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iatd 3ot!t OAjber. 1708.
I tffure 700 I not court c falioit j bat
it an honor Highly refpcdable,
-Gentlemen, I have grawn old, io the
fervice of my country I am near 50 year
f age, and I have devoted all my exertions
hither to toy country and the caufe of re
publicanifm. My friend, I foal! do all I can for yon
in the Senate whither 1 g; J at I haedone,
and wffh yea good bye. Though tea, thou
sand daggers were .aimed at my heart, I (hall
nerer forfake the caufe of repiielicanifm.
CONGRE
HOUSE 01 REFBESENT&TlfES,
Monday, December at.
Mr. Randolph made report from the joint
committee appointed to lake into confider.
ation tbe fubje T)f booltt and map pur
chafed in cooiormityjo a law of April 24,
1800, appropriating 5000 dollar for that
purpoff... This report recommended their
being placed in that room in the Capitol
which was occupied by congrefs Iaft feffion,
hd that thcbooka belonging to the tvro
-- houfe heretofore kept in the feparate apart,
orient (hoid be placed there alfo '
The Speaker laid before the houfe a let
ler fi-oa the Secretary of - the Treafury ac-
companied by doenraenta, which on tno
lion of -General Smith were ordered to be
priiited.7i;T r'
Mr. Davij moved to go into committee
ot the whole to Jake tijlie .report of the
committee of eleftions .refpeclimg the ere '
d;ntul of Mr. Hunter fent a a delegate
fro na the MiffilEppi Territory.
Mr. Moiia took the chair.
The report of the committee was th.a.tihe
Mifllffippi Territory was entitled to the right
offending a delegate to congrefs who might
debate'but oot vote,
Mr.' Milledgs faid the ftate of Georgia
had always claimed the right of Sovereignty
and of foil to that dill rift, and he' therefore
obje&ed to the report of the committee of
ele&iona. He called for the reading of the
wnaonSranee ot. Georgia. againft the pro'
eeedings of Congrefs. It was very long.
After the reading was finimed , '
Mr. Milledge laid the ftate of Georgia,
had an undoubted right to the foil, J. he
gentleman's claim to a feat was faid to'bi
grounded on laws of -congrefs, but ihe eon
ftitution fays ndrnew ftate ihall be formed
, out of ainothir without jhe copfent of its
legiflature he would a fli rt tq that body, that,
the legiflature of Georgia never gave her
confent and therefore the gentleman could
not conftitutionally claim a feat. He dated
that commiCGoners weie appointed by Geor
gia to fettle the boundaries of that Hate,
and in 3 or 4 week he expected the buli
aefs wouhLbeieuled Ha therefore hoped
'It' traded this bufioefi would not be tnfifted
on at this time.
Mr. Bayard faid the gentleman had mifla
ken the object of the report of the felecY
committee. It was not to admit a new
itate into the . union, or to ereft one within
: the limits of any (late, but onl tp admits
wtmberlh'tewith the right of debatiagbut
not voting. This would not injure the (late
i of Georgia. 1 .
The objcAions made by the gentleman from
Georgiaare direlly in the teeth uf the law
of Conjrefs, and cannot be fudaincd in this
committee. vWc arf bound by the afts "of
congrefs add have ni difcrction left-us in
thitbuiinefs. .The gentleman to,rracli his
object Ihould bring forward a refolution to
repeal the aft eflabliffing the Millllfippi Ter
ritory, which fays hey (hall have aright to
fend a qualified leprefentative. We are now
LAtindby this (i and mull continue bound
by it until it, is repealed. ; Tbe rights and
privilege .granted to the Nort,h Wellern
Territory were transferred to this Territory.
7bereit.it clearly, provided, that as .foon..as-
- their affembly i prganiaed they may chofe
a delegate, tfnlefs yoa fay the law is void
you cannot bQt concur, with the felelV iom-
mittee.
