, ' lira mkWhm WM W- r&f'
7
' fc- j Dilate' on'
M. Gregg's RftfOLVion.v
' ' -M:r MAqONs SPEECH
Continued from eur latt.
J .I
The gen tlem an.fi rslup, from Penn
sylvafti : has, obsbmcl, that the
contraband trade was f general v
otis'rveU'Uiat. he believe? this Itci bbl
tnercae,,n njanyr instances.) t
-. Mb MAeoi -; I thank the gentle
man V for the exp!anati6n,"as. V Kaye,
no vi?h '"0, rnnVtat what hs beeii
observed, tnit difrrerie Jin, He
sutentwill notajk
that foreigners rhay be concerned
both in illicit and, contraband traded
I'have no1 do)bbur there" ire tome
facts known ta al! that will shew,
that others, besides. foreigners have
been concerned" in business not the
most;yionofable' The petition of
lckhri- ahd Griffi.h now before the
House, ;cbntains the prooi, that an
American, ,with an American Re
gister, covered a vessel for a foreigner,
who armtd vessels to fight their way
into tjhe, St Darn i n go trad e . J fXi h aye
hcaYd it was noc a 'foreigner but an
American, wn fiited out the Lean
der, for Miraodrf, and by this act run
the-risk of committing . the peace
of the country. I ' undersod thav
it was an American. v In,' stating
these facts I tniean.no rejection, on
the, merchants j they, like every
ether class in the community, have
among th em good, bad and indi fft --
rent; .THe , same gentleman said he
was not willing to protect the wi'wl
carrying trade.',.'. I know- cot what
this mid trade, is, -unless it be ihat
wHwHinyolve the nation in war ;
it is hot the contr&batulvbecause that
nOjOne will protect. ; " ;
It . has alto, been said, ttj at if wt
adopt thesolutioni and cannot g;et
what we'wafit from G. 'Britain, we
will manufacture for ourselves. This
sounds well on this floor, but I very
much doubt the practicabihty of ma
king this nation manufacture for it
self, while we have land enough, for
every industrious citjztntb become
a land holder and a cultivator of the
oil. Connecticut and' Massachu
setts have tried the experiment, and
both 'without success, andibbth on
articles iivwhich it was mostBrkelv
to succeed ; if ih esc states, with their
population coUid not succeed, what
chance of success is there in other
states ? The practicability ought
to be satisfactorily shewn : 'before we
ciuet- on lire plan. ! Tt may, as has been
said, prevent our wives from wearing'
si;t gowns, ano ouisetres irom vear
iiig bioad cloath ; whether it will
produceithis-ffpct is'quitC4incertain ;
fashion is as great a tyrant fs we
have to contend with h will, I fa ar,
be difficult to destroy its influence
by kgiIaung. r Thegeistleman !"rom
Pennsylvania (Mr. Smiire) ai;4 jny
self, plain as we are; are.bo'th'h'bliif
ed w sorneeree to yield fri it, we
; can nolatpte contend with it, than
we (?an9jrt( jELurope. :
Th gentle man from Massachusetts
(Mrrownihshield) has told us, thai
tlhalance1 of ; tt-adii between this
oitry; and G7BriuiniTs 10 or' 12
..millions' annually against uSfrand-en
"eviurstd sujrtthe assertion by
Ithlort-ofilefetarr cf the
TpArtt- -i;f r de t H t 'Ui re
pfcYtiStiites a jb'aU'Rce. .again si us oi
. I Il0,i3p6;; dollarVand ttrs tiiiSe
cretiy attempts to iceunt for ; ' no
doubt ;Ae.haS-Tdone.it'-as we;UiiSit can
bef done 'fronidistom-house books
But surely every one must be cce -vinced,
that you cannot rely en them
for the ylifcc cf -trad ; this balance
is, ahrays va 1 secret and - depends
much oh the economy "and iritftisfrv
of those rcoueerned in L trde. Is i;
possible (hat this balance; call reajh
against j ahd thafi has been
Cinst ws.ever since the" estal)lish-
menCf ithe-present constitution.
u mac oirrcoinmerciai, .intercourse.,
should be; (constantly increasing wit
thatiaUu,: it Seems td me to be impossible-
.If thebalance was "re all)
o m'Jch pinst' lis, our metehanU
vould Ung since have "decHntcf tlv
trade. There, ii a trade carried o
ith the British domiriipnsSii tht
Jnditi framthetJ. SiVhieb;
appears by the t leport to,' be morV
&ui us man uiai mstmeniioneo
carriedohv by . : ioreignerf i (Mrf
Greg ciplairid and Said he, bad
front Massachusetts will not say that ,
the balance of that is against ,' us.
