Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-03-29 00:00:00, page 2

,*.funua\.'snowuzn,
" " we:,M '
t'WMuoDdhnN-cm
-si 'si-MMJW
angry? 'qsif—W Unitedsi State;.
THOUSB OF'RZPctZ'Zs; um THLES.
.Tm: RSbAYTZsABcYs 22; '
_ Dsizﬂm .
_ ' On {hc'reducticn ctu- drﬂy andsichy. -
. {ooxcmozm}
_ Mr. Ruoou-n aid he lad no Means
Frovok'mg th: discussidnsi- which had com
md.--Ue was mlling m -submitsi b'u
{'t-position to Rhe m: - commince na
' ad" undu- considcution che geodemao's
Mqaiiion for laying addit'l'dnal duticssi,
add ktsi'gensh-men take their choice.—
The cdusicuhy which he feltsiinspe'ak
59! Mi- Hall had cachd Mr. Randolph
uctW.remct-nk, znd that was—sslhac i!
Fwsinﬂfij meansi to lay addition! duties,
" "Lia 55 nr'uuany to keep them on not
w]! GK year, but many years. Mr. R.
n'd kctshdsinot expccud that she gentle
m-Uctll'c-chn che head of the cummitdec
ZWWQL house, such an Opinion on
- M." Of direct nation as was to_ be
bait" .{som hie obccn-nions. What
YW be the eﬀect o! laying addifiondl du
Pcth si?!- ouc or two ycm ? The essfzct
\
xx.-n'am :Mi—sid was. si
hot red de __ Whom: uucin
. tiusizzsim-ctn 5. not one hide
Am nunhu bceusigig
precssnely the same thing ; and mrssn. ma
if we ot back, which he did uorknowct- to
lk'pracxicablc, to the old cyctem, we should
"find an increase Of rssevenue,'no\withuaud
ing the rivasilry of our own mufach
ctOne word morcsiaaid Mr. R. lad ( have
donqac least for to-day- Among the ob
ject: which induced mcsslw-wbmic the mo
tion now before the bones or at least one
Which deny mind ought 80 weigh in in la. ss
vow is this : thasie this 'psanting our mldien
like comnch rice in-a unnp, which-ctmy
collea'giu fish" w see" brdu'ghl Iofig'ht, and
it} yhich wish ] wot; he! hnd one effect
Mssiuq the any de {me to the re
M W uhich never the asivesy;
' mgct bunch of 'our hdqgmusiq.
nued : ' nay. !! kid ini'e," usi—
thn de 'me'u cell ne uks. it must
he ' nue !th the draw no mien.
- ' Pe that the lniclu on vntcn me nu
flslll load wcnld not be Lintported, be
"9" they would have to compete in the
Madet'wkhbhose artigld: already imported
fresse .vf ss*udd':tional duty and moreover
Would hntssssc _to content] against the we"
grounded expectation that in a short time
theduty irould be taken oﬀ. So that in
ntead of getting uvcntzc you diminish it'by
flying addition! dut'tn. because the very
micks .ifhich n're to produce revenue will
cease to be imported. ' There is no dearer
quen'ton'tn finance or even in ar'tthmet'tc
then this. "
His coXlt-ngue had aid, Llr. R. observ—
ed, thatsithe t'choue having diminished,
heavisi-r dutic- must be impoaed on curtain
articlcs. \Vhy ! Because, forsooth, the.
mities are imported under a disadvctnntagc,
,owing to the cncrease of our domestic-msia
nufacturn. [! so, is in order to 'gtt reve
nue higher dutits were to be laid on import
ed 'atticlt-n. not uble to contend in our mar
ket: under only the present dut'tes, this
val'nkogcthetja new þlan to him ; it must
be 'os the new school of sinance ; it was al
together incomprchensible. _siW'tth respect
to—thc principle that thote nho incur debte
ought to pay them, Mr. R. said he agreed
with his couragtte; and although he was
not one of those who incurred the debt, he
was one of'those .wh'o'were willing to pay
it. They wane, pnquen'tonably by this
chtem of additional duties destroy what
nteme was lust, fron dut'm Io import:
and tonnage. He said he nther suz'pected
hie collengtte had fallen into : unnll mis
tihsi; and that when he spoke of ad valo
i-m dutics on goods imported, he ought to
have said on crticlu undulied : sorct under
__—*-- MH-o
7'\ .
the nrehent regitnessthey did nyﬂzmsiunt to
' 'Tndxsbar, such 29. .
