjo blockade a pari will bbfof no , use:;-and therefore, nlesse adopt a. new, mode pf war fare J di5pisition:t)fthe Jnsto .defend their' couniry .againsi an invasion pn inq p&nr f,not?j ecauseV hitht'rTOf th,e Ahre,ff .will .Jl2 .!.. ii. .''i t.- lheJtfench, yr -c. fSJ, ' Mf' 1 .iM jrusv that no one wi H. flare tq ml p-L iyour-Maifestythat 'therisnofahger. i f 'f'ff wu uai c o, wnt yuu inaii ror se-,,-7 c vetal .years, ' during "tbe present w'ari' -f U r .England '.fougljtV.france sipglcbandcd; ? ? lJ Hsh - ThebaJUeVasi jhdeed, sinef! . ynancea spmenmes thoutth, during this i iWar, lance bWact bhad" t?: fihV . Austria, , Prussia, Nanies.'? Snaih ! a.n ortu oral and; hv .tvLv W intVrliifit 7 w v jhas disposed of; aboiit, half a doen pnn'JJ cipalities, ad a popero t BjutwljetUcF, ; a Jie had aciuanyrta ht temior 4:0 V ' : I( she knew oCthfcirbeWmxistenc"Cvf y'JJPi ai n. ratethregieai f ' i powers,. Russia, ustrSa,ahd, Prussia;; jVs whbVthoueh not atuuitn'faeh'mif& J"v le' at war, with xb'er :anyomentj if" :j'rr mJstormne.happenedto-.feetalher:; sac 'VI. V" wc riii lucsc.jrowera pi Our side, for whateverappetancitrilghtf jvorthy of being ,so called, left upon the. j contraent litsides France apd It jsv uui ioa , evioen:,vi nt netore apftleoo, again retunis toPist he; will maltf himself as sure of the otcdience of iRdsr ia as be is of that oTHolland or-Italyr, Hewill in that case bet freed4 from. aj aoprehensioni . Therfr will ihsrckiv rrf-' pcV4ney'ftji naieq. ranee w the ncuom fii j , Of heir hearts; fowf dierenCi? . K I , the, state, of things ! With the ole lWM ':.-f lf main thc.possibilltv of interrUDtint!r.hifrf, I , , in his plans wiih rthrard to Encrland-ir J'. it I ana tne wnpie pih septal as.weM ar , VOut uc uuitr iiiciiua 01 ms vast empire, ivut v without , dbubVb5;direcU against , thtfrt ! vr , Kingdom. . . J 1. i T k ,4 , . , . ' ?; v -1 v.I, beg vour Majesty to reflert'tftfuWsf 'rV , important change in tr& drcumitarfcir i ' lot the war. , fared jas the hails of ' Atis? ' ; , 1 i.i.. 1 v.. - ... f . cr, rfitEneiWas srurtr ri nd, -If shad Juy iho? ; hi cle destrnction if she K.A'Wmlslfc i pecn an; pbjett-oUear wifli Bonaparte :h bat she nsteedtdjhosVwlioVbit upoV I ' SHeU twf lomter,a power V It is not'toV "1 doubted, .that -Napoleon .will useth- ' HghtbtV'eonquerorjai bes(bwthy tefritbriefthe EipperOr" f f ancJsAO ' , ' he ,,greater part , ot ihem on j tfrosy Pl; fhervwjshe' Jft , r; V?? W? eyeniftb vrell alcuUtettio.ie'usefal totbtberga nrthinc but its power tilllhit nfiv tyf;7 i? IIKjnft -4?,Me f f j .;r their cotfntrv, f a lesson.offe woiikt thinU s eiunienjs, ,u governments vvee pi- v-, t . ble or receiving lessons ruanyidbeevctr,'.V "J , trin Jftfif nnv nn& vrT-ir Uf - waswept away, andtill Dther' meim VVw uv:ic&(?tiyjiMvva1iu..ueiuLs it any iwsswii -uvn;n i.ai' t.rc wc ij; i : Ml?da'naW :would .thirtf to ,HriteUensTbUitVer,;: . 1inlp;stone.rGti:ii'-iti Lit figjs; V . ! people jsufTered, - impqssesIpjtitheir ' If 1 1 if r '- r r 1 in r 1 1 -ll 1
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