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Volume XIII. J
[ The following arc the concluding
observation* made by Dort. iiuui.
in a speech on the subject of the re
//•draw of the Merchant's bouts.
The speech is very bn rtf — the
first part of it, supports the propri
ety of referring the decision of the
subnet to the Secretary of the
T>\ns:sry 3
l might here, Mr. Chairman,
c! > 1 my licence •f the report of
t! • couvni'tee; Iv.ir as other gen
tl nen have difeuffe*! the quelti m
whether the petitioners ar entitled .
to relief, atiH th° extent cl fuel* re- |
liet, I may be permitted to exp: is
my opinion alio. I have before ad
mitted that the (hipment of merch- *
an :z* from England, after the re
j.< if ol the orders in council, and
fc- ‘ -re a kn.>w ledge of thi war, was,
under all the circumstances, an aid
o: • ational (peculation ; that alt ho*
; parties cannot plead the abs n~c
< intention to violate the law and
ar • oot guiltlds, yet that they may
p'-. 1 1 p obible ground for the in
pr tli n that the policy of the law
was attained, and that they would
be relrtiled from its penalties. It
should be remarked, however, that
this :u‘f of Ipeculation was not with
out kn >wn t ilk, becaule the pro
ceeding- oi the lafl feflion ol Con
grei* from its commencement, w: re
of such a chararter as at lea ft to ren
der war not an improbable event.
Anil fi • rcfulal at that time to per
mit Mi > introdurtion of American
funds (aid t-> hi i.i England, was a
cl ar maaifertation that in such an
evt nt the non importation art would
be < ontinued. i iv. intervu*: An of
\v >r and the continuance ol that
;.rt have difappointcJ (lie expert*!-
ti-ms of the petitioners, and at the
f:i m-time enhanced the value of the
ani 1 s they have imported ; the
dd* wis of the enemy has been a!!e
yi at and, and the war probably pro
longed Under these circutmLn
c- . sh add Gongrefs undertake to
and ci Je (which l hope they will not)
we are b wind, in the language of
the Prefi lent, to 4 *confult equally
what is Ju*e to equitable cor.fidera.
t: >ns and to the public interdf.’*
AVith th.i r view, l would grant in
demnity *o the petitioners; I would
relinquish to them the original cost
of their merchandize and the char
ges thereon, and I w-ould rigidly
ex,.ct the payment oi the difference
b ’ween that sum and the value of
the articles in this country, lhe
principle 1 adopt is this—that what
i ver extenuating circumffances may
be uiged in behalf of the late vio
latio:.’ ‘d law, they cannot render
; t a meritorious act, and therefore
at ought not to be rewarded; that
io r.aisit the pur-ilts of such violation,
wouU be to give a premium to the
oarties for their disobedience, by
placing them in a better situation
Ih an it’ they had obeyed the law.
Sir, neither a libeial fpiru of concil
iation nor any injunction of equity
•ran demand for the pet. Uoh *..3
: iore than indemnity ; beyond that,
•■ullice to the community forbids
. you to /o. V. T i*.h refpecl to tfcafe
MONITOR.
PUHU Ilia) (whiskey) liY DAVID P. IHLLHOUSE.
WASHINGTON, (Geo.)— 1 ’*ATbfHDAY, FEBRUARY G, ipis.
