taxes. his predeceffors, or avoid fuch a difplay of of the fales brought back into the treafury, ternal taxes the expenfe of collection was they have received from the direct tax, and internal taxes, the large fum of two inillions, leven hundred and fixty thoufand dollars. The arrears of taxes yet unpaid, are estimated by the Secretary of the Treafury, at upwards of one million of dollars, which will alfo be at the difpofal of the prefent adminiftration. It appears then, that the prefent, adminiflration have the benefit of near four millions of dollars from the direct and internal taxes. Let The prefent adminiftration have done much. With the happy fortune of receiving the government and every branch of its revenue, "in the full tide of feccefsful experiment;" unembarraffed by foreign diffenfions; relieved from the neceffity of great expenditure on national ob. jects which their predecellors had compleatty or greatly advanced. With an encreafing population, commerce and wealth; and a revenue yielding them in two years the immenfe fum of thirty-one millions of dollars; much was to be expected. any candid and intelligent American review these things; he will fee with pleafure and with pride the profperous fituation of our country; but he must admit that we do not owe it to the "plans fanctioned" or falfe "objects of expenfe avoided" by the prefent adminiftration. The planter who fucceeds to the poffeffion of a farm already well improved and planted, fhould be content with reaping the profits of the industry and fkill of his predeceffor, without detracting from his merits. He derives no merit from the boat-I have gathered an harvest which I might have deftroyed. The Prefident recommended to congrels, to appropriate a fum of money for erecting at this city a dry dock, in which, by employing water drawn from a fource above the level of the tides, as practifed in lock navigation, the fhips of our navy might be placed on a dry and sheltered bed, in which fituation the progrefs of decay would be arrested. The estimate of this work fubmitted by the Prefident, was lour hundred and twenty thousand dollars.No fubject can more juftly merit the attention of the legiflature than the prefervation of our navy: the folicitude of the Prefident on this occafion is honorable to him; but unfortunately the project, by every light afforded by philofophy or experience, was judged not to be adapted to its object, and would be lefs conducive to the prefervation than to the deûruction of the navy. After fome difcuffion fion it was agreed without a diffenting voice, to permit the fubject to reft without a decifion. At the laft feffion of Congrefs, a propofition was made for repealing the feveral acts of Congrefs, by which foreign fhips arriving in our ports are liable to higher tonnage duty, than our own, and goods. imported in them subjected to an additional duty of 10 per cent. The repeal to take effect whenever it fhould be ascertained that any foreigns nations had adopted the fame policy towards us, by a repeal of their difcriminating and countervailing duties. The queflion was not decided at that feffion. It is underflood that our minif. ter at London, was inftructed to propofe this fubject to the British government, and that in confequence of this communication, the Britih parliament paffed an act, authorizing their King to abolith their difcriminating and countervailing duties, upon the event of the United States concurring in the ineafure. At the opening of this feflion of Congrefs, the Prefident fays he "communicates with fatisfaction" the act of the British parliament, and fubmits to Congrefs the propriety of meeting them in the abolition of thefe duties. The committee of commerce and manufactures, to whom this fubject was relerred, made a detailed report, which concludes by recommending a refolution, for repealing the acts impofing difcriminating du. ties. While this refolution lay on the table, the chambers of commerce of Philadelphia and New-York, and fome other cities, and the mechanics of New-York, petitioned against the meafure. They ftate in fubflance, that experience under thefe acts had proved their benignant effects: that our shipping had increased to an a mount fufficient for carrying all our productions, intended for exportation, and the importation of luch articles as are neceffary for our home confumption.—That by a repeal of thefe duties the thips of Great Britain would be permitted to bring us the products and manufactures of all countries, while by the operation of their navigation act, we fhould be reftricted in our trade to that nation to the carriage of goods, the growth or production of our own country only, that the velfels of all nations would be allowed equal privileges with American built fhips, without an equivalent on their part. That the European nations not only build and equip their fhips much cheaper, but alfo navigate them at much less expense than we can, which advantages in their favor muft pre. vent our competition with them in navi. gation, and leave American veffels idly to rot in our docks. They all conclude with expreffing a confidence that repealing our difcriminating duties would difcourage fhip-building, deprive us of the profits at prefent derived from the employment of American veffels, and make us dependent on foreign nations for the exports of the products of our