The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-05
Immediately as.ar The measure vas adonscd

;iHguiShcu by The tINor q, s.ie pvslpie, :, man
advanced m cars ,Eevery man ,siic in '9S,
kept back The dispatches from MIR. ADAMS.
and had almost plunged us inso war with
France by this act; Whal docs he do? In
lsOo, lie displays the same spirit of hos,i Z,
to France, which he manifested in %
~ritesa letter in which he attributes the en-
barge to French influsncc. TO the mandates OF
Benaparte. MIR Gardcnier request. the
gentleman from Virginia to name him l.
Mr.. Eppes General" Pickering. Ii ap-
peared to be doubted whether MIR. t.ppes
was III order. MIR. Smile Saidthat If the gen
t,en,an from New-Xork WAS permitted TO
criminaJe ne SON goveiument. reply ought
certainly DC al owed1 Mar. Eppes continued.
wish tito DC understood by tie Speaker and
House, that hold myself responsible TO a,,y
rnan who is injured b, my observations. No
circumstance shall deter me from expressing
the truth IN re!ation t. cur anairs. tits time
hat the nation should see che strange union
- sentiment BET cen gen iemen in opposition
and that go, ernnent which has iniui ed us
most. am responsible for my assertion, !;
have right to discharge my duty III that
way which please, and III that way l viii.
then say, this letter proceeded fron the
man VINO in 1913 vas willing, was anxious
to involve the u. States in :, VAR vi n France
here was party in this country in favor
OF 1t; and II correctly informed, the man who
wrote TINS famous letter is the head of thar
very party; party connected and known
under the name of the Essex Junto. This
was the first stroke at the embargo; and
what took place afterwards! 1 regret that
gen ieman from Massachusetts, (Mr Lii
Nermore) is not in us place, whose speech,
as delivered to his constituents, was sent
here some weeks before our last adjournment
Ia nay 1sli tnt I'll ~
of has district, N which he declared that
southern members OF influence in the repub-
lcan party here d openly declared to him
their hostility to commerce The gentle
man had The Candor 70 declare that ne did
not make to ms consti uen,s such a state
meht but, Sill, 1t was immedia civ pre- vious
TO the election. ard although the gentleman
never made such speech, many people in
Ma>sachase Is be ieved thai H., mad not only
made such speech, tut Jhati W S deliberate
expression Or his sentiments These thilgs
justify he statement ut the gentleman froni
Massachusetts,. (Mr. Story that misrepre
sensations have been sp eau olgst the PEG
Pile The federal printers have united in Civ
ing currency to these Interpretations
hey have even made speeches for members
o: Congress-; they have made them accuse
She majority of CG,gless OF being under
French influence. a sentiment OF this sort
has been given IN speech of he gentleman
from New-lork, (Mr Gardenier) though
it is denied
Mr.. GARDENER said he never had ex-
Pressed such ui5iiii'iii iiv speech winch
he had seen printed had nct conveyed that
idea. He never intended To express such an
idea for however he differed in opinion
with gentlemen, he never had the slightest
suspicion, that gentlemen were governt b.
dishonest motives. He should hold ND their
Curse as pernicious to me nation and never
would cease TO do So, thus performing CON
st'tutinnai rign and a duty from which he
wCuldncNer shrink
1t never has been habit (continued Mr..
Eppes) to attribute to gent enlen imp oper
III ]t'tes ! never have d ne SO, but the
Course which has been pursued will give
weight TO the opini'n already entertained
in Great Britain, that We are a divided
Peep e that we are divided in oplni-
ON on wodt the gentleman from New York
himself, has called sef-eyi ent propusiti.
the bel!igef ent DEGREES cannot be
submitted to WI bout surrender OF our
rights, Independence and honor Are we 20
be surprised, that the peope Of MessnChu
sets or of any other part Of the u $ are d
81 ated when they find men so en- igatened
as their repre-, entatives III Congress. ;ellag
them that thiS IS 10 De permanent system
Do gentlemen really believe, that it is our
intention to abide by the eabargp until
our injuries are redressed. be that soon or
later Do they be icve that the embarg is
all that is tn be opposed to insult, INJURY and
blows! Do hey believe thatwe are ues ilu.e
II sense! / FOR one uncquivoCa /; deny that
ever had such an ide or an, person with
whom ] ever cOnverScd on the subject, ex-
ccpt the gentlemen who opposedi it, to whom
it was convenient to represent it as per-
manent measure. And gha' ever gentle en-
NAV say or other subjects, the, viii do me
the justice to say, that at the last session ]
old them NV opinion, that the period would
arrive when the emh rso would be removed
and that when it vas, IL e was no other
Course than war, open and direct or submis
sion, / defy gentlemen an where 10 find the
embargo considered as apermanent nea-
sure, but in their own speeches. and the
prints Of their party.
The circumstances which produced the
embargo are well known but the mis'or-
tune is, that gentlemen wiz NOT state the
question fairly, but cover it under "A heap of
lumber, calculated to conceal from he poo
pie, the real question. Lei the question be
fairly pat, and there is not a man III AMeri-
"a (slwavs excepting old toc,es) who would
not say that they will RESIST. What is the
real state OF our affAi Sand i will not stop
here to discuss who began first If we mean
70 assert and maintain our rights. ii is total.
y immatcrial to us who commenced. tho
Oh this subject might refer gentlemen to