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JA ' . -Ll'-l. -W -V.,'.- e.-.J. -'.:. 11',.-,'.- 1 j3s 1-A A-7 N O K T H G A. R 0 .11 N A ACD ,Vf E R T l S E R JjDJiVTOA': Printed by Iah Wills, at 5Js.cr Aimum, if pai4 within the yeai- if noti 5Di. Distant Subscribers muatpay in Advance. . A oVe kti s em ekts of no more lengtliT than breadth inserted the finVweek lor 5$. and 2s, editor each continuance larger ones in proportion. J?" No Subscriber can dif continue hu paper until he haa paid np his arrears y- -Vol. I D A ,Y. Takuart 27, 1809., "... " . i. t . - 1 - I r Num. 153, .4,7, X , - - . , x ' AVTl"vJ , . , " . 'A v .. , " , 1 Ns5 ' ,;-nv. s i x 'mm sineuliir Instance of the lr?eni coftf iaogunge can ciretljr be found, than his been furnished in tlihi country, in the nlMPplkat'wii andahuwof the tertnt frdc rthnn and republicanism, which, though o TirinallT meaning Hie same thing 4nd rcstmr, en tlie same foundation, hare by artful and designins Individuals been ireentcd to the csmnuuihy as ConTtyin- rery diftcrmt if not contftry k!c4ii J snd no httlc pains have ifen talien W Tender the fortner a term of reproach, by many of those w le tfteted prrposwaion f T the latter, as aceompani Za rith uneouimeal etridehcee of their litter -jnorance K the toWWrtf. nM. Ikt much as tin xkmk mind lus been dtlajed, by the rarlous rnHrypresenU- font Am stMses tnese eiprrsMcns, mere cm be little: diubt, but that the great body rfthe people are Inprincipl aiid at hert fr(!erslfsil. n4 thtttdrmr ttwamcet wkh out thar etcnltriowlns h tbcmvJvcs. Or to ejiire Ihriame I'.e people ffxtrttlty urtfrM&Kiittm jirndr Atwhfd to the cnnstitutMa of the Unk ini State. The neoDletun, r, eenerallr, Imlren of the prat prhicblea of the Ante. rican revnlutmn they lu la jo-t efcUB-to the srorthy rharaclrra by which k was a. " ehiered, awl rtey re eamotly and c Jouw the hleswnft of liberty St iudepetKhrnCe, h nil the mreets therefore tU pople re lTattsrt, and la all thee rieeta ton, they atr rrpuhlcaits, fwr "repol11ct;ttn and frde rhnH U in f 4t, .one and. the same thirf, 4ijliv jpetvtn can ptmiWybe a feuerahrf s-ifhrnt he5i5 a rqikiuwnbr can any o- .t'ltr ff publican ;im eter exist in any countrr fjr anjr cmsidenUr prrVd of time, but 'such' ii ts in C'iMfomuty to federal principle j Ije ciue no utter, so hHppity and cfJcctdidty fnnH Ri'ir.-t the two estremei of tyranny and crhti wxt,A rich f w h ch Is devtruc. ilxmtJtclUny. Thtte hs hHlced, in fv-e Arr tiJy srtttrtt a spurtoos rprcies of trvciple rcAVn lrpoMicanrsm, kjch etsii Irttiin no more to the true siarxtrI c n tltulfrrrdim. than Uie duif.tf-kcor4 rV rf Il.trmot, confnrtns Id the correct t?e Chived in the etetant ornaments ti eentrct fcfri hai been ( bus if emiilm ed in de em teg thr'unupecttog parr of the cimmu aity, snd leaxJ itthriH intotM ifitrkate ma set of haocwry & folly H to this flJ!t gUmttt bchtBrtf thu U cntmniiUy are in tk'jted far tmcvaHooi irtii-ovUtow hich Ii4e d'vidrd our dtUei linrt llicmvtlvrs, and Induced them io me war upon their m ftrinciifri under dlRcrvtit names, that nnil and tkiiitef;hivkIaaH might tecute fteir wt etrvarhn,' btstff drirtjfeof Hu!ar credu!hf, errrr and ttmuJectinjj tniieVl'-at itt l evidv ht by briefly consi. derinj the orhjin of the ta 'tfreat poHtkal fartSes hicH at present ditrWe cur coun try. :'- .,: ' v 1: -i - Th AmrritWretrJu'.iiTi It it well known was pUtibct) &nd arcninpridietl br those who were among the rcat rrimersofthe present ConstUutI)iu Ar.er our revolutionary conflict wss over, It was evident the confederated I) rtcni was liisnni ctettt to cureilie blesiings ahicli had' bet n nolr obtained, awl that a f w system was absolutely necessary to sate tlik country, from bankntcy and. oentuai rtiin. he Wml conMitution was the result of this cUoltf t ged neceity-it was deti ed by the experience and wistUnti of thr na tionwhen submitted W the staTevftir ac crptsnrt, it hid1 like Mher wise and excel Jenf sytet, it rprscrs, and among these v were men ort,st and Influence. The fwids awl adrorhtes of the constitution sere called fexleralists, and those who rf po led the constitution were ealM b thera stlves and pihert anti-frderalUts, or cncmW w me itHierai cuintut ion this is the origin Of to the ,Kn"cement of. lu dperation. ', After PresI i m the pteent; jKjiiical parties, and here is be found tl.c origin and true me.inlng of s term fcderulia, which h It evident is JjnoirinifHis nlJir.