The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-06-09

the Y. states er disappro,e it! Praise in My
opinion, properly and not prodigaly bestow-
ed, Ia one OF the best resources OF a nation.
! Why is this house called upon, and I am
sorry 10 say it is, too often and too lightly,
to give its sanction to the Conduct ct inclividu-
ais in tue public service, fits appreciation is
estimated SO trivial!y? No. sir; this is a
great question WHICH have presented 20
you; and gentlemen may hamper it with as
many amendments as they please they can
not keep the question out of sight. Some
may be against 1t. becaue they are FIR il !;
some because it does harm, ard some be-
cause it does no good. The question cannot
he kept out of Sight it has been presented to
the American people, and they have decided
1t, decide you How YOU may.
With respect &c che. gs:islepan's amend
ment need not tell him, presume, that
snail vote most polntediy against it, because
! IN my opinion, it does not contain the truth.
! he gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr
Bacon) will be among the last of the mem
bers OF this House to attribute to me am inn
proper sentiment in regard to him, when say
mat 1t does not contain the truth. If the gen
| tieman from Massachusetts chuses. in imita-
ton OF another Eastern nation, not those who
tried their Kings after they were entomhed,
bDt those who Consigned toone common grave
the living and the dead; if he be:wiiling to
attach the sound, healthy body of the present
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES so far, and trust,
certifying itself against contagions--to the
dead Corpse of the last, let hln. He shalt
NOT nave my assistance in doing 1t; nor have
the least desire to draw a marked distinc
ton between the two administrations--Th
Z gentleman will hardly suspect that I an,
! seeking favor at court. My object IS plain
1T is to say to the President that in issuing
that proclamation he has acted wisely and
we approve of it. | know, sir, that there
are men who condem. the conduct of the
PRESIDENT i'll issuing the proclamation-an
why! They say lie was precipitate; where
4 was tho necessity. they will tell you OF de-
iclaring that the orders i'm council will haze
been withdrawn? This is the language of OBJ
lection. There is difference of opinion sub
Slsting In this country on these two points.
here are men who condemn this procia
nation, and men who condemn the construc-
ton given by the Executive to the non
intercourse law. l approve both. | wish
the president of the o. States to have the
approving sentiment of this house, and to
have that appreciation as guide tn his future
conduct; and put it to the gentleman from
Massachusetts whether it be fair to minele
1t with the old, stale, refuse stuff OF the en-
barge. No, sir; let him not put his new
wine into old bottles. There is difference
4 OF OPINION IN this Country The president of
the u. States stands condemned by men in
this ration, and, as ! believe in this house
Tor having issued that proclamation and put
that construction Or the non intercourse law.
/ wish to see by how many he is thus con-
,demned. l do not wisl, to see the question
shirked, to see it blinked. Ifthcre he a ma :
Jority of the house, as ] believe there is, in
favor OF the conduct of the President, wish
him to have that appreciation expressed, as
a I'm nH Il
se"t conduct. 1t is due to him.
SIR, have moved you mar cous, sicken-
| ing resolution stuffed with at.ulation9 No
thing like it but resolution that the promp-
titude and frankness with which the Presi
dent OF the United States has met the over
lures OF the British government towards a
restoration OF the ancient state of things be-
tween the two countries-the state prior to
the memorable non-importation act of 1906
| meets the appreciation of this House. Eli
Their 1t does orit does not. If it does, let us
say SO. Ii it does not, let US say so. ffgen-
tlemen think this House never ought to ex
4 press AN opinion, but to leave the President
to grope In the dark as to our views, or get
them through Unofficial channels, presume
the previous question will be taken, or a
motion made, that the resolution lie on the
table The gentleman from Pennsylvania
says, shall we goback and approve of what
he conceives to be similar conduct of the late
President OF the United States in relation to
the embargo ! hope not sir. But if ma
/ ority OF this House choose to do SO, let them.
shall say NO. But why mingle wosubiects
together, on which there does exist, and |
am afraid it will leak out on this very vote
of indefinite postponement, so very material
difference of opinion in different parts of
the Housef For example ] do not think
OF the olier about the embargo as the gentle
men from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
think and think it probable, that those
two gentlemen do not think of this procla-
nation and the construction given to the non
intercourse law as think. And why should
we make a sort OF lotch -potch of two sub
IJeCts, oti which We do not think alike, for
the purpose OF getting us ali united against
both 1t is an old adagc and very
homely one, perhaps, too much so for the
delicate ears of this assembly, that il YOU put
enc added egg into pudding, you may add
fresh ones ad infnifuhn, but YOU can never
sweeten it. And, sir, defy the gentleman
from Massachusetts, with all his political
cookery, by pouring oat Of the Jar of our pre-
sent situation into the old mess, to sweeten il
| am here prepared to prove, as conceive
that gentlemen deny it, that the conduct of
the two administrations has been radically.
essentially and vitality different; that owing
to this difference, is the change which we
now experience in the state of our f,rcien af-
fairs; that there is no sort Of analogy be-
tween the offer to suspend the embargo as it
respected Great Britain, and the situation
IN which we put ourselves, i'm relation To
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