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SOLITUDE.
T o s i t o n r o c k s , t o m u s e o ’e r flo o d a n d f e l l ,
' / T o s l o w l y t r a c e t h e f o r e s t ’s s h a d y s c e n e ,
W h e r e t h i n g s t h a t o w n n o t m a n ’s d o m i n i o n d w e l l ,
A n d T f t o r ’a l f o o t h a t h n e ’e r o r r a r e l y b e e n j
T o c l i m b t h e t r a c k l e s s m o u n t a i n a ll u n s e e n ,
‘ V W ith th e w ild S o c k th a t n e v e r n e e d s a fo ld ;
A l o n e o ’e r s t e e p s a n d f o a m i n g f a l l s to l e a n ;
T h i s is n o t S o l i t u d e —’t»s b u t t o h o l d
[ r o l l ’d .
C o n v e r s e w i t h n a t u r e 's c h a r m s , a n d s e e h e r s t o r e s u u *
B u t m id s t th e c ro u d , t h e h u m , th e s h o c k o f m en ,
T o h e a r , t o s e e , t o f e e l, a n d t o p o s s e s s ,
A n d r o a m a l o n g t h e w o r l d 's t i r e d d e n i z e n .
W it h n o n e w h o b le s s u s , n o n e w h o m w e c a n b le s s j
? ,Iin iie n s o f s p l e n d o u r > -h rin k in g f r o m d i s t r e s s !
N o n e , t h a t , w ith k in d r e d c o n s c io u s n e s s e n d u e d ,
I f w e w e r e n o ! , w o u l d se e m , to s m il e t h e le s s
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' O f a ll th a t f la tte r e d , fo llo w e d , s o u g h t a h d su e d :
T h i s i s to b e a l o n e ; t h i s , t h i s i s S o l i t u d e I
3 b a Y o u n g L a d y w h o fa r r o w e d , a n d a s k e d i f s k e m ig h t
r e a d O v i d 's A r t o f L o v e .
Y e s , D a m s e l , t h c p m a y ’s t f r e e ly r e a d t h e a r t ,
p e r u s e it o f t , a n d l e a r n t o a c t t h y p a r t ;
B u t w o u l d ’st t h o u h u s b a n d w e ll th y y o u t h f u l c h a r m s ,
A n d g u a r d t h y b o s o m f r o m l o v e ’s r u d e a l a r m s ;
T h e n r e a d in s e c r e t , o r f o r b e a r t o l o o k ,
O ’e r t h e s o f t p a g e o f O v i d ’s f a m o u s b o o k ,
j o r w h i l e y o u y e a d t h e l a t e n t fire w ill v ib e,
A n d s o f i d e s i r e b e a m in t h y g e n ^ ’e e v e s ;
^ f h e n s o m e s l y y o u t h w i t h s y m p a t! « e iic e v e ,
t j i i a y c a t c h t h y g l a n c e a n d e c h o b a c k t h y s ig h ■;
A n d -w h iJ .o -fo 'n s l-to v o a s s u m e s t h e w h o l e c o n t r m i l ,
i f i s p r y i n g e y e m a y s c a n , a n d r e a d t h y v e r y s o u l-
N e w -Y o r k C onvention.
C o n v e n tio n
of
D e le g a te s Iro m
th e
sev e­
r a l C o u n tie s w ftlie S ta t s o f N e w -Y o rk , h e r e ­
i n * f e r d e s i g n a t e d , h e l d a t t h e r .c v tn o l i u i h e
C uy o f Albany, o n t h e I 7 i h a n d I 8 . h d a y s
of September, 1812 :
T h e following gentleman appeared and took
their scats :
From the County Qf Suffolk,
John Jermain.
R ic h m o n d .
C o r n e liu s Bedell.
C ilit a n d c o u n ty q f N
S A T U R D A Y , O C TO B E R
%, I S I S .
V o L u a ta I V .
s
t
Broome.
Edward Edwards, Daniel L e Roy.
Genesee.
Robert M ‘Kay, Daniel B. Brown.
Mnt of tlje
AT a
f.V . T .J
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:v Y o r k .
‘jim nei Joa?;s, Jun-P eter Hawes. John W .
M u l l i g a n , Jo-.luim Post, Jun. William Rendergon> ‘ '
DlHchrss.
W illiam Bard, W m It am A. ljuer, R.chard
W h t'.e y .
O ra n g e.
Jo-h'T'Dacr,-Ttram as W aters, Allauson Aus­
tin, Gtuirles Lindsay.
Ulster.
