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DEBATE .;
9n the Patsagtj fbe flkitgtxr
atfropnatwitsjor the MtVjiJor lii.
Mr. J. Mcntgqmeu'y said, that as v
e yc4s ami nays i'iaJ bceJ required, ;
he should excixise- iie ngm oi av i
aooui u give. TaiVsill provide ior
exiraordtaary exences jiupUn ed M
lh navy Uerctiieat siilce tae 22nd
of June lasi i tuese extraordinary ."cx
pcUces iidd rcsui:ca t,om the cow.
ar i.y auac. coiamiucd. oy the Uo
pi'd on tne L' uesdpeafee. This act,
jpaifctd vviirt ttuavdarmg nd airo
xious circainataaces, had eXCueU
tht teicsuHioh oi every Ainentan ;
0lle s.iitmKiH. p this subjtct per-
vlidwd .he LTatoi. I fts-rresideat ol
tJ), 'olluca states hadaop ed firm,
tn-rgciic inm aicprtiifii muAUi ts on
tac occasion , atndnst Qiheus, thuse
Wijicii nad JCv .aioiKd JLhe cxences
far waicu. this bui provides. He had
he-lid no coinpiaim. the conduci
of iiu lixouuve was dckctive ei'.hei
i,j ji'mdeuce -n- caevgy. He vvas au-
. j .d he exorcist d the ; uurt
tn-n-uy. vested. hiiu by law, t.o call
cm uc 'Aiarmc corps 10. its full com
pi; nccn.. He ld exercised the
aui.icriy "given iH a uy tae acl
ot T8u7,'ai. preparing ihe-gur.rboai-.'
for sli vIuc : tbe ben-.e ot the nation
and. me 'exien-'y oi the.jtines.jaUcd
wviun n m -o do aj. Oaier expences
inc.nku calling ou the inah ic
;rpa, fand inaniii.ij; gun-L)ja s,
wer- cimprivetl Uiider ihe t,rtcren
arucies' ji cicauti,;. 1 hesecx-
traJrdinary . expenCsS the Prcaidciu
w .s aatnoiizja io m :di ; the state
oi t .c cou.itiy laatihed. hjai in ekt-
Ci5n l.uu uathunty, diid Mr M.
oi oliwm 'tiiai aie lv.n ur ot
tue liuLioa caHed upiiviae tipuec t..
maii.e ttic apprvpriaaoa. i'nen,
to mese " cXidwfUhary expeuces
:v,,c.f n b,en . L.-eU'ivd, nc
could ne i d.diouhy lacu hon .ur
nt. Tr.tiv
V l- ai aia.- iJi vnv. lJ j - w
vvn.ua n-e. vvuh as ii.H- uiriicuuy, t.
a. iv otner ; he was iasir,ucwed io a .
as a mcinact- ol ttu cbta.iuicee ol
way a i i laean, tuat the px visio.is
tje-hied ia me bill were uufcu b
tiu nnluiu call, d oui toi the proiec
to.KOt the puYi niost in dagger
Was theie any member in tae
Vmse no, would ne;nat to make
an appropriation of 3 1 OuO dvliar.
jfov liiat purpose I
A Lhis l.npo t-ini juncture, when
our countt y vvas m du.igci', the iix
e. u.ivc had tx-iinincu t.ie .btaie of
the s-veirai depa. iineutb ; in ihc Wdi
d pdi'vment tnorc ;vcit surticiciitsup-'
piu- 1" military stores ; m me n -.vy
iiv.)art.ne.u tnere Wcjc uon3, except
a kv pUiids of powder.' At this a
hniiing crisis, inc country jbein
.threa ened vv.tn War, the people.,
h) ua t the President ir ei-eive-
tr- cvj.ujuct ; be did uot liesiiaie to
tnake expenditures to suppiy these
!iec:sva; es for the degartinent. Oi
the uavy department theitj was
more lequircit .aaa' ot the wslr. -department,
because the outrage hud
been commuted on tile ocean.
