Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-21

sa psSe o. Another irrssula,'
mas once :aken place upons ex,ra o
~ occasion. Although the presid ,s.'l
the Y $ was authorised 70 cali ~,
miIlsiaso Suppress insurrecsions IS !, y
MES were appropriated for ,ha, ss,si.
When the western resurrection took NJ.
until congress had covered the e.rsss
lures of,hai expedition by an approx
on made only on The 3iss of Dscembs, /
l7s4, the exPsnees were betrayed o., Z
the monies Apr op7iatsd for the m;E,..
establishment. get ssen the principle \
which the specific appropriations for the ..
seral objects Of the military es,ablisbnsa
have been considered IS a general gran, G.
the whole, couid uct authori.e the sopE,.
ton Of apart Of thai grass.o tic expeo,s
of that expedition. No farther discr.,,o'E
had been claimedby virsue Of that min
ciple than sha. of iodislinc,ly applyicp II.
whole Sum appropriated by law to suy \
the objects enumerated and specified m
Ger distinct heats ia the law itself Bm
az the militia called oui 70 suppress 40 in.
snfrection make 20 part sf.the millrs,y !,
establishment, tk:e expepees attending sprbI
cali were not among the various ebisc,
enumerated in the lsw making aprropria,i1
ons for the military. establishment. TIL
monies drawn froa the t,eaaa.y on ,hs,
occasion were paid out Of fund apnrob,i
ated for other apd distinct purposes: H.,
verenct arawa agyee1by to the constilulI
on, in consequence of any appropriation
made BY law. |. misht be a defec. in heI
lazv, au,horising the expence, not 10 have
provided the means but that defect should
have been semedisd by tie oaH competent
authority, by conpsning congress. The
necessi,y OF the measure, may, in The
mind of The executive have superseded
every other considera,Ion. The tsbucri.
ty oftds transaction" land, he might have
added, of the agent) "may have throun a /
veil oyer its i!lsgaAty, but it should By no
means be drazvn hereafter into prece2snt"
Mr.. Randolph believed that the opiuioa
which he had JUST read would bear him fol.
ly out in the principles which he had laid
down yesterday as those on which the old
wing or republican n,inori!yin cousfesshad|
acted, on which they had specifically ss
well az virtually pledged themselves TO the
nation to continue to act, aod which when
they deserted they deserved ,hereptobation
of every honest mind Can any mao PIE.
tend to say thar the western inss'rcctlou,|
in the very infancy Of this governments,
presented case OF less public exigepey
than the capture OF the Chesapeake? AID
yet the then president OF rae u. S. for hav'
ing llegslly betrayed ,he espence of 'nss|
expedition, instead Of convokipg the kgis.
Ia,ure and acting under lis authority, had
deservedly received the censure, GOT oithe
multitude, for they were with him, but OF
the thinking few. He was condemned BY
The thinking part of the community aud III:
sys,em an which he acted, and which his
Successor had subsequently, pushed ts the
most extTavsgant lengths, was hnslly ar
rested by the public voice.
ln preceding pgr, of his work (pass
7s] the secretary passes some deserved
slricluses CO The practice OF mingl'ag APP
preparations. Ths appropriations here
iofore made fer the military establishment:
have besp subdiyided into number OF sec
parste heads, Dakieg specific and distract
appropriations for the pay OF tie army'iof
its subsistence, for clothing, &c and u was
supposed thar the monies thus distinctly y
appropriated were respectively applied 20
she specific obiecss for which they we're ap.
propria,sss. I,howevsr appears by l ,.,a
from tie secresssy of the treasury OF way
1896, thar by fsr The greatest part OF NC
expenditures for the military department
are found by experience 10 be uusnseeP".
bic of thar particular dis1ribat,on wnlen"
observed IL the !ssues Of monies aPpfop'.''
ssed TO other objec.s and that aPpfop,,.
a,ions ter milits,y purposes oush1 70 ~
considered as general grant OF suGn sum-
as the public service is found 20 require