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- ' ' " t " U.wwp'dby pirty rtt;1t Hi Brother.. . 1 - V . ' - p - - , -V I. ir : : - . - " THURSDAY NOVEMBER. 22 1810. - ,v .. . ;i:,rJ,,:, ( ? . - - s iJUA- ?-SlS3. ..i -"" ' i 1 : " - WEST-FLORIDA; . a 'm followinfr trtitle is well vorthy prru wnJ could not hc f&iled to produce an effect on tlioM to whom it vru addressed more particAiUiljaa it it known that Toulroln ii xeilous aud enUf hten. friend to the rifhu and intern ti of the wopJe of that part of :be Miaaiasippj Ter borderiiij on West Fjorida.I-wV.7n. 'I JUDGE f OUUIIN'i ADUUESS xi Gmd Jurvrt Jt'tuJunfHm Cttnty. stkr mukI m im tw of Min ; ike Xocfr isooctitxutnuancc, gen. Ic men el -.hc Giind Jury, to which I deem it rvni"1 tocill Tour P'licnlar atttntion. fu'jTtc rum-r h. detUred, ?be rcrnon jaare of the GoTcrcqr of ail acijacent ions of an mctirc ItxKlinR partizan, rVwinc as it should etin with the con- Jttve of success, bate idmlttted ihat taere cxiita'amonj; us ah association, o the purpose of making wr upon the 6raimons of the Kbp of Spain. That 'c hate sutTeted lort that we ih been ungrnerously .oppretacd ljt cur Industiy has been laxtd and Ixrihcntd for sencs of yean, almost pat erdurncr by the power -hoJdinR the protlnct of Fioridl, i what we all fctl, tnd what erery man must fecknw We- That a settlement of poor Am -ncan niltivatoft amoumiri in all er laps, till of late, nu to three thousand, should hate paid S0.000 a year in tri lute'to a Tortign rxiwer, merely for the nit cl enjoying a natural right, s a tut hich cHighi to excite ;ii donation fr.m ifl. end of the American coulincnt "to th; other. What wonld bo said, had la EngUsb matf cf war forbidden any exit out of, or entrance Into the Dela ware or Chcsapeakt, but on "paying 12 per ctm,on the cago m,hU Ditainic Majtsty I The cry of war vou!d hare echoed from shore to ah re. But there is, it will be said, a diHc rente in the ca ses, -The difference, how ever, lies not J ia the principle, btr in the operation. In the one case, many are affected : in the other a few only. The matter of right frtbe.iarne fn both tasts. The right tf a people who reside at the mouth of arier,tortr.drr a river uelcs tothose ho occupy almost the -whole country cn itsbUiks, cannot; on principles of rea son acd ratu e and national law, be any greater than that of a people, occupying an island in the ocean, to rei der the na tions which use the ocean tributary to Ihtm. Power, mete brutal pewet, un braced by justice, is all that can be a! IcrjRed on either side : and power can a rightfully blork up the bay of Chesa peake as the bay ol Mobi le. . The mode cf operation or whether they act by lard or water. can.mikc no possible dif ference in'ibc real nitnu of the case ! i But what then? DociAhe opprt ssi'-n cf the .Spanish tgWrrfTment , give ny right to us, a ntre hVndful Vsf the Ame rican people ; scarcely yobwn as a part cf the nation, the iicht of making war oponthe King of Spain I . Suppose that the British blockaded the Delaware ? .Would this Rive o the pele of Mar ket sreel,lrt Philadelphia, wb6 are pro bably " more numerous Mhan we or nuld it cTcD.gife tothr whole popula. the conarrrence," consent or knowledge cf the American naioru to fit out a fleet, aid make hoilile intasjbn of the Bri tish I!ca I n t i Z ' . ' r It would be toci dangerous (says a great writer on nat'ional' law) to give eury ci izenihe libtrr of doing him selfuVtic: agai'ust foreigners, as every iauividual of anatioR rnight involrc it in ar. A right of so great a moment the right of jodging whether a nation Wh a real cauvc of complaint whether its case allows of Uiing force and having tccourae to annN-rh.tbcr. prudence tdrnits, and whether ine welfare of the stae demands It this right I.say can onl belong to the body of the nation, or to the "sovereign, iis representative. Thus the sovereign: powt r has alone au thorny to make war." Valttl 370.' . othlng in fact' can more absard, or more repugnant to the fundam ntal princrjJes of civil society, than this as Sttmp.ipn of power on a jsart of a section of the nation, to invade a foreigp tcrri- wry. The prerogatiYes ox a o;xiy pou tit rcust nust be vetcd and Ws I Inf -Icnpwn and acknowledged body ot snm ever is done is rccngnizedi fcven by hos- tile txiWrrs. as:a national act. end their conduct with' relation to it is regulated acccord rgly. Thus pis )ners, tak. n in an