foil: that it must be prej. udicial to various important interefls in the community, detrimental to the revenue of the country, and in a national point of view extremely impolitic. The fubject was poftponed from day to day, and at length the friends of the project confent- j ed to let it país undecided this feffion.Whether this abandonment proceeds from a hope, that delay may enable the friends of the meafure to repel the objections urged fo ftrongly, and from fources fo refpectable; or is the refult of a conviction of the inexpediency of the measure in the minds of thofe who first cherished it, I cannot decide. [TO BE CONTINUED.] Hudson, April 26, 1803. TRIUMPHANT FEDERALISM. It is with the greatest pleasure we lerrn that federalifm is increafing in every part of the United States. From the various election returns which we have received, it appears that our country is rapidly returning to the right way. The latest accounts from Malfachusetts give Gov. STRONG a majority of upwards of 12,000; and the final majority is likely to be larger by fome thoufands than it was last year. On Friday evening laft, the honorable the Attorney-General called an electioneer ing meeting in this city, and delivered as harangue, with his ufual eloquence and moderation, having probably entirely forgotten that he once gave, as a reafon for removing a federal cfficer, that he had endeavored to influence elections. We do not learn that the fpeech of Mr. Spencer was taken in fhort hand; it is therefore impoffible to know whether he faid any thing about giving the truth in evidence, or whether, amongst his other charges against the federalifts he acculed any one of them of attempting to bribe a man to ele&tioneer, at the price of a FIVE DOLLAR BILL. By the arrival of the fhip Mercury, capt. Sterling, at this port yefterday evening in 31 days from Liverpool, we have intelligence from thence to the 10th, and from London to the 8th March, both inclufive. -From this it appears that the British gov. ernment were taking steps which are strongly indicative of war. Orders had been isfued for a general impreffment of feamen, and were in actual execution at Liverpool when capt. Sterling failed. The Militia were alfo directed to be embodied, and held in readiness to be called into fervice. The caufe of thefe preparations was faid to be owing to a difagreement between England and France refpe&ting the furrender of MalThe editor of the Egis, after declining "a further detail of the votes" for Gov-the Cape of Good Hope by the English, is It is not unlikely that the retention of ernor, &c. fays, with great defpondency, connected with these measures of the ad"It would exhibit nothing but difappoint- miniflration. [Ev. Poft, 15th infl.] ment and defeat."-" Whatever may be the caufe, (adds the Ægis) it is unquestion. ably true, we believe, that the federal ina. jority, in Maffachusetts, his increased fince the last election." The Bofton Centinel, alter ftating the happy refult of the late election, obferves, "for one year longer, at least, Malfachufetts will not make one of thofe degraded fattelites that borrow all their light from the Virginium fidus." In New-Hampfhire, the majority for Gov. Gilman, exceeds 3000. ta. The Knot. MARRIED, AT Hartford, Con. on Monday evening, the 18th, inst. Mr. CHESTER PARSONS of this city, to Miss In Connecticut, Gov. Trumbull, is re-elected by a vaft and unprecedented PHEBE TURNER, of that place. majority; and it is expected that there will not be more than 40 democrats in the legiflature. In New-Jersey, as far as accounts have as far as accounts have To Readers & Correspondents. come to hand, federalifm progrefles; And even in Virginia we have the most flattering profpe&ts. With thefe examples before them, it is to be hoped that the people of this ftate will do honor to the caufe of federalifin at the prefent election. The federalifts of this county, we have no doubt, will give a good account of themfelves, by fupporttng the following ticket : For Affemblymen. For Senators. Smce printing the piece in the first side of this paper, signed Investigator, we have been certified that the Mr. Granger in the Connecticut assembly, who opposed the sending of delegates to the general convention, could not have been the same who is now Post-Master General of the United States; but must have been an older man. Had this circumstance been known in season, the picce would have been suppressed. We have one objection to publishing the poetical essay of "SYLVANUS." The ideas of Thompson cannot be expressed in better language than his own. It might, however, be of use to the " YouLg scribbler" to versify the writings of that celebrated poet for private amusement. Liberty of the Press," No. 9, is omitted for want of room. 