Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-12-05

- 0E REPaEsENrAT7YEs,

pSy ~ ALL ionai Revenue lyr Embargo
Ca5'ers ~fas taken mp ia committee of the
wa is - hgr. EgwroN obierved, that he
haI received information ~, baRy from ia
Sscretary of shc rrssiIry, that an additional
tsros-9as necefAsy 70 the due execution of
TAG H-1afee = scf and Mr. BLAcKLEDeE
aided, the ssts,cszsat Of the E@Lz,gs Lazgs.
Mr, Q0lNcT (of .aL.ss) did not think luch
a. augmentation ihatLd be made on mere vey-
- lHiornaaon i was contra to the man
n-F o. doing buiineis in thar houee There
btd, he iaid, heretofore been but ten cutters
cnpinyed, even when commerce was at the
height II proiPerty, and the revenue mott
laaeIihing but now the houle was called on
10 vote ~ ediitioaaf cutters, when we were
WITHOUT reveauc, without commerce and
when TOO there was no official information for
,hc houie 10 al upon.
MIR NEwroH (Gf,g,1 did not think il eilen-
tial whether the information was verbal OF
written. r. had received il from the proper
authority; and in times like the preient il
was necelary 10 act with ybira aud brsqsfitvgs,
sud take tia4s by the forelock.
M ELAcKLEDeE(N. O. ia reply to an OBJ
ier"stiou on the exbez,s of the cutters, obferv-
Cd, THAI the charges would foon be betrayed
~ The detention of goods attempted 70 be
fnagged II
The COMMITTEES role, and reported the bill,
a 10 40
Ms. PIrKrN fCosH-J moved the poRpone-
ment Of It tiI Monday. Before 10000 dol
lars, be faid, were voted away for additional
cutters, it would be necehary TO know wheth-
they would be wanteda which they could
oniy be, if the honie INTENDED 10 continue the
embargo laws.
Mr.. LlvERMoRn (of 1zzgie5sfsfts,) was in
fsyor Of the poftponement Of the iubjeq-
Nothing could he loii by illort delay. 70 uCe
tae exPrehion ofr,hs gentleman from Virgin
u, i was certainly prudent to take time bv
the forelock and II was his with to do "a III
regard to the information upon the lubiea
which was to be de6red. Il certainly would
he better 60 Zee whether the raeafure was ne
cetsry. The gentleman has lated that each
cutter will colt about 10000 dollars but NAV
he not be in al error This would not be the
ilrst time that gentleman has been miltalzen
IL his calculations The cutters would, III his
cpinlOn, colt much more than the fun fpeci-
he'd, they may probably amount TO $1,000
dollars piece-Every gentleman had right
- call for information from the proper fource.
RE aiked whether any great nece1llY could
be thewn for thefe veilels For what purpoie
are iecretsries appointed, If they eannot be
called upon TO yield the information 10 this
honle which may De thought neceasry Such
INFORMATION had been 10 called for, and he
vii.Ied to know from an Official fource, what
fam the cutters pr0poied to be built would
colt. should IL turn out that thefe cutters
would nor be wanted, or that much great
e.. FUN ghan b.. been contemplated was cx-
pcaded in building them, how eau We account
30 the nation aud our condiments for il -
Shall we tell them we did not know, bur thar
: tie chairman Of committee Of commerce &
Manufactures had told us lo--telliag Us at the
fame time, that he had il from the fecre.ary
of The treaiury, But has the Prelidenr Of the
United States told US thele veiIels were necef-
iary. re has not MIR. =. repeated, thar ev-
cry gentleman upon that floor tad right to
CAV for further information. Re ihould not
vote EoT this bin, ualeis the houle had relolved
20 coAtiI,ue the embargo laws, and pats non-
ialeFcoGrte refolston. - Ilele great queltious,
hehoped, had not been Preiadged and decided
Gpol before hand. Certainly, if the embargo
he repeated, Il will at leAft be doubtful wheth-
er thefe cutters viii be requilite. And there
has not YET been information enoughto con-
vince the houfe that they ought to vote away
the money.
Mi N.zOfaa faid il is trne there IS a refoIu-
zion upon the table for repeal Of the embar-
80 laws; bn: tleie laws are not vet repealed.
LEI genrenen recoileet that they are ilill in
existeuce, aid If We do enact laws, it IS our du-
~ t. fee thzt they are esf1esd lie appealed
20 gentlemen whether information had nol
been made pablo of the intention OF many
Bsinfh merchants, 10 inuggle goods into our
country, the importation Of which our laws
PfohIbued and 70 the good fenie Of the houle
for the' proprie.y of Importing the mealures
q government and the fovereiguty of the
Sodntry. He would itHe 10 the houle, that
there WAS ia Geg,gi4 nor i:ngle revenue CUT
ter.
Mr.. ivERMoRE faid, thar lie did not DENY
ihe neceHify there might be for employing the
II additional cutters he Only laid that he
WAS not convinced of the necefitY. For his
PEE hs had heard Of no fniuggling but from
Czaaas
Mr. JACKSON obferyed, thar although the
embargo laws exiRed, yet they were moa
THANKFULLY violated, 70 as fcarcelv to merit the
name OF embargo. Every law of the land
ought 10 be enforced but this could not, for
w@nr Of 2lcan5 10 enforce il. Many illicit aG.
ventures had made fortunes by violating our
laws herein WAS the neceaity proved
Whilll we have laws to refrain theie practiE
as, there ought to be efeGtual means TO exc
CUE them. ! truit that majority Of this
hgute viii NOT be led aGray by the idea thar
these vehels are unneceiIary becaule of auv
probability Of repeal OF the embargo laws /:
! an convinced, from The iateTy1c,E. which /
have had with large number ef the members
OF t'Iis hou:e, thai DECIDED MAJORITY are
deieTmns. NaI 10 kzPEAL hole meainres
y Tier esfcalE c.rcunitances. [fBs zs.a,bey vv5o
j,rr Or y0r 5s.yqF q 5s q seIy ysLlt.oa If Mr..
-.&,lI.af
Mr. DsNA fCs4H faid, thar the qucltion
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