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Vf.lL. IX.
iirK DOLLARS FBR AttifUti.
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3.
'TTfTS day will form a bright, tera on tlv
•age nfblsrory, Never will it be forgotte ••
as long as liberty is dear to mat
-cr-ps on this day tha' TIIOMA*
BON retired from the supreme
anudst the blessings and I
ons. It our in to be
fhat thisst ilictaie, no» of n
aity, out choice, and that it rndwifesta the
mosl illustrious homage v.lba i the uitnd. of
man can pay t > principle. That man must
ie great whom tbe spontaneous will of fhil
tothe supreme powWij bu
rrueb greater is be, who, in th
■ cfutics crowned with ]>opula ity, an I
: a mioel unclouded or weakened, re
bat would again !
"riot he niui with I
, to the ■ hfe.
subdued
*uch afi ael evince! And what a dai ■
refut..(ion floes Knot m .liifes! to the ,
gate calumnies that tins oi
fiis administration to sinister moth
Hafl Thomas Jefferson desired to re! .'n
power, there was no competitor, he woiiul
have been re-dectfcd President by a vast i
majority, llis fabric ol authority wai
impaired, or likely to be so. Hv i
etdl have contirmed to ■ ■" ■' :
OOmtnanding prerogatives of his station, to «
confer office and dispense power, receiving <
applause in return. It he had perastu
la have gratified them to t
a of his wishes. Bil thi i I
~ polluted i liaiwi
His favoril
Wb'i id tidelV s be- called into thfi 8
■ service, because the good of the '■
Mation demanded tlieifi. And this last •'
spl ndid act of his public life pj'oves prin* t
to have been ids polar star. j n
1 he-history of mankind shews.that
deadliest foe to liberty has ever bi't-n Ihe : "
Kin deposit .)," power in the bands s
of an individual, and that it almost in varia* g
tes in the misery of a nation, n
•ur coiistiiution does not inhibit this inves- h
■Ciiiin;; but authorises its continuance, pro- tl
■vided the people every four years re-elect tl
■'lie ine'.ivid.i.el. There are-those who
Ail k, anel we profess ourselves of the li
.' imber, that a rotation lh the office of vv
ehk-f magistrata would have been a safe- -
gusrd to liberty. The- point, however, we n
admit, is extremelydifficull of satisfactory w
Solution, Such is die insatiable thirst of • c
pOweir, that the mournful history of almost ! c
■«xery nation proves how feeble all constitu- | v,
Sions are ugainst the overwhelming torrent ' v
#f umbitioti. If constitutions forcibly shut
fee- '!• orupen the retention of die sujireme A
•owl i* by an individual of ascendant talent it
and , mbition, it is to be' fesred that rather h
lb n subii,it.the whole system will be sub- , a.
Vei'tl bj him. It wa3, perhaps, because
thi • '■ is of Bonaparte ehel not allow him to • p
In -.\ Director, th t he overturned the repub- • tl
nd Seized tbe ibsolute power. ' b
lb- this qtii t it I ir
poay, whi
■wretched alkiy, anel while ihe constitudon , ri
~ ii,;iins unchanged the truly great and c*
jjood man willonl* md, in these circtim- ■ tl
.: -e-s, stroiigci motives for discoVerini
*0i,,,i1. foirthi dreadfultvil which has beftl* tr
(tn either nations, and having found it, v\'ill c;
Kolutcly apply, it. I'his has been done by 'tr
liingt.on and J, li* rson ; anel who, after
■ imple will hereafter be bold m
i;,.;b to violate it, except I'm- tbe most sj
-" intial reasons i Proud, indeed, must fr
lons ol' him, who shall daw ki
• :.\, ii,-, cuuntry has greater neeel of my th
those eif a Wash- ni
: oi to
It is not 01 I* ; v ; se—we have neither |><
; n:e orro'.M —toreview.tl itration to
- "<|r. Jefferson. The i .'lection ci
a unshaken confidence of the great mass bi
of the people, c'en under circumstances a.s
perilous anii n'bpreccdehted, are its best no
d; feflce. Nothiog but sterling gold could to
bave Come pure put of such a crucible, tb
Who is ther: from north to south, from wl
•.U'S' to west, in i tniilions that tr;
make op em- population, thai, stands on —
ground so pfe-emmem I Nol oue ; and de
.we have many, very many great and tb.
g.oil men. However party spirit, maleyo- ai<
nt in some breasts, and highly excited in im
all, may, in'tin collisions of the day, have rd_
detrat t,. ii'.ni bis merits, the time will the
pom Drily too, when every am
one v. id o . biai to have been a good gr:
am, ml when the name ol bea
Jefferson ■■ I] be universally associated with mi
those of VVusliington and Prankliii.
