Hi
i t
tDjtfy being
. 0 - . l.-VI-
1 upWiic5 ahal was vcrj
- V'ieU the rule, the prcu wsappen to tvrry
. "jr.aa and.coiihl.aot be tesu aioed j that th
idea of tie UBCoasiiiatioiffAity of such a. nil
j t,tu absurd, for the same - inode wf argument
would prove that the House, had bo right to
CTeveat anv member froth epeaiiog more than
twice to lb same question, although the coo
oli.auci.V report, la .p-ut, tKl Uuv tS
,f K M-tr now i a ordinary was th 00 'J
n.rnTfVir uMeet'rfcuIrinr ttrotsJU Be
side the- motives printed in th Secretary
Lrttrr for an immediate reparation pi tnose in
ratc, the erenUuI situation, pi cur tm,;
furniariet a airoo iodueemenf ta rjacir.g
Valuable ship in t state to aid iu the protection j
DOC
Cc:.iuen Men Oom rjocjM.iv.tr.rf to U-et-j
vUrmre of tUinsentes.tp tie irnpuitf ihetr reel-!
Whilst no Vrench ships snd scarethr ary Lrgii'i,
thlps nv came. ku our wtens the trnjU jrUL-i
bnn of tbcir. errut ov,U but a pretence fc
the indicrimint . pture cf jU oqr oommcrct,
S.hniir IiKdnff anvbcii4Buter'totbe U-
Sotev ilf. Sawyer concluded by moving that t?
of our port o&ly, but of those numerous conWrtea ne, with a view to postpone tbo sojec
,W.'".HM1" V V TVr 0-exDOcdutuuonsDO iho water wubahiOiour tmtfiea jiiy ""r" '. -V
t.tution dechtfet lhat.each I ouse may WJSSS. 1W corWmr therefore XI . MACON Averted to the iyppoauere.
-tcrmmee ndeof luprocetdwp: thkx- ". following, molutloo.' 'Re
j t iat nucha rule Vti ti.IrveoiniI,v " ' . f .
but hjet.-'etudi ..'uLvraiL . Ki4 5!i't
Uke ip tairtUe k 9 ar'-k :Ctn ni
di'r.iiJft UJ.W JndepivJeftt, w W-J f roducV
a ojbrrroent that t!;e f n-nt roiiuwjy t f c
13 rUain w ill U ve treat uh v or rtii re tt, ;-", ,
er. Hut U w do fj 'Kire lhat to paM ikK l
thU vc shall cfKOurago thern ,tn gt i d4 ,
tnrped, bj drdert In coubdl, on iJier not!,t.-, ,
trtrr teuieeof commckU rirbta, , V Lx arc
1 k.Crad of J lo any charge bo tor the WQr' y, ; ,
ar,we u4 oljtiWf to w I -baJl we b J,vt ,
borrow rooney to pey current .ejtpepcc t f
t . . . - . 1 -1!
. pn to grTO Dimseu aiq u
of anr fnoncy ta the
for ihc tame. . -f
letter ol
ton Kr fuM. VJw , il ! Neve. there ion tkvourable1. momtm f
bad w0de ImIL 1T fefctferoaa from f v-1MM wi, U la
cbcseiu tlAuc bt it wai ron? tht it wovW .vn' (SSX: T
w - " . . II -ocrix-r nil. r.Vi. a:
farther -fcrreiioo on uaTha- tommhteaof 16- P rn" "'
. : ...... .
giro nimseu ii w t. --r . ' ln -rjmnT
; -then miking fnvolou raouoos or the purpose - r- ,o j tl.W-whiehl
:ruV-'P!Vu. .r-T -r- wUI reulrfrom their : remaining in their pre
i tuition in-whfch Ibey war jfaced.
1 f. r .
, . r"
She wiit bevtr decUre it at W
withoutti,
nay, yet 1 1
power !
