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.
2-39
the first "i;uar_t¢~.i:_ of the pihsint "year.
pression in j _V ‘
quarter were S7 27 ,000
. The duties secured in that
»ies.. than those of the. corresponding -quartet‘
of 1520 ; w'hi,l,st the amoupt secured in the sec-
ond and third qtiarters exceeded that of the same
pct,-iod of the preceding year by l,l72,0.qQ:'clollars:
mus pres;-nring, onihe 30th of September,-last, an
' aggregate access ‘of $445,000 for the three first
quarters of,1821, which sum, there is reason to
believe, will be considerably augmented at the
end of the year.
“ Whilst the duties have progressively increased,
the debentures cliargeable upon them have con-
siderably diminished :» the amount of debentures
isstied from the lst of January to the 80th of Sep-
tember last, being $952,000 less than was issued,
during the same period ofthe pI'eCCd|“B‘ Yea“-
The, same causes which in 1819 and 1820, ef-
fected so great a reduction ofthe revenue arising
from imposts and tonnage, were felt in an‘eq_ual
degree in the sale of the public lands._ Those
who, from an anticipation of their resources pre-
yjously to those years, were unable to purchase
foreign rnercliandize, were equally incapable of
purchasing public lands, or of discharging debts
contracted with the government by purchases an-
tecedemtly made. _"’ .
In the annual report of the Treasury at the
coifimencement of the last session of Congress.
the receipts from the public lands for_the year
1821 were estimated at $1,600,000, if no ‘change
should be made by law affecting the obligations
which the purchasers were then under to be punc-
tual in their payments. Brit, at the close of the
session, an act was passed for the reliefof the pur-
chasers of public lands, which so far impaired
that obligation as to induce the Committee of
Ways -and Means to estimate the proceeds of
that source of revenue at only $800,000. It has
been shoyv,n,liotvever, that the receipts to the 30th
of September last, $940,000; and those of the
whole year are now estimated at $1,300,000.
Independeiitly, lioweyer, of any such increase,
the facts disclosed by the fiscal operations of the
year, some of which have been eniiriierated,
warrant. the copclusion that the receipts of the
year 1822 mayilfe estiinawd 3‘ $l5»110.000a VIZ»
Customs, 14,000,000 ; Public lands, 1,600,000;
Bank dividends, 350,000; Arrears of direct tax
and internal duties, 75,000 ; Moneys recovered
out of advances made in the War Department,be-
forelhe 13: of July l8l5, 60,000; incidental re-
ceipts, 25,000. ;. _
The expenditures of the year‘ 1822 are estima-
at $14.9-l7,66l 80, viz. Civil, diplomatic and mis-
cellaneous, 1,764,297; Public debt,.5,722,857 Ol ;
Military service, including fortifications. ord-
nance, Indian department, revolutionary and mil-
itary pensions, arming the Militia, and arr-ear_ages
prior to the 1st, of January 1817, $193,097 52 s_
Nam] sgrvice, including the gradual increase of
the navy, 2,452,410 27. The receipt_s ofthe year
will tlicreforr-, exceed the estimated expenditure
by $1(162,338 ‘Z0. VVhich,after discliargiugthe
difference between the balance in the treasury on
the -5st of January 1822, and the balaricc of ap-
priation chargeable upon it,will leave in the treas-
ury, on the‘ 1st of January 1323, a balance esti-
mated at 671,375 50.
It is, however, proper to state. that, in the es-
timate for the naval service, only $200,000 of the
Tartiiual appropr-iation of 500,000 10!‘ the gradual
‘increase of the navy is included ; but that, of the
‘amount estimated by the Secretary of VVar, a
sum larger thati,,.the balance of that appropriation
V is for arrearages for revolutionary pensions and
the Indian department. which will not be embra-
ced in the estimates for the year 1823.
The expenditure of the two succeeding years,
it is believed will not exceed that of the year 1822
‘ unless’ a- further expenditure shall, in the inter-
mediate time be authorised by law. But in the
e'x;'i:l’-Inditur'e, of the year 1822, and also of 1823
and .1324, no part of thegannual a_ppropriation of
‘of $10,000,000 constituting the sinking fund, is
’ c‘o_mprel-lentled, except what is necessary to dis-
charge the interest of the public debt, and the I‘:-
iinbursement of the six per cent deferred stock.
