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'M Pijx'tSfietch iSenatt,o Mr. ftill.
' houtf's Ytnlution far raiting tkt Erni,
The eentlemsnhsi informed us that
treat-Britain can be supplied with cot-
ton from ,th Eat-lndies and other the f;oernment of Great-Britain does, A' distinction W been taken between
countries, I will ask the (reDileman if at this moment, a;ranl licensed to r.eu- natirt and foreign commerce, or what
CreaUBritain can procure thli anicle ra Teasels, taking in a proportion1 of is inoff commonly called, the carrying
from lh 'Eat-Indie and. other count heir cargoes there, to proceed on tra. tiade. The policy of encouraging our
tries in sufficient qu.nt'uy, and on as ' ding voyair.es v the colonies of Spin - citizens to participate in the carrying
; food term as from the United States 1. fiom which she would exclude UVupoif ' trade, itone'tbing,our maritime righta
f she cannot, which ! suppone lo be the condition, that the return cargoes" isanotEer. The gentlemen in the op
thecase, she rut feci our emb.rgo hi shall be carried to Great- Britain t position;; complain thai thla measure
' Iter manufactures, one .of the vital sour.. swell the gainaof her merchant, hd beai jtaqtyarly hard oa he commer
.tciof her strength kproperlty.-Wa to give her' tnoaopoly of the com clal sUtes, On the subject of com
. ire told that a nmi-importatioo actwo'ld ' merce of the' world. This great belli tnerce, as allothersbf national concern,
' fear noeffectf 'because lt'could not be arent right, then, upon which io much 'lanl dUpbsAl to consider the U States
.enforced, "Stnutrgling would be carried has been supposed to depend, sinks into as an integer, and to forget the lines of
. on to a very great extent that a non- an article nf barter It Is ued. 'not at Partition by which we tre separated In
iwuwuuiwi wiui iim wi wtucr -
laws, be partially violated, was it. to
be e i pec ted -Every law Is violated,
ftut with dde Vigilance such a measure
tould be enforced to a very great extent.
This raeasnrt ' would w be tCirltnt,
ays the geMlemani because Great
Britain will find market fa her manu
factures irtneW Sirt and South Ame
rica. I will auk the gentleman, whether
South America has not' Ven supplied
kerstofore - with British mafiufactur
to a considerable extent 'and deitlie
gentleman seriously believe ; that she
would find a market in'that country for
the immense quantity of her manutac
tures hitherto consumed in the United
fttates t v" -y. i; l .
Althngh the genfleman has not in
his resolution repeal the embargo,
preposed a subtitute, he jntimated, in
iis argument, Hbat we ought id arm
qr commerce against all nation.' I
km not prepared to say, 'that I will ad
here to this tmbsrg.sysrTkj". a better
can be deviied but before rrvmbrara
i utmhtertTnotn lhflm(:.ilivW lt"n5eenv nations as pirates, no longer
is to operate the gentleman must
therefore excuse me for propounding a
few questions to 'hire in relation to this
ancsiure. 1 I wish to be informed-
would not audi t measure be war with
France and Gta'-Bntain, or should
we not by such a measure put it in tht
power of tbe commercial interest to
embroil as with which nation they plea
ted I It is probible tint our merchants
Would run the rhk of Ehting their way
lo the continent nf Europe, wit It loaned
vessels in defijnee of the Br'titli navy?
It is not more prabaSle that G. Britain
Wwldhave tgents in this country to
tell licences to our merchants to trade
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to ihs eontlnent, aod would not our
' TMsrchants (r their own security, se
retly purchase and trade' under those
licenses? If ths object of Great-Britain
be t commercial monopoly ( and we re
move our embargo, would it not be in
the power of the "British merchants, by
a secret undemanding with, and the
' connivance of their government by a
gents and secret partners in the United
States, to cary on the very trade to
- the continent which Great-Britain in
trrdictt to us 1 1 Have been led to make
tliee eiMj'iHfr' by reading the memori.
