Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-18
C O N G r E SIS
OF The UNITED 5 rATES.
HousR OF REPRESENTATIVES..
+ aeiday, January II.
(De50re earfinued. ]

lected that on the tirR day the refuiution
Of the gentleman from Connecticut was
offered, IT fisn,k him as improper, and
that IL was al has iafance il had been
ordered to lie on the table. The more
he mad conidercd the nature of thar re-
4olosion, lhe more ayerle 10 it had he
become. So far from his original diff
ike 70 il having been removed by the
arguments advanced, it had been con-
fTrned and particularly by what had
fallen from The gentleman from Viz
giuis. The gentleman from Connettl-
CUT does not perceive. or is unwilling
tu acknowledge that there is any thing
IN his refolutlon that implies unfairnsis
on th.spart of Spain, or thar derogates from
the honor OF her character !; but let
him read The refoluiion, tMr. Snits
then read as fellows. Tha, the Preh-
dent be rsqaeiesd TO direct the proper or
ficers 10 lay before the houte copies OF
fuch oficial documents as have been re-
eeived by this government, announcing
The cefion OF Loulfana to France, toge
,her with report, explaining the Rlpula-
tions, circumstances and conditions, or
der which,he province is to be delivered
rP.''
D,cs not the gentleman who drew this
refo.ntion isem to believe, from the ex-
prefs words OF ii, that the conduct OF
Spain has been unfair, and that The may
have adopted .meafures derogatoyy 70 her
character and honor I? Shall we iend :
s.ninilier, halppeyed by fuct retoluticn !:
Lesrhe gentleman recoilea the conduct
ofthis llorfe en- "a Similar location. When an
or,.ef 81 lie 2ritilh cour, iaaed % !eize al
Amsricza vtaels, wherever found. certain
Spirited fcfolutions were psopoled N that
houis, TO thew me dil{aisflStion OF the
government atithis pnjna r.caiarc, and
ies di!poGtion, il nsccdsry TO refit if.-------
The gentleman will recolleet, that at that
crihs, depending thofe very rciolutisns, a
miniiter VAS appointed. Did net thege
t.eman's friends Immediately Gate the In
proprie,y of Yaiiing thofe Telolutions !
The faa was, thar gentlemen on both
fides felr the force of the Iiuggetf;on, and
the reIolutions were Withdrawn. Mr..
Smith tho't it wife, prudent, and proper,
10 purlue on this location the fame courie.
He could conceive of no good end which
could be anfasred by the refouson. Is
rhe gentleman really in earneit IL his en-
quiries at this time and il the etetf
Of his relo,urion theuld be to flew thar
,heIitipulations are injurious 20 our rights,
would he know how TO at Hs would
be for acting fpiritedly. no doubt. And
vet az The vesy moment, when he pre-
fefed fach declaration, ne declares 10.
the world. that he has no confidence IN
the Executive, who is now puiulng the
proper meafures. cannoe, tlaefetorc,
f.id Mr.. Smith, conceive the gentleman
10 eaFrea after the vote which be and his
friends have given on want Of ccnf-
>dsnce in the Executive. / csnnot con-
~Gaer thsir condats as in.erded 10 promote
the real irtcrefs of their country; bnt rs
calculated 60 bFing the country into fto-
atiou from sshieh il cannot withdraw,
without purifying neslures atteaded with
expeaie and blood.
Mr.. Randolph. | troa neither tsis
houfe nor The American people can be.
deceived as 70 this tranfaetioc. Wha-
] have ltaled the journals confirm, aaa:I
Gaaoil call for the reading Of them, if /
were moi informed by ths clesll that ttey
were at the pfiaters. A rel,lo5ioo paf-
fed this houfr, expceGag its diipaiisioa
10 alert the sights, of the United States.
In relation 10 their efabliihed Limits, and
70 he nasi gasion,of che NJ aliipp'. q I'D,
ssiolution contained an expgeiii 3aof con-
Esience in the Executive. Gent]emen
moved TO itrskc i out and failed. In e.
very other part they concurres., fccaTa,e-