The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-07
[No.73.

Mr' H3nn said lie sholld not agree to con
s,aer the BIZ! TIL he had taken i horne win
hiaS read IT, considered, anu sept upon it.
Nir' .Nfrd2'aa pressed tie necessity of an
immediate discussion.
/ io..morrow being named as the day the
question: was OF Course first ta.;cn ON that day-
and negatived-Ayes y.
! To-day was then agreed to without . diyi-
sion.
! Mr. AEurion presented the petition of SIM
J cry merchants and others, in Charleston. S.
\. stating that many vessels had cleared QUE
from thence for the purpose OF importing
Slaves, before the law was psssed bv ccn,,,.es.
prohibiting the importation Of saves ana
some had cleared out inmcdiasely after thu.
passing OF the law, and had been detained bsc
accidents beyond TIE ti9uc :inited by law. ana
praying that law inay be passed aT1rlins,
them relief
Iae question being put IN motcn made.
by Nir. Marion tor u reference OF this petit
on to the committee of Commerce and Man
ufactures
MIR. Matters said, If there was anv sui, :.
lect IN ta%or OF which a petition sho I'D NOT
De referred, 1t WAS t. slavc trade These
fctiuoncrs knew when the rro;iibitorv lay
would go into operation, and they were nor
entitled to rejcf by the laws of Goi or man.
The motion for rcference was neealive6-4
Ayes ST, NAYS 50
/
absence til SATURDAY..
! On melton OF Mr. .Ntrpton, the House went
into committee CT the whole, Mr.. Currs in
TIE chair, on the bill this day reported f,,.
amending the embargo law M
| ne INST section having b en- read,
Ntr. Grf%cg said, when the law imposing
the embargo was before shc Ha,ise, had tf,.
hl:ior TO s 81, motion " n respect to fish
c'I!cil lhis was rejected on the ,-ron. 4
that 1t was important to -eep or men With
IN th' y. ,. This amenGatory law, he D5,..--.
sumed, was intended to give fishing vessels !.
limited priv ego Of going ont to FISH. Mr.
u q >nbIed whether the lt% wollc,be efec-
tuai because ii prohibited v-sSejs from cav.
lying goods foreign n domestic, salt except
81. 81 II ~ ght by street ccr:tructioa cxcild.
tl2ir apparatus or stores. That it might lie
clearly understood that this class OF citizen.
We're not to DC dcpri cd of ,heii usual priv;
legc, he moved that the following ;,roviso l,.,
added to the eld CT the section:
And provided that nothing in the act "a
winch this is a supp crnent shall be Construed
To prohibit the sailing of arr shp o, vessel
duly registered, enroiied or licensed for car
iYlh& "li the whale aI.t! other fisheries with
the usual tacile, aPpare. and supplies lus>
! tomary on fishing VOYAGE
! Mr. Croyminsiiei9 objected to the amend.
ment as SupcTeiogatorY because he. consi-
dered it implied in the Jaw imposing The en-
barge that fishing vessels we're eyccctel ants7
this he conceived to be the reason vyhv De.
amendment tFen proposed by the cen, ;eman.
last up had not prevailed.
Mr. QI1ncg supported his amendment con-.
ceiv.ng MS colleagues construction O. the.
! law lncorrect and believing hath amend..
incnt offered by him to the original law had
been rejected for very different reasoas than
those just stated, and which were then urg
| ed.
Mr. " Ai:fan, proposcdto the gentlenan
| 10 withdraw has amendment, in ordertn rr,r,ye.
the insertion Of the words "sDparatns and
stores" after the word salt"
Mr.. f1econ would rather the question
should havebecn first tTiedon tie principle. by
! sfriSing ont tie clause excepting fshine- YES
sells. In the decision on the amendment NOV
ed By the gentleman from Massachusetts to
the embargo law, gentlemen had voted a.
gainst it from different reasons Mr.. M &
reason flr voting against it was to keep with
IN the limits Of the L. S>atcs every thing
which would sustain life. Hiyreason for vot-
ing IN favor of the BIZ (hcIkucys it ,souc, bear!
hard on fishermen, bat equally so IN t.verv
part OF the community was. totry whether.
they could not produce an effect Oh the pow.
eT5 OF Europe he therefore WISHED 60 ,ye-
vent provisions or supplies Of auy KING. from
going ont Of the u. ;jtAteg. until settlement
| OF cur differences was had. If tbs biz were
! to renalh IN IFS present situation, and fishing
vessels were to give no security for their re-
! turr, he could not Conceive why whale fish
tern,@n Should Dot be 81 well included as fish
c.rica Oh orr banks. Was there not q mott
on nov bSiorr She Howe, Mr.. W. would move
to strike oatthe exception in favor Of fishing
vessels, to try the question at once.
Mr. Jayi9r called tic attention Of the
HnJsc 20 the section propored to the enl;a@eo
: bill by the gentleman from Massac husetfs
I md Tsf,i mold Id. ~