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Z.tr'fti'r't upon, and prrtianft ♦ <r war ‘
by V si, by W. Grrn> Ritnin, of
cot, fe, f ad no inducement, ir* tbai w..r,
to t.v | A'r r a’ V ‘'<>ftilr priiitijjif, by
the nrx-irrinn .fhub.ttie traded the
Dtftch night bt 1 arraffed, o- the a ,*n.
dye* > ! ibvir u-. utrul pohtiou, while it
lifted. defeat'd.
In the war of 17<6 fad this in
dueeiretit in it* u'moft Itrenpik. lode
j ndtncr of the cmm-rcial rivalry, ex
(nmtr between the two nation*, the
Dutch fad ixci'fd the uudifguifed re
f j t men ♦ of Gnat Britain, by dcciii i g
t o fun ffi againff France, the foccoit ftl
puisted by treaty t T conlUntly fop
p'viug France with naval and warlike
through the o.ediuir. of a trade
(yftea.atical’y purlued by the people,
, 4 Countenanced by the governne-it ;
bv granting to France early in 1757 ®
I e through Namut and N * •*
tr cf t, for the provifiou*, ammunition
and anil cry belonging to the army and a
tmrrl to .-ft agaii ft hc terrifom* of
lb uffia, m the neighborhood of hr low
t -,. UTI ri'j—and by the indifference with
which they law Nituport ad Oftend
tot ‘tiro the tiauda of F-aace, by the
court of Vic: na, which G eat Entail,
rprr.vnted ‘u be tout.ary to the bsrrter
treaty, and the tre ty of Utrecht. W th
ut entering in o the luffi imey <*f ttule
found* of diffaiufadtou, which undoub
trdly had a great ii fluei ce on the con
duft cf Gr at Britain, towar a the
3 utch, from 1757, until the pear- of
it 1* mamteft that th<* eery and da—
tuUCiion. little (hurt of a difp’ fn lon to
pprn w ir. and frequently on the eve of
j lodu.mg it, t*k -’W-.y, in a corh lera
fnc degree, fr< rri the authority ot any
, - a rtic< to w : hit “nay be supposed to
Lvt led, aa tending to rftabhlh a rule of
the public law of Europe. It may not
Be improper to observe, too, that luc
ft at ion, occupied by G Britain, in the
1 vrn yeaia war, (ui proud a one aa any
country ever did occupy) compa'td with
that 01 the ot for European power*, qa*
r. exartlv cal. ulated to m- ke the mea
luit* wli cb her resentment agan ft Hoi
land, or Imr vi w* agunft France, m’ghl
cictate perulmriy refpetEul to the g ne-
right! of neutral*. I > the north,
Luffia g'd Sweden wre engaged in the
Confedcrw y a amfi Piufiia, and were 01
conn* entitled to no cu. fideiatton in thi!
r ipeCt. Ihe government 01 Sweeten
%va-. h. fi if!, we k and imp tent. Den
jr* k, u it itue, took no pari in the war,
Fut lh- did not fuff- rby the practice in
otonmn. L flues, all th'fi. pow rs Com
i .and, would ha** been aa nothing, a
j 1, ft. the nival ttrength <f Gnat Bn
t- iii, in l 756 A* to Spain, lh.. coiaid
Ive no c.” cent in thi! qu tliou ; and,
at le’-gih, became involved hi thi war on
the lirle 01 Fra e. Upon the whole, in
the war of 1756 Otrti Britain had the
I uwer to he u jult, and 11 ref liable temp
t ado it! to aboic it. In tint ot 1744
t r p"Wrr was perhapl, equal y gi-2-,
buts *.ry thing wai tave.rable to • q illy
and laoileran. r. The tx<mplc . fioi did
a,it thi! lul.j Ct, thi retore, by me hilt
tv r. hci fai bt tier lit.ei to reipeO, than
mat iurnifhed hv the lft,
In the / met tan war, the nrartic- and
ilertfitnt , on this point, io.luwcd those of
toe war of 1 7 4
The qu-Uiein firft came before the
lords of appeal, in January, 271,2. in
the Damfli calei of thr Tigc . Copeu-
I ;en, audothfra, captureu in October,
ai.u c> ndrtnueil in St. Kiu’, >n
Dice tuber following. The groui.dk up
on which the captoia reiied for condcm
B dioii, in the ** let forth at the
end ot the responder,’* pr.i.ieii caE,
were t “ for that the (hip, i.avi. g been
tracing to Cape- lra con, where I.ollc
f u'. French fi..p ic allowed to o.r;y 011
any l afb , .mi ranng been la itn. at
ttie time of- e capture, with the pro.