The United States ' had afted, he faid,
with moderation and propriety. Tlwre was
a difpute with Georgia rtlatie.to this terri.
tory. ! It Is - referred to coaimiflijnara to
fettle. In th; SL tftabliiliing the territory
there i a claufc . Rating that itftvould not
prejudice the right of Georgia. The re
port of the committee, . Mr. 8. faid was
: merely to carry inr clFift the law in con
' formity with which the delegate was cho
fcat he ;laiaishis' feat under the aft of
congrefs. - To admit the rq'emher . coutcT
not, he obfented,; prjudice the claim of
"' Georgia. j.:" 5 -' '' '" .''
.Mr. Davi followed Mr.-Bayard and was
ja favour of the report of the committee '
ThefuWeft-waadifculTjd at fom length',
Meffrs. Randolph, Claiborne, Dana, Ba
kon,GrifwoId and Macon were the fpeakers.
The general opinion appeared to be that
. . the law was ".clear .:s to the right in thele.
' gifiaturs of the Mifllffippi Territory to fend
a delegate. There wa fome diverfity of
feotiment to the manner in "which', they
fhould eiprefs their opinion of Mr. Hunter's
being entitled to his feat. The report of
taw, tuner m reply,
a. a .
lonjf debate'eploeO, an
wat finally nrgatlved,
i(S. The bill wat tben
The 111 Utter ia prcfuiacd to have
the committee wis finally agreed to by: the
committee of the whole In the houfe Mr.
Milledge called for the ayes & says. There
were 77 ayes, 8nBys, via. Me (Irs. Macon,
Cabell, Euftis, Ltib, Millcdge, Randolph,
Smilie and Standford. . , .
The fpeaker laid before the houfe a letter
from the ifecretary of the ' Treafury,, with;
two (tatementa rcfpedling the internal reve
nue, on motion of General Smith they were
committed to the committee of ways and
means, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Davis prrTpofed a refolution to extend
the privilege of franking to the member
frdm th Mifllfiippl- Te'ntojxJfprthe tjma,
being 3c making th fame cpmpeolatioo for
travelling to and 1 attendance in congrefs at
is'allo wtd to other members. lhAa agreed
to and McfTts. I avi. Titlinghair & Smith
fof Maffa ) were appointed to bring. io a
bill. .
Mr. Claiborne prefenled a petition from a
free negro, which Mated that the petition
er had ferved in the revolutionary war and
was di fa bled by wounds, he prayed for fuch
relief as cocgrtfi fliould be difpofed to grant
him, Mr. C. moved to refer it to the com
mittee nf claims. . . .
Mr.Grifwld faid he thought it high time
that fomething fliould be done to prevent
that committee from being burthenerf with
fuch unoeccflary applications, as the claims
were uniformly rejected, he oppofed the re,
ferenee. v.,--:-
"Mr." Claiborne iidrfH wiflj 1 to - barthen
that committee as he knew they had a great
deal of hufinef,.and it might be refeirec
to a felect' committee. .
, Mr. J. C. Smith thought if a lefeience
was made to any committee, it (hould go to
the committee of claims. Although. he had
Bo idea of (hrinking from' the iuty proper
ly attached to that committee yet he tho't
it onneoeffary ' to load "the record of the
houfe' with all thefe applications. "The re
port of the committee had beenoiniformly
againft tbe prayers of fuch petitions. If
the motion wcruld be in ordtr he would move
that the prayer of the petition be now re jec
ted. (Some further obfei ration were made
on the fubje& in the courfe. .of which it was
dated that if upon the face of the petitions
there wertf grounds for rejecting them ic
woyld be improper) to trouble the coramii
tee of claims with the reference J
. TuefJay, Decamber z.
Gen. S. Smith moved to go into commit
tee of the whole on the Rate of the .onion
fonfiepuTpcrfif g Die military peace
edablilhment, '
Mr. Gtifwbld thought the unfinifhed bu
finefs of a former day would have prefer
ence, to wit, the bill for the apportionment
of rrprefentatives.
Gen. Smitrrread part of a tetter from
Baltimore dating; that application had been
made to the Mar(hal of Maiyland 7eTp?3
ing the cenfus of -that Rate, upon examin
ing he found a miftake had been made of
14,000 ia the county of Hartford He had
not added the columns him felt, he would go
over them carefully and forward the refult
by "thia days mail.
