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January 55.
Th* hone. In eOmmittoeef the whol .
‘bariag-cnder consideration the following
forex wilrttry Vtt.un*Ito answer for it?
■Can ait age, can his services, can M**ic-
-toriesjilead nothing? Mutt<h«jr all be ba
nod at -the (brine of two demi-devtU.
w hose-conduct baa drawn too* of irievi
from ao unoffending country 7 * breast? t
trust not. Tho blase of Jackson’* glory
it too bright, in aj eyes, to be obscured
by the transaction. Bat the -course
proposed'i* eery eztraordiuuy. Arc
we a telf-coastrtued tribonai to whom
general Jacktou is retposiblc? What pur
pose can it sat ra to pats awetolotion cri-
• imristtng the commanding general? Hare
Ve any authority, and can arc claim th
privilege of attacking the ei-aracteco of the
best and greatest men among us, and of
depriving them of the most “precious jew
els of their souls?” This is a tfv w species
-xexdlutfoa,rvp*rt«! by the cmxmrttoe on. »«» !*•••• »«^sp««e,
military affairs: . <d le-islat.redominst.oo, dangerous to th
. i j i,.. a. a „ _ liberties of the people. If you claim the
use of it, whit man can be safe? 'there
is no nan of elevated rank but what may
ba obnozi-jus to some member of this house
and would it be right for him to use his
privilege of a member, to assail his char
acter? Will, the people endure to be
dragged before this council of anatomists,
Tbit the house *f wpmeatstlre* of
thetfrited Hites disspprovs* the proceedings is
jibe trial and execution of Akaaoer dnbuttuot
•and Robert-c. Ambrister.
Mr. Stw^r of North Catalina, rase, ant!
Jlr. Chairman: As-it is not my inten
■fien to g i over the same rrouuds'that nth -
ef genii, men hare, my observations will
t* oeces*ari>y frw. And f am sorry to b<-
•blind to differ with my friend from* New-
York*(Ur. Tffllmadge) in tlje unset, with
respect to the powers ui'Uus house over
«the present question.
I think the principle a dear' one, that
««ngresa has no power to pass any resolu
tion of condemnation or remdvaC nor of
course of censure of any military ..flier
Ifauch a power exists, let it be pointed
-out. i have examined the constitution,
clause by danse, for such a power, but f
have searched in vain: Trie legislative
.and executive .powers are distinctly mailt
cd and independently delegated, and wt
--cannot pursue this course without infring
ing updo the right* of th* executive. He
. ia, by the constitution, the commander id
- chief of all our forces, anil te bio. alone
are car officers responsible. Besides, a
resolution of this kind implies a censure
on our executive, by intimating that he
had been ao negligent in Ins duty or par-
, till in his affection*;as to permit a fault
in one of hit officers to pass unnoticed,
which this house might think worthy of
,-*Dtmad version. I have too much confi-
. -deuce in the executive to believe he would
fail te do hie duty, upon the commission
of apy criminal act on the part of gener
al Jackson. But l am yet to learn wheth
er «sdrhas haen the ease on the part of
the general. What is the true state of the
■case? Arhuthaot and Ambrister were ap-
■ pretended in the fndiau country, under'
xueb circumstance* as would have justifi
ed their immediate execution. But gen
eral Jfftksou, wishing to afford proofs to the
wortd of their guilt, ordered a special
court of inquiry to convene at St. .Mark*
the 06th of April last, for the purpose of
investigating the tharge.i, and embodying
£h e evidence against them, f Here Mr.
S. read the order, tkdj ' Tl.is court a* a
court of. enquiry, had no right to pass
judgement. They were setting merely as
sjatqys, and were to find a verdict of guilty
fo^ootgliltr. They did find tire prisoners
guilty of puch charges as subjected them
U the punishment of death. They found
ArbutboutJ^lUf oa both charges: exciting
the Creels Wjfajfayar against the Unit
ed Stater, aqdjp comforting and support
ing the euemjwy furnishing him with the
means to carry it on. Thia was, in fact,
treason-against the United States; fur
these Creek Indians vtere quasi citizens,
enjoying the protection, and were under
the jurisdiction of the United States, and
notwithstanding Arbuthuot was a foreign
er, he could commit treason against the
United States at well as a citizen, and
would be either punished for it civilly, by
being turned over to the civil authority.
