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PUBLISHED i (wekklt) BV tUCAS ANt) A.M. BOYLAN.
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Vol. 16,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1812.
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Congrefs of the U. States,
HOUSE OF'. REPRESENTATIVES.
Jln, SllEPFY's Hfieech on ike Dill for raising an
'aidinorMl nufitar iorCe of '25,000 men. '
Mr. sVeakee, It wasiiotroy iruenton.fo have
-disturbed We tranquility with which this measure
ja8 hitlieiWrogi'tissed through the Iloue ; 1)ut
considering th detp interest which this coun'ry
lias at stuke, au(l;hich is so intimitely connected
wi:h the present qxsti ri, I have .though' it my
duly t state the reasmiVwhich influence niy vote.
Ifesl the greater Bolicitude to do. so .toewM
wiii hare beta p:rcelred u the WvevaV slaves of
the bill under ons'dtrdlion, I.'tHff.r esse tialiy
.Wi'-ii a great mnj r(ity of the representatives of the
people of the United Slates. They suppose that
thia course is indispensi'.de tp. maintain the rights
nd honor of the' country., and that the means
frhicb thy dre aimut to provide byvtuis li'I. are
calculated t attain the ends in vitw ; while 1 con.
C?ive' their' prijjec'.s prepjmnt with every misrhief
wi h the ruin of our liberties In the express ion
ot this opinion, 1ft me not be understood as dWpo-
etd in any degree to impeach the purity of t!eir '
rtrt pnrSllct' Trtv T mnfl vM.nVrl 1 iTi.ne fit amIm m ,1 t. 1 l L . i . . ; ' r- 1
..v.v,.;uuKw v. ...... . ,wuuiu i viiwv wiv ii.jr i.iwvic uy vmh ii we ran oe Droueni to- are row scanr er you lull m ihi ijr v. ., . . '
t 1"" iuiiiuiiiWWaii uoire in mi wiuiiiai U'lMtuns, lOImr V Ihc. Yii.f
itiriv anv'ftiiW.nijl TU ...,.: : Ifc.ui.. -':.. t "Vr .TOOS
v v.-,..,wu, uiniui. 1 111; 13 IJIIllttilutC IJI llllLU 1)1 1)11' IOP I(1T1 ,. . ,
not what we wan, but what under atl tircufnst.an. annihilated. The consnmpiionof vour tohtoct
sts it is po-.sible we can get.. 1 have, therefore, great staple oFthn middle sat, red.ced
I jr.g since thought that our eovernment ouo-ht in.Gfteetith of the wl.fe .i.mtS v
rt-rnment has bttn just, I should have no hesui abandon the high pretensions of affording security and that monoJHrisei by the French povSn!
js a . ratidnal bepe that, war will remedy the .evil
which we experience, and that it does not bring
with it others much more to be dreaded than tht
untjer which we labor.'. Were these things as lit.,
tie questionable, as the course of the British go.'
tation in uaiting- my efforts to cbiain justice by
force. . , '' l -, '
So far am I from admitting that the British go
vernment is justified in &Upling her order in coun
il (the great cause of Cotnplaint), that I deny both
their 'premises andcondusion. The principle1
up in which they purport Jto be founded is the
i i lTt which U. Britain claims to retaliotc upon
hrrinemy tlW evils meditated against her ty the
dt cree. of Berlin Ecc. I do most exrlicillv denv
the doctrine, that a belligerent can jusnfiably an
nihilate the tiuquestionable right ofa neutral, be-
aiise it may be calculated to Otstrew an enemy, or
see in lelaliaiory of some ir7jtit regulation adopt,
ed by him. It is neither justified by reason or by
toy principle of pubiiclnw- Nor do I believe G.
Britain mo-e comet in her concision, " that the
orders in council in their elTect would retaliate on
herenemy the evils meditated against her by him
on the contrary, it scuns to me that they had a di
rect opposite tendency. The most important fea
to every person (eien a ieiih Aio should sail un-
"r fidB ali propose som- arrangement to
p. Britain, which, while it gave protection to our
wri na'.ive citizen, would prevrnt Our merchan's
...v.v wVv rt uul "'crcnaiiis wliat its rapacity
dictate :, Yuti see pur coiton, onre the 'great
andpr-fitble staple of the south, aubj-cted to'sucl
enormous impost duties as almost amount to m.
tT,nl erarloy mff ny othvr during iherestntwar piv.'hiliition like avowed uuiDOie of f-nc
il ,le l,P"la'I,,s reciprocal, every suJv irtgjhrf culuvUJ5tat iVcleMtay and tV. Eo.,i"k
liMlives. I hive no doubt that every member acts J lure m t)e prfcnch Berlin decree, was thatwlvich
Britain - refuse, an overture so matiifestty juVt, it
t6uid afford addiiional cause of complaint, anrl
then we might indulge in the better inveclivts
which have been' uttered against her.
