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a p • e, that a to fj Irrable
pit ol if*- crop of l.vt 7 & H will
li en he <n hi .nd. llis i> a*c f*r
-11 ft anil i* i -
anon in which things v.ii. ft at ih
t-nd of the year, it ;ho embargo
continues ; cvetv one therefore can
draw his own coQcUsfior.s rtlarlvi*
to his prolpich for a great j rice.
But if the legislature intend to be
ciif*fiem with *heatielv<s, £<v.ith
t! e reafoniug which thole who ad
vorate their tordi* £1 have trsad*
wfe of to just if y t hem, they mull
keep the embargo ttporr law as long
as’ the embargo remains upon c us
vFffds, and until that time, when
produce (hall bring the fame, or a
greater price, than it did the lair
year.
But even admitting that every
man who raises cotton next yea*,
flv uld get 50 cents per pound, ii
can in no wife operate as an apol
ogy. or just fication, for the in -
menfe and incalculal le inconveni
ences, w hich this extradrdinary (lay
© f rivil process must, and uravoid
ah!y will bring upon the flare,
ff rnething perhaps ought to have
Hen done, ands mething might
hive been done, to have met the
real inconvenience* to which tjiigj
fate’, if) common with her filter
ffatvs wng (uljt&ecf; But these
inrorvrni.’ nces have been magnifi
ed by corrupt & defining men ; &
if was by their intiigue & influence 1
that this extraordinary law, fly led
a kiw for a ‘'temporary ulief of
debtors** v.as cn£led. A law a
vowedly pafitrd to “alleviate dil
wfift** which did not exit!; the
fiandard of which was made, the
difference between the price which
is really got for produce, and that
which it was txpifted would have
been obtained. The idea was piti
ful and absurd, and the aft that has
fnrr&hri zd i , TTTOft DC pf Os) OUII C.ed
by all honed men, ere of the great
est frauds upon private property &
the blacked afts of legifkuivc infa
my that has ever disgraced the jour
nals of a deliberative body of men
An nft odious in the highlit degree
v hen viewed as the work of a leg.
ifiaturs of a people prokfling to be
free, and to be governed by equal ,
buvs—an aft ruinous iniis tfibfts
and couftquences—an aft by whic h
the vagabond and bankrupt debt rs
r.re placed in a filuatzon completely
to defy their creditors.
Is it pofiible that 1 is excellency
ran think this complete abolition cf
civil proceedings the moil direst &
best way “to enable us to (up
per: the general government cn the
high ground it has taken and the
dignified attitude it has affunried.”
If he really thinks so he ought to
be pitied; but if he has given his ]
(anftioii to this aft through popular
motives, and to gratify the whirps
and caprice of a band of insolent
folicitois, he ought to receive that
censure which his baientfs* to Ids
country has rendered him so judly
dtfervmg.
I have as yet, considered the
fubjeft upon the fuppofuiou that the
planters are all now in debt, and
that they have their crops of cotton
yet on hand. But every per fen
knows that this is not the case ; he
knows that there are but compara
tively few planters in the fiats that
have not ciifpofed of their produce.
T his then is one of the niofi fub
ffmtial reasons against the palling
of the ; ft. The honed planter
who was willing and intended to
pay his debts, bad disposed of Ids
■■ * ‘ ’ *- ‘ i': kW c-g
. ther creditor t, at i hit i-md ,iftcr; I
’ pr'ce. b tore i!r* embargo was iaid.
Mme then l u*’ the m|m uhfl had
to property to pay fts with;
or thole who were ur. willing r pay
them, could have been affected,
had the law proceeded in its regu
lar c-urfa. Ihe oftei fible <bj ft
of this k'w then, .can h no caller,
than to sh tad the vagabond, who j
has i; finuated him fell so much into I
favor as to obtain a credit, cr that e- j
(pudly v.Otthb.ls charafterwho, tho* j
puff (fed.of property, yet wifi never-s
pay a just debt until compelled to !
t bv the laflj of the law.
