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, 1 r most despicable petty. -iions of Congress and promote the; pub lic - business t Kad gentlemen' any right to complau ? Could thev feel anv surprise, that:goverped by a similar male; of reasoning their own conduct should be assailed by the people; and the '-vilest motives imputed to them Mr. F. fx-cwniarv motives to prolong the ses- Sam, re was verv iar irom jusuiy uij; -tianalar clamor "on this subject i it had!. . . r. r .:r..: i b,en excited to an un. arrantaoie uci"ui, not justified by the occasion, and on a pomt i EotJsuffxieTUv imporfint to make .it wor- lb v of the sensation that had beeir prodtic- Cil. ttut he was desirous to shew gentle- j i i . . . ". I Den that tn; taiwi lav; m M-ic im-arui.,' their own doors. In common with o- j tber members from Gecmia,he had been r assailed bv th.e v.'ho had resentments j "to :ithtc,or friendship to gratify. The at tacks on him, from accidental causes, hud not hft n snrcc ssful. When it shoukl be his misfortune; (jf indeed it could be culled i a. misfi rt-me to be divorced trern puuhc lijejof bchig no longer an acceptable re presentative of tlie people of Georgia, hc shoo Id endeavour to foi-get every thing but the ooniidencc which had been repos ed in horn and settle his eyes upon the "unkindness of a sentence, which, like that. passed upen his colleagues, he trust ed he should not deserve. But, Mr. F. said, he was wandering from the point. He certainly did not, and could nt be lieve, that iny men ber of that II' use T;asio (st:trte J" ctimn dcomcy aul common honesty as to dcl.y puhhc b -ress from a. paltry pecuniar) nu ti e. Ad aiittmir, -lveer. t!ie argu'VCnt t be jnsiiv four.d, ifatT.rds a powerful reason against the ne w mode ; for if a ti ifi nj; c Iiuuihcient cr diem afif.-.rds tempt. iion 'tc a dereliciion f duty, too .strong. to. be w ith-til by all, and lea to an mi ue-cc-ssarv delay of busine., aiKannu d c m pensatirn, which, diminished bv the du ration of the session, will produce the opposite eff ct the curtailment of the sessions, urn! iht negltctof public business. Air. F. said he left it to gentlemen t esti mate the difference : between the lengtii- nu sessi n with the enactment, and the .ihr:rtrn-d session with th.e nech ct, of ne kerned by the hertenvd session with ihe neglect, of ne- j tive st-tes, Mr.F. would dcmr.nstr ..c uiat essarvlaws. lie had already seen nuch the one w as still an angel of light, die o vii growing cut of the change. He de- i thcr less than an arch angel ruine 1. The irccftobc underwood, that ""he did not constituents of the hom.rahle ge.itlcrnau cessarv impute togr-ntkmtn a motive mere un- voithy thrmdieone lie distinctly announc- r ed. It seemed tu him, that in older to , itccomplibh therr prediction on this point; mortlerto make the fact correspond with I tlie pn phecy, the last session of Ccng-css i had bt-en hurried-. to-its close. Minv ! laws cf general andital importance had ; 'been lett unconsidered, and the table f the Speaker had ocen crowded with the private ..cis. It his men cry was :i:cu I .rate, forty. had been passed .in one day. ; .!r. F.said, he did nor o'jcct to the relief ; cf iudividuHls when cntided to the hitei fe- ; rence ot ir:e House, out ne n-ui aiwavs ! su?posed that the general, ought always to have precedence of partial relief, how--evcr merito:-i',us the olje.ct, and just the title to favor he -apprehended similar e- from a continuance cf the present i law ; if not in the i::dii7erence to general j laws, f;t least fn ni the whoii..de dealing t in private acts. It had been nsked, vcrv i triumphantly; way these arguments were j not' ui -at the 1-rst .sessit.n oi Congress': huw it happened that this burning .seal a- j lie j ?:i:ist the ct, had not blazed o'Jt at tlie t::itc (1 its laoptio;. r tial not been urged Mr. F. aske if they i were. they, imt re- 1; usual length and 1 irn.ral.ered ? That the labor of investigation had not been devot- ' ed to tliis subject, was true, fortherea--'non s ns he would remind gentlemen of cer- tain facts whcli seem to have been forgot- j ten. The. compensation bill was the onlv bill of aoy if.itrc-it pushed tliroogh the committee of the wliou- house and order ed to a third reading in a g!e day ; all .