Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-12-02

surdry merchants in the city e pha,
| phis, praying for lhe'repral Of the no .seF''
plrtation law Mr. Clay moved 10 ,. 'e'
|is 70 the coma:,,ee eff commerce AMI ~. -.
|nufactures. The motion fosrefersnc. . -"
finally rejected By yeas and nays SO - V" :"
ard no order tsksu or the me mo,;a, -
Mr. Randolph from the committee
pointed for the purpose, reported BIZ, :.
explain an act passed las, session, en,;,,.s
an aetto prohibit iheimporta,iau Of sIavss
into any port or place within The iur,sd,.
ticn of the is. from and after the e..
day Of January in the year OF cur E.wd
one thousand e,ght bonded add e;ob,
Whlch was read lw;ee, and ,s.errsd ;,
a cemmi.tec of .he who!s Gu Mooasv
ne1r.
Mr. + Clay cb'aioeel leave q ab,,D,.
for ,hs remainder 0s,he session,
4Nr Blonnt moysd for Tie oracr ef X.
Day onthc second rePouof.he commune
CT aggression. he WISHED the hocss n
go 'oto a committee Of the Whole CO ,he
subject aud re main in communicates It ws.
lhen late) 90 longer than 10 give The ba,i
Dess priority over any Other ou iii: next day
Of meeting.
Mr Randolph enguired why the second
report should have preference over the Ere,
and ahy both had no, been referred to III.
same committee ofthe whole, as cue de.
pended on the other. Why were thew
ssrfled about in his manner? Why was
the cart to be put before the horse? Wby
was the second btough. upoo The sapis and
The first reserved.
Mr Bl0unt stated shzs the 6Tst was
merely dsclara.ory ofthe nature of the acr,
and detailed that Information which he'd
been so loudly called for from some paris
oflhe house the secood contained resa.
buttons fos preparing for dtfroce, which
he conceived should b. ffst acted upon.
Mr.. Pand9lph moved that the CONNIE.
tee of The whole 10 whom TIE second re.
port or second part of the repcr. was refss.
red, should be discharged from lac cous!.
ders!ion Gift, that it might be referred 10
The same communicate " HON the arst par:
had been referred.
Nj. B}ounts mo:ioc bsiug that Under
consideration, a considerable debase ensu.
ed, which branched widely inio the sabjecs
lin the course of which
MIR. Rlonnt stated iha, the gentleman
from Virginia, Mr. Randolph, bad desir.
ed Mr., Is. 20 LET him know waco The re.
port was TO tie called mp. He had told the
gentleman this norning that be intended
10 call it up to day. 1.-THE gentleman had
then expressed desire that both report
should be referred 10 the came COMMITTEES
of The whole, he would have accommodate
ed him, by making a motion to thar ct
fecs.
Mr.. Randolbh said be would take the
gentleman from North Carolina at MS
word, and withdraw the motion he had OF.
fersa trusting TO the gentleman TO reoew
MIR. Blunt Withdrew his motion tor
taking up the secoud report
and renewed Mr.. Rando!ph's motion; on
which the debate was continued Inc
gentlemen who took part in The debate on
bis subject were Messrs. sRandolph,
Blopnt, ChaudIer, Dana, Eppes, Thomas,
Rowan, Nicholas, W. Aston, Lyon, Z.
w. Campbell, Quincy, Burwel, Taylor
and Smile.
The question being on the molten as
BY Mr.. BloED;, was aega'i'ed'
81 30 40
Mr. Eppes moved that zoe order CT me
day on the 1ss report Of the committee OF
aggressiops be postponed III TINS day week
Carried; eyes 58 hayes Al.
A aaogioo was madetha, when me mouse
Adjourned, is should sdjouln till .Mondas<
SaTgled, Otto -AS. l.
Mr.. Biouns then renewed his oIlgloai
aotion that The house should now 60 ia'o
,osa mis,se Of the whole on the secono &C.