points, which he had laid down, he very facetiously remarked; that Mr. Crownishield had settled with a single sweep (to use one of his own expressions) that we were not only capable of contending with Great Britain on the ocean, but that we were actually her superior. "But whence" said Mr. R. "does the gentlemen deduce this inference? Because, "truly, at that time, when Great-Britain was not mistress of "the ocean, when a North was her prime minister, and a "Sandwich the first lord of her admiralty; when she was "governed by a counting-house administration, privateers of "this country trespassed on her commerce. So too, did the "cruizers of Dunkirk. At that day Suffrien held the mastery "of the Indian seas. But what is the case now? Do Gentlemen remember the capture of Cornwallis on land, because "De Grasse maintained the dominion of the ocean? To my "mind no position is more clear, than that if we go to war with "Great Britain, Charleston and Boston, the Chesapeake and "the Hudson, will be invested with British squadrons. Will (6 you call on the Count de Grasse to relieve them, or shall we apply to admiral Gravina, or admiral Villeneuve to raise "the blockade? But you have not only a prospect of gather"ing glory, and what seems to the gentlemen from Massa"chusetts much dearer, to profit by privateering, but you " will be able to make a conquest of Canada and Nova Sco"tia. Indeed! Then, Sir, we shall catch a tartar.”

In combating the question, whether, or not, considering the indignities we had suffered, he would give his voice for a war? Mr. Randolph, in the most unqualified terms, replied-That he would never consent to go to war, for that, which we cannot protect. That he deemed it no sacrifice of national dignity, to say to the Leviathan of the deep; " we are "unable to contend with you in your own element, but if you come within our actual limits, we will shed the last drop "of our blood in their defence. In such an event," said Mr. R. "I would feel, not reason, and obey an impulse, which never has-which never can deceive me".

In further illustrating his subject, Mr. Randolph adverted to the present dreadful contest between France and Great Britain-A contest, which, while it shakes Europe to its cen

tre, and extends its baleful influence to the confines of the East; holds out lessons of caution, and wisdom to the governments of the West. Suppose," said Mr. R. " that the pow"er of France was no greater on the continent of Europe, than How would she make her enemy feel

"it is on the ocean.

"it? There would be a perfect non-conductor between them. "So with the United States and England; she scarcely presents ❝to us a vulnerable point. Her commerce is carried on for the "most part in fleets; where, in single ships, they are stout ❝and well armed; very different from the state of her trade "during the American war, when her merchantmen became "the prey of paltry privateers. Great Britain has been too "long at war with the three most powerful maritime nations "of Europe, not to have learnt how to protect her trade. "She can afford convoy to it all; she has eight hundred ships "in commission: the navies of her enemies are annihilated. "Thus this war has presented the new and curious spectacle "of a regular annual increase, (and to an immense amount) "of her imports, and exports, and tonnage and revenue, and "all the insignia of accumulating wealth, whilst in every former war, without exception, these have suffered a greater 66 or less diminution. And wherefore? Because, she has "driven France, Spain and Holland from the ocean. Their "marine is no more. I verily believe that ten English ships "of the line would not decline a meeting with the combined "fleets of those nations. I forewarn the gentleman from "Massachusetts, and his constituents of Salem, that all their "golden hopes are vain. I forewarn them of the exposure of "their trade beyond the Cape of Good-Hope to capture and "confiscation; of their unprotected sea-port towns, exposed "to contribution or bombardment. Are we to be legislated "into a war by a set of men, who in six weeks after its com"mencement may be compelled to take refuge with us in the "country?"

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Lest America after all, miscalculating her strength, and overrating her power, should heedlessly rush upon a war with Great Britain, he, in another part of his speech, called the attention of the house, to their situation for a like contest with France in 1798. We must again quote his own words.—

"Whilst the fleets of the enemy were pent up in Toulon, or "pinioned in Brest, we performed wonders, to be sure; but "Sir, if England had drawn off, France would have told you r quite a different tale. You would have struck no medals. "This is not the sort of conflict you are to count upon, if you go to war with Great Britain. Quem Deus vult perdere แ prius dementat. And are you mad enough to take up the cudgels which have been struck from the nerveless hands "of the three great maritime powers of Europe. Shall the "planter mortgage his little crop, and jeopardize the constitution, in support of commercial monopoly? In the vain "hope of satisfying the insatiable greediness of trade? Ad"minister the constitution upon principles for the general "welfare, and not for the benefit of any particular class of men. Do you meditate war for the possession of Baton"Rouge, or Mobile, places which your own laws declare to "be within your limits? Is it even for the fair trade that ex"changes your surplus products, for such foreign articles as "you require? No, Sir, it is for a circuitous traffic, an ignis "fatuus-And against whom? A nation from whom you "have any thing to fear? I speak, as to our liberties. No, <6 Sir, with a nation from whom you have nothing, or next to "nothing,to fear-to the aggrandizement of one against which "you have every thing to dread. I look to their ability and "interest,-not to their disposition. When you rely on that "the case is desperate. Is it to be inferred from all this, "that I would yield to Great Britain? No, I would act to"wards her now, as I was disposed to do toward France in "1798-treat with her; and for the same reason, on the same

principles. Do I say treat with Great Britain? At this "moment you have a negociation pending with her government. With her you have not tried negociation and failed, 26 totally failed, as you have done with Spain, or rather France. "And wherefore, under such circumstances, this hostile spirit to the one, and this, (I will not say what) to the "other."

(To be Continued.)

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