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fr'l : ; v;'i-- t ;' -J--? - . ' ' f r ' ' " Ours ire'ikplam of fair, delightful Peace - , :; . - , . ; r 'C' C- f'"V-t'--:!iT:i 'i' - ' ' '";v Vt'l'V v -7-1'-," ' '1' ,; o rti :; -Jy:,. ., " t'nwarpM by party .age to live Hke .Wher. ; :7 ; ' ;- . - ;VV7 "V " " J " V ,j jj' yon TBI HXGISTXU. 'V CONVENTION QUESTION. .. ' .-' 1 if ,., vrtnets from the proceedlnps of the Dele '.,. .fted in Randolph county,: to tnke into consideration the proprtety of callinp-, 9 Convention to alter the Constitution of ' this State. ' At a meetin? held in Ashboro' on the 6th Nov. 1822, it was Jimfreef, That tis delegation sincerely vrejrTet that through a mistake, &.o. the Sandy Creek Pediment is not represented" On motion of Gen. Gray, the "proceed jncs of thetoe!eation of Kowan county was read, andiinarixnously approved of, by this delegation." - . ,1 At a meeting in Ashboro', held Feb 5,1825, it was Hesohed unanimovsly. That this .-meeting do concur with the proceedinjrs of the friends of a Convention, at a meeting held in Raleigh the 26th dav of December 'last And that thi meeting do seriously recommend to the Citizens 01 Xius cuujiu, iu i- ,ivi-s-vc .v, . ir T75o-r on th 'sprohd Iondav in jnrci mi ni-f; v . - Xoverrber next, for the purposes recom- -mended." - -Resolved, That John B. Troy, Alexander ' Gray,' Benj. Flliott, Jonathan Reding and CbaVles Seed be appointed a 'Committee to draft a circular letter, to be addressed to the citizens of this county, which shall set forth some of the grievances under which we labor, under the present Constitution, and the views of the friends of Convention.!' 'At a meeting held in Ashboro 3!av 7. 18-23. it was "'Rttolred, That this meeting now proceed to nominate delegates, to meet theidelegates from the different counties in the State fa vorable to a Convention, which was recom mended to be held in the City of Raleigh in November next, by a meeting of the friends of Convention, held in Raleigh in December kst.". . rt Gen. Alexander Gray and John B. Troy, Esq. were nominated as "delegates according . Resolvtd, That this, delegation .heartily ernenr with the proceedings of the County ; Court of Randolph, relative to their instruct ing their Clerk to request the different Ma- j . . i i i i i psTxaies wno inay oe appoimcu iu mic usia. of taxables, to collect the wishes of the peo ple on the subject of a Corrvention." The Editors of the Fayetteville Gazette and Western Carolinian, are. requested to publishthe ,above in their respective papers. A LE'ITFR FROM jCOM., PORTER; U. S. STEAM GALLIOT SFA GULL Matanzas, April 25t). 1823 ' To the Editor of the -V. Y. Evening Post. . Sir: On mv arrival here! vest'erdv in the Sea Gull, accompanied by a barge, from among t? e hauns of: the pirates, rer where Alien fell by their hands, the Evening Post of 4he 10th inst. was handed tome, containing a paragraph, which, as it is written in terms both complimentary and courteous, and appears to have beeti dictated bv a regard for the public inte rest, I shall answer, and hope to satisfy you, and be public, to whom your inqui ries were directed, that. every effort has . been made, not only by myself, but those under my command, to fulfil the benevo Jtnt intentions of our country,1 in sending a squadron of s'nall vessels intathese seas for the suppression of piracyr and that those intentions have been fully complied 'vith, and executed with a .promptness rarely instanced. ; The paragraph alluded -to is as fol lows: After reading the above narra tive, at wich the blood runs cold, will it be thought unreasonable if we' now again ask where isthe American Squadron under the command of Com. Porter, hich-promised so much, and has,- as yet, we. must say, performed sn little? About the middle of February it sailed from Norfolk, the Sd of March it arrived at Suslhomas. This.is the last intelli gence that has . reached us respecting Com. Porter's Squadron,- that was, we : Xere told, destined to cruise off Cuba for the purpose of effecting the suppression f piracy in that quarter ;" but which is prosecuted with increased and triumph 51 