Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-12

Ciu iiSl RtlOW Wiich n i''>a ~. "tiS 80 CE
difeuiIed on this reference ualeisjs vas tbe
want Of Information. THIS he mott its.
/ Gbly Eel, and thoie gentlelnee wfla a!f,
felt it might, be thought, be INDUCED by
thofe who poiiefs all Information on the
fubjsit. II any tgentlenan, however,
willfay thar any important principles in.
voved in the retaliation, he was rssdy to
90 into committee of the whole, tho.
not with cloied doors.
The queaioa.w was then taken by Yeas
and Nays on Mr.. RandoIph's motion to
refer the reiolution OF MIR. Grifwoid to a
committee Of the whole on the tate Of the,
union, and carried; Yeas 49, Nays So;
as follows:
YEAS
MelIrs. AIaon, Archer, Brent, Erown.
Batter. Claiborne, Clay, Ctopton, Con.
dit, Cuts, Dawion, Elmendotf, Elmer,
Euiiis, Gray, Gregg, Hams, ]. Heiaer
Eioge, Holland, Holmes, Jaeklon, Leio'
Meriwether, Mitciiijl, Moore, New,
Newton, Jun. Nicholion, Randolph, jun.
Smile, J. Smith, n. Y. ]. Smith, Virg.
ToGah Smith, S. Smith, Southland, Stan
ford, Stanton, Jun. Stewart, Taliaferro,
iu,, Tbomplon, A. 1'rigg, J. Tiigg,
Van Corrlandt, Varnum, Van Hon.
Wynns. 40.
NAYS.
MeGrs. Bacon, Bllhop, Boude, Camp.
bell, Cltler, Dana, Davenport, Davis,
Dennis, Dickfon, Goddard, Grifaoid,
Grove, Haltings, Helms, H7nphill, Hen
desfon, Huger. Hunt, Lowndes, Mattoop.
L. r Morris, t. Morris, Mott, Per-
kins, Platter, Read, RutIedgr, Tennsy,
Thatcher. Tiliingiaf, Upham, Wadl-
worth, L. Williams, Wocd.-39.
On motion of Mr.. GIifwold, the Houie
Immediately went into committee ct the
whole on the fate Of the union.
Mr.. 7. C. Smith, in the Chair.
Mr.. Randolph ro6e, and oolerved that
he held in his hands certain reiolOffons
connected with the Melage OF the Pee
fident relative to the late proceedings at
New Orleans, the difcuiiion OF ahs 4 lad
been ordered to be carried On with eIoIe
doors. He aiked the decihon OF ne
queeion, whether previouAy to ofenfg
his refoluticns, The doo's ought nor TO oe
cloied. The refolutions, he meant 30 ino-
nit, grew out Of the Mefase. II ne
Houfs, however, United upon their beng
then read, he had no indiipoftion to read
them.
The Chairman conGdcred the COMMITTEES
as incompetent TO clearing the galleries.
He thought It mutt be the act OF the
Houie.
Mr.. DAYTON enquired if the fame rules
that applied 10 The Hoole did not aiio apply
20 the committees otthe whole.
NJ. Randolph called tor the reading
of the Pfehdent's MeGage relpetting New
Orleans.
Mr.. Grifvold faid there WIS other bni-
uels Got requiring fecreey referred TO tina
committee.
Mr.. Randolph repeated his call for the
reading ofrhe Preddent's Meiiase.
The chairman aik.d what Nieilage?
Mr.. Randolph replied the contlden-
tiai MeGage.
Mr.. Gfifwold Gaid that could not be
read with open doors.
The Chairman ffaid tthe doors cooia
not be cloled without an order from tie
Houie.
Mr.. S. Smith oblerved that It had
been cuaomary to clear the galleries De,
fore the Houie went into connn.tee. 10
fave time, he would move that she con-
mittee fhould rife, in order to obtain al
order OF the Houfe to that efets.
Mr.. G,ifwold hoped the committee
would not rife. The buhneis he hao
propoied was OF pablo, not iecFe.
nature. 1t was alfa of prehiag nature