Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-02

be reiinanishsd the s5sst asrket TOR ts'ose
other staple productions OF our colhs.y !
wou9tlbe shstto Us. 81 carrying LESS s:7..
commodities TO foreign mafSss, ssasrs seS.
changing thes, for the pr9dasaa9nats oiS s.
.csuasry. aud safss bringing them g sou1
ports, cxp.sting tssr surplus OF esael1' 90
well as some oi sas o,Fu productions % an
), her foreign courltry. By 8hich trade we
are enabled as well 10 seitseuf surplus ~ pro-
aucs, as 10 paw tor me manufactures y
Grcas britain which we eonsamc-ss 4 dfr.
ther. would il not be higaly degrading g
our nation al oharacyss 10 reIinqulsh 50 jet s
and advantageous a trade e satisfy tue
whim, interest or caprice of any natlon!
II va. permit Gfsat Britain to suos'aoslase
her present doctiinsss she will mess8ass .s I.
rediy extend in hersdsmands and the ssf i's
ness OF her doctrines, uutIi she LETT US no
trade worth defending. neither cireaiteus
nor direct. But shall we tanely suDul!
without one etforr TO this degradation
Shall we not rather.s'o what is in cur power.
20 ward of the evils that surround US I! ne
gentleman from Georgia has SAID that he
should be ashamedto meet his constituents
it he should give his assensto The PROPOSE.
ton before Us. BUT whatever may be the
sentiments Of the people OF the south, |
believe those 10 the eastward would be aIs-
lsasiS6ed should We rise without taking any
measure upon this moinen'ous subject.
They look for something from our hands,
aud / hope we shall rot rise ua'ii we have
devised aud PM in oPerasion some plan
whereby wa may redress the grievances u W.
der which oar citizens groan, aedoi Wifieh
thsy have SO loudly complained,
Saturday. March g..
Mn. ELLIOT.-I,o replace the pre-
sen, question ppen toe gronas waich II o
rigloaAy occupied, 10 examine itwiih
view TO It's real merits. and rs nlefRs a.
lons, however hopeless rnshtbe the task.
would however be a very useful one. II
has indeed been considered rs iadicaiiye OF
spee1es of madness Co asismptto stem
torreat which is krswn to be irresistible;
but. IL is said ,ha. there is sometimes RE.
thod 10 madness, and there is always honor
. in gaIlan, death in good cause. lis ~
yaia To conceal The Tact that this reso-
luton is devoted 20 destruction but Its
supporters owe something 20 their own
feelings, aud they owe much mo.e to thtr
country. /; viii probably be admitted, Mr. I
Chairman, on both sides OF she' House tor
it willlnot bepretsndes THAI there ( m rs
than two sides upon The present occasion,
whatever coniusipn o. parties Esay some
tif.lesn, appear TO exist upon ,this foer IN " .
more interesting crisis OF our nasionaf con
ccras than the present, 10 reference 10 TO-
reign relations, has not axisted since the a.
doptien OF the present coDs,ituuon. S9n1e,
OF The bcse interests of cur country are a
stsle Bat it is no, believed by ALA eur
constitution and liberties are Involved in "a
ny possible issue f,his question. Before
we even had constitution, while tie Gle
men;s OF oar political sys.ssn were a;mest
without form and void, the Liberties OF this
people were safe in their own hands, and
uiumphan, over the< power. OF that nation,
whose vengeance, it is said, we shall pro,
woke by the adoption OF this resolailon,--
/. Our constitution aad libsr,ics are saie,-,
The scene is no, so awful, but il is impress
sive. ! repeat il, sir, we owe much to
cur country. The friends Of The rssola /
ticn are prepared for the tase that awaits
il; bu, they have taken Their ground from
reflection, and they cannot, they will nc
absndon ii against coavlStion, until over
powered, as individually :hey must be, il5
the contest.
Two7classes of arguments are marshal
ed 10 opposition to- the motion, enc Of
which Is aIdresaeGto our hopes, and the
ether To- eur fears. To our kopes--ofi
what? OF honorable and successful pego
ciasion, If this a,sasuTe be abaadonyd. G.
Britain will dc us iassics if we ask it onct
more. EOa .rthat Is this hone fannara !. |