The Washingtonian, 17 May 1813 (vol. 3, no. 148), p. 2

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' ^ - aiy Rates w< «J - re . : ' i. except thoi I. "J yet W« have \ W««n : fe, ilB feiaureof power mai incgen ralg vtrnmrnt undet '. i ' By "»l mi W W way v.hi. U tlf con fit >ct then b n I, rotfatfltml rill fcomnn "I .:.-. rin i. ii inch a ei I*. Whatever may be the teal i ll I I I ! Vi ur ltiotpuiiy 'hang, ufM ,, tf ' ^ . w ol con* i i. , . u*. . ; \ * <: on . youi wealth VI \ t,llU «! ei tl ,.r : . I * a.j: a murmur teal 1 cesofibefouthernandw. I thellates the natuial a p«i Who n. U (.' ;..,,, . gri , Ml < ut I; i 1 tn ',. ;i . j jou tnipll y (I bin guardiani itt-.n A fmure ol the of power to laredeonftltutional oi m^n ; i. the Ml the proportions o] influence guaranteed by ihe conftito >' changeain ihe drftnbutionof eonftlto ! ofmanifeA iHlety. bin yOUC no proportion ei of the country will he the victim of ;ts . nd, >;.; 01 HIP ViC yVftl ' f Ol) tilt i V t 1 | iv ( ill II fSi . (Mi i I I j Uli Ii t ill I I'., c fu i: i policy. it en c. be »e:pl d WCbicStlic ol i-i i \\'( ri ii"i ..ii . r i in i -Stele, an. tin j tltiflliy piepor.dir^ txi bahdi of P-cT «n(i« !lui blJ and humiliating, in rj was ihe condition of Maflachufetti . Walh political Ptrhapsi are, , . . . . may is be at Biro there is In the nature " is 1 " !r,: oM,JI i,i , : f,,ch i ; rel tt ih'ie ol the frttth i<nd 'h.- well '. . N .: ; , >w the .,, h pnnetplesofthe^realcouaitiition <i 1 i ' theconftiiutioa mod potion in condition is an Yet n me of us fecm Louifitna isfpokehofas be rag an inte;-r*I pait of ,h,s nation, with at huadre ! f.»ld 'i wore. '·' with the f ople every (late f..it is with the people of-his commonweal h the individuals, composing this ft-ate nv the people f the eommonw alth dI M.i.Tl chuie-t s , an allegiance, original, inherent, a nd '! the fesbnard ! ii tend to ,,.. , with that -i. vice ofWammgt'jn whic warns ns* i. nil chai ei tfing trtic ly get gia* piiic.it difcriminations ; north fiuth* " era, ealtern and weflern ; whem | coiirfeof remark objeclcd, varia ce thai his lLcsc ItitD v. It n ; . he im h r i or, i > i d, iii vM.n.e noi thtii \\ ou d on ni ehtltirt it ? n i, ctcisl . tilled I the tuirl) 'j i n& ii i ciui ' mL . ' if,, r, hi. I ii b > i have ol have tc adopted Vi i j. j nnd lead 'fjjei , to "i acnurfe . , oi p ilicy he, -" defignmgmen may endeavor is :i t Jtl ou \h m . to e t . > tXtl&Y l- " it ny cite a belief that there if] I -.!, r jI I r: nniK " ' 1 , i .1 "·' Mid to t-irtbaiTMa t h Rich |. n, mi y en cr , in hffetence as though ,t had heen nativeand perpetdal Tru tainjufter and Dpini more ol liberal ideas, vet thefe itii that :l the adm.tt,-d by *, } Wenearol lb uuqueftionable authority ronewiWs ugh we preffing dull l«e«ry additional Rate auarnenu wetjaalirr the intention of cutiine it up in. with as much unconceri, as bad nointerea in the matter people >fthiscommQi)we«lil] havetrai red a certain fpecifird portion ofallegi ns are thofe tfi which thsir i ; unavoidably pen* poputaiioo. i I ol 'enccoi local interefts and views te remembered, that this warn Wafliington was uttered, in the and hope, that a lik ii... 