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Tiro fif A HALT DL-M T Vol; 1 3V RALFJGH,.(n. c.) THURSDAY, MARCH 3J , 1 8Q8 ; "i" ii - T A LETTER oiir rAo 77r picker g, -'the bill, as if thepevls danger of bemg VeV and the detached militia would be uselesq,.ex- of tw.o nations -who a few years since were one jected, if wcweTe allowed time to obtain furl cjept against landforcfes'Vliy then was this people, wlexhibit the same manner, speak ther inforrnation, and deliberately confer the, order lor the Militia given ? The nature of the the same iMig'iage, fc'pqssess similatyeature. . i it.!i 1 Ototor fmm the ctntp .... .sf .. . . ' ' V ... . . n. ii, L.. ..1inMiii A 'Senator i tne o; . sujyett. l or to that time our vessels were) case, and the actual state ot things, authorise uut seeing fim wfteiaom nettr,wiuPiaiuv. . ,.i,msacii-i-t---jr - - rnc v eniimT nn lorfitrn vnvaws ? nnn in n inp lninrenrp. rnai in immruu c ii ikh rraiu mc LTcaiwiTsuHiic nwi nw - nis a view of the eminent danger ol anu- national point of - view, the departure of -hall object, was to increase the. public; alarm. to ag- to be such extreme sympathy - for aiencwi t i 4 i . .l i . . . - . . - '. 14 enii i it n tni i it- a ciar.cn or a onsen more, wnue we were, en- cravate tne puunc resentment against sreat- .beanic.ii a . .t,H. quiring into the necessity or expediency "of the Britain, to excite a war pulse ; and in the men from the interior stajesV whkhhave no ; Embargo, was of little moment.' Or if the heightof this artificial lever of the public mii)d, seamen, or .from those- At) antic states, whos5 Prcsslirv and ruinous war : ADDiitssED to James SuufervAS, Govrmopf the said state. ,Citv of Washington, Vkb. 16, 1808. SIR, danger to our vessels, "seamen ami merchtoJ. which was to'be madeknowhin Great-Britain, native seamen lwar a" very small proportion to dise had "been so extreme as not to admit oil to-renew the demand on her rrbvernment ; in those ot JNew r.ngianu i.in ia, mc uuk v orie day'3 delayi:6uKht not that extreme danJ the poor expectation ol extomng, m that state conp!aint are, much lewcr man aie ijvcicuucu. ger to have'befcn exhiliited to congress ? Thel ot things, concessions pt points wtiicn she had 1 i$yxit.y occur hi un svaico tn the even current of ordinary times, an Constitution which requires the President td -alWiff s considered as her rA, and which at, are chiefly natives. The first merchant in v u; -j,inslrorfa senaior in cutiki c w ma stituents might be dispensed with. In such times, the proceedings of the executive and legislature of the. United States, exhibiting in ftMr fiitblic acjfs, might be "sufficient. But )he ' nresent singular condition of our country, tn rnnrrrp in lYM mafiriu nf iW. tntPl nil all times and under all circumstances, she the United states, in answering my the union," certainly meant, hot partial,' buJ had uniiormly refused to relinqiMsh. The" re- qniry abotijt Bptishjmpressments, says since suit otjhe subsequent negotiation at LHioon. tne vnesapeaKe nr we - has shown how utterly iinfouwded 'vas the Pre- of complaint. I cannot find one single m sident's expectation, liV perfectly useless all stance whure they have taken one man out of this bluster of war.