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connect, <1 .villi the nehtmeti ol A
I!.o r & list'd l.ia oontrucl to subserve them.
M„.;. « Iruiltoas iiUempt l» ‘ lmu
In- seat in III- S.-iint.-, the law m question
«,i,M'il From tin- date of this law, «1
c.oiti.trta of th»- niitnre of the two last reused
l , hr given to members of C uiigress; "bile
all tin-r trust* amt agencies, as Indore re
ferred in, cootimiod to lie given, and tns? re-
him- fro ii 111- dilfiernt departineids made
a—ordi.iltlv, without s.-iiio.:, oonH'l-ml*
ioMii-.U of Mr. Worthington
and Mr. Morrow, both !.<»'•• "i
-live places, ill passing the low "l uim.
of llir imfividnnVi • nnrrrncl had on*
ill- laiv, or In id)mm or disregard the spirit
,nd policy of our institutions*
Tn-y nr-of opinion that 11,- enrpiumvetii
of Mr.’Tlioina* to examine the laud . t’.i,-, ,w
uiMMird in a desire ItOiiostty t„ dischaw
uni,orient public duty ; tint I”’* 1 ; 1 ''''
'importance of tlie trust at the lim-, ; ’ 1 ' 1 , '',
-liaructi r and -l.v:ilion of thn ■•"'•■'Mu.d
employed, wrrr cnlcul.it—'i nii .tr o uiv l-
tbnn forbid .he s. l-olm,.. !W l*»« >"
onnimiUi-u any reason to Is.-lipve that u
,l„i. i,„. mil lir-n lnitlifuUy performed, .;m«i
linim ii* r viiip'mn- '-'o fl'" (t" 1 ” 1
t Aider ll,», ii«" "" ‘"‘I,
impressions, tho uominitftr do not deem
V 10 single out this -as- for parli-i-
crrrr; hut ns -urlt h.cihntnl strtlc.es t>s pri.l.;, rc«".\ts nur
u„i, I—n dfsiiili-it in this I,-t.fr Iih'o *>-'I*" *' '
ti, ell mushier, (I t-,»nti*.,,:i lt,-y 1,.,.- ool sv
,uui, d that form, ami v„u,>. p,i i.Uy l,o'
uni I—n retold, d.
1 am. rt-sp-vllidlt, sir, your ,,1„ ,n, -I m
varn, tOi.ii.ritAtvionu.
Hon. Daniel (took, Vncir■: m tj
the Cvriiniilet i,r /*'• /-
tlf.r.pli prrlmp. I r,1 I
.... feelil- io v ai ry on ., it in .ill - lit*,, i .,
mav nilmdlit our coiniiii'i, o mill loti i
i, lo om! c, Ionics, in,d lima dt ]• ■ n
tuoio mort- vul 1 nblo limn tm>
afurrtitiJ J-tiViC.* tv.nri’!! into ,o -
, |. ,■.i ol- I t!m ,11 .,'.10,1. . j
'j'ln i*.(’*..i. your potitionir respnc'.fol
|. bct;s InarP to rmpiCM Hint <'on-l -
TliP n:*r
t.verr
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inn 1 I not fM.iiil lli- it-, lit of lli- : I into-
a» i-oiumiasion-rs lo mijjiiliato- win. llo I j n |Vj , | . i iiro uuctssaiil) dc-l-r
m-c-cssaiy to ainule
lar aniiniuJvritmn, or to pronoun- upon
the roinpri lirii»i.i'i'"ss „r j.reci--,* impm l ol
111- art of I you. They I'.mtenl Iht-msclv-s
ivitli r-f-rrina lo Hu- i■mislructi.m trim I, o
Ua* uniformly r-rtit"tl in pim t'-c,
III- r ,n»ivtion Ho,I lh- public B»utl, ami it"i
mi. sinister or improper purpo»-,
teiidul ; and 'lo y lli-ic-lorc recommend tlm
following r-solulion : . ,
KrsolrtJ, 'l l)«l tb- commit!, - l»‘ «usrnarn*
,,| from th- lurtlier conaidc-ration ol tb,
subject.
['l'be ibirurnent* accompany inf!
IN TIIK IRSl'nr. W r,!'.i’!M'".K.> riTIVf.S
,')uli riuiij, March .‘10, I' - < ■
Mr. Gmnett asked ll H was in onJ.'r
lr> rnak- a tnolion ; b- aid h- tti-Urii. 0
jwly-. onp rttjfc.'m sob#--' «t u, «
' had p,iv ell on 1 loirs ay I:-- 1 , on lb- n -
pnilion oi the late South American i'ro
m , »| ei'l to snl'rtiliil-, I ,r a loop lime.' mtu'.ion, d inacbinus, oi li.'o't'ol If!, i •
..ei, tito it teiit'inlimt nrdvihees : ! u flie pfori i... inns I/i nn tt, pir,jpu*
'J I It, ir the iinpot tin -e , I'tills tr .,!*•' pctilloi.n' veiily la ! . t-» tlm' be, <voui
Ii il--f ci.looi-s sbould it'd-ee lli, in lo | p-ll'miier; la H e !: ■•, tmd onp I lu i'll
I, volt, or out lecpnllioii ilaell stio,il l 1 b r, i.ml t . it James iietim-tl In;, ebtiiin-
pnduoe in tin in revolutionary mote-;,-,1 l.i' irlonii.i'.ion eilher directly or in*
inenl
buibl
lb- i-1 ml ol Cuba, ibe mo*l t u-! din-r.lly ii o.n your petitl
11 either ! ,11 oud-r the "I our
petitioner further
t "s^.iaih-.
pH VS
lie,
I
I,! II, '.ll ■.
