The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-18

Mr. u. Gays motion for striking out the.
hrst section being yet under consideration.
| MI. Etndtey said, he did not know that ar
gument was necessary to subyert the ol,:ecti.
ons which had been made to the bill. The.
gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Rowan) had
given the best reason i'll the world forhis ob-
Jections, that he knew nothing about the s,l.-
ject; every one hearing his arguments, would
nave discovered that, without his feline
'hcm. 4 hose officers who compose court
n,artials, said Mr.. L. are selected from the;i.
Country, for their integrity and homer. ana
are responsible for their conduct ] wisn
the gentleman from Kentucky and all whc.
do not know 1t, tounderstand that court mar
tials are always held as publicly. as ciyi,
courts but deliberate and make uD their O..
pinion5 in private. Mir. F. then made so.,e.
observations in favor of the principle of the,
Dill; he thoughtthe measure which it cn!,r,-
ced was necessary for the justification of cha
racter and to prevent SANDER. He said he
mad been in courts martial and whenever
the Judge advocate had summoned citizens
they had attended without compulsion. If
persons who were summoned, were Inclined
to do justice, they would still do so but as.
a case OF refusal had occurred, it was re-
qmSlte to provide that they should not have
it in their power 10 refuse
he question on striking out the first Sec,
ton was then taken ard the motion nepati
we'd, So to SO.
Mr. TAYLOR observed, that he had been
struck with the force of the observations of
the gentleman from Maryland few DAYS a.
go, on that part of the law, which REQUIRES.
upon certain cause shewn, the production
OF every paper, document, &c. The Judi
cial courts did not possess the power of wres-4
ting from an individual, private papers. The
general term OF the. laws which authorized.
the sending TOR persons, papers and records
In certain cases were construed to include.
merely public papers. He wished to leave
these courts precisely in the same situation
as courts OF law, and therefore moved to in
sert in the first section the word "public'@
before the words paper, document, Sc" A
greed.
Several amendments having been made
not affecting the principle of the bill, =
Inc committee rose, and reported the.
bill.
The amendments having been agreed to, &C.
the question having been put, that the bill be.
lcngrossed for third reading
Mr.. u. X. Williams moved TO strike out all
the lst section, except the amendment which
had been made.
The Sheaker decided that the motion WAS.
not in order.
The question on the bill's passing to third
reading, was then taken byy yeas & nays Oh mo-
ton of Mr.. Stanford, as follows:
HEAS-Messrs. w. Aston, Bacon RarJ
Blake, BOYLE, Brown, Burweli, Butler. Cal
houn' q. w. Campbell, NJ. Clay, Cook, Cults.
Dawson. Deane, Desha, Eppes, Findlcy,
rlsk' Green. Hester, Helms, Holland,
Holmes, Howard. Iisley, Jackson, Johnson
Jones, kirkpatrick, Knight, Lambert, Nc
Creey, ]. Montgomery, N. r. Moore, Jer.
Morrow, Jno Morrow, Nelson, Newbold,
Newton. Nicholas, Porter, Pugh, Rea Penrl
Khea (Icn) J. Richards, NJ. Richards, Saw
yer, Seaver, Smelt, Smile, !. X. Smith
Southland, Storer, Swart, Taylor, Thompson
iroup' verplanck, Wharton, Whitehillr
Wilbour, Wilson, VIM, Witherall-65.
NAfo-Messrs l.. J. Aston, Basset, Bib.
Champion, Chittendcn, J. Clay, Cobb, Gull
pepper, Dana, Davenport, Durell, Elliot, F.
" Gardner, Gray, Harris, Hoge, jenkins.
keliy, Lewis, Livermore, Lloyd, Macon, Ma
ron, Masters. d. Montgomery, Moseley.
pit&ln, Quincy, Randolph, Riker, Rowan,
Russell, S. Smith, Stanford, Sturges, Tall,
madge, Trigg, .Upham, Van Allen, Van
Horne, d. R. Williams, NJ Williams-43