The Wilmington Gazette

              rilmington gazette . — - tltsday october i 1805 publlshed weekly by aitttam fteit at trt-.i:i doi.vat*s a y ah,3 i vol 7 i'o 053 fort ijj,n intelligence | from the si'nmy revitw 1 retrospect of fo litics ireland — wearo sorry tor.nnojioce : the reappearance of on insurrection ary spirit which has already manifest ed itself in ae'.r of the most daring an 1 flagitious rebellion in the metro polis of this part sf the united king dom it appears to have burst out all together unexpectedly on the evening of yesterday week ; the amount of it is j difficult to state ; the new government paper the momt.g post)ywi allowing them to be more than four hundred — while almost every other account calculate v them from four to five thou sand ; antl from the resistance they made we apprehend they could not be fewer than the formal of those two ' numbers : they gas-e evident proofs of . i deep-laid and preconcerted plan i about six o'clock a variety of inflania ; lory hand hills were circulated thro , the city thomas-street which forms the common avenue into the liberty r precincts of dublin jc-grvr.t a part i of lie liberty itself were occupied i !>-• the rebels who about the same time fortified the tipper end of the former with numerous planks barbed m-ith large hooks and nails to prevent iit inc',i,-«.ir;;i fr im any troops of horse that might be sent against them ; while by another party of the same despe rate conspirators the lord mayor's 1 house was forcibly entered and all the arms and pii<es seized possession j of and carried away on which tliey could lay their hands lord kil | wrvrdkh the chief justice of the court of king's bench a man of mcor j ruptcd integrity mid most amiable j tnaniiers ignorant of the insurrection ' was at this time unfortunately travel fj ling in his own carriage from his ! country-house along with his daugh || ter find nephew the pv.ev iiichard li voi.f and had reached the loner fl end the middle of thomas-street be \\ iin they were apprised of their dv'n ji gorou situation ; ihcy were neccsca 1 rily ignorant of tha sviitch-word which i it was agreed should alone secure to every one a safe passage ; and in con ji sequence with a savage brutality which ll has never beer surpassed they were [! dragged ewit of their carriage the j two gentlemen were barbarously mur ij tl'.'istl and the lady at length suffered '; to e-scipe there were about forty j other persons who from the same j ignorance were tin fortifnately erttatv j gled in the same way and suffered the i same fate upon the first iatelligence • of the insiin-rrtion the drums heat to i'l'ni the military of every elescrip 1 tion assembled in large bodies and a ■ dreadful carnage ensued on both sides j the rebels having not only possesmei . themselves of the open street but ol , the houses from the windows of which they fired with most lamentable vsuc cess several officers of great merit si distinction were shot in the affray which did not fully terminate til four o'clock on sunt'ny morning — at which i time the rebels were totally routed or ni-ide prisoners the prisoners amount ing to about a hundred the privy coiihcil sat all night at the castle inch was put into nn immediate state ; of prepa ration to repel any attack that should be attempted upon it intel j lig-nce was expedited to the lnglish ' cabinet and a proclamation put r ortb | oitv'rli a reward of one thousand pounds sterling for the reprehension and conviction of each of the first three persons who should be appre i bended and convicted of hiving been j engaged in the assassination of the i cfei-f justice and iris nephew wc j ure happy to find that the vigorous measures pursued by the irish o vernment has ctimpletely restored tranquility for the present ; and that from tha regular arrival of the pro vincial mails in dublin it does not , yet appear that any general or at least j successful spirit of insurrection has been evinced at a distance from the j metropolis i we cannot close this account with ! out offering a fesv observations and 1 first it is impossible not to accuse the magistracy of dublin of extreme in i'-'vicntion and carelessness a pow der-mill situated in the very heart of th city belonging al the time to no tody knew whom and now actually as certained to have belonged 10 the reb eh sirs only detected by it having bf'-n ife days prior to the rebellion blown up thirty thousand ' pikes •>'•! uniforms for ten thousand men vert div.