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19 1806.
No. 527.
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Tuesday, .March 10.
deSate,
On Mr. Gregg's Resolution,
(Caminurd )
MACON, (Speaker). Mr. Chairman
mvt -lfb unJ by the caI much has
Sy three giuclemen from Peikfyka.
nu, ( .IcU8. uregj. cmoie-& rincney.j witu
wnoqj f. hav;; 1 ti i een in the hbit of ft tend.
JHIu i a frieni hip on fuyjrart -uaccre, o ftate
Ih rn'oi: which will oVsr;o my com !uct on
this occafion, whether they may be faritfactory
to-others .-r not, "lJi-y are ptrk&'y to to me
-That a il.'rT.ver'ce of opinion fubfi;ts,tb'rtwe,ri
the iMi-m'j r i wi:Ii natd to the mc.fore b ft
adapted,, to ths "pt.Ts:ii crifis of our fclftirs, is
cikcit from the aurn'er of refolu;ions.oa your
tihk.r ' vn attempt hfis been raa.Je to liken
this refo'u i rf to one agreed to in 1793 ; but
are they alike? I think ro. That was ge
Ciial a id opeiatcd alike on every part of the.
u:;in, while this, in my opir.ioa, 14 facial,
and viii o .ly operate, oii-one pair of the union ;
and ihl p-oikl operation will be feverely felt,
by that faction nf ths coun'.ry which 1 i:i part
11 jj'cftnt. Bellies thu clear. difference in the,
tw.u lefolutton,' will not ail the three geuile-
mm agiee, mat tnerc is a grcT nu mutiny;
C!it':retice ia our tffiira -with G Bti'.ain iu 1793
an. Bovv,fJJr'mbtivt may be aa unfrittiilly
' nu aa thtn but 1 fpiak of fts;kno it to all,
ncn of iDouvei ; (he theu held the vvtlbrtt poile,
(h; thco deta'oed aa iihrneufe propmy bcloag
ii.tr the fvuthtra p:opU, both in viIatiou
ef -the tteaty-ef peai--ish; thcalaflfgared the
I linns to war on the frontiers arid then, JH M
this tim, i.pt!ltd ou" failorg and cpured
cur vefkis ; bvCdce, the United Sulci had not
then rhr:qu!lh-d'-the piiocipie, ihat free ihips
- fl-u!d mae irce goodi ; ia reUiiquiHiiDii ilu's
p'i.icipie, tlity iu a gieat roeafuTC icid fight oi
lla earning trcrle, .bjr-jaafieable mcaos v,but
ifeuiUm u vifh-totuin to Europe, they will
fitvi thai in 1793 the treaties nf Pfiaod Pil
i i were iu ! y.cc Let the faiH which I have
listed,- he compared with hole jf the prefent
, day, .-'nJ ali iauit oufefs, 'hit tl.tre wi vety
cor;!i Lrable ('iff.'rence. I have faui this much,
to Jbvjw that there is no analogy in the l&iii of
lhe.frf nt iiaie.-o4p6 o: 17931 and tha
th'c i- n; charge of opidioo in tit, If, how
evet, 1 un uiiiUkcaflt is an houcft midake.
- Thie natiou'i'o my opinioB, tattft take het
choice of 1 wo slrernativei ; to be happy and
conterti Without war, .and without internal
-tasr 01 to be wa-like and glorious, ahouud
ii,. with s.hut is caiied honour and dignify,
or i'j othtr wonls taxes and blood. It', if be :
the full, the people wi'l cminue to eijoy-
!. that-h:ch t"cy h.tYe bitheito 11 joyed, mere
piivi'e s ihin "hTh fallen to the iot oflaoj n.
lion wivh whofe hiftory we ace acquainted J
they ni l. as tr.ey h tvedone, live plentifully
on thti.- farms, a.ir! fueh as choofe, will can y J
a fainrark, by exchanging our furplua pro
'do'diyos,- fcr fuch foreign articlea as we miy
.waalLw.e.iakciiiejilietgrU.ud,..e.JSiall.
1 fear, puriue trie fame career, which l ea near
ly, cr q'ii'e ruifled, all the other nations of tht
globe. Look at the people of Eagland, legal,
ly free, but half their time fitfhting for the ho
iiour ai d d-gnty of the cron, and the 'carry
i g tra'!e,,and fee -urns her they havt gained
any thiDg hy all their battlfs, for the oatioc,
eacept taxes ; and thtft they hae in the gret
tft abundance.' Look alfo. at France, befoie
the revolutinv and' we Ihall fee a people, pof.
