Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-21
Congressional Proceedings
From the. National lntslligsaesr.
Tuesday, Es5rssry Is.
IN SENATE.

Mr.. Noble mevsd that the committee
! on Pensions be discharged from the FUR.
| Their consideration of the petition OF
Daniel Stoldard; which motion, At the
instance of Mr.. LanmaI, was laid on the
table.
The bill from the house Of Reprsssn-
tatives authorizing the recon.syance of
a piece of ground near New York to the
corporation of that city, was read the
first time.
The report of the COMMITTEES Oh the
Judiciary unfavorable to the petition of
Abel Pratt, was taken up and concarred
in.
Mr.. Barton laid before the Senate a
preamble and sundry resolutions Of the
Legislature Of the State of Missouri, re-
questing the Senators and Representa-
tive in Congress, from that State. to en-
deavor to obtain the passage of a law to
extend to all tho actual settlers on the
Upper Gaseonade, who may have erect
ed saw mills on the public lands, the
right of pre-emption; which paper was
referred to the committee on the Pub
lie Lands.
MIR. Barbour: with the view of post
pening the resolution which he had intro.
duced proposing to amend the Consti.
tuition SO az to limit tho number of Re.
representatives. in Congrossj to = day be-
yond the passage of the appertionment
bill; which it would be desirable to
have defnitively acted on before the
resolution should be further discussed
moved to take up the resolution--which
motion prevailing
Mr.. B. said, he would take this OPP
portunity Of correcting misapprehen-
sion which appeared, by what had been
published, to have taken place, Of the
remarks which be had offered on Fri
day in reference to this subject. In
Speaking of the oracles of the land,
whom he had consulted, az to the expe-
diency Of this amendment of the con-
stitutien, he did net refer to those states
men who had retired from public life
he meant to say that he had consulted
with venerable characters who had ad
vanced so far in life that it was reason
able TO suppose they we're free from all
influence of personal considerations;
that the measure oftheir experience was
full, and adding disinterestedness to the
lessons of experience, their opinions
might be looked on as the oraclss of DO
litical wisdom; these men, however, to
whom he referred and whom he had
consulted, had not retired to private life;
they were still engaged in the discharge
of public duties. Mr.. B. thought it pro-
PSF to make this explanation, lest it
might be inferred that he had alluded
to some Of the venerable men, now no
longer in the service of their country,
and make them responsible for opinions
on subject on which he had not con-
suited them Mr.. B. concluded by NOV.
ing to postpone the resolution to this
day fortnight; which was agreed to.
The Senate resumed tho considera-
ton of the bill to apportion representa-
tives among the several states, accord
ing to the fourth census-the motion to
insert ratio OF 10000 being still pend.
ing.
Mr.. King, of Alabama, after repeat.
ing the disadvantage which that state
iabored under from not having her po.
pulation fully returned. (which arose
fromthe death Of the first marshal, and
the inability of the second to complete