Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-21

shy negotiation IS solely thsir os,sct. MS
hs said, was undoubtedly his object. and
he wonld supper. ,he resolution on the IA.
bio, suhire. TO whatever modification the
majority Of the Gommistee may think, pro.
psrso give it, solely with q view to further
favorable snegotia,ion. BIT will any
member say that the president has no. ala
ready exertsd all the powers vested 10 him,
and all the talents of which he is possessed,
70 accomplish an amicable negotiation :
They viii not. They will nos say that
every presiden. of the United States has net
done every thing in their power by negoti-
alton, TO prevent the fmprsssmsnt OF our
citizens, since heimprsssmentcemna
In 1898; the FIRST time indeed In the history
of nations that power o! neutrality-suspicious.
nation over the citizens or another indie
pendent nation was assumed.
The president ia his FIRST message TO
this congress officially broaght this subject
before them. In a subsequent message he
informed them of the instructions he had
givea, of the exer,ions that had been made,
and, 10 shert, that negotiation was exhaust
ed Why ,hen should we refuse such ls
gislative aid, as in the present state OF the
business is absolutely necessary to render
pegotiason succ- ssful? Can We sxaect sue
cess without some efficient expression Of
the national will? Former presidents did
nor expect it 80 from any nation.
Mr.. F. said, the gentlemen VIVA have ri.
sen in oppositiea 10 the resolution, have
taken ne notice of he imprsssuisns OF our
citizens, though it Is by far the most ag-
sravased grievance. They seem to give TO
Great Britain a prescrirsiVe right of that
essential portion of our indspsndense....
Happily, however, the exercise OF that
most syrannical power has bean psrseser.
ingly protested against by every admins.
;tyaSisn since that unprecedented tyranny
began to be exercised. Indeed the first
instance of acquiescsnce which has been
manifested is by the members who have
spoken IN opposition to ibis resolution.
The gentleman from Virginia yesterday
the second tlme he has beenap on theques,
ton, acknowledged ,hs omission, but seem.
~ed TO make an Offset OF the condaet OF
Spain in the Mississippi territory last sum-
mer to balance the impressment. II aP :
pears that two men Asa from justice from
the settlements possessed by Spain, and
were pursued and taken 10 our territory,
but afterwards rescued from the officer Of
Spain. This mightbs balanced by the oat-!
rage committed by the British at Detroit $
but without dwelling on this insult, it Is
saGieientts observe, that the two men are
free trem bondage and that there has not,
been tipne folsmonstrate and nsSotiase with
Spain SINCE the outrage happeaed, and that
court of Justice. is competent to decide on
il. IfBrnain had impressed but two men,.
.:f she had I'm pressed but two hundred, and.
had diszvowe5 the iateHtioa OF. doing so
any more, if the court of London had not
advocated and sayowed persistiug in the
unprecedented outrage on the laws and,
sasases Of Nations, if thatgevepnRsnt had,
5 nor yindisa,ed the conduct and refused to-
SIGN a convention On that subject (once a;
greed !o) without an inadmissible exeep-
ton, sit snsy be presumed the case wsuld
not have been brought before tbs lcgisia-,
Sure.
The observations Of This gentleman,
however, so often bring our relations with
Scala. 30 view. without explanations, thar
.heugh they have no conneseion with the
ssIbicct before us, hs would shortly add,
thss 10 the purchase of Louisiana from
France, which the gentleman fram Virgi-
MIA hiaseli has1in strong terms ackaow-
ledged was a coed bargaia, that even the
Shauasl of the river was worth hc7Eoney,
&c. vet IN the various transfers between
france and Spain, and the final transfer to
the Uniled States, the Boundary lines had
never been settled.
By bill reported to tae lsss congress
ii is beiisved by the gentleman from vir'
sginia himself, which passed into a law, i