Georgia republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1806-1807, March 14, 1806, Image 2
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In- hQ_JIIY
ON rhi- ; fiitivn of Jr in iVSeM ‘
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i-vs ra I sv J.-s tS h.t o anTi rv tifr. ’
~r . tjf cl -['/.'h t i. ‘ir t’ to Tlic’li
tv ttbrofe G ir.'.un MrcraF , a?!
jUr; ihc l i : the t.-hedue h-ir * .
a”- rx B, n ) that ’hi* l<t i t luv- .
]oit •, i c iha < ouus Mt. tr Liut
a ‘l'lMr’as ■h- p e: can r- ,
* C>'ll’ a r iow 10.1. rd in the
(1 ri-.No’i'C, t-p-il.cr w.th anj
* affidavit ft ‘ ■ 1 - ta ; f have b- tr;,
been lolH-y n-ocident ; fie: pr.vi- p
. t c hc'H- r inten ed bv the l.x fv
ftin, of the |.ii itl aft ot
i 7SV> ** !l ‘■ ° hrr circUiiilU’ lul
p! </.j l br py, ?ll j I id lie or t
co) t, UnO’ u • tdy • ||,K tl.
in l iiO't'.s ar:d i videitcs id deb .
I'C tllab/iflicd as U rrclr* by th>
Mid fixili left o . (j- ibt* a 1
j. (,< n t..c Lit! J ihu Mead put)-
liihiog a nutter lot tin .pace < t
Jhx mu ith- inoi.t . I ihc juO.i’
pa/, tcn of ih.;> eh , unb Is ault
Ihull be (h v. n ioihetouit wuh
i<t the f tic 1 lex n.ontl/S, or otner
nu tr/ ill 1 appeal to the court
a: ainli the lame.
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1 CHI I)ULE.
ONE d r aiv i Ly Alexander
y. bn/lon, dated 7th May 1 S q.
} -ruble st ‘June 18-4, ;or 43d
h<j lars andM] *.•'. One and amn
d’y Green-K. Luke dated \
‘J me, 1 a 2, J-yrle 10 a ays,/
itr uJte, Lr i t dr iu s 53 .
i nts. O’.e.tr,,ivi y Letma Kol
lo k, deli and bit .m u . 1 co pav
ti</e 10 days ufte r da e /„r IS7
■6- aS , J i'i r. r. One d<uvon by
a ~/) Ma.\ da el 3 1 May,
1 Q\,p-i ~bt. b >aus a !e r and >,
JV 1 aoli, s 97 t O/ti
ti a JOn py i+b-tries L ndt-U‘re,n.
/ , 3 / la., 1 a p/; avf 30
/Oi a (’ dt , )cr 100 dollars
C or a;?/ <vy Nath, t Beal Jo
IJo o <<oo j, ■& JO. out payable
l a* not 1 tc< lle:J, left by Cbarlts
C jd.on, esq for iclhtthen. A
ru ] 1 1 signed ay sir T. ora s Ron
sail of Ln^land for too pounds
su’t : .g, to AJtss Ann Davies
Tvub several retails on ite bac
for t.e v terest.
True extra# from thr records.
J. BULLOCH, Cue.
Jan. 31. liw 6 n /}y.
L i.oitc.a, Liuttcry,
isttperior Court,
March ferns, 1805.
On the petition cl John Bo!
to t xcc tor o! Robert Woiton
pra) in .the tuit-cluiu c of the t
Cjirty ui t le 1 pt.on o’ ail cha
J. of lan ift u.t'f in 111 tc/r/n a
Son!) irv, coofai >iny i v-: 1:y fee
f: >nr, uU one humno and citir
ty ict-t i'-.m, iviu • p .1: he or.
