Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-12-30

pay my pan Of Il, Tor what YOU win not
be able % hold ! ! conceive, therefore,
that lam fully justified il withholding
my assent from the passage Of this blu,
seeing that no advantage can resuIt from
delegating this power to The president !;
that itmay Be without inconvenience cx-
ercised BY ourselves, as we shall remain
sometime ID session; that even ii COM
mon cases the unnecessary delegation Of
power Is nor 10 Be justified and In this
particular instance, circumstances exist
ola very extraordinary nature which ren-.
dersit peculiarly improper.
Suffice Il to say that they have strong.
y impressed me with an opinion that If
even possession Is rendered to us, the
territory win comeinto our hands with
out any title 10 justify our holding Il. Is
there not on the face Of this instrument
itselfsoine marks ofsuspicion! You ind
inthe treaty not single word relating to
any substantial consideration TO be paid
BY the United States. Il Il said thatthe
y First Consul ofthe French Republic,
desiring 10 give 70 the United States
strong pyoof ef his lriendstib, doth here
BY cede ID the said United States, ifitlfe
name ofthe French Republic, for ever
and n full sovereignty, the said terriso-
~, with al it, rights and appurtenances
g fully and in the same manner as they
have been acquired by the French Re-
public, in virtue Of the above mention.
ed treaty concluded with his Catholic
Majesty. Il e true you perceive in
the 9th article Of this treaty, general
reference TO two conventions, signed at
the sarne time with the treaty, which re-
specf the payment. Of mony by the u J.
nlted States 70 France, and which We re-
gard Is the only consideration for the
territory ceded to rs. Let us attend
% the words Of this article. g The par
ticnlar convention signedthis day BY the ]
respective ministers, having for It's obs ]
.ject 70 provide for the payment Of debts
due tothe citizens Of the United States
By the French republic prior 10 the soth
Sept 1900. Is approved, and to have
- execution in the same manner rs IL
It had been Inserted in this present urea
", and il shall be ratified IN the same
form and IN the same time, so that the
one shall mot be ratified distinct from the
other. q.
" Another particular convention sim.
ed e the same time as the paesent, rela-
tive TO 1 de6nitiye rule between The con- /
tracing parties, Is in the like manner an.
proved, and win be ra,i6edin the same
torm and in the same time, and joint.
ly.g -
Mr.. Jackson Mr.. President. in an.
swering the honorable gentleman who
has Just set down / shalI take the liberty
ofeommencing withrepeating what said
yesterday, in answef to another honora-
bic gentleman from Delaware, Mr..
White that every argument they have
made use Of would better have applied al
the time the treaty was on its passage, for
ratihcatlon, Or At the time Of the passage !
OF the bin for taking possession Of Louis
lana ; and Il appears extraordinary now
after voting, If not for the treaty, for
the blu, 70 see those gentlemen rise TO |
oPpose the conditions to Be performed on
our part, when France has issued the |
necessary orders on her part. The de-
lay Of the passage Of the bill before YOU |
may have the most fatal conse queness,
and Il a some gentlemen have limited |
on former occasions, the French are sick
of their bargain, win give them an op-
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