Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-07

i tion are to be held In reqsisH'o", '
other branches. VIVA, does ityleld to the
revenue The secretary OF the treasury,
cagle.eyed se he is, hasesearehea the WHO'S.
resord through to the last page, ano mas
not bsen able 10 discover mere than eight
hundred and sfty thousand dollars per an
aux,. Are gentlemen prePafed thus 70 re-
linouish the sources, to cut up sy the roots
the supplies to government OF at least
e,212,o 900 dollars take this to DC tne 4
mount of revenue collected from tns
imports, shi, resolutions will prfehhs
/ ask are gen,lem men willing to reilnqulsh
6,212, 600 dollars to preserve $50, ooo: 10
say nothing about the liza msase disadSaa.a-
gss the causes sf such conduct should De
mos, cogens and necssssous' ARE ihere
any such causes? 10 men waose mIEos
are insulated with those hig h notions OF
honor and digaity, which have been inc
Bur,hea of every war speech to the br'ti:h
parliament, and 10 maintain which, poor
John Bull has waded up to bis eyes IN ma
tional debt and national misery, there may
be such causes: but to men OF plain unaer-
standing, who measure the quantam OF
national honor and dignity ABROAD, by the
dsgrec of national haFpinsss and virtue at
home and who understanding nothing
more or less by these terms, than blood
and taxes on the people, .hsre have been
two such causes offered. Sir, l will never
vote TO plunge this nation into war. /
believe this resolution to bs nothing Short
OF it, to preserve the foreign. partial, prl..
y;Ieges and advantages OF any SET Of men,
or the separa,s interest OF any description
of the community whatever. BY war We
cen gaia nothing, we have every thing 10
lose; many years should rol! over Us before
we sdmIt more thar one cause OF war,
when negotiation has been exhausted.
There is line reuRd this country which
whsn respassed Oh. should burs. the facul.
ties Of every mans soul into hatred; should
kiadls all the fiery particles OF his system
into fame of vengeance and redress IT
is upon such an occasion when the whole
mass, when the people are Invaded, We
should think Of war, not when few mer.
chants find themselves hsmpvred by foreign
commercial regulations: thsrs are otssr
remedies for thi, disease war ia worse
than the disease itself. | spurn the tho's
of reliRquishing any one r ght Of our fellow
ci,izeas,I only wish te .hsw hs his is no:
the MEASURE best calculated for the present
injuries. And sG l therefore an enemy
of the merchants A hatred Of war mes.
sures dses not involve the idea bat
freely declare | ana not; thsrs are many
aiming th-m whcm respect sone love
and whsn such permanent commercial re.
gulasiens shall be proposed, which shall Sc
cure to tbs merchsnt his rights and rrivi.
iegss, without eadauserius the peace of
the naiisn. will thea prove as friendly 10
his in'srest, as I possibly can be, on any
oher occasion, 10 any saPe,sss lassrest
whatever.
@Sir, ana opposed Is shis resolution,
because when you have deprived the 60.
verbment Of the revenue which is derived
from ,he Simpor,stioSa eoutemplsses 10
prohibit, / knew rot 40 haw .he deheisaey
is to b made good. Gentlemen have di.
gsssed this aubjsct, perhaps they do. /
snail DE glad to hear fren what souree
they will secure TO the nation. the psrma-
nent appropriation Of 100000 dollars fer
the redemption of the public debt hcw
will they effect the aisburssnen,s of the
civil and pension lists I? How pay the ar
MY How support the nayy A very
inpor,an, .i,em, sir. That nsvy upon
which has been, and sn sorry to say, sSill
are aquandersd, saeh enormous sums of
moaey. thai even TIE secretary himself
eaanet toll what it will cost 70 repair sin.
gle frigsts. Thar navy, for the support Of
wnish, as expenditures for the last year
exceeded toe estimates, by ~ least sixty
PER eca,. That eurieas navy, indesd.
which costs less to keep NE whole IN &C
iunl service than part; fsr such ia made