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SATURDAY, November 281 1791.]
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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CONGRESS of the UN IT ED S TAT ES.
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday , O&ober 24.
A quorum being formed the House pro
ceeded to the elefton of their officers, when
the Hon. Mr. Trumbull, oTConneCtrcut, was
chofeii Speaker; Mr. Berkley, Clerk ; J feph
Wheaton, Sc jeant at Arms; Gifford Daftey,
Door-keeper ; and Thomas Claxton, Affiftarit
Door-keeper.
A committee of both Houses waited oh
the President of the United States, to inform
him that they were teady to receive an? com
munications which he might be pjeafed to
make; and received f r answer, that to
morrow at twelve o’clock, in the Senate
Chamber, he would make his commtmica'.ions
to both Houses of the Le^iilatuie.
A meiTajje was received from the Senate,
by Mr. Otis, their Secretary, informing that
they' had concurred in the resolution of the
House cf Representatives foi choohng two
and had, on their part, chofeu the
Right Rev. Doctor William-White.
On motion, 1 hat the choice of
Chaplain, on the part of the House, be poft*
poned until- to-morrow. —Adjourned.-'
Taejchay .' October 25 •
The House met, pursuant to adjourmehf.
Agreeably to the o.der oftefterday, the House
proceeded to the eieftion 1 f a Chaplain ; and
the ballots being counted, it appeared that Mr.
Biair wa6 eleded to that office.
A meflaee being received from the Senate,
informing the House that they were ready to
meet them in the Senate Chamber, to receive
thfe commucication <f the President—Mr.
Breaker, attended by the Members, repaiied
to the Senate Chamber, where the Prefnent,
soon after, made his appearance, and addref
ftd' both houses in the followinjfc speech :
Felloe-Citizens of the Senate, and
of the'Houje oj Riprejentati ves ,
I MEET you, upon the present occasion,
yvitbthe feelings which aie naturally inspired
by a strong impression of the prosperous situ
ation of our common country. a r ’d by a per
suasion equally strong, that the labors of the
feflion which has juft.commenced, will, un
der the guidance of S f;irit, no less prudent
than patriotic, iflue in measures conducive to
the stability and increase df national profpe
nty.
Nutnyrou3 asare the providential blessings
which demand our gra eful acknowledgments
—the abundance wi'h Which anotherseahas
again tewarded the indnftry of ihe hnlbaod
man, is too important to efrape recollection.
Your own obfervatidrs. in your refpeftive
situations, will have fa-isned you of the pro
greflive state cf agriculture, maniifatfutes,
commerce and navigation s In tiacing their
causes, you wi 1 have remarked, with parti
cular pleasure, the happy effects of that re
vival of confidence, public as well at private,
to which the constitution and law* of the
Unired States have so eminently contributed:
And you will have observed, with no
tereft, new and decisive proof* of the in*
creating reputation and crfdit of the n*ti"oi
But you, nevetthslsfs, cannot fail to derive
faiisfjftiou from the confirnutioo of (Safe
circuuiAancti which will hi disclosed in the
Uvcrai otbcul communication* that will be
ge on g ta:
( made to you in the course of your dfclibera
tions. .
The rapid subscription to the Bank of the
Uuited States, wh : ch completed the sum al
lowed, to be subscribed, in ar'fingfe day, is
among the striking and pleating evidences
which present themselves, not only of confi
dence in the government, blit of resource in
the community. u
In the interval of your recess, due atten
tion has been paid to the execution of the dis
. ferent objects, which we especially provided
for by the laws and refolutious of tbe last
leftion. .
Among the most important of tbefe, is the
defeuce and security of the weftern frontiers.
To accompltfh it on the most hornane princi
ples, was a primary with.
Accordingly, at the fame time, that trea
ties have been provisionally concluded, and
other proper means used to attach the Wa
vering, and to coufirm in their friend iltip,
the well d fpcfed tribes (find.an* —effectual
measures have been adopted to make thole of
a hostile defcriptiou fenfiblc, 'that a pacifTca
tion was deftred upon terms of moderation
and justice.
Thete measures having proved unfucce'sfnl,
it became nccellary to convince the refractory
of the power of the United States to puuifh
their depredations; offenfive opeia'ions have
theiefore been directed to be conducted, how
ever, as confidently'as possible with the dic
tates of human.ty. Some of these have been
crowned with full ftffccef*, and others ,are yet
depending*; The expeditious which have been
completed, w'frre carried on under the autho
rity, and at the expence of the United States,
by tbe militia of Kentucky ; whose enter
prise, intrepidity, and good conduit, are en
titled to peculiar commendation
Overtures of peace a>e still continued to
the deluded tribes, and coniiderabie uumners
of individuals belonging to theni have lately
' renounced all further oppofnioa, removed
tiom their former fituati>m>, and placed theiH
lelves under the immediate protection of the
Uuited States.