• noilaei l .
J cour
oi 1 (’<n-*i'i .< woe!,I grant lo him mid In j lism* tthere tve.n t
of our jealous :o,d ..mbdions , outmen:, ,1, lieu . .a,
this Hr
di.
Was P
rv soon alter til— ,, ■ , *
’ .... vtadisnn, red lo a future tlayj
toad' ,
1. ami bv )’, -sideiit
who'was S-t-r-lary of Slate, at the Imw ol
i l .... ntiiri' bo Mhnr>«»*' 1
lactm, ill, fs eoold no more be suppo
-d h- i;;i'<'rant of its ir-u-ral obp-rts, I ban
■ilsineliued 1., obey its injunctions m Iheir
ti u- spirit and eivaning. , , .
Ii ,, )i.. v. .1 by tlm committee that ibe
late William Pi a'ku-y was -inplnyed as
. , . ' - ■ 1 ■ . ' ‘ v' tb if •• ... ! -, pi- ■
s ..,a , ,v-s |.-ii'ti Maryland, and argued sunm
,s.., in tli- Supr-m- Court, and receive I
a ti:i.*iill c,iiiipon*u!i,m for his sol vices, ll
u;,p".»rs. I,„i, that, in IUU:,upou tlm o.-ea-
S:aa ol certain complaints made at tile oiliee
of Hi- Secret iry of the Treasury, against a
re,-eiver of public I'loii, )
P
'in,.'emu's the
rat,.'"of theUniled Slates
directed III- Senators f,»m Indiana lo inyes-
ti-,,1- the s'lbject. and tiimlgll lll-inv'esliga-
tion did not prove, d, One of the Senators,
who lived at a ,list,dice, and attended for
the purpose, was alter,vard* allowed bis
t, a, lii e: expenses On another occasion,
in tl,e year I ill ti, tho Hon. Benjamin Rug*
"I a as direct,•,I to aid the superintendent
rtf th- Cumberland road in taking proper
security from the persons entering into the
conti.acts, ami received from the superin
tendent 72 dollars for his services.
In the D-partment of State, there exi-
fev occasions for giving a construction to
this law “ concerning public contracts
tini,,gh, in this Department, the employment
of a member of l interest,. h» ing the editor
of a ,,. ,v spa per, to print tile law s of the Uni
ted States, has not been c.nnsid, red by John
Quincy Adam*, Esq. “ or by Ins predeces
sors, as prohibited by the act of Congress,
or as coming at ail within its purview”—ac
cordingly, your committee find that James
•J. Wilson. Esq. I, Senator from the state
of New Jersey, nod the editor of the Tren
to., True American, was employed l" print
the laves during the time he was Senator,
from IC!.‘> to tttfl, and from the r.-nr 1 04.
In the Nav y Department, the committee
h ive heard of no particular cases, or of any
parti,',ilar practice, olhri' than that arising
final the annual returns under the fifth see-
lion, which are exclusively confined to con
tracts for work and supplies.
The com uittc Ih'Ii,-'c it to have been
usual in the War Department, also, to ein-
plnv members of C >„i;i' -s ns counsel in be
half ,,f the. United Suu ' d th, « refer
particularly to tii- instances ot Mr. Itaniu m,
of th- 11,,,i* — ,,f Representatives, and of Mr.
fj d - v, of Delaware, nf the Senate. >-m-
•»|,is.‘il and pai 1 as counsel, under the direc
tion of the present Secretary of War.
Th- committee refer, al*o, to the case of
o member of the House ot Representatives
ill the present Congress, who is employed,
under the authority of the War Department,
as a superintendent of a fortification of the
United Stales, for which lie receives an ail-
jjual compensation.
Upon these instances the committee for
hear any comment; proceeding to remark,
however, that in tin. practical construction.
lh, re has been an uniformity, which could
scarcely have resulted from any thing rise
than a universal impression of the real
tin'lining of the law. By the Mb section il
his been perceired that the Secretary uf
the Treasury. S, cretary of War, and of the
N ivy. and the Postmaster tienaral, are di
rected to make annual statements to t’nn-
(,■>■», „i »or„ ,,.io,n, In their re
spective departments, as arc compreiieiutod
in the law. But in none of lues'returns,
which have been annually made, are includ
ed any of the cases emimet at, ,1, whether the
j To r had been performed Iny a member of
CoHsnsn, or am/ other person, and under
tur id, , that lluse vv-r, not ,>l the descrip-
boa of runt,acts to which tho law had re*
f-rence, the returns embrace only contracts
fta luli'ir, for furnishing supplies, ami fur
c , . ying tlie mail ; mid it is aim, worthy of
nbe'i'Vatioil, that, lluiogh this fifth section
designs to compel a return of all contracts
within the law, i: does not require any such
return from the Department of State, in
which, thoiq.h it is true no such contracts as
give rise to tin law are ever made, it has,
fieverth, I •*, an extensive patronage, a part
of which is that of authorizing the publica
tion ,.f tho laws, which iniy lie dispensed to
members of Congress, and. as we have seen,
f.dl'mg clearly within tlie general scope of
tha words of the '.aw of 1S0.1. Neither lias
it u m uiv >1, oi ■' c ti, d net-css; ry . to
make ii record in either of the Departments,
of any s»eh insla ices, w irther the service
was p; ,T ,rro"d by a memlier of Congress,
or nth, % purs,not t" the law, i-quiri'ig all
Co'il, .let < , , „le by the respective Depart
m nit, in In'half of tlie. United Stales, to be
reeord,',!.
