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VVilksiin-si 3??? 55; ' do me. WLZSKEPH country;-, sþcsint several __ ct_ zxsss ivith himss -._t Wtha-z c, and then furnished. the towne. with & barge and men to descend the .Mtssns-nþi to Nct'cw Url-ansss Ireplicd Mtþis V-csiid' (me among man): riz'ssoncts to sus Am good uiiuerstandmg, connection and co—operatwn betwrcssn the general and colmicl "That I imagined both 05 them wessssije well ct " " _ [flien of me nisi pain attrmmeﬂ to} me tye 'si _ sif , 3 his assoctasiessaio than a separate :ct 'siss warrant-Was: of, the Miegham, msit} er the siansptces is"? Spaut 0! I:!)bsdlldfoi his famous si. ; zshvhmh prbcusired ' — enow;—live, prml ' ctssiSfmm the Spanish government, end theesitrmfilmary \- istt colossncl Conneﬂy fro—m (,axfidsit piidbssim m hcptnckv but that sitherect xveze recent, events wzneh xce- we not withonc ysusptcxon. Such as his hafinssg spent the. last si ninict ofcctof Bnrsi :- viee-prendcnu at 31 ashct sssmgttm, their ssg. weak innmztey , thsic intetest si-Mctades to get gon thssmbon appointed and confirmed gqt CUV'"Of Uppesilx Lonisianzt, with But: s brother-i n—ianf, sccretary to the tcxsiri- ; infernal Way oi his fxfmlsis. t'a'ssplztces of trust ansicsif ucndectsi God. XV ilkinss-sson s thaw Ysi—seserﬂl unthssed- -rwops into & sicantsionment art-sithe month of tlctrsie Misssicmri , hisis connec ,ictxotsitsis with colsssssi Burr, gsim. Adaix; Jo'hn shown. ,of Kfiotuctcky, jdsihn þmlth Of thO, "and c('.ss vex-a! bshct'ctdrs, since tmphcatector suspected of cemented Mihsscol. Bnrr, to 11": ocme a Ndmf tsso QW a-ctmai on the I-ndianct. Side ot ng, 6!!! when 'chmtcr actctbank was big-tasted, den'id' here prsssioducegl those lands, the jw-mssi afiwhuh seems sigsk, to have made t! te gaze-al to szufid—dﬂtzdmg to a paragraph.ss_ un (: cypbetsstd Per. -.I then stated noipncs :Btsstrt & visit to Isc': ,ereans msi & barge stu actscttshedctctb} gem XVilkicthson, and thatsiafessez \i-' Sitiing the IssOWGl' coumrx he came to St L'ouis. "This text then stated the conversation with Judge Easton as before mentioned, and the intimations of these three persons, and that when Colonel Easton..." sight-if was about lent-ing St. Louis, the general had a large got ready with much parade to thin; over the Mississippi, that sometime after, But it remained to the Atlantic states; Mississippi expedition got ready and... 55n66, which gentleman promised, is called to succeed and prime himself with the president of; (that gentleman is a judge of East Mississippi!) then observed to it was not so easy to suppose that Col. Bun, who knew Wilkinson & character, his former attempts and desperate fortune, should spend so much time with him at Washington, where the scheme seems to have been rejected; as through the country where Col. Burr must commence his character, where Wilkinson was still acquainted, and where Burr was waiting to find him to make proposals, but with his assistance was ready, and then made his purchases by a letter; and because he knew the success at that letter, in converting a passing were to a traitor, should throw himself "did his best friends, his choice spirits, into the power of a..." General, he had so much to suited that the general's measures in Upper London certainly had a tendency to disgust the made with the change of government, and to prepare them for a revolt, that I did not limit the generals' attempts upon other occasions, but rather, tried me; but if on the contrary, Burr did communicate his plans to the general, either at Washington, at Washington, at St. Louis, and the general did not immediately inform his government. he has not only gmssisly imposed on them, and esspnbsslic _at large; but has been guilty of Had .of treason a zperjuiy. The at tornsiey geheml, after I had _gone through my " statemept and insoimation, in substance and oider nearly as related, asked me what would be the result if all this should be pipvenct— 7— Why just what- the federalists" and the one mics of he present administration wish—It Idurd cum the indign ation of the people" from But}; on Wllkinson; Burr would escape :(nd Willtimn take his place. I observed that it phhiblywi htbe the event, but justice asind "__honor req that the'whole truth should be known, let lt operate as it might. si'- ' {deor Bruﬀ'e widence'sissto be mtsmd ] _ct _ various ctsirinches, ss . credited at thisoﬂsiice. _ , si , - .sisisisssssi'TSENsiTM xvz ss si—ctct'rsi .'- ' si _.-;ss"* if; ct . si'ct: .