Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-03-12
Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESE MIA,
TIVES.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 81.
Evening Citing Concluded from las
Tuesdays Argus.

Evening Lifting Concluded from las,
Tuesdays Argus.
MIR Pitkin spoke more than an hour
against the bill generally. and in SUP,
port of the particular proposition which
he was about TO make. He eenten-
ded that the Emperor of France had
not fnlhlled hia engagement to the u.
nited States, inasmuch as the DEGREES,
if revoked, which he denied, had not
been revoked on the day on which
he had engaged TO revoke them. He
quoted the history of the connection
OF Spain with France as evidence Of
the perfdy of Bonaparte, from whom
he said no compliance with his promi-
ses could be expected, &c. In sup
porting his amendment, Mr. F. con.er,-
ded for its beneficial effects to our mer-
chants and it would NOT, he said, be
more breach of our contract with
France than the FIRST section Of the
bill now before the House. The one
was IN fact as much departure from
the engagement with France as the
other. The following was the Amend.
ment offered by Mr. Pitkin:
T" Provided also, that nothing in this
act, or the act TO which this is sup
|plement, shall be construed to affect
any vessels owned wholly by citi-
zen or citizens of the United States,
or the cargoes of any such vessels
which shall have cleared out from
any port in the West Indies within
days after the Cd of February
.1st1."
The following were the Yeas and
Nays on the motion:
YEAs--Messrs. Allen. Blaisden.
Breckenridge. j. c. Chamberlaip, w.
Chamberlin, Champion, Cochran, Da-
venport, Ely, Enott, Gardenirr, Colds.
borough, Gid, Hale, Havers ester,
Huntingdon, Jenkine, Kennedy, Knick-
erbacker. Lyon, Macon, Matthews,
M Bryde, Mckee, Minor, Mitchill,
Moselev, Pearson, Pitkin, Quincy,
Randolph, Scudder, Shelley, Smeit,
S. Smith, Stanford, Sturges, Swoope,
Taggsrt, Tallmadge, Thompson, Van
Horn, Wheaton, Whitman, Wilson.
do.
NAYs---Messrs. L. ]. Acton, w.
Aston, Anderson, Bacon, Bard, Bar
~, Bassett, Boyd, Brown, Burwell,
Butler, Calhoun, Cheves, Clay, Craw-
lord, Dawson, Desha, Eppes, Find
ley, Gannett, Gardner, Ghclson, Good
.wyn, Holland, Huftv, Johnson, Love,
Lyle, M'Kinley, Miller, Moutgome.
ry, n. Il. Moore, r. Moore, Nor
row, Mumford, Newbold, Newton,
j. Porter, P. B. Porter, Rea of Pen.
Rhea of Ten. Richards, Ringg Id,
Roane, Root, Ross, Sage, Seaver,
Shaw, Smile, G. Smith, J. Smith,
Tracy, Troup, Turner, Whitehill,
Witherspoon, Wright.-58.
So the motion was Loss.
Mr. Ptkin again moved TO amend
the section by inserting af. er the pro-
vision excepting from the operation
OF the section vessels which sailed for
ports beyond the Cape Of Good
Hope prior to the lo:h day of Novem-
Der 1910, the words cor any port in
the West lnAies.' He said his OBJ.
JSSt was W PidCc tue traders IN our
produce TO the West Indies on the
same footing with the great East-India
merchants.
For the amendment 10
Against it 81
Mr. Lyon said there was no use in
sitting here when gentlemen would
not answer arguments that were adj
vanced; and, when the only effect of
his staying here was 70 keep quorum
to vote on the bill, he would not him
self consent to remain longer. He
moved an adjournment. Lost, ayes
%.
A motion was then made by Mr.
Sturges 10 add to the prcviso in IA
vor of East India traders the fellow.
ing.
And also, that where anv vessel
belonging to citizen or citizens of
the United States shalt have arrived
after the second day of February 1911
at any port of the United Sta,es fron,
any british West India port, and said
vessel shall have heen, or shall be