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x , ... THURSDAY, JUNfe l io9Ci.: - y r -. -."- -: T -; - - ; -, ; 33p'9ut6ontp L.VT OF THE UX1TED STATES. An CT for the disposal ofecruia tracts of Iimi. inthe isisippi territorr. cUm uiu!cr Spanish grants, reported by the Und cnaimisioners as antedtetl and to confirm the claim's of Alexander EHis and Daniel lUrrcaL BE it cmjcttd by the Senate and Eaue of He Metr'nx of it Unite I State cf Ame rica i Cru ThAt icvcral tracu of land in the Mississippi territory, the titles to which have been derived under Spa n.sh claims, and which hare been disallowed br the board of commissioners eaat and west IV arl river, on stupicion of the pranu, VArranu or orders of sanrey, on which the claim are grounded, being antedated or o theri fraudulent, and which are embraced in the report of the said board of commis sioners bid before Congress, agreeable to the th.rd section of an act, entitled 94 an act tup- p.emcntarv to the act enuuea an act reguiav- inT me gram ui uim, mn jjiu if, -airjxwxl of theloivlsof UieU.SUtes, south of ibe state of Tennessee," shall be, and the time arc hereby directed to be sold, in the same manner, at the same price, and on the same terms and conditions, as hare been,. or may be bv Uv provided for the sale of the o ther pub ic lands in the said territory ; and anv person or persons claiming under a Spa niih srant, warrant or order of survey xs a foresuid, shall be entitled to institute, in the hi?het co-art of law or equity in the said ter ritory, his or their suitor action for the reco Trry of the tractor tracts so claimed as afore-a-id: PrvidoL, iuch claimant or daimanU shall institute his or their suit or action with in the term of one year From and alter me tract or tracis so claimed shall hare been sold br the U. States, or in case the same is now inhabited and cultivated, in virtue of a pre-cmptida fight; within arte year from and tfVr the pairing df this act : and if any per or persons claiming land as aforesaid, shall fail or neglect to commence or institute his or their silit or action, in the manner and within the time prescribed by this section, or shall be non-suited, or discontinue the same, hU or their right to commence, such suit or action, in any court wliaUoever, shall be for ever barred and foreclosed. . . . Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That if the p-rsad or persons claiming under such grant, warrant, Or order of surrey, shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the court, be fore whom each suit or action shall be pend ing, thatthe tract of land therein specified, was actually s irveyed prior to the twenty se venth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninetr-five, then and in that case, i the same shall be deemed and held to be good and valid, to all intents and purposes, any thing in this att to the contrary notwith standing ; but in case the claimant or clai mints hall fail to prove thr tract or tracts of land so claimed, to have been actually surrey ed prior to the twenty-seventh day of Octo ber, one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, or ia case the same yhall appear to be o therwise fraudulent or illegal the grant, war rant or order of survey, granted, by the Spa nish government as aforesaid, bytirtue of wl.icb such tract or tra ts of land may tie cUimed, shall be, and the same is hereby de clared null and void, to alNntents and purpo t s and shall not be read in evidence against anv claim or certificate of pre-emption, de r.vrd from the C States. See 3- AmJtc it filler enacted. That it shall be Lrrfut, in the trial of ruch suit or action, for ither party to introduce parole evidence t r the purpose of supporting or invalidating tiic ran, warrantor order of survey as afore said and the judgment, sentence or decree of ib said high.-, court of law or cqnity, in the cases aforesaid, shall be final and conclQ sire between the parties, and may be plead In bar to any subsequent suit or itction brought in the same or in any other court, for the recovery of the same land or any part thereof. Sec 4. lid be it further enacted. That A braliam Ellis be and he is hereby confirmed in a tract of land granted by the British go vernment of West Florida to Stephen Jordan, containing the quantity of two hundred acres, 1) nS ami being on the waters of Ikyds creek according to the mtes and bounds of said tract of land set forth in the plat thereof made br the "sTirreror general of siid pro vince ot West Florida : and that the amount of money which the said Ellis may have been compelled to par to the receiver of public monies tvest of Pearl river, in the Mississippi territory, for said tract of land, be refunded to him by the receiver aforesaid. Sec 5. fJ be itfrrller enacud, That Da- i in uuc in ice iiopic u uie tracv oi lanu ; hereon he resides-cootaining the quantity J lissivvt territory. J. B. VAKNUM, Sfeaier cf the House cf Reprexertaiivct, JN- MILLEDGE, ' P'aUent of tU Senate pro tempore, February 23, 1&09 ArraoraD, TH: JEFFERSON. FRAXKLIVACADEMT. rT,U Semi-atmpal Examination of the Students of the Franklin Academy, will Crmmrr.ce on tbe third Monday ia June Dext, ai d continue two days. On Wednesday fol-pv.