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‘/ ELOQUENEX’ APPEAH
Speech of M r t.'d&t”, i#, the Sfna*e of !
!•*,• •. * • •&hasctts- ‘duTififr; the dinette I
*rp the late u Ripprtf on the pro- j
posrd (j#uv*K'ion fit llurtfordt
. fin Esinb ?i r~~ProT. the jude
bnitd ten or of these resolutions''ana a
their pre&fnbie, :I r}kf expect tlfe
some oats A* was friendly to them
woi|M have good enough to
point out their objetn This 1 had ;<
right to expect from their Candor
\ Viberaiity, but m thir l hare beeo j
disappointed ; »nd Siiw-sll as l am.
1 feel little toclinatidn ami encoor-*
agetuent ir detain the senate long in
this debate* V>r „? ■■/< “■“.
, , It wa-; imp«d st this
.tess#r’ is saioJ
| on account of exiraordtoarjr dangers, ]
tiuie wbulfi have transpired tt/ex.-.!
**ke the spirit of party* For nit - j
seifj, sir, 1 ftut duipoSed so dispense; ]
with party feelings* andonite mal
eiteiliune with those of the majeuiu
in residing and expelling -the com i
*npn enemy. Intone of danger, w> ,1
well stipend ‘xssi,c dotitestio
quarrels, ur be revamedV ip we chose
I titpee oFtrancjtiility, But, though
! ni this expectation f have been dis
j appointed, 1 am not surprized Du
| top ®* short period; I have had the
honor of a seat in the legislature* fi [’!
Vfa>s;ichiiseUs t l havc learnt to b; j
r. surprised jit h orbing however extra* i
ordinary ; and I cinfes? I 4ook upon
the report of your committee with
griaPco^pOHUVe s and do not believe |
tlui the dangers which it seems’ to I
■ win ever be realised, Yew-.
; W« lest l should be tou/cohSdehMt I
ia my duty M resist. ■{"H«em it, to |
i'u sjire,_ fra%ht with pernicious
principles and intolerable heresies.
That the constitution’ of the United
States has, totally - failed to secure
f -« the people those rights and bene- 1
wh»ch were the objects of its
promotion./ is a strong assertion
•;.f-hst n radical re for as, or anew coo
stuution i$ m*ce* ary. is singular
tdftd extraordinary. that at this
time any innovations should have
Hsen projected is a subject of ex
treme ret* - y >"/
The spirit of had subsided.
AHwere becoming indignant >at the
«nexny, and were determined to rc«
* sjst him.; certain pF
party no doubt alarmed at ’
these symptoms* and the summon*
tog of the denature at this
becArnc Getitlepten were
probably alarmed lest r-0 union in
support of tne war, would operate
as a destruction of their pprty ; and
surciy, r, the. course taken in the
preamble, is well calculated to guard
the danger*
>V ou begin the old story of the ••!&*
juHt*ee of the v?ar:—fins positipn
id yours has been ,& hundred umeS
refuted ami stiL 1 you persist. X have*
neither time, nor strength, aor in*
e/bnation to travel over this grpigid.
nf ourocaust; is vmjust how* It.
much mere hq at the c.ommence
mcrif o: ihe revolution. VYc. then,
conrJuded that we ought not to be
taxed our cmSzm* . T4tat
the tax on tea and Chat
f m ought to pay something, vts cd
nHud i but we clatn\«d to be heard
in assessing it. The right of Great
Britain to her own men, we admit;
bat we claim aon.e right indecidtog
cansuhtop os, in the Utter our ciA
outrages which Great Bn*
.commuted # on our cofi*;
‘ttkcclf. are Jk\&k as-U
/now to us iMk thou|ht kn
’ -'Mhnr nation N e in stance f»\u«r”
/ “w* jyy” a. j .■ ; * . * M ■ #
pr</senutsiiiuceaal hold 18
jATmfts, December.