1. pietei (ii voice " in ·· II p todeknd it. /\ '. in n, who lulK ; t i.. «lydue-tothem,rroniiJieindividuals -- nddm which already grind* our inte.efts in the i rivets our chaini j and makes more certain and h^pelefs the condition of our political fervi ude -What think you would the fpirit cf W.lnmgton have f.,id upon chic fuohel > Codlfl he rccogarn our prefent conft-totion, tut deof political influence cotopofmg their Hue toWtertain, extrin fie auociatum, calkd the Unted States,-* This transferred poi lion of allegiance is m ii obvious Ii commerce and r:iv:"iti real feaboard r.«id ;i ft .ie a the tendency of m to introduce into rapid increase of wealth, active integrity of his the anticipSTiO!! own admindlration. ;nd of covi r cvciT-ihir.j; h ship ,.i , '8 :n K»"~lhiit n every body/' tut an txtrnslotiof the t ii .I'll f. '· end i nty would ceflbrs char,.fltrife the pt"!:r; ii " die rights ol riaitir..1 '? p-fMlatioc. compafl t enterpri- on!> limited in ditional. not its nature, but is. i* is. ThecondJrinn that pies of theconAit.ition IhcniTd inviolate. glib, conhemioci- be prefrtrved Whether any (y,ch violation occurred, or whether* befuchas -n,,, ,h ly affefls ihe fecurities of iheir rights and hberrrei are qucflions, tt> ha« -pie far inland cannot (haie oi Iy thefe advantages, fmg, inteligent an p wetFul It is trfryrnlai which Horn their fi. uatton, butvery rem .... Let it be remembered that utteied, as thehiftjiy of his limes wi ucT.CC, K c -vi- 1' (..ii ii . i., i , .ii i ! thej 1(1 OH Well, If (i:| by wzy Z KirHi^ ,r ^crainft thefe in i'j Ht.UM ' in tht i *c condition men. and then partizanf who bpganT lay, iv !:me i ; power, o ! . mould n.>t by ,h u /««!»,,, that of^achofrhe which die pc e ., which he had framed and recommended to ftiicicntyr Ultnotnotori nsthattheex tent ofte.ritory even at it exifted, at the t.me-.l t,,e adooT,oa of the c mltl utjon ·tt among. the nw« ferlnii obj Qioa to ibri-i.ee,. of the experiment ? What fatd W alhinptun upon the topi : >· '· s there a *doubI whether* common government can embrace fo large a f^hcre ? Lei »* " pe^ encefolveir it it we ;j ff0rth a f,,U and fair exp-n mem " Yet,fcarcely had twe :y ^ars t ,apf...d,the ancient ' confutation, afl"..currd ft.ues are lent not onlj- to difeuf* burodecide vnd we. mxhii commonwealth have reafon to ihank the Great Giver of everv good gift lhathe hasbelt-.wed upon Uilj penpk- not onh- the right io make, but m pe of the feaboard, incieafingin a very great relative difpropor tion to their own, without fume fear and mixture of envy Hence there, intenfiWy, g'ows up. in thofe fcflionsa difpofi,,,,,, to check the piofperity of tlie feaboard; | fhe w ahh md look upon ftrengdi day, to excite thefe In aljealoulies;and m them, the foundations of their future j pB^l "i ,aI CT» lii" Ihe |JL mi .; rce. licse c I" -re i which, in deiei -,"· of ihe By cultivating aloufy of com. merce hatred of a navy p-.jpagating uufounded fufptcions, in thewenem Itaie, reelevation lative to the policy oi his carl | ti'i; lead" non-im] onj,' itaporta i whithj in. I ^j , I » -.'M.iity ·' foi om si cats wl ich, I: to vi ui esatntiij , admimlii ition the power Rippor. any