Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-03

Il cOerclng OtneI,
coercng them together that feel some little difficulty,
in the present of my BRAIN in referring to them by
title date; but it is the law passed on this subject IN
of which the celebrated letter OF the hs OF
August OF the Due de Galore written to which de-
sire most particularly to refer II, after the procama-
ton Of President Of the United States Of the first OF
November thereafter issued in consequence OF that letter.
reyokng much Of nonntercourse law as related
France unbroken warfare yet kept up by her
fact notorious as the existence OF
any fact in 1t not good cause for reinstatng
the law in relation to France, aud putting her on her
ancient ground? Then would be glad to KNOW Tor one,
whether our continuing at with England was any
better for keeping up the Introduction in relation to
her after she had revoked her orders in counc In other
words it being admitted by gentlemen side,
been contended by gentlemen the other that the
revocation of the orders in council by great Britain was
such did satisfy the terms OF our
act what the that the proclamation required
by law in such case did not Issue? Why, sir, the
state Of between the United States and Great Britain
being offensive part being OF making WAS
held to be why could not execute our law
ates to her Now whilst the continued war upon US by
France Thy seizures of merchant vessels and their
cargoes Is not considered obstacle to its execution IN
regard to her. is il not clear the noonday that
if the making of by France the United States did
not constitute any good for withholding the
cation her when she proesed have repealed her
Berlin and Milan DEGREES, there why 1t
should not have been extended to Great Britain also when
she in reality repealed her Orders in Council?
am extremely at loss to say whether my judgment,
my memory, my imagination my command of words,
fit for the clear expression Of the few ideas have
on this subject fear that they may fail me- But be-
lieve it will be conceded all hands, that it, after the
revocation Of the British Orders in Council the President
of the United States had he honoraby have DONE
made that repeal the basis Of negotiation with Great
Britain there is not in this countrywide
would not have hailed him the resorer of the peace
and prosperity of the country which had been idly
had almost said wckedly disturbed But, regardless
OF every consequence we went into war with England as
inconsderate couple go into marmony, without con-
whether
existence much less that Of any unfortunate proge
that should happen to be born of them The sacrifice
was made The blood of Christians enjoying the pri-
veges of jury trial. of the writ Of habeas corpus of the
freedom of conscience of the blessings Of civil liberty
citizens Of the last free Governments that ambition has
leupon the face of the earhhe blood of such people has
been poured out aonement to the mooch of France
The Juggeaut of India is said to smile when it the
blood flow from the human sacrifice which its worship
exacts the Emperor Of France might smile upon
But no, sir, miserable offering is spurned. The
French Monarch turns his and his eyes another
He snufs the plains Of Moscow thousand hecaombs
sacrificed the shrine of his ambition: the city Of the
Cars the largest in the world has become at once
the altar and the fire of sacrifice to his relentless
ambition. And what injury has the Emperor of Russia
done to him? For what he contending? For ma
tional existence for bare existence for himself and
the people who subject his sway. And what SIR
you doing? Virtually fighting the battles of his foes
surrenderng yourself to the views of his adversary with
out plea without anything to justify your becoming the
instruments of his blasting ambition.
I by menace into with England, when he has
fairly embarked in it, and the champions of human rights
bleeding in his cause the Ruler of France has turned
with contempt from your recamaons he has left your
Minister who charged with those reclamatons, to
follow him in his Russian campaign to whip his jaded
Pegasus and travelling at his heels, to oyertake him
/ if he can. (d)
For these injuries and insults what atonement has
made? What satisfaction has been received for your
plundered property and what is the relation in which
you stand to Frances At this moment when it has been
shewn that it would not require additional in
the army navy to make good in the eye of nations,
your character as dependent and people,
you PROSTATE at the feet of yours and the world
Undoer Is there any thing yet wanting to fill up the
measure Of injustice you have sustained Gentle
all sides obliged to admit that the provocation
which have received from France is ample that the
cup of it is overlooking And yet what is situation
in relation to that destroyer Of mankindhm who devil
sing death all that live sits like cormorant the
tree or life who cannot be gutted, tired with
carnage; the impersonation of death; himself
incarnate death?
All this say, does proveand if it does not call on
gentlemen to disproye the factthat there difference
In the standard by which French aggressons
and the aggressons of any other people under the
When Spain the ay,of France she was--what? She
was secure from indignation There was not muir
derer, barbarian in all Western wilderness that
was not safe under the Spanish cloak For why? Be-
cause the King of Spain, such he was-for he wore
only the semblance of crown-was in alliance with
| France; and he must not be touched.
But what has Revolutionary Spain done? What offence
helpless destitute of resources, unable to blow
but, above all is coveted by France, considerations
which cannot justify, the part Of France conduct
wards her infamous than that of the English at CO.
penhagen-conduct cowardly it is unprincipled But
sir ferewarn gentlemen of the Southern country- do
bescech them, with sincerity which have a
right to questono beware how they transfer the thea
ire of from the rocks and of Canada the
sandhlls the ricefelds the tobacco plantations Of the
Southern States For them to think Of voluntarily con-
sentng to make that region the theatre Of the would
compel to believe that they the verge of that
madness which precedes the destruction Of all doomed by
Heaven to perish
Sir have just touched with trembling and fatering
hand, Of the preliminary observations which had
intended, at some time other, to make into which
have been prematurely forced to enter
expectedy than unavoidaby by the strange whch
this debate has taken.
There two other ponts-for in respect to the orders
of council shall not say word about themupon which
am very anxious to offer myself your attention the
one the celebrated point of ImFressmen which, though
1t has been very ably handled, is vet exhausted:
the other the Indian War Western border And
also wish to say something the subject Of Negotiation
In the midst of with Of the greatest Powers of
Europe why should the CLEAN Of the tomahnwk and the
knife the cries Of massacred and children
reaching earswhy should these fright us from our
proprety Why, told the Indians of the West have
been stirredup to with by British agents But what
is the fact? That have Indian war but war Of
our own seeking have already in the course Of this
session, read to you certain proofs and will now give
you another. 1t Is this IL is agreed oil handsno
man has attempted to dispute t-that in the affair of
the Battle Of Tppecanoe the Commander and the Officers
distinguished themselves by the greatest gaantry How
has happened then that while have freely yo
ing medals to those gallant Officers of our Navy who have
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