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THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1810.
No. 21*
PUBLISHED nr SEATON GRANTLAND.
(PRINTER TO THE STATE,) ON JEF
FERSON STREET, OPPOSITE THE
NORTH END OF THE STATE-HOUSE.
’■TERMS DOLLARS PER AN
HUM, ONE HALF TO BE PAID IN AD
VANCE
ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BF. THANK
FULLY RECEIVED, AND PUBLISHED
AT THE CUSTOMARY PRICES.
Substance of the observations made by
Mr, Crawford, tifion the passage
of the bill for fitting out fcfc. all the
frigates belonging to the United
States.
(Continued.)
The gentleman from Virginia has
&ljenff’0 &ale.
On the first Tuesday in Ap- - next in the
town of Clinton, between the usual hours,
WILL BE SOLD,
101 1-4 acres of Land,
in the 11th district of Baldwin, now Jones,
it being part of Lot. No. 108, in said dis
trict, taken as the property of James Du»
pose to satisfy Hubert Reynold’s and Co’s,
exccution.—Conditions Cash.
Jas. Riley, D. S. J. C.
February 27 !£r tds
JEAGMSTAVEiiflf
The Subscriber informs his friends
and the public in general, that he has
purchased the house formerly occu
pied by Major Edwin Mounger,
where he intends to continue his for
mer line of business, and hopes by
due attention and industry to merit
their patronage.
Roger Olmstead.
>Illedgeville, Jan. 9,1810. 11—tf
SALT.
The subscriber expects in a few days to hare
a quantity of salt at the boat yard, which
will be sold from the boat at one dollar &
'thirty'seven and a half cents per bushel
J. W. Devereux.
March S. 19 ♦♦
CONGRESS.
that time the Secretary pf the Navy
=ir
til this event should happen, he was doctrine of non-resistance & absolute
dependence. Mr. L. tookaviewof the
according to my information, consent opposed to measures which exhausted
ted to manage the nayd establish- tmUreasury without adding to the mil
ment with 8 900/XXl, arilfc upon that
consent the internal taxes were re
pealed. If we are at liberty to con
trast the expences of the navy of any
two years by way of establishing the
charge of inconsistency, let us take
and substantial defence of the nation.
the present and last year. Did we
FOR SALE—-for cash,
A young female servant,
as likely and valuable a* any in the State.
Apply to the Printer.
March 6. 19
Holt’s Ferry.
All persons travelling on horse-back,
may cross at my Ferry for half price.
Thaddeus Holt.
March 13 20—tf
Estray Mare.
Came to the Eagle Tavern, Milledgeville,
on the 5th in*t. a Sorrel Mare, about fifteen
hands high, 7 or 8 years old, short switch
tail, a star on her forehead, and snip on the
nose. The owner is requested to come
forward pay all expences and take his pro
perty.
Roger Olmstead.
March 13. *0—tf
reiterated the old maxim “ That to call into service the whole of the n.a-
be prepared for war is the best me- vv last year ? Is the necessity for
thod ol preserving peace,” and has this measure stronger now than at
declared that he should vote for this that time ? No man will venture
bill upon that principle. This max- the assertion. The expenditure of
im has the authority of great names, the navy was last year 8 2,379,267,
It may be true to a particular extent, and if this bill passes, it will rise this
If these preparations are of such a year to 3 1-2 milions. The gentle-,
nature as to make the nation invul- man from Maryland, (Mr. Smith)
nerable, it is true. But, sir, when has no apprehension of war, and yet
the preparations amount to the equip- votes for the bill upon principles ol
ment of five firigates, and the nation economy—but he is only for repairing
agaiust whom these preparations art the vessels, and not employing then*,
made, can launch 1000 vessels'of while the gentleman from Virginia
war against us, who can seriously intends to repair and employ them,
urge this maxim as.a justification ol One gentleman says, the sum appro-
ihe measure ? It is in vain for us to priated includes not only repairs hut
contend upon the ocean with a nation rigging, &c. and the other, says, that
who expends annually more than the sum is more than sufficient.—
8 300,000,000; a sum six times grea- The report of the Sccretav of the Na-
ter than the whole amount of our ex- vy proves that this sum is for repairs
ports. The charge of inconsistency onlv...and another report shews that
against those who oppose the pas-8 130,000, were last year transferred
sags of this bill, has been but feebly from the article of provisions, to the
supported. By way of enforcing this article of repairs. If the same thing
charge, we are told that when this does not happen in the present case,
government was in the hands of fede- it ought to excite surprize
ral gentlemen they fancied it was too We were told the other *iav bv the
Week and attempted to legislate en- gentleman from Connecticut, (Mr.