'('lie eomtnlltec do not wish to bp under-
Stood as i' ferrmg to these in-tan,'Ps, a
Inis c.ound -f practice, to justify or ,•■
an error to one Department, Ivy fb tc
s, nil ir abuses in others; nor ui ';.(larding
an int-rpi elation ,viii. b. i,' crrouciuv.s, shontd
h V ,’ toe. force of jo licial decision; but
nr rely as tli- mean- by which the objects
and i-1..ing of till'law in ay be cse—rtained,
as ill'! tr.itivr nf tlie sense in which its pro
s'isui',, have lie,*n received and understood
by lh- must distinguished statesmen, and
th- ahie-f constitolional lawyers of the cvmi-
tr*, ,<"d by the , on. .on consent of all
wli” !,' >1 4) it was to obey them.
Th, y fer t v ill, n, as d monsfrating a co
t 1 I >nn< 0,1* praetie.d canstruetion, w tiich
h • - prevailed. wl'',",n , avert, ill all of tl,r
I>. ” "i* "'I which aii i,nicer, eli
te i "g the'olfii'e t a,after Rle eunslruction
| | bee *m ! u:t,<i, might naturally cm,-
form Ills < ,’d'i-t.
<l.i In*- ■ h• • t<•, ll a committee li n e seen
e-. ding i*i th-. ease sob,niltc,| to them,
which cuu lead tu the prijuuiptiun, that ct-
Trrr.sur'l I’epcr.dmert. March "ft. HI - '.
ism : \ »’ur litter of tlie i.’d i istanl w
received onlv on I bo - alh ■
In reply to your request tint the commit-
tnay be informed pf tb- cnhstruction
given by this Department to the act „i tli.
I|, ln f VmII I/O. entitled “Aon tto im,
iTilr puhlifi* rontraefyy «« n •' »*• 1 l' n *
lice, socs in ofiic.c, as by myself, In relation
m tlie authority of the Department or th,
President to employ as coons, I, ill behalf ol
the United States, any member ofUongi'css
or to perform any other , I'vicc, duty, oi
again’v, in behalf ol the Uni cl States, 1
have the, honor to state, that 1 have no
means ofascertHijiing lb.*' e,instruction w hud
has been put upon the act in question, by
111) predecessors in ollir", but !■) tb-ir -rac
under the fifth section of the art. .. ha
section requires, that the seer, tary nf til,
Treasury, Secretary of War, Secretary of
he Navy, ami t’oslm tiler (leneral, shu(l an
nually lay before Congress a statement ol
ill the ('outruns which have been mad'
in their respective department*, timing tin
vear preceding such report. From the dab
■ T that net, to the present time, the Land
Offices have been annually examined ; ant
, compensation paid for the Service render
ed ; but no Secretary of the Treasury ha.
ever reported that service as a contiavt
within the letter or intention of tlie act, or
considered the persons who examined them
as contractors. If the pci’ionnanee ol such
service constituted a contract, witi iu the
contemplation of the net, if was the duty o r
tlv Secretary of the Treasury IVotr. the Jem
1801. to have ann-ally reported every alien
service to Congress, n, a contract. It it was
not a contract, within the contemplation of
the act, il was a service which nvght he law
fully render,al by a member oTCongress. —
The construction given In the act, by the
Treasury Depaitmcnt, at tlv: commence
ment of its operation, that sue., incidental
service were not contract*, has, it is under
stood, bren corroborated by the other de
partments of the government. In all thos
departments, incidental services have beer
and still are, rendered and comp,-ns ited, hot
have never been, nor are they now, reported
In Congress as contracts within tile content
plation of the act.
It is j-esm'g'lfnliv eprw-e.iv e,' ,1,-it •!<*»
am mat:,ui ot the I .anil Oluees cannot tie con
sidered as constituting a contract within the
letter or intention of tlie act, unless the pro
position that every possible service render
ed to th,. government by any person what
ever X" pt by public officers in the discharge
n r their official duties, for which compensa
tion is received, can lie correctly allirmt-d
to tie such contract. That it was nut the
intention of the act of IfiOU to make this ge
neral atlirmation, can, it is believed, admit of
no reasonable doubt. If such, however, was
its intention, all the nfib ers nf tho govern
ment upon whom it was intended to nprrati,
,i.wc inistak-n that intention, and failed in
the rorrect discharge ot their duty, for it i*
believed that none of them have, in pursu
ancc of the fitll section of tin- ta t, repotted 1
such incidental services as contracts made by
111,un, during the year preceding the reports
annually made to Congress.