On the 1st of’January, 1825, and the three suc-
ceeding years, the debt contracted during the
years l8~l2, l8l3, 1814 and I815, becomes re-
deemable atthe will of the government. These
sums greatly exceed the amount of the sinking
fund applicable in those years to the redemption
of the public‘ debt. _As the current. value of the
fivejper; cent stock, created during’ the last and
present year, exceetls_..tliat of the seven per cent
stock of l8l2 and l8l3, it is supposed that the
"holders of "those" stocks will be disposed to ex-
change them for an equal amouiit of five per cent
,. stock, redeemable at such periods as to give full
‘operation to the sinking fund, as at present con-
stitrited. According to this view of the subject,
‘ $24‘.0O0,000 of the stocks which will be redeem-
able in the years 1825 and 1826, may be exchan-
ged for live per cent stock, redeemable, one third-
sameqdays of 1832 and 1833. This exchange of
six per cent stock, if effected on the 1st of Janu-
ary 1823, will produce an annual reduction ofthe
interest of the public debt, from that time to the
.fi_-i-‘st ITILDHODCCJ period, of 240,000, and an aggre-
gate saving, through the whole period, of2,160,-
000.".-—-lf the whole ‘of the seven per cent stock
shoiild be-exchanged, the saving will be consid-
erably increased. ' wt, _
_ If such an exchange of stock should be deem-
. _ed inexpedi-:nt or impracticable, a savingvofequal
if notjgreater extent, may be effected in the years
‘ , 1825. 1826, 1827 and I828, by borrowing, atthe
rate of five per cent, inthe first and each,suc-
cessive year. a sum equal to the difference be-
tween the atnout redeemable, and that portion of
the Sinking Fund, applicable to its redemption ; ~
the lite per cent stock, so created, to be redeem-
abl_e_ at such periods as to give full operation to
the Sinking Fund, until the whole of the Public
Debt shall be redeemed. If the five per cent
stock shall':dIfring those years, be above par, a sa-
virig beyoi"f¢'l’7-'that proposed to be effected by the
excliange of stock in_r,l823, will be secured, to the
«extent ofth-at differeiiice, by the latter process.
-But, possible, that the p‘r'ogressive increase
of the i'e.ii;e,nue, which hasjbeen anticipated, and
which .;j9j-ifiecessary to tfiiffull operation of the
‘Sinkiri”“-‘~.Furid, maynot‘ be realized; 7 In‘.-«that e-
vent, the public expenditure: "authorized by law,
- on"the first‘ of January 1831, and one thirdon the .
may, after the lat of January I325, _exceed« the‘
p‘..ti)tlC revenue. The remedy in such‘c‘ase must
be--l's't, an increase of the public reveniie by‘ ap
addition to the existtingimpositions ;or, 2d,'a.i‘e-
duetion of‘-—the-Sinking Fund.--First. A geiieral
‘revision and cor_i‘f_ectioi_i of the duties imposed up-
on foreign -itiietjéhandize seem to‘ be required.-‘=-
Many of the‘. _ ijiicles which payfbut 15' per cent
valorem ought, in justice as well as policy, to
be-plac_ed,at~25 per cent, which is the duty paid
'-‘upon the principal articles of woollenand cotton
manufactures. The same observation is appli-
cable,-to some of the articles which pay twenty
percent ad valorem. A correction of the exist-
ing duties, with a view to the increase of the pub-
lic revenue, could hardly fail to effect that object
to the extent ofnearly a million dollars annually.
It is highly probable, however, that an increase of
duty on some of those articles might eventually
cause a reduction of the revenue ; but "this can
only take place where similar articles are manu-
factured in the country. In that event, domes-
tic manufactures will have been fostered, and the
general ability of the. community to contribute to‘
the public exigencies will have been proportiona-
expetlietit to reduce the Sinking Fund, in prefer-
ence to the imposition of additional duties, it may
may be satisfactory to know thatyan annual ap-
propriation for that object of $8,000,000, com-
mencing on the 1st of January 1825, will extin-
guish the whole of the public debt, exclusive of
the 3 per cent stock, in the year 1839. Should
the Sinking Fund be reduced to 8.000,000dollars,
an exchange of 36,000,000 dollars of six per
course of the year 1822, iftlie present price of
the latter stock should continue, without dimin-
in the redemption of the public debt. Such an
exchange would reduce the interest annually
360,000 dollars. . ' '
The loan of 5,000,000 dollars which was author-
ised by the act of 3d March 1821, hasbeenobtain-
ed at an aveaage premium of nearly 5,59 per cent;
upon the will of the government, after the 1st of
January 1825.
