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SOUTHERN
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VOL. II.
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1821.
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AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
Fourth annual Report of the American Coloniza
tion iiorielf/.
READ AT THE ANNUAL MEETING ON
Tuesday, Jan. 18,1821.
Since the last annual meeting of the So
ciety the hoard of managers have found it
necessary, on several occasions, to commu
nicate to the members, and to the public,
some of the interesting occurrences of the
past year.
The first of these communications stated
the nrrival of the Elizabeth on the coast of
Africa, and the reception and situation of
the colonists on the island of Sherhro, and
was accompanied with the letters of our A-
gent, and the Agents of the government, fil
led with the hopes and expectations which
then flattered them.
The pleasing anticipations excited by this
intelligence were soon changed to doubts Sc
tears—rumors of the most distressing cala
mities awaked many anxious apprehensions,
and the address of the board in October last
stated the melancholy intelligence then re
ceived, and the, true extent Of the affliction
which, in the unsearchable dispensations
of Providence, had been permitted to oc
cur. The arrival of this intelligence plac
ed before the Board a subject for its imme
diate and most solemn consideration. They
were, in the first place, to determine whe
ther a great and benificent object, the im
portance of which is scarcely .questioned,
should be, abandoned as hopeless and im
practicable. If a full and fair experiment
decided this point, if the effort made had
ended in total disaster, proceeding from caus
es, the operation of which, they could not
hereafter control or avoid—if no reasonable
means presented themselves for a further
prosecution of the enterprise—then, whatev
er might he the feelings of the board, their
judgment must decree, at least, a suspension
of their labors.
The result of their delibp.rations appears
in that address. They lamented, in the
death of their agent, Mr. Crozier—and in
that of Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Bankson, the a-
eonts of the government, the untimely loss,
in the midst of their usefulness, of men high
ly qualified for the difficult and interesting
stations in the service of their country, their
fellow-beings, and their God, in which they
bad fallen.
The fate of the officer and boat’s crew of
the On mg, detained by the humane com
mander of that ship for the assistance of the.
agents, was an affecting event, calling for pe
culiar commisscration. To these abundant
causes of sorrow were to be added, the sick,
uess and mortality prevailing among the co
lored laborers and colonists, some of the
most useful and deserving of whom became
the victims of disease.
But the hoard, in the midst of these re
grets, could not see, in any or all these cir
cumstances, the total failure of their attempt,
The sickness and deaths which had occur
red did not prove to them that a fatal and in
evitable disease rendered that part (much
b>s3 every part) of the African coast uninha
bitable to strangers—for they saw that a
bout 70 out of 88, of the colored people ex
posed to the disease, had survived and reco
vered, and many instances of a much great
or mortality had occurred in various places,
owing certainly to other causes than a per
nicious peculiarity of climate. They were
at no loss to con|ecture what causes most
probably operated in this instance. The un-
fortunate period of the Elizabeth s arrival
(it being near the commencement of the rai-
ny season,) was of itself sulfici^pt to excite
apprehensions.
The want of preparation and accommoaa-
lion for their reception was another cause.
This threw the agents into a state of great
exposure, fatigue, and anxiety, and the ear
ly death of Mr. Crozier left them without
medical advice or aid. This was followed
bv the immediate sickness and early death
of the United States’ agent. The colored
people, it was fairly supposed, must have
been thereby left exposed to the attacks of
disease, without that advice and authority,
, and skill, so necessary to combat it with
cess The officer and sailors of the Cy-
;l „u were exposed to the same, and probably,
(from their confined situation in a small boat,)
to greater danger and with no better means
of resistance. The board knew that settle
ments had been made and persisted in, and
resulted must favorably, where causes such
„s these could not have operated so power
fully, and where the first ravages of disease
were far more destructive. The early his-
borliood, if not the one already designated,
Whs unattainable.
