ISO. '
TH&5TAR..
, .- -
tut a twnt niU-Tg dXertatt between tha
W-iU tA iua k ibe thiuika of th two
tounttiea, Urea B.iuin and Amenta, at the time
. fir aaswan of the ?th cot-ctta commenced, la
f bKlraiLn: of the winter of IIOJ, that unhappy
Jearof dikm. Were tboie order then in force
. hk Mr. Canning bu wuUrswa f Np,tr. What
tx.cn the Ian ru are of rentlemea m this house
, That tomrUJar nust be Sane end that nnhaoov
; tphoo. that waething must he done, that sosim me
. acme must M tixco, bat destroyed many a patient,
4 political at well u individual that methig tamed
out to be the old tMn-importxtkn act. After that,
- tho ditoaae Instead of yielding to the remedy, onlr
' becaao exasperated by k. Something more mutt
bo done What was that, sir? The embarro
' VtPi .a ate . . o
, i r ncn um wu uua, was the existence of the British
. orders ia council known t It was not and I take
rtbe opportunity of saying so here, because I see it
( iu ujq unuw paruament, oy a
feotlcman of the first respectability for talents and
character, that they were know here. They were
Dot as was in my opinion unequivocally deraonttrat-
' ed on Saturday night the irth and Sunday the 18th
December Ust although that debate has been sup-
pressed. X say they were, not The embargo was
. isia on tne receipt oi tne documents expres&ing the
; determination of tha French government to enforce
' the Berlin decree and the copy of the proclamation
vi me ungot tngund, which last was cut out of t
' newspaper. ' 1 again repeat what I said and retteat
Ved that nierht. unknowin whether It will trn tn tH
puouc or not mat in my opinion the President of the
-United Stiues acted with perfect propriety in send
big us that newspaper information ; that though it
.: was unofficial, it was proper to hare been laid before
this House as a cuide to its decbion and it U n
'Irrefragable proof, the President bavin)? sent us that
; paper, that be did not possess information official or
unofficiaLon the subject ofihe orders in council
when he recorrimended and we received the propo-
, aiuon oi xne emoarga it cannot .be gotten over,
? tuiless gentlemen are wining" to admit, which I, totu
'.vinbw, deny, that the President of the United States
' was deficient tn his duty , or that 'the newspapers of
xoia ptace nave earuer ana more correct information
on the subject of our foreign relations than our gov
eminent. I say that by a recurrence to that message
"nf th 'r nf.Vin tT;.J Cm.. I. ...Ill I f...Jj
- wvwvvrw ww .A. WW V-U.1VI
-that there no knowledge in the cabinet of. the
existence of these orders in councillor, although
we received the British proclamation, we did not re
ceive any jnlormauon of those orders in council,
- though I presume that something might have been
apprehended without tusunctly knowing what it was.
The non-importation act was passed previous to the
'orders in council, and consequently did not grow
'out of thera ; and the embargo, though postenour,
Vas recommended and received by this House be
fore they were known either to the President or to
thi House, as the journal and a comparison of that
. me ox tne National xntegencer brought into this
xwusc on a lonncr occasion Will snew. 1 he non-
Imporunon and embargo acts were passed. They
w longer exist -tne ne no longer exists at all j the
other no longer exists as to Great Britain--and the
removal of these obstructions was the alledged and
true reason of the invocation of the orders in council
whica werp not the moving consideration to passing
the non-imDOrtatlon act or lavinerthe fcmimro-n
This is the truth. The withdrawal of the orders in
council, out of which the nonHmportation and the
embargo did not arise may be considered as the
cause of doing away both the non-imnortation m.
the embargo, and the non-intercourse act besides
tor ther r on -intercourse act did rfow out of the nr.
ders in council and the affair of the Chesapeake
there is no doubt about that- or more oroiierlv
peaking sir, the non-intercourse act grew out of
tne emtmrgo ; tor, really, smarting qnder tl.e tor
tures of that most wretched measure, this house and
the nation were goaded to that pitch of madness,that a
ceciarauon of war from any quarter Would by many
my v ueen considered oeuer man our then situation.