"Wiial more prudent, more Correcv
conduct than that of ihe Piesidci
could be wished, or whuti muu
'i
could the people expect, than thu.
he should have made ihos? necessary
provisions of ordnance ..and miluavy
siores. and timber or gtin-bwats
The President had judged ltj.cxpt.-
ditni to make preprav ion ; and tii
state of affairs had cadeu tor k Wai
iiK.r aiinuue ; ior, sam Air. m. vvc
have leai iu from our depar. ed Wo.sh
intnn, that to cdmmanu peace we
must be prepared for war ; .he Pre
sident had acted upon this principle
winch the house would no doubV-ap
prove. 1 hete was no law at that
time, nor nad any law yet been pass
d, to uih nethe purchase 6fthest
Articles ; but the President of the U
Slates, wlieh his country was in dan
ger, hesitated not to take tipon him
self the credit and ' pi c'per r esponsi
bility. Upon these items w$;at was
the language of the President of tlu;
XJ. States, contained in the messafct
delivered to us I Strong and forcible,
ind clearly shewing ihc necessity for
incurring those expences: Pht
moment out peace, was threatened,
1 deemed it indispenslbla to secure
a greater provision of those articles
ot military stores, with which oui
agaanes wer not sufhcicntly fur-
nished. To have awaited a previous
rd special sanction by law, wxud
have Jost occasions which ihight hot
he retrieved I -did not hesitate there-
For-; to auihofiie engagements tr
uch iuipplemetrts to oiir existing
tork,. as would. rchder it adequate
i th emergencies threatening us :
and 1 trut tha. the Legislature feel-
mhc same anxicy tor the salety
of our coua;ry, so . materially ad
vanced by this precaution, wi.il ap
prove wlien done,5 what they would
have seen so Important to be done,
if . hen assembled7
Mr. -hoped his trust .was sw'ell
f 'landed : that the L.ttri stature, reel
. j KJ
ing the same anxiety for the public
salety 50 rriateriaily promoted by this
precaution! wouid de clare that this
was what they would have done had
thev been in session. He asked, had
jht- President of the U States nassed I
over this rtat emergency, tailed if
to make these . preparations, ought j
ne not. to have been censured tor a
neglect of duty.? As these articles
therefore had been purchased, be
cause the interest and safety ol the
country required them,-and the ex
pences had been incurred for the
public safety, the houe could nr-t
hesitat'- to give their. sanction ta'the
. T
appropriaition. ...
It had b-cn ahed by a gentV-man
from Mabsachusttts whether-trrese
rticles were actually paid for : if
) vid fr, out of what monies had the
oaymenl .been made. As a member
f me committee of nays and in ; ins,
ae could declare that not one cent
nad been actually paid. The Presi-
ient had said, that he had authorized
J ngagements for thse ai iqle?,; the
government was plwdgedtor them ;
inn the house were as st. ougly .call
ed on by fauh and honour to make
T n appropriation , for ihen as they
ivet jj bound to do in the .case oi the
aaniie Lorps.
Mr. M. said it had been asked by
anotherj gentleman, perhaps from
v'. KMicticut, whv'iher the timber
aen.tioiied.waH for general naval. pur
poses, or lav gun b-jats on'y ? At
nis important crisis, when hostilities
vere menaced, it had been thoughi
prud-n i to lay up a st ck f tiniber
ior building. gun-bots, and it was
..ccordingly done ; but in laying it
up, it had belli contracted for and
pr pared in such a manner as to in-
jwer ariv naval nurpses. If our dil-
fcrer.cei saou'd bv amicably settled, j
Sc it wis not rcjui.ed that gun ooats j
viould I be erected, the materials
oulu still be on hand f- r .he use of
the navy. . . .
It had been stated, he believed
by a gentleman from Virginia, that
appropriations had been anticipated;
hat this Was not the language held
by the President of the U. States, or
diese the principles defended by him
in his first communication made to
Congress 111T80 1 Mr. M. said he ad
mired the principle laid down by the
gentleman, appropriations should
never be anticipated but m extreme
cases. ( The principle was in general
correct, but he would ask ttie gen
tleman from Virginia, who had ta
ken this ground yesterday, if a case
could not occur in which it might be
u.e part t-d f om? He would astfe any
;en Hnuo iia.cd there exist a strong
er case than tiie present to justity
such ai departure ? He believed not.
Phey had been told by a gentle
man from Connecticut, that in the
manner in which they were now act
in j? in making appropriations, they
were justifying the measure upon ar
guments resorted to by the former
administration. Xiod forbid, said he,
"hat we should take any of the prin
ciples kf ttie former administration.
Ur our rule of conduct. The pre
sent measure stood on firm ground ;
I trB exigences of the times nad Justi
fied the anticipation! and not the ex.
ample! of the former, administration.