L-fliuga fertile country and fir.e climate; having
.the houour to fiht, and be taxed, aa much ;a
UtrycooM hezr, fci the glory and diguity cf
thr fUtnonarqut. Let U3 turn fiom thefc
two great iiabnjfi, and view' Switzerland dur-.
. ta.; tfte lrre pe vo-iOhouti not powcuiu lisc
-Jthe-(Hlrtfwr tliaihfeehrpToph-frce, snl
happy without v?ar3, coetenittkjt home, ' be
ceufe they aC fiiough to live .comThftatly on,
and not ovtr t3r.td. The hiftory cf theklhr.ee
oationp, oiiht to coiiTi'sce us,
fvrce'anj liocr;v, caunot dwell mtbe laoae)
count rv. ,
I t.cjd ttotl to i,pote improper mpt'ves to
tuy ere, nor to. examine tlrf journal after chang
J 1 , ttMvijjh I am terfc6iy willing to have u
iliiirt.htd Mtr frirn th tl-v 1 took a feat it the
'J Iloi'k to the prifentT after my name fan'd'f
on exrr.iititio:), it (hall appear thit II have
i . chaptd my political priocip'es, or.haveribt
5'tril.AtiJy: tfi.'.srtd to the in, I cnt'Wig to
t:c- i-t tianje cf a political hypaciite- I havt
.f.;rs".U bun en very grra: q tic Hi mis, in-, very
JL-8-l-Bj'','iuita, a njinoi it jdp'trot-fulEc-tect; tif.
Y ""TTJTBTi i: ! t he y e'f a i d--c ay s , on a raCft.ittpar
it ctrVlr.Ti. - J will fay jm more on this fub-
jif'-:-'n1'':i,g.C2- he rntrt pifegrctabie fch:n'to
i ' .-c J . trui ftif. arid rowing com I jtatiry
.iuiunW -t 11 yhtc'j .'l isbetn ncadc r :rhap,
I htjtV iitcc'y fiid'too u.uch on it, tut it 'waiv
i.n .o.Tch to lay I- f'. . j ' v -". ' ,; '
" 'l' e'l'if.cne with Great RMiatn ii mod un.
C -rtivrchly (jr tlve cart) r.g .trcde a t.ia'c
v.uh-i efs bsnefjci J ta f he oitioa than aof-
ortitr, and a trade which has produced moft o( tfft giveo to navigation, has not a law been
Qurdifjutcs witu forego nation, and it i theiJfjfTeJ to favour the filheries and theieby to form
onlfuade that requires txpei:five protection, g jiiUa forihe ufe of the m-rchaat fervice ? It
Will may one cooteud, that tiile trade is hlf aV.ay be tight here toobferve that I neith-r ap
important as ths c6K.ftin? tradv: ? this cannot? 7oved uor voted for that law, but no attempt
nd will not he coateocJed : for everv one knows. 1-n fpr Un mJ. .v ..i ti.- .
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m.ir. i uc coaitinff ia tne pea tiaCe. it not on.
ty eachange: the products af oue part 'of the
nation for thofe of another, bat it alfo tends,
by tnak'n j us better acquainted with each other
to co.mec3 us mnre intimately, and 10 make
xourageoient by which, during a time of
ace, we have become the lecond commercial
tioa in the uoild, and this too in the fhort
ace of tune Gtnc the adoption of the prtlent
it you pltaie, uuce the ii
One cooTeouence a little cu.
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iuiuution av.
Nfuch, 1789.
ev.ry patt bir-uouize for the public goiid.
I he trade whicb I coofider th text b-lt, for a .,ub is pro tuecd by this encoutagement. which
nation to can 7 on, u the dirtit trade for home j ;' this When- Europe is at peace, the protfft
co fu option, by which, th furplus produce j. i.i.r du.ies prevent any cr mpetiticn by foreign
of one country, is exchauj;td for that of ano- j viXJs to carry our produiona, aud when ar
tficr; and ia this, ls in every branch of trade, ?tr, fo maoy of our vefftlj carrv for the belli-
iui srrcai iu.c wi.i ce.aucieo 10, cuy cneap jgp-eat otifeM.- tLat fieiifht is nearly as hich
aoj feli dear i" yoj car. Vi h the coaftia?
