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^ *>n ilic |-e.it mirut William Kelly’
*iurh icport conc'udea with the following
bmds :
** Kesolvtd, that until be allowed
to VlioniHH K. Harris, a member of this
Ionise, t« procure -testimony relative to hi*
election.**
i he petitioner was al'owed to tnke his
»eat at the bur of the house to support his
fi,.ht. vv
Some covc vsation took place on the time
%lnch ought to be allowed.
Mr. Kelly (the petit* ner) declared his
resolution to oppose the granting to Mr
Jfa'y'i* of any tune to procure evidence.
I he blank was tilled with threr mom hi ;
•nd the question stated on the adoption ot
the resolution as amended.
Mr. Kelly then opposed the report of the
committee, on the ground that he was now
emi led lotlie *eat occupied by Mr H u ris,
• mt ottght nut ihcrelore longer to be kept
f»« »• it. 1 he burthen of ll e proof,he cun
tended, now rested not on hint but on the sit*
ting member.
Mr. Harris then defended his right to his
neat, and stated fact* on which he grounded
the belief that further evidence wou'd but
confirm him in his seat, by a much greater
majority than that by which he was declared
to >e elected.
Considerable further debate took place ;
when the commit ee rose w ith< ut coming u»
anv decision. And the house adjwurt.ed to
Monday.
I) O M K S r 1 o.
[COMMUNICATION ]
THE NAVY OF THE UNITED
STATES.
1 he naval exploits of the United States
ha' e excited, of late, very great public ft cl
ing uml reflection. Every American wishes
to obtain the fullest and most authentic in
formation on this subject. The new manu
ei «‘f Mr. Thomas Clark, U. State*, Tufio•
Jgrnfihicat Engineer, entitled " Sk-lchts of
• the Aura/ History Of the United States,”
Is therelore a matter of great public con
venience and gratification. Mr. Clark has
Industriously and faithfully collected his
(Materials from the public records, archives,
and ordinances of the Unton and of 'the
States, from the public libtaries. and from
the papers of civil and naval officers and
•talesmen. There is no publication yet he
fore the American public or the w».rld.
vitich exhibits so much and so authentic
ir.hu matiuii concerning the brilliant little
Navy of our country. The reflections and
•oggestions the work contains are calcula
ted to excite enquiry, consideration and a
number of si uud estimable views in regard
to a department, to which this country has
been imperceptibly trained by her neigh
burhood to the ocean, by her vast and nu
melons lakes, bays and rivers,by her a
bnndant possession • >1 wood, iron and hemp,
b her fine seaboats from the sue of u fi*k
I'rg smack to that of he President Jrigare,
by the »kill of her naval consmicors and
by the inttrprize of her marine: s, fisher
men and merchants.
I is unavoidable that an author and com
filer, not a practical merchant, mariner or
•hip buiidcr should occasionally express
himself in terms not usual in those blanches.
With Mime little exceptions of that nature,
it wil be found that Mr. Glark has convey
ed his information witli accuracy \Ve be
lieve, it is throughout a work of candor and
Cviclity. D m. Press.
1 he following are ihe concluding remarks
of Coleman the editor of the New York H.
eening Post on the luminous and perfectly
eatisfactnry dispatch of General Harrison,
annoucing that the British had been desert
ed by their Savage allies and forced to raise
the siege of Fort Meigs. If, after having
Ce-d th .se remarks, there beany man who
on believe that Mr. Coleman is more at
tached to the Government of the U. States
than he is to that of Great Britain, we can
cnlv say that we totally dissent from, and
I r test against such a belief. We however,
l believe that Mr. Coleman is as giaal an
American as Messrs. Wagner, Hanson,
Bi omsun or Pickering. /(,.
/Y?m the -Vr«> York F.vnting Port.