W by mtgtial law, for such other offences
as came under the cognizance of that tri-
bund. Afftti Ambrister, it was proved
that he'gave intelligence to the enemy
.. undergo the worst of air dissections.—
I lur one, will not, by any act of man,
sanction the extension of this censorial
power over my constituents. The age ef
proscription. I trust, is over, never to be
revived. There is a proper tribunal dear
ly marked out by the constitution, for the
punishment and censure of every griev
ance; to that tribunal general Jackson is
answerable and to no other If the presi
dent has omitted to do his duty, let the
gentleman impeach him: but this elimina
ting course in this bouse, is mere brutem
fulmen, without any corresponding pow
-r, but fraught with great mischief,-by fix
inga sting in the bosom of a person win.
-ia not permitted to be present to make bis
defence: What effect can the passage ol
this resolution have? Can it deprive him
ofiiis commission? If the piesidenc ap
proves Itis conduct, will he be driveR to
act the ungrateful task of dismissing from
h>s service the man whom he may think
deserves well of Iu* country, by any offi
cious intermeddling on one part? Sir, I
trust the president has two high a sense
of his own rights and dignity. The go
vernment, the people,have too high a sense
of Jackson’s merit, even to give him up us
a victim to the manes of such creatures as
Arbuthnot and Ambrister. So far from
censure, he deserves the grateful thanks of
this house, and I trust he will receive
them: I consider we are bound to tender
him a vote of thanks, as a balm to his
wounded spirit, as an antidote to the worst
of all poisons, that which is inflicted with
the tooth of ingratitude.'
If you pass this resolution, what must be
the feelings of general Jackson? Methinks
I can hear him exclaim, “Farewell, fare-
well to the neighing steed, the shrill trump,
the ear-pierring fife, the spirit stirring
drum; and all the quality, pride, pomp and
circumstance of glorious war,” Jackson’s
ocrupation’s gone.
Sir, when I saw the gentleman from Geo.
(Mr. Cobb) the first to commeuce this at
tack,! felt emotions that I cannot under
take to express. It was the last quarter
of this hou-»e that I expected it, That gen
tleman in common with the people of Geor
gia, are under obligations to gen. Jackson
that they are not easily cancelled. Sir,
gen. Jackson watched while they might
sleep. He presented himself between
them and the ruthless savage, exposed his
own life that their wives and children
■night slumber undisturbed by their mid
night yells. Is this the return. If 6uch
be the sentiments of the people of Georgia,
I am sorry lor it, but I trust my country,
men have very different. Sir, tiie gentle-
■nan has talked about law, and called on
us to mention any law that Arbuthnot ami
Ambrister had violated! Sir, I can answer
bim by asking him to tell us what laws
they had not violated. Then doe6 he con-
.u«... 6 eo«, iu «.c Cp „„,.,ceive that the court of enquiry, composed
and he plead guilty to the 2d charge, that ® f , wch respectable names, with general
' of being a party and even a leader in the • Q V. ne .* 11 th , eir t ! ead ’. ‘'"regarded their
Wfiri of course, they brought on themselves
and justly deserved that punishment,
which the right of retaliation entitled
and the orders of general Jackson com
manded him to inflict upon a savage foe.
The prisoners being found guilty on such
chargee as subjected them to capital pun-
ishtaent, there wasan end of the authority
of 4b*court, end it remained with general
Jackson to apply the law of the military
code, and tee it executed. The opinion
which the court thought proper afterwards
to express, that the offence of Ambrister
did not deserve capital punishment, could
pnly be viewed by general Jackson as a
recommendation to mercy by several re
spectable individuals;but which, in obedi
ence to the laws of the army, he could not
observe. But it was inconsistent with the
•entooee which they had already pronouc-
ed against Arbuthnot; for they had order
ed him to be huog, although he was only
an accessory in the war, and how could
they condemn Ambrister to a less severe
punishment, that was a principal in it!
General Jackson was merely reconciling
tttcir own decisions, when he, at the same
time, conformed to the laws of his country,
-Which forbid the infliction of torture, and
;w*sthe minister of even-handed justice,
that “returned the poisaned chalice to
their lips who prepared it.”
