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Anxious thai ray cmwui.ium -;.h - that tranltness, wmca t r town,, but wmcn ouj;i srv"B' W to be observed on occaai" ir s v. m.nt, -t-nave.w ruvv - Elicit declaration of the motives hy whjch f .t.: iumiminr which l itn- tnaiivin relation to tne. new r he Union ana ot me course iu- - o-'r:J by-a mijoiity ot yoir suaragw,. , ii ,im ir mw dntv to pursue, snaii u.vm. - Sn8. nervodeJthe mass, animate, direct; and Upm.ZS J almost'cohtroul the whole.' Whether 'these. LmJ: tfiMio- Rhnnlfl helio.it is not .'now necessary to enquire. This is Ithe reflection which I wish them to enforce'.' How exalted, how peV f'rt. !hr,iilHhf thp. intellectual, the moral, the personal qualifications of the man chosen foe this all important office ! What caution ought to be exercised by freemen, least they impro perly Confide a trust that so . essentially iri volves all which can be dear to them n, x To ascertain with exact precision Mr. Ma dison's claims to the PresidtiityrU an nder taking to which I advanctfo ' pretension. v-t -I fpelt a riutv incumbent on be, to a- vow the opimonVwhfch I hare deliberately formed of hischaracter, andwhich, are at least entitled to the credit of exemption, from .ronatfslike or of stron? party prejudice. ,AVithMr. Madison as a Writer, I havcTonjg been familiar, and to the productions .01 nis pen have been accustomed to assijj" u ,2 j ..:n ,,nriirinlv sDirlt of concession ait.. aim v , r , rr Z ' .t. .t - rnk k multitude ox lacts-on ! Vhich ' I ' found this opinion," let roe bring to VAiilriAn a few of- the tnost ? nromi- ifv.v imn? committed by the cntisn cruiwrs f on our commerce, ana it u uv.lkAn 'rommititid.. has been blaxon- a of flisinP'ennoiis rhetorick. yPP.i.i'.u vwrirf-rf bv us. aud not assenlea . . ' - n ..r.;'i. ...viont nn thp SllblfrCt OI to by toe Briusu gmti,nvi, " j. . . :x :.. 't'-L " V..' Uan --ma rn in ! into an occu. .7 ; r. -- wr.ke deeree of commendation, ipey tf the appomtment m qun w ;Jnd of natural acmcnevemnt ,vith joiners,.. mc : P j h theories of government, fraught' witn meia- .... hestowedon one wnonvyou ticiigMu. t . . rsl know - - .-- . i unvmr inniiMir. i. hiuicu i'nn uuiv..v... , arwi u,km;p merits ana services pre- i--,-- ----- o- . . . . tonOMWy-UJ!"!! i- r.-".;.. ...M Kntcd a claim, on yovKf;raiiuiuc, ii Ube from me to enter on this occasion, the " DL . .-P. ...:.U n,.ral WhittTfld. it as its jwne object is the selection of a per- tncclare in your namesr w uv uiWm. . tfiht two highest ottices in uus nw . :i nU;ni! th?it vour choice should Mftn himv' whose suffrage will probably be given to the mo t characters-to those of Jhom you most approve: General Whitfield h-is pledged . himself, ll elected, to vote iot lines Madison,, of Virginia, as President ot i!.UniW States. If in your judgement, Mr. Madisdn be properly qualified for this all imr mvZ office ; ifyou Ulihatliis admmis Son will tend to secure the peace, the hon our, the harmony, and permanent we fare of ; .... .Minirir. n sense of dutv as well as a TUUli.Vtiiil L - - Emperor, viz. that ai no exception was fxTV. pressed in the decree, none whatever was no be made in its executionp On the ;1$th of , October, after various delays, followed the fit. hal condemnation f the cargo of the Horizon. During air this lime what, were the vigorous, v ; and indignant proceedings ".oP our rulers ? Jn p what -terms, did they; express heir resentment . at these1 scandalous" iolatio"n. Ot our deknow ledged and sacred rights ? nat measufes did they Adopt to manifest to the arrogant Napo., leon and to diero'rld, that yc would not con- . descend to be thus trodden under foot I Nothings wasuoaerjSoimng yvas sam ;vv.iuc vuiui proper regard for your own interests,, ought Uoubtedly