The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-25
CONGRESS-.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Monday, Fec. Is.

The passage Of bill to incorporate tho sub
scrihers the Bars of the U. :, OF America
was broughtup and the bill read a first and
second time.
Mr.. CASTOR moved to refer the bin TO the
committec Of Ways and Means, with view
TO the amendment Of its details. which he
pronounced to be Incorrect and ia many res
fects impracticahlc.
This moli,n was opposed by. Mr.. Forsyth
Rut Mr.. Fisk of n. Y. who argued in favor
81 the correctness Of the details of the bill,
aud denied that any other object bnI delay
swoua be answered by the proposed refer
cnce.
or so.
MIR Sharp then NAV d ia refer the bin TO
= select committee, with the following in
structions
4 i. To strike out all that part of the bill
chat allows fifeeu millions of dollars of the
capital of said bank tobr pad IN per cent.
sock Of the United States heretofore crea-
tad and now IN the hands of stockhol iers &
tl.en amend the bill as to allow the go
sernment to take sad Is millions on tileir ac-
count.
9. That all the government Subscriptions
shall be paid in stock at five per cent. inter-
est.
3. That the government shall have mum
Der # direstors in said Bank equal to the pro-
pgrtion may have OF the capital OF the
Bank who shall be appointed by the PreS-
dent of the u States.
4 That so long as the bank shall not be re-
CURED to pay specie for its notes or BILL, or
after having commenced paying of specie,
snail from any cause stop the payment Of the
same, the government shall not be required
20 pay to the Bank higher rate of interest
on any loans To government either as perma-
nent loans or In anticipation Of loans, than A
per cent.
S. That the B nix shall not be allowed to
sell or transfer any part OF the government
stock hat it may acquire by permanent loans
to government, until the end af one year at
ter the war.
In support of this motion, FIr. Sharp
made speech of nearly an hour in
ii-ngtiI.
In. Forsyth replied to the principal
points of this spc ech at considerable lensth.
mr.. SHARP explained.
Mr.. Oakiev expressed himself in speech
of some Length, as favorable u some of the
nhjcc-s Of the nsot;on of Mr. Sharp, and as
preferring themgenerally to the present pro-
visions of the bin.
NJ. Calhoun in pithy speech Of moderate
length, espresso himself in favor. Of CON
naitment til friendly only to of the propos-
ed instructions, viz the reduction OF the inter-
est on loans to the govt. and striking out- the
old stock. He assigned the reasons also why
the plan of Bank row before the House
did not mee, his appreciation.
Mr. Ha skins. MIR. Wright, Mr.. Rhea. Sc
Mr.. Forsyth further opposed the Commitment.
and Mr.. Oakley, MIR Bowen, and MIR Cas-
ton advocated it,
Tn. Question on Mr.. Sharh's motion hay
ing been divided. Che qAcstion on reference
to a selectcommittee was taken separ t,ly
from the Instructions proposed to be gwen to
the committee; and
Or the gu stion of commitment, the vote
sto11, by yeas an nays, as follows:
Yeas 5. Nays 80.
Mr. G1Stcu then moved to refer the bill to
acommit'ee IT the whole which motion was
decided s follows
Yeas 70 Navs 81.
Mr. SHIRT then moved TO amend the bill
by striking out so much as allows the sui
scription Of stock heretofore Gre It'd.
This motion was supported bv Mr.. Duvall,
x opposed by Messrs. Wright &c IIumphre,s
---ald WIS negatived, by Yeas and Nays, BY
the following vote
Yeas TO, Nays 80.
Mr.. SHARP then moved to amend the bill
by limiting tn interest t. be given by the
government on loans from the Bank to per
cent N7hirh nation was also ne.atved, By
Yf1s and n VS. as follow:
Yeas "A, Nays II.
And tsssn the House adj urned.
IHcSddu. Feb. ID.
Mr.. F,ek of Vt. presented petition Of
" The New England Emigration Society,"
praying that twenty-five townships Of pup
IL lands laying south of II degrees # North
latitude, may be sold to them on the terms
and for the purposes therein mentione d.
Referred to the Committee on Public
Lands.
Bcd'assdau, Fe6. is.
MILITARY LANDS.
Mr.. Wdght Of Md res to make mo-
ton. Believing, he said, that the war was
about to receive a terninatiou, he ielt It a
dutv to those brave patriots who bs their e5t
ertions had placed the character Of the coun-
Try 50 high that WE should never again be
disturbed by any foreign power, unless uuhap.
ply intestine division should afford a., oppor
tunfy to an enemy, to move the following re-
solution, with a view to redeem the national
pledge TO those who had enlisted un,ler the
banners Of th0ir country u defend its soil
su1 enfyrce ifs rights. He therefore my
ed
That a comm ttee be appointed to en-
quire into the expediency "a laying off as
much OF the public lands az Shall be necessa-
" 20 satisfy the claims Of the Army Of the
United States, & Of fixing the location there
Mr. w. said he should not press the con-
sderation of this motion to-day. bnt call for