Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-03-28
c O N CT II l. S S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY,, March S.
DEBATE,
ON Nh. 6RECG'S RESOLUTlON,
ooNTfNuxp1
MR. ]. RANDoLPH.s sheeeh coneiudedk

Mn. J. RANDOLPH'S Speech Concluded
Gentlemen say that Great Britain wilf'
count upon our divisions. Ho . What
does she knsw of themf Can that ever
expect greater unanimi,y than prevailed at
the Las, Presidential elcction--No, Sir, Ills
the ecntlsman's own eonsciencs that
/, sqnesks., Bot if she cannot calculate upon
your divisions, at least she may reckon
upon your pusillanimity. She may wdl
despise the resentment that cannot be ex-
cited to honorable battle on its own
ground --the mere efiuson Of mercantile
cuP'diiy. Gentlemen talk Of repeating
the British Treaty. The gentleman from
pennsylvania should have thought of that,
before he voted 10 carry il into effect. And
what is all this for! A point which Great
Britain will not abandon TO Russia, you
expect her to yield to you-Russia indis-
puta6iy the second power Of continental
| Europe--@i.h half million of hardy
trocps-with sixty sail Of the line-thirty
millions OF suhjects--s territory more ex.
tensire even than our own-Russia, sir,
the store.house of the British navy
whom il is not more the policy < the inter-
est 'han the sentiment of that govern
ment' to soothe and to eonciiiste ;-her
sole hope ofa diversion On the continepH
-her only efficient ally. What this for
midabs power cannot ob,Gin with feels
and armies, you will command by writ
with pothcoks end hangers. am for no
such policy. True honor is always the
same. BEFORE you enter into contest,
public or private, be sure you have iorli-
tuds enough to go though with II. Ifyou
mean war--say so, and prepare for ill.,
look on the other side--beiiold the reepsce
IN which France holds neutral rights OH
land-cbserve her conduct in regard to
theFrsnconisn estates Of the king oil Prus-
STA III say nothing of the petty powsrs
t--of the cleetor oil Baden or ofthe Swiss Z
81 speak Of FIRST rate monarchy of Eu-
rope and ut moment TOO when lis neu-c
ttrsity was the objeG of ell others nearest
10 The heart OF the French Emperor. II
you make him monarch vfthe ocean YOU
may bid ndleu 10 it forever. You may
take your leave, sir, of nsvigation---eveis
oi the Mississippi. What ID the situali,,
on OF New-OrIoans IL attacked to.mor-
row Filled with disconnected and res
pinIng peop!e--whose language, mannerx
* rsilgion all incline them to the INVADER
Ia dissatisfied people who despise the mi.
sefsse governor you have set over them
whose honest piejudices aud basest
passions alike take psrT against Gu. draw,
my information from no dubious source
from nati~e American, All eni,gh,en-
ed member OF that odicus and imbecile
! governmeni--You have official informali-
on THAI the town and its dependencies are
utterly defeDccles and untcnable--a firm
belief that tspprIsed OF this) government
Mould do something TO put the place in a
SAFE OF security, alone has kept the A.
merican portion Of hat community quiet.
\ Gu have held that post, you now hold ie
by the tenure OF the naval performances
Eof England, and yet you are for British
naval war.
There are now but two great commer-
Icial nasiona-- Great Britain is sns--we
are the other. When yeu consider the
many points of contact between our inte-
rests you may be surprised thai there has
been so little collision. Sir, 10 the other
bsligerent nations of Europe Jour nsyi-
cation is convenience, might say,
necessary. If you do not carry for
them they must starve at least for the
iuxuries of life, whies custom has render
cd almost indispensable. And if you
cannot act with some degree of spirit TO.
wards those who are dependent upon you
as Carriers, do yeu reckon to brow.beat
Jealous rival, who the moment she lets
slip the dogs Of war, sweeps you at blow,
from The ocean. Add, em 6sns ? for
whose benefit 1.-The planter Nothing
Ike il THE fair. honest real American
merchantf No, sir---For renseadoes To
day Amerlcan--.o- morrow, Danes. Go
to war when you will, the property, now
covered by the American, will then pass
underline Danish, or some other neutral
Tag. Gentlemen ssy that one English
ship IS worth three of ours we shall
therefore have the advantage in priva-
teerihg--Did they ever know nation gee
rich by priva,eering--Thi is stuff, sir.
tor the nursery l--Remember that your
pfodocts are buikJ----as has been stated,
= mat they require vast tonnage to trsnss
port them sbtoad-aDd that but TWO natis
ons possess that tonnageA--Tske these
carriers cat OF the market ;---Whst is the
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