A ..—
silnught mention thceonrmþ' "the alte
mion of the ruled and articlee of war:..l
{nighe zo-funherct-but [. spun} disposed
I further to trouble the housew exhamt my.
eelf. . ss - ss
Mr.. Sun;: saide: .vupnrpt'taed that
' - irgsh'u had expected
an immed'tue decided. of the min,. He
could not expect thet_d'thould he immedi- ss
itely decidedfss' He} did not 're : that it
had been brought forward, and e did her
ny whash'w opinion vould he when they
cune'tb decide- on in" but to do it at pre-'
seot',__he" said.,si would be ceminly pretnass
sitore. The absemfions niade'with respect
to the summes, the etne of the amy,'t'md _
ll['_that, he considered mit of the question
at present. The eubject of .be ctiute of the
army besidee was'ctcqmmittesid to : commit
m. An these subjects he aid he was wil
] ling to meet at] proper time, but he was
[not going to (ledde on-n motion of such '
importanceps that belore-{he house with- ss
out due consideration. ss 'ss
MR. MAcou said that both the gentle
*men from Virgin'ta-seemed- to hangiven
him : lest handed touch. ln reply to one
(Mr. Rlndolph) he _would observe that he
would- nev'cr enow .that the embnr'go was
not a wise measure, and he was willing to
discuss it over and over in at any time.
The other gentle'm'an (h r. lippes) had
spoken of the army. Mr.'-M. said he did
vote for the increase of th: army and in :
similar Situation would do the same again.
He had besteved that the attack on the Che
sapeake was as much war as the attack on
Comenhage-n. This had been his impres
sion and this he had stated at the time he i
? ior peace; and whenever it is decided by
['the representativea of the nation that they
will submit to the.decrees of Greet Britain
lad France, wheneverthey repeal the non
! intercourse,which,whether feeble or strong,
; is the only measure betweensius and lub
ss mission, ! for one will go hand in hand
ss with those who will reduce the army and
F time. -l voted for them lor war lad not"
'___
?. Pin", 1! "m !! si-szv/ds ._ zems-"
_8me committec qs the whole to whom W
commimd the bill fit laymg addition! du- .
THE mbuquent extnct presents en ps
fectin picture ofthe ealmitiet of tus, and
Ihdlgbcmdby nllthm whom-pt to
me nuh horror- with levity, Truly on
this eubjeet may it'bc nid,
ddph's motion to refer his- reulutim to the
ties, lad carried.
deem : shrrender of their righte.
The question was then taken an Air. Ran
tagee which will result from what I shall
navy, and give to the people all the advan- .
ing troops in time of peace, and ! tear not
that it will be believed that I am in tavor of
either a atanding army or aaVy in time of
peace. Our deleoce depends on the people,
but aportion of troops were necessary 'for
garriaon .duty in which the militia cannot
be employed—Gt when the additional troops
were raised they were considered sufficient
for that object, and it was so stated at the
them. ] never have been for raiain etand-'
had t'oted for an army. 'He had believed
at the time that G. Britain meant to follow
ttp her blows, and he was prepared to meet
her. But, ainoe- that, an embargo had
been laid ahd then subatjtuted by non-in
tercnurse. " "Is the sin of embargo was on
his head, he said he should die-with it. He
was willing that this reeolution ahould- be
committed. New: mighteome from Eu
rope which would make it necessary to raise
men. if no, anid he. let us do it when it
never had a doubt of the right of this house
to et.si:._uire into the state of it. it belong:
to the nation am] not to the ext-tutive.
Mn- RANDOLFH wished tu state that he
had given his friend from North-Caroiina
too many honeet right-handed touches, ever
to give him a lest-handed one.
M-n. Evpzs sarid he had no intention to
give the gentleman a wipe—for it would
have been at the same time to eat a reﬂec
tion on himself. it will be reeollected, said
he, that when ! voted for the army ! took
the ground that the embasgo muet at some
time he mind, and when it was that there
musthewar-—and ] declare that if ] had
sorcseen that the establishment would be
kept up year aster-year, and that those who
raised the troops had not energy to use
comes ; let us do what is right under e'x- ?
ming circumsmncea. As to the army, ] ss
CALAMt'ru-zs OF WAR.
From the Prmncn': .Yottmal.
"
l__
of the past.