-motions. to amend were rejected ; foythe -committee to rise and repr.rt j)rogress and -ak leave to sit agaiir, met with the sane " fate. The banding, riketty, as it is, was not suffered to receive a coistt to press 'it into a decent shape. The House refused it peated propositions to adjourn, and con tinued its sittings until the bill was order ed to be engrossed. The whole day cm "w hich it passed," was "occupied "in the dis cussion of its merits, and 'although the de bate was but partially sketched in the pub lic prints, and none "f the proceedings in committee of the whole ever appeared betore the public, there was quite as much j , said against it, as in favor of the -measure, j iMr.-F. did not speak of the quantity ;tf. ; ; words spoken or to the wit, raillery and as .alluHon.used, but simply of the arguments i . which had been advaived by those favo- I ; .rabie. and., hostile, to the measure, lie ; rahie and hstile to tre measure, lie thought lie had some reason to complain, j - not ef Jie cause, but ef the etiect of the : partial reprt of the proceedings on this j ; subject. What he had said or proposed was in rte!t cf very little consequence,' and certainly he led no particular inter- J st in ha ing it laid before the people ; 1 but it hud been mace a scurce '-taniinad- ta si ai a::d calumny in the states of whose ! i ej.'i eseiuj . t ui ire j rmcci a part. Ana it "was the st le c;i cianstar.ee fie fiad to re- I e st le c;i cuiistauce lie had to re- gret. Could he liavb foreseen all the cla- j mor and excite?ncnt wliicii had feeu pro- duced, he would hae actd and sj)- ken it prectselv as he nad ci ne, Ukmccare that i-'vhat had been--said Sv l.im. sh.-.nif! h-ivo . ....... - . . . VViuo. its way in the ordinal v channel to P: iM--.di. Hi h ! .xA .. ........ T, V Ail hint that he hid not fulfilled the i tVifr ?ml e-pecn:tk ns c f his cuaistita- v. V:'j: . - o.iiM itu uiiiistii witu the idea ViH Cxi crnduct had i' wi M-tiuuu.-Hitti of.t oc en nroT) rlv f .1.1 . i m rv -u. x ne neon e 1 1 tieortrvi ha." 1 no Uistructlsins. tor w Inch 1 ,Vr ' ' - "'rJV' ' -i,lkfuL 1 titistcil that tiicy Am '' lCaVe "ITn Ui-hackk-d- tO ' Mff0 .jat l;e rct;i!.ie u,. .h,T , I "f-V cor.duct hiisoMi' rade-mcnt ni vh ill fill 1 --'-. n.n.u UI llljl. , . T ' I f :IJ1K IM U'l 111 111' SIlTL- r I (iVv5vcr'1. m ch'- e between the ' M xl cx uuty and th. se of gratitude. vnaractcr ot the yAvX- n-f eqahef re Hi I jessed, or who had ent j i - ci i - . i . i . lint. iv. i n in. r-..m W mm w - w - V A. A. 1 . I 1 " I I'fiL m m A I -v i, f m J - - v c , a -YfA - 1 " him r.guir, to SSy any thins on this subject; ibut his chief object in rising,-was. to reply 'to some remarks of the "gentleman trora i Massachusetts (.. r. Parris)on the Grand Jury rf Georgia. Mr. F. said he was not thefedvocnte of the Grand Juiy, or the jus titkr of tUeit opinions. He could not be .lievc that lueir opinions were either libe ral or just, without admitting that he him ' self was censurable, since the same Grand Tun - li-, A fnmiH t:init nr him. iiinnnr others. .i. v.t.. . . ........... . . 0 But this was a matter of local concetti, mi t. m.j.