Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-04-23
Congrs,s efths United Statss.
!, so1rsE or REPREsEA fAT1NEs.
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ihsr consideration Of the petition hf Z. e.
L,Enfant, and it was rrfersed TO \ select
committee.
s.sCoMxxRcIAL.d ETEa cdonss. :
The house again resolved itself into a
,commissee- Of die whole, Mr.. Desha in the
chair, on the bill concerning commercial
intercourse between the. United States 'and
Creat.B Britain and rance and their depend
encies, and forlother purposes, ~ -.
,s,Mr. G8olson,s proposition to amend. the
billby inserting into ira system of sotal
non imporsation from e. Britain & France
was under considerations when the house
hast deliberated on this bin.
Mr. Johnsoa stated to the house an a.
mendment which he had it in view TO max c
and which he should Offer when the amend
ment Of MIR. Gholsoi should bs decided
upon. -, &'.E. ~ .l,s'' ~
-'Mr. Gholson said he fek satisfied that the
system which he had proposed was the best,
but seeing decided opposition to it, and
wirh a view to accommodate his friends
with an opportunity of moving amendments
ne withdrew his motion, reserving TO him
self the RICH, of urging it again if the. a.
mtndmeris proposed by the gentleman from
Ksu U Ky should not be agreed to.
Mr. johnson then moved to strike out
the first section of the bill and insert the
following sections as an amendment to the
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two frs: sections of the act entitled An
act to interdict The commercial intercourse
between the United States and Great Bril-
tain and France and their dependencies,
and for other purposes" be and the. same
are hereby revived, and shalt from the pas
sage Of this act have full force and effect.
s. And, be. itfurther enacted, Thar. from
and after the Passage of this act, an 'addi-
ton o! fifty per centum shah; be made to
the duties now imposed-by law on the i'm.
pottatich Of goods, wares and merchandise
the growth; produce or manufacture of a:
ny of the dominions, eolonies-or dependen-
cies Of either Great Britain or france, or
imported from any Of the said dominioas,
colonies or dependencies whiOh-addition.
al duties shall be huied and collected ia the
same, manner and under. the same regula-
lions and allowance, as to draxbAcks, mode
If security and time ofpaymsnt respective
III, rs are already prescribed BY law, inTe-
'Iation 20 the duties now in force on the i'm.
portation of goods, wares and lmsrchan-
DIE" 80 49, 800
,.Ir. Randolph observed that: when the
house were last in committee on this bill,
the committee had risen to give time for
consideration. of an amendment proposed
by the gentleman from Virginia, Mr.. Ghol-
son. That amendment was now Withdrawn,
and another substituted, which he for one
could nor understand. As he really be-
lieved, he said, that if the heuss meant to
spend unptoftably the remainder of the
session, they could hit on no mode more
apt than in continuing in committee on this
subject, he moved that the COMMITTEES may
rise. .n
Messrss Johnson and Gholson opposed
the motion which, was lost, SO to So.
Mr.. Randsiph questioned whether Mr.. !
Gholson had a right, after his amendment
had been ordered to be printed and thus
acted on by the house, to withdraw it but
the chairman overraled the objection.
Mr. Garland again moved that the COM
mit.ee rise. !
''Thn motion was supported by himself
and Mr.. Minor, on the ground that the |
additional duty proposed was such as would
destroy all the fair trade Of the country
that it was impossible to distinguish be-
tween British and French and other foreign
fabrics; sha. ths very object of reysuue
would be defeated by smuggling and e the
diminusion Of imporsasions. The amend.
meat they said was Of great importance,
and they could not completely understand
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The melton for the committee to rise
was negatived, ayes 81. ..,.- ID 4
MI. Pitkin spoke against the amend
msns. J Il +
= NJ. Seybers spoke in support oft. /
. M. Lipernore, NJ. Mann ord and mr..
Ksy spoke against it,. ~ ~ Sc i
"A division Of the upestion was Called FOR