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m mv 11 m . rt . t mj 1 . 1 m mm ' 1 -mm r a u m . r . h . mm a a ' a a r 1 t - -j. --"r ? , . . -i-t. t : r. ;3r ii f ItMftUft, dtlffhtfat FaC( - ' ttiwwf' by Mtj Yf . t lit Ilk BroUtr 4f - FRIDAY JULY, 15, 1814. No. L'MACON's SPEfeCH jut r C0STISIT1.3. I i.frc with thf g'otlemrin i from befn hpretoforc carried ci! V . H' . hare l,fii differs fromall other- in this rtoe-t. '-tlewr, that is, that it is car- lica fcAhe nghu.of the poor and Ufofthcpropertroitne mn, and L istheocly country m the world Jure the rich and the poor are real-jw-uil. and where the poor have as Li rower as thertch mall othen Sc pc.V ire almost friendless and cat any snare in the government. T&rtrlsnot for property. There jvf it is ihat those who ; claim to laTethc mrst Tfcalih.sre rrot willing ja,- money to support a war car ped oq fcr the , frghu of the poor. jlcrkb a: e'not always willing toe re thr pcor, br-Lizarus wculd not krertmaioed unfed at the rich siaVdocr, nor wcul J our poor aail enfcave waatcd the protrctiort? of tcirccuotry ?r the aid of those who g',: rich'bv their voyages ; more tcsc would have been made for the txsrwoent of 2D rich nferchanu jhi fcr the impressment (of twenty becdrtd po-jr sailors, and la a war to rt!ei!etad protect thcm.thV want t f aczzj wou'd not have tee nearu o. Tcwarci the Revolution was vto prcct fceiog uxed withoUttour con kzl 13d 1 hou!d Jbe glad to know tbether tier: is one man id the na- tea who HaJjathcr be impressed than opay atriffiug tax. on tes, imposed ti'JLuthis consent ocihat of his re- prtKcutirc. . Impressment must be zlic without his consent. 1 hat war us to prevent bring ucd when co-L-c!, by the Hritish Parliament, ihhyutcur consent ; and this war is to prevent bring taxd now wt? are cdfpecdcat, hy the British govern ed, ihhout our coustnt ; for im frrsmcnt is a ux of the mastgriev Vuikird; all taxes mut j be paid by p: produce c! Lbur, but the tax of Krprmect cot only deprives the fcHorcf the rfcht of Lborinc for him- K I fcat confines him und ioxces Htm ta Fgh: not the b.tt!es oi hii ccontryj latthcjc of a foreign nation,' who $xuhimreceivc the tar- and forces tmtofighi her battles ; in fact, im fresiatct is not only a tax but the cit detestable tyranny and oppres- tico ibt ever was practised by one cedent cation over another." Can possible, Mr. Speaker, that the aa who so gloriously resisted the cntea; the men bv vfhose patri crts you now sit in that chair, tcold, when independent, submit to Fcssment, navv that they would .e collected doctimenis to prove ttprcsmert, a fu.t known to every w both nati. us ? What would bcen ti,cir Ircl.ngsi when they fT rfltlnll rtm-r niin'UA.I Q,presed bciorr wjr wm frhad after it was declared been ynvmialcusly ujCfied for refusing to w cuty ; that is. to fictht k I ccuctry ? Would the thx on tea . .o v ucaiis uj lucsc men, 'fflpttssmcnt have been .Jjorbe. by . wjth patience ? ' Impressment much worse thanjthe tax, as cdcmis better than impressment. A complaint has been: made with er lecg face, tha; 0m war will rncney. The friehdifof these cmea made no suqrrcomplaint quasi war. It ,'is however, wytue, that it wiU cost monev j so s everyar tlal. cycr J " vc determine not to defend saaoaal right,, we shall soon Jt coocto dprcDd j, ,lvhad culationslike these wc nave heard tetcned our r the 1 ' - uld n0t havYhien & lUnS in thlcInt hall, 'r Amcrican sailors should also rcc They wanted both men . a a i a -Sth Ffanc was lorpropcm. i .uihco id Pwcr vottd money at)U mooev, but they persevered 4a the'eau, and obtained that for which hey contended libertyL& independ ncc.4r If we only folloty'their exam nlr we shall establish sailors rights :r.! f ee trade. ' Much has been said about ana innal dcbu No tnan dislikes one nore than Ldo. It. never was my pinion that