1 have no knowledge of the employment
of any member of Congress since the year
I UUO, ... tt.Mno.,1 l" betlldf of I l'.,‘ Ullil„d
slti.tr*, or to perform any other servire, duty.
or agency, by my predecessors in nti'.ee, run
has any member of Congress been employed
as counsel by this department, since it has
been under iny direction.
Inthcyear 1818 complaints were receiv
ed at this oMoa against tlie official conduct
of Nathaniel Ewing, a receiver at Vincen
nes. The charges were of such a nature
to require investigation, and the Senators of
the state of Indiana were, by thrr direction
of the President, requested lo make that in
instigation. Owing to some, objections in
the part of the receiver, the investigation di,
not then take place ; tort, as ({moral Noble
mm of tlie Senators, resided at a consider!!
bln distance from tile Inin,I Oiliee. travelling
expenses were incurred by him, which were,
paid
In 1319, when proposals were invited at
Brownsville for constructing the Cumber
land road from Uniontown to Washington
in Pennsylvania, the proposals were much
tower than those which Ira,I been received
upon tlie. other portions of the road. Mr.
Shriver, the superintendent of the road, ex
pressed apprehensions that some, of the hid-
v mens. That it had beet, his mislortune
not i nly to Hitler with nil Ins colleagues,
hut with the whole House on this suh-
*j,;rt ; that he did not wish to local In* |).
vote, for lie was fully prepared lor all
tho consequences that could arise Iron,
it when lu: gave it ; hut there wsw on,
view of tho'subject which occasioned
regret ; the event of our tecognilion
„ necessarily he animus, ed tu the
world, and his vote, would In probably
mi-interpreted by the public, who might
believe that he was unfriendly to the in
dependence of the Smith Americans; ,'*
tliat he did not vv i*li it to he h» bee etl, that
there could lu- an American l.egi.-lator in
me Kith century, who could be unfriend-
Iv to civil ltbRily, and the lights of man,
>, w here. '1 lint lie fell great gratifira-
n in reunion vv ill) tho rest ot to* v out"
Hymen, to tlie success tti which the
struggle ' of the South Americiuis hade-
v rutilated ; uml that he re flamed fusil
voting to recognize them, limn coi,
-id,.‘rations of pulir.v, which he wished
io make known, by spreading them upon
the Journal of the House, the only per-
nmient anti authentic recoiid. 1 Ins a;i«
partly a personal motive ; but there was
i secondary motive, w hich was entirely
personal. lie wished it to he known
that ho had not voted entirely wilhosi
reflection, or from enprice or prejudice,
in making known ins reasons, e.hick,
whether well or ill founded, would sltev
that he had bestowed some considciatiok
on the subject. With this view he ol
b red the following ile< laratimi, and mo
ved to have it inserted in the Journal;
I voted against tlie recognition of the
bite American Provinces of Tip.,in, net
because I am opposed to their indepen
dence, on the contrary, I rejoice in its
accomplishment, A believe that it would
he even better for them to he indepen
dent with a vyur-e form of government
than to he dependent with abetter ; hut
I voted against it because 1 am of opin
ion,
I hat recognition must be either the
mere for mill declaration of a tact which
will lie inoperative, 4c therefore useless,
or it must be substantial, mid propose*
some advantage to one or both parties—
that, if it be substantial, it must be intend
ed either to impart to the party recog
nized the physical means, or the moral
force, necessary to accomplish their re
volution, or to establish relations for the
mutual benelit of both parties concern
ed— lb.it the iih'.l r>f assistance *
summate a revolution, concedes that it,is
not completed, and is incompatible with
the neutral obligations to the country
claiming jurisdiction ; and that the se
cond alternative of mutual benelit, re
dunes it lo a question of policy in w hu h
tl is only necessary to balance the ^ood
with the evil :
That we have no right to recognize
nations because they hav e adopted lorin*
of government congenial with our own,
if out recognition would not otherwise
bo proper ; and, to maintain this doc
trine, would !,e to assert tlie odious prin
;iple cl 'legitimacy, that nations haven
right to interfere vv ith the internal con
cerns of each other, which must be lie-
nt-licial or injurious, accordingly as tree
principles or despotism happen lo pre
vail in the world ; and that, for this r
rival, England, or we must occupy it
ourselves, at tho expense ot a war with
that mill, who will certainly seek t,
prevent that occupation at the fan,,
cost :
That, to be deprived of so invaluable
a source of revenue as we derive lion,
our commerce with the remaining pos
sessions of Spain, and incur the it-k ol
war, would greatly increase our fiscal
embairassments, render inexpedient the
plans of economy it is so desirable to
pursue, and probably compel a recur
rence to internal taxes :
’I hat vv, cannot, for a great while, re
pair this loss hv the* d an e
,|n i!!y valuable commerce wttli tlie inde
pendents, a*, until their internal strife*
entirely cease, and their labor can lie
productively employed, their trade tuns!
lie limited, and we shall not be able t"
compete with the European* in 'their i
mark'd*, hut by a new commercial *y*
etn, under "hi- It we shall supply them
with the various products of othci e.m.n* j
tries, more in demand among them lie, ,
our own, and thus become at once tintr !