deciGon, to which they may oe oiled, by a manifeft violation of their to and above alia policy, to efflbarrafo and render uncertain the employment of eapi. taland population on the ocean give to both difpjfitions. j yet h;.lfpe,p!cd.by an ufurpiii.n. as pal- lim.is not wealth of Maffwhufetts (hall ever become ,t wi'l be from choice and not from nature; it wtUbe not b^aufc they have not the power to maintain their freed.. but becaule ihey are ·ves m , unworthy of it tnui ruinous, new territo en added, (as.t is called) to the Unite.! State., of doable rhancient extent Ai eq lality n political ngnu with the old iiteri States hjs hren extended to a mixtUre oi Fr--nchmei,.>panf,n ·,emigr ni "i---r,, ,, Creoles and Segroei Already in- ,,h.., wBighiofthe it it, pah.r.ai h (v, queftion wenrj -isth.s.our political The r-e b. UU- or honorable ft^te, * U | As to thofe who maintain, if, indeed, Iheiebcny (uch thai the political rights Of a fla.e are fate j and that its profperhv it ei- A iifufficiently fccure. npiwithfianding, «· *u '« P I As 10n ht preil-ni tnifemble mnaa[ of ».**JKl p^werwiUbe trampled under ( , . uareofMafldcha entraliMd.by thteMof this ui-n m hefenateofthe United States ther has no proportion of political power, or -very (mall proportion, in comparifon with the greatnefi ol aflartion of this kind exhibits limited an acquaintance with tht human heart, and witJ, .he hiftorv of man, that he, who <\v .uld make it. can fcarcely be deemed 'be rubjec- of .rgument Certainly the pUintft dtftates of reafon teaches that as among independent nations, no Oogle nation <> perhaps even from themfelves. Bui they rauft ,-xift becaufe [hey are natural to men in fuch ciraimlUocei and becaufe ambitious men who would controtil thofe feftionx, are careful to inft.l them, if out of power and to gratify il^m if in it ; for the purple of obtain ingthit control over the p ffions of fuch fect.ons as is necelfary to effect die ends of their own ambitionHiftory (hows, that fuch d.fpofitirns have alwaysexirted. in inland ftates, toward reaboard ftates That they are the natural relult of the human palfions, placed in from the world, and. .m inland direction. they wilj carefully conceal and to Thefe ftates, theje men arrived at tlie.rpnient eminence. Power muft be prefer ved by the means, through which it was obtained. paity, which laid the foundation of its power, m local view of ihe atlantic and r uicts " Lasi nlall n e i slowed upon bs an (rrbai l( as a i.d itipi and bin i A is p&tiaCte loi thej h*vi prescribed w, which, from the power di b total .ni. hi., .iur, ol ui ill*, ( sbverdgn . mult made ifyoubthtvc . i pi be local local in in its its policy. An ad ifriftration, it n rn mi ;ne titii these n.ei. n ;ind ichci · policy, makes inevitable local undeniabje condition jealoufies.in inevitable the oppiellcd fecilon-. fuch jealouues becomes; juft, as And " -. ' ' t 'lb .. " not 5. A B< i liotiaj c. hal y ning in, aiti rdir.g ' " ; enun. fhe north in an unreftrained intercourfe with the ibllth/' fiull find great additional refources of mar- abfence ol local view in a government which fhould deprive jeaouly »f its grounds, *>· v. ; Hear the criterion! of that to the n llt deceiving it ' » fin "i i. t-fiitiLirj l ii ci mnu txial. b merated hy Waihingt noi icrnporaiy, but is « peim ii«jsit> bee : use '", What a re I n.hai itime co, fouth, in the and commercial entei prize !