We were in a situation, in which if something he
not administered to the suffering patient, he must
dieand we took" the non-intercourse act. We re-
lectedj and (thank God for ft !T not withoat nhm
little of my inslnimentalhyj the proposition to issue
ieners oi marque and reprisal, which, if adopted, I
leave to you and the house to decide whether we
should have met in ur present agreeable R.timtSnn
Yei, sir, with the embargo like a blister-plaistcr up-
v ouruawBj we were in sucn a situation that the
committee of foreign relations said, and we affirmed
tlicir decree, We must be disgraced or fight all the
nations oi me eani-ngnt ail, nghf nobly, fight like
demi-gods. A worthy gentleman from South Ca
rolina (Mr. D.R.' Williams) now not a member of
oi mis nouse, also thought tliat we must fight every
hpdy but he thought better of h, and was content
to fight one, and to choose his antagonist. Gentle
men in the other house were of the same opinion ;
and as they alledged they could not get at France,
they chose to fieht Great Britain1. Thia was th si
tuation b which we were placed by the operation of
me emmrm nn t nr nnh ir mmi Vi it .... ..
- w - w ..j, i tt t were
not quite cool, like Sir Anthony Absolute who has
been quoted on the floor of the British house of com
mona as the prototype of the 'British minister, we
were something like honest Bob Acresfighting
Bob, who was not sensible, till he was .put to the
pinch, how little he liked, really liked fighting our
fighting disposition, like Ins oozed out of our finger
ends, or rather our tongues' ends and we' are at
peace. After all our fnskings and curvetngs, we
have come back to the same point. All my fear is,
sir; lest the cure be not complete lest some politi
cal wizard should discover that, inasmuch as in 1805,
prior to the existence of the orders in council, ve
stood In need of the non-importation act, and as in
!jB07-$, prior to a knowledge of the orders in coun
cil, we stood in need of an embargo, for the same
reasons we how stand in need of some other nKKti
tute not the same sir; for I undertake to say that
we never shall have another embargo without limi
tmion of time-it was indeed a horse medicine, but
it-has worked a complete cure. Really, sir, if we
wld have been brought to believe in J 805-6, that
we could do as well without a non-importation as we
'can now in 1 807-8 that wc could have dispensed
with the embargo as well as we can how and, more
especially, if we could have been' brought to accept
the treaty negotiated by our commissioners at ten
don, which treaty to say the worst of h, that its ene
rnie ever pretended to alledge, was only deficient
a contaimug no express stipulation bn the subject
of impressment, 'and redundant as containing this
note by way of ridsr.'the object of wbich I have ex-
cxeury of the tresary himself, great B Enander and
able a calculator as be la, cannot tell; I do not be
acre be could com wkhm an hundred)- but have
avoided other disagreeable consequences.
Yea, sir) as to the note attached to that treaty, the
object of that has been attained. The state of the
two countries Is materially changed for the better,
M tt iwnrdl . an1 trtr I k.. irnrw M it
spects t'KObC should then have had the colo
nial trade placed in a most eligible situation our
ust India trade placed on a better busts than our
commissioners were instructed to have It puced up
on, viz. on the footing of the most favored nations.
For, if Great Britain be, as we have beard, at war
with Sweden, what ere the terms on which the most
favoured nation is admitted f No terms at all The
terms obtained therefore were unquestionably better
tnan the tooting of the most favoured nation. We
should also hare had an excellent stipulation as to
the sea-line ; but above all a practical arrangement
of the great question of Impressment It now reualn
tobeseen whether we shall get better terms in relation
to impressment than that informal understanding. It
now remains to be seen whether we shall obtain better
terms from the Portland and Canning administra
uon, than we have heretofore been unwilling to ac
cept trom the urennlles and the r oxes.