" Overpowed by such dreadful nenea of
calamity, [deemed it even : relief to
and contemplate the horron of the field.—
Howsoever mangled there ! found many of ;
my fellow creatures, yet these listless -bo- :
dies had at least surmounted their suﬀer- 1
ings; but the unfortunate inhabitants of <
Eyhu were yet languishing on toward: the
more excruciating death of hunger. This
would certainly have been their dismalsilot,
uthe whole mrounding district wan e
quallyybereltof-every means ol sustenaoee'
had they not soon received from Konigs
berg the man deeirable relief and refresh
ment, beeides clothing, liven, and every
necenary article to-repair and make their
dwellings tolerably comfortable. Had I
first visited the field olss battle, thin hideous
unusual eight, which ! hope never to see
'siain, wpuld have _undoubtedl ehecked
me more than it now did; sore ter having
my mind so deeply harrowed up with the
late dreadful needes, -l moot repeat thd-the
.ighc of the field. (rightful nit In. with
from 12 to [S.OOO slaughtered vietims ?
etrewed before me, wuteta relics. My
foot elgipped, and in einking, my hande
caughte ghntly human face! Here were ;
srqmeltl of-drume, corn, home, nddlee,
cloahsshm, mgu, broken muakeu, .pie: \
" si' rieo' modi- theae'sidmdﬄmasin. .
"rAgmnfhe rood- yfieufqmy:
'esilissi'iooity' Wsiffil 99" 'Wl. Weened:- .si
able cem'of action et E litt- Moet'tessrrsii- ;
ble,indced, hidtheiron , osmetamp- <
ed swbaaesuhncn upon then unfortunate
'dietricte. ssl'lcte the peaeesul pecuntwboss
reads nosinempper, nor 'that" teen "the
name of Bqnaparu, is mred from in: quiet
abodes ' Both friend and foe 'oeem'to have
united. to make him feel, to it": full extent,
hit woeful lod- Tlte Ruuiaoa. who ere ea
eanpedss-tn ethe-extent ofct-ive' or six miles ss
ss round Konigsberg, to mote them Ffirea in
thissiedd Weathen unroofed and bque up
I the butl of ill the neighboting-villagea— ss
: Every kind of proviaioo was Ne (away ;
, and what mede its'loaa more wort! ymgsswaa
4th five't'rq'uaa much wai-wastcd-ae was
{made- r me of. This natuvdiy en"
!- gazed all t e peasanta agaimt the Ruuiane, ss
I not-conaidering sithat :tiiese poor toldien
* themselves were half dying with hunger.
[ Nor were thoee'peasants near the French
& quarters more fortunate; for they alao,
si without 'con'sideringsi che wretched nmatwn ;
of thdn misetablc people. took- whatever;
} - - 4
theLcould fand ; and in pasnng ]essau, the
chtor of which place had ﬂed tt') Kon'zt- j
berg, they employed his whole pious libra- ;
! to boil their kettles. ' "she restor's'sitter
* confined by the theutt'tatism, could am no ]
1- cape. She lay in a little garret. Saide *
! oatmeal mixed with "melted snow Was he- ]
; sore her, and this, (or eight days' had been
] her only Sustenance. _.'5We gave her a small ss
! portion of our travelling stock, and joy and i
? gratitude bearmd th'ough her tears. The
si nearer we came to Eylau. the fewer marks si
' ot devactation we sound; andthtmgh there
ss was no proviciou to be had any where, yet .
we saw at least human faces ; for the other ]
ss villages n'e passed through Were all desert
ed; nor had the house: here been so much
damaged, which gave a: some relief, after
the variouo scene; of misery we had passed
through. In the totally desolated t-iZlage
os Kleinaausgerten, we-once more found the
terrific picture of war; but misery, indi
me: and distress, ( first saw in extreme at
Zlylau itself. Parents were there already
so far reduced as to be forced to bury their
literally atarved habe- in their gardens.-——
Bread, meat, wine, brandy, salt, or tohac
co, were no where to be sound. Poor, ema
ciated, hollow-eyed spcctres, were crawl
ing about the street: covered with rage like
the mon piti-ble began. To inter their
dead bodies, was scarcely possible ; and
even my eetcnce of Vinegar was not suffi
cient to defend me in their church. ] never
should have believed, without seeing it my- ss
atli', that human nature could have borne 4
such an exctzssive degree of misery. The i
place had cruelly been given up to plunder. ss
In short, every thing was ruin destrot'ing
and laid waste. Not a door nor a window
nor a'cuphoard was remaining. This is in
deed the less extraordinary, when we cott
aider that the town had been twice in the
possession both of thefFrench and Russians,
and thou twice were the streete streaming
with blood. The combatants even follow
ed each other into the very houses. From
the highest to the lownt of the inhabitanu,
they weren" robbedsiof etery thing they
possessed, and simple water with : scanty
pittance of mouldy bread, was all they had
to keep life tOgether. Many died through
fear, many from ill treatment, and many
were yet sick from the painful rccoliection si
This Armsu-ong man, however, in chro—
pinion,-is more -entidod w comminution
than acverity. The gr'euness os Bonapme's
power; the unrinlie'd magi'ifidcncd aside
court md cqxxipzze; the tublimily of his
nppmnce and address; and the intrigues
and imi'nuning manner of his ministers, have
conuibmd lurgely 'a inmxicutc 'dde pocs
nan; innomuch that be ﬂzdofit impmctica-F
ble now, to set the indcctM-mlat lutesman -
he cannot require their unburied civimie :,
by perpetually ncuning to tho' uogntesu!
them of French aggrouiomss All his dorm
mil-incline, therefor- bm- evident marks
ofnuioo, timidity; ind 'lmfiilnm o! osct.