ergy into it, by creating a navy, and Hillhouse) that he hoped this bill
encreasing the standing army. The would receive a unanimous vote
people could not be made to feel or The same gentleman objects to the
perceive this want of energy ami expence of the bill for the organizing
turned them out of power. The re- 20,000 volunteer militia. This ex
publicans, says the gentleman, who pence will not exceed 8 500,000 while
succeeded them, like the pendulum the frigates,the object of his affection,
of a clock, very naturally vibrated to will cost more than double that sum.
the other extreme, and. have nearly To use his own expression in relation
succeeded in legislating energy out to the volunteers, a high sounding
of the government—That he was op- measure might receive my vote if it
posed to both extremes. Sir, it is not was not an expensive one : but,
for me to decide whether the gentle- § 12,000,000 or 1,300,000 is too large
man from Virginia has alone been a sum to throw away in vaporing in
consistent, while the restof his friends the present exhausted state of the
have vibrated from one extreme to treasury. The gentleman from Con
the other. The gentleman is certain- necticut and his friends are acting
ly incorrect, when he says the naval consistently in supporting this hill,
establishment was reduced and fixed The)* are supporting a system which
upon its present looting hv arepubli-
&alc.
WILL BE SOLD, on the first Tues
day in April next, at Monticello ii
the county of Randolph, betwefen the
usual hours,
One lot of Land,
■Number one hundred and twenty, in
the 17th district of Baldwin, now
Randolph county, levied on as the
property of Zachariah Haste’s to sa
tisfy an execution in favour of Abed-
nego Wright; property pointed out
by the defendant.—Conditions Cash.
y. Evans, D. S. R. C.
Februaty 20.17-—ids
Notice.
NINE months after date I fhall apply to
the honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkin-
fbn county, for leave to tell tlie following
tracts of Lmd, (lying near the mouth of
Little Black Creek, in the 3th difkrict said
Wilkinson county) viz Lot, No. 303, No.
234, No. 233, and one half of Lot, No. 234.
Alfo, about 100 acres on Reedy creek,
Warren County, all belonging to the efiate
of JelTe Matthews, deceased, for the bene*
fit of the hehs and creditors.
JACOB MERCHANT, Adm •
Warren county, Jan. u», tsio. I2 ~8mf
Notice.
Application will be made to the honors
ble the Inferior Court of Baldwin County
after the expiration of nine mon ‘™
leave to sell the undivided half of Lot, INo
196, 5th diftrict of Wi’kinson, now Bdd
win, sold for the benefit of the heirs and
January 9, 1309.
Wanted to Hire,
A NEGRO GIRL, from 14 to 15
years of age Apply at this office.
January 30. :
i4— tf
can administration. The navy whicn
was created by a federal administra
tion was by that administration redu
ced to what they called a peace estab
lishment. In this situation it was
found by the Hite administration;
who so far from running into the ex
treme stopped short in the salutary
work of reform. It will be recollect
ed that at the downfall of the federal
administration, the most gloomy pre
dictions were uttered by the advo
cates of a sinking causrt—every thing
sacred—every thing venerable—eve
ry thing in fact which links and binds
society together, was according to
federal declamation, to be trodden
under foot, and torn asunder by their
successors, whom they branded with
the odious epithet of jacobins. Un
fortunately for the cause of reforma
tion, at this precise time, the hopes
of the philanthropist and patriots
were blasted in i ranee. The blind
fury of their unprincipled dema
gogucs, their jacobinical leaders, un
der the specious pretcxtol reform,had
trampled upon every institution in
that country, which was held dear by
the people, and the last ray of hope,
that rational liberty would be esta
blished in that nation, had perished
forever. Under these circumstances
the new administration, cautiously
guarding against the charge of inno
vation, stopped short of their duty.
They ought to have amputated this
fungus of the body politic, and restor
ed it to a sound and healthy state.