merchants aedllu ii carriers :
That the elements nfn ovulation-
-till exi-t in M-xico, in rm>*f quern, e >
the p iwer and influence ,d ti,e t,r' ;
hood ami the landed aristocracy, >vIt'
gave their aid In the late revolution, un
der the belief that they were t<> ■ -.tv,; a
imperial government, w!*t, h "<" ld ~p
cure to them their property— v lit
probably cannot be carried into nper ,
;ton, anil which, if aUeinpfiKI it t- - o'
will lie resisted by the Repel,lie ol (
I ,ml,la—and that these commoti'ci-
! still faither retard the. return of th, i
productive labor to domestic industry :
That the situation of Mexico is soon
what equivocal in relation toils claim t
recognition, as it appear* t>v the left, i
,,f the American Charge d Allaire- near
the Court,if Madrid, that the auii'.lize
igent* of that government, after the r
v»lt of Iturl ide, iind the adopti"') ,f '
lirles of government, wa* known loth u
still contemplated the integrity ol tl
Spanish empire, as it concerns this pro
vince :
And, finally, that r.irrnm-t ,ncr? do n,-’
warrant precipitancy—that the great in
terests ofboth parlies will he endangei
ed without any adequate motive for th
risk ; and that the t, tm or.uy «/<»."
whi- Ii priority of recognition may obtain
f„r us, is not to be put in opposition t
tlie great permanent interests ol I,oft.
countries, wnicb wilt be h si |.,onv.t, ft
hv adhering, on their part, to tli" *agf
monition- inculcated it) the language o
one of their most distinguished pntiiot*
Kivaditvia, who declared, a* 1 ,le as Sep
U mber last, that they did not seek recog
nition of other tuitions, because it “ mu-
operate, if unsuccessful, to the humilia
tion of the provinces, and if successful
lo mislead tlie people by persuading then
that such recognition was all suflicien
lo their political existence and happi
ness ; that tho tno-l efficacious syteu
would be to establish order and vvi»ein
tune ns till" vvisO*lui „f III it lion t able \i<>.
fly -hall dictate, the exclusive tight and
privilege of navigating the atino-phere,
, ither with flying machines or balloons,
throughout the jurisdiction of the Uni
led Stales.
By granting the praver of your peti-
tionor, the liglit will lie secured to the
•rue inventor, and the honor of the in
vention will he conferred on the United
States by one of her native burr. sons.
Reiving with the utmost confidence on j Iv Alliance,
tlie wisdom and rectitude of the honor.,-
Id" tin: Senate and House ol Kepteseo
l,,lives in Uongre-* a-seinbled, your |m
t■ ttom-r respi'ctli. 11 v presents l.is peti
tion, and us in duty bound will ever
pray.
D B LEE.”
1‘hil idelphia, March 21), IR-1.
'I lie above w h ,',)fninitt,'d to the sam
nminitlee to whom the petition vd Jam, •
!. nnoit was referred.
lislacl it v. Mi
-,n i - mrstievl I _
excit' d s;ai ,i ol i*
fry, *' 1: tell 1 he) i. t - "
,,-su i•’e oi' ia : I',"
M.bju •. i i*■ : ivvvc ,-t lit- pi
seep):,: vv k • I) ; til igt ! - ll.es
p,d,ft, tins : but lie’v oc-ht ft' !:•
i evolutions the ni"«t ,!• -irttctiv e
p.voruing pow, i s occhi tin n.
ly and must liequently in llio.-e
sotlest vv I
is unbeard. Rumors
tend) viflunt ol ini'crv c„nq, .
Rochefort, 1. rest • A -oobt*
know not to vv hut degree uf ere
mav be entitled, as they rest u:i toe a,,
ihority oflqlters the anti,,a t" i'y of w hi. 1.
we have no means ol v et ilviug; hut cf ll,u
ivc feel confident, ltint tl Luna does h-e
speedily retrace bis steps, and cull to
bis Councils very different men, bo will
very “non stand in need of the b:\oiiet-,
of his old friends the members ul the Ih-
sud.lt.a-
■I «
lit per cvj
'/'Hit* at
e. ‘ \', e
dit they
i’mi \a hi >n .
LA ; J fits i 1 tvtl.vi ENtiLAND.
The ship 1'i'iphrates, capt. Stoddard,
armed at New-Vorkon 1 oesdtty from
I.t v erpo d. She sailed on I tie 1 1 Hh 1\ h
til this iitrivid regular tile* ut Lumloi
papers to the 7 Ii. Liverpool to the ‘Jilt,
id id’s Lwts tu th" 6'h, k I omlon tihip*
mg Li-1- to tiic ti'h ot February, all m-
|.,-ive, 11,v<* r c iv’ed, f -an which
tic following interesting selections arc
■nade,
It land i* ev idently in a -tale of grea
isiuia iiiicer an t iiiaiiv tnurd, r«, h ag
I i; *, H,,ft ,i.t, mg Outrages con mueil t,
■c , o.n,tufted. I lie L mdon Coonur ot
llie 71ti uf Ff-hroary, coni.tins five c.;-
I .mu* ,1 official documents, find b, lure
I|i.cc'ii, I* m the Mu q>as W ul*
linley, Lu,,: Lieu ennui ot Ii l.unl, giv •
ug parti, 1 I ■ - > f toe I ,le outrages emu-
,,tt,ed lit li e various counties, lu r■■ ti
-, qaen e ol this state , f tiling*. the Mai -
■pi,sol Lull,louder") 1,1 tlie !• •-,(I-M Ileus-
Uonimou* on tlie Dili ol 1 ••urnary | ro
. -ed tho se-euactmeiii ol the Instilrer-
inti art ”
I'ratu e i« still agitated, Tlie nltri'
ministers at e t endviii. g ihein-el’ es v, r-
o'uioxi u , uni it is ro ill-1 r "t I that nnle*,
;lie king red fin es hi* «tej><, lie will re-
piiie aid from the. Holy Alh nice,
ll * ,ms tiiere have been msnrrec
*t.
