Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-03-02
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Mr.. Dwis-Mr. Chairman, / beg
leave to be ihaqIxed with ! few. remarks
on this fabjest, which + hall fabmi,
with gfear difidence, being fen6hle Of
my iacompe,ency TO illuttrate a iabjet
al fuch immenie importance !: but as /
am TO give vote, the reaions that 60
yern tina, vote ] think it my duty to
exprels. l rejoice that we are called
upon to decide This great national quef.
ton at time when the public mind is
calm and tranquil, when uniaauenced
BY exsrinGc circumstances, we can essle
a principle Of fach grear magnitude to
our country.
Ibid hope we mould have taken up
this lubjest with cool deliberasion, and
/ have TO lament that the honorable
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr.
Henderfon) who opened the debate, in
Itead OF appealing to our iober reaec-
tions, founded the trump of alarm
That honorable member told US we
were about TO proRrate the contribution.
Ifthis really be the cafe, the found OF
danger is proper, and We, who are about
70 do it, mutt expect to anfwer it to our
country and to generations yet unborn.
But above all, we NUT expef to aafver
for it in day of awful reckoning. The
honorable member told US. I" That the
fpiris that had rode on whirlwind and
directed the torm-the fpirit that had
brough, twenty millions Of people to
bow TO Jingle depot, had entered this
houie on the 9TH day Of December Iait,
and with g,gahtlc arides was bearing
down all before it," When the honor
able member ipoke of this tremendous
ipirit, | was at lois how to underaand
him. thought he alluded to fyirit
thar few years ago threatened to hum.
bic my parent tate in dyf and e/6es,
becauie her citizens refuied to Gng pfaif.
es to the hate administration and own its
superior wiilom and patriotifm. But
when the gentleman fpoke of twenty
millions of people found he alluded to
sh. Fsench nation. On fubjeet where
.the sutereR of the United States is alone
concerned, and which furnifhes matter
for the mott brilliant or. detu6ye genius,
/ wonder that gentlemen will not condne
themfelves to America, and not feek for
occurrences amorg the Trans .Atlantic
nations. But l ak that honorable men,
Der 'ifhe is now prepared to degrade that
lpirit 70 much approved BY the great
Warrington Of America that in addreiling
late miniiter Of that nation he ipoke
the following words" To call your
nation brave is but to pronounce com.
mon tame. Wonderful people," Is ne
prepared to degrade fpiris that reiiaed
the union Of kings and emperors againft
Q infant republic. This as we'll sother
remarks are foreign to the fubjett but de-
ferve to be conidered. The hon. member
then told US that every thing thar bore
che majeay of the people was about to
be dearoyed. The excite, he fays, pledg-
ed to pay the national debt is to be re.
pealed. Has that honorable member for
gotten the agi,ations that this excite
law colt the public-has he forgotten
that the prifon of Philadelphia was
81 ed with thofe who re6aed the law
has h. forgotten, thar citizen wa. arm
ed againa citizen, and Gate asain.t
fate TO inforce this law, ana that ii was
carried into execution at the point of the
bayonet-does that gentleman think the
majeity of the people contitts IN holding
the law in one hand, and the .fword in
the other, and ruling the nation with
a rod of iron. The mint, he fays, is to
be knocked Down. Surely he does not
remember that it colt Us twenty one
shontaad dollars Der annum, and seGders