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4. Dispute with England.. ;
lrc! iAtoDO covkibr, Jujfir.
(A MliUuHU rT.)
The Arocrictn , jotcmracnt hiring
! t3idc such haste to publish Rodgtrt
account ot his action i-wiih' the Little
P.f ?T Kw-rr nv-nii In Shew
thclrTfcsirc to shut the door against all
qegodaiion, explanation, and -; adjust
xneat, our goTcrnmcnf hare fclrit their
dutj! not to" withhold GapU Bingham's
account." It will be found that we pub
lished a corrrcti sketch of it xxL the Cou
ner, of the 4th inst. and that the ac
count, gt Yen b the American is any
thinff but the true one. Capu Bingkart
kntw her to be en American frigate by
her colors ; Rbigers there foret must
hare known that, the Little Belt was but
a sloop, ana7s our colors were hoisted,
that ihe was a British sloop. But he
came down upon us with an ctident hos
tile intention, attempting , to lay his ship
in a position to rake ours. . He did not
hail us first, as he asserted, fallowing up
Xhlt'impudent falsehood with a lecture
upon the. " rules of politeness." We
haiUd'i first and second time, receiving
each time onlj a repetition ofkour ques
tion. There was no. tingle. 'gun fired
by us or tn cither side. But the Amt
rican," the moment after we had bailed
tbesecond time, poured a broadside in
to our sloop, which of course was imme
diately returned, and an action took
place ; - not cf five minutes only, as the
Buccaneer stated, but cf three quarters
cf an hour 18 Brtish guns against, 44
American And we never struck our
cplor ! This is placed beyond a doubt
br the JSuccaneers question ana uapiaio
Bingham's answer. , The- next day the
American sent a boat on Jward to ex
press Ijis rtgset " for .the unfortunate
affair," to tell a direct lie that lie 'did
not know cur force to be so irfef"oT and
to follow it up with' another falsehood,
that we fired the first gun. This" says
Capt. B. wis positively not the case
and if we had not the sacred word of a
B;i:hh ofTictr, we still should have said
how wholly improbable it was, mat a
sloop of war should commence hostili
ties wiibjn pistol shot cf a large 44-gun
frigate. v '
There is however one point of Capu
Bingh-im'a letter in which we do nota
gree with him. He says, by the man
ner in which be apologised, it appeared
to me evident, that had he fallen in with
a British (rigite.he would certainly have
brought her to .action." No, no ; the
man who could begin hostilities by at
tacking a vessel bt so inferior a force
would have shrunk from a contest with
a ship of tqul force. However, we
krnr hi 'mill " fall in with a British fri
gate, and D'ing her to action."
The American government having
published Rodgers' account, and approv
ed of his conduct, thereby precluding
all ncguciaticn ; Capt. Bingham's letter
having placed it beyond a doubt that
the hostile conduct of the American was
wholly unprovoked, and that letter be
ing coupled with Admiral Sawyer's pre
vious instructions, demonstrative of the
anxiety of our government not to give
the least provocation or cause of cfTtnce
to the United States, there, is tut one
bft for us to Pursue, T he blood
of our murdered country men must fe re
verted, and war must zhsue. The
conduct of the American leaves us no
al errutrve : and therefore it .is ioMe, i f
net worse, t to treat the . subject as if i:
wtrei4 an inconvenient dilemma which
Ministers," accotding to the opposition
have sole!? to attribute to their own
fol'v. 'in riot confirming Mr. Erskirtc's
sensible arrcneement." Of Mr. Er-
skinc'a uruibU arrangement :we bare
ao cfien expressed our opinion, that it
, wrre unnecessary to repeat it. ll'e have
ithaved ton a'rds America iith umet Xjt-
fLtD roRBKARAXcx i Cut thatjojbtar
ante has produced imsolkkcs. and
THAT IXS0LE5CE MOST SK PUNISHED
I ran f he JHonal JnUlbrenctr.
London ptperVto the' 17th July In.'
elusive have been received, at the office
of ihe National Intelligencer, extracts
from which will be found in our-subsc-quent
columns. -, .
