The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-21
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Debate on raising hs Em5arso,and author
iziny Lehters Of MOrque md Eetrisai-
Continued.
FRIDAY, Jan 20.
(tIr. Gard enier in continuation

VT. oGrde nfcr IN continuation
But how do gentlemen make out rebellion
IN this case! Does any gentleman suppose the
town meetings in New England are TO rise I'D
ana make rebellion OF unre gulated resistance
10 the iawst Indeed let me assure gentlemen
that mere Is not the slightest ground for APP
prehension of this kind. You B,ust recol-
iect, sir, that the general government was
originally formed by free and independan,
states !, and when the causes which produced
the union ceased, it is not to be wondered
mt mat the union should cease with it. And
X is the duty OF this body to take care that
the cause which produced it shall be kept in
lux! and complete existence. tits by employ
ing proper means only, that you can ever
nope to produce a desired effect. The 20
Vsrh'neIit was instituted for certain purposes :;
~hch 'nose purposes cease, the government
must cease also. All free people know this .
history is full of examples of it. Instead
then OF telling the people thai they are in n
state OF rebellion, make your laws such that
they VIII ike them, as that they shall be
happy nnderthem, & then, sir, YOU never need
talk tothe people from this House. You have
evidence OF 1t under the present ~admin,stra-
ton. The peop'e felt obliged to il that thew
were happy, because the sun shone mon
them; out the system pursued is al, an end.
because IL was not calculated for the storm
ANY 'CIhptSt, IL COuIU not endure turbulent
times. Because il has fallen to pieces. the
administration has become more unpopular.
The President himself has said that when
laws please the people, they will rally round
the standard Of the law. 1t would seem. sir
as ii a degree Of pleasure was felt nv some
gentlemen i'll The house ~ supposing ne veo.
p c otthe T. & N. to be 9 people inclined 10 he
restless. Suppose that the people ofthe south
coud not beiietc that The embargo Won't an
swer the purpose for which IL was designed.
ouppGse that they were satisfied that i: would
oring them to no happy re1ult.-Is there that
disposition N the people Of the South that
they would sit quiet anil blesst1e hand that
put these useless bur'bcns upon them, Is
that the character cf tie s.uthP have \
much better opinion OF the people Of the
south than tobelio; { it. IF. no. wiihs,andine
the embargo has produced no effect, their
great confidence induces them 10 go c., sun.
? ring this thing, they act very patriotical-
y IN SO doing. The North and East oppose
1t from motives equally patriotic and it is
strange to me, that, as 10 ,iat point. thir-
teen months saould not have brought all ,nsn
TO the same mind. When the people cf the
South, uader a former administration. felt
themselves aggrieved, when they tho't tbat
The public liberty was in danger, when they
we're told that the alien and sedition laws
were about 10 ruin them, did they sit still mn
der them? Was there a quiet submission 70
the government? No. sir, the Jegislaturs of
Virginia did they what thought TO be their