. North-Carolina State Sazeiki h:iim.
Oart are tb pUai of ratrtHhtral Peace, .' . "' , . ' ' ' . -.v" ! y ' ' , ' V 1
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Vtrni lA "oijna Intellijencer.
WhiDgton, August 11. ,
GerCmm I will thank you to gWe pub
r.: t the enclosed Address to the People
Jd'l shll feel myself obliged kjy all, vhose
t bUibit With respect, l am. &c
r A: W1LKCCS0X.
f Mestrs- Smith & Gales, V
Uitors of the Nat Intelligencer. 7
7j t1 of the United States, -
Although I had resolved not to ob-
imac mpcU upon your attention, uniu
Icou'd hare tnTitea iu mc irrcsisuoic
fnrte of my indicationi 1 m driven
frosi ray purpose by the proceedings of
the late Uommiuee ox congress, me
o!e object of the majority of which ap-
t-ars to bare hsen to search for matter
u ... - i
w ctmiinaie ruy tiwrJti.cr uu twuuuwu
The report made to the House, con
j&irig of inculpatory cTidence alone,
ir.stad of beinp confined to their jour-
pilv is now under puDncauon, ana wtu
citufilly tend to excite your prejudg
ment, before 1 have been heard in my
defence. What man amongyou,who has
tccn et.gacd in the public service more
tfcia a quarter of a century, whose acts
ttdc&rcs have been as varied as mine,
ccukl withstand an occult, inculpatory
c&quiry, if backed by the power and
curse of the nation ? My cause is the
cause of all, and if the measure of in-1
1 conjure you, then, defend yourselves
ijainst the dangers, and your country
tpiml the odjum, of having sacrificed
a fdlowititen to the malice of those
bo bate been combined for tile destruc
tion of your Government- for, bear in
mind, should the precedent obtain, that
the House of Representatives have the
penerto institute enquiries into the con
duct of individuals, and to publish the
testimony they may collect before the
accused has been heard, no man will be
nfc against the jealousies of artful, un
principled, popular declaimcrs, who,
pxfcsaing the public' good, seek only
its gratification ef their ambition and
rtune The ruin of an individual,
taken in the abstract, is of little impor
tance but the. example may infuse a
c:2!1t poison into ycur councils and re
uiraate the dormant hopes of those who
cosjpired against your interest, your
bigness and your union ; lor treason,
Uethe leprosy, is incurable, 8c the heart
c-ce corrupted by its poisons, is lost to
pAtriotism and public virtue, for ever.
Linle discernment is requiute to trace
lie source of the vilification I have in
terred. Ycu witnessed the rise atid pro
rss of my persecutions, coeval with
Burr's conspiracy and co-exienslve with
n afEIii'.ions. I did not involve the na
ten In a war on the Sabine, to give ef
fe't to this conspiracy, tho my orders
warranted it in the repulsion of the Spa
tiitds ; and, on my own discretion, I
defeated the wicked plot, disgraced the
premment actors and blasted the sinis
ter aspirations of numerous and power
fci associates : for these signal services,
I Jra more signally persecuted than any
enn, public or private, in times ancient
" modern. The conduct which, with
out bloodshed, saved the country from
tit dangerous encroachments of a fo-
r5lsn power, and from lawless usurpa
bn and a civil war, was palpable and
icific; i: cannot be expunged from the
ri:u records, and you yoursejves are
titnesesof it. The crimes imputed
l tnc are speculative and legendary
smiting wiih loose and corrupt men,
sie cf them acknowledged traitors,
ad supported, in the first instance, by
PVic malcontent and nereonal enemies
v
Tct these men, wiih indefatigable in-
Ui'ry and shameless malignity, have
fcf loyed every engine and every art,
5 awafcen suspicion and excite your
IcusK:s and a life, devoted to my
j-curuiy from the dawn of the revolution,
fcu hetome a theme of declamatory in-
cc.iT-. I am denounced in solemn de
trativc bodies bv men of your elec-
wiihuut proof on their part or any
y?e of redress on mine. It if notoiv
iha justice has been denied me, and
1 hive oeen excluded, in a land of
!y. my native oountry, Trom theor--iryrights
of the most humble citizen.
