Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-01-23
WHole No. Sol.
EXTRACTS FROM
MR.. SLOAN'S SPEECH,
ON THE NE,v EMBARGO BILL.


fhall ak the indulgence of the
houfe but few minutes longer, TO
fome general remarks on TIE s1ea ef
The embargo iasvs, and 81 The bin nnderI
esnEderafim, to which | am impelled
by the facrcd impulle Of my con-
fcience-by my firm attachment tol
our prefent adminiItration-and bgI
my duty, as representative Of the
people, to preievere inyiolab'y their
righ.s Ito fay, God in his inhni { |
mercy. grant it may never be pafedl
iato law. No, Mr. peaker, III nyl
opinion, we have paf1ed too many /
laws on this fubjeet already PAT
Gng the refolutlons reported by our
committee on foreign relations, has
in the few days that have elapfsd,
transferred an inmsnfe fun Of nom
ey from the induftrious yeomanry Of
the oountty, to IDLE fpeeulators and
hockiobbers of both tow aud coun-
try. Is not this fact known to many
members on his ilaorl DO they
not know, thai domeitic produce IS
fell one half, and even al thai redu-
ced price there Is liitle or no falc for
it /; and that foreign ARTICLES hive
riiep in the fame proportion aid
that in confeduence thereof, in vaii-
ouspars OF the union, where until the
commencement ct This feGion, the
embargo If not approved was borne 1
with patiener-,he people now cry
with orr voice. Weean bsar it no
longr, Give US any thing that The
wifdom of congreis can dsvifs rath-
er than the Embargo l. Eut have
frequently been aikrd if ,hsfe be
facts, why do not the people pc
titiou 7 lhr reaiop is obvicus !; The Il
federalilts have pe,itioned what has !
BEEN the aniwer ! Why, liey areH
eperrics TO our ad niniltratien /; who
with. to Involve Us in war with France
and an alliance with England NAY, I
further, i, NOT every member on this D
Aoor, who has exc clsed his own :
Judgment as free and indePepdent |.
representative OF the prope, il in bat {
a Jingle iniiance tha, Judgment runs /
Counter to the will of the majori,y, 1
denounced as an Appellate 4
Is this qnehi'n ak d with a viewf
ofexci,ing jsaloufy, or deceiving the ]
people /! No. Mr.. Speaker 10 un-
deceive them, to lay before them . !
true itatemem Of The conduct of their ]
REPRESENTATIVES. | fpeak experiment
tally. Ifpeak to free & enlightened :
pecple, who want nothing but true
information to induce them to att
ri hit. l, there man in .hefe u 1
nited States, that in proportion TOT
his Ration has fpen, more time and I
money, TO bring about change inE
favour of democracy, and when
brought about, to fupPort it, than ( ]
have? IF :here be let him come !
forward and ihow II. Have devia- /
ssd from rhofs principles If there !,
be citizen in thefc United States !
that durit to make fuch charge, let /
him come forward and fubitantiate
n.-But what has been the eonfe
quenoe ! Laf iefion, oppofed the
famous, OF rather infamous courtmar. /
tial bill /; bill that l now fuppofc.
was intended as the hrft chapter Of
a Failure book, in which the prefenr
bill under confederation was TO have
been the feeond. That horrid at I
tempt to lay the foundation Of a
military deLpotj6m failed and IErsy l
God, the fecond may alto. I
But my obiervations upon that
bill, was by fome who occupy the ]
front rank in the majority, held up to |
public fcorn, as being my maiden :
federal ipeech. Why, really, Mr. i
Speaker, if the motives Of TIE feier I
aliIts are as pure as tLofe which die
tated that fpetch, do not con6der 4
the charge diifonorablc. ] alto =
brought forwari refolrtion, for The :
purpoie Of removing the greateii EVIL ],
under which the pc, pie ofnhefe uri- 4
ted States groAned-7ro erafe fron. 4
our IA ute books, prime pie repag- B