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This then is the (ftp which the ‘
governor really thinks heft calcuia- |
t-d “to support the general gov- ‘
eminent in that dignifi. and attitude
( which it has alfumt'd*’—completely
to cut off all intercomfe between
tf.is ttate and our filler dates, upon j
eons of credit; and I ike wife all
tranlaftions between individuals, j
without an equivalent rendered cri I
tile (pot. For I would rfic, who ;
would trull his excellency. or the j
introducer of this aft, or its god- ‘
la;ht.i and mighty advocate in the
serrate, or in (aft any one of fiieE
majori y, for a fiarje c o', aftr fee-,
_tltg the dllvafltkitoil*sy .fcJL*v-iiib
ited not only t . avoid the payment
of the ir jf .fi delits, but to prevent
even the pmah.-go ol fuic.g out pro
cels againil; them.
What ciieft trufi ibis law h v r
upon die opinions and conduct ot
foreign nations, whtn they fee that,
the ltate ot Georgia, a (hue rcfptft
able in point ol numbers and r ling
kdt in wealth and power, and but
litlie behind the fn.fi liate in the
union, as it rtl'pefts the intcrefts
ol the 1 1'.ropean nations, v-hen
they find her so fore and refi
|efs under the embargo, that (he
Ins called ail extra Jtfiion cj lift
iegiliatuh\ a majority of which bo
dy fi:ave thought proper not only
“ to relax the civil law,’* but to put
a complete fiop to all civil pr< ccod
ings. Can fuel) cn aft as this tend,
in the opinion of any person but the
governor, “to aflill the general
government to support the digni
fied attitude v. hich it has affumod ?”
j Will they not i iok upon it in tb.e
(an.e light that we do upon the.pe
titions preieuted by tile rnanutaftu
rers and merchants in thoig coun- !
tries tor overtures of peace ; view :
the people as finking under the qp- !
prdfions which likir own govern- -j
me nr has laid upon them, and think |
the importunities ot their own lub
jefts will ioon compel them to re- |
peal the very afts which they have
, “ j
introduced to bring their enemies
to terms ?
How does the whining language
of the governor’s communication,
and the piovifions of this aft, tally
with the language which many of
you in the majoaty held laii year,
when you met to take into your
all-important coniid-rations the vi
olent and dafiaidiy outrage, com
mitted by a beggarly captain of the
Engiifh navy cn the Che fa peak e ?
Ye boafied republicans aiub fiick- j
lets for freedom! where is now j
your patriot)*fm ? where are now •
those high founding epithets of lib- j
erty and country, that so fluently
fell from your wide firetch’d in autks
on lafi July a;icl Augulf, when you
held your town and country meet
ings in every part of the fiate, to
scare the Brii.’lh nation, and bully
thtm by your boificrous vauntinrs
• 7 c , •
into mealurcs ot your own cno< f- j
ing ? Where a: e now those fiurdv I
r •• tr r r * *. prjyau. r. *
4 *. iwH e. i. v- ‘.-j • j
ijrat * U were . thrn lo ready aiul 1
w ling to undergo: - or * •' * :t ' s ‘ j
call (?a .far the Meeting enj ymeat j
<.( an If us£s ** ruiniriKViii popular- |
itv F* S'jcrificcd to t:c mean, p:ti
i.r { UtCu Wi.il
iCA t | /Iwiti U* vi *-V t 1 tcfc.v. WWW
the !iuz-:as of ar. lultde.nt mob.
Bur I nult and befieve mat ycur
karvclt of popukimiy, that you cx
pc ftec! io l’'<ut* U -is n< t'. ; l£. p, UjiiOw
L.tilted bv the goo. :et■ *o to ucoptw.
i. And am happy to find that r;o one
v\iio is not by impru ieiice; anti ex
travagance involved m debt, that
1 no one who is not corrupted in
mind aa cl debased in principle, and A
\ who does not wish to live and riot t
1 cn the hard and induiivy j
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of his ibiU'w citizens, lias attempted ;
to jufiiiy this bold iirokc 6i dc-Spi t- \
ifin, which must tend in its effefts !
to anarchy and cci.fi.fion.
