Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-29

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more complete state Of Defence This IS.
a twin brother of the first. VIII you refer
ii TO committee to draft a bill in pursuance
Of it? Are you going to refer the first re-
solution to committee, that bill may
be placed on the statute book, to pertuate
the fact that the u. States are lnsulted and
have not resisted For as far as the report
goes, of what does it speak Of keeping
within ourselves, and Of preparing for--ds-
fence. IF man be insulted beyond the
power of human endurance to bear, how
does he resist? Byretiring to his house and
adding another bolt to his street door
eanother supplemental the embargo system
! Is this the. way in which we viii resist p
And vet the same committee say that they.
will rot submit, and bring nothing before
you but ayague proposition that the y. S.
be nnt ii "a better state of defence. Shall
we raise more troops! Gentlemen will
hardly venture upon that. Will you arm
/ the militia That PLAN to use the slang Of
the d:y, has had the so-Ey given it. You
are told that the militia can only be armed
in such small portions tEat the good to re-
suit from the measure viii amount to little
or nothing. Nothing remains then but to
build more gnn-boats. The prt sldent OF
the u. States says that it las nat been detnl-
ed expedient to build those already author
ised. What ae7o measures Of defence are
then contemplated We have tried every
chord and none CT them w;ll vibrate. What
will be The next resort? Al fact, | am ex-
tremcly sorry to Be obliged 10 speak il this
fee manner Of this report; but It appears
10 me TIA: this house have asked OF the COM
m:ttee CT exterior relations 5rfG.R, and they.
have received a$t0ne. They have received
g NAKED rsaohaions." Really, TO use. the
words Of one Of the gentlemen (hlr. G. W.
Campbell who advocate them, they appear
in all the nakcdness OF infantile iEibcciiity.
Naked they cane into The house, and naked
they must go out cf it. They are not to be
clothed with measures; or at least 1t is &C.
morally ayowed that 10 measure is TO be
taken in consequence Of the che under dis
cussion.
do rot know how far / may or may not
hayebeen III order in the observations which
have hastily thrown out, say hastily, be-
cause it may be supposed that | have risen
10 redeem that pledge which TIE public pa
address IL he 4Ea1o51nilng have given Tor ME to
ther from ny mind. But before I sit down
Twill ask the gentlemen who brought in the
report to reconcile some things which do
mot appear to me altogether Ineligible, as
they row stand.
The Milan decree tof seo7tEf 9TH De- !
cemberl can still less rest for its defence On
. tie supposed acquiescence Of the u. States
in The british ordelsof the preceding month,
since these orders, wh:,h have rot certain
Il been acquiesced IN, were not even known
IN America AT the datei cf the decree
The decree OF lillian then was dated On
the f5th December the orders were not
known IN America ct the date ofthe de-
cree; and the enbargossas laid on the ed. !
In another Part OF Tie report We find the
following
6 This was received on the Of De- !
cember; and a coPy the decision in the
case of the Horizon, having st tie same
tine reached government, the President, a
ware Of the consequences which would fol
low that new state ofthines, communicated
Immediately to. Congress the alteration of
The French DEGREES, and recommended the
embargo which was accordingly laid en- the
ED Or December, 1907 at which time it
was well understood, in this country, that
the British orders Of council of November
preceding had issued. although they were
rot officially communicated to cur govern
ment."
This is an anachronism which I carnot
reconcile; though / do not say that it is IL
reconcileable.
II is xeru far from heino. NV n ;ch &c Ia