amount of their cost lying buried in the vaults of of a detect in the bore," though he examined " upthe treasury, more especially when it is considered, wards of two thousand cannon of different calibres," that on occasions of the first importance they are It is notorious that we may have lead, from the indispensably necessary, and that for the greater nines of our country, to any amount. Our resour-part they are imperishable from their nature. The ces for salt petre in the western states are said to be proposition just laid down will appear evident, when inexhaustable. Of sulphur we have a considerable it is recollected that the least rumor of a war will stock in store. Each of the states can furnish an immediately add to the value of such articles, very extensive talogue of powder mills; their number generally, from 50 to 100 per centum; nay, this in the United States amounts to two hundred a d declaration might be carried much further, and it seven, and many of them are celebrated for the exmay be our place to notice the fact, that under cir-cellence of their powder. Notwithstanding these cumstances far from being the most unfavorable, facts, it is necessary to repeat, that under the prerefined salt petre has commanded the enormous sent aspect of affairs, it is proper a further provision price of one dollar and fifty cents per pound; where of all the munitions of war be forthwith made. Exas its ordinary value is about 30 cents per pound penditures to a considerable amount when applied in our markets. to such purposes, will ultimately be found to be It is also well known, that manufactured articles, economy in the true sense and meaning of the term, which are made in haste, are generally very detec by the saving of the difference between the present tive-this should be particularly guarded against in prices and such as will be demanded when we shall In conformity with these views, your the case of fire arms of every de cription. When be at war. Twelfth Congress. it becomes absolutely necessary to provide such committee beg leave to report a bill. equipments, contractors always insist upon their own terms. Experience has proved that contracts under such circumstances on national account, we do not confine this assertion to our own country, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. have been made to great disadvantage. Regular an Thursday, January 2.-Mr. M'Kee stated to the nual supplies, in time of peace, should always be house, that as chairman to the committee on Inpreferred. It would be unwarrantable in the extreme dian affairs, he had received a letter from the secreto hazard a want of this kind until the last moment tary of war on a subject which did not come prountil the enemy may be at our doors. It will be perly before that committee, but belonged to the in vain to look for additions from Europe at a peri-committee of commerce and manufactures. This od when the extensive naval orce of an enemy, aid letter complains of the want of goods proper for ed by many private armed ships, shall swarm on the the Indian department, and suggests the propriety ocean. Who could then be so hardy as to entertain of making an exception in the non importation law the expectation of frequent arrivals in our ports, in favor of these goods. Mr. M'Kee, in conformiit is with peculiar satisfaction your committee ty with this letter, offered the following resolution, finds itself, under the warranty of the proper de which, with the letter of the secretary of war, he partment, to state that many of the most neces-ay wished might, for the present, lie upon the table, articles of which the e is a considerable stock until members shall have had an opportunity of conon hand, and that others of them are abundant in sidering the subject. our territory. Or, in the words of the message, Resolved, That the committee of commerce and we may be permitted to repeat that "the manufac-manufactures be instructed to enquire into the exture of cannon and small arms, and the stock and pediency of authorising, by law, the introduction resources of all the necessary munitions are ade-into the United States, such foreign goods as may quate to emergencies." be necessary for the usual supply of the Indian de "Resolved, That the committee of claims be instructed to enquire into the expediency of referring the claim of Beaumarchais' heirs to some court of the United States, in form of a case agreed between the attorney-general and the agent of the said claim, or in such other form as may be agreed on by the attorney general and the said agent." The flourishing state of the founderies through partment."-Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Bassett wished to make a motion on the subout the United States; they have been heretofore successfully employed on government account, inject of a claim which had been before congress for Rhode Island, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mary 24 years, and which, the elo e, ought to be decided Much difficulty, no doubt, had attended land, the district of Columbia, &c. The regular upon. supplies of small arms, of every description, from the investigation; but, nevertheless, if the claim the establishments which are now under the control be a just one, it ought to be allowed-or, if otherof the government, and these seconded by the seve-wise, rejected. In order to obtain this object, he ral contracts which have been already made with in proposed the following resolution. dividuals in various parts of the Union, together with the ease with which they may be multiplied so as to meet the demands which circumstances may require, independent of the arrangements made on the part of the states individually, are some of the many proos which demonstrate the great resources of this republic. What nation can boast of more or better iron than the United States? Our founderies After some objections from Messrs. Fisk, Pitkin, have not only been in successful operation, they are Quincy and Alston, the resolution was negatived. far from being infantile, and have arrived at perfecIt was stated to be a novel procedure; that if this tion. Upon the best authority we state the furnaces, claim were to take the proposed direction, there forges and bloomeries in the United States to be five were hundreds of others might follow it. It was hundred and thirty. The art of boring cannon is, hoped that congress would never send any claim in many places in Europe, deemed a secret of great made upon the government to be decided in her importance; they there keep their cutters conceal courts. That, said Mr. Alston, “would be throw. ed from strangers in leathern bags. In the United ing the independence of the country at the feet of States this process is so well understood, that an in-the judiciary." This claim, though it appeared in spector of our artillery has declared to the world the name of an individual, it was stated, was more "he never was compelled to reject a gun on account in the nature of a claim of the French government upon the government of this country, than an indi- purposes. [Mr. N. stated, that by this new method, a vidual claim. The committee of claims, at all light house which now consumes 1400 gallons of oil events, ought to come to a decision upon this sub-in a certain period, would be supplied by 400 only.] ject, without attempting to remove the settlement The bill was twice read and committed. to any other tribunal. The speaker announced a bill from the senate ex tending the time of certain patents granted to Ro bert Fulton, which was twice read and amitted; though not without some objections. Mr. Alston stated it to be a very extraordinary thing that an application should be made for an ex tension of a patent which had not been granted more than two years. After some remarks from Mr. Mitchill in favor of the extension, the bill was suffered to take the usual course. Mr. Rhea said, the persons entitled to pensions had found great difficulty in complying with the requisitions of the law as it now stood. He wished to simplify the business, and for that purpose of fered to the house a resolution, which after some observations from different members, and receiving an amendment from Mr. Gholson, the chairm n of the committee of claims, was agreed to, and refer red to that committee. Mr. Porter, the chairman of the committee of foreign relations, said that it having been discovered AMERICAN SEAMEN.-Mr. Wright called up for that there were some parts of the bill for raising a consideration, a resolution which he had laid upon volunteer corps, which required correction, and the table some days ago, proposing the appointment which could be better done by the committee who of a committee to bring in a bill for the protection, reported it, than in committee of the whole, he recovery, and indemnification of American seamen, would move to discharge the committee of the whole It was accordingly taken up, agreed to and a com- from the further consideration of the bill, in order mittee of five members appointed. to recommit it. ADDITIONAL ARMY.