Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, January 28, 1819, Image 3
The Quarterly ft? view of JftrJclmcJc'6
Travels.
"\Vc notice<I iu a former Intelligen
cer, the very favorable observation*,
made by the Ediuburg Review on
the" Notes of a journey from thef
coast (>f Virginia to the terr itor <? of j
Hit nois, by Morris Sir/cbecJc ." The j
Quarterly Review w hicb is opposed
to the Edinburg Review on every
subject, political and religious; and
pil'licularly on those subjects which
are connected with the United Htates,
is, as may be expected, uncommonly
severe and rancorous in its remarks
011 Morris Birkbeck. The Ei1in
burg Review furnishes us with the
sentiments of the British nation; and
the Quarterly Review the sentiments
of the British Government. This is
briefly the principal difference of these
two publications. The one speaks
the lapguagc of the people, tlie other
the language of the Court. "I he
^aine difference may he observed in
this country. The Edinburgh lt?
view is read and admired by everjr
republican. The Quarterly Revie*
is patronised by the advocates ot
Aristocracy and Church establish
ments. But to return to w orris
lJirkbeck, lie is introduced to us by
thi! Quarterly Review in the follow
ing manner : ?' Willi regard to friend
Morris vve understand that, during
the late war, he ueld the le.ise of
a f.irm at a rent of about five hundred
pounds, which was worth three, times
that sum; that in it$ expiring, he
" bad it renewed at a rent more nearly
approaching its value, when, the
the sudden change from war 10 peace
having reduced the demand foi pio
duce, and consequently the value nf
land, to rid himself of his engage
ments and his country at the same
time, he thre\V lip his farm un bean
matin h and, laughing in Ids sleeve
at tin* liumcfrous trick which he had
played his suspecting laud lord, set
put cm a land speculation into the
bac k settlements of Nortji America."
" Mr. Morris Birk!>eck was not
w ithout a cumpagnon de voyage ; he
prevailed, it seems, on a young man
df the name of Flower> toaccumpa*
ny him, a short of squire.?Tina
? flower bloomed freely hi the kindly
soil of Hertfortshire, in possession
of a fine flock of; Merino sheep, and
Svitb them of every comfort'of life}
. bit In an unlucky moment he was
persuaded by his guide, philosopher
Mud friends, that to life happy and
Contented under such n government
as that of threat Britain, was contra*
I ry to all ^ouud reason, and that for
his credit sake be must he transplant'
eel into a more philosophical, soil;
accordingly the ill starred Corydou
told off hid sheep, artel consented to
*et*k an abode in t country where
?hefcp could riht thiive. Tlie two
* farmers had previously made a hasty
tour through France, where h thanks
to the revolution" every thing was
right The '* speculators in land
bad been before tlieni" The pro
perty (jf which the rich Had >een
plundered, Mr. Morris niirkbeck
saw with infinite pleasure partitioned
out among tlie plunderers, or, as he
delicately expresses it, amorig those
who stood in need of it, <* thanks to
the Revolution!" and they were too
well acquaidted with the value of
their, acquisitions to admit our friend
to any share of them. W onderful
Is the prosperity, boundless the if*
fiuenceof (ranee! there the peasant*
ry have their six bottles of w ine dai
ly, arid a change of linuen a mount
ing to twelve or fifteen shillings a
piece; and in the Tyrenees (where
money is nearly as plentiful as on tlie
Himmaleyan mountains) Mr. Birk
beck found the cominou labourers
earning six and thirty shillings a
week. And for all this they have
to thank the Revolution."
When such is the introduction,
which tlie English Reviewers have,
B'ven this to their Review of Mr.
irkbecks books it may be supposed
that their remarks Are both censurous
and prejudiced. In deed * e do ho.
recollect of ever Having read a Re
view which exhibits more misrepre
sentation, malignity and falsehood
than Ine above article in the \^?rte. ?
Jiswew. VY e do uoi approve entuv
My- <*f Mr. BirkHecks observations.
, We tlii 1k many of them untrue
.vithoct inoculation; particularly hi?
account of Petersburg and Richmond.
But we conceive upon the whole that
his notes may be extremely useful
to e mi grunts.