have beheld a distinguished cha
ctr scp forth the avenjrer of Burr,a
;G'ure, and atsociaUng himself
. 1 informers, drnnunre me in thp
n. -.-ii-
fiV.1 lhe cotlPracy, before a single vernment
Ki b:tn deYelopcd ; and to justify l1
his denunciations, you have witnessed
the ruthless vengeance, with which this
political teaser has since pursued me, at
the expence of every thing sacred to
delicacy, to truth, and candor You
have seen his faithful coadjutor, the le
gatee of Burr's resentments, a man who
has sealed his own infamy in the at
tempt to effect my ruin, come forward
vitb a volume of manufactured reports,
falsehoods Sc perjuries, fitted to the occa
sion ; and you have beheld a hundred
pens and presses operating against me,
when distant, absent, and offering my
health and life to the public service
But it would swell this appeal to a vo
lume, did I attempt to develope the sys
tematic schemes of vengeance, by which
I have been hunted to the present hour.
Thus pressed and persecuted, I have
no resort but in your virtue and good
ense : I make it in confidence that you
will suspend your opinions, until I pre
sent you with the only defence iji my
power to offer ; and if in the course of
the exposition, which has bten forced
upon me, I should be obliged to indict
wounds, whers I have been desirous to
spare feelings, the duiy which I owe to
the character of a soldier, to my name
and family, and the sense of my wrongs,
must excuse me.
No calumny shall force me from the
silence I now impose on myself. I
shall make a brief record of all the si an
ders which may reach my knowledge,
and will attend to them in their proper
place. But, before I close the presen.
bring
proofs from authentic sources to put u
shame the profuse offerings which have
been made to effect my dishonor, as a
citizen, a soldier anda chief, by a long I
- 1
list of willing witnesses.whose passions.
prejudices and resentments have inter
ested them in my destruction. The war
of an individualagaimt a host, is enough
to stagger the stoutest heart, but habit
has placed me above difficulties, and un-
frder the protection of tint Almighty Pow
er in whom I trust. I will succeed.
Fellow Citizens ! I crave not for
giveness for offences because I have
committed none.
I s?ek not to excite your sympathy
because I am conscious I have deserved
it. But I invoke that justice, which is
guaranteed to all by the sacred charter
of the land, and constitutes our pride,
our boast and common security Letmc
be heard before condemnation.
JAt WILKINSON.
Tfiuhinjtm Aug. 1810.
THE VOICE OF REASON.
The following sentiments are extracted from
the Oration of Judge Pennington, delivered
in Newark, N. J - on the 4th ult. Every ra
tional man must acknowledge their accu
racy, impartiality, and peculiar applicabili
ty to the present extraordinary situation of
public af lairs v
The war in Europe is of a peculiar
character ; it has convuhed the Conti
nent, and shaken society to its centre.
The husbandman might almost as well
expect to raise his harvest in tranquility,
amidst Tornadoes and Earthquakes, as
for neutral nations to expect to enjoy an
uninterrupted commerce amidst this
struggle for dominion on the one hand,
and commercial monopoly on the other ;
let us then take in our sails till the storm
abates, when we can spread them to bet
ter advantage. It may rage with una-
bating fury for a while, but u must have
an end.
' I am, however, no enemy to com
merce ; 1 Know 11s importance iu uui
-
country, and sincerely wisn its prospe
rity : but under existing circumstances.
would it not jeopardize the happiness
of our country, by engaging in a war for I
its protection. Our commerce is spread every thing, exclaims, Spirit of our Fa
over every region of the world, and none thersjookdown.' William Cowman, when
but a mad-man would dream of protect- he has exhausted himself with slander
ing it by force. That politician who ing our administration, execrating Ala
imagines that the government is as poleon as a little Corsican tyrant,, and
much bound to protect by force the pro- complimenting Britain, exclaims, Spi-
perty of a ciuzen in distant countries,
or distant seas, as in the body of a coun
try, knows little of the duty of govern
ment : the policy of our country is
peace, and the duty of our government
to keep without the vortex of European
wars especially the destructive one now
raging.
