The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-05-19

with you IN every extremity, against any To-
reign foe with whom you come in collision.
Dir, every member Oh this floor must feel
Tor the situation of the petitioners they are
suffering 1T is 4 misfortune that this should
be the case-but certainly it is some allcvi-
alton, to reflect, that this sacrifice is not
made wanfonly, but with view to secure
national independence, individual liberty
and permanent security for property.
regret, sir, that have trespassed SO
long ON the patience of the House in dis.
charging what deemed to be my duty.
hope the motion of my colleague will prevail.
! MIR. WliGaT-Mr. Speaker the gen
tleman from Virginia (Mr. Randolphj, in
the large range he has taken in this case,
mas passed IN review before us all his OBJ
Jecticns tn the embargo and arraipned the
majority c! this House for the adoption of 81
ruinous project. He tells us that the en-
barge forced our seamcn into the power of
u. Britain at upwards of fifty dollars per
month, and that without a very hot press In
the British ports, where he insinuate, they
will be left by their American captains. they
VIII be impressed into the British SERVICE
he embargo itself did not produce this eff
feet, which it was in reality intended to re-
medy, but the disclosure of the secret inten-
ton OF Congress to lay 1T, in which the breath
OF Suspicion has never implicated me. But
III the embargo, or rather the disclosure of
It's being about to take place, forced orr
seamen into the power of our enemy. and
was therefore objectionable, how can the
present proposition to export, without res
er1Geioh' IN an unarmed state, our PRODUCT
onS, De secured from the same objection p.
Our ships that carry our products to market
must De manned; and how, ask, are these
men to be secured from impressment Bnt
SIT, we are charged by the same gentleman
with being governed by certain ministerial
prints in our Congressional measures that
the Aurora, the Democratic Press, the
wing, and the lntelligencer, are edited by TO-
irelSners who have come here to disturb our
propose oy goadlng US Oh 70 war. Sir feel
ia conyiston of the impropriety of that sup
lgcst'on, as lnapplicable not only to myself.
bat to the whole House. We, sir. have been
governed by an honest zeal to represent our
constituents IN aveDging the wrongs of our
country, and a firm conviction of the wis
dom and policy of the measures adopted for
thac purpose. But feel it due to those
printers who cannot be heard in their own
laeIence' to say that they have Just claims
ION the gratitude of their adopted country
for their patriotic exertions in supporting
Ithe principles of our glorious revolution, and
loeiendin5 the measures Of the Executive
lana Legislative Departments from the abo
Imnable SANDERS of the enemies of orr Ii
loerties and independence, those miscreant
native. printers, who have evinced the
strongest disposition to plant daggers in the
Vltais Oh tne liberties of their native country
under foreign golden influence. have no
tdoubt. Sir, wish the Representatives on
this floor, elected by the American people.
wouid test their devotion to their country's
cause, with half the practical patriotism of
these iorelSn printers, we should feel much
iess dIihcnlty IN preparing and progressing
TO aVenge oar wrongs. Sir, the gentleman
from New York (Mr. Bleecker) has told us
that he is pleased with the SIGNS Of the
times, and that ere long there shall come a
voice from the east in the language of thun-
der, that make itself heard from Maine
l. G o S a, from the Atlantic to the Miss s
sippl. What, sir, does that gentleman ex
pect to alarm Congress, and hy this, threat
OF civil Warto coerse a majority of this
House to submit to be governed by a minor
iY 1t he does, sir, he will find himself
mistaken nor can believe that such
disposition exists in the east to any consider
able extent, any thing the ISLANDERS ola Hen
ry, and the pre- dictions and maledictions of
the gentleman from New York, to the conn
try Notwithstanding
But, sir, should the signs of treason and
civil war discover themselves in any GUAR
ter OF the American empire, / do not be-
lieve they will produce that effect; and I
can tell that gentleman, that in such an e.
nv NOuDls TIC CNi WOuiQ soon be
radically cured, by hemp and confscation
| and to assure him of my exertions to effect
their immediate application. The gentle
men talk OF signs and tokens abroad, and of
the influence of the planets. Sir, the ar
chives OF our own House, the vote on the bill
| for the protection of 6257 impressed Anne
| rican Seamen on board the British ships of
war, groaning under worse than Egyptian
bondage, furnish strong sign of the times,
and show that certain portion of the
| Representatives of the American people |
are under the influence of British planet.
| Mr.. BLEECKER said that the gentle |
man from Maryland (Mr. Wright) had all
together misunderstood him. He, (Mr. |
Bleecker,) had no reference to any particu
lar section of the Union but said, that if
gentlemen persevered in their project of go
ing to war within so days. in the present
unprePared state of the country, the peo-
| pie, in whatever part of the Union they
! might be, who are to suffer the privations &
calamlties of the war, would soon put down
all their me assures.
The question was then taken, and deci-
ded in tavor of postponement of the conside-
rationos the petitions to the fourth day of
July. r
IN SENATE.