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)V t: : eS S $ indent' n
' ' -.11 th? riRiti prsoil and .overeignt
;, : . - and tbh rl'i
pUce thh ; rfeamHy tad ."'l"'?
trader b.r pFoUttioo, i'JJ'
. Suttt. U notperceiredan.tAat
.. , retpect such pro v? moo Wd differ
- from en abiolutejcrsoo by Ae Uoit.
cd Srates of the extensive territory m
. Iqurtiiotu.- -. ! .
; The Bnd-h enipotentuuie havej
repeated the amnion, that the treaty
by which "the -Indians phced. them
arlrcs undcr.the-protcction of the U.
S Mes, abregtted by war; b.
thence infer. tht they are no longer
- to be-eonidertd under the protee-
- tioo of the UnUed Staui, wnatever
mav bc the import oi tr.c icrm ; nu
that the right otjurcai unwiu
.r ; tvJir hehzlfin the neoi
- GrtcnviHc, have constantly been and
still are, at peace with the U. States.
W netner mai ircavj
rc tated, is a qdcstiou net neceasar)
tn be now discuseed. The right of
the United States to the protection oi
the"' Indians : within their boundaries,
was cot "acquired by the treaty; it
wW k necessity consequence of the
oVereignty and independence of the
:r United States Previous to that time
1 ' . . mferr iatrirbchzU iieneocia.
n v;;v - - atmp cf pence, can onlye denied ou
Vlf3 . V V -'the groupdtkbey arc regarded as
K ' aucts'ld point of fact, ftevcral
t v r. rrihe. nartiea to the treaty ol
'the rudianVlW log within the same
territorr; -"freTefunder the protection
.of his Brhanoie Majesty, as iu soyc
;:xeigiv The uhtei signed may refer
' . the British plenipotentiaries to all the
. acta of their own government, relative
to the subject, for proof, that it has aU
. ' ways considered this right of protec
tion, as one of the rights of sovereign
ity, which it netded po Iodiaa Ueaty
ta conTer. and which the ahrognion
, of no Indian treaty could dhrest. They
;V -wirt partitularly bring to' their recol
lecticoi that when a similar proposi
" litian was made of consideriDg Indian
tribes as todeprndent nation to serve
as a barrier between ibe Fieoch and
English tenitortet, was made b
Francc to Eogand,it was immediate
, y rejected, by a roioister to whom
- -thrvBTitub ostion is accustomed to
loot bark ;' itH r nerstion, and rejec
- ted i n the express grouad, that the
Kin would renounce his right of
V protection OveVthe Indians withm his
dominions. But whatever the rela-
tinu of the Itjdiaot roth U.ScatesJ
may bet and whether under their, pro.
lection or notGreat Britain having
by the-treaty ci" 1783; recognized the
t sovereignty of j he United States; and
agreed to certain limits as their boun
daries, has no .right to consider any
." persons or communities , whether Id
. v lisns or others, residiog vithin these
boundaries, as nations independent of
;tVeU. SutesJ v -
' "The United States claim, of right
' witKrespect td ISuropean nations,
acd pa tkutarly with respect to G eat
fcritaicV the , entire sovereignty over
U.e whele teniiory, and all the persons
A embraced 'witnio (he boundaries of
thtir diiminioiw Great Briuio has
to right to take cognizaoce of the
rthticos subsistipgbctween the st ve
. ral communitlea- or persons iivioa
therein: I They f'rn, as to her, ooU
" pnrts of Xe dominions of the United
' : Stuitv, and it rsIiogcther trpmneriai
tiVthcror.rJOvv far, tinder their poll-
itical instuniioas or policy, these com
. tnxiues of persons are independent
suies, allies, or subjects- 'JVith res-p-ct
to her and all other foreign t
. tions, they ;te pirts of a "whole of
t vthit the U. .States are the acle and
aKiluteaovc reign, 'f.: 4 ... ,'
Ibc aUeoabf the Bjitjsh pleni.
p entmie, thit tt is e inconsistent
w tVthc pta fice or piiociples of G
B jtin t'abindon, rn her nrijocu-
; usai tar peace, those who him co-c
.
