Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-14
DEBATE
CONTINUED.

tinq few remarks 70 the Houfe. ] underkand
fbe qa.aon 10 be 10 inert tie message OF the
President Of ;ae 9th D-cemt..f in rho Journal.
In the remarks which have been made on the
ou=fion, the proceedings of the house while IN
fscsct fittings have been broogar into view.
was oppolc5 70 -~.4r;ng siofe proceedings pu5lc ;
I tsoBgii tisa and ! itlli tairk that We were
committing tnc honor Of the marion. did think
whsa TIE mSjolity had fsncsioned negotiation
that co ruesfsrc calculated TO i,utrate it fnocid
have oeen taken, unlii the negocia,ion had osen
fairly rricd Il yas FOR this tcaftn was oppof.
cd To ,emoying the injunction Of iecrey and
not becaufe was unwilling iha: the people OF
this country ihassd be made Acg lain,sd with the
proceedings Which neck place III this hosfe @ish
clofed doors My objeit was to prevent the H..
reference Of foftign nations, who might feet an
inserctt IN defeating The mea!nre. The public
vii, Judge OF the ropricty, onfcE these circu@s-
ainces, OF making these proceedings psoiic.
Bas as part Of them has eeen made public, J.
viii the wao!c could be made 70, confiltenr with
the ioierca OF. the nation though entertain
froag doubts OF the psopr,ety of the moalaIe, |
ihali not, however, oppoie the motion before
ysu. Bu, oefote The quction is taken, Deg
leave tosrematk, hat 10 tar as relates 70 The OBJ.
lefva,ioas between genele.aan from Vagina,
tMr. Rant9lp,,) aBd the head OF one OF the de-
partDen,s Of rIs sngclnneGts they have nothing
20 do with th,s bufnefs and they can have no
in6acnce on The decieons Of this HOUSE. did
not exq-tt to haye heard any fhch converiatipa
introdac.d on this door. We did not come here
TO bear any fuch conversation or to act upon com.
municasions of thar kind. What may be the
private opinions Of particular head Of depart
mept, il is not for this house to know they
cannot officially ccnc befoTeus5 We have nulhing
20 DO with them. r.
1t is faii, FIR, tina. certain communication
wsirh was calculated 10 affect our votes, relative
TO the BIZ making appropriation for the purchale
Of the Foridas, was detained fome weeks after
KqvaJ Yscl5'vtd tron 5g, ns6rjfty ebtoaa, before
il was laid before u. FAY, Mr.. SPEAKER, that
NO e5mmuaica 10 mad: 10 this houfe wss calcu.
LACED, in my opinion, TO alter the votts OF the
members Of The houfc on tina fubjr6t, cetta;nly,
none that would have changed mine; bat WIZ.
ther that communication was or was not made %
rs, in due tmc after il was received / do not
pretend sof4y. / do not know, however, thar
we have AMI claim 70 il from theghcad ct de-
partment. L was not his duty 80 communicate
il 10 as, ttat b;longed 20 the Executive, snd
why Ia. cireumaancc has b.cn mentioned heFg,
cannor pretend TO FAY. With regard to fome
other remarks made by q gentleman from Penn.
fylvaeia, (Mr. Clay,) think u proper 70
aate that there IS no Communication before THIS
hou.c which authsr les ,he aderticn that threat
: has been made by France agaip& the Ueited
States. / deny, hr, tina there is any docpmsDs,
which II properly un1ereood, can be cor&rued 70
have fuch meaning. ] lay, likewife, that
shere is no document before the houfe which au
rhorses the affegsion, Ks;. France told ns, if you
give Spain one blows nor ~ ss;give you ten o.
rwo, az Rated by tSsss sesossnien from Virginia,
iNr. Raadoph,. Ftst. !; no iuch exp,e9ioo, or
sny other that would seuhtenance the idea.
Erance was not brought into the gue&ion as be.
Sng concerned ia our differences with Spain. She
fss, indeed, BEEN lugsed-in, in the place of argu-
snsnt and we hsvs oeen charged with trucking
20 France, whs. in all our proceedings tie mans
g. France has hardly ever been meatiopea. except
BY seatlenea III debate who will nor Admit .h {
Spain exias IS marion. / deem it proper afo
% FAY, thar The aHerrien that any member of this
h ,ufc voted for nlsalute calculated 70 bride one
n viop, to lodacs auothert 60 give up her righttul
propcrty, 70 tar as il rnsy be applied to me, Is
without foundation, and not Authorized by any
Sasa Of M;ne, and that 20 man win undertake &c
fay 10. 'rts w>Td bribery .enghr npt, indeed
TO enter rae walls 81 shis hools, as applicable to
arv of its nySfur,soI proceedings Il will, MIR
Speaker, spear from the .ionfnals OF the houis
now made ppbiic. Who hsve or have not fupers.
ed the irtssefs Of this eouhtry. Wi,e are viii
iug 70 fuppostj u9 mesturcs calculated to main
tain pescss ard are cifPofcd 10 take manly assi
yaee, sgaigf ,h@t who 'ylola.e ous rights anc
il will asfo appear who they gre, whole proceed
ings tend 10 embaIlaia the nation, TO bring sh'
government into oontsmpt, 10 Spsosucs fshitu