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Congress of the United States.
SENATE.
PEI3ATE
On Mr. Ll.'Muse's moth: h re/: ~.l
the c:nhar</6 — con!inued.
Tu ssd Atr, November .22, 180.8
Mr. White. I have listened with
prest plea fare to he .7 pile man from ;
Kentucky, ( Mr. Popt) who has just ]
ft down; but although entertained
swth hi■;eloquence, have not been con
vinced by Ins argunSents. I {hall not
follow him through the New England
memos iais, cr Motifs with him the
policy of 1 non-intercom fe lew. as
that is not the quell ion bes ore th>. fen
ste j neither CiTi I join issue with him
to the app’went expediency of lay.
ing an embargo at the. la ft fnfton of
congrt fs; but I wii! endeavor to shew
that the operation of this measure up
on the country, has been such as now
calls molt imp rioufly upon mis body
Sn pals tire refol cion before us. The
imp nance of th; i’ubjed is admitted
on all Tides, and the anxiety known to
exist throughout every fed sort, and a!-
icoft m everv irsdivi iu i of the com
rounky, in relation to the decision
mw about to be had upon i, is the
fullf ft evidence of the deep and uhu
fuft degree of i mere ft univerfaily fell
through nut the country, and attaches
to the vote wc are to give, the hi heft
litEonfibifity. ‘inch a rcfpdufibijity
Kam not wilihig to meet, without 35.
■inning feme of the realms which in.
■fluence my opinion And ibis I shall
Ido the more cheerfully, as I know
■hey will be m conformity to the fenii
fcentsef a v<-.ft portion of these I hnv.
■he honor to u present. The embar
lo, when laid, was admitted to be a
■nere experiment, but one which we
fcerc ad-moniftied not to refill, as 11
■vas to do great things for the U't red
mates. It was in a few months to re
■uce the Weft Indies to a ft te o!
■hrvation; and to bring the two great
■ lliperem powers of Europe to our
■est. In the prophetic language o’
■lts prelid nt, it was to <5 keep m fafe
ly our me'chandize, our vest E, and
■wTeamen, these effcntlal rcf.iurccsf’
I'td we were told on all {ides, by th
lumerous advocates of the mcak.ircs,.
■tat it would fp-efiily bring the French
■nd liritt-fll gov rnircnts to a Erie of
luft'ce. Out has i', or is it likely wm
■ccomr.ldh any of utf:: defitable ob-
Bfti ? I gram you it has kept our
Berchartdue in {’aft ty, if by that wa .
Btended to lock up in our barns and
Bure hcnifes all the produce of cur
Bouhtry to rot upon our hands. And
B*to ou'r difmantlcd, atk-roo'ed ves-
Bi;, they arc indeed decaying in lately
■tour wharves; present ing daily to
Bis merchant a m>’ Uncholy memento
If hig present or appi aching min,
Bd forming a fuita’ole monument to
‘2 memory of our departed com
lerce. 15uf where arc your fir men ?
>one fir: driven into foreign exde in
larch of fubnltancc. The very mea
!'e that was to preserve ‘ltem to their
°Untry, has banished them from st,
Mfmanjr of them forever* Even tne
igilancc ami terror of oar gun boat
kl, have not been f’uQcient to con
'*> . ‘ our ports,
ire and llarve them in • ■
at, fir. the moll mortfyihg od ->ppo.-u
ient we have to tu'lam, r- -he t.-o
taiScrcßtjs with which ;
PtJRT ,ir INTPTT T ffMVY'vn
x udjjw u, i iCL.Xjttjc.iA'L.iiK.
SAVANNAH, !•’ P. I DAY,’ \ sc :■ * R 23. i on.
ne a Hire of nur a.dminjtfyaijon has been
rca:ed bv both the belligerents. In.
stead of coerci.-g them to do us justice.
w ~ nfnv know rdtinal! v that ii is neither
, tiiouijru of in France; and the
dti.vfh, jo far ft cm offering u* terms
on the luhjefl, will not even alk us to
i tab* u oft. Here I will her leave to
■'•ead a short paffitge from Mr. Cun.
mug's letter to Mr. Fir kney, of the j
“3 September, jewing molt dis. !
t’ntxy the sense and determination of
the British government on this fuhject. i
’Mils fly < Eys Mr Canning.)!
fees nothing in the embargo laid on I
bv th- prclidfrnt of the United States
of America, which varies this original
end ft pie state of the qtuuhon.” If!
confide;ed .as a ntcaiure o! impartial
hostility aga'fjtft both b*Higerents. the
embargo app :*s ; ••> his m j (lv 10
been mmififtly u-jum. ac
cordingly to every principle- o! juftk e,
that rrdrefs ought to have b • hrft
fought from the party originatim- the
wrong: and hi napftv catmoi con
ft-nt to buv of that Iv'diditv which A
rmrica ought not to h ive ( X'cmird to
him, at the expcnle ot a cone* liioti
made, not to Aaitncu but to f.anci .