-- '-Vw
v ... wt ; :r- ,, wiu remit iron uicii
; pier ti do the pubhe 'Uc ni eituatlop my U
, nra' adopted, U would oecery lor the f fit Vcar' V
etti mated atSOpereenb
rhe; followinc etimate
' ... If A
IUm. ILf AMUrKakw tiwf ftTklri thja uv
Kl W ai wjwv.1 oawva
gendemn .1
tome tCactt but never by.,, auch meacurti:
ii '.
contiagent expeoxeii tOO.OQf)
Vf.
v;
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v.- .
"I This report irai ;ief
the vbjoleb'!
au--- r,
referred to a committee of
to itsoede all nublio business, ualfsi those
Y;Vlesiroua t)f doing, IV woulaacrifice. 'their
f health and perhaps their JWes,' in sessions of
nineteen or twenty hours in length, and these
T too after a subject"! had. fceeqs debated tenor
' twcWe days, k It was also said that this was
jia'neW rule j thak it had existed in this body,
with .Taiious . modifications, ''sincf thtt ton
v mecement or the
two years, when the 'decision of the House 1 , n .
r u-.-.:-- ..v-'t. I MrL Limmoreoffered the following re
. 3 : i t. .1 "'.11 1 1
naiuca iu uic ruic( .uutt n nau A'cu iu uk
1 BrUish Pwliamentrfor two' centuries ;, that
Nj giments' against a rule or law drawn from
: tae possible abuse of it, would go to the des-
' ' tjructiott oCall law ; and government ; that this
"aTile. hd never ye; been arbitrarily enforced,
and probably never '-would, as its object was
more to remind members o? the prepreityof
" conceding a little tb thtii'fellow.meiHbers and
treating them with decorum, than for the pur
that if they adopted this UlU and. Ureat Bn-iV mi,? .
and France i0jouldcc4interTaaiwproisions,the-! "rP tvV tr.w 'V Cl
iLlTZiE Mr iLtaaV "which ntktneo tdktaf ,they want war, why'.
iSredanVceiu tbecculd-SZ -f
rVlVTlT... k ,.sin'th.t.wr -Thftreal M the table l; AVhat ae eergeuc measures if t
ie.'n7wlyinginordioaryandkeeP.ingthegun whether Ptesldentm bUme.? UX,
ooawthatare twt Wrvk. in a .uu of pre- sad shewn a di-osiuonfbr further
aervatio
G. D. tfid eountervhiifanu suy taat oursiup aoouia . -r - ' I. - ;
axpofre the mort bulky, if t were to be ;
agreed tblt each nauon "should carry iu own pro nxMi, go no farther. Jlta pttjy
duTwetbSrid carry fifteep or twLty time.as I refcorand-.i: Srra
much as G. B. would, and the advantage would UWofM .
.ThYs-bUl differed wholly n its nature 1."U
..imuww.v . are not wlllinir ta p to war. what WJ't Ihev do I Or ;
non-intercourse law, Decauseua on uic resuu - : . --- ' t; ' f . 1
fmm r,.,.lr,.; mt1 nut themon cor assailants. wl" the74dan thfogbeyond a preparfuon ibt Je- .
jr t
k afo
: ft
- ' t-y
- t.a
?' tr
:.
;ar
"t-t
11
lrVlmmorcoBcred the ioIlowiDg resolu
tion .i.--fr .' -
-:;JtcsolveA That the Secretary of the, Treasu
ry be directed to iuse.ttv be laid" before the
collectors of the several districts of the United
States relative toWfoslng clearances to any pri
vate armed. vessels of.the ,U S. ; .
. s Mr,. Eppes moved tq amend the motion by
adding to the equ of t the words during the prf
sent on any formeiradministration ,' v;
, and put themon cor assailants. tftJ
ander the present situation of Ul sHlfcrthe ii
t the pro!
ina- letters of niaroue and reprisal ; for, last winter requires commerce, piauig .ous laos; unpt
F1 a. -a 'JUiA.
7iv j: ..-r.u iTM:uIItaDn6aredio him under the oment
. t...a, A-Mntftaa atc4
. . - , . . Y . 1 .:i renuirea commerce. Nothinir but the most lmn-
noninterconrse to re.
that the committee must hav been-"""". V"7,V' ;"rKW;T ',
."5 " ,. 7J. "1" JI : 'Cif Mr. J-ivermore accepted the amenamentasi
, pu-e ui auu;U1jpuw. .8Tu uUi, Ci u it,art of his motion. v ' i t!
