e open upon tn&t noumness n;pia o
?tud, corruption, f. and ruin, in which
we see the various modes resorted to,
to give preferences to particular cre
ditors, to the utter exclusion of others
em'ially meritorious and just by
Vmch those funds which should be
'fairly distributed to -alleviate the los
ses' "f all, are bestowed on a few, who
It A 11 . P. ll .f
mav be preferred by capnee, by tnend
shin, by blood, or by future especta-
tions, held out to the debtor. The
whole power and machinery ot assign- j
Trents, judgements, attachments, are ;
brought into acjiou to promote and se- !
cure a pnrpte so immorai and. unjus. : ; possible that any such earnings can
but at the same time so authorized by jjCver be obtained; the mere circum
the law a to be plated beyond the j stance that he cannot hold or enjoy
r . 1
reach irf morality'-or: iust;ce. ?sor
loes the mischiet go no furtner than ;
to secure an unjust pretrier.ee between
creditor;
r: ran by
A equal claims : but the
which this mar be done
lurnisli
also
a ruii oppoi nirm v . 10
place vrr.perly in the l ands of friends 0- one who afterwards paid his debts;
and relati'-t'sto whom nothing is due, 1 rnti concluded, that this right of the
to come ai'ieru ftid.i to the use of the . - creditor was a mere fallacy and delu
insolvent himself,. Mr. H. said, .that, hi0n. and oumt not to weigh a leather
under the patronage of these insolvent -.-! against the great and manifest useful
laws, the merchants had now establish- ; I ni,gs 0fa bankrupt law. He asserted,
ed a
their
eotii
of laws for the payment ot
debts, which is at once destruc
tive of all commercial credit, antl of
verv principle rof moral justice; they
hr.ve, what they are pleased t call
their debts of honor, & their debts of
busings: and the former are preferred
tr th. --c1ub1o:i of the latter. Indorse-
menu are considered ot theiirst ciass;
- . . f . .
Ves TIiC inur.rser, v wnust- iu 11c naa
b'ern enabled to sustain his credit long
a ft e r he cu gh 1 1 o h av e su n k ; by w hose
means he has been enabled- to make
purchaser of goods from honest, unsus
pecting venders this Endorser finally
carries' off all the property, perhaps
the vcrv goods purchased on their im
mediate proceeds, and the sellers of
them obtain not a farthing from the
wreck. To say nothing d" the moral
injustice ot such distinctions, observe
the effect it has upon the commercial
interest sr.d prosperity of the country.
The dehtr of the failing merchant may
be 100,etC dllars this property may
"mount to 50,0J;0 dollais of coursp,
a fair distribution of: his effects would
atfoid to each creditor 50 per cent, ot ;
his ilebt, and the loss would then be surrender to his creditors. No nro
ruinous to n?ne. But if he i peraiitt- , p-?rty, real or personal, is the usual re
ed to jesve 'the whole of lsi.5 estate to j tus i arsd for the reasons already men
his creditors of honor, they may re- j tiored: he has no inducement to stop
trieve the ulJ.iimount of their debts, ul every farthiT' is gone: but every
antl the others, equally meritorious at inducement to go on to the last extre
least, obtain not a cent perhaps to their : trity. and it is not in the power of the
entire, ruin. A sror case ol xU sort crctiitor to stop him as he may under
was lately stated in a Philadelphia pa- j : the bankrupt law. Mr. H. mentioned
per. and is but one of many which oc- ;jsome cases, where, considerable pro
cur almost daily. A merchant, said j; nerty had been obtained by the powers
Mr. It. whose dealings have been very ! ofth'e bankrupt law, which would have
extensive, but who his latelv failed, ; been lost under the insolvent system.
Assured me that his destruction was . The. obvious recommendations of a
entirelv to this system ot pre-
ference: tor had lie nut .ia a lair pro-
portion' ot tnc eirecis 01 ujs ucuiuis
who had previously failed, he would
have beer able to continue hfs busi
nfSi. Lur whenever such r. failure 6c-
r. .1 it a. 1 1. : .1 .. 1.. ....
