‘ there was, who had drank at the pure fountain of - tlal, 1z'ngt’z'.s/'1 -ztrenzcvz, were found to depose to this —t’;2e child new with the princess, is the child of her was pregnant in that year, or at any O.-7/1:1‘ jzcriod ’ ‘villto could have tliotlght, thatin a foreign land, the restleris fiend of persecution ‘Would lla"v'€ ~.auntedj/her E \Vho could have thouigltf, that in those tlistzttit clinics, where her dis'tt'aZ:ted brain had sought oblivion, the demoniac malice of her enemies would have followed ? ‘Who could have thought, that any human form which hid an heart, could have skulked after the mo/urner in her wan- <lerirtgs,, to note and con every unconscious ges- ture ? \‘."ho could have thought, that such a man our British law l who had seen eternal justice in her sanctuary! who had itivoked the -shades of Holt and Hardwicke, and hold high converse with those mighty spirits, whom mercy hailed in heaven as her representative on earth". Yet such a man there was, who, on the classic .-zhores of Como, even in the land of the immortal Roman, where every stone entombed a hero, and every scene was redolent of genius, forgot his name, his country and his calling, to hoard each coinable and rabble slander"! Uh sacred shades of uur departed sages lavert your eyes from this un- hallowed spectacle ; the spotless crime is ut2sulli- cd still ; the ark yet stands untainted in-the tem- ple, and should unconsccrate.-cl hands assail it. there is a lightning still, which would ~-not slum- ber! No, no, the jutlgment seatof British law is} to be soared, not cro-zt-led to; it must be sought upon an eagle-'5 pinion, and gazed at by‘ an cagle’s eye; there is a radiant purity around it, to blast the glance of g;ro':ellitiq' speculation. His labor was in vain, sire. The people of lflnglantl will not listen to Italian \\lll‘tCSst:s, nor ought they.-_ 0-or Queen has bcen, before this, twice assailed and assailed on thesame c.h':tt'ges.- Adultery, nay, pregnancy, was positively sworn to; one ofthe oruamt:_itts of our Navy, Captain Manby, and one of the most glorious heroes who ever gave a nation immortality ; a spirit of i\/Iarathon or Thermopyla: ; he who planted England's red cross on the walls of Acre, and showed Napoleon it was invincible, were the branded traitors to their sovereign's- bed ! Iinglishmen, and, greater. scan’- infernal clurge ! The royal mantlates issttcd for inquiry ; Lord l".rsl-;ine, Lord Ellenborough, a man who had (lantllcd accusations from his cradle, sat on the commission ; and what was the result? St"/my jozzml a vc7'dz'ct of /it-rjury agaizzsi /it-7*l:tz.s'c accuscrs .’ The very child for whose parentage she might have shed her sacred blood, '.v:'.s proved beyond all possible denial, to have been but the adoption of her charity. ‘ \‘.’e are lmppy to (le- clarc to your tnujcsty our perfccl conviction, that there is no f7;)ttttt.l'.ttiort whatever for l)‘:ilt:\ irsg, (I quote the very v.'ortls of the commissioners,) that royal highncss, or that she was (l"..IlI\L‘.'t'k(l of any child in the year 1802; nor has anything appear- ed to us, vthich would warrant the bclicf that‘ she ‘::z':I2in t/xc ca27.',f1as.s Q/' our inquiries.’ Yet people of rank and station, moving in the highest society in England, adinitted even to the sovereig-n’s court, actually voltznteered their sworn attestation of this ’fc.lschoodl ‘Twenty ycars rolled over her since. and yet the same foul cl1at'ge of adultery. ".sustained‘not as before by the plausible fabrica- tions of ILnglis‘.tmen,' but bolstered by the habitu- al invention of ‘Italians, is sought to be ailixed to the evening of her life, in the face of a generous and loyal people I A kind of sacramental .s~/ii/i-load -——a packed and assorted cargo of human aflida- xits has been consigned, it seems, from Italy to 'vVcstminster ; thirty-three thousand pounds of the peoplc’s money paid the pedlar who selected the articles ; and with this infected freight, which should have performed quarantine before it vom- ited its moral fu~st1.’e7zc.': amongst us, the Queen of Iingland is sought to be attainted ! It cannot be. sire‘; we have given much, very much intleetl, to foreigners, but we will not concede to them the hard eaI‘ltCd principles of ljriti.-ili justice. It is not to be endured, that two acquittals should be followed by a tf"rd experiment : that when the Iinglisli tcstament has failed, an I.’alz'a/2 nzz's.raZ'.v 1»-.-is-‘.