'HW.' rnjr use tne ruie, w 'tkm-wa, aprMdto. fiftvone tatwen r
V because, if they did, they were responsible, to I - I
en matters stood much the sime they ;didW A. ' , TT'5 fV " P,
qvtestion had been tried in this House with ppr-lh?p exportalioB of certain producpf agra.u
afewTotesaaanythigever receUd wUch' T-TM.1!",1
VVhch the ones- w .cuc
4 A,,Jtt.tl J.-vMmv'
the people for It, who would not fail td redress
the evil. The novelty in this case was aaid
to' be, not tha such a mle should have been
. proposed, but that, after having existed under
every administration, it should how be moved
to reject it. : ' . ' '
The' opponents of the rule' replied, that
this rule was whotly different from the former
rules on the subject, as it excluded debate on
the previous 'm well as 00 the main .question.
It was also said that the doctrine laid down
that the majority should govern was aharbi
1 trary doctrine. It swas."toaural for majorities
to seek to increase their power. It Was true
that the people might apply the corrective to
abuses bf power by the majority but ft might
as well be said, ifter a Violation of the richt
of habeas ' corpus had deprived the citizen of
his liberty, or aftertan ex post facto law -had
awept hHn off, that some 'twenty years hence
the people would . apply the corrective. A
majority; might set 'out with the best views
tvdne.
Mr Nelson made the following report s
The committer on the military establish
ment of the United States', to whom was refer
red so much of , the message of the .President ol
the United States of ttt 3d instant, j relates
to raisin c a volunteer force, Teport in part, lha'
they have taken the same into consideration,
and are of opinion that it is highly expedieni
to place forthwith the country in a 1 more com
plete state of defence and recommend the fol
lowing resolution t v' v,i ...
f ftesohedy That provision be nfadc. hy law for
raising and' embodying a '.volunteer force oi
twenty thousand men, exclusive, of officers, to
be enlisted and held to serve forjthe term of
m ., y from the time, of their being in actual
The report was. referred to a committee-!
the whole. , " ' , '
' ' Mr. Detha nresented the betition of Col. Da
niel Boone, staling that he had . performed at
different ibnea services for the United States,
1 a . 1 . h a v 1 '
Yeas and Nays "on that vote wouidflicw now, - -,- :-r
voted m the affirtnadver ; : . : - , t!8ry . Zr- fS"? T' --ZTrliLvm Pa
wuai naw luoui i a wu ' uwa utv smss aatM . su sjiuii
; but might do acts totptodace:,the most d.sas, fof w)li h CDm?tmMiQn, ,Udcned to a
trous consequences.. -J. he matorttv always
did wrong when it took means to; silence op
;'..po3ition and to humb- those who opposed
' them. This 'had been' thf doctrine tenjealrs
' ago of those who advocated this-, rule, and it
was the correct doctrine sull. ,lt was said that
'the argument, that the licentiousness of debate
had destroyed the goverhmeiit of France, as
, used in support of this rule, -might rcmiud the
- House of the Hibernian who cut his throat to
'ave his life? The House were. tailed,-upon
v to destroy the principles, of freedom in order
, so prevent slavery. '" If., the majority had 4 a
b right to prevent the mrnority from expressing
their opinions, they had the same right to
. ; aend them home, to banish them front-the
cap'uol. ' ";. -'- v
, This debate was continued in a warm yet
desultory manntr till 4 o'clock 4 when on mo-
tion of Mr. Tallmadge''''di' committee; tiose;
- 65 to 27, reported progress and obuined leave
'to sit again, y v' v
select comaiittee.
' AMERICAN NAVIGATION ACT.
On motion of Mr. IInconf, the House resolved it
self into a committee of the whole, MR. DESHA
in the chair, on the bill respe-cting the commerci
al intercourse between the Unifed 'States and
Great Britain and France, and for other pni-poses."
