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:.J f -i AN b' FAY E T T .E V I L L E ADVER T I SER. ' : 1 - " ! , J, . . .. iLJ F ATTRTTEV1LLE .-Ptjbi,ished eve ry SATURDAY-by HODGE and BOYLAN. S AT URDAY, February 17, 1798. Numb. 100. THE NORTH MINERVA C O N G R E S S. v HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Monday January 39. - The houfe refolved, itfclf into a committee of the whole on the articles of impeachment reported againft William- Blount, Mr. Dent in the chair j when they were read as follows : ARTICLES Exhibited by the houfe of repufentative nf th? Tt. united States, in the name of thcmfelves and of all the people of the United States, againft , WILLIAM 15 LO UN 1 In -maintenance of their impeachment againft him for high crimes and mifdtmeanorg. Article 1. That, wheras the United States, in the months of. February, March, April, May, and June, at ..pi-3.ee 'With his catholic majelty, the king.of Spain and whereas, during the months aforefaid, Lis faid ca-thul-V m-jtlty and the king of Great-Britain were at war ! each other , yet the faid. William Blount, 011 or 1! - it'the months aforefaid, then being a fena tor .f the United States, and well knowingKe pre mif?s, ha:' ' ifreardii)g t he duties and obligations of hi hi t hfStioii , a n'ifrdrgntnaVd'Tifr end nig toTdi f v tuih tiie peace and tranquility of, the" U'. Statcs,,and to violate an;t infringe the neutrality thereof, did con fute,' n-id contrive to create, promote, and fct oil foot, witiiui tlit territory and ju'ril ii&ion of the Uiuted Sirttex, and to conduct and carry 6n, from thence, a jnil-tarv- hoflile expedition againft the territories and dominions of his faid c itholic m ijefty ill the Florid as Mid L.tiiifi ina, or a part thereof, for the piirpofe of wresting the fame from his - catholic majefty, and of conquering the ft me for jtie king j)tjGe3t: Britain, wah whom Jls Hud cath'olic mrijotty-was at war, con trary to theduly'andtruft of his Itation as a fenator of the United States, in violjtiou of the obligations of neutrality, and againll Jhe laws of the United States, and the peace aiul ihterelts thereof Art. II. That, whereas on the twehfy-fevcr.th day of October, iii the year of our Lord one thoitfand fe tea.hilndied and ninety fivei a treaty .of f iendfhip; li nuts aiid iTavigattoi) had becrt made arid concluded be tA'cen .the United States and his Catholic majclly, by the htth article whereof it is Itpuiateii and agreed, haft he-t wo high eon t rait i g parties ilia!!, by all . r.ncmedr 10 ineir power, maintain peace auu jidrmu by aTtrtyig the ft veral Indian nations, who iuhabit the couutry adjacent to the lines and rivers which by the-. .ceding" a,jle.8t.frQro the boundary of the two Fib--, ridasN ..AvA tlbettcr to obtain this effect, both par tic j oblige thenifclves exprefdy to reftrain by force all huftilit ies o a t h e part of the I nd ia 11 ittkn5 1 y i ng wit hitr vtheir boundary fo that pahi will not fuffel her ludiaii9 to attack the citizens of tlC United States, nor the Indians inh ibitiug their territoYj nor .HTthe United Stated Lermit thefelalePtiotieJiidians to co-nmence JiO'.tibtiesagainft the fubjecVof his Catholic M-jelly of X jamin Hawkins tbe principal temporary agent for Indian aflairs, witmn the aAup nations fouth of the river Ohio, and north of the U'ru'toria! line of the U nited States ; and wherfaste faid Benjamin Haw kins accepted the faid appokment, and on the'ti rt day of April, in the year of iur Lord 1 797, and for a long time before and afterwari!9j did exercife the functions, powera and duties attached to the fame, yet e-4aid W41iam Bloitnt,'Ht-r-about thcOTd-rTri- day of