The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-03

/. tsc eoiH 'or coctvsH,ag TIE Mediterranean
'nna ior eqS yea'' Was Rad the tlird ,tne and
rassei, Without crrns.ian.
- NpES &fGE. SB6YNnS
On mouon az Nir. NrTshsa, the House resolved
Itself into committee ~ the whole ON the hill
supplementary to The act OF last session dor ex-
tending the terms oil credit on revenue boads
Mr. pIrHEN in the CHAIR
The amendments reported the committee of
Commerce and Manufactures having been agreed
t., the committee rose and repols..d the bill
which WAS ordered to be read "A third tmei,n
day and it was accordingly read third time
and passed
The bill from the Senate iar the re,iefof A.. r.
Willard, went througira committee Of the whole.
ir w Aston III the chair and WAS ordered q,
be cngrossed for third reading The bill was
then read third ti,nc--
1t contcmp,ates the Giving to Mr. Willard one
'""Sand dollars for M improvement in the mode
oi mounting caunon1
.Messrs. TalmNd;,e, Pitken, Quincy, Elv, A.
exander and RGca opposed the bill on the ground
That the Invention would be imperative in p-itc-
Ice and even ii not, that IT was invented bva
person IN the employ of the u. St,tes whose duty
1t was to make all the Improvement he. could.
Messrs. Newton, Taylor and Smile supported
the bill on the ground that it was extremely use.
tul, was now actually IN practice. anslwou,d be-
SavantS geous 20 the service ofthe United States.
The bill was PASSED Yacs 50 NAYS a.
ENFORCING THE GAIBNNG
M j G Tuc&soa, from the committee tn
whom was ycrterday referred the bill rom HI,
Senate tor enforcing the embafgc reported It
with several amendments, which were. ordered
to be printed, and the bill made the order Of the
day for Friday next, in preference 10 TO morrow
81, to IS.
TnuasrAy, Dec. %.
INDIAN TRADE.
On motion OF Mr.. 5ioxat
ResoEoea, That the Committee of Com mcrc.
and NJ .nuii,ct,res he instructed 10 enquire ;nto
the expectancy of continuing in force the act en-
titled J" Al act for tie establishments Of Trading
Houses with the Indian Trih ,s'-and also 60 IN.
q'irc whether any and :tary what amendments
are necessary e the same
FOREIGN LLCE.NCES.
The House resolve! itself into a committee of
the *hl!c, Mr. Pitisin in the chair, on the Bill for
compelling vessels now broad to retsrn horne,
and for preventing; any citizen OF the u. States
fram t.Sino rom any foreign power lccnce to
trade, &c.
Various amendments were made to the detail
OF the bill. The second section which is intended
20 prevent vessels from navigating under ioreign
hcence, was amended, ON motion Of Mr. Story,
50 - 10 make the act u msdemea:or, 10 declare
tlevessc so offending 10 b: forfeited, and 10 i'm
pose penalty on the offender Of "a sum not ex-
cecdnB lOOGo dollars. The 1st OF October was
hXed'as the dJy after winch this section should
take effect
The committee then rose and reportcd tie b;ll .
amended. ..r
The House having taken MP The report Of the :.
committee OF the w,i1e, -. ..~-,..-
Mr. Bacoa wished the amendments tob mega
tved, as he thought The first section ofthe blii 0r
ompcn.c vessels now cut to return homo, lnnL-
c! 90 continuance Of the embargo for i longer
period DIAN i!c wished to contemplate The Sc
cond section 'ic WAS decidedly in Favor of
Mr.. NelUto.i s,id II the HOUSE we're IN favor of
the first section. he thought they should not be
prevent .ir1m E"tihg ior 1t, because II might be-
made use OF TOR ciec, ,oncering purposes
Mr. DuEeT declared himself OF, Dsetl to the.
whole bill lin was part Of system, he wish
cd IL see the wnoc Of It itapPeare.l to HIM 20 Do
the sauce introduced before the nGat.
Mr. Story conceded WITH his coll ague (Nr.
B-cohl IL wishing th- CAST c tiol % b s,ricSen
out. He feared that az impression would be
III ,e the pub,ic mind that It was intcad,d TO
Coz TIME the embargo rs long IS ue time aUOw-
cd By this section Ia onlhsl fnE vessels i,eyon3
t'e Cape eli Good i!oDeto return. H. WIS not
pr' pared, at this moment, to say w!Iut vote lie
mig give, on die further continuance ofthe en-
barge but he was pre- pared to say that for sigi-
Teen fnOT'hs iOnge., it would noL be the roicv
rebound to the honor o. the u. States, to coRti-
nue. lit was system which operated sA{.Tect-
| " on the bc!iiEcrcuts. After every means had
been exhausted to preserve peace, las Wa DOW
nearly the c,se,) he vis 81 20 see the nation
sumo the same attitude, assert the same prnci-
pies, and maintain the same Character winch
marked fore!:.thegs-the same which mark
ed them in lI26, and vndicate our rights with
honorable and open wariare.-For This 'c;,sonIe
was opposed to the first section the bill, be-
lcause It might convey al impression which, for
one, he not willing to sancti lie DID not
! O nsidcr tie bin as connected with the embargo.
The second section was ono, he sGd yvhioi, eve
| ~ man possessing the feelings 0? an American,
ought 70 vote foT for the orders and DEGREES, to
subni, TO which, the House had declared would
bean abandonment OF our rights, had closed eve
| ~ avenue Of commerce. America not dGs-
tined 20 depend for the exercise OF her maritime
rights on the smiles frowns OF any foreign natl
on. Size was destined to cniay free commc' &C,
and not to take, as a boon. lcence TO pursue
that trade which she claimed It rigiit or nature
and the second section Of this bill was 10 pre-
venta few, who had forfeited all title 10 the homo
| rable name Of Americans, by accepting foreign
licences to trade, from dlsgracing the character
of the United States. He could wish that the
first section should be ncgatiYed, tnat Congress
| might not appear to have legisiated on an exist
ing fact ,hai nothing might be left on record TO
hand down posterity the fact, that n the short
period oftlrty years from the declaration Of our
! Independence, there had been Americans willing
| to surrender il He wished the principle OF the
Sc cond section TO be permanent and co-csisteat
with the constitution
Mr.. S. considered the embargo as having
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