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K 4 -1 -Of' . - ii-v ."- i-'-'-s -T-- i. I! i U 2 ' kS'"rN E WBEUN,! S A rURDAY; MAT 7 NUMBEJR(ir7 J -if 5 S ic i I) PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY ' V UALL Vt three doltuarsper annum pata- BLE H ALF YEARLY IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISEMENTS WILL rBE .INSERTED Af SF.VENTY-FIVE CENTS A sqUARE,' THE EKv. AND TmHTX-rlVJS OENIS flRST yoR EACH CONTINUATION. ngre the Bigi Veas d amning r proof Mthat they f ; .ThejeritUthaQ frim Nevv-jeVsVy (Mr. Hovd) jhe other, Hay proposed I20 days for the, period rif the mbargo viwhich was ne fratjvedf4 Ifwe agree now to the it mend, mt of 90 da;jsUit is a onfe&siofi that ( ur irgumehHeqther.day was right anicl mat tnoseu; and it c HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DEB ATT f SECRET SESSION CONTINUED -April 3. mjrntstied for the PhUadt-lpiiiia Rtster by autEM- JER Of .fCONORESSj ' .vi aim arrpnnnn rn .ine ciiitrrv;iLiiJiis ui i i fi-i. n..i. i -i .. rii -'"" " w" --t - TTiMriff-r- i r win at!n rnc rinn i r r 11 q?ScntS Crom New York.Mr. Mitch- ; plartte J Hti itftreittcj th4 hr usfc to defr no opposea us were wrong ; f ms the ODinion of the chainurih of the ftmiuittee 1 of.loreign relations (fir f-t?rierj inacrH'Was inexpeaiencv 10 lay n embargo fof sixty Mays, lintii weivere within sixtv days of preparation for war and whd Vaid he was in faroiir of an em baro as a preparatory measure. ; He said t lere could be nothing more cruel to:am i-rchant; who has given S 10 per barrel for flour, and who has incurred the -expence of. shiDDincr. to carry it to nv weicht in them, are in favor of letters it, until he merchant who hs bought on eue 3 credit of- thenlnntfr. r-in turn himoplf' ofmarque and reprisal, but not in favor -l hele -jl alternative the merchant of the ruinous measure now under consicN mUst be mCt i andthc pjanter greatly in. cation. Wbn the, gentleman justifies jure(j. I i 1 himself, in shielding himseltAimler the au- He" wished tfe might think of the mills thority, in his approbation of the measure at Brandvwine and Pers: urgh. There he should have supposed he otlght to have is no 1 C9fa.dnfr the benefit which would been influenced by authority of a respecta- rise from defVrnng it a week and no pos b!e gentleman meaning the Vice-Presl- slbe gooH tan arise fram hurrying it. If dtnt) first in war, first m peace, and first hs lQTn the ahies upon-th- Peninsula, in the hearts of his countrymen within the upon the argument of geiitWmen it cannot st.;te of New-York, who is now insensible an3Wtr as no one can suppose they have t'the distresses of the country. The gen- not yQ days sUpplvon' hmd. fmanays,eght to takeourstand a- r Widn spoke with much passion Wong the belligerents. We cannot take & vvarmth iu favor of the embargo & War. tHis stand. We are but a young people.; Mr StiiWin SHi, if it was in order, he We are just emerging from a revolution I would ask thJ gentlem.m from Massachu t revolution which was succeeded by .anfL -fta Mn Vicfftry)w questions. He the'drainuigs ct a tarmyard, whicn nasenr tc iast i?mf eed our hamletscsind viUageSrIfiist fate jyir. Widg cities. To :thi3we' owe the langue uie Kw. w.irfP ro a r : p: owner f -II so, hv water. ntlemn has this evening! used. JS;r, j; ;rj,c Speaker "-obse w'liat has been the.. fatepCthoeJiro .nafpn8;rre f'hot Sii'-'brdt' r. f nirVin K-.nr iTf'frf-:iV-ri rrttntf"fPir Stand A 1 '-f nl:: . i? ii uiv.. uu.vm. v.a .fv.. - j ivir. oiewnri saict mong tne oiuigerenis. ,5 i ney nave uecouc hire humble gunboats r-iiv the wre ot ery- ar ed that he went d, these questions. - s -1 1 order, he, would it Mr. iViitnOr saiC if they were not in .11 own; occupied the naileries of this house during he delivery rof jhiis amusirig speech that we m.Rht have seen i whether, with ull ' their respect foir his talents yhey could have join ed jn the merriment excited by the hpn. gentleman's sneers at the seriousness, which aflected, on tbis, btcaiiidii "foin'ds dierently organized frdm fiill own whether they would have loinedj m the boisterous laugh, Wnd clappmg hands n which gentlemen had deemed it consistent with, their own