Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-12-23

He Sling as 10 the character OF the
ders'sn and tbe principles which II involv.
clsluo G is merits, Mr. S said he would
ca. sng sneak. AT a proper time, he
pol o"deavor 10 shew to the honse that
sOuu,' YIN asserted by Virginia was found.
NC n ;u,iice aud authority and ought TO
90 n - This, however, he would say
as pmba,eyer the conduct OF other states
.'I ,ho Union might have been during Tie
70 u. ssr there was pot one who bad been
ae stea,iiasi and disinteresied 10 her
mo ..;ces Than virginia, or more loyal IN
deyo,iop OF her resources 10 the gene
Zoe Sarsnce. She now only asked that her
r ',ms should be speedily adjusted upon
.a;r and lust principles This was due as
" 'a 20 this government as TO Virginia,
We Va with that view he begged leave to
sJ The following resolution:
suG pssolnsd. That the Committee on Mill
- Affairs be Instructed to inquire into
i ,si' orooriety of providing by law for tue
.~a;,nburseneDt of the amount OF interest,
.;J by tbe state OF Virginia upon loans OF
Pp a' negoliated by her Tor the use OF the
w. s..l government, during the late war
ss,aoen Grea, Britain and the U. States.
Mr.. Hamilton. Chairman OF the com.
n;,l,e on Military Aifslrs) suggested. that
aslhis was purely legal question, It's
n,oner direction was rather 10 the COM
,rn;,t,e on the Judiciary, than to that on
Military Affairs,
Mr. Stevenson observed that he felt no
.,a.i soI;citude as to what direction the
ssasolnlion should take; but he thought bis
f,;snd from South Carolina was mistaken
= .nnnosing that the resolution embraced
oreslion Of a purely legal character. II
was a question which arose entirely out OF
military transactions. 10 sending 1t to the
Military Committee, he bad been guided
hv the suggestion of some of the eldest
members OF this House. whose opinion be
had consulted, and also by the reference
of a similar question in The other house OF
Mr. Hamilton adhered to his amend
msnt being persuaded thai the resolution
eonld in no case pertain 10 the military
committee. fiji did not properly belong
10 the committee on the Judiciary, It
ought 10 90 TO the Committee on Claims
Mr. P. P. Barbour thought that, from
the nature of the functions OF the commit
tee on the Judiciary, (Which bad cognI.
once Of courts and of laws this subject
couId not belong to them. The principle
of the gentleman from South Caroiina
would send every question in which law
was concerned to that committee. This
was question concerning disbursements
for military service, and as such, properly
pertained, be should suppose, to the com
miliee ON Military Affairs :,
The question was then taken on MT.
Hamilton's amendment, and lost. When
Mr.. Sharpe Of New York moved to a
mend the resolution so as 10 refer Inc
subject to the Committee OF Claims, which
was carried, ayes 81, noes SO
Thus amended, the resolution was a.
greed TO.
Mr.. Malary of Vermont, then offered
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Committee on Naval
Affairs be instructed to inquire .nto Inc
expediency of making an appropriation
for collecting materials and preparing TOT
the building of steam vessel oil war LOT
the defence Of Lake Champaign
Mr.. Mallary observed, that 1t was well
known to the House that the government
had son. time since erected Notifications
or an extensive scale with view to The
defence of Lake Cbamplain-but that.
owing 10 dispute or error with respect TO
the boundary line which separates that
mart Of the United States from Canada,
those works had been abandoned. The
lake was, ia consequence, now ieH oe'u
tute oil any defence whatever. as the navy
which for time hoated on its waters, was
now dismanlled and fast going to decay
If the general principle of defence on
Which the country was acting IN relation
to our Atlantic sesboard. was just anc
wise principle it surely applied with az
diuonal strength to case where tue
country of the enemy was not on tbe oiher
side oil the Atlantic, but in immediate ad-
]acency TO our territory.
The resolution was adopted
On motion of Mr., Allen, il was
Resolved, That the committee OF ways
and means be instructed to inquire INTO
the expediency Of reducing the duty on
the importation of brown sugar.
Mr.. W,ckliffe moved TO amend the re-
solution by adding the words and moias>
SEES, which motion was lost, [Mr. w. un'
ders,ood, when be made this motion, that
the resolve to increase the duty on brown
sugar, instead OF proposing 10 reduce 1t J
The question was then put upon agree
ins 10 Inc resolution, aud il passed IN the
negative.
On motion of Mr.. McKim, it was
Reseiued, That the committee on CON-
merce be instructed to inquire into The eX
.pediency of reducing the amount oil
Ioouihly paw now allowed by law to sea
men Of The United States, when discharged
in foreign ports. from The sale OF vessels,