From what I have said it will be apparent that
I do not oppose thi measure ort the ground that
thue is ample cauie of war r gainst Great Britain,
The reverse is explicitly admitted. ' Hut shall the
blood and treasure of this nation be lavished afai'nst
i . i .... . y
me oroers in council, as so much paper-. -or are!
we contending for some mbstantial good, which ought 'o convince u
we snnuifl otherwise tnjo, a.ul of which liitir o IsUscklcd
peration oeprives us.
i a man in this country
with tllff war mstnia
..... .i. a. l ;.'. f j
jmif iKjur aTui iirovksiotis mi, no u. i
ket. there, because she but i surplus her own
piodcction. .'i iiepther ai tides in h ch we-arc
permitted to trade ure so inco? si !tra lu, in V8t.te
ht thev Ctrtn no serioui item in the account. Be
sides all lhis--.you see yur mtrchiints, sfrtrha v
ing-aubroitted to the miuatire of 1 rt-ich iei'n lo
tions, and thevrapacity of French"" .oMccrs -corru
pelled to invest the ti tle rem::ani$ t the n npf nl.
of tht "rr cat g' ic- in Fn nch silk, witF, and bran,
die.f, in r'egutau d proportions. ,h; this tl cii.
that a cominVrct thus
nor worthy the crosada
Owl ... lb.
presume there s scarcely winch is meditated and thai the n'.;os-i-,u g i0
try however infected Le rni) be Hs future value is a il) more fl omy. ' I believe
ia, who. could act S'i madly, as; were the orders in council ri p,:led totnoirow-I-
M?.uctliiC ,H5rcut uv7 w,..cu ..cuwcio un was intended to exclude i.om France & the coun Jto propose a warfare to procure the A 'v on. r,mm v..,.. . i Z
-T- . I ...... ..vfM.. --,.......v,. y . iwiiv "IIU II IIUL IJC
"""'"vi mi i, jiiiiuui jiiu ii iiitcnce. iirmsn nro- .iciirni ui inc oniers in miirrn ivi.i it niMiintu mii j ... r
. . , -. v.. . . . v... - - -v..w.. va it fi'tauv IS os
country, and which the occasion U panicularlv cal
CilUd
unsophistira
dc.nl iadulg'
me.
worth to
, to inspire. While I make th.s sincere ?nd-lUce and manufactures (the blockading part beinglei.t, if wo
istira,el dtclarfitipn, I hope a corrtrsp m-!mt.rtiv nominal) It would be titht r rigorouslycal benefi'.
dulgtnce and liberality will be extended tojextcuted ; or it would not. If it -could not be r x '! council i
would be
I r.-i li-tI...ll ...IT. .. l .1, . ". . t
u.HminuL. tv.u, j Miiiiie nracii. "k inc au wmn'' rr. ui v tm nm niC.
No ! the nominal repeal of the orders may expect, that it -dl daiiv i!iu ir."l,
i3 not you object. It is the ui')stfl:iii'4l i Bat we have hten loiil ilmt nil
ecu'ed. as was then eeherallv htlievrfl. fh .Amr. 'comitit rc.ial bcnt fit uhi,-h nn ...arr. ii .. !tn .J,:,.i ... !.. . . " '
I,?dbTtifUTamrir the best' ineans of-
the sute prthts nation, ami to barter the blessings j the articK s mtcrdicted to the continent ; so that : Tl,e unmolested commerce to France and her !e-1 That filing our country's rights vHadS her
f peace, whch we have enio;ed for so many years., -he enternrise of our citizens, -second,! hv tlm h,. i ncnden.i i.t'hft hnnn T; . : .,.,. ..... .! ,',ta.aI, er
loMhe.cvilvand calimities of w,r, H.at the ;b t, and waHs of the people whacl been aces-!w:r.. This it th, real o' i:-ct. diItrnis V,' vJro .etk rr!rtsst ,v,-; hU. "!!c '' :
: ii i . . . .- ,: . - t.
