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only to refer to the right honorable
secretary’* leuer of tl»c 2Jd of
S*pt. to pfov- by an extract that
the strain of irony is not best sui
ted to the ends of political dcltbera
tion. The word* are— 4 that in
this attempt amriott all the power*
of. the European comment have
been comp* lled more or less to co
% oj>erate ; and lhat the Amcrcin
* embargo* though most assuredly
not intended to that end, (for Ame
rica can have i.o real interest in the
l subversion of the British power,
and her ruler* are too enlighten
ed to act from any impulse against
the real interests of their country)
but by tome unfortunate concur,
fence of circumstance*, wi'liout
any hostile intention, the Ameri
•can embargo did come in aid of the
bolckadc of the European contt*
pent, precisely at the very moment
when, if that blockade could have
• uccetdtd at all, tilt* interposition
of the American government
would have most effectually con
tributed to its success. In this
extract there i* a sarcasm convey
ed not becomi' g a statesman even
• were it just. They arc not to be
tolerated even to intlividuals, much
less to a gteat and independent
nation. But I will beg the gentle*
man opposite to state, what bene.
I fit* ihe> propose to obuin from
continuing in this system of retal
' iation ? What hopes do they now
hold out to our manufactures, to
litlanu, to our colonies ? Do they
execute their oidcts in council?
Are thev playing fair with die
Country ? Are they not following
a trade they dare not own? Are
thrv not at this moment carrying
oh U> means of licenses a tiade
with Holland and France in those
articles at the exportation of
which the Eienth government
connives, and is it not by such a
species of smuggling that they arc
enabled «o support appearances
and keep themselves afloat ?
There has been a report that
tunic conciliatory nuasiuesatc in
progress between this country and
i\nvn* a, and I have on ■ hat ac
count been asked by several mem
bers whether 1 intended to bring
l'oi wa d tins motion ? If it he so,
th« u 1 would witlmgiy make a bon
fire of rt juicing of my papers, and
►av, pioceed— Conciliate Ameri
cablet her, at all events, he yuut
f'iriid —and for that important oh
ject make every cuucc*sion that
juay become a great nation.”—
But 1 have sit" i.oihtng that can
warrant such a tonciu tou- ln
spite of all ihe pr*dictions to the
contrary, the embargo ha<* been
continued. There have been
some who have *lciiv*d hopes
jjrom »he con.motions which have
taken placet" Afuct ic« .he ques
tion is however, wheel" r wicse :
commoiions express the sense of '
the American people? But sui»-
n >se there cou *1 be an) just ground
of I ope of a repeal of the tmbaigo
lion* these commotions, nothing
is gained unless the Anuric«tm
can foice Napoleon to rescind hi*
decrees —unless they could pci
foitti an impossibility—unless they
could heap mountain on tuo'iuiaui
»_plac* Pel ion oil ()ss.t—stale tin
J Bavins, ui d thus accomplish au
cnurpiizt which UauxrtnUcd the
powercf the giants," But thm w»
shall be told what has been done
by the embargo breakers. What
bave they brought to thil coon*
try ? butne cotton wool. But
have thet brought fiix sec d? Have
they brought terpentine—and ma*
bv other articles of essential iui*
portnnee to the trade and manu
factures o! Great ISrttain f 1 can
ire lit le ground of consofatun
in this system of embargo b*cak
jng. But if the embargo wtre
tinted— f Mr. JtflVrson’s authori
ty should be overiurned-- -would
the American* ever Lung their i
good* here to lie taxed ? Ihia c- J
chous tax imd been paio ot.ly in onu
instance, and the ship had been I
burnt by the Hands ortho populate.
A r»p«i t. was brought to thni # u»uii- !
Uy that the federal},:* ty waAikcly |
Ui pf*v»llt Ihe vffy of ’
tins luined out th« fact, ai d
h»r .\t*d>»on was4lrcted pres id opt,
Wild theic Okiotil «t hope th'Jt die
government of Amir lea would re- i
lax in their meastUrVn. If ihe
arki leans raise the Vml>argu they
Cannot conic hire if* be
anil ilie consequence must be
War i *uii it * war L>rtaU out,
'
what becomes of the arheme of the
gentleman opposite, to make the
enemy contribute to our resources
for earn ingon the war? And I cer
tainly entertuin the most serious
apprehensions that war between
this country & America will be the
result. I ain aware that there
may be some who wish for such
a war. The American* are not po
pular in this country; and the*
American character is not reg*r.
d<d with favor or respect. Os
this l can state a remarkable in
stance—The health of Mr. Jef
ferson was proposed at a meeting
last summer, and was received
with great disapprobation, al
though at that moment Ameiica
was not a hostile nation ; & though
we professed to be anxious for more
intonate relations with that country.
