32 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



The intense feeling caused by the em- 

 bargo had both present and remote conse- 

 quences. It engendered feelings which did 

 not die when the act was repealed, but re- 

 mained rankling until the War of 1812, 

 and then produced a crop of disloyalty, 

 which must ever remain a reproach not 

 only to New England, but to the whole 

 coast of the United States. 



The embargo from its nature went into 

 force immediately on its passage. No regis- 

 tered vessel of the United States, cleared or 

 uncleared, could leave port. No coasting 

 vessel could leave port without giving a 

 bond of double the value that she would 

 land her cargo in some port of the United 

 States. 



News of the embargo reached New 

 England before the bill was actually ad- 

 ministered, and many vessels half loaded 

 and some half manned were hurried to sea. 

 Registered vessels, and only those regis- 

 tered could engage in foreign trade, had 

 their registers withdrawn, took a coasting 



