December
Cfjc Star.
'age 204.;
4
Sir,' by using such lug, the genticmin rl
r eV. op U torch of discord Ij the land, frnn the :
a met oi wwen ne Kiy - .
We have mje eaote f r wr now thai we Iwd
. .. . t ' . r n s.i.i.
U IT7. I r US. loos, a gene view u u u.m
.grrlusiooa, of Lrprenvntt, of &nV uluct
thrown In the wav of negooatmg 1 n
denial of EfX.ine antngcmentl and cloted by
iWnri.-if. th.il the m . mfihnxKKini Vi
in A prnHBiewt as iht j en'leman imc:ti, wvu'd
not be Tttvvtdi Atmerka. - , ' s ,..,,.. -
tf the United SiXd. dcilarcS. in its Srvrntb I - m. n. . WILLI VMS said if t wm pw.we
amendment. Private profirr( t thaOmtt kt J for W.n tJ keep down those lectin t of iadignabn
Jor fiubSeuie, tr ihtM jutt nmfiena.-hn No I vblcS preted u? bit mind, in wnsthe hsi no
. GliU tie property the uwsoi mc oonscru
states secures to 4he people of that country, thai
which consists in the lb-.r rf tha minor,, fc which
Ly our laws u sacred to (he guardian, roaster ot
nocsc or r cp reseijtatives.
V--te on tae EnprotW B1H c"enuic fT
ourtrjinj, uincera at rnvates, ana eniuunj hww
'" ' (Hr.Quircy'.SpwhCluded) 1
1 offer another consideration. Tb constitution
I to oOVrr. he would' (peak with due rcp.ct io the
order of thellmt, and rnt infri.ig its privih-ges.
i He wished indeed he had oceawon to, s-k
..ir fti.l h. it it mv misftrtune 'o be he
parent, ia perhaps the nwwt lued and nvt pre chair mn of th MUi'ary Oxnmittee, tne, .Mr. jof ill tru
cioua to -our OKchacic maiufc'vrcr am) Speaker, by your partialiiy than by any merit pi,
yeomen. -Yet when the pentkmin Litm New- ,-,.. I a-n compelled to rie, , 1 hive been better at
cc I It he nrderea inf the V'et of foot Tr
met t? ateal say their mn f ( So. aif J
5Tt m to prcnt coUatiw and fraud to pwent
depreda'.iao, U h been cUcd, on your rank.
It i tancb"e1 by precedent i h ia erforced by
3rcet y, Cnler uch drcdmtarvca inditkluat
cncDlnce oozht not t prtpjrtera! eRainat
ih geaeral good I We aik not for th fuatatnment
of an BTocuAi principle, or for the ad .puoa oi en
tin We! i.Mit tor the meant to tupport a jutt
.irun',ij tre can ohtatn'an bonoraDle rte
much Joe the conference a-i 1 ra! beneBt of that
eml-m in tnd hi friend at oT any iftthe -UoStte.
sir. I h m th? !Iny9. notwithundin; the terrible
picture which ha been attemjied tf the .reatnt.
rnnt whicl will be drawn down on your recruiting
oTi -crs, wilt n suffer it -elf to be influenced, much
lest fri 'htened, bf the nent. from the prosecution
of Hi true inters, at at tne rt!eM oi uic rntir
f ou will viclJ l threatt from any quarter,
oice a.han'lon your teatt anaretu.-n to
Lt Mutachuseltt, at th; Renue
Voik (.N?r. Stowe)p:opopd to tecure the waRe ,lijrin.,titi d b tha ;enikraJft lr Mncyjae inejr ? q.
