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... . . . - - . ' . I I I : ,i 'if. 1 1 1 5 i ft r J' j ? 1 li yTTtbTFrec11 of (Halifax, Iartin Couiitiesi ; , , .Citizens, trait me to inform you - that" I SfaortesfiA Congress if thc-Untt-S'Sos- I was born, jrnscd and !Lswlmoogyooi .1 am person. !?,kf,3vrn to many of yoo. My tioo Lr ttie post I no w soh- meDtaod candid coidc ation : Kir rerc; fV. - - - ..'. IT 0 ijcm''- , a ' I cheerful acqjiie4tcO( J 1C of majoiitv bf the people is hs eorrcci My po!tcsl . tenets Zt aksnfrcm the HepuMican ticho4 ty were early imbued, 'and 1 kre oct as yet ven 1 aav cjusc to chern. ' As:tHc .war, and the iabjcrw cf poliricai controversy u li-present momcDtt I bofc. 1 shall.be prdosedfor britfly -signing these which have operated upon Cv aviad pronouncing its' decl-at a- cii just and necessanr. j i will, in the fiist p' ace, advert to cenressions uhich obr infntioc dehiriuted .tate induced us to ctie to a cation, ihjti nevtr was hewn to possess one pai title of gt- ssresity. . . U (he second place, I will cnume nthc uaprcveked inuits and inju ries which we have'recciyed from the. Brinsh caticnlojuTirt ;whith ;o my cptioc, left this nation no alteroative fctf war or di -grace. j The oaly commercial Treaty we e3c ith the British nation T?i5 that which i geccriHy dcnouaitiated Jij't Treaty, or the Trtaiy of Loa- This treaty was made a fetr years tfxr the Sutea had adopted the iFe itn consdtutioa. The American ptcple had established si!goVernrncnt which had no parallel eit'.Jer in ancient crscdem history ir iras viewed by the statesmen of Europe as theo trti a! acd Utopian, rather than as ever likely to be successfully carried ca practice this reason ind this on ly induced this government to ratify" thit treaiy General W-ahiogibn izl the Congress Were arlsioils to pre tne peace with all nations, at a time, new constitution ttasj taking deep the minds of the people ; a .txstisition, the eficct cjf which were o astonish an oppressed and benight ti wcrld. Knghnd catching at this , aaasunce, dernanded and obtain, condescensions from us, , which aC besll f nrti! -tt Kt mint.' ta th terser to an illnd of troes -under j J!'i t-caty, wc permitted uiose per- j who joined the rants of the ene- j 7 dcring the' Revolution, who did iltiry could to en-taveus, to recov- J it dcbH which Jshould h ve a cocfiscated according to the ! of war we permitted UiiuhM 'Mjtrj to hold or diVpuse ct those theywere possessed of at the ra cscaiica of the treat), which ought to bLTV, v,cl!. We S";hr, after hi. length of tifce,; that c .th!.cr. V eu-lkdu Coka.it. ,he Uar ,n f(om their femilicS .ad uwi u cxcceci srvemy ions j ' .-n, and that the" rjctun caro.s .'ua not be natioaarucd' bv enter. H oar ports an$ paying the duties. vFerrni:d:her to Ml the list ot "faband tith artidti never before Qdcf the' denbrnination of woe o! those; articles are included -e hstofecmrabana with an'yof many nations tvi'tK whomivWc oadc treaties ; , fcut with snrernL ace fonasrance,hfy are express 'eUdd: rniatcrialshave becn considered contraband by o Saltpctre-auxh articles on tia uq be fmmet&ug$wt& ia war, txdC V " coming I 2r I. dtndmrDatioa cf contra th; C ft thatin caie of war tiiL . 10 0ur moci insutotioos, r p&ik. or private, and their h-m . . ' . : - -a band, viz. Tinibe foriship gl!ditrg. Tar or Rosip, Copper in ets, bails. Hemo and lZerAmn J debts b-re should not be confiscated.' I Weaffrecd to perm.it hsr mer1-' chants and agents to remain hete with their goods and effects In time of waf , if they behaved themselves j and if not, they -were to have twelve.niohihf .no tice to departr this article expired twelve yctrs after the tali ficitloo, and I hope, never to see U revived again shdl fhcier English merchants and agents be permitted to remain here-, pouring forth their abuse against our government and poli'icnl institutions? shall they be permitted to speak and write the foutesx and basest slanders, and publish them in the prints of this country y:th impunit'.' ? I wciuldfcar tel them in the Ana-cston or Robert Bums or some oiher vessel nod consign tbem to Castlcrcogh of the Prince Regent, ft would appear to a disinterested observer, that Great Britain ought always to be friendiy wi'h this coun trv, as long as wc were willing to concede so many important points w.hu-h she was unable to obtain from :he other independent powers of the world butno nauoa ever received' more