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4 . i -.- .. .- - . . ! ' . . ! ; " i ''''' - 1.4. ALEl AND i ,v ; - ' . '. C' Oiut re the alini ol fait df!l!uful Pice, Unwirp'd by yrty r, to .'ive ttkc Rrothert THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1810. No. 43 (f IT "F North-Carolina State Ga'zette: Vol. XI. . t . AMERICAN NAVY. .ir-. gii.es m sriir.cii, . of 0c V. S. on :'.u- Hill for fit- " to t!c Uniutl suu y. ('tiles saif) t'-c lill linger considc " V, lMr but of the President's ucs- r';'hl : . ft rf the 3d inst. in that messages ' c Ct . U a svstem ,,f tr 1 c 1 . . ...... .i : . . r vr?U! svvernthc mcusiirc proposed ;;:;v binVonn one essential part !- Vi'acou.nienccsbvrcndrulinj; 'V -.stlnit the law .tu'ho'mhij; a dc- .ihi m..v await uiiscoinury , r,.; 0 i u,UU'J men injin nit un- , . v . . . k .... I . . k. n . . hut j roiinniHtc oi the j i' v."o' Representatives had anticipa'.- ! t .n i;i the r xrt, k it was tho-i ;ht ', ' . (Ltl. :v to Lrin the same subject i ;. -le tl. e 'tnalat the same time i . Pu-i U nl then recomim-ncts a mi- ... . . - . 1 . ul.il j;. f.rt c (it -i ' men. u i'm u .." . '!., r:l in a stale oi rc.ufmess to be I .', n. (i "set ' ire at the -s!o: tcst warn- . . ;r..,r,, i.l ' i ti'minn r xis' - ' ( Motta jurtic lardese!iplijof.oue , ;, .r: i.: :.v the mcoA'f ; hut a ui J - ': - v 'liv Vumnnttec lTiou,;ht that the ! : I , f ti.e I're i .cut wi.v.u i-i-m , i .. .S. irfirlfil lV till hOtl.)- ' : j I 11"! 'II I ll 'l M 1 I '. r . ... l'-.,in Wrnifnit. f ill . - ' . r 1 C J it man ' 'm ' j v R i- ami wiach was ycstcicKiV nn- c r -1 " i f IS) Cl a. I 'I i 4 1 v- i v .-v.. (ec::s in the fnilowini; ir.am.ci : . v .i: rvt tlu m. (Ci.r.n ss) also. .!-:! .c l.'iw f.r f.mi't r proiii nu .:lf.t.r u.r 'ni'.tm-' iiit uetuai nrurc, -L. x. : J" tt. of tie nawl avmariunt j - v v i : '. . cm - - ; r; Vl jircscnt"::-.? f:iurrs ir. tl t r;iHttcrt.i:4rit.st!,- t'.ut i ,j ul ; xi c on the 30th of March cob ly met- mile wealth, and ui;re;e J' rd le'itmuiunds r.s continuance j "f rev n.ie, Sf'c. At ihe same timc w.-.h rlV'fr peiod. A;.i:itoth..tcnVct fan un xjmpltd dimi-u i u of public ' I jo" - 'ir.ic have hrvu tepoitcnl rnjdeb-, ;nd withal, lb y hive in -he mean v,v.,.uh. : in.peontlicmti.eii.-rs.yurij cncr:ry . arKj to npjSv this wjr,','thev .. .... r ,,,.M,:vsi-u.Mx:P 'cx,,,-,.c, :, f j - leqWIarc: in, fy irro .a!,,. Urat.on ill..' u'h is tt.c son, i . i ' . . , , t; - j. iM.c ocht. u.at n i;,..ce ea, be j 1 or tins purpose hey devised expeoi iu t.o'f cu t.n Ljrdpon-iM-i.that my j ents to justify it, and reor'ed to pli si-l"il- far it H.n-iiMjr tn i m a rouvenient ! I C;l foir.. , armies and !iaie?, to supply t.rm. i m un a ic ;ia; -nvi.., j j miiCOncc,vt(! fatal delect in tlie con- tr.:n tins recommc:i:. .u n, as wcii ! au.-j:uthc papers and ijthi-r informa- ! u.-.a o .t..;uecl from the N..vy n p..rt- ; r. trt in relation to tuts s;:oje t. the , , ii I . .1. r. r. Miif ua af.(l-Cssci to m- okiiiih;- i ut iy ic wuuu? oi.u v,...-., - . - - . t- . . .. .1 ... .... .t.. I ! rcraMM.s. T!.c ( rr, to prrscrvr ilu- f: ig tes pro F"sctl tu Lc repaired from e mi. e desti uc t. n. T!.c rther to employ th-:7i as instru r .: o: p..'e( 'ion, and defence in the eve.: r.f he. Ui n respect to the first object, it is ;" e rem..; ived. the Secretary of the N'a i in tas win, and this informatiot., he U I i ed. i, .r.ided upon an actual cxami- r'iit nft;ic csscK ; that they required ! t c-i.l repair,, th.t thev would p.-i.'u , i Vx c du-na-cl 3v per cent, by delavi. ; j t tepd.s for one vcr ; atid shortly- ! 1 - t-.-rf.rr be totally unworthv of rcp-ir. :! Tl.u: the present cost cf repairs would .l'. ba liMoiu.h.lfofiJn ornMiial c s: (; ra n- vcsicK ; and that v. h m rc- I t i .i tiicv n unl.l Im 'nt'.cr vessels than ; cull hebuiu -f green timber. That !j the rr .: . of thf tthn! f,f th:m. could ' be r -i.uplr-.ea by next fdh if the work 1 1 hands f ihc repubii.