The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-04-13

the importa,in OF the products sc British |
territories ia neutrai vrsseis, &c.-Agreed
to.
Mr.. Bradley Of VI. then moved to strike
out the Sd section of the bill (Which is re
cited below.j,. If he understood ITS object.
It was TO permit commerce TO be carri-
ed on in neutral vessels ON which cur
own vessels were shut up. This he b.liev.
ed to be Contrary to the true policy OF the
country.
MIR, Calhoun opposed the motion 1t was
advisable, he said. as far as possible, to keep
our own seamen engaged in our own vessels
or In our marine.
Mr.. q KEY moved to amend the Sd Sec
ton, which he considered il important to re-
ain. by inserting in it the words [" during
the Continuance Of the war between the ".
States aud q. Britain" This motion was a.
greed to.
A motion wasthen made to strike out the
latter clause of the section, which goes to
prohibit neutral vessels from taking passen-
gers without passports.
The moi was opposed by Mr.. Calhoun
on the ground that this clause was necessary
to give efficacy to the preceding part of the
lection.
The motion to STIR Ike out the latter clause
| OF the Sd section was negatived:
For the motion ST
Against it 81
The question then required on striking
out the whole of the Sd section, being, as
| mended, in the following woros:
| Sec. 3. dnd be is further enacted, That
| no foreign ship or vessel, during he present
! var between the United States and Great
Britain, shall receive clearance, O. be per.
| mitted to depart from the United States,
whose officers and crew shall not cons st
wholly OF the citizens or subjects of the coun
try to which such ship or vessel shall belrpg
| or OF country in amity with the " Sta es !:
and no citizen of the United States shall
be permitted to depart in such ship or YES
sci without passport or permission there
| tor, furnished under the authority and di.
| rectcn of the President of the United Safes
| Mr.. Pitk'n OF Cont. advocated the mott n
TO strike out this section, the provisions Of
which he considered impolitic, II not un
CONSTITUTE nal. 1t was contrary to the inter
est OF our own people, which certainly ia
vored the covering our property, curing
war, by the neutral flag, if it was practica-.
bic. The section proposed also to depriye
the searsen Of the United States of the right
| of going abroad, and wou'd opecate in the
| manner OF impreSsms ny. by forcibly detan-
ing them in our service-Sy " uld also prove
hardship on neutral traders as well as ON
our own citizens.
Mr.. Fisk of w. said that though he should
vote for this whole bill with much remc.
lance, tor various reasons. yet if this section
were stricken out, he mus, vote against the
OH. he made number of remarks in re.
ply to Mr.. Pitkin. lie denied it to be any
hardship to our seamen to prescribe the re.
gulations under viii foreign vessels should
enter and depart from our ports, and ex-
pressed his surprize at finding the gentle
| man from Connecticut to have become so
far convert to the right of repatriation, as
20 believe il unconstitutional or obiectiooa
BILE TO restrict our CT izens from going abroad
during war. IT these seamen were IN po
.out, hey would only be subject to captuYe
rby the enemy, an6 increase the number
OF American prisoners now in his posses
sion.
Mr.. Newton of Va. also opposed the s,r;-
king out of the section--althougn he did mn,
beieve the provision about passports would
have the eject attributed 10 il, because i,
could be easily evaded. The whole bill
would have the effect to throw into re
hands of Great Britain the CARVING trade
OF the world, as most Of the neutral YES
sells would be British bottoms, and nav,ra
ted by British capital The whole system
OF licences would be revived, with its atten
dant fraud and COLLISION. Rut il this seq
ton were struck out, even our own seamen
would be made subservient to the same in.
tcrests.
The Questi on striking out this section
was negatived. by the following vote
For the motion 60
Against it so
MIR. Forsyth of G co. then moved to amend
the section by substituting for the word cit
'zen, IN the latter clause of the sec ion, the
words seaman, being cirizen, The
motion was negatived by large majority.
The committee being about to rise and
report the bill
MIR. Calhoun said he wished, before the
committee rose, to make few remarks in
reply to what had fallen from the gentle
man from New Hampshire. That gentle
nan bad said that it was now proved tina,
The policy of the restrictive system was not
truly American. IL the gentleman meant
that the continuance of that system had no,
been dictated exclusively by a sense Of the
interests OF this country affected by the
state OF other powers, he asserted that
which materially differed from the fact. III
the gentleman meant that it had grown ont
OF the state of the world, he was right
The system most indabitably grew out
| OF the state of the world. The gen.
tleman had not made the discovery he
appeared to suppose because this circum-
stance had been repeatedly avowed and ne
yer concealed: The gentleman had said
mat our measures should not be governed
by the state OF affairs in Europe: tina, il was
our true policy to be independents Of her-in
Sther words, that no Faan was ST "a .e a !
statesman who knew any thing of England,
OF Russia, or OF any other power of Europe.
r. T.. said that vhtte he 81