The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-10

that the Sysiem ever. did or ever ceu.d Dro.
duce tito events which gentlemen ;erlIesi-
cd. Nhca tiieH this was aa ut,cr uuycity
on earth, when gentlemen proposed u cours,
never known Ia savage or civilized life,
we're tffey not bound specifically tu STAT,
facts inconecsr~bc la support of ise And
what. (Said Nr Dana) have they done -
Avowed "A genera! broad political faiss and
wholesale predictions. ,hat it viii proHuce
an effect, IN defiance OF ali expcriencc-
hnd am l bound 10 say. when g%entlnnIel
Come forward thus. that the plan will sue
cacd! The thir5 is against you, sir. No
= arenr 81 patriotism, ~iH,repidity of courage,
or excess Of devotion could make Il cflc-
tliat. ilcssid, that The contest was 81 une-
quai IN the Mature Of things, that the United
States could NOT succeed in it. Nothing
but sipST.hufn;n aid could make it succeed.
W hen s~entlemen came to examine into
iacts, Ii would be found that they onittetto
e&anllne the bcar.ng 0f'tIc thiag III general
or IN detail. When had any oii.cer OF the
S~ONernIent, or any member OF either hnuse
OF Congress, undertaken to give Il view @.
inc relative dependence of the countries o..
the world upon each other. As far az com
merce is essential u the existence of Great
Britain, (stid Mr.. ID even now she has the
Whole world before her. As far as COM
merce - essential 30 our existence, the whole
world $ sifnt To us, by the c,nbargo. Eyen
say that Britain loses oAe-fourth of her re-
venue, we - the whole of ears The
lose a part, bat a moderate part indeed uf
their commerce, whilst VIC lose the whole.
The embargo Cannot succeed in he nature
OF things, and / am not astonished that YOU
do not find it on any Of the diplomatic cor
resFondchcc, stated as Il measure of coerci-
On, because it would be no easy matter TO
prove 1t to be SO. What are yo: TO operate
on foreign governments by this measure -
F2mine and instruction arc to be your
Chosen troops, your auXili.ries to on e,.turn
tne!i, systems. Ven assiil them 5y famine,
which Is to call zap Instruction. THIS is, /
tmiill,the language ofthe advocates OF. the.em-
barge. Aud can-I wonder that it is never
spoken OF lii ocr official diplomatic CORES
prudence, as q measure OF hostility 7 Mr..
LANA sand, 1t was unfortunate that the en-
oargo had ever been laid, and peculiarly I'M
fortunate that it had been continued. Did
hot gentlemen already say, that a faction, 4
miserable faction, put the government ar
aehSifcc' Were the ,rins of government
heid by such trembling hands If tebelli-
on exists, said he, do you hesitate a moment
to give orders to yonr battalions to march
and cat 1t down ? ffyou vill do this at once
repeal the statutes which gives ufencc.-
lNlr- Basset asked 20 whoa they gave of
tence Il am speaking Of the obnoxinus
statutes which are put at defiance, said Mr.
Dana-for what possible use can they be
longer continued ?
Mr. ID. said, he had thought that the
days OF ancient chivairy had scarcely return
ed yet. lime had been when the chamri-
ons OF old had been accustomed to have
fetes and tournaments, and lax davs of bat
tie Tor each other, sometimes au hundred
Or each side. This was a species of private
war, a splendid display o. personal Courage.
suite talk or one nation giving n dav to an
otiier TO meet II III battle was a Thing which.
he said, he had not expected to see i'm these
days. Did gentlemen expect, after G.. Dri
tam and France had been wading through
DIoou Tor years past, that they wouldbe aw-
ed INTO 1t compliance with our wishes p
with ~homsoever we fought, Mr.. Dana
said, we should find no ~contemptibie foe.
Ihebravest of our troops might saw; when
they hadbeen victorious, that it was an no
nor to be victorious over such men as these
l ms beiligerent hypothesis, (said Mr.. D.
inns contingent declaration of war, this YER
oai hghtllg, without actual preparation, will
produce little effect. Foreign nations cam
not then conccde what we demand, without
appearing t. depreCatc our anger and they
viii scarcely do that. But the question Il,
nor now, which nation is wrong, Great Br;-
tam or franCe, but villa: will be the most
serViceabie to my country. The motion nm
der consideration does not seem to promise
any beneficial effect, and therefore, | shall
vote against 1t.
Mr.. RanGoihh said, that this was Ger
tainly a question of no ordinary magnitude ::
and he had understood, from the most direct
source OF information, that the gentleman.
(A;r. Nlchoias) who had brought forward
inns motion, was extremely indisposed. He
could wish for one To near what the gentle
man had TO say in supper of his motion, and
win that view moved that the committee
now riSc-Cairied.
T~rEspAY, January 81.
The House again in committee of the
iwho'e-Mr. MACON in the chair, OIL M
N'cholAs's rcsoluti IN and tho question pend
ing, being on a motion to insert IN the blank.
the hrst day Of June. >
Mr.. Key hoped, the blank in the resolution
would not be filed, with tbe first day ofJuue
next, because the circumstances of the conn
try required the embargo to be earlier re-.
pealed or such measures to be taken sc
would enforce its due execution. Befor,
the first day Of June arrives, (said he's on
which it's proposed 90 remove the embarro
'oar months would intervene, during w,,icb
time, Il the same opposition to the east " hich
e@lsteh now, should Still prevail, the c0,,-
Try would be in "a very extraordinary @sit,t,-
ton. If we continue the law, / shall be n