-r, there wllbe an Eahibuionof Select ti.v-nns, Ii.xlctocs, Stc and in the evening, v.i. be pcf formed a Come Jy and Farce, for the boicot th Iastirutioa.- t , . "G.UILL, Sec BRITTSH PARLIAMENT. irOU$E OF COMMOXS, JL1ECU6. M. WllTTBREAD SPEECH In favor cf cat Acc&mmsdaticn -mth imrica (Concluded.) At the same lime I do admit, that on the unauthorised and wanton attack up- m the Chesapcifcei the aecretaiy for fo reign affairs did, as he ought to do, on a communication from the American minister, declare, that it was an act un iuihorised and promised reparation- But thsre the propriety ends. A gen tleman whom I see in his place (Mr R6e) was sent to afford that reparation! Still it was risible, both from the time when he sailed, vii. the day after the is suing of the oider of the 1 tth of Nov, and the manner, in which, he executed the commission", that any thing but con ciliation was meant. No intimation was giren by him to the. American jroTern mentof such orders baring been issued by his Majesty's government . whilst the direct object of his mission was un accountably couplet) with the proclama raation of the American government re lative to the interdiction of Uritish ships of war from her domesticjvtters. G. Britain, the aggressor, in an aggravated attack upon a neutral power, refuses to enter into a discussion of those means of reparation which were due for such an attack, unless, as a preliminary, A- ncrica consented to withdraw the very measure of defence, to which that pow er bid resorted In her own defence a gainst that vei y aggression. Could mi nisters seirously expect that any inde pendent power could have submitted to s ich a degrading proposition ? Did the right honorable gentleman fancy that he could call on the American government to crouch a' his feet, in the same man ner as we read of Louis XIV calling upon the doge of Venice ? In adjust ing the intricate relation of Empires, were we to regulate our conduct by a studied attention to etiquette ? Wert nations, in the adjustment of differences. o advance with measured footsteps, as voo, sir, in moving at the head of thU House, in company with the Lord Chan cellor, each attentive that the othei should not precede him ? . Methiinks, if such be the views of the prcstfit states men, it would be but proper to revive that system which prevailed under the See of Home, where there were four different folding doors for different am bastadors to enter at the same time, that one should not complain of the prece dence of the others I dismiss this sub ject with one observation, that although for that aggravated and wanton attack upon the Chesapeake, Admiral Berkley was not only not brot to trial, but imme diately dispatched on another command still we find the secretary of foreign affair, in that master-piece of diploma cy of the 23d oi September. 1 803, find ing fault that no overture was made to repeal an interdiction which was the very effect of this unauthorised and cru el attack of the Leopard upon the Che sapeake. We now proceed to the or der of the 1 1th November; his drown ed child that appears to have no father. The gentlemen opposite will probably answer by referring to the order of the 7th January preceding. I tell them that it is they who raised the superstruc ture where no edifice was necessary.