Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-12-07
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n1ors p.r.icu,arly 10 remind you, thst
whatsyer commissions may have been
granted 70 Messrs, Gallatin, ADAMS ana
Bsysrd, daring tho recess OF the senate,
mus, u.ss.sarily have expired At Inc GRO
of re last session, and, OF eousas' Nc"
commission after that period was ,ndls'.
pensahly necessary to give eons.'ts-
t;onal sanction to sil or any OF their acts
dome thereafter snd that A. q. Britain
had not in all probability commissioner ''e5
aoy enyoys previous 10 tast period, INC
.omr;xsion. To hs granted under The
appreciation ofthe Senate might % c2n,
,idsrsd a. the only comml.''ens, anoer
which the cnyoys could act, the torper
having expir. d according TO ths Prev.
s;oo Of the Con.titutinni aid conse-
ousn,ly withholding commission 'rs'a
one Of the envoy. would have iess ie nv
.nc. npan the proceeding than u taey
b,l really been engaged in lie tail ex.
erci.e of ,nelr diplomatic functions ~
mother circemstsnca If very material
conside rs,ies, in my Judgment, 10 con-
nsc,ed with the CONSTITUTIONAL iWi'eton
.Fths f;r.t commissions granted 10 en-
,o,,.Se. Il Is the ijme of tbelv leaving
the Upl,cd States. This took place, as
| viii appear by the pshlic pfin''' not
NOR. tnan trel,e OF, fourteen days pre-
! rious 10 the meeting o, the oeDa.e;
| Shsn. II appears 10 nc, there could not
svis, any reanons sufficient to ]nshsy
J This movement at that particular mo
,s.et I; and of course J; rnas, be con.
| .iasred q, premature and precpi'ste'-
sn, may and very eogicpt 'a.son' OK
isssi Why i. ought 20 hare been longer
DELAYED Tho principal rsasonS are That
! eur government at that time had received
no assurance. that q r. would acSep'
the overture at all, in which case their
{ iesvins the y. s. at any tine wnuia os a
work as superrogation and eoes'defsote
: expence, and strong reasons existed, 40
], i. heIleyea, to induce al opinion that
she had no intention To accept IT, Inc
| one was, the astonishing ancce's OF her
| allies on the continent o! Europe, pre-
ceding and about thar tone An ther
ws,, that ,he minister on 10 elap sHslrs,
Lord { a.t,ers ash, as | s,n Informed AID
/ SsSisrt. Wa officials app sed Al the :.
i,.Itute DIV the psr'-ol Russia a. cs''y IS
| .h. month OF February prsee1loS, snd
probably IN the earl, part ct tx, month ];
| & the mos, suI,en silence unon Inc SAB
ice, had been observed ~ that capiret ;
I Until AFTER the sailing ~ ou' ensoyS nae
! been announced In Lontan. | do at
m..n 10 saquirc into the objects otthis
! precipitation, either a, they relate to lis
eject. upon tho mediation ,tsrti, or up
on the a., uiisr circumstances oil one o'
the gentlemen errp,"sed under II n"r
whether the dignity md honor Of 'he u
| s. have been consulted thereby, nor
| that i,ppre,s;on, it viii probably mike
8, home or abroad G. B. .h'uld r. al.
IL reject the ncertnrs -s>h.Es-sthyr,, Nj
! object rnerciy 10, l., shcS, that ire he
ee.,i,y. which ,mrcl, d ,hn movement,
vas 10, very urgen, st the tine AMI that
a Becoming ps,sace oil '~o or three
rseks, would have eDrbied the Pres'-
Ssnt 10 consult tbs Senate unon the mea.
! ssre in the uaual CONSTITUTIONAL way,
~i,hpu, -iskius so many novel; and ha
x,-deus experiments upon Fundamental
principles, a, necessarily accompanied
the proceedings, which did take place
Tn. fr.; Of these consist. in the attempt
% unite in one person, Two ;rco'n pst,hie
| cHses; the second, to substitute aDo-
4 he hiatt All ~
crssary OF the Treasury dnr'ng his ,".
,)sp,sr, ab,enee from the y. 3 for an IN
| definite ,;n.e. In ny Judgment, It &c.
osirt. the most p,ofnsod s'ten'ion, ouiy
10 .pprxSisss the importance and ten
deco, 0, these principles, and h"m The
nany superficial obser,stions | have
/ hs.rd n.dson tnem, lam >sn,hed, tnat
thsy have rot received snch attention
from tbe public. This cons'dSrsnop
furnishes an iuduceproi ~Nh me 10 be
I p.r,isulstiy accarsts IN ,ns exsunustiqn
I Of both ues,tinns. The un,on ett@ot
! more incompatible Offices IN '.''e person,
IN not only hostile to:h. genus and sfi-
rit oil the copstlunoH, aud people o''f'e
! u. 6 ;bst lido not recollect sihg'etr
stance in which i, has seen sanctioned
by the Senate, since ] have had the honer
,f seat in th.i body Questions have
oftua occurred, shrther $50 "ffsces pro-
posei Ia b, united ID one persee. we're ln'
/ compatible or not; but TIVE incon'Patioi.
li,y once admitted, a rejection W. Id al
ava be the consequence. AZ the time
of the nomination OF Gen. Dearborn to
I,ns Office he now holds. he was collector
of the port OF Boston, aud notwith|lsnd.
ing no vas one of the popular idpls OF
that dsy, the Senate c.sse to sdietnn
pause, and the nomination Was net con-
hrmea. until some informal understand
| ing took place between the President =
.ss majority of the Senate. - | We. then
| informed and believe. that an arrange
msn, was made, BY shich bis Son vas