tit success every day. If we'di4 not know that all confidence may be placed . m the resolution, activitv. and sairacitv ot -J w "J Commodore Pciter, we might be led to entertain soire doubts.whethr his Squa dron had been disposed of: in the "fciost efficient manner for securing jhe object declared and intended. But we at any rate owe it to the respect we feel,-"tn cobi tnen with our fellow citizens, for'thU gal lant and intelligent office r,'o waiufor jome explanation before we indulgein - coropUints.'V ' : ; It will be do doubt recollected, 'jh at tht law for die sapM'urn of piracy was pascd. on the 26th of December, iS22. On the 14th of Februavy of the succeed--"g year, hfty. day's 'after its passage, I left thejCapcs of Virginia with my squa dron, which had been purchased in dif-, ferent parts of tle Uniicd S'tttesj and e luipped under my cwiii iramtdiate in ectidi:. i curine .ao inclement season; v liicli, with excessive fatigue, bro't, onl t "ease tnat nearly -'cost me myane, ana .in which it u nmhah l vnni! never On the 3d of March I arrived at St I ouias, (the place of rendezvous) Cn irly way to Porto Rico, where, by order 11 ot the STOX'emwent. I had to c.nrresnond pth the authorities of the Island. on the tnfect of the interruptions of our com -nierce to" the Coasts of Columbia and exicp, by the Porto Rico Privateers. , -The day of my arrival, I desnqtched a djvision .of schooners to the south side of Piprto Rico; for the protection of onr com merce there, and the next dav sailed mv lf with the rest of the Squadron, t was iecessarily: delayed seven davs on the cast Of Porto, ftico, to coirnete the du fesl.had to perform there, and during that time, by mv presence, caused the b nokade of the Main to be raised, which ejeisted to the mr meht of my arrival. I nere aiyiaeq my force into small detach ments, sending some on the .north and some on the sonth fldes of Sr. Domino-n aui Cuba, causing every nook and cor ner in those islands to be iYrninp where it was likely a pirate could be tennd, but without success. After thl re.ughly scouring. tVe West Indies, I ar rived, in 43 days from the ! time of mv leaving the Capes of Virginia, at Matan ziis, in the Peacock alone, with no officer but her Captain and sailing .master, and sparcely men enough to work the ship. h'avine sent thf 'm in tlp vhm Kao- search of pirates mong the Keyes about 3)0 miles to wi idward, with orders to meet me at th s r l HCe. Hert T h!rrl 'nf tjie capture (and fitting as a pirate) of a snall schooner from Norfolk, two davs beiore.niy arrival, and in te.n davs after tier capture, I had visited Thompson's ifcianu, re-assembled1 all my snuadron, : Quilt store houses, .landed all my' s ores, i iinea out expeaitions tor the coast of Co - la, established4 convoys, destroyed the Qrcwt and recaptured, the piratical ves- t 1. There have been no piracies commit- ' 1 ted since 1 have been on the ccast Otir Commerce is effectually protected bv jve-. kly convoys, the coast is complexly fined by our schooners and. barges', ard 7 ave just returned from te principal re sort of the pirates, where they have been i Compelled by our presence to destroy ijheir vessels with their own hands. They : are now (the 27th day of my arrival on ;fhis coast) completely broken up, and iare not appear here acain. while the bresent arrangements exist. It is said. hat " much has been -promised, and lit-. le performed" by us. We hare done 11 that could in reason- b- expected of S we have rendered :he ithis sio!e f f the island f cure against pi jpatical. dtpredaii ns. avenged the (h ath jjof Allen bv ant example that will s rike ijthem with terror ; we have driven them i-from the ocean to the shore, hence, if they do c.:rry on their depredations, they put necessarily be bevond the reach of ipunishment, as they are.neyer to be fund jetobodied in anv numbers, tnd have no jmark by wuch they cim be distinguished from' other individuals, even by the res idents of the island, and local authorities. jlBut let me ask by whom so much has frbeen promisrd? Not by me-, nor by. those funder ry command we promised only k J to do our du y, and we have