— arc: & — [; sisssi . ct'si . .) Try-:? S. Y'h .5— j—h sisi'h' 93! , _ si; sun,, Wectnbsitssﬂ sfsif zct 1 Mctmsifss- ;; siw si a act"- si' ss DEBJTE onssMkssG W CAMPBELL'B six maken tofill up tct'zesibdl an x'fze Two-va! istab .] ?Pntw -_ ss-. assYCf-ssx'rmunnJ ] Mr. Eppzs Js'a76 "he dissd sinsiot rise lesi the purpose of emcnngimo admgumon ofquea nous not connected with (tip passage of the ". bill. He iho'ughsit it important the public " 55wa correcdy understand ctth'esi grounde si 07: Much this apprctpprialioo was cailed for. The money ought not to be drawn from six of the sunny unlace previously appropriated by law, was a sacred constitutional principle—appreciable was which he would always see and to see, which he would, go as sure as any means of the house. He did not consider that the present occasion (his principle so sacred to republishing had been violated. What was the case of faces on the present occasion? At a time when the public peace was violated, the executive on its own responsibility had authorized contracts for ameliorating the first necessity. Ameliorations essential in the event of war to support the honor and maintain the independence of the nation. Among these articles—the materials for making powder, for which there was a pressing and urgent necessity. The contracts for the materials for powder, and the contracts for timber were not authorized by any existing law. The crisis was one which demanded an immediate supply of such articles as were deemed essential for defense. Both the materials for powder and the timber, were considered as absolutely necessary. 933'3-1 the Executive did not hesitate to assume responsibility which the enterprise required. Contracts were authorized for articles deemed essential for the public safety, and on the meeting of the National Assembly, a communication was made to the House of Representatives, a communication was issued by the Executive. He had stated that a former day his ideas fully as to what other articles in the appropriation, and that they were authorized by the existing circumstances. He did not consider it necessary at present to examine the question whether these articles ought at once to have been surrendered by contract after the outrage on the Chesapeake, on the 22nd of June, or whether it was hung-rose night to have been consumed. The Legislature, when possessed of all the circumstances which at the outset justified the course pursued, in a sound discretion, has been exercised in assuming this responsibility. And whether the engagements thus entered into ought now to be completed. Mr. have said he had not intended to have risen on this subject, nor should he when he had been subjected to the emigration of the people. He felt in addressing the Speaker, was it not so? The apprehension he entertained, that it might be supposed by his constituency that he was influenced in the vote he was voting for. them to give by the same reasons which they were offered by gentlemen who, arguing against the passage of the bill, had declared their ultimate intention to give it. It is contended that transportation must decide, whether there is any question in this debate. said Mr. It is a constitutional one. The arguments of the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr.,sictQuiocy) and those of thegsientchan from. __V_irginia (Mr. Ran dolph) prove that. thjessjs-assny is the ground ofoppictiti'ou. "in the apthority introduced and reliqd on by these-gentlemen there was siifhe 'SFQHFCYW it right, (for it was- some time ntn'cesiht: hsizd read the book) a diacua. -siou of'the question ariuing under the sec tiun'of the roostitution which declares that ;" oo/mooeyssctihaictl he; drawn from the treasury, ; but in_ gooe'egsiuence osappropriations made {by laws: He coosscu-rredsiwith the'gentleman : fromyVirgioia inch}. respesetsiwhich is due I to the oþtniona of ghEssttctecretttrysiosssssthe trca. ? lury whose " authority tectqusote'd;3_ and if, ;eacttssdctf.Mr. L. I was satisfied that the rea jss'ssaoctoiog he has advooeed applied to the pro s vision: of thin. bill, ( would Father incur Fall the risk which on this or any sururectoc- ; ) caeiotsil might be the conkequeossce; of relue. ; iogsstctssossgivdctour aid to the excgcttsittive, when , ; itsihctfzid, on : greht emergenc-y advanced its ct gersosioql responsssibilitzctsithan lent] my voice ,} in support of: remedy-e I. deemed uncon si- atitutionai. if the gentleman who intro-_ {duced-this authority shadreadl-ta-si'littie sur- ? sisssithersi-siback, ! think- .it would have "been ' found, that the "first me pus by the writer—5 in iishnratiosin of the cooatitutiooal princi. ; ple,_wn that. yhcre under a former admi- ! - nisffdtioa, :: sum of money had been appro. ; ctsipriatedsibylaw to the dis-:harge of the psitin- ! iss .sicisipalsiof some ofsiour forci'go debte; & it was s ) again,-47. sssisiss sfm-mremhw si siisi Tennis-ly;siddxeziﬂizfixzscfxﬂesiwsie'in ss .to"'ai%cb.dt}gctsﬀtþess-ÞlctrmctleztjssTÞMssctsiWE-ssziffif? utwseevncma swow-T ups-su m., si .. a-si-mdsimsisi-ommw "on , j there:-nisi .siffedmiyizx'rizisiQP'si-W si was ,Yss'BYfissZc-lar ct6b£ctssforzsi which? mosisihZsictssWa? 