-ice annual exppris 19 vnicn
one hundred and' thirty thousami
dliais, and " the : annual imports.,
3, 530000 dollars.--1 Here is a greatet
balance jappearing ; against us,' than
that' stated ;by him, because. the whole
exports , -has been stated to be
'l568b,,O0QVarid ' the whole imports"
ar SrUoofobo 'dollars. h'e Indiu
trade J have salwaysunderst6ed vals
ery profiable, perhaps asfmuch bo
asany carried on from. theJ. States.
But the same reportinforms us, thut
on the whole trade of the nation'thei e
appears to bea balan'c'e again t us, pf
6il,p6jp dojlars- Can there be any
thi)n move astonishing than this,
aim is u not eviucin. inai. no iciiai.uc
can be placed .-en ' the custm-hoiisc
books for: thei .Wan'ce; of trade i
Look at the people, happyand pros
perous heyond example, all classeb
doing well the .old part of the
coumry rapidly improving tUe new
sUjrng with unheard-of success ;
this Villages growing into .towns and
the towns . lieeoming cilt.s, and ail
tljiis with the last mentioned balance
against us. Philosophers and states
men may talk about the balance, ot
trade, but if they confine themsel ves
to the information to be deriv ed from
custom House books they might s
well read Robinson Crusoe.
The same gentleman said if wai
should come, we could lake more
from Great Britain than she could
!rom us, that we had clone so iu the
revolutionary, war. Without enqui
ring into past captures, let us.. exa
mine the situation 'of both countries.at
both periods. We are cerLainiy'mUi h
stronger now than we .were at any
tme during the war ; we have more
iiien.and nvwie tonnage, and more
property on the ocean, and could, ii
the same naval force could be had to
iperate on the ,6rithh navf now as
"then, nearly destroy her commerce.
But this cannot be "had.- At that
time the navies of France, Spai.j
and Holland were all united agaiusJ
her, and the navies of the two hrsL
for some time disjJyted possession o;
r I
the channel with hers. The navies
of these are now gone. But besides,
the armed neutrality acted upon her
like a powerful sitrew ; under the
pressure cf all these she nearly sunk
towards fttlVe latter end of the war.
Play fair's political Avlas fully demon
strates this : IsTo doubt in case ot
war, by privateering we could take
many oi tier vessels'; suppose we
tock more af hers than she did of
ours, would tbis be a commerce
thatwould be beneficial to agricul
ture, or to the merchants engaged
in exporting by fair and regtrfar
trade the production of the country?
No, it would i)&L In the regular
trade every thing is certain, in the
other all i- unce tain,
f It has been said we might seques
ter the debts due from this country,
to Britain. -and' thus-indemnify bur'
st Ives. ' This I never will consent to,
so long as th treaty made by Mr.
Jay is in force, however I may dis-.
approve thut msirument, I consider
the faith of the nation as inuch pledg-'
ed bv it, as it cfani be' by .any engage-,
inent she cah enter into vith any lb
reign power. iiut it : jhas bevn ob
served, that we iay repeal ltrea
,tv, and thus, I suppose, get txv
of the cbjeeuon to sequestrajtion'
.vviich is derived from it. y Wc have
,once,bi.revtcie4 tins plati , p,l repeal,
ing a treaty, with other batf way mea
sures ; but the repeal did-not pro-1
Uuce any consequence favorable to i
the Ti. States. . Suppose you.repeal !
i he treaty by law, and thenunckuke
p;o negociatef anti your ministers are
&ked; arevou inconsequence of the"
repeal at war ? What' answer will
be given ? This treaty lou pfovides
igainst sequestration iiv case of .ac
tual. 'war ; what opinions -civilians
,nd jurists' may entertain of the re
peal of such a treaty, 1 know not.
But be1 this las' it may, I never wiif
vonseht tq&ld ift, blasting the Jfair
fame vvhiei this- nation- has deser
vedly acquired for honest and lair
dealing;; in this she is, in nif opinlba,
inferior to notiev I sincerely hope
the gentleman wko used the exprcs-.
Vion, will, from hi kuewn cande
,6n reRection, take itback. ;
3 1 very inceref regret that a gen-
tletnan from Peimsflvania CMr; Srnlr
by a gentlemariifrom irgi ni a ( M f .
