Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-11-07

pa >Sed law tor reducing The navy to thir
teen friga es, OF which SIX were direGled
TO be kept il constant service, and The o
Tiers 70 he lad M in ordinary. This
m asurc waS adopted on the express de-
cls~arun &C Mr.. Solder. communicated
,, be Presideo, 60 : n~ress, hat g should
ii Uried >:a'es E 50 tor,una,c as to t,r-
Ir,aa.e by az honorable res'y the d,1'a-
rCnces Ni,h France, il would De good G
con my to sell all tie Lotacrl public yes
sCis."
n Obedience to This a6,, the first MOI
sure of the new administration was the
sale of all the national ships beside the a.
b0ve thirteen friSate'.
81 the report OF Mr. Stodicrt made On
this occasion, j. is computed that an az.
rnal SUN of 1928 900 dollars would DC re-
Qusie tor he naval establishment. Asst
MAS on, aid IN cGnsonance with this re-
port tha Congress atlsd, II may be lust.
ly c7psde ed a, deCleraiory Of the dispas.
sionaIe views of he federal party.
Let Is gov compare The measures OF
the present administration wi,h these
VI VS. and With the sentiments OF the ma
ton,
The sale Of the national shins We
have seen, was federal me ,snie; for
which, therefore, the rSpu5' caa ainlaiS-
trauoa IS not answeCabls.
~ the year 1902, an appropriation was
made ct 100000 dollars; IA the wear l2OS,
OF $4,000: and in 1904, OF l,eSO,CQo
q" lars; making togeiher 3.72t 900 dol
lars orthe aonuai ave are sum Of ,265, 900
taliars- 'ti,js sum is so near Tia. es.i-
= -. j.
We arc justified IN considering the ideas
cF th1 new administration a. perfectly
conson7Nt with the dsf4ssionQte convict
On 81 The old We say az pass t7ia'c. rs It
Is meoifsst that du'IpS the fury oc lhc
storm ,nat accompanied Mr. Adams thro'
TIE whole of his 3oi icAl course, very ,if-
ferent sentiments pr vailed. and Of coose-
qpcIcs very different measures were tax.
Ell. Hence the expenditure OF the above
ten mi.hnns.
The only points remaining WORTHY OF
coOsidsya .on are whether THIS sum has
hecn atler ste t. the Object and whether
Ii has been p"oaerly Applied. That !, rs
s@cquae results no is fru,n the eff- "a g,
produced ,tan EIon tn opinions jus, ,.-, e
ed. On '3esc oplnioGs it is no, .eces sa-
~ - diN'-. They are so p.~rp ans ev-
press M e'G'y 'N"'p en- u ''e. st-''2
tAt',' w -. h'S . en- -''f .'- Is .'.'''d-
90 .".y h''9 '-" c'''''',a@c ri
"S WI "'''.7' ana Pr '.s'''''' OF
~ W" '''" ,.''"''c"i
r1N4'"''oP' "s "o' P''-' ~
','E . ,''F "''t' s.'S''6,' 90 '"' =
~. 80 "a, -, ..'.'' We '.''+' -S t--o-
". 'l1 i-'''.oi'eN' , us 't IS mos
n,ss or or Nv. AND Iois ...,.,l,,,.,''.,
al , distance. Thsre !, MT MIS-. r(.,
tina, VII 10, Grant orr ioa,,,,,v ., n.o,. :,
OR trade nv national sim, .,,n., M.
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ia ,b- nres,oL cv,rn,e ,nara n',,
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purpose ct chectlnc ,,ira,iceI dcnreds,;-
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