Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-08

the plain unqualified .aueaion Of rfteai
| And in order thar. we may be enabiee
| to do o., rnow move you, that the com
+ mhtee to whom the Bill wa. referred
on Wednesday lat, be diieharged iron
proceeding further therein.-The bill
will then be ready tor. its raRsge sn'
the whole merits Of the luSjeet open t
diicuAion.
Mr.. Dayton faid he would not have
rifen 70 foon in the debate, hs4 ths mem;
Der from kentucky been more correct al
the information he had given the Senate
1t mutt be reco!!ec,ed By the Senate, con.
tray to the gen,!eman's natemel I, tia
[ neither the frR, iecond or third motion
made on the fubje;t were the fame. II
irh motion was to revils and amend, in
| itead of repeal, the ad of the laf friiio
| and was negatived the lscond was &c
reviGng the whole judiciary fy.tem, an
connecting therewirh rroviGon i.
the Judges, which had been difappro,t
of by one honorable gentleman, and III
negatived; the third 70 far differed troo
me fecond, as TO be agreeable to tn"
honorable memoer, and was agreed to-.
A committee was appoIn'ed.-He recc!.
letted the anxiety OF The friends of tbs
honorable 'ihemptr, and of The HONORABLE
member hlnGeIf, at not being one Of the
committee. Ee was ferry his anxiet,
nad produced the ex,ravagant propoi,,iol
on the table. Is rs. the gentleman
ambition fa,;sa>a. lie migM have beer
consented with the agency hs ALREADY hac
in this bu6neis. He had already deli
vered two { eeches, that had ben !:acnel
10 with attention.
Gentlemen had in the 6ff nsges OF
sh,s oofnris been permitted to take theis
own courie; while employed in the hp'
work OF deltroying the conNl:u'lon, til"
we're futfered to 60 On, un,I their cour'
was arreaed by the reference Of the Ills.
He would ak, if when the flbj"et VIZ
70 referred for the purpolc OF reyiGn.
the whole judiciary fye-m, was 1T pre-
per, wife or decent, to diicharge the Coz,
missee, without. their akirs their or
charge He truasd majority would r.
be iound to fanetion luca Rep. 81
ifuaed one q, leaR, perhaps many, woult
De found among ,hcae IN favor cfa re
peal, who wound vote againa ddchargine
the comm: tee. He truited. that regar.
to Appearances would fave them from
faneioning fuch a procedure. The com.
mistee had not been inatten,iye to their
duty. No fuch thing was even fuggc!s-
I'd. He truaed, therefore, the propoG-
ton would be rejected, and that in its
adoption would be found a praetica.
comment on the eoncilia,osy recommen-
daiion Of The PRECEDENT, which had been
echoed by gentleman on that Gde Of the
aouie.
Mr.. :Rois faid he had long had the
honor of feat in that houfs, and this
was the 6rf time he had ever heard a
motion for the diicharge of a committee
unlefs BY a member of the committee it,
elf. And wha, is the reafon aligned !!
Difference Of opinion on principle. With
whom exifed this difference /! Surely not
with one political eide, &ainguihed from
another.-For .we bad juA heard the OPT
Mons ofgentlenen Of high talents, and
Of firm adherence to the FINE politics as
thofe of the honorable gentlemen, Eating
thar the fyRem is lufceptible of amend
nens !; and yet ihalt we FAY that it is not
fufceptible Of amendment. Are gentle
man prepared to decide Enthusiastically,
without information, againa opinions 70
respectable? Surely this would not be
legilating with accuaomed caution. Are
gentlemen prepared to fay there is no
middle ground The wiiea men delibe.
rate the longeR, Why then not wait
until the committee report Hear VIVA.
they offer. If bad reject it, hat 6rf'
| year. What appearance would this halt,
procedure preients One da, the Senate
.re equally divided, and by 4 caution ane
moderation, not eaGly forgotten, the bill
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