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2578. EMBARGO, Repeal.—[continued].

The House of Representatives
passed yesterday, by a vote of 81 to
40, the bill from the Senate repealing the Embargo
the 4th of March, except against Great
Britain and France and their dependencies, establishing
a non-intercourse with them, and
having struck out the clause for letters of
marque and reprisal, which it is thought the
Senate will still endeavor to reinstate.—
To T. M. Randolph. Washington ed. v, 430. Ford ed., ix, 248.
(W. Feb. 28, 1809)