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"A ' ?ttmdiatiiVPi:ti9n t0 PMrchase, buttvery body knows that
UHe iyitiaiUJU business of, thik&a'is settled in its priflciple.
PRo'cEEDINGS-y...; . by resolutiond that irnow remains with
.1Tt, as Aha Mfor ptjrchas- lhis committee only to bring ,4 n a VitfX there
r arms. VrfiRD reading.) . . " y seems tlien t0 b almost a certainty that Con-0Carms-V
'rti ' 1 gress ill provide arms.
'oncludtd from our last.) J ut do nt said, Mr. B. think it at alt pro-
.t to the bill made in the rU4C wc uau navc wa inepapers.m
Si-
House oh- representatives
., . . ' v.-,
Monday,-January U i
LJk W will' jvs, a , -
iken out in the Senate and forf uthat the Untish governmenlisoWns
reinstated. Mr. Cameron ,m ru IUI? VV'T" OI ,"oavaJ com-
,1 oa n to striKe out me d i ana to . . " sr. -
ployedln the oftke of th secretary of ;tbe g-'
vernrrienti This ofScfrvas'the depositirjr of v :,"
all state papers.; -In 1 787,pneral Wilkin;
stjh made his first "visit to New-Orleans, and v
vras introduced by my . uncle 'to the' gover-
took up for cdnsideration resolution sub- - In the succeeding yearlr88. much' sensa--l ,
mitted by hitn a (cAMttrdvtto excited by the rrport of-his bavinjt .
the conduct of Brigadier General James. Wil- fentered -m6 some arrangemtnts withthe
IVU. Clarke laid upon the table .the Statement tern courttl.y fronithe United States and this ,
he o".
tf vta - - that they have appointed a minister extraordi- Clarke 1
u m cmi iiiiriiL il ii mil in. - -jt - l i j -
UiC " .. , x. : nary to this country to make-us reparation. n nenad been requested to. raak by a re- aQUired treat credit uDon his second !
Mf' , a Here Mr. B. again read Trom a newspaper. sol!ton of the Houst :pn Thursday last. I he visit to New-Orleans in ir89. Ahorit th?
kadutg
L,on ini
Crtaiie in- having voted alone on two commit.
and 1 was willing iu tuuuigc
jib the vote oi 11113 nuese in ins
... V , . 1 his uncommon mark of resDect shown to iis .?wiemtm is jon?,
.i a. t n 9 n m r ihiiwivii utii i iim rT iidi , a - - -v- : - .
ididnoi Maw . vm- . .wv,vV . . or,. -t;,xn f ot Mr. C uke to th
ttict miu us.ii is me ljiicrcsi ui liiui iiuiiun as
accompanied ty an affidavit time I MW a letter from the general to
e truth of all the facts there-. Son in foew-Orleans, giving an account
of Co-
him For 83 ours tnat-'1 snould be preserved, there lrmn 1
rfavojw liuIe doubt lut 11 willl)e lender tliese cir- lete
lead me cuniistiinces for us' to incur the expthce of "r
thm Ins own perspnal. know- Ioei Connolly's mission to him From the Brji V
the, best ot his belief of the tish government in Canada, and of proposals
as not within his own know- lnade to him on the.part of thatovernment, ?
' ' - , , , . and mentioning his determination of dherihff4
RowanmoVed to amend the resolution . t0-his connection with the Spaniards. . "
, ntlt:maii who introduced the amend
Cnent making at Rocky Mount in South paro-
W lie told me ne wasnoi. yvs mere may
jb- other geiitlejnfen--m the same situation,-. I
jl Icavc-io intorm tne nouse respecting
.re Ul
a i r riiiTur tti w iiii ii'iimv i i if- ur iiim m . .
