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From a Form by the /lev. Daniel Huntington.
Alt' 1 have lovM in yotilli'n fair vernal morn,
Tn uprcnd ininK'iiation’ii wildest wing,
The sober certainties of life to scorn,
And seek the vision'd realms that poets sing,
Where nature hl isln-s in perennial spring,
Where t\ warns of cat thly joy exhauHtlean rise-
Where youth uud beauty tread the choral ring,
And shout their raptures to the cloudless skies,
' 'rhusetts, owned slaves: yet they certain-[the slave-holding statesof representation
DEBATE ON TilK MISSOURI BILL, ly considered their own constitutions to'for three-fifths of (lie slave population,
in xiiK De republican. Anil the federal govern - was n great, concession to the slave hold-
HOUSE OF HKI-UKftENTATlVE8.
[continued.]
Friday, January 28.
so, you may denaand of the new states
power to legislate over them as you legis
tVhil. every ].»M hour on downy pinion,flic., HkI| , |0 Mwtae , lllwel , „ver them, that
it cannot exercise over the old slates? If
Hut ah! those fairy scenes at once Itavc fled.
Since stern experience wav’d her iron wand,
Broke the soft slumber* of my vision’ll In-ad,
And hade me here of perfect bliss despond,
And oft have 1 the painful lesson conn'd,
When disappointment mock'd my roving heart,
Still of its own delusions weakly fond,
And from forbidden pleasures I01I1 to part,
Thu’ shrinking oft beneath correction's deep*
tat smart.
inent ban not, by virtue of it* power to itig states, but that the concession was
gunmntec a republican constitution to definite, its full extent was comprehend*
each stste in the Union, requited a change j ed; and if wa» a settlement between the
of the constitution of any one of those i original thirteen states. And none of
Mr. Smyth, of Virginia addressed the states. j these assertions seem to be correct. There
chair. He said that the constitutionality \ The constitution recognizes the right to* wevebut twelve states in the convention;
of the measure proposed, wus the subject '• the slave property, and it thereby appears : therefore no settlement wan made between
which he intended first to consider. The that it was intended by the convention I thirteen states. And the constitution
constitution (said he) provides that "new and bv 'the people, that that property says, that "new states may be admitted
states may be admitted by Congress into should he secure. The representation of by the Congress into this Union.” The
this Union.” If, then, a new stnte is ad- rach state, in this House, is proportioned ' states thus adntitted are entitled to repre-
milted into "this union,” must it not be by the whole number of free persons, and svntation for three-fifths of their slaves, bv
on terms of equality? Caji the old states; three -fifths of the number of the slaves.* express wonts: "Representatives and di-
the first parties to this Union, bind other jin forming the constitution, the southern rect taxes shull be apportioned among the
states farther than they themselves are .states, Virginia excepted, insisted on and several states which may he intituled in
bound? Clan they bind the new states'Attained a provision, authorizing them ' this Union, according to* their respective
not to admit slavery, and present* to them-) to import slaves for twenty years, (u) numbers,” Ike. So that, if the new state
• l, -“ 41 i * ,% ’ 4 " ,w, -‘ 4 - 1 — * ,a c * 1 — n And the constitution provides that slaves is included in this Union, if shall have a
running away from their masters in one j representation according to its federal
state, and going into another, shall be | numbers, saith the constitution. There
fore, the concession was not definite, nor
its extent comprehended, as has been af-
contended, that, by a "person held to ser
vice or labor in one state, under the laws
selves the right to admit slavery? Shall
the old states preserve righis of which the
new sta es shall be deprived? Can this
government demand of the new states a delivered up to their masters.