-tv mi. - have tuinishecl a. sufficient empvym it unnecessary tor : T t!i. niTtw:pnf:ltn:t'S ent ut home, to render snv of them to travel a great instance m sraie.i nni-iitfv llul nnr t ifii nil tC. state Ol v.nnv,o. -..w...,, - Massachusetts, with Us district ol Maine, furnish one foe, upon whose recreant hide me nonorame gcmiemau wun s - the si:urs of kniehthood or break his pon dv n.us lance ?. Sir, the gentleman, mas- I take entirely the nature of the pT-esent- j ment of which lie co lphiMis.- Tlie Grand J Juiv never entertame ed an idea that he would be' arraigned and tried upon their I information. The believed, however, I erroncous'v. I'here was a matter of-great pu!lic interest, on whicli diey chose toex-pix-ss their inions. Certainly their right is -asiindfrnbtetl to find fault with the gen tleman from Massachusetts, (who by the Ue thny do not name) as the Legislature of Massachusetts has to censure the nem bers t f anv other state, either bv the tale or the gross. ISutxhe hv nrruble gentle man tock crcasicn to say tiiat he knew nothing of the political character cf that ttates but frMTi one remaikable and cor- , rupt act vhich his constituents' will al- -wavs have occasioii to rt collect. Mr. F. s iid he -criuld say nothing of the value of j that judgment of the pdicy of a st ue, which was formed upon the examination j of a particular f;xt in her history. This much, - however, ,he could prou I'y s5"" that altiv ugh her system was defective, and she had committed a multitude of f -nilts; she had virtues to redeem them all. She would not shrink from a conr?.rison with ar.T state in the union. If the hono rable gentleman was disposed to ma'ie an ...... -. i . . . . . r -l . : exammauon oi tne tnerits oi uicir lespcu- have good reason to remember tlie act to which he alludes. The general govern ment by the terms of the azoo compro inise, have paid-them wed to vecollect it. Thev have received lhe value of the pro Lcrtv thev purchased -from the ordinal i holders in'Georgia, and have not paid -the pvrciiase money. If they have anv moral sense, thev niust unwillingly recoueci uus circnmst;tr.ce. troui certain compurc successful tious isitings,' which even fraud cannot enu'e. Mr. F. said he had no doubt the obnox ious lawwould be repealed. The anxie ty he felt, was that it should be done in such a manner as bee me tlie honor' and dignity of th v body. Whatever was dene, should done in the same spirit, and in Jhe "Kmc manner, in .which the act was originally passed. If a per diem was substituted, and he hoped it would be, it usiht to be calculated as comipencing with the pre.se n' session, both, as a matter ot principle and policy, it was right in 'itself, that the house should apply the same rule to the settlement ot its acc un as were to be aj)j)lietl hereaiter. It w; Us as due to a sense of decorum, that no person siiould !e able to mistake or misrepresent tlie m; tive of the delay w hich h id taken place hv acting upon this business. The rable gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Katidoljm) had supposed it necessary to go. still further backhand embrace the rc- ceipts and settlements ot last session. j 'This was altogether -impracticable, and i:icorrect in principle. The house had as Hmuch right to go back to the 13th, lth j iand ll.th Congress, an to the last session . of Congress, i he accounts were adj ast ed, aml the money not rady vested, but re- ;ceived. It had been said on this floor, verv much to his surpr.se, for altliouyii ; usetl out of the house, he had ntjt expect j , ed to meet with such an opinion liere, that ! , restitution oi tne extra pay or tne last ss- : ifio'vwts necessary to reinstate the bouse in the gocxl opinion of the people ; that it t was improper or indelicate, in those who i i voieu against uic aei, lw ilcic uie cuiii- j t .. .. I .1. .... : u .. .. jpensatiou hxed by it. Mr.