The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-03-23
Thvrsday, I1crch II.

tUftec, 20 WHOM was referred tbS rcS'1ctCn
or tire snhisc;of the copper coins, reported
that 1t was inexpcdient at th:s time 70 make
any alteration in the copper coius of The y.
States. Mr.. ). presented q letter from the
Director Of the Mint on the subject. whict,
was read. The report was then agreed
to. ,N
AN EMBARGO MOTION.
Mr.. Wood OF Mass. offered for cousi3era-
tion the following resolution
Resotved, That the committee of Ways
and Means be instructed 20 enquire into the
expediency Of allowing vessels whs Sc car
goes shalt consist of hrewooi, bark or lime
TO proceed from one port or place in state
to one or more ports In the same or an ad
joining state, under such restrictions and re
gulations as the President of the ". States
shall direct ard also into the expectancy of
allow ing the vessels heretofore chiefly em
ployed in the fisheries to be employed again
IN the s7me business.
On the question TO consider this motion,
which on the reQu;sition of Mr.. Wood was
decided by Yeas and Nays. the vote was as
follows:
For considering il SO
Against it 80
So the house refused now 60 consider the
resolution:
On mot on of ar. Yancey of ". c. the
house resolved itself into a committee of the
the report of the committee of Ways and
Means against the expediency Onto which
tbev had been, on motion of Mr.. Yancey, in
structed to cnquire) of amending tina. provi-
sion 10 the act of LAYING duties on licences to
retailers. &c. so far as respects the sale of
domestic spirits sold in less quantities than
Ave gallons. at the place where the same
shall have been distilled. and by the person
10 whom licence shall have been granted for
that purpose.
Mr.. Yaneey moved to amend the report
so as to declare it to he erhedient to make
the proposed amendment to the licence law.
His object was to makeit lega, for distilers
90 sell in any quantity not less than one gal
Ion.
After considerable debate In the CON-
mittee and afterwards in the House
This motion was decided in the mega
tive.
Friday, March 10.
PAUL CUFFEE'S BILL.
The house resolved itself into commit
tee of the whole. Mr.. Breckenridge of Vug.
in the chair, on the bill from q Senate for
suthorizing the President of the u. States to
permit the departure of Paul Cuffee with
. cargo to Sierra Leone together with the
report of the committee Of Commerce and
Manufactures against the same.
This bill is predicated en- the petition of
Paul Cuffee, an African by descent, which
our readers will doubtless recollect to have
read in our paper some weeks ago. and its
object is sufficiently explained by the title
of the bill
This bill underwent discussion Of a very
difcse n1ture, and of no little length, in IN e
course of which the object OF the bill was
supported by Messrs. Wheaton, Grosvenor,
Pickering, Taggar', Baylies, Webster, Far
row, Duval and Shipherd, and opposed by
Messrs. Newton, Wright, M'Kim, Kerr,
Ingham, Fisk of VT. and Ingersnll
This bill was supported or the ground of
the excellence of the general character of
Mr.. Cuffee the philanthrcphy of his views
the benefits to humanity and religion gen
orally OF which success in these views
might be productive the benefits which
would result to the u. S. particularly from
the establishment Of an institution which
would invite the emigration of free blacks,
part of our population which we could
well spare, &c. &c.
On the other hand the bill was opposed
on various grounds. Whilst the excellence
of the general character of Mr.. CufFee was
was said that the bill would violate, in favor
of a foreign mission, that policy which we
had refused to infringe for the sake even
of our coasters and fishermen that Mr..
Cuffee might depart in neutral vessels
with his companions, but that it would be
improper to permit him to carry out q car
go, which was not at all necessary to his
views of propagating the gospel; that his
voyage would be contrary to the policy of
existing laws. independent of the embargo
policy, because Sierra Leone was British
settlement that as this was a British set
Element, in the possession of a nation claim
ing and asserted to be the bulwark of our re
ligion, there was no occasion for cargoes de
parting from the u. States to enable her to
carry her views into effect, &c.
Interminyed in this debste was consider
able controversy and something like asperi-
ty asto the character of the British nation
for religion & humanity, in which Mr.. Pick.
ering of Mass on the one side, and Mr.. Kerr
o. Va. and FIX OF VT. on the other, were
the principal debators, and also on the evil
which might result; from transporting liberia
ted slaves from this country to British set
tlement. The question however appeared
TO the reporter to turn on the expediency of
permitting, under the existence of the
restrictive system, cargo to go out
which must necessarily sail under British
Gcence, which 1t was argued would not be
granted uuiess it we're considered advanta-
geous to the interest OF the enemy that such
trade should be carried on.
The debate having been extended to the
usual hour Of adjournment, the committee
reported the bill to the House with certain
amendments. and on the question on thu
passage Of the bill to a third reading, which
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