Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-06-28

IN ~. executive, If at all, tor lDieDrMla,
ton through whom this decree had Desn
first received. The .rsnch m,p.s.e
had declared that the nscrec nau ,sy
transmitted through two channels: was
not the enquiry then, material 'n:ousn
which, if either, it had been recelseu )
MIR. w said he would not go the @hole
lenr,h which the gentleman from SCUM
Caro,iea had gene, in saying that susp'-
cioa had attached 10 the government On
his head. He would say that Tor MS
part ne entertained none. Ine patacu'
'arity OF the call arose from the nature
IF me information wishea and II there
was novelty in the form, It was oecAuse
similar case had never arisen.
Mr., Calhoun said be was glad the
gentleman had at last come to the poiht.
The gentleman from Notwithstanding,
adverting to the correspondence OF Mr.
Barlow, says that the French decree haa
been alledged TO have been transn''teu
Though two sources TO our government.
The 6rst of these resolves enquiries thro'
whom and in what manner TINS decree
had been communicated. The % and
Sd resolutions eg.brace the object avow-
ed ly the gentleman, VIZ. An enquiry
whether the decree in question had been
received through either OF the two chan
ne.s designated by the Duke OF bassano'
Why, then, after being tins precise IN
two separate resolutions, was the Pfesi-
dent, in addition to these speclhc en-
ouiries, called upon TO inform the House
through whom apd in what manner the
decree had beenreceived BY him Was
ne, this llanauage (wholly unnecessary
with the ooiect which the gentleman a.
sowcdl calculated to bring UP third
idea no. agowed ny the mover, that the
decree might have been received thro
some other channci titan either OF those
through Nkich the Duke OF Bsssano had
declared to Nir Barlow that he had tor
.wardea it? II enquiry was meant only
a.. 20 the two mods OF communication
indicated in Inc correspondence, the
terms of TIC first resolve were unneces-
sary as well as iDdecorous 1t other
wise, there were no facts on which to
rest suspicion or ground enqeiry.
Mr.. Caiscua concluded by moving 10
strike our q. ne resolution the words
IS 5y ,yicm and in zphist acaner.' \
Mr.. MIKE r,se for the purpose OF
proposing an amendment which, he SAID,
would supessede the one proposed by
the gentleman from Sonth Carolina
His ob,ect was, to strike out the whole
OF he reso, ut;cns, aud in lieu thereof ILL.,
ser, resolution, which he rsad, calling
upon the President generally for infor.
nation on this head He said he was
persuaded there was 20 gentleman IN
the House dcsirous to detain from the
public eve any Information which. he had
aay rease, to believe calculated at all
to enlighten the public mind, or ma
ture tie Opinions OF gentlemen Ut the
House IN relation to our concerns with
foreign nations. But there certainly was
somethirg due to the Chief Magistrate
of the napion. 1t was Impossible for a
ny man 70 read the resolutions without
pereeiying that they might be constru-
ed iniurinusly TO the Executive. Why
not ask for the infot oalion desired in
respectful terms? Was the House like
" to arrive at It's object in this way SOON
er than by decorous and respectful
course: He saw nc propriety in the
particular terms Of the resolution, espe-
eially when the Information desired
might be as easily obtained by pursuing
a different course, He was as anxious
as the gentleman who moved the reso-
lutions 10 lay before the nation every
particle Of information in relation to the
decree dated the 28tn Of April, 1914.
So far as he was informed, the conduct
of France in relation to that matter was,
as he had frequently believed it to be,
iDsincere, base and abon'inable: He
wished that every man in tine nation
might see and detest it.
Mr.. Shift SAID the honorable men,
Der from Kentucky might as we'll vote
against the enquiry altogether, as sub
slitute the motion which he had read.
Ii was, no doubs, well know to that gen
tleman, that resolution, in the very
terms perh,ps which he had read, had
been adopted at the last session, the re-
suit of which we have seen. The same
answer Nigh. be expected to the resolve
read by the gentleman, fit was adopted
In preference to those now under consi.
derstion.
air N'Kse said, he had no know
ledge OF the adoption at tho last session
Of a resolution similar to that which he
had moved. II such an one could be
shown on the journals, he would with
draw his motion.
MIR; ShcCey then quoted tue journal
of the LIST Of March last, containing
resolution, moved by Mr.. Goidsborough,
calling for an authenticated copy OF the
decree, purportine to be revocation
of the DEGREES Of Berlin and Milan, and