" Amidst the agitation that at present
convulses the world, that country is hap
py that is free from external danger ;
however gratifying to ou self Jove, a
prosperous commerce may be, the go-
holds a higher stake t the safe-
country. Although the swords
of Americans at his time slumber oyer
injuries done to bales of cotton or bags
of coffee, yet they will start spontaneous
ly from their scabbards at the first ap
proach of danger to our country. The,
blood of ojr citizens is too valuable to
be shed lor any thing short of national
defence ; the splendor of mercantile
wealth, even if attainable by war, forms
miserable set off, at best, against the
lamentations of widows, and the distres
ses of orphan children. Should it be
asked, must we submit to thejaccumula-
ted wrongs done to our commerce, the
plain answer is, we must at ajl times
submit to evils which it is not in our
power to prevent. It matters not whe
ther these evils are caused by the in
justice of man, or the act of Providence.
If the causes that produce them are
without controul, we must submit to
them "; we might as well say that we
would not submit to inundations or vol
canic eruption?, as to say that we would
not submit to the orders and decrees of
the belligerent nations with respect to
European commerce ; we cannot help
it ; even this so mucn soutrht Tcr war
will not furnish a remedy ; bur only
serve to throw new embarrassments in
the way of the remnant of trade left us.
44 1 know that political doctors have
prescribed Vaiious nostrums tor this dis
order ; but like quacks in another pro
fession, they are ignorant that the dis
case is incurable ; the English will not
abandon (during the war at least) their
system 01 commercial monopoly ; rror
the French their intenjm of ruining
England by the destruction of trade.
41 The consolations in our present si:
nation are, that the restraints on our and the Washington Club, and the li
irade do not endanger our right of self I litary Blues, and Greens, and all colors
-- ii
government, or jeopardize our national
existence ; and we have yet left us, all
the substantial comforts of life. W
may, however be checked In our pro
gress to wealthy or restrained in the pur
suit of pleasure ; we may not be ena
bled to erect so many elegant buildings,
or decorate them so superbly ; the ward-11
robes of our wives and daughters may
be abridged ; not quite as much fine
lace and muslin, and we ourselves per-
adventure may be compelled to appear f 1
in a plainer garb. Thus, like a little girl J
under the apprehension of being depriv- II
ed of a handsome ribband or a new frock,
we are all in tears. These are the dire
calamities we are to suffer by the loss
of trade. Away with such trifles when
brought in competition with our natio
nal safety.
" Wt have taken ho part in the pre
sent war, but have observed towards the
belligerent nations an impartial neutra
lity Every discerning man must per
ceive, that we could have had no con
troul over the events that have happen
ed ; as well might we have said to the
eruptions of jEtna or Vesuvius, stay
your fury, as to this conquering army.
you must stop at the Rhine, the Po or
the Danube.'
From the American JIercury.
SPIRIT OF OUR FATHERS.
The Federal Leaders look round with
wonder and amazement on the sides of
the wide and horrible pit into which they
have fallen. They wonder that a Re
publican People do not all become Fede
ralists, Jacksonians and Tories. They
are amaz.d that people, who are not rich,
should dare to act at all : and are full of
horror, because, when the people dare to
vote, they should not choose federalists
to govern them, and in the midst of their
distress they cry our, Spirit of our Fa
thers, look down upon us.'
Doctor Pannh in his election sermon,
famous for its infamous abuse of our go
vernment, and its misrepresentation of
rit of our Fathers, look down
If the Spirit of oar Fathers was not bet
ter employed, than in looking down on
the apostacy and tor y ism of the Federal
Jacksonites of our country, it would look
011 them with frowns, and would address
them with killing reproofs. Our fathers
of the revolution were democratic re
publicans, or they were im posters. Of
the last, no man dare accuse them.
