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i TV V- VV . . -u "S r. -"--'. -4 . . f. y4 1.. .0? v, - Uawarp' 7 lMy rt, to Uv Ukt Brothtri I - . i f. . . , ' ... ;- . ' ... . . V ' W I 11 -- - - '! 1 r 1 t . A MACON's SPEECH .V, l.trt-.n said, ft it Do The"10' ioa- wc can pcvrtit O. Vine her own ttinjects. th.it i ao nonxm vc S a in the country that UJ' r.,nt it Ve have; no cor never hacl, with her uMects ; it U .....ke Atr.ei tun i Wh e have co.npUiDed, and f;r in b-t she p-eajes-with csressl c5 . . r I would ratner j SthX and fowed-.cn board u.,i tn serve one month. 1 o tSLrrn to me, can, bring the j rZwoi irrssmcnt home to J hW crhU,o:uantlt?Cu,onsem ::.r, nih-ute. ilfnsoobc, rhc InJi oo noi ioc i. l . ... . : i (Vr Jtlti rcifcin"-' t , .t,Vr him. And being taken by J - . T I the Icdims is not worse tha im. I!soundcrstoo l the same gemlr zuouy that the Untti g-yrro. &em offcreJ some tic o 10 niant jta arracmcDt on thejaubjeci of j cro;::U.n fn cr waf c ciay oihcr one Irora tnai govern cctt itwn like a jug hinolc, as we j arfoe ccuuty, all 06 04icmjJc ; dti:ns no rr irt'iciry cor .quaiiiy : ich onae but Americins were in thecflcr tocarrv pnitemcus n thc , .ofiicaLs had loi.g-btfo.c by aati j txpcncncc leund put that they rrr cf to value, btcauic tiiej British eJB trti mould cot rtsnet t th m. Ifihat r , gcTcmmcLt uas ical'.y ideiirous t betr.e itLprecneot of Americftti j tlazcMputan end to, it is on'y ne-; friary fcr i: to issue rnr ord r fur - 'iddiLg it, and it will be ended j K.e mttrtnee drt-A-n Imm the fact 1 bay cillrjguc, is notj in rr.y opi tee, upp&aed by it ; and cvciy ol :jjI pajer fr;m the administration to the british covemment, shovs an d CU5 desire to hvc avoided war. It a certainly true, as he stated, that lathe arrangement made with Ers tte there was no provision f r pro wling our sailors from impressment; tfctUm, instead of provinR a dcstie wtbe Fxetutive to go to war with I cc, exitti) the contrary- ; u prove ; 33 itrccg 4 desire in thcExctutivc u CLtiffue at peace, that for it the or rather the liberty; of part' d the American people, was to Be j kft to tbe will of. every Brilish offi t p"!0 3t autor,t impress j jtetalihough no provision was made j protecticc tur sailors acainst im-l . lriicec the UiitisH government ! rpf 1 1 a j . f . 1 -wca loratuy it. . iTjeofTrrmjue htion.- I appeal to all nh-i have gone ouourn Uarrtn to treat 00 equal fJcffer:nuao"jby;Mi. Hu.Utntent. In this Cotigress there is - iuc unusn governroen:; tne ' ar fIccePUDco the, offer. to treat 1 men of ta!cnts. The western coun bottetiburg, after pftrat Britain j tfv, t ke every othcrprt of the na- n-.cdhtioQ- cf Hu4ia,all prove most sincere i'desirej.the executive . d 10 avid the war. if it rott6.! haw U1C umcrvucis , .uu , done, aniJ to rc4tuVe.tcacc since war was dcLtedi In" makiiiC . Mfitwents, Mr. Shaker, bn the j -ji 01 impressment, I should tike' Z of a good Idttiyto'her husband, ' jc sute from which yuu come Vhich was thiw H We aie quality, WMbequaly.r- Andso,if we arc B:cn, Jfetus be a nationand let worM know that American are tobciivpTajseG. V cc?kf 6; tntny otW gnae nrf wfeo cppo lhc bill, con rns that tha and charges the :adminutratioQ i,wth notdef-nHrg.iU Ifby. defend ;:n the country is intended to convey the idea, th- the vrholc frontier of xhe United Statm North ami South,) tlv fithci1pf thdpqjintrj cem to hie East and West be so defended that j if they hkd nb&ing Uibview,cou!a no enemy could put his foot within? our limits, I agree with him thitVitl uuncn so jjcicuarj, ;aau i icar never will; nay, that itis