" (ienprnl Harrison, and th„se inhuman
" >T/.e rents at Washington who thus at
tempt to torn defeat into victory, nnd the
•* moat fatal disasters into cause of triumph,
“ »n order to deceive u little longer this a
'* bused people, may one day find that the
*• friends and relatives of the many hundreds
«• slain—slain in war useless, Vn'ju rand
" fitrtnocs irirnour ooyter on esd, will
•' hardiy endure to have their feelings thus
" crutlly sported with, will hardly be satisfi
*'ed with these barbarous efforts to induce
•' the people to think lightly of their affl cti< n
*' — A da) i f reckoning will yet come when
** a WOK Till,I SS uhd juunnontn a it-.
" O'#-'iiiruti.fi will have to account to this
" ra,*"n for the multiplied calamities and
** Wes it has WANTONLY apd W1CK
** £DI.\ brought u/Jon it.”
F.Asron, (M.j June, l
JZr'raet of a letter from Gen. Ha* nr, of
H'orceitr county, to Gen. lisnsutt, da
ted
Snotr ff/Ll, May, ?♦.
“ The enemy are now laying about live
above V\ ntt's Island, in Pocomokc
•. nnd ; they have not yet landed in either
Cl those counties, but are very near us in
Virginia, and are making preparations for
that purpose by building flat bottomed boat*
They have cut nearly all the timber on
IVatt's Island for that purpose. This ac
count ] have from fiisliermen who have been
•n board of the enemy, at well as from the
Islanders who I have personally conversed
•vith Five trigates appear to constitute
tlmr {< rce—two of which are above the Is
land, the others opposite.
*• 1 have -een a Capt. Robinson, from Ac
gouiack, in Virginia, at Pungatague ereek:
This brave man, with six others entered in
§o a severe conflict with two barges of the
#nemy last Haturday, ai that place, topre
nl their tak ng out two shallops that lay
•ht re, (neither of which was his own)—ten
t>toci»ut his Countrymen eame to his assis
tance; the shtllopt, after one hour and
tw.n'y minutes conflict, were taken off—
m my of our brave fellows had expended
thrir last round.——Capt. Kwbinson did not
k’»«w, st the lime 1 conversed with him,
erliat injury the rnemy had sustained: but I
k» * "ince seen s- me of the Islanders, who
menu n ihat they came on shore next morn
ing to bur. the dead, six m number; they
meuttuu in. sen wounded*
I
" »v* count I hr!xve tn hr correct, as \
nhe of the nun who gave lUc inluvnutiuu is i
a utaa of veracity.
^ Mr. hmith, one <<f Captain lif'hinv'ii’s
men, is several) wounded, aiul a Mr. Joins
sl-gutly.”
Nkw ^ ohk June 3.
fiOirnNhUKi;.
FROM __
On Sunday arrived at Boston, the Swedish
ship Sophia Llia-ilieth, Capt. Paterson, ,n
W days trom (iouenburg. No papers were
received by tins arrival; nor do the captain
or passengers bring any ft eah accounts from
the Rus-iun armies-They howaverstate,
that the crown Prince had not left h-s do’
minions, and that no teports were prevaleir
ot any in1 ended expedition. F.f*y large fin
glish transports weie at Ciottcnbuig.and o
met* |*oru in Sweden, taking in heavy ord
nance, &c. destination unknown. Dante c
had not fallen, nor had Demnaik made any
profession in iuv.,ur of Russia.
A VIVID PICTURE.
The following extract i f a letter from a
i expectable and amiaolr o • cer of t,,e Ar
niv, lately or now in Boston, to out of his
friends, presents a lively hut lamentable p.c
lure of the s.ate of sock tv in that town_
Our readers will perceive witJmstonisliu.en
wit »t we have frequently t e ore heard, but
until now ha e b. ea inclined t , d scred’it. ol
the elfeCt of vi -lent party spirit We arc
proud to say, that a very, very different state
of tilings as vet exi-ts in this district, note
withstanding the efforts mane by a tv w tuc
i mists • o disturb the harmony of's..c:al in
lerc- urse : /
"As for myself, I am m st unpleasantly
situated. The opposition to the war is such
that every mi'hary man comes in for a large
share of odium. 1 .night as well think ot
walking on the wa’er, as of getting mi..
ciety here. Indeed 1 have entirciv given
up the iile*. A Russian bear wou.d be
caressed, hut an Amcican ..ffver is a tie
•ng whom it would tie crin in .1 to be civil
to. Hv*re are one or two Hriiisli i fticers,
prisoners of w ir, who positively do no |<> k
like gentlemen, that are seen at all times
walking with our ladies, and riding with tile
get lenten. On, New England t l a in mumm
ed of you. The successes «.f the Hiitish elate,
whilst those of our country depress. 1 have
heard the burning of Hav re-dc-Cirace and
Frenchtowu j istihed. ami the destruction of
Little York called a * d— d rascally proce
duie.*’
Nksf-Lund'in, May 31.
