Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-01-20

taken any step respecting the Militia or VoI-
unteers. We first agrcc ~ raise, what APP
scared to him, the most objectionable force,
which he feared would prevent due at,er,i-
on being paid to the Volunteers and Militia.
lie therefore thought, it would be improper,
in this stage of the business, fer the House to
'ecede. The Senate, it would be recoilect-
ed, is 4 part Of the Executive Branch of the
Government and the difference now between
the two Houses is, whether all the officers
shall be ut once appointed. Perhaps they
felt desire On this subject, arising from their
executive duty. He should wish to be salts
lied ON this point by a Conference, before he
agreed To- recede.
Mr.. Calhoun said, that the House had al
ready decided the IS ,OOO men were necessa-
ry; the only question at present, is ques-
ton OF expencc. Can any gentleman say
what the difference of eXpence will be
He believed it would be very inConsid-
cradle. The question of Peace or War
must be decided in three or four months
and several weeks would pass before
the appointments could be made. Con-
grcss would spend more Oh celebrating on
this subject THAN the difference Of expence
would amount to- In case the whole Of the
officers be appointed, the recruiting service
Will go OH much better than it would other
wise do. II, said MIR. e. we be serious OH the
question of ma-, we ought not to Sickle -
bout an c:pence of 90 or &c, 900 dollars II
temper Of this kind is to prevail in the
House it will shew that we are not ct to nan
age the affairs Of the nation. He knew the
eXpences of war are considerable, and they
will be so, az al events; BUT war carried On
with vigour would be less SO, than one car
ried on in feeble, ineffective way; ifsch-
tlemen were alarmed at measure of this
kind, at the commencement of our prepara-
tions, we had better proceed no farther.
Fir. Randolph said, he would make mo-
ton which would supcrcede the one before
the House. TWAS, that the further considc-
ration O. this subject sLould be indefinitely
postponed.
The question being stated, Mr. Randolph
rose, and made speech of about two hours
against the principle the bill. This speech
will be given in coursc.l
Alter which, the question on postponement
was taken without further debate, by Yeas
and Nays rs follow:
YEAS-Messrs. Bigelow, Breckenridge,
Bingham, Champion, Chittcndcn, Davenport,
Ely, Fitch, jackson, Key, Law, Lewis, Ma
con, M'Bryde, Mosely, Pearson, Pitkin, Pot
ter, Randolph, Rodman, Shefiey, Stanford,
Stewart, Sturges, Taggart, Tallmadge,
Wheaton, White, Wilson-3o.
NAYS-Mcsscrs. Anderson, Archer, Ba :
con, Bard, Bartlett, Bassctt, Bib, Black
ledge, Bleccker, Blount. Boyd, Brown, Bur-
well, Butler, Calhoun, Cheves. Clay, CO.
chran, Clopton, Condit, Crawford, Davis,
Dawson, Desha, Dinsnooi, Earle, Emott,
Findiey, Fisk, Franklin, Gholson, Gold,
Green, Grundy, B. Hall, o. Hall, Harper,
Halves, Hyneman, Johnson, Kent, King, La
| cock, Leftover, Little, Livingston, Lowndes
lyle Maxwell Moore, M'coy, M'Kee, NJ
him, Meltcalf, Minor, Mitchell, Morgan,
Morrow, Nelson, New, Nowbold, Newton,
Ormsby, Paulding, Pickens, Piper, Pound,
Porter, Quincy, Reed, Ringgold; Rhea,
toaEe, ROBERTS, Sage, Samm3ns, SAWYER,
Sevier, Seyhcrt, Shaw, Smile, G.. Smith, J..
smith, Stow, Strong, Sullivan, Tallman, Tai
iiaierro, Tracy, Troup, Turner, Van Cort-
iandt, Williams, Widsery, Wilson, Wright
-o7.
The question was then taken on rcceding
from the amendment in the provisio to the
first section of the bill, which limited the
appointment of officers to six regiments, and
| was decided as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Aston, Anderson, Ar
cher, Baosn, Bartlett, Bassett, Bigelow,
Biackledge, Brigham, Calhoun. Cheves,
Chittcndcn, Clay, Clopton, Condit, Dinsmore,
Ely, Fisk, Franklin, Gholson, Gold, Green,
Grundy, B. Hall, 0. Hall, Harper, Kent
Lacock, Lefever, Little, Livingston, Lown-
des, M'Coy, M'Kim, Mitchell, Mosely, New,
Ormsby, Paulding, Pitkin, Pond, Potter,
Reed, Ringgold, Rhea, Roanc, Summons,
Sawyer, Sewer, Seybert, Shaw, Sturges.
Sullivan, Taggart, Tallmadge, Tallman,
Tracy, Troup, Turner, Van Cortlandt,
Wheaton, White, Winn, Wright-67,
YFAS-Messrs. Bard, Bib, Blocker.
Blount, Boyd, Breckenridge, Brown, Bur-
we'll, Butler, Champion, Cochran, Crawford,
Davenport, Davis, Dawson, Desha, Earl, r.
mott, Findley, Fitch, HAYES, Hufty, Hyne-
man, Jackson, Johnson, Key, Lewis, LYLE,
Macon, Maxwell, Moore, M'Bryde, M'Kee,
Meltcait, Milnor, Morgan, Morrow, Nelson,
Ncwboid, Newton, Pearson, Pickcns, Piper,
Quincy, Randolph, Roberts. Rodman. Sage,
Seaver, Shelley, Smile, G.. Smith, j. Smith.
Stanford, Stewart, Strong, Talliaferto, Wild
gerry, Wilson--6O.
The question was then taken on receding
IRON the amendment which formed the 25th
section of the bill. providing that the officers
should continue in commission during such
term only as the President shall Judge reoui-
site, and carried by the same najortv as the
last.
lhe next question was, on rcceding from
the 26th section Of the bill, which provided
that no general, field or staff officer should
receive pay until called into service. This
question was lost, there being 10 votes for re-
eoding and 76 against It.
The last question was on rccedng from
the 2Ith section, which gave power TO the
President to appoint officers in the recess Of
The Senate. which was carried 81 to 40.
Adjourned.
january 10.