Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-05
MONDAY, Nooemte, q.
FOREIGN RELATIONS
IcoNTINUED.1


an hour. and a half.
Mr.. Dana said, he considered it unfortu.
nate, If the doubt existed in the minds of
members Of tais house which seemed to ).
implied by the resolution under c.5ns;ts,a-
ton. Was irreaNya question whether the
representatives Of the people of the u. S.
would bow their free necks to foreiqD
woke WAS it to be decided by rereyipg
the declaration Of their independence -
Once declared, Mr.. d. said it was 10 he
considered as a given point, that our hide.
penacnce shotid be maintained and il sy2s
nor always sufficient reason for agreeing
to a proposition, that it was truth. Far
himself he had not supposed that mich
I doubt existed on this point. Even the cor.
inittec themselves seemed to have cojshler.
ed this declaration rs unnecessary, Tor tfley
say il might to some seem superauons. 49,
. He thought the real policv to be p,asnslby
tI,iscounsry should be sueilas never % NIKE
this a question, and when it b.caro..
a question declaration ii wor.ls -.
ded not TO the determination to rssens az.
gressians on our Independence. K2y-eysr.
as tie resolution had been Submitted 10 tie
house, it became a question how il slatslt
be decided, and another question VIA. vas
the import ofi1? In one respect he aDDrov
ed the resolution, because it was concise,
ard vet there might Be difference c! OBI
Mon IS tc the terms Of it. The ques:os.
now submitted TO the councils OF The na,iqu
were questions relative to our maritime
rights he knew not that any question ex-
listed as 10 our territorial rights. Ihe Ian
guagc Of the resolution was very broad, and
he wished that it might be so varied as 10 be
more specific aud appropriate. With THIS
view, that no doabt might exist Of the i'm
port OF the resolution, he moved to insert
between the words to and hs the words ga
banden the navigation Of the ocean in con-
sequence OF. Tins amendment presented
question on which he wished decided
expression Of the opinion OF the house.
Mr.. iran said, he perfectly acquescca III
the aaedment moved BY die gentleman
from Gonnce,iclt Z one word more vas
added and taal was the word "ioaI-
er beta,ecn the words gR5t ard Szf6nlit. Ii:
fos one stsotssiIt tbs;t our rights were already
Abandoned and Tat Jhsy had been abandon.
ed ooleng.
I'}r. Da:G said, that whatever had been
lis opinion of the past measures Of the ad-
minissT&tloa, he would not propose an a
nendaent which wonidimp!y tItatthe coun-
CTS Of us nation had sa5luitted. Gentle
men wtlo had favored these measures pro-
baby DID not consider :hem as Submission;
he therefore could not consent to Cast thar
rcpyoach on them. 'Thc genIismoa from
New Jersey he hoped would not consider
it a want OF attention ia HIN out, io'
these reasons M couldnotaceepthis ameai-
mat.
Mfr. Bac7v observed, that lie haA hoTa!,
FROM the cnservaticns Of bis colleague (Wr.
Quinccy that there wonId have been no o5-
lection 80 tliy adoption OF this resolution as
reported. What could be less exceptions
he elsan the resolution here offered t..,&t h
Unitcs States would not sacrifice their
rights, honor, & independence to the elIl&s
OF Great Britain and France l'.crc was
indee;. considerable address iisplaye,. iaihc
cons. Gc;ion OF ilais amendment. Lac d.
cirallon contaiiled:n tie resolutiog vac
that the United States wouid Not IL any
manner submit TO the edicls. The seasa-
man wishedto say that the United STATES
would not submit to abandon the oceaG,
thus narrowing down the mode CT resistance.
The. conclusion to be drawn from whica
was that they would not submit 10 the en-
barge which resisted those DEGREES. In
stead Of saying, tI,at they would not s'''',a;t
10 the DEGREES the gentleman from Connac-
lieut. wished themto say that they woald
not submit 10 abandon the ocean. Geatlc-
men aaid that the cnlbargois al abantcn-