Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-30

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I Macon's bill, somuch ridculed fo r';a' b
ness, was found at last to have been j y a.
mate offspring Of the President, WIZ ac e&
mean time, to the view of the d. MI
party at large, exhibited the apns ,s,oeN&
energy. Inthis way, many belone , n,.'
party had incurred the imputation9 IS NV
sion men, and as such, had scyersly f fa'
lash of their own newspapers. via A&
feelings thus laccrated, they came toaa. at
the present congress, with deternn;;sse
probably, as to some Of them at leas, ,h %1''N
would be baniboozIcd IN this manres way ,ae
ger, and that The administration shorl9 10
its full share Of praise or blame in all a
spres adopted. Inshort, with the nr"I NE
nant party there seems to have been an a a,,s
cial state of things to greater decree 80 'll1
than usual. 1t IS probable that the sdn "t
tration and its agents have been pri,y,ol"
deayoring to restrain the war-hawk, If -, q I
party, and to keep them within due lor,s "t'
The ho7ulings If tAeir aec.shahcrs f,
have been evidently grating to tier -. T
The ardor of those of their congresmer
are for war in sober earnest, they would ."s
to repless but some of them, n,st Gt,E
will be found hard to manage. 1t isa tbs
if the President can again find smbe.r,
SO easily as he did last year. We ,uds
the su5miSSion-6H, as it was called, Of wiz
Mr.. Macon consented to be the foster.ss.sD
though it was the child Of Mr.. Madison sn
ry limb of it.
With the minority, or the federaliss, ,B.,.
has been solemn Stiffness. They seem :,
have come TO resolution to let the psior,.
proceed, at least for while, without nv in
pediment from them. Acc rdngly t!ev b,r,
given silent vote on all the Resouion,,
ported by the Committee of foreign Reatiop,,
tho every art his been employed by lie CHE,
side of the house, to provoke them to opDcs
ton. We think this circumstance med rot
alarm the real friends of our coun,r. ".
believe they have taken Counsel of prdtsce
and we are the more confident Off as their
silence seems to have greatly disappointed
and chagrined the authors of our c,uitr's
woes. Formerly the minority we're mt per.
mitted TO speak: the frevious quesAn the
art of persuasion, and of almost threat, has
been made use Of to induce them tocome out
and declare themselves. The writings and
contortions of the patient show thai the dose
has powerful effect.
But some perhaps will ask,-have the nj.
nority, by voting for the resolutions, actually
pledged themselves to vote for war, as the VI,
terror measure? We think they have rot
and for the following reasons.
1, The Resolutions, as we understand Tie
matter, are considered as independent oflbe
facts or reasonings of the COMMITTEE, AID
might be agreed to without giving SANCTION
to such facts or reasonings. For instance, ia
the preamble of the Report, the COMMITTEE
lay it down as truth, "that the French de-
crees, are, SO far at least as our rights arc
concerned. really and practically at an end" ;
and they seem to acguit France altogetheEd
having been guilty of any injustice towards
us from and after the LIST OF November, 1919
Now this glazing falschood, and whatever else
of untruth there is in the preamble, have no
necessary connection with the Resolutions
themselves the latter might be voted tor
without giving any degree OF SANCTION TO Tic
former.
2. 1t has been all along the avcwed and
constant opinion of the federalists, that (esP'
cially in convused state of the world a l@
ton which would maintain honorable peacs'
should be prepared for wal. COniorn'soE
to this opinion, they thought it would be DEL I'll
ter policy to fortify the good Ola Cn|o
States, than to purchase an immesse WHICH,,
ness for the purpose of manufacturing nst
ones. They thought that cannon wouia SPs~ "I
louder in the ears of Great Britain al"
France, than proclamatlons. In short NV .
thought that wclI-fortifed harbors and H. -.
pectable navy, were the best arguments ID s 50.
world to be used with such powers as 10 f ~,
regard the rules of common logic DO wv
eralists are ofthe same opinion STILL n'n y,
fore so far as the Resolutions IN question -. ~
merely to necessary seif-defence, the'' w.
be amongst them but one mind. -.
8. Though the federalists in ConSreS,, a :"
lieve that war with England might nave Wv, ~.
L. LIZ, kiaLl IL Gll W