Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-01

find hide tttHieul;y IN procuring i Ger.
100.
| though. i. incpmbsn, on ae Srnaks
these fey remarks 10 the commlss, BIZ.
cause, although they Ray have Cured
10 some, believe they have no. ta!i.
MIR. ELMER. Mr.. Chairmanl will
I rise To make few observations the
/ subject now under consideration, bus will
/ not detaiathe committee more nam few
minutes. The resolution On your tale ia
denounced by gentlemen as war meapre;
but cannot discern its tendency TO ,hax
E9poiat. 1, is acknowledged on al hnds
that we have received from Great BRIAN
repsates and grieyous injuries. The whole
7 American people are alarmed, and their
feelings exci'ed by The reIterated acts of
oppressien AID iEsust. A gentle man frem
Georgia has to!d you thar car,cons,,uepts
have,not dictassd aay measures IL IS true,
they have not dictated, but they have com.
planned, and they look up to the collected
wisdom OF congress TO devise remedy
for the evils under which hey are labor,
ing. eThis is the business upon whca We
are ii, part assembled and it IS the mo,t
important TO which our atienticr will be
called we should therefore DC engaged ia
ii with al! that seriousness aRd1fapaftiaIily
which its importance demands. EveIy
member should. divcst himself ef all "a.
tional and party prejudice, when he decide.
on question ia which the intefes, of h,
country is SO deeply concerned. Ind ssa
we, as men and as patriots, ,anlelv submit !
to have our seasnen Impressed and forced
20 fight the battles OF torelga 'na;lop; and
TO have our commerce embarrassed, inter {
rnpted and perplexsd, and The property'of
our citizens engaged therein; eoudemntd I
and made the properly of The >ualust cap. 5
tors? trust not,
= But we are told peace is OF ali5,hings /;
most desirable, and that BY stopping impsr, 4,
tatien from Great Britain we shall provoke
the wrath OF that nation, and plunge Cur
country into most destructive warfare
But, sir, IS this true state o. the case B
VIII this measure justify Great Britain in s
retaliating upon us IN any hostile acts! Ger E
calmly not. | have an UNDERSTANDABLE right !
to employ, cr not employ, aay mechanic,
or Manufactured, as myiGieres, or conVe' (
nienes shall direct; and Ea.ion has an G. !
qua! isht 20 trade, OF not TO trade, with a.
mother nation, as il may sulttheir pohcyso
10 do. we do NOT ttere'yy infringe on any
of their perfect rights Hsy, do net know
thatiby refusing 60 receive the products Of
nation we do thereby violate any of her irn-
perfessTights. . hnd.let it be RENE nbered,
that no nation is justified in making war
upon another, ualsss some of her perfect
rights are invaded. Nor is every accident,
al violation of perfect right considered as
a jest cause of war. The injury must be (
and every other mode OF redress .
exhausted, or az LEAST become extremely
preearious' before . nation can justify her. Z
self in resorting se force. We have sufs
feredan isvasion Of q national right, but
we only wish to have recourse to pescsabIe {
means OF redEess--;o withhold in degree z
our intercourse with the nation from whom i
We have received the injury. IF we adopt !
he resolution, Great Britain will have no +
'retext for making war. She will know the 4
precise terms upon which she can regain
our trade and friendly intercourse. The
'reaA be will dirsss herinGaries, and lead
Ter TO the goal whenever she desires it. b.
5de will only have to cease from dong evil; 4.
% respect our rights; to do as she wishes 81
o be done by,, and an am;eabe settlement
vii Immediately easae.
We are, however, told that Great Bri.
ain VII! have no respect to the law of IA.
ufe, the law OF nations, or tbs principles
't Justice. That she will measure the rule
d night oa'y by the Length of her sword
nd that she is all powerful BY sea, and
sole 20 crush all before her. This is a dis
resslng picture indeed; bat really | do
,ot know that she has become so superla. .
lvely corrupt; and do not believe she #
las. | trust shr has some san.s &C r;anf ~