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-.f : 1 Orrtliplnofireligbtulpect : . UawarpM tf party Tge,"t live like Bfothert. pi Ifi T-rtjTir" -i irii'irr ' 1 1 ii' " .1' -i 1808. .1 ( a.1 fl - " - ... V V - rr:" : ' :fV;' :- : . Tuursuay, March J7, 11EPI.T t W: CajIpbeli- said it tras wiin u - .. . u.,iKf i lfcso..r .ml nothiu l,ui n nfduiv xvould iu.pt! inm to a sense ol uuiy hich it Inter ioio a discuion in hic!i u !?, -ntUnccemry u npuce ciias " crnmentin gr.cr,!, ub.ch i : iru cuttabcpn,tdanamadcknow, to the public, so to Produce a louj r "vTaiioii in the . national councils, end il Wsc, ouhriotonsi&n ihtir -uihor to Jut diracttul mfamy h.di such conduct was cukuU.cd to d-aw upon them ; an I faxr.y that houId inaw them out as common caii umniat-is, -anu noiu u.c. i.u. as :r. o Trci lr nanonai cor.icmpi. The iK.tT icnnoicra ui uic r-rsnaP-rs have been fjrscnie lime V" ' rir-u!aiin rcix-ris of yrc:ich of l. Jkt" PfTi ft ft. tne scinbUncc of truth, so totally u.i!.j.:fu.rd, ard unsupported '.y any fjci :o give ihcm the col-nir of pro Ub: iiy. Jhit ihcy made little or.no ;m ilt:on on the public mind, ami r r rr irClcu a r . i r. lwo.,s, the mere ofTsj-rint; of uialig. ni y, as generally as they were knjwn. Ttw more respectable pub he prints of the same party refuted the-ie charges and titrated theiti with that contempt which i hey. deserved. They therefore itcciyc r.o erious r.otscc from those vainil wh m ihcy were made, and thee appeared cJ to be a. general disposition to suf fer them to stnk into that silent ob i- ijn to which the good sense of the j nation would most .certainly have consigned them.' But when thoaC chaises 'are borrowed from those pcuy scribblers, arul'tchoed and re-, pested cn this oor, by a person hainjr the honor of a scat in ihe Hjusc, it is high time ihey should; fcc ..oticcd, to be longer silent would j be criminal. Issue t now jiu.ud, and the guilty, whoever they may be, whether the accused or . the ac cusers, must stand forth before the nation, strip: of their mask of cn ccilmen:, to receive the sentence cf public indigationtthat will frown them with contempt into obscurity. Fur there is r.o medium in this ease, th- aicus-rs or tne. accused must be guilty, rr.usv b2 enemies to tlieii country, anJ it is" high' tirpe the iia tiin, the prople of America, should kiiow their fritiids from their foes, TI;e crisis car. for l the duty we eve the people' calAror it, und the ho:;or anddignity of this House de' mmd that the guilty shdulct be ex psztl. ' I! the charges canbcsup-t rrrttd that any portion of the ttk in:. b;rs of this ilo'tHe are acting under foreign influence, let .the; people know; Vt, let ;hcm ieod rBen of i tcgiity, Iwho are superior . to the cm influence of a foreign power, j but. if ori the contrary those allega tions arc fuiir.d to be false and un founded, then let the nation know this and let the Gngtr of scorn point r.t those' who have published such groundless falsehoods,-' and render ihcm the object of pnblic contempt and detestation. ; This , subject iv now' fairly .before the piblic, acuht who had madi such seriocs charges onthis floori ch3rgesthat the ma jority of this house is acting tinder the impulse cT French of Gallic in nuence, will it U presumed produce to jhis . bouse and': the nation, and he is huw called upon. to do so, the pr.-ofs, the evidence of facts that support those charges, and if these are not produced, it must be consi dered by this house and by the na tion, that there arc no such'p.'oafi of fact, End ihzl therefore these charges are groundless calumnies circulated abroad at this importan crisis by the enemies of this country, to distract the publlcrmind and des troy the confidence of the pcple ir. their KuTejTmcntJ which would nils) the energies of the hationf .and ren- tier uiuiv ui.iy jsu.c iu wic- mi Irc of rt X"rs f-r- n -m i .'