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V0M-INTERCOU83E SYSTEM. . "-
r that august body of Ulustrious men
' th's act ot French dictation and nation-
'fae virtue, and the impoverishment of the
Vorioinlv triumph over ill designs and de
,"(!, we congratulate, most luartily, both
amUlversajies.- Commerce in. regard to
1 i .... m nnp mnie frek. The new
i this precious JreedbTn strangles, and, I
all earthly purposesr- eveiMsuiig,uaiiiii,
4 ....n.ila .(Hm nomirintiQ inHil
ffHE MAN, wno in aiicgarii w mummy
rpoctife, 'and who under the mask of a de
tofrecdom, has been basely subservient to
kit encis 01 inc vjicai.
ho for opi'iionM sake nave Deen suojectea 10
ecution, perhaps all thing considered, un-
M in nature and decrreej' may oe aiioweu,
bper and tone of wrath and decision, to
brief retrospect ot me past, noi inorucr iu
nivstlfr for congress has furnished an ani
istification, our wn me view, liujuvu
the hope, of convincing the, public, how
!r incompetent, not unworthy, Mr. jiaoi-
predecessor, and their supporters arrto
iho in a spirit ot hostih-y attempts to no
tnusqueto upon the back of auoxtt mlgb1
arid tret and, provoke John Bull to some
antics, jbut could do us no. cood .Yet
fersoniani and that was wfftcienu- (Diir rulers said
it was cotrcive, ihc fiiecfite shouted, and the dema
gogues bowed obedience. ; ,;r ' '
Next followed with congenial energy afypl impro
ved humanity Wright's. bill, offering a reward to
emryrjamcajUaratterwirc
the high seas ! , Here the savages set up
approbation. .Wright and his bill we
livery jacobin concluded that this civilized mea
sure would sink the two little islands.
And now the Berlin decree, came in which the
sage accmiesced, and. Mr. Monroe's treaty,, which
without submitting it to the innate he indignantly
rejected. ' '; ' "' J .
Tiotl TRB CHARlhiTOH COOHUIt.
oigeSfeMRY 7n6tictue b7 th7" tSd Staj
ic uncouth r'?A&-&vfav Bnpy;iost;r - i;
it warJef- I -: . f u Is unonec;sary tostite-the reasons; why I
rulers said ;uv ,; r" w .-.r.:. . rtusapntxived ot some of uncommercial refeulsutdis -
a;fev qqnsi derations.
France burns plunders, destroys or seizes ey.
SlRi
J But;' when','lrrl. rii.A mi thv Ktinatfr nf'tW-
At the commencement ol tjie late 'session of comf y.fgerTcr J, hnd of mycoflstiiuents-'iri
Congress, it was.weliknowii tlratmartjr subjects of parjucAilar, that our produce, ever s1r,te the laying
the greatest natiorkt importance would, present, eihlfergo; had commauded Ver loW price
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increase oour expenditures,-demanded our- care. ft ihexoUction" 'ot'de"bts.when ' I observedhat
ful attent ion : bu t although we had a session ofcat the last session tney had partially repealed tkt y
more than five months, awl all ' these siibiectsf'susnenrlincr law. nA that f rnTro
brought in some" form be fore us, very - Utile ''! aii imipense amouht must issue this spring fi
been done. I khow, however, that this is a' mat the several court of law in the stated
f ronv-
that
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-.t vncvilut i rn t r ni4nil It D hQVu r1rir a hut 1 ' i. I ' i
little good, they gjve uVcretlit for doingiesVh armlet a inuch betfef" pffce For bur prdddce, "
than thev once apprehended.I caii therefore,' I
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tell you what has been attempted rather than I was able uh the subject, to vote for the bill.
wnat nas pten accompnsnen,-aunng tne session. Moreover, tome nubititutt for- the embargo and
It will be remembered tthat Mr. Jackson ) the'non Intercourse laws was continuallv insisted on.
