Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-06-30

| she could not live without them; and the
l moment that we repealed it in this manner,
/ the embargo was destroyed. 1t looked well
to have the embargo continued as to Great
Britain and France because it saved APP
pearances. / do not.know that the govern
| ment was to blame. In the letter of Mr..
i Gaming, to which have before alluded,
there is an expression, the importer which
lplainly-is, that if the. British government
| could restore friendly relations between the
1.-TWO countries without appearing to depre-
cate the embargo as a. measure OF dreadful
hostility, she would have been very wiling
to have treated with you. Ii the embargo
had remained to this day, would you not
have remained without step being taken:
But we did repeal the embargo, notwith,
standing the name which was left, SO much
that it could not be supposed by any body
to operate on Great Britain so as to be iniu-
|.rious to her. sThose-who saved appearances
by partial repealof the embargo, granted
what she wanted in this respect.
When these three impediments were re-
moved, and by our government too, when
the door was fairly opened, Great Britain
walked in and offered to the president of
the United States that, since We had done
all that she could reasonably desire, and we
did nothing more, she was willing to do all
that we could reasonably desire. 1t is for
the promptitude and irankness with which
the president met the late overture that
thank him most cordially for my country.
approve it most heartily. When secreta-
ry OF state, he satisfied ne that when he
wanted TO keep off accommodation, no man
was more competent for instance, wheu
reperation was offered in London, and Our
government had as liet taken poison as ac-
cepted it. know that the president OF
the u. States, in the course of diplomatic
discussion, could have produced delay in
cided what prevented the arrangement from
coming to a happy conclusion. But he
chose, when he came into power, to dispel
that darkness which the administration of
his predecessor had spread around. He
acted with promptitude and frankness, and
merits the gratitude of the nation for it.
and it is the duty OF the honse Of rsprescn
tatives to give rhear appreciation of this act.
And | am willing to JON in it, not because
am In the habit OF pouring out the incense
of adulation--torl Will tell gentlemen very
frankly, that IT any one who is SO averse to
praise, were to blame the president for his
conduct In relation to the resistance to the
laws in Pennsylvania, would Join HIM
but whilst express my dlsapprobAtion tina,
|, I, ~ 10.
not detailed the causes out OF which it grew
and the manner IN which it was composed,
lmust express appreciation ofhis conduct in
relation to the subject now .before us. |
must, indeed, regret that the president has
not even submitted 1t to the reconsideration
of congress, when there was a rebellion in
the heart OF the government, rebellion a.
gainst the judicial authority of the u. S.
shallnot make a motion to express my
dlsapprobatIon but if other gentlemen
did, might vote for it.
a colleague of-R,ine (Mr. Fisk) yester-
day undertook to instruct us by reading part
Of the speech of a British nobeman, instead
Of listening to the dictates of his own iudg-
ment. AS to this same Lord Grenville
have word or two to say. Perhaps my
colleague does not know that in Great Bri-
tain they understand the game of ins and
outs as well as here; that there as well as
here, men have one set of political connec-
tionssto day, and anew set of political con-
nections and principles tomorrow. But the
little knowledge~l possess Of British cor
luption { Lam sure shall be applauded for
that world enables me to say that there are
| men in Great Britain, who do not practise
what they think, who make speeches for the
mere purpose of putting the ms out, and
| themselves in. And though 4 would not