Ul.a
. Ii ii tl),
■
luiiiry movements at l<r,
,rid Rochk fort—the ., ilt./i \
he tirin i ,,.d le , i 1
1 , ell( ll pnpn- Itllurm Us,
re allowed to hint at there) are put
,'onn—hut if so, it is only fur the mo
ment. 1 he constitutional sy-t, in t* c . t-
,let,tlv gaining ground in Spain. Su.ne
partial excitements had taken pi „ i
liargiw aii,Hit tlie end ol J.iuuar' . ut u,
of a nuture to disturb the. g. ncrvl ti.u,.
) qutlily. 1'lie Unties liavO the conti-
! j, nee of tl, * people, and tinw is ev
tiling. '1 Icy had appointed oonuiis-
n,aers to proceed to Soutli Americai to
j *t all dilierences. It i* tin* uiica
lance, perhaps, wbic', has given use to
■lie report, in the LeiiJeti paper*, found
ed on letter* fiorn Baris, that the go-
length ac-
LoxDon, F, b. ti,.
Yesterday vve received by express
Madrid puper* to toe '-ft'th of 1 i-t munih.
(.til tho preceding d.,v an impel tai,t flgl
bnte occtirred ia the Cullen on the ic- 1
p'ifl of tlie Spf, i d conn' .lie: rj p, ir.t, i
lociin ider the iillai,*, l . V. i n t- ii ■ i. Id .
a deficiency iri tlie sem s , !' janrn..U
which lias reiichi.d o*. we arc nithoec
any legtilur account of the , omm,a.
merit of tin- pixiceedittHs ,>n this i,np,u •
t.uvt subject—but what ; ass,at in th * de
bate of this ~ Till, and some p: iv aft* icli, t
ivlilch we hive received, enable n» to
give un account , I ll,o progress rt
the inquiry, which we belie,c wifi i ts
found substantially eorre> t.
It appeal's, that on the Id h Jan tho
Unites, in a sc: t ot siftimr, appointed it
committee of !) to take into consideration
■ertain propositions on the afluit:'. of
Ait) l ira, vv liirh hud pr v i„.,-K lo ,at de
liberated on in a Conn, ti t-late. The
proposition* wer e ;; ia tvtnbt r. andse m
i have been intonded as suggestions , f
I differ- nt mean* wi.i h ih, Corl, * might
I adopt for a,jailing tin- .’.iflcifiu is l.c-
livveen the Aim', ican blatr- 4c the iuoifir
onntry. The me ins thus proposed lit*
lie Gov eniiio nt were —
*• !. To conclude an armistice w ith
the ft ansmai in>* pr a inre*.
2. |*b open a kind of j ,dicat„r“ f.r
the adjustia' grievances, con-i-ti:," ,,f
deputies fi om the prov no es and comims-
-inners from the Cortes,
ft. To empower the coimii-si",nrr<
from the Corle* to «u«pf t>d, with p - . < rtt
to the ulti'amaliuc provinces, siwlt ar
il leg of the r»ti*lilution ns lin y in y
judge injurou* to the * ml provide-*
4. To suspend, with regard to ' •-■•■»
l ira, the ft", rei - relative to ifi- *'q pt i-
siim of inoivir-hic ,1 e-t.,blislnn nt:s .aid
privilcg-'s nf Ho clergy.
A I .j e-t -h t d on nf c am- »
V
.1.:.
;the -aid into
' her
■ \.ij
rv i tors ■
ti in-
'titiitions of government, throughout th,
iirovincet, uml to shew themselves vvor-j
thy of the fraternity of other nation- j''eminent of bpatti had
when it would be volui.Hi.lv offered knowdedged. tha nolep ao,, nc o tit*
and. on our part, by al.staining lo pro A "‘ r ‘ can 1 u "
that fraternity, until the element* ••'dgnieiit is
Hey, not oi principle :
That the period having passed when
our recognition of the independent go
vernments of South America could be of
any substantial benefit to them ; their
independence being already firmly estab
lished, it is impolitic in us, for the sake
of any advantages w hich either parly is
likely to derive from an intercourse at
this time, to risk those we already pos
sess ;
That the European powers do not, at
present, appear to he disposed to molest
them in the enjoyment of their independ
ence; that our acknowledgment may
have the elfect to bring on them, as vveli
as ourselves, the ill will of those powers,
and that, if this ill will developes itself in
actual opposition, it will impose on them
rican Scat
said to la.
