Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-04-07
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MR.. sSHIPHERD'S SPEECH,
prLIseKEp AsAINsT The
E.OAS BILL
Fer borros6ing i.ireaty zoe .hittson
OF Dollars.

Fer torrosoing i,eeaty Zoe .fistion
OF Dollars.
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Ifths government honestly beiieyeoi y.
vas good policy to spare France and
sehs England, why has France been
spared on paper. We have 100 many
ssmpies OF the ability Of the administrs-
tion tc scold, TO believe Its silence IN re-.
la,,en 20 the numerous and continued IN
.jugies and injustice she had done u.s. O.
fig,natsd in any want of capacity 10
complain, and denounce with skih. te
il 10 fact tina, these enornities and in'
saffersble outrages have passsf IN com.
plscsat silence, save now ana tHeh
serlle murmur breathed in suppiiaht
tore, by our ministers, to his Imperial
Majesty, or now .ed then ssn.ense
frota ths palace to this house.
I. is truth degrading and aissraee-
ssI 20 the American goverumen, and ma
sian, that the same messages which
ave been replete with Gaa!Sema' a.
gaiast England, have contained out :
sinele short five line paragraph aud taat
s. soft ss4he kindest Sote of love, a.
yainst France s. That she had not IN
every respect behaved qni;e as she
suaat TO. but all would be arranged
s,e:sb'y ~ eur mutual wl>hes' all
shorty lie iva nati.ns would be on tn
beat terms OF arri,y" Or that s The
Emperor had gore b. his wars, and OF
course Nv opportunity had yet otSred II.
ssfsle the ruIe differences aetwecn us +"
This is the kind Of complaint MIR.
Caslrs,sn, that far many yeas. past, has
; b. ea made against nation Tom "tom
sc were ssduring every wrong which
il rad power to perPetrste.
Got If possible, lie, us suppose all thu,
has seen done by our government from
the best Of motives /, will not be dc
MED. that the declaration ot war agslRst
Enriand was ealcula ed, ii not intended
to aid France 10 the great career Of ,unI'
yersal dominion. The nations OF Eu.
rsps had bowed 10 the monster, wore
his chains, or were fascinated by his
SHELLS. TIE fast anchored ici-" alone
faithful to her own and The liberties OF
the world, was then, as appeared TO IN
man sight $ The svsrid's Ia hefe." And
the declaration of war must necessarily
tend TO taks away that. IL could not es'
sape the percs ptions of the advocates OF
tho war, thstif VIC were capable Of weak
ening England We should strengthen
France. Every blow we gave her was
blow to promote the slavery OF The
world. X in reality, Elf, was forming
an alliance with the French Emperor.
we were doing all he asked. Only
a. hit his battles, and he would consent
that we should i've name TO the rela-
ton in which re stood. The practical
effect, and not the name, was important
IN ,he mind Of The tyrahi. This ohjec-
tion, il alone. was sufficient to prevent 4
declaration OF var against a nation " no
had stood s!ngl: handed the shield ri
mankind; and at th4t time the power
ard sttitede OF Bon,parte threatened
subinya,ins 10 the cisllized world. The
British Acct seemed the only barrier 10
check his progress IN his AMBITIOUS aHl
sangu;narv career 20 despolsm OF the
,pIobe. Far will be rene nbered that
then the Emperor Alexander had not
hunted him fsom the regions OF snow,
had not chased him With scorp iNn whip
In riseraee and dismay back 10 his coun-
try. No, sic. he had net, but il he had,
con6dent avn, that this war would not
have been declared. -
am sorry to say, sic, that I do belisse
not only, too friendly an intimacy with
thc Emperor Napolsnn ba, \ too Sc
we're recruitment against Great, Dri,sin,
contributed to the unhappy state OF our
eeuntrs. ds fear, sir, that tais war
owed its existence more to the inyetc-
rata i'll will Of tbs government to the
enemy. THAI any sense of wrong which
we have suffered or disposition to ob.
tain Justice for this injured nation, The
xonduet of the ruling party, their Ian
gasss in and Gu, o. Once, has ever be-
Sk0ksn int ~lnost AitSSohS'A1-sS sShSu
towards that nation.
s need no. produce cases where the
unirisndiy feelings OF the gevernTsn'
have been manifested Fer since the par
" CAGE into powoe the executive acts Of
the government, the debates N the le7
sisistute, snd the laws Of The SnioD,
have KEEP. time With the malescient
notes ofhis I,uperin! and ROYAL Majesty
Eyerv attempt at nsgneia,its, has BEEN
but an attempt to convince England
hoS aetestable she appeared in the eye
of.thc American governments: Inced,
sir. .nls refer you to the palace .mes-
sage.. 70 debates on this floor, to this
stale papers IN yeur library, for evidence 4
enough TO conquer scepucismand prove
" hAt risettsd detssta,ien ofths English
palics occupied the heart Of the &c.
scrDmcnt.
The British minister, MIR. Jackson,