Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-09-24

eel Appeared. 10 Justify any suspicion q me
SORT: bur we challenge the whole noss y
IA TO tell ushof anything that wall Cons :.
Ipare with the instance Before as
8 Itsdeserves Co be recollscted that 10 Ine
1sdebate which ensusd on the above hllLwitn
closed doors, Mr.. Randolph took me form.
t;dable round that is was 10 direct soPPasi-
| ton 10 the views of the executive, az ex-
pressed 10 the presidents otilcial commune
cation !: on which the presidents leading
Epup2es general Yarnum ec'leman VINO
I cuts rather thick under the hat3 got up anu
declared that the measure was consonant
to- the secret wishes of the president. -
What acharming disclosure What adig-
nised manner of complying wlth that Sec
ton of the constitution which provides thar
He shall, from time to tinae, give to the
congress inform alton of the state OF the q.
nioa and recommend to their consideration
such measures as he shall judge necessary
and rxpedient.'
Mr.. General Varnam's disclosure tailed
of The effect expected, instead Of silenc-
ing Mr. Randolph, that gentleman went on
10 say hat
8 II was brostratioa Of the national so-
ncr at the feet o our advevsary; that a
concession so htImlliating would paralize
our efforts against Great Britain. in case
ssrhe nego citation then and now pending be.
stwesn tina: government and ours. should
prove abortiye: that partial Apr opria,
ton towards the purchase of Florida. with.
out limiting the president to some specific
amount, would give previous sanction 70
any expence which he might incur for that
object, and which congress might stsnd
pledged TO make good thatif the. exsca.
tivea acting entirely upon IT'S own respon..
sibility, and exercising its acknowledged
constitutional powers, should negotiate for
the purchase of Florida, the house of re-
representatives. would. in that case, be LETT
Tree 10 rat:fy or annul the, contracts b..
that the course which was proposed TO be
pursued (and which eventually was pursu.
'ed1 would reduce the DISCRETION Of the le,
gisiatnre to mere shadow, that at It's en-
suing session, congress would aualiself,
inrela ion tothis subject, deliberate Body
-butfn na1ae.; that il could not,without
manifest dereiction of rs own principles,
AID perhaps withous q violation of public
faith, refuse to sanction any treaty enieryd
into by he executive uuder the auspices of
the legislature, and with powers SO unli. &
mited: thar, however great his cenddences
in the chief magistrate, he would never
consent 10 give any presidentso dangerous
aProof of il. that his duties as member 4
ofsthat house, as the indep eadent repre-.
sentative fan Independent people, were
paramoun,to every other considerations
and thar he never would preclude himself.
by any previous sanction, from the unbi-
assed exercise of his Judgment onsmea-
sares which thereafter were 70 come be-.
fore him: that the house had ao official re.
commendation from.the executive for the
step which they proposed to take, on the
contrary, il wasin direct opposition TO its
sentiments as express ed IN the confidential
message: tia, responsibility would be .
exclusively their own: that 1.-THE president
deemed Il advisable TO purchase foreign
territory, he was free 10 enter into a,ipu-
latiops fer that purpose, whilst congress
would remain equally free 10 sanction or
disaPprovesayh ssipnlasions; orthat, if he
thoaghs preperto ask for an appropriation
for that objees, the responsibility of the I
measure would rest upon him; but when
the legislature undertook $40 prescribe !
the coefse which he should pursue, the .
case was entirely changed; that thar house
could have no channel through which it
ceald be made acquainted with the opini.
ons OF the executive, but such. as was ofioi- !
al, responsible, and known TO the constlsu-
stioui and that il was prostitution of its
high and salemn functions to act upon an
Unconstitutional suggestion OF the private
wishes OF the executive, irresponsibiy an
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