dui c of the French part o’ ttic ill lid of
bt. Dom ngo, put on board at Ci.pe-
Francoia, and boil. Ihip and cargo taken,
conti fit ’y c.-mn-g du .it y trom thence,
n n't (;>u fuant to precedent* ill the
i a... c.u in me fall war) to all mUnll#
and pu.poka, bt liecmcd a Ihip and
vooda belonging to ihe French, or ai
Kali adopted and natuializ.il as tu.h.
In t.. Cpfhgtnt the esptor* rea
f)i a are thuj given; “tuft. be. sale it
1 allowtd mat U elh pa* define 1 wi.h
her c.rgototie dl. id ol Guudaioupe,
and uo othei p ate ”
•‘Se ondly, bccaufe it i contrary to
tin jbed ru c ><t jvi/ /otu, to a mil
a- y a.i mat /his /* j* to, nod irjJe at u
ftn let rgmj iv thr cumny t/ un (nrr;,y, 10
i.*l h juib fuutrat jLlft (u.J not b.iVt
J< ity IruJcJ in tine oj tact.”
Oi tut 2ad ot Januaiy, 1782, tlufe
caul.* came on to hearing beiore tbc
Jo da of app al, wliO iltciecJ reftitutiou
i a.l ot U.cir. ; tl.uv in the mod folernn
a . eipli.it uauiir, di avow ng and
r jiCu ig luc yrc.-nocii m.e! of the law
C,ji.-tii.nl upon which the captor* reti
c, ; toe tiitc ot which w* liicrady bor
low and troui the diCtiiue of the war ot
7j6, and ti e .ait ot which 11 prcttfciy
l .ui Itiy ru:e on Wuich G. 1* u.iu uvw
rcl.e*-
li ii true that in these ease, the
ju giucnt cl the lon-a ** p oucunced
upon o. e ttiape iu y ot the coh ny trade
France, a, carried *u by ihu all—
tiiat is to tay, a tr.uc betwceo the
C.. 1017 •! France, a,d tba or me ccun
tiy ot neutral lh*( per. But aa no dll
tiaClion waa lupp tctl to ex tt tn poiut of
t rmetpie, betwec.t tl*s dutre> t tuodih
ccrion* ct the trade, and ai the ja g
ai. am. upon jjtne'al gr.'Unda, appii
c.bie to the entire tut j a, e Ihail not
he taUjhi to over ra t n* ifEct and ex
1,, i, when we rcprcteul it s*a complete
rjtction both ot the dodinne ot tae
yrai war, sad ot tht ®daC.a
priac : ple by which it has Ijt'n attempt
and to rrpl-r; it. But, at any rate, the
subsequent records of the fame high tri
tribnt.ai did go that length. ’Without
tr, uncrating the cafe* r.f various deferip
tioria, involving the legality ot the trade
in *1! it* motlr*, which were favorably
adjudged by the lord* ot appeal, after
t'C American pa r e, it will be fufficieut
to mention the case of the Ftrvagtinr,
dteided by them in 1785 and
Thi* wa the case of a Dnm/k Ih.p, lad.n
with a cargo of dry good* and provfions
wth which Ihe wa* h undo a v.iyage
from Alar fed ti to Ma> Unique and Case
Aranctit, where she wa* to take in for
iurofe a return cargo of We II India
produce. The (hip wa* aot proceeded
•gan.fi ; but the cargo, which wa*
clamird tor merchant* of OJlend, wa*
condemned a* enemy’* property, (a* in
truth it was) by the vice admiralty of
/tr tiyua, fubjed to the payment of
freight, fro rati itinerie, or rattier f r
the whole ot the outward voyage. O 1
appeal a* to the cargo, the lord* of ap
peal, on the Bih of March, 1785, re
vefid the cond miration, and orucred
further proof of the pioperty to t. pro
duced withm three months. On the
28th March, 1716, no further proof
having bren exhibited and t'e proct .r
for the cla mant* declaring that hr lt.ou'u
exhibit none, the lonia condemned me
cargo ; and or. the fame c ay -everft and the
de.rie below, gtvmg freight, pro ratu
i.i tits; ( rum which the ncuiral had
appealrt.) ami decreed freight generally,
and the colts of the appeal.
