The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-04-13

Lours of The Jnieo sisies," ard "a n.u.h a any
act or acts as probbii he IA porsl,oI oi goods.
wares and meicfsi dze, q he crovtl, Couce
or psLuisc pIe Of Great Bntair on ITtlaro, al ot
any Of the colonies or dsTerctnoes ltI.oi, or
Of any place or county ~ the seusl possession a
Crsat Britain, and Tor ohei purposes
Sec. I. Be IL enacted, SJc Thai The sct en-
,iied {" An act laying all In bsrfo IN oil ships
md vessels in the ports af 70 hsrtors oil The u
pitG Sfles," passed on the l7,h cly Of De-
cenitei, 1918, be, tpd The same is hereby
repealed Provided, That all penalties enc
ioiieiiuIes which have beer incurred under
,be said sci shall be recovered end distribuf-
Cd, and msy be mitigatsd or rtmitted in like
manner as III the said act had conunued in
fun icrce end virtue.
Sec. 2. .7,d be IL further enacfed, That SO
much si any act or acts as prohibl,s the i'm
poftation oi goods, wares or merchandise of
ibe growth, produce or Manufacture OF Great
Britain or lIeland, ar Of any OF the colonies
OF dependencies thereof, OF OF any place or
country IN the actual posse ssion oi Great Bti-
tsiD, be and The same is hereby repealed:
Provided, That all hnes, penalties and tor
textures incurred In yifiue ot the said act or
acts, shall be recovered and distributed, and
may be miigaied or remitlcd in ike manner
as II the same had continued III full force and
virtue. find provided also, That nothing here
In oontained shall be construed TO authorize or
permit the importation OF goods, wares or
merchandise, or OF any article the properly
of or belonging al the time OF sucb imporla-
non 10 The enemy or enc mics of The I States.
Sec. 8. .4nd be IL further enacted, That no
foreign ship or vessel shall receive clear.
ance or be permitted to depart from The Unit
ed States, whose officers and crew shall rot
consist wholly of the citizens or subjects Of
The country 10 which such ship or vrssel shall
belong, OF OF a country st amity with the L.
States and no citizen of the u. States shall
be pc mit,ed 10 depart in such ship or vessel,
wiihout passport or permission therefore
fu, nish.d under the authority and direction Of
The P,esiden, Of the United States.
The bill having been twice read, Mr.. CAL
houn made the usual motion 10 refer it to
cop mit,es of the whole House.
M. Wright, OF Md. objected to this refer
ence, because OF the oature Of the bill, coup
ling together TWO subjects which ough, 10 be
kept entirely distinct, and on which there
might be much diff, renee of opinion. Hs
therefore moved ,ha, the bill be recon nitted
20 The commiitee who repotted II with in-
struc,iops to report separate bills.
This motion was overruled by the Speaker,
The motion made by Mr.. Calhoun having pre-
ference according TO the rules OF The House.
The question on referring the bill to a csms
mi,tee OF the whole was decided IN the afiim-
alive by large majority.
MIR. Calhoun then from the same commit.
tee, reported bill 10 prohibit the expectation
Of gold or silver coins or bullion which was
twice read and referred to O committee OF the
whole. Mr.. G.. then observed, shat the mes
saSe embraced anolher subject, which did not
appear 10 the committee oi Foreign Relations
10 apperiain to their province--he meant the
continuance OF the double duties. lie there
fore moved that the committee on Feieign
Relation. be discharged from the ConsGera-
ZION Of SO much Of the message, and that it
be referred 10 the commi,lee OF Ways and
Mears. his par, of the message lies on tho
table, hut with the svowed intention of Mr..
Ingham, at the suggestion OF Mr.. Lowndes,
10 move az instruction 'o the Secretary OF the
Treasury 10 report TO this House tariff Of
du&ies, independently of the message.
NATIONAL BANK.
The House resumed the consideration Of
the unfinished business of Saturday last, be-
ing Mr.. GruDdy'S motion TO appon, COM
miuee TO iDquif. into the cxpediepcy of es-
tablishing National Bank, with leave TO re-
port by bill or Otherwise.
Mr.. Newton's motion for indefinite post
ponement OF this subject being sill under
consideration, Mr.. Farrow, Of South Caroli-
ma, spoke agains, tho pos,ponenent. He
was inclined to believe the establishment of a
National Bank TO be both constitutional and
eSpedien, and should therefore vote sgaiDst
the pos,ponemenl, withou, saying he should
vote on he bill because he did not know in
what form 1t would be reported The want
OF time was no arguDt NJ agsins, the discus
sion on this subject. None could be Of more
Importance, or more petemp,oriiy requiring
members TO sacrifice personal convenience to
The public interest, Cc. The question on in
dehui,e postponement was then decided as
follows yeas II, pays 81, So the Hoase