The article of unquestionably the
greatest, impbrtancr to us is that from
theLcn. Caner,-the ministerial pa
Pfi of jjy 7th: 'It is difficult to say
whether, it t more remarkable for its
unpiralttled indolence or arrogance. If
it be coAsideicU at all an index of the
feelingstthe niinistrTi war is already
declared , and we may-look for its her
alds with every Eastern. breeze. The
tenor, or this article in the quarter iti
which we find it, entitles it to serious
consideration, although its impudence
and falsehood wouic otnerwise piacc w
below contempt. But let us not stoop
from the elevation of our pesiliori, let us
net degrade the sanctity of our. causri
br minpline' with these brajdociaxdi-
tni rf RiH'in In a wnr Vlf tDOCTUCS. If
thf rlim t nf a lnnf series of insult IS
to be offensive war. let" us brace o'ur
selves to the occasion, and) meetlt like
men. God and out right" be ozrmot
to; it is one under which the minions
of monarchy have no title to combat,
but which will never fail to leaa Amen
cans to (Victory. -
A nviAitt r hare alwsva been to
avoid war Dcrhans its occurrence, is at
this moment scarcely to be deprecated.
W hv arrived at such a state of
m m mm 0 . w . w " . , .
hings with this power, that nothing but
our pacific policy has so fr restrained
our arms r and if she chuse to begin the
chastise
mcnt .he so r chly mctit, will be ; her
'
The only particular cause we per;
cei ve for regret at this moment is, jhat
Congress are not in session on whom
devolvefall the important preparations
lor inc. event, ouiu me wccuvivc
have conceived that Britain was so hotly
bent upon war, as to make the punish
ment of Bingham's folly the pretext Tor
it, Congress would doubtless have been
at this day in session. It'is to be hoped,
however, that ercrr thine will be done
to the extent of the responsibility cf the
fcxecu'iv and Heads of Departments
for the purpose of placing our forts, Sic.
on a footing for immediate service.
It would be an insult to the under
standings of bur readers to particularize
the manifest absurdities and inconsis
tencies1 the. comments of the British
Editors1 ; they are so palpable and prov
minent, that to dilate upon them would
be to weaken the impression wmcn
the bare, perusal must make oft every
reader 1
1 ," -
Suppose, only suppose, that all this
hectorinc and bullvine of the British
ministerial papers should prove to nc a
o .
mere brutum fulmen, a flash which is
to evaporate in smoke: suppose that
by the; time Mr. Foster's dispatches are!
recuved ; and before that time tbey
surely .will not have the hardihood to
proceed to hostilities suppose by that
time their couraee should have oozed
( - j
out at their fingers' endsv and their war
fever have subsided, how. perfectly n
diculoiis will appear the ministry and
heir Densioned editors on both sides
m
the water 1
Can any of the semi-official Editors
in this country inform us ; if they can
we shi 11 be much obliged to them;
whether the recent infamous captures
-n our coast and in our waters are in
tended as the commencement of the
war with which we are threatened ?
Or are they merely an extension of the
British system of retaliation on her
enemy 1"
T
"he NArr There is a question, oE
great importance in ine lu'.ure policy oi
ourgovernmenit wnicn, we inmi&f vont
press Will. at length be compelled to de
cide Shall the U. States complete and
maintain a Navy f Itt is a question
which has never yet been fairly met by
the "National Legislature ; but which
ouirht no loneer to remain in suspense
If we are to have a Navy, in Ihe name of
our country's honour, let it be- placed on
a more respectable footing than it now isi
With all the-pataohernalijofaNavy Del
partmcnr, we have atresent but little of
Us utility, and at a great comparative ex-
pence we hare a force not adequate per
haps, if irTwere doubfe it present magni.
tude,lo compete with the petty sqaadrqn
now, on ourcoattt much less wiih that
under Sir Joseph. Vorke, which is said' to
be on its passagt .To send our present
liival force to sea, therefore) in case oTa
declared and active war, would on!y be a
wanton sacrifice of some of a brave spi
rits as ever animated man,in a contest in
hich defeat would b? almost una voida-;
ble. On the Navy Question it is notour
purpose to express an opinion ; but to im
press on our. reader sand brother editors
the necessity of preparing. theirVovvn
minds and that of thtir representatives
for a decision of a question) to; which
their attention cannot but'have been im
pressiveljr called by the scenes lately and
now passing on our coast. We have n '
doubt that an early dar after t&emeeting
of Congress will be assigned Tor a consi
deration of this; subject ; which, howe-
ver iongress may oe aisposeo to wave
its decision, cannot longer be overlook
ed, consistently with the interest or hon
or of the nation.
