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rSpccch on Wat qtfeftion. TESAtr 0Fa.uN.iTE0; states;. ihM hit motion rnatfe m'newn yvnel; w. me tne jurwc. iif ri .-","; W tuva i ttVaid ibat telwaMritirely sseosible jrW Jmiimtr in WewMof entering upopXhe dis. Ldori of a subject which ljien . long Ume rL nmiorf,fftd upon which it tmght be" ..'.nftMi that 'the opinion of members were for. tnjdwd euted $ tyit oneti occasion so, mornen Saves theresehtj iie 'should not feel tymself fanned nupnuttiPK t , Myw y riT"" mm would remark, that he IM .confined his lno tioa fjj tirae, in..ordet that rnamber might not be wmprwnirted In supportirigHt, Who think, the w jct!f jtnt and necessary t. ' , . Tne tooiJotv did notoppose or deny the suffi,, &nef of Jtbi caies, r the policy of the r. It wert only to afermbat he truedjhe, course of Vtt pbsenratioot would'iender very evident, that mil was not a time at which war oaght to bp dc. dated.' - " ;v ' ' . , , . . --.--.--' He induced ft confidence that upon so great an occasion the Senate would "not be impelled to act lj any. little passions, nor by any considerations darinfc and hatardous step, no man. in" or out of ne least .prospect, 1 f you declare warj oj? atttkiit .subjects IbVud in our merchant service." ., She e. wna?4 mi seaaoatvic .impwaioje ui pan . srcises tne n roc in relation to her own orttafc ves. fovernment, without the gift of prophecy, wduld have predicted; . iTh? "public rrjhd nad been tracted arjd deceived by boisterous speeches and bold .but ephemeral resolutions, that it had, sunk 'into, Viute of apathy, and was no longer excited even by the sound of war echoed in tfce minicnal paper from. the' proceedings of government, "rr, Whea the bilf before us was nrst brought up from the other Kbuse, it was the opinion of very few that it would obtain the support oC a majority 'Of tljtrbodir'iSnd ven..ow, it was Ifkdyta; paas, i not because it was approveaoy a- majoruy, oui oi the' duTerehceaibf bpiniion vhjch existedatnipTrg ". V - ' ( ( . f 7 Vint ycci OU TMi ucuiiiv,jcmi j vv.u so repeatedly dis" pied t detenamg your tronttera against the tva eoTtwW n thinkin flying ,A;aaenttrUiat hWabodys tbthe iew and designs o the cabi- ttiuf Oitthtrtti the dutf f hrt ;tiorf-remisftft wid; ftf congress, it has Oeeft aouorwi among OLtrsefvev whether the government 'wotld resort to war, how was irto be known by our merchants, or -eny other class of society unacquainedrwUli t- tht intentions and secret proceedings Ot tnose exer. cising the powers of the governmeVf, that the fcauW would be wantonly plunged into a sudden war. ' ' ''.'. ..' f ':, : ':!' He had heard it said that the embargo was sum cient notice of 'he- design of the govermrnrnt to resort to hostilities upon its expiration j and ih&t people must be infatuated, who, after such wain i ig, were 66t apprized of' the approaching crisis. But it is too recently and deeply in 4r recollec- Itiiiipt'.oii'USeif that yon eipect Imtnrd) atcly W assail jro'ur'' enemy. Is it on the ocean that Uft impression: is to be . fAade 'f "-Voir hf ve twenty tessehof.WarButain has upvricrdS of k l!iousnd. What will avajl the activity or gallant ry of four officers ri seameh against such dispart ty of jforce. .Toiir-lutlehavy must rail Inim,ediate!y or be driven frn the oceao-i-Some pfSslepien mafee reat expe"ctan'8 .tjpw' pivate ; but has ureal' Britain atfy 'unarmed or tMotectcd trad vihtcii they Van attack" ? jMvateers have no wis. , ; jima rjgiujjie never wm noTvCan give up. , 'If, our merchant mg were aecure profttion to A British,aTen Who iaiflcd uf dey iv thV British -1 gthtlerneh as to bthtrjoDttrses Which had been pro (trad which they tan attack ? JMvateers ftave no poseir. - r - ' w i t , - ; i Jotherjctthan plunder and1 booty. TIleyyoid iftwit i thelignl i an ifforrnation posest4 in1r4K4 sels-afid, deferidVd as thfirttisn nsvr.cnusi unnmuuea py .oeaenton i.waile - our mercnants'can andlb'payv l 4o1ay.tdr:JrVerf W1 ' ling afi or tin Ufa in (h n aval ftrtftce of -his ', U rjabe.tdntmued:j - K;iK irf hU rue out of an extended and distinct (ion to be foreotfen. that this is not tlie first em tiew of the interests of the Country. It is not e.j-bargo we have experienced, and Which, though i'oTj flouah that we -have cause of war, we must see . longer duration, we saw pass away without being tfiat wt are