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ery American vessel that she can touch ; ana x. axnvw roiijirsier reacneu. inr,y nuct oiaies in uci had jny tears thM it the bill was rejected- some
is done for the benefit of neutral rights, and is tlve-j tober that a correspondence was opened between thing wrse might be McejLpSrhis oldl
practical commentary on.the expression of ;)ihej him -and our secretary of state that .the negoc'u policy of restrictions upon ou-rselves, to my nr
emperor "conquer the liberty :f the seas.' Ration wasf; suddenly broken ofT, on the ground prise, still had its advocate s a policy w.hich has
'rance confiscate aU the American property i that he had, m.lhe course of his '-correspondence, iiinicneil on our commerce" an irreparable injury,"
he" can find :;this is done to help on the rum of, made insinuations which were deemed inadmis wuch has thrown much of the trade of other '
England, as. all the property at float iu te,.world be fsible by our government, This was" immediate-, natjons into other channels, fromWheticelt will
longs to her, according to the maritime law of Jy1 published, and met the members of Congress neVer retucn, by compeinng them'to supply them-APoLKonr--
' ' . on their way Washington. At the openingiof selves, elsewhere, whW before the same article
I French privateers wlien in distress, whether re- be session, Mr. Gttei introduced his ceMra
at or Dieltiided, come into the friendly ports of resolutions, -declaring the conduct of the British Butik our revenue from UDWards of seventeen ttirl-"
athe achievement of which his power is ma-! Ame rica. -We .are too magnanimop to prohibit ( mii.isterto.iae k ind-. corous, imvlcatk ajf online, ', jf0n lo x' millions and a half occasioned art in-
if maueQ'ltuG) lcirys Vlinu iat;u aimxjj i iiiciu- iciuru uuu iwnvu oap inv r.'.. 1 r & ' j uic uum, ucui Cliii'anaontu mc gicav
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liof wisdom. .So Ot a nation, with, nowev- U l ranee seizes our vessels wncu tney enter fieri ""r. """ "'- """" U11 l,c ' muss ot the community recuced thoqsamis to
lisdifFcrence, that while an individual, having ' ports, that certainly is ho reason why we should ..appealed to the peop.e ct the L'futed Ihvougn JaUe bejjgary driven " inany of our citizens into fq
trcd his enor,' may-retreat ittu)Ui injury, ;tto the same inmg to. ine rrencn in our ;;y.M u.&vV9, auu vu ujuh H5;.reigii coumnts anu wnicn nas nau a mosroe
Ion cannot go back without disgrace ; and
ii nearly, as humdiatioj and. mischievous,
ut having wantonly de,mdnstratd the most
riant and delicate of ail national secrets the
isofits own internal wenttness.
sensible was ..the immortal . Washington of
i so friendly to his country so sohcit-
its aggrandizement so "xlear in his great
admiraWy equamt-vth concerns
fa the spirit of his country it prejudices
sources its factions its'tcmagogucs it
-its imbecility, and, its. Welfare, that al
b he never abandoned one of' its .dubious
for dubious are many of those for which
e latterly contended, yet he never made a
from which he knew we must eventually re-
and by the recession expose ourselves by
bgjQr weakntjss, to additional mortihcati-
sot of insult, bhall l illustrate i more A-
a seam. en, as we improptrjy call them,
fcpresse&V during the administration.'-of
Kgton -thar? have ever been since. Did he
Mish them ? No not those who were Ameri-
l say it and challenge refutation, the
never claimea' the right of impressing A
. I go farther and assert, that, it such a
Kt was set np,:it.oJght toDe resisted to.tht-
Pirand to the last ma: in America. Wash
itmonstrated and neg-ri iatednfor he was a
that, it: was a subject for .-emonstrance and
aiion onlyi ,.v.. : , "
be (he impressed were clearJv American
ere civen uti ; where they were American
Option and British by birth, the claims of the
JTerntneiits less strongmen the one side than
t other ; weaker,; 1 mean, on the side of itdofi-
ere repugnant, and, therelore, matter for
Plurraagement.-.Again
m November, 1793, were in theory as well
p.nnjre sweeping than the orders of 18t)7t
p wire' too, unprovoked and uncalled 'for by
ptlecrecs. and American acquiescence. Did
" me Sage, order congress to enregister
gu ociore ne nan omciai.iRioimation oi
esistence ; No. Did1'a,' tfheivjie- knew
""'vessels were actually swept into Tirhnh
Hlreetaii obedient and slavish congrtss to
r perpetual and partial embargo ? H R d-i d
' fta-rjjbargo was, ihdeedj ultimately laid
H dayi, but when Washington concluded
wate through Mr. Jay, it was taken off.
,as tlO modern nhitosnnhprii. nn Frenchman
jlfemlon of a foreign tyrant, but he was
f spirit Snd gallantry; he. was discreet
and he therefore knew that a powerful
, whosfc genius and bravery ' are neit her to
lessen nor annatled. and tn whose resour
' e no limit but the cvrcumference and
1 not rw.,.- -': L' -.P
--. "VEuuaie uuuci uic auucMrantc ui
' He therefore arranged -all our diffcren-
"lOUt. a rjernnNial imKirtrrivif hnnt a ttorr.