. Although lam hurt at the zeal with
which I tea this prosecution carried on.
and the joy manifested at it from a certain
quarter of the house; yet 1 cannot be ao
uncharitable as to impute their motive,
to the conduct of-general Jackson prior
to this qVent. Surely no gentleman with
in these walls can harbor a prejudice a-
gainst him for his victories over soy* of
o-trcnsmieo. I must believe their motives
are purr, but I cannot but thinxihit their
viewa-are erroneous. What would they
have, even admitting,foraigument’s sake,
that the conduct of general J-ick-oa whs
Optptrictly U gal? Would they with to
•ee that man, at hiszime of -life, grown
grey in ais country’s 'service, dragged be -
oath* by condemning them without law?—
Sir, they violated the 9th rule of ihe arti-
ole* of war by furnishing the enemy with
aid sad assistance; and committed more
offences than I have language to clothe
them in. W ith murder, rape, rapine, rob
bery, burning, in their train, like furies
they issued from their den>, “cryed havoc,
and let slip their dogs of war.” But does
thu gentleman expect us to apply the same
laws to savages that are observed among
civilized nations? Let him, with bis code
•>t laws, undertake to enforce their obliga
tions to a savage, armed with a tomahawk,
and see which will make the greatest im-
pressiun. Pray sir, what laws, human or
divine, do they observe? Indians! demons!
But the gentlemaB say* we never exercis
ed the right ot retaliation before. If we
had not, utis is no reason we never should.
I ; believe many instances of retaliation
have been enumerated; if they had not, it
would be paying a compliment to our hu
manity which I hope will never be deser
ved again. Mercy, Mr. Chairman, is my
delight; but when tiiatmcrcy degenerates
into weakness, it sometimes produces cru
elty to ours-lves. This was the case iu
the present instance,and madeit necessary
to change our policy.
Sir, as to the resolutions of the gentle-
man from Georgia, 1 shall not consider
them, particularly at this time, for I do nut
think they come lairlv before me I think,
for my set C 1 have a right to comolain at
our treatment. After a subject has been
regularly referred to a committee, and bv
it reported to the house, and a special
charge against gen. Jackson, grounded on
the trial and execufon ot Arbuthnot and
Ambrister, and made the order of a giv
en day; when the subject is taken up,
what is the course pursued? An attempt
is made to lead us train the ground we oc-
rupied, by forcing us to consider several
abit'act propositions, without toeir ever
having been agreed to be considered by
tne house. Why they should be entitled
to a -preference over other resolutions, 1
cannot conceive. But what are we to in-
Jt this raarehSng opj poteiitiarjr
manfully »>id direct, court*! Fr
lev Tram this course? _
to the sotqect-boldly, manfully and direct,
or nit not retiring Iramthe field and lay
inj an ambuscade.
The gentleman has s*k«d us to justify
general Jackson’s conduct by any law, in
occupr.ng the Spanish posts ol St. Marks
and Pensacola. Sir, he was justified in
occupying them by *ne Jaw at least, the
force of which all are ready to admit—se.f
preservation. He had a right, under that
law, to deprive them of one post, a .d t»
rut them off and intercept their supplies,!.;
the capture of the other.
And beret b-g leave to quote *e g-neralS own
words, for as able u he- has Seen defended
the Sour, I beb.-.e-'.ia own defence, considering
mil circumstances, is nearly a* good as *ny this
can he made for him t wdl take the liberty ,i
reading an extract from b.s letter of the Jm ot
Way last, dated at fort CJadsien, to the rfc.-cury
cf war. This letter afl'ords another pr ol :.
he i«d die heart to conceive, the head to ex> cu t,
ini the ulenta to defend, the best measures
which the urgency of the occasion required. •'!
