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interests. y, Because we are injurcd4Ave cer 1
tainly are not bound tto:nkfce war,, beforr
it Hbr out own benefit. : There is one ,cf
feet of this which gentlemen ought to
take into ( view, and whiclj,. to him, was a
soufce of gHef , and hutxiliation. An ma-
king war upon England, we bring the force,
of the tfcttoti in aid of Francd .We are a
bout to assist a government from whbm we
have suffered for; years past the most hu
iiiliating insults and the most atrocious
wrongs. ; Ve are abuut to make a?cbin:
mon cause with a man who hates us for our
language and tilfSpises t for pun govern
ment, and who wouldo-morrow if hehati
the means, without seeking a pretnceadd
(is . to the list of his conquered 1 pro vincesj
This connexion should not be hastily for
med. To other nations jt) has beentHcl
forerunner of their subjugation an4 ruin'
Let us take time to consider the cbnjequen-
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.vhzt he did not Unnk at this time-any ; vcs.m;a step upon wmcnjme uetiny,oi tne
in lu' nation believed besides them- ' nation depends. !We mav profit Wy delav-
selves. Th?y have been pleased to say l,ul can gain.ooimngi ny precipitancy l ne
fa decrees .arelr.-peaJed " i war wilLnot hastily remove the. Orders in
Thk is :t hcL and asserted without anv Council. It is the principle of the orders
nroof. The decrees could only be repealed ratherithan their,ffect of Which we com-.
bv tht; srsme powei-an 1 in the same man plain 1 he trade to prance, which they
netfirikinich thev were? enacted. They interdict, is of -little consequence to the
i proceedt-d from the sov-reln power of countrv It3 .annual amount is less than
I7rn ird n came t ie laws or tne emnire. uuuia, anu vuu nnuiii
Th.- s mie penverin the solemn form of a onerated with duties sb excessive, and re
aw cuU! alona revoke them..1 ;VVe possess tricted to, such articles: Or exchange thate
th- dt-creefein all the farm of law, but have" Vtn enjoyed iniifety it would be pro
we ever -e:i, j hts the govennm-nt any auctivc ot little proht to individuals or to
reason to baliey that, any decree in the-; the nation, u If, however, you declare war
form of ad nvhi been ...passect to repeal ; at this time, you lo&e tlie trade to Great
tl.r f The promise of a sovereign to Britain and herj dependencies, equal to
r& ii a i v des not aunuLit, nor would thirty-five millions a year, without gaining
a rclt-rence of his minister to its beinpr' the paltry trade with France. The laws
oi war win operate suirmore extensively
WB. BAYARD,
gC THR SVrloF THY. VSl TRD 5T VTE. .
Upon his mottvhmride oii the X6th of june
'to pntpvie 'the further comtdpration of
the- (fcfyrintr War against Great
Britain to the Zlst of October'
(O.nclujded from our last.)
Our ovtfnnient htve been .plenWd to
repealed have that effect. Every sbve
rti?n power prescribes to itself i a formrin
tv'iich its sovereign will sh.di be knownj
vhr.p it is- Vj cobstitute a law of the land.
-.Thcid-r-rees jteach us what this form is
,in France, andjwe-have no ground to be
lieve tlkt the "decrees, are repealed, tiliwe
see an act of tHe ' sovereign in the same
frrrm in' Wiiich' ;hey ' W b'undi--iSacii , is
the c(urV.. a.mpngiJrl'ycs. i; A . JiWi
repeal I'd by v a kw passed In fhdvae,forib.
