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CoDgftss’ of tile L'uiied Butcs,
■SENATE.
December ii.
Mr, Ciles, from the committee ap.
js irtud the nth Neve:- her, on that ;
| art of the jpeffi.geot the pre {idem of,
the United States which relates to the
embargo law!?, and he uieafure ne-i
cefia-ry to tt.force the of, , vanee |
thereof, made a further rap-- rt, in :
put, of the following bin, Ty a U
trio;ize and require ih;: piefiuent of
th 1 United St.u s to arm, men and
jit out- tor immediate seivxe ail the
full i c ships of war, rcsseL and r:n
boats of the Unit and St •tes
“ Be U enabled by the Sen ate and
ir use of Representatives of .he L ,:ed :
ltcn.es of- America in Congrtf, assem
bled* ’(hat the prdident be, and he
is hereby author iz and and required,
to cause to be fitted cut, officered
farmed, and employed, as footi as
si sy i?e. ail the inmates and cun; r arm
ed veil Is of the United States, indu
cing guo boats ; and to caule the fn
#::tes and vdlds, lo soon as
they can be prepared (or aciud i>r
vlce reipefiliytiy, to be ffauur.cd at
such ports and pUces on the sea cos ft
■as he may deem moft expedient, or
locvuife on any pure of the co'aff o’
the United iuiesj or territories in- re
ef.
ts i f 2C. 8. And be it further enacted*
That for the, purp.de of carr ysca, the
, f■■regoing provificn ito im uia .. or
effect, the president of the United
Matts be, acid he is hereby authorized
s;id required ‘in addition to the num
ber di’ petty officers, ab'e featnen, or
chi:nry {•eameft, and boys, at pie fern
aphorized by \&m, to appoint- tr.
fault to be engaged md employed a.-.
ioua as may be taidflupau-:i. |
corporals or marines, ahie!
i amen, ordinary Seamen and i
boys, which Cull be ec.y.e:ed to fervfc
fur a period act exceeding
yeirs, but the preiidjeut may difehar -e
tnc lime (boner, if in his judgment
their Service may bc difpbnf H w i h:
and to Satisfy the neceflary expe'fidi
tares to be incurred therein a turn
Hot exceeding dollars be, and
the fame is hereby appropriated ; ami
fiiaSi be paid out of any monies in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.’
The bill for extending the terms of
credit on revenue bonds in certain
■ cases and for other purposes, was read
■ toetecoud time and ordered to be eu
■ grossed for a third reading.
I Mr. Bradley gave notice that he
■fltould on Thurfdav next ask leave t ;
■ biing in a bill in addition to the ?-d. j
■entitled ‘ 4 An ait for the more eff.-c
■htal prefejrvaiion of peace in the per:
harbors.of the United States and
■to the waters under their jurisdiction.
8 The bill, making further appropri
ation fur she public buildings m the
■city of Washington, was coulidered,
l ft, uhout any definitive order being ta-
thereon.
8 Tuesday, December 13.
8 The bill to authorize and require
p.'efident of the United States to
man and fit out for immediate
all the public (hips cf war,
■teffds and gun bouts of ihe United
■Sutcs was read the second time and
■ordered to be engrafted tor a third
Breading.
I After consideration, the bill making
PmdicF itdf* vu*
PUBLIC INTELLIGENCER.
FAVAM'-AF, FR bAY, ’. sc mb k n 30, 1803.
embargo was “•eouuiMUvd to the c ri
‘ni,l committee.
House, or U epresrmtatives.
Nov EMB h R QT
Dehate on Benign tida-ions.
Mr. 1 roup laid he was exirnneb
happy to agree ui one thing i;h ihe
Ivm. gentl-man who has j df fa down,
jte 38 th’’ font hern had net juffmd te'fi
hv the operation of die cw.'-m >0 ih.ui
th eaflem (laics; hu when io 0
ing from the gentleman from M fi ,
chufetts (Mr Q rincv) on a
- importance he v: < ; ,lfb co-ii
peHcd to dtff r from the non iv,:.le
man from VirginL ; he did jo win
if.c-dvep.il regret. It h.,s been j
by ihe gentleman from IVLUMhufo s
(otferve and Mr U.) that Mr ih- Lit. a
months the country has iufiWeu bv
this Lit m of embargo, th extreme
of disgrace and humtl adon, and i;i.-
gcnii tx..ii trou. \ rj.inia has called it
a cuealure o degrading ijbmifiion.