a cutipnal debt was a na-,-ional blessing, j And I dislike taxes as much as I do a national debt : but I do not dislike them quite as rndch ts I hate impressment, and before I would acknowledge the nghtol G I 1 1 uniim to ianprcss American ciu zens, i would near as much, oi Dotn 3s I could without complaining, I do not pretend to have more feeling n this subject than" other have Every man in the nation! can form , a correct- opinion on the question: by supposing his own son impressed and treated as others have been It e;ms to me; that to the.parent there c uld be but little, if :ay difference between impressment and death. This war has not been supported by me because a particular man is Pre sident,, but because I thought we should lose, one by one, all our na tional rights, unless we did defend them, and becauv: I thought the sail ors had the same right to protection that n'ther people had. . I care but little who is President; all I ask of him is to administer the executive part of the government well and eco nomically No President will ever please all, and he that has faithfudy done the best he could for the nation, md is fully satisfied thereof, and has a clear conscience toward, his God and neighbor, will probably be .the best off here aod hereafter. But that which seems to astcntsh jhose racit who oppose the bill, is that the backwoods men, who never saw a .ship before they came to this city, should undertake to defend sail rs' rights. By the constitution it is as much their duty to defend litem aS.it is the duty of any other part of the nation ; bulvjcaving their con stitutional duty out of the question uothingis more natural than that their saw.MQ - - y 1 f I situation should compel them tti feel ,j who oppose, the war and eyerv mea lor the distress of their "cel.: itryitien sure connected j with it were npw in in anv part of the .uniontspeSially ;Uhe miiority, that they wotild not i toq when their distress is produced 1 j ; by the same .power - which distresses J IV- ; .tr. f '. i L. f ! tneir countrymen, ic may oc uc ci ' feet of sympathy, something like this j ' If you, sir, were travelling and CO caii at a house where. you tverenot acquainted with any person whbliy-. ed in it,tand to find the fatherrmo ther of the family or one of the chiK dren dead, ou would immediately feel for the distress of the living and sympathize with them. The case of the backwoodsmen is much stronger than this : because, when they hear of. impressment; they immediately think of their relations and neighbors' who hatfbeen murdered and scalped by the savage foe, the ally ol the powj' er who impresses their countrymen These backwoodsmen want node-J fence for the part which theyjiave acted.4 The zeal with whicJrjhey have defended their national richta both in thii house and the field, want no defence. IF a single-waggoner, i tobacco roller or hog-dnver lrom the middle country should be scalped on' 1 1 i i ' j ni9 way to marxei or impressea wncu i at market, that whole country would' immrdiately have feelings similar to those of the" western people and the people of Georgia, and like them convince the ' wirfld that freemen roused are invincible.'; During the revolutionary war it was not whisper ed that the then -buck woodsmen had never seen a'ship or salt water, cr that they did hot understand the tax on tea, or tne Boston port act,- and they certainly understand the cause of this war as well as they did' thr catlse of that ;"and 4hcn fieif assist aope was gladly seized' and their vay liant deeds of that day have not been surpassed by those of late.v- That war wa haver beeb" told was" for 'pro-pert.