impfs'tfr'e. Ex ept the military operations in. the vicinity of, LUke Ontario, 4 much was done last fall as could reasonably have been expected ; but how tan the Executive have men. at t very place where a vessel may come on ou tx-! tensive secoast,or where an Ind'nn may approach the troiticr, unkss the j nen be furnished him by the legisla ture, and I d mbt wKethr r a mi lion .vould be sutikient tv enable him t so defend the country tht no enenv shou'd put hi foot in it. While the war continues we may expect that srrull prtic will land in riifTcrent! part of the nation, mor.wlth a vi.jw 1 to p'uoder thao any thing rise"; andj ifhere shou'd not be any truonr. at1 the place, the people of the century will turnout to d feud their vvv their children and thtir propertv.. When invaded they will mt, iht ..atf:ot, a-d thty ouht n-t t wa t jj tha a faction,j wicked and corrupt if for ai o?dcr euhirr frou; ihr vcrn. I they please, may be either a majbri or of the sta e or the Pr'si 'ent of! tv or a minority ; and add that I (hc United Stues defend th-m .tirc Ttr. r-Mitlemcn se'n to s,k Lof the priitcuof. .icbiht Ex ecutive o'jgnt to .kilird, ?s it tlu Ex ecuiive nionc had ihe au.hontv m raiat? ho;h men and mocev, or as if j t the ccu:ive was sonic u cotmnxm j Srinir. uhi' h c ?u!d itei! er and protect cvtiy pan (f thr oiition .' Onedav zrc io:d th.it th . cx.-tu-;j tivc 6t c nt dtfVnd the nnticn, ar.d j wnd we have heard enough of th?" that there i a wot of ervgr in it. jj wickedness of faction in Uevolution fhe rc;l siuc of th- t. jin; u:tu 3s 1 j afy France, to admonsh & persuadi. u- tier lo ! il;-ti, hv o t L- cn men- jj u- to keep as crbar as we can of its 'K '.iid. I h are ihr !l.'t sh o'dtr- j. terrible efTcrfi But how is a wick mkI tne tieuin edi i. W. h'ive jl rd and roriupt "faction to be known ? vcr, hr.ir u th-r.p f ill m ; .hey ee:n !' to be lorgo'tfii. whtiv vt . hear it dai- lv repe.ired it th; csuntrV " i hot j i 'rfeuJe !. It the rtuuirv is hotdr-i f nf'.:(l. furcii.-h tr e meuna iirtd it will i: b d iu : and it ;he means be n furoishtd. we must foUJ on- arm & ' wat vith pniericr uotij (in t Bririi , , vill la her temkr me cy retrain from !,ittuking us, cn.t grnt us sUch'a!ment getting money; ; He aclvi- psace as may uith-ibclf. My colleague saidthtt he wbuld not give his claim on Bonaparte, and f : he did notpear to value that Verv hichlv for his part of the. nnsettied Uudof Canada, if it should be taken 1 do not know uny rule whieh the value of tither could be ascertained, therefore cannot say iv htch would l)e a good or bat gain to give one for the other. . I wi.L fvjvvcver. that I would.not cive the little claim which mv ue&cenUiims may have to our western counrv for all the claims on l?onapartr,a?thouh the western land ma n t pto !ute the revenue which many h vr tspe ted, ids certainly of reat av'vuntae 10 the nation in thrs respect, if in no other, that it enables every mn who wishes it, by 1 mov ing, ti become a land holder on mar Jeiate tet in, and to better his condi- to thnt country for che truth of the n maonloary co'lccttcn of young iioa nas ner snare 01 mem. wnn : an look k' kt-them' acd not be proud is an American ? .Youncr in that he is an American .Young in years but.old in experience ; an hou- orti'their parents, an ornament to th ir ct4intr A friend frnjne w here l'it winter, who' had' bceii in the habit 'of attending, to the proceeds ng ,i uongres) expres-ieanit suu prise af seeing thematid daid that hr . r . V 1 T - n.q uiouii, iiuui fctiuiog ineir speecheai ihey 'were 4 md .h older than he founds them to