The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-03-20

or any other mole Of replcn;sh;sg the trca-
sury. And thus BY Al per ceitage from pre-
ducc exported as well as imported, there
would be q two-fold chance, double OPP
portul.ity, ct collecting money for the public
service. The method, Mar. NJ. thought.
would be both cheap and easy and. IN o.
Their respects, as uneXcepiioEable as any he
could think of.
He nevertheless begged the House to OBJ
serve that he did not intend to press AN i'm
mediate decision. II, by bringing the mat.
ter forward, he should be fortunate enough
to excite serious inquiry into its merits,
he should feel high qualification < should
the proposal be eventually found worthy OF
support. he should .exl erienee additional
pleasure. In the hope of such result, he
asked leave to lay his molten on the table,
for consideration, in the following terms, to
wit -
"REsoLvED, BY the Senate and House
Of ReiircSentatives Of the United STATES Of
.dneTlcd, an Congress assembled, two thirds
OF both Houses dseming it necessary. that
the following article be proposed to the Lee
gisiatures of the several States as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the u. States,
which. when ratified by three-fourths Of the
said Legislatures, shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the Constitution, to
wit -
The sentence consisting of the words "no
fac or daty shall be laid on articles e.rhor
ted from any Statr," in the ninth section of
the first article of the Constitution, is here
oy repeated and in place thereof is inser-
ted the foilowing:-" Congress shall have
power to lay and collect taxes, duties and
lmposts, as well upon exports as Imports
mr.. IL. Hall called for the consideration
OF the resolution some time ago submit ted
by him, authorizing each state. to pay its
proportion of the direct tax in clothing, &C.
he House refused to take it up.
Mr.. Rhra called for the order of the day
on the bill concerning Post Offices s, Post
Roads.
Mississiffi State or Ierritoru.
he unfinished business of yesterday, the
Dill TOR enabling the people Of the Mississip-
pr territory to form constitution and state
government having preference
Mr.. Rhea moved to postpone the bill until
Monday week. This mu,ion, after aebate.
was negatived, SO to So.
mr. otow moved 20 postpone til G bill to
Monday next. Motion lost without a d;vi-
The House then resolved. itself into com.
mittee OF the whole, Mr.. NELSON in the
chair, on the said bill.
Hr. foMderter, after some introduced
~ remarks, offered the following amend
ment -
:" ind be il further enacted, That the
SAID state shall consist of all that tract of
country contained within the following
o2undar'es, to wit: beginning on the River
mississippi, at the point where the southern
boundary line of the state of Tennessee u
mites with the same thence. along said line
70 Its junction with the western boundaryiof
the state OF Georgia /; thence along the said
boundary to the thirty-frst degree of lati-
tude, and along said degree of latitude to a
point opposite the River Perdido !; thence to
the junction of said River with the Gulf of
Mexico, including all islands within six
leagues OF the shore, to the junction of Pearl
River with the Lake Ponchartrain and IN
said. River to the SIst degree of latitude,
thence to the River Mississippi, and up the
same To the beginning"
The question on this amendment wasta.
ken without debate, and carried.
or Clay .(Speakcr) moved to add the
Following Proyiso, to follow after the section
just adopted which would have the effe ct
70 Keep that portion of country, taken pos
session OF under the Presidents proc lamati-
on, subject to future negotiation
,,";f'roufded, That nothing herein contain
ca snail De so construed as to prevent that
portion OF the territory celnprehended within
.he said boundary, formerly composing a
part OF the country known by the name of
west Florida, being subject to future nego-
ciat,on on the part of the u. S."
Mr. Clay, Mr.. Poindexter and Mr.. Ma
con spoke in support of this notion
Messrs Rhea, Mitchill and Wright oppo-
sedit ofFo
The amendment was adopted without 4
division. :"
Various ether amendments were made to
the details of the bill. The month of SEN
TENDER was fixed on for the meeting of the
convention.
condensed statement Of the procee-
dlngs on this subject shall be given here
1he bill having been reported to the house.
and the house having agreed to take up the
same
An adjournment took place.
-, Friday, March 1s.
Mr.. CheOes offered the following res olu-
ton, promising that he was induced to pro-
pose It from wish 20 bring before Congress
the claim Of one of his constituents, which
would be embraced in the scope of this en-
quiIy
Z" ResoiUcd, That the committee of public
lands lie directed to enquire what provision
ought to be made respecting lands granted
by the British government of Wcst-Florida.
not subsequently recognized by the Spanish
government, and the claims to which have
been hled according to law with the regis
ters OF the United States and that they
have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
After some general objections by Mr..
Rhea, the resolution was adopted.
m. Porter moved for leave for the com
So. r IN