Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-01-22

atnef oectare Tor M Senerat government
or against. 1t. They must either say,
that this embargo Is an excellent mea.
sure. T that it is a very bad one. I
shall call upon them, said Mr.. Pope to
know, whether or nit they have a conf
denes in the wisdom Of Congress
What ! when it is declared by q nation
Of pirates, by an Island ofhears and fools,
that the prople Of this country are q MOD,
is il not ,iSh time for US 70 be speaking
by towns, BY cities, by states aaa ali-
mstrayb b the Congrkssof the u. States.
Whether gentlemen doubt about the
Nom Importation ses Or the embargo or
the nlustrious President Of the y. States,
surely they win rally around Congress-
When l Jaw other states had acted upon
this subject, ! drew up my resolutions,
l thought WI ought'not TO be silent when
they was thus speaking Add I thought
the sentiments in my resolutions q well
as in these, would have been congenial
to every American bosom.
Dr.. Foushee trusted that the Ayes and
Nays would no. Be called at present.
Might it no. be time enought to call them
on the adoption Of this address!
Mr.. Pope. l shah cali for them, from
the beginning to the end.
Mr.. Strother protested against the
doctrine, which inchlcated a blind eon-
6deuee in the wisdom Of Congress. He
was O yet completely satisfied, that
the embargo was a wise measure. But
ifhe had not yet the materials for form
ing a decision, should be nc have time
to enquirer He DEPRECATED war. Il
was the most awful crisis tina, could ue-
cur. lie would avoid il, lit could be
done without dishonDur. Win not the
house then suffer hin to enquire, whe-
Their this measure was. really correct
whether It was consistent with the policy
and ia.er~.es of Mn country The
house would permit hi to remark, thar
the word " administration" was grown
too forcible in this county. While he
admired the men who administer our
affairs, should he be tied down to a tame
acquiescence in all the measures of no.
vernmsnt: He might BE- willing to ad,
init, as a man, that al the measures Of
government, on this subject were correct,
but As representative Of Virginia. was
it not binding on him to deliberate with
ealmness, that he might decide with dig
ntty! The. embargo was. not one Of
those measures, which wal to be COM.
pretended in a moment; nor was it t
be expected from men, whose devotion
to their private business preeluded any
elaborate RESEARCHES, that they should
immediately be able to embrace such a
question in al its r~ami6cations. The
question, Of peace or war, was the most
important on which any nation could de.
liberate., WA was the greatest calamity
which could hefal them. But all its
miseries he was prepared 4 meet. allits
sacrifices he was willing to encounter, if
it would only relieve his country. Shall
the house plunge blindly into questions
Of this great magnitude Ought they
not to allow some time to receive infor-
nation from the north! The House
should act as the official agents of this
commonwealth =: and they should con.
slider, thai the world would not fail to
scan their measures, and the manner IN
which they were pursued.
Mr.. Semtle was for laying these reso-
buttons on the table. Was not this a new
subject before the house. Was not the
dress which it had assumed SO complete
ly different from its original shape, that
the human mind could not have conceive
cd that the one had grown out Of the o.
therl Is It customary, under these
circumstances, for gentlemen to press
an immediate decision upon the house!
But it has been said, that those who are
for laying them on the table, n oppos-
ed to these resolutions. This was not
however the fact. He had already ex-
pressed much stronger sentiments than
these Resolutions embraced. As To- m
Embargo, it had always been a faSori.e
measure with him. Long since he had
expected such m~easare.-l had been