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time; and therefore ffiall be receivable from the
bearer in lien of money in any other date in the
union, as well as in the (late in which they were
iifued* * %
That the (late paying Cuch indents of in ered
into the Fadcral Treasury (hall have credit there
for, which payment (halt be coolidered as a dis
charge of the interedon thedomeftic debt, in the
proportion that each date avails itfelf of the said
indents of interest; but no date (hall have a right
to pay more than its quota, as f]pecified in the "ex.
ifting requhitions of Congress, in the said indents
of intered.
Rejoined) That the Board of Treasury be, and
they are hereby direfted to traufmit to each date .
an account of their refpedive arrears in specie and
in indents, to date to them the impediments that
the public lervice has differed, and the accumulation
of foreign and domedic cmbarraffaisnts that have
arisen from their delinquency —to prefsupon them
the absolute neceflity of their making payment of
their arrears of specie, as it is the only fund on
which Ccngrefs can rely, for the support of the
Kaederal Government-—and to remind those dates
who continue particularly delinquent, that they
mud be considered as responsible for all the evils
Which will inevitably flow from a disregard to the
political obligations by which they arc conditu- ;
tionatly bound.
Rejoined, That such parts of the requisitions of
the years 1784, 1785,' and 1786, as redrifts the
receipt at the public treasury of indents of winte
red without a certain proportion of specie—those
parts Which declare that after a certain day, those
Hates which have not paid their quotas, (hall be
held to pay the fame in specie—and such part as
prevents the receiving of the indents issued in one
year inpayment of taxes for another, be, and they
are hereby repealed : And it is hereby de
clared, that the indents issued in 1784, 1785, and
1786, or under the present requisition, (hall be in
discriminately -received in payment of any date’s*
quota of indents of intereds.
JOURNAL of CONGRESS.
Friday, QSober 12, 1787.
On motion of Mr. King, seconded by Mr. H-
Lee,
Refolded, That Congress proceed to the eleftion
of a minider plenipotentiary to reside at the court
of France, and that his commission commence
from the expiration of the present commission of
the Honorable Thomas Jefferfon, and continue in -
force for the term of three years, unless sooner
jevoked by Congress.
Congress accordingly proceeded to the eleftion,
and the ballots beingjtaken, the Honorable Thomas
Jefferfon was clcfted. ~
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Saturday, o Sober 13.
On a report of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs,;
to whom wag referred a letter to him from the’
Minider of the United Netherlands, enclosing a
note of the fame date, complaining of an aft of
the legislature of the commonwealth of Virginia,
exempting French brandies imported in French
and American vessels, from certain duties, to
which the like commodities, imported in Dutch
vessels, are left liable, as being contrary to the
sd article in their treaty with the United States,
dipulating that they (hall be treated as the mod fa- •
voured nation.
R Joined, That whenever any of these dates
(hall think proper to grant a favor to any foreign
nation, such date ought to extend it to luch other
foreign nations, as by treaties with the United
States, are to be treated as the mod favored na
tion.
Rejoined, That a copy of the above resolution,
and of the representation of the Minider of the
United Netherlands, be transmitted to the com
monwealth of Virginia, to the end that the legis
lature of that commonwealth may take the earlied
opportunity of reviling the aft of which the said
minider complains, and rendering the fame per
feftly confident with the treaty subsiding between
the Uuited States and the United Netherlands, and
of causing to be repaid whatever extra duties may,
in virtue of the said aft, be extafted on the bran
dies there imported in Dutch vessels, during the
operation of the fame.
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Wednesday, CSober 17.
On a motion of Mr. Irvine, seconded by Mr.
Carrington,
1 Rejoined, That the Board of Treasury be, and
they are hereby authorifed and direfted to dispose
of for specie or public securities, such of the pub
lic buildings at Carlille, in Pcnnfylvania, as in the
opinion of the Secietary at War, are no longer
necessary to be occupied by the Uuited States, on
thC'bciUcrmi that con be obtained.
Saturday, oSober 23*
On the report of a committee confiding of Mr.
