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1 PUBLISHED (weekly) BY WILLIAM BOYLAN. TW0DOLL1. ffR A.VN. Payahle tn Advnnrr. Vol. 1 jttkEIGHyN 1806. CNo. 543- lWO& kHALf Mil. H 1KX. I' at, Me k'tl'i'tur'y: Ive POLITICAL. x for the fafefy of ttreir W eft-India co!o- r i i t i . L .1 . njes,rurDaae tne weaKtinngpr nieimpor tant poll of the Havanna, and fufpend ed the hoftile movements on the part of Spd'.i.againnVthe United States. : And ii ... ' I ..- 4, 'r c... !.. tu io tins c rcumiiauce we iic uccu jjiu- On the mor ninBaturJay the si b , , . rf d f , undifturbed pof- From Richmond Exqyutj;. (Concluded frcm-oujxlaft) The committee were immediately con- j n h f e w ,g ertT vrn?d. As rhev were about to allem- , . . . , , 7 . ' tj ummmiaw va,,v u.,.. UJ , mn,, th fnmhrrw.fitinn which Wetfic inp h Tprarv fir rt if, iic.nui v. wiitt wuviu , . r i m . r i i . .r:-' . ,'J i r v: "... u: . . ;me secretary ot tne .ireaiury naa iQme a paper headed " Provihon for the pur- As loon as he calt Wf "Xnu before put into the handsof the chair 'rovihon for the pur-1 ' , . , , , u 1l(ollOTfj. ' -n '1 It A - J' . . L. .L I1UL1I. JUKI WlltUi I1C I ilUt MOlua cnate or ripnua., n loon as n.e cau ;illtr0'dfaced iut0 the ahairf viz. a note of Ins eyes on the .title S the de, miUiuns aaJ a contnuanCe of.the clared tha he would not vote a Ihdang. d . d of whichconftituted- i he lVcretarymerrupje.! hnn, by nb-1 b Mediterranean fund. It was reject fervmg, with t! n charaderiihc cau i m d f chairman directed lo draft that he did not mean to be underf, J . , . . j . n imcd with the committee ihould deem it adviiatiie, to pay for the territory in queftion : up 1 more difiimilar ; tl;iat except the patties on the ground, that if congrefs were dil poled to acquire inoriaa Dy purcnaie, they' fhoiild nx the 'extent tcAvhich they were willint toco, and thereby furnifh our ininiiter with a' fafeguard againlt being the fame, there was no point of refemblan,ce y that, when Spain, with held from the right of depofit at New Orleans, Concreis had acted on its own inftjgation atone ; they had not been" the rapacity of Fiance ; that there was j apprized by the executive of any hoUiie no probability cf our obtaining the coun try for lels, but every reafon to believe, that, without fuch a precaution on our ' n li. M L!. movement on the part of Spain ; the rilory ot the U. S. lad-trt been insulted nof . I r . ' . f tne persons Ot cur ettrzens ivttpm our own y.v n. naa ttevitca a plan lor railing inc i;e ceflaryiupvlies as. he had been requ it ed (or directed j in that cafr to do. The chairman expreffrd Jiimielf di'gufled with the who! .could not t e fifihis procedure, which UI ,r.4.:--p.it - - c i i i j-r- tiit-r conii aeration. iut nit rotifider as hignly dil-. :t..,n, . ) ri .i. t it. hilt uul iu.i.aiu ui mv, aun.ui.uu j'v !nS??Wt ljshud' ;xthf n '?s f8! pie (xvhich alone it behoved ihemiocon ijnliule ciemiportaTice of l;!oriJa to iruit)requ:rec,,pe;icej they iorbcre to re ihr 1'nitpd btffts. and as wi imi to ac-. J H : ,r r . :.r. m i. ... u. the feci et journal, and publifhed in all thvi newlpapers Ihe committee law, in the multiplied, aggreflbns of Spain, am ole caufe of war, on the part of a go vernment with v.hich-lhe welfare of its citizens-was not paramount to every o conceiving that American peo- cominend ofKinfive meafures. They be- i , I1CVCU II IL UC jjJUI j'Wiis.jf vj n,itj mu in tniS :ollf l Kirrolf ':inA fiArrr tfip fjvnrihlp e rio'ccafion of extinsuifhing " the punlic ihe United btats, and as willimrto ac- otiire it .hor.oniblyavany man, but 1 ner wou ld cod fen t m'pipceed way : that the molt l'crupulotrQar ueen aseiKio cover ne repuiaucoi Uebtat 0Rce thc piice 0f our liberties, the admimftranon, while cMgreftveMd (hc bad of ur andent u, ,itude;. cxpeucu a? v "f,u ! So long as this debt remuins unpaid, we icn fcarceiy(e c'onfidered as a truly in- ?nt people. The lenic or the was,-lpciter to make war, oart. fhe would extort more.- This mo- risdictien vlofouds It had not been olfici tion ,wrs oerruled. When the bill I a!!y announced to congrefj;, tha " their came under difcuflion, various objections YptouElhn,. as well as tlx spirit and hmr of we" e urged againft it by the fame gentle j our country rendered the ituerptsiikn of ih man : Among others, that it was in di- national farce indispensable. 