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1 -vv .-V.-:- ;; ,:: - - JT ;i,"V -w.-, ..--. r,-, ' Hd-vf ! 1 r Ovri art the pUu f fklrdcHf htfal Peace, J it . Uatrtrf "4 by party "!'. Alv Iltt Brother. ' Utvin'i kr rtr rave. t live like Brotkeri.V ft sclly s. r. Tt is extrcmclr qucstionablci wbetkr tny cation has proBicd by maintaining r cxtent'n5 u commerce by force of ret on the ocetn. It cn be demon itrt ted. that the attempt; on our part, to dcfcndorexttodourtudebyiuch means, la our inunt y,mustnave proved abortive. When the irderai uormmiuon was (rifned, power was fciten to the general guieroment to protect k regulate com-c-crcr. Dut it does not appear that it then entered into the contemplation of 1 tzj tl our aistingminea citizens to at tfm Dt during our national immaturity i protection on the high teas It was necessary, for immediate purposes, that ibis Dower should be given to the govern neat, for the defence of our porta and iirbon, and, as the cons'itution was per manent, tbatit should be given o an un- Erri:d extent, to admit of further use in the decree in which new circumstan cs should dictate. Hut it may be cai- It afTirmcd. that the investiture of the nonroofofthrontnion. that, ender exiiting or analigout circumstan- ,r Aiichf to tmhark a navv on the v r - i -.jn The sets of the eovernment are the !st commentary on this remark. For durine the early, iodeed. almost the whole period of General "Washington's administration, po naval force was creat ed ; cd, when established, it was not only extremely small, but raised for the txp:ess purpose of protecting our trade agiinst the pirates of the Medrterranean. Arid ytt, at and about this period, we received injuries from England and France, which would have justified a re tart td force. At thu time, too, the ma ritime strength of these powers was near ly cq6al, and that of each was counter- pobed by the naval armaments of other : European powers. Had it been our po licy, then was the time to usher in our nvJ character. Had we created even a small well equipped fleet, by joining enher with that of trance against Eirg lind, or that of England against France, cr uniung with that of the northern pow en sg-tiost both, we might have stood tome chance of rendering it so efficient, is to imuie a toleraole respect to our commercial rights. It is not imposst Me but that we might have averted) if altogether prevented, the entire mo- mpoly by Britain of the dominion of the ocean. Bat ill these benefits were viewed with indifference by the vigoroos mind of Washington, compared with the evils Thich would inevitably have flowed from opening this Pandora box of a free go vernment. Contemplating with an e ejual eye the Interests of the whole com munity, and valuing liberty infinitely axre than riches, be waa unawed by the eiarar-rs of merchants, fof whose under standings, it is probablehe entertained lot little respect He was prudent as wtU as valiant ; and he would have been among the last men to hazard, by prtJ-narure enterprises, the independence aUd glory, which he had so eminently participated in acquiring. If, then, it was wrong at that time to tmbark a naval force on tbt ocean in de fence of commerce, was it the dictate of wisdom to do it a few years since At the former period, it might have availed, at the latter period it was total ly impracticable s the balance of power was gone ; one nation monopolised the wh'lcofit. , t. At this latter period, moreover, be It recollected, that the greater part of hel outrages oq our trade were committed oy Britain. It was agairYst those outra ges that the commercial clamor was rais n; and it was to avenge them that the tables of Congress were covered with Memorials. It was in'vaio that the re publicans protested agajjnst the folly of iiempung to protect trade ; tney were overruled, and a large naval force was equipped. What has been the effect ? Has trade keen protected by it ? , Has a single out rage been averted I On the contrary, u can be proved, in more than one me morable instance, to have invited insults and injuries, which can perhaps only be atoned for with blood. ""; Consistency and national characterTe luirtd, afiee the creation of this force use of it against those who violated rights, v Allow,, that it was created 'ely for defence. Oughtwe not then, aen altacked,:t6 ha Vet 'defended ouri 77 1 Should not every phnkin our Hi8ul thip5haTCf-gt53C io th tottoni r ? of the ocean, before they were permit ted to stand idle spectators of the: accu mulated injuries committed upon us ? But, alas ! here was the rub. Those, Who clamored our navy into