to induce -you- to promote his elevation. - If orr the contrary, after deliberate a n-r.A th nctpot Rncn means oi liuui- nation as are within your reach, you should,, ie convinced, that' he-is destitute ot- some miaVtfications absolutely esseal, wd .slio:ud Jriously apprehend that hi administration 6,ht not only jeopardise thu best interefits, burperhaps endanger ihe : independent, ex istence of the. iuiipi : it would be an act o treason against yourselves, to lend yooraid in plactnt; him in the pre'sidenual chair, l am one of those who conscientiously .enter . ,u i.'i;f. and deeply feel the apprehen sions last expressed, f l have avowed them to those around roe, and discovered that tiiev thovRht and felt with me. I have tn ouiied into the general sentiment of the Dtstrict, arid found reason to believe it was not unlikemy own. Under these circum statces,J'afopposUi6n to the Candidate, who if chosen would unquestionably vote for Mr. Madison, became the bounden duty of some individual amongst us. I could assign no reason tor declining the task, which might pot hv evefv other. : Much therefore as I wished the part allotted to one of greater weight of character and. of mo pe 'sonal inSnence, I have complied with the wishes of -respectable friends, and r solved on - this tender of niyserviv'es. " . That the otT.ce of President of the United States,, is ofjngh dignity and consequence all ofiis know niiei haps however, there are many who do' not perceive the.xompletc extent of inrtanr-' and active influence. A full icxaminauoncf this:svn)ject is foibidden by I the necessary limits of this address. wne re- vlTitferi maf suliice to make even on tlicmost thouglitless rplnds, a senovsim ressloti. ' The federal government hasBeen k operation nineteen year during whiclMva "Rave had three Presidents of very dissimilar characters :Yet,.scaely aa instance Van be . - . J .... tn't:'U nv imnortant measure poimtuoui., in iriH -.i r-- ,- Inown to have at hsart, itas not oce ?"i" a A ita'n. full effect. Whether it pro- ceed from the very nature f thepowcrs. ..,tr-0. flU stulf i jiersnicuous, neat,' otten elegant, and not deficient in energy That Mr. Madison, too is a gentleman oi nmu je... nor. ntain..riennrtment. and personal in tritvitv. "T have alwavs heard and believed. irin ntrattfi.itttnnA a these are cerfairily'Tfot lightly to be valued. They give him a claim to r.cn nnri -rtrrl will of his feiiow men tJfhey fit him'for many useful and honorabte stations in lite, tor a protessor m a ui.i a Co-adjutor in a political controversy, a writer of State Papers, or afcanaer of legisla tive resolutions. Dut when these are advanced as just pre tensions loWXHef Magistracy of 'the U nited States.T cannot but feel the vast insuf ficiency of the claim, nor easily repress my astonishment at the extravagance ui viy . . . rri. r . .. i ne muiiitii- TPnf ' nl indiscreet admuVtlon. tous duties of that exalted station, require ta lents of a nature fai'different from those yhicb would becomea preceptor in his "chair, ap o..tv, hi rlospt. a cliairman of a lecishtrra &nmitj rr rrpn a Secretary "Ot btat?. rm-re Wifthieton could tqI perhaps model a sentence to the same critical exactness, of write a contrbversal treatise . wi in tne san.e taynp Madison. But he possess- ed that strong natural good stnse, thatcflm mantling and comprehensive 'mind, that prac ticid knowledge of nun both in thtw individu al and colltctiyc 'capacities, r.d that 'lnvmci--n-ft..'wrtt ofncii'fs. which maiked hnn ts oie destined by his Creator to watch over the interests and to witlfl tne suengui for nil of these qualities we may louk in vain in James Madison... luinu aim iuvu,u v. his administration would be destitute of that energy and decibion, which.should character ise