Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-05-29

thoie who difS :.iessd them de6sed IKE srto-
tation OF then and rhofe innocent cisizsos. =. 10
may have bcea improperly iucuiparrd amor.
thois who had really inssafcd thu Laws, claimed
from the Jafics OF the goverpment line 70 be
drawn between themfrivss and the latter. Tnc
guilty alone wiihed this Information 70 be fun :
preasd.
Uadsr thele circumasncc Committee svzs
appointed ITO saquire aniJeport wheshsr mo-
n'es drawn from the fresfusy have b-r, fsirhf,!.
~ applied TO the objcsts for wkch tls, were
appropriated, and whsiher the fame have br.a
rcguiar!y accounted for
The committee, in obedience 20 the o-dsr r,
9th: House. have uldc reporr in past, cca-
canning as much information. a. in the time al
lotted. rhey conld procure With the relu, of
their invet' saticn TO an alhenncc 10 legal ap-
preparations. and fettlenent of accooats. The
report, with the accompanying documents,
wliica are very extcnfye, contains great MATS
OF detailed information, with very hstle ir,pli-
cation of opinion. That opinion, however Is
exPfsnfd with regard 10 feyeraI appropriations
: in relation 70 the navy department under the d.
Teetion Of Mr.. Stodder, who is eonddered BY
the committees as haviag mifspplied monies ap-
.propria.ed TO the building Of FIX 74s to the puf-
cnzie OF Tx navy yards.
Such 10 the opinion OF the con- nttee. That
IL is an bSas9 opinion no man bot Mr.. S,odIert
can doubt, and fhati is > eoryra opinion the
connit,ee have concluGveiy eltsblifhcd.
Itis however. this part of tn: report which
has called forth Mr.. Stoddert's addrefs 10 the
pupic.
IL IL impolible for the writer of thsf: re-
marks to initiate the ftyle of Mr.. Stodseri, who
charges the committee with having made fou,
aiperhons on men OF fair fame; with having fap-
Prri'cd his explanatory letter, thar the potion d
was their purpofe to ina ato The pubic mind
hould nor be attended by l., sntidote witt
having excited the ADHERENCE .. the minority OF
the comniitee with h1giag indo.eed party
rAncoor. The r'Ii,cr WITH cnly lay that fach
inhamma,ory language, defaonng The motives
and charatters OF respectable comnir,se Of the
Houfe OF Representatives, does nor in the leaf
degree vindicste the cnara;ter os Mr.. Stc6der,,
Il his cbaradcr requires viudicstion, much he's
docs Il prove the Legality OF sxpediencv ofhia Of
hcial acts. On party nen il may nave inaoence
by exciting their paiions ar the expence Of thei,
understanding, il may be csIcolatc5 upon thar in
proportion to the aicandancy OF The former will
b: the wcakneis of the latter. Boz with unp,r-
judiccd men, with the American nation, 10 h
unprovoked elimination will be cnly injurious
70 him who applies il.
The Gpgc point, fated by the committee
and controverscd BY MIR. Stodderr, is, did be,
as Secretary Of the navy fa,e5e/f ts, f5r Jam Of
I5S,S4S dollar, Gx xasy Ia,ds eunbsm bciug as-
fbs,fsed BY LacO, and sofboxf an appyspriatrsn of
m0xey ibsrstSr.
The COMMITTEES FAY tha, he did and in cor.
rotoration OF their opinion they refer. 4. To
the foiiowing att, tendsr which Mr.. Sroddert
contends hirielfto have been authorixedl which
10 Pub'iAlsd fos the laiisfaefion of thc reader
(" Ben esc0ed, That under the orders of
the Pfehdcnt OF the United States, and in addi.
tion 10 the naval armament already auth ,rized
by law, there ihal be bailt within the Unisci
States, TX hips Of war. of q 6xe to carry, and
whichfhall be armed with not lc6 than fsvsn,y
four guns each And there fhsli he built or
purchaied within the United SiA,cs, Gx loops
OF war OF a ilze to catry, asd which fhall be
armed with eighteen guns raoll or not exceeding
that force -All which fhips and vcf:ls haIl BE-
procored. manned and employcd as foon az may
be. tor the fcrvice Of the United States. And in
part OF the nccenary expenditure TO be incurred
herein. fum not exceeding oDc million Of dol.
lars, ha'I De, and 10 hereby Appropriated, and
thali be paid out ct any moaics which ihall be
in the trcafurv Of fhe United States, not other.
wife appropriated"
2. They fate that another aef vas psfled
on the fame day with the above, authorizing the
Prendcns TO crctt szus docks, 0bp,os,iosise
therefor 10000 6sksa,s.
s. They Rate thar antecedent to the rur.
chaie Of the lx navy yards, public fhips had
been built without fueh yards belonging 70 the
Poblic. g
10 reply. Mr.. Stoddsss fays. g ne viii not
labor TO saablih felf-evident propofition 4"
that there 10 not man Of common fenfe in the
United States who will not icr the power
to Putchaie navy yards as refaisius from the an.
thorisy TO build 74's--snd thar money has bsen
faved to the public By the purchafc.
IL there any resfoning in this Il there
any thing more than lofty si5crtion The after.
ton too, not Of diGntereHed individual; bu,
OF one who con6den his charatler Involved in
the eaasSiihmcnt Of his opinions.
The report of the committee is 70 conelu-
ave that little need be added to il. ss.s
The law of 1899, authorized the building
'of ~ to be pfVcprsd. manned and equipped
40 loon a. may be; appropsistins therefor one
million OF dOllan. Il il conceivable that the
authority to buih s ieventy -fours could include
the su,hcrity to purchafe fx navy yardsl When
the fad is that they cosld have been built with
oot IN. purcha5e Of Jingle yard, when the faes