Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-13

4 n AXE the IL ready tor service
From what Mr. N, bad heard. ne sbe.
li,eysd that gun boats wopld be an.s tiss'u
Laid fence ios the port 1t Bos'ors. ! az
oeo,le me Il from Ntw Yp,k, who were g
much alive 10 the safety ct 1htir CITY, hst
mo, i q1es,td that thty sight no, hss'
gun boats for the defence ot that cry. NJ
OF n - hid discla;nssd gun boats fo'
their defence; but had saidihs they wers
no, a.oue an 1 ffee,usi defence.
Complains hat been made sthatAhe prcsl
dent cf II, United States had noI recon.
3mende,i 10 the house the adoption otpsrti.
! culay measures. Had the president al.
tempted IL direct The congress OF she Y !.
STATE. wh,shes, To turn shea attention, u
would hav. been rung through the unlon
that they were mere seri.ene1s appointed
10 register his edic,s. Mr.. N.~wouid not
undertake 10 gay what was most proger tor
the or esIdept TO have done, but he would
cav, that il was more respectful TO the nz
atom and to,he house thar they should be
left with certain disc5etiop, sGd 10 sct on
certain Tr.ponsib,lny 10 our presen, sla-
4tuatiop, the constitution had placed the
pow er of making provision Tor defence. nor
10 The executive bur 10 ,he representatives.
eoi the na,,en Did II btcome tie Presi
dent Il the Urisrd States TO recommend
10 chem ~ max war or 10 iske wsr mea
sur-s! When The president 3of'hr Un'ted
S,ases had gwen to congress all the i1fo'
ma,aon which he POSSESSED, he had 3epe
his do, and they uehsnos so hest ate a,
,nrumtnt in providing means OF detsriee.
He .thoughr be had unders;8od the gtr'lr.
man tom Coarrc.icu, t. say, fha, 10 nrea
sure had been ~ c 2nwended lay be prssi-
deut, exfep, gun beats, and .te'efo'e he
rshooldyote tor them. Mr. ~ SAID ne hsd
looked q the messsg IRON ,ht Pfes'deat
Of he us ard could no see that itete
*. q any express recon- merds,'oa ct fat
measure, uors shan Of ra,slfg an army.
OF ary o5he, asitosi,e pfePss.t;oo.
Mr.. " believed the gentleman from
CoGnecs,eu, had sald that there were 20
dispatches before the house. relsnveto our
differences wi,k-lMr Dsoa ssp la'rts that
those were nos his w"rds: lie Fad SAID, ne
house wese not ID possessron q scoPA II
any dispa, cnes relative 10 the sitat b. "ern
the Ghesspeak. and the Leopard. Mn
- pr.gy.....~a III nad mlsuHderssood
he gentleman. on that subj CT, however,
Mr.. n. was sboui 10 have SAID, Mat from
any pubHeasious which had, been seen in
his country, all he papers which we're 10
possession ct the executive had been DC.
fore them; because they had seen the do
cumen:s relative to IKE negotiation ,hro'
gu, TO i's-conclusiou.
MI. 7hsmas said, the gesdsman from
Connecticut Car Dana) had stated that
he president had recommended gun boats.
and that this was she only means oi dc
fence, which he had recomme nded, snd be
referred TO a message Of he president
sen; TO thar house at the las. session TO
prove tae.ru;h f this position Mr.. I.
safd he wished she clerk to read the e -
paragraph Of 'ha messsge it would CEN
pleieiv coD.rad,c, The assertion 1T that
gentleman. MIR l.. SAID the ger,le man
from Vernon, (Mr. E!!io,1 had also hang'
'he mos; of his speech upon the same Pc
sition.
The Clerk then resd the following para
g.aph from he message alluded 20
"Uadet pt.sea, circumstances, and 80
vtrneG by The !o,en;ioos Of the legislature.
Sc manifested by their annual apprnpsIa
s'ous Of money for the purposes o; defence.
i. has been cortiudsd 70 combine, first,
iand batteries, furnished with heavy eanoon
aad morlays. and established on all the |
poio's around ehe place favorable for pre-
venting vessels. from lying bsfore-i'; Cd
moveable artillery, which maybe carried,
as occssion may require, 20 poin's unpro
vided with fixed batteries; 81 "a aAiingF
batteries snd4'b, gonboass ~hith may I.
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