haracters, and the character of this house, so vehemently to indulge. c- ' Mr. M. added,for my own part, Mr. Speaker, I was shocked at the want of reeMnganaaignity maniiestea inuic spcceu I have referred to,! and , feel degraded; and mortified that we are to be led like u troop of Bacchanals, piping and dancing to the funeral of the peace and - happiness of our country, c - 1 .. ' - Mr Archer inquired of thfe 1 Speaker, whetherif the. gentlepan from Pennsy Iva nia intended to cldse his observations with a mere motion of adjournnTent, it was in . hat of however tri- deem cue. ;Ussion, he must still be allowed to consider it the most iterest- berts, one ot their representatives ia cbnV cdnstituents have'iveh a repl to his Vol-. ; unteer address ytoiJVIr; . Hollings worth which,, he must 'confess will , relieve rthe latter; from any obligation to taker further notice of it. ' '. ;'- a f What policy will fie pursued to make-up this leeway v and to better the chance ofre--election, .may well puzzle a head as fertile r in stratagems as M r M adiSoirs. Will he ihstahdy givvtip the embargo? ThatnVay Jv not save bin) but will noi fail. to increase IW the ridicule and contempt produced by his -! - imbecility and temporising; Can he bur- h ry all his blunders in a war arid thereby g-ive tone to , the feeling He cannoti The public are more, if possible" opposed to war than to embargb, and instead ; if war Imparting a tone to their feelings it will most probably rouse them jnto a con suming rage against him and his abettors.- As men attacked to oufxountrv arid par-staking in its fate we were opposed to w r. Ve fatigued ourselves and' our Vearlers - orderfOr him to proceed. i patience in honest and indefatigable ' I he Speaker said that ne thought; it was cnueavors to reason aown the rcjrce . not th t the rules! of the house operate of the current which led- to itf Find- equally to exclude iebte on the part of the ingour labors useless to erfect an impres- sion upon a large scale, and that they were invidiously received bv the majority,- we suffered ourselves to be borne 6y the stream, since the beginning of the present -session of congress. But as party men'we had no-reason to deprecate war' On the ' rhe question of Sndt finite postponiimerit contrary we knew that war, and' evea was then taken, and determined in the ne preparations for it, i must bring dawn to ' gutive iyeas 42, nbes 72. ! the obscurity of a private station whomso- Mr. Smilie thenjmoved that the house ever patronised it among our rulersV nor concur in the amendment of the senate. could we believe they possessed the"4man- ; Mr. Randolph moved 'a postponement liness of spirit to plunge into it. Our fore till Monday next, that it might produce cst nas not-deceived us. We find.aclmi as little suffering ak possible. nistration afraid to proceed, notwithstand- ' Mr.Porter said,jhe had been againts an, inS delusive manifestations it has una- embargo at the present time, and was the ceasingly kept up for sii'mDnths'; and oa other day in favor of a postponement ; he another hand the honest and genuine senti- voted against the engrossment, but finally nient of the American people read v to voted in favor of the passage of the bill '& burst ioutth in its uncohtroulable energy agamsta madyK useless conflict, which chhot issue in nv go,od v but must be at tended with ruin & havoc, of a 'duratioa not to be calculated. Thus,, in the uni form result of the elections, which have - - 1 mover 01 sucn :h a Pip position, as upon bth er members of theihous . Mr. Milnor sai he had no intention to violate any rule of khe house, and yielded with pleasure to the opinion of the chair, he therefore moved 0 adjourn. Motion lost he should now votejin favor of the present motion. ... . .... i j -Hi Fro m the Bafti m ? re Federal Rep ubhsan THE CHANGE IN PENNSYLVANIA. We ing in its natute, and the most important had ta have observed that a rapid change been held since congress assembled in the ken place in the phblic mind respect- fermenting temper of Pennsvlvania, and in its ronsjequejicesrol anv 'tint hid occu ing the measures or the present admims- tne aspect 01 JNorth Carolina and