Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-26
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RoUsE or REPRESENTATlYEs.
WEDsrsDAy, December -.
DEBATE
DEBATE y
III. ccl5,s rssoiplisB calling upon nis Pre-.
silent fer Information.
ICoNCLUDED.J

Mr. RAA29 sald ne WohIu merely ssAte,
a sn,wer 10 the gentleman last up, thar be
now under STOOD the specific ground on
which the metion was introduced, 70 be a.
bandonssI and the paper called Tor, admit
.ketl NOT 70 be necessary 70 the disenssion OF
The resolution from the senate. With re-
sssprct 90 ths resolution now before ths house
he differed from some of those with whom
he generally was happy 70 act; and such
differences would always exist when gentle
men acted from the impression OF their own
judgments, and without any secret uRder-
.staadine. The gentleman from Az. York,
lfs. Gardnisr) has defended the rssolu-
tioh, ON the ground that the information
desired was necessary for tie justification
Of the administrator. How so! No I'M
pusation had been aIledged against the Bril-
tisEi government by the executive tor max
Ing this third proposition; il had been SIM
NV rejected, as all admitted incorrect
grounds. So Ear from being made the
ground Of any impuiation against that go
yern,ns,,s III was expressly ascribed TO a
mistake of Mr.. Canning.,s Not to wiitul
.rnisinterpyetation, bur TO misapPrehen-
sion sf the conversation which had passed
between him and Mr.. Pinkney: The only
,bIame imputed to Mr.. Canning, is not that
he originally proposed it, because IN that
instance he might have acted under mis-
.ake but that it was urged by him after
this eoyerpnent had refused to listen 70 it.
/. y could not even sse.how the papyrcalled
for WAS necessary for the justification OF
Mr.. Canning as no charge had been bro't
against him on account OF tho proposition.
No superstition had ever been uttered IN
nor ONT of the house that Our minister had
B;.en aufhrrisrdto assent 10 sucha PROPOSE
! ion. and iif he had asssnted toit, the affair
a,,lg concerned him. The administration
mere nor concerned IN. il at all. Whether
thc nation rcsorted 10 war or not, it'Could
! nat 90 10 war on that point. It was not the
subject Of difference at all. He'coulc see
"a, reason why the paper should be called
for. AS 70 IT'S being necessary, according
81 ,be idea 81 the gentleman from =. York,
IMr. GARDENER 10 silence the cayiilings of
esFs;ol.s federalists, (his own term--which
81 did not mean TO adsrt-but as',he gen
aleu,an was better acquainted withhls poll.
4;cni friends than AZ. b. be had no right
tosouestion the propriety OF the character
given them if The gentleman had charac-
ssr;zed them correctly, he did not believe
any thing would be sufficient to satisfy such
.s,,ey.ons. neither could he on that ground
see any reason TO vote tor the resolution.
\ Mr.. EsY, would not have risen-so trou.
l,,e the house on the question before it, il
rs could nave viewed the subject in the
s,.s,n,slichs in which igFwas considered by
fhs gentleman from Ten. MIR. hhea.) 49,
that gentleman seemed tosuPPose because
Mr.. Causing SHELTER OF the 9Th OF May,
sssvss subsequent to the arrangement, that
Il Ire Recommendation of the instructions to
Mr.. Pinkaey could have no bearing on
the que lions 10 be xiscnssed. Bot he die
nor consider this to have been the hrst com.
1naaiicatiion of the Instructions. Il appear.
ed they had Been communicated anterior e
the dsts of Mr.. Canning's note, ior hs
'ssvr:tcs az that time, s Izaving had the no
\ mar 10 read 20 you, IN esete,1so the instrnc
lions. &C. = Hs wished TO know zuhen anc
Now Mr.! pinkney had communicated Eht
s.,,I,;sc, Of the conference to the executive
auslIthe period at which i took place. |
\ ne correctly nseisseted the nature of th'
4 eamnaariSs Il seii Jrsom that gentleman, h
4 belieS esI ssssSgSz 10 be always luminous, x
\ ~ Clear, and very minute; and tina
rs MARI icplarIy detailed the periods OF tim
9 6dsthe Substance OF communications. ------
MOTTO travel over ground occupied by 0
shsr gentlemen, MIR. Key said ne jdstifet
ne call on the ground that the time a
which the instructors were iilss read t