~ shall be res trail to; that when people ofchar- acter here ltavc been di:‘.ct'ctlited, others should be recruited who have no character any where; but above all it isintolerablc, that a dcfenceless wo- man should pass her life in endless persecution, with one trial in swift succession following anoth- er, in the hope, perhaps, that her noble heart which has defied all proof, should perish in the torture of eternal accusation. Send back, then, to Italy, those alien adventurers’: the land of their birth, and the habits of their lives, alike unfit tht-.m for an English court of justice. There is no spark of freedom—-no grace of religion-—no sense of morals in their tl-cg-ct~.erate soil. Ellcminate in manners; sensual from their cradles; crafty, ve- nal, and Olf1ClO‘!'~35 naturalized to crime; outcasts of credulity_; they havelseen from their infancy their court a bagnio ; their very churches scenes of daily assassination I their faith is_form; their marriage ceremony a mere mask for the incestu- ous iutercr..~urse; gold is the God before which they prosi..:,:te every impulse of their nature.-- ‘A auri sac:‘.. fames! ‘quid non mortalia pectora cogis!’ the once indignant exclamation of their antiquity, has beconis: the maxim of their mod- ern practice. ./‘fa nfcc extrenzcs a true Italian knows : 1$’ut,l2z'tl him go to 1.-’c1l--to hell he goes. Away with them any where front us; they cannot live in England ; they will die in the puri- ty ofits moral h.:misph-:.re. . Meanwhile, during this accursed scrutiny, even while the lerral blood-‘hounds were on the scent,the last dear stay which bound her to the world part- ed, I/Ic-P-rz'ncc.s-.3 C‘/zarlolze (lied .’ I will not ltarrow up a fatl1et"s feclin;.;s, by dwelling on the painful recollection. The poet says, that even gt-ieflinds comfort in society, and England wept with you. But, oh, God! what must have been that.hap- less mother’s miscry,when first the dismal tidings came upon her l—'l‘he darling child over u hose cradle she had shed so many tears, whose light- est look was treasured in ha r memory ; who mid the world’s frown still smiled upon her; the fair and lovely flower, which when her orb was quen- ched in tears, lost not its filial its divine fidelity 1 It was blighted in its blossom ; its verdant stem ‘was WllllCl‘c(l! and in a foreign land she heat-d,it, and alcmc—--no, no, not quite alone. The Myr- Inydons of British hate were around. her, and when her heart’s salt tears were blinding her, a German nobleman was /zluizdcring her lctters.—- Bethink you, sire, if that fair paragon of dangli- ers liycd, would Engl-and’s heart be wrong with tl1is_i,nquiry?~(),h. . she would havetorn the dia- monds from her "brow, and dashed each royal mockery to the earth, and rushed before the peo- ple, not in a Monatch’s, but in mlturc’8 innjcstg/— a child appealing for her persecuted mother ! and God would bless the sight, and man would hallow it, and every little infant in the land who felta ,mothcr’s‘ warm tear upon her check, would turn by instinct to that sacred summons. Your daugh- ter, in her shroud. is yet alive, sire—her spirit is amongst us-it rose untombed when her poor mother landed-—it walks amid the people—-it has left the angels to protect a parent. The theme is sacred,and I will not sully it! I will not recapitulate the griefs, and, worse than griefs, the little, pitiful, deliberate insults which are burning‘ on every tongue in England. Every hope blighted—every friend tliscountenanced—— her kind.-ed in their g-rave——-her declared inno- cence made the herald to a more cruel accusation -—-her two trials followed by a third, :1 third on the same charges--her‘ royal character insinuated a- way by LJ"Cl'fni1Il/1'Z.C/\'-['JCK'-S‘ and Italian conspira- tors—her divorce sought by an e.~:traot*dinary pro- ccdure, upon grounds untenable before any usual lay or ecclesiastical tribunal-'-her name meanly e- rased from the Litut‘gy—hei' natural rights as a mother (list‘egat‘(lpd, and her civil rights as a! Queen sought to lie cxterminatcd! and all this-— all, because slit: dared to touch the sacred soil of liberty l because she did not banish herself, an im- plied adulteress ! because she would not be bribed _into an abandonment of herselfaud ofthe gene- rous country over which she has been called to rt-.ign,and to which her heart is bound by the most tender ties, and the most indelible obligations.