There '.' t : I low-citizens, som. thing in- JUp
txpressibly lender and solemn in the politi- sel
out mong US Of our elistin- cry
find benefactor. How much poi
he jtontiibu ted to our happiness! How fee
*.' .ions, i,>n,plirat«?d, and areluous have hai
b' en the scenes through which he has elei
pasttk.d! forty years have b*een almost un* Par
eeasingly spent in your service! What tiie
~, I 1 ol honor has In- not Idled, what grade sur
oi' polities! duty has he not discharged! the
Hoi', many anxious moments has he bad for noi
yonv vm ibn-" ! 110... great the debt, how ie,
profr.uiul Ihe obligation to such a man ! Hut mo
dehtis, letusi*ejojce that it has in v
becnp.-i<; haVe been and still are the
grr.tefni le, 100 lervices we have received, the
Let us fuel ajusl [iride in the reflection that pen
. th* affection und i teem of .an enlightened has
aa ion < riic el I this i 3 neit
» towed "o the full on Thomas Jefieiseui gie<
Li ius too remember that the clay his at cm)
tit arriveei, when praise cannot, be mis- unti
y, or be ascribed to impure the
fi nents Of a nation's e>th(
mess ate liber, y, knuwlegeand wealth, whe
f isedol ' ible for any war
ieoptte to be miserable. During Mr Jef que
I'ena.c's aelniiiiistradei-i all these have b. en j/ou
ttither Increased or strengthened. Libart* ' ti
h.-s submitted to no fetters, the arts md s.u
lices have- m: , r
on si*:ps, and it il i outrun everj calcula ih e
• Iwil be an'indisputable uxic-m, Ihiit, ■ md
:.s known by its imt, here i ~," i
.***!' Vt . j' i' ;.,
t*l is, • .i.'l. on ibis el
aud o;i.".s fortii
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& WASHINGTON ADVERTISER
—- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FEBIIUARY 3.
) bate on raising the Embargo, and
authorising L Iters cf Marque and j
th, Reprisal — Continued.
it, in. O. li. W:j. 1.1 ams said, he hoped '
t . fu t tiie .louse viuUeleio llilU the justice tO !
Kit- iiDie-i c, iii iven many proofs of it,
■ bael talked much about
iv'su- lately, I ■■ n li as strong an aversion a
. to war, whilst peace can be ptre
igr.ace, as any man could
do. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.
unot i'eel ine>re than I do, (said
nisi Mi-. W) on the subject of foreign relations,
mil- except in one particular point o* vi***w—-that
submission to tini edicts of Great. Britain
,of ami Prance, seenu* to him less heinous, less
an I dreadful to the National interests, than it
)•"- does to me. The gentleman read to
ram ie you an nmcndiotnt, wliich he wouiel pro
a's tendency I Tsl perihaf
b<". your merchartinient to pay tbe tribute arm- ,
loe:s ed, rather Uian defenceless 5 as if the mere
ling permission .oar.a, could vary tbe terms or j
iffi- ihe operation ofthe belligerent edict
,o< Were 3on no, toid ny lum, that, be most
sincerely believed uiai, by war or by any
l.'n measure which you could ad»» , <»• Bntaui
unl would notb to repeal her orders
rast in council ? And ■ -. hapi d to per
o-i- suatlc you, it is o depend upon
_ lit ihe very n i I that can bo made,
,osl v i, wiien in die - une breath, he
,to declared the win '.« of lire nation
iu ; >- ex-.-rieel in open war, would be inadequate,
fa —In advocating Uw'repeal of the embargo
to then he mu-.' ' ■"»• ihe gen
bi. tie man .snakes !,, ir, I wisti be
:.ul would I i teli us, ifnOt *ttb*
ua- mission, wliaiii •'• lie is for?
