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THE JL1NCHBITRG VIRGINIA*.
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BY FLETCHER & TOLER. LYNCHIHllO, VA. MONDAY. M AUCII RO. 1820. VOL. VII.—NO. <15.
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,hrt ‘ , yuj 11 ui'iirunj at 50 p«#tr p<’r
f srM Innw, nnJ 07 l-li ■•in'* f"r »*di I
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puilH & I-OMIOX
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(»lytrb)
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\laliu*i<M 1 Jrimm1*11-*
l>u. Ini' s'HiiiU :
pistols. B.iuliln barrel
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U), IVrnil-iiiii lionU-4
\t,. »'iili BajAiiirta I
V il ii<• ^Valrl't /; |J^|
rnrt'ly
Antique Oil '!>' <>«
KneilCe*! grea/ I'Ctntly
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n-al, great r (truly
J'.^k**! do do do do*
L'liess M'*«
n,». liouid^
Ornti or LlmtUer
Boards
Segnr Bo*.es, great t.i
ntty
Ink i:ido do
Lotus or iveito
t>*uiioo
Hantet’* Bottles, rnri
DUS sizCS
LrailuM do do do
Kiiiodo t!la<fri
JJui-e do
> -ittid ipmiit* fa- l °* H*
ltl<l'i!«ll‘d Spoons
.‘-pint . A- id i>rov< i «
Smitl Boxer, gre.n! van
et. i
L.inti nu attor*
t *ti t>\y. h
i!i,> •, I. ivendpr nod «>
i .mi-»i» Flower wmers
rcrji sup.
Vefc* laUleH 'U£«
\ in . •• .rut* it i«i - f*
Grecian Uquitl nouga ,
Pmui ilunn, great »nH*»
t v, in put* ami r«*H*
flavors, old hngliil*
do Pudiiri
Do 6 bind'’* to 1 hail- '
die
7c tv oiler's Brushes
Nail <*'
Pent! I'miutPiH for j
whist, various kivds
Fmglim Dice. beaiilllul
f ¥%,iy , fur Miniatures
i f I KO N •up. qua lit y,
vei) cheap
CiMvat »l»ltmu‘*or p »d> j
itio nr U.l llosr, gcnU" i
iili.
Oil tnoni
hi illiodi
»Vat•'li Itibbou*
dell do
,Vn:ii v on Caps
plain and Cut G'a-s '
Smell «iu ^ 1 d-‘, groat
variety
Neck luce* ,
i.allies’ Uv erfth>cs,vri»y
rood
l *M IM S
F »iihig < uies
*-word l oin s
Hub \\ :..|K. V.;i It tj
Fancy Slate
fr'ancj Picture'*,
small
le tL'S, beautiful
I'ollil1 ’I*O lu»%eS
P >w (far Puffs, so vein I
Li us
Fain \ Soaps, great v j
riety
* ieiitleiuiuF- dressing
Box< ih beatitdul
\ iglit Tapets
j Fm-Cu liiotis
1 her,noun tins, gl en
valithy
Dirks, 4*c. k-c iVc. ^.c
Toieiiwr %vii|i .1 f»rrnl variety of oilier ftt'iti-fm
n | herein iii«*ati.»u' ti My Hi»rU id Medicine,
‘vr, n,»*\v on hand, n* Hu* m llir Htair,
Mi« vnt.eiV liet.er Ilian .my home in the Uiimjii.
VlI ilie article* .uu ali'ei <*! utihe very lowest
;,4icu# t.UWKL L>AV IKS.
v*n• Hi in.
L' its 11 Drugs ami McdiciiUis.
ft s utf? o ri her tins lately received nSM ALL
JL additional supply of FRESH DRUGS A
MEDICINES, which makes hi* ASSORT.
dRN l very complete. He receives S\| ALL
supplies almost everv week. hv which mean*,
hi* stock, thou-'ll n*u the L AKGKS T,i* always
HiESIl and sufficient t*» meet any orders
that he may he favored »v ith.
THOMAS J DUVAL.
N. IV. Ureacripious laithfnllv attended to
i»y Virginia Bred YOUNT. GENTLEMEN.
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F JsTSALEo
f\ VERY hand-tune litti e Tann, upon the
Jalh-n.f waters ol Anpouiattox, in Ruckiut;
kain. This land is in 'he neit'lihnrhn'id of Clo
ver Ifill, ln»* rein itknh'y well, produces tu.
hare »of the ltae.*f ipahly. nn I has upon it a
very l osje orch «rd ol well -■••lecied fruit . tiie ;
rad contains 3IU acres—I’er^ons di«pnsed t»» |
’my, will apply lo the subscriber or C »!. Soul. (
T . PatlrtS'Mi, v\ ho lives ad porting • h«» prem ise*
SAME. 1\ CUM- I I AN.
March 2. t*
HThave till- day I'rii-iv Ml a case rd
l»it;ltiv finished Le^ «-»nw, mue.h Iowa
Varied than unv impacted 111is ie»t4«»ii
McKEE, ROHINSON ^ CO.
Tan.fi.
FOiX SAL'S.
'' f WISH t" sell n»y hntKti and lot, situated
'•■w lienr the head *>f Main Street, 100 feel m
4iVi‘ Kevi nth and itinning thence until
- decrees,wed'st *S poles, thence not til TH leg.
'■'e^t 70 feet, thence north f>2 decrees, t*i%l H
J’oles^to second street, thence south dtf degrees,
■ist <0 feet to the beginning. The said piece
• ground being pint of the lots known in the
°f On* town by No. S*> mid \22o. On this
d tbeie is a convenient dwelling House, anti a
•»ost excellent garden. There is likewise «>u j
the Iota good tobacco manufactory, with the j
"Crew# ami all fixtures necessary to carry on the
utsiitcks extensively. There are few lot# in
ll'w" ,u°re couveuient or desirable than this, if
J' situated on main street, in a pi *a«aut part of j
• otvn. and in one of the best neighborhoods, i
‘he situation is healthy, wutex convenient, and
in every respect a desirable residence for apu
'rt,e iaiuily or n man of business. I w ill make
terms accommodating, and will take negrjes in
ih'tt payment. For particulars, application
be made to the subscriber living on the (
i remises, or to the Editors of the Virginian.
„ SAML. LOVE,
led). 12
i\ew !
I-1 tract A la Momsclinr.
Hungary Water,
Articles of Perfumery,
Jiiii received liv
, VilOS. 3, JH’VAL.
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POKTHY.
from the Bijou.
TURKU WAS 5ILUMCU IN huaVkN
Cun an«e! spirits need repose
In the full sunlight of tin- $ky I
And rail the veil of slumber » !«»>*
A chrrub’> bright and hinging r\e •
Have seraphim rt weary brow,
A fainting heart. an } *< Idug breast /
Mo, far too high their gmiNi * tlow
1 v» languish with inglorious rest.
