The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-16


duce the bea effects, he dill remained affirm
and decided friend of the law. As foon, as the
deilred effects were produced, he fhould ceafe
to with for its continuance. But until they
were produced, he fhould never coHlent.to part
with it, From the mefase of the PreG6ent. it
appeared thatit was his opinion, swell as that
Of our minifters, who were undoubtedly the
bet qualified to judge, that temporary fufpen-
don of the law would have favorable elfeG on
the pending negotiations. He was therefore
willineto iu!pend> it, but not for 70 long Pc
Rod a. that mentioned. A fufpenfou until the
an OF July would allow ample time for its ef-
feet on the negotiations. If during the courfe
of the FELTON,, circumstances fhould arife re-
Curing change ofpoIicy they could be eaiy
provided for. They were then juit on the verge
of the FELTON,: Dispatches would undoubtedly
be received before they roie, from which they
would learn what was belt to be done. For
thefe reafons, MIR. Smile hoped the blank would
be flied with the If day of July
MR.. .RANDOLPH rofe merely to ohfsrve
that 1t was ufualfor gentlemen to renew IN the
fiouic motions made in the Committee of the
Whole. Ii was true he had not renewed this
motion ycfterday, bee aufe he did then under
| ftand the vote in the Committee of the Whole
| as expecting the diIapprobaton Of the Hcufe
ofio long period of fnfpenfon as the SIT
day OF December. But after he had received
information that fevcrsl gentlemen, who had
voted againf the motion, did not con6der it in
this light, he had renewed the motion. Mr..
X. laid he really did not fee it, nor could he
\ be induced TO believe it to be a queftion OF
great Importance, whether the fufpenfion
mould be tor fix or twelve months. The prin-
| ciple OF the bill was as much Involved in one
period as the other. He thought the whole
reaioning ofgentemen went to thew that the
| 1ufpenhon ought Dos to extend beyond the DR. :.
1 felton,. xy lepf tbokf Oh
the opinion ofthe PRECEDENT, who, in his mel.
| tage, recommends the fufpenlioa, az we'll with
a view to the promotion of our own CONNER
cia purpoirs, as to favor the negotiations with
! 9. Britain. G. Britain having indicated con-
c'llatory temper, did it not become point of
policy towards her to fufpend this aet for a
Reasonable time If, too, the fufpsnlion be Ii
mited to Tome day when are not in FELTON,,
| may not great Inconvenience arifc Gentle
men on the committee with him would recolIeE
that he named the Sd day of March but at the
iugeeiion of two gentlemen from two great
commercial cities further time was deemed
necetiary and it did appear to him, if it were
Iextendrd beyond the Sd of March, it fhould be
to day which would fall into the next fefiion.
However, in cafe the fufpenhon lhouId be H..
mited to an intermediate day, he had prepared
claufe further TO futpend the act in cafe trea-
~ fhould be formed, which, in that event, he
would offer.
Mr.. ASTON fad he was fti as he expref7.
ed himfelf yeiterday, in comfortable doubt as
| To the proper time to which the ACT pai1rd at
the lait frfiion, pr ohibitiug certain articles from
being imported into the u. States, hould be
fufpended. 1t was then adopted with A view to
aid our negotiations with G. Britain, and as
the negotiations with the government it was
intended to operate againG, were ftill pending.
the fame cauie which produced its pai1.ge in
the firf infance, operated upon his mind as
to the propriety of continuing the law but he
was perfectly willing to fufpepd its going into
effect, until ample time fhou!d be afforded for
a termination of the negotiations now pending.
! He did not believe that in the event of a fai
lure of an adjufment of differences by the ne
gociation now on foot, war with that country
would follow, nor that there would be necei
fly for any ftronger meafures on our part to be
taken; permit the law to go into opera.
tion and he believed its effects would be as for
chilly felt by that country as any meafnre we
could adopt. He was oppofed to fufpenfion
to the time propofrd (Which was the slft of
! December next) for frvera reafons; for in
itance, fhou'd our expectations OF friendly
adjufment of differences fail, and the event be
known in the couife OF two or three months.
every body, particularly thcie in favour of the
| fyftem, would fay it ought to apply TO the
next fall importations. Again, if we put it of
until the time propofed, it would fscm as tho
| we ourfelves were afraid of the ground we
had taken, and never intended it TO take effect
The ground taken by the gentleman from Yer
mont, which was that we ought to be in FELTON,
at the time TO which the law fl,ould be fulpend-
| ed, was TO his mind very forcible he felt
great repugnance to deiegating power to any
perfon whatever TO fufpend the operation of
law of Congrefs; but as was mentioned by the
gentleman from Maj. (air. BidweID ciaufe
! could be introduced fPeciaily authorizing the
| Prcfidcnt Of the u. S. In cafe of certain events
| taking place TO fufpend the lazy, and that only
until the next felton, of Conerefa. fpecial
delegation of this kind would not be All aban-
doDment OF the principle ne contended for.
| He therefore felt himfeIf under the neceiIity of
voting againa filling up the blank with the time
! propelled:
| The yeas and nays were then taken on filling
the blank with the san of December, aud
were---Yea. 46---Nays 67---as follow:
| YRAS-MeHis. BedBger, Bottom, Broom,
! Boyle, J. Campbell, Chittcnden, Dana, Daven-
port, Dwight, Early, Elliot, Ellis, Ely, Gar
net, Go'dfborougb, Hafings, Hough, Jones,
! Kelly, Lewis, Liyington, Lloyd, Matters, Mac
Creefy, Meriwether, Mofrly, J. Melton, Pitkin,
! Quincy, ]. Randolph, Rea of Pen. Richards,
! Ru6eI, Sanford, Stanford, Stcdman, Sturees,
Taggart, TaiImadge, Tenney, p. r. Thompfou,
T. w. Tbompfou, CortIandt Van Renfie-
laer, WynDs-d5.
NAYS-Mefirs. Alexander, AIfton, Ander-