The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-13

| rican vessel takes Its departure with Car.
go of produce, and re,u.ns To this country
no more, unless 1t has cast away Its charac
ter OF American aud become a foreign YES
| sci 1t IS probable, sir, that among those
ve>,cls ut Amelia Island, ar many that
were American, but are now changed 10
| Gnghsh.
| | anu decidedly against the committee
rising. some parts of the bill may be good,
some had but there certainly is Il clause
in the b,il. which will Keep pirates and piun
derers from our ports and harbors-and as
10 energy can tell those who talk of il,
that there is a clause in This bill. which may
preveni us from being Coheahagened mat
a port may be so well iortiiicd by nature and
art copbined, as TO opposc. an armed force
| GhhroachiHS- aud yet. which may nor be
con ,etent 70 repei il after IL has been re-
ceir'cti 10 peace and friendship, within our
!! ports and t-,..lcrs.
MIR LiperRore declared himself also op
passed to the committees rising. He visited
to snow what was the c5.tc'.. of trade now
carried on with our ports IN B'is;-h BOTTOMS,
and what its amount? He SAID he i,,~w.
that there was IA small trade carried ON in
mali vessel, from Nova Scotia to Tie United
States, and which was very ben, ficia! to the
citizens of thc United Ssates tae stopp1ge
or which. as proposed would operate very
f! uncqualiy. Ii was Il trade which could not
! so well be carried on by vessels OF the United
, states. IL C'ngrcss commenced this busi
ness, they misnI shew Great BLitain how
she alsq nlght my additional restrictions.
Some ct the sections OF TINS bill, Mir. l.. said.
! ne lhmsht tx would be proper 10 re ain /;
bu, lheiC were some ;ha' he entirely disdp
prov ed.
AS to the non intercourse, there was no
| =
Britain, because il was not ia force against
Aerr-aad this he thought he could demon
stracc ~ proper time
Mr.. S2zVger said ii he had as much CON
iidence in he oiiicacy Of the bill rs the gen
tleinan from n. g (Mr. Macon) he should
! make no opposition 10 il but he cxpectcd
! nu;ning rom it. II. said MIR 5. we take up
OF ourselves 4 war!ile attitude and e,ince
a disposition 10 be Independents. we sil II
! produce such AN emharraSsmeut that the
ipresent ministry If 6. Il will have 50 treat
| with us or ,etire from power. Bat if we do
no dure than pass such hi as this, we
( Shall encourage them to go till we shall
be Stripped by the orders in council, one af
ter another Of every vestise OF csm rnercial
| Nights What are we afraid Of? Can any
cha,g- be Tor The werses WHY are we ::
fia,i u gong to WARP Shall we not have 70
| borrow money To- pay the current eXpences
Of he YEAR, we should only have to.do the
same IN war Never WAS there more "a
vord6le moment for it. BY the treaty of vi
emma England is left without a Chance os
gaining a footing On the continent. Ii we
I take manly and independent ground, we
shall compel her ministry 10 respect ou,
rights Are We TO wait for her to declare
| w.r iirstt If we do, we may wait forever
she will never declare it rs long as Sic can
Garry it OF as she does nov without declarin;c
1t Although am opposed toa navy, YET
am DESTROYS when we have one, that its
/ powers shall be cxerted. live were to send
IL 20 sea and MAKE Il Doid irrup,ion into Cana
da. we nlight produce Some effect, but never
I BY sncl me- sures As these,
Mr Shgfcy sad that rot having eXpec-
ted MS bii would So som be called up, he
: had not gwen 10 it shat attention which he
sil ard therwise have done bue he bad
/, psld sufficient .'tentioa t. IL 10 conceive &c
"nrthy = cnnsidefati1n. st had been ubser-
/ we'd bH gentlemen apparently opposed 10 it,
thai 1t vas nos sufficiently energetic ON the
one hau.i, and on the other thatit " ouid EN-
barraSs com nerce, Taking it for granted,
SAID Mr. ihat We ought 10 adopt :. strong
! CT measure, IS that q reason Why this bill
shvpii nm b. passed. aud renan in force
unti our present peaceful attitude is chan
ged! II Il strong measure were to L.: bro'C
| forward, II wc4id probably supercede this
bill. But what, sir, is the energy OF which
gentlemen ,alks Ii they want war, why do
! they hot CO ne forward and lay Il dcciara-
tion OF war on the table? What arc emerge
ric measures If this be not what is meant?--
Let us, If it be deemed expcdient, give
right 60 cur merchants to defend themselves
agaihs! England and France-but d. not let
us DC diverted fToni the biz. 1t dnos not ap-
| pear to ne to be the sentiment OF a majority
| ot the II ,use that We ought at this Inc to
change the attitude OF the country; il does
| not appear to Ne the sentiment Cf the Chief
Magistrate. Prepare for the worst-.-.but go
no farther. This is the cnersy j would ic-
commend Make preparation, but take no
steps of hostility.
Let us consider this question Oh the objec-
ton from the other side of the House. If
gent emen are not willing to go to war,
what will they dor Or viii they DO any
thing beyond 9 preparation for defence /!
WA they, suffer the non intercourse to re.
main IN force? see no disposition on any
SIDE To do this. We see that the prosperity
OF agriculture requires commerce. Nothing
but Tue most impGrious circumstances opera
ting on a nation e IN prevent the expnrtatOn
90 CERTAIN produce OF agriculture. The non-
llnLerCour,e ON TINS account is not enforced or
Is evaded thus situated, what is its ten
deEcy! To corrupt the people AS niea
sure of coercion, 1t is certainly phantom
for, what effects does it prodacc9 Are not
The manufacturers OF England now furnished
| WIN ihe raw materials necessary for their
fabrics and with every thing yol could give
thea! You make the farmer ana planter
pay the cncuitOus price Tor European goods,