Much difficulty in obtaining lands from a
people to whom it was of little or no value,
in exchuugc for such articles as were most
important and dcsirahlc to them, could not
reasonably be expected. Although the ar
ticles originally sent out fur this purpose
might have been insufficient, and not select
ed with a proper knowledge of what was ne
cessary, or what might be injudiciously ap
plied, yet a small additional expense, with
more knowledge and care in the application
of it, would justify the hope ofa successful is
sue to the protracted ncgociations upon the
subject. There was not, therefore in the opi
nion of the hoard, any evidence of the unlieal-
thiness ofthe African coast, orof such impedi
ments in obtaining lands for a settlement, as
ordinary care fc prudence might not be ex
pected to overcome. Nor did they find
themselves destitute of proper means for
continuing their efforts. The liberality of
their patrons, though necessarily affected by
the pressure of the times, had not ceased.—
The same impulses of duty and benevolence
which had called forth the former agents to
the labors and dangers in which they fell,
had awakened the zeal of others, who offer
ed (o follow in their path, and give them
selves to the same cause. Nor had they a-
ny reason to believe that the strong desires,
so earnestly expressed by many of the free
colored people in this country, to find an a-
bode for themselves and their posterity in
the land of their forefathers, would be so ea
sily overcome by the difficulties incident to
such an enterprisers to deter them from ac
cepting the means of removal. With these
views the board considered it their duty to
continue their preparation:, and invited the
members of the society, and the friends of
the institution, to persevere in their efforts.
Since the date of that address, the arrival of
the Cyanc has brought them later and more
particular intelligence. The letters of the
Rev. Daniel Coker, (extracts of which ap
pear in the appendix) show the nature of the
subsequent occurrences, and the situation
and prospects of the people. This person,
a man of color from Baltimore, had been re
commended to the board as useful, intelli
gent, and pious.
Mr. Crozier, who had already employ
ed him in negotiations of importance with
the native kings and chiefs, selected him dur
ing his last illness, to take, at his death, the
charge of the society’s property and affairs,
till another agent should be sent out. A si
milar trust, as to the property and concerns
of the government, was placed in his hands
upon the death of the United States’ agents.
In the execution of the difficult duties thus
unexpectedly devolved upon him, he has
justified the confidence reposed in him, and
has acted with the greatest discretion & pro-
settlement was intended to be located.—
Both these gentlemen concur in speaking in
very favorable terms of Mr. Coker, and of
the measures he. has used for preserving the
property and people under his charge, and
we regret that it appears from their state
ments that so many of the people are re
fractory and nverse to his authority. No
further progress hud been made in the ne-
gociations for land, and from some unex
pected disappointments, we have reason to
apprehend that that object will not be at
tained until the arrival of another agent, and
additional means. These gentlemen repre
sent the people to be at present quite heal
thy, and the situation ofYonie, where they
left them, such as to render the recurrence
of disease improbable. They had been of
fered a residence at Cape Shilling, until the
arrival of other Agents from America, and
it is not improbable that Mr. Coker may al
ready have availed himself of that offer. A
particular statement of the deaths, from the
report of Dr. Dix, is inserted in tjie appen
dix. A letter has also been received from
eapt. Wadsworth, of the John Adams, which
is subjoined in the appendix. This intelli
gence has been recently obtained, and while
preparations were making by Messrs. Winn
and Bacon, ngents lately appointed by the
government, for taking out some raptured
Africans and the necessary laborers and ar
ticles, in execution of the act of Congress of
March 1810.
The board having been pcrmiitnl to send
out one of their agents and some articles in
the same vessel, Mr. Christian Wiliherger,
jun. is now in Norfolk and will proceed in
the Nautilus, with the U. States agents, from
that port—that vessel having been taken up
for that purpose, as was expected at the time
of the last address. The agent will be in
structed to make an attempt to procure the
lands on the Bagroo, and, if disappointed
there, to make immediately some, other
suitable selection, with directions also (if it
shall be found necessary) to fix the people
temporarily at cape Shilling until they can
attain and enter upon their land. The hoard
felt confirmed by these communications, in
their former impressions of the practicabili
ty of tile original design of making a safe
and prosperous settlement upon the coast of
Africa. Ear more inauspicious rircumslan
ecs have marked the commencement of
most new settlements—and in our own
country, several of the most powerful and
populous states in the Union were compelled
to struggle against greater losses by disease
and greater and more numerous difficulties.
