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Substance of the obsert a: ions marie by
Mr CftjH'fofin, in the Senate of
the l ! rated States, upon the passage
tj the bill for fitting out. tec all
tht frigates belonging to the L . S.
Mr. Crawford before be
entered on tin elitei.fiion t t ‘he!.ill,
he felt it his duty to declare, that
in the oblervations he had made
upon the motion lor p* flponemenr,
he had not the nu.it d.'uat i int: n
tiou of intimating tiiat the gentle
man from Virginia wi.Tv.-d to in
volve the nation in a var, that he
did not crnfcientioaHy believ to
be noctflaiy tor the pttlV: vatio-i of
the !. nor or intercti td c : -
try.
Mr. r. find, that he i ! 1y j
own lef. funs, been ltd f) ;■
jeftore, that this addin’ r ! na’ , !
force was intended to protect! .or
com mere i: time of peace, or to
prepare ihe i aiinn !■ r a declarar’ rt
ot war. which we in'end to if:ue,
or expect to he if’li-t againil os,
by one or both ot th.? grant h-Higt r
ent nations. ‘lhe cb-nations of
the gentleman from Yugini;:, had
fortified him that his c'mjrtUms
well founded 1 hr l are toe
objects of teds bill. But v.h- ;
nuJure involving a confi o.ibie
expence is atolrr rrufi teration, i is
nc< fl.'iv and prop.r to enquire
wf<*her the means to be en pu.-.-'d
adequate to th attainment us
the nhji ct. The iivi.lvqu.K vof the
nava 1 lorr ■<l the Unhid States to
the prou-tti’ nos i's commerce, is
so glaring as to links the muff fu
pvtiicial ofcfcrv- r at the fir ft hlufli.
If every frigate, sloop and hetnb
ketrh in our navy u .is a lull rate
(hip of the line, it would ev .n then
be wholly incompetent to thru ob
ject. If the U. S were to invert
100.000.000 dollars in vcflels of
war, and expend one fourth of that
sum annually by employing it for
the protection of our commerce, it
would (till be unpruiettcJ, or the
nation involved in war. As this
additional naval force is inadequate
to the protection of our commerce,
and has never been employed for
that purpole, it is but reaionabto
to suppose that it is intended to
prepare the nation fra declaration
of war, which we intend to ifTue 11-
gain ft France or O. Britain. In
the examination of this queilion
we can only rtafon from auh ry.
From our pift conduct, we may
judge with feme degree of r ret't
r.d’s, what we fl all do und” limi
’ar circuuiftarcts. What was the
(ituation el the U. S. in March
Fit ? ‘biie i>t irifh orders tn coun
cil of the 11th November, 1807,
v**re then unmodified, and in full
operation; every port in F.urope
wh : ch was (hut ngainfl British vef
f ! . was d< dared to be in a IDte of
blockade; all neutral vefT-’s at
tempting to enter them s CfC fub
jedt to capture and condemnation ;
r!ie right to trade to those ports
cruhl not be exerciled, until the
ri tin al vifT i had touched at a 13- i
tifh port, and paid a tra: f.t eu'v,
which, in fern'; raft?, exceeded ihe
A /¥ f\'%J I HfV ~\YJ
J\ 1V cl ll A v.J^X\
WASHINGTON, ( C~.:g:a ) Printf.o weskly for SARAH HILLHOU&E.
original value cl the argo. Our
commercial inn.rcourf* with France
was not m ‘re aufoici us. Our ves
sels and cargoes ha i twit placed
in a (fate of llqucfi ation, with an
imin-ati n, that their final difpofi
tion would depend upon theccurfe
which this u nion fivulJ adopt to
wards G. Britain. To relieve the
nation tr m the prcfTure of thc ! e
accumulated wrongs, the embargo
was imp frrd—it was volur.tatdy
fubtnitted to for fourteen months,
and was then abandoned in a panic.
Wh 11 this measure was r^peal^d,
did we declare war ? l)ij vc ilTu
letters of tn uque an I rrprif.tl; nr
di<! the othv.l H iut (trike from the
■ r* r.r rcouTe arV, n p vifi n
vh’ h auth *rifed the IVefi.bnt to
iiiV them upon ?. fp-edi and contin
( • r h ’-, if this na !'n ever in
t :;d:d >o declare war for anv cause
Ihorf us th inva:i mos its terrifov,
or t:ie btnb’irdtn' , r t of its c:ti
laif Marsh was • V *i ue wrbrh
ought rc Inve b n I /<?. } for it:.