-ans, whiM h-atcd s..!! to !j done at this p!.;cc. Where- ! , vith the z al of oppositi n to the fed t. iill t.tbcr for new hi-ates and tojTal doctrin. s, a d Hushed with their re co:npltte tliem out of timber now to .cent triumph. t was natutal for tn-m. prn urt-d. would rcquii e tw o or three i i with the best intentions, to run into the !"- s, ;KC. 5CC ' j.,j7;osite t-xr nie ; to ry too far in the y ':!er these circumstances, the com- ! relax turns of the powers of the g v c vr c left to the alternatives ei- " ernment, nod to indulge themselves n the; .,f -.i.i i: othce f i'-attstociiii.e ! delh'h ful visions of extending the v,-" it..! (te:; .k j it :n. or to sub-.tKute '! rar.gf- of indiv dual lib' rty. 1 h-.-y Wif r'v'r!.es r ti:eir stead under all the j theref re in d -nger of relaxing the pow- i. i:: uc ot encrc ised c xpeiiLC. de-j I et s of iie liovcriiinent so far, as to de 1 ii ;..i", ;!.l tf.c inconvenience of.;privr it of the means ofits own prescr ' ' ! agtieni oi" uosiv.soiK-d timber, 5c. I j v.i ion and rxecutinn for domestic ob ic. or to provide for repairing t!;c fri- J . cts ; and o impair or destroy its em r !!siiow in being, as contemplate 1 in 'icacv in resisting foreiirn aggressions. t . i r.ry preicrrca tne last aitc i tu ;C and su. ely. it is reeonimcn e.crw nsi ! crat ton ot atcono nv in i - i ; r r . ".- -noriy i-i tune, and the su-,i rctrii'nts, or the extension of individud K"'.r '.u.ii:ty oi ;!lC vt cls x-hen com- jl Jiocrty. I was na ural that in the vi l ccc. kc. !:i.-.i". r a;.:. . i ii - v.ryi,. lberrfv.r, endeavor to put - a v brrv!tinns on it. I h first plac- he would cull to the r- cl'e-tion cf g -n'lcmcn f r thry ap Y -ir 'o h ut f kigntttn orove hmked the c r -umvan- , tha- the present iMval t s ,lS '-'urrnt w. s fix d in 'he year I sot), t 'I u d -r the administration of .Mr - 'i ' n. uj:I, the approbation and ro '-l :.:ns-.lf.and he be lie v d, of rtvery ' r re a Vican thm in Co ngress. 1 'x ' th t rim. , th- cs ablishment xvas 'J'- a proper and reasonable one ; and that after completing the f igates now proposed to be repair d. the tsta bhshm nt will then b less by three fri ga'es, hm was thought proper and rea s nahle by ihe republicans at that ime. He asked, w h 1 cin umstsnces had taken pi Cv- since 18 0, IS01, tojj , stiff a ft.r th r xcision of the naval establishment, or wi !i what prpit" y, cm those who tin n rnn. n. i lr hi stnhli .foment be - ---- 'ar'tistd of incons-sl- nr.y of condu-.t, or rhanzc of nohti'al principles, for ouv ' sin i'n '.o nn c?! ih'ishnirtii now. leS hv' :hr.-c f i;at,s, th m ih. y then thoM-ht : bo-l, reasonable and proper-' I hm-e that tune the fL . States have .ern blest u th a v..s -nc ens- of po,.u- n- .......... lation, a vast increase of weal'h, pull- tirre h d ih. ir rifjht-, cu-.ini rcial ; ii; us particularly, assa.led by b jib the creat belligerents f Europe without any pro . pects of t cl .xati'.n from cither, Src. lit aked whether they couUl find in any of h-.s: circumstances, cans- s t( ius'ily at ! 19 ... ; the prcs nt moment disinatvli g tiieii nivv or . ut'in IT or unnerving the na I val arm .f ' h-'it fvvernmen ? pre- j s.i m. il t!i- wh-lt? f tbevn would nati; ral y pr idurc a contr ivndency. l said, the-e impu a inns f been throwt out bv some n i-men, for whom ht h hilvst rrpect and he believ ,1 vi h f mnS! r !!" '. - ilin'1!'1! THISa VI ...... v . ken, conviction' in their mit.ds ; but their t r rs wou'd be ealy corrc.-ted by an attentive review of liie events, which preceded, the causes wh'ch produce! .j "and 'heoetrswhich f di -wtd thechatnre ! of admi i-tration in ItJCv. Dutini; t!i ! fcfier.l idnrnis ration, he fedora! party j conceived the erroneous opinion, and t actefl under the fnis:a';en impression ihe constitu'.i )ti f i h - L - S. wanted vi..jti!):,. an(j to form the ess-. nt.al sut- ! ()r tUi.r), . U mch W3s in their - t d.sidera.u.n cf the So-! 