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i Bat to uroceeil with thc hiitorvof Execu I . be renewed.- Napoleon h vowed that ht
1; tivc measure.; 'Difc the 30th. 6f December ; uhbta fbea, those; proud ltande(s4
180$, urr Ambassador :i London,- werar 1 1'1' b etirpatd,"andlM denounced t ea t
; apprised by the Rrilisli government thaVHt Rer,c? igainf alfwb. preaume hj as intcr,)
il contrary to every expectation, .mertca
should aubitiit to the indolent mandate of
'-y JJapoleoo,:! and j acquiesce-1, io't his flagrant L
' uurpalioni :they .migU be compelled to
f,?idopi meaiuraa in retaliation of ht Berlin
o decree. Areerwa ikef4iateeen did
l?i l f; and by '
t tr such ubmi8iort aad acquiescence ,rtually
. :. - ' erreoderedJher Indepcadeicei or at jeait .
abandoned her neutrality il Ytt In; December'
' i folloWinopbn ;he. We TBraowlhai Cjii
; 'the verr;rnoQientwlic'it 'wa knoWrt ttht 1
i&Zu:f-'mniaUB,,M n Menroftbad -Jest: ni4;--
'..'''"fHAiia' T.nMl4aVj Anil Ural Alt ki i'n f A tK
,:y.--'i:' utt'Of 'gOTeromenVind. that a envoy ex.
: r - ' - traordioary from' the British court dispatch-
ed eKpretsly' to'atdne for bar intuited hdnori
i : inj the attack oh toe Chesapeake waa nthe
V ceantj the President makes a confidential;
c,r k ..;' r communication to Congress their daon are.
closed- arid at his snggenjon an- unlimited,;
Embargo it Uid. The act, either lram the
extreme naste or want of skill ofit authors,"
beinor clumsily framed, eui'pJemcht on sup
plement la added to it,, till at length even-the '
necessary an harmless ceastini; tttamo ot
. - our country is so hampered with tyrannical .
restraints as to be neatly annlUiUted,:. ' , v
Review these facts, end thetk' pronounce
whe ther they da ot! justify the 'remari that
JtionfoottO ci.e..it harsher epilhetl has con.
. irlbufed to? If i not brought upon lis, the
: ' evils which wa now emiure naa tixef, ma-,
liifeMed' a becoming .ipirit of reshtance to
the Berlin decree ; had they but deeUrrd to
; TCapVdebn, M so long as you forbid os to trade
Vwitk'Touf'-inenvi''ao''..long we-will haire no
; commercial' intercourse, with any of your
aubjects," the decree itself would jo all pro-
., bability have been repealed, or at least ta-
vourablr tnoUiCed. At- all events, tucu a
; Tevistance was due 'to ' the honor of the A
American name I it would hate effectually,
prevented the vetaliating orders of Britain)
; .; and tout rendered a recourse to tne iremen-.,,
: , dous expedient of ah Embargo urinecev,
arv.' Never waa there a jonnaer'Traxim
; ... .' than tht contained -4 -aWiafewblliidkae-
' tiorf which indulge.a. towatds'anotlier an
: ' ,r ( habitual hatred or an habitual fondness. Is
1 in soma detree V slave." What indeed
1 ' lave we gained by ap abandonment of that
pew, manly, direct and impartial policy -or
" ed 'than that cvtry practicable, obstacle
'f should" be opposed to cabal, intrigueV and
A corruption T4ie Convention have guarded
against all dangers of this kind, with the
most provident and judicious attention.