Bingham's instructions!- The
British prints lay.much stress on the te
nor of the instructions of Admiral Saw
yer, under which Capt. Bingham cruiz
ed. TheSe instructions, as published,
shew indeed a dtcent regard for the
rights of the United Statesbut nothing
more. But were they ther only instruc
tions ? If we refer to thexonductrof
Captain Bingham we should imagine
not ; still Jess should we suppose so, if
we refer to the late insolent conduct of
the Tartarus. , And, if they Were, they
speak so far as they go in favor of Admi
ral Sawyer's nderstnnding and know
ledge of his duty -But their ve 1 y, preci
sion and general propriety, supposing
them to be the only instructions, add an
other sh.id- of enormity to the offence of
C?Pla'n Bmghm.- Whr, .f .uch were
hiinstruciin.s,(!iil he so directly disre-
gard them by commencing an attack on
cur vessel ? If he be not broken for dis
obedience of orders, then will it be eri
dent thry were not his only instructions ;
because his conduct was a palpable in-
fraction of them, such as could notes
cape exemplary punishment, if they
were to have been his only rule of con
duct. Ave have frequently reflected
with astonishment on the hardihood of
Bingham in attacking a vessel, as he did,
which he says he kntw to be of so supe
rior a force. But if the intimation con
tained in the New-York Columbian be
correct, then is the mystery solved, and
he wretched intoxication -of a weak man
has pr oved the destruction of his men
and the promotion of a new broil on the
part-f his government with the U. S.
" It will appear, under oath, that when the
American officer went on board the Litde Belt
the morning after the aciion, one of captain
Binpham's officers, (a Lieutenant, we behere)
pointing to some of the dead, said--' 0 much
for the Captain t bottle " Columbian.
TROM TBI RICHMOND BNOJTtRSK.
MY PROJET!
Shou'd France continue to respect her
own engagement and our rights; and
should Great Britain continue -to seize
our vessels that areabound to France,
way-lay our coasts and interrupt, what
we may term the nafurnot the mush
room, commerce of this country not
the carrying or roundabout trade of con
sumption, which enables our merchants
" to tread on Turkish and Persian car-
p?ts, and burn the perfumes of the east
in their vaulted rooms" but that natu
ral direct trade, at which point the inte
rest of Agriculture and Commerce di
rectly meet and are intimately blended
-(for what difference d res it make,
whether the Tobacco Note is this da 10
the pocket of a Planter, or tornorrOw of
the Merchant, if the Orders in Council
hould check its exportation and sink
its' value ?) Should such be the state of
the nation, when its Conscript Fathers
shall assemble in' November -what
course would I take ? :
I would sift all the t)ocu merits, which
will be submitted to Congress, particu
larly the correspondence between Mr.
PInkneyand the Mavquls Wellesley, be.
tween our Charge d' Affaires and the
same the letters whiclr have already
passed between Mr. Foster and the Se
cretary of State and those which are yet
to pass from Mr. F. between them, con
veying the final sentiments of the Bri
tish G overnment on the dispatches . he
has lately transmitted. Should I disco
ver from the perusal';of these papers,
that neither the interest of Great-Britain
or the pressure of the non-importation
upon her, were about to wo k an imme
diate repeal pf ner orders in council, the
following would be my project
I would at once lay an mau
In the mean time steps should be ta
ken foj issuing- Letters of -Marque and
Rtbnsal acsinst Great-Britaui...
-VyHeprisals, says Bynkershoek, are
a means of redress to be used only in
case of a denial of justice; Theyr,are an
authorization ''granttd by a sovereigntb
takcH the. persons and goodsof the sub
jects of "another prince, in oiderto.ob
uid satisiacuon; ior an injury commiuea
on his Dwn subjectst for ' whichjustice
has been denied by the sovereign of the
otrendiog party. Thus an'irjury com
mitted by, force and, violence, apd not re
pressed by the competent magistrate, is
redressed by the same-means and in the If br
same, manner.', There is not one ingre
tlient in theabove definition, which does
uuiciucrinio me composition 01 our pwri
casewith this dirTcrence, indeed, that
the injuries which' we bive suffered frbnf
G. B- are rot only unredressed but ac
tually augmented, iS the very name and
under the Orders of her government
Let us not despise - these means ,of
hurling backlhe thunderbolt at her feet.