-The house then took up the order of the day, which was the bill from the senate to raise an additional military force. Mr. Wright moved to amend the bill, by adding thereto a new section providing "that the officers appointed by virtue of this act shall respectively ie ceive their commissions during such term only as the President of the United States shall deem necessary; and it shall be the duty of the president to discharge such officers whenever their services are no longer wanted. And that no general, field, or staff officer who may be appointed under this act, shall be entitled to receive any pay or emolument until called into actual service, nor for any longer time than he shall remain therein." This amendment was carried, there being 69 members in favor of it. The motion to discharge the committee of the whole was agreed to, and the bill recommitted. Mr. Jennings offered a resolution calling upon the president of the United States for information respecting the appointment of certain Indian agents, &c. in the Indiana and Illinois territories; but some objection being made to it, on the ground of a similar resolution having been already entered into it was ordered to lie on the table. The order of the day being called for, the bill for raising an additional force was taken up and read the third time, and the question being put "shali the bill pass its third reading? Mr. Sheffey rose, and spoke for about three hours against the passage of the bill and in favor of maintaining the country in a state of peace. Alter which, Mr. Rhea said he wished to deliver Several other unsuccessful attempts at amend his sentiments on the passage of the bill; but as ment were made-on the final question "shall the it was late, he moved an adjournment, which was bill be engrossed for a third reading?" the yeas and nays were as follows: carried. Saturday, January 4.-The speaker laid before YEAS.-Messrs. Alston, Anderson, Archer, the house a communication from the secretary of Avery, Bacon, Beard, Bartlett, Bibb, Blackledge, war, containing an account of the application and Bleecker, Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun, expenditures of monies in that department for the Cheves, Clay, Cochran, Clopton, Condit, Craw past year. ford, Davis, Dawson, Desha, Dinsmoor, Earl, Also, from the same department, an account of Emmott, Findly, Fisk, Franklin, Gholson, Gold, the expenditures from the contingent fund. Green, Grundy, B. Hall, O. Hall, Harper, Hawes, And a communication from the treasury departHyneman, Johnson, King, Lacock, Lefever, Litment, in conformity to the act of 1810, with an tle, Livingston, Lowndes, Lyle, Maxwell, Moore, account of the expences attending our intercourse M'Coy, M'Kee, M'Kim, Metcalf, Mitchill, Mor with the Barbary powers. gan, Morrow, Nelson, New, Newton, Ormsby, These several documents were referred to the Paulding, Pickens, Piper, Pond, Porter, Quincy, committee of ways and means, and ordered to be Reed, Ringgold, Rhea, Roane, Roberts, Sage, printed. Sammons, Seaver, Seveier, Seybert, Shaw, G. A bill from the Senate, for establishing a quarter Sinith, Strong, Sturges, Sullivan, Tallman, Tal-master's department, was twice read, and, on moliferro, Tracy, Troup, Turner, Van Cortlandt, tion of Mr. Blount, referred to the committee to Williams, Widgery, Winn, Wright.-90. whom was referred that part of the president's message, relating to military affairs. NAYS.-Messrs. Baker, Bigelow, Boyd, BreckMr. Morrow proposed the following resolution, enridge, Brigham, Champion, Chittenden, Daven-which was agreed to, and a committee of five memport, Ely, Fitch, Hufty, Jackson, Key, Law, bers appointed: Lewis, Macon, M'Bryde, Mosely, Newbold Pear- Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enson, Pitkin, Potter, Randolph, Rodman, Sheffey, quire into the expediency of confirming the northSmilie, Stanford, Stewart, Stow, S. urges, Tag ern boundary of the state of Ohio, as designated by gart, Tallmadge, White, Wheaton, Wilson-35. the constitution of that state, and as provided by Friday, January 3.--Mr. Newton, from the com- law for the actual surveying of the north and west mittee of commerce and manufactures, reported a boundary lines of the said state, and that they report bill, to authorise the secretary of the treasury, under by bill or otherwise. the authority of the president ofthe United States, to The order of the day, which was the bill for raispurchase from Winslow Lewis, his patent right to a ing an additional military force, was then taken new method of lighting light-houses, and for other up, Messrs. Rhea, Pickens, Lowndes, Harper, Widgery and M'Kim spoke in favor of the bill, and Mr. Macon against the arrangement of the force it ned to be raised; but in favor of the general principle of the bill. The house rose at 5 o'clock, without taking the question on the passage of the bill. Mr. Seybert reported a bill for authorising the purchase of ordnance and ordnance stores. Mr. S. observed that as we had the men we should provide the arms necessary to put into their hands. We had great resources, 531 forges, 207 powder mills, lead in abundance could be procured-sulphur was the only article of difficulty. [The bill appropriates $ 1,500,000; and has passed its second reading in the house.] Monday, January 6.