tinn xyoold have b; en propounded to us in a direct
-find unequivocal shape that we anou'd have been
jpalled tipon to determine whether the injuries of
- 1 Vhich we justly complain, are to be redressed by
' Jhe employment of the physical force of 'thecrsn
- try. If such had been the explicit determination
. ' ; ' 7 of a majority .-much as I dep' ecatp the evils which
mnsfjnevitably attend astate of war, I should have
, : cordially united wt'h them in calling forth our en
ergies and providing the means calculated to ter-
jnitiate n.apepaiiy ana successiuuy. i snouja. nave
' ' dane so under the .guidance cf 'he sam.. motives
' ' -' f'-' . . vhich actu e me in the oppbaition which I make
jo the bill on your table. Viewing war as attend
-- . f 1 w tb every evil which arabition. corropt'on. and
jthe indulgence of the malignant passions ran give
tp, jih xnl.sboui twMrctift?4 J-yJ:,t,S
frjHf'ft, as so m as ff1hnnirb)
; -neace could e -ecured-thst ,h hod v politic
might not be .wholly corrupted by protrac ing th
diaei'se, hut rtstond to its neiumui state wtr a
Jjt.le delay as possible. It his howevejvpleased
' those who direct the affairs 'of thiswrfHn in this
House, . ti bursue a cfiff rent cotfrse. Instead of
, designating the -object for tbattainmem of which
the force provided bybehill under co'nsi leration
'TT' Ss to beemi.l'.y-dw faras it respects any decla.
r rion oftbiiHouse, that is still unascertained t so
that wfere reduced to .the. necessity jT opposing
thersint of the means, because we are opposed to
a i . . . . . t ...
mmcfl to mis commerce, would have-reduced the ! will. ? nd it is trot the commerce which me for ! astonished to hear iu-.h rrm,...
decree to a mere shadow.. Should, however, the merly enjoy id (ajs (rer.tlcmcn would seem to sup-1 In the q.ost unimportant concerns of - life a
vtgm- -d-Tlic French government be competent-to pose) which incontroversy. Your txnort com. I dent man calls to his aid hia ui r.Q,... ' t.V,.:
- - -hm irvHI
. v, ...v b-iuuK-iuoi svmciu aiiii-xtcu-.e me ncicc,iu itau' imi.v cr,nsi:Hsot our own products era,e juclgificnt. But it seems in th'in-e.r rn
........ . w.,., , Dw w v kii,iuui, ui-.i-m iJuniuLis : "ill , uou khi3 v ux i.ucr ui me ITtnch min;
i . r i . . .
aiio nianutac;ures ; mere tuen remained no pros
pecr that France-couid be distressed liy the des
tmctiuii f4 the remaining comiviercevrith her; leD
t.J ii i. W , furnished herwi'h ndne of the great
nec s ianes ot jife. Our principal trade was in the
coiQ'ual produces, wh'ch, tv the Be.Jin decree.
ind subsequent municipal reyulaims, were total y
excluded, wiih a iew to ejietnirage their growth
suns i utes in her ownrcoiTiinions. bo that the
rd r? in - to ncft
coUd have
ter.on your
I
cause
r . i .-
ccnn oi me nauon wii; re its near. i .i.i,-
I. - - - i . .. ... ----- IW
say our own ftroducra . .We. l and its future des'iiiv ha-zardfd. r.,o, ,.!..,
suppos the imvilege winch has been f-ra- 'ves-, set all prudence nt defi nee, an- mov b d
men,
jconlrover.y
i u
talfle.'
ostf th
cioiisly. extended to us, txpcrnhg other artkhs n 1J our -object and hot disgrace oiiis.lv
ly be insisted bn ss Ixing any tlflng else but an in-' hich lie in our way. - Sir, this nation's honor is
dignity. The municipal regulations which have j 'he prosperity and happiness e.f the people, f caa.
been substituted for the Berlin decree, so far ss con.ent to-, purchase national misery, evtn
it respects the practical effect, have des'royed by should it be accotnp-ired with what gen lemca
far the roost profitable and important branch of our ca". national honor. The ahst
, ' I i . - i - ii-iiv'i'n if. ii ii rr w-
s to the re'ahaiorv obiect,! trr.de to the 1 rtt.rh tmnire hich cniiRisii.fi ;n which reirulate- iho rrndnn nf . .
:r re... i.. i i ' r ..... .rr.- . . r r ana
. .ai.wtut cucti. i4: v1;"""-! m u maiiuiaciurc5 oi otner countr ts.iwnit-n are valuah e-tn Dnvate fp. mi.. .
