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SATURDAY, April io, 1790.] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND GAZETTE of the SfJTE. FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL br JURY, Ihall remain inviolate. Conjlitution of Georgia. AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. SM.IT H, Printer to ti:e State-, Essays , /ittides of Intelligence, Adoertifemcnis, lie. will be gratefully received , and every kind of Printing performed. PROCEEDINGS of CONGRESS. In the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES' of the UNITED STATES. Wtdnefday ' Jan. #9O. THE order of the day for the confidera* tion of the Bill for giving effeft to the laws of the United States in the llate of North- Carolina, was taken up, and the Bill parted to be enatted. The Bill for the remission or mitigation of ftnes, forfeitures and penalties in certain cases, was read a ferond time. Ordered > That it be referred to a commit tee of the whole House, to be taken intocou jfideration on Wednelday next, and that 100 copies be printed. In committee of the whole, on the Bill to provide the means of imercourfe between the United States and foreign nations; the mo tion before the committed yesterday, for striking out of Mr. Lee’s propolcd amend ment, the words, “ by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,” was again read. Mr. Jackson objerted to the principle of the Bill, as tending to eftabliHi arbitrary pow er—as diverting the Senate of their preroga tive as relinquishing the contToul of the House over the Treasury of the United States. Betides, he contended that it is the duty of the House to fix the salaries, and this he con ceived the Legitlature fully competent to. The disposal of the public money is a trust committed to us, nor can wc constitutionally divert ourfelvcs of it. Mr. Boudinot was opposed to the amend ment,'and m favor of striking out the words, and contended that the bill went to make all thole provisions as fully as the nature of the case would permit, which gentlemen appeared so earnertly to contend for.- . , The bill empowers the President to draw out of the public Treasury a fpecified sum, it has also determined a point beyond which the salaries shall not extend ; all the power pro posed to be verted in the President, is ro re duce the falaties, and to dispose of the ap propriation to the best advantage. This can not be an extraordinary or uncon stitutional trust ; it is agreeable to the uni form ufagiof the House in making appropri ations where aiiy trull is icpofed It is eTy to forefee infupferable difficulties in ailbeiating the Senate With the President in this business. Mr. Scott sliced whether the question was of a legifiative or executive nature—for his part, he thought it of a legirtative nature ; and therefore granting any power to appro priate the public money for purport:, where the House could not afeertam the quantum ne cefiiiy, wa.a«ing contrary «o the Conllmi. tion. It wa. improper, he f.«i, -hat either the President or Senate, or both, (hauld ex pend money for enr fer«c.M, the amount of which could not be fixed hr ..iw. * w# ® therefore wholly opposed to the prmctple of the bill, and moved that the committee lhould rile, for the purpose of introducing a motion in the House to ie.c r mmi« it, Mr, Sedgwick obierved, that »♦ a , ' l ’ cre * tionaiy power cannot be lodged ww* ***' P <r * fun to dftfimint wb»' fuiufc fliall be paid tor particular fervicta, it »• difficult t» concede how the public buliueli can be rained on, He was fuie, he fatd, lUr« waa nothing '» «*»• GEORGIA. i Conrtitution againrt the delegation of ftich a power, and, in fad, conrtant experience was direftly opposed to the position. Mr. Smith, (S. C.) puifiling the idea of Mr. Sedgwick, adverted to the circt mttance of voting 20,000 dollars rhe la It Seffiou for the Indian btifinefs. It is true the compeilla tion of the Commissioners was fixed, hut heir allowance absorbed but a fma)l pioportion of the sum committed in trust to the President and Senate of the United States. Mr. Lawrence opposed the motion for tlvp committee’s riling*, he wished the committee to come to a decision ot the question, whether < the Senate rtiould be artbeiated with the Pre ' fident in this business or not? He adveited to the constant practice of the House in refpeft to the departments, who from the necessity of the case, ate conrtantly trusted with appropriations which it is true they may not exceed, but without paiticuiarly fpecify ing the funis they shall pay for certain fei - vices.