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' ViRGINI A ARGUS.
_N/Iljrf Y AR*]_ * - a rar.n pakss jtaintaine tiie sovereignty or the people. ' ** " ~ =rr
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CONGRESS.
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HOUZF OF REP VESF.VT iTt?& 7.
7u<f(/i'/, December 26.
The lion"JTf »’i vv-»nt into nrnmilt**0
or the whole **•1 the joins reultitiot ofi
• Me Gilo* Mr T*rfer»» it) tli« chap*.
Me Five O'r i"V.l th * fl .it’ from fmr!
*•' fir; In'ih in f»vo*‘ «>f :he leso’u'ion, ‘
Mis vi*Gh e>Ti!t.er. i] n recai> lul)'». n of.
the oau.es of <Ii:T,r"oc? het'te'Tj this;
country and (Hr:* , II it ,in front the com. |
mencem ut of the wir <*!i;ch has with]
shor’ in'etwalt suhsis he wsen Franc-'
p»»dv F.o^J «r,d for t he ltd twenty years, to
the d’*tmi \ai of M Jacklin by thr A.me*
rican ex;cu :re. If."* also rmbraced a re.
vi-vr of the rn -vm ct wlrr.H hare b-en
sorcessivvlr taken by thi? tjotsrnmtcnt to
repel and <1 itsetf a » dost the hostile
oppression of be European belfigsren^s.
T!>-. Mrtf «,f nor srimso; th-*i
*. izp £s and r.ond to i&don of - Ilf vestals*.
i*nd u- merchan Jizjt by Uritaui; the va j
rh.’.: , ai'tuks upon our res'ielsavithin the- :
't' it.e*s «>»> Jer American jumdic'ion; the
icrd i.f I’earce and some ol the crew
of he Chesapeake; the d sarowal r>f the
aifangemenl. tvi»h Mr Fiskine; the tin
- uccvssf.d and repeated negocia inns wt h
Kutrl .n !; and the conduct nf Mr Jack',on :
Th; y cdrftitu od the principal themes of
Id- an %n d-prsiyin To follow the gentle* |
rr n :h* iO| h'ti hisleng hy sp.cech w ;u!d
inquire mo,: fpace, ns c„fcIi as (ims, than
cat) be devp-.ed to a bare sketch. He ex*
attiiit: d die*».■ *ri espondence !«• tween die
n \v !iri‘.i*.!i envoy and the department of
S' - e. :tj t)i vk too hostility Sod invnlrnrc
rj |»e frrr. r. and thefj'htaiance of'hr
t ITc -n.d, that eveiy session,
b jr-g-eis had had their brai m d with
docu"U resp cling the vi I itioii of «ur
s ; ar.tl iu<d yet done no'hing. It was
t: ir to do sr.rr.e hing. lie was tired of
reading so n.any papers: enough hadj
been bid before them to make a shroud
for one national sovereignty ; and yet they1
1 a'i ben convrr ed into cartridges to in
suit aod destroy our national righ s. In
tc p cl o the emljargo, sedition, rebellion,
and tjeason against the laws of the coun
tjy hjd bL-en fostered and yielded to in
some measure by Congress. He began
. to dread the imbecility and want of s abi
lity in » ur councils. This opposition to
• he general laws had net h e:i confined to
»!e*house re solutions and town meetings :
it had approached the sacred hell of
legislation; Ifruch proceedings were to
prevail, he feaud the government was
destined o a speedy d;8 oiu ion He rn
d; avored oshevi the dissimilati'y between
the present resolution aid that which
Ciitne untier 'he cons dcia'ion of the house
a* the \-.st sc'ion, cpprcbainry ofihecon
du£l of h; execu ive in relation to the
a rangenr.cnt with Mr Erskine* He pro
duced a ptcredent frorr. the journals of the
second scs ion of the fifth Congress, in
answer '.o a speech from presdent A
dams, in Which the Ivusc of representaJ
lives their abhorre ce of certain
attempts made by the Engl.sh to stir u;.
the savge* against the Americans and
pledge themselves to the support of such
mt asures a« m'gbt be taken 10 suppress
or punish !>uch intrigues. Ar.o her pre
cedent he dn vv from 'he journals during
ai- r-n*__ ■ ...
•’ UUUIIIM3 » IVII * VIIC 111 UlC
had approved by resolution the eouise
1 tl sued by the executive to secure th<
fr» e navigation of the MissHfippi to tht
c.' r-rj of the United States, He d.d
not view the rrsnlu.ion as a war mea
sure; but if i veie, we had better, havi
v.ar than submission. Gendemm in op
position might say they w ould not >ub
mi'; hut tht y wt uld go on dhjedVmg to
*h" measures taken or pi op )sed by go.
