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/ t ,„ r i. t nowrrl to point them out, though his tmsUil- , (.'..it i\.p pvottriso ol sum a p"« i ‘ i . r • I c nblp to tire safety | iul linger might disturb ihn beauty of il slsito. It is I the whole arrangement. The ltono- i.l rnlile mill hi* illlii n 5otlong,for*exan pl . ,L rnblc member hail dwelt with great , ■ t , 1 . antH . ;,uii in. 'pathos upon (lie enormous character sys’.'-ni i *n t|l " rrs g0 mo- of the power claimed for Congress ini- inqnisition, Hmii)• ‘.‘ ls j rou ltv i tier the consecution, ami its conse- y hnt rpl< ' nl, "' n r ; )Ilus |,ilongc.‘ l to Licnt linhilky to.abuse. But the pmv- i’M’rMionsin succession. He knew er of full sovereignty U in its nature rliether femhil tenures had been ever'introduced into that "'e.ntry.- *' . . ....tMnii extravagant in Jlut there was notHine tliijsuprosition that they, ‘ ■ , some of the badges ol tvMixy m gh b,n e been there tolerated II ^uch had Un the cireuntftnneps, should the L. States he held to admit new states... that territory, without st.pulatmg for tin- abolition of these trim res. Mu t v e have subjected our cituens nwrat- i , r thither to nil the oppressions o v.lianage, of aids and services, and d,e detestable bondage ol the let,dal v l5<a ls ? Or if a branch ol the m, ( ui- k i,ion had been estahlislietl there, could y(<not have interposed to put clown 4! t pillar of an established religion r (. ,(• (in. torture had bwn practised as :'i\ il in France it was under the mid bpain. eoulil no conlrolmg pow- f i be retained by any compact or n- t reeiucut, to extirpate that abomina tion ? , He said he would suppose another en<r, not likely 10 linppen, but yet, as •. ■ (rustic!, not outrageously improba ble: There was, it was well know n, i a many parts of this country, nocie- tb • of persons called Shakers, of good j. oral elmacters, and exemplary lta- j- of incited'-v, whose lnnchuuoiilal (!,.(c,' : a s were t ini: tried on the duty of celibacy. They are also a rich peo ple, and, in some of the'state' , expe rience mien options, in their »•«.cleav- oi; to augini'iit their numbers, ami in- convenieii' ■ from laws which press Upon their consciences, especially in military conei ms. In* :me, sir,said be, all these sects columned and de termined to make a pilgrimage, and become sojourners in tins new coun try c’f promise. Figure to yourself f iitr or live thousand adults of both sexes, with their children, in separate and dismal processions, inarching be yond the Mississippi until they should find a spot suited to their m. ■> sions, then hairing, and sending y ou a mis- s cinarv with the intelligence of their “demand/’ to be admitted a- a stale 1 . Are you bound to admit them with out a stipulation that they shall make no laws prohibiting marriage, at the moment you know this to be the main design of their emigration, and thus , ure to a sect of those peculiar and anti-social tenets n monopoly of die entire state, and a power of v irtually e* eluding from its jurisdiction the great mass of your citizens? There is no end to the instances which might be multiplied, wherein your interfer ence would be indispensable for die protection ofy'our.citizens and the pro ve ition of contagions "ustoms, and in- st’tutions adverse to ti e policy and n mire of our government. The con sequences ollhc* doctrine Maintained on the other side would be detrimental to (be territorial inhabitants: it would ere ate a reluctance to admit them tital! •into the Union. Besides, if compacts of this description would not be obli gatory hereafter, those already framed are void ; and, being void in part, are wholly null. Hence would arise uproar and confusionwild.: all things done under the ordinance, and the laws which recognize it, arc liable to b abrogated. The great and flour ishing state of Ohio, and her cemtigu- o' ' neighbors, and all that is fixed to tl t ie soil, should of right revert to the l ir v. and the grants of Georgia and :\ i" Carolina are ipso facto rescind- ed: air 'lie subject matter being net v hill the powers of the constitution, nil contracts respccling it, or growing out of it, must h< . i,.a. I lore, then Mr. bis said, lie might snlV’y res? the cjncsticni. I.language •could not hiruish a power more clear flu.! cypress than the constitutional nr- ■< 1 Ir to admit r.ew states; and, having these express words fur his bas-s, he would again request nothing better than the speech cl the gentleman from Maryland; not las speech of ycstcr- d'.iy, but I lie model of forensic argu ment anil eloquence which he had ex hibited in case u f tliu Bank of the t mod States, to show that the faculty ol imposing < auditions \va» among the necessary derivative powers, even il the in an,up ol the word stoics was uoi as i xplicit as he had show u it to lie. In the view winch he had tints pie s'nice! of the subject, Mr. Otis said, j: hjd rueicavetred to estahli-Jj prin- i pics w hied!, it sound,contained a suh- s tiitial i elutution c,| the most impur- t.iut dogmas advanced b\ the hoiiora- bk: gciitieinaii from Maryland, though .;ot m the order in wliich they hud Loen arranged by him. He would tl •'no fore pass rapidly over a review ome of Ids objections, though his enormous. If lhe United States ure apuldo of iaVmg and holding a grant in full sovere ignty, there is no securi ty against thrii abuse of powers, ex cept what arises from the character of the people and their institutions.