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i u u VOL. lUh'io the agnt of the OWaw Depart? be paid out of any raoneHn the Treasury , portant to the welfare pi aji, 1 ne nepuo- due, and it fshall be thejnot bthew ana orufnirai agent. wUhih sixtVdays Aoteeccr.Xi Thattno monet appropriated by . America i have already deputed ; PJempor rctED AN'D OBLISHED WEEKLY, BY WATSON St MA CHEJV, ii 53 pef annthajf BY AllTHORITY ith to the agent ment the' balance duty -of the said thereafter, to order suit "to be commenced againsi sucn aewnqueni anu a sureues No 16. ' No, 13.J AN ACT making appropriktion for certain For tifications of the United State, for the year ene thousand eight hundred and twenty, six,, v iand for other purposes. . i- ' e u enacted by the Senate and Heuse f tiepresentatives of the United States of jmtrtca in Congress a&stih led, hat the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to wit ; lor fortifica iirtrs. to each. SDficifically. as follows: For Fort Adams, at Brenton's Point, one hundred thousand doUars V For Fort Hamilton,; at - New Utrecht Point, seventy-five thousand dollars.! ; Fdr Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort, onf kaiidred and fifteen thousand dollars. : for Fort Calhoun at foe Rip Rap Shoal, figbfy . thousand dollars. ; , for the Fort at Bogne Point, North-Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars.1 For the Fort at Oak Island, North-Carolina, thirty thousand dollars, f I For the Fort at. Mobile Point, ninety thousand dollars. . -. .' : ' : For the Fort at Chef Menteur, eigbty thousand dollars. j For Fort Jackson, at Plaquemine Bend, ninety thousand dollars. ' . ? For the Fort to be commenced at Bayou Biea venu, Louisiana ninety thousand dol lars. . 'r":"ri'-: 0 , For repairs and contingencies, fifteen thousand dollars.. " - For the repair of Fort CbnstitutionJ in the Portsmouth Harbour, two thousand five hundred dollars. .':, . For the purchase ol Land, and, the right of way on Throng's Point, in Long Island Sound, seventeen thousand dollars.' ' Cytc. Z.Awi be it further 1 ac(edr ThaLl the said sums shall be paid out o? any mo ney in the Treasury,' not otherwise appro-. pruted. f ' : .:-:-- "' " .v": JOHN W, TAYLOR, ! Speaker .of the Houe,of Reprefentatirea. , ; JOHN C. CALHOUiN, Vice FrestdenVof theJUnited ttes and President of the Senate. fioTKidarch 14, 1826;' t ! v ' ;-JOHN QUINCYj ADAMS. AN ACT to autiionze the Legislature of the State of Mississippi to appropriate the amount of the threej per ceui-. fund, arising from the tales of public lands. ; V. J Be it enacted ojr tiie Senate I and House of Representative of ihe lUniied-tates of Amtiicd in Congress assembled That thi ee-fil ths of the five per cent; iuqd,f ari-. siug from ttie nett proceeds of -' the sales of public lands within the. State of Mississip pi, may 4 be appropriated iy the Legisla tuse thereof to the making of public ronds and canals, and . to the improvement of the navigation of rivers and bays within said Btate. ' " '''-V-f '' 1-v. ': ArraoTDMarcl. 14, 1826. notes, -reeeiyed by sueh ,fersQi to be ex- pended in the public set vice ) but in all ca ses where the salary or pay of aay person is withheld m pursuancofthis.act, it shall be the duty of the accounting oficer, if de-, manded by the party, his agent ir Attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Trea sury Department the balance die, -and it shall be the duty, of the said arent within sixty days thereafter,5 to order suit to be commenced against such delinq surenes-'i Approved March 25, 1826. AN ACT making appropriationg for he Milita ry; Service of theUnited States,'- tor, the year one thousand eight" hundred and twenty-six; vBe it enacted bj the Senate and House of Representatives of Ike United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fol!omng--samsb by, respectively appropriated, for the Mill tary Service of the United States, fpr the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six to wit. .v 'v i?''