ekistence had political as well as pecuniary views. The govemrncnt was honest and impar. tial, without predilection for any foreign nation ; bat the merchants Sc their poli tical allies hid determined, that it should be exclusively used against France ; that it should be used, in fact, for political ends. The moment, therefore, the cri sis came, which demanded a determina- -.i c 1 1 iiuu, ciiiicr 10 use iv aaiuaw biiaiiu, the then principal aggressor, or to let it remain inactive, an instantaneous pre ference was given to the last expedient, and every effort of the government to maintain and vindicate the commercial interests was opposed and paralis;d- upon tolet loose its dogs of waron Franct j Mrhile it shtulu basely submit to the in justice and insolence of Britain ! To fight France, without trade or navy, and to succumb to England, actually pos sessed of the empire of the sea, and aim line: at its exclusive commerce ! And it . ... all this, for the sake ot delendmg our trade What would have been the is- II sue of war With France, even if crown M with a prosperous issue ? It would at best have insured the destruction of U few of her fr.gates, without opening to us a single market, for even our mer chants have not been bold enough to re commend bombarding her orts or tak ing possession of her towns ; and what would this have been, but to have added to the comparative strength of Britain, to have augmented her puwer of injure ingus, and to have inci eased our depen dence upon her, until that dependence would have issuad in a close political al liance and amalgamation of govern ments, in which the weak wouU inevi tably become the slave of the stronger power. This was the object armed at not by the merchants they are not politicians -but by those who unfortunately move them as puppets. At this very tune, when an outcry is raised to merge the outrages and inju ries of England in those of Fr.nce,what is-ihe real & undisguised state of things? It is this that France condemns our vessels and confiscates our property, when actually in her own ports or those of Her dependanta ; while England sei zes our vessels and property, on the high seas, & Carries then? into her ports for adjudication and confiscation. I will ftot be so base as to palliate the wrongs of one nation by those of the other nor disguise the truth, that France has re cently, as England frequently hereto fore, given us abundant cause lor war. rtiere can be no doubt of it. Before Heaven and our consciences, we may draw the sword upon both or eilher of them whenever we please, and be crown ed by victoiy, if justice turn the scales. Out this does hot appear at present to be the question. - Whether right or wrong, honorably or disgracefully, it seems to have been long since decided, that ve shall not go to war for the sole purpose of vindicating our violated honor ; but that it shall be resorted to only according to the prudential calcu lations oi interest. We are to look ex clusively to profit and loss ; and the go vernment, in defending our merchants, is to turn merchant itself. Much as fiom the bottom of my soul I disclaim this system -sincerely as I believe that we ought long since, after the ground we have taken, to have gone to combat, still it is notorious from all our proceed ings, that another course has been pre ferred as the wisest, and particularly that the merchants and systematic opponents of the government have resolved in no event to go to war i h Britain. Well, then, if this is the real state of things, however mournful, does it, not follow, that if we fight either power, it is no: for the purpose of chastising those who have wronged us,- thus wiping off the stain on our honor, but for the pur pose of defending the property that still remains in cur hands and preventing fu ture robberies upon us ? No one dreams if our ability, by forcible means, to wrest from the French Emperor, the immense amount cf property he- has unjustly, in famously, seized- 8c-condemned.' -'There may be a possibility of getting it back by-negotiation; . there is none of get ting it by war. VYell then go to war with- France and what is to be gained by : it t AlreadvouT vessels are Prohibited from eirtcrinfcet JJortj She !has a (in the Netherlands, . ' Thii fleet (the Ar- Uf2& tP. proKiWtr-ViU war ojjp Uinidi: conahtbdef hundred aUthltfy one of them' ? That it will 'not mus't be evident to every man who contemplates the state, of EuroneJ who sees the rigid discipline that holds in subordination the tributary nations, and who, above all, ob- serves the mercenary snirit of the Brt- tish government, that fr