-overed in t'if!\.-rent dtpnis belonging to the rebels within the hort pert-id of twenty-four hours af 1 tcrits suppression the whole of the liberty of the city and the chief street leading into il were possessed by an organized and systematic band of conspirators amounting to nol less tin tour thousand according to the number generally agreed to and yet not the least apprehension appears to luvc been entertained of danger or even dis-iflvcttdn in any part of the city ! it is s'.-e repeat it impossible to acquit th magistracy of dublin of all blame in this transaction ; and we maintain it that with a policy thus drov.-iy arid inattentive london or a ny other city in the world might be comathv prey of a similar conspiracy we trust this culpable remissness wilt be mora deep enquired int . j on next obscvaiion relates to tbe | strength and immediate abject of tbcj rebels nnd upon this object also we arc astonished to find that no serious apprehension appears tout even ujwi eutertain-j thirty thousand pikes are discovered teijimenlal dresses for ten thousand men — and yet the g lvernm-nt consoles itself and the people with a belie that the only lea der of any sort of consequeffbe who has been engig-d in the insurrection is apubtkan of ihe name of m'cabe ; ih it there is no tho least reason to suppose tha any connection has been entered into between the rebels and the french ; nnd that their only object was to shew their strength with a i view of obtaining french assistance i hereafter if these contracted i ie j t!.is moi'liid insensibility to danger be persevered in wc hesitate not to say i j that ireland must yet be lost for ■ th first time we feel it our duty to be j dlarmists .- we are p'srsuaded that the ' country i in the utmost danger ; and that nothing but the most atttvt vigi lance and vigour i an save it from des truction it is impossible to reflect upon the fact that many of the duet leaders of the last rebellion are at thi tj moment it france uhder the itnin diate protection and possessing the full confidence of the first consul it is impossible to reflect that tl.es persons possess i'i u very lar;re por lion of tliuir tvir~rii:r iapujerice use th.ii infutuiti'd cotiutrymen-wii is 1 impossible to l-tfl.-c upon the peflfee , tion as a taciturnity unci concealitientj which they hue rusc-n'ir in the artpf 1 conspiracy — up in ihe facility with | which their late system was capable ! of being r«viv>scl finally it is jtnpejs j gible to reflect upon the detection ofj , a powder-mill io tin possession of i these pennylest rebels and offer thou sand suits of uvil'.irm already disco ■ vered<*-*»**xhibitiiig an rtpence to which . tli late rebellion n-jver pretended itj ■ is impossible to idled upon these facts ; without being convinced that the i whole bus been organised and sup-j i potteil with assistance by the french i cuvr-rnmi-.it nottvirlistaod the rea diness ith which it was advanced j and believed that the province were 1 by no in is implicated in tli rcbel ! lion we did not credit such as.se-r , tiou ivoiii the fir-it ami we find by the j accounts of yesterday that we sverc ; conv-ct in our incredulity eimis kildare and belfast are now all of t'i'-in known to have exhibited proof i of a rebellious spirit and it il probn ' hie l!u:s3 arc not the whole it is ob-j 1 vitrii however th entire plan was | not fully in itured : and it is probable : that no uproar wis intended to take i place till some positive assistance had been attempted to be given tvoni the french army the irish b«w»ver,1 are an impatient and impetuous pcoj ! pie t the rebels perhaps began to think ! tlu-ir own native strength sufficiently pt.ve-fu for their diabolical intention i — in-l we have liltle doubt that they i were hurried into the act which has j fortunately terminated in their discom . film from a collection of then for : mer failure and an apprehension that they had in i similar manner been j discovered by governrornt he the i cause of t'.iir pi-ccipitar.cy however ' what it may it is most happy for the interests of the united empire that it has occurred thus soon ! england — the british ministry has ncteel upon this occasion with a p-.