Vtrumcnt u-til h y wn\,itl leave them
st ives no other alternative than suhnpssi
rn. He trusted in God, that rf this were
tbe disposition of the hr>u--.e, it was not
that of the p. ople. The r.p'rit of the na
iron was m?nneled ard broken dewu by
»l e indecisive, passive, patient, and feeble
f inceer'.bigs of the he« sIt was ncces
nary to prepare for d' lencc. If the h-c.s
•■ury Were n<v foil, the resources of tire
coun'ty were ample.
*Ire ci rmutiee rose at a quarter post
• feu fdcl rk.
. »..i» the hov*e adjourned.
If'<c/ne*ttdy, Dec. 27.
r* he l ouse ».g.vn went into comm''tee
of he o:» he join* resolution of Mr,
C>i'*;*■« Mr Mrent in t)ie chair.
Mr. Milnor remarked c*ia? when n
cjr. 'fe n mose between the administration
O! Itis country nnd a fo'eiwn minister nr
po’firmtrt, he was always inclined to
ir'-r- pert vTh the former, .jnt-s*. P* f.nn
<f> '1 wi re r..-!| j blv W'M.g. Hi* jod {merit
no c- p*t seni ccCA io*1 riff..ponded with
hisrd. ebngs, wbcii %< »b'-,ared ,hst the ex
cMitivt, in i » pr ctedi- gvwitb Mr. Jack
on bad acted prope<|y throughout. Hi
In d been much astonbhi d to hear gen
* lumen, for »* h u e opinions he rnter.sner.'
b.^l* r -Ap , si)’ they con.d discover Hi
6 ‘ : r
msult no »he port of the Until!, envny in
j wards oar gnvcrnmen-. The fi st le'.te
i se’.p so the Serrrtory of S a'r, in whict
t -I • Jackson cates that the orrxnsjcmen
[had been en’cr- I into under such c ream
s’sncei,’ (that is t o say, the tmbeti'U ion o
1 tliu te ms it contained, hy the secretary
of state, in lieu of *h »se which Mr Er
s cin: had hern instructed to make thi
In is of ai nsot) “ as c ;uld lead.tr
no other result” than a disavowal, was :
direct and gross insult to this government
inasmuch as it conveyed an insinuation
that the inurndioiu of M* Ciskine werr
known to the executive ; that it knew
there h it one sett of instruaions
tint it had prevailed u non him to violate
them, an J had suSs’itu ed other leruv
thin fhosc specified in the despatch o
the 2d 1 January, and which it \v.s> known
would>S; regard in England. Mr Sm;tli
toll Mr Jackson, in r**p|y, that in such
knowledge existed with the executive ;
and 'hat il it had, no arrangement would
havt? been rnide ; at the srn; time, warn*
in ; him agn.ist the repetition ofimputa<
tiorr, upon the veraeijy of a government
vhich ko-w »• what it owel to itself. ’ —
It was Mr Jackson’s duty tb-n to have
explainer! tin: he meant no such imnu
tauons, if such were the faM. Hu* instead
of this obviou ly proper course he perse,
vered in repeating his insinuations, and
threatened so to continue as long as he
might dec m it proper.
I ! c whole ol the correspondence ex
hibited, in the estimation cf Mr Minor,
one ti* ue of insulting and prevaricating
insolence on tits part of the ILilisi envoy ;
and if the od ninis ration had not d ,mis
sed him, ho should have despised .hem
hom his liwt, ]( we were invnjv d in
war, it would not be imputed to th*s rc
■ .. >vu, 1MU (U me acts which gave rise
to it: aru! no objection to it could solidly
be drawn from this consideration. Union
ofsen’iin-n up in llie resolution would
be more likely to prevent war than an;
(rung rise ; o.vision w >uIJ invito it-—
1 neie was ro h >pe of an acC'>m noJatior
°y ® continuance of d»pl imatic m ercuurst
with Mr Jacicsnn. The selection of thi
, minister was an inauspicious cbo ce. H;
had been obje&ed ;o by Mr King wh L
resident in i-ocdon; he was ur,a;cep;a.
bie to the governtn n‘ and the p.opie o!