the executive branch of government. Ac quainted with tfcankind more from books than r P. nation, more conversant with the 4 thtcries of political ptojectors than habituated to think and iwdge.lor.twnseiLH. eneajre m the contentions oi pdny r..k to temDtthe desertion pt their seamen, and the frauds of our covering car rvine trade, have been heard with an unatten- tive ear. The treaty lormea ui -.uuuu..r7 Munroe and Pinckney, hai been' rejected by the President, upon bare' inspection, v:with out Vh opportunity afforded to the Sknatehis constitutional" council, to form an opinion ot its merits. Mark the contrast in the Execu tive conduct of France! In the session of 1.805 1S0&, we were informed by the Presi dent that Spain, then noriously the vassal of Prance, had santuonctrwjc predalions on our commerce, had refused to adjust the limits If Louisiana, and had entered with an armed force, the known territory of .i.rt:-.;, seized' and carried offsevc Uo wiii- '-""''-j e- l rat of our citizens-r-Congrrss .sat for weeks with closed doors and the public expeciauun was raised to ;he highest pitch, ine setrej session terminated, and what was its result . of two millions ot dollars far the mysterious purposes o foreign inter-. course i It was whispereo umwi. . this appropriation was the purcnase oi uic PloridaS. bucli was tne osteusiuic , c . .n;a-K r. ipmn the iriain. the uEAr. de- sic'n of our rulers listen to the language of Mr. Madison iumsui as twice uit H.,or of Co.icress and in the face oHl world, K., .,l..n-,fn of unouestionable veracity Ti,r, nr)ii nt. ana fltwr iuuuiVii. w . - - i of the Chesapeake ancVtheieltledvnalure of o... liHpi'PTir 4 WtMl Mia n. L12U.LW1L11 ALL; other powers' of1. Europe he usual habits of . harmony and tnendship nan Deen preseneop inviolate. Caft it be imagined that an imparti al and enlightened cabinet coulct really; have , been satisfied with the conjectural 'explanation ,. of the Beilin Decree (if explanation 'it might; a, be called; given by the I rencK minister of ma- ? rine, in opiwsition to its einphatu k words and;, evident designs? Caivil he believed that Mr. 1 Armstromv. havine failed to obtain fionfthat ' ' minister the explicit information, which te P sought, neglected to apply to laiieyrantt irom. WliOm ne was UUca n mim ut, iyucu t. ( Who can doubt but that upon making mis ap- plication he learntd the original ciestn 01 ;-xa--. poleqh, afterwards so haughtily proclaimed, that it should be carried into sVict aiul literal , execution ? But at all events who can hesjtatc io declare that the seizure and stquestrattbn of the horizon, by the'officers of the P. tnch go-. ..,Ui t ;n inn rhnr tlv'nf Mav. was Lnown to our gqvcrnmtnt by the November foiiowiugj: , tie wno can iitiiucirtivi jv" mvb tions in the atBanative, may justry be. .extolled for a fa'uh in our Executive which no evidence r ,can. shake,- for a confidtnee in their imliaiatf ity which unequivocal testimony of a conivafyX-, cchduct is oidy caklttdt' rivet more, effect-. ,;v . -ww.. m r 1:1 1 .-KvirtisiT nlnn; o thnn irt tr j 111 initial miu inw.v- r Slat hituii v ". - , of ixiUcr, he xvould: often I fear, be the dupe. of diplomatic nnesse, ouen S4M!"; substantial interests of the nation, to visionary, schemes of fancied, good, and ofun be per pltxed with refined' speculations till the mo ment of prompt and vigorous action was gone never to return. P. y nr ' Deficient however as. I bclTevc Mr. Madi- mrf !n 1 K rrrnt fill aTities that , ought tt be found in a. President of the U nHcu Dtaics, h is notthis deficiency which lorms my su cstbjectioiv4o-iuMoianitnt. -a u.S Qnmnrtm; that licuviJi "Steadily 'pursue the - path' which has been; maiked out "by Mr Jeffersonrandhat fi-om him may con f.dently be expected a perseverance in that 'sntenTof measures by .which the present ad- :.;:i..,;s '.. rliviino -tiished.'