J; RandStpb)H tendency todissolve
the union, 'rliV 'my mind. it had no
such tendency Th,dioluipn' ot
This " union, oijglit notf I conceive,
t'tibe mehtioWd in this" house on any
f ivmence wWteverh. and certainly
ought not to be n?ntea ac on swgni
ronnds. I believe eireiy state and
very part 'of the country attach ct
to the; union; indeed the union , may
be compared to"Vchaln;v ilievalue cf
which -depends on its being; vhole,
but may be destrdyed by taking away
any one of its links; and whoever
oreaks the chain, by -winch the stares
iare 1 in ked , t p ge ther w ill r e n d e r ; t b e
vvhc
men. is mere a tatuer vvj noes
not feel this ?; No tM one in the
nation, and, that man who shil!' de
vise a certain 'remedy lor this evil
will deserve l lie thanks- df his i coun
try ; he w-ill. indeed, -be its' greatest
benefactor; he, like the .impressed
sailor, -..will have a place in thp ten
derest part of the hearts ofhiscouiw
trymen. If a plan, to prevent this
injury, was only made known, the
very knowledge of the. plan would
put an! end lo the injury. But can
gentlemen seriously believe that the
adoption of the resolution will pro
duce this effect ; the means are not
adequate- to the end, I conceive, at
east it remarks to be yhown that
-hey are. I will, without hesitation,
sta'e what 1 believe to.be, the best
remedy '-.for the-evil. It is this, to
aLjree ui'h G. Britain that nei'her
n unti y .shall Employ the sailors of
he other, an 1 ;o aree also, on the'
proof that shall be required on both
-I'ies ;i we m:'.;h?. expect that G. Bn
tain would .ad n e re I o an a g ree me nt
of ims kind", because it woul i bii her
interest to do and on her interest
alone Tshonlrl rely. In considering
this subject we must look at things
as they reylly are, and not as we
could wish them to be. The B itish
government exercise the i ight, or ra
ther the povr, of impressing their
sailors, and 1 believe in time of war
of, prohibiting their going into fo
reign seiVuxv Under these, circum
fttajices ntay it not bi advisable for
us not to employ them ; rotvvithr
standing we m?.v do it with their con
sent, especiaHy if it would prevent
iheir, impressing ur countrymen.
If .the merchants really Ve the friends
of the American sailors, theyVouid
willingly agree to such a regulation.
If they would not be willing-, is it
not clear they would employ Brsh
sailors at ihe risk cf having ours
impressed ? On this subject, it
might not be improper to state, that
1 jbuve been informed, in some
parts, of the world, ceriiii ates of
persons being American cmzens are
sold and that tru: market h. s been
well supplied Tiththtm- I have also
been informed, that u British officer in
Philadelphia actually procured one
for the purpose of enabling him to
J go. home. This favored G. Jkituin.
1 have given this information tp
shew thut oihers, besides citiztnsj
may obtain certifieaes. Itupress-
j ments I fear can only be prevent
ed By negeciaiion ; indted I have
heard that the two governments
have been engaged on this rkerest
ipg subect. T hope it wilfle resu.
mcd; and that it will end in securing
tof6ur couiitrymen their safety on the
ocean.
' We are told that the nation calls
for strong measures, that the Prcsi-
dent lias recommended? tlietri, and I
thaien of the greatest tlens think
them requisite. This may: Je true,
but as I have neither seen rior heard
4his call of the natioh," -and I:o
not know the opinion of others", I
shall certainly fuirsue my' own.
TJie first message of the President
to Congress,, most unquestionably
pointed asstronly towards Spain as
Ut,l,did"tp wards G Britain ; arid lii-
therto but little has been said of . the
usage . we repei ved from he r. .: But
the re com mend ation of the Prcsiden t
alone, is . not ahvays a good reason
for kislatingfllapprehend ; -be
cause, every:,1 President has recom-
mended subjects for .thccoitwdera
fjbn of Congress, ,on, which no. act
twaa eyer passed. - ii ever tne noer
'1 c'orbe.' now,.'- tatK&C.part of '.the j..:prt;IWptic:: onjt. . shal justly.. t 'l,A-u' t 'V?t'
.subject j:whtfe eve.ry.man ntt feel j not be degraded, by riot following J .plritxi ti -opipicrt w;ththe, gentle'j
t he injury done to his fellow Citizens', j the exanvle of theUroehhatiprVs, m anTrW Pensyl vatiiaVCMr vSnU, V;
I mean the imnressment'of onr Sea- br rushintr into war ibiv everv oDbor-' -Uy thit vat .ciestroy' the 'mprals'if
strong' measures, it . viiU, be, , VTien
Lth'e recommendation of the President.
