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O Nr my return home from the Supreme
vourt at nuitign, 1 was presented wun a
copv oMr.' BlackVedge's address to voaof
the 12tB insU Though reluctant to trespass
again on vbur attention ;: I must nevetthe -r
. Itss, 'submit to you, somejobservations;
nvhiththis address seems! to demabd. C for
thi purpose, I scixethe- first xqnijsnr.pf
leisure; , . . .v.
In presenting myself to. your notice a
Candidate I cauttously abstained from ev--cr
rpmark and . every expression .which
ufight rouse the furious passions of party
Thi5 forbearance however has been of no
avail. -To have ihade a tender of mv ser-
vices at all, is insinuated to be an offence
liat should subject nie to the. censure pi air
- iraerae rnenanat wnicn owes its origin
to the intemperance of party spirit. Hov,
Strange that this charge should be'brought
forward bv: Mr. Blackledge, tttthe Vervmo
itaert in which he declares, that fits resolu
tion to-become a candidate had been for
iried at the time vvhen it was understood
and believed that he should stand opposecf
to our present representative !-He corals
forward himself in opposition ancl then
complains of those who awaken "the Intem
perance of narti spirit J" If the desire of
being useful to his country anda deference.
to the " pressinginvitations,, ot his friends,
. lustifv his avowed wish to oppose Mr. Stan
ly; why should? not the sainer niotiyes afV
lorq to me, a pjstmcation lor a wisir 10 sue
crto this kehtleniari; although at' the" ha
"zard of thwartihgVhis i:M
But no j itseenaitHatt these considerations
pught :to:liave!hadno'weigbt -with" me-bej-kauie
there shoiitd be tid diyisionlh oiir
public counsels. : The man, fellow itJens,
does not ekist rjtio more sincerely depre
cates the Horrid ';coiiscueiiceSfa"6ui
divisions of our couWyhi tnyself 0
nion is indeed;essemial'jtp3r
put- to.puVexhiecfe
an pinion of hohest land intelligent men, on
Ciorrect principles 'and with pure motives,
all combining their efforts to promote .the
great interests of truth, of justice and of the I
public good. IsKBuch the nature or the 1
tiion which Mr. B. recommends ? His"
union- is an expulsion of all men from the
public counsels who do not belong -ta the
dominant party -it has in view the rnorio-J
polv of. all power and influence into the
hhrids of a particular political sect- it is
- . inarked by ari illiberal proscription Sc abuse
'of eveiy individual s- engaged in u de-
. t feating thj objects of, government"T-as a
'desertcp from the cause of his country
s a friend to " the enemy"-1-who vwill not
i . asBribe' perfect'; wisdom to the conducCof
, the administration, who wilLnoti exclaim
r against insurts which he is unable, to disco
Ver and -extolUthe excellence of measures
r Avhicli experience proves to have been inju
. jrious. This spirit of Combination js the
- ery essence of faction and to it ve - owe
in any, if not most of the evils under which
' t Ave sinTer.) It ! .Is hisf factious senment
.lijch has filled the walls of Congress-witli
X- persons notoriously incompeten(Mdthe du
t jes sof their station--which ' in lieu of 'the
, , duestion'iwliatjvill ,-.bet J advance tte: inf
tefest of the cauntry" has substituted 'what
ed'redress from Britain'anB' prevented1 the
claims' of this Gehtlenian tdel respected
for his political sagacity, ; it ia"to;b"e regret-;
ted,? that ona subject where-a difference of
opinion ii known iJb exists Jhe had1 not ; fa.'
yojvd us vilBlsomething:inbre thana'bare
assertionIJe ought .to have'; recollected
that? this ' - ' strong mf-asure''liafd been con
tinued fourteen mohs-ad impoyerisn
ed thV country, 'hampefed aU' mechanical
industry destroyed the hopes of the far?