This subject which I have opened in regard to
tne renewal of intet course with one of the bellie
rents, which I hope in time to see renewed with the
other (and then, sir, we shall have choice whether
we will begin again the cotillion of non -importation,
embargo and non-intercourse, or reap the rich har
vest ot neutrality like men of sense ; whether we
shall put the interests of the nation at stake, for the
purpose of making very grand and warlike speeches
on this floor) this change on which I most cordially
congratulate the nation, is a subject which I should
not have opened at this time and in this manner if
gentlemen had been willing to take my motion for
what it is worth if my motion had been taken at its
current and actual value, I should have waited until
I could have presented the points which I have en
deavoured to enforce in a more condensed form
for I have not even a note and nothing but the
manner in which this motion has been received has
compelled mc to endeavour to shew that the motion
ought not to be indefinitely postponed, to shew that
mere aoes exist a difference of opinion in the nation
and in the house in relation to that proclamation and
the construction of the non-intercourse law, and to
anew tne means resorted to and very ingeniously
... . - .i J tf r
iuw vj ainuuicr uiai uincrence oi opinion.
Mr. Holland said he had no doubt that the Pre&i.
dent had done his duty in the case referred to in the
proposiuon under consideration ; and as he had en
tertained no doubt but the President would on this
and every other occasion do his duty, he said he felt
no excessive joy on the occasion. It was onlv an
ordinary act of duty well performed, and therefore
uc na um wiuing to aisunguisn it irom those nu
merous acts which he trusted would be, as they had
heretofore .been performed by the Executive.
w nat would i be interred trom this procedure ?
nrv. .v u u a. ; . .
" Mr, mm u is su aciuum our rrcsiuenis nave rinn
their duty, that in the very first instance in which
. 1. I. 3 I. . .a war r- n.
mey uav-j- aone it, tne i louse ot representatives
had discovered and applauded it. If the rent l-man
thinks so, I wholly disagree with him. If our offi
cers do their duty properly, they will receive the
Uianks oi the nation and where is the proDrictv ul
singling out tor approbation or disapprobation this
particular act f l see none. It is asked, will you
leave the President of the United States to erone in
the dark, and not let him know whether he has re
ceived our approbation or not And is the Presi
dent to judge from the thanks of the House that he
has done his duty ? How is he to know that thev
have expressed their sense of his conduct from pro-
-t k . .
per mouvest w ould ne not be right to suspect
those who vote for and more especially those who
bring forward such a pioposition, of improper mo
tives! He would be left still worse to grope in the dark
Mr. J. G. Jackson. I think the House have no-
bier duties to perform than passing abstract resolu
tions, out of which no legislative act is contempla
ted, merely for the purpose of pouring the oil of
aauiauon upon tne nead ot the chief magistrate ;
and, according to my conception, the centleman
from Virginia has made an attack on the principles
he professes, and upon the independence of this
House, which will, as a precedent, be productive of
lasting injury, it tne course he proposes be a cor
rect one, and we are to pass , votes of approbation
upon all the leading measures of the Executive.
who among us, that may happen hereafter to dis
approve any, will ve' are to oppose, without en
dangering ins, standing with the people ? I take a
wide distinction between the propriety of approving,
and the right of condemninir. But weaiealreadv
met with a charge that we condemn the accommo
dation, and are afraid to meet the question. I re
peat sir, I am not inimical to it, for I am highly
pleased and the friends of administration derive
a triumph from it that the spirit of accommoda
tion, which has at no time been intermitted on the
part of our government, was met at last by a corres
pondent disposition on the part of Great Britain.
It Is asserted by the gentleman, that the recent
arrangement is entered into by JGreat Britain on
very different terms from those offered last sum
mer thro' our minister at Londonbecause, 1st. the
non-importation law is now repealed and 2dly,
that having prohibited British ships alone by the
proclamation of the President from entering our
ports, it was highly offensive to Great Britain, and
we have done away the discrimination which exist
ed between them and French vessels. I contend,
sir, that the gentleman is wronc in his position, and
that the offer made to Great Britain, and rejected,
was not worse, but better, as regards her pride or
interest, than that now accepted j and the offer of
Mr. Flnckncy, by order ot the resident, was of it
self a strong proof of the spirit of accommodation
which has been evinced by the government.
6atrday, May 27.