It is now known to be the intention of our
government to keep a ship of war continu
ally upon the African coast fur the suppres
sion of the slave trade. The advantages of
such an arrangement to a new settlement in
i strangrjlaud, are obvious, and eannot fail
the former and present governor of Sierra
Leone, for the interest they have manifest
ed in the views of this institution, and the
aid they have kindly proffered to the agents
and people of Sherbro. Nor ran they con
clude without declaring their obligations to
the commanders, officers and crews, of the
ships Cyane and John Adams, lately em
ployed on the African station. They have
deserved the tlmnks of every friend of hu
manity, by their benevolent exertions to re
lieve, advise, and comfort the distressed set
tlers at Sherhro, no less than by their unre
mitting vigilance iu prosecuting the interest
ing object of their voyage, and have thus
earned with characteristic merit, the reward
of toil and enterprise,of generosity and kind
ness.
The hoard having now taken the best mea
sures that their information and judgment
could suggest, trust that they may commit
the issue to Him, on whose blessing they re
ly, and who can give to the most unworthy
instruments and inconsiderable means, a suc
cess that shall redound to bis praise.
priety. The disappointment in procuring greatly to contribute to the. order and coin-
care i
success,
tine '
ton-of our own country furnished such in
stances—and when they looked along the
African coast, and found that tins supposed
totality of climate had not deterred the guil
ty votaries of avarice from forming ; to hold
ing to this day their various establishments
of iniuuitY, they could not but believe that
similar attempts, undertaken with far other
views, and in high reliance upon Him whose
b dding can restrain “ the residence hat
walkelh in darkness, and the destruction
that wasteth at noon day,” would be made
(as they were intended) the means of extend
in' U./glory of his name and the good of
" creatures. Thus they must have believ
ed even without that proof which Sierra Le-
.(fords of what benevolence thus perse-
Totb»nW '» P"™" 4 “
^Another difficulty may be supposed to
have interrupted the progress of their enter-
prize, and demands the consideration o the
loard. The land had not been ceded by
the natives, and some unexpected delays and
obstacles were to be encountered. I he
board thought this was tu be in some degree
accounted for by the death of the agent,«nd
the consequent absence of what the "ate
miTt'conslder a sufficient authority. Still
«he R re was nothing from which to presume
that a well selected territory in that neigh
the lands contracted for, the discontents of
the settlers and laborers, k the unwillingness
of some among them to submit to his au
thority, are the faults of others and were be
yond his control. His removal of the people
from their temporary location on KizziT-
island (to which they had been compelled to
resort, from the, want of shelter elsewhere)
to reside on the island of Sherbro, his visit
and application to the governor of Sierra
Leone, and his perseverance iu his claim for
the land negociatod for, meet the entire ;»j»-
prohation of the hoard. The dispatches of
cant. Trenchard to the government, contain
information somewhat later than the date of
Mr. Coker’s lettprs—and we have read with
peculiar interest the letter ofcapt.Treneh-
ard, and two official reports made to that, ot-
ficer, written with great ability and intelli
gence by Lieut. Mervine and Dr. Dix.—
These gentlemen had been sent from the
Cyanc to Campelar and Sherbro, under or
ders to ascertain the condition of the labor
ers and spttlers, and to report the nature and
causes of the sickness and death of the offi
cer and boat’s crew of that frigate, and the
mortality that had prevailed among the co
lored people. The fatal operation of the
causes heretofore supposed, in occasioning
these deaths, are clearly ascertained by this
investigation. Dr. Dix states, that “ Mr.
Townsend, (the midshipman from the Cy
ane) was taken ill with fever, on the 7th of
April, owing to fatigue and exposure to the
heat of the sun. The Augusta (the schoon
er purchased by Mr. Bacon) arrived at Cam
pelar on the totli. Mr. Crozier, agent of
the colonization society, w ho was the physi
cian of the colonists, was taken ill at the same
lime with fever, and could render no medi
cal assistance. Mr. Bacon was the only one
among the whites to do any thing for the
sirk, hut his clYurts availed nothing. Mr.
Townsend died on the 17th, the day alter
Mr. Crozier. From all accounts it appears
that most uufortunately Mr. Bacon was, at
this time taken most fatally ill. Mr. Bank-
son was ill too, and Mr. Coker absent on bu
siness of the colony. Not one of the black
colonists could do any thing for them, while
they were totally unable to assist each other.
