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■mria'ea without a ra ’.tea. ciukg^m
liK' paTent Cytlcft).
Not It-fs than ten land offices arc
;!awi!i full OpcratiO!i,4)d'-'rinp a great
choife of good lands, firuated in vfiri
• oust’drviatcs, Sc ficustnd to the habits
pofod that (h; re’iiction w.is tiKrt-
diiced fur the purpofe of being ve-
jeftdl ? He laid it gave him happi-
nefs that he fl’.odld make any mo
tion for the good of his country,
which faould beTv.'vocatedBy a geu-
ofrhe citizens of every portion cf-the - 'tieman who was fo influential, from
Union.' They are fold at the rate
of two dollars an acre, or rather at
one dollar and lixty four cents, if paid
for at the time of purchafe, and in
trails of one hundred and fi.xty acres.
As much is fold as there is actual
demand for land in fimilar fituations
a' the price The fates arc however
almoft exdufively confined tothofe
v.diOT.rc or intend to become aftttal
fe triers, and all the money which
can be railed by that description of
purchasers is annually paid to the U.
L> In order to anercafe immediately
the amount of falos, a different capi
tal from that which has heretofore
been applied to that fttbjeft, the cap
ital of perfons who will purchafe for
the purpofe of selling again with a
. profit, muff be brought into at?.ion.
Hut it is evident that no pevfon will
purchafe lands at the prefettt:price as
;in objeft of fpeculation, v/hillt the
United States, continue to fell at the
fame price in fmall trnfts. To efieft
the pvepofed objeft, it would be ne-
c ff.iry not only to reduce the price,
bat to make a difference between
that of lands fold in large tracts, and
that a iked for fmall tracts, fulficient
to encourage purchases on an exten
sive fcilc. That alteration might
produce r.n additional revenue but
appears to me extremely injurious in
othi r refpecls The pvefent fyllcm
of fides has been tried, and aufwero
the expectations of the Legiflature.
the powers of his elpcucncc, from
hiS (landing in fociety, and other j
confidcratior.s, as his colleague? (Mr.
(Ifr. I/, ,rmorc,^ who had thought
proper to offer the motion. Tile gen-
tkitiTii wav fo fuccefsful, and. gener-
vlly intended the Houfe fo much.
9.is conduct was generally charaft-
evife'd bv fo much propriety, that lie
lltvpcid his motion would be adopt
ed.
Mr. Coldfborcugh prnteffed a-
gainlt the praftice of attributing fm-
Cook.l'Mr. L. faid he had fomelfme proper motives to thoie who made
ago expreffe d the fatisfaftion he felt propofitions of this kind—for a ftilli-
in anticipating that he fhould be ir. ■ cient motive to induce the Houfe to
the majoritv before the end of the ; pel's the refolution would be found
grosfly affronted trie U. States .• 1 tc~t*y
the Senate ot America have re- fpcech,
folved to fuppoi t the executive : remei
even the fedcralifts in the Senate fubjef
did not oppofe this refolution :
if is uncertain what the Houfe
of Reprefentatives will do.
Meantime Bonaparte is about of acres of public land, we muff
v i in a j niff.,;
r,d 1 is. 1 Kiav.Iv.- j'ei \
ted by a luie vyi iu r on |j ( .
... vVhcn we ccntem-
plate the imir.cnfe rcfources to
be derived lo the nation horn
mote than hx hundred million*
prefont fefiion: and he fhould be
glad to find himfelf in that predica
ment in relation to this refolution
Mr. Van Dyke faid he had heard
it faid that a letter hadbten received
by the fecrctary of State going to
this objeft: that, notwithstanding
the difmiflion of Mr. Jackfon, the
'Britilh government retained an am
icable difpofition, that Mr. Jackfon’s
conduit was difapproved, that he
would be recalled, and that another
minifterwould be font. Amotion
had been fubmitted to reduce the
in the evident propriety of having
before'them all acccflible informa
tion on the fubjeft of our foreign
relations.
