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: Perhaps the annals of legiflauaji do not
afford an example of a vote , lb extraordi
, nary, as that of the
in the houfe of renrefpnr..til ni rl m i
lis inftiitf i...",,. . . 1
I - principigB. of,, tn emoargo and
the policy upon which it was entered into,
have umTergone no. change whatever.
t "The belligerent hate neither refunded
nor modified their reftrairits upon com
merce . , ; : , s.;Vvi '::'Z'?X ;" " . f ;
Note port is DDcnnav rhar vxnnt
opened twelve months agoi'and many that
wire then onen - h linu tin -'Url
- What then could hare produced fuch a
'We have never, on great 'public occa
f ons, fuueredunlividuil interelts to with
hold great and oeceflary truths j . v
It- is afotemn and feriout truth "that
vote in queftion, was the effect of pmie
na-nber of -mcmbrtt of con;refs, who un
det the influence of tht panic, lwe been
weal enough to Rive a w.e, which if they
hare any fenGbiliry they nrill ripen as
, long as they hare lifer . . f ;'. .h
Whuerer pomt . this occurrence may
be Tieved in, it brefenti ititnret -which
are paioul for an A-nerican to look" on,
and which muft expoJe us to the derifion
and lncreaied- contumely of ihe fanning
and the. Hawittinry, and will gire'new
infolence and ne w energy to the cormp '
tion which haa produced it Jwl at it
The conllitution hi cai.
federation of ftatrt h fundamental priit
ciple of which .is. that' the mill of the ma.
jori'y and the gtoJof ths Whole (hall be
us bafM) that a minority irheihcr of men
or 01 .na-es, man luonut to mat tupeuor
will and that fuperior good. ' ' V
The legitimate authorities of the land
hive taken meafuresof a double chanAr.
frittrvtt'm of property and frtpjralivt ftr
; The(e laws are frt a dr fimce. " 4k"'
. A traitor in the fenate hoife, - dam to
, y invite fefl ton of the onioiMotrea'
fonahJe f efittince, -
X faQiova wnnemptiMe, piiifuVef
Bicable faction, echoes this treafanai
bie porpofes i and the ttiJ snd thel
. tmutnti of togiand are othew, vh.
. iuf ibt hwt u ; ' '
Their roiniftera holdinf oat procama
lions to violate the la w, and procure
in an indemnity for ail who fhould
- violate our laws ' '
' Seditious town meeting are fet on foot
to different ftates. and fubfrtiptions
' art of eaed i hue Vw by ibe day
1 . to Oppofe the voice of th people and
to fuwlitme the voke of this birti
mcl for the vtiet $ tbt finfJt' "
Colleclots are prevailed pon to rtCgq
their ofGcei.
The people 'art invited torefiH the laws,
i The laws art rtCfted by force."1
Bthith dipt come jnto oar wreri and
' fone Iway cartofs, and murder our
people who leOd.'
The morderers ate friied and tmprifon"
' ' cd,hut the ptifotts are broken open
and the mrderm frt at Uhtny b
' drfiinr f !r.
-i-And letters are crowded upon the table
1 , . ot tM moftibers 01 congrc 1 loaded
I r with Mnk. fttl and dMad.