— Here, however,limitations arc provid ed by the treaty. There cau he no n- buse of power where the inhabitants arc* entitled to all the rights of citizens of the United States. It lias been also contended, that, ns Congress has not the constitutional power to .establish, so neither is it competent to abolish slavery. To this lie answered, that the attempt w as nei ther to do the one or the other; but to prevent its introduction, by n fair com pact, into a new region, where it had not been established by law'. lie dis avowed entirely the right of Congress to interpose its authority in relation to slavery in the del states, anil protest ed against the wish or design to pro mote a general emancipation of their slaves, nothing doubting but that such a measure w ould be pregnant with e- vil to master and ruin. A me re im portant principle asserted by the hono rable gentleman, he said, was this:— That when Missouri becomes a state, - lx* would ncejiiire, ipso facto, the right to abrogate our restrictions, ns an incident to state sovereignly. This assertion is, in f > t, hegg ng the qnes- tiou. If, by the constitution, conditi ons may be imposed as precedent to her becoming a state, they cannot In rescinded by Missouri in+icr capacity of a state. There is the w ide st possible distinction between legislating upon the internal concerns of a Stale, after she assumes that chamc'er, and fram ing a compact by a lc* dative act pre viously to that event, which is to coii- stiiute, prospectively, the fundamen tals of their future constitution. Iu order to effect the latter object, it is necessary only to settle the question, whether the inhabitants of a territory have a capacity to contract? If they ure destitute of tiiis power, there is no safety in dealing w ith them.no securi ty for any of your reservations, for your exemption from taxation on your own lamb, for securing the trial by ju ry, or habeas corpus, or any other privilege. If they, on the contrary, arc capable, of making a compact, how esm they become entitled to com mit a fraud by breaking it, in conse- quence of changing the form of their community ? If they can bind the U. States, they can hind themselves. Il they can claim charter rights, they must be held to the pcrforiipnce ol charter obligations and conditions.— The people of the United States have framed a constitution; hut their debts, contra . ts, ami obligations, antecedent ly incurred, have not been, and can never be, with justice or honor, re nounced. !l would hen most unhap py exposition of state rights that should render the oppo itc theory convincing to the nation : its moral would lie, that no good faith could be expected from a territorial population, and its corollary, that no bargain should be lnueie with them. It has also been strenuously urged, that you cannot exae't from one state considerations for her admission w liicli you dispense with in others, and that Missouri, mlure el to a pigmy, a sha dow, with amputated limbs and res tricted faculties, would not be a state within the meaning of the constituti on. But, lie replied, there is not an exaction of any consideration w hate- ver in the proposed instance. A con sideration i > doing or forbeaving w hat the party granting it may lawfully do or forbear. But Missouri neither does, or refrains from doing, any thing fm the benefit of the Union. She requests a boon; it is offered cm conditions de manded by your views of right and policy. She may accept or not.— Whether she would lie a state: on an equal footing, lie must again leave to the honorable members from Ohio, In diana, and Illinois. ' a:t them decide whether they conceive themselves to be members of degraded states, shorn of the rights of freedom and indepen dence. He should not like to face the storm that would gather over him who should undertake to prove his to their faces. Again, it i-s insisted, that you can not make a grunt and annex to it con ditions repugnant to its nature, which must eiHl-.u its operations. Here, he declared once more, with all due re spect, was another petitio priucipii.