v i v i t t i n i i i rv 40 at is 31 d rorc the prp- a i rii rncctina could fcarcejy he 1 li t being d riiscj tt 1 nm simw j j f properly ben two iudivid m 1 i- nbe btitcd with tit 1 tj teiin aud inncrii the e riotifc nations aid molt dii- 1 i ears to me a very extraordinary l- to ctrc the athe fn or ke rn 11 uy to a iwn-nudin- surely iidi r 1 1 t have forgotten tint thefe -an- niv convey to the mind the mod eivih fentbnents they in cit t itit two ij miil d i1mpiii d ttiosi that ever ii urilvil had convened to deliberate upon the mi important qucdieflvof petce of war i- to elect the cl officers of lite tatc wis t dt th- word tovraftfeeiirig fii rcl r a pound keeper h to be chofeu a ad-md- f iiued and fach eontempttb matters th onion alfembly and townmeliiig xshm eontratfed beii the ome refeuiuanee to oi another tint tile confute do to petty c em ft b lhd die meannefs of expreffi m and cmi- trac i nut the only objection l have to this ivnuiice if one of thefe aftiaibiies could ovcv be hcid without being deitincd to frntno tality where are the debate look i thy very few uuibenuc qtdtivns which have hcci hrnjcj jmvn to us and wo ilall find it hart ai v of ihcn arc thus dliliiujnitfi- i men vcio not all orstors then more h tri they irc now indec i few of th n were n b of delivering their fefttinteuta and i was id a great roeafure owing to trie rare- nefs of a oood orator that hi fpeech had io gr t an eifc while mr adams extols anticrnt elo quence at the expence of modern he does rot attend to a verv materul ctrcurr fiance vhfch fvcs fufhcient to accptrnt f their diffrcnt ejects it is this when faftiort did not iistervcne the atbcoiittjs and ro- mans wen to tliir aficmolics fii a great dc- ignorant of the fubicdls of delibmtioa vhsf hsd tittle or no chance of ffciiiiinff in- ijirtoii ihvy henrd a qucilidii dvbutcd tc upon whith thy hnd never iikl 1 1 it waa arcffiary fur them to eome to an i rsfleteiiiat decilion is it at all extraotdinary thcn that the oiator who cotiui ciiape th ii dliots fligld ryli a gitfhi inprchtofl by i lci h jijtd llitil men lo fgnorant and tjn- rlpaicd should believe implicily wit he had fiid atii tumultuoufly adopt his opin- foa i la modcrti times tht cafe is altered rjre is hardy any qucllion that cnn now be i which people may not iafum them- iclves upon through the mediomofthe prefs be critors mul therefore attend more to the vcrfin than the puions cf their hearers this caulc accounts much bitter for the dif fered t ctecu of anciert and modern oratory than the language the infututions and the manners of modern europe lam one cf ihotv mr reckoner who do not think that anticnt oratory polteted an immcafurable fu- penonty over our own h uw in crn quently have modern affemblics and courts of jnflice been eedrifted and carried along uitji their ipeafecr how frequently liave our orators ahonifhed their audience by their vafl abii- tie by their animation and dignity their jmagina ion the i- pathop their refoniug and their eloquence let any one read the debates eollecled by dr johnfon the works cf burke and ma iy writers whom it were eafy to name ami then let them depreciate lis eloquence of the prefect day 1 am fo far from fuppofing with this orator that el oquence is exclujivtly confined to the pul pit that i find little of it there and furely he did not reflect when he wiote the follow ing fentetice in vain fliould we enter the ha is cf jullice in vain ihould we liften to the debates of fenates for drains of oratory wor thy of remembrance beyond the duration of the occagon which called them forth did mr adams ever hear a hamilton can america boa ft no orators in her numerous jeiflative aflcmblies for my part 1 think fhe has many the profeffqr fhould have drawn his pen through this fentence becaufe if ron but cc liave fucceeded in the cultivation cf elojucnce it is ieedlels to try to acquire it and confequently his profehtu- fhip i of no of with all deference to the cloth 1 have always found