After feme further converfation,
Mr. Lyon moved to amend the re
volution by adding, after the word
“ State.” the words 11 or Secretary
thereof.”—Negatived, Ayes DO.
The refolution Was puffed—Yeas
109. Nays 14.
Thofe who voted in the negative
to relax his decrees; this w ill
draw the Americans clofer to
France; and, if England does
not at once difavow Mr. Jnck-
fon, the U. States will probably
make war upon G. Britain."
Such, no doubt, was the realign
ing of the Britilh miniltry, In
deed the imnifteml newfpapers
of London admit that the con
duct: of the French emperor, ir.
relaxing his decrees, combined
with the resolutions of Giles,
and other motions, would in
duce Grcat-Britain to relax too.
were Meffrs. W. Alffan, Loyd, Bur- : The Times, fpeaking of a letter
T ’ which contained the news of the
well, D.uvfon,’Holland, Jolmfon, i
army and r.avy—was it not.pro pet, j Jones, M‘lCee, Miller, N. R. Moore, I , ,.„a„ v .,*;^rv
! . r ,. 1 r ’ , i ’imiooanlercHorat'.onoicommer-
previous to a dccifion on tnss se.ouon, Morrow, Ncuoti, J. x Oiler, W lute- i ‘, , TT
1 ... ’-i j 4 jjj cial intercom le between theU-
' Mr. Livermore and Mr. Root ! n ‘ !tetl '^a tes and France, has the
were appointed a committee to-wait ; (ollowilig paffage, (r ‘ The public
to know what was the fitualion of
affairs ? And if finch r. letter was in
exiffence, cnivU riett the rfeprefenia-
tives of (he people to -have it ..'■or
their information ?
Mr. M'Kim faid he had not Veen
the letter, but he had ufiderffood the
purport of it,he believed COY?5&ly,
and fntisfaftofiiy to himfelf. Others
might not have had the fame fatis-
faftory accOimt, and he had no eb
on the Prelident with the refolution.
torpedo KXPnuMi:Nt.
The bill making an appropriation
for the purpofe of making an expe
riment on the practical ufa of the
Torpedo, 'or fubmarine explofton,
-war. again taken up, oppofed by
Meffrs. Dana. Quincy,’ PI fie and Tall-
be perfectly falbfied that we are
able lo meet every emergency
which the injuries and infuks of
any foreign power may render
unavoidable. Should wc there
fore be driven to the ncciflity,
of expending even forty millions
for the purpofe of affirming out
rights and maintaining our inde-
pendence, the national debt
would not the n be greater r.or
the finances of the country iefs
flourifhing, than they were pre
vious to the period I have men
tioned ” Such lijtevvifo, was
the language of Mr, Kppes, the,
chairman of the committee or
,i
w avs an
jeftion thfit it fhould go to the pub- tnedge, and fupported by Mvffrs. Ly-
lic It could net be cot except called j on, MKim and Holland.
A motion was made by Mr. Filk
for, bring an unofficial letter,
\ gradual encreafc muff, notwith-: caufe it would be indecorous in the {-to recommit the till, and negatived
(lauding feme temporary flu£tua- 1 Prefident to fubmi: it to the Houfe
‘ions, nccefiarily take piace. On
- that I would rely; nor would I veti-
t are to fugged any other change than
that alreadiy propofed on a former
tccafi in, c. moderate and general re-
dudtion of prices, difeontinuing at
the ft ne time all falcs on credit, but
continuing to fell at the fame rate
large or fmall trails of land.
I have the honor to be,
Very tefpeflfully,
Sir, your obedient fervt.
ALBERT GALLATIN.
TK. jzn.v Ji r F.ppf.s,
CLiiritki?} of the izn:-
' miiltee of ways and
Aleanj
House of Representatives.