It is lincerely to be desired, that all need of
coertiou-in future, may cease; and, that an
intimate tutticourfe ina- succeed, calculated
t“ advance the happinels of the Indian*, and
to attach them fiimiy to ihe Umteo States.
In order to this it feeni6 necessary
That they Ihouid experience the benefits of
an impartial adminiftiation us justice :
That the mode of alienating their lands,
the main source of difcomcnt and war, fliould
be so defined and regulated, as to obviate
impuhtion, and, a* far as may be practicable,
controversy, concerning the real extent of he
alienations which are made :
, That commerce with them should be pro
moted, uuder regulations tending to Iccuie
an equitable deportment towards them, and
that inch rational experiments ihould be made,
for imparting to them the uleffmg3 of civi ra
tion, as may, from time to tune, -spit their
conditions t , .
That the Executive of the United S ate«
fliould be enabled to employ the means to
wmch the i.diaushave been long accultopied,
for uuiti g their immediate mtcietle with the
prelervaimu of peace 1 Audi
Tint eiHt.scion# pmvifiou t>»'»uld be made
for indicting sdsq j*># penaloe* wguu th fe,
| wuwj by violating Uieir rights, ihaii miiing*
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the treaties, and endanger the peace of the
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A fyflem eorrefpopding with ihe mild prin«
ciples ot religion and philanthropy toward#
an unenlighteued race of men, whofebappu
nefs materially dependa on the conduft of that
United States, would be as honoiable to the
uational charader, as conformable to the die*
tates of found policy.
The powers specially vetted inf me by the
laying certain duttea.on distilled fpints,
which lefpeft the sub-divisions Vs me diftrifte
into iutveys, the appointment ot officers, and
the alignment of coinpeufatione, have like
wise been carried into effect.—ln a matter,
in which both mate ials and experience weed
wanting to gui le the calculation, it will bt
readily conceived that there mid have been
dithcuuy in such an adjuilincut of the rates of
compeuTatioii as would concilia ea rcufouabie
compeutency, with a proper regarefio the It**
mits ptelcnbed by the law. it is hoped that
the orcumlpettiou which has been used will
be found in the tefult to have tenured the last
of the two objects ; but it is probable, that
with a view to the fi it, in some intlauccs a
revision of the pnuvifion will be f mud ad*
vliable. t< ., v - .. r . - r - : ..... .. u
The impieffions with which this law hat
been received by the community, have neeu,
on the whole, such as were to be expected
among enlightened and well difyolcd cnixeus*
from the propriety aud necessity of mea
luie. The novelty, howevei, of the tax, id
a c nfuluable patt of the United State*, and
a inilcom epuou of its ptovilious, have given
oc'.adion, in particular plat el, to some degict
of difeomeut. But it is fausfartory to
that, this diip< li ion yield* to proper explana
tions and ’more'ju it apprehcuiiot.s of the tru^
. nature of the law.—And 1 entertain a full
conHd.nte, that it will in all, give way to th»
mo ives which aiile out ot ajuft leufe ot dui
ty, aud a virtuous regard to me public weld
fire.' " ..
If there are any circumstances, in the lawj
which, confidently wi h its main design, may
be to vaiied as to remove any well mteo
tioned objections that may happen to exid, it
will conlift with a wife modeiation to m<k6
the proper variations. —it is dehrable, on alt
occafious-, to unite with a flea ly and firm ad«
heieuce to conititutionil and nccelTtiry aCta of
government, the fulieft' evidence of a d Tpo
lit ion, as far as may be practicable, to coa
fuit ’he wiihes or every part of ihe community,
an to lay the foundations of the public ad*
mi-iftration in the affettn ns of the people.
Pursuant to the authority courained in *l:*'
fe eral ads on that fubjeft, a dritrid of ten
miles hjjrare," for the perm meat (eat of the
government of the United btate*, has beerr
fixed ami announced by proclamation; which
dm rid will c impreheud lands on both fide*
ot the river P >towmac, and the towns of
Alexandria and Geoigetown.. A city has al*
so been laid out agreeably to a plan which
wII be laid b:Jore C»ngiefs i And as there
is a prbfped, tuvuied by the rate of falce
which Inve already ukeu place, of ample
fuuds tor carrying °h the or .diary pu lc
hudnui/s, (here isevety expedition of their
due progiefs.
1 lie completion of the cetifui of the inha« „
tiuiiis, for winch piuvihou was unde If
law, baa been dull unified, (excepting In
tuitauci iu which tu/ituri* has ttfu iuformfi?»