When but in the very gristle and not yet
In the. bone of manhood, we captured, in
the course of two years after 1779, not
less than 753 of her ships. ' At a very
moderate computation, it js said that We
could, now fit out lSOCfast sailing pri
vateers, manned by 12,000 of the bravest
and most expeHeamenih''th'eiMforIdf
not very Well disposed, we should think,
to forget the injuries which their brave
brethren have experienced from a JJ ri
tish press gang. The very first cannon
thashould be fired, we should se milli
ons) of dollars (furnished by individuals
of the northern and others of the south
ern statcs)appronriated to the equinmenVl
of-privateers. " f'J; . :;C?V:'. .'",:
lu the mean time, I y?ould put the
whole. navy of the. U. S. into requisition
and in commission :
Fortify our forts mount their can
non, and raise-and discipline artillery
men to serve them x
Provide ammunition, raise troops, and
prepare by every possible means for put
ting forth the force of the nation, in case
a wanton attack should be made upon
our towns. . !
I would give "individual enterprise as
free a scope as possible ; it is a cheaper
and perhaps equally efficient means of
reprisal ; but in case the British govern
ment should send forth her 74's to lay
our towns in ashes, I would exact a ter
rible retribution upon her -raise troops
enough to sweep; her from Canada, or
at least from the territory no the south J
of the St. Lawrence. The. spint of an
incensed people would support the go
vernment in this act of resentment.
Such is my.PrejeiV you have a
better, propose it ; if not. " ue this with
me," SPIRIT OF '76.
South-America.' -
DE CLAMATION of INDEPENDENCE
(Concluded from our last.)
Such were the causes which at length
haveimpelled us to look to our own se
curity, and to avert those disorders and
horrible calamities which we could per
ceive werQ otherwise inevitable,- and
from which we shall ever keep aloof $'
by their. fell policy they have rendered
ourbrethren insensible to ourmisfor
turietfand have armed . theml against
us : they have effaceci from their hearts
the tender impressions of love and con
sanguinity, and converted into enemies
many members of our greatfamily. ' .
. When, faithful to our promises, wt
wcre sacrificing - our peace and dignity
to support the cause of Ferdinand of
Douroon,. we saw mac 10 ine oonas 01
power by which he united his fate to
that of the emperor cf. the 'French, he
added the sacrifice of kindred and friends,
and that on this account the existing
Spanish rulers themselves have already
resolved to acknowledge him only cc
ditionally.. In this paint ul state ol, per
plexity, three years have elapsed in po
litical irresolution,' so , dangerous, so
fraught with evil, that this alone woujd
have authorised the determination w hich
the faith we had pledged and .other fra
ternal attachments .had caused us .to de.
fer, till imperious necessity compels'us'
to proceed further than we nad4irst con
templated i-but: pressed by the hostile
and unnatural conduct of the Spaiiish
rulers, we are at jengtb absolved from
the conditional oath which wehad taken,
and now take upon us the august sove
reignty .wmcn ; we are called a here to
exerciser. ,,'. y-vv -rr ; '
: But as our glory consists in establish-
ing , principles consistent wim numan
happiness, and, hot ieredinjga partial fe
licity- on the misfortunes of our fellow
mertaiS vvev ncreoy" proclaim ana de
clare that we shall regard as friends and
companions in; bur des'in y, and partici
pators of our happiness,all those, wlc,
united by theCrelations of blood, lan
guage & relTgion , have sufTered oppres
sion under the ancient estariifhmentsV
"and who shall assert their indenendence
thereof, and ot any loreign power wtoat-
soe ver,lengaging that all,who shall co
pperateVithUs shall $anakel life, for
tune,; arid opinion,
nrzing oot only these, but those ofcverv
nation, in war enemies, in peace friends.'
orciqrcn, ana i?uow cuirens, -
i'Y:
Irjccsideratfdffhe
solid public 7; and incbritestible ?motiveSr
which force upon Os the' riecessity'bf re-
assumingjour natural rights, thus resto 1
red to us by 4he I'eVoIutiori bf jiwmlir f--2
fairsi aad tn virtue of the tmprescripubje
rightsbf eiVery bebplryjtb dissoivVieyerT
agreementjonventiori cr aociaTcom- .
