2rotn the spirit of suvaity six ma- randolphs address to his condiments ydow cifivtis i dedicate to you the following fragment that it appears in its preaent mutilate i fhape is to be afcribed to the fticceful ufurpa- tion which has reduced the free dom of fpeech in one branch ot itic american congrcls to an emp ty name it is now cftabhjhed r ihefirjl time in the f erf m of pur tprcfcniahvextix the houfe may and will refute to hear a member in his place or even to receive a motion from him upon the moil momentous fubjecr that can be prcfented for legiflative decifion a fimilar motion was brought for ward by the republican minority in the year 179 v before thefc mod el n inventions for ftising freedom of debate had been difeovcrcd it was difculfed as matter of right until it was abandoned by the mo ver in confeauence of additional in formation the corrcfpondcncc of our envoy at faris bid before tngrefs by the prelidcnt in f the reign of terror the fathers of the iedition law had not the har dihood to profcribe liberty of fpeech much lefs the right of free debate on the floor of cbngrefs this invirn of thr jwlaur liber ties was reserved for ielffiyled re publicans who hold your under- landing in fach contempt as to flatter themfclves that you will o- valook their every outrage- upon ci thegrcatcit principles of free gov ernment in conlidcration of their profellions of tender regard for i he privileges of the people it is for you to decide whether they have undervalued your intelligence and 4 ft s ipirit or whet her they have form ed a juf citimatc of our charac ter you do not require to be told that the viola ion of the rights of him whom you have deputed to repreient you is an mvanon of the rights of every man among you of every individual in focic- ty if this abufe be fu ftercd to pa f tiiiredrcikd and the people alone arc competent to apply the reme dy wc muft bid adieu to a free form of government for ever having learned from various fources that a declaration of war would be attempted on monday next with dofeddaors i deemed it my duty to endeavor by an exer- oife of my conilituticnal functions to arreff this heavicft of all poffible calamities and avert it from our iiappy country i accordingly made the effort of which 1 now give you the refult and of the foe- eefs of which you will already have been informed before thefe pages can reach you i pretend only to give you the jubilance of my unfin ished argument the glowing words the language of the heart have palled away with the occa- lion that called them forth they arc no longer under my controul my delign is limply to fubxnit to you the views which have induced me to confider a war with ensr- land under exifting circumftan- ces as comporting neither with the imtiri r nor the honor of the american people but as an 3001atr0u8 sacrifice of both on ihe altar of french rapacity perfi dy and an bit ion france has for years paft offered this mouoa was drawn it is believed by mr gcihi i but moved by mr spring declaring it to be inexpedient at that time to refert tj wavjgaip tv french ikpublic lis term of un joined commercial arrangement at the price of a war with england which hitherto we have not wanted urmnefs and vir tue to reject that prie is now to be paid we are tired of hold ing out and following the exam ple of the nations of continental europe entangled in the artifi ces or awed by the power of the deftroyer of mankind wc are prepared to become inilrumcntal to his projects of universal domin ion before thefe pages meet your eye the lalf republic of the earth will have enlilied under the ban ners of the tyrant and become a party to his caufc the blood of american freemen muft how to cement his power to aid in tilling the laft ftruggles of aflueted and perfccittcd man to deliver up in to his hands the pal riots of spain and portugal to ciubiiih hi km- pirc over the ocean and over the hud that xaveour forefathers birth to forge our own chains nu yet my friends we are told as wc were told in the days of the mad ambition of mr adams tw thai the finger cf heaven points io war yes the finger ol heaven docs point to war it points to war as it points to the maniions of eternal miferv and torture as to a ham- inr beacon warning us of that vor tex which we may not approach but with certain detraction it points to defolated europe and warns us cf the chritifcmcnt of thofe nations who have offended againd thejafliee and a lm oft be yond the mercy of heaven it an- 1 ounces the wrath to come upon thofe who ungrateful for he boun- ty of providence net itis5ed with peace liberty fecurity plenty at home fly as it were into thefaee of the moil high and tempt his for- to you in tms tka i can fpeak with freedom and it becomes me to do fo nor mall i be deterred by the cavils and the fneers of thofe who hold as 4 fbolimne all that favours not of worldly wif- dom from cxprcfimg fully and freely thole leniiuicrtitj a hick it has plea fed god in his mercy to ensrrave upon mv heart thefe are no ordinary times the mate of the world is unexam pled the war of the prefent day is not like that of our revolution or any which preceded it at leait in modern time it is a war a- gainft the liberty and hapninels of mankind it is a war of which the whole human race are the vic tims to gratify the pride and lull of power of a ingle individual i befeech you put it to your own boioms how far it becomes you as freemen as chriftians to give your aid and fanetion to this impious and bloody warfare againit your brethren of the human family to fuch among you if any fuch there be who arc infenfihk to mo tives not more dignified and man ly than they are intrinfically wife i would make a different appeal i adjure you by the regard which you have for your own fecurity and property for