other pied the; attention of the house kluring this tration, and we instanced its operation! in states, Mr. Madison and. his cbhrtiers long session ; that m many instances, a Virginia and Kentucky.! But the contiriu- may perceive that thev have dug a grave ropean pugerents. v vynat nas necome 01 ; ing a naiure bther ntlemen miht Prussia?; she is extinct. What Of Aus-j the subject unker dSz Won, he mu; ina : sne 15 crippi?u. yvna; oi: aussia- ehe with a territory and population far be - jgdci ours, nas Deen anxious xo uuce iuc stand which the gentleman1 wishes, but she dare not Sir, we-.raav come to the war, umlerthe name of allies: but we shall be tin first servants of those whose cause we espouse. We may , escape his conflict with honor. What is honor in a nation ? is it nonor to cope with tnose wno are sp. tlljg were hot sutficicnt fortne purpose,, it which oointedly condemned the embargo, ..atlyour superiors-.? It is our duty and j had been ijisual to adjourn the discussion and reprobated war. Todav they are iciu rest to wait. He very well knew, that f;nm jf.v ln ri ,ntti U ,.r.. WOOntpH UU '"a. ' v m. Uiil 111 1 L VV O- r fill Ull.l I lJL.OV-.l V-t, WW Ikll Qi (1111U1 Ul VL. l V.ll 1 I 1 al III II" j " j - i i i O ' i ted. Mri Milnor said, he could not see ted by a meeting of Ithe citizens of North why this measure, the declared precursor hampton, assemble4 at Easton. The re- of almost jimmediate war; and therefore 1 solutions of both meethiGrs are marked with of respohsibilitv. 6n inueu more iuu tonsiaeration tnan it had ea ana steaay progress or tne rerormation uJlil "cp auu wme, wnicn ivawns to re yet received, liad been given to subjects is equally surprising. Our readers re- ceive from him the power and its trappings, comparatively of far inferior importance ; member that recently a numerous meeting which have been so foolishly and wilfully and if the jDrdih iry limits of one day's sit- was held at Reading, in Berks county, abused. V in tip-jes of feverish anxiety and impotent j, restlessness,, nothing is more irksome than to preach upV-patience, and that wc ought i to wait for events. ! ' Mr. R. saidf he did not pay milch re j 2 rd to the argument that the belligerents calculate upon our divisions. - It is an old and if he might 'be permitted to say, a ! state apoipgy calcuiateq oy ministers to j I Unite a peppte. The charge of amajdritv, j which is so often made against the minor ity. is futile; It is ridiculous for them to Nrge iu The President of the United jiJi Ues can indisputably carry his measures 'ij congress, as'much as any minister ever t?id. No minority is, or ever has been, of any eflecU All experience, proves it. ?He. would exhort both houses of Congress tq follow the dictates of their own" minds jatid notiadopt the ocntiment of. the" gentle plan from fJew-York? here is no dan ' p't from? an-i opposition. The-President A tiie U. S. for fourteen years has been dm 1 - f potent. The vil has hot been froul trie Minority, hut from gentlemen not puru- Ingthe dictates oftheirown; understandings. I Mr. R. then brought td the view.of the ' Nuse the diminutive trade of the countn p France, and Wihich has been diminish M by ourown regulation si in .comparison firith ouij trade to all the rest of the world He sai'd if we are called upon to resist, he would, wish to shew our, resistance Where it $ important and necessary. , As" to'the observation of his'frterid from North-Car ljnji, (Mr. Macon) that bur only aherna ye "how is war ; that no proijbsition'jhad Jjfeiv prv could bemade as a substitute p-jie Hud propositions' had been made,t and te tKu. jJicuirc'iiis iieau r.unc.niiimi nowsioe From the Neuo Tork Evening Post PRESIDENTIAL HESPONSIBILITY, ( There seems to be a wonderful contest at, the seat of government, on the subject I he fi-reat Question i J , ;mM involving cphsjderatibns of awful moment the spirit of reason and patriotism, ahd e- whether e President, or Congress to the whole cb'mmunity should be treaced vince tfiat 4eterminej independence, which shall be responsible to the people, for"1 the In a different Way. If gentlemen were not cliscar4s party tram nefs, when the safety rmad and ruinous measures which have al- ; U 'n IV tinue m session bod iesand mini the exercise of it merited. 