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PRESIDEKT, THE legal, the constitutional, anJ the commercial objections lo the bill under consideration, have been stated by the gentleman from Connecticut, and my colleague ; and enforced by rtusons whicii to me appear irresistible. Hut if their statotnents were as incor- rect as they are true ; if their reasoning were as doubtful as it ix irrefragable.- id if the rigorous provisions of the bill were carried into executiou...not by the, marshal aii My fiiend'a calcufa- s gupenour lions «lo not look bade ; tney are prospccth'e : formed on th« /'^kj to be run, if the embavijobcMemoved and the sails of ourmerchant tessels be again spread on the sea. . i i *• „ ,«,l iK« But as the c'entleman alike disregards such calculations, and ihe evidence of facts app.^aring at several insurance offices ^and among men cTf plain, practical understanding, these would be resorted to "ssour/erot' correct information) seeing. I -X' ^^-,f-;J-"^"J^^^^^ Virginia is not satisfied with this testimony, why did he not advert 7o irauthority which he holds in the higl-^t respect, the au^^^^^^^^ ritv of tho President and Secretary of State? ^^^y ,'^^^f, kI\A that Bonaparte's Berlin decree was an " empty menace and "h^;FLl."l-^./^A-/^ the means ofcarr,in,U into f-' «?-«f .^^ Mts and abnegations of nentral nations. But this a so the gentle- man uassos bv. Let mc then mention one more statement. n he message at the opening of the present session of Congre the President intormed us, that his ministers in London a"J P^ « had bL^n instructed to explain to the respective governmenU h s d?4osition to exercise his power of .uspendms ''^ ^^fl^J^ ./"^^.J^. such manrrcr as to open the way to a renewal of commercial inter- coursibut that neiiiier government had accepted his ofter. Ihe S truJtVons to his ministe? in Paris, the President says were ne- c^^rU; rnodiried...but how he did not say , and from the obscuri- tv of hi« hin-uase it would be impossible to divine. By looking. hWe er tolhe^correspondcncc between Mr. Madison and General A7mstonrperhaps we may discover the boon or boons oliered to riThce. ot /ondition of the Emperoi^s repealing hrs decrees Mr ^ad,gon.avs that if France shoulc evoke her decrees, Great-Bri- t.in Z oMowing the example, .ould be obliged to restore t# Cnce the fu blnefit of neutral trade ; or, by persevering ,n her Lders - rem er collisions with the United States inevitable.- And Gener'al \nUon:r says in the like case, that "it may be fairly ^rT-'n' d^th" UnU^d St.tes could no longer hesitate about becom- FnTa tiartv to the war against England." He adds, that if Great- EHtair louTd no/obtruct our trade, the wants of prance and her fc w/ woulcl be suppiied...!f Great-Britain should obstruct th« ale "'Te Ivisheaof^l n.aicsty [the French -r,P--l -^^th; t^:t:^:^^ 7-^ ^:;l:;;^:f^sr of Ihe -S j^^ "^IcJ^^^^^^l^^r^^^ a document been accidently overlook ^ \v;-h r^crard to the other belli-erent, the President speaks a plain- .r lliil^f He '"yr^^^ to Great-Britain. " whose power on the crlaugnagc. "^ ;;>%...„._ .....gj explicitlv, " that on her re- ocean iS so ascendant, it was j-iatea LAp.A. » , . , ;n5.