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fir I If it hiiciii! to tVs —? f w* crnnot for
a vest or two y“;irs ei lira the privations in
cident to a measure of<rnS«rgo, if we caamt
without the t’murie< oflifs, not with
danling thj mad imperious call* of hon
or and of duty, we are unworthy the bles
sings we mpv— vvj have loft our virtue and
are rios f't the dvmfty of the B>uspar*ss or
any other dyna.lt', and whether you are
conquered bv France into miserable fscritude
to-morrow, or corrupted to fell your coun
try to England, is not worth a reflection.
This accurfrd avarice will rain you.
Sir, it is not to fiich a people as those, and
I trull in God, a majority of the people of
New. England are very different, that I
Btould appeal to tell the correftnefs of the
measure of embargo- Were I dis unfed to ted
its corrcCtrefs by its popularity, I would ap
peal to the people of Virginia, too honora
ble to be corrupted, too enlightened to be
duped. I wjub* jfk them what they thought
of the embargo, and would answer with an
almost unanimous voice—they would go fur
ther—they would be ready to support it with
their fives and fortunes.
You have done every thing'for commerce
—you hai?e negociatcd for commerce—you
have jeopardized (he peace hf the country
fur commerce—you have palled an embargo
to proted commercs—and commerce is the
fird to abandon you, God sordid that I
Ihould fp ak thus of the whole mercantile
community. I have too many jnftances on
this fbor of noble and magnanimous facri
fice’of private filtered to the public weal—
they ate not the Smiths or the Grays, or
the Crowninfhields, of whom I (peak. (
If the embargo were raised to morrow,
uodc would traaa bnt men of defperatc
charafter and bankrupt fortune—the real
itua fide American merchant, would run
venture a fhi'o at fi t —and where would they
trade f Why to b« hire they might drive
a trade in beef and pork and fl >ur to the Weft
Indies, and fomc of anr cotton and rice and
tobacco, would find their way to England,
if the French privateers did not catch them
—but the * arket would fqon be overrun
it would foun bo no better than the home
market, and where would you trade to be.
sides ? If you arc determined to pay the
nine pence per pound tribute, for permfifion
to re export your cotton to the continent,
the French decrees would take it, and if
they did not, the price of the article would
he so enhanced by the tribute, that thee
market at the continent would be foil to
you.
Pcrmifimn to arm is tantamount to a
decimation of war, and the people ot this
country want peace, as long as they can
p <ifervc it with honor. And do you think,
fir, we are ready to plunge headlong into
a ruinous w«r, naked and unarmed, to
gratify a few bankrupt commercial specula
tors 1 It is ealy to declare war—it is mor
difficult under present circuniftanccs, to
maintain peace, and it is mod difficult of
all to wage a fucccfsCul war. Sir, beware I
lc is the objctl of the gentleman from Massa
chusetts and his friends, to Ic*d you Hep by
step into a war, and if he can, into an un.
popular war, which the moment you cease
to conduct with effort, jou are ruined, and
b ‘ and his friend* are exalted. To fucli an
event, deplorable as it would be, I could be
reconciled if I believed the gentleman and
bis friends would govern in the true spirit
of the. confutation ; hut liberty has been
hunted down in the old world—there is
fettree a remnant of it leit, favc in America
—here it is sustained by the ruling party ;
and fir, the moment this petty ccafe* to
rule, republics nilm is .gone, and with it the
hopes of all good men forever. On this
account I deprecate fueh an event.
It would appear to me from the tenor of
the a-gumenr of the gentleman from Mafla
chufeus, that fie wants war with France and
allijr.ee with England. If this be the fart,
the gentleman is not confident. If he is
really ss much afraid of the gigantic power
of France as he sffofls to he, (and 1 mud
confefs, for my part, 1 am very much afraid
ot it, ) aflurediy it is nor policy to provoke
B ranee—it ss policy to k ,cn oat of the way
of both monsters as long ifi. we can, and to
liufb md your rcfourccs. And what would
avail an alliance with England ?—Yon could
only furnifh men to he flaughreted on the
continent. 1 cau tell the gentleman from
Mafftschofetts in wl«at he would much bet.
ter exemplify, both njs patriotism and con
fidently—»« tinti/t —in uniting to-call into
aflivity the rcfourccs of the nation for its
defence —in organizing and arming and dif
tij.tinning—and what is not less dcfirablc in
adopting a system of finance, which would
not fail you in auy exigency—in (hort, in
purfnir.g the course, in which you are—
wh’ch the founded policy point* to as the
fated and the bed, the comfe of impartial
neutrality, it indeed neutrality hat any thing
to do with it.
