Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-18

70 -. nreyious TO the raising and adj.
- -. coward their powerful armies for
=. ,,,Seose of sobjugatiag iaem, and Dis
ks;d;oe rhsir properly amongst tbs coaisscse
.aweT.. 1.-THE aceoants received are true,
#,asys are DOT.
N. we are told that Britain isnow the
.,,y barrier agaiast tsrapny, and her navy
ooy security, that the b4tile OF Ira.
lar pregented the fleets OF France and
Snail. o from LAYING our seaport towns under
.dauibuiion, and that the British navy a.
-. stands between US and their syranny.
M,. Chairman, ifa Briiish subject was ad-
.;tsd on this Aaor, 10 advocate his soye-
;gn's cause, I sAonld from him have ex,
a,e5cd such language. but 70 hear It iron a
member. of congress has astonishsd me
marr than any thiag ! ever heard within
,asse walls. may add that believe even
British subject of eommon sense and PRO.
!. a.,ee would have conlnItied has cha-
s.,sr. by asserting that the combined fleets
= esallaud, France and Spain, were so re-
ss.S that ten British ships (l expect OF
v ~ las was meant, wsuis be glad 20 neet
,Ssir.whpls force.
''s Nsi,her can comprehend thar Ian.
That In one breath ASSERTS tina, Spain
s. 30 sro.sly insalsed nsi in, cur Owa terrific.
~ that we packet those insass because
.h.vsrs favored nation, andlin the next
s 49, asserts that she IS no nasioaj but
,sa,. aporessions aie the acts of France.
Ibsrs deem it my duty 20 make some
,.narks en- s5sersasiass made on this floor,
aich haya ,eadsney to msslsad aed a
arm the public niad with regard 20 France
s.aSpa,n. We have been told ina, Spain
H.. ;asul,sd us On eur owo territory. |
a,oeal to the geasleman FROM Virginia
,ghxther she has not deslared that VIC do
M, Do,ssss foot of ground beyeud the
fbsryills. If so. let the world judge OF
me consistency Of his remarks. ask if
Soaiu has not ordered her cruizers 10 re-
,psc, our vessels, aaa whether France is
no, ON friendly footing with us. Shall
,bxa the public rnikd be deceived with the
idea that Congress have not acted towards
those natioas With spirit! For what!
Because our boundaries with Spain are
not de6ced. srasl in God, we shall ne
yer 90 TO war for that, Irepeae it, our at
fairs ara ia train of amlcabis settlement,
and trust, they will be 5000 sesstsd.
lis asserted that France would be as
srannical on the ocean, as England. had
she the same power this is point thar /
have neither foreknowledgs or segacity e.
nough to determine. nor do consider
such assertions either necessary or proper
on she present escasien, the degraded poin.
of view in which Spain has been represent.
ed, the tyrsanical deposition of France :;
and Britain represented as the only barrier
against hsr syraany, the forsorn hope of
European liberty: lave heard with sor-
row, believing such lasgage highly lmpro-
per, 70 be used in a Legislative capacity, by
any representative Of a free people whose
interest il is 70 cultivate peace aud ,haEmo-
nv with all nations of the earth.
| shall only trouble the committee with
one more observation upon the learned and
eloqeent speech FIRST ncntioned IN which
think was alledgea that parchment was the
only renedy appliedso asgresaions on our
territory, Tor which member frem New
Jersey. might receive vegetable spsciGc.
III an the mesnbsr alluded 10, permt me
to reply, thas.if by dcsling ia parchment,
We can continue 30 purchase as good bar.
gains as Louisiana, aad thereby preserve
peace, | hope the Uaised States will all
ways prefer dealiog in that commodity ra-
Their than 10 imbrue their hands in human
blood. Respecting vegetable specifics
shall oaly observe, thar if that mssnbsr
lives TO ms age, needing no more specific
medicine, either vegetables or mineral, he
may consider it great blessing but
Which / shipk very Improbable.
~. 5leas,s sScech to Be coniiBnsG.