Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-01-15

q mike l'ae' ',sss then rose, not TO entei
NJ iiow''. - srnestion which had beer
4 Spte ss .sstrd. but IL express his views
n o ialls VII before the house. lie
n d tie ssob;eetian. he said, to the pro-
4 hJ grsa. VIZ I'm, II the bill from the Sc
4 psed 81 scarcely could conceive a
pais. Z, aid. in which the rejection Of
sass. o . s consideration would pc
bill gIfreiected, that decision might
FaPe' .ssult d, calm and deliberate con-
betSe. :sa hut sush would not be.the
il So Impression. The senate might
fp's..s err. mr. reject cur bill. In what as
DO l.oald this present itself to the pub
pei The impression might be err
IL eye y. but it certainly would be, that
r'psOr' rather than Judgment had caused
emp DECISIONS. Suppose an opposite
tee's 10 be taken. Suppose that the
e o.. so,y under consideration should b"
BIZ mad: aud that the house should
P's v. temperately, and therefore firm
saNl ~ he scarcely ever had known a
II t;rmi,ess unconnected with some
pop If temper-suppose they should
. sss after having examined and discus,
t'l l;, mass the bill originally reported
fa n,' baase /: AMI that our fears should
y vs. ...l;zed bg the senator's rejecting it.
\ S Sssse.e this house. uninfueneed BY any
sai,s pa,sion, spleen or false ,delicacy,
s I~;'I item take up the senator's bill, "a
suOs,; 90 as TO resemble the other one.
p':s ossr it to the senate as, in the o.
49, 0, Of this house, that sort of bil!
s:ss sound exposition of the consti-
s,;sa requires us to pass suppose, even
~. .., wo-st. that tie senate also reject this
IN The double rejection would then
= w. thsirs; aad no blame or haste Or
0 : could be attached to this house !:
f. ouestion would stand on It's own me-
y. with these aud othei' views, Mr.
/. moved to postpone the bill for one
week. So.
that er,barrassed by the observations Of
Ne gentleman from South-Garolina.-
H. nIufessed, he said, in having made
fis notion. the most perfect respect for
Me- senate it was not profession mere
l.. sbutbjs real feeling. The motion be
had made to reject the bill had not pro-
ceeded from any splenetic emotion. bit
from a perfect Conviction that the bill
uuder consideration in TINS house ought
10 mass. Mr.. z. then stated various
difficulties which wOuld result from send,
ing the bal Of this house to the senate,
whist the senates bill was undecided
GA. The gentleman from h-CaroI-
ma and himself, Mr.. F. said, had the
same object, Slr. Z had 40 desire that
the house saeuld be COVE ned by preju-
dcss Or hasty emotions: he had de-
sire, that, when it acted, it should act
dseisiyely
Ne. Calhoun said he was certainly
anziOas that the bill which originated ia
ts hOuse should not pass but he was
! equally anxious that no decision of the
Suse should take place without delibe-
& n6on and FUN conviction As he wish
4 ii to give a fair opportunity OF directly
meeting the question which had been de
ated, he should vote to lay the senate's
hllOn the table.
NJ. LARSON then moved to postpone
indeanitiycly the present subject OF dis
eassiOn; and supported his motion in a
speech os s6ae length On the general
question:, denying tie necessity or pro-
priety O. legislation on the SUBJECT OF the
treaty.
Mr. Hansen having concluded
MI ioEntes, having further express
ed his anxiety to avoid direct reiection
Oihe seuate's bill, varied lis motion so
as to suPerse,le Mr.. Hanson's, moving
tolay the bill on the table.
Which motion was then decided in
Tie Affirmative without a division.
The hnase then resumed the conside-
Anon Of their bill on the subject, being
ssil " to regulate the commerce OF tRe
emed States according to the con-
'enhon Of commerce. &c. anti the
question still 5eiag /" Snail the bill pass !"
Mr. Stanford delivered his sentiments
s saG and assigned the reasons why he
'"Iuld yose as;,inst The bill! aud
MT P'eherihg rising TO speak
iAe house adjdpsaed,