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they refpcQ you as brethren,
chosen to fight jointly with us
for ) our c* .«'e and for ours. IV
'\£* h X of our refpett ; fuel
Geunang only as forget them
It I*4* are our enemies.
on my word, which
1 have more than once pledgee
and redeemed -o lave you j <ie
pend on the word of my eitipc
ror and brother, which has nc
ver been vio’ated.
M Chak Lr.t, Gentraltsitno .’
• CONGRESS.
SENATE— |une it.
On motion by Mr. Giles rc_
solved, that a committee be ap
pointed to enquire whether i’
be expedient ami proper at »h*-
ttme, to make any provtfion
by law for tempting the penal
ties and forfeitures incurred by
the violations of fotne of the
provisions of the afl, entitled
€t An all to prohibit the im
portation of (laves into any
port or place within the juril
difJion of the United States
fiom A after the 1 ft of January
iBcB," so lar only- as relates
to the introduction of (lives in
to certain parts of the United
Sta rs, who ue>efinely forct.
Uv expelled fom the 1 il.iiid ol
Cult, with the Ftench tnhabt
tant.s thereof.
Me fits, Giles, Bradley, An
derfon, Ciawloid and Frank,
hn wete appointed the commit
ter.
After cofidering the bill to
amend and continue in force
the ad to interdict the commer
cial intercomle between ihc U.
S»atcs, * rid Great Britain and
F ancr, Ac. it was on irjoiion ol
Air Gilts, pollponed till to.mor
row.
'I he fame courfc was then
pursued with the bill to diicd
the Lie of gun-boats.
On motion of Mr. JJcjd
T#»(n!vrfl that rh* PrirjfuLnt ».l
the Untied States be requested
to cau'e 11» be laid helotc ih<
Senate Inch information, in re.
lation to out concerns with G
B i am, as may be to po(Elliott
cl ti < 1 )t| aim mi of Stan,and
as he nr ty think it expedient to
lubmit to the Sena e,
June 14.
Mr. Gies nun the commit*
tie appointed on the 12th inll.
re. orttd a bill lor the rem flio»>
of certain penalties and for
friturtf, atid lor other put
poles.
lieuse oj Represent drives.
Monday, June nt.
Many petitions were prefen
led ; among!! which woe le*
\e»al by Melfis. Q nicy and
Gard er from mam. actuursof
fall, praying lor a duty on itu
ported fall.
Mr. G atdenier obtained leave
r( abb nee lor the umaindei ol
the lefhon.
Mr. Montgomery reportid a
Fill n'. ku.g couipenlaiion to
Major i’lke A his corny anions
for certain exploring cx| edi
tions. On the qui 11 ion whc.
ther the hill fhoukl have a Ic.
eotkl reading, it was ntgativu
57 'o 4*«
A report was rercivecl from
the attun cy get eiaL n the lot)
ject of fundty ntmoriils re.
raiivc to the hatiuie at New
Orleans, idem d u* him at <l.<
lali lefbon. —Keler ltd t.o a fetet
committee wit It leave to rtpot.
thereon by bill.
Vi atoll M I FPRIroKY
The W P kii pteiemcd a peti.
lion lt&jflcd to him from a
number ot inhabitant* ol thi
diltiiu F«ll ol I'iarl rivet, n.
the MdliUippt Iciiitoiy , pta\.
mg lot tut u.vilivti ol the tent
to. v.
Air. Poindexter moved that
the yetttion oc on the labte;
it would perhaps ue odrclpcct-
•ul to the’.petitioners to rejeQ
i, although its contents would
merit that course. There were
hree parties who mull, by the
rrdinancc for the government
of the territory, content before
he territory of the Mtffiflippi
could he divided. Ore pat.
iy was the Mifliflippi territory,
«he other the Hate of Georgia,
and the third the United States. I
\eithcr of thrfe parties had 1
onlentrd. 1 here was therfore
an absolute inicidietion to all
leg fiction on the fuhjetl ; and
he Ifoufe would with as much i
. :opri« ty tefer a petition fiom
a date to be exempt fmm gener.
al taxation or to recede Irom
the union, as to refer this pen
ion.
Mr. Eurwell said he felt him.
fell bound to opy ole the mo
tion, for its lying on the table.
If the rcquelt was wholly im
proper, the report of a com*
rnittte to that t&ti would fet
tle the queltion at once.
Mr. Jitbb was in favor of the
motion ; though, had a mo
tion been made to reject it, he
(hould have voted againfl it.
Mr. N aeon wasin favor ofa re*
fetence of the petition. No harm
could artfe from an enquiry in.
to it.
