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"Would big > g ;v«Ur, why did Ei -. alio not <.•. iuat.ice I it it in -v to prevent a war and to pt i.nt the pret' , hi, d 11 secure our fi not degrade hem-li hoc i i'y to her hono. i this is all that is We want n> alliance with France, or any other pow er, but V/ it* march to avenge manifest wrongs, becau&e one of the com would Le our b* l in vvar with the nation which ft v£war with. If inch s plea were to have j force, we should be kicked about by one nation ai ii dar *og to complain, or have rerto ■dr, .vs. i'he public will net tail to rem uk,i.i tod rompl ct -, pre ns and '<'■ l " dinxt agen * Cy 0 f ;,t, with Which we: J ' ,r e. in all probability already at war. '•The conduct of our government has Commanded the approbation of every c knd»d m ;-' party, but has been t] ir ., : rl ridiculed by this wry Faction. Such conduct may be , puoity, [or the 1 to the nation, . n'e cloarlj g er , ; but the time may w,ii r - Mil > sn,*it government tak s no nMi such traiui '•".' ■ g", the | Jndigo..te to Crush {V s ... tOtthe freedom and li.tr-. vie*. It i« in vani i' r these hirelings to persevere in such conduct —they cannot rally under th great i.o p v , , , a. 'ii yd. si do; ktth int h ir that the d,•)••-> ■i di lusi in however unpleasant the iuformation may prove, an r di*«greeabi« to h hs ful i t!.-. : • "■ tne o.»••, and stop the "'hr ; the m the mnr ered Arneticaiisare already in part appeased b> the haoishmeAt of British inflience;from our shores, the j eff ct to Kos,h.od and its factien in this country, will disastrous even if no War she/dd € '. !tr, k'mwn, that blue cloth, suitable for theuitl v ii g <d volnn in .y be had in this city o nufacture. Orders for this Cloth, for ■ such purposes, hay- .- we under- J, stand, beta feiutto the doinestiij nociety j Of this city. Jur -' r cr tnacft tram Afr■ M/iD !• i &QA'3 Spsecif* dr'ivered m the] Hoiossoj' lirjireacniuuvet in the year j ntimtcd.J T T o dwelt particularly on the ilepc h British manufacturers on the [let of tie 'states. He re ferred to a paper i ■» Andersoit's history of coornecce, which s«,te*the amount ct British manuf icturj sat,'» 1,310,000/. ;• Ot SOUI. '111 --ployed in, and 5,2.50,000. Supposing the U. S. tq Com aume two md a hvli millions nf British | which is a moders' c IOSS l)f >'.'ol2ld | . on our r*w m itcri ils, 11 . id,ooo ~ v.'ho live by our custom. Ie l driven to - *\y c s.I their o m my use i the U. S, whsi ti t,,rni trtss : Europe. tbtr they should! in in dis turn sin : ' ; ' would be f* It ' hv th British qually i led witii equal c vu- It might irded, lie. observed, it where on" nation j pro. I ;; na- ' on the producing I On the. other 1... the producing nation was dependant on the consumisg one. T:i« U. ti. were the fortunate situation of enjoyiflg j v.-r ti. Hut in. I They supply a part ot her dominions with the necessaries ot life*, i'hey imc superHulti s winch ive bread to her people in another part. Great Britain therefore is under a double do pendence on the commerce ot the U. td.ates. Hiie depends on them for what she herself consumes : she depends on them for wh».t th< y on&umc. lv proportion as a nation manufac tures, luxuries must be us disadvanta ges in contests ol every sort with its. The reason is obvious. What is luxury to the consumer ia aJ ~s:-iry to lie: up. r. By i 'iieiri, or disappointing a nay be taken from \ uths o. tii' :ry • to the gratifications of jartift- ' tl wants. tie. mentioned of a petition ( iuce •ji vV les, oe, string of buckles in the i rjivnig the law from I -:■ bnt ' fact jr.,.;. And if ■ tifag a stop to the • p. inuities, or a. stop were otherwise t> it to it, it would quick!] From which the distress atid suppl lions would 1" Stf)| it G. Britain received ius alone the whole ed the nee ac consumes ; and that our mar ket alone took. oil* the luxuries with.l a she pi Id for them. Here the) dependence would b'i cetapleat j and we might impose whatever terms we j please on the exchange. TUb to bo sure is not absolutely tne case ; bit in j proportion as it is toe case, her elc-pen dance is on us. The West-Indies however are an J example of complete deptndance. They cannot subsist without our food. They cannot flourish without our Icon ic r, aad our use ol ibeir rum. Qri ct';er hand we depi ii'A on them tor nut; iary, and can supply our j with their luxuries from other sources. Sugar is