that peace has been made, and not one single point has been yielded to us.

We now come to the most important and most interesting part of our subject; namely, THE CONSEQUENCES of this peace, made at such a time and under such circumstances. Considered as to its probable and almost necessary consequences, it is, in my opinion, an event of infinitely greater importance to the world than any that has taken place since the discovery of the Art of Printing. But I will not enter further into the subject, 'till I have laid before you, or, rather, put upon record, for the sake of reference, some of the overflowings of gall, which this event has brought from the throats of the sworn

upon the ground of impressment, began to protest against it upon the ground of conquest; and, if the war had continued, there is no doubt that they would have greatly embarrassed the Ministry upon this subject, especially as the continuation of the war was the only remaining excuse for the continuation of the war taxes, against which petitions were preparing in every part of the kingdom. Here we cannot help observing how wise it was in Mr. Madison to make public our demands. If these had been kept secret, till after the close of the war, how long might not that war have drawled on? The demands would never, perhaps, have been known. How wise is it, then, in the Americans to have framed their Government in such a way as to pre-enemies of freedom. You have observed, vent mischievous State secrets from exist- that those public prints in England, which ing! How wise to have made all their were the most bitter against Napoleon, rulers really responsible for their acts! have been also the most bitter against the How wise to secure, upon all important American President; a fact which ought points, an appeal to themselves! The Pre- to make people reflect a little before they sident was very coarsely treated here by give way to such outrageous abuse of the some persons, who ought to have known former, though we must always regard him better, for having exposed the conferences. as a traitor to the cause of liberty, having It was said to be an act unprecedented in married a King's daughter, made himself a civilized nation. "Civilized nations," an Emperor, and propped up and created you will perceive, mean nations governed Kings, for the sake of his and his family's by Kings and other hereditary sovereigns; aggrandizement. Still, it is clear, that the 2nd, in that sense, the Americans cer- writers, whom I have now in my eye, tainly are not a civilized nation. But thought him more favourable to freedom why should such papers be kept secret? than those who have succeeded him; beOr, at least, why should they not be cause no sooner was he down, than they set male public, if the Government chooses upon the American President with the to make them public? When once a Go-same degree of fury, with which they had vernment has dispatches in its hands, there is no law that deprives it of the lihorty to make what use of them it pleases. Nothing could be more fair than Mr. Madison's mode of proceeding. The aris tocratical faction, whom we called our friends, were crying out for peace; the whole of the American people were represented, in our newspapers, as disapproving of the war, and as wishing for peace on our terms. What, then, could Mr. Madison do more just and more candid than publish to the people the whole of those terms.There they are," said he, "decide upon "them. Say: will you have peace upon "these termis? I am, myself, ready to perish, rather than make such a peace. "Now, let me hear what you have to say." A nation of free men agreed with him, that they would perish rather than yield to such terms; and, indeed, rather than yield to 1S "one single point," though of ever so little importance. The result has been,

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using their utmost endeavours to urge this nation on to fight against America, until they saw" the world delivered of the mis"chievous example of the existence of a " Government, founded on the principles of "Democratical Rebellion." It is for the