- r . could not j understand how it should be necessary to i confess the corrupt motive, m order toes- j cape tke effect f such an 'imputation ! Certainly if fraud hud been committed, restitution was the best proof of sinrerp I repentance ; but until this was admitted, j j the strong expression of inclination to res- j .Jtore, as rather suspicious than satisf..r.- d tore, as rather suspicious than satisfac tory Iba i I lhe people would not expect the .use to violate pnncm e, out 01 an - flee- ' I tation of purity. The chartre of indelica- ' cy on those who had received the increas- : ficd cornj. nsation, has been made, but it , did not cieserve a reply ; and he should not have noticed it, had it not been occa sionally spekeu of in the state of Georir'm. As he had not replied to it then, he hoped ' to be forgi en for replying to it now. Mr. r . satd he siipw iin tWrivnri Iwtwopn-o- law h:dng a. salary, aod otheriaws. All affected bv it, v ere entitled to its benefits orobligri to bear the burthens it mig.,t ' impose. In w haiever statioii he had been or should be placed, he shou-d con side himself bound to perform all its duties, and to receive all its emoluments and its honors. '. He did not pretend -to more patr'otism, "i lias 3tiii.MiiJV. liJdi r I if ifr rt , , . , . .- ' v , iaiWrn -.v- -.wuiu..n x,i muti- nients to enter or continue in public lite. He had motives of a higher character, al though certainly per-pnal motives tlie desire of honorable employment ; the hope of being useful ; the anxiety for tho deductions conferred ever by a success ful exertion to promo.e the prosperity of a li te people ; to preserve and to main- uvaaiJ r ' it'll !iart a?ainSftho... o its benefits, he-ironld ask was it not ours bvthe lawot the land, constitutionally and honestly passed? 'Did tur opinions of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the a- mount.ff the policy or impolicy or tne change, affect our rights more than your claims? Areycu willing to acknowledge yourselves guilty of 'corruption in order to fix unon us the-charge of indelicacy ? To admit that ycu have' committed a fe lonv, to make us chargeable as accesso ries after, the fact? It is upon these grounds alone the charge is defensible and unless it is defended with these prhi- ' ciples, itis as ridiculous as it is unjust. 7 o be concluded in our next. UOUSB 0' RKPKr.SEXTlVTlVES. MONDAY, FEn. 17. T ..,r1 fri ni the committee CI ; Ways and l kii. """""v, ... . . . . Mcar.s rerxfted a Is 11 sup- , nJemcjntarv to Act iiIpni'tiitMfv tn Act entities " An .vet. i i j furt'aer to amend the sex end Acts tor tlie establishment and regululi .n i.i tlie I Tea- cu,m- -Wun nrV,M.ivv. Uenartmcnts.' which was nvice read :md coiiimiUed. Jgrcunu oi u.e .mpt-ncy nmiui uic 'Fhc engrossed bid making appi-oprU- '; Army, which rop sitvm bad been con;i tifns for-- tlie-' support f --the Military Es- ..! dered as connected with that now under tabhsiimt-nt for the year 1VU ; tlie en- crossed bdl m'aking additional appropna- ti. ns to defray the expenses of the army were severallv read the third time and passed. l he House dien proceeded to consider ; the proposition, submitted by Mr. Wil- j liams a few d..vs ago, that it is expedient to repeal the internal duties. This subject ' occupied' the remainder of. the -dav, in the manner stated lelw. Mr. Johnson- of Vii gini a, commenced support of the proposition, on the ground nfifw entire adtcmar.v of tin.