The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-21
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FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF REPRGEEN7.aIY
December IS.
TAainutes concluded from orr iast.1
COLLEGE WASHINGTON.
MIR. Lore presented memorial Of the
Board Of I trustees of tie Public Schools Of
the City of Washington. praying the patro,
mage of Congress in the institution of q Col
Iege in Washington. Referred to the cemmit-
tee Of the District OF Columbia.
A report was received from the Secretary
of the Treasury, enclosing, in pursuance OF
a standing resolution of the House. a state.
ment of the drawbacks payable ON articles
exrsr,ed fren the u. S. in the years 1906 1907
and 1908, compared with the amount. of
duties collected on the same respectively
From this statement the following abstract
is made:
Hears 1906 90 ls7, 658 9,1l6 1875
1907 26,709,8SS 10O67 ls1
1903 11152617 249, S96
Ordered to lie on the table.
MIR VAN HORNS PROPOSITIONS.
Mr.. Fan Horn called for the conxiderati-
on of the resolutions laid on the table by
him few days ago relative to repeating
drawbacks, &c. with view of having them
leferred toa committee.
After some conversation between Messrs
Dana, Quincy, Macon and Van Horn, as to
: tile proper committee to which they should
10. &ferred, Mr.. Van Horn agreed that they
slculd go to the committee of Commerce &
Z Manufactures.
Mr.. Mica objected to the reference of a
part of these resolutions, on the ground of
4e total ineApediency of the propositions
contained in s.em sand assigned his reasons
for that opinion at some length. He said
that the subject of them properly belonged
10 The treaty making power. and the legi'
Jatisg on them at all would take a powerful
jnstfsment out of its hands, They vert to
surrender those rights fer which the u. S,
had long been striving; and if passed ints
laws, when they should be again contended
for; our minister ould be told, here is law
of your own Congress formally surrenderins
that for which you contend.
FIR Van Horn said in reply that it was
well known to all that we never should dur
ing the existence of war in Europe be able
TO obtain an equitable treaty from either OF
the belligereAt powers. AS to the surren-
der spok en- of, it las not surrender at all,
but refusal t., exeicise certain privileges
because injurious to u.s. If cur merchants,
instead of employing their vessels in the
carrying trade, the source of almost all cur
difficulties, were compelled to employ them
in the carriage of our domestic produce,
it might be beneficial to the coantry. How
happeIed it, he asked, that eur merchants
were growing rich and our planters poor ?
For such was the fact. The system OF
commerce, producing such consequences
must be erroneeus--and therefore he had
proposed to enquire into the expediency OF n
change.
Mr.. Rhea CT rebutted the idea held GU.
by Mr.. Van Horn that his resolutions would
afford remedy to the depressed state of the
planters. Instead III enrichiDg them, his re-
solutions. by doing away all foreign compe-
tision in the market fer their produce would
make them still poorer.
j. motion was made by Mr. Rhea to post
pone the consideration of the subject till to-
morrow. Negatived
Mr.. Macon observed that reference OF
the resolutions by no means committed any
gentleman to vote for them
Mr.. Rhea then required a separate ques-
tionto be taken on each resolution.
And the question being so taken, three OF
Ike resolutions were referred, and two rejec-
ted.
These referred relate to the prohibition q
the expectation of domestic produce in any
other vessels than those owned and wholly
navigated by citizens of the u. States &c
laying an additional discriminating duty IL
favor of vessels of that description and to
modifying or repeating the laws allowing
drawback.
Those rejected relate to prohibiting ex
pc, station from our ports Of foreign goods il
American vessels and to prohibiting Anne
ricsn vessels from carrying articles of Fo
reign growth from one Foreign port to ano
der.
Aud che House adjourned at O'Clock.
December Il.
Mr. Gold, from the committee yesterday
sppo;nted 10 wait on the President ofthe y
States with the resolution passed by tn,
Fouse, reported that they had performed tht
dtfy sssigne-' them, and that the Presiden
had returned for ans " er that he would attenS
tothe request of the House.
On motion Of MIR. Turner,
Resoived, That the committee Of Com
nprce aud Manufactures be directed 10 en.
uuire INTO the e<pedeacy Of ercctix&a bea
con on Beach Point. at tie entrance Of ? V
mouth holb3 in isiGssachusctts, agreeable