The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-27 00:00:00, page 3

Mif /Tire (T.) fcpoke inteply. .
• Mr. (>unit tiier rpoke at some length in j
explanation of the reasons why lie should
vote f< r the bill. He fore he concluded his
icmnrkv. the House ailjiHiriicd.
[ /'/its ilcbutr on t/u- /trine t/Ue of the bill
will be given hci'euJ'tcr ]
f Fhibay, January 19.
SKA L&Ti'KkS.
Mr. .Vex'ton le ported a lull “ to prevent
m the issuing ul‘ sea letters, except to certain
r vessels.'*
[T;ie following is tin- bill:
lie it enacted, &c. that in future no sea
letter or other document, certifying or prov
ing any ship or vessel tube the property of:
a citizen or citizens of the United States,!
shall he issued, except to vessels entitled to]
be registered. Any law or laws heretofore ]
.passed to the contrary not withstanding ]
£ The bill was twice read and referred to!
Ha committee of the whole.
W Mr. J.ove reported a bill to authorise a
jail to be built in the county of Alexandria
in the district of Columbia. Twice read
and referred to a committee of the whole 55
to 30.
Mr. Fan Horn presented a petition pray
ing a modification of the laws respecting the
District of Columbia, which relate to judi
cial proceedings and to insolvent debtors,
&c.—Referred to the Committee of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
CONVOY AND ARMING.
Mr. Burivell rose to submit to the consi
deration of the House the prepositions of
which he had given notice u few days ago
He should not now enter into a discussion of
them, but wished them to lie on the table
and be planted. He said he should, if he
had an opportunity, make a motion to re
commit the bill now before the House te
specting commercial intercourse, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether it was the
disposition of the Hou«c to incorporate these
propositions in that bill or to m ike them the
.subject Oita distinct proposition
Mr, B. said it had always appeared to him,
since the abandonment of the embargo, that
further commercial restrictions would be
unavailing. lie bad hoped the reasonable
course of the government would have en
Kwred n respect to our rights; but be now
found the relations between the two coun
tries to be yet imenanged. He said he hud
nwoi.ueu bvime uays since, that lie was de
cidedly against war, if it was possible to a
void it, and lie was «l the same opinion s*ill.
lie would not, if it could be avoided, ci.g ge
in a contest with either or both of the b ili
rents, or connect the nation with either of
them. At the. same lime, however, he was
equally confirmed in the opinion that the
tlmehad arrived, when it became the duty
of the United States to maintain by force,
il necessary, their right to cam on com
merce to every country which will receive
it on fair and honorable terms. i'hc object
of the resolution he was about to submit was
to obtain a decision ot the House, whether
they would employ our naval force to con
\ oy our trade to tnose nations not having in
force decrees against our commerce, and
whether they would permit associations a
mnngour merchants for the purpose of ar
ming and defending themselves in their
trade to any foreign nation. At the same
time Mr. H.saiJ it was proper to declare it
•is his opinion, taking a view of the uncer
tain situation of affairs, and having refer
»-nce to the late urgociation and the possi
ble course which may lie pursued by the
Jiriiisn government in relation to this conn
iry, that it was a duty which they owed to
t hemselves and to the nation to place the
country in the best state of defence. With
that view he said he would co operate in
tiny system which might be digested for pre
paring for war. lie again declared that it
■was not his object to promote a war system,
ilis ebjtct v. as merely defensive, as it con
templated nothing more than to defend
tuose rightsofthe United Stales which were
not questioned in this House or elsewhere
by any American, whatever his political o
pinions. Whenever the nation was called
t.pon to take this course, lie hoped it would
be able to defend its rights. In presenting
tuis proposition to the House, lie had inero
ly offered his view, which it would be pre
> umption in him losay was entirely correct ;
but it was the itsnic of his mature consider
. tion. Mr. li then read the following reso
lution :
devolved, 1 ha> the 1‘reskl -nt of the U. S
l>e required immediately to employ the pub
l.c armed vessels ! ir the purpose of convoy.
i>tg and protecting the ships mid vessels, the
pioperty ot citizens of the United foiatei,
t tdeu v.uli goods ot their growth, produce
or lOunui'uCvUi r, and not contraband of war,
1,1 their trade to and from ports open for their
1 ( crp.ion by the temulations of the govern,
mtii! under whose jurisdiction tliey are si
tuate ., mid notrbeing actually blockaded or
invested i»v a competent force: Provided
such government shall not have in fn.ee or
tiers or decrees against neutral commerce;
;.nd that the owners and crews of merchant
i esselsowned, laden or destined as aforesaid,
t e permitted to associate and arm for their
defence against illegal capture and inolesta
t on, tinder such regulations as si. 11 be pre
scribed by law,”
Mr H said there were two other views
cf this subject, which he had not touched
upon. It would fie hereafter for the House
to decide whether it would b** proper to
permit the public vessels of the U. Slates to
rrea/i/ure 'tsiels tiiken under the ordets
and decrees; and whether it would be pro
per to authorise the merchants to associate
and arm, and to permit them to captu e a
ny vrrcel by which the y may be attacked.