, f ' Ifithtl ftateof ihirtS fo litile are tfiefe
2 snen, hi congrifl Cued for their ftatioAs,
or to fleet the carton throvgh the tis
vhichibe eieta'We had alrdy sflrfled
wiihfe much (kill nd fo much d faction
thft. - "
All law U forgonrn i
Nitiooat tthfs ate ovftkrktd ,
National (haite (l not conCdere
Not is k erm pr rceived ttwt the fcan
, daloeivotewHlbr cnfraeJ by theene-
mirs of our gf r nnvtrf Into an argumerit
vi vtakxwCa, and k vul be tvgoei, that a
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faQiorteiided by fo defohahle1 a wretch aa
t w; " ,'r tumciemiy powerii
iui.w overturn the. wired policy of the
American nat on, ; and to jake America
more, eifeftuaHy the provincivof England
now, than before the recognition of Amer
ican independence. r ' ' "T
IV bat camp bit taken plact ? "r "
. , Why alfaclldn, ager for power, lea
gued with Tome of them in the pay of the
Britilh treafury proclaim defiance of the'
law: .,','' .' v'
And it is' the lioure of representatives
of congrefs that fhrinks from the menace
of rhis faction ! l ',
Shades of Franlilfn and Wafhington,
Warren, Greene, Gates, Montgomery,
wa it for. fuch meafures- or . fuch wH.:
your wifdom and your valorous daring
were'diftlayed I '
But wi lhall be told that it -was prefer
able to repeal . the embargo than let it go
to a civil warv
i But it may be with equil troth alledged
that the traitots who menaced ciril war,7
wculd not dare proceed upon it' " ( 1
And if they had dared to draw the
fword what then I " J-J.
' ; Why, it wbuld be preferable to meet St
at once, and end it, than open the tempi a
tion to the renewal f thofe treafonable
doings which will always encourage for
eign corruption and the intrigues of for.
reign emif iries , - r
. For the people of thik part of the union,
wexao fay that never' was there fuch a
fen (ation of indignation and difcontent as
at that votewe do not comprehend in it
the people who hired mobs lad week, for
thev are in high fpirits. . '
j An appeal to arms is ever to be avoided
--but the narioa that fuffVn its own laws
to be refitted, by the mens which have
Iven tpCmtnl to In' th ftrn A.
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not obtain refpeci -broad, ovr espedobe ;
OJfnce at home. -1 he remedy for all evils
are in the popular fufltai es, & the remedy
is adequate. . -
( lUw do the U btates now (land to the
eyes of the world ?
' A little fclion fouered by England has
been permitted to fubllitute it corrupt
withes for the will ot the people
lhe fenate no doubt, may Jwck this
b ind an j wretched efTecl f weak or de
ficiert Judgments and thereby fave the
tu.ion from a portion of the flume. ; Cut
what mult he the eJeU even in that date
of things. ( . . t
jlnftead of relying opon the prudent
policy tneditateJ, by the executive we
(hall oo fee the executive farced into
a more ardent fyflera and inftead of
avoiding war, this fanic folly will -W
tlvni uhai uthtftS tf ft - a more
prefling danger, "and a greater certainty of
abfclu e wsr. .. . ' '
Will Brltunnictni aW ittmt t
None but aoideot would, believe it pof
Gble, until (he is compelleo (he will not,
like the iw itrtik vtttrt, rufh ralhly ioto
a mfurc which menaces her eiilteuce.
What will (he do then t
Why, (he will be leve all that PMmng
told aW-all that Al en at Bollon, Bircla;
st New Tork. Dnd at Piiladelphia and
Hamilton at Norfolk had written i sll that
Ofn has bet o told at Boftoo by the jun'o
ai4 all even that the veiiefl of wmches
rorcapine, has predided, will be now held
a cotfirmed- aoj thry will perfWere in
outrage -and there will bean abfolate
ncccliy of makwg aclive war beuafe w
will now be believed that our coanfais are
loo licUe and wavering to f upport a year's
am; to affitrt our right.
The fot'owing ADOaas to the Ptrfi1ent of
U ine Unueo htaiea, has beta adopted by
tne krjrtiuurt of Virgasia In the
Ilevfeof trtvt, Arts If S -Hoc
The Senate wu nearly tunl
- snooa. .
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THE General affemh'y of your tii'ivt
fi;Caaoot clef het ItOion, wuhout
Wknowlecfging your ferrfces in; the otlice
which yo 0 juftjbout to lay down, and
biddw you a- refpeafut ind affecTionafe
Urewett We have to thank you for the
podel of anadminiftration, conducted on
PWeft-trmciDlesiof rebubneanifm x
for pOmp and ftate jaid afide t patronage -
i internal taxes labouOied i t
hoft of fuperfluous fficers'ilifbanded ithe
monarchic maxim ' hat a national debt is
Mauonaj bleffing .renounced ; and more
than thirty three trillions of our debt dif
charged i the native tight to nearly one
hundred millions of acre! of our national
domain extinguifhea If nd, without the
guu or calamities cf cot queil, tvaft and
ferule region added to our country, far
moreextenfivV than her original poflef.'
