tfoayrr ct.tbe ttcttctf tatt.'
...... --- -fir i -i ' ry
' ' . aouix or REPajtsKiT4tw ' -SPEECH
OF THE HOM. lli.'lPEAKSONf)
: - VflM JSfr, &hfie':taj JVon. Intercourse DuC ..
' ' " ' (Concluded.) i ; " ,
i : a'hesame renlleman 7lls .Erses And several
O "other, have reminded us .of . the arrangement
icnt for the justification of the rxes'.Jent't proda
,' i uii'.ioli anJ this bill (which are sulstaitt- "y one
r 1 t':i t!-",- ) , I. had t"7poeii ti t. ' a
L i . .., v.- ' : ; -. 1
jnouse. was to harete-), ercte'j;.' "-7 "oil'
!akB7 xvpia ma Attempt J? n on; ba s prace-
"rfent iuatLf anfithrir i thi mitr Visiv.. frmttn
fby the' law of 'nations, at least, it has been lonsyr' :TheeV arertitlit ilh Mr.' Erskine difltrent proclamation of the Prey
contended tor on te, parlor jpntaiij K-;so pre, irom the present, in otner. respects than ..'those present till, tut trv
vents tbe direct carrying trade from one port to
t, !.! eoflJcumahe
another ofanenemy.. If this latter; extension is
not recognized by the law of nations; it is gene
rally the subject of treaty, end ..'Was provided! for
by -:our ,ljretjr with; the British- government, and
the latec pnvcuon! formed fry Mr. Monroe tiritb
tbe' British government- (but which was rejected
pruwlrially because! Creat Britain, required us r.ot
to submit to the Berlin decree ( jepdaitn ; ?'r
if
infinitely- Biiort of ' ,what we ,are now to com p.
v -h, at the. dictation cf I by which c
m LKe'TDi'.rdt'r. out;
pfiiriti-dont la tl.e preceeding part of my remaikt and" It Ought to fc'.e S t'.e juliac:" a ci it t
It oper.LU i j'ercomse fmn L-reai-uutain, tutdid.Dul, ona pta t:- r.vs to a li3n.nt ficlict.
not inuiiiT fB 6iaieoiiiauuBs, wtia rrance, DVtUut. w fviii'; -i t'
inspO:
ihn in i s
tlratstr'i v
cbui;e htj state of rlafons, with France,' by j But, a.iyf;n.'jVi
iuaj wy',' pcl'Titional restrictions we' iWercldctrees are acty&!
euect; pflrsuin t
'CjeM justify
how that arrangement militates am tlie proc-
tarnation and the jflraan4 whicb is sow so posi,
' lively made of a tcvocation py '. -Great Britain
',: f her ordci1 of blockade of r i 306--that art
: v.tangemen altnosit dictsted if the adnjinistration,
t 'and . wbicb was perfectly salsfactory w us all, did
2 cat contain one syllable,.f.ot the nios: distant hiti
k , xnation relative to the 'repeal. -of that order, whkh
'. - Dow, appears to excite so -highly Mw Jndlgaation
( of gemlemea and 'bas.ibeeiv magtiified urtto"
cause of war. .The order X blockade was at ibat
: - . time more recent, and it 10 .iniurioul as now al-
teged, .could not have: escaped the aUentioa of
v the executive, ane Ws tigilaut cahinethcrr they
(Were providing fof the annulment -bt the rdersf in
arrangement was made wubout requiring
peat of the blockade now" nothing caa ba done
. "witnouf us repeat, and thus we. are to be mckatud-
both at home and abroad It may be further re
I marked, that by the law of February,-1808 the
President was authorise to suspend the Embcrgo,
- as to France or Great Britain, on the same coil
dilioos pointed out by the jet of May, - l ft l o t in
) : in exercise ot that power the president instruct.
, ed Mr. Pinkney to propose to the British govern
- stent a repeal of the embargo s to that nation k
j t its continuation against France if the ordars in coun
, cil of Jan. and Nov. I SOr, should bo rescinded At
, that time nothing was said no demand Was made,
not even a proposition offered on the subject of the;
" ' blockade in question ; mr attention has been some-
what drawn to thia part of the ubjecv by be im
- portanc given to it in Uie d?r'4raenubefoie it.-,'
particularly tUfr gentleman from Virginia (air.
