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1U W.B-MAttriN'l lCUAUGE
as two or three jeim Fs,k?f
JuileeTKl tbe foltowinff Vi?61
fm U'e rttwonf in,ry Chire of his to
. tfeC;Md Ualiimorr County, 51th
After a eliocauon of the nature
cfnian and f.f oiJctvApd government,
thcJudtrtf concjudi;$at 311 wars arc
icSktcd on naUfCT'oT their aim. j
1 ne ouprernc lacing ay
h b:s wiseprpyidehce;hMh made1, it
bis constant rule to nuqtsnnauonai
ciimes by nup'nliifliicuons. r'l'he
nitical txistence ol nations is con
"... s t .' 1 1 '1. .'. 1' - t.V-:. -
tacd to inuvrorifj, neajivays inuiucs
irem for their nat uJnsJ gu'lt andsome
timc yttrrly dctroythero. ' W'r;-
limit c and pcitilcncL are the three J
itcjrgcs .mr?st; . usuany. aaopica
t him, whcrewitlx. to .avenge him
s?if on nations who have, trampled
h'rs mrr i-rs unrr jhcir.fcct, and in
ic!!rd h'.s jasticT; Of 'these, war is
Lhr m f lutef,',nd ivcc, the most
ta br denrec.ited,- a besides its ovra
ar-.vna!tiviTs;it i frtnuently pro-
du :;vr ol botnjne otner5,pcsuicnce
3H fjmjne - besides which nothing
nn be rco-c fertile indmoJutcness
jnJ corruption of,he morals of a peo-
pK ootniris sprouueuyc 01 n:y
ar.d additiooal scenes of vice ; and
ar cniantly furniihes add!-
tinc.il supplies to those very sour
ces frcrn which it firjt orginatetL
A ccl as wr is one of the gre-trst ca
brrii'fs, by fr htcji an avenging Gocl
aa,in hb wrath,-punish mankind,
k-can a j guitt be mo t;e aggravated
cr in- xniable, than the guilt of 'the j
m'-n who withrut jutifiab!e cauie,
pJunge a nation into VJc? 'Such a
m:n h aciount:ble to his Gr.d for aH
thr dinest and misery, bMh public
od pi i vat e. which shalJ fiow there
fnm. Io the sight cf Heaven; he
i l be virnrd as the wi'ful, the de
rheratr mur!erer. off very iodividu.
l,tihoM his" life io the prosur
lion. And his soul !3-taincd .by e
Tervdrcp cf b!nod,. rhich shnll be
sprlrd tbtrebv : stainswhuh'must
w.fsh:d out, in this wOtfu; by
it an of the cIcrnct and moMf bi.
ur ccr.rti:iro, cr will be punished, 4
n another, by the hottest, fire of di
tioe iadigti.tianJ - t .
'Whoever would nUh to sec this
ir h ; h hi h e , a r e'po w in flctetl
tr ar av engine (iodl terroinatecT bv
anh horrible prr.ee ; or, if-that-csn- j
set l r cbtaincd, that Heaven may j
irti r ufon cur arms, in its further
frrwruticn ; let them "dean ' their
rr-Js from all iniquity, and purify
cir hearts from all pollution; let
irm bumble themselves before the,
bud ; let them teae to do evil and
Mnt' do well. Thcv, who thiv
ct, whatever may be the boasting of
trs, T?iil prove themselves the
F".r?st patriots, and. stncerytt friends
ciVcrr crur.try;; while, en., the con
rt, thcv who ontinue! in their vi-t'-u?
pursuits ; ' vyhogo'r on' adding
'3 .o sin, with grced'ttes nho in
a're themselves.. In :hc gratification
tU"tl theirunruly pasMoni, whatever
3y be Jhtir professions, are itn
l?ntesr e,henv.cs ; and,1 at far as in
lm lies",, ibe ensure the .disgrace
Hiiccrofiturc of our armies, while
" tharpen thr swords h 'strerr'.h
rae hinds ofur .nrmu j. And
c,'och persons lit may .indeed .be
:th great - truirr said, that' they are.
