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it.? orders : r. cctr.cll, rather than
fu'omit to than, even during the
te m of their probable continuance.
Bit there was an© her point of
view in which cite fubp Ci prefenred
itleif to the cowmirtee, 6c that was
as regarded the charatt- r of the
country. We were a young jari >n,
and he hoped we ch • rifh • J a hide
p id? and fp rir, as well as a g eat
dal of jufticc 6c moderation. Our
ficuab m was not unlike that of a
y ‘ucg man juft e tering into lift*,
and who, ifh; sanely fubmicted.td
one cool, e, intentional in
d'gn’ty, rn>gnt Ihf 1 calculate to b*
kici.ei ad cuffed for the whole of
the rrmft ider of his life : or, if he
fhould afterwards u: dersake to re
trieve his chaiadter, mult do ic at
ten rim 3 the ex pence which ic
would hav * coft him at firft to fup
p:'rt it. We Ibould dearly under
ftaod and define rhofe right* which
as a nation we ought to fupp ri,aod
we fh -uld lupp rt at every hazard.
If there be any fu h thing as r goca
between na ions, furely tne people
of the United States , ©ccup- mg the
half of a con i lent, have a r g it to
navigate the ft as, without b; irg
mojtfbd by the inhabit;*;) *of the
little Hind of G eat Britairt.
I r was Under thefe views of
the fuhj 61 Mat h? committee did
not hcliute to gi cit as their opi
ion that we oug it to go to war in
oppofidon to thr orders in council.
But as to the extent r f the war and
the time when ic lh/iuld be com
menced, there would of eourfe be
lom ‘ diverli y of fencimer.c in the
H uf<?, as tneie was, at firfl, in the
committee.
That we cas contend with Great
B us i openly and even harfdtdLcn
the element vvheie file injures us, it
w uld b- !o ly t 1 pictend. Were it
ev n in our power to build a navy
which (h uld be able to cope with
hers, no man wE* has aa v regard for
the ha opine fs of the people o r this
con itry, would vcattire. to advife
fuch a meaiure. All the fame and
glory winch the B t uli navy has
acquired at fi, jljc been dearly
paid fur in the luff rings and nufery
of that ill-fated people at home—
fuff'rings occafio ed in a great
meaiure bv the exp-nce of that ftu
pendoui eftabitfh reot. Bit with
out fu:h a navy :he U States could
make a ferioui impn fli >a up >n G.
Britain, even at La. We could
have, withm fix anivhs after ad?-
claiation of war, hunch eds of
teers m every part of the ocean.—
We could harrais, \{ nut deftroy,
the vail and pr.fi able commerce
which Ihe ii conftanly carrying on
to every part of this continent.—
We could drftrjy her fisheries to
the north ; we could depredate up
on her commerce to th- W ft-In
dia ifh ids which is pafli gby our
doors } we cftuld annoy her trade
along the coaft of South America *
wc could even carry the war to her
own (hires in Europe. But, Mr.
F. faid, there was another point
where we could attack her, and
where ih? fh u*d feel our power
ft.II mure frnfi >ly. Wc could de
prive her of ncr extenfive provinces
ly ir g along ur b ards to the north.
Thefc provinces were not only im
mentely valuafte in tncmlelvcs,
but almoft inJiipenfiole to the ex
iftence of G. Bma i, Cut off as Ihe
now is ii a great m- afore from the
noith of Europe. He had been
credib y informed tnat the exports
from Qj* be: aHne am mated, du
ring the Eft year, to near fix mii-
JiO s of dollars, and molt of hefe
too n a r ticl s m th firft nevefti y—
in fhip t rnocr and in prbv.fi:;rs for
the lupp ore of he* fleets & armies.
By carrying on fuch A war it h; had
defenbed, a: the public expence, on
laid, aid by individual eoterprife
at lea, we fh mid be able in a fh ;rc
time to remunerate ou ‘elves tenfold
for all the Ipotla i >ns fhc had com
mitted on our commerce.
It wa:. vt'i h a view to rruk* pre
paration* for fuch a v,ar, that the
committee had r ffi. red toe reiolu
ti m on the table. Whether he
means recommended were ad q uV
to the o'jf'dt, or whether they c
be ft adapted to the end, it would br
for the Houle, when they came to
difeufs th j m frparatflv to d-*er
mine. For himfelf, Mr. P. faid,
and he prefumed fuch wre the feel
ings of ail the members of the
committee, he fh mid have no ob
j (fttons to any modifications of
them which might b- agreeable to
the houfe, fo that the great object
was ftill retained. Ifthefe refolu
ti ms, or any other fimilar to them
in c>f j.<ft, fliould'paf* j it was then
she Intention of the committee, as
foo n as tH e f rc es coniem pi at ed t u
be railed fh uild be in any tolerable
ftite if pieparation, to recommend
tie employment of them for the
pur? ob\s for whit h hev fh d] hav
been raded, unlef, G. B: i ain fr H,
in the mu • time, have done usjuf
tic;e. In ftiorr, i was the determr.i
ation of the committee to recom
mend open'arid determined wa- —x
war as vigorous and tff ctive <*s the
rtfourecs of the courttiy arid the re
lative ir ation of ©urklves acd ur
enemy would enable us to proie
cu e.
