Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-01-06

oil Nr Wilson. q member from New
York
me mbef that notice bad been given for
the discussing Of another subject, on Mon
day: alluding to Mr. Wet,ster's resolution |
tor sending an Agent 70 Greece. i
Mr.. Poiosett said, that the Speaker bad
referred TO a subject, in regard to which.
he wished 10 make suggestion, tor which
he would use tina present occasion. Tue
motion, by his friend from Massachusetts,
respecting Greece, stood under notice inr
Monday next. That question. he 'hoi,
would give rise to the discussion OF other
subjects connected With our foreign rela-
tons. Il would be recollected that, after
notice was given for the discussion OF that
subject on Monday next, call Tor inior'
maIlon, on another most interesting sub
iect, had been made, on the motion OF an
honorable member from Vermont, lmr.
Mallary )Awhich had not yet been answer
ed. The King OF Spain, it was UNDER
stood, bad declared his determination TO
reclaim bis former possessions IN America
by force. lt'hsd been confidently rumor'
ed, that the confedera;ed monarchs OF Eu.
rope were about to take some measures IN
aid OF tots determination OF the King OF
| Spain. When the House went into com
miltee of the whole on the state OF the U.
Mon, on the subject Of the agency 10
Greece, that would be. a convenient Occa-
sion to bring forward this other subject
| They were somewhat connected and there
| would doubtless be q discussion OF both.
But the House would not be fully pre-
pared for this discussion, till the reply
should come in answer to the resolution a.
dopted on the motion OF the gentleman
| from Vermont He wished, therefore. that
his friend from Massachusetts, would con-
sent 10 omit the calling up OF bis motion on
Monday
Mr.. Webster said. he felt sol,citous-
perhaps too solici'ous-to bring on his mo-
ton as early as convenient, especially az
some mistaken notion, as be thought, OF It's
nature aud tendency, had gone abroad. -
He was fully persuaded that the course in.
dicated by that motion VAS precisely that
which be thought The government ought TO
ADOPT: that nothing less than that would
satisfy the public feeling or The public ex,
recitation, and that the sooner il was done
the better. He thought the information
communicated this morning was OF cha.
racter 10 treng,hen this conviction. where
il existed, aAd 10 create il where il did not.
Nevertheless. be was unwilling to bring on
the motion, while bis friend from South
Carolina thought there would be cOnva.
niencs resulting from delay. He would
,bereio not call up the subject on Mon.
day. And, a. it was probable there would
soon be al answer to the resolution OF the
gentleman from Vermont, he would, after
The receipt Of that communication, cali'the
attention OF the House again TO the subject.
Mr.. Poinsett presented certain Iesolu-
tons from the Legislature OF the state ol
South Carolina, expressive Of their sympa.
thy with the Greeks in their present strug
gle for independence.
MIR. BreCk moved, that the resolutio ns
sometime sioce offered by him, and ~lald
StstsyTo Greece. Egypt,
and Asia Minor, be now taken up and con.
sidered.
| Mr.. Breck said he should not again have
troubled the House on this subject. had
be been able TO discover, in the StsiIsii.
cal Tables from the Treasury, the intor-
nation il was his object. to obtain; but Sc.
veral items we're, in that statement inclu.
ded in one line, aud the whole was so
"mixed up" that Il was impossible for
him to find what he wanted He thought
the procuring OF the Information the more
important, as The subjeat OF our relations
with Greece was soon to be brought before
the House.
| Mr.. Webster gave notice that he should
not hold himself bound. in calling up his
resolution on the subject, TO wait tor the
document called tor by that now offered,
aud for the reason, that he did not think
that the information now called Tor had
any bearing on the merits OF the PROPOSE
ton which he had submitted to The House.
Mr.. Forsyth suggested, as an lend.
meet 10 the resolution, TO strike out the
clause which requires distinct statement,
10 separate colums, OF the countries under
the Turkish government, from those pos.
sessed oy the Greeks in arms, in order to
put The resolution in shape 10 which it
might be complied with.
Mr. Brock accepted the amendment. and
the resolution, thus altered, was agreed 10
by the House.
The House then passed TO the orders OF
the day, and resolved itself into q commits
lee OF the whole, NMr. Lsthrop in The
chsir) on the bill appropriating a certain
sum Of money Ito enable Benjamin HUFF
man to recover bis 500, taken prisoner by
the Indians.
! Mr. Cooke briefly stated the circumstan-
ces Of the case to be provided for. The
Father OF the boy having applied for ad-
vice and assistance to Governor Cass, oil
Michigan Territory, that gentleman cor.
responded on the subject with the Secre-
tary of State; in consequence OF which
the latter had correspondence with Mr..
Canning, the British Minister to this Go.
vern,pent, and he with the Governor of
Canada, who discovered that The boy in