rt.!u,Mt T '.rr.:,. . : "rrr arminsr the militia, would be premutuie anduntle' C0nsidrall0n-by stnfemg out all that My jntimacv with the officers of
."i-.rS' r TriimVn--:- . part after the word - Rsolvtd, andm.etti.15 nislvgovernment, and mycce to official in
Sin me s t"V t w- Mr. Cameron mads a vertf eloouent and blowing : formation, disclosed to me short! u,ar,U 5
animated reply oE considerable length , which Resolved, That a special contmjttee !e ap- some of jfa plar,s the general had proposed to '
it is impossible for us to fallows He denied pointed to enquire into the conduct CBnga- the g0Yernmefit for effecting the contemplate
that it followed because Mr. RandolpJi's re- dier General James Wilkinson, in lelutioivto ed -separation. ' The general project was, the
solution for arming the militia had been re- his having at any time whilst in the service of Severance 0f,the wertern country from the '
ferred, that the principle was settled : this thc UnttLfl States,, corruptly received money, frnhed" States; artd the establishment of a se-
use respecting t r from the ii-overnment ot SDuin-br its apxnts, -. .1 m- ...... j
l Tttds a fortress and arsenal establishing''-1"1 u VI5C'A 1UM? anfI th,u tTie said committee have the rower to V ,u,c''1 ."'l'
! . . . . .' Xb fi ri!.',vri in anv itifm her whrt mtrnHucc .a an.i- nut me sum commuue nave me power iu tue . nrntectran of Snuin.In eWrc.unv ih. -
ne or tvvanun- , - , send for utHsoiitrand naners. aridcommil their c,:,. .,... i:.k i
died men have tor-two yes ieti employed . . . , attendance and production and that they re-the raillds of the Western .peonle wire to
' ni arm a . rj . . . . . . - i r. t tt-
UulZl expectation that it ever would be agreed to. pori-tnc resttu 01 me.r enguny-io uns nouse. sedUced, and brought oVer to the proiec
; ,i;CJ"i tviaiwu uit niu.uniLMi w ,;Jerai aj vantages resulting trom it, tobi
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u.. j r" 1i1.1v,,. .11.. ue buuuituu 1,1111 iuuim: uui iu uiuli.
i,ia, if .urgencies fequire: it- " ' ZTSU, ZTXXX, Mr. H.nJofplv Stic. Jie ,M cUci.WdJv of o
nvenient to us, wny tnenneed , . ' - , - T .- r j " nininn that the irentlemaft from Kentuc
. ... ' whirh nnt ihrp Hav ao-o lhev forced us to a- P"Km lliai ine .,ciiut nun uuu fweiuut
lHVin It. 11 Kill tuiiimn ...wK'iiiva v 1 aiiii , , . iii 1 n
ur" '.V . . exm-ctatioti that it ever would be airretn to. r
aud military stores sumcre u lor aiiine souin- ' . . :. . t . v
... uK 1 wr l no doubt be delivered " 0 " " --k
till aiv - . .
put to lie
XAiirfuJte co
m enc.'friber o
i,enihe general government is proviamg tor n r ,.w sense of the House on his motionTln? there
ed. see tne necessity ot our nh:r7 rornu' As.Vrded c withdrew the. solution uuder consider
aft obtain. I don't think iMillery and,.bay- - ---i,
conduct !-l And now behold in 3-day s, 3 little
days, we ard Ujjd by one of the same gentle
nientjiat the lion has laid aside his ferocity,
nnrV fKnt tliia hosiilt nation now hreathes n-
hing but li kndsiup and peace.- I leave U to U4U' l" ;.- v
tby
tng trom it, to beheld
out by Spain. The trade, of thessippi. vas ,
to be rendered -free, the bbrt ef Jlewirleani ' i.
ky
to be ooened to them, and afree ccimmree
Zaa 7 dopt. In that address we say "that our rights ouS,u-P-ua a" W'PHll.ull!iy allowed in the production Ot the new governV
proviamg ior r, . , -a sense of the House on his mOtiotrrrtretherc-w;..f- a w.iv.o.inyiu r.i
nj.;..:jJ ... il,.n.cci(.,. urc invaueu, our ciiiicus ociitcu, uur uiuijcuy ,. . y... . . , ",u" i'.j 'v. . l-1M.a.Jo
us: i-auiiviH'uwu. v .yvv.o.tjr i t .-",,..;;y. a....a'a tore withdrew, the it-solution uuoer consiaera- t -m..W. ahr th tim.. t f.
tion : when"" , u seen a list of riames of citizens ; of the wes-
Mr-Rdwan moved the resolution above trn fnn n't which wa in th hand wi-i'tiri
,ot the general, who were recommended lor (
dietsare the kind ot e'e fence proper for our
country. The method of bush fighting with .
lilies, as practised in the last war is prefera!)lei
We then experienctA th superiority of that
node, and I think wc snail always hnd it to be
stated.
