Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-03-10

'gregate amount OF arrearages for ten years
preceding. Negatived,
The committee rose and reported the
bill as amended.
The House concurred in striking out the
third section, AZ TO 80.
Mr. Randolph, who originally moved the
fourth section, called for the Yeas and Nays
on concurring with the committee in strik-
ing out the section.
Mr. Rowan. spoke at length in support of
the section, which he conceived to be im-
Iperiously called for both by Justice and po-
icy. The money due TO. our old soldiers
was just debt, to which it did not. be-
come the government to plead the statute
of Limitation.
Mr. Randolph also spoke at large in ex-
PLANTATION of his reasons for Offering the
amendment, aud in support of it. The
claims Of the persons placed on the pensi-
on list had been rigidly scrueinized, aud
payment o. them could not in justice he re-
fused unless from inability of the govern.
ment to pay them.
| The question on concurrence was decided
as follows
| YEAS-Messrs. w. Aston, Bard, Bar
ker, Bassett, Blake, l,unt, Boyle, Burweli,
Butler, Chittenden, Culpepper, Desha, Du-
rell, Franklin, Gholson, Goodwin, Green,
L iAOiditNi, IAoiruCo, lis
ley. Kenan, Macon, Marion, Masters,
MsCreery, N. r. Moore, Jer. Morrow,
John Morrow, Mumford, Newbold, Porter,
Push, Rhea, (P.) Rhea, (r.) ]. Richards,
VI Richards, Seaver, Shaw, Sloan, Smile,
]. X. Smith, j. Smith, Stanford, Storer,
ISwart, Taggart, Tallmadge, Taylor,
Wharton. Whitehill, A. Wilson-s3
/ NAYS-Messrs. Biackledge, Calhoun, J.
Campbell, Champion, Clay, Davenport.
Dawson, Gardner, Harris. Hoge, Howard,
K. s. jackson, Jenkins, Johnson, Kelly,
lambert, Lyon, Minor, Moseley, Nelson,
Newton, Nicholas, Qnincy, Randolph,
Rowan. Smelt, S Smith, Van Dyke, Var
Horn, Van Rensselaer,, Verplanck, NJ. IL
liams-32.
So the section was struck OUT.
! Mr. Blackicdge renewed tt.e motion which
he made in COMMITTEES of the whole, and
spoke at length in support OF it.
The motion yrs negatived, by yeas and
nays by ls>ge majority.
Inc br. was then ordered to third
readlaS; and subsequently, passed mem con.
lie House then resolved itself into a
Committee OF the whole, Mr. D.sha in the
chair, on the bill making further provisi-
ons for the accommodation of the household
OF the President of the u. S. The bill be-
ing gone through was reported to the House,
and ordered to be read third time to-day.
1t was then read third time and passed,
by yeas and nays, rs to IL.
HEMP, C0RDAGE, ARMS, sc.
The House resolved itself into a conf
nittee of the whole on the bill prohibiting
tor limited time the expectation of arms,
ammunition, Cannon, cordage and hemp,
and Tor encouraging ne Importation there
of. So vi.
Mr. Randolph moved to strike out the
hrst section Of the bill, which. motion he
supported on the ground OF its inexpe.
d'ency as tending to throw a damp on the
culture OF hemp in the country and on
tn" ground OF its unco1stitutionality, the
constitution not having expressly delegated
TO Congress the power of prohibiting ex-
ports, and having prohibited Congress from
taxing them, thereby implicitly denying
Congress the power to pronlbtI exportati.
OR
! Mr. MCrcery stated that in the support
or the bill that the u. ). were in the ha.
Dtt OF import rs annually twelve millions of
pounds of hemp, and great quantities of can.
vass, great part OF which was bought up
20 exp TT Tor the British navy ant from
the frequency of this practice, it was ex-
peeted that thsre would not be sufficient
Jeff in the country. for home con sumption.
Messrs. Quincy, Ely, Lyon and Rowan
opposed the oil, observing that, as to pro.
n'oltlng the export of arms, there could be
no occasion for that part of the bill, as
arms OF every kind bore now higher
price in this country than elsewhere that
the passage of the bill would depress the
Culture OF heap as we'll as manufacture of
cordage; that the u. ). had already a suf.
hciency of naval stores that a restriction
tof this kind would only enable the mer-
chant to purchase these articles at a lower
price, at the expense of the growers of
hemp and manufacturers
MIR Sloan was opposed to the bill, be
cause he disliked the general principle Of
restricting trade. The single reason that
the bill partook somewhat of the nature of
partial embargo was sufficient to induce
him TO reject it.
lhe hrst section was struck out, 81 to2s.
Ihe committee rose and reported their
disagreement to the House Who concurred
IN 1t, Ayes 81
Mr. Van Horn wished to retain the last
section of the bill Qor importing arms free
OF duty)
Mr. Quincy observed that more could be
IN dnutactured in the ". ). than could Dos
sible be wanted.
The whole bill was then negatived.
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