The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-10

,he it.Nfiic tiny or,lers and DEGREES. All i
the sc calculations are made upon tile as-f
sumesi principle, that the rules. prescri5ed
In these hostilc DEGREES and orders wouic
be invariably adhered to III their practical
operations. entertain a very different o.
f,inion. The commerce which might strict |
" be permitted by the orders and DEGREES, !
would be subjected to so many veNations
by the ignorance or articles Of the COM
manders of hostile armed ships, as TO rem
der all the remaining commerce dangerous
aud Improbable and ! am perfectly sa-
tis6ed, after mourning the disgrace OF sub
uniting to these arrogant and nnwarrantabie
;impostiops, we should, covered over with
disgrace, be compelled TO fight Tor the mi
SCRABBLE pittauce of commerce, apparently
held out TO MS by these hostile and conflicting
orders and edic.s. This miserable and dis
graceful commerce, affords mo ailurement
to me and it will t.isappoint all those who
have made these delusive calculations upon
1t. The gentleman from Massachusetts
NJ. III ioat. ing great degree unravel-
led the mystery, which was before suspend
ed over the calculations of his mercantile
friend, by telling us that this friend hada at
this time several vessels laden with south
ern productions, ready to set sail the mo-
mcnt the embargo shall be raised. This
circumstance, without any impntation upon
the motives of the gentleman, may be fairly
conceived to have had Some bearing upon
his calculations, and is case in point to
prove the correctness of the information de-
rived from the gentleman OF Philadelphia,
ON a former and similar occasion.
Before sit down, Mr.. President, permit
me to explain some expressions which tell
from ME in debate few days since, and
which seem to have reused into action the
Indignant feelings of the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. Pickering.) The gen
tleman might have saved himself these pain
full feelings, if he had been more attentive
TO my observations. He supposes, that called
his federal friends in Massachusetts, politi-
cal demagogues. Now, sir, those gentlemen
were not particularly alluded to, either in
worlds or intentions. I made an observation
in very general terms upon the structure of
popular governments. / stated, as an in
convenient circumstance in the operations OF
such governments, that when the union and
energy of the people were most required to
resist foreign aggressions, the pressure OF
these very aggressions would present temp
tations to political dcmagogues, to separate
the people from their own government, and
through the peoples discontents, to find
their way to Office & to power. Iapplied this
observationto the present & all future times.
then gave the late & present proceedings,
evidence to prove the correctness of the re-
mark. made no particular application of
it to any description Of gentlemen, nor to
any particular part of the y. States, nor
was it intended TO be SO applied Il was in
tended 70 be general IL its application 10
every part of the union. The gentleman
himself has made the application to his
friends; and / readily admit, without re
minding him of the old adage, that he is bet
ter informed than / am, whether his own APP
piiCation suits his friends. But, ] did not
particularly aliude to these gentlemen. !
feel the same respect for the gentlemen of
Massachusetts, that j do for those Of any
other part of the union. Nor have any
difficulty in saying, that difference in poll
teal opinions is no ground of personal dis
re pect and that i do not now, and never
have made it one. On the contrary Il am will
ling to proclaim it to all the world that know
many federal gentlemen for whom feel
great personal respect. Iregret also. Mr..
President, that some ofthe observations which
fell from me the other day, have made so
strong an impression upon the feelings of
the gentleman from Connecticut, (Mr. Hill
house) for whom do feel a high personal
respect. Upon reviewing some of them, /
fear they were calculated to have toe
strong a bearing upon that gentleman's feel
ings but sir, it will be recollected, that
TO his observations was principally reply
ing, and therefore, that my ramarks had
apparently stronger application towards
him personally, than in fact they were in
tended tot have. twill also be recollected,
that most of the remarks of this nature, were
directed against the repeal of the embargo
laws without any substitute, & which, in my
Judgment, would have been submission TO TO-
reign aggressions. Since the gentleman has
disclaimed all ideas of submission, and has
come forward in the true spirit of'76, am
as ready as any gentleman to do honor to his
patriotism. Mr.. President, we have now
made fair comparison of opinion and in
formation upon the measures heretofore "a
dopted by the government. Gentlemen have
been INDUCED with a full retrospect of these
measures ; may we not hope, that we are
better prepared to see what measures are
now proper to be adopted to save the nation
from surrounding dangers Sir, if we could
prevail upou ourselves to act under the
sciiptural injunction if we could first EN-
ploy ourselves in taking the notes out of our
own eyes, instead OF being SO busy in taking
them out Of our neighbors, is it not reasona-
bic to expect, that we should see more clear
ly the course of conduct most proper to be
adopted for the peoples interest and the ge-
neral welfare Ii we could seriously turn
our eyes in upon our own hearts, and i'm
partially examine cur own passions, might
we not expect to find there, some of the err
rorS which we deiusively ascribe to others
is IL not to be feared that this Is the real