Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-18
Gongrels Of tDs uuftab States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..

Lewis K. Morris, member from Yer
mont, appeared and took his feat.
Fhe Committee ct Revival and Inf
niihed bu:nefs reported in part, tina, rhey
had examined TIE journals Of the lai
fioli., and found in an un6nilhed astt
fual J oils, reports, and petitions, which
they fpecity. The committee conclude
with arefolu;ion that all petitions &c. &c
pending In the iaft houie, be taken up a
the insancs of a member, or on the appli.
cation of the petitioner.
Mr.. Grii@old moved that the comm.
tee of Claims be directed to enquire INT,
the expectancy of allowing the Refugee;
from Canada and Nova Scotia fgrthe,
time for exhibiting their claims for land:
under the aes Tor their relief agreed tc,
- TO IS.
Mr.. Nichollon called up the refou,ion,
laid by him on the table rejecting the
Expenditure of Public monies by limo
thy Pickering; Elq. late Secretary OF
fate. Mr.. Nicholion obieryed that iome
ideas expreaed by gentleman from Maj
iachuietts, when this fabject was before
the houie, lad weight with him, and had
induced him to modify his motion. 1t had
been properly, in his opinion, remarked
that iuch motion ihould not point at :
ny particular officer, but that it ii,vula
be extended to ali officers who fuperinten.
ded the dilburlements of public money.
He hal, therefore, prepared another re-
iolu;ion, which, while it embraced his
fira objea, would be ieen to be connected
with ccher objects equally. intereltipg, as
follows:
Retolvcd, th2: ! committee be appoint.
cd 70 enquire ard report, whether n:oaies
drawn !rom the ,rcaiury, have been faith
fully applied to the objects for which they
were appropriated, and whether the fame
have been regularly accounted for; ard
to repots, liilewiie, whether any fur
,her arrangements are nscchary to pre-
mste~oeconony, enforce adherents to legii-
latiye reirsictioDs, and fecure the account
ability Of perions ensruied with the public
money.
Mr.. Baya-a declared his high plea
lure at she liberali,y and card,ur, which
characterized the mover OF the relolu.
ton which had been rnanitefed Oh the
initi,u,ion Gift, as well as in the .nodiG-
cation now offered. The motion, as it
now itood, however, was not confined to
one department., bu, embraced the whole.
lie thought it would De bef to conine it
to on. department; bat to give 1t more
reuolpec,ive eaIecs, ARD 10 apply i, not to
Nj. P,Skeriag only, bat alto to Secreta-
ries of State that preceded him. He be-
lieved, that, on inyefigaiion, 1t would be
fouui that monies Giburied had not been
expended coniornably to the itritt letter
OF appropriations. But inoh deviation
was the refult of neceiisy. The public
iervice forbade delaying certain meaiures,
for the execution o. which competent ap-
propriarions had cot been made, to the
ncxl tehioa Of congseis. He believed that
,heiAme thing haa occurred In other de
partnea,s. IL had been the cultom, IN
cafes where money was wanted tor one,
though appropriated TO another, under
ne fame department, to take it from ,hs
la,rer and 10 apply it TO the former.-
g'nis was illegal; bur lis being the cul;
ton paii.ates Il.
Mr.. Bayard could not but appreciate
tn cond {, OF the gentleman from MARY
i,od. fie had honorable to him!e!t, ana
hoaoraaiy 70 Mt. Pickering, declared
lis conviction that MIR. Pickering has
aacd hike . man OF honor aad integrity ;
and ,aot enough he had fancsioned dePar.
lures f-om the i4s,er of appropriations
vet that tbs lad bsea only as he ha1
termed il technical Multiplication O
money. Fox this enqa:ty MIR. Bayars
,n21she there was iaticssnt cauie. lib
pubic mind has been asitated. The
VISA flanders had been circulated. /
had hsen. ays1rea, not saese!y that MIR
p;ckering hal violated the appropriate o
ofna.,,;c monies, bat that he had apple,
,bem 10 his own perfansl parpoiss. Bu
a.,sr, the prsiie-worshy ,csndour of III
osuiieo.n, Re ,-u:tsd that all iaiie I'm
;,,ea:ons wcuid De removed and that
,ntta a1 a