After the chairman had read through the third
sectien (which interdicts the entrance into the Uni
ted Mates ol all vessels sailing under the flags ot U.
Britain and4 France.)- ' t'
Mr. L,iVEHMoa thought it worthy ot enqui
ry how far, if this bill were passed, Great Britain
might countervail the restrictions imposed by the
United States, In the present form, he conceived
the bill might operate, very- injuriously. The com
mittee btight to consider what articles were to be ex
ported from the United States and what to be brought
back in return. Every article exported was bulky
as cotton,' tobacco, &c. whHst the manufactures im
ported in return did not occupy much ' space. If
this bill a it stood, were' to be passed.' would hot the
consequence be a law to preventtho' entrance of our
vessels into the-waters ol, Ureat Britain s It it were
when
the
tvna km ' u Am nm r V-.W Vlin
hH h.rn talkml lAtmirh about W hell the OUCS- -"n-'--- " " ... - ? -
. . - . . ... . 1 I 1'n .1. .aI. Ad - -.
1 of at a distant day, where ".V 'oi"v r14"""' r "
wiA ,k. .rrc ,MA for l A fcfcrnr- c-s ooes u produce i re to uw roaniuaciureis ,
ill was iiph VVVM K7 - -w " " t t f- . i
to the
few had
Weak bilL neithel did he with the other gehUeiaan g fnc tf"
think Ifa very enerifeUc-bili: He said he sliould M hisproduce is reduced,by the want fcom.
have liked to have heard this
the Chesapeake was attacked
A awIma Cn virmM lMftt
u.m. tu ii u ..W,-A . i TIe said he would askirectlemen to.tnrnovet
warm atihe same time. Last winter the measares, e page of ustory and see what had tenoed mprs
which his colleaue
were too stronz forhira
frt fynlnth. Vf TiwTiu "
j....f i .ks. ',wanbt oiilv tb cive preference ifi our portsti.
tunity of Saying so- The nation was not as'nrtjch American vessels, but went to the. entire exempt
prepared now for War as it had been last winter or of the vessels of GreA Bnuun and I ranee ss
as it had been wheh the Chesapeake a attacked: their wjurious edicts should retnamui force. .
As to the petty quarrel between W. Smith snd Mrv f-L- w. woumi. swtcs.ueaa.TOiploBj'UUiit
Jackson, he did not think" Uiat it changed the suteji he. bad detood. to be made.tothis pU,r ,
of affairs one I6u. , T ' ' v Vz thf" W0,,W TnU fyunoush; on ithe farnunP ,
M.'Tivtfd).. ;j irixA m. k;ii -- . i,- te re St; Because tliere would bo a reddndancy of
i- u a c tne tonnage- oi me unitea states wouia not ds,
man Ironi North .Carolina (Mr. lawyer) and from j .... ... - . ,, r' - j ' '
other quarters, he believed it would be easy to de- "X U1CV. u j me woui oc . ,
. . Tr.i' i - v.u -lit J?7 t-I. ? won in the price of produce, i He presumed that s
monstrate that tle course which the gentleman him- , r i: ' ,
elf had proposed to give this subject was infinitelt Tu Za
more wrveless and. destitute Vven of inlanttnJ Jlft ' ffic?'!! C
strencth. fMA Sawver said he had made, no pro- Ulth th .SWes buv betweea fbrgn portv v ,
TWMifinn'.l f r -T.vW . n,lt tn K U,. wgagea in dfeuitou? voyaged .-now, vie ture
posiiion
w aisaa w v m v a a vs u mi it saa sw ! tsaiiiiai ci 1 i aa
of dh present projectI did liot give it my support; nave wy-Deei tavorablfc to tue systew oi
in thetommittee j but nevertheless, when I reflect i commercial restriction, and that I have' giveu,
on the situation in whtca we shall be if this bill be I roy approbation to it so long as: there was thsu
posiponea, i coiir.eiTe u-necesiary to vary our SKua-5iru:eei prooaoHity oiitsOperatmiraavantagc'
-V,ii
v.- J
V'Vw
r-
4':
VIA
- o, o T Ow " " t '
n.1L4 --a-.1 w J ,.1. J bit
oshion-for postponing Uev conderation of Ahe.-r
uuiect UU t ebruary. 'Are we said Mr. l , on a bed txm x.nm r i.V: j- fc I . w : , a i - '
,f roses r Will the HouserecoUeet the 'situation in I .home to engage w the direct trade. , - j v
III OX oe UCU1CU iua ,',: f ,
uuii. itc uwrawivuui oc uw ( jitvum-cu uic .ausiy, anq so long as tiJ people Ot me wniic-...i.t-i
effects foretold. 'You have given Up the earning States expected good effects fromtbU Courses 1 1
trade, the bone of wntetrn, the very obiect which But I am of . opinion: thatt h; beenXfairiv;' ?.
