1STERE5TING LETTER". ;?
rfS lead. w' Wl.wioiC letter.
f ariooi topic mre Ucuca wUr caa
SfftoJ ound ttr.se i the opinion cx;
wettJ bite bem formed from mIOaI an4
l Zx oburtxuo j vd the fcti. com
Scitcd iatcrcilinjf and important.
" :--Vf .h.tdail of 'politician dcnomi-
. 7.iitfWv.tJ. fceha viewed or n-
rcsr, aai'tat bc caAdo 4o-dcclro his
Ttkn tbourh-id to doinx h, Tirtiiul-
jf f ool exprcilj' btttbwi the. raced of
rfiio oa ttxe policy of .hi political oppo
lean.-'' :r .-Nat, Int. '
TOTflE EDITORS.
An Anierifcm citiz
;-fbcn Con his patsapc rrorathc'U
Sutc for France) :ticen and; car-
there icvcril months: undcrvarious
! - ted f sopicwhat peculiar, cxreumstao-
cej. takes the, Iretrdom ot-trouolmg
jchi wiih a lew rcmarlLs, grounqea
dn ihe facts and opinions" gained dii
Tia his detention there "
The ereat leading principle' In the
policy of ihe British g'jverpraentts to
coiKjpol'rzetrdeand; aecure" and
increase thelprcpndera'ncef their
nav). JTheir mcreaied. expendn:
tares, greatas they arrs pass, bv 4ia
reedcdt provided ; these two objects
are secured. The nation is.' at pre
itat,ahso!utety governed oy :, the na
val foterestt and tHe":Xondoa mer
chants ; and."therw agtTinst je vU
uired-States will- be DTOScCutedrso
as it thall be for the benefit: of
those two interests ; .ixoless the Uni
ftd States can tnaiei deep impres
ion on some other. Interest Apper
taining to that .kingdom
W.1." "': ;.
char.u, who-really govern Grear E
tt, wao rraur B""o ore.r un.,.
:o, wiU ccntmup pleased aod ,
gririEed wth;thii , war so long as the
neutral trade i "permitted by the
Uoitcd States,;.because that traders
alxost'exclusivclyiowned by British!
merchants.' J Two ; ships sailed, for
tie uoitea otatesirom liopuon au
rxq my stay there'i one of;whlch had
Kusi ah Uppers and a Russian " mas
ter; the other purported to be own
ed by a Spaniard at Cadiz, had Span
ish papers and a Spaniard" on board,
whr sc duty it was re enter and clear
her in the United States. vYct the
arovred owners of these two vessels
rtVide in Lbadoa, "and;, are neither
of them Spaniard or Kusslarr. But
these two instances are nothing : The
British povernment mean. to mi)n6ru
clize the whole of our tra3e, through I
the neutral flap : and it may safelv
he isserted, that, 'so long as they are
showed to carry on ihcmsIveti;to
fiuchof the commerce of the United
States as is for their benejit and to
step all the rcmajo.dcr; so . long at
east will the mercantile body of G.
Britain be anxious to have war con
toe with the U States.
It may not be uninteresting to add
tt the writer wasjnforraed in Loo
sen, by a respectable gentleman Who
kid jur left the Bahic, that evek'in
"at quarter, the British, merchants
ere buying up American; and other
veIs, putting them under Swedish
'rs acd fitting them out for. the U.
ss with ircn, &c.'.v .
