Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 December 1808 — Page 4
POETICAL ASYLUM, From the London Morning Chronicle,
On Lord Catheart's boafting of his fuperior dexteritv in ftealincr the Dani(h
4 w (hips.
'Tis true, my Lord, the plunderd Dane
Mult own ycur (kill in dealing ; . If thrives are fitteft for the reigns, Tour claim is moil prevailing. Steal on, my lord, and thank the fate, Your bafled thefts that hallow?, And gives to fome the helm of (late, "Where Nature meant the gallows.
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MISCELLANY
More Muborn fads. , It is a favTk that was a Britifh army to invade the United States, nineteen out of twenty of the naturalized Irifhmen, would follow the example of their countryman the" brave Montgomery, who fell 'on the ramparts of Quebec was there a necefiity, thole naturalized Irifhmen would die in defence of American liberty, either againlt Britain or .any nation who
ihould dare to invade us.
fpending their money in freign'.ed diem and not vkhrnit fome cfluxuries; we fhall maiuifaclurcjfeet. tiy announcing to the Brittlieir hemp, their flax their cot-lith mimller, my intention to rr
ton, and referve the profits of the'turn to the United States that an
manu'athiries in our own country ; new roads and canals will be formed, and the navigation of our rivers improved, and increale the
price of corn, and wheat and Hour, by enabling an eafy and expedtous diilribtition.
And it is a facl that the Britifh
tumn, 1 ::tl!im?rl ir.v chac'cr V)Y
f rr e1f n r i : i ! nu n ot a i:)cei i
envoy; with which mr. M'-idihrn
was made acquainted, as r.c was likewii'e with my determination to remain there till iht: bufmefs was concluded. The evidence
before him teemed to b fat is fa cl
Th Kttfrwljrh ?Tr. Plr.hny bwnjbt ni", which was drliveiect to him and by hi'Ti to me op-n, was in the fame tonr. It ftatt-n that 1 wj im;iiiJrd in the fpecial mijfton, but that mr. Pmkuiy had a frp-
, jri'dic ..iMiii.iion wiji mm to tkc my
plate in r.ilc I hole to return home. It -Xjr fTcf! no drlirc tint I wouldrcmain and j n in the neoi ution. 'J'hc joint (oiniMfnn f-eined alio to be pecuhaily adopted to favor that olj-it, as it anthorifed one commilliouer to acl fmgly in the ahfcnfe flf the other, in which it dtfTrred
merchants and agents will opnrefslorv, that as nothintj could i)e eain-Ifrom thofe which 1 ind carried with me
all thole improvements, ami th
embargo & manufactories purpofe-
ly that Britain may retain all the
ed, of the -cxiilinej minillry , but
by force, any chance ot the attitude taken on Our nart was likelv
profits of manufafturinp: to hrr-Ho do hurm,and that if thf min
felf, and compel us to fend 4C00:iftry retired; the dauRer of fuel an
miles tor manufacturing articles for our own ware, and eye;i their bagging for our cotton. It is a fad that homefpun and
our own country liquors are as
efteel would be increaflrd bv a
change ol utdtude. This lath r idea was ttrongly urged, in a private letter to him on the of February, 1806, w ith inv earneit
refpertableas Britifh Broad-clothiadvice againil fuch a midion. Ab
or French Brandv. and in cafe of a
war with either nation we hope that the wearers of the one' and the
drinkers of the other will defignate
who is the true American natrior.
It is a fadl that if the embargo is!
taken orl the naturalized rrenchmen and Enliwmen, who are fo numerous in our fea-ports will involve us in war tvith one nation
or the other, and war will oceafion
taxes without end. Kv. Gaz. EMBARGO. Correspondence between Tl : Jefferson, and Mr. Monroe. Continued from our last. Richmond, March 22, 1 cos.
Dear Sir,
I had the nleafure to re-
ceive your letter of the loch inft.
the day after my return from Al
bemarle. It is diftrefliw? to me to
difcufs with you the topics On
which it treats, but in the ftate in
which things are, it is certainly
It is a fafl that great numbers ofne o c&Tiie to apcrfedt under-
thofe naturalized Englifh merch- itauding on every point, and to reants, would follow the example of pair on both fides any injury which
the Tories during the revolution,
and was a Britiih army to invade us, would either join their countrymen in cutting our throats, or
would act as ipies and emifTaries
may have been received. To do you an injury, or indeed any out in the adminillration never entered into my mind, for while I la-
bored under a con vision not on
of the Britifh tyrant, in convey- v that I had been injured, but that in intelligence and information tne friendly feeling which you to our enemies. had fo long entertained for me, ft is a fart that the cruelties and;hwl ceafed to exilt, I never inriulopprefiions committed in Irelandlsed any other fentiment in confe-
by the Britiih, are an earneft for 'quence ot it, than that of forrow.