Grayson, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Ross, to whom
w«8 referred a motion for a representation to the
states of North-Carolina and Georgia, oa the lub
jed of Surrendering a liberal portion of their ter
ritorial claims.
Resolved, That it be, and it is hereby repre
sented to the states of North-Carolina and Geor
gia, that the lands which have been ceded by the
other states in compliance with the recommenda
tion of this body, are/now felling in large quanti
ties for public Securities; that the deeds of ces
sion from the different states have been mide with
out annexing an express condition that they should
not operate until the other states under like cir
cumstances made fnnilar ccflions; and that Con
gress have such faith in the jaftice and magnani
mity of the states of North-Carolina and Geor
gia, that they only think it neoeiTary to call their
attention to these circumftanoes, not doubting but
upon consideration of the Subject, they will feel
those obligations which will iuduce similar ceifions,
and juftify that confidence which has been placed
in them.
October 3-6.
On the report of a committee confiding of Mr.
Kean, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Grayson, to whom
was referred amotion of Mr. H. Lee, with di
.reftions to report inftruftions for holding treaties
with the Northern and Southern Indians,
Re/olvea f, That the executive or legifiative, if
•they be in feflion, in the states of North-Carolina,
South-Caroliha and Georgia be, aud they are hereby
authorised to appoint each of them, one coramif
ftoner, who ftiall, in conjuuftion with the Supcr
intendant of Indian Affairs for the Southern depart
ment, or in his,adfence, by themselves negociaie
a treaty for the eftabliftiing peace between the
United States and the tribes of Indians in the Sou
thern department; and any two of the commis
sioners to be appointed as aforefaid, in conjunction
with the Superintendaut, or in case of the absence
of the Superintendant, any two of the Said coru
miffioners agreeing, their deciliou ftiall be final
and conclusive; and that the Said commiftioners
ftiall each be allowed five dollars a day for the time
they ftiall he employed in that business, in full for
their Services and expences, exclusive of their ex
penccs at the place or places where the treaties
Shall be held.
That the sum of fixthoufand dollars, being a
part of the sum appropriated by the resolution of
the twelfth of the present month, for holding In
dian treaties, in addition to the goods in the hands
of theformer commiftioners, for holding a treaty
with the foutbern Indians, be applied to holding
the Said treaty, at such time and such places as
ftiall be appointed by the Superintendant of Indian
Affairs for the southern department, in conjunc
tion with the executive of the state of N orth-
Carolina, for the treaty with the Cherokees, and
with the executive of Georgia, for that with the
Creek, nation; or, in case of the absence of the
Superintendant, then the time and place to be ap
pointed by the executive of each state in manner
aforefaid. The aforefaid sum to be in full for all
charges, of whatsoever nature they may be rela
tive to the said treaty, including the pay of the
commiftioners and militia; and, that the states of
North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, be
called on to furnilh the aforefaid sum in equal pro
portions, to be credited on requisitions of Con*
grefs.
That the commiftioners aforefaid be, and they
hereby are authorised to apply to the states of
North-Carolina, South-Carolina and Georgia, for
any number of men, not exceeding one hundred
of their militia, for the purpose of guarding and
protecting the ftoresand goods necefiary for car
rying on the said treaty.
On Tuefday last the General Elc&ion was held
throughout this State. The following is the
Return for Richmond County :
For the Convention:
William Few, James M‘Niel, aud John We
reat, Ffqrs.
For the General Ajjembly:
JAMES M‘NIEL, 427
BENJAMIN FEW, 373
JESSE SANDERS, 373
SOLOMON ELLIS, 271
JOHN COBB, 271
WILLIAM F. BOOKER, 259
CHARLES CRAWFORD, 226
JAMES M*FARLAND, 221
JOEL CRAWFORD, 179
THOMAS GLASCOCK, 179
William Barnett, Esq. Sheriff; Nathan Har
ris, Esq. Clsrk j William Few, feu. Esq, Coro
ner*
We art informed that the new Ftd era i r I
tution is so very popular in the harts ofXj a feilx
setts and Maryland, that Mr. Geary has been l 1
in effigy imMaffachufetts,. an(Lwhen£ol U nel vl
son arrived at Alexandria, on his way home J
Corporation waited on him, with an intimatl■
that, although they entertained the highest fcS
of his amiable character, yet such party spirit sr9
vailed among the people that they could not prS
him, and advised his speedy departure fro»nß
that place. - , .
