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( htv Cii 2 i ,,o^ib| y I Van Sin^er cn. MIRROR OF THE TIMES CONGRESS. HciifevJ Keprefoitalivcs. AVednefday, January 4. NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT. Mr. S»ory id, that if the house did not wifli to he coo- as numbering at their ports’, it was proper ihat they should after determining that they would not submit to the orders & decrees of the beliige rents, adopt some efficient sys tem of warfare, if war niuft be the fefult. On this point he was decidedly of opinion, that we could carry on operations to great advantage on the <stean. lie held in his hand a refolytion 1 for enquiring into the proprie. ty of augmenting our naval force, which he fubrtmitted to the confiderarion of the house. Kefolved , That the commit tee to whom was referred so much of the message of the Pre sident of the U. S. as relates to our military and naval ertabiifh meets, be inftrufled to enquire into the expediency of tncreaf ing cur vaval eflablijlvnicnt , and that they have leave to report by hill or otherwise Mr. D. R. Williams asked of the gentleman, againll whom was this force to he applied ? From what source could anv considerable increale be made? He presumed as the gentleman appeared to have his mind so fully made up on the fuhjed, that he had made the nectfiary calculations, and would favot the house wi;h them. For his part, Mr. Williams laid, if we were to go to w f ar to.morrow, he would not vote a Tingle addi tional floating gun. What had been the consequence of aug. mentations of naval force in cth. er countries ? Weie they not perpetually augmenting theßrL tifli navy r The ministry would ! give but a small premium to en. litre the gentleman’s auguienta. ; tion (should it be made] a fafe birth in their ports. Did the gentleman wish to follow the example of Denmark, and have our towns Copenhageniztd ? Mr. Gardner observed, that a bill for putting our prelent na vy into ferfcice, was already be fore the house. He should pre set fiilf afling on that, Sc there fore moved that the reiolution lie on the table. Mt. Story hoped this course would not be given to his moti on ; for it might be perfectly proper not to order the whole J naval force to he put into a&uul feivice, and yet it might be ve* I proper to prepare an additL onal naval force* We were not, he (aid, at present at wa.‘ ; but we soon might be. Thegentlfc man from S. C. had supposed that any augmentation of our naval force, mu'ft fall a facrifice to the Britifti navy. Mr. S. laid he could not so much doubt I the courage and character of his countrymen, as to feel as the gentleman did. I was born a. mong the hardy tons of the ocean, said Mr. S. They nev er will be guilty of a deiehtiion of their doty, or their country’s rights. They never will submit. II G. Britain ever obtains pof. Icflion of oor preleru little tf tabliffement, it mutt be at an ex. , pence of the bed blood of the “ HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE.” Shakespeare. WEST END OF BROAD-STREET. country, and after a ttrupg'e which would call for more of I er (Length than flic has ever found necelTary Tor an Euro pean enemy. He /aid, he did not wish our naval foice to be cncreafed for often five mea. hires; but it hed appeared to him, that the only force which could effebluftlly proteO out sea coatt, was a naval force. He wifited a few vessels of war to co-operate with oilr fortilicati. ons. Such a force too, with ihe known bravciv of Ameri can seamen, would carry dismay wherever it went. The paffaee of this refolmion would not de cide 1 } the principle'; it was bare iy for enquiry. Would not gen t'etnen enquire whether an in. crease of the naval force might not he proper ? Would they hold out the language that they would permit the feene of the Chesapeake to he afted over again with impunity ? That they would ft ill remain on land ? Mr Story said he could not believe •hat the gentleman from S. C. wifiled to fee this game played >gain. He hoped that we would prepare a force 10 proteD us against every foe. 