March 2G. I
me,, pinicney’s letter l
Mr. Livermore offered the follow- ,
iiig re fillurion : J
Kffolvi'dt That the Prefident of the
United States be rcquelted to caufe |
to be laid before this Houfe a copy j
of any letters or dcfpatches which
may have been received in the De
partment of State, and do not require
feciecy, from Mr. Pinkney, our mln-
iffer at the court of London, fince
Ins receipt of tlie letter of the ‘2t3d of
November ISOf), from the Secretary
rd State, communicated to this
Houfe by the Prefident-on the 29th
of -faid November.
Mr. iSmilie faid he- faw what was
j itended by llie mover of the refolu-
tIon It was wifhtd that the Houfe
vould der.y the call. It had already
Been denied in Maflachufetta- that
inch a letter cxiftcd—ami if the call
vas refufed, they would produce ihe
vcicfi.vl as proof of their affertion. It
it was ■'proper to publifii a private
letter, he faid he wiflied to fee it, to
put to- filcnce thofe people in Maffa-
tliufctts.
Mr Cook wifhed the refolution to
'pafs. lie faid it would be inferred
juim a refufal to pafs it, that there
had been no fuch letter, or that ir
was not of the purport which it was
fi.fi.d to be. It might-bean unofficial
without being a confidential loiter.
Whether it was confidential or rot,
fomc anfwer would he received.
Mr Livermore faid that he had
Iv’en told by gentlemen iivconveTfa-
tion, that information had been re
ceived bv the Secretary of Siate that
11 it? doings cf the ilriti-lh miniller
here, weie difapproved by his gov
ernment, and that a new miniffer
v. eu'd be font out. If this was the
fa fit, it was very important that the
1 hnil'e (hon'd know it. The genrie-
man from Peimfiylv.mia feemtvl to
fiir ude ihat the mover wilhed tire
ii t.i u'ion tint to bo adopted llow
in the name of co union fienfeor enn-
dor, M.i L* tilkcd, could it be lup-
tv id i out a call for it.
I'lr. Dana was net difpofed to call i
upon the Prefident to violate private j
confidence. lie did net imagine, !
where the Prefident or Secretary of
State in their private capacity receiv
ed letters as private gentlemen, that
the Houfe could call for them. But
if infoimation from a public minif-
ter as to the manner in which lie I
had done his'public duty had been !
received in a letter at the Depart- j
rnent of State, it was an abufe of ;
terms to call it a private letter. And
if fucli a letter bad been received, he
v/as decidedly for calling for it;
~ Mr. Baffett faid he had at firft
j view been oppofed to the refolution,
conceiving it to prepofe going a flep
further than they had ever rune be
fore. But on reflection he conceived
that the letter in queftion flood much
in the fame relation as other papers
that had been heretofore galled for
by the Houfe, and lltould therefore
vote for the refoliitidn.
Mr Butwell faid he had not feen
the letter or any extract from it: but j
as far as he underftood its charafiter,
it was a letter intended more to give
the.government of the U.'S. an idea
of tire temper and difpofition of tome
officers of the Britifn government,
thru to make ally liatemetu of facc3.
It dated a converfation with a lead
ing member of the Britiflt niinillry,
in dhich he had espreffied liimiclf
difpofed to continue friendly intcr-
courfe with this country, anu Rated,
that nothing which had occurred
would alter the cxiffing relations.
However important this information,
it formed no ground on'which th
Houfe could aft: and he was there
fore oppofed to calling for it, more
ifpeciaily when the next arrival front
England would probably bring-fome
official aft of the Britilh government
which would decidedly indicate its
difpofition.
Mr. Lyon faid that this private
letter which had been made fo public,
reminded him of a fign he had fecn of
“Private Entertainmentfo private
that it was advertised by a fign. lie
was for the rdolution.
Mr. Mumford hoped the Houfe
would call for this information, and
all other intcrelting to the people.
As they were to fight all and pay all,
lie wiflied them to know all
—aa 'o ‘Hi.
'■ Tne bill was palled by Yeas and
Nays, G,5 to .IS.
