Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-11
be diiMHed With cpea doors.

chs journal without ;hc mileage. L,y. ,. .psA
appear 70 have teen received, all ol wa;,h ass
on the journal, excepting ths, which is n, +,
neAage OF any CONSEQUENCES. l &c believe WIZ.
the injunction was removed, it applied 10 al '.
papers received by the house, and did M, -
ceiye myielf bound 10 conceal enc little os ~
! occurred while We had locked doors. Iaoa
therefore wish my friend from Virginia. 6m
mend his notion, as 10 include all the docum..'
! conGder this Chemically nec.aary TO eluc;da'
! the tranfastions of this boue. 1t iesm, 10 h.s
been faihlonable for gentlemen TO declare vi,
wei, their motives, tor the fevcral vote, IN.
have given during the time our doors WEI. hr,
, had bu. one motive, which hope will co,,;
nue. to govern ME as long as have feat, IN ,h;l
houfe. My objed VISA to be prepared for v,N
While endeayolcd TO maintain pease. | Won,
fer the refolnrion for the increafe OF the army /.
caufe every body knows, who is the leaf ~
, quainttd with the fate OF the louth and lou,h
wchern frontier, that the militia in that quart.
arc not able to defend it. They are indeed b.t
people Of yeaefday, aliens to your habit, and
language, and indeed aliens in every f.nie Of III.
word. We had feen that froatiet invaded bv
Spain. wa, not willing to withhold from ,b.H
executive the means OF ,haAifng this aeenHiou.
therefore voted for the reiolu,lon. sl(o vo,.dH
fos, she appropriation OF money, bseaufe | ysa
willing to (hewSpain that while we were preu,r
ed to cha;tife her agsrslEons, We wer. aIio viii.
ling, by amicablc negotiation, to adult our diff.
ferences. ! therefore voted for an appropriations
| fer the pu'chafe Of couriry which deemed
ishly, valuable to VI. Whether the meney 40.
! p,op,ated was to 60 to France Or Spain cd nos !
irAuence the vote gave. i did not know then
that any circumfarces were concealed from tha
houir calculated to throw light upon the fub.a,S
and of The contents of the mcfage the 18th q
January, was totally ignorant, as iswas ham, !
ed in the day ywea, 10 Philadelphia, & was im-t (
! mediasely afterwards returned .o>the PrsGdent-
| could have, wihsd tina. between the a 9Th Of
December& the i7th Of January, there had been
found time to make an official copy Of il, Gnces
we have heard that il would have coElderables
bearing on the votes Of the members Of ths'
Houie; and I,ihould conceive that it would bs55
very, important, as forming an item in the tran(.
! aeions of the f;fon. When we came here tho
public expectation was highly excited. Wehad'
been injured sad iniolted by Spain on laad and
by England ar2!ea. The nation required the I.
doption o. meatares to procure rcdreis.. And '0I
prevent Glnilar asgfeG ms in future. What have
been the confeeuenees We have paasd an acc
appropriating two millions to purchais the fior,.
da, and to chaaisc Spain, and we have paaed an
ar prohibiting the Importation OF certain goods
from Great Brita!n as peace Offering to her. Is
is in my opinion ueceaasy chat al! the document
| ihouid be pubiahcd 20 give the people an oPp0f'
tunity OF Judging whether their Representatives
have been faithful to their TUT, There arg
parts of thof. documensswhich ! tuPpote VIII s'}
be pnb!hhed, which had contlde'aoie inhsencfi
on nv mind on the votes which gave. az
Indie 70 RI. threat of hot'Iity by France.
Mr.. Speaker here called to order
Mr.. Cav concluded by observing thas
! as they had published five messages "nle1
! had contained nothing, he hoped they
would publish the one that eon'a'0s1
something. ,e. &
| Mr.. Dawson, expressed himself in ia
yor of giving publicity TO tue h'e''s y, !
which he believed could do no possible
| injury. So far as it went he Though! y
!. favored both the resolusions-as well 'naJ
fer raising an army. as shatior conducting
| a negotiation by the appropriation Of mo-
ney. III. d
The reading of the message beng eanf.|
for, Mr.. Speaker said he though u V "a,
/ in order to read it, aud it was inserted ON
the private journal. as,;.
MIR. Blackledge appealed trom the o''''
sion of the chair.
Mr.. Aston observed that his colleaeu''
would better ge, ashl' object by taxing
question on the reading of the! message
& Mr.. BlackIedge so modified his mo''Ou'
Mr.. Smile, said regard to cons'''e'.
cy would prevent him from voting 70 CIV,
publicity 10 the message. ne eoula y, ="
vote for it, because he did not WISH " '
take on himself that responsibility "n's'
! r,;ohr .go,y ere, q, th> publcity OF deisa1'ps