“ If, as it has been n o e gent rllv
represented by the government <>i tp c
United Ntates, theembargg. is only to
he considered as art muo cut munici
pal regulation v/hich effects none but ,
■the United Mates th. mi ives, and with
which no foreign state has any con ‘
cern; viewed in this light hts maj* sty I
doe not concei e that he had the right,
or the piCientton, tt> make any com
plaint < I it, and h; made none, j
But m this light, thi re appeared no; ‘
no reciprocity, but no ulngnatde 1 ela
tion, between the rep-vdj b) the Unit
ed Sister, of a me A . re o : volunt irv
fclf-rehrid; >u, :,nd the iu- tender by !
h'i maj- ; (tv of hi:, right of ret illation
a gam It his enuimv.” Here the tm
bargoa-. a measure of coercion or re- j
satiation on ciif part, is officially treat- j
ed bv the Bn iih tmmfter even wuii I
ndtcul s he tauntingly admits indeed, 1
what is unfortunjitely too ttur, tiux it |
is a regulation which t fk-cis none bu |
the United Sid'’ s hen-Itlvcs, and ted ,
us that bis tn j ftv mi;her docs u■ ;
means to cotnpiain ot K- Ami
hou ’h the gentleman iuoui K< mu-, t-.. !
informs us, that he h; s not met 1
vet I have seen a recent report m
by the French minister to the empet>- j
in which th • embargo is approved oi,
3nd applauded, As what it really ts, a
meafuie favoranle to u.in, and an
a a of great felf-denEl on our pun
Under all tbe’fc circimillauce.% ami
fery r en’te.'iun here knows the facts
{ ft Met o be corre-ft, why in the name*
1 of heaven continue it ? vdhat beneis
( c j .1 can it pv -fiucc ? i ire country
j s£t .Ki, cicruent bl; eding Irom every
j pore” under it, with ur the remotcfl
profpccl or probability of ultimately
deriving the Fait pollible advantage
or security from the measure. Ann
as it is not s nong dm* Kali dife on rag
ing of the circumlNnce* hi longing to
the present Hate of things, that we are
able to make no calculation as to the
probable time when we -may fee the
end of the evil; for upon the Em
principle that the embargo isconunueo
now, it may be continued for twenty
o, forty years, or at leal, during u.c
war between the two great contending
powers of Europe, winch I p-ejum*
no gentleman heie expects will be at
an end in the life of the prelent ernpc
j ror of France, end as long ts an Eng
- Isfhir.aA cxilts with the means and cour
a ac to defend the independence ol his
country.
i I iin willing to Mi■ •‘t. and do !•
j jjevc. h the honorable gentleman
j ftoiu Keutuwky h jtt i,J -^,
fiance cit'daied, that ihe gtmlrmen
prho ‘’upported, the embargo l. w.s at
me* lull lemon upon thift..or, lupp-di
e.'! that they would fptredy be pro
ductive oi great and bentiiciai results
upon our foreign relation*, that they
would bring the two great bi lip erei.ts,
aird t ip. ciaily England, to just end
tiaMiiaulc terms; and that there
j would he no occation tor continuing
uhem longer than till they ftiould be
| known on the other fide ol the ■*
!dc But ?:x*hi - they now Uc two, know
! their nuftake : they now know
| from the moft authcruic lources, that
ih.rn- laws h v* produced no tltera
tmn in me conduct olcith i France of
h.n iland in relation to u ; , • thu: in
fact, ti -y are applauded by the ond,
acd. treated with contempt anti deri
h nr by the om r,, wbilft we are our
rplves tne lull’ rin > a.*uJ bleeding vic
ti<r.A of the rack upon wt.ich we vatidy
< xpefled to tot tu i c tin ni
It is the fate of humanity to err ; the
wired .M-i the* be ft of men are liable to
it. And Hi we ik of ii:c>c h-uiurubi*
gemlnvvn now, is to come out optnly
uno a knowledge in the face oi the na
mm, ft-, egteg;, u ; , n-ift ke into which
they !■’ i: ; --d unite widi uj in red re is
im> the it-juites, and in healing the
went ids th y have so unheccflarily in
fl;d.*!.i u, qn their t e.voied coumry. I J
make this appeal to them with the
inures oidlde ce because I know r:-
tv gcr.tU-uiJH here has too much char
atler ■■■.>(': pairmiisn;, to be influenced
by the, t :ide of opinion, to conuftency
in r>r>i; :::;! error. 2 will f.ihm t lo
vou Mi. Frclldcni, uhrthei we have
not In-love us fuftieietu evidence to
Uiov • ■ ! eadmmiftr: tion ihsmfclvcs
at* ■ evinced of die impolicy of
’ this ■: r'-- ■ ;a ,and v . i.ngi; ; el
rid of it, ii ihrv could do so, con fid.
emly with the charatler oi inildlihisity
ihot wish to prefeive in the public o
i)i -.* , deduce this com In lion from
1 1 hr ft • dvr*7 fay they have receutly
l oon. “it* Biitifh goverrunent, to
i ha i c:xbar* oas to them, and to
jo as to France, provided
!i! ,j!j vefeind their orders of
;:. ,/vu oiler, winch, if indeed
. - t dncumbiTeJ with other terms
,-ulete acknrr.virdgenit'ht of a
I •i-cvicti.in of err ron the part of the
’ -vuminiiitTuion ; because, after they
! h.-.. 1 u'je-ceil the country to ail
;! • and privations, and ruinous elf* bi>
,f ‘ \ ‘ emb'-rgo for more than ux
mouths; it was coming to die precise
‘ground we were requ-’fled to take in
rHation to France, bv the British go
vernment. a year before the embargo
was laid, in the famous note of lords
Holland and Auckland to tnetTrs.