'I he naval ettablifhments of European na tions mutt be always maintained at an expence double of the proportionate expence, which would be incurred in this coun try. He asked the gentleman from S’ C. if we had fifty fait failing frigates, whether the Bri rifh nation would fend an arma ment fufficiently powerful to en danger them ? Mr. Story laid hat we knew perfectly Well the importance which they attached to their eftabltftiment,— 1 he thunder which rolled over iheir heads in terror, was only that from floating batteries on the water. Believing that when, ever we have War it hmtt be carried on at sea as well as on land, he was in favor of increa sing our naval force. Mr. D. R. Williams said that the gentleman mutt excuse him for laying that he had pursued the eattern mode of propound ing other questions inttead of answering those which had been put to him. He said lie had meant no reflexion on the har dy Tons of Neptune; he believ. ed them to be as courageous as the gentleman had represented them. The gentleman talks of fifty fall lailind frigates (said Mr W-) It is importable that any man in ihe nation can suppose that its fafety depends uponTifty sass failing frigates. They inuft, if sent cut, either carry orders, not to fight, or become what the Chclapeake has been —a dis grace to us. I feel regret that such is our lituation ; and I have no other consolation than the state of the nation. Yes, fir, it is a mortification to me that the British minifler here has said, and perhaps to members of this iloufc, that if fifty fail of the line were built they would soon Be taken from us. We cannot cofnmand refourccs for such efiablittimews. Will gen tlemen confider that our greatett annual icvenue never amoumed to seventeen millions of dol lars ? I c.fk then where are wc to get money for the support of such itnmcnfe ettablifhments. Mr. Williams laid that twas on fiiore that he would nfk the ial vaiion of hi« country; and of an invading foe there would not, he fruited, a (ingle man el cape to te!l the fate of hts comrades. Indeed he lhould tremble (or his country il he thought its fal vat ion depended on floating batteries. Mr. Nicholas (aid there ap peared to be a difference of opinion among gentlemen as to the mode of preparing for acti on. It was upqueffionaby re ctflary, he oblerved, that the house (hould come to some de cision on the fubjett- Gentle, men who were in favor of naval force, when that qneflion was fairly decided in the negative, would no doubt give up all idea ot that force and join those in the majority in Voting for that force which they deemed necef /aiy. Ido not, will not believe (aid Mr. N. that a difference of opinion as to the (pecies of pre paration tb be made, will pre. vent us from making any. Un til some decition be made we (hall be perpetually etnharrafled m this way. 1 have not made up tny opinion on this fubjebl; but I am inclihed to believe that in the event of a war we can do but little on warer. I think it important, however, that the thing lhould be lettlcd and not procrastinated. r l his quellion (hould be met and decidtd* 1 do not believe that I lay too much when I lay that I belie he war is tntviteblc. 1 lay this up on the pielumption that I am warranted in believing that it is the determination of this houle and the nation to relift. as long as a tnan remains of u , the edi6ts of G. Britain bird France. Having made this determinati on, vvhat is our duty under the prelent afpebt cf our affairs, when (it does not appear that either cfthele nations \Gil re cede ? To prepare to meet the crifls as men determined to refill effedlually. Shall we do this as long as vve divide as to the means to be employed? We (halt not, fir. Mr. Nicholasexprcflcd a hope that gentlemen who thought land force the heft, would, if it lhould not he agreed to by a ma jority, consent to employ naval force ; and thaij under similar circumstances, thole in favor of naval force would consent to employ land forces. It was of the uimolt importance that they (hould come to an underhand ing on the lubjedf. If out vo ted in the force which was heft m his opinion, he would cordial ly aflilt in preparing the other ipecies. lie laid he was for of fencej not lor defence merely, when thus vitally a