Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-04-25

JUST spoken. ] acknowledge that SPAN
has insulted and abused Us broken her
: treaties and violated our territory. This
10 manifest from the documeuts before
us. But, I am opposed to the adoption
Of the report. My judgement, sir, is
not to be. niislsd TRUST the judgment
Of no member will be misled by vapour-
ings about honour and spirit. Let us
= know how the national account stands.
Who viii be debtor and who creditor is
the question that ought 6rstto be ascer.
tained. Here certain estimates of the
secretary of war were read from which
It appeared that to carry the resolution
under considsrationinto eject supposing
the blank number oftroops to be 6lledup
with 10000. would require an appro.
pria.ion Of few hundred dollars more
than It was supposed would be necessary
to purchase the Floridas] Mr.. g. 10 con.
tinuation. Then sir, | am against war
measures. The proverbial economy Of
our ancestors. long since taught that =
penny saved was q penny gained, and,
in the instance before Us, q few hundred
dollars saved win be few h0ndred dol.
lars gained. This 10 the motive that
will sway myvote. Among individuals,
money is, empha.ically, eall.dthe main
chance. Fsee not why, among nations,
hshould not have the same appellation,
why il ought not 10 be acquired with the
same zeal and kept with the sam. care.
The report states that we are still in debt.
In my opinion nation in debt has It's
usual rights suspended. We cannot, At
present, talk Of raising troops or going
TO war. Untilthe debt is paid il becomes
Us, in my humble Judgement, to bear
eur wrongs.
Mr.. -, q mrmber from New. York
next rose. He said he entirely acquies-
ced in the sentiments just delivered by
the gentleman from North Carolina. A
gospel precept teaches, that, If one cheek
be smitten We should turn the other to
the blow, and, philosophy iueuleated
that forbearance and submission are cha.
raeteristic virtues Of improved and RI.
tional man. Are We, he asked. BY. an
aRectation of what j. called spirit to be
hurried into disregard Of these best at
tributes Of our nature He trusted net;
he trusted that sober discretion and pru-
Dental virtue would triumph over pae-
rile rashness and a vicious extravaganza.
What ii we had been i'll treated BY Spain !
We had gaod reason to believe Ill differ.
- enees between Us might be buried BY
the purchase Of . tract Of territory, and
that At avery low price. This was anew,
and, 10 his opinion . very rational mode
Of settling q dispute. He hoped the re-
port would not be adopted he hoped
troops would not be raised he hoped
we should not 60 to war he had a greet
aversion to IL. The Romans, the A.
thenians and such other deluded nations
Of antiquity with the mad host Of mo-
dern statesmen might talk Of national ho-
nour and national rights but the more
enlightened wisdom Of America would
. disregard such ruinous baubles. He
made many further remarks, and OBJ
served in conclusion, that the foresight
ofthe COMMITTEES would substitute, for
the prsseesioa Of national honour, the
more useful and permanent advanta9eo Of
the protection Of the national purse.
a member from Kentucky, said he
was in favour Of The purchase that had
been alluded 70. L would give ~ = DO.
dy Of 6ne land, of which We stood IN
need. In. the neighbourhood Of the
gulf, the soil. he had been told had m
unparelled luxuriance.--T Things srewup
there 81 their own accord. 1--we got Il
our sons might grov rich without toll.
Two miliens OF dollars for IL, he thought
wosld be cheap, and there was achanee
Of being able to bate down ouradversary
Asd get il still cheaper. Saving money,
he thsught, should be the srst principle
in the administration Of cur government.
He agreed with the member from N.
Ysrk, that buying land was an advan-
tageous mode Of settling national differ.
2 = a 4 L.