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, ?"Wlthout a.nnn intercourse-;wiib.out na
Wfe&s and national disgrace, to an advan:
'oich every day becomes enhanced bycon
!! Present degraded situation. ; -
8 lineal successor ; td the worship-
Jr - UsJagft and the sycophants of fce-baro--n
Voa on that fair mountain leave to feed, -
. neimr.:iL. i . ., ..t:c i
im ;.,"l"u"y .u. insist on Ah unquanncu
tf JHate-re mquishmenf of imprebHmerits,
. ntrican seameni bu'of BriMih seamen,
v is? of refusaTT-fo 'leave the court irvTludT
v -'ne demand was not ehmnld with bv.the
f J -e,lien W j Mr. ' Monroe's, mis.
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me
fwo Wrongs never make a right. Would you; to pledge themselves to the people & to the world moralizing tendency on our psople, by teachuijr
have Americans-to4urn robbers like the French ?fto bring lorth the whole farce ot the nation, if it ' tliem to evade and despise our revenue laws,'antt
French pri'vateejrsmen smuggle' ihcir plu rider 1-shoniU be necessary. 1 hese extraordinary resolu- by .holdrng-out such temptations Jto smugglings
lions uave.ueeJsoaDiy.anti so irequentiy aiscusseci, m short, iir, it would be an endless task to trace?
tint I shall not trespass on your patience with a- these: unfortunate measures through all their per-
ny remarks of mine. I will only observe, that a hicioji5.onstquence. - .T- . . ;
uJitoed'. iwutuhfy. n (and an insinuation only Ts: . The stateof our revenue will be best under-,
charged), could not, in my opinion, .justify the stood by a reference to the report of the secreta
ruptur of aegwiafvm, so very important to both ryof the treasury ; it will there appear that a loam
countries, at . th very threshold, when this mini- to the amount of foul millions' of Hollars wdurd,lrt
on shore. Catch them.it' you cmi ; but .it you
seize the goods they will taka revenge. They
wfll shoot ydur citizens in the very mouth of your,
harbor. Vou inust not insujt the subjects'of his
imperial and 'royal majesty ; tlu-y are) contending
for thW liburty of the seas,' and ihevhave a right
to use all means that will help to flteCt that great
object such as refitting when out of repair, and J
selling plunder to pay oil themen to encourage,
thsm to fight next time, &c." tc.
It is an undoubted truth, that Napoleok is the
best friend we have abroad, notwithstanding that
he burns and plunders our ships and lacerates our
fellow citizens. He proves his friendshp-every.
day he is to conquer the liberty of the seas'
wlienever some other powers will consent tp it
and then we the Americans are to have u wonder:
ful trade I ' :.
Upon an entire and complete view of our nation-;
al standing in the worldlit would set mi that it re
quif'es a few resolves of congress and twn-mect-jigi
tO assure us, that we are really a great, fret
and inde pendent nation.
' We will venture to say, that, a grons national
insult vand personal injury like thcfw6nndiag of
-Mri Follin, on board the 75oiim by the Flench
privateer oriThursclay mornlngjnst, were never
passed off with .more indifference in :"any-place
ban they were in this city.' Not on public et
pre$'sion or movement was made to revenge this
atrocity of conduct in the Frenchman, or to pre-
vent jiim from commitng the same enormities rr
fdlure.