mer,'put ah end to commercial 1 enterprise,
Shut up Jour courispf 'JusticearidP never
produced thbj leastisymptom of a 'disposi
tion in the 'BeHigereritssto relax" frbni their
injurious detrees'and orders'.- tie should
have reflected that it had " diminished , the
revenue ten m'ilfiohs . of dollarsthat a 'per
severance in it one.year longer wbjald have
rendered' inevitable a" recourse to direct
iaxation, and yet tlie propositions tb repeal
exist to whomvl would giv -moret Undivi
ded icVeditthair;to J.this5 cxJdemanHcJ
declared vthat in 'x6nyemngWitHMf?Mjf
dkdn- then iSeCretaW 'of Stafe;' tin the uh-'
iect of oiir :dificaliSithpaxath'e Sec
rotary tb!4 km: ' France, will not bcrmit
opam to u us jusxice jrnce wants j inn
ney; and-'- we mlxattet Ber haV;& it'7 and
soon 4ft e wards the two! milliorls of dollars
were voted with closed 'doors.That the
money was not given to Bonaparte rkhotir
Why it was not-iow farj the negotiation
proceeded-f rhat r finally ; tpre vented it are
indeed "secrets Vorth 'knoTing' iut to me,
and tb the public are. as :yet "rhysteries im
divulgedr 5 r know that Mr. j eflcrsort; arid
Mr. Madison f ar? Americans" by birth
but I . also" kntJw; that w they ; are or were
French-Citizens bv adoption.-By a decree
oi. me convention oi'jcrance, in tne-year
IT93, they were declared French Citizens
privileore of which the accented. 'Haw
be elected to tiess?s:coneeteri tv?f7r
wisn u attenatne. management orthat suit,- -
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3f -
suit ri:anJoVRa!5gbyaid .'t,.
appear as'one - of the' CoUnsel Ui befialf of ' : . . '
the -Plaintiffs in theTesruLir cnnrR'ttr - J '
busiries land assjstintheTargument of lu ' ' ' '
Since the1: suit-has beencarried out of 7U'V
State rhayewajhed myhancls of It. "Tcy
the manaemettt of it frtlVasnington:' 'lik
verhave atten, and heVer- siiajl attehiL
whether v I may bVelected or not NTV J rK.C
as counsel nbr Tinv other why J;ayW If more
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k- mader in thVsUmmer of "rO'tcnmpe i Visbe oiaterfal to a discussion of thcirl
and Britaihljad'been 6.Vf both-rejected.
He should-ha rehiembeirdthat bur go
vcrnment had been apprised by xrur. Minis
ter Xneral Armstrong; of the:; futility of
regarding.it as a measure of cpercion. In
its dispatch of -30tKugUst 1 808',y (vhich
for some reason L or othfr, ; it was, deemed
improper to "communicate to the people)
1 B. ttnows or. oUght tp have known are
contained these tjrfarkabfef expressionsr
We have" sdmehoveiTated bur means
il of coercion of the tw great belligerents
u. to a i' course' bfjusticer Thrbbargbis a
" measure calculated' above any other to
".keep , us whol, and keep fh peaYe bdt
' beyond this you hiustnoV coumiipoa it-
Here ' (In FranCe)' it is not felt,' and in
England, in; tne niidst of the more recent
V'ahd' -- interesting "events of the day, it is
forgotten He should have reflected
that even thetermson wHich Mr. Erskine
was authorised J tp "make an arrangement
(terms certaihlv inconsistent with our rights
but with which Mr. E . took such a liberty
as reridee'diemactbnle,lT efWi hfe'di
catedno ubbn tne embargo1 but On? the less.
par rirtK6ugh IhrespecinjudicioVal
measure ; a proposed nn-intetorse5
He bhbuWfavecalied to-m
one of 'hisiorrner pred ictionsr such as wstjr
ving theyBritlslfe WrJthhblding supplies bf
provrsicirisanj
esiHsntsy turtailig their exports
hassbdmpietefe he is how wil-
ung 19 roretnann ;;y ever had been made
ifiad fliesmf eBeSctioht occurred , tofiim.