It s the practi:e of every nation ih' Eu
r'ne,'ahd of every civilized natibn n the
erth; I.Baf eveir the promise to repeal was
onlv conditional, and it has never been an
Eounced'to us that the emperor Considered
than the Orders in Council andihoucrh
no doubt we shall gratify the Emperor of
France, wcilhall enjoy little commerce with
his dominlbas. : As it regards therefore
our interest, it is found in protracting the
present state -of affairs t;i Some gentlemen
considered that the honor o the nation cal
led for immediate hostilities It is nd
mitred that a country is bound to; defend
US' honour; ' nofcatf its "mifertest b WeJI'tt
parated from its honour. But what' hon
our can you1 acquire by ' going to war 1H
your present unprepared and feeble state,
fn nations, their glory, and their success
are nearly ullied. A vanquished nation
.. 1 t .v . .
the condition '''.complied with on our part i gain-3 no honour; however just it3 cause
bv rrohibiting'-the importation- of ' British fnaay.be You have "certainly no force pre -
produce a;id irianufactures In net, daily J pared to enter Canada j Your army is still
to be formed.' It is tofbe found ott, paper
- . ...
tut not m th fitfd. With militia, no in
vasion of a foreign territory can be conr
templated. They. are .not bound to pass
your frontiers, and desirous they cannot
be to shed their blotd; in order to add by
conquest to the uu wieldly territories of the
United Suites. It is on the ocean that we
are to look for laurels, with twenty: ahfp$
opposed to u thousand i The aiostldespe
Irate courage cannot command success a
gainst such feariuL odds. The loss of our
4aav"y and; b ouboxnierc, must be., the
consequences otthe war upon the ocean -and
isURiafi- the" honour gentlemen arc so
impatient' to cujoy, s
There was reason to believe that Bri
tain Tvouid feel the war only through its
restrictive effects At tills moment espe
ciallr, she stood in need of pur produce as1
well as. our market r he embargo ' and
non-ifliportation, which denied her both,
were undoubtedly felt. jThe objection to
them was their re-ac von uponotlrsel ves
The great question was whether wc did not
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mmct upon oufoetves adeeper wound than
upon our (adversary. , If such were; the
case, it was a strange moue oi retaliating..
But ifthn.be the -edgtfof the wari which
is to wound the enetny-r-had we'hot bet
ter , retain our present condition 2 r i The
war is notgnecessar to execute the restrict
tive system) ,and if restriction be the chief
effect jbf,wari had vre not better bear with
the evils of this system than, involve;"dur-selves-at
the same time in the calamities
of war I. ' y i 1
;Mr.;B., said that his motion was recbin?
mended y, the strong consideration that
i tended, ric doesBritairf now contend, that by postponing theVdeclaratioh of warj ? we
1 ilie wouId be idsufied bv the'Se lawsor could; lose . notningand certainly would
gio a greax, ucai - no5iujne5 wouia uc
suspended , during.th'e present year.' 'In
imemean; time5: youiwiu oe empioyeq in
account urereceived of seazuies made on
the principles of those decrees : and, to
atBfm that the decrees are repealed, was
onlv to add perfidy to the atrocity of the
conduct-of the French, who do not hesi
; tate tofplunder, burn and destroy our pro
? perty on the higlseaslevcn after abandon
; ihg the pvetence with wtiich at first they
were :. Respectful enough to attempt to
, cover their violence. ' " v
j Notnin could be more eviderit thari the
S policy oi ithe French emperor any thing
f j more 'jmortifyiii' than the Success ,whicli
; has attended his jugglihg. He naseoniri-
ved la satisfy our covemmeut that he has
i Repealed his decrees, while, to the eyes of
the rest ofihe world hey" appear to be in
; force. Ev tHse means he has Opened our
I rts to the public & private ships of France
; and shut them against chese ci Great-Bri-ktain.