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His ears were always open to the bafe infinuations of the enemies of Columbus; who, after eight years fruitlefs attendance and folicitation at that court; after fuffering, during this long time, manifold difappointments and repulfes, aggravated by the ridicule and {corn of the courtiers; had determined, in the the merits of Chriftopher Columbus, juf- anguifh of his heart, to withdraw himself tice demands that the memory of Ifabella fhould be honoured with a fhare in the laurels which he won. Whatever of wealth, of science, and of civil and relig. ious liberty, has accrued to mankind from the difcovery of America; whatever priv. ileges the inhabitants of the United States enjoy above the reft of the world;-the credit and the honour are due, in no inconfiderable meafure, to the aftonishing generofity and magnanimity of a Woman. After Columbus had difclofed the projeft which his vaft mind had conceived, every obftacle that ignorance, envy and knavery could fuggeft, was placed in the way of its execution. The Senate of his native country, Genoa, to which he firft applied, unable to comprehend his fcheme, rejected it as chimerical. The king of Portugal, to whom he next addreffed himfelf, practifed upon him the moft fhameful fraud. Henry VII. king of England, to whofe court he fent his brother in queft of patronage, was rich and poffeffed talents; but the fordid parfimony of his heart tied up his hands from any enterprizes, which would be attended with pecuniary expence. from the kingdom, as he had already done from the court, of Spain. There was no prince ;-there was no man of fufficient fubftance, who appeared to be difpofed to patronize that wonderful genius. there was a Woman, who bound up his broken heart, and afforded effectual patronage to his mighty undertaking. But Ifabella, Ferdinand's queen, recalled Columbus to court, efpoufed his caufe at the risk of her own fortune, and even pawned her jewels to defray the expence of his hazardous voyage. During the infernal intrigues and virulent measures of his enemies, Ifabella remained his conftant friend; nor was it till after her death, that Columbus was completely overwhelmed by the malice of his foes.In lofing her, he loft his great, and only earthly supporter. Wonderful woman! the pride of thy fex and of human nature -fprigs of Caffia fhall ever bloom on thy grave.To thy memory fhall be paid a reverending tribute of gratitude Fem the new world. Z. FOR THE BALANCE. A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM IN EUROPE. A SHORT time before the commencement of the chriftian era, France, Spain and Portugal, and fome parts of Germany, together with the Ifland of Britain, except Scotland and Wales, had been conquered by the Romans, and became provinces of ancient Rome. The immenfe fabric of the Roman empire, which extended over large portions of Afia and Africa, as well as Europe, fuddenly tumbled into ruins; and the once lordly Romans bended their necks to the yoke of fwarms of demi-favages, who invaded & conquered them. Numerous hordes of fierce barbarians fron, the North of Europe, commonly known by the names of Goths and Vandals, pouring into the Roman provinces, as well as into Italy the heart of that empire, effected over them a complete conqueft. The chieftans of thofe hordes or clans were confidered as the proprietors of the conquered countries. Large portions of the lands they referved to themselves for fupporting the dignity and expences of their governments other parts they diftributed, under the denomination of fiefs, to their relations, favourites and principal warriors: and thefe again made a diftribution among heir tenants and vaffals. Their lands were originally held by a military tenure. The fubordinate officers held their manors on the exprefs condition that they fhould bold themfelves, with their vaffils, in Conftant readiness to bear arms in the ferice of their chiefs. with ter nefhould Political. From the NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. The following Important Letter has been this day sent SIR, OFFICIAL. WASHINGTON, APRIL 3, 1803. greatest harmony with the United States, has provided that the depofit fhould continue at New-Orleans until the two Governments fhall come to an agreement about another equivalent place."-Before we advance a itep further, we fhould be glad to know what two Governments are here intended? If the reader will turn to the Evening Post of the 18th of March, he will find a letter from this fame Marquis of Cafa Yrujo, the Spanish minister, to the Secretary of State; and in the Evening Pull of the 21st March, he will find another, from Monfieur Pichon, the French minifter, from both which official papers it appears unequivocally, and in express words, that France is now notoriously the proprietor of Louifiana," and that His Catholic Majefty is nothing more than call and the tenants or vaffals, who were called villains, were obliged to appear in arms, at the bidding of their refpective thanes or lords. At first, the thanes or lords of the manors held their lands only during the pleafure of the chieftan; and always by their death, their ef tates elcheated to him. At length, the tenure of their land was made certain for a term of years;-then during life;-and finally, it became hereditary. In procefs I HAVE the pleafure to impart to you, of time, money and land-produce were rewithout a moments delay, that by difpatch ceived by the chieftans from the lords of es which I have received from my govern. the manors, and by the thanes or lords ment, brought by a brig of war of the king from their tenants, inftead of military fermy mafter, difpatched for this purpose a. vices. As long as perfonal military fer-lone, I fee confirmed all the affurances lone, I fee confirmed all the affurances vices were required by the chieftans from which I gave you on various preceding oc the lords of the manors, as the condition cafions, when I received