for heir adoption. J At' present wc
have choice of all theaTeioHitions on
theabletoi with sttfii'dimr all th$i
f nas oeet sain in iavor ot tue one now
under con si deration. No doubt pan
be ehtertalnetf, buf the, mover of
eiich thinks his own the best? From
the number, it wouhV'secm tnerei
was no, difficulty in findingernediek
tlie. injuries rtve rcceivetf
A gain hissaid we must atnpt thts re
solution or We shall be : degraded Tlill
is-no ne w phrase tto me I have for
meriy nearajt so otun, iintLOn.se
tunity that .ifnav offer. WTar is no
thing but ahothername for .blood ahd
serve treaties consli:uti6r.aily; mad e, j
This will be the, worst kind of de-1
ifrftdaticn! because it . will .proceed
from; a want of morality. In order!
to induce us to adflp
H the resolution,!
we are seriously tld, that the reve.
hue is derived from commerce. This
I deny, and say that it is derived
from the whole labor of the eomnuj- j
. I i I. It' ' . l'
nicy.. otop j,ne raoorer m ine peia
and the revenue is gone. Commerce
is.useful? it is the means by which
nnr rirrirlnrt inns nrf nvrKano-pfl fr
It has been said, that the land.taix
overthrew one administration jadopt
his measure, and you may possibly
overturn another. , I d-'ubt whether-
the gentleman wh made the asser
tion i altogether correct in poiot of '
fact, it might have aided ; but other )
laws were passed, which nndoubt. U
eoiy. naa more etiect,- ami were
more obnoxious in the, part- of the
coiintrv where I reside si mean, then
attenlpt to iaise ah army without an i
actual war, an army ot officers, al-i
most without soldiers ; the 1 Jen and j j
Sedition laws. It was also said, we j
were pledged to protect this carryj.
ingtrade. i 1 his reminds pie of tyhat j
I once heard said before, vv.hich' is
this, that jWe wre pledged, to',, pay
the salaries of certain Judges, after
the law was repealed, under wh'-ch ;
they were appointed. I believe, we
are as much pledged in one case as
in the other, and not more ; I know
of nothing binding in this country
except the constitution and the laws.
A majority of both Houses of Con
gress may pass a law to give the
carrying tiade what protection theyl
please and that law will be binding.
We are also called on t become j
the champions of the law of nations,
as if all the nations would at once
agree, with us, whattheseiaws really
are, and as if a majority of them ad-
j hered to their principle's ; when we
knonthat scarcely a nation in iu
formerly declared, that" free .ships
should make free gqods,uncl have hot
some of the same nations since gi
ven up the principle ? Befor We
undertake this business, wctild' it
not be prudent, to tnCieavour to as
certain the opinins of other nations,
whose jnWrests may ,be most.. like
Our own. I wish no alliance with
any of them : but if all the nations I
j of Europe should be .willing, uryieldi
tlie principle which ,ve 'arc3esirous
to maintain i nojrngn vill b mad
enough, to maiptain.that ' we. ought
to contend for it.k .1 here is certainly
a great difference of -, bpiiiicn, as to
the nature ef the measure'. Some
think! t a war msasure j others that
it rfay lead to war, anB others agaia
conider it entirely pacific. v Without
attemptihg nQwto emjuifc which of
.inc Anree, opinions ip most -correct,
it is bufficieht forme, that I believe'
jit will hot produce the effect intended,
and that its operation on the U. S
will be partial IfJ dwever f it
should fceudopteaV ahd produce war,
we .must support it with all GUI'
strength; and. if it produce a good
effestf l for ohe wtll rejoice' as much -I
asVnym iiClhia House,, A great
m any appeals nave Deen made
taxes ; we bha r not be ae'ga-otledj-FTecr g ntrment uwtttt an assertion
being 'free'and happy at homebut ve j that he wduM ' rathei have wa'rTtbinr''
be shall degraded, if we uil in'piyt.nj loss of national .honor. - This'
the natioHJifdebt, or llwe retuse to ob-1 1 cailecinaMonat honor has ruined mom . 4
rope pays any regard to them ; and j ICl . ? iu Wfei """"SS". ?
