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: ?? ? <?? . 1LU11 UJi '-U.aJfin^T'TSgqg rontiHiir.n wkhklv . IIY THOMAS W.LOKRAtN. ?JVmm of Siibtrrifuivt.?'Vliree Dollars per;?taium( pay? utile ill a?lvunro....No paper to be discontinued, but at the option ot the Alitor, until all arrearage* arc paid. .hh-ti-tifimiii not cxrcfiliu^ fourteen line*, inserted tlic first time fur ??v?nty-Ave ccnts, and-fbrty ccntt far e*nh *ul>?f?|utfnt insertion. Islttrt to IbeKditor muit ?w postpaid, or the poatagc will Ik> charge*! to the writer. INTERESTING. raw* Tim oMLnAMt OMtrrt, ursrrr. 31. Pl*nUC MRRTINfl. On Thursday ? very fiiimcroutt and respect able meeting of citizcn* was held at Maspero's coffee house, lor the purpose of expressing the public sentiment in relation to the outrage lately committed on our flag by the Spaniards. I he resolutions adopted do honor to our state; and tho' one of them formed for a while a topic ol division, yet we are persuaded that on a fair and unprejudiced review they will be found one and all to bo auch as the present conjuncture demanded. ?. The subjectpf this meeting in one, we con ceive, of no ordinary, of no trifling import. It is one that ought nat to be treated with the elil^hient degree of levity or carelessness. On the contrary it ought to be approached with ten timents of the profoundest solemnity?with feelings of the most earnest, most awful indig nation. It is not yet two years, it falls far short of two years since our public meetings hero were of a very different kind from the present?since we were wont to meet, not for the purpose of mortifying coinpluint like thisfl but for the purpose of crowning, shadowing with laurels the triumphant vindicators of our| country's rights?-for the purpose of congratu lating ourselvc* on huving defeated, humbled to the very dust, the proudest, the most powerful, the mo*t vindicative foe that ever was experi enced either bv the freemen of America or by the tyrants oflKurope. The time has but just passed by when we were honorably measuring a words, wore wrestling in manly, in victorious, in glorious contest with the pro?fu.??cd Lord* of the ocean, and like a whirlwind at every blow, sweeping from the face of tint deep, every ves ture of their arrogant pretensions to domination. Tim time has just passed by when the very room of assemblage on this occasion, was illu - minated in every quarter with transjiareuces and various devices emblematic of the immortal 8th day of January, and of the illustrious sol dier who conducted the glories of that day? when that very room resounded iu every quar ter w ith joy and song and carousal, with the impassioned accumulations of a triumph not to be transcended cither ih military splendor or in political effect by any of those which have beet) distinguished with the choicest honors of history. Ann is it in this apace of time?" with all our blushing honors thick upon us"?and is it, alaa! on this spot, the scene of such animating recol lections?in the very sight too of those en trenchments of American Independence, of that grave-yard of Kuro)>can folly and impu dence?that we, the conqueror* of Kuropc, have now to assemble to pour together our murmurs at a new insult on our national honor, and this insult not from the great and highminded ad versary whom we have just driven from the Held not shortly to return, but from a power not even second rate, or third or fourth rate iu the rank of nations ? Is it thus soon that this mighty na tion without fear and without reproach, is called on to consider of an outrage on our flag the most savage and unprovoked, and from whom t ?from Ferdiuaud the 7tit?a weaver of flounces ?a tambourer of furbelows?a mere monger of niumnicries of a nunnery. I am award that it is not prudent or discreet for any people in any circumstances to undervalue too far tho conse quence of their antagonist. But on thi? occa sion we may be permitted some latitude, of com-1 pamon, when we cast our eyes on u court that is so far behind in tho travel of modern science and modern improvement, as at this enlightened day arid in thin condition of the world to per mit their imaginations tn burrow in the anti quated rubbish and evaporated dunghill of holy inquisitions, of religious ranks and torture* and all the other farrago of obsolete tyranny ;md obsolete superstition. I)i<l the injury ?c have buffered proceed from ?i nation Known to regard uh with a ^cner tl spirit of amity and courtesy* would be some cause for moderating the first hursts of our indignation, for n forbearance of all popular interference, in the anticipation of a satisfactory rt-milt