As to the embargo so mnch has been said
both in and out of doors iw its jollification,
that I will forbear to touch it. It is only
neceflary to cbfcrve ihai it has been fop
ported and will be continued as a measure of
security and es jud retaliation—as a measure
of lecurity it keeps the property at home,
which but for It would have enriched your
enemies —as a measure of retaliation, it
would have had its cffefl bnt for the anti
embargo men of MafTacbufetts. If the
gentleman will co-operate to make it efficient
he will soon find the great mercantile poli
ticians of England from Anderson down to
M’Call Medford, have not been miftakeu in
the belief that this country can vitally affeft
the colonial and manufacturing interests of
that by an embargo fyllcra.
(At to a declaration of war against
France and G. jHtain, and the policy of
making it immediately, no local conlidera.
I lions ffiould be permitted to enter into our
view nt it; hut tins much is to be said,
that the Southern people are more interested
in raihng the embargo than going to war;
by the firff they would find a vent for a
small proportion of their ttaples—by the
latter they conld get n thing hot taxes and
fighting. The anti.embargo men of Massa
chusetts would.not make more by the firft
than onrfclves, and by the last they would
make nothing more than their privateers
would make for them, but the great ohjeA ‘
« is to postpone the evil.
One word before I fit down, as to what
fell from the gentleman from N. York.
He yropofes to ref eal the embargo in rela
tion to Spain and Portugal ; ft;, is tha po
litical condition of thole litres characterized
by a permanency and (lability which would
warrant a commercial connexion with them
—trade with the junta of Sevilla, a mere .
political ephcmtiop —a being of a day,*
S;r, I wr{fh the Sptniffi patriots fucccfs with
all ray heart, but fucccfs is imp..flihle.
Ten thousand to one that v/hiltl I am fpt»ak
ing, this feme Jan ta cf Seville is imploring
clemency at thefootilool of the great ufarper.
Indeed, fir, .if we are bound to'confider this
people of any definite description, we are to
confider them rather ax French fubjedb than
Spaniffi.patriots; for the only official paper
in relation to rliem E the instrument cf ab
dication and renunciation by which this
unhappy people have been transferred over
like a Hock of fficep to the emperor Napo-
Icoft, and by the very men for whose rights
of empire they arc said to be contending.
QUESTION on NON INTER«OURSE
_ DECIDED
The fo)/owing rtfolution again under con
fide r?tinn ;
Re/alvfJ, That it is expedient to prohi
bit, by lavr, the admifiioa into the ports of
the United Stares of «<i p»i>lic or private,
arm':d or unarmed fliips or velfels belonging
to Great Britain—or France—or to any o
t her cT the belligerent powcis, having in force
orders o; decree* violating the lawful corn
rnerca and neutral rights of the U, States
and aifo the importauon of any goods, wares
or merchandize, the growth, produce or
manufacture of the dominions of any pf the
said powers, or imported from any place in
the polfdfion of either,
Mr. Rhba (T.) supported it in a Speech
of two honrs. Mr. Taggart oypefed it in a
fpcech of the fame length.
The rrfolution was divided into diferent
queftion* at marked by tha daffies ( )in
the refutation ; and after many morions to
adjourn, and amendments offered, which
were withdrawn cr declared out of order, e
bout nine o’clock the qaeftion was taken on
the fallowing member of the' resolution ;
Refolvcd that it is expedient to prohibit, by
law, the adtniffion into the ports of the Uni
ted States of all public or private, armed or
unarmed (hips or vefiVis belonging to Great-
Britain,” and CARRIED by Yeas and
Navs, ninety, tmoo to t<w,nfy~nine.
Previous tu taking the firft question Mr,
Gardenier spoke tor half an hour against the
part interdicting Briiiffi veffcis.
And the qurriion being taken on the next
member — u or France,” was CARRIED,
ninety /even to twenty. fs»r.