I.cpe the. execution of these two unprincipled
villains s ill prove ao awful example to the world
and convince the government c f Great Britain as
sell as her subjects, that certain if slow retribu
tion awaits those uncinutia* wretches,_who, by
false promises, dslude and excite ao indi-n tribe
to all the horrid deeds of savage viar. 1’icvkjus
to my leaving fori Gadson, l bad occasion to ad
dress a communicat.no to die governor of l*ensa
rola, on the subject of permitlm< supplies to
pas* up the Escambia river to fort Crawlord;—
t his letters with anuihcrfrofn St. .Marks, on the
subject of some United States’ dollin g shipped
in a vessel in the employ of the Spanish govern
ment to But post, I now enclose with his reply
Ihe governor, of Pensaoola’s refusal to any de
mand, cannot but be viewed as an hostile feeling
on bis part, particularly in connexion with some
circumstances, reported to me from the most
unquestionable authority. U has been stated,
that the Indians at war with the .United States,
have free access into Pensacola, slat they are
kept advised from that quarter of all our move
ments; that they are supplied from thence with
ammunition and munition^ of war; and lhat they
art now collecting in a body, to the amount of 4
to 500 warriors in that town; that inroads from
thence have been lately made on the Alabama, in
one of wnieh IB settlers fed by the tomahawk —
i’hese statements compel me to make a move-
ment to the west of the Appalachicola, and should
they prove correct. I'en-ic-.U must be occupied
with an American force: ihe governor treated ac
cording to hu deserts .or as policy may dictate.
I shall leave strong garrisons in forts St. Mark-,
Gadsden, and Scott, and in Pep-ac- ia, should it
oe necessary to possess it. It becomes my duty
to state it as my confirmed opinion, that so long
as Spain has not the poaeror will to eniorce-.l-i
treaties by which she is sulem-.ly bound io pre
verve the Indians within her territory at peac.
with the United Stales, no secant: can be given
to southern frootier, without occupy mg a cordon
of posts along the sea s- ore The moment tlx
American army retires from Plonda, the wat
hatchet will be again raiset^ and the same scenes
of indiscriminate massacre, with which our Iron-
tier settlers have been visited, will be repeated
so long as the Indians within the territory of
Spain are exposed to the delusion of false pro
phets and poiioa of foreign in rigee. so long a-
they can receive ammunition, munitions of war,
from pretended traders and Spanish command-
acts, it will be impossible to restrain the ou.r»(;ei.
The burning their towns, destroying their stock
and provisions, will produce but temporary em
harrassments He-supplied by Spanish author,
ties, they may concen'rate and disperse at wilt,
and keep up a lasting and predatory warfare
against the United States, as expensive to our
government as'harassing to pur troops. The sa
vages, therefore, must be made dependant on us,
and cannot be kept at peace without being per
suaded of the certainty of chastisement being in
flicted on the commission of the first offence. I
trust, therefore, that the measures which have been
pursued will meet with^tbe approbation of the
president of the United States: they have been
adopted in pursuance of your instructions, and
undtra firm conviction that they alone were cal
culated to insure peace and security to the Geor*
gia frontier.”
There would have been no end to the war, if
he had permitted the enemy to retreat to choose
strong holds, the Spanish forts, without pursuing
them with fiery expedition. The trial was made,
and as soon as our forces retraced their steps,
the* Indians recommenced the system of robbing
and murder. Does the gentleman require that
we should be at the expense of keeping up a
regular standing force, throughout the whole,
extent of die Georgia frontier; to make it an arm-'
rd barrier against the savages? Ought he not to
be satisfied that, the war has terminated in the
manner it has, in the complete dispersion and
conquest of the enemy, by the only mode in which
it could be done promptly and completely?—
Ought he not to be thankful, that hi- conatitu nts
ern now pursue tbeir peaeeitil avocations, with
out hourlv apprehensions of murder and confla
gration? if any irregularities have happened in
the course ot this war, leave it to be settled be
tween us and Spa n, let us not be guilty of such
monstrous ingratitude to our u orihy commander,
as to forget all his services, his midnight vigils
and his uniform success, by passing a string of
resolutions which mauy of us do not comprehend
and which he never could have intended to
violate. Sir, I believe it it not usual to censure
a general for nis success, he could have expected
no worse had he been beaten. This is but poor
encouragement to our officers.
But, sir, I consider these resolutions of the gen
tleman from Georgia, as * complete acquital of
general Jackson. Because they imply that the
prohibitions they impose did not heretofore exist.
For if they do exist, whc. e is the use of their be
ing now enacted? and il they do nut, of course,
general ,’aekson could not violate them.