.nJboV.tyortluS eUtunijtninortotbp.etolyJm intW h.otrri.l!ooseof.u:r0utATr.;m n h,tthre
lhii tervice belonged, it w.t rejected-Vh,t ia If toch lan,a compr eUh oar rd.t of orUer,jhero
thit but p.Ipabl.ioltUa of tbi. p.0vlion ol , m.lit it . libel on mftelf and throw V , "( ". Tare rn m"n" I lor one
tha constitution I Wut L It but ukiog private njek on hfmwba uu.rcdiu as a foul, tw!!f;'
property for public u, w'utoo ompt.t.o, i lhel lhg eomUue. Sir,-1 ea he.c nhrtl noi fcttt to yVJ;
1 llut, neither the pecuniary lots, nor yctahr ,,itp.ised to use'-, uch lanRtiaRe . nothi,g but e 4. iodf a caaajwaw: part of the . Umoa-not nt
.violation of the constitution, it Ihe et I mot' iremc injury slioild exiort it from m. I ui.-irbiU'c .'. -! - " ' .
.i.,n.,. ii i ,i. tfrlii,mni tif -.tiur moral k.i ).. .mUmm hirl Wnt ihe ret ilve he infor- f a MDflLTMI. , '
L-Dreoate. It i Ue lnlnument
tithts and the inroad which the bill makrt in the
tuofal habit of our quarter of the country. I
" know that gentlencen re very apt to tneer, when
they hear any thing tattf hbout .our reliRioust in-
atitutions, or moral habi'i, in the eastern country.
. But 1 will explain - what! mean., It is not our
j fcligious luttituiion.our- tabbatht, our fasit, our
thanksivintrt, nor yet our school, collejea and
teminariei of education, to which I refer when
1 ak nf our moral habits. These are but
.iunn h1 Vrnt the res ilve lie inior. Ma .1INIjj
m. A ... r,Tm. t t at he could not do m. 1 1 i )iWe said o' a firmer occasion, ani if I wete
w juIJ that hehd been gd enough to s',me rae P iiii,i I wouU employ aimntonay u every tuy
from the acrimony of hit remarks A'roci; ! tt1llt the pnopla tUU country, if ever thry.Ioao
Tlie advocate ot an ' atrocious principle; i.ci n tictr ii!erucs, win u u u wiiiuwii, v.m
irentkmm recur to thosii wh , oriioated. this pihciplc of free government to temporary .conve.
;r nc pie : let hifla Jto back to tne nay oi i nicncc, pany puryjso, v-.v . -- -
ljtion, and damn tne memory oi uic piupu ui,Brocwi.un Rre.n i"'-t,v' ,
hose Vinvs, the fruit of whkt. labors be ,w ill (!e held invhUe at all ssawns, and under. .every tir
. -.-. v'tk. 'nnuktiiHi ..r?ih(ise da mm stance, our liberty is cone. Tiwo rivc them
ci cs iu (unit
nlintmtnt'bl all over tie aaje of.w :-.ny one oFOiem Op, it 4s p,Tfect!y immaterial
. means Bd precautions. It is certain established ,ixte,.0 years. , Nor doe. the statement bi J. tho whar the charaetcr oiour 0Tere.gn, ,,c
, principle, of lifi: and conduct, which without bcio ndeman from New-York mtde &ltr th, case.-bc Kn3 of Prow e, ,t, hc.c dtUry- o,
noticed in general law. are often tbe foundation o! ?or it ,hcre be M increase of pom.bfio.t ware tne .-4 bo .1 ivc. It ia not a loco w.rnm.g
them, and which lys rule and comroul ourpo- revolution, there appear, to be a corresp m!ent ttutcan sue u'J Ju
'sitive institutions. I do not knosf, for Instance, ditenoratian of patriotism. The gentlemen from tcnr.c, r r"I r& h ,
thatthe extent of the moral ite, -which binds tht U ls8achu,ettt admits that a necessi.y ht .re cttonti .e"?S'JJ;SS
m to the father , or the aprice to th, master, to j JwUy thc course propn4ed by fh.. fc;ll. Wt . tvichTor
is pwcisely assigned by any of our laws. . Ytt the Mr t was there ever a crisis calling on a perple tiie coursa which I proposerl to pusue.
fid than that rhtch - This Dili i of thc nam"e ct an tx iostjacto-n
t in niL.iirici timiii v . aat vm Bwr.w - -- ., , i iiki vuj a.ivt - -., .
