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SENA TE rr tub JVITEI jrATb. - Contxnui '... ) But, Sir, I aiilmention anaberCtrcurn (lance, which may be lome alleviation to the farmer, for theiffeoce 'ro the price of Itis'GirrV'Us pigmy now, an3 inordinary times . When the price of proslup; isr,. the temptaiion.tu raift; large crops,! be ltfiWt;d, and the farmer wijl turjt certain potion of bib labor to the inproement pt hfi fir-n. The" high price pt produce' ben tofore,bave induced the armei to mv pofe too much u;wn his nd v too great di minis have ben made on i , ana it Jfis been in fome degree exhaii'ted The em. . bargo ha-apprrzed the farmer of t'-ii i n portant circumftance and 'aught him his trueinterett in tail refpeft l have ob fcrved a pre.it change in the. application of Ubor in ths relpett, and 1 have no doubt a jteneral fenument exilb in favor of a dill greafer change ; a greater ponon o! iabor is llo converted into houferio.td manufactures, wlikh will . lefiett our cie mind and dependence upon foreign n .t non in oorn . inue . wpect.', i wnere the operation of theemoargo is f vurab c to the farmer, at the prefent moment, and will cerra;iily be favorable 'o pplteri'y by trarfmitting ro it a more fertilized foil for cultivation It will be favourable, at the prefent moment, in this refpeel ; thai be f re the adoption of the embargo, the f.r.ner was temp'ed io apoly too threat a proper. ion of his Ubor r the annual in. create of crops, and too t na'l a portion of it to the peimorient im.t overcoat anJ fer til zarion ol his farm. I men i in this as en aKeviarion, not as a complete ex mpt.ou Jtwti-tW-cttvcls of ihe. mbi am) to fr producing t beneBcial influence mon tul ivation and in:ernal improve menf. I liope by this time. Mr. P.erlcnt, tint the gitleman will concur witb me in o inion, that the fitua ion ofihe mer it an farmer, it ra'her enviab'e tlwn tiiier. able I'haf he lus m1. fen'e enough o make a jutt eilimate of his own iiiar-.lt, and pofiiilcs too much hoi or.hle feuli. i -ty not io irpel with iid:giufion, every attempt to leHuee him hr. a difrarefu fur:in!er r.f hit own liberies or ha cout. U)'s independence. It us now t. kc view of its cfTcclt tipon fom' cthei clJKs ot our fellow cits 7rru, hich feemed a molt to have cfca ped hegent eman's nonce, oratlealtnot to hav excited (o much of his plaintive fympathio ; I l uJe to .he manufacturer, fie mrcflinic ml tde j)ff 1 1 rranufiUu'er frrms to b in fuih a fta-e ol profprnty, as rs hrr tohavecicited the nt rnun t jeilou.'y, thn he ttmlercom rr.frrat n ; hf fean shat he rl objeel fil iti pm.ig) was to etefl the mnu (dieting f)flfm utHn the tu;u i f com. rtc. I i!o t,o: mean, here, Sir, to tepiy l the fu, (fell ion of ihe unfounded jea. 1'iify. I mean, in the cdu.f of thrle oHcrva-icni, to mle that a fubja of di tincl and fcpara-r eian in.t on. I l! a i h If, howrver.t L iv iiarriyc r?ouu. wihoi the feat f4l, urhea.U ling the gen-lena .'t jea ouy, ct ar 1 am exrrmcly hippy to(e e noi on y thaws hbund.n', fabtickt Jermaeofaclurci, Lu: that we hive srttztns fudwient to mould tlicin Sn o all the r ice rirceffary lot Iwme conlurrp ion, and thu tcJm our depederce u-v Icroig t n:in for out fu;ipl? I njoice iiHfrd to f on infant m.,nufaO urn growing into i rw'atKr an4 th t the m..t fuccrMul ape imem ha stieit 'f fvef a-f-mpt a1 i-nprove mehf' tTTiif It trt TiiOttfofi cfth n chanic. ad ihe Uborr ? Icy htt fo'l cffpivyfrcft , gord wAfft, JrJ fhr,p ,m t.