se, Ma. .vij i.m... i,i, ovid net
he submit Uto shew that <
.he the course* ■■ proposed, lo pursue i
yould not be subniission ' If he b>d i i. id '
in- to convince the gentleman troin S. C. ot it,
!ii w» • dt.; bul wnile lie in I
he J that..mv.li a measure'would be more es- '
ilia.i Ul • lU '
els sh ii d give it prel die
is* gea'.i aiiHii from •>. C. on ib
m. missiop to tribute, ne could obse/ve; dial '
»g. lie was ready to adopt ;m> measure which
:-o- the gsntleinai il point. t> pre\ v
ict the payment »l ■ dbute. '
bo Mr. Whj.u is said, be was iiw.tt
he liged to. tiie gen tie ban, and would in three '
of words tell him now o> avoid paying a tribute '
fe- — continue me i inbargo—l-or ,ne gentle
ive manandtht minoritytok?*phim,whoaeem ( '
ry willing to accent, of what lie touiunot put !
of'consider a uibuury commerce, > an, tne #
ist I embargo repealed, devise no mode <n pre. •*
v- I venting tbe payment Of the tribute Oy our c
nt j merchantmen] short ol war °
ut To my plain understanding, sir, (saiel s
ne Mr. W.) the amendment .as proposed «nds
nt in this: That >OUl" vessels bonnet to Eng- n
er land will, if ihev make any shew of resist* *
b- , a.ice, do it by yttaker guns. Bvi ry gentle- l
se [man, m the leasl acquainted with mariui
to iptiras.es, understands the term; winlst on
:b- : the contrary, if they eto resist, it will only **
'be toinvolve you in a war with France, an ;'
it j inducement, I believe, with many of its ad* J 1
its : vocitea for supporting it. We have now v
'in , rive d at a period, when the sentiments of c
id every member should be explicitly known; ifi
ti- . that moment you p*-it tbe countrj in a situ-. °,
a tuation, which, subjects it's commerce to | !
jri- tribute, 1 am for war with C Britain ;bo "
ill cause any course short of war nuk.es . l
\>y tributary io H v
er Som I declared to the mi-1 %v
Id nor'ty, it was in the sincerity of my heart I
St spoke, that they could save th. country
st from its prei ition. They "
rt know they have produced a state of things
iv thai musi not be Suffered to exist They j!'
ii- have- reduced us to the alternative of in- ,',
forcing the law by physical force, or of re- l
. m aling it. That they si ill possess the power
ti to put down ibe effervescence they move?:- P
m cited, [ cannot doubt; 10, while the inllft* hi
>s bitants of the souUx' are forming patriotic 1V
s associations to enforce the law, some in the ■
st north, so excited, are exerting themselves }
d to prevent its execution. I called upon them ''
j. then, 1 mtreat tbetn now, to remember S
n what are the d.:. si interests of their conn- ti
ll try—to put down th,- opposition to the law c,
ii —by silencing it—what will they do ? En- #■■*,
,r themselves to the nation—•merit it's v
d thanks—save the government, without the w
)- aid of the bayonet, from the eli>graee of m
n imbecility—anel in so doing, must uecessa* in
c nly save the character of the nation from
II the black stain incident to foreign taxation,
y and from sinking into tne lowest state of ele- *'
1 graelation. Thin idea of tribute, of again ol
! beeoDimg Jiritisb colonies, I cannot think, th
ii much less spe..k of wiLli patiencer— I will ire
j begin in another place—of the embargo.
- J Upem this subject, gentlemen exert them
- selves, because they are interested in ele. HO
- crying it; for when it was originally im
i posed they told vein that it would be inef-' j 0
" fect.ua!, anel we all know some oi them 'm,
•j have done every thin;;-that could be const* *
i elereel necessary to realize the prophecy. I*n:1 * n:
- Passing over the original causes alto, ,c- 110
t tiler, subsequent events ihew, that, the ilea-1 er
! sure was wise. They wish now te> induce W8
! the people io believe, that, it was not wise,
• no necessary, because in driving us from p l
' it, they drive us in e> war; and if tiie re* til
. inov.'d of it be followed by 'war, no matter VC
i in what way, geitlemen feedtiley must take CO ;
! the responsibility of it. to ibeinseives. Sir,
ihey have told us, in substance, for the o
pen avowal would not elo, that we were the * Vll
basest creatures in the world; that we have nu
: neither virtue nor energy to direct the oner- bri
gies of the ation, that we imposed the vol
embargo in subservience tq France, and -~
unfounded s the accusation is, it has been
the cry from one end of die country to the i "' c
other. NoW, sir, we approach th • period ore
when, from their excitement in the east, tha
war may be preferable, what is the conse- i
quence? Why, sir, the very men who taxed
you with base submission, with superero- v "
ion in submission, who vapoured about j vet
National 1i0n.., and ihe minium nice of anc
maritime lights, now warn you not to plunge | lC |
the nation into war! And in order to alarm
md prevent you from defending ihe rights ° v
li" the nation bite upon the inoii- *'°
the belligerents oppossxl syl
. surely for- v - ( .
