Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-30
G. ON G. r E S S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY. November 10.
DEBATE ON Mr.. G. w. CAMPBELL,
motion to fill up the bill on ,the naval esta6.
Hshment.
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MIR 4. said lha. he should forever pro.
test, wherever II could possibly be avoid.
sd, and here it ishs have been avoided,
againss expenditure Of public money with.
out the previous sanction ct the Law. But
condemuing an expsnce asd refusing 10
appropriate money to discharge il were
different .hings. a mau, for instance,
might highly disaPProye his wife. running
up a large account with r.eschsaa, .Si!h-
OH, his knowledge or canseas, which his
ho1or would nevertheless conps! hia TO
pay. iucurring debt was one thiug and
diseharging it another. hir r. believed
twas wnh'n the Knowledge Of many mem.
bers 10 this house, that during ,hels,c gar
between France and EngIrod. which vas
terminated BY the peace of Amiens, The
extraordinary eapeaces, shst is the expea-
ces Incurred wi.hou. the knowledge sad
concurrence Of parliameos, ssch expsncss
as this oil provides fer; exceeded the or.
Mnary, or authorised expeaces during a
single year of thar war, although these las.
amounted 20 near ,wen.y millions sse,EDg
Ought We not .hen (sa,d hel TO set cur
faces against tue iu,rlducsis1n Of pricci
pie, which must necessarily lead to conse
q1cnccs SO ruinous? Would any msn
pat the additional security which we &c
rived from few mIlisfy s;ores, ia coz,
pesstioo with iolaiion Of ne constitutions,
il point tao invoking tie dsares, priv
lsges Of thar house? Walls he held shis
language, be was NOT icsensibe to III. i'm.
psadlog danger, nor unwilling TO make
efflcien. provisions &c n,ect i. lie, US nos
(he said) deceive ourselves with the idea
That we are 10 have a wer Of rlIl!tasy pa
rade. Sacrifices they vopi3 becAl!et1 upon
to make. and he w2s prepared 10 snees
them. He hoped they woeld ealer ia.o
1t, it war We must have, with tell con
vietion of It's justice and oecessisy, and
with hearts resolusely ben. 10 endure all lis
rriva,ions and abide by all i.s hardshios.
de had on former OCCASION said, that
il Grea, Britain put forth her strength We
should feel IL; she had put forth her
Strength aud they had iels it-you feel il,
now, sir. (sad he 10 every fibre Of your
hear. 1t could DOT be expected thar he
should answer insinuations Of British
party in thar house, comiog TOO from such
persons. Neither could it be expected fha,
he should sink into that vile and supple
thing. an humble follower, plant tool of
majority, and tacisly jisayow the princi.
plies for which be con.ended two years ago.
He bad saeo, as far IS 10 him lay, endea.
vcu ed to avert the situation Of ah airs
which now essis. and uaaer the same cir.
Gums snces he should do so again. i had
ebsen said that it was idle TO retrospect on
the causes which led to that situation, ADD
he agreed that it twas, SO far as related 70
the foreigo power, bui not as it related IN
the conduct of our own gosernment. [.
WAS totally immaterial wha. were the pre-
v'ous poiots IN dispute between Us and G..
Britain. Her conduc. hsc pat i. ou, IL