Mr. Troup admitted the cor
retfncfs'of the remarks of the
delegated * from the territory,
but wdhed the petition to be
referred to a committee for the
putpole of an enquiry as well
into the amount of population
in that country as into jts qua
lity ; whether it was lawful or
unlawfal. 1 hete were eettain
fads connected w ith this fubjeft
perhaps not generally known
to the.Houle, In the course
of iaft year he had undcflood
that a gteat many peifons, a
mounting to perhaps three or
lour ihoufand, had crofLd the
l’enncllce river, and fixed
m tpieives on its Dar ks, not on*
iy contrary to law, but the im
piefiion was that they had In
out in defiance of the law, and
Had even gone lo far as to or
ganize them ft Ives into military
*iHoclaiton.s for the purpose.
Mr. Poindexor obfetved that
tbeie bad hecii a felt lenient con.
<iat? to the extfting Uw on Ten
neflee near about a year ago j
but (hat they were ordered to
bedrisen off by the military
nice, except they would take
.retmillion to refidc as ten
ons at will. Some had done
lo end lomc had been driven
off.
Mr. Tretip said he mew thal i
orders had fret n given to remove
j them ; but of their removal and
dilperfionbe had not heard. He
Lid he had fatther underflood
*hat there were in the county
of Madison alone two or three
; houfand intruders, and many i
of them killed on Indian !
’rod?, whole ow ners they ex
cited to hoftilhies. There was
another fatt, of w hich the Houle
might kee;i polk (bon. Among
■licle intruders was one of the
name ol Ham lon (lie believed]
* ho ( la’uu d uhdtr what was cal.
, led the I tutu fit e Yazoo claims,
j A who leu ted on the land with
I his retainers, A ddiberaiely be*
j gan to apportion it amongst
j hem. \\ hether he had been
diip. fiefkr, Mr.-T. lard he did
, <>i know, li was abfoluteiy nc
vi Hat y to alccrtatn the ft tu at ion
1 that country, and thetefore
\ he lliuuid vote for the refer.
, - tnee ol the petition to a com-
i mince.
\he petition was ordered to
ue tn tbc table— tj »o 27.
Naval Mt iui-hnekt.
Air. Lulls, bom the toit'init*
ee on our naval establishment,
• rported n bill concerning the na
' al tfctabbahioenl.—[ 1 his hill * u .
iurrisis the Ftraiuci.t ot the Unt*
•
ted States In et«e cf a favorable
tuin in our foreign relation*,
to cause to be laid up in ortlina
»y euch of the pub'ick armed
vessel* of the United Stales as
he may think proper.]—Twice
| read and committed.
I Mr. Cults, fioin the same com
, mittce, on the resolution directing
i the com mi etc to enquire into the
I expediency ol selling snvpartoflhc
: publk-K armed vessels, reported,
\ that it is not expedient at this time
to sell any of the publick armed
vessels —Report ordered to lie
on the tabie.
Tuesday, June 13.
Mr. y. G. J(n.tkan from
the commute of foreign relati
ons, reported the bill to amend
and continue in force the non-in*
tercoura- acts, wiih amendments
Twice r lad, referred to a commit
tee of the whole House, and made
the order o| the day lor Thursday,
Mr. P»tnd,x/er presented a me
morial ol a number of citizens of
the U. S. residing on Tonubigbee
river, stating that they arc sub
ject to an enormous duty of 12
per cent, on all exports & imports
at the Mobile, to be paid to the
Spanish government, aud prating
iiliei—Hcterred to the committee
ol Ways and Means.
WASHINGTON CITY June I*, i
The President of the United Slates
this day communicated the to’.-
lowing Message to the Senate :
7 v the Senate of the United States.
In con pliance with the resolution
of the Senate of the 13th instant,
I transmit ex rat is from letters
from Mr. Pinkney to the Secretary
of Slate accompanied by letters
and communications to lnni, from
the Kutish Set retary of State lor
the Foreign Department ; A ll ol
which have been rectived here since
the last session of Congress.
To these documents are added a
communication just made by Mr.
Erskine to the Secretary of State,
and his answer.
J AMES MADISON.
June 15, lgoi
FROM MR. CANNIVO.
•Fl- Xtirt 4i/cv» 1900.
SIR
In my official note of the 23d of
September, I stated to you the pro
! liability tliat some alterations might
hr made hi the orders in touncil,
wi ll a view to adapt their opera
tion more exactly to the altered
state of Europe, and to combine
| all practicable relict to neutrals
with a more severe pressure upon
the enemv.
