Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-15

'isn - ~ ,b- execution of his duty he
ms~sl 70 meet the question proposed
never the house had before them the
- ,,.r.n,s on which he had acted. Until
I'D ,tem, it was impossible that !hty
ro.It, make a rs. decision.
~ -. Nszoton said he should decidedly
- Ear The resolution before sae 'ouss.-
~. ~ .,,,r which he should give did not pro-
- tron any disrespect to the Pfcsidsnt;
ess' a;;a,,le reason which would induce HIM
y. o,r Cor It was, desire that when the
% ~ r,r. TO a discussion OF the resolution
l w, ,br senate, thsy should proceed to the
'oa. Of il; that no incidental question
' an,,.J be discuss ID, that no gentleman
saonld have an opportunity OF saying that
- o.nld not vote for it because ths noase
M J. l rrl,sea TO call for documents.
1lr. B.55 said that if the mover OF the re-
.oi,,;on had any other object IN view than
,Sas expressed on the face OF It, 1t was per-
I'll, ;,nmateria to him and must be so to
4 - bouss, He should vote for the resolu-
,;no not because the papers would have any
AN nee on his conduct, but because they
81 ...r. 1l.en,etl Of Importance by Others whose
N NV + was as wen as his own to endeavor
81 ..,;.vr their country from itssembarrass-
'u.n,s Itappeared to him that any mem.
4 her had right to ask Of the executive any
IS nrhl;c document which he deemed necessa-
Il " for the government Of his conduct in le-
n;sl,,;ve matters. The gentleman from
Z SSIassachnss,ss (sIr. Quincy having decla-
nd snch to be bis situation in regard to the
a present paper, Mr.. 3. said he ought to have
Mr. ". Alstoa said that gentlemen spoke
g of their being called upon to vote on the
resolution from the seEatr without this pa
y per. If that resolution ssas not pleasing to
II them, it was open &c. amendment 1t the
IN friends of the resolution failed to justify it
u from the want Of the paper in question, its
" opponents could make use of that argument
N against it. The letter of MIR. Jackson was
u known to be nearly verbatim with the note
81 delivered by Mr.. Oakley to MIR. Smith !;
81 md no additional Information could be de-
n rived from the call, although embarrass-
mens might be created.
81 Iur. Upham said it was for the very pur-
q pose of seeing whether the letter conceded
n with the note just alluded to, that he wish.
81 ed TO see it. Why then refuse to call for
&it?
M Mr.. Ebbes said, lest it should be thought,
from what had been said by others, that in
voting against the resolution he should be
q DESTROYS Of acting without information, he
81 should make few remarks. This was not
an ordinary case IN which application
ought to be made to department of the go
vernment for decentralization what depart
ment could say whether the piece TO which
the British ministers name was subscribed
was genuine paper or not? You know,
81 (said Mr.. Eppes) to certainty that the let
hers have not gone to the, secretary of state
& by an official channel, but that he possesses
1.-THE same Information as you do and no o.
zther. In eyerv case of this kind are you
not compelled to act On newspaper informa-
ton 1t IN any Instance legislative body
attempts to examine the couduct of MI
mister appealing from the executive to the
n people. oa what must it decide? Is i to be
Unexpected that his address will be forwarded
10 the President? No sir /; it is fran the
q executive the appeal is made, and it will
DC found In newspaPers,pamphlets or some
other form circulating among the people.
YIN the present occasion, as TO the authen-
d heNy OF the paper, / tor one, without ex-
pressing any opinion on the merits of it.
nave no hesitation in saying, that i. believe
TITO ne genuine paper, written by the mi
MISTER OF Great Britain for the. purpose. of
appealing from the constituted authority to
the people of this country. Ifyou apply
now to the secretary of state as proposed
what can he do? He has become. possessed
Oh information in the same way with your
sen and In transmitting it to our minis
8# lST, he docs NOT call IF oo,,, n.