They nobly dared to bid defiance to a
nation which, before their birth,had been,
and, after the death of their children,
will be, the enemy of the Indcpendcncp
of every other nitioDjV v '
What nation in Europe has not beenfl
offered to drink of the, cup of her abomi-
nations ? . What nation, having drank of
that ciip, has not perished ? Spirit of
our. Fathers, look down, and. see your
posterity makintr their own clothes, rais-
irig their own provisions,clingingto their
own altars and fire sides, and struggling
for real and permanent independence,
aainst a faction, which would prostrate
their souls and bodies, their country' and
their all, at the feet of Francis james
Jackson ' . I
Kedeemed with a strong hand and
mighty arms we discern, as we oiight,
the aristocratic factions, who would take
from the common people their suffrages,
would send their sons into a navy or ar
my, and would absorb in their loVe of
England every national feeling:.
What if Napoleon is a tyrant. Our
declaration of Independence declared
George III to have been a tyrant in '76 ;
and if he has since mended his manners,
or bettered his character, we have had
no notice of it. What if Napoleon cap
tures our ships and imprisons our men.
Britain had long since been in the habit
of doing all this, and vindicating it as
her unalienable right. The wrongs of
Britain are recorded in the preface to the
history of our country j they are conti
nued in every page. The wrongs of
France are attrocious enough ; they are
in the appendix : Yet they are now set
up as mountains of national guilt ; and
the wrongs cf Britain are to be forgotten.
How would the Spirit oh our Fathers
look down on the Feast of Shells, and
the Musical Societies, vand the Charita
hie Societies, and the Hamilton Society,'
of the rainbow, which, on the 4th of Ju-
ly last, convened to despise our indepen
dence, and to sacrifice every principle
and ieeling, which those Fathers held
sacred i
We do not know how Spirits of depart
ed heroes.and statesmen may be affect-
ed by such sermons as Osgood's and Pa
mA', and such Federal Orations as are!
current among the mortified minority of
lourteountry ; but we sincerely believe in
the integrity of our Fathers, in the prin-
ciples of Democratic Republicanism, in
the present Administration of the Ge-
nerai government, ana we nave no
i' .
present apprehension that Federalism',
unmasked as it now is, can ever succeed
to ruin our country, either by overt acts
against its laws, or by the conjuration
of Spirits to aid its sorceries.
TkE MAMMOTH CAVE
IN KENTUCKY.
TFrom a gentleman in Bowling. Green, (Ken.)
ff
to his friend in Husselville.J
Bowling-Green, Jan. 21, 1810.
My deau W. You may perhaps not
deem it uninteresting to have somejn
formation respecting the largest cave
now known. It is about 8 miles from I
the Dripping Spring, a liule South of
East, near Green river, in Warren coun
ty. The surrounding country is com
posed of knobs not unlike those in the
barrens generally. The mouth of the
cave is situated on the north side of one
of those knobs. , We descend abruntlv
50 or 60 feet, when the mouth presents I
itself complete ; it: is arched over hy aj
large ledge of rocks, from which issues
a clear fountain ; from this the woik-
men are supplied with a sufficiency of I
water for their saltpetre works ; it falls
perpendicularly 50 feet In removing
the earth near the mouth for the pur
pose of erecting tprnaces, several hu
man skeletons were discovered, of a size
unusually large ; one ofthe former pro
prietors of the cave, a stoiU man, com
pared the size of the under jaw-bone
with his own, and found that it would ea
sily pass over his ; the other bones were
of a corresponding size. The saltpetre
commences .within the cave, and conti
nues so far as has been examined, which
is about ,7 miles, In passing what is
called the narrows, you are obliged. to
walk half bent, these Continue about a
quarter of a mile ; in this pass there is
constantly a strong current of air ; . (he
6 cold months the air' rushes into the
caveV the other 6 it issues from it ; this
is easily accounted for by all men of sci
ence At the termination of these nar
rows, you are ushered into one of the
most sublimely beautiful Sc picturesque
amphitheatre? in the world 5 it expands
to 60 or 70 feet wide and as many deep.