— Tin* condition w as precedent in its na ture, independent of the grant, bind ing belbre it goes into operation. It a.isevers imp in seem 1 kc repetitions iu takes nothing'from the state, but im a: other hu m, ol a portion of his pre-’ poses a disqualification upon the p 0o - t ons remarks; and it, among tjie spe-1 pic of the territory of ure ihe\ become ci''ic'tis ol brilliant ores ami gems that I a state, which, binds them in good v.. <* scattered through the honorable I faith from doing aftenvards an net. af gci'tleman’s collection, lie should oc-1 lecting injuriously the interests o ionally find some whose irenuiuc-j those v‘-’i P° genuine-j doubted, he would take leave 1 power k derived. rom whom the grant of sg.no To illustrate tlu principle by an example from com-, inon life. If a man, having an estate 1 and children, should promyo his i*'- pht'W to make him equal to liis chil dren, by giving him, at a certain pc- riod, a share in the estate, and, upon iiis claiming the performance of Ida promise, the donor should require from him a stipulation that he should bring no dogs upon tin* farm, there being already more kept in the family than was.consisteut with the ssifety <>r con venience flftlie actual orexipants, tliprc* would seem to he, in such a request, nothing unreasonable', and in the n- greement nothin,rv repugnant to the r- quitnblc* performance of the promise. No -ridiculous or invidious, or degra ding allusion, however, was intended by' the comparison of the cases. Great stress, he observed, bad been placed, uot only by the honorable gen tleman from Maryland, hut by the ho norable gentleman from North-t’aro- lina also, upon the presumed analo gy between the controversy ofGreat- Britain a-ml the colonies, and the rela tions of the United States and Missou ri, if this amendment should prevail. Blit lie denied that the revolt of the American colonics originated in their unwillingness to conform to the terms of their charters. The reve rse of this is the truth—it was the violation of chartered rights, bv the mother coun try, which forced the colonies to re sort to arms. But he did not believe the good people of Missouri would have recourse to such an extremity, in pursuit of a right which they should have* relinquished. They would find no supporters oi allies in a cause so o- dious and unjust. AVc arc* admonished, sir, said he, of the distance of the proposed new state. M ith distance, it is eloquently repent ed, even despotism must truck and huckster. But, tin* very distance fur nishes fi sufficient reason for peopling (lie country with inhabitants wjiosc strength and resources will not heiiu- paiied by a slave population. We arc also apostrophized to know why we object :o the diffusion of slavery? Whether it is not to force manumis sion ? And, it is added, that we-can-, not get rid of those who are emanci pated ; but, by opening the* door, the master and slave will migrate together, and the condition of berth will he me liorated—while, in the other event, the master will go and the slave stay, and the state of all those who are left behind will be still more: unfortunate. All the arguments, hr said, which had been pressed upon these points pro ceeded upon the admission that a re dundant slave population was an evil; and an evil too whose tendency' was to cncrease. Ho certainly w as not now prepared to go into a consideration of the nature attd extc ut of this evil in the old states, or of any present or fu ture remedy. It was, how ever, a sub ject of most serious reflection, from which the Congress of the U. States could not always escape. It was a common concern, and lie doubted not that the wisdom of the ttaiiou would, in sufficient season, find some adequate means of relief fr uit the threaleped calamity, and to this end, and in rea sonable measure, supply the needful funds. But, it was enough for his present purpose, that opening the clquf would aggravate the evil, anil spread it far and wide. It it weie* now an ac knowledged evil in the old states, it muat sjKiv.lily' become so in die new ones. Congress is the guardian of the rights, not of the present genera tion only,but of posterity ; and, how ever remote might he the period, the time must happen when the inconve- liicncii's of a slave* population, whate ver is tlu'ir nature, would, if the a- mendment were rejected, he amplified to art extent that w ould be absolutely remediless. In considering the expediency of the proposed measure, Mr. Otis ob served that he should confine himself within very limited hounds. It invol ved a prodigious variety of topics, on which he could not touch without be ing misunderstood. Besides, all the principal views of w hich the question was susceptible had been exhibited in various publications. He would n :i attempt to describe the efforts of slave ry upon the state of society in which it existed. Hu w ould leave that ex clusively to the judgment and opini ons of the individuals composing that society. \\ ith respect to those* per sons, as individuals, he was ready to admit, that fie believed them to hi* as w iso, as good, us just, mid as generous, as those of any other section of the country. Among them lie should be at no loss to choose bis friends pr bis executors. Every man felt, or Ought to fe*e*l, a predilection for his dear and native home. We* felt it in its full force without any illiberal prejudice towards other states or their citizens. It was also, a great error to impute to the* North an apathy and col.l feeling of security respecting the situation of the South in tlic* particular of theft slave population. Whatever difficulty, em barrassment, or danger could be forc- see'ii, connected with that object, must 11 fleet ihe entire union; and called loudly upon ihiir combined inteHi- tlir preventives a i' would to npply the renti <V. These lomarks lie* made in no spirt of adulation, but ed since rity. lie w .aid acknowledge, too, that, iii supporting the amendment, he was tut influenced by maxims or inductions from any religions or mo ral coeie, tmt might serve ns a rule for his private rottelm t, or for his opin ions as a ir.nn. Neither (ltd the claims of Immunity, as affecting the wretched beings who were (.loomed to bondage, decide him in lti» course on tiiis occa sion. He looked to it entirely as a question of policy, affecting the cqtii- iiddo rights of the various parts ot ihc Union, and the security oral welfare of the w hole people now and hereaf ter. It might In* conceded that the condition of the: slaves would he im proved by opening tills flood-gate, aiid the w hole force of his motives would still be in re.