As this statement vas however
bt'ly incidental, and as 1 at the same
time disclaimed anv intention of ta
king aclvanti.gr ct stub piopu>ed
! alterations in tlie discussions then
pending between i.s—seeing that
if made, they would not be found,
td on lie admission of any of the j
principles tor wh ch you were con.
tending—it was perhaps noi ncces.
saty that 1 s<iould trouble j ou with
; any farther communication upon
this subject. hut the order ol
! w hich I luve tire honor to iucluse a
having betn passed by his
M j sty in C ouncil on Wednesday
; la »c, lam desirous previously to its
; actual publication, of explaining
jto you the grhtmds on which the
I more extended alteration,, which
"ere in contemplation, have been
1 su pended.
I it wa, intended to relax in acer
tain degree ihe regulations ot the
i orders in council, with respect to
such ot the powers Hi hostility with
1 III* Majesty as were not, or shoulu
j n„i place thviuselvts, in m state ol
tiosuiny With bpain ; but at the
same time that tins relaxation was
extended to other powers, to pro
hibit absolutely by strict, rigorous
and ui,mitigated blockade, ah u»icr
course whatever wuh France.
Ihe adoption by these powers,
who we re to have been »he objects
ol such relaxation, ol the vuws fc
projects ol f ranee viih respect i 0
Sp-.n, does away all assignable
ground ot distinction between
Kance and those powers, and that
p-rt die re tore ol the intended alicr
! uiioiis iHit's not lake plate.
I lie alteration contained j n t h e
inclosed order m council sla , j,
up «. asepetaic tround, and, a* 1
h-ve iooie than o„ cc understood
Iron; you that the j art ol t|,e or
deis in council wh; c li ihi, crt | e r
goes io mitigate u that which w a »
_ *•
* * *
felt mo<t sotely in th* U. Stare*, 11
have great pleasure ,in b‘»«*g au
thorized to communicate it to y nt.
I have the honor to be wuh great
consideration, * .
Sir,
* Yottr most obj»l'ent,
Humble servant,
(StgneJ) GEORGE CANNING.
William Pihkkey E q*
H i Majesty, in virtue of the j
powers reserved to imn, by two J
certain acts pished in the 48ih year
of his M jesty’a reign, theoneeuti. (
tied ** An art for granting to his
Majesty, until thvend of the next I
session cf Parliament, duties of '
cu-'tomi on the goods, .wares and
merchandizes therein erwwnerated,
in furtherance of the provisions of
certain orders in couitcil.” The
other entitled 44 An act for grant*
mg to his Majesty, until the end
of the next session of Parliament,
certain duties on the exportation
from Ireland, of g<»6d* wares, and
merchandize therein enumerated/’
is pleased, bv & with the advice ol
his privy council, to order, anti
it is hereby ordered, that the ope
ration of the aforesaid act be sus
pended as to any duties on expor.
tatiou, granted by the said acts,
so far as relates to articles being
the growth, produce or manufac
tureof any country, for the time
being in amity with his Majesty,
and from the ports of which the
British flag is nut excluded, im
ported direct from such coumrv
into any port or place of the King,
uom, either in Biitish ships or in
ships ol the country of which such
articles are the growth, .produce
or Manufacture.
And hts Majesty it further
pleased, with the advice aforesaid,
to order, and it is hereby ordered,
that the said duties on exportation
be suspended as to all goods wares
& merchandize, which have been,
or may be condemned a*, prize un
til farther order snail be made
therein.
Mr. PIKKNET TO Mr. Canktxci.
(treat Cumberland Piece,
JJeC 28 M, 1808,
Sir,
I have had the honor to receive
*-*—r-Emv x«ih instant, com
municating an ordtr patseo oy m,
M. Ns y in Council on Wednesday
last; and have tr*nsmiui3 co
pies of these papers to my govern,
ment.
It is perfectly true, as the cort
cuiditig paragraph of your letter
supposes me to t elieve, that the
United States have viewed with
great sensibility the pretention ol
ibis government (which, as a pre.
tension the present order plainly
reasserts, without much if at ali,
modifying its practical effect) to
levy impests upon their commerce,
outward and inward, which the
orders in council ol the last year
weie to constrain to pass through
British pi its.
But it is equally true, that mv
government has constantly protes
ted against the entire system, with
ninth that pretension was connec
ted, and lid ß m consequence requir
ed the repeal, not t, c modificau. n,
of W)£ British order* id council#
1 have tiie honor to be.
With great consideration,
Sir, your most obedient,
/c humble servant’
< S, k ncd ) W M . 1Tn kl jey!
Extract oj a'ltttcrfrom M r . Pink
ney to me Secretary 0 J State da
ted arch to, i#o9.
“ f have received from Mr.
Canning a not fication of B|Uoit
ade of which a copy is enclosed ”
mr.cVinn.ho to MR. Pinkney
ihc undersigned, hl« majesty's
principal secretary of state for f O .
rcigu affurs, ha 3 received bis ma
jesty s commands to acquaint Mr.
