The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-02-01 00:00:00, page 1

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I RICHMOND PRICES CURUF.NT.
f D. C.
TOBACCO,.5 00
ILOUIl— SUPERFINE, .... 6 75
j>o. FINE, .6 25
COHN, rsit BARREL,.3 00
WHEAT,. 1 17
BACON, PER LB.0 10
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PER LB. 25
ATTENTION \ !-The Members of the
Richmond Troop of Cavalry are ordered to
meet at the Washington Tavern on Friday the
ninth of February, at six o’clock, P. M.
By order of the Captain,
RICHARD RANDOLPH,
l«f Sergeant Richmond Troop.
January 30. " 3t
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED*
A New Theory,
The DIURNAL ROTATION OF THE
EARTH:
Demonstrated upon Mathematical Principles,
from the properties of the Cycloid and the Mpi
CjcPoid.
WITII
AN APPLICATION n*K THE THEORY,
To the explanation of the various l’l •nomenti of
the Winds, Tides and of those Stony and Me
allic concretions which have fallen from Hea
ven upon the surface of the Earth.
Jtj JOHN noon,
Author of Kiejnenta of Perspective, prin
ted in London, in 1. J9.
December 14.
r| TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD—Rnn
ft away near tiie town of Manchester, on the
1/tli a negro man by the name of C LORGE
II ROOKS, about 24 years old, about 5 feet 5 or G
inches high, of a light complexion, had on a ^rty
forest cloth great coat, negro cotton coal and
nverjj^.ls, with a pair of double soled slier*,
platen-: round upon the bottom with iron, was
bought'by the subscriber of Mr. T. Watkins,
clerk of Chesterfield county. All misters of
vesS' Sic. are forewarned from taking hint on
board, as it is probable he may attempt to moke
liis esenpe by water. The above reward will he
given to any one who will apprehend uml confine
him in J <il where tiie subscriber may get him, or
deliver him to
JOHN A. DALLY.
Nottoway, January 30 2i^f
T ALUABLE PROPERTY FOR S.i/.r.—
V In pursuance of a decree of the Circuit
Court of the United States, in the Virginia Dis
trict, pronounced at the last session of that court,
in the suits there depending bet wen Win. Kunkail
& Co. plaintiffs, against Thomas id. Deane and
others, defendants, and between Scriha Scroplul
and Starman, plaintiffs, and the sumed f.-ndiiits :
"Will he exposed to sale, at auction, i t Cairn, in
the county of Cumberland, on Thursday the 15th
of February next, that valuable MERCHANT
MILL usually called the Cairn Mills—Tobacco
Warehouse, Tavern, and ocher Lots of Ground
J't that place—Also, all tiie Lands at or near Ca
ira, (con listing of 20GQ acres and upwards)
which belonged to Janies l>anc, Thomas M.
Deane & Francis B. Deane or to cither of them,
on tiie 20tli day of March, 1801—Terms of
tude—Ten p- r cent on the amount of the pur
' lo ses to he paid in cash ; a credit of one, two
an*! liifce years for the residue of the purchase
money, t>* bear interest from the day of sale,
the purchaser or purchasers giving bonds with
> security, to be app.- >V' .1 by tin: undersigned com
missiyiici'K, or the one that may act, and also ex
ecuting n deed of trust upon the property so
purchased, 1 ".c tiring the payment thereof at
the periods aforesaid.
'Pluvious to the day of sale the Land will be
divided into convcnien* lots to suit purchasers.
t.. coi'h.iM), > Commissi
w. c. Williams, 3 om>*.
December 30. colds
15 1 h< S1J A N 1 to a decree ol Candour County
G uni, in the name of -ate Legatees of Ed
round Jones, dcc’d f».c. against the Administrator
with the Will annexed, of the said Jones, dec’d.
fkc. Will he sold, on Friday the 23d <l.«y of Fe
bruary, to the highest bidder, on twelve months
credit, at Charles 'J od’s Tav<*rn, in Caroline
County, seven Negro of. AVER, belonging to the
estate of tli-: si«d Jones. Bunds wim approved
aecurity will be required of Hie purchasers, i •
maimer as directed by the said decree. Alt who
have claims against the aaitl estate are requested
to exhibit them on the day of sale to llie Admi
nistrator.