But the gentleman from New-York
And is there nought in mortal life (! cried)
'thin south the howows of this Inb’riug breast,
No kind recess where baffled hope may hide,
And weary nature lull her woes to rcstf
Dh! giant me, pitying heav’n, this my last re
quest
Since 1 must every loftier wish resign:
Be my full d»)S with peace and friendsbipblest;
Nor will I ul my humhlc loss repine,
Tho* neither wealth, nor fame, nor luxnry be
mine,
’Oh! give me yet some recluse abode,
Encircled with a faithful few, to dwell
Where power cannot oppress, nor care corrode,
'Nor vciiomM tongues the tale of slander tell,
Or hear me to some solitary cell,
Beyond the reach of every human eye*
And let me bid a lung a last farewell.
To each sliming object ’ncuth the sky,
And there in peace await my hour in peace to
die.
Ah, vain desire! (a still small voice replied)
N<* place, no circumstance can peace impart:
The scoring the tnuuainn of unvunish’d pride,
Sweet inmate of a pure and lmmhle heart,
T“ke lhon,th) station, act thy proper part;
A Hftviim's mervy seek—Ida will perform:
His word his balm lor sin’s envenom’d smart,
Ills love dilliised, thy ilmdU’riug breast sIihI 1
warm,
His power provide u shelter from tht gath’ring
storm.
0 welcome hiding place! O refuge meet!
Tor fainting pilgrims on their dekert way!
O kind conductor of these wandering feet
Thro* snares aiul darkness to tho realms of clsjy!
Soon dal the 8011 of Itiglilcousiiesadigpluv
Ilia healing beams; each gloomy cloud dispel;
While oil the parting tuist .11 colors guy,
Truth’s cheering bow of precious promise fell,
<*Ami mercy’s silver voice soft whisper’d all is
well.
Sr.LY/S/l HtlButSM.
An authentic anecdote related by captain
Kuril, who served in Spam, in a regiment ol in-
fiiulvy of tiie guard of Jerome, the ex-king of
Westphalia.
r'atigoed and exhausted by forced marches,
the regiment, to it captain Kuril belonged,
♦m\ed before the immasWv Kigueiras in
Spain. The colonel of the regiment, n ficnch-
Diau, sent m an officer, to demand of the prior
the necessary rt lVesnmuit for the men, us well
as for the star, consisting of about JU olliceis.
The prior with some of the monks came out to
mcchthe general, assured him that the iuhahi-
tarns ui 1‘igueruw would provide foi the soldier*,
but thui lie himself would ptepure a frugal meal
for'.he stair. The prior’s otter was accepted;
captain Kuril' received from the general some
comims’dum im the regiment, and about an
bour afterwards it was announced to tlu- prior,
thttl the dinner was served up ui the retectory
ot the monaatery. The general, who was aware
tlnu the French in Spam had reason to be on
their annul in ealnig uud drinking w hat was of
fered 0) tho natives, m\ ited the nrioi to dine
with them: ht\ and tub other thunks accepted
the invitation in such a maimer, as 10 leave no
doubt that he ti li himself moch Haiteivd by it.
Alter the officers hail taken their seais, the
prior Mill grace, carved, cat of every dish first,
end with Ttis own brethren, who poured out
wine* drank plentifully with Ins guests. It wus
not tilt towards the end 01 the repast, that 1 ap
ian t Korif returned, having been detained by
the coiuntiHsioua of the general longer than
he expected. During that interval, lu- hud
found an opportunity to take some retieslinient,
Hut only participated 10 the lively couveisauon
ot the company, hosts uH well as guvats, at the
monastery. Thu general, in particular, express
ed lus saUd'acuotv to the pv»uc, whose kvmt re
ception had surpassed all expectation, Sudden.
|y, liowcver, tru- cheerfulness ot the prior wiu.
Changed into profound s« rio-tsueas; he rose from
his seat, thanked the company lor the honor
they had done lum, and concluded with asking
if any of them hail all airs to settle in tins wotuir
audmg with emphasis, “ flu*, gentium n, is the
last meal y ou uud 1 shall take on earth: in an
hour we shall be before the judgment &* ui ot
God:" Cold trembling horror seized tin gm sis;
for the prior and uis two monks tuid pvnsouwi
the wine in winch they hail pledged luc F.cncn
oiliceis; all antidotes given Ly me French phy
sician were in vain; in less man an bout every
man ot them had erased to live.