How could they \l u p timid the bhstf,
The hamptet of delight ah ve ?
Oj b‘*ar lor one short hour to niis*.
The vision ol the Laid Kiev love i
Oil mil the dealli*like calm of sleep
Could -till the eve la»<mg song ;
Mft fairy dream, or slumber deep
Untrance tho rapt and indy throng.
Vet not the lighfe-t lone was heard,
From angel voice or mi^chtniud :
And not one plumed phiion s'tried.
Among the bow’d and Idi <*fol baud
For there whs silt nee in the -by,
Ajov t»H uttgel loncu S could Icl1
As from i*> inv*iit! fount on high.
File gillie Of Gild ill .itillllekb fell.
Oil ! whit i* silence here below (
I be <piiet ofcouc'.alrd despftii '
The pain»e of pain, tiled, emu ufuu
It is the rest of rapture there.
Audio *tr w.iy*M orn pilgrim hero,
More hindied seems rlo f peb et peace
Than the full chiiiuii ol jo> to hear
Kidl oil, and never, never urns
From earthly agoni>rt fire,
Tited with the path ft»u slowly trod.
May such n tnltmce welcome me.
Into the palace of mv find
IIEMI*
* utivntirn and Preparation uf Ih mp. at prqr
lived in Kentucky.
Tlw most fertile of our I.ipI*. • i#» -ulerted
for tli** pi odiiction of hemp, m il t|,,it %vliicfr
has been iped a- meadow m p.uhirc for i
long time, is preferred to any o»ln r, •• k|»«*n
euce having proved, that tip, b* »♦ 4 lupfrd
l » the purpose. This (it pi o »u: tide,) i
pbnjghed late ill the siitlm m, ml exposed,
u.i'roddeii by stock, to tin- fmsuof wiulei
plotig o il again a« raifv u» tip .p»i"g *s llu*
-ea-Miii will permit, and »*g.i. 1 im•n**#l« >|.*|v
pr. riling tip* sowing ol tin* semi (He it me
i taken to harrow the ground until uh* c*od
tire completely broken, and i«» give il ,o even
a son l ice .is can be produced by the n*e uf 1 he
comm n Iihitow.
T'u seed ii sotvn from Hie ilOlh of \ju.llu
tbe up idle of M m , (ah- r »pr n frosts are o
vn .) it the rate of lmm n biisl.rl and a l.uirtli
T I a bti-dl•'I and a halt to th .111, and twice
burrowed, i’ll** crop then r tpnre« im t'urlh
ei Htienli'Hi until P is fat.—Its .1 ne#s t.• r tlo*
kuile inns be determined Uv the appiaratict*
of the hemp, and not by t»»•* length ..f the time
it bns been g* o ving, or I lie sra.snti ol tiie \ ear.
In.- indications of fjtne«$ f a- curing nr a
change in ilj•? colour .if* llu* b ar from a deep
green lo a yellow, and the lifting. up.m the
feast a ji’alioa, of a vpg*tab|e dust in.mil,
hemp. Tliti ripening lif ihe crop m g**n- rail*
partial a.ul unequal in d tierent part* of flit*
>ume field, and regard on /lit to !paid to f Inn
circiuuOnitee in cutting it, taking such pm
tioiis •>! it first as give the striwigist imi,, a
lions of ripmics-*. It i« 11.it nc* e»sarv or pu».
pei tu wait for a decided change -I color in
nil the leaves, before th.* harvest cuuiiiifMice* ;
oa tin* couiia. y, *• is more a vutif.igenu-, >»,
coniiif'iiee when tin* change u nitty put l nil.
and as soon as the dust spoken ol begin*, in
rise, or is produced by agitating 'Ip* hemp
wi li a stick or I lit baud hi k*-iiiu< kv, tii.
practice ol cutting hemp ha* m a g eat meas
ure superseded lire old pracn * of pnliin ' il
up by Itie touts, and h bom J in be greatly
pre'eralile, la'inc le-s tuboi ioii-, and remit ring
the. hemp better and easier in handle, ine.
Operation is performed with a knife, (coin
111 * • y * a!U-d n bemji honk,) m id*' 'omewltal
in the mi..p* of a sickle, but heavier uiid not
so long, an I having a Sff|.>ofh ami 'IiHrp odge.
\ ■> tile b* mp .» « il', it i^ -pre ul out upon
th*.* ground Iruiii which it is . i.en, and p**r
initirl to remain t»ii*rc 1111.«t the leaves are
well wilted, and will «.*« u, eparale irotu Hie
stalk-, It is 1‘n ii .'JHliere.l into heave toil
ii*»1 hound,and tile le.ivrn hm en ;4 with a
%tick, ».o.I im mediate ly iiiiniei sesl, il wa'er
rolling i' io'emb'd j if imi, it |S <mi 011 in sticks
o' I non line- to live fee 1 hi 'bairnier it ihe
ground, and lied closely together Ml the ti ps
so .*> 1 » prevent it Iron falling • rl,«> inid.lk
ol Ihe s'H«.k -b ♦' 11 • be lull liolbiw to give it air
lic it-the earth. It i- then mi hi* re I to jUund
until perfectly dry, when 1 i*, t-ep-oHlrd an !'
hound into mu <11 sheave*, an.) |M11 up in
stacks or ricks, ai. l secured by a coveiii.gof
board*, or straw, In secure li from u f.eg wet
in the interior ol the sla» k. It can. hnvev*
er, be so stacked, a» to be’■ecu-cd from water
without any olliei covering than n thatch «>l
lie up, but some skill to be acquire I only by
pi notice is iieces*Kiy to do it well.
I1 remainsin the shirk until the *.< mnn for
rotting arrives : il is fla n Ink u down spread
out (on grass, if to he had,} as • .piallv a- pin*
sihle, and vtposed to the weather icitilili
found to he ready lu’’ the brake. (Our wes
tern autumns nod wii»uu> ;ue attended with
so little snow «•» to give us choice of time
fiom September until Kebruarv for rot ting )
Care mart be taken Intake the hemp up as noon
ai it is hi for the brake, or a loss viill lie sus
tained. (If, however, it should be found t
any time to be injured by too long an expo
sure. it is not thrown away, but agon stack' d
Mid brought to the brake the sucre* ding year,
when it will lie found lo have regained its
stre.ngib, if not ab,o ulely rotltd before it was
taken up.)