'DEBATE . . ' ,
On Mr. Stanford motion te tmtinerate aufTcrera tmdtr
the sedition Law.. ,,
Mr. Rass, of Pennsylvania, moved to. amend the
tesolution so that enquiry be made whether any and
f(T:.!iulte.V.Luu ..A 1 -l- f. m.m kJv'WKrf lftir w ttra mm m m mtk M 1 PMflit fta lw J .
DlkheJ I'wi'r. Kv .vW- fSa rcr-int c re our K.I to DCrWLj DUniihed Under tht hv. to Li a tiirrct I coir4eH kxlftrtti Curt mS.,
ViOidrawinsthepfwlibidaivfcnirwrferstaEriiuh tax It sraa a Let. he"t-' !, well inovn in J , ru., k
'bips, and rcr'tilsiE xbe two-importBU jo act in almost every put of the vRlted Stits, that the peo-1 rtw. Sir iTLL ZTi e
wo bad consented that urns to aceept ma tresry, ia ue ammx irom wmcn L had lust been re l pUo ia nrmnM i....V:""T wt
we shooid not orJy hare saved odrselws thabrice ofj turned, had uSered aa tnuoh k rha cu of demo-1 ejWue of ta cm and tt wZT
the embargo (how many bundrcd mUBons our ae- cracy as that of any othe 1 that they bad. presented J W1 ; tb-kei-u fcyuwaar-u t ,
u btd a Bsmw to teccrai expression, atd rernaps I 6 wrnnm - '
nad as just claims aa any other people m the United
6.. .f a f .a si. I
uwHca n ixmuaeraooQ wc losses in me cause. It I nian our i,akmltt9t tnm iLjTi- l '' -4
was weu known that at the Urn that Ugh-handed all mt mw'-jmI arm Lai. w7 .wTT1" T t
measures were taken b this country, an inwimc- Mfrf-,rrr-if wtwuI??-'
" mm ace la rcnnsyivaraa, commonly i"-- "nwroimwiwi,
anown oy tne name of the not water insurrection j 1 to "CTUU" unaiuc, :i
uwi u ipwuutw ui consequence ot me opprcsaton of I
the law for the collection of a direct tax.. Many per-
a ... - " .
sons wno nad opposed the law, under the dea of its
being unconstitutional, were prosecuted, punished,
and some of them in consequence ef those prosccu-
uons and tne sentence resulting from them, expired
in prison. "To some who remained after the aspect
of the affoii of the country was changed, mercy was
but to those whose prosecutions fc convictions were
of an earlier date,' lenity was not extended they were
compelled to pay their fines be tore they could be re
leived from imprisonment
Mr. Uardenier. I beg leave to suggest that
h inose men wno suOered in the hot wa
icr insurrection are to oe remunerated, it is
no more than fair that those should be remunerated
who have quietly paid this tax. They were at least
respectful to the laws. The committee therefore
ought to be instructed to cnouire into the bronrictv
of repaying to the several contributors in the various
states the direct tax, collected from then i unless
: w it . rr
NEWS
W,:
" 'At coms
The noisy herald of a btity wprid.
FOREIGN.
Tapers presented to the Ilouae of Comaoat epos tte r '
jews vi um war
XV SPAUr jXD FORTUGJL " 1
Extract ot a letter from Lieut Seneral 8Sr Joha Va-.
a wr: 1 .
Tne loTormatKm wnicB your lordship snast reiif-
in pMsessian ofjwaden tt perhaps Its aeeesaarr fx ir
there be something so admirable, so lovely, so wor from "0 UZZliS
thy of encouragement in insurrection, that those con- strength and. compositipn of .the Spanish armies U- t
cemed in it have peculiar claims to encouragement knw"mi d the defence 1cm state of the country, 1 eoni-,
oy government I nm vruuua, wouia naTa oeen cboaen fur
mS I t Wk ! ', 1 t kt P kl mm
Mr. Potter declared himself at a loss to know whe. Tr,??"" L T". FTS1 S.
ther the House wastting here a. a bnoKh of the I 73
legislature to pass taws, or as a body to remunerate The Spanish government do not seem erer to han'cmw
those concerned In the violation of them. The templated possibility of a second attack, and tit c-
house sat here to make laws and not ta encourage uinlr wpfcP'ed to meet ht ich Is now mads epos
those who resisted them ; but if they determined nVT' f .?1.el H i"fer,our' T1en,in nuniber, to u ,
( Tt be continued.) I Palafox united do not now exceed 40,000wand are not t
1 suspect, of a better description, and until lately they mut
Thursday, June L ' I much weaker. In the provinces no armed forre hr.