.. i . it .more important to act th,sn 10 speak. - The - reasons for passing the law la) In in erhharfco, said Mr. C appealed to nie,. as they did I presume toa majority cf iht house, so strong, so sell cyid-rnt, tliatthey must produce conviction without or.4 giiment, and to discuss a measure endet" such, circumstances appealed like a useless waste of time', , and as it were admitting a doubt uvherr none txistcd. And sinde the pas srtre ol that law events have ?uc- jeeed d et h other so rapidly, whir U prove to every men tan uiimn i tli cooiHiy, whose mind "13 not narped by "prejudice, not only tht. piopri-ty ajd poncy of the law, lu th? rca't importance and ahsolul neccHsity of it at Hie lime f ,r tht security of our mcfceandize and si-qnit n, the pres tvation m peace, and to prepare she country ior wai, that eve- those who oppos. the mea sure t firt, stenied 10 be convin ced of .its utility, and appeared dis posed lo supp' it it as the only means. i our power caicuUieu to preserve the honor and promote the gtnt.ra'. welfare of the d.i ion; The public sentiment throughout tlm union s' far as it hasbten in 'the power ol he people to express it. in their le gislative, as weU as individual cap ny, has net only sauni ned this twbut warmly appiovedihc olicy of it, and pledged the tiKTg s uf the nation lo support the measure. Thus it would seem that ihe reasons for passing it appeared as self evi dedt.to and made as s.iong an im pression on the mi .d of liir-pubhv at large, as tiny i d on tne mr.'dM ofthe maj 'rty of ttic na'ioi'i! i-ji'H-lu tne. lt was therefore .d emeu unner.csary to enter into an inves tigation of those reasons 01 thi flo'r. ' ' But when chargtsoffihe most h- -tiou nature are .rnaV on tris (! (. . jgainst the maj iilvof the' houe., charges that they. ire. acting undt-r and. goveinedu ry . French Influ ence (for 4 thisy is.j"in ubstanee thr ailegatin,) hargtS which I he l:evc to be unfunded with re ptel to cvety rhfmerin the h-use, ot :ho rriajorily, a.id'which sj far as .re gards mystif I know to bt, and now jo declare xhem, infamous, ground Ics$ falseds, it may br proper, and I dktm it my duty to State very bihfiy ichic ol the rtav;:s that g . verned riy iEondUct in vntinj foi tlu law laying --an embargo and the sub'-Vqatnt supplemental act, Hi cattyinginto more c mleat effect the sVme o?ject, and whicli a ill a!sf itiduic nie to v tc for the bill now und-trTiiscussion. These reason ari?4frcri ilie situation in which (his natiun was at that time placed in re Iatx)n Jlo the great beljigtrenl pow ers of Kurope. We were then of ficially informed that BonapaVTe had dettrmintcl to execute' In -the mos; rigorou manner, his decree of the' 2stNfov. 130G, decbrnig the Hr -firh isles, in a state of blockade. By h:s measure our commerce, with G. Britain and her dependences was in tL'rtflctetk.a? thesme time was mad knd'wn to uijE proclamation" issue by the British government relauvc to. seamen asserting her light, and declaring her determination to pur .suf, at cei tilh line of conduct on ahe oceifi i incompatible with the hitherto acknowledged laws of nations, a conduct which has breen the subject of dispute between that government and oars for several years past, and to which she was well assured, by the representations of our govern mentjV'tve would not assent, and cou!d hotubmif, without sacriGc ing aVlhe foot of Britis'h power, our national honor and independence: in addition to . these it was known that the British ministry had in formed .ouWrnlSssadors at London that - they ; ?woulil adopt orders Uo counterraljihe French blockad.ng dccreci'.anfi h note to this effect was ahnex'cdp ;the treaty which had beeri;Vrre.eii uiron by ihe'corrimis sionersJ;f?fhe two countries, and af tertfariV rV'jected bVoiir govern- puiilic pricp previous .wuc passage of tlTcjcrn;rgb til kiii?