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•pofittve refiitance It will fill thc- puldic trci'fuiy—The teflridlions on exports will be done -wiy—The pretent furplus produce cf ihecoun- try will be converted into cafil at a reafonable nrice, and if afterwatd; tlic edidls of the belligerents (hall work great injury to the American commerce, the eye3 of the people will be opened ; they will no longer refer their privations to the adits of their own government, and difeard- ?:ig from their fervice, the men who have deceived them, they will unite in the execution of any meafures which may be neceflary for refilling the violators of their rights. In e- reTy point of view, fir, the nation will be better prepared to meet any tlateof things that can poflibly arife. This is not altogether matter of opi nion, for the expeftation of the paf fage of the bill has already enhanced die price of our products But it is {aid we fhall cncrcafe the (Irength of pur enemies, by furniihing the arti cles which are efientially neceflary to them. This is true; and if the non- ' iutercourfc withheld the fuppiie3 I would hold on to it as rhe ark of cur political fafety. What is the fadil ? England now gets from us whatever {he \\ ants at her own price without uny competition in the market, and tranfportu it whenever (lie can make u profit. Look at the trade which is now carried on at the ifland of Ame lia to the exclufive advantage of Eng land and of finugglers, and tell me where is your r .Tiitance, it is a mock ery of rtllftance; it is refiflance on ly to the purfuits of your honeit ci tizens. A variety and contrarity of ob- jedlions have been urged again!! the reftridtive parts of this bill, which I will endeavour to examine. Ihe gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Vandyke) tells you that England may take offence at the com!ucl of this government in relation to her mini- ller, and that the adoption of this nic.ifute by throwing our vefll's into her ports, will put it completely in her power to fetze them, while the exclufion of her veffels from our ports, deprives its of the means to retaliate Yet fir, notwithftanding this apprehenfion, the gentleman himfelf is in favor of a total repeal of the non-intercourfe I beg leave to aik him whether the repeal of the nnn-intercourfe does not place us in the very condition he fo much de precates. II I believed there was •the molt diflant probability of the adoption of fueh a coutfe on the part of England, I could not confent to repeal the non-inteTcourfe—to place •.ill the floating capital of the nation within her grafp. No, fir, I would lay an embargo immediately. This • obiedtion then applies as ftrongly to the- firnple repeal of the non-in to rcouife as to the redridilions con tained in the prefent bill. Nor can it avail the advocates for the continu ance of that meafure inafmuch as our veffels are already at the mercy o: Britifli {hips at Amelia ifland, def ied you teilnquWh the carrying I tvliile England will tcceice our pTO- ai even your own produdts. The du£ls. This abjedtion is at war wuh bill will be an efficient retaliation. 1 that which has been drawn from an It goes to the full extent, to which apprehenfion of the exclufion of our countervailing of this fort can be car ried, and although England may re tort the fame reftridlion, flic cannot go beyond it. What will be our fl otation if this retaliation which is fo much fraud, fhould take place ? The bill excludes Britifli and French veffel- of every, defciiption from our ports and harbours, and prohibits the importation of foreign articles even in American veffels except they .are brought directly from the countries of which they are the growth or ma nufacture. Well fir, if England re taliates to the fullcft extent in her power, we are then precifely in that fituation, fo much defired by foine i gentlemen, St .which I admit, when ever cotigrefs determine on war, mull precede it—a (late of. embargo. In the event therefore of the fulled extent of retaliation, fo far from any evil refulting to this country, which would not-Otherwife befall it, we fliall be precifely in the condition that thofe for war wifli now to be, with this additional advantage, that the furplus produce to our citizens will have been exchanged for cafli, and they will be latisfud that every effort has been made to preferve the peace of tile nation In no view what ever do the propofed reftridlions en large the power of England to injure r.ur commerce, out on the cantrary they are calculated to make it her in- tcreftto trade with us on equal terms. ; We once more prefent to her the o- l live branch—we propofe a renewal of intercourfe, but as (lie lias virtual ly excluded importations &exportati- ons in American veffels. we follow the example, and exclude them in hers, pledging ourfelves at the fame to remove our reftridlions when the fliall confent to abandon hers This will prefent ft flrong appeal to the filtered of Great Britain, and the idea of retaliation on her part is in my opinion entirely vifionary. In deed I have been much adonifhed at •heapprehenfion of retaliation, which has been expreffed by fome gentle men, at the very fame moment