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Washington, Feb. 21.
In the House of Representatives
Bpt Kttle business has been done for
several days jrast, the interest e.xcil-
ct\ by the debate in the Senate on the
Biink question having thinned the
Hbuse, by attracting many of its
mo uthers to listen to the oble. speech
es ion each side of the question.
tThe following message #'as recei-
veil from thy President of the United
Stjtes on Tuesday :
'J'v, the House of Refires.cntatio^s of.
tks tihttfi'c? 3 f ai+thT
I transmit to the House of Re
presentatives a report of the Secre
tary of State complying with their
Resolution of the eighteenth instant.
JAMES MADISON.
February 19, 1811.
Department of State,
February 19, 1811.
SlE>
IN pursuance of a resolution of the
Jtfotise of R enresentatives of vester-
dav. I have (he honor of laying before
you the accompanying papers (mark
ed A. and B») which contain all the
information, not heretofore commu
nicated, that has been received by
this department “ touching the re
peat of modification :1s well as the
practical operation ol the orders and
detrees affecting our neutral com
merce since the first day of Novem
ber,.! 810.”
With the greatest respect, I have
the honor, to be, sir, your most obe
dient servant.
R. SMITH.
The President of
the United States.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Pinkney
to Mr. Smith, dated
London, Nov. 7,1810.
I inclose a dunlicate of my letter of
the 5th instant, in which was trans
mitted a con” of mv note to lord
Wellesley of the third, concerning
the brders in council.
I have little more to sav, in addi
tion to what is contained in that let
ter, than that it is my intention, in
ease lord Wellesley gives me an un
favorable answer to it* tb enter at
large into the whole subject in mv
rejoinder, and, in case he delays im
properly his reply, to take as strong
potice of that impropriety* as I can.
As soon as the king recovers, I
mean to mention again the subject of
a minister plenipotentiary to the U-
nited States, (which lord Wellesley,
notwithstanding his Written and ver
bal pledges, seems to have quite feir-
gotton) and if satisfactory assurances
$s*e not renewed and acted upon, to
announce my determination to Re
turn to America, and leave a charge
daffairs, in the choice of whom how
ever, I shall have considerable diffi
culty, unless you should furnish me
in season with the expected secreta
ry of legation. I presume that in tak
ing this course, I shall fulfil the wish
es of the President, and I enn assure
you with great truth, that I shall con
sult by it my own inclinations.
(COPY.)
Mr. Pinkney to Mr. Smith. -
London, November 1ft,1810.
SIR,
I have finally determined not to
mention to lord Wellesley (as I had
thought of doing) the subject of a
1 plenipotentiary* successor to Mr.
ra Jackson. I think, upon reflection.
3; (and shall act accordingly) that I
‘>S ought after what has passed, to leave
v' : him without further enquiry or no-
V tier, on my part, to shape his course
* upon it; and that, if an appointment
1 should not be made as soon the king’s
’ health (which would seem to be im*
> 9 proving) will permit, I ought at once
son as c.yi/v:
My letter
formed y ,
ley’s written as ’iJUr c of the 22*1 of
daatny nth (.v'.>i. ’"•as in conforrtj*-
tv, a* V- v. J-M etU v*
-»**« .ft conversation) u ttikt. it was
his intention immediately to recom
mend tile appointment' of an envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipo
tentiary from me king to the United
States,” I diftnot think myself au
thorised to- tale the step which the
instructions contained in yourdletter
of the 23d ol May, in certain circum
stances, prescribed.
My opinion was* that whether the
prospect, which then existed, af
bringing to a conclusion the affair of
the Chesapeake, were taken into the
necdunt or not, it was riiy obvious
duty to remain at tny post, roost irk
some as it was every day becoming,
until it should incontestably appear,
that those assurances were not to be
ydied upon.
Before a sufficient time had elap
sed to warrant so harsh a conclusion,
I received from lord Wellesley, on
the ,28«h of August, a further ctisual
intimation (reported! to in my
letter of the 29th of the same month)
that the recommendation of a minis
ter would as he believed, be made in
the course of that week or the next.
In the mean time the repeal, by
the government of France, of the
llerlin and Milan decrees, had pro
duced a posture of affairs, which
whatever might be lord Wellesley’s
forgetfulness of his own declarations,
or the inattention of his government
to what he might advise in conse
quence of them, rendered my stay in
England for two or three months lon
ger indispensable.