LUCIUS.
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DESULTORV.
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According to the r, port of a gen
tlcman recently arrived in ti>wn
j
jracn Lfb u, the fcarci y in that
capitol is confined to bread and
flour. Mutton, beef, and all )'finds
: c.f vctrctabics arc chcanand plenty.
1 fie French have made <rrca !
..r . . i
itnprov; mt ms in ihe city—and v/iidi I
roach mi f i, a pear to hare ;
j done fume good.— it is laid that
l.ucien Bonaparte has at length
contented to repudiate his wife, in I
enter to marry the queen of i t.a-.- j
ria—when, he is to he downed i
king bl Portugal!!! ]
London fid her i /:pri! £2. 1
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It s in.pofiible* (~ra candid .tin- 1
prejir'liccd mind to con;cni;.da!e-t!ie |
tiide.* able condition of i iv it of. the !
Uiitioiis eii Europe, and their valid,! |
provinces, without reefing grateful I
f. tor our exemption from ti.e oifireff- |
| cs ii. Hided upon them ; arid with- !
j cut acknowledging that the tfifths |
j oftbe embargo, iilclfthe eff;d ol I
foreign qpprdlftrs, are a. light as i
! an* compared with them. ‘This
condition ex'iibi.s a tihue, made uo
ct military anu coil UeSpotduj, co. i
• prellive taxes, vnuit, fmvine aod i
w ar. F o;n the(b cc*>nmlicufed cv Is
we alone are exempt. Vfty are j
exempt ? Is it not. pr -bad iv, |
j owing to that very measure which 1
| is ndfrrprefimed and denounced..!
i with equal injuliice ? !'■> all thde \
i evils, but famine, vft might non be I
! fubjecteP bur for it. Invkad of ]
: finking kmeath their bunheff, what- :
! our real fiuntlon ? A few (acts j
on this head wh! come more com-’ I
pletcly home to the feelings ok mo ft 1
of our readers than the moil eta bo- i
rate treatiie. < In Philadelphia’ we |
are confidently ?.(lured that un. 1
proyernents are carry ingen with a
(pint ahioluttiy ur-po cedciUed.—
Conti ads have been entered into tb I
tne abundance oi money that it can |
be procured, cn. good fecuritv, at I
five per . centum. Marmfaclures
are riling in and around the town in
! 5 y --teftion ; and we hear of uo
i failures.
Now let up n-.rn our attention to
the no less im> os tanr town of New.
York, ami look at iht; efh. as of the
embargo there. \Ve (hall in this
l&ftance, rely on federal authority:
lvutruis, lays the New* York !
Gazette, 4 lend in ver.r produce.
1!u ts ycfleioav in the I l ' l *o’ v t- t
--Potauxs. Cl a Mc_;N
Su. to Is. a lb—ji’gs 1()to ] v ,*
cil
I Tki ii .** the .rr.ikct*
aredslfig 4 w i .vV ‘.uk l-cJoie
t!> * crrft irgofi*
j U'ut *: : j - 0;s
j it tut on t‘it* <St’- ty- k'*.k as
i thocfti the Avoir,om'. uar.fivr
weie lu(ucici.t*y ckfiiz zx'O ifitotii,
gent to aoconunoo Ut’ r f-'O to cir
eundlaTices, af'd vl;< rx oco t- the
prclitr of toe occiip, i* v.p t.-v-tc di
ligently tl* t bout fit? of iheeccar ?