hi. It ia I think io aome measure owing to our hap py forwfcf government, that wehave such rnen. It s calculated to Btimu- late 'and to mate grcax characters pjTttailarly reat orators, the va rioua f'oaeetings; of the people, the, state feiilature,:and thii house, and . FRIDAY, jJtTLY 29 1814 i . : jvt might add thlitourts of jwtlccarc i' all placet hicii Kavc a tendency to j; promote'; pabliipLvWtMakinc: indeed not have formed a more perfect plarn tb encourage iKe rising generation to be great and to bjr virtuous ; "in HU view i consiaer tne western country a very great benefit because" jtVgres ntore room for yourig men to tryeir, talents ; some that may pot su&reecf. frorh an accidental cause Jin one" placfe i thli and all the other advaatages of the constitution, we havW' heard dis union tilked of in thisf house, the foundation of which was laidto.per prtu:4e the union, by , thei. greatest i man of the ape. To dissolve the i nion ann -tip ttmir t n& rnnrtitnnnn? would he throwing from'us as great a bl.-sting as kiad providence has be stowed on any people id modern times; it tou!d b to acknowledge that we could not be governed by reason, and th t party feuds had got ' the better of out brst judgment and destroyed our greatest tiappiuess. j Wc have heard a great deal about fiction I agree With the gentlemen f elieve there cave been examples of tjiith, and that Enulnc durine the time- of Cromwell, had a factious Minority by whose contrivance or by ' tis management tof them, he trot the j ommnd ol the army, and by the , army the command of the kingdom. i The history of everv CQuntrv that e - vet was frtc informs U3 that faction destroved the liberty of the Veortle, It is cnSy by tnctr doings from their acts ihey must be judged, anp by this rule ali parties ought to be judged J Mv colleaguei like Irctny others. arlviti us to repeal the act laying an embargo, and told us' if we Would thnt the capital of the ; people wou!d ie put into ircuUtioh and that it svould be the means of. the gcrvern- 1. vises us 'ywnat means we may get : i 'money, 'hough he will not vote for the bill. U J i; thought; his advice rood 1.wht11 follow it, but of that 1 have Sum; doubts. That the capital of ihe country may be put into more active operation by the repeal maybe true ; but it does ntn foUqw-that the government would get money mbre readily j thai must depend on the dU mand rr money here and in Isurope U te demand be greater there than nerci men it wumot aia tne govern ment. because mooeyj'Ukeever other article-of Jtrsde will be sent to the rrrarket vhere it vill bricg thevhigh est price a of course, If thefdemand be greater in. ar foreign tnarket than at home, more will be exported than will be i ra ported ; but the ' embargo waa not; laid to enable the govern-, mentftb cct' moneys but :to prevent the enemy fronvi getting a ripply of provisions ; and it It oe repealed, the obiect for which it -was laid will be abandoned, r rvepeai u ana nia provisions will not cost him half as much as they will whh it ndt repealed. Repeal it" and Halifax will become the receptacle of our provisions by means of neutrals or 'pretended neu trals; and nombre compbihts.wilibe beard in the British: Hpnse of Com rnons of thnoTmoui 1 expemc ofthej but tolay.it in1 the winter? when the coast could not eaailyt be blockaded .aobr take it bacapp spti whenlxt !canwtdld ,oct6 i acf strangely iadeep fat tb patUonj Whfcn our vessels might ccor oot: with? out dangeri' aod'taieit off, when tHpy cannou . England herself could hbt be displeased at such !doing8 iiddcVd it appears torne Uiat i would exactly , suit her. -Again,, repeal the embari- gO, ana icv opam wuu ia quuicduiu for hcrlibectyi get provisions; ' . 