peace of Ghent, followed by such a war.— This print was, upon this occasion, the trumpet of all the haters of freedom; all those who look with Satanic eyes on the happiness of the free people of America; all those who have been hatched in, and yet are kept alive by, Bribery and Cor-worthy part of the FEDERALISTS to conruption. To judge of the feelings excited sider if these notorious facts square with in the bosoms of this malignant swarm by their reputation, whether as Republicans, the peace of Ghent; to enjoy the spectacle as freemen, as faithful to their country, or, of their disappointment and mortification; even as honest men. As to the Strongs, of their alternate rage and despondency; the Otises, the Goodloe Harpers, the of the hell that burns in their bosoms: to Walshes, they have, in this way, nothing enjoy this spectacle, a spectacle which we to lose. Every sound mint is made up ought to enjoy, after having endured the with regard to them, and others like them; insolence of their triumph for so many but, I should think, that the praises of the years; to enjoy this spectacle we must Times newspaper must make the great body again look into this same print; hear their of the Federalists look about them. wailing, view the gnashing of their teeth, We will now re-peruse the articles, to see now the foam of revenge, and then the which I have so often alluded. I will indrivel of despair, issue from their mouths, sert them, without interruption, one after teeming with execrations. With the help another, according to their dates, reserving of the Ministers, we have, for once, beat my remarks, if any should be necessary, the sons and daughters of corruption; and for the close; and requesting you to pay if we bear our success with moderation, particular attention to the passages printed let us, at any rate, hear and laugh at the in Italics, or in CAPITALS. cries of our always cruel, and, until now, 29th Dec. 1814.-" Without entering insolent enemy. It is right, too, that the" at present into the details of the Treaty, Republicans themselves should know what" (on which we have much to observe these wretches now have to say; these hereafter), we confess that we look wretches, whom nothing would satisfy short" anxiously to its non-ratification; beof the subversion of the Republican Go-" cause we hope an opportunity will be af vernment; short of destroying that "mis-"forded to our brave seamen to retire “chievous example, the existence of a Go-" from the contest,-not, as they now are, vernment founded on Democratical Rebel-" beaten and disgraced; not with the loss "lion." As far as I have been able to do it" of that trident which Nelson, when openly through the press, I have, during the dying, placed in his country's grasp; not war, as you will have perceived, made" leaving the marine laurel on the unwerknown the denunciations of these wretches" thy brows of a Rodgers; but, with an against the liberties of America; and it" ample and full revenge for the captures may not be less useful to make known their" of the Guerriere, the Macedonian, the wailings, their fears, their despair at the" Java, and the numerous other ships that peace; and the Republicans of America" have been surrendered on the Ocean, ought always to bear in mind, that these "besides the whole flotillas destroyed on same wretches, who are ready to gnaw "Lake Erie and Lake Champlain. Let heir own flesh at seeing their hopes of" us not deceive ourselves. These victodestroying liberty in America blasted; "ries have given birth to a spirit, which, they ought always to bear in mind, that" if not checked, will, in a few years, create these same wretches it was, who praised," an American navy truly formidable. and who still praise, the conduct of the Go-" They have excited in other nations, who vernor Strong, Mr. Otis, Mr. Pickering, "foolishly envy our maritime preponderMr. Goodloe Harper, Mr. Walsh the "ance, an undissembled joy, at beholding reviewer, and their associates. The FEDE-" our course so powerfully arrested. PerRALISTS, too, amongst whom there are haps it would not be asserting too much many worthy men, look steadily at these "to say, that they have detracted as much facts; and consider how it must stand" from the opinion of our strength by sea, with their reputation, when it is notorious," as the victories of Wellington have enthat all those in England, who praise, or "hanced that of our strength by land.” give the preference to them, have been 30th Dec. 1814.-" The state of the

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"Funds may be said to afford a most strik- "America herself, i to belie common sense "ing comment on the text of those who "and universal experience." Two or ❝ have the front to call the Treaty of "three of our ships have struck to a "Ghent honourable" to this country. "force vastly superior!-No, not two "What? An honourable Peace, with the" or three, but many, on the Oceaa, and "last of our adversaries, with a populous "whole squadrons on the Lakes: and "and commercial nation-and yet a de- their numbers are to be viewed with "pression in the Public Funds! The thing relation to the comparative magnitude of is impossible. There is a moral incon- two navies. Scarcely is there one Amc-~ "sistency in the facts. But the truth, un- "rican ship of war, which has not to happily, peeps out in the course of the "boast a victory over the British flag; "eulogy bestowed on this famous specimen" scarcely one British ship in thirty or "of diplomatic ingenuity. The Peace is," forty, that has beaten an American. Our "like that of Amiens, a Peace of Necessity" seamen, it is urged, have on all occasions "and upon what grounds? A lean- fought bravely. Who denies it? "ing to certain points,' it seems, has" complaint is, that with the bravest sea"been hinted' at the Congress of Vienna." men, and the most powerful navy in the "Now, let us put this mysterious language world, we retire from the contest when "into plain English. It can bear no "the balance of defeat is so heavily against "other construction than this-that Russia," us. Be it accident, or be it misconduct, we 66 or Austria, or Prussia, has avowed an "enquire not now into the cause; the cer"inclination to support the innovations on "tain, the inevitable consequences are what public law, which Mr. Madison asserts. "we look to, and these be summed up Might not this have been foretold,-was" in few words-the speedy growth of an "it not foretold in this paper above six "American navy-and the recurrence of "months ago? Was it not the very ar- "a new and much more formidable Amerigument we urged for pushing the war in" can war. From that fatal moment when "America with the utmost vigour, whilst the flag of the Guerriere was truck, yet the field was open, and our adversary" there has been quite a rage for building "without allies? And is it not a motive "ships of war in the United States. Their for the same conduct, even at this late" navy has been nearly doubled, and their period? If any of the Powers who have" vessels are of extraordinary magnitude. "received our subsidies, or have been re- "The people, naturally vain, boastful, and "scued from destruction by our courage "insolent, have been filled with an abso"and example, have had the basenes to "lute contempt of our maritime power, "turn against us, it is morally certain," and a furious eagerness to beat down our "that the Treaty of Ghent will confirm" maritime pretensions. Those passions, "them in their resolution. They will re- "which have been inflamed by success, "flect that we have attempted to force "could only have been cooled by what in "our principles on Americ, and have vulgar but emphatic language has been "failed. Nay, that we have retired from" termed “a sound flogging ;" but, un"the combat with the strin yet bleeding" fortunately, our Christian meekness has 64 on our backs,--with recent defeats induced us rather to kiss the rod, than "at Plattsburgh, and on Lake Champlain to retaliate its exercise. Such false and "unavenged. To ke peace at such a "feeble humanity is not calculated for the moment, they withink, betrays a dead- | “ guidance of nations. War is, indeed, a 66 ness to the feelings of honour, and shews "tremendous engine of justice; but when "a timidity of disposition, inviting further" justice wields the sword, she must be inincult. we could have pointed to "flexible. Looking neither to the right "America overthrown, we should surely "nor to the left, she must pursue her blow, "have stood on arch higher ground at "until the evil is clean rooted out. "Vienna, and every where else, than we is not blind rage, or blinder revenge; possibly can do now. Even yet, how-" but it is a discriminating, a calm, and IF we could but close the war with "ven a tender calculation of consequences. some great nal triumph, the reputa- "Better is it, that we should grapple with “tion of our maritime greatness might be "the young lion, when he is first fleshed partially restored; but to say, that it" with the taste of our flocks, than wait "has not hitherto suffered in the estima-"until, in the maturity of his strength, he tion of all Europe, and what is worse, of "bears away at once both sheep and shep