- Ycs, she might have lived wherever she selected, in all the magnificence which boundless bribery could procure for her, offered her by those who affect such tenderness for your royal character, and such devotion to the honor of your royal bed. If they thought her guilty, as they allege, this daring offs r was a double treason—-treas-in to your Mttjcssty, whose honor they compromised—treason to the people, whose money they thus prostitu- led. But she spurned lllc infamous tentptaliun, and she was right. She was right to front her insatiable accusers ; even were she guilty, tt.;n;t- was there victim with such crying palliations, but all innocent. as in my conscience I believe her to be, not perhztps of the levities contingent on ll-.'l' bit-tli._ and which shall not be converted into CO!lSlI'llCll\'L’ crime, but of the cruel cItar_t;c of a. lit‘-lief)’. timv for the Zlllitl timc presented agaiiist her. She was right, btzreftof the court, which was her natural resitletice, and all buoyant with innocence as she felt, bravely to fling herself up- on the wave of the pcoplc—that people will pro- tect l'.er——l}ritaiu’s red crossis her fzztg-,atid Bruns- wicl;’:s spirit is her pilot-—May the Almighty send the Iloyal vessel triumphant into harbor l _tSire, I am almost done: I have touched but slightly on your Queen’s misfortunes--1 have coutrttctcd the volume of her miseries to a page, and if upon that page one word offend you, im- pute it to my zcal,not my intention. Accustom. ed all my life to speak the simple truth, I offer it uith fearless honesty to my Sovereign. You are in a diflicclt--it may be in a tnost perilous emer- gency. Banish front your court the sycophants vv ho abuse you; surrountl your palace with ap- proving multitudes, not with armed mercenaries. Other crowns may be bestowed by despots and entrenched by cannon ; but '1'/zc t/zrone we /zorzor is I/1c /zco/zlt.-’s choice. Its safest bulwark is the popular heart, and its brigltlest ornament domestic virtue. For_:-get not also, there is a throne which is above even the throne of England-—wltct'e ilatterers cannot come ——where kin;-;s are sccptreless. The vows you made are written in lanyguagc brighter than the sun, and in the course of nature, you must soon confront them ; prepare the way by cffacing now, each seemingg, slight, and fancied injury; and when you answer the last awful trumpet, be your answer this :-—- Gan’, I_/"orgave, I /wjzc to be for- g'i‘ocIz.’ - ilut, ifagaiust all policy, and all humanity, and all religion, you should hearl-;en to the counsels which further countenance this unmanly persecu- tion, then must l bt;‘::):".1l not to you, but to your parliament. I appeal to the sacrrd/irclacy q/'1:'ng- land, whether the holy’ vows which their high church 21CllIll|llSl€l‘t.tl have been kept towards this illustrious lady—-whether the hand ofman should have erased her front that page, with which it is worse than blasphemy in man to interfcrc--wheth- er, as heaven’s \‘ice_t;erents, they will not abjutc the sordid passions of the earth, imitate the inspi- red humanity ofthe Saviour, and, like Ilim, pro- tect a persecuted creature from the insatiate fangs of ruthless, bloody, and untiring accusation l I appeal to the /zcrctlitary /zcerage of tire realm, whether they will aid this levelling denunciation of their Queen—whether they will exhibit the unseemly spectacle of illustrious rank and royal lineage degraded for the crime of claiming its in- hcritance—whether they willhold a sort of civil crimination, where the accused is entitled to the mercy qf an z'nz/z(‘ac/mzcnt ,- or whether they will say uith their immortal ancestors, ‘ VVe will not tamper with the laws of England.’ I appeal to the er-nzincd, iIzd(.'/lc’7za'(,’7ll' judges, whether-lifc is to be made a perpetual indictment ——whether two acquit-als should not discounte- nance athird experiment——whetherifany subject suitor came to their tribunal thus circumstanced, claiming either devorce or compensation, they would grant his suit ; and I invoke from them, by the eternal majesty of British justice, the same measure for the peasant and the prince! I appeal to the Camjmons in f’arliamcnt assem- bled, rcpresenting the fathers and the husbands of the nation—-I beseech them by the outraged morals of the land! by the overshadowed digni- ty of the throne! by the holiest and tenderest forms of religion 3 by the honor of the army,the sanctity of the church, the safety of the state, and the character ofthe country 1 by the solemn vir- tucs which consecrate their hearths! by those fond endearments ofnature and of habit which at- tach them to their cherished wives and families! I implore their tears their protection and their pity upon the married widow, and the childless moth- To those high pgwers and authorities I appeal“ with the firmest confidence in their honor, integ- rity and wisdom. May their conduct justify my faith, and raise no blush on the check of ourpos- tC1'ity- Your Majesty’s' most faithful subject, CHARLES Pt-ixt.Lt’rs. ? ‘lg .24. Y LEGISLATURE oi?