-revenue from the debate hv an animated irnir.e?,t in ouacv the indirect taxes and otner sources to dciray the expei.ccs of the government, without t e aid of t!ie internal taxes, which therefore, a"hd for their .own oDjec- itionabic character, -ought to ne. repealed, Air. Smith, ot Alarla?,d, entered into an examination of the fiscal part of this question, with a view to show tliat, if the y f f 1 report ot the committee ot. nuance, on me i linking r und should i eceie the sanction j jof the House, these taxes could not bedis- ;:pensed with. Mr. -.'Cannon, of rennessee, followed. .on the same side f the question, and ad 'vocated, as connected with the repeal of : the internal taxes, the redurtion of the 'arvny, which he c nsidered desirable, in 'dependentlv of the question of reducing jtbe taxej necessary to support it. j Mr. Williams of North-Can lina, spoke 'vt luge in support of his .proposition- on its own merits, and on the demerits of ; some of ..the national expenditures, par ticularly those on account or" the Armv, : which he wished to see reduced, s weii 'because of its unn cessary extent,-. as bc j Cause standing armies are abaoxious t var free institutions. Mr. W. ret)lie'. A with some print to the observations made by Mr. Calhoun on his motion the other day. - Mr. Calhoun of South-Carf:lina, spoke in reply to tin" gentlemen from Virginia, Tci.aessc e, and North-Carolina, particu larly condemning the unseasonablenes of tlie hour at which this question had been introduced into discussion, and show mg the improbability of acpng conclusively on the subject at the present session. Mr. Gold, of Nrw-Vork, moved to lay the resolution on the table. This motion was or.pposed by Mr. Can non, Mr. Ship, and Mr. Hardin, and sup- i ported bv M r. 1 loliertson, M r. Si left'ev Mr. Smith, of Maryland, and Lowndes, on j various grounds aid at some length. ! The question was at length decided by j yeas and nas agains: postponement, bv . j a majority ot about 20 votes, ! Mr. I owndes of S(uth-Carolina, rej)li- I !efl ver uhy to the arguments ot gentle- J ; men r. h'.. supported this res ..lutioii.m orin ll I w ! 1 1 1 1 i.l ! t: t ! j cipie as weil as m detail, vindicating the i reports of the committee of wavs and j j means, and showed how inconveniei a j j m -ment this was to agitate this uuestioe I o. w ' i Mr. Webster, of New-Hampshire, was J also opposed to what he termed a whole- j sale re; eal of the internal taxes. He j was wili. ng to reduce the expenditures of ' the government in any, practical way ; which was a question, howeer, tliat ought to have been settled before the pre- sent tmestion was airitated I T- I h ----- -, . jjiiua, 111 1 V.- I ply to Mr. Lowndes and others ; taking occasion to exnress his rfim-t that tlw ; nuestion of a reduction rT t'U rmv h-.H ! oeen cr.nnected in the debate w ith this proposition, with which in his iew it was ! wholly unconnected in fact &r " I I he question was loudly called for, it being -about four o'clock, and the House refused a motion to 'adjourn. Mr. Imr ham, of Penn. moved to amend the resolution, in order to save tuture ; r.-..Kl.. " ' .,1.-1".. . J n i rif J. T TVC , C'tS aS ' to speedy the repeal of each of the Inter- 1 nal T.,vM rtJrw n.,: V , !u IL (I oefcre the House separately the question of repealing each tax. After some conversation, arising from the new shape now given to the prapn&i tiou, a motion to adjourn prevailed by a small majority. - - -. .m ...' k.twiT i a. 1 1 .- will T r , . u ii TUESDAY, FEB. 18. Mr. H. Nelson, from the committee on the Judiciary, to whom an enquiry on the I subject had been referred, reported that ' it is inexpedient to multiply the new spa- f pers in which the acts of Congress are nnMu'io 'ru: . . , ' 1 i'r-"v..u ins i epori was agreeu to. Mr. Condict, from the committee oil the expenditures for the public build ings,made ? a report containing estimates of expences :' to be '.incurred in finishing the nohlir hnil- i ... o I -" " , I IIKTS Whiz-li urni. -.. .1 1 . 1 . , t on the table. o ' n cia iuu aim oi uei:a to ne Mr. Inirham, from the cnmmiftpn nn Post Roads, reported a bill allowing thp privilege cf franking to James Aladiioa !