Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-15

The gentleman from New York has told
=, thar after the call of the executive for
ffm measures, he did rot expect this oP.
pcs;,;on. And does he call this iirm
measure? What would have been hrm
measure An embargo. That wouid have
gone to,,he roo, OF the evil. Basthas, SIR,
Weuld not have suited your protsus Poll'i-
clans. There could have been no evasion
Of that. Blu, your slippery mercantile cells
car slide over or under this provision, ana
leave the whole burthen OF suffering 70 tall
on ,heA planter, the farmer, and the real
American. The whole revenue I've are
toid1 is derived from commerce. who
pays i, ultimately but the consumer. and
with as large a profit on the merchants ad.
vance of tie duties GOTTEN mere advance
of credn) as he receives from any other
part of his capital. These new ideas Of
fi,mness are either above or below my CON.
pr@hension. And because we are anxious
to see the public deb.spaid Oft and the true
interests 'of tie nation maintained; be-.
cause VIC will not abandon the plough, and
struggle to restrain executive Influence,
we are charged with hostility to all COM
rnerce; with nsensibilty 10 the honor Of
our country. When our doors were shut
this is no breach os cenhdence-one of
my colleagues called for the reading OF a
message frcm the president, soos after ne
came into Office. 1t was the most severe
and cutting satire thai msn ever listened
20. I.say il was a bN,er satire on your
proceedings, then and now. 1t recon-.
mended the application of our resources
TO speedy discharge Of the public debt,
3 rigid adherence to specific appropriations
Tying down executive officers to the let.
ter Of theAaw, restricting them to the fise-
raj objects and amount OF our aPproPr'a.
lions. What is the commentary In tims
Of psace fer trust no one will call this
wind mill attack on Tripoli war the ex,
penditures of the navy department $50 far
from each item of expence being limited
b. the specific appropriation for that OBJ.
jec,) have exceeded the gross sam appro-
priated for thar branch of the public SER
vice sixtyybsr cent! And if this 10 speci-
men of the yeasl, cost OF huiks routing in
the mud, what estimate can you make of
the disbursements in time OF actual war
,against,a powerful maritime state; when
your seventy -ieurs are ready for sea? This
is naked truth 1T rests on figures If II
be not true, how comes it that we have
passed two appropriatien laws, TO the z.
mount of six hundred Thousand dollars,
duriog the Prsseat session, to cover ths
navy Deficiencies of the last year al,nsst
the only bills thar We have 1assed. Yes,
sir, am for paying one debt off the cost
of a former war; before enter into ane-
ther and score*up, a second. confess my.
self to be among the plumber Of these Pc.
litlciaps tgcn,lsEea may style them vision.
airy ifthey piease) 'sho hailed the presi.
deaf of the United States as the political
Messiah. sent tc convince an unbelieving
world that q debt once funded, Nigh. BE-
paid off, without he Intervention of a
spunee. If in ,his | was visionary, a,
least | was not alone. Pie premise has
been large, the ns:ion calls for It's perform.
ancr. Look at the measures of the go
vernmeu., and when yea reckon tina Lou.
treaty and some oshers, it will apPear, that
you have nearly scored Up as much new
debsas you havs paid OF of the old.
speak OF principal: paying the interest of
= deb. is not diminishing it; ant nay friend
rom Pennsylvania (Air. J. Clsy) mus,
awe taken the interest into HE large &C.
coun, OF yesterday The amount of pin
clpsl redeemed is less than 100000. III
ssu.ismen deny this, lie, them refer to the
treasury statements laid before US at tbs I
npsaing ct the session, or call upon the
head OF that department. to state the a.
mount of deb, paid and created, within
no last tive years. Bntyou viii be told,
) or year mouey you ha.e value received, 1
8. least. This | freely acknowledge. II
sonld have gisan the gum for the Delta of