-yV ' For the pay of the Army, and subsis tence" of officers, : including the Military, Academy, nine hundred and ninety-four thousand, four hundred and seven dollars and seventy-five cents. -il For; Subsistence, two'hundred and eigh i ty-nine thousand one hundred dollars. J. For Forage for omcers, thirty-nve tnou sand five hundred and twenty dollars. j " For the Recruiting Service, ' in addition to an unexpended balance on the thirty first of December, one thousand eigh thun dred and twenty-five, of six thousand sevtn hundred ' and sixty-nine 'dollars, twelve thousand one hundred & forty-five dollars. For the contingent expenses of the Re cruiting service, in addition t an unexpen ded balance on the thirty-first of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty five of seven thousand dollars, two thou sand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars. For the purchasing Department, in ad dition to materials on hand, , of sixty thou sand dollars, two hundred and two thou sand two hundred and fiftyone dollars and nineteen cents. For one thousand complete suits of extra Clothing to be put in depot, and for one additional pair of Shoes to be allowed for each enlisteji soldier per 'annunt, fifty-one thousand five hundred and two dollars and forty-five cents. i "." " I .". For the purchase of Woollens, during BRANCH of North-Caroli tne ear one.tnousana eigni nunarea ana . sm:e; twentv-six. in advance for , tne year one vT persoiii for hia ', tentiarreaito such a meeting, and. they nave ears to the u ni- invrtea tne u nitea ptates jlo oe also repre- this act shall be paid to ComDensation. who is in ted States; until such perim shall haveiac-filente thereby counted for and paid intti thei Treasury an'; yitaiion flas been accepted, and Ministers sum: fortwhicfi be may be Iteble : fVppi-on aea, aisQ, ,i nat.notning in ins section suau (..i-wut'" v a v.'"a w. " be construed: to extend to balances ariSmgv tioos, esc solely - from the depreciation! I of Treasury ent and bis No if AN ACT to confirm the supplemintary report of the Commissioners of the Western District - of Louisiana.' , .. f ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of preventatives of the United States of America iii Congress assembled -.That the claims marked B. described in the supple mentary report of the Commissioners of the Western District of the Statevof Louisi ana, dated the elevfnth of A ay,, one thou sand eight hundred and fifteen, and recom mended by them for confirmation, be, and the same are, hereby confirmed in the same manner, and under the same restrictions, as the report, to which this was supplemen tary, was Confirmed, by the act of the twenty-ninth of April, one 'thousand eight hun -dred and sixteen s ' 1 v Approved March 31, 1826V U Thir language; ;1 j Ihooght.at thetime; was; u'pequi vocal, " an since has -been ren dered more, ex plici t by the Executive com niunication before alltided to of the - 20tb i Deceriiiiet which t jwU take the liberty of (eadih id the Sena te: " Although this mea sure: was deemed to be withiit the tohstifu Honal Competency riot thought proper to take, any step. in it before, ascertafhing that ray opinion of its e x pediency I w ill . concur with that of bot h duty,? To fortify (his opinion, I;will cal the atteionf nhe ;Senate to -Mr- Clay's letter tdMr foins?tti 9th Jotrr 18251 it which Ket speaks; o-Mi lowibVipledg in language J that; .cannot be ' mistaKen When we; ire fcet that theScretaiy vof State- is: a gentleman officially ahd conft. deniiallyohnected vithvtoC PresioVni'dX j; the United;Staies,n erty to doubt,' that this bledge,T giveV tiy, Air.! Monroe, ; has been recognised by .