more eloq reuse at the bar or in the legiflative aftcmbliea than ut the church and were this the prop er place i could eafily hew that it was much ocrc caiyto be eloquent in coots of juftice or n national afleniblk than in the pulpit ilr fahmt ictja us page 17 that do- anee v mutt to call cicero the lii u ft muuoijo- he was the belt but nt the lift viw fperhes or uvj atiell that cloqueitee wai h h cultivated with fuccefs and the -ede- of tiiltory knows that many elrrper writer ilourifhed aher this fev of them were public ipeajcer becaufe the time were unfiv oiable but clo- quetice is not confined to fpeeches from the roilrum befdes the lawyer- w ei e celebra ted for their tafe and eloquence long after the lilerti s of the people were loll even in the time of jnibnian more than live cerittt rits after the death of cicero they wrote in the molt fafctnaung llyle could a learned profeffor and a lawyer and ihtcfmri be ig- norai t of this if fo how well qualified for m office there u a want of pecmon and a loofenefs cf cprefiion running through tlie whole oration which drove that the wri ter had not meditated maturely on what he was to fay it is a fault that run- through this performance that it confines itfeli to el oquence a- if it were always to be fpeken and pav little oc no attention to compoii- tion this induces the author to exclaim referring to the middle ages page 18 that he el quence found hrfelf excluded fom the fcieuee and declared an outlaw from tin realms of learning did mr ad- ann reme ber when he wrote this tint kltctoric was then one of the seven liberal arts and regularly taught at ail the femina- riejj i had marked feveral other paftages but my letter is already fuifieiutly long alter making thefe obfervativ mult beg lcice to repeat hat in point of coajpoju ion this orati n is v uiperiuv to moll of thole which iltne tzr our prefr and after making al lowance for quniutnefs and exaggeration ltie folowinn nijy be flecled as containing an rmportavt and linking remark amijll the fjcriliees of pagaifm to her three hun dred thouiand gods amidlt her iagacious and folemn coflfuliations in the entrails of flautrhtered brntes in the flight of bird- and the feeding of ivli it necr entered her imagination co- call upon the foutijf the ha- fufpex the augur for dilcoiu les to the pciple upon the i- tu re oi their duties to their make their fellow mortals and them- j this was an idea too atvjrulfc to be miiijled with the abfurd and the lideulous or the pioihgate and barbarous utes of her deplorable fuper lift ion it is an iull notion for which mankind are indebted to chiilthn- irv introduced by the founder lumfelf of tins divine rthgion and u every point of view worthv if i liih orii ah i hefe obkrvatioiis were vvrftten faon ii mr adams pblifhcd for the purpoic betm inferted in the port folio but wvk iiis iiiuijrurrd oration were thrown alide a forgotten till mertin a ivw day- 8go w jj two volumes of hriues on oraory by tj farrc author of which rhw tnakts tt e fii i was curious t fee wlutlier lie had cln ted uny of the abfurdlties which i have v ticcd and exchned liis veibnlity for a fm portion of good feufe hut after an internal of three year neithci his taile nor his abnl iln have improved little good could anticipated from a profejffor to fgnomot a carcficft and i hall prove by a ftiort ci t rilm on fome of his oher leilures how u fit tins man was to tvach what he had learned and how happy a thing ir has ix for harvard c ilugfi that her proffof of vj oquence has been fent to ruflia iut flfiiitercled uichvtdu- clamor of ignorant or jcuiuur for the kingston gazette seven and twenty years mr prime have rolled away fine my eyes for the cond time beheld the fhores of cataraqi in tint fpace of time how many chanu have taken place in the little cwcle in whih fate had deltined me to move how mai of the feats of my old affociates are now v cant how few of thefe alas remain mourn with me the lofs of the coinpaui of our