p u}l It> Ihr numt-f t leven
t\ • n. 1. ( li) sviuCit !;. lor o
a .1, win the t.n iroycment
t* ere. >u, was aio.tgnu,ed on tht
tu’ ‘tu.th day ot Jam , one thoul
a i |rven hundred and iiinery
fi e, by Willum Hunter lor
rails to tl.e laid Robert Bolton,
foi iecuri.ip, the payment ol tht
Li n o’ foriy-twu pounds lterlirrp
tqul in value to one bunder,
a .and eighty dolLisj with tnterei
ilicrcon, due upon a cciiatn bunt
or ordination Irotnthe laid Wil*
iia n to ilk laid K.itierr be-arint
even date with the Lid mutt
It ts ordered, 1 hat the princ.-
joai, imereti and colt c'ue un the
1. id bond bt* paid into court with
in twelve months Irom this tutu
ft.id umcls the principal, intend
und iod be lo paid t <e equity ol
i't-oeiMption ot the laid n.orij'a
l e i preu ales lhall irom tnence
t oil be toreclolcd, and iuch
o ner proceedings ta:;e place a.
t..c ia* directs,
J>i iit isfurther ordered, Thai
a copy oi tins rule be pubiilheo
jo o .e of i e h’ :bi c Gazettes o !
tii .s tint at least i nee in every
ninth until the time appoints
for payment, or lcrved on the
mortgagee, at least lix months
previous to lu.U time of pay
ment.
axtra:: frum the Minutes,
U i zbih March jb.x;.
A. r ore., cut. c . s. c. l. t". ;
Ma.cn 2$ ta.n lit Oi
Frue tit l'ub>: rnd Jl (j tirer.
gtn;-.rai.;‘m;rand \.
J-n Jrinffr: tb< folioninfj roftnjnicition
Me flip w r). 1 , vrdoit wi-l* tli.it caution
if 4 f\ 1 f it i’ calculated to
In spire. r ri:?r ful.jefl is without .'oubt
■ not cirirr ■> r** in'c’ it'.• jx. of
Mhe-4htvL- aedfr and her consorts from
I M-w Yr k ti e nnnner in which they
jw .rr tq iyped, and the fufpicion* which
(vri-re attached to thrn. while they were
pi port, were evidently calculated to raise
j every thlnfr nbout them, inore tsp. cully
.the point of destination and the end of
jfo f; £ular an rqui^meut, into ohj’ &sos
I I unci.turnon < uriolity. } J arly fplnl too
jllep[)fd in to aid the natural impu'fe c.f
I the occasion. The fede alifls did not
Wail to fc 7. upon tht- m ) derious cover in
(which the plan was enveloped, and 10
locmr Ihe mod ( x r, a.irdinarv cha'i;f
(aoaiiift 1 fir administration Tr pi jct
Inf gen. Miranda, aicor'.ing to their re
•pri fcntaMcn, i-thi r v.ns dirr f'l'v promoted
lor i ulire. tly connived at. I'l.e te lerui
pits therefore e q-iired, to coii.-ft the in?.
tr .ids fuiio at ok: the repubita s to
■ ‘tfend ihe adir.i Jltraiioti. Under Inch
(ircun.llatict e, ti e xnedidon of gen Mi
rtinda has hecon -anolj Ci ol cot.ft tr;.'-
be inter*ft. Fable* ltae bren fornvn ;
eotjcfturcs liavt bei-n t tfered; aim It
<v. ry one has been at x-ous to • x 1-i.,
hut none has yet p< fi i*rly afcir.? tucl
the t' l jCt of thit my iteriou* cnt< rp 1. .
1 i e h. ,ri >i eot.j Ctuic is yet op n to in
imagination ana tl.e race of monllrou
absurdities is not yet ended. e fli li
not thtrii n prelume to vouch for the
virac.ty of a it iglc fadi coutairud in the
follow: j? 1 ommuiucaucri. The author
indeed prof, ffes to be conn sent in tlie
jtiuib of li 1h ilirory. II ‘* un acquain
| .a.ce ot Mu a da; conversant with t.is
i plans, and convinred of their reality.
