Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-06-06
CONGRESS.
H1UyE or EPRESENTdTIgES
FRIDAy, Nay &c.
Debate
on Lr. Raado4h's moti9n tor ggbhfovf9$
TIE late conduet Of the president q Me =

Mr.. RANDOLPH said that as an lndetnlt
reinforcement was considered as tantamoun
to a reiection-tcr it prevents a renewal OF
the SUBJECT during the session, and a reles,
ton does nothing more, as the house had
heretofore had a woetul experience IN the
case cf certain very Pertlnaelous petitioners
and. As he was afraid, they would again
have from a certain body OF petitioners who,
he 5sesnfned, had not entirely given UP
t.sir homes Of quartering themselves on the
public pyopertv-- an indefnite p~ostponenaent
sen being equivalent TO q rejection, he ceF-
ss;niv was onposed 20 the rejection OF his
own motion. lie could not have beileved
4hat this motion would have been rejected
Is "a hoase though he said he had GER
tAinlI calcuiated On its beng opposed py
shcse Who condemned the promptltude ana
frankness with which the president had pro-
.eedsd 70 restore, as far as depended on
Nm the intercourse between the Two na-
t;ons. It is this part Of the conduct OF the
ruesi,,ent of The United States Said Mr.. ~
- ,yb;ch T mean so give an opinion" BY
he nres,dent 81 the United States a procla-
mation-and IN thar proclamation, IN my
o,;n;on. he has deserved well OF hlsscoun-
nv. ask the gentleman from PennsyiVa-
n5a (EGr. FindleY) if he IS near enough TO
hear me in this vast room, 7vhea | nave pro.
posed bringing in review the wnoie FlSa-
slres OF f0rnaer adninistratlons--WhsH :
have proposed an answef 10 an 3eetfess :
ne TWO housesI have proposed no saen
thing. sir--alihouga MY nnoticn IS les hat
fantamount 70 II beeausesa,so haPpe1 80
~ onlv act of which we haze any Sno@ !,
ia5oe' except the laying UP the gai.s'ga'. ~.
I~e 1ocL. which I also most cordially IS
doe Is This very thing. NOW, l nSss
+he SLIGHTEST objection, il the gentleman
sssss that the hon. and worthy gentle
enooI s.aro Massachusetts, should insist on 9
h'a'. +be conduct of any former presl'
ssns g he u. States--but beg myself to
axcnsed from serving on 1ts AS an un'
p &C. ;,,ror + chuse to except to myseli
fnr REALM, as to, one Of those pres!aensS
career does not seem get 70 De illlsneo
mo seen as If he had medltated ano
satcb sof riidnight Judges AID noths
s.is1 saSt retreas from the oaPIfoi. ! Q
- except 10 myself as Juror as :
,ne' any other president. 1e m9ft'E'
MN :. 49,, ,,,,-aqreea, sir. Let the goo
~ s'4se A. i've after them and the eyll :
!aa' sns = their graves. But would as
lnlS1'S n,a, from Connecticut and u
lAe 80 from Pennsylvania also, II IN
+hsir abstract 2roposstionss no
abstracs, pray yoa: ofH = o g1, o, - -
nnneaning proportions the o,seuss1 a,s.
49, can answer no go0a g ti'ia t'ou n
.xs,sa BE idle IN rs nov 10 De trying S
mss IN the merits Of the sedltlon %
- . ~ cent. loans, or amy other suci =
.ne IA answer opurpose-andls WoS
"onallv idle and futile 70 pass any 9
De sqaaA he merits or dement's OF the i
n.y. ,stbe last four years OF the late aa1
ioaI o. for this plain reason-the gu
! nlsefaaol'7 sou--cm bono2 Whatear
! ,loipos5 cap result from it? But IS that
case III relation to TIE eSseusisS ,t a
ri fst,ire dispositions rest the pest heeres;s
49, nation? Is that a mere laie alseuss,s
nnd { s come to this? Is this mouse TO
r. tbs e~xecutive opinion: TRUST not SIT
u - he i~dea--that It's aPProoatioh
out co,1rse Of national policy IS to pass
atedA go i 10 have nc influence on the
publ not' the executive of the y. States
are a mp:s sr Is taking higher doctrine than
celle6 his' aoed nv those who wished to
script ever aas;Jsnt open Parliament by a sp
sary' the plIo ,hrone and TO see the. faithful
been es1foil - e.nrn ) logal and humble addre'
'ef twelsmons return : ,o;onss Deech from the tin
oPossAePiy TO INC obe,, Ground than the min
II IS saA t9v from which the prec'
q MAY . tnas The weight OF the hou
~ as deriJca f.If TOO sensibly there Tor
~ mmon 10 ba eo1nded by me-