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7 0 L. II- No. 81.]
f THE INTELLJGIvNC EK,
Kj FPBLIS HEO ON rUF.ISDAYS AND FRIDAYS
I NORMAN M‘LEAN,
■ *N THE BAY,
■*T SIS I/O LEAR 5 PER AT.r.Vir., PAYABLE ONE
■ HAL? IS ADVANCE.
I
laVwONAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
>. .v <["J fA7 IVFS.
I _ Tuesday. December to.
I .df. Cunteadrn exiled fit the order ot
■theil*}’. ou the refoluibn offer-d by him
■b’ the ■repeal of the ernbjrgo, and the
■ tj'ieliion “ wjihiie house now refoAe it.
lit it into committee of the whole on th*
Ifefolution w.>i decided as follows-..
|y fl f 40, Nij s 64.
I Orv motion o! . Nfwion, the boufe
■ffWved itfch into ton: mitten of the who!*-,
■ Mi. B .ffet, .in Ihe chair, on the bill from
■ the fen ate f** p ie ;T*e ms I to an s6l lor- t . x .
Iteiiding the terms oi credit on the revenue
■ Sends in certain call's.
I This bill pravides, i?)3t the piyment of
lali bonds given fubfequ-!,'t to the cß'e of
|th est 10 which tins Isa iuppSetnent, for
[dunes on coffee, fugat, See. imposed into
| tie United S'ates, and lur dot; son other
| imports:so r. ot the sane articles, fits !3 be
I fufpendeef during the continuitsse of the
cm hai go.*
M;. Newton proposed an amendment
to die biii excepting fiord us (cope those
articles imported by pf rmiffsoti (■ on form,
aliiy to the ftippicmentsry etiibuiv law)
in payment lot debt* due from fuie.-n
countries.
Mr. Newton proposed a r,e ieGicn to
the bifi, for re's midi Kg f'ach of .-the above
iiS'ct as hare J; ?*d” been rcl i-fr “hr
tieaiiny, fuhj-t'd to re -5. ay men, h v eve:,
on the fume cenditioi i as ctbei duties of
the fatr.s dci'criptiim.
Seme desultory difcufli n to k place
cn tins amendment, and. a motion vv*
made that the committee t ife to give turn
for further cc fidcratien of the lu ! r ‘:!,
and carried, and the bill was recomnmic.t
to to th comnnt.ee of commerce and rac
uufatlures.
Wednesday, December ai.
Mr. Ooincy pic fenced a petition from
E. E :k-, jon. <■( Bollun, slating, that dut*
log the iu pension of the non-importation
Jaws, be bui pufebafed a quantity of Irt.h
linens, to the amount oi nearly 1.4.0 /
fierling which v.'as ns tv in Liverpool am
prsyi"g 10 be allowed to them.
M . Q ;mcy elfo prefeit ‘d a f ;:.;!ar p-■
t urn from other merchants f . B die .
They were both referred to tin? corcmmce
oi commtsce and m£nuf(l|mes.
Thursday, December 22.
A message was rcceived/rom tbe itnat.",
ly Mi. O is, who delivered for concur
lence, a bill entitled “ aft to enfor<*t
and mrke more efl ifuf! an ail ei.” led
an act laying an embargo on all hups
End vcscis in the port 1 and luihorsol the
United States,” and >he several act* sup
plementary thereto.”
Mr. Newton, fivm the commit>ee of
commerce and nr.nufactures, prefenleu,
according tooid r, a bill to deprive, in
CERTAIN CASES, vc-tsHs ol their Ameri
can character, and to prevent, una ■ ce..
tain dtfabilitics any citizen of the United
States taking a license from any foreign
power to nav : gate the ocwin, cr to trade
w th any other and dependent pow
er, which was read a fitd a!l d fe.ond ,
and committed 10 a committee ol the
whole house m Monday next.
