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SATURDAY, November 281 1791.] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE **> \ v* 1,,. >'**> AND . GAZETTE of the STATE. 1 - ~ ——■ ■ ' ‘M ' ■ ■ - .4 FREEDOM of the PRESS,, and TRIAL by JURY, (hall remain inviolate. Csujlitutisn »/ Cttrgim . * *.>••• *. . • V * ■■l■l■;~ " ' * """ - AUG USTA: Printed /y JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to thi Stats ; EJays, Articiei f Intelligence, Advlrtifements, (Ac. -will be gratefully received, ana every kind of Printing perft med. . . .; v - ■ - >■ ' | '• ' V » 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* [VOL. VI. No. CCLXVIII 2 the treaties, and endanger the peace of the Umon. . v v * 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?»