.i . 4 . Mhel axes due thereon .for the year 1804-
tliat they will, at different times, en- thr expirees of dvertUln&e. viz. ,
icu r.:i uuiLiciu upiuiuinwii mc amc j -ci;esenterexlpy !deon Williams ;
"W'K ?eiMtc .'i'esnf wsi
iure? I all; the ipea$titVsthV taRit v '
oprhfscT equaKp ton 'vry " pHi o P:
Ml , is .said,, thifti thlgm
octtl? all puaispytU'hjij j
that rhaV '.bv UsiHgC;we ?cuirht ptr:.
tp take arjy.tmmst advantage of hefcsVi
sjtu
.iiou f w e JdoVwheneYeTr Sht?; t "ik
shiill he frtelrbm4irr"neserti?hi
tested and'testtlss; urider.1C ud ne"
ver sa'thfied until ' she; e&sr cleir- 6?U.
jherue rule for'tos? W:t&'tfi
hth? people, whence 1 ' was greatly Ur
j priced, vheii he foil 4wed-this cOv?.
JAhan - half the people , in thewcrrdv
and lias' almost 'banished hbcriyahd-rs' S
happiness virOm hurope. U
rm-vriir:
the morals of ,the pe pie, and flv f-
may play orer' such a-game at xrsj)
as has been playedin France. othiftg ,vf
to, induce us to go to war',
th a. second c om mercial power in tho "
U. States havesiirce the adojrtipaV
of thepreseiit constitution, becornei '?f
world iwfcen, if we believe the-pub'
lie prints,' she has lost capitaI-4-s ' vi
nou
ugh Xo h-ave ruined the - rn6st , -J: '
vyealthy nation in Europe Million
after million is lest, and yet herM
ijruspcuiy is inn ivtiueo, ejiner: int r !
ancient or modern times. 1 know -'n&
full well that according to the opii-
nions ofth writers on the laws of na- "
! tions, we now hve
just cause of " - t
war atrainst G. Britain. I also know :v
as well, that we have heretofore ' Js1
.ha l as good cause of war again st V 1j j
both G. Biitain and France. 'We'
then preferred peace the result
has been ipiosperity.t What des-
troyed the prosperity and liberty H
V enice ot Genoa and of Holland
L Warsand, wars too generally un-r- , V,
.l....nln' ...... N"ftt. . . I- ' u-: :j 'j -ViV 'f1
Mv.-u.wu. w piuicei vue carrying;
trader ,''v1
It being now about half past three -O'clock,
Mr. Srmilie suggested 1 the ;
propriety cf anadjournrncitV
which the Housd'f acduiesced;
on
' - .
the mtimaiion of -Mr ; Macon that
indisposition disabled' Him.fromi
fintth'jng the remarks which he wiahij"
ed to offer. '
, (To he continued) j". '
WILL1 BR-sOUD.l'
At Granville Court-House, oti Tuesday tit
I4tb4)j August next
nrllE following Tracts; or Parcels "g?,v
f Land lym? iii the County of Gran -"J
'11
S7T acres fenlmed. by Thomas Griflas, ia w,.
r weaver Uam Uistrict. ' -: u it . .
100 do. by Burvve1 Kemp, mth'e same DfsK " - ' 1
lOOdoVMurphey Kemp, hvdo. " -4 ."V
ICQ do. by Joseph Neil, in'do.V, J- T
381 do by Peyton Clemmenti. ja Dutck:
Districts.' . -vi ' s ' ,.t ' , 'J
290 do; bAVUiikm Williams, ludo. v " V'- .
51 do. by Gilea"lC Macon, mppittf
110 1-2 do. by John Joties M'LerovJ in thk
same xj isinct on, xong
I x ju utv;oy rveoecca Moore on Long CreekJ, " - J
l&Jj&hy Josiab Strangt, on. Tar River..,
QmyShRm Cook, jun. in Fort Creefe1
'-'District; .;. 4 , j j ,lis,--196
dV Jt Kitde; i do.' -V .? ,t : ;
22 1.2 do by Henry Stnitit; la i ..fK' . i,
150 dony Adam Straitir, in do. J " ; -
328 1-2 do by Ssephen: Hester, am" JJedza"'-. '
ofK'ock, in Ledge of Kock District,
50 do. by Daniel Tucker,1! ia Tix River
144 do. bv Solomon William f tT v:f-
Hams; in the same .District, t j '"ri ? V '
150 do. by Howel MaueTumia Nap . e
tteeu district. . 4 tv -V- VaW-
, 5fe L -SMITH.; 4 V
Sberifof Granule Cotuity. ' "
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, BLANKS"
. OF VARIOUS KINDS, .
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