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* o ;........~ iiiiAi jiu uujcci is aaamauie Dy/waremoi , the old fellow is yet on Lis with Britain In its fortunes w'e are to, 4 , . be deemed presumptuous when I staten is mentioned, the spark oi 76 flasn-j ( ver;iy believe, that the militia of Ken-iom n$ eves, as /:u; e ana as ternb!e tueky are alone competent to placecrutches ; he told me that hp was constantly looking out for orders from the president, to have our quota of militia in readiness-—bless his old revolutionary ftoul ! Whenever a war with Great Britain csus when it firal descended from heave??; but, we may say of the Genera! with melancholy certainty, what corporal Trim Said of poor JLt Fcve : lie will never march again but to the grave 1 and I will venture to say, that there are few souls which would he more heartily welcomed to the region af spirits bv the God hk* Washington and his sainted -band, than General Charles Scott—Farewell.oV-stimate not only the benefit .to Be derived to ourselves, but the injury to be done the enemy. The conquest on Canada is in your power. I trust I shall notS S T r S'SSKETCH OF THE SPEECHDelivered yx Mr. Cl a r,In the Senate^ in sufijiort of his motion to recommit the “ b:ll concerninv commer-tucky are alone competent to pi Montreal and Upper Canada at your feet. Is it nothing to the BiitisH nation —U i^nothing to the pride of her monarchy to have the last of the immense North American possessions held by him in the commencement of his reign, wrested from his dominion ? Is it nothing to us to extinguish the torch that lights up savage warfare ? Is it nothing to acquire the entire fur trade connected with that country, and to destroy the temptation and the opportunity of violating your revenue and other laws ?\\ ar with Britain will deprive her of those supplies of raw materials and provisions, which she now obtains fromcial intercourse with Gr'-ot Rritain and j this country. It is alledged that theFrance and for other fin ffioes. non-intercourse law,Mr, President— At all tim^s embarrassed when I have ventved to address you, it is with peculiar diffidence I vise on this occasion. The profound respect I have been taught to entertain for this body-— my conscious inadequacy to discuss as it deserves the question Be-1 you puss lore you—the magnitude of that ques- [substinnlion—ar.d the recent seat I have taken he- - — _ _ _ w —« - - - - ^ • « *--hi this house, a“o too weil calculated to time brethrenappal, unfl would impel ute to silence,it utiv other member won id ass a mi the fas.; I propose attempting. Butd si when the tegular troops of this hej-nse. | spii t amongst u disciplined as they ore in the gre t affairs that v. . ah?' bee •fthU nation, are inactive at their poWs,constantly evaded, is incapable of execution. War will be a non-intercourse admitting of but partial elusion. l he piesstn e upon her, contemplated by your restrictive laws, wiit hen be omph’.tely realised. She will not hav tb * g-me, as she will ithH l. ’ without an efficient ly in her own * hands.wi'd valor of oiii mari-vill participate in theI! -i *ent?: prizespoils of capture A not her effecproduction andspirit c. avaricevar will l)e the re-lahi: g ot a martial 1st! re not tU-ngw, fluuniortuiiateiy so prnc cn rvatcclsicti Sei mePheto s was viol tion far blot tior. j rigli
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Lexington Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Kentucky, US
Tue, Mar 13, 1810
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