Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-03-25
c O N G K Z s S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
"WEDNESDAY, March S.
DEB,5TE,
ON Mr.. GREGG'S RESOLUTION,
(coNTinUED

But the gentleman has told YOU tia
we ooght 10 go 10 war, If for nothing else
Tor The iur trade Now, sir, the peopl
an whose suPpori he seems TO calculate
ioitow 1liet me tell him) better busi
ness, and Let me add that whilst men r
happy a, home reaping their own fields
the FRUITS of their labor and industry. Their
{ Is litlie danger of their beng induced 1,
\ go o or ZOO miles in pursuit., of bea
! vers, raceoops or opossums--mucI
| .ess OF gong 60 war for the privilege
ih@y are better employed where the,
aye. ms trade, sir, may be impori AN
10 Britain, 10 nations who have exhausted
every RESOURCE of industry at home.
J oo@ed down by taxation and wre,ched
ness. Last lhen, in Gods pape, If ,hey
please, follow the fur Trade. They may
lo' me, each every beaver IN Nouh A
! ihe'lca Yes. sIr, Cur people nave a bet
Ter occupation--a safe profitable, homo
rable employment. Whist they should
DC engaged 10 distant regions in hunting
lshe beaver, they diead lest rlrose whose
Natural prey they are should begin Ia
NUM- them--sboud p,ilage their properly
ana assassinatc their Constitution. In
sssad OF these wild schs mes pay off your
eco's instead OF rpratior. about its con6s.
Gallon. Do not,I beseech you, expose
at once your knavery aud your folly. You
have more lands than You know what m
90 wish--you have lately paid S millions
'iof Yet more. 60 aad work them-antl
Cease To alarm the people, with the CRY
OF wolf. uuti. they become de sf IN. von-
voice, or AT least laugh at YOU.
Mr. Chairman, If felt less regard for
what deem the best interests of this
cation than for my own reputation.
should ne;, Oh this day, have offered to
address you; bui would have waited 10
CONS or, be decked With towers and bon.
queeso f fhetpriuk ina sci speech. Run
sir dreaded lest atone inn,ht be given.
&c she mi1d OF the commlttee--they viii
paHdoo me, but did fear, from oil thar /
could see, or hear, lhst they might be
-pieJad,ced by is advocates, iuader ppe
ei,ce OF pro. ecbng our comprsrc., in "a,
sproi .h.s ridiculous and propospc rous
.preject-i rose, sir. for as,s to plead eni,,
'y--1o declare in the face OF day tha, |
'wGi not SO to war Tor this carrying trade.
4 viii agree 10 pass for an ideot if this is.
not .he'pabiic sentiment, and YOU will 6nd
III your Cost, begin ths war when Won
will.
Gentlemen talk of l7es. They mirh,
as we'll go back to the Trojan war.
What was your situation then Then q.
very heart beat high with sympathy fo-
Ftancc, for Refubiica0 France +! i am M.
prepared to say, wiki my friend from
Pennsylvania that We were all ready n
draw our swords in her cause, but sf.
hrm that we we're prepared 10 have gone
gssa. lengths. am no, ashamrd 20 nav
this compliment to the hearts oil the s
merican people, even if al the expense Of
Their understandings. 1t was noble 8.
generous sentImeot which nations Tx 4
IHdaviduais are never The worse for bav
ing teit. They were, l REPEAT it, ready
,oimAke great sacrifices for France. Ana
why re~Gyf Because she was fighting fh-
battles OF the human race apa,nst the
combined enem Of their libepty--he.
eanse sh. was performing the parl Which
Great B'iiaIn now, ~ fact, susta;ns-, form
ifg The only bul@ark against universal do
mlnon. Knock away her navy. and
where are you! Under tbs naval desno
tlsm OF E,aace, unchecked and m,ouslifi
ed by any antagoniziog military power, a,
best bur change Of masters. The ~
rant OF the ocean s. the tyrant Of the land
is one and the same, lord OF all aud WIN
shall say him nay, or wherefore dorsf
t1oC THIS thingi Give to the lycsr the
properties Of the shark. and there Is no
Longer safety for the beasts Of the forest
or the ishes Of the sea. Where
was this high anti Bruannic spi.
ritot the gentleman from Pennsylvania
when hrs vote would have put aa end to
the British IrestyyIb2i pesIiient source Of
evil 10 this couutfyl and at time, too,
when IL was not less the interest than the
sentiment of this people to pull down
Great Britain ADD exai, France. Then,
when the gentleman might have acted
with efe6is he could not screw his cou.
rage to the sucking place. Then Eng.
land was combined IN what has proved a
[ feeble, inefficient coaliation, but WHICH
gave just cause Of alarm to every friend
of freedom---Now the liberties OF the b,,.
man race are threatened BY a single DOW.
er, move formidable thsn the coslsseed
world, ~ whose utmost ambition, vas, a,