ifilssisiap l
€ the -- 1
*Att these
jwtlj In Wiihneu
pi trad & 3j consUtab* will * neutral
rights fe a **‘ front tfe per ml to, the
dec!action of war, haVe -not these
| outrages ittcireasech •• - t
‘Bo],, iff, I hold that ,Uoy. av«v trif
ling the?;caU3e of the wafeiii Its £?ai
additional & ample cau
sfif:3f payiarHe .in its rwr, and
such as woitld justify? i*3
f *c n even a itfcr the or■ igLial’ c ause
fed failed. . : ’ ’ fe*;,. ‘. T 4V ‘ ‘
Turn your attention to the into!-
erabfeciad nnpr •Wrb&rtltes
oft he, ; Brk<sli v and sav, ar: not these,
fresh hausen of war y ‘f he snocking,
barfeVUies of Havre-j4e-iVrace arid;*
Hampton, wanton destruction of
mon»i#neots cf science acid taste at
Washington, the robbery vt Ale if an- : v
v dfia s brutalities at Penobscot, and
the f- tort ion ,and ,-pijlagf at Cape
Cod, h* ..riot -these WtiTv&eb .do
mand our \Sh BdC s\r K I
‘nonsiffe al compared
vo life employ m,*£§| v $F ‘ih£ saiafjes» J
The moment you Engage them, you
authorise therm and become a party
t© a wtr of indiscrinvnaie massacre, j
—ft is like the m;e df poisoned Wca> 2
pons, or poisonous medicines; It J
f.onveris the spidier mto a savage, J
.iuch were once .the- sentiments of J
the grqat Chatham.—'<* But, my
loi‘ds t M said he u who is tpe man “
that in addition Ui tile disgrace and
[ mischief of war. has dared to author*
j rse and associate ,tc cur arms the
| >ms hawk and scalp fe of the
i wage,! To call into; chilled alfe
| mce the wild and iidn.nn.ra ikhribi- .
I iauts of the Woods ? To delegate to.
I the merciless Indian the defence of |
j disputed rights, and io wage the her
i rou of hh barbarous warfare against
our brethren f 1 ; .ese t,nerraittes cry
‘uloud for anil pimithinenfe,
•Unices thoroughly C*&t te kw&y,
will be a stain on the national cha»
’ acier. It is jr?o>- the least of our n*
lionai misfortunes that the
iid character of our .army , are thus
impaired.— f amiltaH&ecl to the hor
rid scene of savage cruelty it can rib
longer boast of the noble a>*d gener
ous pri ic |>'.ti which digniiy a sol-.
4fe‘* f-Nc longer you sympathise :
with the mgrr ty of the royal banner,
nor feel the pride, pomp and cir*
cmnstance ofgtoi ions warfare, which
makes arribUion virtue. What makes
ambkipn virtue t The sietue. of hon
or ; of Tumof eofev,
sistcßt w*th the spirit of plunder, or
the practice of murder ? Qm it flow
iro,m mercenary me lives, or can it
prompt to cruel deeds %* But though
this extraordimuy man could mi be
Aiiswcfed, be could be voted down*
Tug practice of piipuler and murder
prevaifed, and it has continued $>
prevail, until- soiatur is
. transidnried to an infermau and un*
leeiirvg ruffian and the nation Has ve
trogfaded to a natien of barbarians..
It fetrue that barbarians cannot be
vesfrtttived ! Then why are they em
ployed the ifesitiVer s he wuj
has been comluoted by odr Indians,
winch self-defence Has bro’tinto om~
l ploy, proves that Britain encourages
kr.uad hf restraining their crush
But a fistmctioo is rutetripted in
this Report, between an offensive Sk
defensive war- If, ns you say, the
: wsr feunmst, and you hare a right
to refuse your aid tfl.its. prosecution' 1
bow happens it that veu beve
the soil l If the eoeniy is
p
deruke thit the rr.vas;?on of
Comte.,-kg Gen Brown was not %h$
w itual plan of detente cps.-:
;,.i wk icff WfeifApD
ied f£; jßsjy.;. could ’j&jftA .c*f * !»** ’
who fad
ing renown, have better
the 3 l ir r ritory ? and, mr, -had- we an
artuy of sixty thousand menJn Ca
nada at this time ;t would eflx.ctrudly
draw the entroy from our Atlantb
tiNontier, af.d vre should be no more !
exposed to their depredation:**, ; *
You co"'*Tiplain that Massachusetts;
is left dc4enc&!e£s. At the com
cmencemetn of the war forty one
companies of militia-, a force at that,
time adecyi.itfe to the defence of the
s r c ;ej was'required by the president
and refused by-* the gdvemor ; ami
upon the unprecedented ; and alar
ming ground, that the governors of
the states have ihe exclusive* right
to deckle when and to whjt- extent
lip militia shall be placet! in &e ser
vice of the general government* A
more dircc* iofracuotv of the coiritk
twviem has; aevar been made «>nee
adoption* \:'h\ a pkri too whiciy guest
tp the desitructiovi of the strength
apd energy| of the sy-tem, - Tor,
I'Doh the defence pi the state out p£
the hands of the'genera- goveynmemb j
Y.mi would pot permit Acm to \ de- J
udeon danger. . You refuried j
them the means to re|ei it, and now }
py sooth, you com plain that you arc ‘1
Xeft Ythe .regular
.troops coasted Within, yoo** you
claim y>r,, its defence. Whitt, si? ,
those eidYfrpcrds which you have la
bored incessantly to prevent Those
soldiers \mm you have scandal
ixed, insulted and abused? Those
odicers whom you have Abraded
cariratuted, neglected and despised ? !