Sir, it is not a nvutfare of iuanidfic,.. •
tt is a measure of refiiti'tce, and t
the moll formidable r.. (ilbnc- IVh t
ever ii„iy have b. en the obj Li of the
executive an teconimendinL the m
bargo, ii has ever been fupporuu by
me as a measure of coerc: , as ..
measure of jukuiabh- jetaStatioti. I
contend that it is not fubmiflion. Ac
q. tic fee nee in ‘he orders dc, reto ;
fubmifiion to fazare and coticlvnma
tion, would be iubrnfiliuii to all in
tents and puipofcs; but that m a flue
w hich keeps at home the liup ami
property which cur enemies’ fi tk to
capture on the high teas is not fubau.
fion, but rcfilfi rice, and tht v.frnie
men from Malliciiulet.s will find u
fu to hts f..),rrow. C jmtv.eice, tir
trie life-blood of I’-titjJaii'S.j u is tot
fbundetien of h. rv; 5 oh, is • r prosperi
ty and her maritime ; r.oidfur. litu
the gentleman fays we it • c ram a
irom the fit .h.vuy o! natums anu ten
our great rival free to n.vignie u
fruc—.ve have- ret: V* I from tin
ocean ; wc Iw’ “ -est riv a5 free to
navigate; but very L ie more ihoc
between port and pent C her own
and m:inions. We have given die fin
ifhing stroke to her cxclufion ***-
the commerce of ihe civihz a wo lu—
file has not one tin! of ult ilotlH
ihtn tv hat you your tel I .’ -•* would nav
if yoiiV embargo w> re raised to auu
low, and your com mu tee .ia,c tolc
you what that is — -a Scanty contempt!
ble commerce o( n ooo.ooD of uod n>
England lolt 1 GO-COO 000 on. i
France (hut the continent agamfl hei
—(he loft 30 ooo,coo by the i-xEu
fion of your own pons, and nopung
of is left her but that which fin
may drive with-: the native power, oi
Alia and Ainca, w;rh bm- g a;;
orecanoufiy with ‘* pa in ad I 5
end their poffeilions. f-o more then
of tailing the embargo to c mrv on
commerce, when without a Uenbee ol
ind pendtnee, when without .1 (iiihon-1
orable fubmiseo i to the order* of
council v.'t cannot carry on more niuii
•t.oog.cvo of commerce.
1 know it is laid that the people oi
he son hern Rates are the enemies of
for ign trade, that their fp rit and (bar
inUreft arc anti-commercial. s r, {>
’this f n.inicrb which is itfelf without
loundaUQi),-nay without even ho Iha
dow of foundation is to be fought that
jeHoufy which has given use to so
m jn y fvils and from which inch mil
ous evils are yet to he apprrhended
but fir it is a mean, pitiful, comemp
tibie jealousy. The (omnern ftetes
! are not the enemies of commerce
i.,deed how can it be Ltd of a people
who raise 7 0,000 : 000 of pounds or
cotton- and for wh.cn they not a
I iiitm Uiiik Alot V
a e tiit tut , : I v i< uierce ! No
ur, th y hciVi fi un rhc beginning of
v’ou; sv ■■■■in.mtu to <he pi. feuttiay
lac ii • • o as much to ihe pit I peri tv of
t mt. r v-.s.iiiv popleol the union;
■'•■ v b- < n at edi times as react',
‘’ ior 1 orn once —on the
a >r i,i. i-ipcake liiev v/erc
, . -
’ ■ lot ..vara to go to war tor
h. :m ugruiy of the flag than
tfv p ■ thv altern ifa'e.s.
. than was faicl by my
Ti- !, d -'r , , :di as to the com
n ii -t ot the cm b.'rgo on
•h u h-.-ro dates—-com
p,r '‘ ‘■ f this measure by
i t ‘h..- oidv true and cor
! ‘ 1 •’ i reciajon of the re
•:> • • sot those two feclions
o h , l.et the gentleman froim
s due to (he house w hat
h dt predation ol his beef,
p hitter, ckeefe , onions, f^ta
toe , . idbdages. and i will tell him
who. uecn .he depreciation of our
drs cotton and rice. The
or<i ?- xi rk price of cotton is be
twee •, .H i;i ,u si cents ; the embargo
f-‘ i3, to 12; the ordinary price
o it’ vis ft'ou. to 6 dollar. ; the
■ go pi ice irom sto 3. Our peo
p]i ~re b hat in propur ion to their
itti nb r u; re in debt th iu the people
01 the orn (Idles.
k'” i 1 ’ /. rnb man tTom M-iflacha
ietis ‘sus a gain if a pet fcverance
id the 1.. iii ol embargo- a per fever
nee au • : ing to the gentleman is to
01 foiluv.i, by open boflility ro the
Uwi. *, 1 ?Tcad no such boflility ;
wv- to :e. :•) re■■■;•:/’ to it j it is
!or A; impost.*ble■ that men who
ri aauidicd by t h e haled of human
P it-as, cut -1 ea{ rn t;s :v n
-- in i. . v-flution. No nr. I mfifl :
upon it, we hivno cause to , me
•ei! Ci .largo men of Maflltchuiett?;
>i*c bid e, in.!tpendent, gc-"r'us
v eotnen of ‘-’.altecbufetts, would ( v e
•alt a (’ 7 u such fill ‘w: into the
,cean. But the truth i, the gw’le
-1,1 n f ern* to hi ve vrholly mifl.-ken
!)■• condition of hut countrymen. He
da us they had fvffeted every thing
ui iamiu , that tho dilfrefs and turn
vie co-extensive wuh the country,
> v could or would not After longer.
