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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1S03. .
Vol. 7, No. 323. (
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CO N G RES S
f jut Unitkd Spates,
House of. Representatives '.
, Wednesday, Feb.' 16.
The house resolved itself into a
tqoinmittce of the whole on the bill to
prevent the importation of certain
person into certai n states where by
tits.. (U a uiwi vviuiwll MltllllOlsJil
prohibited. ,
Mr. Hastings moved to amend the
till so as to prohibit the ' importation
only1 of French, negroes and persons
of colour.
'This motion was opposed by Messrs.
Hill and j5iccn, and lust without a. di
vision. Mr. S. Smith, moved to exempt
from the operation, of the bill seamen, I
natives oi countries beyond the Cape
of Good Hope.
The motion was supported by Mr. !
Hill, and opposed by Messrs. Newton,
Western Territory' as a state'into the
union, Sec.
Referred tc a committee of the
whole to-morrow.
The amendments of the Senate to
bill to amend an act fixing the mili
tary peace establishment, were read
Referred to a' select committee of
three. ... " " ." N
Ths amendments of. the senate to
the act supplementary to the act res
pecting consuls and vice-consuls, and
for the protection of American sea
men, were taken up, and concurred
in. .; . .
Mr. Nicholson from the committee
appointed on the message of the Pre
I sident of the United States, inclosing
sUriAf d0cum--,ntsj respecting John
Pickering, district judge for New
; Hampshire, made a report.
' , The .committee report that John
.Pickerim has been guilty . of
ileferred to a commhfes'of . U.V wold, and opposed bV Messrs. Uril
6n Tuesday next. , , . i !; son, Nicholson and S. SnVith.
' Mr. Nicholson,1 chairman of the !; Lost. Aves 33. Nocs49. .
committee who reported the above;' The house went into a committee
bills, stated that the claimants ot the I of the whole Mr. Varnum in the
lands of the United States, lytng
south of Tenncssee'had applied to the
chair-on the amendments of these-
nate to the bill providing an additional
w Faoa the. Aurora
- FROM WASHINGTON,
SENATE OF THE U. STATESi
committee to be heard before them by i artnament for the protection of the
Counsel.. The. committee .-'.being of commerce and seamen of the United
opinion that time would bej gained by States.. .
hearing the counsel beforcS the house, The senate proposed anew section,
submitted a resolution that Counsel j; authorising the President to. build ai
should be heard at the barcf the ! number of gunboats not excecdim!
house on Tuesday. i ., j fifteen, and appropriating 50,000 dol- that the i exordium of his speech con-
On taking up the resolution, a dc , lars therefor. , ' sisted of professions of a. desire to
bate ensued. Messrs.-Nolson, Ba- jj Mr. Griswold moved the recom- promote harmony'. and concord of o-
yard, bacon, Gnswold, and K. V il-. mitment ot the mil to a select commit-, bedience to the law which had alolish-
liams, suptiortccl, and' JMr. Kancioipn i tee.
Thursday, Feb. 3.
Debate on the report of the tommittee
'in the pttitiou of the eleven dismissed
When we entered the house. Mn
G.,Morris had been some minutes' on
his legs but we have since understood,
Lowndes and Mott, and lost. ' .... ;.; .crimes and misdemeanors ; they there- .
The bill, after undergoing somi; fore offer a resolution that j. nek- j
slight amendments,-. was reported to
the house, and -ordered to be engross
ed for a third reading. . ) ;
The house went into a committee
of the whole on the bill to amerid an
act to amend the judicial system of
the United States.
. - The4jillisas lollows:
Sec. 1. " That the circuit court of
the second circuit shall consist of the
justice of the supreme court, residing
within the" third circuit, and the district-where
such court shall be hol
deli.' -"- ' . . 4 ..
" In the third circuit, the said cir
cuit court shall consist of the justice
of the supreme court, residing with
in the fourth circuit, and the district
judge of thedistrict where such Court :
shall be holden. " " (j
- - " In. the fourth circuit, the said cir- i
ctiit court shall consist of the senior .
Associate Justice of the supreme court:
tesidine within the fifth circuit, and!)
ering, district judge for New-Hampshire,
has been guilty of. high crimes
and misdemeanors, and that he, be
impeached therefor.