$Jut&' u entJtVcPP V ncc ';. e vcVy man- that reached us, that orders on the part of Great-Britain, countervailing the Fi ench decree, and declaring France and all her dependencies (bemg al most the whole continent of Europe) in a state of siege iiad been preparedi and - reie about 1 to be published. 1 hat this measure therefore either was adopted by C; Britain, or cer- latqiy wouKiiDe in a snoriiime, was fail !y calculated upon, and generally believed. The 'event has justified hecxpertationi'- The countervail ing orders have been since issued by Great-Biitain, interdicting all com merce with France and her depen dencies, 'and tluse have followed by ndei s after ordeis almost innumera ble, -.r In wlaat situation then were ve pl.iced by those deciees and . or ders ? Prohibited from all commerce rti'.h England and her territories by Fianc ; and on the other hand, in eroicieo fr m all cqmmerce with France- and the rest of the continent y the 'orders of G Britain. Where hen could our vessels go without; ..eing txposed to capture? ' Not foj a single port in Europe or her'def .eiulences' In this- sitnation "whaf vfere wc to do ? ' We had but one lternalivrr, c ither to go to .war with 11 the powers of Europe at once, or utnd f-ratjme all intercourse with them, vrrd k'ep at home 'our mcrthandJitY vessels' and seamrn, vl'c are'nor prepared for the former ithtr with men or reources, nor corild it po-istbly le our interest to eiiter into such a contest if it could ,'je.,' avoided, we chose to adopt the lattci, it was ctrtatnly the least evil of tne. two. It wastheonly rnVasure 'hat Itrf; us the chance of preserving peace, und at the same time enabled us to be prepared for war. -i There was-no other means by whicli war could b'e avoided. Our vessels we.je liable to seisure on the ocean, if bound to any port in Eu rope or her depencies Seizures under such circumstances would have been just cause of war had ur vessels gone out' and been cap .ured, we should; have been forced into a war from which we could ex pjet to derive no bcnefir, and which it, was our iniertst.to avoid, if pos sible. Pieced cs we appeared to be in the midst of danger, as it were be . ween Scyda and Chafybdrs, wc en jeavourcd to steer a middle course t equal distances from the violence of thewavcH and the dangers Of the ocks on either; shore.-Ve have nitherto succeeded in that object .ve have persued such a course tis' has "iot put it in the power of. either f the. belligerents to charge us with fii rti alb y in ou r con d u ct- t he y ti a ve. 'tot attempted it ; this charge hast otrn con ti'ied to tlie minions ot dis affection, within,, ottr own country. I'here is .scarcely, a reflecting man j who denies at Ibis day. ibe. policy I audcortectness of the law laying .the mbaro. It has hitherto saved us fiom the dangers and calamities of .var- and it would seem as if the! inger of Providence had pointed; m this measure as the most fortu- lite that co.ild under existing cir-1 1 umstances have been adopted. It will no doubt press hard on ourselves 111 sunn Kbucci), anu ii iiiusl ue ex- ;-pected that any measure tliat we ! couia nave aqoptea wntcn would produce any effect on others, would j press hard 011 ourselves, but it will j bear much harder on those powers, j j who occasioned it and make them "V feel the necessity of our Commerce. ' It will bear in a great degree equal- '? ly hard on the great bell gerent pow-1 crs of Europ, England hd France 'J their West India colonies' will uf- f J fer equally for want of .provisions,7 11 France will lose more of the colonial ! iraae nuneno carnea . on oy ncu-, trals, m consequence of the embar-.i j go, than Great Britain, aitd indeed ; the loss of trade in generalby France h on tnis accouni? win pc greater uian that of G. B. as the former for some time past received a great proportion of heY trade by the American ?hip- ping But ori 'the other band Greatfi.seem, t:o be founded m error, linct In the