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' lik« the of every
t mvident rind render father, nc-
lum* his value till they feel
fiu- of his protection. In
the clays of youth and ignorance,
t was led to believe, that com
i< ‘i i, freedom and virtue, were
exciufi/dy the lot of republi
c r . A very ihort trial eon
vinrcu ire of my error, adrno
fiilhod me to repent of my fol
ly, and urged me to compcn-
Dre for the injufticeof the opi
nions I had conceived. Dur
ing an eight years a b fence from
my country, I was not an un
< oncerncd fueftator o i her pe
dis, nor did 1 liften, in lilcncc
to the flandefc of her enemies.
Though divided from England
.by the ocean, though her gay
fields were hidden, probably
forever, from my view, Dill
her hanpinefs and her glory were
die objects of my conftant foii
citude ; I rejoiced at her vifto
rics, and mourned at her defeats;
her friends were my friends,and
her foes were my foes' Once
more returned ; once more un
de: the fife-guard of that Sov
ereign, who watched over me
in my infancy, and the want of
whole protecting arm I have lb
long had ocrafion to lament, I
fee an irreTillable defire to com
municate to my countrymen the
fruit of my experience; to fhew
teem the injurious confcquenc
es of .difeontent, clifloyalty and
innovation ;■ to convince them,
that they are the freed, as well
happiefb of the human race 3
•and, above all, to warn them a
gainft die arts of thole ambi
tions and defigning demagogues,
who •would willingly reduce
them to a level with the cheat
& Haves, in the bearing of
’ whole yoke 1 had the mortifi
cation tofharc.
C O N G R E S S
Of the UNITED STATES.
iIciTSE OF Representatives,
■ xr ednefuny i January 7.
Tir houfe went again into a
Com-urice of the whole on the
Judiciary Bill. Mr. Rutledge
in ri:e chair.
Mr. Dennis offered an a
mendment to a feflion, the cb
i'eft of which was, to try the
quefhon of the conflitudonality
of inverting’ the Hate courts with
judicial powers.
On which a debate enfued, in
which Meliks. Dennis and 1 lar
per advocated, and Mdfts.
Bird and Notf, oppofecl the
court nationality of the powers, j
Nodecdionwas had; it be- j
mg luggefted that the amend- j
menc propped did not fully !
'neet the object contemplated 1
u * mover. Bv general con- |
J - nt lubicit was palled over
lor the rr, lent.
1 he ijcli ieflion was then I
T aL ’ up which there was a blank I
1m the Him Much fixes the low- 1
ell amount fn dollars f or ■
w hich ad ions may be brought
in the circuit courts.
Mr. Nicholas moved to fill I
*he blank with five hundred
dollars.
Mcrtrs. Harper and Bayard
op poled the morion, and on I
thequelllon there were Ayes 77, !
77 ■ the (.airman vot
ing in the negative, it was loft
—The blank was then filled with
400 dollars.
' l'burfday, January 8.
In committee of the whokon
the judiciary bill.
Mr. Nicholas moved an ad
j ditional member to the 17th •
! left ion* the objeft of which was
j to prevent the federal courts
J from taking cognisance of
debts created by alignment ; ;
which limitation cxirted in the ;
law of 1798, atprefent in force. I
On this motion a debate en
fued } in which the motion was
happened byMefTrs.
Randolph, Spaighf, and Allbn ;
and oppofed by Meftrs. Grif
wold, 1 larger ami Bavard.
On the quertion being taken,
it was agreed to, Ayes 42 —Seen
V-
Mr. EggleCon erfonepuf- :
iy Hated in the hfi paper as hav
ing Oppofed in debate the re
port of the committee of privi
leges. Mr. Egglcfton took no
parr in the , debate, though ho
voted again ft the report.
Monday, January 12.
The houfe moved itfelf into
a committee of the whole, on
the Judiciary Bill.
Several amendments were
made, when the committee rnfe,
and reported the bill with fun
dry amendments.
A motion was made, to port
* pone the confideration of them
till they fhould be printed, and
loft.
The houfe then proceeded to
confidcr them, and adjourned at
the ulual hour without having
gone through with them.
Tuefday , January 13.
Mr. 1 \.arper moved certain
refolutibns for appropriating che
furplav receipt of the poll-of
fice crtablifhmcnt to the aid of
turnpike roads, which were di
rected to lie on the table.
Mr. Taliaferro role, and in
formed the houfe, in terms (im
ple, dignified and imprdlive,
that his colleague, James Jones,
was no more.
The houfe immediately came
to an unanimous vote, to mark
their refpeft for the dcceafed,
by each member’s wearing, for
one month, a crape on his left
arm. They alio appointed a
committee of five members to
take charge cf his funeral which
, they refoived to attend.
Mr. Davis moved a call of
: the houfe to-morrow at 12 o’-
clock.
The houfe divided—Ayes
35;
The Speaker declared the
| motion loft.
The houfe then refumed the
; confideration of the amend
-1 ments to the Judici«ry Bill re
ported by the committee of the
i whole.
A motion to fix the falaries of
| the judges of Kentucky, Ten
j neftee, and Ohio, diftrifts, at
i 1500 dollars inftead of 1200
dollars, as propofed by the com -
mittee, was carried.
Mr. Harper offered two new
1 tedious, to be lubftituted in the
the room of thole firuckcn out I
in relation to admiralty courts, i
The houfe then poftponed the *
! further confideration of the bill
till Tiiurfday, and ordered it, I
togeth cr with Mr. ITarperV re- *
I Solutions to be printed.
1 Thurflay, January if
Mr. Otic as chairman of the
* committee appointed to en
quire into the Hate of the trea
sury, in conformity with the re -
queit of the late Secretary, m
j formed the houle that the com -
! mitree expected to be prepared
j to report in two or three clays.
