Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-28

not be justified hs though. 4, !, e Il, 3
because he would encourage liberties = y &
taken with she constitution, not bscao,s ! /
held she constitution less sacred than ,s y
gentleman oDs the floor Of tia, houss. ~
because the safety Of the nation ism.
supreme law.
While he expressed himself oIs,c.
with the debste, Mr. G. could no, aoa
with the gentleman from North CaroI;n.
who thought il anscx.raosdlnary one. e.
whatever were the object, Il any oifiset NJ
the government had .ranseended his pow
ers as limited by the constitution, i, ~.
not proper that the procedure should :,
treated with levity. As such cooaoS,
might encourage violations Of the coo,,i.
tuition, he was glad tia. 20 sxpsrduu,.
could take pIacs without exciting tic q.
sten,ion Of the house that WHEN exercis;n,
its preroga.ive, the executive woald %;
Be encouraged in prsliDg lis haadslo,o ,bs
treasury. II woald shew TO the prssitrn,
or any other officer, that the house ve,.
jealous Of their constitutional rigais. III,
6. could not say with some ssatIeeso Ia,
il would have been imprudent, or ia apr
degree improper 10 have convened Goa.
gross eaflier than The day 90 which ,hsv
had met and though he would psrmi, 10.
president TO do these things, he would On.
~. permi, it when congress could 20, be
convened in suficien, time. -Four n,oa,,.
had elapsed since the outrage had 5eta
committed during what portion Of ,.s.s
interval, the expences Of the raey 1epats,
ment had been Incurred was ROT kaown.
.butin all probability congress migas hare
been convened in suiEcisnttims 10 have
made previous appropriation.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania had
told them thatit was the custom Of an &C..
cien, nation TO deliberate on queslioa
twice, once when drunk, aud ouce When
sober; therefore congress should DOT have
been conveoed whilst they fels the htss
sense Of indfgoasion. Did the ger,lemsa
mean to say that this was a, drunken pa.
sioo: That nation glowing wita indisoa.
ton at 40 &C, Of insp.s was b state efiu,
toxication ! Was not ih,s period aswhieh
the rcpres entatives should have been as
sembled Mr.. G.. trusted sha, howeve'
great the general execFasiOa, however
great the excitement. the representatives
would have been sufficiently cool. tie did
nor think that thesc sentiments had 10 aup
degree subsidized; he cav no appearance OF
il 10 the country, none 10 the houae, noue
in the gentleman from Pennsylvania the
same feelings were still cherished that eS.
i.,ed four months ago.
Upon the whole, however, Mr.. G, sho'I
the executive had Oh THE occasion conduct.
ed fairly, with single eye to the public
interest. He should vote tor the bill, not
as q precedent, or to encourage any de-
partner, in the unauthorized use OF tbs
public treasure, bus because,he sboughs TIC
measure proper.
Mr.. Smile did not mean to iaslnus'o
that the nation was drunk; he mraas saas
the hour Of extreme feeling was uos she
DIOHCT tlk1lC lOE uCItOCtdtISus W %"
entertained that sentiment, he houored
American feelings on the occasion; he re-
ioiced 90 see that spirit shewn. Since nc
was up, he would just take ooslee OF me
idea that seemed TO have taken possession
of several gentlemen as TO the convection
of congress at ap earlier period. he had
mentioned yesterday why he thought the
presiden. had acted pruden,ly 70 aos es'',
ing congress sooner; suppose tney Fac
been convened in the month OF August T.
i. was true they conld have made 40 apP'o,
pria,ion, bu. they coulduos have decided
on the main subject, nor could they now
They must have waited at au enorinouseA'
pence TO the union, for dispatches trom
Europe. Under these imPsessscas' &c
was one OF those who believed that TUG
had acted properly. Many thugs