-Mr. Bacon, from the com mittee of ways and means, to whom was referred the petitions of the collectors of several ports, made a supplementary report, which recommended that The house then went into committee of the the prayer of the several petitions of the collectors whole, Mr. Tallmadge in the chair, on the bill for of the ports of Philadelphia, Boston, New York, the relief of disabled and superannuated officers and Babimore and Plymouth, Massachusetts, and of seamen. the naval officer of the port of Philadelphia, ought Several amendments to the bill having been agreed not to be granted. Committed. o, the committee rose, and the house laid it on the Mr. Grundy, from the committee of foreign re-able. lations, reported the bill authorising the president A message was received from the President of the to accept of volunteer corps with sundry amend U. States, by Mr. Coles, transmitting a report ments, which was committed. from the directors of the mint relative to the opera Mr. D. R. Williams, said by an act of 1808, ations of the mint during the last year. Read and regiment of light artillery was directed to be raised. ordered to be printed. This was considered by the secretary of war The house resolved itself into a committee of the horse artillery; but the bill did not provide for whole on the resolution against the repeal of cer mounting them. He therefore introduced a bill tain provisions in the statutes of limitation. supplementary to an act for raising, for a limited Nelson in the chair. time, an additional military force, which was twice read and committed. as The speaker laid before the house a report from the secretary of the navy, in pursuance of a resolu tion of the house of the 26th ult. requesting a state ment of the vessels which had been repaired since the year 1801, and the cost thereof, which was or dered to be printed, The house then took up the bill for raising an additional military force; which after speeches from Messrs. Stanford, Boyd, and Stow against it, and by Mr. D. R. Williams in favor of it, finally passed, 94 to 34. The yeas and nays were as follow: Mr. Mr. Clay spoke against the resolution. It was peal of those statutes so far as regards certain de disagreed to, and a resolution in favor of the re. mitted by Mr. Bacon, and reported several times scriptions of claims embraced in a resolutions subverbatim, was adopted-yeas 49; nays 36. The committee then took up the resolution to instruct the committee of chim to report accord into the merits of all revolutionary claims, al though they may be barred by the statutes of limita tion. Mr. Gholson spoke in its favor; Mr. Bacon against it. YEAS. Messrs. Alston, Anderson, Archer, Before a decision obtained the committee rose. Avery, Bacon, Bard, Bartlett, Bassett, Bibb, BlackAnd the house adjourned at 3 o'clock. ledge, Bleecker, Blonnt, Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun, Cheeves, Clay, Cochran, Clopton, Con Wednesday, January 8.--The speaker laid before dit, Crawford, Davis, Dawson, Desha, Dinsmoor, the house a petition of the Ursuline Nuns at NewEarle, Emott, Findley, Fisk, Franklin, Gholson, Orleans, praying that the hospital which adjoins Gold, Green, Grundy, B. Hall, O. Hall, Harper, their convent and is in a decayed state, may be reHawes, Hyneman, Johnson, Kent, King, Lacock, moved, and that they may be permitted to build a Lefever, Linie, Livingston, Lowndes, Lyle, Max house thereon for the education of females.-Referwell, Moore, M'Coy, M'Kee, M'Kim, Metcalf, red. Milnor, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrow, Nelson, New, | The speaker laid before the house an address and Newton, Ormsby, Pauiding, Pickens, Piper, Pond resolutions of the legislature of the state of Ohio, Potter, Quincy, Reed, Ringgold, Rhea, Roane, approbatory of the measures of the general governRoberts, Sage, Sammons, Seaver, Sevier, Seybert, ment, which were ordered to lie on the table. Shaw, G. Smith, J. Smith, Strong, Sullivan, The speaker also presented a statement from the Tallman, Talliaferro, Tracy, Troup, Turner, Van secretary of the navy, in conformity to the act reCortlandt, Williams, Widgery, Winn, Wright-94. qui ing the sam, respecting the compensation of NAYS.-Messrs. Bigelow, Boyd, Breckenridge, clerks. Brigham, Champion, Chittenden, Davenport, And another, of the contracts made by the secre Ely, Fitch, Hafty, Jackson, Key, Law, Lewis, tary of the navy during the past year; which were Pitkin, Porter, Randloph, Rodman, Sheffey, Smilie, Mr. M'Kee, from the committee to whom was Tuesday January 7.