Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-01-16
RoUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
FRIDAY, DEC. 90.
ro.a 600 VDfIJNTEERS.


Mr.. GARDENER faid that he
was furprifed that this refoive had
pafIed through the committee of the
whole without oppoiition. He had
hoped that fome other gentleman
would have called for the reafens
which induced the report of the COM
mi,tee. 1t was proPofs.i by this re
folution to rsife a itanting army in
time Of peace force which to
his mind was unneceAary on the one
hznd and frightful on the other.
Was it the Object of government to
plunge US into war Was decia-
ration of war intended If we were
to be put into fate Of actual old
fafhioned war,he fhould wi0. for one,
to have the faG in the irit place at
certained. lfwar was determines
on, however unneceflary and unjuft
fuch war may be, the interef .:
the country demanded that in fuch
cafe they ihould take care tina; the
c untry did not fuffer. He taid he
was not prepared 70 pledge himfelf in
the prefcnl fate of the nation, shat
he would 60 70 war and at any
rate before war was declared, he
would not give his fanetion to raj
fng force, the dcitination Of which
he did not underitand. and could net
calculate upon. Fifty ,houfand men,
at an expence to this nation for two
| years Of 1000 900 dis. Why, tlaid
he J ! was told lail year that tie fyf-
TEN on which We were entering. the
embargo fyitem, was to prevent war 5
that war was the moi dreadful GALA
nifty which could befal nation |!
I did not want to be told that. in
order to know it. But this dread
ful evil Of war was 10 be averted by
laying an embargo that would bring
- .-il;as,en at our feet, thar
would perform great cusS s.~ .ss
the diiordefs of the Stare, or tniferies
of the country. But now !: appear
ed that the embargo fyttem was to
be abandoned. and war to be CONF
menced in it place Is it intended
BY his report to FAY that she enbar-
go has utterly failed Of its purpose. as
was predicted by thoie who were OPP
pofed TO it 7 Is II TO be relinquihcd
becaufe !, is in its operation futile.
becaufe it has proved that thce- who
commenced it were not capable Of
calculating the effects, to be produced
BY it 7 Whenever the embarso quei.
tion is brought up in direct proPo-
Iition, it is fmo,hered, and where
attempted to be introduced in an a.
mendment to any other quettion be-
fore the Houic, 1t IS declared out of
order and yet fyltem is here to
be introduced which, If it grove
any thing, proves that the embargo
fyltem is wholly futile in lis opera.
ton. Do gentlemen mean that the
embargo fyltem will do no longer
Let us go on regularly TO repeal it
then. thar we and the nation may
underrtand it. If the embargo be
this grand preventative againit war;
which i, is all along cried up ts be,
and which opinion has been the
means of gaining il thai languid and
Gckly fuppcrt which it has received
from fome portions Of the country;
if il is to be continued as coerciyc
meafu,e, then, flr, | do Unfit that
rafting military force Of $4,000
men IS unnecrfiary If the embargo
be coercive thr rafting fifry thouiand
men for coerci IN is unnecchary The
Two different fyaems are incompati-
bic. IL we have embargo, let US
have wholly embargo |; it wat, Who'll
" war. II we are to have peace the
rating OF troops is wholly unneceila,
ry, Especially with our prciens limit
ed rrfousccs. l with not to fee thoie
fmeafurss. which deSlar alton OF war
only would warrant, adopted before
that attitude is taken. | have no
idea of having thefc CHAINS wound
round me, round this fiou(e, rsund
the nation and | trua the nation
will entertain the fame OPTION.