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

he,,f therefore produced by a threat of an a,-
peal by French minister: This was ii parallel
aSe,eNcept THAT tlis minister IS not ncctcdii-
eu--a petition trOma foreign a,.ent, having 40
otter object, that could lie discovered. than
10 complain To Congress that the President
had NOT doLe him justice. If This appeal were
rcimiited lie should expect il soon to hc fol.
lowed by another tor IL was rtimnred that a
very hiIsk intercourse had recently taken
place beiweeE the ENf .utive and the agent ot
anoibericgeigu power-S, receive this hcnoi
al, said Mr. &. and YOU may expect TO receive
the pamphlet of IeIus vamped mp in n petiiicn
unless The correspondence which haS taken
place shall have been entirely satisfactory 10
the Spanish Minister. Permit me 80 say. ti.dt
consider not only the conduct OF Genet, n.ii
lie publication of the pamphlet of Nerus, 6ut
thus petition also. as pieces OF impudeucp. rs
TO tins memorial, laying aside other conSIdcia-
tions, and not noticing its contents lie wIshcd
II 10 be rejected on the simple ground OF IiS
being an attempt TO appeal from the derisf II
OF the Executive TO this house, on Il matter
between the United States and IA oieign pow
er.
Mr. FORSYTH added single remark, ihat
II, as the gentleman fiom Virginia Suggested,
this memorial might contain private matter
which Ought 10 be received, ii could net BE-
separated from what was Objectionable. The
refusal 10 receive 1t could produce no iniu,
to tue individual, because, II he was employ
ell as an agent TO apply for the resterc li"' OF
private property, il any, taken by authority OF
the United States, IL was easy TO present that
object in proper shape, and no doubt the
Hnnse would pay due attentionio a..
The question: was then taken 10 iay Mr.. Fer
syth's motion 1.-THE table, and negaiis cd by Il
considerable majority.
The question REQUIRED on the motion That
the memorial BE NOT RECEIVED, and was deci
ded rs follows:
YEAS-NIessrs. Abbott, Adams, Allen. VT
Austin, Baldwin, Ball, Barbour, Va. Barber o Z.
Batenau, Bayley, Beecher, Bennett Boss,
Bryan, Bnrweii, Campbell, Clagelt, Claiborne,
Cobb, CoistoD, Comstock, Cook, Gratis, Cru
ger, Cnlbreth, Cushman, Darlington, Drake.
Earle, Edwards, EIllcolt, Erwin, ). G.. Foiser,
Forsyth, Gage, Garnott, Hail, n. T.. iias.
brouck, Herkimer, Hitchcock. dosS Holmes
Con. hubbard, Hunter, Huntingdon, living
A. Johnson, Va. hirtiai,d, Lawyer, Ln'n
Little, Lowndes, mLane, w. y. Maclay
MCoy, hlarchand, Mari, Mason, Ma s.
Mercer, Merrill, Middleton, Mills, Maore,
Morton, MOSeley, Murray, .jer Nelson III .
Nelson, New, Ogden, Ogle, Orr, Owen, Pal.
mer, PARROT, Patterson, Paving, Peter,
Pindail, Pitkin, Pleasants, PoindcNter, Reed
Rhea. i<lce, Rich, Richards, Kinggold, Robert
son, Ken. Rug lies, sampson. Savage, sawyer
Schuyler, Scudder, Sergeant, settle, Seyhert'
Shaw, Sherwood. Siisbee Simklns, Siocunib'
). Smith, Bal. Saith, Alex. Smyth J. s. Smith
Speed, Stewart, n. G.. Strong, Stuart, Md
Iallmadge, Tarr, TAYLOR Terrili, Terry
tompkins, Townsend, Tyler, Wallace, Wen
Hams, n. c. Wilkip, Wilson, Pep.-I2T
NAYS-MessrsA Anderson, Penn. Anderson
Ken. BasSett, BeIiinger, Bloomfield, Blount,
BOden, Desla, Forney, Harrison, Hendricks,
Johnson. Ken. Jones, Knsey, Lvermore,
Mumtord, L. NJ. Nelson, Porter, Quarles,
Robertson, Lou. Southland, Spencer, Strother,
Irimble, Tucker, Va. Tucker, S. c. Walker,
\. C. Whiteside-2S.
So the house determined that the petition be
not received.