Mi, G*rdnir (of N. H-mpfiiirc) pro
m/*d the following refoluuon :
p R f J Q lx}‘J> rhaHb*aGday^a embar *
1” TT 7D T T /Pi Ts. 1 %r -a- T
i . H s*l 1 v l-'i ’ 1 i T 17 tk ?n
1 ii\ i JL^JLIVjniNChR.
SA VANN Aid, ‘ILiSpAV. Jak
-V) on all the (hips and v ssels in the pon
n-,d harbors of the U nited States, and the
fevera! acts ementary thereto, he re
p?3*“d on the fir ft day of I-Vb:u ty next.
On the quell ton that the hi use do nnv.
ptoceeo to take the laid prppoled relolu
ion into conlideratioi .
A qiieftion ol ardor rvas moved bv Mi.
J ,!:ii U Jackson, wh.-ther the f me
: •* ,n ihh!': conformably with the ihndi-g
i f u(cs and crcters til tna houlc. Wiiereup-
on,
Mr. Speaker decided, as the opinion of
the chair, ila the Aid motion of Mr.
Lardni-r was not in order.
Friday D cembcr 23.
The house to-day passed the bill sot
cmpf'ying an additional number of lea
men and marines, which passed the com.
min eol the whole yesterday; A rrts
fage was received from the prel: lent, in
cieSnt; the belligeient rleciees againf? neu
ua! commerce, sgreeably to M S .rwell’s
tefofution re quelling i.-ilotmation. r 000
copies were ordered to be printed. The
house adjourned over till Monda .
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FROM T*E SUR RA.
THE OLD SOLDIER.
When a town ®r city is in fi sir's, abo
the. inhabitants compelled to Ijv'c the*:: -
selves and property fiom inflant deftiuc
tior.*— t this moment of terror and im
pending deftruQion, they a.e not so f.j!].
citous to learn how it
eed to it-—our prefeut -fituatioo is nearly.
1 r f
lifTiisar*
Th. Eu ‘Opcan woild is wrapt in Oatres*
Ind there are incendiaries among us, who
re bale cn-'Ugh t ‘ seek to involve us in
he coo-tuan rilin'of expiring nations, that
ibey may profit ov tie general confufion ;
but while the c-.i-5 ,'ration is at fornc dis
aoce, welhave s moment to confide? what
lUjfht to lie done—..hat can be done—
what is l;e(l to he done. Common feni.
4iid felf prefer vation, diaate the r..-ri*fmy
it k-’fping out f the reached the £ me
1! piid’le— -pis has been tvifelv done hi
he to, and unh-is ti,e match is I,glued b>
he; iicil-l ou.ids I the uc.iverUi incer-dia
wha have b “n, cor lucy t-> found po
icy, !tiffined to live under the hirfTings oi
iur government, we may fiiii behold the
c mpefl alar off.
But, as iho r e is no fafetv whiiethe da*
hulical incendiary, who impiously * lie. at -
•nr. us with a renevs-al of deioiution, 1
if red to fa rh his guilty throne, lestte:-
g fiie.biftn ! and death, on every qa r
it trl ti e gl be ; comm ,n piudeeee, in
,ured j iftice, univerUl faiety ano t ! *ae
lencc, ought long (lice, to have uh ! ■
he world in revenge again o him. Ti ,n
turner numbers If rve given undeniabh
•iroo's, that all th? miseries with which
Eur pe, Alls and America, have bee
car fed Once this tyrant seignrd, have .i
----oina'ed from his dread ol and hctrrd a
gaitt/i the liberty tnd haired of ike human
race— it is recorded in trie biftory of his
hfe--*i l ‘ s recorded in ibe declaration of
uideperidgnce-'-it is P* Tt °‘ our htflory,
written in the blood of tlioufsnds of our
dearetl kindred ; but deling the frefh
wounds of the moment, we forget the s
---f * (Tin who firft drew the dagger ; we Ir.fe
fight of the infignificanl wretch svho fits
in (alety behind tbe curtain while we be
hold tbs gang of prominent and eminent
murderers, arrayed by the wealth or bis
(laves to butcher the innocent and <se
lencelefs throughout the woild ; how rnor
(itying tbe rellefciion ! that such a foci
Ih iuld be fupnorted by tbe wealth and jn.
