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FRIDAY -EVENING. OcccMnrn lil, 1824.
to s.sy that G. 1. Cota,
Justice of the Inferior
yurt.
Q7 ’Oar Correspondent, “ A. B.” is in
formed tlmt lus communication is not for
gotten. The valuable relic lie has sent us
for publication, sltnll appear in tho course
if next week.
r *As To-Morrow will be Nao- Year's
tty, no paper will be issued front this of
fice until Monday evening next.
'
ELECTIONS.
Tin; Election for two Justices of the
IVace in ertclt military district in this City,
will take place To-morrow the 1st Jununry.
Tolls to be opened at 10 o’clock iu each
district.
On Monday, the 3d inst. an election will
take place nt the Court House for five Jus
tices of tho Inferior Court, a Tax Collec
tor, n Receiver of Tax Returns, and Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary atid Escheator.
Pulls to tie opened at 10 o'clock.
An election will also take place on the
same day, in the City Council, for five
Port Maidens,
THE NEW-YEAR.
■\Vc avail ourselves of the season of mu
tual congratulation and joy, at the com
mencement pf another year, to offer our
subscribers, and friends, our grateful ac
knowledgements for their continued and in*
creasing patronage, and for the kind offi
ces of friendship which give buoyancy to
pirits and smooth the path of life.—
1 NATIONAL <1R \TTTnOK.
AVc occupy n great portion of our paper
again to day with the interesting proceed
ings in the House of Representatively re
lating to Gen. La l'aydtte. It will be
Seen tlmt the bill grnnting to him two hun
dred thousand dollars, and an entire town
ship of land (23,000 acres,) has- received
the sanction of both Houses of Congress.
This act will bo responded to by ten mil
lions of freemen. In ull the honor hcni>-
ed on Ln Fayette, not it discordant voice
has been beard—be lias been welcomed
with tears of joy and his presence has been
anxiously demanded where his footsteps
have not been. From the day of our in
dependence to tho present hour, never was
there a prouder spectacle presented to the
eye of Americans than tho prcscnco of
this mail. Congress have gracefully clos
ed this pleasing nitty, by testifying the na
tions unanimity. It is novjk fllfcilgly de
monstrated to our bencfnet or HmEQr be
shed lus blood upon our plains lo’^Iw^tr-
eotnplishtnctit of American Independence
—it was not poured out for nn ungrateful
people. The provision that has passed
is worthy of the Nation—worthy of the
name.
copTues-
Thc following
day last elected <
Georgia Hussar,
Mm. I
Geo. Sriti.rv. lit I.icut 'nant.
M. H. M'Allutku, 2d do.
thought necessary to oiYcr to tho House 1
any explanation on the subject. The
committee, however, thought it would
have been only necessary to echo the voice
which is heard from one end of the coun
try to tli(> other, They thought the im
portance ami value ol the services ol Gen.
La Fayette bad been so generally known,
that it was unnecessary to report tho fact,
in regard to the serviecs of Gen. La Fay
ette, on which they thought it expedient
to recommend the passage of the bill now
before the Hott'C. They hoped that the
proceedings of this House, wIiqh, by an
unanimous vote, nt the last session, they
acknowledged the value of thoso survices,
would have made sncdi a report unnecessa
ry. By that vote, Congress subjected the
country to nn expense nearly, if not quite,
equal to tho amount of the proposed ap
propriation, by agreeing to send out n
ship of the lino to convey Gon. La Fay
ette to this country. The committee did
not calculate, after having tlone so, and
his declining to put tho U. States to that
charge, thcro would have been any objec
tion to remunerating Gc.n. Ln Fayette, in
some degree, for his services and sacrifices
in the cause of the U. States. When,
more recently, the Speaker of tho Hottse
had been directed by an equally unanim
ous vote, to present the acknowledgments
not only of the nation, but of this House,
of the important services rendered to the
country by'Gen. Ln Fnyettc, the commit
tee would not Imvc supposed themselves
deficient in their duty if they failed to re
port facts or a statement of accounts in
regard to I Imt distinguished man. Speak
ing for myhclf.said Mr. L. I considered the
proposed appropriation not man a (fair of account
—not a* the payment of a debt to Gen. Lafayette,
but at tho expression of a national sentiment,
which .voultl do honor not only to tills House,
but to this People-as an net which would, ns far
ns it goes, serve to take away from us the reproach
that Krpuhlics are ungrateful, I thought it would
of the account between him and the Uni-1 house, hut to submit a proposition, which 0 . t0 ,, -
ted States won pool leave us in debt, to j lie hoped would render diaoussiun umii -? ( ., V. •'Mttnury.ma«*ai cfd
OOssary, He should regret deeply to see twtF,wl,i I»k W j
tho Journal burdened with rnmnlTofyeas S Tm 7 oxtc,,t “> ij!
