Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-07

Sskne fckesvfgF -Gxx s1te CtSSyr0tioHs ct Mr.
Wheefsas ess she final tassage Of afr.
Aasss Do. ss&syed u il eur skescs d
I ahe Raikat.
Ma. SsRGxsA--s 81 s5S 3 :, !
= So The great question that IL now 10
DO decided BY this house, as ! understand
az iawheshss the hilis for regulating the
'sCasMsrcisl sintercourse shstwsen 9. Bri.
tatn and Franee and for. other purposes,
Mhicb has sOtong been the subject or dis''
cussiOu, shallass shall net pass into law.
Upoa skiS hia, cir, in the sevsral stages,
throsgh whiehit has passed, ! have, Pur.
Posely forbornsrask king any remarks )! but
with steady alienation have listened to the
arguments of other gsns!vmen,. and have
admired the Ingenuity with which they
have, on bptk sidss, been urged. These
srgumsn.s l'hass sndsayorea.o weigh in
equal scales, and having found the balance,
satisfactorily to rnyssif ;.shiss sosstbsr with
my own re asCsions onxhssubjsct, has set
flsd an opinion in my mind, BY which duty
rsquirss1 that ] should be guided in ,hsim'
Pessant decision thasL Is now about, be
made. This opinion has led me most
cordially 70 unite 10 the wishes Of the
honorable uennhes who conceived the bill,
that j. might. be dead boins* But not.
withssanding HE wishes and mine and the
fervent prayers of: many more, now be.
ieve il will be labored into, birth, and be.
come q living child. SAs',he tsame time I
believe. thar, notwithstanding its noble de-
seem Cor iris said to have been begotten
10 the Palassl ,hSs, It's elder, bns i'll fatsd
hroEherss the n0h.mporsarion, che <m6ar-
50. sud the non-insercourse laws, it viii
lave. unrespecscd,and die unlsmcnsed.
Some parssoe The creature sesrn howe
yer 60 s,riks, she. eyes Of most Of its bsnsld,
sss with compiaeency, isnot witha charm.
Osher pxrss are 70 manv. quite UNPLEASANT,
snd-s estnf tlisgassing and among those
who have express I'd 1h.ir dislike, different
Senflemsn have given different and even
opposlfe reasons. Some think it has 100
mild aSsouDsenance, indicative ct a di.Po-
a'esou TOO pacific others that il has an aw-
1ui frowr on its brow, that may be terrible
even to distant nations. To me it appears
too feeble for war too full. Of anger, Tor
Rsace /; and therefore / dislike the whole
OF i. How, INDEED, it; may act, and what
VIII ee iss operation, when it shall arrive
nj fuilifs, tits impossible for me, with
certainty, 60 prrdict; but sofar as it has
appeared, in, its present embryo state, it
mas nosa :eature, ]irab nor y Joint that is
pleasant 20 my eye. That limb that ap.
psars To- be dssignsd to, smise with early
-aeaeh the non,iutereours law =, E should in
deed De plsaaed with, If il were ON differ.
'sns bedy and habits appropriate name. But
lnevsr can Sish the existence Or. tpreserya.
tsn OF any ereatarr, merely because it may,
have ths power, and the Disposition too, OF
destroying another less noxiea' than It.,
Ehe bai, Or, appsxrs to n. 10 cohsaia
principles Inconsistent with each other, and
which, fear, will. prove asrlss,, and not
only Gseiess, bu,sery aaisehievsas Ia. shsir
operation. .'Is 10 said, hy s1sss, Of ies .idvo.
Gates to bs Of q very hafnsir 90 :sasvvs, a
sness municipal regulation. &c 60, thy IS i
Mosmade t6 extend is operations tos S!f the
worlds wishest being roufntd tssG. Bri.
$500 TsSEtu9S USsu sHSes SS
seas ws Asveal,ag been eomplsinins.----
VIII this be likely Tor have any effect to-
notwithstanding rlss eaasrs OF those tcem.
Psainss H I eoulds~e any thing 10 IL, 20
encourages such an hsps, Il would be highly
gratifying % me 10 be ensof tie number 20
Siss i tiAs. eject Of law., 1tis not pretend
edthas il possess any very. ssereiss quality,
Ser al aeinewlsdge that eithef Of those as-
sions aFs able 60 dsfssf OF eeaniesacs, a.
elsasare. :sh isscrgsssscns tossrds shsns-
ssivsx ssxpeetiseiy, Why. shs1zs ehsrs .
.einlsss inssrtsd is .is giving Authority 30
shs psSsia an IA Suspend iss cPsrasipps ~
fss 81 Hpt fsspsss 3; both sss y ma 2
s lnsas n alr.l rsas asefisn. f'se.
ear 81 m;xSt ME- ssith he Psrseaf sea-,
yis,s a. [snsrssS. fahes W saess terms ct .,
u !. ne S,ss irses sfssasa ass' tss as'h 4.
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