2Gin ol J.intiiii
vusc, we regret to
former oppiession, have settled down i ,,oe! ,,ot tTound. L,p. opart,
pose that
'' ,.f their political society, purified from " r Bj ev f f ’ ,is 10 llik
70* I,) x. I lie Greek cat
into order, and they have fully demon
strated their capacity for self-govcru
ment; and until vve are mutually in a
condition to derive advantages from a
free intercourse, which will overbid.me.
the considerations of the. evil, which im
mediate recognition presents, without a
prospect ofgood.
ROBERT S. GARNETT,
Jt Member from Virginia.
* See letter of J. M. Forties of tlm 17lh nf
September, 1821.
The question being taken upon entering
the said written declaiali. i) on tlm Journals
of tlie House, it was negatived, ayes l'.), noes
31.
April 1.
Mr. /v’iii/cj, ofVermont. presented the
petition of David B. Lee, a citizen ol
det's would not be able to give such security j uieni, whilst, by renewing the bonds of
a* would insure tlie prompt and faithful , xe sympathy and interest between Spain and
the necessity of maintaining a defensive ,,, . , , , ,,
. , , , ,, .. b , i ■ I h«t alrluni.i, in the louovvii.g woi :* .—
-utitude which will great,y retard their \ , , ,,
* . ., . I hat whereas James tiemif .t ol
progress anil improvement in the arts o ,,, , , .. ,. , , .
, ,, ' | rr Philadelphia, al /sai,1, lias petiitoneJ
pence and the principles of tree govern- 1
*.i.;i .i i ; ,u_ i , Uon
utlon of their engagements, nod stated that
Ts aequuintani'o in that part of the state was
, nt such as to enable him to judge correctly
„fthe sufficiency of the security that might
„. j 'iv I,'ml,'red. He therefore proposed tliat
i two gentlemen, whom he named, should 1),
requested to aid him ill this particular ser
vice. One of the gentlemen declined the
request, w hen it was suggested that the Hun.
Benjamin Huggtcs v\ : ,w acquainted in tliat
pari of the state, and that there was no
tioulit lie would i,It,‘lid if requested ; his at
tendance was accordingly requested, and fm
his services and expenses he received, from
the superintendent, the bum of scveiity-tw,,
dolls rs.
Upon iio;Iv these occasions, as well as up
on the acceptance <<f the nllur of the lion.
■!*"-*,* I) Thomas lo , xnmine the land ofllr, ,
in I8M, III, |.,«,Visions 01 the net of li;08
were not adverted to, nor did the idea occur
Bint there was the -lightest incompatibility
between such service and the provisions of
tliat act.
The piactiee , f tho Department has been
ro record ill contracts which vvera “opposed
to h" within fin- teller or intention of the art,
and ! J ley them annually befuro Bin Uon*
tin: Enropeaft powers, it will eqnallv
retard her progress towards liberty, so
auspiciously begun, and so desirable to
the whole world to see continued :
That, although apparently, so nuga
tory an act as the mere declaration of a
fact, to he followed by no efficient mea
sure, ought not to excite the hostility of
the European powers, wcare to consider
their actual disposition towards us,
which, on account of the example of our
free institutions, we must know to !„
unfriendly ; Si not count on their inabili
ty to commence a contest, without ma
king allowance for their prejudices and
their folly ; and that, although consider,!
Rons ol prudence, or tho prospect of a
European war, may prevent direct ho*
tilitv, we shonl,I not forget that we fia.c
riiatleis of dill,'i ,‘nce with France, Rus
sia, and England, the adjustment of which
should be promoted by the cultivation of
their good will :
That, if Spam only, through mistaken
gre*s, to grant bun and hi* heirs, by
special act, for the term of forty years.
“ the right of steering lL ing machines,!
throughout that portion ol the earths’at
mosphere, which presses the Unite/
I States, so far as their jurisdiction m.q,
extend
And tvlmreas your petitioner claims
the aforesaid flying machine, by right of
piinr invention, having several years' >-
go, invented allying machine and a ten i
gable hall,von, by either of which tlv
air can bo traversed at will and in per
feet safety, the operation of which b,
tried, on a small scale, by actual expe
riment ;
And whereas, your petitioner did it
li e year | (11'■ const, net a b.dloon, lien:
Philadelphia, witti machinery to pro ,.'.
ind steer it, which from causes beyond
Iris control, was destroyed tlie day tl,;,
a decisive experiment was to have been
made.
And whereas, your petitioner has at
divers times ext,I lined tlie construction
oid operation of each of the above river
l.«scd machines, from which if it b*l.tr
ibe rumours of peace between 1
and Russia,are tliinr hopes d> j , -- :,l,
because, iu the Russian ultima uni, tlvre
is no provision for their iuil.-petid, no: ;
vet fhey hav" a firm h dd of a own si lent-
hie part of the cormiry, and it ii to be
hoped that they will maint.iin it.
