Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-12-04

together with shout tses sasagcs nau
trayersedp : sviidsrness of $50 miles
from Maiden until they reached WITHIN
go miles Of Fort Wayne, with cannon
to aid the attack upon that place; ou,
who were fortunately driven away and
compelled to retreat BY the let. wing o.
the North West army! Would he oe'
nv that the Indians fought against Us,
and by the side of the English regulars
near Brownstewn where they were oe-
fsatsd by the yalor OF our troops
Would he deny that the same hsstie
savage. had fallen upon orr fron!ier
after the surrender Of Hull, committing
their barbarities until checked oy lns
force. from Kentucky and Ohle Mr'
]. said it was no longer matter Oh OPP
Mon or belief, but a notorious posluse
fsct-whsre then, he required, was the
promise of CO operation Where vas
the pledge that had been glyel'-ss was
it supposed that the British were no"
justified in employing the savasss %
murder dsfcnceiess women and Children
or to smplsy them 10 contest oetwsen
civilized nations? Mr.. ]. sald ne nau
not been unmindful Of the pledge ~nich
had been given-he thought OF IT when
he was in pursuit Of the savages IN com
pany with his brave and pStriotic mel
He shonld have been much grained 70
have had the gentleman from virgins
by his side, not only iii the pursuit. out
he would have been more gratineo 10
have found the enemy.
MIR. J. said he did not feel disposed 10
pursue the gentlemen ffsm Virginia IN
other remarks which he had made-thc
gentleman had enumerated principles
which his opinion would at some period
destroy the republic. Mr.. ]. said tho
liberties of the people and the Cause OF
the republic would be much more likely
in his opinion to be jeopardizsd OF the
gentleman was to succeed in his oPpo-
sition 10 war, which was not only JUST
on our part, but one which could not be
avoided.
The gentleman from Virginia had
spoken of his own consistency and his
standing at his post as faithful cent?
mel; which was all admissible. But not
satisfied with this declaration, the tede-
raj gentlemen were represented as ha-
wing changed from the high tened mea-
sures and principles in the reign OF ter
rsr and become advocates OF indcPeDd-
ence and frccdon.-and that of the re-
psbiicans in this House, the majority
had abandoned their old wing principles
Mr.. J. observed, that if the day was not
a,most gone, and the patience OF the
house aI,nost exhausted, he should feel
il his duty to resort to the records, the
Journals Of the house, and examine the
correctness of the ground which had
been assumed, but not maintained, as 10
the consistency of gentlemen. For his
part, (Mr. ]. saidD he should content
himself with saying he believed the ma
i"rity we're supporting the great canss
of the country, of independence and
freedom, and that an opposite course
had an opposite tendency.
The question was then taken on the
o,otion 10 rccommit The bill and lost
For rcconImitment AZ
Against it 81
The bill was then passed without fur
Their debate, by Yeas and Nays as iol-
lows:
YEAS-Me.srs. Aston, Anderson,
Bacon, Bsssett, Backledge, Brown, But
Ter, Calhoun, Carr, Cheres, Clay, Coch-
ran, Contlit, Crawford, Cuts, Davis,
Dawson, Desha, Dnsmoor, Earle, Find
Icy, Fisk, Franklin, Ghslson. Goodsyn,
B. Hail, o. Hall, Harper, Halves, Hyne-
nsn, Johnson, Kent, I.acock, Lowndes,
Lylc, Maxwell, MCoy, M Kim, Melcaif,
Mitchiil, Morgan, Morrow, Nelson,
Newton, Pleas.ars, Pond, Richardson.
Rhea, Roanc, Roberts, Sage, Sawyer,
Seybcri, Shaw, Smile. G. Smith, J.
Saith, Strong, Taliaferro, TrouP, Tur-
ner, Williams, Widgery, Winn-64.
These who voted in the negative, ars
Messrs Bigelow, Boyd, Breckenridge
Brigham, Champion, Chittendeb, Cooke,
Davenport, Ely, Emo,t, Fitch, Gold,
Hufty, Jackson, Law, Lewis, Macon,
M'Bryde, Minor, Mosclay, Newbold,
Pearson, Pi!k'n, Potter, Quincy, Ran
dolph. Reed, Rdscly, Roduan, Sam
mons, Stanford, S,argcs, Taggsrt, Tall
mad.e, Wheaton, White, Wilson-s7.