froin tl?p cold-blooded process of negoti ation. Hut this is not ho. The: nation who have inflicted thin, wound on our honor, .ire de liberately and systematically hostile j luvo for many years without intermission ?xe.ei i from inability, harrassed us with injuries ou?l insults after insults, forming in the whole a catalogue of grievances not to be endured by no inih pen* dent people.?The v have besides lonjr persisted 1 in a claim which they well know nothing but war can enforcc, whic'i we well know no war to be willed by mortal pi owe*., can eve- e\toit from our hands. They have demanded of us to surrender to their dominion, to tlie domminion of barbailstn. of tyranny and ol' r iipei^titioii, un integral pait of this independent -i.ilej and they once had the insolence tit expect that Americans, tliat Louis!infans, that those brave )?<iuisianians who met die lion at their threshold and sent him back howling to Ids den, could Kmsiblv deliberate on such a demand' By this ?t act of theirs they have manifested their di*? petition to resort to arm*, and 1 see no motivo whiter of justice or of policy, to forbid ?in from gra^Xtig that disposition to its fullest extent. On the contrary the prospect of a Spanish wnr can be viewed only with emotion* of ploaaure, anil its arrival, I think, will bo hailed by the American people with unanimous delight. Such a war will not oulv afford us an opportunity of rcdreeting our injuries, of avenging our wrongs, but an opportunity of rendering to the c*u*e of Liberty and republican government that support, which the monarchist* of the old world never fall to render to their principles and form of government whenever and wlterever. found in dispute. It will afford us an oppor tunity of acting like men, like Americans in the common concerns of America?of pouring in1 (Mr powerful aid to those *? nrmve men ftlriiggtinff with the storms or f*u?, And greatly riving with a trUlng utatc" ?of offering to the cause of persecuted freedom that aid winch but a few years ngo wo would have well known how to* value ourselves?of Haying to the world, " Non ignara mali miacros Mirrurerc iliseo." We ought to glory in the prospect of no (ivent that will release us front thoso ungrateful^ un natural, ignominous trammels of n frigid and contracted pplicy by which we are compelled! tamely to look on as cold, inanimate, shoulder* shrugging spectators of a contest between American liberty and Kuropcan oppression; u content which may in its results involve the final destiny *?f all that in dear to ourselves, and all that is tlear to humanity. r avkttk. T. S. I propose to present you in another paper some remarks in justification of the fourtli resolution of the meeting. TO Til* Ml ST HI 01 TIIC om.Rixi tt txmt. 1 promised you in my last to present you with sonic remarks in .justification of that reso lution of our town meeting, which sanctioned the course that would probably be pursued by the commandant of tins naval station, in pro coeding in quest of the authors of the outrage on our flag and inflicting on them u satisfactory retaliation. This course was deprecated by one of our speakers in terms of earnestness, ami with an eloquence and vehemence of style which would have been much better adapted to the o ther side of the question, mi which side alone warmth nnd passion of expression might admit of excuse if not of appluute. Let us review the objections suggested against this resolution. It was contended that the t ommodorc has no right to attack the hostilo squadron, and conse quently to advise him to do so were to advise him to do wrong. Now, sir, 1 maintain that the commodore is not only justified in seeking and disabling, if necessury, in exterminating the squadron itself, hut in expelling all other armed vessels found joining in the declarations of that squadron, and prepared to join in their forcible support. It is true we are ut peucc wijh Spain ; but treaties of peace would soon go ofit of fashion, were their effect to diminish instead of increasing the security of nations. " A just self defence does not violate a treaty of peace. It is a natural right not to be renounced, and in promising to live in peucc, we promise no more than not to attack without cause an.I to abstnin from injuries and violences, lie who is injured by foreign subjects does himself justice by his own power when he. meets with the oH'enders in his own territories or in a free place : for in stance on the open sea ; or?if ho pleases?if ho pleases, he requires justice from their sove reign." Hits is nut law or my own idle manufacture. It in the sentiments, the. word* of it very eini