In me, the effect of that consider
ation had not ceased when the illness
of the king made it impossible that I
should depart.
Upon the king’s recovery, I shall
have every motive for bringing this
matter to an issue md hone for the
least hesitation or reserve upon it.
Several months Nfill have been allow
ed for the performance of an act
which might have been completed
in as many weeks.
I shall have done every thing in
my power on the subjects connected
with the revocation of the French e-
dicts. And the British government
will he in a situation to admit of
such proceedings on its own part
and on mine as the occasion will re
quire.
From Lord Wellesley^s intimation
to me on the 28th of August, (men
tioned above) it is perfectly clear,
that he had not then executed the
intention, so positivelv announced in
his note of the 22d of July. Five
or six weeks had passed, and that
which he had both said & written he
meant to do immediately, he was not
yet sure that he meant to do within
another fortnight. The presumpti
on seems nevertheless, to be quite
unnatural, that Lord Wellesley con
tinued, up to the commencement of
the king’s malady, to be negligent of
a pledge, v/hich he chose to rest, not
merely on his official but his person
al character—a pledge, of which he
knew 5 could neither question the
sufficiency nor doubt the sincerity,
and by which, as he also koew. my
conduct on an*extremely delicate
point of duty was wholly determin
ed.
On the other hand, if lord Wel
lesley has been mindful of his pledge,
and has recommended a minister in
compliance with it, how has it hap
pened (how ran it have happened)
that his recommendatiop has not
been followed bv nu appointment ?
In the midst of all ^his doubt,
which lord Wellesley might dissi
pate if he pleased by’tin explanation
apparently necessary for Ids own
sake, there is as I believe no uncer
tainty as to the course which, in the
actual state of my instructions (or on
the score of general propriety) I
ought to pursue ; especially as I
must infer from your silence since
the arrival of Mr. Morier at Wash
ington, (if I had no other reason for
inference) that no such communica
tion w*as made either by or through
that gentleman to you, as Ought in
the judgment of the President to
have any
on this oc
I have t#
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•v'm. PINKNEY.
ptmieri (, doled the
’inkm.e*t letter of
• 18lD, to M) Smith.
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much from any other quarter,’ con
cerning the, order* in count'd. I
have, not lately sought iny interview
Vf\i\ him on that or auy, other occa
sion. It is impossible for me to look
bapk upon die past, Rod to place much
value upon conferences. . , .
I am particularly* anxious to get
from lord Wellesley*, in case the Bri
tish government persists in declining,
to repeal the orders, a distinct state
ment in writing of dip motive* of its
conduct.
Thus far I have taken for gran
ted, the manifest and incontroverti
ble justice of our expectation*« be
lieving that there could in the first
Instance be no sufficient inducement
for- anticipating difficulties arid ob
jections in 30 plain a case ; that if
any existed they ought to be, and
would be, avowed, and that whene
ver avowed, I could 'meet them
with tTmre advxnvjt* than
they were only .P-uyvk-turecr. Should
however, a studious alhbiguity con
tinue to he preserved on a subject
which no# touches more nearly than
ever (in my opinion vitally) the cha
racter ahd rights of, our country, I
shall very soon think myself called
upon to suppose for this government
reasons which it will not declare, and
to examine them with fullness and
freedom in a letter to Lord \Vel-
lesley. It is unnecessary in the '
mean time to trouble you with the
view which that letter will Contain.
I have not lately received any thing
from France which enables tpe to
put the repeal ol the French decrees
in a stronger light than could other
wise be done. Mr. Russel has writ
ten me two letters, the first dated the
26th of Septemper, and received on
the .'id of October, the other dated
the lClii of October, and received
the 13th of November, This last
enclosed a letter to roc from Gene
ral Armstrong, of the 29th of Sep
tember. He had written me a short
note from Paris, dated the 18th Sep
tember, (but not received till long af-
wards) which enclosed a copy of
the French minister’s letter to him
of the 12th of that month, already
received from Mr. Russel in his
letter of the 26th of September.
Such use as could be made of
these different communications, I
have made. Of course, it could be
very little. A Moniteut of the 9th
of September, containing the Duke
of Cadore’s letter of the 5th of Au
gust, to General Armstrong, (which
I got through a private channel,) is
much more likdly to he of service
(if any thing can be of service) here,
where that journal is considered
as equivalent to the London Ga
zette ; and I have accordingly’, refer
red to it in my note to Lord Wel
lesley of the 3d instant.
