The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-03-05

February idst. Great Britain shall have so
| revoked or modified her edicts &c. then,
and in that case only, should the President
issue his proclamation suspending the nom
intercourse. &c. He said he wished to a
Mr.. Ehfes said, he considered it no part
OF the compact or agreement with France,
that it Great Britain should not revoke her
orders before the ID of February. we were
tn remain in a state of non intercourse with her
forever II she should revoke her orders, as
void any difficulty in the construction OF the
law. He was opposed to any modification
OF the agreement with France. and DESTROYS
to carry it into full effect Had Great Bril-
tain have done the same, he would have
shown the same disposition as to her.
was possible, it must be the wish of every
man, that, the moment the fact was known,
the non-intercourse should be withdrawn
The Legislature might not at the time be in
session, and the bill would vest the power
in the President during the recess, to declare
the fact on which their revocation depend
ed.
| saMessrs. Wright and Rhea. of Tenn. sup.
ported the motion. and Mr.. Eppes replied.
Their remarks, we are compelled TO post
pone for the present.
The committee rose without taking ques-
ton. reported progress and obtained leave
TO sit. again.
The bill supplementary to the non-inter-
| course law was taken up in committee dis.
cussed, but no question taken.
! c.,,, February 90.
(, The bill from the Senate extending the
| right of suffrage in the Indiana territory, &
tor other purposes, was twice read and COM
mitted.
| The committee, to whom was referred
MIR. Lambert's memorial on the subject of
hrst meridian for the United States, were
discharged from the further consideration of
the subject; which was referred to the Sc
cretary of State.
THE RETURNED BILL.
The House resumed the consideration Of
the message of the President eeturning the
bill for Incorporating the Protestant Fps
copal Church OF Alexandria with objecti-
| ons.
And the question being put. without de-
| oate-" snail this bill pass, notwithstanding
the objections of the President ?" twas
decided i'll the negative, as follows: Yeas
l27-Nays 90.
FOREIGN RELATIONS
! The House resumed, as in committee of
the whole, the consideration of the bill,
supplementary to the act concerning COM
mercial intercourse, &c.
Mr. Rhea's motion, made yesterday, was
lnegatived. tzvo only voting in favor of it.
Mr. Rheo moved to str Ike out the list
section OF the amendm nj proposed by Nj.
EPpes, authorising the President to issue
his proclamation suspending the non-inter.
course whenever Great Britain shall revoke
: her orders, Sc- He said, the principle
would extend to an hundred years, as well
as single day. after the I'd February.
The motion was lost-Ayes 9.
Mr. Livermore objected to the principle
OF making the Presidents proclamatio the
} proof of the occurrence of a fact. The
principle. he said, was not to be found i'm
any former law, and was contrary to rea-
son, as we'll as precedent.
Mr.. Eppes and Mr.. Ross opposed, and
= Mr.. Litermore and MIR. M,lnor supported
the motion which was negatived--54 to So
: Mr.. Wright said he was about to max. a
proposition which he hoped would meet the
| appreciation OF every member OF the House.
1t was to amend the section so as to read :
" In case q. Britain shat make such ar
ranSenlent 4mth the u States relative TO
} the surrender ofimhressed american seq
men as shat be aati&facforyto fhe President
offhe U. s.; and shall so revoke, &c. then
the President, &C."
Mr.. w. supported his motion by urging
variety of considerations arising from the
} detention OF our seamen in British ails, as
he termed the ships of war. He estimated
the number W in this situation at 10 900
He alluded to the late imprcssment of a ne
: phew of Senator of the " ). Mr. Reedl--
said they paid no distinction to persons. and
would as soon impress a member of this
ttonse as any one else.
Mr.. Rhea supported the motion. Our
minister had told us a very firm tone oueh,
now to be assumed with that government
instead OF which, as it now stood, this bill
would be rather retreating than Otherwise
LII the amendment were adopted, he said. il
would at least serve to keep alive the re-
membrance of those who appeared nearly to
have been forgotten.
| Mr.. Lyon made some observations on the
subject of the inclusion of the blockade of
May, 1906. in the ehicts demanded of G b.
to be revoked. That, he said, was not au
thorised by law; and this was to be aDo-
Their impeachment thrown in the way of any
settlement.
Mr.. Smile opposed the annexation of
such a proposi,io as this to the present
hill.
Mr.. Wright supported his motion at con
siderable length. He said our seamen had
been practically taken and if we could
catch their captors in this country, they ought
to be hung. He said if the House refused to
take any measures for the relief of these
seamen, he should move to bring bill to ran
som them, as we had done from the Alge
. rines This was good time too he said =,
for every body knew where there were
100000 dollars of money (stock held by
British subjects in the Bank of the u. States)