:u.r;:-tn..,
t I , Jt
heob'iect to which ttiey are probably to He-a;iplied
Through this bill, we must perceive the ulterior
intention t fjhe raajority i which as avowed is no
thtnar rnorer less than an offensive war against
Great Britain.-
On a question of so much moment "to the roun
try, whose peace and happiness i so directly in
of this comniiiivity at the close cf the revolutions
ry war, are unquestionably entitled jto exemption
from impressment.' But weclaim it for eveiy per
son who shall sail under oar flag at least for those
who have been naturalized cinte the peiiodmen-
yolvetl, I had expected that.a full, systematic ard: tioned. I confess am not disposed to enter, into
statesman Jike developerpent would have been a war for the security on the high seas of the lat
made by svme"' friend "of this measure not onl v ofjttr class
line oi'utvi'iu iui wmtwriff"wnritn -rVTwFir--
h has been said in the course of this de-the West Indies' cur flour, beef, nork. live ttnrkmittecTlhe "afraiii ofnatic
titrT I he OlStreSSeS ot fiftV thousand American 'lumber. &r. f..r which tlirw n rrvA !n Iwatrf. nrnrrnul nor tn -lUI. i. r " "
. . - - M - .vvvirwu iii iviuiii uicj" r 'v .ii. . uuiw iiiai-y q r
i izens on board the British ships cf war, have.;! wbicts of those -Islands. The Kurohi hprnnrl government, nrndence hi.a.heen rnn.;t
,,en dcanihed in fee.ing language, and pained in the consumption of this country, wasxported to'sential for regulating Obrjft'easures, particularly
Iow ng colours y particularly hyan honoiabb. the comir.u.t cl . Europe for which we received in : those which affect, fortiguiaiibn We hove not
return trench wines, brandies, silks, German linens , siiffeied ourse lves to be led away by our ftelirgs, y ?
and '.bills cn Lc-ndon. v . hut -.were' governed by the vei y calculations which v':
Oi so much nu re importance, was this export gentlemen now effect so much to despise. If we
trudelo us,- tlian that f Mir ownprcducts, that in-had nott-we-shouid-have -waged-a- Quixt'liclivarT'""
1 807, before the Bi it'fsh rdei s in council existed, htg since against Ft ancc. Her decrees were ex.
the domestic cxpoits to France, (including BehUcuted with the utmost seventy trpon piir com.
gium) arncunted to about two millions seren-luin. rnerce for several years to which, has "been so
died thousand (h ilars only write, the amount of peradded'every indignity and insult to which a na-
io uic same country or loieign manulac- "on "-an oe sunjtcten ;,ytinas it ever entered in'.
mem er from Kentucky (Mc: Johnston.) With
out t heving tha toe uctuat number approaches
hat supposed, ( frel for our unfortunate country,
men in that ai;u4tion,aiid readile admit that tjitrt
is.qause of compUint against G. Britain, arising
fro.n that source. But on this strt j ct it is impor
ant, to view the question on both bides ti enable
U9 to ascertain whether we are not claiming mor-;
than we can ever eer rationally expect to obtain
Our rathe citizens or those who were ..members
Hires ind products (chiefly colonial) was nealy ten
mii,!ir;ns.,-ln the sp me year the whole of our do
titstic exports to every part of the world, Btnoun
ted to-aboiit forty tight millions and a halt ; of
which the amounfl have stated, was exported to
France, and about-twenty eight millions to Great
Amain end her possessions and cept ndehcies, in
the fc-uf quarters of the globe Since that time she
has acquired the French West Indies, the Isles f
I ranct andBottrbon in the Indian Occani the Cape
to the imagination of any one that our honor re
quired we shoiild avenge ourselves on the imperial
wrong doer by carrying wai in'o his owndomiri-I
ions? No 1 It-would be considered "esraltmid'"an'dT
hopeless attempt. T.iu have Uen in the 'habit of 1
paying tribute (considered a a.barfjge of dtpen
den.ee.) to the Dey of Algiers and other Barbary
pow ers, for, the express purpose of securing ' th
pn ptny of your merchahts from cepmie and ycu'r'
citizens frtm slavtiv. When uipa'fed in a
1 think we do enough (m-rre than any
the cautei of complaint which we have against G. 'other goveiiiment on earth ' does) when we place
: Britain, and the injuries which we have received those, pi rsor-s upon a perfect equality ; ,'aS it res-j of Good Hope, the Dutch possessions in Asia and 'rneice, to which you have the most lihqi estioii.
