Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-30

urged IFS f1izure, that the Unissd Sate,. i ~
cefSnI, houd hold it III sbfolufe loyer.;a. ~
Were any csnititutohal difficulties lh.n +
way And vii! they nov be {, good ,s,,o - NC
out that part Of the coaffita,ion which aa,b5, ;'
Us 10 acquire territory by corqaef, hut fo,bl. :,
to acquire iiby treaty Bot ii gentlensn ara !.
fatisfei with any OF the expeditions whicb ~
been given to the Cd article Of the trea,y !
there nor one way at lie If By whitA II ,...;
tory can De heii |! Cannot the cooiitaflon {. r
amended, lifit fhouid be ncceGlryl 4, +, =.
brace this tetritoIys If the authority 10 acoa;.
foreign territory be not ircluded ID The ,re, "s
making Power, i rsma;os with he peepte ..y
in tfat way all the dapbts and Difficulties oI wv
tlernen nav he coalbletely removed and ,b,i,a,
without sfotding France he faalIcfl proOsIs oe
exceptions 70 tfelitsrsl execution on our p,r, 80
that article If he treaty.
Suppose, continues tbe same gentleman -.
should discover before the end of lie session ,b,s
Fra ce had acquired from Spain no TILE to Ion;
SAUNA would youno put it cut Of your o~a
power to withheld The stock, by passing this b.n
If such a discovery had any possibility If ezis.
euce, there would be scine force in The ob;-F4bn.
but with tie Information before as. such 5.on.
~ is impossible. By the treaty, France d.c,,..
and covenants, that she has an iqc9affqikl, "a
Spain has sanctioned thar conyenaDt by a.,
mlsr declaration, thar the right is in Franc. a,3
has partedso far as IS in her power with The ~,
session by the delivery TO France Of The rav,l
order for lis surrender, II would therefore be
strange discovery now 10 make, that France had
no title, nevertheless the declarations and sffsof
SPAN to the coraary. But how could we re.
ccncil- such'condu6f to ourselves and to the world
after what has passed A purchase has been
made from France, and no exception during the
negotiation taken to her title: The treaty has
been ratified and proclaimed by the President
congress have passed an att authorizing him to
take posscss.on : He mas 70 doubt made the ar.
engagements, and is at this 20ent carrying into
execution the functions OF thar act; but when
we are about to fulfil the only stipulation which
is important 70 France, We are called on to hold
our lands, ard examine if we cannot discover
some flaw in the title we have purchased. Is this
candid, a becoming, an homosahse Soassc sc po.
ceedng Woull it notrather be diplomats
and legislative egab dtmaia, to avail ourselves of
the possession Of this country, which France and
The world might Justly cali Perddy l'eertaioly
would and The rejection CT even Postpouemens
of this bill en- such grounds, wou!d IN my op.noa
aft ord France no trfDg petext for th> nau.exc-
cutiop of The treaty on her pat.
II is said chat there is something mysteTious in
the very face of The treaty, tor M fo1sfd<raffor is
stated q be given for This terntory. The gen
tIemao has Certainly not examined these instru.
mcnts with attention and snail merely refer
b:m TO tie 9Th article Of The treaty. That ar.
ticIe expressly refers to the conventions and de.
cares them TO be partot it. Those CONVENT
ous which are TO DC ratified nifty and ar the
same time with the treaty state the consieraI.
or.
Had hoped, sir, that the genteman from Con-
nedicut, tMr. Tracy from the trouble he was 50
good IS 10 give himself yesterday in assisting to
amend this bill, would have voted for IT: Bu'Tt
seems he is constrained to vote t day against u
He asks, it the United States have power to &c.
ogire and add new states 70 the Union, can thy
not also cede states ? Can they not tor example
cede Connecticut to France / answer t'ey can
not, but for none Of the reasons assigned Oy NM
TIE O. yernment of the United States cannot eeas
Connecticut because, zst it would be annhila'mg
part Of that sovereignty Of The nation when Is
whole AID entire, and upon which the government
Of the Unieed States dependent tor It's eH''e'''
and IDLY, because the fourth section OF ''e 4n
arlicle Of the constitution forblds IT.. but Now
does it follow as consequence that because NC
Uolted States cannot cede an existing sta'e' 'u|
cannot acquire a new state He admits sxPiSH5
~ that Congress may acquire territory ana NJ.
itas territory, bat cannon incorporate u ll''o :"
Union. b. this construction, he admH' ne pr
er to acquire territory under 'n2dn;a'a 49,, ",n
nicly more dangerous than the une'aa'iop1'
admission of new state: tor BY IS co's'u,I','
territories and citizens are considered aoa IS'o
tie property Of the government of the Uo':.'
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