Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-09-08

f-1E i.YifcfIaa TIolafls X had not been oihciai-
~ announced 10 Congrels, that "fbeir protection
e. -pi ~ ~ i6iya aa3 boao, ej reaptry, rsa-
ssrsi ~ issrs fisu # ne rational sys. iaapss-
IL !" the chief magiGrate Of the union had
not officially declared that the ast Of aggref-
ioH IN spelion, vas committed by perions
afing by the orders and under the ianction
of the Court of Madrid; on the contrary, the
houfe OF Representatives had expreiTed, by
formal reiolHtson, their htiief,. thai the wrong
IN gucnion, had proceeded from the EHayfbsyi=-
rrtf " isoaIaa u certain Sp4nj5 efF-err, and de-
clared their determination, in cafe il ihould be
faHctioned by thor governmenh 10 redrels the
injuries and yindicate tie rights Of our cit-
zsns. On t5es eesol5H. Corgreis avowed, that
they would reloEE, la the fri inlianCe. 10 az
snicabe explanation with the Spanilh court
on fbiJ, tire far experiment Of negotiation had
been tired, aud g sr3c, fvs y-7H@5f Of frniiisl5
sE-tzvasy, esozr part, 10 0ying t5sr to sme Gnite
AL fstisIst7ggy rsivh,' had entirely failed. 1t
would not efcaDe the recollection of the houfe,
to how great an excitement, the denial Of
conventional right had at that day, routed
the minds OF our citizens And 1t mutt be re-
membered, that the acquiition of Louifana,
which put flop 10 thele aggreflions of Spain,
(isr which no iatisfaction had as vet been rem
deredl was made, not from the party BY whom
tnc-e offences had been offered, but from one
in 70 wife conneGsed with them. And, admit
'inc It LIS juncturet the proPriety of our maxi
lug ogertaFcs for the prrchaie of country,
fae Pofleiiicn of which IL was conceded eu all
hands, was highly dearable "a ms; vet, what !
rnealsres had we taken, OF did we propole to
take, for the rzfuial, on the part Of Spain, to
'~ya-fy hfy sga-4-iioa zsA5 ~, AZ Ct ~ Lsy ozUs
rsiaesy, rsy. re 9r ~ Biz sss, airs, pi,xfng Ben.
70 Nstr szzssaffisr far ooiiatisaf sOztuttsd seoa
ssasAsSee x1,iag sreeedIrg zezr fo Indemnify
citizen, f5T AZ ,saeze~l Of TIE 1gs ,4e7es, a.
ysasy Of great assRat, during re srs5snf zDar for
re e5R' Atfiaa n f5e ng0igasiaa ef ne. Mo5iKe
srrsufzg 70 cane 70 rzy, fair azs aaaea5le x5Jsf-
ssN' n L5e boEaaar er ef Loajfair. anti dar-
'sg ~ fsa ~ ps'5sts ssiag uaStr Tie autboriy Of
Spzia nd 70 aan5s Sbbrizsd II be, sfafimenfs ant
risrys, q aze5oafst limit, zobicf e bad Jole-
a!yssssgsi,si ~ treaty" NoEE The denial Of
tas lHpuiate compensation for the fpoIiations
IF a former war; the reiteratiOn Of the fame
guactices during the pretent; the obftruction
o. the Mobile the peFemptory. refufal TO
adjust the boundaries of Louifana the iKfulrs
committed on our territory, and the Violations
Of the property and perfons of our citizens
within our Acknowledged limits AL feemed
forgotten, in the zeal to purchaie Florida, or
tlIrownswith the national purle into the fcale.
The bill nevertheless paiIed by great ma
iority. a motion was then made 10 tranfmis,
by a committee, the following meilsge to the
fenate ~
= BY the houfe Of Representatives., Ian. 10th
1905. ssa1 .i
css..is1-er ~ tie Se-sis, 5r \
= We tranfrnit you bill which has pssfed
this houie, entitled an act making prcviGcn
for defraying any extraordinary expenles at
tending the intercourse between the ~. s. and
foreign nations. and in which we require
Tour concurrence The bin has Been pxiied
syus 70 ensbie the preEdeu, of the u. S. TO
comnaenee with more etfett negotiation FOR
ne purchale o. che Spsnifh territories lying
ON the atlantic ocean, and Culph Of Merico,
snd ealtward Of the river Mifihppi. The
nature-and importance Of the mcclure con
templated, have induced usto act upon the
fubiea with ciofed doors. You viii Of con-
feeseace, conlder this communication as
confidential" ~ eI
A1r. }. Randolph then moved to ffrike out
The words " yi--r Bz;fFfpbi," and 70 infert q Esy
If Pera1," upon this ground--that the coun-
try between the Miiiiippi and 2erdido was
Ia difpute between tie u. S. and Spain, being
part of Loui6ana. s. fuch as it was pofTeded
BY France and conveyed by the treatyof
Paris of the 5ctl of April, 8Os, to eU S.
To the territory in queition fernbracing Both
banks of the Mobile, and out Of which all
oar differences with Spain, on the fabject of
5ornlary on this iide of the MiaiGppi, had
grown the executive had advanced, what
H., a u ~.
claim eongrefs had Already leginated, having
pafed a law, erecting the fliores and waters
of the Mobile into collection difrif, and
It was deemed, that the ithorizing the pref
Gent TO purchale that portion of the country
would not only be connpromitment Of the
national honour, bur might fairly be cenIid-
cred a. turrender on our part of all preten-
tions TO the difputed territory. This motion
however was negatived, Yeas 5e.--Nays CO
], is perhaps worthy of remembrance, that, on
this as on moR of the other quefions ariGne
cut Of thisiubjef, many otthe warnneif advo-
Gates of the fneaiures eventually purified were
in TIE minority. (see the fecret journal, hnce
publifhed, page So But, 10 the rnef5ge it.
ief, as web 10 the general cotirfe of pro-
ceding, this itrong, ard (as i is preiugned)
unanhSersbie objection was taken :--That
the directicn which the Honle of Repreferts-
fives had clcieE 20 Purfue was to b. prRcri-
bed not to'the fenate, hut to the prefdent
and that il weAld be inpoible Sor ne Etec,,-
tive, even with the ingenuity Of Qsdipus him.
ielf, 10 divines frerns metfage the ienate,
what was the real intentcn Of the Reprelent-
atives of the people that this meiiage was
not TO he announced TO him, but 10 the ofller
branch Of the Legislature, and that even " it
were, his duty was to execute tlle laws, which
nhouid be enacted, and which could not be
enlarged, reitraned. or modified ii any degree
nhatever. BY any menaye from one honle Of