CUM rv,
proju ia
I h found au tne property an-
ted to a few favorites of the
1 , - . .1 A
debtor. Thm snocKir-janu ucMrutuve
S-stem, ?aid Mr. 1J. can be broken up
oiilv bv a -cneral canKrupr taw, uy
k;V, the eilVcts of an insolvent tra-
der will be taken irom 013 caon.c jj
... . t- 1
xv.dl a- his fraud, and put into the hands
. . i -'11 IKiMn llDm in
f.I TIII2.SK V
noi tiona ..nmoiig; muse v.mse
. il ... 1 .
Will nun iuun -iiiiiii
mst pror
claii:ia aie eqi
ual. Mr. II. made some I t
r riW ill usf rations
of tie pernicious i
rflVcts of these preferences, made en
...... .
4 rp V at Uic V.lii .!- v u
- ii i . .
. . .. .
time Wnen in " . - , j itm. ihuulluicuis I." (vuiwai io:sru uirii
his "iVepcrty ought To have ceased. ; f0 make a surrender of their 'affairs', be
But! said Mr. if. one of the best uses hfore they have squandered their pro
of a bankrupt-law yet remrdns to be ! pcrty and involved their friends. (:th.
mentioned. It is the inducements it It will restore to societv a great mass
when in trum, an nia cu;urut over
ditors, before every thing is wasted in .' -
viu!ent xitorts io sac muisni.
urgent, serf ng noi-'-"; "ciuir mm uui
a -aol. to be followed by a erpetual
bort'a: atd knowing that th se con-seouciK-es
a;e precisely the w he-
-i . v a.C..- i i. ..
the: up
he rns to ins ci editors vuc i :ui
of thir
debts, or not one cent, ne
rPin-es on in mere Miaijjviii
v.. the catastrophe as long as possible; ;
diminishing his property by desperate
expedients; 'riing into the vortex
i is ruin every triend Iron whom he
obtain either creiuinr mi;ni nr.u,
. iv fal Is, bringing down with him
Mi 'who have trusted him. and spread
ir.ghis misfjrti.nr rU rrv point with
..l.iK reitch .ai inftuencf.
. . - - A . 1
If, -u - II. such are tr.e mcon-
Winces and.ir.jtincs to t.ie creditor. ;
the
tlie
T.ai.
.Uhfrtr ana tlie commooiiv. unoer
Trsent ii.solvent svstcms. what ftd
holds out to aa embarrassed man, when ; 0f industry
a, tfrds hir. aSairs irretrievable, to sur- , less, indeed
M,..iprihfm into the hands cf hrs ere- munitv: and,
-vantages du they msess to counter- , : although clearlv his principal occupa
balance the eil 5" Mhat has the cre-;ifion
balance
ditr
. , . , j
a'uetess chance, of his
!cbt fron: ti e future acqui
earrings of
of Ms debtor, it is a right, it
true, bur it is an empty, uorthlera, i
dii;fce right : which may, in. '
d. beuvtd to gtauv maJice, to sati-
s ere.eu-:, io vi""a,l".c a"1'-tCVJ? ,lu :
jrraU ,on the tallrn ; but to obtawi th !
- - . n . i . i
never. ow ims rropexi7 nttt?B; aiidai4Mr. IL I belhrc much
Which ia to pay the debt, to be obtained ?
Can the insolvent earn it by his in
dustry, when you place him'm a situ
ation in which industry will be use
less ? Can he earn it vithout capital 9
and you will not suffer him to have one
that may not be torn from him in a
moment. Can he even rely on the aid
of his friends, when it would be idle
in them tn -afford him the means of
helping himself, knowing they could
nut place it at his disposal for an
jihour? It 13 an undeniable truth,
that the very right the creditor has to
the future e'arnmgs of the debtor, is
destructive to itself, and renders it im-
. .