and nays, motions ant} amendments, in a ,i, i , V t • °° . nn »°Uht of the i,J
i:i._ it. i— i i , . . UeUttOr Ills services. t,m r. , . i' 1
him, interest included, inure tlmn double
tho amount which the eonuUittOa lmtl re
ported in his favor. TIoro, then, sir, is nn
account of dollars and cents, since gentle
men desire it: here something to satisfy
the most scrupulous. When you oiler to
Gen. Lafayette tltcso two hundred thou
sand demurs you do not pay wlmt you
justly atoi to him. I am very much afraid,
sir, that in going through this detail, 1
mny Wound the delicacy of tho gentlomnn
concerned.; for 1 am porsttaded that no
circumstances would have induced him to
bring forward, ns a debt what lie gave to
us. Half of bis princely estates he free
ly spout itt our Service, without any other
recompense than tho sec rot satisfaction
inf aiding the cause of liberty, to which ho
front his cradle had devoted himself.
.Mr L. said lie would not proas upon tho
House argument drawn from tho feelings
of the People of the United States on this
subject. Those feelings, said lie, nre well
known: and from whnt I know of the
temper of this Houso, and of tho feelings
of the gentlemen who compose it, there is
not one of them who will not regret tlmt
any consideration of what ho believe to
be his duty will prevent him from giving
bis assent to this bill. I yet trust, Itowov
er, that the vote on the bill will bo unnn
itnons. I hope it will be seen that the} ho was desirous of iwstpouing the motion
whole House is moved by one conscntane- to recommit, arid this whole subject, until
otis feeling, of obedience to tho wishes of Monday next..
our constituents—one desire ofexpressing j
tho sentiment of national gratitude which
we owe to the nature of the government
under which we act—ono wikh to satisfy
ottr own feelings. I do not believe there
one gentleman iu this Houso who will
not excessively regret that any notion of
his duty, or regard to tho disposition of Wished, for himwlf. soma further time for re
tho country, would prevent his giving a flection.
The steam boat Carolina on her pnssnge I not be doing Justice to om- constituents, it we
i * ' .... _i t , ...I made this award a matter of valuation—nn affair
yesterday from this place to I ** r J J 0 |- dollar* and cents; I thought a different mode
of treating it most respectful to the Rouse, most
hencfittlng the dignity of this govermient. Other
vote for this bill.
burst her boiler. Me nre happy to state
that no person oa board was injured.
to
the
The Secretory ofthc Navy recommends
to Cougress to pass a law authorising the
building of twelve corvettes, ns being!
gentlemen, it appears, eutertaln different views:
perhaps they are more correct views. I do not
stand here to set nn my. sentiments agnilut those
who think the matter oiight to have been treated
in a different way. Some think and I hnve no
donbt they very honestly, and sincerely think,
tMt they have no power to express tho nationul
more happily adapted to the protection of I gratitude in the manner proposed, nr to- vote
1 away public money in any ease to which a&luim
Gen. Lafayette, which though it did
did not come strictly into account, ns for
ming a demand upon this government
furnished an argument which could not
but strongly appeal to this house in favor
of that distinguished individual. [Mr.
L. hero stated the circumstance of the
location of part of Gen. Lnfayette’s land
in the vicinity i»f New-Orlenns, and his
ottr Commerce tlmn larger ships.
