n principles fo outrageous to pub- c opinions to the feelings and in- naansers the country lias been threatened idrninulration a war bfgun up- o tic tercfts of this people can be fup- foriecl only by the violence which icitrfcys trie freedom of fpeech iberty of the cirl- icii but while our chamber is not yet cncornpalled by a handing army and the writ of habeas cor- jnis is not fufpended we will lift tip a warning voice to our conlht- cnt- and apprize them of their danger when amidll the peaceful fecnc3 in which tov thirty years you have been accuiloned to repoie you are made to rcaliie that ivar cxiis when you find that to iupply tlie exhaufted treafury paper money has been ifilicd and that direct and burden iome taxes mull beim- poied upon your lands and your occupations while the means of providing for their payment are diniinifhed we feci with what in- uuifitive anxiety vou will look a round vou lor the cauie or your tribulation no iuvafion of our enemy was near no euterprile upon our independence had been undertaken neither trcalon in- lurrcction nor reiiftance to t he ex ecution of the 1 iws were to be ap prehended your commercial rights it is true have been expovd to violation by the belli yrni n irons and injuries have been iuf- nmed that were entitled to re- drcij but though the rjfurc of injury cannot affect the right of re paration it ouhi not to be dif- regarded by a wife nation in its at tempt to procure atonement by a reibit to the lift extremity without ftoiohu- upon this moic foienin oceaiion to notice the jnfinuations and allertions io liv- ilhly made of a plot to dii member the union by the employment of focfet emularies and the attempts to excite indian hoftilitics infinu- tioa and allertions wholly unfim- orted by proof and wmcii furniih iandu evidence of a want of more important reatbn- we may confidcr the caufes afcned bv go- vemment for this appeal to arms to be in fubi ranee firit the impreitmau of a- merican fcimcm secondly the principle ofhheb je imputed to the briiifh gov rnnient by which ports not aflu- aily inveel may be conhaered as fubject to blockade thirdly and principally the orders in council in regard to the impreffment of our jeamen the britiili govern ment have at no period pretended o the rierht of takine them know- np them to be fuch they claim no right of viiiting neutral mips in fcarch of their own fubjeccs n t he exercife of it abufes though much hi extent than tiie peo- x have been led to believe have been pratitee but the coneru- lve reman mm thh fubei is that mr monroci nor- secretary of dtatcj and mr pinkuey the pre- ient attorney general had made an arrangement with the britiih government for the protection of odi ieameri which in their judg ment would have been perfectly competent to that object but this arrangement ircilclnt effer- ion evidently and fatally deter mined o mvfttve every iource of imtatjon vtd to confirm- bincc that period the britiih gov- eminent j always profeited a that the senate of this common- from tilde conhderations we are wealth has rcfufed to concur with conftrained by a ienfe or dnty tu the horde in the means of procur- cxprefs our fears and pcriuauon inir from every town a hit of their that the deplorable event whicu has now come to pals is attribut- imprciied citizens tlie number of which we have reafon to believe would appear quite inconiiderable in comparifon with the exaggera ted allerraticms of our adminiftra- don as well as with thole who by able to other cauies the molt prominent of thefe is the cmbir- raitmeut arifing from tlie precipi tate declaration of the prehdent of the u states that the french vnpr ted to countries acyjired i i djd xo be acojuir y connj purchafe which i i nji i i c ori dual tcrritorv fth 1 sttttca a 1 u cc not dui j i national compuc another cauir c j f t-tt- muu be referred to j onfy and cinnpeth witii c- britain to j milt ik belief this acl of their own government decrees which violated our eom- v now exfofed t- copter j and cm- mercial rights wdre repealed ilie would vield to r fnciucnt in prijmjhifs upon the jueftion of cgfiflrittt ivj hlockadts teparate from the or ders in council which reft on fpe- cial circuniitanccs there can be no pretence for a controversy invol ving the neccflity of war- the britiih government has declared in u ofsciaiammunicatioiis that to cunhitute a blockade m partic ular ports mull be actually in vett ed and previous w n nintf given to vviucls bound to them not tu en ter to this tielimrion it is ua- dcrftood that the americas gov- crnment afle ts but it tj alleged that g britain violates herproief- fed limitation of this rrht nt i jock ade by her orders in council which are in effect a conixructivc 1 ot the continental ed by the tyrant ot j to apiipcnhty toco- the glory of its iucc uatiugin our coura y influence s power or i eev bv adopting and nrtnduuiv and amplifying- thofe decrees and adhering to this f item t p finally by the language of the late lkl aflurance has been cojuradie- ted by a iciies of events and cir- cumilances which leave no rouni for doubt by the finlting and bttrcing of our veftels on the hieh feas by the formal declaration oi the french govern merit enforcing 0 bkrli tf w i f penucicict ft is far