-ervc. Ilis charity and humanity began at.home. He rested on the solitary ground of an ad mitted political evil, which slavery was acknowledged to be, and which he conceived it to lie in a variety ol particulars; and then enquired whe ther its introduction into this new world would not tend to promote its indefinite extension? If so, could lit* rightfully, and was he: hound in con science and duty, to oppose a barrier to its progress ? Tiiis lie would do first, and meet the evil afterwards, in its compressed and inevitable shape. Iti this light, lie regarded tlie diffusion of slavery, as pregnant with great in justice and danger. It was not only unjust in reference to the white peo pled states, but it was bringing into contact with foreign nations, with En gland, Spain, and perhaps Russia, a weak frontier and tilt: degraded in struments of intrigue and revolution, which their ow ners might not be able in process of time to hold in check.— On the other hand, let the country be settled by a white population, ami the Security of the slave-holding states would be encrcascd, and the strength of the w hole nation essentially promo ted. There w as a subject on which lie never thought in connexion with the present enquiry , but w ith mieasines* and regret, and to which he would not now ilo more than slightly allude- It w as the state of affairs ia the black empire, rising up in the Adamic, so far as it w'as open to an examination. There was a phenomenon which mo dern times had not w itnessed—a na tion of black pe ople, intent upon im proving in the arts of civilization, hold, fierce and warlike, and growing more and more capable of ruminating and feeling for the oppressions infl’et- <*d upon their race from time immemo rial. First or. la-t, these people will be acknowledged as an independent state, and commerce will give the access to all parts of your country.- Whenever he imagined Louisiana peo pled by slaves, scattered in immense groups throughout that vast region ; and tiie face of the country itself; pos sibilities resulting from an intercourse with St. Domingo, rushed upon hii mind, which it w as enough merely to intimate, to be understood. He would then leave the question of expediency, inexhaustible as he felt it to be, with those few general remarks, being una ble to agree w ith any measure which should counteract the spirit of the age, by encreasiug the mischiefs of slavery' to a degree boundless in extent, and perpetual in duration, and to email on posterity a scourge, for which we rc- pr< u. Ii the memory of our ancestors. of Mr. Itoiats, postponed to to-mor row. The bill making further provision for the sale of puhiu* lands (changiiu* the terms of sale from credit to cash) was taken up, nml the amendment proposed yesterdry by Mr. Walker t of Alabama, was, after sonic discus sion, withdrawn’ by him, in order to be offered again on a future occasion. Mr. Etlmtrds offered the following amendment: The whol'* subject tvr.q on motion r.chievomenl with the Cuerriere, that proud frigate of the first class which hud earned her name, inelefiancc, emblazon ed in large letters on her fore-top-sait^ that the American picaroons niinht be- wnre of ms majesty's ship, and make no mistakes. That was an event on which they were generally silent, or their praise very faint. Mr. K. believed that old F.oglund would consent that forty Parkenhams, with all their legions, liotild hate been buried in the alluvial kinds of the Mississippi, to take back tha single action of the G'terriere ; because f ail he it furtJirr enacted, That, dint action had done more than any thin; every person who now is, or hereafter may be, an actual hand fide settler up on any quarter section of lasid which shall have been previously exposed to public sale, and remain unsold, shall be permitted to purchase such quarter section in the same manner, and on such terms as arc now authorized bv law.” After considerable discussion on this, and the preceding amendment, in which Messrs. Walker of Alabama, Otis, King of New-York, Louri•?, Walker of Georgia, King, of Alaba ma, Macon, Haggles, Edwards, Leake, Smith, and Johnson,ol'Louisiana, took part, A motion was made by Mr. Smith, to postpone the further consideration of it to Tuesday next; which motion was negatived, (ayes 15.) VIUDAY, FEBRUARY 25. The Senate resumed the considera tion of the report oi the