20 Exports of the United States FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1812. SIR-I have the honor to transmit a statement of the exports of A summary of the value of exporta from each state. the United States, duang the year ending the 30th September, New-Hampshire And in articles of foreign do. and do. to WHICH ARTICLES APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN EXPORTED TO Pennsylvania THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES, VIZ. To the dominions of Spain and Portugal, 2,700,000 1,657,00€ 1,514,00 3,080,00 507 0 1,355,000 allies;-who vindicate the impressment of our seamen, and justify the wanton cruelties inflicted on that worthy class of citizens;-who behold, with apathy the insults offered to our flag, the violation of our commercial rights, and who arrogantly exclaim, amidst these complicated enormities, that "Britain does us no essential injury"-while they palliate her piratical outrages, they attempt to pa ralize the energies of the American navy in repelling the injuries. It is impossible that the good sense of the real friends of our country should accede to sentiments so derogatory, or respond to concessions so humiliating and ignominious. As an evidence to confound these fallacious fede ralists and to silence their clamors against southern influence, we are induced more particularly, to congratulate you on your recent election. In this instance, we find that our southern brethren have, with the most patriotic megnanimity, united in choosing a vice-president from the northward, there486,000 by showing, that if any circumstance should take place, whereby the presidency was vacated, they will submit their political destinies to a citizen of Massachusetts. This one circumstance must forever confound those disturbers of the general harmony, who wish to excite a jealousy between the respective states. 130,032,000 At a meeting of the republican members of the Senate In recapitulating these favorable evidences of and House of Representatives and other citizens, the southern cordiality, we are happy to find they have following Address was unanimously voted to be pre-selected a character so fully comprising the essensented to ELBRIDGE GERRY, vice-president elect of tial qualities of a republican, and so adequate to all the United States. Benjamin Austin, Seth Sprague the purposes of maintaining the great principles of and John Holmes, esquires, were appointed a com- our revolution in their original purity. mittee in behalf of the convention to deliver it. We wish you, respected sir, every happiness, BOSTON, February 16th, 1813. both political and domestic; and you may be asRESPECTED SIR,—It is with the highest pleasure, sured that you commence the important duties of that the republican members of the legislature, and vice-president of the United States, with the most ⚫ther citizens of this commonwealth, embrace an sincere congratulations of your republican friends opportunity to congratulate you on your election to in Massachusetts. They rely on your patriotism, the high office of vice-president of the United States. and trust that the same spirit which carried the At this interesting period we are happy to find that people of America through the arduous conflict of so large a majority of the citizens have united in the the revolution, will animate you to vindicate those choice of a character, whose revolutionary services national rights anticipated by our independence.have long endeared him to every friend to his coun- We trust in Heaven, that the enemies of our country try. The uniformity of those principles which led will not prevail, while the arm of GERRY is uplifted to the establishment of our sovereignty and indeto oppose them. pendence, being so unequivocably maintained in With sentiments of the highest respect, we subevery situation in which you have been placed, scribe ourselves, in behalf of the convention, your cannot but inspire a confidence in the republicans, sincere and undeviating friends. BENJAMIN AUSTIN, that our national honor (under the wisdom of your councils) will be preserved against the artifices of foreign and domestic foes. While exercising the office of chief magistrate of this commonwealth, we AIR. GERRY'S REPLY. thank you for the open avowal of your attachment GENTLEMEN-The honor which "the republican to the national and state constitutions, and more members of the legislature, and other citizens of particularly for reprobating the conduct of those, this commonwealth," have been pleased to pre whose inconsiderate resolutions had a direct ten-sent by their cougratulatory address; by their fa dency to dissolve the compact on which our glory [vorable and friendly views of my official conduct in and prosperity are founded. We are sensible, that various stations; and by their generous anticipa it was proper at that time to designate, by the most tions, in regard to the dignified place which is HOW explicit declaration, certain individuals, who impe-assigned me; is a high reward for the past, and a riously claim to themselves the exclusive appellation powerful incentive to future efforts, for the faithful of federalists and friends of peace. But