- tbe present President andr Secretary ofState ? J say we can come to no other fbnclnsiotw Does it uot then become our iinberativa -daty iwhB w consequences ' resultiog from Tadalagoiis usurpations tot protest against it, . though he may not. think, proper at the mbmeut to carry the principle into practice ? v ; Again: I cqniend if' the President b bound to advise with the Senate in ordina ry cases of appointing and sending JVlinis branches of the Leeislature.,, Ji 1 Has he-not tlien asserted that he has the hers where, by, the laws arid usages, of n ngni 10 appoint ministers inaepenueniiy j nons. tneir powers anu uuties areT suscepii of "the Senile- ministers, tooof no ordinar ; ble of the clears,and. most expljcit deiim- ry character clothed with powers admitted, tidns, and wberethe consequences likejy on all hands to be of the most important to result are knbtiw and properly estima and perilous nature ? . Now, sir, what does ted much more should he be bound wherb the Constitution say ? this invaluable and the objects to be obtained, and - the duties inestimable little book, which I now . hold in to be performed, are not eyen. understood my hand -the cominission under which we by the President himself, as ,in thi case all act, arid, from which we derive all our may be seen by reference to the docti powers ; which every officer of the govern- ments : in which it appears thai he him ment takes til solemn oath, in the presence self declined it in the first instance, until of his God and country, to preserve, main- he could be satisfied on those. points. But, tain and "defend ? " That tlie President strange to.tell, this erdund was abandoned. have power, by and with the' advice 'without assigning a, reason, and the invita- tiN SEIS ATE Ma rch 30, 1826. , l ne senate toofc up tne fouowyig pre amble and - resolution, submitted . by na, Mr. in secret session, and subsequently transferrer! tn tho I .uili)li vn fnnrnal thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, , publ jc deiberation ; , . twenty thousand dollars. ; D .. , , . ' : Fdr MedicalVahd r Hosoital Denart il . ",Vhcreas, he President ofthe United States; ment, tweiity-hve thousand ana seventy seven dollars. ; v,-':v: I For he Quarter Master General's ; De partment, ' two hundred and ejghty-four thousand Seven Hundred and sl dollars arid sixty-seven cents. , ; V U' For Quartermaster's supplies, transpor tation, stationary,- outstanding 'debts, re-: nairs. chairs for Examinations. Urates.' and lightning . rods, " lor the Military Academy: at West Point, fifteen . thousand and five shal and tie,; consent of the Senate, to ' make -trea-. tions weie accepted. Now., sir, as to the provided two-thirds of the Senators objects . Understood and : openly avbwedf present ; concur ; and he shall nominate, what are they f to expound and settle im- arid by and with the advice and consent portant principles Of international law -to of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, concert the means for a more effectual re- other public ministers " &c. . sistanCe to the approaches of European his oprr:. Message. jqQJrrc! that invitation had been accepted, and thai Ministers on the part of the United States Would be commissionf d to attend thej deliberations. at Panama,' without submitting $ud nominations to he Senate : 4 And, whereasjin an Executive communication of : the 26th daj ot December," 1825 although he submits the iominatlons, jet maintains the right, previous announced in his opening Message, that he bossesses an au thority to make such appointments, and commis sion them without the advice aijd consent of the Senate : . vAnd whereas a -silent jacquiescence on the part of this body , may. .at sme future tirife, hundred aud forty-two dollars and seventy- .redrawn into ongerouSprecent:;lherefore, - v . . f Resolved, That the President of. the United ! jour cents. , r . i ' States . does not constitutional pcssess either t . For articles Vequired for the mathemati- the right or the power to appoint Ambassadors car, drawing, chemical, ana nuneralogical or otner pumic Ministers, Dutj wiin the advice, departments, additions to the library, pa- nd consent of the Senate, except wufcn vacan vini hrraCk naikdi--Conifiiit- far stinnlv- ef may happen in the t&:y "--ii " I 7 , r r . j : i. .rw. . :m- . - ing water, and for new quarters, as recom- mended by the .ooara oi visiters ior r tne The. resolution having bein read Mr. BRANCH rose; andlj said : lender nnd .most tm ate : that 'sent AN ACT making appropriation for the Indian Department for Jhe year one thousand