Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-12

.iou'o a,'u ou' =, II, that slumberno IT, ms
ture and people supplied under rs ieslsla-
OF this powerful political narcotic ~ VIC Effects
should have their dreams di,turhs embargo,
thought OF war. War when, as 40 ~ the
has Justly aked, where are the mo- gentleman
it on? Not that doubt, sir, said Ma 70 Garry
there will be war for | am mvse,f n tat
IN situation similar to what would have N hy
that OF one OF the unfortunate people of ' e
raccas, if preadvised Of the danger 49, u "a
yerEung his country--I know thar we e" .sI T.
the brink OF some dreadful scouroc On
great deaolation--some awful yisitst;on I ~
that power whom am afraid we homo " IRON
as yet, in our national capacity. no n,e. ,sNep'
conclliate. If other civilized peonle ~ !"
otaer Dations Of Christendom, have M, = We
ed, what reason have we to suppose thas Iap'
aaaii be preserved from the calamites wb; Us
providence has thought fit to inhict on tba.a
Nations Which have ycntured to intermirol.''
the conflict now going on in Europe on NJ
But let me, Sir, if can, conGnc mvsp,f,o
the merits Of this petition and, that r., NV "
be strictly in order, bring my discourse 10y "
tie level Of the iUsipidity Of the court Caye,a
Amidst this fresh cry OF war, the sound, ~"
strlctive system struck my ear with dleadG,
apprehension. Restrictive system! Yes. s;r
there's the rub. TIC embargo, enqendere5,
from fortuitous concourse between the eva
cutive and the committee Of foreign relation,
has been laid as the precursor Of war and -,
as restrictive measure and yet il is defsn1.
ed in this house, if not by the same arguments
certainI1, h., Il, g. oar,a Ea.f;r,r ,,,L;oL
the celebrated embargo Of Mr.. JcHerscn'sa2.
ministration. III this there is in nv iulprent
the most manifest inconsistency. An enbar.
SO laid on the same principle as that laid bv
Mr.. Jefferson might be defended by such a,
deemed it constitutional and wise, and might
be stretched to the utmost extent to give a
fair trial 10 the experiment, But not 50 with
that laid on recent OCCASION That was
sert of chance medley; it came nobody knows
whence, and nobody knows how. Now, for
its operaton--l say that as a precursor Of war
its operation is panifestly detrimental to the
best interests Of the country. In the charac.
ter under Which it affects to pass, ii is, if not
an imposture, at least utterly inadequate 10
the purposes for which its friends say it is in.
tended. 1t is nothing more than sort oEne.
ver-end to the old system of restrictioa--itis
something like what the Rump Parliament in
the days Of Cromwell was TO al! the Parli2nlents
which preceded lit is pork still without
even changing the sauce. | shall not step out
OF the way TO prove, as unquesuonably |
might, that the operation OF the other part Of
the restrictive system has been manitestly in-
~ a,,J ii IN
terests for, although flour was before the
embargo at ten dollars, but for the non-impoE-
tation it would have been at twelye-beCause
our merchants, being prevented from bringing
return cargoes, sustain loss OF 20 per cent.
in exchange, sHd of course cannot give so
much for -four by 20 per cent. as II the re-
striction did not exist; indeed by more, be-
cause the merchant not only suffers By The
difference in exchange, but Gy the loss ct lbs
usual profit on areturn cargo. That very d!l-
ference of exchange against Great BntaIn,
which has been Wanted as shelving the ba-
lance of trade in our favor, was in fact dead
loss to the American people. have heard It
whispered on this floor that flour yet bears
good price that a dollar used TO be consider
an answer 70 be given, when government re-
duces it's price 50 per cent. in night But,
sir, what is It that keeps wheat at dollar ana
-four at seven dollars and half It is t%is I;
the whole operation Of this system is entirely
upon the grower Of the commodity, upon the
miller and upon him who purchased previous
to the laying Of the embargo ADD was unable
to get his commodity out. Il dlmlnlShes INC
price here two, thIve or four dollars 0arrei,
it has the effect again to raise the price abroad
perhaps as much, making difference De-
tween the price before and alter the embargo
of from five to seven dollars barrel l
speak from no theory, but from as autheAlls
commercial information as any IN the ha'''"
when ! say, that if any persons wl'h 'os2 y.
port -four, vessels from the eastern staseS Ca"
be got to clear out coast-wise' take al 'lsn y,
on themselves, and put that -four ii any PC''
named by the person chartcring the yess'.s ..
for less sum per barrel than the d'H9reNt -