BY TIIE COMMISSIONERS.
January 18 w3wfl
John Hastings, nurse/tv man, gar.
DENER. SEEPS MAN O FLORIST, has
roi« sale, Apple, Apricot. Nectarine, Plumb,
Tear, Peach ami f.'/u-rr; Turns of the very best
sorts—Also, Gooteberm C- Currant 11' silts, with
a numerous variety of Shrubs and Plants of
the most rare kind.
Catalogues of the above may lie seen at Fitz
n>hvl*onn amiPot/er’t, Richmond, who will r>unc
luaJ’y attend to any orders left with them.
N- B. It t TZ.W11 vLsoviu Cf Potter, Imve just
received a small assortment of fresh G.l/‘
DEN SEEDS.
January 20. S3w
1ST riCK.—The subscriber being desirous to
J. n close Ids Executorship of the estate of
Paul Graham <Ie>’d. and whereas there Appears,
by the wid ot the • lid Cndiarn, a ih-bt to he due
from tne E late of bis (•r.iMlhitlicr Huncmi Ora*
ham, to the firm of Liln [high & Co—for the
p.vment of whic h, or a part of whic h, provision
is made by tlie will of the said Paul Graham ;
’his is there fore tomorc the sau( firm, or tliei.
Ap. IP. to conn• forward, si to their claim, ai.d
e stablish the smom t due, that the same may be
"“tiled : mlirrwisc the i « ts will (after three
itiotiths from this time) he apnlicd to the dii
.c barge of ulicr debts doe from ilie estate of Hr
s od Paul GihImmi ; and this notice will be plead
•d in bar to tins mod c la tup
SAM'.KI, PniKUsS,
r, .. ' r tj Paul Gr,ihuin.
C arohne (nun**
Janu-r, i/iu, lawSw^
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VHi GIM /. I I. E GIX L A l 'UR E.
Extracts from tue Journals of
tuk House or Delegates.
Thursday, January 25.
An engrossed bill “ Authorising Pollv
Coleman to introduce and hold a certain
slave within this commonwealth,” was read
a third time and passed.
An engrossed bill “ Authorising Jean ■
Read to introduce certain orphans’ slaves |
within this commonwealth,” was read a!
third time and passed.
An engrossed bill “Authorising a sale
ofthe public property at the Point ot Fork,”
was read a third time, and a blank therein
filled up and passed.
An engrossed bill “To amend the act
passed January the 30th, 1806, entitled an
act more effectually to enforce the payment
of certain fines into the public treasury,” was
read a. third time.a blank, therein filledup,
and the title amended and then passed.
An engrossed bill “ Concerning the town
of 9mithfield,” was read a third time and
several blanks therein filled up and pas
SFCl.
The House, according to the order of the
day, resolved itself into a committee of the
whole House on the state of the common
wealth, and after some time spent therein,
Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr.
Wyatt reported, that the committee had,
according to order, bad under consideration
a bill “ Concerning the courts of chancery,”
| and had directed him to move, that the
committee of the whole House, on the state
of the commonwealth, be discharged from
further corsideratiou ofthe said bill and
amendments proposed thereto;
And the question being put on the motion
to discharge the committee, it passed in the
affirmative—Ayes 123—Noes 31.
On motion, ordered. That the further con
sideration of the said bill, with the amend
ments, be postponed to the 31st day of March
next—Ayes 12o—Nt.es 2*.
Mr. Rlackburne presented, from the!
committee to whom was referred that part
of the Governor’s communication which re
lates to the Penitentiary system.
A bill “ Further to amend the penal laws
of the commonwealth.”
Mr. Otey, from the armory committer,
made a i.port, which was received, and
ordered to be laid upon the table.
. Friday. January 2f>.
A communication from the Senate by their
Clerk:-The Senate have massed the bill 1
" Authorising the emancipation of George
Simmons, a man of color”-They have
also passed the bill “To amend so much of*
the several laws consenting stud horses and J
jack asses, as respects tiie time and manner 1
of their being entered with the commissi j
oners of the revenue-And the bill "To
suppress duelling,” with amendments, to
which they request the concurrence of the
House of Delegates.