I here is one observation which
tlie Revie wers baye extracted, nnd
which had escajied <j^pr notice in read
ing Mr. Birkbeck's book. It is the
following; *?Washington is said to
be a thriving town, with 2500 inhabit
ants ; it has a college with about a
hundred students. But, says our
author, " from the dirty condition of
the schools, and the appearance of
loitering habits among the young
men, I should suspect it to be a
coarsely conducted institutionnil
this, however, he ascribes to the fa
tal influence of the concourse of free
negroes."
We are oPoplnion Mr. Birkbeck
would have |$ven a l>etter reason if
he had beeii informed that the college
of Georgetown is a Roman C atholic
institution, and that all the professors
are priests. j - -
In speaking of Mr* Birkbeck's
last volume, his letters from Illinois;
ihe Reviewers observe : " some ma
licious friend has furnished him with
a motto of ominous import: Vox
clamantis a deserio / the voice of one
crying out of the desert. The fact
we suspect* is thai simpletons dtTwot i
flock so readily as he expected to the'
| Paradise thus opened for thrtn in the 1
wild ; he is evidently alarmed, there
fore, lest he should ire left to the
solitary enjoyment of his own happi
ness. Mr. Birkbeck allows too
much to hi* own cunning of too little
to the understanding of ilia readers ;
for his plan to procure associates is
most clumsily laid. He hasscarcely*
as we have just observed, traced the
outline of his jElysium, ere ^rc^ktts
to toasting as loudly of his pleasures
and his protits as if they were already
received : he sees liarvests spread
before he has vet planted a grain of
corn, atld villas arise before he has
mortised the few rude logs which
shelter him from the weather:?Nay,
he receives letters from anxious in
quirers in various uirt?tpf"Europe^
respecting the blessings to be obtain
ed by purchasing lots of land in his
neighbourhood, &c. &c. he answers
them <\ith a gravity that might make
one split. Nevfcr was the game of
malce-beliere played with such ludic
rous, solemnity and sucnimpudence."
The (Quarterly Review ? concluded
its remarks in the same strain of viru
lent and malignant abuse: 4< iiad
this man .submitted, during his long
course of prosperity to a thousandth
part of the privations which are now
forced upon him, it is ap|iarent, from
his o\v n statement, that he migut h ive
realized a sufficient sum to purchase
tfte estate which lie cultivated; fmt
vanity first indulged to excess, and
then mortified, joined to a want of
principle, destroyed all his advanta
ges, drove him from wociety* and"
settled him down-9 iti the pestiential
swamps of the Wabash; w hence he
looks at England (like another great
"anticipator") with jealous leer ma
lign, and seeks some alleviation of
his ulcerated feelings, in attempting
to seduce her Capitalists to follow his
steps, aiid partake iti his wretched
ness/'
_._JL4 Doctor Jonhson, in his strong
language, has some w here said, that
u pat not itm is the last refuge of a
dcondrel." The patriotism of Alor-;j
ris Birkbeck, wt will do him the
justice to believe, is not exactly that
which is meant by the Doctor: for
?in fact, we know not well what it
is; for he seems to dirfclaiia the feel
ing as well as the word, in every
sence of it with which we are ac
quainted."
Just received
?find, for sale by
C. EMILti CATONNET.
3 bbls Orangcl * &
12 bbls best Gnoshcn ChdK?
12 boxes Muscatel Kaisins
1' rc t*li Arabmn Dates
Ditto. Currants
Ditto Brazil .^Mts
Ditto N. CJllcRi^
January 2ft
( AMUti.W H.
Thursday, Jan. t?, tMD.
VVc have extracted from the History of
bngland a detail of tlie effects proauced
by the celebrated South Sea Bubble. Our
readers will judge whether it U or is not
applicable to the present state of the char
tered banks of the United States. W e re
gret {hat want of room prevents our ad
ding Postlewaites admirable account oi it
and Ue .aw passed in consequcnc* of the
misconduct of the directors.
M Thf Cotton Jllarket.
In order to poiin out tiie knKis of Cot
ton competing with that oflhe U. States
we have copied the pricea of those s?id in
the week ending the 30tn November at
Liverpool. . Jjftr
340 Bales Bengal Cotton from fid. to ??$
X1Q_ do. Su.l s 42 j In 15^
^80. do. Pernams * 03
130 do. Banias 2^3 toil J
4<X) do. Mannhams a I .2^
1000 do. Mina Ci rea 18
130 do. Demarar* 1 ^ to
13 do. Bahama ,18
57 do, West India 17
From the United 9tatr*.
