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1 t to every cnat6r prefentj-nd to cviery A zen who has ever, been a Senator of the U nited States, my thanks, for the candor and -favor invarhbty received from them all. It is a recolleaion of which iwthmcan ever : deprive me, and it will be a fource of com: fort to me, through theiainder of ray life, that," as on the one hand in "a government conitituted Ike ours, I have for eight years held the Tecond fituatibn'under ,the conltttu-- tioriof the United States, in perfect and un. interrupted harmony with the firft, without envy in, one, -or jealbufy in the iiother j fo the "other -nand 1 nave never... nauuic on fm mifunderftandinir with anv member of the Senate. ! la all the abftrufe queltions, difficult conjun&nres, dangerous emergencies and animated debates upon the great intereit of our country, which have lb often and A fo deeply impreffed all our minds, and intere-. ed the ftrongeft feelings of the heart, 1 have' experienced a uniform politenefs and refpeft from every quarter of the houfe. .When queftions ot no lefs importance than difficulty have produced a difference of feritiment (and differences of opinion 'will always be , found " in free affemblies of men, and probably - the greateftdiverfities upon the greateft quettions) when the Senators, have been equally divid. ed, and my opinion has been demanded ac, - cording to the conftitution, 1 have cpnftant. ly found, iu that moiety of the Senators, from whofe judgment I have been obliged to dif- fent a difpofition to allow me the lame free dom of deliberation and independence of judg-- ment'whieh they afferted for therofelves; -Within thefe walls, for a courfe of years, 1 have been an admiring witiiefs of a fuccef . fion of information, eloquence, patriotifm and : independence, ' which, as they would have done honor to any Senate in any -age, ' afford a confolatoryhope (if the Legillatures of the States are equally "careful in their fuT ture fele&ions, which there is no reafon to diftruft) that no council more permanent than this as a branch of the Legillature xyill be peceffary to defend the fights liberties ' add properties of the people, and to protecl: the conltirotion of the United States as well as the conftitutions and rights of the indivi dual dates, againft errors of judgment, ir-, regularities of the paflions, or other encroach, ments of human infirmity or more repre. henfible enterprizej ift the executive on one hand or the more immediate reprefentatives of the people on the other Thele confiderations will all confpire to animate me in my future courfe, with a con fident reliance, that as far as my conclude (hall be uniformly meafured by the Conftituti on of the United States and faithfully direct ed to the public good. 1 Ihall be fupported by the Senate as w ell as by the Houfe of Ke prefentatives and the people at large and on no other conditions ought any lupport at all to be expefted or defired. With cordial wilhes for your honor, health and happinefs, and fervent prayers for a continuation of the virtues, liberties, prof, pcrity and peace of our beloved country, 1 avail myfelf of your leave of abfence for the remainder of the feflion. going luggeftion Is ftated to have been to the following effect : . . u That they hid chofen the eoncourfe of public difcuffion, that all the world might be made parties to the negotiation, nd judge between the .two government'; hut ifuuvusL the defire and tafte f jthe Enghlh court to prefer adofe deliberation, they could have no objections.'. .. - - It. appears from the jiccountjsofthis chan. nel thayranquility is ;t length- reltorTdlto the counties that, werefome time once declar ed to be out of the king's peaceLLThe tcr, in the filler kingdom; has fet ttnulual rigor. " ;" queuionab'e cvicen'cc- ii&the rral'ty cf thd enemy's ihicntioii lb attntipt the invafion :,f thc'partii'ulars of hihvoninTtionjlie aliened i: wqiildbt injurious to diUlote but that whe-, ther the Enemy meant a mere tlivtnion on jhecouft, or a more ferious attack, the urii- m- in with L O N D O N, Dfc. io. , By the laft arrival from Paris we are given to underlland that. the future progrefs of the ncgociation cannot 1einade fo public as the previous ftcps have been. It is faid that lord Malmelbury titimaicd to M. de la Croix. " That he had alturance of being antho iz. ed to propofe fpecific terms of conceflion, but thathisBritannic tnajefty didjiot think that the objeel of the negotiation was likely to be pro. rroted by the habit of publifliing the official communication on both fides, thereby excit. ing the palfions of the public on the topics in difcuffion before they were maturely weiph. cd. It was his defire, therefore, to lug. geft the prudence. of ablhiutng from this pratVice fo new m this diplomacy, ami to re cowrend that the fpecific tcrtm of. conceffi o: both fides fliou'.d be concealed until the rro.xMitnshadutidfrplneatleart, a fair and uninlkiencM dthufficri. . The anfer of the Dircetcr) to the fore. - JNVASION OF IRELAjSJD. Extract 'of a Jetter from Dublin, Decern. ," : ber J Yellerday bufjcity experienced a fcene of confulion that I can fcarcely defcribe. " f u Aneight oclock in themornmg, an tx. prefs arrived from the MAYOR of CORK itating, that fe vera! fail of French line of battle Ihips iconvoyingia thbufand flat bot tomed boaj. wli .net" hundred, and fifty thoufand men ,"w plainly ifcernable) Itantiihg to us for the more, and mk'.ng,pre paratibns for landingr-t The Lord Lieutenant immediately fent for the commander in chief, " who lummoncd -a council of war, at which all the rtaff offi-' cerswere prefent and vyhile they were de. liberaung what to do, the report circulated like wild fire through every part of the me- tropons : and by one o'clock it was aliened on change that 400,000 men had made' good their landing, murdered all the mm in Crookh?ven, raviftied.all the" women, and then fet fire to the