Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-18

80 a,c,1nf4',}e to the people tex he ex-
,.,li.a-, Of :a.ir money, an It i, proper
,,1r oar public officers iAouid be acccua-
The qulaiar was then taken or M.
N;cbnIfoa's motion. without n?d.deaei-
No ard carried without a 2ivis!oa AMI
committee OF 7 members appoin'ed,
viz.
,9r. Nicho!an, Mr.. G,if@o'd, Mr..
Giles, Mr.. Hai,ngs, MIR. Jones, Mf.
H,rar1, ard Mr.. Elmcndo-F.
The f3-1l;er laid before the houfe
Inter from the Secretary OF The T5ca-
fury, accompanying ttatement of Re
rip,s ,ni expenditures ior one year pre-
c..t:ag Oh. 1, 1901.
Referred 10 Committee oi Ways ana
Means.
Ga motion of gen. S, Smith, the hou!e
usat into committee OF she whole on
,.e tate Of Tie Union.
IewisR. Morris in the chair.
The E1sG9se az tie P,y:.Itz. under
coa.l.ecatica.
Gsn. s. Smith ohfcryed, that among
c,a.r o5ict:s 20 whirh The PRECEDENT had
a.,aael The attention Of tie houte, was
oa. commercial iituatioa. We we.s.lniocm
Cd r,at tie United States were at peace
with all nations aid that peace
hilr&en place among the powers OF Au-
ro2e. Il became consrets to direct its at
tca;ion TO consequences that might pro-
Cd from iuch a fate OF things; and Par
,;c2.a;ly to the injuries ;hat might attach
70 our carrying trade. 1t was known
TIA: ua!er the Brisith Treaty, G Cat Er;-
TN, going perhaps beyond he meaning
0, tie treaty, had imPoi.d hsavy counter
rai!iag duties on our goods, anl that GER
ga:a aGts OF FRANCE hal Ihe :aiae eeectes,
whereby many Of DER naoit valuable ex-
r2us would ccafe TO be Carried in our own
bottoms. Early under tie prsfcnt 60
ycra,ncat it had been deemed wife TO lay
Illuminating duties, which had tended
greatly to aGih our carrying ,rsde. Our
cspi,lls had greatly increaied. add if TO-
rsign nations relritled our trade by unfair
regulations, it became Us to adopt couats-
racting meaiares; and thls could now be
done With tie noye ia:e;y < eiie5t fron the
force Of our capital. -iie tAereiose mo
ysd -
Ry.ir~1, That 10 much Of the faveraI
ats im9odng duties On the tonnage of;hips
aud ycGtIs, ana on goods, wares and msr.
ckloiize, imported into the United States,
as impo:es discriminating duty oftonnsse
between foreign velels and veiIels of the
United States, ought to be repealed ; fuel,
repeal 10 take ette1t whenever the pref
dent iha!l be informed that tie difcrimi
mating duties Of foreign nations, 70 far as
they operate TO the disadvantage Of tl,s
commerce of the Unite. S'ares, inaii have
been aboiiihed.
Ordered TO lie on the table.
sIr. Giles. Aaene he various topics
of ,he mea2s. is that il relation to the
Cculas. 1t is important that Cou,rcf:
Eoa!d be early Occupied in deciding the
ratio of Representation, as many OF the
a2,e lesila,ures are now in Eefion. and
viii De ipecially conveusd, if ,icy rife be-
foIe congress fhall pas 4 !a;g en- the fa5-
Jet. lie therefore moved
Re6!ued, That the apror::crn:on: c!
feYrefen,anyes agoaea the ieveral itates,
according to the lecond enumeration Of Tie
people, Ought 10 be ii a ratio of one re.
p?elcntative for every thirty three thoul.
al pc'ions in each Rats.
On which toe que,},on was taken, aod
the molten carried without diviiion
Gen. S. Smith iaid, another impcr;aa,
r,snbcr OF ,he Pfeide,,i S me;lase ,vtpca
& car G;uation with the Ba.bary rowe:s
/; oecame Congreis immediately TO GENE
% a dec;ioa that wonId enable tie Pref
deaf more efficiently &c pEo;cti our trade
Els the,cforc uove2:
RJ,ivea, Thst i &c exps,,iens that
re PRECEDENT DC authorized by law, fur.
i@,g md more sataaal!y &c protc9 Ii,
Commerce of the CniteI States asain!i the
b2-ba.y powers.
Mr.. Nicho,ion laidI he did rot ike the