Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-20
INTERNAL IMrKOyrMENT.

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The HOUSE having resumed tic cons;-
deniion al The report OF th- committee of
the Whole, on the report Of con-,niitce.
oi, the Subject al Roads and Canals: and
The question being ON agreeing TO the
FIRST resolution reported by said commit
tee, IN the following words:
1. Resairsd, . hat Congress has power I'M
der the Cons'i,rilcn 10 appropriate money for
The construction Of Past heads Military aud
other Dads, aud %! Canals, and for tie i'm prove-
nIcltt "f watcrCoursss.
Mr.. .joihsen, Of Ken. delivered his rca-
sous for voting in favor Of the reseluii-
t,Ts.
Mr.. Besia moved to amend the above
resolution by striking out the ortis !" or
other, = tie effect al which would have
been 10 oopine the declaration To Post
Roads aud Military Poads
After some remarks irom Mr.. Lotrnecs,
who desired that the amendment might
not prevail, that The House might be al
lowed 10 vote ON the bread proposition
The motion Of MIR. DeSl.a was mega
lived.
MF. Mis- moved 10 POSTPONE Indefinite
~ HE hrihCr consideration Of Tie sub
lee and supported iiSnoliou IN Il speech
OF half AZ hour
Mr.. Jackcr spoke against the motion,
and called mpon gentlemen 10 unite a.
49, - - iif'' 'ifN 'N'ltHiilN UlHiA IOt
be lost oi expressing The opinion Of this
house
Mr.. Rked then delivered his sentiments
on the general question.
Mr.. SD,ih, OF Unsupported The motion
poSiponcnienl by 4 number of remarks.
tic object of which Was 10 slew, that
further prosecution Of tie discussion
would he consumption of valuable time,
without any probability of arriving al a
practical result.
Mr. Lo5eatles replied TO Mr. Smith by
observations calculated 80 sliew that it
WAS highly impOlidnt 10 obtain a decision
of fGis House at the present session
different course, after the many DAYS
consumed in debate he ticugli would
be unjust to the committee y 70 had made
the report on the subject, and dissat-
lsiactory i'll lis result.
Mr.. BGi9,,1a aEd Mr. Lieeginere also
opposed the indefinite posIponement.
The motion for indefinite postpone
meni was decided in tie negative, by yeas
and nays:
For the postponement n
Against ii 81
The question was 'hen taken on con-
curing in the FIRST resolution adopted iv
the committee OF the whole as above stat
| ed, ard decided as follows
Was NiessrS. Abbott Anderson. Ky
BALDWIN, Harber. Ohio, Bateman, Rsyley
3cecher, Iiioonaield, Campbell, CoIston'
| lington, Eliicott, Erwin, (. G. FelsNih, Gage
| Hall, Del. Harrison, hdshrouck, Hendricks
Herbert, Herkimer, Herrick, Hester, Hitch,
cock, Holmes, Mass. hopkinson, Hni,batd-
irving, n. Y. johnson, by. Jones, kinsey,
! LAWYER, Linn, l,igermore. Lowndes, y Lane,
". i. Maclay, Msrchand. Mari, Ncrcer.
middleton, oCre, Morton, Mumford, Murray,
,ier. Nelson, Ogdeti, Ogle, Palmer Pa -rott,
Patterson, Paving, Peter, pindail, poindex,
ter, Porter, Cuarles, Rich, Robertson Ky
Robertson, La. Savage, Schuyler, Sergeant.
Seylert, Sink ms, siocunb, > smith, d. Smith,
Southland, Spencer, Stuart, Nd Tallmadge,
Iarr, Taylor, Terrell. 'frimbie Tucker, Va,
Upham, " aliace, Wendover, Wcsfsrio, " iite
side, Whitman, Wilkin, wilson, Mass. Wilson,
NAYS-Messrs Adams, Allen, Mass Allen
VI Anderson, Pa. Austin, Ball, Barbour, va
Bassett, Beilinger, Bennett, RiO,tat, Boden,
Bryan, Burwell, Bniler, Ciaaetf. Cobb. Cook
Crafts, Culbreth, Desha, Drake, Earle, Ed
wards, toger, Foruey, Garnet, Hale, iiau,
n. &. Hngg, Holmes, Hunter, Hnnting,,cn
Johnson, Va. Kirkland, M'Coy. Mason, Mass.
Mason, r. ]. Merritt, Mills, hi0seiey n. hci-
son, /. Nj. Nelson. New, Orr Owen, Pifkin.
peasants, Reed, Rhea, Rice, Richards Hing
gold, iSnSgles, Sampson, Sawyer, Scndder,
Settle, shaw, Sherwood, SiIshee, Alex. smyth,
): >. Smith, Speed, Stewart. N. G.. Strong,
Terry, Iompkips, Townsend, Thicker, $. &.
IYler, alher, n. {. Williams, Con. Wiilianis,
N. y. Williams, N. C.-75.
so the first resolution was adopted.
The second resolution having been read
in the following words:
2. ReSJ{ued, That Congress has power under
the constitution to construct Post Roads and
Military roads, provided, that private pro. ,pr.
| ty be not taken for public use without Just
compensation.
| MIR. Holmes, Of Mas. moved 10 amend
tho resolution by Inserting aftertle words
| prirnfepyOperty," the words or theuro-
! perty of any state :" and adding to the
! end of the resolve a clause, that neither
! the property of the one nor the oiherbe ia
ken without making just compensation
| therefor.
! This motion was grounded bv Mr..
Holmes, and supported Iiy Mr. RheG, as
| presenting the question more broadly -
The House, and was opposed by aIr
Lowndes, as embracing wider scope inan
he was willing 10 give TO the resolution,
and IN fact Introducing new principle.
| The motion was ucgailvcd.
| MIR. Desia moved to amend the resoln-
ton, by inserting, after The words ffiF-
tary Ho0dS, lie words " with the consent
of tlie states" Negaiivcd.
! The question was then taken ON agree
! ing 10 the second resolution as above
stated, and decided as folIows:
! HEAS--Messrs. Anderson, kcp Baldwin
| Barber, Ohio, Batenian, Bayley, Beecher
! Bloomfield, Campbell Colst0u Comst0ck
! Crawford, Crngcr, Cushinan, DARLINGTON. Eli
/ colt, Erwin, s. G.. FORSYTH, Gage, Hall. ~
| Harrison, Hasbrouck, Hendricks. Heri,srt.
] Herkmer, Herrick, Hester. Hitchcock, !fons
/ kins1n. Hubbard Irving, \. Y. johnson. Ken
/ jones'. Kinney. Lawyer, Linu, Li,ermore.
! LUwndes. NJ Lane. Marcland M4rr. Nrtcet
! Moofe, Morton, Mumiord, Murray. Oed.n'
/ Ogie, Pslwcr parrott, Patterson, PaNlino
| Peter. Pindail Porter, Qnariss. Rich. Robert.