The close of the year is fitted to remind all
how ■ rapidly time is stealing away; the
young that their sun is approaching to its
zenith, the middle-aged that theirs is al
ready sinking towards the horizon, and
the nged tbut the shades of evening are
fast gathering around them as they arc
tottering onward to the grave. It is fitted
to remind the slothful tlmt the season of
labor is gliding awuy, and that soon, if
they do not shake off tbeir lethargy, all
their summers will have ended without
their putting the sickle into the harvest.
It is fitted to recall to the mind, not only
the distinguished favors which mark par
ticular friendship and esteem, but the
thousand “ little attentions” which cheer
us on our way, and which it is not less a
duly than a pleasure to reciprocate. It is
fitted to remind us of our errors and faults,
that we may study to avoid the former and
to lessen the number of the lutter. It is
suited to hiring up before us those mo
ments of indiscretion when we have suffer
ed passion to get the mnster of reason, and
break the chord of friendship, and to con
vince us how much better it is to bury ani
mosities, and, if possible, ‘‘live peaceable
with all men.” It is fitted to impress up
on our hearts the truths which revelation
and uaturc teach, and to remind us tlmt
“ we all do fade as the leaf," that soon the
winter will have passed, and we shall
sleep beneath the clouds of the valley. In
short it is the ,st;uson for reviewing tliel
past, that we may profit by the lessons of
5* experience, renew our good resolutions,
& be nnimaved for our future course. Thus
improved, and the occasion serves to pro
mote the prosperity and joy of the heart,
which we wish, in fall measure to our rea
ders and friends.
MEXICO.—It appears by papers and
letters from Mexico to the 24th ult. that
the expulsion of the’ Spaniards from
the Castle ofTloa, and the fortifications
ofthc coast, were demanded of the Mexi
can Union in a strong manifesto of the
legislature of the state of Vera Crux; and
both were likely tube soon attempted by
the general government. On the 10th ult.
the Mexican General Rincon took posses
sion of the island of Sacrifieios, and erec
ted batteries, with tho intention of tnnin-
ing the post.
sati
not on 1
.to it could not be substantiated on such
Si would establish it in a court of justice,
notfor the want of such evidence, that the com
initter did not report it. ’the evidence in their
ion was such as would, if duly weighed,
"is most scrupulous, of tho justice-ofgiving
. 1 tho amount proposed by the Committee,
but even doffhle the amount.
The services of general Lafayette du
ring the war of the revolution, Mr L. said,
were known to, and must bo acknowledg
ed by, every one. Ho came to this coun
try at the commencement of the revolu
tion. He continued his personal services
until very shortly beforo the termination
, giving it up to the city, &c. substantially
It "was ns stated iti the Sonnto yesterday by Mr.
1 Ilnyne. Mr L. hnd the advantage of
He
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES;
December 22.
GRATITUDE TO LAFAYETTE.
On motion of Mr. Little, of Maryland,
the House resumed the consideration of
the bill yesterday, reported by a commit
tee of the House “concerning Gen. La
Fayette*”
Mr. Sloane, of Ohio, moved that the
bill be postponed until Monday next, and
tlmt a committee be appointed “to report
n statement of the facts and accounts on
which it is founded.”
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, said he was
willing to postpone the bill, if any gentle-
inuu desired it for his accommodation,
but, for his part he wanted no further
information nn this subject; neither, he
.presumed, did any gentleman of this
House. lie, therefore, moved to strike
out the part of Mr. Sioane’s motion which
proposed the appointment of a committee.
Mr. Sloane thought the nature and im
portance of the question now depending
called for such information as ho asked to
obtain. Indeed Mr. S. said he had no
wish for a postponement of the bill if lie
was to get no additional information hy it.
The question, whether one hundred thou
sand or two hundred thousnnd dollars, or
whether any thing, should he voted to
Gen. La Fayette, would depend upon the
state of the Accounts between him and the J«aid, he trusted this vcnernble man would
IT P.'li ,• . • „ m , , . .
