Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-14

t,r rho expretsion ct an oPinio'''
-, Tb., oeo,ieman am spprchenflVe has
a,aor. that about the 9Th Ct January |
n,e5soIea ps,i,ion complaining IN tfoag
and .orc,ble language OF the paftlaii'y q
that law, and alfo, that ca the islae Day
rsn,lrn,n from Mafachdiar's Mr.. Var
NUM- moved refolosion wi'ieh pahto TIC
houle directing the felett co'oniiise 70
whom the petition vas reie:red % enqaTe
Into the expedicncy OF repeating 'hat law.
Il cannot be forgotten either BY thar gen
tleuan or the hoafe, that the committee
with the utnoit di(patch made a report
which was committed to committee OF
the whole, and made the oFder for tie
thirty drif OF January. Bufnets of IN,
p,rtance having occupied the at'eniic'. OF
the houie from the git ill the cay De-
fore yeeerday, prevented my calling up
,he report OF the llett committee before
that day.
Permit me, Sir, to ak that gentleman
whether notorie.y OF an intended repeai
Of that law, had not been given, and wae-
Their Efficient time had not been afforded,
to obtain befose the Preient day an ex-
preilion of the public lentiinent from tie
mott diaaat parts Of the union, from
New Hamplhire to Georgia, and from
the flores Of the Atlantic TO thoie OF the
Miaifippi. am led TO deduce from The
preniies Of the gentleman differences quite
oppodte. The iilence of the merchants
on the fubjett Of the Bankrupt Law I'M
preiles ne with firm belief that they are
anxious to have it truck from our it2tute
book.
IF this law had faGened itft]f on their
Affections and was peculiarly endowed
with properties and energies suceeisiully
to guard againf and protect the mer-
chant from the rniSfo rtunes and calanities
to which tha, protection is liable, would
not the merchants, when they beheld the
Legislative, nerved with power and up
lifted to itrike the fatal blow, duplicate
you to fay the meditated itroSe, and 10
tpare /" this Gupendous fabric of human
wiEiom.''
That clafs of citizens have quick
fenfe of injuries, penetration 10 difcern
and itea1iineis to purfue their true and TO-
lid intereA. When the Legislature expref-
ed an intention of conditionaly repeating
our laws, laying discriminating duties,
&c. &c. remembrance on remembrance was
prefen;ed 10 the houle againa that mea-
ilre. The prompt expreAion of their
opinion on the latter fubjeet, and their
Glence on the former-I repeat is to me
confirmation frong Of their execration OF
the Bank ruPt Law.
4 further realon in favor Of poA
ponement urged by gentlemen is not
more fold. It is that the representation
iii the next Congrefs will be the fuIlea
of any We have mad and of conlequence
better qualified to decide on this fujee
this is an argument more fpecious
than jaa-let me ak gentlemen why they
wereio raih as to form Bankrupt Syi
TEN? Why did they not look forward
with the fame confidence co the witdom
OF the eighth Congreis, and leave to that
body the confederation OF the queRion,
wife hsr il would not be enlightened po-
licy'toletablifh an uniform (yfeyn OF bank
ruptcy Throughout the United States ,
As the gentlemen ,hemielves have had
the courage to act on this fuhject, I truit
this houfe, equal in numbers and talents
will not lhrink from it. The cDjset of
gentlemen mutt be man;fee 10 all, IL is
to defeat tle repeal of the law.
Iremain conf lent that the houfe will on this
location, as it did on former, decide againit
poHp n<ment, 1ndin favor of going into commits
tee OF The whole houfe on the report of the le'ce
have endeavored to anfwer with cearnefs
and precilion the reafons urged for poapone-
menl, whether fuccefs fully or not he houfclmuR
determine. am now compelled to perform an
or1uo,c and J;n1 .nI. .,Q~ ,.L:.I, LII L.