It i* lmpolliole that a judicial opinion
could go more couc.ulivtly to the whole
qiirttiou on me colony trade than this—-
For it not only dilavow* the pretended
illegality of the nru.ral interpoii ion 111
that trace, even directly, between Fiame
and her coionic*, (the rood exceptiona
ble form, it is End, in vrhic i U.a inter
poliiicn c. uld pi .It nt ilfelf ;) it not on
ly denies that proptrly engaged in tuc.l
a trad 1* on that account liable to corn
fijeatiou, (111a* much a*, after having ie
vtried the eondtmnatioa ot the c rgo,
pionuunced below, it proceed* a i*r
ward* to condemn it, merely for want
of fur thr proof at to the property ;) blit.
11 i.o d* that ti c trade ib io unqu. Ition
ably lawful to neutral*, a* not even to
put in jropardy the claim to freigb , for
tint part of the voyage which hau not
yet begun, and which the party haft not
vet put himfclf in a situation to begin,
l hc force of tins and lire other Biitifh ;
dec.(ions, produ.ed by the American i
war, will not be avoided ty suggesting, ‘
that tle.e wa* any thing fa- \
vorable in the time when, or the manner
in which, France opened her colonial
trade to neutrals, on that OiCaiion..
Somching of that fort, however, ha*
’'Cell fai'l. VV r e find the following lan- j
gunge in a very lean ed opinion on thi*
piaint. “It is certainly true, that in!
the Est war f he American waij many :
dec fi >n tot k place, which then pro
nounced, tfiat such a trade between
France and her coioui.* *4l not confid
ertd as an unmutal ccininerce—But
under what ct cumftance* It wa# u 1
derftood that Fiance, in opening her
colonies during the war, declared that
thi* wa* not dune with a temporaly
view, relative to the war, but on a
general permanent ptrpofe of alurating
fier colonial fyltem, ami of admitting
foreign vifTls un'verfaliy, and at al
time*, to a participation of that com
merce. Taking tiiat to be the K.d,
(however fufpictous it* commencement
might be, during the artual it It nee of
aw.ii), there was no ground* to fay
that iKUlral* were not cairying o a
COBi n eree a* ordinary a* any o.her iu
which th*y could te engaged; and
ti.erefore in the case of ttic A irvayttng,
and in many other luccec ing cases, the
lords dccrctd pay m-nl of freight to the
mu’ ral fltip owner It is obe vemem
btred, ou tliia occasion, that tfi? cunluct |
of Frame .evinced how htt c U: peudence
can be placed upon ixplauation* ot mca
lures adopted duri ‘g ttic puffjre ot wa.;!
for hardly was the ratih, aiiou of peace ,
tinned, wi.cn (he returned to Her ancient
fyllcm of colonial monop !y.” We an
fwer to all th.s, that to rifer the decision
oi the lords 111 the V'e *> >gting , and Other
! futteeiltngcafr*, to lire rtuicn here affigu
| ed, i* to accuic that-high tnOuual ol art.
i iug upon a confidence winch h-is no ex - j
; amp'p in a fi igularly incredibie dtclaraii- j
( 011, (if, indeed, luch a declaration was e
! ver uiact ), *ftrr the utter (a iehood of it
j had bier., a* this learned opinion doe* it
-1 flf inform us, unequivocally and noto.i
oufly sfcerta.ned. We lave fetn that
till Vr V gting wa* decided by the lords
in iy s s and 1786, at Kail two yan
aftci Fiance had, as we are to'd, “re
turiuu to i.er ancient fylteoa of colonial
no iopuly,” and when, of course, the
supposed affrrtion ot an inte.ided perma
nent abandonment of chat lyftem, could
• tbe pe muted ta proaui.c any legal
eonf.-quctice*. We aulwer further, that
if tin. alledgtd declaration was in fart
made, (snd when wc mult be allowed to
lay, that we have found no trace* ot it
out of the opinion above recited ), it ne
ver was put into luch a formal and au
theutic tbape a* to be tne fair fubjed of
jiidicial notice. It is act coutaiued in
! cue French arets of that day, where it
I would be proper to look for it, and we
aie not rctcird to any otuer docameat
ut Fiance, iu which it is laid to ap
pear.