Pinkney that h s majesty has inde
ed tt expedient to establish the
most ngo.ous blockade of the Isles
of Mauntiu. nn d Bourbon. M r
| Pinkney is therefore requeued to
i apprise the American Consuls and
Merchants, resid.og m England,
that the Isles above mentioned are
and must be considered as beinJ
;in a state of blockade ; and that
Irom this time all the measures aU
'l'cnztd by the law of nations,
and .the respective treaties bci ween
hi* majesty and the different „eu
t»ai powers, will be adopted and
oeiuied wuh respect to ail V e».
fcls attcmpuiig io voilate the »x:d
j blockade after this notice.
The nntfc* <■** 2 **>..
Pifiknev to **» it
of bis high f*' hwi*
(Signed) J
GKO KGE
Foreign Office 3/arch, 8. lao9.
Extract of a letter from M r . Pink,
nty to the secretary of state, fa.
ted London May I, 1809.
| 44 I had the honor io receive, 0r)
»he 25th Match, the letter of y ( . ur
[ predecessor ol the 10th of Frbr (J .
arv ; and on the Urh ot last month’
I Lieutenant Reed delivered to i l)c '
your letter of the isth of March’*
“ Upon the receipt of y our l eU
I ter of the 15th of March, it be!
came mv obvious doty to a*k a co«!
ference with Mr. Canning. | t
took place accordingly on M 0„.
day, the 17ih of April/’
44 At the close cf the conference
he told me that my communica
“oni we-etu hat would rc qj i r<
rtflection, and would naturally
m .ke him anxiou* to tec me again •
and mat he would fix as early a
day as possible, and give me no.
tice.
••Our next interview took p],ce
on the 27 of April.”
“ Mr ‘ Canning read the new
order in council, Os thr Q proceed
cd very briefly to suggest thc pnu
tical alterations winch it would
introduce.”
I ihought I should best dij.
charge my duty by lo.bearing u , e .
less O.scusMon—and by receiving
as it was ofTtrcd, but without mak
king uiyst.f a party to it, tn actu
al improve mem, capable of future
extension under the auspices of
just and friendly, sentiments and
enlightened poJj tv . % »»
nlr. Canhivg t * Mr. PiNKjrr?
Foreign Utfue April 30, Hog.
Sir,
Hhen I had the honor to tram*
mi t to you on the S4th of Deer m
ber last, tlie order in council pas
stdon the 21st of that month, I
icterted to that passage of my oil).
ciai note of the 23d of September,
*BOB, in which I stated to you
that, “ It is not improbable indeed
that some alterations may be made
in the Orders in Council, as thry
are at present itamed ; alteration*
calculated not to abate their spirit
—, inrs oair their principle, but to
adapt them more x.^
different state of things which hat
fortunately grown ip i n Europe,
h to combine all practicable relief
to neutials with a more severe
pressure upon the enemy,”— and I
at the same time exp ained to vou
the grounds on which the design
of the larger alterations which bad
been in con cmplttion in Sept.
was for the time laid aside. Ky
the order of Council which I have
now thc honor to inclose to you,
that design, a* explained in myoflE.
cia! no;e of Srpu mber 23d, Is fully
carryed into t xccution.
1 have the honor to be,
With thc highestconsiderstion
Sir 1 our most obedient, I
Humble servant,
(Signed) G EO. C A N NING,
WttLiAU & c . &c.
[Here loliows tht Lutihii older ofl
the 26th of April, as given in out!
last paper.]
Mr. KrskiniTto Mr. Fmitr. I
Wash; ng ton June 15, ißo9fl
Sir, , j ■
i have the honor to enclose the®
copy of an o.der of his Majesty i®
Council, issued ou the 26th cfl
April last. . I
1q consequence of official consß
menication* sent to n.e from hi®
Majesty’* government, since t!:®
ad< ption of that measure, I >®
enabled to assure you that it ha®
no connection whatever with tl'S
oserture*, which I have been
thorised to imke to the govero®
reent of the United State*, *®
that I am petsuaded that the icrmH
of the agreement, *o happily cot®
eluded by the recent
be strictly fulfilled on the p»®
of hi* Majesty, ■
i f ib internal evidence of
dcr itself would fully justify
foregoing construction j Sc more®
over, it will not have escaped )
noiice that the repeal
b> been made of the order oi lh ß
7ihof January, 18u7 which »®
wording, to the engagement 11" 4 '®
enured imo, on the part of ®
Majesty, u to he abrogattd * S|
thc other orders, in const
of the adjustment ot diffcrt^®!