Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-12-12

4 eOnsy "" Consequent waste OF II so enor-
nd ne co1f vas time Tor this house to
nols, .O; : At the last session OF con-
Lok inIo -. .,ogue of defalcations bad been
gs'',.,sd. which astonished every ooay,
ssssnIsu, ) range, the extent OF which
sebrscI..SS lv have been conceived. Mr. b.
q csId ns, he attention Of the house also to
scsIleu 20 70 facts stated in the presidents
one OF The fact wss there disclosed,
d pssass' time. accounts tor one hundred
bal, a. V # dollars advanced tor different
nll!lV,u'' remained Unsettled. Such an a.
4 Oblsc,' dependent on the personal respon-
poanI e Individuals, at once tells US hew
sbley Congress - ought to be in trusting so
tsrsul IN; ;oterest 10 the hands OF public a
grsa1 II If il had been found that this great
gems. a heen con6ded TO them without
rls. S St 70 the public interest. legislation on
i9aJ ,s;sct might be less necessary but
he suul s not the fact AT the las session,
sacps "ra was presented with a large a
tbs nvO If balances due by individuals,
noun ,nosed 10 be lost; and the message
anu - ~ ,sf president spoke OF several millions
0..uus.pended accounts. Mr. b. sa'o ne
Of ;u Si.o told that, since the last session
haa u se,sss public officers had gone OF
o. sv. us If lite considerably indebted to
me "a psssornment--ofHcers, too, in whom
ne s Ot confidence had been placed.
T @ss Showed, he said, that it was time to
y, the present system. IL was mos'
saau sS, i we took the reason OF the thing,
S ~ S;story OF other countries, or the ex-
us .sors Of this, that it was necessary TO
p.. ..S;,e more rigorous control over the
s n'Ss,ssments of public moneys, 1t was
uso than probable, Mr.. B continued,
~, an the first establishment OF this 60
'a .,." ~ the different state institutions
s.v;os little connection OF sympathy with
u VS. another, il was not very easy to trans
w. W. ,bs fiscal business of the nation, or to
az S.,,v money from one part OF 1t to the o"
t5sr Gc.--but the government had been
now now established for forty years, and every
SscoIty Of that sort had ceased. Gould
!, - risbt on the plea of enabling the poor
NAN 10 be employed in public service,
that the public money should De Put 10
jeopardy 1t was not necessary, ne sald
;ibat il should be so for, the moment the
government makes contract, the conlrac>
~ n, has credit to the amount OF ms Con-
,r,ct and can borrow or buy upon that
credit. 1t was not true in tact, that al
v,nces were necessary, and it could not
therefore be right to make them These,
Mr. B, said, were some OF the general
news which led the committee TO prepare
tbe bill now under consideration, and pre-
cent il TO the house. If the bill were TO
sothrough the committee, without amend
Iusnl, be should then, 10 afford TO gentle
men all proper time to consider the sub
isct. move to lay it on the table
The committee rose and the bill was or
dered to be printed.
THE MILITIA.
The next business on the list OF orders
Of the day was two bills, the one for DIS
cipIining the militia of the United States
and the other for clothing them at the pub
he expense when called into actual SER
vice, The house having resolved itself
mo committee of h whole e on, Mr..
COndict in the chair
The first of these bills was read.
Mr. Cannon made a few remarks ex-
pressiye Of his conviction of The imP9E
lance Of the subject of the bill, and OF hIs
warmest desire to draw the attention OF
The members TO il All that he now pro-
posed in relation to il was, to incorporate
10 il The amendments which were recon"
nended at the last session, by the COM
mite which reported it--after which ne
was willing that the bill should lie on the
table for The present, with 3 view to ITS
being printed as amended.
Mr., Reed, Of Md. said that be did not
know that he should vote for the bill 10
any shape bu, he was certain be could
not vote for il now, not having the bill
before hin. and not being able to under
Stand il as read from the chair. tie wish
edt have it printed, that the house might
actor it undeTstandingly.
% The suggestion of Mr., Little The
committee rose, and the bill was recon-
mited to the committee on the militia,
there to be amended, that it might be pre-
sented 10 fhe House at once in the shape
IN which the committee wished to have IT.,
OOthe other bill (tor clothing the Mill,
ha) The committee obtained leave TO SIT
ssain.
AMERICAN CAPTlvEs.
The next bill in order was the bill re-
ported at the last session, supplementary
tothe actor the relief OF American Cap
lives during the late war; and, on motion
d Nh Sibley, the House resolved itself
M'os committee of the whole on the sub
JeSI, DIR. Mccoy in the chair.
lie bill was read through.
MI. Sibley briefly stated the object OF
'ae bill. After the surrender of Detroit
during the late war, and subsequent to the
eeleat afterwards sustained, in 1918, many
psrsons taken under our standard were
u'ought captive by the Indians to and
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