1 ;Jo not underilaod that Spain is contend inforl libertyvt irtainly npt as rwc jenjoyi but for' the- king that shall govern her, and so far as. self-gov-ment . may be concerned I' wish her success, anch that she nta haye&the J kincc "she hrefersV beKwn whom 1 hei may; hut tne iineriypiuiei -suoject is njever causeofwthc any one of them 'malDjpVei;Kiira.i' iecb as much as he pleases,' and no J brother king wil uarrBf with; him I for that alone, and as 2 1 dislike kings : l. t . i : j : J any "nation ' may haveKn'g;":.LJ tvirV.. K'bim ' t rtro)r till . f rt tntiv -Vi person theyrifer. L f J My cUeagdelso said that Oreat Dritalncovdd Mot "conquer . Prance. With the war between G. Britain and France we have npt ing to do ; they have both treated U3 in a manner not to command our respect. , I hope however that Great Britain cannot conquer France4 nor France G. Bri tain, nor any other nation,; they are ooth powerful enough a they are, and. both willing to have niore power.i- G. Britain heweyerihas had a great er probability of conquering her. The war betweep them cannot giver Great Britain any right to impress, American citizens, a it is to prevent their impressment that the war is now carried on by the United States; j ly colleague also said there iwas no -opposition made by the federal party for several years after Mr. Jef ferson came into office. In this he is mistaken ; orl well recollect the repeal of the internal taXes was as much opposed then as this bill now; hi there was at that, time no necessity for the taxes and t)h that ground they were repealed. The repeal was then called oppression by the opposition, & they also told us that it woulddestroy the public credit. In this as well as all the other predictions made by them 3t, the timej they Were mistaken;---When the repeal of the taxes was caKed oppression, the thea eloquent chairman of the committee of Ways and Means replied, it was an oppres iion of a new kind and one that the people would not complain of; and they were then assure'd that taxes would be laid whenever itshould be necessay, i;nd when they were neces sarVi they were laid ; so that the J same party opposed trie reoeal of the t&xos when they were not necessary and 'the-rnoney which they would bring was not wanted in the. Treasu ry, uud oprtosed the laying of therr when they were necessary and the money wanted id the Treasury. A gain during the same period there was a debate Which continued as long as this has done & was, quite as violent, it-was on theiepeai qi the act generally known. by the naipe'.of the midnight judiciary -act Theaet by which some of the then federal mem bers of Congiesi contrived to get theV appointfirient of district judge, that was to provide for themselves while they had the po wer. If wasn jthis repealthat the people were call eel their own worst enemies by federal mem-, bers ofwCqngressi , -v l a ro sincerely sorry that my col league haa ; thought it necessary m this debate to state what .was done at any election ,in theistate, br: -what was the democratic doctrine in that part of it, where heiived. I shall Jeave the tick ct ahd-iUuminanonwUh h.im and our colleague "(Mr. Yancv,) -with a single obse r vatipn, tha It he doctrine stated to be democratic was formerly published as federal by high authority and,that intolerance mentioned and supported J id; Gongress, was by a distinguifhea federalist, who said in his piaee that the federal adiriroistration ought -io