The House proceeded to consider the a
memlments to the said bills, and the same
being twice read, were agreed to by the
House.
An engrossed bill “Appropriating the
proceeds of the Glebe land and other pro
perty belonging to the parish of V-'estover,
, Charles City county, ife tor other purpo
ses,” was lead a third time and a blank
therein filled up and passed.
A letter from the Governor, enclosing n
letter horn J imes Haslet, making a propo
sition for renting or leasing the manul’acto
ry of arms, was read, and, r.n motion, or
dered to be laid upon tb<* table.
Cn motion, ordered, That the committee
to whom was referred that part of the Go
veruor’s communication which relates to the
letter of Messrs. Tiice nid Underwood,
keepers of the public warehouse, and the
letters accompanying the same, relating to
the purchase of certain lots by the public,
which lie adjacent to the said warehouse,
hr discharged from further consideration
thereof, and that the said communications
be laid upon the table.
h.t TUB DAY, Jan. 27.
A communication from the Senate, by their
clt*i k:
The Senate have passed the following bills,
to wit:
A bill "authorising JJ n Mitchell to in
traduce and hold within this*commonwealth
certain slaves therein mentioned ;**_A bill
" authorising John S. Smith to hold within
this state a certain slave thvi (.in mentioned
and
A bill “ allowing a further time to the
owneis of lots in the town ul Salem, in the
county of Fauquier, to build thereon;”_
I hey have passed the bill " authorising the
superior courts ol law, and courts «,f chan
c*:y to issue writs of ctriiovuri in certain
cases, and tor other purposed,** and the hill
“ f«»r reviving an inspection of tobacco n.t
Swann creek warehouses, in the com- ies o|
Buckingham and Nelson,” with 'mci iments,
to which they require the concurrence of the
house of Delegates,
And they have ngrep-p unanimously, to
the preamble and resolutions on the subject
| of the amendment purposed by the legi'sla-'
turc of Pennsylvania, to the constitution of I
the United States, for the establishment of a'
tribunal to decide disputes between the tc- '
deral and yate judiciary.
i ne nousc proceeded to consider the a
mendinents proposed by the S'.nrtie to tlic
Haiti hills, & the same being severally twice
read, were agreed toby the house.
An engrossed bill 44 authorising Elizabeth
.Morris to bring certain slaves into this!
Mate,” was read a thitd time—and passed, j
An engrov.ed hill 44 Authorising P. i meiiu Our-1
rus to remove cert..in si nrs into this common-1
wealth,” was read a third tun.--. -n i passed.
An engrossed bill 44 Anlhotisu.g \V ,11,am Pra-1
i’"r to introduce and hold a cerUm slave within I
this commonwealth,” was read a third time—and j
passed.
An engrossed bill44 Authorising Join Wihon,
guardian of \Vm W Klam and i. uticy i.Lm, t',
remove certain lave: in»o tins commonwealth,”
was read a third time, and passed.
An engrossed bill 41 I'ohutlio. isc the overseer*
n! tlie poor tor tile countV of U. r-, to , (•( .■ivc
of Jot "» Mont.ignc, exeCHtor of Wiltisr. , ms. a I
■ Main If- a< y, an,i !■>. ithcr purposes,** w«aread
» third time, and p.y'.fd.
All Clljn.aaud bill “ i'll aVprr>r»fi;ttft csrtafn
escheats, penalties and forfeitures to the encou
ragement of learning,” was read a third time, and
an amendment proposed thereto by wnv of rvder,
which was received and read the first ami second
times, and amended at the Clerk's table, and as
amended, ordered to he engrossed and read a
third time.
The following resolution (which lay on the ta
bic' was taken up and read :
Resolved, That this House will on Saturday
next, proceed by joint ballot with the Senate, to j
elect a judge of the general court, to r.-ipplr the
vsenney occasioned !>y the death of the tale Jo
seph Prentis, Inquire.