W e know not whether this story is, in reality.
one ot those unquestionable luets vvub wlm>.
Die history ot tite fepuiutd) contest ubwunds; hut
we are assured that its accnriey and truth ate
credited by muny persons id uitegmy wnttse
duties lea litem to be mar the scute wlteiv n
is laid. If true, as vv c have there lure reason u
believe, it is one ot the incut extraordinary aiu:
tmin.troole iustsnecs of acii-dcvoUoh ever re
corded.
Into over lb** District of C^olmiibia. Can
you Htipulafi* with a m*w giale that uhe
shall have but one Senator; ilmt her »•«-
preHiMitnlion in this Houae shall be ap*
portioned by the number of her free in*
(labrttthts only; that she shall not appoint
her lull number of electors of the Presi
dent; or that she shall not have a repub
lican form of govfinment? You cannot:
for the ronstitiifi* n
every slate in these
thereof 1 ” the constitution means an ap
prentice, or bound servant. Sir, the de-
finitiun of a word conveys its meaning to
our understandings more clearly than the
word itself; ami the very bual definition
of the word "slave,” that can be given is
a person held to service or labor under the
laws of a state. The constitution describes
apprentices or bound servants as "those
bound to service fo»- a term of years;” anti
fixes the;righls of j tlirerfs that they shull be included in the
respects, fan you j number of free persona. The apprentice
stipulate for the regulation of <ve press;)or bound servant is bound to service or
for the establishment of religion or for a labor by contract; the slave is held tp
power to appoint militia olliccvs? You
cannot; for lti these respects, also, the
righis of the slates are declared by the
constitution. And if you eannit stipu
late. for the exercise of a power pmhibited,
you cannot Biipulule for the exerrisu of a
power withheld.
Will you tint admit that yod cannot
stipulate for a power to appoint militia
iIncurs in a new stale? Yon w illsbecause
that power is specially, and ii direct
terms, reserved to the slates. All. pow
ers not granted, are reserved, ingeneral
terms. If the power is reserved, is it not
the same, whether it be reserve! in di
rect or genera! terms? It is the sane. A
power reserved to the states or to the peo
ple, either in direct or in general terms,
you cannot exercise, without committing
an act of usurpation.
The case supposed, of stipulating for
power to appoint militia officer*, illus
trates the danger which might ariti* to free
dom, bv forming a new class of states,
over which this government should possess
powers different I tom those which it ex
ercises over the o'd slates. A consolida
te* l gffVri iiment misfit k> vfttubUuW.l over 1
«iirh hew states. At the time of the ro-
volution it was a eniiae el rompluint a-
naiimt the British Kinjr, that, by ar<|iii.
ritur ('annila, and estahlishiii|{ a despotic
Eoveemnent therein, he endangered the
liberty nf the Amerimn (’ninnies. The
people would never have adopted the
constitution had they supposed that Con
gress was to exercise over the new states
powersdilVerciit from those granted by the
constitution.
The legislative povver of every state is
originally co extensive. Knelt state, by
the constitution, rmmnits an equal portion
nfits legislative power.to Congress; anti
all the residue is reserved to the states,
(unless prohibited to them) nr to the peo
ple. The only powers ol this government
are given by the constitution. The pow
ers granted are to be exercised over eve
ry state; anil the powers reserved, are
retained by every stale. In Pennsylva
nia nml in Virginia, the power to legis-
Utt respecting slavery is in the legisla
ture. In Ohio and Indiana that power is
in the people, who have denied it to their
legislatures. Nit power has been delega
ted to Congress to legislate on that sub
ject. The Constitution provides that "(lie
powers i.otdelegated to the United States
bv the nin-fnction, nor prohibited by it
to the state, are r'S-rved to the states re-
apertiveiv, or to the people.” The pow
ers not delegated, being reserved to the
states respectively, and to each of tite
slates, whether new or old.