9 Mr Dana suggested the propriety of the
variation ol a word io the resolution, which
war, mure peremptory than the stvle gene
rally used wfien Bpoalcing of the President
<! the U. Sta ts. Heads of Departments
were required, (>»t the President was gene
i illy retjucMed ir auih/rited to d , any ,.rl
As in the gi not ill jMii-jcct ot t lie j ('solution,
ol' . »>. sai he w.is gi ul that it was brought
hr ward; tliar a specific proportion was
juevented which the ii misc could really ii:i.
<ler»:anrl( and wlticn seemed to lie approach
ing somewhat to serious business.
. ^',r :vpll *«’' I fu* had »r> objection fotlie
rnodihcati.iii tuggia cd, but he though? the
* epres-unn * req ir>c was co> Hned '.j calliugl
• ).».i the Pres,dent for run i ,n, a cave
) i w ii tell i‘. was .it bis option to comply o’
l.ut ij
i'ite revolution was ordered to lie on the
1 ible and to lie p, inu d
Air. Jj/iti'iOri aher «"mt remarks on the
J";* v »'» desultory mode of doing bn tineas, '
I "dun He table fui coniidtiaiioi, ibc lid.uw
i »g resolution:
'• Ttta' ttic following he added
1 ''' * " <b'»v. T e< (s. ororr* of the House :
1 bat Ki n! ;j, in each w> k, be set ,.p.»rt 1
iiu c<-iivid* ration o, a |mhu not! bids o?i I
uving !. m in.tibor.*.”
J
t
?«lr. Jct:ningt offered the following resolu
tion :
liesolvrd, '1'nat the committee to whom
were referred petitions of the citizens of In
'Lana territory. praying for an extension of
the tight ot suffrage, be directed to enquire
into the expediency ot authorising ami di
reeling the- executive authorities of the se
veml states and territories of the U. 8. res
pectively to deliver up on demand anv per
son or persons who shall huve been charged
with any crime or crimes, and who shall have
fled iron the territory of Indiana, in which
they shall have been charged, and who have
been found it* any of the slates, to theLxec
utiveof the Indiana territory, to lie removed
into said territory for trial ; and that the
said committee have leave to report thereon
by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr, lt/ira the resolution was
01 <1».red to lie on the table till Tuesday next.
Mr. Duna, from the committee appointed
to present to the President of the U. States
the resolution on calling for information, on
the subject of detachments of inili'ia, repot
ted that the committee had performed the
service assigned them, and that the Presi
dent was pleased to Hssure the committee
that attention w«<ul:l he paid to the subject.
AMKKICAN NAVIGATION ACT.
1 lie House resumed t‘.e consideration of
the bill concerning commercial intercourse
with (». Britain and France, and for other
purposes.
Mr. At/tea's motion to strikeout the limit
ing clause yet under consideration.
A debate took place, i t which Messrs.
Livermore, Sturges. Root, Potter and Sawver
opposed the principle of the bill, & Messrs.
Cutts and Macon supported it.
Mr. Act; was proceeding to debate the
principle of the hill, when
Mr. blirffaj, after protesting against the
ptacticw prevailing in thellou-.e ol debating
tiie principle of a billon a motion to amend,
s tid expressing his regret at being impelled
b\ his duty to attempt to put. a stop to it, re
quired the decision of the Speaker on the
question whether, on a tno’ioii to amend a
particular section, it was in order to debate
the general provisions of the bill. Mr. S
reduced his particular objection to Mr. Ive)’s
| argument to writing ns follows:
I “ 11'at he thought the gentleman from
Maryland out of order, because he sajs his j
| object is to show that there are features in
I the bill which ought not to be adopted, and
lconsequently that the bill ought not to he
| unlimited, and therefore the amendment
I ought wyt to prevail.”
I The Speaker decided that Mr. Kev
vr.s
out oi orrW.
! Mt'- Ary appealed from this decision,
vliich was cot fi -med by the House, without
debate. Ye*s and Nays f>8 to 46.
Mr pltUn spoke against the motion:
l he question on Air. Hhta’s motion to
Strike out the cluiseot timitu-ion, was deci
din'bv \ e.is and Nays, as follow :
YEAS—Messrs I,. J. Alston. W Alston
I Bard. Calhoun Clay.Cuob, Crawford, Dawl
son, Desha. Eppes. Gardenier, Garland.