fhevmost elaborate effort of the pencil
would fail to do Justice to the rich see-
nery and varied drapery with which ihe
senses are delighted. -Immediately ibrf y M
entering this large room, you ejcperiencie ; 7
a surlden change of the air from
ling cold to , a heat oprjressiye Jh6rev r
some of oureompanionsf pulled off thcifc. ."Kt
outer.cIoaf hing,: and left fherrt till we're
turned. . We progressecl a littleway be
fore we discovered innumerable 'quantj-
ties of bats, which had taken refuge there
from the seventies of her season ; .thei
were suspended from all parts of the
rocks by their daws, with their heads
downy Sc. crowded so close, that they re'
sembled a continued black cloud they
appeared much disturbed at our intra
sion which theV manifested by a disa
greeably hissing or twittering noise, and
i so tenacious were they of the hold whiclT
instinct had caused them to take, . they
would suflfer themselves to be burnt tp
death sooner, than relinquish it. At the
distance. of about'half a mile, there are.
two branches making out at right an
gles on either side j f he one, the south
west, which is called the little room, we
examined ; here the earth is sufficient
ly impregnated with nitre to yield, $ and
10 pounds to the bushel ; it has a fine
spring where it again divides into the
upper and lower rooms ; in the uppefy
there ts a fissure in the roqk sijfEcrenly
large for a man to enter, where you have
the appearance of the different orders of
Gothic architectul'e, mouldings arid pi
lasters, in embossed stucco work, ele
gantly wrought by the friction of water
constantly dripping from above- -the
heights of these columns are so great
that with the assistance of all our light '
we could not discover where they ter ,
minated.
Some distance furthet along, we pas'
sed what is called the sick room, in con'
sequence of an attempt being made to
explore it, which proved unsuccessful ;
the person who made the attempt first, '
felt a nausea and general debility, which.
was succeeded by violent puking they f
very prudently retreated anc have never
since entered it ; we supposed the ex-
istence of mephitic gas, and thought, it
most prudent to pass without entering
-At about 2 miles from the entrance we
found Glauber and Epsom Salts, with, ,
Ocherous earths of different colors 1
nere me wnote suriace 01 tne roefcs are?
incrusted with stalactites of half ah inch, v
in thickness 5 the rocks are so trongljr
impregnated '. with8f It: that-. they?'.'.'
burst t hrough the incrustation and exude
in octahedral, hexahedral and rhombpi "
dal prisms, aud more frequently in ciirv
ed rhombs, Ndthing can exceed the.
brilliance of the -scene ; figure to your-
self a canopy irradiated with ten thou
sand diamonds, and you will have'a faint
idea of its 1 ustre. The salts are in a vir
S,n state,' and effloresce When brought ia
Lumav.i.wn.u siirouspncrig air ; iney conr
tinue for half a mile and are often of
indeterminate forms; at times the whole
surface of the rocks appear as if covered
with riew fallen snow. We? went on for
several miles, often passing Branches of .
tne cave, making out at risrht. acute and I
uuiusc angles irom wnat we supposed to' 7
be the main body ; when we approach- r
ed near the end, we came to a fountain
falling frdm.theroof, as the rst,(form- ;
ing.a basin of about 30 feet deep, thi,
we descended and crossed ; in going a
few paces vve came to another ofthe same
SJ3e, whichve went round on the' edge
f a precipice, and soon aftcamethe I
end which terminates abruptly; here at
the extreme parts, we fbiind batsilvhich 1
caused us to determine that there were '
other outlets, because, till we reached
the end we had not seen any 4)ats for "
some muss. .vve passed one very exv
traordinary room it is so formed that a -voce
atr the , entranced pronouncing, a-t
Word, is reverberated distinctly;, si
times; for the want of time and light,?
we did not enter, but had our iniormaV
tion from those whp have wrought at
supposed we were underthe hed blreen
river ; at or near the termination of this. '
branch we found Glauber salts and tiitre
of lime in much greater abundance than i .
before; at one place particularly, I crept
into a small cavity,.where not only the
rocks but the' earth appeared; to be at; : -least
wrmed one half of regulalri fortn euVlJ
chrystals of. guber salt i t We na'i
doubt but that greatdeal this eirth
is impregnated With borax. V
The vulsrar subnose thisV rtinm tn h
haunted, from the reyerberation of the voice. Sll I
raociunthem'-wln.the speke li'y:- V: : J
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