Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-17
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
AT WASHINGTON.

uiOu9 VI NI0V a. RI
Swn consent. under the sanction oil
he United States, laid the affair yes
Ecrday, for the first time before Con-
trrss, in a memorial presented byI
Elr. Randolph, on whose motion it
HAS laid upon the table and ordercdI
3 b be printed.
4 Mr.. Forsyth keeps up his lire upon
HE president and directors oil the Ma,
&.ioual Bank. he yesterday moved
3lwo Resolutions +; one. declaring incl
arrangement with the stockholders
3of which so much has already eeea
EsaiA. to be an anwarrantabie exertioh
+ pf their corporate powers, ana oruer-''
[ins the Secretary Of the treasury 70
Withhold the deposits of the govern,
ncnt from them. ill tue stipulated
/; proportion of specie OF tae sesGna IN
stalment is paid. The second deeiaF-
4cr that the discount of notes, or inc.
:Ioanine of money by the bark, on theI
sr.rdit Of the funded debt oil the y: D
81 a manifest violation Of the Constith-i
lion Of said bank. and directing tileI
Secretary Of the Treasury, whenever
lie finds any such discount or loan
!nade, to withdraw from the bank inc
kdcposits of government. andSiyc Con
:e?ess Information thereof on the ses-
Sion following. I'le;ty sharp Work
bis. YOU VI! say.
"a And now the new compensation
a Eli Vas brought forward IN a eoh'-
nittee of the whole house. IL enf-
perts tn make new compensation on
T. acr diem pi;sn. and to repeal me
4 odd laws. Mr.. Johnson declared that
in bringing tie ill and stating the
sun.s to iii the blanks he acted as an
agent to the committee, at the same
tima rrserVing II himself the right OF
yoting against the measure which re
|lwholly disapproved. Mr.. Southland
proposed the old six dollars day.
and Mr.. Dcsha and MIR. Kendrirk.
Ecf Inli9na, supported that motion.
Mr.. Grosgeuor proposed TEN dollars.
and in obedience to the Instructions Of
the committee AR. Johnson EIGHT,
. while Mr.. Randolph was for 'ctting
tl matter rest, or fnr totally and with
retrosnective operation repcsling il.
MIR. Clay, the Speaker, denied that
the public dissatisfaction with the Law
was altose her to be ascri5cd to far
ton or dcmagogncs : for it had burst
soat at once in all parts Of the Union.
, ard was ascribed TIA miscanccption
of the substantial nature Df the case.
He recagnized too the right of corsti-
tuents to instruct thcir representatives
and the duty of the latter 20 obeyI
them but still subject to certain III
mutations. Ii the Instructions wcnti
to violate the constitution they werel
nut obligatory but in cases Of mereI
expediency, he thought they were So
when clearly and fairly expressed
For his own constituents he could "a
swer, that in changing the mode OF
compensation. from yearly to daily
allowance. and at the same time h-l
creasins the amoant of it to nae. ten
or eleven dollars DAY he shonldcom
ply witt their will. " hen he first
met them, there Mas net Onc solitary
individual annng them that was nai
opposed to the law; hat when thci
ma, t.. came to be discussed ana timej
was afforded them Cor rejection. there
was not one, on the other hand. whGI
did rot admit that an augmentation
proportional in substance to the a
mount allowed by the law OF the LAST
session, was Just and cxpedicnt.
Mr.. Randolph made speech OF
great variety cf matter and OF no less
elopuenCe. He took that enlarged
and libcra. view of the subject which
might be expected from an indcpen-
dent. bold statesman. who more re-
yarded truth than popularity, and
chose rather to serve the people a.
gainst their palatrs, than to please
their humours at the expense OF their
substantial interests. he gave the
people of the United States credit Tor
fortitude and good temper in bearing
great privatinHs and losses OF naSri-
mde. Who would believe, said he,
shat the people of the United States
who with the most exemplary pa
fence. endured the embargo law, the
pon.intercourse law, the horrors and
privations of the war, and the enor-
nous burthen Of taxes consequent TO
il. who bore to see the election Of