ani dircd trade, agriculture is aiore ueaily coa-
iiened, than with. a".y other. But a nattoti
maybe agricultural without bciig coin .net ci l.
l'l.e Swiu ciutoos, s'id Ian, were 'of this
deutiptioii. sr.d it may .b; rcmitk"d that Mi'an
ij ibe moit populous cjuotfy ia Europe. Cii
111 i faid to be ot the lame character ; hut as
little is known of than country,. 1 (lwi'1 not quote
it, to tftiblHh a fadf, which i cLas.ly ellaolifli
td by tht oiLer two.'. A country may alio be
commercial, with Jut .being highly agricultural,
as was ths caft wuh Vttuiie, Sud feme other
European powers. Dut let us purf-je that fyf
teui, which bur own expenuve has pryvtd to
be the LtU for the United States j for llnce the
adoption of thr piefc it coulliiutioa, and before
this day, wc havt ha trying ti wts. It wilibe
remembered, ttyti duiirigthe Ftc.icli revolution,
e had cpopbims catnrt Fiance ; her govern
orient iflued orders, of which we juilly-foinplaiiC-.
H'd ; one of ihe:n, 1 h:!ieve, (Veiarr i all the
produflioni aurl nniiiifacta,e of Great lrjtain,
to be cAn;r, b.o 1 of war ijtbli if cxecccd, would
hive nearly cut off ak cori.muiiicatioti, with a
natioUt' vi h liyrfi we carried on .the greateA
tiale, Wbzyxti'iS we then ih i Wefent mi
r iilcrs to prance, with two of who n flie refuf.
ed to Jlvave any iniercdurfe, but pretended to be
wiLing to fugociate wi-h ihej olliri ; all the mi--ilTfterj
rinWiy re'un.eil hotrc, rod we took'half
, way meafures ngiinit her, which are the wont
u ainiicafurei, and which pro'Juctd a fort of
half war, which, 1 bviui"?, irj-ire i.s tuou
then her ; for bHtden the ahu'Jl txp-i f.-, which
may be feilimatid at ntjc kfi than ic.cocooo !
of dollar e, i"t !ricaily ruined the ri ie.il' u.a: ;i .
pte, oy Teoueiug tne puce oi pruruu-e j Ji ur
it reduced fror.i twelve and fourteen cV'fafsp t
barrel, "to fixand tobacco frum teri arid twelve
dollar per hundrt-il, to three and "lud uu doubt
the fame clfecH 4ti oth.'r aiticlcs of ex'pcHtati n.
And hSwaere we r-liv vedthen from thefc tviis?
Ve aain fent miniflerii, tWy were received,
aud made a trta'y. Ikfides w.hax hab been
before (iattd of the conduct of 'Great Biitaii
it will not be forpotten tl.t.flie d.-elareJ all
France i.i a Hate rf bloi'tsd'-, auu thia order
would have cut off all .'commercial intetcouift
with her, who then -wanted much of our pro
duce. To Great Uiitaic a!fo,ua.niniftei wa
fent, aid he made a treaty." .l ate nb"w defirous
that the fame fteps mould bt pudued, before
we-tdopr d?citiVeri5?aicreS7 We once laic! an T oTity5trevFwjsjiAaui!iepj
'.embargo, t f which we tired.; This fhews the dollars, vjhich additional fum you wih'L-Aj as
nrcifiity ofaftina cautioufiy, and of taking no j loon as youiepsit from your neut'alityi It is
i;h ua as it is with tbcrul fj that what the
agricultural people pay in time of peace to en
courage, they lefe the benefit of whea Europe
13 at war, and vh?n it is rnuft Wanted.
' Am)ng the ar,lrnentB nr?,cd to mow the ef
fea of this meaiure on G. Britain, one li tint
it will eofure us a powerful aid in that country ;
that the bi'i.'iih merchants, and rucnufaAurcis,
whofe intereft will be ferioufly affded, will
give you all their affiliacce.'l his argument
has bceu completely anfwertd by a gentleman
f(om GeorRia, (Mr. Early.) But if gentlemen j
rtaiiy calculate to make friends on the other fide
of ihc uatcr, it leems to ue that a differe it plan
would produce. more Cut off all iuttr.
ccuifc between them and us, and adhere to the
pla.i lo; g cnougli, and you wi.l Bad the mer
chants and manutuclurersof Englaud joir.ed by
a!l the inhabitant of the W. liivlies, to have
the intticoorfe- opened. ,1'lie MTtmtly pf Ji.
maica have ackiowldk'od th.it they canrTot jjet
fitppliie iii plenty cxcc'prf n-rn iht U. L'tptes T
lt this plan, would operate as'niuch-oii beef,
roik, i Ih ind fljur, ts o:i tttjcio or cotton-
ciut thu. worid be too tfrontr lor thttn, white
tky a-t dj-lhous lo adrpf a meafure which will
have the fjme eticct on cotton and tobacco.
