The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-26
mo. 81.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
SATURDAY, Feb. 16s
REPEAL OF DRAWBACKS

Resolved, Thai IL Is eahedfcnt TO reoeoy
me several iasvS aKoscine drawback on
SoodS, ScareS ard merchandise. of fhr
SFo7pfh. produce or manufacture of/oreie,t
nations.
motion was made by Mr.. Garland to
refer it to a committee OF the whole
Messrs. Quincy, Wright, Mi,chill &c Newx
.on' were opposed 10 the reference snd to
the resolution. Messrs. Garland & Snilir.
spoke in favor of il.
IL was contenacd by its opponents at
the adoption of this. and a consequent de.
struction or the drawback system. would
operate greatly To the injury If the asr;cuI-
i"i aS wen as commercial inter- SITS OF the
country .
BY the advocates of the resolution ;t was
SAID, that this system of drawbacks was a
| TAX upon the nation, merely 10 favor extra.-
heons commerce that il was not caleula-
teu In any WISE to benefit The agricultural
interests OF our country mat instead of adj,
dihg any thing the support of the expeu-
ces connected with foreign commerce.. il
scarcely paid the expenses of the cnstorn
| houses.
! lii, question TO refer the motion was car.
| ried-Ayes 81.
motion was made by Mr.. Wr,ght, to
make II the orde OF the day for the Sd of
March.-Lost, Ayes 5l--Noes So
II motion was made by Nj. GARDENER
20 make 't the order OF the day for the.
18TH OF February, and the Ayes and Noes
called
M; Naeon thought, when majority of
the IL use mad evinced Determination te
con 'ider a subject, that these motions to, p.
Vad'ng the question were improper and
MIR. CheveS, Mr. Wright and Mr.. HoI-
iahd SIP ke IN favor of Mr.. GARDENERS mo-
tion.
/ Mr' Huntington moved the Cd of M arcIr
as the day tor which the subject should be.
made the order
Mr. Quincy, Mr.. Cheves and Mr. Garde-
hier supported the motion. Mr.. BurwelL
was III favor of an earlier dav
ne question Of postponement % Tie Cd
as oHows: 80
1EAS--Afessrs. Allen, Anderson. Bacon.
Blob, bigelow, BlaIsdeil, Breckenridge, Bnts
Ier' }. Z. Chamberlain, w. Ghamber in.
Champ!on, Cheves ,Chittenden, ok. Cuts.
Davenport, Dawson, Ely Emott, Fpues
eiahnett. Gaydener Gardner, Gholson'
Sold Gray, Hale, Hayeu, Holster, Helms.
huntrng on, Jack on Jenkins Kenan Kens
nedy, ke!, Knirkerbacker, Lewis Liver
more i-i> nsston Mat'hews, McBryde, McD
Mn, Miller, Miln,r M, cncn, Moseiey
Mumtord, N wbold, Newton, Pe.rSor, PHI
kln' +. b. Porter, Potter, Qurcy, Root
h"Ns' sage, Sammons, Sawyer, Soudder.
oeyoe't, Smcil, Stanley, Sturges, Iaepart
1 thompson, Tracy Troup, Turner Van
Dyke Van Rensselaer,, Wheaton, Wilson
VIM Wrigh'-76.
NAY5-Messrs. L. ]. Aston. w Aston.
Barb, Bassett, BOYD, brown, Burwell. Cal,
nouH, Clay Cochran, Crawford, Desha.
Fihdiey frankiih, G. rland, Godsboronyb
Goodwyp, Holland Hulty. Jones, L,oSa
Lyle, Macon, MCKINLEY, Montgomery. r
Moore, Morrow. Nichol-co Rea of Penn
Rhea OF len Richards, Knggoid, Rnane
% yer, Stni ie, G. SIN Ii ]. Smith. $. Smirb'
Southard, Swoope, Van Horn, yVraklev'
Whitehi'', Whitman, Wit erspoon As
he hll from the Senate, establishing the
distress Of Mum hremagog. O.wegatcbie
"'u OF the Wnite NJ "ntauIs, Was twice read
aHa reierrtd t" ~om p'i'tee ofthe whole.
ne bill from the Senate, to enable the
Geo getown Potomac Bridge Compan, tn
levy money for e purposes OF the cornorae.
tion, was twice read and re ferled to a CONT
mittee ofthe whole
The bill for the ieief of Arthur St. Clair
was read a third time
Mr.. Root moved TO recommit the bill In !.
committee O. the whole in order To st,il,s
ont the words OF the bill and inser, a s ct,on
directing enquiry INTO aud S I'll ment of
any uhnqhddted accounts of G n raj 1t.
CHR. messrs. Wright, Clay and Gh,I.ou3
| lob
land and Aston advocated the motion.
The motion was carriet>-43 to ~
The House resolv d itseIfintoa Committees
OF the Wno!e, Mr.. BAssETT in the chair ON
/ the amen iments OF tie Senate to the hli
making appropriations for the support If on
vernmvnt tor he year 1911; which wCrc
concured in by The committee and the Horse
| he House resolved tself into = oommiss.
tee Of the whole, Mr.. DKsHA IN the cI,1,,,.
on the rep 1T Of the select Committee e,, ,h.
letter OF William Lambert on the subiecr ne
q compilation Of precedepts of the procepd-
jngsln Cong ess, &c. This report reror,
mended The printing FIR Congress 2 certain
number OF crpIes OF Mr. Lambert's wori.
and making compensation 10 him for bIs
/ trouble. they agreed the report, wEich
was concurred in by the House.
| message VIZ received from the Preeig
dent q the United States enclosing a trest,,
lately Concluded with the Usage Indians 81
-8ctcrred to The committee OF WAYS and
! Means.
REpEAL OF FRENCH DFCREF39
Nly N'Her said that ~ snbnntjp, tfe fol
lowing resolution il was far from h,3 in 'en,;-
nn 20 express wan. OF confidence IN the ad-
n'instration. lie said tnat the arrival ee
the French Minister in his Country was On
receni, that u would perhaps hardly be DO
'oJsln The President g. ask him for inf,r
naubn respecting tie Berlin and Milan 49,
cfeee. He therefore would submit re..,in.