Gcn, S. hoped ' therefore, this bufine fs
would be poilponcd until to-morrow which
was agreed to. '.
Mr. M0"' took the chair.
Gen. Smith then o&erred the following
refolutip. 1 i
" Refolved that it is expedient to H the
military peac'eRablimnieot of the United
States. ' '. '" "
Mr. RandolpttlnOved to amend the refo
lution by (hiking out the words ixk. infert
reduce. If a committee fliould be appointed.!
in confequence of. the re lolutton as it then
Rood they would be quite in the dark as to
hat was to be done. He conGdered it ne
ceffaiy for the committee of thcJwhole to
determine whether they would increafe, re
duce or let the roilkaiy tftablift'meot remain
as it now is.
-Dr. Eu 11 is rofe to afk for information.
He wiflied to know what it now is, before
he agreed either to increafe diminifh it.
' Gvn. Smith hoped the motion of the
gentleman from Virginia would not prevail
If he had ufed the word encreafe, fome
gentlemen" might have objected to it, if di
minifh other might have oppofed it, he had
therefore ufed the word list which he fun
poTed would pleafe- all parties as it left the
fubjeft at large. If this refolution ptcvail
ed he intended in the houfe to move for the
ncceuary documents. 1 ' :',
Mr- Randolph thanked th gentleman fot
the information, wifhed it had preceded or
accompanied his refolution. He withdrew
his amendment. :
Mr. Dvi was oppofed to adopting the
refolution. He wifhed to have the docu
ments before he gave his vote, t-
Mr. Grifwold ftid it appeared, to. him
they weve unneceffarily precipitating them
felves in their buhnefs. They had no data
00 which they could fix the peace eftablifh
ment. If the refolution were agreed to it
would be doing nothing, or rather it would
be impofing on the fcleA committee what
fliould be done by the houfe. . He would
int. .i.
ayes 44, tloea jraafboi why he concaived
goo'c through ;oht to prevail. l
therefore ove that the committee rife and
tepoit congrefs. - . V : ''
,. Mr. Gregg hoped the committee would
not rife, he bad prepared three refolution
on the fubjed mentioned jn the prefident's
meffage . Mr. G. read the refolutions-Th.
firft related to the militia fyRem, the id to
the arfenaU, the 3d to tbe foftifications of
ports and harbors. ,
General Smith fpokc again io opposition
to the rifmg of the committce. Mr. Grif
wold and Mr, Randolph ; io favor of It.
General Smith then faid; he would with,
draw his refolution for the prefent that the
gentleman ffom Fennfylvanja,. might have
an oj&poit unity of offering .thofe he had
read.
Mr. Gregg faid tbeTubje& of oiganiiing
the militia had been frequently before con
grefs that' it had been jefered to a fel
commfttee who ufu ally reported a long' bill,
but the houfe never agreed to the piinciple
and the bill fell of cotrrfe. He offered a
rcfolsjion in fubftaace as follows' -
Rfolved, That ths laws for regulating
the militia oft he United Stales ought to be
revifd Ic. amended that the militia fhould
be dtridwd into two diflinfl and feparate
corpl one to be called the fclc militia the
othefthe referve corps. (Some farther re
giijafioos were propuled.) , , f
Mr. Davia objeitt'd to there being two'
fepitate diftinct corps. Tliere had keen
gre diverfity : of. opinion on that fubjeft.
He poevd to amend the refolution by Unk
ing out the latter part. -
Mr, Bayard was in favour of the amend
ment propafed. He bad no doubt the
mihtia fyttem required revifioo and amend
ment. It was the opinion of all military
men that tbe fyftem waadeleAive. He was
not prepared to decideArpon the latter part.
The committee of the whole weye not fo
competent to decide on tbe principles as a
lelt committee, of men of experience in
this line. When the plan was reported o-thi-r
could judge of its merits. They tould
not decide on the abltraft prnpofnion in
that way. He tho't it would be be ft to un.
fetter the bands of the committee who caa
belljulge of the proper detail.