1 t 1 11 U 1 1 il t . , These measures req tired enormous exp.mc i, noosed on the pcop!", to defray them ; and when they were mtor mtu, ma: tnese ex icnees, vert i VlIT I v did ;' intended to piocure energy, th not !)tJi :vr that tht v weie in watit f a-;j ny sueh energy. Tin y found ilieir ru- j lers w. re acting under a mistakcn: i-, j sion ; i hit duy h d (h-parttd from the ' i ricccssarv practical objects of the g v- emmrnt, and tone in (pjest of vis onat y lheo-";ts, which csisttd only in then 'own deluded imaginations, which coi-.I.t be f no prciicil ue to the peoph b .d . 1 " K'cuc-i hm c'1 lhem 1 "sytrefon .rri .ii.. vast sums of .no iey re tik the f;-ivern- i. . .... .rr i...ii i ... :. lcni "l0, icia.ii-.rw, ui... yu u hands of their opponents, tht repub- i'can party. inc v.sio.isry ineory or encrtry was thertfore the ftal error ol the federal party ; and that error de l,rvrd it of the p wer of then ilion. government nemi; thus placed i nt in th" alti r- ''lie theory therefore of the r p ;b!t :iii!cd 'Jeans, a3 oppos d to that of the f-deral ;.v h. r,t .. ;n rn. .v...nm..aai J k v.l ll I ' tl I v. I V 1 1 VI 1 1 1 , l sli lu'd go fron on- ex reme to another ; t an 1 that this h s been too mu h the case wi h the republican administration h. regretted to s ty, h . fr red, would be de- motistrated by a very superficial review p ways' b en in the h bn of frankly exjxi. of the eve its of the last two or three j j sing his , views with o'it n serve in his yeari. H siidit h d be-n his for un-; i place on th it fl or upon all subjects, to oppose b th f these extreme---That . w hen rcqmr- 1 Py the duties of his sta le thought the true p -Ii y "f the U. S.'llion ; he should no.v do so', and for tfv. ir would b : fo.ind in the medium b en e.orrecness in that place he acknow these two txtrmes that he had tead- ledge I himself to oe responsible to the fis-'y pi iced hs footing up n that puhlf. g nund ; and hat he should not b- 'h i- He -id, that with resnect!o pf a e rr ven from it, until he was cunviucsd he , war, it should be observed that ia h.id nssurr.ed :-n unwise position. He 1 sail! he was equal y aveise from incur ring expence, or drvisinjj exjedient.s, meiely to yr ur - ideal enepjy for the government ; and from an undue, ie!ax at'un of its po'ver?, stimulated by a visiomry piUnthmphv in a vain pur ; suit of the ekiension of individual liber ! ty beyond the susceptibility ot human nature, or m other wrds, ii reconci'able with the impel fertions of the human Ichiracer. H always h .d been, and V w :s wi! in. to call into action ;he I wh le roosti ulional powers of 'h p: v ; en i me t, lor the pui tvse of e.Tt cir ir al' its pneticabe. Ititrnate and xpe client objrcis, whe:her of a foreign -r , domestic character. And he behoved liif government, had powers sufficient f v all i s objve's, if wisely a d t fh ient ly applied. He said, if anv ex ompU ; were wanted to illustrate the truth an ' correctness of these observations, i' would be found in the case under coa i s'uieratinn. I.i th obj c.ions to a nava 1 Vst iblisbm mt at this time, less bv three ( fria cs, than was deemed reaso. table in I K0J--1 8( 1 ; and in the intimated incon s stc:xv in the conduct of those, wh-" I then approved that est bhshment. an! ! a lio noxv approve of 'me of It ss ext'-n'. I lVrhaps the tru n , that gentle men h ve s4"? e so fur in the. ple tsiu a.v.l j laudablr elfart, to i npi ve th; li. ppi- u ss f m r, !) ext.n inj he "sc-ipe f j individual lib r y, that hey i:. pMS" ; ctiose wiio stanrl s"iH, are receding from i them in an opp .site direction, wbilt J they are not sens.ble of their own mo- I t ous. He s.i'd u;:der tlie view - f this x pirt of th- sul j ct, iie w. U'd v te f r the )iil ; ati'i tl cirjuneit 'C. s b.ou'd in lis J.iil ncnt heie Iter lender it expe dient, he w.iufd v te f.r a still further 'xtnai n ."I naial e juip units. He