The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-13

commune on -f'9H-C3fceJ and PoH-RoadJ-
Meffrs. FhoE.as, r. WAhebiii, Bottom, Cook,
E9fot, Knight, sSturges, Goviugtop, Cloptou,
Sanford, M. Williams, Rhea (of Ten.I ID. Il.
Williams, Mead, Jer. Morrow, Southland and
Lewis.
Committee Of 1fetomts--DIeGiis. Conrad, Da-
venport and Cults.
Committee to svait on the ptrf1ent at obening
Of SfGiOn-hicffs ]. Randolph, Davenpor, and
Cults.
WEDNESDAY,, December A.
q memorial wasprefentcd, PRAYING hatproyiIi-
on may be made for a fmali lishs-aoufc on SAM
dy Point.
Referred to the Committee of Commerce and
Manufactures -
an ensrofed bill making an appropriation Of
10000 dollars towards defraying the expeuces
OF the Navy daring the year 1908, fer which
the previous appropriations had proved ,nfifli-
cient, was read 4 third time and paf!td without
a diviion.
On morton of MIR. =. Rnndeibb, the Houf;. re.
iolvrd itief into a committee of the whole OH
the fate of the union.-
Grner VARNUM in the chair.
hf. !. Rando!ibb offered the following refolu-
items:
/. ReTofved, That 70 much Of the NIeiIare OF
the Ptehdent of the United States, as relates. to
the iab)ect OF quarantine and health laws, be re-
ferred 10 the Committee of Commerce and Ma
nufa6ures. =
2. Rejotzei, That 70 much of the MeiIage1 of
the Preiident Of the United States, as relates 20
ire aegreihonS committed on our COATS by TO-
reign armed vctieIs, to the defence of our orts
and harbours, to the building of feventy-cour
gun :h'ps, and TO the providing of arms and am
munition, be referred to feleet committee
>. RefoiUea, That 10 much of the Mefape of
the Frelident of the Uaited States. AS relates to
the Organization and Qualification of the mill
.ia' and to the augmentation OF our land
FORCES, be refereed 30 a ieett committee
4: R.loATed, That 70 much OF the MeGase of
the Preildent Of the United States, as relates to
Our naval peace establishments, be referred to
felett committee.
Previous toa decifon on thefe refou,ions, MIR.
bfaFueH role and faid that il was his with to Of
yer an additional refo'ution relative to fubieet
not embraced in them
ne Chairman obfervei that the refulutions
NIT offered mutt III point of order be fra d,,cid
ed upon, after which the refoution alluded TO,
could lie received, or might be read in arsu-
IL en-, while they were under confederation.
lie foregoing refolntons were tsen icveral-
~ read and agreed to without dnifion.
MIR. NffAo5oH taid he would offer another re-
foiution, the fubfance of which was not embra-
ced IN the refolntions fubn,itted by his friend
from Virginia-viz- 49,.
KtI0!Des, That TO much of the Mefagr of
the Prehdcnt of the u. States, as relates to the
conduct Of the belligercnt powers towards the
United States, and to the unufiliable conflruc.
tion lately given by iome of them to the law of
nations as it regards the rights of neu,rals, be
referred TO the Committee ct Ways and Means.
Fir. BIa1crU fail this rcioiution embraced in
fome meafure his Object; but as it did not ex
act!y comport with ii, he would take the I-er
y OF reading, by way of argument, the refolu-
uon which he had prepared. MIR =. then read
the following refoIution
RejofVe@, hat 70 much Of the MeGage of the
Pendent of the United States, as relates TO in
I! lures done To US, As a neutral nation, by the
Interpolation of new, unjuf, & unacEnowledg-
ed principles into the law of nations, be referred
to ieiect committee, with intruction to en-
quire, 10 what retpecls, aud to what extent, cur
neutral rights have thus been violated, and what
iegiilative meafures the tru. intereff of the u
nited States requires, to counterad fuch vioiaii-
ors.
Mr.. Bf4avsN remarked that this refolu.ion
went further than that offered by the gentleman
from Maryland. SO far as that refon.ion wen,
i met his ideas. But he thought it ought TO &c
further: and fhould it not be adopted by the
committee, he would afterwards move the one
NC haa Juft read. His redfun Tor thinking the
Hou!e ought tn 60 further was this. We have
ciPles have been interpolated by foreign powers
into the law OF nations. What thefr principles
are is not Rated, except in one infance. To
what extent they have been carried, we are no.,
informed. We have, it is true, outdoor infor-l
nation on the fubje6t; bat not of frich nature
as to iuftify acting in orr Iegilatve caI,aci-
~. Thefe principles, as well as the injuries we
have received were, in his opinion, a proper
tneleet for the inycfigaton of a committee.
Mr.. MieboJ5p faid he could not conceive in
what the two iefo!utions differed except in Ian
gtage. They both embraced the fame obiee
In one refpef only they differed. While the
reiolu.ion of the gentleman from MaiIachufetts
referred the fubiea to feIeGl committee, his
own reioution referred it to the Committee of
Ways and Means. The inyeaication conten.
plated ny the gentleman could be as we'll made
by the Committee of Ways and Means, as by
ts!eSt committee. Nor ,yas il ieeeiidty for this
Purpofe TO give them any inhru6ions If the
fntiect required invenigaton il would he their
DUTY to make II, and to lay the tefilt of the in
yeitiga'ion before the Houfc. II would be al
lowed that it was a fubjea in which the reve
nue. was mott deeply interefed, and as fucb
properly the province of the Commtte of WAYS
and Means. For his own part, MIR. Nicholf6n
t7id, ne could have no objection TO the refC,luti
on OF the gentleman from ma1achufetts but
As bis own refolution embraced the fame ob;eE.
and went TO the fame extent, he perceived no