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April 9, 1806
Alexandria Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
Congress has voted an additional two million dollars, on top of fifteen million previously granted, for a second purchase of the Louisiana territory, totaling seventeen million dollars spent in under four years. The secrecy on proceedings has been lifted.
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SECRET PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
The injunction of secrecy which had been laid on the proceedings, during the debates with closed doors, having been taken off, the people of the United States, are gratified to their utmost wish, by learning, that two millions of dollars, in addition to fifteen millions heretofore granted, to purchase the undefined territory of Louisiana, have been voted to propitiate a second purchase of this same land of promise; making the sum of seventeen millions of dollars, which, in less than four years of the present reign of economy, have been granted for the purchase of waste lands; and the greater part of which, to use the words of Mr. Randolph, has passed from the treasury of the United States, "into the pockets of renegadoes, and the bureaus of Paris." The consideration, however, that our title to this territory will be just as good, and our tenure just as certain, after the second as they were after the first purchase, cannot fail to recommend this measure to every thinking citizen; and to secure to our omniscient and magnanimous government, the applause of the world, and the gratitude of the United States!
[Phil. Reg.]
The injunction of secrecy which had been laid on the proceedings, during the debates with closed doors, having been taken off, the people of the United States, are gratified to their utmost wish, by learning, that two millions of dollars, in addition to fifteen millions heretofore granted, to purchase the undefined territory of Louisiana, have been voted to propitiate a second purchase of this same land of promise; making the sum of seventeen millions of dollars, which, in less than four years of the present reign of economy, have been granted for the purchase of waste lands; and the greater part of which, to use the words of Mr. Randolph, has passed from the treasury of the United States, "into the pockets of renegadoes, and the bureaus of Paris." The consideration, however, that our title to this territory will be just as good, and our tenure just as certain, after the second as they were after the first purchase, cannot fail to recommend this measure to every thinking citizen; and to secure to our omniscient and magnanimous government, the applause of the world, and the gratitude of the United States!
[Phil. Reg.]
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Congress Proceedings
Louisiana Purchase
Government Funding
Territory Acquisition
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Randolph
Domestic News Details
Key Persons
Mr. Randolph
Outcome
two million dollars voted in addition to fifteen million previously granted, totaling seventeen million dollars for the purchase of louisiana territory.
Event Details
The secrecy on congressional proceedings has been removed, revealing that Congress voted additional funds for a second purchase of the Louisiana territory, despite prior expenditure.