Mr. Bacon hired a young man to attend
them, who belonged to Sierra Leone. This
man remained on board, and assisted them,
till the. last one died on the 18th June. Our
men died dining the hot and dry season,
and when the thermometer averaged about
84 degrees, which is seldom exceeded here.
The place where the schooner lay is very
seldom visited by a sea breeze, kun occasi
onal tornado, accompanied with rain, is the
only essential change of air felt, 'i he land
on both sides is low and muddy, alternately
dry and covered with tide water, in which a
thick forest of man grove trees flourishes.”
He attributes the mortality among the set
tlers to « tile extreme sultry heat of tile cli
mate, to their confined local situation, to in
dulging in eating freely of tropical fruits, and
particularly to the impurity of the water of
the. place. To these may be added, idleness,
inattention to cleanliness, and depression of
mind, with want of medical attendance and
nursing.” It may be proper here to correct
what we observe to be a very common but
mistaken Impression—that this location of
the people at Campelar, was the one select
ed to be purchased for their permanent set
tlement—whereas it was only taken as h
temporary shelter, till they could get the land
on the Bagroo, which is high and healthy
and abounds in good water, and where the
eOvViniESA.
fort as well as the security of such an estab
lishment.
Upon the suppression of the slave trade,
a subject nearly connected with the objects
prosecuted by this society, the board of ma
nagers are happy to remark, that the judi
cious steps taken by the government, and the
determination they have avowed of carry
ing into execution, with the utmost zeal and
diligence, the honorable provisions of the
acts of congress at the two last sessions, have
been attended by their expected effects.—
Five slave vessels have been captured and'
sent in—four by the Cyane, and one by the
Hornet—of which, four have been already
tried and condemned. We hope soon to lie
enabled to give the public a particular ac
count of tin; vessels and the circumstances
under which they were captured, with the
names of the persons interested in them and
concerned in their voyages. These captures
have adorned our flag with a brighter tro
phy than its most splendid atchievenients
have ever won. They have Drought down
upon the most cruel oppressors, the punish
ment they bad long provoked, and delivered
hundreds of their intended victims from the
lowest depth of misery. The successful
cruise of the Cyane has alarmed the fears
of those whose cupidity can he no otherwise
restrained—and there is reason to believe
that many of those who, to the disgrace of
our country and in defiance of her laws, have
long persevered in this trade, are at length
compelled to yield to the dread of punish
ment, what neithershame nor principle could
ever make them abandon.
At the last annual meeting of the society,
a committee was appointed to prepare and
jiresent a memorial to Congress, requesting
that they would take such further stejis as to
their wisdom might seem proper, to ensure
the untiie abolition of the slave trade. That
memorial was laid before Co. gross, and,
with the report of the committee on the
slave trade and the law of the last session
upon tire subject, will be found in the ap
pendix. This law, it is hoped and expect
ed, will strike a surer and a deeper blow up
on that in human traffic, which was found still
to evade the sanctions of the preceding laws
of 1318 and ’19. This law denounces these
offenders against the laws of God and man
in their appropriate character, as “ enemies
of the human race,” makes their crime pi
racy, and their punishment death. The pas
sage of this act, the avowed desire oftlie go
vernment, and the well directed measures
they are pursuing to enforce its execution,
have already, it is believed, checked in some
degree the profligate ardour of these adven
turers. If other measures shall be found
necessary to obtain this great object, ns from
the powerful temptations of gain it is to be
feared there may, the board indulge the
hope that the negneiatinn now entered upon
bet ween our government and that of Eng
land, will issue in the adoption of such i
course ns shall take away from these often
ders every remaining possibility of escape.
The board have been gratified by the in
creasing expressions of approbation' of ilieir
fellow citizens, and they acknowledge with
gratitude, the very respectful coniinunirati-
onsthey have received from 1 he ministers
of Russia, France and Denmaik, in the
names of their sovereigns, and from mem
bers of the government of England, and o-
ther distinguished foreigners, and the encou
ragement thus condescendingly bestowed
upon the bumble efforts of the society.
LYSE ATE.