attack made by a body unknown to the constitution and laws of,t heir coun try, would be executed as prisoners of jus' ice. .. . Were-this power or engaging in mi litary expeditions divided and dirbu ted ab.ut among all the "members of so ciety, to be .exercised by them, or any 'f them, at their pleasure there could be no good reason -why the legislative, executive and judiciary' powers should not be divided and distributed in the same manner, and thus every vestige of civil government would disappear. In deed no nation, which suflVred volunta ry associations to be formed among its citirens, for the purpose of invading at pleasure the property of other nations, would be suffered to exis It would be regarded mertly as a den of pirate and rr bbers, and it would be as much fci the interests of other nations to combinr for tt-s destruction, as it s the interest cl ar i - , w honrst men to associate together in ci vil society, for the preservation r f ther lives and property against individual ag gressors, Noi can I by any means see hrnv any public officer can reconcile his engaging in voluntary military expedi tio- s, with his solemnly . swearii gtha h.tvwitl support the constitution of the U. States" That Constitution vests exclusively with the Congress of the U. S ates the p.'wer to declare war, to grant letters of marque and reprisal, and to ruke rules ronceimne cap ureson land and water. By what ether name than declaring and making war, this invading of a foreign province, this carrying of fire and sword against its inhabitant, this plundering of thtir houses and attacking their fons can be called I know not ; and it is im possible that sny public fiicer can re ccncile it with the oaih which he has ta ken o support a constitution that vcls this power only in the great Council of t the JS-tion. Bu in addition to all this, there is a law of the U. $. by which it is enacted, That il any person, within the lernto ry or jurisdiction of the U. SiMes. shall rbegin or Set on loo, or provide or pre pare the means For any military expe clif ion or enterptizMobe carried on from thence against the territory or domini ons of any foreign Prince or State, with whom the United States are at peace vfiv such nerscrn. so o fiend mc, shall upon conviction; be adjudged guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall suffer fine and imprisonment at the discretion ot the court in which the conviction shali be had so that such fine shall, not ex ceed 3000 dollars nor he term of im prisonmtnt more than three years. ' Acts of 17V4 ' It should at all times be enough for a good ctt'.a n th3t the law ap-eaks. He should not require, as a condition of o bedience, a thorough compiehension oi the giounds and reasons of a law. It is his duty to aim at thi repeal of a bad la w but he has n right to oppose a law unrepealed. I mention this, because 1 am anxious to guard against its beir.g imagined that in, attempting. Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, to lay before you the principles of the law "which I hare reci ted, I hveany wih to hold Vlp the idea that you or. I ought to be personally sa tisfied about the propriety of laws be fore we' attempt to execute tbem. We have no such discretion We are mere agents, appointed to apply existing laws to individual cases : and 'what Lhave said, and what I am going to say, i principally intended to guard against, aud io discountenance a disposition and views towards a foreign province, which our situation, as an .oppressed people, as a people daily growing stronger than our oppressors, and as a people -cut ofif from, unconnected with 8c uninfluenced by all other sections of people in the. A merican Rr public, has a ntm ai tenden cy to generate in our, minds, and render acceptable, -not only to the anandoned outlaw, but evento'men of decent cha ractcranfi wrll meaning in'entions. , -1, will, therefore,. take a view of ihe a pologies or encouragements which have been suggested in favor of the enrcrprize. l. h has been said that the" law does not apply to military txpeditiof.s agaiiist West Florida, inasmuch w. thtre is no j acknowledged Prince or Stater-to whom the territory belongs. 