The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-16
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,

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Mr.. Yam Dyke presented petition pray
ing that New Castle in Delaware may be G.
reCted into a port of entry.
On mttion of Mr.. Sanlmons,
RESOLVED, That the committee Of pest Of
fees and post roads, be instructed to enquire
into the expediency of establishing post
road from the village of Hamilton by Guel-
derland and Bern to Scholarly court house.
and from thence to Middleburg, Gobeskill
aud Worchester to Collyers on the Susque.
hannah river
Mr.. Tan Horn presented petition Of Sun
dry inhabitants of the city of Washington,
praying that an act may be passed directing
the Marshal for the district of Columbia to
receive and take into his custody the bodies
of persons taken in execution of writs of
rendered by a single magistrate in cases
where the judgment should not exceed 40
dollars-Referred.
AMERICAN NAVIGATION BILL.
On motion of Mr.. Iilacon, the house again
resolved itself into q committee of the whole,
MIR. DeSha in the chair on the bill concern
ing commercial intercourse with G.. Britain
and France.
The motion for striking out the 5th section
yet under consideration
Messrs. Montgomery, Smile, and Rhea
opposed the motion; and Messrs. Livermore
and Potter supported it. This debate here
after.
The question was taken on Mr. Liver
more's motion and negatved, 81 only rising
in the a;iirmatiye--about one hundred men,
bers present.
Mr.. CHittenden's motion for permitting the
importation of salt from any port or place,
was amended, on the suggestion of Mr.. Tay-
lor, SO as to ConfDe the importation to vessels
of the u. s. and thus amended, passed with
out oppositio.i.
The bill was then read through by sec
tons.
Mr.. Macon moved to insert in the section
which provides for the revocation Of the law
b. the President whenever the belligerent
edicts should cease to violate the lawful
commerce of the u. s. the words " in his
opinion, so as to give the President the pow
er to judge when they shall cease to violate
our lawful commerce.
MIR. Monts emery opposed the insertion OF
the words. The u. s. had once been tricked
by maneuvre of.the British ministry, and
he did not wish them again to he placed in
that situation. He would not again be will
ling to withdraw our measures till the revo-
cation of the DEGREES was placed beyond all
doubt. He should have preferred the iDser.
ton of the word actually" so that the pre-
sident should have no authority by procla-
nation to suspend the law until the bellige
rents had actually ceased to violate our rights
by their IN Just DEGREES.
Mr.. Mac0n replied that the amendment
would not add much to the discretion of the
President; for as the section already stood,
1T would he matter of opinion 7yhen the
belligeTents ceased to violate our rights
There must be some mode of ascertaining
when their DEGREES were so changed as to
cease 70 violate ourneutral rights.
The amendment WAS agreed TO without a
division.
Mr. pan Dyke prorosed provision for the
remission of penalties incurred under the
non intercourse act prior to the 10th June,
1909. He referred to the Presidents message
recommending the measure to shew the pro-
priety Of adopting it,
Mr.. Macon and Mr.. Montgomery obscr-
we'd that the part of the message Of the Pre-
sident Of the u. s. had been referred to the
committee Of Commerce and Manufactures,
and that 1t would be improper to include such
a provision in this bill.
Mr.. Mention observed that the committee
Of Commerce and Manufacture were pre-
pared to report on the subject.