Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-17

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tlSl Aorio - ~ Las Pi1Ah
from q refulal TO concur IN the pyepoled
refolusion. His orpoilti0n TO it grew
OUT Of the reiolution ilielf. 1t conveys
The fufpicion thar Spain has ceded Lou
iGana to France Indefinitely Hereby g.
wing to France fone color OF claim 10 The
countries forlpsriy onpfized under that
appel}ation or that he has made the
cefion by limits incompatible with her
engagements to US !: ard thar in either
caie4our right TO The navigation OF tie
Mifilippi may have been impaired. Fer
if you fopYofe in this transfer Ct her Pre-.
perty that Spain has paid due regard 10
her iiipula;icns with Us, the Ieiclution
ceafss to have an objea. Now fir, where
fore calt this imputatioa or Spain ?-ei-
pecislly at this erifs when, as ! am IN
formed from Respectable lource, one o!
the frA characters in the union is Tecently
nominated miniffer TO that court, for the
purpoie Of adjuaing all differences on this
iahjed.
] ihould have lupPoicd another Teaion
would have deferred the gentleman from
perGRing in this call. That gentleman
and his friends had recorded on the jour
nails Of this houie their lolemn detesmina-
ton, however fenhbiy they might feel
the injuries inflicted on the rights and IL
tefeas Of thele Aates, to rsfuie all co-ope-
ration in the rupert Of thofe rights and
intereits 70 long as the direction Of the 60.
vernment fl,ould be retained by thofe who
now poGefS it. Tor after having expfei-
fed their d;iapprobation Of that clanle in
a relolution lately adopted by the houie
TO aGsrt our rights of limits and Of navi-
cation through the Mitlidippi, objetiing
to no other part Of it, they had, never
thelels, rciufed to give their aAsat TO it
becauie of this Objectionable paaagt.-
Their, was time, fir, wien fuch conduct
would have been denounced by portion
of this houie as the offence of Jacobinlim
and REORGANIZATION. MIR. r. concluded
by faying that he thoogbt il uawiie at this
tire, in The very Cradle OF the negociati-
or, TO threw cut iniinuations which would
have tendency to irritate or diiguf the
Spaniih court.
MIR. Gnfwcld did rot expect that the
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Ran
dolph) in the face Of the knowledge Of
every gentleman en- tie floor, who was
in fecrst Committee, In IKE face Of The
public Journal, would have made re-
prelentsticn of proceedings, fuch rs the
Houfe had jua heard. Have we given
Cur votes againh thcfe ueslures which
the violated rights Of the country re-
quirc' Have we given them to thar ef-
lea Re appealed TO the Journal. Ii
would there appear what had besn done
il ircret committee ard that would
contradict the INTERPRETATION of the gen
tienlan.
Upcn that retolution, which the gen
tleman from Virginia Lad eynphaiicslly
called his rclolusion, 'eyerai votes had
heen taken. Ont motion was made to
expuoge sheie words (:
And relying with perfect confidence
on the vigilance ard wlidom of the Exc
cutive, they viii wait the iilue Of fuch
nea{ages as that department OF the govern
men! haIl have pusfued for afertlng the
rights and viad.cating the injnrles of the
United States
This motion did 40, prevail. But,
fSaid Mr.. Grilwold, voted tcr it for two
reaf0ns., fTH, becaufe | could not expreis
confidence which ] did not feel and
lecondly, becacfe Twas not willing that
we lhould pledge ougtlves to that, which
wonld leave every thing in the hands Of
she Executive, ard prevent US from doing
any thing. ! thought that we ought to
do iomeihing.; thar we ihonlc at lea!t
prepare fas an event which might ariie
that might require ts,e whole energies of
the government / was, therefore not
,,,;Ii,oo 70 Diedoe eurfeives to wait the