The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-05-06
aeat Of 1oaer,i,nei,r.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY, April Z.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
Df'afe on fbs 'roti9n ofNr. J. R4nGolbb TO pub.
I1 tie P,rfdent'J ases,7sc.
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iecret journal from which the Injunction of T.,
crecy was taken of, by in!ertiny fhs Preiident's
confidential communication yet by attendin,-
20 the argument OF the gentleman from VIRGINIA
Mr.. Randolph,) If would appear that he was
engaged IN Importing ARTICLES of Impeachment
aeain.t me high officers OF the government, and
nor aeaint them only, but aao againft a ref
pectabie majority OF this houfe, as if he b,,i
been veited with authority to cenfilre and de-
nonnce their Legislative meaIures ON their own
moor, when the tuhiects were no longer before
,he fiouie. But, Mr.. Speaker, no motion has
oeen iald on your table for nlpeaching the con-
oGct or thele high executive officers, nor can
my motion DC admitted to enable a member of
the minority to impesch the majority. It is
contrary to good order, it is an outrage on de.
cency to dstar1e the character, or ilnpeach the
CONQUER IN ms way, Of public Officers or citi-
LeVs On TINS hoor where thcy cannot aulwer for
tnehiieives. 1t has never been admitted in
other public bodies in the U. s. in Coryrefs
till 1t was introduced by the member from Vir'
einIa and fortunately it is peculiar to him A.
zone 20 entertaia the Houe with tales brought
ron out OF doors, or from the whifpers behind
our par, and WIKI uniupported flanders on the
communication and officers Of the government.
ms is ao' the hrit time he Mr.. R.) has at
tacheu the respectable character of The fecretarv
OF rate In this rude manner on this floor. 'This
manner OF doing it is entirely Improper IF Mr..
Il. mao charge assint him, he ought TO have
moved Tor an enquiry into the conduit Of tina,
h'sn oihcer' AS mas been done not long fince
VIM another respectable head ola department;
hnt inns would not have anfwered the gentle.
mans purpoies of lander. The f.cretsrv Of
Hate would nave bad the oppo.. aaity Of defend
iEe his own character
put, Nr. Speaker, what is the cba-pe fo,
winch the f.cretary is 70 vehementIy 6eno,,nc.
eo it is ioIne ientencrs OF confidential CON
veriatson told in MIR. KS own manner. 7, ;s
trle, indeed, that that gentleman is in tn, bah;,
OF entertaining the Houfr with fcraps of conf
dentiai concentrations, hut iurey he knows tl,.,
me iiouie cannot take his itatemeuts for vopcb.
erS' lie Knows, and this houie knows, that he
mas already had 70 correct on this Eoor a.
ment which he had rudsly made of mart "f
ccnldentia. converiation he had had with th.
secretary of ti,e treiiury but even the correffi-
on is Juitiy prefured to have been detective
't was not the whole truth. The Hbufs does
nor receive the aiertion of any member inRead
o.! vouchers, not even on motion for inlDsach
nent or "A complaint of Contempt. In Cucb
caies teitlmony is required. When the eentIs
man, habits III this jioule are conidered, and
the evident rcientment which he declares to be
:Teconciiabie, and which he exprciies in A man
ner not to be mitaken, asaina the frcretarv of
aiiertions with iome abatement OF coD6dence
but with fifpicion.
Mf' L. fad, the gentleman from Virginia has
th'S day as on former days, f,id great d cal A.
oont france, thai zoe zUsre ab5nt TO p;z,e o,onsy
30 rTaAfe, to giUe a bTibeto France, 81. Does
the gentleman dream about France at n;,,bt.
and retail t.is dreams in this Houf. in davs. mr.
8 his imagination always in dreaming tfotr
il we are tolidge from the dgfultorineC; of hi.
arguments perpeiually wandering from tb,.,
lnpJect before the Horlc, dragging in f,rieft.
that nave no hearing the Qucnion. ayin,,
from one iubicct to- another, witbor. ob.ro,,,,e
we might juity prefiln,e that the Ian and ,nann
other OF hs arguments were the drca,nip,, effn
hons OF vivid Imagination Highly diG,rdered.
Mar. L. taxing the itcret journals now made
public, IN his hand, read the reiolrtiop ag,se,,
TO with hut doors, declaring hl; the anr,onri
a;lon was made towards dctrlying the expence
which may be incurred in the pnrchaf. of the
S2aniih territories, lying on the Atlantic orsan
and Coli OF MeXico, and eaf gard of the MIR
hb7pi. This reiolution, he fi,i, was The f,,n
da!iln OF the bill now enacted into layz ,,,;,t,
iuch change ut language as has been rfi,,lj,,
made Hitherto m fuch cafes rsf8sG Sing onr f,--
clgh feiations. I'ir. I. turned 10 another rein
'uion, moved and Imported and voted for h,,
The gentleman from Virginia hinf.,f. autborif
a M ssxfn a
my Hihcrc6ceS bt5t.ee., ti.e y. o. and IN. co.,r
Of In"tia, by making an Arrangement between
fb9t5O' goVeiH'neat5 which fhail fecure an am
ph barrier to Spain On the fde Of Mexico. and
t9the y. the countries watered by the Effif-
TP?i and 70 tn eafward nf it. Both therere
ib'utons were carried to the Prerdcnt agreea
ply 70 the order Of the HouCe, by the gentleman
from Virginia hiDieIf and another member.
Mr.. F.ftid he voted agsinR the feco1d rcro.
Infion, becaUfe the fdbjeGf BELONGED TO the trea-
ty making power over which this boufe had no
control, except where grants Of money were
required; hot it was carried, and it was Mr..
Z. who prepared, moved, iupported, and pre-
tented 20 the Prefdcn; both ref0lutions. 'Th.
fame gentleman who has ~ frequently on this
H3or ~ his reveries about France, a,Tertcd tbof
f5ere qvoJ m Spain, no pgyr7ccJ, TIA, SDnia ay,t
III France, &c. and on This wild ai}crtion he
grounds his dill more wild aFsr;ions, that we
are giving money for bribc to France. Does
he never rcilett in his dreams, that he has GIVEN
fsom under his own baud, confirmed by hi; e.
Hci'l vote in the Houfc, that there is n S6qja
aUi6 -cbom fbs U. S. h0uil maxi an err5ou,, n
fc'rsf7-y, ami tn 7v60m aVc 9qyLt 10 g-a9t NJ,
ertbf b1ryi'r on tie fie IF nefico. T'baf fber,
Is coHrt Of AfG6rW qVjfb eVbom il is r5ubefc1t
far t5e q. S.to male arrangement. There is
not word about France in either of the refo-