The Arkansas advocate., 1830-04-14

Ts / openly carrying on illicit trade with the enemy, by permitting that enemy to es- tabIish herself on the very soil of Mas sachusetts, and by opening a free trade between Great Britain and America, with separate custom house. Yes, ST, those who cannot endure the thought that we should insist on free trade in. time ofprofound peace, could without scruple claim and exercise the right of carving on a free trade with the enemy in time of war; and finally by getting up the renowed. Hartford Conventions and preparing the way for an open re- sistance to the governments ant sep aration of the States. Sir. if am ask ed for the proof of those things, fear lessly appeal to contemporary history, to f5e public documents of the country, to the recorded opinion, and acts of public assemblies, to the declaration and acknowledgements, since made, of the Executive and Legislature of Mas sachusetts herself.*
 Sir, the time has not been allowed me to trace this subject through, even if | had been disposed to do so. But l can- not refrain from referring to one or two documents, which have fallen in my way since this debate began. l read, sir, from the Olive Branch of Matthew Carey, in which are collected < the act ings and dolngs'' of the Peace party of England, during the continuance of the embargo and the war. 1 know the Senator from Massachusetts willre- speett the high authority Of his political friend and fellow labourer in the great cause of fsdomestic industry
 inpage 30i, ct seq. 9of this work, is detailed account of the measures a. dopted in Massachusetts during the war, for the express purpose of embarrassing the financial operations Of the govern rnent, by preventing loans, and thereby driving our rulers from their seats, and forcing the country into dishon- orablepeace. It tappears that the Bos- ton Banks commenced an operation by which a run was to be made upon all the banks to the South; at the same time stopping their own discounts, the effect of which was to produce sud- den and most alarming diminution of the circulating medium, and univer- sal distress over the whole country, a dis fress which they failed not to attribute b the i" unholy war;.
 To such an extent was this system carried, that it appears from statement Of Ehe condition of the Boston Banks, ma le up in Jan. iSl4, that with nearly So,000,000 ofspeciein in their vaults, they had but S2, 2,0O0,D00of fbiIlsin circulation. IL is added by Carey, that at this very time an extensive trade was carried on in British Government Bills, fer which specie was sent to Canada, for the pay 1nent of the British troops, then laying waste our Northern frontier, and this too at the very moment when New~Eng- had ships, sailing under British licen- ces, ia trade declared to be lawful by the Courts both of Great Britain and MassachusettsD were supplying with provisions those very armies destined for the invasion ofour own shores. Sir, the author of the Olive Branch, with a holy indignation, denounces these acts as < treasonable!' < giving aid and com fort to the enemy" l shall not follow his example. But will ask, with what justice or propriety can the South be accused of disloyalty from that quarter. Ii we had any evidence that the Sena- tor iron, Massachusetts had admonished his brethren then, he might with bet ter grace assume the office of admon- ishing us now.
 When | look at the measures adopted in Boston at that day to deprive the Government of the necessary means for carrying on the war, and think of the success and the consequences of these measures, feel my pride as an Ameri- can hunbled in the dust. Hear, sir, the language of that day--I read from pages 30l and 302 ofthe Olive Branch: < Let no man who wishes to contin-
 In answer to an address of Governor Eustace denouncing the conduct of the Peace party, during the war, the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, in June, 1923. say-ss The change of the political sentiment evinced in the late elections, forms indeed new era in the history of our Commonwealth.-I is the triumph of req son over passion, of patriotism over party spirit. Massachusetts has returned to her first love, and is no longera stranger in the aiSn. " Aa s-Fajsise that, though during the late war, such measures were adopted in this State, as occasionea double sacri-