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SOUTHERN RECORDER. VOL. II. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1821. oMfM PUBLISHED WEEKLY, (on Tuesdays) BY S. CR.IVTLA.YD S< R. M. ORME, AT THREE DOLLARS, IN ADVANCE, OR rOUII DOLLARS AT TIIK E XI* j RATION OF THE TEAR. O* Advertisements conspicuously inserted at the customary rates. 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