[ But tht* is an rff.nv b tween gen Mi
-1 anna and ninj'dj Far be it from our
with to nt; k. it a fu’jed of contention
between ns and the puhlic. t give it
t.. them ai 11 is given to ua. We are the
Oipars but not auihoi* ot the conununi
Cdiion. It is put to the prcls unticr ttic
pcrfti.sfnn, that if it will not enlighten
by its accuracy, it may amuse bv the no
vetty t ftfie fable :ad that whether it
contains httions or lttts, it nay i< rve- to
invite attention ot the public to ihc
future dcvclopciUv.nl of the plot,*
COMMUNICATION.
That Miranda, has embark'd at Niw
York-that tie has afifmlly gone from
fliciiie, with the fixi'd dtfign to imam i
I a*e his coilniry from the yoke of Bpa n
it a notorious I act.
Sumlitye alone, this migh? he de-.mvd
a pr j fit of a mnt adventurer ; hut when
we read the following ihoit hilt ny of
this mm, the n.i id mult >xi.m.l with
Wi/udir, that it ii <s bveu del jid L
Ul.g.
Su long fnee as there were fiv r
.Me am. from five provinces of South
•vai erice, at Madrid, lent to complain of
inulhiabie grievances ; tiiey were denie.
•Irefs through hruglitimfs and pride,
j ‘ at cur agues were, before our dis
tics t;ad ended by w.ir. Oe of the!
Ilegat'. 8, was int.uficl to make certain
propi fine ns to Great Biituin. Lure’
Chat: vn (who bait tornicd a whole ad
•t,in,lllation, under a moll folv.mii pro
mill from the king, ih.it he Ihould have
! s unbounded confidence: during lift)
. mhiaced those propositions, gave the a
gtiu yearly, ml tiled-hgn Ihould
re earned iutotfleil ; he wa paid this
petition no longer than the ii!c-i:me o!
that aciminittralion, and the agent wag,
along with the other four, fjci diced to
the rebutment of .Spain.
In 1783, Miranda, who wag born in
Cas avail, u city about 12 milt 8 fou:h ot
Liguira, made his appearance in this
country ; he is well known I y many ot
our molt eminent citiz i.s ; pill ifu. a
tiling tmud | and tine. tug iravetg hro’
ad Europe, he nay be iuppoftd q 111
to any until, now living, as to j ent
gt net and capacity, tor the molt impur
taut atl.ur.-.
Hi o!j and lias been nothing (hot,
and nothing cite, tt . u to ei.liver Ins
country t om a null intollcable auu
l.um lui mg bondage. When hn land
ti led i-u. a targe tl ct to luppott their
c.amis at XseUica iouiui, Miiauoa wag en
gaged to v.o n.o c than aid tlicui in
thole claims, but the cxpsoiuon vas a
bandoieci ; thecaufc nay be coi l ttu
ad, but nuic omy will tievtlope the
tads.
Diiappointcd, till the r. volution had
created war between France and Spain,
ue weut to Parts ; beta .me a general in
llicir ailines, i hat iatl diicat if tile
let! wing under Demount!, v> Uicb lie
comma.del, ca tiled fuipiuout, that Lav
ing coma over from t nguud, Hay
might have been bcuayeJ, but all the
Auuikan* m Paris (among ( wiiom Tom;
Paine and Joel 13-ri.. ) gave it a* ilieir
decided op..non, that Ins ptiucipics vv.ic
liuCi.) jiuie, honorable auu tiu.y r.pub
dean , lie proved alto, mat lie prot.liea
aglnU the niouc oi attack. t.:e oc
tore tilt action, and luat Uc rciuted De
mo unci'* pnlL-ig icucitatiOßs to cm,
giaie along witn hnu He Wc>utd have
cniuaiked with an army noui
tor ihe uir.dory haj u m v,cw, bu: no
opportunity cU.icu until peace w s con-
C-uded. A lit ell tOU .lie idIUC i.j .t, lie
dice more eterca h. icivict* io ti g
land ; u.ey -a.re cr.ce uore ac..p..d,
and he was o.ve more deceived. vvi.eu
j ut upon tr'jiiin'-, lie touwd, couna
is to ev..y pr.vi. us ana 1 do; it com
pit> ibai , li, ime lu.act cuilijUcd, and
vot t}.p errant.ip??ion r,f hi country j
He renounce ! all par; ic’pnvton in th. |
eip-dition, rent his Ci ‘rmiffjr. in p.rcc,,
-tpa.a hfd him with p-ifidy, duplies:?’,
an! lit ,• a-nd embark and for /. merica,
It is unneceffiry to fay mor/ thar.
