The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-01-07


val Afairs, made an unfsvorabIe report on
the petition Of Catherine Young which was
concurred in.
RYPATRLA77ON.
Mr.. Roberisoo, (of Looisiana,) from the
select committee to whom the subject had
been referred, reported bill providing the
manner In which the right Of citizenship
may be rclinquished.
The bill proposes to provide that when
any citizen, by application in writing 10 the
District Court of any district Of the UnIled
States, in open court, and there to be record.
ed, shall declare that he relinquishes the
character of citizen, and means to depart
out of the United States, he shaiI be thence.
forth considered as having exercised the
right of expattiatioD, and as being no longer
a citizen of the United STATES that such per.
son shall be held as slien forever after; and
shall not resume the rights of citizenship
without going through the same process Of
naturalization as other citizens.
Tho bill was twice read and committed.
Mr.. Cobb, (of Georgia,) from The select
committee to whom the subject was referred,
reported a bill for The payment Of certain
militia claims <of l79s and i7s4) Of the State
Of Georgia, which was twice read and com
mtied.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS.
I Mr.. Johnson, (of Kentocky) offered the
following resolution
Resolped, Tha, the Committee Of Com.
merce and Manufactures be instructed to in
quire into tho expedicncy Of providing by
law for clothing the Army and Navy OF the
United States exclusively in American Man.
ufactures.
10 Offering this motion, Mr.. ] said it would
not be proper for him TO detail the facts, OF
advance the reasoning which led him to the
conclusion that the measure he proposed to
inquire into was expedient But he should
say that h 9 should not have thought Of intro
ducing this resolution, If he did not believe
the cloth Of American Mann ufacture could be
obtained at u reasonable rate. One of the
objections to making provision by law such
as he contemplated, and the only objection
which appeared to him to have any force,
was that, by destroying the competition be-
tween domestic and ioreigo articles, the gov
eminent would DO obliged 10 pay higher tor
the same articles than they now do but ii
would be seen by gentlemen that such aug
mentation could only be momenta'y; and,
Mr.. j. said, the competition of The manuiac
turers among themselves would be so great,
no had no doubt, as to give the article to the
government at the lowest possible price.
The practice of the Wat Department., alrea-
dy was to give a preference TO the domestic
fabric, but that preference was given with re.
ference to the coat Of the articie--a system
which produced not only uncertainty, because
Of the huctuating stale of The foreign make.
but uncertainty, consequently to ihe caIcuia-
tions Of the mGnufnctut er. In relation 10 The
| navy Mr.. J. said, he did not know that his
project was practicable If 1t was, It would be
necessary perhaps TO give a discretionary
power on TIN. head 10 the com mandets, when
on foreign stations. But he hoped no obiec-
ton would be made TO anHnqulfy on the SUD-
iect, and that the committee would favor the
House with an carly Report. The motion
agreed to. y s.
On motion Of Mr.. Mccoy, (of virg } it
was rs :.
Resofted, That tho committee on public
lands be instructed to inquire into thc expe-
dency of increasing the price al which said
lands shall be sold hcrcafter.
On this question there was division the
resolution was agreed TO by a msiority OF
twenty or Inlay voles.
On motion OF Mr.. Basseu, (of Virgo il
was
Resolved, That the Secretary OF the Navy
be required to communicate TO this House
the measures taken, il any, to give effect TO
the act passed on the 2e,h February, 1911,
for tho establishment OF Navy Hospitals il
nothing has been done, to shew the cause
why the statute has been neglected, and
whether il be necessary to repeal the same.
On motion OF Mr.. Porter, (of Nsw-York,
il was
p Resolved, That the committee on the Ju-
diciary be instructed to inquire into the ex-
pcdiency Of increasing by law the eompensa-
ton of the Marshal OF tho northern district
Of tho state Of New-York.
4 ARMY fvD F0RTlFIcI7IOhS.
A message was received from the Presi-
dent, communicating the following report Of
tho Secretary at War, agreeably to the re.
quest Of the House.
"In compliance with the resolution of tho
House of Representatives, of the 18th, the
Secretary Of War has the honor to make
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