Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-12

honorable purchase from =
ed the property; bat in this case VIC ~
,hat we were about 10 MAKE a o's-
, =. purchase OF highwayniau OF
n ,ske, from It's righstal owner, or
~ ~ an his services 20 bully ittrom ils
riph,ful ewner and it was knowa the ae'
claration had been repeatedly made .aa. a
h;oh officer of the government OF me y.
s,stes the head OF the department OF
stare ayowed that the money was FOR
France. Where has the Hornet sailed I!
To Coruana or to Caaiz! No, to NahlS'
the highroad 10 Paris. 1t was not because
there was party IN the house inaisPosea
10 the honest acquisition sof che Florl,oas,
but because there was a party lndisposea
10 acquire them at the expence OF me na
,ional treasure and honor, that spposllion
originated TO the measures you have taken.
No. sir. we were not fer war, we were
for DC ace--for acting on true policy On the
principle Of taking hrmer ground than
has been taken-that ground which we
thougllt was called for ard rot tor endea'
vorinp TO curry favor with one OF the hu'
ropcau powers by throwing cur we'ghs 10
her scale, and thus producing cause OF
quarrel with another nation during pend
iiqr ne eociation. This is the tact. we
tod gentlemen that after France had SAID,
if you give Spain one blow | will give you
Zen or two, IDIOT recollect which atte' slie
had teld you that your claims against SPAN
muet be abandoned; after she had Ia the
most insulting and degrading manner IN
terfsred in your differences with Spain !:
that, under these circumstances TO pns
money into the hands of France was got
only a violation Of your neutrality "fh
Great Britain; but that the gfonad snbse-
quently taken towards Great Britain was
most dastardly accommodation TO the wish
es of France, i'll order, by putting ON
hostile attitude to Britain TO curry favor
with the emperor Of France; and which
was net demanded by the situation OF our
affairs with Great Britain.
What is our tue policy? 70 take part
VITA neither OF those nations to let neither
of them huger one dollar of our money
TO resist the unjust pretentlons of ali. This
policy we have sbandoned. and what is the
consequence The national honor has re.
eeired a stain which all the waters OF the
Potomac cannot wash out. 1t is on the
page of history, and cannot now be taken
off. The nation is stigmatised: it has re
ceived blot, which all your Indian rubber
Cannot sHace.
,But it has been represented that took
part with'th Spanish against The American
government 10 relation to the disputed ter
ritory between the Perdido and the MIssls-
sippi, took part so far as this: | did net
wish to see the American honor sacrI&ced
in contest with Spain. ! took part so Tar
as to be called Spanish partizan by some
gentlemen. while others charged me With
being willing TO kindle war with Spain.
Isstased that we had never received copies
Of she instructions of the minister delegat- I,
ed to negecia.e with the Spanish govern
ment; and that if we should call for the
documents we ahould find that the bust
ness from the first TO the last had been ma. |
usged in the most embecile manner--I do |
not speak of the negociator, God forbid |
bot of those who drew the instructions Ut
the man who negotiated. WeboughtL2u-
isiana from France uader the terms OF the |
treaty of ST. !ldeftnso. According to the !
executive Hnders;; "a ling that country ex.
tended ethe Perdldo and the REQ Bravo.
We Immediately lrgislated on our FIRST
Claim and passed law erecting the bay g.
shores OF the Mobile into a revenue DIS |
irlct. What was the fact? Tha, we were
legsla!ing without Information. We had
never been told that >Laussat had been d.
rected TO receive the country only to ths
lberville and the Lakes. We conseQuenr-
ty legislased in error Tor want Of correct
executive information. This was the he.
ginning. We ,hcn sen commissioners to
Madrid. These commissioners had vail