Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-10

ex;aiag amitie5, 20 pregnant with evil was
not only paGed over in the mela9e, buf
was never communicated to Congreis, CO.
til formally called for by the tloul1 Of
Representatives.
People lnay call this republseanlfn or
what theylwlll, bur TO os il appears, as one
of the moG direct and grois lniulis nPon
the Representatives Of the nation, and one
of,he mott palpable breaches Of duty ever
exhibited.
Whit large portion Of tie mel''ge
is occupied with vain, expenlivs and H.
dicu,ous fcheme of Dry Dock, a cir
cumhance 70 important and inteieHing as
the fhuteing the port CT New Orleans Is
entirely unno,iced.
In the Prehdent's neGage, we find the
following fentance.
The cefIiou Of the spanifh province Of
IouiGana to France which 'ock place
: in The eourle etibs lga qvar, will It car
ried into effect, make Ct angein The al.
pect Of our foreign relations, which viii
doubtleis have julf weight IN any 6e6-
{ 5erations Of the Lsgygata,s connected
with that lubject.'
Here Zen is The. frf communication TO
Congre!s of this highly important and IN.
tereRing ciicumaance, although the ceiilon
was made in the courfe Of the lait war.
And even at this late period, when every
mail for twelve months paf has brought
Us intelligence of the preparations OF The
French to take poasfion, which event has
only been delayed by the embarraiilng
and di(}reGing Gtua,ion Of St. Domingo,
it is oaIy thought worthy Of five or fix
lines in the medage, naaceomPanied with
any documents or detailed information,
and communicated IN language and man
ner, as doubtful whethsr il was Of ipfflci-
emf importance to at'raa Legislative at'en-
ton. Thus a iranfs6tion, which changed
the poGellion Of country extending on
our frontiers three thcufard miles, from a
nation Whole weakness made II her intei-
eft 10 be paoifc--to enc fertile in re.our-
ces, daring in her enterprises, peiieyerlng
in her fchemes, Whole punic faith, whole
reitleis difpofition, whole unhoundsd am
bition all Europe, has witnelsl with ter
ror, and under Whole tyranny and ofprei-
fon every neiglber ggoans; meaia'e
thus fraught with danger, thus FPregnan'
with evil, concluded en- in a manner not
only untrlendly but islalting to us, was
either not enquired into, or if koo'Tn.
was withheld from the people and their
Representatives,, for nearly two years, and
when it was communicated, was done In
foch cold and careleis manner, as having
excited little attention, and as being but
of trifing importance. Strange and re-
prebenGtn, as this conduit may appear in
tie Executive, thar of the ruling party in
the houfe of representatives was gill more
70. The fedcralitts obirrsing luci a tu-
died flencc, ana calm indifference, onthe
part Of the decentralization, rejecting
the Ceilion Of LouiGana, found it neceha-
ry 10 call the attention OF the houic 10
that fubjett.
On the 4.h of January, Mr.. Gri!wold
gave notice Of . molten whichShe intend
ed to fubInit to the honle, calling on the
PreGdent for papers and information con-
corning the Cefion Ct Louiiiana to France,
unlefs the prelilent ihould deem fuch IN
formation improper to be communicated.
Nothing could have been more delicate
and reipetiful.
On the 9th, Mr.. Grifwoli called up
his refolation, and to his after afonilh-
merit found it oppotd, by tie whole
weight Of democratic influence. This.
conduct was unaccountable, and bahled
every attempt to diicover the motives of
reafon or attion. This naturally excited
fufpicions. The fubjed was of the high
eR Importance, and called for tie delibe-
,,tio, of the Jeoi(lafure I he pfehGenf