And the qiicff ion being taken on the next
member —" or to any other of the belliger
ent powers havi ig in force orders or decrees
violating the lawiil commerce and neutral
rights «>( the United S;a:es”—was CARR I.
ED, ninety fix to twenty fix .
Mr. Randg/k n w made a fpetch of two
hours snd a had against the. remaining claufa
of the refolirton. ,
When at near twelve o'clock tha queffioft
wes taken on the lari claufc in the following
words—“ auu aifo the importation of any
goods, wares or merchandize, the growth,
produce or manulaftitre of the dominions of
any of the said powers or imported from any
place in the pcftefilon of either,” and CAR
RIED, eighty.tzve to thirty.fix.
The question was then at twelve o’clock,
taken on the whole rrfolution, and CARRI
ED, eightj-foar to thirty ,
The qaeftson waa then put on the follow,
ing ifcfolutiou ;
“ Hefilved, That mcafures ought to be
immediately taken for placing the country
in a more com pie last ate of defence” —-and
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY,
Both rcfolutions were referred to commit
fees, and thus after oighuen days debate, the
Hcufc concluded the. agitation of the fuhjcCl
for the prefeet about twenty rainotes after
twelve,
S4T The members from Go rgia voted nut
formly with the majority on every quefiton.
Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, Oftobcr 31,
Mr. Shaw, the ftieffengcr, who was feut
with the answers of our government, to the
dispatches from Krfurr, embarked ch board
a veftel at Dover, at I*,o'clock, on Satur
day. He was landed at Calais and, .we on
derftand, was extremely wellreceivfdv\ He
proceeds to Paris.
On the 11th of this month, Bonaparte
was expefted to leave Erfurt. Mr. Shaw,
the messenger, who is the bearer of the an.
fwer of our government to the French and
Ruffian dispatches, will not proceed (0 Er
furt, but to Paris. The legislative body
was to be opened the end of this month, and
' the Exfo/e of the Rate of Europe, which is
1 usually laid Wore that assembly, will Jn.
form o* of the nature of the communication
made to our government, and of the atifwer
returned to ir.
November f.
Napoleon is pleated to remit
to the Pruflian States an arrear of
fixry-cight millions of contribu
tions, which probably would ne
ver have been paid, and to prom- >
ife a recall of his troops, which
he wants for the campaign in
Spain. v
Bona parte was to be at Paris a
bout the xoth ulc.
Sir Charles Cotton 6c Sir Har
-1 ry Burrard, we hear, have been
both recalled.
140 field-waggons are about to
be ftiipped, by the CommifTary
G ncral, for Spain. They are
for tranfpordng provisions, &c.
The 7th, 10th, and 15th regi
ments of cavalry failed yefterday’
from Portsmouth for Spain. The
14th will embark immediately for
the fame dcllinacion.
ST. ANOERO, Oft. 10.
Thebifhop has received an cx
prefs with the agreeable intelli
gence* that our brave Spaniih
troops have entered Vittoria, with
a considerable loss indeed ; but
they have entered it. Tomorrow
or next day there will be a solemn
tedcum, to which general Leirh
and his 11aff are invited.
SAVANNAH, December 30.
The Rrit’flK government firig Sandwich,
anchored ofFTybcc on Saturday evening l«ft,
from Niffaw, and Heurenant Folcr, hcrcotn
mander, *ccomp?t»ied by a midfolpmen, came i
up to the city the fame right. About two
o’clock next d?:y, ceptain Armiftead, com
manning the corps of U. State* urtillcrilU
ftattoned here, having fathOd himfelf that
the (.filters wcie in town, and the brig %-frh.
in our waters difpa?ch:d ceptefo Houfion of
the inf.ntfy in q.icft of them, with the fol
lowing note :
** Savannah, Dec. 2jf, l?o8.
“ I underfiand, that you belong to his /
Britanuic roajefty’s brig Sandwich, which i« (
now violating tk« procU«»»tiun of the
Prefidcnt of the U. States, * herein he or
der*, that *to Britlfh (hip of war (hall enter
the water* and harbor*; cf the U. States :
This i* therefore to order you to depart
immediately from thi* town.
A, B. ARMISTEAD, C a *t.
ift reg. U. S. ertillcrift*, Commanding.