eighty buitfired and twenty-six- , y '' Bi tt enacted bf the Senate and House cf Representatives if,theJJnited States of America in Congrest assembled, Thai the following sums be, and the same are here- by, apptopriaied, tofwit ;Cr":"!;.. " ' ' For the pay of the Superintendent of In dian affairs- at -St. Louis, and the several, Indian agents as established : by ;.:lawl; twenty-nine thobiand five hundred dollars.; For the pay of SuDAgebtsas establish- d by law, thirteen thousand five hundred For . presents to Indians,' as authorized; Oy act oi one tnousana eigni, nunarea ana .two, fit teen thousand dollars.' -X . : i J. . For the contingent expenses, ninety-five Sec; 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums beteby appropriated shall, be paid out of any money . in'the Treasury : not otherwise appropriated iv Provided) however That no money-appropriated by : this act shall be paid to any person,; for hivcompensation who is in Arrears to the United Statesuntik Such person shall have accounted for and paid into the- Treasury; ll sums for which he'may be liable : ro- :9idedt also; hat nothingv in this section -aontained shall be' construed to extend to1 balances arising soletr fiom - the deprecia X1100 Treasury' notes received by such I -person id i Weinertded thW miMiiVli ice v but m all ;caser here the pay or salary ofany person withheld m pdrsu- r nce W i (t ;har be the dmV ' of th ccountmg officer, if demode "irj the pari n a&n mwti twtb its pristine purity & vigor. Although it may not oe necessary , to illustrate tnis principle, T. .hope the Senate will indulge me for a few minutei while 1-attemjt to give them some additional reasons ferny I submitted this resolution. .v Tr . . v ; I' view the usurpation 'vhich it notices, and purports to repel, as a liuk in a chain fWreaten-ingthe Vmot portentous. aodS ca? lamitous.rconsequeicesj to the liberties of this People. ' In this light it has made a deep irnpressioh on my mind. - Insolated, unconnected with any thing else, v yet so plainly and palpably conflicting with' the letter and spirit ; of the Constitution) Vtt is truly- appalling to the friends .of liberty; but when 1 connect it with the transactions that have tarnished the page of our history, for little more. than a twelvemonth past; when I connect this open usurpation, ; this wanton trespass on the form of govern ment under which we livef with ihe covert and! insidious innovations which gave exis tence tb and characterizes the Conduct of the present, Chief Magistrate, 1 1 ahi deci dedly of opinion, that every friend - of his country should -be at his post. ; : f l V ' It is time to re-enact jnagna charta. It is ; iinie jio: re-asseii . me principles vi trie D.eclaoori. of Independence . , : . ; ? The danger to be apprehended from pre-f ;uL-rl-iXi!. : tl ...1 i. ri.- u- .... ' ..j Id l UrtS UCCII ICJ lUCU For the National Armories, three hun-believed uio be my duty to submit, for the i VrS. ,: - " ' L dred and sixtythousand dollars.. fnslderation4Of theenate,e r nic .'i For the"cnrrent expenses of Ord which has just, been readv - My Opinion is, - a c"rre.nce to a rcumstances of c- r . . - .uu.i-A-? i" ii - 1. . 0 J . .- r . . .. ' . .comparatively ; recent date. Two years .mmiiia cvtufiva tnAIICi) ml .- tliYi mr - - thai a Konrncpntntiuo Vtrta rartnrritrl hilt - . r . s, , J . V ... r V" 't v - -. .1 y-, . , . . , - :.i aeo the immedUte predecessor of . the pre - or Arsenals, iweniy:seve; w,onSarfca pan 01 nisaa y, anq pernaps ne; least president prQCiiinj tothe European SCVCI1 IJUUUIvU. UV11-019" . - " - i'i i .wail n iiu uu wi j -. vu K For arrearages one thousand ei teen thousand dollars For arrearages thousand eight firs! 4f January d red and seven teen ' For'huildlng ah Arsenal .