-' They might then take part without a complaint ; but as this is now for poor. Bailors rifthrj," they 4--J- ought not to meddle with it I Many of the menwho fought during the Tcyolution, I ihtagine never saw bor tasteil tea when -the war commenced. X well .remember that. in the part of1 ine nauon ,wncrc i live, u was usen but in few fanrtilies and in some of the few only on Sundays or on some areat occasion; and in that part ofthe country the people were not plagued with tones. v C Why at this tbe discuss the caus es oT the war f They have been dis cussed before : but then there was no negotiation on fopu I most sincere ly wish thatlhe negotiation may pro duce a treaty which shall be satisfac tory to every mai in the nation ; one would naturally have supposed, if we had net seen to the contrary.; that the hearts of all men jn the country would have been turned at this time to two ere at points : The happy termination of the war, by the restoration of aIN honorable peace, or in case the nego tiation failed, to the manner best cal culated to carry it on successfully. I repeat that t. wish foi" peace as much as any manTi but, rely on it sir,. that no peace can be lasji.bg which , shall be obtained by, j' a surrender of pur. rights. Disgrace the pation by .a' disgraceful peace, and the peacecan not last, unless the nation cease to ; respect itself ; and a nation that dees uot respect itself tVill b'e treated by other nations rather worse than an in dividual is treated 'by society, who Joes not respect1 himself. Whatwili be the effect .of an honorable or dis honorable peace j on the two parties? The 'question need only to be stated and the answerTis in the nouth of eveiy caan. If. an honorable peace be made; and the rfghta we arejust- Llys; contending, for be pursued, the wnoiej woria win respect us even the gentieroentHeroselves wUi respect us, for not bein dfiyen from the line of duty by their own speeches ;but if a dishonorable peacdbcinade, and we meanly surrender the ust right of the nation, the wnole world will despise us, andj we .ought to beput down I will go a sep farther and i, f.i say, .tnat i peiieve u me gcoiicmca make a disgraceful peace apd thereby surrenucr ine rignisi wc arc uuw tending for, .and that the necessary stippfieswould be furnished to carry the war.on ; nay, sir, I feel no re luctance ina ying, there are men pp ed to me in politica to whom I should not 'tcwlKogAibt the present negotiation tfnd thattop with out an, instruction. I mannbt by this to b understood, as having ob- Ijections to the preseniHi6gpcwtors; ii we couia oy; any-mea'tuuviucc Europe, that our disputesivere only, of the family kindjs and tha . any . in JL'Jtl 1 .;L.J. ..J,1 li7 mnV. closely unite tfs; I believe ;we should ICIiCrCUtC Ui Iter a-WUU! uui; v- never again experience mocn iruuoic irom'hc tv -x plight to Temember tHe? greats.ynteiest . which.the poten tites bfEubpfiJibok in tKefelection of a' tinof Polan'd. This fact.aloneis enduhti-sndtice,.us .to believe that at least;-.Crcat I Britain and France would-be willing, to. tpeddle in bpr electibns if they; could.nd no doubt they now look' on themr with ebme concern, v. x- . We have hap this tes3iona subject before the house, the whojehistory off which 1 have been very anxipus to know, and gave every vote I coQld to get it, I mean Jurreau's letter ? if ihe ad ministration jacteotas it ouht.to have doneon:receivingpit, should " . - - f- - - - a. I houM like to ttio w h howeve;!let thehistorV Of this leuerbe wbatit mzy the letter itselt proves, iixe one reaa .ometitne past .nhis pUce by a gen. written by a mkn, whohas been accu- r "W V'Mr flrnovfinnri 1 1 thiriany otherfaihc nauon, that thife nveraiiVFrench.innuence inlhe f jr rT0 cutMc rviencv-o i ranee i cabiaets. ahtf .ro have hrdf more noise about; lurreau s letter tnan a boutall the wrongs Great Britain has .... . k done lis j plore'tbp iboqt the 1 5f A , merican sailors" whicf from Mass. f Col. ; Pickering; admit- ted -ha'd been impressed. -I rnnst