the only article about: which there was ever a question, and < he "was arf.huriiied to say, that there was not at the most, one sixth of our consumption supplied from the British Islands. In tims of war or famine the depen dence ot the Vv est Indies is felt in all iergy. Ii i appeal to our humanity nt well as our interest for relief. At this m -mi ni , is malting pro ■ ition of tt therefore there Was a case wl country could dictate to another the r gul iti between them, it is t the U. S an l the Hriti h And yet the gentl. man from S uth Car ifcn.H ( v«r. ..o.iei,) had considered it as a favor that we were I onr pro* isions in b.i ti«h bottoms and in to se only, to the VYVst Indies. The, f.vor reduced to plain in th mouth of their j planters, would run thu* : vVe will a- ! th -r than I starve, and let you have our rum, which j wi can sell no wh i i ~ , but we re serve out of this indolgt-ncc a monopo ly of I i British vessels. With ri:; venue, the British resources ■■■■■ r j . Ktremely es i pariton with those of the United The people of G. Britam were taxed at the rate of 4'js. a head : the p> ople of tho, U. S. at n«t more than 6s a head ': —less than one sixth ot th- British tax! As the price ol Inhor which paj s the j'tix la double in the 0". S. to what it is i in G. Britain, the. burdeh on Amerie n citizens is lesl thao one-tweltth of the ii v on British bu rjecMi It is true Indeed that Britain ft] . not bear the whole burden, She j levies indirect taxes on her West indies and on her East Indt ;•>; ai.l derivi-s from an acquiescenc • in her naonop >lis ing regulations, an ptiul tri but"- Irom the whole comd -ond. Still however the difference of bar den in the two countries is immense. dm has moreover great arrears of unfunded dfcbts. She is threatened 1 with defects iuhtr revenue even it this ! time. Sue is engaged in an exp. . 1 war. An'", she raises the supplies tor lit on the met expensive t .ins. i,AId to tne whole chat hr popnlati- Inn is suiionary it not diminishing, ; whll-t tbnt of the U. :>. IS in a course lof increase beytnrl example." 11 TTo next groa.i . • n which he ex amined the subj ct was its operation a ; the several parts ot the unldn It w s idmltti d .i". t ; the — ->n!'i ibuted among all the st it* than a due sty fbrmer would Flow to r divi sion : more than : a due share of the 1 at.-r w.nil I fall on, ~tii. Thi* j was imavfi! ably proiiuc- d by the unc q'ld adv in es mob in m inut.ctur s . ition ; and it w mve il hadneces iriiy taken place in a variety ot other instances, fi el be found, however, on a fair at teyti >.i to the subject, that the in qua lity would be less than at lict appe r ed. With respect to mannf ictares, the , ■,"rnstates were a-t ually | I interested in mc -uraging and distribut J Competition for our mirke , a* g different nations of Eur p.-, in- : stead of being so much in the hmds of j a single one. Ihe duty on the finer articles im« I ported would t 11 on those m .st able to ' near it.; and would be pretty equally diffus, dthrough the union. The doty on the coarser articles would be saved in proportion to the progress made in in mufnctures among ourselves ; and he w is ablt to sa , with great pi asuv, that those carried on, n'»t in public factories, ait in the h .use hold or fondly way, Which he regarded as the most important way, were ne.ir ly, it not quite as far adv meed in the crn country as in th?; middle and northern. Virginia was proceeding / with great spirit in this hi nch of in dustry. North Carolina he understood was doir.g the same ; and there was no ii why the more .southern states j would not avail themselves of the re- I source, especially as they enjoyed su periur advantages in the article of cot ton, a primary material for the busi- Th exports would not b'- material! 1 / - Great Britain shnui ", contrary to all probability, renounce the b' nefitsof , and expose her West India ii > the r of famine ; and h . would not be I . 