Hailed, lie hoped the House would at once fettle the mode and commence the woik of preparation. Mr. I.yon laid that it was well know n that he had never been inimical to naval foice. r I he rule which he had laid down to himlelf had been to give a great (hare of the tevenue derived from commerce to the protedlion of commerce, He had never entertained the idea of manning a fleet, for the pur pole of del) ing Great Britain on the ocean. He had wished to give that fhaie of the pro ceeds of the commerce of the nation toils protection which fhouid be deemed r.eceflary. MONDAY, January 30 I?09‘ He (aid ihat lending out a navy With a view to meet that of G, Britain on the ocean, would in deed be a Ouixouc expedition, lie had always though', that this ! nation would be jufitfibU* alone In defenfive w'ar. He woo d I forever maintain the right to govern our (elves on land, <&: on the ocean too if lie tho't the»e Was any probability of ftiecvrd | ing in such a contell. lie cen sured the propensity dtipUycd by gen lemen for m*.king paitial piepan.tious, and w flud to lec a whole lyHem at onte. The queliion cn o?de«ing Mr. Story ’• propolition ro be on the tab!" ■ »s carried, 47 10 38- •• —<*»—- Mr. GILKS’* SBI ECU, On (he bill more.cjf<cliuii'y to en force the Em oar go lu ws, Mr- President, I am sensible chat I owe an apo logy to the senate, as chairman «<f the committee, for not basing made an exposition of the objects and principle of the bill reported for consideration, at an earlier u;.g*» <>( the discussion. 'I bis » nfNmoi* ban not in the smallest d< gree b en in fluenced by anv app'ehen ion, that these objects and print ipl s are in. defensible ; but in some cl*gr<e from a desire to sere* n tnyseit ;.s much as possible, from in • rmix rg in discusstms ; a t.»*k w neb •' le ver agreeable, b.'i is a present pe. cubarly disiressn g aid -HI ' ting o mv feelings. 1 aiso th f ,in, hat the session had alrtadi o en sufft ciontlr fruitful of discussions u.ti matelv connected *’ tti» tin* bI) fn.- fore us : aim thin the | ttbhc inter* esis, alibis dne, r< qmrcu «u'io<». 1 know too, sir, that f cue an apo logy to the ''f-ni.’< , mt the g’tat number of ame* Jmt-nts wb.in, tin oer tlu-ir inciHip re-", lias bi:eu made to this btil aiu* it*as first presented to then consideration.— But sir, you si id nub s< me apolo gy in the intrinsic difficulty son ce il cacy of ihe tubjtct it?t 1, and al o in the disposition mao fested by the committee, ;o give .0 'he ob jections made b\ the opponents of the bill, that res; 1 cdu* aiuijimir, to which many of tiltm were ier tainly entitled ; anti 10 accotruno date ns |irovi-ions as far us Possi ble, to the <’iews « f these gln.de men. Alter every effort, however, to < iTc-ct this object, it stiff uppe..i* that the bill presents tt mpta u n* for addressing the popular sens ; .o‘« lily, too strong to be rtlHttd by gentlemen in me opposition. 1 < ! <y have accordingly with great £ at and ability, dtscribed the provisi ons of 'ins bill as dangerous uni alarming to the rights and .ibtrtiu* of the people. 'I his, sir, ‘3 die common course of opposition, and applies to every strong measure re quiring the exercise of much exe cutive discretion. 1 think, howe ver, I shall be able to show, that the r e is no new principle contained in the provisions of this hill : but that every provision 1$ contains, is amply justified by precedents in. pre-existing laws, winch have not been found to be so destructive to. the rights cf the people, as gentle men strenuously insist similar pro visions in tins bill \\ ill be, if they receive the sanction of law. In performing this task! shad bi ing into view' only such parts of the bill, as have been objected to by gentlemen, presuming that as thur objections have evidently been the result of gri at industry and Uciibe. ration, all other pans ot the bill ie mani uiiobjecti.oi.able, I shall al so, perhaps, avoid some of the ob servations respecting minute de tails.; apply inv remarks gtucrafly to priutipies ; and thus bru.g vuf t bstjr\aliens and replies into at short a compass a* possible. r ] lie gentleman irom Connecti cut (Xu. Oeednch) ooiamtuced (No. XVI.] - —«■