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\ cl. If. No. 78 “) THE INTELLIGENCER, ti PUBLISHED ON TPESDAY3 AND FRIDAY Ee NORMAN MT.EAN, ON THE BAY, ar SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE CNF HALF IN ADVANCE. * 1 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