Eppes) who said much, on this subject the other
' ay, la answer to arguments which.' the gentle
- - taan from New-York (Mr Emott) did not make.
w icuciKvcu mm mgiii iua. uia arguments were
( unanswered and. unanswerable, i do not pro
; , Tess, sir to be perfectly acquainted with the prso
. ; tical extent of the Order pf ilockade of May , 1 806,
horxlo 1 know ihei nredak nnanlum Vf iinrr'iir
Jhavc sustained by it, nor am I to be Urtder&tood as1
nttemptingit juttification--.I should be the (Iast
, to concede any principle or any rigbt to which 't
' country has? c)aij;.i ':f'V-totapelted
' to belierethat an i mrtificial importance i at this
v ' snoment given to -the subiecv which It has not Ire
crived at art otier beriod.) liiliA thi Srlnntinn i.f
thau regulation by the BrfUshV governmenta l
bmve . already 'shetvlii,thsf In1 the ttegdeiation 'of
j!808, and in the arrangement -With Mr. Erskine,
' the questioa was pot ever made a triatter of cort
' testation i and sir, from an examination of the ex
ecutive papers from tbe date of tbe order of block-
"4wfli to' the;: present &e$3iortof.t:iJngress, I
potlhecn'-abteto diionwr tingfeJapCT
Temonstrattng agan(; the order, w "insisting 'on
Its reyipcBtioni nor 'do t kno.f single4 case' of
the condenatton of an American ressel ondcf its
, . operation On the contrary, at the time of its
adoption, (during the adminiiftnitioH of Mr". .Fox,
fho was believed .id bS asfiieniiry disposed towards'
Hay as any trap wh ever administered the' affair
V efthe British: cabinet) this ;measnrewaa Spoken
, of by ouf minister, at London, (Mr. Monroe) as a
relaxation uvorhuie to ntutral commerce.' ill may
Jwt be;4niprper -to' re&rt'.to- tb'wdeir Jtslis
jtdmmnnicated by Mr. f Fox io s'ttfiv 'Mdnroe' iift
the - I6tb of .May 1 80S j after the'preamble tlifi
note siaics, f that the king, taking into constder
f tf on, the lew and s extraordinary: means r-tiorted
by ' the enemy lor th4 purpose of djstresing'the'
commercft of bis subjects, has thought fit to c?l
tect that .necessary measures should be taken; for
iW blockade pf the coast, rivets and ports, froth
the river; Elbe to tbe port of Brest) both inclusive
mad the said coast, rivers and ports, are, and must
i - be Considered as blockaded. Cut his majesty's b
,peasea to declare, that auch;. WockadefshaU not
'extend to prevent neutral ships and vessels, laden
. Vithg3ods not being the property of his rnajestyi
enemas; and not being contraband fcf War; froiii
ppToadtin the said coaBts "and ehterihg f6& ahfl
aiiitjg fn,0 the rivrrs and'prts (save and except
soasif sivers oncK ports irom usuna'ioinc
fiver Seine, already in-a state, of strict and rigo-
twff blnckitdf -i and which' are to be! considered as
tpounued) protiijcd the said, ships and vessels so
pprotchiug and "entering (except as aloresaid)
hail Rot have been laden at any ; port belonging
- t.or in possession of his majesty's enemies, and
at the staid ships am -vesitls so sailing from the
' '4 'rivers and -parts (except as aforesaid) shall
bedesimwl to any pot berongir.g to; or la pos
'A of ids nwjosiy'4 enemies,' nor' have previa
broken: the blockade." ThiS of der then bnly
from those -ports vessels having encmhi
f on beard or articles contraband of war";
do not r
Greit.:...
not tr' t f.;
T'Ti.v'wV
4v "suiftJtoL -.'-,ndcdintheU.S.i len '.
.: u"'Xr tlua , brdcr,"lni fi4ewattfaeasis
,.h neooral produce sailing from, pur', bwa coun
try, never .were tHecUr f . A . 1
:-'Tbe gentleman from' .Viriijla, (Bir.'.-Eppsi)
has . said, tbfa ibrderj'of blockade baa not ft single
feature o( a regular'; blockade in this, the gen
tleinan is tolerably f orrect, and when hetlenou
ces,' what fn the fashionable cant pf tbe day is cal
led Pafier Blotkadei, I join most heartily jn' ithe
eJteUoiW;I$ is true this ordei of " May 1806,
hai scarcely feature of a regular blockade, ; , It
was not avowed ,at the time to be even a tumttrut
tivk Sibttaite, nor was the right-contended for of
blockading jwithcnij; an actual Investing fgrce. lt
dot not liki ordinary blockade attempt com
plete prohibition to all tradswith those ports, but
only to the, particular object and specified cases
I have ;menuonefi ; The "ptevbu measures'pf
France are declared by .Mr. Fox to be, Ibe -canse
of this .brde'rv What Were Uiose measures They
wete to- iesv'ai regards ourselves, than A riolati
on of the"trety which had been solemnly entered
into between this country and Frante by bar
rassing our .trade,' seizing and confiscating ot
vessels in-usui ped authority in almost every port
and city from Elbe to Brest and excluded the in
troduction of British products and merchandixe,
whether belonging to American eiUxens pr British
suoiects. , j, v.
