The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-23

place on It, in the course of which motion
was made by Mr.. Grmady to lay the reso-
tuition on the table, and negatived--6O t.
IS.
The following was the course of debate
which was Of too irregular a nature to be
reported entire.
Mr.. Grundy opposed the motion, because
it had already been declared impracticable
by the Committee of Ways and Means, to
act properly on the subject at the present
session.
Mr.. Little Supported it on the ground of
his opposition TO suspension of the non
importation act, 4 measure which he rep
rotated as injurious to the manufactures of
our country and weakening our measures
against Great Britain, of which he consid-
cred the non-imporla act to be as power
full as any.
Mr.. Sfosv advocated the motion, because
he wished the house to redeem the pledge
given at their last session that taxes would
be laid at this. and to observe something
like consistency in their proceedings.
DIR. Wright was also warmly in favor of
the measure, 6 rather imputed blame to the
committee of Ways & Means for not having
before acted on this subject, without wait
ing for instructions from the house.
Mr.. Bi66 replied to the remarks which
had been made i'll favor,of the resolution
at the last session it was presumed that it
woud be necessary to lay taxes at this
session but the revenue accruing in
the Intermediate time had swelled so far
beyond its anticipated amount as to rem
der it unnecessary to levy taxes for
the service of the ensuing year.
Mr.. W1Sht again spoke in favor of the
motion.
Dzr. Richardson was decidedly in favor of
repeal or modification of the non imporea
ton act. though he believed both that mea
sure and the Imposition of taxes would be
necessary to supply the revenue.
Mr.. M'Rim was in favor of the motion
because he was opposed to the suspension
or weakening of the non importation act.
Mr.. Chepes spoke at length in defence
of the committee of Ways and Means, and
in demonstration of the impracticability OF
acting on the subject properly at the pre-.
sent session. Sitting day and night, and
passing by ali other business, proper sys.
tenn of taxation could not be digested and
put into the form of law before he end of
the session. Two only, out of fourteen of
the bills it would be necessary to pass to
carry the system proposed at the last sessi
on into effect, would require the whole of
the present session to perfect them. The
passage of system of taxation, besides.
would not obviate the necessity of the pas
sage OF the law for suspending partially
the non-importation act. 1t would require
both. The taxes, he agreed, must be laid,
but could not at the present session.
M. fright replied.
Mr.. Stozv again spoke. He would if all
the tax-5iils could not be passed at least
pass one. and break the charm which SEEM
ed to Withhold the house from touching the
subject.
Mr.. -1rcher moved to strike out the
whole of the resolution, for the purpose of
inserting an instruction to the committee of
Ways and Means to report bill or bills.
hursuont 10 the REPORT Of the committee of
Rays and Means on this subject, which
PASSED the house on the 4th day of March
1912.
This modification of the motion was &C
cepted by Mr.. Little.
Mr.. Cheves then withdrew his objection
to the motion, as it contained dehuite in
struction, and he felt dclicacy as mem
Der of the committee of Ways and Means
i'm opposing it, though he was convinced il
would be impracticable to pass the bills at
the present session.
Mr.. Roberts opposed the motion, & ex-
pressed his regrett that the discussion, which
was fixed for to morrow should be forestall
ed by this resolution.
Mr.. johnson warmly opposed the motion
which had iabored day and night in its vo-
cation. and requiring them to originate
measures which they had already declared
it impractcatle to act on at the present
session. &c.
MIR. Widgery also spoke against the
motion, g 'cidedy.
The qu stion on the adoption of the reso-
luton, as modified by Mr.. Archer, was de-
ciled as follows:
YEAS--Anderson, Archer, Bard, Bar
nett, Bib, Brown, Burwell, Butler, CAL
houn, Cheves, Clopton, Crawford, Dawson,
Desha, Earle, Franklin, Gholson, Good
wyn, Green, Grundy, Halves, Hufty, La
cock, Little, Lowndes, Lyle, Moore, Met
calf, Nelson, Newton, Peasants, Roane,
Roberts, Robertson, Sage. Summons, Seaver.
Sewer, Seybert, Shaw, G.. Smith, ]. Smith,
Stow, I aiaferro, Whitehill, Williams, Winn,
Wright.-N.
NAYS-Messrs. Aston, Avery, Bacon
Baker, Blackledge, Boyd, Breckenridge,
Carr, Champion, Chittenden, Clay, Coch-
ran, Condt, Cuts, Davenport, Davis.
Dinsmoor, Ely, Fisk, Fitch, Gold. Goldsbo-
rough, Gray, Grosvenor, b. Hall, o. Hall,
Harper, Hyneman. Jackson, Johnson, Kent,
King, Law, Lewis, Macon, M'Bryde, NJ
Coy, MKee, M'Kim. Minor, Morgan.
Morrow. Moseley, Newbold, Ormsby, Pear
son, Pickens, Piper, Pitkin, Porter, Potter,
Rhea. Rodman, Sawyer, Sewer. Stanford.
Stuart, Strong, Sturges, Taggart, Tall
madge, Tracy, Troup, Turner, Van Cort-
landt, Wheaton, Widgery, Wilson.-69.
So the motion was rejected.
Tine engrossed bill supplementary to the
several acts on the subject of an uniform