Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-12
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III. Rhes, from the Committee ~ y
jsions and Revolutionary Claims. ran. =
ed unfavorably upon tho peti,;n rO's.
Thomas White; which was concur,.a. =
Mr.. Williams of N. C. from the a.. -
mittee of Claims, reported = bill fo wv. y
relief Of William Gwynn; which ~
twice read and committed. va
Mr.. F Johnson, from the Commits.
on Post Offices and Post Roads. ND. ss
report on the petition Of John po,, 1. y,
Farley Fuller. accomps nisd by bill 81. -
his relief; whish was twice read and .oX
mitted. 'u-
Mr.. Johnson. frsm the same comm.
tee. made a report on the p.tit;.n Any, :.
John Ma.tison, accompanied by h; y,
for HE relief; which was read twic. -.
committed. %
Mr.. Sergeant, from the Commits. ;,
the Judiciary. reported the concurr,0..
with the amendment Of the Senat. to - !.
bill entitled tan act to provide 70, ~, ~.
due execution Of tho laws Of the Uni,.s
States in the State of Missouri, and f..
the establishnent Of Distric. Con-.
Their sin," which report was CONQUERED y
BY the house.
Mr. Smith. Of Maryland. from n.
committee Of ways and means. reno,.
cd = bill making appropriations for th 4.
support of the navy Of the United Stat.
fer the year 1922; which was twice r.,i
and committed.
Mr.. Smith, from the same commits.
reported a bill further to amend the -.
veral acts relative te the treasury wa,
and navy departments, which was twin.
read, and, on motion Of Sir. s. wa, or
dered to lie Oh the table.
Nr. Condict moved :, refer ina ma.
sage and documents accomp.n wing il t.
the Co-mittee on Foreign relations
MIR. Rhea preferred that they should
be referred to the committee of the whos
on the state of the Union.
Mr. F. Jones. and Mr.. Lowndes, pre-
fsrrsd that the reference should be mad,
to the Committee on Foreign Relation,
~ the course most conformabls to Gus.
tom, and in Itself the most proper The
first aamed of the gentlemen expressed
his great satisfaction in having received
such messa.s, and his regret that i,
had not been sent earlier.
hlr Wright, also, expressed his grea:
pleasure at this message. the object Of
which. he said. the whole nation wsuld
approbats and hail with pleasure lie
wished it to be referred to commit,ss
OF tho whole state of the Union, that The
subject mighs be fully before the; Hou''
SC
Dir. Taylor said. the preliminary re-
ference of this subject to the Commits
Of Foreign Relations would not deprive
the gentleman from Maryland Of the Op
portunity Of making known his views 90
the subject which he could do upon tn.
report Of that committee. The Messag,
referred to great oxtsnt of country; il
embraced number Of governments 10
some Of which itmight be proper to sepd
Ministers Ito others not. Was j; not
wiss--was it not proper, that the Mes
cage should be referred to some commit
tee. that definite proposition might DO
presented to the House, and that, after
it was presented, the House should then
make such disposition Of itasit should
think bsstp THE Mr.. +. thought Wa
.he proper course.
Mr.. Cannon thoughtthe proper course
would be to refer this subject to the com
mittse of Foreign Relations; but ro'''o
move that the documents accompanying
the Message should be printed, as vel
as the Message itself.
Mr. Nelson, Of Va. suggested that tho
usual courtesy Of the House, which AZ
lows gentleman; on whose motion p''
pers are required by the House, to mo"
the disposition of them, had been in thu
case departed from, being the frat 10
stance within his knowledge in which Is
had been done But he rose to se:ona
the motion to refer these papers to mo
Committee on Foreign Relations. }"
object of the recommendation ofths Pfs;
sident, was to change the relation, "
this country with foreign powers. ts
YER there was case in which saoje'
ought to be referred to the Comml''s'
of Foreign Relations. this was 'ucn .
case He asked, also, that 5000 cop"
of the papers should be printed.
MIR. Rhea spoke at some length 10 ~
vor of a reference of this subject 8"
committee Of the whole on the state
the Union. Hs was opposed to Spye,'
Law. II WAS we'll known new, he salU'