April, in the year ii- our Lord l797, btinga fenator of the Lfnited States, and well knowingvthe premifes, did, in the prbfccu'fon of his criminal deligns and of his conspiracies afoxfaid, and the more :ffec tually to accomplifh his inteition of exciting the Greek and Cherokee-nations of Iidians tocommence hollili ties .agaimt the. luhiects o his valholic maielty, tur William Blount on oi about tWn-.onths of February, Mirctrptitr'f4y .nd. June, fff" the efcofl'iu f then belt one thou fa nd feven . h u n d red kn d tji n et ySc've n ei rig a Senafor of the United ' Jttes, and .Wtll the fiid .Beniamin Hawkirb. the irineiDal temborarv agent aforefaid, and to'dininifli, impair and deftroy the influence of the laid U;ijamin Hawkins with the faid Indian tribes, and their friendly intercourfe and underltandihg with him ; contiaty to the duty of his truft and (1-uion as a Senator of the United States, buFgs, and the peace andiutfefts thefeolT , , , Art. IV. That, wheras ' y the ordinapecfi and afts of congrefs aortfail,it is nWe lawful for the prelident of the United states to edablifh trading houfes.at fuch plac s and on the welicrti and fouthtin froutieis, or i'.i the Indian country, rn he (hall judge moir con venient for cat fying on a liberal tmde with the Iudian nations within the limits of t fit United' States, and to appoint an agent at each tiAding haufe eHab'iihed as aforefaid, with fuch clei ks arid aflillants as may be ne ceflary far the. execution of the laid acis j , and where as, by a.treciry made . and concluded on the 2d day of July, in the year of our Lord 1797, between the Ig nited States and the CherekeC nati' ns of Indians, ih hahitirig withiri ihe liniits,o'f the United Mates it is Itip'ulated aiul agreed " That the Uuited vtate3 will lend fuch and f many perfons urefide 1 rt Taid nation as they rtfall judge proper, not exceeding four, who Inall quality-1 :i em 1 c 1 ?es .7 a ci as 1 in e r pre 1 ei s. 1 whereas the. prefidtjnt of t!e United States, as wel) in purfuan'ce of the autlt tuies in this article mention ed, as "of the act? of coiittfs referred "to hi the third article, did ppoinr am. s O.iteV to be he Jntejm for the United -iSt'.ites'to thfc faid Cherokee nation of Indians, and affilUiitNt the public traviingjm.ufe ella billled at the 'IVllico block haife iji the : (late otTen neflec ; and whereas the faid Jitaies Carey did accept the laid appointments on the twenty firlt day of April, in the year of.ntir Lord 1 797, anil for a l"ngjjmc e- fore nd"a f r?rwaidid.;ekcrc'ifeje funilTon s andlTu -tien attached to the fame yet 'the" faid- WilKam Blount, on or ab ut the faid alll day of April, In the year lad afoiefaidj then 'being a Senator of the Uni't- ed Siates, and w ell knowing the premifes. did, in pro- lecution or ins criminal oeligns, ana tn iui met ante vi of April, 1797, then, being a fenator of the United State, and well knowing the premifes, in further pro lecution of his faid crin inal dt figns and of hisconfp: racies aforefaid. and the more tfTeclually to accomplifk his inteniioH of excitii'g the faid Indians to commence lioftilities againft th fubjffts 6f his Catholic Majefly, did further confpire and contrive to diminifh and im pair the confidence of the faij Cherokee nation in the govci nmein-offle-mte-Statesirand to create-at foment difcontents and difafTeclion amonjift the faid Indians towards, the government of the United States in relation to the afcertainment and making.of the faid boundary line, .contrary 1o the duty and trull of. his ftation as a fenator of the United States, and a g 9 inft the peace and intereft thereof. . And 1 be houfe of reprefentatives. by