Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-05-02 00:00:00, page 2

fill! be.-longe the power o: execuuog me
lawe; to the eecond the power of expoupd- .
in vent! to the third-the power osmahibg :
than-what! the Pruideot he: no more'
vehe. ye!!! ef-ahiug lawe-than the le isla
("5 of upon-dung orexecuting em.
inch-done the government than the o
ther depart-enu- To the**siCongsm alone
belong! the [town: of declaring was, taking
motley end providing for the vow-ton de
fence and general welsne : and-ifit be me
that . member os—that body, who Shall not
. uit'tte with thG'Prc-eide'ot in whatever then.
oure he may recommend,.pr-approve all the
executive hct'l- he may perform; abandon:
Ju': "man, the representation of the
people ere reduced to th? humble condition
of leg-'t!" of- hie {dien, and the whole
H'ahingtnn, Apri! 17tlt, 1810.
'.'-:$1R.
To: senion of Congreu now drawing
" to a time, ! haeten to give yon-as full and
worrect n view of the poet prominent pro
-—eeedingo of that body, at the compass o
'- : lette-sir will admit. '
. At the commf-ncernent of the union, our
Torugn relations wore : eriticnl and alarm
' ing aspect. & seemed to call for the united
"wisdom, det'tstoh and firmneu of the go
" yernmmt; and for the unequivoeal aid of
*- edery member of the union. With England
si—especialiy. our aﬀairs were represented by
sworne of the leading adt'ocaten of the admi
si nistration, to have arrived to that criais, at
Which there was no aiternative lest, but war
" or submission ; and however much _l de
' precatecthc caiamitiea ot'war with any na
tion, and more particularly stith one who
" it struggiing for her own preservation in a
most unequal contest with the tyrant of
- continrntai But-one ; yet if the above opi
nion had been correct, ! should have felt
'110 oiﬂiculty in choosing between these two
alternativu. But upon : critical and im
partiaisiexaminatinn of the new causes of
diﬂ'erencee that had arisen between the
nﬀordtd me mucn connen-non w uuu, ".... si
in my humble opinion the crisis did not call
.for an appenl to the last relort of nationa.
and that it was not incompetiblc with the
nstional honor and sovereignty to abstnin
from the ndoption of any hastile measure
whic it might de st st the nnurnnces given by
the Presidcnt of the United Stntes to the
finimh government, of hit undiminishetl
esire to accommodnte the causes of mis
mmdinz on turns of mutual friend
shi and interest. litnce it was. as well
as red other obvious consideration, that
! felt no difficulty in condemning the poli
ey ot introducing into Concress . resolution
re robnting in terms ot nbuse the conduct
ol the British minister. Howiver correct
shi- opinion may be, that our so.-:rctnry of
ntntt; received indignities from that minir
ter, it is not less nue, that retlren for the
injury was instantly nought by the Prcsi
dss-nt in :tl-emining him, lind it certainly did
not romport nith the dign-ty. which ought
to chmnctmze the representatives os . free
and enlightt'nt'tl— people, to btcome the
championa of the secretaryssof ptnte in a
mcttzer partaking of an_n'fimr of honor be
tween him and the mmtoter ol a loreign
court- Yot the part \h_i(.h ] sound myself
'obhged to take upon this occasion, ] have
been charged with nhandonmg the govern
mrsrt of my country In _ (sioptut with a fo
reign nation. Although It gives me no con
cern,- nor am ] surprmd that my political
enemies should employ Inch, engines to
withdraw the considcnceqf my constituents
{tom- me; yet- the perntctoun tendency of
this spirit of denunclltlon in : politicnl
- int of view, is a matter of deep regret,
nnd for the honor of my country ought not
to pnsa without notice nnd nnimndvertion.
The government of theUnm—d Btnten is a
' government of 'cliecks and balances; the
power: given by ie are divided between
threesepnrate and distinctapartgnents, ex.
centire, iudicinry and legielntive. To the
* e oftch _
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Country Gaunt, 5 Dollcn.
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summon, MAY, :. ,
TO )! 15 CONsiSTlTUWTS.
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dine, I confess that ! am not one. I had
dien led to believe, that as your represene 4
nave,-letood upon hi her andmore sho
norssable ground, then : mere instrument
of executive'will, and that upon all quee
tions; and more "especially those in which
s your dearest interest were invoked, ; ye!
