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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 -