Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-13
Mr.. eRUNDY's SPEECH

NE. WRss7ER's RESOLUTIONS:


Mr.. Grundy delivered hirsself nearly
as follows:
Mr. Speaker-Knowing that congress
had been convened at this time tor the
express purpose of providing an AIDE
ouate revenue for the prosecution OF the
war in which our country is engaged. l
did believe that discussion not Imme-
dia,ely connected wita :his subject should
have been avoided; but. as the Commit
tee of Way, and Means are not vel pre-
paved to act on the bills reported BY
them. that time may not be entirely lost
which Is given 10 the examination oil
n,;n,s which have been introduced into
this debate.
The motion before US TO toa-tons in
4 fnrels the consideration Of the resofu-
ti5ns on your tQ6le /; in other words, 20
: jsef tlen, 70 this am opposed, /
SHALL vote Tor them, ard jf modified IN
an inconside, deg'ee, shall do so
with pleasure In doing this / shall be
soverued By reasons entirely different
from those which lave been assigned
hy gentlemen who have preceded Gie.
| shall vote for them TO do away me q
fec, - Inch has been produced, and may
again DC produced, by the misreprcsen-
ta.ions oft..e friends OF that foSf anchor
ed isle, which according 10 the opinions
OF some pentieGen hos Gore rs no es
genital injury l shall vote tor them.
that the friends OF that Datl"n which IS
styled by some the bu.srark Of orr MY
religion may 10, n,i.,ead any portion OF
the American people. ! snail! vote hr
them, tha, Tue advocaes OF '!',.t nation
which is said 10 l,e fighting ire battles
ofthe 7porid may not have II ia their pow
err 10 weaken the arm of this gorera-
meDt IN lis present contest with foreign
power. These, sir. are the reasons o.
which | act, aad not because | believe
their adoption necessary to ylndicate the
honor of the government or the charac.
ter OF those who administer 1t. he re-
putation of this administration stands On
basis too solid TO be shaken by any
statement which the Duke of Bassano
has or can make and had not these
new guardians of the Executive honor
(Messrs. Webster, Oakley and Grosve-
nor) been more sensitive than its old
friends, no measure Of this kind would
have been deemed necessary. AS this
however is the first effort in their new
vocation, so far as depends on my exer-
tons, they shall be INDUCED and graft
fed. ] have already said, that shall.
vote with gentlemen on the other side
of the house for reasons very different
from their own. Were az liberty TO
sneak of motives, | would undertake
to shew that in these we 6itFc9 no less
than we have already In he reasons
vowed. II has been aiicdgcd by those
who have advocated these resolutions,
that If an authentic document containing
the decree, Ct the French government
bearing date the 2s'h day Of ApIil 1871,
and which so moditieS the DEGREES OF
Berlin and Milan as 70 exc mpt me y
States from their operation, had been
furD, shed 20 the Bri;isi' government be-
fore the declaration o. var, that dc or
ders in council would have been regok
ed and thereby war would have been a.
yoidld. l. have tnistaKtn he position
wh Oh gentlemen have laid down as the
basis Oh " hiCh their whole argument Is
founded, beg now to be set right. MIR.
Grosvenor Of n. York stated that MIR.
GruDdy sad rot mistaken their mean
ing Mr. Grumpy then proceeded
Then, sir, we are al issue deny the
position laid dowE, and aver that the
British cabinet would not have repealed
the orders in council, hid copy of the
French decree of the 2Slh April 1871
been communicated previously to the
declaration OF war. shall! not follow
the example which has been set by the
gentleman from New York Mr.. eros
venor)-I shall not quote from memory
the evidences Old which | rely. will
not expose myself TO that error into
which others have fallen by trusting to
their recollection, when referring to do
euments in their support. have
these documents before me, and will
shew from them, shat Great Britain
required as the condition on which she
would revoke her orders in council that
the French DEGREES OF Berlin and Milan
should previously be rescinded,but as TO
all neu trial nations. Ii tbs bed one, gentle
men must be driven from fha. giound
which they have occupied with so much
osten,a,ion. for il will be reeoiiected that
the French decree merely withdraws
from the U. States the operation oil the
Berlin aud Miian DEGREES, and leaves the
DEGREES thems selves in full force against
all Others neuirais. The Prince X gent
IN his declaration VI 2ist Of April 1912,
uses the following language when speak
ing ot the orders Ii Council
" Aud which s5.is l4lal,s;y has at 81.
tunes .rofe ssed u.s. read pos. 70 revoke,
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