When ready for the brake, we take il from
the ground nud Mm k it in >nmll stacks, as in
the fust inMMice after I'uttitit;, and thin pro
,ceed to break it ©fi^brake* made on the plan
i©f Otf r I'O'iimn'i flat brake but i. . -h 1 ■»«/.* r.
fay from C ♦» i«s »ig feet in |. n.th, having tin*
Mats iiiui.li deeper am) wider apart, and wider
in proportion at tha heel ot the brake than the
flsi brake. \N tilt mr.h a brake, a good labor
er will In oak in a day of February
'Mid lomo aid break double that quantity.—
file *e«*d i% rai«(*«J t»y planting in hills like In
dian C orn, plan i in*: four or five re. dc, and
pulling all out but tin* most thrifty plant. A
sifigb* acre of ri«*h land ha* been known to
produce sixty liu»hi*ii ofeeod i w* are very lit
tle m tln> hahii ol water rotting **ur lie up, but
wild lie r been l Inis prepared it biuntf tube
equal to ine best Ibissia hemp ;from mree to
live dayi, in a veiy warm season, is fotimilo
’*•* *ul!r lent lor f bi> pritc sc, if the waler be
stagnant, longer, if running.
'•* opiuitMi pi t vaiU where the e’ll Ivation
of betiip i- nut comnUMi, that I •« a vi ry el
hauling c tip.—T ie lad, tiowre', mulier
wise, Hud wt*« uliivale tinee »ur.c,,a*ive ciops,
on Hit' *>a .1 litotl with |e»* rghit nsi inn than ih
occasioned Uy either the Corn nr wheat c»np,
ami no crop le«ivt»s ground *■« light ac to einin
ly ihslro) the j rodu lion ot in is.
a m;nin hiA.v.
Knnn thr .Iwicricent I tinntr.
or.p vv \rin as m.m.u in \n now
(t tl»i fc.iih* » * nluld bed* have become (In -
ly, in.i iv,I, hi 11>* v' lost i lietr ela.'iiut) l»v age
or •• *• •, t i‘\ siimaLI In- ampdcd in •* a In* rad
nail u.lulled hi warm miH|i *um, iigil iied by
means ol a ink** m f it deli hoi , and i llctwa Mi*
w ri'iielaed in « •. .a * water. liny nr 'inn lube
plfc.swd dry by Ibe ImhiI, an ' pill upon tin* floor
ol an empty well lighted room, t*nd u*» \ ami
tnen uluppii^aia I ► Hii.d up ; and wliaui thor
oughly ory put ng.im lot »ticks. lit v nil' lie
found tiller tins betid t/iuil Htl0 f‘<Un rj, be
cause di piiveil ol 1 In* oil which .ihoimiN in the
la ter. CUUMiN TAIU HI
s^Lm***™**1** *■ * **•*— ■■■•■" ■'*- —■
PANAMA DOCUMENTS.
bli\ \ 1 K—l 33 Mari <-. 13!U
h» the Smutr u Ji<l Houn of Iti pri'uttitiivrs
of ‘hr (Jnili<l Sttifi u of .‘tint fica.
\X'wVMIlKO.T«»N, dd Match, IhJIk
I lritn*mi herewith to Cotiglg » a copy (dtl»C
lusitin lions pra p.tird by llte brcicta* \ ol bfate,
.and faaa a a it* lie, I I.* »lie Ali"is** t of Hie l\ *'i,i r*
| app iuted tn attend the Assembly • l %it»* • i
! can n. input flit to lies, f»a -• hel l at 1’>ii>< III.),
(lien. tin leii**»! to l'.icbaya. I a* occa.iun
lor whit h the v w e ;.iven ha* pa-unlaw y,ainl
ihi'Ie u on picseiit pr drn' ility • »’ the mu a! nl
I hole iicgutiaiio" ►» ; but the purpo-e foi \' liiidt
| they wei e intruded a a o, still ol tho dv rpe'.t H.t ei *
jest in om count av and loth" wuild, anil ia »\
I in rentier r,.ii! .i g a in for Ibe active em ij "UhI'im
(auvt rinuei.t <*f l He f lilted Sl.iu \ '11 ■ motive
i for w nliholdm;; them flinn general jmhln nioo
j liHVi- » ce . *»*iI, j lattice to the (*overturn-ill lin n
wdue.h tin y ".muiHtid, noil In dir p, op'e lot"
whose hem til it *.v»uj insli'u'ed, teapiiie that they
i should In: m id«* Lm u. W alii this 'ien, and
troiu the (>u sidrr ion 11 a at the uhjefts em' a xa
i . d |»v tin> <• ni'ii (j- lions niti-f pmhahly engage
1 hvrealter the coaasidei aboil «d (air miccc r,<nI
' deem it p'opcr to unKi’ till « OllllllUMCAllo I tn
hull) 11 (US* s o( r,.n::n *. < »:M- copy only ol the
in*mji m 9 ! »? o« prepared, | wend it Hi the
• ,‘uah . n » icst.ii ; that tli-y ni.iy he Huiisiint
led a!: n to . \ : House til ll pi manual a vi »
i n a i>isms.
*
IN MU C l IO >»- oKNT.IiAb
' Kicliitrd « All cm *ou nod .lolin Scrgemi’,
esq . appointed Luvoys Lit.iordl
naay am! \l uislei.i iMeninotvutiaiy
ol ihe 1 •... tel to Hie Congee** at
I'm.unit.
Pj i*Ain <n m n# Siru, )
V. • <•liiugloil, h'lh May, Ihjd. C
tii s * i . : l ha* tri llions in which hr U.
Stan s stand t i i Im* other Aim i n an puj*n *, and
tin* »!..11'*-. i.ncr e-%1 x nnd m inpalhn s, which la
long in ( nun* n f.atnnoa. liuve (U nrmiitvd the
f'refillfiiI ’.n Hcc**pi a») 11av i'•«»i n which li n
hern given by t o lb publics • I ( ’ -lour i .. M, *
iro, nod Cenii .«! Viiirn icia to th-* I ■< . d bhiirs, i .
send Iiept'j*,-eait»*liv« s to tin* t 0114n*sa at l a 11 .