at this en-discharge of my duties to the public. lightened age, the citizens of this commonwealth The distinguished honor of the suffrages for the are not deceived by words, nor imposed on by vice-presidency of the United States, conferred on names. We cannot be so lost to every improprie-me by the magnanimous and powerful Atlantic states ty of language as to admit, that those persons are from Pennsylvania to Georgia inclusively, and by cither friends to the peace or honor of their country all the brave and patriotic western states, will he who attempt to rouse the passions of the people to ever held in the highest estimation, and will pro rebellion-who draw geographical lines of hostile duce on my part, every effort to confirm them in divisions between the northern and southern dis-their confidence. The gratification is complete, by tricts; who endeavor to alienate the endearing tie the re-election of president Madison, whose great of sister states, and instil the degrading idea that and meritorious services, and particularly those their embraces are more to be dreaded than the im-which relate to Great Britain, will render his name positions of Britain, or the ravages of their Indian inmortal. The names also of the members of that 2 gh-minded and celebrated congress who supported, on terms of perfect reciprocity; for the want of this To merit the general approbation of my fellow-them an early opportunity to renew its atrocitics? "You are aware (says he) that by various abuses vernment, tending to a civil war, or of discharging though the lapse of time, and the changes which with fidelity the allegiance due to that government, have taken place, in different parts of our system, a moment's hesitation in adopting the latter would the crown has become possessed of vast funds; have been a crime, which no motive could have raised without the interposition of parliament, and prompted me to commit; not even that of an ar- spent without its control. These arise from different sources, but the branch most considerable in dent attachment to my native state. The revolutionary principles to which your ad-amount, and most mischievous in its origin, as well dress alludes, and which led to the establishment of as its abuses, goes commonly by the name of "Droits It is composed chiefly of the proour independence, were truly republican. They of Admiralty." were sanctioned not only by the most eminent jurists ceeds of the sale of prizes, taken from foreign naand statesmen of our country, but by the most emi- tions, before an open declaration of war-and in the nent writers of other nations. And when those prin course of this war and the last, it has amounted to ciples were reprobated, with a view to bring them about eight millions sterling," (above thirty-seven into contempt, the firm adherence of the republicans millions of dollars.) "In making these captures our to their systems, precluded innovations which seamen risk their lives; but the prizes go not to would have produced divisions and dissentions, enrich them, and a large part has always been rewhich would probably have terminated in a civil served to pay for secret services, which will not bear the light-and to squander away on favorites conflict. The internal ostensible friends, but real foes of or bestow on the branches of the royal family. Bun the people, afflicted our venerable ancestors, when attend, I pray you, to the means by which this fund they first exhibited in this then dreary wilderness, is acquired, and see the inducements which it af their invincible attachment to civil and religious li-fords to your rulers to plunge you into wars, for berty from that period similarly nefarious prac- their own separate gain, and to make these wars in tices have been continued, and unless prevented by the way most hurtful to the honor as well as interest an effectual corrective, will extended to the latest of the empire. All the prizes taken before the war But the Omnipotent Arbiter of human is openly declared, go into this odious fund. As posterity. events, has been pleased hitherto to inspire with long then as it is continued on its present footing, wisdom, patriotism, and fortitude American free-it is the direct interest of the crown to take allied or men, in whose estimation a life of rational freedom friendly nations by surprise, to make war on them is of more worth than an eternity of degradation and without notice, and to seize the property of their slavery, to preserve inviolate their sacred rights, peaceable subjects on the seas, or in our ports, while and to deliver them unimpaired to their virtuous confiding to the appearance of peace, or entrusted. to our honor. Am I wrong then, in calling it the offspring. To whom are we indebted for the political divi-wages of national iniquity?