: ether bands ; but of the objects of 'he war about Ipecti 'the .-tijoymetit of every ribt within our ler ( America. To thefe countries in 1807, while iin.fh'f tile. You have lately en'eud lotos. cnmnrk
lb be undertaken, and the means and probabilities ritonal luns'licion. bo iar. no oti c r nation has
f securing them. There Ts a self jv'tdentdisinc- i cause to complain, because we do tiot interfere
' xiorj between the causes and Jhe objects of war. - with ny" light claiiner) by them ; either sanctioi ed
The one may exist Wimoui me omei , via iiiere-tty puoiic uw, or oi a qiiesiioiiauie cnaracter- uui
jnay be hoih good causes and substantial obj'.rt, ; -urtber we cannot go, w ithou. inteiferting with the
' end yet it would be the grossest folly to precipi'stej claims of other sovereign powers ; .'sanctioned by
' the nation into a vtor, unless a full rrCection, id-jlong practice and acquiescence. - Allegiance is.'dus
ed bv will the wisdom ?nd experience e co'dd col lrt-.ni every person
Tedt. there, appeared a fair prnfepect, that afer the ; vernment. In
- r. I I ! ... r .....
was'e of
louv blood and' treasure, we could either) ciespo'isrh, it ; was claimed as duchy divine right ;
realise trie obiect in contvVcrsv, or obtain some! but since-the dawn of civil liberty, it Iras been con
oubstantL';! equivalent , W had tneretore ngln to.! sulereil a a iijiiy growing out ol an implied com-
?:pect to have had placed rrtore 119. a view 01 j pact uw wetn me govenors ana governed; anttjn-
Hiis subject, calculated m convince usthatve were I dissoluble lik'otjier compacts, without the mutual
ot fortgnng me ntersins vi peace wnnout a ra-jabscnioi tuc triniracin puues. un uws pnnci
der their foi-mer dependence, the exports cf do-. (frst you will c.il it) 'with tin- Epiperoi of .l-arce 1
mestic products Irom thftU State's, amounted Jo) by 'which it was stinulated.-thnt m roiisideiatiirt
01 ihs nernnsMon to us, to trade to I
upwards ot four millions of dollar,- so that esti
ntating cur exports to G. Britain and her present
possessions and dependencies, as they stood in
107, the amount 'would: be about thirty.two mil
lions ; about two thiids of the whole amount of our
son in aspcisl elate tbsbme go-rdomestic exports to every part of she world. Thus
ine- dark ages of, supt rstition' and hile ft e are. alinuVerigagingin,j wir for com
merce we abandon' 'hf greater, abolutelv utl
eonttnd for the, lesser.' 'We re lir.tmiah our - com
merce wi h Great Untain and her-possession, at.
the threshold (ffrduririg hostilities I presume we
shall Jnve nope) and go to war 'fur vohat we can
?rt. of the commerce ol Vrance, Italy, Holland,
1
tlr-nil obiect. or without the mo-it distant .-nfosnect 1 Pie is lounc.ed the doclnrf ot perpetual allegiance! Hamburg pnd the Hrse Towns : I leave Snai;
jnakir.g the war any thing hft a rprse to thisJiec gnised thionghcut Europe ; and the British and Portugal and tbtir American provinces out pt
nation. But instead ot such a course which fpe oc-. -pretensions, by which they reclaim their suhjecls'the question, as the fate ol those countries hangs
vision 'seemed mruraityio rtquire, im our reason iiounu on uoara our increnaiK -ve&fcus ; wucr ineyjin suspense
5 tn have ahv shave jn the decision,) nothing hsi
. v-r -7. - .... 1 .... 1 . ' 1
1een preser.ted to us om wgiuy coiwi eci statements
'" 'nt the injustice which has been, measured ottt to
sis by, Great-Britain. The many injuries which
we have received at her. hands have hren4Hetaile.d.
' -and repeated.by almost e very one who has spoken
!--:fb favor of this bill ; cut there they h ive stopped.