-rg I am ir d Rtt tn t wi ; in the Ufl Jit fw thuffd Kovf-s hav hernt'C;. led in lliV pf,., , m t tttyft n-re'ibufts tui:dtp at Gnif'tow,'., - veu for rncr,cami'e purpofes, and more improvements In this City than ! eT lave ieen before, ; and I believe this ge" nl!j be the cafe throughout thecourt ry. Thar this ia a correct iaterrient of f icls, I have no" doubt how then is this Agr eaoie and une xpeftcd fcene accounfed tor, amid ft the mercantile clamor about the ltanation of hufinefs ? l is beicatife a greater proportion of the overgrown mtr--tile capital, is noyr-'divetted from -x-tejt;naivOii)merc&rolnterjismo.yement4-atid I am ftrongly'inciined o .think that thii tranfpoG;ion of a ccruin. pp.rtion of the .metoanjtle capital, will produce a benefipial operation in a national point of view, antl probb y even more produc tive to the'capitalills, rli'an rifking it in the emp oy mapt of foreign trade. I his I be lieve to, be a fair, julf, and candid fta e ment of the operation of the embaTgo laws upon the feveral great cl iDVs of cit izens ; and when correcliy vie wed, how different is i's tfpeel, fron the mifera'ble piclute. pf ho nors pr feiitcd to u b . ihe gentleman from Cvinnefticut. VVhe you tell a mechanic or a laborer ofJij tiiflrefles and fulTerings when he fiaa futl empkytiiewt. good wages, and cheap h ving.he would laugh" at you , he wou'd eitaer think you fi y, or thai you mean to treat htm w th indignity and infu t Thc'e are all the blefilni he ccvla'wiih, and they ate enough for any mart to pofTsfj, when he tetiecU upon the nirrow fpanof human enjjmen't, this worid atr.nds -titr, the mifraoie laborer on the o. her fide of the Atlaptic,wou d confi 'er the enjoy, ment of the taborets here, E;yfiuni itfelf am', Ican'buc uinent for the fa lie of luif.'t ing hum mi y that it cannot find the w-y to thefe frijoymerits I prefume that -lu-tU'g tla Jaue fclIhnMnE fctn, h t evety laborer ind me.tijnic in Petvifjira nta wis to! J a thcuf nd times th he was ru ned Oy the e nbargo ; but thirry ttiouLnd vi a (ni j tiiy) have told thrte fr.ntic, oiFious ditlurbtrs of the pul ic q-jiet, in Inu i and iful tones, hoar fi i'y and riiicu ous they onfi -er -lie fugeHioti I he re cnt rle.fiotis in moll of iheo hft flakes, fjif li the lame emphatic langu ge fluve been ttius'minute, Mr I're ridrnt, in Ihe i lamina' ion of iln part of the iub jfcl, at w'eil to re iv ourselves from ihe miicru-s and "ap-cl.tnfioi. of our on deluded imaginations a :o re icve foreign lutMH.i, i lar as w4 wi l.ia m, poww, from t;e.r de:ufion, which ( 'hall lUow intlte courfeof my obfetvtiout, are t::e principal if ns' the only c-ufc of ihe vty hatdihips ai d fulT.cings fo loudly and cu'e!tl? y coTipla;ned ot hy lome ge-itle mrn. N w, Sir, lake an impart s tevi-w of me eil.'ds of ihe emxrgo Jai, at nprfatinu.ioT ourhivei n what i th, aciulfeiu? W'.y, Sir, u fjr at hey wvr ptecstt wna y, iheit futcefs ho een complete j and wlnilt in tlt ir gen. tl ojvt4t on,tly lue been at en.led with fume ptivatmns and (ullerines they hm not bee.i wi huut theit b nencis e Jals vti ftfcifty. Ihe gen'lertsn net tiiumphinily frllj us, thjftl.e embargo tawa hve not hd i heir rsprc:ed efletts upon the atefMng iss'-fi?1 . 'aii!i7jv t hid iheir complete cTT'cr ihatThTyliie"n't cau ed a rvcKKn of ihe Hntilh f ders and French decreet, wi I reid.ly be .!mi. led j but they c.'famly h4e ro been wiihui forr berkGiiai t c upon ioif naiion. la t tne hoarvet lk. Sir, it ih s fu u'e a cufe t f tiiunph to tl.e retu'. man D eihelrtl mvie peJuttn ihe tfetihte ttpeclatMn t( a lfium,-h tvrf a poli ical aCvufary, ftm in he 'liu-riph the ration oi r our common sdv rfn i Alt hi pnat tA ietUts io illonjuikw ibey tt io be mJti g?d tf-i n the ti pctife tf hit iio, suit h i ivnutty't lnet elU Dot he run y fuppoif, i, i J,f trUitcii r, ri f ivvg an tonft ft t , f ihp.,, . i,,,n, whn iKn i. i al n.ke, ut)f indu'jron f tUfe pt y snimnfities, wilj give him a juft claim to the people's appLmfe ? If hp tipe'srSir, he U rniftaken It is by. the revcrfe of this oontfndt-rha't he can fay any j ufl claim : to jher applaufe It is by banilhirig-his pre; juaiciei it is by conquering his own paf fions, and by devoting the whole energy of his mind to ihejr (mice, at this critical oioinent, that he can be juft1; entitled to theirapplaufe.; "Viu$ wouio be for him a lohqtys triumph -a tnunripb over his own' pSltnns ; attioold '-fecre him the public approbation, becaufe ' the ' cottdurd wp'u'if be right. Let us then, Sir, hope Cot this concilia. ion which would be (o .honorable to ourfeives, andv,would pro mife fo much advantage to the nation ' In this fpirit of conciltatidn and patriot ifm, then, rr Prifident,- let us enquire lull, whit fuvebeen the aclual efT. clsof the embargo laws u on the agg efliig belligerrtts ? 'And, fecond.ly, what' aie 'heir failure of complete foccef ? I he' fiVIt enquiry involves much mcrcan iL;c information. I have oniv 'lome views ot general mercantile principles I know lit- f or ix)'hing,(if their operate ve 'if t i t ; I had, there'ore, hoped for muc'i informa t on upon :fns part of the fubjecVfrom geii'riemen who poll' IT.-d it bu ' have re caved vcy little la it faction fiom tfieni in that relpvift; The firil etTeft of the Embargo, upon th aggieiling belligereii s, wai to hfien then iti'luiements to wat, by keeping out of their way.'ihe tiih fpoils of our c -m merce which had invi-ed their cuptdry ni l which oras faved ry th fe taws. . If they haf once pofTcded themfe'ives of thrs enoimous boo'y it would h.ve been a fure ledge fur open an.i iliiecl war It wou d h ive Jftrayed the expends of the' war for fweraf years If they had hot' gbie to ar,' tn,-f wou d have been compelled either to re If ore the aptu-ed popeny, r-r tV "j.e tiircmnificaMon for i' lis anouni alone, wou d have been a fuiTictent fcunty a; i,.il ci tier of 'ht le ads of ju tice AnJ t not bea- r, flu' lui enormoua amount ol propenv fhou'd be on this G1e of the 4tlu ic, ihau on ihe other ? In the hands of it Uwful ownets ihati in the iianits of unprincip'ei freeb.,tcr ? I it i or betier that it Ihould be dran to our aid in the event of wa, ih.n applied to aid our Unjull dverf,?y I UfKn th s point, I prdu.T.e, thrte can be bu: one opinion I he fecund eiTed. whi h 'he em.urgo lawsluve ha1 on he aggrrHing neliger. flits, utocuhance theprKes of all mr ifan jrofuCe, efpeciady articles of the fill! nevelfi y io them, to a conPi.tabie degr. e j.i.i, if it be a little longer perfiited in, will iiher hi.ili our ptoluce, (which 1 believe irnlifp. nl.ble io them,) from ttwir rniikn ihr.e h , or'.twtcaie ihe prices t'snenotmju amount; and, coutfe, we tray hope wnl lumiih ittrdltible in. ducementa ftr a teUxj ion of -heir IwlU'e ordets and ft'.icl However, 1 may gn ft I'y rcirccl the me canii e infoimati o f in? gerttlcnun fiom Ma(TachufUs Mr. Li'dj and the ger,:iemin from Cinietl.cu-, (Mr. Hi lhoule) ihey appear 0-1 ln.icafi prt -o hve bevn tcty Co eel I h.ve h,fnre me, to Trices Cuirent fr-nn Liverpool ihe one t4 ll.e 3 h, sed he o f et of yrjh f "prpxber hit lW Ip'elutif were wti u-.i under no ukal bu, farcutab e 10 the, Uni cd Si te. 1 us draw our fails ftomihrm begin w. h the article of the fiilt nrftlfi y in C.rat IS iiain, anJ one l.kh, at a imc, eicttts her l.ighcll fi'.fiiili y. She rnini'rlts at all 'ime, n ote anxtfy aiou hrt oulan thin ny o hrr . h-r pn itical rci-tn-my. Thi i a neceiT. y re'oU fiom il.c peculiar U.: ol lrft iojiilAon lart us lei i qj'te ht is iff ptffon flte "f b'f'd O ffT. in V.rt Pniin 1 . he V''y4 ' I''Kf Cuitent t1 tl Vth ty f.ttV", 1 I id ii f rw-san up an j I ' Oy finrnnle f f moil paat t laU b.wnt.i w vrty 1 , .however, wi hin this day , or