slirely-'henldjSayc 'dbubted tiHielMr His
mere 6 iayro proved ;kr txoctness of
his opihioriiIt ieems'tbo aK little" cxtraor
dinary that" aeyiHiis'ralse of the em
bargo, he .cautions you" against believing
that he" would recommend another; If it
be really so excelienija measure why not
adopt it again ?--Ig'it that hi fears it will be
claims to our con Sdence I the 1 people are
VUrtHllCU. VV jUUt-! X iiC u uui, UUWCVCf uic v '
ought -itcf lowiThat the Eabargoas
not conceived in a spiritt.of -impartiahty
to bothrbelligerents, is a sentimen t which! I
i - .,i.J i- ' t j -1
nave jrciuciiy:uvuvu, lulu . 01 mc cor-1
recthe'ssrofwhih J xartrnot doubt; Had
I doubts, Mn ;Bs addess,would jmove
them.' v Doybii; perceive- ii it one worldtof
the effects it jyvus -designed to produce on
France ? He teltefy6u It was i4 calculated
tobrihg at least one of otir eneniies ; to a
sense of j ustic Ile speak s of the' shock
it gave the r&itishNafion?'---He would
hot recornmei3 jnOther Embargo, '' be
cause u the BtiizsTi Nation ivil take c?ireto
provide and keep on handfa. sufficient -supply
of naval stdfes--Nbt a syllable utter
ed as to the coercion it "wis to operaten
France. ' Indeed it would lave been nuga
tory to utter sich, for you have seen that
bur 'Government was informed by; Airhi
strohg tht in France it was not feltv and it
is nbtorious that" the French Emperor de
clared his decided approbation of it. Frohi
r ranee ana pntain ootn jias our country
received gross ihiustice; : Biit on one side
only have thVdominant pattshevmseni
bilitv - Withe4 the Embargo and this de
fence bf it4-Wijtness the Nob-Intercouf se
by which Holland (as notoriously depend
dehton France fas-Irelandj on the King of
oreat-xncain .was. nevertneiess leit open
to our trade,vas thb' perfectly a neutral.
uness tne repeaiea reitsais oi tne ma-
Viliimost contribute to; the strength bfoui
. tJartY1' whichin the selectbhcof men for
. , v 9nieerI'ka?.ne4arly;.-ban enquiries as
J " "to-morarfitnessor intellectual capacity; hfts
k . iriven us Willi am-Duane for. a liejlttcblonet
, arid retains .JamesVilkinsbmas .a general
: ' qf mir amiesiilfcis tothk factious-princi'
plelwe may, attribute? the profusion' bfttHe'
s f public, treasure , - among,,, servik f ,depenf
r . ' otmts and newlymade conrerjs forrt-soon
. r - teaches" the meiriUers of he " league'1 to
(; 3 x Regard nopplv:- tnepower-buVfec eniolu-
r , r , T; . ments ,of governmentras;tbeirl:excfusive
v.propertWof.wh
ty, S'ime spirit or i action, wnicn, lias orougrt on
r t:e4 ruin of eyerK republic with whi Ji7ani
; "'t.. , '..cient'or, nioden'bistonacquaint us, and
i t; ..;:vhich unless snppr,essedin.iiinevmust 6c?
1 casion the, destruction also of our s. ' . -.
, i- ? - 3 " iFc Iow-Cit zensl- Mr., BiackUlm. mvV
unpopuiar, anu ne is unwmmg to ao wnatne
deems right, if it he opposed' by : public cla
mour? -' Oh no I Circuroiiahces he. thinks
haveh'an'ged; .Our property, and citizens
are noV afloat and it is too late as a 'precau
tionary measure, As ar measure of coer
ciuu it jtui iau, uctu,usef xintain, .win tase
care to provide a sufiicient supply of naval
stores !-Admirable reisning !:' Who does
not tVrowr that when the Embargo was-im-
posed, eveiy sea was ,whitened with our
sails,' and every; foreign port flllecf with our
ships ? Who can riot ' percei ve thatrt was
formerly infinitely e4sier for Britain to pro
cure naval supplies wnen she had free ac
cess to the portVof the;; BalticV tffan now,
when she islalmVsts&c I
Perhaps theywthole may be. 'considered .as
an illustration of the sage "sentiment-of the
? v - - v.r ls ;. "
X man convinced against hjsjwill . r
1- Retains the smeQpiJ1ionstL---, ; -t
; .False charges and insinuations youare
told, have been circulated by Federariiea
derV Wh as the swing of two iniHion of
dollars to.Bonaparjt, JMr, Jefferson and Mr.
