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on n'.t th i-t w 1 nevtr 1 uri vcur is cf f twiTitiim ; t-i--r uvruoa to your i" (tucijiy ihe suetcii ml ! You - O V Vi o t " Scf Mr. It:.: I V r . '' 0-.-4.tr tJort-n KrlMil. 1 z crJcr cf the Jay beig called f ;w, the t ',r observed, that the gentleman irom " " . . ! . . L - V .1 'a oa ire rigiit 1 1 ine tnair KanJol- h 8v I that if any other gxn. f,!,t-rvaUO! lO mine oa mc . . . m I feel ablured to him U he .ni.n hid aay it St: DP, h? tveu he was roach exhausted ly M r. ""-r fhL-tsi : US VUU,a v t lit t'.;e fit': . s of trie morning, anuwouiu uc a liiilc time to recruit mswatieu and soirits. fter a considerable ' . ... i i- i ivin? mamlestea a cus- 'ad f r.ren-'.b r in??, no rretHleti pos tion to speak. lie. exprr 1 Ms - t f uinan u i ruse ; - r th motive which h;ul induced the rentlemM from Tennessee (Mr. Grurdy) U. 'rWe the adpurnmrnt yetttrday, &ct the po Uteres, cf the h(.use in granting itj i at tfe time time declaring that in point of fact, he had little came Jo be thankful frr the-Jur, Well intended, he knew it to Mnce he leu nimscii - r i Mr. U h;re sjveriea to w jmutwv..w MstUiu sfmm .huttir.c the MtMvr?j hy Spain in 1S03 'ut m.re fu'lv t the C". 1'tct of the II ia 1805-fl, uoder t!.e sir. rjrtt of all imariahle pr .vocaii -i to WJr th- aLiualinvasioacf our country, U nJ yav rious passigp frm the President a publick mr-a'je of DCf n.bcr 8yo. j O.tr ea.isn hv. been infested tina our harbours watched by privute armed vessels some of them without torn tnissjoos, some with a'legal comnis'siotvothers with lhos of legal fortav but commitung acts Iv-yond the atuhority of their commissions." . Three Air H tatfda have been Spanish andt French Corsairs, fitted out chiefly in the western ports of Cuba -the English crmzers cotnplsined of in he same message having -regular com. lesions ad carrviujr their prize into port (br adjetdicarnn. They, have cspturtd in the very entrance of our harbours, 'as well as the hizh seas, not only the vesit-Is of ojf frieuds romlng to trade with us, bi our own ,!o.'- TKj.., K m. rirrr-i them fttTundtr Tre fllDII 1 IIV1 HBI V l i "- ' " teiice ofleral adjudication, but noi daring to cee oa ding with his argument, than hf )iad beet) the preceding day, . ' It was a question, as it naa ov v - ?c, of ACE or WAV 'S J 1'Rht eould to the hou Ki.fi at trued : in no e eowider it, after the ckynou, made by Ambers of ih commit Foreign Ilela lions. Without intend any d.srtspect to the Chair.be must "J :r rtpfTsion vestc"1 was correct.., i aat 1 l..-V U order advJuce any argumesta n-on, di 7 ' Jtt of the Hous-the v .hub was disorderly ; Since the pry wi-i v mijItary f.cwas a subject at iik i "- agUatioo bv the Select committee that "Rtbnto'ch. of the Presidehfs mes- s'?sfVaoucstion brad as the wide ociaa of S'".' 1 - ..c'inuMoinTfiii'fv rrvimirl gnt, of happiness aud o u c ni n gjarrcr P JU' ae-ir to -j!ien lives, nd their sacted" honour J' v :" r-q iirc, wu.-. njt f .1 .t 1 1 d'"inrfivr. 1 1 r.dr.3' ti't tt i n n -il-l. rh- prcci t tUIO'CK-US I re t if .-"1 v. f bid dw.J'.l i.i jmc-nt is harvest of ihat dimi e l.a:t. t ; t'.i-p . e tat!.' r thii'e.