that the doors wi I be opened in three
provic-s, npvv organifed ; they knou
our er.ample and wid follow it ; no con
ditions remain with the gove-rument cf
It:.gland j all nation* will be invited to
their pintg, non* f<>,much drfi-ed ns our
‘nwn offerg rtffta'.ernity and fderdfh;pi
will, if we a-e w illing, unite this whote
continent like the f Par fyftcm, by one
common attraction ; everv pa t holding
its due proportion ini'sow.'. 01 hit, giving
bianty a'>d harmony to the whole.
The above fkuch is to fatisfy public
curiosity ; it is enough for the moment
<i9to the means the place of destination,
!or poi-tg to he firft open ‘d, it would be
improper to lay -av 1 1 .1 fa’-ther ; the
plan is will dig- (I -.! ; miracles do nol
c in’ t v-, y Hav, and u icfs a miracle dots
come,, Mnaoda n.ud lucceed.
A f v* StriSiu cs.
The pri-ce'iig comma ncatin
without ‘ tin. x• reme y eomp!im*:ta y
to-'ed ll ‘i a.id cha ader of en. M--
rr> a Bu .1 .* n.cumhent upon us to
reu ak, that r art other reprefentau
os H a .. IT or: t fiamre
Will tr : ti to -he defy is fail , fome
hav venture, to luygeu toat the ol j fit
o'.f 1 kiuv s not to liberate in.
cotnriy ; but to corn ,it a predatory
exctnfi n upon the covffs •f South A
merica, to ■ he wtaitby city of Bue
nos Ayr s, 1 to ie ze upon the tierfure
of Peru ; whil. otr.ets liave dispatched.
him on h commercial fpccillation, neither
fohcQ. <ibie as . r eraancipation ol his
coui.tiy, norfo iuciaiivea* tlie luzure of
its riches.
It ihe dfflgn of Miranda be really
what it prof, fi.s to be, fome have gone
on to doubt i. qu„lific;itiof.s for
the actowiplifliiiie nt of his pr. j fils.
Tory have cai c 1 him, an airant adven
turer . they have pointed him out, in
the lii'lory of the wars t Fiance as a
dtfgratcd and catlne ed gcn.'ral ; they
have ilultiated the incapacity of his foul
by tht repeated mifcarr.age ot his plans.
Few like our connuicicator have ven
tured to ext: ! fuo “ intelligence and
capacity for the nn ft important affurs.’’
lilt let his p'an b* ever so noble, or
his qnalilicalions ever lo great ; many
hav. counted the probability ol In* fuc
-1 ceidnig in emanetpatton of hiscoun
trr Wt know n. a ici our e inimu
n<eatorcarefully avotus to touch upon,
the l*omt ot hid eeilniatioi ; wl.etin-r it
be M x cv., Nt w Granada, Peru, or iluc
’ nos .yrts. but ia aii ttlofe couutn, s,
and ffi uni s vvouid surround him. The
pc p c aie the devoted fl ives of the cier
11. al l. Bpan.lh colonies, aud the
e er s y a.e bound by their rich benefi
ces to tlepief nt older of things. Thctr
pvlntcal prvj lJiccs are fcareely l.tsob
litnate viiuu their .c.eh fhcal . tucy
nave no p els aniong them j tneir v.p
picfhonsa) y be gteat but they Itavc .
learned to be contented Tue very uto- 1
nopoly ol Cv in erce which pr,aii*a ;
niung i dii, has the .if fit of fhuumg
out a w'litrut the great fmans ot tm
pr. vc.iKiit. F w Urangcrs visit their
count i y and the nuletabe Mtltee ot
eViex co and Pwiu liUj no opponur.uy to
profiv by the eutcoverics of more civikfcd i
countries.
