2dly. To divert the forces of Great Britain, and thus favor the progress of Bonaparte in his conquest of Spain and Russia. (16) The expeditions into Spanish America are made with the same view.

Lastly. To add new territories to the United States to be held by right of conquest in which not only votes would be obtained, but a military force might be kept to insure the submission of the Eastern States. (17)

It is not perceived that our neutrality would affect either these objects. The war may still be prosecuted by the heroes of the west-Canada may be subdued— Its inhabitants honorably plundered-The Indians destroyed and exterminated-Great Britain weakened and her force diverted-and New England surrounded with victorious, and mercenary, and devoted troops, much more ready and willing to cut cur throats than either the British or the Indians. (18)

them the fee and real title of their lands, and power of governing themselves, from war and danger, and not at the mercy of the British navy, to our ruin we aim to destroy only the British armies and ammunition in Canada, for the freedom and peace of the province, to rid ourselves from danger also.

(16) We have nothing to do with Bonaparte, we declared ourselves in conquering arms, while Bonaparte was diverting the forces of Great-Britain on the other continent, we respect Spain and hussia, for we never wanted them under Bonaparte, nor any other op pressor, but want all to govern themselves with freedom.

(17) One truth is here told, we do wish all NorthAmerica was consolidated into one great respectable and undivided nation, free from Eritish danger; but no militia will ever be wanted to insure the submission of New-England, for a democratie majority therein will soon make New-England a friendly member of communily.

(18) It is perceived that a New-England neutrality, is a dead state of war and ruin, to our blessed ot

I ask, then, seriously, why New-England should not unite as one man, and ask permission to make a separate peace pursuant to the constitution, leaving all their obligations and connections with the United States in full force, (19) and why the other states who are left in possession of all the blessings and advantages of war and all its fruits, which we do not ask to divide with them, should not agree to our proposal.

This is no sudden thought, nor is it done without the most serious and solemn reflection.

I hope every legislator in New-England will ponder upon and be prepared to meet the question this winter. (20)

If we unite, and congress agree as they ought to do, to it, we shall once more be happy. If they do not agree to it, but unreasonably refuse it, it will then remain for the wise and prudent to decide what we ought

ject of uniformity, liberty and harmony, for NewEngland will be surrounded with her own troops, of fathers and sons a fighting the fathers and sons, of her adjoining states, and British and German mercenaries dispersed throughout New-England, as in Spain for keeping royal governments and tories on their thrones, much more willing to cut our throats, than either the British or the Indians.

(19) I ask then, seriously, why New-England should not unite as one man, and forsake their lenevclent tories, and leave them with all their promises and connection with John Eull, in full force, and join their country.

(20) The republicans very well know, that the British plan of dividing the union, was no sudden thought, but when the legislature of Neu -Engiand, came to ponder upon the execution of the plan, tories foard that all were not tories, least their popularity would be at stuke.

to do when a just and reasonable and constitutional request is refused. (21)

A CONSTITUTIONALIST.

Who else can be happy than tories and they but the moment. Yes, the devil's constitutionalists, make use of our constitution to ravage down our Washington union, and raise up the British devil on its ruins; tories begin, and boldly say, that New-England has now a homogeneous national character, aye, and is it not the character of the devil, held up on a momentary majority of New-England's deluded farmers and mechanics, who because the militia slept in their chimney corners one year, must fight a ten year's war for the devil against their God, in hopes of that peace that never

comes.