& militia during the late war with Urtat- . j that tuese taxes mignt (e repeaieu witn . ! Britain ; die engrossed bill making appro- j j out a reduction of the Armv, but in fa or !!pri'ations f r the support of the Navy ; of reducing the armv if necessary to au i of tht "United States lor the vear 181, thorise a repeal cf the Internal Taxes. Hduririg the rerc3inVr of his life,, which was twice read and ordered to a third reading to-morrow. On motion of Mr. King, of Mass. the committee on Foreign Relations was in strutted to report to the House suck mea sures as they may judge necessary, to re gulate the importation of Plaister of Paris, and to countervail the regulations of any cther nation, injurious to our own, relating to that trade. The House then resumed the consider ation of the resolution moved by Mr. iWTiiams, to repeal the Internal Duties ; J when the question recurred on Mr. Ing ham's proposed amendment, noticed in die proceedings of .yesterday. Mr. Root moved to amend the amend- ji ment, so as to confine the repedl of the j I imc one hunared dollars in value ; ana , I j spoke at somedength i i support of ids proposition. .ur. imiciimii aS.u!.M imc . npiat ! r . - i . . .i . i . .i .1 i . . . i. I... I ;oi.tiie uuues, ana conciuueu msspecca ny : ;. a mi uwii jju.iijiui ; j solution and pinposert amendments. iin. iiaiuyiu ai.vi uii.'SLCti wu n; pro- i pneiy oi posipwieiuen iii.euy . on uic consideration. Mr. Hardin spoke against the postpone- I mer.t, e.:deaoi ing tu convince the H ?ise lr. Wilde spoke at considerable length in opposition to the proposed repeal, ar gunu .native ly, and on various grounds. Mr. RK)t and Mr. Robertson next spoke in favor of a repeal of the taxes ; the for mer in favor ifthe immediate repeal, and i! the latter in favor of a repeal prospective- ; ly. Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Lowndes, in short j speeches, supported the motion to nost- J p: no die subject indefinitely, ' Mr. Johnson nf-Viry-iiiia,. at d Mr. Uan- j i "iph, also sp k.e m tavoi ot the r;peai ! of the taxes ; and Air. Smith of Maryland, ' I again spoke in tavor of the postponement. t ne -question was at length taken on ; jundennue jiostponement, and decided in ; j mr negative v to jy. i j -The question then recurred ouMr.Root's i j ; pn posed aueodiiient, which he then with- j I I .1 ..... I M uiew. i T)iC question was then taken on Mr. ' Ingiriui's - motion, and decided in the neg- ' i ati r. ! I 'I "he question having been stated cn the ; ( ori 'innal resolution proposed by Mr. Wil- ' i liams, a division i f the question was call- j led fr And-before taking the question I tiureon, die Mouse adjourned at a late; hour. AVEDNESDA, FF.B. 10. Tlie bill supplementary to the act ar- ther to amend tlie several acts for the es tablishment and reg .at ion of the Trea sury, War, and Navy Departments, (for prohibiting transfers of appropriations in f .ture) and the bdl repealing the act 4 for the safe keeping and accommodation 4 f prisoners of w ar," were read a secocd time tud committed. On motion gf Mr. Athcrton, the House pr ceeded to consider the proposition to amend the. rules and orders ot the House submitted by him on die 8rh inst. : and the s i me being aincLded was agreed' to bv the House, as follows : 44 I siiall be the duty of the several I committees on public expenditure, to en-j qufrc wl ether any oiT.ce. belonging to the branche or departments, respectively t ! concerning whose expenditures it is their . duty to enquire, have become useless, or J i ! : i witpc t4 ft' '.if 11 tt ti'T.ii" -.