Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-18

no matter by whom: it was imperative,
uocn the committee to make this .noh cx.
:enlive cngciry; TO cbvia,e this diiEs.,rl-
~, he would move, if'agrceahlc to the
mover OF the original reloIution, to ce.-
fne it TO the heads OF the departments.
Mr.. Bacon thought the reto!u;:on
food very well. Inaances would dcut,.
leGs occur under every government, thar
would jufify deviation from the r;s;l
preicsiption of law. But he was OF OH.
Mon that it void be time enough 10.
make fuch remarks as had fallen from
gentlemen, when luct infances arc fats
faaori!y ihcwn to have occurred.
MIR. Giles was happy in the calm
fyirit with which the FELTON, commenced,
and he hoped the fame lpirit would ar
tend the deliberations OF the whole ieflior.
He mutt, however, be permitted to fay,
that the gentleman from Delaware had
been inattcntive to ttle courie Of events,
or he would have been more correts in Ills
Aatement of circumstances which had at
tended the cafe to which he (Mr. G;!es)
had alluded.
There was no doubt that after great
efforts made by him to obtain an inveai-
CATION of the official conduct of the Secrc-
tary Of the Treafury, an enquiry had been
made; but the reGult of that enquiry,
as fubmitted, wa; far from being fatisfac-
tory, and did not embrace many of the
mott material points. The gentleman was
incorrect in another lateme'r. He haa
not, as declared by the gentleman, yield
ed his a1ent to the correctness Of cendael
ofthe Secretary of the Treafury. The
gentleman, doaotlels, lad tie information
he gave the hou(e from certain newspapers
tina: he and many other gentlemen we're
in tie habit of reading. Put fuch autko-
risy, did nos authenticate the information.
The fact was osherw;ie The enquiry
made had produced different convictions
on his mind. From the enquiry then made
which in its review the houGe may deem
it proper to avail ittelf of, it would be
found that the gentleman then 1T the
head of the Treafury, had been employ
ed for three years IN drawing money from
Holland, ard that on this was founded the
Bank of the United States. MIR. Giles
thought it barely neceaary to make this
explanation. He was forty for the nc
ceiity of making it on this location,
which he fhould not have cone but thatir
was cx,orted from him BY the incorrect
remarks Of the gentleman from Dclawa'e,
which rendered it nsccllary for him fur.
,her to Gay, that he never had been, and
never could be (asisfed with the tier Sc
cretary for breaking down the great bsf'i-
er of appropriations.
As TO the i:nperious circumstances, men
toned by gentlemen, which compelled a
violation of appropriations, he agreed IN
The neceaity which might iomesimes ex-
it; but when fach violation occurred,
the cafes Of it ought to be truly i'm
perisus, and ought to be Gated 'mme-
dia,ely to CongrsIs, who was the only
Judge of the procriety OF the meafure,
and not the man who had u(urped their
dsc;ion.
But the devia,ions are not new they
appeared to be oflong isaading, from which
in his opinion, great mitchell and no good
had relalted. He, however, did not with
to enter into a difcuiGon until a report
was made. He forcbore, therefore, max.
log any iarther remarks.
Mr.. Lowndes, hoped the enquiry
would take place but thought the terms
of the refolation TOO comprehensive. 1t
does nos lay where the examination Gail
begin, or where terminate; The COM
r.ittce may examine into The condaes ct
one officer, or every officer. He believed
it to be the practice Of ali deliberarivc BE-
dies to prsicr;be dshniiiye dates to It's
committees. He therefore hoped that tn:
honic would limit the report TO certain
points, tha; Gehnisive duty may be re-
CURED, and defni,ive repor, made
The talk, unie!s defined, would be HorcC-
lean. - =,
Mr. Claiborne was iurprized At tie
expreaien OF any -nGoiity 70. Mr.. Pic
kering, or any o:h-r man, wren he read
that part of the contribution that directed
fh1f all rror;es n, ou,,i h. eypecded urder