But why may not the Sp.niifh colonics
become as independent a* the Bri-oflt •
colonies formerly dul ? VVc may reply,
vh.it their condition is (i ll rtnt in two
important circuiidtii.ee*. Not only was
oui pc'ople trvfr than tht Spauifh colonics <
are at piclenl ; as much irser at liali, ;
in proportion cs the Britify governmeut \
is iiiore en;i b htened than the bpcnifh ; i
but tuc government wiiich was eitubulU <
eu in our ce-ijuiis was much better cat-!
cu atcdtJ give fuccels to a revolution,
j Tue lc-, dl u jre3, which were previous
ly eltabi (he lin our ow colonies, iur
v v.d the 1 ownfall of the Briton i.,ve
i.ignly, and \v. ir admirably kited tor
collect 11 g together the toice
lion. But 111 the Spamih coioni.s, no
I luck organtlation .xltts for tue cci.can
't rat ion e l ibe pu.die torcc. Tile wh.vie
jbuti cin 01 kgß non is in the hauos of
jV ..re); or ouV. fuOi.lvlluaie age:, sol
be Ciuw.it Ewti.ir* anil e.ectCvi, cou
it.iucn.i arc raaies
wit: out - in tue dpaitdh voca
bulary. *
‘i befe circmnd .uses are strongly cal.
cu altU 10 produce a cSoubt rclpee'tiug
the iuctels ot Miranda’* proieued en
t.rpriie, uuacr the preient itate of the
bp-tulh c lonics. On ting fuhj cf,
however, wc are bound to tpeak with
j alf the hun uity of coubt. We know
j but little ot ihe preient itate of the
’ Bpatnfli colonic?; the ttrength ot the
I government, the character ot its preient
! - ffieci g, en ii military resources. \> e
know in ids ut Miranda’s means or tue
. c uic.o ot Lis adherents. “i* ihttt
‘p ewintes ‘ or.- already “ it
i .'i;u..Ja . alfilfed, it nut by me trea
iiuiy, t lean it is laid by .he
,tp ot England ; it three millions of dot
ji ig h .vi been turnifhed by his .Vrn.ll
|eaa ctioeiatcs or Eiiginu fpeeulators j
jit iucCetf llmu and ciowu his it eaer
lion* ana tile tresiury ot the king ot
!opam ihould u>l into ms hand* ; it ilu
mimicry tore: ot th-t country be levoti
or us c.lctphue laipcrlect j it is ccna:..
ij pmbabie mat .vii.au.ia may become
t c IGlll.agt4.il otTu* country. \V kae
w. mean to _ii u is, that even if a ** nu
ruelc cock” not •• eoiuc,*’ itiu Mi.caJu
ft ‘j uot “ iucceic.”
v NINTIi CONGRH.SS.
//: USE Os REPJIESE.'. TJTIFES.
F irl.ij, Fel. 21,
A’ hi!! vas received from (he
to suspend the commercial mtmourfe
between the (Toiled Stales certain
parts or the iflind of St. I) minco
Tnis hiM prohibits al! cuaimncial fn
tercourle Lc'ween citiz-ns or ini.ab'tants
of the tTi ited S ates a id ai r part of the
J iflind of St. Domingo rot in the pr-s
i l ffion and under the acknowledged t ro
I verr.mcnt of France ; in violation of tdis
j provision, the v< fT l and cargo are to
jbe f rfeited. It is lim tec to one year,
i and the prefuient is authonf and at . try
! intermediate time to take off the res
; iraints and prohibitions.
I Reicr ed to a catr.millee cf the whole
on Monday.
Mr G e g, agreeably to notice given
yrfterday, called for the orcirr ot the
flay, on a rrfolu ion, t.ffered by him on
t!-i 6’h day of December, for the repeal
of so much of an art o( congreL, ve..*
taring the grants ot land, and providing
for the disposal of the lands of the Uci
tcei Siatea south of the Tenntffvc, asap
propiiiua any portion thereof to the
laustartion of chinas under certain ads
of Georgia.