huroly you wo’jid have iro.no of those
to defend you. - VVouki you : have
troops of other states l These, you
y/c-uld say, were sept to dragoon ybu ]
|iUo submisiotv tp u ample ujron
ybur TibcHiea*.-. And you would say, -
§i *>f. yoiw
>as said Prather Jay your bones by
the side, of your fathers iban to
’ fur southern troops to enter the bor
ders of New* V;
-% Xbfc truth is, you expected that
submission would tempt* the enemy •?
to forbearance and
Disappointed in this, you face about. \
Yhu governor lays aside dm coiistT
scrupks, and ai cohtempr of j
the solemn opinion Os liis fearuM j
fadgest places the militia under an ! ]
oiEcer of. the Uhited States.’. Now !
on .itufst be defended*
. ther seaports, like Boston must be .de
fended. The ‘ peace Karty 1 v4jl b??
patriotic* very patriotic, when the ,
danger, threatens their property or ‘
their wired per so. is. Th e wanton
barbarity at Hampton, and other
places, Which gentlemen made the
theme of ;so milch pleasantry fears
a much more serious aspect when'.]
likely to be brought nearer home# ,• .a
; Under these, the
committee state in their report, that
Great Britain threatens us with deny
lotion* Gentlemen top wild have hi
therto placed great reliance in thy
magnanimity ;hl Great. BritaiiC—
And will they now doubt her magna
lumity > •; What, after she has glori
ously emancipated Europe ? After
she has given freedom to Trance by
.imposing Qn her a master at the
; pomt of thp bayonet After shd has i
zmm&M the freedom ct the seas,
by p!acing all mariti me rights uddec ■
no4* exclusive cemtrout ? What, $&
; ter having given liberty to Spain, by
i‘e-esiaMii.hing the. inqutiiucht— \
And above ail, aiter having taken !
sherds Cooper ‘.and- Adams *£gkc ’
; her kind protection, %m made
j hte . friends,-;is rt
can be so barbarous as io UiVt
the y friendpeace* with desofa
’ There in hpwtvee, one-pat*T .]
of the British conduct wiuch i con- j
; less 1 liked. If - there. is any hotior-: I
able feeling still remaning in an \
Englishman, .it jdjpve (and cotmtry.-- «
; And be respects that virtue even ip
arr enemy* Instead of .us r sodree j
of Compkife theielore. the iiti- 1
tish have not Ui&cuminatvd in lavof j
. C.f, but agamit then ?r#*ssrv friwuis, •
ToT t^ r ,Itlr i
,vi as in the revaKtion, titen- pw*. f
ed and brought m r n tbix vA rhv rh J
v i ; ■ *** j i W’ ‘*■jffy’yj
p ff}IOS4IUHS ikll Cl i 1 CS A r£t,tOTi& Oi v
* • .i Tt not ’ Kftiifivv I
site iuv
: ‘■ ■**» ‘ f:
y arns’ %■ -v ‘ -V.-- V . /•.. *•: * ,
gforfaas emaacfoatkaof
; either fAgralfoi cf dmrinfahifi 1&
# orlfaf Sti*
cherished an*ufafafm settled fe,
, fau*yr otid . ha*ee«t aß&insj: us,
\»*;» *£&&>>>
! yfowir
bTammpsdy
’ creased* - <f The pegee of Etifop«
wijich v/rv. of so much
foyukatinn, has pul it imp her power
ko.harra.as and distress u»v'Th«it she
has the disposition to c!6 this, let the
\-yihplt history of
and abuses testify. The enormities
of the revolution rare rsnfcwte with
two-fold *simostty and» ance.—*
provision v foatWme
prisons, aid poisons medicines,
are ffentwe4 - Warrion dhualtks anti
savage* murilcbs are revived ; Jpd no
pause of WHt 1 -Intlieciiniirmte con*
fUgration,- imt’ho caufo of ,vya£. £d.
