Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-19
flNr. Sloan's speech ceRtl!asa

Mr. Chalrmar,s believing ~ nay oo.y ~
-. ~, sen,,ments Ill as few words as
....s;hla hat other members standing on
an eoaai floor, may have an opportunity 20
d.l;yer ,heirs. | shall hasten TO conclu-
..;,n. a,the samesiime net doubtng, shatli
y,.as d;sno.ed so 10 do, could take UP
: the time Of the committee as long, ana 70
AS Ii,le purpose as any memoer"lsain 'nese
walls.
could. andsr the pretext OF explaining
Ian .he fiaor Two hours and nine minutes,
:f,a- chairman did not order me down,
which none he will if ever attempt II.
In,explaiaing could declare that | Seo
: ma, m4au 10 ssigma.iz-s resPsctaols 'sias :
of ciizens with dishonesty, or aag oene.
ranroachf,,l ithss = A----Syf stis gay, and to
5nTp5pfefy eels who will gcs-rouud aud eyade
any regulations or restrictions ,aat can be
made, whose interest is their guide, re-
gardless of the peace and interest of the
nation in which they reside.
I could declare that had not insuIted
the house; but aimed at certain political
characters; and IN the nexr breath charge
majority of the same house with having
hoodwinked Its members, but unable to do
so with foreign nations l again, could
charge them with bullying England, and
trucking TO France, aud exclaim, 10 an
simpsrious tone, this you have. done and
you know it.
Mr.. Chairman, could go on still fur.
.%sher, aud assert that the little triRing argu.
ments Of my opponents ought to bear no
: weight, because destitute of reason, that
instinct. the guide of the brute creation,
twas superior to such reason, yet declare,
that Imean. no insult to-theIr understand
ing.
could then, in the prophetic line. inform
the committee, that if they offended the
British minister, he would immediately put
forth his strength, and make the United
States feelit; and that although France at
pyeseu, appears friendly, she is like the
still hog drinking swill, meditasing future
evil, and viii eventually Gf In her powsD
treat .us worse than England.
could In few words remove this Nigh.
'ty bugbear that the friends of shezesolution
have made so much AIDE about, / mean the
improvement of three thousand of our sea.
men by informing the committee that it
has been the practice of Britain time i'm.
memorial that is has been found indispen
tsibly necessary TO enable :hem to man their
fleets that is te say, without these diabo.
heal means, which none bur internal fsnds
in human shape could even use they could
net so eGectuany have carried fire and
sword, devastation aud plumber, to every
a Of s1e IL A.
80 greatly increased the quaatum of huruau
misery, aud the cries of the widows AMI
fa.herless.
could also, if my conscience would
( permit, after venting my hatred in the mos.
bitter inveesives against the French empe.
FOR, that my genius could invent, charging
congress with trucking TO him and be.
slowing on the governmen, of England the
shighsst applause, for their opposition to
French tyranny; repeatedly deny being
the apoiegist OF Britain; but a subseouert
question arises, would the members of this
committee subscribe TO theirash of such
!, declarations?
Bat, Mr.. Chairman, Twill detain the |
committee no longer with telling them what
might be done; bu, earnestly call ,hei, az. |
ten,Ien &C what has been done, TO what has /
. been said on tins feor--we have been told |
that France caanst get pound of coffee,
or sugars from her own islands, except |
/. through the medium of Americau vessels:
and thar we have treaty that ebliges US &c |
treat them as Que Of the most favored IA.
slons this raises the curtain, and gives
full aud complete view.4of the whole scene
.--tais explains, in the most clear and ex /
piicis manner, the elaborate speech of twc
hours aud forsy-eight minutes, and the ex
PLANTATION of two hours and nine minutes /
"a horn book politician may, by this, clsarlyA