that they fed us, the embargo if continu ed three months longer would have brought England to our feet And yet they are afraid Ihe will by her own act produce another embargo. I confefs the confidency of this fort of reafoning is beyond my compre- henfion. The-fufferings of that na tion under rhe late embargo are a fulficient fafeguard again!! that reta liation which would renew the fame date of things. No, fir, England will prefer to have the commerce of the United States carried on in A- merican velfi ls, to a renewal of the embargo. But be her courfe what it may* if this bill-pafles we fliall be in a better fit-nation than we are at prefent. If it it not diffidently en ergetic to meet the views of fume gentlemen, it at lead pro tells againd the edidls of the two great fcelliger- vhere they are permitted by law to .entsby drawing a line between them go, and in Britiih ports where they have gotip and continue to go in 'iitrr.vention of your law. But I < onlider the apprehenfion of hodili- iy on the part of England entirely vifionarv and out cf all rational cal ami the nations who have done us no injury; and before it be rcjfdiled it behoves gentlemen to aicertain that a majoriiy will confent to adopt dronger meafures. Fot mylelf, I am fatisfied that this is the mod ho- Allhougli rcgardlefs of i norable •& efficient projeQ on which a!' moral objections, Ihe is directed be her filtered, and while you ex- tend to her the benefits of nominal non-intercourfe, ihe will he content ed. Bcfides, (lie is prefled by the continental powers ; dnaftcr and difgrace have accompanied her pro jects and die is too bufily Engaged •\ encountering the difficulties pre- H nfed by her prefent adverfaries, to veld voluntarily this country to the number. No, fir, Jachfon will be recalled and fair promifes made, but •vheter with a view to execute them, or to prevent a refort to war on our part, it is not my purpofe to en quire. But we are told England will -retaliate upon our commerce the ref- • liolious we are about to impofe on her. Then I prefume v/c are not a- hout to fubmit, as fi>rne gentlemen have fair', unlefs indeed they ima gine that the fubmiflion of one party is to produce the fub.niifion of the ruber party. The truth, is, that . .vitheut the reftridlions of this bill Great Britain will export mod of t’n» American produce Her prefent iifcriiv.int,'ing duties, put it out of t. ■ power of the American to com- p e with the Britifli fhipper. and •uukL rhe propofed regulation be a- we can unite, and therefore if it did nor meet my,own approbation pre cifely, I fhould not feel niyfelf au- thorifed to rejcdil it. However much we may hear abtmt war I am con vinced there are very few indeed who have any ferious intention of adopting war meafures ; and I am for letting the people know what we really intend to do, as will as to re lieve their feelings and to preferve their confidence in congrefs, as to prevent the impofitions of fpeculators on the honed part of die commu nity. But, fir, another objection is ur ged againd this bill, differing widely trorn thofe I have already noticed. It will operate, we are told, unequal ly, and peculiarly hard on France, and (lie will retaliate. This is anew argument, and certainly yields the o’d one of French partiality, which I hope never to hear again. -But how will it operate unequally on France ? It isanfwercd, England will get from this country whatever fhe wants, & having a navy to execute Iter orders, which forbid American veffels going to France, our commercial inter- courfe with that nation will be com pletely deft toyed. We fluli have a real r.on-iiuercourfe with France veffels on the part of England, be caufe it is founded on the preemp tion, that fhe will not exclude them. If fhe lliould exclude them and con tinue her orders, there is a total non intercourfe with both her & France, unlefs we attempt to carry on a trade j with the latter in defpite of thofe or ders If on the contrary England confenta to trade with us on the terms, preferibed by this bill, and Fra.nce fliould alfo agree to receive our products, 1 have no hefitation in faying, we will trade with both But fuppofe France fhould take of fence, how can fhe retaliate? Your veffels are now fequeftered fo foon as they enter her ports, and what more can flic do ? In fadt, fir, both England and France have at this moment in operation thofe very adits which gentlemen are fo much afraid will be reforted to, by way of reta liation ; and this bill is a mealure -of refiltance againlt them. Our laws at prefent forbid any commercial in tercourfe with thofe nations. It is propofed to repeal them—to renew our commercial relations under cer tain limitations; and we are to be alarmed with the idea of retaliation. For what will they retaliate ? Why. fir, for the abandonment ol a mea- fure which fome gentlemen fuppofe operates mod imperioufly upon them —for taking ground apparently lefs hoftilethan that we now occupy. The truth is, in my opinion, that the fequeftrations of American property in France, has rcfulted from the prefent non-intercourfe law, and it is more than probable if this bill fliould pafs, they will not take place. h is known