.. 970 bales Bw<^l 16$d. to 20
300 do. Orleans )7| to2()>
140 do. le anew 15$
250 do. Sea Island 32 tp 39 a 54
By accounts of the 1st December, it ap
pears that there had been a brisk market
and 9,300 bales were sold ; and although
thc^ had not sold at much higher prices it
* secinS to assume r better aspect.
A Liverpool correspondent of the Au
vrU8ta Oironiclc after stating the quantity
pt Brazil and other Cotton says u as A incr
ican Cotton (at or ncalr its relative price)
is a most favorite article with the consu -
mers, and better adapted for general puiv
poses, it will tk> doubt continue to support
good prices, all things considered ; but ii
eannot contend against *uch a weight u.>
we shall have the coming year, or at the,
close of this, without some1 re fen en ce to
tbe price ofothtr cotton, anil \\t should
think 65 cents for UpHmd& should he the
extreme limit at which purchases thi*
market oti^ht to be mide. Wo see no
reason to doubt a continuance of the pr? -
sent rate of consumption, and if what we
have laid before you should assist your
judgement, we shall ?c$i satinfecubn*"
jrEivroitie.
In Mr. Clintons admirable speech
wfe nee it well observed, that <? our
ctaintry is in a state. of profound
|reacts which promises a long dura
iion, ami even the civilized n-it.on*
of the hemisphere have sheathed i.ir
desolating sword. An etiiighu'ut'ti
atwffcxalb^spmt-reilotniTrriPs friend
ly, to the prim iry -interests of (in
state,?to the promotion of agricul
ture, commerce and the ails,?to the
encouragenieiit of literature and sci
ence, of schools* academies, College*;
universities and learn* J societies,?
(o the advancement <?f those great in
ternal communications winch form
the basis of individual and public,
wealth, and to the elvation of our ra
tional charade*, l?y works of public
and |ierin?neut Utility, and by acts
which'dttasult the* welfare and the
dignity of the human race. In ad
dition to these distinguished advanta
ges, we have enjoyed the blessings
of a healty season and of. an ahiiti
daht harvest; our seminaries of in
struction have increased in useful
ness ; oAr population is augmenting
beyond all former experience ; jus
tice is administered with purity and
ability; the majesty of the law? is
respected; the influence of religion
and morality is spreading: And, af
ter fully estimating those afflictions,
which must be e*|>erienced by ill
human beings, and those evils which
Are incident to all human institutions,
it is not too moch to say, that we ne
ver hat) more reason to be greatfhf
to the Almighty Dispenser, of all
good. At rf period so auspicious, we
cahnot therefore Anticipate disap
pointment from yctar deliberations.'?
As the faithAi) representatives of the
|>eople, possessing their confidence,
you will not hesitate to obey their
voice. And, in discharging an im
portant duty assign* d to me by the
constitution,' I si.all exhibit to ymi
. it bout reserve, but with (he mrtst
Monml respect, my vit'ws of tlie
, ;ticy which ought to l>* pursued, of
(lie evils which ought to be corrected, I
And of tl?e measures uluch ought to
be adopicd." j
He Mieii |>roceeds to state that the .1
success, attending the effort* of ihe t
State h*y*e been great as was expect- '
ed. He judiciously adds 4* but there
are other auft more i .porbint consi
derations connected wiih this subject
winch is the very essence oi our
liberty; and prt>s|>crity. The gioouij
and comfortless doctrine, wiiii ii sup- \
poses man incapable of a free guv- j
eminent necessarily implies that he
must be subject lo a hau one, l>ecau>e
it pre?up|Mises his utter incompetence
to govern either others or nimelfc?
