Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-08

posipose,i, bu, that il would be amended,
amt passed, &c.
Al Tins stage OF the business, the House
adjourned until 10 morrow.
wEDNE SDAY, DEC. -.
Inc house having resumed the consi-
deraiion Of the bill, aud the motion for
indetn,ie posiponemeal being under con-
siieration-
Mr. GROSS. of New York, opposed The
motion. lie M ouglt, The bill an euuita-
bic one, and deemed it unwort V OF the
dignity OF The house To get rid OF IL by a
question al postp nemen.. The amount
paid for the daily hire of he l,orses. 40
their owners, did ani release thr govern
ment from responsibility for their loss, by
unavoidable accidents, or The ncgig nee
OF The agents of the government IN sup
plying them with forage If The price
thus given for The use OF the horse was
100 high, II WAS not now The time 10 Ills
cuss that point: n was the price iixrd by
law. Ii the present state Of The treasury
operated on gentlemen 10 oppose hi, bill,
they ought Ia come irecill 10 the point,
and say SO; but such an argument " uld
not weigh with him. As TO The legality of
the orders by which these men were called
INTO service, i, had never entered into the
heads OF these generous men thai they
were serving without authority: their
sole object had been the service Of their
country, and they never thought of en-
quiiing by VIVA, authority they perform,
ed n. The President of HE Uniied Siales
had never complained OF the Command
ing Generals exceeding his authority, in
me exercise OF his discretionary power
10 defend the frontier against invasion and
MIR S.,.t g., "A,
question into thu discussion on hi- bill.
AR. RANDOLPH, OF VIZ mia, rose; mol
hr said, with the inienilon OF engaging m
The examination OF The grear principles
alrea"y touched on by other gentlemen
and essentially connected with this bilI.
but to state that, before he gave his vote,
H. must have information on enr point
on which he was now left II conjecture.
u "aS ;his: the government ol the u.
States, having lett a high mihlary officer
III command of the southern frontier.
with power, It necessary, 10 call on The
executives OF ada eni states for quota
OF militia, that officer proceeds 10 levy
an army himself. The force thus raised
must l'ave been otficercd The Oil rs
must tiavr held commissions Mr.. K.
SAID, he wished To know under mh0nl they
held them-by virtue of The authority oi
the PreSiden, of The United States, or of
the individual who summoned thcm TO
the field Un)Il the house received This
Information, lie was not prepared 10 act
OH This bill III any shape.
Mr. CANNON SAID. that he was not a.
bile 10 give the information which had
been asked, pui was himself under the
Impression, thar the officers of the volun
teers, To whom the gentleman bad alludrd.
had acted without any commission II al.
lie himself was one, al least, who had so
acte'i, and vas recognized on the pay
rolls with the. rank he bore. But, The
question put by the gentleman from Vm
GINA ought not, however answered, to
lnHnrnce Tie house TO reject this bill II
was understood, by the volunteers, he
Said, that they entered The service at The
FISK OF losing their horses, unless such
loss vas The effect OF accident. Now, the
want OF forage 10 support their horses
was The iauli OF The gj,ernmeni-aud he
believed thai The principle OF this bill
wou'd De sustained by court of law, II
The government could be made party
IN suit To decide It. He did moi ask the
passage ot the bill as gratuiy, but as
tlSHi-a right the more strong because
Others under nlilar circumstances had
been paid. In West Tennessee. which
had furnished so many volunteers, there
were many WHO had received paw tor ihei,
horses lost in the former war and how
would II tell, II persons in The same fam.
HES, who had in the late war endured q.
quail OF greater hardships, should be re-
fused indemnify for like losses MANY OF
Them were young men, who, in taking
their horses and equipments with them
TO the wars, had taken their all land
being TO them their all, little as it was. ii
was rs great 4 loss 10 them TO lose il a.
tor Others To lose their thousands. Shall
We, then. when, by The neglect or inability
oiihe officers OF lie government 10 furnish
forage, their horses have persisted. refuse
To remuueTaie them? II ought 10 be a
permanent principle OF lhp government 90
indemnify It's citizens for losses sustained
IN tie common cause. II there was a de
flci OF ten, or fifty millions, tie would set
do Justice III Gases ofIhis Dissertation. &c
As to tie appropriation of so 900 dollars.
referred 10 by 4 gentleman from New
York, Mr.. c. said he was persuaded ana
! indeed had understood irori Tie paymas
Ter General, II was 10 cover other pay.
ments than those 10 the mounted volul.
teeTs.
Mr.. Steers said, that according 10 the
estimate, on which THIS appropriation o
10000 dollars. vas founded, the money
was 10 pay for the mounted volunteers II,
The Seminole var. Ii indeed as lle gentle
man from Tennessee seemed TO think
HE money appropriated for that purpos,
had been otherwise applied, il wonld b,
better TO give up al once the power ofthi.
house over tie disbursements Of publ,
moneys, and leave the disposition at IN,
Whole 10 the discretion of tie War De
parlmeni. II this misapplicaiion ofap
pTopraied monies had taken place, Il,
had 40 hesitation in saying il would hay,
been a trick and fraud prdctised or the