fufferintj or to rejoice wiih me at the profperous condition of this our land of fc- fuge yet will 1 not repine they are sou i trull to another and a better woild where he who caufeth the wilder uefs i fmile and bofiom like a ro fe hath alfigned to them a diftingtiilhed puce as a reward h their humble imitation of his labors ye- i seven and twenty years ago fearee the vff tige of a human habitatiun could be found in the whole extent of the bay of ouintt not a ictjer had dared to penetrate the v ill forells that flatted its fhores even o this fpt now covered with lately edifice wi rc to be feen only the baik thatched wigwam of the lavage or the newly erected tnt of the hardy loyalifl then when the ear herd me it blcfld me for ltronr my o- taehmentto tny fovereign and hiphiu the quence ihrunkmtiutivcly from the forum confidence of my fjw fubjeds fled the for toe uu objcst le remembered to have loyal band i pointed ont to them the u ite oi their future metoptdi and gained lor perfecuted principles a faitfttiary fr my- felf and foliowtis a llfltnc m n iiriw th y that p re younger than 1 have me hi ei thet the head of ier darling cice- ro plant i iipon th roftfum to fhrink i- fiitivclj m i a xprdhcffi b- yond my f cble uteiif from cadjz apt wade of the fhip jupiter ar- c mt philadelphia m 41 days from cadk a and 1u1iw fr atd lfte p papers of th t puce to the ath ti t cheerful cunvui t f f tranlad lljc flollo t ftzt desteff a a though on the 30th september the commr l hi bt z d upon bur threlhola in chief received the fcllowin i ro ssss whendirecled to t xw ft- hie horde 1 prayer and altlu a the ten der ivmpathie f my nature urge me to o ler unnw fuppheations at the lame altar wnh the fon of mv late relied pallor even that confolation is denied me g rims infulited who conluume the rim whom fid tpivlon goads if al one petf with ctirfis ity hti to lu dcxilpttsh il foads kingflon 7th dec l8ll foreign intelligence b fieri nov 1 4 latest froim england london sept i the britilh toinifter lord w beatick had fuddenly left sicily and it was feared ibme outrage had occafior- ed his departure it was alio re ported the britilh forces had evac uated that illand but this is con tradicted the oueen has latter- to the oueen intercepted was lately printed the oueen of sicily is aunt to the emperor of atrfcria and the emperor of anuria is father-iu- lavv to bonaparte new- york nov 25 from oporto we undeltand that accounts from opor to dated october 8 and received in balti more refreet that there was reetnty fome bard fighting between the engklh french armies in the neighborhood of ciudad rvd- rigo and that the enghpi were recreating to wards the coaft frqiri portugal a iifion paper has been received in sri- m coniii j r j lington as late as the 29th of september an attract of which follows by the letter of lord welling- ton dated at his head quarters at ouadrazc on tlic 29th septem ber we learn that the lridiih had an adion with the french on the 25th and 27th september his lordfliip reprcfents that the eng- iifli behaved with great bravery and he is particular in the praife or many of his officers he fays that the enemy having united their for ces to relieve rodrigo and hav ing been ftronoly reinforced by troops from spain which had come from the army of naples their whole army amounting to 6ooco men of whom 6000 were of the cavalry with 125 pieces of cannon he could not pretend to continue the blockade of rodrigo and therefore not being juftilied in the rifque for filch an objecf he had adopted the plan of his great er fecurity he then exhibited an account of rite event of the two actions of bodon and aldca da toute lord wellington fays in the ac tion of the 25th of sept on the heights of bodon beiides the por tuguese total lois 1 lieut col 5 capts 1 lieut 1 quarter mailer of horfc 12 ferjeanis 3 drummers 139 foldicrs87 horfemen killed wounded cv milling borhood of rodrigo aldca da ponte h the action of the 2th of sept total of die