The Sun.
London, England, 1808-11-24 00:00:00

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ttit i'r till's tilsis be. Seiied, as by mtny jippre•
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betided, and by 'S'onle Asserted, to try an experiment
upon a favourite ylatt of.withdrawing ourselves en-
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iiely frbm-the seas, and wholly abandoning foreign
ommerce, it requires no deep penetration to fore-.
see that the expei-iment; if persevered in, will pro-
duce a, dismembermtfnt of the niion. " Where the
treasure is, there will be.the heart alsl." ' Friendship
and union end the -1-uoment that. interests, clash, or,
that an overbearing disposition betrays itself in a
seetion of the Union.. The commerce of New Eng-
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nand is our most-prodn4live.. figld of industry. De-
prive' us of this, and we-nan beCome hewers of
wood and drawers of water fo task-masters of more
luxuriant, climates; brit ere' this humiliation sink
us, hearts will bleed
,and heads .w ill fall. I- mean
not generally to implicate anrseetion of the United
.States into hostility to the interests and growth of
. the Ndrth and East ; but in some leading characters
,t.havie witnessed conduct which would justify the
suspicion ; and no where more strongly than in an ob-
.stinate opposition to the just claims of our country-
men, who unsuspeEting:y purchased territory under
the solemn grant of a State : I mean on the-Yazoo ;,
the embargo is:pot without its features of a similar
design. ! It destroys the fruit ofindustry, and turns
our labours to nought. 1
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" Agriculture is Me handmaid of commerce," says a
great man. But if the abilities of the Governess be
pinioned; where shall the hand-maid find Means to
be useful to herself? Tile present,times answer this
question. What is to be donewith the surplus produce
' of our hard earnings upon oui-hard farms ? Perish in
• our granaries and cells.! Where is the circulating.,
medium of our country ? Embargoed. In banks,
which, like the gates of death, shut, and no man
opens--How shall the farmer and the .fisberman dis-
charge his contra&s ?, By bankruptcy. How is.
the civil list. to be' paidi And how the national debt
provided for ? By dire& taxes ? How find the
means to pay direst taxes) Our dignified retirement
within ourselves does not afford •them. Sh4ll we all,
go a Prlvateering ? Air6're Embargoed ! " Situated
as we are, we possess nothing, nor can we produce
any thing which will bring cash. And though we.
give our bodies to be burned; and have' not cash, it is
nothing. Privation and imprisonment will not pay
a debt of honour, nor sati.fy, an execution ; but, if
things stand on as now going, this state .of dignified
retirement wilt by and bye-become our dernier resort
for making ourselves respeelcd abroad and secure at
home.

if Our national father, Washington, whose name
all parties hail with enthusiasm, always recommend-
ed to the States, as a strong bond of union, mutual
sacrifices, for6earances and sufferings. (I wish his
valedt&ory may be read in caucuses.) Flow has his
Counsel been respeaed ? The eastern States have
been left naked of defence, to spare money for ca-.
parisoning a hobby on the West of our ancient btsun-
daries (for such is Louisiana), and it is believed the
Embargo was. recommended, in some measure, to
gratify the imperial vender of that hobby lest, in his
wrath he should dismount its rider. Whatever the
inducement to the measure, the author could not
but foresee that it must, if continued,-operate unequal-
ly upon the different States. The north and east
have not the natural resources of the south and west.
Some of our necessaries of life, many. of 'our conve-
niences, and most of our luxuries are derived from
commerce : deprive us totally -of this -resort, and
wants both real arid imaginary Will assail u's, 'and
will,produce that discontentment which presi4enti4l
proclamations will find difficult to ;pacify.. Lotus
be indulged in the exercise of our natural 'energy,
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the use of our resources, and the pride of our hide-
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pendence; and we will not be reproachful.. at the
philosophy which seeks shelter in a mountain or a

tub. I shall vote for the Boston Adclress—and-I

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hope the President will give it, grationdy, his high
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consideration."

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In Town Meeting in Brimfield, .efitg. 29, 1808.
" Voted to request of General Eaton, a copy of
his remarks on the subieet of the communications
from Boston to the Sele6tmen of Brimfield, roe- the.
press. Copy of record.
Attest, "S. PYNCHON, Town Clerk."