' rrinci il.v tmon
rests, is this t I hat tins tie is sacrt(f ana inv:oiaic
The 1 iw reeulat'.s. but, except in case of mijeon- Dartr bus cone abroad and dislrarte
'tluctnever setera it. 1 ' I No'.vitlnttliesta
impemls over us now ? Nov,whtn a uc apintof U more it tends to euttttio puuwry aw-wutyo-
abroau anu oistractea tn uun vcr wt fivn v ,. "'.' ,,p -
ate which the gentleman tepresenU lion pronounce an ambiguous voice, to be; eansirucu
V 'I know it is tuid that in' our country, minors are almost io arro3 afiambt os ? And, in such a stale accor.lmg to expediency, then w ne-fco ; rnu,h
tubjdeted to mihtry duty. And so they we. ut 9f ti,ings are weto be told th0t are poticg greater reason isrc..b? '. Si is!
- ld very service is'a' p. oof of the position whidh lt ou priaeiple, becusc we .r. seeking fc.r some J1
1 maintain: Their ollimion to serve, io the mi .e means to dtf nd oor country i The .III of the meanest capacity. It m to J""?rj?
--.liiiV, is Kay.tubjeciio the paramount authority PreiUenii. thchwof the landV.says the gentle remedy-to tjp-irth A
'.-if tie rrsteJ and the .parent:' .. " - man. Jlow can he expect his argument, to be injnhM contrted Jeij amj his
V: .fhe lavr,ys,ititrue, tl minor, .hall be RUended to, wlu-n the first word he ut.er. after tak ffi.J ;,eCum ofSK
. .nUlect tn mililia dutv. "But it also permits the m-hi5.cat is to m.oliend ebuse every
k:-. I W vour nardon, Mr. e coiurdti wiwb..i. ...
ti1ier.t to mihiia dutv. , Hut tt also permits
i, .'father and the raster ti relieve them from that
, Iftuher ill
... pay the fine, he may retain the aervice of the mi
" nw. fro rir.m the militia duty. What is the con-
;i sequence oi an misi v d)uw v"- ", "
TUj.ot frea of the will, but" subject to the will of
hiTnTTTt-iiV t- V-fr1 i ''' moral tie is
Sacred. It IS a prjncipie, mat, casea oi uuaivu-
. Hurt out of the ane'sti'n, the minor ihall never
,' conceive lum&clf capable ot escaping from the
tvliolesome and wise control of his master or fa
-.th.fr. Thepropoed law x cuts "athwart this wise
... ' -:-.5.'.-, I, nrnrhM inlitlelitV. It TOUkeS tVefV
re'cruitinp''omcer in ycur co-.tntry an apo&tle bi Lfamry they do not pttvent enlistment of mtnots
A ci iicnted or ambttloas minor.
J . . ;! . 1 V.w ..n..r n,rlr,n. Kir. 1 lie COf
mu to mm ,n o,;u iJ for the' rM because the remedy of the.cvcdi-
speaker, I a k that o the House, la th lagu e Let .us not have a descant on the
I aru compelled to use , but so o g I . a Cnprwonment for debt, and of thc txpe-
man, to help mf Uj liTbSk- ffie.ney pf introdarinR other pmiaiont'oti that .wb
ted by an atiouous principletl.will ihrowat hack J ? oucsuon. It is on a law for
in tin. teeth .of the 6ertor a, an at rccou, false- Jc. from those
hood. LooK back on the prmc pw ou. y i - - d omvisvw Aviicb-t.twcU to
trienihiof that gem ienwn-l I cou ui say i r 8 . of all cIi
were bis fnrnds-l clo not ca.nne iwucm k . ..... cla.,, whch wo orc about to
who is willing u support his cnuntr s rigiys ms i .erai provisions attaeliine to
fsiend fcvn in Lnglund. the nauon Horn wmcn ne . . f . . h thc p,3 of tl,i3
talks of receiving his rebfin tfil mnraii y, an j . -. . n our wv.itcr9, fay our
I m.tvht n.-td.' kia ideas ofcur trirht? even i: Utat , , r.,t na int!v fou
. " . .. . ' ' J .r- j ,. i WU-H L . w I' "-"I--- ' iO ' I fit 11 llir lllt.lL KL II llVb u I
ughtless, dis- that is', they are not discharged on the gvonn t, pl.ie 8amc ,nur.h better enforced, that an.oppo- )vou wiu obt:i:n any" advUtion to tho number of re.
