Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-04-30
CONGRESS-.
HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES,
vp,nAy. April s6.


MIR. Webster rose, and submitted the
following resolutions
|" Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the U. States o.
America in Congress assembled, Thal
all dues, taxes, imposts and excises, laid
or imposed by government, ought, by the
provision OF the constitution, to be UNI.
fern throughout the United States; ant'
that no preference ought to be given OF
allowed by any regulation OF commerce
or revenue, to ports OF one state, over
those of another.
" And resolved further, That the re-
venues of the United States ought to be
collected and received in the legal cur.
lrency of the United States, or IN Irea-
|sury Notes, or in the notes OF the Bank
lof the United States, by law, provided
land declared.
And resolved further, That the Sc
lcretary Of the Treasury be. and he here
lby is required and directed, to adopt
such measures as he may deem neces.
sary. to cause, as soon as may be, all
iduties, taxes, debts or sums OF money,
Iaccruing or becoming payable to the u
Estates, to be collected and paid Ia the
legal currency of the U. States, or Trea.
sury Notes, or notes Of the Bank OF the
III. States, as by law provided and de
jclared and that from and after the first
day OF February next, no such duties
takes, debts Or sums Of money, .accruins
or becoming payable tothe United States
las aforesaid, ought to be collected or re-
ceived otherwise than in the legal cur
Irency Of the u. States. or Treasury
Notes, or :of>the Bank OF the U. S.
as aforesaid"
The resolutions being twice read
Mr.. Lewis moved their indefinite post
Iponement.
A debate of much length and no lit.
tie warmth followed, occupying in
great, degree, the ground taken en- the
bill on the same subject which was yes.
|terday reiected-the friends of the reso-
|lutieos urging the necessity OF some lie.
|gislatiye act ina matter SO deeply int.
resting to the public veal /; the alarming
consequences which might and probably
would follow from a1journing without
doing something on the subject; and the
fact that there was majority yesterday
lin favor Of the bill, but accidentally abb
|sent when the question was decided, &c.
and the opponents of the measure pro-
testing against it as we'll from its objec.
|tionable nature, as against attempting 1t
when there were so few members re.
l,naining. and after the question had been
decided by the House in tie rejection of
the bill yesterday. The gentlemen who
Ispoke against postponement and in favor
LOT the resolutions, were Messrs., Web
|ster, Calhoun. Grosvenor, Alexander,
|Mosslv, Pickering, Lyon, Culpeper,
and Shelley those who
|opposed the resolutions were Messrs.
Lewis, Smith of Md. Wright and Har-
|din.
AT the close of the debate. Mr.. Lewis
withdrew his motion for postponement /,
and,
Mr.. Webster, after observing that it
was in compliance with the wishes of
gentlemen friendly to the general object
Of the resolutions, but averset to the adop-
|tion of the two first, withdrew those
two.
Mr.. Calhoun proposed to amend the
resolution by extending its
provision to Che notes OF all banks which
should, at the time specified therein, pay
their notes in specie on demand.
[ Mr.. Webster saw no necessity for
This northumberland would be better
he thought to leave it tor treasury re-
Julation. II might happen that bank
pretending to pay specie might send its
lnotes to a great distance, where if they
were offered in payment, it would be i'm
possible to ascertain whether they were
|redeemable with specie or not,
Dir. Calhoun agreed that it was not ne.
Icessary, because the Treasury had al
READY exercised the power, and it might
lvery well be left with the Secretary still
but he had offered the amendment to
meet the wishes Of other gentlemen. AS,
however, it was objected to. ne would not
press ii, and therefore withdrew it.
Mr.. Smith of Md. moved to strike out
| the " lst of February" and insert the
list. of March. Negatived-ayes 81,
|aoes IS.
Mr.. Picksns, alter some introductory
remarks, offered the following amend.
Iment $ all banks and banking institu-
I. tons whose notes may have been re-
+ ceivsd in the collection of taxes or
I. other dues in behalf of the U. States TO
+ paw the same notes In gold or silver or