Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-19

80 ,,;)i no, forsakc them, ana that 10
z ..,.r - ,rsa,y viii be made, no se'llrmen,
oeaiaerences nor arrangement OF ;-rrhofl.
Al limits will be entered into without taslr
a,nro,a,i.n There cao,. sherefoFe, be no.
/ .!aiag impropsr in Spain soasal'ao France
- ,b;s business which relases TO Inc trans.
fer Of domain as large as Spain 'Jsslii
and if she pisases, giving France tue price
of the purchase. The pToFosi1ioa was
for the purchase OF country all '@pof'aaI
tous. So. important IS to have received
The sanction ot dis house IN 1892, unders
declaration that we must have II by coa.
ones, or purchase as fair price. Ii va.
determined 10 pursue pacihc ccufss
then: the charac;e. ct the nation required
il, no, only a, homc bu' abroad. foTlis VIC
had determined 10 make interest The rule
Of national righ;, and reso'ted to force, be.
cause our interest excited 1t, the Pewets OF
Europe Justly alarmed bya spirit OF sh'o''I.
on and sggfandisea'ent whlch threa'ened
themselves and their dependencies With
destruction, would have made Common
cause to crush us. The same course has
been resolved on nov, for the same wise
reasons aud We determined 10 purchase
such past Of the Flori1ss as did 90: belong
to isl; form was acknOwlsd gsd BY The geo.
Ileman (nir. Il that we have not loot
east ofethe lbervl!e and the lakes Maure.
pas. and Popehartrain. But admitting this
poin, to be questionable, ,here was no in.
propriety 10 purchasing the f.erri:ory &C.
tknowledged 10 beIong to Spaln5and setting
+ the boundaries and extent OF doubtful
nigh, 10 the bargain. For my Part have
no doubt tina, the measure III evc5y point
of view 10 which it can be placed wasr re.
commended by the soundest policy anc the
best interests of the nation, Bat wt were
told amongst other strange assertions, 'nat
by this vote Of money we have violated
ocr neutrality, the, REORGANIZATION can do
nothing beneficial to belliserent, and
money is the sinews of war, We cannot dD
any account supply it. Whetker this,is moi
advancing British professions under b1hI'a
Influence, it szfor the sober sense OF The
'commuc;ty' to de,srnine.
i consider the report of the select con-
mitsee as the bsat Justification of the cPpo'
sition made TO the measure il recommends /
aud the seyercst commentaries upon III.
conclusions hich are professed to bs drawn
from it. Itspeaksnf the ''pirstical drpre.
dations upon our commerce; of obsruc'.
i2g the navigasion,of the Mobile" and IN
The daring oiclanon of our urdlsputed lii
mils, &c. as saGordiug "smple capse tex
formal declaration of war" Sir the exc :
actions of tlcty on the Mobile will un.
doub.edls be continued so IoDg as Spain
holds the couutry: the RICH, is not settled
by the laws OF usages of nations; aud thus
indeed the exported products of the haes'
regioa of the United States may be sub.
,iecled to duties, as we'll as those imported
into it, and The travellers returcing on 1he
high read from New Orleans will, BY co.
gaging IN broils with the Spanish subjrc's,
eternaly endanger the peace and tranquility
Of the United States--so that instead Of
war, sound policy clearly dictated puF'
chase-aud what is the daring violation
spoken Of? A mole iii! coayerted into
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS names given TO pigmY
events /. is nothing more or less than
the arrest Of the K-mpers. IS that amps
cause Of soar2 A few. people headed BY
thsse menraised the standard ct rebellion
in The territory Of Spain, from whence they "a
fed Wi hin our limits. snd were seized BY
our citizeus, carried within the SpaDHa
lines AMI there delivered 10 a Spanish par
,y. >Aad this is What is declared in the re-
port to be an ample cause q zoar- AEs'
Urging that We are 100 far rernovedtr0"
the powerful, nations Of the earth for oo'
safety .obe endangered by their hostility
that peace mast always BE- desirable 50
long as iris ce'apatible with the hcaof aa'
of the community "--tha "S'
are heavily Iurthened with deb: !" and M