On Sunday evening the lyigates United
States and Macedonian and the f I rnei, ar
rived htre, and anchored just W.iion Fisher’s
Island-** Yesterday alterii >on the Kaniiims
and OtyrtiO.is weie seen-/ft' Fisher’s Island.
The RnVrfhw run close umler island
until she cSPi; about opposite on • Ingates;
at which tihte the itistauce between them
was not more than 3 notes—then put hick
and returned eastwaul »ast evening the fri
gates ami 11 -rnet shifted their gr m.d and
came to inchof a little t«. me southward n|
the light house, where they n. w lie. 1'wo
l r ,e ships -opposed to be ihe K uni.ies and
Or,*h u , were set n l„.tj ,y fr,,m t|le frigates’
mast-heads, bln.old the wind serve, they
calculate to get ut m Hie course of to n glit.
If not, should the enemy pui sue them, mvy
wilt most l.kely noi up our harbour f r safe
*)*» ** ii‘« force of the enemy is fun supvri
or.
„ New York,June 1.
Yesterday a 1i»t1e after tntn set, arrived
here, the English brig Mtr>, Ladd, prin-.
master, prize to the pr \ uu-.*r brig Anac-m
d i, capta.n Shuler, of New York. S ie was
captured t>lf the c -as of Brazil*, a
bout the middle of April. She was from
(•ibraitar, bound to the ri\cr Plate_
Her c*rgo c> usists of 160 pipe* f ..i.,*-,
sane paper, »liv*». ficc She made Mon tang
curly yesterday morning, and alter passing
the point was chased by tbe K im lies until
»he cume nearly opposite Fisher's Island
point, when their attention wa alner ed by
the sight of our frigates, to which circum
stances we may i n, me her escape. The
prize masur informs tli ai the Anac mda has
also taken an Kng p acket, after an engage
ment of about 2u minutes, and took from her
£1S,000 sterling, »n specie ; then gave up
the vessel to the crew, about thirty in nuift
l',,e pr»*« will sail for New-York the
first wind.
There was a large ship passed the Bri
tish ships yesterday. It has been feported
she was the William Penn, an Ind'.iman,
belonging to f hiiadetph.a — Columbian.
Bstraot of a letter fr m on ho.nl thu U. S. sloop of
war Moritai, dafod
** New I.onoow, Jute I.
**• miM'ca »t*rt logo rtf between so F.nglith
7* and h f ..gate, lint at toon a* we got oniaidt- we
»i*w 3 more frigate*, tnd wejuat made out to m ape
them ill, alter ’’exchanging a ahot • |iiccc. We are
now at anchor at thia pWe, nod what we are to do
nrtt, we cannot tell-—hot | hope we never shall
rrturn to New-York again with ot doing something.
MoP ship i* entirely too deep—were obliged
to Marl <>or water, in eh •*«, to keep up with the
t /onunodnre. I he enemy are now at anchor ab'iut
two Hide* off-1 expert va tilall ha*v Warm
work.
Eatrnct of n letter from
** Jim# ».
Csst nli;Kt in evprwM ptniu ir *ni \ew LoihIimi
with rdi-ra inr (lit .0.h itgiinem to rnun'h forth
with to the en»ii~ ll i» in hustle mot eoiifinion
hi New London To suppose th .1 the But.ah me
(lint# an iuvtaio i, i* idle—»liei • object «, Undnnbt
•dly to kc the U.ftnrt • f.i| Maeciio i u. Mmulil
they pi'twiart nut, Mini. Iheatiir'i olijeet into gui
hi* (tin# on ti»e hank, and a > lighten th* fngaie,
th:«i they may proceed up the »\>er, and oppose
the#nemy from the shore.**
BRITISH BLOCKADE,
#>R ASORTIVK f ATOM 1 T I S H.