Come hither, (1f minority. - rtve :uJ belore, str, tiiai we nat? bit.; WJJ mJintained to a law.- not. dissimilar tn Ks C1.ujj9.: 'Those who enst i
all other
.isses in
excript
other clas
country have
autliorhtcS) to
tided jenl
It is on ptmciplcs analogous to liiesc,or ra
is property , yet I d am Out tha mriixf h , . .
petty m the timt of tmx child ; U-M te n Ui x Z.
oUigatkn fnwo hch b l.tunaa Uw cto V;
Mm an rjbligatVoo impwed upon him by tNm&-
kihh .nruca u rjJ l.ltn lltu Ulctj tie tt' ".
ishmeot drawn from tho parent', brttwby t t
chemkina; band which fostered L'un Ctvu-b (n.be. f
dlity and infinry You hara not a riht to uka .
him l hope then, iir, that rioquetuonvl'Ibc rce .
of your power. , i.,'.; . -
I put another cite, taid Mr. II. Although aa t j
ireotice and a minor are not property in the j
n which a slave is property, there is a das of mca
unlurky in certain part, of our country, ia PhileU .
phU. for instance I. mc-n thai class cilUed Rq.
demptionert, who were sold lit ylrrd.iy in tl e
market of that city. Is the gentle mmi wiio t:ft. j -tenrsthat
district (Mr. Manor) willing that tK' y
Wl absolve . Uiemselves from their contract by ei
liuing in the army ? If he is I am. AUrdrnv'
lionr-r, sold Li PI JJ.deli)hii, fir, a terra of y us,
bought iu tho m-rkct at fairly as any other conr::o
dity I sy dirly, because bougnt with his own con
sent, Sc as he believes for his own ad vant?Ke such a
nprsot ii lompiea 10 tiuisi, win u iqucsuonuwiy p-5-fer
the pay and emolument of a soldier in y.-ur tt
my to bis present .sitUiticn.Witlt regard to
prentices, I very much fear, sir, those w!h enlist
will be ihagrstcr part, m tht . eesriiypon Jbr
whoin their masters al vertisa sir cents reward, aud
ft nvarn : all persona from liarboring them. I re-'
member, when a bey to have stcn a series of prints '.
It Hsrwth called M ihe Progress cf Industry mi
Idleness".,' The gr d itions were not move regular
than natur.d ; The ons ends with wcaltli, Jionor, an
eligible m.ttrimonil connn3Q?n with tie d-aihtcr
cf i:is mast r, ni-.whura hO-Uod been adiniltsd in
toartnerstit j thtj other is brought up by tiic- gib.
bet. ... 1 Jxir names w:ro I horaas cic anu w illitm
GoodchUd I. believe, sir, ,t more of the Lks
than of the G jodchik's will e; list , under this law
and I sincerely iopo' they v.ill ; for I, very n.i '1
feat that even William' Ci.xxl:l.ikN after lie is t j
Ihrousrh the dis- iplirc f a camp ftr five yeT3,v 1
be utterly unfit fw any other species of cmploym, t.
This is ftot -au: tncre-are ctrer consiucruv
whk!i T fOr?ar to touch, which I should have s ip
posed Would have bi'onht themselves home to the
bosom of every gentleman in tHs House. ' Pus i
al indisposition has prevented my-attendance in this
House, and I did not hear of tbis bill .until last n;.;'..
