The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-05
willing to trade under existing clrcNm.

iam0out to*ev,a miilions ard "A half. com
mcrce no, eoual 10 enc haE of the exports
From Massachusetts alone; and give Mas.
sach0sctts her relative share of one fifth o
vhis seven millions Of commerce, and this i,
all she can have to support her seancn, to en-
rich her merchants whom the embargo is
said to have DESTROYED. This is the rea, ST
,uation of the country. Do the people OF the
Eastern portion of it Know it; No, sir, it is
KEEP, from them; they cannot find it IN the
speeches % their Representatives. No, sir,
there II is al, embargo, the favori.e hobby
horse of federalism.
| Having thms attempted to show, thai. it
was not my intention when The e,.,baen WAS
laid to considcrit rs :, permanent u>easm C.
! will proceed to state some circumstauccs
which have rendered this measure. less ore
rative than it would otheraiSc have been.
! The embargo had two objects, to gather in
our capital and to withheld supplies from,
ur enenries. The first ob;cc, has been
completely answered, and there is not ape
lriod NJ which it would be more necessary to
adhere TO it than at the prose- mt moment -
10 withhold supplies frcm oui. enemies, is
now more important than ever. The nation
must be put in a state to meet war
1t is in vain for gentlemen to attempt to
delude the people. The DEGREES of England
a"d France. must be 18th drawn, or we must
fight; it cannot be avoided. We have decla-
red we WA rot suomit, and there is TO spe-
c'es OF ehec; ual resistance bur war
| We have right to carry our produce to
every place on the globe whose municipal re-
gulations do not for!'dit. France has a right
u lnterdict our trade with herself bat none
tonserdict it with her enemy. G. Britain
mas ght to exclude us from, her ports but
none 70 compel us to go there What other
Course ask, can the United States take bat
war, or submission to these Decreess Let
gentlemen examine the va,ious proposals
brought forward. 1t is immatcrial whether
We pass 4 law that we will reduce our tradc
t. the places left by the DEGREES, or suffer il
obe so REDUCED by the DEGREES themselves
To either case we submit-we allow foreign
nations to nix the amount of our commerce
to destroy the fruits of our industry and Lee
& slate for us.
Nw,sir, l do not believe that there is
hatlve hnerican IN any part of the y. S, who
Is disposed to submit and l rel ice that in
THIS house there is no division of sentiment
Gentlemen have publicly declared that they
VIII not submit. In what form then viii
they resist! We have tried paper long e.
nough Ii is time either to exert the ener-
gies OF the nation, or to give up oar rights
and again become the colonies Of Great Bri-
tam am NOT for that; ! have no other
interest than that in land, by he prod zee of
winch live. | wodld sooner CT it 30 in
the general wreck ct my co ntTy, ,han sur
render those rights which are so important
~ he ;i;.;, 81; &c ii; cha
sed with their hest blood I am not tor dis
racing 'ur ancestors who fed from oppres-
son abroad; an not for proving ourselves
a base degenerate cfspring We possess
Country of 1000 miles extent population
Of six MILL Of souls, six ilundr-, til ousand
IN hp..,. I'll -.
nor preserve our independence, we deserve
to be kicked out of The territory neck and
neeis by those powers whom we haze suffer
ed 10 trample on our maritime rights.
In the Course OF my remarks j have no.
II ed the strange union of sentiment between
gentlemen in the opposition and the British
ministry, on the subjccr of the embargo
On this ubiect will read an extract OF
ministerial pamphlet
Providence has ordained, that nations as
well "a individuals, should, in a certain de-
gree, be dependent on each other; and the
Inhabitants OF no Country can be dcbarred
from their accustomed commercial commt-
nications, without being deprived of many
advantages and enjcvments. Society being
thu censti'u ed the government that attacks
the Comfort and happiness OF the people, by
prohibiting this intercourse, aiienateS the
affections and consequently holds its q tho-
r't' bv vers procarious tenure. When the
! G emperor Pow entered into the coincide
rocy against =. Br ain, his subjects were at
once reduced severe and general distress.
Their hemp, their AK, their tailow, their
ashes, theirirnn their timber, all their great
staple comm dities, for the sale Of which
tlev depended on British purchasers, were
left dead weigh upon their hands. Ii the
produce of the land becomes OF no value,
the landlord may apply to his tenans for rent
III vain 1t tine vassti can procure no employ
ment, he can pay nothing to his lord Thus
the MOBILES, whose revenue is derived fro n the
rent of their estates, and the labor of their
vassals, found themselves involved in the ca
lamity Of their interiors: and we're led by
Common interest, TO attempt that revolution
which cost the emperor his Grown and his
life
''If any further calculation f the princi-
PIE to whrch this even is aScribed we're wan
ting, it promises to be found in the u. 3. Of
Aaerica where he cult vators # the soil
are deprived OF the fruits If heir iabors and
the merchants of their commercial! gains, by
tn" present embargo This forced state of
things cenHot be oflong continuance. Area
d. have he Vermoniese set the constituted
authorities at dehAnce, and persist III carry
ng OIL their trade with the Canadians across
lake Champlain, while the northern states
manifest strong symptoms Of discomfort"
Perhaps oughC to- apologize to the Repre-
sentatiyes from ne state q, Vermont tor rea