Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-14

'u"SN wv. = SdIu, iuT niMSclf, lie
thought the application of money 10 the
making Of roads so he Illegal, unless il
was specifically appropriated. lie hop.
e's some mode iwoh!j he found at check
,iiS }, by law, or of convey iUs iu the EAe-
rnsive,an iuiinat'On. that no pari of the
Sums appropriated un'ier uiiier heads OF
expenditure should be appiied 10 The pur-
pose al making reads. Eat, al present,
unless Tie whole iirm ot contingent ex-
penccS Mrrc struck oai. Which would
Hardly be advisable, he did noi see ilow
inc Senll"oiau, his colleague, could come
3, his object,
Mr.. CLAY said, ne really must psuIrss
Il MAS with surrfize, ;,s web regret, lac
fouh' ih4i ts:e hdus, voalh have, iID,., The
conia,i:re. oi Ways auii Meats, no suii,
tient nio.eiaion IA the subject on which
he had ASKED t,r IL. | have requested
lie gentleman to leii nae, said sir. &.
which of HE items IN this ball compre-
hendS the appropriation for the eXpcnce
ot making roads. under the authority oil.
ihe Executive: lt>tcad al anS wefi',@ NY
snIni.y, the gentleman from Alar> lamI
has gone into a general expose of the
bill. l. Il possible, ii,ai ;,u appropriations
bili l. hr0ugss ;nio ihs house, accOmpa-
med By all lhe estimates and statements
iioh the proper DeiIda ,neuis-- contain
inS, aiHOng others, an l9Iporiant appro-
rr,"iioii, because nnoi,,1:. Il great con-
siiiuiIUaai question, on w.i.cli the Lcsis-
laiufe atii ii;r Executive are diviied in
Op'.nin, and vet tla chairman of the
committee canned tel, us ia which of The
soverai items oi the blil ihIS appropr;a-
ton Is c0nia:ncd II wi,S rue thai ano-
t;itf iiunNrahiS gentleman his colleague,
has gwen The House iAioyinaiiuI OH The
SUBJECT, hul SAIL M!r. T.. ia "a way not
b;at,n& iiie stamp %! cetidiuty. He says,
ts'e appropriations II certainly a. Tie bill.
Yes, SIR, W. l.ave ioumi iue covert in
M u lie game les; AMI wish we
coud start II. My colleague thinks il is
qulic likely It il IL ,licilem Of couiineeu-
cirs: wish we could De sure OF II. Mr..
C'ay said he had Yesterday given HE no.
so able chairman (Afr. li) ..otire tina,
he should ca''ou lnni this dav ter iuio;-
nation OH this subj~c', ana he WAS sur
priscd not 10 receive il. He shoul like
10 know from the lomurablo ciiairmac,
he said, whether the public interest was
hkely TO suiier by one or Two da,'s delay
UI ,!.is bill II was due TO Congress, to
tie interests which the members of this
Ii tse frpiesr ntrd. mol Ia proceed hastily
Oh Unless so;nr reason WHY the bill
Should immediately pass could be Shewn,
he should hope The committee wouidriSe,
and, VI ihere we're not already clerks G.
nouSli in the War Department 10 copy
the papers required for the information of
Congress, he was wiling iovoie Tor more
He Submitted, hr said, TO tie gentleman
from Virginia (Mr. BarIuur) since he CON
coded tie point, that he would not vote
for money Ia be applied 30 what in his
tNr. B's) judgn'en, was an unconslilu-
tinnal purpose whether the same cai,si-
Iteration ought not Ia restrain thai hone
rab.e gentleman from voling 10 pay for
men who are ilius TO be uiiconsiituiiona-
~ employed 1t YOU wouii moi give The
money 81 tie nation Tor d particular pur.
pose, 'sonia you give the tabor of The Ha-
ton ? Tor, Mr. {. said, lie took il. thai
the army 81 The i'aiIOn, from which line
labor on roads was derived, afforded as
much lie labor OF the nation, as lie a.
mount paid The soldiers for extra duty in
the same vocation was lie money of the
nation. lie WAS aware II NIGH, be said
Inc responsibility for misappiicstion of
money appropriated by Congress, belop =
Ell 10 the :, speciive Departments, &c.,.
But what, he asked, was the reason of
he cOnSiiuiI0Eai limits appropriations
OF m0nfy; and "hai, particularly of that
cause which provides, that no appropri-
alton Cor The pay Of the army shall be for
mor.iiah iwo Years! Certainly, that this
!onse might hold control over this
sometimes unmanagcabir machine, a
standing army that it might control il
hS Withholding, ia extreme cases. the APP
preparations necessary 10 keep il i'm exist
ence. Was ii not known, that wear after
yrsr, whilst the Executive, too, sends
message 90 Congress, expressing the o.
piniou that they had 40 power 10 make
roads or canals, the Executive employs
The a7ny I'D the very object over which
h@ denied the power To Congress! Was
this mol one OF the cases contemplated by
Inc constitution Al least, for those who
h>id the doctrinc OF q defect Of power in
tie general government lU employ the re-
sources o! tie marion or objects OF inter
nal improvement, here was case, III
which they ought To say, We will no long
or continue TO appropriate money TO be
ihus misapplied. In answer la the diff
guilty started by lis colleague rs To the
mode of preventing this mlsappiicaiion Of
public money, Nj. {. said il would be
easy 10 cficci that object, If il could be
ONCE asceriained under what head was
included ile appropriation in question.
llc had heard, !ie sad, an anecdOte OF a
= Turner member OF Ills House, which
salght furnish the honorable chairman OF
tie cOnmIiiee OF WAYS and means with a
clue TO ind The proper Item. Some wears
ago II had been The custom, now abolish
ed, to Use in this House beverage in
lieu OF water for those members who pre-
irrred it. Il memUcr OF The House said
be WAS mol ~ Tie habit uf using ills sort
G.! substitute for one Of nature ; greatest
and pufcsi bounii2s. bun would prefer
something stronger. 'ibr officers Of The
Hooep said they should be glad To graf
f. him, but did MOI know how they could
with propriety pas for ii out OF The con