As to the power of general Jackson, he had the
most plenary. I will not occupy your time by
reading the many letters froottbe war department
on this head, but will content myself by calling
your attention to the concluding paragraph of a
letter from the secretary at war to guverntr Bibb,
of the 17tb of May last: -“General Jackson is
vested with full power to conduct the war in a
manner be may think best” Comment on this
• ntence would be an insult to the understanding
of this house. General Jackson then had the full
est power to conduct the war in his own way, the
government divested itself of all authority over it;
nothing could be added to the one, nothing could
be taken from the other. Sir, 1 shall now come
to a close. I believe thst we have not the right
to pass this resolution by the constitution; and I
know it would be unmerited. Sir, the honorable
speaker closed his speech by an impressive caution
to us, not to set a precedent which might destroy
the liberties of our country. While we sre guardi
ng the constitution against invasion from other
quarters, let us take care that wt do not violate it
ourselves. Sir, we are treading upon sacred
ground. If we proceed, instead or being the
palladium, we may- become the grave ol our li
berties If we pass these resolutions, »c aim a
death blow at the independence of the executive
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COMMERCIAL TREATY.
By the President of the U. ef. of America.
PhOClSM.i T1 IKS'.
A\ hereas a convention betwp. n the Uni
ted Stat-s of. Ameriraii and hi» majes'}
the kinc of the unit, djknln^tlo-. ofG. Br'-
tain and lic-iand. was made and tone.tide
al London, on theturn;.-— h ■'*)q O-:
i.1 ihe yvarol our Lord olietho .S»hd eijh;
hundred and e. p ht-^n, by Albert tsali-itm.
envoy extraordinary and minister jdeni
of the Untied States to the
court*! tfraJi"«j and Richard Rush, their
envoy extoonlintry anil minister plenipo
tentiary ft the courtofhiabritannic majes
ty: snd" the right ho -a r.iblc f i ederick Jehu
Kobinson, treasurer ef htt majesty’s navy,
and president of the privy council for
trade and plantations, and Hrury Uoul-
burn, esq. one of hi' majruty’i under sec-
'etarivs of state; fully -luthouzcd and eui 1
powered by their respective governments:
And «vher 'h suit convention wasduly
- aiifi-'d bv h-s royal highness the prince re
gent, in the name and on ihe behalf of his
britannic majesty, on the second day of
Move tuber, in the year of our Lord one
tho :-arid ei»ht huntlereel ami eighteen;and
oy toe president of the Uuited States, by
■ nd w ith the advice and consent of the
senate thereof, on the tweu'y-eight day of
January folluwitis: And wherca* (he rati
fixation.* of the two ioverussvstts were ex
changed, in the city ot Washington, on the
thirtieth day of the present month of Jan
uary, bvJoitii Quincy Adauis,secretary of
state of the United States, and the ri^ht
honorable Chutes B-igot, his britannic ma
jesty’s envoy extraordinary snd minister
pleniotentiary near the United states, on
the part of Ins britannic majesty; the arti
cles of w hick convention are word for word
as followt:
The United States of Ausnica, acd
his majesty the king of the united king
dom ot Great Britain and Irelaud, dcsir
ous to cemont the good under stand.o r
which happily subsists between them, have,
for that purpose, named their respective
plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The presi
dent of the United States, on hi* part lias
appointed Albert Gallatin, their envoy-
extraordinary and minister plenipotentia
ry to the court of France and Richard
Rush, their envoy extraordinary and min
»ter plenipotentiary to the court of hi:
britannic majesty: And his honorable
Frederick John Robinson, treasurer of his
majesty’s navy, and president of tiie com
mittecof privy council fur trade and plan
rations; and Henry Goulburn, esquire, one
of hit majesty's under secretaries of state;
Who, after having exchanged their res
pective full powers, -found to b: indue
and proper form, have agreed to and con
eluded the following articles;
Art. t. Whereas difference have arisen
respecting the liberty ciaimcd by the Uni
ted States, for the inhabitaos thereof to
take, dry, and cure, fish, on certain coasts,
bays, harbors, and creeks, of his bntaumc
.ii .jest's dominions in America, it is agreed
il, iwen the h:gh contracting parlies, that
the inliab t.u-ts of the said United States
shall have, forever, in cututno:i with the
subjects of l.is britannic majesty, the liber
ty to take fish of every kind, on that part
ot the southern eo.'.sc ol Newfoundland,
which extends ftom Cape K y w the Ra
meau Islands, on the western and northern
coast of Newfoundland, from the said
Cape Ray to the Quirpun Ll-inds, on ih.