What ii this tilt a faciifke of a part of the
ai'cidiural iiitcitft of this rpuntiy touli&t tluy
f.rlikvc will, be a pruteclion for the canyinp
trade. 1 flscu'd like it quite Vs well if tht at
tt'wpt Wu? not. to be made fjlciy at he ti fit of
ri'C ptri (f i!ie ui.ion. The evil is felt in ot.c
lrl, ! y. tbc leiutdy is to be applied in another
Ai'opc '-pci'ctal mcafnrcB which wi'l operate'
tj ; : : 1 ' y . i -. viy pil ;( the toi.nrrv, iid ii the
Y .e :s' to pinch, let it pinch alt alike, aiMi all
Vi'l then be wi ling tc have itVff ftafocn as pof
hfcle. ...
l am willing-to atkrowledge that a dollar
kjrn Ly thifcairying tis.V, ati'I made the pro.
perty of the nation, in juft ris gooii's a dollar
rc ny ctlnr way, rvtu by tlit cultivation e.f
tiie hod. But dots it follow from thi-i.ee that
you are to make rooie facrifices to pet the dol
lar in that way hau. it is worth? I think not.
The adoptfon of the rvfolutinn, hefides fs ur-jull
and partial opecation, will ccr ljuerab'y alt.cV
tiie revente, and no ways and mcaiiB .rc pro
pefed to nnet any defiriepcy.. Ou the ptcfect
queiliou ve r ilk a levenue of ten millions of
Hollars laifed on the con'fumpuon of foteiin ai-
liclcs in the union, to gain what? (I fpeak
meafures which we"canLo: adheie to. All the
gentlemen who have fupportcd hc refolotiOH
no under coufideialiooj have txpitffcd doubts
whether it would" produce greater effecla on
Britain or ourfclvcs ; thia is futtly doubtii g itg
policy ; 8c if ita policy be doubted by'its fiieiids,
wht ought to be the refult of our enquiries,
efpecially when it is bdieved thft its .adoption
will mateikily ii jure one part of the cou;itry,
and that p?rt entirely agricultural ; dre.s the
public good, aboufwhich we have heard fo
jrtch, inquire that a meafure which its Iriendt
fecm to think of doubtful' policy, ought tobe
I adopted, vhen nonea.cLUi?iiJl-MiUrU1
if uot Uciihcc the real it?terclt or a part ot the
tromunity. Exatuiue the repart of the Srcre.
jtarof the" Tieafury, and. it 'will atone glanced
I Ifl.f W T I I.Ik Hll.'.l I Ulll t. Ll.l ..L'lril' I.
that tubiic"rtBikaiu x cut ofF.-the-invjjrttiiMou wilh
lefTerTl he pr ice of the export, if A(m be ex
ported. 15ut we are told thatVc are bcuad to
prcteft cbmmercxmriing I fuppofe that this
refduu'en mult be dcp'"ed then if we are real,
ly bound'end tbcte is no difcretion nothing of
xpedieoey, there is no occafion for tlfinvefti''
gatftn. ;';-BatgtIeiiiB-l':k'now that onevc
ry queflion difcretion may arid will be exercifed.
But b'avc we reaily dne nothing for commerce
-and 'navTriition.f On this-futj:e I.can co'q6
dently apcil to thofe moft iatercjed? yfftat
urice the adoption of thv prcfe'attconftituiioo
has made thus? he ftcondiimmereial natiptflL
He worW'i. (before tfaat weTind but. little ch'icu
to t he character, of a commcrcia'. people.) I Has
not the protetting du1 if s on the tonnage of fo
rriTti vefTela, and rn goos imported in them,
pri'uced the effect ? They have f cured to out
vefTi Is the cariying otfr-owo productions, which
ei.ccuragejiaviga'tioB in 1 prooiiioa loLeir
bulk.. Ltt gentlemen, enquire the number of
car goes which tobacco and cot ten alone furnifli'
IteAaicticab VefTcb.- lkfidcfr ibis eucouragt-
flced agaio and again if we Lave t ot a right lo
the trade about which fo much has been faid ?