base lucre, un der the name of licences, permits hrr enemies (for a good commercial firofitf J to obtain supplies even in her own ves sels, of all they w-nt ! ! Var, under such circumstances, would only serve to seal their ports hermfctlclly to us : for who would be fool enough to believe that England, ar er we had passed the Rubi con w.th her enemy, would suffer us, without paying a good solid consider tion, to uurp her prerogative of trading with un enemy in war as well aS in peace. No Setting herself ur) to auc- liun, she would not fail to give her li cences to the highest bidder, whether Briton, rienchman or American. Kiuc only resource would be lelt us. We might capture French ships.'. But, unfortunately, two things would be want- ing to secure this end 1st, French ships to captureand secondly, the means of capturing them ; for the few national vessels she has (and she has rtone o-I thers) would be prob.ibly more than, a match for ours. Who can doubt this who beholds the inability of England. with her more than thousand fioiting batteries, Carrying terror into every sea, to exterminate them r Compared with them, of what avail would be our ten, our twen'yor fifty gun boats, cutter3 and frio-af r Those, who still strut in the vain-glo rious honors of the period emphatically styled the reign of terror, may appeal to the record' of those proud days, and triumphantly demand, whether our lit tie navy did not then effect wonders ? Even should I admit that it did effect wonders, I will tell them, that the day of miracles is past. Have they forgotten 1 1 that France had then an extensive trade, a considerable fleet, numerous and ex posed colonies greatly dependant on us for supplies, aud that she ha betn in the Crater of a volcano, and hr people utmost starving for bread, which we a-1 lone could furnish ? AH these circum stances are now w tm. Shehasnownn trade, nu fleet, no colonies, a stable go vernment, and- an abundance, nay su perabundance, of articles of necessity are produced within hc-r own borders, so much sc, that she is actually feeding her inveterate enemy with the surplus. Un dcr these circumstance?, is it not absurd to talk of going to war with France, for the sole purpose of promoting our in terestsof defending' our commerce r The patriotic gentlemen, the moment you name England, turn the current, or inore properly speaking, the torrent, of their clamour another way. Towards her they are as clamorous for peace, as they are for war against her enemy And yet she is infinitely more vulnera- rable : she has a commerce that spreads over the world, in the partial seizure of for injuries done to us she has colonies II some of which we could easily conquer, and others greatly dependent upon us for their subsistence ; and she has thou sands and tens of thousands of manufac turers dependent upon our demand for their fortunes, if not lives. Yet she is not to be touched. HISTORICAL. SKETCH. UNIVERSAL EMPIRE Between the middle and end of the 16th Century, Spain was beheld by the 1 rest of Europe, with as much conster nation as France is now. The Spanish Monarch, Philip II. who had a most io- satiable thrrst for conquest and unlimil- r dnmininnJthrn owned nnt nnlv Soin. but also 'Portugal,, the 7 United Dutch Provinces, the Duchies of Burgundy & i Milan, nearly all the West India Islands and the two vast Empires of Mexico and Peru, extending more than 6000 miles in length, and containing immense mines of silver. AUo the Spanish soldiers and their military officers were then ranked among the tw a vest and best in the world.' . The prodigious Spanish - fleet, called the Invincible Arinaday was fitted out by the Monarch for the conquest of Eng. (land, and appeared in the British Chan-: t I ? . in I '- t -i II ncu.in ioe year woo, Having on ooaru ahrMii ao nno Urwl fortieth Thmn- t. I k.;fMi . :- ..H.; k. 1 1 vMn '-v - vesaeia, preparen to transport into nugw lanu an army ot d,uuu men assembled II 1 ships, most of which were vastly large ; and when ir was first discovered Jft the II channel it appeared in the form of a halfmoon, stretching at the tllstance bf i seven mihs from the extremity.of one division to that of another. At that time it could hardly have b?en thobght possible.that Spain, so rich, sjtgigan?ic n power, so insatiable in ambujon,woul in little more than two centuries, be re. dticedo its present deplorable condition; In the latter ort of the 17th century v Louis IV. of France, strove hard and avowedly for universal empire, and it seemed for a while as though ull Ghris- tfcndom would be forced to bend to his yoke. ' He was like the devouring