The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-01-25
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Mr.. Forsyth Of Geo. advocated at some
length tie adoption of the ament:sfyn.s OF til,.
Senate lie believed the addition OF Eve mil
hons to the capital OF the Bunk. wcu.d ope-
rate as benefit To the gcvelrneu by t.
KING SO much OK the stock ouJ OF he market,
&C he renied the necessity, or even the
pr9piTety, ~ any part of the house sacrificing
tiier views OF TIE national interest TO any
IDEAS ot compromise or cancellation. At
least. he dlsclaimed, for himself, the cperatt-
on or any such considerations ON hl,n.
Mr.. CHfh6ers of Geo. made speech of
some length against the amendments OF the
senate lie considered them as mss parably
connected with each other, and being So he
was altogether opposed to them. TO the a.
mend n'ent now under consideration he was
particularly opposed, becaus. b. e31cri"iins tie
quantity OF war stock to be purchased, the
ability to purchase Treasury Notes would
| be So tan al hinished, and the Immediate be-
nentS to tile government SO far curtailed--
Idr. I. also dwell wiih some emphasis on the
propriety OF carving into effect in goed faith
the Compromise, by the ala of which the
bill lad passed this house in the form in
which 1t had been returned to the Senate.
&c.
Mr. Forsyth denied the orsration on him
OF the conpromse alledscd to have taken
place III regard 20 this question. He was no
party to Il, and was ignorant o. its terms
1t the agreement had been In u ritiu,. iis
should like to scs the names signed 10 ii. To
know who it was that was willing to bind tie
solid interests otthe country as a propnat,,-
~ sacrifice On the altar of Cancellation.
Considerable further debate .ook mace on
tins amendment, in TIE Course Of Which Mr..
hawkins Of KY. Mr.. Telfair Of Geo MI Qhea
enn. and Mr.. Aston Of \ {. denied the.
authority OF the compromise aledgcd TO
nave taken place Cn former occasion.
winch was on the Othel. hand asscrtt d by Mir.
Cdtlbert AM, MIR. Oakley, ana incidentally
by Mr.. NJ hee. The h:st named gentlemen
supported tEc amendment, and the latter o,,
posed the inehdmtnt. MIR. HazekngS, in
the course OF his speech, TOOK occasion t. nav
a nigh tribute to the talents and inuepei-
dence ct the present Secretary Of the irea-
sury, of which ne challenged deniall
Mr.. Forsyth, in conclusion of the debate.
Dy way OF dISproving the obligation of tic.
kepuotican to cOncIilate the Federal SIDE OF
the house on any question affecting the Matt
onal Bank, quoted the Yeas aud + avs on the
question OF reconsideration of the bill latter it
had been rejected by the casting vote Of the
Speaker) from which 1t appeared that cfthe
htty-tcur who voted against reconsideration
but str belonged to the Republican side of
the house.
The question on concurrence in the first
amendment OF the Senate, was finally aeci-
uSd Ia 1hS '@eSdt9Ve ny Gas anu NsyS - I'LL
lows:
For the amendment 80
Against it ~
The other material amendments were also
disagreed to, after deDa.e
Among others, was thc amendment goire
to reinSfafe the payment-ir-specie-s t!suei,lir,1
section, on which the vote was as follows:
For renstatng it so
Against it 81
Co the house refused m rercta.a .l..
ton.
The house after agreeing to some trivial a.
mendments, determined to insist en- those of
their amendments TO which the SENATE rad
disagreed and
Ine House adjourned.