fto the Uriciftta gofrromen
their bchairwcoWorhcMrc
they rrhy nevertheless . oSseTye, that
trie' DiTtisIT !enip6tchuan ivhayinS .
pfOclDcra no sucri purj -'yo t:
tKorft tAlimd the IndbotfVto ca-
cigc for tKeir afiehlt6tthe;?cifica j
lienor io secure the htinuance of
peic;c:-pfir
ofthern as allies; doteatly propose to.
bg thstVia relation to:ine:ino;iany
Great Britain should pursue a course,
inconsUtent'with her former praxtipe
and principled, ' only desire' that she
folldw her own example respecting
them,' in br former treaties with o
ther European nations," arid with the
United States. .0? provision for the
Indians isJbund ia the treaty of 1763
b) wWch France ceded Canada' to
Great Britaioalthough almost all the
Indians iiving within i the territory
ceded; Or acknowledged to belong to
Gfest-Britain, had taken part with
France in the war. . .Ko such proyi
slon was inserted in; the treaty of
peace of-1783, between Great Britain
and the United States, although al
most aU the Indian tribe -living with
in the" territory1 recognized by the
treaty to belong to the United States,
had, during the war, co operated with
Great Britain, and might have been
considered asbcr a'lies niore justly
than on the present occasion. So far
as concerns the relations between G.5
Britain and the Un;ted States, these
Indians can be treated for, only on
the principle bv which amnesties are
stipulated in favor of disaffected per j
sons, wno, in times or war ami mv
sloa, .co-operate with the cnemyof
the natitm to yhich they belov. To
go as far as possible in secunng.the
benefit of -the peace to the IndUnV
now the object professed by the Bri
tish government 'in their present iint
aua nn, the undersigned offer a stipu
lation in general terms,' that no. per
son or persons, whether subjects
citizens, or Indians, residing within
the dominions ol cither party, shall
be molested or annoyed, either in
their persons or their property, for a
ny part they may have taken in the
war between the United States and
Great Britain but shall retain all
the right, privileges and possessions,
Which they respectively had at the
commencement of the war ; they, on
their part, ' demeaning themselves
peaceably, and conformably to their
duties to the respective governments.
This the undersigned have no doubt
will effectually secure to the Indians
peace, if they themselves will observe
it, and they will not suppose that G.
Britain would wish them included in
the peace, but upon that condition , '
The undersigned have never inti
mated that their government had not
furnished them with any instructions
since January last - On the contrary,
they distinctly told the British pleni
potentiaries in conference, though it
appears CO have escaped their recollec
tion, that instructions had been recei
ved by the undersigned, dated at the
close of the ' month of June The
undersigned will now add, that those
instructions were drawn with a full
knowledge of the general pacification
in Europe, and with so liberal a con
sideration of its necessary bearing up
on all the differences that had been
until then subsisting between Great
Britain and the -United States, that
the undersigned cannot doubt that
peace would long ' since have been
concluded, had not an insuperable bar
against it been raised by the new and
unprecedented demand of the British
government
wiin. respect to tne proposition,
which the iJritish plenipotentiaries m :
J form them, they will be prepared to
make, in relation to the Canadian
boundaries, which appears to then so
entirely founded ov principles of 'rao
deration and justice, bat the nature of
which, they think proper at present to
withhold, the undersigneil can only
pic ige themselves to meet any propo
?itton from the 'British plenipotentla
ries, characterised by moderation, and
juiccioot only, with iaperfect reei.
procity of thor lentfmentSj but with
a sincere and earnest desire to contrL
I bute to" the restorstlorj of peace? by
every cunTpuautc-. wiu inc wunes ol
j. untain, compaxioiewitn their du.
ry. to. their c6nn try
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1 -k .
H uTbc undetsiacdl hive tikcl tosor.Ji
treat for them.notas itthey wercin
dtpcDcofnaricni, but as if tHe trcre
theubjecta, of Gi Bntaio.
The undertigrscdi so far from ask-
House Or jagpgEsfiyrATi,
'''frTCalhowrrom thW&mWttee.
whoru was efrred. on tbe'Sd 'nit,. the
1 report of the; Secretary of. War relating
;tb ah uniform systenxof discipline for
! thp Jirmy.of .the; United States, reported
the following resolution : 1 r ? r .