tuftry oi * wKule nation, his de-
voyi.r.g fwoid into the-hearts of urn ffend
,; and -nd lionefi tnstn ; and thou, h 1 n ufi
(uppofe the forbearauee of
m cpuntifijg upon th# friendship of the
B.ic fli nation, was continued under tlii
ic'bfive hope ol a peaceful n'fue fr rn
loiVMi fiuence, I felt degraded under eve
ry . ige id negociation, because all rxpe
'iertee has ptoved that the people of En,-.
■’ v ‘ have no weight or i. fl ience c.n the
Cos. finis of their tyrant. i felt it to be
j alicf! an huniihaucg fubmifli..ii of my
ct un ry.
Nd government, pnffding wisdom,
cou:t , alt*] the infamous attack on Go
penlu jen, the !e ft confidence in a
government so pei fidioui, without an as
iprat-ce of dilgrace, nor itflrain its le-
I .it ent only to piuvide lor security. In
a private file we can change our opinions
on a change ol character in an individual.
A?. nic:cnant has abandoned-the princi
p'es i !. irn.'gtity, and becomes a notorious
f windier, is rilianly for I,.ken by the
honed part i.f lociety mit he fleels the
good: us h;s neighbors, and is at 1.11 har
-o>’ c 1 ( oai!cfi the iinainicd traveiln
on the high toad, and rub him oi his purse,
t c vinu’ us patt o> mat kind life i p m
fc and make common caule a
g;i- fl him ; tuey don’t seek his alliance,
but h;s delliucti .n, as neciffiiy to the
common fafety. It will not be denied ( -t.
the bed friends cf the B.itifii vindicste
iluiTi n ill* ..ft] that the charafier of th..*
ntri n h and been tota'ly changed, if ever
they deserved a good one , tt.ey have u ad
open w*r upon all the nations who have
laugh: tc preserve the blessings of civiii
zatior, or who have lli.-wn f,irit to refill
them; they mihe depredations ujiun our
country, ezafl!. i.i piuportion to the ac
tormliing ehc’resife of our lofkeara-.ee. i
mnft be now permitted to addrels the
clofif of this ntimbir to the renrefema me
of tne nation, who mull in ihe p-iefer..
session, nisik m-t the jgtlr in whtrh t
ii‘ to ii'ovr. Pcrriiit an Ol Suluie., win
nnsp.iiTeci thici'|>h u?;c{evolution, to grim
ynu dgsii'R’ unutirtr. 8.-i- n e h./.r yc/t
leave us a prey to th inhfiu.us emiffanet
anJ Qifciganizers, who are more than eve.
av.ive to iliviile us ; be nut .-S’ *><l of then
aims, hut you Roe caule to (car died
arts ami .the dimes ol E g ! and. I. you
d-ju’i ire the.immecitate neceftity or clecia
•mg war aguir.b that country, you are iy
ujvant tl ibe : r charattcr, and blind to tin
interdl and lalet of your own.
THE CLD SOI DIER.
N E W-; 1A MP o H IRE.
Extr:<ft from die A: fa/ rof the Senate of N“w
Hanpiliure to ti.c s . jitecli.