said here was no dauber tn bis judmetif, of having i navy in til s country, beyou'! a very limited vxteni ; because the ag ricultural and mec amcal interests wei rc itly superior :o the comniercial ; and ;iiey wo;i'l l.v ays a'V.id a complete -t-curit against a too gre tt extension of ll jvy . Mr. G. s tid, the secon 1 consideration win h in ccrd :he committee. to repo the hill, wis to employ toe frie:afv.s a iiistruinerr. rf pi -.tec ion and dele-net , nci evtn o. aunuv.i.iee in uie c1 '., .,i var. (ieniic uer. h ive asked whe;' brr the w ol-e o( the in ites a e ccmp w l'l It SIM l lie llli'.nu u- v." , i v. v c i ii nai! sc.uadion of it ? To which it is msweu d, n-, they a e not. Bui ir hv no uuans follows, that because thev air tr.ee upct'ent to ac hieve tnat sp'enrhd exploit, tnnt theref ue th y cannot b. of anv use Jt all. H r r ni e'vrd th"V . migh'. he materially us-f I, in de f. riling ; a to vii in c is- of a nav d attack. Th- i wtiiild form an essential part of a com ! !)ined force for that objer . Foittfica j tions on land have been .ortrted it an j immense expence. Gun-boats have b-e ; provided for ihe defence of the seaport : tow :s, Sc . an I frig ties are in many res ; pects essential to their combined bpera- ti ,n. They are besides irnportan in furnishing otfitrs and men for thtGun .boats, Sec. Sc;. and it has always been ; understood, tint th: ir operations mils' be incomplete w tb'tit the opt r ti us .f ; vessels of war. 11 theiefvi e constder I td it incorrect tosing'eout th s )ar'icu ; lar part of ihe na'al force ; atid to ask I wtval it c n autnieve s ng y anu aiorii : It wo ild be more jusl and pr per, to consider it as p ri of a comoin d systfni j of force. In that point of view he be--j licved it would not be inelficicnt. He J believed they might also b o:cahional y ! employed in hanastng the comm-rce : of an .nemy w.'h con i leraole e Iftct. i particu'arly if Great-Britain sh uld be that tneiny. Mr G. said, he shnu'd avail himsel! it that occasion to o tx,iiioi m s a-:ig his U ws of the question of peace or war. He was induced to do this be cause his views up n that question had b-en misunderstood, or at Iras: misrep resented to the public, and pretended to be derived from conversations, and oih o 1 sou ces of i d jr nation easily to b- mis- conceived, and more easy lobe misrep I resented,; and for whir h he did not feel I himself,atv all t esp mible. II-: haci al i dispute between two nations, war was at the opii; n of either pary ; peace v.s : n-.t pi-iice required th con-ent of both I Whilst,! therefore, war may bs in otir power, peare may he beyond out con troul. p. B'itain m y make war upon us ; an4 it is our most imperious du:y to be prjepated to meet it. He said as j to the probability of that event, he had i no ctrtan data to gu-de his judgment, but di' ;bc even uncertain, preparation "uu:hl trj be made to meet it with cfTe-ct tnd adviantace. He was, t hertfbre, in f vor ofitvery preparation boi,h by land and byr Sea to meet Vvar ; but he consi dered lH question of miking prepara- io is to jneet vvar, a Ve' y dinerent lhiitr, ft o n a qu stion tode d3t e, or to make u a much so, tiut resorintr to tn ne has best eX; aUvavs been c.onsiderdd as the e i nf to avoid the other aler- n rive ; .wluM, Ir. rc lore, he was agamst ltclaru or making war under present v.ii-cu -o dances and at this tim-, he was in fa or of pr-pa rati ns to meet it, which m ic t -i t hereaf er render el res rt to it un- iiec.es r.y, I $ . i he wonirl at the same time say! explicitly, that if Great Britain vVo;.ld cfptiLinue her course of h. ,stilities g tiiiHt us he-would' at a convenient and iiwper t.ne,be decidedly in favor of war, ra her tVan suhoit to her lav:tss pre rmstonsiand aggresin?. He h- it ve 1, tha' ra'her than submit the U. Statts night, .pu.st aiul will go to war for the prrsei vn ion and mainle-nance of their nr;ts, nc, lie 'rew tnis conclusi n vith coi'ri. 