The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-03
CONGRESS.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
SATURDAY, April %.

| -, SATURDAY, April 90.
! Mr.. RcndoLhh said the House would recol
\ lect that few days past, he had given no.
! tice of an intention to move for an en- luiry
INTO certain subject, which intention grew
out OF fact which he had then stated to the
House as having come to his knowledge. He
was happy to have it i'm his power to state
that the difficulty had not arisen from fraud
] but from the circumstance that there were
two persons of the same name and that af-
ter great deal of delay and difficulty, the
business OF the party had been accomplish
ed.
The House then took up the unfinished bu-
sness or yesterday, on the bill to authorize
the equipment of the frigates.
Mr.. ID. Il. Williams observed, that there
was law already in force, authorizing the
President to keep in employment, during
peace, as many ships as he should think pro-
lper. Nj. w. said he had voted against that 4;
out that, compared to this bill, which con-
tanned positive requisition to the President
was but as a moie-hill to mountain The
honorable gentlemen who were the fathers
OF this navy system, created it to defend COM
MERGE Had we now, he asked, any COM
merce to defend? 1t is embargoed Then
why this extravaganza He declared, that
he fe.t himself at loss to find term sufIi-
1t -
Wy: He would so great deal further to see
1t burnt, than eXtinguish the FIRE; he wish
ed 1T was burnt, for it was curse to the
country, and never had been anv thing else.
what would be the expenditure if the Pre-
Sldcnt OF the u. 5. does what the bill re-
cures! We never had enough money in
the treasury to effect the object The ten
millions boosted in the treasury at the COM
mencement of the session, would not have
been competent with the embargo system
1t was absolutely impossible, and they must
resort to the old system of internal taxes &
loans. He had always voted against these
highly federal measures, and thanked his
GOD that he had an opportunity to vote "a
gainst them again.
Mr.. GodS6orough wished to give to the
President of the United States, discretion
airy power to call into service our armed YES
sells to carry into effect our laws. A law had
the other day passed, for maintaining peace
IN the ports and harbors and another this
morning amcHdatory of the embargo law.
For these purposes the armed force of the
United States might be necessary
Mr.. Macon had thought after the affair of
copenhagen, that the nation would think no
more of navy ) he had thought that it would
have been entirely given up. The President
mad already authority to call out frigates
then where was the necessity of repeating
the authority for gentlemen seemed to be
unwilling absolutely to require it, as the Sen
ate had done. 1T the Executive had been
guilty OF neglect in not exercising the autho-
rlty reposed in him, there was a constitute
onal mode OF calling him to account for it.
without doing it indirectly by passing this
bill.
Mr.; Smile was strongly opposed to the
Dill. IT the navy were equipped and sent to
sea, war would be the inevitable result; and
even If 1t would not, the expence would ex-
coed calculation.
he question on postponement was then ia
ken by yeas & nays, & the bill was postponed
55 to a.
The House then went into committee of
the whole, on the bill making appropriation
to supply the deficit in the appropriation for
the public buildings for the year 1907, and
for other purposes.
The bill having gone through the commit
tee OF the whole, after filling up the blanks
for the deficit, and for small sum for f.
nishing the wall round the Presidents house,
and refusing to make an appropriation fer
the ensuing year, for other purposes, the COM
mittee rose and reported the bill.
The House then adjourned till o'clock
5 O'Clock.
The House took up the report of the COM
mittee of the whole, on the above bill.
And the Yeas and Nays beng required by
Mr.. ID. X. UiNiams on concurrence with
the sum reported to supply the deficit ESQ.,
600 dollars) there were for concurrence Is,
| against it ID.
The appropriation for the South wing Of
1850 dollars, was negatived. SO that the
bill now contains nothing but the appropria-
ton for the deficit
MONDAY, April Is.
| On motion, OF M. N-.-.,o,-