Mr. Livermore from the commit
tee appointed to wait on the Prefi
dent with the refolution adopted to-
day, reported that they had perform
ed that duty, and had received for
anfwer, that the Prefident would at
tend to the requelt of the Houfe.
March 28.
Tire following meffi'ge "yefterday
received from the Prefident of the
United States, was read :
To the Houfe of Reprefentatives of the
•United States.
Ttt confequence of your refolution
of the 2(>th inft. an inquiry Iras been
made into the correfpondertce of our
mintffer at the-court of London with
the Department of State, from
which it appears that no official com
munication has been received from
him fince his receipt of the letter of
November 2Sd lafl, from the Secre
tary of State. A letter of January
4th, 1810, has been received from
that minifter by Mr. Smith, but be
ing Hated to be private and unofficial,
and involving moreover pei'fonal
confidcrations of a delicate nature,
a copy is confidered as not within
the purview of the call of the Houfe.
JAMES MADISON.
"Mcnh 27, IS 10,
The mcfl’.igc was ordered to be
printed.
relations between this country,
(England) and America, fuch
as they appeared upon the face
of the lafl American news will, |
as we before hinted, be materi- j
ally altered by the contents of j
this important letter from ! Lr.tracl of a letter front Dr. Ear-
oimmttoe or
means, on the floor
Congrefs. He fpoke the
truth, and not one of the federal
members hail the front to deny
it :, he alio fpoke like a patriot,
and the fcRtimetn was acknowl
edged by every heart that beats
for American rights and inde
pendence.
From the Virginia Argus.
Madifon, and Smith, & Giles,
and Troup, and fuch men, may
now •tribtnph. Their policy be-
( j gins to be felt in Europe : the
United States will look up ; and
the faftions at home will be dil-
fipated.
It is not the leaft extravagance
to affirm alfo that the temperate
firmnefs ot Prefident Madifon,
through the department of Hate,
has produced the prefent dawn
ing prbfpeft of a relaxation of
the French decrees, as well as a
dirpohtion in the Englifh cabinet
to difavow Mr. Jackfon’s facci-
nefs; for, you will perceive, on
examination, that as foon as Bo-
( j naparte heard that the govern-
I: ranee.
Thus it will be the glory of
the republican adniniflration,
by a policy at once nice and ref-
olute, to have preferred the
country from mixing in the
olating wars cf Europe notw
{landing the moil imminent per
ils ; and to have baffled the ut-
mof; cunning of the molff fubt-
le politicians cf England and of
Franco We refpeftfully fug-
geft the propriety cf following
up the courie'which has prodv.-
ced fuch happy tilTefts-j of pro-
greiTing ffn iht.* defence of the
country-; oi brgJnteing the mili
tia ; and above all, of uniting in
fomc efficient and' temperate lyf-
tem : mfiiort, of doing what the
prefident has all along recom
mended, to wit; to keep the
door open for negotiation, but
to prepare for the word that can
happen. Once prepared, we
fhall not, on every trifling ccca-
fion, fubjeft our numerous ref-
-peftable population to continual
alarms. We would alfo add,
that as it may Hill be uncertain
whether Great-Britain is in eir-
nefl, there will be a propriety of
adopting feme rneafure which
(hall compel the Engliflr Cabinet
to explain its ultimate inten
tions ; and not, as Bolifigbrokr
fays, fuller ourfelves any long >r
to be the dupes of venal pro'
fes and autumnal difapp' j nt .
ments.
The late report cf thr i‘ eC re-
tary of the treafury apr ears lo
be the only folace w ; d c h the
Britifh miniflry have to. confole
them for the difgr.?.ce of Mr.
Jackfon. This appears by the
inferences which * h-y dj-aw from
that report. F.ut the Englifh
paragraph ids do not underdand
the nature our treafury de
partment, or they would not
talk abour Mr. 'Gallatin’s bud-
get as they do. In Great-Bri-
tain the pritr.e minifter finds
ways and m. ,ans ; but the Amer-
tenof Philadelphia, to a gentle-
titiiit of Frederick county, Virgin,
ia, dated March 1 A. 181o!