General Smith obferved the fobjeit had
been , frequently befote the houfe and men
of military talents had been employed Upon
tlie committee. They had reported a fyttem
too ttrong for the temper of thdvonfe, pet.
hap for the temper of this count) y. If the
labjcft is taken up for the purpofe of uti:i.
1 ifitJt fQ to thofe wfyfc walks in. life Jjav
given them an opportunity of knowing what
pl,,n will be efficient. If it is to carry tbe
militia into the field for mere parade and
(hw, then thofe who arc not military men
(hould compofe the committee.
. Thepropofed amendment of flriking out
was carried and the refoUtien agreed to.
IJheZfecMdJ.-andlA
then read and adopted.
Refolved, That a committee be appoint
ed to enquire whether any and if any wKat
additions are neceffary to be made to the
military Korea.
3d. Refalved, That a committee be ap.
pointed to enquire wlietbcr any alterations
are neceffary in the laws refpecing the for
tifications pf the U- States.
The committee' rofe and the refolution
were takrri up by the houfe. .
The firft. was agieed to as amended, and
refrrd to a committee of 9.
, The two oilier refolution were poftpon
eii until Monday next,'
A meffage was received from 4he Senate
by Mr. Otis their fecretary, informing the
houfe they bad agrer d to certain reflutions
refpecVng'tnaps and books purchafe.djor
the ufe of congrefs, for placing them in a
library and regulating it. Taking up com
mitted to committee of the whole houfe,
and made the order of tbe day for to mor
row. ... - ' .' - '
Mr. Randolph propofed tit following
refolution.
Refolwed, That the. fecretary at war be
directed to lay before this houfe a Rattment
of the eftrmaieof the military eRablifh.
wentsof the ports and Rations where gairi
fons will be nectffary and of the number of
men requifite for each garrifon. This was
agreed to. (
The engroffed bill extending the privi
lege offranking to the delegate from the
MiffifGppi Territory and providing for hie
coropenfation was read. - j ,
A - mefTage in writing was received from
the Prefident by Mrr Lewis, his fecretary,
accompanied by iundry documents. Among
them were a fcbedule pf the number of per
fons in the Rate ofTesneffee, a letter from
Colonel Humphreys, dated Madrid, Oc
tober 18, 1801, refpeftiag the Barbary
powers, a letter from the Secretary of the
Wavy to. Commodore. Pale,' dated in May,
one from Commodore Dale, dated Oc
tober 8thi j8ot, a letter from the Bafliaw
of Tunis, of April 15, i8ot; and a
letter- from William Eaton, ConfulatTu
nis. -. ' ;:' V- - - . '
General Smith called up the itfolution
he laid 00 the table yefltrday, propofing
ihmotlonJ'A-- quantity of Kcd Ccuan ' fti r ;.
s .:Tfjr fhtpbuiyiog. Apply ai above ( Nlty 1.
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thai congreft (hould journ from the S4&
ioft. until the 3d of January s . "
Gen, Varnuro, Mr, Baccb, Mr. Mott,
Mr. Elmtfr, and Mr. Sprigg oppofed it as a
walle of public time and money. ' '?'"r.
; - When the queftion was taken on the re
folution it was not cartied, only 3 j rofe ia
favor. . ,.''. fi ' ' '
Wednefday ;December aj.
The fpeker faid he had rect ivecj a plot
or map of the landselonging to the Uni-.
ted States North Wtft of the Ohio, which
was defigoed to accompany the' report of (
the fecretary of the treafury of the iSib
of December, t8ot. Refcneti to the com.',
ftiittec of ways and mearil.v '
On motion of Mr.' Rahdolph the houfe I
went inlq committee on the refolutions from -The
feiiate refpefling. a co'ngreflional libt-
rr 'vvw, : .