V'e !'af enn<?,
& i’ re thin ( ‘"Me i ‘r war, if war
would have proem -! r< ir> Oar
fltips were tilf-n in .""tr o\r: p e-ls
rj i'r'"'.. n wre at home—*h
putty I iV na r-M had !><
crt’ii in fio.n tin. f.u> w:n.i • t
K ‘.urn. and w* were p-.-oir< t | r >
ltrike, whi-r- the euemv wrs val
p.a ‘c. We di In.t ho w vci
dare war. \]r. (!. 1 1 h u \
not convinced but th .t it 1. : 1-
nate for the ration that v ■ *iJL\ *,
al'.hotij.'i he t!iou;;ht and ; t d"-
ferej.by c'O.i th; repeal of :h- r*m
* * ‘ .
b.’.tgo. Hr was opp *‘t\! to its re
peal, but for war, when it was re
ptaled. What, fir, ts our fi:ur.ri.. l
now, \vh:n compared widi Marcit,
1809? ‘ihe embargo, although
vilir. and an ! adand med hero, pr v
cd efficacious. The arrangement
of the 19th of April fnft was the
ofTr ;ri>g of the embargo. ‘I hr r
b.md nr.unt of the embargo ;;r >-
duced the diiav< *wal of th at arrange
mc-nt. The or.ln of the 261 bof
April, .809. is flill in force, and al
th High i‘ tails v. ry (hurt of the ar
rangement mad*, at this place, yet
it abandons th*. two m- rt impor
tant and ohn. xious p'iac 01-s of
the nrdeis of ihe nth November,
18c 7. ihr trrinfit duty is given
up, and the bloc kade of commer
cial Europe, is refirained to M >l
- France and the kingdom of
Italy. B/ this modification our
trade to all the relt of ‘he world is
unmolefled hy British orders in
council. If the enmnarrifon be
tween our present fituition and that
ot March lad, b? fairly drawn,
there can hr no difficulty in decid
ing, as we did not then declare
war, we shall not do it now. But
it will be laid that, to al! the inju
ries which G. Britain has commit
ted against us, (he has added the
grofiVft infiilt. Mr. C. fail that
no mnn was more fer.libly affeiflod
bv the condnft of the British minis
ter towards this government than
he was. He felt companion for
thole who cou’d not, and contempt
for thole who would not, uilc<'’cv:
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1810.
>Te ir.iu’f. B it, fir, a’-e we to
urge the aggravated and accumula
ted v.rongs of the nation, in the
quarrel between the n ‘gociatr*rs of
t *’ two countries? If we are to
ti:v.* war, will any rational man be
vd! :g . ri ll ir upon the insult of
l’r-* l hy Jackson t. the govern
m- nr, inrtt* 4 d of the long hit <if nr
roeious injuries, which we have !uf
terej from the injultice and rapaci
ty ot G Britain? Cerrainly not
Bat, waving ail the arguments a
gaTnlt our dvir’aring war, which
may b’ dnavn from <>ur part con
duct, Mr. (!. fid. he would ‘.ific
thi-. h Hior !ble inkly, whether ihe
I titLiit utu.i'ion ot t!. v. >i'd
: * •>i • : i; diiioniih :!ii„ n.i i :i
•o :ialoof horn r*. • dreadful
cosivuifi : • with whi. h Kurope roc
ve.'irs ; ait h i; b c;i agitated so its
• ‘it ? Yes, lie, the charaQer of
r 1 • v r, and the principles u:i :a
w! ich i: i; c nduclcd, ad in mifh us
i:: •’ : ‘in'll loiemn uiatiner to re
•. .1 qui t until ito ,'tormy Liilo • s
I'ri !-bjbi.de into i calm lat! e
w trs - hie 1 were be T un and cirri i
n r : >vr to *he I ■ . ’c!i rev .!-
tun, the lot of .if ,v. or wro
\ .• wms •• n laiiv the •'= ct and
# t . F H';.: * r 1
’ . S til- faot .4 kia.slo.-n ; ad
t • • mi htieft cumin .* a. :
1;* 1 in ,t mielc •-.* o. i. •
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c*:a c ‘ 11 ! u • I*l'e his •••*t
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.. .* itlL f p iJ*’ * . ; i >V ij f | .... -
ron, w> “i.'.n: i ! .ri us 1 : ct >-
ry. 1 •-* i ’ u :’ . r in t ir
> •r. t
ti .and. i\* it ;sv p.u 1 i.I t!ie
b *1 tit l! tPa .per, the vict^ri”
(ii. r ;.u ; ! . l hi.i 1 mruert,
I'.’ fang he. . .> if c..ri qmnees,
m. ‘ • Ini . v.-v; .r to an e: and.
L-1 it then be : : . i.>ai of t : ' ; s
na i’ ll to rt ~ii ; ice. a> long
as peace t s v;itt;.n :tr option.