1 fie chief ma n r- . .1.. r.ur'.... :n t .1 rect cutive ODPoiition i,o me views iuc ajac-j untile ui u.c uimuh iiau nui cnjciauv , exprelicd m tr.e preuaem s 1 aeciarea mac tne act or aggremon in . (it was on tnis oc-1 oueltion was comnntteu by perUns afc. cial communication, cafion that general Varnum declared the meaiurc to be confonantto tne secret iv'uhes of the executive : ) that it WaS a prof- tration of the national honor at tiie leet ingby the orders and u;;der the ianfthm7 of the court of Madrid : on the contraryj thehoufe of reprefentatives had exorcfl- eUDy a tormal relolutioh; their belief. that whillt the official.! racter to icie Kim uiyn.neai wnnemeprtuaeiK iani- cd-us ot the cleiermination or nasn to advar.ee upon ourfpoffefiions until ihe Jhould be reprefled by r.n oppoling force," and pronounced " that the pro jcTion of our. 'citizens, as well as fpirit and honor of our country, render ed the inter portion of that force neccf iary," declaring t the fame time " his fktermiiiation to puifue the Cfiirfe which the wifdom of congrefs mould brefci'ibe K contjefs was privily requir ed t'i take upon iifelf all the cdiunr of j ilr mkir g from the national honor and national defence, and of dtlivt-ving th.e pub-ic purfe to the firft cut-throat that demmdrd ic. From the official com muniCw'.Icns -from the face of the re cord, ii would appear that thc executive find difcharped his duty in Tccotntnend- mg .manly and vigorous features, ulnch nor purcl safe peace, biit-t provide lor the defence our actual terrucy, which th-.liihvfl: authority hud announcd0 hare been violated and tn be menaced with fitlh invafion. On this pcint they j conceived ihcr2i could he but one fenti- inchr, whatever diffcrtnee of opinion might 'exfft r.s to the wifdoni of pledging the nation, to proltQ its flag in remote ft as, or its ability to yff .rd iuch protec tion. A poor attempt has been made to reproach the connniue'evwith a want cf reliance on the utiutfa, and a prefer ence for the Handing at iViy. W hen it is "corfidercd that all the ptotcclion then and finer, extended to the country -in queftion, confifts of regular troops, and that the neartft Hates" front wliich the milithi could be marched for its defence, ar ft parated from it by many hundred of our adverfary : that a concellion fo hu- that the wrong in quiflion, had proceed-: miliating would paralyfe our efforts a--j ed from the unauthorised misconduct rf c?r gainft Great Britain, in caie the negoci- j tain Sbtnish cftars, and declared their d. ' ation then and now pending between J termination in cafe it fhauld be fanction that government and ours fliould prove ed by their government, to redrels u. - .. abortive : that a partial '"appropt iation. . injuries' and vindicate the rhhs of our c-.tw towards the purchafe of Florida without i zcis. UniU .cccashn, concrete avowed, limiting the prehdent to fonte fpecifie tha? they would refort in the firft ir.- V itance, to an amicable explanation wint the Spnifh court ; on this, the hi ex periment of negoclation had been tired, and " after five tmnthsoffiuitless endeivo'tf, cn cur party bring ihtm'to soqie drjinite aitd satisfactory result, hud entirely failed. Ic could not elcape.the rccol'eetion of the node, to how great' an excitement, the ucnidi oi a ccnvemionai rignt nad. at amount, would give a previous f auction to any expen!? vvhicli he mighr- incur for that object, and which 'congrefs would itand pledged to make good : that, if the executive, acting entirely .upon its own refponfibility, and exercising i b acknow ledged confritutional powers, fliould ne gociate for ihepuf chafe of L'lotida, the houle of RcDrekrTtitives would m that cafe, be left free to ratify or annul the J that day, roufed the minds ol our cii V 1 . J 1 1 ?i I . 1 - J 1 ns- naa oecu oongea to- accnaon, ana i , rtr:r,'.0r.; compelled, by congrefs to purfue an op jrolite courlc, when in fact ccngre it ielt had been acting all the while at exe cutive inliigation." 