The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-03
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NAVY AND ARMY APPROPRIATIONS

cd business was ordered TO lie on the table.
When the House resolved itself into a COM
mittee OF the whole, Mr.. DEsHA in the
Chair, OH the bill for amending the acts es-
the war and naval departments,
and making an appropriation for the sup
port OF the military and naval establishments
for the year 1909.
Amongst other appropriations proposed BY
the bill, is one for fortifi :ations. in addition
to the sum already appropriated at this SEES
sion. MI. Aston proposed to appropriate
one million of dollars. 1t was observed by
Mr.. bisunt that all the money lad been al
ready appropriated which was required Nv
the department CT war. The appropriation
was supported by Mcssrs. w. Austen. Van
Nortlai'dt, Cook, Masters, Troup, Nichols
and Smile, and opposed by Messrs. Blount,
Stanford Boyd and ID. h. Williams,
. he arguments in favor of this appropri.
ation were tho Importance ofpcrmanent de
te'ice !; the defenceless state of many poyt..
particularly OF New York, which was the
PRIDE and beast OF the state; the probability
oi"ar, Whicl appeared now only to be DELAY
cu on our part from the defenCeless state OF
tile sea poris I: that if war was now to take
place. the people of the cities must Hy to
the mountains; that it might be sufficient to
complete them all, and would be the last
appropriation asked for.
c. ssu'siNliNS SSiilsl 1t were tnat as
much had been appropriated as could be
expended with ORDINARY exert;ons that the
House appeared to be taking a course OF re-
cesSioii, instead of resistance, and therc-was
therefore no extraordinary approximation
iof iortihcationS against attack necessary
tlat there were about zoe, Geo dollars liable
to expenditure for this object previous ia
the next session OF Congress (: that even were
twenty millions appropriated, there was no
that New York could be sufficient
iy fortified , or that gentleman would be sa-
ilsileu /; that war was not delayed by the de-
'enceless state of the seaperts but by the indis-
position OF mercantile men to go to war a.
galnst foreign taxation on the produce of the
ScH-itl 1t had been on ships OF the shihHiug
they would have been clamorous
for war.
The committee agreed to insert one mill
lion of dollars by a majority of IL votes.
The bill being gone through, the commit
tee rose and reported it.
The ques ion Oh the appropriation of one
OF dollars for FoRTIFICATIoNs was
taken by Yeas and NAYS as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Alexander, L ]. Aston.
w. Aston, Bacon, Biachledge Blake, Boyle,
champion, Chittcnden. Cook, Cuts. Da-
"efp"ft, Dawson, Elliot. Ely, friiud'ey, Gard
ner, Harris, Helms, Holmes, Howard, Hum
phreys, iis:ey, J e.. jackson, II. S. Jackson,
Jenkins, Kelly, Lewis Livcrmore, Masters.
MCreery, Milnor, j. Montgomery, N. r..
Moore. L. Moore, Mosely, Mumford, New
bold, Newton, Nicholas, Quincy, Riker.
Rowan, Russell, Sloan, Smile, S~tedman, (
otorer, Sturges, Swart. Taggart, Tallmadee.
Thompson, Urham, Van Allen, Van Colt-
landt, Van Dyke, Van Horn, Van Rens-
seiaer, Veipianck, Wilbour, n. Wilson,
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NAYS--AIessrs. Bard, Barker, Bib.
cunt, Boyd, Brown, Burwell, Butter, Cal
houn, Clay, culpcpper, Deane, Desha. Du:
reli, Eppes, Fisk, Franklin, Gholson, Good
wyn, Green, Hester, Hoge, Holland, Ke-
pan, Lambert, Lloyd, Macon, Marion, Jr.
John Morrow, Porter, Rea of Pen.
Hhea or len. M. Richards. Say, Seaver.
}. X. Smith, J. Smith, Stanford, Tay-
Whitehiil, d.. r.. Williams, M. Wilt
ans, a. Wilson-45.
Inc appropriation of AS, 600 for repair
ing the frigates was objected to by MIR. Ma
con. but concurred-in yes 6G.
MT. bLount moved to amend the section.
for Notifications, by striking
out The words "in addition to" andinsertine
'including"-so as 10 include in the appro-
p%riation, the sun of $50, 600 dollars already
instead of adding one million
that sum. He afterwards withdrew this
motion, and moved an amendment, so asto
the contemplated line of blocks
and chains across the harbor of New-York.
he said this to ascertain the sense of the
House on this point for he should not have
me same objection to this appropriation, if
hat were the object of it. ~ sufficient num-
Der OF membersi not rising to give the yeas
aud nays OH this question, Mr.. Blount with
rev the motion, and renewed his former
which was negatived, by yeas and
to no.
The bii.'was then ordered to a third read
ng.
NON-1NTERCOURSE.
The House resumed the consideration Of
untininished business of yesterday.
Mr.. IL. G.. Jackson withdrew his motion
yesterday, with a view 10 Offer another in
1lace OF 1t, which looked more like a manly
'tand. He said that the amendment prope-
wasn no offer made to either power to take
ides with the other. There was nothing
threat in the proposition, any more than
n the resolutions submitted to the House
some time since. 1t wonld be a warning to-
ne merchants, under what peril they would
90 out, which they would not otherwise con-
;ei"c, rcposing in false security on this bill.
&c would not 50 precipitateiy into war: for
ne had the bestreason to believe, that Great
'ritain would be disposed to listen to the die
ateS OF justice towards US but If she did
he was for immediate war. The amend
nent now proposed by Mr.. jackson, is as