The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-10-08

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And the House adjourned To Monday.
MONDAY, OCT. 8.
HONORARY REWARDS.
or. Irouh q Geo. from the committee on
Military Affairs, reported two Joint resolu-
tons, expressing the sense entertained by the
Congress of the gallantr'y and good conduct
with which the reputation OF the arms of the
United States had been sustained by Mai.
Generals Brown, Scott and Gaines, and Bri-
gad'er General Macomb, during the present
campaign.
Ni'. Fisk Of ". moved to refer the resolves
to a committee AZ the whole house There,
were two names omitted in one resolve. he
meant those OF Gen. Porter and Gen. Ripley,
which had been associated in all the actions
named in it and he did not see why, IS such
should also be the opinion,o of the House, they
should not be incorporated in the resolution, as
their merits in his opinion entitled them to
be.
Mr.. Iromh Of Geo. said 1t was desirable
that these resolutions should be acted on with
nanimity il not, they would be deprived OF
half their value and consequence-he should
not, therefore object to any course the House
might think proper to pursue in relation to
them. he report OF this morning was Intended
only as report in part. In acting OH a aues-
tion so enyironed with delicacy and difscul-
mittee 60 prescribe some limitations to 1tself,
and 1t appeared to them chat The House would
acknowledge the same necessity. The First
limit they had agreed on was 70 the present
campaign-the second, 70 General Officers in
the army of the United States In consider
ing this subject, the claims of others than
these expressly noticed could not have been
passed over by the committee. The
names mentioned by the gentleman from
Vermont had particularly claimed their at
IGNITION. lhe name of Porter was intimately
sSOt onIy had he been Distinguished by his raj
lantIg- and good conduct in the felu, h,ls bv
ms zeal and activity in collecting together a
band OF patriotic militia in aid Of the regular.
army, at time when that army most
needed the services Of snch rei,forcements.
Onder these circumstances IL was impossible
Tor the committee to pass by, nay, not to no.
tee with special attention the claim of Gen.
.Ortcr but 1t was inconsistent with the limi-
tation the committee had prescribed to itself;
lnasmuch as he was not attached to the recu-
lar service, but IN officer Of militia AS ia
Zen. Ripley, 1T had been thought proper, rs
he had not been first in command on these oc-
caSions, to passby his case for the present
referring 1t to future occasion, on which i
was the intention OF the committee to embrace
other cases OF meritoIious conduct displayed
NOT only during the present but preceding
campaigns.
M, FISK EFT. said it was far from his in
tention to object to the testimony proposed 70
be gwen by the House to the merits Of the Of
hcers named in the resolve, but to u,corpo-
rate IN 1t other characters, entitled, a. ne
thought TO the ike tribute. For that pur-
pose he wished it referred to a committee Of
the whole.
The resolution was referred to a commit
tee OF the ,vhg,,es .t,I 4.
REMOVAL FROM WASHINGTON.
m. risk IF NJ Y. from the committee to
whom was referred the resolution directing
IN enquiry into the expcdiency Of a tempo
rary removal of the seat Of government
from the city of Washington, sc. reported.
nat the committee had had the same I'M
DER consideration, and directed the Chairman
to submit to the House the following resold-
ton:
&" Reso'uea dat is aec5eogeqt to remove the so,,
Of 'e1"ncn at this time from the city of Washing
The House having agreed to consider the
report
Efr Fisk ef.N Y said he had reported
that resolutionjn conformity to the directions |
OF majority OF the committee but he now
thought 1t his duty to move to strike out the |
word Herfiedic1f and insert the word er4e- |
dient.
A short desultory conversation took place |
between several members in relation TO the |
state OF defence Of the place, &c
When Che question on Mr.. Fisk's motion to |
mend (the eject Of which was to declare it
''%Pedient TO remoye) was taken and de-
,ide rs follows:
NEA5-Mcssrs. Alexander, Aston, Bay
les If A1ass Bigclow. Boyd, Bradbury.
tFadiey, Brigham, Brown, Butler Caldwell, !
hampton, Cillcy, Clark, Comdict, Conard.
S5oopcr, Cox, Creighton, Davenport, Davis ofI
rem. Benoyel'es, Desha, Duvall, Ely. Fisk |
~ y. Geddes, CTosvcnor, Hurlbert. In
,srson, lngham, Irwin, Jackson ofR. J. Kent
! ~ ! King efAloss. Law, Lorett, LYLE,
Miller. Moifit, Moseley, Murfree. Markell.
oakley, Pickering, Piper, Post, John Reed.
'ea n Penn. Rich, Ruggles, Schnreruan, Ssy-
ert, Sharp, Sherwood, Skinner. Stanford.
tockton, Sturges, Tannehill, Taylor, Thomp-
on, Cdrec, Nose, Ward If MISS. Ward If
V j. Wilcox and NYinter-68.
N.NFS--Messrs. Archer, Avery, Barbour.
ard, Burnett, Bayly " Yrg. Bowen, Bur
ell, Capcrton. ChappelI, Cloptcn. Com
ocS, Crawford, Culpcper, Cuth5cr'. Dana.
arl Eppes, Evans, Farrow. Tud!y, risk