—He wiftied the gentleman would wich draw, his motion. Mr. Boudinot was likewise opposed to the riling of the committee, and enlarged upon the ideas luggefted by Mr. Lawience and Mr. Smith. Mr. Scott defended his motion. He said that fei vices performed in the public office are known and open to examination, but did: might not be the case with the prelent bnfi nefs; that as the bill Hands, it militates againrt the Conrtitution; that consideration would influence him not to withdraw his mo tion for the riling of the committee. The motion for the committee’s riling was negatived. The motion 'for striking out of the proposed amendment, the words “.by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, was put, and carried in the affirmative. The question then was, on the propefed amendment without the words*' by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the vote being taken, the amendment w*s not adopted. Mr. Lawrence proposed an additional clause for limiting the duration of the bill to the term of three years, and from thence to the end of the next Sefiiou of Congrcis there after. . . . It was moved that the clause which enjoins that the accounts of expeodicuies heiendeied under oath, rtiould be 11 ruck out. _ Mr. Sedgwick was in favor of retaining the words; there could no injury aide horn their being retained in the bill ; they may conduce to the public fatisfafiicn. in the dil pofition of public monies, tales will frequent ly occur in which a confidence in the integri ty of public officers, inSy'be all t«.e ffitwac tion the people may receive in the d tip of a of their money. It is nor tube expe« .ed that the formality of an oath i. tu be attended to, the idea meant to !:• conv«>ed is, that jbe ac count* ere rendered unde* the iropicfimn ot fucb a solemnity. , . .. Mr. Huntington, Mr. Wadfwonh and Mr. Ames, weie severally Mavot or the tmumn fdrfti iking obi »L« *»' ‘ :: thuthey involved an ebf'ii day, > 8 "* tlemeu Jiippol'td it iicccifa*y 1 c fu ' " dent ffiould ukehie oath of owe viit wntdJ rti** 1 ":? •* lb * tiVi,ru ' bis*, [Vox. IV. No. CLXXXHI.J A motion of Mr. Madison’s, that the Presi dent caufc a regular ftatcment of the account of expenditures to be laid before Congefs, ocrafioned some further convcilation. This t « motion -va* adopted. The whole paragraph as thus amended, was then agreed to. The motion for the limitation of the bill was next di feu fled. It was moved that thru be ft ruck out before “ years,” and two infert cd—This motion obtained. The clause thus amended was adopted. The committee then rose, reported the bill with amendments, to which the House acced ed, and ordered that the bill be engrofl'edfor a third reading to-morrow. Mr. Lee called the attention of the House to the petition of Mr. Dobbyn—and after some obtervations on the policy of encou raging the emigration of foieigners, and the •pulation of the unappropriated territory of tie United States, moved, that the petition as lr. Dobbyn be referred to the .Secretary of -nr Trealuty—that he may make provision in be pUu which lie is direfted to report to the souse, for cases fanilar to that of the peii • tner. Mr. Madison and Mr. Page support ed this motion. Mr. Sherman moved, that the latter part of the motion thould be struck out, and.that if the petition is ,referred to the Secre ary of ihe Treulury, it should be byway of informa tion. ( It was fiid that there is an impropriety in retraining the Secretary to anr patticnlar objeft, in forming the pirn in contemplation, aw it mull be calculated upon general princi ples, the House having special reference to the fubjed of revenue in committing the Imfinefs to him— l: wae further fuid, that the proprie ty of the Legiflatme of the United States holding out encouragement to individuals of foreign Pates, to emigrate to this country, miy be doubted. Mr. Sherman's motion was adopted, and the petition referred to the Secretary of the Treasury tor his information. Mr. Sfrermin presented a petition fioni the Piehdcm and fellows of Yale College, dating thai they had imported a philofophica! appa ratus for t!s>t College, the import duties of which they had paid ; and suggested to Con crete whether; as books and f iemific indru tneut/t for the use of femiuaries of learning, could not come under the denomination of ne gociablc articles of meicbaiidiie, it would not tend to encourage icirnce, were such at ticies exer pted from duties, and praying that ti c amount of the duties paid on laid *pparti- M!S , may be remitted tor the ui'e of laid Col ic 41*. Mr. Ames piefented the petition of John Wait, j.l iving jekef under M** Maine*! by taking tenificaies for fupplie* from f-ddieis who afterward# dcfeited—Read, and laid on the the übie. : lix li-u.fe took up the reroluiion ; m the table yeftfrdayby Mr. feinith, (S.C.) ic- tue uiifinifhed bufiitcf# at the end of a teftion. . ' borne debate et.fned, but the House ad journed without crnim# to any dtciUwn ua ill.’ ttiUi.un. fTu /. (mtiHttrf')