Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-04-08
Fyiaay, rbe 81 4 Yaraa,r. 1905.

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M. = i5n Rana.lpb. trou, iha committee 70
whom wee referred tGe message and comirnni-
csticR from the PRESIDENT Of thS II s, OF the 9th
OF December last. together with ;he documents
aecnnpantinS the sane, made report theieon
as fohgwtth;
Heb@' .! fbs committee 10 Dom vas referred tbs
message of'f6e P,esleat OF tbe U S at tie Cd
December 1905
TIE committee have beheld with Just indisna
tiop he nnstde spin, manifested bS the court OF
Masis'd toward the government of ,he II 5. in
withholding ihs RATIFICATION OF its Convention
VII us ahnongh signed by its own minister
noder the eye OF his sovereign, unless with alter
aiinhs OF It's terms affecting CLAIMS of the u S
which, BY the express CONDITIONS of the insirn
ment itself, were reserved for futuse dscnsslon
lin piratical depredasons upon our fate COM
merce ;---in obstruaing The navigation of ne
Mobile sin refusing TO come to sDy far and a
micab!e adjnstmen, of the boundaries of LoGisi
ana AMI in a daring violation by persons sSting
nader the authority of Spain. and no doubt APP
prised of her sentiments and view. of undis.
pused limits which she had solemniy recognised
BIZ treaty
Toa government having interests distinct from
those Gifts people ahddisregarding thor welfare,
here il ample cause for a formal declaration of
war. on the part Of the ". s and such, did they
obey the impulse of their feelings alone is tie
course which the committee would not hesitate
| 10 recommend; bn, to a government idensiiied
with its cilzeHs. too far removed from The pow
etfu nations of the ear.o for irs safety TO bee
dangered by their hostility, peace must always
be desirable. SO long as il Is compatible with the
honor and Interests Of the community
| Whilst the u. S. continue hurthsned with a
debt, which annually ab>o,bs two thirds of their
| revenue, and duties upon imports constitute the
| only resource from which that revenue can be
raised. without resortipg to systems of,axation,
not more ruinous and oppressive. than they are
uncertain and precarious, the best Ipierests ofhe
| union cry aloud fer peace, When mat debt shall
have been discharged. and lhs resources Of the
nation thereby liberated then may we nationally
expea o raise. even in lime OF war. the supplies
which our frugal institutions require. witnou'
curing TO the hateful ard destructive expediept
of loans then, and not iH tben may we bid def
ance to The world The present moment is pc
cuiarly auspicious for This great and desirable
work Now. IT ever. the national deb, is to be
paid, by such financial arrangements IS viii ae
celera;e its extinction by reaping the rich harvest
of neutrality. and hus providing for that diTGi
mutton Of revenue. winch experience teaches us
TO expect OIL he general pacfeaton of Europe
And the con rnittee indulge hope. that, in the
changed aspea OF affairs in that quarter. Spain
will find motives for JUST fu,hlment Of her sti-
pula'ious with us, and an sn1eable settlemsnt of
than advantageous TO herseif.---securing TO her
an ample barrier on the side of Mexico, and TO
us the coun ries wa,ered by the Mississippi, and
TO the eastward of II But whii.t he committee
perceive. IL the general up,oar ofEurope a state
of things peculiarly favorable to the peaceable
pussuit OF our best Interests they are neither in.
sensible the indigaiiy, which has been offered
on the part Of Spain. nor unWilling pei similar
outrage. On he snbjed Of self defence. whe the
territory OF the u s is inbultsd. therein can
be bus one opinion s--whateyer difference nay
exist on the question, whether that protection
which vessel finds in our haYbors, shall be ex-
terded TO her. By he nation in the Indian or
Chinese seas Under this impression. the com.
ri.;re submit the following resolution 1.-THE an.
nexed letter from the secretary Of war will ex'
plain why IL is NOT move explicit.
Nesoioed, That such number Of troops not ex'
cecil q as the President Of the u. 5.
shall deem sufficient to pTotea the southern from.
tiers ofthe " S.ffom Spanish inroad and Insult
and 10 chastise the same. be Immediately raised
The said report was read and csiei ed to be re-
iered to The consideration Of committee Of The
whole house on Monday nsxt.
On morton made and seconded, that the house
do come 70 the following reso,a'ions'