1. n in the article of twin inequality at j Una- ; Jy made. that the slates with cf (which has ub mt her dv have within one-third of their due quota. | Georgia '■• ban her share. t». : Carolina neaWy her share. N. C iki has three-i ighth ii, low hsr shared ; Virginia has about half her share. ; Maryland has mors than her • j Delaware UtßSthat] her share. This computation is not, perhaps! vn jry accurate, because it is rounded. On 1 the relative population of the states* llt should rather have reference to the j value and volume of the produce ex ; ported from the several states : But as j several of them carry on their trade through their neighbors, this rule of j calculation would, in fact, be more un- , i cei'tviii than the other, Whatever be the rule, Virginia, he ' j remarked, wa; the. state that appi ared | . ; her exports, both in ! I value and bulk, being in full proportion j to her population, anti hr ttmuage be-i | lnt» more, short of that, than could b* I | said of any state, lie had every : son, notwithstanding, to believe, : body of the people of Virgi nia would cheerfully concur in .my | ' temp ifices th;" ry to vindicate onr pu' and It was a Consideration that ought to j have great weight with the southern j s, that a home market for naval St »l*« ■• would be extended by eve- j ry measure favoring our own naviga-1 1 tion ; and that they must soon ! themselves tc-turn to effect their oatu- > ral advantages for ship building. liav- j log the materials on the spot, they w.-uld not be losg in imitating their! north'iii brethren North Carolina i was; singularly favored in this pai , 1 ir. There was not a single article J use i in the various component parts of a ship, which she dfd not posaess, or Within herself. Toe capacity of the 17. S. to provide ! wtth'o lerity for the transportation ot ,' her produce, was strongly attested by whit they h,d • fore the revo lution, In the marine of the British empire, w'hllst the U. S. were part pi it, the Am* ■ lean built ships \y< re to the- British built as 23 to 4«. New died about three-tilths of the for mer. In tW i points of vi w, the soothers a Wtre p eu'iariy interested in i promoting our r»a< ig .tion. ,t—Ast ! -\ are, in a >mt r spei ts, the »cak-r part i f the uni v, W< Ith exposed on thi ■ , have mo 4( heerl al iiia' prottcu.'ii which j results fr m extensive ru ir.ine res ar ces. The existi nee of these will i prevent attack, or Can re tun ed n. l iv ',i ins of r i elti i [ it. they have so much . >le and bu ,i carry to market, it fy their interest to puis conveyance fir it, that may b is little If-c.e.d v*> possible by tho ■* re, s and wars of ath-r nations; paj'.tn ularly of Great Britain, a n whicli is so tr qu ctlv at war, and which has - ; .a share in ue carrying trade.*' '< It hal been asked what rrnund there Was fr concluding, th .t Great Britain would '> led by th- measures prop ■ lange her policy towards tn U.S. ii thought wi h d the best ground r on - ■ < h an (sffeCl, It is wei i she ".p pr-e;i a ro< iisiirs woul I b ta li, n, she manifested a readiness to id m: f gr nt-r reciprocity Into the oom b tw • o toe two countries, A ~■ t'u nvpose w s brought into th« jriou* ol Commons by th„ present mi ni:.!, r, Mr, Iv.t, and v : .e.'. t p.'obuhriy h ye passed into a law, had prung np that they should ue able to maintain their exclusive sy Krtox, under secretary, appe;trs from a coll ction .A papers publish, il by him, to have been-th ehit'i advisef in tbe cabinet, as lord ttlv meld was great champion before the. public, 01 this experiment, it was founded ac cording to ooth these witnesses, on a i belief—lst. That N .va-ftcm ia and Canada, would soon nea le tg feed the West Indies, and tnereb, mik ,hem independent of supplies from the U. S. • 2ndly— I'hat the general government was so iecblc that it could not execute a pi in of retaliating restriction —and, , 3dly. That local interests ami preju dices predominated so much among the states, that they would never even agree in making in attempt*, It it now tborougtily understood and admitted by the most biassed judges, that the British continental colonies Cannot supply the islands: that as well as be islands, they depend frequently for essential suppii' s on the U. S, This calculation therefore has failed Great Britain. The next has been completely de stroyed by the change of oir former ' frail confederacy, into a government which i found to be adequate to all its , national objects. This hop* has there-j tore in like maimer fulled. The only remaining hope that can in duce Great Britain to peroevere in the plan of-ennduct she has adopted inwards the U.S. luasirt die supposed difficulty oi reconciling their d.iferent interests and local pr juliees. The present oc casion will decide whether tl.is hope Also snail be withdrawn from her; or whetiit r »he is to be inspired '.villi fresh idence in pursuing her own uj without a r.uc respect ttUier tor i our interests or for;<ur rights." " He then wen? into a review of the I state of '■: icu n reltttitVn to Great Licit.v.o . injdrit sot n itbi i \ her c ins. i ciprc foi ing ..: tur»<m ice . in Ktd other cour.