-;ow( Biriet me tfate lo'you 'h language "-cfj
our imuisicr i aur. ittutiruci at me vimo mil oruer
was issuea. in ma tetter pi titntxt, May to the
secretary pf state, speaking of thfe order, he lays,
the"note lcouched in terms , of. restraint, and
professes i to extend 'thi blockade further than 'ft
has heretolore clone, nevertheless, u takes it from
many ports already "blockaded", mdeed. all East .of!
wiletia and West of Hie Seine, except iv articles
Art Htzeablt mtfiout ,i;atacle And in like f JVitf
or excepuoa, , , considering .every, enemy as one
power, it admits the trade ' of neutrals within the
same Kmlts to be free, In the productions of ene
my's colonies, in every, but the direct rout between
the colony and parent country. Tv'V-V''-'-'
It cannot be doubted but the not!' was drawn
I,Jb government td reference to the cJiie8fior,
and if mtended ty the cabinet, as a foundation; on
which Mr Fox" it aiithbrieed to fdrm a' treaty, ahd
obulned' by ftim;for the purpose, Jt musit be view
ed in a yeiy favorable light it seems fleaVly to
put an end to tunner seisgres, on the; principle
which hai heretofore been in contestation." This
view'of the subject, hich surely is a fair one,
connected with the ilence of IKe administration
for Jour' year, most but an end to the' clamor ao;
oucn raised against this order, which has been
the : alleged "cause,"of ' the 'Berlin - decree.: and
charge against Great-Britain, of having been the
first aggressor on 6ur neutral -rights. &r We
have indeed been' intuited, in lured and abused by
both nations, to art extent which Would justify any
roeasuret fa bur poWer but let us not pallia.te he
erime of ohe, and magnify those, 'of tbi other j
arid above all, let us pot titt ourselve oecause
they -will not respect as ; let us not become bo
QuixOtio as to act the part of X famous knight
ii the tales bf chivalry,' who tortured uimself
cause bis mistress'6u!d tto't be MmsV,' -;
''Mf. Sneaker, "at Ue arrantremfint 5 with Mr
Erskine baa been: often mentioned, and much re
lied on by thexdvocatet of this bill, U Is descries
some luriher notice i hat arrangement was the
Jtrtt tct bf the' preiscnt executive alter be came
intoJbflice f ; ft ai hailetfai i: boiitical "jubt-
ice. oy an Denominations vi poiuicianB pariicn-
lady those who had not contributed to, the flevar
yondfthe 'piwient' 'clifetmxtrjiitnto ; we thought
we perceived tn that event the evidence of a dis
position irt the preseht' executive (which e could
hot" discover fat ' his predecessor) ' to refieve ns
horn that system of commercial 'restriction, that
self-destroying policy," which had - fnade us "poor
indeed j we also thought X determination was
manifested not to decline any advantageous accom
modatioh with Cre'at.Bi1taut-whethe frtneetai
yei or 'nay'."" It will be but too well remember
ed, that we had been groaning for two. yearx un
e'er t!ie pressure of non-intercourse your treasu
ry ws drained ybii citizens unabfi' to(pay"ltheir
debts iind i'ou courts of jusU'ce actually shut! tip,
at least so' for lit many - states it and amone the
frest th4 etate bich I have the "honor in part to.
represent) as to suspend the etiect of executions j
yciiif 'cl(lea':Vtaportii''were'-' inactive brtde.
serted," gloonj and I dismay marked the features of
the nation, and hope had ;almost bid us Lrewelli
we fancied id this' arrangement" the glimmering
uf returning sunhine, peace and prosperity with
honest and upright hearts,' we are ; willing to ap.