tto ihere nave oeen lome jex'enn t tales made of New Yo k wfiat at 13 3d per JO bs and the holders now demand tSs 6f a' 14 Od for prime parctla, which may poffih y be obtained as the appearances for the -,ir velt in moft parts of this kingoom are not quite io tavotuabie as was at fix ft .thpugiiti he late hedfy raina- hav proved injis rious in many pl-ceij and the grain is much" tighter in the tar Vtian': former vfesforia ; but as the de-lers and country mijlm buy o,ry 6 fuppfy rheir immediate aTS . -d do not caicalafe''ttpon a material in ftnte merff on the"anne'xed" prices tiniefs fon: exrVrt ventobplin or ro our Welt Inf ia colonies tikes place Good fwee: Ameri' Cf n Tfour is not to be had in this market.' Inrhe Price Curnnr of the KOthl I KnA thefe bbfervatibni : Large fpetuiattona have lately been made in Tobacco in corii fequerice ct our ftock becoming limited t bu-. fhould the embargo be raifed, this &? every other defcription of your product mult, very marerialiy decline in price, wheat and flour except d. Our ftocks of gtain are but moderate alrhouj;h we h ,ve teen much favoured id cur hartcft " " ' iv . What retfeftl0n does this information m ural y prefent to the mind ? that tlte cop is limited hat bread fluffs are high, and hkety to be higher- that there is fnch a deficiency of breid autTs, that our whole fupply will nor deprefs the marlcrt, ereti in ihe event of the raifing the'embargo f and certainly continuing it, (which coea not itmat i Calculated up6n ih Erg'nd) would leDVn the quantity and raifeproporj lonably the demand and price ; : ; he gemiemin from Connecticut (Mr," Hillnoule) tells us, we Canno- It irre Great IWaio, fhe being miwrefs of the r.td of. the worla, will fupply herfelf with bread lluds from other quartrrss ard partku ar. y fiom Spanifh America. . never heard it -funded, except h) the gentlemen in the oppoG ion. that wecouW A,,., r:..,. -fl"ta n; tu., ilia: thiough our p oduce. pa.utu.ai.y ot ureaa ltud?, we could make a itrong appeal to her interests. I hi fad u .dumot.uta ed to' mv - mud. I he Liverpool merchants d tier' with the gentleman in his mercai.t.Jr informa' ion.' ihry telf us that our whole lupp.y of bread ItulTa will not deprefs- tneir market. a reaey fu,piy could be ohtaine i elfe. where, upon better terms, there wool be nn nd of a f upplv from u But when has it happen. that ..fh America could afford if-.u fapply I So tar from af . foiUuig af ,pply to G,eit JJrtain, it geta a potion ot in 0n suppfy Itom m iiiegenileinao tells us tfin Spanilh A. mencani eiport great quantitKSef hydet and Uliow. ih,, u rrue Ihefe howe. vcr, ate not bread fuffs It t not pt. ended that Great Britain ia in w,r-t of meat, but Dre?d bread is an e rent.al cf hie meat i( no funllifn e lor bread it could imH picvent even a famine ' 'Hiefe diKum. n-a ifo go to (how the re-.f, ' 0f ihe low price of New Tk f). er, qoo ed by the gn iemn from M.flachafe ts iMr. L'oyd ) It U hcau e the nour was not Iweet. Irhvll.ren fj Ion ..... become four. -1 have no noutx 'th .t the Biioaiii cabMM-t is now-laukUhJ, fuh jU with great aniiety and birticulirlf at our rmrvo'en's in te j'lon to S. Again, ;ir, fnppfv Gteat Il nain fl.tmld be ab'e to ptovifio.i l.er id.mt., it wou'd be at uch an t ipenfire itc ks io render them y unprohi.b e. The t.rs important srttcle U cotton. Ilus(ceihe l'.Kc L'uttent tcfprcliff that arttc'f. " Ihe tKratiom in oar Cotton imrkrt fuirg be hj'efjafl nornn he U-n I'nneuie. :ie u 'c alinpua are in i'tHis e to fu f i-f 'he uiuji rron'h'y CfiUrpion j at the Until tf this arrnle I e be. ' m m t t'tfn T , l e tuj. ws co li'ue r'ir-fH wth inert. fed I , .ti ,aj nun) ol Uitoi luvt a riy i
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