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herd.--The Chatham, of 74 guns (built 1" Ghent, by an illustrious personage, was a in memory of the Walcheren expedition)" duty MOST RELUCTANTLY PER"is ordered to be manned, and will, it is" FORMED.We doubt it not.supposed, be sent to America, to strengthen" The truly English feelings which prompt"the preparations for that extended sys- "ed so zealous an adherence to the cause tem of warfare, which must take place if" of patriotism in Spain, and to that of the President should delay the ratifica-" loyalty in France, must have been tor"tion of the Treaty. We are well con- "tured beyond the power of words to ex"vinced, that every ship, and every sol-"press, by the fatal necessity (if necessity "dier, employed in maintaining the vital" it was) which compelled the signing " contest for our maritime ascendancy, far away the honour and future safety of "from diminishing, will add a proportional" THIS ONCE NOBLE COUNTRY! "weight to our influence at Vienna; but" May the present year not elapse without "in truth Vienna, and all its fetes, and " producing a confirmation of our sad "all its negociations, are infinitively insig-" forebodings! Our firmest hope lies, in "nificant to us NOW, compared with the" the present instance, as it did during the "growth of an American navy, and the pro-" négociations of Chatillon, in the arrogant bable loss of our transatlantic Provinces."" insanity of our adversary. In mulish 2d January, 1815.—“The year which obstinacy, Mr. MADISON is not a whit "is just concluded will rank among the" behind his great Ally. In vanity and most remarkable in history. It has seen "self-confidence, the FISKS, and CLAYS, "the downfal of the most formidable des-" and SMILIES, and WRIGHTS of the Conpotism that ever threatened the security" gress cannot be overmatched. It is, "of the civilised world. It has witnessed" therefore, the firm persuasion of those "the restoration of a PATERNAL GO-" who best understand American politics, “VERNMENT to the country, which had" that the Treaty will not be ratified. For "for five and twenty years passed through "this event, we repeat, Government ought "the greatest variety of afflicting revolu- " to be fully prepared. The nation, too, tions. It has beheld all the Sovereigns" ought to be satisfied, that a powerful of Europe assembled personally, or by army, and a General of the highest repu "their representatives, in peace, to lay the" tation, are ready on the spot, either to "foundations of permanent tranquillity, and "compel the enemy to ratify the Treaty, "to construct anew the social edifice, by" or to punish its non-ratification. "the proportions of equity and moderation." Officers of the class just specified have, "ONE WORTHLESS, FAITHLESS" morcover, a right to have their charac "HORDE ALONE PERSEVERED "ters placed in a fair light before their "in those atrocious plans, which they had" countrymen; for in all companies, for "undertaken, in concert with the fallen some time past,have been heard murmurs, despot, for their own selfish aggrandize-"not loud but deep,' at their apparent "ment. Punishment hung over the guilty "backwardness to appear in the field, "heads of these men, bankruptcy had swal-" where their services have been, and still "lowed up their resources, despair stared" are so much needed. If, contrary to our them in the face. It was hoped that "hopes and expectations, the Treaty should "some signal instance of vengeance would" be ratified, the consequences are easy of "have been hurled against them,' and developement. The Americans, vain of "that the year would have closed with the" what they will consider as their demontriumph of Justice and of Britain.-"strated superiority,over us by land and sea, "ALAS! We have been compelled to "will dream only of more audacious pre"witness not only the frustration of this" tensions, and new plans of conquest.-hope, but the elevation of our calumnia-" Their regular army will be augmented, “tors and assassins to the height of inso-" and. placed on the Canadian frontier.— "lent exultation, on the ruins of our ma- "Their heavy metalled ships, and new “ritime greatness. THE NAVY OF “steam batterics, will be multiplied with "BRITAIN IS DISGRACED FOR "the utmost celerity. Their intrigues to stir “EVER: and, oh! shame! the fame of " up rebellion in Canada will be redoubled, "the immortal Nelson is eclipsed by the" and, unhappily, with a far greater chance "vaunts of the vulgar braggart Rodgers. "than ever of success, inasmuch as the Ca"A Sunday Paper asserts, that the ratifi-"nadians will be but too apt to conceive their "cation of the degrading Treaty of" interests sacrificed by the present treaty.

