Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-06-29
CONGRESS.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
WEDNESDAY,, June 10.
DEBa7s ON Mr.. .WsBs7sR's REsoLO'
4foEs-CoHTINUED.

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conveying as he supposed an ins'nuat'sn
against The President highly c:sfespSct-
fol and unwarrantable, was the very pa''
he most wished to retain. These words
expuneed, The pith, the essence OF the
RESOLUTION was extracted, ana ho'h'ng
wonid rem ain f., be acted on. u "oasd
be co.liyalent to a re ,ctlon OF all ne re-
solutions, because. the FIRST resolution
w.sth p:vot upon waich the rest '"fh-
ed--.ske that away. tae Key siohe % '.o
arch was removed and the whole iaosic
mus, necessarily tall.
AS. Fl said, nc had cot the sfrcngtn'
jfbe had the inclination, 10 wade 'hrough
the yoh,ncs OF documentary evidence
which gentlemen sce,2Sd lHchheu I"
,;rag into the discussion, to defend the''
consistency and justify tic measures
preceding and connected with .t'4s "af
nor was this the proper S age OF me
d:;cus,ion TO go in,o q general slo" o.
or foreign relations. aad particularly
rbe negotiation with the French ge-
vsrn.Asnt. 70 begin with ne iaSa MT
Secretary Smith aud dissect all t''at was
wriuen by that gentleman, then to pass
10 Mr. Muaroe's correspondence VIC"
NJ. Eos,er TO proceed next 70 an eAa'
animation Of al, that came from thG d'iSes
Of Csdorc and Dassalso, Mr Nusseii,
Mr.. i,afiaw, Mr. Pn.kueY, tic marquis
q. X s!ieslcy, and lastly. from the YOUTH
10 whom were committed our concerns
as charge des aasi:e, III E.ngand, would
be to lose rue's self in labarynth oil d.
,}omacv, from which it would require
The cntsrbrize and @it OF / "cseus, AID
Cd on TIE clue Of ali 4Ariadne, to ue eN-
tricaied.
Mir. 4. could pot but express his sur
prszc .ha, any opposition should re made
hv lie friends OF the administration, 10
;aa resolutions under consideration; that
i vas indeed 20 have been expected that
az early opportunity would DC sought D.
he gentlemen themselves, TO remove
f,om the pubIic mind injurious and we'll
T,aided suspicious against 'i'e execa-
tive. srrcad every where AID daily &C
ouiiiy,te strength that !. was TO have
Seen expected that Such an oRporisniiy
would nave been earnoaty soag"t and
eace.ly embraced, TO v'adlca:c the no.
: nor oi administrator, tyr;}uhng one OF
the most insulting aud outrageous Im-
ru,atiorsul ial.ehoo;., fraud and lmpos-
iu,e. ever Submitted TO by one indepeh-
acn. powsr from another. That II was
TO have been expected, the guaio iahs or
the ra,ion.i honor woult: have displayed
ouick and lively Scnsihiiity to ~hatc'
yer effected the character OF The couD-
ty, and that their own SHARE q respon-
s;oiiity, and a just sense o. what was due
10 themselves, would have suggested TO
gentlemen oh The other slide, tie ncces'
si,y OF some eXcUipatory course, some
voluntary proceeding, to wipe away the
stain csst upon their. characters by the
nr.suioptuous tool of a ioreign dGsPot
Should Inc resolutions be rejected, the
nuhi;c is bound to believe, the people
inevitably viii believe, either that The
inpo,tan, document which We ask 10
nave Lid before the nation, was sup
messed FOR the most corrupt purposes;
nr. ,hs, rather than risk the diSpicasure
of F,ance, by excuipatlng the executive
and ;,seli, thisHousc prefers 10 sanction,
nav. recommend, q negative vote, csn.
,,+,etl conccaiment oil evidence, a sup
nre.e;on of a declaration exposing Che
4" oca,tlg insinccrity," the dspiiclly aud.
falschood Of France.
MIR. Hanson said, tat he wished to
d;sri.s from, the discussion all the rub
b;sh and trumpery which might be rak =
cd together 10 tIe Department OF State
and bIough; to bear upoa this question;
bc Wished to discard all cXlraneCus mat
Ter with which il might be attempted to
cvcunbcr the question, IN order to di-
rec, the attention Of the people from the
tree snbicc, of enquiry. Let US, sa'd
he, sin1piif, tie question, and present II
il form calculated 10 meet tie appre-
bension Of every man, not having an un-
accountable obliqu:ty OF vision, or tor
,rred by distressing density o! lnleIicc,
AMI bow stands the question! SIM.
nv AID plainly thus shall the Chief
hfspis,ra;e cf this nation res: under the
fou! inputa,ion of hasing done a deed
at the bare mention OF which homer
bushes, the check OF charity mu9t man
ne. deed, which in better age would
have brought monarch TO the block
OF viii the National Legislature afford
thai Chief Magistrate an opportunity
(Which opportunity, to be sure might
have been takcn) 10 acquit himself by
his oyyn mare denial Of tie charges. and
thus incuipa.e his imperial accuser, who
I! has officially promulgod, l trust an un-
o.ahGcd untru,h, vitality affecting the
! Eonor Of eovernmen, This plain pro-
posi.ios presented to re minds OF gen
| ticmcp. could thsy dohbt or hesitate In
their deciion? Forced, driven to the
| alternative of flying in the face OF isnpe.
1 i'll ;re an,E.he unavoidable degradation