Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-07
CONGR ESS.
TsSI1sE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
SATURDAY, FEB. 25.
fcoNyINuED.l
NON-INTERCOURSE.

MIR. EE1beS SAID -Snat lI4lS WAS . Pr
ton which lie. hoped might unite all PaT''e -
IN the house. II authorised the Preslden'
= 70 demand the recall of the injurious acts y
!. the belliger>zlts, land on refusal it declai-
ed that we wguid use Ill the force Walch
we possess against the DEGREES and orders,
which under whatever aspect they could be
viewed were calculated ID produce total ru-
in 10 ak the great interests of the country.
The bill under consideration, he feared
would afford no relies 70 the Southern coun-
sgy their produce would stu be lying on
s their bands. And indeed take three adol-
lars hundred from the price of tobacco,
las.tbe orders In council do) and the cui-
tivation of it is ont of the question 1t we
allowed Great britain to say that we shall
not. trade without coming and paving her
TAX. where wouldyhe the limit TO her ex-
toftions? five were such dastar:liy wretch
ss as TO permit her TO tex ct viii the great
STABLES Of the country could it be supposed
at,she would ever allow us hereafter even
"a. be the carriers Of our own produce
Whatever present relief the bill nai8ht afford
toflle Shipping interest, ruin would ulti-
nstely fall on every man Who had any thing
at stake in the country. Il we took no
n,eaus 70 resist taxation he Should be COM
nepsel 70 believe thae what lad been said
was correct that 6 t,is a,GI9ritg cGnnat be
KICKED into a zgar.0 And If sosae such
mcclure. as that proposed was not adopted
the assertion would stand as a danlnable
rscolxl to future a8es 81 We Should here
after he refractory, q foreign nation ought
therefore rot to send troops but men aJped
with whirs 10 .soouT9e rs into o5ediance.---,
He concluded by saying that he hopef tie
House weuid agree to,postpone tae consids-
rif;on ofthe subject I'LL Lonciar3 that The
amendments might be printed,
z-svryurvy---s--r JC-OGa-
for. Of the proposition. There must 1eone
of two Intentions II the house, eighec tc
g o]idesmopthly down the eolytatof sQbnis-
.sior1or to take q higher ground, hich l2ass
he war. Could il be h4lie7ad, that i Great
Britaia maintained her syalen at e-,clutl5as3
our commerce from t3e,oeean, or su3jece5.25
INTO heavy taxation, Wsr was not inertia
bIe. Nc. man could conceal this fact from
himself or from the nation.
Nj. ID. K. ltiHiea1s wished. 10 Offer q,
amendment to the aoaealnl4ne, fer the pur-
pose OF asc rtaining the sense OF the house
on the subject Of fighting. For cl-Ts PIX
pose he moved 70 amend the Kill as 10 az
aterise tie 6rtaic<1st jortiyv;h 10 ctSe no
bub',e free sc.
Mr.. IgastsrS opposed the postpoi1el3erf;
he hoped he business would Re aaaEy cen
cluded tonight.
The. question being taken by Peas and
y~,SSSsg,v, ,-os,4
ponemcnt of the fur.E>er consideration o. Inc
subject tal Monday, there were Ter It Sc
against it 20.
The house being equally divided, the
speaker decided in the negative.
Mr.. s. 6. 9ae4soE wished TO postpone
the consideration Of this amendment, So as
not to delay The progress Of the bill. The
Speaker declared that part Of q sub
iect before the house could not be postpcn-
Ell.
Mr..D. r. EF5l1iaalg reioiced IN the oppor-
tunity Of registering his vote for wax. he
observed shat the embargo must be consi-
dsyed as perfectly falling except as the pre-
cursor of war. We had much greater
holdnow on the bs,ligerent3 than we should
ever have again. We had changed the ba-
lance Of the ledger completely during the
embargo. They had before an immense
property of ours in their hands VIC now
had Of theirs. Permit the embargo to be
removed, and they would again have the
same hold on Us, and we should not go to
war next session, Rather than give them
notice that we meant TO make war upon
4hem ut certain tipe, he would seize all
their citizens and set them to work on our
forti6cations--act the Algerine to them.---
Tneir governments played the Algerins on