shures o f the Magda! en Islands, and aUo
on the coasts, bays, harbors and creeks,
front Mount Joly, on the southern coist ot
Labrador, toi and through the straights of
Bsllisle, and thence nortiiwaidly mdefin-
ly along the coast, without pr judice, how
ever, to any of the exclusive rights of the
Hudson Bay company:—And that the
American fisherman shall also have liberty,
forever, to dry and cure fish iu any of the
unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks, ot th>
southern part ol the coast of Newfound
land, hereabove deserbed, and of tiie coast
of Labraduf; but so soon as the same, or
any portion thereof, shall be settled, it
shall not be Jawlul fur the said fishermen
to dry or cure fish at such portion, with tlu-
inhabitauts, proprietors, or poss' ssors of
the ground. And the United States litre
by renounce forever, and liberty hereto
fore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants
thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish, on or
within three marine miles of any of the
coasts, bays, creeks or harbors of Ids bri
tannic majesty’s dominions in America,
not included within the above mentioned
iimits; Provided, however, that the Ame
rican fishermen shall be admitted to enter
such bays or harbors, for the purpose of
shelter and nf repairing damages therein,
of purchasing wood, and of obtaining wa
ter, and for no other purpose whatever.—
But they shall be under such restrictions
as may be necessary to prevent their tak
ing, drying; or curing fish therein, or in
any other manner whatever abusing the
privileges hereby reserve to them.
Art. 2. It is agreed that a line drawn
from the most northwestern point of the
Lake of the woods, along the forty-ninth
parallel of north latitude, or if the said
point shall not be in (he forty-ninth paral
lel of north latitude, then tl-xta line drawn
f.-iim -he said point due north or south, as
the case may be, until the said line shall
intersect the said parallel of north latitude,
and from the point of.uch intersection due
west along and with the said parallel, shall
be the line of demarkation between the
territories of the United States and tl oae
of his Britannic majesty, and that the said
hue shall form the northern boundary of
the said territories of the United States,
and the southern boundary of tiie territo-
riesofliis Brittannacmjesty,-from the Lake
of the Woods to tiie Stony Mountains.
Art. S. It is agreed, that any country
that m.-.y be claimed by eituer party on the
northwest coast of America, westward of
the Stony mountains, shall, together witli
us harbors, bays aud creeks, and the navi-
; .liouot all rivers within the same, be free
- ail open, for the term often years from
he date of the signature of the present
convention, to the vessels, citizens, and
subject*, ol the two powers: it being well
un-terstnod, that this agreement is not to
k- Construed to the prejudice of any claim
which either of the two hijh contracting
parties may have to any part of the said
country, nor shall it be taken to affect tiie
claim's of anyother power or state to any
part of the said country; the only object
d the high contracting parties, in lhat re-
pect, being to prevent disputes and differ-
■ices amongst themselves
Art. 4. Ail the provisions of the conven-
.ou “to regulate tue commerce between
the territories df the United State# aad
hii Britannic majesty,” concluded at'
Loodon, on tk« third «by of Jotjv in tha
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and fifteen, with the exception of tht
clause which limited its duration to foot
years, and excepting, also, so far as (he
same was, affected by the declaration of
his majesty respecting the Island ot St.
Helena, are hereby extended and contin
ued in force for the Ictus of ten years from
the date of the signature of the present
convention, in the same manner as if all
the provisions of the said convention were
herein a|ieci»ily recited.
