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PHILIP IHJ-VAL.
National Legislature.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Saturday. February 4,
Mr. Hall of O-o presented the petition
of Geo. I)e la Huff: which was referred to
the committee of claims.
Mr K«*nt from the committee on the Dis
trier of Columbia, reported a hill concern
ing the College in Georgetown in the Dis
trict of Columbia; an 1 Vtr Eppes repor
ted a hill for the relief of Joshua Sands—
The first hill was read three times and
passed, and the latter was twice read aud
committed*
The House resumed the consideration of
the report of *he committee of Claims on
the petition of Sarah Easton and 1- >rothjr
Storer; which was ordered to lie on the
able. *
1 The engrossed hills for taxing lotteries,
and for laving a duty on gold, silver and
plated warf and jewellery, were each read
a thirl time, passed, and sent to the
Senate for concurrence;
The bill for the relief of the Anscosta
litidge Company passed through a commit
tee of the whole, was amended K ordered
to be engrossed for a third reading.
The order of the day on the report of the
committee of Investigation (usually so na.
mol) having been called over, it was, on
motion, ordered that the further consider
ration thereof be postponed indefinitely.
The hill for the relief of [Ainey Dardin]
the representatives of David Dardin dec/d,
passed through a committee of the whole,
was widely debated, and at last (for per
haps the twentieth time in one or other
branch of the legislature) ordered to be en»
grossed for a third reading, bjr the follow
ing vote s
For the bill , 69
Against it 59
The amendments of the Senate to the bill
to amend the act establishing the Navy De
partment, by adding thereto a Roard of
Commit inner*, were read and concurred
in.
The amendments of the same body to the
hill for. the better regulation of the On!*
nance Department,were also read and com*
milted.
The bill from the Senate making appro*
priations for repairing or rebuilding the
public building* in the city of Washington,
was twice read and committed.
The Speaker laid before the House a let
ter from the Secretary of the Treasury,
4 transmitting sundry statements, which have
^ usually been presented to the view of Con
» gress, in the annual report on the state of
the finances, and are intended to accompa
ny the report upon that subject, made on
the 23d day of September last ; which were
read.
And then the House adjourned.
Monday, February 6.
Mr. King of N.C. presented the petition
of Mrs. Aon Brwwn, consort of John Brown,
who was lost on board a gun-boat of the
United States j which was referred to a
committee.
, The Speaker laid before the House, a
'i , memorial from Thomas Ewell, of this dis*
trict i in which, after describing the ad
vantages of such Institutions, he prAys a
law may be passed, authorising landed pro
prietors of the United States, to issue notes
payable six months after date, See. (in the
manner of the notes Mr. E. himself has al •
ready issued)—which was read by the
Clerk, and laid on the table.
BATTLES AT ORLEANS.
Mr. Troup of Geo. from the committee
on Military Affairs, made a report recom .
mendiilg the adoption of the following re«
solve ;
Resolved, by the Senate and House of
Representatives t>f the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That the
thanks of Congresn he and they are here
by presented to Major General Jackson,
and through hi n to'thc officers and men
under his command, for their g dlantry and
good conduct, in defeating the enemy be
I fore the city of New Orleans, in sucessive
battles fought on the 23d of December,
1814, and 1st and 8th of January, 1815 —
in which •» British veteran army, formida
[ ble in number as in discipline, commanded
bv renowned Generals, was thrice beaten
and driven back with great loss, and in
the battle of the 8th of January, with im<»
mense slaughter, by a militia force hastily
collected to the defence of that city, aided
bv a small bMy of regu'ar troops; thus
illustrating the patriotic defence of the
country with brilliant achievement, and
signalizing the Americans by steady per
severance, incessant vigilance, patient suf.
