The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-06-13

the military were not ali eat,y emp,oyed OH
fortihcations-but even If they we're, the ex-
pences tor materials were much greater than
the expence of workmanship. The best
moae Oh preventing war, he said. would be
to be pre- pared for it. And If not. should
our preparations be now relaxed. until VIC
mad better assurances of peace with foreign
nationsi He hoped not.
Mr.. Fisk said he found by the report of
thr secretary OF War tina, the sum of $3.50 600
would be sufficient to cover the expenditures
or the present year, and most nroSa6iy to
complete the Notifications already commen-
ced. 1t was now said by the chairman of
the committee (Mr. Burwell) that only
10000 dollars were now wanted. Mr.. F.
said it surely would not be necessary for
h'm to remark that the season for carrying
ON the works would nave expired at the
commencement OF the next session of Con-
greSs, and that whatever could be expended
IN the present year must be before the next
meeting OF Congress. He was in favor OF
the sum called for by the Secretary Of War.
VIZ. . 100000 He observed that he spoke
rom ms own knowledge when he said that
| the United States embarrassed their agents
and contractors for the public works by the
Scanty appropriations which they made
me notifications of New York had been
commenced, as was justly observed, on an
enlarged and permanent plan. What had
gwen rise TO this extension of the plan
Darser of war, certainly. And had the
storm OF war already subsidized And should
Notifications be abandoned because there
was hope that it might blow over? He
SAM he too believed it the best policy of the
| nation in peace to make preparations for war.
IL was me wish OF the nation that the coun-
try should be fortified. The Secretary had
called for 10000 dollars for the present
year. II 10000 only were appropriated,
IL would amount to an abandonment cf the
works already commemorative artists en-
pioyed must be discharged and it would be
almost mn possible TO get them together again.
II did NOT fellow, if75o, 900 should be no more
tnan necessary, that the money woald be
drawn from the Treasury. On the contrary
.nere|as now an uneXpended balance of
ls5 COG dollars remaining in the Treasury
OF the last appropriation. He moved to fill
the blank with $50, 600 dollars.
= At this moment bill was received from
the Scnase making an ahfrohriationf for. for
sijscatLOnS, sc
The committee rose & the bill from the Sc
nate was committed to the same committee,
winch Immediately took it into consideration.
The bill appropriates sevcn hundred and
wy Mo"sdna dollars for completing the
lortltcatlons commenced, and erecting new
torsihcatIons on the northern and western
frontiers
Mr.. .Ncgoton moved to amend the bill by
inserting the word "Ea$terss" between the
words 6 .Forthern" and &c and" nth view
| to the erection of Qualifications IN Virginia
and elsewheie-Negatived IS ..st.
Mr.. -BurzveH moved To strike Sut seuc,.
and insert omchundred and fifty. &c
inns motion was negatved in rhe COM
Tittee, and the bin having been reported to
the. House, it was renewed -
MS motion gave rise to q debate of two
or three hours, in which Messrs. Ross, Gar
dealer w. Aston, Newton, Dana, Gold,
iailmadse, Quincy; Fisk and Emott opposed
the motion; and Mcssrs Holland, Burwelt
and Gholson supported it. fThis debate
And on the question OF striking out the
word {, sepen" with view to insert one, the
votes stood as follow
lEAs-Messrs LII Aston, Bard, Bassett,
t3ibe, Boyd. Robert Brown, BurwelI, Butler,
calhoun, Clay, Clopton, Cochran, Crawford,
Crist, Cuts, Iesba, Eppes, Franklin, Gan
ns,s' Ghoisop, Goodwin, Holland, Johnson.
rAenan, Kennedy, Love, Lyle, Macon Mont
gomery, 7. Moore. Morrow, /. Porter, Ran
eitoiPfl, Rea, Pen,) Richards. Roane, Sawyer,
Seaver. Shaw, Smile, ]. Smith, S. smith,
Southard, Stanford, 5woope, Whitehill VIM
and Witherspoon-47
EAys-Messrs, w: Aston. J. Bra5,,yyr
Campbell, ]. &. Chamberlain, w. Chamber
lin, Champion, Chittenden, Cook, Cox, Da-
ma, Davenport, Dawson, Ely, Erio,t, Find
ley, Fisk, GARDENER, Gardner. Caldsbo-
rough, Gold, Hale, Haven, Hester, Helms
Howard. Hubbard. Hufty, r. Jackson, Jen-
kins. Jones, Knickerbacker, Lewis, Liver
more, Livingston, Lyon, Marion, Matthews,
MBride, M'Kim, Miller, Milnor, N. r.
Moore, Moseley, Mumford, Nelson, New
bold, Newton, Nicholas, Nicholson, Pearson,
Pickman. Pitkin. p. B. Porter, Quincy, Rhea.
(Ien) Root, Ross, Sage, Summons, Say,
Shelley, George Smith, Stanley, Stedman.
Stephenson, Sturges, Taggart, Tallmadge.
Taylor. Thompson, Tracy, Troup, Uohan,
Van Horn, Van Rensselaer,, Weakley, Whea.
ton, Whitman and Wilson-84
80 Mat the House refused To insert G
sniafter sun than SeUen hnnGred and .f}iu
thousand dollars.
And the Dill was ordered to be read a third
time tomorrow.
RECRUITING SERVICE SUSPENDED.
n bill was also received from the Senate
to suspend for limited time the recruiting
service of the United States. fThis bill
proposes suspension of the recruiting SER
wee till twenty days after the next meeting
OF Congress. Twice read and committed.