Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-07
CONGRESS.
HoUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
lfoND47, February
.osD4r, N5raar:
DEBATE
DEBATE
On The bill supplementary e the aet fay'asg
an embargo, sc.
IccsTINUED.l

/aay. G. W. camh6el's aSheeeh eoncl4ded.)
Blu, when charges Of the most serious
oa,ure are made 90 ihis floor agslnss the
ms;ori,y Of the house charges tia; hey
are ac,irg under and governed by French
IN fluencs (for this is 10 substance tbs slie'
ras;on1 charges which believe TO be IN
founded with respect to every member iu
the house, of the majority, and which 50
far as regards myself ! know TO be, and
now so declare them, Infamous, groundless
fal.shoods j. may be proper, and deem
i. 10, duty 10 state very briefly, some o.
the reasons tina. governed my conduct 10
voting for the law laying 40 embargo, and
the subsequent supplemental act, for car
wing toto more compless eject the
same object, and which will also induce
me 20 vote for the bill COW under discus.
sion. These reasons arise from me 81.
tua,ion in which this cation was at ha,
time placed il relation to the great brili.
perent powers Of Europe. We were then
officially Informed that Eonaparle hsd de
termined 10 execute Ia the most rig r
Gus maoper, his decree Of the 2lst Noy
1906 declaring the British Isles in ssais
of blockade. BY this measure cur CEN
merce with Great Britain and It's depsn.
depcies was inieraic,ed-at :ks same
time was made known 10 Us proclaim.
ton issued by the British government re.
lative 10 seamen, asserting her right, ard
declaring her determination 10 parsue a
certain Ine of conduct ca tn oosan 10.
compa IDLE with the hitherto aesnowlrdg,
ed laws Of nations, conduct which has
beeo the subject of dispute between thar
eoveroment and ours for several ye-rs
past. and TO which she WIS we'll assured,
By the representations of our govesumepts
we would cot assent, and could DO, sub.
init, without sacrificing at the foo, q E:i
tish power, our national honor as5 lnde.
peedeuce in addition 10 these i, was
known that zoe British r'nissrJ had 10
formed oar ambassadors ii London that
they would adopt orders TO counseryail
the French biotkading decree, and no;e
to this eGcc, was annexed 70 ,he treaty
which had bsen agreed upon BY Ike coG
mlss:opsrs of she two countries aud sfes-
wards rejected by our government. Ths
no.e appesred IN l1e public priuts previous
20 the passage of the embargo law, aud
was suficien,,o convince every man that
Grea, Bfisaia would ac. according 20 taeis
declaration. Abour the same time j; was
stated in the govesnmens prints ct tina.
country which had reached us, thas orr
dess 90 he part of Gsea, Britain cocnser-
vailios tie French decree, ans! declaring
France ADD sill her dependencies (seing al
most .he whole continent Of Eryupsl 10 6
s,a;e Of seige, had been prepared, and
were about TO be published. I.ias his
measure therefore either was adopted by
,Grea. Bsisain, or certainly would be Ia 8
.hor, time, was fairly calculated opan,
and generally believed. The. event has
justified the expectation. The counter
yailipg orders have besC s:nee issued ~
Great Britain, interd:ctins all commerce
with France aud her dependencies, AID
these have been followed 6y orders a!tes
orders almos, iu6umerable. 10 what ST..
iuation then were placed BY those &c.
crees aad orders: Prohibited from ali
commerce with England and her terrific
RES BY France; and 90 the ether hand,
in.erdic,ed from all cohneIee with France
and the res, OF the con.nent by the orders
Of Grea, Britain. Where tnea eoud our
yessels go withou, being exposed TO cap,
,ure Not,oa sirgle posssia -Earope o.
her dependencies. In this situation saha
were we to do We had bu. one sI,erna.
tive, either to go TO war with all tie pow
ers Of Esrope at once, or suspend sar a
time all intercourse with hen, and keep
a, home our merchandise, vessels and
seamen-we were not prepared Tor the
former, either 10 meo or Tesour cesz-nor
could il possibly be our inseresl TO eo,sr