™lfo.llUhe tort^on ihe globe,..esccpt those «t France ani leu fa- risks chant 1 the imong ted to i from idvert autho- have ,» and nst the jentle- ngresSf I Paris Its his iivs, in [ inter- . The ?re ne- )bscuri- ooking. General fered to 3. Mr. •eat-Bri- jtore t* in her " And e fairly beconi- f Great- and her ruct tho express- were the govern - has been conimu- overlook [sa plain- ^er on the 1 her re- tieir trade .in case of 'resident ! ;h cargoes, ■"ranee an«l fi^r dependent stales. ..when, according: to the gentK-man from Vir- ginia, that temptation to plunder would fill the ocean with I'rench privateers ! I will recite the {^entlenjau's words..." '1 he vtason of the low insurance, is, that the French have no inducenieiii tosend out privateers, to depredate upon our commerce, as long lus the em- bargo restrains it within our ports, ..raise the endxugo, and tlie temptation to plunder would fill the ocean with privateers. Th» commerce would stand litlie chance to escape the pkiuderers." And yet the President, who professes so niucii solicitude lor American seamen and American commerce, was willing, we have just seen, lo «uspend the embargo^ and thereby expose our seamen, our vessels and merchandize, "these essential resources," and "with little chance to escape,'* to the plunder of French privateers, which would then fill the ocean! — Into such contradictions v.ill manJvind bfc plun<;ed, when the real object in view docs uot admit i)f* fair and candid disclosure. To recur to the question, what good will the em^jar^© do? Hovr Mill it promote the public welfare ? That it is not necessary to pre- serve our seamen, our vessels and our merchandijae, lias been con- clusively proved. Yet it is said that it must be continued, and if continued, that it must be enforced with all the arbitra-ry n'.gula- tions and powers contained in the bill before us ; uud which have been sostrikingly described by the gentlemen who have spoken be- fore me, in order w preserve our honour — ^* -om national character, and national iudcpandeme." — In my apprehensioti this is incorrect. I see, sir, a constant eilbrt to idcntijy oui adir.iniMratinn with the nation, but they are essentially distinguishable. The .errors of an administra- njay bring mischief upon and hazard the ruiii of a hatioji. Wit- ness, &t tliis moment, the brave and ^^eneroys Spaniards, who afior suflerlngan agf^ of depression, have been regenerated in a moment, as with an electric stroke, a-id nobly rising, are now breaking tho chains forged for them, upon .the head of their oppre;^or. Who that has ajheart, who that has au-y sympathy for human suflerings... ■who that respects the rights of seU'-govc*rn'.r.ent, inherent in every iia'ion — will not Ik<1 them God's speed ? 1 would say, go on, no- ble and gallant Spanic^rdsj, and be the instruments of heaven to stay the ravages of the most rutiiiess tyrant that has scourged the Euso- pean world, since the Roman JSmpire felll I was saying, 5ir, that a nation and its administratian nre essentially distinguishable. Jt is necessary now to distinguish them in our o-llh 'Country. How has it been brought into its present state of embar- rasment ? Has it been without tlie agency of its administration :... For a series of year^ sir, illusions have been industriously >!;>read among the people. 'Jo dissipate those illusion^ so f»r as was in my power, I have exposed myself to the slanders and reproaches of the ignorant, the base, and the unprincipled. J^ut 1 am not by such means to be discouraged. IJitherto my attention has been con- fined to the embargo. It is that which immedi tely brought the na-> tion into its nreseMt denlorable situation j and the only way to escanf? from it is, by making the distinction. to which I have alluded. And X saj, 8iT,that while ia ti»e uature of thingsit is imposmble for the ■ • J .- rt,. ihf honor of tbe nation, iU embargo to vindicate the nghto^lej^no^^ ^dministrati. maintenance is deemed of ^^^ ^^^.