<iiay, Howard. l,von} Me Kim. T Moore
Nelson, Khra ( i enn,) Shaw, Sheffey, Smi
j lie, Southard, iavlor, Weakly and White
I hill--26
| NAYS—Messrs. Anderson. Baron. Basset,
j Bibb, Blaisdell, Boyd, Breckenndge J Brown
R. Brown. Burwell, Butler. Campbell, J C.
I Chamberlain, W. Chamberlin, Champion,
. Chittenden, Clopton.Cox, Crist. Cutts, Dana’
Davenport. Ely. Emott. Findley, Fisk. Gan’
I nett, Gardner, Ghnison, Goldsborough, Gold,
Hale, Haven, Ileister, Helms, Holland. Hub
bard, Huttv, R. Jacksou, Jenkins, Jones,Ke
nan Kennedy, Kcy, Lewis,Livermore, Living,
stdn, Lvle, Macon, Marion. Matthews Me
j Brvde, McKee, Miller, Milnor, Montgome
;1V, R. Moore, Morrow, Moseley, Mumford,
i Newbold, Newton, Pickman, Pitkin, J. Por
ter, p B Porter, Potter, Quincy. Rea, (P.)
Kichards, Roane, Root, Ross, Sage, Sam
mons. Sawyer, Seaver, Sevbert, Srcelt, G.
Smith, J. Smith, S. Smith, Stanford, Stanlev-,
Steal urn n, Stephenson, Sturges, Swoope, Tap
gnrt, 1 allmadge, Thompson, Tracy, 'J’urner,
Upham, \ an Dyke, Van Hbrn.’Yan Ren.vse
l«ar. Wheaton, Whitman, Wilson, Winn &
Witherspoon-102.
i/lr. Macau s motion to limit the bill to
the encl of the present session, by striking
out the word ‘ next’and inserting ‘present’
now recurred.
:in^ ^r- Seuthard opposed, and
Mr. Macon and Mr. Livermore supported
the motion, which was decided by yeas and
na\ s as follow ;
tfEAS—Messrs. Anderson, Bacon, Hard
Blaisdelldlreckenridge,Campbell,J C.Cbam
berl iin, Chamberlin, Champion. Chittenden,
Clopton, Dana, Davenport, Ely, Emott', Gnr
land. Di'ldsborcaigii, Gold, (L ay, ll.de.' Ha
'eii,^ Hubbaid, R. Jackson, Kennedy, Key,
Lewis, Livermore, Livingston,‘Macon, Mat*
thews, McBryde, Milnor, Moseley, Pick
man, Pitkin, J. Sorter, Hotter, Quince v Hoot*
Uoss. Seybert, Stanley, Stedman, Stephen
son, Sturges, Swoope, Taggart, Tallmadge,
Upi'am, Van Dyke. Van Horn Van Renssc
lear, IV hcatnn and Whitman —54.
YEAS—Messrs. J. Alston W. Alston. Bas
sett, Hibb, Ho\d, J. Brown, Burwell, Butler
Calhoun, Clay, Cobb, Cox, Crawford, Crist'
Cults, Dawson, D-sba, Epp.-s, Findley!
1'isk. Gnimett, Gardenier. Gardner, Choi
son. He iste; , Helm*, Holland, Howard, Huf
tv, Jeokins, Jones Kenan. I.yon, Lyle, Mari,
on. iv ( Kit. Me Kim, Montgomery, N. R,
Moore. T. Moot. Morrow, Mumford, Eel
son, N-wbol.l. N w oi. P. B. pI(rtcl, ]{ea
(1 enn.) Ifbea ( fYn } Richards, Roane. Pore,
Sammons, Seaver, Shaw, Shelley, SitiVlt'
Smdie, G. Mmi.h. J. Smi h. S. Smith, South-’
ard, Stanford, Ta\lor, Thompson. Trtcv
l r; V'V * ,,r,,er. Wrakl<T. Whiichill, Wilin'
and V\ iMicrspoon-71.
And then the House r' journcd.
Saturday, Jin. 20.
AMERICAN NAVIGATION HILL,
i be bill concerning commercial uucr
course, See. was further discosM-d to dm.
Mr .Mumford nil red the folDtving’t wo
sections as mi amendment to the bill.
jl'icl be it further enacted, 'J hat the
I resident ot the United States be and In- is
hereby authorized to cause the armed tea
hoI.h of the United States to be held in re.uli
ot-ss to protect and defend by convoy, the
merchant ships and vessels belonging to the
citizens of tii ■ United States, and navigated
wholly by citizens of the U States, loaded
with the. u 'tides of tin- growth, produce and
manufacture of the U. S. and unitoriea |
thereof, (ronti nliatid of war exr,pt«-<j) humid
losuch foreign p,,rt» „r places as have node
crees violating the lawful comintrcc ofthc U
S. ’
“ And !rit further enacted, Thai the {j.
