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Published weekly by Thkei Dollars a Year. THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1 80S. i So. 329 "Jrcm rA American their country into war. sible to be a good citizen' without having federal added'to th'eiriamos, were denounced as sans culotles, disorgan tranquility So Proteus like is federalism.

Hence, when in the year 1794, the opposition to the excise system broke out into acts of petty violence, to the Suppression of which the civil power, was niore than competent, because, it suited the view's of Alexander Hamilton and his to stigmatie'repre-sentative government, a4 large army was called out with all the pomp and vanity' of a Roman triumph decrsed to a victor. And yet it had nothing to face but Women and children We mean "not, however, by this to impeach the courage of the troops they were patristic, they were brave. But it accorded with the Michiavelian policy of Hamilton, to create a phantom and embody an army to combat it. The design was to cast an odium on our institutions, to bring republican government injo, disrepute. Reverse the picture.

The British in 1793 intrenched unonour sovreie-n- S4llu oecome enective tm-oughout every part of the republic, a proper time beiiig allowed 'according to distance of the district from tlie capita All persons resident in the, republican territory are subject the regulations of the police, and all Frenchmen in foreign countries aref bound by the la.ws r-lati veto the state capacity of persons. No agreement or contract can be. enter edjnto by individuals which is sub-' vevsivc of public order or morality. Of the "enjoyment and privatien of civil rights as conformable to the second project of the civil code, the is'a correct tketch i raAer of citizen is acquired- and preserved only by conformity ta the constitutional laws of -the country' Every Frenchman is to enjoy civil rights. Every individual born in France of foreign parents shall have' it in his power, within a year after the period of his minority, to claim the lights of a.

French citizen. Every infant born in. a foreign country of si 1 tench father, shall have the means of, receiving that character. Everv shali enjoy the same civil rights which are granted to Frenchmen, agreeable to the treaties of peace existing with the nation to which belong. Cepialu foreigner shall- uopi me conttition of her husband.

Every foreigner, though not at that, moment residing in France, may be cued before the French tribunal ir France for obligation, contracted by hnn in a loreign countrv, though tlrs' obligation has been formed with fo- reigners. The character t.r i. tieen is lost by naturalization atquireif a ioign coumry; )y acceptance ol unnuthoriscd public functions by a feteign goven.ment by connexion wiri, a foreign corporation-which t.cknov7edge disiittetitti of births by every tstublishmtnt cd in a foreign country without returning to Fiance. Every Frenchman who shall have forfeited his character of citizen, may recover it by return mg to Fiv.nce with the jiermission of ihe govcri.nit iit, and by declaring that he has resolved to fix his residence there, and that he renounces every dis-tniction contrary to the French laws. A I rendiman who shall withoi.t permission government accept of any niihtjry command in the service of a-foriMgn power, shall forfeit hit qrtality.

pf Trench citizen, beriles subjtctinc tothe puHslunent attached by the crinml law to those who tarrvi or shall carry arms against their country. All officers belonging te the stall" of Lnghsh army in Wtst-lndiet, have keen onhlcd to re-pair thc quarters with all puskible dispatch. A private, tter from Tarls mentions that allofScers ofths Ynm arrr.r on leave of tbkincerand "vt that natron in the fay of Spain, Favi. received the former toj.iut thcif repect'uc regiments immediate. Iy and the I nter to return to France lor the pui-poseor sen lug their nalivo land." ie thousand troofs In the rrench service had arrived at Geno? to embark for St.

Doruingo. mx(f more wtre daily esptcted Cor the same service. Great discontent rr. snd numbers deterted. betters from Denmark ftf5t iYn the epidemic malady which prevt.iliv Uitre, it suppoud be srfow- fcur, Imported from St.

DrVf. in i urcigu nu vices. LONDON, March 3. Lats night we received Paris papers, the1 26th" ult. inclusiveaftd iLohC oT the 27th reached us this morning.

Th chief information which thev contain relates to the civil code proposed to the legislative body on the part of our government. It docs not materially differ from that which was rejected list year, and its p'riiiciples were: fully explained by; Portalis and Thelnard. Many of the grounds which form Ihe basis of this code are so ob-vibus and. undeniable that it might1 have been thought necessary to call attention of the. legislative assembly to them.