A motion was made to amend the salt! resold
titni l.y striking out the word “ Saturday,” and
inserting in place of it the word «* WmNesday |
And the question being pm on the proposed a- J
mem'ment, it passed in the affirmative.
The question being then put on the resolution !
as amended, it whs agreed to by the House.
Ordeitd, That tlie Clerk Carry llu* ;a:d rcso- !
luiion to the Senate ami desire their concur- I
rtnre. I
Ortl * (I, That leave be given to bring in a bill ]
“ l ° amend tlie eleventh section of an aet con
cerning counsel and atloriji-rs at law, passed the
l'Jtli of November, 1793,” and that Messrs.
Tazewell (of York), Sliield, Parker (of Acco
tnack), Lewis (of Gloucester), ilarret Se Ta/.e ,
well (ot James City), do prepare and bring in ;
the same.
-J— ■ .—.
Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESEjY'FA'FIVES.
DEHATE
On the bill concerning commercial inter
course, and for other /lur/ioses.
(continued.)
. January 1C.
i!.e motion to strike out theoifi section i
still under consideration.
Mr. 8m ilie said he had given rill the at
tention which he was capable of to this de
b.ite, and he had at least been able to dis
cover what were the views ot different sides
01 the House. One set of gentlemen, it up
pear's to tne (said Mr, S.) perfectly con
sistent with all their past conduct, is for do
ingnothing, ! ut for leaving our trade to roam
at large and take its chance. Whether |
those gentlemen have the same feeling as
myself, with respect to our injuries, i do
not pretend to say; but their opinions have |
been uniform and 1 daresay may be honest, j
i iieie is another set of gentlemen in this
House who are for what they call energetic
measures. A third set. which I believe I
m .v denominate the moderate party, is f.*r
pursuing measures different from either_1
nu an those in favor of the present bill_ :
\Vhy, sir, cannot those gentlemen who are
m favor of energetic measures agree with
those who are for pursuing moderate men
fines, which they only consider btginning ■
our opposition, depending upon us for here i
after adopting measures which in their opi
nion may comport with the interests of the i
nation? 1 hty may rest assured that they i
v>ill not get at their object by joining in op- ‘
position to the bill with those who are for i
doing nothing As to energetic measures,
sit, I really am surprised to hear gentlemen
now talk of them. If they mean a declara
tion of war, no one of them pretends to bring
forward such a measure, They are well n
wa,e lhat il motion for a declaration of war
under present circumstances, would not
pass this 1 louse. I do not know, sir, what
may be the opinion of other gentlemen, but
1 for cnc do not mean to stop here. We are
now upon a part of the business which will !
carry us suffc at least ns far ns rmpects com- 1
men ml regulations, 1 he II* use seems to be
pret.y generally agreed, that we should in
terdict our waters to foreign armed vessels
and also as to getting •»,! of the nomintcr
course law. li the clause now under const
deration w ere to be struck out, there would
lie an end to all commercial regulation. II
gentlemen wish for any commercial reguln
tioHs, they certainly wish to retain this
clause.
1 will observe, sir, with respect to war,
in my opinion, it would be a preposterous
measure, at this time to go into it. The Pre
sident of the United States has dismissed
Jackson for his misconduct, but has never
'heirs, declared that he is still willing to re
gociate with any other agent who may be
sent nut. Now how would a declaration of
war by Congress comport with this transne
lion? No man could seriously think it pro
per that the Executive and Legislature
should run counter to each other. At all e
vrr's, before a step is taken to produce a
war, we ought to wait till we bear what
step the llri.ish nation lias thought proper
to t d:e in consequence of the dismissal of
their minister. I ask again of genM-mcn
who are for energetic measures, whether
they had rather rely upon the friends of this
hill than upon that class who are for doing
nothing at all ? 1 mean no reflections upon
them, for no doubt they think, they are right;
hot surely we that are for doing something
ai t rather to he depended on fur doing some *
tiling better, than those who are for* doing
nothing. At the same time, Hr, I am wil
■ :ng to declare that I am not *et lip* for war.