Mr. Meriwether moved a poftnone
rnent till Monday.
Mr. Epprs moved a pnftpot.cment
till the fecund Monday in March. Fit
Li.; tv ry nrumbci knew his fcntimenis
on this fut'j.d. He wag m fav.ir of the
prop, fitioii ot the gentlemen from Penn
f; iv.'-ma. But, whitt fu oia„y inurtfting
I luijeci*, in v.’lrch the rational tvtilart
j was dircCfiy ii volved, reriiaiottl unacted
| upon, he did think that every thing cal
’ culated to disturb the harmony .it th
noufe ought to be wntiti, and ‘rom con
; fideration ; tnar no ui.picaLut urcum
, K-nces, or div.lion of ..pnoon on lu nor
-dma'* po-nis, ill uid prv.nr the con
cur.cure ot n e.i ot a 1 panic in the a
dup'.soi; ot mtalurct- caiied for by the
inter it ig cribs of cur ,
Mr. Gregg did not kr ow on what
ground gentlemen inleiicd that i .1, j, r .
■pi fit ion w..s caku ti led to cause more
divdion among tire numb rs o! the house,
1 than any other propcfu.uu winch
be offered. It ws ,1 piam and li.npic
’ cp'cltion, whether it was not be it, under
jail the circumlta.icis of the tale, o re
-1 pea! the taw making an appropriation
j or taiistying the c aims muter the art
1 ptopofed to tie trpia.ed 5 that enugrda
might thus torev. rhe douc wiiii tne
futj.c.t. Mr. G tain he ha . iorboru
’ caking up Una r. loiution tor t ? reaion
cfftgi.ed by ttie gentleman 1.0.0 V.p
I'iioUgh iieconii ered the itr j it moor- j
j tant, and that U btlioved ;n, ..gflj.ure
to decide upon it a on cany nay, u. nail
thought it m it advdabie to cail u
Up ltd tiie great national buSnets before
tbs li. ulc were attended t..— Fdis lati
butineis had been uncap. Ctcu.y to li-.m
d.lajed from ti ie to time j a u ne :
thought it probable that the icio-uSon,’
under c 1 Ii nulla , could beaded ap- •
on, bdort uic ti s c woe prepared to j
act o the nation... hulinet.. xie re 1
.ha the lu -j a or ottr c ff ren- (
ce with one ot the bellige eat nations
had not before Ui a time tieeu s-rted or;. I
tie had iaiu a icioluuon on the tabic on }
th 13 lubj Ct tour we,, as ago. But it j
had been uclayeu by a t-all cf various I
trealury statements ; which he regretted
having co. fluted toaik, as, i.i his opi
nion, they tiad 110 bearing ua the sub
j and |
Mr. j2tkfon rose to move 3 peftpone- j
1 incut luucllniuly.
| Mr. Litb laid is this motion involved
iaQt cl lieu ot ihe main qu.lt,on iie ivouii
! cu.l lor the taking of ,ue Yeas and Nnvj
Mr. I uon.2 hoped tiie gentleman
’horn Virginia, (.vl.. Jaekfuej would
| wu lid raw bis motiou, as Iroin ns going
ito rej fit the icl.<iu ion, it would pro
-1 due* mi the re in a k • which ivattid aide
Irom a cured Uik udtja ot a Fur the
redans which nad beui u gedey tht
gtiitleman in n Virginia, (cl , Epp s)
who had lii It tpoke, winch ue conduc
ted vo. y cogent ; and as the subj dot
coinpromite was progreiiiug, and rmgiit
bs Icttled betore the fecund Monday oi
March, he hoped the motion lor an n.
deli .tie postponement would be with
diawn, and that tor a poUponctneuf lo
tiie fecund Monday in March pre-vul.