-n fin r 1 , j Mill -w-v - v .i.JW MVI C V ' 1 il M11 HIV, .yj timeof the expt.diencv ot niodifviiie or a- boitsiiing the s.iine : also, to ex imiue into j the pay and emoluments of ;;11 officers un- J der .the laws of the United States, and to j report from time to time such a reduction i or increase thereof, as a jusc economy and j lhe public service may require. I 1 he House proceeded t" the consider-. atioti of the resolution for the repeal of the I T . . . . I 1 - iniernui cutties. M r. Webster spoke at large against a gene ral repeal of the Internal Duties, on general principles; particularly on com paring them with dutieson articles impor ted, some of which, lie contended, parti cularly tln-sc on salt, sugar, and coffee, were much more grievous impositions on the people, than tlie I menial duties. Mr.W. spent some time in examining t .e bearings of the various taxes on different interests of the government, deducing the inference that the navigating was the in terest most severely taxed at present, &c. Mr. Alexander expressed his decided opinion in favor of a repeal of the taxes ; but said he did n t wish to give a vote, which, from the course the business nd debate was taking, would be a -pretension merely to do that which he was convinced could not be consummated at the present ;sesvion. - - .:. - - Mr. Smith of Md. explained his views. ! as being in favor of a repeal, if the report 111 hi Vor of n lnro-M inL- imr fntwl clwml.t n.-f flf o,r,.i . ...i ... :r .i. ... Liiww III. 1JUU JU3LU tu Ik 11 LllUl Imposition should succeed, vi wi r t x- e , Slieffey spoke m tavor of arcductmn l . , . . v iuv iiuiiy , auucAuicwu itis willing ness, if the army should be ix-duced, to vote for a repeal of the Internal duties. but not on any other ground. He was un- I der present circumstances, opposed to the ; repeal, and condemned the precipitancy with which the House bad appeared to j pass at once from excess to parsimony, j Mr. Randolph spoke in explanation.aud J m reply to :Mr. Jhettey. Mr. Johnson ot A a. aiso spoke m expla- uauoii una repiy. Air. Shelley replied to the remarks of the two latter gentlemen. ' I j Mr. Randolph rejoined, and at some iciigm maintained ins opinions. " Mr.: King then rose, and spoke in favor of the repeal with great zeal and at-some' length; and then.the House adjourned. THURSDAY, FEB. 20. Mr. T. Wilson, from tlie committee on Hoads and Ciinala made a further repo t which was read ; and Mr. W. reported a 'bill to etherise the Secrete r . .u.y i-i suDscnDe, in behalf p , suditu, m the c iMi, r 11 certain canal comnn..M. '. ea. The St peakcrlaid rSf letter from the acting Secrrt, H,Jle transmittinar- infornia'tinn ... . ar' of V claims of the State of Massac -Hc-CS r,t that btate during the I 'te Ja ' cf was ordered to lit- on ti,rTr ; r ' an.i d Manufactures be .nit,-.....J ?L ' .; whedier aiu, anch ,fanv. U' 5 1'.: the great fadure ofd;e C.rn cr o r year. "e nj . That the President of lhe T- States be requested to cause to be rVr "' tnc next sess,on of C.n ess stIch P:Uj as he may deem most effectual ihr ty ty of the country wateml by xt ('! stc" Uay and its tribute strt an,,, i-' ntime force oi an enemy. "e I The House then proceeded to tho , of the dav, on the resol.irir,, LI,er - resolution to ru Internal Duties. ".t .. t:...r...i ..m. j previously made to amend the rew ' as to re-idnearlf us f,.n.., . .. . A' That the Armv shall I,- t.Ji., , jth.ms.indinen.anddie acts U;, Vr.s'x :nal Duties, izc. be rcijeaicxl." ' t: Mr. Jtckson made a motion t l !sad Ue felt constrained' bv iai-U: "r:h- t . ' --- -- "-UllllV. . j jceswty to ofier, to prevent a tu,t er ', "' i (of the time of the House on a n-' " : which could lead to no res di'Jt !!C!1" " resolution on tlie table. J yz j Tliis motion was opposed bv M DesMa,Hai-din and King, and -.j,:, by Mr. Elulb.rt. On t!,e one said the proposition was one rf " It. ,rcnr.. - , url.'w! . .S,1'1T- rw... , "ii.v-ii irvery one U.uJn' up t!ieir minds, and were pr'-Wrfy v ' V to decide. On the other kind. tn l: The question on hiving the rcsobrj -ntn the table, was tiien taken, aud n- 78 tn 77. b -i- Mr. Forsyth, conceiving that it n-iv now be obvious to every gentleman no result could flow from this prop, at the present session, moved to ti v sense of the House, to postpone th'r-v-hitiou to a day beyond the sessba. , atived S3 to 77. " : Mr. Pickens moved to amend the lution.