-H, WtM pvtrnmeitt. iaefianceofi!iiipidtiontheeiisUtMtlonw6i SdoiJtcd k PntidrntWaiLtiinvlnit r..-nl1rl by hisfctiowithens to fill the rxecutlfe dc ,partmot. Wiibftiit feeUn? the influence of aiwrtrtphifrajld fttdkdbctrtjt aTJnttntotr I111 "'"A be was In, truth the head of th frlrri1it, atwl the iytnrwhlcht.e nptrd wastlie one they approbated ; and e belie Venn one, who. 1ms nnr regard to m own rq)utsitlon , will climb the widom, the virtue, or the patriotism of Prefident Uihmgtim. If his views were correct and syvtem right, then; the federalists are rrrtainly net wrong, llecniddnot indeed, ivrouiii n anwl fromTileaVcn : hml. he 'n sent expressly for the purjiosc) Rive sa. "fiction to those retlen mirits who hnd n opiHwrd to tlie gm ernmcr.t in it f .rma- ent Washington issued hb proclamation of neutrality, and thereby saved our country iroovne aernction toediuted against It by thercvohiu'onary leaders in France, the op position to him and his measures, assumed a more systematical sWm, and to the original number of fnti-fcderalreU were then added, all those who preferred being enrolled under the banners orx(icnet, to that fa faithfu adherence ..to the laws of their ejountnrBe fare Mr. Adams tameiinto !ofric,the antf federalist sensible Xif the influence, which mere , names often hare, and knowing the unfavorable fmpressraifvagainst them in con aiocnce of thar uniform opposition to the etitutiw and to. aiMii rneasures w the rover nment." krtfulir 'relinquished the eDi- thet by which they had generally been disun ruislied, and instead of anti-federalists, they began to call themselves republicans. Those who knew the orirm of the parties, were not deceived by ibis change of names, They well knew that those, cr the leading indlviduuls ntSthosetf ' wlwr-wert calling themselves - re- publicam, had in (act, been the opposcra of thctetiubiitan: xbnstittrdon of the U." States, efposcrs of Gen. Washington, and his wea sum, and acajous advocates for uniting this country to the interest and cause of France. The federalists however, retained their ori- S'nal name- true to their, print Ip'es, and to interest of their country, they never thourhtof resorting to any pitiful subterfu ge to secure the just ascendancy they had acquired and believing that the good sense 01 the people woukl secure them against im position,' they beheld with a mixture of pity aM cTnteoipf,j!c bluftering pretentions of these leaiott republicans, as they were cal led, and exclusive friends of the Denote, ma hy of whom it was well known," had not onlr recent!) opposed the consritutton, but in days oi . trvu'Me and d lTicuiry liad deserted, the standard of Waihinrton,' and soucht protec- ttoJi and safety under the royal banners of his UnUontc Majesty. liut the cifcui-S of the 0ijwers of AVasliington were not slackened by . beinc iarcardMLaod JiA oaina were spared to increase their pirty, and accbm plislj their purposes "By incessant profrssi' ons of luire Kr the peojle, and by their con. stantlf extollfnr their own virtues," and uni- firmly denouncing their opponents, the peo ple began to forget the.orfgi'n ofthe partyi and to repose confidence in their dncerity. Many new comers also into our country who knew nothing or toe principles oi the flitter, rr.t pofitical parties here, or; hoyr they had arisen, finding a declamatory set constantly boasting of tlietf rcMitIican excellence, con- cTu-rd that those declamatory