; fering, undaunted firmness, and in victory
moderation asd clemency : And that the
President of the United tjtates be requested
to cause a Gnlcl Medal to be struck with
suitable emblems and devices, and presen
ted to Major General Jackson, in testimony
of the high senre entertained by Congress
of events so memorable, and of services so
eminent.
i tie resolves were twice read and refer
red to a committee of the whole.
Mr.Sharp of Ivy. from a select commit
tee, reported a bill declaratory of the pow -
ers of the Legislature of Illinois territory
(giving it power to fix the times and places
at which the Judges of the territory shall
hold the courts therein)-—The bill was twice
read and committed.
CLASSIFICATION' PROPOSED IN A
NEW SHAPE.
Mr. Rich of Vt. having caught the Spca
kcr's eye, spoke nearly •>< follow,
Impressed as I am w.th the importance
of the crisis to which our country h »p,
pranching, end anxious as I feel to contri
bute the utmost of my feeble efforts to en
sure success to the con’es n which it is
engaged, I deem it unnecessary that I
should offer an apology for trou > ing the
House w'rh the propositions I am about to
submit. Su-el". sir, ;f the presen‘ conte*
shall terminate ingloriously, the cause of it
must and will be charged noon this Cm
gress ; and, I may be permitted to add,
that nothing can ever be urged as an apolo-.
gy for us. For it can never be said, that
the country which has produced a Brown,
a Scuti and a Jackson, with the Sonrtan
bands which have fought bv their sides, and
which contains near two millions of men
equally capable of bearing arms, tog-'her
with all tlie means oi supjflying armies,
and subsisting its inhabitants, can be misac*
cessful in a contest with any nation whate
ver, except for want of a proper a^plica
cation of the means within the power of
the government With a knowledge, how
ever, of the difficulty we have experienced
in uniting the House in any important mea
sures, I ought, perhaps, to forbear making
an attempt at a new project at this late
period of the session, and content myself
with trusting the defence ot our country to
wh it regular forces may be obtained by the
ordinary mode ot enlistment, relying on vo
lunteers and militia for the balance. But,
sir, when I consider the dangers with which
our country is threatened, and :hs mi qua.
burdens which are imposed upon the peo
ple by drafts from the militia, as well as
the enormous expence attending them, I
feel it my duty, late as it is, to make one
effort to accomplish that which shall bet.
ter comport with what I believe to be a
duty we owe to the community.
Mr. R. then submitted the following re*
solutions :
Itcaolved, 1 hat the committee on Mili
tary Affairs, be instructed to enquire into
the expediency of providing by law for ar
ranging the citizens subject to the direct
tax. into classes in such manner that each
shall, as far as may be practicable, consist
of persons residing contiguous to each other,
and from which together hundred
dollars shall be due j and of permitting
each class to furnish one inan for the regu*
lar army, within a given number of days,
in lieu of said tax.
Hr solved, l'hat the said committee be
instructed to enquire into the expediency of
augmenting the Direct f ix for the present
year, so as that it may be sufficient to pro*
cure thousand men at hundred
dollars each.