I ' i?wf (That tUcretary ofWarbe
:dirccted to'appoiot a Board of 'Officers to
modify the; rules, and regulation for the
1 fiUT senrie and manoeorrei of tht French
jlnlkniryr VahUited by -ftladtoaV so as
to mike them eorreipond with the organiza
tion of the army of the United Sutes, ami to
Itnake such add 'ions and retrenchment jmj
tazy be thought proper -t snd to 1 the
same, as ioon as possible, before this house,
The said resolution Was dgrted, to. '
Tne house agam;reiblved itselfinto
a committee'of the whole; oo the bill to
, Incorporate the subscribers to the Ban
of the United States of America,
i The whole of the day was consumed
in- the discuion of the details and pro
! positions to amend this bill, whhout giv
ting birth to any material amendments
. . The amendments made in the com
frtiitee were reported to ther house; and
. sgrccd io bcire th'c hojse adjourned-
' At amended, the bill exbibiu the fol
Unwind Fcdturci, iz
The capital to consift of fifty millions
of dollars, divided into shares, of five
hundred' dollars' each ; subscribable and
payable as folfo as s by the g6?ernment,
in stock' to bear an: interest of four per
cent per annum i fifteen millions, by
individuals, the remaining thirty five
millions, payable as follows, viz : five
millions in specie, ten millions in Trea
sury notes, and twenty millions in what
is usually called the war-stock. The
Bank to commence Its operations so
soon "as 11 500,060 are paid in, in the
'proportions before nieniioned, of specie,
"treasury notes ana stocK. ,
Other amendments were proposed
to' the bill : when the house adjourned,
: at dusk, without taking a question on
the bill's goinp, to' a: third reading.
j After the presentation of a few peti-
' tiona, t
Mr. lugersoll of Pa. rose to make a
! motion. He said there was now an in
dividual in this ciiy, by the name of
Matthew Guy, a native of the town of
I Dumfries, who by an extraordinary, act
j of bravery and heroism, bad himself
(captured a British officer and 4 British
isesmen. He was in an oyster boat in
the neighborhood of Chippewanaie', into
which be was pursued by a Bridsb ves
sel ; . and, after he got into the creek, a
barge was sent alter him with a mid
shipman Sc four men. This individual,
finding he must be overtaken, went
ashore in a small skiff, aad concealed
himelf on the margin of the creek with
his duck gun, directing a mulatto nun
who. was trie only person in. company
with him, to pursue his way up the
creek. The mulatto -man accordingly
steered up the creek, uader a sharp fire
from the barge which was in pursuit.
When the bare passed within a Conve
nient distance, Mr. Guy discharged his
gun with such steady aim at it, as to
wound four of the five men on board,
who immediately cried for quarters ;
which being readily granted, they push
ed ashore; whilst Guy was loading his
gun a second time. On finding the in.
leriority ol force to which they bad sur.
rendered their arms, the prisoners were
disposed to attempt a rescue ; but their
captor presented his piece a second
'time at them, and they deemed it pro
per to suomu, me omcer ana tnree o-
thers being already wounded. The
brave man who performed the exploit
delivered bts prisoners up to the militia
in St. Mary's county, by whom they
bad been brought to the eity.. Though
this case did not come within the letter,
he said it certainly did within the equi
ty of the law, which allows a bounty of
iOO dollars on every prisoner taken by
pnvateers : because this j Individual had
redeemed from captivity one of our na
val officers and four of pur seamed by
obuinmg the means of their exchange,
which was the principle on Which the
act in question was passed. He was
desirous to extend the provision oi that
i bill to this individual ; and therefore
moved the folio wing.resolution :
RtveiU That ' the committee on Naval
jlffairs be initrueied to enquire into the ex
Dedienev of aUowin? a bohntv to Mattkw
Guy for .five Kagtiah pr toners captured by
. The motion waa agreed tcx witiidnt
OppoitlolC ' ; ;;r.'-t:-' ': : '
i9 Tho house proceeded further to coni
siaer toe report joi tne. committee ot the
whole on the bill from the Senate jto in
rcorportter the Sibcribers to thc Bank
of the United States , of America.