They had been told by a gentle
man yesterday, that our -navy naa
oeen
1 rue,
vessel
disgraced by this ) outrage;
if itie omcer ol the dvgiaded
instead of a -YerbaJ answer
from the mouth of his trumpet, had
silt a metal one from the tnouth ot
his cannon, thej honour4bf the; nayy
of the w S. would have been pre
served That ficer his.: conduct
vvere how .under investigation ; but
from ihe courage, character and pa-
iriotishri of the otlier bfiicers olf 'our
thai, if occasion ffered, they would
retrieve its reputation.
JU had befen sai4 that the govern-
nient had redeivj! two marked in
sults from fo i ei $q we rs ; pre
sunred or.e case 4-tided to was that:
t-f the Spanish minister j. if he was
-Wrong: in this idea! he wished to be
.corrected. This ihinUter began to
shew his Spanish airs to our home.
spun government ; lv ,vas informed
that a demand vvoUjtl be made ir his
.recall. If 'it : should be thoiiht tlu'
I am incorrect in this, saicTMr. ',lsl.
resort -to the Department of State
where the facts may be obtained.
What Was the conduct of this ex
minister? Did he dre to. persist in
his insolence. ? No, he meanly soli
cited our government not to write
on or represent his conduct to tin-
Spanish government. Our govern
meut e?anted his solicitations: if
they got rid of him, it was immate-
lial in what manner. - After he had
thu obtained his pointy what Svas his
conduct? He came within the city
of Washington, contrary to the un
derstanding which jjad taken place.
Did the government then put up with
his behaviour ? He received, on the
contrary, an iutim iion th..t -his com
pany wquld.be dispensed with.. In
the course ff a few dvs he slunk off
to Philadelphia.. U utter such cir-
ciamstauces, he presupied-. no Ame
rican would feel the dignity of the
nati'en injured in this 4ase.
. In the other case, it; had been slid
we had received a blojir ; and a blow
"only ? No ; murder lad been com
mitted. The reeking biood of our
lellow-citizt ns and the insulted dig
nity of the nation caUtrl for satisfac
tory retribution, or qieedy retalia
lion. If rctribulier. is refused, then
the Constitution did not vest ihe pow
er in the President i' ..he U. S. to
resent the injuy it did vest it in
tile Congress of the (J. S. If such
a crisis should take place, they would
meet it with energy and firmness,
and use every exertion to efface the
in&ult.
The present measure now under
consideration, said Mr. lM, is the
first defensive measure presented for
our determination. If we give thss
measure a quibbling, qucrking, or
reluctant affirmative, the, people will
be disappointed id, their hopes, I
have no apprehension tiiat we shall
do so ; 1 believe the contrary. 1
have no doubt but that the' patriotic
characters here called together on
the exigency of the manitnt, an tj
whom is entrusted the honour of the
nation, will realise all the visnes oi
the people.
Mr. M. concluded by saying, that,
leiing conscious of th;..rec.itude el
his intentions, as far as his feeble a
bilities would permit, he had dis
charged his duty to his country 1m
consti'uentSs and to himself.
Mr. Randolph hoped ihe.tinK
would come and that very soon-
hvheh we shodld h ve an opportiinit)
of going into, a regular discussion 01
the points touched upon by the gen
tleman from IVary land, and ot some
others. He trusted that, in the hi ai
place, the question Would be brougat
regularly before the House, and the
lat experiment had thrown conside
ruble light upon -the subject whe
ther the U. S. ought to maintain a
navy, and to what exteac V W he-
. . . . . .' i-
ther an establishment wmcn naa 101
years proved a. moth in the purse oi
the nation, and which, when the, exi
gency of the moment called for its
last exertions,' had proved only a con
ductor ol dishonor to the nation, de
served to be cherished with ttie tea
det'ness,tSc supported at the expense,
which had hitherto been lavished up
on it. lie hoped this .question would
be fairly met &hd as tairly decided 1
lor strange as it might appear, this
great point had never been directly
settled, since: the present adminis
tration came into othce, out haa ni-1
ghetto been determined m an obiicjue,
cetjateral way. He botied too the
question would be discussed how far
the: Resent state of our poetical re
Iations abroad, had grown out of the
proceedings of the memorable ses
sion of 1805-Sj and how far (perhaps
ktthis might .prove the only opporin-
irity for such a discussion the mea
sures taken by the Chesapeake com
ported with the wishes and exjpcqta-
tiont ot th$ people aa witq ine
' mf a und, dignified
who had just sat down, allowed tha
the.osijion confended for yesterday
in oppotn to the practice of cbiv
trading public debts or expending
public' money illegally, wcrt in tlt
general good, but seemed to conr
der thsm liable to many and grVU
exceptions. Onthis subject he would
produce an authority which-would
hew what had been the opinion ot
the republican party, when they wrr
out of power, and how far it sup
ported the doctrine which gentleme.
