Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-01
NIMETEGMTa CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION

NINETEEMTd CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 81.
IN SENATE.
The President communicated letter r,,r, d.
Secretary of the Treasury, containing s,a,emsn,
Oh the affairs OF the incorporated Banks in the
District Of Columbia.
'if. Smilh OF Maryland, gave notice that he
'houic ON Monday, call up the General A ppropri.
alton Bill.
FRENCH SPOLIATIONS.
! lie senate took up the following resolution
accompanying the report of Mr. Holmes, f. on, the
Select COMMITTEES on French Spoliations:
ReS0fued, That the President of the RI G h..
requested 10 procure the evidence and documents
relating 10 the claims OF citizens against France
previously to the Convention of the Both Ser,
iooo, shd 10 cause an abstrac, of the claims and
OF the evidence and documents be laid before n.
oenate al the commencement of the first session
OF the next Congress.
v" Tue question OF agreeing to the resolution
MT. Macon requested niorm alton, and NJ, Uo,,re q.
emp sined.
Mr.. handler sad he hoped that the resolution
would be so amended not to pledge Conoress
In future to pay those claims
MI. iazewell opposed the resolution. n, M,
only asking information from the Executive hut
C eh IN cohnexion with the report binding the
"uea' 10 pay some millions of money, which.
- 'PpeA.eu' was chiefly claimed by Insurance
i. ne thought II not only unjust but
IMPROPER, 10 give any countenance 10 ibese claims
Ihey had been for two or three ses.io,s IT,.
congress, aud The Committees had each time u,,;I
now moved TO be discharged from their couside,..
t,on' lie had been member of one of the seize,
committees on the subject. and had At one of ,hs
meetings. heard read something sirnilar to tbjs re-
port. HIS opinion was then, as il was now Tho,
rue Is Grains were moi binding this Government
the benefit of the State printer. ., 80, .. 'ol
PRIMER who would have COOL ob in ,r;. ,;s
.ne documents which would be obiaiued fro,, The
executive; out he was convinced il " ould 90 mn
table 10y u on 'he
MI Holmes sad, he believed the arrrmeo, in
"'o' OF these claims, set forth in the reno,t cond
'UI''s"ea. IL was true that the subject had
S,'..SI De'o'e oeen referred 10 a COMMITTEES; bu, a
detailed report had never before been made ono,
them. The Committee which had no. s.,, spou
IN theT favor, was, with the execution of hirssIf
composed OF The most distinguished members nj
o'het Committees; and, it might he supoo.ei .ero
ISp-oie vi forming an opinion upon the suh;ec,
W "n regard 10 the facts, Mr.. II. was well sa,ieni
."d' he Claimants were entitled 20 sometime. a,d
'lst uie u states did release these claims in ne.
s"s WIN france, for a valuable conside,s
4.
was no' intended TO go into argument ON he 49,.
tice OF The claims this session; The only che,
10 OBTAIN The papers as evidence which ID -.
pu' 'nto the hands OF the Government. and ,,bich
as uue 70 tne Claimants to produce and ;nves,;
"ome OF these documents were in the S,ats
Dehartment, and others in The hards of eur Aoeo,
raris; and resolution of the Senate a. os
~ OBTAIN them. He hoped that the motto,
idy on 'he table would not prevail, and should
anHu IL
MOI succeed, and were n forced 90 argue tbs
question, ne would then move to POSTPONE the rs1
so'utIon 10 some more convenient dsy
"f' White wished to know what ut;li,v Tho 90
Ieso'ui ION would effect. a large volume of doc-
u'I n''' OF similar nature, printed las, wear.
anu ne doubted whether any one of the Co,n,1;,,aS
'u nave mad lime to investigate them lhoroueb-
iy' ~ was good winters work to read and un.
derslsnd those already printed. Those na,y iii,
Tor, were TO show, whether the whole -, .',iea
the claims should be Paid. But he tbon.b, ,Sa
hTst question to be settled was, rybe,ber Cnns...
"ou'u pay any OF them then the claimants .'o,II
produce ther own evidence; and, if the docuo,s,ts
)" 'ne o'ate department were nece.sarv tho,
couiu procure them. He thought the me,bod n,o.
posed by the resolution an irregular one re
Suoyec' had oeen acted upon before; aad had been
reported upon unfavorsbiy by the Senate and ,be
House OF Representatives If new dsc;.;e.' .'.,
~ "OPtI U0e Tor making Z
would be allowed. lie renewed de ,nn,;~.e ="
lay upon the table. '4V'''h W
MIR Smith OF South Carolina, was avs,ss .. oo
ing INTO discussion upon this or any o,be, s,,,;.s,
"hils they had but six days more to act II an5 |
v nue. contention was still kept IN bet,ves, ,Ls
subjects now before the Sena,e for prefsrsoco =,
vas certainly too serious question 20 he dst,,ad
" 'i"s late period; and he was not p,scsrea -. 80
nio the Investigation OF claims which lid La. 49,,
nani quarter Of a century, and which ano,,oteI
o nearly half OF The National Deb, TIe ns;n,.
y question was, whether any Of The claim. .bonli
,e psldj and, u II was decided tina, ,bev sloaI, -"
hen il would be necessary TO sproic, Cor'ra w.
lonels Tor the'r settlement, as was doos - g..
spanish claims There must be = n,;nc;,Is ~
Witch 10 decide hem; and 10 that Inc Comri.
ICnefs would be bound TO resort. He had No ias,
ns'' after long and argumen.attye repor, ,yb,sb
pc Senate had not had time to exam;a. de- ,
bonld passa resolution to sastsi1 Cha, rsnn,, ~
I'VE the snction Of the Senate. He sfoalJ ,
ns,e'ore' tote Tor laying the resolurior on the
Mr. my observed, that this was a soh;ec, of /,
'es' importance on many considerations anil /,
ugf", on leHher side. to be preiudged. The re-
OFT was MT only long and srgumen,stiye In, !, 1
10 been oily this morning laid on lie ,,slss 81 !