CONGRESS.—In the Senate ou the
22d inst. a resolution was introduced re
questing the President to communicate to
shut body the number of merchant vessels
belonging to citizens of the U.S. with their
ii uites, owners and value of merchandise,
Which have been captured or plundered,
and of injuries iuffictcd on citizens of the
U. S. hy tho pirates, since the 1st of Dec.
1823, and also the number of pirates and
piratical vessels that have been taken by
our naval force since that period of time
Mr. Eaton gave notice that ho should ask
leave to introduce h bill to authorize tho
territory of Florida to open a canal thro’
the public lands to unite the river St.
Johns with the Bay of St. Augustine.
In the IIouso of Representatives on the
same day, the bill for occupying the Co
lumbia or Oregon river, was taken up in
committee of the whole, and the questiu
&
being put on striking out the third section
of the bill [which proposes to grant land to
settlers in that territory,]was decided in the
affirmative The bill was then with the
amendments made the d a y before, or
dered to be engrossed for a third reading
the next day.
of that war by the treaty of peace
ceased those personal exertions here on
ly to render them in the Bame cause where
at the time, they were more useful. He
was, indeed, very, instrumental in bring
ing about that peace so important to us-
At that time, yet in prosperity* ho would
not accept of compensation for his servic
es and sacrifices, had they even been
greater than they were. When oppress
ed by adversity, nfter the confiscation of-
the remainder of his princely cstdtes, ho
accepted from the United States, what he
would never before receive, the pay of
major general, the rank which lie held du
ring the war. Bat, besides that, lie was
entitled, upon’every principle of stric
justice, to the half pay of n Maj. Gen. for
life. Owing to tho cjvil mission which
had been nlrendy referred to, General La
fayette was not in service at the close of
the war, and had not n legal title to this
bolf-pay, but his right to it, on every
principle of equity, could not be question
ed. To the representatives of another
distinguished officer, (General Hamilton,)
similarly situated, Congress granted the
the amount of half pay which would have
been due to him, and that without com
mutation. The two eases were near
ly parallel. The officers had generally
the option, and almost ,if not quite all
vailed thcmsclve of it, of receiving a com
mutation in lieu of hnlf pay. General
Lafayette had hoi this option, however
from the circumstance, already mention
cd, of his absence in Europe at the con
clusion of the treaty of peace. What
would be the amount of hajf pay for the
more than forty years that have since
lapsed, and the long life, which, Mr L
ease like this. lie fn.l Imped that tliis
bill would bavo pnMnd, in u utunnpr, as
spontaneous ns unanimous. lie lindhop-
Cil that, when wqrsint for Gon. Lafayette,
and invited him,] by a public act, to our
shores, it was not ton-di who he is, what
ho has done, had why wo have called
him; ho Imd snwosed tlmt wo* knew who
Gen. Lafayette Was. nnd that none nerd-
odtoask what ho\qd dAie. But he bad
Imd reason, siucc the. doluv mid opposition
which had occurred to snob a bill as tliis,
to think tlmt it would ho tnoro honorable
to the count ry,that yiit further dolny should
now take place, in order, if possible, to
give unanimity to its act on the subject.—
I cannot but remember, said ho, tlmt it is
scarce ten days since we passed, with
great unanimity, a bill to roward our own
services, and 1 did suppose that tho servi
ces of Lnfnyotto were at least as well
knowu, and as highly estimated as ours.
Ho was desirous that tho bill should pass,
not as u forced, but as a deliberate meas
ure. Ho was unwilling to press it against
an opposition which, if persevered iti,n)iist
operate to take away ull the grace of our
gratuiiy. And, uuder these impressions,
311 them.
