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Oor are th Pima! of fal dellghtfnl Peace,
yUnwarp'd bj Party Rage, to live like Brother."
MO N D AY, NoVM BER 2 ,1803.
Houfe of RcprcfcnUtivcs
' Monday. 0&. 4v'
of this nature had.bccxi
fubjCl before the Houfc, Jri the
filTc leuioB to fecur to
H. thought 4t prop ' tt- -cafion to
,h,t 7 , Win lentUmeni' that
1 -
for carrvms
the tf' ? ft Mt- belong to
""Vire butat th.y were Ui.-
defaa a doftnne whieh
?-Kw evi -true. He tl,e
bSfeTrf hey Poffeffed the
Hill entertained the bn.e
Siiea m the cafe of the BrL
tifn treaty Mr; 'Smihe recurred to
he journals of the Houfe, where
c-tain papers were called far, and
the Prcfident refufes a compliance
ith the requett.i Aiwr iumg
th
mffage ot the rreuoeni ai
length, ne conciuu
received noneceffity for the papers
d-ared by gentlemen, and lhould
therefore, vote a gain ft the motion.
MK Randolph faid if the genUc
from ConneaicutV would eppr
ine his motio to the Treaty ofal
efMi, he fhould be readto ac.
auiefce in it, though he did not be-i1:...-
tVaf the inftrument would
throw any new ngnt on mo mu- j
JC Uu Gregg faid that his with was
that the refoiutioa fliould be divu
ded ; and that the treaty of St. II
efonfo only fhould be requefted.
Jt had been conceded that it might
V cf fame ufa in afcertaining the
limita of the ceffion: . To the other
members f the refplution he was
oopofed. He, therefore, moved a
diTifion of the queftion.
Mr; G riiwold remarked, that it
Avould.be more orderly to move the
ftnking out the la ft paragraph.
Mr. Sanford thought the call was
.altogether unncceffary. It appear
ed to bea faft well under flood in the
United States, tbat.Louifiana did.
before the late Convention, belong
to France, The faft was recognized
in the treaty. If this faft be ac
knowledged, what remains for us to !
co, but to pats, the neceiitry laws
far carrying into operation the con-
vention concluded on the 30th f
Aoril. Though there might be no
official informatiion to that efFeft,
he was correft in faying polTeilion
of the country had been given by
France ta Spain. What then can
fce neceflary on our part to obtain
poffeuion other than the pafTage of
the nereffary laws to earry the trea
ty into effecl: ?
Mr; Elliot wasoppofed to every
part of the call on the Executive
for papers. Ke had a variety of ob
jelons to this requell, with the
aaantien of all of which he fhould
not however trouble the Houfe
His great obje&ion was that the
5 call wis premature, and this objeau
on, in'.his opinion, clearly appeared
even from the fhewmg of the hon.
gentleman from Conaeaicut (Mr.
Grifwold) and his honorable col
league (Mr. Gcddard).
Mr. t E. produced arguments to
iW that this was the. cafe. He
knowledgsd that the 1 ft. article
f the treaty was onlyan pffertion by
France of her inconteftible title,
nd an' affuranca that on certain
terw. he will convey this title to
United States. But according
to the treaty and convention, an a
getu is to b appointed by France,
J7ho is to deltver up the poffeflion
before we pay the fifteen millions;
hut fay gentlemen, though this may
e dene, Spaiji may not abandon
hr tjt'e to the province. ' No fuch
confequence, however, can refult.
The convention that follows the
treaty contains a ftipulation, that
the ftock created hall not be deli,
vercd until after Louifiana Shall
be taken poffellion of in the name
the government of the United
2tes. So that taking the treatv
the convention together there
can refult none, of the Jnconve
nnefs apprehended. A treaty
aas been made between the Firft
Conful and the United States, by
vhich the Firft Conful has trans
ferred, to us the domain, and junf
ditlibn of Louifiana;': In this treaty
it is ftinulated that- a eoramiilary
(hall be fen t to receire the country
from the court of Madrid and .to
g i veus peffe (Hon. I f thefe, t wo Ar
ticles ' be - carried , into efFeft, arid
they mud be to; make tb' treaty
bis&disjr, wej muft btain not only
the acTual but alfo the legal poffef
fion, ,It is incumbent, therefore,
on us to do every thing, neceffary
on our part to realife the poflesfion
Mr: Thatcher (aid, .though the
gentleman', who had juft let down,
had acquitted himfelF handfomely,
he had neither convinced him that
the refolution of the gentleman from
Connecticut was ill-founrd or un-
neceflary. As they were in the ca
pacity of a Jegiflative body, called
upon to paTs laws for a new terri
tory and. new citizens, it was, ac.
cording to his undemanding, ne
ceflary, in the firft in fiance, to learn
that they had acquired new ternto
ry and new citizen. The title to
Louifiana. as derived to France
from Spain, was ftated in the firfi
article of the treaty. By this it ap
pears that another treaty had been
formed between France and Spain.