* fame intercourfe " (hall The fee, its upon liangca, whi wadi in tfle rel powcia of the comt tenitdiea? ' ' tutoi. rttc Thes il merce erpand-ns paittcular navigation invigorated- and (hall contribute to nounfti and increafe the general mat's i>c national " 1 '" "' lVai '" ! ' " Sul. nui io"n] " Ulionoi bt fuch fitUations, w lis intereftt, I know w.il not be denied. navigation I" not r ply. mi how Our -- . of niouili ationol the constitutional power ence experi- Is pertcclly conformable with this and nature hiftory. >r * p. Lr c, coloured race "" = j com.: mihi ,g into fon-reignofaeW influ enc-, from th ,fe noundlefs woods and nrai I -his that fU (| and fair expen n-n nf Ihepr lability oft republican |o^nm,nt, oye, the ancient e«enV, which thehonft exciting, in the iu.and ftates. country laid thefirftfonndaUonsof their power, by a jealonfi n f I'.lantic of- The men, who now govern the cial "^ policy blates is lale, eiepi m proprmi power ttate ical >n to its phytic .1 f.am^ng except to/edthtttherefnitofihe ex^rimenl wh.n J! T SSi?J1* / £?M , W.Jh.n.ron recommended? Before th e ; I .(T-ciaced ftates.no fingle The men. who n>w govern comm-mced their career of and commercial ftates The Wafhington was ftriflly commerthe U w ^'^ ad is i ife, m proportion to its " li of unlimited extent, °f W«togim have firft power. p ii t . There in is mung no more fricndfliip a i» t-on to his influence, by appealing to the paflions and fears of the interior, relative oppofi- ftates,in poliJcs "up among men in Aeanc«m than there :r a J e Jf an ate fiiend |j brnfn ft.uld ! pii repuhnca-. rxpeument j'-L-ment, uncertain, be-nfa-.sUflonly afcertafeed have Uttonoux, plodding apolitical --ate, nch ft become vith ,tei in affjciaied If the refult com, oi aft, ft new. needy fu h a . and policy of the feaboard Watt ngton waned the fouihern and em ftates againft them without effect weft He t-imold that thefemen would be fit is fid W"th the views with the only nation on the globe capable ofannth.Iatingour navigation and comn.eraalprolperity' Were Waftiington to fpeak l,om the grave, could Walhingtonscnterionsof that local view, which fhould rem »ve all jcai oufy It expanfton of commerce, encouragement of navigation, and pr motion in mterecurfe, be the evidence of liberal difpofittcmv and freedom from local viewswhat difpofifions are evidenced by reltri/tions non intercouife ; embargo ; and war ; hefe are abfence of j wrong, let it be corrected in a constitutional this to I way." but bow is rial states L,l(jl ' .,], weak, di- vided, and oppressed, 1 tm 1 w ore the commer. answer.-- Lei them be ash.ml: - : "' wi i f J i Ihe t.Ut away future.-- in." ;, . these divisions. . at ternt cement your »| ,,,,. (m(> n 0lL your councils, and onmfrom ourconfideoce every man, who will fc not in main the old "f common -V- Follow ao longer ' after, lingland the proaperitv| u trinei he expreis. in Jdmeouofmep, from the e and moiwtains. i wai , n * h defp j, a d cunning, ft.