! what he may acquire, will prevent the
attempt, if hot the desire to acquire it
if not me desire to acquire 11.
appealed to experience, and
jjr. H. aDpeah
asserted, that of the many thousand
of person3 who have been discharged
bv insolvent laws, he had never heard
ithat you take from the debtor every
stimulus to exertion, every hope of re
instating himself; that you make him
a rogue from necessity; you compel
him to live by stealth; to feed and
clothe himself & his children by fraud,
for. on this strict principle, that all he
'mav afterwards have is the cronerty of
.3 creditors, it is evident that he sup-
- ,. I -
;port3 life by that which doe3 not be-
long to him: and exists, from day to
day, by a sort of petty pilfering'. "When
. misfortune, overtook him, he may have
been honest and honorable; but, if he
continu e s s 0 u n d e r the corrupting i n -.
ihience and merciless lash of an insol
vent law,' it will be miraculous. How
different is the case if you put this man
, at large, his honor unimpaired, his self
' rer-pect not destroyed, to exercise his
: powers of mind and body, to use his
; friends, and readme his usefulness in
! 'society, improved by experience, and
: chastened by misfortune! Again, sard
Mr. H. if there is no instance of an in
solvent's afterwards paying hi debts,
how tew are there, in which he has had
anv nronerty, of anv consideration, to
jbankruot law, said Mr H. are these
1st It furnishes ample time oc means
to the creditor ? to investigate the con
duct of the debtor hrfore his bankrupt
cv. to ascertain the cause of it, and in
form themselves of the fulness and
rairness of the surrender of hi3 effect.
and to grant or withhold his discharge, j
as thev tiiall find him worthy of it, or ;
othe rw ise. 2d. It puts the ci fr.en s of
d i He re n t s ta t es on a fo ti ng of equ a ' i ty
m ti.eir mutual aeaimgs; ar.a gives a
known and certain rti I e o n t he su! j ret . ;
;?sd. It yaU our .citizens on a footing
r. t l-t .' C
IIILII . W 4 V . I 4: J ... ... Ill V I I lUkiVII . vi j
j Idebtor and creditor. 4th. It over- i
i x't tv ifiroi fn pra in f I i'pi r i-p I titwina nr i
reaches all nreferenees and partial as-
ci.,nment: and fairlv distributes the
vpropertj- among the creditors in pro-
portion to their debts. 5th. It oilers
': - . . i j -.
and talent, now lying use-
burdensome, to the com-
lastly, it will nav a iust
respect to the rights of humaniiy,which
""-'are outragea uy tne power tne cretlitor
now possesses over tne wnole me ot
hi- ilettnr.
M r. il . said , the most difficult qu es -tion
, i n relat ion to the bil 1 , would be
. presented by the first sec tion. It will
; be found to differ essentially from the
. hnglisli bankrupt law, as well ae from
; that passed here in 1800. An attempt
ls now made to limit the extent of the
'operation of the law, ar.d bring it back
to w hat was, certainly, its original ob-
jject nuu ucsign. Aitnougfi it was in
j the begin niftg intende! for traders, and
'all the reason? and policy, urged in its
behalf, apply to such men, et it is well
i I :' . : ' A 1 t .
' known that bv a long course ct iudicial
decisions, the provisions of the law
aiiU. by degrees, been extended to eve-
ry man. who could bring himself with-
j in the terms. u buvinir and SHllinn- 'J
tion
: i This construction 13 now so er nhliK-
-- - -- - -- - " .-jw iui.,
oldining his ;jed in England, that, although the Judg
u isitmns ami jes constantly complain of it as a de-
parturefrom the real obiect of the law.
thev do not feel themselves at liberty
ro onsettln it. A r.nr nf luhn rJ.
lowed the terma nfthp
in this respect, wc also adopted the
construction that had been ?iven to
. - uiuiuivj
l.o?. the evil and unpopularity of that
law may be traced to tn is source.
framing tlie bill now proposed, all
these iudicial decisions had been care-
V . . II A.
fully examined, and specially except
ed, and some general words of des-
cription adopted, calculated to Keep
tne law wuiiiu its yrupci n.j,uiiv
bounds; and excluding those persons
whose living is substantially gotten
by mechanical labor, though with some
mixture of buying and selling," a limi
tation taken from the recommendation
of the Judges of the Court of Kinc'a
iiench. in introaucing uns resiricn-
n. An int. ouucing iims 1 .
on, it is presumed not only thay the
law is brought back to its first and pro-
per objects, "but 'that it will be more
ceptaoie to tne people oi i:ua toumi
rect report of Mr. Hopkinson's speech,
which occupied two hours in the deli-
' veiT0 Delate to be continued.
j:. CONGRESS. i0S::-
HOUSE OF KEPUKSENTATIVES.