It was then mentioned to mo by one wiio is fast in
the old faith,- and has often brought. the House ton
rccollcctiw) pf good old principlcsund I did lioje
rliut thcy vould this day have received move sirenu- ,
ous aid from that quarter than they have. Jvtio.-c
the liouse Will refuse to pass the bill, if it were r.'y
to shew that there is someone act of the admiru .i
tio i of 17931803, Which the present possessor
nower have not copied Irom their statute book.
There reraaius onlyi this and, the eight per cent
loin and we ara saved from the latter, only by the
infractions of that non-importation law,' iwliich tc
imperiously refused at the l.iscssion torepea.!
It is the infraction of tins law ;Uh has pcurcd rto
nry into our coffers and saved us irom the. disgrace;,:
of an eight per cent. loan, ,Thcre "is anolhcr part
of this bill which strikes rnc.as bdng inexpedient j
bt I U not wish to btwiwi -M4'lritions .
prdiency with Viose'of great and vital principle?)!
shajl wave auy thing on that head. , A r -,VuctheT,
as respects te regular army, enlist
ments are to be procured more readily by an increase
of pay or bounty, I 'leave to those more skilled w
military alairs than niyseu to catermine. mi
strikes me, that it is not by an increase of pay that
in the army da it cot
. ' ' . . . . t . I . ........ : .1... M . . . . . ' . . . . . nM 1 ' .
here is an asylum, tram your.Donos. tire rrc examples in our own. govcrnmciu, pr.m&ioi.s irom this, m the winter ot uy-i5uu. v'ltt a view to -the pay, but to the bounty, -laua
i , ': wage and bounty for disobedience Only consent e fiUre fl0iv, t,e purest t imes, but which . nr i-a mA tempest of his passion, my ftlflntl AWay that, and I venture to say you may irebb tbe
, ' to go to Canada Forget what you owe o nature , nan COvcred the whole ca-fc. l'" f Sotth-Carolina see,mcd f overlook whaf I pay and hardly get men to enlist. - I am confid.-
' and your protectors. Go to C na, and you shall ia x j 93 hich authorize 1 the eft istmetit m I oMy of ,ast men . to fo t t .f doubled the pay.' - How far it
bd treedom ana giory.., ;ui.u ot minors u ec,y i.km , ".i; that we livo mder Umited government possess- is po,mcin govemuiem ji.o m ui iu v... .
' o this law,' ' ' .' ' ,' ' I the Presidut of the U.' S. thought prOp :f hac jn rc,trjctej ,wwcrs,-which we cannot exceed. States, to cliepsll military establishments by l.i.'i
T-ke a slave fron M master, on sny peneral enlisted-which au'lHiiitedJum to stud Jus rfcenn- T, th0 constitution, with the most j'alous , scruti- boamw, will -'properly be a subject of discussion
L" nA ntvl mtncmle. and there wouto ie an e,r.n, i l)n serRf an. ItU(, every lamuy mm "UIV rif.fir.(.tl the mivilesres of a member ot tins when the bill w rrcommutea to a commute w u
' ' J n nkt lrattl Hie roioiudu w ," t -i siihcu uui vvav. r ri . llmitr. ilQI MriullUK us iu uiuuv . ui . wmi ""ui iiuiB ii'mwiiu iMmfu v...
' . ' ' . . ...... . ft; in.
- worth all the slaves Alrica ever produced, from
r ' his father, we are told it is only n common aff or.
. It will b$ right when there l..a law for it.' Such
is now tb? law in Franco !
r' .-Mr, Speaker, I. hope what I am now ab:;ut t-,.
say will not be construed into a threat It is nei
uttered in that spirit l but only, to evince tlr
' strength, of my convictions concerning the eflct
: .!,.. nrnviiinn ftf th'l Uw OI tll hoyeS of Ne
" Ijixland i : particulaily of Massachusetts, but
pais it, and if the legislatures of the injured s'aies,
d not come down iipfjn your, recruiting- oH,c-is,
wilb the old laws ogainat kidnapping and mansiea
lin, they are false to themselves, their prosperity
. and thei? country. , , .