‘ NEW-YORK. ' Both branches of the Legislature convened al Albany on the 8th inst. In the House, 121 mem- bers were present. Pezrr Sitar/ic, Esq. of the city of'New-York, was elected Speaker by a ma- jority of 1'7, over John C. Spencer, (Clintonian ;) and Derick L. Vanderhcyden was chosen Clerk. The following are extracts from Gov. Clinton’s Speech’:-— , . ‘On the recurrence of an election of President and Vice President of the Unjfid States, ‘the an- nual meeting of the L_egislattii‘e is.transfert'ed . from its usual period to this time, in consequence of the choice of‘ electors by that body : and not- withstanding an adjourned session has been con- sidered expedient after the transaction of extra- ot‘(liuat'y,businc5s, yet it has been usual for "the executive to make his communication at the first meeti‘ng—-and as this measure is recommended by its salutary tendency, and will enable the-Le- gislature in-its recess to bestow deliberate atten- tion on the subjects recommended to their con- sideration, and to consult the sense, and under- stand the"vie.ws of their constituents, I shall not hesitate to comply with the customary rule on this'occasion. ln adverting to the object of this anticipated ‘meeting, it will readily occur to you, how much better calculatetl it would be topromote economy, and to preserve the purity of republican govern- ment, and how much more consonant with the representative principle, if the choice of electors were brought nearer home to the people. In- deed, it must be considered a striking imperfect- ion in the national constitution, that no uniform rule has been prescribed on this subject. In some states, electors are chosen by the people by dis- tricts; in others by a general ticket ; and in a few by the legislature: the last mode is certainly the most objectionable. A body not numerous, and selected for several months previous to the period of action, is exposed to the operation of intrigue, and is not so safe a depository of this great trust, as to the community at large. In some cases a minority of the people may choose a majority of the le;:islature. The election of that body in time of public tranquility may be made without refe:'e::«:e to this object, and there is such a con- siderable intervening time before the choice of electors, that a full and fair expression of the pub- lic sentiment may not take place, or may be de- feated. The people are certaiulylcss liable to improper influence than any other body of men, and in their purity, discernment, and public spirit, we may rely for the stability and permanenct: of our republican institutions. , [Hcre the Governor suggests the expediency of providing in future for a choice by the people, of el:'ct0t's by a general ticket, until an ttniform rule by districts is constitutionally established] ‘ In the course of your proceedings. you will also be called upon. to elect a Senator of the Uni- ted States. The position ofour riational concerns will undoubtedly demand the utmost circumspec- tion, as well on this subject, as on the more im- mediate object of your meeting. In order to meet the deficieuces of the national revenue, great re- trenchments must be made in our expenditures, and wise plans of finance must be adopted. Our resources may be cherished, and the evils of hea- vy taxation or increasing debt, may be averted by the abolition of useless ofiices, by the diminu- tion of expensive establishments, and by the culti- vation of that economy which is most congenial with the simplicity of republican government, and which is required by the great pressure on the nation ; keeping, however, always steadily in view the public defence, and the general safety. In order to resusitate the prosperity of the com- munity, it is also necessary to cherish the inter- ests of productive industry, and to promote the internal improvement of the country. ~ It is to be regretted that the collision which took place at the last session of Congress, relative to the prohibition of slavery in new states, should have been attended with so much irritation, and that it should be considered an attack on the local authorities, and an attempt to violate the ri_t;hts of property. In states where slavery has been established by law, it is not in the power of the na- tional