Tuesday, Feb. 20.
The President laid before the Senate
a letter from the Secretary of State, with
a transcript of all the list* of passengers
taken on board ships and vessels in fo
reign ports and places, which arriv -<l iu
the United Slates from the 1st of Oi tu
ber, lino, to the 30thSeptember, 1820,
inclusive, and the letter and transcript
were read.
The bill to amend the act “ to incor
porate the subscribers to the Bank oftlie
United States,” was read a third time,
passed, and sent to the house for concur
rence.
Mr. Barbour submitted for considera
tion two resolutions, prescribing the man
ner of informing the President and Vice
President of the United States respec
tively, of their re-election to the said
offices.
The resolution of Mr Roberts, was ta
ken up, and was modified by the mover,
so as to read as follows :
Resolved, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Slates of
America in Congress assembled, That
the state of Missouri shall he and is here
by declared one of the United Slates of
America, and is admitted into the Union
on an equal fooling with the original
states in all respects whatever ; Provid
ed, that the following be taken as fundn
mental conditions and terms upon which
the said state is admitted into the Union,
namely, that the fourth clause of the
twenty-sixth section of the third article
ofthe Constitution,submitted bv the peo
ple of Missouri to the consideration of
Congress, shall, as soon us the prov isinns
of said constitution will admit, be so mo
dified (hat it shall not lie applicable to a
ny desi ription of persons who may be or
hereafter shall become citizens of any
state in this Union, and that until so mo
dified, no law passed in conformity there
to, shall be construed to exclude any ci
tizen of either state in this Union from
the enjoyment of any of the privileges
and immunities to which such citizen i«
entitled under the constitution ofthe U.
States.
After some debate, this resolution was,
at the motion of Mr. Eaton, seconded by
Mr. Vandyke and Mr. South ed, post
poned to and made the order of the day
for to-mnriow. Mr. Talbot and Mr.
Johnson, o( Ky. at first opposed tl-e post
ponement, bid, when time was asked bv
members in order to examine more fully
the resolution, they ceased their opposi
tion.
The resolution instructing the judicia
ry committee to bring in a resolution fur
extending the laws of the United States
to the State of Missouri was taken up, and
then Mr. Williams of Tennessee, the mo
ver of it, so modified it as to include also
the territory of Florida ; and then the
resolution was again ordered to lie on the
table.
Wednesday, Feb. 21.
The following resolution, submitted
yesterday by Mr. Barbour, was taken
up.
Resolved, That a committee be ap-
pniuted to join such committee as may
be appointed by the House of Represen
tadves to wait on the President ofthe U.
States, and to notify him of his re-elec
lion to the office of President oftlie U.
States.
The resolution was agreed to, and
Messrs. Barbour and King of New York
were appointed the committee in pursu
ance thereof.
The following rpsolnlion, also submit
ted yesterday by Mr. Barbour, was al
so agreed to :
Resolved, That the President he re
quested to cause to be transmitted to
Daniel D. Tompkins, esq. of New York
Vice President of the United Slates, a
notification of his re-election to that of
fice.
MISSOURI
Agreeably to the order of the day, the
Senate resumed, as in committee ofthe
whole, Mr. King, of Alabama, in the
chair, the consideration of the joint reso
lotion, offered hy Mr. Roberts, for the
conditional admission of Missouri into the
Union.
its of the resolution, as well as on the
expediency of now acting on it, in the
eonrse of which, Mr, Barbour moved to
trike out the proviso, but subsequently
withdrew the motion. The Resolution
was advocated by Messrs, Roberts, Low-
rie, and Barbour, and was opposed by
Messrs. Smith ami Ran Dyke.
Mr Lowric, after observing that the
resolution had been brought forward by
those who had opposed the former reso
lution ofthe Senate, from a sincere de-
ire to see the State admitted, and with
the view of meeting gentlemen on the o-
ther side, as fur as they could ; but, us
the proposition appeared not to be ac
ceptable to them, he, for one, would not
press it on them, and therefore moved its
indefinite postponement.
This motion was negatived, by yeas
ind nays—24 votes to 18.
Mr. Williams, of Ten. made an unsuc-
cesstnl ne tion to lay the resolution on the
t.ible, with the view of taking up live ar
my bill.
