The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-24


we're now &eimg, IN making appropriations
Iihev were iutifyipg th- ,nrafnre up,i, ;,rgu
ments reiorte.i toby this former a,inmiltratinn
! Cod forbid, faid he, that ave iisould take any o
the principles of the former admin;itralion 10,
our rule of conduct. The pteisnt mesfurs
tood on firm ground the sxeencies of The
times had juRi!ied the anticipation, AID not ths
example { the former administration.
They had been told by gentleman ycfer
! d'y, that our navy had been di'graced by this
outrage. True, if the officer Of the degraded
veiel, inftead ola verbal aniwer from the mouth
iof ms trumpet, had TENT metal one from the
mouth of his cannon, the honor of the navy OF
lthe u. Statesiwoa.d have been preferred. Tina,
officer and his conduct were now under ibveiti-
CATION: but from the courage, character, and
patriotim of the other officers of our navy,
the country might be aiTnred, that If occaiioil
offered, they would retrieve lis reputation.
| II had been faid that the government bad re-
ceived two marked infuts from foreign powers
he preiuned one cafe alluded TO was that of
the Spanifh miniter if he was wrong in this
idea, he wiihed to be corrected. This minRer
began to !hew his Spanih airs to our homelpun
government he was Informed that 4 demand
would be made for his recall. If it fhould be
Thought that am incorrect IN this, faid Mr.. M.
retort to the Department. CT State, where the
facts may be obtained. What was the conduct
of this ex-minifter? Did he dare TO perfiR in
his nicience? No; he mcanly iolicited our go
vernment not to write on or repreient bis con-
duct to the Spanih government. Onr govern
ment granted his fluctuations ; if they got rid
of him, it was nmaterial in what manner. As.
ter he had thus obtained his point, what was
his conduct He came within the city Of Waltz
ngton, contrary to the understanding which had
taken place. Did the government then pu. up
with his behavior He received, on the contra
ry, IN iutimaton that his company would be
ddpenied with. In the courie of few days he
iluok off to Philadelphia. Under fuch circum
!tances, he preiumed no American would feel
the dignity of the nation injured in this cafe.
In the other cafe, IL had been fsid we had re.
ceived blow and blow only No; muir
der had been committed. The reeking blood
of our fellow-citizcns and the infulted dignity
of the nation called for satisfactory retribu,un,
or fpeedy retaliation. ltretrihutou is refufed,
then the conuituton did not vet the power in
the Preiident OF the u. S. 20 rrient the injury !;
it did vcft it in the Congrefs ofthe u. States. II
fuch a crihs ihould take place, they would meet
it with energy and firmnefs, and uie every ex
ertion to efface the nfult.
The preient meafure now under CONFEDERATE
on, faid Mr.. NJ. is the fit defenliye meafnre
preicnted for our determination. IF we give
this mcclure clubbing, querking, or relutfant
affirmative, the people will be disappointed in
their hopes. have no apprehension that we
ilal do 70 believe the contrary. have no
doubt but that the patriotic characters here
called together on the exigeucy of the moment,
and to whom is intrufted the honor of the ma
ton, will realize all the wiihes of the people.
Mr.. NJ concluded by faying, that, feeling
CONTIGUOUS of the rectitude of his intentions, as
far as his feeble abilities would permit, he had
discharged his duty to his country, his conititu-
ents, and to himief.
MIR. Randolph hoped the time would come
and that very ioon-when we hould have an
opportunity of going into regular discuGion
of the points touched upon by the gentleman
from Maryland, and Of fome others. He truft-
ed that, in the frit place, the quslion would be
regularly brought before the Houie; and the
late experiment had thrown corhderable light
upon the tube6t whether the u. s. ought to
maintain navy, and TO what extent |? Whe.
Their an eitablihmen, which for years had prov
cd moth in the public purfe, and which, when
the exigency of the moment called for It's Jaft
exertions, lad proved only conductor of diff.
honor to the ration, deferved to be cherihed
with the Tenderness and Imported at the ex-
pence, which had hitherto been laviil1ed upon
II. He hoped this quefion would be fairly met
and as fairly decided for ftrange as IL might
appear, this great point had never been direct
iy iettled, Gnce the prefent Administration came
into office, but had heretofore been determined
in an obl'qne, collateral way. He hoped too
the queition would be difculled how far the
pre- lent Gate OF our political relations abroad.
had grown cut of the proceedings Of the mem
orabe feilioD of 1860, and how far (oerhaps
this might prove The only opportunity FOR fuch
A diicufiion) the rneaiures taken by the execu-
tive upon-the capture of the Cbefapeake com.
ported with the wihes and expectations of .he
people and with the maxims of found, dignifi i.
ed and enlightened policy.
1he gentleman from Maryland, who had iult
Cat down, allowed that the petition conteuded
for yefierday in oppofition 10 the pra6lice of
contracting public debts or expendng public
money Illegally, were in the general good, but
feemed to confider them liable to many and
great exceptions. On this futieet he would
produce an authority which wotid thew what
had been the opinion of the republican party,
when they were out of power, and how far it
fupported the doctrine which gentlemen had
now undertaken to defend. Here Mr. r. quot
ed Gallatn on the Finances of the u. S. page
81. "Anothcr irreguiarity has once taken
place upon an extraordinary location. Altho'
the Prelideut oftle u. S. was authorized to call
out the militia to fupprefs infurretions, no
monies were appropriated for that fervice.
When the wetteru infurre6tion took place, un-
til Congrefs had covered the expenditures of
that expedition Ivy An appropriation made only
on The SIN of Dec 1894, the expences were de-
fraYed out of the monies appropriated for The
military eAlbIiihnent. Yet even the principle,