d ne it ; but I remember too welU and with sorrow, the publicity that was given to everyv movement of the squadron, by th? editors of newspapers, although I took the pre-u caution of srndincaronnd to tho-e of New j caution ot st-nmng Ynrk, as General Swartwout carp testify. and to you amopg others, requesting your silertce, and urging the necessityfor se crecy ; but it was all in vain ; the papet , with but few exceptions. were filled with accounts "f the expedition, from one ex femity.f the United States to the other ; and beiievin ' e pirates wOuld conse qnently change their ground, T found if" necess;iry to change my plans, and instead of going direct to Cuba, proceeded to windward to make a thorough examina tion. As far as. depended on myself se crecy has been observed ; and had I not taken proper precautions to keep my in tentions locked in my own breast, the pi rates, through the medium ot the press, would have been as well informed of mv going to.Poro Rico, as. they were of eve ry other . niovenrieuf of the squadron which took place in the United States. ..,.; 'It appears to be the supject of complaint that, the last that you had heard of me; was my arrival with the squadron at St. Thomas's, 20 days after my leaving NVr folk ! Unless from St. Joh-:s how did you expect to hear from me again, except by ves els spoken at se., (he commanders of which, if they had been' as much disposed to do justice to our vigilance and activity, as to make unfounded & exaggerated re- nofts ot piracy, wi-uld have made some- reportof us on their arrival.- -. The cir-cpmstance-of not hearing, from. us, ought to hayeySatisfied you we were doing our duty, not spending our time in 'dlene-ss in port, it is not amongsc,civiuzea society that pirates are to be found ; it is among barren and desolate glands, secret ad i etif e'cplaces,- as faV- from the re ach " of justice-as they can get,' that they make theirhaunts; amngthe roaring ot break ers, and the sci eami of theV sea bird ; and it ! is. iii such . places we have, sought the: free-booters1; and murderers ; and sought them in defiaoceof 'everybbstaclethro- iheNmost intricate a ud daiigerouf nay iga-; fiori', exposed in open boa s by day' and bv ' ntgnt,"ito the; bunefulinfluence of the cli-1 mate, aria in' contempt of every danger, I 1 witn . Untiring, zeal, and unceasing vigi lance. ( !'., j ; .I'' ' But what isi the amount of this force hich has promised so much, and- per formed so lit' le ?'. A force consisting of eight small Schooners of from 35 to-40 ton mounting each three guns, the largest ;of which;is nine pounder,' and one. of the smallest class of Steam Boats, mounting five guns, each carrying 32 officers ad men ; a force very little more than suffi cient to mm one of our sloops' of war, and not enough for one of or smallest frigates, I shall not enumerate the five ship's cut? ters. called barges, calciilatetocarvv i each 18 men, for without layingupthe other vessels 1 should not have-.a man to putfon board them, unless it should so chance, that I could obtain crews for them ontof some one of our larger vessels, which happens tb be'the case at present having fortunately the Peacock sloop of war with me, wbjch T .have laid up for the purpose. I expected, it is true, to find here on my arrival, the Congress, Gram ri'i?. Porpoise, and Shark, but not a solita ry United States' vessel was to be found on the station, nor. has there been one since, except those I brought with me. Ir is to the total destitution of protection to onr commerce then, and to the infor- ! mation given to tle pirates, through the press, of mv movements, that thev were ! fnrmruo-if f tnnlrp'n last pfTnrt tn ofitni-n . all the plunder possible bt fore mv arri al; I .1 i . v i i j aru wiiaievtr properly . may imvc.uccii i lost, and blood shed, my be justly chajrg ! ed to others, not to the inactivity of mvseif or t hose Hssocaed with jnc I ir I the squadron was got out. with unprarral- j - ! leied expedition, and I repeat, that up to ! jj he day of tnv arrival, piracy existed in 'j full force, the harbors of Havanna and. i Matanzas were, filled-with our merch.