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propciitinns Cel I,yon mated much ad
n.ir /i m h\ a \try able fymil ȣ-inll the
re*, olut cns.
Y ours,
JAMES ELLIOT.
1! ~afiit.gtan, J/fin h g, i Sc 5.
" Sir —I imagine that the republicans in
vour qunrur will not find much taut with
my Ipeech in t.ivor of the impeachment o4
judge Chafe. I Alai I Ik obliged hou ev
er vote in the negative ultimately as the
qutftion will he taken upon fcveral articles
ta all of which but out— i am oppoled.
It' 1 have tome times “ failed in anange
Rients,” it may be imputed to this, 1h.1t con
trary to the practice of all other fpeakers,
I always truft for manner as well as matter,
po my extemporaneous powers ; 1 have nev
er ui<.d a fingle note, or committed to pa
per a fmglc word of my fpecches before
delivery.
Your*,
JAMES ELLIOT.
Mr.-, _
From the Freierick-towa Herald
41 The far? (relative to Jlfrs. U'alker)
•mill never hfe Stir, j ejferfon a friend or &
XQtc?_ Chfctliam’s paper.
And fo we verriiy believe, that io we
have generally laid It i> true we did not
expect fuch a “ precious confeflion” from
the party would be yet publicly made i but
wc give full credence to them here, who
have found but very few occafmns to trull
their word in any thing, lhe extract only
amount'* r» wh.it wo have before infilled
on, that Mr. Jelterfon’s fupporters are de
termined to be his fupporters “ through
thick and through thin,” let what may be
proved a.-;ainlt him, and let him do what he
wii . For, we (houid have been fomewhat
obliged to the writer if he had gone ou to
tell, ivbat It is that eould “ lofe Mr. JeiF
erion a friend or a vote.’—what vice, what
foity or what crime, not already perpetrated
or attempted, could impair the popularity,
or take Irotn the devotion of hia adherents.
lo have attempted the uiie ot his iriend,
it feems, “ will never lofc Mr. TetTerlon a
friend or a *.oie.”
To have confpired againft the honor of
Wathington, and employed the infamous
fhmderer of his name, aileding all the while
a zealous attachment and then fliedding the
crocodile tear over hit tomb—all this will
never lofe Mr, Jeffcffxa a friend or a vote.'' j
To have endeavored to cheat hisbcnefac
tor, tiic venerable Gabriel Jones in fuch a
matter as £ 5 will never lofc Mr. jeder
fon a friend or a \cte.
To have falsified promifes voluntarily pro*
claimed in the faced the world, and inltcad
of a mefienger of peace to become the de
mon of desolation, fparing neither age,
l'ervice or character,—14 will never lofe Mr.
Jeff: rion a friend or a vote.
l o Itand convicted of the mofl palpable
incapacity, the melt difgjaceful inconliltcn
cies and felf contradiction in writings under
his own name, and to be detected in “ ev
ery dirty trick for which popular parafites
were formed, f> vviii never lofe Mr. JefFeiTon
a friend or a vote.”
io have been the bale revner or men in
every icfpeft; hisfuperior, to have decked
forth 2 fraudulent fame in laurels net his
own, to have long wantonly calumniated
and now as indecently arrive to build him
feif a reputation out of their merit whom
he had Ueen trying to rob ot all char after
—«* will never lofe Mr. Jelferfon jl frieud
or a vo'e.
Io have lent himfeif a willing inllrument
of a rmfchievou^ contriver, of die violation
of that conftitution whole tv t ier ty he wa.»
fworn to maintain ; and to have been ac
ceffary to the degradation ol his country
by the deitruftion of her bed eltablifhments
and a purfu:i of the molt ignominious policy
—•** will uev\i loie All’* Jcfiv-iioii a tricnd
or a vote,'*
io have openly feoffed at our t-Ic ly Reli
gion, profained its folemnities ,and tramp
led its hallowed precepts under foot,—“will
never lofe Mr. JefFcrfon a friend or a vote.”