No real disciple of Wa'hington will ever
allude to, except to rep rot Nate, those local
topics, which tend to distingu.sh the iute
rests of different states. In a certain quar
ter of ottr country, tuw.se misrepresentations
however have become very cwtiunnn. A
false and delusive habit of viewing public
concerns has been introduced. Ignorance
has Ixmb cijnled and deluded, and the actn
al relative situation of the respective parts
of our country has been no* merely m^un
derstood, but in effect abaolmelv reversed.
When Admiral Warren undertook the
blockade of the Chesapeake, am! the Bri
tish government also contrived to grant
some exclusive privileges to the loyal in
habitants of Boston , no doubt can be enter
iaincd that the real object was to inHiet *e
I aiul pointed injuries on the contumaci
I '-us JUtiiaiwreaus and others who had shown
>ecnl*r dislike tn •* our werrfgn lord the 1 <!
subjects in this Country ; amt y
»'*» to manifest a pecular kindness fur the '
• head quarters’* of lit itish principles. But, 1
however favorable may have been the iw •
trillion* n» the blockading admiral And his 1
masters, he has, i# fact done more e' ll It*
Bostonians, than to the whole state «•{
Mat)lad, Including in the account the vil
lages which lieor Cock burn has meanly or
nefariotinly.and ti e a burglar, burnt. lie has
taught the vaunting men of “ steady hah*ts”
what they had ingeniously contrived to for
get. viz that thev we-e in the " steady ha
bit” of drawing their du ty oread from the
calumniate I middle ;iiitl s> u'.liem state re
oublicanv In their eagerness to divide the
Union, tlie Junto had lost sight n the imwor
hint fact, that ntness re.muted b\ a com
mercial treaty, t'.e.r “ Northern C-aifed-*
''••cy’l would he a *' sheen leaugr and cnv»
nant”—to starve. We do not willingly state
these unpleasant hut i npurtant t«uths. It
is die insolence of the '• Scotland of Am- ri
ra,H < r rather mine of political ulo >,
•' hich compels us to be thus trunk, and plain.
New Kngland draws all her chief sources
of sustenaoe*. the very staff of life, from
•hose >ery states she is in the h .bit of abus
tig and insulting. The present times might,
instead *.f sharpening »e* prejudices, tubring
h r to her senses In n mu'mil reciproci y
of commerce, sueplv and good fliers, the
Union alo« e can i nri»!i. But it mi rely least
becomes the most dependent <4 the c nfede
raev, to abuse and heiittle her more anspi
c;uii'ly s united sisters ; and least i f all. can
it he called good poli< y in her, to hreatee
separation when separation wouid he sui
cide.
Balt. Pat.
CONCiRKVE ROCKET.
We hear mat apiece ofilv composition of
a Congreve Rocket picked op at Havre tit*
Cirace, having been transmitted to th* l*re
indent ot me United S'atc-s, he sent some of
it a few days ago to Tit anas Cooper, Esq
chemical proft sso- of Dickinson Colietlge.
Carlisle. This gentieman has so far ascer
tained the constituent parts, and their pro—
portion, of this combustible substance, as to
make a composition in color. Consistence,
taste, odour, and combustibility so nearly
alike to the Congreve Rocket, as to remove
ali doubt of thrir similarity, and equal com
petence lor hiiv destructive purpose. As to
the tV.rin and shape of the Spring Rockets,
Mr Beatli nt Hos.nn, in the presence of Com.
Rodgers, Capt. Hull and others, succeeded
in throwing a ro. ket, of six pounds weight
^000 yards, which is 500 yards bev'ond the
Congreve Rocket of 12 lbs. weight. The
Cv hitlers of Mr. Heath’s rockets are made
ot iron, terminating at the head with a cone
12 inches long, which may be charged with
balls, or eombiistible matter ; springs are
attached to them when the object is to fire
shipping. Tl* two inventions combined,
•nay put us on a pur as to these instruments
of destruction with the British ; whose rig
ging may ere long feel the effects of ma
chines introduced by themselves.