."" """K1"! ong witn it, the M fliffip
ptand the port of Orleans. - the trade of
the welt to the Pacific ocean, and in the
mtnmic value of the land itfelf, a fource
ot ptrainenta nd aJmoft inexhauttaWe re.
venue ,; rhefe are points in your adminift
nauonjaliklCilkuL,,
ieize, to expand and teach pcftrrtry to
dwell updn with rfelight. Nor will he
forget our peace with the civilized world,
preferred hrough a feafon of uncommon
difficulty aid trial the good will cultiva.
ted with the unfortunate aborigines of our;
coubtry, an! theW'iliza:ion humanely ex
tended atntng them. the leflbn taught the
inhabitan,tsof the coaft of Barbary, that
we hate the mean of chaftening their
piratical iircroachments. and twinv them
into julticei and that the thrme on which
above all ohors. the hiftotic eeniua will
hang with rapture, the liberty of fpeech &
w. iu pcicrrcu mnoiaie, wimouc
woica genius and luenceare given to ma
ny in vain, - jjjy.rs - ;...,.; '-
la ihe principles on which you haVe
idmlnm 1 .f nnirnm..i Ml
the continuation and maturity of the fame
.imiAj J . U!l Lk! L ! -1 J
"" u auunic wuicn orewupon you
in your you h, the refentment of Dun.
m re- From the firft : brilliant and
n-ppy moment of your reGlhnce to for;
ehm tyranny, until the nreTaar' A
mark with pleafure and with gri itude, the
iu uuuiMm, suuuneot cnaraciery tne
fame warm and devoted attachment to II
berty and the republic, the fame Roman
rove ot your country, her rights, her peace,
ty abroad and puttinoutfelvea into a (lata '
of defecce fhould .perfevekance on their 'Po
parts Jotc WktQ Slaaphegt vr U
duties of ahftfirlt, obligation i -lSoo"k.w
courfewasleft us, but to reduce our navU
gation, .wkhin the 11i&)inp?J-:
not to; hold. eirenihat"'fuhjeci to fuch ref. " vi';'--'
triaions as their interett or 'will fiiouldi .5 i
prefer ibe. To this, no frienii to the iii f
dependence of his country could fubmit. j, J ? t '.'
; You refolution to aU in k.:-: ,
juftice all yiolators of the law: or their S ?V " -
i-aia iOm - mmJ' aI-iJ " v ' W ..'
vvH....7, uu particularly ot tne embargd . . . ,
laws, and to be ready at all times to affile.. r ""
in carrying them into effecl, is worthy of - . ,
the natriotifm which rf?tfnn.,:ril-
and county of Philadelphia. ;This yolunif'
tary fupport ot laws, formed by perfbns of
bur own choice, diftinguilhes peculiar ;
the .minds capable . of fetf -governtnentv;
Thecontraty fpiritU anarchy,, which of -neceffiiy,
produces defpotifm.- It is front 1
'the 111 inrtrrr. nF....l.. ' ' .
, - ,rr . " government only .
Jul f iiinirtiinFif . '
honor.
ner honor, her prolpeitty. '
How bleflVd will be the re:irement Imd
which you are about to go I How deferi
vedly biefled will it be I For you carry
with you the richeft of all rewards,' the
recollection of a life well fint in th Or j
vice of your ct-tt vry h proofs the moft
urviur ui me nve, tne gratuutie, the yen
eration ef your countrymen.
That rour retirement may M II hiprjy
as1 your hie has been vittuout And ofefot
thit our roath niatT In th V,d(i rlf.
of your days an additional Inducement to
lorm wemieivei tn your model, H the Je
vout and earned prayer of yoar fellow
citUcos, who compofe the General Af
femoly ef Virginia. . ;
The following i the anfwrr of the Pre.
