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Te r A r-r e ' : s s.ory other re
i guizanre I r b ’1 v any court
of the tTnitctl Scares ; and if faid
judge fhall r fife to aft, or the
pc? for. or perfons fail to procure
f.Tfoftory hail, then the faid
pe;f n or perfons are tobepro
curded with accordir.fr to the di
reft ions of this aft.
Sec. 17. And be U further
That if any perfon,
vho fhall be charged with a vi
olation of any of the pro/mods
or regulations- of this aft, fhall
t e found within any of the Unit
ed States, or either of the terri
torial cliftrifts of die United
Stares, Toch oTender may be
there apprehended and brought ,
tn trial, in the fame manner a O ,
V. fuch crime or o(fence had been
committed within fuch ftdtc or
diflrift i and it if all be the duty |
cf the military force of tiie
United States, when called upon
by the civil magi Orate, or any
proper officer, or ether perfon
duly author;fed for that purpofe,
end having a lawful wan anr, to
aid and a 010 llich magi Oral e,
officer, or ether perfon autho
rlfed as afore faid, in arrefting
fuch offender, and him commit -
ing to fafe cuflociy for trial ac
cording to law.
Sec. 1 3. And he it further
tnaSfedy That the amount of
finc^, and duration of imprifon-
by this aft as a
punifhment for the violation of
any of the provifions thereof,
(hall rtained and fixed,
roc exceeding the limits pre
feribed, in the diferetion of the
court, before whom the trial
(hall be had; and that all fines
and forfeitures, which fhall ac
crue under this aft, fhall be one
half to the ufe of the informant,
and the other half to the ufe of
the United States; except
where the profeettion fhall be
firft informed on behalf of the
United States; in which cafe
the whole fliali be to their ufc.
Sec. 19. And'he it further
emitted) i hat nothing in this aft
fhall be conftrued to prevent
any trade or intercourfe with
Indians living on lands furreend
ed by fettlements of the citi
zens of the United States, and
being within the ordinary jurif
chftion of any cf the individual
flares; or the unmolefted ufe
of a real from Wafhington
diftridt to Mero diftrift, or to
prevent the citizens of Tcnncf
fee from keeping in repair the
faid road, under the dircftion
or orders of the governor cf
faid fUte, and of the navigation
of the TenndTec river, as re-
Ur ved and fe cured by treaty ;
i.or fhall this aft be conftrued to
prevent any pr- rfon or perfons tra
vellingfrom Knoxville to Price’s
fettlement on Obed’s river, (fo
called,) provided they foall
travel in the trace or path which
is ufually travelled, and provid
ed the Indians make no objec
tion ; but if the Indians objeft,
the Prcfident of the United
States is hereby authorized to
| flue a proclamation, prohibit
ed; all travelling on faid traces
cr either of them, as the cafe
may be, after which, the pen
uit:es 03 this aft fhall be incur
red bv every perfon travelling
or being found on laid
cr c;;nc: of them, 10 which the 1
p r oi I Li 11 on rr. ay op pi y* -w! chin ’
' the Tridliin boundary, without a;
paffport.
Sec. 20. And he it further
enabled. That the P re ft dent ot
the United States be, and he is j
hereby authorized to caufe to j
be dearly afeerrained - and dif
tinftly maiked, in all fuch
f as be fha’l dt-em necef
ihry, and in fuch manner as he
f rill dirtft, any other boun
dary lines between the United !
States and any Indian tribe, |
which now are, or hereafter ■
may be efiablifiied hy treaty.
Sec. at. And he it further \
enabled) That the Prcfident of
the United States be authorized
to take fuch mcalurcs from time
to time, as to him may appear
expedient 10 preventer rtftrain
the vending or cilfthbuting of
fpirituous liquors among ail or
any of the faid Indian tribe s, any
thing herein contained to the
contrary thereof nctwithftand
ting.