The laws.when sanctioned by thf first consul's act of promul- ty kicked us like a foot ball held our i xorts and occupied our territory in contempt of the country captured our vessels with an insolence unparalleled, and in the face of the world assumed the right to dictate to us where we should trade where we should net. And what was then the language of those wl)o now essay with uncommon 2eal to precipitate the country intb war Peace, peace The trahquil lute was ever and anon sounded in our ears. And yet had not Great -Britain provoked war Had she not violated the law of na tions?" Did not'Grotius, and Poffen-dorff, and Barbeyrac, and Vattel, some of whom have been suncrfir.iallv rp- fcrred to on the Dresent occasion, lift their venerable heads from their graves ana cry shame on her.r Nay, were not the most lively sentiments of in- dignation manifested in union a- oui it was cruel to war with the mother country however much she abused us; With a' fovcmmi'nt tn mil. mired not mrippd Hvii wi them to bring Great-Britain to a sense oicuuy ana ol right, wos opposed by the federalists with every faculty tUy possessed. from the Katioi.al L.leUigtncer.

An estimate of the motitet of those ivho are clamorous for ur It was the memorable declaration of a distinguished mender of a tribunal, denominated paramount, made during the last autumn, that the pre- sclit administration were so deeply rooted in the confid ence of nation. nothing short of a most uinary occurrence promised the least prospect of success to their opponents. This declaration was by a fedc- rafist nre-cmiru-nt for hi inn lj federalist nly eminent for his daily iwi me patience ot the en I light ned body of which he is a mem- tcr. It announced the existence of but one ray of hope to federalism on the political hnrrizmt. I obtained the western pro- pic will be alarmed at the transfer; '1 measure win ensue calculated to in- i crease an apprehension of danger; they will Uok to the present ndminisJ tration for security.

If this Is not 'l rrornrily and -1 MIC confidence of the western country in i.uuii hi pencil, llicy will transfcrtlMtconndciicetotu; and ifithivcn, it will isnc In war, and war wu, ruin tl.ctii. In UI.cp mm I I NFAV.ORLKMIS. Where are the spectres which the designing palt of the federalists raised with regard to the temporary interdiction of our right of deposit at this place They are into thin air," and wafted from those perturbed spirits. All is now hushed, Our beds no longer shake under us our repose is tranquil, and French; bayonets have ceased to haunj the coward tion. Alas! poor federalism with all its craft, is unable to brutalize" the American mind and drench the country in blood Its sanguinary thirsfis not to be quenched with war.

The numerous rivers 'which run through the "Western country to fertilize the land and minister to comforts, are not destined to be crimsoned With human gore! Poor luckless federalism is thwarted at every.step and defeated at every project The faction gnash their teeth, and in agonizing spasms," weep be-'ctutse the'eountrv is to continne bles sed with peace, order, and tranquility. Kentuckey is no longer in arms in rebellion against the government! Hobgoblin with his merry attending clfs has danced off the artificial stage, to the great comfort of the women and children Hunter is gone to New-Port, and the Kentuckians, wisely converting their swords into nloucrh- shares, have returned from the 4 camp'. to the. cultivation of their farms. Butjoking apurt-for the: subject is a serious oner The designing of the federal nartv have nnrsupH.

nnHpvla. tmgly, their grand object an encrge-tic government, or one in which the few. shall govern the many. In the pursuit 6f this great desideratum, no adversity has mitigated their Zeal, or diverted their attention from the object. From the year 1794 the period of American apostacy from the principles of the revolution to the present time, their efforts to approach it have, bten'uniform and unremitting.

Then the first violent attack was made, ana tt nottiirexlevaertainlr plan-lied by Alexander Hamilton. An unfortunate, an unconstitutional opposition to furnished for the assault, a pretext which was embraced with a zeal proportioned to the hostile views of the aspiring faction. In an instant an army wasraised to quell indications of opposition, which, ly the artfulness of the then secretary of the treasury, were magnified into a rebellion of a nature the most formidable and alarming. It is no improbable conjucture that the odious ex. tise symstem, happily abolished by the present was devised and' recommended by Hamilton, with a view to the effect it produced, and which was contemplated to use the phrase of the adverse party, the arm of government! The project which has Immortalized Hamilton's hostility ti republican institutions, succeeded, and secured to the party a valuable and much coveted triumph.

This victory was followed by a sup rlfmrntarv r.tl irt nniK Mima It publican government. The right of the people to assemble for the purpose of political deliberation was openly denied by the federal party in Con. gress, who left no menu untried to annihilate it by a legislative act. On this occasion, as well as the one with regard to New-Orleans, the most groundless alarms were industriously circulated. In this, indeed the party have been uniform.