Art. S. Whereas, it was agreed by the
first article ol the treaty of Ghent, (hat
“All territory, placta and possessions,
whatsoever, taken by either party from the
other, during the war, nr which may be
taken after the signing of this treaty, ea-
cepting only the islands hereinafter men
tioned, shall be restored without delay,
and without causing any destruction, or
carrying sway any .if the artillery or other
public property originally captured in th*
said forts or places, which shall remain
-therein upon the exchange iff the ratifica
tions of this treaty, or any slaves, or otter
private property;” and whereas, under the
aforesaid article, the United Slate* dais
for their citizens, and as their private pro
perty, the restitution of, or full compensa
tion lor, all slaves who, at the date of th*
exriiangcof the latifiiations ot the said
treaty, were in any territory, places, or
possessions, whatsoever, directed by the
said treaty to be restored to th* United
States, bat then still occupied by tkr Bri
tish forces, whether such slav> * were, at
the dale aforesaid, on slinre, or on board
any British vessel, lyinu in water within
the territory or jurisdiction of the United
States; and whereas difference* have aris
en, whether, by tne true intent and mean
ing of the aforesaid article <■( the treaty of
Ghent, the United States are entitled to
ihe restoration ot, or full compensation
for, alt or any staves, as -above described,
the high contractiM-parties hereby agreq
to refer the said .iitfcren-e. to soon' fiend' .
ly sovereign orstvtc, t» be named for tha!
nurp .*<-; snd tlr* nigh contracting partied
fuit.ier engage to consider the decision of
socii friendly sovereign or state to be final
and conclusive on all ihe matters referred.
Art. 6. fins convention, when the tame
slid: Imyp been duly rst.fi-.d by the piesi-
dent of ihe Unite.i States, by and with the
idvi.e and consent nf their senate, and by
his Britannic uiaje.ty, and the respective
ratifications mutually exchanged, si.all be
binding and obligatory on the said United'
■States, and on his majesty; and the ratifi
cations shall he exchanged in six months
from this date, or sooner, it possible.
In witness whereof, the respective plen
ipotentiaries have signed the same,
and have thereunto affixed the seal of
their arms.
Done at London, this twentieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
[L S.J Albert Gallatin,
[L. S 1 Richard Rush,
[L 8.1 Frederick John Robinson,
■_L. 8.J Henry Govluvbn.
Now, therefore, be it known, that I,
JAMES MONROE, President of the Unit
ed States, have caused the said convention
to be made public, to the end that the same,
-tnd a very clause and article thereof may
be observed and fulfilled, with good faith,
by the U. States, aud the citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof, i have hereunto
LL.S-] set my hand, and cx-ised the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City, of Washington, this
thirtieth day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight '
hundred and nineteen, and of inde
pendence the forty-tliird.
JAMES MONROE.
By the President:
John Quincy Adams,
secretary of state.
Congress of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Saturday, January SO.
Amongst the petitions this morning pre-
seufjd was one by Mr. Smith, of Md. flora
James Wilkinson, late a major general in
the service of the United States, praying
to he indemnified against the effects of*a
judgement for 2,500 dollars, recovered
against him by general John Adair, in con
sequence of his having arrested the said
Adair in the city of New-Orleans, in the
year 1806, on a charge of his being con
cerned in the alleged conspiracy of Aaron
Burr; which petition was read,*anrt refer
red to the committee on military affairs.
Alto a petition presented by Mr. Scott,
ftom sundry inhabitants of the Arkansas
country, praying a separate territorial go
vernment, and that commissioners may
be appointed to fix a site for the seat
thereof.
Mr Newton, from the committee of
commerce and manufactures, reported x
bill to increase the duties on certain man-
umactured articles [shovels, spades,
plain flint glass, copperas, shot, and oil
cloths,] imported into the United States;
which was twice read and committed.
The house took up and proceeded to
consider the proposition submitted yester
day by Mr. Lnwndpii, to amend the rules
and orders of the hou-e; which being again
read, was .greed to.
The bid from the senate, to extend the
jurisdiction of tue circuit courts of the
United States to cases arising under the
law relating to patents, was read tne third
time, passed, and returned to the ten*
ate.
SEMINOLE WAR.
The house then again re-oived itself in
to a c.-mmittee of the whole on this sub
ject, Mr. Bassett in tne chair. [>
Mr. Anderson, of Ry. concluded the
speech which he yesterday commenced,
against the report and resolution, ot cen-
re.
Mr. Lowndes occupied about an boor
in delivering his sentiments, generally, in