^^^^^^ i^. Hence the unvane.l on. who htve ^VaM their "-^P^^t "'\ ,7"" ,ans to impress the be, Claris of the administvafon «"^;h;^^^^^ principal cause of . lief, that the i>r.ti8h orders mcoun,. I vstr^^^ ,^^,.^,.^ the embargo. For they see ^^^^ ,^j^^.^"X^^^^^ B^t if those orders Congress as the cause, ^'"^^^^''^'y J"^"^'e"u e' " ^^f"*"*^ ""'^'"'^ '''* MXMMhe cause, the S^^^^'J^^'" ^J^' '^^^^^^^ ott..r niolivessankuUoins,§n.fi ant . ^t ,.^ reroked.... the embargo must be Vr'^^nt the last importance to shew that li.nco. .ir. it appeared to »\"*^^^^; j;,,^",\,use of the embargo; tl,e Briii.h orders m ^•"""'•'[ 7;,^.,T' ^^^ \,y proving that ^^ hen and impartial observers th.uk ^^ , ^";;;, enl tho.e'orders wer, thee^nbargo was r-<>^^^'"^"^\':^^ ^1^ „^^f ri'ulemen persist in assert- in this country unknown. .^^"^ "' ' "' V' .^te the continuance of ing the contrary, and on that ^'^^ ^^ .^^^,11 n our tables, and ,,% embargo wUh ^W^ re.nU>rc.mH^ L:^::te;cour.e law ;...! n.ust that to be toi lowed, I suppose , ^^ 'ui be permuted to adduce son,elu.therpio(... ,^ B^^.Vm de. We have been gravely told tna tbe F cnc L y ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ cree, declaring all tl>e Br.t.sh j^^^^ 'l^^^, ii„,,,„d. on ac- not be ju^titied as a n.easure ol f'^'i^^^^^i^fa^ a certain extent of count of her declu.r^g jn -J^^^^^;^^^,'^^^ ^^^^ and blockaded evea coa.t, the whole oi ^^h.ch could not be n v ^^^ .^ ^^^^ ,^ by her powerlul navy...because 1 raDce ) ,iominion8 ; tation I single ship before any one P". t ^ e i^ ^.^^ .^^ ^^^^^^^^ and that the Milan decree ot l^O.' ^^^-^^f^^ ^,^,, u^ the British or- on the supposed -na.escence ot ^^^^^,,,,^ .vhich have not tiers of tlie preceding month, J' ;\^ " ^„^,,„ in America at Jx c'ertainlv been ac.in'^'«^"-ed »'•. ^^'^ f ".^ be p eased to recollect, that ck/c-o//k./^ -orning, Decen.ber December, 180.; ^ "^ ^V^",:^ to Got h Hou.es ofConsrvess, re- IStb, came the President h nitssa^t i" •<;ommeuding the laying of »n ^l'^''^^' ;„ Ameucaon the 17ih Now, if the liritish ^'■'^^^^.^/^^^^^"^te.'s; w believe that the plua of Deceniber, wluitmano commo™ ^^^.^^^ ^.^^^ lor imposing the embargo (a P''-^";'^ 5, p,.^,uient in the moru- terrible conscH^^ences) ^f 7""^"'';i/-,^i!h'.rders in council, which i„g of the 18th. had lor Us basis the ^^"^^^^^ ,, ? As I ob- vvere not kno.n in America on "« "^f^^ / L?ime%vhich inter- served on a ^-^^^-^^^'IZ^S.^ from France, by the • vened between the aruva -ll';^^XT^,^,,^ the embargo was re. Kevcnge, and the 18 h oi 13e mnoe > ^^^^ ^^^^^^^.^ ^^^^ comu.en.led) " gave '^^>^ ^^^^^^^'^ ; f ^t fl? as it then went (and r,,,. 1 now add," sir. th.t ^^; «^ ,?;f [..^.fo, n.able to the views and Piore was not lht.n pracwCaJ.e; "f r ^j,^ «,,, that shouiti the ^v.shes of the Frcncl. ^^^^P'-^'-^;,,^"'^, a;^vc shall have adv.-.oed ,tr.ng bill ^^^»w on our tables become a law^^^^^ ^^_^^ ^^.j,^,,^ ^^c concur ;n one olhes mtaiar., a , if* trati- iried e bc^ ise of •• et'oie rdeis h Rll f that ed...« ! that argo; when I werQ assfitr ice of s, and 1 must lin dp- could on ac- tent of ?d cvea >wcr tr> Inions ; 3 li fence tish Gr- ave n<»t a at tlx ct, that 17th of jceinbtv vess, re- the17ih the platj ,s;ve and le nioru- il, \vhiih As I ob- ch inter- c, by the was ie« re SUCH A lent (and iews and ihouid the adva'-ced hat \v\\r-n . I i-< „ T>r;,n;» which wafl adopted last Saturdajr ertning ^Tr "tXsf r;hrn n have act..l i.. ccnplete c„„fo,mi., ^"uha^ ".W wishes of .he French E„,perc,^ I r „.;. i-,„',,-rnr ns thcv are supposed to na^e exisicu aj'^"' e*" the Frcncn ii.m,)iroi , a* iiii> "'^ ir . , „_,„prnr We have Pnt It seems that this will not now saMsfy the emperor. v>e nave i::„'\:rSy i. ou. mov.n,e„. a no— -e .,tU G. Bn. tain. t«.