The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-01-14
t"oLuME 2.

III.
new election may be granted, reported, tlat
having, according to order, had the fame un-
Der confederation, they fuhmit the foilowin,
I REPORT
A petition againff the election of sny r,erron
reformed as a member of the Houfe OF Repre-
ientatives ought to Fate the ground on which
the election is conteGed, with fuch Certainty,
asto give reatonahe notice thereof to the fit
ting member, and to enable the Hnufc TO ;udge
whether the fame be verified bv the proof aoi
! II proved, whether it be Efficient to vaca,.
the teat and the petitioner ought not to be ad-
n'ted to give evidence of any fast not f.,t;n
TALLY aiIedgei in his petition.
In the prefcGt cafe, the petition contains no
direct or ipstihc charge of any Illegally 10 the
election. The only allegations are cenerii and
! Indirect, that is, by a hifory Of the proceed.
ings of certain meetings and crnnit.tss oee-
lcctors, ana by reference 70 fubioired report
OF one al thofe committees and the.olocun1en,s
accompanying It, which documents appear to
be iSven exparte depoitions, not adrni:Iible in
evidence, and not deemed proper TO be eonii-
dered rs parts OF the petition, by being gene-
rally referred Tn therein.
The COMMITTEES are of opinion. that o., fich
petition there can lie no f.tisfatary trial OF
The merits OF the election in ouetien ana,
therefore recommend the following refoIution.
RslsIS'eG, That tine petitioner have leave 20
Withdraw bis petition and the plpers accon,-
panying the fare.
The Houie iramedi$tely took the refou,ien
INTO confederation, and agreed TO it without
debate or dvi,ion.
MIR. Nicholion preftnted memoria! from
the Board of 'rruftees for the education &c
youth IN the City Of Warrington, Rating th..
n'eaiures taken by the boart. in the eaabliG,
meat OF an academy, and the cov,ampi q ei-
tabhhn'ent OF higher intttutons and reunea-
ing CongreiS To aid thsir siews ly the lios alton
OF CITY lots, by authorizing lottery, and by
inch other meaiurcs az they may Zee fit to take.
Referred toa committee OF FIVE members.
Mr.. Crownirf'iield obfervsd that, at the lat
lemon, there had been return made TO the
toute OF the American fea men irpr.fied by
Brititl Yeffsls, which had not bean acted ueon.
Since that period thcfc inprcfments had increa-
led N mott afoniihing degree. Ii wss faet
'hat from $500 TO 5000 of cur beft feanen
were detained by the Brti!h. We want, Eaid
Mr.. {. the fsrviccs of this ufeSui ,saca of men
That the attention of the HosIe may be drawn
to toe iubiett, in order that proper raeafures
may be taken by the government, have drawn
up the following refoution:
RsjoI1e4, That the Secretary of State he d.
rected to lay before this Houa, return of the
number of American feameu who have been
irprefed or detained by the Clips of war or
privateers of Great Britain, wboie names have
been reported to the department. Of Gate Enes
the tatement was made to TIE Hovfe at the laf
ieil"n or Congreis, mentioning the names Of
the perfons impreilsd, with ia. names Of the
fhps and veiIels by which they were impreged,
and the time Of the impeachment, together with
any facts and circumstances in relation to the
fame, which may have been reported to him
tating alto the whole namber of American t,a-
men irnpreled from the commencement ofthe
pretent war in Europe, aud Including, in a fe-
parate column, the number of paEtnGers, if a.
-.
can veiie!s Coming to the United States from Eu-
rope.
MIR. Elliot faid that in feconding the motion
of the gentleman from Malfchufet,s, be felt
1t duty to exprefs hope that the reiolu,on
would not only be adopted with perfect una
nimty, but that we iboud no Longer flop at
the preciie point Of the adoption of iimple
reioiution calling for information on this inter
citing fubjeGf. The information which was
laid before the Houfe at the lat FELTON,, with
that which has fuce been derived from the
public papers, has produced loud exprefion
OF public Indignation, which it is our duty to
echo with energy. TO bretsr e7er7 con/sgpenre
TO knlnlt and bG6iinai zvrOng, is a ientiment of
the Executive, which has been admitted even
by its opponents 10 be correct and honorable.
Has the time arrived when it has become in
difpenfabIy necehary to- reduce this principle
to practice Do we fuffer infiilt and hatituaI
redrefs Of injuries. | hope we ihaIl redrefs
them. Let US extend 20 them the arm Of ma
tiona protection, but let US extend it ALTO to a.
mother clafs of injured citizens while we give
it to the rich, let us not withhold it from th,.
poor. The groans of our imprefTed felow-ci-
tzens mingle with the murmers 0f every gale
from the ocean The queen of that element
ought no longer to be fuifered to beipanl le bcc
diadem with the fears of American ftanen, or
TO fubfiiute her will and her interet for the
laws ofnature and of nations. Il is to be ho-
ped that upon this fubie6t we GlaII take an at
ttude worthy of the nation, an attitude not to
be abandoned but by obtaining complete juf-
tice.
The refolution was then agreed to unan.
mou'y.
Mr.. J. Randolph f,id the Committee of
Ways and Means had received letter from the
Secretary of the Treafury, with various accom-
panying documents, on abufss alledged to have
taken place in confequeuce of the evidences OF
the public debt being receivable in paymtst
for lands and on the vague prowGons at pre-
fent in force relative to the purcha(e ofthe pub
lie debt by the commi1ioners of the fnking
fund. Having made brief explanation of
thefe proyifons, MIR. Randolph prefented
bill to repeal the a6t to authorize the receipt OK
evidences of the Dublic, debt in uavueut for rio.