al of tht merchants of Baltimore, pre
tented to the government in I BOS, re
; tpecting neutral trade, and which was
aigned by men of all parties. In which
it ii positively charged that the object
f Great-Britain In karrasing ourtrsde
. was lo crippb American comroerct
and promote her oo, and that tht
.granted liccnaes to neutrals to carry on
the trade which she interdicted. 7 will
lead it I " '
M ft has been ssid that, by embarking
In tbe colony trade of either of tkebel
rkertnts, neutral nations, m some sort,
' inicrpmv in m, wr. ,inv, iuj jraicni wii-tii .ui iu wr wij Bonr-cn
and serve the brlligeient, In whose of revenue. This conjecture of tbt
trade they so embark. It Is a sufficient gentlemen is tew Improbable to require
nswertothlsohervstion.iht the same a serious refutation. On the policy of
to jrse of reasoning would prove, thst promoting manufactures, I shaH mskt
BiutrsU ought to diieontinut all trade ..but few remarks, as it will hereafter bt
whstsoever with the panics at wsr. A tubject of distinct consideration I
tontinusnre of their ttmtomti ptottu have supposed that It would be sound'
rw, hit vcnirini,
With whom it is continued 1 tnd If thit
tfTsut were.ifTklenltomakeetrsde bn
antral and illacal. the beat establrshed
It most ueful traffuk would, of toune,
become t. But Great-Britain supplies
At. trills anther anawer tothlt ootlt.
tht our interferenc in the trade'oftho
coloniet of !her enemiet i unUvful,
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ecufle rr rencjiiita oj iu ii u
known that the same trade it and long
bai been, carried on by British subjects;
and rour mtmarulitti feel themselrea
bound to,'tatet that according: to ao
thentick tnformattoii lately 1 received.
nunira inximnicm, wiciucu ot war
like state, by which her enemies are to
ne wnunred, or their colonics eutxfued,
but as the selfiib means ot cnmmercial
aggrandixement,tolhe)mptverishmeat
and ruin of her friend j as n engine,'
by which Great Britain is to be lifted to
vast- height f prosperity, and the
trade ofneutrals crippled, and crushed(
Hia-i yi kin r. -, , s,
Accord i n to. the course or reason a
dop'edbytbc jtentleman from Connec.
ttcutj the object o( Great-Britain' in
blockading the continent1, is notlostarve
it it must therefore be to secure to her
telf the benefit .of .all. tht commerce
carried on with the continental powers,
I such a stateql things, while those
who were trading under the licenses of
foeign governments,were making their'
fortunes, the honest Americans . who
wsuld nt , consent .to degrade their
country by navieating the ocesst under1
the protection of any government but
thrir own would be plundered by both
- blie rents.- If we tre to consider live
bound by those principles of public law
to which civiiiied nations have hitherto
subscribed, and art prepared lo pur
chase dur fights on tht seas, let us . do
it at a nation by paying them a sum in
gro, and thereby placing our cltitent
on equal ground. Wt art told .that
Wt can carry on k considerable com
merca with countries not within the
cone of tht decrees or ordert of tht
belligerent i this argument is specious
and captivating j let us examine it for
I felt as much solicitude as the senile
men io opposition to remove thit eta,
bargft, whenever it can be done with
propriety on this as well as on the sob-
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ject of an armed commerce, thr gentle
man will pardon me lor requesting In
formation. II we remove our embargo
as to Portugal and other places to which
our trade is not Interdicted, and by a
law declare that our cltisens shall trade
only to those countries permitted by
the belligerents, nld not that btdnven from tht course 'dictated by the
submission to her ordert tnd decrees,
and if wt open odr ports tnd restrict
our commerce to those countries, could
wt ever after hope for t relaxation of
the orders of council Would not C.