‘1 here does not, in a wgrd, seem to
have been any thing which an enlighten
ed tribunal couid be lupp led capable ot
confidcrttig as a pledge on the part of
I France, that ihe had rtlolved upon or
even meditated the extravagaot change
tti her coiouul ly .tux wiiKii the .1 Usd m
to %ave bee* ur.derfi jod to
announce to the world. But even if the
declaration in qu'ftion was aduafiy
made, and too with all poffib'e solemnity,
If ill it would be diffi :ult to persuade say
thinking man, that the sincerity of such
a decla-ation wa* in my degree confided
in, or that any person, in any country,
cou'd regard it in any other light than a*
a nine article, that could give no right
which would not equally well txifl with
out it.
Upon the whole, it i imnifrftly im
practicable to rift th: decifi.)ti of the
lord* of appeal, in an<f after the Ameri
can war, pori any dep-udance placed on
thi* declaration, of which there is no
evidence, thar it cv t r was m?de, which,
it i: certain, wrg not au hmlically or for
nsa ly made ; which, however made, was
not a. and could nor be beli. ved at any
time, far less in 1785 and 17 6, when
its fa f hood hid bred ui q 1 ttnnablv
P’o e by the public and unu.ftiuguifhed
eo.u net >’ i.a lupp .fed au.nors, in diredt
opp fi on t 5 i‘.
if),l i r ’fame! M rrlott , who fit in
the high com tof aomiraity of Grvat
Britain, du .tig the greater part of the
a e war, did not cot.fi ’er thele
as rlanaiHg upon mis ground, is evident j
t-r. notwi ntt .i ding that in the war ot
1756. h- was the moll zealous, a id per
il t n ab e advocate lor the condemnation
of ihe Dutch sh p engaged m the co
lony trade o. France, yet upon the btta-
Xing out ot;he late war, h : relied upon
tlu c-e ltona in tie Am.rican war, as
au.hoii ativily f ttluig the legality of
that train, and decreed accordingly.
1 , as a nmr.’ plautible at fwer to thtfe
dec fio.iß, cjufiuer. and 111 the tight of *ll
thori 1 , than that v.h'ch we have just
axommed, it should be aid that they
ought rattier to be viewed a* reluftant
faenhee* to policy, or even to nec Hi y,
uud reir umttn.es offingular o.ffieulty
and p.it , than a* -<n iiprefSoa oi the
deliberate opinion ot the lord*, of appeal,
or ttie governueit of Great Britain, ot:
the u alter oi right, it might, perhaps,
be l..th-iiNu to my trial, if the armed
ntuiiali y, eoupico wuhthe fituat.o.. of
Great Britain, a* a parly to the wai, dltl
in any degree comp- 1 thtfe dec fun*, we
might aifotxpect to find at tue fame se *
lomc relaxauo., ou tt.e part o: that cuUu
try. relative to the doctune of contra
band, upon wnich the c n-en:ton of the
armeu lit utraluy contained the mo it di
rect llipuatiens, witch tt.e nonkern
po -til wert particularly intertfted to in
force. Yet, luci. was not the fact.
Butin addiuon to .hu, and other cot.fi
deratioii* of a fi nilar defcripuon, it i na
tural to c. qu.re, why u happened, that
it .he it rde ot appeal w ere latisfi and that
Great Bri.ain p< ti-.if a me in quo
tion, they rccorb-U and gave to the
world, a (tries ot oce It ui again ft it,
founded, not upon B 11.fh orde * ot
council, gratuitously rdsxnjg wfiat wus
ii.il ff retto ot me ft. iCt ngh (a* in
the la c war) bin upon g tiaa p. uci
pic* ot public .iw i low.vcr pru tenet
might required ( ilttiougn tticre is
110 rtihu to biitcve mat it di 1 nquirt)
an abitinence on the part of Great Bn
tain, tr n the ex.reme tx.rcife of the
tight fi had been supposed to claim,
If ill It couid BOt be tUeclTiry to g:vc to
the n.ere forb arance of a claim, the
rtamp and c laradter of a formal admdli >n,
. hat the claim itlelf was i! egal and uu
juft. In the la.e war, a* often a* the
B'ltifh governmtiit v. idled to concede
and rdax, fom whatever motive, on the
su ! j Ct ot the colony trade of her opp
iKii .a, an order of council wa resorted
o, letting foith the nature of the con
c.fli nor relaxation upon which the
courts of pnxe were afterward* to fouuC
their fentence* ; and, undoubtedly fen
tenet* (o paffeti, cannot, in any fair rea
foiling, be cu file red a* deciding more
tiian that the other of eou cil it obltga 1
toryou the c .uits whose Knteui. a they I
are. Bat the diciecs of the lord* of ap- j
peal, iu and after the American wai,j
ate not oi it'll dr( 1 option, fn ce tbsrc
.X.. led no order* of C uucil ou the lub
j. rt of them ; and, o( Cuuife, they are
and ou into be of the higiiett weight
and f.u ‘iort'y agairtt Great Br.taiu, on
the queftio *2O aid volvcu in and a.,jutted
by th;m.
