Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-01-09

whence in the opinion Of .lee cc:.ectorlS
shall ne, be any danger Of such sr,;c!y,
ing exported
MIR. Pitkn supported his amenl',ns,t;
| coacisc and able speech raa;ntann, H.
/ the section ss It stood was arbitrary srs
unconstitutional, and that pow@r 50 d..
potic was not even put into the hands i
! English excise officers.
lie WAS followed by Messrs. Liverno,.
and Dana in favor, ard Nessr5. 3assvt All
! Eppes agains, striking out. The qucstaa
was then taken BY sves and noes, and Il.
amendment lost, yeas 11-nays 81.
mr.. .Sturg.es moved to amend the tbAI
teenth section so that instead of continup,
! the act in force until the repeal OF the EN-
barge laws, il should cease on the first dsv
of ,une next. The ayes and noes wsr.
taken on the amendment & it was rejected
yeas 25--noes IS.
Fir. Siaw@es then moved to amend II.
bill by adding q new section in the ioowiDy
words -" And be IT further enacted, That
this act, with the act la.;ng an embargo Q,
all ships and vessels in tie ports and harbon
of the United States, and the several acts
supplementary thereto, be and they hereI,
arc repealed from and after the first day q
March next
Iir. Blount moved to amend the propo.eJ
amendment b. adding thereto the wors
{" and ,hat from and afte- the said first day
Of March next it shall be lawful for tbe
president Of the L. States TO issue letters Of
maroue ard rcp~issI to such citizens Of tn. E
q. States IS may apply for the same, a53sia,.
thp shirs, vessels ard propcry'of such Of !
the beiiigererts having in force o;ders and
DEGREES infringing the lawfal commeycan
neutral rights Of the &. S."
A.r. EloHHt said that would vote Ties, {
words 70 the proposed section but he /
would also vote to reject the new section % /
amended. lis object in doing this was
to shcw that whenever the embargo wa
rcraoved he would be for arming, vetat
the same tiYae that he was averse to remoy.
ing it at so early period as the first Of /
Marctl.
T,lr. D. Il. y iA;ams had thought the gen.
tleman too we'll versed in the vile Of Il. /
eislative nlanoevre to so taken in. Il, 4
might perceive that the object of these va
rious r.otions was merely to gain time End !
prevent the taking Of rlle final question on
the b. Re hoped th- gentleman would
withdraw lis amendment.
n. Blunt withdrew his amendment gy
ing notice at the same time that he Should
rcilew lis motion IF that OF the gantiemg
from Connecticut, Mr.. Sfurges) prevails
4 soirited debate cD5ued in winch thea
rendEe1t Of Fir. Stargss was eloqaentiy 7
advocated By Mr.. Dana in an ingcnloH {
spr-ch c, about half ar hour, end by iiess's
Quincy, Masters, Livcrmore ard lyon
Messrs. !. G. Jackson, Macon, 6. VI
Campbell and Smile opposed it.
flr. E!i0t then spoke at length IN sH''
Port ofthe amendment, taking vide view
Of the subject Of the embargo in conoecuol
with our foreign relations. after he bal
spoken about four bour3, the question CT tt;
was taken by yeas and nays,a1a
1t was lost, yeas IS, nays 81.
The question then was " shall! the blil o.
Cor third reading The pra'
cipts Of the bill were ably conloattedN Il
Nlr. Slurccs in speech Of about three qnr
t.rs Of AN bour; he was followed By M
Gardener, ct n. II. or the same side. N'
c.. Is democrat and voted for the eN5af
go. But experience as we'll as the voice o.
BIS constituents, have convinced him OF t''
improperly OF that measure, and ne ~
sirer,uous advocate for It's repeal. MIR. ooD
a,so q democrat lgho voted for toe em5aF0N {
spoke against tlle principles Of the bill.
Mr.. k;orrn,ore next spoke. lie took
comprehensive view OF Our foreign relation E
and OF lie embargo policy. He occnplS
nors than an hour. Ike was followed D