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THE EMBARGO LAW. 623
held in Baltimore on the 29th of June, with General Samuel Smith as chairman, and John Stephen, secretary. Similar resolutions were adopted, and
Alexander McKim, Thomas McElderry, James H. McCulloch, James Calhoun, Samuel Sterett, Robert Gilmor, Mark Pringle, and John Stephen,
were appointed a committee of correspondence. The citizens of Baltimore
also adopted the following:
" Resolved, unanimously, That we view with indignation and horror, the wanton
attack lately made upon the Chesapeake frigate by the British ship of war Leopard, by
which many of our fellow citizens have been killed and wounded, and the government
and flag of our country most grossly insulted.
" Resolved, unanimously, That we Avill with our lives and fortunes, support the government in all such measures as they may adopt on this momentous occasion, to obtain
redress and satisfaction for the outrage aforesaid."
The critical situation of our foreign relations induced the President to
convene the tenth Congress on the 25th of October, 1807, and in a special
message, on the 18th of December, he recommended to that body the passage
of an Act, laying an embargo on all vessels of the United States. The subject Avas immediately discussed in Congress in secret session, and an embargo
bill passed on the 22d of December, 1807. In pursuance of this law, all
American vessels were prohibited from sailing for foreign ports; all foreign
A7essels from taking out cargoes; and all coasting vessels were required to
give bond to land their cargoes in the United States.
Those who expected to see great national triumphs follow the " Embargo
LaAv," were greatly disappointed, for it almost annihilated the commerce of
the country, and the evils brought upon our own industries Avere far greater
than those inflicted on England or France. In the New England States
especially, the loudest complaints were made, and such was the height to
Avhich the dissatisfaction at length arose in those States, as to cause apprehensions that, if the embargo law should be persisted in, it would meet with
violent resistence, and that they would withdraw from the Union.1
At this session of Congress, measures of defence Avere. adopted, such as
the erection and repair of fortifications on the sea coast, and for building and
manning a large number of gunboats ; for raising eight additional regiments
of troops; for detaching one hundred thousand of the militia for service, if
required, and for arming the whole body of the militia in the United States.
In consequence of these provisions for Avar, Governor Robert Wright,
appointed in July, Samuel Tarbut Wright, Adjutant General of the State
militia. On the 20th he issued his first order, commanding the officers of
divisions, brigades, regiments, etc., residing in the vicinity of the Chesapeake,
to be vigilant in guarding against the violation of the President's proclamation, and to be prompt to repel every attempt to ATiolate the same Avithin the
limits of Maryland, by the exercise of so much of the force under their respective commands as might be necessary for the occasion.
1 Young's American Statesman, p. 232.
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000666 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE EMBARGO LAW. 623 held in Baltimore on the 29th of June, with General Samuel Smith as chairman, and John Stephen, secretary. Similar resolutions were adopted, and Alexander McKim, Thomas McElderry, James H. McCulloch, James Calhoun, Samuel Sterett, Robert Gilmor, Mark Pringle, and John Stephen, were appointed a committee of correspondence. The citizens of Baltimore also adopted the following: " Resolved, unanimously, That we view with indignation and horror, the wanton attack lately made upon the Chesapeake frigate by the British ship of war Leopard, by which many of our fellow citizens have been killed and wounded, and the government and flag of our country most grossly insulted. " Resolved, unanimously, That we Avill with our lives and fortunes, support the government in all such measures as they may adopt on this momentous occasion, to obtain redress and satisfaction for the outrage aforesaid." The critical situation of our foreign relations induced the President to convene the tenth Congress on the 25th of October, 1807, and in a special message, on the 18th of December, he recommended to that body the passage of an Act, laying an embargo on all vessels of the United States. The subject Avas immediately discussed in Congress in secret session, and an embargo bill passed on the 22d of December, 1807. In pursuance of this law, all American vessels were prohibited from sailing for foreign ports; all foreign A7essels from taking out cargoes; and all coasting vessels were required to give bond to land their cargoes in the United States. Those who expected to see great national triumphs follow the " Embargo LaAv," were greatly disappointed, for it almost annihilated the commerce of the country, and the evils brought upon our own industries Avere far greater than those inflicted on England or France. In the New England States especially, the loudest complaints were made, and such was the height to Avhich the dissatisfaction at length arose in those States, as to cause apprehensions that, if the embargo law should be persisted in, it would meet with violent resistence, and that they would withdraw from the Union.1 At this session of Congress, measures of defence Avere. adopted, such as the erection and repair of fortifications on the sea coast, and for building and manning a large number of gunboats ; for raising eight additional regiments of troops; for detaching one hundred thousand of the militia for service, if required, and for arming the whole body of the militia in the United States. In consequence of these provisions for Avar, Governor Robert Wright, appointed in July, Samuel Tarbut Wright, Adjutant General of the State militia. On the 20th he issued his first order, commanding the officers of divisions, brigades, regiments, etc., residing in the vicinity of the Chesapeake, to be vigilant in guarding against the violation of the President's proclamation, and to be prompt to repel every attempt to ATiolate the same Avithin the limits of Maryland, by the exercise of so much of the force under their respective commands as might be necessary for the occasion. 1 Young's American Statesman, p. 232. |
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