Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-03-06

states. after the frst Of NoyemberI'
next. to resume specie paymeais, b.si
increasing the duty on stamps, or II
any other manner which may be besf
calcalated to preface the desired ct
feet.
The House then proceeded to the
renort of the committee of the whole
on the bill in addition 10 the act re-
sulsting the post office establishment
The report being gone through,
many amendments were successiyeiJ |
offered to the bill, which produced
much discussion
The bill having been amended cni
motion of Mr.. Wright SO as TO allow
ito the Members Of Congress, the
privilege Of franking letters auring|
the recess, the same power was at
tempted to be obtained foe the Chap
lain which motion was supported
lby Mr.. Wright and opposed by Mr.
Pickering, and thea negatised--
yeas $.
MIR. TaIImadge thea moved to
mend the bill by inserting a section
to prohibit the transportation or O.
pening tho mails on Sunday; which
motion was supported at some length
!, by the mover and gave sise to a
debate OF considerable extent, invoIy
ding the arguments pro and con with
which the reader is familiar. IL was
] opposed By Mr.. Ingham, Chairman
,lof the post, Office committee,) be
! cause the subject OF the motion was
! specially refe,redto taat committee:
!, on which they weuId very s"on MAKE
IA report, when The propriety OF tht
|measare might be argued--fhe mo
ton was also opposed by Messrs'
/, Pickering. Mills of Mass Jackson,
: Hall, and Wright, for this and othei
p reasons
The motion was finally decided il
the negative, by yeas and na!s--yea'
50 nays 100.
YHAS-Aessieurs Baylies, Brown
champion, Celostock, Culpepper, Da
|venport, Hubert, ;ewett Kent, Lang
don. Law. Lovett. Lyle, L,on. liac
Law. Marsh. Milnor Nelson, Ms. Nelson
e Va, Moves, Pitkin, Reed, Rec, soutle
!. ard. StearDs, Strong. StGrges- iaggaFt
c 'raIImadgc. yose, Ward, ds, ,Nmteslde
t Wilcox, Wiikin, Wright-35.
n NAYS-Messrs. Adgate, Alexander
q Archer, Baker, BARBOUR. Bassett, Bate
. imam. Birdsall, Eaunt, Boss, Brecken
ridge. Brooks, Burnside, Gladly, Cal
Roan, Cannon, Chappell, Ciiiey, Clarke
'N. L. Clayton, Clenjenujn, Gondict
. Conner, Cooper, Crawford, Creighton
n Cuthbert, Darlington, Desha. Edwards
Fornev. Forsyth, Castor, GoidsDocoogE
c Goodwin. Grifia. Groeyenoc, Hanson
+ Hale, Hal, iianson, Hardin, ilawes
/, Henderson, Herbert, Hopkinson. Han
/ serford, Iagham, Jackson. Johnson, Va
Johnson. K. Kerr, Va. King, Ca
. Lowndes, Lumrkin, Mason, Niayrant
!" ,RCoy. M'Kee, M'Lean, X. n Lean
!" 0. Middleton, Mills. Moore, Na"toh
Ormsby, Paris, Pickens, Pickering, T.
Der. Powell, Randolph, Reynolds, Ro
Vi bertsoa, Root, Sergeant, Savage, shei
i fey. sehenck, Sharpe, Smith, "a Smith
a Md. Smith, Va. Stanford, 1aul, Iayl r
sin. Y. TayIer, S. c. 'feIfalr, Thomas
y Throop, Tucker. Wallace, Ward, \. y
r Ward, N. j. Wilde, Williams, Ehos
.,IWilson, Woodward, iancey, YATES
100.
The house then, on motion OF Wr
Hall, fer reasons which be stated
agreed ore consider the amendmen
which gives to the members of Con
gress the privilege of ranking dur
ing the recess,
In the debate Which ensued on thu
subject, the privilege Of fGaokins
during the recess Was advocated D.
Mr.. Randolph, MIR. Wright. MT
Grosvenor, and Mr.. Culpeper, an'
1opposed by Mr. Hall, Mr.. Comst o. k
land Mr., Pickering The debat'
: was Of miscellaneous character
desuitory hut rather interesting
The principal argument agains
Igranting the privilege was, that ii
Icreated, at their homes, in private
life, an odious ard unjust distinction
from other citizens in favor Of mem
bers Of Congress 10 THIS it was