hey have not made the appointment of
President to depend on pre-existing bodies
i'of men. who mhht te iamberti mith Mori
, oessKis menaces and his frown.., : h" hand t institute their totes : but they have
course with them to counteract if retard tbeAjiiM1 m
I execution of bis fefl resolve. Other nerve, JKI T
i I fear, Ihan those1 of Mr. JefTersort or Mr4' J-tK. Pi
Madison arc waartd to encounter with firaa
ess his menaces and his frowoi. '
Such, at least Is my .sincere eonviction
, Such are the apprehenstons whioh actually TT mediate act of the People of America, . to
v oppress my. mmu. , s o express iHeoi canoiuiy;. n be exerted in the choice of parsons lot, the
amlj without "disgdlaeV I consider duty tenjpora,ry and tele purposeof making
which it'WOuld lie criminal to decline.?: Yo frjt 4'annointmeflt .And . th 'Levekeh
p wUl, decide or yw
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which be gave the example, and which our
condition, as a neutral and independent peo
fie, o obviously required f VVhat have we
- games oy ail our concct&ions v rrancc, or
by all .our hectoring towards v.reatuntatn v
yy have incraastd tha overoaanng inso
' lence of the one, and have irritated into in
tractable stubbornness the haughtiness of the '
' other. To pomsh (bit insolence, and to
tubdoe this pride, are tuw said to have been
the ends-contemplated by the Embaro.
How futile the measure,' all must see I Ten '
months nearly has it been in operation, and
not the slightest indtcstion is manifested by
cither of the belligerents te recede from the
' position it baa taken. Whit effects it has .
produced on ounelves, It Is needUss io des.
tribe. -My head is sick and my heart is tad .
at the sight of the distress which every day
forces into observation at the sight of in.
dustry,' unable to procure ill accustomed re
wards, and enterprise, languishing for an
opportunity of exertion. But what are the
inconveniences new felt, compared with the
calamities which must , be . encountered if
the Embargo is to be prolonged, anether .
mnd imther year ? The farmer with the crops .
ef two seasons on ksnd, unable to pay bis
debts, aad asbamed to look his creditor in
Ike face tha merchant embarrassed, or. re.
duced to Insolvency, from a failure In. the
accustomed punctuality of bia customers .
the mechanic iq taio soliciting for employ,
i went, or attempting to procure payment fur
rMf p'lttlabori-TmdthrtniTtnercompelKdTa-
abandon bil occupation, or wanocr te some
foreign country where he tnsy bfl permitted
to exercise it. -These are a few specimens
of the esncral wretchedness that will in
grtsteror less degree overwhelm all.' But'
besides all this, thee will be an empty tree-.
tury, which tht ptopt tnuit Jill, in order te
' pay off those philosophic sta'esme who
speak ae eloquently, and recommeiid with
persuasive a rrce M a dirified self retire,
meot." Will the embargo be continued a
nothcryearl It is rot for me to presume to
reply to this question. But if James Madi
aon ia to bt elected President of the United
Ristes of Amtrica,you rao obtain an answerte"
it fro an Indisputable authority. Consumha mi.
, tiistcrial and efTiclal prints, sttend to Mr.M
ftrwin's recent answer (e tht addreia of the
Kcw-ilsmpthire Legislature, aad you will
findtthatarxartTUALKMiaaooori niTtsi
w a i, are the only alternatives In the system
of our Rulers, onltsa Nspoleen will relieve
us by a, rt vocation of his edict. : If Britain
were to repeal htr.onlrrs te morror, IX
What corroboration tlieyrecefve from the pN
tembfirlec'rec observed, by tur executive ,
and hii partisans in Cong-ress. on the subieel
. of trench aQfairs. -Why have the eBbrts to:
procure information respecting them,' when
the just anxiety of the nation was m pjghlK
and painfully excited,' been treated witbobhtt. .
hate ahd sullen disdain I . What reason can
be assigned for conduct' so indecorous and .
anti-repubVican, but the fear lest the people
might know too ; much might ,Tow j will
icertainty-wKat now:,can ;onty be inferred
from circumstantial evidence ? To my min
thia secrecy speaks a dreadful language -
i Every thing-relative to Oreat Britain has
. 1. i"..7. ..-'4 ' ... .- . . 4. ' ... ' .
