The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-07
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rcroFt biii Tor CHASING rad arniag the nj
l.'.>. If tiic reno,t were to be agreed tn,
Il woald fore-'oae asy propnsisioa ar the sub
cs'ior.,ss the session. The plan which he
, wouid propose Cor CHASING the militia would
rot so todestroy the present organization oil
me militia; but merelyto class them accor-
ding TO age, 50 that young men sii-.ald first
be called into service. II WAS rare thing
that old men and young men accorded vel,
together Old men could not bear fatigue as
well rs young men. He wisacd not to see
fathers & their sons i'm the ranks together He
, believed that Were such plan to be adopted
from thirty to inrty thousand men would All
nual'y be added to the list; the arming OF
whom, would cost from four to five hundred
thousand dollars annually. In the cour,. OF
| four or FIVE years all the men in the frs,
class would be armed for duty aud be com
pcteat to repel any enemy. 1t was the only
mode which united great utility wiz, grea
economy. He had before him statemen,
made at the last Year by gentleman from
| Virginia ORR. Clay.) The observations OF
| that gentleman, he said, were well rcmem-
bered by the House, and he could add no
thing to them. They proved that large
corps would always be ready for service
| and that the number would daily increase.
Having promised thus much, he offered the
! following resolution
ReSolped, That thercport, &c be recon
! United tothe select committee and that they
be Instructed to report bill to class the mi
iitia according to age, and to provide for
| arming such as may hereafter be placed on
the militia list at the public expcnce.
MIR. u. II. Williams hoped 10 o., .ction
would be made to this resolution for its a.
doption would commit no gentleman on tbe
principle involved in it.
MIR Oesha wished division of the reso-
tuition, as he was opposed TO the FIRST and in
favor of the second clause
A motion was made to refer the report IN
a committee OF the whole and carried Some
debate took place OH this motion. i'm which
Messrs. Lyon, Macon, Nelson and Clay, ap
peared to be in favor OF the principle, and
Messrs. Sturges, Darrell and TallriaCpe ,
gainst it. It was made the order Of the dav
Tor tomorrow.
ENFORCING THE EMBARGO.
On motion or MIR. Jac&sou, the House re.
solved itself into committee of TIE whole.
81 to 80, on the bill from the Senate. for &C ~
forcing and making more eifectual the sevc-
raj embargo laws, with the amendments re-
ported by select committee of this Hons.
MIR. BAssET in the chair.
The amendments reported bv the sole CT
committee were severa,ly agreed to-
Mr.. Pdn CortiGndt. after few predatory
observations, expressive o. an opinion THAI
the embargo should be repealed so soon as
couid De consistently with the passing other
acts, and giving equal notice 10 all our ,ner-
chants, offered the following as new sec
ton to the bill
" And be it further enacted, that the said
act entiled q" an act laying an embargo On
al ships and vessels within the ports and har-
oors OF the United Stases," and the severa!
acts supplementary thereto be repealed from
and alter the 4th day of March next.
The Chairman observed, that although
he individually believed this mo ion to be in
order, the House had twice successfully de-
clded a siIHsiiar proposition to be out of order
the other day, because the subject was al
ready before special Committee of the
whole; and he felt himself bound 20 abide
ay their decision.
Mr.. Gardiner appealed from the deci-
sion OF the chair
The committee conGrGned the decision of
the chair.
A motion was made by Mr. Elliot that the
committee rise and reftorf progress-Ncga-
tived
Mr. Jackson msved that the committee
rise and reHort the bill as amended.
MT. Et!Iof commenced continuation of
MS speech which he commenced few DAYS
ago. Alter Nj. Elliot had spoken about fye
minutes, 1T appearing that "a quorum was not
present
Mr. Dana suggested the propriety of the
committees rising & reporting, that there
was no Quorum
Mr.. Macon had no wish to sit here whilst
gentlemen were gone to their dinners and
moved that the committee rise and report
progress
Mr.. Moseiey said it was an old maxim &. at
+" dnice ct decorHni est pro haAia mort -
but he had no idea of STARVING to death tor
it.
The committee rose, Ayes So, and the
House adjourned.
n message was received from the Senate
informing the House that the Senate had pas-
sed the bill authorisng the payment at the
seat of government of certain pensions, &c.
and that they had receded from their amend
ing to the bill respecting rev enue cutters.
SAVANNAH, 60 Dec. 30.
Extract ofa letter from MiledSeviAe, .ict-
md