Mr, Jaekioji laid, :t he viewed the
furjed in the fame light with the gen
tleman vs'ho had juit laoitc’.;, Le wou u
agree to withdiavv hisuiutieii. tie couhi,
however, never mike puocipie oemi to
expediency. Principle tied’ heretofore
| governed his vote, and thouid ttnl conti
j rule to govern it. Even on rue gr-und
; o’ expediency, ht doubted the piopricty
jt adopting the reiolutioa. u w.is
. known there was .miner inbj.ct cou
! netted with it, belore the n^iliaiure.
it that .hauld be deemed iu the ut. alive,
| ‘t imgal be proper to agree lo this iefo
[ .utrun. As ta. ic ..a* a prubebimy mat
I tear luij et w.uid come oe-.uie the
: iloule, l;e did not With .o ti:ug .be Uib
j.e.t twice before idem in cat ccilion. Its
| oiteulliou had iieictoiore cxcutd i.l the
J malignant paUious of the hauu.i bent
j and i:sa. well ca.eula.cd to cidt-.b
I mat harmony which outfit aih-uouli,
tube etlCTilhea, wneu they were on t e
e-c oi ciiteilug oil CJUii.J. ot il.i deep
Ut na.ioiial intetcfU
Mr. J. laid uc wnthed the lafcj Ct
cou.o De avoieca aito.;etho. Id c whs
lesi tiiy lick ot it,auj .aunct to get iu*.
OI h c .r V Ckav-D ■ i. iH J 1
• i
j cprr :! st.iL: *u mardtU'd
I.rxiH firfl be dec id. J if th - w-rc
ijejrafiv and, the course pointed out by t c
j-efidution of the gen:!i”- an f-am Penn
l fylvania mig-ht be nectff-.rv
■ Nfr. Alttr.n hoped the notion for sa
lindefinite poftpanement WcuM not nre
ivnil. lie Li.!, that though hts ’’enti
jnun's were not ‘hanged on this fuhj.'-fif,
and though they’wter the fame nor they
. ever had been, he-cid. britevc the tran
quility of the ra’tcn defended much on
the deciSon ol thi: queiboo, and the
; meeting it famly and fuiiy. He hoped,
tl.b, would take place this f. fiion ; but
(with his ’liendfrom Virginia, he hoped
j that the f’.bjefit would not be ukeu up.
j Hr thought th.-. the other qtieftion, re-
I lative to a compromi’e o; claims, fhoi.ld
’b - p'evir ufly and fcmffi. If the aaeftioß
lof ci.mpronrnfc In >’uld not be agreed to,
•i w uld agree to that course which
r mid prevent the lobj et from ever te
j ing agitated within theft- wall,, by trans
{fcriiiip it entirely to the judiciary tribti
j na! of ihe country. Hr would rather
| make a vclui.tary return of the territory
I u Gcor. ia than ft ffer the lubjifit to re
main in its present it -te. SJiouid ‘.lie
comuromife be not agreed to, he would
in proper time lay a proposition to this
i. ff.fit before the house. fie th< Ught ti e
| mterfft of the nation required the getting
j rid of the iubj.ct m this way,
j ?vfr. Jackson wit dew hi.- motion. He
j laid I.i* ..'Lijtfil ct.ulil be rtf. fit and by pidt
; poning the refolu'iou from time to tune,
i till the quetUon of rompromife fhsuld be
Fn ll decided. He was indeed willing,
th?.; but!; qu.tlicins fliouid be dccidcu at
i the fame Uine.
Mr Ciiiic was r;a! r y concerned hia
colhague had made this motion. The
r< foluricn of rhe gentleman from pr.nu
iylv.mi3 had been before them two
months, arid not a fi itep taken r *
|picti:;g it, and now we are toid we aic
j not to act upon it till a piopt.fi; on, not
• even before us, (hall ht-decided up in.
i Whatever may b* before tlie otticr
I branch of the leg.fl .ture, we are not at
!ub -ty to argue upon it. What pros,
ipefit, then, is t: e.e to get at this fut-j cl,
Lvhen eiitlcmen fay their ohi fit is to
j j) >ft pone it from time to time, till a pro
y fi r ton in its tinoivo iliaii !>-_■ dc-tded
. po.i ! If ‘he lot j ci were really ccnfi
-i .red as competed of such iufi immable
mattr.a!* us tome gentieifjen tfairk, the
tooncr i! is dei-i.'ed tl:t ututr. Mr. C.
