Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-11

States insthe Mediterranean had been rec.,,
The duties proposed by this bill were not in,s
| ded tosprotect the commerce of the U. ST..
against the Barhary powers. He there
submitted it to the sense of the commit.
whether the law on the. face of it sbould
! speak the purpose it hadin view, whetbs'
was proper to revive law which had exn;r.s
by the same title, when a different purna
was contemplated by it. Instead of Mes
terranean fund it might be cslled the dsca
sive or protective fund for it did not re,N
meet his idea Of consistency, that it She, s;
called the Mediterranean Fund, when--IS
was no occasion for such fund. He w.b.
the bill to be SO amended as to express y
purpose for which it was intended it n;at
read for the purpose of providing means Of
fence. 1t might seem if the bill passed
this way that there was a wish to Conceal !.
real object: not that he believed himself br
his was the case.
!. MIR. G. ": Campbell va, not parsicuIs,,
attached to ,hr words in rev'ving and con
tinuing these duties. The question ros
proposed 20 the house had twice a, form,
sessions been before il. :. This section w.,
continued 10 1906, by a law 10 neayy N.
same words as tina. DOW before the hoo,.
A, that time il had been objected tia, n,
objects OF the original law Being auswt, !
ed, 1t was unnecessary TO continue i, n /
the same form. The house ,hen did and
perhaps DOW wuuld think proper to eora
cue the same .Phsaseolsgy IN The law
Hayiog been swice before continued ia hi,
nianner, be saw no reason ghy 1t shout
10; now b. C ninu.d 10 the same form.
After some desulsory debate 90 ,his M,
zion. ia which A1sssss. Dans, QaiueH
Upham snd Lyon supported the ,notioo,
and Messrs. w. Aston, CrowDias1le!da
6. w: Campbell opposed it.
Mr.. Smile observed ihst this was q lonp {
debate on very 'imma'er;al poiat; it e.
minded him Of passage in Fristyaa Shsa
dy. When the child was boru. a Ioog d.. I
bate was held whether il should be called
rris.rarn or Trismegistus.
The amendmen, offered by Mr.. DAM
was nega,ived.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Capp.
bell was sgreedto.
Mr.. Clarke moved to ameud The bill BY
inserting after the words " continued 10 \
force" the words "from and,after III. hrs (
day of February nex,." The reason WHY {
he made this mo,in0 was, that the news u
the passage Of this bill could 10, arrive At 3
New Orleans before shat day. Cargo,
might have been received and sold apd
bonds given for the amount OF dusies, ,ua 4
after having sold the cargoes, TIE import
ers would De called upon tor TWO AID
half per cent, duty. 1t would be uoja,s &
mat the law should affect one portion Of k
8she people more than another he there.
fore hoped day would be fixed on winch
the law should go into operation iu every
par. of the u. S.
Mr.sSmncy .hought as the lsw at pres.as
stood il had al ex pos, fac.o operation 10
those parts at distance from the seas Of
government For trom The expiration Of s.
duty, . ccusequen, reduction 10 prize
would be made by the importing merchants
and if he were afterwards called upon 10
pay the two aod q half per sent. j. would
be grea. less 20 him.
Mr.. G. W. Campbell ssid sasgeu:le"en
appeared 10 have misunderstood the lsSi
ter sgoodawould no. be liable 10 dasy fd'
ported between the expiration Of sas%v,
and the time Of reviviug it.
After some observations from Mr.. D:
ga In favor of the ame udmen, and M'H
Aston against it, it was nega.iyed, ~
e5. M
Mr.. quincy mos-d to insert 10 place o.
the amendment jus, negstived "from I"
time of notice OF this act being given s's1'
custom houses throughout sh'
u. SIS 6
Mr. CyozvniashieN advocated this smend'
ment !; and Messrs. Blsckiedge, DuF'R