The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-24


meet it. This is nothing more than an enter
ing wedgc-to frengthen the force of the
claims, by getting the government to pledge it
fell to certain acts. Thefe men will then ioon
tell you, they have been called upon to record
their claims that their agents have been oblig-
ed to attend your departments TO receive propo-
iitions of compromife. Let this att pats, and
you will add an ounce, penney weight to the
weight of that teftimoEy by which they ulti-
mattel expect to eGabih their claim. The Dill
in itie. amounts to nothing. But pats it even
IN this harmless form, they will come forward
at the next feilion, and fay you are pledged to
do fomething. There can he no other view in
this bill, and it is view which I think it be-
comes the honor and dignity OF this Houfe de-
ciiively to re e6t.
Mr.. SLOAN faid he did not rife to fay any
thing az TO the merits of this bill. lie rofe mere
ly to obferve that bill in all refpetts lirnilar
had been on their tables for twenty days. He
was therefore oppofed to the poitponement
Mr.. GREGG faid the gentleman from Vir-
ginia had ftated i'll fome mcclure the realons
which would induce him to vote for the reieSii-
on OF the bill. The bill NUT be conliiered as
holding out Tome encouragement 10 thefe peo-
pie. He had always thought it bef to meet
the queaion at once for which purpof. he
had at All early period Of the feiiion brought
forward a reiolution which he had, however,
been 10 unfortunate as never to have got up
He hoped this bill would be rejected, and ifthe
fuhieet were taken up, that it would be on that
refoiution. This WAS i bill, not making any
provil;ou but only telling theft people to bring
forward their claims.
Mr.. COOK hoped the quefion would not be
taken on the rejection of the bill at this time
'Thoie gentlemen, who have not heretofore
held feats in the Houfe, are not adequate 70 in
flN,,f
telf he had formed no decided opinion. He
was willing to give his vote as the light received
from an invcltigation of the fdbieGt, fhould lead
him. He was aganlt precipta.irg 4 deci(ion,
which would not be treating the ether branch
with proper decorum.
Ma. SPALDING called for the reading Of
that rule ofthe Houfe, which prohibits mem
Der from voting any queiio0 in which he is
perfonslly intereiteI.
The Clerk read the rule.
Ma. GCLDSBOROUGH laid he was pre-
cifsly in the Gtua,ion of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Kely.)-He had never in
,vrfligated the fntieSi, aud the only opinion he
had formed had been on prejudice. Such OPT
MON as he did entertain was hottie to the va
aou claims but he was againf precipta,c
mcafures. lie therefore moved 70 pofpone
the further confederation Of the bill to- Mon.
day.
The Speaker declared this motion not in or.
der.
Mr.. GOLDSBOROUGH f,id be mua then
requef to be executed from voting.
Me-. ]. RANDOLPH. l hope the bill will
be rejected. have very great reipeel for The
full and fair diicuiou OF every thing brought be-
tore this aiiemhy, and that it is the third, and
do not know that ihould De wrong in fayiup
it rs the fourth f Zion ince this budners has been
10 I'll heaFCN IN..,,g. 4
port OF the commilioncrs has been printed
twice, if not three times, for the information Of
members. This bill, re are told, has been Law
ing twenty days on our tables. But had il come
INTO the Honie but twenty minutes ago, When
we advert to the hiitory Of the bufnefs, am
w'ii'ng and anxious to give it poiitive and
prompt rejseton--My memory is unfortunate
" bad. do not, Therefore, recolett when This
fuh!ect, 10 well denominated the Yazoo fuhi.0,
was frit brought into this HouGe. know.
however, 1t was ieverai friIions ago, and re-
collect that IT was attended with fone peculiar
circumstances. ] recolIct9 that, important q.
the iuolect was, the diicuilion was fnothered at
the oIttet and when take iuto confederation,
that iupPreiiion Of the difcuIiion, with other
facts within my own knowledge, there is the
ftrongeft prima facie evidence that it was de.
hgnediy fmothered.@ But it may be flid thai
the uppreition Of that difcufIion ought to rem
der 1t more proper to difcus the bill before vou.
On the contrary the aa Of fupprcnon three or
four years ago drew the attention of the puhlir
to the tnbject and canfed the report oethe com.
mliiioners to be rcpuhlilhed, believe in every
newfpaper in America.
Now, what will be the cOn(eouence of tbis
bulinets after having received the attention of
one branch of the Legislature, and after having
been Hurried over by the other, believe +
would require no prophet to pronounce on the
event. have heard of certain machine, which
always gains and never IOfes. A machine which
plain waggOners call Il fulfilling flick. Every
tep 1t gets up hill is lure, although the horfs he
reltve, or the Wagon be loaded too heavily.
or the driver be incapable-ftIl it cannot get
back again.
am for the rejection Of the bill for another
reaion. This bill may be called the Or1era.
the lalt letter of the political alphabet bur with
me tits the Alpha--it is the head of ths di-
y'hons among the republican partv--tis the
iecret and covert caufe of the whole. This i,
the iubleGt, which has been f1oved off from day
to day, merely that we might get fomethjno
from the other Houfe where its friend, ,yere
more numerous. Yes, union has been formed
between Cape Ann and Marblehead, and the
Reo de Nord, union of the Ean with the
Weit, which makes gentlemen more touchy
and Jealous of one acre of this territory than of
all the real land of the us. This has been
Teen, and the nation is fold. fay qqo ad bo,
Wo5 the nation is fold. We heard of thi.
THING two years aUC h.,