TION DAY, MARCH 2.
The Speakehid before the Hou.;
a report, of the commissioner ol ,
. . r. c . tn- . , r
claims, ot the facts in 103 claims for
property destroyed by the late enemy
on the Kiajrara frontier, in the state of
New-York, with the evidence in each
case taken by a second commission,
xk i j . ,'- a. f . T7
attended by a special agent oi the L' -
j o. a" ri r .
niteti ciaies ..-wnicn report vas re-
ferred to the committee on claims.
The President of the United states
.v . . . -
the commissioners ot the two govern-
, ... , Vi
menu iimlr ttn orti a rtir Ip nt I Iipnt . -
.... ....
having come to a decision upon the
questiorw submitted to them, and lav-
e a, 4. i . Ai "
ing copies ot that decision, together
v . , r 4u ri,..vn v .
wiin copies of the declaration signed
. 1 . i t .t .
and reported by the commiasionexs ta
. v
Also a report from the Secretary of
t.u 111111111111.
State, together with thp nnner9 rela.
ting to the claims of merchants of the
: United States upon the government of i!
Naples, in conformity with the resolu-
:.JT..ri,wrt., ri, cnk t
null wt v.t- iiuuac vi wit vjuin ui Kauua'
ry last.
t
And a copy of a letter from the Go- '
vernor of the state of South-Carolina, ;
to thre Secretary of State, together j
with extracts from the journals of pro- j
e'ee dings in both branches of the Le-1
gislature of that Common wealth, rela-1
live to a proposed amendment of the
Constitution, which letter and extracts
are connected with the subject of the
President': communication to the
House of the 6th inat.
The House theu resumed the ronsi- ;
deration of the unfinished business of j
Saturday ; being a motion to lay up
on the table the bill (the first section
having been stricken out,) concerning j
expatriation. n
Mr Johnson, of Va. submitted some !
additional remarks on
the suhiert
,nr1 ftar nm; h ro,,.. h c !
should feel if the House, during a sea-!!
. . - . . CT . CJ
soriso auspicious toa candid decision, ;
- - '
were, by the course it should adopt on
i iu cnKior Tjrl fr in 0Fpnnanno or
c(r,.M;i.,.,.!,var ,r:4c COn;mnnan
.. , T .
the right of expatriation ; and anx -
ious that it should not be dismissed
without the declaration of some affir-
mative opinion thereon, fliat would
wno seem to nave compiameu ui uic ,i Ao giVC time ior a.mue rcuecunn , uu me ijuesuou ur oroenn the bill j
universality of the former system. jl on this new proposition, Mr. Trimble be engrossed fr a third reading was
(The above is an abridged, but a cor- :; moved that the amendment be laid on ' decided in the negative. 75 ta tit
prevent such a misconstruction, mov- .ar,uneu l eierence to the docu
J Kr p nf .mmim0nt f... 4.u ,..r mints on which t had been sustained.
ing substitute for the remaining sec -
tion of the bill :
had been; citizens of the United States of
An erica, and whohas exercised the right);
t diisr.lvinc' the connection which bound !