Cis •■ . - ftf W.',"t cfivftu'
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAM; EL HARRI': H, PENNS LVANIA AVENUE.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1809
ablest minister it has been truly said, Unit
with one band he. smote the Bourbon on hi
throne, and in the other wielded the eh
md nribawy.of England, We fought with,
. conquered our independence from !ier. —
Vl<i Are we to he now told, if we are driven in
to a war, tb.it we Cannot resist, her ? Th
peel gentleman Pom Pennsylvania, (Mr. »fil
ito nor) told you, omt yo.i cannot, now get rid
fit, oflbe ordfers in council even by War, when,
out whilst you were ye' in the gristle, you con
ia- qnered from Ot, Britain, the sovereignty of
ire- the soil we live on; and lest this observa*
uld tion sboulel be in inefficient, you are con-
Mr. jui'e-d by others not to go«to war, because
laid the executive has been wrong. Gentlemen
ins, entertain, at least detain us, by reading'the
hat ejor.uments, hour after hour, to prove it.
am Pot* God sake, sir, supposing the executive
ess has been wrong from first to I, st ,ts ; Ins a rca
-11 it son why they will not resist ihe, i;;n taxation ?
to you are taxeel more heavily by G. Britain
iro- than her own colonies are, pr than you are : :
int. by your own government—you .ire in
rm- much wors" situation, US to the exportation
are j of the produce of your own 3oil, under the
or operation of the.orders in council, than tho
.— island of Jamaica, and I can prove it if gen*
ont tleiuen deny it. The produce of thai island,
my it is true is necessarily constrained to be first
mil deposited in G. Britain; but dl die surplus
srs ofthrt produce is free to be export
er thence and entitled to drawback; Is il
on Willi 3-011 rs ?No sir, the g-real. staple ofthe
le, country, cot ton, w.ntb more than any two
he others, iacoereed into England and abso
on lurely prohibited from exportationvaltoge
Us. ther. Y<'o .are to raise cotton, to carry ii to
go tbe British isle and no where else. What '
•ri- does thi; :,in .unt io? Any thing short of a 1
he positive asatimption of tbe sovereignty of
tb- the:soil? I beard r gentleman before me.
(Mr Randolph) with p riotism and a
Ot ivarrath of eloquence which fired my bosom, !
at exclaim against the violation of on,- territo- ]
very in 1805—touch the soil, said he, and you ,
•ci touch the life blood of eveiy man on it. ,
il, What is our situation now? Every sej
>ti fool of cultivated land in tb,- country is laid c
•s. under contribution* and gentlemen very 1
lm coolly say meywiU repeal the embargo and t
i, y willnotgoto ivar under such circumstances ,
>. until it is forced upon ibein—they want
.0 catfse of war. Yes sir, this is a truth, and
;i 'k 11-iUre. of it ; di. the British colonial v
[i system only requires the importation ofco- c
lonia] produce into the mother country. J
Your produce is placed in tb, sirrtesltua- 1
_ c lion, v/itb this addition t*coeree4 into her '
tc ports you aie prohibited from e-eitporting '
~ one great article, cotton, and on other*Mti- *
m clcs duties of 40 anel SO per cent, aire im- r
it posed on their re-exportation—knd why, v
ie sir I Tin. tell you thatyou must carryyour
Br cotton there, because, they want it. What F
„. da.r Mr. Erukine tell you is the cause *'
I ofthe regulation in relation to cotton ? Why, a
( i sir, he told yen bisttbingfy that you must \ t
[ 8 look to the prosperous state ofthe French
. manufactures fb 1 Indyetgen*
tlemen want <• ■ , they cannot in P
. this see any thing, distressful to he coun- c
X , try or disgraceful to ita character ? y
in I think, sir, that, the best course-which .1
[y we can pursue would be to say nothing at
v all about the repeal of the embargo, Anel *'
j. if gentlemen will do so we may chance xo o
