Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-05-23 00:00:00, page 2

Letter: uþon French influence.
" ' NQ- "L'
. To the People of the Um'kd Stam.
. "THE "thudtutiqn waken it the duty of
the Fruidcnt, " From time to time wssgive
to the Coo'gnu information of the nate of
W'Uuioa, and recommend to their consi
_ Will Inch mea-urn, as he ohactll judge
\ omndcxpediem. " Thisglmy Mr '
]eﬂ'cnoa wu not very much to th: habit of
deim ent-middes- no
. ", _ _ WM must—ended: m
lit in sslsihchssn 'eue. And the
Wssh—mct other tight to tle—sithe
_' eft-them nued-cum
si _ . ,.biﬄmiihifion
. .' ".;ctW inn-l.u
*'si 'ss " "'si- Wsicttit-jﬂd
man-p" M : mid-bete!
- perfo'nnipgisi - Or father, liktssMrtErd-me,
- he departed from "the,:xrnn of hie *si* m.
' le chded in a 4! seriglid," or that up with
'Tenrdinah in conclave." .< It-wu not con
sitemplnted that ayeak andnmcicu, bsiutin
edging-president, "or my other preeident
- with a emall majorisity—of olnc-ssqniouzctparti
not in the iegiﬂature; should ehroud that
venenble'si body in derive-Scent! force the
Jn'tnority to debete nati am,-week- estcrjnek
ad almost month after month, excluded
from the light of populnr eomm'onicntion,
and nimosiet fromthesi light of Heaven. The
[tamen of the. connitutioo, clearly. did
_ not contempiate epy en'bh thing as the com
mends-tion of teem * idwmttioh' from
the pen-Hent to convent,—or Him-mld
"have Wct. foe.—the actciee of n pon'rer
ctssnhieh they could thenne {en-int 'mnt
(fill thn "given to Ninth-tun
gsinutokeep'i- ced-Mount. _ '
Bnt ww stith" —the efe
sinne, in void-with up,-ver ofmaking
' wed—l- Nine {tamen-um,. the thy
not.-meate: to oblige the
- lathe price of peace, under; the. pretence of
-srom French polit's, mid will—be followed
ctict the et,-inn for which the oonatitetion
ctehe people. 'lhie eonetruction would evi
'wae oideined end enabliehed. ctThe politi
-eel eyne-ws our country wae not onleulat
'was the eoneeqneneee of dinpþointment.
purchuing 'Florlde'srom Splin, were pro
ntinent instances of thiesipolicy. Ilie can-,
duet,"tn' both thoeesicuee, .willbesi revievred .
at large," lind with'erifr'nal illuetntlone, in
future 'n'ut'nbere _.A better. ee'rtlee to them ct
term oi politieelct tenth, and ol conne to
thou of the " ooon oLn mnu'n name,"
can hardly bemdered. The review will
involve . eomplﬂe defence of the" repub
licen minorit) ," or denoeretic eeeeders,
theory of the eonetitntion. lt pen never be
si-oslib'ercty to onteelree end our poeteritv' ,'
snuctisione," to execuee whee- he chow to
dun-their oure. The gnn- -hont eyetem,
andthe proje etsi ol pay ing money to France,
by their neq'nittnl of thosseharge,-that their
conduct reeultedsrom impute motives, end
ed, by its attthore, for the meridion of a re
you ruled by -a "dark divan. " 'f-lt -me
mennt- for & realm-. of light & lnstre. it was
never intended thnt the pusident should be
'T he power to "give information to Gon
greet, could not hevebeen intended to mean.
the nine-e to withhold msormntion from
too much Isissnsicte'leted on, by real republiiane,
thnt the emtitution in the not of " We the
People," end that " to eecnre the bleninge
dently he contrary to the acknowledged
some the summit of the elimn dcecriptit e
sun; 'a: TrMu'sii few-nal.
