Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-05-01

y To VI ~ litssShfv notes.
z This amendInsn, was negatived withou,
a division.
The question was then taken on enpros
sing the bill for third reading, aud was
decided rs follows:
For engrossing 81
Against il as
And the House adjourned.
:, Thursday, IfrrH g.
Mr. Root from that committee appoint
ed upon the subject of the copper and
small silver COINS of the United States,
made a. report that it is inexpetiient To
reduce the weight CT hneness of these
CoiuS.
SPECIE. PAYMENTS.
The engrosscd bill providing for the
more effectual collection of the public
revenues in the lawful money of the
country, was read the third time, and
the question stated" Shall the bill
pass?'
Mir. Wright rose and spoke more than
an hour in opposition TO the bill.
Mr.. Root followed on the same side in a
speech of about half an hour.
Mr.. Teifair made few remarks in reply
to Mr.. Root.
Mr.. Grosvenor answered the opponents
OF the bill, and spoke sometime in It's sup
port.
Mr.. Randolph replied to Mr.. Gros-
venor, and opposed the passage of the
bill
Mr.. Calhoun replied to Mr.. Randolph,
and offered some considerations in favor of
the bill.
Mr.. Robertson explained the reasons
why he shosld vote for the bill, and made
some remarks in reply to other gentle
men.
Mr. Webster also submitted his reasons
for wishing the bill to pass.
Mr.. Randolph again spoke about an hour
IN opposition to the bill, and in reply to it's
advocates.
Mr.. Wright also opposed the bill in
second speech.
Mr.. Ga ton submitted his reasons in op-
position to the bill-aftcr which
The question on its passage was decided
ir The negative as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Alexander, AthertoD.
Bassett. Batenan, Boss, Bradbury, Brown,
Cady, Calhoun, Champion, Chapman, Gil
ley, Condict, Conner, Creighton. Cuthhert,
ID -sha, Edwards, Griffin, Grosvenor, Hale.
Halves, FInger, Hungerford, Johnson, XIV.
hent. Love. Lowndes, Lumpkin. Marsh.
Mayrant, M'Coy, M'Lean, K Mhdleton.
Nelson, Mss. Noyes, Ormsbv, Paris.
Pickering, Pitkin, Peasants, Reed, Rev
nolds, Robertson, 2uggles, Schenck Sharpe,
Sheff.y, S'earns, Sturgcs. Taggart. Taylor,
5 C.Teifair, Tucker, Vose, Ward, n. Y.
Webster, Wilcox, Woodward-59.
NAFS-MessrS Adgatc, Archer, Baer,
Bennett, Bets, Burd,all, Breckenridge,
Brooks. bryan, Caldwell, Clayton, Clopton,
Cooper, Crawford, Crocheron, Culpeper,
ID Ellington, Davenport, Forney, Castor,
Glasgow. Hahn, H,n. Hardin. Hester,
HENDERSON, Herbert. Iugham. ] hnson, Va.
King, n. c. Langdon, Law. Lewis, Low
EFT. Lyle, Lyon, Minor, Murfree. Newton,
Pickens. Powell, Randolph, Roane, Root,
Savage, Smith, Md. Southard, Stuart,
late, Thr1op. Wallace, Ward, Mass
Whiteside, Wiikin.W.ilians, Wi!loughby,
l. mos. Wilson, VIM. Wilson, Wright,
Yates-6O.
80 the bill was rejected.
The House went into a committee OF the
whole, on the amendments of the Senate To
the bill to regulate the duties Oh imposts &
tonnage. The amendments were success
sively agreed to by the committee and re-
ported to he house.
Mr.. Randolph made an Intellectual mo-
ton to postpone the decision on the re-
port until Tomorrow, believing the a.
mendments too important to be act
ed on without more mature considera-
ton.
Mr.. Randolph opposed subsequently, at
some length. the Senate's proposition to
increase the duty on imported sugar from
p to 3 cents per ID. which he deemed not
only oppressive to the pc pie. but highly
improper as coming from the Senate whose
right he disputed, according to the spirit
OF the constitution, thus in effect to assess
2 tax on the people-and demanded the
yeas and nays on the question of concur
renee.
Mr.. Robertson made few remarks
in reply, aud in favor Of the amend
ment.
After some further conversation be-
tween Messrs Randolph and Robert
The amendment was concurred in By the
following vote:
For the amendment Sd
Against 1t az
The residue Of TIE amendments were
then concurred in ; and
TIE House adjourned.
Friday, .HjIrH g.
After the reception and reference of a
{. " petitions,
Mr.. Webster rose, and submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Resolved by tie Senate and House Of
offhe United States of II
net7cd in Congress assembled, That all |
dues, taxes, imposts and excuses. laid or
imposed by Government, ought, by the |
provision OF the constitution. to be uniform |
throughout the United States; and that !
got p r. Tar ttfrEtr . l.