information of the of their land-tenure, thofe manors, after difficulties, which the citizens of the Unithe deaths of their incumbents, fell to the ted States experienced in confequence of poffeflion of fuch of their fons or other being deprived of the place of depofit on near relations, as were the most able bodithe Spanish banks of the Miffiffippi, by de ed and expert in war: but when money cree of the Intendant of New Orleans. and land-produce had become a fubititute His Catholic majefly, as juft in his refolufor military fervice; it was no longer an tions as defirous of living in the greatest indifpenfible requifite that the lords of harmony with the United States, has provi-ty can promife us that he will hereafter minors thould poffefs military talents. In ded that the depofit fhould continue at Newthe progrefs of thofe governments, the Orleans until the two governments fhall right of primogeniture was eftabiifhel. In come to an agreement about another eorder to prevent family and national feuds quivalent place; and to the end that this and civil wars, it was ordained that the royal provifion may be promptly and punc eldeft fons of the chieftans fhould fucceed tually carried into effect, the neceffary or to the dignity and authority of their de ders are communicated to the intendant and ceafed fathers; and the manors, left they to the captain general of Louisiana, of fhould be frittered away by fubdivisions, which I tranfmit you the original in order were entailed and defcended to the eldell that you may be pleafed to forward them fons of the lords. to New-Orleans. I haften to acquaint you of it with much fatisfaction, in order that you may communicate it to the President of the United This was the foundation of the monar chical and ariftocratical governments in Europe. The defcendants of the chieftans of thofe favage clans, which conquer-States, as foon as poflible; and I pray God ed Rome and the Roman provinces in Eu- to preferve your lite many years. rope, fourteen or fifteen hundred years ago, are, at this day, emperors, kings, princes of the blood, dukes &c. And the defcendants of the officers and most diftinguifhed warriors who followed thofe ferocious chieftans, conflitute the higher part of the prefent nobility. I kifs your hand. THE MARQUIS OF CASA YRUJO. REMARKS ON THE ABOVE. From the NEW-YORK EVENING FOST, OF APRIL 22. Thus the principalities, dukedoms and earldoms, in Europe, are held by the tenure of a conqueft, effected by illiterate barbarians over civilifed and polished peo- AND what is there in the above to ocple.-European princes and nobles do, cafion fuch a tumult of joy in the demohowever, poffefs the full force of that title crats of this city? One would really fupwhich ariles from very long poffeffion : pofe that the Marquis of Cafa Yrujo had and it is contrary to the common maxims not only married to the family of Gov. of jurifprudence and would feem very M Kean, but had fome how or other behard to difpoffefs a man of an eflate that come related to every good democrat in has been tranfmitted to him from a long town. Before, however, we fuffer ourline of ancestors; merely because it felves to die with rapture in " aromatic might be proved that the firft founder of pain," let us look calmly once more at this his family, fourteen hundred or fiye hun-hand-kiffing communication of the fweetdred years ago, obtained the ellate by force or by fraud. W. fcented Marquis. "His Catholic Majefly, as juft in his refolutions as defirous of living in the the guarantee to France for Louifiana, till France fhall have occupied it." We quote verbatim from thefe official papers; and now we ask any man of the democratic party to explain to us if he can, with what flow of propriety his Catholic Majef. | come to an agreement, or make a treaty with us refpecting a certain territory to which he acknowledges he has no claim, over which he can exercife no jurifdic. tion, and which he only keeps the poffef fion of as the guarantee for France, the rightful owner? Tell us Mr. L******** you, who now, forgetful of character, are fo bufily engaged in running about the city with thefe handbills, and congratulating your friends on their contents, fhew us, if you can, that this is any thing more than a fheer, downright impudent attempt to impofe upon, and to gull the people of the United States in the most grofs and fhameful manner? But admitting every word to be precifely true and correct, what is the amount of it? The place of depofit is to be restored for the prefent-and what then? Is any reparation for loffes promifed? Is the conduct of the Spanish Intendant difavowed, or himfelt cenfured in even the flightest manner? Not a fyl Table of all this. Let me put a familiar cale-I have a way in common with my next door neighbour, which is ellential to my convenience; he leaves the country and puts an agent into his houfe during his abfence, who fhuts up this way and obliges me to be at great expence in providing fome other out-let. I commence a law-fuit for reparation; he hears of it, and writes to me that he has fold the premises, and has no contróul over it, but that he has ordered the way to be opened, and will agree with me one of thefe days for its further continuance; but fays not a word of damages, nor admits that his agent has been to blame.-On this I call all my neighbors in and hold a day |