to Napoleon that Ame rican veffels are prohibiten by our own laws and by the Bri-ifli orders from trading with his dominions ; & whin they arrive they are fequefler- | ed according to the Bayone decree, j on the preemption that though no- ' minally American, the; are in fadt Britifh property The Emperor of France cannot be ignorant that Eng land is reaping advantages fiom the non-intcrcoutlc, while it deeply af- fetfls his interefls, and he will do e- very thing in his power to put an end to its continuance Such, as I ap prehend, are ihe motives for the fc- qucUiaiioiif, about which we have heard fo much And fo far from j holding out inducements for evafions I of your law, they are calculated to I enforce it But, it is faid this bill will deftroy a very piofitable indiii 61 j trade, which is now carried on thro’ Tonningf n ar.d feme other ports on the continent, inalmuch as it forbids the importation of articles except di redl/y from the countries cf which they are the growth or manufacture. If gentlemen will lcok at the letter of Count Champagny to Gtn. Aim- ftrong dated U2d of Augufi lift, they will find that this trade is either aheady prohibited or will be forbid den, if the non- inrercourfe continues. He Writes thui—“ 1 he ( American embargo has been railed ; a.fyflem of exclufion lias be n fubflituted for it.—The continental powers leagued again!! England, mike a common caufe ; they aim at the fame objedt; they will reap the fame advantages ; they ought alio to run the fame rifques. The peris cf Holland cf the ' HI be cf the Wefer, cf Italy, end cf Spain will not enjoy any advantages of vi kick thofe of trance way be deprived They will both be optn ot fsut at the fan.e time to the commerce of which they may be the objeEl ” The language of this letter is fo perfpicuous, and its objedt fo apparent, that comments are unneceffary. It is evident if the non intercourfe be continued, Na poleon will notpetmit you to profe- cute that indiredl commerce, which gentlemen are fo unwilling to relin- quifli.—But Mr. Speaker, pafs this bill and you prelent very flrong in ducements for a favorable reception of American veffels in the contrcul of France. No man can doubt that it is greatly her interefl to have a market for her furplus produdts, and to be furnifhed with the raw materi als of this country, provided Eng land fliall not participate in the pro- fits of fuch exchange. It being an- he will not confer.', to gwe- a friendly reception to the produdts ot this na tion pending the non-intercourfe, when lie has preemptive evidence at lead that they are the property of England. If he were to do fo, it is obvious that although France would defirc advantages in proportion to the extent of the importations and exportations, yet that his adverfary would be greatly benefited alfo.— Manifefl a determination to trade it forbids their vefilia it' pan in that trade la a diredt trade ihu, carried on in our ov.-n drips, lofs ho norable thamheprefentindiredl com. merce which yields to England advamnges of that monopoly ag iinf ; which we have remonflrated and fo which flic has been contending. 1 it be fo, I confcfs I have yet to learn the import of the terms, honor, dig nity, fubmiflion &c. &c. But ti- provifions of this bill are faid to be ,h his dominions—to fupplv them j inconfiftent with the approbation w ■ have awarded to the prefident fqr the difmifl'al of Jackfon, and with the pledge that was given to fuppoi :■ him in any confequences that mighi: enlue 1 certainly did not undes- fland the nature or objedt of t?.a^ pledge ; if it were incomputable with the courfe preferibed by the biil be fore you. We pledged ourfelves, as I under (food, to call into adtion th.j refources of the country, if it fliould become neceflary, in corifiquence ok', the cotuludl of the prefident, a. fi/l trLift there will be no indifpofitiou on the part of this houfe to redeem, portations to our own (hips 1. ff.-iis j tl,e P lcd fl e whenever the contingent Britifli monopoly, and I cannot ini- c ff happen, oil which it was- with raw materials and to receive their produdls in exchange, and un lefs it can be fuppofed that he is ita- fenfible to the profperhy of his em pire, the continent of Europe will be open to you. That Napoleon will adopt every mean in his power to prevent the employment of Bri tifli fhippii g, and the introdudlion of Britifli goods into the continent, there can be no doubt; and Tint lie will willingly admit American pro- dudls conveyed in American v< ffels, I ennfider equally certain. This bill by confering importations and ex amine that he w> uhl be difpofed to throw any obflacles in our way. Why Sir ? Becaufe every reftridtion he could impofe would tend to in- creafe the monopoly of England. & confequently to privent the attain ment of his great defigns. But we have heard much about honor and dignity ■; and the prefent meafure-is denounced as fubmiflion 1 he gentleman from Kentuck) (Mr. Dcfha) is oppofed to it. becaufe he lias pledged himfelf by a folcnin vote not to lubmit and for an explana tion of the wotdfubmijfton we are re ferred to a memorable report which was made to this houfe during the lull winter I apprehend he has been