Sec. 22. AA he tf further
enabled) That this aft fhall be
in force from the paflkge there
of; and fo far as rcTpefts the
proceedings under this aft, i: is
to be under flood, that the aft,
entitled “ An aft to amend an
aft-, entitled, an aft giving ef
fect to the laws of the United
States within the diflrift of Ten
ndTee,” is net to operate.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the Ho ufe of Repre-
Jentatives .
Aaron Burr,
Vice- V ref dent cf the United States
and Pref:dent cf the Senate.
Approved, March 30, sScc.
T HOMAS J EFFERSON,
Prcfident of the United States.
Meffrs. Day & llely,
ALTHO’ difputes between
individuals cannot be very en
tertaining to the community,
yet when they involve an invel
dgation of t he ccnduft of pub
lic agents, it is to be prefumed
they cannot be w holly unintcr
efting. Under this impreftion,
and cor.fcious ton of not bein"
O
the aggreffor in the prefent cafe,
but on the contrary, that my
conduft as 2 member cf the Le
gislature lias been unjuftly afTiil
ed, in an illiberal attempt at
once to rob me of the confidence
and good opinion of thofe whom 1
I had the honor to reprefenr, I
flatter myfelf that the public
will excufe me in replying to a
piece which appeared in your
paper of the 24th of March,
under the fignature of Bolling
Hall. From this, I find that
my reply to his firft publication
has brightened Ins talent for
invention, and that he All con
tinues in the cxercife of the du
ties which he moil probably en
gage*! to perform, when he c n
lifted himlelf under Gen. Me
riwether. I fhall not pretend j
to notice, or imitate, his four- j
riiity, but vdiilft I do juft ice to
my own feelings, foal 1 probably
be enabled to fnew, that in at
| mpting to clear himfc lfotonc
foifohood, he has added otheis
to the lift.
I ; all with the effrontery
ot impudence itlelf, declaies
the certificate he figned to be
’ true; but only produces his own !
word in evidence cf the fact—
What credibility ought to be
given to cither his, or General
I Meriwether’s aflerrions, I will
| leave the world to determine,
j Already have I pledged my
i felf to Ihew irtconteftably* if it
| fhould ever be required, that
j the latter is a hypocrir, has rc
| peatedly facrificcd his word,
| and that lus pl'omlfes liberally
I bellowed under the mail: cf
1 friendfiiip, never bind him to
1 c
j a performance.
The certificate of Mr. Hall
| which I earned to be pubiilhed,
and which he declares to be
true, is in thefe words ; t: We
clo certify that General Clark
did rcfoie to vote on the motion j
for difehargirg John Berrien |
from his impeachn cut, and gave i
it for his reafon that he was in- i
tcrefted in the yazOo depofit.**
Now the certificate of twelve
other members dates, <c that
on taking the vote ycflcrday
relative to the impeachment of
John Berrien, Efq. Gen. Clark j
declined voting, and left the :
Houfe foneafons which he then |
ftared, and returning imtnedi- |
atcly after the quedion had been |
j taken, flared tire following as |
! an an additional reafon for de- j
dining to vote, viz. that he |
had formerly been fomewhafc j
interefted or a 1 ttle interefoed !
in the yazoo Tales,” or words to j
that eiTedt.”
Which two certificates rer
tali.ly contain feparare and dif- |
tindt meanings, diametrically
counter to each other. Yet
Mr. Hall pretends lie cannot
fee wherein the latter contradicts
the former. In order to aid
him in clearing up this Teeming
mvflery, 1 will give him an en
trant of an explanatory letter,
together with the certificate of
Benjamin Whitaker and Walter
Drane, Efquircs, the two gen
tlemen who figned with Mr.
Hall, whcieby he may perceive
that he is left the folitary fop
portcr of an action the nrofl
daftardly and cowardly, that
ever was attempted by a Speak
er cf a Houle cf Representa
tives.
<c I do hereby certify that the
exprefiion made ufe of by Gen.