lealota were In fact the veteran heroes tf the' land, the fixmdert of, both the revolution and the go vernment, and they naturally enough a ttach ed themselves to the noiiy side and by thus acntiiritv R(!d!tk.nal?trengtn,theonginaI ene mies of tlie constitution succeeded in djspla cbrg its fncnai, and Uiose who had onitorm Iy opposed the government were chci.cn to administer It-This change ol men, howe eer, was evidently bresieht about by Imposi- lions practised upon the public mind. The great ptjject or tlie people was to promote the interest, the prosperity, the safety, and happiness of their countrythis also was the vents hare incontestihly evidenced, that this obicct could only be obtained be nursuine the federal policy. 5 '- . ' ; ; AVith the term of fcdcralis, the ipeople were persuancu to fan oui, wuncan uicir c ven recollectine its import, or from what it originated, but lu meaning,' as we hare briefllyX traced it, evidence that it -yras a term which every friend of hi country ought most wuinigiy 10 nave appucu to mmscu. federalist K. is clear, Is one who is unaltera- bly attachedxto the federal constitution as formed by thcxgreat tamers or our country as understood and administered by the im mortal leader of the American armies be is one who is firm friend to good order, and an enemy to every snccles of oppression an advwcatejbr equal rights 8c equalidistribution of justicene who desires to see ws country Indrpendeot In fact as well as hi name -who wlidies to witness the prosperity of his fellow citizens and to See every individual happy, ItnwhWtt present period, is anxiously, and earnestly solicitous not dy : to secure to the preient generation the blessings of liberty Snd inde- pewtence, out to transmit, inem unimjjireu to the latest oosterity. ' As forthosewho (eel no real attachment to the constitution who approbate Illegal oppression ;and vio lent Out raecs upon individual rights when countenanced by high . . authority who can . tfnnsidcr: the : neRttre : and: transporta tints of our citizens by military authority as an ordinary occurrence who Will intiVe the BfcgmMonsof one fpreign nation by pusillani mity, ami make no pmrnratmns to repei me 6 KS AIM! U'hfirfttiisttittlv aiwji A u tlK lTi.rvs li - sinnin niui iihim- i inivi) Pine iw - - - i - - s. Interests of their country at haxard opon a mere experiment, and will atrip tlie people of their property under pretence of securing it, ani who in fact, consider national tnde ' pendence as a tctondary object when put b competition with their, private feeling,, or Individual popularity these indeed are no ffdeialitfvt9t are not poHdcian through , whoai our couutry can ever be greatly bene-fited-But we feel happy in the belief that J?J? at b?"rJ. fthJatter class and it is our confident hope and belief, that the great bo dy of the community are beginning to awake to theitr true interests, and they will return to that correct course, which alone will raise .SmwJ6rpm,.fe .PTWPt depressed ;pnd ucrucu kiiuaiiou wi iu mrmcr dignity, great' nes and gtory. , - j, CONGRESS.- llousi or REPEJtiTAims.v r S::yi&ecem6cr jO. rr , tf " .'.'' "'" iunteert. i:"r;,L.- 'C.--. (C0KC1.CI1EP.) Afc QctircT, I agree with the gentleman ffprti Virginia (Mr. Eppes) that the present is a Wriod, in which it becomes members of this legislature to maintain their fedepen dencaand not to shrink from respons biiity. I agree that it is a time in which all men in places of trust should - weigh well the princi ples, by which they are actuated and the ends at which they aim andthat they should mark both so distinctly ar thAtthev maybe tuu i . unaerstood by the people. - but 1 poj n is not, ana that tlnrre never will be at time. In which It becomes the duty of any man or national exigencies, W concur in an bfr'tnge? ment of the limits of the constitution. ' 1 trust -k Is not a time, for a member of such a le clitore as this, thoughdessh to