Referred toa committee of the whole
on Wednesday,- and the documents'
ordered to" be printed. ,'
Miv Newton called for the order of ,
the day on the report of a select com- J
mittee, recommending the adoption
of a resolution, that it is not expedient ;
to repeal the Bankrupt Law. j
Mr. Griswold moved to postpone ;
; the consideration of the report till the
;j first Tuesday in November next.
1 his produced a spirited debate
which continued beyond.the usuaf hour
of adjournment. ' "H r
. On the incidental question of post-
ponement, the main principle of re-1
peal was discussed ; those in favour j
of the postponement being against the j
repeal. "
Messrs. Griswold, S. Smith, God-.
i pppo&ecljakjrtcr it into consideration
wht'tl "it Was carried without a" 'di
i vision. .-. . , . j
I The resolution offered by Mr. Ni- ;
high cholsnh then passed. Ayes 47.'
Alter discussion, the bill making an
apiiroprialicn for the Navy for the .
year 1803, in committee -oi'lhe. whole, i
was ordered to be engiWd for a !
third reading on Monday.'' .
The bill concerning the insuring,
of buildings, goods and furniture,, in
the countv of Alexandria, in the ter
ritory of Columbia, was ordered to a it thousand dollars for completing th
Eosti Ayes if. - : -
The amendment of the senate was
then agreed to.
The house went into a committee
of the whole on the bill making an ap
propriation for-the support of govern
ment fur the yeal lfc03. -'
The several blanks were filled, and
the bill reported, agreed to in the
house, and ordered to a third reading
to-morrow."
, Among the appropriations of the
bill is one between three or four
third reading en Monday.
Mr. Eeib called for the hill to a
mend the naturalization act ; on which
the house went into a committee of
the whole Mr. Yamum in the e hair.
The bill exempts those aliens who
came into the U. .States between Jur.e,
1798, and April, 1802, from the ob
ligation of declaring their intention to
become citizens.
Mr. Bayard spoke against and Mr.
S. Smith in favor. ofllieJilU-
Mr. Goddard being VdverbC to the
bill, moved that the committee should
rise, in order to dismiss t lit in from j
thedistrict judge of the district where ! dart!, Thatcher, Bayard, Gregg, Eu
such court shall be holden. . , stis, Dana, and Mitchell, supported,!;
? Sec 2. That the senior associate j and Messrs. Newton, Varnum, Hast-!1
justice, ' resident in the fifth circuit, (, jr5t anc Bacon, opposed the post- ,
shall attend at tbc city of Washington, .: punenicnt. wnen tlie qUCSi0h was j
on me nr, lonfiny jn aupusi, in :l tuken Ky Yea and Nav. and-carned.
"each a" wvery yearTviTO shall y-os
sess the same. powers, and perform
the same duties as are prescribed in
the second section of the act, cnti-.;
tied An act to amend the judicial
system of the United States."
. Mr. Elmer mo7?1to strike out the
lirst secuon, wmcn was carncu iu
36. i
The second section was agreed to,
when the committee rose, and report
ed. - The house concurred with the
committee in their disagreement to
the first section :. When Mr." Bayard
moved to postpone the further conside
ration on Monday.
Mr. Randolph reported a bill mak
ing appropri -it ions lor the support of
government for th-; y ear 13C0. Com
muted. 1 ' "
Mr. Wwton called for the order of
the day on the report of a stlcct com-1
m'utett remectinsr the reneal of the;
Rau';mpt 'Law.
Mr. S.' Smith moved to postpone
the Mibjcct to the 1st Monday in No
Miuljcr. This motion wns support ct! by
Messrs. S. Smith, Mitchell, Bayard,
G.Mldard, .Grisw'M and Thatcher i
.A oppoiwd ly McHrs. Eustis, Nww
jto'i. Varut'i.ii'uEn-tiiig.
The v and iuy ere taken on
lbs potnoMcnicnt, and were yeas 3?,
v.iyi 3). The Speaker declaring
in' the negative, the nucstiou was
hi.
fhc spf akex !iiJ before tht: house
a r-p:rl of the coiwsimj'ionm tinder
the act for ail amicable sctkmcnt of
limit w'.th Georgia, &c Rcferrwd.
Thurby, I ch. 17.
.. The LpcakcrUU before the lumsc a
- .s
rey iroi.rtlic Secretary oi me i rca
t iry i:.tloVtng an annual return of the
'U'ricl fmn.t e of the United Ststci
Mr. S. Stn'ih vr;s?:itd a p.-lUini
f.nm ctruirr ai'unsgf B-lumorcRc-ferrrJ.