nad undertaken to defend. Her.1
Mr. R. quoted Gallatin on the Fi
nances of the U. S, page SI
Mr. R. believed that the opinion
which he had just read would bear
him fully out in the principles which
he had laid down yesterday as . those
oh which the old whig or republican
minority had acted iii Congress, on,
which they had specially as Well as
virtually pledged themselves to the
nation o continue to 'act, and which
whenthey deserted,the.y deserved the
reprobation of every honest mu d
Can any man pretend to say that tht
western insuircctibn in the very in
fancy of this government, presented I
a cacoe ot less public exigency, thai,
ihe capture of the Chesapeake1 ?t
And yet tho then President of the
U. Slates, for having illegally defruyy
ed the expence of that fxpedition,
instead of convoking the legislature
and acting under iii: authority, had
deservedly received tbe censurev not
of the nadtitude, for they were with
uim, bm of the thinking few,' . Hti
was condemned by . the reflecting
part Of the community and the sysY
tern on which he acted, and winch hik
j successor had subsequently pushed
luthe mosiextravbgtnrt lengths, .ru
inally arrested by the public voice.
la a preceding part of his work,
(page 79) the Secretary passes some
deservca strictures oii the practice
of mingling appropriations. Mr, K-
hete read these..
The 2 cases noticed by Mr. Gaha
1111, were the mingling or lumpiMg
1 appropnattons, and the expendi
ture 01 laony 00 oojects authorised
oy law, but tor whit.ii there was no
appropriation.-. The present case not
only embraced those two, but . ano
ther, and much stronger case than
any which Mr.GaMatiu had! magi m ti
ih- f.xp. '.tdit urc ofmoniy not on y
xoitkout an appropruiton but upo-'
jbjects not ptecivuoly authorised ;y
law.
But Mr. R. said it was asserted
that the articles were apt paid lor
Uiat contracts had only been rriauc
ior them. So' much the worse in
point of principle tnere was no oitfe
rciic between contracting an illegal
debt, and maki g an illegal disburse
ment of money. But in point of
tfxonomy, therevwas a great diffe
rence against th5 lormer. If these
articles had been bought with cash,
uiey woiild have cost less. Mev
"caants all over the world look to puo
fit. Would tliey deliver upon con
tract to bo paid tome months hcacc,
provided Congress approved, their
saltpetre, for instance, at a casJi price
at a time too of imminent dangei
if war, and when every article ot
military equipment must be . expect
ed to rise enormously in value. He
could not see in such a procedure
(granting the fact to be o, of which,
however, he doubte;d) a theme for
eulogy n the oeconomy of men in
omce, or any mark 6f promptitude
to provide for the public delence
which could be done cnectuaUy by
ne le&isiauire aione, :
i 1 1 - 1 . ,
He put it to thecaniorof the gen
tleman from Maryland to say . W he-
he r, if the President had pursued 4
diffeient course,' had met the puoho
expectation and convened Congress,
he could, not haveiound in the respect
shewii by the Executive for' the lawi,
and the constitutional rights oi. lit at
house f by a prompt recurrence to. the
only source of legitimate authority,
a more ready and natural defence of
his conduct than that which he had
laboriously, but , fruitlessly taxed' his
ingenlnty to .produce. Thtf gentle
man s, argument proved too. mucn.
ihe more he magnified the danger
of the cr;sis to justify an illegal and
unconstitutional expenditure ot the
public mtfefo ih 'jllw:
. 1 1
led ial e DTtnal ratJori 1
- meet the emergencyrDthmes ' :
d.nntd into our ear wIllmAk
pretend to:ay thatsuohv'pre.ration:
ben made thai wrenow',
Prepared for WaP f ..Could getl-
eman bring himself to fetteb -"
a lew pour.ds of saltpetre had pur he;
ti-orr-iir-'a posture of defenr&ot?
that .we ha4-any pthsr reparauoti. . ; -
an that which fcaitVnnr tvillm.
wn. had been :tarilWeri,as lara
respited a violation iif the constitlii.
