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explaieee, • I will only remark here, thai it is not to
believed that the British Government, after being, i
defeated as before mentioned, .n its e.rdeacours to
Make reparation in London, (or the wring toot.' by
its servete,, would have sent hither a Seeeial Envoy
.to Fief honourable satisfoEtion; but from its sincere
desire` to close tllis wound, if our own G(azio-nment
would iuffer ii to be. healed.
Permit me now. to ask, . what nun, impartially
viewing the subje&, will have the boldness to s 4
there exiats any cause for plunging the United Stales
into a war with Great Britain ? Who that respetts
his reputation as a man of common discernment
will say it? .Who that regards the interest anti
welfare of his country will say it ? Who 'then can
justify, who find an excuse. fir a course of cunduti '
Which has bought our country into its present state of
alarm, embarrassment and distress. For inySell, Sir,
I must declare the opinion, that no free country was
ever' before so eanselessly, 'and sd blindly throve •
from the height of prosperity, and. plunged into ft
state of dreadful anxiety and.sutfering. But front this
degraded and wretched situation; it is not yet too late
to escape. Let the dispatehes from our Minister in
France be no longer concealed. Let the President i
perform. the duty required of him lay the Constitution;
by giving to Congress full intizirmation "of the
state of the union in nape& to foreign nations.
Above all, let him unfold our a6,tual Situation with •
France. Let him tell us what are the demands and
proposals of her Ruler. Had these been 'hum/rabid
to the Upited States, would not the President have
been eager to disclose them ? That they are of an en.
tirely different nature, that they are dishonourable,
that they are ruinous to our - conono ctok interest,
and d„angvrons to ot;r liberty and indpendence, was
are left to infer- '
I hope,'Sir, that the nature and magnitude of the
subje& will furnish a sufficient apology for the
length and style
.of this letter.. Perhaps -borne' ma);
deein it presumptuous to question the coisectnet,3"
the proceeding ofour Goverument. A strong sense
' of duty, and distressing a_ ppreerensions .of national
ruin, have forced the task upon me. To borne, tba
sentiments, which, in the sincerity of my heart,' have
expressed, may give offence : for often nothing of
feeds so much as the TRUTH. Yet do I not de.
sire to otlend any man. , But when I see the
dange•ous • extent of Executive influence; when
I see the. Great Cotincil .of the Nation called
on -to exa6t laws deeply . affecting the . interests
.of . all classes of citizens, without adequate in-
forthation of the reason of that ' call :_wheat
1 Observe the deceptive glosses with which - the
mischiefs of the Embargo are• attempted to •be
I. palliated; and posterior events elduced
.aa reason'
to justify the measure : when I know that rir&esks
of tentiuuing their eommoieial.pmsnits agaiest ':11
known dangers, can and will become more acceratir ,•,
ly calculated by our merchants than by our Ge* ,
vernment ; when., if any
.new d„ogers -t6 corn.,
' merce were impending, .of • which our 111CV..'H
chants were uninformed, but of which the Govern..
ment obtained the knowledge through its Ng'
ulster at Paris, or elsewhere, the 1
gets . 1
duty of the Executive to' maitkewatshols)lcait
known to COngreas and the Nation : and since it se I
made known, The Merchants and the seafaring Citim
tens would, fOrtheir own interests and Safelyehal
then! taken the precautions to guard againsem : and
and as it hence appears certain tiuit the. Embargo was
.notoecessary to the safety a " our seamen, or 'sires-
sets, or our merchandise ;" where. Sir, I see and con •
Bider these things, and their real eerdelltli in 'i
word, when. I observe a cote:se—of preeeeding Which
to tme appears calculated to. mislead the 'Ptlt'llc
mind to public.euin,. I cannot be silent. Regardless,
.' therefore, of personal Consequences,
I have under-
taken to comp-intik:ate tileset derails, with a vit:w to
'-dissipate dangerous illusions; to giveto toy conslie
tuents correctinforMatiOn information; to excite inquiry; and
to rouse that vigilant jealousy which is characteristic
Republicans, and essential lo the preservation:of
their rights, their liberties, and independence.
• I have the hOnoutt to be, very respei.ttfully,
. Sir, your obedient Servant,
Tzevene PICKERISG.

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