Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-03-16

ed on it. though the courts of Viz
sinia had resisted their Jurisdiction
Without however Discussing H.,
question at present. Mr.. w. Said
the bill was just as Objectionable 40
it stood, because it gave the bank lhe
power to appear in "all courts
whatsoever"
After some further discussion he
tween Messrs. Calhoun. Wright
Wilde and Grosycnor on the bro
priety OF graeting jurisdiction to The
state courts specifically;
The question was t ken and The
amendment adopted Mr.. Root then
renewed the motion he had unsuo
cessfully made In committee of ,Ls
whsle, to reduce the rate at which
six per cent stock IS to be received
in subscriptions to- the Bank. from
par 10 ninety per cent. MIR. Il. re-
peated briefly his reasons for The
motion. already stated, and Nr. Cal.
houn his objections to it; when, az
ter some remarks in support of il BY
Mr.. Ross,
The question was taken and d..
eided in the negative as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Agate, Baker.
Bennett, Belts, Bird Il. Brooks.
Burnside, Caldwell, Chappcll. Clop.
ton, Comsieck, Crawford. Croaeh.
ertoh, Darlington, Desha, Ham.
mond, Hall, Halves, Lyle. Maypant.
M'Lean. O. Root, Ross, Smith Va
Savage. Southland, Stanford, Throop,
Townsend, Wallace, Ward, N. Y.
Whiteside, Wi!liams-S4.
NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Hale
Atherton. Baer, Barbour, BaSsett,
Bloaht, Boss, Bradbury, Brecken.
ridge, Cady, Calhoun. Cannon, Gil.
ley, ChampioB, Clarke. N. G. Clark,
K. Clayton, Ciendennin, Condiet,
Conner, Cooper, Creighton, Cul pc.
per, Cuthbert, Davenport; Edwards,
Forney, CASTOR, GAolson. Gold,
Goldsborough, Griffin, Grosvenor,
Hale. Hanson, Hardin, Henderson,
Herbert, Hopkinson, Hubert. Hun.
gerford, Ipgham, Irving, n Y Jew.
EFT, johnson, Va. Kent. Keer, Va.
King Ms. King N. e. Langdon, Law,
Lewis, love. Lovett, Lowndes. Pit.
kin. Lumpkin, lyle. Lyon. Marsh,
Masos, M'Coy, M'Kee, M'Lean. K.
Middleton, Minor, Moor, MoseIy,
Murfee, Nelson Ms. Newton, Noyes,
Ormsby. Pickering. Piper. Pitkin,
Reed, Robertson, Ruggles, Sergeant,
Sharpe, Smith, Pa. Smith, Md.
stsarns; Strong, Sturges, Tagsart,
TalImage, Tate, Taylor, N. York
Taylor, s. G. Teifair, Thomas,
Vose. Ward, Ms. Webster. Wendo-
YER, Wheaton, Wilcox. Wilde. Will
kin, Willoughby, Thomas Wilson,
VIM. Wilson, Woodward, Wright,
Yaucey, Yates---166.
Mr.. Hall then moved new Sec
ton 10 the bill, the object of which
was to apply the bonus arising TO the
government from the incorporation
of the bank. to the internal improve.
,neni Of the couAtry /; and 10 avoid
any contention about the part ofthe
country at which TO commence the
" ork, MIR, III. said, he would leave
that TO the decision Of a future Con-
gress. The bonus, he thought,
would afford from year TO year as
much as could be easily employed
and by the end of2e years when the
charter would expire, the pro-
ceeds weuld have accomplished every
object of improvement which would
be proper fos the general govern
ment to'attempt.
Mr.. Calhoun declared his aPprO'
bation of The object, but feared me
adoption of the amendment m'ght
drive of some who would otherwise
support the bill. Unfortunately ior
us, he said, there was NOT a una"i,
nous feeling in favor Of inler9sl
improvement, some believing 'O''
not the proper time to commence .'
that work; and such a provision
might deprive the bill OF SO"o
friends, which at present was 'D0
So. 81 &c enI;o;bdp