-the price which we sion of our citizens; for the embarrassments which take for the loss of our character and honor in the it has produced; for their unnatural antipathies world?" Here is uncontrovertible testimony, of one amongst against each other; and for the dangers to which we have been thus exposed? Has not the British admi- many of the unjustifiable, disgraceful and outragenistration been the source of these evils; the origin ous practices of the British administration, by which and prop of our foreign and domestic foes? Is it not our merchants and citizens have been robbed in time as inimical to the liberty of Great Britain, as to of peace of their property, to be squandered on the that of the United States? Has it not destroyed royal family and its favorites, and for secret services their harmony with her, and rendered indispensable which will not bear the light. And after this most a war, which our government had long studiously important exposure, can any citizen of the United endeavored, but in vain, to prevent? Has it not used States, unless indeed he is on the establishment of the every mean in its power, to bring that government "Droits of Admiralty," or robber's fund, be opposed into contempt, and to overthrow it? Has it not, when to a war, for preventing in future such criminal in peace with us, been guilty of a horrid plot, for conduct, as has been stated, on the part of the Briexciting our citizens to a secession from the union; tisht administration; or wish for a peace, on terms and as the inevitable consequence, for involving us that shall again expose our citizens to such outin a civil war? And does it not now with unparal- rages?-Does not this discovery explain the reasons leled effrontery demand of us, by the agency of those for the late equivocal revocation of the British orcitizens whom Great Britain claims "as her friends,"ders in council, of which that administration has so an answer to their enquiry, of what is the object of much boasted; a measure, for its subtilty and dethe war-We will answer the question-The ob-ception, as objectionable, if not more so, than was, ject of the war is to put an end to the British depre- that according to their views of it, of the emperor dations on our commerce,to her infringements of our Napoleon, in regard to the revocation of the Berlin commercial rights, by her arbitrary orders in coun- and Milan decrees?-Does it not account for the incil and blockades, and to place our future relations consistency of the judicial decisions of the British with her on such a foundation, as shall insure peace, courts of admiralty, at one fire sanctioning qud at · another condemning the same branch of our com- enlarging on their parole (on the same conditions merce-Does it not evince the impossibility of a you have acceded to with respect to myself) all the permanent peace with Great Britain, until she is officers of the Java still on board your ship-a favor convinced that such wrongs will never again be en-I shall never cease duly to appreciate by your acdured by the United States, and is willing to pre-quiescence thereto. (Signed) T. HISLOP. vent them by a system of reciprocity Will not I have the honor to subscribe myself, dear sir such a system be requisite, to secure to her as well your much obliged and very obedient servant, as to our own nation, the sole right of employing their seamen, respectively; and to prevent in future Commodore Bainbridge, that capital crime denounced by the law of nations, and denominated "MAN-STEALING?” ANSWER OF COMMODORE BAINBRIDGE. United States' frigate Constitution, Our infant navy demands a particular attention. St. Salvador, 3d January, 1813 Behold our young Hercules floating on the ocean in DEAR SIR-I have received your letter of this date, his cradle, arresting the great Leviathan, and threatconveying sentiments of your feelings for my treat. ening the monster with destruction. View the maritime pride and glory of our nation, the brave and ment towards you since the fate of war placed you patriotic Rodgers, Hull, Jones, Decatur, Bainbridge been pleased to use, are justly appreciated by me, in my power. The kind expressions which you have and all the other officers, the seamen and marines of and far overbalance those common civilities shewn our navy. Observe their superior skill in naval tactics, and their invincible bravery, and then deter-by me, and which are always due to prisoners, I mine, whether Neptune, disgusted at the conduct of regret that the lumbered state of my ship prevent ed me from making you as comfortable on board as his former favorite, has not promised his trident to I Columbia, with the fullest assurance that she will sincerely wished to have done. I have complied never disgrace it by injustice, but will hold it with with your last request, respecting paroling all the officers of the Java. In doing so, your desire, in addition to my disposition to ameliorate as much as possible the situation of those officers, considerably influenced me. sions between herself and the southern states;Permit me to tender you (notwithstanding our reof Massachusetts, that abounds with ships and seamen, both of which have had a large share in the spective countries are at war) assurances of sincere benefits of carrying to market, the surplus produce shall feel at all times highly gratified in hearing of esteem and high respect, and to assure you that ! of her sister states. What would be the consequence or from you. With fervent wishes for the recovery of her separation from the union? The irreparable of the gallant captain