in);). He roobt < a«»i, indeed, In, ve ilea line I an in
1 v P Ml toil pruce-iliia 4 liotil *ourc» s so lilgiilv te
prriablf, Mini C‘*i»»amiiiic;ate«l in tin nio«t delic.aie
an«l lespt ciliif manner, without sohj,din;; tin
t u ti ll btnlt ?i to lin teprmich ol ms> nsihnuv to
tn deep* Mt c.oUCfrn* of the Ameiican livmi
plicre, and. |ac• t»-a |,s fo H want ol Hiucvity in
niusi inipnrlnnt aleciat utiou«, olcntnly mail - n\
li I*, pi edecessor, in I lie face <<1 tin* t) «l am! New
Woil'i. In y iebliaig, laei efore, t» dm ln**udlv
ivijdie* of llnas** three lb publics, coinmunn nled
hi ilia.'notes of tf*• *ir ies|»ective \1 ini-ters, at
WHuhingtOM, of which cope a an* herewith, the
l nileii ^tat« > net mi perfect comm teuev with all
their p* eyi mis c »jaihirt nod prnl,t »»iuiiv. in res
pect to tile New \ net kail S ales l h • im-ern
iiliug ol a ( u 14' **.*» s at 1'aoaila, com pus,* if oj d«
nloan die ie|»ra*s.*»»t,itiv* * Ion iitdepmidnit \
lliii 1 cat 1 NmImii* , a* ill lor ill a lie w epurli in Ini -
mail all.lit- 1 to* I. cl uxe 1 wh t evei may he
(tie issue ol the connjr* uc« s f sm ii h fun ^res.-i,
caiin -i tail ci»«Allengc 'tie all n mil (d tin*
present gene(«tli«»aa ol d'e Civih/fd world, alld
to emiunand lii-ir of p eniy But tli• • in pe is
cuuinh ullv iaul»il^;r»d, that it will have other and
stronger cjaitiifl lajmn the rcg.iid of uiaoknui
than any which m uc out ol die mete cucnrn
Maine »l it, novelty ; a nl ilia* 11 will entiih*
iMe! I m the atle«:. >4 >0 and la • i";/ 41 at it title 01 at'
Ameri n, bv ll»«» wi-doin nnd bm ialnv of it*
piitn ipiett, .uni t»y tin* new gmtraniic* it iiihv
createJur tin* ^»* «• t inierr*t which will engage
it- deliberation •>. On an •»: ca«i n *0 highly im
|.11« t Mill liSpOliMIM', U" I PMliH'lll (IMS 11* 1*11
<)t'’nnils Unit il»»* i eprenMif un"i from the United
-ji.iie* should !►** coin .osi if Ol (Ibliilg milled ctll
/.i-iu. Conti.Img* ni) (ini /.»•«!, ability ami pat
riotism, by and v%'itli itic a ivice ami consent of
tin* Senate, lie h;i» selected you for ibis microfi
lm* R«rv et». A *il il liis u »s » that you Should
pi • »c«*eii, wit i ;iit piacncahte ilespati’b m r.uia
mt -f\»r the pur|>o«c of carrying oat Mr. Ber
ihi* I oiled St-.les slip Lexington has
0 en pi. pared, a*‘<li*uow ready to sail from
til* Port of IN* iv York, to Pm In llel'o. .Mr
Au-ler-ou. hav ing been notified of h»s appoint*
nn i*t. hn*. been «lti<- let to 1 ;|ve the* atTans uf
tin* Cull cl Sc.it*'a al Bogota in the discharge of
»uch person hs lie nitty, f »r that purpose, d»*ig
nate, and to join Mi. Beig*-ant at Porto Bello,
trout u hence it t£ supposed that it would be
most convenient t» proceed, by land, HC»o«* the
Wlhinustn PananiH. Ministers Irom sevcialof
llie powers have, probably bv this time, touch
ed ihat pi a* e, anil they may even have procee
ded to a c utiparison tvf their rinpective creden
tials, :md to confeiHtn c# on gome of theubjee**
nl the Congress ; but it i« probable they will
have deferred, unt il your arrival, a considera
tion of those in deliberation oti which it was
einected that we should lake part.
Your power, nccoiopfiriymg this letter, is
joint and several. HiMhnrizing you to Confer and
iroat with ,\|iivi-iers, a!*o, duly author*/ d, from
all or any of ibp American Powers, of peace
liiend-hip, comisseiee, navigation, mart im%,
inw. nnifra) ami belligerent rights, an«| other
inniter" interesting to ‘he continent of America*
Ai*cr the mutual •nhange of powers, il will
tie necessary to determine the forms of deliber
ation, and fin* mode' of proceeding, Ol the C »i»
t*r* S'. It is distinctly dmlerstood by the Pres
ident, that »f '4 *«» be regarded, in all r» speoti,
fig d'Db'm u'i, n induction to a n>dy *•>
the.I a ltd petve»« ol ordinary legislation ; that
ft to say. no one oi the States represented i* to
>t considered hound hy any freatV.Cii»ive«*iion.
part, < r act, to which it dt»**« tintsubscribe, and
eaprosdy assen* hy its si ting representative ,
and that in the Instji ice of treaties. convention*
and pacts, th* y are n he returned, for Anal ra
tification,to each contracting si ate accoidmg to
the provisions o its naitieutar Constitution A I
idea is, therefore cm hi.led. ofhm ing a oiiuoiity
to agreements .u* i c nt ary to its n ill.by the
mere citcunwtOUce nf tin* concur'retie** of a ma
jority of the State* in thum* agreements and acts.
C.rli State wdl. mu iiprhtly, b«* governed and •
Jell lire, according to us no n seioe of it-* parti
cnlar interest*. Al* noiinn is re jected of an Am
pnvrtionic Conned, ii ve» ed finally » ilh
power finally to decide ctrfltroversiei be
tween the Ainciumi Stales, ni to re
g'llatr. in any respect, (heir conduct. Sochi
a cnunsel miglit have e**n welieitough adupted I
to a number of small, contracted Suite*., whose
it nil cd lei i tin' y Would tall short ol the e* If lit ol ,
that of I he smallest of the American Tower* j
The complicated and vitiious interests %#h,cti
appertain to tl*w nuftotis of this various Conti 1
nent, cannot be safely i.iefideu to th*- superind- i
enre of one legist.i »?e n.ithnrity. We should |
ahnnM as soon espect to see an Ainphycfiouie j
Connell to regulate tTm atfuiia ol the w h*» » [
eh»i»e Hot even if it w*re desirable to vstin
lull Hitch a tribunal it is beyond the competence
of the Ouverrtmmt of tin* II H. voluntarily I • * |
assent to it, w ithout a previous change ol (licit
nriu d coo* itutinn
Although in specula1 ton ot I’lCh a i -nincu
h m been sum. lime* mat-vvid HMocmird in the
pu die papers wild the CMiiieWplated Coug't* x
WflC'rt hut ill v •' til11:11 itte 1 <.it it o ill hr *t*i iii'ls
I? press** I hv A IV of the Pio'r X Tno Pon*
grex* •* which have ti. tut so • oinium in totnp* .