... have an accommodation of rill our differ- ri
, t - ences, because then an opportunity will be s ;
1; j givento the Exechtive which, he will ne>t ~
j.' otherwise have, to attempt an accommoda
0 tion. It Was considered a kind of treason c '
j, here tbe other day, when I spoke of an ex- II
tra mission ; bu> it is a very fashionable
ielea all over the House- now. Even the
. ' worthy gentleman fi*om Virginia before me
' t Air Randolph 1 bus no Objection to om
ninre- ib; ne-e for accommodation. Now, if f>
gentlemen will not go to War with us, anel si
* really 1 hey talk as if they w iii not, let diem { \
adhere tei the embargo and give a chance
for have thiaone other « '
chance for ah honorable accomm idation. * v
," Ido lie ye, sir, tllat war is *■''
; . pre. t< -dde to submission. I have ■»
- been educated in this kind of opi- w
c nton, and 1 cannot give it up prompt- fo
' s ly. lint it is unnecessary, say gen '**
1 tlemcti ; you can gain nothing by it. H
r Suppose, you had made this calcula- fri
- tion dining the revolutionary wr.r; di
* suppose, Mr. Chairmen), that you lc
~ (Mr. Macon) had'been thinking of so
. what you could make instead of th
f njiarching to houth Carolina, mh\ ios- si<
* ing your all in the common cuuse— Hi
1 where would you have been now ? in
'. Would you ever have been Speaker B«
1 of the House of Representatives of ho
1 the U. States ? VVould any of these po
1 gentlemen have ihe ho' or of seats qu
here ? And shall we abandon them j la:
, now without an exertion ? i ga
We are (old that we murt not go j ye
' to war, because ofthe monstrous dis- ) mi
proportion between our revenue and j tie
that ofthe British government. Did j the
not this disproportion exist in a great- th<
'er deg.ee during the revolutionary pa]
war, when we were without a govern* of
ment ? Yes, sir ; but you had that ha;
in abundance, in which I fear weary hot
very deficient now— patriotism. You 1
conquered the soil then without re- on
venue—and will yon slop to calculate th«
what is the proportion ol your" reve- rat;
nue to that ofGk Britain vyhen she is hai
banging you to a worse state than pos
you were in b line free * anc
Foi ii is a fact that the state in which oau
wofi are placed, if we trade under the wa
orders in council, is much worse than Gr
that which y nuMr. Chairman, assist >voi
cd to redeem us from. One, certain- c«[.
ly not tiie le is; of the attributes of »1- we
, vereignty, i; rto lay uxc*i. ive
j and consequently fo repeal .hem— Fl*l
here is s tax i»nposed upon you with the
out your consent —can you get it off:' Gn
No, gentleman from Pen 1 col
sylvania (,vir. Miinor.) Then, sir, blai
.-.c.''.'. rill
- bui
that - Ige, against your consent—we can*
1,11 ot get it removed, says the gentle
'—[ do not believe it, sir ; I
~ _ u'd ! >ury :he last man in the coun
i in- i y before I would aecedc to it.
"'h \ geutlomaii from New York (Mr.
!'" Ciardeniei'l sa-. she wishes th*& nation
rid -i ~..,..<
ion to grow ; I too witiid wish it. il il
„„.' could be allowed to giow in honor, in
ir of imie, in patriotism ; out if not, I
>va " would not desire it should " start a
use '' to P Where you arc, with ho
ien nor, rather than grow in disgrace,
the I wish not to sec the nation, > use
d. the converse of his metaphor, tike a
; ive great booby who has bc> n told by his
mother, " dom fight Billy till you
son >JJo\v big," and then he wont fight in
of his own person ; eve ry
B ' little fellow in the street spurns him*
'?" Th -* gentlemah says we may be a
l') 1 ". spunky, though a rickelly set ol lit
em tie fellows. Sir, I had rather be
>d, small, that) a cowaid; a rickeily
lst freeman, with one hand and one arm, |
c j than a slave with handsomest ap-
S(( pea ranee possible The plain qucs '
;he tlon presented for your determination !