The House having agreed to consider
these resolutions, Mr. R. again rose and ad
dressed the House as follows :
Having submitted the propositions before
you, it is due to myself and to the house,
that I should give a brief explanation of my
views as to the details of the proposed mea
sure. I propose, sir, that it shall be made
the duty of the principal assessors in the
several states, as soon as the tax lists shall
be made out. to furnish each assistant as
sessor with a list comprehending the taxa
ble persons in the assesmeut districts re
spectively, and that the assistant assessors
shall be required to arrange them Into class
es,in such manner that each class shall, as
far as may be practicable, consist of per
sons residing contiguous to each other, and
from whom in the whole, two hundred dol
lars of t'se tax shall be due, requiring of
the said assessors that they should make a
return of the classification to the collector,
designating the classes by numbers, or in
some other manner which shall be suffici
ently descriptive, and that the citizens of
each assessment district should be notitieo
of the class to which tfvy may severally
belong, and of the tax due from each, by
the posting up of class lists, at a suitable
numlier of the most public places in each
district. I pronose that each class should
be allowed to exonerate itself from the tax
bv furnishing a man f within a given number
of da s) to engage for the war, without the
bounty in money from the government; but
tu be entitled to the land bounty, ahd that
a class on furnishing a recruit should be en
titled to a certificate from the olficer autho
rised to receive the recruits, which being
presented t« the collector should be good
payment for the tax of the class.. And in
the absence of such certificate, for a given
number of days, the collector should proceed
in the collection. It is not improbable that
in arranging the classes it might be exoedi
ent in s-<»n? cates and perhaps in all, to in
clude in a class those whose tax together
should amount to four, or six, nc perhaps
eight hundred dollars, and provide that it
should exonerate itself from the tax by fur
nishing a corresponding number of men. I
feel no difficulty, sir, in haaardiag an opini
on, that most of the classes would furnish
i the men, and F be*ieve they would do so,
I because thereby they would matte a saving
to themselves in naonev, and mt oulv wouM
they make a saving in amount, but in most
coses they would p*y a recru-t in the ne
cessary supplies for a family, and in vari
ous other ways, in which thev would com
pensate him, with more convenience than
to raise the same amount in money at a giv„
en period. And in aid of this pUo, we shonl ’
enlist, not only all the feelings which resu-r
from a wish to see the country properly de
fended, but those of pecuniary interest.—
•-very taxable citizen would in a degree
\ oluntarily become a recruiting officer, and
among the whole, there can be litde dauPt
but a .sufficient number of recruits would be
found. If, however, it shou'd be believed,
that to allow two hundred dollars of the tax
for a recruit would he a sum insufficient to
ensure the obtaining of them, let the sum
be augmented, and if necessary, increase
the tax accordingly, to which l ean see no
objection, as. whatever the nominal amount
of the tax may be, no other burden would
be imposed on »he people, than the smallest
sum necessary to procure the men; and
sure I am, that at a time when the people
in every direction are crying aloud to the
government to provide an army tor the de
fence of every thing dear to them, thev will
not complain of the imposition of the bur
dens necessary totha* object, particularly if
no more money is required of them, than
wh it they shall frul necessary, they having
the sole direction ot the application of it._
I am not insensible, that to raise any given
number of men in the manner I propose.
m;iy nominally cost me government some
thing m re ban to raise them in the ordi
nary moJe ; but I belie»e i> would cost the
people much less. Indeed I very much
doubt whe her our soldiers do not now cost
us S$200 each, alting into consideration the
b'hinty, premiums, pay and rations to re
Crui'ing officers, loss of money in the hands
of some of them, and other incidental ex
penses. lam not able to anticipate any
constitutional objections which can be urged
against the plan I have proposed, even by
the nostscrupulous. Nor can I presume
that it will be subject to the term of “con
scription,” a word which to some is so a
1 trming. The present direct tax of six mii*
Hons of dollars, if applied in the manner
proposed allowing two hundred dollars for
each recruit, would raise "0,000 men ; but
it cannot be calculated that the whole tax
will be thus applied, ev-n if the citizens
should in no mart of the country find any
difficulty in procuring a sufficient number of
men, because there will in all of the states
be more or less property owned by non resi.
dents, to which thr classification would not
be applicable. It might therefore be fair to
calculate that from the cause I have just
nentioned, and odier incidental causes, not
nore than 20 or 25.000 would be obtained,
while th • balance of the tax would be paid
in money.
I will not at present hazard an opinion as
to the number which we ought to calculate
on raising, provided the plan is adopted—
that being a subject which more properly
belongs to others. But presuming that it
might be expedient to increase the tax for
the present year, with a view of enlarging
the number of men beyond what the six
millions would raise, I have proposed by
the second resolution an enquiry on that sub
ject.