-at : Vergehjies; - tioD is so, plain in itself, so obvious in its Vermont, fifteen thousand dollars. ' v . nature, as to need no afgument on my part -For tompletihglhe'repair of Plymouth ; to make it plainer, ; I should conceive i( Beach, thirteen thousand One hundred and to be1 ah insult to the understanding of the eighty-four;dollars and ninety cents.' Senate to attempt such ah argument;'; The 4 For the.cbntinuation of the Cumberland . resolution asserts, a constitutional principle toad, one hundred and ten thousand dpi- Yes, sir, a fundamental principle, which is iaw, which shall be replaced out of the fund doubtless properly appreciated by :, this reserved for laying;out 'and jmaldng; roads'. under the direction of Congress, by the se- It may be, however,' proper for ! me to veral acts passed for the" admission of the ; call the attention of the Senate to the open States of x Ohio, -Indiana j Illinois -and Mis: ing message of the Prf sident Of the Ufni ted souri j Into, the Union, oh egaal footing with' ; States, at the. commencement of thevpres the orlffinal StatesV A : It; - ), & .:.V : 4 ent session and to his Executive commu- Military Academy at West Point, nineteen ihe impression that, the first thousand one hundred and eighty-seven dol- portaut duty 1 owe to the S lars and seventy-five, cents: :. ; -y , -: O L' tne ; here,-' is ta preserve ,invMate4 ; and to For the contingencies of the Army,' ten . transmit to posterity unimpaired, the form - , s V . . . ii t , ; f; r e . 5 . j u- u I---M. cedent, even from.whf thousand dollars. ' v , ; of government under which we live. I have , V? - . - r.i. Am ulu..J uA... L u L-i.'r-L- the harmless ipse dixit, c I shall not, as 1 said before, attempt by domination,' and doubtless to give efficien language,' to make this subject more expli- ; .cy ttfthe recogniied pledge of Mr. Monroe cit j than it is. The wise ;framers of .our in connection with a wild and enthusiastic. Constitution, tinder the most auspicious crusade: against the. Roman Catholic reliV circumstances, formed it and transmitted gion Are these legitimate objects, tosav ii to us it is our outy to preserve ti in an notning more oi tnem r wr rather, are they not fraught with consequences of the most dangerous and most omfnous nature, to the future peace and tranquility of this .country f! ' j ' ; I will jiot trespass oh the patience of the Senate, by an argument on this point.-r My object is to shew thai these Ministers) to Panama are Ministers of ;jthe first aod imost important character, clothed with powers of awful import, and calculated to excite the well grounded fears of every lo ver of his country., . ,,'i-;1:' '.,' vWe are called upon to send Ministers to South. America", to, combat the preju dices of the toman Catholic religion. should think our' labours bad better be con fined at home. , w . t Futthermoref-I contend, that, if .the' President of the United States is not con .slitutionally bound to advise with the Serw ate in appointing Ambassadors and MimV terS, that the Senate is not bound to act on the subject at all ; in truth has no right to act. Are, we dependent on the : Vhlm, ;or caprice or courtesy, of the President for power? Is it competent for him to enlarge our functions ? -. Can he circumscribe them) at pleasure'? -' I irust not sir.! -;: S - J . VVe rely on higher authority ; we rely on the commission given to us by the Peo-, ' winrld that thev must not interfere With old prior fo the brst of uly, ties, of legislation. a delegated htm by riA ;AniM i in.in. ght hundred and fifteen, frf- the Constitution.; i feel, said Mr. B, that v trr - Aiii ... , Aiia, t a. ; " - ? . we hayen important task to execute in -riiUoVw;Uo ann?w from the first of Junf, one resisting the encroachment of ambition on . . . . . . A Mon-, hundred and fifteen;! to the the constituUonal powers of this body, j vt 77 wSSJ i . , ; 7 v , , . . . ; calculated to excite the angry passions, and rt?n &sand gbt iliun- whether they be open or covert; r- J hii:t,h frn J.iai. Y S:P .'three thousand dollars. The principle embraced by the resolu-1 . -a' t. -::.