All which is respectfullly submitted.
WM. H. CRAWFORD. .
...........>i<—--——-
CONGRESS.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES, Friday, Dec. is.
Mr. Cannon called for the consideration of the
resolutions submitted by him on Monday, relative
to the organization of the militia &c. which the
House refused to consider, 72 to 55.’
Mr. \’Vhitman submitted the’ following resolu-
tions, amendatory ofthe Constitution, which was
ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
‘ Resolved 8<c—-
‘ That for the purpose of choosing representa-
tives to the Congress of the U. States, each state
shall by its legislature be divided into a number of
districts, equal to the number of representatives
to ‘which such state may be entitled : the districts
shall be formed of contiguous territory, the exte-
rior limits of each of which shall be as nearly c-
qui distant from a common centre as may be, and
composed of a population equal in number, as
near as may be practicable, to the number of the
population, entitled by the apportionment for the
time being, to elect one representative. In each
district so formed, the persons qualified to vote
shall elect one representative. The division of
states into districts hereby provided for, shall take
place immediately after the adoption of this a-
inendment; and immediately after every future
census, anapportionmentof representativest'here-
upon ; and such districts shall not be at any other
time, or on any other occasion, altered or varied.
‘ That, for the purpose of choosing electors of
President, and Vice President of the U. States,
the persons qualified to vote for representatives in
each District shall choose one senator. The two
additional electors to which each state is_,entitled
shall be appointed in such manner as _thelegisla-
ture thereof may direct. The electors who may
be convened, at the time and placerfprescribed by
law, for the purpose of voting for President and
Vice President of the United States, in case of
the non-attendance of any one or more of those
elected, or in case of a vacancy otherwise happeri-
ing, shall choose an elector, or electors to supply
such vacancies.’
Oninorion of Mr.’ Patterson it was Resolved,
That the secretary of state he directed to furnish
this house with such information as he may pos-
sess of the enumeration made under the law of
the 14th‘ March, 1820, directing a fourth census
of the inhabitants ofthe United States, designat-
ing the population of the different countries in the
respectivefstates and territories.
Dec.’l7.—On motion of Mr. Scott, it was Re-
solved, that the committee on the Judiciary be in-
structed to inquire into the expediency of provid-
ing, by law, for the extension to, and due execu-
tion of, the laws of the United States within the
state of Missouri, and for the organization of a
District Court therein, and for the appointment
of a Judge, .Marslial, and District Attorney of the
United States. ' I
A resolution was adopted, 70 to 60. infilrucllng
the Judiciary Cor_n_miitee to inquire into tb_e_expe-
diency of providing, by law, more effectually to
protect the rights of those entitled to the service
or labor of persons in one state, lmdel‘ the laws
thereof, escaping into another, and for their de-
livery td their rightful owners—agreeably to the
- provisions of the constitution. ‘
In the course of a discussion on this __subject,
Mr. Wright warmly deprecated the ir'i_terl'er-ence
of Quakers and others to prev.en_t the reo'lamation
of slaves in some of the states, and hi'nt.e‘d, that,
if effectual means were not taken‘ ‘-to 'see_ure the
rights of the Southern States in t'his.p_ar'ticular‘,‘
he did not know but what they miglit-‘beldr-iven to
take up arms to prevent them.‘ 1 '
On motion of Mr. Floyd, it was resolyed, That-
the Secretary. of the Navy be required ft?it°cp0l'l',to
this Hoiise the probable increase‘ of. expense, in
em harbors belonging to the United States on the
Pacific Ocean, and of transporting artillery to the
mouth of the Columbia River. ‘
The resolutions of Mr. Gilmer, respecting cer-_
tain Indian treaties, were considered, inodified to
read;_a's .f‘oll_ow's‘,‘\= an’ d. adopted.
1. "Resolved:-FI‘hat a committee be appointed to
take into consideration the treaty made by the U.
States with t.h,e'Creek'n’ation of Indians, made on
the 8th of August, 1814, and the treaties made by
the United States and the Cherokee nation of In-_
dians, on the~8th"July, 1817, and the one made‘
3.