- But the House must recollect, that at the time t opposed that rery order of the 7th of January, as both improper h nugatnry. And here again we were ter rified with the Berlin decree. In the last session w 'old you from this side of the House, that to contend that America ac quiesced in that decree wasr a false and untrue assumption ; that it was false c untrue rt now fully proved.' It is now proved, that on the issuing of that de cree by the Emperor of France, Ame rica did all that sbe ought to do in de fence of her independent rights. She did every thing necessary for her ob jert, without being so foofish and Insane as this country had proved itself, on this Tery subject. America took no notice of this idk menace, so long as she felt it was ineffectual. Sht: knew the same object had been frequently freld out to inviegle her into hostility with each ol the belligcrtntsv Bui the moment that decree was put in force against rtvr neu tral rights which was in the case of the Horizon, Gen. Armstrong immediately demanded a full explanation of its in tentions from the government, accom panied with a remonstrance's gainst the! decision in the case of the !Ioriz n-f-But such decision could be no motive for the order of Nov 1 1th, inasmuch as at me penoo oi its issuing, no aucn event was known to his Majesty's minister What course did the American govtm- . a . : meal uf'suc, wnen acquainted wun tne decisloni ot the Horizon I It immediately ordered1 its minister at Paris to renew his remonstrance, and at the same time ! lopulm force us embargo laws against France. Then followed your orders in ! council. It wjll not now, I believe,, be; argued, that the American government were not in possession of your orders iri council before the embargo against G. Britain was passed into a law. That knowledge it had j . and the immediate consequence was, the adoption of the lat ter measurj. Hut .wfiat.was the most extraordinary feature in this transac tion was Mr. Rose sent qufc 4$ on a m s sion of concihdton, after you had issued these orders, was totally silent upon them in his various communications, for ..the purposeof adjusting ourdifferences with America. ;jVhat other feeling could such a circumstance provoke in the breast of any government, when it learn ed what had taken place here, but that it was the object of this country, by a spe cific, mission for condliattgn, artfully concealing other measures which vital y affected the independence of Ameri ca, to insult and dtceive them ? Add ed to this, although an official notice was delivered on the 22d of November, by the President to Congress, that such orders were issued by the British go vernment, yet it was not until the 23d of the following February, that his Ma jesty's minister to the United States communicated the existence of such or ders to the neutral government most in terested in their opera'ion. There may, perhaps, exist in the minds of the great itatesmen opposite, some good grounds for the delay ; but in every plain view in which I have considered the subject I could find no other motive than a desire to deceive, to insult and Irritate : Ame rica j's and this is. the coursejbf,' policy which ministers thVt proper" to adopt towards that country at a moment when America was irritated against France Vri irritation of which the French go vernment was awareEs we find in the note of General Cbampagny to Gene ral Armstrong,- a strong complaint of the inclination and partiality of Ameri ca to Great-Britain. A partiality to either belligerent was peremptorily de fied ty the American government j and perhaps the very best proof it could afford of Jts impartiality was its being ! accused by both at the same time, of being subject to an undue influence to its antagonist. , This was not the first time that such charges were brought a gainst America. Similar complaints were made during the Presidency of the immortal Washington. The enlightened patriot disregarded such accusations he scouted every partial influence, and solely looked to the interest of his own country. I now proceed to the of fer of America, as made by Mr, Pink ney, to suspend the embargo law and its supplements, as regards Cr tat-Britain, provided you repeal your orders in council, as far as they regarded the U. States. She had continued her embar go with firmness and moderation. She did however avail herself of a proper op portunity to make to G. Britain a con cessiona concession which the right honorable gentleman opposite(Mr. Can-' ning) plumply refused, although one of its most salutary consequences would have been to arm the merchant ships of America against France. What, in God's name, would you hate ? What do you want of America ? Have you any defined object in your policy with that country, and what is it? The block ade of the continent is raised, the system is broken up as harmless and contemp tible the evil on which your orders' .vcre to retaliate its own injustice has disappeared, as the secretary foreign affairs has assured us ; yet; in the same breath, he'avows the defernrinauon of adhering to this unjust and disastrous system of retaliation.' Whatever con- f sequences may result from the perscve- ancey I am convinced