The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-12-16
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we would have an Embargo, a real and eff
fcctual Embargo. am strength ened in tina
belief-and from the circumstance of the
House OF Representatives having been N
session late on Saturday, / am cf opinion
that they have decided on it. The Senate,
as yet, have not.
Among the many beaetits the people will
derive from it, the following seem to be the
most prominent though indeed it would
take at least whole page of the Enquirer.
to enumerate them ali.
An Embargo will relieve the people of the
seaboard, from the necessity OF drafting the
militia, as heavily as they have been here
1of,re drafted.
An Embargo will save the United States
at least 100 millions of dollars, per annum,
while the war and it continues.
An Embargo will render the necessity for
taxes, less great.
An Embargo will render the necessity OF
burdening the next generation, with the
payment OF our present loans, less grea;
also.
An Embargo will free our coasts almost
entirely from the fleets of the British.
: An Embargo. will save the necessity of
keeping regular troops on the seaboard
An Embargo will double the eftectuai and
disposable force to be employed against Can
ada:
An Embargo will oblige the British to
Withdraw their troops to Quebec, or per-
haps from all CanaLa. and leave Montreal.
* perhaps the Canadas fer our troops To
take peaceabie possession of.
An Ecnbargo will save the lives and pro-
perty of al those who are inclined to com
NIT IRE ason.
An E:nbargo Will make provisions more.
plettifu', and cheap, for our own soldiers,
instea Of being scarce and Sigh for them,
anS plentiful and cheap for those of the
British.
An Rmbarg, will release the people Of the
seaboard from any apprehensjuns, from the
threat made BY the gallant Governor CT
Canada, of an extraordinary warfare,
An hmbargo vii! re1ute all the indians
20 submission, from Quebec, TO Mobile.
An Lmbargo, will, il it htlnues as long
as hope 1t will, throw our HJa.ilg Capital
iato manufactures.
! An Embargo will gi!e our Infant navy q
greater chance TO oat:iye the present war.
and IS Il greater eiiiIfsa ~ Increase i: If We.
Ind tie necessity for il.
An Embargo will reduce the Yves, Indies.
to such state or famine. as TO i,a pei them,
without possibility of error 10 calculation,
either TO coerce g. B. ;ato & peacc, by their
refnon strating supplicatuns, or to throw
tneIr inhabitants INFO cur country or to starve
~aich ever they Preler; one OF tae o,ler Is
inevitable. r.
iAln Embargo viii oblise the British 10 a.
bsNl, ION, ii tiey do not quickly make neacc
wiz us. the who're contineat of America.
An Embasgo. will leave US possessors Of
al Nofth America.
An Enbsrs'. will make us respected as
q nation. by the whole " orId.
An Embargo, Will, finally. leave us q,
il r:1ish. - ~ - '''"'''' y Tie
, it viii relieve the people of the seaboard
fffom tae necessity Of drafting the militia
"a hs large drafts as has bscn heretof IRE me-.
{ : isa7y --cecause the British viii have +,
tnilraw the most Of their fee $ from our
ass. whsre they have been, heretofore
rinCi2ally fed By the provisions Of this conn.
-; REASONABLY furnished them, together
iltn the piunder from our coasters
1t will save the Unsed States at least ion
n iillons OF dollars per annurn, while the
y targ and 1t. contlnues-because will save
q lie militia expences-because it will save
"a e United States immense aurls in the
p 'rchase OF army observation-disclosures it will
re luce all the Indians to Submission, and
tff CREEPY save great expenditures of money!
o7' 'ause 1t Will save our navy from capture
o~e auSe leave us yearly Possessors OF differ.
e'r parts of America--apd fnaliv hecauee
H. will produce peace with Great BRIAN.
1T will render the necesssv for tayes IeRs
s,feat, because there will not Sc, by nearly
Sne hat the number OF troops in service in
t'e next year, that there was in the last
" aich was powerful reason for LAYING
KEN. ''S
Il will render the necessity of burden;re
ne next generation with the payment of orr
present loans, because of the same reasone
1t viii free our coasts from the BRITISH
because as ] have raid before, they will no,
DC able 10 maintain fleet OF them.
1t will gave the necessity of keesipe re
GUAR troops or the acknowledgements there
VIII be no force for them to encounter.
1t will double the effcctual force to be en-
pioyed agains Canada. because all the re
Su'ars now on the seaboard, nearly one half
can be diverted to that object.
IL VIII oblige the British to Withdraw their
troops 10 Quebec, or perhaps from all Ca
hada' and leave Montreal and perhaDs che
anadas, tJr our troops to take peaceabIe
possession OF ; because they are not. nor @.
yer VIII, be able, TO maintain suffi cient
number Of troops, in Canada, 20 protect Il.
ne Canadians have made BUTTE crops for
the last year, nor will they be able to MAKE
any, on the mex. They have been. and
WI BE- to much harrassed by conscriptions,
re British troops there. have had tn de-.
pend chiefly the last year, on the itnporta
IONS from Haiifx, which importations.
nave been "Xrorted, to Halifax, by our wor-
thy CITIZENS It he Eastward. we know nv
Shclat documents, that !. In, The f.e,crsi