Mr. King of N. York, renewed the
motion previously made and withdrawn
by Mr. Barbour, to strike from the res
olution all the proviso.
r Flus motion was decided, without de
bate, in tbe negative—yeas 18. nay 27.
Mr. Brown moved to amend tbe pro
viso so as to deprii •• it ofits injunction <m
the State of Missouri to amend its consti
tution in tbe clause referred to, and leave
it to read, that the clause “ should not
be so construed as to impair tbe privile
ges of citizens of other States,” Sic.
Mr. Roberts objected to this amend
ment, as it w ould change the whole prin
ciple oftlie proviso, and give the reso
lution such u shape as would compel
him lo oppose it.
Mr. Brown maintained his motion nt
some length. Hud the resolution come
from the other House in the shape it
now was, he should perhaps vote fur it,
far the sake of dosing this lung standing
and disagreeable question, to accomplish
which he was willing to make great sa-
ertfiees ; but he was not ready to play
so hold a game ns to volunteer to the o-
tlier House a surrender of (he whole
principle for which they contended ; es
pecially as tbe Senate bad already ren
dered to it one proposition, which had
been there rejected. A compromise to
tbe extent the proviso went, would bn
time enough when it came from the other
House.
The question being taken on Mr.
F>rown's motion, it was negatived without
a division.
Mr. Trimble moved to amend the pro
viso, hy adding thereto the following
clause
And provided also, That the eighth
article of the said constitution (the arti
cle authorising the establishment of
banks,) shall he annuled as soon as said
The Bill was then laid os/the table
and
The Senate spent tome time in the
consideration of Executive business j and
The Sbnate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday Feb. 22.
MISSOURI.■’
Mr. CYay then rose to ijnake his ex
pected motion respecting Missouri, whicU
was in the following shape.
Resolved, That » committee be ap
pointed, on the part of this House, joint
ly with such committee as may be ap
pointed on the part ofthe Senate, to con
sider and report to the Senate and to th»
House, respectively, whether it be ex
pedient or not to make provision for the
admission of Missouri into the Union,on
the same footing a* the original states,
and for the due execution ofthe laws off
the-United States, Within Missouri; and,
if not, whether any other, and what pro
visions, adapted to her actual condition,
ought to he made by law.
On this motion there took place n de
bate ofa about an hour’s length, of which
we are prevented, hy the great length off
the Treaty published to day, from giv
ing at present even a sketch.
it resulted in the adoption of the re
solution, hy the following vqtes : Yeas
101, Nays 56.
On motion of Mr. Clay, with (he ex
pressed wish ofthe Speaker in favor off
(hat coarse, it was ordered that the com
mittee on I he part of this house, consis
ting of entv three members (qorrOs-
poiuiittr, w it h the number of states) should
be uppoiuted by ballot. And 16-morrow
it twelve o'clock was fixed upon as the,
time for appointing the committee.
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the United States.
The Treaty of Amity, Settlement, &
Limits, between the United States and
Spain, signed on the 22d of February.
1819, having been ratified by (he con
tracting parties and the ratifications hav
ing been exchanged, it is herewith com
municated to Congress, that such legis
lative measures may bo taken as they
shall judge proper for carrying the same
into execution.
JAMES MONROE.
Washington, Feb. 22d, 1021.
The message was read, and referred
to the committee on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Walker, of Alab. presented the
memorial of the convention by which was
framed the constitution of Alabama, pray
ing for the annexation to that state of so
much of the territory lately ceded by-
Spain to the U. States as lies west ofthe
Appalachicola river, and declaring the
desire and consent of the said stale lo
surd) annexation.
Mr. Brown oflventucky, submitted for
'consideration the following resolution.
Resolved, that tbe committee on the
constitution, in conformity with the pro- judiciary he directed to inquire into the
They have also to exp-css their thanks to] Much debate tcok place on the mer-
visions thereof, is subject to amendment
This amendment was rejected without
lebate and without a division.