Lambert, undiminished honor. It is a subject of deep regret and surprise, that any citizens of Massachusetts should foment divi loss of that inestimable carrying trade. A loss on I have the honor to subscribe myself, very respect her part, which the southern states, by new arrange fully, &c. ments, would convert into great gain to themselves. Does not the pernicious tendency of such conduct (Signed) WM. BAINBRIDGE. demonstrate the folly of it, and point to foreign in-Lieut. Gen. Hislop, of the British Army. fluence as the probable cause of it? GEN. HISLOP TO COM. BAINBRIDGE. St Salvador, 4th January, 1813. DEAR SIR-Allow me once more to express my Permit me, gentlemen, to repeat the grateful feelings excited in my mind, by the distinguished testimony of approbation and regard which you have sincerest acknowledgments for this last instance of dow presented, and which, proceeding from cha- your kind attention to my wishes, by having comracters that command my high veneration and re-plied with my request in behalf of the officers of spect, cannot be duly appreciated-to thank you the Java. Lieutenant Chads delivered to me your cordially for your very friendly and polite conduct very polite and obliging letter, and be assured that on the occasion, to tender you my sincere esteem I shall feel no less gratification at all times to hear and best wishes for your health and happiness, and of and from you, than that which you are so good to assure you that I remain respectfully your un-as to express you will derive in receiving information feigned friend, E. GERRY. respecting myself. Hon, BENJ. AUSTIN, Committee of the legis publicans of Mass. Heroism and Magnanimity. Copies of letters from lieutenant general Hislop to commodore Bainbridge, and his answers. GEN. HISLOP TO COM, BAINBRIDGE. May I request now that you will be so good, as to cause to be looked for a small chest, containing articles of plate, more valuable to me on account of having been presented to me by the colony of Demarara, where I commanded for several years. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) Commodore Bainbridge. T. HISLOP. Lieutenant Chads presents his compliments to commodore Bainbridge, and is extremely sorry to inform him, captain Lambert died a short time since. St. Salvador, Monday, 11 o'clock. COM. BAINBRIDGE TO LIEUT. CHADS. St. Salvador, January 3, 1813. DEAR SIR-I am justly penetrated with the fullest sense of your very handsome and kind treatment, ever since the fate of war placed me in your power, and I beg once more to renew to you my sincerest acJanuary 4, 1813. knowledgments for the same. Commodore Bainbridge has learnt with real sorrow Your acquiescence with my request in granting the death of captain Lambert, Though a political me my parole, with the officers of my staff, added enemy, he could not but greatly respect him for the to the obligation I had previously experienced, claims brave defence he made with his ship: and com. B. from me this additional tribute of my thanks. May takes this occasion to observe in justice to lieut. I now finally flatter myself, that in the further ex-Chads, who fought the Java after captain L. was tension of your generous and humane feelings, in wounded, that he did every thing for the defence of the alleviations of the misfortunes of war, that you that ship, which a brave and skilful officer could do, will have the goodness to fulfil the only wish and re-and that further resistance would have been a wallquest I am now most anxious to see completed, bylton effusion of human blood. COM. BAINBRIDGE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. due to an infraction of neutrality reciprocally stipu lated. (Signed) Dios guarde vous, Bahia, 22d December, 1812. MR. HILL'S REPLY. Consulate of the U. S. of America. SIR-I have the honor of enclosing to you a copy of the correspondence which passed between Henry Hill, esquire, consul for the United States at Si. Salvador and myself, as well as copies of the communication which the governor of St. Salvador made to Mr. Hill in complaint against the squadron under St. Salvador, 22d December, 1812. my command. Having the whole of the correspon- Six-In acknowleding the receipt of the letter dence before you, you will be enabled to form an which I had the honor yesterday evening to receive accurate opinion on the subject, and in doing so, I from your excellency, I can but express my surprise feel confident that you will see no cause of censure that there should exist the least cause of alarm or in the conduct of my squadron thus complained of inquietude, except on the part of the British merI am conscious that I felt, and hope I shall ever feel chants in this city, in consequence of the supposi the greatest disposition to respect the rights of neu-tion or fact of an American squadron in these seas, trals; yet at the same time, I trust we shall exact or from the appearance in and off this port of the U. our rights as a belligerent when acting in that cha- States ship of war Hornet, and more particularly racter; for as a neutral nation we had no rights that the approach of this ship to the mouth of the left us. I have the honor, sir, to be with the greatest respect, your obedient servant, WM. BAINBRIDGE. Hon. Secretary of the Novy, Washington. MR. HILL TO COMMODORE BAINBRIDGE. Consulate of the U. States of America, St. Salvador, 23d Dec. 1813. harbor yesterday afternoon, with her colors flying (being already known as a national ship of the United States) should be called by your excellency a hostile act, or construed into a breach of the neutrality of this port, especially when the object of this ship must be well understood, from the circumstance of a British sloop of war of equal or superior force lying sheltered within the harbor. Had any aggression have been committed by the Hornet or any other vesDEAR SIR-I have the honor to enclose herewith a sel of the United States, on the Portuguese com.