Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-05
ALEXANDRIA,:
ERoN orR GORE sroxprSr AT WASH
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THTRSD.3F. FEBRC.iRT 5. 1873.

the President Of the United State. upon
'hs kiny Of sa.iA for the liberation OF
Richard w. Meade. citizen o. the I
lifted states. detained 10 eonEaenent IN
the Castle of Santa Catalina ct Cad!z,
eagh, 20 b ;Gpported and enforced Of
restinz the President with the authority
10 make reprsiis in the event OF fail-
IRE % TIE part Of Spain promptly 10 dis
cAsrge Ii. said Meade.
Mr.. Trsm5le SAID that , petusai Of the
documents laid before the hg1ss would
prove that 81 which he rad stated on =
frrmer OCCASION respecting Mr. Meade
was strictly correct, and that tie conduct
o; Spain was wan,onIy unjust The de-
n,nd Of the President vas, he confessed,
a pretty strong one, and as in case Of
hostility being advisable, the executive
could do nothirg with1u. the c1ncurreoce
and aid Of congress, the house ought to
express heir determination 10 support
the President with authority TO enforce
compliance.
Mr. Lowrdes said there were two
questions for the consideration OF tie
ue-tae first, whether it wzs necessa-
~ 10 act At all-the seco: d, whether, II
it wer. SO, TIE proposed was the proper
mode Of proceeding. l" answer 10 the
first, he would say, u,at twas very doubt
fal whether that now in consideration
was proper subject for cohtroTsrsy;-
and that if il was, the proposition Of The
gentleman was too preciPitste. lie
should, therefore, while he disaSewed
any intention to entirely get rid Of the
resolution, move that i, be laid upon the
t7b.e.
Mr.. Pitkin agreed -i,h Mr. Lswnde:,
and expressed himself a. &, loss to in
sgine how they could in such case make
reprisa!s.
Mr. Tremble said thsths had purpose
IL pads the resolution genera, in o-dsF
t5at i, sAosId, if thought necessary, be
modified. lie had no objection 70 ITS
beiog laid for some time Cd the table.
The resolution was accordingly laid
up'n the table.
uAyeR GENERAL ST. CLAIR.
Tie hs1se, in a committee Of the
whole, then resumed the discussion on
the case Of genera st. Clair, when a
speech vas made by Mr. S,rother in ia
scr of Mr.. Fo,syth's amendment, in
which the application Of the word charity
to the claims Of the cid veteran was
taken up BY general Reed; who said
GIat there was nothing in the case ID
countenance the suggestion that the &c.
neral called on the house Tor It's Charity.
NO-if he wanted charity, it is net there
he would apply-he would send for it
more naturally to the Society Of Ladies
at New-YOrk-those ministering angels
from whose hands he bad already receiv-
Ell assistance in his distress. No-there
was not word about charity, but about
just and righttul claims, in bis aPplica-
ton. To show this general Reed called
to have the petition read, which, along
with the report Of 1910 and 1911, were
read; the former of those reports &C.
knowledges the money to be due: but
p::eads the statute of limitation, while The
latter states that il ought to be granted.
Mr.. Taylor of n. Y. said that the COM
mi,tce granted The 5000 dollars not as an
act Of justice, but as an act Of charity
aad it was on that ground that he would
vote against Mr.. Forsyth's amendment.
Mr.. HoPkinson said that from the out
set Of the business, disposition appear
ed to make provision for this venerable
cid offcer-and now they were only dit.
fering about the manner Of comforting it
M, hin, Lie ounol that he had aluays
considered it merely in the light of a gra-
tuity ; but as in the course Of discussion
the merits of the case opened upon hin,
his opinion underwent a change, and he
was now clear that general st. Clair had
as indisputable claim as ever was laid