here remarJc that this nurpper amers very mtich .lrom ewry ptner calculation tha"t I have ?een or heard. The letter of Com; Rodgers, after- examining some xjritisnjiaocumeuts which nc found'in some .vesael which he had taken, supposes the nunftoer to oemucn greater than had eyef een thought in the United States, and the secretary of State'had reportedthe number to be more than 6000, & ,Lord;Castlereagh has acknowledged 1600 in the British Pa rliam en t, a n & i t cannot reasonably be supposed ;that he Avpuld ackbo w- ledge more tnan was rignt ; -on me contrary H wbuW not be unfair to sup pose thatjmany had been impressed, of which he pever heard, because they were impressed in every quarter qpf the world. This same letter seems to havcdisple.ased the gentlemen more than mprcnent'tor. plundering on the ocean, oVrobery, murdec jferapie at Hatnptooltl bye now dope with this letter, atjd having at a former ses sion stated my bpipionabout foreign indue nee, I will apt! nbgr repeat it. "A flf sir, there be ainy nXharchy .men in the nation, and I hope there are. not, jy however know there, were some in the, time of the revolution, and I hope they have been convinced of their error and changed theiif poli tical opinions ; do you not thinkihat they would be pleased to hear argup meats which we have heard abfij! djsunion & a separation of thejgates ; would they pot calculate that disunion and separation 'wodtd produce disor der andfcbnfusipn, &.that these might provoke : thepeople to tmpjcot a King and the restoration of Charles the se cond ? il cannot bear to think of such a state of things; I will quit me sub ject. ; V . . .... We have- heard much about, the rights of a minority. ;hope that I Understand them, anef I never .will knowingly, violate one of.4.hcm ; I was politically brought up Yn a mipof rity, and under the most rigid and sje vere majority that I have ever seen, and I never will imitate, th? example of thbje - who abridged - myrjgh ta when in the minority, babridging the rights of anyjminorlty Uis not however the right xf any minority to violate, the laws, nor hive the majo rity any.xIatnVon the minority except that they obey the laws ; if laws shduid hepassed which are pneopstitutiona! rbr inexpedient, there are but two was- pointea oqt m tne constitution to gei clear of them, which .ace, the people at the elections expressftneir opinion, and their, representatives carry that o pinion into effect, and the cjpurts of law cab decide on the copstitutnal. icy of a law when-properly brppght before them. Tf ! it,,werc true and 1 am. sure it is notjit hat ibe legislature and the Executive had'dpne all .the wrongs. which have been charged to them, wpuld nct, according to tlfe , constitution, "justify any attempt to change the law, only as before, stat ed. l ne Jf resident may dc lropeacn- ed, but that has nothing to do with a; violation or me iaw,py any umer-per -1 son, . - . f Admit that the administration has managed our own affairs asbad as has been stated, (which is, npt admitted,) can that give O, Britaiany right pr cause. , to impress, pur citizens or to plunder our prorSerty ; weight cPro- our rulers,buLit is n&thingjto her how f1" " '"s" our affairs ; arc mabagednor .can the Improper Conductnf jny adminmra- ion, sorar-as ,itA cojicerns-purscxvca, giVecause to anyipreigbpower to yi- the 'Ias 6! oatiotis aga inst us, Vf:,"?fe '(?e !g; """ f ' .,'-"" ; : L ,Z our r,ght5, prov.ded JK WSyS SOU mCaOS.' DUt W1UJUUV Uffcav'41. caobot be done, aod wtftout them the. waV 1uef boJand or.r, thbugU er do not Seem , to have any ob,ef. xcuHsiutH Vwv. r--.