Th: committee, Mr. P. frhd,
have not recommended this comic
of n: afures wit hour a full fenfc of
the high refponfibiiity which they
have taken up <n ? hernlVlves.—
I hey are aware th3t wat, even in irs
heft ar.il fa r.- ft form, is an evil
dr/ply to be deprt ca *d ; B r ic is
forn ‘times, and on ft w oc. afi •• na
pe; haps more than on fhs, a need
lary evil. For m\|Vp, I confeis 1
have approached the lujbj <sl not only
with diffidence, but with awe : But
I will never lit: ink from mv du y
bccaufe it is ardu >us or unplrafa r j
and I can moft rel gi'u fl declare
that I never a6t and under
or clearer con visions of duty than
I do now in recommend ng thefe
preparatory meaiure* : or, than I
(hail ultim a ely in recommend g
war, in cafe Great Britain ftiall not
have refeinded her orders in count il,
acd made f m • fatisfa<St >ry arrange
ments in relpidt to the imprt IT nenc
of our learn *n. If there fhould be
any gentleman in ihe Houle who
were not fatisfied that we ought to
gi to war for our maritime righ f s,
Mr. P. eaindlly entreated ihat they
would not vote for the refoluiions.
D ) not, fa:d he, let us raife armies,
unlefs we intend toempiy them. If
we do not m an to lupport the
rights and honor of the country, lot
us not drain it of its ref urces.
Mr. P faid be was aware that
there were many gentlemen in the beufe
who were difjatisfied that the com
mittee bad not gone further , and re
commended an immediate declay ation
of war, or /be adoption of fame mea ■
Jure which would have injtantly pre
cipitated us into it. Bb be confejfed
fucb was not bis opinion. He bad no
idea of plunging ourfelves headlong in ■
to a war w tk a powerful nation, or
even a refp Stable province , when we
had not three regiments of men to
fp are for that fervue. He hoped that
we fbould not be influenced by the how
ling of newfpapers, ner by a fear
that the J'ptwt of the Twelfth Con
grejs w uld be queflioned, to abandon
the plaiKtjl didates of common f nfe
and common diferetton ,
He was feuflble that there were
many good men out of Congrefs, as
well as m iry of bis befl frier* s in it,
whofe appetites ivere prepared for a
war fe*ft. Hs was not ,'urpriled at it,
for be kne w the provocatives had been
fufflciently great. But be hoped they
would not inn ft on calling in the guefls,
at lead, until the table jhould have
been fpread. IVbcn this was done, he
pledged himfelf in behalf of the com
mittee off oreign Relations, that the
g ntlemen jhould not be djapptmltd
for ihe want of bidding: and be be
lieved he might aJo pledge hfmfelj for
many of the members o) the commit
tee, that they would not be am on 2 ihe
-
la ft to partake per/on ally, not only in
the pleafures . if any there fhould be,
but in all the dangers ef the revelry
Mr, P fdid that this was lb: time
and occafion on which, above all civ
e-s, within vis ‘eupenencwe fhould
aft in concert If th ui'tmate intent
of the great body of ibis hTcuf: and of
this na ion was ihe lame, -/ / f o far
as he had been able
Jentiments of bold, was—
would be no and fficidty . o h
Bui we mufi yield Jim.
pinions a- dt ) ihe feed
the r Rifle id of in-udg ;
rcjfeZHons and rccrimina
Ho"fe, hr hoped th t the
Houfe and of the Union
but roe party aid confide
nation as an • .
mi n <m>wihli i • jin ,\
diiJ .<oiA EX PUli
TFhRNS. J4H(jlp 1
WE cohgiatuU.c our Pa.
the CA.-mmtncement of a New
It is ciiftonury with Printe.
ojcafi ms like the preffof, to
the public in Poetic fir aim — i
a fpecies of cump fi ion to w
we have no jeretei.fion —there
we falute >n the more hum
and lets p* iilh and manner of pr,
During <he year which has juft
luplcd, we have firqutnily beta
un !rr the nectfti y of notr lag th
foibles of fume* f our typographic.tit
brethren —the < ffije of a censor is
frequ nlv and lagreeabl ,ad alway s
unthankful. But while we a 6l in
our prelenc ftaa..n, we fib all coofi
der oarfelves as aavug the Cl mine Is
who a e in durv, bou and to vindicate
the PEOPLED RIGHTS. In the
dilchare of ths, we think, impe
rious duty, we have had to notice,
wrhfumefev er ir v, the Apojlacy of a
Grantland, the Villany of a IVag
non, tne Stupidity nr a IVooihopter ,
arid the Impudence .fa IJobly- which
laft, de fere vs, and (hall receive, our
congra.ulations at the commence
ment of the prelent year.