' Mr, FISK said it was not the first time a dis
position had bten sh;wn in thathuse to shu Id th --
BriKh gpvernm:nt, no matter how much slit
' might deserve our century. That a B.ith pany
" uais-ed in our country, and. even influenced Kcn
i tlemen who now heaid him,, had been conltsi!
bv the HritWl minister himself. 'I he greht objw.
v" of this bill was to tnabk government to carry on
-.' thetvar wKh vigor vh'lf ,t and tejnunaie
- it as soon as it could be done contisten with pa.
tional honor, ( Has. the gentleman no tymnathy
far our impressed seamen ? Ut him recall the
spirit whiclt .pervaded the nation in 1 793--ar.il
' f where is the diff;rcnces between the causes of war
:i .:; J.... t,t hunml f . I ha iftnueman asys: wtat
"A . seven years experience
' , ,.,. f.nr nrnir.in.il irVcrc ad txcmntioti from ar- anneared to me that if you wish to perpetuate ay
ihn stmtleman siv that it was atrocious . vu w. rlnthftwirsrlvftSf with tlie newer 1 fa.ihliahniint. to rivit it on a natiort vou ourIa Iu
. r- --- . It. !' ;t"" -IM V" . v 7 . 1 l ' " " . ' . T T mi
todefend ourselves apsins the I rench ! of csempti fvomnvit ad-Stilum a whole class mAcit as 'rcspcct;bic"'and lucrative as pcsswle-
frietids
D'tes
out it has became
keek is against the
to now seeing the defence scity of creating a privileged order ?
Enirliah. L he gentleman ht,a i s,.,!,,..,! nrivilctrcd onler but we arc pii
" .1... ... r ." . - . .- p..
u opt nn tn a ituru enncinie, nav
mistaiten tue me i" yi, .
eflVct'i we want the moral means. 0y this I prt
knmehe would beumietstoo:! that the people are
.tpp'jscd to the war, pnrik-ulurly to our land oner
ati-iiis. There seems then to be tm moral objix
tioii to the war on the ocean. And, sir,-if it be
not immoral to support the war on the ocean, on
what possible principle can it be immoral, in the
same cause, to support it oh the land f The war
on both elements i lor the same objects 5 noi,
..s the gentleman sayt, to rob and plunder in Cane
da. but; according to the motto of the gallant
nmaih Porter.' for " free trade and sadors'
rights." Will the gentleman take time to tell us,
whjn he next draws a comparison between the
riwwl.ir.ffif the Rastand the South, what are the
anthem natives for iireintr the prosecution I
the war! Will he tell me that I have; brd hers or
f. Sends impvessed in the Brmsh servicer 1 here
: ursrrrlv a mail from .the whole southern C6tnwy
in that situation. Where "do the majority of your
ii.il.Ma rnmn from ? From the soulhcrn1 states 01
And wi l tht gentieman kii
Uo wc clothe ourselves, with tlie power
Ve I What is the reason that ery particular class crpro-
thilcged fession;in society iu s held its ground sgaiiwt ollc?-
1 nsk t!;o gentleman irom J. I positron ? It has been thc- resiectaaiuty t-i ux
1 ,i . . 1 ... 4. ' . 1 ...ii mii, TirvT
hv tlif ronstitution
C.ini 11VA wliepco HO cicrivcs liie 11 nvcr ui wicauuu
n nrivile'ed order and shall this assumption of
ret bo attempted in lavor ot te nwutary, 01 an
fr rliitises I ' In mV opi.iion, sirthe section to
which I have had reference is freighted with mobi
itnl ennseauenceo, I will suppose a case ,&ni
pose a man had a writ served, upon, him, and he uf
tcrwaids enlists that an escape .wawiit is ti.kcn
out airainst him, and a contest ensues between tne
calling, the luci ativeness of it. ' If you could never
get rid of the urir.y wl cn it was neither lucrative or
respectable, do you expect ever to get rm 01 11
it is more lucrative and respectable when the
Whole youth of the country is embodied in jt ari
thete is senrccly a family that has not an inte
rest in keeping It up ? My eyes were cauguti
nivrht fc a tiaragrapb in a ne wsp per announcing tl.e
:. 0 j T.- . , - . . ... ...... . .1 .1. l.i.i in.