I may perhaps be told, that in consequence
of the pledges contained in the direct tax
bill, and the engagements of the government
founded on them, there is an insurmounta
ble difficulty in the way of adopting the plan
I have suggested, and such may be the fact,
though I am myself inclined to a different
opinion.
If however there be no other way of get
ting over the supposed difficulties, I should
be m favor of substituting other new taxes, or
of so increasing the present direct tax, as to
make it sufficient to procure a proper num«
ber of men, leaving the present six millions
to find their way into the treasury, Genile
men perhaps will say, that, to substitute
other indirect taxes for the present direct
tax, or to increase the direct tax in the
manner I have proposed, will be to impose
burdens upon the people heavier than can
be borne. I admit they will be heavy, but,
sir, the people of this country had rather
support their rights at any expense than
surrender them, and I am altogether mis
taken as to public opinion, or it is clamorous
from every quarter, for the government to
adopt strong, energetic measures, such as
with common prudence and exertion will
ensure success. I have not the vanity to
suppose that the propositions Uhave sub.
mined, are free from objections. But un
less someth*,g can be offered less liable to
them, I hope they may be adopted, for sure
I am that we ought to do something and that
without delay. Should it be objected that
too groat delay will attend the plan I have
submitted, I ask of gentlemen to present one
which shall be practicable, and which will
»e attended with less, and assure them that
1 will give my aid in adopting it. But I beg
of gentlemen that we may not let this sss„
sion pass by without doing something which
will have a tendency to rtdieve our citizens
from their fearful apprehension.
Mr. Webster opposed the resolves, and
demanded the yeas and nays on their aclop*
tion. He objected to the consideration, at
this late hour, of new projects, which,
though they would seriously obstruct the
recruiting service, could produce no good.
The present direct tax, he observed, was
pledged to specific purposes ; and an addu
tion to the direct tax was not practicable,
that tax being already as heavy as could be
borne. The true interest of the country,
he believed, iodic ited a reliance on volun*
tary enlistments for filling the ranks of the
army. See.
Mr: Goldsborough appeared to be inelin*
ed to see this subject referred to a conmit
tee of the whole, for a full and mature con*
sideratinn.
Mr. Wright expressed his regret at see
ing such a propositisn introduced at this
time; for sure b • was, it would produce no
good i but, besides consuming public ti ne,
the very publication of the motion would
have a tendency to check the recruiting ser
vice. He had information which authoriz
ed him to say that theie was a perfect con.
fidence the army would be filled in good
time by the ordinary process of recruiting ;
and, if we had been able to obtain money at
the commencement of the session, he had
no doubt but the army would now have
presented a very numerical front indeed.—
He adverted to th= high bounties now paid,
compared to those paid during the revolu*
tion, which would soon produce a gmd ap*
my, and an army of the wealthy men too,
each entitled by virtue <*f his enlistment to
320 acres of land ''cc. The states, too, were
raising troops, of which the Slate of Mary
land had magnanimously voted to raise 5000.
These new /irojecta, .Mr. W. feared, would
defeat the only one on which reliance could
be placed, vi2( the recruiting service.
Mr. Grosvenor said he was totally oppo*
sed to this motion, in principle, which was,
besides, impracticable. The assumption of
*he direct tax by some of the states interpo*
sed of itself an insuperable difficulty in the
wav of this wild project.
* Mr. Gholson said he did believe that the
subject of providing for filling the ranks of
the Regular Army and of providing the
Ways and Means, ought, until they were
entirely arrang'd, to occupy the attention
of Congress to the exclusion of all other bu*
sincss. That the mode now proposed w is
the proper one for filling the ranks, he did
not say ; but, as it introduced the subject of
enquiry, he hoped the resolution would be
adopted. That the country was capable of
bringing at once a regular army into the
field, no man acqu tinted, with its resources
could deny, if thev were properly applied.
The only question then was, whether suen
an army was wanting * Of that lie thought
there could be no doubt ; and he therefore
hoped the house would seriously enter on
this subject.