lather unfortnate in calling ouratten- tion to that report. It declared that there were but threealurnaiivt s em bargo, war or fubmiflion. I well re member that I adhered to the embar go, St I have not forgotten that the gentleman himfelf was among the number who violated the pledge they had given—who voted to repeal the embargo without the fubftitution of war, and who according to his own (bowing did fubmit. It but illy be comes thofe gentlemen, fir, now to declaim fo loudly againft fubmiflion, and it certainly behoves them to re- linquifh their former creed on the fubjedt of alternative. I confider that cieed abandoned by a folemn adl of the legiflature,and it is tome a fource of great confolation indeed, that I had no (hare in fuch abandon ment. and confequently am in no way | refponfible for it. I impute no un worthy motives to any man ; but if the repeal of the embargo was fub- miffion, it cannot now be a queftioti whether w e will fubmit. Ai d v he- tlier it was or not, the dale of our foreign relations is fo materially al tered as to juflify the adoption of meafures now, which might then have been improper or even di (grace ful We were at that time exclu ded by the Britifli orders from the continent of Europe (Sweden alone excepted) and from all other places where Britifli vtfills were not per mitted to go, unlefs we purchafcd permiffion by paving England a trail- fit duty. Far different is our prefent fituation. The tranfit duty is no lon ger demanded and for the orders is fubflituted a blockade of France, Holland and the kingdom of Italy. Before and until the orders in coun cil were iffued, England had in ope ration a fimilar fyflem of blockade, & yet this country carried on a moft profitable commerce. An extenfive fcope is now opened to the enter prise of the American merchant, & this bill propofes to make the bcfl probable ufe of it. An unreftridted trade is permitted with nations who have not injured us, and the mode is preferibed, in which alone commer cial intercourfe may be extended to thofe who have violated our neutral rights. Inftead of permitting them to regulate the commerce of this country as is now the cafe, we deter mine to conduct it on our own terms, or not at all Is this fubmiflion ? No fir. If it be not effedtivt refin ance to the edidls of the belligerents, it is certainly an advancement from founded. We have as yet received no intimation fiom the executive or from any other quarter, that cor- fequences nave enfued which require an appeal to arms, and of courfe we are free to legiflatc with a view ti> our affairs generally, as to us fhall feem meet. It has however been dated in de bate that the prefident confidered the prefent bill fubmiflive and that his laie meffage calling for volun teers was intended to put a flop to its progrefs. This is not a correct: flatement fir The prefidents objc cl was (imply toraife a force prepniatc- .ry to events beyond our controu! S: which might poflibly happen ; and I have no hefitation in declaring my perfedt convidtion that if he h id a feat on this floor, lie would be among the advocates of this very meafure, which fome gentlemen pretend to believe he fo much abhors I have endeavoured Mr. Speaker to prefent my view of the important fubjedt to which our attention has been called. That the courfe, it is propofed to puriue is entirely free from objection I have not ventured to contend ; but to my niind.it appears better calcu lated to untie the representatives ot rhe nation than any that has been fuggcfled or that can be divifed Sheriff’s Sale. WILL BE S J L D, O/i the ftrjl 'l'uefday in July vex!* in the T ivn of Clinton, BRTIVZRN TUB USUAL IlOVJtS, One Fraction ; On the Ocrtmlgee, in the 1 2th diflridt of Baldwin row Joncy county, N° 230, containing ST and 4 tenths Acres ; taken au the propel ty of Peter S cavbo- rough to fatisfy ,onathan Phil lip’s execution. •••A L S O’” 50 Acres in the 11th didrift of Baldwin now Jones county, pan of Lot N° 127, taken tc^'fa- tisfy an execution in favor' of Thomas Napier againft Henry B. Smith and Henry Owens; returned by a conltable. Con ditions. Cafli. S. l T eagin, Sh’ff. May 29, 1810. 9-tds. quflionably an obieft of primary im- that humble and humiliating condi- nortance with Me emperor to encou- tion in which we have been placed portance with rage manufactures, our articles are almoft indifpenfable to the accom plifhment of his views. But it is by the abandonment of tl* embargo, to ground, which is at loaf! honora ble and fuch as we can maintain. It alto his objedt to deltroy the coni- is true the bill authorifes a diredt tr.crci3l impoiuncc: of Ins rival, and , trade with England and France, but FOR SALE, e The fubfcf iber offers fer fate,' AN EXCELLENT TRACT 02 LAN D; IN the 9th district of Jones county, with a plantation of near ly 30 acres cleared and a -^ood Houfe thereon, fttuate on the waters of Cemmiflioners Creek, about fix miles from Clinton. The place is remaikably healthy and well watered. Roger M 1 Carthy. May, 29, 9-inv Feathers Wanted. Fifty cents per pound will b" given for any quantity of *»vi GEESE FEATHERS, if del:’ ered within four weeks, to Thomas G. Collier Millcdgeville, May 29, 9.1