i:em to the
ter cf citizens
!y becoming
Governments
:.ncupr iti
cc urts of the United States, for offences I1
United States m the charac- 1 present day. Tie also took thenroand icnminatinp- bitwpcn fii,,ca .. u
, oy voluntanlv' and recular-. ' ao-ninst thi c!aTn. th.'if it tA'-ic inani!fil .ncciiwwnllo ,,,1 i t
citizens or subjects cf other itand understood-', hv unm nrKA'p. y;,.: . r w j
. have been held bound to i i . 11 r . .. was ni?n-
Kprh,;f...fi.::- . . !i.iwuciaai iea, anaso repoi-reany iwonea as coristitut nu- an nhat.-ia
-liicujicu 10 uae oeen commucea suose- i o w - i i,ju,vu
qviently to the exercise of this right ; andjlc0ars uich the United States a-
tor which citizens only would be amena- '
jic in uie saiacourts : jna wnereas m t h
declaration of Independence of tlie thir
teen United States of America, the follow
i:ie: truths are held to be self evident :
That all men are created equal ; they
are endowed by their creator with certain
unalienable rights ; that among these are
I.fe, liberty and the pursuit of happiness :
kherefore be it enacted, and it is hereby ex-
pressiy enacted ana declared, that all men
do possess the right to seek their happi
ness in any climate and under any form of
government they may elect ; and that,
consequently, the right to dissolve the
connection which binds the individual m
the goernment cf the United States, in
the character of a citizen, and to form a
similar connection with any other govern
ment, is equally unalienable, and founded
on truth equally self-evident."
Mr. Colston, of Va. moved that the
jwh ole subject be indefinitely postpon-
Mr. Villiam3 cf N. C. spok e in op
j position to any legislation n the sub
ject, and entered at large into his
views of the diferent p'ropositions
wereon.
Several other members spoke on the
subject, and the motion was at length
negatived 88 to 73.
The question recurring on Mr.
j Johnson's substitute, the question was
taken on it, after some debate, and di
'cided iz the negative 77 to &
tiT. TlobeftaoR, cfXouisiani, theb
offered the following substitute to the
remaining section of the bill :
"That in all prosecutions 'which maX
hereafter be irrituted aeainst any per
son for having eucrared in military or na
... , .
val service for or againstany foreign power
wnen wnnout tne junsuicimn 01 uie uni- 1
ted butesho, before the commission or i
' the fact widi which he may stand charg- i
! ed, ahall have been citizen of the Unit
j ed States, but shall have exercised his ;
rikrht of expatriation by becoming the ci- j
itizen or subject cf any; foreigii state or;
;? community by ladoption, it shall be lawful ;
Hrt; ;A .v,vw,. ,mnn the eenemlissue.
ior 5UCH person 10
a , ,f . tr:Jlof sucix nerson so
i; charged as aforesaid, he shall proe such
ao-(jfact tothe satisfaction ci the jury, he shall
oc uiscuurgcu hum bu..i uuuu.
'" the table and be rrrmtea ; which wa3
agreed to and the House adjourned.
Tuesday, mahch 3.
Mr. Robertson, of Louisiana, frOm
the committee on puDlic lands, to
whom was referred the petition of
! Charles Smith, a wealthy citizen, who
a " -
, M .
shall frrant hitn the pi
. : nf-
wishes to build a ;churcn and school-
ii:j if Congress
re-emption nht
to a certain tract of prairie land,where-
on to build the same, made a report
thereon, expressive of their high rp-
v
'i , . . . '-
v petitioner, but .adveise to hi
.i , 0 -r.,
on ceneral principles. in
obiect ot the
hie prayer
general principles. ine report
was concurred in.
The House then, proceeded to the
consideration" . 'of ttie proposition sub-
i nutted a few days aco, contemplating .
;. ,. ' J T -
the adiournment ot Congress on the i
. r J . c? I
, d of Marcn mst.
( abiect there took nla"e a
; , v ' .'i , , t. r I- u
: debate, or ratlicr conversation, which
, , , , ,r . .
occupied an hj'jr and a half, and
v . . , , .
would have beea reported at length,
.f , , . , a n 3 4:
; if the resolution hal been nnallv act-
. ' l t A. A 1 1 A
V , ntjivii ..v.. wmv
anide to make way for a different prc-
' P0"
At the conclusion of this conversa-
I M A m m. a. aV A J - W A V-l X V
l! s;tionon the table, 81 to 3 : and
.... . 0, . ' r
I! t- i r XT tr f c? 1
I .ir. lay i or oi ew-iorK, onereu
ij for consideration the following re3o!u-j
no a :
Re$zlved That ajcint committee cf
both Houses bo appointed to consider and
report when the present session cf Con
gress may be terrr nated.