: (using in an exigencysi: Whoknowlsibuthiz
sihcart may be moved to undertake this for
, me ? Aye, md—who know (cttuke courage
; captain !) tho know but hiutdgun majes-si
3 'ty may d'eign to leml an ear'to your supplica
! tions; cspedzlly-wben be seen youqlouq
? ** confinemmt," me] th'sstt, in addition to all
! your suﬀerings, you at-o.ready to "]my the
si sine," is he will but condncgnﬂsiinssthc puni
! tude of his ctucrc-y, to 1et you breaths aguilt
: you: native sir! . '
-Wc mmtconjurc enry'honebt num, whe
ther sedcr-Jist, democnt, or quid, to answer
? us upon ti.c locked dcchmlon—osindepmd
si enoo, is this stile i: compniblo with the dig—
! nity osthe representudvc of a ('t-ed,.indcp'end
: ent and powerful people ; partie blar!y,'wheu
s repiying tothe imperadvectcall of opens hi
E fellow cidiens, who hzd been wrongfully me!
si villainpmly doomcd to wear out more Men
one whole year, in . louhnme prison !' ! _ Re—
vmcthe am, anssd wect warrant we should
hear at lean! the voice of independen'ce, and
no doubt a quimtum cufficz'! ds-lrmgm, by
way of nate. Turn the priaon'doognposin on'
of Bonapartc's Bagatclln, nndct though the
case of imprisonmcnt be ev'crao good, the
lmgn-ge of hominis 'Turrcan would hardly
be-lm'll ende avor to engage the ncrelcry to
lay it bssfore the [incident : No. noss! Which
frandum would, before one hour, te?! this'
p'telfdent face to fare; that the subject m
not mlyiforlhm'm be libercud, but that itsswn
expected : limilar act would not her allowed
to oecor again. Altcr the one oncefmom,
and we blush for the depnvitifof human na
ture. France hu hundred: o! our native ci
tjzem at this noment in her prison; and
wha: is the practical "language of thin coun
try? !: i: Aajeolesion, let him do plat denied:
him good :-but let it be ucemimctdss thlt
ONE native .lmcn'can issiin nsiBo-i'ct [winn—
and' this Country, 'srom one end to'the other,
would be in a son: .' Proclamaiom, m
meeting: and rcsolulimu, would be let loose.
in all their terrors !
1
l
' ram! "acts, Maken :9.
si . ss, , .
\V_HOEVER {bit bY-md" pmong many
others of I timid! pW-thc qnswn o (Gc.
sincru-l A'mt'ronk, w! w? lf-sim him from
ss Cosipeain William Mind;. Jaw p! the hie
Juno, ol' Norfolk, (publilbgizlss' in last Salur.
'day'b Ca'zdne) and has no; fele his blood w] ss
within him; must bb of ilmmol, phﬂozo.
ph'tc-xcmpcnwrb. to '(uch we confess "
could never atuin; Heat tho lugun'e a
:hamhnimr of m-lddemdmt nation, and
judgezis it be' not ruthe} thin of'myc who}.
awcd into cowardice, by use bssitematlous dis
play of the glory of Napoleon. Send to me,
' (says he to the Captain] c'mefimir. nating ymr
long confine'mdﬂ, ANB siOFFsiRlNG TO'
PAY-THE FINE inflicted upon you, 04 to::
dilioh qsyoursi imhcdiate Ii'bcraki-m'; th': me.
'nsiuoir 1 ws]! um! ye me mhn'ctcr J'sore'gn qssi.
shire, AND ENDEAVOR TO ENGAGE
[ "( Vl to lay it' 'bffore hu lissajrny: What :
\ chmpion us this, in his codnry's'causc !—
,ss 'What sin ever bccnsi his dmy-to claim :: a
* right, we find him begging a; a savor ! " En
' deavcr to engage biti'si-thﬂ is, With all the
gemmlm'u']: ] am mustenos ; ! willan him
in sprcpiliou'mood, and then humbly, likl
- queen Esth'er, prose!L My suit for my' cow.
trymen. Great gobd busi often come "by ven