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SATURDAY, May 30, 1789.] the AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND GAZETTE of the ST AT E. FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRI A I h» l n r v . L br JURY, to remain inviolate forever. ConJlitutin ,f G,tr t m. AUGUST A i Printed n intelligence, Advertijements, &c. will be gratefully received, andZJy U*"/ ' PROCEEDINGS of CONGRESS. ! la the HOUSE of' REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES. Friday, April 10, 1789. THE Houle met, and adjourned without doing business. Saturday , April 11. The House afiembled agreeably to adjourn ment. A petition from the tradesmen, manufac turers, and others, of the town of Baltimore, was presented by Mr. Smith, and referred to the committee of the whole House. The House then resolved itfelf into a com mittee of the whole. Mr. Page in the Chair. The order of the day being called for by Mr. Sherman , Mr. Gooahue moved, that an addition to the lilt of articles already enumerated in the resolve, mi<ht be made by the following, viz. anchors., wool-cards, wrought tin-ware, limes and lemons, which was done. * Mr. Parker arose, and made a motion, that a ieled committee be appointed to take the important business of a system of revenue into co’niideration, prepare a bill, and report The Chau man upon this observed, that the motion was not in order, as the House was then in a committee of the whole. It was a previous question whether that committee Ihould rile, and the Speaker resume the Chair. Upon which the gentleman varied his mo tion by an amendment, and moved, the com mittee report, rife, and the Speaker resume the Chair, and then that the aforefaid com mittee be chosen; the gentleman enforced the propriety of his motion with oblervations of considerable length ; but his voice was folow, that it was impotfible to hear him diftinClly, so as to continue a connexion. Mr. Uoudinot in a lengthy address combat ed the idea of Mr. Parker . He was in favor «f an immediate but temporary system; as an attempt to torm a permanent plan involved an inquiry which comprised a great variety of particulars, that the piefent object would not admit of: It would be neceflary, he observ ed, to obtain information from various sources, viz. with refpeetto the aftual imports of the several fta es. 2dly. The produce of the imports realized upon their amount in the refpeCtive governmen s. 3dly. Communi cations from the mercantile intererts through the union, without the species of information to be derived from the last mentioned funree, gent-lemcn must be sensible that very ellcntial errors might be committed, A permanent fyrtem also included the idea of framing fuirable provilions tor the collec tion of the duties, which opened a field wide and complicated. To obviate these difficulties, the gentleman proposed that a simple temporary iyrtem ihould he adopted ; that the mode of collefling rtiould he conformable to the law* already extant in the several ftstei for that purpose t in those rtatet where no such laws had cxilted, those of the neat Rate ihould be adopted* Col, jjhWrofc neat, He wii liacwifo op. poled to «ht moticti of the Hon, Mr, /V ktr, ai involving the idea of permanency) he there, fote proposed tliai the gentleman ihould with, draw his motion, in which tafe ha waif re* GEORGIA. piared to introduce a resolve, which in his opinion would expedite the business before the committee, which was, that it ihould now be determined, whether the system ihould be a temporary or a permanent one A previous refoluiion of this kind, the Colonel observed, would relieve the minds of many gentlemen, who, in that case, would be prepared for fill ing up the blanks Mr. Parker , however, did not fee proper to withdraw his motion, but rc-inforced it with additional observations. Mr. Madai/on was opposed to Mr. Parker’s motion. He said, that as the commit.ee had made foiiie pregrefa iu the business now under their confiderarion, and gentlemen appeared to be principally divided as to the expediency of a temporary or permanent fvftem. It would in his opinion, rather protratt than expedite decirtons, to throw back upon a feleft com mittee the invefligation of the fubjcCt. elpe cially as it was certain, that the fame enquiries might now be m de, with facility, which would arise after a feleft committee had pre pared a draught to submit to the confiderarion of the whole. He was therefore opposed to the riling of the committee. Several other gentlemen spoke upon the question, but on a division of the House, it was finally loft. This motion being negatived, Col. Bland’s proposition refpefting taking the fenle of the committee, whether the system ihould be tem porary, was