M7.ens of tl.e United Start’!, who j.h., 1 i.m
■ ■tir ships or vessels under prour.’t..
runvoy of the tinned Vessel or vessels of tl <
h. mi II i„. j.rroii'tcd to arm in their de
teiiee, nd fertile I><•«*■ r seenrity „f toe pro
^/uty c, the cil z-naoi th. United ‘J ute, it
shall Le lawful for the President ol the Uni
ted Stales, ami he is hereby authorised to
require the collectors of the customs in the
several ports oi tile United States, to receive
trom the owners of the ships or vessels and
'heir cargoes belonging to the citizens of the
Unired States, such proof of the property
loaded as aforesaid, and in case the said
property loaded on board of the said vessel
shall lie satisfactorily proven to the collector
of the port Iron) whence the vessel shall de
part. to be of the growth, produce or manu
facture ot the United States or territories
thereof, (contraband of wty- executed) be
•ongitig wholly to citizens of the U. States,
the said collector shall deliver the proofs of
the property so loaded on board of die res
pective vessels with a certificate under his
hand and seal, that he is satisfied with the.
proofs exhibited to hi n, the whole of which |
iie shsdl deliver to the commander of such
ship or vessel as the President of the U. S.
may designate for that purpose.”
Mr. Montgomery moved to add the follow
ing as a new section :
And be it further enacted. That it shell &
mav be lawful for the Pre.iichmt of the'Uni
ted States, and he is hereby authorised to
give instructions totiic armed vessels there
ol to seizs: any vessel or vessels e* tiding or
violating this law, and to bring the same into
any port of the U S. or the territories there
of, frr adjudication.
A motion was n. tde to commit the bill to a
select committee, with a view to amendment I
—and alter debase, negatived by jea.s and !
nays. Cl to 59
And the House adjourned at half past ■
four o'clock, without coming to any other de !
cisinn.
[Further details in our next.]
RICHMOND, JANUARY 27, 1S19.
FEDERAL VI Ell'S.
Tlie Federalists of the Citv cf N. York, ■
ir.ct on the 15ih inst. lo consider the Heso
lutions of thtir brethren of Albany, anti to
confirm their nomination of Mr. Piatt, ns a
candidate for the office of Governor-—on this
«»ccas’on, David B. Ogden, Esq. played the
Federal Orator.
Mr. O. is u/i to the huh —as the following
extracts from his speech will show-_how
fair, modest and ingenuous gentlemen of his
sect can sometimes he, how firm in their own
faith and tolerant towards their opponents,
and to what lengths, they can occasionally
push their love for France and hatred J'Sr
j England, let these extracts speak !
j Mr. O represents England as the shield
between us and France—does he say how
j n\uch it "bruises and breaks the arm” which
it covers?
| “ 1 he fall of England is ruin to us”—but is
he *ure, that a war with her would ruin her?
: If she were defeated, would she rather perish
j than yield us our rights?
j He tells us of the evils attendant on her
i fall does lie speak of the evils we should
1 suiier from submission to her wrongs—'fhe
lone is certain—we feel it in even, nerve—
the other is uncertain. England may foil
i France. If she fails, France mav yet keep
aloor from us—Both these are chances in
our favor, according to Mr. O’s views_
whereas England is now upon us. Mr. O.
is like the physician who would not staunch
the blood of his suffering patient, lest it
might ferha/ie hereafter bring on an a£o
lie is a r.io^t crafty politician—lie plavs off
France against G B. — he . conjures uo the
wrongs of the one to cover those of the other
—he is silent about England—all the phials
of his wrath are poured upon the head of
1 ranee, is he not ashamed* in this way to
conceal the wrongs of England—first in time,
i first in degree, more wanton in perpetration?
Has tiiis very modest politician never
heard of the murder of Fierce, at his own
£°°rs;-capture of our ships by the
English ■ if ttie refusal of indemnity in the 1
treaty'of Messrs. Pinkney & M time ? Oh ,
no! Nor of the Orders in Council__
ne v.nesapeatce-and as to our seamen i
the tew that air carried into the interior
oi 1 tauce, are of iar more consequence than
the thousands—the victims of British i,,,.
pressment-Wrongs moreover are laid
to trance, which never existed-he turn.
one end of his spye glass to France, tlie o’j
tber to Great Hr.lain—— he one swells to
a giant, and the other sinks into a pygmy.
