Western Sun, Volume 5, Number 45, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 May 1814 — Page 4

(7;; ' 7 e State of Europe

i I i Tfhe recent events on the ! Eur ope no continent are not titfeouraging to otr minds.- I Sup poling, at the warft, thai ! t bt conference! at Chatilloft

fhoul ! end in a general peace among the European bellige refitt, from which we Ihooid be excluded, and that vrc tbould be left to contend alone

With Bi itain, ar c; without any )ijfflon of htr force, a!! of wich would then be din died

to til coftqueft and recoloni faiaei of tliis country fivch a profpefl would have nothing in it appalling to a free and brave people. The ttrogglt would undoubtedly be ardtt cu; and the concert long and I loody 6c we aik thofe wild fo thoughttefrly rejoice at (what they deem) the proba

ble pi ofpelt of the rcftoration j c i i h e B o urbons in i r 0 1 1 c t , Whether filth an event would riot open for their own coun- I try an Iliad of fanguinary j coiilnd :t in w bich ic Indepen j dencc would be jeoperdifedi j

and mighti per thancoi b

deflrOVftf. Tt U obvious that a republic is out cf the quel t i oil . Holland was once a r e p 11 b 1 ick ( d i f fig u red w i t b flfonn z iftocratical icatuies certainly; but the controling influence of England will not permit the reelrabliihment or the Dutch commonwealth. Tliehoufe of Orange is rello red, not as Ample Stadthold c but with the title of Vercien prince of tne Aether lands, and with all the attributes of unlimited power. Can there be a Oronger prool that the very itfune of a re public is I heerk the Britifh government ?J9Qfcy will not permit the rvftoration of an ariftocratical republic in Holland thu allies would not permit the exigence of a monarchical republic in Po land and can we believe that a democratic! republic in America would be tolerated, Were France once completely a m m a - - .

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which they poHefs fo reat advantages - The manning f the notilia goes on with a degree or alacrity, which is highly gratifying ; indeed, it is nearly completed A circumflance which occurred a day or twro fince, deferves public notice,

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freedom & hsppinefs. N. A. AM ARMISTICE. We have good authority for Rating, that gov- Prevoil ::as fubmitted to the A merican government a propofition iot an armiOicet which is now before the American cabinet,

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n wnicn, 11 u oougm win hj bjy i10!:orabjs l0 thc

icceded to. i he general u fun,.,

U I ti w. 1 (. 1 1 a j WW - ,..., fubjeel of the anecdote. The carpenters to the number of thirty five, w ho had been en. par ed contact in j the boats on the LaHem fl.orc, deter

ciDinet! the opinion is cer- ra5lldf as they faid, to try tainly not an improbable one. j h f , f th;?ir work cnr.

i ne repealing iaw or tne

embargo & reilriclive yflem, 1

permits American feamen to go into the fervlce of neutrals our marine will t!u;s be weakened by t ! 1 cr I ofs or Home

opinion at Wafliington, is, ihac a peace is not very re

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taking into the

calculation the late retro&ade movements of the American

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of its ableft and mod enterprifing feamen and t!e love of country will be made to give place to the love of commerce! It we are to

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tloven down : Is not the world conftantly rtttiindedt

tbat the (eedi of the French revolution were brought fi a a America, ana that in caicno prevent its future growth the evil mull be trufhed at its o-

Httinal fource I Do the Bri tilli cabinet liate and fear the

free eondituHon of the V. S v lefi than they hate f r the

fiilitary d rpotifm of Franec ? ! fjo u- ; dread r.f r iuo."1 tV.n us rivals in mtnufafioresi 111 commerce, and in naVil s power? Is there a royal par- : ty in Trance, and Is there not i lory party in this country I j We aflfert it as faAg within ' cm own knowledge, thatnd

thing 19 more common in tl

fafluouable and federal circles of New England vtor thefe arc (ynonitnous) than to heat the recolonifatlon of this country fnoken of as a confu

illation devoutly to be

on:. We defjre to fee the fecial edifice of Europe refto red, adorned ttnd beautified u ith th.w Improvements of this highly civilized age, But to crufh France Would be to put out cne of the eyes of the world. Situated in the centre Ci EuropCi and the moll po lifhed and enlightened of its nationSg (he forms the key ilor.e of civilization the

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been building. It is difficult to eHimate too highly thi fecurity and advantage this fpecies of deft nfive force gives to our city. Bait. Pat.