taken up. Mr. Thacker observed, that it was importa ble to determine with accuracy, as to the duration of a system, before it was formed ; when once completed, tte House could give as long, and as lhort a period for operation, as ihould appear mod eligible Should the system appear to be goody no person; would wirti it a temporary existence : Should it not prove salutary, no afligned date for its termi nation would Warrant its being continued be yond experience of its beneficial efffcfts. He was therefore for leaving the period to an af ter consideration. ; Mr. Boudinot was in favor of the tempora ry resolve of Col. Bland, as on the contrary sentiment, the bill to b* framed must go to making proviiion for the collection of the du ties, as also to a continental Judicid Syilem, an object of such magnitude, as would pre clude any decisive measures cill fuch‘ time as will entirely disappoint all our expectations of the immediate advantages that would result from a temporary system, which the gentle man observed, might be matured in two or three days. Mr. Maddifon % Mr. Lee, and other gentle men, spoke upon the motion, which was fi nally withdrawn. Mr. Maddi/on then brought forward a mo tion to this effect: That it is the opinion of this committee, that a committee of the House ought to be appointed to prepare the draught of a Bill to regulate the collection of Duties on Impofti and Tonnage within the United States, This motion waa adopted. On motion of Mr, l.tt% it was resolved, to proceed in filling up the articles in the ori ginal resolution, Mr, Maddi/on proposed 1 $-yoths of • dot* lar on Hum, Mr. Sherman, 11 an iiuemlment, proposed If centi, Another gentlemen propoff I 19cent!) tint tVoi.. 111. No. CXXXIX.I V . ' ’* ' - without the question’s being put, the commit tee, moved for by Mr. Maddifon, was eleft ed, and consisted of a Member from each state. Adjourned to Monday, u o’clock. ™ House met agreeably to adjournment. The additional Rules and Orders reported' by the committee appointed for that purp-fe, were taken into consideration, feme of th m amended and accepted, others re-commiitcd. A Handing committee ot Elections is enjoin ed by one of thefc Rules, aud accordingly rho Houle appointed this Committee, which con fills of Mr. Clymer, Mr Ames, Mr Bmfon, Mr. Huntington, Mr. Carrol, Mr. White.' and Mt. Gilman. ’ committee was also appointed to confer with the committee of the Senate, upon the fubjeft of arrangements for the reception of the Piclident and Vice-Piefideut, and confid ed of Mr. Sherman, Mr. P. Muhlenburg, Mr Benfoii, and Mr. Griffin Mr Burke presented a petition from the Shipwrights of oouth-Ca olina, ptaying the attention of Co. gtefs to their litu-ition, and that a Navigation Aft might be palled in la vor of American velTels. This was referred to a committee of the whole. Adjourned. Tueday, April 14, iygp. The Houle met agree ible tp adjournment* A bill for regulating the manner of tak-ng the oath piefcribed by the Constitution, was read the firft time. * 1 be articles of the additional rules, which were recommitted yesterday, were read av amended by the committee, and accented. Order of the <fay being called for, the Hot.fc went into a committee of the whole. Mr. Page in the'Chair. Mr. Laivretiee proposed that for the article of ruin in the resolve before the committee, ' araen> Jpirin, Jamatea pruof, Should be fub flituted i this was afterward* changed to dim filled pints, Jamaica proof, ’as it now Stands. Mi. Bland , after adverting to a temporary fyStem, as the molt eligible, enforced the idea upon the impropriety of taxing several arti cles in the icfoive, which were absolutely es sential to the forma ion of npiny species of tools made use of by our manufacturers; and in order that Congress might have time, propeiiy to diferiminate between the articles*’ and form a complete and permanent fyrtem*- be introduced a motion to this effeft ; That Congress pass a law, authorising and establish ing the collection of imports through the Hates, agreeably to the rcveuue laws extant in the several governments, and that the of ficers be lubjeCt to the fame regulations aud penalties. Mr. Floyd observed, that the fnbjeft natu rally divided itlcJf into two parti, , tntral and /peetjitd articles: The lat<«: were 100 numerous, he conceived, to be taken up 0 !<• lively 1 The quertion was, how (hall we diferiminate t He would propose, iherefore, to expedite the biiSinefi, that she articles fliould be taken individually, and determined upon, end if gentlemen would bring the quertion 10 this iffuf, whether, fonfileiiug she particular Situation us the country, 11 w< nld be adviieable thus to ten the lefpefiive ini- A proves dirtjrtclioo nwuld be untiep