'I he chairman fur ilier obferved, 4 that he did not under fiand this double fet of opinions and principles : the. one oflenfiole, to go up;n the journals and before the public ; the other efficient, and the real motives to action ; that he held true wildom and .cunning". to be utterly incompatible in areamongft the weakeftin the union) the inccinpttaicy cf the militia to the fer vice in" queftion, and the futility of the objection, muit become manifeft to all. Be fidjs , the pr efi d enj t :ih ad ; noipc.cafi.Qii to apply to congrefs for power to call out ih'e militia. to repel invafion, that force being, under fuch c.'rcumttances, alrea- (fy at his difpoial ; and it is worthy of re contract : but that the courfe was pro-" pofed to be purfued, (and which even tually was purfued) vould reduce the difcrttioa of the legmature to a mere fliadow : tliat at it enfuinKfemon, con- grehj would find ivfeif, in reldtionlto this hibjeftj a deliberative body but in name: that ttould net, without a man ifeft derelictiorifits own principles, and perhaps withcutvolution of pub lic faith, refufe to fmctioiianytreaty en tered into by the F.xecutive under the aufpices.cf. the legiflature, andwith, powers h unhmited; that, however great his confidence in the chief magil irate, he would never, never confent to uive anv nrefident fo.di'.nizerous a proof i . i i i i i i zens. And it mn!t bt: remembered thaf the acquifnion of Lddifiana, which put a itop to thefe aggrefiions of Spain, (icr which no.fatisfactrsn had as vet been. rendered) was made not from the party v Dy wnom tnoie oitences had been offer ed, but from one in no wife connected with them. And admitting at. the junc ture the propriety of our making over- tures for the purchafe of a country, the j poOefllon pf which, it was conceded on all hands, was highly defirable to us; l; .yet, what mealures had we taken, or dk'.n -we propoletQiake,for the refu a! on theV yai i. i-'iii, 10 . rai:jy cer CMvt fiun with w.f, sh-tjeJyher otvn minister -under the eve of i . . . i ' i . . i hi. is Siveiwgii pTcdgiyrhcr to tuike cowpens it ion itdifi cur commerce during tnatiiimrM otirahzmi fir. ot if ; that his duties as a member ot that Jor spdjrtiins cetnwlti, houfe, as the independent-renrefe motive "! a prnsdiri" war ; to of an independent people, W'CIC. para- -the rennvnl 'of the Jnie.prcc7ic7sre.-idy of' mounfto everfother.confideraticn; and guat u;icun!y unr.g the present ivar fjirhe that he never would preclude himfelt, by j ehtructicn cf the navigation .of the AhbW any previous fanftion, from the unbiaff- for refusing to-come to aiy fair and amiable ad- ed exercife cf his judgment on mealures ! justment of the boundaries of Lom.Una; and which thereafter were to come befoie ;; daring viibtion , by persons c'cihg under him ; that the houfe had no official re- j the authority of Spain, and no J:ubt ariz.-d . , - fT 1 1 t rllia lUtll Ulw UkW 4 K kit VJ W m w itrong objection .-'tothe rneafure in itfelf ; but in the ihape m whrch it was predat ed his repugnance to it was infuperahle," And in a lubfequent converfation'with thc prefidem himfelf, in which thole objections were recapitulated, he declar ed' that lit too had a character to fup port, and principles to-inaimain, and avowd--tHsetermiRed-Gppofitionto4 the whole Icheme. - The committee now. afHrinbled, and irJtructed their chairman to write to -.the fecrgtary of war for his opinion as to- force which it vpuld. be rcquiiite to ' raife for the defence of the louthern frontier, and rcqueftingv at- the fame time, to Irc informed what number of troops v?ere already ftationed in that quarter.:' In hi anfv. er, the mimlter fta'fed the foicc vvh'ich tW 1 JnitccbS rates had on -the MFflifiipni and jts. branches, ready 7 to deicend the river at . a notice, to be -fomcwhat lefith.an a thou jfand men ; that. lie had intetiignice that' .--Bpam was collecting an army on the i run tiers of NewMexirJ6, and trar.Tport ' ing troops from thc Havanna to Ptnia coia, and that the force reuifitecn our part, would depend upon that, which would be oppofr4 o us, vrhic;!! -he efti muted (vaguely) to be lupeiior to bur own. . " .... .. ' , - Abcut this periodjihe fea-figtit ofTTra - fidaar reached America, the-vcnf of Inch aUrmmsrthc- Spanifh Animitry i refuted to adopt the meafurerccommend- cd by-the execmive, (or indeed any Or thtr) for giving elrkieot operation to that great conflitutional defence. The report of the committee, altlr.' in"flrict'unifon with the official recom mendation of the. Executive, was reject ed by 72 to 58 votes ; and the propofi- tion to appropriate - dollars for the pu.rpcfe of defraying t any extraordi nary expences of