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 Mr. .WHITE'S SPEECH, 
 m SENATE. 
 
 JANUARY 7, 1809. 
 
 Xlnder considcmtion ]^r. Giles' hill for enforcing the embargo 
 laws and the amendments to it^ sent up by the house of re- 
 presentatives. Mr. Reed moved to strike out *' secretary of 
 the treasury" in thr i^th section for the purpose of inserting 
 President of the United Stales — he supported the motion iritlt 
 a few pertinent remarks, hut which were not replied to. When 
 the vote was about to be taken, Mr, White rose and observ-' 
 
 cd. 
 
 MR. PRESIDENT, 
 
 JUN 1 1 W 
 
 I HAVE no hope of the present ametlciincnt succeeding, anil in- 
 deed, I distinctly perceive it is not the intention of the majority to 
 vary the bill in any respect from the form in which it is now pre- 
 sented to us. In this, sir, perhaps, they may be right, fori view 
 the bill myself as so vitally poisonous, so radically corrupt, that! do 
 not believe it is amendable. It is under this solemn impression, I 
 confess more from a sense of duty, than a hope of success, that I now 
 rise to make one other last effort to ward off; if possible, this bold 
 and deadly charge upon the constitution and liberties of this coun- 
 try. Foi the purpose, therefore, of obtninin-g another vote of the 
 senate upon the bill itself as well as the amendments, I novV move 
 you, that the further consideration of this subject be postponed till 
 the first Monday in November next. I thank God, thatit is at least 
 accorded to one branch of th legislature to pass upon this bill in the 
 day time ; and to this I must attribute the sudden dumbness that 
 seems to have fallen upon its advocates here ; their refusal not only to 
 discuss, but their evident reluctance even to hear any discussion on 
 this subject. 
 
 , Upon the motion which I have submitted. I consider the bill, as 
 well as the amendments from the other bouse, open to debate ; it 
 was not, however, with this view that I made the motion. I have 
 no wish to talk for the sake of being heard, or occupy the time of 
 the «:enate without at least a hope of attaining some ohjjpct. 1 had 
 not intended to have .said a word on this subject, nor W'tU I now en- 
 ter upon the merits of the bill, my objections Iny to every pirf of 
 it ; yet sir, I could not have patiewcK to examine the minute details 
 of a measure, in the prominent points of which I see, concealed, a 
 blow directed at the vital parts of every thing dear to a freeman.... 
 Pass this bill, an<l the libeities of your country are prostrated. The 
 civil authority is subjected to the military ; not only the property 
 but the personal liberty, nay, the life of every man in the <"Qmrttuui' 
 