-om titudt which entitle them tooitr thanks they brought into parliament a mes sage from the king on thursday af ternoon being the evening of the day on which tlie intelligence had arrived and they grounded upon it two active resolutions which nfter a most ab surd anil spiteful opposition by mr wikdhah were unanimously acced ed to by both houses the same even ing the regular forms being dispen sed svith for this express purpose which have since received the rosal assent and are at this moment v.ti*ig upon in dublin these were 1 su pension of the habeas corpus anil air art enipoiveritiguic lord lieutenant with thead-.ic-eol'the lordchescenor to try any person he nvght t'oink fit by martial lav so far in the course of lbs past wsek sve highly approve the conduct ; of the ministry we wish we could add that we equally approved every part of their conduct ; but nothing that we have either heard or can conjecture can equal the impolicy ami injustice of squandering upon foreign grants and pensions the pro perty of the people at the present tiroment when every man is called upon to contribute to the very tltmc farthing iu can scrape together us support the war arid is compelled to to debar himself ul every indulgence anil gratification tliir readers will perceive that wc ;, i tie to the prei visioti which the lover house bad n jgrecd should li made for the prince of orange upon tin principle of pro vision we say be is eaititled to a re muneration which ought to have been secured to him by tae treaty of \ miens — that it ought to have fit w ed from the continent antl not from the empty purses and spare diet jof the people of this country so fur with respect to tiie p ineiple itself now then as to the time of enforcing it supposing which we jferemtorvly de ny that it might in any respect lobe paid by lhe people of'i'nghiwd — what can be so iirtjnst'w alien rd and infa t:d ds to bring forward n claim of description after having suffered i tin prince and hi-a claim lo v • i .'.',,' '/ for nearly two year — ul a n nt when eve ry ineiti is o.ppvess rkh hew taxes upon alltie.'it every . iu eif'iili f with a tripple-nssess 1"l,v an tti come tax a tax for militia supplemeiitpiy militia army reserve and a heavier tax still llport bis own labour ro.ur'i.i him from his simp and his reiuniitig lise into a p rson.il attendance ip tlie levy en masse nnd v.dun it is so much the duty of the ministry to i.en ilti thqj^'elves and e greait taus*e in which we arc embarked as popu lar ns possible w'r i in use to passo vi-nl-.e impolitic grani at the present moment < :' a salary of krool pef n nnm to the eepi-csentativcs hf lord mherst for services vhich hare ht-cn also suffered to lie dormant for he last forty year instead of piiti dcnily postponing the consideration of these services fora year or tsvo hing er;--but in co'llj uictiuii with the grant now before the hotise wc rr,n rc«ii i-.iiis ourselves no lunger and should deem enu'selve as ... liniiiial if we did not thus publicly filter our protest against both the observations of sir fiiincus lii'jumtt r upon this subject are highly it'ed to alt r.'i.ui : he pucnci of ct.i'.s is advised to forego s ngiit die present moment because the die purse catvnat afford to grant mm this right ; nnd the pr.n.cr of or amok wjthoirt any other pretention to a right is to be allowed he gri . t th.it is refused to the paindr of wufs out of pure motiv.-s oi gene rosity 1 1 our i'an'i.cis mcrrhai.ts and ether monied men have for the last fortnight been labouring with nil their migtii'to raise the irolimtary sum of about sixty thousand pounds for the benefit of tlje nation r,nd here in r,ne moment is this very sum or n sunt equal to it thrown av ay upc.i a foreign prince together with l\vo salaries :> mounting lo nearly a third part o its sum to one & which lol'iwmice it h.i formerly cer judged prudeiti to post pone tin one for about tu o years ami the oilier for nearly forty from the national tntelligcnc*er ora view of the in t tisistcnctr s e r it wits confidently hoped tftal the issue of our tvgociation for th pi session of new-orleans and louisiana would at leant have stopped the cur rent of federal columny it it did not force the opposition to join the friends of the administration in their admitu tion of the wisdom and policy nf it measures \\ ben tlie news of the cession was first announced to the pub lic party prejudices were for awhile suspended in their operation ; and eve ry man who felt for the interrstof the union anil in ** hose