Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-08-03

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that THAI we never looked at the, COME
qasncrs Now, Sir, will FAY, ,ha. j!
any gentleman viii lock back TO the hi
to.y o; this war, he vii! fms, thar what
| ever mas been. the fate Of the continent,
we have given to the different powers ths
tie bef chance fer their iaiety, ard tha'
the money we have laid OF, en- ,i1eic coca
! iicns, was the beit wy OF laying i, out,
and continued the cheaYef bargains o.
our part in the prefent war. ! an per
iectly ready to. go into that qucA.on ~l;s
| the hon. gentleman whenever he pleafeS.
The bon. gentleman Jays, he has no ohjcc-
| ton 10 make aglinit the Particular flb'idy
. now under tAe confederation Of iha honlc
bus under the iemblanc 81 Giicuil:ng this
| queAion, he takes an opportunity Of re-
new;ng his attacks upon as najeay's late
| m;niAers. lie takes the opportunity Of
| colla,erally making charges agairtt Us, tho
| notice has been repeatedly given Ola ipeci-
nc motion on thas iabjett, which motion
has never yet been bro't forward. l do,
SIR, mott itronsIy protect againa the injd-
| ;ice 0: f4ch proceedings, but | will neither
| be drawn by theie kind of ooiervations to
do thing 70 Irregular to the houfs, nor 70
| unjat to my Colleagues and myieK, as to
! make their conduct and mine upo:: this i'm
portant queition, the fubject ofcollatersl de-
| bs,e-It thefe gentlemen really think they
can taFhiia n.ia's ,heie charges againf Us hey
fand pledged to the houie to bring them
| forward, and they cannot want an oppof.I
| snnity OF 70 doing; but contend hat
the,- do not do their duty as lnembes Of
parliament, they do no, ACT with caaaour
to Us, wien they depart from the ibjett
| 10 debate, and either compel US to vb'ale
| the orders of the houie, by following,heir
! example. or by our iiience to appar to
acquiefte in the juitnefs Of the accui1 ion.
I ihou:4 rather prefer the latter, md I
! hope gentlemen will take ione regular
| opportunity OF bringing forward hoie
| charges.
With refpea to rhe i;tuation of Brtu-
| gal, he connects it with the .exrediun to
| Egypr, and fsys, that if the latttr had
| not been attempted, Portugal woult have
| been fate; but in the latter part Of his
G,ecch he iays, that even if the Egyptian
execution had rot been undertaken, he
| would not recommend that the torres en-
! gagged in it ihou!d be employed in a2terce
| .. Portugal. Leaving then, the import
| ance of Egypt out CT his confederation, he
| makes it charge againA the kings late
| miniRers, that we are prevented from at,
fitting Portugal, becaule 70 large force
has ben Tent TO Egypt; and he lays, that
il that force had not been fent TO ( ypt,
he would not recommend their bang en-
ployed in the defence Of Portugal. This
Is the en h'ened, the vigorous and aates-
man~like policy which he would recon-.
mend in oppohtion to tina, employed by
the late administration, who, from the de-
lays Of which they were guilty, he Jays,
uniformly failed: but who, ] fay, lot
~ithttanding thoie delays, anu their UNI
form failures, have fome how or other
contrived, amidit the wreck of empires
and deloation of Europe, 10 deprive oul
enemies of almoit all their colonial !. Eof-
/. iiions-ro reduce, almoit to annlhlIat:cn,
,ncir maritime Grensth-to deprive them
OF, aud to appropriate to ourieiyes, the
Whole of their commerce, and to maintain
in fecurity our territories In every part oi
The globe.
Thefe, Sir are the fucceGss with which
the late & ta-dy e4or,s OF the iait adminitlIs-
ton have been crowned. 1t is to theie ivc-
cenes that the honorable Gentleman owes
the opportunity he now makes ute OF, to
ak In this place with re,fofp eetive orlti-
cifm of the conduct of the war. Blu: /
with to ak the honorable gentleman how
We could AVOID FEEDING force to Esyp'
unleis we determined to give it up 10
France He does not deny tina, is is al
object OF the greate.t Importance to this
Country but he fays~ the Expedition
would have been unneceiary il we had
agreed to the Convention OF Ell Arifch.