DOMESTIC MAN UFACTUB jS.3. ;h" "c,uJrrJ W T"1
Mr. Lvon offered a resoluUon. that adaitinn.l A,, K. . " rT.. ""
laid on the unporUUon of various enumerated articles of sing contributions, to which the inhabitants ubmiti'h.
Foreign manufMtures, in order to encourage the manufac- out the least resistance, i The enthusiasm of which
lures ui the U. States. liave heard so much do where appears, whatever rood
Mr: Milnor observed that (his resolution contemplated a will there is (and I -believe amonrst the lower ottlcit
doty on what was not at present and probably could not be there is a great deal) is taken no advantage ot-" :
manufactured in this country. He nadnoobiectlontoCon- I nm , hU i- ,.m..-;;..: ,:,. 1 .
trress pursumr such measures as mieht ludiciouslv Menu. I .h. r..r.-.l. -. -, . u :.l . : . '
rae manufacturer! butitWMasiibjeWwhichrcquijredse- norant of their plans, or those of the. govetament CifciiW
riousconsiderauon. He believed that amontr the mnio to 1 r..nn. ;,h .! ...,!.!i i:...:!.. ,
Which the Irtlrm.nhim.irh .11., A." .l,. a. I " j7IT J7 - " . f , ,
- "- wvuv. w.uj , uiv w ucsircu va commumcaie, lor ue nurpose ot combin
mum for MwainiM.iii...t-.. 4,.U :... I - .. . .'. yv'""""
mania for encouragiaif Manufactures might also arise to a
uangerous aen-ee. 1 ne genUeman contempUted a duty
on all cloths above 6 steriing a square yard. Mr. M. said
it was well known that in this country, slthoue-h thu Mar.
ser cloths were manufactured to a great extent in domes-
uc circtes, we couia not get into tbe msnutacture of fine
cloths. There were not materials for it He was bapnv
k. j: ... . . ... . . . n '
iv uc Km vnuuiii to improve ins creed OJsneep
V.... .! .V. . . ....
i he operations of the British arfby. wasdeDiived of ba
command at the moment I had begun my eerrespoadencs
with him. Th marquis of Uomana, who is pointed ht
a.iccessor, is still at St. Ander. , It isjdiiBcult tor me t
form any plun for myself beyond tip assemblage of the w
my. I shall then be irt a State to undertake abmethinv.
and if the Spaniards, roused by their misfortunes, assem
" oma. w sncep t ni round us, and become one nor enthusiastic and &
t A. ?.me th! C?unt7Tw" V0 ?Ptt to the manu- termined, there may stiU be hopes of expeUih? tbe French, 1
facture of these articles. He had do oojecUon to seeing mr It is my wUh to lay before your Ichi for the informr
nufcturesc.:eouraeedbv a determination in intleBM. n .; J , i. a ' .i 1 i . .
1 ..... - o -t . : I "" v. kw. .. UUUJL. UMUI MM wLVCT aire J L li.
;c"a. rae,uc. even at a greater expence, in prefc-1 ,wers no good purpose to represent them otherwise, for
rence 10 any oxner out ne would not encourage thetn by I tt is thus that we must meet theut - ' f - ; v :. 4 t
law. nanulactures hsd alreadvbeen eommeiuvd inth. I- t r.i M -... . :..ir i. i ' ., .