-t and ccsirar uri. N iw. ifrvrr t'. tiitional d bt is W pe pasa oj iuh fi unci! rrsi;rements at will acceierau its extinction, by reaping the nch frtri!itr. an;! thus rTf)ic!tn( for nutinnof revenue n'uich csreriet.re teaches us U expect on the general pacifirauon cf F.u rope And the committrc indidjjc a hpt at ia the changed r.prct cf affairs in that qiwrter, Spain ill fJ notivts for a just ful filment of her stipulations with us. and an" ami cable scltleiuaat or limits; upon terras net more beneficial to the United States thac ad rantagsoos to herself; securing hrr an am ple barrier on the tide of M xico, and to us the countries watered by the Missi.slrpl? to the eastward of it Cut whilst . the cmnii: ten perceive.ia the general uproar tT Europr, a state of things peculiarly fnvoraUe to h peaceable pursuit cf oar best- interes's, tbey are neither insensible to the- indiignity which has been offered on the part cf.Spaih, nor lunwillin? to reoel similar obtrajre.- On the fsuSiect of self defence, when the territory cf if, vi; approach a.ourt of justice,, they, hav. plun.i thf United States is' insulted. ther can be but One opinion whatever differences may ex'- dered and sunk them by the tvav. qr in obscure M on the question, whether that protection places, where no evidence pouia snse againiwiw. i.. ... its and faoanaonea - eximucu n ncr, u wy ... or Chinese seas f Under this impression tne committee submit the following; resolution : thenri r maltreated the crews them in the open sea, or on desert mores witn- ! With Spatn our negotiation 7 tor a set. iuc annexe ieer ini. ""vi1"; I V r hement Ar difTcrences b.we not had a 'satis-lwin explain why it i not more explicit. ; factory issued Spoliation,. dung the for-' rulUTOlvl,:That such mbeT of , troops ner war. for which she had dformally ac-!(oot exceeding r . ) as , the Presiuent knowled?ed ; herself reapomiUd - have, been of the Uoittd States ahaU;deem , suffiaeiit to refused t.b compensated but h . conditions ptotert the soutliem irontiers o.i me uniteo affecting "other" claims" fth S fortse Lf n!rf ndi- of mat amount, da the IMobiJe'J induced the . committee, to .recommend the our .cosnmce passing through thit river con-- raising orregular' trop'si; rIt was tod remote tiuu-s to be obstructed bv arbifary r duties, from the population of the com try for tha m i- vexatious parches Fropositbns Jor. adjust" to act, in repeumg imuf-uaauwiijj i.unu for French S 3tes,from Spanish inroad and insult, and to of , a ' . i a . ' a K ..,a ' oliatiocs tarried into ibpanishportsi - in noitnasusc mc a c . ..s-i with - i -r m 3mit . itir 11. aaiti iiink-: tuc vuii . vwv in lb- wrtrl and the frontier, at that time insulted, had alone -' m X m 3reig-i concerus-mi n cf interest; of r g ,C7 , ys-tety siDwme. xlltlnt was deai milf hr tifd-duwn -byf the, narrow rules, ot . techsiicalfburi'iicV 'Theotn llei.itions na, muctu wvu - "uvjvi of jrming'the roi!Oa , (which, he.fiad' prised "ou them aiiijn!'te tSepublie tecuf H y'lri"not ccm'c widiinjhe'fccopc cf theif au.. ill -ruv. On whit gn'ndi.'.ha had bea atid -I ' still as unable to seKthey had lelt themselves :-W:,.,u.irv,-A rwh'en'yiiataubjett was bVfore an- ffT. mother com mitt, e recommend the ,g 0f - utanding arm4 WIin a i"?wAa3 "a uceii at. , : a " dared) of-mediate wari--a war r ot at de'. 4, f ' ambUW a- war foreign to tliabtstjuteresjs of ,. -: -rfs . thi?''oU:llry to tne luwresw v uuinauiiy uacu. V te kww not how gentlemen,' casing them. ; ielves rTublicans, could ad vocate such a war. the'coin.naod of the arroy, that highest :of all possible truns itf afiy g e'cotnVnaud of the arroyitha highest of i ssible truns itfafiy 'government, be the for what it may was" reposedui the bosom cf the father of his country I--the sanctuary, o a ca tion's love-thc only ripfjc that nVver came in vain ! When other '.worthies of ihcHyotution -; U-Hamlltou, Pinknev ar.d theoungej V'ash. ' -T ington, men of tried patriotism, of approved ,f - ."icondtlct tt valoufof. unuritishtd honor, field V subordinate command uadcr him' Republi. cans were then unwilling to trust a .'standing :'tij' arm v eren to hii hands' who had given prooJ' -w that he was abave f all human temptation.