the patriotifm of naturalized Irilhmeu in the United States,
And !i is a faCl that the natural-
At prefent I am happy to fav.
that all doubt of your friend! hip
ior me naving experienced anj
xzed Knglifhmen in the United, change, is completely done away, States, and particularly the mer-an that the only anxiety, which chants in the feapcrts, areadvo-t. feel, is to fatisfy you that the rates and defenders of ail the raur-;'mPref",on was not taken on flight ders in Ireland. (ground, nor imputable to commuAnd it is a hct that thofe men!nications made me by pcrfuns out
who are advocates for the onnrel. oi me aciminiltration.
I' I- . Til
non icr tnc mm nation, are enemies of our revolution and adher-
The miffion in itfelf of mr
IPinkncy, or any other perfon.
ems ol ihe i.nufn gnvcrnmcnt :: ju.ou(J not hav? pr0ctired !uch an for the rcvoinumj attempted in , It rdulted from a chain of l.H.tml was .nunc HI on the fame!rircumft;inct.s of whjch th;t principles as the American rcvo.;futc v,:ls jnly a ,)art. When I
V i iTi; lmnon irom;kft .Ma(!rid. 1 communicated in liitilii trannv i r i i- r 1 it ;CMV..Mti t aid of our public oefpatches, evere"-- t, u - ll l.r Rsni!K- inC; y dea which I had Vormcd o( the .:" J?rn'"i 1",.t5atc of or affairs, Ik re. in ail
- - i i
.ill, lfnnin.;;h(- Lninn hv fenfli. Mm:.
itCS in 1803. av r " : i i
t!.o tr, " pnvaic journals, and
1 4 t J .
And it is a ficl th?t !ii th.e event
cf . tr
rcf -'ji- on committing trem a r-:
f.ur l( ri s w itiuhe lame impu. r.i'v ;,v l;i 775 tin y will lind ll"-Ti! I i s woefully mdiakcu and tidaj d. n th a f if hr emijr.rgo con-
our m inui -iclures and iu:venivn?s wiil raiidlv
out the United S
i.ie tones in: ;.(Jdjng jn prnate letters what it
did 'not) contain. Although it
w i'ii Britain, the t ,nes: . m i,. ' L" . .'ustl
m iii v piiviiic ooiieeni.
uhieh I propofed to do foon after my return to London, I intimated to him that I was willing in conli deration of h? exiltin crilis, to acl in anv lituaton in which I
tliM U'S t . 1 I ..ii I ' .
tlie.lhip by wtucli mat letter was fent, arrived at Piiiiadi IpiiTa (ju the 25th of March, I condud;t that he had received it againil .the soth. It was written in confequence of intelligence from the United States that fuch -a miifion was decided on by the government. And I had received no anfwer to any of .my 'communications from Madrid, or Lpndbn, after my return, nor any acknowledgment ot my fervifes at either place, or expreffiou of a delire, that I -ihould come home or remain there, it feemed by the mc;. fine alluded to, asii it was confi deredlhat I was rather in, the way than of ufe, to the adi'mniftration. its referve to me for fo long a time; and the appointment of an afTociate, after the receipt cf my private letter of February 2cl, and a public One of nearly the fame date, and after the change in the adminillration was knonwn, made a deep impreffion on my miini to that, efteel:. Special mifiions were never well received by thoie on the ground, and perhaps never
wiii ne, wnue men are governed l)y thofe ufeful paflfens, which Simulate them to virtuotisa6lions. Such a million reduces the reiident minifler, however refpetlabie for his talents and character, to a cypher, from the moment ii is known that it is contemplated, and if it does not dt llroy him, it is becaufe his character is fufficient ly flron to bear the lhock. The looting on which I had left m country, a coneiousnefs of the nea! & integrity of my conducl :: the public fervice, and of my perfotun attachment and devotion the odmiuiflration, with a hrm belief dial no change couhl be made to advantage, may poflibly have hi creafed my feniilility to the mea Jure. Had fuch an on-; been co.ifemplated I thought that I fhouid have been the firfl to h ive heani of it in a private letter from your elf or mr Madifon ; but I had n -father the intelligence from the icwfpapers, the correfponc!cnce of others, by hints c f Lord Mnlrmd and even of mr. Fox. Mr. Mad Tons firft letter to me on anv irn-
porumt luniect, wnicn was ol tin
llth of March 1806, almolltrn months after 1 had left Madrid, and eight afrer my return to London, was received on the 2Jth ol April. It feemed to be inte:den to announce the propofed meahire.