It happened that' the newper
America, containing the Presi
ci's message of the24ihof Fcbru
") with the account, of the passage
cuh the Houseof Representatives
f "Ht bill asaiftst Uie licences in Ai
-rican vessels, reached ' England
-n I was there The effect was
'"ccdciful-.Themerchants and:ihe
67vi.,rnment were- In measure,
l!ju:k with alarm, and with utter sur
ffjie at the energetic . meisures-A-Jnis
sentiment . however, subsided
coctrmpt, as soon as they learnt
t the Senate bad rejected' those
bills - and the Board off Trade,
Jh,ch had renc7iic--struct firt
-""fcoi, fvim uieiearot lqamg qur
rf t'Ow pu2alirig and wor&
, , !hcTrst.vtl from day ; to to
I - ay a and means to prevent a-
oart 0f u.frombtng carried onbv
" JjliiiiTi of th privy council were-many . ver is somewhat loircrcd-rocehefVvcntUted-fir!tj.ffoodt.fcoin Livciwo.rhe , urpttpC buying ?igil(:i
dayaVrcsc!--:ag,and dclibcratmg.jbt. toUtndonWu tfelMV
fore theyScould hit upon a mode;of in ttie'north of JSto
1 ssmo liceoces!SyhicV theC deetrie:d
3Uiuucuuw icsuuuvcr ai ,uiy ny?
pear strange that "this .jgreat -'govern;
merit U thus actuated and thus - eth:
ployedi but it wncverthele'troe.7
The BndsK ' gdvernrhept ; views
ours asagnverhtncnt without ener
ffy4nd v .u ; loble to i carry (itiy
cnerir'ctic .measures - into effect. ; It
oeiieves tnai our, government uarc
opt -tax he , people to carry on, the
war j.and tdarcs nor prevent the Bri
tish from carrying away our bread to
supply their army and MrVxo!onies ;r
or even to regulate aud carry on tne
whole commerce of par country.
With these opinions nd feelings; it
may readily besuppoied, that the Jan
tish cabinet do not feel in much haste
to make peace. with us; and they do
not mean (to use the elegant language
of, 'the Courier) 4 to ' give us peace,
until they have chauised the insolent
Americans, or daring . to make war
upon them.1' . ' .
,SPpiog the neutral trade entirely,
and especially so far as it regards
breadsturTs lumber, flaxseed and salt
ed provisions, could not fail to have a
fmost beneficial effect. We. should"
soonje inundated Vith British liccn
ces : but they certainly will be used
by almnst every merchant when he
can make profit thereby, vunless they j
are promoitca Dy law : ana it is ;uo-
qucstiooably better, in every poinc
of view, that we- hcu!u export-par
produce on cur own terms, even un
der licences, thS to gratify the Bri
tish with the liberty ot exporting it
oa their . . r y -
. z.The writer will takef the freedom
Ntbitate Jutthir. tht- he: inowi that
Cong Vpin? the law agaict
,he ie cf thc-British f.eences fn A-
merican vessels, and at the same time
ileaviog the neutral trade unmolested.
nave piaccu our commerce on tne
precise footing which is in exact con
formity with , the views and policy of
the Btitish government. And, he
cannot refrain from declaring ic as
his most solemn conviction, that it
is the worst footing for us. and. the
best fur our enemy, that could be
devised. , .
At the same time it cannot be. cal
culated how infinitely bettert would
be for our country,' if we could en
tircly prchihittbe exportation of pro
visions and lumber, whatever we
expcirt'of these articles, goes directly
to teed our enemy, ana cnauics mm
to combat us with renewed strength
and vicor. .
It may safely be pronounced, -that
the withholding our bread and other
provisions from the enemy tne pre
venting him from carrying on our
commerce through the neutral flag
and tne snutttng ouroi nis mminac
turcs are the three mot powerful
weapons with which he csn fight this
powerful antagonist :' and it cannot
be doubted but the embargo whien
was lately proposed, had it been carr
ried into a law, wrn'd, in this instance
at least, have borne infinitely harder
upon the enemy than upon ourselves.