Britain have every inducement to per
petuate such a state of things, which
would afford to her the benefits of com
tnerca without its inconveniences f Tht
gentlemen from Connecticut hs infor
med us thst the object of tht adminis
tration in adopting tht present sys
tem, Is to put down commerce and
promott manufactures. If the admin
- iatration jar any concealed motive for
this messure, I a
am astrsngerto it, Jt
is well kntwn thai It has been a favorite
object with the preunt administration,
to pay the public debt, and it would bt
strange, Indeed, that it should pur.ui a
puiicy m 1 m. HUTcmmeni iQaiQBiman,
In some degree, the inducemenis now
held to our dtitens to embark In foreign
enmmerct. tnd Induct then to vest
their money In tht interiorthe In
creat of manufactures would lesseri
tur deptndeoct tn tareljn natitni,
.ancl rtbdrt' ore detiftdnt nn ekfc
Other Therf would be more inter
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int tat w.hlch would tend to nation
'aliia 'us, nd.jie md'r strenath and
permanent k ta the America union.
pourte oeiwecnine pcopic oi inc uiur
Tor What extent this Uolicy should be
tarried; I am sot now prepared to sar.
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purpost of internal government but
iw umcreni iiiki wiu ni u
a the gentlemen navt coniratiea in .
eomhterclnl With the agricultural states,
t am willing to meet them. 1 hadtho't
,-. that this measure if ttt pressure waa
greater upon one part of tbt country
(ban another, operated more severely
tipon the 'growers of cotton than on
any other part of tht nation, and thtr -
vUgnt, if infiuenctq by pecuniary con.
siderations, to be the first to complain.
The people t represent are an agricul
tural people, and I ask the gentleman
of what Importance it it to then wee
ther their produce is carried in foreign
or American vessels I For what are
agricUlturad people now suffering, but
to maintain our maritime rights I Sir,
we are willing to discard all calculations
of profit or Jpis, and make a common
" cause witn our brethren or other states,
In defence our natianal rights and
Independence.! , i ; ' ' , . . ,,
It appears 14 mt, tir, that the con
enniplalot Our government has hn
posed Waeriminatlng. tonnage duties,
to give our own vessels an ad vintage
in our own ports tver foreigners. We
have remitted the duties on foreign ar
ticlaa Imnorted into the United Statea.
founded for exportation. Ourgovern
ment has evinced evert disposition to
tnmlmr rnmmrKI. - and maintain our
maritime rights. -We are told that the
people art opposed to ibis measure.
- To tht Voice of a fret people, I shall
klwaya bow with reverence. But, sir,
Ifoueht lo be remembered, that io this
country, the will of the majoriiy must
prevail it it a fundamental princlplt
'of our government, and If wt tre to
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ludirt from recent events, a great ma
jority of this nation are in favor of thit Wt have now progressed very fr
mea-ure. We are informed, and it h tht fourth week tf our session
has been Intimated on thit Hour, that Wt met here at a lima whenever
rebellion in tht eastern ttatet will be
the probable consequence of persever
tnct in this measure Are wt to bt
publick interest, by alarms of this sort f
Art we to bt told by a minority that
we must recede from tht ground we
have taken that wt must admit tht
government hat not-sufficient energy to
enforce its authority, or that they will
. rebel f V ill gentlemen inform us who
the art that are prepared lo erect the
atandard oi rebellion against their own
government, on the very graves of tht
brave Bostonians, who firat raised the
atandard of American independence?
They must bt soma new people who
have obtruded themselvea on our shores
they csnnot te Americans-I will
not think so sinworthy of my country,
men-1 believe the American people
are generally attacked to their govern
ment. I trust it It but tbt clamor of
the moment, which will cesst tht no
meni iat win oi toe government snail
bt decisively end constitutionally ct
pressed. It hss been frequently ssid
that Great Britain ia fighting for tht
liberties of ibt world that tht It tht
only barrier between France and unl
versst dominion, and therefore that our
weight ought to be thrown Into the
scaie oi cngiano, io assist ner in thit
mighty conflict. II our friendship it
necessary to England, ought tht not
to entitle herself lo it, at least dt ot
justice, tnd respect our rights f Shall
wt' submit to Insultt and indienitiea
from fcrwt-Briuin, It indttt .ktr tt
Save us from subjugation by France f
Shall we admit, for a moment, that we
cannot maintain our independence f
The gentlemen in opposition have pro
tested against submission ; they havt
not declared themselves for iwar if.