plaUdthe hand flial gave, if, witlibut .iquestioninj'
Of supecting the manner or motives with which
it wax Riven. The delusion toon vanished' t and
te of non-intcrcotirsc wkh Fra'ncei:nd
j cofs'lnueel M the present cast, "we
trve the- same state of relation with
" i, brt , i. e ,restrictions whicb did
t'. 1 froclaniatioh.s ' '4 !
i . ' ' I.-. r.r:-kliie, it fi tr'nl,"
f V ; C-'---,' v to take
' . s r..' - ' 11 f .-r
ttiiiliime; as eirsatsNt obtuf tf - fi.-iot.' w with
thiSileceitfull kVcr-it: xs written'XVt'iie. French
eonft,the sln msnoal of the. Fmperor could have
beenianixed, .aad-otdera .fbr4le te'ssation.W the
Berlin and Milan decrees,, could and wight to have
immediately. JssiieL If it iiad eenv tlie" honest
and fixed intention of Bonaparte' to "put hh 'end to
the cperation-ef those 'decrees,; id consequence o!
oar law of May last why utht he' nbt to liave
done ao sn thew Sth August, well iii firotfu'te to
do son the 4 first of; November. Our law was
then before him ttnd he knew the declared inten-
ed of taking ttor.
stufice,.what i,t
Welkslty. t$ ,f r
1810 -when lie
bis majesty t& 'n
"it ! i .
; eu
,e s. ; i B tliat the trench
n ptaltd, and-cease t ha
" ici: !e about to bcjfestallUh-
s, aria larm Ivt suU
Uli pron
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nr
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s tl JL.tra . '
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i t
I have no hesitation to declare, had 1 then known
what J then bow know J Should bave not offered
tioa ot this government will be said here, as
ho has said, no reliance tocld be placed in the
Amerians" shall- we then trust him who refuses
to trust us f . xir, fofc One Srill 'floti ' i v J
r; ;Mr. Speaker let us make" X very strantre'' and
very false, tupposltloBjVtbat the ifJerfin and Milan
decrees were -actually repealed, and Ceased to have
effect on the ,1st of Novj . 'What have we gained ?
what aJvantage have we de'riveii fiom It? and have
we not been t.T.ciallv Informed by the French mi.
knister in ;this city (Gf n; Tprreau) in hit letter to
the Secretary of SUte,' of the 1 3th December 1 8 10,
that our most valyailr; productions, pli ticolarly
f tbe southern atateft) tre at this moment exclud
ed from, the ports tf Fratite at to Uie Important
articlea cotton and tobacco,-be xays their im.
portalion iiito France is at Ibis moment especially
prohibited, but I Aave reason to beliere" (and I
pray yd meanwliilsto ob serve sir' that thef 'da(
not rest on sny (acts) that some modificptlons will
be given to this, ablut exclusion. These modi
fications will not depend on the chance of even ti,
but will be the result of other measureft, &m and
pursued with proservancer Which the two toVern-
mecte will continue to adopt, to withdraw from lb '
raonopo'y or a frmthe wxftticms'of thectommoij
eheifi j . i ';ifimerce loyal kn necessary to France,
s i, 8- the united States." in this letter we
I'iml Uie touchstone, the ttue tlue to French fa.
fvour wat with England. - .Connected with this
letter froni Turrean, It x decree of the 15ih July
I $10, which in point of principle and arrogance,,
is not surpassed by tuny act In the history of Bo
naparte. ; By this decree thirty or (brty American
vessels . may import : into . France Xunder licence);
cotton, fish oil,, dye wood, salt fish, cod fish ' and
peltry I' they; must export;- wine, ;btandcd tilki,
linens, cloths, jewelry household furniture and 0
ther mabufacttjired. artkka j -they ch ohly depart
from hatletmn, xnd New: Yxrk' Under thi bbli-
gation of, bripgingjwithhemix Gaaette ht Xhe
day pfthur'defarturet.alscr'a certificate of thtct
igirl of the merchan)ite,'given by thfe French Con
sul. ctMitaining axentencein cypher The' French
merchants, whq shall cawe their -vessels to cdme,
must prore that they re concerned in the fabrics
p Fans'Kouest,Mid other .TPWs.7iTer s an
atteinpt,rtfl i extend JbrenCh inHucnce by bribing, t
select class i of "iur tneacliontt J grantih favours
'to. favorites,' its an attempt, 4o make commertlaj
regulatipnln our-ownports,t Bnd violate our con.
