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

s. RATED SsssesSnow possessed.
xhisn ~ y eon,iderrd gso boats aud BATS
They pa s.e-..,ry tor the defspce q our
,arts and hArba's' and naG 81 - .hs d,uainu
Ys wl,hout eoq'if'ng ,n,o 'ns u,'i''s
dl0s,,'; increase Of the pfessa' nass s. s !,
sioa Q ~ Tha, subject had bees. re isrfed
Peuses.s con, nissee aud # g-allen'n
,ofno,'. ..,,n 8 st,s report Of the 90 nata'tsce
sos ascressi0ns, they would 'ss sna. - !,
o. 600 o. !, prssro. cou,emplatedwas 2 psf Is
nsa's ...rra He could assure INC gaze.
o. ', sam Virginia that The committee
rnan ~ 40 epouiry 10 ascertain ~hrsllrr
boa bsa., would dininisa The Ordinary s.
: sess If he aavy department q no' ~. :
80 Nm, their day, ns'shsr were 'asy =
Nos''' > reerretted that he should be cailcfi
w .,;.+. his vote upon q measure coil-s
up" s';ar which i. itself, and us aftsstlas TIC
..ht;sbnent wita which Z was necessary
'' ICED, ofwhicilit Was an appcisaaae' he.
e oepssiI in tho dark This was not auno
Va. hnt il sycss worse, II was cftaa lt-
a55i''a,, Instead Of having befsre them
'slaa .,,ino Ike Al, exposi.ioa Of the nature OF
so"s ..,r,p.ert, some history or .iemonstra-
'as ELECTS, some responsible person to
-. upon himself the consequences 8. =
'o,,la hI, and fail he feared It wouisl-,shey
.sss called upon 10 vote IN q state q prolouna
W. .a $500 Nv those, whose incarnation upon
..h;cet q least, was equally con'ned with
1.-THE United States were In q 81
-. ,,.gsrent from that in which he deem
s.E.., s, i,e--ae might be induced to give
49, a.,.ostisIl 10 this measure, and ven
re ,pon it merely BY way q experiments
,.a,i.lsd that be had something Ike con-
"a account Of tho machinery Of this sys-
ppt this was no time to make ducks
"a lss.es &c their dollars, to waste them IN
W :" =, .,Ssl nro;,ets hi!aish asnrsements.-
,yssa time VII en- every spare SMILING should
EX aanSed 10 objects Of undlsputed utility, and
q y matters Of mere speculation. And It
# &c because he wished to see the slnews OF
,.r--arms and IRoncy--in possession OF the
Isl ! sts,es and toretain thel there, that he
vac .,pwil.ing to Join in the call to pipe all
,sn,,. rpop deck to start the whole treasury
- s,bs IT. Sites into. the holds OF these trail
{ Nj pe,ishable barks. He did, upon his soul,
,-.isys that If the billupon their table passed,
10. n.iisrss whistle for the arning OF the MI
r;a and MIGHT give up all Thought OF seeing
~ rscn,ry place! in a respectable posture OF
.tyoce. within and without, from danger OF
bs,,oever Kind 1t was for this, and he
nse,l ii ,,,S1 there was in that House ia.
ne seatinent--tc save the Republic--thathe
Eoael vote against the measure. He should
\ Ee:Diss himself if he could vote against 1t
|rom aay other motive thana CONVICTION ofrs
bab!ic inutil;ty He wished tosee the nation
rued protected by a competent torce-not'
s u pyeearious and .perishabie in its nature
bal a provision cf sugar and salt, but of men
udiron. -
The chief srguGen, OK his colleague
Mr., BurwsIi) who su2apr:ed the bill was
Iha. ihs estimate Of the espence of these
boats we're overcharged. He thonshtshe1
spsrieacr Of .haisgsn,lcnsu in psbiic hfr,
ao' not SO lsrg as shat of some oilers in
he house. ror fs so long as Mr. e hoped j.
Fould be, had We, been bng enough TO
kouvipce him '.ks. no reihuce could be
aced IN the expectation Q. inding naval
,tmalr cserchasg<d:. If th,y'were go'd-
ID BY pas., aud he might alaos, say uui
srn experience, they edshsso calculate
pop an excess 81 Actual expe,ce Of hfty
p sixly per ceoh a, least, 2bssdad The es
lma,e.
The ssn.r genlrman had sad. if Mr..
understood him correctly, Ne no, he
sesd 20 be correcsSd, tia, gan boats
40 osso tried 10 Europe add found suf-
asetdstsuce fer ports aud 4arbws there.
%, would acy caan cesnpar- he basous
noulogne or Hasre. sccoped cut by
anan haods, uot'bigger than ao egg shell
eompsriaon, with the capacious bays
~ broad eslnsries of ihisgrsa, coniinen;?
"a me gentlemen know thar sheHhoats of
men ne spoke were aiss. chsiuedto each