Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-15

the proa g Ct - rs necessity Such b,;,, 4.
case, sndths information bel,r M ~ y.
ed sor, whyS discuss Il iertbe ~ MN es't
was received? II ID 81 MA a.; va!
sinsss inete Was any tauil-he ,,,s Nv o.
word lfno 'invidious or untt;endls Sso TIE
1t was IN the organ oil this fouss sseie
was adefecto information. The satfe
o. q finance, be unprecedented, sa.hs a'''se
the Secretary OF war, had comm;,,sS .Lsa
The committees Of the house, A. 1 - y. -
are supposed 10 hold direct comm.a =. sane,
With the Heads Of Departments
be the medium Of communIcai,oa' anu y
them and this house. ltwa, -, ~, pns'"etu
pose, be understood that the q Goa WIS puf>
OF ways and means had been coo. %'u'l'es
If that committee bad not been ss';ss
the propresy OF passing the hin "' OF
tore the committee OF The whole ~" De-
be presumed they would not bays mnss'e
it Bul thai committee had eo '.pof'ed
such lniormatIon on the subisct y gwen
ed to satisfy the House. ihe app.ar-
Of war, however, had shown sy.rv s A.;
.sition to afford the House all the ,,, cnpo-
ton 10 his power; and ii this hin ,'' "
postponed, he presumed The House we're we're
by tuesday receive the inform,,,onn '1lu
which il had asked. Ou iof
MIR. Buchanan was opposed to III.
postponelnent. For what purpose I :.
asked, was the subJec to be postuo s, ~
1t was said, to acquire additional ,n,o.
nation. What information, said =.
have you already? You have pree;.. i
formation from the Secretary Of W..
as to all the objects Of the expendi,n,.
and he has told you that it is impOssbl.
to give you vouchers showing the special
man er in which every sum Of exuend.
ture is applied. This, it would occurto
svery one, would be utterly im2o.sib,
because, unless the S secretary was morn
fortunate than any body else, he could
not have vouchers and receipts for II,
expenditure, before the expenditure was
made. In general view, then, thu
house had all the information which
could be expected; and it would not bau
it in detail until the information wa. OBJ.
tanned by the Secretary. MIR. B said
he was opposed to the postponement for
the further reason-that, as the gentle.
men on his side of the house had occu.
pied the floor more than those who were
opposed to them, and an honorable
member from. Virginia had been expect.
cd to address the house this morning.
he (Mr, b. was for extending to him
the same liberty which hsd been sceor.
ded to others. He wanted Tor himself
no further information; and he thought,
also. that courtesy ought to induce Tho
house now to 60 on with the discussion
Of the bill.
Mr.. Cambreleng was not 80 entirely
satisfied with the information before
the House as the gentleman from Penn
sylvania appeared to be. lie was per-
suaded that the Secretary Of War vas
able, and perfectly disposed to give oths,
information which might be acceptable.
1t would, he thought, DE decOrOus 10
this house to itself as well as to the Sc.
cretary Of War to postpone thi. quDs.-
ton until he should lay before thehocse
the information called for by Its rssOlu.
tions.
Mr.. Smith, Of Maryland, reviewed
the course which the billDo beforeths
committee Of the whole hau taken 10
the committe of Ways and Means. No
mention had ,een made, he said, to the
committee of ways and means by the
Secretary of War. OF any deficit IN the
Indian Department for the last year.
They, thereto could net be prepared
togive information respecting it
Here Mr.. Speaker called the atten'
tion Of the house to the question
which was no more than question q
postponement. and admitted, according
to the practice of the house, OF no dis
cussion on the merits of the subject Pro-
posed to be postponed. During the
whole of to days proceeding, the
Speaker endeayored to keep gentlemen
within the rule, but apparently ID VAN J
Mr. Smith, however, submitted to mo
decision of the chair, saying. as he ,@
down, that he had supposed the gentle
man from New York (Mr. Coidenl
would have been obliged to him to SCI
him right as to facts. So,
Mr.. Little thought there was sufnc'sa'
information on the subject ALREADY ..
fore the house; and he was opposeo " y
the postponement, because time w0O's
be saved, as he thought, BY gong "
with the discussion. 1.-The thought Ne
deed, that it would shorten the dlscu',
sion, he would agree to postponemopS'
for any reasonable time. But, ne .: ~
the house was bound to proceed:theian D
of the nation was pledged for these a. !.
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