Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1808-01-08

e repeattd> The reasons which now
exist 10 It's favour will probably exist for
q considerable length Of time. Should
the merchant be made bankrupt, should
the produce of the Country rot in the
hands Of the farmer, these are indeed
evils TO be lamented no doubt the go
vernmentlamcns them, but the policy
ct the measure must be supported ; and
with what face can any man who has vo-
ted for the law propose its repeal! No:
le. every mao in the community prepare
himself for Patience and submission.
I hssc are eHcellent virtues and there is
lhSely 20 be. chance enough for their ex-
e~rcise. Kreollect that we should never
have hcardtof die virtues of Iob had he
MOI previously been subjected to great
privations.
We are assured that very little was
said in secret session BY the friends of
che embryo. they perhaps supposed
the expcdiencyof the measure so mani.
fest tina, it required no argument or H.
lu,tration ; or they supposed that no1o.
'gic or ei"qnence could render il plausi-
bic. Which of these alternatives best
explain their Conduct, I leave to your
Sagacity~te discover. On Monday the
kohse was Ie hours in constaut session.
During all that time not a single friend
CT the hitt rose to vinditate the measure.
Whenever AN opponent closed his speech,
loud calls for the question were vocife.
rated from every part Of the house ;
when they were speaking there was such
noise and confusion, such talking and
sooghirg, ard hemming, that li,de or
nothing cou'the head. In this man.
net was the deba'c conducted upon a
mt q as mach imp ortAnce as any
that has Engaged the attention OF congress
sluce the organization of'he government.
As the fr,ehtls O. the measure did not
eoUdescend to assign any reason in favor
Of their vote, we are lett TO grope in the
dark. :AgAins. the measure there was
Walking enough. Twelve hours IA con-
rinuation one dav beside almostthe whole
Of two Other days. The mis.ri,y re-
garded the mr"sire as ind quate and
destructive, initring foreign powers We.
~ little in comparison With hr txtteme
and irreparable injury, to ourselves.
They denounced it AS a measure that
originated in a maudase from France.
I am assured that most if not all those
who opposed It expressed their entire
belief Ihatit proceeded from Bonaparte
and WAS Intended to cooperate with his
scheme nf~dcstroying British commerce.
"LzriK st0kemy GF upan it," said
MIR. Masters, " The hand Of Maf7Lton is
IN this tkiag."-Mr. Randolph and Mr..
Elliott considered the independence of
the nation gone the moment the bill pas
sed /; they saw the origin aud object of
the measure, and expressed their appre-
tensions that the time was fast coming
when we were to be added to Holland,
Naples, WestPhalia, &c. to whom Boz
D"par,e has given kings. Who knows
said Mr.. r. but that at this moment the
prince regent of the future king Of A.
meriea, who is now pulling in his nurses
agms, may be within these very walls.
Attempts were made to ohta;n amend.
:"en.~ 4 the bill =; among ",hv's'o limit
Its operation I o GO DAYS bnt they were
repeatedly If ss,ivedby a silent pajori-
~. AS yeef pettis generally embargoed
y about this. season Of the gear by the ice,
you may not, perhaps, feel the effects
ofthis measure So soon as the people Of
other cities.
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