Pteparett, anu m a conuiuvn i iutnv, uouowta vy war cwsnvrcein every 'parrt)? the world by her great na5jfcce, it Is little t b eatpted thalifa, tecrtng will be attended 'With much success or en-1 coUrBgetnent, .But ,hHe we Are searching fori toe means 01 annoying ine commerce qx xrit&iu, does it1)!c6me us; to ovil-lodk . at this moment the condition of our own A taluatle pai t of the trade from beyond tle Cape of Onod-Hope has hot vet arrived. ' Of the numoerkss vessels T'ifHich sailed upon the eve of the embaigo few have rfe- tottcrlogfttbric, the;act' gerterilly terrhed the eleo. turned Your merchant vesvjli are without con- i torai law. ias passed. . It is: almost unnecessary" voy and utterly defenceless. Your cdndiilon, theTe- j to adduce arguments tci prove this act uiiconstitu fore, is, that with more commerce expbstcfy yodr i tional Many have already been onVedjto the puh. adversary will possess' greeter means of annoy-lic. :BuVi :a 0f q, ance, and the consequence "must be, that We '.shall : f bse inSnitely more than we can expect ip gain, able effr.mtery "upon yburjatfention through th u Mier sucn circumsiances wnac snouin nurry uiwium w uc4vjjuicr, 11 nray noi DC improper or : t fe?-"'EXTR ACT, H frjoro s aetits'of Wall written- essays, communis r caV4 to- tht edi(c)ra, under the signattlreot' : TO THE tBEfeMHK OF NOTII CARQr- : A commeacemeovlast s:cocnV ' ' Iftas,' ft Vt!l1M-.ltf fit - Mr.Midisoit wa becdnunr .iUmeiiihat'finlvrriil. n tis partiiani IdbltJhVlta'Brttoor, thelTeprtse&o hf fC gVeat"tcal ;&i ; the -public good, "w6te eSpfeis"1 1 - X some heading democratic1 meihbVri of the legist. " tiire, t'hat'M the ctaft was Tn TSSii$rK : -To stay the ' u. . Yon do not eo to war for the benefit ol your dvantaeenot to eive uroof Jof a ta'tti and heedlesa. courage, but to assert-your 'rights and redf e3S ypiir wrongs. U'you commence iltostilities before you arc prepared to stfike a blow, and while your C'ries, your territory, and your 'nroDertY on the ocean, ere exposed-to the mercy Jof a government possessing yast resources of war, what can you expect out to aau new uisuet-ses, defeat and disgraceA to - the prongs of which you complain.- It is a strange motive lor wara wisn to gratify; the rapacityV to swell the triumphs, and to increase the insolence of the enemy. 1 B. said, that neither the government nor (at people had expected, dr Were prepared for war. fcttaat low moment the general opinion aoroaa VU, that the re would te no war lie mercantile anrffradinK world hid, continued to act upon th t Opinion-f-nor 4puld people be. persuaded, that an unarmed nation was about to attack a nation arm ed cap a pie. Ho man h&d laid out hla aexount fcr this war, and every one would be taken By sur prize and unprepared for its shock. You have at this moment ah immepse property abroad, a fcreat portion of it in JEngland, and part floating on the ocean and hastening to your ports . Ti'e post- poneraent proposed might save a greaf portion ot property, and bring iome the Staamen now absent irbni the country. Gentlemen wogkUtmen;ber i thenumber of ships which left our ports upon the evcjpfthe embargo-thse vessels have not had lime to perform theiroyages, and the greater part'oi' them were 'atiU abroad. He kne w th at. some members "had no enrothisseratiort for the merchant Who dared to escape the embatgo, and who had (disregarded tfte salutary precautions, designed,ai it was said, for his security. Uui he did not think It surprising , nor culpable, that those whjse pro. petty cohsisted in Ships, should be averse to aee itlg hem 'rotting at the wharves, aftd even dis pose'd to incur riskn to find employment for thefn atitoad. " ' :' . . Even, however, if it should be thought that th l he lanuape held here as to people out . of doors who have doubted of the war, is rtor'ted by the public voice with equal confidence and on bet ter grounds. They tely upon your integrity and wisdom, and say that concresa cannot be so infa tuated, destitute as they are of the means of ag- us into the-war JV Are gentlemen afraid- if the v wait till November, that the world will not last long enough lo afford, them time-to "gratify in war their mighty resentment against Britain ? Tic be lieved as he hoped that there was no honorable gentleman on the floor who would rot Jive longe. nough to have a complete surfeit oTthe