especially w ilhnt I hr a* (.iff r time . have he n
allugfthcr diplomatic, nod, run -eqoently , the
S'Hie* wtioxe Minister* composed them. were
0 'v bound h, the r *ig wture. With tM1» nr
ivsviirv mill in i.|i iMihle rest ii tin1 *1*00 tin
action ot lt»e C m . irsH, great advn I'get ulai
ne*arthides*, h derived Ir«»in a 11 hsv« inoly. at
the same mu. ft-i-l place, ol Minisicit fioui a l
the \ " 1 ir.m n mm -x Such • II hxxrtoh y w ill
air Til glint » r I tii a fill tree and 11 ieodly «*.»»!i
fen llCi'H. f()f ui Miiil not lieersxnry «*tp'ir»a
tionx, nod tin di«cu*sii'ff ami 1* Midi liiug Ml III
gerteral prim iph h appl cable t » peace 1 n I war,
fa roniifi. . re mv| 11 iviyai ien, Wit . t ie Saudi nr
01 lit I A •aerie.) Treaties .a • V be conclud'd
in the .a" 1 v ••! 1 lew m oill s. <t such a lain
grass, l*y mg (tin f.m idatioi s o( taxiing nmit v
and l, uo| 0 iglil'oi tmod, which it would 1*'
quire 111 n v y ra*to 1 - .11x11 in unite, 11,1 mice-1 the v
would he pi (u .. aide, hv xepmaie M, s ncei o vi
, H',goli;du . . - uodurU'tl he ween ihe s ver.il
Power*, itihd 1 mt nm t ami pl ieex. K»' pin;
• ouvt iiitlv n v .v *111* esxential char tfter and
ohje T nt t -e (.ainerebX, which have been dr
Hfiibed, it • u- • veiy important in whm man
nor it* i 11. <*. - in m and di .dis-.ioux may In 1 eg
Muled
h. x pei ci n hax. perhaps, silflicieully extah
lixficd that, loi precision, fur safety In ill*' ne
golia’m v themselves, and lor no e 11 ly , prar; i*
Cal r< Mdt, U is wiiext to piocfcd I y protm * I.
! in vvli ell the inuhi I pfnpusitioiis ol the pm in x
lot; rliei with such (Mouse oltsc VittitMi* a* a »v
nfihem dcii'ein Uave pieserved, are caiehitlv
r corded. Ii it von aie I f» free to agree to that
I iii'uh of pro * ho •. with the iiidoipe.i«ubie lint I
iiaiion beloie sitped, which, undci all (! rcuui |
slMitr • g. ffli d appeal lo you UXUI .ut -andd-1. ,
V'"ii powii conveys anau! hot it y fo'rrat wuh
all or’ii. iv ol the .Nations reprmouied at toe
I 1 "Ogi t * , uf any of lily su1 Jeclx coinpi is d io
o.ir' -iul 1 notion* And Orl llioxe. pgperiully of
■ i/inmei -c and n» vigmidi. inariliuie law ami
lie dial and I* I'ig Tent l ights, ii ix the fVv
1le.1l - vv islf. that 1 fill--SO laleregit 1 nn t In
adjuded mi i.dart>»r ly In a I the atteodu- Pow
ers. you hh Mild farm, il< v 1 ll.eh x-, treaties W ill*
sue h »« •nn v be fibpiMlru to cum 'ode ihein with
• you. Uni, in tli mui-hi 1 ol any sueli sepoiuh
rr gotywiioiis, you will 011 I llv avoid giving a
j uv ii* -A-iion (if olfi in to ill »*e Power* w ho mar
1 decline firming ; an I, it v *111 should have strung
reahon to believeiti.il tin'lacl »l«elf, of openim:
such Nepal at* negn unions, would have the Ii n
| dcneyol m on Hit" «i I n ml v f.1 Ij .gx K'. lelatmUK
w it h ul her Auiei n .. 11 Pawn , you * i' I decline
raterbig oil them altogether. You aiealxoau
ilm iked 1.1 agree upon A iraiisler ol ihe eonf» r
•■ii'. x Ir -1 in Panama lo hiiv other place on ihe
Vuiericaii Comment, that may In* t oosulei ed
more el.gible lor •■ouducimg them.
In now proceeding to direct y-oir attention
port euiaily tolhe inxtrtlfnoils ol flu Pr.xideni,
hv winch, a her having xdtlrd the preliminary
pul I lo V* hit'll I have jl|xl idvcilcd, \ Ull Will
govern you Helves, the li< *1 oberitlion lo tie
mule is, itmt in in ceding to the iiiyitaton
wideo ha* hern act’, pi- S, in- infenli u has been
enlei mined to ch III ef .epies. nl jmcitie and
lieu'tat policy of (In Polled Slniex. On tael
cmnrary, it ii is h 1 n d'*lin»*t!y on lei stood hy j
Ihe tliree Uepuhiu - . og.veihe in viiatioii.and J
has tu*eii enf.»rr<*(i «m ..m pot, in all our ro 11
uiunii ..Immih io iiieoi in M • od to it. ihaf ihe 1
Slides wouJd xlnrilv onhei e In 1 iiMl polit y, and
me .ii failiifuliy in p* 1 no ut all 1 n n neutral oh* J
ig.Minus. \\ 1.1 si lin* raiding e ar is Inn.led n,
the pie (fut par n«, i» n ax uu .ereesarv a* il ,
would tie unwiiie, m ihe I lilted dalex.fo her >11 »•
a bed gei-'iM A dale <d hmgx :an u.irdly he
mi tiled, in %»i.i 1 It I hev w on Id vol 1. ut aril \ 1 a h e |
par* on the side »d -n-m ; mid on that of me
K- pull U « || w- idd hi- eiilirely n«ea H'liC.e
they have been all along . ti e, unaided, Inum
plum I v .10 inniidai i t»•*•■.» cause, and 10 conquer
hie niiiix.d they have not overcome Ihe olid,
n u y of Spam. Bv maifiiailuiig tin* neon ai p .
siiion wti” ii ill*- 1,'uin d mm:o* nave luxiimed,
(liew I. 1 v .. In-iii i- 11.11 .1 .ii hold tfr. nn Ini ir,, • ><
to Korop , Hiii) mo e«d d!y to do ck hov «)•-*>
posit foil which i- % 11 ier«t to ag«i»t Spam in
the r»* cii/po M nl tin* t'olnfihg If thev loot
depili ted Iroui their neutrality, and precipitated
thi'iniflvi « i * to tin « ti, III* re was tiiiirli t •«**<•()
to apprehend that tin r exertion* might ha e
been neutralr/ed, if ••«.! ovnfnthiuct d l#v those
of other Pimen, m no would have been di:«wn,
by that i ii sb ex si/ii pie, < -t i the war, to behalf of j
Spain Keeping, then tore, (otisi.mlly in view
! the settled pnnfn: policy of the I’jnted States,
nod the dimes t\ inch fi. > w I mm their neutialii) ,
the subjects will on s be particoinrired, which,
it it anticipated, will engage the con udih ution j
! «d the t ongii ■»« at I’uocinia.