faj; maiei tals rfofhished for her i manufacture ojtms liiauutaviui i.a . - itt.1 tvuiy 1 w country than : Frarite,'" but t both will i f sensibly feetlWloss and the : measured so"far. as -regards j j 1S. IS C3 ICU later! ta- fnerflt- pnnr,lli. r. K Under these ciitumstances, what pretence, what foundation is' there for s ay i n g I h a tin adopt ing t bis' mea sure there was any psrtialtty mani fested for France ? f There ii none that can be perceived; -There is tinother circumstance attending the case which-1 at once seems to baffl any attempt to 1 shew 5 , partiality i the rpe ration of t be 1 a w" befpr e t h e ' Housei .vIt is Si-ated this liw is to oefate as a hon-intarcourse aw--i that you are going ,15. cut off all inp tercourse with the colonies of one of the bellitrerent, powers, fG, B.Vho dering On oilr North East frontier, . ...... -.;--.vv-. ' . '. l ana partial ityrnas ot-en cnargt; on this grodnd. But gentium seem to have forgotten ' that patn possesses territories in our Soush and Sooth Western: frontier, :yt which this javy will operate asfe vtrely as it will. bd; the Jerritoryjon our NordiEattt-rn ironiic t hat Spairi itheliy of France! tc that afcodrsewiiat operates j?nv Spun, operates on France.' TLis law; will; therefore, operate ecjuajly ori;; those jpowers" even in this rt -spect. 1 There is not therefore the least foundation for. the assertion that the embargoes: calculated rtrf favour France r '; If there were ho, other data to judge from but the ef" fcets it must have on that power Ec her allies, who derived the greatest advantage from our neutral trade, the thing is unfeasible and absolute ly abused - ' i-1 No man of sense cin supposei that France woufd wish to dictate a mea sure that would produce as-, great, if not greater injury to hsrself than to her enemy.' Such a supposition would be next tomadntss. . i'rofn these consideraiions? it would t be supposed that-no tnani who had. made himself in an'7 degree atrial at ed with the lituaiiori of tthis Cbuiitfy in regard to the belligerent powers, and had considered the "effects that this measure would.have oh tHem; could for a racmint ; entertain the opinion, or even hazzjrd a conjec ture that it was adopted under thej, .influence of any foreign power, rjiiicli less under that of France. The al legation is so wild,- so inconsitelit in itstlf so destitute of tlie least semblance of probability, and alto." gether unsupportedvby the least sha dow of proof, that nothing but-the basest malignity-of heart couif! en gender and publish so shameless foul and.infamou5 fa!sel;ood ant yet, -sir, saicj Mr.' Campbell ithas been echoed on this i. floor souhejed in yotir ears in the frantic strains' of a raving maniac, and in . the cliscas-1 s ion of a subject, ho way s calculated" to', excite such extraordinary pas-t slons.. Kence it maytbe - supposed it was a premedlted scheme tpize on that- occasion- in order td qjive vent to those 'vibidictive passions a is gainst tiic governrnent and the re publicans of this nation, which seem entirely to, decupy 'and engross tht mipds of cei tain persons.;; .. In .no ticing what was.said by the fnember trom. M. loric, I neg to he unoler- stood, as not considering these sen ti me nt& as, deriving any sort of con sequence or irriportance from' him who made therii here.,. It. is not on that account that they k merit or re- ceive trieieasi npuce. , inat person can only be.considered as the, mere' conduit used by those behind the screen trj convey' these grounclless slanders to the public the comrnon trumpeter who gives no importance to what he" makes public, except what is derived merely from the place he occupies, or the duties as- f ignecj .him to perform. y cIt is; not therefore apprehended that wliat has been snid on this occasionbythai. memoer win maxp any , ptner.?,o stronger impression 01. the pdblic mind than was made by thesarne tale, when handed to the publiathrol tne medium 01 party orni newspapers. , . 