Id at though luch things may “ never hfe
Mr, JdTerfjn a friend or a vote,” we arc
inclined to think they may have gained or
fecured him many. With the defining and
the viciou3, thele ntchievements ferve to
give him a twofold recommendation r -
They prove him eminently fuited to their
purpofes, bccaufe they prove him infenfible
to ail the re It rants and conti derations of
duty They preient him highly agreeible
t their talde, becaufe he becomes a mir
ror in which uch men ice and admire
their own qualities, or qualities like their
cv v had they his power and p ace of ex
hi-nting them. If“ like rejoice in like”
(Indies gaudciit fmiles) or as the common
phrafe $ Birds of a feather—flock to
gether*’ -then we uuv verv well under
Itan i, why w ith that defeription of demo
crats, fif whom we arc fpeaking, the eftib
ihhment of any v even the moft attro
c’mus sum in the conduit of Mr. Jefferfcn, i
Ihmild tend Ids !o iofe him than increafc
1,1* influence. With the heedlefs mi ! u. !c,
« ho. “ ne'er look further feru arj than t cli
nofc,’’ the cafe may perhaj sic f n o’ at
diflermt in foim, though nev n , * fo
in cflc'dt. “ 1‘hey are told t . f’
“ is on their title, and tbr
fure” jfffcrfon is right f > t
pride of power, they know nut
they caicnot to enquire. i heir i
cetjinnee they are taught is n .
the glorv t f the chi*f, and they wd
the molt part attend to what may dth ,;c ,
that glory. When falls are fo difeiuh <i wiat4
llupidity itfelfmuil unrierftand a..u 1 citd
| ulity be convinced, fair e of them may per-;
| haps feel tor a moment 44 the compuucl-,
ious vifningsof nature.’ But the perni
cious iwav of tlidr prejudice*, and the in
cantation ofmitlaken interefls. will again
bind them to their allegiance. 1 he fltug
glc is indeed but that of an inftar.t, and it is
ever lure to terminate in the fame way.
The flaire of party pallion alcends trium
phantly over tha glimmerings of rationality’
and the love of their Idol is declared vitlo
1 rious over love of virtue or treir fenfe of
juttice. Jutlice and virtue they are #vcr
ready to think can be no longer fo, when
difregarded or oppofed by 44 the man of
the people.” The wrongs he has done
they will not permit, and when compel
led to admit they are refolute in their
defence or different to then enormity, ho
that really by difproving their plea of nr t
guilty we only feem to be driving them to
a jollification < f whatever is vile mui vi ickeil,
till from their fondnefs for the ofieml er tic.y
appear to favor the very fafhions of his of
fences,—and would, if they knew how,
4i go and do hicewiie.
S\'hat fort of a “ corrollary” the “ or
gan of the public will” would draw from
fuch petitions* we cannot conj Tiure. Per
hap there arc thofe, who would draw the
authors of fuch treafon on a hurdle to the
flake. But as that time has not yet arrived,
we may as well proceed v uh cur own in
ferrcncts, while yet the liberty of txprcf
fion is left. We infer then that, however
i.feful it may be to itrip the vizor of Mr.
Jed rfoil's hvpocrify for the purpofe of an
imating the faithful to keep them fo, it is
in vain to expert at his advanced period
that any number of his followers arc to be
converted by that rr.cft glaring view of his
iniquities, could thefe iniquities be ten j
times greater than they are. The obferva- ‘
tion holds true with regard to all the infe
rior demagogues, and lob agents of demon- !
racy. The times arc indeed out of joint. (
Dsncan MTarland is not the only Duncan
M’Farland, whom the fpirit of faction has
elevated into oiHce. when his deierts would
have rather entitled him to elevation by ju
dicial appoimmeut. Not content with the
growth of our own foil, uc mult as it were j
with a bounty encourage the importation of i
mifcrcants “ to excliange the piiiory or the
gallows in Europe lor p!aces of trult and
profit in America.5’ And whether for
eign or exotic, die election of a knave fee ms
then molt certain, when you have moil ful
ly fuccst ded in Glowing him to be a knave,
not does there appear now a days any in *1
iab’e receipt to make a law giver, than by
expoling him as a violator ol law human
and divine—any more available title to rank
and importance than a deed of recorded
infamy— or a fafer pafi'port through *• the
doors of honor ami confidence” than bv
the exhibition of abandoned profligacy and
outrageous turpitude even at the very threih
hold.