committee ol finance, on the memorial of sundry sufferers by the late fire tit Savannah, praying a remission of duties on good destroyed, &c. and of the motion rela tive thereto, made by Mr, Elliot, of Georgia, as above stated This motion w as further supported by Mr, Elliot and Mr. Walker, of Georgia, and opposed by Mr. Barbour and Mr. Macon, Tin* question there *i being taken, it w’as decided in the affirmative, by 21 votes to IS. TfOUt Seii--' ut'.il fraternal feelings to adopt j of Gcor VV>X ii WFiSS." IN SENATE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24. The Senate proceeded to the con sideration of the report of the commit tee of finance, on the petitions of An drew Low and others, merchants of Savannah, w bo pray for the remission of duties paid and secured to be paid on a large amount of imported goods which were consumed and destroyed by the late fire in that city. In gen- ), the government has refused to re mit the payment of duties in such cas es. Relief has, however, in a very li'tv such cases, been granted; but, in extraordinary eases—such, for exam ple, as the goods being in the custody of the officers of the United States, to secure the payment of duties. The report concludes an argument of some length by recommending the adoption of a resolution “ that it is expedient to grant tlu* prayer of the petitioner.” Mr. Elliot, of Georgia, moved to amend the report by submitting the following resolution for that reported by the committee: “ Ficsolved, That the report be com mitted to the committee* on finance, with instructions to report a hill au thorizing the* remission of 25 per cent hitc contest with G. Bri on all bonds due, or becoming due, at the Custom-House at Savannah, in Georgia, executed for she payment of duties on imported goods, wares anil men hand ze, not ensured against tire in that city—and extending the addi tional credit of two years on such bonds.” This amendment w as earnestly sup ported h, Mr. E!. rand Mr. Walker, E OF REPRESENTATIVES. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22. On motion of Air. Reid, the house a reed, by a vote of 77 to A9, to consider the following resolution, offered by him esterday: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to impart to Ibis house any communications touching die Florida treaty, which may have been received from our minister plenipoten tiary at the court of Spain, which have uot been heretofore communicated, and which, in his opinion, it may be consis tent w ith the public iutere»t to commu nicate. Mr. Randolph, presuming that the ob ject of the resolution w as to obtain gen erally such information as the Executive had received touching the treaty, (w ith the* reservation expressed in the last part of it) he suggested to the mover the pro priety of omitting that part of the motion which confined the call to information received from our Minister at Madrid. Mr. Reid acquiesced in the suggestion ; and, thus modified, tho resolution was adopted, and a committee of three ap pointed to present it to the President. Mr. Lowndes offered the following re solution for consideration: Resolved, That the committee on na val affairs be instructed to enquire into the expediency of extending to the wid ow of Captain Oliver II Perry the, pro vision which is no*.v made by law fdr the widows and children of naval officers who die from wounds received inaction. Mr. L. observed tint ii was conceiv ed that the family of Commodore Perry was embraced by the existing Imvs which provide for pensions, as it was not to be supposed the generosity or magnanimity of Congress diet not intend to compre hend such a case ; but as this appeared to be doubted, lie had deemed it proper to propose the enquiry which he had submitted. The resolution was adopted ncm. con. Mr, Randolph -rose to offer a motion. He believed it would be very difficult lor any member of this bouse—certainly it Was not possible tor him—to keep pace with the honorable gentleman from South-Carolinu, (Mr. Lowndes,) in the race of honor and public utility. That gentleman had, by the motion which had just been adopted, anticipated him in part, iu a proposition which he (Mr. It.) had intended on this particular day, for reasons which would suggest themselves to the mind of every one, to offer to the house. When he bad Ibis morning heard the tower guns announcing the return of the birth day of Washington, Mr. It. said the thought had come across his mind— in reference to certain proceedings in the house and elsewhere—“ this people draw nigh unto me with their lips, and honor me with their mouths, but their hearts are far from me.” His purpose, Mr. It. stated, was to make a motion relation to the wife and children of the late Oliver Hazard Ferry, of the United States’ navy. It was liis opinion, Mr. !!. sitid, whether correct or not, that the country owed more to that man, in its tain than to any other w hatever, always excepting ban Hull—that man who had first broken the prestige, the cuirn»s of Britbh invincibili ty. He hud frequently, Mr. lb said. hearJ persons of that country speak in terms of admiration of the achievement