-Mr. Bacon reported a billson, repecting the affair on the Wabash, made a re. for defraying the expences of six companies of port recommending sundry resolutions making rangers for the year 1812, which was twice read. provision for the sufferers in that engagement; as Mr. Newton, from the committee of commerce well as for the widows and orphans of those who and manufactures, reported a bill for the relief of were killed. The report was committed. those numerous petitioners who have purchased The following bills were read a third time and goods previous to the proclamation, and which now passed, viz an act to enable the secretary of the remain in Great Britain and her colonies. Mr. Nireasury to decide upon the case of the Eliza Ann, observed (bat the committee had paused on these pe belonging to Ezekiel Hubbell; and an act authoristitions, till they saw that congress had taken a posi ing the purchase of ordnance, ordnane torca, tion from which they would not go back-"a manly camp equippage and other quarter-master's stores attitude." Made the order of the day for Friday, and small arms. VOLUNTEER CORPS.--On motion of Mr Smilie, fessentially from its friends; but he would by n. the house took up the order of the day, and west mean impeach the purity of their motives; and he into a committee on the bill to authorise the presi- would expect the same liberality to be extended to dent of the United States to accept of certain vo nim by gentlemen, He conceived the bill to be lunteer coips, M. Bassett in the chair. prenant with ruin to the interests and liberties of The bill being read, an amendment was proposed the country. It the majority of this house had to prevent the land wh ch is provided for the heir etermined to change the attitude of the nation, and representatives of any volunteer who shall fall they ought directly to have re-ented the question in the service from being sold to speculator's; but, of war; and although he should have resisted war in after various attempts at amending the amendmen., every possible shape yet the n.oment the house woold and considerable discussion, i was discovered that say that was must be declared, no man would go Lo volunteer could dispose of this land, as he never further than he would in voring means to prosecute would have any right in it, as it vested in his heirs that measure with vigor and success. in case he died in the service only. The amend-developement of the can es and the object of the But a full ments were of course disagreed to. was bad not been made in a satis actory manner.— There was a great difference between those eu es and those objects. The causes of a war might be ample, without its presenting a substantial object, The object, as well as the causes, might be suffi cient; and yet the means of conducting the war might be inadequate. A motion was afterwards made to allow every volunteer, who had served twelve months, on leav ing the service, eighty acres of land, but this was dis agreed to on the ground that the men who entered into this service, would enter from patrioție motives and ought not to be put on a level with the regular soldiers. The committee rose without going through the bill, and obtained leave to sit again. The blank in the 8th section was filled with $3,000,000 to pro vide for 50,000 men.] A message was received from the senate informing the house that the senate had agreed to all the amendments to the bill to raise an additional military force except the proviso in the first sect on, and the three additional sec ions, to which they disagree. The proviso disagreed to is in the following words: "Provided, however, That commissioned office for six only of the said regiments shall be appointed, until three fourths of the p.ivates requisite to com plete such ix regiments have been enlisted when the commissioned officers for the remaining seven regiments shall be appointed." lit of that measure which the house was called upon He had looked for a developement of the objects to adopt against Great Britain, and from which, when once taken, they could not recede. He had which she had inflicted upon us. seen only high colored statements of the wrongs of this august assembly and of the nation, he would In the presence not hesitate to say that we had ample causes of war not only against Great Britain, but the other beiligerent 100. Out not going to war when these war were not substantial. The orders in council causes first arose, was a proof that the objects of were justifiable cause of war. no right to wound its enemy through the medium One belligerent had of neutrals. Indeed, those orders were hostile to the policy it was the interest of Englaid to pursue. Either the Berlin decree was a mere dead letter, or The following are the 3 resolutions disagreed to: surely it could not justify the British orders. it was tiot. If that decree were nugatory, then That the officers, who may be appoin ed in were not nugatory; if it prevented Bii-h manuvirtue of this act, shall respectively continue in tctures from going to the continent, the British commission during such term only as the presiden orders could not subserve the policy of England shall judge requisite for the public service: and against her enemy. that it shall be lawful for the president to discharge vessels from going to France, when