'ence and certainty, from the character of the dioptre between the two countries. What is the real chn r;icer of th i' dlsDute, po ticulur'v as it respectsjeommerciai rights ? Indepen dently of aggiessi . s v tallv ad cting j the chat act-, rand inters s!s of the Un ted incites continued wi liout atonement or elaxatujn, Sc which are two well known to require repetition here, the re 1 cha- acter of that dispute when stripped of all its el'sguises ami embe'lishments, consists jm this : whet he: the United Sates of Gttat li itain, shaI re-gulate 'he cotrimerce of the U. S atcs ? Or ra ln-r ; whether the U. Sfa es shall re-j :u! ite tlitirown comnierce consistently i wi.ii thtaw of nations ? Or shall G. ! r ! druun regulate it, in r.onttaven-son ot j to- law; of nad ns I The riht to re- gnSate cJrmimerce is p thps the m s ' import nit riijpu confided to C ngress : under tbie Conslt ntion , and that Con rss might possess thai power was cet iin!y tije? primary inducement . to the ' f oi matiop of the Consti ution. It is k;nown that ihe inetricacy of the oomrnert-ial reginations of the several ; aU's, afid the ex remely inconvenient mtluence of the cooflicling sys'ems of '.he dhTejent states upon each other, first suggested the necessity of a General Ct v.-rnrrSent, for the purpose of regulat ing cOminerce l)y one unifo- in and effi cient system ; -of course V he power to regulatejcommerce may be consiiiereo as the foundation of the constitution it self. The people of the U. Statts h av delt gated a Cong. ess charged wi-h ihe sa red truTor protec'ing and exercising his gr r roustituti nal power. How can that jC !'or;gre abandon it to the ex coc'se ofia toreign- power, without ai al cno .t treason d;le iwfid' luy to he people, by wn mi they ; re delegated ? Great U itam iiot only claims, but actually ex rc ses the pow. r of regulating, an-: even of rpstrainitig and p' oh'dmmg yur cominerecat pieasire ; and so frir has soe c-m-eii n 1 exercise oi nts power, -ii to sijb-iitu'te her own illicit com aiv-rce rj th ilace of your lawful, but P'ohibitc'd eoiimerce 1 Yes, in utter - ontempt of your righ s and .uthority jufl in utter.disregaid of her own cha racter, she is now in the daily habit of grantmg! licences to her own .-ubjects. to law ot uje land, ny au.uorising n-eoi to '! If. .1 ' f '.fl. carry onan iiueit commerce wan her nemv, m sub.stt'utson of your lawful com n.Tve. He believed it. impossible for the U. States to submit long-to this unexampled state of I hings ; and there- j fore thatj they , ought, must and will ere ; long g i io war to asser- and main ain their violated riirhts, ih- i'- ifijut et! mt - rests, Scd tec. it no other expedient will answer tieobcCj.. Mr. G. said hat this v-ew of the I subject jW as, addressed with peculiar lorce to the, commercial pans ot the U ;' Slates and this state of things if perse jvered in, by G. Brit tin, must and will awaken hem, in spite of all their pre ! judiCwS, ;o a sense of -heir own' dinger ind interest ; and whenever-thai 3Ha!l 1 the ct se, thev mu-t m ! will iitiue in 1nieasure& of protection aud redress. I Mr. Gi said it xvas astrmshng: to hmi now fentJement representing tne com mercial parts gt the U. a. could ever jjfor a moment suppose, that hirnself", or the people ih the scene of country, from which he came, could -desi re to-ent.t Inf-. lmnna-.., ..inn .