Phlagc of- private property,’ /vrdfa
tion mriusnl of quarters but
no cause ofav ar 1 The excWg&of
prisoners -aher :hey Were cfo.id, find
otTie* ; hide base and cfoifomprjhfo
.frafc&b which tfifcgrad? “the mirage-.*
‘ana yet gentlemen, bate foe a'sfo •
Sfofo tforete«fo nd-'catw^ ’ <>f-fo L
$ tn tfci* state of dans»fo *£#s&>*»;,
the geytrser has summoned the U>
gkiature , m wa^jfopoaed, ‘to dak ml
burse! ve? foul c:;pd the
You recrinimend so army ; .V?iat
• ton wiisi! ume (ak'; cr’.re fopiopo,:.o
a measured efetfuai-y ty. prevent iU
Why ts this cfoife.gt rifo* thne ? ih&
litrucitks of the tprmy had tfifotci
a union, v kou n ere alarmed lor *hp
late of you? party, aud it was found
necessary tr v; ufoi peobk’s
resent nun? from the enemy ami’ (\U
fp<vt; ii against our own udwmi&f ra
tion. , A. hi tie union was nece.- xrr
to induce republicans to d.Jei . !> ■
fo«**-Bui rhfo this gtciii >
town it desfroyk your pa»ty- (
:’ ‘.'lnstead ofencouifom-g ami
fog’ the zedf.oftbe acMfoe, we -ire in*
forming hi* *the nation i* ruhwd,
foAinl fojfa. t* • ■•fsrtjj&Ul,
I venture so bilirm-fthar rml/vii kart
to the cbubt-r>swhic.h
chnsctta bas üb? pred; teT She fa
always prodkfing evil and m addi
tion %a» dot e all she could that .heri
. predictions Should be vfh-Hfod/.- She
vyiH rejoice at no national success.
She will reward;, np’ biro wiio hao
A >•*: J T. 1 ;
iought for his courary ; hoi?
“feveranne thf memory of ‘Him vriip
has died in eitiesrc.tj .of its J
• ; '.'We rrsagnitf the pntniy k power
atid rtsou i sesj speak of cup < < riimci *
ciul iiOiUiny to her, take to
charge hci* w.Hh no wrong, tv <asi ot
her magnanimity’ and far*
‘ bearance, ’ to thji fw«
listing soldiers to Bglit hit,- Ffae ,
$ , Well rfilculuteti
to expedite the raising an arfa| f and
- y.\Ve told too of thc/ disas*
way/ Tiie mrrease “ofJthi*.
enemas strength not to fee ex
pected* ; Ik> op's, A believe even uv
Ms»agehuseits, cVek predicted the
I&tt ‘asJcniihmgf events, in
■' l Thf» eii dTicipaxton of F-urope* v )V4a
given us a jfioof of Thegnanimity.
Her %corK}uereri of the conquer«
rrs of Europe* were tent to -ylather
the Yankees > into
cSome dfaatters * bate , tidier place
much to the honor .of the American
arms...: ,Tive capture of Washlngkn
and pf the towns at the eastward of
this ‘cofatoon mortifying
-—bufe they have prodtilced the tfapps
eit effeefa, aotfbave l>e^». jurriedcih
by snrresses faofe km*
tohisbing than the event’ i:> F.uropfif
The. American fctms triumph
ed bso hy fund ‘f‘h# den
feat capturf of’
their ships on the pce?.o, luuHktdf
on tbe lake oSfe events •wfueb
make every American proud. [ilc%
Mi% HtFcWfticufarKd the bnfiiant
of&e. arkty, andkom
plirncnttd the officers 4iid meii and
proceeded j~i*T h esc - m f pre at i* k ve
rr.tnts wiii-ch have . exalted the re
putation of and /humbled
and Groat Britain. ’ Well
may.'-’ tm ,"gi ve * giopy to iAi mi ‘ Y
God fori -Ofase vic-toricst -and’ ri**jrc<d
him for further protjcction ami <;’?*•
and believe ■•Jhstt A
tnerica will he the <>i -IrrUkli
#nrriy* i Hyr . ihtmci'ojei .
tanqufaajfed* Uerriiavy, bp'i ; .pikiri atid
bo&nt has -been huttißled wl hvofa N
■ :> d-xfrid'. • Bit’- nd’ .jfaaOks: 1
Ko cailsc of e~ui!uitt6o l - ‘■ t , -
t-¥ comnuttee, ifVvffeeir report*
’ C»>mp nmlb4 foirnds
»rc sa»d to bu
for
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