they are for it, I hope they will avow it t
, iney nave proposeo no .uostnute. i
am not prepared to say how long good
policy will justify k continuance of tht
present system $ but, sir,! am ready 19
declare that 1 will adhere to it, until
belter cap be substituted. If it be true,
as the gentleman from Connecticut hat
h.fomned us, that the moat efficient
means of coercing Gieat-Britain, is to
affect her interest, and if It be true that
our embargo will compel the West
India planters to convert their sugar
plantations into corn-fields' for subsist
tncei if it will produce a' scarcity of
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cotton in ureal Britain, orenbanct thr
price if by a non importation act wo
can deprive her of a matket for a largo
piruH per iiiaiiuiatiunti, me pre-
km system, wun me aaaiuonoi a non
Importation act, if firmly adherred to,
and welt executed, may have the de-
tired effect. When I cam my eyea
over wrese states, and ob.me the free v
dom and happinest they enjoy, I feet
constrained to pause before I ennatnt
to take a step which will involve thtnt
in the calamities or war. When Icon
alder the peculiar character of the con
test between the two great belligercnta
of Europe, 1 feet very unwilling to bo
drawn into the vortex, ten the fate of
this happy nation may become too close
ly connected with the deotiny of one or
the other of thec contending poweis.
At the tame time that I consider it my
duty to make war thr least alternative.
I know the American people would
Prefer it rathrr than submit to a tacii
let of thsir national independence
The conduct of the brlligerentsr and
tke atate of our country, furniah atronar
reatns: for believing that the- period la
hot disfint, when the alternative must
beaecepvd.ifthprtri syttrm should
prove incfiicienU I hope I have not,
in the warmth of debate, violated that
decorum which the dignity of the Se-
"V" rtfVln t9 6vrved
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''"'7 n"T vax mienoea n.
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conclude, with requesting tenth-men to
rvfect, that in this hour ofrthffirul'f
snt;er, anammny constitutes lot)
basis of our national security.
aawawaw
Botttt of RifMtiiutjrini,
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Ma. RANDOLPH'! SPEECH,
Onthi Rthrff kh Commitittn Friir .
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man In this hou tnd out of It, sem
cd to vie with his neighbour in tht ex
pretsion of tht opinion that thia la a
momentous crisis. There are few of
us, I believe, who have influence e- '
rough at home to avoid tbt rcnure of
their constituents, In case of m failurtr
in a punctual attendance on their duty
at tht commencement of ibis sessioo i
public expectation was raised to the
most painful pitch and yet ont fourth
of the time assigned by tkt constitu
tion for our deliberation! hat elapsed,
and in what situation does the Congrea!
ofthe United Slates Cad itself I Debet
ing what has been termed an abstract
proposition..' V hen the report wat,
vmadt.niy worthy Wtnd who eitt be
fore me, (Mr. Mscon.) with his wonted
sagacity, ssw in that proposition its.
entire futility. lt me pot be mist-,
ken It is not my intention 10 deny,
tht troth of the PmnoMtion. much less.
to tots T against It t but my friend from
Carolina ssw Ihst It wat not to be
mad- tht batt of fmurt conduct t
that in fact, no bin, 00 measure, bo
thing substantial couid grow out ol it.'
And tre wt to employ ourselves in thit'
manner, for tht tmunment of the gU
Icriri.'. of tht public oL Georgetown. )
Washlngion, ind its vicinity t When
itut resolution wai Introduced bv iha .
committee, whn.v report is now under
consideration, I regretted It on a varie-
- ty of accounts, pot only In the tsm
view as my friend be tore mt has lake
of It. but .for fVlttaP l-CBkAII- I ttvtt.it'
mjxlf in ikt in f lace, to whtasit'
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