Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-09-29
FROM THE SAME.

Coleman ard Rronscn, aud the whols hos,
Of federal editers have wasted on the sinh
iect.'
/" aliranda's affair has prodac.d mpc,
noise, and has furnished ample field for &C
cusa,ion against The administration. Bu,
whenever the suh;sc, is laid open to he
public, will venture to assert. tia, in 81.
IN. lar circu distances no government. ever
acted with more proprie.y and good faith.
Mr.. Madison told me, that when spoken
TO by Miranda. the substance of his a.
s~er vas, thar notwithstanding presepl ss
pearances, the American and Spanish, 90.
ycrements were at peace that under hsss
/ circumstances tie American go,erna,sn,
would 80, eoaa'enance or embnk insdi.
onslyia entesprizes a secret pa,urstha.
If a: war the measures Of our goyerameoi
wou'd be honorable and fair. He at ats
same time cautioned hlM against any in.
iractlSE ct fs,s, lar, by which ih5 cpeacetat
,he oaDft'y woit:I. he committed cas- The
executive wes. deisrmined oalsy hold Of
him. Ihe strens est eyidsncelof !heirin.
Docence IS the satisfaction Of the French
coor,; rs You wrii seesrefcrrlng to The
eion!leafs thai arrived 10 the mothof Ia.
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$,Richmand Enquirer.
ihe<aanve paragraph was perused and
'hrowo aside IN raesIighs aapoer usually
bestowed on lies ordinary paragraphs Of
the Democratic pap:rs since to note eve,
ry ,hi0g Of ihre klnd that we meet with,
would DC but very pre6tless labor. As
this article however has frequently met
our eye since, having been deemed worthy
Of s-pabiicst;oo- Ia most of the admins.
,ra,ion prints, It seems 10 be Untitled TO
some .i.ie atiension.
Mr.. Madison then has confessed, that
he was spokea to by Miranda on the sub
iect % .hc Caracas expedition, and ne mas
confessed thai he in substance answer
ed that " The American and Spanish 60
vernmerts were peace, that under these
pircuma,ances the American governnnsa'
would sever conEtenance or embark 'usr
,diou,l. in sny enterprise ola secret nature
---tEat if at war the measures OF govern,
meu, would b. fair and honorable" aaa
r!aat be cautioned Miranda against any@
:ractoa of The law by which the peace
the country would be- committed, aspI,
executive was de,esmed to lay hold o.
him."
In the frss place then, here is an uDqps.:'
ard admission thar Miranda did com~pD:.'
cate his inteulions TO the American auM'
nisrasion. Secondly, here is an admlss..A
that the the ADMINISTRATION viewed the suS"
prize as Of an insidous nature, ano s,,
rance with wha, was fair and 1onofaO'.'
and lastly it is,admitted that the seefs'aI
Of state, was so well aware, that his en'e.
prize would be an iufrac,ion OF the Ia" W."
ne cautioned him against it and 'r'ea"
ed him with punishment by the cav
tive. III
We trust that after this it will no 1o'ssE
be pretended thar Mlrsnda's condac' Y
not known to the administration, no, vi
they were not aware athe medIta'ea" 'td
would ba an infraction OF law; oo' IA
the executive had right to lay now
him. 18TH
We perfectly agree with friend kls,1 vi
correspondent, that "she stronssst
drnce Of the Innocence OF our adn,u., 'nr
ton lis the satisfaction OF the freach W..
and if he had said the only eviaeo.sS
would have come still nearer the 'f ,dns
But as, after all, this circumstance 10 m
ting the fact 10 be so, affords ms a ..,iab,.
sumptive evidence, and that OF sns .s s"G 5psf
es, kind, il would be contrary TO es'. i've I'll
we know. of t. allow it 70 outweigh"
sitive evidence on the other slde'
How stands our posilioe evide's''