Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-01-10
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MIR. Wright SAID he h oped this subje,
would not be marked for Monday next
will be recollected, said h, Il, that the eres
and important business OF he army and ma
Wy. which ought in the opiL ion of every pa
triot to occnpy the House uninterrupted,
until they are properly pro, iced for. and sa
tisfactorily disposed ct, will Engage as far be
yond that time; thai 1t will be improper Z
occupy tile time of this Ho, se in that nef,
Ignerre against the administ ration, W lille III
attention of the House ought: to be pro, cccu
pied in the fol- eigu war we HOW are en- gage,
in against Great Britain and her sava, &c al
lies. would,ask the quo a.s,mo by ,hicl
this business is brought before US, as we'll a
the chi 6ono-is it to streng ,hen the arnu O
government or to paralize it Z Can it be tn,
object of gentlemen who were opposed ts
the war TO plotract it by sewing the seeds O.
dissention against the government lean
assure him that II is tine wish of the gent. r
men who declared the war to effect the OBJ
| ject oft. to wit-an honorable peace, ana
\ that without delay. do hope that the
friends to the prosecution OF the war with
energy and effect, will not agree to take up
| that subject at the time proposed And, sir,
to enable them 20 express their opinions,
will move that they be taken up on the fourth
of March, the ides of March being a memo
rable day in the annals of history, and in
my judgment proper time to take up a
subject of the complexion of the one now un
der consideration. and this House will recol-
| j CT, that hey are now called on to secure
the blessings purchased by the blood OF their
fathers the patriots of the revolution, and
hand them down unimpaired to posteri,y
The question on the postponement to the
4th Monday in March next, was decided by
yeas and nays as follows:
For the postponement 60
AgaiHstit SO
So the postponement was not agreed to-
MIR Grundy of Tenn. who had voted in
the minority on the last motion against post
ponement to the fourth March, now moved
to postpone it to the irstt Monday in Febru>
AIRY.
Mr.. Webster opposed SO long postpone
ment, though he intimated that he should
feel no objection to postponement for two
weeks.
Mr. CASTOR Of N. G. also opposed SO long
postponcment, which he feared would have
the appearance of giving the go By to this
discussion. He should not object to two
weeks POSTPONE ment, at which time, if in the
way of business of greater urgency. it would
d ubtless not be pressed by gentlemen on his
side of the house.
Mr.. Desha of KY. expressed his opinion
that this subject had been sufficiently discus
| sed at the last session. The house had OBJ !.
! tanned thereon all the information within lis
| control and he could not see why they
should fake up the time of the house in fur
Their discussion. He therefore moved. thar
the business be postponed indefinitely.
! The Speaker declared this motion in the
present stage Of the business to be out of or
| der.
Mr.. Calhoun OF S. C. said, he hoped that
! the motion for the LIST Monday in February
would no. succeed. He preferred Monday
! next, because it was the day designated BY
| the gentleman himself who had first agitat<
ed this subject. MIR. G. believed that greet
majority of this Hohse and of the nation
were already satisfied, in relation to the to-
pics to be embraced by the proposed discus
| sion. If the gentleman, however, was no,
| satisfied himself. and wished farther OPP
| ,,or;nni;y to create doubts of the Justice or
necessity of the war, he wished to give the
| gentleman his owntime to prove it unjust.
| And here, said Mr. G. if not out OF order,
| let me set the gentleman right as to re"
| mark he made in his preliminary observati
| ons. The gentleman called upon gentlemen
on this side of the House to prove the JUS
| tice of the war. That is nor necessary it
| has been Otter done before. The burthen OF
| trcof. ON the presumption that Our Country
! is always IN the right till the coatrary be
| proved, now cert ainly rests with the gentle
! man from New Hampshire and his friends
! on that side 81 the House. Let the gentleman
| then have his Own time. There were, Mr.
| G. SAID, strong reasons Why gentlemen on
4 this side Of the House should agree with him
in opinion on this subject. AS to the great
business Of the session, giving vigor to the
| operations of the army or the navy, he hop
ed neither this or any other business would
be permitted to interfere with il and he
pledged himself, for one, who was in favor
of Monday, that he would not bv his vote
! sanction its Interference with any measure
calculate to give vigor to the war. do
strongly believe, said s4r. & that on the
points agitated III the report accompany
the Presidents Message, there is clear de-
monstralion of the justice and necessity OF
the war, in which the Republicans of the
House and OF the nation have reason TO re
4 joice, and the discussion of which will afford
them further cause of exaltation.
i. Mr. Grnndy, in consequence, as he re-
marked Of the disposition expressed on the
other side Of the house not to permit this dis
: cussion to interfere with other business, with
drew his motion for postponement.
And the discussion was made the order o
the day for Meuday next.
The engrosscd bill granting the right o
! prescription to Moses Hook, was read thirt
time, passed and sent to- the Senate.
. MIR. PICKENS' MOTION.
; On motion Of Mr.. Pickeus Of N. G. the
, House resolved itsclfinto a committee 9th,