The National Register. — London, England, 1808-01-04 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. ll.eyant, and that which, at a more distant period, we shall reap from our indigenous culture, not unsuccessfully essayed, will suffice to support, in a great measure, our manufactures ; but in the expectation that some of them may experience privations, we must have recourse, as far as possible, to hemp and flax, in order to provide occupation for those manufacturers who would no longer he employed with amides of cotton. It were desir able that we would circumscribe our consumption within the products of the materials the growth of our soil, and restrain the unhappy etlects of habits and taste contracted for manufactures, that would render us dependent upon foreign countries. " The materials for dying may become scarce—but many of them may he replaced by the productions of our soil. We will dispense wit!) the rest by a slight sacrifice of some colours, which may please from their apparent greater beauty, without adding any thing to the intrinsic goodness of the article. Be side. no small reliance is to he placed on the genius of our ma nufacturers : it will triumph over those difficulties. `b The channels, which in spite of thew usurpations, will remain open to importation, may not suffice for the consumption of sugar and cotf: , e. ; these objects of o secondary utility may become scarce ; but the great mass of the nation will not suffer from this temporary privation : habits of indulp,ence too widely indulged will be counteracted and restrained by the rise in the price. " And besides, is it to he supposed that the Great Nation will allow itself to he intimidated by the privation of some futile enjoyments? Her armies have endured, without a mur mur, the most pinching wants : that great example will not have been held out in vain : and when we have in view to re conquer the independence of the seas ; when we have in view to rescue and redeem commerce from the ruinous acts of piracy that are juridically exercised against it; when we have in view the vindication of the national honour, and the breaking down of those "'un- court/ow which England is attempting to erect upon our coasts, the French people will support with the dig nity and courage that belong to their great character, the mo mentary sacritit es that are imposed upon their taste, their habits, and their industry. The commerce of Europe will snon, no doubt, be rescued from oppression, The interests of nations : the honour of Sovereigns ; the magnanimous resolutions of the most powerful of the Allies of France ; the power and wish of the hero who rules over us ; the justice of a cause to which Heaven will grant its protection; every motive concurs to de cide the contest ; nor can its issue remain uncertain. Accept, Gentlemen, the assurance of my sincere eitecm. (signed) CRErET." AMERICA. SEN4TE. - , •SIIINGTON CITY, NOV. 25. Mr. Adams submitted the following resolution for consi deration : " Resolved, That the President of the United States be re quested to cause to be laid before the Senate, a return of the number of American Seamen impressed or detained by British armed vessel-, whose names have been reported to the depart ment of State, sitter the last statement made to Congress, men tioning the names of the persons impressed, the time and place of their impressment, the names of the ships, and as far as may be known of the officers by whom they were impressed, toge ther with any material facts or circurnitanees in relation to the same : stating also the whole number of seamen impressed since the comm.:nement of the present war, what number of persons impressed according to the last statement of the Secre tary of State, has since been restored, and the numbers still de tained since demand of their restoration made, with the reason tssigned for their detention." JAN. 4. expression of sensibility at this outrage ; states the receipt of information relative thereto from the State and Navy Departments; presents a general view of the circumstances, observing that it might be said to have been incontestibly proved, that William Ware, John Strachan, and Dan Mar tin (three of the four persons taken out of the Chesapeake) are Citizens of the United States; but the Committee add, that they conceive it unnecessary for them or the House to go into any enquiry on that part of the subject, as, in their opinion, whether the men taken from the Chesapeake were, or were not Citizens of the United States, and whether the Chesapeake was, or was not within the acknowledged limits of the United States at the time they were taken, the character of the act of taking them remains the same. From the foregoing facts, it appears to your Commit tee, that the outrage committed on the frigate Chesapeake, has been stamped with circumstances of indignity and in sult, of which there is scarcely to be found a parallel in the history of civilized nations, and requires only the sanction of the government under colour of whose authority it was perpetrated, to make it just cause of, if not an irresistible call for, instant and severe retaliation, Whether it will receive that sanction, or be disavowed and declared an un authorized act of a subordinate officer, remains to be de termined by the answer which shall be given to the demand of explanation; that answer, now daily expected, will either sink the detestable act into piracy, or expand it to the magnitude of premeditated hostility against the sove reignty and indepel.dence of this nation; and until its true character shall be fixed and known, your Committee deem it expedient to decline expressing any opinion as to the measures proper to be adopted in retaliation to it. But the Committee adds, as other acts of aggression have been committed within our ports and waters, such as those men tioned in the President's Message, the Committee are of opinion, that it is expedient to provide more effectually for the protection of our ports and harbours ; but not being prepared to report specifically upon that subject, they ask further indulgence of the House, and submit the following Resolution : " Resolved, That the attack of the British ship of war Leo pard on the United States' frigate Chesapeake, was a flagrant violation of the jurisdicticn of the United States ; and that the continuance of the British squadron (of which the Leopard was one) in their waters, after being notified of the Proclamation of the President of the United States, ordering them to depart the same, was a farther violation thereof." Nov. 18.—Yesterday the Hon. Mr. Lyon stated in the House of Representatives, that he wished the gallercis cleared, and the doors closed, bolted, and barred, as he had some highly important matters to communicate. The House having gratified his wishes, he observed that Mr. Erskine, the British Minister, had recently transferred Stock, possessed by his father, to a large amount, in the American Funds, and in consequence proposed the follow ing Resolution : " That provision ought to be made by law, forbidding all transfers of right of action, and all monies, and other property, either real or personal, to or by any subject of the Cron of Great Britain ; and also forbidding any Citizen or Resident of the United States paying any debt or demand upon any such subject." Not a single Member supported the Resolution, but all censured its imprudence. The general opinion was, that if persisted in by the Mover, the doors should be instantly opened, and the resolutions rejected in public. Mr. Lyon then withdrew the Resolution, and the galle ries were opened, under the understanding that all secrecy was at an end. IIOUSE OF REPRESENT.4TVES. 'FITE AFFAIR Cr THE eRFSAPEAKE. WASHINGTON, Nov. VT.—Mr. Blount, from a Commit tee of the House of Representatives on a part of the Presi deors Message, reported this day on the subject of the at tack on the Cheslpeake. The report commences with an i~ IMEMM