- On this p irt of the subject (the only part which
i geptlemen have been pleased to touch) tiipreisve.
ry little djffeience between us , t have nodifiicvi
: in believing, that ever since the year, 1806, not
t;ly Great Bj itain, but FrauCe also, have given us
J ; , ed Causes of war, which, according to the
c form.;!- usages of nations, is juctificpi whenever an
indignity is offered", or a national tight violated. I
fan not one of those, therefore, who suppose that
Great Britain has done u no 1 essential injury,
Or frons it 1, 1 am fully sensible' of the indignities
, .offered to us, and the repeated violations cf 09T
rights neural naiiou on hei' Jari jbUj; tUs. is
allegeThey are not entitled to protection, no more But this is not all. - We may expect to see, and
than enemy's properly and' contraband, good's, 'for jthe day is not distant, when the dominions of
which thty have uu unquestionable right to search. V ranee shall tint afford us a market for a single ar
Thus while they claim the right ol 'impressing I tide, but all commerce with her shall either be
their own subjects only ; the similarity of manners : interdicted by her own gc vernment or- abandoned
and language, and the abuses of power by British
officers, causes the impressment, of mtny of our
native citizens, i' j
7rIiTconSiMVing
it unnecessaiy to investigate inc justice of the doc.
trine fo'r w'iich G. Bitain contends, or how far it
corresponds with the' abstract right of man ;' I
speak of the fact. - It - is enough lor us Jknow
that these pretensions exist; have long existed,
and will not he abandoned.'-. We 'must be conscious
that we cannot impose pw-.firineiph 'on other na.
tions, with whom it our inrerestjo cultivate a good
urrdersianding but that oti every subject where
our rtghts or pretensions may conuictj both. parties
ay our merchants as unworthy their pursuit , Ev
er since the diite of the Berlin decree and the pos-
neiinisMun 10 us, io traoe to -I'nffipiid
.. i .-I. 1 . 1 , . . .
o men we ihiu UKitpencjtni r. his coir. ) -A
ve would cause our lights to be iesp; cttd by her. '
Why were all these, things suffered and eohe i
Where was this honor thai is n,w goadlnir u r.n
to a wacwlih Greet Britain ? VVhy was war the
only haisum tcl.eal our injur d hnor,' rot resort -ed
to ? ' here is but one" answer that" I can give
consistent villi the respect 1 oe to the govern .
metit. Tri dtnce forbad it. War was not lalcnla. '
ted to cure the esiluhich tffected us. but ttj make
it worse. I think so mow. Can the wsfr fouf
blood and trejsure heal the wounds which he no
tion's fencied lienor may htve receiver' ? Are wer
to drafatupoh us .'all the miseries that attend w?
and all theT.angers with witich it is su: n undetj,
without-acy practical -good in prospect vlieh ptr
lufps at the end of st-vtn year vc"shaH he mirpel.
led to sit down and acquiesce under the svMem a
gainit which the Avar is vaBenJi''tb'hkvc itT-:
to say, that we acled like men cf spitlt ? ... 1 j
Sir, 1 fear we have not been si flicit ntly attend,
live to the progress cf events which hVve 'pMssci
oeiorc cur e)ej events, wniy h nave t fie cte'd a rad
tratiQ.n ipf the Prussian, monarchy, ilhnse-whv gave ical -change in--thea5pEcr"cf the avjjicd Xvorld ' V
themselves the trouble to think and could think, We' have attributed the injuries and, mdfgni u 'A
KAur Mint 3 trri'tt unit rnftirnl linnfir in ll.n ct .l. rf whirl, -ui l,av .ri-v.!'r.ri.rl
saw that a great and radical change in the state' of
EurOpe was intended by the imperial conqueror,
who wields the destmics of the continent. What
ever theultimate, object might be, it was early
perceivable that that mutual vdependt'tice which
exists between commercial states,' so far as it res"
pected the French empire, was about to be dis.
solved, and that it was to be dependant no longer
upon foreign nations for . any stipplies.To ibis.
every regulation (ex-'territorial or municipal) adopt
Oiust 'clmrish a spirit of conciliation 3 concession cd by its government has kept a steady eye They
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wiiiiii r nave ci cr c ui 1 it rsiiw !ic. ...
rroth the,tiue Ones wj h&Ve stipposid 'bat to the" '
abstract and individual injustice vl the men wha
are. the rulers of Oreat Britain and' France was J
to be traced all our evils ; vh'tn in facr tharinjus-
'ice was, the inevitable result rf existing! cum.'
stances, and when the true sources la much dee- ,
per-- The present. state of the Ewibpim world, ;
ii the primary cook from w hicknhnse-xsfmctpTtT-that
haye so tericuxly af!'cH'tlour commerce havelU
rtceived tbcic otiiuiA.nd ta &if 4t appears vain
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