Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-03-12

by state ment or account current or
oatn or affirm alton, or such other proof
as the nature of the case will admit.
that said vessel had at the time of her
arrival, no other products or property
from any British West India port than
what arose from properly actually ex.
ported from the United States previ.
Gus to the proclamation of the Presi
dent of the United States of the 81,
OF Nov. 1910, in that case the said
disrrict jude shall certify the fact TO
the proper officer having the custody
OF such vessel or property, whose ,lu.
tty It shall he thereupon to release and
restore the same to the owner or own
ers thereof"
/ For the motion 80
| Against it sc
J Mr. Potter said he presumed no gen
tiennan wished to enforce the nos.in-
tercourse tn case France should no,
have revoked her DEGREES. Under
this idea he moved TO insert, af err the
clause declaring the neutrality-suspicious.
IN force as to G. B~tain, the following
amendment
:" In case France has so revoked or
modified her DEGREES US that they have
ceased to violate the lawl uI commerce
of the u. SD
MIR Eppes remarked that This amend
ment would go TO reduce things &c that
state which this law was intended to
guard against, VIZ. it would place the
decision on the existence of the non :
intercourse az the discretion of the
courts. He remarked also, that it
was not proposed, on either side of
the House. after the arrangement in
April 1909 with Great Britain, to re-
enact the non intercourse with her
conditioned that she should not fulfil
her engagement. Why was it now
thought necessary in this case
Mr. Wheaton rose and on this mo-
ton Went at large iato the merits OF
the bill, and OF the course of admin
istration for years past. The bill was
unnecessary he could see no use for
It, unless to favor the views of the
great Napoleon, to tie depression Of
Great Britain. He went into rain
of reasoning. to support the opinions
he advanced, and to shew that for the
last ten years every thing had gone
wrong, and that this bill was a part of
the same pernicious system.
The question on Mr. otter's amend
ment was decided by Yeas and Nays,
rs follow;
YEAS-Messrs. Bigelow, Blais-
defl, Breckenridge, Burweli, Camp.
bell, w. Chamberlin, Champion, Ds-
venport, Hale. Huntington, Jackson,
Jenkins, Kennedy Livingston, Ma.
COD, M'Bride, Minor, Moseley, Pick
man, Pitkin, Potter, Quincy, Ran
dolph, Shefey, Stanley, Stephenson,
Sturges, Taggart, Tallmadge, Thomp-
son, Van Dyke, Van Horn. Van Rens-
selaer, Wheaton, Whitman.--35.
NAYS.-Messrs. L. J. Aston,
w. Aston, Anderson, Bard Barry.
Basset, Bibb, Boyd, Brown, Butler,
Calhoun, Cheves, Clay, Cochran,
Crawford, Cuts, Dawson, Eppes
Findley, Franklin, Cannot, Gardner.
Gholson, Goodwin, Holland, Hufty,
| iVtHlSobS hChfn1 Love, Lyle w kee,
Mckinley, Miller, Mitcbill, Montgo.
merry, ~. r. Moore, Z. Moore, Nor
row, Mumfor5, Newbold, Newton, /.
Porter, P. 3. Porter, Rea, (P.) Rhea,
I'D Richards, Ringgold, Roane, Root,
Sage, Sammons, Scudder, Seaver,
Seybert, Shaw, Smelt, Smile, G..
Smith, ]. Smith, Tracy, Troup, Tur.
ner, Weakley, Whitehill, Wither-
spoon, Wright.--66.
Mr.. Mumford moved 10 make a
verbal amendment in the prov,so for
excepting from seizure, vessels sailing
for part 5eyond the Cope of Good
Hope previous to the 10th of Decem-
/ Der.
Mr.. Pitkip made motion to strife
oct the whole proviso. He was I'm.
willing that such distinction should
be made in favor OF particular class
OF merchants he would place all mer.
chants on the same footing.
Mr.. Rcndolph moved To recomm;t
the section under consideration for the
purpose Of Inserting The proviso lust
offered BY MIR. Pitkin and re;ectsd