The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-12

authorised then Congress are not committee
sanction '"e'
Ii the President had any authority 10 ;s
sue this proclamation, that authority must
nave oeen derived either under the constr.
tuition OF the United States or under SON: q
act or acts OF Congress. The President ha /.
10 power which does not proceed from one
or the other of these sources The consr;
tuition has given to Congress the excn,s; -
power OF making laws and declaring war
10 the presidenr the power of executing the
laws OF the Union. The powers of the one
are legislative, of the other executive. The
ie1'ioh men would be. whether the Presi.
dent in issuing this proclamation has M,
transcribed he limits Of his powers,
Sir, what is the nature and ;mnor, sc ~.
presentation In my humble Conception.
po'" legislation and war. War-becsuse il
ui.eees' the occupation of this territory by a
military force. The regular troops Of the
C'h1ed States are ordered to marsh and rs
.hey should not be found adequate to the oh
Jec1 me governors of the Orleans and Mis-
s,ssPPi territories are directed to call out
e"e m'hht OF .heirNrespective territories. to
Suope,a'e WIN the regular forces. Blu, we
sna'i oe 'o'o' DIR. that the President in is
son,S l'hs Proclamation has taken the pre-
lar place, however small, should remain IN
possession OF Spanish force, the command
ns oincer IS mt ~ proceed to empIoy free
against ie, but 10 make i'm mediate renorr
oil le0i tue sec ttary of State. Sunnose
"hiie YOUR Comm nding officeris MAKING ,h;s
report, the Spanish lorce -sallies an, arJ
Makes an attack upon your army. or sun-
E.se spanish army with governor F,lch
az their head, should march from Eas, Flo
liua WIN . the view OF repelling the invasi-
y" VI lpis te' rit ~ What are Governor
a'ooins ana MS army to dor Ground their
arms and surrender themselves nr;soners ne
war or are they, SIP, to drop their MI a..
and take to their heels These .rs -
oh'y alternatives. Presented must ei
ther surrender, run or fight And who will
uouot winch OF these alternatives the q,I
iantry OF All American army would NIL
them to chuse. Sir conflict would he IN
evitable ou'" oe III
But while the President has been % az
.recteoiy cautious with respect to a Snanish
iorce' ne mas overlooked altogether the con-
u"Seney OF resistance on the part of the re
soi9'io,,'sIs' ihese patriots it would seem
nau oaiieo convention and issued decIa
ration of Independence. and now i $500
have formed and established a rso,,la,. 49,,
ernment which is organized and in onep,,;
on. :" oPei".i
Ii 'hese proceedings are not all a sham
VIC ny III question is now in the Dos
sess'o" OF people claiming to be SOVEREIGN
u independent; and isit supposable that
'his people can behave so dastardIv as to
submit without struggle, to the incursion
"o'''ie army whose avowed object is
'he 1nnquest OF the Country and the subver
a,on % us constitution and independence -
n'o mere permit me to remark, that the
sue and tenor of the letter from the Secre.
taty OF 2tate-of the 18Th OF N;ef,,,,,r fafo
20 SoRsrnor Holmes. in answer t. the lett, y.
| oi the PRESIDENT OF the Convention pravioo,
the recognition and protection of the United
o'ates' are not admirably calculated to rive
"eieome reception to the American Az.
, my. trhen resistance should be offered IN
the part or the coDstitutionalists. what i
your army to doc The orders contain No
Pfovl'o IN this particular, recurring that
the TACT SHOULD he reported to the Depgr,
urn o, o'ate, nut their clear intt mt is. that
'orce mould be employed. Under sucD cir
cumstances is it lot to be expected thar fhis
measure of che Executive will resnl, IN ,va.
L. 1t no % b. expected that Il her the Spa-
niards on Inc Cnnven;ionalists will ar snTn,
90 repei ms paip bic infringe nent upon their
rights and teriit r. ? '''
nu'' ST. thIs proclamation is not onIv "a ar
Dur It IS an &C oi legislation too. II an,ey
eS III 'er e. III question t. the Orleans
,,e''Ho'y, creates governor; it enacts
Ia ;, ana dppropriates money. L. gives 70
the Coy no of the Orleans Territnrv all
the authorities and functions over this mar !.
eiN"'"r III tnv winch he possesses by vir
tue OF has "fice a. governor. and mixes
an APPROXIMATION of a sum of money, not ex-
ceeding twent' thousand dollars This oro-
ciama'ion IS substantially he bill under d.
QUESTION, except ttatit goes much further.-
ne mrs section OF the bill only contains
an annexation OF the territory in question to
the orleans Territory. his the procIama
ton has already done The second csc,io,
only extends the VS. of hat terri tory IN
the particular territory ia question-1and
his too the proclamaipn h ALREADY done
| he only material d f. r nee in .lact ev;t
! ing between the proclamation and TN : hiII
! y that the proclamation contains the fr-
( ther and important provis on for raising Inc
troops anu the money necessary for Carr,
: ing 1t into execution Aud here. sir 7 will
take the liberty to remark that do nor
consider this bill the ONLY one intended oo
this subject. This is mere entering wedge
when this is passed, Congress are com
mItted to pass another providing the neces
sary military and pecuniary means TO car
| ~ lnis act INTO execution. And indeed I
should nor be surprised If before tne close
OF the session, bill .erc introduced =,
tahe possession of Last as well as West Flo,
rida.
II the President had no power undcr IN .
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