Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-05

.,..k viii &c heard arc VIII i.o' - -,
w 40 wl,Ie Isaicn srd Juitsee Will
: ,,,,.l. Bsfcre tte tribunal q tfe pubic
's' : furs al ~ seeulssI tie met coal-
~. - sro lie ref herclshie, hseslte 7 y
nSatI has been Iighf, as ! an, ifai lie
1.s. pho, 10 lreo!ge iariy rsnscr, hsse
~ l.r.s q scguse ne, will quickly hld 7 at
snblIc delufon is rapiel, on 'lle oeehfe.
81, fer ihefe men 70 reteet en- nc ell-
,,,ion in which their Irsisni eonape' viii
!. heI.. When this deluAoi if.ail have fall
|sdentireiy away.
81, if Is tine to attend 70 tie report
I ia msjority Of the committee with
,b,;r realcrs for an uIqusliheo ccnleirra-
ron Of he iste fecistsg q The navy.
After quoting the att, directing Tx "a
eor lhips 10 lie buils within the Y. States,
srd roi 10 be butt or Iatekeled as they
,i(h 70 have the att utoeritoed and two
o,beraas, which had 10 mere connection
with the building Of lhPs, than Of houiss
one Citizen authlrifrg lwo decks be
,rsted Go. the prrpoie as expected IN the
"a, Of rearing hirs, meaning decks, IN
10 which ffiPs migns enter without un-
&losding, and he ,sis DRY a, the iallot the
Y ,ds, or alter tie water fhould Re Iumrea
4 OUT, aud be repaired without tht eAPeniive
n cteraticn q hessirg down, ihings totally
4 dinnilaf from buiidlng yards. And the
\ other suthotfrg purchaie Ct timber, not.
II fcrthe ule Of tx IA gun iiips, as lheie
fent.erereer,sirly meant TO lmlly ittbey
uaderfced their own meaning but, as
4 expressly fated IN The act itieii, 10 &c pre-
y legtd tor tie iuttre uie OF the navy. lalt
the acts were Fahed in Feb. 'ee)-l iaJ
after quoting theie ie,eraIatls, theie gen,
n tsmen proceed, { under tins authority
Only dreaming the three atts) ihe Their
iecretary Of the navy, expended The fun
Of 1886 dollars II he purehsie Of tx
navy yards. Fer this eAperditure TIC
committee conceive that no enfbern)
qvas gieea b iapv, nor arr a Sref ri0fio,
made, except for the TWO decks above
Il mentioned, as the fun Of Geo. 600 CT
dollars, was appropriated ty the aa Oh
4 'e9 fcr building or farelefsg the flips
q only and the fun Of Two hundred thou
faud dollars for the plrchaie Of timber,
as public hips OF war, had been before
built under hmllar au hority for the
uie of the United States, at private
yards and as congreis did, at the fame
tine that they suihorlzed the building.
or3are6Gfng the fnips, provide tor tie
erection oitwodocks only, he commit
tee are Of opinlon that four of the navy
i yards, were bnre6olsd qvitbeut anfton-
y and Tie nancy myafsLsa eslieb aoos
\ paid far tkem.'
N The then fecretary OF the navy informs
theis iagacious gentlemen, The majority Of
the committee, thar il never was contend.
Cd CT imagined, that the atis for procur-
Ing timber for future uie, and for erecting
decks, conferred any power to buy or even
to hire building yards, or as they are
mere frequently called, navy yards the
Whole power 70 any iuch yards, was eem-
nunlesisd BY the fngle act, dirstairg that
TX "A CUR inips fhould be built within the
onl'ed States, rot ba,lt or Sarcballd as
4 they repreient Tie ats-1f this ati did net
senior the power TO purchafe the yalds,
'nen the Purchafe was made without the
{ authority flaw, and the report Of tbs ma
lOrity OF the committee, tho malignant IS
3 correct.
~ Inc n. Mort queGion then before the public Is,
M ils act eonier the power TO purchaie yards
g.; WI not laber to eitab,ifh lelf-eyident PC
rA en' sthere man Of common reaion IN the
JANeu States, who viii believe that an act Of
= @fgTels directing thing TO le dore by the
d. s.sise' and apPTopriating norey fer doing it,
.s loe confer on the executive full ard an pie
~ S'l sg'hority, not only to do the thing ticlt,
~, ~ 60 every thing Incidental 70 it--every thing
ee @l9u, Which the ,hirg cireclsd by the acs
~ NV nst &C Performed? In tie preisnl ;afsree,
o.. ct lad pafed directing that "a our Hips
rs'M &C buiit--I here was NIT flick Il timber.
~ a article ct any KIND IN the ,r,,nlc ,r;s.,.leg