-. At these tttea- saws my heart and my judgment revoU.Al- tcr resorting 1 to suuv means 01 imoi iiMiwmr the secrecy observed by our rulers wdl per mit me to obtain, lhaVe formed the jjeliberat . u.r TVTr Moisnn or bv any under his au thoritv : " Mr. Madison told me'-' iaid Mr. K. i Kt Franr.f would not oermit Spam to settle her differences with us. A'rwc tiwnd mo- u nru end itH miut give it to her or taKe notn r French and Spanish war." It was then to bribe France to bully. Spain not to insult us, that-the appropriation of two millions was asked for and voted, and this w as the mode in uhirh the national resentment vas manilest- edLlIn November "J 806, at 'lkilin, the rapital -f ihis laie ally, but then subjugated foe, ihe King of. Prussia, flushed with con n,,t na disdainine the 'semblance of mode ration, Napoleon issued his insolent edict, pro claiming the Birtish Dominions in a state of blockade, and of consequence denouncing a. "a'mst every neutral ship going to or return, ing h orn them, those penalties of confiscation which righfully attach to the violators of reai D'ocKaue?. "unu wi ii"" v- vcisal, without exciption in favor of any neu tral nation. And whvn. it is considered - that America was then, the principal, .-and, -with-peihaps1 one exception, the-' sofe commercial ,f -m.f,tred in tli3 war, and that on neutrals' alone could the edict of blockade ha;e a direct operation, it is apparent that :-,-or-.o-5nal aim was an attack on our nation al "' iiidependence and acknowledged toinmer cial'richts. General Armstrong, our. anibas- aZ nt Par in a lew (lavs auerwartis au dressed, a letter to the rench minister ot ma ripe, requesting information, whether - the decree was designed to operate cm American commerce. To this letter an answer was re turned abounding With evasions and conjec tures, and finally referring Mr. Armstrong to hTmimstcrct exterior-relations, laiicjTmn. Hut 10 nroceed with the history of Executive measures, ph the 3(5th'of Degember 1806,; .; our Ambassadors at London were apprised byp tht&iitislv government, that, if contrary to e very expectation, America slwuld submit lot' ti e insolc-iit mandates of Napoleon, and acqui-' ,ce in his flagrant tisurpationsr they might he compelled 10 adopt measures in retaliation ..v oPlheUJcilin ' decree. Tmtrica, as we have, .: seen, did submit. " America did acquiesce, anu. j1, by si.ch submission and acquiescence virtually surrendered htr.hulependeiice, or at least a bandoned' fitr hfeUtrairty. Yet in December following, upon the bard rumour that Bribin was about to pass retaliating orders, aiee ve ry moment when it was known that our jninls-V ter Mr. Munroe had just arrived from .London, and was on his way to the scat of government, and thaj an envoy extraordinary from the Bii k i rnrt flisuatched exuresslv to atone ::for our inrulttd honor, in the attack on. the Chesa 'peakewas on the ocean, the President huikes. a confidential communication to Congress their doors are closed and at his suggestion -an unlimited "Embargo isMaid. TH act, eW tuer 'from the extrt me haste or want of sill of its author, being, clumsily: framed, supple ment on supplement is added to it,, till &f, length even the necessary and harmless coast-, ing traffic of our country is.so hampered vvithi . tyraniikal restraints as to befliearly annihilate -ed. , s - - ': in,.vw these facts. " and then, pronounce Pwhethtr th'cy do not justify the remark, that . the improvident conduct 01 our aciminisirwv (nov to it a hai-shtr epithet) has contribu-. ted to, if not brought upon, ysi the evils which , we now endure? Had they nnnjfesteda becom?. iii"1 spirit 01 resiiiiii.c iu mc bad -they-lHit-ciecUred toapoleon, jso loii,!j the Prit.cc cf Cenevento, for, that txi hmation which the writer acknowledges hiinselt unau thorised .to give, tut which the prince would be "hp'py to-commur.icatet It can, scarcely i rioni.tfd hi t that- Mr. 