The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-13


Suiatlons OF Great Britain and France and
oe dictatorialiy told that shey shall trade 10
suCh ana such places only Shall we admir-
wy iSh' VI Foreign powers to restrict us? II
we 90, with what propriety can we at any
.ut"ie DAY contest the principe In nv mind
t'iis is the important point and still re-
ih"ih 10 form my opinion whether the embar-
20 10 tne very best measure that could be n
uoP'e"' L CT 10 shew to the world that will
ro' surrender my rights, that will struggle
Ior our independence, shall certainly vote
against this resolution, till see whether anv
tang else can with propriety take its place.
MT. SoHfh said he did not rise to go into
tue oiscHssi9n, tor he had already taken his
S''a'e IN IL, put to answer one observation of
the gentleman from Delaware. 1t wo,ld he
recollected that the gentleman had some DAYS
ago called tor all the orders and DEGREES of
!he ocil,gercnts affecting neutral commerce :.
II "ould be recollected that the subject had
| oeeh pressed upon the Senate YESTERDAY be-
iofe 'iiSse documents could have been recei-
seo' tnat at the request of a gentleman rom
Massachusetts: the g~n.len.s. E.c.,. V..-.,,o,t
lMr. Bradley had Withdrawn his motion for
Postponement; that the gentleman from
l.'iassaChusetts had then spoken, and that
ne lNlr. SMITH had replied to him. | stat
Gu is'ots as they occurred to me, (said Mr.
- without paper or document. aud asked
the opinion of legal gentlemen on the subject
OF tne operation of the orders in council ON
9pain and Portugal The gentleman from
Deia"are mas undertaken to decide the uues-
'1oii according to common sense. Common
| sense is my guide, sir; and permit me to saw
that nine times out of ten il is the hest Guide
10 follow and though have heard the opini-
on OF the gentleman from Delaware, | have
no. changed my opinion on the subject.
oeheVe that the British will now exclude our
Commerce from these ports, because the act
VI armament making Permanent these or
uels' author'ses the king to modify them
as 10 MS majesty may appear proper. Task
ca Yesterday whether proclamation to this
erect mad been issued by the king of Great
D.i.ain. 1 ne gentleman saws common sense
WI! give the orders the construction for
| Incl Cnloi he eoItehds ltake the answer OF Mr..
tanning TO the committee of merchants and
bottom my assertion on it. Will the prntIe-
man deny that before the orders in Council
were issued, we Could, under certain res
ulGliohs, trade to these countries? Yet Mr.
| canning answers, when ask ed by these three
respectable merchants who must have had
doubts on the subject or they would not have
applied Tor information, with .f,nerfca,,
hroduce they may 60" If they were, as the
gentleman contends, as free to go now as
prior TO the orders In Council why did not
| A"'' N~iiti'"S aus "er that they might so with
out restriction, instead of limiting, the COM
ihei|e W 'he carriage OF American produce |?
| November 23.
| Mr.. Crawford said that one of he obiec;s
OF the s. 'ntl man from Connect cut was. no
iouDt, to obtain information of the effects
OF the embargo system from every part of
the ". .. ms information was very de-
slraDle at the present time, to assist the
councils OF the nation i'll forming an opinion
| II the course proper to be pursued i'm reia-
ton to It,. A government founded, like ours,
on the principle of the will of the nation,
which subsisted but by it, should be at en-
tive as tar as possible. to the feelings and
wishes OF the people over whom they pre-
sided. He did not say that the represcnra-
tiyes OF free people ought to Yell implicit
obedience toany portion of the people who
may Delleve them to act enormously but
their VIII, when fairly expressed, ought to
nave great weight on government like
ours he Senate had received several de-
scrlptIons OF the effects produced BY the em-
oargo In the eastern section of the nation.
AS the representative Of another extreme
OF this nation, Mr.. {. said he conceived it his
duty to give fair, faithful and candid re-
presentation OF the sentiments of the people
"hom lie had the honor To represent. 1T
was always the duty OF representative to
| "l.SthSi liiC CiiSClS CSp6CtSQ ON
any given measure had or had not been
produced. If this were a general duty, bow
much more imperously was it their duty at
this time. Every one admitted that consi-
derable su!ferings have been undergone, and
much more was now to be borne.
Gentlemen have considered this subject
generally in two-fold view (said Fir. CT
as to its effects on ourselves, and as to It's
efiec foreign nations. / think this a
proper and correct division of the subject.
because we are certainly more Interested
IN the effects OF this measure on ourselves
than ON other nations. ] shall therefore
thus pursue the SUBJECT.
1t is in vain to deny that this is not q pros
porous timein the u. States that our sjtua-
ton is neither promising or flattering 1t is
impossible to to say that we have suffered
no privations in the year 1908, or that there
is general spirit OF content throughout the
y. States; but am very far from believing
that there is general spirit Of discontcnt.--
Whenever the measures of the government
Immediately affect the interest of any consi-
der bic portion of the citizens, discontcnts
will arise, how ever great the benefits.
which are expected from such measures
One Disconnected man cxcilcs more atten-
| ii n than Thousand contented men. and
hen the numler OF dis onte ted is always
over rated. in the country which repre-
sen. believe no measure is more applaud
ded or more cheeifuiy submitted to than