The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-27
Mr.. Jennings offsred,he following rcso,u.

! Resolved. That the committee to whom
were referred petitions of the citizens of In
diana TERRITORY. praying for an extension of
the right OF suffrage, be directed To enquire
| INTO the expedienCy OF authorising ana di
rectlng the executive authorities of the Sc
vcrai states and territories Of the u. S. res
pecuvely to deliver up ON demand anv per.
son or persons who shall have been charged
with any crime or crimes and who shall have
ned from the territory of Indiana. in which
they shall have been charged, and who have
been found in any of the STAKES, to the Exec
utive OF the Indiana territory. to be removed
into said territory for trial; ana that the
SAID committee have leave to report thereon
by bill or otherwise.
On motion of MIR, Rhea the resolution was
ordered to lie on the table till Tuesday next.
Mr.. Dana. from the committee appointed
to present to the President of the U States
the resolution on calling for information, on
the subject OF detachments of militia. repor
ted that the committee had performed the
service assigned them, and that the Presi.
dent was pleased to assure the committee
that attention would be paid to the subject.
| AMERICAN NAVIGATION ACT.
ihe House resumed tie consideration of
the Dill concerning commercial intercourse
with u. Britain and France, and for other
| purposes.
MIR. RheG's motion to strike out the limit
ing Clause yet under consideration
debate took place. in which Messrs.
L'vermorc, Sturges, Root, Potter and SAWYER
opposed the principle of the bill. & Messrs.
Cuts and Macon supported it.
MIR. Fey was proceeding to debate the
principle ofthe bill, when
MT: MeDey, after protesting against the
practice prevailing in the House OF debating
the principle of bill on a motion to amend,
ma expressing his regret at being impelled
oy ms duty to attempt to put. a stop TO it, re-
CURED the decision of the Speaker on the
question whether, on morton to amend a
particular section, it was in order to debate
the general provisions of the bill Mr., S
reduced his particular objection to Mr. Keys
argument to writing as follows:
:" That he thought the gentleman from
Maryland out of order, because he says his
OBJECT is to show that there are features in
the biii which ought not to be adopted, and
consequently that the bill ought not to be
UNLIMITED, and therefore the amendment
ought not to prevail"
The Speaker decided that Mr.. Key was
ont of order.
Mr.. fcy appealed from this decision,
which was cor frmed by the House, without
debate. Yeas and Nays 68 to IS.
MIR Ptkin spoke against the motion:
| d
strike out the clause of limitation, was deci
dec by Yeas and Nays, as follow:
fEAS-Messrs l.. ]. Aston. w Aston.
bard, Calhoun Clay, Coob, Crawford Daw.
son, Desha. Eppes. GARDENER Garland.
Gray, Howard. Lyon, McKim. L Moore.
Nelson, Rhea Glenn Shaw. Sheffev, Smi,
NE, Southland, Taylor, Weakly and White
NAYS-Me,srs. Anderson. Bacon, Basset
Bibb, Blaisdell, Boyd, Breckenridge. ] Brown
X. Brown. Burwell, Butler, Campbell. c.
Chamberlain, w. Chamberlin. Champion
Chittenden, Ciopton, Cox, Crist. Cuts, Dana
Davenport, Ely, Emott. Findley, Fisk, Gan
nett, Gardner, Gholson,. Godsborough, G old
Hale, Haven, Hester, Helms, Holland. Hub.
bard. HuIty, X. Jackson, Jenkins, Jones. Ke
nan Kennedy, Key, Lewis, Livermore. Living.
ston, Lyle, Macon, Marion. Matthews. Nc
brvde, Mckee, Miller, Minor, Montgome
ry, IL. Moore, Morrow, Moseley, Mumford,
Newbold, Newton, .Pickman, Pitkin, ]. Por--
Ter, r = Porter, Potter, Quincy. Rea, (P. J
h'chards, Roane, Root, Ross, Sage, Sam
mons. Sawyer, Seayer. Seybert. Smelt, G
smith, j. smith, 5. Smith, Stanford, Stanley.
IStedman. Stephenson, Sturges, Swoope, Tag
CART lallmadge, Thompson, Tracy, Turner.
Opham, Van Dyke, Van Horn, Van Rensse-
lear, Wheaton, Whitman, Wilson. \yinn &,
WitherSpoon-1O2
Mr.. Nacon's motion to limit the bill to
the end OF the present session, bv striking
out the word next and inserting present
now required
Mr. Fisk and MIR. Southland opposed. and
Mr.. Macon and Mr.. Livermore supported
the motion. which was decided by yeas an
NAYS as follow:
YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bacon, Bard
biaisdell breckenridge .Campbell,J C. Cham
loeria'n, Ciamberlin, Champion, Chittenden.
Ciopton, Dana, Davenport, Ely. Emott, Car,
land, Goldsborcugh, Gold, Gray, Hale. Ha
ven, Hubbard, II. Jackson, Kennedy. Kew
Lewis, l.ieermore, Livingston, Macon, Mat
the"s, McBryde, Minor, Moseley. Pick
man, Pitkin, ]. Porter, Potter, Ounce. Root
Ross. Seybert, Stanley, Stedman, STEPHEN
son, Sturges, Swoope, Taggart, Tallmadee
Opham, Van Dyke, Van Horn Van Rensse,
lear. Wheaton and Whitman 81.
fEAS-Messrs. ]. Aston, w. Alston. Ras-
sett, Bib, Boyd, j. Brown. Burwell. Butler
Cainoun, Clay, Cobb, Cox, Crawford. Crist
Cuts, Dawson, Desha, Eppes. Findev
risk. Gannett. GARDENER. Gardner. Ghol'
son, Holster, Helms, Holland, Howard. Huf
tv' Jenkins, Jones. kenan. Lyon. Lyle, Mari
on. Mckee. McKim, Montgomery, n. r.
Moore, /. Moore, Morrow, Mumford. Mel
son, Newbo!d, Newiol p. u. Porter. Res
| lPenn) Rhea (renj Richards. Roane Sore
Summons, Seaver. Shaw, SbefTey. Sn,eI,
smile, q. omj.h. J. Smith, 3. Smith, South
ard, Stanford, Tallor Thompson, Tracy.
Iroup, Turner, Wcahlcy. Whitehill, VIM
and Witherspoon--71
And then the Huuse s,liourned