Clark in the Hcufe cf Keprc
fentatives, in the late fefion,
refpefling yazoo, was, to the
bell cf my recolledlion, ofter
he returned to the HcuJj, end the
qtiefiion wc.s decided > and I be
lli ve the meaning intended to
bt conveyed by the cxprtfllon
was, that he had formerly been
interefied in yazoo. February
sth, 1802.
“ B. WHITAKER.”
" I accord in fentiment with
Col, Whitaker, 13th Feb. iSc2.
“ W. DRANE.”
ff Agreeably to your requeft,
I went cut to Col. Whitaker’s,
and Ihewed him I Jail’s publica
tion ; he exprefled himfclf in
very friendly terms towards you,
and declared he (hould not have
figned the certificate had he re
flected one moment, and con
ceives he was improperly taken i
in j particularly fo when he law ;
that General Meriwether put i: j
up; he then faw with f • row
what he had done.”
The above is an extraC: taken
from a letter written by a gen
! demon pn Loui.V.j’g . e .
Clark, datetl the 26T January,
1802, which was this day r
in my pre fence, to Coi. 'Whi
taker, and he was afked if k
correct ; he anfwcred that
he believed in fill fiance it was.
Louifville, sth Feb. ISO 2,
David M f Cc a MICK.
The foregoing cerifkare and
rxtradl, are true copies of the
originals in my pelf Ton.
jC H X C L AP K .
De l. v\ hi taler and Mr. Dranc
did me th** juftire to avow Hoii
lar fentimentr, immediately after
the detection cf the
defign i which Tew. a difpofi
lion to correct error, and do
juflice, and are fbperior to the
j cringing devotions to a popular
! tool, who c - hoofis cf his par f y
1 f ruckles”
Prior to my being cle&ed a
j rep re fen rati ve, r. report of my
being intern fled in (he yazoo
files was fet afloat - 3 but it had
not the defired effect. I ac
knowledged to the people then,
as 1 do now, that I was formerly
interelccd * but that I had long
fmee transferred and rdinquifh
! cd, all claim to that territory,
j Having failed in this attempt
j to injure me. General Meriwe
i ther makes a certificate whilfh
i prefidmg as 1 peak or, perverting
j the meaning of my evprcfilons,
by inilrting falfe word?, with an
evident intention cf privately
(cabbing my reputation. Yes!
I fay privately, for I do affirm,
| that he is coo much of a pal troop,
I ever to have appeared in i:
; openly, or to have met me face
to face.
Mr. I-Tall obferves, I ought
to recolkdl that afrer reading
myaddnfsto the Legifla.ure,
that he moved for the queftloa
to be taken without debate.—
Pie re I will remark, that Ido
net recoiled his ever making
any fuch motion j nor do I be
lieve he recollects it himfelf, or
any other perfon for him. I
well remember to have ufed
every exertion to have the whole
of the bnfinefs determined by
the Houfe ; but the fpeaker.
General Meriwether evaded an
invtfiigadon, by declaring it
out of order. Had there been
a decifion of the Houfe, I have
no doubt but both the General
and Mr, Hall would at this time
flood convidled by the journals ;
and I believe it was the far of
this, that made the f/'fb> (brink,
from a fair decifion by thofe
who heard my exprefnens, and
the fume made the latter pale
and appded, humiliatingly give
me as well as my friends, lo
many affurarccs of his good
opinion of me, and declare that
ht would not have had it to have
happened, for five hundred dol
lars. An impartial public will
determine how fur his words at
that time, and his fublcqucfic
publications are reconcilcable.
Mr. Hall mentions, tnat I
j lodged my word to return him
the certificate, after raking a
copy. I agree that I promiltd
to 1 cairn it; bur when I diico
vered that it was in the fpeaker’s
own hand writing, and ndk&cn
on his dark affafiinaving defigns,
1 thought it befi: to retain the
original, if Mr. 1 lall would re
ceive a copy. I therefore hai
it tranfiribed and prefen ted 10