Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-29


10 know whether the trade was worth
protecting. MIR. R. was one, who did
70. want information. lie was OF OPT
nion that the trade, however great CT
Enall, mutt be protected. Yet he voted
ior obtaining the information, oecaute o'h'r
gentlemen dehred 1t.
We hear great deal about fpresd-
Ing Information among the people. Tie
would oe ad to know, why no' DO no.
mage to the representatives OF the people,
by giving diem the information they re-
quired.
Mr.. B.yard. l thank God, if we
have cot tie heneat OF hearing gentle
mru on tie otheriide exrreis their Cpl
Mons that we have It'll the liberty Of de-
liverins our ien,imen,s. Net knowing
how long this will lait, Will take the
libsr,y 0. delivering my ientlmsnts now.
The gentleman of Virginia has deigned,
without fpeak,ng himie!f, to dehre the
clerk to read an extract from the rep
of the Secretary of the 1reaiury, thew
Ing the aggregate expence attending the
collection OF the internal revenue 10 bt
about 20 per cent. But is this an aniwer
to my enquiry, when | ak for iniorma-
tion that iliall dlfcriminate the different
branches of the revenue? | have ano-
Their Object. with to know whether the
ex,lsirg esrence OF coIlettsc7 May no'
be reduced. Is there any PRECEDENT at
any epoch when thu frens'l OF fllen'
vote cppoitd information hat was want
Cd Vill this information ,twaIt the
fasor;te views of gentlemen Are they
atra;a mat this information will iruitrate
their carrying any Projee, thar IS not Tor
the bered, ct tie public Are they,
therefore, tcr preventing this imorma
ton coming hers, and then going iorll
to The public.
Ii the information We wan, is retut-
ed, W; bout any rea!or being IF gned, !
do;nv, Zee What buineis wehase to dc here.
D. gentlemen mean to drive US trom this
floor Are they ready to fay, our iervices
are no longer wanted?
Ii the information we ak is retuied; II
whatever We propoie is rejeeted if no an
iwer is given to our arguments II we are
not even liRened to, / think, the fooner
We 60 home the better. We fhaIl at leatf
fave the money Of the nafion.. And am
fatisfed, if This conduct be purified, we
ihall not only lie juitihed, but it will be
expected by the nation thar NC 70 longer
keep our ieats.
Mr.. Goddard delivered his icntimeRts
in favor of the motion, when the queition
was taken by Yeas and Nays; and loft.
Yeas 37-Nays s..
The houle took uprhe bill to continue
the act supplementary to the act to regulate
foreign coins.
On motisn of Mr.. Randolph, the 1T
&c. was truck out, and new fiction in
soduoed, repeating that part of the pre-
lent law, which prohibits gold and iilver,
Except Spaniih milled dollars being ten
der for the payment of dues to the United
States.
So amended the bill was ordered to a
third reading Tomorrow.
Mr.. kutledge called for his refolution,
on which the previous queftioo had been
taken on Friday, viz. that the committee
of Wa, and Means be infrutted to en-
quire into the expediency of reducing the
duties on bohea tea, brown lugar ana
coffee.
Mears. Rutledge, Griwold, and Hu-
ger advocated the reference.
Mr.. Dana.-I take the liberty of ex-
preilns the homage of my high rsfpeet for
this aiembly, and for gentlemen, who
with the greatef forbeaa &c OF phllofo-
ply aniwer all the arguments'has are rrsed
by dlence. l, will be recolle,,cd that at
a memo, able era of the French revolution
IN conference between certain general
of the army, and a nominal abbey, tie
abbey Recommended to the general, the
efabIiihmet OF dumb lss'i.ature; and
TIE memorable night, wien the councils