. New York city and vicinity during the war of 1812-15, being a military, civic and financial local history of that period. s be a commit-tee on the part of this assembly to wait on hisHonor, the Mayor, and in the most respectfulmanner to acquaint him with their declining tocomply with the recommendation of the Honorable,the Corporation in their resolution of the 24th inst.,and present him with a copy of the foregoing reso-lutions, with a request that he will be pleased tolay them before the Honorable Common Council atas early an hour as possible. ?Resolved, That the committee aforesaid causet
. New York city and vicinity during the war of 1812-15, being a military, civic and financial local history of that period. s be a commit-tee on the part of this assembly to wait on hisHonor, the Mayor, and in the most respectfulmanner to acquaint him with their declining tocomply with the recommendation of the Honorable,the Corporation in their resolution of the 24th inst.,and present him with a copy of the foregoing reso-lutions, with a request that he will be pleased tolay them before the Honorable Common Council atas early an hour as possible. ?Resolved, That the committee aforesaid causethe proceedings of this meeting to be published, if KIND PUBLIC FEELING. 17 after their interview with his Honor the Mayorthey shall deem it advisable. Alex. McLeod, M, Mason, Secretary. (( No further notice was taken of the recommenda-tion of the Common Council above referred to. We must observe with admiration that amid theholiday season, while all felt the stringency andgloom of the circumstances, the more fortunatewere not unmindful of the sick and poor and lessfortunate among their CHAPTER XXIII. Views of Political Parties—Effect of Napoleons Campaign of 1813—Hopes of Peace—Public Feeling—Dinner to Commodore Cbaun-cej^ at Washington Hall—Dinner to Commodore Rodgers atTammany Hall—Running the Blockade, HE true situation of the contending na-tions in Europe which resulted from thecampaign of 1813, was so httle knownby the jDeople that it had as yet (Janu-ary, 1814) no perceptible effect either todiscourage or encourage the friends andwell-wishers of Napoleon in America. They werestill hopeful, and believed in his ultimate success. The Democrats affected to believe, and earnestlyproclaimed, that the success or defeat of Napoleonby the allies would have no perceptible effect uponthe settlement of the questions with Englaiid, uponwhich the alleged causes of the American war wasbased. The Federalists asserted that the overthrow ofNapole
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