'The U. States, 1 it is sid, have refused to receive an am bassador coming in the name of King v. AnA.A K jnij,,,,: T:!.iSon to rccdv. none from Kong Ji ' Admitting this to be the fact, what does ! it amount to ? Why, merely to' this, ii - that King Ferdinand and King Joseph are fighting about a Kingdom, and that we, like prudent men, do not chuse to meddle" with them till they have done It is not our business to settle thtir dis putes. The Lingdora, we will admit, belongs to one or -other of them but we will do no act, which, on our part, shall imply a decision upon the question till lhcy hve settled it bctwetn them selves. We are mere bystanders ami not partiz ns for either. But what-hts this to do with West Florida ? Because we will not say to which it belongs, is it concluded that we say it b longs to nei ther and to no one ? U. questionably Wt st Florida is within thir dominions oi some foreign State and as the ,Uniieti States are at war with no onef Florida must be within the dominions of a Sfate wi h whom thev are at peace. Would any u asonable man allege, that because wo of his neighbors, quarreled abou heir right to a horse, lie was perfectly just nab e in stealing htm whenever he pleased f Be asurtd that the genera principles of law and honesty are the s -me about provinces as about horses .ind it would be just as scandalous for you or me to setup as inicves ana ptun defers in the one case as in the other. 2. But it is said again, that Florida, as far as the Pcrd.do, rightfully belongs to the People of the United States. admit that it docs But are tat the Peo ple of the U. State ? Are ten thousand people on theTombigby, the American Nation ? Can tin thousand, or a smal part often thousand, justly arrogate the righ;s and authority often millions r The public Treasury also belongs to th Peop'e of the United State : But car he People of Tnmbigby, or evtn tht who4e State of Georgia, for that reason, Ick ally seize it whenever they please Nations act by known and autho rised atrtnts ; and if the &u horned a- gents of the American People if tht Government has not seen fit to asser i heir claim to Wtst Florid '-we, the people of Tomb gby.haveno more right to touch it than the Emperor of Moroc co. Say not then that treaties have de clared it to be property of the U. S ates., and that treaties are the law. It is the .w that a murderer shall be put to death hut has any private individual a rigb to k'll him ? No It would be murdtr. The lawfhas its own agents and instru ment's, -s 3. But the object, it is.said, is such as cannot but be grateful to the Amt ri can nation. Iris not only to rid our selves from oppression It is not only. to rid ourselves from that foreign taxa tion, to escape which the United Colo nies revolted from the mother country but it is add a new province to the American Empire. No sooner shall we become masters of Florida, than we will lay our conquest at the feet of our Fede ral Parent. But what are the United States ? A numerous and powerful nation. Is it the difficulty, do you suppose, of taking possession of a petty Spanish province, ihat prevents their occupying it ? Are ihey so poor, that they cannot pay 500 men for engaging in that enterprise ! Or are the perils of it so great, the dan gers so tremendous, that no 500 meu could be procured for the desperate oc casion ? O i fortunate 'nation, .that -in such an 'extremity she should enj.y?ao opportunity of reposing her'fortar.eVon the valor of the rt doubtable champions of Tombigby ! O X hallowed spot ! wheie yet rtmain some latent embers of the martial lire, which established Ame rican independence 1 Alas ! how is it possible .to speak with seriousness of the conttmp?ible gasconade, which talks ot 'P. K...,r-ft.r'o matmnr a rtrpcnt nf a nrr vincc to the people of the United States ?j No, gentlemen let us cherish mi-re ex alted ideas of the power and dignitjr cf the federal government, than to suppose that jlhey woujd in this way, extend ihe boundaries of the American empire J Let us think more highly of their power for they are not so poor and feeble as to ot reduced to the necessity of aban doning, their rights udess aided by pur exertions let us 4hint more highly of jhetr dignity, for they'have too much self respect to enact laws and imme ciiately'lay themselves under obligations to men for vidlaUDg.thcmV. : "4 indeed, mucn as naia peen suia 01 ine insults and contempt thrown on uhc U. Stites-by foreign powers lioAindigDity ever equalled that4 which U displayed .by. those who seem to calculate toat tneir cPfl i 1 luscruoa Ot their indisputable .wgnrtoii nuuwry..ejxpeuiuwoa w