The Ojficer of the Briujh h>ig
Sandwich, now in Savannah,
This note was delivered to lieutenant
Foley. Soon after, Mr. Wallace, the
firitifo vice.conful in this place, lent tffc
following reply :
“Savannah, »s'h Dec. 1808.
“ Sr*.—Lieut. Foley has just handed me -'i
r letter from ton, add; riled to the ciicm
of his majtftjbrig Sandwich, in which
you order them to depart-immediately from
town. I have the hnnnr to inform you,
that the Sandwich brought official dlfpatch- 1
ts to me, on his majefly'* service, lor (he
purpose of carrying away the Britifo prise
Spannilh Felucca, which had been from de
fection* and deaths, left without funds to
navigate her ; Bst, having f!*cc been li
belled and fold, under a decree of the court
of admiralty of (ho U. S. for th* didrift of
Georgia—lieutenant Folty, having no oth
er business here, will depart to-morrow
morning. He lus not the must distant with
to violate the laws of the couotiy, he wait
ed upon the colleftor, without delay, and
{fated his business, and his intention of ta.
king his departure in confoq'wnce of the
information he had received.
I have rhe honor to be, with reff est,
fir, your moil obt,
JAS. WALLACE.
Capt. A, B. Armt ft end, U. S. arltl/erifit.
The wind was favcnrehle on Monday c
vening but the Sandwich did not go to foa,
and continued the whole sos (’yesterday at
the mouth of the river. In the mean time
lived. Faicy has added injurv to insult,
and has not only violated our laws by dar
ing to appear amongst as, rut has com.
‘S mitted an outrage open one of our ycfTels
a* will be /ten by the following affidavit
taken yeftefday :
Georgia, Chatham County.
Perlonally appeared before, we, Thomas
Camming, William Royfton, M. Brown,
William Roberts and John Ellis, who being
sworn, depoTe and for, that on the night of
1 the a6th inst, theie deponents were on board
the pilot boat Malaparfe, pioceedirg to sea.
Before coming up to a British armed vcffel
lying at Tyl>ee light-hoafe, these dcponet.s
were fired upon, by a foot from a rouf
ket, and oidered to come to anchor immedi
ately ; deponents refufiog, were then fired
at from a cannon charged with ball. Depo
nents (till refufmg to comply, were fired at
a second time from a cannon. Deponents
then put about the said pilot-boat and re
turned to Savannah, this morning deeming
it anfafe to proceed to sea.
(Signed as abovu)
Sworn to before me,Dec. 27,1808,
JOHN PETTIBONE, j. p.
/
The pilots flatc (hat afer tfi- (i,fl
they were hailed I y the brig, end ord er( .J
to cotrc to anchor imir.ediarflv, or die w» t ,M
[ fink them. The pilot refilled, told her the’
f were, pilots and enquired if th s y wanted on.
They were still ordered to anchor. On d,
tnanding what right (he had to deleft the.,'
in their own waters, the reply from the hr,
was—« Damn, your waters, aniytur cow.
try too" repetition of the order to coo.
to anchor. The pilots fl ill rifilcd & we.*
again fired at. The boat was then pot a
bont, and they were coming towards
when the tMrd Jhot w*h difdA'cgwl at
v Evening LcJ?e> f
—<£><> -
MILLE-DGLVIJjLE, Dec. rj.
Wc the Grand jury of the Circuit Court
of the U. S. for the Difirtft of Georgia can.
nor, in juflice ro oiufelves, forbear pxpref
fingour foutimems n n the prefer.t porren
enfis of afFiirs, arifir.g from thr arhitra y.
and unjtift order's of council iflited from tire
Biitilh cabinet, and the equally tin warrant*
ble decrees of Franco. Vie w ing rhe relation]
in which wc hood cnnnefttd with thdfe no.
tions by exiting tteatie;;, and the anxitj,
solicitude manifefied, in every infiance by
our government, of cultivating peace ini
harmony with all nations, on the principle*
of reciprocal and impartial jufiicc ; we c»n
bur lament that the fame conciliatory dis.
pc he ion on their part Jus been wanting.