- - do.C the ratter,- r vo- l P. riedj on,' and we must of 4 neces sity return , to the old plan of begcibg ancl soliciting npl notv as heretofore fbusticebnt 4or; merc,. tand J ; have already trled fait jbapfaoout 20 years, and untilSieltrjGiritala nor France iyobld scarce lyjaiis'wJr PUr , applications; we &vJby:persevjiig eerienidc mdnstraftdf thtVi gin; natiopMPot mafntfein herrightjsv nor preyentl Injustice by begging - ;w( have alsMemcnstrfedthrifeyu tain ind France agreed in ntbineelsef they agreed - tbvdb us alHrie tnjpryt they coalpit$yem& onimeranprjpr British magna4 nimity for trie maintenance and sbpf port-i of our national-rightspd 1 atn: for depend ing on A m ericab yalp,rC tewiithe 14th of FrnVeanti the lf liited l-ybvtnces-baye both 'trjetj(''B.g ging, and both beggedof Gi Britain andceeQenoJbetterQwe have. donei and notlong since : seyetal pbwf Hera m Europe -tried it Wlthl France: bWsyithout success. ' i 'Wrt''i :'f-t-: e haye beettreminided of theie- normouq debt of England, andthe i.. same time of her -great weith?anp!?t respbes. In hericareer -of debt It wish jaot to follow her, nor in the canse ' t?h produced a .great share, 7 whichwfls. the taking barffalmpst every war whichjias happened ib Mo." dern Egropc, bV raising about one half o fight, the other on land, that she might become mistress or th KfAt - I The management of thei.warJha beeb bronghr bSfbre us : feel no he sitation, in stating it ;asypibfpb teighborhoO(dPbIake. dntarib have not been well inapaged but on the lake Com.. Chauncey didmkicn as could have been expected from any urtU 5 ou u jou;etp n is antagonist, though . apv ebcimw to say tb'it he was qualified to command against CJaim. cey.. But in : iuni.fom. where we keep ipytiino of peace bpt a small atandibg aiygfeaisbeicess a- gainst trained troops ought jaot to bp expected at the firstbreakinulbftf war ; ana w ncne ver r peace shall be' J established, I hope to Be-jmearmy I for? t-wn-l ivuuwvu me uiu ; ucatc e scaniianw menu When we speak oftheTattemnt to invade Canada, we ,pupcbW lect the Indian war earned on under the administrationgoifeeBeraJliV ington, wno certainly Knew thejmerpts ot every re Volutipiiary ffice b than any man in thfe natiPoJabd whb' was a complete judge of military men and afFairsi.'yet the two !nsVpm menders vhich he selected werebotri 1 defeated ;and wen thepiird defeat ed tfW':Iodirns,ttbe0 deraa British fort 'apid carronl which ' fort had. rjeeb recently builtithib tW suit of the victorious jb'bbpsil -We have beeb told aainfaa P ataib that the lon wittppli. 'if.v is probable tha: nb?ma1ll&lnefHbb W knows that it;CertaiplyJijitut-haV- r ing heard the same i(jastiyear-i jpd the ban for tbajt yeFhivibgbeeti" fmade without; anvfdinlclilQrl - and on iqpite aSigoo terms s the 15,000,00b' ' . loaa map q pnnp" leaerai apmimstra- tipijao gbtlemep al thbnex't.scssiprf Lf Con gre'sswill fkocl themsely4eccmd time mistaken about the loapj ; I feel no hesitation in" stating it as my lbpi-f niott, that if it be bet objSibed and the Sports ' which we. have; heard hc true,, thatjthe people pf Bos bb wilt no lend, that the causeof the failbre.ma be traced tb rhebemhgtie m en ft p in that part 61 th ecbntiv w i 1 1 pardorrt ali the money Inrthe nation it fs repqrte 1 ancl ftyhayeeji said, libeiieye in the" tf onsetrav fpr goods.j Vhat : produced this ? The Jbiocjtadrn Hclamarjlb& Which indudesM the countryi frpm iNYotk. to thouthvvyf- pre xrtbnlf notlcndfandthee-1 nemy:by msprpclamitionr.causes the mbbey ottnatipb iraVeiitotBos tbnTor gpnds, does' it-boflllow that me cause.oc tne rauurepaayo. traced 10 mm j - ii mis snsu its-ine sxa:e or i; f f f - .l:l"J - r .t ji c. ik. . 1 - is t he enemy by hi; drecia matted lemw - Ui J li.Al-lL.'-' ta2iCt' &?'2lZt adicv uiciuau. . )uv ii tAPUi any vaue v 1 1 ';'? T i Hi- '1 i .r': - ;tf't-'-" I. Arm- it' i 7, ri a mi. 'f 7 'V 4 yixvi.;f.v '' f x " 'J. ' 4J f; - 11. T l Vt ' m mo: j- .1 'IV-. .. -1;":, '.- ' ;f;....-- ' . . . ; t. . -j 1 P.v.f-.,:.-.-!r
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