-.nt vessels w.ti'ting fr convoy. Not one can . i . i. . . u .1 .. i . u - . : . 'l111'" n iK-ru uwii.c i:nr iiiaici suiuc i we came nere, nor can any intelligence oe obtained of them, as thev have abandnn- ed tlieir pursuits, and ritingled with the population' of the Hand,' nearly all of (whom, either from interest or fear, are concerned in keem'ng their secrets. f I It i easy f.r those who are now enjov ,iing the - comforts of honie, to clamor and find fault with us ; we might also now jhave been possessed of the same enjoy I ments by not c ming on the expedition, j ft r. there was n -thi.g b! gitorv on us j and'tlK'.reby haw avoided the pain which unmerited ceii-ue always bring, with it, 1 come from whatever quarter it will ; but i i nipt inn nj i ..iitr, : i nuiy U' our.COU try and the civilized world in general, f j personal considejiations were out of tl impelled oy a.ense. ot duty to our cnun- all he i question ; ; we could promise ourselves j neither.honor nor profit from the expe- 'Idion ; no reward but the satisfaction -of having done onr duty and from the , course taken by our newspapers, I des : paired of making any captures ; but. I k'tew w should protect the lives and property of our fellow-citizens, and we ! have done .so. Abcut three years since, five schoon ers, mounting 60 guns, and carrying a bout 500 m. n, were built for the suppres sion of piracy, and this force, in addition to a fr gate, three sloons .of war, a brig.1 l and some smaller vessels, toeether with a large British force, until a short time P''ous to my comjng out here, carrying aJ together abr.ut 1200 men, have ever since, been cruizing herc If Uiey could not suppress piracy; with all their means, in so long a time, with what justice can the inquiry be m def ' why (in twenty days after my(departure from the United S:ates) the squadron of small craft under my command has done so little ?" .There is cause to suspect that the fore going aiticle, as well as one which ap peared in the Eastern Argus of the 4th of March', but imore particularly the lat ter, originated in a spirit of resentment, caused by an unpleasant controversy dur ing the last year. The editors of news papers have had ample revenge, in the destruction of my hopes on this expediti on, by the ..publicity, they have given to it ; and, it is unmanly in them, 'during my absence, to Carry their resentrtient further. J shall, however, now, as here tofore, throw myself on the protection, of my fellow-citizens, and rest satisfied with their decision on my conduct, whatever it may be. With great respect, youV very obedient servant, , "D. PORTER. ESTIMATION OF. US1 ABROAD. From the Constitutionnel. Paris,' irXx. io. . The speech of the President of the U nited S att s, on opening the new session of Congress, is even more interesting than the speeches pronounced on that solemn occasion always are. Immoveable- as a rock, which braves the waves that storm around it, the government cf the UnittAl States views from its afe position the ten'pests by whicS the! whole of Sottb A-; nienca, and a part of Europe,-are deso lated, and the threatening clouds which are, even now, accuiiuilatiii over the re-i uiatnder of our" Continents-1 ;. ;ili';', What a piware lihte renovaies) the hearts of those disgtisieJ vvithlrie miseries 6fEu)r3bpeJ frevenup of 100,000,000 (francs j wituout direct ttxes; j which leaves a surplus of 12 or 15-000, 00Q, after all theexoenses ot eovernment are paid : art' arm yJe vied from the midst of tne native citizens or in? . couniry, wm- weighs neitKer.nn its population nor trea--sury, and offers' no dangers to its liberty .; the maritime frontiers of the state recei v ing, all "at phce : Crom f art, t hose defences which nature , has .leftthem unprovided with ; a population increasing without end and without fear on a territory, which forages to come, will 'admit of its increase; a flag-which waves over every .sea ; the arts f of manufacturing industry deve loping themselves every day, on a soij which we looked on as" only adapted to the toils of agricUltnre. Such is the pic tore, which is offered to us by the United States of America . in the, forty -filth year of their existence as a nation. And whence, so many blessings flow ? From national institutions, whose free an'J ; natural action is not impeded by those ;! particular and individual interests, which elsewhere penly attack, secretly under mine, or,artfully alter and disguise them. The executive head of the government j of the United 'States had to, express his views on those deeplyinteresting circurrjr-1 sf awces, in which both Eitrope and Amer rica are now involved. With what gra vity with what-exquisite judgment and foresight, eb-asdtMie it ! ' How every thing is cJassjojhjspeech with clear ness and precision ! ' His words are those of truth, of reason, of justice, and of Hu manity;, - '.' ' , ' '--vf'; South America viz. the new states of South-America, (ho says) are now strong enough fo rest on wht they had obtained. To continue a contest without any hopes of obtaining an object, would be both. in human - nd unjusL The whole question of American Independence is comprised i in ' hose fe .v words. V : j The first of uiy government, the Uniri ted Slates having jiroclaimed their wishes j for the successful isue of the noble strug- ! gle in which the Greeks are engaged; they have found in another hemisphere, sentiments which would have honored those who are nearer. to them and owe; perhaps, a greater debt of gratitude to their ancestors, r Whilst Europe is filled with declama tions agaihst the revolutions of Spain and Portugal, America se s Orilv in those great events, an improvement in the con dition "of a part of ( the human race to which her owp children belong; she fe licitates her brothers on having acquired the blessings of a new and free existence at a cheaper rate than she did herself:- But the Congress which now sits to de cide on he fate of Spain, and judge i's in stitutions, will not sit at Washington. The Abbe L.i Mennai. Achilie de Jotif froy, would not even be listened to in the cabinets or churches of a pl iin people, of sober good sense. It is a maxim sacred to our government and people," says trie Ptesidenti . that every independent 'na tion has the right of improving its own in stitutions, and that no, one has any right to interfere in this subject " The Let ters from St. James," (a work of M. Cha teau vitux) have never touched-wlth more sagacity on the principles of these cortvul -sjons which agitate Europe ; attributing them to the false position in which the A ristocracy is placed. The President saysf on tis subject.. It is evident that, if any. j con vulsion takes place in that part of the worUl, it must proceed from causes not; amongst us, as we. have but one order hti e--the. order of the people." ; : Thus, in the opinion, of a disinterested judge, if Europe .is again involved in war,, she wilt owe it to the Aristocracy . Those words of the President refer to us .he fun damental difference between our jsituation and that of America. There every thing is plain before ; you ; you - build ' on a soil where you meet1, with no obstructions nor obstacles ; here you .both demolish and bu Id up at the same time., Your : work is doubled ; the prescription ofages; and of 1400 years of barbarism nd jfeudality ex claim against your b a-Yo.ia'es.raCf.ion to prevent the estabiisbentoi' an ord and harmonious sytemwhicli they hiate ; we must both fight and build-up amidst ruins. But Americl,Jhappily no such impediments. She.sprung to. life fulfgrown, and proportioned; at oice for all the, relations of social existence'; in her birth, all waspure, ratibnalJigreat, and free from contestation Hap land ! where there is no room for: the. sophistry of the ambitious--for theotts'Jfreen old and new interests victorsJandVaht quished ; the'dead buried or rood frtrh their graves i and where every wieer in" the political machine moves Wiihout noise and without PX'' JVew YorkiMay-.f&m By the WiliiamfO'hom Maria, we have London papers to thev evening of the 4tri ult. The London 8un uf Aprllitafesl 'as the last unofficial:' ne wait ronrPar w f that, in consefilience of inteUigence Uim theion tiers ol Bpai ii ilc! ! resolved in te French Cabinet to nfake an increase to the ntvaj ot'.Tom An aid-decamp of Gen. Guillemont had just been brought to Pari a pri-' aoner. tOKDOV. APRIL 4: ,-: :;l UX " :Sun Office. 