The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-04

hsha on ihrriday night, we have determined
20 lay the following SKETca from the Baltimore
Federal Gazette, before our readers. IL obvi-
ouly detective; bur the iubea was too in,por-
tan' not to give them fome notice of 1.-THE
debate itelf is in the Nat. Int and we fba,l corn.
MERGE Its publication in Our next paper
e. Enc.
~ BY extraordinary exer.ion,' we are sn,.
bled, with ihort delay, to furniih The follow
ing interefting lketch. Fad. Ca..
CONGRESS-.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
From our CORRESPONDENT.
WgGington, Nov. 81.
Proeesdings tbs day.
MIR. J. Cioy pre- tented mrn,o,ia, from I'm.
dry merchants and traders of Tie city of ph;I,.
ue'ph'a' praying, that the aa prohibiting the
'npor'at'en OF Certain goods, wares and mer
can''ze, Paiied the llth April, 1906, NAV be
repealed. '
mr.. Gag moved that the memorial he refer.
red to the committee of commerce and manu-
features.
Mr. Ro7oan hoped the petition would rot he
referred TO any committee. He tho't it would
nc beneath the dignity Of the houfe to give II >,
ny confederation Had he been in congrefs AZ
the time the law paiftd, he would have voted
aeanf it; bur as it had pafTcd, and az we had
received freG' infa.t from Great. Britain in the
attack on the Cheiapeake, he would not vote
FOR its repeal.
Mr.. J. Choy fdid, that as the petition was
couched IN decent language, and involved
queition ct great national Importance, it conjd
nor De 'nconiifent either with the dignity or the
initce of the houfe 10 refer it to the committee
or commerce and manufactures. AS to the
noH-Importation law, whoever would examine.
VI would ind, that many of it's provifions were
very oshcient, and IN io'ne CATS totally niies-
Ia t..l Z . =,
oh'erVed, that it contained 70 many ahiurdit;es.
that he doubted whether it could ever 90 into
operation.
Mr.. CrozUnigh5iela faid, that rs to the non.
importation law, it might be ohfcure in fone
parts, but there were more than dozen srti
ciea, on which there could be no donh; at all.
Under what circsmn ,nces mad that law plTed ,
we had been making demands on Great Bri-
tam FOR many years, Which The had re(ufed r.,
iatisty and this law bad been paiied 10 induce
her to do us jult;ce. Since that period fbe had
committed the outrage on the Chef,peak-.
! Tie nieoo OF American citizens had freely
flowed IN that ycilel. Gvat- Britain had kuown
inns Tor ioEle months, and yet we had obtained
no redreis. He knew indeed tina, th. law in
queltion wasfufpendrd but FOR Giort time At
pVeient; but from the rumors which were.
@hsat' and from what he knew of the dipofi,ioa
Oh Sreat-Butaln, he entertained no hopr that
IRE would d. us u!tice. He thought that we
were ileepne At oar potts. We knew that G.
brtain was making active preparations: that
'he was enGeSvoring to decoy the Indiana ON
our fronters: that itie was arming her militia
10 Canada and Nova Scotia and that ihc had
oe'iots, an irrmente navy. The late attack o.,
SePannaSen had convinced us ta, ihe paid no
regard 10 Juitice or the Laws of na'ions She
pad IN that irSsuce violated every orincip,c of
:
than denmark, anation which lad never Injured
hef! Might not our citieG be wrapt in aames,
as well "a Copenhagen The petitioners Fate
thatt they are alarmed 1t the demands of our
EcvtrnncEt! What were thofr demands
D:d tkcs know them? He knew NOT. al
thoos'i IiemEeT Of that Houfe and We, the
petitioners are alarmed at them. Mr.. @.
'aen moved that the petition lie on the table.
tdr: Miner could not Zee any impropriety in
tefe:rins the petition. fie was ccu4inted with
|, characters who had ligned it, and he knew
."s"t 20 o. insn OF the highe!t relpe6tsbility,
men who would not Highly commit thrn(.Iy-s' !
AS TO the non.importation law, &c had always
regarded it as weak and futile rneaG.re. aleu-
idten 20 produce 10 other e:feCt than to irritste
-. britain. He would rather have fern Ia ~
10 prohibit all intsrcourfe at oncs He agreed
with The gentleman laft up, that we were ileep-
ing at our potts; that or affairs with Great
Britain were in fuch ituation as TO render il
extremely doubtful SVhetbsrthey would I've ami.
caoy fettled; and that under thief. circumfao
css we ought rot 10 he idle.
Mr. alton moved that the petition be refer
red to a committee 81. the whole house.
Mr.. Smile thought that referring ,hia petit
ton TO The committee OF the whole would be
giving 1t too much importance That there
was party in tbs country ftroogIy preiudiced
in favor OF the Britii, government, he never
doubted FOR moment, that this was a meafrre
or thatpaty, ne was equally CERTAIN
Mr.. Bags. aoped the petition would be refer
red to committee Of the whole on the Gate Of
TIE Union not out of refpeGt for the petition.
but OFT OF reipect for the nation. This would
afford the howe An opportunity of expreiIing
Their tentimenfs on the prefeHt interefting fate
of affairs The hoGfs had been firing fome
time, and not one word had been uttered on
the fubjed: he wifhed this fisnce 10 be Bro
ken.-
Mr.. Cbardisr knew not who theft petitioners
were: he did rot know bnt that they we're Bri,.
in fhbjects reiidi1g among us: If he were GER a..
tain that fuch was the fact, be would move 20
bage the petition throyn under rhe table, with
out taking any further notice of ii but as he
was not certain OF il, be was wiling TO let it lie
on the table.
MIR. =. G2qy faid, that with refpeF to the af.
ferton OF his colleague (Nr. Smile; he would
merely remark, that there was mans name
hgned to that petition, with whom he was inn
mediately acquainted, who, be knew, did as
much good for this country as his oolleague,
notwithstanding his iitHa;ion. The gentlemao
from Ma8schufet;s (Mr. Crowninlhield) bad