“ U E view ihe unhappy Ctu
a'ion of ur national concerns with
foreign governments wiih detp poig
nancy and regret. When we trace
the causes which enveloped our na.
lional councils itt so unplcafatu a di
lemma, which gkve the ‘ad ai.crna
tives, a choice of evils :—When we
take < n unbiased view of the orders
of council of Cieat Britain and the
decrees of France, operating to de
flroy all neutral commerce, contrary
to every known principle of tbe law
of nations —violating the mod fob ran
compacts; outraging and letting at
defiance every acknowledged tiluge,
and fettled rule, which have hitherto
regulated the commercial world , we
cannot but think the finger of heaven
pointed out the Embargo, as the only
measure Congrcfs could devise, whico
would comport whh the fafety, honor
and independence of our country
It was the only political beacon, the
grand council ( ur nation cowid de-
[\\ hole No. iCfi
fery, to save u.s ;rotn being ingulphtd
in the vortex of occation
ed by the fweepmg, all devouiiiig, de
crees and ordcis in council.
S4 We coiiiider it a necefTary evil,
adopted by the imperious necellity of
toe orr.es, an evi! which our govern
ment could neither forefee nor pre
vent } we therefore* feci with sympa
thy lor those loft sand privations
which it uavoidably occasions; we
know it makes a loud call upon the
patriotihn anti requires ail the fimi
nefs of the American People to f U p.
pott and maintain it ; but we have
fcarcbcd in vain for those real fufieri
ings, those mighty evils, fone heated
imaginations have a (bribed to it.
Where iA tlie American governed
by so bale and sordid motives, so loft
to the honor and independence of the
country which gave hun birth, that
would for a moment condrfeend to
place in the one ica!c the towrinj A
merican Eagle, which should never be
tarnidhed. wtth dollais and cents in the
other, acquucd by humiliating fub
h iflibn to the tributary ex action:, ts
European despots ? To the honor
of our nation we hope he cannot bs
sou :d ; while the Embargo has secur
ed our (hipping and property from
worse than piratical seizure and con
demns, ion, our feaoten from capture
and flavt-ry, it has hitherto faved.us
as a people from the calamities and
evds incident and inseparable frorrt
war. Party Ipi it, that fever of pub
lic fcntiinent ealily excited in free gov
ernment-, by the influence of popular
cletfions, luppily begins to fublide ;
it is to be hoped, as coin re a (on gain*
the ascendancy of paflion, vre tball de
feern our tru- iuterefts; that 4 * Uni
ted we .b and—itivided vre Fall ”
44 Lin sailcii. let us make grand fi.
crificc of party spirit, on the fublmie
dtar of National Uni n.
With peculiar EtisfaOion, and
the (hongelt cpnfidencc, w-e commit
tin- final determination of onr foreign
rrlations to our National CongreE.
now iti ftdlii.n, fnrrounded with the
be ft pi (hide means of infomvatio?.,
tho mult Slave the (Irongefi motives
oi inducement which honor oi intcreifc
can tnfpire, to tepeal the Embargo,
the moment they can do it, confident
viih the fdiety ancl independence of
our country. May the blcfted spirit
A Ahnightv God attend them, and
empower them to effect tliofi meafutes
which (hall be conducive to the high
cii good cfour common country.”
From the Answer of the House of Re
prtfnuativcs.
“ In reviewing the measures of the?
national admiuillration, we remain fu
itsfied that they are the reiuh of wise
deliberations. r I he J* ir.batgo laws rs
ecially,-weConfit.er a wise expedient,
which had saved to the the country ar
immense property and thousands of
citizens.
We are &wave that these laws have
occasioned much solicitude j and like
evciy important change in the aft.cirs
of a community, agitate the public
mind. We are a commercial people,
and susp-nfum of commerce, necefta
ri!y, occalions ernbarraffment. The
human mind is prone to cotemplate
of the immediate ra her than the re
mote cau.>e of buffering; hence the em
bargo laws are viewed with jealousy ;
but when we look through these laws
to the causes that render them necessa
ry; when we contemplate the unlaw
ful edids of European powers, and
their operation upon that portion of
our property thatremained exposed ora
the occalion, we are lattsfied that these
laws tend to the preservation of our
commerce* aud not k® its deftrufcii*
on*