town, which was fobn re duced to allies, and they afterwards march- ; ed for Cork, with intent to put the men to death there,Jto plunder that city,- and re. duce It to a heap ruins. The pr'yy council was affcmbled in the great council chamber the general officers in another part of the caftle. - All the inhabitants of the city and fuburbs who had red coats-" puFthem on. Fierce cocked guns, cockades, . f words, and fire locks, were to be found in every ftreet ; and to fay the truth, there lecmed to be the ap pearanceof alacrity ; and, though much confulion was to be found, no difmay was vif ible. " Expreffes werelmmediatety difpatched to order .the people to drive aU their cattle from the coalt into the interior, and to re move their valuables ; and a melTenger was fent to England with this alarming intel ligence. " At (wo o'clock rumour annihilated Cork, AVaterford, and Kinfale, and announ. ced the enemy 'on its inarch to Dublin, hying wMle to every town and village through "which he travelled, and that the Peep 0 day toys had joined him and were his guides. " At four o'clock another exprefs arrived from the Mayor of Cork with the agreeable intelligence, that the 70, fail of line of bat. tie fliips, with 1000 flat-bottomej boats', and 150,000 men, turned out to be the home ward bound Eaft-lnd'u licet, on their way to Plymouth! and thaf the burning down of Crookhavcn was nothing more than a chinv ncy on fire ! " The, council broke up the citizens took of their fcarlet coats, the guns and f words were laid up. ' N W-Y O R K, February 16. The lateft accounts mention the Breft ar mament to have been ftill in readinefs, for a dedhution then unknown. If the deftination of theA-ncrican fiiip Olive Branch, lately capfur. ed by the Englilh, was for Ireland (her caro is not tiA probable millatcd) the former fuf. picions ofan intended, invafion in tint quar ter acquires fome degree of probability, Ibcnthcncd by the late diAurbances there, and the long continued preparations on the coaft of France. - The alarm has, a well as others, bren varioufiy viewed by the orators of the BritiihParlijment. Mr. Pitt has there fole.nnly dcdareJ, that he had thamoll un. on, u 7 tier the uncertainty ct thcle taic-s, fnouId.be equally prcnr.red fcr titl.cr? . - Gen 'J 'afletoiiy- iiv oppoiition, denied -the.-.danger apprehended ; o i,nd coMilc-niljed' the litiealurtsbf -the-Miniller- "rovuiUvU--oiihcic-II pretended fears ' - - " From Havre to Brefi:, iefaid there was local, convenience .for 'targe embarkations,. aim netwitlittano troops in that quarter, there was W dan,gr-' of -anattack on' the coaft of Si: ft ex t?r liainp,- . Ihire, by reafon cf the j hyikal 'd rncuhitVc.r the countries, beidesth.u the Enol:!ii ilects had the doin.inionof tH'e'.fea.' F rom tic Tcxel to flufhing, he adir.iVted that the large rivers that emptied themfelves into the b. fan in the nothcrnjeoaft of the enemy werermore la- vourable for an embarkation, and the oppo lite counties of England-prelentrd few local " obftacles but when the houfe recolieclVd that the troops of Eournonyille had with drawn from that quarter to reinforce the ar my of the North, ho . expedition was pracii-. . cable. .Befides, .when the-military eftablilh ment exceeded I oooocMnenandi number not much inferior was about to be raifed ; when the navy was triumphant on the ocean, and when the-loyalty of the people was To confpicuous, and not unknow n to the enemy , fuch an attempt was to be Aire within the fcope of poflibility, but hardly probable. If the Minilter apprehended an attack upon the filter kingdom, and wilhed to detach forces he fliould fay fo Vithoutfome information of the real objects of the -armament, he Ihould confider the cavalry bill as an attack on the .... property and liberties of Engliflimen." It is remarkable that general .Tarleton, who fought to'fubject thefe ftates to Great. Britain, isanong the violent friends of free, dom in England Mr. Kox, Mr. Tpoke, &c. -while Mr. Burke, who advocated the caule of Amefrica is a molt outrageous minifteriaL ift. . -,--). . v The touncilof ancients have voted to in creafc "the guards of the legillative body from S006 to 12,000 men. Of courfe fomethingis brewing 1 , - It is fuppofed by many that the French will not make peace with England until they have the country into revolution, or until the king takes away that part of his title which ftylcs him king of France. Orliers, again fuppofe the delay of peace muft be charged to Great Britain, as bis niajefty feels too much pride to tf eat with his'unloyal and rebellious fobjefts, the French people, '1 he cattle have been driven from the fouth. em coalt of Ireland, and the potatoes actual, ly removed, left , they mould fraternize, in, cale ofinvalion. vuihthe French republi. cans ! Corigtcfs of the United States. HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES. Thurfday, .January 19. The Houfe being in a committee of the whole on thefubjectof further revenue, Mr. . Dcr.t in the chair. Mr. Hartley hoped the amendment of the pentlemaii from Connecticut, uoulduot pre, vail. He did net fee that there was a prof, peft of railing fuintient revenue from itnpolt duties, sr.d they mult, therefore, have rc courfeto direct taxes, The only quellion was whether the bit nfu fliould be nvde ufc of or 1 new one taken ; he thought there was no iieccff.ty for a ne one. He was convinc ed, he faid, that a land tax was nrcclVary ; hewonldvoicfor it, and pay his port 0.1 nf it. He hoped, Imce they tnult meet the qucf. tion, that they might do it foon, and not con fume more time in debate. Mr. Dayton "(the fpeaker) fiid that the words " accirdinff io I V UJl ctrfuttu wlnth were pmpofed to W llnckcn out, appeared to him objecVHMubic in every point u vie--.-If thev imrlcd thit the enumcratiun tn?d fvrrjl vr.iri u liiOUid be pjrtuntnenri r.rnihougl the t k rule tt an- i,ew oncl.jouiJ 1
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