froei the difpociioti of your reprcfentath to invch- fjatc the reafons advanced by g britain in defence of thi meafttre which her preient adm5niilration ivelidential imeilau i which while it hill acerts the re peal of thofe decrees explicitly ad mits that lince the period of inch pretended repeal cc her govern ment has authorized illegal cap tures by its privateers and public hips raid that other oui rap have hcea practifed on our vefieis and our citizens and that no indem nity 1 as been provided or pledged v jtuil ti6 on jiv- perty of our cilizen its tu manifeft that the m ic ota tion of thole decrc is an irivll to common yet to diituic tiie irnpoitioa niadild tipfn our ii vv t t t t f t iipnvr advanced too l licy have cacuitiiil t ii change ol thou rvs w i cant iiioi ot error ami rnujl be fokwcd hs leior i ofth vim to punli i i but in war tlu a irit thai ai full them b the lo ot i ot howi i and i- rl v out ho e of hha a rti ultr nhi eolith hi i a itate of v r fisittap i r r ft n goniider eilcntinj to the mainte- prkb and evaue tlie rqiriisuja ti inncc en iier indi pcnicncc bat wckiivy coiijuly appeal to ycur rood inlc for tlie coniirmation oj the falsmn truths that war againfl on britiin alone at the moment file declares her orders in conn cil repealed whenever a revocation of the french decrees hall have efilcl is a meafurc fbunped with partiality and injulticc by the operation of thefe orders our com merce is excluded from the ports of france and her dependencies bui were they repealed the muni cipal regulations heavy duties and other multiplied embn rallments in tlofc poiis would be obflacles to that commerce not lei cllecdi- a titan tlie britiih edicts thus to obtain the right to txaflicfe with trance which would not be worth purmgi we renounce a pailicipa- tion in i lucrative commerce with the reft of the world to indem nify the merchant for his partiaj loiie his whole property i eocv fed to cap urc to fecure ret riiu- i r l ii v nlsin another and more remote caifc ofthis war wc are compelled to iv- fer to a diljoiirion in many iidluence predominates in pur na tional councils to aggvanck j the sou t i s er n and vefter i s tatcis kt the expence of the kailerti kdv n of tie ifnion it is unnrs bly true that the paiid and load intcreils of the people cithc ffer- ent itatcs miffht bra iplnt ic- connnodalion be l ded and reconciled as to produce a great and harmonious whole capable of fecurimr the bitrh a dc tee of national felicil v and ib eiuih but vce cannot difyjie our convic tion that a fyilcjvj cch ed with the fortnatiou of our uonftitution was dkniitetl and has been unceatintrly pmiued to crctte sid fecure a preponder mceoi weight and power j t a over thecoinmercial states what ever tends to check the growth cf the aavigaiing iutcrdt prevent t j c l m tui i t c j jjfi i jivi lo rj i s of t 1 1 c i l i 1 r r i v th ii- v dr j kwvl i mi ajj u6 to xcivhar4 suj tcrj r i r r tlij am vrwa q ire iiih urtitctl tilcs at iiw pacc j e- g vii viluj r hv rao unt he fecetcij i i letting uc wi i tii j sj r g thr iltli put i lis jj fn i irnt jvifs i u lutr tvitj 1 dew to irkuluni on m fjt of tli jrcmptitticlcoftlic j 1 otckrcj ificdrafisof t rijjitia tn fdvsi rrrr- tlu ru j twmi anting ou of the retjtuifc t- gci j ilin wre lhtn ikbjku i- c ittoii hy the govcnur e tion for occahonal depredations tlie accumulation od wealth in tho and individual outrage iiponfoita- hates whatever diicoumes the ry veflcls by britifh cruiiers the entire navigation of the country and your brave ceamen will fall a prey to their fleets which cover the ocean this curfory view of the ailedg- cd caufes of hoitiiity compared with your own observation and recollection of the courfe of events will enable you to iudtre not om ctin the rrukia b legally r cr ti p nccj until ctrc m r era ricres ninncrntfd in tjti ci liaiii 5 rrll lcvff ariirfi and c aicqiiififo pi cr a v portion of c rnililjaiinucr tlictft n nn- i i 1 ufficcr appoitvj y r ii rn tuf rxreote tiu ounr unprcflcd wltfl tvt i y rinnl then gnd the um cyr iiti s the reiult thcoviiluution of thv t 1 itc 1 stt s iaj vifcly iiclincc r gitjrivfis may prjw fn cunjp- put tlc irilitia m tlirfct crfo vi to c txr title up itnes of tu whn itifuvfi uhpiy twtl t invijinti ti ad cf in kitct ttrlbanc 0ftbec4wiftit1fijn1pnm ii tjn lljkitirmiwiii a vveiieru rcgin by vi x cxigcecin abvc jnud jte concjuclt or othervifj viil mutcii- avc as tfpiniotii ti i r aliy contribute to the auaimuat wj wilj if a 1 c mitit thif of tin jjecrkiury of war u t 01 that objccr lhc war now l2ll j j commenced is adapted to produce tn m- j by lorjau of he it tlicfe escclsi i i c th rlc miliiia vvete uiuiwil in creafe of their population and en- conrages emigration fnnn them wliatcvcr will contiilmtc to the extcniion of territory ii the southerji ind wiiilc they were much more out rageous in principle were lone an terior in time and therefore aril demanded refinance from cur go vernment and that it appears by public documents that the orders ry hw crops to irari t uyuu j lirraicnehi- and lofivs thtis a in council would have been reo- dint upon cinrprcre ir is fl had notour adrniniftraiion ftatien ol coiurcii uifuvd ctaat tbt gllito c umurd s nu ui- ti if r ictj ill jtiihrj in 1 1