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vears, is ipso fafto naturali
zed. She violates the doc
trine—(he tramples it un
der foot, when flic declares
by statute that the Ameri
can teaman, contracting
marriage with a British
iubje£t is ipso faflo naturali
zed. Thus, whilst in prac
tice (lie condemns her owe
dotfrine, the holdsout every
lure and temptation to the
American Teaman to delert
the fervire of his country.
It is not of much impor
tance to us Mr. Speaker
what dodfrine the British
government may set up
all.weafk is that whatevei
the dodtrine be, The will
hereafter refpeft: it. Whilst
her government is in the
habitual practice of natura
lizing American Teamen,
Ihe infills that our govern
ment (hall not naturalize
her fubje&s. Allured ly,
Mr. Speaker, it cannot be
unlawful forus todo in re
lation to her wh it flic does
in relation to i»s. If flie
violates the public law in
relation to us that very
public law authorises us to
Violate it in relation to her.
T his is the iawol retaliation.
If flie can naturalize our
ftmen serving two years
c-nbo rd her vefil Is, or con -
tiacting marriage with !vr
fuhjcdts, we may naruralize
her Teamen enteting volun
tarily into our service - the
*
period of two years pre
fenbed by the Biitifh fta«
tute makes no difference, i:
affects not the principle -
it is entirely ability- flic
might a% well have preferi
bed two months or two day*
or two hours.
You "will observe, Mr
Speaker that the Brit Ifh go
vernment, in executing thi<
regulat'on, has no regarc
to the character of the Ame
rican Teamen. It is unim
portant to her whether the
Teaman be a Jeferter 01
not tom the American
K is immaterial
whether deserted before or
the war. Id deed no
questions are asked—it is
lutfu-ent for the pw*po(e
that he. is an American ci
tizen willing to enter into
hc\ iervfte, con trading
marriage with a Britifn
lubjed or serving two years
On board her public (hips.
We demand nothing but
reciprocity— there is no
* jpfiice or equity where
there is no reciprocity -and
betv re.i nations there trull
be r, c’ procity, htcaule there
i‘ pei *ect equality. Hence,
Nlr. Speaker, the jultice,
the Lwtulnefs, the proprie
ty ot the (.g.aiiion which
I pronofc to you. Let ui
t*r a moment concur in
expediency: Engaged in a
• war with a formidable pow
er, we find ourselves in one
t important refpeet occnpying
an advantageous ground.—
; Shall we avail ourselves of it
i to the injury of the enemy,
-or fliall we voluntarily a
- bandone it ? The advan
tage results from the na
ture of things: The temp
? tation to British Teamen to
t nter the American service
.is ftrongef than the temp
tation to the American sea
r men so enter the Britifh* k r
i vice—and the fa<ft is tha>
more British feimeti entei
i the American service, tlur
1 American seamen do th
1 British service: Shall we,
J 1 repeat, avail ourselves o
-.this disadvantage durjng thr
»!\var or not ? Not Mr. Spea
ker, that we want her sea
-5 men—not that they are es
, feritialiy ufetul, much lei
to our service—
-but that by taking theft
sirom the enemy we wound,
sand wound her where she i.
i mod vulnerable— the loss tc
/ her is ufuch more important
)than the gain to us She
• lets the example too—aru
. when we offer, as a condi
r non of peace, to p eveni
sher seamen from entering
-into our service, we are in
ritructed by her conduc
? that she chooses rather U
-enforce her practice of im*
ep feilhjcnt by ainn ; , than tt
-icly on any pledge whicl
* vyt can give for the exclu
it lion of her seamen frort
- f our employ.