All this incalculable disobedient connection of secrecy, between the aristocracies of the two countries, arises from the tories in rebellion to the voice of both the American and British commonalty; against which, the framers of our constitution it seems, have never provided a remedy; the British availing themselves of an advantage, obtained by a misconstruction of the spirit of our rights, making a weapon of our own constitu

(21) Inftead of figning it conftitutionalift, a feparatift or tory, would have been a proper fignature, but that would fcare dupes, and the union can never be divided except a majority of the people of every New-England flate, intended to be fet apart from the reft of the union, are duped to that corruption, and it is as impoffible to divide this union except by civil war, as it is to fly to the moon, nor could tories ever divide the fe ftates, were all the United States equally involved in the full tide of foreign commerce, while the people are fleeping under kingly oppreffion in flavery and mifery; but the divifion of the union takes place, when the people's falvation requires them to prohibit that foreign commercial tyranny, flavery and mifery, which inevita bly leads to kingly ruin, for a divifion of the union for raining us by parts at a time, and then all would be unneceffary with aristocrats, for ruin is ruin in any shape, and the ari ciats the ruiners in all fhapes, the devil may please to deal out to his beloved hellites in the laft extreme of evil, until an embargo prohibition to the approaching deftruction is unavoidable when rebellion to that command, draws the fword of holy vengeance to force obedience to expel the evil.

on also by misconstruing its meaning, as of Washington's name to beat our own brains out, as they have of the christian religion to destroy the liberties of the world.

And since under no other commercial laws, the essential wants of all the mutual world can be supplied, than according to the will of that great compulsory power of Britain, under one maritime false godhead of a haughty human wrong, where she pleases to float and trample down the liberties of man.

A wordly power so vast, corrupt, wicked and overreaching of all mortal expectations, which existed thirty years ago; that two thousand years of the world before, had perhaps never so disappointed any politician; it has carried forward the object of our constitution and union, to become the universal subject of the world, and delusion has even converted certain articles of it, to a dead state of rebellion, to that of the living spirit of right; if the framers of our constitution, held like God the destiny of man, through all the changes of man and nations, amendments would never be wanted, but the works of dead men can never govern the living, because God will direct his course of things and wars as he pleases, and very unexpected to man, notwithstanding the powerful, he has views what no man can tell, victory is not to the swift nor strong, but to God when he requires.

For what did Britain reserve Canada, that cost her two millions a year ever since, but for the recovery back of her lost colonies.

Some time since the discovery of America, Spain meant to own the country, but she was conquered off for the want of the dominion of the seas; and one hundred and fifty years ago, the Dutch had great hopes of a part, but their dominion was also conquered from them at the Dutch war of 1664, for the want of more naval means; and at the French war, fifty-seven years ago, the French was much in the expectation with their extensive territory of Louisiania and Canada, of owning the whole of North America, but they were defeated for the want of the naval dominion of the seas; and Canada fell under the British yoke, and ten years ago

Louisiana was surrendered to the U. States, as Britain was nearly master of the seas, for fear at the fall of the French navy, she would extend her dominion over it; by which means succeed in recolonizing her lost Columbia, to the destruction of the eastern world.

Thus the French, the Dutch and Spanish, were completely defeated from North America, whose dominion of all the European powers in America, both south and north, severally fell at the downfal of their several navies, and as Britain controuled almost all North America to the danger of Europe, the French, Spanish and Dutch, joined with the colonies to assist them from British power.

Now nothing remains but for us, either to expel the British dominion from the north, and maintain our independence, cr lose it into the same oppressive arms from which we revolted.

Not only experience has proved, that two different civil governments cannot join but with an impassi ble interposition between them, but the will of our God defies it, he defies the devil really to separate entire, any of his continental unions, for his holy wars of necessity are wraths of God over the heads of such attempting rebels, they only divide for ravaging the rights of man, they never govern their liberties.

And now since Britain has actually become master of the seas, with her commercial dominion not expelled from North America, our independence can no easier be maintained, than Britain could continue under her subjection these same colonies without Canada, which was then as now under the dominion of the seas, short of expelling the French from the same territory, which Britain now possesses, and sooner or later we must do the same or fall back to Britain, like to fall then under France.

as we were

And every means must be made use of by the states, to conquer the territory as soon as possible, unless we can have a peace which will secure us without it, for delay is debt and destruction, and Canada is of no other use to Britain, with her tories clothed in the federal name, than to discourage us to sleep, and if possible by opposition, withhold our money and men