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Vox. 11. No. 76.] THE INTELLIGENCER, *3 PUBLISH EB OM TUESDAYS AND TUIBAYs By NORMAN M'LEAN, ON THE BAY, at Six toOXBARS PER annum, PAYABLE 6SE HAL 1 ’ IH ADVANCE. 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