. Where are our men of war, our gun boats, and
our . cutters -I W here are our .hundred-thofcisaiid
militia which Were marshalled againvt the Cheta
tieokc? Where the expression of -national mdig
ni'y which roused the nation to afrns upon that
Hnsulting ocr.asion lost ;in the apathy of party
fettling : it is the French who have done this
thing. ! ! I . ' :
tt, 1 indecision and ridiculous
M ,;non-importation acCof i 805-6 -Was
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a Tu remarked to the annovarce ot th
philosophicalmeasure was, like a
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tlerieclaretfhe hu full powers to make.aireaty his opinion,' be necessary to meet the ordinary de
.o all the" points in -dispute, and at the same time.-niaoda of .the eovernment' for the ensuing yearv"
Oflered to exchange those, powers; when he de- A law has passecl empowering the president to"
dared he was not instructed to insist on the three borrow a-sum ftot exceeding the amount of
proppsittens which have been considered so cfTeh- j principal of the publicl debt, which will be reim--Sive
in principle (but which have aU at one time bursable during the presentjrear hy the commis-
or other, been indirectly retognjaed by some sioriers of the sinking' fund ; to be applied in ad-T
member of our governmeiU). But if all was ad- dition to the other monies now in the treasuryc
mitted that could be asked even if the President ( which may thereafter be received to defray theor
was right in breaking with Mr Jajkson, still. the jdinary expenses or government. You will per '
interference of Congress, in such a manner, could ceive at ohce that no precise sum is named in this
never be justified. It belongs to the executive ;laW the amount thattmay be borrowed depend '
branch of our government to regulate andadjiist;on calculation, and requires 'a share of informa
affairs of this kind. Such a course-was. jiot taction aiid knowledge of the state of, our public debt '
ken when our government wasbicny and ilirtctty nhich few men possess.' "I am 'in all cases on-
intuited by ; Genet and.Yiujo, the French andU posed -to thisiny.steriOiis and indefinife inode oC
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niciiiariy in laying ounnens or
y ought not to be Imposed "in
appear hrm and oignmeti, darK. and hidden mat.her. bui so plainly as to be
but at the same time be expressed in culm and ' understood by eery capacity " I: was ready to'
decent terms. There Was another objection vote jor any fixc(j sum which the secretary of the
which Avas still: greater with me i I considered it : tieasury, or any other authorised organ ofTtho -apparent
from the face of the rii solo l ions, inde- Uovernment might shew to be necessary to meet
jenaent ot omersirong-evidences -wiucn i naci , ie enrapf ments. or to' sunhlv the reasonable rW
-j..0..- rr t . '
mands which might be against it : On theae
grounds I voted for an amendment to insert four
millions of dollars being the largest sum named
i:.Jhc.XfcpQ
You will bs surprised to hear that this aniend
ment was rejected. But the whole secret is, that
(this law is so contrived as to authorise a loan of
"ed at any time, but particvl iriy in the present State mo- ti,'aff-ftci, and in such a manner a
of .this country of the great, natiohsof ."Europe ;jt0 be concealed from conimonqbservation. '. ,
iHhuuca ny ijenet ana i rujo, me rreucn auu. posed to this"ny.sti
Spanish minsters. The language of the resoluti-1 legislation, but pan
6ns was-surely exceptiotiable: The solelhn ; acts the ptople : They
of the na'ion should appear firm and dignified, dark and hidden tn
of the fjet, that it was ihteri'ded' as;an indirect de
claration oT war against Great Britain, to provoke
her torommit some ' act of direct hostility, and
thus throw us inevitably into the, amis of Fret nee,
Fox. these reason I was opposed'" W the resoluti
ohs. ' I cofittl not consent to seek a war with any
nation. This scourge ol mankind is to be dread
ADVERTISEMENT.
when our Army- is far from being in a respecta
ble condition our nnutia neither, trained nor
armed our towns . and "harbours in a defenceless
state our treasury so ex!iansted that it has
FROM THE AMERICAN CITIZF.W.
Will be sold at Gallows Hill.' this evenintr, the
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following articles s the ordinary expences oi government oniyanajttn ough I- am -still convinced that a .majority
lot ot punts lWo. ,i contains ajipw.oi iMewjwnenma tnuuKuat nmav iLr1mij.aii -atw" 'ot cOnctess were in ta
state our -treasury so exnaustea inat trna? is esse ntially "necessary to facilitate the opcrati
heen deemed necessary to authorise' a lorn of at j0f the rtvenue system ; I therefore supposed!
least Five Millions of Dpllars, &jhistoo to defray Something would be done, In thls'I was mi
The charter of the bank of the United States
will expire on. the 4th March, 1811. It is certain)
that an institution of this kind, to say the least of it,
is essentially 'necessary to facilitate the operation
that
sta-
Orleans, wUh a French privateer unlading and
selling merchandizey robbed, from Ameiican ves
sels at sea by the trench. No. 2 represents the
burning of American vessels by the French- . No,
3, 'ajLtrfrm in Cadiz bay, American shfps driving
on shore in jistress, fired on by the French, and
burnt by soldiers, drawn by J. Strongarm, engra
ved by Noh-UesisVancie and dedicated to Madison
k Co. ., "' . : . . " '. . ---'.' I .
