The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-04

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Iproposition was approved by the majority oil
consress md by the administration. AS soo,,
as the gentleman found this, he faced abou,
suddenly to the left, and the next day oppo-
sea the embargo; he had founG out that the
icmbargo was unconstitutional Now it is
Understood. that the embargo is the text on
(which he breaches to his constituents. at e.
livery 5nrt-house in his district. have heard
that ne SAYS to them in his emphatic way
But what harm have my opinions done YOU |.
it is true 1 opposed the embargo; you want :
ed the embargo-Well, YOU have the-embar-
tgo-And yon have the blessed effects gift 20
III those blessed effects are SO terrible to
the people, how came this gentleman to no
pose the measured 1t is troe he few from his
i own proposition but why did he!do it . Be
Cause he foresaw tile dreadful effects of the
eDbargo? No: but because lie had fonn,l out,
THAT the measure he himself proposed was
unconstitutional. Nsw those blessed effects
a:e the theme of his constant defamation.
and lie labours, in defending himself, to
eXasncrate the resentment of the peoria a
Gainst measure, OF which he was, himself,
the prime mover He abuses the embargo,
as do all his adherents, precisely on the
GROUND on which the Federaiists abuse it.
and thereby contributes MI that in him lies.
to Illustrate che purpose otthe measure, and
| present othe British cabinet the ho,;e, that
ticy have Il strong party here. Are YOU
not doing the same ling in your address 1t
| Is true that III counting both the republican &
federal party in behalf ofyour candidate, YOU
| get yourselves in}o a very awkward sCrape,
from which think you will not very easily
extricate yourselves. Thus, YOU say, YOU
twill not enumerate AL the objections which
You have to Mr.. Madison; we are to learn
them suppose from the vesy decent Columns
ti,n 80 ak
very IIr vcniCie Ior suCn objections. ruJ YOU
state new objection to Mr. Madison we'll,
come let us have it. These are your words
a." n principal objection to the election of Mr.
Madison, and one which we deem uuauswer-
able, is derived from the present state OF
our national affairs. Cav foreign commerce
is totally suspended, our ships are rotting
Cur seamen dispersed and gone, and our pro-
duce shut up i'll our warehouses, our public
revenue is cut off and the deficiency result
ing from that cause must be supplied by re-
course &c the expensive system of internal
taxation. SO far the extract is federal from
head to foot, and we arc to suppose you all
this time talking to federaist but finding
that there is a republican behind you. who
is overhearing all this, you turn about to him
suddenly and continue--"W We know very
well, that these n;ischiefs have originated
| in the unjust DEGREES of France, and the ar
| bitrary regulations of the British council"
Vou ought to have adopted the Irish eXpedi-
ent of Teagie and added '' aside to the Sc
veral portions of this extract, giving thereby
to the fedcralist so much o iy as was meant for
him, and to the republican so much as was
meant for him.
| This. however, you say, is the state of af-
| fairs and which state of affairs is to be al
tered by the election OF Mr.. Monroe But
how is Mr. Monroe TO alter it? Isit by ha-
wing the embargo repealed But if, as you
| say, The I'M justice of France and CT. Britain
has produced the ncccssity of this measure,
and if, as you, Mr.. Chairman of this COM
| mittee, have been heard to say, this mea-
sure is the most wise that could have been
adopted, it ought rot to be repealed, if Mr.
Monroe were president to-day. And if this
necessary measure be also the most wise
that could have been adopted, where was
the necessity or the wisdom of your echoing
the federal outcry against the measure, of
commerce suspended ships rotting, seamen
dispersed, produce Shut up in our granaries,
&c. Really, gentlemen, this isa very aux
ward and embarrassing game that you are
playing. Had you not better drop either us
or the federalisrs9 You would certainly be
much more unepcumbered and would ret "a
long much more lightly and pleasantly. /
only suggest tl.is for your own comfort and
case; you will do as YOU like best. But in
sincerity and truth, think You are treating
Mr.. Monroe i'll; you have kept him long e.
nough before the public; he begins to make
very awkward appearance before it, The
drama Is cast and you see that he is not one
of the actors; really thinS, therefore, that
you are taking very understandable hber-
ty with this gentleman by persistng in pres
sing him on the people, whether they will or
no. You place him too in painful situation,
in which am persuadedyou are not autho-
| rlsed by him to place him.
One word mofe and have done You in
sinuate that if Mr.. Monroe had been at the
head of affairs, this disastrous measure, the
embargo, would have been avoided. Let us
sec how this idea works. The DEGREES of
France and the British orders of council had
reduced us to the adoption Of ono Of three
alternat.ves-1. Either to carry or our com
mercc. subject to the plumber of France and
/ England or 2ndly, to goto war with them !:
| or 3dly, to withdraw our commerce from the
seas and our bread from their ports by means
( of the embargo. MIR. Monroe, we are to un-
! derstand, would not have adopted the en-
barge: nothing then would have remained
! for him but one of the OTHER two courses :;
T. 2. war, or spontaneous submission to
| piuDder which Of these two courses would
he have preferred to the embargs Which
of them is a wiser measured
A REPUBLICAN,.
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