stitution, by pngf ,x prefereiice to7 f he'pbrti'bf
vnartestoxxna wew.orx, bver ail the restm the
United States, which is specially denied by the
constitaion n additioii to all this,' we ave t
list pi,.miueaestarjiisnfd at the stench scusfom
hbysef om theh August -(the verr memorable
Sth.Autfust the birth day of the celebrated letter
ol f he JJutJ ,de Cadore subjecting longf staple fc6t
ton tq a .tariff of fo .centf per pour.d, thort'sta
pi? 6() cent Xt)d tobacco 4o cents per pound.4, By
nothpr decree pf lh WtU Septi 1 8 10, potash is
4w'm tiA 'fMiMi J ' fi.,a ' -,''5''.'
; TheHsan bepfl Importatioh cf American pro
ductions intd .France but' off termt utterly load1-
mi5sible;;iTf,e let f May last in the language of
me peciyary ot txte pad toritt object not mere
ly the recpgnition pf , a ;; tpeculative, legitimate
pnnciple, .but the enjoyment.'of xxubsttntial ben.
efiu .;t 1 he overture. theirpresented, obviously- em
braced .the idea of commercial advantage, ir in.
eluded the reasonable belief than an Abrogation
ov wic ucifin urii muan aecrees would leave the
porti pf Frante ay free for the Introduction of the
produce oftbe United States, as thev were orevi-
usljr to thf prornulKatiQnof the decreet, . if then
for ,tnev revoked decreet ' municipal laws, .produc V
mg me. same euect have oeeh subsUtutedthe
mode "only and not the measure hax undertone
on alteration. f France, ;bjr s her - own acts has
blocked up her porta I against the introduction of
the producU ' of the. United States, what ' motive
hat the government in a discussion with a third
ppiwer to insist cirtVthprlviledge of, going to
r ranee t wnenee the uWuceraent to urge ther an
nulmeht of ji blockade of xFirancer when if annul-j
d' no American argots would obtain a market
jtv atiy of heh ports l-t In such a state- of things a
blockade;of ihe:,caAs.t France would be t. the fj.j
nited states as aiuntmportant as would the block'
whk hrd Tbetii fwce'd upca liLn.M.J.cnevcr the" '
enemy, should jretracr, the l'nciples-wych" hd4
itn3ercd)i iecessary and asiuret as that he'll,
evej the repeal of, French tlecrees shall hav.
actually taken tlTect. and the :toinmerc ih -
a!net;tral nations" sPalU have been vrestored to tit '
flcondUiun in which i$ stood previously to tbii Vro
mulgatioo pf tliosc decrees, he writ led Uie lgn "
est S4rtfactLon in relinquishing x system which Uie
conduct pf the chtrcy ctnptlle4 him td xdop"l, ''r
Here is a promise equally sclemn (and is ihertV
is at least s much virtue in -the British; eovern-
rerityi'.andJiisrei:
-4
1 1
f 'Si
ft- - . '
ment as there, is n that pf France) as' much- td '
be jrtlied on as , that or the Uoc dc Cadore and at
CertainTy as the, EerEn and llllan -decrees were re.
vbked, and would, cease to have effect oh the' 1 8 lb,
pf Jyijm::4-iiaattMf'.bsn w'e the tame'aa.3
suratice, that the -orders of Crsat Brltaut' wetdd be
rescinded ( s hafl irelhen jjeliere tbe one and tot '
the other f shall , wx. frown and look big at Et;g
land, whilst with iimid. and bectxubmisskit) we'
croucRat the feat of France, and quietly 'rivet tkw'
chains i prepared for, us. m MrSiwaser, tbe god,'-,-dess
pf Jwice has been described xt being bli nri i
with sword in one hand, and the scale and balanc
to lie other '.but, if she ia invoked in litis the.'
sure, she comes blind indeed, with a sword in one V ' r
hand, but no balance in tbe other fn one is lb '.
jemble" .ttr.(lJt badge f ' "
7, Sir,". r V xpjrlited of .Uus tiTee4 whlc kb pre."' "
sept measures may have on the property of out T -""
citixent, at tlis omcntjn' the power of GCat- l'"
""', mvi ii,Hu iiiubv usrauics, spans -J 1 '
and, .Portugal. t JUavew forgotten thef rencft 'i .V "
priut'iileaof reprKals'iland th
of State to gen. An.. '.r.'of the $ih November - 1
1810 in which he wat tuthorised to enter into x
cootcntiat arrsngemcht. With the trench povem
ment, requiring the sanction cf the Senate lor il, ' " '
restoratiprt of French properly ,. aeized under cuf v
non-intercourse law as condition for the restor- - -
Imn jrvC Am.,i..n -M.AnAn.a -I 1 . .... 'V. J -
, r--r .j ...iuiikv Binj r. t.