proted.atiort, faviiig tor1 ttimfehycy-thgithf ny- of1iihTdnf rtany - Xiioe. J&erft'e1viuy' -fi;u.'tficfearHJ.,ifliirf aifeMty..A '' 6r impeachment againft the faid William 1 Blouijt, and alfo. of replying to his ahfwers which he Avail m ke un .,. to the faid articles, pi any of them, and of oiFering proof to all and every the aforefaid articles, and to all and every other-articles, impeachment-or accufation, which ihall brtxhibited by them, as the c fe fliafl require- tfMjetndhd that the faid William Blount may be... nit to ani'ver inv iu( vjv.. - . , v - that fuch proceedingRj exarninations, trials and ments, may be thereupon .had.and given as are agreea ble to law an I juluce.'. The articles having been agreed to, without amecd ment (except a mere tubal one) the committee rofe, and the houfe having alfo agreed to them, Mr. Sitgrcaves moved that managers be appointed on thepart'of the houfe for the plupofe of condiicl' ing the imptachment, .. Wr ich be the agreed to, his Indians.Nu any manner v.hatevcr.'v-- Yet the. fa Id this coiifpiracies aforefaid, confpirt and contrive to feduCe the laid James Cirey to afiill in the promotion ii"e"iecuFiort or" his laid crmi.nal inlcntlotis and con fpifacies aforefaid ; contrai-y to the duty of his.trnft Und :itatibrr'ias a Sertator of the ' United States, and a jLo.IpgjJie preiTejiiAilhat J.he.Md,lfeitied Stat!;;gahjj4he.jd.wB a'id.-t'reatKs'-bf -the .UnitedStatcst'-and ettien at peace mjr ujaixi x t his Catholic' majelty was at war wfth the k'np f I" Art." V. That, whereas certain tribe's1 :' were Great-Biitain, Irtit difr euardirig the duties of his hTgH ItlM I Ration, and the ftipu'ationsof the laidHreaty, anrHtief ni obligations of neutrality,' did confpirf and contrive to j the excite the Creck and Cherokee nations of Indians, ry I or nations 01 Indians inhabit within the territorial limits of die U.- ted Sitates, 'between vhom, or many of them, and fettlcments of the United 8tate9, certain b'ounda-' hies have' by fuccefilve treat iesjbte.n ftipulatcd and ?etiupon, toxfepatate the lands and poITc-fJions f the fain Indians, from the lands and pofftffions of the jct and poffcfllonsof his Catholic majelty, -iti the . United States and citizens thereof ; ; and whereas, par . 4 Floridas and Louitiaha, for the purpok of reducingXticularly b-v the treaty ir the latl article mentioned Jo ' the fame to the dominion of the king of iQreat Brj. Itaye been madevwith theXherokee nation, on the fe- tain, with whom his Catholic majetly was theujat war coiid day of July in'the yekt of , our. Lord, orfe thou as aforefaid ; contrary to the duty of his truft And fta-i fand feven hundred arid ninety ,ne, the boundary line tion as a Senator of theUnted States, in violation of between the United States and the. Cherokee nation then inhabiting within the territorial boundarKof the United States,. to commence hottilities againft the fub- ........ - CJT" . The fpcaker required of what number they fhbuld confittj-.-- -. ; : Mr. S'tgreaves anfwered eleven, Mr. Thatcher fie. , . "Mr. "Sitgfreave8 . hoped the number he had mention ed vronld be'agreed to; the btifinefs being hew, and of a very important and delicate nature, he thought ihe manacers ought not to be lefs than eleven. 1. Mr.--Th3tther-withdrew hi3 motion, and eleven was agreed to be the number. "" Mi. Sitgreavts mowed that the managers go t.o the fenate with the articles of impeachment Mrr-Vcnable-wifhcd to kno w-wjio the managers were to be appointed. ' .. . .. Tuefday, in the houfe of reprefentatives,, W'hfle the numbers were ballotting for mana g e r s to corcluft' 1 L:.