- , -; r you are to cunnde this sacred trust -tow hum H t-mi will confide' the charce of kadme the fi w.r i'. nf our trouth to the heichls of Abraham I Will ' f you find hir iin r the person af an,; ACQyiTTEp , fiLbu What ! , when you were unwilling to vote an army where such meirs had been '" ' ' named held high command i when Wahirg. - ' ton himself was at the head lid you 'then . . : -.W;;:, ,,.. Bnimnnr nnlhmo loth, fearless l everv i'y inconsequence f.iyVill you say that your provo " J': i. cations were less then than now,? When your 7 direct commerce was interdicted, your ainbas ': c j ' i - sadors hooted with derision from the . French wa waged ; ; :..; r, i nose wno opposeu inc . ai my ; inera,:.- were V indeed denounced as the partizans of France ; as the same men some of them at least are now held ut as the-: advocates' of England : .;; iiiose wrm uiiucviitviug TCfiuM"- " u inrii I- 1 wliyaA anr nnn rlnri. tn rlit!tr th nrlr nftVio ' ') v constitution, to 'defend it even at the expence of yf ., v their. fame, rather, than-surrender themselves ' V: v' tVh niW nroiects of mad ambition. iThert L1' -:, Snnn r lntV. anmR mhnta aet7.es unon its nnu . sessors they fall from the dizzy height '4 ' T ........ ...... .A l.. Um IlKt.. . ": -" ' S intlii.trv of one man. which seldom survives inpamitahti.iht boundar'w olLousiana have j incursion. . New-Orleans, and lU depentlen not been acceded ;'to;vwj..yHi--Iww.cver'- the ctes, were se 'vv:X'''i third generation- Power ; giin d by pa t' tient assidait;,'by a' faithful and regular di. charge of its attendant duties son gets above Vi ' its own oricin. - Intoxicated with, their own '' "' greatness the federal party fell. Wi'l not the '. V : '' " tame causes produce the saorie t T ts now S3 lZythci i ' Sir, you may raise this ari!.y,you may ( V i build up this vast structure of f r.iva.igc, this '. 0:V,t - -; , ' : '.':. - ritrfif I unsettled we haVe" avbided changing demess from ihe s'ettlementl 11 the oldTJnTt- ru oiaics; eiicu imiuuuwjai aim iuiuu lent people,' alien to our institutions, language and manners, and disaffected towards curg". yierrtmeny - Little- reliance could be placrd undn t he Wand it.w'a plaint that rif u ifivas the intention of fipdih to advance 6n ewr'.c- tession until sne th.uta be ttmmra by an pp poungjorce ..mat iorce mustoe a regular ar the state of thitig'C hy taxing new posts . or stretigthenicg Ourselves; in thdisputed terri tories, id' the hope ( that tlr other power would not, by a contrary coniluct Oblige us to meet ih'ir example, and endiinger'Cpi.flicta.pf autuoruy, tne issue oi wnitn may.noi uc easi ly controlled.. But in'thiiope "wt have now reason" to lessefl' "out - conidencei i4r(yC i - . ? a ham been rftenthi made 'mtd.thr terrttorict of, my, unless we were disposed,.,t abandon an Orleans f M? APt sis)iihhuy-ll Bourbon countv i the country outh of Tennessee ? ; that if 4- th -. .. . . 1 i ' - I " . ..... t . ... ... , .. .. . 'V -partpCthe.8tat6 ,tt Geofeia -of the goodwa07t cj our aitzena ma tne fpirii, :ana Old thirteen states ! " Uut tittzettt have been ,ionour oj our - conmry reqiurcu xnar .jtrce tciztdvi& their property Aitertf, Jn the yevAouW interposed r nothing remained but ry parts of tiie former whiclj been. acjqal- tor the Itgistature to grant tne oniy practica Iv defcerediiblbu Sfiain. aid this bv the rrpw-iblc means, or to shrn'iK from; the most sacred tarefflceriandsofdietiof mi tsvernment.lc&&:h dutles-o'abandbu thesbil and its 1 hav therclre tpuncr- it nelt ssary togiTe on j in.iaiianw lavjeaaermere suavu in. dcrf' to' our troops oit; that r6ntief, ;tii be hi Vaderr.V'V bti ?4 . .tk'!'" i : readiness to 'nrotict our citi?e'n8, and fepel by fr f.Aet Uiis teport, toodcrate .as, ,it was, had 1 oeen ticcmea oi two strung at- cutuuticr jjy uic arms any-simuar .aggression in nuure.v -y-- I- Mr. II. iaid that on the C .ft.' or Dt cembery; lUmtl -It was i rejected twand.