Cumberland Remitter.
Chillicoynm, May 25.
Wr learn verbally, that the ciliseut of
Michigan have, with a liberality worthy ot'
junta ion, fiurc/.uard about sixrr t the
Kentuc leans taken by the Indians in the late
action ami that they art now on tiieir wav
home. If the report is, as we believe, cor
rect, it wil teduce the number of those ac
tually killed or missing to »umevt bat less
than an hundred.
Good News,
CAPTURE OF F3:tr GKOItGU.
ti'om the Alban* ,/r^iii Extra.
Th uiisDir, J me 3.
Mntcngtr OJJicr%CCanandaig* J M tj S7% lrt! j.
lii» with i- fi\.’< .% «iis| -c- !•*!• »*• .-innounce lo
the readers ot iht McsM'ii^or another virto y
over the en« niy, die p i».s< ss on ol his most im*
pnrtant nu t, -lid in iact lie subjugation of the
Upper Province of Canada
i iai k»t)' to Gnd, for the *"0 e s of a just
aiui tin ivoidable war ! A itcW era lias coni- |
menced n> odr military operations. The acii
vily of the lie a oi the war ilrpar1 ttvih is ft h
through an us branches, and dn- dices ot >y»
lent, * igor and dispatch arc !>ctbre us.
» letters uoni Hutfaloe and Uuiatis, am) bv
the liaimbili prune 1 at the latter p.-ce, vtc
learn me folio wing:
On Tuursduy, the 27\h inst. at eight o’clock.
A. M. the army under the command of General
Lewis, and Gens. Boyd and Winder, landed
under cover of a heavy fire from Commodore
Channcey s squadron, on the enemy’s shore,
above ti e light house, about two miles west
from Newark Our troop9 amounted to aboti
40h0, and were met by nearly the whole force
of the British, on rheir landing; when a aertre
engagement ensued, our troops our-flanked die
enemy, and cut off their retreat to tori George
Immediately alter, the enemy's trom s remain
I tg in the Port, blew Up their ammunition and
public property, together with some of their
own men,ana unmcuiauly pushed for Queens
At two o’clock they were teen retreating
• n>m the scene of Van Hensallaer’a atfack and
our troops in full pursuit—It is* said the enemy
ha* destroyed all tile butteries from Fort
,,eorKe to Erie, if *«, tJie whole Itriti.h army
must inevitably surrender in a few days.
A correspondent remarks that the “ Ame
rican Hag no w proudly wavt* in triumph over
fiif I nuior.t i l>ox o! die Irotuifr*.^
On tin* beartcheering intelligence we attain
congraln ale the readers of ule Mtasengcn
"e congratulate the Iritnt!*
toe advocate* of the war.
spicioit* to onr cause, so
uml so tie*i motive to
u home and ahra
c. innot br* yet a
i-ng—\i iTu.il
country,
'ent *n ini*
i»our arm*,
»Ur eneini. *
>«Tiued by iis
id to he tn
officer wounded
F> ortt thr Albany Giigctte. i
KKWS KKOM THE WKiJ),
Aefioiilary OJIct, Canandaigua, >
. rSi'iA M—7o’cloci, P. M f
The carrier of the Western Mail, Mr (,„,,u
wm, just arrived, ha* obliging y hand, d ihe
rditor a handbill, printed at B.tavia, 7 o’clock
as; evening ; which states, on trie authority of
?en.1rTJV!T.°rn 1»»e following
uglily IS nSUKATIXO IN I'ELMtiENfjK -
About sunrise yesterday o.,r troops, tom
mantled by n. Dearborn, embatked is Im.su
ni.ier the iminediale comniuiid of lien b wi
md landed, under t be cover of ,|,r c*t*n ,„
Lorn. Chaitnerya squadron, on toe opposite
ihorr, abtiut two miles wot of Newark; they
were met on the margin of Ihe Lake hy all
U.e eiH-my • orce at that post, * brisk ei*
gage men t ensued, which lasted about 2
niiniii rs, when the British retreated m gr».
disorder, bvn.g pursued by our U wope in «»*ry
irrctior —-they tmmed" itrly bVw «p their mu '
Ml! I Ilea at Port CJu.ge mid evacuated toe
‘oi ks, It-iTiiijr the British colour flyu p, which
r*s » >°»» supplanted by the American stand
mi.