Norfolk, March 2

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Two Frenchmeng privates

in capr. wift s company of

manneSi quarrelled a few days aao, and ne :tf;er would be frtisiied without an appeal

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waves or Lsrbarou8 inv.dion

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have for all aces da (lied

Were wc the citizen:

Signified ground which w

IM'utned at the commence ment or hoftilicies, peace

is to be fecured, on tlie befl I o arms. 1 5 ;e weapons they terms that can be obtained, ; chofe tor t!e occafion, were there is liiil one confolation tiieir own bayonets, which, a ; left, that the people of the is the way among the fol diets

we ft at lead, have been true to themfelves and their coun try. Under all their privati ons and fufferings, they have promptly complied with the demands of their government without a murmur & without complaint. Pitts. Mer.

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In thefe cotot ies. ail

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uiui: : v, auu 1 1 v it ii 1 auco j tion for countrymen i: loft in n blind end bigoted iveriion t o fifMri fill n ; t llinff

cd republican limplicity and I I ml i hankering after thc Circean delights of a court We thirefore intreat alf Federlt i; who are nnt fuch in nunc

only, to reflet upnn the pro-

bable coolequences of a coun tcr revolution in Prance upon the defllny or this country! yrheti they exprefs a wifti to fee the MW iVcn:h dynady

iT.ifv at war ith her.

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:ipio at the conflagration of C irthagei weep over her deIt would td us appear to b an omen or. the approachito Afate of our own country it i?, therefore, at .vcmnat rcloice at thc calamttiesof a nation with whom WC ate a: peace, and whofe military power, whicbj when in its meridian fplendorj feemed to threaten the inde pendente of all other coun trteSa even then appeared to us no more than a Decefiar) counterpoife to the naval, commercialg and colonial greatnefs of England The event has fhown that ic WAS not even adequate to balance thefe. But admitting it have been, once ever fo threa teningi that is not t!;c cafe no w 4, u i confequentlyg it i either fooliih or wicked ?o exult at t'ue polfibte downfal of a natiotii over whofe ruins the enemy would march to aflail the fair fabric of our

in the rrentli army, they unfixed from their muikcts, i having chofen their feconds, proceeded to 3 fp ot in an adjacent t!,:ckcr. Here thefe Heroes, alias Monftert9 fet Jit each other with ail the formality and fkiil of expert enced adepts, and continued to nnrvy and fiab, until One of them! pierced with repea. ted woondSf fell exhauf)edf

iZc declared himfelf mnauifh

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or pernaian. , nc boats , btxn, ,hj ice nabbed b ,,is fal. which were mentioned in the ,e0 antagonUl WM ' wilreport oi the fecretary of the I iin , hic rhmiir,.

C i 1 KS A PEA lv K FLOTILLA. We are happy to learn, that this uftful atid effective fpecies ot defen five force, has been brought to fo great a dene e

navy, as building on the Esf- j eJjft.

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reco '. - ry .

icr.u Shore, are comp!etcdf ,la ir .it nc noil

and now in the caie oi tlieir

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able anj experienced commander com. Barney They met we undertland, thc very decided approbation of coni. iodgers whoexprefled much aratincation at theit (Irufiure and armament, & confidered them eVery way far fuperior to thofe he commanded before Tripoli, i his gentleman concurs with commodores Chauncey, Perry, Lewis and

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perly attended! and we iin:e learn! are in a fair way of

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Since our laft, capr. ;!:oc failed with the fchooners, : y'r m, T::;rt fs, Poi cupine

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ners, havi

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major Ma: Hns detachment of regulars! and about iSo of col. Fenton9S regiment of

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other able ofhetrs, and wel

informed mcfi, m the fuperior j exaclly known.

emcacy or incic veneis, ror

ution, in fmooth waters, hue thofe in rh: ay. Mounting Ib heavy wet-i and presenting fo fmall a mark to the enemy; ore, they are (peciall)

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