Jonathan Hasbrouck, Jim es OJivcr, Conrad
E F-lntendorf, Stephen Nottingliam.
Sullivan.
Charles Baker, Livingston Billings.
Columbia.
John Livingston, Jason Warner, Jacob Ii,
Yan Rensselaer, T hom as P . piusvenor.
Greene .
John Adams, James Powers, WdVumi Fra*
e-ir, Martin G. Van Bergen, Abraham Van
D uyek.
casion, far overbalance any advantages we can arate men differing, not in principle but i«
expect to derive from it— Because the great name merely, ought to be thrown down, and,
power o f England on the ocean, and the amaz- every obstacle removed} Which can prevent and
ing resources she derives from commerce and 3mtiMi*»
f.,t* and cordial
i:_i co-operation
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rapede tbe full
of.<■
N ia g a r a ,
navigation, render it evident, that w e cannot those who are actuated by the same feelings
Elias Ransom.
compel her to respect our rights and satisfy and entertain the same sentiments,
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Ontario,
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our demands, otherwise than %y ■ successful ^ Resolved, That it be recommended to the,
Valen'ine Brotner, M y ^ flolly, Morris I*. roandme warfare, the means o f csuducting friends o f peace, liberty aud commerce, whq
Sheppard, Daniel W . Lewis, "Nathaniel Gor- wh:ch we not only do not posses?, but our ru- are opposed io the present war, without dis*
barn.
k rs have obstinately refused to provide.—-Be- tinciion o f parties, to assemble in their resL e w is .
cause the exhausted state o f the treasury, oc- ptctive counties, wherein jsuch meetings have
Isaac W Bostwick.
casioned by tbe destruction o f the revenue de- not been already held, and appoint committees
Jeffei son.
rived from commerce, should the war conur.ue, of correspondence and conference, who, if
John Paddock, Amos Benedict.
vrii! render necessary a resort to leans aad tax- deemed necessary hereafter, may meet in a
Tue convention then unaimously elected es to * vast amount— measures by which tbe convention, for ihe purpose o f explaining a n d General JACOB M ORRIS, their President, people will be gtea ly burtbened and oppress- comparing their sentiments, and concerting a
and W IL L IA M H E N D E R S O N , E sq. thetr ed, and the influence and patronage o fth e ex- common plan c f operation, having for its ob«
Secretary.
ecut.vc alarmingly increased — And finally, be- jtct, the restoration o f peace to our degraded
The convention thnn proceeded to consider cau?e o f a war begun with such means a s our and afflicted country,
tbe present alarming situation o f the U . Sidles 5 rulers hod prepared, and conducted iu tbe mode
J ACOB M O R R IS, President.
thereupon,
they seem .resolved to pursue, we see no
W illia m IlEKniiason, Sec'ry.
Resoived, That Samuel Jones, Jan. John grounds to hope the honorable and successful
Duer, Zebulon R. Shipherd, Morrris S. Md* termination.
S
ler, Jacob R. Van Rensselaer, Daniel .Paris,
Resolved, That while we condemn lh$ war,
Myron Holley, Vincent Mathews, Harmanus in the most distinct and unqualified term s, we
BJtecker, Thomas P. Grosvenor and Abra- aie deeply settsibie o fth e new duties apd cbliProm the National Intelligencer, o f Sc/it. 19.
ham Van VeChten, be a committee to prepare g a io n s which the change o f our naioiial relaYesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, L t. Ander*
and report resolutions expressive o f the opin- tions has imposed upon us ; and are fb!!y de- son, o f the United States Army, reached ih|$
ion of the convention, relative to the conduct termmed in our several capacities o f magis* c.ty, b .a rir of despatches from Brigadier Genof our naiiouul rulers and ihe portentous ens.s trails, soMicis and citizens, lo obey wi h eral W illiam Hull, tb the Department of. War*
which ic has produced, and the measures prop* promptness and alacrity all constitutional ve­ o f which the following copies have b e e n ob^
er to be adop ed by the convention, and also to qubitions of the prqper authorities ; seeking rained for publication:
prepare and report an address to the people o f h o o*her redress for tbe evils o f which we comM o w r r e a l, 8 ih Sept. 1812.
tliis state, on the same subjects.
plain, than that which we confidently trust will
S IR —T he enclosed dispatch was prepared
Mr... Jones on behalf o f the foregoing com- be obtained iron a change o f sentiment in the «a my Arrival at Fort-George, and it was my
mittee, reported resolutions and an address, pt-ople, 1leading to a c!.*;ige o f men and meas-/ intention to have forwarded it from that place.
