The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-03-21

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other.
The bill which passed the Senate, for
amending in one or two particulars the
charter ofthe Bank Of the United States,
was not even looked at by the House of
Representatives.
Two or three bills concerning invalid
pensioners were passed over, as also
were two or three respecting the fshe-
riss and fishing vessels.
The collectors and other officers of
the customs, and postmasters, and pub
lie officers of all grades and descriptions,
are indebted to the press Of other busi-
ness for escaping without being shorn of
a part at least OF the beams of office.
The proposed occupancy OF the mouth
of Columbia river, so far as the bill re-
ported in the House of Representatives
had any thing to do with it, was Poetpon-
cd to more convenient season.
There cannet be any court of the u
nlted States, nor any oHicer of the Uni
led States, within the State OF Missouri
for the present, the bill for extending the
laws OF the United States to that State
having received the So.Hy, as it is iamil-
iarly said. Let us hope these people
have no disposition to violate the laws Of
the Union, and that no citizen OF any
other State has any ground whereon to
commence a s1it against any one Of
them. IF he has, patience is his only
remedy for the present.
The bill to abolish imprisonement for
debt on process issued from the Courts
Of the United States, the passage Of
which would alone have shed Iustre
over the present Congress, was not so
much az read in the House in which it
was reported by committee. We
have no doubt, however, that the propo-
sition will be revived at the next session.
Owing to the hurry of business on
the l.ft day or two of the session, at least
one bill for carrying into effect the stipu.
lations OF treaties with The Indian tribes,
was not passed /; in consequence Of
which no Agent Can be appointed to the
Choctaws, who, by late Treaty, are to
be turned over from this side OF the Mis-
sissippi to the other. 1t is possible that
the delay of their migraticn tor twelve
month will be the consequence.
These are few of the measures not f.
nally acted upon, to which we will add,
although we have before spoken OF it, the
bill to establish Uniiorm System OF
Bankruptcy, We mention this subject
again, for the purpose of frankly stating,
to the friends of that measure, our views
oft. We have sincerely desired the pas.
sage Of law on this subject, because it
was so earnestly called for by the com.
merciaI interest, and because, under TIE
decisions of the highest Judicial Tribu.
ua', it has been made almost indispcnsa-
bic. We were not unaware, that there
are different opinions, even among mer-
camille men, On the policy of such law
and that there is an invincible repugnance
to it, on the minds Of many of our leSis.
lators, from its applying, though applying
uniformly, to limited class Of our fel-
low-citizens. We perceived, however,
that there was no probability of its pas
sage in any other shape, and We were
willing it should pass in the shape in
which only it could have passed. lndul-
gence had Seen extended by the Con-
gress to the People in the South and
West, in regard to their land debt. and
we thought the debtors, and creditors
too, on the Atlantic border, were entitled
to an experiment Of tine measure which
they believed would be to many individ-
uals blessing, and to the country gene
rally, an useful regulator of mercantile
transactions. But, we now forewarn the
advocates Of that measure, that the gold