The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-02-04


excise laws and he could scarcely conceive
any consideration which would induce him
to vote for taxes of this description We
ought, said Mr.. "A. TO be careful, in enter.
ing upon this war, not to run foul of the pre-.
JUDGES OF the people, prejudces highly laud..
able from the causes which produced them.
Let 1t not be supposed, said he, am not
disposed to go as far as any person in sup
porting the rights of the country, and in vo-
.!hS TOT the means to enforce their protec-
ton but wish those means to be such az
VIII be palatable to the people and, ifprac-
ucaoie' 1t would, in his opinion, be much
better that this war, for the first wear
should De carried on by means of ioans--
ana, Tor this purpose, he proposed the fol-
lowing resolution:
hesofved, That the Secretary Of tho
lreasury be directed to give thu. House
suol information as he may possess relative
to the practicability OF efiect:ng leans for the,
government of the United States, to what A.
what rate of Interest,"
Alter Mr.. Smile had causetlr an extract
from Mr.. Gsl'atin's late letter, touching
,his subject, TO be read, the resolution waS
agreed to. -
The order of the day, viz. the bill concer-
in'ng the Naval Establishment, was then ta--
Ken up and the question on agreeing to
NIL up the blank in the section providing
Dock-Y ard, with one hundred thousand doi-
lors, being under CT sideration, Mr. Chepee
stated the ground upon which the commits,
tee had recommended this provision of the
oli' ana replied to some remarks of his col.
league lMr. Williams) made yesterday.
M Rhea then moved to strike ont the
no section In relation to the Dock-Yard.
which, alter some little debate, was carri-
tn 1,xas
wcrr I: -
HEAS--Messrs. Anderson, Bacon, Bard.
bibb, boyd, Brown, Burweli, Butler, Coch-
ran, Crawford, Davis, Desha, Franklin.
Gholson, Goodwin, Gray, Grundy, O. Hall.
Harper, Halves, Hufty, Hyneman, Johnson.
Kent, Lacock, Lefever, Lyle, Macon, Moore,
M'Coy, M'Kee. Metcalf, Morgan, Morrow,
n eison, New, Newbold, Ormsby, Pearsons
Pickens, Piper, Rhea, Roane. Roberts, Rod
Stanford, Strong, Talliaferro, Whitehllir
Williams, Winn.-56. s,.l
.NAYS--Messrs Aston, Archer. BaIcer.
Bassett, Blackledge, Blocker. Brecken-
bridge, Brigham, Champion, Cheves, Chit.
tenden, Condit. Davenport, Dawson. Earle.
Ely, EmOtt, Findleys Fitch, Gold, Green,
kng' Law, Little, Livingston, Lowndes,
MaXwen, M,Bryde, M'Kim, Milnor, Nose.
n.y. Newton Pitkin, Peasants, Pond Pot
Summons, g. Smith, Sturges, Taggart.
Tracy Turner, Van Coitlandt, Wheaton.
WhEe, Widgery. Wilson, Wright-5a.
AIr: BiacktedSe moved a new section To
the Oil, providing for the building of four
seventy-tour gun ships. AS an inducemeny
to the House to adopt this new section. he
stated there were sufficient timber & guns
On mare mat the whole expence would
nor exceed 100000 dollars, and the guns
q 4.
preparation OF S24 600 dollars only. would
DE necessary &c Complete them
The question was negativcd 7s to 20
The votes were :
lLAS-Messrs, Baker, Bassett. B;geloy.
biackledge, Blocker, Brock cnridee, Brig.
nam, Davenport, Ely, Emott. Fitch, g i3.
,ackson, Law, Livingston, Lowndes, Mp
5lyde' Minor, Nelson, Newton, Pearson,
pitkin' Potter, Quincy, Reed, Rdgsly, Sam
Cortlandt, White-33
NAlS-Messrs. Aston, Anderson, Ar
cher, Bacon, Bard, Bib. Boyd. Brown, But.
Ter, Champion, Cochran, c ndit, Crawford.
DAVIS, Dawson, Desha, Dinsmcor, Earle,
flndiey, Fisk, Franklin, Gholson, Goodwin,
Gray, Green, Grumdy, o. Hall, Earper.
aawes, Hufty, .Hyneman, johnson, Kent,
king, Lacock, Leftover, LYLE, Macon, Max
weft' Moore. M'Coy, M'Kee, M'Kim. Met
Soii' >AoI gan, MoTrOW, New, NeWbOd,
Ormsby, Pickens, Piper, Peasants, Pond.
Hmggold, Rhea, Roane, Roberts, Rodman,
sage, Seaver, Seybcrt, Shaw, Smile, G.,
smith, Stanford, Strong, Taliaferro, Tracy,
lrouP. turner, Whitehi1, Williams, Wild
gerry, Wilson, Wrght-76
| The bill was then ordered to be engross-
| ed for third reading tomorrow.
On motion ofMr. l.. X. URFars, the
House resolved itself into committee of
the whole, Mr.. BREcKENBRrDeK in the
chair, on the bill supplementary to an act
more efectually to provide for th4 rational
defence, by establishing an uniform militia
throughout the u S. and to an act making
provision for arming and equipping the
whole body of the militia Of the +. 5. The
bill havins been gone through, without a.
mendment,
| Mn tftIioms said, il might be expected
from him, as n duty, TO state what were the
reasons which induced the committee to
bring tofw ard this bill. AS the day was f.
spent, however, and az this could be as well
done IN the house, as in the committee Of
the whole, he would move that the commit,
tee rise and report the bill. The committee.
I rose accordingly.
his bill proposes the division of the nil
lltIa into three classes. The first, is TO cont
sist OF such persons as are over 10 and mr. l.
der Fl years of age, ~ be called the .n1iuoy
Class, TO be ordered out whenever detach-
n ri 4