iient and universally respected expounder of national law. Let in apply tVeae principled to tlie present cane. It is ini|H?rtunt to hear in ntinu that the present is not a case of accident al fracas arising from the passion anil quarrel of the moment. Th?! attack made upon our vessel is made upon principle. It i.? pnrt of a system distinctly avowed ami most impressively exem plified on the spot. A Spanish squadron beat themselves in tiio Mexican hinih?proclaim to the United Rtaten that they have taken exclu sive possession of those, seas and are determin ed to prevent by forre of arms our common right of passage. Is not this invasion, in the in the strictest anil most confined sense of tiie word ? Change hut the vavy into an army, the water into html, and what is the ditti'tence be tween this cane and a forcible occupation of Mo bile u il l similar intentions and declarations r The only difference is that there i* an invasion in the one case of an exclusive pro|tertv, in the other of a common right) hut inasmuch as the right we hold in common with others, may until1 ? times he us interesting as those which are mat ters of separate dominion, it is as purely an act of selfdctence to resist encroachments on the former as on the latter. Who could he so pu silattiutooH or so traitorous as to sav that if the Spanish standard were planted in \Vest-Florida, ?indei much hotter pretensions, hail as they are, than any that could lie held on the hiuli sens,? who could ?av ilmt our military should ? otiflnc it* operations to a simple yeport of the fact? and who that pretends to tliu name of a soldier could In* so faithless to his trust, mo lo*t to hi own honor, as to listen for a moment to such doctrine. For what puipose, I would ask. do we main tain an armv and a navy ? For what purpose is comtnodoio hitersoii placed on this station ?? For what purpose is ho Httpplied with ships, with men, with arms, ammunition and stores f In it for the put |tose of situply reporting the out rages which may happen from foreian power* ? l'en, ink and putter would suffice for that. 1 ask again, for what purpose is he placed here with all these nr,live instrument* in hit hands ? la it for nothing ? la it for the prontotion ef Jus country'* glory, fn resenting insults on licr flag by "wilingby" the offender*, when the relative force ofthe parties may permit it? No. lncso are uottho vife iuglorioua object* of the American navy?it is not for object* like these, it is not in impotent parade, that the proud flag of America courte* the couuhon ocean. The true and ouly intention of a navy is the protec tion and security of the country ) and it mat ten not from what quarter or What manner the injury came, the country must be protected and sccurcd. All that our navy has to do on tho occasion, says the orator of Iho opposition, in lo navigate the prohibited water* " a* usual." Why, sir, tlmt is what our navy did before this affair hap pened. A signal occurrcnce takes place deep ly affecting our national interest and honor, a most flagitious outrage is committed upou us, and wo ure told that the part wo have in conae quence to act is to do iust as we did before. Hut it so happens, that this is advice which it is im possible to pursue. We cannot navigate those sea* as usual?the Spaniards will not let ua? and it is in vindication of this vory privilego of navigating as usual, that it becomes necessary for UH to apply foice to the removal of all unlaw ful obstructions. We are warranted in doing so by the principles ol national luw, just as an in dividual is warranted by tlioio of the municipal law lit the immediate demolition of a nuisance in blockade of the highway. Navigation as u*u ol. that is to say, go out ulways with a force su perior to the enemy, take cure to keep all your vessels in mutual convoy, and if per chance oc casionally an unfortunate Firebrand be caught wandering apart, by a Spanish banditti of fri gates, wild lire into her without provacatiou and without mercy, shatter her into a wreck, half sink her, wantoiily insult her officers and in inquisition stvlo castigate such of the crow as they were not expert enough to murder iu fight j | let her sneak back to the commodore and report the lact: and then?what then? why, repeat j the process, the formidable process of *? navigat ing as usuul.'' It is contended that an attack upon the of J fending squadron by our officer, would amount to the declaration by him, or what is worse, the I making of war. Now the original assault was certainly one of two things?either authorised by t ie Spanish government or unauthorised. If lit were authorised then