; so.-cured by thy sic " titution, in the inde
3 or exercise of my poor judgmenc, and
.upon that principle I have acted, and will
ss continue to act, as long as I have the honor
' of being your representative, regardctless of
, the abuse that may be heaped upon me by
the believere in executive infallibility.
! The various and unceaaing eﬀorts that
' have been made during the present eeesion,
to hurithis nation intoa war with G.Britain,
have hitherto been frnetrated, and as the
whole tenor of my conduct has been opposed
to that measure, it aﬂ'ords me much conso
latioo in being able to say that the latest
intelligenee from that country confirms me
in the belief, that war may be avoided ct and
all our differencea a$mted on terms of re
ciproral interest. he speech of the King
\ of England to his Parliament, breathes the
La irit of conciliation towards this nation,
' notwithstanding the d'eplomatie intercourse
& between the two countries had been sudden- .
ly and unexpectly interrupted by the dis
missal of his minister. While'he says he
ss aincerely regrets this event, he has however
received the strongest assuraneee from our
President, through the American Minisrer,
that the U. States are desirous of maintain
ing friendly relations between the two coun
tries, whichwill be met by a corresponding
disposition on his part. How those who
have been unrrmittingly endeavouring to
precipitate us into a war with that country,
can excuse themselves to their constituents,
when it is now manilest that our diﬀerences
can be settlec'. without the eﬀusion of blood,
and on terms too, compatible with the ho
nor of both nations, is left to their ingenuity
to explain.
lence, than pernaps; nas ever oemre "tell to
the lot ofan unoﬂending nation. Such as
cannot fail to excite in the" breast of evny
Ameriean the strongest sentimentssi of dis
guat and reseltment- What may be - the
issue of the efforts of the government to re
strain the "petition os'those enormitisa. or
for the adjustment of our diﬀerene es with a1
power so. regardiess of what is due to its
own honor or our rights, is impossible for
me to predict. ' ,
On the third of ]aouary- last, the presi
dent by a messnge "commended the- pas
sage of [an authorising him to call .out :
detaehmcnt of one hundred thousand mili
gia, and for' raising a volunteer force of
twenty'thousand by enlistmcnt. On this
mommendltioa :! bill original-56 in the" ,".
nate for raising Such volanteer force, and}
majority of that body having wend for ex-si
puoging so much of it as respected the bond-s
ty to "be given (whieh in the lure-ale
would have swooned to our one millioa of
dollm)she bill has remained apacted- on
sw "sinFs-WYÞP'Q'W'FW not - be
With France, the other nation whose "
outrages on- our eommercial righte have
long been the subject of our just complaint,
the condition at our relations does nor cor
reepcnd with my wishes, or the repeated
attempte that have been made tosiinduce her
to respect our rights. 'Regardleee alike of
the lawe of nations, and the taith of treaties,
her Emperor in open defiance of both, has
wantonly captured, condemned, and burnt
our peaceable ships"; robb'etl and cruelly
treated them on the oceen, and when over
turee of amicable accommodetion are made
instead of retribution, our over-tures _ere
conteenpttiouely rejected. By the late in
telligence from that country, we have good
grounde for 'believiag that Ameriean pro
perty to an immense value, and under the
easeguerd os'a solemn treaty, has-been e'eiz
ed in the porte France, Spain andctitely, by
order of the emperor, which is understood
to have proceeded from his wrath against us
for our not making a common eeuee with
him, in the war against England. indeed,
atlvicee are now recechd ol measures a
dopted on his part, insulting our indc n
oence and t-iolating all that is respecte a
mon t civilized nations. The letter of
the rench minister of foreign aﬀairs to the
American ambaseador requires no com
ment with any man who let-le sor the*honor.
of his country. The measure of injuetice
is now full. What nation on earth, ex
cept our own. would have so patiently sub
mitted to aggression after aggreeeion ?filctor
17 years we have been insulted as well as
plundered. During that period we- have-,
with most wonderlulapathy, given up our
defenceleae commerce. an easy prey to the
pitatical cruisers of that nation—We have
patiently submitted to insult alter-'itteult.