 ty is at the mf;rcy of the executive, and what is worse at the mercy 
 of any instrument he n»ay authorise to call nuithe military under the 
 pretence of executing the embargo lavs. I see in this hill several 
 pulpable and glaring violaiions of the constitution of the U. States 
 which lam sworn to support, I consider it as laying the whold 
 country under military law, as nothing less than a declaration of war 
 on the part of the government against our own citizens. Aii(l has it 
 come to this, sir? I'or the purpose of executing the embargo, ar« 
 we ready to sacrifice, or at leaist to hazard every thing dear and val- 
 uable > Let me beg gentlemen once more to read the eleventh sec- 
 tion of this bill, it enacts " that it shall be lawful for the President of 
 the United States, or such other person as he shalt have empowei-ed 
 for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces, or 
 militia of the United States, or of the territories thereof, as may be 
 judged ujcessary, in conformity with the provisions of this and oth- 
 er acts respecting the embargo, for the purpose of preventing the 
 illegal departure of any ship or vessel, cr of detaining, taking pos- 
 session of^ and keeping in custody, any ship or vessel, or of taking 
 into custody and guarding anj- specie or articles of domestic growth, 
 produce or manufacture ; and also for the purpose of preventing 
 nd suppressing any armed or riotous assemblage of persons resisting 
 the custom house ofticers in ihe exercise of their duties, or in any 
 manner opposing the execution of the laws laying an embargo, or 
 otherwise violating or assisting and abetting violations of the same.'' 
 I am aware, sir, that it may be said we have in our statute books a 
 pr'^'^edent for this section, and that the fifth section, 1 think, (fori 
 Ji -'. no book before me) of a law further to preserve peace within 
 the ports and harbors ol" the United States, may be resorted to, in 
 justification of it. Eut it is a precedent only in verbage ; the cases 
 are essentially different... the authority there given to the President 
 Was for the purpose of preserving peace within our own waters, and 
 could be exercised only against an olfending ves:iel of^war of a fo- 
 reign nation. Is that the present case ? Is it likeU? Ko, sir ... 
 JBy this section you delegate to the President, and to his irresponsible 
 agents, uncontrolled authority over all the naval and military forces 
 of the United .States now in service and about to be raised ; not, give 
 me leave to say, for the purpose of preserving peace. ..not to be ex- 
 ercised against a foreign enemy, but to be turned against the bo- 
 soms of your own citizens. Will ireemen submitto this ? Let me 
 admit that the act will not be executed in this way ; that even thig 
 inordinate and dangerous power may be safely confided to our pre- 
 sent executive ; yet I shudder at the precedent. It is in these days 
 of political calms, and of blind confidence in a favorite, that we are 
 in danger of establishing precedents that in more stormy times may 
 be resorted to, by ambitious and desperate men, to subvert the con- 
 stitution and liberties of our country- And I contend, sir, thafc 
 whenever your exet utive chair shall be filled by a bold and ambi« 
 tious manj supported by a blind and dominant party in the two hou- 
 ses of congress, and such a man shall wish to play the tyrant, if he 
 first procures a sufiicient army to be provided under any pretences. 
 
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 a«d can then get delegated to him by congress the po^vers given ia 
 th.se eventl. section ol the bill, hi. objea i« acco npl.«l,ed .!yoir 
 cpnst.tut.on am your liberties are at an end...he «?^|| esiMshl 
 s_uthern, a western, an eastern, or any other dynasty he please in 
 this country. And this bill will then be she^u to L/e s they 
 w.II hen be told that no danger is to be apprehended from uch ^ 
 frrant of power to a President, because similar powers had here to- 
 4ore been ^iven and no injury had resulted to the country. 
 
 anrlTuV'n' ^'.'V ^I"''"''''' T' ^"^ occupy the time of the senate, 
 o? tl e bn ''•7,'"^'^!f' 7 "»'y ^^r' '^ "'^^'^ ^^'' ^ postponemen 
 
 *?' .1 . u ^ ""' "P' ^ "'"'* ^^ peruiitted to notice, for a moment 
 he Umte.nth sc-ctmn, whicj. is not an original part of the bTll but 
 has been sent to us by the hous. of r.p re-sen tatives. This section 
 authorises the h,r,ng of thirty vessels nol exceeding an hundred and 
 thirty tons each, to be armed and equipped for sea, lor the purrse 
 of executing the embargo laws. 4, \L man must be l>lif.dTi o 
 
 "cr/th\f ^^' ^'"-:iV— ,0 strongly of the -onrce when e 
 t can^e that it ,s mipossible to mistake it for a moment...it has the 
 ery fish 0,1 about .t...it is a Aiarblehead t.ick. This is a rider o 
 he famous Marblehead patriotic resolutions read to us some days 
 
 smce by the gentle,nan from Virginia, (Mr Gil.s)...These xMarble- 
 
 head patriots not be.ng permitted during the embargo, to export 
 hen- tnh ; for the want of some other capital, about to coml^^.ce 
 
 t ade ijpon the.r patriotism, and have sent that to marke ! 
 