oeen permmco io oe maae purjic -wna re
spect to France, weare sesretly permitted to
know any thin?. " . ;.' -.. ;', ,l ,
-,i But, fellow-citizens, if these feiri cnuldbe
s newn o do visionary, ana mete opinions
prdven td be unfounded t if aJLthe objectiona
l have yet declared , to Mr. ' jViadion; could
be: removed to my entire satisfacilon j yet
should Ee not have , my vote for President,'
While I could find anothef individual equally
ft i;iti flirl frlhii nfTir4. Tim mannip In
, w hicU ;he ha beenbbtvuiiied upon the people i
of the Urtlted Stafes, is so revolting to every
acntimen't of propriety, so repugaant to the v
' principles' of our tacred constitution, and
so fraught wiih danger to bur most valuable i
: tights, that' let this obtrusion .be acVioncd
by liis appojntnient, end a precedent ia ee
tllihed which tbe rational fmends of libertv
will loiigjiiive pccas'wii to deplore. Tewardt:
-'the close of (he'lnst session of Cohgreis,' xn:
' der the eye,' and .unquettibnably wi h the ap-,
j P'0pf fUtil iBV
of Members of tne Naiional LeKUlature wa
- assembled, in pursuance of a formal sum- .
monsfrora one of their body, atyling himaclf
President of the Republican Convention, to'
ascertain for the people, who ought to be
their next President and Vice-President.
, This Caucus, coniisling- almost exclusively
, of the devoted friends of Mr. Madison, bal
lotted (or a. Chief Magistrate of the Union.
and having elected him as far as their votes
could accomplish it proceeded to recommend
to the People to give to this appointment the ,
formality of their suffrages. And that it
' migh,i be known,' In case of any unexpected,
' difficulty occurring, what, would best meet
,the'wlhes of the Caucus, a committee of
two Members of Congress fur each Slate
was appointed, through whom, the requisite
erdera and instructions might regularly be
tranimitted irom the very commanders in
r., '.
chief to, the lowest subalterns. Whatever.
attempts may be made to give to Ibis Caucus
a different appearance, and to assgo to it
other views, its real object and character are
' too apparent to be hidden from any one who
wishes to see,. None but the wiltully blind
can fail to discover In It, an illicit combine
tion of Members of Congress t o inOueDce the"
popular sentiment, to dictste under the sem.
blance'of a recommendation. Theindecen
cy of the attempt is so obvious, that in other.
.timeithsn thesewhen party is loo generally
the arbiter of right and wrong,' it would be
. superfluous to point it' out. The Constitu
tion of the United States defines the power
and privileges of Members of the Nstionsl
legislature, and any assumption by them in i
1 mat cnsrieier, oi powers not given, is en act
of usurpation. It .is Idle to alledeje that thia
convention was called in their capacity of in.
i i vj (! u al -T he a ni y jir . fi y,.-Axky- we-
Htmttrt . o K.angrtt mom mvue to w, ana
eltni admitted f But if an assumption of un
dtlejsted power is la every instance an act of
usurpation, by wba't epithet shall inch an as.
'sumption be characterised, when the sp'uit,
if not tbe words af the Constitution, has ex
plicitly forbidden it? Thst venerated charter
of Federal Union has proviJed, ""That no
" Senator or Member ol the House of U.
u preventatives, shJJ be tppointed an Elee-
tor." If we desire Hie reasons of thia pro
' hibttioss, let us recor to that admirable work
The Fedeftlist,? wtitien by Mr, Ilamil
ton, Mr. Madisan and Mr, Jay, in conjunc
tion, and we shall find them ablr and per-
'ipicuously itstsd. These ;etpo'itors f the
Constitution Inform u, MIt w desirable
that the if the ptep't should operate
in the choice of the person to whom so
M important a trust wss to be conSded.