Mr. Fisk of V>. opposed a proposed post,
ponement of this motion, not that he aporo
ved it entirely, but because it was suscep.
tible of modification, and that, in his opln*
ion, it would become C ingress, before they
parted to take some efficient and certain
measures to fill the ranks of the regular ar
my. A combination of this proposition with
that made by the War Department at the
commencement of the session, would pro
duce such a system as he should approve—
and such as he believed, from the vant of
money, the government would at last be
compelled to resort to. What answer, he
asked,could they give to their constituents,
if they returned home and left the country
comparatively defenceless i It was time,
he said, that they should act, and act effici
ently.
Mr. Stanford made a motion to lay the
resolves on the table ; which was nega.
tived.
Mr. Lowndes objected to the enquiry in
to the propriety of diverting the Direct Tax
already laid, or a part of it, to the purpo
ses of raising men. After that tax had
been solemnly pledged by law to a specific
purpose, to enter into a discussion of the
propriety of diverting it to any other pur
pose, while it would be impracticable for
any useful ?end, might be seriously injurious
to the finances and credit of the country —
He had no objection, however, to enquire
into the propriety of encreasing the Direct
Tax to this end, &c.
Mr. Troup (the Chairman of the milita
ry committee) said., that, being a member
of the committee to whom it was propo .ed
to refer this subject, it did not become him
to express any decided opinion on it. All
he hoped was, that the house would not in
struct the committee on this head, unless
determined to perfect the proposition into
the shape of a law—.inasmuch as the com
mittee, in its ministerial capacity, had al
ready cognizance over tnis subject, and
could report on it without instruction, if
deemed by th*m expedient. With respect
in me military subjects ol the present ses
sion, the house could not tail to recollect
that the report of the Secretary of War had
stated what force we had, and what addi
tion to it was desirable for the further de„
fence of the country. It had been propo*
sed to Congress to augment the regular
force to one hundred thousand men, to
which purpose it was proposed to resort to
the most energetic means. It was neces
sary for the committee of this house, said
Mr. Troup, to endeavor to ascertain the o.
pinion of both branches of the Legislature,
as to the different modes of raising men.—
We did so ; and found that no efficacious
measures, calculated certainly and prompt
ly to fill the regular army, could be effectu.
ally resorted to. Measures were matured
and proposed by the committee, but were
not pressed on the house, from the solemn
conviction that there was no disposition in
the Legislature to act finally on the subject.
This being ascertained, other measures
were adopted, to improve the recruiting
service, to authorize toe acceptance hue
the service of volunteers, and state troone
in tha nature of regulars. If the whole
number authorized of the two latter, could
be commanded together with the 60 000
regulars (supposing the ranks to be fi'le j)
it would give an effective force of 140,000
men, and might be reasonably expected to
produce 100,000, as great a number, per*
haps as under present circumstances, the
finances of the country would bear. Even
at this late dav of the session, however, Mr,
T. said, he was willing to resort to the on
ly certain and effectual mode of augmen
ting the regular anny to an hundred thou
men, to the support of which the finances
of the country might, before adjournment,
be made ad-quate. He hoped at least the
house would so decide on this question, as
to make the vote on it decisive of their re
al views m regard to it.
Vfr. Alston remarked, in replv to the ob.
jection derived from the existing pledge of
the direct tax, that that pledge applied only
to the continuance of that tax until a' cer
tain part of the principal and interest
ot the debt should be redeemed ; but the
proceeds of the tax might be applied to this
or any other purpose the government should
see Tit:
Mr. Macon was n* opinion that the mo«
tion proposed nt. violation of the public faith.
If the army could be flhed by the regular
mode of enlistment, as was now S3id, how
happened it that so many projects of. this
nature were offered ? The reliance on
volunteers and state troops was uncertain ,•
and Congress ought to devise some mode by
which the ranks of the army cou d be pos«
itively tilled- If it could be done without
violating the public faith, Mr. M. said It
was his opinion that the direct tax could be
mofe easilv oaid In this way than in money,
and he should therefore favor the plan.