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their blows with astonishing rapidity; and even at the moment when the conclusion of the peace was announced, intelligence came to hand that they had just driven our army and fleet from Pensacola, a main hold, whence our next attack was intended to have been made.

"All this while WE SHALL BE “BOUND OVER TO OUR GOOD "BEHAVIOUR IN EUROPE; for the "moment we embark in war here, the "redoubtable Captain PORTER will again "hoist the flag of FREE TRADE AND "SAILORS RIGHTS, and this will fur"nish at once a pretence and a signal for "IF," says this trumpet of corruption, "driving the hated English from Canada."our navy had struck some great blow; "How long the West Indies will remain" IF we had done" this, and done that, "to us, after the loss of our North Ameri- and done the other, then we might have made can Provinces, we leave to the sagacious peace. But IF we could do none of these; "calculations of those, who can contrive a IF we had failed in all our attempts; IF "cheap and easy method of supplying our we had lost still more frigates and fleets, "islands with flour, staves, and lumber, what would THEN have been our situa"from other quarters; or who will secure tion? The malignant wretches are senseto us the Newfoundland fishery, when we less with rage. They are savage at the are expelled from the whole American loss of their prey. You, who are an old "Continent. Little has been added to hunter of wild beasts, may have seen some"what the public already know of the thing in the conduct of disappointed bears "Treaty. Indeed, we have been assured, or wolves resembling that of these foes of "that what was circulated as the first freedom, who are now looking towards "slight sketch of its contents, gave rather America, foaming with rage and roaring for revenge.

too favourable an idea of it in two very "material points-the Newfoundland fish"eries, and the East Indian trade. It was "generally understood, we believe, that "the Americans were specifically excluded "both from the one and the other of these advantages; but the truth is (says our "informant) that neither of these points " is mentioned in this impolitic Treaty."" 7th Jan. 1815.-Our correspondent (at "Paris) states, that since the unexpected news from Ghent, the Americans at “Paris have been every where TREATED WITH THE MOST MARKED "RESPECT. They have, in general, "assumed, at all public places, their na"tional cockade, both as a means of at"tracting to themselves those attentions, "and also to prevent their being mistaken for English, and exposed as such to the * affronts which of late have been openly "shewn to our countrymen."

Thus have we before us the wailings of the sons and daughters of corruption. There is, you perceive, one reigning fallacy in all these attacks on the peace; that is, it is all along presumed, and taken for granted, that our situation, with regard to America, would have become every day better and better, if the war had been continued. Now, so far from this being any thing like certain, it was not even probable, and was barely possible. The chances were all on the other side; the Republicans had not only resisted, but had repulsed, the onset; they had followed up

It is impossible not to feel great satisfaction at seeing the murderous wishes of these men disappointed. But our satisfac tion ought by no means to rest here. The great question with regard to the excellence of really free Government has now been decided in a way that must inevitably produce conviction throughout the whole world. The fate of the Republic of France had excited great doubts in the minds of men, disposed to cherish liberty, as to the capability of that sort of Government to be carried on in practice for any length of time, especially if it had to contend with the difficulties and dangers of war. The enemies of liberty delighted in representing real freedom as incompatible with national defence and independence. When reminded of the Government of America, they smiled, and observed, that it might do very well as long as America remained at peace; but that her first year of war would crumble it into dust, and expose to the mockery of the world the vain theorists who had extolled it. In short, this was the point always laboured at :-That for a nation to be able to defend itself in time of war against a formidable enemy, it must have an almost despotic Government and a standing army, with all their retinue.

How sincerely will you, who have so long, so zealously, and so ably maintained the contrary, rejoice to see that this position, so degrading to mankind, has now been fully disproved! You, in your ex