" Thie end will be answertd by committing
" the right of makiog It, net Io any ptf
" eatsblsshed body, but to men cbescn by
" the peopla fir the special purpose and at
the particular conjuncture."' .3, CA. 63,
ine the
exchtdtd"
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""'frimsituatipn might be susbecud of la erte'i
I dnttioit. ti tlie President in eMce.V Pare
j U3.t ,!4npther.nd no les important deal
ucrsium was, tnac ineexecuiive anouia ue
independent for his continuance inbflice,
" on itybut iht petplt themselves. He might
otherwise bo te.npted to acrlfi"ce hi duty
Mto his complaisance for (hose whose favor
. Wat necessary to tbe duration of bis'oRicial
' 'consequence, j This advantage will also be.
"secured by, making bis re-election ,toFde
I pend on a special body :of representatives,
" deputed by the People for the single pur
pose of making' the important cbolce.'V?
i fagr, 43. l These i were the sentiments tof
- Mr, Madison, at the time when he was one
of the champions' ef the tynnlhution, when
he so ably advociled jts .adoption, when he
was proud,' and justly proud of the. title- of
Federalist. How melancholy a dereliction of
principle is manifested by his acquiescence
j -in the scheme of sr Congressional Caucus I
II the re a ohs already cited, are convincing
to shew that the national Legislature should
be precladed freny the appointment of a Pre
sident, do not the same reasons demonstrate
that they should not control nor interfere with
the appointment f The rccommendnlion of
tbe Legislative Caucus, waa dei'iRned to t'
Jlnenit the people in the choice of a Chief
MagisUate, otherwise it was ridiculous and
nugatory. , If designed to affect the, choice
of thf people! then ia it completely -exposed
to the invincible force of the argument ta
Jten lora that celebrated commentary on the
federal ''compact, i And If this, design be
.effectuated,' you may for a while' preserve lbs
'forms' of k popular election, but he real
'choie oiViw Vr'Sideatlg .-wlli ikaneefArth be
long to Congress;"';. X:;, ' : v. ;. '
t . Havlns- thus communicated . to you.' my
- sentiments on the claims of Mr. Madison to
the presidency it is proper that I should no
tire thoieof the other . candidate! for that
4 high office. These candidates as far as I
have yet heard! are George Choton of New
tYorkf James Munroe also of Virginia, and
Charlea Cotesworih Pinckncy of Sauth-Carp-lina.
General Clinton and Mr. Munroe are
both exempt from some of the strongest ob
jections urged against Mr. Madison, but they
are nevertheless liable to objections of no
j trivial nature. General Clinton wa origi
nally a warm and decided enemy to the Fede
ral Constitution, and it is not certain that
this enmity ha been succeeded 6y as warm
and decided an attachment. Many, year
since, he declined the appointment of Cor
ernorol New-York on account of his advanced
yeara and infirmities, and I have yet to learn
that his constitution has been re-established,
. ef his years renewed, lie Is at the bead of
numerous and factious family, who tinder
' the sanction of his name, hsve engrossed
most of the lucrative offices in New-York,
and manifested in too many instances, a
dangerous aristocracy of dUpoMiion, and'ut
ter want of principle. Mr. Monroe, was al
io originally an oppoitr of (he 'Constitution.
When ambassador to France, finder (he ad.
Vnini.tratin at Washington, he evinced such
intemperate zeal lor the revolutionary phrvn
ay then prrvailing, aa betrayed him Jnlo a
neglect of the sobstantial interests of hit
country, and comprllcd Washington to reck!
him. .Indeed Iisvt my doubts whether, in
dependently of all Other considers! ions, Mr.
Munrda's isltnls are of that pre-tmiiM kind,
It ought to be dcaired in a Chief Magistrate,
-nrthrvinon. Ul tn. fini kney.who is al
so presented (othe notice ef the American
people at this inierettlntf crisis, 1 cheerfully
avow my decided approbation. I hsve Jra
etd hiua (brotiirh a lane and active life, ar..t
, have ever found Mm ditir.gulhed forbidex.
ible integrity, and unsullied honour teslut.
ly devoted to th interests of hi counfiy,
and timed with the Intsllirence todicnh,:
sf(d the spirit to defend tht-crt invailly. I
true to his principles or rifr,ht, but superior
(o the intemperanre of faction the brave
soldier, the practical suttamah, and the vlr.