'bpproptintctedss- ; yet ye find , tha'sst-insisissthessefilje ssjeu-1;jncsspzionesidsisialthoagh the object mgma " "He;-ﬂ_1ss'e'pitsstsiieular-—objesset of applicatjpnsi was,!csysi diﬀchm: l.? ZPP'sia'Z-W me (hat rss a miiunﬂerctstnn'ding ,olctth'e tertssn'd apprapfisi ' ation'ssnnd application among us', has" p'ro-ss ! ducedss much to! the present debate; tþctey' have'beensi'indisctiminately used, aqdff'sssifor ? the'pnrpgae dfsissexpressing the samej-ideza, ss althE'bssi? the authority rellsied on, thee-e [ esctaicty'ctof the treasury has in "all the esiaaes he hsizzass addsssinced in illustration, drawn the distfnetinnsi si \ ct ' 'sisisisiln the present case an act of hostility towards this country had called With the energies- of our government; Contrzcts for articles'of necessity hadssþecu madcsiaod the rec'ponsibﬂity ofthe officers gsik- om- 59; ssvernment stands pledged for their ,.st'ﬂfil ment. ' f view the measuressi sicontemplatEd by ttssxesibﬄ as involving & question of expe. dieneyct only. This being the case ! need siadd nothing tothe measures equally urged on bsidthsi sides in support of the propt'e: ty of the expenditure from the highly sggra vating cause osit Whether indeed the for. mer measures of this government have had the effect of producing the causes of the great national excitement we have witnessed, as some gentlemen seem to suppose. Whether the conduct of Great Britain has its origin in a determined spirit of hostility towards this country, is in the present discussion entirely unimportant; whether the unclassified outrage she as committed on Denmark, or the unproved attack on the vessels of Spain have been invited by the pusillanimousness of those countries, as is suggested was the case with us. Assessments which I shall not, not myself, discuss. Mr. Cook expressed his full approbation of the conduct of the executive and the officers of the departments. There had been no wrong application of public money, for none had been drawn out of the treasury, it was merely a question of expediency with the House whether they would sanction the measures which had been adopted; the president had not bound them to do it, and they were at liberty to set as they choose. Approving as he did the course pursued he should vote in favor of the bill. Mr. Lyon would not occupy the house so long on a subject of so little importance. On the score ofconaistency he should (vote as he had allwagsia done. When appropri ationa were ma e without authority, if he liked them he had vntesid for them; ifhc did not he had voted againetsithem. He thanked the preaidentssfor the promptitude which he had manifeated by" his-sieonduct on this occasion, and 'co'tild see "no harm whichgcould arise from it. I? the House approved the measures, they would vote for them ; it would be immatersiial to them whether thejbargain was made to-day or to-morrow. And as he did like thetn' and the houseliked them, he would votesifors "the bill without detainiog them a minute longer on the subject. ct Mr Gardnier had been much pleased with the debate which had taken place on this subject, in the course of which gen. tlemen had _an opportunity of expresoing their opin-i-Qnssrriztmnly on this particular subject but genertsidllY- , The attack on the Cheectapeake made'ctosin the 22fd ofjune last, had called from the nctssasstion "sisisisione universal expression of abhorrence ; onectþurst of ex ecration at that daring assaultshad reaound ed from every partof the Union _ lt was the voice of a powerful. nation calling for satisfaction for her inaulted righte; and wheh heardit would be respected. in no l part of the union had this expression"; been more sincere, than in the city in whiCh he rceided(N. York) ; that city which would "endure, if any part of the "country suﬀered the most dreadful calamitiee of war; that city defencelcas unprovided, and exposed, whose inh'abit'ants had,—been told by gentle rrssten on the ﬂoor of that house; that they 5 sisictm'ust fiy__to_ the mountains for, protection; ,in that city ' tho'-same een'sitimenta prevailed which exiated in every part of our coun try. ,. ss- At this period the president. feeling without doubt the same sentiments as had been unanimously manifcsted by'the peo ple, had thought proper to go into the ex penditure for which an appropriation was 'rtowasked.-si Mr} G said, it could not be -doubted,but_ the president", when he pledg. 'ed the faithss' ofssthe government for the purchase: sssiwhich weresimade, had ssviolated that article of the eonatitutionsitvhich lodg ed in that house the only pti'wer of ap si "; fail;?" -.' -'_.