vo h this, : will you live slaves or die '
50 ' freemen ? It is ewsy of solution ;
"*e . i ,
\ 0 you cant find an American in the na
na tion, so lost to honor, to leeling, as
fa not to say, " I will not live asi ive." '
°| And why not improve the opportunity :
n^ t lo off this stain ( No soys ihe '
m> gentleman from' Maryland, (Mr '
o- Key) there is reason to fear the com- |
w mander in thief may be a dangerous, '
lt an ambitious .nan, and overturn the l
■ v ] constitution. What, sir, place
iv us in a worse si uation than we i
id now i;i ? Suppose an army oi 50,Q00 (
" s men raised, with a clue lat its head; s
disposed to sacrifice our liberies, c
ii would you prefer that every attribute *
o- hf sovereignty shall be blasted by c
y* Britain, rather than take the risk
iving an ambitious general to resist l [
' her ilf the constitution is made of '
\l such brittle stufi'as not to stand a sin "
n- gle war ; if it is only to be preset ved .
y> by submission to foreign taxation, I ,!
BjhaH very soon lose ail ny solicitude P
its preservation. The gentleman j'
v, also talked about ihe dangers avoided l 1
st by the developament of Burr's real I
character) as if a foreign was to be "
in preferred to a domestic tyrant. It I P
a* could choose in'such a rase-, 1 would c
rather lake my chance with the latter -'•
11 than Uie loriner ; indeed, much m y
ji ther have a sovereign from among our ,2
0 own native blood roy 1, than from the Ci
r- royal family of England. You know, n
c sir, they are not apt to he ovei bur- » (
)l thened with a certain commodity, n
i . i
n considered essential to good govern- »
c- ment in this comitry. ™
c Do not shackle ns with war mea- D<
° SUics, let lie nation grow, says the **
ntleman from New Yotk, (Mr. ** v
if Gardenier). 1 am much mistaken, t,;
1 sir, if the gentleman himself was not a ]
" the first who declared for war. lam n
j, positive he told you months since, he tl*
was for a declaration of war against r y
3 France ; but now Great Britain is the
3 subject, he cries, dont shackle us "v."
- with war measures. Can he havejec
■ forgot his own description of the am- th
biiion and resources of Bonaparte ? th
, Has he forgo the picture which his wi
- friend from Connecticut (Mr, Pitkin) in
; drew of the colossal power of Napo- ye
i Icon? Tiie gentleman dwelt upon it sii
f so long, he really appeared towards fai
[' tne close, to iic under an appreheir l,n
iof its extension even over us, 'h
. He ought certainly to remember this i"•
lathe man who has truly smcte the m
■ Bourbons, has humbled the proud thi
house of Austria ; has crushed (he bta
power of Prussia, and who has van- lh;
quished even the ''heroic, the ga!- Ai
lant Alexander." Declare war a- til
j gainst France, said the gentleman o*l
[.yesterday; dent shackle us with war to
measures, to day 1 Sir, when the gen- mt
j tlemen on the other side bagin to fear I of
the power of Britain, or to tremble at j Hi
the extension of Bonaparte's, they jbe
pay marked homage to ihe wisdom 'on
of the embargo measure, for it alone to
has preserved us from collisions with th<
both ilieae mighty nations. po
Every gentleman who has spoken cv
on the opposite side, has declared th:
that the French edicts are in ope- mi
rative, arc empty menaces; they Se
q supposed, Ihey have proven their no
;ion, by the premium of insur sat
mice; and are we, therefore, he- wii
oauie they are in operative to declare sit;
war against her ? The orders of sai
Great Britain, but for the embargo, mi
would he operative, would have inter- tilt
cepted all your commerce, and yet the
we must pay her ! Gentlemen say be
we cannot come into contact with by
France, her decrees are inoperative, Tr
therefore we must fight her; while ah<
Greal Britain, who dues come into
collision with you, who attempts to (3VI
ol ist your character) to sap your most a r
tcrests, wi.o has imposed U'» wa
bute o*l yett, ivutt bo rn'ooitiaied by cvi
JPAID IH ADV.
an- money, must be paid . How doeathl**
le- sound, sir? Not very snirilcd ; what
I is it 1,1 reality ? Contemptible coward*
in- tee. My ideas of bono naj.
rights and justice, revolt at tbittbi
Iv. The gentleman from New York, t
on J recollect, some ti w ** s * nre ,lcchin,c-l
it veith a pathos that n oved my soul,
in when we were bout to determine the
. I order of the day of the supplemental
a embargo bill, « give us but one dav'r.
