Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-12-23

oc'ol 15to the Co nn::t,e Of Ways e Means
q; vas inp1lE5e for him to fay. But, fays
,Ae gentleman, il IS a queltion Of revenue.
How q Il may ef.ct the revenue Incl
AsutaIly bot the quettion Of revenue, from
irs comparative unimportancv, is al once
merged and loft il the more important
slcGion, whether We lhall paflvely fubmit
70 The Introduction Of new principles 10 be
impoicd upon nicu;rals, by any government
whatever, however powerful or extenhve
HIS influence. On this fubjea, Mr.. Ellict
aid he thoQght, Is it appeared BY the Mef-
ilqe the Executive thought, thet it Pofeh
- great importance in itlelf. Nor did he
conceive it poiiitlc 70 prelent any view more
important. than, that taken by the relolutioa
Of the gentlepEa from ManachuiettS.-He
acknowledged that the Committee OF Ways
and Means were fullyconPetcnt to an IN
vefiearion Of the fubjea in their ability
- inveitigate il be had full confidence. But
lie thought they had futIiccnt bufncfs in
yhrit proper fphere to occupy their atten-
,ion.-for' thefe~realOns he heped TIE refO-
lution offered by the gentleman from Ma
Eylaad would be re;e4eI, and that lubmit-
Jsd by the gentleman from Mahachuletts
tl5ituhed in its room
Mr.. Gregg thought the gentleman from
MAfachufctts would fully attain his obje6e
BY offering part Of the reGolution he had
read as amendment 70 the relolution before
the houfe The Fefaurion of the gentle
man embraced two diain9 parts the frf
regarded the obje6to be euquired into. and
the laf intruGted the committee how to act.
The rctolntion Of the gentleman from Ma
ryland embraces the flne object. The end
cherefore Of the gentlemen from Glafachu-
letts would be fully gained by adding in
9ruaivc part of bis own refoIution to the
zelolution under dacuGion. AS 70 the diff
ference between ftanding and icieR COM
mittee, il was not 10 important as it appear
ed tobe to the gentleman from Vermont.
The fubie& from its character naturally
came before the Committee Of WAYS and
Means and it was underitood that ftan-
ding COMMITTEES went through the buline(s
referred to them with more regularity than
leleGt commutees.
Mr.. Bidwell, faid that if gentlement at.
LSullfGLy COluOGISO lLS tWO ICAOluNlOIos
they would find that the reiolution offered
by the gentleman from Maryland did not
90 to the fame extent with the reloIution
which he had had the honor of propoGng.
The former referred to but one principle,
and limited the fubjeG to con6derations
connected with revenue. 1t appears to
him that from ont-door information, it
would be found that various principles had
been allumed relative to the laws Of nations
to which we might not as a neutral nation
Choole to fubmit. 1t was true that the fub-
je8 vas cone3ed with the revenue 70
however, was every fubje6. Every fub-
jeet, whether connected with fate Of
peace or war, would necef4rily more or leCs
affect the revenue. Though this was the
cafe With this fubje6t, it ought not to be
conGdered as primarily connected with re-
venue. Under prelent circumstances we
do not coniider it principally as connected
with finance, but with other fubjeEts. Mr..
Bidwell faid he had no particular wiihcs
with regard to the committee to DC appoin-
ted in this inltaace but he did with the
fubje9 examined in more extenfve views
than was contemplated in their refoIution.
TDebate fo be continued