Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-13
EMBARGO..

His share init, but to answer one observa-s
iaion OF the gentleman from Delaware. It
swoula be recollected that the gentleman had
oalc DAYS ago called for the orders and de-
xrsss Of the belligerents affecting neutral
con4nsrces it would se srscoliected ,s'lat the
ssbiect had been pressed upon the Senate
vestcrday before these documents could
have been received that at the request OF q
gentleman FROM Massachusetts, the gentle
man from Vermont Mr.. Bradley had
Withdrawn his motion for rostponement
that the gentleman from MASSACHUSETTS had
sthen SPOKEN, and that. lie Mr.. SMITH hid
replied to him. / stated facts as. they oc-
CURED to ne Said Mr.. S. without paper
or document, and asked the opinion OF
,~vs! centlyInen on the sebieet OF the o.oe-
ra;an Of The oder OF council on
Spain and Portugal. The gentleman from
ylesaware had undertaken to decide the
+ o,ession according to common sense. Com
mon sense is my guide, sir and permit nc
to say that nlne times out OF ten Il IS the
lest guide. "a follow; and though have
beayd the opinion of the gentleman from
delaware. have not changed my opinion
=, rhe subject. Believe that the BRUSH
Will now. esclude our commerce from these
rosts. because the act Of parliament making
s,r.,a,1sz. these orders, authorises the king
! s, ,s,etlN them, as to his majesty may aP-
!. ,,ear upper. j asked yesterday whether
1rFoelaaation to this effect had been issued
by hiking of Great BRIAN? The gentle
f1aa avs common sense viii give the orders
.the obstruction for which he contends.
taksthe answer Of Mr.. Canning 10 the COM
rnitee of merchants, and bottom my asser-s
ito. on it. viii the gentleman deny that
baore the orders In council were issued, We
cAlld, under certain restrictions, trade to
tIese countries Yet Mr. Canning answers,
ghen asked BY these three respectable mer-
chants. who must have had doubts on the
! subject or they would not have applied for
: information, with Americaa tr0alce they
may co. IF they were, as the gentleman
Contencs, as free TO SO now as prior to the
orders In council, why did not Mr.. Canning
a5swer that they might go without restric-
ton, instead Of limiting the commerce to
the carriage OF American produce!
sovEHBER %.
Mr.. Crawford said thar one of the OBJ
jects Of the gentleman from Connecticut
wes, no doubt, to obtain mEormationof the
effects of the embargo syssem from every
part Of the II. States. This information
was very desirable at the present time, to-
assist the councils of the nation In forming
an opinion of the course proper to be pny-
sued in relation to it. A government found
ed, like ours, on the principle of the will OF
the nation, which suhsisted but by It, should
be attentive as far as possible to the feelings
and wishes of the people over whom they
presided. He did not say that the repre-
sensatiyes of free people ought to yield
implicit obedience to any portion OF the Peo-
pie who may believe them to act erroneous
"; but their will, when fairly expressed,
ought TO have great weight on a government
ike ours. The Senate had received several
descriptions of the effects produced by the
embargo In the eastern section OF the union.
As the representative of another extreme Of
thi. nation, Mr.. c. said he conceived it his
duty to give fair, faithful and candid re-
presentation of the sentiments of the peo-
pie whom he had the honor to represent. 1t
was always the duty OF representative to
examine whether the effects expected from
any glvsn measure had or had not been pro-
duced. If this were general duty, how
much more iaperiously was it their duty at
this tinc. Every one adHitted that consi-
dssabie suitsrings have been undergone, and
much more was aow 60 be borne.
Gentlemen have considered this subject
3neraIy IN q two-fold view said Mr.. c.
e = y sssss On ourselves, end as to il