Extract of a letter front Mr. fink-
rtcy to the Secretary of States da
ted
London, Nov; i9, 181O.
“ My third letter to Lord Wel
lesley concerning the French de
crees and the British on’.ers in coun
cil will be presented much sooner,
than I had at first intended. I shall,
I think present it in a few days.
Upou the other subject of my letter,
to you, of the i4th instant, 1 need
not add any thing to tvhat is there
said upon it.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Pink
ney to the Secretary oj States tinted,
London,. Nov. 2i, 181O.
“ An American vessel (the Fox)
has, within a few days past, been
brought into Plymouth as a prize
to a king’s ship, (the Amethyst,) for
an attempt to go "to Clierbiirg in
France, in violation of the unrcpeal-
ed British orders. I have requested
that the case may he represented in
proper form to ine ; and I mean to
use it as die best ground for tnv in
tended letter to Lord Wellesley.”
Extract of a letter from IVm. Pinkney
Esq. minister plenipotentiary of
the United States, in London, to
the Secretcury of State, dated
Lon don, Dec. i t-, 181O.
K On the t ifh instant T received
from Lord Wellesley’ a note ol which
a*copy marked No. t, is inclosed,
respecting the repeal of the Freflch
decrees. The' conference to which
:t invited me, took place on die 5th,
a*d in the course of. ft, LtxpUined
to hint, at considerable length, my
’ v w#f'*W!iiv' J ,’^d Oftjtlti 1
..'rttiacdiateiy '’.cofttKCteor wi-th eu—
Lord Wellesley hoard me in-hisu-
suai manner ; hot confined himself
to such general remarks and pro
fessions as I need not repeat to you.
He proposed that our conference
shculd be renewed on the 7th, and
engaged, in the moan timt, to re
port to his colleagues what I had r
said, and at oil# next interview* to
me acquainted with the rs-
maste
suit.
“ He introduced, of his own ac
cord, the two subjects of a mirist r
plenipotentiary and the Chesapeake.
“ On the flj'stt he professed to en
ter in the same disposition and in
tention as heretofore, & declared that
the delay which bad taken place' a-
rose altogether from some obstacles,
of a personal nature, to obtaining
the services of the person whom he
particularly wished 0. Send to Ame
rica ; that he "hoped t»Ase obstacle*
.m . ;M oim ' \ tout be
had another person in view, if it
should be otherwise ; that he "had
not supposed that delay could be
considered as of any moment by my'
government, after the assurance con
tained in his note to me in July last;
that these temporary inequalities
were common, and, when not meant
to be offensive, wfcre never held to
he so, &c. etc. &c.
“ On the second\ he informed me
that he had not sent me a paper,
which he had prepared lipon it, be
cause he thought it would he well
that the new minister should carry
out the adjustment, and consequent-,
ly, that it should be postponed till
he was appointed. He repeated,
that we should have no difficulties
upon it. I give you these verbal
explanations, as I received them.
“ Oil the 6th instant, I receive^
> from k»rd Wellesley another note,
of which a copy, marked No. 2 is
iqplo$ed, requesting me to recapitu
late in writing ray verbal communi
cation of the 5th. With this request,
I complied, as you will perceive by
the inclosed copy, marked No. 3, of
my letter to him of the 10th.
“ I could have no motive for going
to him on the 7th, and therefore, no
interview with him on that day,
“ As the case of the Fox was ra
ther pressing, and I was not sure
that I could prepare my letter, on
the general subject in season, I sent
in a separate note jupon it on the 8th.
A copy of that note, marked jJo 4,
is inclosed. I have no reply to it,
and did not expect one ; hut I under
stand, that the case has been, and
will be postponed. j ,
“ A news paper co^»y of the Presi
dent’s proclamation of the £d of No
vember, arrived in London on the
nth ilist. and produced a good deal
of sensation. It gave me pleasure
to find my letter to lord Wellesley
so supported. I hope soon to re
ceive an official communication of
it.
“ What will he done here on the
affair of the Orders in Council, &e.
I cannot yet say’. The general im
pression seems to be, that they will
do nothing ! My letter to lord Wel
lesley was written (as my' verbal
communination had been given) un
der a persuasion, that they will do
nothing if they can help it. A very-
firm tone ought now to be assumed
with this government.