toou cUi'xe n. From the period when he
commenced to rail himself ni!n, up 6 riis
moment, when be la lis the vigorous autumn
of.hia days, he Vas leen enxsged in scene
eminently calculated to exhibit him (0 the
, world such as he really was. To hlsaingu
Jar honor, be it femrded that the tor gte tt
obloquy bss never dared to attach reproach
to his nam. ' At the commencement of the
he abandon J his books
ment of infantry, hvled : in South Carolina; FF'
He was IVtrularlir nrnmnl.il !a il.o Tiff
..... rI ST' " ... vuv, . . - 1 . v.
that arduous aiiuBvlcdurinit which he ykldFFiFF::F F'It
edto none. in ; patriotism. ctivttj )hd gal-f 'FF FV
lantry, till q November 1783, be- was raised; , F ' "FnF 'X
by' thf vote of the Continental Congress tof iF ?v Fl ?!
theFrank-oh Biikadiertlihersl. k CUcd k Msi-PiJl 'j l
JiflVrentimeaJsincq'tte peacet altoott'''iV,Jr ) '
eyery distinguished station mhe govern ;" -
mei of ii native slate, be waJ ever fuund . F
qua! to their duties, and it3way commanded y '..
the reverence and Ic-vesf those around him .
Aa a distinruuhad rermbirr"f that bami of FF
fprthies w.h4iam't.4.ieeterai CMietita -.'i.-:
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and talenta to mcceid Mr. Munroe, as our'
. Wfa c utc.;: A IDS- lieaO H, tOC Cta 7 Vi, -
baasy aent to tbjLrrognpt government uit'' - v
der, thevadminis,mwry of Adams,, he ;ud-iFFF"; xp F
ceeded in. union 'with his culleefrues In ren-' F F ;F ;FF
dering the American character illustrious lbiFF
Wisdom, m0deratieFand ftrmhest W hen- - v s
applied 10 by tbe egenta of the executive di; F F J'' S
rectory tor large sums ol money asaprelimi 7, , -..'v
narv to nee-uciatioh. he prili-d ht ihi. lanj " ' 1
guage i becoming, the. 1 Tepresentative; of 'x
great and free .people? iny jtout.trvm'n-re-F
readyto expend millions in the defence of ,
iaM. a. . . . I. . . 1 1 - ' j-
. ' '6f-. wv wre j.irm ficor fas -f-jr "-r,l'-
for tribote," . Strongly atjebed to that Char: .X X- X sk
tr of Our political union whichhe assisted tF '''
frame, solicitous-lo see It expounded witbj '-.,: F j
candor, and -acted upon with energy, he hai . , 7 .F l. FF
never -abandoned the vtule of Federating by F ; xJJr
which its. first ; iiiendsF were distinguii-hedi; "X p
Early in life, inspired wiihtart ardent lovei F ; ')'
for the principles tf f4awFW$-bivifte-r':
urawn ni a worn ii ijieir utitD-.e, oe na iua- 7 - : , ,
nifested. by bis subsequent conduct, "that his; F' F ? " T1
attachment V grew withhis growth, and, .7 ri : L):
strengthened with'lis strenKth," and that be, F: i
is justly entitled totbeappel ationof a Renub- . ; " - 1
llcanT.-I its' happy to discover ihst those wb. F F . ;F F
know him best, esteem him most j 1 and tkat, ' . ' F -the
Citizens of Sonth Carolina, however di- V: , F
vided'by . psny po!itics,'are J.ik-ly to unite'' . ' . 1
their effort to place him in' the Presidential; , F F Fi.F 1
Chair. W ith General. Pinckney for our Pre- "F F f -stdent,
we may bope to see eer national cbdn- F . " '
cut characterised by wisdom. nwderation .
impsrtlalitf. and decision. H. who baa witli,' F
equal success c,onbatted Bnttsh arms' and i!
