No mead untry'd thy cumber'd flock invites, (s) Here 'neath the lowly shed, with murmur hoarse, Deep on the ear shall pond'rous hammers come, Cooper. * (t) Sooner shall guilty Jacobins forgive, (s) Hinc alta sub rupe canet frondator Nec gemere aeriâ cessavit turtur ab ulmo (t) - Ante leves ergo pascentur *TENCH COXE, a most furious Jacobin. He pretended great attachment to the royal cause, during the rebellion, and actually went out to meet Sir William Howe, when that general approached Philadelphia; but he has since been remarkable for his enimity to Great Britain, and his devotedness to France. + M Kean, the present governor of Pennsylvania. JEFFERSON (now a candidate for the Presidency), who wrote a foolish account of a monster, which he called MAмMOTH, is one of those who have long owed vast sums to the British merchants.-His father-in-law, Mr. Wales, was an Englishman, who owed his fortune to the friendship of Messrs. Farrel and Jones, of Bristol. Mr. Wales ordered in his will, that previous to any division of his property amongst his sonsin-law, the debt due by him to the heirs of his benefactors should first be discharged; but these pious sons-in-law, instead of obeying the will, retained the amount of the debt, till, in consequence of an iniquitous confiscation law passed in Virginia, they were enabled to pay it into the treasury of that state, in depreciated paper money-Jefferson was one of those sons-in-law. Such is the man who is now VICE PRESIDENT, and who will probably be PRESIDENT of the free, enlightened, and happy Republic of America.-And will they yet have the impudence to tell us about the VIRTUES of a Republic? Priestley. But I unhappy! whither shall I flee? Cooper. Yet here with me beguile the night, and share REPUBLICAN MORALITY, Published in the London Porcupine, of November 10th, 1800. We shall here begin the necessary undertaking of detecting the artful and malicious insinuations of the Morning Chronicle, respecting the conduct of his MAJESTY's ships of war in the Atlantic Seas. (v) -Et penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos. (u) Pauperis et tuguri congestum cespite culmen(w) Impius bac-miles babebit ? Barbarus bas segetes? (x) Ite me., quondam felix pecus, ite capellæ. (y)-Sunt nobis mitia ponia (2) Et jam summa procul-culmina fumant Majoresque cadunt. To To obviate the charge of garbling, or misquoting, we shall first give the extracts entire, and then give our comments, and state our facts. 66 Morning Chronicle, October 16.-" We are in"formed from good authority, that Mr. LISTON, "our Ambassador to the United States of America, is "coming home. The American President has, for upwards of a twelvemonth, made complaints "to Mr. LISTON of the conduct of British cruisers "capturing American ships and property, at the 66 very mouths of their barbours. Mr. LISTON, "we are informed, transmitted these remonstrances "to this government, but he did not find that they "were sufficiently attended to, and his situation at "Philadelphia became very irksome and unpleasant. "He returns to England, therefore, not very well "satisfied with the part he had to sustain. "If any abuses have taken place on these remote "stations respecting the American trade, they "ought to be very carefully restrained by autho 66 rity, as power at so great a distance from control "is very apt to be carried to an extreme of rudeness "and severity. At a moment, too, when a recon"ciliation between France and America is likely to "take place, it ought to be the study of this country to treat the Americans in the most "liberal manner; it ought to be our care to engage "their esteem and confidence by the superior can"dour and good faith of our proceedings. It is a paltry thing to quarrel with a country about a capture which is not worth mentioning in point "of gain to ourselves, while it may in the minds "of the losing individuals and losing country, lay "the foundation of much dissatisfaction and future hostility. The right of capturing neutral 66 property and neutral ships, is a matter to be "regulated by broad principles of utility, never "defended I 4 "defended by quirks and quillet's. It is a right "with regard to neutrals purely of a defensive "kind; a right to prevent them benefiting our "enemies, contrary to the laws of nations and "existing treaties. A capture upon a small defect "of a form, where a general principle is not in"volved, we conceive to be downright robbery; "and we know that all liberal publicists are of the "same opinion." Morning Chronicle, October 29.-" America, as "well as the Northern Powers, must be inclined to ἐσ contest our maritime law. She is, it is true, "bound to us by strong ties of interest. The con"nexion between the two countries is mutually adἐσ vantageous. But America, too, is naturally led "into the carrying trade; and should the conduct "of France really prove honourable in the exe"cution of the late convention, the system of "England, if adhered to, will infallibly produce "discontent on the other side of the Atlantic. In"deed, the conduct of our cruisers will demand σε revision and control If we consider the extent "and importance of our commerce with America "if we consider how necessary a good understanding with America is to the support of the West India Islands, which depend for provisions upon the United States, we must be sensible how "much it is our interest to treat the United States "in the most liberal manner, and to guard against "every danger of a rupture.' 166 66 Morning Chronicle, October 31.-" It is the duty "of Government to pay the utmost attention to "prevent our cruisers from exercising an unnecessary rigour in regard to neutral vessels, particularly the "American. It is more honourable for the nation, " and more advantageous likewise, to anticipate "any misunderstanding than to remove it. The right of search is merely a right supposed to be "connected with self defence; if not confined to "that object, it is an abuse of power. Every endea"vour should be employed to simplify the grounds "of capture; and as little should be left for dis"cretion in the capture as possible. If an abuse is "committed, the redress should be complete and "immediate. The conduct to neutrals should "always be distinguished by the most liberal good faith. Petty flaws aud trifling deviations from "strict rule ought not to be made ground for con"demnation. In a word, it will now be more and "more necessary to limit our interference with the trade of neutrals to principles of evident "necessity, to render our rights claimed sub"servient only to national advantage, without "considering the interest of individual captors. If we do not pursue this system, we most undoubtedly shall be exposed to the odium and "resentment of every trading nation in the "world." We shall first contradict the insidious falsehood relative to Mr. LISTON. The Morning Chronicle gives its deluded readers to understand, that this gentleman, having been, " for upwards of a twelve"month past," teazed with complaints, which he could not make his Majesty's Ministers attend to, found his situation very irksome at Philadelphia, and "therefore" he returns to England, "not very "well satisfied with the part he had to sustain." Now the fact is, that Mr. LISTON has, during his residence in America, had many more complaints to make than to receive. The captures," at the 66 very mouth of their harbonrs," were never talkedof till the month of April last, and that only in one instance, when the statement of the Americans was proved to be a barefaced falsehood, fabricated at New-York |