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‘‘Vices, but fo r k
merely, and the interest
his services, their value„
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mi- bonelactor; it is a matter of tl7
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t: fitti!umen,»aid Mr. T-I «E
amnio 7 Sir, the ox inlhlJ• 0
What is analogy but oxberi > ** MMrn #
tho future t ItV.tffi'W
pheqy which is not divine; RuVo
back to tho Crusades to show how
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mg with the young emhusius, nu the
md of his undertaking, mul oar own
eminent unwilling to expose his lift
sco him then resolving to risk nil
Mr. Campbell, ofOliio.tlien rose,nnd observed-
that, having yesterday hnd the courage, perhaps
some would my the uudneity, to make some little
opposition to thUhilt, which hnd been precipitated
into this House liken unmet through the atmosph
ere, it might be expected that be should give some
exnhuintionof the reasons which had influ uccd
him. He did not rise to oppose the resolution lor
postponement, for he was himself in favor ol
Mr. Mercer, of Virginia, then rou, not,
One circumstance there was, in relation I ho observed, to wound tL« feelings of that
1.nfW/>tfn ,rhi..t> tlinorrh it did I hOUSA bv dcbatiuiT tllO IWiUCiolC Of tin- bill
bouse by debating the principle of th<. bill
before them ; for ho felt persuaded that,
on that question, there existed no diversi
ty of sentiment. But he rose chiefly with
a view to corroborate some of tho statc-
inonts which hud been submitted to the
House by tho honorable Chairman of the
Committee (Mr, Livingston.) In doing
so, ho hoped also, to satisfy tho miud of
the hnnorahlo member from Ohio (Mr.
Campbell.) The case presented by tins
bill admitted of blit two doubts: first, in re
lersonni knowledge of the facts, and of I 9 P®ct to the principle bf tho bill, or. se-
— t * .. . V V * - _ ' I OAtlil lav na 4 a . * i’ 11. y, f’y I y. I y
laving been tho medium of communica
tion with General Lafayette, on that sub
ject.] Gen. L. declared, on that occasion,
he would enter into no litigation with any
one in regard to a grant which the U. S,
hnd thought proper to mnke to him. lie
withdrew the location lie hnd made on a
most valuable Innd, . uow worth 400,000
dollars, and transferred it to land hardly
worth a dollar an acre. Mr Livingston
condly, as to tho veracity of the facts
which had hcen nlledged, ns forming the
grounds of it. Having himself been .in
strumental in the production of that pa
per, part of which had boon rend by liis
friend from Louisiana, and which con
tained a statement of the affairs of Gencr
al Lafayette, be felt it his duty to verify
the authenticity of that paper, whicu lie
did under the sanctity of his oath of office
said lie knew an idea hud been held out, J nn ^ which he was ready to do in any oth*
that the remainder of the land granted to
the Gen. by Congress had been sold very
well. Wltai had been obtained for it, he
did rtot know; but he could say fox c.ortain-
ty, that, if any body had given one dollar
an acre for it, they hud made a bud bar
gain. That part of it which he was ac
quainted with he would not Imvc for a gift
The lands which tho Gen. yet held were
of no vnlue, as the expense of raising the
levee, &c. on the bank ofthc river, would
be greater tlmn the value of the land af
ter it should be so improved
Knowing a good deal ofthc circumstan
ces connected with Gen. Lafayette, nnd
liuving been n member of the committee
who reported tills bill, he had thought pro-
perto state them, and he hoped wlmt he
imd Baid would serve to remove whatever
doubts existed on the mind of gentlemen
on this subject.
MrMeDnffee of South Cnrelinn, ml
dressed the chair. He repeated the terms
of the motion, to recommit with instruc
tions to report n statement of facts and
accounts, &c. bee nuse it more clcnrly in
er form that the laws of evidence might re
quire. Under this sanction, he could say
that the evidence afforded • hy that paper
goes fully to establish the equitable claim
of Genet nl Lnfueytto upon this country
to a much larger sum tlmn tlmt proposed
in the bill. It was u paper which, iafl7H3,
had been laid beforo a court in F’ance
termed the Bureau of Ekidenco.por the
through a nation 7
banner of Peter the Hermit sjl'Z t
recovery of tho Redeem.,,*.. J r u . f
the flame of emulation electric ua
one common sou pervaded the C 51 V } \
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Department of the Seine, upon th4 occa
sion of the sequestration of the elates of
Lnfayette, and it hnre the stamp a official
authenticity. That document, /tie skid,
proved that tho sum expended Wthe Mar-
quiB Lafayette in aid of our Revolution,
exceeded a million of livres. /This fact
was brought forward umongit the evi
dence collected by the giHcrniuent to
f irovc, against him, that he Ipd devoted a
nrge part of his fortune to produce' a
counter revolution in Vrnncl The charge
produced un investigation,n Consequence
of which the whole of his/once princely
fortune was confiscated to tic public funds.