cnicruru, a-1 j; GaleVi Storevi t ;X i 07";Q1 a piece oft property, unjustly wjthji' Ia depends on the good w-II and courage of a few adventurous men in a remote cbr-; nef of their dominions. . ' r- 4. But it has been intimated, 'that o vernment, though for political reasons tr will not come forward,1 will in fact-en courage the expedition. Believe it not It is the old story invented by Miranda and revived by Burr ; and it wasthe grand delusion tha etl-cted the destruction o ther followers of both. The fbllyof such pietensions has heretofore been so fully exhibited, that the 'government couk! not possibiy shew any mercy to thoe who should again devote themselves to ihe same delusion. It would not be be lit ved that any man could, at the pre sent day, be ignorant enough; to be im poScd upon by such a "pfeten'ceV The fact is, 'hat the thine: is impossible. The President himself has no more right to make war upon a foreign power than you or I ; and,' although the United S ates have a claim under the French treaiy tj yet as the country has not been delivered up under it as the claim has so long tain dormant, and as nothing short of carrying war into axiountry actnally pos sessed by a foreign power, would enable us to occupy it ; I doubt whether, at th present day, even the-President hi m?eli could realize our riht-to West-FI i,i?; without the lectslative authority. We know he h&s not that and all who know what he is, or what an ,ex cutive magis trate ought to be may he full well as sured, that if he wanted to assert in 'any cae, the rights of a powerhu I nation,. ht would not have recourse to the instru mentality of an obscure eppspiracy.. 5. But it is said again ; if government does not encoumge the enurpiizri it wi wmk at it ; very jiiihuential men of tin National Sene have beeh applied to 61 he pecasion jnd their patriotism enr fellow feeling will not permit the exis tence of ra doubt, bu that they will use tvery exertion to prevent our sufferir by our zeal for our coiin.ry's rights.Bi convinced, they will make.no promtst of impunity. If you hear that they have, and believe it, you w 11 be most assuredly deceived ; the President himself couk: jot do i --rhe may pardon, past otTences, but he can, never, promise, pardon i fu ture ones It would in fact be to nulfifv at his pleasure the laws of, the ltgisla tute, and would jus ly subject him to impeachment, 1 he Senators, who i is said have b en applied to, know loo well their duty-i-are acquainted too well wi h the constitution' of their country, andhHve already seen too much of th dirtfut tfiVcts of unau horized mi'.Staiy expeditions, to give the Slightest counte nance to the projected cnterprize-They have seen one member ex p- Hed from the Senate of the United Staves, for be ing, concerned in a , similar, expedition . g3inst the Spanish , territories. -,v 6. But it is said, af.tr &11, that the en terpt ize is.as safe as it, is honorable and tx n, ficial safe in its pr ogrt Vs-f-safe in its consequeiices. As to its execution and progress ; our situation is peculiarly calculated for it unconnected wiih all other' settiements and ufnbseive'd' by them : at a great disiance from the ter- ritoiial' authorities, and out of reach of the federal ones the enterprize could be executed, even before -its existence is known.. . And as. to any after-conse4 quinces,4 they cannot be clreadtil tht otTenders wouid only be punished by tht verdct of a jury taken, froni among our selves anq the amount of the fine could only be noininat whilst there are any pre tensions to patriotism Jn the judge. , I seems, therefore, ?hat;wfcilst a ju ge and jury leside in the neighborhood of offen-: dersi they are to forget the obii era' ions nof thefr baths." I triist that we arfe fiOf yet sb depraved. I trust ;that we have hot yet forgotten that our vowi 1 fancies, or even our more serious conceptions, as to right and wrong, are" not, t be. the rule, independently of lawby, which we conyicti or atq,.it a feliowchizen,. and pass judgment upon him accordingly. I trust ihat eveiy jury wilfbvar htvinindv that the only pofnt,w;hch they ai e s worrl to try , is whether the fact as chrgciri has beencOmmitted bysthe party accju; sed 1 and as to the court, hoyv much!sof evet afew yeafvagoat an ".ignorance pt the offence might justly have beei sug gested in , miy gatlbn of h$ penalty nof thing of : that kind ;iaa be iedgtoii tne present