the Berlin They interdicted American the whole or any part of the troops, which may be decree itself had prohibited them from going there raised under the authority of this act, whenever he with British manufactures. shall judge the measure consistent with the public der of American trade with France, it was in arti And as to the remainwhich she could raise at home. cles which were not necessary to her people, ard colonial produce, carried on in American vessels, The trade in was prohibited by the Berlin decree. The British orders therefore injured neutrals, without affecting "That in the recess of the senate, the presidents; but was it prudent to go to war for this cause? This furnished one cause of war to of the United States is hereby authorised, to ap He admitted that in the impressment of seamen, point all or any of the officers other than the gene Great Britain had injured us; but not to the extent ral officers proper to be appointed under this act, generally suppo-ed which appointments shall be submitted to the senate war for the protection of any other than native He protested against waging at their next session, for their advice and consent." Adjourned. [For Thursday's proceedings-see horn American semen, or those who were citizens last page-352. welfare" "That no general, field, or staff officer, who may be appointed by virtue of this act, shall be entitled to receive any pay or emoluments until he shall be called into actua' service, nor for any long er time than he shall continue therein." IN THE Mr. Sheffey's Speech, the enemy. when the independence of the country was achievtd. It was enough to protect hem while they remain within our territories. Within these we h ́d a right to make regulations. But we had no right to make regulations on the ocean, which would conHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ON THE diet with the pretensions of all civilized nations, BILL FROM THE SENATE TO RAISE AN ADDI who claimed the allegiance of their native bora TIONAL MILITARY FORCE-JAN. 3, 1812. Mr. Sheffey professed to have no intention to or by implied compact. He should not enquire subjects, either by the divine right of the governors, enibarrass the progress of the bill. The deep in whether these claims were compatible with the terest which every man felt, or ought to feel, in the rights of man. prosperity of the country, comnelled him to give lout of the establi-bod It was sufficient that they grew his reasons for voting against the bill. He differed lized kingdoms, which we had no right to contremares and principle of civi vert out of our own limits. He would therefore, mounted to thirty two millions. And would the not protect any other than our natural American house go to war and sacrifice this expor trade of citizens on the ocean. We did not deny the right of thirty two millions for two millions? They could England to searen for prope ty; she went father, not expect to have a great increase of comme ce and claimed the privilege of searching for her sea during war; S. ain, Portugal and the Brazils men. The simlari y of our minners and language might come under F ench dominion, the trace to Occasioned her to buse the privilege in some cases which oly amounted in 1807, to three milhons. by the ingressment of our seamen. This was not But they had been told that they must fight for an abuse of principle, but of honor. And before honor. Could they change the aspect of the civi we go to war with aer for impre, ment, he wou dlzed world? He considered the great defect in the make her this ofter:-he would agree not to let any policy of this government for several years past to man enter our merchast vessels but a natural citi have proc eded rom a supposition that they could zen of these United States. Impressment, he al effect by their measures a change in the policy of lowed was and her cause of war. Europe. They thought that they held in their hands Bat should a nat.on go to war for an indignity | ne destinies of the world; that by frowning on the wern out a sufficient object to be attained by it-belligerents, they would yield to our demand What was the great object of the proposed war? We were mistaken; and we must wait until the was the right to trade with the con inent. We had present state of Europe should be changed, before an unquestionable right to this trade; but what we could be reinstated in our rights. There were was it prac icly worth? Would repay us for times when nations, as well as individuals, must the treasure which would be expended, and the suppress their feeelings. This was the period when blood which would be spilled, in a war? He assert neutrals possessed no means to support their rights. ed that he trade with the continent, were the or The claims of belligerents always conflicted with ders in council revoked, would be worth very little, the rights of neutrals. Heretofore, during war, and that it would daily diminish from the anti-com there generally existed two or three neutral powers. mercial policy of the French cabinet! We had A belligerent had therefore not dared to attack the boasted of the justice which France had done rights of neutrals, lest they should combine against by the repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees. To him. But now we were the only neutral power.