Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-05-04

tiou, before cne really LoAiia ut was
CJn.c..trd, ~ coz payr, Is nor only
uureaicnabie, bur abl0iuteiy abfurI,
70 OXrett. his very Z, mn1rce,
which Ly the palIinE ~ this bill YOU
indicate L j. her Iafeution 10 prohibit
or celroy, IL a. her obvious and un.
deniable policy to invite and chcrifh /:
beGdes, tie articles arc in q very
great proportion, pt'i0iab.c, which
by this Embargo are { " prohibited
from going u market Which is
bet ? To keep them at home, TO a
certain lois and probable ruin, or ad-
venture them abroad 10 a poiIble iois
and highly probable gain AK
your Merchants. AK common
ieuie.
Mr.. QuNcY then took notice Of
an intimaIion which had been thrown
out in relation to an exprels, fent oR,
on the day preceding The mehage Of
the PRECEDENT, giving information
that an embargo would b propoied
the en(uing day He iaid that there
was no necefity of fptaking of that
matter, by diltant allulion as if there
was any thing that fought conceal
ment. That is not an affair, said Mr.
. that ihuns the light. had rhc
honour and the happineis, in conjuns-
ton, with another member Of this
houfe, from n. York (Mr. Emott)
aud a senator from MshAchuf-tts
(Mr. Lloyd) TO transmit that intelli-
gence to Philadelphia, New York
and Bottom, by express, which
itarted on Tuesday afternoon. In
doing this we violated no obligation,
even of the mott remote and delicate
kind.-The fact, that the committee
Of foreign relations had decided that
an embargo fhouId be PrOpofed on
Wednesday, was openly avowed here
on Tuesday, by various members Of
this house. Among others, | was
Informed of it. | ihall always be
grateful to the gentleman, who gave
me that information. Indeed, the
whole commercial community are
under great obligations to the men,
bers of the committee of foreign re-
lations, for their feeling and patriot
ism in relolving on that dilclofure.
It enabled US, by anticipating the
mail, to give an opportunity for
great MATES of property to escape
from the ruin our cabinet was medi-
Eating for them. Yes, Gr. TO ef-
cape into the Jaws of the Brithh
Lion, and Of the French Tiger,
which are places of refuge, Of JOY
and delight, when compared with
the grafp and fang Of this Hyena
Embargo. What was the effect
of this Information 3? When it reach
ed Philaael 1hia, the whole mercan-
tile cl4fs was in motion and ali that
had It in their power, were flying III
all directions from the coming mif
chief. as though it were plague, and
a peftilence. Look, Al this mo-
ment, on the river, below Alexandria.
The poor seamen towing down their
veh5ls, againit wind and tide, anx-
lou only to efcape from country,
which defroys under the mail of
preferving.
The gentlemen who advocate this
bill seem to be much offended that
iome of us do not believe that it
IS their intention to declare war ct
the end Of the time limited.
/ say then. diitin6tly, | do not
believe that this embargo is prepera-
ton for war but 10 believe that
it is a refuge from the quefion Of
declaring war. My reason tells me,
that war is not intended, because OF
YOUR want Of preparation, and OF
YOUR neglect of 1t. If war were in
tended, would the men at helm
have employed The FIVE months Paii
ina way SO utterly inefficient. and
inconfifent with fuch an anticipated
fate What have you done during
Ills long FELTON,, TO put this country
into thar armour and attitude" fo
oftentatiously recommended at the
opening Of it : What have you
done why you have thirty fvt