Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-05-07

penang, buf ne ihodl win noit anxi0nf
", that the whole conduct Of soyernnea,
fnce the c1nclu.lon 0. the dsfnitive ire,
~, to the pfeienr momenr, ihould be far
~ laid before the houfe and the country
He was fafi.6ed, On review Of that con,
datt, his majefy's minifers would have
no rcason 10 repent Of II; and when tha, I
Came before the honfe, he !honld be ready 4
to snter into TIE dicuiiinn of he whole or
any part ofthat conduct, which any gen.
tleman in The houfe migtr thia!, proper to
require. Under the pretent citcumtances,
however, he thought no advantage could
arlfe, by entering into the mesfare of ne.
gociation ar prelent, or events that ante.
cedensly took place shat would ar pre-.
fent anfver 10 ufetyl puyp,le. The ad.
drefs, If it pledged the houfe TO any thing
upon il, might embsrrafs me houie. Ia:
address pledged the houfe to nothing Dat
that TO which the houfe was ready 10 al.
fene ar all times, namely, to lupport bis
maie&y in maintaining the dignity OF tie
crown and the eAenlial intereits of the
country.
Mr.. Windham aiurei the hopfe ne had
no intention 70 claim its attention long.
He agreed with an honorable gentleman
who fp3ke before him tina, The ACUTE as fut
into rather an hard isuation, becaule it
was called upon to act IN The dark; he
did NOT think it was fuficient for the hou(:
to be told thas hereafter they mall be in
roGeGion OF the ground on which the pre-
TENT proceeding vas ptopofed. The houle
ought TO be in a Gtpation where il might
have fome knowledge CT events, in a crif'
70 comfortable; the honie ought 70 know
fomething upon this fubjett, inaead Of
proceeding upon nu!iity of information;
for upon this matter which now occupied
its mott lericus attention, The houle knew
literally nothing il was told only 10 &C.
neral terms, that exertions are neceiiary.
The houle indeed knew that very conf
derable arnaments had Leen made, and a
great change made IN lyfem Of what
was called peace. lie mutt therefore en-
ter (pecias of protect agalnR the moe
now adopted, the necefitY, being in hs
| o,,inion, fash as to call for it, and re-
! quiting exeftion: that the force propoied
to be uled, ihould be ufed merely as de-
fence; now all fpecies Of force might be
70 uled, sfpccillly in the fit in&aoce, bu!
it was here Of The laa importance, when
/ great force was necedary, to know what
| that force was, becaul. prudence might re-
uuire force OF .diiEercnt forts 10 dIifcrent
| circumstances there was lorae that was in
| its nature dcfcnhve, and detenhve only;
| hat mua be the cafe OF the militia but
| for the Interpretation of the Pfeient vote,
| nothing mo;e reed be laid, than thar the
houfe concurrtd in il. They pledged
| themfslves to nothing but thar which had
been already faged, and in that no man
could have any dificnly. Here ne lhould
| have ended, fit had not been Tor tome
| obEsgvations mace on the other tide OF The
| houfe. Il was laid, On former occailon,
by an honorable gentleman Mr.. Fox
| that peace was his policy and tlrit wiil'
| fad Mr.. Windham, & that war was nine.
-" | am, at prelent, 10 no fare TO iay'
can he in no fate to fay. whether war
| would be exprdient or DOT; II II were nc
! aary 70 come 10 an opinion, no conclu-
| lion could be. drawn from tie conlue' o.
| thofe wo were the mott vehement oPPi1's
Of the peace, WHAT their opinion woIll
| be now. That they ihou!d be iapPoiea
to be GLAD OF whas was now PIoRoisu'
that they exaited IN II, would cAich WA
impatieace at any pfol'eti al toe lene"a'
| OF war, would be coocioiion as fahe 10
reaf3ning, as unfouaded in fa't " y:
| very reyerie WAS the fact; ne who was
vehement oppofrr OF tie peace OF Ame'','
| wha had no -tcaion now 10 alter tie op'"''
| on be gave then, bat abundant reaion -
| adhere 70 it, mighf nevertheless nor COZ.