The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-28

JOHN RODGERS.
Tie hon. PaYi Nuuii,on,
SecSetcry et the Navy.
The message aud documents were read
and referred to the committee of Foreign
Relations and
The tioase adjourned.
Saturday, Jan. 81.
Inr. Peiaderter presented peti,on of
the Legislature of Mississippi, praying a
grant of a certain 0uantit, OF musketS, bis
| tolls and swords, for defence nj SAID terri
torg. Referred to the Secretary OF War.
ar EaSseif. from the committee of ma
val alters, reported amendments TO the bill
regulating pensions 20 persons on board of
private armed vessels which were read
a6d referred tn COMMITTEE of the whole.
Mr.. II. also reported Y bal prevailing Gem
pensall"n 10 the ,fGc.:, &nd crew OF tie
C'~.iiiut'"" s.rcaptni iny aid destroying he
h1t:Sh t"':;te tii,cr'l@ie, which was re AL
twice anil cnmn,tic
AIr - W!Go's r D,ited the bill from the
SENATE supplementary to the militia law,
with amendments; which was agreed 10, Sc
the bill ordered to Sd reading.
Mr.. Nelson, from the Select Committ,.
on the subject. made report in favor OF the
allowance OF certain lAhtls to the officers &c
| soldiers of the Virginia line in the revolu-
tionary war on state establishment which
was read and committed.
NAVY LOAN.
mir. 62iiuor moved the following resoln.
ton
Resoiura, That the committee of WAYS
and means De instructed to report bill
authorisng loan OF dollars
| TOR building and equipment of all such ships
and vessels OF war as have been or NAV be
directed to be built by any law Of the pre-
sent session.
| Mr.. CAeues moved that the resolution lie
! on the table.-Mouon lost
| After short but animated debate, the
question on the resolution was decided as
| follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Baker, Bieelow. Bleeck-
err, breckenridge, Cooke, Davenport, Emott.
Fitch, Gold, Goidsborough, jackson, Mil
nor, Mosely, Pitkin, Quincy, Reed, Ridgelv,
SheHey, Stuart, Sturges, Taggart, Tall
madge, Iallman, Wheaton, White & Will
son-26
NAYS-Messrs. Aston. Andersen, Ar
cher, Bard, Bassett, Bib, Blackledge BOYD,
Brown, Burwsi!, Butler, Calhoun, Champi-
on, Cheves, Chittenden, Cochran, Clopton.
Condit, Crawford, Cults, Davis, Dawson,
l5esha, Dnsmoor. Earle, Findley, Fisk,
Franklin, GhoIson, Gray, Green, Grundy.
4. Hall, o. Hall, Halves, Hufty. Hyneman,
Johnson, Kent, King, Lacock, Lewis, Lown-
des, Lyle, Macon. Moore. M.Coy, Nike,
M'Kim, Metcalf. MitchilI, Morgan. Nor
row, Nelson, New, Newbod, Newton. Pear
Il a.
bertson, Rhea. Roberts. Rodman, Sage, Sam
! mons, Sawyer. Seaver. Sewer, Seybert,
Shaw, G. Smith, ]. Smith, Turner, White
hill. Williams, Widgery, Winn and Wright
81.
So the NOTES was rejected.
LOAN SOR 1873. ~
On motion of MIR. Iheves, the House re-
solved itself into a committee Of the whole,
Mr.. Nelson in the chair, or the bill al
thorlsing loan of sum not exceeding
millisns Of dollars. =,
| Mr.. Chepes. in a very lucid and able
Speech developed the state of our finances
and the calculations, &c. OH which the hill
was predicated.
Mr.. Bigeiozv moved to strike ont the 1st
section OF the bill, and spoke at some length
In support OF the motion, and against the
war, which the bill was intended to support.
The question was decided thus:
Fnr the motion %
Against it ~
The blank in the BILL for the amour, of
the loan, was filed with the sum of sirtee,.
millions of dollars, on motion OF Mr.. Cbeves.
Mr. 7inor moved to amend the first sec
ton OF the bill, by inserting after the clause
giving the authority to borrow, the words
= at rate nor c.rceeding tier cent.
fer annun.''
Mr.. M. remarked in support of this mott.
on, substantially. that too great power had
always, from the commence mcnt of the no.
Vernment OF this country been reposed I'M:
the Executive; that the opinion to the con.
trsry was great error; and that this bill.
giving the President power to borrow at un-
limited interest, placed in his hands an e.
Iormous and Unprecedented power. He al
SO said that he astonshcd at the re-
sort continually had at the present day TO.
the measures of 1893, of which the peol
PIE had SO decisively expressed their dis
appreciation that he had not approved all
the measures of that day, and the eight per
cent. loan was one he had disapproyed
that 1t was howeverless objec tionable than
the provisions of the present bill. because
the government had in that case declared in
manly end open manner the interest they
would allow, whilst in this bill the amount os
interest to be paid was hidden from the peo-
PIE in the general phraseology & unlimited
provisions of the bill.
in reply to this, Mr.. Cheves remarked.
that he too. like the gentleman from Penn
syivana, nau uIslIEed many of the measures
oi Mr. Adams's administration, but it was
not to such of those measures az nave been
adopted by the present majority, that he
then objected ; lac had then concarred. for
instance, III the measures taken to resist tltf q,
aggressiOns OF France, but he certainly did
not therefore approve of raising an army 70
meet TOO with whom we could not possi-
bly, come in Contact, and who could not land
a rran on our shores that the gentleman
was under misapprehension If he supDosed
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