The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-07
CONGRESS-.
HOUSE, or REpRESHA141YvES.
7foynAy. january SO.
PREPARATION FOR WAR.

St 10 lS Oh Tie table.
Az! t.l.e !ssease res7ieeti! itself mo a committee
or the whole, hIr. .R.icon in the olsir, on the re.
y l,,.'oii submittt d By MI. Nicio..;s a lew otys Il.
so IN tie following words:
Pssotrs2. as tie obision o. this Yaase. That the
United States sught not 90 delsy beyond the
tt'y ut to repeal the embargo laws.
and to resume, inafrtain and ds iend the na,ig..-
ton of the high seas, against any nation O.. natl
ons iiayir q ia force edivt*, orders orilccrccs, yio
lanng the tHNt'ii commerce and neutral rights OF
the u Stae.s
Mr.. III. yor moved Tor d;T; IN ofthe resol,-
ton, so as,ntake the question Asst On re,c- ling
the emSa gu; and move, to fill the blank viii.
the iouft!, DIV o: March.
Mr.. Rssr8oist said he had risen fr the sarse
purposes as tho gentleman from pennsylvania &
he submitted 10 the committee, whether, it the
embargo laws were To re repeale 4. i should no,
be done with :dl possible speed. Eis sources Of
iniormatiol, he said, We're neitl,ev very numerous
nor possibly, very correct bit he did understand
tito DC aiaot. that liz certain parts oftlle Easter.
states, tas embargo Was d:iiy and hourly, in the
broad glare of otv-tisht-aat cvaded, bnt disrc.
Hsarded 'iiat sl3je:ns TO an immense Number were
daily passing from the United states into Canada,
laden not only 9th the product uf that part OF
tie union Bordering on Canada, bat also with the
product of the Southern states, which was carri-
ed by 4 long and expensive carriage from The ut
ltntic states to Mi a'rsa!, for export,tion. 1irer re
were two points of view in which Mr.. Rand. Jpn
SAID 1t appeared 10 him, that If this iaw was 10 Nc
repealed at all, it ought TO be done with al. p0ss-
lille expedition. The first WAS, tlnt those per-
sons IN orr W %couftry, who had set the law at
iSitiTif:e, Who had Itett guilty uf the most iuciyic
conduct, should rot reap the exclusive benefit of
thc carried on. The other reason was,
that It was we'll known that the St. Lawrence.
was irozen up, and world rcmain frozen long at
tea. our own waters were open. Adventurous, III
req by the hope OF great profit, had, at a vast OK
pense transported products, rot the growth of
rla n rAppt NJ ftr.. rnt., t-~f into I.n..l. InD.,,,..
that the llaa OF cmbargo, i. continued, woiih am-
ply repay the extra expense Tf carrying it. This
produce, Nh. Riii.tiiiPft s5,id, to an imylengc Il
mount, was deposited. as he understood, at Mon
treai, Tor the iurPo9': at exporting it - soon as
the ice broke up, anA ho presumed, it was AREA
.ey paid for in British gold or commodities oil.
some sort. And ,his, he SAID, was one OF the
w'@s ~ which he should have no objection to
fager some III their gold, viz. by getting TO mar
ket before them, undcrseitng and forestaiiing
them, "a .lch might easily be done from the ex-
Pcnsc OF the transportation by land. He submit
ted IT therefore to the gentleman from Pennsyl-
wanna, whether, if the committee determined to
repeal the enlbarao, 1T should Mt be as sccn as
possible. II. Immediately removed, it must shake,
and severely TOO, the capitalists Of Canada but
II the removal was procrastinate5, they would
reap the profits, whilst we si1M Id carry our pro-
dIce to a market already glutted, orif not glut-
ted, considerably gratifcd. When the resolution
cane before the House, If the committee of Inc
w';cic agreed to it, he said he should certainly
move the earliest day possible for the removarof
the embargo.
MIR. 4hilaor said, the gep.leman from Virginia
must DC fully persuaded that he was as willing 10
get rid OF tie embargo, as the gentleman HIM.
selfcouid possibly be for he had been opposed
80 the embargo system from the FIRST day tie orr
giiaf embargo law was passed. He said he had
moved To fllthe blank with the 4th day of March
for several considerations. I'll. resolution con.
temptated n repeal nj the embargo at a future
day aud not at the present day ard from CONVEX
sation whithh lad held with gentlemen, here
tosore friendly to the embargo, and now disposed
10 remove ii, he had supposed that an earlier div
would not lie apreed TO. One other considcrati-
on. lie said, had considerable influence with him.
AT present, there was a natural embargo ca a
Considerable number OF The ports Of the United
States BY The tourth dSy OF March it was pref
~ certain that nature would have repealed that
eiubargo. To place the merchants upon an e.
qiality, he had supposed, nc SAID, shat it would
be proper 10 6x 4 day COY he removal of the
embargo, which would give to all equal adyai,-
tnges.
Mr.. So7n ga'e orc reason in addition 20 those
urged by the gentleman from Virginia, why the
embargo should be speedily repeai4d. 1t wa, a
tact known 70 many members on the floor that
large sfecIiiatinns had been rnadc III consequence
Of q belief iii>t Tie embargo would be continu-
Cd or a great while. Arjiclc3 Cf foreign pro.
duec, which, though not absolutely necessary.
Hatl Oecohc necessary by habit, we're M TO an
extrayag mt price Ane early removal Of the en-.
largo wouHt tend TO remove the sgiicrilgs Of the
honest part Of the c;rn nVrity "a consequence of
the hugh price Of thes- commodities.
NJ HiSh9's whs h ri o.cn AZ cnt. Wien tbc
subject was taken up, wished 10 modify his resp
lutior.. This beinc considered ont OF order, Mr..
Nicholas moved - nmend tie resolution under
consideration, by auiftDg OF. the whole Of Il aE
tertne wUEd "Ncsoived,' aud inserting the fol
loving.
ResohveA IS fhc oti-icr ~ fiis H,nse, That the
United states o~gsiitnot 10 delay beyoud the
u'y OF To resume, maintain AVID de-
fand TIC navigation of ihc high seas AMI lhat
p'o ision ought 20 lie made IVY lazy for repeating
on TIC Gay ot The several crnbar.
g1lawr, end for nu'horisi.r 81: the same ti,ne
LETTERS q MAEQuH AND REPRISAL..
against Steat-Gritrn ond Frjn~e-proy led on
that Jay their orders on ediess Siolat zig tic 4 qy.
tui ooinneIce and ncGtrai rights vt tis United
States sAail he IN forcf--Or, agaias, either of
those natiors la ig II force such orders or e.
diets.
Mr.. Eys- opposed thc striking eat the sub
stance II The original mosion, urder nc idea ~ =
1t woIld deprive the House IS an orDOrtunitv oj
takir,E a direct vote on inc rcpcal nj tiic c,nb,ie-,,
Mr.. iichoias said, that the object Of both ge
:~otiitois was the game. The Object Of Pie res,
idt0n ttst proposed was 70 repeal the einb,q.,
Ews, t. assert and prepare TO e..F,rce oar ri~h
ne only oiiect az proposing the amendment /, rs