-uld witbm the 1Bei em ,, rh , Uffl *a:irreconc.lab:e with the foirit of P arepu.l.can garment, a. it is Ulw U Th« ^c<- ^.-;-- fu^, m ,*! nflaeBM ' Whirh *« ?&?&£ ngouremm., .great prop ,ti f the be Y,efediu thefe U» *nat tfourdbethere/ult' ;J i, political tlwtthe whole, way power " V^- S To ,ll v. nothing ftort of a change in his l\( » The refult has proved his Prescience, Tb er ar e in power, The tern of pohcjr among the leflions fthecunntry, Was undoubtedly the policy of Wadnngton. And what are the grounds he em merates as the . Itrongerlanguag , that Oettnhn are local in their views and geographic il in their policy i To encouiage confidence andaffection "d«'ne«lyfortheco.Dm 5 r Cia by your fitliera. delivered faith, ..d h btn who wilnotsiwidupforit.hctoyouwo A let than an n.fiiiel, '- l, orient divisions tnnmpnsol cea«; ami ti,, p,,,,. ;,,, ,,. p so" e ' Z1 S> d?n] V fn>ndl >- -"- m mer« navieation Lfflecfe. ,g-on ' That we had the fame princi" . manners, habits, and ; political « don i* it rums of his fyft.. m wmderful then, that our 'he ples had no regard for 0; eit:,er the one or the other In iu true point of v ew & confined according to it,;-,, . «n-ftqu ft, fettled that ll4i Je ^ , ir focriat and triumphed together ; thaL our and independence wawie wo.fe of ioim coUnciU and joint effort of common dan gm.fuflenngs and fuewflia ? Now I a flc ' bow do thefe reafonsappl, in favor of mu thai in a common caufe we had iJK to S --hoiny,,,,^,,,, 1 ' r i, ; , p,i,a « s ;^i Bui h,oUn ( .n^,,;;^it , remember 1 ( tual confidence or affecl.M., or ,, avigation ' new natei, to fecur- .rredeemahlv C "_7 " ;h"(Wrtof hecoun^y. h tr 7fSr di Wlwl n* any oavi <it.nr ,i. «^e,xugh. U That C " n,t it is ^knomanwll b9den «dthat^ t\,, j '12J3E l_),,es mar( believe F.ir Jdl^ m f ,/ 0»«Je w, h U' e ,-& /eamen take t0 lhe ^y^nd ****« liberty the mou.itahs '_ the ..iojH.c, ,,f ht tc ,, ftilut ; M TMe ." f ,nj and , a nn v Inn , IU PP' rt oi feamer. s ir, i(. ,i;. r^ > riphr^ "gnts, countryfight and triumph withm.for inJn which of ,,ur councils, or or dingers, or fuff, rings or fu «efi tinned? Wha, fympathy have v;e f.rth, t, r[h , rrenchmen Frenchmen and Spaniards SnaLrd. and C-eole ,, beyond the Miffillipp, ? When did Maflachuiettsag.ee, that he, deftinie* fhould be tnrown at the mercy of -d ,Ut her political rights thofe people ft,ul^anni: Mated as they wi |I be mueed as they no w are, by uouifi.oa, and that odious brood of ftates, (he is hatching inner bofom » >v ... of the coiillituiioi,, after our libertie ve been mufla.ed ft by ,he admiffion, fas ""^lofLonifiana, into the union ? In v.ha. fie.ds did the inhabitants of that : dl, ed - <o,tn,e,u.d,estr :oi 1 , ment of peace "niggle., m no ', , - Te] r e ef c , ; not vet he/. e ^; ^m . al "" fl r Dl,lTMtSlof ^ -'^d, W L he n t "d'scovercd, the commerchtl hV S Th.v e;Y ,,,,?,. I; , : I^ » m« a . :i dependence >" influence ,, ' hat efforts S A ' ' ( te Ca "^< S***" *"' 1 'to'ihehnd He must be andhealmjl tiieatrength end adhesion hisfatah.,1 be transferredlo the hi n»ou ° ,, orKiS.^?