Mr. O. murmurs at our submission to the
Berlin Decree—hut it -.vas n t put into ixecu
tion against us until Octobei-hill then,
it clashed not with the French treaty.
Who does not contemn his insinuations a
hunt the Embargo i The orders of J m. were
khown—those of Nov’r. were informally
Known to us—these are proved to have hetn
tacts how then stand? his insinuation ?
11 the l-T. S. should be at war with llri
tain, Mr. (.). knows that it is not on account
ot Jackson-lie slurs over impressments,
captures, murders, the numerous injuries &
insults ot his favorite nation-If he crihnot
see tlie insults of Mr. Jackson, it must be
because none arc so blind as those who will
not srr.
I^ct ftny TTinn scan ‘he spirit of these cx*
tracts, and then let him if he can, aver, that
there ate not men in this country, who love
England more than tlie IJ S, and take her
side sooner than the side of justice, and their
country.
Mr. OGDEN.
With tlie comment of Europe at his com
mand, what is to pit'em Napoleon from con
(fuelingthe world ? Will he be satisfied with
v\nat lie hasr.li eady conquered * Be not de
ceived. Alexander, after he had conquered
the world, wept because there was „„ other
world to conquer. Napoleon cannot stop if
he would-he has huge armies, and they
must he employed. Military atchievemeiits
arc the only road to honor in a military na
*"!" 11's ambitious and aspiring office is will
"•li st ! r opportunities t > signalize them
selves, and will have war as long as there
is an independent n moii to make war upon
Hat then, 1 ask again, is to prevent Napo
icon from conquering the world t
1 answer, tyitfland. In igiving tlii, an
know Isuojrt in) sldt to he called a
t «ay. I-„r fear ol hung so Called, slnd 1
ri »t speak the truth f My countrymen, 1
liisrtgard all that can he said about my he
mg a I oi y ; mid 1 despise and abhor the
w.ctcli who calls me to,for I am none. Yet
i speak boldly—if the people of ,i,r United
bM;ts will i,„i hear the truili ; ifanyscoun
dtri h . cm cry tory, can induce them to
un n a deal carlo it, then are we indeed lost
, "7 s, ul 1 hrt"’ve Hi it England alone
!t 'tills lit tween ttie world and universal do
ruination ; and believing so, I should despise
m>'‘»il i I feared to tell ) on so.
f*uc France the British navy, by which
she could transport millions of soldiers into
our defenceless country, could we successful.
Iv resist them? It we could, how muchbl .od
ami how much treasure must we spend in
our defence f Let every American serious
ly ask himself these questions.
Arc the people of the United States ready
to goto war with England, and thus assist
France in conquering herf Sup'%,e we
should be plunged into such a war ; sup
pose we should be as successful in it as the
most sanguine of our advocates for war could
wish ; suppose wc conquer Canada, starve
England, nay suppose in the language of one
«>! the enlightened majority in Congress, we
should tender her downfall inevitable—what
then i \\ hy, we sua’l dig our own grave,
'vc shall lrt\e destroyed our o.vn liberties,
wc should inevitably become French provin .
ces
But shoo’d we be unsuccessful against En
gland, slmuid she anninilute our c mnnercc,
destroy our seaport towns, and land tinny
thousand men among our negroes in the south,
might we nd* then ue compelled to sue for
peace ? and could we in such nil event ex
peci a more favorable treaty than we cou d
get now i
If we go to war with England, we nntst
either be successful or unsuccessful. If suc
cessful, we should lie ruined, (u tiofi seyui
tur J ifiinsucce,sful, disgraced.
Why then do our rulers mean to force us
into a war which must injure us materially,
let its issue be what it may ; let the advo
cates lor ill", waranswer lor themselves
t.iey tell u s bccuu *e the British miitis'er hi*
dared to tu shut we that Hubert Smith, cur
Secretary of State. knew in ha: hr d-d nut
kn.iv. and which he h id iu!<L the Jiritish
mini at cr he did nut knuw. Th:s insult, at
it is called, is the avowed reason why Mr.
Jackson has been dismissed ; why rcsoluti
ous have been passed by large majorities in
congress, declaring in language the most in
decorous and provoking to G. Britain, that
the President shall be supported. Is it for
tliis that e very thing has been done which
our rulers think may induce Great
Britain to make war upon us,* in which we
shall be called on to shed our blood, to spend
mu iicasui e, 10 1 isk me existence our no.
tion ! Arc the people of ilie U. fi. ready to tin
ter into such u war tor such a reason t
\\ hat thru, 1 may he asked, would I sulj
mil to any dt gradation, rather than go to war
with England? No; rather than see iny
country dishonored and di graded, 1 would
risk her existence. For existence, without
honor and without reputation, is a bauble
unworthy the pursuit of a man or a, nation.
