The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-03-13

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| ing merchant vessels bcund 20 ports cr III
ces with which intercourse shalt be r:.ti-
0ted By the DEGREES or orders OF tl,c govern
mcnts of G.. b. or France.
SEC. s. .Hna be it further rnGc'rd That
whenever the DEGREES and orders ut Ia, 90
vernments of G. b. and France. vioia,i,.s
| the lawful commerce and neutral rights ot
the United States. shall be- Withdrawn. The
powers vested i'm the President Of Tx, uri:et
States by this act, shall cease and deter
mine. And in the event of 2 withdrawal -
the DEGREES and orders of only one Of the IL
ilgerents. the President of the L. 3 Shall
continue to employ the puhlic armed vesse:s
IN protecting by convoy lin conformity tn
the provisions of this act) the lawIul COM
merce Of the U. States against the pcwcy
continuing in force its DEGREES or oi ters.
The bill was twice read and referred to q
committee of the whole house
| NAVIGATION BILL.
| Mr. Ehhca also reported the ,siscrycc-
nent OF the committee to the amendments cs
the Senate to the bill concerning coln.Eerci-
al intercourse, &c.
ne Immediate consideration cf The last
mentioned report of the committee was -
jecied by Mr.. Dana and Mr.. Quincy, be-
Cause the time (l2 o'ciock) had not arrived
tor taxing up the order of the day. But, be-
tore the question was taken on a motion os
Mr.. Quincy to lay it OIL the table, the hour
arrived---and MIR. Quincy Withdrew i.js
motion. Messrs. Burwell and i:vcr.acrse
| spoke IN favor of an immediate decision, AZ
also did Mr.. Quincy.
The question was thea stated on CONCUR
ring with tie report of the select commit
Tee IN their disagreement to the amendments
| of the Senate
Mr.. Dana called for division Of the aues-
| ton. lie was in favor of agreeing with the
Senate in striking out all the sections they
mad eXpunsed, except the last, which linz
| Its the duration of the bill
Ihe question was taken without debate,
on concurl .ng with the committee in their
| disagreement to all the amendments of the
| senate, except so much as strikes out the last
section-and decided by Yeas and Nays as
! follows:
For disagreeing to the Senate's amend
ments-
Messrs. w. Aston, Anderson, Bard, Bas-
sett, Slhb, Boyd, K. Brown, Burwell, Butler,
Cook, Cox, Crawford, Crist, Cuts, Daw-
son, Desha, Eppes Findiey, Fisk, Franklin,
Gannett, Gardner, Gholson, Goodwin, Hol-
land. Howard. Hufty, Johnson, Lyle, Macon.
M hee, M Kim, Miller, T. Moore, Morrow,
Mumiord, Newbold, Newton ]. Porter, p.
b. Porter, Rea (i') Rhea IT Richards.
Roane, Root, Sage, Summons, Seaver, Ssy.
bert, Shaw, Shefiey, Smile, G. Smith, S:
smith, Southland, Stanford, Taylor. Thomp-
sou, Tracy, Turner, Whitehill, pvian----
| 81.
For agreeing to the 9enate's amendment.
McssTs. Lem. ; Aston, Bacon, Blaisdell.
breckenridge. Cam. abell, w. Chamberlain,
Champion, Chittendel., Dana, Ely, Emott.
Garland, Gold, Gray, Hale, Haven, Hester.
Hubbard, II. Jackson Kennedy, Key, Knick:t
erbacker, Lewis, Iivermore, Livingston.
Matthews, M'Bryde, Mosely, Pearson, Pick.
man. Pitkin. Potter, Quincy, Ross, Smelt,
Stanley, Stedman, Stephenson, sjlurses.
Swoope, Troup, Van Horn. Var Rensse-
sony.
SO the House refused by majority of 90,
to agree to strike out the Sd, 4th, 5ih, 9th.
9TH, 9Th, 9th, 10Th, 11th and 18th sections
The question was then Stated on concur.
ring with the committee in their disagree.
ment to the remainder of the Senate's a.
mendments, viz. striking out the 10 h section
tlimiting the bill 10 the end Of the next ses.
sion)
Mr.. Dana said he was not for making the
law perpetual, and therefor he should GER
tainly vote against this part, though he was
In favor OF all the rest Of the Senate s amend
ment,
Mr.. Pitkin hoped this part CT the amend
ment would not be agreed TO, the more es-
peciaiiy as bill was this morning laid on
the table for commencing a convoy system:
III We excluded armed vessels from our wa
tiers, no doubt other nations would adopt the
same course III relation to our vessels
lhs bill ought therefore certainly to have a
short existence, if passed into law, or our
vessels would not be permitted 20 convoy
vessels to any port.
he question was taken on agreeing to
strike out this section, and lost, one hundred
and fourteen members voting to retain the
section, and not one to strike it out.
so Me bW is returned 10 The Senate tire.
etSely IN the same form in zahich il frs.
70ent from this Honsr.
The House refused call of Mr. Bassct for
the order ofthe day oil the bill from the Senate
respecting the navy, and of Mr.. Clay f,r the mi
iit's volunteer biii-and, on motion Of Mr. poin.
dexter again took up the subject of the
BATTURE AT NEW ORLEANS.
The resolution offered by Mr. Poindex.er o.
former day, but modified to day, was under
consideration in the following words:
RcsolVed, That it is expedient to authorize the
persons or their legal Representatives who Iyers
removed from the Batture in front Of the suturi,
of ST Mary in the territory Of Orleans by order
OF tie President of the u States on the 25th Of
January, 1913, 10 Institute such suit or action az
may be necessary in the district court of Neyy
Orleans against the Attorney Of the u. S. for the
district Of Orleans, who shall be constituted o.
defendant in such action, for the express uurnose
OF asserting and defending the righ, of the IL. s.
to said Batture, and that the Judge of the said
court after the issue is joined between the par
ties, be authorised and req tired to order sscA