'• Every pun below the
vas liienctil, anil our lipJit
irtillery crossed at the hw
i<*oi» —When our
*‘c'ock, I* \tA all was sihn
i'*f> "T straggling parties
l-ort Erie; some prisoners
over. Our loss is not known,
that we had only 12 m- n killed and one
(Major K ng) wounded.
“ Ih * pen.leinsn from Buffalo we Team that
eariv this niormnK tha British blew n|> ih ir batte
tics opposite Black Rn<-kanil fled to Port Erie.’*
A Mis.1 from Buffalo [rece veil in the roail'j to
the eiliior of the Repository, stale* the number of
men under major pen. Lewis, to Ik- Air*). Two Brio
iish vessola had appeared on Lake F.no, t*n miles
from Butfalo. »
P. S. An express passed tlimurh Canandkign;)
today, from Backet’s ila.b <r for Niaga. a--the
errand not known—hut we understand much -
larm existed at the Harbor For • he tafci v of thu pro
perry lately arrived (Its • f»om Little York, as welt
»• t IV great quantity of othss publm sioios. lately
»«ut there by forsrninent.
Baltimore. June #.
A letter we have received Irom an office#
in tlie army, says '• « ur adherents & friend*
in Up^r Canada suffer greatly in appre*
hensioa. or in actual misery. Eighteen or
twenty of them who refued to take the
" th of allegiance to the king of England,
livid ihe l ist winter in a cuve or sitbterra
neons lint, near L ike Simone—Twenty five
nen, littiiiis and whites were sent to ferret
them « ut. and kill or take them; but our
Yankees (as ail Americans arc cruelty s»yl
d her.) killed 18 of the party, and enj;.y
»«1 ‘Mu r wo. iK and their liberty/* till
very !a ly, when s me of the feeblest, won.
•ur w t . o d and di'etse, were seized and
put into York jail, whence we hhea'ei
tli«-"in ; and from 01 e ot them, an emaciu
»eih grey headed old mm. (wh . I tear can
not long survive to e j v his liberty) 1 had
tins account, with o ner an«-c 'otes. M i%
out* frieii is he speedily and effectuaPy pro
tected—our enemies as sjieeilily punished.'*
Unparalleled JDex/ia cA—Married, nt Pa
ris, (Ken) on the JT’eli ult Mr I zkkikl
Hopkijis, of Canbridge, aged So. to Mrs.
Nanct Davis, oi that place, aged 54. Th
bridegroom was introduced t»» Ins |»-ide, f i
the first time abou tw,. o’clock of that dm
Courted and obtained her consent in an hour
entered into an crticle qf agreement. bad n
ratified, got out license, procured a c ergy
man, witnesses, kcc ; and th * happy con pi.
were safi ly moored in the fair haven oj c n
ju^al Jelicity, by the hour of four, litvim
wi It amaxing velocity, completed the wlioii
business in two hunts.
The following singular advertisement is co.
pied from the Geneva Gazette.
TO WIDOWS.
Col. Phiness Stephens, having neMjfjfa wif.
to manage bis domestic affairs, and rtfirhaving
leisure to goto pursuit of one, takes* thin mi
tlioil of making kis wants known Application
must be made to him at his farm, called Mount
Pleasant, near Geneva. None need apply bu
such as ran come wi ll recommended i sl.e must
noi be leu than 35, nor more than Jo gnnrs old
—healthy, and capable ol waiting dishas in u
neat and fashionable m inner.
PIIINEAS STEPHENS.
Mount Pleat ant, May 13.
.New Publications.
