Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-12-13
ME- WRIGHT, Of Ohio, submitted the fol-


l. Resolved, That SO much of the Presidents
Message as relates to our political relations
with other nations, be referred TO the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs
2. Resolved, That SO much Of said Mes
sage as relates to the Commerce Of the United
States with Foreign sations and their Colonie,
aud to the Improvement, Of Bays and Harbors,
be referred to the Committee Of Commerce.
Resolved, That so much of said Message
as relates to the Revenue, and 10 the Public
Debt, be referred 10 the Committee of Ways
and Means.
4 Resolved, That so much of said Message
as relates 10 the Army, to the Military Acade>
my, and to Fort6ca,ions, be referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
S Resolved, Tina, SO much Of the said Mess
sage as relates TO Road, and Canals, and the
Reports Of the Board Of Internal I'm 2rovemenl,
be ,cferred 10 Select Committee.
Resolved, That SO much of said Message
as relates 10 the formation Of a more effective
and uniform system for the government Of the
Militia, be referred TO Select Committee.
T. Resell, ed, Tha, so much Of the said Mess
sage as relates to the Navy, aud the Establish.
men, ola Naval Academy, be referred to the
Committee on Naval Affairs.
8 Resolved, That so much of said Message
as relates 10 the Post Office Department, and
tue Transportation of the mails, be referred
10 the Committee on the Post Office and Pose
Roads
Resol,e ed, That so much Of said Message
as relates TO The Public Lands, TO the extension
Of furthe: relief TO those indebted 10 the Unit.
ed States for lands, and 20 the refunding of
moneys forfeited TO the Ulitcd States on &C.
count uf purchases Of lands, be referred 10 the
r 4 d. lie
10. Resolved, That so much OF said Message
as relates 10 The Indian Tribes. be referred to
| the Committee on Indian Affairs.
IL RESOLVED, That SO much Of said Mes
| sage as relates 10 the Surviving Warriors oil
| The Revolutionary w ar, be referred 10 Seiec,
CUmmuue.
| 10. Resolved, That SD much of s,id Mes
sage as relates to the extension Of the Ju-
dicial Administration OF The United States TO
States organised since the adoption Of the pre-
sent Judicial Establishment; ard also SO much
| Of SAID Message as relates TO the modification
| OF the diversified Codes relating to Insolvency,
be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
| Is. Resolved, That the several Select Com
mirIees have leave TO report by bill or other
| wise
Mr. Sp,aguc offered The following resolution
| for adoption:
| Resolved, rha, so much Of the President S
| Message as relates 10 the boundary line vi the
United States, and to the ou,rages aIledged 10
have been committed Oh the territory III di,-
puIe between The United States and Great Bri,
tain, be referred TO a Select Committee.
Mr.. Hamilton suggested the proprie'y oil
referring the subject ~ the COMMITTEE on Fo-
reign Affairs, and, the mover accepting the
modifi a,ion. the resolution was adopted.
And the question recurring adopting The
who eof the resolutions moved by Mr.. Wright
for the reference Of the various parts oi ths
Pre- sident's Message.
MIR. Woods, OF OHIO, moved that the reso!u'
tons Of Mr.. Wright br amended, and that Sc
much Of the message as refers t. the surviving
warriors OF he Revolution be referred Ia the
same Select Committee, to which had beer
referred memorial Of Aaron Ogden and Alder
Bradford, Gin behalf of the surviving officer:
only.)
This motion gave rise 10 a somewhat dcsui
tory debate, in which the merits of the claim
Of the Revolutionary officers and soldiers were
more or less mixed up with the question oil or
der, nvol, ed in The reference.
The question was thet.saken on the amend
nlent Of Mr.. Wood, and decided in the affirm
alive Ayes 90, Noes "a.
! The remaining resolutions Of Mr.. Wrigh
were then adopted wthou, opposinon.
Messrs. Mercer. Stewart, Woods Of Ohio
Marvin, Davis, of Mass. Gurley, and Bell were
appointed Committee on Roads and Canals, IL
pursuance of the fifth resolution
M.ssrs. Metcafe, Floyd, OF Va. Findlay,
Ward, Beecher, M'Hat'on, and Johns, were
appointed a Committee on The Militia, in pursu'
ance Of the sixth resolution
On motion Of Mr.. Moore of Alabama, Il
was Resolved that the Committee on the pub
lie Lands be instructed to inquire into the ex
pediency Of providing fer the sale Of re'inquish
ed land, by entry al certain fixed prices, agree
ably to its quality.
Resolved, That the memorial of the Legisla
ture Of the State Of Alabama, and the memo
rails from the People of that State, IN relation
to this subject, and the communication OF th'
Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting th'
Report from the Commissioners OF the Genera
Land Office, touching the necessary measures
TO be adopted, calculated TO guard The publit
interest against the fraudulent, combinations
in the resale Of relinquished land, which were
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