war, though it should he postponed for a tew months. gression or defence, to draw upon themselves at He said he was greatly influenced in his motion war with one of the most powerful and formidable-! frr postponement by the combined considerations nations 'of the globe- If a war with Britain be of the present defenceless condition of the country thoucht unavoidable, vet, as she leaves to us the 1 and the protection which providence- had fcivenus time of commencing it, surely we ought to select! against a maritime power in. the winterseasbn that time, when the first shock shall he least dis astfous andean b si be resisted. -Why should we hurry into a war from which nothing but calamity cat? be expected I TlR-re i no danger that the re dress of our wrongs or ihe assertion of our rights will be barred by the limitation of time. No time has existed forbears pastwhen we had less cause to complain of the conduct of (J. Britain. Her vessels of war had all been withdrawn frcm our coasts at he presumed, to avoid Collision and hostility. If the war be suspended rill NovVrnbvir, the government and people will hot hb'e better prepared to sustain it. He was not a friend to the restrictive system, but with a choice orily of e vils, he should prefer the embargo to war. Post pone the war and we will submit to the embargo till November. This will Tarnish tirn-i for the re turn of our ships and seamen ; and if at the same time you will abandon the non importation act, youwijL replenish yourtreasury with at least twelve millions of dollars, and restore to your citi zens sixty millions how abroad and in danger of being lost. It appeared to hirn that the Course which had been pursued Was the most preposterous imaginable. 1 For eighteen months past we had been sending our property out; and while contemplating a war with G., Britain We saw our effects to an immense amount accumulating in that kingdom, liable any moment to fall a prey to to the government", jind to be employed it support of the war against us. He asked, why rush with this precipitancy into tatrchants had acted with indiscretion and folly, it jthe war 1 Arc you provided with meais tO annoy S the irkrt of a naff ntat o-nVrnmpnV. such s this v . - w 6 WKM always to b, not fo punish the cititew for their tnisfortunes, tut to guard them against the effects of their rrors. Besides ai loss, of individual ffoperty was a loss to the state, as the public Stfeagth was derived from individual resources. ' .' He stated that the Ou isiion Of war had been doubifttttill the present moment. He did not be lieye thatzthe president-himself exnected war at the openyig of the session, nor for a lone tirni at n njcnacing language wasneM out, but the hopes of an accommodation were far from being moauuonea. wucn was expected Irom the prince ri.nt. 1 . 1.; If. 11 . - ! ' . ,w 1115 'u'1 powers. a change of ministry was not dottbted ; and, it. was thought, Wat ia the change of men, there would have been found such a Change of principles and measures, ftat the differences Between the two goveniments uc compromiseo anu settled, t his expec Kion was protracted, till it became plainly evident ciat thc orince did not intend to r.fmmv- Ki f. """iswsriw iw ucjaiL iiorn ineir pnnci 9' or measures. .iJuAVhen th r aade, the administration had proceeded too far to t)perate as the course was which ftow Tnn itinauTedjabe iouj.ueA.lhtYS.ur pose d'the v weri?' -'vkm 10 oavance, or peconie the object of . re f-wacn anq stow both to friends and' foes.' This 5rees5hy they had brought upon themselves, but .wi8todMto consiiler whether the condition gfit have been avoided a they were pledged in State of events trt attemnt tn eTtnrt fivm R.V Jj'nby force the concession of those points which """.arguments had failed in persuading her ti w. He had pn dcubt. but thai some months .P4hc-.cebinet had seriously determined, upon sonting to hostilities But the conenrronce or ' was .to be obtained i and whether a tna w,7 of both house coujd oe brought to take the the enemy "6r to defend yourselves I 'Have'you ah army-or-navy-which can make any impression ? exposed towns fortified ad garrisoned I Was any nalibn eVer less prepared for war ? It would re quire the whole rnilitary force you posses to con stitute an, adequate defence for Nevv-Yorkand Newport. It ia very well kno wn that thef general