Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-16
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Mr.. CLAY. y mGst say that the
..soh.ervatioas yhieh hive fallea from my
sollsagae aud other g.n,lemea whe have
taken a part in this dssate, have strongly
Impressed me with the pSoPristy OF the mo-
!, ,;on,uncsr saasidera.ioD. There appears
20 be material diffsrencept cpinlou as 10
the true construction ofthe Message and tae
documents com municated byfhe presidents
II is spparen. that understand these COM
munications in one way, and my colleague
In another. We have been toiti that one
nation. Fraace. has bscn improperly drag
gsd into th;s discussion. The message OF
the presideus, eughr. in my opinion, TO De
published to show that ,hls 10 net So
There are other sources OF differences or
opinion Which can only be undsrs.eod by
giving publicity to tbs message. Centie'
snen have gone iuto long de'ah OF shs
motives which governed them In Me votes
.syhich they have given. lis not necessa-
rv for me to initiate the example hey
have set. I hope VIXEN my motives are
called 10 question, it will be bsfsre The pub
lie and no. here, I shall be ready to de-
fend them BY all the means I possess, the
vote of shi. house Notwithstanding De.
iieYed when the injunetion OF secrecy was
removed, il was removed from ali our pro
ceedings. and considered all that was LAID
before this house as so tar my property
that had right to use it in my defence.
We have been told there is one tor voting
asa;nst abe resolution that standing ar.
my was proposed 10 be raised by II wo'"
m. -4;i;.ia .nranlA have aEsyerea every use,
full purpose. his may Ss-e very gooos q
popular argument,but we have been withln
q few days told from the same quarter, that
j. is necessary TO have brigadier general
IN the armies of the United States 10 de.
fsnd one of these very provinces attacked
by Spain. Some allusien has been made 10
q conversation held out of doors and my
colleague has shown some squeamishaess
90 act on such authority. But | will ask
him if he invariably makes up his votes
from official documents laid on this table,
and whether he does not sometimes travel
on, Of the record. When agsntiemaa tells
you such and such thing, IN which the
honor of the nation is implicated, ought ne
20 be considered as out of order? Was IL
not his duty to give that information to the
house will say, if had been acquainted
: with these things, nv doubts as 10 the pro.
p.iety of The appropriations OF two millions
would have been much increased. Permit
me here TO observe, that when gentleman
iusinated that the money was already gone
out of the country, no man IL his senses
could have dream. that IL was Intended to
assert tina, it was sent out in 50 many actual
Spanish milled dollars. Does thssesretary
of the treasury, when he informs US there
! are go many dollars in the treasury, mean
20 saw there are so many round silver dol.
lars Tiers? No. He only meaas TO say We
. have q credit to such an amount. SaWith
regard TO our transactions with Spain, l
understand that our credit is IN heliase,
: and that the fund 10 created there from
which we are to draw Is net this to all
) intsn,s and purposes, the same as trans
ssittiag the measy to Holland! When "a
mao paw. d debt; is j. to be supposed Chat
he carries the actual dollars with him |! To
saw the least of such an objection 1t is a
mere suibble. AS there is q material dit
ference Of opinion as TO ths' construction of
the documents and the message OF the pre-
sidens, lis duty which we eve to cur.
selves, to lay before the people all the infsr.
ma,ion on which we acted, that We may
stand justified or condemned by IT before
ahem.
Ma. EPPES. l rejoice that the period
has a, length arrived, when our public con.
due. is 10 be submitted 90 the people
When what we have done in eur represea.
.atiye capacity Is TO be collected not from