If the do&tu.e that free ihips fhould make free
goods bad ohtained, t.ne could be no doubt
on the qutrtioti ; but I mean not toexamine
the lihi but the i lLdt of the refolnu'on ; not
do 1 man to decy th.t the trade ia of fome u Ic
to tfic nation.- AJcVchants would not fo anxr
ot flypuifue it, if Jhcy made uo firoht by it ;
and their profit adds to theiational lock, acd
may affict' ther piifc pfnatUc ar'.iclei offered :
for fale, I am alfjjwilfing to acknowledge that
a cargo of fiaurOf any other native production
f.-ur to iht;:Mfft Inriifs,--ahd lheit-fairly4x
changed for iugar, and the fugar brought home,
Ihat thft fugai ia uiucl) qgas the produce cf
cur own foil, cna this fugar fo obtaiued we
have a right to carry to thofe that may want it.
liut theqtuftioc. htt(re-thtf-fommiltee is not
queflion of ifght,, but of expediency. Is' the
protect ioo. which -will be given to thicarryjng
tlade, by t he adoption of t he refolutibn, of th t
Rrt and. etjuch certainty, as to jultity. the
.adoption ota.-;aieafurf,w.!ich will operate cxT
ciufively Hard on.-fri!c'prt: of the unjottj T
right of riepofit tit New Orleam. Le'oie we pur.
etaftd til; cduntry, was certainly as well eft a
biifhed as oui right to carry coffee and fugar to
Fiance-aod Spain, ori.any where' elfe it Was a.
riefht acknowledged by treaty ; bufwheb the
depout win refuted, wnat did we do r we took
pacific roeifures and Juccceded ; j,ve heard ihen
much' about hom-ur and digittjr, and that it was
ou duty to enforceTour rigbj .by arms; but
notwithfiBodiae' all this, we adopted no .-neafu re
like the prcferit ; we then ailed for the gcneial
weuare : does it follow, becaufe I am oppoJed
to the refoiutioo, ibar I"im uawil!iBg for our
t citizens to own eflels it doc notj, I am"ilr
lig thejruiay layifffmany as they pleafe, and
do what they plea fe vith thero, fo thit they dp
hot icrolve the EaiiuQ a war-by tbeuir"Ou
1 this fuhje-cl. the intercfl of the hufbaodroan ia
New lLmpfhire and Georgia are the fame.
i The gentlernau who introduced the refolutioo
expreffsd a wifh, that no party or geographical
feelings, fhou'.d be brought into the ueoate.
If there was no cau'e for geographical tre)nget
why the wifh, or why anticipate them ? Let
the teport of the fecreiary of the treslury be
examiacd, ond it will bt ken that tiurc i eaufe
for ibis .feeling ; indeed the ttatement, made
from that docunieut by a gentleman from Geor
gia (Mr. Early) mull have convinced al- cf the
partial operation of the ttfdution. On the
firft page of the report it appeals, that the an,
nual exports to Great Britain and her depen
dencies are -litimateJ at about 15 690.CCO de-I.
lars, of whiclj fum, tobacco and cotton alone
mike f86o,oco dol'sts it alfo appears, that"
we exported toihe dominions of Grcjt britaia
in Eurcpe f it each of the three years tiding on
;h; 30'h of Eepteu.Ltr, in 1802, lUs 1u n of
12,066,521 dollars; and that cotton, tobacco,
tice, p i 1 c h , tsr, and r fin, made ortiut (u :n
8 85,762 dollars j in I803 the fum of 16..
459 264, and th.it the Line articles made of
that fum, U.912 493 dollars ; in 1804, the
furh of 11,787 659 dollars, a d that the fame
articlea made ot t;i:t fura, 9,443 807 doil;re.
Thtfe articles arc feleekk b; caufc thty are the
produce of one fection of ihe Um-'U The fame
pirt of the country products the follow iiig ar
ticles ia common with other parts cf the ostfoa,
but the propc-raon of eaih 'n not ktrowr, flaur,
hcat, beet, pork, Havfg, hcadin.T, boards,
plack, fc';u:ling, tiuibei, flox feed, flc'ns. waxr
hamr, I acco, turpentine feirifs, lr I, and In
dian meal, and 1 may edd, pickied 610 ; fotne
ot thefe articles are canied to the tnidrtle aai
peihcp8 to the eaficru. lla'cs, and are t';cie er
potted, or co . fumed, and if conWmed enable
tin m to export more of lher own productions.