-j tries, and between other cou iciies and] the 17. S. than between Great Britain fto'd the I,'. S« To prove the first he remarked, that iv some instances Great Brit,,in had treaties with other! count! | and stipe ' rocal privileges ; in other iost.in- ) wore countervailed log restrictions on her. To prpve d point, he remark ed, that «o »ther nation with which the U.S. carried on commerce, had a na vigation act similar to that of Great Britain. With respect to the intercourse be tween the v. S. ami G. Britain, there , Was, he insisted, a want of recipe j throughout, that must strike the. most ial observi In '■ of navjgat'on this had ! been sufficiently pointed out, and being i admitted On ail .ides, need not be: re- I peated. In the trade 1 between th* twd cohn* : tries, our ■: and (lour, fish and nil, salted provisions, which a mount to'conshh raoly more Chan , third of our exports, were shut out of . her markets ; II tier best sta . her wn ll#ns, hi r cottons, her ma- I nufactures ol' the m< tals, of leather, sod jof silk, were admitted on moderate du j ties, and enjoyed in a manner amoi j ly of our market. In the articles of superfluity mutually I admitted, there was nothing tocompen ! sate the inequality ine>'her cases. Our j tobacco paid a tax of four or live h>m • tired per cent, our rice i*fty or sixty I per COnt, and < or in an n fact ores of every sort would not be admitted it we everso able to send them. On the other i hand, her superfluities were received J under ditties, which in general did not j exceed from seven and au hilf to-fifveeh percent. In the West rndia trade, besides the i exclusion of ..or vessels, whilst her ewh | Were lefl Free, there were ■,-, number of I our productions which were not admit teti'injtQ the market there, whilst our laws refused nothing that was brought I to the market h re. H" next turned his attention to the I riesand losses w^esuffered In other j n ipeCtS. >\> he hrt'l not poese'ssed himself of the | I. aid, he said, leave it I to,those who ha w hew far the Indians were or were no. '-.purred on to w.ir against us, by ts or parti, ot Great Britain. It was asuffict. en-t ground of complaint, that the pofits wrongfully detained; th t' the itionhad a baneful Influence oil the sentjm nts and eondu. t• ( . the Indl ie •, ami th t the supplies fur their warf.in , derived from a trade, authorlsej by the British government, and pro rl by th post* which <>t right were on fsii and ought to be mcd tor p'ui ■aibini-i! th of G, Britan, with'be lawle-sS -eiaiire ot mil vessel, under hr instructions of the S'h of June la whilst on one side, ahe Violated the laws of nation-, by i on a ti a contraband aricles with those at war with us 5 lid , • i bating the 1, ws of nations, by i ttcr'CCpt ing our trade ' at war with h ,in art cl at atraoand, The In nan war h e.os rverf, cost u annu illy a sum, exceedirg b/ on mil lion, the sum that Would probabl] "dh lent for the defence of our tr on ti rs, if the posts were in our h Tin- fur ir.id ■ tfwprnding on th p *ti i, be ih ie irly valu< d t two hundred thousand dollars more." ("fa r.u CosrisuHD.J " .- ._ ' ' -~- ■ - .'i'.-T~~t-r- Circidt Court o r the District of Co iumbia* for Washington County. William Hawkins, Complainant* againft Benjtmin StolJert, Daniel Rein'zcU, and Ann iiis wife, late An,; Rckcrtscn* Samuel Riibertaon, Henry Robertson* I'homas Robertson, and Swah Robert son an infant under the age of t\ one years, vthich s< id Alton* Henry, Thomas and Sarah, are th* heirs of William Robertson, deceased—.Defend ants. A HE bill of the Complainant states, that Wa. Robertfon, deccafed, received a conveyance of certain ground aid premises, lying a-d being in the City ot Wafhingten, Iron leujamin Stodderc, which conveyance wa* not recorded agreeably to law, ana hat alt* been loft—Thar, the faid William Ro bert Con, before hia death, conveyed the ia-.ie to Wi'iiam Sudden, who conveyed the due to tie complainant- t hat the f idinteuncdi ate conveyances, owing to the lof. of the ori guia convvante from William Robertson, h?ve not been recorded, »nd that the legal ' title-nd eltare of the *f;»id premifes is now j wiled in the fold Poiijamin S odd, rt. The* | object, of the bill is to obtain a leg'l title arid eftate in the premifc- to the complainant Jt ' being ma c apoear to the futhfaelion of t' c ' *mi t tlia' Rob rtiOfl r ii e« otit the Dftrie! of Columbia and that the plate of; hi? refidence is not bat Robertfon re&te' cut ot the district of Co bun i andrcOdes in Montgomery Coun ty in the ft r e. of and th f. R,ibertson is an infant under the a/c o : twen- i t*, &se ye t» »■ d refide* out of tl: . Colutr.b'.a to Wk, y ( gui try, ! in ». v .r. data notice re/m iiy • hereo ' ■■■■v. By ofi v.'4t. WM, Ci«c WASHINGTON ClfY, TRIDJY* AUGUST 7. 