It England, in defiance of a so’emn trea
ty. should capture our ships pursuing a l.iw
tui commerce—if England sliuul arbitrarily
seize our vessels upon the high seas, and
burn them . without any compensation—if
England should seize our citizens and send
them captive into prison in the interior of
the c. luntry—if England should sequester
all the property of our citizens, upon which
she could lay her har.ds—if England should
dare to iniorm our Secretary of State, tha
stie wanted money and must have it, and
thus endeavor to render us tributary to her
—it Engla dshould tell us you sha 1 not re
main neutral—then, sir, would my feelings
get thebettcroi me, and I would gi to war
with her instantly. And where is iheinde
pendent American, who would not willingly
spend his last .shilling, and his last drop of
blo..din such a war? Hut England has done
none of these things—but France has; and
yet tve hear none of our good republicans
sayit.g a word against htr It a British ca
nister dares to make an insinuation of an in
sult, it is good Cause of war, and no means
are spared to excite the passions and inflame
the prejudices of the people again t her.—
It 1 taiicc vjola-ies her tivaty burns our
vessels-seizes our citizens,-demands
our money—and insists upon our becoming
a party in the war with her-this is to be
submitted to without a murmur, because
it comes irom France. Americans! are
yon, or are you not independent? While you
assume t!ic bold front of a lion to one foreign
nation, will you cringe likea spaniel to ano
ther ? \V liile your administration are artfully
turning vour attention to England, will you
suffer France to trample yoa under foot?—
\ Liberal n
Mr. Ogden then stated that Washington
liad tally declared it to he lue interest ot
tite U. b to be perfectly neutral in the war
between Inuice unu laPi^lAiul, siucl our pre
sent ruleis, had professed to he neutral_
have they been so i ,ln 13Q6 France finding
"ti iter .attempts to conquer England hy t 1
vasion ridiculous, determines to destroy her
commerce, and passes her Berlin decree,
making all vessels hound to or coming from
Lnglainlor having British manufactures on
boai d good prize, this was in direct violation
ot her express treaty with us; and yet in
stead ot resisting in 1807, our Embargo law
was passed, by which our own citizens were
much injured, and our own country distres
sed, to aid Napoleon in his war upon the
commerce of England*—This measure was
Mien declared by the Federalists to he, what
it is now unanimously admitted to hate been
destructive and destructive toourselvcs alone
But for this we. were applauded in fr’-ancr,
and our rulers were satisfied—We stifle red!
and trance thanked us for our sufferings in
her cause—The ^moment however that (i.
Britain retaliated hy her Ordcra in C'juncil,
the administration were ready to take up
arms against her. N iy, they did not even
wait to hear that the Orders hod p ttscri, but
hurried through the Enibarg > act in autici
pat ion of the event.
Mr. O. said Mr. Jack son Uie British min
ister had been dismissed, and for what? For
an insult which no man could point out—and
yet before the tact to k place it was express
ly stal,,d in the papers printed in Paris, that
ne ‘‘Mr. Jsets >n had been ditntisard at
Washington. S ill there were sine who
affected not yet to believe that the hondo/jYii
fioleon VJCIH iH i In a thing. ! ,’j
L* Alottl liberal indeed /j
CHEETHAM vs PATtfE.
, It is kno vn to our readers, tiiat *Jain •« ( heet
uam has riuen the life «f Thun .. l\ti
1 hey have seen » ssmple of its veracity in tilt
strictures of Air. dim met t.
Hill v hat could Havre been txpcclcd better,
from the spirit nnd disposition ot ,vfj* Cln eth .m )
1 In- lion tines m i \m y on dead carcases ”
A generous enemy t*u, ies bin persnmd rcsi-ut
nu-itis in the gr .ve—nor thinksnf wr« ukmg
'hi the ilend.— i li<_- errors ot gicit men should b*
f-etly exposed— t.ieir p ihlic vices slmtlld n<>t t.
screened hy lb ■ run i of the tomb—,„-t pnhti
«.h.ns min ndiertlie inquest of tin •F'jpii-.n.sovtt
the herd butties of then king-., and u.t t belli learn
to t> e in hie.
Hut let the rrns»>'< tremble, who ah"»-s th<
1.1.1 la lit impartiality and candour troni po.
'.i/ii-il h ehng,— who as i'lin ■* tut public mqii1'
mm private rr»<-n:itu nt— wii » ll.stit bs ihe
• t t'.e dean, to gr.it.Iy the malignity of tin. hv
mg !
1 lie biographer of Thomis Paine iv that in tn
—AliercaUvHj Lwlvtcwb mun LaJ ... di
euen-L, »ee h oo am? .ed linn ih
us p iiijra.—retimed by .« proaecudon I >r
4 ll.Hl —A id ne.v c.M.cilltl
au.i a libel on tli** vi.'vv l..,n *x,nJ.