111 hereditary and "elective monar
chies and indeed iu all governments
not fouuded on the brotu basis of
equal representation, Lie actual ruler
is the priuie^ minister o; the day, e
lected from time to time by ihe prince
to govei ?ithe country. ? *v he toe r this
right uf choosing oe vested iu au ne
reditan elector, or, in an elector hir
life. api>ointcd bv a diet or a con
clave, or, in an elector choseu oy au
army ol Jauissaries, it is cleat that it
is a faint recognition of the repre
sentative principle transferred nom
the body of tile people to au lire
tpousabie individual totally unlit,
from bis situauou and education, to
e\eicise it witli patriotism and intel
ligence. \V ho tlieu can douot Uie
sopeiior excellence of a free govera
mem, its intire accordance ft illa toe
digthu of man and ivs almost e\clu
oive devntcdness a"dd ha^piueas r
put in Uie tJnited States our lioet;y
"and our union are inaepetaniy cou
necied. A dismentbermt lit of uie
republic into a separate confederate*
would necessarily produce Uie jeal
ous Ciicnmsi>eciio|i yUostile pre
par tiousslarge
st jtding Armies uiinT be i;n T?vui
tely raised ;. unceasing and vindi
cative WATS would follow, ami a mil
iary despatisni would reign tuuuipu
nut on the ruihs uf civil liberty. A
dissolution of Uie union may there
fore be considered the natural deatn
of our free government. And to a
vert this awful Calamity,, all local
prejudices anil geogtapiucal disuue
tions should be discarded, the people
sliou d he uluated to irequeui in
tercourse and bt uetiCialii?4er-C0iiimu
| iiic<dion and the whole iteuuo^c
I ought to be* bound together by tuu
?.il()en ties of commerce aud Uie ada
? ? ' S ? i
I m an tine chains of interest! \\ iun
I the W estern Caual is finished and <t
communication is formed between
frvtvOIjchi&ad and the Illinois, Ri
ver, or between the Ohio and , the
w*ale|*s of Lake ErieJ the greater part
bf the United Stated will Irotn Mine
yrt?l island susceptible of circumna
vigation to the extent of many ihou
| sand miles* 'flic most distant parts
' of the confederacy will then he in a
state'of Approximation am! the dis- 1
thictions of Eastern and Western, of j
Southern and Nortliern interests will '
be entirely prostrated. To lie in
strumental' in producing ?o much
good, by increasing the stock of hu
man lm|>piii? ss,?by establish!us; the
perpethity of free government and,
by exte tiling the empire of itnprove
went, of know ledger of freflneraent
ami of religion is an ambition wor
thy of a free people; The most ex
ulted reputation is lliat which aris.es
from thf dispensation of happi(,eM
to our fellow creatures and that con
duct is moat ac< rotable to Gh <| ? (iicli
is moat beneficial to roan. Charac
ter is as important to stales as to in
dividuals, And the glot> 0r a re,in ?
lie founded on tb^ promotion of f he
general good is the common proi?er
ty of all its cltiftMiR."
And on the bankin^yiitfm he tt Ues
"Tin efrihafTa*9m<ntH itisinu; from
thfe disordered stat?: of imr currrrtcy
have increaasd, instead of dindnish
ing.since 1 had the honour to addfes4
the legislature oil thin snjut. 'The
vast excesa of paper abtr*\ ? nietaltir '
money, at least treble iti rtin-mti!,?
and (tie constant demand for tin* la -
ter, have produced a state, oi :dari??
and anxiety, and have created ^r#af
distress, not only in the mercantile
cities, hot in all the ddpaftrbeits of
;>:-??<hictive industry. Aixl unlets
euivieut preventives are adopted and
sui'nlrie remedies th* evil;
w i;; in* in * s iti* of p:^ .uis:
rneio tion. H;e *uppln> ?:f it,e pp&
cious metals h.?ve decreased in cnu*.|
sequence of the a^itajon^ i.. pn:sh 3
A i.ericn. . nil our meUll(V ojoii< v is
cpntinnallv diminishing by its < 011-. H
version iuto dMK les of luxury an JTi
accomniothvion aud !>^ >a*texp?>r-1
t&tion* to Asia. On the t tiier haudp J
pajier m-mey is au^nirtuiikj;, the ?iti-$
provident conduct ol :hc^oYeruun~n?lu ?'
in the* reatum of banking; insiiiiduvasrl
for vwry nevy bank mil increase he^
quantity of pa er -i on?-y. by a ]for- f
ced ciroilatiod (if its n.no*? A pro- 3
position to iuve%t banks . itli vxiir*
|K> v er of coining inoitev* would brwfc
no advocates aucU yet i{ mi^lu not be ; J
so pernicious us the authoioy a bend/ 3
grained of emi dins; <? ;iik nobs:? jj
for, in the-fortm t* c;?8o, tins ,l,oueJtAj
Would have 4ntritudc vaiuty aud its
emission would In? li uited i?y da
precious petals and, in the o;h^r# jl
value would depend upon toe in it
in whicu these iastitutims wore, es- jfti
jtahlisued and administered and Um
extent wf their ability to obtain tna
en?rn\ing uutem?s. To arrest <'uifc
prioress of evil* so alarming \\M re
requir* the it>rdial f aid etier^i Ur.