-by adding to the end of it th' wHrds" anJ the duty on salt sa is ' repeal tliat duty also. This proposition, gave rise to much r. b.ite, in which Mr. Kilbourn -particular.' sf)tke at rnoi'tri-jh1 t the amendment, but m favor ci the pr. -position. Tiie question on the proposed amend ment was carried 91 to 67. After some further discussba die H-u,; adjourned. FRIDAY, FEP. 21. Mr. Hulbert, Irani the select committer to whom the petition of the lkrk;m? Agnc ltund Association had been n red, reported a bill t. establish a Naiit uJ Board of Agriculture T W hirll w:c l -.i :r- read and committed. ' Mr. Forsyth, from the cormrhtec ci Foreign Relations, reported a bill tn rt gulate the trade in Plaister of p.tris ; wNh-ch was twice read and committed (after an unsuccessf.d motion bv Vlr.i. that tlie bill .be oidered to be cn-rosm! fir a third reading, and not to take tir usual course of going through a commit tee ot the whole House,, which m -ti':, was opposed bv Messrs. Little, S.r.iJi d" Mary land, Hum ell and Ross, us IvIm; too summary a Course for tlie great im portance of tlie suliject, mid supi;.r;ti! by Messrs. Foisyth and ivhig,) tlie hili was C(jmmitted to a cc:mai:ut of t'.r whole House. The House proceeded to the c:lere!" the day, bein.; the proposition to rrjcl the internal taxes. The quesikn f;r5: under consideratVm was the tr.ctin ir.ai.c by Mr. Mills vcstfi-ihr mr! wi!i:i'' the House -ad it mned. to rfihuv. iin? tlatv on brown sugar, coffee, bohea a;:d s vi chong teas, imported, spirits i.hd o;.c.r two other articles, one half. Mr. Mills opposed the ircneral repe:d j contemplated by the original isriu'i.jn. i and advocated his amciidnieiit ; c., Mo ssing his i-e isons at large for appnaiu;; a j steady bat moderate , stem of iuv r...d taxation, as weil a direct tax oa U;iu. &c.as others, and particulurly or( aide: spirits and articles of luxury. YVi.cn he had concluded, Mr. Thomas, of Tenn. for the pi:rpA of coming to a decision on the quejri.'i, and foreseeing no termination to the p"f -sent discussion, demanded the pren' question on the resolution. The question was then put Sh'dl the main question he now taken a;.i de cided in .the negative a es 36. Mr. Thomas then moved that the re 1 tit ion be pos-poued-to the 2d of M-ircii which was decided hi the iJnrautive, e to 73. . - " rMessrs. Clark, Ft.rncy, Gaston ar.'l Yancey, from tliis State, voted in f tv r : die postpouenieot ; and Messrs. luya:.. Cub)epi)er, Dickens, Edwards, Iiooks Love, Pickens and Williams, ifirabbt Z Mr. Murfrce was absent. So the subject was laid cn the table ! r this sessicn. The following bills from the Senate, viz. the bill to establish a separate tenv J j torial government f ,r die eastern part t i ; the Mississippi territory - f- 1 . . ' I V liiC OUI I 1 i vide for rem, r. in-1 hp ih-r isions c f the ipreuu; Court; tne bill repcctii:g die transportation oi "persons ot com r, j sale, or to be held to labor ; and the b.a J to set apart and dispose of certain pilC 'lands for the encouragement of theculti j vation of the Vine and the Olive ; wtr j severally twice read and referred ; I TliP r,m.nrlriit r.f tin. SVllf! tO tt r lhe amendment of the Senate to bill r.i orentinir th tvivlfatinn nf tlie L i ! ted States, were read and rcerrtd. The following carasstd tills wck .- - tanc.e of the subject was adruittej, but possibility. deciding it definiuvdv prc-cnt session, tithes- one way c'rtvt jther, was denied. U f
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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