Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-01

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t. ,bsr, cons.acsd that i was P h.sandina Inc
il tna., A., should be made, notwitnss,nus
. INQUIRY , as3r him had asked him 10 WIZ VIA
sn'lsnasu solution, altho' alone ne snoad
Jaw his rSs ..a, 70 be taken on it. Hedenled
.rsa an, lincoln had been kept IN once a 40 {
soat Ss" 80 his revolutionary services; aaa'
rsara = 60. the executive had no rlght 70.
Z xs, ~ ~ mar, by sineeure at the expsnce
crafty an q; ,.'i ;;n,erest The facts which he
HI 9 ~ stated, if the house would SO INTO -
Nao srs Of enquiry, he could prove. a
I = ahs had not, as suggested BY his col
'ala : received his information from gen.
n ssas solr and this was all he would state on
bM'u n;.t. Mr.. Quincy said his obssrva-
ta4 sad been attributed 10 design to ex-
s:o,1 NTsw.Ensland. He said New England
8 e's .ss state of excitement under the oPe-
va .;.n = Of tbs embargo laws; laws which
'Au0 49, of the wisest men and best patriots IN
:. country deemed unconstitutional, and
'a' ancb 50 that they could not submit to
N.Y. rhis was the general sentiment.
c ci.a i TO be tie case that this house
1uiY IA sver mass an unconstitutional law;
sl ~. ,,ust be the course of the people
'Tr,s..conl1 pursue no other mode than "a
Institutional remonstFance and II that
sJsd he said they had no other resource
\ ,bao : constitutional resistance. He hoped
,hat course would not be taken, because he
1 son 800, tbe government would see the evil OF
!, WAYS, and the incorrectness OF the prln-
e;rIs on which it acted. He maintained the
eo,rectness of the ground that, when law
{ n,ssed by which ia the opinion OF the
D4onIe their interests are entirely destroyed,
r. law could not be enforced. His motives
heipe as he had stated them, he had wished
20 Law the subject before the nation. This
house, he said, was the guardian OF the
rights of the citizens, and had a right to
enquire into the manner in which Offices
were filed. And though he mightbe alone
IN Ibis opinion, defining it his duty to make
the enquiry, he said he should not withdraw
the molten.
The question on the PASSAGE of the re-
solution Mr.. Quincy having Withdrawn
his motion that it lie on the table) was taken
by taken by Yeas and Nays as follow;
YEA---Mr. Quincy.
NAYs---l17.
From tie Nsao 1ork Gazette, fan. 26.
Thereaders OF the Gazette, will find, the
correspondence spoken ofyesterday, which
wecopy from the Albion, London paper
b. the Packet -
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
General action between the Spanish army
OF the centre, and the French attack
upon Barcelona, &c.
MADRID, Nov. 16.
Our government has ordered to advance
to the scene of action, by forced marches
all the troops which were on their march in
the environs OF Madrid. This day has
passed through, the regiment of the line of
Jaen, in two divisions, the strength of
which exceeded 1000 men and they ex-
pect considerable reinforcements from the
kingdoms of Andalusia, Murcia, and Va
lencia.
An officer of the Walloon guards has
arrived from the army of Catalonia; and at
the same time couriers have arrived from
the armies of Arragon, CASTLE, and Ma
ware they also passed on to Aranjuez,
and nothing has transpired to the public.
"lNadrid, Nov. 10.
"lhe following are the latest accounts
Which have been received from the armies
Toledo, Nov. 1o.---The first division
Yesterday marched from hence to the envl-
fOns OF Calahorra; SO that yesterday there
were W. assembled $4,000 men at the point.
I l ne day before yesterday, the two brothers,
fires, set out for Madrid with peremPtory
o9dsrs Tor all the troops they should meet
r advance BY forced marches. A courier
Y sent to Don Francisco Palafox, who
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