the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. MilnorW- i,-,t.,i 5 .v r ..inn , 'f
ry truly told you excited the envy oV Great Britain, "?htrm
in the power of Congress to confine ; jie carriage of
i Mr. EpFES- from thV COmmitteeof WaVs f owia registered vessels, some benefit mia-ht rc&ult
and Means, asked andbtaihed leave' to1. pre-
-i.aent a bill to revive and continue in. force the,
. first section of an act entitled; An act further
to protect the commerce and; seamen of the
United States agairist.the; Barbary powers."
"t This, law laying the duty! commonly called the
Mediterranean fund, expired on thelt i'nst,
The bill now reported, proposes to continue it
till the 4th March, 1 8 i I . - .The bill wa iwice
Tead an,d committed v'vlj1' v .
Mr. Hue a presented a petition from a num
. ' her of the inhabitants of the territory of Louis-
iana, graying to be admitted into the Second
. grade of government.Referrfd td ifc select
.'V . committeer ' '-K- -V- . ;
2 Vs - Mr HoIuand moved the following' resohi-
v;? -'-tion which was negatived : " y " : ;
flC'S ' i "Resolve, That thc' committee of torn
i I ' merce and Manufjictures be instructed to en
quire into the expediency of eheuragingMhe
' nanufactui9ng ot iron by aValiiig a donation
of a cffrta'Msrtion of land to sbch persons as
tnajr :rrtMmprU Wkhm bc terribrieit ol
e UmtedMf 1 "
At ,Mr. B Assent ajaaSe'lhe' followinp report r V"
44 The coronritteo appointed on that 'part of
4 :
to.tlie shipping interest of the'r'IJnUed Stafas from
such a" measure f but it waa" -not.bi. tlie power of
Congress to tie up the hands of Great'; Britain and
Frances .If the United States -were to enter into a
wai'fare of this nature, it would be playing a game
which -would operate to their own disadvantage, and
not to that of foreign natious."' He believed it wou id
be found that the dudes on tonnage and the discri
minating duties oh imports had carried this system
as far as was expedient ; 'fend he 'could "fet see any
benefit to. result from prohibiung foreign' vessel
from entering our waters, - . ; -
Mr. Sawiib said that he too was opposed to this
section and to the whole bill altogether, because it
was not strong enough ; it ,is evaporating -the spi
rit of he nation in mere1 commercial' regulationp.
After every intuit for so many - years pasti . our
wrongs were; now to be' expiated by restrictions
on our own commeite l We invite aggresviotl by
conuiuung ue same ,y siem. ir mis was tne no
plus ultra of resistance, he said he .could not consent
to give, it his votoi Jt would not satisfy the beopW.
