Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-06-01
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RANDOLPH called dp the order OF the
N his approbatory resolution.
Fn. z. G. Tackson withdrew his motion
mss,eone ii indefinitely and Mr. AsS0n
rwed il.
+. Yobas0n. An attempt has been made
n language of the original resolution y
,hs exnpession of the moverto draw q dis
r;op between the present and last admit
@rat;ons, when in reality there is a strict
atty between the two, more particularly
4 H. measure under consideration. The
n of the last session. which was passed
Ter the last administrator, and under the
sneuce which has prevailed in this house
s years, gave the present executive tnat
rprtiop which he was bound to obey, that
" or which he has exercised and 1t IS the
8aaence of that act on the present measures,
4Ech shows such Identity. In reply to the
alderman from Va. CHR. Randolph about
war party, / Go positively assert, that |
how no member on this floor who adyocat-
= selection of the power with whom we
Iould q 10 war, except Mr.. Williams, OF
G.. than whom an honester man, as the
5.ntleman himself has said, does not EXIST
Ind call upon the gentleman for the mea-
Ire tending to that effect, to put his finger
bon the speech or motion which had IN
v O,cb . ~ca,,rsr. come now to the ar
kument of the gentleman from Virginia, as
bthe difference in favor of England OF the
trpositions of the present and late Presi-
bent. What has Mr., Madison said! that
he trade between Great Britain and the
United States shall be restored: no more !:
his isnot amulling the Introduction OF Brl-
Esh armed vessels to our waters, nor did
Mr.. Erskine require it. As to the asser-
hon that the late administration Showed a
~Darliality to France and hostility II Eng
land, we have but to look for its refuta-
ton in both houses in this same English
pGIiament, where it is audibly and re-
peatedly declared, that its measures were
strictly neutral, I cannot see how gentle
men who voted against those measures
which tended to produce the present happy
conclusion, can arrogate to themselves any
credit for it ; and the gentleman from Vir-
Einia who claimed a share OF this credit,
recommended our arming for de-
fence, which | always thought must end in
war. | was for continuing the non-inter-
course system, while it could be enforced !;
when that system ceased to be efectual, |
vas for issuing general letters of marqae
md r~eprisal, not only t o take and capture
BY sea but to take and capture by land, for
never could consent TO see my country
h1ed BY any foreign nation. Much has
ken said of the last administration but
cntlemen cannot agree as to the precise
time Of its dereliction from good old whig
principles some will date it in eighteen
hundred and six; others from the passage
dthe embargo law, Others front the enactlon
Of non-intercourse, and | dare say many
now in the house will date it from the day
first got into power. Its course has been
10 preserve the faith of the nation, and cul-
= " ~ ~
friendly intercourse with al. Would
yCu have them seek after that political
phantom the balance of power, on the n
tnent of Europe, and not look at home to
strengthen our own resources and harmon
ne our W citizens Sir, it would be a
visionary pursuit, for that balance IS 50
suddenly changed, that one nation has a
dead weight in the scale to-day, another to-
morrow. The course of the last admins
ratlon was a steady adherence to the track
OF neutralitv, neither looking to the right
nor to the left, whether France was power,
III ! and England weak, or France weak ana
England powerful.
The house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, ACy 81.