iKdehics the evidence Of the re-,
v peal of hisdecrees, which he weir knows,
if furnrjihed to us, would immediately rt
Vf move. jthi orders in council, and facilitate
f the settle men t of our differences with Eng
I landipi Bri tain has declared, , tha t the ' m o
1 ent eyideuce ijf produced of the repeal of
i the decrees, ihe orders in council shall ipso
facto be iinnulied. ; The emperor, instead
j of furtiijhing'this eyidenceis giving dslilv
' proofs!, to our sorrow and loss,, that the de -
I creeafire in force vandoperntr6a. ,
.'iVsits imotig the -last men in the Senate
J said Mr. r Bl who wo uld j ustiiy or defend
the Orders ih Council. They violate t&e
plainest rights of the nation. The ground
; of rctaliatioa.was, never more than a pre
,. text, .audMheir fplain Object; is to .deprive
i France of nehtTai trade. ? It never .wasxon'
different pansroithel kla'gdom.-1 The ,pre,
ieiit ministry h61d theirjplaccs by , a very
p'recafioW tenure "The real, disposition,
and intentibnsbf the Prince Bbgent are not
;disiUcdy? anil certainly ' known. The
Prince mav be! forced toyteld to tnc popo
iarseitimentrj Wchad lately seen the cor
poration of Ldhdontcome forward with rah
iddfess against the Orders in CouhciU
This body liad always had great weight in
the Kingdom,, especially, in gi y ujjj itu iui
pr.lse and direction v to popular opinion.
let:us wait tlie operation oi these do mei
tibcau3cs. little
may e secured to us, by the People ot
England themselves', without bloodshed.
The5; minister had, already receded one
step. iHe Kad sufferctt the orders., to go to
ajonimittee. It would' bje difficult, a
gainsi the, strong current of sentiment
whichprevaijed, for hini to recover- his
v( At thesame tiihe, if ve cast; bur eyes
on thecontiept of Europe, we see every
thing in , commotion; Armies of Uhparal
led omberi tjiking; the field. A crisis ol
vast magmmde existed,! whichmight' ter
minate in" the jsubjection of'all Europe tb
the Power If B)n;qiarte. If however, the
Emperor, f of -Russia phquld avoid the
shoe It, and tamely yield to the cphtiuen-
tal system of his adversary, the' effect of I
. I f :t i f it r?'i. I
tnis occlusion pi tnt ports or nil Europe
to the British strade, could not . fail to be
sensibly felt by that power, and .to create
new inducements upon her partjto culti
vate friendship and peace with the U. S
At the same time, gentlemen would call
to mind the unsettled state" of affairs Jje
tween this, country arid France. The prin
ciple, of impartial nd equal conduct - as,; to
the belligerentjS was avowed by all; and he
had as yet met with ,no one who hesitated
to declare j that if Prance tused redress
for the wrong iKe' haddoniis,? that the
same 'eouvse ought to Be? taken in relation
to her as tb England. It was alledged that
negocfatioh yatiU pending between the
United States jartd France, ahd itt present
we were Jbouhd to obstain u dm acts of
tbkilhy a,to herr This, doubtful state of
affaira as t tVat power, was astrbng rea
sbti?for delay, j Alew months will neces
sarily realize or disappoint the expectations
which are entertained. It could not be the
intention of Gendemeri to propitiate the
Emperor, and to secure a treaty by means
of a war with! England. This would be
purchasing his! friendship at the expence of
ourhbnbr, as well as of oiir blood and trea
sure. He fore we break; with England, we
letter, heuhderstood, was dated about the f N .
lt5tlV of February, with an. iudorsment ?of 1 i
the 3d of March'. Mr; Barlow- expressed ,V'V; 4
thexpectation bf, forming a commVrciat 'A j
treaty with the ,. French covcrhnient. hndvy '
the Hornet was dctuncdj. for tlie: purpose r - V,;
of carrying iu vJfe believed the Country . 'h
was most .grossly receded iVud hnDOHed '
(upon by this letter of Mr. n Barlow, .Tlntr.'i':
gentleitian riever chtertaiiSt.di'iKc opihTn Ji j",
vluch
was
wro
to open the pbrts of France to the trade of
thi4;Gbuntrywwa5; impracticable. " -Mr If.,
said i spoke not on 'Ithe ground bf pre
sumption, i norbf anv slicrrit uvidtnictf: tik ;J't
had seen a letter f . Mr. Barlow to vMrU V'
Latrpbei Of which lie held and extract mC?3! '
his hand, which Was dated on the 139th of
February, which In very eloouent terms V
and on the strongest gji-ounds expressed ai, f iv'
opinion, that no cooimerciai arrangehient V i,1.1!''