( of the body-to which he belong-ed. .siNo.
ss-Let venom-ble oonstructiene he made in all
doubtsul cases. si 30 for as the right to im
pose the mjunctinn of secrecy is fairly wer
nnted by the coustitution, it must be ad
mitted that the duration of the obligation
resuitipssg from the exercise of that right,
must-depend upon the pleaesiure of the body 1
3- by whom it is thus constitutionally exercis.
ed. And it is certainsil-that each-house of
* Cdn'gress does possess the right of keeping ;
.: secret journal of its siproceedings. 1114
i powe'rssto conceal poiiticsl documents, reia- si
give to the " common desenceqntigcneraL
si-J'welfm is quite another thin} Docu
smote, especially executive ones, are not
regain-ly : part of the jourinzi. When
printed for the cttse of the members, they
t—sre printed. in distinct sheets. unconnected'
with the journsi and never considered es &
part o_f' it, not considered even es npsipe'ndi
ces to it. ." the Breeide'nt communicates,
hpapenquosenediy relating toehe intended
.Wtien' of 's-tnetyzwhi'eh pspers are not]
"(intend en" the eeeretjnmdsswhet have they
sitodo with the eontitutionai power-: of the1
si- house "sheep a secret journel efitspro
ending!. What untold Motion here
siehey withthe secret'joenel'rsther then the
public she? Hour on they be mites-a
n' "My" Gawain?—
[un'si lade-assu- the bon-men to me '
' are 'siindividunl members precluded from .it,
siaa .it respects the ssregulation of their own
conduct? As it is a mere matter'of-opinion
how far the house of representativea possess
any constittttionssal power of eo-op'erating
tvith the president and senat'e in the-forma
tion of—tssssreaties, is- not "e'ery member'to
judge ,sor himself how far he is bound to
respect the opinioniosif the executive upon
that subjesicsit? -"ls it not the better opinion,
even upon the principles of the democrats
'themselres, that the house of representa
—tives have. no previous agency Whatever-in
the matter of treaties, but a power and that
to be eXerGi's'ed in extremeeases only, of *
thecking the president and senate, when l
they make treaties destructive to the state ]
by resusing to make the apps-opriations to 1
carry such treades into eﬀect 7 And isthis
he correct,: what: power has the president to (
communicate to the: house doctsments re- _;
i specting a treaty contemplated or cum- ss
'menssced, and what right harthe house toss'
act upon them in that'character? 'lf such
powers and rights ectxiat, are they uﬂlimittfi ss
in duration .- well an in eatent- Are they
to operate upon particular cases,- not only in
the present, butssthrouglt eyery future age. , :
Some of these, as Dr. Franklin said' to the ct'
House of Lord-, are deep querriam. * All ?
.of-thsm are moinentous. It would be ab- 1
surd to contend' that the right os—imposiag lss
si-secrecy- upon & member os'Congress ceases
-si to operate upon that member when he ceases
to be & met-her. si" ln dint case, it would on
ly be necessary sor, a member to resign his
seat; to become entitled to the. priviledge of
publ'iahing "the whole os-the- secret jour-nals ]
)! Knee it; entered for! si " si ;
Mix-Lia Why rit-e noti
cup-ﬂy; And how fer do the right: of
the penitent," to Mixjdfioce " e'of the usieaty
tri-king power go-ro lesse! the lipiof thesi
members of thirhome of Midwives 'ss'
, God he eld-inun'tcsilte What paper: he plen
:] to rSir body;-andby food {tumid [no-(
* fiticdl 01} mpuisi, unpoae upon My the
der-ding neee'uxey of being eilenrn to
; their csso'ntt'nujctut him)" disctsie' ' _. le ,
the mjunsict'iou to produce cover-" 't of'
the eubitance or the form of (he dom-term,
" of both whenne: and (orm,o or of which,
ekelueively ofsithe other. ? Have the mem
bers no nsight to examine the subject lot
then-melt et, and form an opinion whether
the papen communiceted 80 or do not be-.
"long to the sipsoper ephere of the atte'aty m;
kss'wg putte-t'? And if the house ssttcteglectete to
make : decii'too' int'blving such' an opinion
. mwþtbhnhnypert ofthe'sisisssisisictsssssi _ .
may toothewstl ofthe
I
WIWWWY Diisi si .de-ss
amuse QM each mMa of
Mix-actu- British Insiasiiy; Middhouae
ﬂnpreacmativea could chid a right as
'=cb,sinpeisilling with dis Maiden} assad man
in the nijiiaiipact a-simaxy, especially'uosi- j
copnected yjssch the legialative power. to re
gulate,- sicommc'rcc. ' Orif the home co'qld
pot claim icthe- risigfit, that-the psiteaident could
communicate !! toxhcm. ? ss
From thia vie- as she aubject i; appeara
"cuctv to casitassblisb, moacct unamwass-ablx and
_coaclnaivcly, that the þ'lsicaidtol pour-sea
siao coua'rrr'u'noan. rotten, in atsizy case
Whatever-, wisimpoac any injunclioa' of ac
crecy upon the membeza of the house—of
. agpreaenm'wca: si '
* Congrgsf qf the Unittd State;.
si'*HOUSE OF REPRESENTATl'V-ES.
vDetachmctent-zfi the army ordered jbr the de
sence of Aew Orleans.