^ TM ; mn ,;, ,,,.. I know Lint, in lcn | v ,,, KL of our propo dav ^ on - lhm dim " 'ft'd. :; ^ r,, -Aart ,,,,,,; S*SJ3 fcureand RTM* t* 1 amufcd Wlth - oTM Ihe turn of commerce, « a sa id that the most vrohnt clamors, in favor of navigatoS "nd commerce, are uttered by men t%ni the outf, eridtbe west, and it is asked, bow, i them ,(T, L ; tl ^ ' fa ' r P r, »='l'l- The ladmitthe bo, floor il- it u. tindcnilbTe ol wri;r , , t, ; ,n u ^*ft«e ! ; fth,,ga SSrS h . SSsSaSasSaS w e betoei,I' .f. P"rf«« There man*, Congresa exhibits pcroeiua S,^^;:, t <'«]ared,orco? "'"jomu.uT.e.ia general y.uaninv ersc to h-a inierest* zd,^ fo, .h h,: i^principlesofw eandb slave ratio in " ff bjck to ! ;,': ;:;:;- r:r -,"7 ;-.. Let no ma n Hartle at this quertm n a. th'u.h.tw, avedthrow erJ.medr«d* fill -mage wh.ehth. mi nd dare not W vnAuufl n Corrupt men. in -,,-.. are trampling upon the popIArixhti "*W»fi> eir liberties wi way, H,, m a f iuch mquine, a, fthemtt f- i i,o,0--,,, nofthe union But ff /·^^ UK who arid long.o the y contemplate. Inquirit. of tl,, s kind be condition ol freemen Theby the fpirit and the tenor dS £3Saa=*jS« reeularr ?' B) Bvihe henud, '«« J« >l ... -- m b ru °> \L ,^ ' *· lhe °Pw«tion of the ' it. iheit i k.,l«, .,,«,! «.'/:, i TM' k "yino res,,", o e neW ««eS| t , part- -i n U ,,,,, ,. ,,, ,,,,,;., .H..MJ..I . '"'; W*«j«.rf«ti -^l <": i S -- , ; ^^feiaSF-cf^ m * ,,1 "n ,01 MltholMaffa , i; rCMi ,n,,uftl y dife-wrajrld l,cati,,n,.fv,. ,,,, 11S ;' , ^ w fa e mcreafed ; and merchan «nc"o7de! "JJJJ -Hlteperp«JlJ g^ 3S ·y.-evnt.e ha.lbi.d | aWver , rai thousand milts from the aeaboardwho B rf»«^or thin Im ditf! J """Jl L\rlV P^PWUon.d *'«·! 'Ms 9t3 ,v your red it '""S '° t,,c u er "'»M Recolleet of h ' / «»M« ' **« Political «oneapeci t a,mthefi the water, clam. i,i,, fi « ail d .athe ,, ;l , fl sacbusetS ybacl '^soutfttrn sta tM areenuai in s .,:, toVhelbi, ^-B"* "" cs|:ilc <'*' ^ ' I tli Alas- upon .,, ol . W ^afS I..rdwip Jfrbj ' favor of '· , f ,o,, ,,,, r ihedial. Ai.da.Mhi ,,, , ., TM """^on^onsUtuiionaleC^if'T u be d^rve' wfoi« « endure « Wc ? - to be, ; ceriyi)l u ifh(k , cdtol p,,U,,,i puw m . |he "' ,U " ' .n-^Tiand thefe ^Wftft. »«W|Bia U pi Iheh-antier.o slave!. what we ni*-- fnomo r &flre ^° Reserve «Weightthan b d u nrp d lined u, h. sl '.. i > ; Uewi1 \v 7"' ... .' '· c °n a thcn iif mmion we-amdea. ^nftinvafiomby the oth? ^tc,-, The . wehDiw 1 .ves TM?< «. 'east %how thM so l nw To -«' modern ^..nem'rhem "pr, and under nur own e n 0ur Tes pr.ferve them muft be a, eceffary ,,n,veryde.irablem a »eri! as .t2S?2"» th, people, the dtftribuuon, or in the * ng*e^fl bi^e5,dtra ; ! queflion, fo often agitated op,o,o of b Ldifica m 5 commerce, bS curi Biy.nut concern- D rlc !; ' . l ,(-,lltr t own is, in feci, of more 1 other fchemt-s, T ZC X;; Z r" T r r ' ' menu" r ves '!»« (heir mia. fouAdlsfi ure. m K *<*"**** eialttatea. ' haveth U,e V, . ,. tf SP^ , i '^..tljutth., fH*MdytaVi yatrtunrj. -ver did. and never will! ««eP t in thofe rare im«, t pV whe^ ;;^ fX^ turned inland P v' . iC ' aeedfroml-nf P°. >ul TU - pl ° >ed in h '°" difcoor. ; uemit. And thay »i| r grow rich, tnen^fr, -'V::v::; :rr" ;, powen '·"'* ills in ··j tbcii Vf.'fdiaon,, «· livel

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