. Ii has been kid, that we h;ive no complai.it
aeraioft any nation, ixcpt Guat britaio. I
ifh moft ficicertly c had not, ar.d that all na
tipns would i( aa honefdy towards up,, as we
hive doi.c t-rdare willing to do towards them;
but in exaininii g thia -fiibject, ' e ought not to
deceive ourfclvt6 ; truth, Si tru h aloi t, fh.ulj
be our a'uti ai.d rulele. Have we no.cornplaiou
againtt France and Spaia for the conduct of
loriie of their people on the ccean ? I mean
uot to fay a word, about the condt.ii r-f one of
thr in On our . f; urh we'lkrn frontii-r. What has
beii 1 he prcitce at Cuba ? to take our veflels, .
aud fJi tin m ; d il.tir C4igocs v.htlhcr with
or y fthotit a tiial I know not. Tne owncis. I .
believe, have genetaily l.ii b'h velfeland car
go and h iw have they treated" your feair.eo ?
iliined them on the fir It '.here they -could, and
leave them to oet h- irt s tly could ; tut it
ruSy be fiid, that this is done by picaroons; and t
without the totile.it ot t heir goverumentf ahdN
that thefe government s do not jutlify thofe who t
aet in thin pa.stical way. Fhe governirei t at
Cuba muft have -knowledge of thefc fact's ; they
are couiniitted too near itj and too (ivquently
to icioaiu lontr unknown; and we cat no; have
forgot that Captaias Murray avd . C'liroincey -have,
both er lately btn cruiling on our cwn
coaft to diive thefc picaroors trcm it i be fi les
all tin's, we have heaid, that aFiench fleet
lately purnt all the A pierit-aivffr.jsit'.Bi.ti.to
prevent their giving infornfanon of the ccurfe
it was fteerir.g. . in tbiscafe they treated the"
crews well, at Icl Tiiave r-ot l.caid to the can-
nary, and promifed "to-. pay for the property
dtftioyed tio cue will contend that the fleet
had a -tight to deftroy this picper.y. Thefe
facts are not dated to exculpate Great Britain,
bufto fhew that geutlemeo aremiltaken, when
they fay we have no coroplaiuts except rgalutt
Englscdi againlt her 1 agree with the gentle- ;
mcu we have well lounded complaints.
Ihc gemlyman f!rV'0pi nom Pentifylvaaia,
-bar bbferved, that the contrabatid trade war ge
nerally cerricd on by-foreigners. " ( Mr. Gregg -
expl?ined, and faid he had objerved that he be
lieved this totethe cafein manyinftances")"
Mr. Macon. .1 thank the gentleman for .
the explanation; as I have no v-ijh to miftake
whai baa been ohferve-t, but the diffe;ct,ce in the
ftatfinent aill uot iiTct the quettipu' that .---ttigui8-inayewmretned-Wth..'in'-iillicif'
ao'd
contraband trade. . ijiave no doubt but there ..
are fome facts known to all that will fhew, that
others befides foreigners have been'concerped , 4
In bufinefs not he moft honorable, The peti-.t
tion of Nicklin and G'ifHih, now before the
Houknta'ioB'j.he.pro4LTlii'at"i' A'mrncan, '
with an.imcricao regilKr, coveted viffel for :
a fareigcir, who armed velfelg to fibt thrir
way iotothejSt.-.Dorniog trade. I kavfc .
heard it waf not a i foreigner, but an Aocricio,
A-ho fitted, out the J.'.andcr for Miranda, and
who by'lbTi.aft rua 1 be rifle pf committing the'
peace of the country. ) undci ftaMLliiat it- wa:
an American. Io- ttating'thefe fats, I mean no"
reflection . oa the merchants : they, like every
other .clafs in the community, have among -them
good, , bad and indifferent. Thtf fame
geotleman fid he was not wWrrig to protect
the wild cafrtioiC.t.!?l-J"kMliipt.bat-
'this wild trade is,,unKfi it be'that which will j
involve the natioU i- war a-it is not the.coaUazl-
band, becaufe that nji one wiii prottct. '
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