qucstered under jthe UambouUlet decree of March " ' ,
1 8 10. Jtii true, we should hare lost nothircbv "
sucli t.convention, because nc French pr'opm ' .
litji - ' :.. ' . - ? .r - f . - ..-:'v.
nuu occn sctzco uy vsv uncer jJiai uw, and the Iov u
fcitures under the non.intercourse law contemplat- '
ed '..'To)iidn byvOur wn.,itizcnt4 rather than -' v
lytolation j'bnt .tlr;ith f rincifile 't'tmpo -.
tant, and unless1 we;have mo reliance on tks ' "i .
justice anJ forbearance f England, than gtnUe-, , .J.
men ucciareney uaye, oogot -we not oe arpre. .
ll.IITV MV .V -Ml WWiKH lirillLIUIC - -
follow the example of France, fill her ceffets wnU t
our trrasurej indst ,m negocbiort for foiivw., . v ! .
sideratipn?.aj4, well desmetittc xtteniion pi gen
tkmea-V tlttiuA. ti.it. V-.-:-', " -
J If war with ,E.r.gIa!j4 imist- htffeh,', Jet, It .bs ; i -
doiie openly ahd for . ourselves; let us'nti ton-J 1 ' i
xtns xod.let jt jiot be, said, iwe have been 'jeaugtf,
in ,e snares pfBonapirteiRVMr-.VSptaker, 1 o , "
not oppose this bill becsase it- r)iofrp tiVii .
some telief tp those merchants, hose vessels sail
4elor;' thesis) of tltei rrclamtion,vand lnc& ' vv
may have departed fxcm x Jiriiish poit, prior to X , .'
the.;Sitr; Febi;u)7fcil8tl .bu-lr''becttse 1
wishjto rid the country of Uiis whole comsumptite ; , s - 'r
sy$tetri,' spd if that cannot be dcnerlwiil .t aid ' ,
iu invvumv up vnc rresiticni s prociemauon or isx- . "
ihg fronjthejqdjciary'.ipf the, counuy the- power, " '
Vowed objects pi this bitt-jl had rathei-. trust t' ' y
the dpicionpl the iodttet for emir relief to cur cit-' '
ixensj from the operation oftbe lw at. May, 181 V,
ade of the Caspian ea.w . 1'his ia the 'language
than grant the partial exemption: contemplated By i
thia bill.'.Thet honorable gentleman (Mr. Erpe)
who sported! this bill dedaresy that Its great o'f .,
jeCt is to prevent -queslioni arising-, in the court '",
on ttie construction pf the, jlaw; of May 1810, ad'
the effect of the Presi4em? droclarhatlon. This, '
to my underttahdrntrj is Irgutatirig r(reKcttivdt- .
it Is. f4a'e'tKl.liks the Raroboullle't do...
cre, is ript only prospective but retroactive.' ft""
takes from, your, citizens thwrigbt-'of xppealin g
to the courtt cf justice tor juatkeiandmaktstl d-
fiat of the executive the supreme law.a doctruia X '
puuTti,., uiijhc ,!;,, pnwrpicv sji npuaiican.
ism,' nd strange, to, be ; titocft'ed - by gentlemen
whp Came , wjd powe under .tbe of repuUU fi
ctns.-' yt, .'.,. '- .! -t:- 'i ;-''' t"''-:
It la in vsin. JSitr.Speakerao seek? for the imti- v.
cation of thi Jneasure frpm. any riinit; France hax
done, or from theindicador. wjiillj.lie bas'gUrn
of her fixed course of polky-her art"H pbject (a
the destruction ot the commerce cf te xtrld j ,
k she wishes to make t tributary to that tndt Je
if possible'; tp epibroil us in a warivith Er.gLu,d.'
; The disposition of BonaDarte towards us resta'
not alone on his actsbf ggression,rar4ne and plun-t '
der.; The imprisonment of our citittns. hx . 7
Will til 1 U1Q flOt Varv tniirK wvnrt fcttfv tvAsiA
- us an riv fa a t a- inn i a awtvnrA nnnnn tini nAtAinnex ' . . .-. ' . . iik. sj . . I .
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