who (hipped after a knowledge c,
ifie war, they are without a rational
cxcul'e, and merit the penalties of
tin law. Ihe rciufal of Con-rrtfs
at its lafl feflion to repeal or lul
pend the non importation art be
fore and liter the dcclara'i- nos
war, was iutHcient warning of the
policy that would be pursued dur
ing the war; and, therefore, they
have knowingly violated the provi
fi ms and the policy ol the law.—
t hey pk-ad the fear of a cot-fif.a
tion of their property, had it re
main::! in England, and yet the
merchants are dafv prosecuting a
trade by which their funds are ac
cumulating in that couu'rv. Nu
man believes that a nation, com
mercial as is In Band, will let the
example of coniifcation ; nor lnta it
ever been hercourfe oi p iicy to do
so. I’dcafe this class of importers
now, and \ou cannot cot : intently
j J
refute the lame meaf.nc t ; ti:o!e
who may import lieiher ; having
bten rcitiain.il by respect lor law
until after y*.ur d-ci lion, they will,
in cq..ity, have a it: , rger claim on
t.he inucitu! iiitc.pofition of (’.on*
< T r,f:. In this way you will be for
ced to abandon the uftrictivc lyt*
tern. The advo stes i c ur.qua!.ti
ed rendition, aware of this onic
quencf*, and ifiring its irdluence oa
the minds of a majoritv of tliis bo
dy, h ..v: a Tailed the fyftetn with
unusual acrimony. It is repreient
ed as operating with more levcrtty
upon ourselves than upon the ene
my ; as more terrible to the Ame
rican people than p and tile nee—n?* re
pernicious than the plagues • f b
sypV
Sir, !> i* *he policy c{ tr.E gov
ernment to be forced into an aban
donment o! a me bure of great na
tional concernment by a lew indivi
duals, who, influenced by motiws
ot piivate inkrett, hve lublcived
the vi.ws of the enemy? ibis
Mouse has detei mined over and o
ver again tin.* they would r.ot aban
don the I’yfU-rn, r.nd ii.jw we are
called upon to Jo lb in pcant of fact
under compalfion. 1 lay the pv.ii
tioners have lubferved the views of
England. Why in (hipping lb tt.fh
manufartures to tl'iic coumiy, i
a knowledge of the war, v.cre they
furnifiled with licences protecting
them from litiiifh captures? Was
this an art of iiii ifli moderation—
of Eritifn juh .-eNo : it was dic
tated by her interest ; it was to al
leviate the mueries of tlieir starving
manufacturers. Ot the etlvcls of
the non-importation art upon the
enemy and on this country, 1 rued
to fay but little. i hat topic has
been ably and eloquently difaufleJ
by the honorable Speaker. IJe has
presented taels and citcun.ftances
which, while they prove ituidputa
bly that this act lias carried misery
ai?d wretchcunefs into the heart ot
the Britifii nation, it is not the
cause of the partial dill reties which
is felt in the U. *S He has I.cvvn
that the cHerts here, v.i.ich aie at
tributed to the reftrirtive lyftetn,
have reiulted from tlie unhilf niea
('•iri r. ot I
ivi l nh :. ••-i-i*. ui. rt.v* i: in
r at does Air d.diets . :!-• :u pi
Ct lilts fOi'.ntiy Colli• if ? D. \
citiVS piel. .t tiloula.i.is ( f po •
wretches o-jeging employ meat —
hcggir.g a li f tL t. >'.! Ui prevent tficir
(tarvmg in the h e. ts? No fir And
i’ Inch not the unhappy condition
of hundreds of tfl- u'a.ivls of the
people of England ? lhe f..rt is
undeniable. Jiur 1 :ys the gentle
in oi froin 6. Carolina Vlr. Cin ves)
bus unptocedentul dirt refs f !'rg
! i:i I is not owing to h-* r fit ict.ve
fyftcMi; the Unit, and itat.s t::v r re
ceived in ‘ro than <-nv fourth of the
wtiole exports of Britilh manutac
tui -s. A therefore the iiiitreis mutt
have ftdultcd iro.n caulss
Sir, :!s. g iifb'-man (houid rec-.fletl
that England is now depravd of
fitr other cufioin.rs; and ti-at a!-
flr u,. h the Kfs of our market dur
ing thetx: Icitce of i-tt former pros
perity night not he. .e been fj c'ii
trcfln;:, ).t tiiat utn! r exiliting < ,r
----cumftancvs it may L. run.otis. To
a man who haa an abunvlance of
the nectfli.riei and comforts of life
about hi.n, l<-{; s are unim
portant; but tfrom him who is
r- du red to bare lubfifta ice, and 1.-is
.*. ‘ ..l’.■ I. .:. C- ■. l l if. phir.!..lc 1 !iC
mark-1 of the I bibed Slat- s. \< at
t!...> moment to England what bre..d
is to a Han man. On tbb point
ii v.a>. my intention to have credent
evl ro the c:-mnirteee a view of the
tcfti.nony lately tak n b fort a com
mittee of the iloiiie of Conmtms,
and wiiich is now in my poll iTi?n,
proving the injurious operation of
our art of non i t.; orfafion rpoa
to*: cr.eur. But s.iy firengtii is
exhauftcul, and I will only re.-tipit-
L.etw very bridly f one oi the farts
vvliiili were cdablilhetl. It was
prove 1 by the concurrent .t .timony
of winnY.es called from dm rent
parrs * f the king loni, that the dif
trdk-s ol the people are unpreceden
ted and alarming : thm the maim*
fat.uring p \;-r are tc a great extent
without employment and tolerable
iubfilfence, an I that the nT ct- of
hunger were visible in their coun
tenances; that thofv v. .ho had grt
ett coplc-’ nent to thuufands, i. >:::
motives or humanity alone, were
anxioully a wailing the dvcu'ion of
Parliament; and if that fimuld be
in favor of continuing the order.', in
council, they would lie compelled
to abandon them to tlieir iatc—in
evitable furcation ; that this awful
Hate of things was owing principal
ly to ihe American non-importation
art, and would lie removed it the
American market could be again
opened to them. I; was ado prov
ed that Sou'll America had been
tried as a fuhftitute for the A:nv;i
1 can market but that in tvu j in
[ fiance it was a lofitig bufiuefs; that
I experiments had l.een made of A
rn-elia-lfl md and Canada, in tiie
h po that their n anu'arturcs might
by fmuggliii., f; ui their w y E-tr
the IJuiit J States and that such ad
ventures never returned their ui
ginal cod.