jl. nl h” wi* cady to go at once into the
j diLuifior, md he thought the hotter ti e
jua'ilt, u.c tariier w.ufd be lhr peace
tlitt lollowcd it. Ii? was rta yto re
• pea* the law, which in the opinion of
ionic ‘Ml.:iD:n, g*ve a function claims
tou.iuej ui lr. ao arid corruption.
Mr. G'egg Ltd tie huu no objection
! to the pi,*t^eHemeut moved by me gen
tit man irom Virginia, provi ed they
j'.'ouid get at the Li iiucf* contemplatedl
j l>y him. Bui if this could nut be done,
(he i*u* rather forgoing into a coufiOtr
juoa ot the rcioiuiion. As to thtf’
propofidon of eomprci.'-fe, he knew
.a.thing cf it. No prupofitiou ot ttnS
xi,.U i.ad been received by the house
uom the clatm uits. To podponc there
to:;'this r.Lluuon for a bulintf they
ki.cw nothing about, was very extraor.
jdinary. It ht were fatisQed they cou and
| b -’t u, this buhnefs within the time men”
(tinned, be would be content to lev it
.tv.t lor the pies, nt. but us that was
■ ii,.certain, he iiopco the rcL.uuun would
| not prevail.
i Mr, G. W. C mScll hoped the mo
jtiouto pottpone w aiu prevail. Bali
i nets of biucu more importance claim i
ja prior attention. He conceived tnat
j the- retoluliou, when luveftigatcd, wou.d
i be found to contain a very curious prin
ciple, which the houle would no like
ly to adopt. It went not merely to
uccide on tue rights oi others, but to
Hi ip them ot the right of dectuing upon
thole rights. He tnnuid be agamlt de
cidiug 011 the r cloluttOii untu they tiati
previoull/ deemed the qucttion ot coin
pr.jtr.de. res he did r.ot think it nec
eifary, before this deciAon was mad.-,
to deprive tbctnfelve* of the power of
allowing claims which ought be brought
batore ttie.il. The poftponemeut would
leave an opening to Cuugrcls to act ui
tit le claims as they may fee tit. E.r
| t:u- rtuioi:, and in c*ruer that bufh.tfs
|wf greater moment iai 3 ht be taken up
I m the ti lt initancc, he fiiouiel oc m
uvor 01 tue pokponertient.
Tt.e qj. ttu u was then taken on the
p ttpoueoieiit, u .til the second Mindly
wf Maicti, and earned——-Ayes —nays
39*
Alt . Nicholson, from the committee
ot ways and ai-aus, m the aoiencc of
tt.e cUairmaii, leported a bill making
applications tor tue support of govern
x..at ter the year 1806, which was rs-
I tei ed to the committee of the whole oa
; iviouday.
! i '“- “ ou s £ refclved itfelf into a com.
- mince ot vhc \vhoi£—-Mr, *** *kc
uti the biJ from the innate,
j provide 'g for the payment of the witnef
; ‘C6 t>b the tr.i ot Samuel Ctialc.
, ..ir. John C- b r itrv gave a hdLuiy 0/
1 the lute ot a Um.iat bill at tue cut: of
tue iail it.non, and advocated its adop
tion.
Mr. Macon moved to amend ttu bill
by limiting the pay meat ot wit-nuTcs tr>
ti.ofe luuiiuoueii on the part ot the Uni
ted State .
Ou ti.,s motion a debate arose tthich
occupied the remaining part ot the lit.
ti"g ; m which Melba Macon jjd Hi
..iTiou lupported ; tr.d Mctrj. .-ilttrn,
jae&tc'a at*d c._.iy the amend—
.vie .t.
Whea, an motor, of Mr. Sxi'ic, the
uoui.t ttce r.;,r aud iibtauini leave to fit
lealie.