-lv= roonlhs ago, nu«ht ''"'^Pf^f ^'^/Xr or his encm;«. ■^;&::rs;;r;he Sj;/.rh?:Xepe. his aece,. ''N;^hTesprtotellrriSrr"h:"or.uve to .nspena the e.- Witti respeti lo ^ii , council v'ere revoked, has been bar"o, on condition that the orders in cm >cii v- c orders ini ^hp savs " was the commencement of an attempt, not "^^^'^'^ .,., prie saj s vvaamv »* T>,.w:on • lint utterlv to annwulate , : raVUo-;"og ;;;?, th:;J:t"t :o,..cessio„ wouU infaiabW encourage « a perseverance in it." nrnfp«ed whv did our jrovern- Jf the Lat^^^^^^^^ that in Holfand (a country govern, ed Iw a broth^er of the French emperor, and absolutely under h,s fon^oul the necessities ot the peo^ple for j^^^-.^^PPj^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ tained from England, having,' caused «.^«»^°"«^*^f ^^^"^P;;°[e^'^^ decrees of blockade., additional provisions have been made , ana the breaches of those decrees are henceforward to be P^n^^^d wuh ^ \i! with similar nace the U. States are advancing.. .and by the bill tforYis tr mb^argo i to be en forced by additional regulations Zr7^it of makfga\hP ,am.'ti.ne .gains, both the belhgerent . Son 'and the. si the two most powerful in the world :" and under the'ed/cumstances, a principle of justice forbade our choosmg our adveriarv' Must not inch sentiments expose us to der.s.on ? fwo adversary, luu^ii. „„j „. .u„,,lj vio atethe pnncip es of jus- r^T to'o^Z'lh^^^^^^^^^ wit'houta'tthe sLie tice, '^'to obtain sat taction^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^,_ time attacking the other It we wo ,^i„ common sense, f, ZaTl"«^'d 1h two soutfXw travellers, and be alternately lllfutrndtacked. by both .nd he "t the^anre t,™e perce d /.Ji1^^Td^e\^:u:ra:drsSet^lo:^To7cfoX,ewi,hou. «"k'ast so far a, was necessary, to a.enge 1,,, wrongs, and <, F„ ' 1= ?u:rZ!c'o"u>dno.„.i.Uju^^^^^ ''°Zt\'i;eltrarsX\he ,entle.a„^ fron^^^^^^^^^ own for a new master ? and hasten ^"'i.b""" ,' , . Protector Jofty titles of Emperor of France and K,ng of_ I^%|^a"^^ ^^^ZZ of tL Confederation "J^'he !«.- ;„al le .u d U.^.. --.^^ ^^ :LnglTr-^- h"v:\visIed';th;'Br-.Ush.avy were destroyed. OM not mstrate dictat- govern- der his lly ob- •*s strict e ; and led with 1 by the ;ulations Id spirit 3ing the go, are, situation ar be re- Ihgerent lid under ising our 1 ? Two is of jus- :he same ; airy re- on sense^ tielms the ng on Ihtt Iternately )erceived ? Stand with one, provide 1 course is have their nging the ither, and of iniluc- tnmitted ; rinia (Mr. , DOW in a ther Bona- ermits this id by con- s with no r hen to the I Protector >f Enioeror il course «f jstroved.. In the short interval of peace in 1802, Bonaparte, .n t few months, .entfi^ltv thou and soldiers tosubdue the negroes of S t. Dommgo. The c ma e subdued his -.'ii^-i.-and St. Dommgo contmue. mde- ILder But the United States present a tery d.fterent theatre. .. t ^h .nldiert would here be as healthy as our own. And if witli The shil^ sudTedytrnis^^^^ ia France'and Holland, Bonaparte at once Sorted forty thousand men to St. Dom.ngo, what numbers could he S^send to the United States in the thousands of Bnt.sh "r\sTn"maredt? if thro^fv atlons I have made, though proper on rqte'lionVo^^^^^ the act, laying the embargo, are frrelevant on^he bill now before u, : But to me they appear per- fectly applicable in both cases : for if they go to show that the em- barg^ oSght never to have been imposed, *»1 ^r^li/ I hiv. L* manner, against enforcing it. execution: and therefoie, I bav. a(P rduced them. Prim^by J. Rohimm, qfficc of the Fcdtrd R^ubUian, Bdiimtft.