Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-12-08
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
FRIDAY, December 1. 1906
NAVIGATIoNS LAWS.

MIR. Macon said he wished early to call
She attention of the House to two motions,
the object of which he deemed To be very
important. The first of them had been
formerly submitted to the House by GEN
I'll man from Georgia (Mr Rarly) bu, never
acted on, and afterwards by gentleman
from South Carolina (Mr. ID Wili4ms)
tue other had been presented By Mr.. Macon
himself at the last session, but at so late
period that IL had ner been acted on. tap
pesred to MIR. Macon int these motions,
combined with one submitted at different
times by a gentleman from Conn ctcut
mfr. Dana) would form something like a
system. The object OF the hrst motion he
was about to submit was to prob bit any
foreign vessel from coming from any port or
place TO which the vessels of the United
States could not go. Gentlemen would at
once observe that there were many places
whence vessels came to this country, to
which we cannot go, and would perceive
the extent OF his motion. The other motion
relative to the sea.letter vessels oaly, Nv.
Macon said he wished to put them out of
the nation, and to have no vessels b long
ing TO the United States which were not
perfectly American. He would have our
vessels wholly American, or they should
NOT at ali partake OF the Character Gf Ams.
rican vessels.
After declaring that he considered his
motions as calculated for permanent rcgu
lations, Mr.. Macon submitted the following
resolutions
Resolved, Thas the COMMITTEES Of Com
merce and Manufactures be instructed to
enquire into the eXpediency of prohibiting
the entry of any vessel Into the United
States from any port or place to which a
vessel of the United States is not admitted
a & -.
owning such port OF place by treaty.
Resolved, The the Committee Of Com.
T1erce and Manufactures be instructed co
enquire into the expedenoy Of authorising
tine registering anew Of vessels ouiis IN the
United States, which are owned in whole by
citiz MS Of the United States any disability
incurred by such vessel TO the contrary not.
withsyanding, and also into the expedlency
of forbiddng by law seA-letters or any Gus
tom house documents being granted to Ves-
sells not registered or licensed according to
law or not owned by citizens Of the United
States within "a limited time after the pass
ing Of such law.
MIR Newton having seconded these mo-
tions, Mr.. Macon IN wed TO refec them to
the Committee Of Commerce and Manafac-
lures
MI OfWh NDafIF%u WAT tUEaE TtsDiltl liit
had in view merely an investg CATION by the
Committee Ut Commerce and Manufactures
into The subiocg Of ;hcm.. On such a ques.
tion il was but necessary to ask whether the
subject be of itself interesting, and whether
or not the proposition bears Oh the face Of IL
40 much OF probability aud propriety that
there could be no objection % 81 on the score
of ITS being utterly inadmlss,bc. Unless
therefore the propositions were utterly mad
miss BILE, IT they related 90 a subject inter-
estmg 90 the nation in time Of peace as well
rs Of war, they had n connection with one
great branch Of national policy, there COULD
be no objection 20 have them investigated
by committee. Without expressing any
epinon on the FIRST proposition, which en-,
braced a variety 6 important Considerati-
ors, Mr.. ID. said, that the motions we're re-
commended TO the House by their being
founded on permanent principles, 70 which
the nation could adhere IN every alternative
and m addition to the attention due 20 them
btca,se they were OF a permanent charac-
ter aud not merely temporary eXpedients
they might ccntribntc TO some Of thCse mea-