, M'. Rutlrdge ia the cliair. ; ,
The refolution appropriating I00O dol-.
lars- annually for incteifing the library .
brought 00 a debate of very conCderablc
lenght. It was finally agreed in the com -,mittee
to appropriate 1000 dollars and leave
it to every future f at nv of the legifljture
to ad on the lame fubjedt isthey (haald
think proper. ; "
The committee rafe reportrrfjthe rsfo
lutions as amended and-' thJcy -wre takeo.
up. . ' "-"iv ;
Mr. Bay ard in the houfe moved that there
fhould be an annW appropriation of lK)s
dollars for teo years. After Tope obferva
tionk tn favor of this amendment he faid af
ter congrefs h4d refolved that the people of '
the United States were the mo ft enlighten
ed people in the worM they furely wouji
not complaiu that tb.tOo dollars fhould be
applied" for the purpWc of procuring a li
brary. : . f
When the quelUo on the amendment
was put, 4 1 rofe inffavor of it and 41 a
gaintt it. The refoltions were finally re
ferred to a felect cfrmittee or five mem-
bcrs.
' A commnnicati
was received from the
prelident Ey his fc
tary enclofing another
return oi the cen
of Maryland recently
arfhatl, in confequence
made out by the
of letter from
r. Archer mtimatine a
mi (lake in the r
ty.
rn fiom Hartford coun-
Thurfd
, December a
The.Speakt-r
belore the boufe a let"
terirom tne lei
tary at war, enclofing a
Rattment of the
litary eftablithmeot, .of
the poRs and fli
n where garrifons Will
be" expedient, t
of the number of men '
requiute for eac
rrifori.1'' '-wE - -
On motion reared to the committee of
the whole on the ite of the union.
A letter was it iyed fiwm the Poft-Maf- ;
ter-General, atd ipanird by a flatement
of fix -poR rooa which did not produce
one third of the xpenfe of- carrying the .
maU.'y". 1 " "
On morion of! cneral S. Smith referred
to the tommiitta, jpoiiited on the fubjtfft
of Pott -Offices ;i PoR roads.
, Mr. Grifwnldi cntioned that he under
flood our roioH at. London had fent to . ,
the Secretary ofj ate a table of the dutie
payable ongoodf sorted into that countty
in A merican veils He offered a refolutioo
as follows. I .
Refolved thrt ie Secretary of State be
directed to layt fere this houfe a tabic
(hewing the (pf jrative duties paid in the
pqrts, of Gre0 itain on goods imported
in ' riuib,Fi'i and American bottoma
fince 1 las year j 1. ' 1 lf. v,.
This rc(blutiiwas agreed to."
D-r. Leib p flted two petitions, one
from G. SnidJelijRiller of the Nothern Li
berie (Philpdpia praying to be exone
rated fiom ft ayment of duties for. G
months haviskli ady paid for two months '.
more than h 4 ked his ilills.; He nrov-C
ed tOjicci:j e Secretary of nhe-Trea..
lury which w KifedjiatLiW petition re-i.
ferred ' to t ;,i omraittce -of ways and
mean. M ': - .y : ;. ;
"De other f or) prefented by Dr. L.
was from the rt kt of George and Jacob .
Gilbert tayloii) Philadelphia 'who had .
contraded to f ly the army with cloth
ing, on accor f the rife of cleth, Scci
faid Gilberts f : ruined and their fecuri.
lies were fuetfo a balance of 16 or 1700
dollars, whiclt?; ry prayed to be releafed
from.
KikfS to the committee of
iai - .
claims.,
Mr. Denn
1
sferved that confiderable
-inconvenience
experienced by pcrfont
-holding lands
ing taxes imp
JW. of ahe Qhio tefpeft-.
n the lands of non-reu-
dents. Fol thifrOent of thefe taxesilaads
were frequenuTald for a very fmall part
of what theylrjp worth. Mr. D. confr
dered that it vail be expedient for congrefa
to take. fomeSyfures on this fubjtd and
moved the folag refolution : !
; Kelolved, Itjthe Secretary of State be
lireded to lalf ore this boufe the
laws of
the North Vt
n and Indiana Territories
impofingltaici
AoreeA toi I
the hods of noia refidenis.
Mr.Taltoi
prefented a petition from ,
the counties oi New-Ha'
pet fons re mi
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