On this resolution a debate of some length penswfis", and the sums wcj-e stated proper to
took placed in which Mr. Randolph. , support- belaid to each, andtfien distinctly uncter
ed. and Messrs. Bacon, Alston, Suiilie, :Lovexslood that j,e and others were actually pensi
and Taylor opposed the motion, whch':'jM; oners of the Spanish eoveriiment.
.suDifior
Mr. Cameron did npt believe the arsenal es- ,.
A motion to adjourn Wa? negatived & to
men themselves toaecoiicile these con
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lilishiag at Rocky .Mount, was intended for snaUb el Mr. Oardner moved that the subject be
pother purpose but7 to provide for the regu- slial Ibfditu , bua",tl 1;nos.nt;fl u,! to-munow, in o.der tnatthe
Horces of the United State; and if in ca- P evidence of Mr. Clark might be primed for
ks of great emergency, the mil.t.a were sup- that mere is somethi ib wionb, Miming rot- . f - Keparived, aves 4
ia, fv it cfoti ti'rvillil Tr Ar Kf I-'ha
avforihe arms they might obtain. As the Bu.t ,:i it .coming in us , is it -worthy of a
rkbilitv ofbeinc supplied at all was uncer- Srcat and lrce P"'0' lo. Test our and
tain, w the probability of obtaining a sufficient independence on such a slcnuei iou..da..on ai
cy was still more unlikely ; and as the means Uiese vaSue rumours? Instead oi looking in-
-era.ut,.ot. our reach, and entire! v without -w "v"""' t..
'our controul, it' would be idle iu the extreme
t neglect ourselves, and lean on. such a pre
tarbvii and insufliciensupport. Most of the
iithtr stafes-4ud armed their own militia:
Tbty would i;of consent to provide both fcr
themselves arid us : we ought to arm our own
militia. Our welfare, perhaps bur indepen
dence itself, required that we should da co,
with respect to Creat -Britain, let us look to T hiuyrebuvefi. an tn
ourselves, and see ' hut" is our conditio,! ; let duct; ol Gent ral V.lk n-r
us see it wc are prepared us we oughtrto be, to
defend ourselves, n mutter whauiatin is hos
tile, no matter what naVi,on professes peace.
Wars and tribuLatijMH come 'when no munknoio
eth. and a nation without thc means ot de
fence is" a sheep in a den ot wolves, always in
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that a consideration of our preservation, also rcs ot delencc because oi lule rumors
A motion to mlfjiunwas r;ov v carried,"
Ayes 66. T . ' ',.."'
- Tif.sj-v, January 12.' . " .
On motion oln', Rowan, the IIouse.took
up ior consiQeraTjju ire resolution suornitiea
an inquiry into the oon-
on.
1 he Mouse agreeing to. consi-'er it,
Mr. Rowan niyed tinseit alter the -wt.vd
agent!, the follov. ing ani' ndment : Orin re
lation to Ins having during the tj-meafore
said been an "accomplice, or inny way con
cerned with the igenls of "any foreign pow-
oners of the Spanish government.
I .had 'no personal knowledge of money be-
ing paid f6 Gerar.raKYv'ilk inson, or to any a-gt-nt
for him oiiaccriunt tf hia pension previ
ously to theXyear 1713 or 1794. In one of .,
these yearss and in which I cannot be certain
until I can consult my bo6ksva"Mr'.''La.Cas--.'
sage, who, I trfTdfirslood, was post master at
the falls of Ohio, canYe to New-Orleans ; arid,,
as one of the. association with General Wil
kinson in the project of dismembermehty re
ceiecl $ sum of money, four thousand dol
lars of which, or thereabout, wtre embarked
by a special permission free of duty, on board
a ve ssel which had been consigned iff mctand-r
which sailed Fo Philadelphia j-hl.: which Mr;'
I.a Cassagne went passenger.T At, and priortu
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Shall we then forbear lo take ifiea-' er' '-r.wim Aa! on !ri ' m projeev to uia-
m'-niber tue union.
