The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-02
CONGRESS-.
SENATE OF7'HE UNITED STATES.
MONDAY, November 81.
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ted by the house on this subject. and the pre-
sent agitation of the subject must paradise the
proceedings of the Committee, if not operste
against it's total dissolution.
Mr.. HiHhoRSe said he had no objection that
the subject should be postponed till to-mor-
row, but the reason the gentleman had CIV
en- for it was very extraordinary one, for
when an objection had been made to the APP
pointment ofthis committee, it had been an
swered that its appointment would not at all
interfere with his (Mr. H's.) resolution upon
which ground no opposition had been made
to the appointment of the committee.
MIR. Pohe said it had been his opinion this
morning that this resolution should have been
referred to that committee, but after what
had been said, it was his wish that some com
mercial gentleman, whose knowledge of COM
mercial subjects would enable him to explore
the wide field taken by the gentleman from
Connecticut, would have answered him. He
had hoped, at this session, after the Presi-
dental election was decided, that all would
have dismounted from their political
hobbies, that they would have been all Fcde-
!ralists, all Republicans all Americans
When they saw the ocean swarming with ri
rates, and commerce almost annihlated he
had hoped that the demon Of party spirit
would not have reared its head within these
walls. but that they would all have mingled
opinions and consult the common good He
had heretofore been often charmed with the
matter OF fact argument Of the gentleman
from Connecticut; but ON this day the gen
tleman had resorted toarguments from news
papers, and revived all the old story of
French influence, in the same breath in
which he begged them to discard all party
feelings and discuss with candor. The gen
tleman had gone into wide field which Mr..
r. said he would not now explore but beg
ged time till Tomorrow, when he would en-
Geavor to shew to the nation and 10 the world
that the arguments used by the gentleman in
favor OF his resolution were most weighty "a
gainst It, lf patriotism had departed the
land, it the streams of foreign corruption had
flowed so far that the people were ready to
rise in opposition to their government, it was
indeed time that foreign intercourse should
cease. Ii the spirit of rs were no more, if
the spirit of commercial speculation had sur
mounted all patriotism-if this was the me-
lapcholy situation of the United States, IL
was time to redeem the people from this de-
generacy, to regenerate them, to cause them
tobe born again of the spirit of'76. But he be-
lieved he should be able to shew that the pro-
position OF the gentleman from Connecticut
hardly merited the respect or serious consi-
Iteration of this honorable body. Mr.. p. said
he had expected, that in advocating his re-
solution, the gentleman would have told the
Senate that we should go to war with Great
Britain and France that he would have ri
sen with patriotic indignation and have call
ed for a more efficient measure. But to his
surprise; the gentleman had risen, and with
the utmost sang .froid told them, let your
ships so out; alPs well; and nothing to be
apprehended. Mr.. p. said he would not go
into the subject this moment he had but RI
sen to express his feelings on the occasion.
He wished the subject postponed the more.
because he wished to consult document lust
laid on their table, TO see how the memorials
presented short time ago from those whose
cause the gentleman from Connecticut under
took to advocate, accorded with the sent-
ments he had this day expressed for them.
Mr.. HIIiho7tse said he sho'd have been much
gratiiied if the gentleman from Kentucky
had confined his remarks to argument without
making Il personal attack ON him. Mr. II.
SAID he had arraigned no party, charged
none with party views or corruption He
could not see where the gentleman found
ground for personality for Mr.. II. SAID he
never did use ithimself, nor ever would
Nh. LLOYD said as this was an exceeding
ly interesting subject, and had been ten DAYS
before the House, and put off with as much
ciWlity as possible to accommodate gentle
men, he wished that the subject might pro-
gress in regular discussion, not expecting
however that it would be decided to-day or
Tomorrow.
Mr.. s.. Smith said that if the hon. gentle
man last UP had a design to give view Of
the subject such as it deserved, he should be
glad to hear him. The gentleman vas ca
pable ot giving a correct view of the subject,
and perhaps had prepared his mind on it.
Mr.. 5. confessed his own negligence i'll not
being prepared; but if the gentleman from
Massachuscrts world givea commercial view
OF the subject, he hoped the gentleman from
Vermont you'd withdraw his motion.
Mr.. Lioyd said that this was so interest
ing subjccg that he could not be Silent on it
Whether he should give that chaste view Of
the subject Of (which ;he gentleman from Ma
ryiand was Capable, he could not say. If the.
Senate would indulge him, nc would exrrc,s
those ideas which Immediately occurred to
him on TIC subject.
Mr. BrGdicy withdrew his resolution fer
postponemcnt.
FIR Ltoyd sail he ccnAidsred tie subject
now under discussion as one Of the most inn
por;2ut which had occurred since the adop-
zion Of the Constitution. lie considered il as
deeply duplicating tic commerce Of our coun-
try--a commerce. which had afforded en-
pieyne..t toncaily million and half Oft
mage; which had afforded sus. euance to ma
ny thousands ofcitizens which had furnished