trial ot a deserter. -it was mere siaieu mav m
recruiting' setreant and the5 civil' officer' for this 'famous practice bad become -so common et to em
J. ... ! ;,..., ..!. ....;..i m-l i L.r.-.--r.k Mi; ,. ivili Vi!if nriictvce
m m. flnti mat 1 nc civil nuiuuiiiy uiiiuii,3 uiuw,i. iuauuci 111c saii?y w iw hmj. . ..... y
Iw railing out the force at its disposal What be diminished by an Increase of the pay of the
wtitd hm -tho nnthot T What is it to lead to ? I diers ? The , man ?who was condemned to cle
need not state tho consequences. - Tfieso princi- Wai3 one vo bad repeatedly enlisted far the purpose
pics, sir, wero urged thirteen yenisv.go; tneyare probably ot obtaining tno.oouiiiy.- .
uiycd now in thc same pluce and bn the same occa- Unman Ilepuhlic and we have been taught by n :
slon, X canrvot consent, in deference to any gentle- friend on the right to refer to the anilentsue w-
became not oniv a piirt bi w wtiun,- v. ,
hawKwrrrrrnat their ksliI. to.atunu tnat l mere-1 mv
, ...Ijl- ... .1.... t',..-.. r..,.w .riipwo. tn rillt I Milin-. .ma' tlitt - nllltf PVP.f ftfTftCtcd. in POlHt C
fi-nm Nt-w F.ntrland ?
his constituents, when we are tafiorlti!; to rescu,.-
.. . ! f.:..l-'VlL!. .t.'.tr.n
. . . i . i-i. .,....(,. 111,. ii rnnnnrriina. llteir Ii cnna. men ,.vwi'mv
2 r IS L ' 53 K ! tsi Pri,h. wyc,
n IJ mi., d the povernment 'ore , party Ute protection oi tneir amu, ui- VUIJ --l,lb!JSs
lnve n- robing 'and plunder f, Sir,,we shal be to ell
jneaturestlut invective is uecao v .. ,r,i rnn n binist. or we must fitfht
oursslves indepf ivlent.' Is there any one principle
of collation : which has not been brought to
us-by thfpntish government wun more
ran on the islaid of Jamaica I Coloni.ation
. i. a. L - i.'i kariU i'linn V
liaaui wtavrta
I t . . l t ik ammiinaA 1T1I IVf .Ni 4i
down one description ct pci-sons u vrwir iu get, n i numoec or ppvei, vy uo '"v,'", '
to their warm births I-cunnpt consent to such aft ad- vast increase 'of JJ.y and bounty given by the empe
mission,' and therefore cannot give my support to rors ? From the moment you make the army n
any um wiiuiiiuiuwui u"m
' ..i-i thi ftld doctrine, which our . fathers
aupnorted, and which tit supported them through
tha trials of the revolution-, there was no immor
ti.Lv i; calliufi minors into service . in lltoe y I
ah when we arq onco tuyio w.h" "
with the same power endghting for the n.e
preservation of righ's and blcsings.wk'.th that war
esublishrd hcie now is the immorality or re
" sorting to similar means!.'. ' -'; ' fl '. " ' j
r. hon. irentleman says the effect of this bid
mil be to create inti Itl principles, by weakening
s.the iDQaence of mitral tVeti It , cannot have ihn
: effect, when it collected, ,hat famih. look
' to parents for support, an S not to chddrerf. It u
. : - fiir betur a child should be taken than a fai her. The
' utwle of New Wand will M Hunk the gentle.