To proreft the property of our merchants,
tbs lives and liberties of our feeder, -w*
have been compelled to abandon foreign
co.nms-ce. Embargo or war was, and is
the only alternative. We do no: hefitnte
to give our m?S: cheerful atquiefcence to
thu choice, made bv the federal government,
and tvhilfi the unjaft demands of the belli,
gerentg hare driven ns to those pri trade's I
we look forward with pJeafiue‘to the cW’l
when ail claves of cor citizens wiif be ccn. n
vinced that their bet intereJHs only in the I
bofem ofonr country. White wc freely r.x. I
prefsoar own feiuimmrrs, we believe they I
accord with those ofWbreat body cf ciii. I
zens oTthe U. State" |
We cannot pass unnoticed the attempt of I
the judiciary to defeat the .intentions sii I
salutary {me afa res of our government, by I
ifiuing a mindamas, and compelling an cjfi. I
ccr of,the revenue to violate those mKrafti <*, K
Sophistical or logical dcnnftions made ia I
jollification of foch condoft, arc not fey if. I
ftftory. Wc hope snd trufi, foch dating I
precipitancy will never, in future, better. I
effed by any of (he judges of the conrn.ofß
the U. States, The embargo was not m I
of choice, bet of recertify—the tmiy I
alternative between peace or war? and B
whatever injuries we may f> /lain, ws ■
cheerfully offer them a facrifice on the attar ■
ofonr country’s good. We would ra her I
fabmit to any privations that can potTiMy I
ret#U from an embatgo forever, th in fur- B*
render cur natural and inherent rights n. a. I
ny nation ti|?on earth, And we would re. E
commend to th# general government fits, I.
oopt mor« efjoient and energetic nuafotf s ts ft
prevent any viola:ions of rhe feven.l aft* of®
conjrefa lavir •* n embargo. B
We request that the foregoing expriflioiß
of our sentiments, be published in the I
Georgia Angurta Chronicle, andß
Republican Inttlligem er of Savannah. I
; Charle.'t Abercrombie Foreman, Juishß
Barrow, Francis Boykin, John Howard, B
John Scott, William Jones, Tillman Oix.B
cn, Robert Raines, Leroy Pope, Jett Thom-®
1 as, Thaddeus . Idolr, Jo-1 MjClertwn,®
I John M,Rtnzie, Bolling Hall, Widiarnsß
Rabun, Zachaiiali Lamar, R. A. Blctr, t, fl
I lugh M. Comer, Philip L. Sims, Johnn W, I
Deverenx. B
Judge J«hnfon*s cbfervationa on the fte-B
(eminent# of the Grand Jury, faall appear®
in our next, B
* •<s>=- i I
A LIST of the moji important tiffs pnftl B
nt the last JfJJton ofonr Legijlature,) fl
p. An ad to aurhorife the trufeees of
Columbia county academy to eftab’ilh a locß
tery for the benefit of that inftitudon. I
10. An ads to incorporate the Thefpiariß
Society, and Library Company of
gafia. B
xr. An atfl to divide the county of Lati-B
rens, and to form one other new county*
[The new county is called Pulaski.] m
14. An aft to authorife the comm.iflirrcrH
of Louifvide, to lay out in lots, and ff'B
such part of the common of the said tcwnaiß
they may think proper ; and to appropriate®
the proceeds of such Tales to the use of tfydfl
academy of LouifviDe. fl
19. An adt to amend the tenth fefticn cH
the third article of the constitution. fl
20. An aft for the conveyance of a lot oil
the common of Augufia, for the eJcftio®
of a new Church, to be called, Christ C arch®
and to incorporate the truflees thereo,. B
22. An aft to make permanent the 'B
the public buildings in the county o(
dolph at Monticello. 4 B
23. An aft to incoroonte the SaVannsß
Poor House and Hofpiral Society. I
28. An aft to appropriate the fine there®
tofere set a part fur the redemption of t' l ®
public debt. fl
29. An aft to alter and amend the k v ’ r /B
militia laws of ibis -ftatc, and to c igania®
the Cavalry. fl
30. An aft to amend an aft to relpcal |B
ordinance, parted 26th January, i jS' *
far as refpefts fixing the icat of the I
fity of this fiatc—and an aft for til’ m
full and complete eftablilhmcnt of
fear cf learning in this state, Co far HJ
fpefts the i. ( poinimem of Truflees ,jK
the 27th January, 1785—and t<)a !
lioard of Truflcee.—and c© define lirej V ®