englifh lof 1 major 5 cty a heuts 2 feaijeants 1 clrutnmer g iohiius 23 horfemen killed and wounded n on the 28th fhe fnghdi were f son to about a j 1 i tlic h in the neigli- pluee t icy 00 ujw guards lilboii the 27th lieuteuantoeucrd don franc ifeo iiallid ros under date ufiheeeth iult from h camp at ximetia which iias bien delayed co doubt by contrai v winds mji x i 1l id sir t i hade to gomniunicate to your excel lency for the information of their royal hi-m- nefles the council cf regency the complete vfctoiy which ha been obtained on tins day by the arms of his najefly general rig roux with a divilion ol cco men chiefiy grenadiers united witli ike other diriiion which 1 defeated on the lgh at aleak had been for nine dsjh maneuvering in front of our prefent polhion but has finally fallen into the fnare which i bad laid for hira and by our repeated movements and the activit of tlic troops 1 liave the honor to command i laving bv tliefe means been able to furprizfl him wc engaged him nni finally put biro to flight in the direction of the camp of st roche notxvtiliflanding a mod obflinatc rc cftanct it is now ii o in the morn- irvft afltl tny troop arc in clofe parfuit at tluu liccls over tile tril ucqua and tug ged mountains m dircior of aknla the only place they can find refuge m tlieir prcl- ent situation at th moment a number of priforerq are ortmpfrt in amoiily them a cap tain of rrrenadfers and a colonel of the po- hd infantry no x the lofs of ihe enemy has been horrible out i cannot at pivfeut detail the circutri- ilances i am c from the united sraffs american congrjejj the affair of thcclhefapcakc fctiletl message to the senate and iloufeof rcprcfentattves of the united slites i communicate to conprfi copies cf a cornjondcncc kpccai le enrv ex traordinary and minifter pi nipoien- iary of great britain and v x wv- tary of state relative to an ivrcf- jlrh tmrtii9 0 tji aj j a on the united states frigate chef a pcake by which it will be feen that that j abject of difference between the two countries is terminated by an offer of reparation which has been acceded to jimes madisqm ytafhircrton noe 13 isll mr foster to mi monroe ilitjhmton october 3c itll sjr i had already the honor to mention to vdu that i came to this countrv furntflted with in ihucbons from his royal hil hoeffi the prince regent in the name and on the behalf of his majelly for the purpofe of proeee ling to a final adjuflment of the dif ferences which have arifen between great britain and the united states of america in the affair of the chefapeake frigate and i had afo that of acqwai ting you with th necellity under which i found mvfelf of hf- pendfnr the execution ol thof inftruclions in coufequenee of my not having perceived that any heps whatever were taken by tiie american government to char up the cir- cumlances of an event which threaened fo materially to interrupt the harmony fiibfitl- inrr between our two countries as that which occurred in tl n l occurred in the month of la it may betweei he united stac fiitp prcident and hi majellys fii ip little belt when every evi dence before his majelly government feem- ed to hew that a molt evident and want n outrage iiad been committed on a britifil fljop it war by an american commodore a court of enqiiiy hoever voti in formed rive ii your letter of the i ith ivillant hahiincc been held by order of tiie pfcfijent oi the ltfiitcd states on the coftduvl of com modore rogers and this prdiminay ti fur ther difcuffi m oi tii iihjtdk bcii all that i aikti 1 lii rhe fii l itiitance is one to the f itml- iip fubf filing bctvvteti tlie two si 1 havii now the bono to acq rail t itif i afn ready in priercd fn the tuvit fphit i concfuatiotj to y beforj vow ihc ininwi rttdratjun which his 1 iiiihkn hj commaiujtd rne t pisjhf t i ihuuui fl itt jiei huh tit ah 1 imiy m ui s w hn it will fail jiiiir ionvctii n i lip ii i ill clifimlilio i i h ivp the hoii i in u i i h a i i i h h iliei i ii i m t li m i i r i