that such' a ys ' tern will descent? to posterity as ; srri- 1U uiusiraiiuu ui art vjbi ttc, - ty and political frilly; on the part of the advisers.' Men who could not see what Mr. Pitt had so frequently seen bef re' thatthe Berlin tfcciyewaa aitratagem on the part of tbe.ertemyV a mere rise ae gu rfe, tending to produce the very effects by your retaliating decrees which ne had ineffectually hoped to produce by:, his 'own. No ; eVen calamity; can not conquer the pcrreneness of his Ma jetty's government, nor can concession induce mem to retract tneir eirors. Most unfortunately, the last concession was made when the Spanish. cause was a -a ' a . . i i ! ionunav, ana it presented nopesot ui- .timate success, i n right honorable I e:en tie man, elevated Jy , the temporary prosperity, disdained Uib. conciliatory proposal and expressed the , refusal of his sovereign in a note, , . which c-uinlv savored very much of hi'nsell fUughj ior wnetner ne is empioyea in v.uciis sions in this House ; whether engagttl in pacific overtures with hostile or in adjusting differences with neutral na tions, in every sentence and every point, you are, sure tp see the; author, , It is true thatthe possesses allj he stores of eloquence, that we can not fad to Qdmirtj the corruscations of His genius and the; flashes of ;his fancy. For my part, when considering the concerns of na tions, I would prefer a portion of com mon sense, for how do all his brilliaiu qualities, tried by that, terminate -They terminate in clouds, in vapor anw in wind ; yet even he complains of the tone of Mr. Pinkney's note-; like a jo ker, vrho dislikes to be joked in 1 eturn, particularly when the joke is against him, he, feels uneasy under the tone of a communication. With Sir Anthony Absolute in the comedy, the right ho norable gentleman cries, u What tht Devil are you in such a passion for ; wh t are you not aacool as I am V'?(Loud laughing.) Indeed, sir, 1 must tieclur my opinion, that, with 'very deference for the talents and acquirements of tin right hon. secretary, I must still, in es timating the abilities of statesmen, in their political communications, contrast' ed with Madison on this subject I mus express my preference for the solid auii able reasoning of the latter. I have on ly to refer to the right hon'ble secretary V letter of thej i Sdpf September,- tpproyg by an Vxttat that ihe strain of iroriis not best suited to the ends of pohtica deliberation. Tht words are-l TJia' in this attempt almost all the powers of the European continent have been com pelled more or less to co-operate ; ami that the American embargo, though most assuredly not intended for that end, (for America can have no real interest in the subversion of the British power, and her rulers are too enlightened to act from any impulse against the real inter? ests of their country) but by some nn- fortunate concurrence of circumstances, without any hostile intention,' the A- mtrican embargo did not come aid of the blockade of i the European conti nent, nrecisely at the very moment when,' if that blockade could have suc ceeded at sll, th- interposition of the AJ' merican government would have most ef fectually contributed to its success." In this extract, there is a sarcasm conveyed not becoming a statesman, even were it just. They are not to be tolerated even to individuals, much lessto;a great and independent nation But I will beg the crentlemen opposite to state,. what be nefits thev DroDOse to obtain1 from coi tinning in this system ofwallation ?t What hopes do they, now hold out to our manufacturers, to Ireland, to our co lonies ? Dothey execute their orders in council ?. Are the playing fair wltft the country? Are. they not tallowing a trade thejf dare not own ? Are they not at this moment carrying on, by means of fincences, a' trade with Hol land and France, in those articles at the exportation ofhich' the French' go- vernmcnt'TcQnnjiyes, and is it not by such a species of smuggling that they are enabled to strppbrt appearances 'anxt keep themselves - jafloat f There has been a report that some conciliatory measured are in progress between tbs country and America,' arid I have onjhat account .been asked 0 several members Whether I intended to bring forwarJd this; motion T If tt be go, then I sVodTd wiiUttaJk.bonifire of rejoicing ot my rrrs, :& sayf- " pro ceed-ncnie Ami all eventsbe frwidaibr tl&t important object 'iAftf$n that may i;;hse"seeiTno suclra COTiclpnsfrVJur of nlhe predictionsjc itrMrienii go has bee4v-;cdhtin been ; some if ho haye- ftririd hopes from the commotions