heart i-vi-ry a*par of patriotism was not cxtin uishe-tl united in pronountinf it a principal work of political sagacity borne r ho were hostile to the g-ivcmmer-.t be iwildereelby the magnitude and unex ipcctednessof the event and in a nio iment of general enthusiasm forgetting their hostility joined in r.n npproval of the conduct of the oxerutise but the scene is now changed 1 he res ) sion has become a fruitful source of \ clamor 5c invective against the adnii i nistration the silenre-whicti sceum-el to be imposed upon the enemies nf the government was the silence of mortification and disappointment it was portentous of future calumny and abuse v i hoped that the federalists would have accorded with es in this measure be eniisc their own partisans had pre vinusly mill publicly declared in the senate of the union that the possession of that country by the united states i ss-as essential to our prosperity to 1 our national independence mid pence it w as considered of such prima rv im ' prot.int-t to us that ilu expt tiiiiturc | of millions at:d the blood ni'otir citi i 7.ens were not to be put in eompeti { lion neither the racrlflcospf our na lionul character at lhe shrine of am bit ion e the obligations of justice nor the great principles of national lciw went thought too immense for the attainment of an object so closely j connected with the happinct.s sc intf i grity of the union but u*e nelvtnitapes j ss'hich we were then told world he j ck-iistd to the u slates jiy the annex j acion of those countries to oitr territo ry neem to have c'ifi.:ppcar*d fi-cmn tl field of the federal vibion j.ouie'u.na 1 which wns then a " paradise is not ; r wilderness fit only for the rd nihil fr : usage ; its soil which wis thevn pio ' lilie in nil tbc luxuries eiflife is now \ barren and tiiihealthful covered vi'h ] stagnated wn'cr which exhales post i . knee and dentli it r mains for the i'zcns rf the united states to deter 1 ie whether they will credit the !'••- j al due 1 orations of the last wittti r qr j se of this sunvner ; for belli their i cannot believe j oconirput them svill j not imls-'nnuise but exhibit in the j most glaring r.olri'-j-s the sham less j tniistenry if nol the depravity of ! i of tiieii whneti souls sicken lit pros c-fity of their count . either ] federal vsenaii.'.'s ir the writers ; fcdeivl newspapers ate ncluated he most abandoned iinel proliigate j triples svhile the arguments of the 1 former when urging us to war on the 1 presumption that iiegociauon must ' pros ineffectual are sufficient nn ! sw-.-rs to the declinations nf the latter ! they furnish full olid con'plete evi j deuce chut the executive has nted i b»r the liv'st inter st of this country * j anel the extent si the cession imliiie.st 1 * ual to v hat the feth.i uliits wished ma to acquire lit concpie-st : riki its price ! in theiv-own estimation less than could i have he-en e.tpertcd ijcra follow ex j irbclb from the spct-clies of the federal '■ mt i.'ie-rs in tt senate to shew that ! iu their opinion negotiation vasi preiei-.i'i le to war bar they hcli | ed thai iv gfrcwioii would be suffi mr iloss i lis tpeecb sm-i -' they the possessor oi'nijv orleans might i.ivn ii u;s if ihey saw ui ai'med in pes •!■-•!••'. end ri-solve-d to mainttm it i ' when is*e have no at'iny no inilita rs preparations kc what would induce hem lo do so '" " believing us i do thitt negocio tion must f«tj ( i am not fcr trusting to that only ; ]'. you treat for an cxteit soon of our liiiiils you will be disap "/;'. a of drlatrarr u yism hive alr».-idy tried negooifa t'-i.i i say yen hie e tried it b--:ui.-e i you havt i minist r in j'raric mdll atnsurt the first magistrate bfoilrr tmirj cannot ho rfleen soneg'lgentat not to i nt i •'.•.. ' o tidifett,v.'hichi confetti uv '. magnitude you base then ne | gociated hurl with suoccss vhyi instead ol defeating the cession of . l.oni«!anu in i'l-suicel you have closed . the riser " tl v mississippi | fr morris ! retires 1 oni tlie above spim-a t'.oti it must be evident lo every mtin of common nnclerat tiding that mr llnss mr v.'clls and slslr mr-ris e.onceivcif tl.at n nrgociatirni vas pre ic-ruble to war had they thought ilut tlie former would have l>t-i-n i ffectum ; bilt as tru-y rlid not lt-roiimnticl hk latter tlie president has thought o therwise nnd the event has proved the supriioriiy of his foresight iv the wisdom i his k uieasiirek mr morrisi believed and very correctly that the first magistrate of our eoun'iy bud not nrglected an object of such moment to the u aftutes for pjt-*',ous to thr mis-aioo of m moiuoe mr l.is.rg ,' ston had received instructions to n gociale fiir the purchase of loiiijiana ! from the french goserr.nient ij ! would be absurd tc suppose that the | latter would buve alt erupted rvrh a ! purchase without authority from the i-nvernrrumt which he represented . lint let u hear what nrtttmtt fulrali.tt j have to say on this subject ! otilumiyian oentiiiei " at length in hear louisiana is knight for what ? to art tire the ri*.