it ipso facto creates, or conclusively evidences a stale of war j and in that state our officer is empowerd, is in duty bound, with or without instructions, to inflict every possible injury on the eneiny. If it were unauthorised, the.i it is not war j but then let us take the same view of our officer's concern in the business. His com uct too, in committing acta of retaliation, is either authorised or unau thorised. If the former, then he must bo right at all events t it the latter, than he is wrong j but it is not war any more than the like author ised conduct in the other party and that was not | war, or if it were, would by virtue of its being | ho, ju?tify the retaliation. Supposing then, I both parties to be entirely unauthorised, cither I by previous orders or subsequent approbation, | what is the amount ol it all ? a mere balance of | injuries, with the serious difference, however, <?l their huving begun the alfrav and l>eiug there lore, in my opinion, chargeable with the whole breach of the peace. The utmost that the moat (subtle negotiator ever could flatter himself with j obtaining from us in satisfaction, would be the i same (('lantuin of concession which we \Cero al | ready entitled to demand from them for the or iginal outrage, or iu other words a reciiiracal cancellation of accounts. So that the final re sult to ua would be the taking of our satisfaction iu our own way i.istead of receiving it iu a less agreeable form. | But this is not coming to the point. This act l of the Spaniards is itself a .strong, very strong indication of actual war. It can be considered as nothing else until it is explained and repara tion offered ; and on what ground are we to hope for reparation from a nation that charges us with having robbed them of their territory ? Are they to add to their injustice the folly of satis fying our demands whilst we reject theirs ? On what ground are we to expert reparation for this injury when wo have so many of elder date still unatoiied for ? The present attack on our flag was in all probability authorised by the Koverninent. 1 he gentleman who opposed the resolution in question with such animation, uneqoivocnlly ex pressed his own belief that it was; and if it was not at the time of action, it is destined to become ao,4hy the treatment it wil enevitnblv re ceive from the Spanish government. Consider ing, then, the remoteness of (his station, and the importance of its concern iu a Spanish war ; considering the known dispositions and temper of the two nations; considering the peculiarity, tho unexampled extra* usance ofthe outrage: considering the necessity of our own safety, which is ut lust the supreme law of nations and of uioii ; and considering all Iho various cir cumstances in which our commodore m placed, 1 am decided iu my opinion that he ought tu (proceed to take immediate satisfaction ! If. uii foi Innately, in doing it, lie .^lionhl in the event do wrong to Spain, even that rail conclusion would not Ims without iit consolations. The wrong thus sufTered by Spain would only lie a set-oil on her part against wrongs without milli ner and without prospect of redress, except from war. 1 Ah (o (lie npprclionftiou excited of our produc ing or precipitating a war, by our passionate proceeding here, it (a scarcely worthy <?l" an swer. Ite&snn ought long *inco to have taught iih, and experience has douhtlcn* taught u*. that tcmponoing with nations m not the way to avoid <v?r. A* ft i? with imliudiinlA ?oj? h vi'h n.i tioua, (ho way to secure ihsaco is to m?ln your dignity ugaitist the iirat approach of intrit<& ?ion. ^ rAtETTll^j| POLITICAL. J LHJilXJ 1 mux TUL LOl'UVILLK (k.) con??.?roxi>iWT. ON l'ARTIKS. In my former remarks on thin subject iig| answer to (Vsar, the editor endeavored to show^ the substantial similarity of the pirtios of our country in the great leading principled of govern ment, religion and manner*, to a moat remark'J able degree. I asserted the fugitive, porlsh-1 able nature of the former grounds of party differ-;? ence, and the total transtormalion of parties at' this time. To Hupport thin latter assertion, we have only to recollect what we formerly diffbred about. Were they not, alter the adjustment of the objections to the present federal constitu tions, banking, revenue, naval and military establishment r?What the particular iuciden- < tal reasons were, are immaterialj the essential point is, thot the federal and republican parties did differ about the policy of thus* branches of legislation, which form the body and substance or the administration of any government s and that they now notoriously cease to differ about the very identical topics. Why then, in thtv' name of heaven, done still continue to revile each other, and hold our respective parties up to tho hatred and distrust of the nation? Parties in the United States are at this time little more distinct in political principle thnn they wero in the empire of Liliput, where, according to Swift, they were divided about whether thoy should break their eggs at the big or at tho little end* giving rise to most notable parties in the state* colled the big-endians and little-endians. The subject, however, is too serious for this strain I of remark f parly proscription is a pestilence in [ society 5 it poisons the public mind against tho profoundest learning, the most exalted talents and the purest patriotism, which is not within the pale of party politics. Tlie dogmns of the the passing moment, the slavish sycophancy of party, these are the abominable substitutes of virtue, learning and mind. It is strangling the best faculties of society, and cutting of! the most, valuable members of the community, whose exertions would redound to the prosperity and glory of the republic. Does is not then imperi ouly behove every honest man, every citizen attached to tho good r,f his country, (and what virtuous man can be insensible to ft) to shake off his party bigotry, and to despise the prostituted press that exerts its influence over the public mind, but to debauch it with party bigotry wpd. exclusive pretensions ? Shall we neve , my countrymen, put an end to this civil war. ? Why should we not call into our service the hearts and beads that arc best calculated to promoto the welfare of our common country in dcjjpit' and contempt of old differences. The dis putes ought to be buried under the alliance which has virtually been made by the parties of the country pursuing the same plans of policy. Hut how shall we effect this desired harmony? bv adopting the idea of the National Kcgistei'f to denounce every distinctive epithet, except that of republicans. Tin* appellation is cer tainly the most happily expressive of the whole tenor of our government, and which is in thto name, and for the good of the people, in opposi-l tion to the interests of an hereditary princojr and though the term federal is equnlly expres sive of another feature in our complex system of government, which is its confederate character^ it is unfortunately associated with such obnox ious recollection* of ancient differences, (yet given up by the republicans of late) that the successful coalition of all good and capablo mon is utterly desperate. Let, then, the federalists imitate the republicans so far as the latter liaVo notoriously, and to tho satisfaction of the nation, renounced their old plans of government in re?* gnrd to navies, armies, internal taxes and banks? let the former renounce their name. The re publicans are now substantially federalists in the leading and permanent policy of gover^l incut: Ict'tho latter, meeting their ohfadvei^] saries on the middle ground of friendship, atwi j moderation, and renouncing a name which hu ceased to designate them exclusively, become republicans in name, as well as in fact. y v The republicans have abandoned the sub* stance of old party difference, and now lot tho federalism magnanimously abandon tlio form., l.et all unite iii tho holv band of brothers and counti-v men, determined to exalt our admirable republic to the highest pinnacle of happiness and return n. What may not be anticipated of our country when this shall lie tho ca*e ? What glorious emulation of the proudest days of Gre cian valor and Roman patriotism may not bo expected ? Why, then, tlelay the blessed work ? I .el us, in the language of the sacred volume, | be up and be doing,in the pious labor of healing ! the wounds of our common country. '? I fit I'ti T'iiii? J"?1'nder iltiit brad, tlicMa**,' jn*tiiu *ett* Spy mal.es I!.?? followinjj; trifc ro iiiiiifk"?" Hard time*. intloi'tl t am! time# will I ?????!? i??u?* hard, mil it (tic people (urn over A new [leal. They iTiu^t retrench their expenditure*-** : They nr.Mt buy Io.ih than they well?Credit hat | lu'i'ii the great ramo of their present emburras-* j nx'iir??. I'eopb* have ventured beyond their strength ; t|iev have pUHhed ton far from shore.' They havertried ton many experiment*, lief them <|tiit speculation for industry } extrava gance tor frugality j intemperance for sobriety and the time* will become speedily ameliorated i the ncoplo will in n groat nteftfture Iks relieved of their embarrassment*. UnWfts this bo done, the timet*, eir ft<??v at ** hctlir* vill becotutu 1 ?? or?e fourfold.' v