injuries and insults from ano. iher, thao this has from G. Britain h strong case to prove that one nation :s di5posrd to demand and insult in proportion as anotlxr . nation grants and submit. If we resist opp es sion, wc may preserve our Indepen dence and livr tree : if submission is resorted to. rjecooo;zat!onnd slave ry are the inevitable results. Brltafn hates us, because we are free'--she hates us, because she once expected to ny-ke U3 slaves and fjiUcl-she hates us becue we are Republicans 2nd will not have. a king to rule over OS. . ,;.. ' . j I will now advert to some of thoje many injuries which che British Gn-I vernment U3S done these U. or test ; man) cfwhic:ishe hath refused and till doth refuse to make any repara lion for ImmediateTY fter'the Treatv of 1JT83, Britain began to act towards: this cmotry in 'such a wav, as plainly.; vxhibi ed an ionatr hostiliy, n secret 1 femity that was not easily to be rej j moved -hc held the western pos! aJiiXkgZxrtX'? alter it was stipu ated tnat they thould !)c givrn up to u these po-jts which pave them 10 fif a chance Uf monopolising the whole Indian trade, or exciting the Indtm to commit enormities on our Irontier ; and that they r?5d strrup the.'North Wrtern Indians to declare war a- i gainst, t.ie United States Jo the year 1 79-tt a war winch cost us much Viood and treasure, is not denied by any pirty.in this country So early as thr year 1792, we find Gen. Wash ington ioudly complaining of their impressing the crews of Amcricanves- scU on the Ocean, the gr&itrVihjway of nations, telling the British eovern- j ment, that it could not be borne by ;i free people, and that war would be the consequence, if the practice was pers sted in we have remonstrated for twt nty years, all to no efTecty and w AV&ahington aaid in 1792, .vvaf.has hern the icsulr. 1 am astontsheu to S homes of a large class, of Ameri- can ihbicnvaod reducing tbecn' to a at3te cf slavery worse than Egyptian bondage, was -no cause for sf ftr, but barely subject of complaiot;-Xhavfc always und i rs tpod th Atsi j ust cauVe of compblht; tirould be a just cause of vtrar, if the injuring nation refused or delayed to mAke reparation, .for that which was the just causetojF foni; plainU If then wcnty years ojT com. p?aiht 4nd rcmonstrn$cis riot lopgV cough tpripeb into war Ishocldbe glad tolcnow.wbat tiroethe opponents to the war would-sulTtr. Ei-complaio, be-fore-thejr wontd havfe xleclared ,waV I frankly declare tha t t'think i we d e Ifavedthe declaration of war tod Ioni?7 r--ogianrj tfganrtoinina: we,couiu not be ; Kclced thtp a'?ar,,y arid treated us-iccordiriclf.i-On thb; IttKof (July 1792 General Washington1 di irectk the then Secretary of State to write td Mr. Thomas Pinckney otir Ambassador at London, to pTo(cst ngainst the bra'tlce' dfliresibr tmili'tSnie bt peacear 'WbulcT be the irn- of the crews of :pur,teiselsrin the high seas, f He saysXe entlreiy. reject the mode'thal ; yu? aearricphoulct al ways carry about fterri! tertificatesof their citizenship ;Ax$ jl a atmhfton never vet submitted to anunati6n tne airapicsc ruie win De. uac ine ves sel being' Am ericani xtn bcvidenc that the seamen on hoard of ber are such.H We have! ariotijer letter from the same to the aaiHe; dated 1 2th October, 179'2,' tn wbjehtore heie wordsi ,5nNo law forbjdaAri seamen of sny country to erigapelnVtme of peace, on board foreign vessel ; po law authorisea iuch seahaea to break their contract, not. the, armed vessels of their nation to( interpose force-, for their rescue.,, r The assertion that they have the rig to iimpress'ltWitj men out oi neutral snips is not sup ported by any law, either public or municipal. IBy the municipal regu lations of England they are in ; the habit of impressing their own men out of their own merchant vessels to man their ships of war. This muni- cinai us a ere cannot nave anv torce ne- .4 a ; yond the limits of theirj Territorial Sean vi2.rooeieaguevpr the distance of a cannon shot from the shore be yond that distance, thejlaw of nations is the only law to gp Vera 4 and im pressment is unknown to it. . f I have heard it said, that the ques tioo was honorably settled by Mon-4 roe's Treaty. , I assert, that not a syllable was incorporated in tbat trea ty upon the subject; i A note was tacked to the Tety, from Auckland and Holland toj bur Ambassadors, promising that instructions should be given to the conimaoders of their ships of war, '.to be careful dot tp take A mericans in theirj practice of impress ment ; The! ministry nhich succeed ed the'one with whom the Treaty was madef directed Mr. Canning to in form our Ambassadors, X2 months afterwards, j that no j engagements v; reentered lntd on theTpartof his m.Mestv, as connected with the treaty, exceot tlch as anncar unin the facel otit.,,; Thus the note ' qf L)prds Auck land and H'olUnd became aK dead let ter. . :-.!. I. " .' ' - Entrland inretends she does not u ' r ' - r-1 i want uur teamtn that they are la- J ken by mistake, In the attempt to oS-j tain their own.' : I wouFd ask why they do not release them, when the mis- j take is discovered ? Why; did they . not meet us upon thf prin iples con- ' taihed in an act! of Congress, com-j monly calledthe S,eaman V Bill ?" By this act ive pledge joufseVes not to employ her seamen, if ihe will not employ ours; nay; severe penalties are difetted,to be imposed on riy Captaid of public or private, vessel who shall ship a; foreigner this act has bee passed fr some time, and the British government bjrs not deign? ed'to nbuce it the truthkisVhe did, untit a few nnthsasan), ojvri. se amen & o u f s toohtrsblgs of war were not erasily riVanned have been: willing to run the risque pf nr;ir, to effoct so vdesirable an( object, even at thei expeoce! ofneutrab-ahei has frequently repleaishcdj the xrews pf her snips-of waron tlic Westilndia statiobat the experiee of 'American merchantmeri.v ITiua virig thcim merise trouble and'exiberice of return Inn to1 England to recniit the crewi Eog1and hy her celebrated Nayi gatTon Act, required that the master and three fourh pf the cre hould be subjects of the king hut feeling it iriconvsnient in tc of warihe go vernment of that couniry; i'frommp tivesjof ohviotis policy;-hay passed tpWy acts, alio wi 6 thcremrjlq--ment bf three fourths foreimeo; And all thiwnVqf: jects arc confer rnrelgnjeanjeii after : two y eari fs eryicerf in ime tf war, on board oftujofiwar :or ,do the very act, br,whiclt tend ,to carry on, me far against us drmed "sbipb,; syas to impress jnen from a Bniish1 merchant vc?l in If impressment was toieratta oy. out 'tawg,! (which 1 nope win never oe and thi coxiander of one' of our j mediatt. eoicurice. Shall Eng-f tancl 00 that to others, which ahe .woiiid not permit others to dojbher ? And ahall she find, apologtsis iri this cptlntry forsiich conduct.? Mortify ing as the confession 4s, t am com pelled to say ;she has, and men yho .were born and -educated here and who pretend to possess'ami.motiarcri seal principles; ' " ? i 'Wisn tne following aa vice or &yn iershodk was more attened to wjien hostilities a re to he .wragedaaisVia' other-nation, net dneriexpecMhat we shall compliment ; pttweWes- and 9&k .theni treXU THt grave majesty of the Roman people ldispbyedyitseflf in the cbuttot Caiu's Popllius,wh, although' nltf was saluted! baking An tiochus, then -his enemyv refused to return the salutatiqn, - while, thewar continued" Demosthenes reused to deciaim in tne Athenian Asseni bly, although he was .bribed by the J king of Persia lie, would not speak against his country. ... v Britain refused the United. States not only the right of carry ing, the pro ducts of the cqwVies of he enemy, purchased by our citizens, to the mo ther country, but condemnc-the ves- stl and cargo of such as we're. joght into the ports of thcUriiteiates, I the duties paid, the goods warehous ed, and the ship- changed on the re j exportationi The- first ;ar icie of the arrned neutrality of the north is in the following -words, " XhaVal! neutral vessels should be allowed to navigate Ireely trotn one port to another alpng the coasts of the nations at war.' Thtspjrinciple was admitted by Eng land. 'She had previously admit ted., by her admiralty cases, that 'a trade forced through .neutral ports, to and from the colonies of her enemies with allv the world, was legal. She has violated these princi ples and millions Of American 'pro perty have beeti illegally condemned. England declared ail the ports from the Elbe to Brest in a" state of hiock qde, without itrtct investiture with armed ships instead 6i her force be ing stationed there, it' ivas ' stationed off the neutral harbors of New-York and the Chesapeake. Under this il- legal blockade an immense quantity oinmencan property was condemn ed. Erg!and passed her Orders in Council a submission to whiclv would hsye