Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-31
ALEXANDRIA.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 81.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
All WASHINGTON.
Jan. so.

gross, were Yesterday OfOuSnt uii'eT
the consideration Of the House of Re
prcsenratives in a committee of the
whole. The first of these was " An
art to'reg,iate the Navigation of the
limited State" the object Of which
oct is to confnc the carrying trade to
the vessels of this country and the YES
cole of those countries from which
the articles carried are to be brought.
A proviso in tins bill to exclude from
;ts operation all those countries who
have no similar navigation law OF
their own, was considered by Mr..
yovndes as so injurious to the effect
or the law, that he moved to expungt
il. This, was opposed by General
Smith cf Baltimore, in speech III
which. as usual. he displayed e great
and exact knowledge of trade, by
Mr.. Pitkin and by Mr.. Hopkinson,
while the proposition ofNlr. Lowhdes
VAS supported by the Speaker and Mr..
Calhoun. A pretty long debate was
Che consequence, the event OF which
was, that thc motian to e1punSe the
proyiso was ncgatived.
The committee then took m the o.
.t,er bill, from The title OF which the
Object will be at once d;scerned /: I" A
bill to prohibit all commercial inter-
course with ports OF places into or
with which the vessels III the United
States are not ordinarily permitted to
enter or trade" This being read and
an amendment or two proposed to it,
the Speaker rose and Suggested thu
propriety of aftoIHiing the members
tine to consider the subject with ma-
.tue elaboration, and proposed tina.
che committee Should rise and report
progress. bir. GrosveRer intiniated
60 the house that as they were abcGs
N entrr mon a measure OF such a
delicate and deeply important natdreI
that it must be bcset with dilhculties,i
while an error Of any kind. whetheri
it were that of going beyond the
mark. ar Calling short Of it. woald bel
fatal to the object in view and great
ly mischicyouS it would be expcdi-I
ent to agree ~ the rising OF the com
mittee. Mr.. Calhoun too spoke tcl
the same effect. The Speakers n9-l
ton therefore passed, and ;ais dayI
the important measure is to be dis
cussed in the committee.
| am really anxious to sec how thcI
ORATORS vii! deport themselves on
this oCcasion-Hhethcr they will s"i
this once. have the mmesty to com
pare ;her pmy grasp with the e.
ormous magnitude Of this sdiject, q
retiring lro:a it With a considerations
regard 10 the vast interests which thel
public have at stake. leave the discus-
siou Of the varia,gs topics that viii a
rise, to the calnnetent members, whol
n no numerous assembly in the world,
can he manv.-l4ct me be understoodt
when | say orators" | do not
mean the eloquent and highly gifted
stayesmea--thc RanGolphs, the Hop
kmsons, the GrOsvcnors. the Clays,
the CaIhouns. the Webstcrs, tho
Llvndeses or the Gastons, &c. &c
though in nome of these shoulaI cx-
pect to find Burlcish. a Colbert, an
Adam Smith, a Sally. or Pit---batI
l mean those Who because they havea
constitutional right to delivertheiropi-
MONS, talk away nv wholesale--mea-
sure cut their intellectual dowlass byI
bales, as ito make it up in quantity
what it wants in intrinsic WORTH
drihble out words, for hours by thei
dial. without sayinp any thinp-Adrcs,