29th February, 1817.
bly inct‘cased.—-.-Second. If it should be deemed .
cent, for five per cent stock may be effected in lht ,
ishing, in any degree, the operationof that fund, ~
.tion be laid on the table.
the President's Message.
causing an examination to bei‘made,,of the differ- _
I ‘ '§f"I{eso1vetl, That the articles ofagreernéiit ,,
‘cessiiin between th‘§§United States ari_gl”t_li1‘e .sia§¢"¢,f¢
Georgia, ‘entered into the 24th of A 1_8,20f~‘,'-,_, _‘
refejijrjediio the said committee Witlijjlnj r‘uct»i6'n§
to report whether the same l-lave bdiiifioxecutedi
according to the terms thereof; and alsnfthe be_st_
means, in the opinion of the committee, ‘of
cuting saidtaifticles of agreement.
,Mr. Cannon called for the consideration of the
resolutions he had submittedggelative to the mill-
tia, the army, and corps of “i:“a?irlets. ‘After some
discussion, the first resolution was ordered to lie
on the table.—-The second was adopted, in the
words following : ' ‘
Resolved, That a select committee be appoint-
ed on the subject ofthe militia, whose duty it shall
be to inquire into the expediency of or'ganiz-iiig
and providing for the improvement, in discipline,
of the militia of the different states and territories,
and have leave to report bybill or otherwise.‘
The third resolution was also adopted.
On motion to tal-te_into ‘consideration the re-
mainder of Mr. C's resolutions, the question was
taken and lost-—Aves 51, noes, 61. So the House
refused to consider them.
Mr. Whitman called for the consideration of
the resolution by him submitted on a former day.
requesting itifnrtnation from the §ecretary of
State relating to the late transactions" at Pensaco-
la, Stc. » '
The House agreed to consider the same ; when
Mr. Poinsett moved to amend it. by limiting-‘the
information called for tosuc/i as the Preaiclerzz may
think jzro/ier to conzntunicate.
M r.- \,?i/'.li_,it,rnan as ented to the amendment.
.Mr. Raifiiiilph vféd toinsert the word ‘ infor-
mation’ in ‘lieu of tifitfiword * correspondence,’
which was assented to.’ '
Mr. Edwards, of N. C. moved that the resolu-
He thought it more res-
pectful to the President of the United States to
wait for the information on the subject which it
was doubtless the intention of the Executive to
communicate.—’l‘l~.e message that had been de
lived at the commencement of the session refer-
red to the matter in question in very clear and ex-
plicit terms. Mr. E. referred to that document
to shew that it had been announced aggthe inten-
iion of the Executive to cornmuriicaie"further iii-
formation on the subject to Congress. Mr. E.
thought it, tlret'efot‘e, a matter of proper courtesy
and decorum for this House towait until the
President should think it proper to make it a sub-
ject of special communicatioti.
-Mr. VVhitman opposed the motion. At the first
reading of the President's Message, he had enter-
tained the same opinion which his hon. friend
from N. Carolina (Mr. Edwards) had expressed.
But, on furllier examination, he had found it im-
possible to determine whether the matters of an
unpleasant nature, to which the Presidiéiit refer-
red, were of the same character with these con-
templated by the i'esolurion._—,;,-.:l‘he facts alluded
“to in the Message were geniéfal and undefined.
Those included in the resolution were particular
and specific. It could not -therefore be disres-
pectful to ask for information on a subject that it
was impossible to say had been even alluded to in
But the resolution cal-
led for information not only in regard to the con-'
troversy between Gen. Jackson and Judge Fro-
mentin, but it was contemplated to extend it to
of an order by the Governor of the Floridas for
the removal of certain persons from that territory,
which, to say the least of it, is in its character no-
vel. Mr. W. knew ofno law that justified a sen-
tence of banishment, even by the Executives of
sovereign states ; still less could he- comprehend
'rhe justifiable exercise of such a power by the
created head of a dependent territory. Such a
sentence might perhaps be allowed as a punish-
ment, when resulting from a conviction by the
verdict of peers, or a trial before a court on the
charge ofa crime, but he knew of no authority
that could justify such a sentence, as a matter of
political expediency, depending on the Executive
will. When. therefore. the subject was fairly
discussed, Mr. W. was satisfied it would be found
that the resolutions he had submitted were ofa
character altogether respectful to the President of
the -United States that they were confined to dis-
tinct and definite objects ; that the Message had
been for some t-inie before the house, and that no
special communication on the specific subjects al-
ltidcd to had been made, and that it was fairly in-
lerable that the message and the resolutions had
different objects in view. He therefore thought
the subject to be of sufficient importance to enti-
tle it to the immediate attention of thehouse.