f , In addition to the amendments airea-
ay tuHiced, as having Jecn made in
1 committee ofithe whole; a new section
f adgotedf ca S atarda ereaing. au
thorixSnei mrofiteVapnudljy HH Pentjarid lata
fB.-T7rMTf tit
exaSiriinl 'iUatffF
prby jdiria:; pc esOT la w riygwiucn
-V.hartec shall lie li&solved "and --m
huHedin CMecJen f ,fi0lajmrvf 'UteJ
samc,es nrst 3ccriainc j ; wc.im
ini7Feu: di aur unto uu i
l A .-i i Ar r.,f i Nttiw -jL .4 . j l0lrd tin. n
anddecied'b.t!tia mYcXsMettrsJ UieJ ;
v This amendment was Jagreed -to 95
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The speaker Uld beforo trre house a
coramumcationi signed byV the Acting
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the
Treasjury and AttorneJSeneraUiihr
capacity yas commissioners under the
act for the' Coal adjtjst'ment Sc settlement
of Yax claim respectfully represents
ing, thit( stbyficbejl for the
not do iusdcr ioth tf canv of such
numerous ind-nOiegna wftli
present themsyeitoroam
der xnat act ; ana suggeaung wc pro
prfet j of the estaoiishmentmiBoard
ori Commissioners pasy !jwf-t
object who may be able todevote their
whole attention tcrWrxlfi
on motion, referred to select cottmit-
On jnotionof Mr. Trrouppf jGeortho
house proceeded to consihercMft
of the committee of Coifcren
disagreeing votes of the two houses-on
the bill to authorize tho President of the
United States to call into service 80 Opq
mlliti i for the, defence of the frontieri
cXthe United States; i' ,
The first proposition of the' eommit
tee related to the term of service of the.
n li it fa, ami proposesthat a compromise
between the two houses shall take psJcc,
the Senate, receding six months an4 tiie
House advancing six months in the ser
vice, so as to fix it at eighteen months.
r Mr. Troup explained that tuisrepjort
was the result of compsomisc beiwecn
the two houses ; and Mr. Stockton stat
ed that, though he had consented as a
member of the committee of conference
to the report being made, he was op
posed to it, as was a majority i of the
conference committee of this hobse:
i Mr. Farrow made a short' speech in
opposition ' to the i report, the object of
which was to explain the reason; vJy he,
who had voted n favor ol the bill, should
now vote against this report ; -it, was
because he considered the militia cha
racter of the bill to be changed, & that,
as . proposed to be amended, it would
possess the cohscriptive character. He
made a number of observations princi
pally drawn from1 our history, to shew
that the miliiia were, and always Wuld
be, under proper officers, an efTeCtite
force. This part of, the report waaCoe
gatived 73 to 64. ? , 5
The second proposition of the comr
mitte of Conference is, that the house
shall recede from an amendmsnt-the
object of which is to authorize the Exei
cutive, in case ornegiect or refusal of
the Governors of the Sta es to execute
the provisions of the law, to call directly
on! the militia officers of the States to
carry them into effect.
On the question to agree to this pro
position, an in:ereiting debate of consi.
derable length took. place. The diaw
cussion ended in the refusal af the
Houe to agree to the proposition of the
committee of Conference 80 to- 6.
The house; heh agreed e the other
propositions of the corhmittee of Con
ference and, on motion of Mr. Troup,
the House resolved to tniist on the a-
mendments from which it had just re
fused to recede ; -c8c a message was sent
to Senate to acquaint them of this de
term -nation. '
The House then resumed the consi
deration ot the bill to incorporate the
Subscribers to the Bank ot the United
States of America. -
I A mo ion was made by Mr. Hale to
amend the bill by striking out the thir
teenth section of thebill, which author
izes occasional suspension of payments;
in sjae ie by (he Bank. Whereupon, "
Mr. Ingersoll required tht Previous
Question (which precludes all further
debate pr amendment of the billA-
uK ouiy sustained! -
The Previous Quuon was taken and
der ided as follows : 1 , f "
: For taking the; main question "72
The PrevioiirQuestion having thux
been decided in the affirmative.
