Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-24

6 9cEl9F3u slilaI Lie oSSIuitob " uiS I'oA'
was the unauthorized act OF The Inten-
siant, Mr.. Davis adds without fcruple
1 do not believe that our government
cenfdered The fhutting Of the Port, the
unauthorized at Of the Intendant. If
they did, why iend minilier? In fine,
if il was unauthorized, could not the court
OF Spain long fnce have opened the Port ?
I ak the candid mind to anfwer the quef-
ton.
{" Who ihall decide, when Doctors DIFF
agree"
We declare to Mr.. Davis upon honor,
that we cannot Zee how the miniRefiallas
will " anfwer the qusfion'' fatisfatfori-
ly But we advife him TO take care, how
he queRions as he has done very directly
even the veracity Ct Mammoth hinfeii.
Again Mfr. Davis " has no fear bat Mr..
Monroe will return with an acknowledge
ment ofour right 10 the port OF New Or
leans 6u, 4pb0 can tell bequ Ing IL
nay be befsrs The ,igbf my s6e aga,a IL
svaded 2. Here TOO we think the mini
fterialifs are Rumped, for We really Do
not fuppofe that, even after hey have
fquandered away every cent OF the ,locret
tue miliIons of dolart, they viii have any
lien upon Benapaste 70 prevent him tom
fhutting The Port Of New Orleans agsintt
she fiji convenient moment he happens to
tske ii into his head. We therefore cor.
ceive Mr.. Davis was right in being /" aot
favoro5le 10 jend an eapo, = ard bis fuf-
picions Is alio we'll founded, that the de
moersts were" isfnctrs" in their /" pro.
poGt;oa on t5eyayra effbe Pon," aere.
~ g labgaying J., tfiaf f5rres 10 qa'(t III
mimds Of tbe qrsfrtn people,' Ci the
fincerity OF the Federshfs on that occa-
ffon and of their genuine patgio,ilm, We
apprehend, however, that Mr.. Davis has
had the bee proof before him For after
they were oyerruled in the fpiiited re{o-
lutiops Of Mr.. Rof, infead OF INDUCING
the petulsrce of difaPPontment, the Fe
deraliRs heartily concerned in all propo
ftions from The other fides Of the houie, !"
that looked like dilpohtion to re.
pair and MAINTAIN The national right, vi
o!ated at New Orleans. They hrR did
their duty by trying 10 get the &rongeR
and beR meafues adopted for that purpofs;
the democrats utterly unable Sbemfelves
10 conduit fhe Government and yet NOR.
tally averfe 10 lsttirg the Federal foe
have the credit Of teaching them, rejected
,hofe meaiures, and followed plan OF their
own in Breckenridge re!olutions =
Thefe refolutiops were quite weak and
inefficient, but as the federahas could not
bring the majority 70 enter into any bet
ter, rather than noehiRg niould be done,
ard our weArrn fellow citizens be entire
ly neglected, the tederaIitfs with manly
virtue voted for The refolu,ions, not as
being the bea in thenielyes, but as tie
beR which could be obtained in the pre-
tent temper CT democratic politics. The
facrfcc OF the g pride OF opinion" here
made will be more appreciated, when W
recollett how very iaperior were the re
foluiions of MeGfs GrfVold and RoEs
to thofe Of Randolph and Breckenridge
In favor of tie former there is the OPT
Mon of Mr. Davis himieli which, he fsys,
is se yebtl BY free eeery rnr,oaebmens
on orr aational rights I" Why this OPT
Mon has not been followed, why fyf
TEN Of energy has not been preferred 10
the fof rhapfodles of ".jeahJ5l'y," Mr..
Davis thus proceeds 10 explain /" Under
the administration Of Mr.. Jefsifon, The
leadipg republican members have pledged
themfeives 10 pay the national debt in ie-
venteen years, after repeating the taxes !:
IN, Rep, therefore, that will break in on
this arlsgement will be oppofed BY the
leading republicans. bera4je The eOJ(dom
sf tie Pyeldent, ond fbe aceufa0 Of The
Secretary # tbe Trsalary, is at fad<,
Every grp, tberetore, fbaf tends 70 ez51mi-
Iote tbe aasainifyaficn 0f Mr.. 1f1ey}ou to