Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-19
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r, L.,
sir, hat 70 lar IS it may depend on my aequaans.
anue win details connected with the inoJeefs
hay, very little right co aodfeis you, for In
Truth have not yet seen the documents HON
the rreafuIy, which we've called for iome time
go4o omset the Judgment OF shls honie In the
orciti IN Of the auction now before You and
( .inaeea after w az / have this day heard no
lcare REQUIRE thas docsmcnt or any ether do
.c,rr6ent indeed I DO not know thas$l ever
fhouid savc required It, TO vote on the reiolutien
: of the gentleman from Penniy Iyania.' III had
sntert arled any doubts They would have been re
moved oy the ftyie in which the friends OF the
reio.ution have this morning discuiied It. am
perieSiy aware that OF entering upon this iusJeef
wye 20 into it manacled, handeuffed, and tongue
tied. Gentlemen know that our lips are sealed on
iubieas of momentous foreign relations, which
are individually linked with the P Client queaion
and which would serve TO THEW great hight
ON il in every respect relevant to IT. will en-
deayour however to hobbe over the inojcet, as
well as my fettered LINES aud paliied tongue will
enable meso do II.
i am not surpriled to hear this resolution dis.
cuaed oy its friends as war measure. They lay,
liz is truej that it is not war meaufe but they
defend il on principles which would juRify none
bpt 2 war mealure, and leem plealed with the
idea that it may prove the forerunntr of war It
war !. neceGary il we have reached that point
; let as have war. But while l have LITE VIII
never consent to these incipient war meainres,
which in their commencement breathe nothing
but peace though they plunge as atlaA into wa'.
II has been we'll observed by the gentleman from
Penn. behind me, M. J. Clay, that the itaation
!. of this nation 10 1895 WIS in every tsiPett
aG-,.nt from that in which 1t finds itself in
1906. Lesmc ask too if the iituation OF En
gland is not Lnce materially changed Gentle
men, who il would appear from theit language
have not got beyond the horn book OF politics,
talk of our ability TO cope with the BFiuh ma
wy, and tell as of tho war OF our revolution.
What was the SITUATION of G. Britain then She
was then contending for the empire OF the britth
channel, barely able TO maintain doubtful
equality with her enemies, over whom The never
gained the iuperiority until Rodney's victory OF
the Iash of April. What is her preiens titua-
eSion The combined fleets of France, Spain,
and Holland are diIipated, th1y no longer exit.
:. i am not furprlcd TO hear nien advocate tac.e
wild opinions, to Zee them goadea on by ipiFH
,of mercantile avarice, arainng their teeole
Rrength 10 excite the nation TO war, when they
.,have reached this fage Capitalization, thatwc are
!, an over match for Great Britain on the ocean
II is mere waite of time 90 Tealon with tuch per
fons. They do NOT deferve any thing like ieri-
Gus recitation. tn. proper arguments Tor 'uch
4fatefman are frat waiftcoat, dark room, wac
3 gruel, and depletion.
1t has always appeared to me that
: there are thSee points TO be considered, q
maturely considered before we can be pre-
: pared TO vote for the resolution OF the &C.
tleman from Pennsylvania. FIRST our abb
siity 10 contend with Great Britain for the
right in question. Secondly. The policy
.of such contest: And Thirdly. In case
both these shall be settled athrmanveiy'
the manner in which we can with the
greatest effect react upon and annoy our
adversary.
Now the gentleman from Massaehu-
sets (Mr. Crowniushield) has settled at
a single sweep, TO use one of his tavorlte
: expressions. ont only that we are Ca
pa5le of contendiug with Great Britain on
the ocean but that we are actually her SUI
perior. Whence does the gentleman de-
duce this Inference Because truly at that
time when Great Britain was not mistress
of the ocean. when North was her prime
minister, aud Sandwich the first lord OF
her admiralty, when she was governed Dy
"a counting house adminis,raton,priva
of this country trespasssd On her com
merce. So did the cruiaerso OF Dunkirk al
s,bat day SuErein held the mastery OF the
Indian seas. But what is the case now
Do gentlemen remember the capture o
CORVALLIS Oh laad because DE erase
maintained the dsrninion of the ocean
To my mind no position is more cleal
chan that if we go to war with Great 'Bri