The resolution wi3 read, once.
twice, thrice, passed and sent to the
Senate for concurrence. .
The House resolved itself into a
committee -of the whole, on the bill
authorizing the payment of certain
certain claims of Georgia Militia for
services rendered during the years
Mr. Cobb spoke at 9ome length, re
calling th attention of the House to
the observations he had made at an
fl early period ot the session m support
! " ciaiui, iiiu auuacing some iur-
W"1' rawn irom lacis noi
,i thor fipftiimonta nri um pnm (ipto nnv
i . j r r a. a
1 r."M7;,re,. T
flAn Kill VMAlifr ikt thu .in Kt.tii
After some amendments had been
lf?t tn fflA ta.filc nf lo Kill
.; , - .1 , . r- . i
s maue iodine oe-rans oi tne out, a mo
. ; t,on. was ? ? 3tnke 0Utt!iC fir3t
:;,8?cAlonJlf f.5!""? .
t r. lallrnaage rose m - support of ;
;Ahe motion, the merits of which he cxw j ;
as well as to the old age oi the claim,
and its repeated rejections in former
days, and during the administration of
V us" reai nature oi
the claim wa3 better understood, he
said, than it po3ibly could be at the
coiiiiiuii.ee OI tne uouse, to have Deen
greed to pay to Georgia for the terri
tory ceded by that dtate to the United
Forsyth replied to Mr. Tall
madge, point by point. He denied
that Ion
t long denial of justice ought td2i$ersand soldiers who are already ro
stitute an obstacle to its final a.-'lthe nension li.t nf rru
cons
ward, or that repeated refusals ought
xo dc pieaain oar to a just claim. He
x' 1. 'J,'i".
went info a full examination of the
grounds of the claim, which he sus
tained with eagerness. In regard to
Mr. Attorney General Lincoln's un
supported impressions respecting the
liquidation of his claim bv con
vention between Georgia and the U
nited States, which had been quoted
by Mr. Tallmadge, he denied them a
ny weight whatever, particularly where
there was direct testimonv hv two o-
ther of the commissioners, positively ,
denying Mr. Lincoln's impression. ?..;
( VI ft. Ar-r I . n..M . 1 "
. wwuuuucu uia compreneusive
j view s oi mis quesnon, by expressing
i his earnest hope, that justice would at
length be done to these complainants.
The question was then taken on
striking out the first section of tlie bill,
and decided in the negative, 66 to 59.
The committee then rose & report
ed the bill to the House : but. before
cominc: to any decision thereon, tht
9
; House adjourned,
r 1 J - Wm m -V . w AW
-vfibvcsDAr, march i.
fVnm 1
mittee
t made a report on the pet C"
it. Samuel C. Reid on behdir
: of Cant
j the officers ami ttpw f k 1 .
t 1 litre rir
vate armeu ung General Arnt.r;n,.
accompanied by a bill, autiforin'r '.
distribution of a sum of rnonev aTi .r
the officers and crew of the raid hi i ;
which was twice read and cofnniiu1
The House then proceeded,) t
consideratiin of the rem-urlr,,.
0f tjie Expatriation " biU
tion wM Qn the
he ouf.
ption of tKp .....
i lllu
stitute ottered bv Mr. Rnhprf....
Lou. as an amendment to the re-.
t
in section ofthe bill, which afier re.
: ccivin; several amendments, wa
'aia.
. greeu iu uj a small maionfv but n
tlie bill was finally rr fee ted
The House then took up the repor
of the committee of the whole, on the
bill providing for the p.ivment of cer.
tain claims from the st;tte of Ge
lor militia services rendered ir.
aud 1794. .