Mr. Love moved to amend tht amendment
i vii,.,i hto . lh- viii. Attn
eii uueci uiiiiu iv uiv j -- - , . - . . . s e . .
u r lni;h vrL- i Phiiih Aetirt ?" and by uddipg me ioi o ing : ara uiai a iair
miu, wu ii i- atiutiivi iic . . . ...n: .i.. .rnnv nt tne ititnrniniinn an naners lain on vnvua uv -wv....... -i,
:m the militia, U.e district strain oMelaxur exertions at coiumg iu u.c , - - - , . neral Wilkinson, came to New-OrleanS, .To.
to this pcripd, 1 had various opportunities of :
seeing the 'projects submitted to the bpanish
governmjsnt, and of learning many of thede-'
tails from the agents employed to Carry them
into execution.
In 179f.' two gentlemen of the names
Owens and Collins', fninds and 'agents of Ce
required it.
Mr.i'Ofmpsey said
wiunu necessary to arm
f Morgan, could iiva few months, furnish ri- ot t'-e day f ( is w D -- 1 - . , (v n. ,ameS wilkineon, in the matter, hi the first was entrusted, as I was particular!
nes enough lor the whole state, and he there- " . " , ' J r
fore detmn.l W inmmiwr. ,.r,,U .r,,.,, CiUmatiOn, ami UOl tWHUM IWiU, ,wui
- (k iiiiuiulvm uia:ui i.w uiwawiiv .... - i-
bIlLUHl l 1 II 1UI VII lliv viivivk" v.. hii" . .
iis defence ? No ' we do mjusticty gross ilijus- committee- or Was
tice to the state, and we counteract the wished Iransiiutfcd to the Pr
of the people if we withhold from them the
means of defence. Our liberty and indepen
dence were bought at a vast expence of blood
d treasure, and now we sit here in idle tie-
wrcumstances, to purchase arms
Mr. Baker said it belonged to the Congress
tf the' United Slates, and not to the individu
al states to arm the militia. They are requir
ed to do so by the constitution. It is' impro
j tr therefore, for us to perform duties thit are
assieneti to otlers. .. Ik- J
i. ..i infnrmcrl hv thp nfTirpr; of the Snanish ravern
. . . i. - fincrmn anil- ri"iU nintr niL"i's nr i nirninimn . n -
a kionptt&L reality ..max i-"" r-r- -r- c .i,Ued li, !:
. - ...1U U..u..n Uiii f v. . ti..,.j .!.. K.r l-,U.,MrI IlltrllL lilt oLtlll Ul 31A i IIIWUSBUU UUIIUlOt WW
wiiicn may iicrtauci ut n-tuvcu v vmc auiu -
this House . be immediately uchycicu u hci-i . vy.wyu
iri rJ tKV TTf,v nis own pension, .ami. uiai oi wucrs. . ui
.ivirw yi - ww , tatvwu . t
re siel i
way, in rttu; ning to Kentucky, -Owens. wast,
murdered by his boat's ere and the mbner,'"
it was understood, was made away witnnyv
Mr, Gaston. The - constitution
Con- bate wbtther we shall protect it or riot. I-wiil
States.
No question .w as taken on either of the
a Ai,.tv-ri?. not ronfin however them. 1 his occurence occasioned a consider
to the amendments, Imt on the
pritty-Ot the enquiry, ny mis tjou
v . i . . . . . iwJtnvo thP wAinr n nnr nii on is hu i cirai-
vb.waawyuu me muma, but it doc? .not speak ,w,v,v ; , r V -.'t . ' , " Messrs Ive. Fuues, Rowan.ndM D. Wii- awaKe
"'rmea meir mjli.tia, it is, as has. been iaueppc .v - - - cess"
L . I . . ' - 11... ........ tA .jn.MMr it t IwtrillllUlr IOl LIKIlllt ' v
lttlw y tne. C-enlleman rom Ornno-p. alto- Uisewseauy uuemv. vwu.m, .j.... ; fU wo,u ...
