The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-16

Dy itout African ceriair. Our policy
mutt be very hort iigh,ed; telling
navy IN one year, and buying one in the
ne&c..
On January lfts, General Smith ger
che g!ileries Of congreis cleared. He
then made iuch a propojieion, as had
never before been heard Of under the
federal governments. This was that
the houfe ihonid agree 70 place tao
7iiLicns a d6liars afIbe ai}crHio1 cf rbe
py59dsa,, Congreis we're TO give this
money 70 the PRECEDENT, wirhols5 the
right OF enqmring what ne WAS 70 do
Wlth i, 'fhey were to take it from
the trcaiilry, without being either
authorized or indeed able 60 tell
their coniiituents Tor wha1 reafon
they granted it. Asrer fach an exhibi-
ton OF economy, ii a young and girta-
04S Rcpubiic like ours, vary little re-
mains 60 DE iaid CONCERNING the Red
book Of France, the Tevenle Of the
prince OF Wales, the palace Of Nero,
or the iuppers of Elaglbalus, Within
memory, Maduon and The preiidsat
were toiicitous to diicharge the pub
tic debt. To facilitate ehis projt9,
they and iheir parry aboiiih the whole
MATS ofint@rnal taxes, By which 1hc III
rereit Ct 2 part Of Jhas debr was To, be
paid Then Trey want 70 have mil
lion OF fifteen hundred 5houiaGd dollars.
lhcte we're 10 build dry dock for the
pre.Srvation Of Twelve fFisa1es. This
dock was, with ptyiical certainty, TO
deitroy t0o,c frigA5es; and it Mas 1t the
iarne time, TO coa more money than
what would be iuihcicnt tog the timoer
work OF twelve Others While we are
iayloS 10 theft rweiyc large and heavy
'netai ihlps OF war, il order TO tpiit
rhclo TO pieces, four cockboats Of iix-
teea gunsa;c 70 be purchaie1, and ient
70 RE coat Of Barbary. Citizens Of
America IAis is Nladtcn's wifi!otn |!
This Is jefferion's economy Would
It not be much better, as we'll as chea-
per, TO tend to Africa iomc Of thoGc
ihips, which arc 10 be put into the Try
INK. and keep che price Of the four
canoes IN our ppckelS f! Or, il ali OF.
navy Is in aSlual iervice, il adlitional
ihiPs Of war mu!f really be had, this
IS nor time for building zach a dry
dock, were it fitted for the preieyvanaa,
as It is for the detttuctioa of twelve
frlgafes. TurR over rhete argud1enrs
dsalnj and fay if you ever heard OF iuch
a ier ri" *t,-Esfc The cabineI have
Pcnn@d tilemlelvcs up in fuch a circle
OF lnconliItencies, lh4t the acuteneis Of
E1tiipus could not dffcntanglc Them.
i~o millions for fecret fervice money,
one million for dry dock, one mil
lion 70 build the Twelve fri34tes over
again, along with TIC price OF four rev
oaes, would very foon difpareh the
boaftod llrplus Of cath, whic,l at pre-
tent Incuubers the uSafurV
the ichcme for making Mfr. Jefer-
lon i confidential de ) atir OF evenly hun
d9ed thouland dollars WIS rejected. IN
deed, 5ilere hardly could have been con-
cclved 4 nore'latolear proposition. -
Who IS tbs man, thar on 1hr TO be en-
rrntcd with the abio!utc management
AMI illpoiAl Of 70 watt fun AK
Mr.. John Walter, Or MIR. Gabriel
Jones. They can setl. Or ak rhe per
foe who travelled an hundred and +ify
miles, from Richmond TO Warrington
a1i back again, IN queit Of two nan
drsd doiiaFs, Without Being able 10 GET
them, Or aik Mr Jefferfon's table
oompahiods, Che ethan, the letter lteal-
er, Duane, the treaillry Office breaker,
or Paine, the decent, The pious They
can tell how TAI icy you'd r5ua him.
1t is under&0cd thar this money vas
deiigned to have been applied in fomc