Has the povver to legislate over slave
ry been delegated to the (.’oiled States?
It has not. Has it been prohibited to the
states? It has not. Then it is reservd
to the states respectively, or to the peo
ple. Consequently, it is reserved to the
state of Missouri, or to the people of that
state. And anv attempt by Congress to
deprive them of this reserved power, will
be unjust,tyraoieal, unconstitutional, and
void.
The only condition that may, constitu
tionally, be annexed tn the admission of
anew state into this Union, is, that its
constitution shall be republican. This
the constitution authorises ns to require,
ami it is the only condition tliul is neces
sary. We nnssrss power to make all
needful rcgmntmni respecting the terri
torial properly of the United States. Our
acts in pursuance of the constitution are
paramount to the laws of any state. When
we pursue our constitutional auihoritv,
we need no nid from stipulations; and
when we exceed it. nor nets are acts of
usurpation, ami void.
It has been questioned bv some, vvltelh
ec a constitution can be said to be repub
lican, which does not exclude slavery.
But we must understand the phrase, "re-
publican form of government,” as the
people umlersood it when thev adopted
t the constitution. Weave bound by the
jcniiBtnistitm which was put upon the con
‘atitutionby the people, It would bt per
Muons towards them to put on the con
-titntion ■; different construction from that
vv) i' ll induced them to adopt it.
The people of each of the states who
..dcpteuUie constitution, except Mtissa
service or labor by law. ^ person “held
to service or labor” is the constitutional
ami legal definition of the wortl “slave,”
and ia superadyled to the word “slave” or
"slaves,” in one act of Congress fur sup
pressing the slave trade on less than eigl) 1
times, (li) Thus the obligation of slate
laws, which hold men to service or labor
is acknowledged by the constitution, and
by the laws nf the United States.
To rentier this right, with other rights,
still more secure, Virginia, in adopting
the constitution declared (hat ‘no right,
of denomination, can he cancelled,
abridged, restrained or modified, except
in those instances in which power is given
by the constitution for those purposes;”
and New-York declared, that "every povv
er, jurisdiction, ami right, which is not
by the said constitution clearly delegated
to the Congress of the United States, re-
mniiis to the people of the several stales,
nr to their resp ctive slate governments.”
Several of the other states made similar
lerlarations, But the states were not
content to declare their rights. An amend
ment to the constitution declares that,
“The pow era not delegated to the United
Stales Ivy the constitution, nor prohibited
by. it to the states, are reserved to the
states respectively, nr to the people”
The right to own slaves being acknow
ledged and secured by the constitution,
can you proscribe what the constitution
guarantees? Can you touch a right re
served to the states or the people? You
cannot.
It lias been said, (c) that in Virginia
23,.550 free persons elect a member of the
House of Representatives, ami that in a
northern stnte 35,00ft free persons electa
member. I,et us state the luct to A mem
ber from Vermont represents 35,0(t() pet -
sons only; a member from Virginia repre
sents more than 42.000 persons. In tunn
ing a constitution for a state, it may be
firmed.
But why is the representation on th's
floor spoken of as the representation of
the free population? Our constituents
are the qualified electors only; but we re
present the states, Hie whole population,
and the whole wealth of the community.
Tite ratio of representation is the main
pillar nf the rnnstitutinn; and it does not
heroine those who are sworn to support it
to be undermining its foundations.