yw.i taws, certainly emient,qut
'on md laws, certainly efficient t?utV i
U1 Tdatldn to flfnr. h..vt'tn
.1 mg;v tWe were nearly in theme :
ate opreparatiorrnow as two years
a;o,when .the non impoVtationl'aSk' l'.
tllu pannced of politic al erapyrWismV - '
cine; into'vogue.. So late as- the fast
seVsxn of Congress, the . house had
beVn j; told, iy a gratfemantem V
Massachusetts not .nbw m his place '
ihi t this law liad already done wbn- V
de: s-that until iMiad passed,Gr.yat" V
Br;i would not listen to ;any.:pro
po'itibh ironri our ministers, but no
soujitr was it enacted tha6 her ears . ,
we je j opened, and i 'disposition fla- .
niftbted to; grant our demands. But
a re&uiar. course of this nostrtun had,
endicli aatl quackery Was-sure to ',
dpi an aravaiion of the disease, -The
gentleman frpm Maryland had! ,
said iomethihg which he could '. ndf'.
distinWy hear, -concerning the ;Spa.
iiisit Jminister. He hoped the gen
tle niiri did not consider, iiim as
uK)Iogttt(of Spain or hr minister.
He had warned the kqsefwolyearff
ago.of the consequences of truckling ;
a Spain, of ihe inevitable effect of
suchlmran submissions oh the con.
I duct of other nations jo wards ks. i
f vVfiat tlieii was prpphtcyi now'his"
ry.
A
if a
fear' had been expressed, that
reluctaht assent Were siven to
this bill, we- should disappoint the -(kopesf
the people. . Mr R. said he
lid give a reluctant assent. Because
it was a measu' e of d fence t.- No
because it . was a half measure, ra
mere make-believe i a tub to the po
litical whale,- something like the fa
mous act for raising votuntei rsj which .
had caused such confusion inpur mi
litia jsystfr ra, that in fact .iv cou'd not
Ixr executed -because more. especi
ally the expence had been 3iliegaily
incurred. - But he' would be the. last
gjve a reluctant assent to vigorous
and jefficit nt measures OTiginated v
a constitutional way, which might
be deemed essential ib-tlie national "
defehce?or to the-vihuicaudn of the
national honour. If,instead of wait
ii.g ihi slow return of the Revenge,
Congress had. been asse rnl)led -.immediately
on the attack of the the
sapejake, to proyide for the eommon
dtfehec," he. wuuld have given ;his
warmest assent to any measures trst
could have, been devised for retrifiy..
ing t he national honour. For if any
thing was worth goin-to war for, it
is apaiiou's honour, since it is ini
sepaiable from a nation's safety
I ' 2o Js continued, ) -
I fifty Dotiar$ ' Rexutifdr0'
UN AWAY from the Subset
iiers, on the h of the 20tb of. hia '
monthr TWO NEGRO FELLOWS
oue black, abont. 30 or 40 years . of af.c,
about 5 fee: 10 iHches high (a waggon ,
k'er aad carpeiUer by trade! He writes a
1 tolerable hand, and it is supposed has -Writ
ten passes, anabotfl will probably pass. t.c
freemen, nd, attempt to get to.some &t ine
Nor(hernStats,: pr the State of Oftio.-
rhe other tsyellesw Fe low, mahout G4i
yearof afeer II inches bighV' IVi?
cloaihs UrtknGWrvs thyayetiieverai
suits. ... The abpve Reward will eivtn,
if the" Negroes are committed Jdi ayarl
on the-Conti.ent, so thac the Suiwct b4r.
get tntra, or they .-fle debver w iani?.M
Uhaffio, jdn. Huntsvdlei or 25f doflari?r
either. N- CHAFFlN;u.
Sp7 30. JOSHUA Bl&0$&y.
i Ten Dollars Rtzvard.
RXaN AW.VY frohjtbe Subscrb?i:
about the JnJdcllei-of ' August Ja4 a
lleiiro-Mn KteMWfeOliASlVS yeur.i
xi 'age, aootitv feet it tVhes tnli, oi -u
yeaj . w .sompis.i?ii.-1 wiji "v
from. his upper jaw.; Speaks gofcd t. I si
.Haiion wher. .iieet aay an Oz.iutr1-
,Shh-i and-Ovtraiis, a: ;d a, new V 001 li u: ,
Ho was rased ty Mt Bn ph. ' Whoever
wilt secttre sad feitow m ay Jau, 6 ir.at
I may get him again, shalltiecctye jdic
aooVe reward, and ai) reasojife'chtw'.T
oacl bv '
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