ol Captain Hull, in hi> escape from n ffeet of the enemy, in the Constitution frigate—of the admirable seamanship be had displayed—of liis professional skill; but be had never heard :nv of them else to open the eyes of Europe, uud dis pel the illusion of British supremacy oat the ocean. Next in glory to the victory over the Guerriere, was that on Laka Erie, by the gallant Ferry ; and this, Mr. lb said, was not inferior in lustre to any event in the naval history ofEng-. land, save that of Lp Hogue, under Ad miral Knssell. One, said, Mr. R. ha* shewn us the way to victory with single* ships, the other w ith fleets. Shall wo suffer liis family to melt up the plate that was given to him by his countrymen, by corporate or legislative bodies', in com-' pliment to his gallantry, to buy bread 1 He w ould say no more, hut at once oll'er. the following resolution : Resolved, That provision be made by law for the support of the family of Hi'b* late Oliver Hazard Perry, esq. of the United States’ navy, and for the educa w lion of his children. • M r. Lowndes concurred with grew cordiality iu Mr. K’s resolution. He fell in its fullest force the sentiment of gratitude to the man who had first taught bis country to hope for victory by fleets, as well as by single ships; and Mr. L, said it was only because he had svyos-* ed that the house would not at this lime •five its approbation to a proposition such us Mr. Randolph hud offered, that tie had contented himself w ith the very inferior one which he had submitted. Mr. Hazard, of Kliode-lsland, did nofi rise to say much on a subject, on which he said he could scarcely trust himselfto speak at all. But he rose to offer hi» thanks to the gentleman from Virginia and the gentleman from South-Carolina, in behalf of the name of Ferry—to thank them in behalf of the state which gavo him birth ; to thank them in the name of his amiable widow ; to thank them ia the* name of our common country. The resolution was adopted ; and, On motion of Mr. Randolph, a com mittee of three was appointed to bring* in a bill in pursuance thereto. THURSDAY, KOI. 24. Mr. Meigs made a motion that that journal of the house should be amended, so as to place his name in the affirmative on the vote taken yesterday , upon disa greeing with the Senate in their amend ment connecting Missouri with Maine, the same having been erroneously stat ed in the journal (and of course in tho National Intelligencer) the other way- But the motion was declared net to bo in order, ns the yeas and nays cannot bo altered, after they have been once re corded. The Speaker laid before the house s» report from the Secretary of the Trea sury made in obedience to a resolution ot the House of Representatives of the 1st March, 1319,“ directing him to trans mit to Congress at an early period in the next cession, a general statement of the condition ofthe Bankofthe United States, and its offices, similar to the return made him by the Bank: and a statement ex hibiting as nearly as may be practicable* the amount of capital invested in the dif ferent chartered banks in the several states, and in the District of Columbia; the amount of notes issued and in circu lation; the public and private deposits in them ; the amount of loans and dis counts made: by them, and remaining un paid, and the total quantity of specie* they possess; and also to report such: measures as, in his opiniou, mav be ex pedient to procure and retain a sufficient quantity of gold and silver coin in fho United States, or to supply n circulating medium, in place of specie, adapted to the exigencies ofthe country and within the power of the government;” which w;if ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Crawford it was Resolved, That an act of the . Legisla ture ot the State of Georgia, ent|tle*d “ tin act to grant certain powers to the commissioners of pilotage for the port of* Darien, and to authorize them to collect tonnage duty on vessels,” be refeired to the committee on commerce, and* that said committee be instructed to enquire* into the expediency of giving the con sent of Congress to the operation of said act- Mr. Randolph rose to make a mo tion ; which, he said, he should very much prefer to have made by any oth er member than himself, but which be. felt it to he his duty to bring forward; and lie trusted that, whatever other* might think, or however others miglit act, lie should never feel a disposition to shrink from the discharge ol hisuu- ty. It was impossible, Mr. R. con tinued, for any man to see what wa* goiiig on here—abuse heaped upon u~ bust:, like Pelion upon Ossa, until u was impossible to tell where it'would (‘ml—it threatened to reach the skies. This house, he said, was emphatically entrusted with the purse-strings of dt» nation. He hoped it would not prot o to be the ease tltat the people had, aC . cording to a well known maxim law, trusted the lamb to the ciistoO ofthe wolf. He hud said, this lu |J 1 speak with cordial niiplauso of liL tvas entrusted w ith the purse-strHU of the nation; and it behoved it, i* 5 ^ “ grand inquest ofthe nation, also quire into abuses of ever) des4r*( )U ‘