pact, which doth pot establish th pWf
poses;for;Whichlbha,l r8roVernmerita .
are instituted, we" are1 convinced Ithat
cannot and ought'not any Ibneef ttfjtn- v
dure the5 chains by Whkrr we werccon
nected with thevment" of am
and we do declare like cveijy bthef i
pendent people, that we arfc free and de
terminer! 3tb hold rib dcpejidence" on any
potentate power or government,': than
we ourselves establish i arid that we now
take among the sovereign natirjns of the 1
earth; the ranlLWhich theSurnepe- f 1
irig and nature h atf assigned to us, arid
to which we bavbeerfc
succession Hof human events
regat4 for bur own ihappiness.
A? though we foresee the difficulties
which may attend our new'situation, and
the obligations, which- we tpntraci by
the, rank which we are about tb otcupy
iri tHe political qrdpr rbrthe;, brld and
abwe all, thf -oeiandueocep,C.; ari
cient tprms'and habits by which (to our
regret) we haVe' beeri hUerlo affected ;
yet we also know, that a shameful sub
mission to them, whcn'it Is iti bur Dow
er to shake them blfj Would prove more 1
igiiumiuiuu 10 ourselves, ana; more in
tal to postenty,vthan our long and pain
ful servitude. It therefore becomes our
indispensibledutyto "prbvideToV.ur.ile
curity liberty, and haprnesi byarilen'
tire and essential subversion andreforni
ot our ancient establishments $"'t".
reasonsi phat Ve have - complit cl witni -'..'v.'.-ti f '
the resctvVFhich we; bweji the bpmi- ;
onspf mankind, and to tfee'dignity of
Other nations, with wjjbm we are about
to rank, and of whose friendly inter- )
course we assure ourselves, " " i (
We, the Representatives: of the; con--federated
provinces of yeriezuela, ?in--vf ;'.
voking; the Most High towitness; the
justice of our cause, and the rectitude of.
our intentions, imploring his. divine as
sistance to ratify at the epoch of bur
political birth, jhe jughity b wbich hiai
rrpviaence nas restorea us, tqe ardenc
desire "W live and to die freerarid Ih Ihe
belief and the defence bf IthhblyCa- t .
tholic and Apostolic" reUgion 'bfJelua
Vsiinsi as vac orav 01 ouruuues.
We,! therefore In Tthe nameV" by the
willand under:he tiuihbrityhichef
hold for the virtuous pebrjle of ene
zuela, do solemnly dechre ,to the w orld,
that these unite. provinces are & ought
to befrom this day mrthin factnd of
right, free, soverei gp j arid " inde peodep C
states ; Chat they refislvedm all
allegiance arB depctance nthe crown
of paanof those who now caU, or
may QjereaHer call , themselves its re
presentatives or jagnts j 1 andthat as
free sovereign and Independent states
we, hold full powerj to. adept whatever
form of government may be J deemed;
suitableto the creneral will of itsiriha-
bitants ; fto rdeclarejwar, make peace, :
form 'alliajnces. esfatlisb - commercial t
treaties, define boundaries al restate (
navigation and to propose and execute
all pther acts, usually -iecufc f
ed by frecanrl independent patibnltndi
for the duefulIlraeni, vaKdit'a ata-
bility of ; thisour! soieinjecjaratbni
we miituallyabd traijlie
and '-hind the brbvirices m:eWch fhW
bur liveaf, fortunes? anil the i n&i&of the
Dpne at the Feafllce or the Carac-
: xas aignea witft rotnaAi and ;tealed
- Stviih the great seal ol the:payincial con-
Kwicuvu, nit? vuituicrsinca oy tlie SC'
9ih dayof July, m the year U,
'I the firtf of our liieMndehce;: ;:-
Signed by the r&cjatiuof i&e dlfetcnX
V; ; totct ofYenezuelaly "
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ytowWii$l
baildings, ;and convementr oathoines :and -u-f V Yf
Cotton Machineon it. A farther descrmikmis s ::Y
ihougkt urirfe4esary'asit is presunaed 00 im f. i 's '4
wttjroDHj.wiw jjuiwjftc wimoui siting tf.e r .
rjrcjftises- A isb5, six hundred and forty Acres V- &
cne Ya4JciTja; olb Beaver Dam Creek. th h 1
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