-'' While ho well informed 'a mc.c'iant vessel. I have had more than man doubted thdt the British Government twenty vessels armed' in that time, without ly intended that those lecommendationsV wotild make suitable .reparation lor ane auacK one instance 01 .. ' should be bottomed n information, commum oh thcT Cliesapeake. The President. himself, Three- Swle were taken out by a iww ot-rf, not on facts wiihheld, and locked up irj in his proclamation, had piaceti the aiiajr on jnga: ' , T ' V 7l he executive cabinet. Had the public safetvj tnat iboting. A rupture heUveen the two na- masters that have afnved irt this vicuji y, ana tionssaid he, i, is-equaHy. opposed tq the inter- can!iojf.tinu any compianivs aguiiiaLv ests of both, . as it is to assurances of the mok, cruisers.'' """ - . sir, as the proper organ of communication to. D a rV.bment delay, there would have been, friendly dispositions on the part of the British . Can gentlemen of known hostility to foreign thelrislatMrL . - ''' " '. X fnv lk thmurh nnn.. for Government, in! the-midst of which this out- commerce in our own wmft.who are een "the attainncntof trutH'Is ever desirable :- tin&r '"fe-.tVorfeaii.Lln trutiuhei- race was cotnmiUCd.-In;thUiiglt t-he subject willing t6 rr7ir-(am such there are )---can 4 a -. . . . . . - - a . .i.t lUi.t ihik - l aim 1 Cannot priiMi inyu .iu mhiiui uuu mc; maHr comilete information on the subject of a com muhication, soy far as he possessed it. Andi when it enjoins him "to recommend totheiii Consideration sur.li measures aa he shollUB keB4t;mostin;teresthToj?c ill mystery, eiM-uc univcisai aianii, ivi""" ,ne to be no longer silent-.'.Perhaps I am lia i . . . r . hie to cepsurai sucn a crisis, iur wunu- f preseuuiiji w - " the executive cabinet. Had the p been at stake, or any great public good been' presented to our view, but Which would be lost national arlairt as my official situation has Disced in my jower. ,1 now address it to you, e appeared 'to me then, as it still does,', cannot hut present useii-io -inavviovernment, he acceptable to 4.... a, ;t aT)nears to the miblic. without a suf-A arid strengthen the- motives to an ho'noruoc re: lecting the affairs, f.r;,r,t. mil,;v . wWhni,r ' lpo-'itiinntp nU'rtl naration fotthe wrong, w hich Jjaien done." .Interests after v T ' , 7 . 17, ::j'ri..,-. . '3W nf ..irrrsrcu iratioil h statement I noV make must all who have an'agency in di .,r A ui tin nrp oniinliatis of the ot. . -iience uie cencrai enauirv-- " ror wnai is ma aiwi 11 -.is now wcu Known tnat .such rens tmmitweaM, .fhKh sd "materially flepencl on embarifQ ia.id ?- And Ichallenc-e anv man not mia-hthave been hromth .n.in;.,! in 1 k 'i .u.. r ;i . " " ' 1 . 0 . 1 ' w tfte measures I UIV $mvi, mm, u W inc tt. - . c,.rrfjfv nflhoFvPrul votri till. T knhwl hafl the Prfx; . ,nt ixitrurtH.n. r A I Aimcs-iy umu. ....;-v..v ua; bir tnat tne president said the papers above .heen -compatible with such an adjustment. II with whicn, iniinese unnappy aays 01 , par,iy mn,:,xripfi ct,mvr'M thnf trr-;it uiu iWrrpatn4' wa ipMniprd nnt n hHi,rimw nn .f.;e uanmm, vrilu.l.vi,.u.J,; ,ul dangers threatned our vesse s. our sSeamriU transient act f which when once r kipH wn o . , . , r - ,v " and our merchandise :" but I also know thiitl forever settled) but in connexion with anothe they exhibited ho nciti dangers ; none ofwhicM claim of long standing, and, to say the least . of my conhtitueivsl be received. Of this I will not comphin rvliile I earnestly wish the same jealousy. ti be extended towards all pub- lic men. Yet (may clahh some share of at- appi. tendon and cret-that share which is due to ftv a th man whojdwiel the world to pointy In the lVfiole courseoi a tng antl public life, atone -instance of decepibn, at a single departure ,11'Oni TRUTH." 4 X The tMBAKGO dlmands the first hotice K for perhaps, ho ad of the national govern- our nierchants and seamen had hot been wela Of doubtful right ; to wit, the exemption from' apprised. The British proclamation Had ma- impressment of British, seamen found on board hy days before ben published in ihcnewspa- American merchant vessels. To remedy the pers the copy laiub'efore us by the president evil arising from its exercise," by which pur1 had been cut out of a newspaper ; J ami so hail own citizens were sometimes impressed, thei the substance if not the words of Regnier's leU. attention of our government, under etery.ad ter. Yet they had excited little concern among ministration, had been earnestly engaged : bu merchants ant! 