placfison, being rte.aud theE.mbar?
gb.being the effect $t French inaru"e.nce,-,
I tevn? pritepsions: the "characier.of a
Ve: Md Wi-of cpuffe. wULno't
consider m self as 'atcke by, this -remark i
tor tear-vOi rmiapprehension bovvever 1
ifeel rm seif;bb'und tdsay. tbaVpnef.fAm
;pftars;hVvKer-v:been advanced !by"mell
; T -I .iL i : -"T: V - - ,
X K f caf4,4.wftM .requires in.e?trtcy
ciare, that, I;have,no.t hesitatedtQ.savV when
I thought $e..pcvgsionVquired Ifr df'&ti
tbe sion oPiaO
a vmenjioer tvypilUopsnXjf.1 dollai.were
thavthe objectVasVo.b'ribe S?rancd to biillV
Spuin t6;do:us jiyiticer. have said:so"be-
f : .you his decided ppmionas tVlmeVisom
"r r -1 ' ? cfthe Embargo," and dclares'his ,VaU':but
cause the nrst part.ot thesbbservation is e-'
ymcedr bevond.conjroversv by. the. act of
Copgress: Tanking the: ppropriaaonrand
the latterpar,t3t behevd,and still.believt'
1 to ne true. unon tne taitft nt HtrfAle:il,
jonfy to permit Champan vft insolent letter
of t he 1 5tb Tan; lS03t tojcblra to'the kho w
, W of tlic public. Yor remtnt5er its
Sybrds1 Warexis& in fiCct between Enk-
iana ana tne u ; otates, f ana tne iLmpe-
ror consiaers it as aecrqea irom the day
on which England published her decrees.
14 He.has ordered that, the American ves
sels shall-TemaftiwMiitstergd until a de-
pressed bif jlhe Government of the Untied
Armstrong's comTnuhicatJon" of' the 22d
Feb. 1 808 in which he announces to bur
government that The French Empcrbf
has declared his decrees should sufrekno
44 change and that the Americans should
fc be compctltti -, to - take trjo positive chart
" acter of "cither wlhes or enerhie&"- diat
fc the sequestered cases amount to One
44 ces'T will Vield iipzOardsof one huMfed
" minions or jrancs. a ,sum whose mairni-
4 tude alone renders hopeless all; attempts
t4' to save it" If T anMright in Suppb-'-
ami? vtiau.uie xumpcror nas aennitiveJv ta-
Ken nrs grouna, ican not bev wrong in
condudihtr that uou 'will irYLmed(iteUi'tnlt
toar.'Witness; the concealment r.bf
ArmstrongVdispatch' 6i' the ioth "August,
1 808, vof which JyoU bdve already seen ek-
u i..-vi.a--r wv v?u. 1 15i unnecessary ,h it
i$ degrading to rAmericfan' PridVtcfDe nAbre
parBcular. ? The insensibility, 'the, tameness
wtichs'mVnested" at tneJlate ixqscadon's
aritl saleslbf bur propejwTJBy. ."tne : asnirihir
hiastef hi the.worfd'; at th burning of oiir
?iuu5 aim iipurisonment oiiour:v,iti2ens lor
no cause, butrbeUnsfc they are "Americans
lilbn nlamlv nrttves in1 thp mftlinis
ot agenueman ot Greene,- " the ru-
r
5 - r- "v gtvcji ur
tente by recendy 'appearing as Cbunsp
Mvtiax& ,iu uuiui tuuate oeing ' Charged.
vith the crime of 'murder. rM'1 '
trust you will .hot btlieve'that :I deem'it.' '
ctcoou, aoicapctis a vast majority ipiypu,
to saya wprd upon this su6iecIam RiV - :
Ihatins nbtButl am told that M&m': -
wno misled bsorae misreresentatimti -
or prejiidice' doubts as b xht crrertwci .
cl,ldn'ct and wishfe'ftr an expiana-r
tioni lliet Us tlierefbre i
5uire;into the circumstances of HivinaaF !