 mtrio'tirn'^l 'f °"'y^PP-- ^>f the embar^^o, but with liuch 
 E h n t "^ J ••'icommend to the governm.nl to hire them and 
 heir hundred and thirty ton vessels to^execute it. It is not imnossi- 
 bfe but that this thirteenth section was considered and app o7ed of 
 oy the same meeting that adopted the resolutions, and is now it!- ' 
 tended as a governmental premium to buy patriots with. Hire these 
 Marbleheadmen.H-; arm their vessels, and tell one of chem to 
 victual his vessel for a three or six months cruise upon our coast, and 
 to go to sea ; my word for it, the next news yo, have of your pa!ri. 
 ot he IS lu the West.Indies exchanging the pork and flour of the U. 
 Sta es for coffee and sugar for himself.^ This was the object o th^ 
 resolution., this is the concealed object of the section. It is intend! 
 od to disgrace the government by making them accessories to the 
 violation u. their own laws. But. sir, I have another objection to 
 Ihiosertiou. Ihrse thirty vessels, in addition to the twelve reve- 
 nue cu.teis we have lately provided, and those now in service, will 
 place under the exclusive direction, not of the president of the Uni- 
 ted Scutes, but of a subordinate officer, the Secretary of the Treasu- 
 ry, more than fifty vessels of war, a larger number than has ever 
 been entrusted to the control of the Government itself. And who 
 are to appoint these ofTirers, the President and this Senate ? No 
 
 p^„";i~ •■"-,,- ,•; f ^n^ /f^'isu'V...ne isio ue me iViarblehead 
 
 President. We all know how dilTicnlt it is to restrain even the 
 young ofticers commanding our gun^boats, selected and appointed 
 9s tI-7 are by the President and Senate, from committing acts of 
 
violence and ontra^e upon our ritizciia ? And what control do yoy 
 expect the Secretary of the Treasury will be able to assume over 
 these Marbhihcad marauders, once they are turned lo(.)se upon th« 
 little coasting commerce that yet remains to our citiiujnsr Sir, { 
 had rather see so many French or Jiriti.^h picaroons upoji the coast, 
 because they would not be permitted to rob with impunity. 
 
 -^^^^^3?S35s-; 
 
 . Mr. HILLHOUSF/S SPEECH, 
 
 IN SENATE, 
 
 JANUARY 7, I8()P. 
 
 On M}\ White s, motion to postpone Mr. Giles's bilL 
 to enforce the Embargo, iciili the amendments of 
 the House of Representatives, to the first Monday^ 
 of November next. 
 
 \ - 
 
 MR. PRESIDENT, 
 
 T SHALL not trespass on the patience of the Senate by repeat- 
 ing any arguments abcady submitted to their consideration. JBut 
 ji, will l)f. re^iieinbered that the debate on passing the bill as it went 
 (Vom the Senate, was protracted to a late hour, whin both speakers 
 and hearers were iriuoh fatigued, and it becatne impossible to consi- 
 der every point. I will therefore now take the liberty of noticing 
 the prectdcnis upon which the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Giles) 
 so con?uiently relies to justify the princ'ples of this bill. 
 
 The Orst is that clause in one «»!' ilic; c iibaigo ao's, which gives 
 to the President of the United Stales a discretionary power to sus- 
 pend ti.e enUiargo "in whole or in ])urt;" which was indeeir an 
 cxtntordinuri/ pcAVcr, and nothing sliort of comniitting into his hands 
 I'lc poivcv cf involviri,'>; tlie conn/rt/ in luar. 'i he gentleman ought fur- 
 ther to have stated, that it wus opposed at the tinie<m//w/ ground; 
 and that the votes of gentlemen opposed to this bill are recordovl on 
 }.he journals against it. \\ ho gave to the Executive thnt extraordi- 
 nary power: Jt w,ifi the l.ke overwhelming majority that laid the 
 v»nbar"<>, and would now enforce it bv the arbitrary provisions con- 
 
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 he coast. 
 
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 Ls it went 
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 3 to consi- 
 noticing 
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 ndeetr an 
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 :orded on 
 extiaordi- 
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 sions con- 
 
 taiued in this bill. It is indeed extraordinr/ry, very extraordinary, 
 
 ha to usti y an arbMrar^ aud wnvarrantuhlc grant of Vo^cr, gentle- 
 
 !nel Vould Vote a'precedent of a Uk. nature, ot the.r own u.ak. 
 
 ing. 
 
