Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-02
CONGR E S S.
E,lgrgE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
TnrsnAY. February %.

ne collector OF tue p"i ~
y .0 100, conditions, to grant register to
4 q -, Tbomas. A motion was made Dy
y IN, T.,.t,1 and seconded by sir. Asfey,
En- ~ b;u be ordered TO be read third
a' ~ motion was made by Mr.. Holland
i ~. '.t,o,e # Indefinitely and nesasivcd, 40
IS. It was then referred 10 d co'i'''l'''e0
4 s'i b;ll ~ extend to Messrs. Whittemore
!. fnrtber time the rlght to machine tor
v ~ , l.; cotton and wool cards, was
sAssED, IS to -. oa>rrnc
The house resolved itself into commit
nF he whole, Mr.. Desha in the chair,
= Ne hill CONCERNING Invalid pensioners.
OH ! s'( mo,;on was made BY Mr.. Holmes to
.,r;ts out the f5urt1 section OF the blll which
.".Lorzgs the payment of the aggregate "a
mount Of the arrearages Of pensions from
he time their disability was incurred to all
persons rntitled to pensions Cslrled.
4 melton was made by Mr. lacon, and
,arTi-d. % strike out OF the bill the third
q .-ction, which allows pensions to all persons
q n am s,qnaer mourning disability during
the revolutionary war, whether by volunta-
& ~ eyoe iitions or otherwise, &c.
motion was made by Mr. BSackledS'e to
insert an amendment providing for the pay
n rcnt TO all persons placed on the pension
Il list since the Ist January, 1896, OF the ag-
grega;e amount Of arrearages tor ten years
preceding. Negatived.
The committee rose and reported the bid
as amended.
The house concurred in striking out the
third section, ~ to 80.
lTr, Paadolbh, who originally moved the
fart. section, called for the yeas and NAYS
on concurrence with the committee in strlk-
inc Out the section.
Mr.. R9uaa spoke at length in support of
the section, which he conceived TO be impe-
riously called for both by justice and policy.
The money due 10 our old soldiers was
ias. Debt to which it did not become the go
,ernment to plead the statue of limitation.
Mir. Randolph also spoke at large in ex-
plana:ion of his reasons for Offering the a
mendment, aud in support fit. The claim
of thu persons placed on the pension list
had been rigidly scrutinized, and payment
of them could not in justice be refused IN
less from inability of the government to
pay them.
Tbs question on concurrence was decided
as follows
YRAs-Messrs. w. Aston, Bard, Bar
ker, Bassett, Blake, Blunt, Boyle, Bur
well, Butter, Chittenden, Culpepper, De-
sha, Darrell, Franklin, Gholson, Goodwin,
Green, Helmes, Holland, Holmes, Hum
phreys, Ilslev, Kenan, Macon, Marion,
Masters, M'Creyry, N. r. Moore, Jer.
Morrow, John Morrow, Mumford, NV
bold, Porter, Ppgh, Rea, Pen. Rhea, Ten.
]. Richards, II. Richards, Seaver, Shaw,
Sloan, Smile, 7. K. Smith, ]. Smith, Stan
ford, S,orer, Swart, Tagsart, Taimadge,
TAYLOR, Wharton, Whitehill, A. Wilson,
So.
NAYs-1Iessrs. Blackledge, Calhoun,
], Campbell, Champion, Clay, Davenport,
Dawson, Gardner, Harris, Hose, How
land, R. S. Jackson, Jenkins, Johnson,
Kelly, Lambert, Lyon, Minor, Mosely,
Nelson, Newton, Nicholas, Quincy, Ran
tlolph, Rowan. Smelt, S. Smith, Van Ken
selaer, Van DYKE, Van Horn, Verplanck,
NJ. Williams-32.
so the section was struck out.
Mr.. Blackledge renewed the motion which
ne made in committee of the whole, and
spoke at length in support oft.
The motion was nesatived, by yeas and
says, BY q large majority.