Sir, the confccv.ence ol thi r f
timuny v;*.s the r u.railmcj.t o* the
[Payable hdj yt urly
[Number G?T
i or* .<; in council, so as to •
: p vilxti v ~i your ffntut
tie Fu 11-’ ni in fu’ h . n .
difcontitiut dr nonimpoit ■-r
h i:, true, the l*rince R cucut i
nounefng t!ii;, annulnv. nt, pre*- -
t) make it a cpmim-. of ;
of the f rench gov rum. u, .)< < ...r
----ing the Bi r!in and Milan ieert- j
at uti end so far a-. fli> y related to
tile* United States. But f'us is pro
ven to be a mere prefix’ y the of
ficial declaration of ‘he l'riacf I*-:-
g r.? hit: Elfin April sass, in winch
, ht ; r mour.ces, that before the or
! hers in council (houU iie repealed
; or mouifi i, France tnufl revoke
i h: r cd.cts in relation t-’ all the
; v.o'iJ; that t > revoke them in rc
!r*tiu: u the Uni’ I State- c.r.ly
, would not he lufli Enr. In the
; fame mor.tfi (June l.*(l) in which
the6rd.r> in council we;. m.K’ifi and,
the Britilh minifier here in a 1* t r
to Mr. Monroe, explicitly iieclau*J
i.i oDtdiencc: t- the inltructi n* of
Lis gover:.-: i-i.i. tint such v**.;.. the
obligations hv which f.e R-gent
was bound to f:is allies, iriat he
mutt atid would rominue theoidets
in countil in fuff ! <rce. unri! there
wafcagineral and uoqualifi.d ’-pral
of tin* I‘Ven. h dit_i. I tnre has
be- ti no luch icp al and yet the
orders in council are modified, and
th.*i t o immediately after the teffi
rnoTiy to vtiirti 1 have alluded was
taken. With such evidence )! the
t fii; iency oi your reftrirtive fvflem.
te repeal it^t:ir*.itly <-r t< Jo that
winch v.ill lead to its repeal, u*m i
lie, in my opinion, an art of u: ■ tr
ampled imbecility and tolly- P- -
iiicu'etlietrar vigmouiiy --add . ■ r.-
‘.■xporfation to n-.in-imporfat’ ••. and
1 do verily believe you wdi havt an
honorable peace b.fore the end of
the euluing year.
FOREIGN NFA-V3.
LATE AND IMPORTANT
Baltimore, January 13.
By the Eynx tiomFiance (w :>i nee
the i*altfd 7tri Dec.) we aie po’ in
pofieflion ol very late and imp- *l
- news from Ruffra As to A
rnerican adairs, tfie ulual pro iK
i of advantageous arrangitnu is a-e
given; and high prices quoted.
Our minuter Mr Barbie, had ac
! tua! y reached B* rlin, on iii.* way
- to komglu rg, ancient capita! of
PrulLa—l* which city (he 1 r-•’•* h
army were endeavoring to n> ke
their way, having Gen cotnpi ‘lej
to fiy ftom the ruins of Mofc- w.
The m\a ecr did not abane -nth*-o,
however, until he had nv it <- i
pletely dithuycd sh-. K-emlin, ! v
inith'ig ;.-r.d b: .;n up .11 tf.at
bcuuMul pan of the -. tri, v ;:'i p.< v-
Jt r. lie ha! it under cor hr to a
t’.on to dcftroy all sh- dwellings it r
many'll.-! cs r m.d, to depdic, ot
any pofm e Onkrr r. :c : o p -
pie, by h rnlelt d*. claie to l’- **.
dertng in the v. oo ‘s ;md (now - >
at a .*.,in lb extia.n.i’v incl t
that, by !-is ow :i < < nf it:. ’ . <s
than 3 ccoos i . it h< ;■ r
niivu during the r*.t: c:v.; but he