-at thy otctt. (three daya'afterwards) " ar cret tnrss'age wfis tfe'i of aehtleaiaa" fronV Massachusetts,' (lr. received f rpn the Presidr w ferre4 to S committee of wHch' itw off thither; in ad. co mm to be chairmati.,,"! It's comkl rratftf red frbm , the Ilepprt message itkelf.is not insertj cxlon might", bejvancc of the.Com'mulfe o Foreign, Relations copott it,:' ior the" two. mdUons rdouars were appropriated d in the sect -et towards1' ' , "not in fullofj ' any; extraordiua- journal, ice oruercu iojoc pnniu. lie ry expense wunn migut uc incurr.tw iu uic in teM the'refi::b $)tfr ?r'oarse betwe'en' the United States - and fo XU The Wnimitteehave beheldw in-'reiffi nations:" ih other words to buy offer dicrnati jo-ihe hostile sbiriWa aHifested bv: the' '.'Paris. Spanish agressions of home cour-t of Madrid vwards thi? ' government, pfj'j -Was this fact given in evidence 'of eurim theUnitid Sta'tes'ym,-wthhWdir. ;.the y&y impartiality toward tee Mltgercnts f, - that to the catitm of i ttsqonventjou pjut ies am acttlal invasion of oue sio-rirft bi' tt' own minister : 'under the' eve cf lof them we onnosed' not lulkte. but dollar hii 89Vert:giv Unless .vyhh iltralld'nv A f : its terras, afieeut'g, claim of toe .united 3tate8fi which, by the express cpridtior,s.C the itsira; men't itself, were rt served jpf,f-jwwj.di8cus-"', sipn i- in "piratical depredat'njns upon bur fair commerce j ia obstructing the' navigation of the Mobile in refusing to come to any fair and amicable adjustment cf ih? boundaries of Louisiana and a daring violation, by per. sonsacting under the( authority, of Spain,and, no doubt, apprized of! her .sentiments and views of our 'undisputed limits,' whicl) she had sole m nly re cogni se d by itc aty ' ; ;r 1 : ' Tu a government , having. :lntf rests dis tinct from those of Us pec-ple, and disregard ing their welfare here is imple ! . cause for a formal declaration of war,l dn the. part of the United States, and such, 'did they obey the impulse 6f their feelings alone,- is the course which the committee wouldl not hesitate to recommend but, to a " government identified with its citizcns(too far removed from ;the powerful nations of the earth fof its safety, to be hdan?"d hy their hostility, peace must always be df XiU&, so long as it is compatible with the hdnof and interest of the community. ' " Whilst the United States continue bur thened with' a debt which ' annually absorbs two thirds of their revenue, and duties upon imports constitute the only resource from which .hat revenue ; can be raised, without resorting to systems of taxatioij'not more 4m-i-inous and oppressive than they: are Uncertain and precarioua.-tha best interests of the un ion cry aloud for; peacCr When r that Vdebt shall, have been discharged and the resour. cesof the nation thereby liberated, then may we" rationally expect "to Take,' even in time ; of war, the supplies which our frugal institu-i that, to Spanish invasion we opposed money, whilst for (British aggression, oh tlie high seas we had 4trms-JTenivewart!lu.t Spain was tjieri shielded, as well as ir.stlgntedtby a greats er rower. Hence our respect for her; Had we at that time acted as we ought to have done iii defence of pur rights, of the naiate holim it self,' we should (he felt confident) hav$ avoi d- -J .U.. ' .'r 1x. ". cu inu series oi iusuk,' ii is grace ,ai)u yijury, s.