Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-12-27

placed on The same footing a, o.bo,s,,.
ana ne saw no reason to extend further 49,
ty TO them. He was generally in fave. 1'
at least willing to assent to, enor;r,, "
unless presented TO the house in that ,h,S
ne must, vote against this proposition s.
Mr. a Walker modified his motion s
direct the military committee 10 enoui,, :"
the expectancy ofthe object. '
Mr.. Stro'her moved to lay the rs,o,u,;..
on the table; which mction, after some -"
Versation on the subject, was lost. way
The question was then taken on as,..:
TO the resolution, and decided in tho No..
tive-ayes 81, noes 10. s'
The engrossed joint resolution, direct.
distribution Of copies OF the .JouO,,. :.
the Convention, DC. TO those members Of IL.
present congress not embraced by the f,ms,
resolution, (Which il was inadvertently -,
ted had passed yesterday was read tho H.,
time, and on motion of Mr.. Whitman ,.,. '
red TO select committee.
The engrossed bill for the reIiefof w,
liam M'Donald, administrator OF his b,,.
James, was read the third time, passed ,n.
sent 10 the Senate.
The bills Tor the relief OF Mathew B,,n,
ard previding for the accommodate ora'
Circuit Court Of tho District of Coyum,;.
were received from the Senate, sev.,,n
twice read and eferred.
LOSSES IN SEMINOLE WAR,
The house then resumed the cors;..
ton of the bill 10 provide for the pavmeo, &.
horses or other property lost, Captured a,
destroyed during the Seminole war. IT,.
debate on the motion for indefinite posuoD
ment Twas resumed, and continued n..,I,
until sunset; when the question thereon W.,
decided in the negative, by the foIIoWn,
vote
For the postponement, Go
Against it, o.
Dir. Rhea then moved an amendmen, :,
the bill but, before acting on it,
The house adjourned,
From the Baltimore Morning Chronicle,
Of December 81. 1879.
The public business never receives a
formal legislative character in congress
until sitter the expiration Of the holidays
There is so many committees to appoint
so many bills to be drafted, so murh
preparatory regulations to be adopted,
that considerable time must be consu.
med. before the varions subjects can b.
brought before congress for debate and
determination. We may not therefore
expect to learn any thing of a decisive
character at present and the preya.
lencc of that very harmony. SO appa.
rent. may only prognosticate storm
afterwards. The symptoms that We
have yet been enabled to discover, that
the present will be busy session is, the
preparation of 50 many important bills,
so early in the session. The members
will not new, as formerly, at least On
snch sub jects, be taken by surprise
they will have full leisure to become
acquainted with the political bearing
and tendency of ali these matters, a, |
they arc presented for consideration d.
ring the various stages of congressional
proceedings. If men of leading charac
ters in the house-men Of unique stiosd
and unquestionable ascendancy Of intel
lrct. prompt to conceive and persevH.
ing to execute; fertile in practical e.
pcdients, and endowed with that con.
fronting boldncss, that however it may
occasionally be assumed by knavery and
imEosturc, is the legitimate property Of
hunes'y alone who speak rot for the
purpose Of gaining a mean victory over
a mean opponent, but who speak only
to convince, and to illustratr-mrn n&
to be shaken from their ground
clamor, but who have haIdihood SUIT
cient to accomplish an honest Purposg
to brave the tainting breath Of Pullf
obloquy two such men as these acting
in concert, might be the sa'iours o.
their country.
There are members on the floor Of
congress, that would do honor to any
legislative body--we Speak ithout thd
meanness of lattery, that from them
their country demands much, and sh1
has right to demand much. Ihw
cannot in such a crisis fold their ar;ni