(Here follows the correspondence
between Mr. Pinkney and the Mar
quis Wellesley ; which will be pub
lished in our next.)
The following are the reasons as
signed l*y the-Vice-President of the
United States for his casting vote
pend simply* upon the right 01 Con
gress to establish tqfdrr any modifi
cation a bank, hut upon their power
to establish a National Bank as con
templated by this bill. In other
(wards, can they create a body politic 1
ahd corjy. t.ate, not constituting a part
VtoTothehwise res-
- ->4etn-M, but -bf-foyffttilre of
chaimr. *iui bestow on its members
, m v*v-3, immunities.and exempti
ons iV't recognised by* the laws of the
states nor enjoyed by the citizens
generally- f It’cannot he doubted
hut that Congress may* pass fll ne-
cessar and proper laws for c.-*frying
int*.execution-Hepowers specifically
granted to the government, or t< iny*
department or office thereof; but, in
cluing so, the means must he mailed
and subordinate to the- end. The
powerto create corporations is not
expressedly granted ; ir is a high at
tribute of sovereignty, and in it3 na
ture not accessorial or derivative by
implication, but primary and inde
pendent,
I. cannot believe that this interpre
tation of the constitution will, in any
degree, defeatthe purposes for which
it was jioritted ; on the contrary it
does appear to me that the opposite
* xposittun has ary tnt \ itahle tenden
cy to consolidation, and affords just
and serious cause of alarm.
In the course of a long life I have
found that government is not to be
strengthened by an assumption of
doubtful powers, but by* a wise and
energetic execution of those which
are incontcstiblc { the former never
fails to produce suspicion and dis
trust, whilst the latter inspires res
pect and confidence.
. If however, after a fair experiment,
the powers vested in the government
shall be found incompetent to the at
tainment of the objects for which it
was instituted, the constitution hap
pily furnishes the mean lor remedy
ing the evil by amendment, and I
have no doubt that in 6uch event, on
an appeal to the -patriotism and good
ser.se of the community it will be
wiselynpplisd.
rwill nnCTrcspas^ upon the pati
ence of the Senate any longer than
to say, from the best t-xr-.iumation I
have been able to give the subject, I
am constrained by a sense of duty to
decide in the affirmative—that is,
that the first s^ttion of the bill be
stricken out.
SALEM, (Majs.) Ftb. i2.
Choice of United States Senator.
—Wednesday last being assigned
for the Senate of this State coming
to a choice, the Votes were for Col.
PICKERING 20 ; Mr. Varnum
(who had been chosen on the part
of the House last session) i7 ; Mr.
King 2; Mr. Cutts 1. The vote of
the House was therefore non-concur-
red, and (.here will be no choice till
a new Legislature alters the state of
parties.
St. Louis, December, 26;
The hidden treasures of this coun
try* are daily brought to light; new
mines of Lead, Copper, Silver, *nd
we believe Antimony, have been late*
lv discovered. A lew days ago a
fine bed ol coal was c^^vcred in
our neighborhood by a Mr Beard,
an ingenious and industrious black
smith, lately arrived here.
WONDERFUL!
Accidental discoveries, have net
unfrequently been important to the
acquisition of data from which the
philosopher and historian have been
enabled to infer solutions interesting
to mankind. The infant state ct
most countries, is unfortunately, ve
ry little known. In nuittei-ous in
stances, perhaps it may be fairly as-
cribable to those peculiar circum
stances which, almost always accom
pany early .settlers, in their migra
tion to new and savage countries—
itf which, they* at first can find vert-
on the question of striking out the little respite from the dangers of
first section of the bill for renewing ■*• j ■**-—- 1-1
the charter of the Bank of the United
States :
GLNTLEMr.W,
As the subject, on which I
am called upon to decide, has excited
great sensibility, I must solicit the
indulgence of the Senate whilst I
briefly state the reasons which in
fluence my judgment
sell-defence, against the animals
which claim a division of eir.rirr^
and the toils incident to the provisi
on of sullsistance. The Immedi
ate wants which too ftquently press
Upon hardy enterprise in its adven
tures to unsettled cdtmtrks preclude
that prolusion of time which gene
rates cm sily and excites interest
in what dots not directly con-
Permit me to observe, that the 1 cera.
question to be decided docs hot de- \\KF
The desire of literary* fame,
is otic of the strongest incite-