operation of tUe peo de Mid ' \h \r go* ^
vernnenU. If we retu.ii to ?*ie oU-^r
servance of that ecoiojn* and rfui&fij
'pliciiy most liecnmiu^ tl^ufr'jf of ]
freemen, we may caniMendy c icu-' ;
late, upon being re^ai *il ?r^ui ti.is un* v
jbtivi i Its siiwuian. Having <tiii\. ?11
lty opposed die multiplication ^^ ,u s
I now f idj*, Vx press opinion* .jf^t?fot%4
dor m tuy /car* after ni?uim d%dlUcM
t ion, a nil Wiiioh /tiv every d*y *Aue- '??*
twined 'ay the progress Art' tVno tu;d ? 1
1 ? \ v\t m ? .,!' <? "<|>M r?<v< ice. *? J, r? )
% ' i?i - v ? ? V?;'1 ^
?? LoU'sJue \\* c ii tie* ^-2*
Ja.tuury ' ?
Butter fib.) : ",7?* a
Bacon do. v7?*
Brant tv, - ?,.- Tn1 " 37 5 'd?
ftc^a* W IK .(IliiJ . - - ? 2 > (Jfr * ?
Upland Cuttori, - - - a
Corn ?sb'ivi.) . - - - 187 do *
Coffee, do. ;> . - 3* do
Flou1*, fintj, C*niden (bbh} 13 dolqfak',
Lard - - ^5 it In, cci "
Pork *. - - ? > t <4 |(t
Sufcat - - - 17 <t I
Tax llel'.ii'a
For the year l8X<j
Will Vk% ?uivc<l on .viowUy a id T-i4 *
day tiv- 9U and 2 *d February , at.
ttore on beaver c?e<;k, thv24th at Kiat
Rock, th'.* 24th at Oeorup? W \is%the 25th
at i)v k*uns\ and the ?f:h at jjnji
M'C iy'i. Returns wilf 6e received .,
cauiden until the sOtLi Mrtrch.
A| returns are necessarily recj?ali^.< ear- %
lier than heretofore, it is reo ueited *.*? *
U^nerai". attendance Will bo ^iven &( tiva
places? ?fappointrtient.; ^ /'.'
Clut les J.1 Snanncn,
Coll ector & th
January -ft "-;? :'? ' - # ...
"*? 'W
- History, "
those Kcut'^tifju in C irrfdtn aii-l ita
?klnitv, who hav^ 'mihsc -iheJ for IUm?
Say'sHfotory of the U*. Siatsi, are re
quested o caU at CJr eoiyfc Forbes* hook
store opposite. Col. Nixo.i\* where tbep
can receive, their Book J. accordn,^ to sub*
*ac riptiotK * '? *' 1 , '?>*"
* . , < ' .1 ?% ? ? ? T ? ? Vt'. ?
* * J f v. ?
' -? ? .i ? f + .1 ? ? ii ? i i t? '
? * ? V ' ?--'^1
i tie i ? #. . ? ''M* t?* i . 4i
to Augusta, h is appointed . vf?. David iCfW
ans his atfent r*? sell, rero?ye a id pay, or
do any of his business.
>o'm N t idin,
- /?*.
_____ | Uj. gltje ^
Lots No. IMTand 1040 tyinjj ?n the
East *ide of Br .a<K?*treet and tooth ol .he
lot iate.y owned by &iisha Be I. Anf
pei%m wishing to purchase the ai.ir "Aid
lot s may do so on liberal tei/ns, arid witli
a credit, by mal tntf Application to
VVilliaitt WWillie.
Jamiai^ 2 I tf
'? ' ? ,r
?YO rii E
Is hereby given to all tnose indebted to
th j copccn oi' Baiiard an ! Dye, will co ne
forward an?? -ake pay.ncUt for no longed
v. 'u| ^
January 26
sciio oITjs'G ricEu *7
Those qrefitrjiiieii w io feci an interest
' i the pr ?sp rity of the tainde/i School
Sssociation ; and, nf ihc Sc?iik)? uncle** t ie
? '?irettioii ot M.-. MM^wen are retjiK'^t'.'d
, uwet O'i Saiuulty tjext a* 4f. m at
, . < *oiirc?! ionic, fjr tlir p rijo^cof *. >?i
i a j,ropusitioa t? unite the two
?>c