The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-14
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Extract 'Sfa letter from Washington, dated
February IS, 1865.
FOR II E~M@UIPER.


February 2S, 1865.
yesterday the II. of r. took up the Non.
Intercourse bill on it's third reading. THIS
was the bill which had been received from
the Senate. You will perceivc lay the last
National In%teliigencer the various proposi-
lions for amendment which had been made
TO this bill. Two were carried. The one was
to strike OFT the 1ith section, which gives to.
the r. u. s. the power to issue letters OF
; marque and reprisal against one of the bel
Hgercnts, in case that one adhered to its e.
diets and the other should recede, before the
next Session. The other aineBdment was,
to remove Tie cr .aarSp partially on the 18th
instead of the GSil of March-On SaturdaY
%last--l again refer you to the paperS-vari-
GUS efforts were made to assume Il mo,x.
manly and energetic attitude. Motions were
made in various shapes TO issue letters Of
r,arque and reprisai in case Of n continued
cncroachment on the rights Of the u. S. A
motion was even made latter demand made
and refusal on the part Of his Britannia ma
jesty to wilhdraw"h his obnoXions orders, that
the President should be authorised to march
regular troops aud volunteer militia into his
majcsty's territories and 10 take possession
OF thein-to issue letters OF marque and re-
prisal against his vesscls-The last proro-
s:tion was made as % France and on the same
conditions. in vain. These warlike hro;ets
were voted out by a dead majority. AS to II
-49 o73, were the ratios Oh the respective
propositions for 4 manly rcsistance.-Thus
the business rested en- Saturday night, &c
o'clock.-After~ disposing OF the Massachu-
sets Remembrance yesterday. the House
proceeded to the third reading oi the bill.
No body spoke in favor of it. No :Nan raised
4 whisper in its defence. twas opposed BY
Minor Ga Federalist of Penn.) by James Sloan
(of NeW-Jersey) and doubts were suggested
% the conscience Of ]. Randolph, which he
declared would induce him TO vote QcainaG
the bill, unless they were cleared up 20 his
satisfaction. Randolph concluded his i'm
pressivc and desuitory speech with these
terms, g that the bill usl3ye tie House was
Portation and Embargo ~laws"-Sloan, by
stating, that tho he did not like the bill, ne
should vote for the bill, because among other
things it would decide, that the "Embargo
law shnn!d be dead dead dead never
to be resusci Gted again" For such is the
inelegant ard vulgar style in which this
butcher of the English language usually
speaks. After Sloan's short philippe, the
question was taken by ayes ard nccs A. 81
n. 40 Among The latter, were three Fcdc-
2 ,aus+2- only Kcy-of Maryland. Lewis of
Virg. and Culpc2per of n. G. IN the rest
with Randolph yo,ed against It. Garnet was
for it.
To-day, the bill wirh the amendments
goes UP to the Senate. They will most pruba-
bly, accede 70 them. And the President will
sign-So that it will most probably become a
law Of the land.
"I cannot exprc my INDIGElTION at
this measure. The Republican Delegation
Of Virginia sympathise with my feelings.
But they say, they are enable to stem the
current ; they resemble the unfortunate "a
nimal that's tethered to the stake, without
the possibility of relieving hiraselfby al his
exertions. Here is rte eLuc.-If they had
not taken Non-IrterCourse and Embargo IS
70 France and g.. Britain, they would have
lost al. 1t was not ar Cesar an 5;uAus.
This was al! they could preserve OF the res
~trictive systematic only fragments and
spiinters which they could save f:urn the
5 wrect.-Tne reason is simple. The Re
publican party is split into disco,,lant sets.
The republican representatives from the
East, would have taken off, the EmbaI go
totally, 7viMoft Gnv efficient sHAajikute, #
the Southern and Westcrn REPRESENTATIVES.
had not agreed to- take it Off in tart. Not
a man from y. Ham pshirc--fcHr only from
Massachusetts Cutts, DeSne, Seaver and
-, MT one from Rhode Island. Con
n~eciicut and Ncw-I"rsey Fisk only from,
Vermont Kirkpatrick oaiv from II. York ;
perhans about half From Pennsylvania adj
here to the rights o. TIE nation. The rest
treTblc TOO nucll for their popularity, places
and personal safety to observe well # their
country. These forming virtual, not MR.
Suoua coalition With the Fctlcralis!s and ].
RandCiSl'6 punv band, consulate Il majority
of the Fl of X. Even IN the Scnatc, there
jsnot a nojouty in ft,oUr Of a manly .:nd
efficient attitude Of resi- itaucc.-Such, am
told. is the cluc to this miserable catastro