I this country. 1 his was known to hi
I minis ry. Ife had been the ins rumeni
| of she basest and most infamous outragt
ever committed upon a neutral and peace
fu! power; a power which, in dsjpi e o
tho odor s oi the coqueror of continenta
Europe, had resisted all the temp ations tf
a pamcipa i< n in the wars of that portior
of the world. Was tfiis the minis er o
p ac- si-nt ;o reside near a neutral court
, tie had d.cla eJ, too, he had no prcuo.
sitions 'o make us.
j Mr Erskme had explicitly stated, tha
lie had received “ scv-ral letters of in
stni6\ions” from his government in tela
tion to the arrangement; and this alone
authorised Mr Smith to intimate to M
Jackson the fa 61, especially wnen the lat
ter h d not denied it upon his own au
thorily.
A gentleman (MrC*!d) had said tha'
the disavowal of the arrangement w.*s oc.
casioued by its containing "ttpulation
which contiavened the g.ni English sys
tem of national policy adopted by the or
ders in council- W hat was this sv3tem i
w.ci uiuaiii jusi inf a her orders on tin
plea of injuring her enemies through n.u
tial commeice ; buithiswjs *ot the tuft
At the ve»y moment she pretended u
make war upon her enemy, by deputing
him if neutral supplies, she was turuisli.
■ng ihoie supplies herself. He verilv b •
lieved tha the orde** in council arose f.-ou
a jealousy in England towards us, from *
de erm nabon to des roy ml nvu rat com
mere, and to remain herself sole mis'.re .!
ot the ocean.
(Mr Mdnor occupied tlu; floor tw
hours, J
The question was then taken on agree,
mg ro the, resolution, and curried —Vea.
54.—-Nays 35.
the comm* »»ee rose, and reported theii
agreement m it; and
t ne h >y e moll up the resohi ion.
Mr Liv .rniore moved ir« tndelinite post,
ponement, K.id supported Ins motion bj
, U elating hat it w is uno .nsiitu • >n.«I am
destructive ,o c;vi; iibeny fur the huus.
» pas? a vote on uch a icsohitioo.
I be yca» a;.d Bays were culled for oi
li.is mo.i n.
Mr Eppw, observed, that if ever then
•'a* a tune »hen unanimity was r.allc<
tor row was the time s ih s was the mo
irent when a uoi*.v d front should be p«e
ented to the eoonri’y It fice c >un nes
pi was right ro idler spon aneousiy h i
I “c-im.og respect and apptan*-, w|» ft
n desp.»tis*r>, the tyrant c >m;naorle<
from t> ■* ihtver. The first aft ot the ad.
•mines'i atinr, h' d promised fairly to do a
way party ; and all those afts, up
hi wt th petifiar.t jnga.iMy tint uevisrt
ot nei id ac*.rttonious cIiscus’Iom, hui
pa»it * sv iy—-naj swupt into cun
o'e ® oblivion, bet gentlemen now tel
»e fpople, it they clove, wherefore Gres*
Iritain refuses to do u«justice ? The em
■»arg » the non. importation a % the n^n
intercmi si, th* prccl'Srna ion in the cose
of the Chesapeake, lv») b4«n done away,
and •-he had no pretext than far delay rg
■o come to a se'Heovot of diITere n c *• s«
s But it was not sufficient that we should
' orostra e o«irie|v*s at ilir footsool of Bri
i 'ish iniolence; wo m«tn consent to dis.
; ira ch se our naln-albied citizens, and
i members upon this l.*~or must be «urren.
dered io fill up the vicnnc-rs in British
naval e distnten’s. V/e m-is’ give bond
iod «*cirity to continue our commercial
restrictions eg- inst I*Va>>c‘'. and relinquish
fhe riyfi t.-» trade wttll bedligeren' colonics.
But g' nllemen bad new discovered, ths»
“ the promptitude and promptness will
which 'he president had met the over,
tures of Great 3 itaiii*’ were^U Inlio"
profe-sion*'. J cannot*Tk-; the man in th*
Sa )’!*a cave, b?ow hot—-blow cold in th
*3 b ea;h I c. i <■ . nothing in tlv
documents to cha <g« mv minion of Hie
presiden.’scorufcrSt—.nothing to induce in
to attach myself to tire pod Hum of Mr
Canning.
Mr Ep-vs entered extensively into a re.
futation of th-se positions of a'genile mn
from Camotlv-ut (Mi', Dans) 1st. Tha?
a full pawet &Jipcc a'\ instruflions, to be
exhibited to t|>s-exeew^ve, ♦••ere essen ia'j
o <he conclusion of .Ve arrangement with]
Mr Eri'kine; 2d. T it the pres d-nt had ;
a right, and was in d» y biund. to demand I
a s ghl of his instruci-ms ; and 3d. That i
this not being d?’‘c, *be disavowal jof lie I
• • rangement m'15'- be. charge 1 to the error* |
rtf lht» nr/'Qi Unr nnt1 i\,tK« n«>K#U ^ r , k..