made Us her colonies a gain. . She required that. every Ame rican vessel should touch at onefof her ports, pay a transit duty and ob-J tain a licence before we could go to the ports of any of her enemies or their dependencies under, this order millions worth of our. propcrtyhas been condemriedi --This brdkt should have' been immediately followed by an order of reprisal .vthepart of the iepublic 'Muj:h talk riiuch blood,' treasure and nation! honor would havei been saved. The doctrine, of iletaliation is inadmissible, v;hen it operates to the injury cf a nemral Retaliation iS'Oniy to be - exercised on himSvbo has cgromUtt d rhe injury, arid not agaitisra commorfrien(l.v- (Bynlcerhook.) Itctiiliation. may be a flimsy : ex:cgse jn the month jof ah ErighshmanJbt it isdly in that of ah American. Again she issued her Orders in Council before it was pos sible for our gove jilTW.nt to know of the obnoxious decreesof France. It wa? not the. edicts of France but our proVpercsfcommerce, 5at ; that timei which' induced England to nsuei thee prderg-our fair trade was to.be sapWj !q9jM-aut 7trjas-i ranxieu use a thorri iriShe sids. of England She sicKeoea at inei .8igni.oi.iic iniiicu?c cfSantity'of Americari: carivas,: Which spreaa on, every sea.: pc terminid tp destroy it at the capcrici blvpnblic ia w . -v ' : : -.f---', -;, i he insults ot tne j&uew5 w a I tyaters havc exceeded iSe; df anj other nationarid witih the iexcepdonf of Jhe afiait(Cnhi:n0e ooa, are ie'grsitriM ; heriswag gering comriiaiders .'cf er - ofle'rtS- to an other nation The affair of Co penhagcA is too 4 well known tovre- ,i quire hSiiMi MM Genoa was ' :'M- trigate jL.a MpdesteT7hoiin the yeat 1794 was repotiihglri the protCctiori And ' Jssylu gt pWectrietiiramfH hoese Republic, saff withp!i8iiSpi ciooa fin tisrtj ship; -ielot guns 'placed' Itself klSriltflil-!! all at once; ftfe lEngfisjoM ! If Sf ;French B:Iowerneir. tlabi; R:M refusing tpyevsjmrinsi ladders, aff edypepatc row bn tfi fngrel ;jtec5p disar&-wefiiwss ;lish pursued ihpse oha4rbfl despachetithem -withtjtyf.oB- 'lllii jrin the.'waters of tKnitecte$ -1; - MM anrfthe adiacent seawthe British qidsi ; commit the fbUowinprijuri ncucs among many otners, wniisx xnif nation -was neutral arid tcbibsiderecl Enclabd as a friend.' K The Chesapeake : frigate, was' firerl-"' into and.manv ofrwr roen killedThe- ; frigate President as firedtihto by thil , drunken Captain of thjb XiittleiBelt and proper chastisement, was imme dijy-.-administcWc J niorhJnt vessel- entetiri ri NeYork, and killed athan byl! name of Pe;arce; TOe Tan'aQuni . , and jbiirnt a French Shiri ofWar ba j oar coast, which iattfetf!ectnV' issjf- . ! tumjand protecfioo byeTWpf n tioos they overhauled -vcsSelsi;arict A impressed men frqiri them the Jaiv hours of the United Srat?s;nd whenx; one pf thfse mibibns, (thiei Captain h $he Cambrian :Frigiate iri the port o New-York,) was informed that -he i..' -L 't-iL.-li CiAj-'TV iuuic territorial watcxs pj rjp u State his insolent rtpmsSwatj'. I' th e , watefs ( w i thint th li buof. &!origedxtojg may pe saia tnai tnesMfereaone by inferior officers i arid riptSrisribri by the Bri tisKGovernrrieri answer that the irisdfeofered officers tothis natipri; haire evet heett a sure rjassboft tbirirorabtfon-ribi one has enbaitisW'''Sf Ihajt'' Gay ernment, but invariably pnmbted lit their, commands. . J' dcsjfeaf :tS! me that he, (bo cani to the jcatalogue ofirisltSrid;wgi' which I have glverniely bmit t any thjpg--no injtpry tnfcati arouse hinV.fxom that political tarpbr in whichlheis siiqki torpprfmchi appears to my 6iriS.':!w'fitm&"iji trier for the itififltm thlinl. tbemild.aM' it-has den oDtrtrinilv ofctosiriff thewakhv! reliisirigXhe ArniOflered tySd mitat:vVa that'the.dmifc4ypdetsirt fk !M Ametican cpuidrridih&cou -rhis poWers to; touch the jquef tion of vffiitilni they did hotauthori;& an y 1 ixdt tnnj Hi ation fof j ' p t OTOltay if they wMd;defr vesselsrtmtiif:c 1 tied by; treatyhesari3S by ibttr'Goveiririient 'Sj&ttM and both rii.re;r Wehave ript3e to siip blare that.frielh free gorictf( rejmseid Hisieyetrear -1 byus f 'Russiri;iard jSuplty - . thing to 'ESglariaeifi 'jngti0 'I dirithetatn T 1 Prance tn iheitteadeAirhicti shimade mmA J.'. -" '.; d Walk -A $&6&M6t(i Ins-iritht supported - by Hoee?jnie Bex , ..1 jmm J - i;.iifl 'ffifi.O JV1 mm t a: .wit 3 f-iA mm 'ftj-i'Vi' ft? f fi;. 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