wasiaKen upon tne cnarge of muidcrancl
ftw Prison. A general sentiment
of indignation beingstrondv
sayld...aids thebfilceofth '
oiitLcv 4 mc prosecution against him. ilriv
this situation the nrlsoner annlJ iW e
respectable prbsiohal 'gtrideman l
niyelf tojdefendliimi mbvehecrt
upon an 1 affidavit, betting forth the strong
prejudices jof the people of the coimtv. th4
the canse. may r -
an aojacentjcounty. This motion" is fefu
sed,on tbis g
proper ;care:;-will be; . takenrtbTcvcnafsy
person from acting a&agcirbrwnbse'mlh
is undethe influehce'ofsucbnr
Vrrattempt is thtti Vnae taprbture a J t
and so 1 many are declared tinm&.XU
by the, CfiUrt on-accountof haying- mab '
up and deckred opinions on" the prilonerW
gti, thaa; biy Ury HSpt podLn cl
the cause' continued to the niit term-. ;
J5ucH'tn
a loss ceiVei ,
ci c wyuo.cm;ucaii oi ; uie-rTlSOner-;---
reflect' a moment be fore this 'questions )
asked. Look at the Bill of Rights' annex
ed to TourStte' Constitution; and seo
what are th ,- sacred' privileges f secured tc
every individual arraigned ;for a' crim&
Can any rohe of these be enjoyeS by a maa ,
uninformed in die laWy unless he be 'alio wr
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should be denied to him, Jf public1 clambr
says he is1 guilty ? If so whv not the
fulUengtb.of the principlePand ins'tead of
giving him an unequal triall refuse, hira'
w uu pumsn nini-at; once jUpbn, trio I
srengtn pi rumour f. ;. t ,
So horrid are the- consequencW of con
demning men capily"wreihey!l4avenot :
lgal assistance, that , ouX cburt&iUmfbrmlr " .
yiuwuuvs.ciw appear ir sucn asare unable
tb procure them. Hai I refused. thenri--
soner's application; and he:had been left un-.
defended, jtwouldhaVebeep thebounaen "
auty qi tne presiaingjiuige.tocallon some
of the bar;to;aid him m ,His triaLVltis as
probable b'at WouldKave been directed
to perform this oflice rof humanity-'as. anv A
the; proles
appearing
censure for ;
exertmg.myself tb procure for himViurv
tree irom bias 1 heASunnosition; trv
nionstrous, ta be rentertained for a moment
The nratfraust'deem'nimseU insulted, who
is seriously ccxi xr..e pppayji. upoil this
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lers of the partJike'a", one eyed borsein
febibgf wef aYbricfge 'have Iseen danger but
ohndefahQthusVusheltinto
fcdn'on the other.i-And yet yoVareinviied
tojoininlftlrVB
elude fronvyqur confidence eyerymab who
doubtsv of the perfect wisdo'ni of the iVd
luiuiavi huuu. v, jj umwatv an. up j on niay
onger to. detain vonratteri
tioptJbutX owe it to. myself to notice sbme
vccu;iuuixrnuiuons:wnicnii
Mam- tWrrTA lvil v. jvvl "i. J'a L ' ' r -
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Candidates that ate-offeed, tcryour, boticp;v,
is, aU circumstances- considercdi ihe most
proper a take: charge of . your imomenton ? '
concernin the affairs of the,.nttion. .Who-v
everlurnsyodrjentibntrom ; :
atteropfs tdcajofcyou;; -'liiit&tt&'of' , ;:- l
ha5frnirnent-tb Vbb: whether the rMtiTfnffW V'VV-.
- . v. ' . - ,, . - , -- i ' J- v
. yrutii-ui u is araauer OLvast conse- - ; -v '--. t r -,t
ouence, whetherit sfill iendtiie not; td thcr' ,Tr.
security 01 your rights; to thei advancement . '?y.
bfvour interests.ct6vUie:ptbmbtion ofrthd' "v?YY,v; V-V-MJ
Sjeneral "welfare. ft effect 'deliberately
cide cdml)and" may tlu. ; decision beVuch - ' - :.Y. ";'.'
a3;neve'w3fforac&UC for future r-VC ; ''A
pentad If S -rV;r: -:: Tr
J v, -liViwV: P??i5???"iWlf tfoorjeaaifiatiI-Jratait. as concise v ' ;.W