 5;n act of March 3d, 1807. authorising the President of the U 
 
 State to use military force to remove from P'^^ '>^ •<*"!•;' H^J/^.tm 
 temniin- to make settlements thereon, is also relied on to just y the 
 Spies o this bill. But the gentleman from V.rgm.a vy.ll find 
 b the journals of the Senat^, that an act makmg provision for 
 car. Vini into execution an Indian treaty, was, at a previous session, 
 reeced, because it contained a like arbitiary and unwarrantable 
 Son. The act as stated by that gentleman, -- afterwards pass- 
 ed, not however w ithout a strenuous opposition ; the votes were 17 
 'o 15, as appears by the yeas and nays> My vote was agn.ns that 
 a" t; as I hope it will be against every act containing like arbitrary 
 an loppressiJe provisions. The gentleman from Virginia advoca- 
 ted anT'oted for that act ; as he has done for others containing gran s 
 \a extraordinary po^cr to the Executive. Formerly that gentleman s. 
 voice was one of the loudest, and I think I have heard none louder 
 in proclaiming Ids love and adoration for the people ihnt now that 
 he has got into the saddle, he, like many others, who have acqui- 
 red power in the ,ume miy, is for riding on the necks of the peo- 
 pie, and for exercising power in an arbitrary and oppressive man- 
 
 "Tshallnextnot.ee the law of March 3d, 1805, and a law con- 
 taming a like provision, passed June 5th, 179-t. As the gentleniau 
 from Virginia seems to attach some importance to his precedents, 
 from the circumstance of my having ir. some instances voted for 
 them, I do not hesifale to declare, that I voted for the lavy of 1805. 
 and it is probable I did also for that of 1791 : as I could have no 
 obiection to a law which was necessary to preserve peace, and pre- 
 vent /,ww//5 to our government, or the violation of the laws wilhm 
 our ports and harbours, and on waters within our own jurisdiction, 
 by foreign armed ships, or ^vessels Biting out with hostile views a> 
 gainst aiiy power with which we were in amity. The military force 
 authorised by those laws, would in no instance be employed on the 
 land, and asrainst our own citizens; except to prevent the tarry- 
 inr on a military expedition or enterprize against such foreign povv-- 
 er? So cautious were the administrators of the general government 
 Qf callino- in the aid of the military to enf<, rce the laws, that no ex- 
 press pavver was given to the President of the United btates, by any 
 act of Congress, to employ any part of the standing army or naval 
 force, until, under the present administration, the law mentioned by 
 the gentleman from Virginia, of March 3d, 1807 (m my opinion a 
 yerv proper law) was pass<:d, giving to the Pr. ident a power, in all 
 cases where he might call forth the militia for the purpose of suppres- 
 in'2 insurrections, or of causing the laws to be executed, to employ, 
 for the same purpose, such part of the land and navai iorce or me 
 United States, as he may judge necessary; " having fi^^^t observed 
 all the prerequisites of the'taiv in that respect." In the two lust lines 
 of this law, arc a few words of great significance and impcri... 'hay- 
 
l.ot to take the lead, as in the T ent hW. . . ' ^''^ ^"''"''y '* 
 and bo suhord.nate to the civil po.v" Tu 7\'' '" ^^"^^ '" ^''^ «'■' 
 journals, that no e/li)rt consistent m i»K »l. i "''?7 »PP^-ar ou our ' 
 Deen on.iUcul to prev.ntT a^^^^^ Senate, ha, 
 
 g^nil^man from Delaware (MwCTteW^'^'^^ ' ^"' ^''^^^ ^^e 
 o../or a po.s,ponen.ent of tl e biil ,o Uv- L^Zf\ '"'"'f l' ^"^ ™"''- 
 next. The amendnHMUs /Vo.n the IJouseor I '^ ""^ November 
 «oi .n the Jea t reconciled me to L »?M "•^P''^'^'-'"tat>ves. have 
 
 That <A\Vn.\ to the 7lh secUon i 1 « ' """^ ""^>: '=* ^'^^ ''"X value. 
 