cf moral trea?or-. ,
The.JUcfgC tticn enunieratcs some
uhc dutiesof the Kr.Md Jaryand'
ndudcswiih the'fo-lr.itinc retSatks:
relation to Treaso'n and perpetlial
By our constitution, this crime;
Vicstthe suiteqrtKe LVited-States,'
1 OLfined solely. to1. It vy i ng war a
dcrcdas comprising ib it-the"
yni them, or adhenngtoAbeir tne-1
' S'yios them aid-and comfort,,
cs crime is, in , all gove'romectv
Mmjr ui sUMt 5,5 ocing
ty v- allegice which c-
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aa weu asmtrocjuctory to almost eyery
otheirspecies of crimes. Aod I nod
it, gentlemen, as a -acred and uncon
trovertible truths truth of which .
tannct dsubt xhzt po citizen cab ."more
Tifcottuuy oivest himseir ot nis..aiier
gtance ta his government, without
its' consent,' than his govern merircaii
without his "consent . dcpfiye.him of
its protection.- This truth is,founded
in the verj-nature of xjvil'Spciety,
and essential ? to iu eiiistebcr. The.
coptrary,drctrine lstKespairn of folly
and knavery .-Wei afc". indeed very
gravely tcld by certain wiseacres of
modem growth, "that as it did not .de-
pnd upon any manVcho'icewhether
he should be; horn in. any particular
government he ; is'vthet.eforV Wder
no ODiigation 10 eootinuernt3auegi
ance'to t any longer, than he pleases,
And, these same wiseacres 'a's, grave-'
ivf jto tell us that "children are under
no obligation to love, hoaor and obey
j their parents, except so far as seems
jgocd in their own eyes, because their
pirents in . begetting them, were ac-
luaieu uy-tneir own rHcasure,-witnoui
consulting them whether they chose j
u uc.iurgtmcu. i;i, mcic crc ?
mong them such impious fools, who i
proceeding on the same principles,
even ten us, mai man is unoer uot
obligation, nor owes any duty to his
God, because his existence was forc
ed upon him, whhoat his consent br
ing first obtained or evena&kcd for.
REPLY Of THE GRAND JURY
The. Grand Jury having dufv con
sidered the solemn charge delivered
to them at theopcning of the present
session of this cour t (a copy 'of which
has been furnished ibem) beg leave
respectfully to present and say; that
thcv feel impressed with a proper de
ference for that honorable tribunal ;
i
yet they cannot, io duty to themselves
and f their beloved couotryhs law,
and political institutions, permit tome
of the mral ao'd political principles j
diffused through the charge to pass
un tic?d, lot. the unrtflrctipg. nd
uninformed, might, indeed, be indue
yd io believe, .that the hearts df the
L American pecnle, were not only ude
terioratcd," but even rotten to-their
cores. .
-Although some of the reasoning St
lentim'ents perfecdy accord with that
01 'nc jun rmqre ,13 niuti in ne ex
teniv;e Tange tiken by the court, po
repugnant to their-opinion of tvhat is
correct, or consistent with cur nation
al dignity, or with the true principles
of our excellent form, of government
that the-Jurv have thought ?it their
bcjuhdcn duty to. point out some. of
what they; conceive thus exceptiona
ble and erroneous, p-'
We arc well aware that "human
governments werefcrmed, and courts
of law establishedto'preserye peace
and order in society, andj to protect
individuals innhe'eniovmtnt. of pro
perty, reputationiberty and life l that
of all governments the. mos:legiti
raste is thatcf the Republican - form
itnd that virtue.. is"r45scntially re-
qoiMte to its preservation. . . - . :
; And while; we lament that man is
too'much inclined to evil, anil that the
improvement qf morals and a stricter 1
observance' in the practice of yitlue,
ranit be always desirable; and particu- j
larly scijo us, Trom. the genius pf our j
government ; ,y et, we. are , connoentj j
in a strong conviction, mat mere, is no
enrfldeteriorationinyirtue, morals
or rcligtcn. , ; ,
-. The virtuous stand our country has
taken in thejeiiisting'; contest ; when
power would tyrannize byer rVAf
and tne spirited enthusiasm of a great
maiority of the people; in support of a
no ntcous cause, arcatuiicsuuiucdi w
e vince a national puf uy. and integrity,
whic h.onght to ; nave quitted any ap
pre hensions, as'to the safety of the re
public. . .. - v ; - - - , , -v .i :: .