At length, after other desultory debate,
the resolves were, on motnoof Mr. Fisk of
Vt. believing, he said, they would not pass
on their present shape, referred to a com -
mbtee of the whole hous\ 63 to 57, and
ordered to be printed, 53 to 39.
Mr. Webster o jtained leave of absence
for the remainder tn*» -e- ion.
On motion of Mr. Eppes, the bill autho
rizing the issue of Treasury Notes for the
year 1815, was recommitted to the commit*
tee of Wavs and Means.
The engrossed bid for the r lief of the
Anacosta Bridge Com ’any, and the engros*
sed bill for the relief of the heirs of David
Darden, deceased, were read a third time,
passed an < sent to the Senate.
The bid to compel the Clerk of the
j Hou-e of Represe.vatives to give bond, 5cc.
having passed through a committee of the
whole, Mr. Jackson of Va. in the chair, *
was re-commi ted to the c ntin)i tee of Ac*
i counts
I he bill tor the relief of George S. Whe,
passed through a committee of the whole,’
and^ was ordered to lie on the table.
The bill for subsisting the army of theU,
States, by authorizing the appointment of
commissioners of supplies, passed through
a committee of the whole h >use, and was
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
And the House adjourned.
'Tuesday February 7.
On motion of Mr. Easton, a committee
was ordered to be appointed to enquire into
the expediency of better regulating bv lavy
the mode of leasing the lead mines beloning
to the United States in the territory of Mis*
s >iiri. in such manner as to secur- th*» les*
seen in the quiet enjovmen? of th ir lea-*s,
and to secure to the U. States the due coU
lection of their rents therefor, and to report
by bill or otherwise.
PAY OF THE MEMBERS.
Mr. Ship'.ierd of N. Y. submitted for cop.t
sidcation 'he following resolution ;
Resolved, Tnat a committee be appoint
ted to enquire into the expediency of pro*
viding for the making a reasonable com
pensation to the members of both Houses of
Congress for travelling to and from Con
gress, and attendance thereon respectively
—.that they report thereon by bill or other
wise ; and that the committee embrace in
such enq u-y the present session.
Mr. Pearson enquired the objept of this
motion, and the grounds for it.
Mr. Shipherd said he should have sup*
posed Ha honorable friend understood his
own in ere*t sufficiently not to have requi
red any explanation on this head. Congress
having the right to regulate their own pay
in the same manner as the Compensation
of other officers of the government, they
ought to render to themselves th it justice
which they feel bound to do to other offi
cers of the government. He need not, he
said, t II the House that the pay nqw re
ceived by the members was not half what
its value was when that pay was fixed
more particularly when it was Considered
that the paper with which the members
were paid was full 25 per cent below par
or the value of specie. His object wa* so
to augment the pay of the memhers ns Vt
make it equal to six dollars of that medium
in which members formerly received their
oav
Mr. Rhea of Tenn said he did not con
ceive this the proper time to enter into the
consideration of this subject. He thonght
gentlemen should let the nation get through
tlw war, before they eacreascd their pay
Mr. Farrow was opposed to ihe motion
throughout, on principle, and denied the n».
•edged depreciation of tn .ney, which he
said was very gladly received in payment,
in dealings of any sort in (he district
Mr. Shiyhei d. in'uppoit of his first ob
servation, said, that it was as obvious ilia,
all our paper was depreciated, as that the
con mental money was depreciated }\m
had no lastidious delicacy aliout him.which
would prevent him trom doing jus ice to
himself. If payment could be obtained In
specie, it would be k good argument u alnst
the proposed motion ; but it was notorious
tnat for specie they mu«t pay a discount of
25 per cent on the paper which they re*
ceived for their pay.
Mr. Rhea said that every member knew
1 when he was chosen, what compensation