Who.Wtll command at New t)orleans, has declar ed to t'fi gdvernmertt, that he will npt be answer, able for the security ot the place With a less Force than ten thousand men, which is equal to all the effective troops yet raised. It would be natural to suppose that no government would declare war till it was prepared to attack ts enemy. In peace we require no defence, and shall We declare war in order only to defend ourselves i But what blow are you prepared to strike.! Were you able in the summer to recruit your army of twenty.fi ve vhous' and men, could it be employed in any service in the course of this year? A soldier is not made in a day. The authority of a foreign offictr. pow in this country of the highest militaiy reputation, he had heard frequently cited that ft ie qui red at least fourteen months to form a soldier of a recruit. This remark applied to France, where the officers have generally received a military education, Arid where there, are so many models to imitate and During the winter months you will be defended by the elements. Postpone the wartifl November, and we hall not have to dread an enemy on our coast tjff April. In thejneantime go on with your recruiting, rill up, discipline! and train your army, take the stations you pkase which will enable you to fcpen aft early campaign. Your trade will all have time to return, before hostilities commerce, and having all your ships and seamrn 'at home, you nnavte- prepared to put forth all your strength tte ocean on the opening of the ensuing spring. Shall we by an untimely precipitancy yield. ilng to a fretful irh patience of delay, ihtow mir wealth into the hands of the enemy, and feed that Very rapacity which it ia out object to subdue or. 10 punish. VVe can lose nothing by delay ; much will, be certainly saved ; and at a moment pregnant with great events, it wa3 most evidently our true policy to temporize. You give up no right, yield no pre tFnsioiirahdproSrby every "daymTeniiering lhe c'dndition of the country more secure-and its atti tude more formidable. The just appretiationjon time ts among the highest points of political saga city. To know what step the times will warrant, and to take the step at the pVoper time,' is gener ally a matter ot more important and difficult con ideration than the nature of a proposed measure. Without enquiring whether. War was the right course for the nation 10 take undei existing cir cumstances, he did most confidently assert that this was not the time when war ought to be com menced. . -" '" . '' .'" Mr. B. said it belonged to the m6i6n he had submitted to bring nncler review the alleged causes ot war, and to-nquire into the probability of our attaining the onjects for whrch We were tombark in the war. U we are to come out of the w?r as weentr into it, after having wasted the blood and treasure of the nation, and loaded the country with debt and taxes, it would certainly be more ration. a! to submit at once to the wronea we endure. If wesexpect to extort any concejsion from Britain, we must be prepared for a lorig Obstinate and bloo. dy conBict. . . " :"' ' ; . ' ' . : Britain at tliia moment' certainly does nottouft the quarrel.' hhe has reduced the catafogue of our complaints : and though not disposed to surrender her pretentions, she has evidently made advances towards conciliation." The recent orders in coun cil were designed to be so considered, and she has retribved a great source of umbrage in withdraw ing her. armed -ships from our coasts. She had offered satistaction for the afuir otthe Chesapeake, scrmany instructors to teach. But here the' offi cer is to form: as well as the soldier--The officer has to learn his lesson first hefore he can prescribe the task of the 6dldier. You may possibly have a; herd of men, but you can have no artriy to. lead into service this season- And if this herd be led against disciplined troopa ydu pan expect nothing but defeat and disgrace. . 'i' S".