"eneral pro- a,),e noise hi Kehtucky, and contributed, withf
uiise in which Mr. Power's visits at a subsequent penod, ttf
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II . the suspicion OI vjcuciui rciyuc, wuu
leasures to intercept the correspondence'
Tal VV UKinSOn . WIWI taq. ppaniaii w-
ntvwhich were not attendettith sue-,
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del consideration. -
wiMi flwctitf. first af.
gather iinprxibable that, a maioritvW H now ahT this paltry.; measure, btcftise it. u econo, Vr:irr' 7..3 .Zti iwnf , "
.. -j -1 . - . ' it tKnf- t hf-v n.f- st;i. ish- WII. online .10 .auiuu.h, cmhi. ai iivm umuvi. in, Mi -
luy iu 1CV.UI1H. , .. .ttrt,fp UtiRn.r df -r.iih-d on no'onci noint nn--.New-Orleans, in order to proceed to som,
luui o. -. r . . - , . .. I
port .ffiTiie Atlantic states out sue wasdes-V ,
V tfoyed by 'the huci icaneof the month of Au- -
rtAf 17QA tT thfn fiifpd out n sma'l yps-
STATEMEST OH DAWIEl. CLAHK, RELATIVE fi.ttak.. ' " . " ,
. : -,. -Vcmmal; wiLk,NsoNr- r- sel in the Uayou S . John, an shpnd
Head oa, the XUh Januarrihe-House of uT,,'v3a,,u
' Rfee to provide for thf
obligation upon them todoTo.k -'We must do i"S a ProP to a political ct.aittcter, they will
as others have, done4pro vide for ourselves. finl themselves grievously mistaken, ; and
a.m. uaKr. , ,.4 still oe lie ve, whatever may .riiui
,-fcethe words' of the constitution. th Prc' this beggarly accomlof their proceedings,
aUI deem it'gucd policy tonhenfio arnV the
TTt-llLT I 'i 1 - 1- : nli,rr ' I' Pan fill. 1 Ilf- 1 I 111 l.lllll.il V 111 1 1 1 1 lllliac Ul' . . ' :
-r "wo.j.i 1. rCct vefl a li(.nnani.r lact .nivht IllU IWWUt! , f i ! - V . ' . . '1 - . .- 'KJrL.J'..(l
tVashingtonTwfe Mr. Cameron's matron to reinstate the a- - , -Representatives oi th United States : , ---. u. . .
.thislirwlctuany ordered, be; nrinted, and Jfhtmm Bxr ;
toperatiot I know n - topy to- be transmitted to th President liar circumstances, that ,t became known to ;
-will,,- f..: rpflnoio recede from' of the. United Stales. WT . , many, and thelflesunation of it was afterwards , j
:HWuponVall ciS! amendmll wa coiiseq
, thatiotiatlnten W : . - " .E Re
. f ay.H entitled to sufficient credit for our
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; LtTe .iir. u. read trom the ,pro-
:"mS? Pf CongressjMr. EandolpFs re
sorut,pn ;i0)arm the ' militia, ihcfdiscuisioit"
. ;vh1ck place thereupph, andlof its refers
ence.; h is true, said Mr. B. Congress has
9t yetj passcfiau ac;t arid caade an appropria-
tibn of Fridav last, I submit the following ra
'V1 . f or bale .at Mis office, ,(;..; statement. . .-.r y
. frf" rxiaywocKi s manual, unuc .uvii vm, umVj. . iy... .... w- - - , -..- .
. Haywood's Justice, price two 8c half dollars, Decemb, 1786, having.beenlhvited o the culations ; to the West4nde9i by .. which hc.:,
Do Reports, price 5 dollars. countFy by an uncle, of -toftsicjeable " wealth had lostf a considerable sum, and that tn con-
. J;, Tsk;: mm.. o win anVT inflii.Vro.. tsUn- Viariin lAn rpsiflent.in seouence of the mismanasement -. of his a- .
' Pavies cavsdry. conference reports. thatcityV Shortly after my ariY l vvas epa. gents,ie ba
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