Y fir, the gentleman was not well
■:c r before his colieague (Mr. Ba
rofe, ami with equal claim to
s ruy and the fame opportunity oi
uitpg a correfct opinion, told you
uu bis honorable colleague had gir
n a very high coloring to the picture ;
iai the dillrsffcs of the people were
y no means as great as they were c!e
ciibet.fi ndthat ii they were less pro
iijerous and {1 urifhmg >han before j
iieembargo, the\ were far, very far,
roin that fla.e of tr.if ry which his
coif ague had represented.
Sir, many of these observations
have ‘been fh.V ; e with extreme reluc
tance; they have’been extort, and un
der circmnftances which mud give ;
pain to every American, but which
cannot fail to kt’fdle in him the live
lii (l indignation. No mri can read
without horror and disgu.ft in the pa
per of the day, the mod treasonable
and flagitious libel that ever disgra
cedourcou uv (theanonimous pub
lication circulated in Ncwbfiryport.)
Sir, it is remarkable that we have
h-cn so gradually familiarized with
Bri'.iih outrages, and have at length
become so completely reconciled to
the moll extravagant excefles of them,
that what, two years ago you would
have been willing to go to war for,
would now be considered a matter or
tootnfling importance to merit your
attention, much less your relcntment.
Two years ago you were willing to go
to v/ar th? vs f;arcb;
[Whole No. 203
you would have-.gone to war to pro*
hibit the pratlice of itnprefsmem, you
would have gone to war to ovtrurn
the lawlcfs fyilem of blockade; you
would have gone to war for the colo„
niol trade ; for the attack on the Che
iapeake ; two years ago you would
liavc gone to war for the orders in
council, and now that all ihfte outra
es more than th le have accu°
mula;.edon your head until you are
bowed down to the earth—you are
content to beg a little coirm rce of
England; you ttll England ii she rvill
pL tiled to grant.you a little trade
y u v. ill opeh your ports to h-r and
(nut them again(t France. This lad,
this humiliating overture {he ri j fits
with indignation; you have no cb ice
left, as your committee have report
ed, but between war and embargo.
We cannot go to war wsth one with
out goiot. to war wuh the other; be
cause the wrongs done by one are not;
less than the wrongs done by the
other ; urikfs indeed you confid’er
the shedding of innocent blood thd
greatest of all pofiiblc wrongs.
I know this measure of embargo
has been ct ndemned, loudly condemn
ed; but only by men who propose to
rest is i themselves in power by an ap
peal to the feelings and interest of the
community. In one part of the coun
try this appeal has been made with
effect. Ihe avaricious h tve been cor
rupted, th.e ignorant have been duped.
In ail countiics there are the avaricious
and the ignorant, and the passion of
the one and the credulity of the other
have b en wk ided w ith success by the
arti-cmcatg’d mem Sir; the people
h. ve been led to Uelivve, that great
commerce could be carried on under
the orders and dccrt’fs, when in fact
HQ CfY* ell ‘1 ‘ tel *7 ’-yOvditi L-td Li. ’ J.. - v -A; ’A jvii*-
out compron>itting the honor ci the na*
tmn. I htv have been led to believe
that a corruncrce couid be carried on
without hazarding the peace of the
country, w hen in fact ro commerce
could be carried on without involving
die country in war, and whilst the
great object of the governmr t was -o
protect commerce the emb-.To was
said to aim a deadly blow at com
merce. It is by such nr!:.represent
tations that the noisy enemies cf em
bargo out of doors have been deluded
and corrupted. And are these the
people to whom v.e are called on to
: urn a respectful and deferential ear-
The merest Shy locks—-men who cry
out, away with your honor, your inde
pendence, yotir neutrality -—they are
all stuff—give me gold! B Tsh mer
chuiits, British agents, and cement
Americans —the depraved of fix cities,
and the ignorant oi the country —mere
who are ready to sacrifice -he honor
and independence of the nation for a
little trade in codfish and potash, if
we are thus (alien in.thirty short years,
it is high lime to abandon your repub
lican system of government. Sir,
vad posterity believe that this very
people, who thirty years ago magnaniu
mously offered up their lives and for
tunes for the acquisition of indepen
dence, are now pi pared to sacrifice
that very independence to their ava
rice? Will posterity believe, that this
same people, in one short year forgot
the affair of the Chesapeake? That
they were ready to shake hands with
the murderers and robbers of their
countrymen? I will not, for myself,
assent to such a base barter ol horor
for gold. No, &n J II it has cop\e to
this- —ii we cannot for a year or two
years endure the privations incident to
a measure of embargo, if we cannot
exist without the luxuries of life, not.
withstanding the most imperious calls
of honor and of duty, we arc unworthy
, the blessings we enjoy—have lost