Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-12-17

3 = -. ..;s,;no difFsrepces. Why Then bripp
itrese ,hirgs forward 70 impede It's opera.
Eiions.
,xee,,:iisr. He believed the INSTRUCTIONS
which ha1 been sent, though ne did not
-. c;selv know what they were, were pro.
s n.r and dicni6ed. But the policy Of ,ha
British government weuld not admit any
nrincirie ,hs, would impsir her absolute
.aoseysipn,y otihe OCEAN and so long as
- j, DISPOSITION existed SO long our reman,
.,rances would be upheard. ss they were
before The rcrolution- Ifh be missook DC,
orr rrmons.rspees at that TIME were
thrown under the table. Aod would gen.
3,,emeo insis, tina, this petition should b.
referred, When i, might coz NIT The honor
Of the u. s.? H. kaew po'hng OF the
.ne,i,ionrYs, not even their names bo:
the subject matter of the petition he ab
bored. Hehsd 10 objection when The
rrcper,ime came round 10 assist IN The rr.
neal Of the law. Whea all cur differences
were settled, ,hep :kese ryevls'ces might
be Sc. aside. He hoped the boos s' 70 the
present situation would DOT only aold on
the law but go sill farhcr'
Mr. Sloan rose 70 sly ,ha. his sentiments
as 70 this memorial were exactly similar 10
one respec, with those EXPRESSED by the
gentleman from Virginia. lie thought
with bin tia, the purpors ct The petition
was such as 10 arouse their feelings srd
enquiries TOO. He had no r'gh,so esrsiga
The motive. Of the petitioners, but he had
right to express his cpiniou Of that or ..
ny other petition presented TO the + ssei
aud he would say he considered J, as TN.
braciug the ioseres;s of Great. Britain
Taking in this po;ns of view, he thought
they shosld not notice it farther tl;aa re.
jsct IT,
Mr.. u. r. WilEams felt differently
from some gentlemen on this subisct. If
he could consider It's effects as the gentle
man from Tennessee had done, he should
vote with him bat he could 90, see how
that effect could be produced. 1 be could
conceive that it had originated from
British party 10 Philadelphia. he shsald
feel differently, but rot feeling thus, he
hoped he should 20, be Denounced as one
of a British party, Il he voted 10 favor Of
its reference TO the committee Of commerce
and manufactures. Giving TO this memas
ss'sab5a7ld s6 had eIo;sshsu VIII -Ubsdh ask
the house to recur 10 correct orinc'pls
guaranteed to the people by the cons'i,us'
co. The right peaceably 10 petition tor
redress of grievances. 1t they suffered
foreign relations TO Influence them in con
constitutional questions, any cor.
rspt executive might hereafter turo the
very means 10 their destruction which were
guaranteed to them TO secure their safety
This was not the day when the right 30
petition was the most sacred under tbs
constitution but that day might arrive,
and the tendency Of such eouduc. as haa
been recon- mended is directly calculated
to produce it. Suppose the objec, Of the
petitioners was to produce 10 Geeat britain
she same opinion which the circular letter
of the American Commercial Society CT
Liverpool had 10 this country; is con'
silence best calculated to de|sa,
the object? I say no. The petition is
now 10 the power of every mao in
.eres,ed 10 its circulation j, ough. 10, to
be suffered to go abroad without the aa'i'
do:e accompanying il; refer il then 10 the
eommittee OF couameIce and manufactures,
and if there was not talents enough 10 that
committee TO send them Rowland for
their Oliver, he trusted there was 10 this
house.
Mr.. Fisk considered the right of pe.i.
tionicg 10 all cases as constitutional right
bu, he did not consider it necessary a, the
same time to act on all petitions. Tbs
petition had been presented, and he thought