The tealimony is, therafcrc, legal, and
1 1 such ns would be respected in u court of
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U. Stale
The motion of Mr. Tucker was nega
tived.
Mr. Cook, of Illinois, said that the Sen
ate, it appeared, Imd passed a bill on this
subject, from the features bf which it seem
ed that they cutertnined n different view
from that presented by the committee of
tliis House as to the mode of awarding this
money to Gen. La Fayette: and what the
Senate would do with this bill, if sent to
that body, he could not say. To give time
to consider of the proper mode of finally
arranging this matter, Mr. O. proposed to
re-commit the bill to a committee of the
whole, so as to endeavour at least to act in
harmony and concert on it. This wns
what wns expected from Congress by the
People, and he hoped they would not bo
disappointed. If the bill wns ge-commit-
still live to enjoy ? Twenty added to the
forty years, already expired, would not be
deemed an extravagant estimate: those
sixty years of hnlf pay, without calculat
ing interest, would alone amount to some
thing like eighty thousand dollars.
Would any gentleman in this Hall say,
that General Lafayette wns not as well
I'cntitlcd to his half pay as the family of
General Hamilton were, after his de
cease 7
But was this all 7 No. said Mr L., it is
not all. It is known as a public historical
fact, that Lafayette, when he came to this
country, brought also important and ve
ry necessary supplies to a large amount—-
tin immense amount, considering that it
was the offering of a single individunl,
Wlmt was the cost of these supplies, is
information which chance alone hnii
bill, anil the principles on which that op
position was bnsca, than nny illustration
could do. The motion involved the prin
ciple that Congress w’ns about to render
compensation to Gen. Lafayette under the
obligation of a bond. Put it upon that
footing, snid Mr McD. and I shall vote n-
gainst the bill. Put it upon that footing,
nnd Gen. Lafayette would disdain your
offer of payment. What were the ser
vices which Jie rendered to this country,
nnd wlmt were the motives upon which
they were rendered! Did he render those
services, and make those disbursments,
upon any calculation of future retribution!
Did he enter into a computation of what
benefits he was thereafter to derive from
example of his mnster, deducts from the
amount expended in cur behalf the ex
pense oftwo voyages o’the Marquis be
tween this country at
| voyages were under
France. But these
ch dt the request of
Congress, for objects connected with our
| benefit, and are, therefore, not to be de
ducted from, but added to the account.—
With respect to the statement which had
| been given in relation to the land near N.
Orleans, Mr. Mmcer observed that he
happened to be nerfeotly acquainted with
all the facts of tlit case. The U. S. had
granted to Gen. Lafayette 11,540 acres of
land. He chose, for the location of part
spot near N. Orleans—a spot
, , V ‘»S to risk nil „
cause, I cannot bring myselftobcliov,
gentlemen need to lie three nights on
pillow before they can arrive It un
ty as to this bill. I cannot but fat-1
that when we vote nn this matter, its!
vote with ull our hearts; uml 1 nm
vinccd we arc as ready to do it nowi
shull be on Monday next. We have
the gentlemen; wo have complied
their wishes; wo have stated—we lu»
plaiucd—and now they are prepau
act with us for the hotter of our cod
country.
Mr. Starrs, of N. Y. then rote, and sajd.tli
ono °rtbe members oftlm committee to i
tliis subject had been confided Ly tho Hou
fait H Ills duty to that committee and to him
say a faw words in vindication of the course
1,1 re,ft don to this bill,
tiLmts bad been u» wc | by tome
wb&t Yromoa v?*. a 101 " 0n .' 'iod boo,.