which were severally discussed aud unanimous- ures.
by M a jo r W it h e r e ll, o f th e M ic h ig a n V o lu p l y ^ d a p u d , a a J a r e in t h e w o r d s f o l l o w i n g , to
Reca'z-d, T h a t w e view d f e creation o f n e w leers. I m a d e application to the c o ; n r o a n d t D g
w »h
s t a l e s o u t of t e r r i t o r i e s not within the ancient
oSicer at that post, and was refused; he statW u l s e a s t h e g r e a t a n d p a r a m o u n t a d v i n - ii i n i ' s o f i h e U n . t e d States, a s inconsistent with
‘m g that he w a s n o t authdrised, and General,
t a g e s o f a r e p u b l i c a n g o v e r n m e n t a r i s e f r o n t the s p i r i , o f t h e f e d e r a l compact, and c a l c u l a t Brock w a s then a t York. W e were immedit i i e c o n t r o l i n g i n f l u e n c e o f p u b l i c o p i n i o n o n ed to d e s t r o y t h e weight, which ihe old, g r e a t
ately embarked f u r (his place, and Maj. W iththc m e a s u r e s o f i h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n : A n d and populous s l a t e s ought to have in the u n i o n , ercll obtained liberty at Kingston to go home
w h e r e a s , t h a t t h i s i n f l u e n c e m a y be f e l t , it is and utterly to disappoint and frustrate the
00 parole. .
not merely the right, b ;t the duly of the pro- great purposes for which they entered into the
T ais is tbe first opportunity I have had ta
pie, from time to lime, to assemble and express confederacy.
forward the despatches,
thtir sentiments in relation to lhe conduct o f
Resolved, That we consider the employT he 4;h U . S. Regiment is destined for
their rulers, with a cleat ness which they m ust ment o f the militia, for the purpose o f often- Quebec, with a part o ft h e 1st. The whole
respect— Therefore,
sive war, a3 a palpable violation o fth e ctmsli- consists of a little over threC hundred men.
ResRved, That the doctrine, of late so fie- tution, as extremely offensive to tbe people, as
Sir George Prevost, without any request on
quemiy and teLhvjrfy inculcated, that when war, the most expensive and the least efficient mode m y part, has offered to take my parole, and
is once declared, all enquiry into its justice anfl ot conducting lhe war ; and as a serious and permit me to proceed to the Slates.
expediency ought to cense, and all opposition alarming encroachment an the rights o f the
Lt. Anderson, of. the Silt regiment, is the
to the men in power immediately to Be aban- several states, w hich it behoves the true friends bearer o f ray despatches. He was formerly a
cloned, is essentially hostile to the vital princi- o f our excellent institutions, by all lawful Lieutenant in the Artillery, and resigned his
pies of our republican institution ; and if adopt- means, firmly to resist.
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commission/tn account o f being appointed Mar­
ed, vvouid change our present government m t p
W h e r e a s the late revocation o f the British shal o f the Territory qf Michigan.
During
oni; ot the worst spi-cies of typanR.7 whuils.
ortL-r=. ua caancil, t-ga
the great and the campaign be has had a command in the
Ingenuity of the foes of fi etdutn has yet con- ostensible cause of tbe present war, and pre- A rtillery; and I recommend him to you as g
.triyed; a government republican in its forms, pared the way for an immediate accoraaioda- valuable officer. 1
itl spiiit aud practice, aib'trarv and despotic 5 tion o f ali e x itin g differences, inasmuch as,
He is particularly acquainted with the state
thut it musi beobyipustothem ost.or’dinary ca- by t’.e confession oi the present secretary o f o f things previous and at the time when the
parity, that were such a dvictrine to prevail, an state, a satisfactory and honor able arrangement capitulation took place.
He will be able to
administration, which, by its corruption or im- might easily be made, by which tbe abuses re- give you correct information on any points
b c c i l i t y , had ja-tly f o r f e i t e d the confidence of suiting from the irapre«smrat o f oar seam en,
aboutwhich you m ay think proper to enquire,
the people, would be tempted to plunge the m ight, in future, be effectually prevented—■ I am,very respectfully,
nation into an ur.just or unnecessary war, for Therefore,
Your must obedient servant,
Hear Gen. Huffs Stpry♦
th e s o le p u r p o s e
o f p e r p e tu a ’in g th e ir p o w e r,
R e s o l v e d , th a t we. s h a ll
fie co n str a in e d t o
W . HULL.
ar.d thus budding their own greatness on the consider the de* ernsinalioo mi tbe part o f our Hon. Wm. E ustis, Secfy o fth e
o fW a r ,
rulers, to con iuua the present war, after ofli-—
the in- cial notice o f the revocation o f the British o r F o b t - G e o h g s , August 2 6 , 1 8 1 2 .
