Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-04-23

the -:mtIdnA.nts rr:ts in etuia,it.e OH,
whole. 4. ~. i, s $3.50 49,
Tie question va. taken en The ff,tr
ton Of The amendment. sad Carrie VIM
: out division. So g (, 4. ~
Mr.. Hzs gsrs renewed The mo,ion !
had mad in Com nistee ], yostrik sieut ii
words, !" as % a3icwaass 81 draw back"
..l Thi. melton was .ssuf soat It'd ty -hins.
and MIR. Lyon. and Spssa,iyeN -+Ayss e
The ;ques,n nltwxs s.htn ,sken % the .sl
cond sec,ion Of, The :MsEdn,ent imposin,
the additional Discriminating duty, and
carried .ss ttlls ws 80 3s55.
YEAS Nessrs. W. ls,or, Andsrsau.Z
2 Baeon, Bssd, Bass. q, Boyd, ]. Bowl
Burwell, Butler, Calhoun. cop;on, cosk
= Cox, Crawiord,2 Cuts, DsWsen, D,shr,
Fisk, Franklin. Gardner, ChoIson, Good,
wyn, Hslisnds Howard, +, Hafty, Iot3hsoa,
Love. LYON, u, le. M 'Ker, Kin, Mil.
! ler; Montgomery, N. r. Moore. Morrow,
Nelson, New,on,g Nicholson; i. Porter,
Rsa Of Penn, Rhea, r. Richards. Rasne,
! Root, Sage, Sanrnons, Seavsr. a6syber,
Shaw, Smile, G. Smith, J. Smiih, Taylor,
Iarraeyy Turner Weaklsy, Whi,shiA. VIM,
Witheisroon- 50, - ~ -.
sNAYS-Messrs. Bib, Clay, cobb, Co.
chfan, Garland, Haven, Kenndy, Rev.
Lewis, Mario o., 3Tilnor, r. Moore, Mosr-
ley, Mumiord, Piekmau, Pi.kis, Po,ur,
shsaey, Stanford, Yum Horn, Whitman,
Wilson 90. II, 5Sitt
Aa amendment. authorizing a,auspension
of the restrictions to Vie nation reyoking ils
unlawful tc:c,s, was ooncurrrI ia withous
opposition. I',.s2 - ~
1Nr. Numfsra saiH That he was opposed
to the amt ndments. .Fshey would, how
ever, be useless indeed If there Was no
-eommerce On which The duty would ope.
rate; and this he lraied Would be the case
soon, unless some measure was adopted,
Tor a. one fen swonp Is sail had been taken
within sixty dws past atakd ne.r ST. Sc
bastinns Without further p~arnbIr he
moved the Eollowitg sect rs as anierd.
nent, 70 w'i h, il agreed 10, he would aid
the details nee. ssary TO carry It into effect,
= ind be II further eadcfeG, That the
merchant vessels of the ", States owned
wholly by citizen Or citizens thsrloE. laden
wholly with the articles of the growth or
manufacture Of the u. S. no, having on
board articles tGntrsband o! war, and bound
to sny.rnrt or place not actually INFESTED,
viii which intercourse shall be rrcMb;,.d
BY the DEGREES or orders If the government
of any power whatever shall be entitled TO
projection by convoy" " S,
Ar. Warion asked for inform alton whe.
ther this swoop was made: ON the merchant
men at sea or in port! IT in port, he said
he should be GLAD if the gentleman would
inform him 'whetl'ef,1 If they i1ad.beenc con-
voyed, they would have escaped seizure?
II, after being convoysd 70 aport, they we're
not safe, itwou!d bea great reason stairss
going to the expente of conveying.
Nh. ;L1lm}Sra replied that ,hc Of creates. ,,;a
part Of these vessels had been taken euter-
ing the hsrbor Of ST. ~Sebast;ans, sou.. Nv
boats, some by privaseers4so,new were rak.
en- possession Of immediately. after their ar
rival. Had they been conveyed, 50 That
the nature Of the property could have be,a
ascer,ainsd with certainty, he believed they
would not have been seized. ~ ~
Mr. Fisk tegretttdlha,h he could nor vote
'os s'~ tscI'oosssOu oCSduSS " vas TOO 1uCc~
finite; because it would Be merely nominal.
as. it our navy was inrreased fouff foId. !.
could not be competent to the object: be.
cause hs did not wish 70 en,barrass ths bill
BY any distinct propositions nor 10 ,add On.
which would defeat the bill because. f o.
this late hour of, the session It was deter.
mined 70 employ arms to snioree -our. rights
on the ocean. he wished.is 10 bedJ1s.;n =
more serious manner shan tha, proposed.
MR.. Dana, advrrting e6cas distinction
made m some late adrnisaItys dec;siona be;
tween~sssels sailing onaetss esnSsg1 sand,ux.
der prsteefiaa, because ia the .fortnsfaesss
IN. MERCHANT 9esseis 'svtst eSapeilAbls 10
sail under the direction OF the armed vessel.
and in ,heiat,ef case had l,l,sirr optiot. how
tar they woold proceed under pro,ectisn.
suggested 70 The gentleman she propristt of.
modifying f,is metien 30 aS,to ttSd 9. nav
be protected by the public armed vt.aeIs &c