The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-17

better, in fact to publish them verbatim, than
to give what each individual might chusc
to call their substance: and Mr.. X. said it
was well known that his worthy friend from
North Carolina, (Mr. MaconO though yea
lous tor their publication, had voted against
giving permission to any individual to make
public what he thought to be their substance
1t was with extreme reluctance, Mr. r.
said, that he had drawn into question the
name OF any member OF this House, particu-
larly OF one who was not present. He said,
he had deferred the motion which he was "a
bout to submit, in hopes that the gentleman
whose name had been used by the public pa
pers would be present to inform the House
whether his name had been properly used
oy the public papers or not. He wished not
to be understood as vouching for the proof
OF the fact; but the impression on the mind
was the same from that letter as if it had
actually been written by the member in
question and It must be well known to e.
very member of the House, and that. as far
as 1t went, was proof that it had not been
written by the gentleman in question, that
the letter did rot contain substantially the
amount OF the dispatches. He said he per-
ceived in that printed letter that an impor-
tant letter ofGen. Armstrong, lie thought of
the 22d OF February, was not alluded to at
all. He thought it important not only tina {
the public should see what the members
themselves had seen, that they should know
| what they knew, but that they should he ap-
priced OF what in his opinion was not of
much less consequence, of what the House
did not know. For this purpose he said he
would again submit motion to the House,
which had been once rejected upon ground
winch In his opinion could not at this mo-
ment nave weight since the principal OBJ
lection had consisted in the impropricty of
permitting any thing purpor ling to be the
contents OF the communications to be known.
on account OF the Misrepresentation to which
they might be liable. Mr. K. then offered
, the tnllo";:ss :. cc;:;s;oo..v;t;u,
ResoiUod, That the Injunction Of secrecy
imposed on the communication from our
respective ministers at Paris and London.
winch accompanied the Presidents message
OF the 9Th instant, be taken off, with the
exception OF the extract of letter from gen.
Armstrong to the Secretary of State, dated
Paris, December 9th, 1907.
he Speaker observed that in his opinion
the rules of the House required that this re-
solution should be considered with closed
doors.
On motion of Mr.. RANDOLPH, the gale
RES were accordingly cleared, and so re-
married for about an hour and an half, when
| WIZ oSiiii OlICICd w illSl Tic uOOfS
We're closed, the question on Mr.. Randolph's
! motion was taken, after debate, by Yeas &
| Nays as follows:
fEAS-Messrs. Basset, Champion, Chit
tenden, Culpepcr, Davenport, Durell, Eli
OF, Ely, GARDENER, Garnet, Gray, Harris,
tioge, r. Jackson, Jenkins, Kelly, Kenan,
Key, Lewis, Livermore, Lyon, Macon, Mas
tiers, John Morrow, Mosely, Mumford, Mel
son, Pitken, Quincy, Randolph, Russell, S.
Smith, Stedman, Sturgis, Tallmadge, Tag
CART, Trigg, Upham, Van Cortlandt, Van
Horne, Van Rensselaer,, & ID. r. Williams
j-A2.
NAYs-Me.srs Alexander, l.. ]. Aston,
w. Aston, Bacon, Barker, Bibb, Blackledge
Blake, Blount, Boyd, Boyle, Brown, Burwell,
Butler, Calhoun, G. w. Campbell, Clay,
Clopton, Cuts, Dawson, Deane, Desha
Findley, Fisk, Franklin, Gardner, Ghol-
son, Goodwin, Green. Hester, Helms. How
ard. Holmes, Holland, Humphreys, Ilsiey,
J.. G. Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Kirkpatrick
Lambert, Love, Marion, M'Creery Minor
j. Montgomery, d. Montgomery, n r
Moore, L. Moore, Jr Morrow, Newbold,
Newton, Nicholas, Porer. Rea, (P.) Rhea,
! CT) ]. Richards, NJ. Richards, Say. Sea-
YER, Shaw, Sloan, Smelt, Smile, J. X Smith
John Smith, Southland. Stanford, Storer.
Swart, Taylor, Thompson, Troup, Van
Allen, Verpiank, Wharton, Whitehill,
Wilbour, A. Wilson, N. Wilson and Winn
81.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The report of the committee on our TO-
reign relations still under consideration
! Mr.. GARDENER commenced speech a
gainst the measures of the present admins
tratlon generally, and the embargo in par
ticular When he had been speaking about
an hour.
Mr. Otth0m observed that the usual hour
of adjournment (about half past two o'clock
had arrived, and the gentleman appeared
not to have nearly finished. He therefore
moved to adjourn
Mr.. GARDENER giving way for the purpose
of permitting question to be taken on the
motion, Mr.. Jackson called for the yeas *
nays on it, giving as a reason his desire that
the public should know who were willing to
protract public business thus. The motion
for adjournment was negatived, Ayes fl
Nays IS.
After Mr.. GARDENER had spoken about
twenty minutes longer.
Mr.. Quincy observed that the gentleman
from New York appeared to be much ex-
hausted, and renewed the motion for adjourn
ment-Carried-Aye 81.
| TUESDAY, Dec. 10.
On motion of Mr.. Thomas, ReSoiped, that