Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-14

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s., ), .,s. SO far fron yir!uing pscsecucn
.tSr. sbf war cculd NrJ Sbestfs E's 81 s. ~
eJSxd by The mes 81 Pig l'H ~ 4 J,
f.,nns. Yet The house v IS Pre- CSC Q g Duiio
xhirs of The line hen r. ~ syitt ns sney
wos,!d fsli TOTO the hards % ,isr~ Brush, 10.
=, sss ,hr raw IF ent trens, or str'e
as an In OF " etlnis s e sslop 3 e
| DOR crmmeice.
Mr.. sB. observed,hev had listened With
astonish me o, 70 The ssniissns firm k -
81 e.ieu,s (aIr llars) whose tps esh We :,
rar,ly 10 iayor. ard paitly 4gsitst TIE bii!'
s3e rad told the house that ahls was Z hc
NH measure sof defence uPcn " NC y me
na,ion was 10 rely for proteelon -Gid ne
nor know that there were bills o lore he
honse TO erecs forsifca,IoEs. ofincress se
the military establishment, and 10 10. arm A. M nc
u.ili;is |? Did Re not Know 'fa1 1eo GO
men had Been putin reaaisision by Tie *
ecu.iye? Hsdalhe gelilt man 'oFgeneIh his
own propositoo lid Oh lheAabIe yesttr,
e,ay. which he then called a measusr Ct ce-
fence. 10 cradle the merchants 10 Of m
and CONVOY lheisvessels fcremuiual seeu
risy!
Mr.. B. said h. would appeal 70 the
house, if this mode Of discussion was
candid. sEut the gen,itnau TAD gwen
them long areumentto prove that sun
BOATS are useless & unnecessary, EotWiih-
standing be iniepded ovoss ter ihtaa. SO
fsr!rom initiating ,Eas eeE'lsn.n, i he
thought them enh.fot lhe putposs OF &c.
ence, 81 3. said be would 20, oily op !.
pose the pressrtSbii!, .tu.he would vo;e
sears, any pnu.ber, which shsuie .bs PRO.
pcset!. Nj. Is. said be would ccRllrde
his remarks after noticing ere cbServa'icn
which had been repeatedly urged 10 the
house. /, wasfegardTag he ssp'ee ircm
which pun boats bad been recon mrnded.
Ii vas The crns,i.u,icr4l Guy q re exc.
tuli.e 10 call the attention Of the gisla-
,ure 10 This or any Other mode Of dsteEce.
deemed. necessary; he readily agreed it
would be highly improper ic adcpt i msre.
Il because i, had beenahDs recon- niended,
bu, i, would be equally 50 10 oppose itfor
the same reason, without regard g she 10.
,rins;c merit Of lie plan, wiiiohsconsjder.
a,iop should along i;,Hucnce the housewife
we're bound to consul, the public coed.
= Dir. Utham, said since SO CREST num-
berrwas necessary for et..c,uat defence he
Should vote for it 4; be should ra:her TOO
!zfee punibsr shosld be buil,. than a
nan BET hat would prove zoe snail. He
vas OF cpinion with she senllsman ftcm
Connecacn1, that Is these bad been recon-
meade & The executive, they should be
authorised. sir was also 10 favor IF thu
bill on sbosher eround because he hoped
that gentlemen who were 10 favor OF gup
boats would be h6erss in their arprcpr,a.
lions for Notifications and batteries, VIXEN
lhey came uader s'cons;dcrasicn; and be-
cause many gentle men. while in favor of
gun boats had given the house TO onder
stand and others had insiups,,d t! q: W hen
he suhlecfc came properly befure the House
they should vote for iIiesses.
He hoped at this pe,lous Crisis, whto
ts,e na,ion was on The eve. Of a war, shsi
they should seriously prePsre tor il, ard
agree 10 combine cerssln cun.bsr Of gun
beats with suGc,en: forsi6caiioEs For esIec.
tusi protection. Howmuch money was.
in ihe treasury MIR. u. did GO, kpdw. bus
he-hopsd they weuld COW nagracimonkly
preparation wat there was money IN she
country and nsn .co he was not desircus
Of critically erquirius hew msny dollars
could be speot a. this time wi:hcus Too
sTauch exhaas,ing the treasury; aud ssgsn.
tlsmen arpeared Disposed TO make wsr-
speeches, he hoped when they heard The
smsll s,illvoieeof1te question fer q liberal
sumof money for defsnsiyeeperations sbryl
would vote sfisma.;,efy Oh iiewisheutass
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