2 ' oVcV ; ' feWe' staled in a second prlitioridf ; ihe Sun; of Wednesday last, lhat the", r French T)e Watij: bad :t' been received' by Our -goVernment.--';?, resterday was tnexiayiappointea ior4 ijts; ficussioh, with our Foreign Minis-v , r ind the Fre'A we lean slate from authority that his Excellency and7AfriC!arihinfi; wereV closetteU for two hors at Gloucester 'J Lodge tjesterday, j on. this'Umportant v subiect. F uy 'yk W V , : we can also state, that jtne rrencri 7 Government are. exceedi ngly alarmed . lest Privateering should be allowed by tKp British jovertaraent,Jarid. by jthoy probability that our seamertwill '"vO-; liintnai innrrat nhmK'-'a irihi lhf rt!lpM .- luiliVdl III ivitv iiuuius iiinr 11uv ', " , tif.tbe Spanish service. jThese " .mea-: sures, We are well assure, the French V ' government is roost anxious to prevent U i nd urgent-representations have been' ;, C made on the Subject to the British ca- - , binet. -!:: ::'-'4.. -;: ' - 'i -'-' TJiert 1 is not brie word of. truth in th: reports- respettin tHe Jettei: said tov. ' i bayebeen addressed by the 'King :of v' Spain tb the French goverrime.rjt; andj " f countersigned by Sir William 'A'CoUrts';".' j fo we posjtiyely knov that the British ; Cabinet has no such information. ''I miTnnnin "iVo t minnrfW rope. The story pui fotb. aboi t the French Declarationofyari sairlf iti " our papefs, to haveybeen cbntaine in the .London Suno theA turns out to have appeared - in that pa per on the preceding, arid to have, beenla stoc)cjobbin triiXr -,'he Loh-y d on editors see nis , to arrogate t Ii 6 pri- ; v uege m noaanng jonn duu wnenever it-Muitsthem'.' :::t,4"-i;;V. yA(.. great, fuss ippeSrs to' have been made jiiParis about the ; departure ofj, phe uchesaj d'ArigoulemeV for iBor; deauxj Spain; depended, on the appearance ot a wo, man at the bead oTth;.Ffehh armies. f; Private letters, received Jn) London ITrpm '':Paris.ate!.thev Slates, 1 uic muuicui uos.iiiiics Commence, a manil oifesto will be uub- 1 ished, in' theX Monite.ur," ;to ;i coincide " ( : x riucr. mja. x o iiAi&n -. . , - : .By,iiietarriTa1;lat yesterdajr ;: -.j evening of the JanAatfdn, a regular; . packet. shfpi the "editorb meciaUlAdferliser rhave received, j their regular files o Xiondon.'Liyer ; pool, and other English provincial pa- - 1 pers to, the 8th of Apri t i n cl usi ve. ;' 4 'We' are yet in as great Uncertainty as ever respect 1 ng the com tn e n c in e rt of hostilities on thfeofttinentibf Eui , 1 wnu a pruuiaiwaiiuii 1 iw rue isiueu uy theltammh ) jiifesto andprnClaination,-a of; thev crossing of the jreVioee we;have of 'v late rhrtlji of. otiief of ttheirt anpearinydr-; taking' ' y pUcethat we j aimst; begin', to think . tltat'th Frencjr ernment U bft'aWes ' .) Rtoiilastjrea Jo Tur-'' : kejt. The' one day jJweVare itQld that' t hellst ofApHIXa hoaxing day b v e sure)! bad Jbeni French legions enieririg tnie enjnsula I jjj ie&. i oi t i.-'5 .caU tuiii .TIIC 4. - Kmovlmentof.them WaVAv parations io J warvare. going on briskiy . t-';- i :..', : v w .-ii ; I ' . ' tltrrt(ian.irrfirii Mtitl : uia ,.t u K the latesyiceslro Parish that ;no: -) .'j eftbt has; ijeeiVinae bjthe m i n'ittry; '4''. to 'oVtainiVoiei-JorVralslne t ll men, aanougri ;inis ley nau ueen loug' v, y . talletiottaab i iSifte :Wtfce?s??Tfct beacon test' w ithT U . ft. . i 1 i - 1 i -.. I ; If . . ' " m - . state'd4fayertifew 5 tn J)i?j1$ , lion of tlie f AKw'otrie;; Pjr r enn ees ; ai.;. ' i step Which has hitiiVf ti) j den generally 1 4 regdirded fair 'iiiditiou tiit-blovir'l-vVf would nnuiediatefy .fpt.oyVlnsWaiT.'. ! ot thtfe.Vi!V-are'-itH i jfoyaU'poVe bajrojibe r' , ! wai:?eiu)ecwd';.ta or wleii thr -. t fl arniy ; uoiler bicomtUAbd was to Win' h ' meiice its operations f VVe reter ouc 4 i reauers to au. extract,; jgivea oeiow.- t,: ir uta me juiveroooi .iiu c . uaer i .A I I I 11 in .1- ilia 1 Mi lift! 'T J. m if A . ,.t.-';i- a .-,.,'...'.; - ,i- ,4 . , fv.V"-
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