I can now scarcely suppress my inutg
natbn at seeing the large quautiues
of berf rolling off the wharves in this
place into Spanish ships, and which
f-knew wai going direct to the ar
mies of the enemy v
The past spr'mg the British high
church statesmen made rather lofty
calculations with regard to the ' issue
of the contest wth America. They
considered Napoleon ; CompVtel ru-
Liart) ; and all the,northern kinguqms
of Europe would now be in alliance
and bpen to their commerce and that
consequently they should have: little
die to.'do but treatlis as they -'plcasi
ed. They felt sure of comptiUngTus
ture aW: of nations ;:ancl they'.eyecr
thought of making it ode bf thrcondir
tionsof the peace'thejrwoutd event
uaiiy oesiow xm usy. inac; wc. suouiu
in future be restncicil as to obr bu'ddi
'l r-.-i i- 'tt-ii,.ll .It
to supmiio meir own .terms as .10
seamen t the rule of'war '.56,'with.
ouvif relaxauon," was to bc the- fuJ
T have ho"need ol' infrrhlncT that
ins uriiisnjejecxeu tncinossian me
diation jal most as soon aik'lt f as of
fered-roor that the law i passed by
congress- relating toitnod empioy-
Iment of foreign seamen?, was only a
j a subject of ;laughtef Jridiculefin
Jihit cjjpo
ea a weac attempt at concJMauoq, oy
a government.- aireaay tirea or ana
frightened at the war it had ao lately
j n i.r. e..i nt
ucci:ircuagaiasi(ne au pwcnui ivxis
'tress df the Ocean." 1
There is no sort of doubt but that
we have how. got to Ipot'.for'eace
with-Grcat Britain, nut to their Ju'
ticc but to their fears and their irt-
l terests. If wS cannot . (besides ma
it-- . .. .- - .
icing an impression upon uanaaa
with our troops) make also aN "deep
impression upon tne vy est tnuia tq
lonies and the armies in the Peninsu
la, by withholding bread, stuffy ; 'Qr
upon their monopolising merchaots
by takmg our conimerce but of their
hands ; or upon their manufacturing
establishments, - by refusing to de ceive
their goods ; it is buTXoo cer-
tain that we can never force tjiat
government to a just and honorable
peace ".. ' .
. The decided advantages recently
obtained by Bbnapat te, in the north,
will operate gt nerally in our favor .
indeed they , have reduced the hopes
of Britain (aVTt regards the continent
of Europe) chiefly to what may be e
fect6d by their armies in the Penin
sula ; they are consequently bent on
straining every nerve to effect some-';
ihing grcat in that quarter and -we I
hava certainlv the rower of rrt.inlini-
. - - r-j - " - O
their exertions there, by withholding
ourbrcadi- 1
Thebrilliant successes of ou- proud
Iinle navy have astonished the -world
but whilst the loss of three frigates
has. beep more mortifying' to the Bri
tish government than would have
been the defeat of as many armies;
yet, our navy is so Very -diminutive,
that it cannot be expected to have any
greatweight in thr procuring a peace.
In travelling a distance of 2 or three
hundred miles, through thecouQtryin
England, and conversing with the va
rious n classes of people ih; country
towns, it was by no means difficult to
discover that the manufacturers' and
all the middling classes, arc anxious
for the restoration of a peace with
America, It is.only the great farm
ers, the monopolising jnerchants and
the navy, that wish jbr a continuance
of the war. : ,
The British government caleulates
on a division Nof our Union, whene
ver our government shall havetmder
taken to collect direct taxes. - it is,
perhaps, not unfortunate that the v are I
so credulous, and have been so easily
gulled as to believe our political squab-,
bles will' have that pernicious tendec-
cv'; : because they must be .eventually
undeceived, and in a measure discom
fited, by reason' of the steps they Wajr
tak, founded on sueh belief. , 'i
II I shall take the freedom to pro
nounce my sincere conviction that
the small amount of revenue obtain
ed by" admitting cargoes o-.British
manufactures into some of our north
em sea ports, via Lisbon can butilly
compensate for the evil of permittmg
this trade. gives dspjijig, to Eh
gllsh manufactures, and'causes'vthem
to cease omplainingt-it'atops the
mouths of thousands, who" would, o-J
govenlmenttaniake peace with Ame-
rica.