turn every man xmttof office whq did nor agretS with it- hr pblittcs-and the advice was pretty well followed rJThe be?taWcfiost tolerant among uss 'dT; ten nodbubtV wrocgrfection is not. xii& lot of man 5 but intolanl thtf ' in religion or in poliiics carnrid(f always be right argument anu rea- son cannot: be used tobenebne' who isrcaily intcleranU V ut sir,rutlf hstk nothing to fear fro:nintoteraicc as "we have seenT; only- let : (be liberty I . -r J i - v m - 1 r. II.'' f.. of speech and the libm bfthi be as it how mMWmr I dislike all ibteoeno!nwt frrrh whom or wHat patty niay onie C 4t is u Attempt o ralSD theimincl.- I-had SbiJeta 'A -which w;e . ih part reee1atMd btinlv ' frei trbnitr at leag;rrnmlhVid tote .of it? &&on rmkrnlakn noWlealnfe " butf iriddg it4Katbi that, Spb perblgttaf fi ? iDlethRepuaanla junous m a treeuntryit4s bhibai bly, rather an adyintag? ntjhe ufaj; , dictiveness and intolerance iblt most, serious evil, ancl Senrer it ast sumeithe VmdictiveandJ ihtbleTanlv w'iiA.n.if it is wjtvaia marie inac the worst men of the partV life in""the I come now to! remark bn!tiiuBM&? : ser vatibns niadeBv'moilea Gastdm) He said that weWabcl practical security for Odr sailors iantr tHat mipressment was a grievance tbo Intolerable fo be bofnew' ;ThVs rarlt ryjwitc say, atitcinM fe'meV iuaii rouse loreyer settle tne question; abouthe justice and prbpriety oftm-' war'Np cotnmenron these Worcla f could make their me an ur iinpicssivc ; puu ine - government has surely mad a- every enit befoj war:wiis ueciarea wnicn couia oe thb t 1 of to obtain pact leal security forbl sailors against BHtish "iniprespmetitV without obtaihinglit i) and 1 his grie anc, too intolerabte to bd bornfe, must be borne or oppdsfedviby i)rceT"H once tnought and s6:expressecl'myself tins uuui, vttctklft UltUlU UC n ed by an aell tbntereslSB thisfc appeal has beftttf mSdelthout producing the leait enctindeed, presf.mjpqt,npar rangementby which praerga ecrxti for our sailors Wodtde obtained ' would suit her as fellas t'cbnWnl-. ent practice of rmbressi og them": bei tomby ir; she aeeps her ships Well manned wherevi thev niaV iljeifl'S should ha ve been higi igrtect ll? I niy colleague, wjho is very capable-o ! fbrmjhg plans, todld.u hadlbrmed onje by which! practical security for vpftr sailoYS 'cgu Id be' Qb' tained. His telling tjf hja esire without giving a plan by whlci tt wat T to be carri ed p to extffcition was leav ing us exactly wHererw fouodlu fact, he did not ever sutrir'est a reme dy for a grjevc;wirhe declali too intolerabli tcbe btfrW. fcreW f exped ientflt feeJtnoJrnV wHchf thci 1 wjt of man ccwld deviset has beerijtria ed and tried' id vain I Verily belieyeL j atate the question of 1 mpressment fyii io- .tver;i: txjntbfcstafffich are from, ind thageVeipneitfie f will agree :wti4 myeatptni ! press nfent is ajgrievancetoo ititoleraij ble tpbe bptnet KotwitHsdirncV Has told us fi ve of one of ifiisbttstitnen h ktUedjandtneaU '. profeclloisft -this!ract dld'r;6weVeri "conoc him th at i mpfessment was not ariey, ance-nor rodldlit; con viticein:; q theVrrtihY 'LViJSf ftrittsli subjectsand that protecldbnA- . jKaye bee ipngtd oldat, Hieve tnev Have aaohlOraVeir MBmisk-iVjl'c f iinpresseavio.ngn5trie? oattiea cft-their a And whi firhom51aajr Phe' presxed bhehu w ocen aiatca oy ie gentleman trom mihra;Rw m tetter; written after Be nad exa- ffinined sbme'Writilh ie hadltaken,?anct rn.fnelhcreto observe that the British nunister ought if' - : ' ftp i f jt'i'Fft mm If; k m.i, $ mm 1;.. v WX if: ! j mi
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