Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-01

IS l,ss assertit:r? Why, sir, he aas read
Il, ,.s = ps4t 81 the presidents message, AZ
the openipg Of The last sessl5o OF congress,
and a correspondence between the British
and .isrencl, ministers, and the secretary OF
state, SIX or nine months previous TO that
time, and complaining that some OF our
merchant vessels were armed. 1t is surely
needless for me TO mention in this house,
that.in consequence of that very passage IN
the presidents message Of last year, and
Of those very complaints of those foreign
ministers, bill did actually pass both
houses OF congress, aftera long and ample
discussion Of the subject; which bill was
iin,endedto renuve those causes OF COM
plant, and is now in force. This bill l.
have understood was satisfactory on all
hands, and it has been within very few
DAYS declared by member OF this BODY,
in hrs place, toflsve given satisfaction to
the French government in particulars nor
has chat Information been contradicted.
This conclusion indeed may be inferred
from the tenor of the presidents communal
cation to congress at the commencement OF
the present Session. If any intiIration Of
complaints from foreign powers relative TO
this subject, is contained in this message,
il has escaped my attention, and i can in-
deed safely aMrtn there. is none; and is
not this silence itself. a s;rong, an irresist-
ible proof that no such complaints have
beensmade but that the measures adopted
by congress at the last session have been
satisfactorys Believing i, as DO, and
that no needless interference Of the govern
ment with the regular course Of CONNER
cial transaction ought ever to be counte-
nanced, hope the gentleman from Penn
sylvania CDR. Logan will not have leave
to bring 10 this bib.
Gen. Jackson seconded DR.. Logan mo-
ton, and inreply TO Mr.. Adams said, that
he wished the Dr.. to make it an annual mo-
ton, as Mr.. Sawbrdge had in the parlia.
ment Of England to reduce septennial par-
liamenta, but with more effect until the
trade SO highly dishonorable to national
character was annihilated. As TO Nr.
Adams's observations that the bill! was not
allowed TO be brought in last session, and
that he had heard no new arguments, he
would answer the gentleman by asking
what new arguments had been advanced on
the bill TO prohibit the Importation of slaves,
where leave was given two days since to
bring in the bill, and the same arguments
were rung in our ears by Quakeis and o.
theirs, ever since the constitution had been
ia operation, and not a rev che had been
produced. He said that the day would
come when this dishonorabie traffic would
DC rued By the United Stafes: that the day
must arrive when a general peace would
take place, when the present hostilities
must cease: that i. must aud woutd then
become the interest OF every nation of Eu-
rope having colonies ~ tie West Indies, TO
exslrpate this horde OR ship them off TO
some other place. That the United STATES
By affording them succor, arms, ammunl-
ton and provisions, crust DC considered
By them as their allies; ihair Supporters
and their protectors. That he believed
The United States would BE viewed in this
light by the French government ard b.
themselves, and that they would demand
and expect Gs 10 grant them an asylum IS
allies and projectors, ane send ihera to oar
coast. This was no novelty, and he had
received information from a late celebrated
French general given in a public company
at the city Of Washington where BE board
ed. and the general was one who dined
there; that arrangements had been made. i
If general he Cierc had been victorious, IT,
send those brigands TO the southern states.
his was a melancholy subDect for sou'h-
Carolina and Georgia, aud one Of those
brigaada introduced i,Fo the sonthern.
states, was worse than an hundred inporta-
tons of black from Africa, and more dan.
gerous to the United States.
ca be contiaura.-}