Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-04
DEBATE
On slss 5in Elementary e ne 0es lay'ag
an embargo, yc.
IcosrrsurD.l
.IccsrrNuED.

vote tor trfrsence for it this bill should
he comnit,ed 10 the committee OF com.
meree aud manufactures and ate, wards DC
rs.eg,ed 20 Coz. nai.tce OK The whole, u
would unoe csssatiiy occupy time when II
could as we'll be understood by beipg prin'-
ed Il was with no pleasure sohlnseIl1sa1
Re sa, GU, tc ;ske Any notice or Q most exs
,rao,d,pary address from gentleman from
New York on Saturday last; and u gave
him pain sha. any geoslrman should so tar
depart fyom the pJiiteness when snoulo
chatacssrise every one, as 10 have Used such
lacpusps as was then nsard. The geotle
man could oos have ip,endsd TO eOlighien
the house, fpr his whole speech was uncon'
pectSd, consissed Of no chaio etreasoning,
but oil assertions of 8 Esos. t2raorHnary
naive. aud those moi bot:omed ppon fact
: In the conrsc of ina, extraordinary speech,
.sid MIR. r. we we're told that we were lie.
ois,a,ing agaius, the interest OF the nation,
applyipg the obseyvasion particularly 70 81 he
laws respe csicgsshe embargo. The genie
man had made many obssrvasions respee;.
ING the embargo, and amongst others, as
Mr. r. rns,e.s:ood hia,, that the minority
10 tia, question 10 shsir esernai honor had
opposeo the ey.,em There were many
cen,lemen 10 The minority on that occasion
who supported this bill aud would tar
from accord 10 ,hsir views with that gea-
tleman.
n expressing his opposisiop 80 the om
barge. did The. gentleman for a moment
take iaio yirw tue present safe q .n,nss
10 Europe. the DEGREES OF blockade acoPs.
ed by those nighsy powers IN their at
temps 20 destroy each others 1t the gen.
.lemau's mod had for a moment Expanded
he would not have permitted such express
eicns % escape his lips. For i the enhar-
90 law had not passed, what would have
been the consequence COR commerce
would have been swept from the OCEAN and
scarce a vessel lief and therefore system ;
was adopted 10 retain he properly OF the
II. S. at home, and preserve the %: from
canrure ON the ocean. Did he gentleman
cont: n plate that there were already about
three thousand Of our own seatsring men
on board vessels of foreign powsTs. Did
he reflect on the frequent seizures by the
beliigerent powers, aud that they dealt vide
des,Iuci ion TO the commerce spread over
the ocean? Had he ccntsmp'ased these
.hiups the house would 90, surely have
.bern so sssailed To the assertion that
they had beeo legislaiiLg against the ln'er-9
ests of the patton what cid tbs people
themselves say? The measure OF embargo
had been generally approved over the y
S. excsp, By a few persons, probably pos.
ssssins the same political opinion With The
gentleman from New York. From ne
east 10 the sough wes',and fron the hslans
tic 20 the Ohio the measure had been ap-
proved. Wi1hwhas confidence aud assur-
ance then could the gsnsleman say shas they
were legislaing agains, the interest OF the
nation, or how could a gentle permit
himself 10 depart so far from facts, as to
maks these assertions.
The gentleman MI. Gardenier) had
stated they were guided BY sD unseen hand.
Ia SAVING this, according to my in,erPresa.
ton of il, said Mr.. K. the gentleman SAID
more than he intended. refer to that
mighty Being who raises and dePrssses "a
lions hen he pleases. This IS the only
haad that I acknowledge; and II !: IS the
sasne which the gentleman meant, ! wiii
esree with him. But if he means that We
are under other influence than such as IS
dictated by the honor of our country, lde
positively and unsqo'vocally deny The truth
Of his assertion. When cation does an
acs at which % other patton op earth can
lus,ly take offence, and ,ha. act is approved
& I've the peOpte IL annears etraDre that 1T
could DC said by soy one that il was favor
ing he designs of any nation in Europe =
ueisber has II psrtiality for any one. This
being the fact, how can j. be said that the
earyEicg this &C, toto effect is aiding or a.