This was not done, and the na
tion has consequently spent about
8 12,000,000, upon it. But we are
informed that the navy in 1800-1 was
larger than it now is, although our
revenue was then interior to what it
is now. If we refuse now to put in
commission and service all the ves
sels which were not sold in 1800-L,
we stand convicted of inconsistency
But, sir, is the revenue greater now
than at that period, or has the whole
of the public vessels then retained,
ever been put in service, from that
yekr until the present time i Let
the records of the nation decide* At
owes its birth to them. They believ
ed, and no doubt honestly, that a
government which relied for support
only on the utsity of its measures,
would he weak anil inefficient. They
endeavored to strengthen it by crea
ting a system of patrohage, and for
that purpose the navy was built, and
for that purpose and that alone, is it
calculated. But the time when this
navy was built; and the purposes
for which it was ostensibly destined,
enabled them to reason more plausi
bly in its favor than we can for the
additional expence called for by this
bill.
They intended, to employ it against
France, where it would he efficient to
a particular extent. We intend to
employ ours, il it is to be employed
at all, against Great Britain, where
will be wholly inefficient, and
worse than inefficient.
But, sir, our naval force is not to
be employed at all, if the two positi
ons, attempted to be established in 'my
previous observations, he correct.
If we do not intend to declare war,
nor expect it to be declared against
us, what apology have'we for incur
ring this er.ormous expence ? What
apology have we to etiibark in war
expences, when w« intend, and expect
to be at peace ? Gentlemen who
think with me, who believe that we
shall not have war, and that so far as
depends upon our own actions, we
ought not to have it, will do well to
reflect that when our fleets are equip
ped, and armies raised, we must cm
ploy them—we mU3t go to war to
justify ourselves to the nation for the
exorbitant expences which have been
incurred by these means.
Mr. C. said that the observations he
had made as to the expence of this e-
quipraent, rested upon the supposition
that we are not to have war. In this
supposition the gentleman from Vir
ginia acquiesces at least to a particular
extent. If the nation should unfortu
nately be involved in war—it ought to
be prosecuted wUh vigor, as well offen
sively as defensively. The energies
and resources of the nation ought to
House tf Representatives:
Mondays February 26.
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE.
Uie House resumed the considera
tion of tlic amendments of the Senate
to thef bill concerning commercial in
tercourse with G. Britain and France
and their dependencies, and for other
purposes.
Mr. Mumford expressed a hope
that the House would not concur irt
the amendments of the Senate ; tor
they had struck out all that part of
the hill which was good for any thing.
Government, he said, was instituted
fo'r the protection of life, liberty and
prpperty. If the House adopted the onal insults
bill as amended, they abandoned the
protection of property-—and if they
refused to protect commerce, the
liberty of the citizen would also be
unprotected, as it had been violated
for seven years past. He s:tid he him
self had been a witness of the lacera
tion of one of our citizens in such an
inhuman manner that he had expired
under the last castigation inflicted on
him. This was in punishment for
an attempt to regain his liberty*. Pro
perty afloat on the ocean could be
defended by insurance ; but the liber
ty of the citizen could not be insured.
Mr.M. called upon gentlemen, in the
name of the seamen, who looked to
the government for protection, to a
dopt some measure for their security.
His system, he said, was that of con
vov. It was not a system of to-day ;
his opposition to the bill as it went
f rom the House had not been an op
position for opposition’s sake ; on the
one hand he had opposed it, but he
had offered a substitute on the other.
The bill as amended, Mr. Mumford
said, was a tacit acknowledgment to
the belligerents that we have been al!
in the wrong for seven years past and
that they have been wholly right; fk
in proportion as we receded, they
would certainly advance. For him
self, he wanted nothing of the belli
gerents hut common justice ; but, if
the nation would not assert its rights
at this time, we should indeed be
come hewers of wood and drawers
of water, lie said he was in favor of
the Embargo originally—he believed
it a wise measure, and had no doubt
it had saved a hundred millions ofdol-
lars to the nation ; and, if power had
been put in the hands of the President
to enforce it, there would have been
none of the smuggling which was now
complained of. The fault lay in trust
ing too much to the perfectibility of
human nature. Laws never were
made to restrain good men but to
bind rogues ; and some law there
fore was necessary to carry them into
effect. Mr. M. quoted the Journals
to shew that the hill to authorise the
President to employ the naval force
to enforce the embargo had been post
poned indefinitely. He mentioned
this because the violation of the em
hargo system had been charged on
the merchants generally, whose cha-
vartous injurious measures and de
crees of the belligerents and of the
measures adopted by the U. S. incon
sequence. Had the state of things
altered since these measures were a-
depted ? Had there been the least
relaxation i He quoted the proceed
ings of the Senate and House of Re
presentatives twelve months ago,
when, by a majority of one hundred
8c twenty one to tfco, this House' had
resolved “ that the United States can
not, without a sacrifice of their fights,
honor & independence, submit to the
late edicts of G. Britain and France.”