e j I intreat the gentlenvr
* therefore, to take my pro
sject of coercion o
their project propiliatioi.—
■ / have endeavoured to /hew
- that the enemy is notio be
sconciliated. id, hecaufe
d the conciliatory overrule of
- 1 8 07,- Aibflantiahr the
iJsame with the prt'pofition
tof the gentleman f( N rth
irCarolina, was ,rc jeded :
2.1, Bee,uric the O eiiure of
VJr. Auiiell of 1812, iden
tically the prep'-•futon of
the gentleman, was reject
ted. And above all
that the overturesrepeated
ly prelied b) Mr. Pmkncy
in 1810—ii, the inevitable
eftett of which would havt
i been to throw us into tht
; war on the Tide of Englanc
agaiud Fr nee, was rejected
:Sir, it will be asked with
i wonder and aftoniihinen
■ how an overture of this cha
i rafter, fc favorable to th<
I obvious policy and intend
:of E jglahd, could haw
, been thrown back upon u
, with disdain—incredible a
-the faft, i% it is true.—
lThe caul'e, I repaat it, i
so*ly to be fought in til
sincffablc contempt in whid
■i
i:fhe has held as—looking
-at our party divifiqns anc
e calculating on the weak
l nefs and fituuation of oui
councils, (he indulges i
t confident belie/that the fa
, tal ?nd vibratory policj
- which yielded the old em
- bargo to the clamors of \
- party faction, would for
- ever diiTinguilh our course
3 Yes fir, it is to the forces
e repeal of t'ie old embarg<
- we mu ft Uok for rh«
- caafes of our protracted
-quarrel with England.—
- vVe had given intonteftibf
r evidence before of the in
daence of (action upon ou
councils - from that mo
, neat (he never demands
that it was podible for u
rtogo to war. When th
- wsr came, flic let go th
- orders in council tobe lure
but lhe (filltfoutinUed tube
lieve, and yet continues t
believe rhe fame fpi#t o
n faction which forced th
, repeal of.the old embarg
: would drive you out o( i:\
o war: bfie has beta look in;
it with hope and with conn
edence to the issue of lat
detections. Now ihat Ih
-is disappointed in the refol
t thereis no laving what Ih
g will d>. Our latent am
- wiftft course is however
rtjto combine the resources o
o th£ country to g A ve fore
- aid vigor to tot* wg--.^
° The ohjedtions to th
“.3ilS, Mr. Speaker, are (
‘‘various and contradictor
n that on? is at a loi, in
manner to conlider them -
n % some it is sud, the fore
'r is too great b: lonic c the 1
>fit is too small • by son
“-the term of enhftmetft i
v too (her: —by others inoc
; cent Canadians arc to be
*over-iua with it direct!'.
*—and orhers again arc op
- posed to it bccjuie (landing
1 armies arc dangcroutly tc
I re Publics, and bccauic the)
I ■coulcr treat patronage ym<
“ power.
V/e arc embarked in th<
f war -a military force is nt .
■ cefT.ry to carry it on, i v n?u
I be one ot two dr ferip lions-
Miiiiiii or regulars. Wit' t
ywe a lie gentleinen far thl
c miiitia, tney fay no! Tin
e Militia belong to the flares
t'they are conditutionalf
dunder the c'cutrol of to
* i^ at c authorities for local de
b fence- yen. ihall not hav
tthcin, Veil, lir, in this
• for the prelent vve have
to acquicice, hui
if you will no
egivc us the Militia, pra)
us a regulai fore;: i
** No, fay gcatlemen, regu
- iar armies are dangerous t<
republics—they confer to<
e much patronage, Well i
vtill neither give th
*9t' „• m
g regulars or militia, wha
d will you do ? And he
-fir at lead we have extor
r.ted their fyflem . Will yo
a believe it, Mr. Speaker
-It is to repeal the declara
y tion of war, lay down ou
- arms and throw ourfelve
a upon the generosity t>f th
- enemy—he is a noble an
i. generous foe and will gran
dyou reasonable terms.-
o.Thus, fir, are we to b
ie bound hand and foot, wit
*d our locks (horn and deliver
-ed over to the Philiftises.-
e vVe answer—this, gentle
i* men, may be a very gooi
ir system tor you, it is aver
bad one for us--if you wii
d be united against us, we wii
isendeavor to be united so
ie r he country against you
teand when we negociatc, t
jnegoeiate with arms in ou
?- hands.
