Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-19
An YMINzNT c0NVERT,

DELIVERED by a man CT distinction le tRe ue-
gaocg~alc ranks. at a public town meeting IA
EIzssaehusetys, has long been king by me,
waTtingfo for she best occasion ct Introducing
issto sns geadersin this state. That occa-
sion hiss arrived. he present moment pre-
Sslss as WIN rlsary hurered instances CT men
Ia oar own stare, who having become CON
stnced OF sheiy efEov, have abandoned a bad
saese srssna ahe most honorable motives, and
aEowei 1nir change Of opinioa With the
.noblcsf intrSpidity, and therefore SEIZE up
ca thss-as the most proper tinae &c extend
still wider the circulation OF the following.
~sxreisets1 address.
Dg~BArCHELDER in 81 e~xcrdfara Of some
3englh, observed, thar it was beyond his
powerfully 10 sxpress his ideas Of the pre-
scrs gloomy aspect of the sinreo-that ne.
lad eaer declared his aditiod opihioas wltaaE
gvear freedom and was always determines
SO to do, as long as liberty existed amongst
.us-fa1at heslad hitherto placed alraest In
3aSacst c~onh5rnceia the present national exc
curve, and cnnsressseaatssaJort and, be-.
liesipg that they ire s1nowfre ftisnas TO The
righ ard liberties af4he psople, and would
enact laws congrnial with the principles o.
cssr republican constitutions, had uniformly
rendered them his vote at ~eseetions-and
that with. the. zeaiufa Paul, he had per-.
srcueed to the u5raest of has power, their
opp3osers, really believing ne was thereby
doing service TO the, cause ef true reptbll-
carSssa. But, said he,I disdain the tram
raeSs Of patty-EWM exercise my 5adnlent
m comparison oa facts rather than 50 On
Ia Find confidence Ia leaders Of the blind;
;saI I do nov frankly confess gasy aston,5h-
naerf. nay modification and horror, at the
pnnatusal CONSTRUCTIONS which the ruling
party have applied, tosoar once sacred ooR-
stilution, and she arbitrary, ~fyrann7cal and
cspsesssye laws they have founded upon
tbesa-aws. Sy5 which we hold our parts
shut, our industrious silzcas deprived OF
business, and almost reduced 70 beggary,
and. ali above, a military despotisna, under
which liberty caanoe exist, sprsnging up a
rnongsr us The vel Of our republican
tenpse IS rent. the laurels Of victory are
aarn from HE brow of American liberty,
AMI smnslated on tie. affairs ot*eAecutlVe
iniaIlibiEty.
Wrrh respect 10 tie enbaggo, the doctor
said he had at FIRST approved OF It, because
he thought it a nstye temporary measure,
for the purpese OF withdrawing our laercaa-
lille capital from confscation under PiEatacal
decrets, so a1at car government might II
negotiations failed vita b<lhgeTeFts ,he bet
fer prepared 10 adopt even r~aeasagss Ct
val, NECESSARY bat he had iound hlm-
sell greatly deceived he found tnat the
en,bageo act for he. could not call that q
a5vzv which was unconstitutional was1araze-
out 2;um5osfon and that ats operation was III.
n e., this country. Ii has, SAID he, not only
spresa pcverty and distress a~naong.the Ia
boring classes of cur ~citszeEss but Is accn-
raulating aggravated suRerlnGs On many
VINO would never have realised SUCH ePRs
ftbe embargo had been removed III any
ysesonahle time. Do We not see the pro,
rarsy of the merchant yottlng at tee .wharves
aa8 IN re warehouses : and the fish OF the
b.,z,3y 6sheYran, and OF the shcresman,
Iv;,e useless or peyisi,Tng, thro'out all oar
6sb;oo towns (? Nor did he mean To locate
,bk direfaI ELECTS OF the embargo lR
these towns but shey came more named
a,ely,nder his observation, and da,sy re-
newed hrs impressions Of the ~unconstita
~fionalty of il.
He then made some observations OH the
course which oug government ought 70 have
pursued in order 10 obtain troaa the 6etliSe-
rents redress of. cur wrongs. these he
did consider as great but still he thought.
our governments clairoed and expected too
much FROM England on the subject OF the
right Of search, and Of taxing her men trem.
our vessels. He did not think that It On
tur part there had been such measures tax
i, as to manifest a sincere dispositonthat
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