government to interfere; and all regula- tions on this subject must proceed from the local governments; but in the admission of new states into the union, it is the ditty of Congress to pro- tect the great obligations of morality, to enforce the principles of the American revolution, and to consult the paramount and permanent interests of the Empire. Asa member of theAmerican confederac_v, it is not only our duty, but our interest, to sustain the respectability, and to promote the authority of the national government, by a patriotic and enlighten- ed cxcrcise of our suffrages, and by contributing all our energies to establish a wise and public spirited administration ; but in attending to meas- ures so important, we ought not to overlook the duties which we owe to ourselves. Our govern- ment is complex in its organization, and it is es- sentially necessary to preserve the state govern- ments in their purity and energy. A free gov- ernment could never exist in a country so exten- -sive as the Uni_ted States, without a judicious combination ofthe federal and representative prin- ciples. The apprehensions which sotne of our wispst statesmen entertained at the formation of theconstitution, that the state governments would ‘constantly encroach on the powers of the national government, appear not to have been realized.—- The practical tendency has been in the opposite direction. The power of the general administra- tion has increased with" the extension of its pat- ronage. And ifthe officers under its appointment shall see fit, as an organized and disciplined corps, to interfere in the state elections, I trust that there will be found a becoming disposition, in the peo- ple, to resist these alarming attempts upon the purity and independence of their local govern- ments: for whenever the pillars which support the edifice of the general government are under- -mined and prostrated, the whole fabric of national freedom and prosperity will be crushed in ruin- I have considered it my solemn duty to protest against these unwarrantable intrusions of extrane- ous influence, and I hope that the national legis- ture will not be regardless of its duty on this oc- casion. If the ingenuity of man had been exercised to organize the appointing powe1' in such at way as to produce continual intrigue and commotion in the state, none could have been devised with more ‘efl'ect than the present arrangement. \Ve have stgcnits 'pernici_ot'1s iilfiuence in the cohstant coina- motions which agitate us; and we can never ex- peCt_'lhat the dommunity will be tranquil, "or that the state will maintain its due weight in the con- fcderacy, until a radicalremedy is applied». ‘ Un. der this impression, I have heretofore proposed calling of a convention. The ccnstitution:con- tains no provision for its amendment. In 1801, the legislature submitted two specific points to a convention of delegates chosen by the people, which met and agreed to certain amendments. Attempts have been made at various times to fol- low up this precedent, which have been unsuc- cessful, not only on account of collision of opinion about the general policy ofthe measure, but also respecting the objects to be proposed to the con- vention. These diiiiculties may be probably Sui‘. mounted, either by submitting the subject of a. mendments generally to a convention, and there- by avoiding controversy about the purposcs for which it is called ; or by submitting the question to the people in the first instance, to determine whether one ought to be convened; and in either case, to provide for the ratification by the people in their primary assemblies, of the proceedings ofthe convention. “ ' It affords me the highest satisfaction to renew my congratulations on the successful progress of our inter nal improvements. Upwards offifty-one miles ofthe canal between the Gennesee river and Montezuma, including fifteen locks, are under contract, and the whole distance of sixty miles and a quarter, with two additional locks can be easily completed by the first of September next. The contracts made during the lastseason, were on better terms for the state than those on the middle section ; and during the present year, they are from thirty to forty per cent lower, including’ the mason work. Thirty miles of the section cast from Utica, are also under contract, inclu- ding 12 locks, and will be completed the next season. - ‘ In the progress ofthese operations, rocks have been cxcavattd attl‘-.e l.i:tle Falls in 70 or 80' (lays, which it was originally siipposed would have ta- ken me years. The improvements in the Il'~.