Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-03-06
Steam Boot Argsmen, inths Supreme Court

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Steam Boot argument inths Supreme Court.
Extract Of /. letter from gentleman in Wash
inston, To his friend in Richmond, Va.
The Supreme Court ha. seldom, II
aver. exhibited greatsr display OF le-
gal learning, ability and eloquence,
than in the Argument OF this question.
Vac, research and ingenuity were ma
infested by each of the counsel, but the
great contest seemed reserved for MIR.
Emmss and the Attorney General,
who concluded the case on their re-
spectivs sides. l wall not follow the
example Of acme Of our visitors, who
give nasty Judgments on the meIits OF
distin sui.hsd men. Residing at WASH
,pg,on, 1 will unain,sia the neutrality
be- oming me. and eDdeavOr to give you
a small part of the speech of each, that
YOU msy Judge for yourself. Make AL
iowance in both, tor change Of Ian.
gage, always for the worse. Their
powers were very happily compared in
their perorations, from the circum-
stance of MIR. Wirt's having retor.ed
the quota ion OF Mr Emmett, which
was exceedingly and justly admired
II wa.sin s1bs,ance this: AltL ough ]
have now concluded my arguments,
there are circumstances connected with
the cause, which render it peculiarly
interesting and important, and to which
cannot forbear briefly to ailude. The
state of New York by its liberslity and
menificence, generously seeoneing the
active exertions OF Aessrs. Fulton and
L,vrugston, has called into existence
oao OF the greatest and most useful in.
vsutions of modern times-that Of navi-
CATION by s,eam. AS Mr.. Fulton Was
poor, he could not even by the aid of
his friend and associate in the Unter.
prize, mir. Livinsston,) have reduced
his Improvement to practice, had not
his genius found benafactors in gene
rous individuals. and q patroness in the
enlightened state Of New York. The
government, while the experiment was
yet doubtful, seeing talent struggling
with penury. extended protesting and
helping haad, by the aid Of which, this
inventIon was completed. Its benefits.
and the ngnsl services of its author,
were not confined to New York-tkey
had extended to every part Of the Uni
0n-,he waters Of the Ohio-of the
Mississippi--of the lakes, nay moro, of
the Ocean itself, bear on their bosoms
this trophy of genius. BY the aid Of
steam boats, the great valley Of the
Mississippi 10 enliveDed by active IN.
ternal trade; wealth, and comfort, and
happiness are diffused along the bord-
ers Of our navigable rivers snd lakes.
They have become the means of speed.
ing the intercourse between the differ.
emit states, sffording commercial faciii-
ties, and strengthening the bands Of the
Union. Nor are It's benefits limited 20
our country, or to our hemisphere. N.
York may proudly lift her head, and
surveying tho blessings which her
munifcence has scattered over the
whole earth, exclsim in the language
Of Eneas,
'Que resio in ferris nostri non plena laboris::'
With this line Mr.. Emmst concluded ::
his attitude lofty. bis tone impassiooed,
and the effect was very spirited and
fine.
Mr.. Write conclusion was remsrka-
bic in turning this quotation upon his
adversary, and terminating his speech
with the same line, snd with an exact
]y opposite effect
After cougratulating the court on
the comparatively pleasant duty devolv-
cd upon it, by che blessed Office Of
peace maker, between the states; and
rapidly tracing the collision which had
already been produced between N9U
Jersey, Connecticut ADD New FORK, BY
this pretended monopoly of tho latter,
hs proceeded somewhat in this manner:
'fhe learned and eloquent gentle.
man has drawn an animated picture Of
the state of New York, casting her eye
over tho ocesn--witnessing every whore
this triumph of her genius and exclsim.
ing in the language Of Eneas,
Que regio in terris nostri non plena iaboris y
Sir, this affecting exclamation was
not originally an expression of triumph,
but the mourDfal and pathetic ejacula-
tion of Eneas, when he beheld 10 tho
temple at Carthage the principal Incl.
dents Of the catastrophe Of his country.
II was there. while gazing with melsn-
choly wonder on The figures of the sons
Of Atreos and Of Priam and Of the