R e n s s e la e r .
S I R —Enclosed are the articles of capitula­
■ H oses MoflfeV Ehj »h Junes, Samuel ^tavr. j u s t i c e o f t l i e p r c s c n i w a r , t a k i n g s o l e l y i n t o d e r s in c o u n c i l , as affording c o n c l u s i v e e v i W m - M .Bliss, Daniel Gray. Bsreni Van Aleck, c o n s . d c r . i t i o . l t h c t i m e a n d c i r c u m s t a n c e s o f its d e n c e , that the war has been undertaken from tion, by which the Fort of Detroit has been
declaration, the condition of ih^ country and motives entfrely distinct from those which have surrendered to Maj. Gen Brock, commanding
Gardiner Tracy, Herman Kniclieroacker.
state of the public mind, -ve are-constrained to been hitherto avowed, and for the promotion o f **•’» Briiahnic M ajesty’s forces in Upper Canaj
D e la w a r e
consider, and feci it our duty to pYonounce it a objects wholly unconnected wiih the interest da, aad by which the troop3 have become pris*
Ebenezer Foote.
most rash, unwise and inexpedient measure, and honor o f the American nation.
oners o f war. My situation at present forbids
Washington.
R e s o l v e d , That we contemplate with abhor- TOe from detailing the particular causes which
Ebtnexer Clark, D ivhI Hopk*ns, Z ahulon the adop ion of which ought for ever to deprive
R , Shtphcrd, MelanClon W h eeler, Zuia Httch- its uuihors of the esteem and confidence o f an rence, even the possibility o f an alliance w ith have led 10 this unfortunate event. "T will,
enlightened people; because, as the injuries the present emperor o f Fmnce, every action o f however, generally observe, that after the sui>
eock, Edward Savage.
we have received from France, are at least whose life has demons' rated, that the attain- vender o f fVIichtiimacktuac, almost every tribe
Cttij and county of Albany.
equal
in amount to those we have sustained ment, By any m eacs, ot universal em pire, and ®nd nation of Indians, excepting a part of the
Abraham Van Vechten, Harmanus Blecck__ G'deon
e r , Jacob Ten Eyck,
Tabor,
William from England, and have been attended with the consequent'extinction o f every vestige o f Wiamies and Delawares, north fiom beyond
M'Kown, Jesse Brnith, Michael Freltgh, Jona- circumstances of still greater insult and aggra- freedom, are the sole objects o f bis incessant^ Lake Superior, w est from-beyond tlie Missis-,
than Jenkins, John L. W inne.
vation—if war were necessary to vindicate the unbounded and remorseless ambition. H is s:PPh soush from tbe Ohio and Wabash, and
Saratoga.
honor of the country, consistency and impar- arms, with the spirit of freemen, we m ight cast from every part o f Upper Canada, an<J
G u ertV an Schoonhoven, Henry
‘M etcalf, tiality required that both nations should have openly and fearlessly encounter ; b u t,o fh is se- from all the intermediate country, joined in
Elisha Powell,Levi H. Palmer, John M C rta, been included iii the declaration. Because if cret arts, his corrapting influence, vre entertain open hostility, under the British standard^
it were deemed ezpedient to exercise our right a dread we can neither ctigquer nor conceal, against the army I commanded, contrary to
John H . Steel, Abner Carpenter
of selecting our adversary, prudence and com- It is therefore, with the utmost disirost and a - Die most solemn assurances of a large portion
Montgomery.
Daniel Paris, Jam es Cochran, James Ford, mon sense dictated the choice o f an enemy, larm, that we regard his late professions o f a i- o f them lo remain neutral; even the Ottawa
from whose hostility we had nothing to dread, tack ment and love to the American people, Chiefs from A:becrotch, who formed the deleJoshua W ebster, Solomon Hamilton.
A war with France vvouid equally have satisfi- fully recollecting, that his invariable course gatian to W ashington the last summed^ irt
City and county o f Schenectady.
ed qnr insulted honor, and at the same time, has been, by perfidious offers o f protection, by whose friendship I know you had great confiJohn Sanders.
instead of annihilating, would have revived and deceitful professions o f friendship, to lull his in- dence, are among the hostile tribes, and teveS c lta h a r ie .
