Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-22
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 70.

Of the Tinted States of .3iaericu in CONGRESS ,sS,bL
.oo "faS OF CON Houses co"carrRg, That the follow
ing amendment To the constitution of the United
SiaeS he proposed to the Legislatures of h,, sever,
o'a'eS winch, when ratified by the Legislatures of
tTee-iou tbs oi the States, shall be valid TO all in
tch's ahd purposes, as part OF the said constitutions To
wit; "
coed two hundred" -
In Offering this resolution, Mr.. B. made
some remarks, which will be given in our
next.
The resolve was read first time and pass
ed to a second reading.
hr. HtuidmS, of Tennessee, moved the
following resolution
hfso'ced, That tie Presden, of the United States
a To caiise TO be lad beiure the Senate i
,chor' ut the practical operation of the system of
s"Ss',ing the army under the provisions OF the act
passed the 9Th OF April, 1913, together with a com
P"aute view at the present and former modes of
suprNins the army.
In Offering this resolve, Mr.. w. remarked
mat many gentlemen present would recoIlcct
that The act commonly called the staff bin had
Engaged the attention of Congress for several
SESSIONS and It's passage for some time had
oech successfully resisted. The gentlemen
opposed TO 1t warned us against nnoyn,ion :.
Iney predicted that the troops would not he
wen supplied, that each ration would cost th.
government at least 30 cents, and that Tho
pubic money would be wasted. Others. who
We're not alarmed at these predictions con-
tended That the contract system was as wrong
~ principle as it had been ruinous in prac
gre tnht all laws ought To be SO framed that
Should ne the interest as Well as the duty
Oh every Que tu execute them thu, il yos
the Interest of the Contractor IA issrc tho
cheapest provisions which could he had. and NJ
places where he made the greatest profit: his
interest helng IN direct co ilisiou with the 90
''fI'inen' he seldom failed to pursue it TO the
great injury ui the country. The contractors
peih5 exempt from martial law they awaited
themselves of this immunity, aud did al plra-
sure paraIyZe the operations of the army
Ahe remedy provided by law, of a suit on the
contractors bond, had proved Intellectual. he
cause there was no tribunal which could at
aie same time issue an injunction TO stav the
1sPPeties OF hungry soldiers. Most of the
ulsappontments, VACATIONS, and defeats. eyna
renced during the progress of the late war
could be traced directly To the thea def.c,iys
stan which seemed to be adhered to in des-
pte oil experience, and purely on account of
US "fetched dcformty. I hazard hut little
"hen say, that one third ofthe expense of
'he late war would have been saved to This
Nation we had at its commencement w,u
Organized Commissariat and Quarter Masters
departments. Independently of the great saw
'i5 oil Inc national 0ebt, we should have pre-
served the lives o! 1T least one half who per
lshcG by disease My object in offering this
ieSo'uiiou' al the early stage of the session.
IS To obtain a faithful report from the pronrr
department OF the practical operation of the
c0mmlSsariat system, which will enable us 70
Judge OF rs merits. This report will prove
ahat All the anlicpations of the friends of the
ieW system nave been more than realiZed-
mat tiic troops have been better fed at q lii
lie more than half the former expense. Lam
desrous, if there should have been any abuses
under the new system, that they will be ex
posed and invite gentlemen To strict scru-
.ay oi every thing connected with this sub
lcct, as | intend 10 Introduce bill TO make
Inc staff act, which was limited to five years.
permanent law.
The motion of Mr.. w lies on the fable one
day OF course.
Mr.. JOinSon, of Kentucky, submitted the
following resolution for consideration
hesofted, That committee be appointed 10 in.
qu"e mo me expectancy of providing for the pre-
serVaion and repairing the National Tunnil. 'Le
ginning az ~ Tnmb'erhnd on the Potomac, and term-
naling at Wheeling on tho Ohio river and tI,ot e,
have leave TO report by bill o, otherwise
Some conversation took place in regard to
me form of this resolution, in which Mr.. O,;c
objected TO the authority to report by bill being
gwen as proposed. The cOnversationresulted
ID Mr. JohnSon's modifying his proposition so
as to read as follows
h,eS,ofred, That committee he appointed on Roads
Thus modified, the resolve was apreed 20
by the Senate, and Mr.. johnson, of Ken. KIM
OF New York, Lotcrie, Macon, and .U;Us
were appointed committee accordingly.
MI DtckerSon gave notice that he shoild to-
morrow ask leave to introduce resolution
proposing to amend the constitution oC fine
United states as ii respects fbe chnicn orl
Electors Of the President and Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States, and the election
OF Representative in the Congress of the
United States.
Mr.. johnson, of Lou. gave notice that he
shou'd tomorrow ask leave to Introduce bill
concerning the lands and salt sprinf~s r., H..
granted To the state OF Missouri for The MIR.
poses of education, aud for other public nscs.
And the Senate adjourned
HOUSE or REPRESENT ATIVES
Mr. IyufGlI ffpY,, 1T,r,.I..J