" '
Mr. Jibn V., "Smith, from the com-
tec ofrlai.n. rvpirtid air.t the
I,ir. of Tobias Lctr. ,
JUfcrrvd Vt a committee of tlc
a! ole to-morrow.
Jblll to recite V tcrti-
in f.rce so act to establUh trading
',-ei w'liS the Iiidjnn trilK,
, a t!.'.:-J time and pmM'd.
bill on the .im? vibjcet re-
i'tl fnrnlhs Senrite, and rtferrryl
'.4 cvmuit'.'.vc cf the whole to-mor-
i 50, Navs 39T
Mr. Nicholson reported a bill to re
duce the marine corps of the United
States. . .
'Referred to a committee of the whole
on Monday next. 1
Mr. Varnum reported that it was
expedient to agree to the amendments ,
cf the Senate to the bill to amend the '
act rcspesting a military peace estabi
lishmcjit.
Mr. Griswold moved instructions to
the committee on the Bankrupt Act, H
to report by bill or otherwise, such a- 1
mend merits, if any, as they may deem ,
necessary tolnatacl.
Mr. Alston moved a postpqnc mcnt '
of the motion till the fu st Tue'sday of
November. He thought they had
heard enough about the Bankrupt Act '
this session, and he hoped thev should
for the remainder of the session hear
no more about ir. J
Mr. Griswold v. id vl.cthcr the
house did or did not ret urvm the a
i Jail in the city of Washington.
J The house went in a committee of
' the whole on a bill in addition to and
modification of the propositions con
tained in an art admitting the No: th
Western Territory into the union.
i he commiUei? rose and reported
the bill without amendment. ,
"The house t,ok up the report of the
committee, concurred, and . ordered
the bill to a third reading to-morrow.
. -The house- to; -into consideration
the bill extending the time for the' lo
cution ol nidilary land warrants, nc.
- Mr. Dawson one red a iiew section
any further consideration of it. j: authorising the secretary-of war to
Tftts motion. i'as supported by: issue warrants to major general Fayette
Messrs. Bayar ,tnd Thatcher, and j: to the amount for which a major ge-opposed-by
r,rs. S- Smith, Etib, d neral is t ntitled.
and Smilie, was lost. Ayes 30, jj Before a dnision was had on this
Noes 12. y' I; motion, the house adjeurned.
When t- "committee reported thei ' ' Tuesday, Feb. '2.
house ordered it -to a l'
bllh-arirrho
thTi-ttl- 'ing on MoniHyi- . - - i
Monday, Feb. 21. i
An ..engrossed bill making appro
priation for the navy for the year 1803,
was read a third time and passed.
The bill appropriates the . sum of
1,093,7J7 dollars 42 cents.
An engrossed bill concerning the
insurance of goods, buildings,1 and
furniture in the county of Alexandria,
in the territory of Columbia, was read
a third time and psssetl.
Mr. Ltib presented a petition from
Daniel St. Clair, which was referred.
The-hid in addition loan t enti
tled an act to establish an ifiufoi m rule
of naturalization, &c. was read a 3d
time.
The pics' ion" was put on the pas
sage of the bill.
Mr. Goddard spoke r.gainst the bill,
and concluded bv mot in? the oM-
pancincnt of the fulti
iion oi rne uiu to tut 1st .voutiay
rsoveruber.
This motion was supported bv
Mesrs. Datia, Davis and GothTard :
ments, reported, it v Od be lutttr to
have them reiiortt d, thuthe minds of '
members, who held seats in the next . and opposed by Mr. Sniibc.
house, might tahc them in'o eonsidc- J The question was t..ke'n by
ration, and be prepared to act upon 1 and Xbvs, and lost- Yeas 40
An engru,eJ bill in addition to and
modification. of certain - propositi!
contained in an act for admitting tlu
j.cple of the eastern division of the
North Western Tciiitory as a state
into the (union, v. as read a third time,
, and passed, Yeas 62.
Mr. Giv,';g spoke against the bill.
Messrs. hrndolph and Baton de
fended it.
A bill makirg appropriations for
the support of povernnitnt for the
j year 1803, was read a thirdimc, tnd
passed.
A letter was received fijun the
claimants, and their agerusr of lands
ceded by '. Georgia, to the United
States, tleclirii gto appar by counsel
at the bar of the hou,e ; and offering
certain new prepositions ol compro
mise with the Uuited States. ,
Referred to a committee cf the whole
i to whcfi w:.s rt fei led a bill for settline
Uwr i omidcra ; j claims to lands north t.f Tennessee
I st Monday in ; , and onU red to be printed.