»o- liberty," said ,
se " A day> aY h ° Ur (f wrtwm » Mi ny,
" Is worth a whole eternitii o> bo>u.
A ddg-e." K
ou And it is true. sir. What do-, ha
iM how say ? Virtually th ü b r
V y mi ; that he uil] consent, tot .hb
ble commerce, circumscribed and re
a gulaied by Great Britain, to nay trl
it. bu.e lo her. The gcntlem:.; 's pas
k stuns were excited ; he could see no
ty thing but slavety under the operation
n> of a law Of his own country ; brat
p. when the orders in coun.
s consideration, he's off; and no: lie
m alone, but many of the bpposers oi'
j e the embargo.
. Tiie gentleman from Connecticut,
a . a revolutionary character, (Mr. Tail*
lS mad'gje) called upon us the o?ht. duv >
•> to repeal the embargo, and to lake a
y stanc calculated to maintain the no
,e nor and dignity ofthe nation, but was
~ extremely cautious not to suy what
x . that sland is ; and really, if bis stand
Sj is not bet.er calculated to ma main
ie the rights ofthe nation, than his tea
e sons are forcible for the repeal, they
c | will be poorly maintained indeed—-h©
l 0 offered you three, and but three rea*
, sons fo ihe repeal. I very; much
s? doubrwnether the gentleman will b%
c willing to recogni-gc them foi ids
y own when he hears them repeated*
>, certainly much abler arguments are
„ to he expected from a repi'esenta
l( - tive. ofthe state ol Connecticut, ivnieh
having been steady in its habits, must
j have, by this inn, il we are to be-
I lieve H„ ormer duj
B polize a! die ••virtue and taJeiits of
, her neighbors*'. I. Because a grand
nt had some time' ago
' ition of the
. President i«soed in April last. This
I presentment of the grand jury, if it
j ever had been a reason, which I rfeny,
r i'-r repealing the ernl; | 06t
.. thai character, being at l< asl neui
r izcel, by presentments i site
= cast—-1 question whether f
, men in the House i
2- That tbe n i r i, a p 9
, of Providence, (R,
. heyed the orders ofthe governoi. lam
happy ro say the alarms, which had
. bee excited in my n md, relative to
. the state of the public mind Lhcrei
_ were much greater than the c . ... ate.
p thorized. As to the particular case
■ alluded to, I am informed by autho
i rity, to my mind perfectly conclusive,
i that although the militia did not car
ry into execution the on;
the proper authority., it , t ; la{:
, kind of disobedience, if i can lie term
led disobedience'at all, to which any
thing reprehensible can be attached c
they were called out, but before they
were paraded, the vessel which it wa*
intended iney should detain, was be.**
youd their reach. Is this a teasbn,
sir, for repealing the embargo ? So
far froVn its shewing a spirit of resist
ance, it is a proof that the law even
there does govern. 3. That the col
lectors will be thrown into jail, inas
much as they will be required, under
the operation of state laws, m giy<s
bond for damages lo so large an amount
that sureties cannot be obtained.*
As to this objection, it is equally fu
tile with the others. Let the whole
machinery of state law be directed
to this point, I believe Mr, Gallatin
may, as it were with a single stroke
jof his pen, put it down completely,
i However large the bail required may
I be, if the Secretary of the Treasury
1 orders the deposits of public ny
to be removed from one bank to ano
ther, that Lank which secures the de
posits, wiJI furnish the eollec
curity. 1 am not to be v;
that this has been done, but
ing on the sagacity and fidelity ol th*s
Secdary of the Treasury, I b&ve
no ttoubt it will be done, whei
sary. It is not certain, far other
wise, that there will be uch a nee. s*>
sity—but happen when if may, the
same spirit which ha* es
much scnsaiion in the "Enat—mc
tile cupidity—money—v.id f\n
the remedy. Bad indet
be that cause Vi
by no belter arguments tl.
The gentleman from Conned
should abandon it. *
My worthy friend from VirpJ
fMi
Ot 1310.