French arts, may -well be expected, to pre- ,
sent te both stations, that firm and Undaunted ." -
front, which commands respect ahd curea
peace. He, who comes forward at the spoh '
laneous cnoice ci tne reopic, will naturally
consider himself is the Chief of the Ration,
and not the Leader of a Parly. He who ha
been educates! In the school of Wtkhitictoiw.
j- ' t.j l A. - r ... - - V .. :..
hhu oiauiiuisnea ij uie lavor 01 ihbI illus
trious sage, il msy justly be hoprd,', will bo'
found to observe kit precepts, snd to walk in
us loot-atepa. " . . " -, ' ' ' . "
; If however, the war whoop of faction)
should be raised sgsinst this man, great and' '' v 0 '
good as, he unquestionably is. be not surprl- " ; " . ?V .
std. , Since hit revolutionary chief, and poll- ' V - 1 . "
tical father has been traduced and vilified, it: F . ' '
will not be atrange if Central Pinckney. .' . , F
should not escape th same fate. The (a- , . - !
lumniatorofWasKington- be who Insolently, .; j
called on the citixens of America to ctlebrate' , , ' t
as d jubilee, the day on which' Washington 1' F ';
retired from office, and prostituting the w ord , 1 - ,
of inspiration, imp'.eusly excUimcd, Lord,' F, F -J
" now-Litest thou thyservsnt deps.it in'. " ,
pr'ace, for tninc eves have seed tly aslvt- . 7 -J
tion." William Duane yet, lives. - Lives,' - , F , -did
I say ) ; For some services, (1 dare not ' ' ' '
conjecture what) be bss rrccrtly been talsed . " ;
evrrtbe heads of revolutionury merit, ard F
nstive talents, to the appoint mrnt. of Lieu-- - .
tenant-Cvlonel inihe new -arn y J A horde. t . . . ,
jf retainers in the train of this tlleftin of
slander, imported patriots, who undertake, . . ' )t ' 1
to leach Amerkans the principles of Re-,
poblicanlsm, rre rdy at the word ofcom ' i 1
mand to dichar; tha ahsfi of fulsthood 1 '" 1
and abose, and to denounce as menarth'tit -
and tor it t, van ana the sent of in, who
have i.'ed in the- eaift of hbertj. ; The'
sentalet yell once raised, rosy be revcrberaV
4-4d-by a4jfiMtreT"-y,W'hTT frffirr
prejudije, and by nor from Ignorance.. If
I did not believe you had ifcegotd sense to
despise unmesningclarrtiur.'l had - net; p
peared before vou aa a tsndidaie. yt it
may noi e imi w ciu "i jou gainM ine
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forth profession of arm, as a volunteer In
hi ronntry'i causa. In Jim 7fS,be wss
aimed the Crst ctpfi'.n in the first Tegi.
be artifices tni frequently nd tureen fully,
prtrtised in the woik of darrptk.n..Be va ,
yotir gnsd, aRain-t whomioeverttr;ty myf
U clrcota'id, of ell Rrntral eharRes, suo ;
rtimnjrs, and rhpmbrious InsInjsiJoni. .
Alwaf s enqnlie jr arfi and muthctiiiis and '
you will brine te thsihe the authors and pro-'
ptrstors if ealnmr.y. Tall sfRnmenuif
men oi oonesiy ano ini.irmaunn, ciwraiever
tide, addressrd to your understanding and
sppsrch'ly fouiU4 lit ftru'h,, listen wiih
eand..r and attention, for on your decision"
tusT depend yotir country' fsie., ; ,7
-Flltow ClTirtat, yoo hav rnw tifo'r
yon a candid eXpo4iiitir of my sentio.enu on
the very wierts'ing juj-e.t which f sited for
this address. - It is scsrttly necciary to id J,
thtt II appointed in Elertor, ' I iirp-e to
vole fir Charlet Coteaworh Pinckne'y, s,
Prlden,t unlet vm nnaxQeeltd etrrt
t'shoulJ occur to convince met bat a dilcict.t
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