7 ... With regard to "the obiection's (jTiade to the object before you they lherobjecbf th ijectecI;iiiiaT$ xiperatcr : as af jioninterCQurse bu!. a operate n mn '-ivii i ovyascet IntePded as x na eorjaiprr.h Drevent its bem? exported ; as1 ii4N&Hvut this law is to do cental iusUceTtp au y ihose m one part to navcm rftOTetyr tice ; lie one; part oencce of the resti; '. ''Mr. Cam p parti cut a rlyC att ended tcf tb el det ails fs of the b'dl,the ; jirinciple fi : de'redccrrtcti ; whir.Wyas , the erfeargo bear equ of the?uni6ll'The meHerirom N York .said veiwefein on tne people No, sir, sal Mv C we -are not iiviiiing; chains on them ;'we sre usmg our best encjea-1 vo ur$.; to vind i cajj e t h ei 1 r l'gjvt VJrbU 1 1 4 1 01 wnicntnpsej in anoinerr jtai wi 5 j jtpri veel"; ; jtacjiii fVat'tlie veryjectT.th' No hopest mart can wisrinjos- j could modish tcyfayot beotiAtrf tHeex-f!: ;i : hose who oppose the true" interests lmgfk ol their country on ; every occasion . I ; hemselvV'iCcIfainVolfiiH Raleigh. Jan. .2,: I SOS. count of the Bank? bf:;Cane-Feare-: 'iW fl statihsKed t this ptece gfrNati uext-BQnd.sYcfabe.fenoT and form nVe- cribedfy 'th-pullliiles) o5ered for' tt- here before 12 o:iock .eferv M tf siijcrMMMi I : ijue;uii?.viu -te uccioxcu at tnree o lock! and pity niiits inade he sanrtie Even V- WM; Al H&tWOQDZ It fir thBah4i CapFtiiilirjpl Affenttir I, Preserve you rt 'fags 1 - ' And Exchange them for - - ; CASH or BOOKS. -pHE SubscriDiayingtonfe '. .with. an ingenfous &fchaJt3 erece 't" a PAPEItIIilitl tbTwity of leih, wishes tDOmzensgeiberatty tojpre-' f:v?i serve their Kags,sihat rhemay be'conX: ;t 1 ! verted into Paper . a theisno kind oVI:, 'Ragfprmed-of' titjkp, Flax cr CotonJ " l&Mli The Paper M 11 iV to be'coiapleti-d blfeife the first gf June i'ext.T,f Ivs ihoped," ihei fore j thatJ Housekeepers - tIiroughuut&?thet' Stater J n. or4er to encouraelsgi useful aati jEs'abihiriet, will imiriedfrely Tbegiij ja fff&l: usr w:i pay" the foftowing prices ptr b. '-v ' 'i-'v..'4 .-'r.or wne i-tnen xvags, in casn 4centSj(- V pi in Bopksr.5 cents,;,, f -; 1' ''.$. iyv.i'' - Fof white Cotton Hairs J in fis Vf ? . cents, or in iiooks, 3 cents. OloBaggingi old; fi'opei?ak &ci: inf ? -- ii'Cash 1 cefit, or I l-4!h;iioo'ks':' For coloured ; Lmennct. jCotton: 'Bas:: vThrums and ISoppn Wagte ih Cash C-: J 'ffl'12 centi, . orTnf Bdoki'.' xientfc' vfe ... s--a, ' j;f , . - "i o -r "Jirt'l 'v trim ,:;a'J 1w.il! araount to.semethirt&rnS3a True riTirp. tnoiwh tt ma nnri.i-.inr ..'Jn v every caretuipuseKefpcrjiTi m a year, and it :.WiIfb.so saveiLi ' lt would, at leastV fmro,E the r H;u; - ; d?en . Ajf . a lannlyawith Schgbi Book ancf ' " 'might," in , time, -procure a! Httieliihrarlrfv;' eryHousewhicJiy ' f anius'e'ment ai$ be ; Jjfefef red,:the anoun Vr df purchase I ?( many useful article ,Vnroifamily. Bufe ; - cle,rrio purtfi wtticU are at Resent annually 'sent aofoad When. these consjdmtjcml ar taken into rkionith;ev will BelgiVing aid IpMpxmf jj wilt fa'Bticj.U ahseful "a.rieeessai'f -aVtl. '-Ir j II Nor t lr i taws on r jb om and keep flare suhWoi at iornej : -f v'ew, it isexrcuHtl jft every cod lloiise- ., - f ' wife will prepare a hag rbagSrinwficht ' '0; stie wiUdirecVvery ece Ra'p ojiVrs, for jhise; tktiaieigh Ta-fM Mill, to the : Stpye of heubcf ibiroto Joirn XhrtakeTiJEsq.- eafaleigh;tp whose GristMill Jthet VV'vrX "are to be attJli 18,,rV 1 rchant th every ptrt; of the State are re quefte45freceivewhhe Lmen'arid Cotton fta.Loi Waft7"&C4.fr this Paper MiUi -and lend thm by every oppdrtihtitfjTheyt; cart give "Goodt fOP tbm-i TV ' 7&jon the,l5th ult, 'a2eiM!!&uHL'i Jinlj -a$ota2?t;y i-' both Frs cropland tesjppr blush? V4' . 1 9' -Mi ft -." -mm Til ill ':Mf?: ffc aV-i 1 m ' 1 1.3 r -. r r A il
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