Judging that mankind arc governed more by pas-lion than by reason, they fly to the re- jpons bf fancy and'romahce, and "con." ire up Imaginary evils to terrify Uicmind into acquiescence, in pro. rets of i nature the ntot Injurious. lay an evil of a determinate nature emlnt xit? Thcv ttUw that they arc deprived f.f power, audited whenthev had It, mcavurta muc n.r.re pernicious than would be the thing seemingly 7' 7 weiirrcu. 1 1 It their invariable prsctke they a peculiar object to gui. Will their pw-pc Nothing S'ldignifiril, r'ui'ioui, so thftrrn-iiia warlike attitude; the fMjsul of the clarion lie ihurdtrof MinM rorrts; lU Ut Kfo.ms rf H-HUptact rfrnr.lwitS trri tiewt? Jiitin iivlf it tt.c Uevcry the bulm Y'f nf ivt fomf -rt In.

rcrj i ctMuht nriJ, thc tn.i.rinr.,.ii rrpi.t.lic; I the Wil every federal ha- What though' war is the greatest of all human calamities what though its inevitable effects are personal and national injury, the extent pf which no one can realize still will ambition proclaim" and that in accetits of disnp pointed anguish, my voice is for war What' care I for the rich luxuriance with whichhaturelavishes her bounties on the industrioui husbandman, or for the sure reward which uninterrupted labour bestows on the or for the proiid spectacle of American canvas yielding, without a foe, tp evev ry breeze that springs on the ocean ean view this expanded and expanding scene of happiness with sullen a-pathy, nay, with indignant resentment; because it is not the fruit of my virtues or talentsj but of the virtues and talents of my enemies. Power is my goal and I will pursue it through and slaughtered thousands and if I do not succeed in the first desire of my heart torule the land, I wiH snatch the rod of empire from those whose virtues ho ve immor- talized my Here fellow-citizens, is a picture ofi those uncontrqulable passions which rage under the assumed and respectable name of federalism. Not that very man who calls himself a federal ist, courts or fits thu prominent attitude delineated. No, it only belongs to those 3dect charactersfwho in every vicissitude' of fortune, have -played their own game and who in power have as zealous in its extension as they have been out of power, parsimonious of its us. The'se' men, thaL few in number; cjamor as loud Si i if they counted thousands.

Nothing escapes them. v- Self eulofl4 i tually mingled with the Calumny of those whb stand in their way. They are the exclusive friends of'cood ro- ycruiiieni, uiougii have zrilously strove to 'destroy all government not exercised by of religion ft.A.mV. J. is not their tool.

It may be luuni'iatiigto the dignity of human nature that such motives should have an undyin; existence mid should pervade eveiy -ige, and every tegion of the earth. But hewevtr l.umUiatin-' the fact, it is not therefore t.Se less true nor docs it become the pride of man to qVey ion the wisdom ofits existence. Wt will noUlhrm that an omnipotent beiig gave permission to the existence of evil from tny neccHsnry Conner lion it has with virtue but it may be safrlv said that. our limitted apprehcisbn, the grcatss j.un.n.ui uh.33iub appear ouen to spring firm a perpetration of the blackest crimes. His principally to be attributed to this circumstance, that lilirty has r.evcr been more curdy fortified thin rt this time.

citizen has found that to preserve his rights, as the christian his faith, he must put on, and unrtnsingly wear, a strong armour; and that his only safety consists in a constant readiness to repel aggression. The voice of patriotism vigilant and it is in tl at voice thittl.ese remark have been otTcrcd. liAlilFAxTltf. s. Icb.24.

On Tueidav arrived l.i-n. 1 on from brig Rovtr, cap. 1-hi i lunnn. A great number ol troops had arrivtd at Barbadoes, from I'ngfand, under the ccmmDtid of i of the recimcnt were en.Kntlpt for this place, on boartl a larre shin' micu en tiute. nngauier general Ikretfortf died at Itarl.

I otforc (lie Rover left that Uland. I rtivc oitieri were necned by th? omrnandcr in chief in the Wimfwanl Hands. Dot deliver llflthirrrnrh hlands, unless the treaty had been, before the receipt of the com-plied with. rillLADHLriUA. 1 lniocbnticHnVjr of the ftiktallMs, with rt ir tt In names or pity appd ivmaiaoK-ai one, jlerrod the whole t'ritue and uUsta reuta with railed ifdcrliiis-nol to I a fsrr.MUt was, from Npbnanor a.jcclin tl.ee diatiwttioa wtrt the tudy ones thecsmnottfttntinrl throughout (iFntii.rrMi; ci ir.

Adams ar.d 0 iTStik ftS'1 lUASii.oitlB.iiV.i,";1 "hi i 1 i I izes ai.ul. republicans. Since then, those who were formerly so tenacious of the name Of federalist, have been as anxiousrtorid themselves oftlie "title how we seldom or never find the ci-devant federalists applying that appellation to their parly, 'lis like-their explQdedtales, it has served theirpm-pose anTit is no expected to deceive. Instead of ftduralist we now hear nothing but republican, the very mention of which three years ago would shock federal -feelings some who; before declared It-was a mere phantom, a word that had no meaning and which no good man would are how as solicitous to monopolise it as they were at first that of bye i arid bye 'the appellation of democrat, as "horrible now as republican, was before, will be assumed, and those who were really fede-ntl'sts, with those who from various causes attached themselves to them, and thus formed the party then have deprived the-reu! friends to the independence of the union of all their hames but should this the case there would yet remain sufficient evidence to shew who were the rightful owners. It must undoubtedly strike all, who have witnessed jthe 'various changes amorTg meii, measures and names, as inconsistent-and childish, that the name of federalist should be so suddenly dropped.

