Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1807-12-04

rtasted ID sslt.pstre snd naval stores
md re conceived these had been purcha.
ed Win due regard e The interest Ct
e H.. & Z /: csntssh. ,ssrs,.sd very
usnch thatt Ire eenilemsn from Virgins.
had misunderstood him. dr had mista.
tedwkat had fallen from him. What he
had aid was this, and this only that
there might be acase which would au.
shotise the application 81 money destin- !
ed Tor one purpose 10 another he was
nd prepared 10 say that this WAS such =
bat shat such Z case might happen.
He fell surprised that the dostrines were
sGcmltizei IS anti.republiean or fede-
raj, and that ithad bsen sid they were
piAyi ng ! game of political roundabout5
he expression was not s3ely. meant TO
convey an idea that they tere nov adj.
socstinE 1 doctrine wbichkhey had once
opposed. He adsaid bar il was Jun.
neressary % enquire whe1er these sums
we're paid or not he had POT said i was
unnatural whence they hti been drawn,
iithey we're paid. lie apbealed 10 the
Chairman aud TO the Honss ifthese were
NOT the expressions he had used. He
thoaghe that the sxigeucyw would warrant
the purchase oethese msterialss the pre-
sident hadtoN them there were extraor-
dinary Expenditures hence be could
not see haSs this question involved the
prineiPtso f applying money destined for
one purpose to oRother. Y !
He fell as much reluctance to vote fof
large naval appropriations as the gentle
nan from Virginia he never had been
iNf4your Of them. nor ever should be.
lie conceived thatif any thing could ~.
thorize such expenditures this outrage
did and If the President had neglected
10 put the nation in . state Of defence, the
people would ifsye had reason 90 com.
p.sin Of THE ineiiciencyof government
L was the duty Of the President 20 g.
dnpt such measuressas would have been
anthprized by Congress had they been
sitting atths time. !
The question now was, whether the
house wouldsanction these expenditures
or moi /; whether the exigeacy ofthe case
would Justify them? ffe had NOT expect
ed that O6isstioaswouid have been made
10 the details Of the bill, os1hat b would
have become aq0estiou whether the mo-
ney wasaetaally paid bJ st3e Secretary
81 he navy OF not. 4
Mr.. s9a:ncy ssid, thst the question He
had asked was so simpls aud direct that
he could not see how thi chairmanof the
sommiuee of ways and heans or any o
ther member could have mistaken IT,
These articles hid been purchased three
months ago was it NOT lear that there
was interest due on the Purchases how
was Il 70 be paid? Ifno ikercst was due,
the monies Of the Unikd States had
been applied If the in9rest was due,
where was the specific APPROPRIATION to
pay ii! He ASKED these Questions for in
formation. and not with sdssign to Gre
see difficulty. Astothe passage quoted
by the gendeman from Vermont, with
designs show The simiiarity ofthe pro-
posed measure 10 one formerly adopted,
thai was an expense autlsorized BY law,
for which q sum of money had been ap.
propriated bylaw. but which was not
suf6eientto eoyerthe whole expenditure:
This wa m expenditure which hid NOT
been authorilsi.
MIR. Rands5bh5 sid, If the gentleman
from Tennessee had not befoEesptayed q
lroundabout game, he appeared now 10
have done h. Ihe. gentleman might exc
plain away Whist be Fad sdid, but he did
what be had underssood e.
lie thanked the geutlsman from Yer.
neas Mr.. FistJ for having referred
-hsas seA Gasmrrseposs sfra sonmitsee
Of ways and means IN which be, a. chair
man Of that couaniitee had made . simi.
lar application % ths secretary Of the ma
w for inEarmafien to that now recon-
mended. andto which q definite answer
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