biiu n wwgiu iiui f juicy ,vrv. , tu-eu ui uui moc&ery
of resistance, of tbeso. commercial re4tricdoi and
resomtioDS of.appwJiaUonc '.Th.o leant that " coold
have been expected frona the Committee bf foreign
relations would have been a bU.aulhovlsuie .the is
suing of letters of rnarquo and ..teprlsa).? -f had
to your rival. ' Where are we noW.'sn ? A Keutle-
man, upon whose informUuon 1 can rely as correct,
has slipped upon my tahle a paper containing the in
formauon that there are now at Amelia island one
hundred British merchant vessels, ready to take the
bread from our merchants, who in fact have onh the
alternative of costing along to Amelia island, whence
our produce' will be immediately shipped across the
Atlantic, tow, "would, it hot be hervefe'ss indeed to
arrest the consideration of thii .subject for two
or three months when this is the state of thing i
I understand that our custom house offices are her
metically sealed ; that akho' British goods are found
n the shelves ot our merchants, yet, as the non-on
tercourse law has said that they cannot be imported,
mey get into we country witnoUt the custom house
othcers receiving a single cent to pay the public bur
thens. This is precisely the situation hV which the
gentleman from North Carolina wishes US to conti
nue lor six or eight weeks longer. ; Let this bill be
adopted or not, 1 do not like gentlemen to condemn
it ui the lump, unless they will be kind "enough to
.....n.v oniib 9'bvin uiuhisiuuu IV SMUSIHIUC III 1110
place at the clauses of it, which shall better lour si
tuation. W must act on it. We are. as the coun
try now stands, the enemies of the. commercial in
terest ; for we are giving foreign nations the entire
oenent oi out commerce, and-denrivinv nur hnm..
tidxens of the advantage which this, bill will Offer
tohemi" " Every commercial ' jtoWn, port and har
bour knows thecoumthe thhirj is taking.. -The A
mencan vessel takes its departure with a caigo of
Produce, atid returns to. this country no-more unless
It has cast awav tts Character of A tnpriran u.a h.
Ama Jweig verseL . It proUible, sh Jlsxt a-
mong - inose vessels ,ot
that wcta American
I ;. Ma.SAWYER snidlf he had "r mticli cohSdence
bU . L n f .v mi'1:-. . V " a . ' - - -
be S .
in,'-
ftitUe and ridiculousV;. I believeiheiprese
situation of the world Is" favorable to theassety
tion bf our rights 'against one of thcbellige v
Katxu'rltWeae hritatn.- fl.it kfrLThink thai Jl?
me ouii ti ui vi it it ill in. rvnrinEuk biiu w . , f a 1
have been'so long tticked y her artificts, that ' 1 ,
I .despair pf taking any measure, of the! kind af
this time which would fiot meet with ucK o p '
.- . .i m. - a - mm m -i -m . '.. ' . '
pnsroon as to make tt useless m eeefc-W sin-' ' i
gle facl will stiflSce to awakethV attention ti
the House tp'our preMntsrtu&tionvTTie effecf jJ
of the .non-intercourse few is to sink td Ch W
t lowest pride ih "value of oar produce and tw f '.
raise atill hicher that-of aTtieles of forelc l
rA;.K ifj,. '.f.u.jj, ; --- :i .'-r.l s .
iu w.ik ut iiiauuiaciure nxs aiaci pct. ;
uvtuiiuuiurai ine country ra ha iuit oi ivvcik.' .
articles as it has been for yersrpast, and Uia . , A
the products of the'soutbernichnntrv have been ; f
reduced to the lowest state bfdeprej!sit)n-i-an4L
when it U obvious ihat,"so far froWprcuciogirt
an.effect abroad; the rwnwercouTse i's dot tt
garded atll,rl ask .rhy preselvere jn; it wha v j
againsfour Own interest? ; 'V- '.M' x ',''
:iim lowers m e norm f torope ararwwun j j
to receive Our Drodiwdons and estthaiipe theirs, kU" -
thouch tive British fir their order in eouncil and the t
our nrahce, .V think 'every American here w
tisewher-.wdd4 5.!rjSe ' fnjr.'!inide Ihos
ciicumsiaiKCJ, whatever ntay be tlie consequence, f
:-if-
vessel. . It n probable, $h tltat a
yessels',a Aeua Ishwd are many
aenean but are; now chanBcdio'' Lnc-
. vi hij pr, a respecter ranco anq iigian v' s:"t
t confess that I tlunk the honor of.this'country re J j
celvjn'talvoJn'the- conduct or those hdontj
for s'Uch at the nresent is the nettl-d state of com" i
roerce, although we might compel them to a tcwpoK
resorted; to "When bpnumty offered A'im until -4