Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-11
ALEXANDRIA:
RED.N.ESDAF, .M.iRCH H. 1878.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT Al WASH

adjournment Of the present session. haV-
ing reported resolution fixing on Mon
day the 18th Of April for that parP"se'
and that resolution having been twice
read on Saturday last. the question was
yesterday put that it should be then read
a third time; when Mr. PoiDdexter, on
grounds which, could not hear him dis
tinctly particularise, moved that 1t should
be postponed to Wednesday next, and to
that end that it should be laid upon the
table.
Mr.. Tayler observed that there had al
ready been sufficient discussion on the
question, to enable every man to make
up his mind either on that day or the
next. lie hoped it would not be postpo-
ned beyond Tomorrow and even then
there would be thirty days between that
and the 18th of April-iu which time, II
they wculd but economic their time,
they could discharge much OF the re-
naming business.
Mr. Baldwin streRuously opposed this
premature decision. He said that there
were no less than 1l3 cases on the dock
ct, and that more than 100 were lying on
the table and with regard to the time
they would occupy, it was Of little con.
sequence whether they were public or
private witness the trifling case of Hen
~ Kings claim, WHICH had exhausted the
whole If at merning up to two o'clock.
According 70 the present msde OF ha-
rsnguing, every case would take up some
time, and many there were that would
demand many days discussion, requi-
ring whole systems to be d'gested. he
emphaticaily put the question to them,
how they could think of rising, till the
public business which they undertook
with their constituents to do, should be
all done Were they net bound to do
lt-and hsw could they do it in thirty
days Pit was impossible. The subjects
vel Tor consideration included the most
vital in,e ests u the union--Its manutac-
lures, its commerce, its navigation, Ks
evenue, and il they adjourned on the
day proposed, they must leave most of Ii
uudobe: in that case, what should they
be able to say to their constituents p
:. hat answer should they give to those
unfortunate individual claimants who had
been tor God knows how long a time
knocking in vain at their doors for JUS
tice Pillow sheuld they answer to the
prbIc at large
General Harrison said that with pro-
per economy of time, rhe house could do
all the necessary business, and adjourn
on the 18th After having given this
opinion, he urged the necessity OF going
through he militia law, sad said that Sc
veral Of the states, particularly Georgia,
had suspended their legislative proceed
ngs on the subject Of their respective mi
litia, waiting for the passing of some law
Of congress upon it, before they would
venture to proceed He wished the re-
solution to lie on the table, in order to
see whether the house cou d not adopt
some mode Of economizing their time
The motion of laying on the table was
negatived and thea came the question
whether the resolution of the committee
should be adopted which being taken by
yeas and nays. there were
For il 101
Against it DC
So the resolution passed, and the house
is to be adjourned on the 18th April.
The internal Improvement bill then
was brought forward again under the con-
sideration of committee of the whole
Hitherto the debate has almost entirely
turned upon the objections grounded on
the want of constitutional power in con-
gress, started BY Mr.. Barbour. ard which
were answered by Mr.. Clay on Saturday.
chiefly BY arguments connected with the