Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-21

5t,on.l isiit.assi, entirely concentrating q.
duct ofs Dur own goyefnnent and TIA, !,
Mr. ] acks,l,sit eould berof np io,por,,n,'
Eli:.tassr. h Il vas in1possib'efor him ID
what byaringit could have upon the subie,.
He was gensrallySas niucl, DISPOSED as a,
gentleman the floor, to grant all the inf, (
nation which might be desired; but in h
present instance he could see no utility
agreeing 10 10 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. AI
sides, there was every reason to prssi N
that the president haI already comm0dl
Gated all the information upon the susj,cl
whichhc deemed proper There. was nj
reason to presume the contrary. As to Il.
resolution from the senate being a plrl,,l
for an eventual appeal to the las. re:orscl
nations, or tAntamounr To declaration Ill
war, he DID not think Il Was either. To hi
sure,is did contain kind OF pledge, tia,
if war should ensue, On account Of cerai,
events, congress Guild stand by tic, sovstp
ment in lis support, But thssobject Off
gentle man could have no bearing upon ls
resolution at all !; and much as he was il
favor of granting information, under &.
view Of the sub. ct which he then en,rua1
ed, he should vo,eagainst his resolution
Mr.. GoMsaid, from the Observation which
had fallen from ,he gen,len.an, MIR. Bacon
he seemed to ,uppose t!:r. all the iniorna.
ton relative TO the conversation with Mr..
Canning. had been communicated. This
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information which had induced him to move
ths resolution he had just offered. In the
letter OF Mr.. Smith before quoted, paper
OF some importance was mentioned which
was no where to be found in any oflhs
documents before the house. He had GILL
ed Tor this paper because he conceived i
might have a material bearing upon the
points in disput- between this country and
g. Britain. When paper was snppo.:d
to be in the possession OF a departmrt Of
the governments, which could throw isMUp.
on point of misunderstanding between the
two countries, was il not Of some import
anre TO have the paper communicated! Was
it not necessary TO have all the informa.
ton possible, when to every appearance ds
nation was approaching that state when.
might look back upon peace, and forwad
10 that event which appeared to b: conlrm',
plated in the concurrent resolution. Tvs
house should go upon sure grounds. III:
time was approaching when every inch o
evidence would be scru,iniz~d. When q
shirt Of enquiry would ne all awake, and
every thing regarded with vigilant attention
1t was therefore highly proper that lSe d>''
patch Of MIR. Pinkney relative TO the cr.
versation, should be before the house. ID
might be necessary 10 examine, whriN,
the 80 offensive article in the despatch Of
Mr.. Canning to MIR. Erskine,. might ra
have had its origin in some mistake OF m'
own. If through some mistake Of OH
own agent, this proposition had originated
to permit the British navy to assist Us IN
carrying our own laws into executions
must confess the features OF the oftnt:
would be very much sol,ened. And B:
would ask, if there was not species ofrl.
consistency in SO readily, consenting on
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tive to these conditions, and now to refuse
calling fora statement OF the conversation
which mighr, and was asserted to have led
to it. He thought it necessary to have eve
nv material circumstance connected wiihths
subject, anil which led to the negocia.'o!n
tina, had been brought to the point whss;,h
was broken eft with Mr.. Jackson lS1
would not have presumed TO ask this inio'
nation, if he had not seen plain reierens'
in the letter of the secretary of state 10 MI
pinkney, TO despatch which was not con- !,
tanned in the printed DOCUMENTS before ~
house andhe hoped gentlemen would So
the propriety ofagreeing to his resolution
Ar. GARDENER said perhaps the gentleman
from MASSACHUSETTS, Mr.. Bacon) was cor
rect in saying that the paper which was CIV
led for, might not so immediately bear up