Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-06-03

mere Is one tor voting against the resolu-
uoh-'hat standing army was proposed
10 De raised by il while the militia would
nave answered every useful purpose
h's may be very good and popular ar
gument, but we have been within = few
Gays 'oid from the same quarter, tina, it is
necessary to have brigadier general i'm
the armies OF the United States 10 defend
one oil these very provinces attacked by
SPAN Some allusion has been made 10
conversation held out of doors, aud nv
colleague has shewn some saueamishnes
10 act on such authority. But will ask
MN II he invariably makes up his votes
from Official documents laid on this table,
ana whether he does not sometimes ira.
vel out OF the record. When gentle
ueman tells you such and such thing, in
winch the honor of the nation is implicat-
ed, ought he to be considered as our of
order Was it not his duty to give tina.
information to the house will say, il
mad been acquainted with those things,
my doubts as to the propfiety OF the ap :.
preparation OF two millions would have
been much increased. Permit me here
10 observe, that when gentleman inti-
mated that the money was already gone
out oil the country, no man in his senses
could have drearnt that i, was intended To
assert that 1t was sent out in so many &C.
tuai Spanish milled dollars. Does the Sc.
cretary of the treasury, when he inEnrms
US there are so many dollars in the trea.
sury' mean 10 say there are so many round
silver dollars therel No. He on,y
means 10 say we have credit 10 that a.
mount. So with regard to our acli-
ons with Spain, unde, stand lha. our ere.
DIT is in Holland, and that the fund ia ere.
ated there from which we are 10 draw.
IS not this to all intents and purposes, the
same as transmitting the money 10 HoI.
iand when man pays debt, is it to
DC SUPP osed that he carries the actual dol
lars with hImf To say he least of such
an objection II is mere quibble. As
there is material difference of op;n;on
as 10 the construction of the documents
ana the message Of The president, i, is
dusy which We owe 10 ourselves, to Law
before the people all the Information on
which We acted, that we may stsr Il ius;i.
ned or condemned by ii belp> sm.
MR.. EpPES. Irejqjxba, ~: peri
cd has at length arrived a .'- ~, tbiic
conduct is to be submt ~. Ionic.
When what we havg =, - az ,cpre.
sentative capacity is waa ID no,
from eloquen;rep resenisA Is floor
nf what other gentlemen wsSs No., do.
1u' rom the record of our proceedings.
ne secret IS out--the bubble has burst,
ana gentlemen find themselves ard the
pubic disappointed. / consider the pub
i'c"tlan OF the secret journal as n aDpeaj
10 the people. am wiling to indulge
gentlemen in making it as perfect as thew
can. shall vote for the amendment If
me gentleman from Virginia, or for any
o'ner calculated to bring this subject fair.
y before those towhom we are RESPONSE.
oie tor our conduct. The iogrna, is the
best answer TO their speeches. Amend
u as they viii they cannot realise the mir.
III expectations Its publication, firm
" believe, will excite no sentiment bur
surprise. On The dly the injunction Of
secrecy was taken of, your doors were
C'cuded with persons anxious to hear
this Tremendous secret. I Witnessed no.
'hing but disappointment. Congress has
appropriated two millions old liars To buv
FLORIDA Is his all? Have YOU not CON
hsca,ed the public debt Or anv even,
.he Louisiana stock! Most certainly Won
nave voted money 10 bribe TaIleyrapd
NO. assure you, we have done nothing
more Than appropriate two millions Of
aoiiafs tor the purchase of Florida in a
'a"' containing precisely the same words
WIN the one passed for that purpose, in
Tue year 1906, and supported by the veiy
persons who have denounced this mea.
sure gentlemen have attempted to
draw distinction between The situation
% the " >. in the year 1908, and in the
year 1906. | am not so uncandid as 10
say that the present differences with
SPAN, are precisely such as we had in the
year 1903. This, however, | will say
that every objection urged against the
present Appropriation, applies with equal
force to the measure of 1903. Let ns
examlne what was the situation of the u
h',ed States with Spain at these two peri.
DDS.
In The year 1903, Spain had committed
spolations on our commerce to a consi.
deTaeie amount, the payment of which
nad been either wolIy or in part refused.
ohe had cut of the whole western conn.