I have my fears on the subject, and wish
that before this business is settled, we may
not be under the necessity of tenninuth g it
by that expedient. I still, however, have
hopes *h.tt we will not. Two questions are
t<* be decided before wc go to wir, J, Whe
ther we have cause fur war? Thaj questi
on, l believe, all won 1 answer in the alor.
uiative. 2. Supposing that we have just
cause of war, whether it. would be the over
est of the nation t<» go to war? As 1 do not
believe it would, sir, I confers lam in favor!
of the measure now under conshh. ration.—
It wr do not agree on this bill, 1 see that the
House is divided into three parties and will
do n .t liing
Mr, i’oTTES.—It has been observed by
C’.a gentleman I: st lip ft om Maryland. (Mr.
Montgomery) the non*intercourse is vety in
jurious toiliM country, and that it gives the
Kn sh an * ::r 'tv* privilege to carry our
|ui «lr e t • mat :c t, end that tltov under*
-lood (■;' nmc end trgulations, and tha* there
was • •> (ia; . r o* bn nt P 'tnin retaliating
i-i tins i,;*, (hat ;t would be an outrage
I agree that they understand commercial
and they can very easily rva/i^
the operation that is intended by this agt,
without retaliating fully ; fur if they shall
leave the port of Halifax open for fair vessels
to rarry < ur produce, and no other, v hat
wj'l ho the consequence? All th»-ir ports
vill he open to our vessels to take away
their produce and manufacture!!, and only
one for us to can v our produce to.—Jf we
want their manufactures, we must send a
ship with cash to purchase; or if we want
to pay in produce we must then return and
send another ship to Halifax with the pro
diice of this country, to dispose of toFmglish
agents at a very low price to He taken to
(Beat Britain in their own vessels; sn that
she will he the carrier of our pr oduce in the
same manner that she now is under the ope
ration of the present non-intercourse. When
that bill passed, every thing was predicted
that Iras happened, and although it passed
by a majority of thisH :so, it appears now
to have no advocates, and the same tiling
will, I presume, happen to this. The same
gentleman observes, that if Great Britain
should shut her ports against us, it would be j
an outrage, us though it was not as great
an outrage for us to shut our ports against
her. For my own part, I am tired of this |
unequal commercial warfare, operating only '
on ourselves. The. gentleman from Pennsyl-j
vania (Mr Svnilie) says there are three
parties in this House: one for war, one for
peace, and one for something else. I do not
believe thattheieis any party in this House
for declaring war. I wish that gentlemen
that find fault would devise some system that
they would be satisfied with; for rr.v part I
would retain the first section until the attack
r»n the Chesapeake should he atoned for ; and
the section irpealing the non intercourse—
leaving our trade to he carried on in the
same manner as before our restrictions.
ml'. J^ivcrmnrr said wiien he heard gen
tlemen professing anxiety to protect com
merce, he could not but view them as
friends. It seemed that they were both
pursuing the same object, though one or the
other must have mistaken the road. Roth
Ind in view to promote the commerce of the
United States, but both could not be rightin
the course they took. The gentleman from
Maryland (Mr. Montgomery) had expres
sed a greet anxiety lest the carrying trade
af this country should devolve into the hands
of the subi-cts of Great Britain I, said
Mr I.. certainly feei as great an anxiety as
that gentleman that this should not be 'the
~ase. I think I hare motives more urgent
lar than any the gentleman can have
I have to be sure only the same motives as
:m American, but also the additional reason
tliftt the people whom 1 represent are a
commercial people, and more immediately
interested in this business than many whom
that gentleman !• presents. My constitu
ents have an interest in it. It is to some of
diem their delight. Their all depends up
on commerce. They have been a great deal
injured by what has taken place. Ma
ny of them have been driven to begga
ry". I have witnessed this at home in every
wnlk I 'ake. I know that people have been •
ruined by the embargo, thrvrgh previous to
it in good business. I hear their complaints
and can enter into their feelings. I not on
iv hear their observations but can draw con
clusions myself. I have therefore a better
opportunity of knowing what will redound to !
their interests.
