Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-30
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= by the president apd scSfc tsiJ % % =. 49, "
s ample time for srresiins the Leander DC.
fore she had left the port OF New York, II
il had been the pleasure of government 80
10 do. as the said ship did no, leave the
mort of New York till the second day OF
- February lass.
From this statement your memoT'allst
trus.s it wiz appear that the secretary OF
state ADD the president of the United States
r had full knowledge of The Intentions ofge.
8 neral Miranda IN respectto the provinceot-
( Caracas; and that they also knew tha' ne
= was also making preparations at this port
20 carry these intentions into execution.
T'h.s though the government would not dl.
rectly aid the eaterpriae of general Miriam
da, yer they gave it their appreciation, aud
by their conduct encouraged your memori.
aiist TO involve himselt Ia II. After this
statement of facts, your naemoriailst hopes
e ,tha, il will no, be improper It he advetisto
8 stie state of our political affairs at the time
: this vessel was equipped. Fhe president
In his message at the opening or congress,
: had 10 effect represented the United States
as on the eve of an Inevitable war with
Spain; nav, from that message It did ap"
= pear thar the most fagraut and violent acts
= of hostility had been committed BY Spain
on the territory, vessels and citizens OF me
United States, aud so far that there was az
actual var betweea the two nations. Al the
moment too tina. these preparations were
making. congress were acting with closed
doors, and inthe opinion of the world were
occupied about our relations with Spain; at
{ This period war might have been made by
she constitutional authority, and under that
s authority the president might have sane
,ioned hostile military expedition, though
:here had been no public declarations OF
war. If congress had seen fit to goto war
with Spain, aud il had been thought proper
20 carry DC secret enterprises before the de.
= claraton was made, the executive would
have Seen the organ through which sucfleno
terprizes must have been executed. When
therefore, your memorialist was certain that
the president aud secretary OF state had
perfect knowledge of the intentions OF &C.
neral Miranda, and that be was making
prera. atoms TO carry them into execution
wheu ysur memorialist found that when 40
measures were tax en- to check those mea.
sures by the exccuiive-and when IN addis,
& ton o ali this, your memoriallst found that
y the bill for preventing the expectation of
arms had been arrested in its progress, &c
cording to the prediction Of the SECRETARY
of state, your nemorfalist could no, but
conclude THAI the expedition OF general
2 Miranda, no, only met the appreciation OF
government, bus that II was sanctioned by
: the laws. Your memorialist could not have
y believed that the executive officers OF the
government, seeing preparations for an lie,
legal enrer prize, and possessing power TO
arres, them 10 their progress, could Calmly
book on till the mischief was complete and
then punish the offence that they had thus
encouraged, and might have prevented.
I IF the object of governments was only the
| punishment of crimes: such might have
been the conduct of Us officers; but If gos
yernments are instituted 10 be the guardi-
sns of the peace. happiness aud tranquility
81 society and of all its members, then il
Is criminal IN It's officers to nurse and cher.
ISL an offence, till it shall atlantis maturity,
that it may be At object, for giving efecs
Your memorialist further respectfully
that on the first day of March
last he was arrested on warrant issued by
ehe hon. Matthias B. Tallmage, Esq judge
of the district court of the United States
Il for the district Of New York, and there
upon was carried before the said judge,
Ss~'whom he found attended by the district at
sornev OF the q. States, and some other
Soficers of the court thar your memoriaist
was Informed that he, was then before the
court 10 three capacities; thar in the one
he was TO be examined as person charged
with the offence mentioned in the warrant
and in the other as a witness against Others