Th fitiemn renunciation of the prin
ci pie in q 1 ft * on, m the face ot thr
j whole woi id hv thetr highest tribunal, in
[matters of priz;, reiterated m a fucces
fton of'lecreev, down to the vear 1786
and afterwards, is powertu ‘j conti:m
cd by tUe aoq itesceiice ot G'eat Bi
tain, during tne ti ft, malt important,
and active period of the late war, :n the
free and unlimited proleoution, by neu
tral*, of the whole tolony trade to
France. She dul indeed at last prohi
bit that trade by an inftrurtion, unpre
ccdcn.ed, i t the aanal* of uraratime de.
predt’ion, bit tne revival ot her difear
ded rule, wa* ckararterifed with such
1 circumttance* of intq itty and violence,
|as rather to heighten, by the effert ot
contrail, the veneration of mankind for
tfe past jufticc of her tribunals—The
world has not to got the tuftruetion to
which we allude, and the enormioe* by
which it* true character wa* d*vcbpeJ,i
produced in mystery, at a naomtat when)
universal confidence iu the honor and iu
of her government hsd brought
upon ihe ocean a prey of vail value and
importance —fnt abroa i, to the diffe
rent naval Ration*, witk Inch studied le
crccv, that it would almost leem to have
been intended to make an experiment,
bow far law and h.mor could be outra
ged by a nation proverbial for relpert
;mg both ; the Heralds by whom it wa*
firft anneunced, were the commander* of
Thetr comraifiintnd cruizcrs, wbo at th
Usae instant earned tt talk cira, witfi
wry ctfWliliibe of aggravation;—if o f
such an art there can be an aggravation
Upon such conduit there was buton>
opinion. It was coulrmned by reaton
and juflice—it wa* condemned by th f
law which flows from, and is founded
| upon them—it wa* condemned, and will
1 forever continue to be condemned, by
I the universal voice of the civil xed world.
Great Britain ha* made amends, with
1 the good faith which belong* to her
[ council*, for that of h juflice and oppre*.
fton—and your memorialifts have a ftroiig
| confidence that the late departure from
the usual course of her policy, will be
followed by a like disposition to atone
ment and reparatiou. The relations,
which fuhfift between Grrit Britain and
the United States, rest upon the hails
of reciprocal interrft* ; and ynur rr.emo
rialtfts fee in these interefti, a* well ain
the jult ice of the British government,
and the firnnnef* of our awn, the btft
reasons to expert a f?tis r artry anfr/er
to their complaint*, and a lpcedy aban
| doi ment of that frftem, by which they
have lately been ha:raffed and alarmed
Your rnemonal.il* will not trtfpals
upon your tune, with a rccita’ of the va
rious arts, by which our coasts, and e
ven our por 1 and harbors, have been
converted into lcetics of violence and de
pr.dstim ; by which the fecunty of our
nade and property ha* been Evo *ired ;
the rights ot our territory iuvadnl j the
h inor of our country inluked and humi
liated ; and our gadant countrymen op
prdLoanl persecuted. . They feel it to
be unnee ff . y to ask that the iccc of
the nation sh mid be employed, in repel
ling and chuflili g the lawiefs freebooters,
who have dare i to ipread their ravages
evtn beyond the i a*, whicli form tnc
principal theatre of their piratical cxer
tions, and to icfeft our fhbre* with their
irregular and feuiciou* bofttlity. Thele
arcoutragi* which have pr< I3Ed ihetu-
Iclvi;*, in a pc..uiiar manner, upon the no
ticc of our govemaictn, and cannot have
tailed to it itc .t indignation, and a
corri fpondent disposition to prevent and
tea ct* them.