A gentleman who writes an elTay on the n ■
moting federal fentlments in the United States!
makes the following judicious
ail national affairs, and particularly in the moder |
ffate of political society, money is a great and nel
ceffary instrument. The federal government ■
though frugal, has a considerable expence in tiniel
of peace: it mud have certain and adequate re,l
sources for an eventual war, and for
the national debt. No person of any fenfeVl
believe that foreign powers will wait
When they caunot obtain even interest for a g I
rous loan, what muff they think of national honor' I
integrity, gratitude! Will they think America!
w orthy of their friendffiip, or even common civi, I
lity ! will they again spent their blood and treasure I
for her independency l In case of a war with anv I
formidable power, how will an army be railed I
and equipped ? Will the troops again lfft f or mo , I
ncy, of which a month’s pay will loon fcarccly buy- I
! a morning dram? Will men of honor fuffer him, I
ger and cold, bleed and die, for a country that I
will not do them common justice ? While the ftatea I
are diluting whether they lhali grant the federal
requifitious or not; an enemy may penetrate into I
the heart .of the country, and cut off fomc mem
bers of the union. In the midftof a debate whe
ther a few hundred pounds more or less lhali be
granted, an enemy’s grenadiers may step in, and
fay deliver or die; raise immediately so many
thousand pounds or have your city pillaged and
burnt! This is plain sense; those who will not
comprehend it, are insane, and if nothing else will
cure them, had better be bled by their own citizens,
than maflacred by an enemy. Was lan Ameri
can, my sword would not sleep in the scabbard,
while sordid wretches ruined my country. Is it
not horrible that at this very time the favagesriot
in blood and deftruftion, because the federal go
vernment cannot support a regiment of troops on
the frontiers ! The wail of the babe, who dies
under the tomahawk on the mother’s the
shrieks of the mother that fill the and
pierce the very rocks—the expiring groans of the
father writhing in flow fires, do they not cry to
heaven for vengeance over that cruel avarice,
I which is the cause of such woe !
Extras of a letter from Parity dated May 30,1787*
Tranjlatedfrom the French .
The Marquis de la Fayette, on the day before
the dilfolution of the Assembly of Notables, which
took place on the 15th inff. having represented the
situation of the Protejlants in France, brought in a
motion which he carried by a great majority, to
the following purport:
That whereas a considerable part of the citizens
of France, who do not profefs the Roman Catholic
religion, are laying as it were, in a ffate of civil
deaihy it is expected that the King, desirous to
impress every heart with the love of his own re
ligion, and knowing that truth isfufficient of itfelf,
and that error alone can be in need of violent
measures, would add to his other virtues that of a
benevolent tolerance ; in consequence whereof, his
Majesty is mod earnestly requeffed to put an end
to those laws of profeription against his protejlant
J'ubjecis, which are equally contrary to the general
interest of religion, to good morals, to population,
to national industry, and to every principle of mo
rality and policy.
Having carried this motion in the AlTembly, the
Marquis made another motion for the revision of
the civil and particularly of the criminal laws,
which was a!fo agreed to, and presented by the
King’s brother, president of that body, to the
King, who received the two addresses very gra
cioufly.—lt is to be remarked, that among those
who supported the Marquis’s motion in favour of
the proteffants, molt of whom are Calvinists , to
the number of fifteen hundred thousand, the Bi
lhop of Longres was one of the molt liberal.
m are reqvefted to insert the following:
Augujla, November 1, 1737.
To His Excellency George Mathews , El'q. and
the Honorable Council.
MOVED with the livelicft feufe of obligation
for your attention paid to the Franks, m/
couftitueuts, 1 feel it the molt plcafing talk to Jo
licit for a moment, to give thanks to the magna'