lowing extratt of a letter iform Mr. Barlow
to Mr. Latrobe dated the 29th of Feb ,'.'?(
J- The expectatjions of yourself and
wuitr niciiu aju iny auings neC are toa ' :Vu '
high to be t calized. ; It is verytlifliculttd :
with so many circumtancer6f yen geance' if ''
aiid other strong passons; arrayed againtt ; '
ait tiiv-nn as 19 a4-m.uiljllierciai System i'AV Vi
usages of nations to interdict bur commerce
j With .her enemy. , She covers her injustice
J ,t?ith;theftcIdakof fetiaticn,landnsists
! that she has a right to retort apon Her fcne
xnyjthe, evils ofs his 2 bwnv ; policy, " This
; j is a doctnne to which I am not disposed ib
' .t-3zreejrit is .destruction? -to.neutrals-s-it
j siaies V'-exarthe preypf the, belligerents.
, t wa aocmoe wnicft we muse, resist, du:
istance ouat
the. time endsmanner of r res
raising "add disciplining :yuTarniv -and in
providintr the munitions ; of war-vaurves
eis, property ana seamen may. oe orougnt
home,' and you have e chancebif propw
uou3veni3 T?aica may.inrcrposy: . ,
i JEnrfind" at, thii moment Is iir a convul
sed and distracted state Tumult v little
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t, ' ;
ought to know upon what terms we stand
witn r ranee, i ii r ranee win conceuc no
thing, in order to induce us tb enter into
the war, what, are we to expect when sh
is no longer Asking uiif aid, but we are'
standing in heed of her assistance, to caff
rv on the contest, in vain tnen win you
ask; for fedrdss, and thdemnit fbr sei
zures and spoliations; Let us wait and
see what she W)H do betore. we throw our
selves intohr scale -aftcWardsf it, will
he too late; j , -' .'-
The Wasp' will reiufn before Nov. and
what is now doubtful wfthsbme, will then
be certain widaASome Gendemen were
!bbking;fpr: thi?; e1fur'of this vessel; each
succeeding day; j Butior his pirt he as
two vrell instructed in arrangements,' by
the history of the Hornet, to expect to see
it - TT V .- ' I.' '-IJf'''! ' 'J-m.UV LCa im -. Lll' I' - m.Z-m. 1
tne ,wasp ipr some, inonwxs. aner inc umc
announced fbrj her ir5val.; lb February, the
Government gave our that the Hornet was
daily expected, and with a passage of tv :a
ty dayVh'e ditf arrive in three months af
ter. She was detained by,, the very bause
which will detain the Wasp, waiting" for iar
treaty, xi sue wans ior-a ircaiy, which is
to indemnify ui for the lasses sustained un
der the pi undenng decree bf Rambbuillet,
which someGentlemen flatter1 themselves
with, theexpectatiob of bethg.granted1y
Imrjeriaiiu8ticeitis much to be dreaded
she will never revisit the American shores.
Do you expect that Honapartc will restore;
the booty which he has seized "As well
might you expeclf that the grayeould sur'
render its pre y.
Tff as was said indemnity for spoliations
was to be the j: first of amicaole , relation
with France, 'sure he wasV that; webce'd nor
wait '., for the SnteUigence the, Wasp i might
hnngr Or,; if you expect . a commercial
treaty, vhiclH is to; 'giy b activity) t6;; y buf;
commercebr'b'peninglthe pbf of lP ranee
tjrv your trade, it is aldelusion, which time
will dissipatetand' under, which;, we ought'
not tb actTHe ".kneW the'ourcc of this
deluiicni' !; Itigrewbutbf thelctte'rof 'lr.