That their are some interests
which must flourish by a war wuh
America I allow. Ihat our own
possession in America may de.
live some temporary advantages
from it is very probable. But what
will be the statu of the VV. I.,in the
eventT>f a war—wlial the state of
many other vauable interests —how
arc you sure that you could re
tain vour American possession* ?
The probability is, that we could
not retain them, and for this rea
son, that ttie whole would then
he united against us. And yet
under such circumstances we
were endeavoring to extend our
possessions. A force has been
brought together to reconnoitre
Martinique ; and whatever opin
ion may be entertained of the
propriety of prosecuting the ob
ject, this system of reconnoitcring
must be very creditable. I iccol
le< t another instance of this recon
uniting, under the honorable gen
tleman opposite (sir J. p u |teney)
at I'errol. Ihe honorable gen
ii* man landed ; he astonished the
governor and the towsnmrn, who
wondrrtd what he had come for ;
but finding that the place was
fortified be embarked again.—
The mention of Forrol bring to
my recollection another most im
portant feature of this case. The
enemy arc **ow in possession of
Eerrol, where they have found
several ships of war, and you have
been refused admission into Ca„
diz—have you not ? The navy
of Spain miy be brought against
you—all the arsenals of the con
tinent are in the li H nds of the ene
my and the thousand arms of your
navy may have work enough.
And yet under these circumstan
ces you are to go to war with
America upon a point of honor ;
and that too not to be satified
unless America compels Napoleon
to rescind his decrees, a .thing
entirely out of thetr power ! He~
collevt to what the greatness of
| this country is owing. Recol
lect tile debts due from America'
to vour merchants who are an.
xiotisly waiting for the result
pt this oighi't* proceeding—r-col
ie* t the state of your maufactures
—recollect that ihe greatur** of
\ our country is in a great nu a- '
sure fictitious. That this coun- j
try would lie great, independent !
of commerce, 1 believe; but it !
would net by any means he so
gieat ; recollect that its greatness
ucpcndv essentially upon that
commerce, which your measures ;
arc about to cestrov. Throw j
France bat k again into the situa
tion in winch it Mood befote its
commerce commenced, thtow
America back again, and they can
tittil do without you ; but lireai
Britain has risen through her com
t»erc«, to a degree of considera
tion among the nation* of the
world which it could uever other
wise have attained ; your resource
youi population, your navy essenti
ally d« prods upon your commerce. |
Deploy that, aud you lose your I
i right arm. an honorab.e Laron
| *-t has this night presented a pc
titiuii from certain merchants
'Complaining of the injustice of
, American government in the '
I cxer< i>e ol a utumciple act. They
might have beard of ships having
come into this country from Hoi
land —ol .heir hwv.;t\g been detained
Here in contemplation of a w ar, &
atiecwunls conutuaicd aa prize.—
Might uot the Dutch mo chant*
have upon similar gruuuU* corn,
plauieu ol the injustice of our go
veu nit at ? But y the honorable
ban.net has hu opportunity of con
« mluting to the tenet of uic»c pc
-1
titioners, by voting (or the prepo
sition which I t.h*tU have the honor
of submitting to the house. VV hen
we underva a** the American char
acter, we have forgot gen. Wash
ington one of the greatest men that
ever existed, but who was here
so of:ea traduced by «>r.e partv
■ as partial to Great Britain and by
another a* partial »o France ? Have
, we forgot L)r. Franklin, who was
; so much traduced at this bar ? I
1 do not mean to move at present
for the revocation of these orders
in council. lam willing that this
should be dotie in the way least
revolting to ministers. Ido not
desire them to do it openly — non
cornu fiofiulo —let them git rid of
them behind the scenes. Let
ihem proceed in their own way
—ouly let the thing be done. 1
cannot better close these ob--
set valions than by leading an ex
tract from ihe|valer{ictory addrss of
the great Washington upon his re.
tiring Iroin oHice—“ Observe good
faith with ail nations—cultivate
peace—attend to the dictates of
morality and religion in your in
tercourse with other states—for
it is impossible that tilings should
be so constituted ns to render these
inconsistent with sound policy.