 the understandings oF the A.:; ctr'^r ' 'C'u^' '"• '""/'/^^ 
 as It passed the Senat... *' neither c.nr.r /^ ^'^ "''ginal bill 
 accident vvhatev.r, .hall be n lad..d n ' ''^'■"''' "°'' «".>^ ^^her 
 amendment proposes to ad ''^n|e^^^^^ '" evidence." ] ho 
 ' proved to Lve been I >sm|. "^ ^/^^^^ ^'"Ptur.. shall be expressly 
 
 ' oned by no n^gb^jence o devi • ' '"'''''' ""' ^^'^i^ent occasi. 
 
 ' ted by a master, male or na es ml-i^r," 'T^'' ^^"''^ "^^''^'«- 
 'shall be citizen, of the Unded tater. ?"' ^""^' -''«"' 
 
 'ma,e., mariners an.; crew hall . M I' . ,'"' '"' '^ "'^^^ ^^r 
 
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 ; -vorn as co.npetent .v'rnes f . JnCs ''f "^ ''^" ^^'^'' «"^ 
 mate., mariners and crew, shall la ' "'^'^VL ""''"■' "'^^^ °^- 
 ' Jue form of Jaw, and aconv thr nf'^ ^ ^ shipping paper m 
 ' ter, mate or matU ma E d^^ .'""^'T;;"^- ^f^^^^'^''^ ^''^ mas. 
 ' of residence, «halJ have been ol'ed uM>h .t "''".r''"'"""' P'«^^^ 
 ' to wjb.on. the bond aforesaid sin IK '^^ collector of the port, 
 
 •• mencement of the vov to a^^d ' nh? ^f'! ^''7 ^'^'''^ »''« -•»- 
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 'exemplified by a plain case Tvl.^'i 'r'?'""*' ^^''" be best 
 Charleston, South C\aoIinTa; the r ,'^"""^*^°'" "a'timore to 
 m>nr and other articles to Hie vTlueiS P^^'^^ '^'<«"^n board. 
 !ars, and twenty member of Con. 'J 1'"^' ^^f*-''' ^^ 20,000 d.rl- 
 Licn of character. Ca I els.^f i^^ T^^" "'"^'^^ P*"^^""'^ • ^^ be 
 ^he lives of the cre^v MTu^'^^f"^^^^^ ^^'^ vessel and 
 
 oR-rboard. On the arr val « T^^^^ ''^'^^ ^''■'?<> '« ^^lo^r. 
 
 ;a,ly landed, and : ^l^lo^ae^b ISr^SIS^ ^--^ -^i^le ts 
 
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 more, where the suit miTst be mmmpiired, should, after the faps* of 
 two montlis before wliu h no suit can be brought, be able to bring 
 foni Cliai leston and into court, the mate or mutes and every one of 
 the mariners and crew. ..some one may have ^ en taken out on tlirt 
 passage by an armed vessel of a toretgn nation ; or after the arrival 
 at Charleston, it would be marvelous indeed if someone, or more of 
 the crew had not within two months shipped on board sonje other 
 vessel, or gone to pans unknown to the bondsmen. In the bill there 
 is no orovision to enable the mar^teror bondsmen to hold the mate, 
 mariners and crew, in custody until a trial can be had j they can 
 not even summon them, until a suit is commenced. In case of a 
 hostile capture most of the mariners and crew would be carried a- 
 way to a foreign country ; and it would be impossible for the bonds, 
 men to have them in court. 
 
