Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-12-20
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Congress Of tie United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY, 1914 December, 1871.

TREPoRTED FOR THIS GAZETTE.
Mr.. Baker presented petitions from the in
habitants of Washington and Georgetown,
praying that the tax on Marriage Licences In
Washington county may be appropriated to
the use of Schools-Referredt TO the commit
tee on the district of Columbia.
The Speaker laid before the house reso-
luton of the Legislature of Vermont, ap-
proving of the amendment to the Constitution
Of the u. S. proposed by Congress, disfran-
chising any citizen who should accept of
pension, title or office, from foreign power.
Ordered to lie OH the table.
Mr.. Poindexter offered the following reso-
Resolved, That committee be appointed to
enquire into the conduct of Harry Toulmin,
Judge Of the Mississippi Territory, and whe-
Their in their opinion he has so acted IN his OF
fetal capacity as to require the interpretation
of the constitutional powers OF this house );
and that the committee have power to send
for persons, papers and records.
Mr.. Rhea presented several resolutions OF
the legislature of Tennessee, disalhnroofng,
LIST. of the amendment to the constitution OF
the United States, proposed by the Legislature
of Massachusetts, declaring that Congress
shall not have power to lay an Embargo for
more than SO days, SC; I'd. of the amend
ment proposed by the legislature OF Virginia,
declaring that Senators in Congress, may be
removed by the state legislature; Sd OF the
amendment proposed by the Legislature OF
Pennsylyania, for the establishment Of "a tribu-
nal to settle differences between the general
and state governments ; and, lastly, ahisrop-
ine of the amendment to the constitution pro-
posed by Congress DISTINGUISHING any citizen
who shall accept of of pension, title or office
from foreign power. The resolutions were
ordered to lie on the table.
A MESSAGE was received from the Presi-
dent, transmitting detailed statement from
Gov. Harrison of the aff,ir with the Indians
The President recommends a provision tor
the families of those who were killed IN that
engagement The message and documents
were referred to select committee CT mem
bers.
The house proceeded to consider the 9Th
resolution reported by the committee OF to-
Al amendment
to it (the first allowing merchant vessels to
arm for seli.defencc, and the other authors
ing them to make reprisals.)
Mr. Mckee moved to postpone the further
consideration oe the resolution until the hrst
Monday in February. Mr.. NJ. afterwards
withdrew this motion.
On the suggestion of Mr.. Bib, Sir. Wright
also withdrew his amendment
Mr. Wright then moved to strike out the
words I" in self-defcnce, against all unlawful
proceedings against then on the high
seas" By this amendment, the "aject in al
lowing merchant vessels to arm would De en-
tirely indefinite 1t was lost, ayes 40, noes
II.
Mr.. MsKim observed, that the resolution
?oly permitted these vessels to am which
were owned and nayigaecd exclusively by cl-
tizens of the Z. S. As II was not required at
present by the laws of the U. s. that the
whole of the crews of vessels should be Anne
rlcans, but merely three-fouThs, great pro-
portion of our commerce would not be en-
braced in this resolution, as it now stood
He therefore moved 10 strike out that part of
It, so as to include the whole OF the merchant