Eastern rtate. before the emb and which, wlthn.7, ' "C"
ddiUonsldutiehadgrown w' K tertk S'Sai
a great number of I am confident tliU arm wilt ! An Um A.tn, ..!:
They were establishments in which
be Immediately opposed to them.
nanas were employed at low wages, the emolumenU of the mate success wiU depend more upon the Spaniards them.
busmes.go.ng into the pockets of a fewindinduals, who Lelves, and their e.thiMe devest todKiiua
Z aIZL1 bj lhem VMd Ug V0"- on f tbe British, Who, Without such aid,
Mr. Mcon said he was oonosed toreferrincthi mntW
to the committee of commerce and manufartut n.n.
the kmiai. iIimiM tKinV MnnM ---A-.. . -
K. k.i:..j .. ...i., r.l CdftuttNA. Januarr 13. lSfw.
ednopctfngX&n rt?51
tttlesAheonlywaytoencourage them was for oTareat ft XJ?Z L&honeo Jodrtssfiow
wtance the l'iaidnt end MMd. hT : fMW,8-. w" UHS f Jtneresore flc-
- - vwyf rAPfnlnMt A aanrl va Knn.l.i.J "L 1! I . 1T1 1
.....ix w SMiu vvr alllAUUl WrJLsUU nCTW UIlstTICl
Pencnd Mobat's' ceiebroteJiMtWttcr, dated . v
people, lor instance the President and Heads 6f Det art;
menu, to make them fashionable. Until domestic manafac.
lure was thus encouraged, it would not thrive i luyfng a tax
on Foreign goads would but tax the many for the Bcrwfi
of the fe w. He had no idea of laying taxes to Ihdure men
to wort in iron, learner or any oUier article. He wished
hot to refer this resolution, because he Wished to pieet the
ouestion. lt it be referred, and It would be claimed as
the commencement of a system, and as an earnest of what
Was to be done. When the merchants of this country had
too much capital to employ it in the commerce of the U.
States, they would either employ it ia the improvement of
u. iuuiiirw suuYtn . lino mnnuiaciones j ana Until
this was the case, men of capital would not employ it in
manufactures.. All that could be done in manufactures in
this country, Mr. Macon said was already done in the tn.
tnestic way. Before there is a surplus of capital, you can
not go to manufactures. Any -attempt to do it before that
nine, wouia dc lite an attempt to raise vegetables in a hot
house. The people who were in favour of the emhinm
a:a 1 b ..-. :. i. .i j. . a
u-u. .. iwi uuu iv mm uie enucnun oia, as an encou
ragement U) nrianuiacturing i they avowed the object which
they had ifi view, and that Was not the encouratrement nl
manufactures. Of what advanUure was it to the communi
ty to tax tnem9eivcs to maKe the articles mentioned in the
Stewart, as the officer best Qualified to pre you eveiy in- ,
formation you can Want, both with respect to our actual '
situation, -md the events which have led to it -
- Your lordship knows that if I had followed mv Own
opinion as a military man, I sliould have retired with the
army from Salamanca. The Spanish armies were then - .
beater, t there was no Spanish (oree to which wa could. '
unite, and I was" satisfied that no efforts would be made,
to aid us, or to favour the causd in which they were en
I was sensible, however, that the anathv and indlffeiC.
enee of he Spaniards would never have heen believed i'
that had the British been withdrawn, the loss of the cause:
Br..t.t u :j it,.. ... . : .. y
wvu.u uaic utoi uupuicu w uicw rcTreax, ano h wi or
cessary to. risk this wirty to convince the people of EhW
iann, as wen as tne rest ot Europe, that the Spaniards
had neither the power nor the Inclination to duke efforts"
for themselves. , It was for .this reason that I made the? -
march to Sahagun. As a division, it succeeded 1 1 broue-ktr" '
tlie whole disposable force of the French against this ar-
.. l ;. i i : tt . . ... . . ,
j, anu u nu oeen auowea to iouo't me, without a sm-,
gle movement belnjf made' to favour my retreat Tho
people of the Galliems, though armed; made no attempt
resolution t So lnnn- tl,ry. . m .i..: "r c" "P M15 PWKe, oi tne French tr
making a living, people would not go into inanufacturinir T1,ey pdoncd their dwellings at our approach, .drove -house.