Tl.e- spei ker I id U "ii-ic the home
a report fiom the st cretaries of the
treasury and war and theromptroller
ed the former judiciary.' law and of -,
; fespect for the government in general
. From the concluding sentence of this
division of his speech weinfecred that
! he nevertheless considered the repeal .
of that law as great an evil as the o
: pening of Pandora's box, that it as
culculalecl to be tne fruitful .source of
disaffection and discord, and that ' iu
tendency was to lead us directly to a
military government what we heard
was as follows.
Mr. G. Morris?by stick
an innovation on powers coequal with
other branches of government, by sub-
' jecting 'that branch of government td
the legislature which the constitution
I has been most careful in preserving
! independent and superior to power or
fear, every temptation is given for in
! roads on the other departments", and
, for finally obsoibing the whole in a mi
litary despotism if such confusion ii
countenanced here, and sanctioned bya
solemn decision, our clouded dignity
is suspended by a feeble thread indeed j
our legislative powers are but the in1
struments ofjuslice,subjecttobe wieldi
d by the passions or the. rage of e
very ambitious leader: our freedom
is but a shadow, the shadow of a shade:
; but be hoped every gentleman in that
j house valued freedom too high to
I suffer its perversion and consequent
destruction.
Another corollary presented itselfj
upon whkJv the report of tho commit
tec was supported. Inasmutlrts the-
42.
Yeas
Nys
Lsetute is an improper body to decide
Claims of the memorialistsj .
,H wouiii not have been proper to have
j given an t pinion on them j the ques
lion belongs in its essence to another
tribunal, the courts of justice ; and as
it would have been incorrect toanticu
pate the merits of the case tf an op:-
; nion, equally imprc jer would it be 6
Viiicussit either in the committee cr
' in that house. It might be said in
deed that the house of rcprcsenta-i
; tives had dicusscd the memorial and
given a decision ; it would riot be td
i him a conclusive argument that be
t cause that house may have done w hut
I is wrong that we should not-do what is
I right. - But even taking it for granted
. that they had ached discreetly, if what
, they had done srnountcd to any thing
j it went to an einion faveroble to the
I claims oi ti mTnnrialists. licntlei
I men who heard this assertion mte;ht
1 think the assertion itranpes butitvas
j nevertheless true upon the record of
1 that house, and he had nonbusiness to
seek for rhe-ir opinion but "upon their
of the treisury, respecting cl-'ui.s of'1 jourm.!. That record sovs it is true
i
Sttia refugees.
Referred to a tcUet rommittre of
thfie.
Mr. I'avnrd nr'-rrd rrolntion
iln-ln iit the ensuimr seAsinn
The motion n postp!re was car- j Mr. Griswuhl moved a recr?ifn to
ricd. . Ayes 40, Noc 3U. . ,j recommit the bill to a stlcct tonitr.it- . aluiiiig the period ! the silii..; of U e
. Mr. B yard r !vrted a bill mr the ! tee, with inM nations to enquire wl c-, supivms murt from the 1 f t Jv.orVpy
relief of Joshua Harvey ni.d others. ther the petitions fn-m icitaiii uliens .. iu Febiuiy to the 1st Monday ol Au-Re-fcrrid
to a committee of the , presented on the Uih Ft biuarv, were nust.
in
Ir. Kan Wp from the committee
u' im was referred th? propoMtion
:'.-. SUU of )hi.i, Li. reported a
.I iii hfy the prvp''riis in the
. i" :r.r. ,:: ;tl v prj;.; ol te N'T.b-
whoU on Monday next.
Mr. R. Williams offered the follow
ing as an additional rule iti the stand
ins roll's of the house.
Resolved, lh:rt all mitior.s respect
ing the priority of business, shall be
decided without debate.
Ordered to lie on the table.
Fri lav, Feb. IS.
A bill was read appropriating 2,000 1
dolhrs lor the working cf the slt
tpring on the Wabash rivers.
.Rtfimd to a coour.ittee of the1
thole house o:r Mo:.Uv.
Mr. Hoge prrscntrd a j tition from '
a "number of inhbiuhts of PrntHl-l
vania respecting l'ie obitnictcd ui-
gation of the Missisippu
Referred to a ro-nrrtittec of the
whrle on the state of the union.