-“ Has Honour then fuck’t back his Sonnt >
*• He has,—and hooting- boys may dry (hod pals,
“ And gather pebbles on the naked ford."
Latni jT’orngn 3' rtcdiigrna.
Propped of a co-operation between Great-Bri
tain and Ri/JJia.
London, June 20, 1805.
Teller day his Majetty fent the following
mefface to both Ilorks cf parliament :
GEORGE REX.
His Majefty thieh* proper to acquaint
the Moufe of Commons, that the commu
nications which have taken place, and are
ftill depending between His Majelly & feme
of the Powers of the continent, have not
yet been brought to fuch a point as to en
able His M a jetty to lay the refuh of them
before the Heufe, or to enter into any far
ther explanation with the French Govern
ment, confidently with the feutiments cx
preffed by liis at the opening of
the prefeu: Seliion. but hisMajefty conceives
tint it may be of tttential importance,that he
ttiould have it in Ins power to avail himfelf
at any favorable conjuncture for giving
effect to fuch a concert efith other Pawers,
as may afiard tne t>ctl means ef refitting the
inordinate ambition of I 1ance, and may he
molt likely to lead to a termination of the
prefen? conteft, mi grounds coniiftent with
the permanent fafety and iutereih of His
Majctty’s dominions and the fccurity and
independence of I urope. His Majefty
thcieforc recommends it to the hou;c 01
to conf.t'cr of making provifion
for enabling IIis Majcfly to take luch mea i
fures, ami enter into Tuch engagements, a«
the exigencies of affairs may require. G.R '
Colitis Mtflagc was taken up in both
.loules. — In the Ctmtnons a vote of fupply '
gif },$oo,coc/ p.ifll'd to enable his Majefty !
to take the meafures, and make the engage
ents it contemplates. [ i his 3,500,000/. <
part of the five millions porvided for in '
le Vv'ays and Means when the budget was
• ned the latt winter. Mr. Pitt has flat
cd, that the grounds on which the fum had j
been reduced from the five millions, which;
was before required, to 3 1,2 millions, was*
not arv change of fyftcm* lie was ftiU
clearly conv inced that if any efforts at all
were to he made for a Continental to ope
ration, tlwy ought to be *n a Li .\e Jr ale — 1
(lemlemota would ob:ervc, that when five!
millions were b< i< re pm pofi-d, it was ar an1
earlier period, when forr.ething might p< fit
b!v have been cione this feafon. h v. isn t.
now prop ell d to reduce the kale by >:.
the operations wc e to bs carried on •, 1>.l
the leafon was new : ar advanced, and th«.
fum which was nun red at prefer.! «ou.(
be fully adequate to the puipoks for which
it was intended, until Parliament met a
gain.”] This vote though 1.0b .i :d .. ft
length, naffed without div:lio:i. I::tl ecour.
of the debate, the Miniders declared., th :
though they had no: been able t«> < T*el th
aeVve co-optr tion of RntTn, nr.b /; :r .. / -
pewerty in the war againit rrau c.- th:\
were r.pt without hopes of etieeiing that co
operation upon the principles oij^ini-icar o:
jcmt-p:are.— l h.it for tins purpofe a libera
vote ol' fupply was ncctflhry:—{ hat the
burden of the war. heavy as ic was, was
cheer Lully borne by the people, becaufe
fmce ilie treaty of Aimens, they were con
vinced of the nrcefifty of the war; which,
before the concluiion of that treaty, they
were not :—1 hat, notwithflanding the war,
the refources of the country were flour:th
ing ; that the war-income of the la it year
was 20,000,000/ iter ing ; and that tie
regular payment and linking of nearly ti rt
millions a year, by the finking fund, in fpite
of accumulating difficulties, vis the belt
teftimony in favor of public credit .—That j
Great*Britain liad a right, from her r Jour- j
ccs and llrength, toinfiit on honorable terms |
cl I v uc : — I hat ih.c bad a force of 1 Mc,ot o j
well diiiplined dil'polable troops (which may j
be font out oi the empire) of which rein-;
forcemeats to the amount of 17,000 h.id
recently been lent to diilant colonies ; —
befjJtrfi ! 00,000 troops who were ft at ton
ary, and 4io,cco volunteers:—l hat lire'
had ninety four flaps of the line in commif-,
fir n and fervice a force iironger, by cle
\en flaps, than all the 1 remit, Spaniili,
and Dutch Ihips of the line united and
that 17 more, of the line, were leady for
lea.