, These subjects may ho arrang'd under two
jgeneral head* 1st, Such a* relate to the In-j
| (ore prosecution of the present war with Spain, j
■ by the combined or separate opera1 ion of the
l American h*-. ligeieui*. And, *rl 1 t»o*e m which |
| all Hie Nation* of America, whether neutral or l
, belligerent, may have an infercf
In respect to the fir*!, for reason* already
j stated, we can take no part. Ihscuftion* til
them mu*t •• confined to the patties to the w ar
You will lelratn from engaging in them. You
will o"t he expected or desired to d<» *» Hut
whi t it h; v been perfectly understood that the
Crdtei} Su»; could not, at Itie f ;ougre«H, jeop
ard their r^malily, they may be urged to con
* *ract an a'haogtf, <||TVn*ive nod defensive, on
ffi.-C'>ni»n;• imv of Hu attempt by the Powers of
Korop* 1 on11*'onK -'lilted the Holy Alliance,
either to «vd "pam lo reduce the new Aun Tic m
llrptib'ics to then ancient Colonial State, nr to
compel it o * J'dopt poli'ind more
j-.j«i»furii.:*b:' t i* policy mid view* of that alii*
i itice Kpon the supposition of -uch «»» Hf
| tempt being actually made, theie can he no
' i « t 'U'»tM iKchder^t end Immideo
d ifjr of III** l.-nitotl to do I heir Intel
(■hi» 1 Ma isi i ate solemnly declared what,in that
•vent, he considered they ought to do- *1 hf
people ol the Unite I States acquiesced in the
decl a r«i ft on, and i tier- pr sent Ohief Vlneivirate
entirely loncuitind If, indeed, the P* wars
uf CtMilineiiiNt l uiope enuftt have aH*»w
ed •hemse-vrt to to£*g* in the war,
foi either of the pntpotes just indicated, the
Un ted S ate*, in opposing them with their whole
If tree, would have been hardly entiled to the
me; it of acting on the impulse of a generous
sympathy with infant, opp tsvrd, sod strug
gling Nations The (Jnted Plates, io the • ontin
g*nci«aw ,ich have been stated, would have
been f,mijie!it*d to (i;ht l lo ir own proper
battles, m I«*<•« *«* bet aunt the shorn «f wir
happened to range on another nail of this con*
liiienl, itt a dinanee front their bordns For
it cannot he doubt* d that he pieiuinpttmusspir
it which would have implied fcuru| e upon the
other American llcpuliltcs, in aid of Spain, or
no account ottlio forms of their po ’du al hMifti*
llons, would not have he* n appealed, il her
arms, in such an nm ighleons contest, should
It »ve lirtcn «oc essf«d,vuntil they w»ere ritintlsd
line, and « very vestige ol human licvdom had
been obliterated wiriiiii these State *
iliert wan n tyne when such • I•* igns were
arrimtly upp rntnnled ;nnd n is believed that
the ileelai alum ot the I .|e President to the C’oii
gres* ol the tinned Stales, which Inis hern Hire »•
dy teferu d to, -ad a powerful efleet in ditcun
i. riling uml niiesting their prngiess. About
the •nine period, Ciicai Htiiniti yiniitlrslcd a
determination to pursue the tame policy, in re*
g nd lotheiicw Republics, sliicli i|ii< Dinted
Slab i had previously nmikedoul tor themselves
Altai these i»n unlit tnniitiiiiH Power#, Great
Ifi ii tin and th Dulled > nt« s, bad I•*I Oonfinen*
lal Kompi* know dial they Would not see
with iii-hlVertiioc any ton able interposition :n
behali of Old pHm, it was evident that ho *Mtli
iulci pt filion would, or, with ally pmspect, of
iocce** coti d lie aflbid* d Act ndlnglv, since,
I hat poind, there have lieeii no iotiuial inns nf
a y -.e cm on the port ot <bo lump oil Alii
on . nganst the new Ann ie an Kepnitl es. If
lent All an< v Inis s. . u, wiibiyoy dm*a lufHctmii,
a- may be well » -might* dj the * tiC0t"*lful pin
if r *j of di'ise lit puli'ii*s, boll) in (tie win <noi
in thi e* I id tliimol of tlieii f ee political sy *
terns, they have eotdiued^ them rlv< i to silent
nod mintailing i egi - Is
1 In- aiiMpinons coitihe ol ev. nts Ims not o'i’v
occ isioned ilie abandonment ol any liosiih* in
teulloiis w hich were ciifci tamed, it such t* u
evo i mi eriaiite I by the t eopaaii alliance, but
llieie is strong iim oi in hope that it bus led to
the cu n' inn ot p.t« die ii uni I leudly, views to
waul* mu mmIi'i it p iIdn #. Upon'he entry ot
tie Pinsideiit of I lie ( ii led Hlat .oil ttie duties
ol Ins present nlhce, In# attention was anxious
ly directed hi, ii ml ha- bem since uni emitting ly
e.npt'V ed oil (lie nlip i t of i sinh ,isbmg pence
between Spam and diuse H pn lies. In Con
aid1 i mg tlie me.in - for its a«*f tnnplislimeut, no
very sangui li'pe vva* indulged from an up
proarli to S a n diiect'y, and it w is thonplil
best lt> t-inic tvoi lo up • • t• • on hei tliioilgli llml
iilloiio e tni \v||o*e CoinMt iimice and hiippm I she
ill i • is tv idled for the lemvrrv of the colonies
RiiHsmi wav known ty In lie soul nl that dliaore,
mid to ' Inr l.oipemi, of whose w isdoiit and
friendship the Dm'td Stall ■* had m many
proofs tin ippeal w •« at once made. A • npy
id the note ft o n till- Pep a i toient !•» I lie A liter .
can Miui.-dei a» ' L Pel* isbn g, mi that *ulij. i*|,
accompanies tinrto insiru trnm. Kopies of d
were trim*-1»it*••«!, i nnt.nip***inieonslv, In tfie
Courts of I,oioloii and Pat is, w host co operation
m l In* wtit k id pin f was nl o invited Our
Mons'ei a'pMarl.id w as liiHtrilcfeii to lose no fit
oi*an*n th',ie for creating or streogtfu mug
a disposition .low.nd* peace 1 he hope was
cherished that, by ii general nod concerted
movement of do* Do ted S'Uies, and ilia great
P.'wets ol Knropc at lie* Mtnie tmm tin Kotin
oc# ol Spain might i*e pi * vailed tipoe to m; ede
to a peace, winch bad become more nee ssniy,
if possible, to herthan to the new It*'public An
answer lias been lately tecrived here from Sf.
