Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-04-08

told, is derived from cothmesce. who
lpass It ultimately bur the consumer. and
with as large a profit on the merchants
advance ofthe duties (often mere ad-
vance of credit) as he receses from any o.
Their part Of his capital. These new I'd sss
of armness are either above or below my
comprehension. And because we are anxi.
oasto see the public debt paid IF & the true
interests of the nation, main.aIned--b-.
cause we will net abandon the plough,
and struggle 70 nstraip Executive ihfin.
ence we are charged with hostility to all
commerce, with jnsensib,ii,y to the no.
nor. ut our, corntrys :. When, our doors
were sbu,-this IS no breach Of confide ice
lone OF my colleagues called for the
reading of a Messsge from the President,
soon after Ire came into Office, II was
the most severe and cutting satire that
ever man listened TO. say il was bit.
Ter satire on your proceedings, then or
now. II recommended the application
OF our resources 10 speedy discharge of
the pubic deb5 arisid adherence 10 spe.
chic approprlatiohs--sy,n down ex-riI-
Five officers TO the letter of the law. re
/ strlct,ng them 10 the literal objects and
amoun Of our appropriations. What is
The commen;ary In time of peace (for
trust no one viii call this w,nd-milI az.
tsck on ,rripoli .csr) the expenditure. of
the cavy department $50 far from each
i:sm Of expense being limi.ed by the spe-.
cihc appropriations tor that objeci) have
| exceeded the gross sum appropriated tor
THAI h-anch OF tie public service sirsD
FER cent! And if tiris is specimen Of
the yearly cost Of hulks rattioe n the
mud, what estimate Can you max. of the
Disbursements IN time, OF aetuai war a.
gainsi powerful nias.l,foe siate-wi,en
your seventy -fours are rsady fof. seq,
nis IS naked truth. Il rests on figures
Ill 1t be 10, true, how comes II mat we
thave passed two appropriation laws. 10
the amount Of SIX handre3 Thousand dol.
lars dosiag the present session, to cover
the navy dehclencles Of the last year---ai,
most the OILY b.ih thnt We have passed.
xes, sir, ana. Tor paying one debt of
tt,he rest OF issnsr wa,l sefore enter
in,o ann.her and score up secand. |
icoriess myself 10 &c amnng the aluu.tIer
toi those politicians tgehtierny may a,y.e
them visionary IfShcy please who, hail,
ed the President VI the u. States a. the
POLITICAL Messiah sent 20 convince an un.
believing world mat deot once funded,
might be paid "a, without the ir,,erysnt,-
on VI a spungc. IF In this vas yisora-
lry' at issssl vas DOT aioae. the pro-
m'se has been large, The nation calls for
IT'S performance. Look at the measures
I ot the government, and when you reckon
the Louisiana debt, that created under
The British Trealy AID some others, IL
WIN appear ihat you hare nearly scored
luP as much new deb as you have paid
oil ii the qia. tspesls ofprincf5ai. pay
ing The interest of debt Is mol dimiIisIr.
ris lt---snd my friend from Pennsylyania
MI j. Clay saust have iasen the inte.
resi- INTO his large account of Yesterday.
ne amount OF principal redeemed IL less
than $4,000 600. 1t gentlemen deny
.hIs, let them refer 10 the treasury state
mems laid before us al The openInp of the
session, or cv,li upon the head Of that de
parlmsnt to state the amount of deb,
pald and created, within the lass S wars.
HUI you will be told, for your money YOU
have value received, at least. Th.a fec.
| iy acknowledge | would have given the
sum for the Delta Of the Iississ,opi, lift
tcould NOT have been honorabiy, ACQUIRED
FOR less. OF whom did we parcIsse--
from spain who had wrongfnily wish held
our light OF deposit ESQ far from il, m At
we tell her she mas yet to make sa,isfac-
ton FOR that injury and insult ;s-we bring
IL into account against hei--No, SIR we
pui chased from France, the riehtfol pro.
prie.of, against whom we then had no
subject of complaint.
/. ! am accused by the gentleman from
Pcnnsy wanna, LMr Smile this suppose
us specimcn of his candor--n am re-
iuclant 90 say any thing whilst he is ab
SEMI am sorry he has aed his seasl-
OF designediy passing over one OF Inc
mos, important considerations presented
by the present subjeet-.-ihe imhressmean
Of our seamen. And yel what did that
gentleman tell you That he himself
[iong as he had trespasscd on your 6mr1
had been compelled TO omit many impor.
TAFT things, that he intended 70 say.
l his realscs The prsverb, "One man
may steal Horse, whilst another must
not look over the hedge" will tell the
gentleman, If did ONT this topic, | had
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