Daniel
extended
our commerce j and even the evils tended victims into the fatal sleep o f confidence ral o f them distinguished leaders. A m ong the
Origin Brigham, Benjamin Miles,
of
such
a
contest would have been mitiga'ed and security, daring which, the chains o f des- vast number oF Chiefs, who led the hostile
B ouw .
by
the
sublime
consolation, that by our efforts, potism are silently wound round and rivetted hands, T ecufbseh, Mar pot, Logan, VFalk-inOtsego.
we
were
contributing
to arrest the progress on them*
the-water, Split-Log, 8cc. are considered the
Jacob M orris, Robert Campbell, Josep h
of
despotism
in
Europe,
and
essentially
serving
Resvdvsd,
That
we
are
firmly
attached
to
principals- Tfeis numerous assemblage pf
"W hite.
the great interests of freedom and humanity the union o f the states, most conscientiously savages, under the entire influence and direcHerkimer.
throughout the world.—Because a republican bdieving, that on its preservation, the future tion o f the British commander, enabled him
• David V . W . Golden, Peter 1V1. Myersgovernment,
depending solely for its support peace, security and independence, a s weil a s totally to obstruct tbe only’ communication
Oneida.
.
on
the
wishes
and affections o fth e people, power and grandeur e f the American canon, which I had with m y country. ThiscomnnuMorris S . M iller, Jesse Curtis, Jfomes D ean,
ought
never
to
declare
a war, into which the must mainly depend ; and w e are therefore nication bad been opened^ from the settlements
Adam G- Mappa, James Lynch. %
great
body
of
the
nation
are not prepared to strengthened in cur reprobation o f ihe m eas- in the state o f Ohio- two hundred miles through
Madison.
a wilderness, by the fatigues o f the army,
JJohn Ljncklaen, Peter Smith, W m . S. enter with Zealand alacrity; as where the ures of our present rulers, from a p o n sid e r a ju
stice.an
cl n
e c e s s ity o f th
m e a su r e are n
o t so tion oofi their
th e tr eevident
v id e n t te
n d e n c y to
produce a dis- which I marched to the frontier on the river
justice,
and
necessity
thee measure
not
tendency
toprodi
Smith?
Chenango.
upparant a s to u n ite all p a r tie s in it s su p p o rt, so lu tio n o f th a t u n ion w h ic h w e s o Warmly cher- Detroit. T h e body o f the Lake being com­
manded by the British arttted ships, and thp
J o h n S . Flagler, Joel H a tch , M a th e w C au lk -. its in evitab le te n d e n c y is to a u g m e n t th e d isis h .
jns>
sen tion s th at h a v e b efore e x is t e d , and by e x W h e r e a s i n th e o p in io n o» t h i s co n v en tio n , shores arid rivers by gun-boats, the army ;was
Onondaga.
asperating party violence to its Utmost height, the dangers which seem to threaten the exist- totally deprived o f all communication by water.
Joshua Forman.
prepare the way.for the horrors of a civil war. ence of the union have chiefly arisen from th e CJd this extensive road it depended for transCayuga.
— Because, before war was declared, it was prevalence of a course o f policy, by which the poitation o f provisions, m ilitaiy stores,^mediSeih Phelps, John Richardson, John S to y ls .. perfectly well ascertained, that- a vast majority interests o f the commercial states have been cine, dothing9aiid e v e ry other supply, on pafekof the people in the middle and northern states, wantonly sacrificed to local prejudices and horses—all h s operations were successful until
Seneca.
by whom the burthen and expenses of the con- sta ^ je a lo u sie s: And whereas our minds are its,arrival at Detroit, and.in a few days it passReuben Smith, 2d.
test must be borne almost exclusively* were irreststably impressed with the conviction t b a t ed into the enemy’s country, and all opposition
Cortlandt.
strongly opposed to the measure.-—Because we a change o f system is now demanded b y the seemed to fall before it. One month it reMead Merrill.
see no rational prospect of attaining, by, force imperious fow of self-preservation s Therefore mained in poss’e ssion o f this country, and Was
Steuben and Allegany,
o
f arms* the. objects for which our rulers say resolved, that to effect a purpose not mite.so fad from its resources. In different.directions',
Samuel S. Haight, Benjamin W ells.
we
are contending; and because the evils aud desirable, but so necessary* as a change of our detachments penetrated sixty miles in the satTioga.
distresses,
which the war must o f necessity oc- present rulers, the barriers o f party, which sep . tied pan oi tbe province, and the
V in c e n t M a th e w s,
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