-tlK fl . T?fltr!T. iiilu 'i uuiv,vtaiai nai v ivij v ' ! ju T y - That. p3rt of the country, above all o fhrs. found nn inferpit in an intercourse! with Great-Britain, particularly? at the present fnpment ; the articles it fuf nished vf'rre at this time particularly' suited to the British market. They were principally tobacco, flour and wheat. The whole of which were now in brisk demand for the British marker, parti cularly t.he best James River tobacco, which tvas so pecuhatly suitfd to that market, asf now to command from 7 to 9 dollars per C WL... whereas Maryland tobacco, which was consumed in the j) prohibited marfcets ol the continent, yas jjin little demand and comparativeiyIow jj in price. Indeed from these causes j there has been a peculiar.activitytn the ; co;nmercial scene, in that part of trie country for some months past ; nd gentiemen,. who supposed him disposed to piuhge into a unnecessary war vith Great Britain, could not give him 'credit for even the most superficial considera tion of his own interest, or the interest of that part of the country. But not withstanding these considerations, he was not willing, himself nor were the people -of t,hat part of the country wi!. ling to submit to the abandonment of a single attribute of national sovereignty ; soli less were they disposed to abandon the gteatconsiitutionalrjght in question. - Mi. Gvsaid he thought war justifia b!e o dy in case of self (defence. That as he had often done before on that Iloor, he 'flow solemnly protested against war merely for the acquisition of terri ti;ry, or any other object of aggiand. se ment or ambition; but wh3t is a war : of self-defence'? When any attribute of national sovereignty whatever, is at aeked by a foreign power, it then be comes a case of sblfdt fence tq the par ty attacked. In the case between thef United States and Great-Britain, not only is a national. attribute assailed, but the highest national attribate sanction-s. ed by the constitution of the United S ates ; the corner stone of the consti utiotii itself. This then is stri tly a case of self-defvn e, aggravated with all ; he circumstances of a continued claim, and contemptuous ;:insult. But altho h deemed a war purely defensive alone justifi ;ble; ; yet he thought it perfectly cortect, o carry on such a wary when on :erlicen, .otf.nsivrly. " Ancf that it was jjerfcc.tly justifiable to seizlfon ter ritory, andjappiopridte it as, a' just re tribution for the evils of war unjustly ifiMic'ed by the culpable assailant, ot to esort to any other means. of offensive annoyance whatever, Sec. Under eve- y view of thissubjecl, thenelore, he hoiTght'the measure contemplated' by -he bill recommended as one jbart of a sysT-m of preparations fr war. Mr, G. said he.wotild novv bestow some observations on the objection of expence. Fhis point afforded an argu ment ahyays powerful, and far some v-ars pastirfeshitable. It is said, 600.000 lodars. the contemplated expence for equipping all the frigates, is enormous. He said it was so ; and no gentleman regretted the necessity of incurring this and other similar exptnees, more than limseif. But the correct and proper q esti n is not s this sum not enor- iious? It is, how can it be avoided, 8c w the rights and interests of the na--tfon ? The real object of this exnencr, is to save the U. 3. against the rapaci ty and mad ambition of the ..rulers pf other nations ; and hence arises its in- J dispensable necessity. It no doubt will j losopiuc mind, n contempta m-. . ' . v, j i ate the enof- nous expences incurred by nation's; for the pu pose of self protect iofn against thefapacity and ambition of ihe rulers of other nation ;. Tn this respect, how-ever,- the U. S. have been, at all times pecuharly fortun'ite, co.n fared with a-., ny other natioa wrh which thy .Kavc any in imate relations. Take CJ. Bri- tain, for instance, and caiuia t tnc e normaus exptnr.es she incurs, to pro tect herself fr' m the ambition of h r own, and th ; ruhrs of o h r unions; and compare th-m with those incurred by tl.ie U, for the same obj ' t;.and he la ter would be to th a m) i an a drop m the ocean. -This would be the result in some degree in a cornparisan whh any vher natio . Ilutlthe ques tion si whether it is no- better to incur this expeiite, than to yicm to iliu latal
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 15, 1810, edition 1
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