It has been said that the states in which
slavery is prohibited, ultimately, though
with reluctance, acquiesced in wlmt is
called the disproportionate number of re
presentatives tk electors that was secured
to the slave holding states. Rut it appears
by the journal of the convention, that,
within twelve days after the convention
commenced its deliberations, the propo
sition to fix the ratio of representation, in
the mnnner in which it was settled, was
made by Mr. Wilson of Penn, and imme
diately agreed to: nine state* voting for
it, among which were Matsncliusctts,
Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylva
nia. It was, iudeed, ufterwaels debated;
and three propositions were olered to the
convention. The. first was td enumerate
free persons only; this was die proposi
tion nr Mr. Randolph,‘of Virginia, and
was ultimately voted for by New Jersey
only,
the articles agreed to by the House.” No
question was afterwards taken on this part
of the clause. And an entry made on the
14th September, after the revision was
reported, prove: the falsehood of those
copicB which separate this clause into two
distinct clauses; it says, “add at the end
of the first clause of the eighth section,
first article, 'but all duties, imposts, and '
excises shall be uniform throughout the
United States.” It obviously appears,
that the committee of eleven used the
wortls “to pay the debts and .provide for
the common defence and general welfare
of the United States,” to express the same
meaning as ‘for the payment of said debts
and tor defraying the expellees that shull
lie incurred tor the ettmmon defence and
general welfare,” the words of the amend
ment moved on the 25th of August. It
is a limitation of the power of taxation,
which the Convention intended should
not be carried further than was necessary
to pay the deb's and provide for the gene
ral welfare. It confers a power to raise
money bb a means of executing the other
powers of the government. How the
clause caqie to lie divided into two clas
ses, as it appears in some copies, which
may be deemed falsified copies, cannot
perhaps be now ascertained.
(0perch to be continued.)
se
UVkNHilUbJSS.
HOUSE OF HF.PItESENTATlVES.
Tuesday, February 22.
Mr. .'hidenon, from the committee on
public lands, to whom an enquirv had been
referred into the expediency nf providing
by law for the appointment of a separate
■Surveyor for the state of illinoia; and also
an enquiry into the expediency of hereaf
ter limiting the sale of public lands; made
reports adverse to both propositions, which
were read and severally concurred in by
the House.
On motion of Mr. Reid, the House
agreed, hy a vote of 77 to 59, to consider
the following resolution offered by him
yesterday:
Resolved, That the President of the Un
ited States be requested to impart to this
House any communications touching the
Florida Treaty, which may have been re
ceived from our Minister Pleniputentia
.a tliA n a ..ro_. ...i • l t.. . .. . .
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The second was to enumerate all 1 at the Court of Spain, which have not been
persons; this was the proposition of Mr. | heretofore communicated, fit, which in his
Pinckney, of South Carolina, and was ul-1 opinion, it may not be inconsistent wills
tiinaMy supported only by South Caro-j the public interest to communicate,
lina and Georgia. The third was Mr. Mr. Randolph, presuming that the ob-
Wilaon’s proposition, to enumerate tlirce- j ject of the resolution was to obtain gene-
tilths of the slaves; which proposition was j rally such information as the F.tecutivehad
supported by the other states, and became ; received touching the treaty, (with the re-
a part of the constitution. Thnt mode of: servation expressed in the last part of it)
enumeration had been previously agreed jhe suggested to the mover the propriety of
on by the old Congress, in April, 1783, for 'omitting that part of the motion which con-
rertainiug the proportion of the public fined the call to information received from
that should be imposed on each our Minister at Madrid
asc
burdens
Mr. Reid acttniesccd in the suggestion
and, thus mollified, the resolution was
of the United States.
