Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-05-30
Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESEN T.17IVES.
Tuesday, Nay %, 1909.

he journal OF yesterdays proCee dings
having bee, read -
No K .nd 'iph moved % amenh it so a,
o record the ptecse ate of the wv J.
bailo tof spe k.r With view 10
c erect under anding 1T The CASE, If i,
'hou'd ever se drawn into p, eced mi he:e-
after.
Afer d cussion of nearly TWO hours
on tn sabiect of the decision Of yes,er.
day, and The 'alngy be,w,x, it and the
Cas- oil The Pfe,'d.n,iai election Of lSO!,
Nr Ia doiph's motion was agreed to, ayes
10.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The message Of the President Of the
y. St'tes was received as given in our
paper, by MIR Graham, agreesbly 10 the
~ iinatIon given by the Presidcnt yester.
dAv To- The committee appointed 10 wait
"a hum. The mes age, having been read
was ref-cr, u 10 COMMITTEES of the whole
IL use OF 'he sta.e of The Union; and
5000 copies ordered III be printed of the
message, with he documents ACCOMPANY.
ing u.
massage 1asreceived from the SEN
a'e propo ny he appointment of two chap
iaius oil d iieren, denominations, 10 inter-
change weekly between the Two Houses.
The pr pos Ion was concurrsd in, ayes
81.
STANDING COMMIT TEES.
Mr.. w. Als,nn moved tina, the stan.
ding committees of the House, viz, th-
committee OF Ways s. means, Commetce
and Manufactures, Public Lands Claims,
Elections, Reylsal AMI Un6nishd bust.
ness, and OF The district OF Columbia, be
now appointed.
Mr Lyon moved 10 ameod the motion
oy inserting a. the end OF the word. ''b,
balO - The reasons which he ass gned
for this motion we C that The course pro
po.ed by it would be more respectful TO
the nation; and that the persons so a2-
pointed would feel greater responsible
~ TO III: House. He declared that he
should have made the same mo ion, had
the person for whom he had voted bsen
elected TO the chair (; having no pc soma;
views 10 proposing il.
Mr. GARDENER supported the moion. -
lie was in favor OF it on the principle OF
this government, that the many ruled, III
arts ocra;ical governments where one or
few bore sway. He thought il c,osis
tent with the republican, mode OF proceed
ing and thinking proper for his country,
That on all p"aciicai occasions this rul
should be REGARDED where The may vase
as compe ent as the few or ,hs one a ID
without meaning me least disrcspe0 o
the presen, Speaker, he conceived tina; the
m embers of this House were as comp:
TEN to chuse their own organs, as The
Sps aksr, whoever nigh, fill The chair.
NJ. Lyon, motion for amend neDt wa,
lnegalived by Yeas and Nays, 81 to4i.
Nix Macon, IN the course of some b
seryalions on he motion for Apo n,ing
he standing committees, dec are d hat he
should voc for il under the impress
that the House would az this ine proceed
an general ba uness. aud thus AVOID meet
ing III the winter, except the public So.
vice should particularly cali Tor il. Such
a 'ufSe would b. saving If the public
money, and also a convenience TO the
nembsrs NJ Congress. IL /, ware ipes.
d d merely to TAKE up those subjects ex
pressly conn. nded, he could not see
the pfopriey of appointing the standing
Committees. lie made oumber oi obser
va ions gong To stew that frequent ard
long sessions not only encressed the pub
l'c expence, but would prevent hose whu
we're best fitted Tor the pubic service
pUGculaDy IN the Southern aud Wcsern
az s. rom conserving to serve as Rope.
senlsfves. The Constitution. he said had
Wis y provided hat OF any emergency
& lrgr~ss inch be convened by p ocia-
rnaion. Wnh at b ineipg into ques'i n
tie subieSi Of confidence, every man must
have sutfic'cnt confidence in the Xxx Gu
tive to believe that he uld colVepe
Congress toge her il the pubic service re.
CURED j.. lie ,beref"e was IN favor OF
going through the unfinished business
this time. and in,ermi,ing the usual win
ter session, unless some extraordinary
,ccaslon should require the d Of Con-
gres'.
Mr w. Aston said that for himself ne
was opposed to having long session
this time; and yet he believed it would
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