The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-01-01

matoTity WHICH VII, odzldy utoNcu I'D
reduce the amount 10 100000, on
which qdestion he demanded the Yeas
and Nays, which were ordered.
MIR. Tracy, OF New York, then rose,
aud observed, that It must now be evil
dent TO all that there existed in the
House difference of opinion as to the
form of the measure proposed by the
bill. To the measure itself he was
persuaded no gentleman on the floor
was opposed. and he presumed that the
friends of the bill, as reported, would
not think, under such circumstances, of
pressing the bill through the House
while The minds Of members were in a
state 40 unprepared to act with unison
upon the subject. He confessed that to
himself ii hail appeared somc.Nha, ex-
tra"rdinary, that Il measure ofthis kind
had been introduced and pressed with
so much precipitaney. For his own
part.hc would not say that he was either
in favor of the bill OF opposed to il in
it's present form. lie had depuied to
no committee the RICH, Of graduating
his feelings on this subject, nor would
this House submit TO have the measure
of its gratitude dictated to it by any
COMMITTEES. 1t must have time to think
and to act for itself. Such time had not
been Given. He would not say the n
mount was too iarge--Others might
think it was. and others. again, might
consider it too small: opportunity must
he allowed TO gentlemen to express their
views. No committee could gnaee in
a moment the feelings and sentiments
Of the House on such II subject, aud he
was opposed tn such precipitate iegis-
la,ion. Our Judgement, said he, is to
be consulted as well as our feelings
and hoping that the friends of the bill
would themselves ba sensible of the i'm
proprirty of attempting Thus To hurry
it through the House, he should move to
lay the bill upnn the table.
The question was taken on MIR. Ira
cv's motion, which was carried in the
attractive. ayes 81. noes 81.
So the bill was laid upon the table.
H,ednesdny Dec. 22.
GRATITUDE TO LAFAYETTE.
On motion of Mr.. Little, of Mary
land, the House resumed the cOnsidera-
ton of the bill yesterday reported by a
committee of the House concerning
Gen. Lafayeue."
Mr.. Sloane, Of Ohio. moved that the
bill he postponed until Monday next,
and tia, committee be appointed d" to
report statement of the facts and ac-
counts on which il was founded"
On this motion considerable discuss
ion arose.
The question was then taken on mo-
ton Of MIR. Sloane, and decided in the
negative.
The question was then taken on mo-
tioD OF Mr.. GaZaly, to strike ont 2o0.-
900 dollars, the amount proposed TO be
paid to General Lafayette, and insert
ing 100000, aud decided in the nesa-
tive by a large majority,
The question was then taken on or
dering the bill to be engrossed, and de-
cihed in the affirmative by a large ma
jority.
1t was then ordered that the bill
should be read third time 10 day.
The bill was thea read third time.
accordingly, and the question 'hereupon
decided, on request Of Mr.. Beecher, by
Yeas and Nays as follow:
YEAS-Messrs. Abott, Adams. Al
,xlnder, Of Vir. Alexander, of lean.
AlIen, of Tenn. AlInson, Archer, Bar.
ley, Daines, Barber, Of Con. p. p. Bar
bour, }. S. Barbour, Bartlett, Barly
Bassett, Blair, Brrek, Brent, Brown,
Buchanan. Buckner, Gambreieng, Camp
bell, Of =. G.. Carter, Carey, Cassidy,
tIa.k, Geek, Co3liHs, Cewner, Cook I,
Craig, trowuinshirId. Cuipeper. Cush-
man, Day, Durfee, DwineiI, Dwight,
Eaton, Eddy, Edwards. of Penn, Ellis,
Farreily, Floyd, Foot. Of Con. Foote,
Of n. Y. Forsyth, Forward, Forst, Full
Ter, Garrison, Gailin, Govan, GHrley,
Hail, Hamilton, Harris, Harvey, Hemp
Hill, Henry .Herrick, Hobart, Hogeboom.
Hoicombe> Hooks, Houston, Ingham,
Isacks, Jenkins, Jennings, J. L. John
son, Kent, Kiddcr, Kermer, Lathrop,
Lawrence, Lee, Leftwich, Little, Liv-
inSst9n, Locke, Long, Longfellow, Nc
Arthur, MeDnffie, Mckean, Mckee,
McKim, McLane, of Del. Mangum,
Mallary, Markley, Martindale, Marvin,
Matlack, Mercer, Miller, Mitchell, of
Penn. Mitchell, Of Md. Moore, Of Ken.
Moore of Ala. Morgan, Neaie, Nelson,
Newton, O'Brien, Oiin, Owens Patter-
son, OF Penn. Plumer, Of N. II. Plum
err, of Penn. POinsett, Rankin, Reed,
Reynolds, Richards, Rose, Saunders,
Sanford, Sharpe, Arthur Smith, Alex.