It Wes admitted that the province
had belonged to Spain ; and to her
it rouft ftill. belong, unlels France
has performed cerUin ftipulations
agreed to as the pricev cf the ceflion.
The object of the mover is to obtain
this trea'ty, and to learn whether
France has performed thefe flipula
tibns. Gentlemen objecting to this
resolution,' have taken difFerent
I grcuridt. , Some oppofeit as incon-
nftent with the fen timenU that pre
vailed m the cafe oftheBritifh trea
ty, others, becaufeit is premature,
and others, becau fe it is unneceffary.
He did hqt expect the firft objec
tion from any number on that floor;
much lefs did he expect it from the
quarter in which it originated. The
ad vocates of the motion were char
ged With inconfiftency. He was
not a' thember of the Houfe at the
time of the Britifh treaty: , bat on
referrinclo the journal, it would be
perceived that the object of gentle
men who then called for papers
was t,o g into the merits of the
Britifh treatv. It would not be de
nied that the ground then taken by
gentleman on the other 'tide was. that
the l-iouie hat a right to examine
the merits of the treaty,, and to the
aflertion of that right, it was that
tne rrenaent aiwereo. we now
fay that it is not neceffary for us to
aft in our legitlature capacity, in
tending, , if it hall appesr-to be ne
ceSTary, not to withhold acting.
Mr. T. therefore conceived that
they exhibited no inconfiftency, as
I they did not purpof at this time to
go into the meats of the treaty, and
as they acknowledge the treaty, if
cnltitutionally made, to be bind
ing. But they wanted information
on iubjects of legifiation, It has
been faid that the newlpapers inform
us of the order. or Spain to deliver
Louifiana to France. But they
were net to be guided by r.ewfpa-
paper accounts. We deli re to know
from an authentic feu res whether
the ftipulations entered into by
France have been executed. By the
firft article of the treaty it appears
that " His Catholic majefty promt- I
fes and engages on his part, to cede
to the French republic, fix months
after the full and entire e xecution
of the conditions and ftipulations
herein,: relative to his royal high
nefs the duke of Parrrn the colony
or province ot Louifiana, with the
lame extent that it now has in the
hands of Spi'm, and that it had when
France! poflefled it ; and fuch as it
lhould be after the treaties fubfe
quently entered into betweea Spain
and other ftates." This article goes
to fay ,to Spain may have altered
the boundaries bf.Louiftana difTe
rantly frosi what they were when
France before polfeffed it. And
for what we know, (he has done fo.
Hence the importance of feeing the
papers a fked for. If we obtain the
bare poffeffiop, it is.one thing,.the
tegal pofteiTion is another thing. It
is one thing to govern the colony
with a corps of civilians, and ano
ther and a drfFerent thing to govern
it with an arny. The prefident may
oerhaps, have confidcred it a good
bargain t obrain, for the payment
1
of fifteen millions, the mere quit
ciaim ot f ranee to the province. At
any rate it is propter that we fhould
act with our eyes open arm thefc-
lore, the importance ofhavmg a
copy of the 'treaty, entered into be
tween the governmen tof Spain and
France, or evidence that Spairv has
acq viefced in the ceflion to the Uni
ted States.
Mr. ,Nicholfon .was extremely
glad to find that gentlemen on the o
ther fide of the Houfo had at length
abandoned, the ground which, - they
haa taken lome years ago. - He was
rejoiced.that tljoy.were now willing
to. acknowledge, what they had
her-tofore moft ftreruoufly denied,
that the, Houfe xf Reprefentatives
had a conftitutiortal right, not only
to call for papers, but to.-ufe their
difci etion in Carrying any treaty in
to efretl. Why elfe do they call
for, papers, why enquire ipto our
utic 10 cne province or Loui'iana ?
If the doctrine of a former day was
ftill to be adhered to, why uree
this enqu'ry? If gentlemen are
p.uiiiuiH wiin r.caiiei ves, jr iney
have not forgot the telTons which
they inculcated upon theratification
ofihe Britifh treaty, this Houfs has
no right to call for papers, no right
to make enquiry, no right to deli
berate, but muft carry this treaty
into efrect, be it good or bad; muft
vote for all the neceffary meafures,
whether they are. calculated to pro
mote jhe interefts of the Uaited
States or not.
Tke doctrines of old times, how.-
Ter, arenow'givea up, the ground
formerly taken abandoned. We fhall
ne longer hear that the E xecutivo is
omnipotent, and that the representa
tives ot the people are bound to vote
blindfolded. for carrying into effect
all treaties which the fretident.and
the'Senate may think fit to make
and ratify. He th:.ked tho gentle
men tor the admillion, and hoped
that the country would profit by it
hereafter. He was happy to fay,
that this was uot now, nor ever was
ahe doctrine of himfslf and his
friends. They weant to deliberate,
they meant to ufe their difcretion in
voting away the I'reafurc of the na
tion. He agreed with the gentle
men, that if a. majority of the Houfe
entertained any doubt as to the va
lidity of the title we have acquired,
they ought te call for papers, and
he had no doubtj" if there was any
difTatisfattion, they vould call.