jTbey 'are now, at various manufac
tories? in lbglandt'putting up gobdV
this country -This trafEcrJf permit-
reavwui oe pus,nea ta a. great cjcul ;
andjby U, nnyvBriushercrnnts
fewwericarspecuJator,'a one ibr
two j TJablo cotlectorsr ill bneS greatl tj
cdricbedKat the r expense of a much:
greater prolongation; ox tne war, ana
of the blood 'and, treasure pf the cotm-;
-.'rirti juC
in mc &onuguesGsuc, wuu un
gdese' m .irks; Sc.' UThese gpto ' Li s
bon, and thcpceUn4nertraUve3sel5rto
paying the ondreiduire-la'wWni
yetfgptting anaequatcjnnc
ine consumer: pave .aqie- Mease a
bolderinf ijbt a! mofd honorable par t
; The ctpences of ithe British koy,;
ihe commecetnt irteir ar wltli'
ern mem nave creauv incTeacu aiocjc
tne tinitcu-.atatwano rtneVf wiua-
moupt, in tbpresent year p ineven
for the servicejsvof thisaty(3r.n7f
ty millions - .vr1--;, :
I At the same- tinte their revenues
will fall short considerably mthe pre
sent year, i heie venue? arising on
tobacco alone was; last fear, onemil-
lion two Hundred tnousana faunas,
wriichvilJl be chieliyut off tke yskr
tp corned . .. . v - v. r ;'
It his been of ten said, that the Bn
tish government. always riscc in 4heir
demands oh their antagonists in,rjo t
portion to tneir own reverses or lor
ftune t: but to ihe vvVthat this remark Is
totally void of any foundation in truth,
the instance may be dtedbftheir:con
duct with' relation to: Denmark the
present year.' Count, Biernstoff, tbe.
Danish minister, came to London the
past spring ;o solicit peace; ( He
was'i however trpated with cohtcmpt
and sent home in disgust, And ye jr j
since the unexpected reverses of their
allies on the continent, t,he, British 'go-
vernment nas cnpgingiy sentua mm-J
ister to jjrnmarji mr tnevpurposcL pi
endeavoring to conciliate that court V
It is bv no means improbable thati
trje most extraordinary Sweaifeh IreaM
iy, wnicn nas just Deep .laiaoeiore
Parliament, together .with; the disas
trous events on the' continent will ufi J
tlereairh should bet reolaced fas thev
probably 'w ould be) by Gan&ing and
Wellesley.H -;
' I need nottoucli, upon -the . subject
of the conduct of the British "govern
ment relating; to imerican seamen
6n board British ships ,jpf war.l I
must however take the liberty to say.
a few words in behalf of the' Amerirf
ran prisoners in England i-because i
know their situation, and bc?ause
theyare not permitted topeak" for
themselves. '; '.wdvy -'
L 'These Americans, who have all
been madcprisoners .ot war, -wnust
engaged in legal and honorable pur
suits, feel impressively that theVate,
rnot the leastdeserving citi2tns.---ihey.
tneretore leei tne iuu force ..pieypry
neglect. ' Mahy'pf the parole prijni
ers, have been already confined more
than - six" months.; about . one hird
pari of them are totally; destitute of
funds', and are consequently compeU
led to ;live 'on the pitiful alloivance
furnished them by the British govern-
ment, - une sniiirog ana inree-pence
I per dayj'irxil place where beef is 10
banlcpaper otEnglanxUs'so much der
precraicof : ai f a o jrama 11 . uuuar ; 1
27: whilst therpriceslot eatables are
from to-100 per cent;deaf erthan
in jne couoiry towns or me u ajiatcs.i
ThOse of the rJaroleMtsberswhd
bavCmabindantri probe rJty.yat ; hoin en
areaome ot them caugntm .ngtanci
without funds .and without; the'pow-
er pi, procuring cnem many -possioie
.watheirjsituatibnls therefdre''Jn
5; eprners the g
sob " ships Arc fjetter situaMfjanihe
parole p'rironeTSj withregard ;'tobi
jiftof-aws.forn.