I In making the invclligation, the
! committee had not confidcsyd !
• it as incumbent on them to en- ]
I ter into an examination of ail
thole dong details which had al- !
ready been under tire eye of the i
houle. They had, however, i
carefully cammed tliofc Hate- i
j meats not been mi- |
nlitely exhibited to the houle ; |
and, indeed, had made every cn- |
quiry that in their opinion was 1
neccltary to a correct under
; Handing or the Hate of the trea
lury. As, however, the com
mittee in the enquiry made, had ;
been left entirely to their own j
dilcrction, and might, perhaps, I
have failed to take all thofe
views that members might dc
ar''; he was inftrudeed by the
committee, at tire inilancc of the 1
Secretary and comptroller of the ;
trealury, to invite any members,
who were de-irons of having
any particular Information, to
Hate their requefl, which might
be attained by p-ropofing fpc- ’
cific inHrudlions to the commit- •
tee, wlio would mod: cheerful- j
ly co-operate in the furtherance I
of their object.
The houle then went into a j
committee of the whole on the j
report of the committee of |
ways and means, on a motion
made by Mr. Cooper to repeal
the adt for the valuation of lands
and dwelling houfes, See.
o 1
On this Subject fomc debate
enfued, which terminated in the
reference to the committee of
ways and means, an enquiry in
to the expediency of repealing
the adL
A motion was made to go
into a committee of the whole |
on the report of the committee
of rev Hal and unfini’fhcd bufi- I
nefs, recommending a continua
tion of the fed!cion lava, which
v.as rejected.
S VA SHI N Cj TO N, J an. 14.
Diid,] On Monday , in this
city, in his g'ld year, JAMES 1
JONES, of Georgia, a member
of the lie life of Feprefntatives of \
the United States. His Ir.Js is
grout to his family and friends ,
but greater to his country. Few !
men pofejfedfo great influence and I
r effect in the fate where he lived, j
cud be was among the moft rej~ \
portable in iheHsufe cf ileprefer~
tafives. His Uniform andfteady
devotion to the principles of cur
republican confutation, was re
commended lyfuch an affibility of |
manners, and dfpcfition to friend- j
jhipy that he feemed almoft to ef- 1
tape the a ferity cf political par
ty. U hen the melancholy tidings
of h:s death were announced in
Congr eft , the tear cf grief on all
fides of the hoiife formed that poli
tical cmmcfity was overcome by
feelings more honorable to humani
ty-, each one feemed to be fcnfihle j
that the heufe had lof: an cm a- |
men: and a friend.
On Lns death being announced to j
tie JJoife A Repre.fer.tatdecs, they
I
j immediately uffiheJ, tj rv.r.v
| mens vole, that each member /hall
wear, for one month, a crape hand
his left arm.
And this meriting his f merc ,
; was Attended by kth hoij'u ~f
j' Congrejs.
LOUISVIL L F,
aAt UR DATS, Fehraary j, jBoi.
xjiljjJ, J Un ifoe i Kjiij at
ft month, at the Fedcra i
lity, the honorable ]ame i
SBjoncsj; one of cur reprefenta- £
H Ives in Covgrefs, aged 31 I
B years. He was born inMa m
S yland, and came to this ft at |
S when very young , under tt »
E care of his uncle, the late a. B
I Marbury.—He revived //. I
I principal part of his eduu 1
p ion at the academy of Au<yu m
; S a—at the age of 18, wcMt
% tflcced in the office of a gen jg
I leman eminent in the pnff S|
11 lion of the law, in the town . I
, * dvannah—after bis clerk k
|J hip, was admitted to the ha B
g vbere his talents feen we K
I ||jj if covered, but jhortly aft
H onnefling himfelfin ntarriag- S
aav declined the graft ice, a> I
>ecame a planter—bis ch ifi
WL/crtment rendered him ami, all
;HV to a numerous acquaintnm k
I m - ~The inhabitants of Cka |
; Wham . county , knowing h I
worth, elected him at an ear «
B v period , one of their repre K
Wife,Actives to the fate legijla jl
| ure ;in that capacity he a: jp
H fitted himfelf with in defer p
nr] knee and abilities, and wc Kj
■ || or everal years after war ||
H facedfir ft in the lift cf thel gS
Wfreprffentatipn—he was aij R
re ent one of their members ■ S
B 'he convention at the late al j|
1 g eralien of the confutation- R
! g , vice elected to congrefs by H
. ni ate throughout the fate ■
Q without opposition, and by a jjv
S iff of the legif at ure appoint -H
j d one of the commij/ioncrs 1 jjaj
I fettle the inter eft ing difpute c jS
veftern territory with th KB
J/iited States—Both in (H
wlic and privite view, hi B
hath will be regretted in ev> H
y quarter cf cur flats —I M
nduftry, ft riel honefty, ec, g
"■id engaging manners, and B
uft knowledge cf the tranft. R
ions cf human affairs, plaa £|
dm in fit nations, where U jg
widow and helplefs have ha S
ccafion to mingle their tec. R
with his near eft connections- m
ewas a fond father, an c S
hetionate hufhand, and lovh I
EXECUTIVE DEPART
MENT, LOUISVILLE,
(
February ?, 1801.
OFFICIAL dispatches liv
ing been received Fom
Abraham Baldwin, fenator, and
Benjamin Taliaferro, reprefen
tatives from this State in Con
grds, of the death of JaM£3
Jones, al Co one of die repre
sentatives of this State therein,
a citizen eminent for his public
virtues and patriotic fervices.
It is recommended to all OL
cers civil and military belong-