occasion ; for there tis, per haps no law bf the United Stales which nas been more .generally ?nnown or ao which lhe attention of the pct)plevpf thrs part of America hasbeenimore.imp'es- siyely called than that 'wflc prohiptts gainst the domUuons of anypurice state, with whoirt iheUnid StateSre at peace. ; In. fact ' there is? nothing hut -4 a rigid enforcement ol thi? Jawv:ihatan S fpreveilt the United States fiHm-beingj a '50urcei,of jUtical pesUlence to l oihec, countries, of that can enable them' 'ia' : maintain thtir character and standing--am'onffltzriUonsV iemm Xf&cmonik our lieietpqcri Have just rtceixxd frony&Falvery genirat ' assortment of - f - 4-'lDRY..3&POD'.;': Hardware, ueetf$ a GIqsJaref P AlN TS and G RUC ERI ES. k THEY. deem it unnecessary to rjake a pom- . pous .enumeration of every article, but will just mention, that they have amfthgst iheif5 . assortrreht , elegaot. Brass gridirons with Sho -yefs and Tor-gs. to rf.aich rhem, Ccchcc Tea ' . Trays .in nests ' complete Tutinl jTe P.pV , China in sets, Ird'ar Gaf dle Shades, Ti ipido- Boil nets,- Ladies' Patent KM Shoes Gentle , mens? Leather dittr, : S vr & Brass MournteoJ,1 .Silk Urn breuas. .Gord S lytrJLeaf, Veniuao. & Cvp1 Varnish. Sand Pper, Paint Brushes. Camels HaiVPencils, Sash Tools, Gunjwwder and Hyson Tea, London Particular, Tentrifle and 'Sherry W ines NUtmegs, A liipice. Race, and Ground Ginger, Fig Blue &: Starch; J!alt etre, Roll Brimstojle,. Loaf ;&.BjrVwrJ Sugar. Best Spanish S gars, and Basket Salt all of. which will be $cld low for Cah, or to those who make in a poim to pay punctually onca. year. They onrinoe.tc ,gve the highest price in CASH tor TGB.AlcO and COT4 ON at their Store in TafbVoiigh : ' Cht;ap Good s For .Cash . : : '. .vS.; bond;,, HAS jtist received frcn New York and Pe- , tersbmg, a large and hardseme assort mei)t of FALL and FANCY. GOODS, also J Glass ind Queen's Ware, Cutlery and Hard) wVr a large assortment of Shoes, Coffee. Teasand Chocolate Loaf and BrWrnS'ugalv Spat i&h and Common egars, Shenv Vin6, Rum, Rye W hiskey, Peach and ?Apj)le Bran, dy, &c &Cv The a.bftves atifclesilfe effers- for. sale; on the most reaionable termfor. Cash, or on a short credit 10 punctual customers. 1v Riileigb Hoc. IX j , 82' p ; THE SUBSCRIBERS , . Inform their friend; injj the public, that, they have at their store a general assortment of . DKY GOODS,' ,; GrocertesrSfrorii ''Ndi&rl0:MQodjhdr ' nwv 1.''..!. I A uA - . okjijv pusritis Auum ana tine salt. . PRODWCE will be' received in payment Paritcularlv Tallow: Bees Waxr Cntmn. robaccb. Flour, &c. 1 ' , ' : - ; , P. PERRY; 8c Co. Faiettevitlei M&T. 3i82 1 - AiLIST OF BALAJms, Due from Individuals to the State of tfoitb-Cet George Buchanan, Ci'k & Master, Anson, no return or payment. , Jacob Leonard, C & M Brunswick. ' ' ito. ' J D. Master, Cfe-lvTCaharViisiii.;.- .do.' George Newton, C & M, . Buncombe, - doi -y . I.... uuiui.il, w. arierer, do John ii, Blount, C &,Mf Chowan , ' C & M. Columbus, 'C 8c M.f Craven, ' i C & M . Currituck, do doi do. do- do. do. lacob HriateVr'v-.C &'Ut Gates'." t5f do Room Feoner,i -C & M Halifsr. -i Mdo, V-if--'.. rQ & M Haywood,'! do. WillW Sharp,' e& M Iredell do VV ETasterlihM, Sh'ff, Lenoir, 6;i: jtidg. Jesse Cobb, C 8t M, Lenoiti nretfe paym. xuv juimjsiuu.w w. ffi. Montgomery aoi . A. ; ArringtonC & M. Nash,-;: :, "do. C & M. Onslow. d y. , . R Henderson, JC3 15 3 do do. v. - rC'8c-.M.- Rowan.: : - : William Kirby, : C At3 SarcnsoiCy f do Assembly erifiVlitrl ' iitt ct-me,efiualryid1cbm th Cliip Red, Spanish W hite, Glue,, rtrmmice Stone. . Rotten do. Shell' Lc,''Irruss1an''BIue 'Tutejr ' . Umber,- Vet-million Pa' em Yellower Lit hare -9td, CPrqu;morts,iio ret or p,' Janwa Easton, 4 C & M Pitt, ' udal manueianoiKr,-u-.&M..btokes:''vy r0l -:-!-;. : r .-.fr. a8cl.Waeren:S?-vdor; ' ' ' ""''! Barn. M'KmnyWCJc ' K Braxr.:M'Qujn, C & M.u Wilkes ddv- Jrt&&a;?VK I,' , " . J vThe foregomgMIances are pub!isrfI -ivrur. euance of an Act of Assembly JntAUr kik fc .if Coutti, the Clerks and Master ,p Equity, and the Spiffs inthis 3tate to cthe-iwrirnaSi required of them;&y raw; abd dulyo euleand ; baiance their pubhe accdunts bas Jecenw: ;r ii' 362 S GOOPWIN, Gimttf&lm-; it - ' TVT aacpa.NTS. anffothcrs nay pe j supplied , Y i acxmd a, r be M aleish Mill, oa appbeatidn ajb i ! tf ' - -I s 1 - m V A- v ie . . 7 ,v -..
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