Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-12-29

Congress. az Washington City, dated
Dec ESD. 1909.
e Congress adjourned yesterday until
e2oay, the 25th Instant. What think our
nds IN Virginia or MIR. Macon's Bill
thought here by many to be Uor &c
crea aifI. The part Of his bill Il
a Il ms, because it is sll; geqeris) waich
ses the p1n iiatercourse aud suffers oar
ESsel5 70 procesd to sea with out protec-
| ouis an abdica';on of.g1verrment as far
= It goss. The Gcheme of the bill appears
| be shis, to let our vessels proceed where
hey please, and TO prevent bellIgerent yes
Is from coming hitler. WHAT will DE
re consequence of this Sir, | will tell
pa Foreign nations Will interdict our
ssels from their ports, and the free foris
ft- Bartholomews, and the like) will be-
Snle the DEPOT of commerce., to which our
esseis will resort and whittier foreiga
H9ttoms will repair To convey the deposit
cargoes to their own countries, This
nothing norS than nhn -Ilt-r cOurs= ul-
II another nine -the only lifsrence is,
BIT our own vessels Will be interdcted by
eiGn nations instead of being interiic..
by ourselves. And we arr exposed 70
& worthcAuon of contessing 10 the whols
Grid chat we cannot project our uZens,
D., -
ym -, l sincerely believe, u very honest
pam bus It appears to ne % b. very ex,
traord,uary ting, that, although he IA Is
Aoid Congress IN nun3red times that he
az no 2Cqnen,ance VITA the Law OF Ma
zoos, .sdd &c IS known thaC he h Is no ac
L;aiitAnce with Commerce, thar he should,
lt@i1nstend.pg, be made Chlrmin OF
mmluee OF Foreign Relations Men may
+ lSh, SIT, al the law of nations bar as
s. g as the,e are nations there must be
US OF nations; and a nan who speaks or
ie upon foreign relations, prOiessng and
4sImg oil lIis Ignorance OF those laws, IS
citizen an tue community b3asting
u As IS unacquaInted with the laws
iCa regulate ms conduct IN society. Aud,
let az te:i thesa gentlemen VINO brag
5neir ignorance, that they are not quite
"a CANDID / ersOns "a they would piss
5eCtgse there is a certain SPICE OF
inhg IN the ostentation OF ignorance /:
s Il coke for want OF education. for
Rt OF study, * for want of industry to be Il.
tme acquainted wt,h principles. / d.
OF Dame var. Macon tor entertaining free +.
h. "v'uionsi and l hope he wall not
AoE.U me for laughing ~ them. Bat,
40 condemn him Cor occupying place as
AhaismAr, 10 which no nan is Competent
10 0ne WHO Is well veryed in the law OF
a,lns and the maratime aud Commercial
Esr2sts oi his cOuIC
s Before Congress proceed to say any
.ng more 2ouut prohibiting the en;ry OF
ned Vessels, and OF BrtIsp goods, l think
ought 80 provide the means or elTectu-
preventing the infracuion of sach PRO
ous 1t is neither digoied nor polite
AXE laws which cannot be enforced.
Ia nj l.,
Mscpu's bill is a most excellent D e
for snR5gers; and now does it com
3slsss Fhe enemy? BY letting our vessel,
SO where thay viii aud supply the enemy
with our produce. 1t IS bill, in fact
winch has all the weakness AMI none o
the virtues Of the old embargo / hop,
Mr.. Macon - the true fathcr of the bill
but 10 IS whispered here that a certain II
fuanc er Is the legitimate parent of it,"
E~.ract oCa LITTER fro n Il Mem5er o
Congress, dated Washington Cit5
De. 26, 800.
There is now very little doubt bu
what Albert Gallatin is the father q
Mr.. Maco1's bill; it contains the yer
doc,une which the Secretary held fort
4 Mr.. 4 -skine, to wit the relinquish
AAInent OF tAe circuitous carrying trade
S. W 81, you see. After we hav
been i1 ul,ed until it is impossible t
jnsait Us any more, Mr.. Galiatin
ben; UPON pdshing his point of surrer
4 dering lucrative branch of trad
without solitary equivalent Bot
wal venture to say, that both the f.
ther aud the supporters of this bill wi
bite their iipi in anguish before Ions
Let US see how Mr.. Glllati
stands as n 8t7iesmap under the pr,
visions Of he bill in question. 70
bare 10 o5gatve shat the trade with eg
emies' cnlooigs was allowable, aud ~,
verio'errupte previous to rule whic
the British government set up in Il
! year l7J6. 81, enc govern nent
nation cannot make n rule or a law
bind aH nations and. Consequent
that rule did not preclude the RICH
which tx. sted antecedenuy In na,io
% The trade in question. The Bill
! insi,t upon that rule, AID with th-ir
We crDwo navy attempt to enforce Ii
4 We resist: Our merchants memoir.
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