;o 1 here is one argument
>1 Mr. Speaker, which on thi
ie subject I think merits Itten
:otion. As the power o
ic declaring war is lodgei
g with the legtil fture, so tk
i- power of conducting it i
\ veiled in the executive
ie He is constitutionally th
it u le conductor of the wa
i --he has the planning ct th
ic campaign, the adaptation c
r, orce and the uncontrolte
> direction of it in the fide
:• foe object pf the war is
Ipccdy and hen >rable peac
p i'.a .t is his duty so t > cl
p 0 rect the national force ih.
r 'y the object* be attained i
ut the belt manner and wit
__ the least potfibje Jetey.
:e He is responsible to yo
r’therefore for the wife an
j dicious application of tl
is lorce—he is responsible i
ou by election , by impeach
1 ment. Is not this refporm
■ biliiy of fme value to yo
•j—docs it not become yo
(j to hiiiintaiti and cheriffi it
) Y u can only cherith it b
4
f granting and granting, liber
' ally the allied fo'
u you withold ihclupptie
r .u deilroy the responsibility
- you amune it to yourlelve
! . it you grant the fupplit
-| vith a niggardlyor parting
n molts hand you impair ti
? rdpoyfibihty - you dimir
cdh it essentially. Liber.
supplies men and n:*o?u
y aie nectary to fiiccefs
c cur armies and navii
- mull be well found, or the
<* are inefficient. How com
s it that the emperor of Franc*
e marched 1500 miles frorr
t home and vanquished 4<
►tmillions of people bcfori
y we reduced a petty provino
? of the enemy with a popu
- lation of only 300,000, am
o lying at our very door
o Military lkill out of th
if qucftion—it is becaufc of hi
ic ample command of men an
atjqioney. How is it
c England makes s uch ? *
r- c Forts on the PeninfuU ? ]
7 s •>» parli amci
r never hesitates to grant th
a. fupplits and to grant thc r
ar liberally. But the term ,
e> enlistment is too fh ort _
te it is if we want this f or<
id tor general- purpose c
utthe war— for the g ener
~ purpoie of the war fivey ea
>e men arc infinitely better
:hout we do not want mo ~
r- five years’ men than are rea
-dy provided by law. Th
executive aited this f orc
>d m addition as a peculiar fore
■y and for a temporary occa
1- lion—they lay,' everythin
i considered, it is bed adapte
>r to their objed Will w
J, bciieve them ? Will w
tp g ? ve them what they a i\
n Or will we give them wna
they do not. ask ?
t, With respect to 'he mis
is fortunes of the war, I vvil
i- lay nothing. It is tru
3! .ve have been unfortunat
*d —where we wert ftrongei
e vc have been weakeft
i adhere we were weakest w<
c. have been itrongeft. Oi
iv the land we have beende
ai reated j on the ocean w<
nave been triumphant!]
ol victorious—thecaufe I leave
td o other" to unfold. Con<
d iideitt I am that but forth;
a misrepresentations whicl
ce Save gone abroad fromthi
h- hojfe poifohtng the mind
of the people, the Canada
in would have been reduced
ti. CeAinam I if half the pain
nad been taiccn to infufe in
)t] to the people r^2 l * atc .
1C bordering on Can.dt a Ipiri
of patriotifai, as have beet
to taken to infufe into them
as; of faction, the Britid
■Jwpuld long since have beei
u'reftristed to the walls o
u Quebec.
’ Late!i jrotn England.
LONDON, Jaoutry 21
r. yesterday the naval expeditio)
g for America, cuntnMiid>d by Lori
* i Am'tiio3 Brauckii k, sailed Lon
V* Portsmouth. It vvtil touch*
S,iPK’ir.outb 'or lire division at thi
j oort, srud after p'opted direct U
America.
January 13.
r fir accoint* fr nn St. H bn*
- bv the Whalers w hich
*rc oi thence oq toe 10 h oi No
• mb* r, we learn, that tip *o tI)S
** r>e no advice* had r tache<i iln
: ace v: war having brok-o ou
s *i'h AmeJca. An account hf
jeeu receiver! at Lloyd’s, that th;'fc
' >rcng American privateers, fr o *
f Bto 20 guaa, and whose cr**
C amount to about 110 men tac
n #rr< cruuring mar the Island <■
Kcrnan.de* de Nohrcns, with
intercepting some oi 01
C East /odiamen, either outward <
>e homr ward bound.
Captain Hotham i* *PP o,att
l " iiret captain of the Fleet uader'
Q joho B. Warren, in, nutncv
? Toe re-enforcements about tp*a
*ill proceed unde*» hi*dircction
. and he is to hoist a broad pcn b|
1S as Commodore. Copies o 'j
id iate dccUratin will bc senl