Junt Pnft'i h"t and f r finfe at
I leasa.iY, Biok S are is Hithmund,
HtKTOHRfe
Oftl.rV T-.1 llis orv nr tin- United States from
iIk- commenr-m n of il» lb volntiniiary War,
tmhe present tirnei containing detailed »r. ’
ou t s of a I the interi-n'ing action* of the pub
lic vessels of the U iteil States nn,| 0< |»nvjl
leers; .»«| Hi toraowl View of the policy &
.« ls o* III. Untied S utcs'G .remittent. relative
to tie N«v» Kst bint in rrt: l.ikewisean AP
PKVDIX, wherein the c .iefpart of the Impo. •
u.t !) > n*nents Cnir-rnintr tl»e Miv* arecollec
te.l.— l.y 1 lioiiiuj Clu>k •, U. S. Ti.pinfraphicnl
• .ngmeer.
Trawl# through t’ip Csria las ,
Containing * des< r.plnn of t»»- Piclurc-qu.
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THURSDAY, June lo, K>13.
THE PRESIDENT’S'* MESSAGE.
No. H.
The United States do not identify their
claim* with those of France. lliey into
>>ul^||b ai,u 'hey do rvoi make, tile pruvi
treaty ot L'lCvClu, nu»evei jm
the basis <>t any demands
wlmWfer. 1 lie Uiiitevl Siat« s sinv.ij re
quire, wnat every iode|>eiuleiit nation uav.ui
indeteasible right to r« quire, in relation to
itselt, namely, the mvioiubili y, tr « run y,
nf neutral native American citizen* vi iuu
tral American \hip,. The Piesidem and
Congress have no wish, tney have no inten
tion, to seduce or protect B itidt subjects on
hoard the vessels, public or private, oi the
Umted Staten. 1 hey only desire to secure
tia»m seizure the native American. The na
tive American, at letst, cannot be' held lia
l»le to seizure, either hy mistake nr t»y design*
1 lie mistakes under which such s< isures oc
cur are the less justifiable, because the pre
tension in virtue of which native Americans
aie seized and detained, is not sauc.ioued
by any established lav* or ri^ht whatever.
It there were any established law or right
for the practice, Great Britain and her
twands could point it out. They c Id
*l, or cite it. But they can don h
mg of the kind. I hev can «».uy refer to i*r
entity, a plea which n»ay be eq .ally hro*t
■a vindication oi h gn-wuy robbery, oi siiy
crime ol even a deeper d^e.
Upon this subject we do not pretend to
et up any new fangled doctrine. We do
■ot pretend that the merchant ship of a
nation is, to all intents and purposes, a part
of the domain or territory of a nati m. —.
lut we -«av that a merchant vessel i«. ta
vll intents and purposes, a part of the ter
lt ,rv O' a nation tor till! nrntHrlinn M..
*
*
:e itrai native citizens ot that nation sailing
n b .ard. ."she i*. a |»art ol the territory of
i nation on the nign seas under the qualifi
'.ations a nil exceptions established by the
. *w of it ttinn-’ u ni bv treaties. The law
»f nati •iii' anti treaties, in all cases, define
' h&t 18 allowable; and if any belligerent
•ower, exerci-.es upon such merchant shi|>
u»v act ot violence, any outrage contrary to
vliat the law ot nation* and treaties admit
i* *!*-*<-ily, then does the belligerent |>->wer
: >nnuit an act ot piraev or an act of war.