It has been said that Congress have po- . _
wer to regulate commerce among the sev-| adopted, and a commit tee nf three appoin-
eral states, and therefore may prohibit j ted to present it to tite President,
carrying slaves into Missouri. I answer,; Mr. Lowndes offered the following re:n.-
that a power tn regulate commerce is not ! lution for cnnsideralinn:
a power tn prohibit commerce. The sup-1 Resolved, That the committee op naval
pression nf the slave trade does not de- i afl'airs be instructed to enquire into tho
prml on P'e power to regulate commerce expediency of extending to the widnvt
alone. It is autlioeised by the clause , of Captain Oliver H. Perry the provision
which _ declares that CnngtVss shall not which is now made by law for the wi-\
prohibit the importation of slaves prior to dnws and children of naval officers who
.1808. The power of Congress is to regu- die from wounds received in action,
late commerce among the several states, ; Mr. L. observed that it was conceived I
and not to regulate the commerce of a 1 that the family of Commodore Perry wat
single state. No preference is to be given embraced bv the existing laws whic.lt pro-
- V - **y * n X re ?" " ,0 " of romraerce, to the vi ,| e f w pensions, as it was not to be sun-
proper that a given number of free per- ports ol one state over those of another.— p0PC( | t (, P generosity or magnanimity of
sons in one part of the state should have And if you were about to exercise one of Congress did not intend to comprehend
as much political power as au equal num- Vonr own cunsliltitmiial powers, I presu.pe j s „ c h a ease; but as this appeared in be
you would not call on Missouri to execute ; doubted, lie had deemed it proper to pro-
ynnr power, by inserting a clause in her po<c ,| le enquiry which he had submitted.
The resolution was adopted nem. con.
Mr. Randolph rose to offer a potion.
constitution#
The honorable member from Ohio claims
for Congress power to “provide for the b”, « «<<’£
general welfare ot the United States,” and
justifies the imposition of the restriction
as a provision for the general welfare. If
this power *19 granted hy the constitution.
Congress possesses absolute power, which
in Rome, was conferred on the Dictator by
an authority to "take rare that the repub
lic received no damage.”
her in any other part of the same state
hut, in forming a constitution fora confe
deracy of states, each should exercise a
share of power, and bear a share of pub
lic burdens, proportioned to their respec
tive ability. The ability of a state may
be fairly estimated by if* rapacity for la
bor—the source of wealth. If men only
were enumerated, there might be some
reason for dropping a portion of the num
ber of the slaves; yet even that is doubt
ful, as many of the freemen are idle, and
belong to the unproductive class, whereas
five children, who are unproductive, and , h ” , J ,"*7*1 nf 7"’"
have no political rignt*. be counted five, ' t , r V ^ ^
in proportioning the. number of tepresen-1.. .{! . f - v ,’ il ” 10 i ** c . se U P a !U |ln >
latives, while five negro men, productive be f " " fut '°. < ‘“"'"f. 7'
laborers, are counted on tv three? A coo- ’7 V?- "7 . th .-“ c,, " n 7 "7
cession was indeed made in the convett- *7 le the C^^'totmu wasonderstnod
(ton in proportioning the representatives 1 7 ‘jnven.ton whofttrmed it. and the
among the State.; hut it seems to me that R e0 P l l e w' 10 adopted it. On the 6th Aug.
the southern States made it. in agreeing to 7 ''T ,n quest,on stood to the draft
count only three-fifths of the slaves. | "! th * ConM.tu.jon thus: “The J.egtsla-
It has been said that the atlowauce to|,, r f °. le , m ?! ^ atp9
p r to lay and collect taxes, duties; imposts
and excises.” On the 18th a proposition
was made to assume the state debts, which
was committed to a committee. On the
(a) /v-rtract from Luthei' Marlin’* report to the
Legislature of Maryland.
"We were then told bv the delegates of the
two first of those states, (Georgia and South ! *** Mr. Rutledge reported from that com-
Carolina;) that their states would never agree rh,s amendment: at the end of the
to a s\stem which put it in the pou cr of the . clause of the first suction of the 7th
general government to prevent the importation , article, add, "for the payment of the debts
of slaves; and that they, os the delegate* from; and necessary expenses of the U. States:
lucl,7'7,™ m “ St tlleir “ S!e ' U lru,n I provided,” &c- On the 25th, it wasntov-
* The clause referred to relates solely u> thc7' 1 a ' 1 ' 1 the first clause of the-first
importation of slaves fiout aim ad. ’i'lie con- * section of the 7th article, "for the pay-
vention used the words "migration or importa-i inent of the said debts, and for defraying,
as svnotiynious. In like- manner tin ' say, I the expenses thai shall be incurred for the
lav an ad valorc
in the contemplation of the convention but tli
slave trade.