Our forbearance may have excited fon
tempt, but it has not eatiated the spirit ol
rapacity. We have received stripee on Our
knees and have net yet" risen. -It has been
our lot to sustain grepter outragee end vio- L
taken up mio-this union." On the.-pent!
recommendation a_ hill originsted in ths
houseot sis'intacives, authorising . de
tschment o one hundred thousand militia
Amongst other things contained in this
bill, it provided that volunteers might be ss,
accepted-in lieu of drssts, who were to be
converted and encamped ten days in each si
year, for the purpose of being instructed in
discipline and camp duty; to receive pay .
ind rations, aodat the close of the service ;
to be entitled to a musket and equipments ,
as gbounty; to hold themselves in tendi
ness at a moment's warning to enter into the
service, and liable tobe employed out of
the jurisdiction of the United Statee—l
voted against this bill because ! thought it '
would subject the militia to be harrassecl
unnecessarily, as the crisis did not seem to i
justisy the necessity of placing such a sorce '
in the hands of the executive ; because it
would produce: waste of near three.mil
lions of dollare ; because the coastitution
forbids the employing the militia without
the limits of our territory ; and because ( ,
was appreheneive, from the zeal manisested l
by the friends of the bill, in retaining the
clause authotieing the president to employ
them out of our territory, that their object
was to eﬀect the conqueet of Canada.
them are mumg to retrench the public i
expenditure by reducing the army, and (
am in great hoptl that object will be accom
plished before the tention clontl. " ] ought
to have said the remnant of the army-lest to
us after the ravaget of disease in the peni
lemial'clirnate of New-Orleans, where about
nine hundred of our fellow cititene ingiori.
oualy perishtsid. ct.
Such, tir, are the leading subject. . ofle
gislative coneiderations which have been
agitated during the lection ; and euch the
part I found myself constrained, in the cx- '
erciee of my best judgment, to take. The :
proprictety of my- conduct it cheersully eub- si
mitted, unde: the pertuation that - it will-be
viewrd with'the indulgence due to the t'm- '
ss perfection: of our nature.
Your obedient eervant, s
, A HOUSE and LOT "occupy
'ed by Jacob Leap ; thin-Lot !rontt ss84 feet.
inchet on Union-street, and 97 seet's inch.
The Ttnilitia constitutes the physical force
of the country, and ought not to be placed
at thectdisposition of any government for
purposes of conquest. They are designed
-l'or nobler'sipdrposes, the preservation of or
der; the defence- of 'the liberties of the —
country against domestic violence and in- *
vasion. They never were intended tosibe
used as the mere instruments of ambition
for despoiling others of their rights,'but
for the sacred duty osb sending their own.
And in this light they were evidently view
ed by the authors of the constitution, or
they would not have limited their use to
the exclusive purposes qsexecuting the lawe,
suppreser'rzg insurret'tiam or "yelling int-'a
eiane, nor would they have provided that
officers should "derive their cammr'seione
ram the states. [( the Venerahle sages
who lramed that instrument, had intended
to give to congress so monstrous and so
dangerous a power, they would have said
so in plain and intelligihle language. But
they have carefully and studiously avoided
it, as is manisest from the whole structure
of the instrument. The hill lies in the se
nate, and l entertain strong hopes that it
will not pass in that body.
The embargo and non intercourse laws
have so cmnplerely drained the treasury,
that it will be necessary in order to reserve
the public credit to borrow about our mil.
lions ol' dollers for the service of the present
year. While on the one hand it is a mstter
of deep regret, that we have fallen lrorn a
state of prosperity in our sinancial sﬂ'airs
unperralled to the annels of any nstion, to a
state of insolventy ; it is probably fortunate
on the Other hand. as it htts contributed to
keep us out of war. That we have been
saved from the calamities of a bloody and
unnecessary war, is s metter of com on to
the resl lover's or peace, and seems' to be .
providentiil interference of heaven in our
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on 1 20 feet alley ; it trill be told altogether
or divided :: may best lnit purchasen.
A ssvacant TLOT binding on
Duke, Pan-ick, and Well-streete, being one
fourth of : conne. '
'For'tennt epply to _
' John Janney. -
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A three story BRICK WA-RE.
HOUSE at the corner of Union and Prince- ."
streete; 28 feet front upon Prince,' and 44 '
seetsit' in'ch'es'sssront upon*Uhion-stnct. Oe
cupied by l.:nathanand David Ran.
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_ 'FOR "'SAssLE, -
"VALUABLE PROPERTY.
F 0 R 8 A L E.
..JAMES nxscnznmnoz.
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'Unite! State-,
In Great Britam and no inunctions.
