Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1814-02-12

cruitiey service. ignorant, hoadwiak
ell, blinded rs we are, IL s;isht mt to
he claimed o. expected of us 10 pas.
this bill. think the administration
ought net to call on us for murc ,aen,
| till they hare answered the enquiry
which we made Of them. turciiits The
causes OF the f,ilsre of our arms. And
| L mach doubt whether this house ought
to grant another army, tsgore 1T bas
made a thorough investisa,ion "f lie
causes OF the late distresses and Iii. :
| grace, which have followed our
| arms.
| I4et me not be answered that we have
iaade the inguiry-4tie inquiry you
have made, s,pst prove inetectaT. The
honorable mover ef thai resa!atioa,
tMr. BRADLEY rrofesstd To have the
| saase object in view which be sormsrI,
lad and isstrotluceti tbs resain,ion. iv
ssTHe remarks, in which, he claimed Il.
to he ''like'' the one offered at the las,
session. Permit me 10 set The homo ea :
bic gentleman risht: ana let me- tell
him. that La resolutions are nst '>2ike''
nay sir. let ma prove to him tnat they
src very ankle. 'Fiic resolution which
he sub~.itted at ihc lust session, was
il these words:
. Rssotued, That q COMMITTEE be an.
"paintsd TO reu,:te into the canscs
which hive led ts The multiplied rai
! iareA nf i,ie arms az The United States
. on car H'cGterN aid forth EfestPrn
frontier and that the committee be
authorized 10 Send .jor persons and
paperS.;'
The resolution when ac offered .h;,
session, and wh,ch the house adopted.
is in these words:
Resoirea, That the President of the
| u. 8. be requested to cause 20 be laid
before this house. any information u
has possession, and net improper to BE
| communicated, which NAV tad 10 IL
! iustrate the causes s: the failure u; t;.e
arms ofth u. ). on the iorthefn from
| tier.
| Can these resolutions be cons i.Ipred
! ''t,ice' in their nature, Yoicc,, or effect:
The object 10 be sure in boih eases, j.
an enquiry but the resolutions are ra-
Ideally md essentially different. The
one offered last session. relates excIu
sively TO tie FIRST camraigu. and extends
tn the E'estern and North Western
Frontier: il seeks to raise n committee
q tats hoase, with powers to ssnd for
Pei'sens AKA papers. Il IL The usual and
proper Inquiry, in the usual and proper
way, If thorough ard e.fectual inyes-
tiSation was wished or expected. The
SECOND resolution is radically different:
II
Know OF the President, the causes Of
the fai;ure Of eur arms--it is confined
TO t.le Northeri, frontier: it does not
touch the Western END North Wsstern
frontier. Its terms mi sht possibly in
Guide both camoeigas bit according
TO ats ebyions import it was treated by
every sentieman who spoke an it, as
relating exclusively to tie last cam
Pn;Sa. Now will the honorable seu-
tieman from Vermont, proclaim to this
house, and publish te the nation, thai
his resolutions are like each other
SIS. they are a'ost paipah;y unt;ae.
Again they differ essentially ia this
particular. If under the first resoiuli-
OF IL committee had been appointed,
with powers TO send for persaz5 anG
Papers. the fault might have been ;rae-
cd to the administration, If indeed il
rested there. b. the last reso!mion.
the iuquiry is made nf the President.
! and tie conduct Of administration is
completely and eGreinslly shlei,iad
i'rom investigator, tIiers Mr.. Mil
! CT was called to order ny Mr.. Wright,
of Maryland The chair deeiarsd
Mir. III. not TO be out Of order.)
Should have regretted sir, had been
| considered iy the chair, as wandering
from the point under discussion-I
have now emily 10 regret, that 4 have
net been so fortunate as to make my
self distinctly understood by honorable
! Sshuemsn. ! will state my objection
We haye not Tie necessary int'orma-
ton, and III aTticipa;ion of an af:u-
| mcnt which may be urged against me
| hereafter, atcnd to shew that the
mode Of inquiry which sc have adopt
| may not reach the evfi--and If tie
, blame rests with administration, IL
certainly 5ciU noi reach it it caaRot,
it was not SO intended by The honorable
mover. And here permit rue TO remind
that honorable gentleman OF what he
said, on introducing his resolution The
ether day. Ailndirg to his Former
resolution, lie distinctly stated, shat
The reasons reqairing lhc investigation,
| had - 0'QiRPf sfYPapfl'7 since the last