Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-25

'Aere appeared IN the affirmative only three
--not carried.
ne blank in the sixth sectiony for the
sum necessary for the appropriation was
niisd up with, two millions OF dollars"
Mr.. Basset moved TO strike out. the FIST
section.
Mr.Varnum, supposed the gentleman,
founded his objrc,iods upon the slmllaity
sot this billto The iormsr on The zane
subJect, but he considered. them materially
different, and entirely independent. OF each
other.
% Mr.. Quincy, had general oLjecsion 10
the bill, he .hosghi the former much bet
ter and stronger tAan.that before the house
that II gave nscre general pcWerto cali
upon the militia, and DOW that We have &C.
casson 10 call forth. he considered the pow
sr 10 be abridged iuslead oi Increasing
II.
Mr. Thomas did not think tha,the present
bill would take away the powers of the
termer,. in calling out the whole of the
militia.
Mr.. Dana observed, tina, this bill is 9
calling upon the militia az moments
waselng He had NOT knpwp slrh power
givsn ike. President but was by no mea. $
unwilling to invsst that power IN him.
Mr.. Gregg said be should vote against
the motion, sbeisg ia favor Of he biz: he
wished the eeptlcmaa Mr.. Bassst) would
vary his MOTION and The committee might;
rise and have lears to SIT agai6.
Mr.. Snlliia ssasa1i ~. sayor Of the. Blk
for insro;h lle was nc, rss pared &, g. upon,
shs subisc..
Nr.,bidweil expressed himself in sio,i-
lar terms.
mr.. Clarke was in favor Of class;Gca-
tion, aud hoped the committee would rise.
HE question oa the ma:ion being taken
there were, Affirmative a5-Negativr 20 !
not carried.
MIR. Clark, meved to renew the motion
OF his colleagee 10 strike our the FIRST Sec
tion.
Mr.. Macon thought the ,wo bills en,ire- |
ly seperate, and ,hat there was 10 connexi- [
On hecHeen tbem.
Mr.. Bldwe!l was cf-the same opinion.
Mr. 6. w. Campbell wisheG Tor Il ne to
consider On the. subject, but as 10 the mo-
ton for striking OUT ,he 6rst section which I
wen, to reject The whole, he was opposed |
Tor he thought the bill should pass, and that
Immediately. There was no saying how
soon there Highs~be occasion to cali upon
The n,!lula.
He had, however, motion to make,
that ten thousand only should be called
from local situation, instead OF leaving
it as it stands to cali any part: for any part
may go TO ninety, or even $4,000, which |
would bear extremely hard upon frontier
states.
his motion vas lost.
The committee nov rose and reported
the bill with amendments.
The speaker having resumed the chair it |
was moved that the house do concur.
Affirmative, 10.
Carried.
Forts and Harbers. i
The house again went into Acc pamit-
tee Of the whole on the stare of the union !:
Mr.. Gregg the,chair.
MIR. Dawson mentioned: thas-part of'the |
Presidents message, which respected the
various ageressions and sPniia'ious com t
mitsed during the last recess
He read that part Of the message, and
observed that it was now the doty ofthe.
house to redress the grievance, and in SO
doing TO act with, hrmness and resoluti-
on.
The committee 10 whom this part of the
message was referred in viewing she sub,
ject at forts and has5ors found that there
IS in the possession of the United States.
400 Iron Cannon,
500, Grass Go.
100000 Staud of Arms, I
100000, Pounds of WI r, I
500 Tons Salt Petre.
And that the committee had named
I 30 600 dollars towards the defence Of our