1 1 . 1 I . .!-., . I . . ' I n . - : . . I - ' aisposea to yiem to the suggestions of his and clearest interests Of the community ready been adopted, and which are about -iriends wHo had advocated a postponement are at stake. These two counties are ex- to beiadopted? Before the P.mh'ar of a few weeks; or of few clays, he trus- ceeded in population 6y only two: others recommende:.1, ,the committee of foreign ted-, they jvould not now object, consid- in the state, but formerly by none in their relations had an interview with the Secre- eriiig the Iiten4ss of the hour, to postpone uniform and general attachment to demo- tary of State, Mr- Munro who when as- the subject for jOnv dayi They wouid hot cratic politics r We know of no part of keol whet her the President was willing tn Air. M. hoped, compel the house to con- Pennsylvania, where there existed a more recommend an embargo, said lie -would and finally act upon it; with solivl and undivided; mass of democratic propose that measure to CongrpsL if .m ds too much exhausted for voters. -Their e v es .being at length ripen- red oj'its, meeting the views of a m u'- riti that sort of attention which ed, and their judgment clarified by the ne- of both houses, Apd wnen asked whether - ' I verfaUin'ffefficacv of! self interest- anv fur- the cbuntrv was nrpnnrrl fn c i j - - -T i r, cj j t - t l j -rr-- - jvi it ai m. Liir 4 mrzm -r . m -t'l He saidhe abhorred concealment, & there ther attempt to delude them is out of the cretary replied " As to th tirrharrrl vtnt ' ' '-iv fore would frankly avow1 thatlis the mm- I nnestion. These imnbrtant and rvnfluen- Xnf the rrmnt.ru in . 1 mittee ot toreigu relations had made known tial counties Will, we doubt not, be found war, the President wzuld hot pledge hita- - H f'l their intention to submit this-proposition I the leaders of many anci, as ne naa no uoupt that many persons they have raaopted others in the course self, rtoa. takeorethnhis share op tc make themselves responsibility. wnose snips ana cargoes were nearly , ready heard their: rulers, and peaceably to : 1 hese tact Were stated to Congress in i; for -fpreign'svoyages, wou.:; i-.. .y iil themselves produce a change j of measures. But secret session, by-a memberpf thefcom 1 t of the inorfmation, ont bbjeci of his feeling should' the internal taxes follow the embar- mittee of fbreign relations;, arid the "Balti- " ; anxiohs -for some delay was that the) go as they necessarily must, if a war snail more ' FederaYRepublican'receiyed this ' ; (might effect their wishes before thisert ''ensuethen,tho8evmlsn will set up, bounds morning, 'contain the folio wjriaddUi6n-;",,T piciDUSneasure7 should, be carried ihtbJt mem , at 'fact on the subject of Presidential res- s K effect..; 1 " "ft " lierpf' Congress intiniiatelv' acq uainted with pbrisibiiitv. I ''" '''':; ress intimate! acq uainted with ponsibiiitv. r. .adison was iwaited dpon bvthe I. . 'r cowimittees of botli Houses, "selected; to .V. f; consider of an adiournmentf.-iwhvfl.V w I were taken, to niirht1! and without hpnrirtrr. it hat Pennsylvania would 'riot femainrtiiiet tfdri.' afi-nr :vt'r wXi iu'r Vvi i i:f.u Si- ' -: any reflection orygVntlemc1 under he, impolitic iws aridlaring'pro said ne thought they , wVfbld: be Abetter I ca- eeedinW; :whicri iwerertiassinginicQngreis pacitated after7 the repose of au. adiourn. f and that "although tie -could not foretell con merit for a cool nd deliberatecl decision, who .would .be her chbicelas , the nexi Pre answered? itiztrhifhertoihWhad iftimm,ri - vW?l responstiiitt$ tiamanE vuithresptct T Tv' i ijLituc,ux.c.vuiu uicv naa appeared -;io isident,, uewas rweii.pcrsuauea it 1 fair and merriment in which the hohorahlt 1 hi estimate is likelr to nrnve; verv rrnne- ttntilrthiitokUkSzkLlf& !. s nv-'r,M.wwm .uwimbvivmw t mcw mnueman jrom xs. xoric had deemeut this ous - 1 he-authors ot sutii Tesciiutions as :r,hn-:tfA nonl o. - .v "SkJ:d Mrr-V: B?,Pr M.'theconstiiue'iitsof.tt ieirrted g&tie, to : imposition and liU.K go.and it a.
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