hicKhtxye taken pi ace in America--the oieslibn is how eVer, whether these commotions express the sense of the American pedple I But suppose there could te' any. just ground of hope of a repeal of jhecmbarg t hese commotions; nothing ' iif j gained unless the Amcricaris can force Napoy jeon 10 rescma ms aecrees oniess.uiey; . -i?; could perform, an jm(iossibility,unIes?f they could heap mountain on mount ant' place felion on Ussa--sr ale tne nea y;, Vcns, nd thu aci omplish av etiterprtzel 'tf; which transcended the poweftotthegi ' ants, tJut inen we shall be told rt wnac has been done by the embar4ireakerS. What have they brut to this coon'! Some cotton wool. : But have Jhey. brof; flax-seed r Have they brought torpen- , : tin and many other articje&yif eslv tial importancetto the'.tirejro factures of Gfeat-Britin t ; Ican.-jsco" '' li tt lib grr.updof consolation in ,thii sy s , f tern, of embargo-breakigj; Bii!it;if ; au emtjargo were ,raise5BtCr ff authority should bwenulmeAwoiild , the Ame jcanseyer4 their here,tQ U0Hiti ?f Hislbdious tax,had been paid Jtity ip one instance,' and the shipJha)ilfcStl.bura handsof th? ! popuIlfctASrJo brdughttp ; thiaTntMt6$tlheral i&iy w M- likely to prailSThe tery rerse2'pf ;f : this turned: out to-be the U&Cibh&Mtl 'J Madis nson was ieiewq,?ssiaea.e'v ted no hbW thahe gdyenmdt 61 xisted ai ine Amencans. raise rme cmoaro they, cannot come here to be t -an4 theJcseqyence: tiiustAbe'ari.; a waeaks what becbn Jt' A schamedjlefntjemiu ? '-. i nake the" efiem1?ichtribuite ijlo out jre ) sources for carry irrg pti " the war ; Ancl I certainly entertain ttnmbt acrioui pprehensions that I. war petweeif this ountrf and America will thfe f eiult I anl aware that the ioma vrhoistajch i: wari 4e)mf ncjins are nof popular in i this counirjri md the American character is not re garded with favor or , resject Of thi Ipan ti rirr at amctfting last summe, and wajtwei; "- yed with gjreat disapprobation, ''SltKpjatt'; ; 4t thatmoment America was botnbs v ' ; trie nation ; and 'though we' professerS ; v to be anxious for more intimate relations with that country Thaf Ihejf app some interests whi h must;fi ufisb hf a war with America I allow;' Thai putf own possessions in America may deV ivd ' , some temporary advantage from It ts- , very probable. But ; what will be thck -state of the VVesthdies jh thr event of V a wrwhalhcr, state ojt-,: inaii' 0tjhe ' valuable interestsand hoW ate yoti sure that bu could retain your AmerH can possessions ?; ;T he probabilityjs that we could not retain terri ; and lp this reasonj that the whole would then be united & against us. And yet under v such circumstances we were endeavox ing . to extnof our . posse ssiotts." A force! 4: -has beeir brought together to recoh- noitre Martinique and whatever opu nton may be entertained of ..the: propria cty of: prosecutrng th6 objecf, this sjs tem of reconnoitering must .be very ere dttable; s i recollect another instance of reconrtqftcring dhderthe hpnora6lel gentleraarx opposite (Sir J. Pulteney) at Ferrol.' The .hoBorable; gentleman landed i he astonished the GoyernorJe townsmen, who wondered what he , hact come for, j bu finding that the place was fortifietf.J he embarked cain; Thei mention: pt ferrol trings to niy recofc flection another most important feature 94 - oi. una cac. i nc cucuiy arq now in possession of Ferrol where tnty havi lounu ircvciai suip ui war, anq you nav? oftlie continent aren the hands ofthe enemy,' and tb'eT thousand arms; ofyour ... tiavy . mayve svork enouehJi And" oeen reiusea aa mission into uadirVhavet h you' not ? The,payorain mayr ber " brought againstf yoo-iSall iMn&ts yeti:wdethc3e cmatancesolnirii 1 0.,. T T" ' " (aiMViiba UUU t. JAJIIIBV'-' ot nonor ; and that too not to pesatis- fied tmfess America compels! Nanoleonl H toscindhfs ecreesVja tbin entirely K opt bf their power ! Recollecxtoha power the greatness of this country J$bwmw recollectfetpeideldue &otn jMricil to: your mcrchantsV wh6e"foul itingjfogthefttltf ceeding recollect tjtc. stawotoOTma- nufactureseccllect tbaitfi gre independent ot commcr; f bfci vwuv . 0 vmh nuum nui my any meai bef so great ;? recollect that its ereatiW. cpeiidi essentially upon that1 mtwi nKrcei, ; whidh yoti t measured are) about j f tro ThrbwFfcfe gii mto thesiiuatibn in which kstdbd fctforo its coin rherce commenced,2 throw A me rica back again; and tbey can still dt wijhoat ytm but'Oreat-Britairi has scofthwghcr cofflmeajcetea ieV ,t t r. ft 'Hi. 7. V s .:a.p & 1 1:; - Ayr f.. $ l At
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