Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-11-21

land COMMITTEE appointed Of Messrs
Icolston, porter6eld, Morgan. Mccarthy
CraghiIl, Bailey. noddridge and Mercer
Iof l..
The bill. moved for by Mr.. Colston
was reported. read the first time, agree,
1to-the title then read, and on motion
|recommitted to the committee which
brought it in.
I A memorial was received from sundr,
Inhabitants of Mason county, complaining
|ofthe inequality ofthe representation il
1.-The Senate; and protesting their anxiety
Ito do Justice to other parts of the state BY
Ian equalization Of the land tax; Trey are
liar from wishing to have Convention.
land would prefer infusing any new i'm,
Iprovements into our system by legislative
LAID ; but if it were impossible to obtain
their OBJECT without change Of the con-
stitution, THEN they must seek it by means
|of a convention. They also ycQmplained
,of the state Of their circulating medium,
and pray the establishment of a bank on
proper conditions with suitable number
,of branches or if the Legislature prefe
lit, three or four. independent banks. --Re-
jferred.
! Mr. Colston presented the bill ne hsd
sought to bring in, with On amendment
proposing to add s. The Virginia Saline
! Bank"--he stated that the reason WIZ
this bank was introduced, was, becau
in the bill passed yesterday, it was mis-,
lnamed {. Tie Saline Bank under which
]style and cha acler that bill had no ope-
ration npon it.
The question was taken on the amend
ment and agreed TO- The bill was Their
Iordefed TO he ensrossed and read third
time,
Mr.. Col ton reported the engrossed
Ibill tar for partially suspendiag, &c. He
"oved to fill The blanks In the bill with
islst Of August. Mr.. Matthews, Of
Greenbrier, said, he would prefer the SIS
LOT May, that these unchortered Banks had
gone intp Operations in violation of the
law, that be bad always regarded them
with jealous eye, that they had ia en-
tine Virginia paper out of circulation, md
prevented the western ecpIe from p,o,
icuring il to pay up tacir state AID fedc-
raj taxes, that they could not give out
this paper III exchange for their own. and
that as it was probable the lst Of JalyI
would be tile time fixed OH for the re-
sumption Of ~pecia payments by the old
banks, if some day was not fixed bafrre|
thai period for the nin.lins ~ Of the un-
cha tered ones, they wnaid come out with
their Virginia paper, and pcunce upon
the vaults If the banks for specie. Mr
Coiston replied, that the gentleman had
Iacte. unfairly in reasoning from a lau,
wblch rad not yet passed, aid he wished
10 know how hat gentleman vas so 30
isiive that the law would be Fixed 10. the'
,1s'ei July, that he had entertained very
unnecessary teas that the uncharterel
banks would pcunce upon the chartered
"nes Tor Their specie for. thousi, thew
had some ';rs;aa apr at first. they hal
parted w.t. q e eat deal OF il and lie did
not believe The banks in his part of the
'c6antry bad 320o0 Of it; besides. il, TIE
aanks resumed specie paymeats 90 the
lstoF July, they need net come to Rich |
m9nd for specie, but might as we'll col
10 Ba'tlmore 70 it with Baltimore notes i
t a SO Tar from obstructlng the collection
OF the reve ue, they had facilitated II i
Tor t,ley bat! made bargain with the IT,
nied States collector, il BIZ would takeI
their paper, they would exchsnge il for|
the District Or Baltimore notes. such as
would sait the government i: that they
never did refuse to exchange their paper
fnr these notes that It would have been
unreasonable TO ask of them Virginia
mites, whiehin that partof the country !
wsfeat a premium OF Is per cent, that
be hened, no discrimination would nowI
be made between these three banks, and
those which were yesterday INDUCED
with Suspension CT the law.
After further remarks from Messrs,t
Mathews, Williams aud Sexton, the cues
ton was put on lie Slst Of August, and
carried without division. The bill
was then passed, and sent up to the Sc
nate !0g concurrence.
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