U,K his sU.mlcr# beyond the —Ts U» -re iu
remedy against s icli slanders in tin* law? j4 *
I15"*, 'K;t t > pi-043e.il i >11 fir I me
dca I, it* SX' ill .IS Ml-; living > 1! t.» in* t i > I3|i it,».
I* i.i <1 the derul s »ii»e vTuu t . thou d •*kn n-| 1|;-s (
—* 1 liis vj-iesii.iii strikus ti., I, • i* in.* t _
!»m‘ surety me law >1. . *i->• •»*i»Ie * : <i—hu-'ti
ilycn-u. to i*«ie tiieir i.i l.i.eru.ts appeuteu >.»
line r«;{siit«iiiiii itfvl.,- t|
l i mi o I'had ?»i>. i^nhs—Sut reiturict <>f
Sups m ;y. s ;t u;um th ? /, • p\-,'tU • of m •;y ,s .
l.efore the service* ui C,ni n>n sJa,* auJt/je Cri
* t will be i ir-.iiio i. 1 i of r, ,.r lU wt .ml
calumny, the- Jt^Uu M ui* in (J. endure lor
t*o* il lln !li<)|;riplier was rtJir»i;ied Tjj nogn.
mu •"‘•the *ci vices of f*a;iv;, by no r so-ct i.,r
dep iricd jr-piius, uo jfeiiKros ty t<’> .yards ti, • (hi.
tiles ol O.d Ajfe, !>y no dulicacy to ward* mi cne»
my who was incapable of ildl-noe—,t |.-4st,
J co’.nn >n prudence* a i-Cjfird lorh-s u.vii veracity
the Id ility o. (j'vinjf t .-*• imony xviiicii was c\.
I pone<l to and) st. ong •.•upicions, should bare ie*
I strained ins pci.
, . 1 he wirld have nlieaily before them, in the
l ‘•'•t'v.tnic.s in Mr. L.iiinait, * proof of the manner in
I which this biographer hHihar^ed his us* —
They have iwi ample pn.-of of the deli- acy nod
co Miliy oi !>;a jviminriKi Tl« y Have s en with
woat distinguished prowess lie h -s m uje his !>r. f
of ilic; characters ot the weak, ami the lulple*s.
Tlu> have seen him prowling among the tomb*,
anil br.imiin}' a “ retired, mi hirudin,', alia no ally
unjiroiect .*U v.w/i.w,” with .J.-!i >:»or
^ rts i cum incut on these Strictures, iulee 1, Mr.
C. bay .’.Id. v sseil a letter to ,h>-/tuitiic, in winch In;
states h s authoriiy for i.eking these charges a
yjaiiui M „Iun li ninev iie—l’!,;s address'd it
l. ol b -en a proper one, we shonhl have deemed
il our limy ti h\ie {luMiai.ed-nit it is full
of U19III litiois a«{liost MvUin 11 in.,esMl^—
; *' pf'.tejamjr to h. i jMstn e The Public Avl
vortisci, i.i New \ <n *, hiring aim >nnco<Lit* i>i
, tentioii of puuliHiiin^ this letter, v. as prevented
jby the follow.;i;'note from Madam 11.
iu the liMtorj of t:\: Public Advertiser.
— '
lumen-,
Observing with juirpiisc s^rl sorrvs
regret, yr>,ir uilt-ntion of publishing Uitentoam’s
reply to Mr. L ornett’s letter, l have to signify to
you,that considering these remarks of (Jheet
iiuiit s equally Miami t ills, iibcUous and iirili ii >u<
** me others* m winch they allu l.*, in publish*
mg them, you will become responsible for the
consequences.
M. 13 ilONXEVJLLE.
January 16, 1310.
I lie la-.t Aut tonal JitelUgnncer, which has
come to hand. brings do.vii toe proceeding., uf
C ingress to baturdjy only — 1 he Alexandria and
Georgetown punts of Tuesday give os brief
sketches oi those of Monday :
Mr Acit cfiVrod a Resolution which wit
modified, by the suggestions of Messrs. Dam it
I allmadge, t > read a* follows t
*" Resolved, That the preside!**, of the 17 tit cal
j States be requested lo cause to hr laid h fbre
i his house, by the proper depa.tn en*, a return
, of the army ol the United . States,. with the par*
| ti« ul u* force of each regiment and corps, with
i the «i-*atinatiou of die principal officers command*
ng the s.me, anti particularly' the condition if
that det..chment of the regular army allotted lo
Hie dvience ot D-* >v.U l.v.ua the i.umber sent
tlier**, with the ddiereiit il^iusitiom w.uch have
1 tic'.-n made of tins detachment, an t i s present.