Whiti r,.r, JiiJrl..:" wy their carts, oxen, and every thine that Could be of.
United States, Mr. Macon said it was utterly imnosaihle f.,r IS" mau? wd to the army. , Tte consequence hss been,
tne u. states to become a manufacturing nation. The m. 1 T i ., , , . . ."u,u w"e i
vernment must be materially chanred before it coni.l " ""u":, ,lulea' mcn' m ,ucn ";b. nd tnro- uca ,
ceed . low. t he wni.d nr.r.n. 1 I country, was the else td a sreat extent, batrrare, am-!
spiring to raise their Wages and all the laws on this subiect ?-U",Un Bt0re? &r 'il4 eveft W-'"" ecessari!y
in existence in Enirland. would hernme -,N i,". yrmor Mnnuoneo, , I
Since the tax had been laid on leather manufactures irnrv A, . 1 ftm 80rry t0 V tht the at-rry, whose conduct I
ed, the price of articles of leather had nearly doubled in this i pea!on,t exl on its tnartK through Portugal, ,
country, and the quality Was not as good as before. Goinir . ,U, 'r''11 in SPa'nh totaDy changed its charap. V
intathiav.m h,. f.-rri . . t- " I ter since It began to retreat lean aav notldnr in K fv .
what then would become of manufactures Thcv wouldhe hul tht wl,en ,bere W PrsP't of fifrhting th -
.i. ..l it. u i.i. it- i .. . I enemr. the men wvn. thnn mvt nrl -.hrt rb.ied '-!
prei.ina- his wish that s decision shouldnowbe made oi J Mltdrtinintd t0 do theirduty., Ia frontof VHla Tnr
ihe subject the French came up with the reserve, with which I 'L-
Mr. llckman followed Mr. Macon on the same side of the
question. We ought alsdtoconsider (said he) that vr now
hold out considerable encouragement to manufb cturts tor
almost all the revenue of the United StAtes is df rived if. om
imposts on foreign manufactuies, the duties on which ah-eV
dy average thirty per cent, and that is surely sufticipnt. Mr.
P. said he was much alarmed When he found thi
predicated on the old non-Importation actjpwlii h i(e consi
dered the most absurd and impolitic measure that Iiad ev.-r
been enacted. It had prohibited such good as, il'hot ne
cessaries of life, habit and long usage had tnade neeessjiiT
for comfort and what was the consequence f The article's
had risen to most enormous prices und what resulted fi-om
this 1 The goods had been smuggled into the country, and
instead of paying money to the Treasury Jiad been payinr
it to unprincipled smugglers. It was not perfectly' true in
political arithmetic that two and
doubling the duty thctr would not double the revenue, but
Air. Holland thought Very diiTerentlv from Wa eolle.in.e r"'",Tw'"1",f.uurtn,llw"! iwumxj ,r
. . , - - . j . , u, wi micnour lorce. i ne wans oi provisisas wuu ;
wHcmcrmjine retreat ot tne army j they attadcean
at Calcebetos. I retired, covered by the 95th regiment,
and marched that nirht tn Herrealaa an1 frrM ihene to T
Vogrtles aiAl Iigo, Where I had ordered the different di 1
visions, which preceded to halt and collect ' At Lugo, the &
French strain came un with lis. Thev attacked our ad .
vjmeed jwsts on the 6th and 7th, and were repulsed in.(1
both attempts, with loss 6n our side. I heard from the y
prisoneVs titkert, that .three dinsion of the French army
were come p, commanded by marshal 8or.lt: I there "
fore expected to bo, aUtkel on the morning of the 8th.
It was my wish ta come to that issue 1 1 had perfect con.:
fidence in tlie roloxir of the troops, and it wss only by . j
cripplintf the enemv that we could hone either to retreat .
or to embark ' unmolested!- I made every preparation te
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to oflVr battle. This was not manJial Bnult's object r
lie ci.'her did not think himself sufficiently strong ar be ' .
wislied to play a surer game, by attacking us on our y