Harlow oiir' minister; .i France,: to Mr.
of Napoleon. Afgumentanrtloquencer" Vj (,'
have butljttle power in'thece. - Thatjl'
present with , banded .feyes anda paiKof - ij
scales has still less, to do. , AnaVif fybifc 'hfA
supfiose me With the help' of these, capablo
of overturning adecUiotfwhich-; the crieb fOvu '
u tvvcuiy eufuincrciai cities going to decay; Vf
and the united voice of ; all the - wise ; ind
honest .men; bf this, nation have, not beei
aljle to sh ike nor scarcely to modify, I iat
onlv .wish; and that with little hope, that
you mavnot.be disappoittted;-t v; M, ,
This letterwav written alter the Utter td
;Mr. Granger ;Whichtgave the assurances
of a commercial treaty. and'only three daya
before the Postscript indorsed on the leu
ter which alleged the detention bf the Hnr
net to be iti order to Send tne treaty to this -VijVi
country. Itdid not belong ta him to ac v
eoun jor iiic conirauiciion oetween the leu , '' ;
ters ; Poct3 might bc cntitlcd to indulgent f
ces when even writing prose;, which! were i
denied tb the rest of the World, but it was . '
his purpose in reading the extract 6fMrl V'
Barlow's letter, not onlyUo avail himself rt 'h
ht
nr.
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of the authority of thb minister, btit of v'Tv'
(uutu mujc, ui iiie,vvcignt oi tne
reasons assigned in the, letter for 'notpe
oectintr a corn.nercial flrfano-frtnfSiW- ' I
France. He would repeat in the lan&uavb V t'Ly.
of the letter, if the cries of twenty corn-vv'J
mercial cities jgorng to decay; and the uhi- '
ted voice of all te wise and honest 'men T
of the nation Had not been able to shkte oi 'i f
scarcely to modiff the
sysicm oi in apoieon, wnat was to oe.,ex-
pected from the negociationof an Ameri.', ?
can minister? For his parf, hcl expected ViV
nothing but false promises . and deluivb !'.
honea
Can ybd expect that ISfapofebn will re -"-m-V
"is ttiin-tuinrocrcxai ovsiem in iavour
vour commerpe,
oi vour commer.ee, wncn you, see rumt y
bringing into the eld ifive hundred1;hoai (';';
sand men and ready to tyz&a ,thc iirnpe;'; J fi
tted crown in order. io compel-Hussia taV ;- i
auopt and enforce the same system j; Ta 4 !
indulge the: expectationVas to makVbiir V?.:
selves the .snort of thembht'viainnarv T; 1 '
hope. . The; Vasp woufd bring us dupli- w,"
cateisr of the deSpatchesvhich had been rei.v )f r
ceived by the Hornet, and protracted bond
would at last sink in despair, ' He tfiought?
however,; that ' those' jgentlenien who still i
kept expectation alive, that France would! S
U9 lusutc anu gram us commercial -ia ,
vors, under the treight df' doubt vhich
must depress t their hoped, ought ; to wair T
iui ujs: uiiiuiaic inicuiccnce. wnicn was tor,
'
:rmrae our relations, witnr ranee ana v, i
shew us more clearly "the co urr1 whicryour :
interest pr ur 'honour ;reduiri.v that st&f I
requir
sbbuld take in relation to GV; Britain,
Slrrsaid-Mr B before ;I sedown, rp !'
will call tfie attention bf theSenafc to anov i -
ther" ground fohp03tpbnemnti which tin. '
neter safely :be overlooked nor rielected
in a Covernment like tl4t of. the XJnitccl '
StateV. vThis VEr is nc t be ' supported
by the men cnly w!o declare it its weight ;
will fall upon the great-body of U people 7
and they are tb sptaiir it?" prcsureV CaxxI :
you sustain the 'War. without the " renerul , '
A to b dcurrsmed bva vie
A,;y :vy :r ',,vy;-' S r'i