woJf jj pursuing the timid sheep. His cen- quests were rapid and extensive- herevcr. he turned hiSVarms his ene mies fell or 'fled before him in dismay. Af er destroying a million, perhaps, of lives, and laying. waste whole; countries, this devouring wolf was driven hack to his den. lie was fain like a suppliaiu to sue for peace, and passed 'ie remain der of his days in gloom and chagrin of disappointment. Afterwards there was disclosed ano- J ther aim at universal empire ; a most for- midable combination of crowned hads which struck with a panic the nations of Europe, it was the famous Family Compact established in the year 1762 ; when ihe stv ral brariches of the Bour bon Family, namely, theKings of France and Spam and the King of the Two Si Icilies, firmly leagued together to sup- port each other, both in defensive and offensive wars. Theobject of thiskagUt was to enlarge and perpetuate the pow er of the Bourbons, and to bring the sut rounding nations to their feet See -the astonishing issue ! In less than half a century from the time this family com pact wavmade, the Bou bons were strip- pt d of all their power & dignities, some of them cut off by the hand of the exe- cutioner, and the rest either imprisoned or exiled, and rendered the most wretch ed of morals. There is now making another attempt at universal empire, more vast and for-. midable than the foregoing ones ; bur peradverture it may be brought to con fusion ai last. If Bonaparte has 'greater power than any other mortal, yet there is o power above him power that per haps may suddenly crush him at the moment of his highest exaltation. Ii he takes ever so much pains and use ever so much policy, to give deep and lasting root to his family and relations, if he divides amongst them 20 crowns and diadems, yet tru y may roon fall like the Lmily of the Bourbons, who vainly (thought that the Family Compact had rendered' their power and glory perpe- tuaL The European are a brave and turdy race, and will not, like the Asia- tic, endure the yoke 6f slavery 'for a very 'long time. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, by the English, in the reign of. Queen Elizabeth, gave a death blow to the gi- N3vy was greatly inferior, both in num- ber and Tzlt boldly attacked the Ar mada, captured several ships, burnt se veral othewiahd 'dispersed the rest ; which meetingwiin a terrible storm, not one half cf them returned to Spain, and a stiil less proportion of the soldiers and seamen. : This terrible stroke, to their navaLpoweTthSpaniards never recovered., Infie reicaorQuten Ann. in the begihhinjothe18thf century, England or GJ. Britain was the life 'and soul of the Confederacy that humbled uouis XIV. and Wrested from him the dominions he bad couquered. THOMAS GALES Uavino obtained a license from the Judges XX ot the Supreme Court of this JStatei wjif attend the County Courts of Wake and the ad 1 i t r joining Counties, for the purpose of practising Law- His Office will be opened at the south east corner of the Court-house square. 66 - , RaUigb,3ulj 25. l notice; s TO Joseph Arrington, joa. 'Petert AVring . ton, VViliiam Arrington and Abel Davis ot nasn iounty i on n rones. ArcinbaldlJa vis, Benjamin Perry, William Gainer, Cooper Dean, Ellas Carr and Green : Andrews of jonesnd Beaiamm Wardof Halifai Coumr. land all other persons having daims againstime rrr nu, i me wjuh- 1 TkV.:lf-. ' Ttit 1 -i it Z rr rhodse . at' Warrent6n, oh 'Tbursrfayi' the 16th ciaim tne DenenroiuieACioi Assetn. W. madeand prwded, for jhetelkf f Insol vent Debwrt and take, the OaiH nre-riKAi- when and where, you may attend U you think proper. 7: " ' f jdUCHAIlD HANSOM.rJLhweifths Wf: . War Dfparjtmeiiz .fvpt lp 'r' - ( 1- 0 notice ishereby givn;; TlHATSeDiratePronosalS will be receivtt.;i.;y JL' at the Office far'the Secretary of .the De- partment of yarft:ontil U2 hatin'CH the'lst MV)nday'ih lenber tc,;xortheinp';;?' LUi witnin the states J lerntonesanq Ut .v triers mowmtyz,-, tiM&jffiffl t lst.Af,ItgaraV'''DetfoitiMtchuQ Fort Wayne, Chikagoy and ihejrimmedwjv- Cities, and atanj place or U4SfMM'- are or m ay (le stationed inarerecjw ' within the 'temtory ofMch iind 1 At anv iare nr n!arii wht-re troons lv : ilr ; gr may be stationed, rnarchecf, .'Ixfuedv vi1hin4he States of Kentucky andJew 3rd. At Belle ortajnSpForidsage-a;n le Vue and at any. tlace-or places w heret rooot T & : are oxynay be sutioned, marchetior recruited i I within the state . of bhio"andthe' -diana and LowsianaerritoesxceptFort; .Ijff'V' Wayne" and Xhutsgox;-and I theiy jmraedute vl- -'rf; r . 