The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-03-08


dollars. BIZ. King, 81 New-YoIA, was in
favor OF $500 dollars, bu, his motion did not
prevail. The blank tor the Secretary, who
is required TO lie skilled in the French aud
spanish languages, was filed up with 1000
dollars.
Alter the transaction Of some other matters,
the Senate went into The consideration OF exec
utive business.
fioUsE.-Ihe ball from the Senate establish
ING the compensation of officers employed IN
The collection OF duties on Imports and Ton
mage. and tor other purposes, was further
amended, aud passed stage OF maturity.
LOAN.
Mr.. Smsh, of Nd. from the committee of
Ways aud Means, reported bill to authorize
the President OF the United States to borrow
sum not exceeding 4,500,0 900 dollars which
was twice read and committed
MISSOURI.
Mr. Clay, from the joint committee appoint
ed on lhe Missouri subject, reported the fol-
lowing resolution -
ResotUed, That Missouri shall be admitted
into this Union on an equal footing with the
original states, in all respects whatever, upon
uie fundamental condition, that the fourth
clause OF The twenty sixth section Of the third
artiIle OF the constitution submitted on the part
of said state TO Congress, shall never be con-
strued 70 authorize the passage OF any law,
| aud that no law shall be passed 10 conformity
thereto, by which any citizen of either of the
states IN this Union shall be excluded from
The enjoyment OF any OF the privileges and i'm
muntles to which each citizen is entitled I'M
der tie constitution of the United States Pro
vided, that the legislature of the said state, by
a solemn public act, shall declare the assent
OF the said state To the said fundamental con-
dition, ADD shall transmit TO the Pres dent of
the United States, on or before the fourth
Monday in November next, an authentic copy
OF the said act upon the receipt whereof the
President, by proclamation, shall announce
the fact; whereupon, and without any further
proceeding on the part of Congress, the admis-
sion of the said state into the Union shall be
considered as complete.
The said resolution was twice read, and
ordered 10 he on the table, on motion of MIR.
ClGy, with the avowed intention of calling for
ITS consideration 10 the course of this day.
hAIND IChOIlAOEnO.
The bill from The Senate, for the relief of
Land Purchasers was taken up and debated
| at soue length, bat no definite decision made
| thereon.
MISSOURI.
The House then took up the resolution as
| reported by The joint committee on the Mis-.
souri, subject.
Mr. Clay briefly explained the views Of the
committee, and the considerations which in
duced them TO report the resolution. He con-
| sidered the resolstion as being the same in
effect as that which had been previously re-
ported by The former committee of thirteen
members; and stated that The committee on
the part OF the Senate was unanimous, and that
on the part OF this House nearly so, in favor of
this resolution.
Some conversation and debate succeeded.
when the hnal question was taken on the reso-
luton, and decided in the affirmative, as fol-
lows -
YEAS,
Messrs. Abbot. Alexander, Allen. Tenn.
Anderson, Archer, Md. Archer, Va. Baldwin.
Ball, Barbour, Bateman, Bayly, Blackledge,
Bloomfield, BIeyard, Brown, Bryan, Butler.
Lou. Cannon, Clark, Clay, Cobb, Cooke.
Crawford, Crowell, Culbreth, Culpepper,
Culhbert, Davidson, Eddy, Edwards. n. G.
Fisher, Floyd, Ford, Gray, Guyon, Hacklev.
Hall, n. c. Hardin, Hill, Hooks. Jackson
johnson, Jones, Va. Jones, Tenn. Little.
N Roy, MCreary, MLean, Kenn. Meigs.
Mercer, Metcalt, Montgomery, S. Moore. +.
l.. Moore, Neaie, Nelson, Va. Newton. Over.
street, Pinckney, Rankin, Reid, Rhea. Ring
gold, Robertson, Rogers, Sawyer, Settle. Shaw.
simkins, Smith, N. j. Smith, Md. A. Smytb
Va. Smyih, n. e. Southland, Stevens, Storrs
SwearIhgen, Terrell, Trmble, Tucker, Va.
Tucker, 5. c. Tyler, Udree Walker, War6eId.
Williams, Va. Williams, n. C.-87.
NAYS,
Messrs. Adams, Allen, Mass. Allen. Ny
Baker, Beecher, Boden, Brush, Buffum. But
Ter, n II. Campbell, Case, Clagett, Cook
Cushman, Dane, Darlington, Dennison. Dewitt.
Dickinson, Edwards, Con. Edwards. Penn
Eustis. Fay, Folger. Foot, Forrest. Fuller
Gorham, Gross, N. Y. Gross, Penn. Han n,
Y. flemphiil, Hendricks, Herrick. H,bsbman
Hobart, Hoste;ter. Kendall, Kinsey, Kinsley,
ltaihrop, Lincoln, Lsermore, Maciay, M'Cul.
Tough, Mallary, Marchand, Mech. Mcneil. R
Moore, Morton, Moseley, Murray. Nelson.
Mass Parker, Mass. Patterson, Pbelps. Phil.
son, Pitcher, Piumer, Randolph. Rich. Rict-
ards, Richmond, Ross, Rsss, Sergeant. SiIsbee
Sloan, Street, Strong, VI. Strong, N. Y. Tarr.
IonlInson, Tracy, Uphan, Van Rensselaer,
Wallace, Wendoyer, Whitman. Wood
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