The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-10

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lug your services il tine Office which you are jus,
.bort TO Icy down, and b.d,iing you 4 respectful
and aiiectionatc farewell. We have to thank you
for the model of an administration, conducted on
The purest principles of rcpnblicinism for pomp
aud state laid aside patronage discarded in
ternal taxes abolished a host of superiiious of.
ficers d;sbandcd the monarcinc naxim " that
a national debt is a national blessingy" rennunc-
ed and more than thirty three millions of our
debt discharged the native right To nearly one
hundred millions OF acres of our national do
main ext;nguished and, without the guilt or Gu.
Iamitiss OF conquest,a a vast and fertile region adj
died To our country, fir more extensive .hm her
original possessions, bringing along with it, the
Mississippi and part of Orleans, the trade of the
west 10 the Pacific ocean, and in the int insic Va
lue OF The land itself, a source of perrnancn. and
almost inexalstibie revenue. These are points
in your administration which the historian vii.
not fail To seize, to expand and teach posterity
10 dwell "pon with delight. Nor will he forget
our peace with the civilized weird, preserved
through n season Of difficulty and
trial the good will cultivated with the untortu-
nate aborigines of our country, and the c;yiizati-
on humanity extended among mem ; the lesson
taught the inhabitants of the coast OF Barbary,
that we have the means of chastisinS their pratt
cal incroachlnents, and awning them into justice {;
and that theme on which, above all others, the
historic genius will hang with rapture, the liher-
tyo speech and fthe press, preserved i%nrioiate,
without which, genius and science are given 10
man 10 Win.
an the principles on which you have admins
tered the government, Wa see o,iiy the rontnua-
ton and maturity OF the same virtues and abili-
ties which drew upon you, in your yoatn, the re.
sentiment OF DNnuore-From the first brilliant
and happy m ment al your resistance TO iO:UIga
tyranny, until the present iDy, we mark with
pleasure and win gratitude, the same Uniform,
consistent character, the same warm an,t devot.
cd attachment TO liberty and the republic, the
same Roman lave ofyour country, her rights, her
peace, her honor, her prosperity.
How blessed viii Le the retirement into which
you arc about to go! How deseryediy blessed
will it tel Fol on carry viii, you the Richest of
al, rewards, tile recollection OF alife well sIeat
an the service'of your country, aud proofs the
most decisive ofthc love, the gratitude, the ven
Grafton ofyour countrymen.
That yols retirsme;lt may be rs happy rs your
life hRs been yiIteous and uaefIl ;hat GU; youth
may see in the bi;ssiul close uf youi days, ~ ad-
diGohal inducement TO form themselves on your
model, is the devout and earnest PRAYER OF your
iedow-citizens WHO compose the General Assent
bly, Of Virginia.
The qucstioA being about so be put on agree
;,Ss - tae ssi;! address, SIC previous question:, III
wit, shall the main question on the sad address
be now put? was moved aud seconded.
And the question oeng pat on Tie said previ-
Gus question, ii PASSED in the affirmative.
On TIE motion Of Mr.. Murdaugh, seconded by
M. Pope, ordsre., that the yeas and noes on
the SAID question DC inserted u. the journal.
The names OF those WHO voted IN the &ffirma-
tive are, Messrs. Nelson (SpeaSer) Garland,
Parkinson, Robertson, Cabeil, Given, Lcftwich,
Rowland. Conelaton. Edrington. Harrison, prv.
or, Pittman, Patteson, E. VISITS, w. Jones, ].
Christian, Egmoh, Price, ]. Wyatt, Cheatlam,
j Z. Stanard, Hatcher, Baker, Stroller, Pc
gram, Tucker, c. k. lIallory, Ritciie, John
Jones, Mas ~, Edmonds, Wills, Forbes, Brent,
Times, Bay;Op, Garter, Underwood, Dickinson,
Blair, Mclaughlin, J attries, A. Johnson, Shan
npn, Donaldson, Higgins, Prunty. Stogrs, Hairs
ton, PurdIe, Wren, Lightfopt, Wills, Reynolds,
c. smith, ]. Hi, Si,carman. VERIFY, Mckinney,
holland, Harris, Watson, Il. Hill, M'Culiock,
Bil!ups, p. Smith, ]. b. Jones, Segar, lessee,
Payne, Beirne,tEstill, ]. Craig MlJcnry, Dash
ieli. Holt, Blackwell, Fitzgerald, Irwin, Bar
bour, Penn, Hughes, Davis, Wooding, Walton,
j.. Johnston, Pope, Purn-li, Moseley, Tyler,
Redanam, NJ. f Brockenbrough, Preston, Gries-
hv, M'Fsriane, Sargeant, Sufckier, Stith,
rou. Thompson, Cecil, Gurrow, Brown, II E.
Parker, Tavener, Beeson, Crpckct, SoutIlall,
Writ, Archer, and Semplr-l16.
And the names of those vino voted in the neg
'tiYe are, MeSsrs. Jcynes, w. Parker, Norve!,
Kinney, Anderson, Warwick, Farris, PorterfieId,
Moor!e"e1, B%hckncr, Morrow, simon, Calming
hin, Barrct, Rozci, J IL. Christian, Murdlugh,
LOSING, SneeA, Miller, Hull, Gibson, Bailey,
and COrjiD-24.
The min question on agreeing to the said adj
dress, being then put, it passed. in the affirmative.
Ayes l20-Nays 24.--
IN motion, ResoiUei, by the General Assem-
oily, That the governor be requested 20 forward
10 the President oftie United States a copy OF
the foregoing ad'lrcss and also for the inforna-
tonoftae general government, a copv OF the re-
solutions, concerning our fjreign relations, unan-
imously adopted by the present Gencrl Assem-.
bly,, aud ofthe preamble to the same.
The Holse proceeded to consider the amend.
inents proposed by the committee to the report
OF the committee Of finance, and the same being
twiTe read, were agreed to by the House. =
The Etouie proceeded to consider the resnlu-
ton, reporiet by tile committee, wluch was read
in the following words
Rss3'oca, Taet each countv and corporation
court ~ this commonwealth be authorised by
Ia'sto lay a tax not exceeding cents up.
on 'eacl dog in such county or corporation. il
deemed cXpedient Provided however, that
each house-kseper may be allowed to keep W.
dogs, free from tax, and also two upon each
qirs'ter or plantation where there may be no
White family residing, which tax shall be appro
pfiatcd'to lessening the levy OF such county or
CT: %,6ra:ion.
On motion, Oricred, that the farther cons;dera-
ton 81 the said resolution be postponed TO the
3I5tdav of March nest. Ayes 65-Noes So
Crdeyed, That leave be given 70 bring in a bin
p" TO amend the act, entitled the act, appointing
an agent 20 recover end receive certain monies
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