-lcicn. V,!.:,!c':!,' ,t i. v proof wl.a". -fver, a i ihr.ii' li.-en !.: -lire s if.. , t . iiustju-re Savannah, a i :-"':t ; fdby f(iM,.rr,i::f vi ; i'ic, t Uin's 'l their f' t'tl, W?s tM.U 1 ' French gorrrn mrt I Thtre M us la i: y , neutral t'laU a f 'be late transaction t r Wabaih, iu the well known character tf ; aboriginal sar?ge cf Nonri Aratrira, v. out resorting to gry s-jch n.ere c&rjcctu': ! -limate. lie tv'as terry to rV tl.rt r signaf calamhy and t'Wvarr, that Hours v in part et I eS l..nrf tt r!,;?.' . 8 V n zl.. . se?sicb, their table ha-d'lieeu pUrri .op.with T dian treaties for which the JNpprcpristit.es 1, been voted as a matter cf course wiihou t ainlnation. 'Adysr.tagc had btin taken tf t'. -spirit cf thp Indians, hrctn by the wsfKU: ended in the treaty of Grenville, Under t" acehdancr. then acquired over tiun, x. had been pent up by s'jbsi-qnent treaties ir nooks, straitened io" their quarters by a 1-1 cupidity, seeking to extiuguish their title, t immense wildernesses torwincn i possesitr as we do already, more land than .we cr.a st:1. or use) we atiall not have occasion,' for 1,"'.. - century to come. It was our own thirst 1,, territory, cur own want of motltration U.i had driven thi'sc ions of r.aturB.to dtspc ra tion, of which we felt the efftc .s. Mr. Randolph, althougii not per8cti'!y r.c quaiatcd with the late col, paviess, ft St, hi was persuaded, as deep and serious ngretf.r hi lo as the' gc n tie m ad from . t ennesses himself. He knew htm only through the re presentation of a friend of the deceased (7'r, iiowani sometime member of that lic-usc : r 'man, whofoYti.'! fcrce'cfinttllf ct, r. .a;." ness oi cnaracier, anu nign sense oi u jr.'. was not inftfior to any that had ever Sat th i With him he synipathized in the tverett t tamity hat could bt fail a-o;ao of his cast -character-r,Wuld to God I thejr.were b then on the floor. v-Fyptu' his personal J knov . ledgof the of .)Ke felt confident that he wou' have hit aiipolrtandh' bt lieved f judging u hira'from the representation of their comaic;; friend) Vf the other also,' : ; ! . lie-could but emile at the jibVrali tv of tl.c ebarated by a vscst extent'; of wil-j cehtleman, in giving Canada to. New Y Power, while, at the famettinie ueforvvar- . 'v her that the writern scale must prr pot.dtrif.',"! Mr R.aaid hS could almost fancy that lie sar the Caplml in mfction towar'ds the 'fails of Obio afier a' short sojourn takirg its flight to" tl:2 Mississippi, 'and naally alighting on Darifn ; which,whenthe gentlemaVs clrearris are ';:' ized, will be a wiost eligible; Seat of ow i mtnt for.the new Republic (or empirt) rf t! two -Americas if But "it, 'see rr,ed that . i SOS we talked" and acted ' fooiisldy , cni - m jjive sbrae colour jof ronsistency to that f we must now com mlt i ereater. Really I could bt conceive of a weaker reason t C"t n ia support of a present measure, thaa the" pz. iificatidn : of a formtr iollv.,; Ife ln-ped v.e hoitld set a wiser part, take, warning by cur lollies, since We had become sensible of tbf its, and resolve to talk and act" foolishly no mote. It was indeed higU" time to give over such p4c,juitcruus language ana prcceaings fVa'his war "of con'questi's war for the. acqui sition o f territory subjects, is to be a '"new commentary on th 'doctrine that repuWicks ary nii tc doctrine that repub! are destitute of ambition that they are addict-, ed tr peace, wedded to the haJntss and safe. , ty of the great body of their luiopte. But