— what did this plentitude of imperial justice amount? Public law was now consigned to the grave; neuIn 1807, ar exports to France-he did not include tr.1 rights buried under French dominion. It was Ily and Holand-were equal to 2,700,000 dollars; visionary to think of protecting them. The house the whole of our export commerce was 48,500,000 must tell their citizens that they were incompetent dollars. What is our commerce now, to the domito protect their trade; that if they went to the ocean, nions of Fance? Where is the trade with those they must go at their own peril. They had made dominions which your merchants then carried on a fine hand of selecting their enemy! They had in colonic articles, received in exchange for their thrown themselves into the arms of him who would horses and their lumber in the West Indies, and give the nowo millions of trade for the loss of thirty sold on the continent for bills os London, for two mili ons! As to this honor; it ought ways French wines, and German linens? This friendy to be guided by prudence. We ought not to encommerce with his imperial majesty was now engage in a war for this chivalric, fanciful, Quixotic off. Where is your trade in tobeco? In 1807, vou noon of honor, without looking at the consequen shipped 68,0:0, hog-heads of tobacco: at this time ces. How should we feel at the end of a seven only 4.000 hog-heads are consumed in France. -years war, after sacrificing thousands of valuable And as to cotton, the other great staple of the lives, and so much blood and treasure, we should southern ates, she impose a duty on it equivalent be compelled to sit down quietly under the British to a proibition of its exportation. The policy of o. ders in council? He considered the notion of France was to encourage he c. Iture o cotton in honor practical fallacious. We paid a tribute to Italy an her so thern provinces. She aimed at the dey o Airs, to buy him off from depredating the extriction of all soreign commerce to her domi o our commerce; and we paid a tribute to the nions. From this view, he was satisfied that th French emperor, not in dollars and cents, but in object of the war which we are about to engage something as valuable, for the privilege of goin to in, to obtain a repeal of the orders in counci, the British dominions, where we had an indisputawould not be worth two million per annum. If ble right to go by the law of nations. Why had we the orders were resealed to morrow, our trade to not gone to war to prevent this dishonor? Because the continent under the imperial eg lanions an prudence for bade it. Gentleman must bend to edicts, would not amount to two millions per yea eircumstances; circumstances would not bend to What American merchant, hut an adventurer, whhom. di-egarded every principle of prudence, would But gentleman contend that war will invigorate engage in so shackled a commerce? Even when h the nation, and give us a military character; that should go to France, and dispose of his export peace will render us effeminate, and expose us to C cargo when the greater part of it should have bee fat a p ey to an invader. Sir, how many nations ex ored from him by his imperial maj sty and hi-have been enslaved by peace-how many by war? rapacious agents, in the shap of duties and chargWe have been referred to the seven United Provines, he would be forced to take wines and silks in ees, and told that they were enervated by peace and return In 187, he proceeded to shew, the ex commerce. He denied the fact, and said that Hol ports in our own products to Great Britain amount and had been embroiled in most of the continen ed to 28 millions; and the exports to the French:al wars. He adverted to Switzerland, which he West India islands, to the 1le of France and the said had possessed so much practical civil liberty, Isle of Bourbon in India, and to the Cape of Good to prove that for centuries of peace, a nation might Hope, all of which had been since conquered by preserve its military character. But, on the idea Great Britain, amounted to four or five millions that peace would enfeeble us, shall we, he asked, Our exports then to France would, make ourselves miserable now, in order that we by the repeal of the orders in council, amount to may not be miserable hereafter? Should we lay an two millions; our exports to Great Britain a excise, internal taxes; create armies, and navies, to per annum. |