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

eees ft. ard that " Is utsa 49, q
tste adj, sssage of the Humiliation Of opas',
Tbis compleat vindicasion OF the eoaaoe.
e .hs.ay.r.,tive and ofcongress IN TIE nsa a
- ,h-v have taken opurchasr.t eoan'
-. s.,,;ch il on all hands admitted 20 DC so
.,,a,,.ot rens; as il is surely more honof-
abIe 70 buy than 10 take it BY force iron us
.;,fseb,ed miserable owner, incapable o.
nrosecsing it. Although II has oseo dee'd-
"a =. he OUT Of order 10 disclose the secret
- nominations, the geatleman from VIZ
oJo;a mir. I. Rana olth) has declared that
FRANCE said If We gave Spain one blow, she
would give us two or zen 10 return ana O.
,hers have declared France threatened Us
with war. Sir, assert there are no such
f.c,s contained in the secret dispatches sent
TO US. =.
I.reeret carnot pursue the course IN
which other gentlemen have been INDUCED
by stating what arg nte facts IN con'radic,
ton of what they are declared 10 se; and
though this should be violation OF order,
il would perhaps be proper, as crsclosnfe
has been prevoked by gross misrePieseo'a-
items, to repei them, and justify ourselves
10 tie prople BIZ STATING the Information II
self i vii therefore undertake. to say thar
4 all The information we received from t.'e
documents OF, this point, was IN answer
70 the enquiry what th : conduct would
be, IF VIC declared war against Spain, to
which they replied they werc compelled to
take part wifil-Spain There was here loud
cali 10 order by Mr.. j. Randolph and o.
thefs.9 Mr.. J. continued. shall always
respecs the calls TO order from the speaker
snd the house, but not from that person
Il. Randoiph). Alter some convcrsation
s4rla,iveto the poh, Of order, Mr.. ]. pro.
cested. Sir, / wish 10 know whether 1t
il is ic order for the gentleman from Vlr,
ginla TO affirm that France declared she
would 10, every 4,iow we gave Spain give
us two OR ten in'rsiurn, II is not Ia order
for me TO correct the misiatement, and if
neRhar is in order, to ask Where was the
restal vigilance OF the speaker, when he
4 SIR. Randolph) prossfa,ed evuryrule OF
! decornm. MIR. Speak,, ] have said, aud
frepeat j, to-day, should rejoice if all
the secret COMMUNICATIONS could De made
'psbslc, and NOT such parts only as the op.
position wish they would then afford to
our constituents not garbled but com.
piese view of our conduct, and they would
then justly appreciate the assertion that
France threatened Us with war : ard the
charge OF cur giving money to cohcliiate
France. Bnr when we perceive 10 the
R,essage7ot the president, request thai
! i: should be kept secret, L4nuch doubt the
. right of Withdrawing the confidence there.
ty'reposed in us at this time. = If when the
messages ere4eceived we had determined
not TO hear them, & hold :heir contents from
public view, we should have returned ,hera
with The seals unbroken but il Is too late
alter getting them into our possession Ip.
der the injunction of secrecy to diYu!ee
them without permission. | adeoir rhtfc
are extreme eases ia which we ought 20
communicate what we ccnfidentially &C
qSfe cases involving the destruction Of
the constitution itself; but this is not such !
9 cna. Ii NAV be llkened 10 the case of |
an individual, whowould be secuted as dis
honorable man, If when he received inf rns a.
ton in confidence, he afterwards, wi,bou, !
perclissioG from his iIfsrmant, diQuiped |
it. This house. repeat it, did NOT vote
forthe appropriation uader the idea that il !
was intended 10 make use Of France TO !!
coerte Spain into any measure. Co the
contrary instructions have been .en,to our
minister resident at the cours of France.
WAC IS appointed envoy extraordinary TO
negotiate wHh%the coars of~Spain for the
purchase of this coua,ry the idea OF CO.
ereton thro' the instrumentaIl,y of France
was repellso~by the gentleman himself; ne
declared thar Bonaparee; with a,revepue os I
100 m,liuns, besides VIVA, he could seaeeze
from his dear allies, would disdain 90 bel
f1.foeli BY a sum only equal 90 Two wesks