1 he experiment is worth trying
at least, and the highest character
lor probity which you must thus
acquire, will more than repay any
temporary advantage which might
result from a contrary line of con
duct.” i hen be at p>.ace with a
merica, and with America, by your
side you uiny defy the rot of the
worm.
Mr. Whitbread then moved—
Tnat an humble address be pre
sented to his majesty.
Numbly to represtnt to his ma
jesty, that in consequence of cer
tain decrees made by hi. majesty \
enemies, contrary to the usige of
war and to the rights of neutral na
lions & also in consequence of t he
alleged acquiescence oi neutral na .
tions in the said decrees, his ma
jesty was advised to issue c er t a j.,
uiders in council, respecting
1 trade of neutrals to an d from t |, c
por's& countries of his majest\’ B
enemies ; and that the said orders
were further enforced by certain
acts passed in the last session of
parliament.
But that both in tile said orders,
and in the acts passed thereon, a
power was reserved to hia majes
ty of annulling the same whenever
such revocation shuold appear ex
pedient.
That the congress of the United
States of America, alarmed at ihe
dangers to which neutral com
mercc was exposed by the practi
cal operation of the said decrees,
and by the system then known to
be in the contemplation of his ma
Ijesty’s government, and actually
I carried into riled by the said or
! ders, passed laws for laying an
j immediate embargo on all Amer-
I ican ships and exports: and that
| bv the operation of such law*,
: ail trade of export from the said
| states into this kingdom or its de
pt latencies has been prohibited,
i and the commercial intercourse oi
his majestys subjects with the said
states has been in other respects
essentially impeded..
This* in the month of August
j last, the minister of thu U. States,
resident at this court, made to hu
majesty*s government an authori
zed and explicit offer of re-estab.
lishing the said intercourse } pro
posing that if bis majesty’s orders
in council should be repealed, as
lar as regarded the United States,
tile embargo imposed in the snid
states shoo'd b? removed, as far as
regarded his majesty’s dominions ;
ami adding, that it Ins majesty’s
J enemies should not rescind their
decrees, the said embargo should
I be coniiuucd as with respect to
them.
i hat this offer on the part of
the United States appear* to U s
j-ist in principle and in us tenden
cy h ghly advantageous to the best
interests of this country , just, in
asmuch as U removed all pretrnce
of the acquiescence of the United
State* in the French decrees ;
which acquiescence was the Only
ground on which any r'ght could
accrue to his majesty to interrupt I
the innocent commerce of a neu- I
tral powerl and advantageous to!
G. Britain, inasmuch, as, though;
tlshould not have produced Mel
repeal of the French decrees (the
avowed purpose of his roajestys or
d, rv) it would have secured to this
country the exclusive commerce
of America, and her all auce a.
gainst a power which would thus
have been the common enemy ol
both.
That we believe and hope that
it is still open to his majesty’s go
vernment to renew on the basis ct
this proposal, the commercial in
tercourse between this country and
the United States ; every inter
ruption of which we consider at
manifestly injurious to the inte*
rests of both countries, and calcu
lated to assist the designs of our
enemies, and to weakeo our own
resources.
That we therefore, most humbly
p r ay hi* majesty to adopr, with
out delay, such measures as mav
best tend to the immediate re.es.
Übliahment of the commercial in
tercourse betwetn his iir-jesty’s
dominions and the United Mates
of America ; and to bring, by tem
perate & conciliatory negotiation
ail other points to a just and ami.
cab'e conclusion, assuring Ilia ma.
jcsiy of our firm and invariable
support in maintaining against eve
ry unjust aggression, aud every
novel claim, tile ancient and essen
tial mantimc rights of his majes
ty's crown.
» »
Foreign Intelligence.
Sweden. —Wc communica
ted yesterday the intelligence of
an infurrettion in Sweden. It
is said that several thousand pea
sant have risen in the province
t f Weirmiland, and were pro
ceeding from Carlliadi to the
capita]. We have heard that a
general officer has put himfelf
at the head of a body of mili
tary, and taken pofleflion of
Stockholm, whence the king
had retired under the protec
tion of about three thousand
troops, who have remainded
faithful to his person. Ade„
claiationhas been published by
the insurgents, containing a
ilatcment of their grievance?,
arraigning the war as thecaufe!
of them, and infilling upon the
reeitabhfhment of peace as the
only means by which they can
obtain either allevitiaon or re
dress.
