Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-11

! frigates, because they canRos go asfoad
they must be kcpt al hofas TO aid the
,a,,eries. For,iGeatioss will not prsyentth the
morsssiag Of oar seamsn, or tbs Pilsag-
log of our properly.
i & Mr.. Dwight. If we arc to adopt the
plaa Of the gentleman from Vermont, and
arm these boats with militia. FARMERS with
their spades and pitchforks, il will be q
safe mode and cheap safe, Tor you may
Edcpsnd on i. there will be 40 blood shed,
and cheap, for they will charge nothing tor
doing no:hlag. Or if we adoss,hs mode
Of me gentleman from New Jersey, Mr..
Elmer and block up the channel with boats
which can be doneif we can make them
breed as fast as The gentleman from North
Carolisa, Mr.. Alison, supposss, two or
three thousand 10 two or three months, Ter
as adopt either mode, or rejsct both ! can
see rs need Of postpoalng.
Fer psstponlng a9.
Againstlt 90.
FIR. Efpes moved sopsstpene till Mes.
day next.
Mr.. Stnilie. There are three parties
hess.-Ttose in fayar of a aset dislike
gun boats. = Thoss in fayar OF forslscaions
dlsliks gus boats. Those in favor 81 gun
boats dlaIiks fo,fihestioss or feet. A
naoag so many different opinions, We shall
/ fear do nothing. For my part visa
no Rses. If the eoantry cannot be de.
feaded Without feet, It shal! never have
fcy :, e i [.
Mr. Cortland made various remarks On
| The siuatioa Of tEs port CT New York
He should aot object to al few gun boss /:
they might perhaps bs hereafter useful,
thouga he doub. ed. Some gentlemen
viii not vote Tor other aefznes than gun.
boats, unless we vote for gaa boats
| shall nos Object 70 vote for what is use.
lass II icannoi oblaia what is nseial with.
| out so voting.
Ar. cooke. Geollsmen living at dis
! tance from the maraslme parts OF the union
will neither give Us sseae. licne, ror large
timber. 10 all oar prayers The answer
is gao boats. We ask tor 6ah aud th-y
| give psa serpent.
Mr.. Munsford. ara astonisasd at the
! declaration oistse genlleaaa ftous Pennsyl.
! vanla Can he be- serious whe1 he saws
he would cot defend The country, il il can.
aot be dsfsadsa BIZ by oayy?
Mr. Varnan. went INTO 40 examination
- L. - .,-i fs5rri ts-ssvf,,tJs -
He spoke of The great Gritty Of Eor,ifca.
/ sisas darag oar revolutionary war, and
the preprlssy of erec,iog and cnIareins
| ehen. Ebe port of New York thousa Il
carnos be con plsisIy defended. nav be
/ much secured. We mu,t not shink oc.,
! 2sn1on'ng Our shores 70 81 enemy saev
mus. be me: at the waters edge, and
he ground yielded, if at all. By SLOW. Il:
hes.
| Mr. V. was nc gssa, believer 10 the y.
| sility Of gen boats, YET he thought th-y
might b OF service ia many places, they
| might bs usstal We. y much so a. N. York
(He heFe explained how.) He considered
| the gnn boats as the best mode ef de!snce
Tor that hagbor, aided By batteries.
lie believed 9th the gentleman from II.
| Jersey that Ia &c cSsfea e case tae chan
! nei might be flied, & the passage be ,hro'
iaeh gag, ous ne uoPec 10 sacacase would
eyer occur. On the whole, though the
system was nsper fayc.iIe one, hs was
willing 20 build naore boats.
Mr.. Smile. # the gentleman suppos-
| ed would abandou the citizens of New.
gafk he misunderstood me. said that
aever would defend the country By ma.
(, Wy that IS, would not defend eur trade
by feet. here is no nation. unless per-
haps britain is one, whose trade viii bear
the expencs OF a feet. We can never
'nantstn navy 60 cope with the naval
| powers ot Europe. never wish1o have
fleets aud armies here they are the ia.
nissarirs OF England as nuen as the Ianis-
saries are IN Turkey. So would it be hare
j! hal We such.
Mar. Muuford said q asa, 50 no. ,u;ahed