Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-09-19

ready Of great amount, during The PIE
scsst mar; for the obs.rnction Of tie ma
s;gation Of he Mobile; fer refi.siag 70
come 70 any fair and amicabie adynstnent
efthc boundaries Of Louisiana and for
a daring ISOLATION by persons aching un.
der the authority 81 Spain and no daa5f
ebbrized Of her sentiments and views, Of
oar undisPused limits, which, she had So
kemniy yecognizcd By treaty" NoHE!
The denial Of the stipulated compensate
on for the spoliations of a former war |;
the reiteration 9th same practices dur.
ing the present the obstruction Of the
Mobile; the peremPtory refusal 70 adj
just the boundaries Of Louisiana the
insults committed on our territory, and
the violation Of the property and persons
of our citizens within our acknowledged
limits all seemed forgotten; in the Real
to purchase Florida, or thrown with the
national purse into the scale. =. !. -
The bill nevertheless passed by great
majority. A motion was then madekto
transmit, by committee, the following
message 20 the seuafe .z-4 = =zs.ssss -
=. BY the House of Representative,
January 10Th, 1906. -. 80, r aa ~
.Geafiemsa Of Tie Senate, p - ~
We transmit you abill which has pass
ed this house entitled IAN act making
provision for defraying any extraordiua-;
~ expenses attending the intercourse be-
tween the u. S. and foreign nations"
and in which we require your concur-
renee. This bill has been passed by Us
70 enable the president Of the=u. S. to
commence, with more effect, q negocia.
tion for the purchase Of the Spanish terri
tories lying on the Atlantic ocean, and
Gulph Of Mexico, and eastward ofthe RI
yer Mississippi. The nature aud ian.
portance Of the measures contemplated
have induced Us to ACT upon the subject
with closed doors. You will. Of conse-
quence, consider this communication a.
confidential" Mr., J.. Randolph then
moved 10 strike out the words" rigtr
Mississippi" and to insert /" bay Of Per-
dido, upon this ground-shat the coun-
Try between the Mississippi and the. Per.
dido was in dispute between the, United
States and Spain, 'such as il was, as
possessed BY France" and conveyed BY
the treaty Of Paris of the 30th of April l
iae3, TO the U. States. To the terri.
tory in question embracing both sbaaks /
Of the Mobile, and out Of which alt OR
with Spain, on the subiect,of
boundary oa this side of the Mississip-
pi, had grown, the executive had advan-
eed, what they deemed, an uudoubted
claim, Upon this claim congress had
already iegislated, having passed law,
erecting the shores add waters Of ths re
yer Mobile into . collection district, and
it was deemed, thar the authorizing the \
70 purchase that portion Of the
would not only be a compromit-
ment Of the national honour, but might
fairly be considered As surrender On
our part Of oil pretension 70 the disputed
territory. This motion, however, IVES
negatiysd-.-Yeas 80 Maya SO.
It Is perhaps worthy Of remembrance,
that on this, a. on most of the other daes-
tions arising out Of this subject. many Of
the warniest advocates OF the measures
eventually pursued were In the minority.
the secret journals since publish
ed, page33.) But tothe message itself,
~ web as tothe general course of pro-
eeeding, this strong and, Ias IS presuna.
ed1 transferable objection was taken:
the direction which ths house Of
had NJ, q ,I,aa