4 h. At any place or piaces.wnere troops are- av or niay be statioifedrnairchoichlHf j? in the Mississippi and XrieahsmioriesJw VT PropatuU pstU be received, 'at toe tame iinte far . ..';; tupplj ivg ration laitbintfeDts ain. yi any piaceor rwaceswnere rroops are . or ma) t- i stationed; matched, or recrtiited iyiUiM in the district of Maine and state of Kew-4y "Hampshire. . ' .:tti 6th. At any place or places where troops ard 'fy or. may be stationed, marcbed, or recrnued w'itii:fe in) the sraU'6 Vm':& ' 7th. At any or may . be statk) within the state Sprinefield' extemed li r:V; place or races: wher.-trftm'?: mA nedi xnarchedv r: recruited V mm of Massachii&tt&. the tfiwn oC 8th. At any place orplMcfS where troops are :- ' t or may-oe siauoueo,-1. msrquea, pr4 iTccruitea l, within the stAtes of ConriectiCut atid -Ithodet-' slancL v " -. . X- .: . '?. 9th. At' any place or places" where troops are-. ' or may, be- sutionedarcxiied ;ov iniit ed j J$ . within the state q New York, Niagara and ito Q'ht dependencies epitdJ':CM$r'U' i.;i 1 are or may be stationed, marched, or ecrhited within the state of NewersM' J. 1 th At any place or places where troops are or may be staiior&dV m withmvthe stateorjre.s'ylvatfta 12th At any place or places wereltroopsr are or mty be stationedrrharched, orrect nted' within the states of Maryland, davtr are and.-' the Oisuict of Colutntaa.;:;'I''; v4--; .". 13th. At any place or places where tmops J are or may be stationed, marched, or ccjrliited,i within the state of Virginia. ; . 14:h. At any place r. places where troons are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state ot Istorth-Carolma- 15th. At are or may be within the stale 16.h. .At Ochnfu'iree Old Fields" and xt any place or places where troops are or may be sta tioned marched, or recruited within theUmita of the state of Georgia. 1 ' ;f VY v.'' : . I7ih ' rroposarsv will also be receivedas a- I foresa'rd for the Supply of; all rations :whii ' may bc;requiTed by the United Stales, "fV the 1 troops which are or may be stationed mardhed. ( or recrui'ed.withih hc town 'of Sprmsfie)4 in tne state pt wiassacnasetts : ana tor the armo rers and other persons employ ed rh thfe Uni ted States Airmory at that place, from the 1st dav of Jane 1911, inclusive,vtq the 1st day of rjune . A ration to consist of one peunda'nd one' quarter of beef oir three quarvts of a fiotind of pork, eighteen Vunccs bl bread or rlur, one gill of turn, whiskey or brandy, und at the rate of two-naarts of salt,5; four oarta ofivinepa four pounds qf soap, and one pound and a half of candles,! to eVery hundred ratto)is.i I'he prices of the several component parts tf the tS ration Vhall be :peei&d,;:bu . reservethe right of-making sualteiratns m ! 'any, place or ptacs where' troops . ' ' - B , ' ' )-' . . .. . -.i'.v U stationed, marcned, f recruited - v 1 of South CarolinVr - ij me price oi tne component parts pi the ration r i aforesaid, as shall make the orice of eachvri-iK ? thereof bear a fust pportidh 1to the nrono beuroished in suehuanmlhatihlresU at all tixnest : dunrig f ttajp term f rii tiibuoteA wi-Miic wiiuis idiiutb , . a lie rannnc ar m contract, ue sumcient tor theconnmmUn S ' , j i," ' . ' - - w 111 V J Osage and Belle VueClofriiimArt. jir advance j and ateachof jheports on tnv 1 t ii J Western waters for at' Ieasf thr iriWK. ' ' i"i , r,"Vw 'H w ""'caurnc provisions, 11 , , , t 1 v the same, shall rired Tt aJsoTto , permitted to all andeverv orihe'commarlHn, x -( 1 1 ;4I ft filial. ra 'lF fyiTkArl aikaJI -.-I, '-Ji-. ' . --I 1- T '- . v : f 3. of fortified places or ppsts to call foVatiea-' soiij when the sa'mi lean; be tra'nsjiorted or at - vX r'ti any tirnte-in caseof fllrgencvi uclin.v.r .N : like provisionSifi advanced as 'in the H V. 3 f the commandant shin be deemed4f cpr, 4 ! f -' vMJcitmni inai ine contracts!- . at the expKe and mk of jlsuipi the supr-c , - V I to the troobs. :Wrthaart UwA;::Sr L h depredatjonstbfne !Vw?v -f v ataies,snaabe paid by the - i V;ates,arUhe.. , ? ;J cured w destroyed asfbresaid,oWbedepii. ' . h -. w'rwuamuces- of tue loss. ana the amount ot the articles for which -cam.'- . TJeiisation shall be claimed:: iK . , of lequirmgrhat none orsnjiwhlch r:J ' w.uii9iieu u'anyjpi 51 ne proposed contracts, :jrtiaU be Usu)bd:'iratit$esies "jw'. i rosy; 4oe iurnisnea under theoniracts iur jti fyxds, have been cC iurrf. ed-t and that a supply i-advanced ay be al ways required at ny ofihe fixed posts on this sea board or Indian frontier not, exceeding ihree months, , - .. '' it W.v JfVSTIS. 6 Ml I .HI mi HM HIT 4M 'W. tf 1 v.' -r' j" . . Ar:.. ar
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