C0l ' J hlerud n» “ih« set
foruuch taiTi^s as his account. g ' *r, or XJ
dent of the United States Imd, in lu/Au.
dross to bupi Houses of Coiii
the services and sacrifices .ol
worthy of legislative regard, mid had~udvi
such a provision should be made lor hirnai^
correspond with the sentiments of the At
people, and be worthy of tbe character of
lion," what had a committee to whom t
commendation was committed by this Ho
do with bis account* f Wer* they to «rer*
sebes into a Committee ol t whe
clolm wns made f and, whnt was more, win
such thins os a claim would be endured V
House, a violating the testings of a ukr ni
wished to honor t Ask for bis accounts!
would not perform such a task. Not even
you to order me Could I do it, without ini
him. No, Sir, wrhad no such mutters u«
counts of Gen Lafayette today before thi
Sir, let us remember that the eyes of
are this moment upon us. Her. moosrcl
people, nre anxolusly waiting to see bow w
act. Tho despots of the old world are tat
know whether, after inviting Lafayette
shore.*—nfter alluring to send • nstload
bring him over, after welcoming him from
city, wo are about to send him back and
him to tbe sneers of royalty and with him,
pose ourselves, and tbe cause of free govt*
to their-reproaches. The question «•
to -OectU. U, udiether Amrrtcu, for Whom SI
his blood, devoted liis fortune, and. dediut
talents and bis virtues, is nbout to send be
benefactor in the fade of Kurope to be tbe
of their scorn ,undleavo tho record ofour pi
ingsasn monument of the feelings .,f the
cun people. The question before us is,
we will support the principles ol own ~
meat in our conduct towards one who in *1
considered on both continents as tbe great JL
t qof Liberty—ond justly so considered—fo
tortile great Apostle of tue Gentiles biane
tliis utap served the best interests of inj
Next in value tu those which theonedeuini
are the blessings which the oilier bps 1st
s wood among tho nations of the word. T
t on is, whether, his service* are worth a
rial ? This, it is true. is not needed for his
ter—as has be. n well said ou a public o,
“history has already token charge of his (i
but, nt u as justly observed hy the prcsidiiq
of this House, urn. Lafayette now stands
posterity, end our net this day is to be tin
rnant of posterity on his merits and Ills fan
»v.e then nero to record our vnlue for civil
and all the blessings it bestows, or is it tl
mfcy send one fit tho greatest benofucl
cause has ever known buck to bis cuunlr
witness of the ingratitude of UepubVicil
said I would not speak of bis services—n<
Whoever has known or r«-4 onr history,
no stratum* t ( » done tor us.
I fiW wbst wo think to be dm
taour character ns a nation.
-The question wns then token on tbe mn
Mr. SLOANE, nnd decided in the negitiv
question wns then taken,on tho motion of
ZI.AY.to strike out 200,000 dollurs, the
proposed to be pnid to General Lafayette,
serting 10 ',000-nnd decided in thonegal
lurgo majority. ’
The question wns then taken on ordei
billlo be engrossed, end decided in the
lens.
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cil.
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tivo by u large ninjority
It was then ordered that tbe bill sbulo
of it, ft
thorn! Not so sir: they were themngnnn^ 'l T V th « hcnrt ° t f * hat 7* °. n
imnna snr.riPiece of „ l.nnr* *,, 1IK Which Custom IloUSe Stands, Which IS
imous sacrifices of a heart devptod to lib
erty, reckless of consequences, succor
ing n people struggling for liberty. When
We come to consider theac services, ren
dered under such circumstances, shall we
enter into a cold calculation as to what was
the actual amount of tbe sacrifices of Gen.
Lafayette, and hold out to the world that
we are rendering him. this tnrdy tribute,
not as a voluntary offering of the heart but,
as the obligation of a bond! I admit, sir,
the extent of the services of this individual
mu uxium Ol mu services orinis inomuuni , : , ,
-I • -rfwSr «iti>0cd, indeed. )h«
ted, it could bo called up and acted upon I thrown in our way. F.vqry one knew
with something like unanimity whenever
ttie Hottse was prepared to act definitively
upon it.
Tho motion to re-cornmit the bill was
declared by tho Speaker not to be in order
whilst a motion for postponement was
pending.
Mr. Herrick, of Maiud, after inquiring
whether such a motion would be in order;
moved to postpone the bill indefinitely.
