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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 *4*1*11 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,, ,1101