Aggregatc according to the _re
turm which have been printed' ! 036
Absente'ee lccounted for.
?C 3 Return of the troopt commended by
bfigadiee general Rump
too, for December, !800
(D) * ofthe troopc at the untou
ment," Wash'mgton, MQT.
for ]aouar), 2810.
(E.) of the troops at the the last
. mentioned cantonmeat, for
February, ISIO.
(F ) A return of death., '(letertione and die
. charge.- of the " addition]
imlli: : force" allotted for
the de ence osN. Orleom,
for May, 1809, tq 28th'Fcb.
" 1810. v'tz.
Dcllbl - _ 686
'Delert'tom- 10!
Dilchar-gee 58
892
(C.) Of the eﬀectwe strength the
" ndditionel militar) force,"
allotted for the defence of
New Orleans. taken from
ss _ the latent report: which
, ' have been r'eccited at the
* - "in-peace:,Wuh'mgton city ,
April 16, 1310, aggregute,
l.]84.
(H;) of adetnd'tmentostheUnitc-d
Statn' mal-inn, stationed at
New Orleans.
Sum eatimated for thin
object for the ye:: _
'1809. 8250,000
Lieut. Simeon Knight,
district, ay-mnterat
New rlum, wu,
in the early part' of _
th. ye" QIOD, fill'
ninhed with the tum
of _ , —\00,000
In ]ugc 1809Jieqtennt
.Simeon Knight, un
authosiud to dnw korsi
My thou-and" donm
of which cum-he drew 40,00Q
July "09, therein: re
mittetctltoblieut. Sime- _
' ouKm '_ oodreeeiv- _ ,
"edby ss before the'_
7th of Aya'soﬂeviing" " si '
the sum ' 'sict'100,000
Authority an: given in ' "
siordcr II,—Me him
"to common-che}: ; ;
; out of the trap-2:
j theynr "[And-us,- .
so! com
New Orleltn, for the in!
. -,of MarchNBOQ, to then"
of Decembu', 1809, exhi
biting the nssunthly force of
the detnchment, and the'*.
numbersi of death: respec.
stivelv- " si.
0) . .
Funds placed at the dupoeman qfsithe 'Pay- ;
, master of the crmy ofthectUnitt-d Sutee, I
set the {My qf the detechmentsi ordered to 4
sisissssssctss si":'""' ' 4 "" *:_si' sil' A '—' unto—54?) .M
ss Fmou, wjpril 27
'The remmr'tte'e, in obedience to a- resolution
ss uhzch passed the House of Represcnta
tives - of the United State-, on the 13!!! qs
Must/t' lest, imtructing them to enquire
" We the came or muse: of the great mor
. tality in the .ddtacltment of the army of the
ss United State: ordered for sithe defence of
_ New Orleans, respect/"ally stubmtt the/Pol
' lowing
'fR E- P O !R 'l .
[command.]
—- .W n-*—.—- _.__
. \ . si __
l'sisi'sir-ni-u, .;sissP" '*01; 5- * n_ , c- '
, - . .— *ssct_fi 35 rn
sisi , . Mahound-odd! an am,
Put-si" &c.;)? "dinsiu, to dint! , (.
{in-L' micks-.. had "his ma: um si
inned-hyxcuenl-mderhctto Be; pum
- ed I "lands;—time beforessssglyc iunsssi
! commeq', . . - . ' \ si
; By she thsitksi" whenever in &
opinion of 91me officer,- she "
(L) N . 7—& 3.
The ueretary of war, in a letter address
ed tosiihe committee bearing date the lsth
April,*1810, lays, " representssation being
made to- the accounted: of this depart-merit
thet many articlee in the accounts rendered
' by Mr. A" D. Abrahama, the military :
ss gent, were ('t-urged ac extravagant price-,
i the necenitv (is come of which did not :p
y- pear; end-the pkicn of other: being deem
ed exorbitnn, the military aged: was in- 1
, formed on the manus Augmt but. that be
'siwu not author'ieed to comply With ouci] re
[ quipitioa in future. This in the only limi
si tation of the imtmtiorss'n before mentioned
i Which he been made ,by\'thie departmentf
siTbia len idal-matick to the military agen'
ss could hue-not rubbed hind—until some time
F- in Septusinber int. The shiiitary aguil
' whenever he" quoted funde',\dnw bill-o
thede'pertmnt of. "or, qhich "were regn
larly-poul. .