I here is n a, in the whole code of interna*
i -n tl law, nor in anv treaty, a single clause
r principle, wherein- (i. Hrital> can milt*
'. appear iliac she lias, under the pretext
f allegiance, a right to enter, on ihe high
eas, the merchant I'ta'ei of a ueirral na
.ion, and take therefrom the native ci iz.ns
f .hat neutral nation. VVV dily her or her
.dvneates to devgn tte any sncli cla i-.e or
principle : I* there are any. tnev can ha
'•cferretl to. Weak f >r information_ve
demand the rec rd—the preced'd-. V\'e
hate, heretofore ex iess<id ntnseiv * ,M ;.10
.locit iitc ot aliegi m.'e ; 11 is a <| ie-.ti iii on y
letween the subject and hiss vere gii, *nd
not between nation and na ion. r,,e doc
.rine is tounded upon common aatl mu bci
pal law, and it Cannot t»e made to »-x <. d
beyond me l<<osl niuuicipal jnrismctnui of
t ie sovereign, unless by irea<\ or t»y die
general consent of nations It is altogether
impertinent to the question to quote east a
if decisions m the Court* of I'ngUiid in
those of the United Stales on (Ins subject#
Hu y do not apply. Swell ea.»es reune sulc
i'to the trial of individual* for some act
contrary to '.heir alleginin e, tahrn you cufeh
ihoKc individucils wirfi/i ihfif ivyrmt'i/f
juriadictiov. Y iu must find the pe- s >n, i. t
on the high stas on board a neutral slop,
hut within hi* sovereign's jurisdiction, who
tlien may seize him and try him in a C n>(
of the sovereign. It is plain enough tout
these quoted cases of decisions are not ana*
.!>£ms to inr Question. It c*'nnot he legal*
ly deiendrd, that rights exercised as i„Ci
cideiit to common or municipal law can he
enforced on tlie high seas, where no tnunki*
pajlaw or particu ar local common law prc
vajU, and where ihe law of nations is the
md* nde of conduct, prescribing w.»at is
ngiitaTfn prnhiluun^ what is wrong. If it
• ere otherwise,™en might a ttriudi cos*
..om h' use regulation be executed on uiu-u*
ral vessel on ihc high seas; for to regu ale
lustooi honm s U a more clear, distinct, fie
lefensi tie municipal right than any right
lurmd under the doctrine of allegiance.
Ve shoo'd be glad to see some thing like
irju-nnu in answer to what we here assert.
•V'esee and mar a g-eat deal of rhapsody
n.d dogmatical assertion on this head.; owe
ve can percene no hing like cool, thspas
n aiale argu oent. This mod* of treating
he topic i a strong proof ill itseP,, of tin;
eebleneyt of tne cause of (»reat Uri ain.mrl
icr paitiz.ui> ; tor we repr.it again—il tlu y
i ul iaw .r treaty oir'heir s de, then iliey
"nl(| shew thu law or that tieity.
Hating thus |nu the a»l\ersary consolHe
V in me wrong—.ha, mg shewn that i»iap.tr«
if os can Mist .me tutor nt t.ns.oos mother
iv national law, n-n* treaty, nor ndm> tei|
• •veedenu het ii» meet m.n on ft's own
:r>uitd. fa*. us, tor tin- sake of t im'ilin^
i.n It'om tiu proiul stand ne lias taken,
mt that lie has tl»e riy/r to sieze his own
■o.ijecis no hoard neutral i esm.1* ouihelinrh
ea*. wiwt nrim true c »i struct !nn of
<lcK « right f fi e ri^'ht in seize British
i >cfs excludes, ol coiiim*, ili« right to
v.ize those of Ur nen’r.il Tie right to
a*tt' Uritiiih •nhjveu d rs not, u» an* view, ^
ochide the right to take ricun ci/urn»t
Mu* person of tlie native neutral is >-«tcrt'd»
■ h,H person is sciz d.tlie rj^lit claimed is
xceeded ; and tlie excess «.f r ti^jln is a.
"r9 kAf It is tlit ti, a wront; e/cn !»> tins A
ntish argument, to take neutr.i v ..ti P
out tieutml American men nantun-tv • r
ir as this wrong exists, it is universally ad* v
itted it ought to lie retl e«set|. It is^rvwn V
■id acknowledged that neutral A n«-ric tus \
live been taken out of neutral AiM)i'«t:iu V
tips, to the amount of mime thousand* fo
•at ex ent, therefore, at least, tlb* British
ive wronged us For .his wiong t|*v y bate
'feied no redress. It is ua tolryss for the
■ mng, to say tliev deliver A neticuu* m><>n
teir being demanded aivl identiftod. That
no remedv. It does not re .cn the wrong,
lie wrong d<>es no| consist In de ui? ing
eutml Americans in the Urn ih service :
t consists in trizi'i f and tarrying then t%to
• 1 he rfi*ff»/fji| ii |,|)^ »i» u<r*rv. isu/s/o of
te wrong ; and to cease nr dun ni.vit tlye
gt^ravatton, is no redress of the wrong it*
It. It is oiivimM then, thit a rfjs'il, the
xerciseof which produces unnif, is a fight
tat uogbt, at any tune. Is km Mgoi wed wrw.