foreign inter courfe, which Ipd been previGufly laid on . the tao'.e by a member or that xommif tee, before their report was made to the houf erwas immediately taken uprThe commendation from the Kxecutivc for the jtep wJiiclL!rfiey.lprppoleiLiAtaki?" on the contrary it was in direct oppofi tion to its fent intents -.as exprefled in the confidential meflage; thatthe refponfi bility would be exclufively their own ; that, if the prefident deemed it advifable to purchafe" foreign terf itory, he was free to enter into ftipulations for that purpofc, whillt congrefs would. remain equally free ro fanction or - difapprove fuch ftipulations ; or that if he. thought proper to afa for an appropriation for that object:, the refpofibility pf the mea-fure-would reft upon . but when-thc Jegillaturel undertooii " to-prise ribe -tU course which he ' should pursue, -and ivkicfc te had tleivid hhr.se: f to pursue J the houfe m . - m of her "sintimeMs ond vievjs 0 cur undisputed limil, njihich-jduJ-sokmnly-rervzn izrdbf treaty." None ! The denial of the fli- puiated compenfation for the fpoliations of a former war ; ihe reiteration ot the fame practices during the prefent ;. the. obllruch'on of the Mobile ; the peremp-- cry refufal to adjuft the boundaries of Louifiana; the iufulfs committed on our territory, and the violation of the property and perfons of our citizens within our acknowledged limits; all feemed forgotten, in the zeal to purchafe Florida, or thrown with the national . 'I he bit! neverthelefs pafTed by a great; majontj'. A motion Avas then made to tr.anfmit, by a committee, the foliowinc: could have no chance , through which it I meflage to the fenate : could be made acquainted with the cpi- .' By the houfe of reprefentatives, Jan. nions of the Execntive, but fuch as was ! 1 h, 1 806. ' official, refponfiblC and known to the Ca,i!exgn of the 'Sonnet - conftitution rand that it was TVP----Vr'i: uaofmU vou h tr.A. ifion for 1 1 tt 1 . l " , 1 1. iz u .ii s. 1 v 4 .1 . r apie inepreiiGcnr ip open a negotiation ra- upoii-au uucuruuiuj.iuiiui lugcuiou- dtt aymgibe extraordinary ex for the purchafe of Florida. A motion of the private n'tji'sles of tJJe Execut rj was "then made by Mr.-l. Randolph to fponfibly announced by an irrefpenfi cuiinne lhe appropriation to that object, v1"'. and agreed to, yeas 78, nays tS.' . Ano , ther motion was by the fame gentleman to render the debt which was propofed to be incurred, redeemable at the plea-, lure e the Ui -.: Si ates . I'his w ascaf ti ed without a tlivificm But afterwards, Lwhentbe bill was brought in. the hohfe f- c .1.. 1 i- F lticijiuuu us voe -ior at ipecincap cable at. the difcretion of the Executive, t'oiiny extraordinary purpofej of foreign inter courfe w'hatfoever; Mr. J. Ran dolph alio moytd to limit the amount which the government ra,fg' t ftipulate hie individual and in direct hoftiiity to his avowed opinions. i. T"-" " , To every objection, the : Louisiana precedent "-'as it was called formed the -only ahfwer. although in the latter fiaes of the difcuflion, 'no reply jvas attempted. . The door s were clofed, and the minori ty whofe motives were impeached, and whofc perfons were almoft denounced, piopriationr& the money was ' left'appli-Tercr-. voted down without debate. In rcpiy to tne caie or uoumana, 11 was faid that it was no - precedent at all ; that every ''arguinehCdfwi:-ffoni'.'that fouVce w'as "utterly inclufiye in the prc-i lent ' inftance;- that- no two-cafesVere nation" pences attertdirtfr h S.end foicijrn and Tit vVblch we rcqiure Your concur- T rcr,ce. -Tbc bill Lap bn pafTrd by ui to eoi- ; lie ihe prtfident , of the U.-S." to coaimcnrr, with more i$c&.; a iiegdcutrdSjFor the purchsfe ; of die SptnilhrrrttONeilyTng Atlantic ocean, ttid pulph of tlfxicb, andtaflwud of the riTef-Miflillippi. The natue and im car- tance f"the oieafore conterrplared he TodcejTj us to aft upon the fubjed with cloftd dooti, 1 You will of conffquencei cobfi ijr tbts com m 11. y uivu.suu ma wunuutiiiiiu '' J"i't ,VllUCipri theo 'mqvff'd to lifike cut the words d river M'fjifippi and ; to 4fcrt I 'jy of PerJJJo," upon thi firoflid that the country beee the Mi(IUrjjind tHt Ferdido wi in dilpute between the U. S. atoSSpiio", txin a prt of L'tfuifiaDar luchaFU wai it ;p oiHO " by J'
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