' . -' (L) No.4.'$, lc_6.
Dirburmmm in the water and
ss fimsifct andss RNWMMIS, 63 5
-1>- anew-. ct'vm-si
_ Oo accouorosehn' _ pl-the army m
' npmd at. Nev-OM "(s So in viciaio'.
ss betweeq'sitb'e'ssfim-IQÞ ' ,...mefi'ffi
sssi of ]"h'i um, (let me X.) Z'Psid'
ihsPrW-mdgsoc an men:-p.."
\'iliom_siofinsid " _ in": Wound,—
'_ fit ((Qs'qse; [or-of in-bpncrchmlaue; ss
-. ty, Limb-dy ply-!! he held {hence by ".
1, dicimcmmd pennon, o;- wct-be_ :hmf,
! the-mninmdpng CWMsi th cum 5!
- the coalmwr,' or bu man ; and in an
Fsidf ddagteemem. : third- wm; to by a
nn bylunual cell-ent, who'shall have ye,.
er to condemn such pan of the mendi—
,. co-zbem In! appegrsiunfit for me". uu
the,.c'dnuuwrpr his gem sail or neglm "
, appoimsict a pennon-to inspect. the minish
si after upon-ble nmic: in writingxhemsi,
z kneading officfrssmayssaypbin; such palm
nh'etnaytnsimc ropen," si ; , ,, ct
The Jth nrtic e bothe-niece the coming,},
' ing general "in eaee- ofzbteltm failtmsi,
deficiency inssct quantity of prssov'uione tee
tt'acted-to-be delivered,-and juut-d, to top.
Lply the deficiency by purchase, at the Iitqu
ct' of the eontreetort" *' The power confemd
by the last. articlewtjn'one instance cx.
. ercisesscl. !That those granted bysishe sour
' and fifth articlee were not undoe-(Lend.
accounted for by this, departtnentfionth
preeumption only, that insi'tbsseopinion osth
general the country could not surniehth
tupplies-" " '
'('L.) N'- 10
[inunctions to the nar'fimr oxen! at A'n
.. Orleartr.-and amaunt o dizburremmmit
that depart-"ent. si .
The following imtructiosine to A. D.ss
.A-brahame,the— mili ' egent at New-Ot
leans, to procure and ,deliver, on the order
of the commanding oﬂicer, such articlet it
he may decm—neceeelsy for. the public tct
t-ictce" wan given by the ercretary of war,
(General Henry Dearborntct) on the '12tltol
December, 1808
(l.) 'No. &. ., _
The eecretary tis, war, (Willipm Euttit,
thuire.) May Cth, 1809. wrote to A.
M'Culloch, and informed him at hit ap
pointmeoctt ne milimy ngent :si A. D. Alm
hame having 'reei'n'ed. si'shie letter contain
many ry,-culation. {ar rheitgt-nt'e nbget-vncce
io enecutiog the-'dutiee of his office., 'l'he
above-mentioned it repeated, and-the sol
j lowing additiunnl one given: " the expen
diturce should be le ectmotnieal as the out!
of the service will permit. No llllt. r. it
is presented, willsbe required of you, but
euch at the nature and good of the arrrice
actually demand. Should it haps-th', hott
et-cr, at any time, that demand: are made
upon you to a large amount, the prossprirty
o! complying with which you may dead:.
and where delay may net in your judgment
prove injurious to the public intereu, yun
are to coneult this department." [! nppeut
Me. M'Culloeh- died in a-sew day-e alter
his arrival -at'New-O'leane ; on which Mi
jor Zehulon M. Pikc, of the eixth regi
ment, was appointed by General Wilkinmt
as successor to Mr. M'Culloch, and conti
nued to diecharge the dutiet of thatofiice
under the instructions given to Mr. N'Cul—
loch, until the removal of the troops treat
the encampment at Terre au .Bteus.
* - . 4T'ctsit'ctsict - 4 .- . ' :,ss- si
. .' {. ss'si si .: ,,si'ss {no _ _
-. ct ct-ss—TRszzsmnsssss .
. in W*þ*ct'h. lied?" si .
55": Why! iij.-hall be in the epsi-ss :ssctffisi
- Thumþufi-Wby- (Man.
thesioch_W-0fsishe (Wsacl ler.