'these gentlemen plead the -cause of ov stamen because they ieally wish to protect them ? Can those desire to protect our serjnen, wn, uy laying an unnecessary embargo, expose their by thousands to starve Or beg One gentle man" has said (and I believe he does not stand '-V that Sooner than admit the principle that Great liiWin had a right to take her owi subject from our merchant vessels he would a bandon commerce' altogether ! To what wilP every man in Kew England and of the other navigating states, ascribe sueha sentiment? A sentiment w hich, to prevent the temporary loss of five" men, by impress, would reduce fifty thousand to beggary t Jlut for. theem-t , hArr-fi--thoiisart:l rtenpiirhno- ftn lhnrfl5naTr 1 , , v operations of commerce, would now be em ployed. Even under the restraints of the 6r- til -seamen, the preservation oi' 60 practicable plan has yet been contrivedl wjidse persons and property was professed while no man who regards the truth'Vill qyea nhirr.t ot ihe l'rcsif tnt s ftrommpnnili(in nt linn thr ( lsiifnitinn nt thp Krmeh trnvirtimnM spread such uiiiv'irkl alarm. Because all na- an Embargo, the merchant's and seamen) to adopt anv arrangement that will sechce td turallv conclude, hh a measure Dfefrtiant with -A..'r..i,'. .u.. r ' I . n..:. : .u f...- ? ..-.n. . . '. v ' luuiu atc-uiaici) c. 31 1 1 11 tilt; 111c uaiij;ci3ui turi-t iic-i-iinuin inc ciiv"3 1,1 ''vli siWItCIS.T ;-TTTr?n7i i iiiiia. miVT!i m Tfirrtnmwuvf in p ,.... . . . r I . a .. I - n ...... r . . Tt w """7-TtTnmriK ineir commercial operations oirwmcil-ATraTiowrwnen the iffiexammexttnati low citizen wold not have been nmnosed .1 " .i. -a .1 ..c .... . c ..,...- . .,: . A VV'V'- "" "t-" - - Udlnrrr. mutcu me aciuui m ciiiiuhis ui in inai cuuuirv lien, iiicsie 10 ntainiain i.ie r.ont ir.n nn,i a..j 1.,. . -.i. ...u..i Ruc;,Lm V,l ,1, ll, u.s " . , . .... .... ' - I uuiiauu. rtu ill mc wncii y r !' . surance were a sausiaciurv vautre. i F.Obti wun r ranee, nna ner numerous cienendent lor causes ccepiianectmg tne interests una premiums had very little increased : by tht states-left alcne to wilhslaHd the power which .sutciy v me i.-jun. n niusi nave ueeu uu- TSviilhh proclamation not a cent.: and by tht irr-inejnnuenwi xms opinion uiac tne icgis- rvenQn dcCrce so little as not to stop conimer latiyt bodies of pme statrs have expressed ciai enterprises. The great numbers of ves .v. wuuu,, ui..u V-.- sels loading' or loaded, and prepaTCU lor sea nlirillv. nv lv im ir ntinn. .. .. . 1 .1 i 1 v., "f ' me exertions everv wnere.maue, on me in Ihe followingjere all the papers laid by rumour 0f Embargo, to dispatch them presiaem uem' congress, as tne grounds demonstrate the President's dangers' to be 'I the embargo. 11 . iwflymcryto'have been assumed. Orifgrta I. Iheprocltioii of the king of Great- and real dangers unknown to commerce Britain requinndbe return of his subjects, mvri. ,Wpr ;m,1(.miiho-. or R..rP tn fall. hMl ithe seamcn espeilly, from foreign eouiftnev sirable wai it to' have had ihemfficloly clfe. ,-toaid, 10 this hplol peculiar dapger, in the clared and published I Thisrwould have pro c.,ce uimeir cn. iiui 11 oemg an acKnow- duced a voluntary emhdrgo, and prevented ..-i v ru;,,pit.mvt(u? .ijv.uu .aaiiintterv compIaiiit-TJesidcs, the dangers clear . u.B ac . suDjccw- m ume oi war, ,y; definedahd understood, the nublic mim 'wouidtibt have been disquieted with imagina rjr, tears, the more tormenting, because uacer tain. v -C, '1 ' . , '".