Mr. Livingston, of. Louisiana, rose, as
one of the members of tho committee who
that it wns great; but a mcrc„fortuitous
circumstance, led a gentleman, lately At
Paris, to inquire into whnt Imd been the
pecuniary sacrifices of Lafayette in the
cause of the U. S. during the Revolution;
and he obtained a document which shows
preciseiy what money Lufayetc did expend
in our cause, at fhattimo. [Mr. L. here
made a statement corresponding with that
made yesterday in the Senate by Mr.
ILiync, shewing tho amount expended to
be $140,000, besides other sums modestly
reported the bill, to speak to the merits of ' {C pt out of the account.] Add this nmount
it. The delay in doing so' which had tu-
ken place oq the part of the committee,
would not have occurred if it had beeo
to tlmt which is justly due to him for half
pay for life, said Mr L., nnd say wheth
er a fair, honest, and equitable settlement
the seat ofbtifincss, and is covered with
large and splendid houses. His title to
that land wai perfect nnd indisputncle.—
Some time afterwards the Corporation of
N. Orleans petitioned Congress to grant
them the territory six hundred yards
round the city, which Congress, then igno
rant of the location by Lafeycttc, conced
ed to them. Of Lafayette’s superior title,
where this grant interfered with his, there
cannot he a shadow of doubt. Why he
o third time to-day ,
The bill was then rend n third time ac«
and the question thereupon decided, On
ofMr Beecher, by Yens and Soys,a* M
Yen*,—16(1. Nay*,—26.
When tbe yen* nnd neys had been cbIIcj
corded, the Speaker rose end observing t
in-r been precluded by tbe place be held,
expression of his sentiments lo.rcl#t' on
the principle or the for mot tMWH, he r
of tile House that he might, bo vn-m te-
give expression to his feelings,
as to record his vote wiib those of
hers—nnd leave having been pronip J I
Clerk called the Speaker’* name,a»o
recorded in the normative
When tho Honse adjourned s
Upon u faif calculation, the interest alone
ofthc money which he spent in our ser-
cd. The donation of hind wns given him
in tho fullness of our hearts, us a token of
lo tbo amount .vliicb this bill propose, to
appropriate for his use. The extent of | f xte . nt ,°/! iU P* 1 a S r a‘ lt * The value of the
his service might well bo a motive to this which he might have recovered, hu
grant: hut to refer this bill back to a com- I | v,uch ,i£ P'on'Plly
mittee,to make a minute calculation ofthc ^correctly stated at $400,000. There
Hill ivvpu Miunv C* lAlitlllll Istli 111 U1 IIIU I ,, , * t * -*« X/r _ 'J
mnnpv ..wivnnPnri Cm. .... w n ..u I could tiot he any question, Mr. M. siiid ;
would riot attempt to investigate what Can
not he proved, and will not { that it would
would exceed a million of dollars. For
himself, Mr, M. said lie had hoped tlmt we
not descend to the investigation of facts Rho, ! ld . l " lve Te^!' 0 P'«P o8ed i8 ? uo 4l of
# . • « .,4/tnlr inotitfwl at nriiiifv vnrlnnvrtnnln iw tIm
which are known to the whole world, find
arc interwoven with tho most interest ing
nndjmportont parts of ottr own his tory.
Mr, Bartlett said, that lie ro?e,
to discuss the measure before
not
the
A new ground of impcnchm
Judge lias been discovered by smn
fellow citizens in Kentucky.
House of Representatives of 11
a preamble nnd resolution were
ced. on the 3d inst. for impcnclm
W. Robbins of high crimes niU
meanors, &c. “Thechargesagn.i
snys tho Editor of the print mj
us, “nre ofnnature wellcnlcuiow
cite the public mind and create [>■
theJudo’c, and if true, consign
merited obscurity and conteJP
shall not go through the tfholt
but puss on to the 15th, which s '
‘ c bo the most weighty, and byjr
11 reader mav ttmri ?ol«b ulca /'
stock, instead of being redeemable in the
year 1834, irredeemable forever, that it ^
might remain a permanent monument of |,Vwhicii^The ViLft lord C^'vcni'"'
this nation’s gratitude. Ho had hoped t |, c State of Kentucky,
that th« laud we sho^d bestow.JLufay r * -
m th# fuUowiug worth*’-
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