The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-13
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EMBARGO DETATE-CONTINUED


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MIR. Moore said lie was not a little surpr;s-
ed to hear insnuatnns of the dIsaffection of a .
ny portion OF the people of the u States F.:
out the Senate was now called upon to be-
ware how they drive the people of the Eas-
tern states to rebellion. The councils of the
u. States were not to be infamed by these
suggestions; lie could not believe them to be
Wen founded /; he could not believe that the
citizens who IN our revolution exhibited such
ihcohtest'ole marks Of patriotism, under the
PrlVatlons which the peculiar situation of our
country rendered necessary, would now re-
volt against the government which they them
selves had constituted Hcheld no such OBI
inon: On the contrary, he believed that they
would unite with their fellbw citizens who
were sufferers In the common cause with
themselves, and unite evety effort to main
tain that independence they had assisted to
| gain
lhe gentleman from Connecticut had ask
co. had the embargo been productive of the
consequences expected to result from it when
passed had 1t not been more injurious to
the u. States than to foreign nations, If is
certainly true, (said Mr.! NJ that it has not
been productive ofaIl the effects expected by
those whowere its advocs ties when it passed.
put It mas not been fan experiment The
I'd" mas been violated, and An illicit com
,herce CARRIED on by Which the belligerents
nave received such supplies as to have par
italy prevented its good effects.
he publications throughout the u. States,
ana thence in England, that the Embargo
could not be maintained, have induced the
oelilSerents to believe that we wanted ener-
gy' and that we are too huctuating in our
nfst.
CURES Privatiens from the people Under
these circumstances it appears to me that the
embargo has not had fair trial. have p
yer Deen OF opinion that the only warfare
"hich we could ever carry to advantage, must
De commercial and but for evasions and
Itiscaicuiations on our weakness, we should
before tins have been suffered to pursue our
accustomed trade.
1t mas been asked whether the embargo
mas not operated more on the u States, than
Oh tne European powers In estimating this
!. Will De proper to take into consideration
.ne eVllS prevented as well as the injury done
by the embargo. 1.-THE embargobad not passed
Is 1t not Certain that the whole produce oftbe
Y. States would have invited attack and at
1orded bait to the rapacity of the French
Cruizcrs 1t a few have accidentally escaped
thern, IL is no evidence that, if the embargo
ilad not neen laid, the whole would not have
oeen ia the hands of the belgerents. That
both belligerents have manifested hostilities
by edicts which Frustrated cur commerce. will
hoc DC denied by any gentleman. G.. Britain
on FORMER occasion passed an order, sent
it out secretly, and before our minister was
oIhcially notified, it was in full operation
L heir late orders included all our commerce
which was afloat. Was it not to be exnect-
ed that such would have been the policy of G.
BrNain in this case, and such our Dronorsi-
onate loss, ii the embargo had not been laid,
ana snatched this valuable commerce from
their grasps
1reat inconvenience are apprehended
iroul I'M" measure, giving another direction
10 commerce and from our LOSING that 10
winch we have been accustomed. / have nc
SUCH apprehension. If on the contrary we
tanIely acquIesce--l will not say in paving
tribute, Tor every one seems to dsclaim it :
1rcat britain however, having excluded us
from the continent, if we tamcIy acouiesce
nave we reason to expect that She will not,
as tong as She is a nation, exercise the same
pohcy! suppose it even to be policy, adopt
ed in time of war, if we calculate the num-
per OF years she is in war in proportion to
the number of years she is ut peace, and SUD-
pose SuCh regulation to exist during all her
wars, L conceive that we have lost our indie
pendencc, If we submit to it. IT apears TO
ne that for many years Great Britain has a.
uorted new regulations and added new print
clpies to the established law of nations. to the
subverslon Of lawful neutral commerce: IL
cannot be doubted then, that if It be in hs r
po"cr she illtotaly destroy it.
am nor competent to enter into an exam
nation OF the precise evils or benefits result
ms to commerce f.. n the measure of the
embargo. But viii state point which in
my mind Is all important in this case. Wben
inc revolutionary war Commenced, it was
NOT merely the paying a su' II du,y on tea
which was the subject Of contest, Tor il was
considered as uDinpor;art but il was the
right OF Great Britain to Impose p tay with
out our consent This is the question noy
IN contest, affecting our independence
as, IN former times it affected our rights. Il
IS question affecting our very existence as a
ration. If this embargo be removed, and
that is the only question now under consi5es-
a21n' no gentleman in tie opposition hass,a
tod What he wcal1 wish ia It's room. Thels.