1 r.e (aft caniiot oe too ci.c >* .. ■ enr
ed, tiia't the in ictus
occupation ot! er (hamthat ol agd,
cultui c of one ihii fiefo pan t: thole
now engaged in it would create a.
demand among curfelver- T.r cur
! fiu jfiu produce ecual to the whole
. foreign demand. And this is the
; precijc est ft .that the ivjoffice of
i our enemies; wfficli has left no a’*
! ternaiive,but ihe embargo, is*pro*
duc 1 i tr. Nations! LiUiiirtnar. v
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RiciiM-ar'D, June 3.
At c. TtuttiCrcvj and -v?ry rcs<!>.ciah!j
i “
V::oihig of ibc cliydcvs, hLU on
Fi i’Jneidd'f Ct'ening, /.ft first inst •
at the in ibs L y cf Huh*
n: for the purpose cf pton-uUdg
Domestic Manufactures ;
The Gov; ui4Gi\ was cr.l’ej to
the (h a ’ r, ar and iKbm a 3 line is !
appoiriled iec: eiary.
On rnctiun of. Or. F>a, fen.
| the following rcibluftiis were a
don! ed :
i
b'; -'CrvCiJ liiiii/wti'■ As the O
j pmiGil c; this iftct.tlg, that at this
I important cnlis, v. lien we have but
j hide io nope li om (be jufiiceof tiie
i great beihgcient povvcis of Europe,
jv. * o ii\.x vc n(ti O'*. t.v-Cci ala \v iydeni
! <’( warfare, by a-tnvkir.g iguriai
i conunerce, it is highly exoedieiat
I ’ 4 t*.v. if!) uyAAA inofe mic •T.ni
i Uft ivi V* 4ft! ‘A if.Cl- t -.K Y iu ftlll
? ‘ s * J
j- *i y \>■ ft ‘OL Lt
Juschsd iher 1 hat a coni*
; niiitce be 2'pp.oi.aicd to d : ge{lpl.n
! !(■:: tile cftabbfiiment of mgnuiaFu
1 ii: era adapt.d'to our particvilar fiui
i non, and that they maka tiadr re
i pori to a mvct m g or the ciiftriis to
!>•. hd i at U:t capital on VVudnef*
any next.
/
O') motion, the chunr i.c:ranafeT
the (o'lowing eeuticn-au td com*
p fe the commit;:--* :
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jM-'-a* /*< G/s>'o*\ lurjeara t.anir j*
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• i.i ni..( . i Ci l i lyjl*
f. . K n * .* / r-T. •• r • 1
loin , a t i.c;i i a,.or, f smo’/n ’ (,ir-h
sen. AOrahu'cn IV’ftft I:Neil Gam**
ho\ jitrees A/'.vc/’, NcrOc'ne tV/e.k
it./.f. C: ‘■■>£(! liny, LJj. ->v Ladd,
Jam h'a :,ono ; x ’c/a. Lea an l-lan
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v '-’ * * *■ •’ v ‘ l •• • l- > 4ft*.lft yv i( ‘ [f. iA A V ill*
bers Vv.re ffndec :
Ifmjamin 7 ak\ Satvwl Acfam^
J : ' s x'fh G id:eye, fob n ('un. :irc ham ,
jotm ill ark CJT lidiitan li Cabell. ’
. *ii laoiioi- ii mr. Hay, Unsolved,
i hat - t;e pr: etc ding mu; hers of
the com nut tee, or any fiven of
ti.cm, be authmiifd to nnkc iiicir
report oa vVednefikiy r.exft
On mot on cf mr. IMunford, Re*
solved idianimaush, Thai at the cel
ebration of the anriiveVlfty cf A
ftierican Independence, on tiie 4di
d ‘-y c ‘£ duly next, we, die persons
p-rdeut et tins in set in it, vvdk
as piatucabie, appear cioiheri in at*
trears of the u.anutaftu.re c.f Virgin*
ia. or cf force other of the U. S.
t Oa nvtion of the Lon. Greed
* a ) 1 tifiarJrjxi/ilv. Tuut
toe • o'cenjtuys of 1 1• s r,u be
punhdud ia ihe different f.upcis
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v>i t.as ci? v.
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