Petfh slim g, through All Middleton, r» copy of
which, log* tie r with cop'es ol hit accompany -
iug tidies, is placed in your hand*, l’totii n
peiitsnl of itnSft documents, the contents •*!
which l»a' e lo cu ton fit mi <1 by tin* Russian .Mm
i-1*• i, in oil]* al in'• i vn ws winch I have hud
with Ihi i you will pert i-ive that tin* appeal
to Uu« hi at not been without effect ; mid that
the oite Kmpor r, ensible of the net*'ssity of
peace, prim to his death, probably employed
ins good ofiie. s t<» bung it ahoiil. Mis surer*
sor has lot mall y itannnnccd Ins in «*itt«■ u to
* read in tin* path of he i'l <*(110114 prcdecivmo,
and it 14, t el elot e, mo-l likely that h« w ill also
dn* cl the influence "I that Government o ii,<
conclusion ol a in ccc sa tsfaclory to bulb par
t<e.. It 1* pOMihle that these ('florin ttr*y not |>c
* Me. to tl, ami i hat I'm* prole ami nlistliiacy *»f
>pam iim v he *nn.oin| h i aide. J’.ier • is, how
ever, modi reason *» hope, (hat * e may either
1 oils* in hi n peac . upon he basis at the mile
pemuwi'-e of t Colonies, or if she feel* that
in > Ii• m 11 atmg. IhnI she w dl agree fo a suspeii*
< n ot to** 1 ill*"*, a* was formerly done in the
* .*»■• nl Hie l.ow l iMi.tti u**, winch would, ill the
e nf, uioviihI*.t lead o a formal neknuvf ledge
iiiHiii o' I in* ii' lniii »• i■ 11• |• n i net! of the ii> w
It public • VVhi»tevi*i hi .y t»* trie f Hurt course
ni I'Hiii, the f.ivuiabl- r«*i «*|i ion which the
Kutperor of Russia tins given to the nvi itme of
the Uni »;il S'.re*, t i k.iv no long of he known
inclination ni Frame .mil uthei p w.-is of the
J >ir opti ni ('out i ne ir to folio w i lie cxhiii ph» of the
I mieil Si.i r% ami (»n*al linluiii, fully aufhons
e.v the uoiicliisioii ill >t tin* Holy Alliance will
not engage hi tut* v. m. on the side ol >p.nu,
not will persiviie i i their acuaj muiiNiity
1 lie danger, tm lehoe, from that ipiarle i, bav
in ' di.ippi'HH d, there cun fie no ue< eisiiy tit
mu tune, for an alP i'Siye Hint def move u. j.
Mine between the Aiueli mu Power* wbnb
could mi y liod a just i fie at i m, at miiv pen oil m
the *'»i*feoi i- or < oiiliiiuaii m of aim b a I'nuvti
Surnan alliance, uinier present c»rCiliniUinre-1
would he worse t an osele»» ; since it might
ten*1 l«» excite feelings in fin* Fmpeior of fiu m
Hod Ins hUii i \\ lin l. should not he lieerflem|y
touched or pi <>v okeil i he Repaid iC of Columbia
hag ivceutlv ii que-ti I the It ifnidly iiilerpnmhotJ
of this Moveriimmt to prevail upon Spam to an
armistice, upon the com! (pm* mentioned m ,Mr.
Salazar’s mite,of which a copy, together with a
oopy of mine in reply, at ceding to the request,
is now (unus ed, And iusti union* have U« < n
accordingly given I u tin* Minister* of the I)i)ii« «l
Stale'; at Madrid and St. Petersburg.
Other reasons concur to dissuade the.* Uni
ted States from eiifeiiug n o *nch an Milliner
From the fust evtabhiliiut nt of thiir present
Constitution, tlwii illustrious >trttesriMn have
inculcated the avoidance of foreign iillinno*
as a leading iiiaxiin of their fun*ign policy. It
is tine, tliat, in its* adoption, their attention
was directed to Kurope, whn h, having a *%-*■
tern of emulation* Hint of interests remote and
different from ours, it was thought nmal advi
sable that we should not mix ourselves up with
them And it is also true, that lung -nice the
origin of the msunt, the new American Pow
ers Imvo amen : to which, it ai ad, if is less
applicable- Without, then-fore, assetli. g that
■ an exigency may not occur in which an alli
ance o| the most intimate kind, between the
, Utli'ed Staid and the other A me trail Ktpub
| lies, would lie highly proper and expedient, it
may betaielv said that the occasion which
would warrant n depm tutc from that esbibiisli
' C l loiftim Qrtqjh! to hu one f great urgency,
anil that none «urh i* believed now to e*iff
Among Ihr objection* to eucjt alliance* ; thogr
which ai all firm * have great weight are, Cist
tl»e dilJlctilljr ofajuit and ritual mrangorn nt
of the contribution* of foire and if other mean*
in■'wren tli« respective portion, In he attain
mrnt of the common object ; and, tecoudly,
that of providing »m forehand, and dot r mining
with perfect precision, when tin ratuM fcctUrti
ante*, amt thereby gnnnling uga^pn alt ron.
trovrivies abnut it. 11 err ia lest necessity fa
any tuch »* 11 »»•»*«■»• at tbit conjuncture, on tbo*
part nl the Unit d Stale*, hri'.mjat* no compact
l*y whuteYer aoh imiitiea it might l e attended/
oi HliAicvcr mime or chain* t**r n might aft
•hunt, could he gtute obligatory upon them
than tlm irresistible motive of te'f preservation
which would be inthiiitly colli d mio operation,
Mini aiitmi ife them to die utninM ni • lion, in
•he Nitppop'ed coming ne% of an European nt
IMch upon the liheitie* of tui*ri<.i.
I to* coini'nafhmg to which I have now t»d
verted, together with such other* nw may prff*
M'lil Hw*u\v« !*» s »o you, " ill, »• t« htvped,
ftie N«‘|n i'll nf ai i v»*s of the other A me into
Stale* th.it nn alliance, offV*M*. nnd defensive
between them nnd tlie United Slate*. for tho
nbj. cl whit It lot* been sftlid, i< tinnermnwi v
if not tni'chievniti. Should you, however, be
ott'ihle to bring that conviction home to tticrr,
mid should you have reason to believe that the
positive i eject inn of such no alliance won Id be
regattletl in an unliieiidly light, nnd have r
perniciotti effect on your nfher negoti tiion*
you will uiv it I* them to reduce their propw*olr.
ol the lei ms ot Mich an all.nttce a* they inttv
conceive piopii, to n wriltnt pretUe lot in. and
shift? Mint yon w ill tilt#* them mi rtfrtthih\*i
i but tfSIlafford to the Govrtorrteu* here 'he
opportunity of rccuiisidi'i alum, with tin* ftdfitn,
h'lfe ol nil ilie information (toil situy be evolved
in tne Intel vetting period i lie alliance, if r
ver adffii<»ible, having In cn n q«i#r-1lots of time,
the d. lay incid' iit to the reference home, hy
lurthei ileinonttritfing IN etpediettev, will bet
| l«r prepare the Congress at Pmiattrn for the
final rej elmn, which, it if most probable, thif
tlov ermneitf "ill give to the pud «»*t
II In (mating ol those iily. ci in which all
I the nation* ol Am rica wliettirr now at war of iff
pence.may he«tt| p»*ed fo havt|a « oitirtiou intet
e i.v on w ill, on ail SUMH le occa*ioiis, inculcate
the i ropiiefy ol lermir.uMitQ the existing tv«r
a noon at rnnv he, and of rliciidnilg the mr.iffif
lies adapted In Ih • preaervfilin of pen. i a
mioitg thcuisi Ives, and with the rest ol th*
wot III. Ilo Cilltiv Ittlotl of pence in fill! tiuf
| lotmeaf of all imtioiik, but it ij especially tin.
j ol lolaiti States llepo-e »* not more ueroxstif
I •*> t‘» the gimvth and expansion ol iod vndnnl*
in then ynttllt, than M u to that of tming na
i ton* w hicli lutve in ihe mid*t o] war, cot *
in or * d t'»e care r M iiid' petideiiec? nnd self*
govei noietP . I'r tcc i? now the gieategt vent
ol Xon'iica I)"«iiahle, howev#*i. n« it iimiie*.