I U iiish ministry. He corned from Martens
Wiiitwo th, Va!(el af«i' j French' au hor
whose nauc was "mijistinctly heard, to
rove that full powers'^rre not necessary
>o the conc’usion of Mfrea'.y,much Lss of
Jn arrangement not at th- nature of t
rea'y ; thai no govenjpsnt had a right'
t » demand the exhib t»bn.of a minis'er’a
instructions. He rcaC an ext;aft from
he anna!-, of British diplomacy during ’he
e;gn of Elizabeth, in which is recorded
he ca-e of an envoy ssqt to Scotland by
hs.qiioen, with Bpeci^HUjfiJrtifliois lo set
tle a tre ty r,n a particular subject. The
government of Scotland doubted (he au'ho
nty of the envoy, and demanded his in
Httu&iohs. This was refused; the envoy
was Ttcallafl ; and the queen would no
receive a special .n.ssion sent to explain
the conduct of ihe cabinet of Scotland.
The practice of giving full powers had ii
1 s-me measure b en discontinued in mo.
1 dern times. Letters of credence were
dei med sufficient.
Bjt the gentleman had appealed to the
message of president Madison to Congress
at the extra session. How did it happen,!
that a’the very moment this message was
on the gentleman’s table, he had suppor. j
ted* motion approbatory of the executive
in making the arrangement, teat he had
not called in q testion the authority ofMr|
Erskme ?
When Mr Rose came to this country J
he had only a general letter of crcd-nce.l
'>n the liappe 'in* of cbe affair at Noo1.,
ca Idound. the British minister afted sole
Iv noon 'hr authority he possessed as re-1
idem minis'er. But to throw aside all
this “ learned lumber,” what did common
sen^e say? A public vessel, bringing not
the B iti h legation in the confidence of
I 'he ministry, had arrived only a few days
before Mr. fvskine mads the offers to»he
executive, which were accep'ed ; an ar
rangement was made, and completely ex.
ecu ted 'on our part, under the full rxpec*
'a:i*n tint no re ervatieh existed as to
its ra'ifica'ioA by die British government
, To disavow nn arrangement wntered into
under such circumstances, required not
only “ strong and solid reasons,'" but it
must have contained ®ome violation of e
qnity and jus'ice. Was this the fi6t in
the present case? Gmtlenien liud nni
ventured to say it was.
Mr Canning in his conversation with
Mr Pidlcney after the disavowal took
place, had given no reason why the
provision of the nrrangemrnt, which
related to the aflT»ir of the Chesapeake,
was not carried into effect. He had
*aid that the second condition in the
' instructions to Mr. Rmkitle had “ no
necc«»ary connection” with the or iers
ia council; and he did not vrish the
| last condition to he formally rrcogni-.
1 ed bv us. As to the first, it h id hem
provided for in tr.c arrangement._
There mu**, then, h «ve been some hid
den reason lor the disavowal.
, ja-kion was sent here, not on
I special mission, ai Mr Gantiine
, had admitted ; but for the purpose di
jug-ding the Am *ric in people, and o'
trying to catch Mr Smith ; for the
I uurpose of shewing M* S idtVi’s shpre
m the arrangement wf *« receiving an !
discussing” proposals, and of prostra*
€ '
j ting our sovereignty. lie had bee:
I guhrv ch falsehood and deception
| lecaiisa a: one li ne, he stated hi nsel!
I to have possessed “ lull powers,” and,
nt another ti ne, to have, only bad a
power to “receive an l discuss.”
• he arrangeptent was disavo w ! on
gr iu -.da which an honest man would
dush to avow. 1 his was not a party
question. He did not suppose there
was a peculiar rcderal mode of judging
of breaches of faith. It was a quests
>n, in which the rights of our ro irxtry
hid been scandalously and perfidiously
violated.
Mr. I., said, that the best way to de
monstrate the insult offered by Mr.
| tekson was t» read his letters in suc
cession. He had proceeded until he
had given the lie direct. Mr. Smith
had very courteously warned him a
gainst pursuing the course he had ta
ken. The “retort courteous,”and the
“ reP1y valiant ” had passed between
them, until Air. Smith bad no alterna
tive left but to run or fight. He would
fit it to any man who had the feelings
a gentleman, what he would have
done under such circumstances?