though the quantity of: theirfop4iii
nfcaVIyVuflenti.fe
wiir egardtb. the quality labdr
under dimeulriea which require attea
Uon ; r. ;A v-',:,-,, ;r
-4 If the-American argent should ne
autnonsea ana atrecteo to lufnisa tne
sffiall pitice of from to 25 cents
peweefc, X& each AnieHcaXrsbier
set tne 'present ministry- v ;puivit-'is , 'YFYp:.;? :'.il
belie vtrrXthat nothing would bein'-'iti -iSS3aS"fte5fe iSSSttfJtSii" :
ed to the United'States-bysuch an e- :;,t -.-
;rh.U'T.rn,l l ":Z)rfiticnow .lho
per pouuu.-isiioi-ao mucn as accents
womdc,' in Jnpstpf the. country
r.ownsxof:-tlie The
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liUnaojiqccGiy.savxnc live Tsr'-I''
'.many -vaiuiiuic scuiacusuu ,iu:-. rffl
hoiaoaiid K--?
tnSsts that moliHit
-3hoi0dno.ijattv;nf
. - tan - wnateyersHuaiioav y m.y.i:.s. ; o (
;irespecj 5 1 i,
riuii?ubm'ti6iiF sij
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tio1asaioh?wbu)c5na -0;
fem!noci
. lmetwnV$appeard Jn , t.f
RHcan'Sf ihiidayjsipa
arlomxwnch ' -Qfe!
aOUoimywnVchaxa . yj-i!
down: the yilelanoVt a plaidfM: .
riefmart?; MMdainlin;
:VaVeVcw;'cnlrifidei : $ .
nor. : nadsuee W '0
2tst ulrljeceiyed aleBcr iof which
quauifahdoes fiot jutiimyruat
n5i
'suchlmaliarters-CaM ; '
witnomaeiscmeo 3
la
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naaootitjio mentiontnatiTCouio,
not.
vaaaresing you as t arn. con-.
vinced I should always do if e ;terftr
oeiter acquainted. -jti is?jb entioneuL ;
in'ne'pf.'nur'prf ( ' r
JoshuafBneyiaapioted t the. ; - iS;
m mm. v.jrw r w iK'n y-v fti o t
t;tlo?pot ie . ' lv'
sumeyybuJram ualutwjhi.. :-?!- Ml
charact BUt tJ ypUiff Kv
meto ibfptyotii .-e'v;-.
abandqne
Vics1iudliiiorls$
pised.by nine tenlhs alU that haVe, V;
Jtaken ahacByJfeafeiuWc
ot uaicimprc, iipoy nope.roore xnjnx
r.aril-,' nfehr Stiles: Krke:M ;
Mctivity.-you musVhave jieajBrV ancX ? v - j
teycbfemar,mstra
mi men wiiidc oougea to retires u - f? !
it U riot dctaev let mertoMifW: ' ' i ;
sake:-otmafcgfw
..r't.-iai LlvfjclXiW
, acter, t not- to . make sUcHajl vapbpfuui ifepv
? asHM-you i3.to peiieve;? me.
wnting thisbot the:- goodU ottny ; " -: i
country;-goverpmeil and city whtre? t i':
-v Uistetterada53t(rtn!tbe'.t
rvuiiiiii -u.tr cKirirr inn h a aa - - '
oucci uipuMcijcappearea: me a
Vbd;inpiocl
HheiautHbrwonlci:; have rbirnetl
frVu MWU?5 .lc,P, leariess 01 con
Micr inaa concealment 1 .- 1 h tfMTi-i .
ceflm
pose triutho
the Sec'v nf;a.?NVrr-Iih
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