and from its flyle, taken in connecVion with the pr ceding circumflances, contributed greath to confirm the imprellion whicli
mhdit he iifffnl Dii mi ndnni
to London. 1 found flint'thM r,.". they had already made. The fa
tires whicli had commenced in!ril,l' -wnich it afforded to my
often fold my a'llnce had imbnfedon me aidt-p.irture appeared to me to be
1;;U to cur farmers, thun new and important duty, I refid-jtiic ilrongcll feature hi it.
in en w
t
abroad, tt.cy giving th.'powcr to one in
rati only of the death or the other. I could ii'c no reafon for his bringing wjth him f-jie ratf comirjifiior, to fuccrrd m? in the ordinary million, if mv imnirdiate iy turn had not been contchipLtcd, as fufG eit tinie would have oeen allowed fcr liiupiyin it if I rrniained aiid joined in the negotiation, before it could br ronclu-
!Vo, or for the varinote in the conditions
of t!ie joint our. All thrfe irctmi(r.'nrs trndrd to r.tivihii me that tVr' afhniniftratioo hJ withdrawn its connV. -ncr , from
in-. I was itrr.rk wjiii aflonifbiTtrnt at the ivlea, and drcply ttfTr cled iy ir, ?.s it was utterly imp.'liibe for tne to trace the caul'. Had 'followed the inipulfe of mv fceli!)-?, it would have brtn to have withdrawn, the arrival of mr. Pii.kn-y ; out iii.iny colitidsr jtions cf gient vtigin ad;o;iiljrd m-r to pui fue n ditTrreut . r.ui fc. I had had much communication with mr. ox anil ciit-rtained great.; hopes, that ti.rouoh him our affairs n)ight be fettled ' Logre.it auvauue. It did not fcem probable, that any other perfjn could derive ihe fnie aid from thofe communications, that m it; lit be done by a .party to them, lly remaining, I thcubt that 1 naght give lopport to the adn.ii.inration at home, which I mod esrnelHy wifhed to do' For, their and other reafons of the fame., kind,' I rcfoived to remain and Unite in the ne
gotiation with fucb cbnrafer as might' be fent, 'of which 1 gave mr. Madif.:i information in my letter of the 20ih cf Aptil, which v;.s- written1 a few (Lys after toe reieipt of liis ef March the nth, and in. which I ave him diftindlly to under'ftand that, that meifure would b'f no canfof difareemrnt between ti)- adminifiraiio!i and niyielf- I remained and acted accordingly, and did every thing1 in my power to fcccomplifh the virws cf my government and country, and family concluded with mr. Piukucy," the brft rrty which it was polTiblc to obtain of ths P.ritih government. In Smiting in '.the negorirition and finning the trca'y, I com. nutted my repetition ou the rtlul:, and it is only by the courfe which the bulmtfi .:ltf rwatds took, that any unplrafiir.t occurrence has infen between the ad;niuil!ra'ion and my Self. There were the drcumfhnnes which produced thr imprebaon, which I h.;ve acknowledge.l in th commencem"nt of this letter, tiut your friendfhip had been withdrawn from me. But the affurprues whirhr yon now make me and the prrfeft knowledge which I have of your rectitude and fincerity have completely t freed 'that irnprefaonand relbred to my mil d that entire and friendly confidence, hich it had
ilwaysb.cn accuHnnied to chcilh. 1 am prrfcilly iatisfied that you Pevrr neont to injure me, and that a belief tht I had fuiftrrd by any acl to uhirh yort were an innocent party, would give vcu jreu pin. Still t'ne tircumRancr of hSjr fi.vini; fi-nrd' a treaty whiih w..s difappro vd, for imputed qreat defects ; in havirj xcee-led our powers in fiuiij ir, wl ic h t hul I not have do:;e, but in i fnm belief !ia: I nromotrd thereby the b-ft intTeft of nv country, and of the admiuiftration, while I rxpj-6 rrMVl:' to rrrat refpoi.fi-
ulity by the nieafure, h;.ve given a handle ro thofe win hive -molded it, with great' -fTeA a;ainpt m-, Yi cm little imagine to whaieirtent :he mifcl.irf has bm earned. I (outd ;;iv- y,.u nuny detaih which t would he as painful to you to read, at for me to xc ire. Continued in Pt?"s third.
IKOll THE PRESS OF STOUT. r.I.VTFIt TO TUC TKRR1T0HT AN'D OT THk LAWS OF TUK f.VITJD STAT KS.