'Arm'stronK:lid'ac-' lomingly apply to Talleyrand, and did obtain from him a ieyelopenient of thcjfiev?s" of hisi government, buch a .correspondence now. ever,if it did take placed has rtever been per mitted hy our executive to see the ;lighuIn May;lSD7 the ship. Horizon owneo oy muc; Senate, forming J treaties wthch rc W l taws t.f lhelandrfrom his pnvikgyo.Coftw; municaAng to Congress inlormatioq ou u e. . uatUE-t'lie .Union, and recojnmendn.g to Uhcm such' mcasuteKas shall deem ex- cient and necessary- his -jnOuenc lvy.ntment, civil ; and military-orvhether it; r' pieced from the' great weight of character, vhjch his elevationfby the. unbiassed suffrages - -1 v.. J,.i;r: tftso nre-emfnent a station iViturallv confers and from n Aces- 1 .:..pVp -'J tn him bv the "mem- A - : be of theLegslature, , and ; by the people ,v . . ..'oiW elected hinw-certain it, r that the President always hitherto has been, - ihd it ii probable always will continue to be . X. , .. . 1 . '.i ;n 'orY-rrravji'ed into calamities, -fHiT distress -term'matePn rum. W nether thev have been- iinuepced W A antipathy to Britain, unyvorihy oiwat" r regard aTl fbiignirovfers with an equa and imparl .or byn infaiuaung attach, ment to France, ofVhich Mr.. JtRerson- an4 Mr. Madison, are both naturalized citizens, & front the literary societies of which they have lioth TeceivedsiTiaiks (of attention, not JiUW .. .:r..:.rt '.lW.r ranhv whether it be'that they kally . tnteilained .no. jealousy but of rtr fleh maritimet-superioniv, " "-j sought by every concilialory-art to propitiate the gigatic conqueror whom they dreaded to a'4 vo.i'fWthid us to trade with your enemy, so ! topg -we Vi 11 " have no commercial inte rcourse :with awl of your subjecUf thereeritstir would in all prohahihty, nave oeen repcatcu y4 at least favorably;' mefied. Atall eyent such jStTeastance 'was due to the, honor of the , American name ; it would have effectuallj prevented the retaliating orders of Britain, and thus "rendered a recourse to the titmewlou expedient of an Embargo, unnecessary .VNe- vcr was there a sounder maxim man.iuaii,wu tainecl in thr faicw ell address pf the illustriqus Washisgton ; ' the Nation which indulge? towards junothei an liabil.ual hatred or an ha- hVtual fondness, is m some; degree a stave. positne ji i.., ai.u ci j y Df that onen. manlr, direct and imparu- was seized and stqueitered by the Officers' of fir alleff-a- me i ieiicii uuiinii"".'" --a- tipn of having infringed one iof the aracles of live Berlin Decree. ' -4This act unequivccalry 'manifested the. sense there epteitained ofjthe tCnstruction to be put on this ccree-T-uit sttinc cwijoh.uwi.iyii was ieciartd in tne ieuer ui utc uiniu uui, I'.rr rn the I moerial Attorney General of the Council of Prizes, dated the 1 5th Septem ber 1807, and published in the gazettes of the United States on the -Uth of November follow ing, to hare Uen (.rilnaliy dcsijjped by the' m.iit fifthat onen. manlr, direct arid imparti al policy" of which Jie gave the cxampler and which our condition, as a ueutrai ana uioepen dent pecple,v so ' obviously Required ? W hat have wc gained" by all our concefsions' tgE France, or by all our hectoring tpwurds Great-""ti-wain t v 'Kavp increased the overbearint? insolence of the one, and hav .Irritated into. intractalile stubbornness the naugntiness 01 otherTo" punish his insolence, and -to sub-1 a7, 1i!c niirfK Art TtLvrsaid, to have been the ends contemplated by the Embargo; Jno: 1
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