According to the opinion of the gentleman
from I’en.isylvania there are three classes
in the House ; one tor war, one for commer
cial regulations, and another which certain
ly will not join the class in favor of war.—
Ol that class am I, and can assure the gen
tleman that he is correct in that opinion.—
1 here seems to he an apprehension on all
sidas that Great Britain may attempt to
in nopolize the trade ol this country. We
appear ahoto agree in the position that it
is (he non-intercourse which now operates
so severely on (he people of thr U. Slates,
and bids fair Pi deprive tin m of the whole
of the carrying trade. It has been well ob
served that there are now a great number of
vessels at Amelia island ready to take in
our produce and export it to fire at Britain,
and that the non intercourse law is the oc
casion of it. Here then is a disease afflict
ing the people of thiscoumry. What is the
remedy for it? Surely there cannot be a
batter one than to remove the cause. He
peal the non intercourse and bring it back
to where it was. Jn the political ns in the
natural body, the radical cure of a com
plaint can only he effected by removing the
cause ol it. It was foretold that this ohnnx
ions non intercourse law would not operate
to do any good, but precisely in the way in
which it has operated. Now, sir, what do
gentlemen propose as a cure for the evil ?
They revive the idea, so fashionable twelve
mouths ago. that we must have a substitute
for ir. What was said then will equally ap
ply now, that the only subnitulc or n bad
measure is a repeal of the me »»ure itself.—
It does not by any means follow that we
ought to have any substitute. If gentlemen
will shew the necessity of a regulation to
make people Artier than well, there might
be some occasion for a substitute. Trom
the naturt l situation of the United States
they possess advantages over the old world,
whirl) would ensue to their coin met ce, when
not impaired by empyrics, a decided snpe
i mi ny. ii is cneaper to carry our produce
in our own vessels than in those of the sub
jects of Great liritain. This gives a pre
ference to the people of the ITnind States
that will si cure to them the carrying trade.
/Vs to the returns, goodsenn be nop irted In
to this country from Grent Britain and her
colonies to more advantage in otir own ves
sels than in the vessels of foreigners, he
cause the disciiir mating duties a it’d ton tin go
give ihu preference to our own vessels.—
What necessity i» there then for anv further
law to regulate this business? We have
g t the whole carrying trade. Do you, sir,
want to he better than well { There is such
a thing as making assurance doubly sura ;
but in attempting this do you not endanger
the whole? That is wlmt I dread. When
the gentleman talks to me about regulating
conm.cr^; am* doing something for the be
nefit of it, I lear lie will bring ah' ut that
state of things which he say* he apprehends.
I hope the gentleman will not Conceive I am
au enemy to Commerce, became 1 differ
front him ( ii.it bow is its ptbs^erity to fir
i ensured? 1 lint is the question, to which
answer by leaving it to take cat e of itself.
What security have we that Great Bri
j tain will n,>t retaliate our interdictions ? It
aas been taicl, and gentlemen have not an
swered it. Unit Great Britain has certainly
the power of laying a discriminating duty
on all articles imported from this country._.
Suppose a discriminating duty of ten per
Item were laid—what would be the opera
tion of it? It would give a decided advan
tage to the Bri.isli shipping, and would al3o
give them an opportunity to deprive us of
the !;* trying trade.
Bn* the gentleman says there is n regula
tion in the bill which will counteract that,
vi*. that you shall not import from any port
any tiling else but the growth or manufac
tur« ot the country where it may le situated.
1 do not conceive with the g milcman from
Rhode Island (Mr. Potter) that this will
produce either a ncti-iuteicourse or embar
go , lor 1 do not belifeve, while a ve«se) sails
0,1 the ocean tha' Great Britain will be de
i wived of our manufactures, or we of theirs.
But we may lie made to pay dearer for bee
manufactures, and that will' be the only ef
fect of it. . It will increase the smuggling r.f
goods; f u* it is impossible for the art of man
to prevent the running of goods into this
country, where the premium is sufficient to
pay the risk. It vou nut on 50 or fin or inn
per cent, premium on the advanced prices,
it will but bean additional motive to evade
your laws; and while they have vessels to
navigate the ocean, and people to ply them,
and whilst there are ports and harbors in’
numerable on the continent of the U States,
aiul islands at proper distances, it is impos
sible but this should be the case. In addi
tion to them too, look at the islands along the
whole extent of the coast of Canada. It you
make an attempt to prevent direct import
ation, it will cost more than the whole re
venue of th» United States, to keep people
to guard tlu avenues to it on the St. Law
rence, Lake Ontario, ami the other Lakes.