The remains of four vaft ci
ties have been difeovereu in the
def- 1 bpanifli province olCi’.mpeachv*'
nth- and the vicinity. They arc 'oF
done, beautifully conftn^pd.
and adorned with admiraffile
Iculpturcs, of which 1 have juft
ieen inanufcript engrav’ .try.
The figures plainly Ikev- tii'ct
thefc cities were not oenfl .nifted
by any nntitm of'Euro'p e ; the
phifiognoiny befpeaks plai ’,; y a .
civilised race of Amc i, :an
mis, ccKa.nly moic improved
than the Mexicans r
T’his difeovery (h o
r reruvians.
r - ngly confirms
my Idea of the gr ant:qu ity o?
Ameiica ; oi the -.mcient llatec ?
improvement, 0 f its inhabitants^
kc. But ‘perJ 1 i3ps \ fluil ^
at no vcy) di £ jint p CI - 0 d T to give
you mucit r r , re j'arisfadTory in-
on the fubjeft.
f F V l incc U Campon In lies up-
6 Va. Sr lLhtni loaf cf the Gitlph of
‘ or more properly, upontlhtBuy
of Lew ; e ,icky, in latitude about 20 deg.
r '' :,f d 300 milts E. of La Vera Cruz.
propofeil to add to the refolution an 1 ^ *fi e United States had
amendment calling for an nOctJunt oi
the lmpreffinent of American vea-
nten, of whom he had underflood
fix hundred Wete now ar.vtually im-
preffied. Mr. M. Imvever wived this
propofition for the prefent.
Ivlr. Cook laid he felt more inclin
ed now than at firft to call for this
letter, for fcvcrsl rcafons, one of
which was his great reliance on the
undirftanding and great powers of
raif.d of his colleague over the way
aftod in the dignified manner in
Kine Pock. By a gentleman
iteiy arrived from France, we
learn, that a new mode ol inoc
ulating Kine Pock has been a-
dopted, and is extending in prac
tice with the happieft fucccfs.
It is as follows :—When a child
has been infefted, inftead of a
phyfician coming, when the
potk is'mature, to take away the
matter, and frighten the babe
into fears and terror by his lan
cet, quills, &c. the parents an
nounce by a beard fixed outfide
the door, “ that on fuch a day
children in perfeft: health may
be inoculated without expenfe,
and with ripe living matter provi
ded that they are brought jby
their mothers between lhe hours
of 10 o,clock in the morning,
and 4 in the afternoon." T he
mother of (he infant from
whence the matter is to be taken,
ican feci et 4 yy of the treafury, is I is furnifhed only with a common
only a kit ad of fuperintendant of
receipts, and disburfements.
Henr.e we fcldom find luminous
financial views in his reports;
Mr. Jackfon, lie officially an
nounced his intPntion of foo*.i
reftoring intevcourfe between
France and America. This cir-
cumftanr.e, produced by the de-
cifion ol our executive, alfo had
its cll'eft upon Great-Britain,
v.'holV rulers muft have argued
in this way: “fllr. JacUoa 1ms
which it did aft in relation to j that, as we apprehend, from re
cent praftice, being left to the
committee of ways and means
in the Iloufe of Reprefentatives.
From Mr. Gallatin’s report,
therefore no found opinion can
be formed of the refources of
the United States, which in faft,
are almoft unbounded. And,
as Governor Tomkins has re-
fewing needle, the point of
which fhe dips in the ripe refine
on the ann of her child, and then
immediately with it inches a
flight punfture on the -arm of
that which is brought to receive
the infeftion. No hieod is
drawn. If the children are a-
fleep, they are neither of them
fullered to he diflurbed. T ins
mode of inftftion, with living
matter, ntver fails; no h.fhmivi*
tion enlues ; and the w hole gf
the operatic n is performed by
the mothers only.