A .But. although the jury cajraot tee
iny jwra7Zflij.egen,Vr3cy they srejtoft
ry to ohscrVef that there wepany a
moogst uswho are trtadiermis venal
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very .atizen.owes to mat.goverbment
of which) he la a member, and striking I
at the verv existence pf government, j
na ooanacneai on t;ncja, xris ta dc
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(eared,1 lawi.br wmple will have lit-
heart : and who malce' Religi6n,the eri-i
cine toctxrer mese worst 01 purpose.
B uc the j ury must beg . le aye to say,
that it is 4t Uholit mingled .tmo-
tions 01 regrer ana -tnoign.aiion, uia
theyhaye hear'iherrprestnt public
enemyi the aily of savakesrthe in4
truments'of destxjtisrnV and the trols
aged, plundered and. violated, the in-
nogeot and the fairjand ,idefaced. in
kuited and defiled the house of chris
tian .worship stiled the J bulwark of
the religion; we. profcss.V Yet, the'
jury entertain-tne,, lively coonaenr e
that bur divihereUgion, thus, abiised
by the hypocrite apd the masked trai
tor, will finally by th e blessings of an
t .: .A. u . V. .... k . '.
all wjse' Providence, be ' shed abroad
i our hearts, and spread its purifying
and benign mfluencethrbughout'eve-
ry region of this happy, land. ;
That a powerful nnd ambittojjs n'a.
tir aspiring to unlimited sovereign
ly aricl con ttoljshouldj attack, and com
mit aggressions on a virtuous and re
Jgipus people, it must be acknowledge
I ed, to. the disgrace of human nature.
js neuner novel or uncommon; and
tbe history of ft-w nations furnishes so
jnzny rsampiesoi sticn wiinton,n-uor
pl injustice, as that of G. Unts'nt.
. fl nc Jur3; nave. not deerned it with-
in the bounds of their duty, or the li
mits of this presentment of their sen
timtnts fhd cpihio'ns of the charge, to
turn aside to enquire,' who', or what
,was ment by the strong terms in
which the court seemed to imprecate
the wrath of Heaven, upon the head
0 t 'hat individual who, should plunge
a happy people into the calamities of
war, mrrely to .gratify his ownambi
tiorr. They believe that ncne but an
individual possessing df-spotic control
cou'd have the power to inflict so
heavv a calaniitvV So far as tne ex
pressions or the allusions of tbe court
applied to absolute governments, they
meetviih the hearty approbation of
the jury ; and it h not without a con
Mdcrahlc degree of confidence and sa
tisfjctioo they express their.: belief.
that not eVen an enemy of the chief!!
m-Jgistrate of the United StnttS, who!
J has ihc least regard to truth, would or
I tould apply such msinu ticn to him :
a matt who hus lorg ben the choi e
of the people, and so recently re-elev-ted
to the high station he has' tilled,
since the declaration of war, by near
ly two thirds of ail the people of this
nation.-.
The intrusion upon territorial juris
diction;the violation ol pcrsond rights,
add'the base iniringemtnt of the freew
dortx of navigation, the jury humbly
conceive, were just and mple causes
of war and ibufdrivtri into the con.
test, the AraerlcSn people,the world,
and posterity; muAt ackutvledgc we
h-,ve, justice on our yide ; and jutce,
observes the great American sage
u c.''ablheth. a. nation.''
The jury , cannot omit glancing to
what they deem,. the absurd and un-
tonttitvucnal ground, on' which .the
court have" predicated thVir remarks,
in defence of perpetual allegiance.