^ The gentleman from Connecticut
(.Mr. Dana) would not permit himself
to examine the features of the resolu
tion. The gentleman was like a young
•girl, who was afraid to look at her lov
er, to give him an answer, least it might
be disagreeable to her friends. Hu*
he had s lid somethino- about rh»
tation of Mr. Jackson. This \va> al
ready scaled. It was as well known
in history as that of Arnold. The ru
ins of Copenhagen, the desolate fi -Ids
of peaceful Denmark, the s- »h-n fl et
of the Danish people, ha'J established
h»s fame. In the language of Pindar,
it had ascended to the skies like curl
ing smoke.
Tiie April arrangement had been
rejected for the same reason which o
peratt cl upon a certain prince, of whom
Mr. E had read, who had sent a cou
rier to a neighboring king to request
him to st«nd godfather to his son.
I Hie latter agreed to do so upon the
j condition that he should have the nam
ing of the child. The prince was wil
ling, and supposed it would be so.n
curistian name. No, replied the con
| rier, it is Sha Jrach Meshach, an 1 A
bednego. The prince said he would
have nothing to do with it.
If his honor were assailed, he would
not go to the secretary of the Treasury
to count the cost of healing the wound.
The nation had the best of resour
ces for the exigencies of war—the
resource of pu die credit.
Why dii not the gentleman From
Connecticut bring forward a motion to
declare war when the Chesapeake was
attacked? Why did he not stir up
the la-zydrones, who then administer
ed the government? The gentleman
was embarked in the same ship with
them ; and it was as mitch hii dutv to
perform his parr, as if he had stood at
the helm. Bathe reminded him of
the renowned champion mentioned by
Smollett, who had 11 <jn«l
; robbed in a stage coach, and after the
robbers had run away with his mo * y,
had made a mighty noise, and swore
he would have their heart’s blood.
The gentleman from New-York (Mr
Gold) had identified himself with the
British minister. He had admitted th?
I circular of Mr. Jackson to be incorrect.
! Whilst he had charged his own go
vernment with gross ind. corum, he
bad been so mild and humane vi h the
British minister, that like my Uocle
Toby, he could scarcely brush a fly
from his nose.
Like one of the queens cf Home,
who bad ridden to empire and domini
|on over the body of her murJered fa
ther, th >se who had violated the < m
h trgo were perfidious villains. Why
did not gentlemen apply the proper
i'« ans to get rid of this law? Why
I did they not go to the elections, ;iod
j preach to the goddess of liberty ? Whv
did they not tell her that it was foreign
influence, and division, and dissention,
that demolished the Airtphyciionic
council, that broke into pieces the A
charn league, and destroyed all suc
ceeding Confederate republics,
1'hurtdin/, f)rrember 28.
Several private petitions wort* pre
sented, and two or t.irce report* m.- !-• ,
—but no business of importance wa*
done, until
I be house resumed the considers
tion of the joint resolution fro n th.
i senate.
- ... •_ .«..
i, V.«^m . ~ v
11 The motio* for an indefinite po-M
; ponemem still under c?nside. ation ~
Mr. Stanford sp uke rn favor of u>c
motion, and against (die re«ol_niu.i.
[ fnr reporter con! ! not hear Mr S
distinctly ] lie very decidediv r.
de.nned the conduct of Mr. Jackrnr: ;
hut he opposed the. resolution onne.irl
iy the same grounds with Ire (ri-n t
and colleague (Mr.-Maco. ) Me quo
-cd a purt of a speech del'm red by a.
gentleman from Xe •> Y: id ( Mr. t'i k)
at the exin session, against*a r.-sol tti
on approving the conduct of the ex-<?a
tive, to shew that he was a ** political
roundabout,” that he hid chang i
sides ; that he h;ul the 1 objected to a
precedent, which he bad naw quoted
in support of this resolution. “ L tw
was the only prou r languaje of tl^
ilegislature.” l\a re w ,s uot in tho
records oi this government a prece
lent for .ibis ubstrac joint resnlnt.on.
It was, in fact, unc os itu iouul; for
ill joint resolution^ required the sig.
nature of thi president; and was thi*
to be presented to that branch of the
government whose cun .act it approv
ed ? The congress w re throwing out
°! view all the great injuries and atro
cities we had endu ed, an l were ga
• ug to rar only lor •* words, words,
words.’ ’
Mr. Quincy roce to sneak against the
resolution ; but had not been up long,
b-fore he complained of bei.m* tr.fi
iowell:o proce -d an d sat down*
^!"• Garaenier con:. ;e ! hi§ o i* "wtions
to the ir.otvin immediately before tli. house.