He himfelf fhowld inv no objection
to vote for the refolution, if it was
confined to proper objects, nor in
deed to iatisfy himielf, for he was
alraady fully fattened, but to fatisfy
toe wilhfs of othti gentle men ; to
fatisfy the American pe'rle, that
te infinuationa throw a out againft
the, title, are wholly withv.it foun
dation. The refolution 'n us pie.
fent mape, however, wns Jv-hly im
proper it looked to extrinfic cir
eumftances, and co&templated an
enquiry into fubjefts tojally uncon
nected with the treaty with France.
What, laid Mr, N. has Spain to do
in this bufinefs ? Gentlemen afK. if
fhe has acquiefcad in our purchafe,
and call for her correfpondence with
our government, "What is the ac
ouiefcence of Spain to as ? If the
Houfe iStlatisned irom the informa
tion laid on ihe table, that Spam
had ceded Louifiana to France, and
that France had fines ceded itjta the
United States ; what more do they
quire? Ar we not an indepen
dent nion f Have we not a right
to make treaties for ouffelves, with
out afking leave of Spain ? What is
it to us whether ihe acquieices Or
not ? She is no party to the treaty
of ceffion, fhe has no claim to the
ceded territory. Are we to paul
till Spain thinks proper to conient,
or arc we to enquire, whether, like
a crofs child, ihe hss thrown away
her rattle, ana cries for it after
wards? The treaty itielf, he faid,
and the conventions attached to ti
furnifhed all the nccei.ary infWma
?ion. By reference to the treaty, it
would be found, that Louifiana is
ceded 19 the United States with the
fame boundaries that it had before
Ween ceded with by Spain to
France, and that France had obli
ged herfelf to lend a comiffiry t
New-Orleans, to receive the poffefli
on from Spain, and transfer it tc
us. For this the United States were
to pav fifteen milons of dolUr3 to
the French g ivemmcut, But how,
and when ? Not immediately : nor
till we had actually acquired the
poneiiion. And if France fhall fail
to put us int actual polTeffion, the
Tjnited States are not bound to pay
a fingie dollar. So that the call for
papers can be of no poflible ufe.
Suppofe thefe papers, fhould fhew
that Spain had not acquiefced, what
is this to us r Is her plealure to be
a law to the United States ? With
regard td the treity of St. lldefon-
fo, Mr. N. laid, he fhould have no
objection to its being laid befere the
noiae, it it was in poueiiion of trie
r.xeeutive.- in ail proDaouity. now-
ever, rnia was not me caie, as it was
Known to be a lscret treaty on other
fubjects of great importance between
France and Spain. At to the deed
of ceflion fpoken of, he really, did
not undefftand what was mcarvt for
he imagined it was not expected a
fottnal deed of bargain and fale had,
been executed between two civiliz
ed hatiqns, who negotiated by mean
of ambaftadors. If there were r any
other papers that could give gentle
men more information j' he had no
objection either, that thefe fhould
ba laid before them'. "One very imr
portant paper he knew from high
authority, was certainly in exif-
tence, and polfibly might ba in the
powar of the Executive. This was
a formal order under the royal fig
nature f Spain, commanding the
Spanifh ofiicers at Orleans to deli
ver the provmce to the French pre-
left, which he eonlidered equal.
perhaps fuperior, to any deed of
cefiion : for it Was equal to an ex-
prefs recognition on the part of
Spain, that Fiance had performed
all the conditions referred to in the
treaty of St. Tldefonfo. e It was an
acknowledgement that Spain had no
further claims, on . Louifiana, and
would fhew thit any interference
on her part ought to have no ijiflu
ence en the American government.
The caie ot the correfpondence
between the government of Spain
rnd that or the United States, if
there: viras any fuch, he fhould not
affent to, as it could be of no pofii
ble impoi ta nee,- The acquiefcence
or the refufal of Spain, could have
no weight on the queftion, whether
we fhould have potTerion or not.
any interference on her part would
be idle and extravagant. Wc might
as well afk, whether the ceffion
had received the approbation . of
Great Britain, of Ruffia, or even
of the Dey of Algiers himfelf, for
they each htd as good a r ight to in
terpofe as Spain had, eithftrofthem
having as good a title to Louifiana.
To tho(c parts of the refolution
which pointed at the objects he had
mentioned, he fhould have no ob.
jection, but he never would con'
lent to call on the Executive to
lay, whether Spain, reat. Britain,
any otiier nation w s latishcd
with a treaty made between the Uni
ted States and the French govern
ment.
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