The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-04-11

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asainit rnonarchicai France, Have the arrn;e.
ct France in either caf. advanced beyond thvi,
own territory, privious to the rafting aad adj
vancing towards their powerful, armies for TIE
exprels pu'pofe of tubiuga.ng them, ANIL divid
ing their property auongis the coaleiced pos.
ers! 1T the accounts received are true, they
have not.
But we are told that Britain is now the only
barrier aeainft tyranny. and her navy orr only
iecnr'fy shat the battle off Trafalgar prevented
the Meets OF France and Spain from laying oar
rapport towns under contribution, aud that the
3r'tith navy alone hands between us add their
tyranny. bIr. Chairman, if Bri,ia, mh;ect
was admitted on this floor, to advocate his ~.
yere'gn's caufe, ihoui6 from him nave expected
iuSh language, Sut to hear it from member
Ut Conerefs mas aaonifhed me more than any
thing ever heard within theft walls. Imav
add that believe even Britit fuhie9 of com
mon ienie and prudence would not have COM
n'tre, ms character, by aGertpg that the com
e'ned fleets of Holland, France, and Spain, were
10 reouced, that ten Britiih fhips q expect of
'lie me was meant) would be glad to meet their
whole force.
Neither can comprehend that language that
IN one breath aiicrts that Spain has grofsiy in
iuted US on our own territory; that we pocket
tho'e lniuits Secaufe they are favored nation,
and IN the next breath aiierts th-t il,e is no ma
ton; but thofe aggreiions are the acts of
France.
here deem it my duty 20 make fomc remarks
on oolerVations made on this floor, which have
a tendency to mIi!ead and alarm the public mind
with regard to France and Spain. We have
been told that Spain has iniatedus on our own
territory. appeal to the gentleman from Vir
gina whether he has not declared that we do
not Poiie's foot of ground beyond the her
vile. 1T 10, let the world Judge Of the conGGen-
cy OF his remarks. | ak if Spain has not order
ca her CRITTERS TO refpett our -velIcls, and whe-
tner france is not on a friendly footing with us.
shall then the pubic mind be deceived with the
idea that Comgref' have not AGED towards thor.
nations with ipirit For what. Becaufe our
onundaries with Spain are not defined. | truf
III Ioa, we iha'l never go to war for that I
repeat II, our AFFAIRS are IN train Of aniicable
settlement, and, truR, they will he Goon Grt-
lied. - :
Ii is aficrted that France would he rs tvr,nni-
cal on the OCEAN, as England, had !he the fame
p"wer--thiS lsa point that / have neither fore
Khe"ledge or fagacfty enough to determine, nor
90 corhder tuch attentions either necefTSrv or
proper on the prefent location the DEGRADED
point of view in which Spain has been reDrc
tented, the tyraunical difpofition of France
ana 6Titdin rePreiented as the only barrier a.
ga'nh her tyranny, the forlorn hope of European
lt"erty-i have heard with forrow, believing
,u' iaaguage highly improper, to be ufed in
.sElila'lve capacity by any representative of a
'ree people Whole iEtereft Il is to cultivate peace
and harmony with all nations of the earth.
mail only trouble the committee with one
more obiervatlon upon the learned and eloquent
'peech hrit mentioned, in which think il was
a'Tderd that parchuentS was the only remedy
applied to aegrefiions on our territory. Cor
which member from New Jerfcy might re-.
'elve vegetable fpecific. If am the member
aiinaed TO- permit me to reply, that if by deal
ing ~ parchment, we can continue to pnrchafe
as good bargains as Louiliana, and thereby pre-
'rrve peace, hope the U. S. will always prefer
dealing IN that commodity rather than TO i'm
brue their hands in human blood. RerDeain1
vegetable fpecfcsI hall only obferve, that f
that member lives to my age, needing no more
ipectc medicine, either vegetable or mineral.
he may con!ider IT a great beiiing but which
think very impreble.
Mr.. Chairman, believing it my duty TO deli.
yer my fentiments in as few words as po(IifI..
that other members Handing on an coua! foot.
ing, may have an opportunity TO deliver theirs.
mail haten TO A concluiion--at the fame time
not doubling, that if was difpofed 70 to do.
could take up the time of the committee as
'ong, and to as little PnrPofe as any member
within thefe walls
could, under the pretext of explainin,,.
keep the floor two hours and nine minutes, If
the chairman did not order me down, which
nope he viii IT ever dtte'npt it.
In explaining, ! could declare that did not
mean to iigmatize Respectable clafs of citizens
with di'honefty, or any other reproachful cpl
thet-and Immediately compare them to but
tertlies ofthe day, and to nppery cells who will
get round and evade any regulations or rearic-
tons that can be made, whole intereft ia their
guide. regardless of the peace and intcreR of
the nation in which they refide. could de-
clare that had not infulted the Houfe but
aimed at certain political charaeers-and in the
next breath charge A majority Of the fame houfe
with having hoodwinked its members, but I'M
able to do 70 with foreign naions-I again,
could charge them with bullying England, and
trucking to France, and exclaim in an mperi-
Gus tone, this you have done and you know it
MIR. Chairman, I could 20 on Rill further,
and a1srt that the little triHing arguments Of
my opponents ought to bear no weight, becanfc
deftitute Of reafon, that in(tinf the guide oethe
brute creation, was fuperior to f1ch reafon-
yet declare, that l meant no infut to their un-
derltanding.
could then in the prophetic line inform the
committee, that if they offended the Britih
mlnifter, he would Immediately put forth his
frcngth, and make The United States feel it