The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-04-08

who hailed the Prefident of the u. States, as tn,
/ political Meffish, fent to convince an unbeliev
ing world that debt once funded. rrlivht b,
paid of, without the Intervention of a fpungc
Ut in this was viiionary, at Leaf was not alone
The promife has been large, the nation calls fol
ITS performance. Look at the meaiures Of the
government, and when you reckon thr. Louiia.
| ma debt, that created under the Brisith Treaty.
and Tome others, it will appear that you have
nearly fcored up as much new debt "a You have
paid off of the old. fpeak of principal pay.
ing the ntereft OF debt is, not diniuiibine it
and my fiiea from PennfvlvsIria (hlr T. Clar,
mutt have taken the irteref into hia large ac-
count of yelterday. The amount OF principal
redeemed is .lcfs than ls,oOo,ooo IL aentlc-
men deny this, let them refer to the trearury
itatcments laid before us at the opening of the
feiiion, or call upon the head of that depart
ment to fate the amount of debt paid and Gre
ated. within the laff five years. Pas yoa will
be told, for your money you have value recev-
ed, at leaf. This freely acknowledge. I
would have given the fun for the Delta of the
Miihfiippi, it could not have been honora-
bly, acquired for lefs. OF whom did we Dur
chafe-from Spain who had wrongf.ly with
held our right of depolit $50 far from it, that
we tell her The has yet to make fatisfaGtion for
that injury and infult 1--WE bring it into ac-
count againt her. No, FIR, we purchafed from
France, the rightful proprietor, againft whom
we then had no fubjeet OF complaint.
! am aceuied by the gentleman from Penn
fylvania, Mr.. Smiley this fippole is a fpeci-
men of his candor-G am reluctant to fay any
thing Whit he is abfent-I am forty he has fled
his feat)--of defignediy paiIing over one ofthe
mott important considerations prefented By the
pretent iubject--tbe iubreg;nent ofour lan,eu
And yet what did that gent lernan tell YOU !.
That he himfelf Qong as he had tref2alTed on
your time) had been compelled to omit nany
important things, that he intended to fay. This
realities the proverb. I" One man NAV zeal a
horfe, whilt another mutt not look over the
hedge" | will tell the gentleman, ifi did omit
this topic, had fcarcely thrown myfclf into
the carriage that conveyed me home, before
recol'eeted and regretted it. The gentleman
may lay what he peaies, but he never had, no
man ever fhall have caufe to upbraid me with
hnchng from any queition that may be bro't
on this hoor.' Now, fir, let gentlemen Law their
hands upon their hearts and aufwer lincerely ;f
they do believe this refolution has the power !,
take one American feaman out Of a Britifh
thip Of war !? Are gentlemen hottie to imprefs-
ment, and yet friendly TO a naval war, to fyf-
TENS which muh eventuate in the Introduction
of this iytfem at home, in the fnbver!ion of our
liberties! Let them examine the profound ar.
gnrnent OF judge FoIter on this fubieGf. Thew
will find that G. B. is compelled to refort to
It, TO maintain her naval power aad her exifence
And II is hecauie am oppoird to reforting TO
the Game expedicnt (tor will any man pretend
that a great navy can be manned without re-
curing to it ;? Becaufe think it abhorrent
to the genius of free people, that am againft
ruihng into that nava! war, into which gentle-
men with to precipi:atc US. No, fir, you can
not command feamen for your navy, in time of
war, without impeachment. The wealth of
('f-fNal ttd. ia. Al.
If that objection could be removed, the opera
ton by enlihment is too tardy TO meet fudden
emergency. Ifyou have difficulty lis procuring
feamen to ferve in the Mediterranean, what
VIII be the cafe IN war againit England. With
all their bravery many aman who would willing
ly meet the corfa'rs, or even the Dons & Mon
iIeurs, would feel reluctant to be led to battle
againit Brtilh fleet-and why, fir /? Becaufe
waving other considerations, great proportion
OF our feamen are foreigners-natives of G.. B.
who aill feel prciudices for their parent countrv
Yes, iir. the character of the American fcamen,
like that of the neutral trader, too often eIudes
ourgratp. The moment you make war, much
more If you refort to impeachment, the Amer;-
can faiior vanilhes :he becomes fubiett ofDen-
mark: with the III Il frof, he dfappears in \
night.
Buff did not nifundertand the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, he faid that | had treated
the Honie in manner of which, fir, truf 7
am incapable of acting towards any aiTembly.
much leis one of your dignity. Am indeed,
10 ignorant of the feelings of man Of the
character and competition Of this Houfe No.
FIR, have fpoken of certain projects and their
protectors in language fnch only as think thew
deierve, and In which, claiming the fame liberty
which that gentleman urges and exaets, I will
ever ipeal of ilich abfurd and fantatcal fyftems.
The Authors are no douht interefted in diffn6ng
the ridiculous burthen of their dfgrace AS wide
W as poilible. | cannot blame them for il, FIR {.
its natural to win for partners in our fhame.
But the great political fin, for which have
been denounced by the gentleman from Penn
fy!vania is the opinion which have expreTed
OF certain book /; which feems to be his poll
teal Bible. And, FIR, he would have me conf
dered as an inconfderate perfon who would
not icrUple to call Locke a Ounce, Newton a
driveller and Frinkin journeymaa printer (;
and in an oracuIar faw he has pronounced that
this book will live when he & too, fir, are laid
in our graves. But when he conliders his own
age and the frailty of my contribution, he win
confeis that he has allowed but Mort fDan for
the exiitence of his fivorite work BIZ, even
though it ihould live when we are waiting in
the lient tomb, there is nothing in my connpo-
iltion that aipires to being confidered as its au
thor. Who is the aut1er2 Does the oe,tI.