The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-03-08

France. He examined the subject analyti-
cally. and quoted the letters of the Dukes of
Massa and Gazette as evidence of revocati-
on. such nature as would not have been
questioned. had they proceeded from another
quarter 1t the law of May last was to be
carried into effect. this section ought to be
passed to remove all doubt or uncertainty as
to its operation. &c. &c. Mr. Gholson spoke
two hours.
Mr.. Pearson followed, in opposition to the
bill. The law of May last, he argued, re
CURED an unconditional and unequivocal per-
tormance OF certain act of the performance
OF which the letter of the Due de Galore
was the only evidence we had, and that OF
ly contained a prospective or conditional
promise to repeal To prove that the al
lodged repeal of the French DEGREES, allow
ing 1t to have taken place, which he did
not believe, WIS merely ilusory, matter
OF form but no substance, he referred, as
several gentlemen had done before him, to
the letter OF the Secretary of State TO Gen.
Iurreau, expressing the Secretary's convic-
tion tothat effect Mr.. p. reviewed he do
cuments laid before Congress, deducing from
them differences in support of the opinions
he expressed. He incidentally touched on
most of the points which had been discus
sed by other gentlemen who had gone before
to this section and the bill.
Mr. Pearson spoke nearly three hours.
When he concluded
The House adjourned to six o'clock this
evening
Evening sitting.
AT o'clock the House was called to or
der.
The House resumed the unfinished bust :.
ness.
motion was made by Mr. RandoIhh to
postpone the subject to Friday next, aud los, ,
6S to SO.
A motion was made by Mr.. Randolph to
postpone it till to morrow.
Va this motion debate which from its
nature caused irrit alton, took place in which
Messrs Randolph and Eppes were tho prin-
cipal speakers.
Much warmth was excited and freouen.
callsto order made.
lhe question on postponement to to-mor-
Fow was decided by Yeas and Nays
For postponement a.
Against 1t u
Ateight O'Clock the debate progressed.
| MIR. Pifkqn spoke more than an hour a :
gainst the bill generally, and in support of
the particular proposition which he was
bout to make. He contended that he EN-
Peroi OF I rance mao not fulhled MS engage
ment to the U. States, in as much rs the de
crees, II revoked, which he denied, had not
been revoked on he day on which he had
eugaged TO revoke them. He quoted the
history OF the connection of Spain with
France as evidence of the peridy of Bona
parte, from whom he said No compliance
Win his promises could be expected, &c.
| In supporting his amendment, Nj; CON.
tended Tor its beneficial effects to our mer-
chants 1; and it would not, he said. be more
breach of our contract with France han
the first Sec OF the bill now before the House
he one was in fact as much a departure
from the engagement with France as the o.
ther. Inc following was the amendment of
fered by MIR. Ptk,n:
Provided also. that nothing in this act
or the &C to which this is a supplement
shall be construed to affect any vessels own
ed wholly by citizen citizens of the II
,. or the carSoes of any such vessels whicl,
shall have cleared out from any port in the
WEST Iholes within days after the I'd
of Feb. 1917
The following were the Yeas and Ma on
the motion:
YEAS--Messrs Alien, Blaisden Brock
enrldge: }. Z. Chamberlain, w Chamherlin.
champion, Cochran, Davenport, Ely, En-.
mott. GARDENER, Goldsborough, Gold. II lie
Haven, Hester. Huntingdon, Jenkins. Ken
needy, knickerbacker, Lyon, Macon, MAJ
thews, M'Bryde, M'Kee, Minor. Mtchill.
Moseley, Pearson, Ptkin, Quincy, Ran
dolPh, Scudder, Sheffey, Smelt, ). Smith.
stamford, Sturges, Swoope, Taggart, Tall
madge, Thompson, Van Horn, Wheaton.
Whitman, Wilson.-4s.
NAYS--Messrs l.. J. Aston, w. Aston
Anderson, Bacon. Bard, Barry. Basset, Bovd
Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun. Cheves
Clay, Crawford, Dawson, Desha. Zones
Findley, Gahnett, Gardner, Gholson, Good
wyn, Holland, Huf,y, Johnson, Love, LYLE
Mckinley Miller, Montgomery. N r
Moore, I. Moore. Morrow Mumford, New
bold. Newton, ]. Porter b Porter Rea
of Pen. Rhea Of Ten. r chards. RiDggoId.
Roane, Root, Ross, Sage, Seaver. Shaw,
Smile, G Smith, ] Smith, Tracy, from.
Turner, Whitehill, Witherspoon Wright.
So
So the motion was lost
Mr. Pitkin again moved to amend the
section by inserting after the provision ex-
coping from the operation of the sect. n
vessels which sailed for ports beyond the
Cape of Good Hope prior to the O,h da, of
November 1910, The words T any Dor in
the West Indies" He said his object was
TO place the traders in our produce 90 the
w. Indies on the same footing with the great
East India merchants
For the amendment 1o
Against it SIS
Mr.. Lyon said there was no use in sit
ting here when gentlemen would not an,
swer arguments that were advanced; and
when the only effect of his stavino he-e mo-.