The premises, and deductions drawn
therefrom, are, 'altogether, such, as
lhy must totally reject; they. view
them'as in flagrant-hostility with the
honor' and irAerestof the Union, and
with every genuine Amcriwnfe.elihg
and sentiment. And thev c more
poignantly ,: deplore, the .utterance of
such doc'trjhe, op 5t'subjectt at a cri'
sis. so jmpurtaot. to.r their country ;
whenf instead of' entering.' into the
views and " policy "of ' theenerhy and,
therebyV making an inroad Upbn; the;
energies of the 'nation they holff it
to be the Sacred duty bf every ' faithful
and patriotic bean, to beat n umson
witk vkHosAefo
calls forth, In support of justice and
rights againit tyranny iod. Oppr ession'
L Wttfi due 'deference, to tw honorable
coirKtf.ncy; .ikuuiu luriucr auu, inav
the romujgat; on o fin; t penejt enti
jdienC.Vob :perpeiuit)legian
only ie productiV6 "of an eflect to'Vr.
C72 the physical force of the riatxop, in
itsTpresent . heiligercnt attitude t an1
as thev jvould not aid in.cdmmunicat-
Jpg.i spshS toeven the tnost slight
nerveofthfe gnveVnment-t.hey4 there
fqrev decpl'- regret, thatthre honorable
cQtirt should nave so uigresseci miw an
e&ralffiaai tracts a to touch 'sub
ject, they have been thus impeDed to
notice wnn some ucgitc.iu wnivt-
nation.
The furv ' cannot accord rWlthfthe
jiohofabie court, lin sinking jmiinQ
JoW in grad6n the scale pfcreation
as is contended fpr in7, the "charge
theyj wpuid rather exalt jhzn dsgrjee
human haturc- andv as freemen, they
are unwilling to cslk an unnecessary
andMndeserved atigma on the dignity
of man. '' ; ; : ' v:. :
i;he jury cfo :ho deem it expedient .
to resort to writers on' the laws of na
tions, to prove the failicypi the doc
trine they 'Condemn; for it' requires
but a'siight: beam of sober reason to
play upon' the mind, to see the 'subject
and its hearings in all their dtfoririity,
If the charge should herealter Jbe re
ceived in a British court f justice, as
gcod evideoce against z-yiutufeitlzed
American, and should produce con
demnation and pmishment say, an
ignominious cicatn me peoaty ior
treason ; in snth an event, the j&ry
would observe that the feelings of i ts
authors ".would reauire a. solace, of
which they hope they will not be des
titute in the hour of need. k
The jury wouTd close this subject,
by adverting "td thatxporttbnsof the
Declaration, of Independence, which
concedes to man k "fJfe liberty mid
the pursuit of happiness" and they
would make a reference to the consti
tution of the , United States, which'
authorises Congress to establish a
iinjqrjn rule of naturalizdtionJ-j-Such
!rule having been established,
j growing out ot tne con3iicuiionj tne
i jury deem it the duty of good citizens,
to respecr the high obligation it im
poses ; andvthey feel a confidence in
the &ood faith and honor of the nation?
. which aTe the sacred Dledpes of ruar-
anteewor the orotectton of the hatu- I
rallied ciVzehs fi om every'couotryi
'1'he Jury feel much pleasure in'
finding they are supported in their
opinion by a member of thir Supreme
Court of the United States ; 44 Per-
haps fsay9 lu ge Iredell) it is not ne
cessary that it the (the right of expa
triation) sh- ukl be expressly decided
on thin occasion: but I; will freely
express my seniirilenta on that sub!
ject ; that a mln ought not io be. a
slave i that he should not be confined;
r.gamst his will," to a particular ' spot; i
because he happened to draw hfs nrstl
breath uponlit; that he khou'd not
be compelled to continue in o society
to which he is jaccidently attached
when hie can better his situation else-1
where ; much less when he must
starve in, one country, and mav, live j
re Li.. l. -: I
cuimuriauiy inanuiner ? re positions
which I hold as strongly' as any man;
and they are such as most nations in
the'werid appear clearly torecognke.,5
For these and other reasons; not
herein partictUarly expressed the ju
ry beg leave respectfully ytq; present j
and say, that the, chacge delivered to
them at ahe 'opening pi . the- present
session at the court of Oyer,. and Ter-"
(miner, by the chief judge rJthereofi
Contained sentiments expressions,"
of which they totally disapprove." -RicHARb
Stewart ore man.
vA--. .- And theotber Jiu6r
rosiv.
rw, Monday the, 1st. ot JJpvember.or the.
