Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-13
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES, FEB. 8.

was laid upon the table
Mr.. Page Of Gloucester then moved TO take
up the proposition to suspend the 4th rule ri
the House for the purpose Of recons'derng me rote
rejecting biz concerning Contention | ne
proposition was taken up, and few remarks
made upon it, when the question being put up
on suspending the rule, was determined IN the
negative: ayes 81, noes lol
A motion was made by Mr. Cook, TO amend
the 4th rule of this House by inserting al the
eud thereof, the following:-"unless by consent
of two thirds Of the members present, nor shall
il be brought into discussion again unless NOV
ed within one day thereafter; whereupon, on
motion of Mr. Davis of Hanover, the said pro-
posed amendment Was postponed until the Sls'
Of March next
On motion Of Mr. May, the resolution pre-
scribing that when this House adjourns on the
2OIh inst il will adjourn till the Slst day O:
March nex,;-was taken up, and the question
being put thereupon, swas determined i'll the ne
gaive.
On motion of Mr.. Blackburn, the Preamble
and Resolutions offered by him on yesterday,
was taken up as follows:
Whereas il appears 10 the General Assem-
bly Of Virginia, nv a communication from the
Rembrandt Peae, Esq, native and celebrated
artist of sister State one OF the last surviving
painters who have taken the likeness Of the Fa-
ther of his Country, George Washington. from
the life, has fortunately succeeded in produ ing
a portrait of that great man, which III the opl-
Mon of his most distinguished friends, coe, ais
and compatriots, has "most happily caught the
lineaments of his face, the air Of his person and
&c mind - aud has rendered
his services to this state TO execute an accurate
copy of that work-Aud whereas, the advanla-
pes of a personal and intimate acquaintance
with the original now falls to the lot Of bu' few,
and shortly must he lost forever, the General
Assembly of irginla, his native state, appre-
cia,ing his services and re,ering his virtues as
thevdo. cannot view with indifference moment
so propitious, cannot deny the present GENERA
ton an offering SO acceptable, or TO posterlty
means so well calculated 10 perpetuate his mem
Dry e.
BE it therefore Resolved, by the Senate and
House ofDeieyates, that the General Assembly
Of Virginia, DOES most cheerfully and grateful
IL accent the services of Re nb:andt Peale, ten
dered as aforesaid and for the purposes afore-
said: and il shall be the duty OF the Executive
of This State, and they are hereby required,
forthwith to contract for and procure Tor the
use of this Stale, an accurate copy of said por-
trait.
ind Resolved, also, That when procured, 1t
shall be located in situation the most secure,
CONVENIENT and conspicuous In the Hall oil the
House Of Delegates
The question being put upon the same, was
determined in the affirmative.
Ordered, that the Clerk communicate the
same to the Senate, and request their concur
renee.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Mr.. Loyall observed, that he rose under en-
barrassed feelings. He was about To- discharge
task which gave him pain-not from sense
of the improperly Of the measure asked, but
from the nature os the task itself, and the me-
Iancholy reasons which had rendered it neces-
sary He rose to ask leave 10 bring in bill au-
thorising THOMAS JEFFERSON to dispose OF his
estate by Lottery Ii would take no money
from the Treasury, nor abridge the right OF any
individual 1t was in favor Of a man who had
devoted more than 90 years OF his lite to the
nubiic seryice-a great benefactor oil mankind
The DO r boon he asked, IN the extremity OF ms
fo-,anes. was to Ne allowed to do that, which
he could not do without an Act OF The Genera'
Assembly. Would il be asked how he had De-
come SO involved? How, with patrimony so
large, he had becomeireduced III his old age to
Do, erty? He had become so in the performance
Of public services. ST. &c the dawn oil man
hood, he had devoted the energies OF his soul
aid body TO the service of his country, and the
Cause of mankind. Mr. Loyal proceeded In
an eloquent manner, to enumerate the causes
which mad impaired Mr.. Jefierson's ample pa
trir.o ny and to reduce him in the extremity OF
his age, 10 the verge of Bankruptcy. Until his
retirement from the Presidency in 1908, his at
tention 10 public duties had been unremi,ted
from the Revolutionary War These duties
had necessarily excluded attention to his pri-
va,e affairs, and invoked him in embarrass.
ments which, continuing to this day, and in
c{e ased by his general, unavoidable, and muni-
Scent hospitality, since his retrea, to private
life. had at length driven him TO the necessity
of making this application to the Legislature
of his native State. Travellers from every part
Of the Union, and Of the civilized world par
ticularly since the establishment OF the u
University, made pilgrimages TO monucelio'
md it was not in the noble and generous