Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-01-06
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& IN act xirstllorfsffag the creation Of ssgcc&
to the amount cf elepea millions tzv0 dlfis-
dred and thy thousand dol'vs fSr Tie
purpose At carr,11gg. salfo eject The Con
vensiou 81 the tai;Yfit.tl ejf dsrl 1908, be-
trvsen TIE Unltea States AiDerica and
the French Republic and mating precision
fer the payment Of the same" under COM
sitleratiol..
MIR. Cocke.-Mr. President, tits with
reluctance I rise at this late hour ofthe day
TO claim your attention on a subjectthathas
been so ABLY discussed, but the deep inter-
est the state must feel that have the honor
in part to represent pleads my apology and
requires that the objections made to the
passage CT this bill should meet my an
swev.
Gentlemen appear TO have rested their
objections on two grounds; first the con-
situtionahtv secondly, the expediency Of
passing the bill At this time-these objec-
tons when we give them their full weight,
cannot appear well founded or consistent
with opinions formerly delivered BY the
gentleman on this floor, at atime when hey
contemplated taking New-0rleans and the
Floridas by military force. Here howe
yer I mustexcept the gentleman from N.
Jersey (Mr. Dayton) and freely confess
that he has been consistent, and that a man
" consistency has accompanied him thro'
the whole of this business, although | be-
lieve him to De mistaken in point of policy.
But what must we think of gentlemen
on whom this sudden change has taken
place, and who now exciaim against the
passage of this bill, when we recollect that
last winter they were ready to storm the
Spanish garrisons, and who then promised
bv their valor, to secure to us a free trade
down the Mississippi, and to make New
Orleans and the Floridas their own. Did
the constitution then form barrier against
them They must excuse me if in point
of candour, cannot compliment them, for
they have not only voted against the treaty
that secures to Us more than they could
have contemplated by their arms and their
valor, but they have also voted against the
law for carrying the objects of that treaty
into effect, after that treaty had been ratlh-
cd, and the exchange OF ratification taken
place in due form; and, now sir, we hyar
those warlike spirits expressing their fears,
that the western country will soon become
too powerful for the east, and that sepa-
ration must inevitably take place between
us. / ask gentlemen the ground on which
they build their fears. Il cannot be sir,
that we have paid less respect to the laws OF
the Union than any other portion of our
fellow citizens, or have we IN any instance
ssaewn less regard for our government, or
its honest administration Is it then that
gentlemen had determined in their own
minds TO treat.us with such marked indif-
ference, or injustice, as should rouse as to
iust resentment. When that shall be the
case, II agree with my friend from Kentuc-
ky,that there is a point beyond which we
cannot go but letnot gentlemen be alarm
ed at the aquisltionot Louisiana, this new
world as they please to Gallo, and which
they seenaiat s. great aloss 70 know whaf
to do with. Since sir we have nladeit ou
own, thrust we.shall find capacity sufficient
to govern it. For why all those fears? +
Sit rot the true. interest Of all to be ul.ited,
and viii not our mutual interest and love O.
country bind US together. It.certainly will.
But gentlemen. appsar. as though they
thought our late acquisition has m::de Us
tcosrich, and seek to know how we shall
dispose of that vast country. When tia
shall be.the question before us, there vii ]
be butlittle difficulty on that subject, and
for myself | promise the gentleman | shall
without hesitation, say what Think viii
best accord with the interest, and bind in
/ friendship, every part of this Union.
1t must, however be recollected, that a l
bout sixor eight months past, these gen