ir seems this is to be a holiday compaign -there is to be nd expense of' blood, "or treasure, f :t our part-i-Canadaf is to conquer herself''' " is to be 'subdued by tTie principl-s of fraternity. The people i-f that ; country are first, t9 be se duced from their allegiancend converted z to traitor$ as prenaratory to the waking them pod. citizens. -' Although ' he must "acknow ledge that some of our flaming patriots; were thus manufactured, he did not thiuk the pro cess1 would hold good with a whole comniSri ty; It - was" at dangerous experiment. We were to succeed in the French mode "by; 'the system of fratcraization all is French tut how dreadfully itvrnVght be retorted on the apuihern western slave-holding "states; y lie detested this suborsatiori of, treason- Nc -it wuitu wu wch pwrai-wwypon , long we.must nav them, let them iu by. the valour ink . I . ..m..h T ' . .. . . 1 . T ..... . L r l f ( . ' uuuiutcu uvvcsaiuii. ' i c -ivuuiv., , liui, wen raise a small regular, force for a country, where the militia could not act, to' dif end our own territory ; nsuvwe are willing to levy a 'great tritij, for jrreat it must o, to accomplish the proposed object, for a, war of conquest and Am bitionand this too at the . very entrance.' of the," Northern Ilive" of the strcngest part of j the union. ;-. . .; , . ; t v s . f An insinuation had fallen from the gentle man from Tennessee, (Mr. Grundy) that the late massacre of 6ur .Brethren on the Wabash had Been instigated, by the British govern ment, v Has the President given any such in formation? has'the "gentleman received any suchj'ewn 'irformalty'rom any officer of this jjoyerBment ? li it s& Relieved by the admin, istration ? ; hod cause to Ihint the contra ry to be the fact that such was not their opin. ion. -This-insinuation was of the' grossest kind a presumption the mor.t rash -the most unjustifiable; .Shew but good ground for it ; he would gi ve Up thequestion at the threshold he was ready to march to Canada.,-; It was indeed well calculated to txr.itfi 'the t feelings of the western popple particularly, ho were not quite so tenderly attaclied to our red breth ren an some modern Philosophers but it was destitute of any foundation, beyond mere sur " -v-;. , -;., f -of our arms, by fair legitimatei conquest f.not,,. wcuiiic vac vicunnoi treacneroui scducit, .r He was .not surprised at the war Epirit which was manifesting itself in gentlemen from the south. . ; I' the year l805-6f in" a struggle for the carryjrfg trade of beHigerent.colooial.pro cluce,'this country had be?n most; unwisily brought into coUisioi ; with the gat powers of Europe. I By a serie s of most . impolitic & "ruinous measurtsVjurtcrlyHncomprthensibls to f every 'rational, Uober.raindf d man; thif southern planters, 1 by their own votes had succeeded in knocking down the price of cot ton to seven cents', & of tobacco (a few. choree crops excepted) to'nnthing and; in ; raisbg the pnee of blankets t(of which a few would not be amiss in a Canadian 'campaign) cdurse wobllens, 8f every article of first necessity, 3 , or 4 hundred percent.; And that by our O'.vn acts we have brought ourtdves into this tin precedented Conditiou, we must get out of t in nX.wa'i ljut by an acknowledgment cf Aur oSSjht cf wisdom and forecast. But is w'rr'the true remedy; ?,; Who will profit by it tt wj.yvui.iwr3 a lew lucky merchants, "wn draw prizesjn the lottery-commissarlcs and contractors. WhtHiust tvfer by it The People. It , their blood, their tajrilat must llaw support it. (XoieConiinueiO ' ii-'. ... , ' ' . '. , -. '
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