-__.-:-n ;- ; si ___ . ,, ss \ _ . , . , m}, a; encourage 'hbmua ty" 'Z fct'ssfiksl?),sisisssifﬄfhsiffictaosiﬂzlimfiqpsi not becm'xe'sshsi ' ' .sifiYctSZWW-F . _. in'crcd than .si .. , .,sisssifsisisiTsifsslbsssifbeﬂoorssof thuthnuu; bsi. gzbctccadisssefctsifthd {Life-ly olsi (he siu'dtion i'siihe. then-helmes . s. ? .six W'cthilc he up:-eased himself ple", ( ;siﬄth-lbe-ss debitq- Mr. C.,ccssuld not 38? wimctshe geddemmfsom NorchsiCurolinzss who thought'ic {gnsifT-gx'csscaordmarysi one, ' '- whgtc'vcr'wcfþgsihssqsscctibjrect, if any other of, ( the govermiiedfsi-hadjiransccnded his pgw; ; ed! is [united by the coaac'imtion, .iz "" 3.nopsiproctpe'r'thacfctchc proccdurc should 5, lrcatqd with -- levicy. As such & conduct might encourage violations of the. conni. cttuiion, he was glad that no clpmditure 'sicctbuld cdkc plain withoutcxcicsimg she at cehlion of the house ; that when exercigin its prerogatjve, the cxccuzivc wouid no: ctþc encouraged in puuing its hands mto she 'sslrcasury. It would shew to the prcaidrux or any other officer, (haczhctc _hcpse Y-f-cra sifgcalqus of their'consciqpiidual Hsssi'ozs. MZ. Could not say, with respect, that the gentleman had been ignominious, or that any degree improper to have convened on, since he had been given the right to do so. The gentleman, green rather than the day on which the session met, and though he would permit the president to do these things, he would not permit it when Congress could not be condoned to sufficient time. Flour more had elapsed since the outbreak had passed, committed, during what portion of the interval, the caprices of the nervous system had been incurred. Let us know what it was that all probability of congress might have been convened in sufficient time to make a previous appropriation. The gentleman from Pennsylvania had told them that it was the custom of an ancient nation to deliberate on a question twice, once when drunk, and once when sober, therefore congress should not have meant to say that this was a drunken nation. That a nation, glowing with indignation at an act of insult, was in a state of intoxication? Was not this a period at which the representatives should have been assembled? Mr. G. trusted that however great the general state of the nation, however great the excitement, the representative should have been. would have been auspiciously cool. He did not think that these sentiments had in any degree subsided, he felt no appearance of it in the country, not in the house, none in the gentleman from Pennsylvania, the same feeling were still cherished that existed four months ago. Upon the whole, however, Mr. G-tho, the executive had on this occasion conducted. ed fairly, with a single eye to the public interest. He should vote for the bill, not as a precedent, or to encourage any de partment in the unauthorised use of ths publtc treasure,but because tte thought'si si. : measure proper." ' Mt'. Smilie did not mean to insionzto thatsi'the natiOn was drunlsstzct' he meant that the hour of extreme-feeling was not the proper time sorsisideliberation. While! he entertained that sentiment, he honored American see-lings on the occasion; he re. joicedsito see that spirit shewn. Since he was up, he would just take notice of the idea that seemed to have taken passe-tion of several gentlemen as to the convention sof congressctatap earlier period. He had mentioned'yestsserday why he thought the president h'ad'acted prudently in not call . ing congress' eoone'r; suppose they had been convened in the month of August ! it was true they could have made an appro priation, but they couldfnot' have decided on the main subject, nor could they now. They must have waited at an enormous expense to the union, for dispatches from Europe. Under these impressions, he was one of those who believed that the president had acted properly. Many things had been said in the course of debate. He replied to the subject. As to a reply, what had been done in 1805—6, it on improperly introduced (at another time) the proceedings of the legislature of the day should come properly before them. He was willing to meet a discussion, and to justify those measures. On that occasion, he had thought as he did now, that it was one of the worst evils, and that no nation should engage in it when by any other means she could preserve her own rights. He was now, as then, opposed to the "action" but it should be forced upon the nation, he should be one of the last to shriek against it. He thought that the going to war on this aggression, under present circumstances, would be acting precipitately; "The nation should go to war till she gave opportunity to justify her own action." 