strengtlien hands which alreadv hold power! inconsis Irotwirh Ovniiomy. our Vrrrrwrrcraa- tnority espectally entnttted totis by the peo ple, iuto the excluaisiepajmoof anotlicr tentrtment of the gOTernraenrX- - : The gentleman from Virginia (Xlr.Eppes) alleges, mat sue men, vrnom ne cans teOe ralias, have, for Mrty purposes, rcpresen ted the Embargo, as a permanent measure. tie disclaims such an idea, both on hiiown account and on that of a maiority of hh house. On this head. 1 am readr to main tain, that the Embargo law, as it was origi naiiy (nssea, was an sootecr the powers vested w t&is uranch or the Iertslatore, and as it has been subsequently enforced by sup plcmenuryilawsy i: manifest violation of the' constitution, and an assumption of pow era vested In the states; and that until I have tome satiJactiun on these puints, 1 am not disposed to pasa a law for raising such an additional miutarr force n this bill contem plates., . ;a ;..,.!,.,'. .' ' Concerning the permanency-of the Em oargo, aoout wmch so much wrre-drawn in genuity has' been exercised, .this f. assert, that so fir as relates to the toower of this nouse, ine embargo- is permanent. I hat controul over commerces which the consti tution haa vested in ua, we hnve transferml to the executive: Whether the people shall t ve. r enjoy any commerce agahH or whethc r we siiail ever have any power in ks regu lation, depends not upon the ; will of this house, but upon the win of the President Sc of twelve members of the Senate. , The man ner In w hich the powers vested in this branch of the legislature has been exercised, J hesi tate not to declare a flagrant abase of those powers, and a violation of the most acknow ledged safeguards of civil libejty! 1 4 Sir, what is the relation in. which this house, in the eye of the constitution, stands to the people I Is it not composed of men, em anating from the mass of the community ? Are not our interests peculiarly identified with theirs ? Is not this the place in which the peophf have a rirht naturally to look for the strongest struRele for oor constitu tional, privileres. and the last surrender of them uncondiuonalir to the" executive Js.Aottlserowetoirate44enirUri 'mm. I oneot the most important of a 11 the trusts renosetl in us bv the rjeonle i Yet how have e nrn-Iint tlit mrait Intaivctiitv nnurP P" VVhy, sir, wt have so exercised it as nof o- fy to annihilate epmmertefor the firttent but to a that we can never, hereafter any tommerce to rrjrulattf until the Preti- dtnt and tiectvelenatori flernnU Gentle men, when pressed unon the constitutional point resulting from the permanent nature of inn r.moargor repei i, as mic gciuicnian from VircinlafMr. KppesHid just novy by; a broad denial, It is not permanent, say thev,xH it was never intended to . be perma nency. It is'lmposstle lor terms to give il a more unlimited duration. Whh VespectW intentions, the President and Senate have a right to speak upon that subject. They have a power to permit com mere, again to be prosecuted, or'; to continue.' Its prohibition. But what right have we to talk in thi man- ' ner ? I know that we every day amuse our selves In making some law about commerce. Sir, this is permitted. It is a parr of the -delusion by .which We practice upon the peo-. . plet and perhaps upon ourselves. -Vhile en gaged in debate, we feel aslf the pdwefl tb regulate commerce was yet in this bouse. 