I* will be impossible to prevent smuggling.
The only way to prevent it, as the great
\\ illi.im Pitt did, is by taking off the duty
and thus reducing the bounty to smugglers.*
Now, as to the carrying trade, suppose we
make a regulation, that our produce should
no>be carried directly to England but in A
merican bottoms. Are the ports of England
the only ports through whiwh our produce
could get to that country?
We have heard a great dec! of talk about
Amelia island—that is the verv place to
which our produce wouid be carried. Hut
Aimlia island is not the only place ; there
is Madeira, Tenneriflfe, Faya!. Cadiz and
other places far dcfiota—and our produce
would go in this roundabout way with dou
ble freight, which would ultimately come
put of the pockets of the plunder. What is
now the situation of cotton, tobacco and such
articles ? They are jow in pi ice, because
the non intercourse act prevents them from
going directly to a market—and we are now
going to establish a regulation to continue
this state of tilings. It, sir, Great Britain
would sit still tamely and not retaliate when,
she has means in her power, all this would
operate very well. But can gentlemen sup
pose that would be the case? It L this that
1 deprecate. 1 am against every part of the
bill except the two lii.-t sections, and that
which repeals the non-intercourse. Every
gentleman who has spoken is in favor of the
.v/o fiis. sections, ant* 1 have litnrd no cue
against it. liu. 1 have no inclination toem
banass our commerce by these shackling
regulations; and therefore hope tins section*
as well as several others connected with it,
will be stricken out.
i lr. hiiKi (1.) said he was opposed to
striking out the filth section ot tlie bill. Ha
ob9ei v etl that it did not appear very neces
sary in tins case to speak of the embargo
and non intercourse laws; the embargo In <1
passed away, and the non-intercourse, if at
any time it had any effect, it si not consi
dered to have any effect intended To bring
into view at this time, a consideration of those
things which prevented the effect of the
embargo or of the non intercourse laws, will
not be a conciliatory subject, and it does not
now appear very necessary to contemplate
what ttiu effects of the embargo or of the
non-intercourse would have been, if these
J ‘everal laws bad in their operation been
supported by the pure principles of patrio. '
| ti9»» or by the naval force of this nation.
The non intercourse law hath not had the
effect intended, and the existing state of
things under that law imperiously requires
the adoption of some other measures. An
arrang' m mt between the United S afes and
Great i ri ain hath been made, and the sti
pulations of that arrangement have, on the
part of the United States, been with good
faith performed. Great Britain disavowed
that arrangement, recalled Mr Erskine. e’e
sent another minister plenipotentiary to the
United Scales: and the conduct of that new
minister compelled the Execetive pmvern
meut to refuse to leceive any further com
municaiions from him. These events pre
sent additional reasons for the adoption of
[measures different from those now existing.
1 he United Stttes have heretofore desired
to be and remain neutral ; the principle of
neutrality as respects Great Britain and
1 ram e, is retained in this bill, rod the 4th
and 5th sections of the bill, contain provisi- ’
mis relative to commerce with the-e two na
tions and their dependencies. The fourth
section confines that commerce to the shins
a id vessel* of Citizens of the United States
—.'.ml the fifth section contains provisions
bn- regulating ami directing the mode ofcon
ductmg ‘bat commerce Commerce with
nations, other than those of Great Britain
and France, and their dependencies, is not
affected by this bill, except in this, that the
pro Incts and manufacture* of Great Britain
and of France, and of their respective de
pemle'icirs, are prohibited to be imported
intotne United tftate*, except from* ports
and places respectively in Great Britain
f r 10 * ' a»ce, of in their respective depen
dencies, * \
'Flie gentleman who is chairman of the
committee of foreign relations, heretofore
‘■id *ay, that he considered the U. States
at war, since the time of me attack on
Chesapeake frigate. With ti e opinion of
that gentleman, said Mr Klua, i agree to
a csrtshi eXGot, "nd this bill ttttf