1 ' <Kfc««— In addition to the numerous PURI.TC MEETINGS, already noticed, we take*. a pride in the following enumerate FORTY EIGHT more, at all of w the like patriotic resolutions wei-e a dopted. Dorset, Manchester and 8 Rupert, Vermont, July 2^, Port Royal, Virginia, Nottoway county, Vir. July 4. St, Mary's, Georgia, July io. Fayetville, N. C. July Is- Christ Ourch Parish, S. C. July 16. I Camden, S. C. July 11. ■ Montgomery county, Pea; July 23, Eastern, l* ". July 18. Matthews county, Vir. July I*. Lancaster c tu.ty, Vir. July 15. thumberland county, i ,lv 15. itod, Vir. Ju'y J6. Augusta county, Vir, July 16, Camden, N.C. July lei, i Rii hmond county, Vir. July 6. Morris Town, . J«ly Js, Mecklenburg ccanty, Vir. July 13. South,imp' n cojnty, Vir. July 20. Tnpp.d noo'Cj Vir. July 20. Prince fc>lward county, Vir. July 20. Rockbridge county, Vir. July 22". Lobisa county, Vir. July 13. Charlotte county, Vir, July IS. Eastoti, Maryland, July 21. Caroline County, do. July 21. CheaterTowh, do. July 1&. .. county, Georgia, July 14 --. ioi county, N. C. July 24. , Sh: II Castle, N. C. July 15. I Sussex county, Del. July Si. j Greensbtirg, Pen, July 14, j Hunting 'on, Pco. July 11. II trrisburg, Pen. July l?. C ntre county; Pen. July 15. Mifflin Town, P.n. July 11. It , . t coi.intv, Vi". July 2.'. Din *i<Mic county, Vir. July 20. j Brie - we k eoiiety, V»v. July 18. Buckiogh m, Vii. July 13. Augusta, I July 15. Columbia, S C. July 8. Mail; rd, N. C July I*. M idvill , Pen. July 16. Newberrtj N. C, Libert} c v ty, Geo. "*\ July 6. Newbury Port, July 17. Th" following cit'.z ns hive been 1 Tiusttet's of th. ?i.siit ution for the Education ol Yuj'li in the City gf W'ashituMo , lor th ■ ensuing year. Robert jßtrht, Gabriel Ducall, Samuel I.' Smith* Jam s /• Flint '•, Catmell, Jo/in Dcmftrte* Tlv High C-niVi of I'.rr-Ts and Ap ite of P nasylvania, h, vc tilv Ir 1 tin ir sittings'at Philadel phia. Of scv n causes, which came ' up to tlv m from tie Supreme Court, ih y have dtii tits giv< •» in five. This is, pi cimhg the most ii iki g i bat c-;n he ad. duc.ed of "the uncertainty ct the law, and must p ili.fi very man who pr pcrly appreciates the importance o{ a clear ay I cer; *';n system for the ad- I ministration of justice. The Alexandria £ mentions the arrival of Mr, and Mrs, Alston at Richmond. rr.OM TltF. rFiCRSBUHG RE PUISI.ICAN. Near two years have now f'.Apfedf, fince the fimpftt of a Cans.l from Roanoke to the navigable water of Ap- Mok, engaged the public attention nothing is yet done to afc rtain fo important and interfiling an objrc\ ■ —The legifiatttre of Virginia during; the {'efTion. 1805, pauVd a law appoint* in>r cormnilliouers to make the requi fite enquiries and report,, on the fub jeetl ; but nothing was dor'-. The law was continued at the lafl f-ffion, and remains in force until the liift of December next, but if no meafures are puil'ued dining' the pre lent year, will probably never be received That there has been great inattention, in failing to cany this law into effect, will not be denied ; and yet, to afcribe this in attention to the comniiiliouers would, perhaps, be coniidered as a deviation from that poiitenefs <iue to their pub lic and private worth—it will probably • fuffice t» remind them cf it. Three of the commiHioner are autlionfcd to act ; there can, therefore be but little ddri cr.lty in forming a meeting The ob ject a ."d is fo interelling te the fousb-wef)efn rHhVicA ot Virginia, I ihould not be 101 l fight of ; for, it found practicable, there can be little doubt but that it won' 1 kindle the flame of energy and exertion in tvery breait. BRITISH AGGRESSION. On Monday arrived nt Norwich, C ir- Ie belong the fcbr, :i- -c v, c ;>• C:r<'," le!t th ing voyage. Th tier and 14 fwrvrfs them, boarded, armsd" witl