Cdrat of the United S-a et to the hfolu
lion and addrtfs paOed unanimoudy oo
he SS i u. by TEN THOUSAND, and
on the lfit, by EIGHTEEN THOU
S ND otixeos of the city and county of
Philadehia . ,
T$ tU titntni iht jty ami p.
t UlpUt, m rtM mntvg mJ. . .
. Ja ike rrfolofiooi m4 addrefa which
you have bntf let W to pre fent to me, I
recogniTe, yhh great fatisfaclioo, the fen
timmt of (ithfal atiiena, devoted to the
maintenaect of the rights of their coun
try, to the tared band which unices thefe
ftes togvth;r, and rrllylpg round the if,
govttnrnenrln feppon of ia laws. After
the intotmUe a.Tali on oar mat it me
rights, by iW dVcUruioa of the btUigi
em porri that we would rurigateihe
tKfin oo'y linyy (hould pevmit, the re.
call of oui Urntn, recover; of nt proper.
rwnrfTiV HI tjUliUI?l
I learn, with irr.o f,t;.fA:i- .
approbation of the general meafures pur
lued the government, enumerated in '
your addrefs. .-For the idvailtagef flowing
horn them, yod are indebted principally td - 1
i wile and patriotic Iegiflature, and to the"-1 y
able and meltimAblecoadjutbn with whont ' ' : .
it has been my good fortune to be aflbcia.4'
ted in the direction of your affairs. That '
thefe meafuret may be productive of thd- V .
ends intend, d, mult be the wilh of e very' ' '
friend to his country and the belief that ,
every thing has been done to prelerve our1 - J
peace, fecure the rights of bur fellow cit'u 'V -
aens, and to promote their ' belt interellr f '
will bl a confolation under elcry Ctutioa, .J
to which the g eat difpofcif of eveots may .
deft ine us. -,'"; .. . y,
Your ahiirnhafuMi nt r -
retirement from Tnettarton icrioog conn-
mw m wuuiiiuiivu vi innr cor .
reclneft. In uo oulce can ro a io i be irord
expedient and none lefa admits the tu
dulgendes of age. I am peculiarly feufibld '
i your kioa wunes tor. napptnels in mo .
tranquility of retirement. Nothing wUlii
contribute more to it than the hope of car "
tying riih me. ihe approbation "of mr :
fellow titizens, of the endeavors which I .' "
have faithfully - exerted to be atfeful w
them, t'o the ail protecling favor of
Heaven I commit yourfel res and our coma
moa country. , r. r '.''
V THi JEFFERSON. -
Februarys, 1803. , ' ;
spsiisjs Bjssjsisa T
" VaMablc Land for Sale. .
THE Subfcriber oftcrs for fale that vaa '.
luaWe Plantation, formerly owned br.V
James Clark, lying od Golhen, in Doplm "
county. It contains about Unarrest
C0D(IdefaWe bait of whkh il cleated and
enier good fence. An excelient Da-i' f
ling Houfe, out houfes. an dot her neceffW ';
improvement!, are on the premifeaY and '
tlie .fituaUoa is at iea equal to any la tU
county.' '-
The terms of faV will be made known
on application to Mr. Samuel Dunn, may l!
lheptemiCes. " ' - "
f '" WM.DUNNV '.
Newbern, Feb 10. ' ' Jm ,
: wtivhiuriiiiRi .....
. IVFOaMStheLUbiranriof Vintnft
ton tnd ft Vieinlty, iful he hat Ukrn ih :
new Batci-ltoo.l .in Kecod4wttt,
little north of ihe marktt and oppofito
Mr. Gilbert Gem, where hi tut 6pcocd i
ALL thofe, who will lveur htm with iheT
company, fha I bs arcommAdiicd wuk ikm
belt that th WalmingToo mltket affd
rtU doe ttlpa paid fo hia Crtomee .
Fsbruary 10. t . ... jtt
"J A VAHIEIT OF BUhHCS, : .
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