6j h 11 the view which your memo
rial it- have taken, iu this a ixtous c ilia
of our public atfaiis ; of lubjea*, which
appear to them ui an alarming degree,
to atf.rt thtir cuuutry xnd it* commerce ;
aid to involve high q lelliot.s ot national
honor and intcreli, ui public law a id in
dividual right, which imp rioufiy Ct
maud difculfi m anti adjuituieut. They
<1 ) not prciuuic to point out the me.
lures whictt Itirfe great (ut jeCts may Oe
tuppoted to call tor. The mean* ot le
ctrcls for the puit and freunty tor the
tu me, are rclpectf jliy and coi.liicntly
tuduiittcdto your wildom. But youi
inciuoiia ills cannot torbear to indulge -
hope, which th y would a-idudoa with
cit<p reluctance, that th j y may yet b.
found lit amicaule explauattoits, with
those wno have vestured to ir.fl ct wrongs
upon us, and to advance unjust preten
fioos to our ptcja iioe.
Signed by order and in behalf of the
merchant* aud trade.* of the city ot Bal
timore.
HUBERT GIL MOR, Cbairmao.
tiiiitimoi * J atm ty i 1, iSc fi.
NINTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE or REPRESS* TAT [FES.
Monday, Feb 3.
Mr. EUhoffan presented a memorial
from M.ffrs Montvomrry and S epheiis
witnesses on the part ot the piof-cu” tor
on the trial of judge Chale, praying a
compensation for their travel* and atten
lance, which wa* referred to the com
mittee of claim*.
Mr. Quincy pn fented a memorial from
the merchant* ot B fton, reprefeating
the aggrtfli iti* committed on the tradi
and neural right* of the U. S. and con
cluding with fuggeftmg the propriety ot
a fpecul million to tiic court of Lon
don.
R ferreil to a committee of the whole
on the ftaic of the union
Air. Crovjnsnfbie a nd, t om the commit
tee of commerce and manufartttrei, made
a detailed report on the petitiou of
Francis Amory, which wa* rtferred to
the committee of the whole house.
A petition fiom Wna. Lambert wa*
prefentud, and referred tu the cotuuit
tec of claim*
Mr. J • Cl y presented ■ petition!
from the mealurcr* of fait anß coal, in
the ci*y of Philadelphia, praying for
additional compenfatiou for their fervi
ce, which was referred to the coostnit
tee of claims.
Ah. Gregg, from the committee on
public lands, made a petition ou the
report of F Miffouier, praying either a
donation of land, or an exteefiou of the
usual time of payment therefor, to aid
bin* in thu cultivation of the vine. ‘Flic
report ii unfavorable not only to the
prayer of this individual case but likc
wife to the prin iple ou which it i* foun
ded .
The house immediately took the report
into coi.fiderat ton, and concurred in it
1 without diviknu.
I A bill w*t received from the fvaate,
; making a further appropriation for the
i support of 1 library. The bill approprj.
’ atet, in additiou to tha unexpended ba
. lance of a former appropriation, the year
|ly lux of 1,000 dollar* for five years, to
be applied uuder a joint commutes of
(three members of the Senate and three
j member* of the House of Reprefcntxttve*
I tube appointed every fc£uon
, Referred to a cumisittcc of the whole
, to-morrow.
j A bid waslikewife received f r.*x the
senate -apti! ;•* par: kt fcartu ft*-
l-ior of kii <ft :-aat 1 rif-.t've .ifrafs of
f vd.to th: French nhbit*nt of Gdli
opolis, aui for other purpofe* therein
mentioned. This bill repi *1 so much
of an art ref-Ted to a* impol s the con
ditio! cf actual Inclement.
Referred to 0 committee on pjblia
lands.
On motion of Mr. Leil, the houfc
went into a committee ot the whole—
Mr. Gkkog in the chair—on the report
of a felcCt committee making extra
allowances to certain officers of the
lioufe for extra fervicc* reud.rtd during
the latt cellinn.
, The resolution authoriles the paymeut
of 300 dollar* to the clerk, 100 dolla;*
to Win. Lambert, Josias W. King, the
fierjeant at arms, the door keeper and
the aliiftant door keeper, and cq
dollars to Alexander Spalding and Juo.
Fhilips, each.
