Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-02

Twice reai and CCmmOted.
On motion of Mir. Tutk,r,
Rssoivsa, Tina: the committee on the
judiciary be Instructed 10 enquire into the
etpcdicm y of allow ng appeals from the
rcuit courts OF the territories To the SUI
prcme court Of the u States.
son mot on IT M. Moore,
RcsoiUed, That the co nmittee on pen
SONS and revoluti nary clairns be instructed
u enquire inIo thu expediency OF increas-
iaS he pension allowed by the L. States
to J seph Kerr, 4 sold CIR OF tac revoiu-
tionnry army.
On motion Of Mr.. Forsyth, the House
proceeded to consider the report Of the
managers on the ptrt ot the house. in the
conference on the sagrceing votes Of the
two II uses, on the bill 10 carry INTO effect
the convention Of comm cree with Great
hrta.n-;he question being, whether the
House will recede from their amendments
g. ih1 bill sent to ;h's II use by the Senate,
gee to the modification recommen-
de! by the conserees
HI, question WAS decided, without de-
bate, 10y yeas and nays.
Yeas l0O-Nays IS.
The IL use then. on motion of Mr. John-
son OF kcnt'y. took up the bull making fur
tier provision for mil tary services during
the lat war which occupied the remain
der ct the sitting.
Several amendments were successfully
offered 10 the bill, most of them verbal, and
involving no principle-some of which
were agreed to. and others rejected. A
iuong the former, was an amendment "a
dopted, on motion of Mr.. Cannon, to in
clIde the cases Of those persons who shall
have died, after their return home, of
wounds, &c. received in service. Among
the rejected amendments, was one offered
by Mr.. Birdscye, to grant the allowance
provi ed in the bill, to the father or III 'th-
er, where there be no widow or child left
by the de, edent.
After several un9uccessful motions to lay
the IL on the table, and have it printed
as amended, and to adj urn
The bill was finally ordered, with the
amendments, to be engrossed and read
third time and
The house adjourned.
Monday. Fec. %.
After the reference of sundry petitions,
amongst which was one presented by Mr.
Fucker, from the City of Washington,
praying that the port of Washington may
| be made port ofentry--
Mr. Forsyth, from the committee Of Fo-
reign Relations, reported a bill supplement
| course with the Indian tribes; which was
, twice read and committed.
The Speaker lail before the House a
! letter from the Secretary of the Urea
| sury, transmitting the annual account
ot the emoiuments of the collectors of
the customs which was laid on the ia
| bic.
The engrosscd bill making further
provision tor military services during the
lac war, was read the third time and pass
ed.
Then, on motion of Mr.. Calhoun, the
House postponed the Intervening or
| ders Of the day, by vote of go to 63,
m order to proceed to the consideration
OF
THE NATIONAL BANK BTLL.
The house having resolved itself into a
| committee OF the whole, Mr.. Nelson of Va.
m the 1ha'r, on that subject the bill hlv-
ing been read. establishing National Bank
with acapital # thirty five millions of dol
| lar
Mr.. CALHOUN rase to explain his
views of subject 81 interesting to the Re-
public, and So necessary to be correctly
UNDERSTOOD as that OF The bill now before
the committee. He proposed at this time
only to discuss general principles, without
reference to details, he was aware, he sail.
that principle and detail might be uni
ted but h should at present keep them
distinct. he lid not prOpos. to comprehend
III this discussion, the power If Congress
| to grant Bank Charters; nor the question
whether the general tendency of banks
was favorable or unfavourabie to the lib
ertY and prosperity of the country !;
nor the gu stion whether a National
Bank would:be favorable to the operations
of the government. 10 discuss these
| questions, he conceived, would be an use
less consumption Of tine. The consti,u-
tional question had been already so freely
and frequently discussed, that all had
| made up their mind on it. The uu~s-
| ton whether banks were favorable t.
| public liberty and prosperity, was one
| pu ely speculative the fact OF the exs-
| tence of banks, and their Incorporation
| try OF the nation, proved that enquiry to
| come too late. The only question was,
on this hand, under what qualifications
were banks most useful, and wheth l.
| the U0ited States ought or ought not to
| exercise the power to establish bank
! As to the question whether a National
| Bank would be favor ible to the adj minis
trAtion of the finances of the goveInmc mt.
! it was ore on which there was so little
| doubt, that gentlemen you'll excuse him
| it he did not enter into it. L"avrg all
these questions then, Mr.. &. said he pro
| posed To examine the cause and st te of
the disorder of the national currency, and
the question whether il was IN the power
Of Couprecs tv ecr,t,1,ch;,c.