S3 ‘ .’r as the object of the resolution ovas
0 attain the opinions of the tw<. Lr.iKt.ii «
>F the legislature on the conduct of ih*
executive in relation to Mr J *c!uon, it
nad been effre: d f. had been agreed u»
n committee of the whole. H* i-nsd it
wouid be penn.'ted to g . no further • ina*..
much as it would be a barrier 10 .ny fur
ther commune itions w tb the Britisn gor
■rnment. t'lie resolution aasuil-d the
reputation ol their miniver, which, v ae
ther right or wrong, lacy would cm.ct A*
themselves bound to protect, Tli-5 n ey
sere was worst than war. Hew and iuu
«r consent to go to war with Great iir tarn,
without very substantial causes, H s c
stituents were almo-ot exclusively ii-tere^t!
ed in the trade with the British dom nidus ~
and they had been cn.efty affected t.y tho
paper-system which en.poru:ed last mr,,. -
He bogged geu.it.nen to pause fjef re th y
plunged the nation into sue 1 a calamitous
state ol things, as this resolution w..
culattd to produce.-^sa resolution the .11 st
monstrous that ever entered a brain the
most fertile in permcioas expedients.
Mr. Pitkin viewed the resolution as an
innovation upon the usages and customs ut
the national legislature, as well ;,s l<p. ,v
the constitution. He defied geHtlrmen (3
produce a precedent for it on the r - -rds
of the.r journals since the establMhtn. h\ 7,f
tno government. The constituucti t)U1t ex „
pressiy required all joint resoiu i .ns tb e
present'd to the president tor his icvi-'cn
land signature. Jn what a hingu ar t eit
fcametic would tb:s pl.ee him t a i,^>.
| iutioii approbatory ot U;»ow« conduct!
, He cited the cases of Ocnet and Yrtljo,
it. which congress had deemed It impr.per
to .merter^—The executive Was .then >•,„
suited as much as in this ca->»*. Congress
£-i7- n * pledge pmvis onal y to make t u."
cl irstti-»n of war s h • con civ 1 wm re*
solution contain d flenrl..in,.n .,.iu
correctly t> vote for it, if >\ i- y..3
object. Its passage Would preclude ail
further coimnurUcations between tne two
governments. Great Britain would cer
tainly resif.t any menace Wo ini^nt in .ke
! towards her. He presu ned die gentleman
from Virg nia (Mr lipp s) Bad war in
view, when ne alluded to an expression n
the immortal Bh.ik< spe ire, rrsprciti*^ tliet
i “retort courteous,” and the »• rep y vnu
ant ” (Mr. Rppes explained. Ho meant
to xpplp wh.it he had said to tip; b, tish
icnvw and Mr. Bra-tli. He forbore to
I pledge niiTtscIf to any particular mevui.u
after ihe resolution should be adnote : j r
I Mr, P.tkin did conceive that the g* ,ul.
jm in had not meant to make tne so /ject *
tilting match between two individual* ; teu c
the two nations were to b~ Odnetrcr'i s x.
| the affair. But Would gemlemen lolrin ^
upon the constitutional tune* i ms or t / *
president, to whom h id been exclusive>
I committed the tn ipagemcnt of our rein *
oils with foreign powers l YVotiM fh.-y
place thi<* subject nil differentgroutt.U fr. m
Lhtcir on which the pits.dent h d pi* c» t
it ? The immortal YVasiiing on had r. f«
•cd to communicate #o ,i- dipl mu It p*
Lpei*n in 1796, to Congress, bar., use iv : or
cumdthe Constitution h.,tl made it d>. :r,
lion liny with ihe exe'-u iv« to wiiho i OT
communicate such documents. s
Fniotr, December29.
Mr. TV kin continued. — He Stiver «d t«»'
the eve npls of the British parliament, n
die cams of M de Palm, the Import J re
sident et the court of London. TnSi t.*,c
v.i» ent-rely different from th-1 |irr.ftntv
I. tie Pal r h -4 charged the king dtCectl
y With hr (IMif imi of a falsim-rf. }» ,
..am nt tooaddrr iSed his majesty at a tCm*
vhcu the lidisc of H tnnver w,.s no s<;cn
on the tnnoe ; wnen the plmns of Snroiwi
wtie d«. •uj •i with blood by the effect* of