-" translation of a letter just received from his excel-merce, or any insult to the sovereignty or real violency the governor of this city and province, with lation of the declared neutrality of this country have my answer thereto, by which you will perceive the been offered, it certainly would be a matter of expretended fears of his excellency regarding your treme regret, and have afforded just cause of insquadron, and the interpretation he puts upon the dignation and alarm, since hitherto the most perfect act of the Hornet in appearing off this port yester-peace, harmony and good understanding has existed day evening. It may be well to avoid as much as between the two countries, and I am happy to have possible any motive for exciting the fears of these it in my power to assure your excellency, that whilst people, or for mortifying their pride, so intimately the United States will expect the free enjoyment of connected with the English interests and honor, their belligerent rights in the neutral territory of the whilst at the same time I have no idea that on this dominions of Portugal, on their part her neutrality or any other account we should omit any thing that is duly appreciated, and that the ship Hornet (and is fair or honorable in endeavoring to annoy and I presume all other vessels of the United States) has distress the enemy's commerce on this coast or else- the most positive orders "not in the least to violate where, nor submit to the denial of any right, which, the most strict neutrality, or by any act to interrupt as a belligerent, we are entitled to on neutral ground. Remaining, dear sir, your very respectful and obedient servant, HENRY HILL, Consul. Com. Wm. Bainbridge, commander of the ships of war of the United States, on the coast of Brazils. (TRANSLATION.) the friendly understanding and amicable disposition and relation, which happily subsists between his royal highness, the Prince Regent of Portugal, and the government of the United States." I have the honor to remain, with due respect and consideration, your excellency's most obedient ser vant, HENRY HILL, Consu!. To his excellency, the Count Dos Arcos, capt. gen. and gov. of the province and city of St. Salvador, &c. &c. &c. (Signed) It is with the greatest surprise I have ascertained the United States ship Hornet, lately received in this port in a manner the most amicable and analogous to the principles of neutrality, adopted between the NR. HILL TO THE GOVERNOR. government of Brazils and the United States, makes Consulate of the U. S. of America, part of a naval force which is employed in cruizing St. Salvador, 3d January, 1813. upon this coast and at the mouth of this harbor, from SIR-I have the satisfaction to participate to your which has arisen the utmost inquietude to the pub-excellency that com. Bainbridge having become ac lic and general commerce of the subjects of his quainted through me of the interest manifested by royal highness, the Prince Regent, our lord, and your excellency for the liberation of lieut. gen. Histhe evil intention of these forces being confirmed by lop and his staff, has resolved to take upon himself the strange event which has just happened in the the responsibility of paroling those officers here, as afternoon of to-day, that ship having sailed in and well as the commander of the late British frigate out of this port without any obvious motive, which Java, on board which they were captured, and capbeing without the least doubt a proceeding really tain Marshall a supernumerary marine officer in the hostile, and so much the more aggravating, inas-service of his Britannie majesty-taken also by the much as it is contrary to what you voluntarily told commodore on board that frigate. me was the destination of that ship. In this act of liberality on the part of com. BainYou are notified that I shall lose no time in ac-bridge, your excellency will only perceive the friendquainting his royal highness of this strange proceed-ly and generous spirit by which he is actuated, in deing, in a manner the most circumstantial, soliciting siring to correspond as far as in his power with the from his infallible justice the necessary orders to wishes of your excellency, and to mitigate the evil take from it that just satisfaction and vengeance, arising out of the event of war, from the misfortunes which nations have settled between themselves as of individuals, whom a brave commander will never |