**ht of cv posit better assert our old treaty rights derived from spain than buy new rights " fobrieius " is it strange tlurt the nearest the ! dearest the slowest and the most un safe of all ways to vindicate a nation's rights should he preferred by such a i man ? is ii strung that mr monree 1 the miserable dupe nf france tdiould i he sent to rrawl once inore like a reptile at the chief consul's feet l0j*9a " the rig'it of depor it however svas secured to us tiy treaty and its infrac tion offered a fair justification to rein tate ourselves by force but this business miu it of gunpowder and it was of course resolved to take in meek j ness the bufferings of n wanton r contemptible enemy ; lo yield our i let to the fust of the smitrr and to nrf mr monroe connecticut ccuremt «' our cr.tionnl cite facte r roust be msidcrably lessened in the estimji n nf foreign nations by the pusil ntmovs conduct of the present ruling party our treaty was violated om rights veve trrmnpled on nd our iin-erte prevcel it mid still the cry tiate ifativ tretlit i due it is ivjngstob ami nottothtf xecu • the .-:!•*-. ntiati recs concluded be ai-i-ivid of the mini-rer ex ary in planet this does not le true but still it tifedtrdh'stn r to the nc***s o r nt refussing iwn and take immediate pos if new-orleans washi.tgitm td valerius n k <;..■» woirui'*'ui art the of fecu.m-i.lism 1 lost ii inter ross welti arid k>i*r con ci ive i hit il the t";'ocution would be eftvctitat that rcci'itrsc to linstili tieswas unnecessary but this summer since negotiation has ban effect uol nnd acquired more than the nfest sanguine federalist nxild expect it is conceived jiot only that it would be fmsitvunivtrus toftrgociats but our national ch(r(jc ter is degraded hy doing what tip fr denil senators would hove done fad they possessed the power md if itjfct-y were honest in their elerlarations it is hoped thrit the opijo«.iti»n after vn l'liiiavrtae asserted that our convention f'th france prior to the news of ir refusing to go down and t*ke itn rdia.e possession of new-orleans will not assume any merit lo ihetu r.'-'v s by pn tending thftt france was afrightrd'mt the cession by their rai iil.e and moody resolutions here follow the fsderal irr*urni:n.ta of last win»er to lew the important iseneiits which will result to the u statu from the possession of the is land of ness-ori'-ans not of ihe is land r.f nvw-()iieaitsorily but of f.cst rnel west florida not if la ' and west l-'lorida only i>ut of louisiana m thr pcrsvession of the ci nntry on the east hank of the'missisippi si ill give rnnipm kness end i--rrsist.-.hl mrengil to the united states and in all future european wars we shall be more courted and respected than we shall be without it on that store therefore our security will be rnercav ed by this measure that is i \ taking possession by force and why mill not our ecurity be as great sini e '-. e arc to possess it hy negotiation — " suppose the western rropk go and i base away the present posset sors and in the end be defeated they will make the best they can svith the power romniarirfitig the imuth rf the river is it not evident that r.y power having tin command of the mouth of the rivir must posse the lands on both aides of it ?) " buona parte will then say to you my french west-india colonier ; uel those of my allies ran be supplih from my em\my of louisiana with floor petit beef lumber and am other necrsaaries ii you nn the atlantic coast wish to trade with my e.eilwnies in those nrti cles you miiit par is 0 r 50 per rent impost we want nn further aupplles from yo't nnd revenue to france must be the condition of all future itittr ii write nr.t • liberaiir i.l u il i r'.crht of il position in mew-orleans only nor of tjii island cf srw-cr