 Having ofj'ered my sentiments on the various amendments frort^ 
 the House of Representatives, and the amendments offered in the 
 Senate to those amendments as they were severally under ctinsidera- 
 t.ion, I shall now close with a few remarks on the proposed new sec- 
 tion for hiring, arming and employing thirty vessels not exceeding 
 one hundred and thirty tons each ^'or - forcing the laws of the (J. 
 States on the sea coast, and t toyed under the direction of 
 
 institution has placed the 
 
 a'.es under the direction 
 
 the laxus he faiihfully ex.. 
 
 vessels, a naval force of 
 
 .e Secretary of the Trea- 
 
 the Secretary of the Treasur '- 
 
 military and naval force of . 
 of the President, who is to " . 
 ecuted.*' This section places tl. 
 no small import, under the directii>.. 
 
 sury for enforcirg the laws. ...Even the Revenue Cutlers, which from 
 the circumstance of their commanders being deemed and 'jy law 
 declared to be officers of the customs, fall under the directioii of the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, under whose superintendence the Ia*v 
 has placed the collection of the revenue, even those revenue cut- 
 ters when otherwise employed than in-the collection of the revenue, 
 are not permitted to n 'nain under the direction of the Secretary of. 
 the Treasury* who of all the oflicers of government is tfie most im- 
 proper to have the direction of the military and navui force to be 
 employed in executing the embargo ; for to him alone is confided the 
 power of mitigating the rigor of the several acts, and of remitting 
 penalties and forfeitures. Ihere is a manifest impropriety in mak- 
 ing the same person both Judge and Executioner, The gentleman 
 from Virginia says, we have heretofore reproached the friends of 
 the adininist-ation with the want of energy, and complained of tbtm 
 ibt relying on proclamations, paper resolutions, and legislative acts.,. 
 and now that something is proposed that has in it the appearance of 
 energy, vve are e^jually clamorous in heaping reproach upon them. 
 Sir, it is the inversion of the proper order of things of which we 
 complain. The administration and their friends have been making 
 proclamations, paper resolution^, and legislative acts to be aimed at 
 foreign nations, against whom they are unavailing ; whereas, in re- 
 gard to our own citizens, aided by the Marshal and posse commicatus, 
 they n)i£:ht li« eiectMal. And t* cvoapletc this inversion the sane 
 
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 ailminisiraiion and their fiieiids lave unnecessarily, and in my ap^ 
 preliension wantonly, (lirecied against our own citizens the hayom-fi 
 the military and naval Ibrccjol" our country, which might be effici- 
 ent against foreign aggression. Jt is for adopting this strange, this 
 unaccountable policy, that we are disjatisfied. 
 
 I have opposed the bill in every stagt; of its progress, and used 
 every exertion in my power to prevent its passage : I shall now 
 only ask, that the question may be taken by the yeas and nays, 
 that I may once more record my name on the journals a^'ains't a 
 measure, w'nch, if acquiesced in, may prove fatal to the libt.ties of 
 my country. 
 
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 *NOTE. 
 
 > I 
 
 On the question, shall the bill pass ? It was determined in the 
 amrmative...Yeas 17. ..Mays \5. 
 
 Tho§e who voted in the affirmative are. 
 
 Messrs. 
 
 Baldwin, 
 
 Bradley, 
 
 Condit, 
 
 Fenner. 
 
 Guillard, 
 
 Giles, 
 
 Howlandj, 
 
 Kitchel, 
 
 Maclay, 
 
 Messrs. Milledfe, 
 Mitchell, 
 Moore, 
 Plunier, 
 
 Smith, of Maryland, 
 Smith, of New- York, 
 Smith, of Tennessee, 
 Turner. 
 
 Those who voted in the nagative arc. 
 
 Messrs. Adams, 
 Bayard, 
 Clay, 
 .rilman, 
 Hillhouse, 
 Logan, 
 Pickering, 
 Reed, 
 
 Messrs. Smith, of Ohio, 
 
 Smith, of Vermont, 
 
 Stone, 
 
 Thruston, 
 
 Tracy, 
 
 White, 
 
 Worihington. 
 
 •i 
 
 Baltimne, printed at the office of the Federal Republican. 
 
 jg^iifjitBga.i^a'-:^ ■-. p 
 
nd in my ap* 
 s f.lie bayorrffi 
 iglit be effjci- 
 i strange, this 
 
 ess, and used 
 I shall now 
 ;as and nriys, 
 lals at.'uln.st a 
 l>e libt.lies of 
 
 mined in the 
 
 aryland, 
 
 ew-York, 
 
 ennessee, 
 
 no, 
 jnnont. 
 
 publican.