Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-07
Congress gf The United States.
uoIIse OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MosD4r, 6th January, 1912.

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81 rpnn,p,cpn FOR THIS GAZETTE.
Il Nj. Bacon, from the committee Oh ways
n cone made a further report on the petition
.nndry collectors praying for anincrease OF
,,rv The report is unfavosable. 1t was
d e.ay - 4 cornrnittee of the whole house.
MIR Crndy, from the committee ofForelgn
,..;ons to whom was recommitted the bill
sntboris;ng the President to accept the service
h any number of yoluntesfs not exceeding
ko ooo men, again reported that bill, with va
,;ous amendments. Itwas referred to COM
>.nites of the whole ON Wednesday.
~ MIR. Williams, from the committee on mill
)tary affairs, reported supplementary to
ftbe act 10 raise for limited time an addition
<al military force (passed April, l8oS.) The
cbect Of this bill is to furnish the light artll-
Slcry, authorised by that law, with horses. Re-
aferrad to committee of the whole tomorrow.
MIR. Blackledge offered the following reso-
buttons, which were agreed to |. Resolved,
\ That committee be appointed to inquire IN
ITO the expcdiency gathering the term ofhold
&ing the district court Of the U. S. for the dis
ftrict of ~ Carolina, with leave to report by
bill or otherwise. 2. Resolved, That COM
enittee be appointed to inquire into the expe-
&diency of requiring security to be given in
eases of appeal from the district courts of the
NJ S. to the circuit courts, with leave to report
3by bill or otherwise.
8 Mr. Speaker laid before the house report
8 from the secretary Of the navy, inciosing a
statement OF the number of public vessels re-
4 p~ired since 1901, and the costs. Ordered to
lie on the table.
q The house again resumed the considera-
tlon Of the bill for raising an additional army.
ar, Stanford spoke against the bill, and a
gainst war measures generally. He insisted
that the United States as good if not bet
\ Ter cause OF war with France in 1919, than
we had now with England AS 10 the opini-
On that the fears entertained at that time of
French invasion were merely visionary, he
observed, that there was good authority for
oehevng that The Executive Directory did
'"oolt~te such project. The former French
uecrees were as fragrant violations of neutral
'iSa's as the present British orders in coun-
Gil; aud the depredations under those de-
''ess even exceeded the captures under the
@'ter' Yet the nation was now called upon to
'coe' 1of honor, although the minority in con-
s.sss were violently opposed to it then. They
'"eaSht this doctrine unwise, because honor
S@'0 as much compel a nation to go to war
'Y' the capture of one vessel as of any
,"o' hamber (; but the great body of the
Aa'e'tcah people were in favor of peace -
WIN regard 70 imprcssnent, that was ne
VT considered sufficient cause of war under
@is FORMER administration. A great proper
O'' 0i lle men impressed were British sub.
u.s. : some Of whom had rever seen the y
''A'eS' 10 show that this was the fact, he
80 an extract from an official document pre-
;, l''ea % congress last year.-He deprecated
,"' P0ilcy OF going to war for foreign con-
sSNs' 1t was this that had deluged Europe
0i0od. he did rot doubt our ability Il
Hi0er the Canadas but he did NOT be.
I've that ibis would accomplish our object
%'aos' nc believed that the Canadas bad hi
:" preserved US at peace Tor Great Bri