Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-09


action, befsre that tribunal, whose rlgas
finally 10 decide I'LL questions OF nasianat
impost, nope will usver bs iafflegea
A. the commencement OF ina preseat Sos
sion, the prcsidsat seat us two messages,
the oae public, the oshrr coaaGentIal; tue
hss, breathing a spirla OF just 1ads5 aauon
at our wrongs, and dstsrmla ation 70 pur.
sue ali proper means 10 redress them; ne
other certainly nor contradictory 20 me sfsl:
the public message recommending decisive
measures, particularly towards Spala, with
whom oar negocIasioa had tse!sd, add VINO
{ had injured Us as mueh,othe extsnt OF hsr
! power, as Greay Britain; the private mes
sage, upon which the majority OF The hUuss
MAS determined, much to ny regret, con-
tnued The iniasctoa oil secrecy, contalniag
no sentiments in opposition 70 the Puo:ic
one. a committee, appointed on thIs n'es-
4 sage, brought ia report, expressive OF
( sentiments consentaneous 10 those n ne
/ FIRST, and consequently NOT hostile TO those
+ in the last message. This report recon-
[ lnended it TO congress, 10 au,horise tue
& presidsnt TO raIss certain lres2s, tas nu'n-
Fber Of whicn was intended 10 be foar thea.
sand, for the purpose, CT re pcilIag and faas
ishing any aggressions on our ffon'lsrs;
which bad been violated and waich were
! threatened with inv ssion tor several rnoRlas
| previous to the battle Of Trafalgar, the lssas
! Of which ceaspslled Spain 10 ,ufn her az.
tentcn &c anoSher quarter. Another eolea
for which this force was designed Nas ne
detence and projection OF onr lately acqoiF.
ed territory, which WAS, and stiliiS, entire.
Is destitute oil defence, and several .'uadEtd
, nies distant from the nearest western siSie.
No offensive expedition against he elqrl-
das, assems have falsely asserted, was eio
Their wished or intsnded by aav or the
friends OF this report, as far as heard or
undsrs,ead their sentiments. Nothing vas
more remote from our wishes than war,
either with Spain or Eogtand. A laige
majority of tbe house rejected this repsrt.
| liz This instance was in the misority. A
resolution which had been previously iss
upon our table CATER being rejected bytas
| cemmittee VINO brought IN the report was
fheG offered to the house by one OF the ms.
| iori,y. This resolution proposed to aP-
propriate two millions of aoisrG, pscu5ibIy |
fer the vague purpsss OF deiray;ng any ex
;raotginary expenses wh1ck might be IN
cured in our iurerceurse wigh foreign IA.
Siops, but asserted to be IN reality for the
purchase OF the Floritlas. Il also aa,ho-
rised lhe president 10 barrow the money at
six per cent without fxing any 'inac or fuad
For the redemption OF the debt; and rroe
posed 10 continue ,hs additional duty Of
TWO snd half per cent. on imports com.
mouIy called the Mediterranean faad,
which fund, the law creating il, d@clacd |
should cease with the FriPoltan was. We
proposed to specify the object and to limit
the sum. The specification was agreed e, !
hfly.eisht ve,ing against il; and The dett !
to be incurred, made redeemsbe at VIII, |
but the limitation was rejected, and eVeu /
the specification !tscli afterwards tsrusk cut
Of the bill. Among the argumex,s u,g d |
TO justify the measure agaiiy adop.e,t, j; |
was said that these were tie, searSI wishes |
OF the president.
To this we answered, that although VIZ
were disposed TO treat wiihreseeel he OPP |
MONS of tie presldeat, wheo aGie iay com
munlcated, yet evea shen we did not con.
cewe Ourselves under any ohl;ga.ieo TO q.
dept them. We considered eu.selves .hs |
representatives CT free and independent |
people, whe sent az here 10 be- eoyerued4 |
no, by men, but BY principles snd to yielG |
ebedience 10 aothing bur the convictions of
our own deliberate judgment That If ,he
president had any opinions on this Subject
| other than those which he had eoalulun,cat. |
cd, they ought form the subject of aho-
saer eooGdenusl message. And Thar if bis |
scheme for aPpropriatiag two millions to-
! wards 90 object nor sPccssd, was mig, il
was ia consraaieuon 70 principle whIchhs |