If federalist was an honourable 'why this anxiety a assume another Docs anv kind of principle gover! the opponents of the present administration? lf'there does, a name is of But us there does not, ye see the value tiiat is set Upon one and so many measures utw proposed and adopted under 1 he rame i.of federalism, that the 'authors perceive the necessity of changing that nr. te t. i .1 "i i- svii.iuiiii less oeepicauie public estimation. ATjril 11. lEWiUl cf a ltUcrjern aaKd-JUarch 17.

My last letters informed vmt of me inning losses. I had li.tn sudered at Miraguane. I call those now tri-iiing, in comparison with what I have fitirTcred by the almost of the South -Department, whirh is, w.in iew exceptions, in the power of the Brigands. The flames consumed the plains ami the mountain. Miraguane tnd Arqnin are reducidto ashes, and the other are srr-rmind-lby the insurgtnti, Jcrcmie, however, still icnutin.s untbuchtd, but niviiuctdon every side.

The tr.ulat-toes are at the head of the troubles of the Three days since, the town ol Petit Guavc was given up by a conspiracy of the people oft clour. A gre.it pan of thf gan i.bn were the rest saved themselves hy swiiiMning to a frigate that was at an-chorin the road, which ensel was fired upon by insurgents, and had several killed and wounded. "Ti greatest destruction was accomplished just on the appearance of the reinforcements iooo men have arrived, t.irt cf these landed nt-Tilir. I tan oinsidt-rnhlc fortrjs are expected ana arrive tlsiiy, The evil Is great, trA I much fault w. require a length oftime to con-qcr this unfortunate country.

The frightful malady that rages amongst the troops, is cruel and disitstcrous, it may well be called pestilential by the ravages which it daily mclcs. The most mdanc holly rt (lections have st i-td upon I-firmlw-fr. l'5vt; (what possibly may sppear ato nikli'miT In im li if Miian vm uoii- I IT Ki-u 10 iiouiioon auogcthf this country once so rich, luxuriant and productive. Tl.is Is fixed on os the neat of ro-vcmmrtit, we daily t4ii Gtn.Ho-thnnibeau, r.pfjinttd onmiuu'cr In iy'eifci have conidefdMc confid nee hr him, but I trciahlc at the aj pt ehetnion that ft will squire a great Irrr.th of li.ne, if(vcr occefu vet tun it osible that tie laurel! oftle mm on earth hoiihl wither and oic I efore the victorious arms of Kt aud BiIk. ands.

"I will not speak to mr -bet tern, merer, it tt abMlud de! ihvre it no consumption but In the r.n, where final part of the re stij-por-ted by ratitnt. IWu Utt v.r,H.',. tnt prices, bcfButeihi ie rne tJ ft et I. i. 1 lt iiiuhh 4 i lining ifct Jftrmle foreofftf, ard tl ma om Sf lU 6I 1 iuKar, hlr3 tmr that tdacTor Kswiicn.

When ana 4h; I rnrtman tailed, the 5h but.alicn replace them." s. a Strange atlhit language may sound it was ouercd long bi fore the meet, in? ol congress, the infraction of our treaty with Spain by the denial of the of deposit. This Uniwge ha clue to every thin that followed. It ac counts for the feigned solicitude of the federal members of Congress krlhe people on our western borders it csplalns the impatience with which they waited at thr-r-ptninq; tfthe sctkion, the U. sue of mcaMircs; Uexplainr the rrpnted sti-mpts made in the yu of to tow siijj.

Kn and jcilgtuy of their rulers In the minds of the, eMrrn stairs Ilex, pljirs i he tfM? Inttftiie cf govcffiturtit it it l.tj nal, it Senate, and rvyxMtH cry ttniritrire in the cmititii-, where fdtril(m prtVaiH.to tht the firit Brtw'u- and ,1 nrtc imrtnt the town arc ill cf tl." VT8, 1 wurtceo fifteui die tt i' daifr. Price of at ife 3 1 Msrth at 15 v'd I l.f 13. Hcd. slut. Omr.ium 3 3 $.

is. American VocV i per cent. C1 1 prr t.f. KC.ir 6 r- CeM.f39.1 I.J; fewf. pr Sve -i i a tif pt tu ti l.uk.