Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-14

principal question was, Ecs suai' &c
+ cr what st.aI we give for II It Wasl
ar oe oplnion, tha. IL would Or best ie
rive n,oney for ii, that we should IN sf1's
yay yet il cheaper than by resoring 10 any
o,her msans. Taat il was nlach cheaper
to paw fer il with money, thaa win the
blood Of our ci1zens. | considered tna'
the land wooId repay, and more siaan repay
Us for the purchase mooey and That the
additional revenue we should acquire
would give us still further compensation
for our trouble and advance made 10 ac.
during this country.
A proposition vase offered about The same
time, to exchanges terrliory to the west O
the Mississippi for the Florldas. was de-
e;dealv opposed to that proposition.
protested against it then, aud shall ever OF
pose il.
conceived it contrary to the constitu.
,ional right of the people atlafge. that Con.
gr.ss should assume the power Of giving
away, or disposing cf single acre OF our
terri.ory to a foreign nation. 1 considered
the territory in question rs part OF the
uniea, and if SO that we nigh, as we'll at.
tempt TO siee away part Of stare. con-
sidErsd this as establishing principle ct q
gnost dangerous kind, which nigh. 10 lime
lead TO dismer. 5ermens ct the ualon.
= Ii you can dispose OF: this terrltorygto q
foreign pewer, yeu can OF a part or the
whole of state. You may transfei, at one
time, portion Of country to the east and
at another portion to the soath as we'll as
Jug a,ajorisy would be enabled, if appEe.
heasive of rivalship in power or Influence,
from the increasing population of any part
O. your country, TO ROUND eff the union
at pleasure, so as 70 suit their owa partcu-
lar VIEWS. Ibid, therefore, cali upon this
house 10 guard agains, such dangerous con-
sequences. | also considered that the
,untry In question weuid be settled by
people of some nafien. | preferred II
should be possessed BY those Of The United
States, and their posterity foreyer-tha,
they might form but one great family from
the Atlantic TO the Pacikc ocean-and
did not visa on the contrary, to enable tbs
subjects Of a foreign nation to increase and
strengthen themselves 10 our neighbor.
hood, who might at some future day, not
very distant, become our rivals and eur g.
hernieso
r It was observed that this money would
20 TO france H'Uas then stated, and It
has been repeated, that there was nothing
20 authorize the belief that France was TO
get this money from us. Il is true it is
we'll known, it We believe the public prints,
that France. had &C, money FROM Spain /;
that Spain previous to bsing engaged in The
present war as tbs ally of France, had to
purchase aer neutrality from France, with
money, aad that the treasury of Spain was
in great desrse the treasury Of Francs.
And suppose this to be the case, what have
we 10 do with II: Ars we to constitute
ourselves the guardians of the Spanish trea-
sury { Is il material to Us what Spain does
with the money after size gets IL! And if
Spain consd;iS France who is her ally, with
regard 10 the sale, has shs no, right TO do
it +: Has che not righs to be as Submissive
to France as she plesses Would that be a.
nv objec,icn to our acquiring the country
trou, Spain! | can see no objection, even
should we believe that France would event
aaily get The money we pay to Spain, to our
nsaking the purchase 81 question. But is
il anasuai Tor two Gst rs IN close alliance,
10 Consult Gs-h other 5, to their transactions
with third power? Is it not, on the con.
'rsry, the constan. p:actice 10 do so? The
alliance may be such thar Spain canntt al
tyr her territorial situation without the con-
sent Of France. and is this reason
Why We should nosmsks fair p7oposiiicn
20 SPaln 20 prrchlsa territory which she
has and We want Ii eaaho, be, there is no
foundation for ,ha objection. Mr.. Speak.
Ter, think it poper here TO state thes