Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-11-08

appreciation, that fecret fervice money
had been expended in The War Dqbart
mca', and had not been confined to the
Department Of State.
Let the reader fimply ak himfelf the
queition, what the proper obieas and
duties oftheie two departments refpec
lively are -The Department Of State
manages the concerns of the nation in
its intercourf. with foreign powers. in
relation 10 the Rate of peace The liar
Department directs our public affairs re
lating to the fame foreign powers in a
tate Of hoaility.-I'he moa uflal en-
ployment of monies for fecret fervices,
Is to obtain Information Of the defigns
or fecret mealures of other nations, by
the means of bribery or f3ies-Some Of
the mott fcrupulou5 tiers upon The
Jaws Of nations have inlimaied doubts,
whether the employment of flch means
in time of peace BE- confident with the
principles Of Juice and reciprocal good
faith; but it never before entered toto
the heart of man TO conceive that f2ies
or brides might not lawfully be employ
ed 10 time OF war-It was yeferved for
the wonders Of the nineteenth century
and for the gigantic abilities Of our
COM ittee OF iHvsj2i2atioa to diicover
that bribery and corruption, fscret fer
wee money and ipies, are fair and hon
eft between nations at peace, but utterly
diBonorable and unlawful ia time Of
war.
| fhall not follow them through The
ferie, OF blunders by which they 6nally
reached this ingenious concluion = Oae
OF the leaf Of theie plumbers IS, their
taking law prelcribing the mode Of
accountability, TO be purified in the De
partment of Stae, for a law, and for
the only law authorizing fecret expen-
ditures.-" the policy of this law (Cay
they the committee do not intend 10
"queltion but it IS clear. that it ex
" tends only to cafes of compensation
A." for what are ulually called jfcret Ter.
" viae5,' that may Be rendered to the
4" United States, in their intercourse
" with foreign nations" The policy
Of the law, they will not qpcRion Oh |!
No for in the intercourfe Of peace,
they have no thoughts Of :" )cifing rb a
maayaanre Of qgry faccJ"-Bnt when
you come 10 Hate of hoRiGty ! thea,
Sir, II IS qnite another thing-When
yon have an Intiln war upon your
hands when you have ltrong re4Con
to infPef that an European power is
tomca'ing and Importing it when a
tew hundred dollars f.cretly expended,
will enable you to difcover and defeat
iuch plans then if you fpsnd cent OF
moory for UGH purpofe, It m1ll be By
the Department of War-And then
your vir1uoua inveltigating committee
w'd tell you, thar "they entertain no
" donot a. to the illsgality Of the nea
" iure; that it is authorized by no law
4" wh~ttCyver, and that they had fat
" tered themielves thar the federal gov
" ernnent required no iervices Of any
" nature. which ought % be concealed
" from the officers Of the Trealury, or
" from the Legislature"
Citizens OF the Union, am not fup-
polling csfe that may happen | am
NOT drawing contingent future abfur
dIty from the principles of the commit
tee-I am itating what has happened
quoting the very words of the commit
tee as applied to tranlaaion Of the
very nature here defcrlbed-B orderers
upon the Indian tribes exDole your
boioms TO the tomahawk fubrnit your
foreheads TO the icalp abandon your
wives and children 10 be roaltei and
eaten as iaVage appetite fhall command
Never inquire whether your ferocious
nelghbors are fecretly ltmullted by
France or Engiand--for the mott efTec
tual mode OF making fnch inquiry
would be by iecrct ftrvices in the War
DePartment-Put your trua in the ten
der mercIes Of Providence, and remsm-
Der that pacific Department and a
itAte OF peace, are the only occaions
and means by which fecret fervice mo.
ney can be lawfully expended
Ii would be a naufeous and dilguR-
ing talk to have the rawlings of bedlam
to reafon down by force of argument.
Yet if the tenant Of the place we;e arm
ed with power, it might become talk
ofrisorous necellity-To their violence,
their inconGliencies and abiurdiiies it
would certainly be noR Advisable 10
oppole calmneis and moderation
Such is the principle uniformly purified