Mr. Nicho?vn 'rrjiorted & bill fur'
rcsM.Utitv! the grants of bmd, and (
providing for tt disHsal of land'
South of TciincMC.
lUfrrrd to h coumiltce of the
whole on Tiifsdav.
Mr. Niche J mn fcSo rrpoiifd A bill j
fyr settin g sundry claims to the public
lands cf the Uniud Vutcs south cf
Ttiincuci'.
j in f.ti-t-subscribed by the persons
i w.en-,;i iuiihiii
Mr. Randolph called for aVtivision
of the queslioif.
The speaker put the question on the
lirst mcmocr oi mc motion, to re
comtnit,the bill.
. Motion lct Ayes 36 Noes 57.
vThc rt.idue of the motion fell of
course.
Carriei! Avcs 38 Noes Z3.
Referred to a select coinnittce.
On motion rf Mr. Huger Jfave wns
given to a deseription tf el. insants, o
t!ier than those who had, previously
; applied, to be heard m Mrrw n or by
I; counsel at the bar of the house, this
.(day.
When Mr. Moultrie retired.
i Mr. Nicholson movd the reference
The qnes'jon was then taken by of the petition of Alexander Moulitie
Ycss and Nays on the passage of the
bill Yeas 3a Nays ti.
The bill w-ks therefore lost.
Mr..B. Williams called up his re-
solutiop, rnsking it standing rulfnf
the house that all questions respecting
priority or business should be decided
without deba'e.
Carried without a division.
Mr. Griswold said he nould sebmit'
motion which had grt .n out oLthc '
dehotc on the bill amtndatory oAl.e -
.. . . i i. .i . i
naturalization n iui mv
to the coaimitlce of the whole on the
that the prayer of the rtitioncrs ought
not to be cranted i i.bis otht r, ,t may
iti.ptr i.n i pinion of the incipetimu y i
hit m?v" bc"f"m',td tfi"T"m lion v.Tth-
(ut a c tisidi ration of their toiislitu
tion.il authority cr tie hjrnl right cf
the il.'i fins. This is iaferable f rom
the proceeding si large, for it i-pcari
nut a moiion wasmncinmai iioutc to
strike out the words ltc judges,"
snd this wus earned by a large rna
jotity. What elocs this declare? Did
tl.ty not tr.ercisc all the fur.tticr.sf nd
diiel.arge the duties of judges until
the &ct(of Lst session iad ynt intj
o; erslion ? Dues not the refusal lo des
cribe them as . jt-dqti declare by
irrplication they aic yWi still I No
thing could be more clear in his con
select tommitlte tc spjteintcd to en;jg
quire whether certain irtitions fVoin'l
. . .i ....
above aubjett. '
The house look up ihe till respect
ing military land wst rants, "j
Mr. Dawson's amendment to allow
geLrral I.s l ayette a quantity of land
correspondent to his rank, was taken
uih and tHcrsome oliiection made, on
the score of form, was carried without
B c'iiM0Il.
On enross'rg ihe till for a third
reading, Messrs. Southnid, tt M.tpurd,
Ipoke in fovor of, and Mr. arnuni a-
trutnsl it.
.. . . . . . . . , a .
Carried, aiui otdcrcu to a Hutu reaa-
simdrv ttbtnt rursciitrd on rhe Ulh int? to-morrow
instant, were In fad subscribed ky the ( The Rallerits were cleatcd to tale
persons thereij nstned. op two bills oft confJentil nalu.xt
The takint? of this motion Into eon-, received fivtn lbs sturte.
ii4ertion was supported by Mr. tliU- -
ctj.t.on.
The cemmittre of this house has
I further tacn tl e lilcity to tipress a
jhclhf, that a speedy investigation of
:thc question inro',viri;J'the duties sui
'.rights of the rnrmnrisliMs, would bo
highly important, lie 1 ad rr.rned
in hts south when br had tuitit'novct
volumes of professional kiti!gr
that the delay t f iustiee, is a most
i'grleyoui punishment. It was frit t
, he so in caws between man and man
1 Mow much more imjiortar.t it it U l
sn end be put In ll.i qutstit.fi ihvtlv
jlngpritste ard public tiuhu. Is it
jnot t.f the first importance t j ut lt.4
j question to sleep, that it mfjr nolr'ij
tutu our qVicl rrort ( for be our o'e
,ti'n what it may how, it will t
pi) ol tin snpen.r Uw of tl. l.rt