W'illinn Lymn. can-al London
Eliu Vnderhom Briltol. _
Rdbe'rt'W . Fo: . Yalmomh.
he. uMaury Livcrpool
and Eqfioh . Dublin.
Them Auld, Via Couul Pooleo
]lmu Holm Coolul Belle-c
]ohn Churc Come] Cork-;
John Gl'ino ' Gibnlm
]m'ph Pull- Man:
in Fame: and it: dmbfim.
David B. Wndn, Aning' Camomil
Agent, Pub
lmc 00; Mr, Cqmmet'c'iassl Meat.
To the Home of Repremrtott'tm of the U.
_ Gum.
3! tranemit to the ltouee a on of the ee
ere-tary of etete complying mlh their tero
iution of the—zad lhetant.
, ]AMKB 'MADISON.
April 27; teto. -
* e
'ln compliance with the resolution of the
hoﬂee of repr'eerntatlvee at the for: inerant,
requeeting thePreeidcnt of the U. Stetce'
to cause to be laid before 'the'm ** a state
tnent of the eeverel contulnr or commercial
agente, having truthority under the' Unitrd
Statee in sisoreign coontriee, together with
the ealariee or compeneation,- if any. allow
ed to them reepectively,"the.-century of
etete hae the honor to trnnetnit to the Pre
eident of the 'Uuited- Statea ] etaternent of
the ceneule and commereial agente having
authority under-the United Statea in foreign
countries, together with the ealerieesik com
peneatime that have been'siallowed to the
cant-ale ss reeiditzgr 'at Algieta, i'I't'ipoli, Tu
nie and Morocco. ct
-"All the other eoneule and eornnterciel-a
gente hhve been alloteed to receive only
thoee' seee of office which have been eetab
liehed by the act ofConzreee. Reepeetsult
Mr.- Nnvton, from the committee up.
p'ninud to enquire into the causes of— th,
morality which prevailed" in the detath.
men! of the army ordered for. the defence 1
of New Orleana, made: lating report, ac-ss
companicd with various depoa'itiona and o.
ther papera. The xv.-part, which shail l'e
ceive an early insertion. is (00 lbng systhi;
day'a apcr. lt concludes aa follows:
." 'Fhe committee from : knowledge
which they have acquired of the climatc o!
New Orleana and of the couhtry surround.
ing it, and from the facta stand in the de.
po-itiona are of opinion that the mortaliey
in the detachment ordered to NewOrlmu
is to be aactsiibcd to the sonoying causes :
" I.- The detachment conaiatinz of new
leviea- _- _ _ _ _ is: *
" [so "she inealubrtty oxen: Climate,
the eissnitt'rier and autumn of the year 1809
being 'unueualiy eicbly. ,
"adly. 'I'he'nature of the. ground on
which the detachment Via encatnped et
Terre an: Boeus, and the detention of it at
that place during the whole-of the eumrner,
contrary ae the corntnittee. conceive to the
inetructione contained in the letter of the
eecrttary oswar bearing did the SOLh of
Aprilsi'lBO'O. ,
othly. To the treat of sound and whole
eome provieione and of vegetable: :; the
want of an hospital and of hospital etorte
and medicines.
" lthly. 'l'he excesaive fatigttee to which
the troops were eubjected in cleaning. ditch
ing and draining the ground on which the)
tvrre encemped. .
"siothly. To the want of repoee during
the night, owing to the ttoope not being prn.
vided with bare or nete to protect them from
the annoyance of the muassquitoea.
" 7thly. The-went of clennlineee in the .
eatnp, the nature of the poeition rendering '
it almoet impracticable to preaerve it.
" Bthly. The eick end well being confin
ed to the earthe tente, which neither protect
ed then-t eutiicirntly from the heat of the
eun, nor kept them dry from dewe and
slln'e"
The report and ducumcnte were ordered
to be printed. ,_
Conmle of the Umtrd Stone.
The following mreeagevree received from
the preeident of the 4). 8. by Mr. Edward
Colee. hie eeeretary :
si CWF/si's ﬀ the United State;,
Hobsz or ssREPZz-zsmu Tms.
Depai-mdzt qf State,
April 26, 1810.
The Prudent of the U. Sedgnss.
Coomll and Commercill Age" of the
ly aubtuetted.
—R. SMI'HL
Pain", Aprilﬂ. -
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State of:/:: Uuited Sinus Army.
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