And now it was proposed to submit
to those very edicts—yes, to go be
yond that submission—for since that
time the nation had received additi-
Mr. Love said he wish
ed, however, more particularly to
call the attention of the House to the
substantial question of a dereliction
of the spirit of our essential rights of
property* and liberty. The bill as sent
from the Senate now merely contain
ed that resistance which tne legisla
ture thought proper to oppose to the
aggressions of British fleets or crui-
zers entering our harbors and com
mitting premeditated or wanton as
saults and violations of our jurisdic
tion ; but contained no other resist
ance. If the House were to acquiesce
in the amendments of the Senate, the
bill would be such a recognition of the
assumed rights of the belligerents as,
by the law of nations, could never
hereafter be controverted. He said it
was a principle that a weak nation,
when an irresistable force was em
ployed to aid the views of a greater,
could submit wihout disgrace. But
was that the situation of the United
States ? Should it be left to posteri
ty to say that the present generation
were unable to support their rights,
when they had a milion of men into
whose hands muskets and bayonets
could be put, and a solid capital
which would produce five hundred
millions of dollars ? Posterity might
blush for the degradation of the
present generation if the hill passed,
but could not urg^ in their excuse the
plea of weakness. The principles of
the bill as it went to the Senate
were the last stage on this side sub
mission. If resistance had never been
Attempted, the omissiou would not
have displayed so much weakness
as it would now to withdraw it. What
would he the consequence of now re
ceding from resistance ? According
to their former declarations, Mr.
Love said by such conduct the House
would acknowledge their submission.
There were numerous instances re
corded in history, whicn tested the
position that non-resistance sanction
ed usurpation. What was the fact
in rtdalionyto the rule of *56 ? It
was then for the first time that Great
Britain had advanced the principle
known by that name—and what,
(said Air. L.) do the writers of the
present day, what does the author of
War in Disguise tell you ? Whv,
that neutral powers had assented to
the principle by submitting to its ap-
racter he defended from a charge of plication. And, if we now adopt
being habitual violators of the laws. dw amendments of the S nate, pos-
rhere might be bad men amongst
them, as there was in every class of
society, but that was no reason to im
peach the integrity of the whole. He
hoped, before the House should con
sent to the amendments to the bill,
that they* would fall upon some sys
tem to defend the liberty of the citi
terity will be tolj diat we re cognized
and sanctioned the principle, bemuse
we submitted to it in pract'ce.
Mr. L. next spoke of the prices of
produce, of which so much was said,
k of the improbability of their being
better until tranquility should be in
some measure restored in the Eti-
his own property ; but when he re
turned home, he could not bear to
be called on by the fathers, mothers
and relatives of these impressed citi
zens to know yvhat had been done
for their relief, and not have it in his
power to answer them satisfactorily.
Mr. Love declared his belief that
since tjie formation of the constitu
tion the American Congress had
never been called upon to deliberate
on so vitally important a question as
that now proposed to them, which in
fact involved a dereliction of the
principles of the declaration of inde
pendence. He said he had not been
a warm advocate for the bill as it
wentfromthis House; he had thought
it a recession form the high ground
He said he could take care of ro P tan wo,W - .Could the U. State-
remove all restrictions on trade, could
they restore peace in Europe, then
and not till then might our citizens
enjoy the benefit of a free commerce,
it the news this day received were
correct, Great Britain must follow the
example of France in rescinding her
decrees, or must abide the conse
quences of a war. with us. If she
Joes not want war with us, he said
site would promptly recede, and then
something like a fair price lor pro-
duce might be expected. But it was
useless to expect a fair price wmlst
England was the only nation with
whom we could trade and we were
excluded from intercourse with al
most all the continent.
Before he was called upon to re-
heretofore taken ; but, as returned, iijpeal the non-intercoursc, Mr. L. sait.
be put ina state of requisition; but un- appeared to him to be bottomed on theme wish***! to see some measure pro-