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

'ie "Pp"eu 10 vessel clearing OUT hence
or toner arrival in England. our government,
that it applied to the time when the vessel
shouio arrive In England. Then, sir, if we
take the time which will be required for q
! voyage hence to Europe, it is lace ctarius
.uit. me hon-intercourse will never have beer,
in force at all as to trade of export. is that
mothing! And, lest the gentleman from
| .ennsyiVania or any other gentleman in this
LOUISE may get alarmed at my Appreciation
III the administration of the government oe
! the United States, viii state TO them--I do
not wish to terriiy them out oftheir opinions
II wish them to judge the administration
| upon It's merits, without a reference to per-
sons, as have Judged of the proclamation
without reference to. the parties concerned
IN the manufacture of it-Lest they should
be too much alarmed at that appreciation,
VIII state that my idea is, that the President
OF the United States has but done his duty
and that thelninister of Great Britain has
no cause TO put on sack cloth and ashes for
any concession which he may have unwarily
made to cur government. If my strength
VIII hold me out, sir, L will state why.
In the year 1906. we passed that miserable
Old non-importation act which last session we
repealed-and really, sir, we cot rid of il
with an adro.ness which pleased me exceed
ihSiy. Never was an obnoxious measure
more handsomely srnothered by itsaverred
friends. Gentlemen said it was merged in
the non-intercourse act, and therefore, As a
matter of Indifference, they would repeaiit:
and when the non- intercourse act shall c5,-
pre- by iss own limitation at the end OF this
session or be suspended by the Presidents
proclamation, as it is in relation tc Great
britain. there is an end of both and thus
the OH measure, the old original sin to which
we owed our first difficulties, was as much
rid Lot
had declared it an unwise measure, and
therefore repealcdit. lido recoliect to have
heard one gentleman (Mr. Eppes) say.
that. unless the section repeating this law
were stricken out, he should be compelled to
vote against the non.intercourse bill. He
conJured the House tocling 20 the old non-im-
Portation act, as the last vestige and symbol
OF resistance to British oppression--but the
House was deaf to his call and the nom.
Importation act was plunged beneath the
wave. never q trust TO rise again. When,
therefore, the late President OF the United
states made an offer to Great Britain to sus-
penn the embargo as to her, provided she
would withdraw her orders in council I viii
| suppose that she had accepted thai cffer-In
what situation would she have stood in reIa-
ton to the United States> Her fine cloths.
ner leather, her watches, her this and her
that, would have been prohibited admittaoce
tation act OF 1906 which would have been in
Iorce: That act, i'll point of fact, had no o.
peratlon on her adversary. Her ships would
| nave been prohibited the use of our waters.
whilst the ships of war of her enemy were
admitted. Did that make no difference
That, sir, would have been the situation of
tue two countries, provided she had accept
ca the offer to suspend the embargo as IN
herseif--the old non-importation act in ope-
ration, her ships of war excluded and her
rivals admitted. pray you, was not thar
the condition OF the country when Mr. Rose
arrived! was there not some difficulty
| under the proclamation, in the admission of
the Statira frigate, bearing that minister in
| to our watersf And were not French ships
| OF war then, and have they not siuce been
riding quietly at Annapolis, Norfolk andelse-
where Has not, in fact. the gallant Capt
decatur taken our own seamen cut of one Of
! them And yet. sir, the offer at that time
made by us. has been identified with the ne
gociation between MIR. Secretary Smith ard
Mr.. Ersliine. What then as her situation
| he non-importation act i'm force. bs, shi,s
| ercluded and those Of France udmitfed--
and nothing in force in relation to France.
except the embargo. What is now The ST.
tuation OF affairs. Trade with her is resto
red to the same situation, in point of fact. in
which 1t stood when Congress met here in
| 1905 Cat the memorable first session Of lie
ninth Congress, which generated the old
non importation act Of eighteen hundred ard
SIX: Ber ships Of war are admitted into onr
waters, her trade is freed from embarrass-
ment, while the ships Of her adversary are
excluded, and the trade between us and her
adversary forbidden by law. While. there
fore, am ready and willing to approve the
conduct OF the present administration. it is
not because conceive that they have eff
iected any thing so very difficult, that thew
nave obtained any such mighty concession
but because they have done their duty. Yes
sir-we all recoliect the objections made to
the treaty negotiated by col Monroe and
Mr. Pnkney ON two great leading accounts
LIST. thatlt contained no express provision
against the impressment of seamen Is there
any provision now made No sir. The
next objection to the treaty was the note at
tached to- it by Lords Holland and Anck
land. What, sir. did gentlemen on the flaor
say was the purport of this note! That its
OBJECT was to put us in a state of amitv IN
respect to Great Britain ar the expence ne
the RISK of Collision with France On ac-
count or this note, the treaty and treatv-ny
kerS have been politically damned. And
yet we are now, in point of fact, in that ye-
ry situation in relation to the two nations
IN which it was said that the British Com,
missioners by the note aimed to place rs
ana which was sufficient reason, according
TO the arguments of gentlemen. for rejecting
me treaty. The note was a sort of lien
gentlemen said, that would put US III a state