Ativi,.es from Trieste „i the otli Jan I
state, that in Llvuliu and Attica the
Greeks made hut little progress ; an,
those towns had Turkish garrison*, a
well as the Castle ofLepauto. la Ma
cedonia the Greeks have not a lit n I >,
ting, 4i a war of extermination is cam
un by belli parties. H Russia in-Jt
peace without a guarantee tortile rigo.-
& privileges ol the (In ok*, or some seen -
rity for thi-ir lives and property, it wifi
lie a stain on the motives and dcclaraU-
! on* of the “ Holy Alliance.”
I The Liverpool Adverti-i r of Februa
ry i), says—‘'Ir, land still pr sent*
| most di‘tt', ssing S'lbject I ,r conte,opla
lion, I he agitations with which it ha*
1 \>hg been dwti.icted hav>• lately .i-suiiieft
t ii.ore forini,' ‘jle aspept. H the ac-
.ounts which reach us from that coud-
ry are not my much exaggerated, l.i"
lislurbed districts may Ivc s.iid r.v lie in a
vtate if open iusurrectitu,—arm-d tv
lie- r, mm to tlie ii'iiu " j r oi eight
one Ii iiiJrci] are reprcsuuled a--, u,-
tditig for the pm p' se ot nt;.e king t.r
mails and of resisting an) I >'« to •
ught be opposed to tfieoi. '*o ove
lerio 1 of*,x years.
7 T , -/'.'le tlie distribution
. .•.i I.aid*, iv>1 onlv near the
.1 in tli- i,i!i-rioi ol the caiutry, accor*
,• / to a law pa*sed Ivy tin- ! -• U
ft. To resort to the assistance of a tov
r ign power.” fthic of our private let-
,tc*. tliat ith * t.een proposed lo
r tiie i i A h'- of Spain over return
province* for tin equiv.ilcnl )
I'li,* Ai hi-i-lvtvp of Sev-ilb* was chosen
president of the committee, which i* ap
pear* set n-id,» thr propo'ition* oi tl c
Gov, rn n- iit ; for the i'**|v«vrt which tv ,*
m-'de. in tli silling • if ll' • Cortes <:f t! o
24ll, rec,vinmt'iide,|—“ i ivil tln’resl,,,, Id
fie sent 'o both A:netica*. 4 .’ou>mi«sinnt t J
n price on j instructed to hear and receive wh.itev.'r'
itions tiie said Gov,Ttirn,’tits may
and to transmit the same to the'
mother country. in or,!, r that the Crcies
may do, i In thereon, without ptej,,. /c;
ho-- ever, to measures bring taken by
the Government for receiving propnsi-'
tions from person* uuthon/ed by the
* i l Gov ern,lien'*, and referring them to
the Corte*."
The Cortes proceed"'! to discuss :3
report, a« we have stated
I'li,.’ t *endo de ! ureito, v
menil'er nf the eominift.CC
dep,v|ids. supported live r.
■ -nirarv , other deputies
mined i>, though their opposition d
i. ft n the same grounds. > ui
thought the ineasuii's tiole-*, a* cm
o■-siotiers li id alti ady b. cr , npiev
. tlie King to negnliate, witliout p-.
It—some vvet n , f o , . 1
. I *
, on the 27 hr
v ito had he:, it
and sever if
rt. On Hie'
ronglv con-’
I
u,v r>
cr.* t>v t'i
Autei
'jnizing
O’l ),-rvo--
whelming miltiary I,vice will probald
be colluded lo put d • •• • ’
ionarv la-v 11>- , 1 allot tunc
uloodshed ,v c shall be told Ilia
try is tranquilized : but t!
.; nq,nitty ** h|e|) vv e rr i* ti
lislied. The nia*s nf
must !,e diminished
-niserahlc to fear fl>
flicacy, and increa"
i*lim, i)t serves ot,I*. :
la, ing ,.rim, s, -«»i i <-• r v re ag.: v a'
uMti.ijce rgitinsi tlie peace cd society.
com,
* i* tint th
to *ee r*ta .
vi*eiy T snllcrit)
If men are to
, laws |o*,; t'.ci
severity ef ; u,
slimubit" I ' oini
• at tilling co.timi
ic* w as ronccdiog too mi)'-:
-tew was a virtual a ic ovvli d
iodi pendonco of the ,!'
Sta'os ; other* were fur riv
iudepeiidenee ot the ] roviti
a, ,1 I hi* course w as prnpos
Golliil, the first spe k'>i'
bate. Several proposed t,
,:ucs'.inn to 1 • decided bv ft
le*. i lie ,1,'spalch * ef (.
j:i, giving an n/enunt ot what lie had
,i *,,e in vL-vi-n. and stating the nece—i
ly hi vvhirh lie tvas placed of , ivneurri’:g
ii the di’rlirftinrt ef in 'i'pon.cnce hv
.M -xico, vvas frnquentlv dl.idrd lo m il "
dal'afe. It uppe vrs tint R" <*, ir r I *
de-p itci e* h i I I'l'.ut *' , ’ ■ : ■ ,f
< ’ortes liy ft," Me -ter*. " '■ '' « ' •
nlailing whether or -ml Rv (,„v>'l"i -
-appiofed hi* co,: 1 v '■ i bed, , '•!-
ed r he vv hol-s p-irio l a'! 1 I"r io *' 1 s
and Wit* iidjouraeil to the f,.flowing da,.
tfrf.r
lie I,,
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