-.:.:J :: :'r. t rro Tnw-j nariaraiimi vfttvi I'll ivi nimi iinri u . For , repairs . made - on the, Cumberland ; nicatiorf to the Senate of 4he26tb Decern road ''during the year one thousand : eight ber lastFor it will bi found: that in' these hundred and "twenty-five,4 seven hundred; commrih'rctio'ns,- be pas assumed a power and .fbrtv-riine 'dollars jQfStii-Si C ahd assorted i risht J " which VI bdldly coh For completing the worlU for deepen;., tend.he jiloeS hot possess and tn.making ing ;the channel of entrance into the ,har- this denial,r I: feel confident that 1 am sus bof of Preidue slej seven thousand dollars.- tained by the Constitution of the 1nited i or .ineueiraying UJ? cpcusca muucu- . oia r vpcuiwg uirsswgc uc4 says, tal to making examtnatiolissoryys pre jn aid of, the tormation or Suggested to tnem oyrtc Datratbrv to, and roads and canals, fifty thbusafld . dollars. the armament of. new' r one hun Sitri the se?eral tttittf (ivf rfbpnated thai! preseotc, deli the new i relations . with bne another, resulting from the rjecent tipOO has f AiV declaration been construed into a pledge or guarantee to the South American 'Republics j and, moreover, : has been re cognized as being, obligatory on this na tfon; byrthose now in power In proof of this, took to the letter of :Mr fomsett, our Minister at Mexico, to Mr. Clay, dated September, 18255 . .". '5? v v; : ' ' :J'To these observations t replied, that 'against the power of Spain, they bad giv- ' en .suflScient proof that they required no f assistance,' and the United States hsul pledged themselves hot to permit any bth- r power to interfere either with their tnde pendence or form of Government : i and that, as, in the e Vent of such anattem pt' ' being made by thel powers of Eiirbpewe ' would be. compelled to ; takeTthe most ac- tive and efilcient part, and to bear the; t brant of the cbntesV it was not just thatj we r should be placed on a les firorable; footing than the other ilepublics fme-j ' rica, .whose existence we.were ready to! ' support at such haaiards;;!' f See the language of this tenileman, well known; and highly esiimated for hw talents and integrity. - Are we' not trouhd to be- lieve that the sentiments be avows, are laf Can we S conmrmltr pie themselves in convention i and, before 'my country 1 protest, most earnestly pro test, against all and every encroachment of the kind. Before my God, I declare,- that 1 never will be diverted from what I, con ceive to be the true policy of ray country; I never will be palsied' by an.y power save t he Constitution and ' the unit of my con stituenls." Yes, sir, however unfashiona ble the recognition of this dependence ort our constituents may be,; I must be permit ted to pay ray devotion to it and recog nize its obligation on me. They are'the early impressions of my youth j they have been rivited on my mind as fundamental republican truths j they have taken the fir mest hold " They are such ail have fond ly cherished in my bosom, and such as the people of this country never ought, never; can, abandon, 'unless . they prove false to themselves.- ""' rfy '. 'T ;'. ' ; The Senate; was ' wisely designated : to act as a check upon the appninting power9 not, I admit, to be exercised capriciously but fearlessly and'indepehdently'when the public good requires it.: It therefor e be comes j- imperiously, our duty to guard well the powers4 conferred on. this ' body. VV are tenants at will'orTather trustees for the present and future generations ; and it ' is comparatively of f ery little moment ja regards the Tew Meeting moments yt occu py here J ' It is asl time to'etefnity when' 1 compared fwith the fundamental prihcipl& ootned in this bbokv v This lift I 'intended for ages to come, ' v It isint ended. 1 1 trustj to be perpetbal. !- It was so design ed but 1 nave. the most awful foreboding , that it will not pe 1 have my fear-'fllC" thdtigh sir, it hai stood the severest stornV in a recent Contest; and has carried ui u umphahtly through a war which has covi eredbtir country with imperisiiable renown Struggle tnai exxoracect m, it cousequnr 1 IF. r , i .- - - .Vu".. '' ' T v - $ -iV -- -'T. -H'r--ir ..:;ViiU.iV; M.rv)!'' ; 1 ; ;, . ! ; , - ' ! j;- v-.,- . . . .- .- - ; . ' ,!:., . ,; .! :- . ( .It- " , : t - ' -' ,' ' ' i r, - ' -' h - i :. UK rt- . "I 1 , i i.
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