There is no doubt of hosti
lities having commenced upon
the continent,'and this infor
mation we communicated lad
night in patt of our impredion.
The Dutch papers to the ißth,
which arrived lalt night, though
hey make no mention of this
event, arc full of the movements
of tioops, confels the iafl hope
of peace has vanilhed, 8c (late
that the French minister has left
V ienna. The accouts of the
commencement of hollilities
is contained in private letters,
I he fir It blow was in a quarter
where we did not expeti it.
General Marmont, ihe com.
mander in chief of the French
army in Dolmatia, resolved to
make an attempt to surprise
l liefte, a mod important point, j
He advanced in a heavy Itorm j
ol Inow \viih about 20,000 men.
But this movement was suspec
ted by the Aullrians, who had
time to make the ncceflarv
precautions, and advaced from
Trielicto meet the enemy.
They came up with them at
no great dtliance irom the town
and an obllinate engagement
took place, in which the French
was defeated with conlidcrablc
lols, and were pursued by the
Aullrians fotne miles. The
capture of Tntlle would have*
been of immense importance to !
! the French.
Being decisively of opinion,
that France ouglu never to pof
lefs again a foot of land In the ;
j Welt Indies, we trull that min. 1
[ liter* will take the earliell op- i
portunity, after the capture of
Martinique and Guadaloupe,
to declare that ihe Hull not :
and to make known their !
;c ruination never to give h!
those illand*. V
P aris March 12. I
We are allured that his !
perial Majefiy has beftoJß
•he government general oftl
depar t ments of Tuscany on !
highness princess Eiiza, 1 J
of the emperor, and princes !
Lucca and
title of grand duchc*. }S
husband, piince Felix, of I , M
ca and Fiombtno, is general®
divilion, and commands ;■
troops in Tulcany. ■
By a decree of the 3d inst.
tmperor has alio created !
e delt lon of the king of'Ho!l<!
Xapolen Louis, grand d!
of Berg and Clcves. ®
The F.ench ambaflador I
Conltaniinople, as well as all !
atnbafladors of the powers all]B
with France, are laid to ha!
prelentcd to the Divan v e !
lirong remonltrances again!
' the peace concluded with e!
gland, and pofmvely declare!
that unless the Port immediate!
relinquished her conneft!
with England, they would al
leave Conltaniinople. 1
Augsburg March I.—The t!
ill divihons of the French cor!
commanded by general Oud!
not, have already proceeded 0!
their march to their utter!
deiiination. They are probab!
deltined to take poll on the In!
Extract of a letter from
na received at Charbjlon , daiM
M ay 2.
“ The new duties are at lafl
arranged, and only require thfl
lignatuie of the governor ant!
intendent. Although its publ
lication is momently expeftedJ
I cannot guarantee any thing
pending in this country.
Zijl of the new Regulated dutitsM
. “ Productions of Spain, im*l
I ported > n TvflCU J
free.
Ditto, in foreign bottom*—l
10 per cent.
Salt, gunpowder, and play*!
ing cards only on account of the!
king.
Tobacco, cotton, pitch, tar,|
rosin, furs potash, linseed, malts!
and (pars are admitted in depo-l
lit, and at their exportation, payl
1 per c*nt.
. Flour in foreign veflels, payl
per barrel, 8 dollars s%rs. I
Ditto, in Spanilh bottoms, 5
dollars rs. Exportation
allowed, & a drawback of eight
dollars short one per cent en~
titled only within two month*
after its arrival*
Specie, ftaves, lumber wood
and iron hoops, shooks, Itaves
ice- free.
Unteoiilsfor agriculture, in
foreign bottoms— 10 per cent.
Ditto, ditto, in Spanish bot
toms—free.
Oils of all kinds, wines, bran.
{ dies, liquors, dried fruits or
, preserves, rice, beans and peas,
lard, soap, jewellry ready made
clothes, millinery or modes,
binding of all claifes, houfthold
furniture unwrought wax and
fpermaceti, lead, iron, copper,
tin, steel marble, earthen and
glass-were—continue at 3 4 per
cent as before.
Cotton manufactures— 15
per cent.
All other articles not before
enumerated— 22 ptr cent.
The pioduce ol ihe llland, as
heretofore, oa export— per
cent.
Molatfes excepted, which
pay* as ulual—one rial per
keg.
Produce of other Spanilh
dominions found in this market
1 pay the lame duties as the pro*
tiucc of thu island, on ext* * f
non, c xceptiag cochineal, indigo