Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-07-03

measures of fetrenchment expenditures o.
money and repairs in the navy department,
with power to act during the recess, and re-
port at the nest session Of Congress. The
resolution was carried and !. committee OF
IS appointed.
On motion Of Mr.. Grundy twas reso!Fca
that a committee should be appointcd'to re-
port bill granting additional compensation 70
the officers Of the twolh houses Of congress, II
consequence ofthe unusual length ofthe pre-
: sent session.
The bill for the defence Of the maritime
frontier ans for the support Of the Navy--tbe
bill to amend the alien law, and the bill con-
corning alien enemies, were seyerally read the
third time and passed.
The billto prohibit the exploration of mu-
nitiohs of war, and provisions to the British
provinces was again taken up.
Mi. M,Kim offered IN amendment, declar-
Ing that no vessel laden in whole or in part
with the prohibited articles should be allowed
toNdepart for any foreign port until she has
given bond not TO proceed to the prohibited
ports-afera modification suggested by Nr.
Goldsborough which went to make the prohi-
bition general, which was acccsted, several
amendments were offered and lost--a motion
to postpone was also lost, and the bill passed
The bill to peruit the entry Of vessels into
the u States uader certain conditions, pass
ed the House after debate.
The bill for the relief Of George Lyons
was amended and passed.
E1tract ofo letter from Senator in Congress
from Ys,yaout, to lis fiied III Massachusetts,
dated Washington, ,1ne l9, 1912.
+" To my utter astenishment the Senate have
passed the bill from the House OF Rcpresen-
tatives, declaring war against England only
The YotesWere 10 pro 3 con. Ii the mem
bors bad al been present it would have been
IS against. Thus you see the shipping o.
Massachusetts is now left to the mercy or ra-
ther vengeance Of the British navy, The state
may Jay the account priacbpaliy 70 one OF thei.
own members, and candidiy believe he ouia
20 with the party with whom he has enlisted
at the expense of every vessel, even TO tn
fishing vessels In Massachusetts No pcrsot
could have been more engaged for ali lmma
,.iate declai1tion OF war; and went 50 far as
even 10 eiectioncer for it. Where man has
Iour sons all employed III Office under the Pre-
sjdcnt, With an income Of seven or eight
thousand dollars. you may easjlY conjecture
how spch MANS patriotism would stand N
any question when the viii OF toe Executive
was well Understood. 1t IS time for the cas-
TERN states TO lay aside that cursed spirit OF
party, and unite in UOen Of talents and poIit Cal
viy,ue, or prepare to sink into the lowe st state
ofdcgradation and meanncss. IN the Senate
there were only three votes for war east Of the
north river, to Wit, Robinson, Varnum and
Cuts The two last ought to have been the
last in the Senate 10 have voted for such a
measure, considering the interest they repre-
sent. will give you more IN detail OF the IN
tsigucs IN some future letter"
By a return obtained from he custom, house
in Salem, it appears that the property belong
inc to the oiiiz1ns of that town, now at sea, or
Ia foreign ports, liable to capture, amounts to
I'VE millions four hundred thousand dollarsEE
When Lord Chatham, probably the most
decided popular character that ever ever par
ticjputed in the cabinet OF England, was once
asked Why he did not attcmptto manacie the
press il. consequence Of some personal seve-
rites he suffered by it, he beautiful replied
il the words Of Shakespeare, the press is a
chartered libertine. Nothing ever contl-
boted 20 the downfall of president Adams'S
popularity So much as his sedition law, altho'
q man was Only compeilcd by its provisions to
Go what he would be infamous without doing
and that was 10 tcA The truth. 1t gave sucn.
an opportunity for malicious construction and
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