the liberties and inheritance of your children by all that you hold dear and iaered to intcrpofe your confiitutional powers to favc yemr country and yourfclves from a calamity the if- iue of which it is not given to hu man fo relight to divine alk yourfclves if you arc willing to become the virtual allies of bo naparte are you u illing for the fake of annexing canada to the northern states to futat to that overgrown fyilcm of taxation which fends the european labour er fupperkfs to bed to in mt am by the iweat of your brow armies at whole hands you are to receive a future mailer suppoie canada ours is there any one among you who would ever be 1a any re fpec the better for it the rich erthe freer the happier lie more fecure and is it for a boon like this- that you join in the war fare againft the liberties of man in the other hcmifphere and ui your own in jeopardy or is it or the nominal privilege of a licenced trade with france that you would abandon yotir lucrative commerce with g britain spain and portu gal and their afiaiic african and american dependencies in a word with every region of thofe vait continents i hat commerce which gives a vent to your tobacco grain sour cotton in fhort to all your native products which are denied a market in trance there are not wanting men fo weak as to fuppofe that their ap probation cf warlike meafures is a proof of perfonal gallantry and that eppoiition to them indicates a want of that fpirit which becomes a friend to his country as if it re quired more courage and patriot- ifm to join in the acclamation of the day than lieadily to oppoie ones felf to the mad infatuation to which every people and all go vernments have at fome time or other given way let the jiifto- ry of piiocion of agis and of de viit- anfwer this tieilion my fi lend do you expe to f j d thofe a b bcrr hourid tc lim hy tti r v this complaint thecrrf made a rule rgiinft capr adirnv who on i iimrosy aie into cc and admit n li the ftatedb- w in i ten the fozvi i w in riehinpnd yflii p cyan may 14 ii j cant s g adarris aim whom a rule was mad v this day appeared in court arciiti ted that li had taken counfj md had been advifed that under the ate orders he had received from the proper officer he had rx to rccei e apprentices as volunteers in the row that he was however readv to abide the judgment of this court intne prcmif ad the court havint ccnmd- cred this quefuon after hearing the opinion ot the gcntleirc of the bar loth adjudge that an prentice egaliy bomul cairr vo luntccr his fervices as a dicrj whereupon i b ordered tit fa id adams he difcharci lk court underloading that he will not hereafter receive prfohoi that delcriorion as volu awjoktftfo ru r the follow tuf mc w wtifej en from a recent pti licatlen i may be de pen vied upon as yw in the menth ot aprii luinayming mertci ratikanii ion having offended sgainjij putvlic peace about midnighr uxr affuled by the waich ari fome rcfiftance carried tc confine ment in the mount street v koufc the party were obliged to fen 1 for fome rcfpciue houc holder and tradefman in the 1 di horhoocl who came 55 fee tippo led to relieve fome oi 1 h voiute cuilomersj but ilarted and h v v ho are no louden in the clam or for war foremen in the rank of bltb or is the lienor of this nation inciffclubly connected with the political reputation of a few in- f vhc ftrongeft mtrk o htpr dividuais whoteflyemfto have when tic diieovered one of to iionc too far tg recede ad that you miit pay with ycr rinn the price of iheir incfijlrc my friends i have difrhar red my duty towards you lame and inade quately i know i- to the sfff of li ooo ul i ia the american people is in their own hands xiie net i tpread for their deftrucl ion you are envel oped in the toils of french dupli city and if which may heaven in its mercy forbid yon and your poilerity are to becme hewers of wood and drawers of water to the modern pharaoh it fliali not be for the want of my beft exertions to refcue you from the cruel and abject bondage this in at leaft fliali not left upon mv foul john randolph may to be the prince the watchmen imnirdiatcly thrineed roaad him to entreat ills pardon and that fie would not be offended fa ihcd taiih him oiicrdcd bif good fchovvsj by no meau 1hmk 1 i fupiior to rau and when of hi gh ration forget the re due to focicty it is proper they fhould betieatcd like other oka dors it ihould make an ertelift man proud to fee the prince if wales obliged to fend for 1 laiior to bail him wjju i8i2 from the virginia patriot apprent1c1s iriu cttjl in prelenting tins cafe to our readers we think it ne- ceflary to ftate fbmzfrflj not ap pearing in the tranfeript of the re cord and as we believe this decif- ion may be of importance we will alfo add that the wbok bur and court united therein on wedneldav a mr winfton complained to the huifmns court w iio are alfo overfecrs of the poor for the city that capt s g ad ams who holds his comivdllion in this hates quota of the requisition of 100000 militia had addreffed a note to him threateiung to take from him two of his apprentice who had voluniccrec without hid conieiit which faid ap 1 id irudlnol as it refpccls the application of the term depends frequently rather on its luccefs than on the meiiiire itielf the man who is called prudent in consequence of gou fortune in a valorous enterprise would have been denominated njh had he failed world you may appeal to the kft the hmicr or the candor oi lk world but never to its conpd- ev pin 1 he world is an animl totaily infenfible of feeling and is fare to reieci a claim which it cm- not urderlfand rmaria flip of the footna he foon recovered but thit effl tongue perhaps never kf hkaa print md publidnl ttv stephen miles- price fifteen jmlingt per j tsirji month ml j w y esthjlvt ofpjhe mv