--r iir:ii: m'....t Kyi. T ,' tlie impeatlimtni Ol w uiidin jjjwuuj.j!i!m! jujuu, him- made (Knding by the bar of the houfe, and add 1 effing hi felPto a circl') of which Mr. "Grifwold was one, ma the following obfjervation. ' 1 hat the reprekntatives in congrtfs from the ft ate of Connecticut, were con-, 'dueling inhe houfe irt direct oppoiitjon to the wiflies of their conllituents-thal they were pui fuing their own intereft, and cared nothing aboi t the puj hc- their obj-cl being to obtain offices for themfelves and iharirrr one" tlioufand or nine thoufand dfdlars ; that the rtptefent atives of that (late were alminiering opium to their conflituents, to lull them afleep ; and that if he fhould the faid-treatylbf-friendlhip4iaanijiavigation,: am! of the obligations of neutrality, and againft the , jaw8of the United States, and the peace and iatetelli ' thereof, . ,.' - s Aru tlll That,'' whcras,- by; the" ordinances and . afts of CongrefsfoT regulating tiade, and. intercourfe with the Indian tribes and for preferving the jeace on ': the frontiers,'' it has been njade. lawfuj forithe-PrvfidenT pfheUnitedSfaein Xan'i.c of the frrendmip.of the faid Indian tribes, to a pi . (,Int fuch perfufcs, frorri tii'ne to time, as temporary a- tnts.to reflde among the Ipdians,as he (hall think fit j "d whereas, in ' parfuange of theJfaTdjixithoTity, the "7 rPrefident of "the"irnite JStites7)u or about the eightB :of Scpteirvberrn the year of our Lord one thou-; 4 faod feven hundred -"ind:wflcty-fixf-"dd appoint Ben-5 was ao-reednd defined : - d it was furtlferJUpulated, that the fame fhbuld be afceftained and .marked plainly by three perfons appoifttedonthe part of the United States, and three CJierokees jpn the part 61 then- na tion ; and whereaVfey laho faid Cherokee natirtn,nsthe 26thoday of June, in the year of onr-Lord 1794, thedaid heVein befwe , ifiited treaty of . the 2d day of July, in theyear ot 64ir .Lord, 1791, was count m.ed and eitablilh mutually agreed that the faid boundary actually afcertaincd and marked in the; manner pre feribed by the laft mentioned treatyV and whereas, in purfuance of faid treaties comrn nominated and appointed on the .part ofthe United ataterto aicertatn aad marg tne lata pounoary tine ; yccfanl-WilltaBloimVon thca 1 ft day meht. of a printing "prcft, for fix or twelve months, he pould efftfta revolution, change the whole politics of the (late, and turn out the ptefent reprefentative;.' 'J On which Mr. Grifwold replied to Mr.; Lyon, that he was much miftaken for he cpuld not produce the effect if he fhoiLld go. into Connecticut or change the opinion of-jhe neanelThoftler. 1 Mr. Lyon faid he knew the temper of the people of Connecticut, he had to fight them in his own dif trict, whenever they came theie. Mr G,rifwold afk ed whether he fough .them with a wooden fvvord ? upon-which Mi.iiyofi fpit in" MrLGrifwpld's face. " .' Mr. Grifwold fronlrefpect to the hotife, and being inftantlycautioned by fomc "pf hi'8, ft iends, reprefTed nis inatgnation The motion to-take up' the fubiect in ";the houfe,"" was made without the previous knowledge 0 Mr Grifwold. - L:.Gaz.t.S.: jVedntfJay, ' January 3 1 From thft jotlrrlal f yefterday's proceeding in con 791V wa& confit med and eftahlim !y asreed that the faid boundary lint fhould be after the doors were clofed, was as follows : ' The houfe being cleared, Mr. Sewell flated, that head been informed, in, a manner which left no doubt of the truth ot , thejaft; that, Jn.the prcfcnceT of thehoufe whilft, fitting." Matthew Lyon, a mem. cr from the ftate of VermonjdJktsyPnirrut pioleut attack and grofi indecency upon the perfon - I ' 4- .A V ; '.ii f. f. . , r- f
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