Thel t ie “Liberty-Pole Hero,”
in Ins pajx'r of the 19 h ult. has,
in Copious ih iwers, poured down
hie wrath on the devoted heads of
the prefenc adminiftration. Among
other things, he la.s, that he does
not “ believe there is capa- icy luf
fi dent for managing currcddy, the
concerns of f? great anvi important
a nation as this, am :r g th> ie who
NOW comroul its deit ni s.” Fr m
the whole tenor of this little Hero’s
production, it wt uld bed ffi uk to
de ermine which he m ft oreads,
a war with Es Employers, or an
embrace from the Emperor Napo
leon. To fee him a: rale, as far
as in us lav<, w- can affurr him, 5c
aft his POKY brethren, that they
will never, vv .iie they remain In
this country, experience the latter.
Bur, it actually appears, as though
we Hi uld have, again to ch slide ir.e
inloltnce of John Bull, and his
hirelings. Perhaps ti;*s httie agent
may v.fu Athens, duiirg the m u
ii g Summer—for thebci tfi of his
health. Should this le the tale, we
are co fi V'n: i-.r would f e ccrgra- ]
tula'to in a maun < r:hv hb rx
ertinns in the caule nl “ B.ua.i/a ‘
faftarchnM fl:.”
I ; he fti uid nor draw in his bonis,
previous to a Declaration of WAR
£giii ft M Jtrcr Britain, we hclitate 1
nor to lay, if, after that period, he
fn uld have ticcrfirm to vYrtheup
cour.rrv, will be nut by 3 band
of irfulted Fail ids, who, ofter con-
Codt.i p h m to the bale of a Li
bert) P It, will pals r n him a lrn- i
ten f, fimiiar to the tII w rg: 4
<c That Billy Hobby having grown,
‘The vtleft lory in tbs town,
slr.d ne w or full txamieuHion, ’’j
Convihled by his own confejficn ;
Findin g no tokens of repentence, 1
7 ids ben J proceed to render fentence: •
Fiji thru’ a poof that s fjme n hat
boggy,
IVedl drag the Utile Tory Hobby , J^ Y <
Then in due form we’ll tar hint .
hfr as ihe law dire his. \
ihe tswit attendant rids |
h Corf able bfids him, ‘
I't -d him up to fljame,
Pole fam whence be
ill the* proceed to
neefe our Hero’s
ft. I
in general, we
gnation ‘ f trade I
a jwn our I rn- i
iof our Agn- If
srcial friends, 1
un-derftood as J
ent pbftuie of
vied land of
flind of ft a
-Pi k- “
the woriu’a
the p>re- -
s engag
fta ii,—
artr.tr-
h re--
■ Eac all |
. utile their ac* I
- uj < to that day. , j
V/e i;d g atefui for the encour- j
■sgemens we. have received dunVgf J
the jaft yeai—a ci truft that our un-
remitted exer ions and vigilance in * ‘
the catife of our country, wil en=* 1
lure to us, a continuance of public v
patronage. j
ALL the R; I dutlons, propofed W
by the Committee of Foreign Re- I
lations, have been sgreed to by the J
Houfe of Repreientatives, by very 4
lag: Majorities. By letters receiv
ed from Dr. Bibb and Mr. Hall,
it appears that the Public mav
culace, with a certainty, on WAR? j
and that roo, with “ our friends the
Bntilh,” and our neighbors, th®
I diaais. It is laughable cooblerve, t
(nuv that things are coming co a
point) how pliant the Tory Editors
are becoming. Even Hobby in- J
t mates that he w-uld fight —not the. *
Brit ifh — >ut tic French or Indiansg 1
\f hey fh juld Invade our country. * *
We have nothing further from,
Mr. Fofter. We prefume he hat
b''n hdectrif -d —-not by the Earth- • |
b the Report of the
Cammitte of Foreign Relations.— •
From Spa a and Portugal there ig-
nothi-g f.w. The Lfi: advices
Pi m E 3 and reprefent thar coun
try as in a d-pi stable ficuation—the
rradeimeri |lar\ Eg—the people dif
arr ftrd— ir.d the King, more cravp
than ever !
fyj 3 Fhe Reverend Lorenzo i
will preach in the Chapel on Sun*^
day next.