-'l- son river, and by canals, to the distance of miles south from Port Edward, -will be effectctl the next season ; and it is hoped that the remaiu- iug ten miles to W'atet'ford, which will finish the wholc operation of. the inlantl navigation ofthe mirth, can also be accomplished within that time. There‘ will then remain abuu! 100 miles on the western, and about 68 on the eastern section, in order‘ to realize our W hole systemof internal nav- igation. The limitation of the annual expendi- ture has had a tendency to procrastinate the coni- pletion of this great work; and under a full per- suasion that the whole cannof only be accomplish- ed, but well accomplished, in 3 years at the ut- most, from the present period, I earnestly recom- mend the adoption of plenary and effectual meas- ures for this purpose. The advantages to be gained by this course will be great and striking. The faculties of this state are fully adequate to the operation, and all controversy about the order of completion will be avoided. The civilized world is now in a state ofpéacc, but the symptoms of great and extensive convulsions begin -to ap- pear in ljurope, and if wars shall unfortunately" alilict that portion of the globe, we will perhap-.'-l be compelled to assume a defensive attitude 2.- gainst agression on the rights of neutrality, which may finally plunge tis into hostilities. Now that we are free from great national calamities, and the prices of money, oflabottr, and of commodi- ties, are uncommonly low, we Ought to avail out'- selves ofthe favorable opportunity. The increas- ed accommotlation and easy communication wi_ll immediately create a vast inland trade; and we ottlysuppose that 100,000 tons are annually transportt-cl on tlic v~c:steru canal, the revenue,.at: the rate of live do-llztrs a ton for the whole dis- t:.nt:e, will dtfsay all the ezxpences of l't:pal,l:S and .$Up6llfll(f‘llElLtllCL‘, and cxtingtiisli in a short time the whole debt.—-A "step of so decided and ener- getic a clt:ar-acter, will also encourage the patriot- ic state of Ohio, to pursue its noble attempt to at- nite the we lt:l'S_Of lake Erie and the Ohio river. And surely there can be no hesitation in devotin_e; the resources of the state to the spec-tly and ef- fectual accomplishment ofa measure, which, in the language of the act ofl8l7,‘ will pt‘omote ug- riculture, manufactures and commerce ; mitigate the calamities of war, enhance the blessings of peace, consolidate the union, advance the pros- perity, and elevate the character of the United States.’ It may be proper on this occasion to call your attention to the expediency of lowering the rate ofintercst on money. I In 6000 common schools, organized under the act for their establishment, 300,000 children are taught, and l00,000 dollars are annually appropri- ated to the compensation of the teachers. I am informed by the useful and able ofiicer who pre- sides over this department, that thenumber of pupils at present taught in our schools is equal to nine tenths of the whole number of children be- tween the ages of live and fifteen years, and ap- proxim.-ates to one fourth ofour whole population. There are probably twenty schools in this state conducted on the Lancastetian S)'Sl.l:l‘n,—6.\‘ClllSl\C- ly, and several others which follow it partially, but not so far as to assume a distinctive charac- ter. In 30 of the 40 incorporated academies, there were the last year 2,218 students, of n hich 580 were engaged in learning Latin and Creek. The fund appropriated for the benefit of these institu- tions is about $320,000. . In Columbia, Union and Hamilton Colleges, thcre'are 522 students, and in two Meclical Col- leges, 196. The grants to these establishments amount to upwards of $720,000; and perhaps the whole appropriation for the promotion of'ed- ucation, may be estimated at two millions and it halfof dollars. Although this sum may appear highly liberal’, yet when we look at the resources, population and extent of the state, and consider that knowledge is essential to the happiness and dignity of man—-to the existence of republican government, and to national power and glory, we must feel persuaded that mot e munificent dispen- sations ought to be afforded for its encouragement and diffusion." . ‘ - - Acnaxv, Nov. 9.- Both branches of the Legislature this day made choice ofelectors ofPresident and V‘ice-President of the United States. 21 persons were elected,
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