Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-03-25

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ant is was The baunden daty
s.DJ tbis house, before its members
I" .rated. to do the business OF the
,;on wh ich .hey we're sent here to per-
iorm. .u.
Ears and instructions to a committee
.elect the business.
Il ought to take the course prescribed
'tbs miller, ana that which was pre-.
Dad should be first doue. He had
So 1rae years ago presented a petition pos
Led of strong and peculiar merits
Sich had been favorably reported on
me Committee of Claims. and God
o,ys. said MIR. Ii. it must have merits
Ell: Ell could pass that committee, and yet
u Committee of Arrangement had an
s .u arranged it out of the House.
~ was not prepared 20 tell the people,
- have sat here as long as our con-
.,;epce suited--we have done no bust.
.a,.-but we have got our eight dollars
DIV, and now we wish to go home; and
Ia the business Of the nation undone.
~. n. concluded his remarks by mo-
zinc that the resolution be laid on the
ME bat on suggestion, he withdrew
,b.. motion, to give way to
Mr.. Baldwin, who moved to commit
,Sa resolution to a committee of the
,gb,ls house and make it the order of
,bs day for to morrow, so that it might
AXE its regular place on the docket.
MIR. Sanders opposed the motion
gs wished that some period for ad
imrnmsnt might be fixed on. 1t
could greatly facilitate the business. as
gsn:lsmen would then have their eye
i,sd Oh that event, and shape their bu-
Gpe,s and their speeches accordingly.
4. was not particularly anxious for an
arly adjournment, but he believed it
a,ersial that the time should be deter
nired on, and if the present motion
we're negatived he would then move to
iIthe blank with the last Monday In
April.
Mr.: Smith, of Md. was not surprised
hat the gentleman from n Carolina,
Mr. Sanders J. and other gentlemen
who had not lsng experience in this
house, should entertain the sentiments
thew advanced, In the state legisla-
ures it was not difficult to fix the peri-
dof terminating the session. There
he business of each was known to all
and it was easy to measure the time it
would occupy But it was notso in the
national legislature. Here was a vast
variety of business, collected from the
various parts of this widely extended
smuirs, and it was impossible for each
nsmber TO know in what time the whole
ofths necessary business could be ac-
,ompEshsd.
Mr.. Rhea supported the motion to
csmmit in q speech of considerable
l.pg.h: but his remarks could not be
distinctly heard by the reporter.
Mr Cannon believed that no time
,ould be fixed on, which would be a.
resabis TO his colleague, (Mr. Rhea,)
Su, he hoped that the time Of the house
WOULD net be consumed by debating the
iusstion
Mr. +. Johnson remarked, that those
who were in favor of the resolution adj
,ocased it on the ground that it was i'm
possible to do all ths business before
:6s houss, and therefore we ought to fix
day on which to adjourn.
MIR. Condict movsd to lay the motion
/ On the table, which was negatived.
Mr.. Walker of n. c. expressed his
sentinsnes in favor of the motion;
when
MIR. Condiet moved that the further
son.idegauon of the resolution be post,
poned to the second Monday of April.
MIR. Moore Of Alab renewed the mo-
ton to lay it on the table, which was
again negatived; and the motion to
,osspone was agreed to-ayes 81.