ffective farce, with sit *.h oilier information as
j lie may deein necessary lo r.oiu.tm lioulu res
pecting the state oT th* army "
Mr IS if well called up .tin Resolution, laid on
i * trble s.iiiC nays since, relative to cduvovs cti.l
j arming our,metcoantmen. The Resolution was
i red to a seicct i-oiwmitu « < } <.ve On the
t;ti ;s:ion ot reference. Ayes luJ, Noes 18
_ Mr AJae.n called up l he cider of the day on
his bill relative to the intercourse between the
United Sl<t-s and Great Jin tain k Franco.
Mr Muviford't amendment was pronounced,
by the Speaker, out of or Ac r, as the same subject
I had be< ii refnred to u select comm.ii.ee, in Mr.
Uni-well’s Resolutions.
Ivlr. Montgomery's amendment was than be
fore the House—to authorise the President to
instrut tiie commanders of our armed vessels
to bring in for adjudication all soon vessels, as
might attempt to violate or evade the provisi
ons of the la-.v.
Mt\ Skeffcj moved to amend the amendment
by adding, tout nothing therein contained should
authorise the capture or search of any foreign
vessels without the jurisdiction of the United
States. This amendment was I ist.
Mr 3Iontgoviery thru modified his amendment
so as to authorise them to bring in for atljudic.i•
tion till 1'retch or Unglish Vessels ctuding or vi*
olating the provisions of this A t.
The question on this amendment w»s taken
by n>*:s and nojs—and lost, Ayes 47, Noes 7*
1 tie question then was on engrossing the t»111
for the third reading.
M i*. Man ford sp-k. in opposition to the bill —
considered it as colonial sirvuission In ivigian l
—and moved the postponement of its I'uitiier
consideration until t e third Monday in Febru*
Messrs. Taylor and JJ.itta opposed this moti
on.
The q-irstlon was then taken on it ami loft.
The cpioslion agum recurred on engrossing far
a third reading.
Mr. Gar denier advocated the motion a.rl the
p iss.ij.r»- of the hill, in a le x c incise remarks, —~■
And on niulion, the house atljvurnal.
What think you of this ?—D >es not Mr.
Coleman yet ties :rve his Statue <-/ Hr an >
“ It affords me real pleasure to ad l, that ever
since Mr. Jackson's arrival lie h i. been receiv*
i: K the most m irked and fl ctU raig a.tendons
tioni penilemen of the first disttne'i^u in our ci
ly-’’—N. V. Jiven. Post.
I 1'•ifE SA1.E of books by auction.
Will commence on Sained v evening, J i*
Hilary 2/ih, precisely at half pa.it six o’clock, at
the LJaolc and Stationary Store of William Prich*
a cl, op|»osite t!ic post c>fii e, where will lie of
fep.nl to (he public, u Mis' i-llan^ous coiieriinn of
I. terature in all tlic Arts and Smenres —Many
of which arc very scarce and vainaide.
Catalogue* will ha dclivcied the Evening of
sale.
J mmry 27. s It
> f OTIC'rl —The subscriber heintj desirous to
»-> Hose Ids Executorship of the c mate of
I'nd (» ah.-inc de and win icjs there ft|'p,-ars,
nv tin1 wi lot die said Giuliani, a debt to i>e cine
from the EtPir of his Grandfather iJiliic.nitCra
han , to the h m of Liles li g'« & Co—lor the
nut incut r.f which, or a part of wliirii, provision
i* in eh’ h) the wi I of the aid Paul Graham ;
•his is theref ire tofetpue tin’ said fam,or thuir
ipeiu to come firv.uid. state t ieir i liim, and
establish tot amount che*, that the same in «y do
;rt*l d i othci wise the assets w ill (after turret
in • .is from Ini. time) lx appi d t.» I lie clu •
Jinn}f‘* of o’her cl i.'.i. <’■ u iruni I n: esuU m ine
laid P c ilGral unj and this h iliuc will he plead
,’d ill Oaf to 11(0 Haiti 'lailli
hA.'.i CEE liUltiU ' S,
J- th 'f I'..I Gruk.tin.
Jnro'dn" Coimh V.rgi >
J .'uniry 21* l>, I ^oy. j 1 iwfJ.fU
(n EKM AN OSNAill'IltfS, for fc.de hj iho y
J liaic (i - iiiar c ln 11.(• ■ii is' i i.i . i..a ii....»
J baie or pie'c, hi me suhseribei, ;%t Ins iic.i»v,
ar coi. Mij'j’i ii.iil^ .. /
JAMEd ENNEsV
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