The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-10-24

vefiation, III which the Secretary os Tx. Trsa
fury was iaid 20 have declared that an applica-
tion had oeen made TO hnr o draw two millions
OF dollars out of the Treafury of the United
States, without an appropriation 81 law. That
charge, beisg >eeilicaiiy as well as publicly
made, became the fuhisa of an Official inYeai-
CATION. The well known refuls proves how
little dependence ought to he placed on flcb
partial recolietiouS and rcci,as of private con.
verfations.
You are NOS correct even in your Yeprefanta.
ton OF occur-, noes winsiTed by the whole
fiouie. The commitiee: you fly, me, on the
9Th OF December, hot came 70 no definite rcGo
luticn. One of lis members (Mr. Bidwel,. Of
Mallaehuietisl confirmed the meiIage into re-
qulltion OF money, for purpofss OF foreign in
tercourie, and propoied grant to that eiTea,
but IN this coHilruStion he was unfuoportei.
aud his propoiition over-ruled lie him(rlf.
when the fubjeet was agita;ed in the HOMIE.
would not avow the fame couasuylon of the
metiage, which he had given to it IN the C.,-S>
committee. II you were prefent, iir, at thar
de bate, you have miirecoilecled if not. vo,,
have been miiinformed, on this point. It is nor
true, that Mr.. B. "whcn the fubiect was arita-
ted IN the Eouie, would not avow the fame
contraction OF the meiisee, which he had oil
ven TO 1t in the fre6t committee" I'm anf,ye.
to Mr.. Randolph's great objection aeainn an .
appropriation for the purchafe of Florida. that
the PRECEDENT had not recommended it. M q
maintained in the Houic, that is, in the chm
m,ttee OF the whole, as he had before in the e.
iect committee, that it was, aitho not in y-,r
terms, yet by fair implication, Recommended j.,
the mehaee which, after deicribing the pro-
Eceedings OF Spain, mentioned. "that Gnce the
late change in the ftate OF affairs in Furora
SPAN had ordered her cruizers and oou~ts -,
reipeet our treaty with her - and. after mo-
tloning the conduct os France on the occaf;on
aided, whatever direction lie might mean 70
give TO theie differences, it does not appear tina,
ne mas con'empia'efi their proceeding TO atfu-
al rupture, or that at The date of our l. advice
from Paris, her government had anv G1fG;c;nn
| OF the hottie attitude Spain lad taken bera.---
On the contrary we have reafun TO belieys. char
fhe was difpofed to effect fettement an :, III,
| analogous TO qvbat orr ,':ini?eys bad oro5of-i
and 10 compreksg,fze, as TO yemoqe. n, "a, -,
o9bsb|e, tie grounds cfHwre coiii,fon anil coukro-
Serly on the eatern as we'll as netern Gie az
the Mififlipp.
&C The preient erifis in Europeis favorable for
preiiing tuch a fettement, and not = r,or,ent
ihould be oft in availing ourfelves OF #. srosIi
| 1t pals unlmproved, our iituaton would be-.
conc much more difficult. Formal war is M.
neceiiary. 1t is probable that it will not fol-.
low; but the protection OF our citizens. tb. fD-
rIt and honor of our country require thar forl,.
thond be interpreted in a certain degree Il
Will probably contribute TO advance the ohieff
! OF peace. ~
e But Inc couiie 10 be purlued will REQUIRE
TIE command Of means zubicb II beIoyo. IN r.,
GREET, evehnyfVeLy, to yiei on. DEM. 70 them
communicate every fact material for their ;nfor.
nation, and the documents neceGary to enabl.
them TO judge for themielves. To,their ,,ir
dom, then, look for the courfe I am 70 mr..
fue, and viii purfue with Gncere zeal. thar
which they fha approve"
! MIR. y. cohtended that the ohiee here co--
tempated was settlement not by the fvord
bnt by negotiation, for which the exiGine ~.
or affairs IN Europe afforded favourable Crifs.
that IT. WAS propoted 10 be on apan f. com
preventive, as 10 remove, If poilibie, all ground.
OF future coIfon, which conld he effected on
ly by an acquiii;ion of the Intermediate Snap;r,
territories for, 70 long as a foreign power re-
tanned iuch territories, 20 detached from ths;,s
other territories, 70 furrounded by ours. and
connected with them, by navgable ftreams
running through both, b. indian tribes f,re,dD
ing over both, and many other relations. thers
would be perpetual danger of coli6on. ain
whIc" might be forever removed hya transfer
or thoie territories 10 US that the means. a.
| dapted to this end, and fuggefed in the mer.
iage, as reqallite 20 he placed az the command
OF the executive, and yet belonging to Com
greis eXclufvely to yield or deny, could not he
a declaration of war, for that was repuenant To
'iS ""o'S ipTit OF the Tne.iage nor an a1p-
Inehtation OF our troops bscaufr, in the meT.
i9ge OF Dec. 8. only three days before this. TN.
Preident had explicitly Rated that &. wbefber il
VIII be neceilary to augment our land forces-
VIII be decided by occurrences, probably. in
the courie your felton," and no fuch occur.
rences had yet appeared but thew mutt be The
lame medne, as had been fuccefsfnlly and Catis.
factorIIy adopted IN the iinlilar cafe of I,ou;fja
ma, by an act of appropriation, which ,vonId
manitelt the fen!e of the legiGa,ure in favor Of
the acqnifition, and authorize and enable the
Prchdent to open negotiation for that pur.
pole 10 that the fair contribution of this mart
or me mefiage amounted to Recommendation
J OF the proDoftion before the Houf.-and If the
PrelideDt had urged it more pointedly, he
might with at Leaf as much reafon, have been
| charged with ditrefpettfu attempt 10 dictate
to the Legislature; whereas the conrfg to be
purified was now respectfully fuGmittyd to Con.
erss, az proper flbie6t of lscination. win
an intmaion only Of tie opinion of the execl,.
tive, accompanied By communication IF every
tact material for their information, and The do
cument5 neCeiiary to enable them 90 INDIE for
tbemfelves :" which was in his eitination, the
NOT correct mode of proceeding. The trne
queitlon, then, before the Houf., Mr.. p. oh.
iervcd, was not whether the meaiure under con-
liberation had been recommended BY the Pref
dent. or was agreeable to his Judgment, or not,
DIX whether II was proper in itfelf md condu
GIVE to the public pCoi