The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-02-05

HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
MR.. WRIGHT's SPEECH.
On the second resolution reported by the commite
OF Foreign Relations.


Mr.. Sheaker-I regret that the gentleman
from Virginia, should ascribe to gentle mel
of the West, disposition for wal, with .
view TO raise the price ol their hemp, or TO ths
gentlemen of the North, with view 10 raiss
the price of their beef and -four These, si
are selfish motives, and such as cannot loi
moment believe will be taken into consider
'ation deciding this important question the,
VIII with every other section of the Union
unite in deciding it on It's merits they vii
count the wrongs we have sustained; they
VIII reflect that the honour, the interest anC
the very independence Of the United State:
Is directly attackeG--they villas guardians o
the nations rights, agreeably TO the advice o.
the administration +" put he United States in.
TO an armour aud an attitude demanded by
the cr,sis, and CORES pondent with the national
spirit and expectations )" they will, pre-.
pare 10 chastlse the wrongs Of The British Ca
binet, which the President tells Us, d" have
the character as we'll IS the effect oi war, IN
our lawful commercial rights, which no indie
pendent nation Can relinquish." They will
decide with The President, the executive or
gan OF the nations will, " that these wrongs
are no longer TO be endured" They will
decide with the commitiee OF Foreign Rela-
lation, " that iorbearance longer 20 repel
these wrongs has ceased 10 be a viItue," and,
/ hope they Will decide with me, that sub
mission IS a crime and, sir, il they will eX-
anime document on that table, ! mean the
returns Of the twelfth Congress, and compare
them with the eieventh--shey will find near
Iy one half ths eleventh Congress removed
TINS, SIR, may correctly be considered as the
sentence OF ne nation against the doctrine OF
aubnLi.slou--it Is certainly an expression OF
tie ualion's will, in language not to be. mis-
understood, and too serious in its application
not to be respected. We have also, eir, the
expression of Maryland thiough her Senate,
who unanimously approved the spirited reso-
lu,ions, introduced by the late goyernour, ho
did not suffer his exposed situation, so alarm
inc in the opinion OF the genilem0n1som Nir-
ginia, TO deter him from doing his duty. We
have also, sir the resolutions oi The i.eglsla-
tu-e Of Pennsylvania, an honest test Of their
non-submission principles.
Mr.. Speaker, cannot forbear the remark,
that while the gentleman from Virginia as
cpibes TO the West and to the North interest
ed motives, h conf.sscs, that the situation
OF the blacks in the state he represents, im.
pressed as they are with the new French
principles Of liberty, and their desire for the
traterDal hug, are seriously to be feared that
these new principles have been taught them
oy the pedlars from the East, who while they
sell their trinkets incu!cate these doctrines,
he suffers hisfears, for the state he represents,
IN the event of Il war, ,on account of the blacks,
TO Interest him !; and had he not told us that
if the hataie soinm" was touched, or that it
there was British agency in the late attack
on gov Harrison, he would go 10 war--l
should have been ready 10 conclude, that as
tho state of the blacks would be permanent
objection, no cause could occur that would
induce him to go TO war.
Mr.. Speaker, the gentleman from Virginia
says, he expects to be charged with being un-
der British influence however, he Disregard
ed il. | assure him | shall not be one Of his
accusers believe him governed by himseJ
and influenced by pure American motives,
and that If he saw the subject as | do his bo-
som would burn with the same sacred fire to
avengc our wrongs and was TO hear him
charged in bis absence with British influence,
l should repel it, Notwithstanding he has told
us in q pridciul manner, that he had descend
ed from British ancestors ; that from Shakes
pcarc he had formed his taste, from a Locke
MS nina, from Sna.ndW MS pOlll'CNS, IRON
Sidney his patriotism, and from Tillotson
his religion MIR. Speaker, had been that
honorable member, l should have boasted a
noblsr line of ancestry, should have claim
cd my descent from the beardless Powha,an,
and the immortal Pocahantas, and | should
have taken as models my own state, a
Henry for my eioquence, Jefferson for my
politicks, Washington for ray patriotism,
and a Madison, or rather the oraclcs OF reve-
la,ion, for my religion. But, sir, am my
self so much Roman, that can truly say
in their language
Aut genus aut proavus, aut qua non fecimus pse,
viX ca nostra vocy.
Honour dHd Shdne from no condition ,ise,
.ief rseil yOtr part, there all she h0asgr hes.
Sir. the charrc nf fnrrirn innnencc, and