O i motion of Mr, Findley, 100 ’ dol
lars were allowed to jamei Laurie, chap
lain.
After a short debate the. resolu
tion was agreed to—Ayes 47 —Noe*
42 \
Thecoinmitee then rose, and the house
then liti.k up their report, and concur
red m the reloluliuu as amended, Yea*
6y—Nayi jj;
A meiiage wa* received from the pre*
fident of the U. 8 enclosing a letter
‘rom the governor of South Carolina,
Hating the cession to the United State#
of certain cites far forts, See. on certain
condition*
Referred to a committee of the whole,
on the (late of the union.
A tneflage was Lk.wife received from
the piclidcnt of the United State* lay. ug
beiore the two houses, for the exercise
of rhetr constitutional powers as to pro
viding the, means for fulfilling th.in, fix
Indian treaties for the cxtluginlh.nent of
Indian right* to lands within itr United
S aits.
Tne prefijent dates that the senate liad
adviltd the ratification or theie treaties,
viz.
1 ■ Treaty with the Wysndots, Icc.
2. With the Wyandot*, &.u.
3- With the Delaware,
4 With the Chickasaws,
y With th; Cherokee*,
6. With the Creeks.
Referred to tne committee of way*
and means.
Mr. k J e . Randolph said, the houfc
would recollect belter than he did, sot he
not present at the time, the very im
portant refofution referred on the motion
of the gentlemen from Pennfyivania
(Mr Greg ) whom he saw in hi place,
t > tnc committee of the whole on the
date of the union. It was no part of
ttm purpose at this time to diftu * the
merits of that resolution } and it was Hill
further from his purpoie to throw any
impediment, or delay in bringing forward
’ hat dileulSou j the more so, as he con
idered the whole country South of the
ieat of government, and move particu
iSily that part ot the country in which
he resided, decidedly mte efted in a ipee
dy and prompt reception or rejection of
the propoiiuon. Indeed was such hi*
opinion of the necefliiy of ita being fpte
diiy nded upon, that as soon as be law
.he reloluiiou which had been offered,
which was not until Friday, when it
was laid ou their table, the tirft fugges
-lou of his cnind was to move the going
inmediately into a commit teee of the
whole on it ; as those gentlemen with
whom he had the honor of holding per
sonal and political iatercourfe would tel
tify. But a more matuic reflection bad
convince j L m tnat before the reiolution
o.ld receive that ultitnjte decifiin,
whi. h he trusted it would receive, the
honfe flood tn need of material informa
tion, which, however it might be iu the
polFflion of this or that individual, was
not pofTeffed by the body of the House.
His cbj Ct m a dart fling the house was
to obta.n this lit formation from the pro
per authority, from the head of a depart*
ment —which was the only way its
which information of a fatisfactory na
ture, such as ought to influence the deci
liou of the hou.e ought to be obtained.
Mr.'J. Randolph then fubinitted the
fol.owi.ig reloiuiion.
Rejolvtiy That the secretary of th*
trealury be directed to lay before this
Louie a tfatemeni of the exports and im
ports of the United States to and from
Great Britain and Ireland, and the A*
umnean colonies of the lame, for the |
two !a£t years, diftinguilh ; ng the colonial
t a lie troao that of the mother country,
and lpecifytag the various articles of ex
port and import and the amount of dutic#
payable on the latter.
Mr. Smilit exprtffjd himfelf in favor
of the rcfoiution, and observed that the
tpecies of in formation called for had riot
bee* received by tDe house later than
1803.
Mr. Cronuninjiteld was of opinion that
it wouid Be in ft te exteud the rcfoiution
foes to embrace the Brinlh province*
ot Nova Scotia & New ijrunfwirk, and
the provinces beyond the Cape cl Good
Hope.
A conversation of fume length enfrfed
between Mcflrs. Crowainfbicld, Bid well
and Alston on me one lide ; and MeiTrs.
J. Randolph and J. Clay ou the other
on amending the relolution.
Th* former gentlemen were for
amending the rcfoiution so as to embrace
a period ot peace at well as war, and to
obtaiu information front “ali the depen
dencies ot Great Britain"— which the
latter gentlemen opposed on various
grounds, one ot which was that if this ad
ditional information were dciirabic it
I could L< obtained by n diiiiuct refalu
j uou.
{ ‘Jn Afr, Gmmn'n/kit'.u’t motion to -