If .ving Hmvn fr.- r n our pail c >n
'3 that we do not mean so de
.. • e nvi', and alto th .t lou ..t jh l
icy forbids us to do it, it i lire fie
ry to ei quire into the pr ■’ .1’ v! •• y
of its being deJrred again l ! u>. —-
Will France declare war againrt
the U States ? li wait r laiioo
do we Hand to France? She ci f >-
tures and condemns all our v if is
which have been vi.ited by a Rnt
ifh velTel, or aa- bound to a Biitiih
p >rf. T this a! ? 13 >es 11 >t France,
under foine pretext or other, i’e
auelter the mod of our vtit'. l ;
which have the temerity to vnft ;-
French ports? How would v.;r
affect this relation ? It would put
an cr.J to fequoflrattan, and v: 1 ! !
greatly diminifil the number of
captures, because our vefTcls in th. t
case would arm in their defence.
It is not the interefl of France to
declare war again rt us—(he will
therefore avoid it. Bur admitting
that France fhou’d declare v.at
this additional naval force would
be unneceifary, as long a-- E gland
continues the war ?.n I pni’erves her
naval superiority. It this fti.u!d
he loft, it is n r upon a tl et often
fold the efiic’er.t lercc ct car v.hMe
[Payable half yearly •
£N'JM3ER 474.
r. *va! ertablifi invent, that we mu ft
rtb. for dtf'-nce against the Gallic
legions of Napoleon—No, fir, we
mult rely up’ n our own internal
tlretigth, upon our union and pa
triotilm, whiert will anlwer every
demand that can be made upon it
by th.* motl frying emergency—
the dreams of the timid, and the
predictions of madmen to the con
trary not with Handing.
Bat it is p ’fTible that G. Britain
will declare war ngninfl us. let
us examine this fubjed. Has G.
Britain any interest which can ’>•
fubferved by war with the Unit’ and
States ? Is the commerce of this
country beneficial to her ? She en
joys all of it w hich she wishes. She
gets by purchase cr capture all she
wants from us. For the firrt ihe
p..ys a moderate price, and for the
!:dt she pays nothing. But what i*
of equal importance to her, we pur
ch.de her manufa&ure3. In the lull
er.ii yment of all the benefits of our
commerce fine rest rains her adversa
ry from all p rticipation with her
:i those bent tits. But admitting
r :•-* is dang r of war with k ‘g*
.... of what lervicewill t!.cl. I v
r* val lrigatcs be, njaii.J: #
iiiips ot war which that na
• • ;:u! put in comniilliun ? t ■!-
: “i; l-.ie 1 halrman ot the f
: :;\s, tluy v.ih uiiiair ti,. :• o
: , 11 1.1 f• ot itefi ruling our pc ‘s
. iJ I • ui.d ot anuf.yu": th;
<. ‘..n r . f the enemy. i'> this
ybe ai.luued, that i* v *
:. ;n 111 our ports for their defence
ti.. y cam, 1 ant. ,y the trad t tiie
enemy. If *th y ar> : t .0 n
pr*-y \ ;i.;: 1 the comm. r.\ <: . •n
----emy, her te •. it .. yofl ..m .11 ev
er teturr. f• ■! iejul our p .. .
T!ie R. fi.l.-mh nielf'gc r * t : u*
yd inil hr.j b vn iruroii'iCwU i-y thr
ch-’.i.’ tn A rr.r co.-m i;r .“ i:i Jup
of !’ bi! 1 . Ftr'.le mull ha
the aid v. hi. !, thi;. mealure ean cb.'.
rive from that le.iv.ee. This ir..f
----f-.ge ii p int ot ohfrurity, comes
t*. arer r y i has of a Delphic orncle
t!’;in any (iae paper which hat
r ‘.me under my inlpt-ktion. It in
lb ci uiidufly nyptefild that every
man pa's what cordiruffinn upon
it he phi;"?. Is h? hy war? Ihe
tn- (luge I ks:! vs r. ’■ ir.g but def*
Uucti n and bed died. I- ! e for
pence ? Ihe tve-lf g?mere milk
and v;! nr.A WitoHy pr ‘fie. Is
he for the U bi ire v ■ The
mcfTag? ca: l for p.ilfage. Is he
a friend to .1 large tVandir.g army ?
Why then t!;e mtfLge means 20,
ce o rtguhu t.oopr.. fs he friindly
to the viiitia ? The inefi. g” Jo.s
ret r;,!| t r r gular tr*j* ps t
n* :*.n usilitia. 1 ’ us, fm, ihh tm f
f ,:<■* 1. Lanr, any thing, 01 r.< thing,
at the will of the com:.,; ntaror. If
tt.io na tbi. c is < race’ *r in its m- :>n
-I.';-, it was no !< r s miracuh u- in i9
pri.mu’g,.ti"n. The “S-;-ip< i
to r : -i* tall of t’ is (v ■■’•’ at fin h
a uufi! >♦* v .Id be • t'ivtn i. and
li. tid i’ comers r-*"iv one w-. ‘<
before it ti ached t.'v iw 11-ului
1! ( r fit. i l’git t■: ibis
phenomenon, neither within u./
j-wV.ar cr proviiicu.