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

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way, he must ny soma other. He swish,
ed tint The Laws ofshe country shonldb 81
90 modified, % % give al security "a
lie Individual Who'll had taken on himsell
90 great q responsibility.
Mr.. G. w. CsstbbeN said he under,
stood that the Hentleman's objections II
FIRST were nos against the appropriation
or ths propriety Of making Ii bnt INV,
he wished 20 know, wheeler . snhordi'
nate ofScer Ind actually paid this money,
OF whether II rereained unpSidj and i
paid, where the.secretary got the money
iopay Il. Forhimself, be considered 4
Ohio importance 10 what msnner The mo.
ID WA paid, whether ID dollars OF ID
halk noteA a. in any other usy. The
ptesidcnt had declared thsr ~ deemedi Il
-nscessary 20 procurs these materials, be.
cause appearances indicated IN approach.
ing rupture ifthey had NOT been pro-
cured then, they might have become
scarce, and perhaps could nor be had at
al. The materials were s.ored3 the
secretary Of I'll. navy had said thar they
were purchased. He conceived il i'm
material whether the money was actual
" paid, or whether any individual had
become responsible for il. Il WAS NOT
usual for the committee Of Ways and
Means or for the house 70 50 into
minutia. or 70 inqaire whether the mo-
neyJ were paid IL one way Or IN another.
He asked the gentleman from Massa-
chusssttsi il il were paid q month ago. or
should be paid . m. sh hence. The
gentleman seemed 70 endeavour 20 pro.
pose some qaestion thar would preduce
dificultyi he protested 70 be IN favour
Of the appropriation, and yet wished 70
7throwsome obstacle in the way to OBJ.
struct lie passage. Even had the secre-
'tary. appropriated money to this exigeu-
cy Ehich had been otherwise appropria-
ted, il was : customaryamcasuEe. There
was . time when this doctrine was adyo,
Gated by the very gentlemen who now
seemed 70 oppose il. MT. G. here read
that part of the message from the presi-
deaf to. congress which relases % this
subject. He, then contended, that this
proved that the articles spoken Of were
secursd, and that the persons OF whom
they ssre procured were Satisfied with
the seeurity of government for the pur.
chase. If the proPristyo OF incurringthese
exPepses were brought into question, il
might be necessary TO give some an
swcr 70 objections which shouldbe OFFER
ed. But - l. seemed that the propriety
Of the measure was not questioned, he
shouldgo no further into the subject.
Mr.. Randolph said, from What he had
heard Of the debate, j. appeared to him,
that some doctrines had been advanced
by the gentleman on HE left mi. Camp
belly which had not beenhsrrtoEorc con.
sidured rs the true old whig doctrine ,
the true lspublissn or democratick doc
trine. He bad heard il stated, with some
surprise, that the misappSopriation OF
pabtic money, or in other words, to M
ply public money which hadbeen appfos
Priatedt tor one object 20 another, WAS
mAtter Of little importance, and unwor.
thy OF being made quesfiono OF inqhi-
ry IN this House. He thoughtI very ali.
frrsnty. He had nor heard much Of The
debate hut he had heard enonghto CON.
vince him thar an alarming-a damninR
heresyon the subject cfpolites, was Ike.
" TO become prevalent in this body.-
Mr.. =. said he would take the liberty of
reading'an extract from the first comm0-
nieation which the present President Of
the U.S. madeto Congress. 10 which he
recommended Il % prudent e multiply
barriers against the misapplication Of
public money, By con6ning expenditures
70 exPresss Mi. r. read
the passagsShe alluded, - follows |: " In
:. our care 100 Of the public csntributions
. intrustedto our direction. Ii would Be
" Prudsnt 70 multiply barriers Against
= their dissipation, pr approPtiating
|. specific sums to every specific purpose
49, = e. 49,