- . But you have not gotr nor can yoa get the men. during lhe present yeariThese are not the days of Cadmus TtvriA require great patience and in dustry, and a considerable length oftime to col lect tweDty five thousand men; Have youthe :1 impertinent to take sortie noiice of his remarks tlie grand object with this wriitr appears to be f6 de'fent the act upon flie oun'd oT ccstituUon!." "ality ; and to effect "this he appeals to- the article of the constitution which delegates the power vest" ed in the state legislature. Here we join is6e j and I particularly Call the attention of the reader to the xvdrds of this article which were not eta- racterized in Italics' by the; writer in question tsir"';0' apk iiate'ihatl ofifidint." To iilustrate tne jeri ence, it Wdl be hecessary to ascertain what fs comprehenc'.ed 1n the term tate. By this exprd sion cannot be understood the legislature of ech' particular state. Such-a construction would at tach to the sentence tn unmeanine tautolotry in itn3e, if not "in expression, to wit, that each fe.. gislature shall appoint, in ?uch manner a the le gislature thereof shall direct 1 Neither can wo attach to this phrase a meaning comprehending .. a portion of, territitrf comprized wkhin ce1an bbunOa and'Hmitk. If it cannot, then, be under stdod ia eitfler of these senses without manifest impropriety, we roust, however on willingly, adopt the true sense an'd import of the term, which de srgna'.ta and crigt nothing roorp',nuks than tlie sovereign people of each particular state. If this interpretation be correct, it is asked in turn, " Can any man read this, arid toy the tgU 1 la Hire iiUH apftolnt 3 ' It is not uncommon fcr the accused and. guilty, in their gitat anxiety to support a sinking reputa tion, Co suffer their teal to get the better of theirr.- judgment- This is evidently the case with One of - rfir J V aifr.-Anxious,7to wipe off the odium attach efl tathe friends of the iniduitous and tiqcpnstitH--tionl measure, he has by fits efffm completely established their guilt, if we consider him as speak ing the sentiments of his party. - Hear his lan guage What is the reason that North Carov lina has been overlooked By every administratifjn in appointments I" The reason 4 We have re- duced the state sd low that no administration has thought it worth while to pay court to it' Noi regardihia as being brought forward to defend the policy f the law, and it means precisely this : ,4 Because we hve not evinced heretofore a dispo- sitionto go all the desperate lengths of a corrupt, : administration, foe every administratioh is . cor rupt that ftill pay court in any other form than i prescribed by the conatitution we have been over-- lookfdin the distribution of the loaves andfishej. But now now ge give suth ample testimony of 'our attachment to the system of monopoly a grandiaement and occlusion, by trampling on th rfglits and privileges of bur injured and.pass'ivv fsllow citizens, sorely we' shall partake of the : rich. es and munificence dealt forthwith such liberal. and profuse hand at the city of - Washington. " T J - i State Bank, . ; 1 aRaleiob,, Joly 1, leiS. , THE Stockholders of the,State Bank are here , by Informed, that thfc fourth instalment of their' Shares will becooie due on the 18th day of August hext It b expected that punctuality will be ob- 'served, and payment made at the several Banks f which our government had accepted which must l al which tl Subscriptions were originally made agrccauiy iu. mc oi 1111.01 jju' a-inj saiu uuijv. - " WM. H. HAYVVOOD, GVr. therefore be taken to.be honorable and sufficient, and the offence which had been given completely expiated.. -. '' . ' "-' VVe are no longer at - variance with., respect to the colonial trade.- Fi ance ho longer has colonies, and we have no occasion tO couteridaTpreseht fdr an empty right, which could not be exercised if yielded. - '...,.'.:," - - The question, therefore, as to the tight of-a neutral to be the carrier of the produce of the col oriy of a belligerent, having been reduced by the course of the war to a mere "question of theory, it no longer efitered into 1 disputes of the two.gw vernments,. . . The'question as to the impressment nfnr sea men did not present insuperable difficulties Britain never contended for a right to. impress Amehcan icamen. - The right shcclaims is to take tier own 50-4t- For. Sale, A very tew copiea 01 1 J BROWN's; catechism. JUST PUBLISHED, - JvJn&ftr-'tittfi- in pamphlet formes... y ' ' . - At this offic," An Address to the American PeppI " , f .i'J" '-WWSK5 OF COSCBESJ - : V .:-- ' '-",.- ilcSfiCCtiHf- -,'-;'?' '". W A k V I f H G ) t E A T B U 1 T A T N . y ' " r:;:; :- Trie- 20 cc.vi. .1 7
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