Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-24


bic President. He thought there was no
occasion for. a Vice. President at all. If,
however, we are to have Vice-p President,
who may eventually execute the Office OF
President, it may fall upon man who has
only two votes, and the man who had the
largest number OF votes may be Vice Pre-
sident. He hoped the motion would not
pass over in this manner. He hoped, be-
fore this business would receive a single
vote, that it should be well considered.
Mr.. Butler argued in favour OF its being
referred to select Communicated he Of
fered the following motion, $ That no per-
son whe has been twice elected to The Of
fee Of President shall b= eligible TO serve
again, Until afterihe ezpirationoffonryea wears,
bat that any citizen, WHO may be eligible
may serve for four years and no lon
GER
Mr.. Wright spoke in favour Of the origi-
nal motion.
Mr.. Bradley hoped that the whole would
BE referred to select committee.
Mr. Clinton consented to wave the mo-
ton for thepresent. We are charged, SAID
he, with hurrying on this business, but |
am not to be intimldatedin the duty owe
to my constituents. What is the use Of
select committee, when we can here deter
mine it? The amendment last proposed is
also material, and, if the gentleman who
made it, will agree we can enter into it on
Monday.
Mr.. Wright again proposedto enter-in-
to the whole business Immediately. a
committee, he observed, mightreport when
they pleased-they ghtproeact the busi-
ness to a length of time.
Mr.. Butter again observed that he pen
ned his motionsince he sat down in the
house this day. He believed, he said, that
the country was as ripe for his amendment,
as for the original motion. He thought
the business too much hurried, and if the
mover would take back his motion he would,
perhaps, bethe first ON Monday to condemn
his precipitancy.
Mr.. Smith was for an immediate discus
sion. Hewould not wish to tack together
the different motions before a committee
they might both be lost. This, continued
Mr.. S. is the proper place to have the mat
Ter discussed, and to make objections. 1t
is not said that it shall be determined on
Monday-it is meant that it shall be then
before the House.
Mr.. Butler still urged committee. He
said, that they could report on Monday
they might sit tomorrow Sunday. He
did not think that the Senate should legis-
late on adventurous or extraneous matter,
because it had been urged that the Assem-
bly, of Vermont, or any other state, were
now sitting-thls was no reason why the
Senate of the Union should be hurried.
Many of the speakers reiterated their ar
guments, both for and against the question
going into committee, in which one of
them observed that the greatest part OF the
debate was disorderly.
Mr.. Jackson, the General from Georgia,
thought that the House could not impute
hurry-that the business might easily be
got through on Monday or Tuesday. That
he was great admirer Of Mr.. Jefferson,
in whom, he believed, all were happy. But,
continued the General, we may not always
have a Jefferson at the-head Of affairs. We
know not who may succeed him. We may
have BoNAPART or some such man, who
may be disapproved Of. He therefore pres
sed the House to proceed.
Until late in-the day this kind ofdebate
continued, in which it would be impossible
to follow the speakers correctly in a news
paper report. The question was at length
put, when majority appeared in favour
of referring tie motion to a committee of
foe.
A motion was then made g that the
house proceed to the Election of secreta-
ry and other Officers for the Senate. Or
dered to lie on the table.
The House then resolved to proceed up