Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-03-19

lated, and hopes INDUCED. that the embar
go would be removed. Ifsuch thing wa
designed, it was necessary that the desigI
should be effectuated without delay, that al
persons interested might be permitted To de
rive fair profits from the trade which
would be thrown open on a removal of the
embargo, and that it might not fail altogeth,
er into the hands of SPECTATORS It was i'm
portant that suspense should be done away.
and that those sensations which arise from
a rapid succession of hopes and fears. should
be lulled. There was another consideration
which had weight on his mind. Congress
had authorised by law an immense expendi
ture. To enable the treasury to meet this ex-
penditure, large loan had become nece>sa
~. Such was the pressure on our monied insti
buttons, from the present state of commerce
as induced him to suppose there would be a
most serious difficulty in obtaining that
loan. If the consequences would be felt on
ly by those through whose agency the pre-
sent state of things had been produced. can :
dour required of him to say, that he should
behold it with composure. If not with COM
plscency. But he looked to It's effects on
the character of the nation. and on It's pub
lie credit and. as far as these considerations
went, he felt as lively an interest in the
success of the loan az any gentleman in the
house. One more consideration he would
urge. He was one of those who thu ught
this policy always erroneous. embarrassing
to the finances. Oppressive to the community,
and Inefficient as regards the enemy. But
If he had been in an error on this subject I; If
the contrary opinion was correct, he submit-
ted to gentlemen whether the period had
not passed by when any important advantage
could be expected to be derived from the
embargof Could we, he asked, expect to
produce difficulty in obtaining provis ons
for the armies of Spain and Portugal, when
their soil was no longer polluted by hos
tile foot 7 That we could occasion Difficult
ty to Great Britain in obtaining supplies for
her navy, when all the graneries of the
world were open to herf Or that we could
affect her manufactpres by prohibiting their
Importation, when artizans can scarcs ly
produce a sufficient supply to satisfy the
present demand for her fabficks from a.
broads With these considerations, express
sed in lang dage somewhat like the above,
Mr.. CASTOR submitted the following resolu-
tions:
ResofDed, That it is expedient to repeal :he
act laying an embargo on all ships and ves-
sells in the ports and harbors of the United
States.
RESOLVED, That it is expedient to repeal
so much as may be in force of the several
provisions of an act entitled .. An act to in
terdct commercial intercourse between the
United States and Great Britain and France
and their dependencies, and for other pur>
| poses"
RcsolO I'd, That committee be. appoin-
| ted to bring in bill or bills pursuant to the
foregoing resolutions.
The question was stated "Will the house
| now proceed to consider these resolutions %
And MIR. Grundy of Ten: having required
the Yeas and Nays thereon, the question
| was decided asfollows:
For consideration So
Against it Sc
So the House refused now to consider
the said resolutions.
| The bill to alter and establish certain
Pc-t- reads, passed through committee oil
the whole. MIR. Nelson of Va in the chair
and received various amendments, after
considerable desultory and important debate
ON the merits Of particular roads, &c.
| The bill was reported to the house, the
amendments therein made were ageeed to
with the exception of one; and other a
| mendments being proposed
The House adjourned.