Mr. Baldwin suggested, that it was evident,
from the tenor ofthe Mes-rage, that this was a sub-
ject to which the President had not been inatten-
tive. It might be, that it had become a subject of
negociation with the Spanish governrnent——and
this was perhaps the reason why it had, not been
presented to the considerationof the House sub-
sequent to the Message. ' The Spanish minister
had not yet arrived at the seat of government-
and possibly it was owing to this circumstance,-
that the President had not communicated the pa-
pers in this case to the House. , Upon the whole,’
he thought it advisable for the House not yet to
act on the subject. ‘ .
Mr. Archer hoped the gentleman from N. Car-
olina would withdraw his ai’nendment—-at least for
a few, moments, to give opportunity to the mover
to p‘i'e‘sent a modification. .
Mr. Edwards assented, and Mr. W._.pyoposed a
further modification of hismotion. _. . P
Mr. Williams, of N. Carolina," moved to strike
out of the resolve the words ‘ as he may think pro-
per to comniunicatc-.’—and to _ insert lieu -thereof
the words, ‘ as he may possess.’——i.'?arrie(i.
Mr. Edwards then renewed hisymotion that the
‘resolution lie on the table, for the reasons he had
.before'stated. ‘Car-ried. '
On motion of Mr. Johnson, of Lon. it was
«Resolved, That the committee of Commercebe
instructed to inquireinto the expediency of erec-
ting light houses on the coast of Florida ; and to
confiidei‘ What other measures it-may be necessa-
or to adopt to give greater security to the naviga-
tion of the Gulf Stream. - .
Tlie Speaker then -laid beforeithe Al-louse two:
‘Messages fr'oifn_tlie' President of the U. States,“
the.one.embr':éit':‘ing a statenfetit of "the progress
which lias-been made in carrying, into-execuiion
the resolutions for printing the‘ Secret Journal
and Foreign Correspondence of the ‘old-Congress ;
theother transmitting papers to‘ shew how the
e"
.?<.¢—¢a
‘non of wool.
an inquiry into the causes that led to the issuing ‘
. C ‘
all-lbviéltihs hifiditv for .t,l_te_ erection-of certain ligh - '
‘houses have, been c'“arr'ied, into effect. -' .
-fl‘he Speaker presented a "com munication from
tli_q.7I‘reasury Department", which-was read and
laid on the table. _
resolution for an inquiry into the expence of trans-
porting cannon &:c. to the mouth oLColumbia._i‘~i-
ver. Mr. F. observed that it was his impression
that the cannon might be conveyed as ballast‘ at a‘-
small expense, either in merchant vessels or in
vessels of war’, which the importance of our trade
in that sea had rendered it expedient tostation-in
that quarter, to an extent that should be adequate
to r tit‘ wants in the establishment ofthe contemo »
plated post at the mouth of Columbia-River. The~» -
resolution was adopted. ,,
Mr. Rich called for the considerar ion of the
solution relative to the itnportation aod.expoi:ta_.
The resolution having been amen‘-
ded so as to request the ecretary of the Treasu-
ry to communicate the in ormation required, -was
adopted. - r
Dec. 20.—-Mr. Cushman submitted a resolu-
tion, directing an inquiry into the expediency of
reviving the pension law of March l8 l8, or of so
modifying it that by lessening the quantum of
bounty to individuals. its provisions maybe ex- --
tended to certain descriptions of revolutionary
Soldiers, in reduced and necessitous circumstan-
ces, and notqabsolutely dependent on public or
private charity. . . _ -j .
On motion of Mr. Tomlinson, it was Resolved,
That the committee on Commerce be instructed
to inquire into theexpediency. of repealing the
act passed April 1816, by which was allowed an
additional compensation of tiny per cent to the
compensation of certain officers of the customs‘?
therein named-
Mr. Colden submitted the following resolve :,
‘Resolved, that the committe to whom was re-
feri;ed the memorial of the U. S. Bank be direct-
ed to inquire and report to this House whether the
said Bank is not in the practice of taking more
than 6 per cent for or on its loans or discounts.
Mr. C. stated his object it as to ascertain wheth-
er the Bank had not violated its charter. He had’
been informed that the bank had been in the hab-
it_ of requiring more than 6 per cent to which it is-
limited by its charter. . This was done by ‘giving
only 360 days to the year," which in 70 years will
makea difference amounting to a sumiequal to
the whole capital ofthe Bank. .= . ,
Other remarks were made by Mr.C. and others.