(:T On the fubjett of a co-operation of
Rufhato bring about an honorable Peace,
or to carry on a joint war, the follow 11 g
fads, we think nuv Ik* relied on, viz.
1. I hat Ruffia has m-t abandoned, as has
been reported, the idea ot fuch co-oper
ation.
2. i not Pu/fi.i appeared determined,
r*>’ confent, no uoubr, of England) to
open a udeuflion with f ranee on the fubp
ot an honorable pacification. c3* 7* this
end) h:c i -u chtained % t-. \o'< «* •> the medium c:
1 rujfui, fitjjpcrtsjbr AI, to rtpair
to dire, wha Jot c t ;rtm the
?d tii miflizn. Pttifu, it is laid,
lias txpreilccl a duire to act as a mediator,
and had been accptcd as fuch.
CALL AN T N A VAL A C 776 Ar.
I ‘ *N DON, J INE lu,
c have to rcLorti one of tl■ c iiiott gal
Kmt naial cntcrprizes perionvied, tii?rit g
this or any other war. Fhe Lone frigate,
which arrived on Monday, at Plymouth,
cruifing on the 4th to the iemhwa* i\ t Cape
Finifterc, received intelligence that a large
privateer, a gun bo; t her prize, and a fmal
ler private^*-, with many ijfi of Ihipping,
v etc in the harbor of JWuiOs, a few leagues
touth of Cape Finiilerre. Cant. Maitland
immediately earned the Loire into the har
bor and immediately manned his boats with
50 ii.a:r.en and mariners, under command ]
of Mr. Yco, h,. Lirft Lisutenant, and ano
ther Lieutenant, to attack a fert and bat
tery defended by Spanifli troops. 'I l.e
boats landed, covered by the firingcf La j
Loire. Cur galiunt to un try'Tien t nrocci.ne
ly advanced to florm the fort—the bpanifti
troops gave way -t but the French kept up a
feverc fire from 2, pounders, loaded with:
gra;e. Hut nothing couid daunt thefpirit!
of our gallant tars thrv took peflefliun j
°1 the fort by florm, fpiked 16 of the guns,
and threw them into the La , fent fourJ
boats full of long Spanifli n pounders on
board the Loire, and made the Spaniards
thcrnlelves bring down great quantities cf
naval and other Lores, clicOs of tools, fails,
powder, and cordage, which were alio fen*
on board the Loire. They captured, betide,
and brought ctl a Spanifli large gun verTH
with oik long 3 2-pounder,aud' ii* 24 pounr
arronades, a large annVbrG frtir^ p,r
ea, and La Con fiance, lrench privateer,of
’6 guns, and 170 men, they burnt another
’rench privateer of 16 guns, bring without
i rudder, and fcveral other vdTds. 'Jhe
own of Muros was not plundered , our tar*
wringing old only the government ibrei
l he iols of the enemy in killed and W0ltn’
led was great.—We had one ^an
>adly, and a lieutenant and eight fcaur,,
lightly wounded.