dty betofe, a-black leather PACKET
'909K.V. cbmainfiig; IX Note$ of the feranch1
Bank er North Ctfri-ja, arrioantin ib 2p;
dollars; a .'d a one dollar Newbern Note V 'tQ j
get her wiiha note drawn by Wm.M; HaVi
veyi Esq: .dited 3h pctobcr,v on demznd tct
fighlyldol patabie to me. wliicti note thir
fubirc.are fo warned from titing any: ksiJgn:
mebt of,ir tradingor-thr same, a pajmcov
is tpped-ilitre were sundry other papers,
ot )mrfiediately. wcbliected,. wc& coijld oniv
6f aeriheow.Jli -V '
The finder is at liberty tojretain sachpart
of jhe.Money as he njay consider hjm&eJ fen.
cled to iq hirtrtmbie; oft delivering the Pock
et Book and reraaitlng pohteots to ,
"3 THOMAS GORDON.
Wew-Leiinon, X, C Nov. .3.
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The folteiag extracts from ;a Qaebeepaeri
re beived yesterday;. ftirQisiies, wfpl
lowing strictUres po the, evepts :fihe,.
present Hvah ejttracfeuiTO
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bee -papeHfd eobsatiSnV pfv.
us; own, lnrelatidn to ur nayalyic
toriesi ;T$ereaderVj
spirit aiicl te&ieVv inwhicn theyare
Avrittcm ; ; '
Tbe Victory gatnerj;;by; he A
n .enthusiastic Joy throrhoiier the;
United States.; Tne . twp; great po
liticai parties, ip that country are vie
jog with eathtHefor
th at- v i ctory, and atl ippps1 tioh to the
war seems ior aime 10 pe lorgpcieri)
in the gratification; of f national prides
ivhich it hasiariledi x: . . v ;
'' VThecctest f it odght to hive
beeQ sd cajfedi betiween Great Bri
tain and the .Uoteif States, on the
waferV haV indeed been gratifying to
the Americans, and mortifying to
British-subjectsy beyond ahy thing
that could have bef"n figured bVjthc
utmost stretch of imaginatibnvVes
sels of an inferior classf vervibadlv.
manned have been,asit.e.fJmwii '
info the way .of the enemyV vessels
! fresh frohri port, fully . prepared " aridv
man.ne4t.w1th picked seamen ; 1 so ais
to afford them at least, a semblance
of superiority, bveriruis: officer
and seame beyondj V&zt ! Vasv ever
obtained ;by the mpip
brave of the numerou?ip&
.w;hom; they ; have ;.ccmtri ..
i HoW; long this clisgracefil sttaie 3
of things is tp last, WecanbqtCtell j
but if it is nbt ;quickly re medd ye
are sure that4t will not only
ruinous40 these provinces, but dan
gerous to the; nayal existence of BrUt
tish grearness which has arisen from '
the superiority Mf heirsval rbfficers
and eanetierpseljf e very other
notion ; fho
not for tb!presnti with the freight
frigates destroy the two huodi4tf
shipyof the line of Great Britain, u
the i r successes infuse frers fi : yigptfr
into all her enemies, vhich gpgl,
ways to be .counted as consistinttVAr
lHcely tb consist of eVeryvnatlrthai
navigates the ocean; -, The ioocl rJ.
tizens of London mav. thumnK m
their yictories vin Spaing and Ponn
gaV; but the onquerers tf Vittoria
and Pyrferesiirnot Ibng defend
bngland,hould ;she ever- suffer the
sceptre of the ocean to slip out bP her
hands; heni 'lo the insulting 1
guage pf ode .who hates her, she '
which her population anffitorial
-t?T$irl tHt torn
which erfmde and seamen Mv
raised beae must recee5govern.
or
;mteiit
h ye giventrbnithe Ottfe'r:; i. :
we
has etritiq
a mixmre'orfretfdlness AvhicK1 nert
aS'f V ' " ",TrC5 artxeuse
So, firom
fMuuipniDg-ror the battles of
them as, auspicious to diir t
been ex?esitnv6vo4lX i
e 'rr -,ns man the 'baTTlii ,
of m or 7M,
conouered otTLp. " vwwca
charactcrihonftrar.ri
he evefit of the gcentre of th- otMilV
uur, army ppstenfy Vill do It
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