The question was then put on order
ing the resolution to he engrossed and
read the third time ; and was decided hy
yeas and nays as follows :
Ytu—Messrs. Barbour, Edwards, Elliott,
Holmes of Me. Horsey, Johnson of i!eu. John
son of l.u. Lowric, Morrill, Parrott, Pleasants,
Hubert,, Southard, Stokes, Talbot, Taylor,
I'hnlnas, Walker of Georgia, W illiams of J en.
— ID
Nats—Messrs. Brown,Chandler, Dana, Dick
erson, Eaton, Gaillanl, Holmes of Miss. King uT
Alah. king, of N V. knight, I.Homan, Macon,
Mills, Noble, Otis, Palmer, Haggle-, Smilb, San
ford, Ticlienor. Trimble, Vandyke, Walker, of
Alab and It illiams, of Miss-—24.
.So the resolution was rejected.
The Senate then resumed the consid
eration of the hill from Ihe other House
to reduce the army, and the amendments
proposed thereto by the committee on
Military Affairs.
Mr. miliums of'fen. submitted to the
Senate the considerations w hi< h induced
the committee to recommend the modi
fications which they had reported to the
bill, lie went into a detailed view of
the subject, oftlie posts necessary to be
maintained, the proper distiibution of
the forces, &c. to shew that tbe service
required the number of regiments pro
posed by the substitute ; also to shew
tli it the staff ou^ht to be constituted as
proposed by the amendment ; that the
cost of tbe organization proposed by the
substitute would he but a small sum more
than that proposed by the other House ;
that they had varied from the bill of the
other House only in features which they
deemed of importance, leaving olners, to
some of which there was some objection,
as the other house had passed ttiem.
Mr. Walker, of Georgia, moved to
strike out the 4th section of the amend
ment, which merges the ordnance in the
artillery, giving tiie President the power
to select artillery officers to perform the
present ordnance dirties, giving them ex
tra pay therefor, 4ic. and to insert in
lieu thereof a clause to retain the ord
nance corps as at present established.
'Phis motion was opposed hy Messrs
Trimble and Williams, of Tenn. and ad
vocated hy Messrs. Otis, Walker, of Geo
and Tichenor.
The question being taken first on
striking out the 4th section, it was nega
tived—ayes 18, noes J9.
expediency of repealing the 8th section
cf the act of Congress, approved March
C, 1820, entitled/ 1 An act to uuthurise
the people ofthe Missouri territory to
form a constitution and state government,
and fir the admission of auch state into
the Union on an equal footing with the
original slates, and to prohibit slavery in
certain territories,” said eighth section
imposing a prohibition and restriction
upon the introduction of slaves in ail
tin t territory ceded hy France to the
United Stalec under Hie name of Lou-
isiuua, which lies north of3G degrees 30
minutes north latitude, not included in
he state contemplated by that act.
Mr. B. in support of the resolution,
contended that the restriction wa« the
result of a compromise of the last ses-
ion, entered into hv a joint committee
of the Senate and the House of Repre
sentatives ; in which the friends of re
striction agreed to admit Missouri into
tl»e Union without it, and those opposed
to the restriction agreed to the admission
of Maine, and the imposition of n restric
tion upon the territory ; that Maine, ac
cording to the terms of compromise, had
forthwith beeinvdniitte I, and the territo
ry restricted ; that, by the same law
which imposed the restriction upon the
territory, Mo. was authorised to form a
constitution and state government, with
out restriction ; that Missouri, relying
upon the faith of the government, had
called a convention, formed • constitu
tion, laid down her territorial govern
ment, organized a state government, and
had put it into complete and full opera
tion ; and that the friends of restriction
had with little variation, opposed the ad
mission of Missouri upon grounds, as he
contended, technical and unsubstantial,
and hnd again resumed the contest for
restriction ; that us the restriction upon
the territory was the result ofthe com
promise, and was unjust and unwise ex
cept upon the principles of the compro
mise, k. could not have been otherwise
imposed, that settlemeut having been vio
lated by the rejection of Missouri, it was
now due to good faith to repeal the re
striction. He said that he had voted ibr
the restriction upon the territory, but
wou|d not have done so but for the so
lemn agreement to admit Missouri nu-
restricted, and that he now felt it bix-dsD
tv to urge its repeal. Mr. B. in i
gument of some length, in 1