Another account of this brilliant atchiev?.
mer.t, from C irk, which the Loire put into I
with her pri^e, liates, that •« at Muro,
which was prott&ed by a fort of \z ganJ
md a batteiy of f< me flopping were eb.
ferved, and the l .rlt Lieutenant of the I,o
ire, Mr. Yeo, was detached in boats w\^
50 men, in order to attack the fort, ’fhij
fervice was fo cheerfully undertaken, and io
gallantly executed, that in about three quit
ret s of an hour after leaving the lhip, LjCut
Yeo had (formed and carried both the Lr
and battery, kdled 3c ot the bpaniards, a-i
wounding 12 i — the guns he (piked and
threw into the water, it \v..s his fortm*
r> be op poled to the Governor, whom he
killed with a blow of his hanger. OfinJ
lids which his party might have fullaincd
>:r account is not circumftantial ; ror,e
nv w r were killed, but a few we under,
t and were (lightly wounded. d he tfi'orrj
f Capt. Maitland were not lefs efFedtua ly
i reeled agaiidt the ih ip ping. A brig pier,
vd for twenty guns, which was ft:ting out,
vas burnt, and ail the fmall crafr, gUfJ*
boats, dec, with the exception or one gun.
boat, were dtftroyed. A beautiful copper,
c 1 itiip pirced ior 26 puns ; a merchant
in baii.ift and the Llpcrance gun bo*,
were brought otT, with which the LolreJ
thd 13th arrived in Cove haibour.
[Tlie official accounts of the above frb.
did affair have bet.n pub iff*d by order cf
the Admiralty. i he conduct of Lt. Tco,
is represented by Capt. M; iiland, of die
Loire, ro have been as gallant, as was cur
exhibited by any man. 'I he Lieuterar.t.aa
entering the fort, engaged in pcrfonal cco.
bat with the Governor, « and at one bint
Lid him dead at his feet, and brerke flisovm
l“bre in two : — i he other officers and fej.
men exhibited ctjual marks ol tlefperiif
courage. “ The mltan:” fays the Lieut,
in his account of the attack, “ the fort w.:$
in our poflefiion, the Britifh teamen feemed
to try who ceuli be the tit it to redeye and
alhft the poor wounded pri foners, «j»
w ere lying in numbers, in different pans cf
the tort ^ and I had the plcalure to leetfteit
humanity amply replaced by i he granted:
the unfortunate men's fiicnd> expretfed,
w hen they came to take them away.” Cast.
Maitland alto adds, “ It but fair, toftatc,
that much to tlie credit ot the thip's cea.
puny, ;he lhffiop and one of the princinrl
inhabitants oi Ll Mu tiros came eff to txpids
; their gratitude for the orde rly behaviour cf
the jeoplc (there not being one irdtanccef
pihagi }and to m tke offer of ivetv refrtll*
meat tftc place affords ' i.icut/Yeo b
ocen promoted to a Commander ; and with
C apt. Maitiund, has received the thanbof
the city of L-nck u, in Comn.ui Council
'ulicilibicd )
/ 1_
i l i_#D 1 Y, J '... \ L 2 I See.
|Vvcft.Indu 111 trie’s, except in Britilh i*
i/f.w.—But a power was grten to the Gfl
enter oftvmy Jfhnid to allow the import;
tion ot provisions and other articles in caf<
i of ncccll ty It having cpyecred, hovcie:
i_j' — :_. i , , .l
tion a were lent out to the G venters not
which they poffefleJ. Jin ie- vv.i< no ' rour
for fuppoung they were prohibited fi|Vj
fufpending the reltriciiun j they ucreoo|
required not to give w-y to too tpc-;J
facility of importation.
Lord Holland, in reply, fa id. all he *•*
heard convinced him, that the ieftricti
had been itnpr- peily enforced ; ardhe cC
ccived it would be his duty to rr.cve fore?
tain papers rcfpecfng tk.it trade.
i he Marquis cf baching ham f id, t‘j
f.t- Gov. of Jamaica had i.adcri chJ
jm • Jf
hards to be tied up !.v the or
to iiiin Irnm g 'vn.nin.cat.
Lord llawkeibuiy and Lord * am*-, en n
\ land d the conduct of the Lf. C ite
lid ti » convcrfation tcnidnaud.
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