11. i aa lily i*. lh re i« rielhiog in the pieseni or
to the uturr. nf which wr run catch n glimpse,
iii.it slioiild linin' e the \nii‘it«iiu fh'| obtirg, In
-ode, ir, obtain it, to mi* i ifn»- a pnetii la nf their
unlepeitdeof Sovereignly they ought, there
lote, lot eyed all pi opo*. ilioiis tonified upon
the pimciple of a conn a«ion ol ptopelual mni
•o'*tend privileges to any foieigu Power Ilo*
grant of such piivih'ges it incompatible with
lh. ii actual and ahto'ule iiotepeodence. If
would partake of the spirit, and Ining back, i;»
h«ct, it not in lotni. In* st.iit of ancient column1
< oniomon N r would Mien honor nnd me
tiunalpinte allow them to entertain, or tlelihc
rat", on pinpusti tonv founded upon the notiof
ol purchasing, with a p*< uniat y consideration,
, Hu* Spanish acknowledgment <>1 iheu indepen
! deni e,
N1 xl to the morn pressing object nf putting
( an end to Wai between the lietv Kepiihlicg ntpl
Spam, "hotihl lie that ol dcviting iiipiiiim to pm
serve peace in fillin' , among the American tin
lions Iheiiur Ives, and With the rest of ft,
woild No tune could be more auspicious than
the piesei l, lor a since sful inquiry, by Mot
Xiio iicao N ilmni, into lire causes w hich haw
»n oft 'ii dig inhed the iepi»*e of the wotld
and lot ait « ai lo st cod itv or, by wise piecan
| tine, in the estiibliglnneiil ol Ju t and riilfght*
tn"l pi mciples, for the govei i ment of their
ri'itiliirl, in pe i e nnd lit wat, to guard, Mg far
a * poglihle, again-d all imgintdertiMiid tig*.*—
J’ltey have no old prcjiidkek to combat; no
, long • sitihlighed pine Ices to change ; u<> er.
ta gbd r-onm xiou* or Mieniiffg to break
, tin.nigh, ( oinmitled t•• nu |nirfirnlai systems
of commerce, not to a»y wlfislt hellig. rent
code ol law. they me tiee to consult the e»p»\
• i« nre of inunkiiid, nnd to e^tahligli, Wilhniil.
bin prim iples lot ’ licntieIves, adapted to fhei>
contiiiii n and likely in piomotc tin ir pear «•
kci ki ily, and happeeM. Ihniote fr.in Kn
top , n i not prolmnle th<«i they will often b«
involved m |he walk will which that quaitcr
«.| the globe may be degtined hereafter, to to
all* cl'd In tbo e wars, the policy of hH A
ue iicn will t>e the same, that of 'Cko mid
oeutra ity, who h the United S atea have, here
toime, ( oiifttttfilly Inhoied to pie etvr.
It the pi nit'pleg which •hat prolmble llate ol
n- nf r h I if y oolic.it' g as he i fot the iitf.regiit ot
the hemisphere, be, at the game lime, jiut iti
tlimtiselves, and calculated to prevent w m s, o'
tomiligafe the rigi-i oft hose great acoiiigcv,
they wtd piesent tkemst.lves to the general Uf
ccplsiice with mi union of niesislihle recoin
in* mlations Hut h uh Mo.ge qo.d tpk me heliev
ediol.epos4Cig.dh th nmr Mine pi nr ipU k for
winch the Uni ed Slnttg tiave ever couieiided
nod • pecinlty throog|?"in the w hole period r
nie in* J.utopcMii vtHu, In. ricsidenl withe
\nu i' hrj *g ferwai(I (host* principles on nnor
«« *'’*» » "ttpiclous ms that i anticipated to !»**»
ol Ilia l. I'IJI ess Of I’aiiHin.i L'nCouf luHgC
p. w«r( on *» ' ?er element if js exerted, r«
prone to gu ar a'uir. Jiuf, if j* still more jin*
bit* to abuse on sea, than on the land, pel
Imps, bernu e it is there exercised beyond ih
. pietenie of nnpf rfiaf spectators, and, ihcj«
| fore, w- if ft out moral resit tint resulting
( from ihe sal-da*> influence of public opinior ,
j which, rt Applied at nil, Inn always to be mb'
sequent I y, and consequently lets . ffimein isly
J app ied I n- inor/d cognisance, when if comes
I to be tali eii, finds, too, a mote doubt Ail or con>
tested sinte ol liict, than if the theatre had hrcn,
ub* »e tlieie were more numerous and less pre.
jndired witnesses. Al all tme* liiere has eV
ufedpnoie inequality in il.e ui>fribn(i«<n among,
nations, of nmtilinic, than of leftilorial power.
In almost every age, some one I a* had Ihe com*
! ple.te muderf on the oCean, and lhi« superior**
| iv has been occasionally so great ns in morn
than coim'ei balance the combined maritime
| Joice ol all other nations, if such a coinhiii*
nation were piHCficfibh* Bui wlii'ii a siugiu
i naiioii finds itself possessed ol n power any
I n here, w hidi no one, nor all other nations, car
successfully chock or countervail, tha rouse*
queiict* ;«««? too sadly unfolde d in the pages of
nistory. Such a nation grow* p:*>uu-ptuous,
impatienl ol cuiiirAilii (ion or opposition, and
find.* the solution of national problems easier',
and more crateiul to its pride, by the sword,
limn by the slow and less brilliant process of
pafi« ut investigation. |l the stipe imiiy la*
on toe ocean, ihe excesses in the a lanes ot that
power become intolerable. Although, it. lb*
arrangement of things, security against oppies*
•don should be the greatest whete it »s ino|t
likely t<» beoficn practised, it is, nevertheless,
remwrkubu*, that the progress ol enhghtiucd
ci% fixation has been much mot e advanced on
tin; land than on the ocean. And, according
ly, pm?tia! rigid*, an I especially tkot* •* p*5