Monroe and iftnfcncy, accompanying
the British treaty fonnedby those gen
tlemen. All they then asked of us
was, that we’ Mould if not acquit fee
in the palpable violation pfour rights
dirH.Kd by die Berlin decree if at*
tempted to he enforced and lurely
hey could not have contemplated
more, :ban that if France did attempt
f0 enforce that decree, v/e would in
tcvdivftall intcrcourfe with h.r, and
continue our commerce with Grcat
giitainj which would be the voy ef
fect cf the ftiuuladon recently propo- j
fed. This proposition from the Bri- j
tifb government, however, j.) Decem
ber, ißc6j was spurned with disdain ;
and now,..fter the country is half ru
ined with the experiment of a perpe
tual embargo, such as 1 believe was
never before practised upon any peo
ple, vfc condescend to beg those very
terms, and they, refuse to grant them.
Sir, the truth is, the administration
must now be convinced that the em
bargo is injuring no one butourselves,
iftd us it must eventually ruin u per-
[Whole No. 201
si&u and in. I regret too this opposition
was nu de, because it has furnished t
Mr. Canning* ah opportunity of offci*
ing a in cat t-arcasuc insult ’to the go
vernment of this country. Ue teds
Mr ; Pinkney in rqftv to it, that “ hiu
j majes.y v>ould not hesitate to contri
i bute in any manner in his power to
| restore to the commerce of the United
j ‘Mates i.3 wonted activity ; and if it
; were possible to make any sacrifice:
for the repeal of the embargo, without
appearing to deprecate it as a mea
sure (off hostility, he would gladly have*
facilitated its removal as at measure of
j inconvenient restriction nf?on the A
! mcricaii people.” His ihajesty would
‘ not hesitate to contribute L anyman
i ucr in hi - power, to restore to the com
; fierce of the United States its wonted
j activity, and if it were possible with
| out any sacrifice, for the repeal of the
| embargo; would rbdly Facilitate its
i tcm oval as a measure of inconvenient
restriction upon the American people
l. have no faith, Mr. president, “in the
sincerity of this profession ; but I
Ted most sensibly the severity of the
! care: ,m, as applied to a measure of
our ac ministration that vve were con
fident 1 .;,* tela was to bring England to
our terms.
I v::! I now, fir, with the indulgence
of the fenatr, endeavor to examine as
concrfdv and as correfily a*s I am ca
pable of, the operation of the embar*
8--> upon the commerce and general
pro I polity of the United Ntaics. Ac*
cording to the left re port of ihf se
cretary of the it v. ill bs
found, that the goods, wares and
mcrt.Tartdiie ol lonigu growth and
nianufafcture, exported from the Uni
ted Me..-- • in ti e yc; r prior to the
hi ft d-vof OcL-uer, 1807, atnou tied
to 59 643,558 dollar.':. All the reve
nue, ail the national ant] commercial
wealth that wdtihi have arisen frorrir
this very extensive trade, is complete
ly destroyed by the embargo ; it is a
total lofi to the country that can nev
er be recovered. In the fame report
it appears, that the good*, wares and
ntrcl'andife, of domestic growth and
manufacture, the actual produce of
o 111 own country,exported from the?
United States in the fame veer arr.ouu-*
ted jo 40.609.595. The whole com
mercial pi outs and r.aiiona! wealth*
hut would have arisen from the cy.-
portation and proceeds ol thn ir.h
----m. valuably produce, is for the
. r lent loft to the comury, and a'large
ortipnr.of the mtrehandife, the pro -
duce ttfelf, mufi be foreKr loft if
the embargo be iong continued. AIK
or nearly aii the produbl of the fish
eries, amounting in dollars to 2.804,
000, as like wife the agricultural pro
duce of the country, a few articles,
such as tobicco, cotton, rice, S:c. ex •
•espied, which I have not included'!;!
this eftimaie, amounting to 18,621,000
dollars, making in the whole twenty
one millions, four hundred and twen
ty-five lhoufand dollars, 33 mull be
1 forever loft ;o the filhcrman, the far
mer or the merchant; because they
are articles cf a penlhable kind, such
as lift), wheat, flour, indian mcal a
flaxi'ecd, beef, pork, &c. that will
j not caniit ol bring kept on hand for
j market. So that il the embargo bs
j now continued, the country in -fa£t
may be laid already to have sustained
a clear loss, in her native produce
only, of more than twenty one million
of dollars by the Dicaiure : belidcs the
duties th*t would have arisen Irotn
near a million and a half ot tonnage
now idle in our docks: and the ity*
inenfe expense of large detachments
of militia, regular troops, and a fleets
of gun boats to enforce the laws*
And id qbnoxious urc