13ut put this matter tb the test. Pass a law unanimously to-morrow repealing the Em- -barjf Os, Iet two thirds' of the Senate concun ; itthTrred'ent ahd'twelve men dclefmiho not to repeal, I ask, Is there any power in this house; to prevent tltem from tttnuinc this Embargo forever 1 JThe fact, isrundenia ble. lAt the President and twelve men cxV stmatelypersist in adherence to this measure, -and in spite of the mtentions of this house, the. people, can alone Again obtam their cotri merce bxrevoiution - It Allows from what ! have stated, that tltose roay-sseU enougbl talk 'about what they intend, whoave the power of fulfilling their intentions But on that subject, k becomes the members of Oils house to be silent, sincethat power which we once possessed has, by cur own act,' d- " parted. So far as this house can ever here after enjoy the opportunity of again rtgubn v ting commerce, it depends not opbn the gift h received from the people, but upon hn . restoration t to ds of that power, which the f cimle haTe entrusted to cur careV we hare , , without hmiution tracsfcrred to tiie execo- tiverr ' rht,.-''"'- - ' sir .-Th twwiTe once hid a com mercc?. Once, this hohse possessed the poW- irr tn Wffulate'it.'' Of all the craiiti m the con; tkutiori, jerhap tf lis was most 'highly prized by the pcopie. It wastruV tlieapple of their eye. To their conccrnr ioi hf the -constitoti-in almost owes rlexilAetc,. Tliey t brought this the object of their choice filTec tims, and delivered it to the eir&cdy ef this- --mu., mmm twvWpari wouH deliver tlie hope of hii declining years, wifli a tremblmgf solicitude; to . its selected - guardiaoSi-And how have we conducted in this sacred trust f -Why, delivered it over to twelve dry nurses, contirnim whose tempers we know nothing j for whose intention we c-innot Touch ; and who, for any thing we know, -may some of ' them hare an interest Ira destroying it , v Yes, sir, tlie people did entrust us with that great powef-ie.jgutatrcin of commerce.- It was their " most precious jewel. -Richer than all the mines of Peru and Gol-' con da. ; But we have sported with it, as tha . . rtwefe commnn dust. With a thoughtless indiJTcrence, in the dead of the night, not under the, cover of tlie cheering pinions ef our egle, but under the mortal shade of the bat's wing, , we surrendered this rich deposits ft is gone."- And we have nothing else to do, : than to lieback,' at the foot-stool cf the ex ecutive, tliepcople's patrimony. Sir, I know' the answer, wliich will;, and it is the only one wmencanbe eNen. tTTiere is no tear 6f an improper usepf this power iy tft Pre si -f dent, and SenateVt There -is no danger in trustiiiit this niostxcellent mn. Vhr sirr this is the very slave's eibberisli. AVhat other reason could theVrcjssJegged Turk, or the crineinff Persian eive for that implicit confidence they yield to their sovereign f ex cept that it is impossible they should abuse tneir power. - The state of things I mention, does not terminate in mere vcrb.il precision, fcr con. structive .distinctions. Tlie vervtontinunnej of Jlhe measure,' has, in mr opinion, its root in the situation, which results frontthis, as 1 deem it,- sou ot our, conMitutKmal pow ers. Dors any man believe that if the m j bargo hid been originally limited, that a bill continuing it, could now be passed ' through, all tlie. branches I I know ' that gentlemen who originally voted fir; this Embargo, and will prnujy lor the enforcefnt ut of , have urged the situatifwi nf this hoii5e,,in relaticn to 'it,' 'as' (.reason for further hdliercnce. It is a ' messiire of the exeeutKT., Siiv thev. Suppose this house should pass a Liw rV-i pealiii! it. tlioald he neeatlverwhat effect -.wouUtxsuiuiuttaiw In the present situati-m of our countn', no thing is so desirable as unanimity'., I know that, 'substantially,' such" argnrpents havci been orped. '- Mr. J. G. jacxsom wished the Rrntle- rsan to name the persons to whom he alhj ded, . '. v- ." ' .',' '. 4. v ' ' Mr. QuiKCTSiaid that he did not deem Vm1f. bound to sj itcli'Hmrl connected, with.; tacts, bv which he h id nCvquired Ue fcnow- -ledge of jpirtklar:'ciiji't'A nt"thehtnje:2 n was encuu iyr, mm to state inem, una. cave the nation tojudce if there wertv wil der the circurhstanccsj anything itnprob-vble' :: 'A Y I, X:::. : ,4 t j :" . . i . I V ' , ',4" , aXAA'.A-:A' ii . f'- 1 uuikiiurai lu tutm. - ..4n'-i-
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