Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-01-09

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this Gaf takGA " W. nv soe'@t t~
ferred toa committee oi the whole
Altho' admitted on all sides to be the
most important question that ever was
aritated in Congress, the majority
seemed determined 10 force It's consid.
sra,ion. 1, was moved BY Mr.. Quincy,
10 make i, the order ot the day Tor Mon.
da,, allowing three days TO digest its
provisions. The question vas lost, and
every disposition evineed to force the
hin Immediately upon the consideration
Of the house. Mr.. QUINCY then NOV.
ed 10 make IL the order ot.the day Tor
Saturday-This S MAS also opposed.
"a Mr.. Qu,Ser sustained his mo-
ton in n manner 50 spirited and feeling,
as 20 shake the guilty purposes OF his
malest,'s troops. lie de.
clared, tina, the bill PROPOSED, struck
Al the very soot OF the constitution, and
was fraught with the most dangerous
and alarming consequences. Il vas
TO strip the people OF their
freedom, 20 destroy the fundamntal
OF our constitution, 10 make
Ihern slayest 10 the wsrst of masers.'
was born freeman lsad MIR. % and
mean to remain one. l will transmit
10 nv children as far an inheritance as
nv father bequeathed TO me, OF Will
.eri,h i'm the trial. This bill Was only
passed by the senate, AT late hour last
night, and I solemnly declare, that
have not yet studied it. II ] am not
allowed a reasonable time 10 consider
HE law, | shall tiisdsin TO act upon 1t
when il is brought before the house....
III, is to be hurried through this house
BY force without permitting its detorIn-
ties to be exposed, I for one will en-
ploy every means to arouse the spirit
of the nation, and inform the people OF
he manner in which their rights have
been invaded These remarks made
, sensible impression upon the major
lty, bu, men were not wanting III des-
pera,c devotion to executive viii, to OPP
pose the reasonable request OF Mr..
Quincy. Messrs Eppes, Smile and
Bacon, spoke in appreciation OF the
and the necessity oilos'ng no
lime to enforce it.
Mr.. CARpENtrn, of .Nesv York,
made some spirucd remarks on the
subject.
MIR. Lyon observed, arm one Of
those Mr.. Speaker, who think the en-.
bargo ought not to be continued, but at
III events that if provision is to be made
to force it down by military power, that
lime ought to be allowed to study anc
digest the bill which has been passed
by the Senate for that purpose. AT
any rate MIR. Speaker, for goodness
sake, do give US day, dont take It sp
TO day. This is the twenty second Of
the annrversory offhe ennds@'-
70. II is an onunous day, ana the bill
offered now for our consideration con-
lains the worst attack upon the constr-
tuition and the liberties of my counary
that ever was before heard OF. l have
always been a republican, and l mean
10 continue one--I exerted all my
might and main to put out the Feder-
ale and to ge, the republicans upon top
Of them, but wOM help toput them
under them again. Il yovs pass shis
bill, mark what ! ten yor, the Federats
will get uppermos,, FOR OUR PAR
TY IS FALLING OFF EVERY
DAY. N-you will make law like
this, the people will soon let you sec
that the same things which put one
power out, wont keep another in. BY
This law a man cant pass the lines with
out having his pockets picked by these
the collectors. II he appears
to be going across the line with little
in his pocket, he may be rifed
Of all OF it, for money is money whether
it be $1,000 or 10 cents. Mr.. Spea-
ker we want time to read this strange
law before we take it up to speak about
it. We shall be longer speaking about
it, if we begin to<neak upon it at once
without knowing any thing about it,
than if we understood it first and then
speak about it. The furthest way
round is the shortest way home some
times, and I'm sure no gentleman will
speak on this bill until he has read it,
a Il at least thinks he understands it,"
Mr.. Elliot said, that he was not situ-
ated precisely as the gentleman from
New ork had described himself to be.
Tam prepared, said Mr.. l.. to act upon
this question bu, think that it is ve-
ry desirable that time should be allow
ed for others to investigate and reflect
upon the subject. Though the bill, in
its amended form, has been placed up
on our fable this morninV. | have read