The committee hat! reported the b:!l
filled up with the sum f gM3,500
which amendirret the- House refund
to concur in.
Air. Cobb then moved to fill the
blank with g 140,000, and spok it
some length, ar.d earnestly in frorof
the bill and ms motion; widch howt
vcr. was negatived. -
M:-. Tayl(,r, thinking the Houshai
clear! 7 indicated its' hostilitv to t!v
' I . x 1
bill.rrnved its indefinite postponement.
a:h? motion nrougnt on a very ia-
, and animated debate.
The question was ultimately deci
ded in the negative. Gl ta 54. and h
r' - J wi 'J
I House adjourned.
THUHSDAY, MARCH 5.
Mr. Lownde?, from the conurilff-
: of av ays and Means, reported a bill
supplementary to the several acts r&
Native to direct taies and internal du
ties ; which was twice read and c.jrr..
raitted.
i Mr. Btoomfield, from the eommitle
to whom the subject was referred hav
ing made a report on the amen Invent of
the Senate to the bill concerning cera
tain surviving oficers and soldiers of
the revolution-
A motion was made by Mr. Edward
in order to enlarge the provision o
, trie Din, ana roasce them as co nprehe.
sive as he could, to strike ou t of the S-..'
t'nate's amendment the word on tCc
' continental establishment." This a
;mendment would have the effect to
embrace all who served for nine montf-a
in the military service, and were m
! service at the-erid of the war, thui ii -
eluding the militfa as well as t.e reV
!gular8. "
; This motion gave rise to consider
jble debate, in which Messrs. EdwardV,
Simkin3 and Strother urrenflv dm.
it 1 Ml .
i ported the motion, and Mers. Palmer
w v.
ami xjiooiniieiu opposed it.
In l,irri.nrh...i: v
j ia.u. v4 iiic ui'Hion, wasaoduced I
the ; ininnrtftnf corviVac .T u
'J i! t .. -
uunng trie revolution, frequently of
j; the highest importance, and always
lutwiuiiuus man mose oi tne re
gulars, because not under the impulse
ot professional inducements and obli
gations. Against the motion, the main argu
ment was, the impolicy of the ara.
.mum, as remiing to deteat the b.l! u
its return to the Senate, whose dup ,"
isition on the subject hid h,nn c.tfr.r:.
'' ently indicated by the vnpm!
; nau aireaay maae to the bill. T'e
j merit ax the services of the militia va
not ueniea, but the difnculty of rJi.
;any provisio . on the subject.
The question on this motion w .V.
; cided in the negative Yeas 6J; Njy;
i9l
Mr. Bayly moved to amend that
part of the Senate's amendment n-hir.-.
; provider that the relief c.ntm
soouui not ue atiowefi to anv of tho
: i i a i . i
j: or 'of any individual State," by striking
; tnereout the words or of any iwlivi
: dual State." This motion was suppor
ted by Mr. Bayly, and opposscd It
Mr. Edwards andTMr. Bloomfield, aJ
! going to destroy tlie principle ol t!c
biil, which was to relieve only the in
digent. This, -motion prevailed b s
vote of 79 to 61.
j After some other amendments of.! -
tail proposed by Mr J. S. Smith, .V. I
,usun, ami others, the question v.'j
of the Senate, as amended, anda- c, U j
to ; and the bill was returned u -elf
uikku on airreem tr the. ...o, i
, a i5 - ' v. nui i n. r - if j
L" 1 C
j -senate ior concurrcnce in tlie
ments to the amendments of tha
ar.r
1 ihe House resumed tlie inflni-!
business of yesterday, being tV-
for the payment f.'r Services rt r. '! -i fd
by certain Georgia Militia in 17. ' :-?-j
Mr. Cobb moved an arrien(i:r.c:f -i
the bill, with a view to ob ute the :
jectiun which had been thrown 2j----
;the bill, and wliiri. i.ofr. i ,nL'i
A . " T VTKSAWBB III. ft f lA A -
hfeat it, requiring that the sji'c'- v
ed and proved to be d;:?, ta t.
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