-"". It is ti'ue lhat.eonsiderabte numbers of ve sefs were collected in our ports, and many hcl in suspense . not, however, from any new din gers which appeared ; "-..but from the myskri i c rnniirl Attn ntraiwo nfiAM ika n rf . yiolatiobf our neutral rights, and of the Chesapeake ; and from the painful5 anpre -ucxreungwej between the United Mates hcnsion that the course, the President was purfand the other evils 'incident to a foreign war: anj ranee i M still, the. execution of that suine wouJ(, terminate in war.- The NafionaHind rumJbv the ..-loss of our litfertv and tnde- oetree. Could nj(trom the small numbeot Inlelligenccr (usually conidered as the Exeliendence. For if"with:the aid of our arms I - rl eensiveiy-TOTe.r;upi our cutvve newspaper) gave the alarm; and itwaGreat Britain weic subdued, from thatmo4 truuer hese i.paners were mibhc. .".! I .k- k.u. ru:...,,.. ti- "7"":.. a: lu .t. L 3. .The Jetterom our minister, 5Ir. Arm- rjc sationsil ffance. . This is a result so obvious, that B ' be bestilftust crave your pardon Torjioticing it; fSomd ii. i i i iiiTi kii ivi'jnrM. cr ro nnu noun . ... r . . O ' "A. WM VUfcWt 1V UUU' LV' l made public latter eti to ouf natioome -expectations ofance. ders(pf the British government retaliating the French imperial decree, Very large portions . of the world remain open to the commerce of the United States'. We may yet pursue our trade with the British dominions, in every part of the gjlobe ... .with Africa, with Xhinat ifn . Mve midst of a profound peace, when tUBHOers qf Europe posseshl'n'g colonics, would, as for- that proclamatioto'uld not furnish the sliirht- est ground lor afDmbargQ. 2. The extratDf a letter from the grant iud;o;e Reenier f the French attoinCv-eene- -Taller the-couni of prizeslhii contained a partial lnterpfjitionoHhe imperial blockading-decree "otovember 2 K 1 806. This ."decree indeed, il itsr interpretation, present strong to Mr. impagny the t rench minis--pf Uie ncWspapei s,. and of the eonversi a -ft?? ! .a t Y , as was reported,-,cf persons supposed to I Ji?r'hhK lhese informed of Executive tksiimS.: Yet theaidofalrt needtul ; there was no reasonaJihrgr6und to expect-that she would yield-the right to lak the exertions everv where. made, on the lirstt them when found on Jard the merchant ve Sels of any nations I hus to insist on her yield ing this point, and in sepaf ably to connect it wjin tne aitair or tne vnesapeake, was tanta mount to a determination not to neeocrate at all. . -; y, -r - ;l I write, sir,1 with freedom t for the times are too perilous to' allow those who ate placed in hnrh and resnonsihle situations to be silent or reserved. The peace and safety oil our country are suspended on a thread. -The course we have scert pursued leads on to war td a war with Great BritainV..a war abso-l Kitely without necessity...aawluch vhether disastrous or successful, must bring misery and ruin to the United Slates: misery Jby the destruction of our navigation and commerce (perhaps also of our fairest seaport towns and cities the loss of markets for our produce, he want of foreign, goods and manufactures,; menaces the liberties of the world) rendered Ineriy, confine the 'trade with them to their themd-of a1l"1iFisTitaei uwm uuiiuui, ui iuiniL us lureigncrs.oniy in, uvi i lhi rim nl wm-. im arlpriintu ri..n,Mtir.ho ..Jk .1 Tttr fb-nnwrIHr t haf I hn now nK Kpil'itn id would have furnish- seCri makintr to'nlcet it. The nrtlev us tlk tariVoar shield against- the overWhelmintr nbttr'ii idea Of the vieWS ahd a !mnr!frl tlirvnocin.I TYitltfia n firrK tli"lti:.:.ir,'E''fc'V'iTirw ' "Wl,vr tKn ilr tKtf n-i'iif in Vd'iic f . But both were "friths :M ,e-.i .r ... T !If j..i na.u ,. navy iiuiaiiicjc was nu Huueaiaiiec ui uuenrr'Wi tunuuui icuuiiiir ti luininc viui uicau uncier great limitations . we couia enjoy a commerce much more extensive than is prac ticable at this moment, if the embargo were not imthe way ? Why then should it be con tinued ? Why rather was it ever laid ? Cart those be legitimste reasons for the embargo which are concealed from congress, at tnV rriorrient when they are retpjii ed to impose it J Are the reasons to be found in thdispatehe from Paris ? These have been moved for;,, fmd the motion was quashed by the advocates for flic tfmbargo "Why are these dispatches withheld by nhe executive ? Why when all classes of citizens anxiously enquire " Fo what is the embargoj laid ? is a satisfactory answer' denied f AVJhf is not congress made acqukinted with the actuil . situatibn of the United States in relation to Frarice f Why,ift this- dangerous crisis, are MrrArmstrong's letters to the secretary of state absolutely' withheld,-so that a line of them tfannot bet seen ? Did theycontam no.inlormation of the demands and intentions of the French cmpe- . ror? Did the. Rtvenge sail, from England to'. Franre,Sc there wait three oiUbur weeks foe dispatches 6 no'; impoptanr e ? If so, why,' re- gardless df public solicitude, are 'their contents so carefullVconcealed '.? If really unimportant, what harrri can i,vise ' from tellirig congress "and the nation ; Ijficially, that they contain nothing of moment toesafety, the liberty, the honor, or thentt rests' of the U .States ? ; On thetontraryfare fhey so closely locked up because they will not bear the light ? Would their disclosure rouaejthe-spiril of the ptop!eV aim iiuniuennir in diiiiu ccnnucnce in me ex- clire inviolabilitn to ecutive ? Hasr the FrtTich emneror declarpit ho other emotiatrslharv ndir.ule. Not the slioliihe mercfiant flair of the.llmd States In ha', Uv.'ak utc ? la u - , .- , - - v , .. ' - . - - "Wl " V- ' i IIW "IVMU Ull '"iSi V Vtllf 1 1 tV r:1"5 on the muKttther words . . : i. l ! . :i.ir(ni,j:. !,i i - n. ' " "-i..ji - -. . . -!.... c. pe iut against British cummerte 1 drawn by the psdent, to be deposited among u any, new grd to justify ah Embargo. Lf. : .i i ; ...... . t.i. . I vif :.'. Ttr:t.i' ri-.-t ui: ...i ...... : other executivebrets : while neither nresent- A., ... ..!. r, 7 r -1;- f U ,- - ;H.V?.?l.-. .i . '. , . , ,r . 1 - ; suru, as 10 extue, wnn men oi common serrsrK pauvvor soitiy, 10 uio -phSfwd rand-aHn V lour hours ! A!vUe ' . .... .' .i 1 J..L.f . uciiiuiisli aLion iiiL-in iiirir .in . . v - i- -v-j- .-.- . . -'T T VV uie "..Avasrcwealccllv ask- on her us . .cxuusiveiv lor tne nuroosebrlf ldtr ameasurof such ' Vei'Vul i ni-Mi.i, .V...t h'etl. - V e ivvi'l' hurrje matiui.,i and to con- ine ir deserters ; and notTiiitend'ed irll lrl-ir.MT r t tntni.rrr. iT.f .-xT mivw "k.l -.-.. J 'i fc' A th4 Verjuests were d-'ion J-hc";Pfeiient- kliew that .heS the embargo a substitute x tiulderjbrm of Com " plianee1 with thaLbarsh demandwliich iscXhi j I bited irfrits naked and insuUintr asriect. the. ;peat) it is : perfectly welt known thar she deJ American spirit mi'iiht1 vet result ? Are We ( r -sires to Obtain. only her ow subjects i.and lha t tc;be kept profoundly ignorant of fiie de -' KV American citizens imp-e'ssed by mistake. t : ctarations and avowed desirms ofih FiWh i ii ii- noi irri i ipse tti a v mr r r ipm i ; ;deliyered-up on duly owtbTromthrnt' emperor, idlhough tb ,Uic fevil we co'tnii1':.:.. ik. 4 :..j.. . . fiinirti"'-r" o awia iiutivj tum.i-juciui ldtnce And, iu the TncailM; 0 t 3 J' 71 . -.1: "'. -' '" -Ti " -7 '' ' 7 - V ' - ' - . -' . V " - . --., 4i -r--: -:
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