The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-21
the corps Of engineer shall be sta.icned.atw.

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aud after the first dav of next be
and the same IS he;eDy repealed, and faere-
The said co,ffs 81 engineers c7assstn-
ting the miitary .4cademy, sh4U be removed
lnder the direction 0,he President ofthe
United States from Hest Point. and stati-
oned at WdshinSton, IN shc district Of Co
MIR. MitchiW moved to strike out the lat
ter member OF the section, aud in assigning
his reasons for the motion spoke ia terms oi
high encomium OH the exCeiiency of the mi
litary academy, the learning ot the protes-
sors, and the requirements of the students.
declared himself one OF It's warmest
friends, and protesSed his Willingness 10
propriate fuEds for its better endowment -
But he wished 1t To remain at West Point,
a splace famous III the history 81 the TevOlu-
ton, and which he hoped would be cont;nu
ed as the head quarters of tao ics and en-
gineering. Mr.. MiSchill extolled he'heal-
thiness of that charming spot, and dwelt
with emphasis on its scenery, wherein the
beautiful, the picturesque and the sublime
are ~incomparahly blended He pointed o.,
the singular fitness OF the place for practical
exercises both on land and water, * calcula
Ted to render cadets familiar at a safe and
easy rate, not only with perspective, draw
ing and geometry, but with the use of field
pieces, cannon, howitzers and mortars.--
West Point he said was that precise spot
Where the teachers and the pupils we're in
the proper situation between seClusion and
society They could have tho o-em the
ther as they pleased, and he should consider
it AS an iIjudicious vote To renove this hope
.tul seminary. from the celebrated seat where
1t had so long existed, and had thriven so
well, u the less auspicious place contempla-
ted in the bill He hoped the fortress which
had resisted the treason of one of the most
distinguished revolutionary commanders,
would be continued as the centre of military
science and the resort of al, the young mar
tial spirits who visit the temple of science on
their Journey to the field OF glory.
On the question for striking out, the mott
on was negatived, to wit:
Yeas-Messrs. Gilman, Goodrich, Hill
house, Rowland, Kitchel, Mathewson,
Mitchill, Parker, Robinson, Smith, of Ma
ryland, Smith, of New York, Turner-i2.
Nays-Messrs. Anderson, Bavard, Brad
ley, Condit, Crawford, Franklin. Gailrard.
Gregg, Meigs, Milledge, Moore, Pope,
Smith, OF Tenn. Sumter, Thurston, WhIte.-
10.
THE W0 MILLIONS.
Gen. Smith of Maryland, said that as cur
government was predicatedupon the will of
the people, it was the duty of government to
give to the people every necessary intorma-
ton OF pursued by it. Andthis had
become the more necessary, not only as news
papers, but also as gentlemen Of very high
rcspectability in the several states. firmly
believed, and had positively asserted, that
the two millions OF dollars appropriated By
the act OF 2lst February, 1906. for the pur
chase OF the Fioridas had actually been sent
to rance or Spain as a present. Mr. SMith
said, that III his travels to the
6nrInO fine l1St raraSS la fa,nI
pectable persons as firmly believing this C.
port. as they did any fact known to hen
10 remove this impression from the public
mind, (for this falSehocd is universally cir
cuiated,) he moved the following ~resoluti-
Resolved, That the president be reones-
ted TO direct the proper officers to report to
this house the measures which have beer A.
dopted to carry into execution the act of
congress OF 21st February, 1906, appropria-
ting two millions of dollars for d. fraying a
ny extraordinary cxpences attending the in
between the United States ard To-
reign nations" particularly whether the
said two millions of dollars, or any portion
thereof was sent in specie or by bills Of ex-
change to either France, Spain, Holland, or
any other country, for the purpose of Car
rying into execution the said act, and also
to what object the sums so RENTED have
been applied, or were authorised OF inten-
ded to be applied.
Ordered to lie ON the table.
Gen. Snth said that no gentleman in this
house believed THIS report, because each one
knows that not one cent of this money was
ever drawn ont Of the treasury in specie, or
by bills, or in any other manner.
NEw-YoRx, Jan. IL.
At a meeting of many thousand Of such citi
zens OF New York, as disapprove of the re
cent measures ri the administration, par
t%Iculariy of the "Act making further pro-
visions for enforcing the Embargo at Me-
chanic Hall, on Friday, the 18th January
1869.
On motion OF Judge Pend'e,on,
The hon EGBERT BENSON, Esq. was
chosen chairman, and
EDWARD D~UNscoMs, Esq. secretary.
Mr. Pendicton on behalf of the committee,
appointed 10 prepare and submit to their
fellow citizens Certain resolutions for their
conside% ration, in the present and alarm
ing crisis of our public affairs, informed
the meeting that the committee was pre-.
pared to report.
Crdered, on motion, the same be received
and read, and thereupon the following reso-
lutlons we're read:
Z" ResotUed. That it is always tho right
ct the people, and in times of immediate
thzir Indispensable duty, peacefully
D. assemb c and declare their o%pinf.us upon