(A) 4 vol. laws, p. 04.
fcj By Mr. King ri his pamphlet.
• Printed "imposts:” on obvious mistake.
y
i ii
any member of this House—certainly it
was not possible for him—to keep pace
with the honorable gentleman from South
Carolina, (Mr. Lowndes,) in the race of
honor anti public utility. That gentle
man had, by the motion which had just
been adopted, anticipated him, in part, in
a proposition which lie (Mr. R.) had Jiten-
ded on this particular day, lor reasons
which would suggest themselves to the
mind of every one, to offer to the House.
When he had this morning heard the tow
er guns announcing the return oftherbirtlt
day of Washintnn, Mr. R. said the (bought
had come across his mind that, if this ques
tion was pn‘ to those oho Itave honor in
their months,and money in their pockets;
it would be currimisto.ee how it would
be received. His purpose wn«, Mr. It.
stated to make a motion in relation to the
wife and children of Oliver H. Perrv. It
was his opinion, Mr. It. said, whether cor
rect or not, that the i.onntrv owed more to
thnt man, in its late contest with Great
Britain, than to any other whatever, with
the exception of Isaac Hull—that mail
who hail first broken the steel plain, the
curia, of British invincibility. He hntl
frequently, Mr. R. said, heard person, of
that country speak in terms of admiration
ofCapt. Hull, in his escape from a Heel nf
the enemy, in the Constitution frigate—
of the admirable seamanship which he had
displayed—of his professional skill; but
> izTii ,ler,,nce r' r m ' r lf8re rf \ he ^ r er ^ t
labor, resolution or rote, for the purpose of 7"'' ,ll,,n passed in the negative. On satisfaction of his achievement with tit*
elucidating their moaning. This clause at ouo 1 ^ . 31st the undecided parts t»l tlu* Con- GuurrierAj which had carried her naute,
time stood thus In-fort- the convention: “The slitution xveie reforretl to a committee of in defiance, emblazoned in lar^e fellers on
migration < r importation of such persons as the eleven, tvho, ^on the 4th of September re* i her sail*. That was an event on which
several states, no w exist i ug si rail think piopcr; ported this addition and alteration; the-thev were generally silent. Mr. R. belie,
to admit, shall not be imilutnied Bv the ls-eisla. „i... r e , .• r . ,5 „ J ,, . o-. uu.c-
turc prior to the year taut , hut. tsx or rtnn , "7 , rlil,,s,> " f ‘ hl * J*"' s< ‘ rf “>» " f T ,h<f .',' h v ''’} ^ o1,1 K, )E- would consent that loily
may he imposed on such miration or import:*- a * ,c ' e reai I a9 follows: " I he Legisla- 1 Pakenhams, with all th »ir !e j ions, should
tioii at a-rate not exeei-tlint- die average of the 1 (m'F shall have.power to lav and collect have been buried in the alluvial lands nf
duties laid on ‘imports,” This proposition to taxes, dotjes, it|i|ios(s, and exeises, to pay' the Mississippi, to take back the sine’*
7;™ t ;!r72 V !!.. ,h -. n "! hi '.’5."', :, ' i 1 t' ie and Pfnyidf lor the common de- aetiun of the Gtiert iere; ber.vtt • that ar.
""" ' 1-ore and welfare of the United States.” tion had dune more than any thing els.
The danse thus reported is pointed with tn open the eyes of Europe. It was out
comas only, throughout. On the 8th of inferior it: luitre to unv event in her his-
September, a committee of five were ap- torv, except only that of La H.-.gue. up.
pointed “to revise the style, and arrange der Admiral Russel. Next iu glory tp