Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-13
eosr1NuRD.

rnendisg the secret Journal from Waich the,
~ipioactisa OF secrecy was taken. OH, by IN.
.erasg sas Presidents conGdenusl eomnu-
sicAsioa; YET by attending 20 the argamsnt
sf the gentleman from Virginia MIR. Rsa-
~doloh,) it would appear thar he was eega5'
ed in sepsartieg ARTICLES OF imeaacnmens
against the high ots2ers Of the government,
aad aos against them only, bat also against
a respectable maiority of ehis house, as It
BIC had besn vested with satEerity TO cen.
sure ana dsaouacs their Legislative mea.
.urss on their owa aoor, when the subjsc;s.
were no longer 5storei~she house. But,
Mr. Speaker. 40 -rneticn has laid on your
table for fizaaszching the conducs OF ihess
high exssative officers, nor saa any wsoton
pc admitted 70 raable a ,smher OF the rai'}
nori,y 10 impsach tao mai gritty. It IS con.
Srasy 60 goed seass, II is an Outrage on de-
censy 10 dsfane the chafsceer, Or i'npeach
,ho condact in this way, ct public eHiears
or citizeas on this floor where tilsy canscs.
answer Tor sas naelves. Il has never been
admitted ia other public bodisssof The y.
States nos, in Congress, tilt It was iatrodas.
ed hy the member from Virginia; and for.
tunasely ii is peculiar 20 HIN alone to enter
saia the House with tales brought from out
of doors or from the whispers bshind OUT
bar. aud with unsupported slaadsrs on the
administration and e&cers ct tae Soyeraa
nisni. ~
This ia not the 6rsrars- he Mr.. r.
had attacked ,he respectable charasser ct
the secretary Of state IN this rude manner
on this aeor. This manner of doing il is.
entirely Improper If .Ir. r. had a charge
against him, he ought to have aaoved tor aa
esuuiry into che conduct of THAI high OIL
Ger. as had beea done no, long siacs with
another respectable head of adeeartment;
: ba; this weald nor have answered the gen.
slsman's purposes of slaadsr- The seere-
sary of state would hase had ,hs eRportaai.
-FtY Of defending ais owa character.
Bur. Ms. Speaker, what Is the chargs
for which the seeretary is SO vehemently,
denounced? Il is some sentences OF q con-
fiden,is. conversation told in Mr.. RS. ewn
manner. IL is tue, indeed, that that gen.
,iemaa is in the habit OF entertaining the
house with scraps of cenSdential cos,ersa-
,ious, bur surelyhe knows that the house
Hs knows, and this house knows, TIA. he
has already had TO Correct on this floor
Ia statement which be had ruGvly made
-of part of a ecn6dentid cosvsFsation
he had had with The SECRETARY Of the
treasury, bat even the correction Is just.
" presumed 10 have been defective; twas
not the whsle truth. Tir house doesSSoe
receive the asseri.oa of any member ,le.
stead OF vouchers, not even on a rnotion
70 ,he imceachment or complsin,of ezsr.
tempt. In such esses testimony IS reaulrr
-s~ed. When the gentlsman's HABITS in this
fIoass are considered, aud the evident re-
sentiment which he declares to be irrecon.
Tei!ahIe, snd which ae expresses in man.
uer rot TO Sc mistaken, against the secEe,a.
~ of state,we are justified not ea'y Ia re-
sce:yias his assertions with some abatement
Of conGdsnse bat with suspicion.
Alr. +. said, the gentleman from Vifgi.
ris has ssis day, asfaa former days. SAID
. great deal about France, that zac wefc
about to gi7s maney 10 France, TO givs q
britc to France, Sc. Does the gentleman
drsaE. about france at nights, aad retail
his dreams 10 this house III dsys, or is his
imaeiastion always IN dreaming sra,e.
IF wsage 10 Judge from the desultsriness
&C his ergu4rer.s peFpetusl.y wsaderipe
ON the eiecsbsfere thc house. dragging
10 subiec,s that haveeno bearing On the qaes-
non, ayieg from one sabjsst,o another,
wi,he6, Conference, we miga justly presume
that the last and many ofhor OF his argu.
menss were The Dire ming effusiens OF vi.
vid imagination highly disordered-
Mr.. +. fixing the seers, journal. now
shade public, il his hand, read ,as rcsolu-