' ' ' Km for weaki, g of their children in the
' sense he does of ndlbtm tkvC s' rcry
. . i ' - , "''' "
said this will be an expost facto law,
operates not only after the right has aecr
creditor tefsue out his writ, but after it is in a course
of execution. n Lk me put unother case ' buppose
that Congress were to pass a law mat every , maie-
factor under the sentence oi oeatn, wno cnusieu tit
the arm, sTiould not have the sentence of the law
tear cn
rigor t nan
u.. k.m hrmirrnr nnm" lorvcrv ill ill, a
Does not the gentkmsn know, that, the British
r..n.tinn,i.'wa hn' vst'used to release the fiiends
ih r.Ui!dtLn of 'his brethren, of his conjtituentt I
" ' , : . , . v. :.
In not any argument to the contrary, worse umu
false 1 Sir, a recreant coward or a treacherous trai-
I,., ha hmniritt a stain on this country wtucn
nothing but physical force, a hlling the ranK oi
ycur army can wipe pit. .To em tt this desirable
tbjecl the bill has been introduced, to which ell
thi strange and violent oppos'tion is made, M
vour recruitinir ofiicer ordered by this bdl into thc
work shop of the artizai' to seduce his rpprenli.
richt to do that as
consent trt see a scuffle at the.gcdlows between the
govcrnmccts
t..rir!,i lyfttfpmmRrii uiiiii lua.c w v 'i'"' ' . ,
r.lvit auihhritv and the milit:irv for the body of that 1 1. r i a r. contract between wit ci
' ' ,1.-. ....... ....Ill r.1J...1-a..tfKr!rlljl1
wretch f uoyoucidim a mspunsiug iwrt-wvci uu tizcns 0f the same state f l wouki m Xri
race and subtni93wn,whethev Ue state cour'
at vour nlcasure f to annul the sentence of their r..i u.n,univphiiiiiirt hv this law I
. r. ' . m t .... t. .. . : I . . m..m.I. : I . r . : ..l .
higncst courts oi aw oy supeiseiiwua ui icun- i they ma'
ing sti;;caut ? - .' T"? ' , will not;
.1 will put anotner case,,' sir a sop, who is ic
only sunnort of a widowed' and aged mother, in
some moment of hihmtj, perhaps of intoxication,
led astray by the phantom glory, enlists in the nrmy
ot the 1 JiUleU states l ,tpeaa ot c-ne wno is a mi'
....... I (nut the?
ft but iu a majority oi n.s - " . '
And,notwithsla,dng wn,t the gJJJ
Jt is so ; it Urative 8c respectable profession of the counti y iwnf1
crucd to the you tnin tiie ranks of law and of medicineand in
that respect perh;?ps spare human me u ""
bloodwe have a dw order of Society, a new con
stitution. '...'.'. ' . -: ' '
It appears to me, sir, if this bill be Ml ttcom
fltir. 111 Hi I. . 1 kr J tiiim W T'.T-" ' .
executed on hw body. Have you r.ot as Rood a coUj.:on. 0r aut!,ority between the state ana icnc
V to past -this law ? Would you Mvcrnmccts. I would tfsk by wjwt right can ij.
vcrnmerit undertake to dispense
In sonv.!c
nor.
try
. Although ,1 know that freemen of this ccun
cauhot be property b Ui sauso in which, a sluve
I man from houtli-aro.uut " mn tu'rcf!
of the conduct of aiaswchus.it,. ""VTVcn.
notoriety that the opposition oi v . ';'' " We i
tucky did put an end to Mv. Ams war
took our sund, ir, mO. 011 rniKipl. " J J
have been attempting this cy maitteeoy j
tend, we triumpLed.": ; . . &
v.