Embargo' or protection to seamen," with a
plate representing a ship in Dry Dock dismasted,
her "bottom worm-eaten,"'nd keel dropping out,
sailors, acann bottom upwards Sc an empty purse
in"30 pages, 27 mos. by Farmer Giles, dedicat
ed to the Sageof M9nticello, byjie late Duke oj
Full tide ot successlul experiment," a f-hiloso-
phicalKqrkiin8 vols. 365 pages by the Sage of
tvionticeiioaearcaiea to ignorance ana patroniz-.
ed by Prejudice. , . - -' -
" An account of Calcutta Jail, by .a gentleman
formerly a tenant thereof.' ''js--,- V-'.S
.';VAn Embassy-to ' RussiaM&y Short Adams.
u Empty Treasury," an elegy, by"C. Grabme.
tFowrnnTilltcmsrLoanJn time of rcejttlracl
in I a p3ges, .by Iefferscnian EcbnpmyrEsq
; v-B.itter reijgiv in Hell than Serve in Heayeny'
a flaming piece by the&x Bashaw qrlthitity. .
-. Lamentation on lle Joss of office," a pathetic
piece, by the same.- . -i ' '-" "' --,-
Capersor the. Hero of G lit" Spurs," by Cuii
osity, a Yank'cy. V. ,-y,,?Z -..
nfitliinp- lo these resolutions, therelore, and
all the various bills, ameddments, resri.lutions; ; and
tyher projects of this sort, (and we had many of
.them during the session)' I gave my decided he
gative, under solemn conviction-that M'ch -po
licy was highly injurious to the best in'erests of
maioiSty of the- Ameiican peopler! I am? ''how
ever, happy to'ir.fovm you that the -artificial war
fever, which was-WHwte 9f its most violent parox
y srtis at' the" first of the session gradually zbV ted ;
reason, insteadof passion, began to prevail and
these measurse after ''ini!u'merabfe'efforts, in va
rious for,rnSv were obliged to be alxanfoned.
. At art early part of tle session a bill was brought
forward, well .knowijsinse'.by: the name of Ma
rtiiVwtfH
jects in view the: first was tq. hold but a1 sort of
protest against. me oroers nq jiecrncs ot oreat
Britain and 'Francethe second to relieve, 'he
country from the mtRchievbjuseSrettsofthe Non
Intercourse law. "pThe hill contained four distinct
provisions : First, it interdicted the public ships
of .Great Britain and, France from our porta and
Irboujcdly,-iti -repeii ledJ.lheliioninter''
couise act T'hiilyy it confined our trade to our
own registered vessels, and .pTObHcircjtijns
voyages, or in other words, all goods, wares, and
merchandize, must be brought in a direct voyage
from the place where they cre w or were mahu-
facturedAhd-lasilyt.hj prohibited the exporta
tion bf any nicl'of the growth, piduce, or mal
in favor of a bank, and that one .
of 'he great causes of its failure7 was theconfu'
sion- produced by the number ot plans whichi
were brought TorwaruV ; . '
While I am on1 the subject of revenue it may
pot be amiss again. to mention a section which'
r' ? -' -J - r . was introduced into a bi 1 erronebusly called Ma-
the nationTand contrary to the wishes of -a grtil2. L;. '., , , . !
' r- 'r --,...-'.-',-:-ii:U , .. TTohVRi 1. No, 2. f that cent eman did not annrovo . , . ,J
cotiV Bill, No. 2. (that gentleman did not approve
oriti)lvhich passed the hotTse of representatives
but was stricken oyX in the, senate, proposing to
lay a duty ci 50 per cent. upbiTall goods 1m
ported from (V. Britain and" France and their df
pendencies It was difficult to discover the real
n.o ives of the supporters of this measure i, Somd
insisted yth'at it would increase out revenue ; this
v.as disclaimed by others, who said it was a sufoti .
(ftjtc fivr the system we were, about to abandon. (4
thers allegeit wouiddimi
and thereby encourage domestic manufactures. H
was the decided opiaioh of a lurge portion of th
southern representatives that this law would heap
with peculiar hardship on :ihj& part of the Union,
"I'h'ey were ropnion-M:iK-arrt'facturinR was
carried on to any extent, itust be in-the north
ern & middle Sta'tes. wThatihin duty was paying a
premium rto-besee6tabJishtnrms---at-lhe.expen.-t
of the southern conjunier 'whose -raw 'materials
and other produce would be greatly-depressed by
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such a system.- , , . .-
This bill, among other-things, interdicts, the
public'ships of (SrcfV-Britain n.nd France firrrji
our port and hibogis, repeals tie r.on inter
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