Mr. Tucker remarked that, however correct the
principle might he, were it introduced for the.pur-
pose of settling an inchoate practice, yet, Ans" an
usage had been created by common consbnt thro'-
out the Union, he did not feel willing to disturb it.
It might create great confusion and alarm. H6‘
believed there were few, i_f any, banking institu-
tions that did not violate the literal constitutionof
their charters. Not only was this the case,in the
instance to which the gentleman from New-
York had referred, but also in requiring the in-
terest in advance. This was compound interest ',
but no law‘ had forbidden it—and these usages
had been adopted, so far as he was. acquainted;
by every bank in (the ‘country.
acquiesced in them, »atid~cammu1iis error feat le-
gcfn. It was a prescriptive law, with which it was t‘
not perhaps prudent to interfere.» ‘ ‘ .. --
Mr. Randolph thought the subject entitled to
serious inquiry. Congress had nothing to- do
with state banks ; but this institution was within
their special cognizance. The difference of time‘
on which usurious interest. was enacted waste-
garded as a trifle I In the exchequer of the gen-
tleman over the way (Mr. Tucker) it might be a
trifle: but to the‘people of the United States it
was no small amount". Once in 70 years there
was thus exactedfrom the people an amount e-
ql]3l.gl0 the whole extent of its capital. by this bo-
dy uirhout a soul. And because the system of
extortion had extended, it must tlierelorebe con- —
rinued—and the generality of the o_fi‘eru;_e was to -
ensure its impurrityuv In a land that boasted of
being governed by laws. he hoped that such a
doctrine would not be allowed to prevail. The
resolution was adopted. . . '
T -T‘
Snnitriii Dec. 18.—-Mr. Barbour submitted for
consideration the following resolution. .
Resol\ ed, by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentativesofthe United States of-America in Con-
gress’ assembled, two-thirds of both Houses con-:5
curring, That the following amendment to
constitution of the United-States, be-propo,s’e'd*to'
the legislatures of the sever-al’ states, which; when
ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths oi the _
States,'shall be valid, to all intents and-purposes,
as part of the said potistitution, to wit : ' i - 4.
‘That the number of Representativessliall not
exceed two,huiidi'ed.’ . iv 3 ' - ~.
The resolve was read afirst time andpassed to
a second reading.‘ _. _~
Mr. Williams,tof"oI-’ennessee, moved the follow-
ing resolution: , ‘ J ; '
Resolved, That the _President of the U. States
he requested to causeto be laid beforeihe Senate .
a report" of the practical operation of thegsystemx
of subsisting thearmy under the pr-ovisionscftlie ‘
act passed the 14th of April, 1818, together with‘-
a comparative view of the present and former .
modes_.o”f supplying the army, , —. . g"
In offering this resolve, Mr. Vi’. said hehazaré :
ded but ‘little in saying that one. third of the ex-
pense of the late war would have,_been saved to
this nation if we had had at its commencement ‘
well"org‘anizei_l Co.*.i"nissat'iat and Quarter Mas-
trr’s«depar'tments. Independently of the great
saving of the national debt, we should have prev
ser-ved the lives of at least one half of those who-
perislred-bytlisease. My object in_,.offeriiig this
re_sclution,‘at the eaI,‘ly.stale ofrthe session, is to
obtain a faithful repot't,ft‘0_m'~ tlt_e.piroper depart-'_.
ment'of the practical operation ‘of the commissa-
riat system, wl_iicli will enable u_s'.to judgegof its.
merits. This report will prove that the anticipa-
tioris of the friends-of the new system have been
more than‘ realize'd-—-thjat the troops havebeen
better fed at a little more than halftheifoirmer ex-
pense. ‘ I am desirousj, if there shall have been
'5-_'t‘tii ‘abuses_ui_ider iheiicw system, llldl‘ they will
.,gxposed ; jand-I invite, gentlemen to. a st-rict
, “tern of every thing connected with this subject.
as!’intengl““‘p_introduce a billto make thestaff act,
which‘wa's’Simited to five years, {permanent law.
on Thursday, the resolution calling on the
secretary of war for certain information relative to
the subsistcncépgf the arniy-was<agre_ed tog
. Mr. Floyd called ‘is. the consideration or the if S
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