LA motion was' made to lay the bill
and amendments on the bill,
The Chair decided -fMr.
the absence of ;Mr..Cheves, occupying
uicwwir mat tne motion was not in
order i inasmuch as. the hmt h avimr
decided that theai question shall be
now put,; no otherjmotion can obtain,
i An app'ttiKenVfrom tmVdeci
PCJfe 'f&lfh after some de
uatcr,a connrmccy 10& to 36.
Mr. Gaston then took
-lte??tt'' Qbair-(Mr.k nfactir
sulleccopying it) that the main guesiUi
was, that the bUl should pass to a?third
reaomg.1 IrHe contcpued that tho vim
questipn,waaithatcihe amendmeni
under scussfcn;
question was called.
CtW question ;hastrooreiharf onctf
act; they becameinbre
bW that; with attention to the du- Tel fdrse, w
tieol their resivefficethey can- Wfeil80 WS
eadcedthosamm
I
K aomdeb.. ?
the Ctelr-w'aiffirnki qi
with 4hebilLbera !Htsl
Gliappd!,
ard iireii
lOtriOYehe
tmr.mm' :.sJk' ' :
&ttbcmra,.Kiogoi kc 1 J
Moore, Murfree, NelsK T8
Bowen, Boyd, BradburvJ
n m - y "ini :i
Hale, tiall. Henden,iiuiXiJ
of RlohSSon oil Va; knifes &
Law, toen$wfoi AijUer. J'
kelUNeWtortrOAlttev,
itlXHeed,
ehureminjeyiM',;
. -vji,
1 5liiplierd; JBU vmaker.
:VTH
i Aompaon, Voa ward ftf . . - m
tuneiorow. ! 1 i
Klud mction ot MrJ Pi. -.. i
thcpsf urtdle A and Cor . ft
wcis, wu"; y ailuv uie
hie footing in reiarrf U . 1
oi nraeJica vra anDcaoced for &
redding. ; i . .1 " j
Mr. . Gaston moved to rccornmi
with mStruction td report an li.
men; mereto .anmorisingnha'
millions of dollUrs i hrrriq mUJ
oe paia io goiu or sil ver or cm,
public stock created suce the
uon oi wr; to -PC paiq w gold or
cow, or in any puunc debt eorh,
or be iContracN.vwhicahaij'4t'
time of -subscription bear uo alcrs
interest orsiK per cent. . "
On suggtttion Mr. Sharp
Mr. Gaston included in hU wotinal
toHowiag turiher instruction io&
mitteo : ' and ithatl die aaifefet
be instructed to extciid tk dmsfc
nenlhcr subscn ptions at New J)r!
Nashville, Leaiogtcin and CliH
.i G--ii- -L.Ptrit i .771
iuuuuiut UACUiii jpy out Otmgttf
mouuay.ia January; ana to
samuch of the l8th fundaiutntlni
uirec( ipai mi specie payrceuts L
the present waj' shall be madlitfi
delphlav. v f k : ; !
. The 'motion Ibr reccrnmitment;
rise to along and 'animated diiite,
was finally carried to 76. ' j.
'tid-J) 29.. '
5rv -Archer of Md from thtte
tee of Ways and Mr&Ds, to wboa
referred for aniendaent the liiti
the Senate to Incorporate tho SiM
bcrs to the Bank of the United
Americaipofted three Atacsdd
thereto in conformijy to theinstruci
ofthe Huuse.v-.:?! ,
The fitamehdinent ptoposstt
stitute-thev second Alonday in Feb;
lor the third o,4ay.in hntotjA
day on which the books ttiuMa
to the Bank shall be opened "Apetf
ins second aineBanicm p'yr:
strikxbnt so much of , the luia
i
cribes the f war) stock wlucli sj
subscribeable to the Bankf awi a
thereof to insert "itny public ;cj
UnitetT States contracted or ta
tracted, which !at the time ofpK
shall bear an accruing interf
centum ner annuis." c
: AfiAr A four wnVds from
and Mr Oakley expressive M
thi this amendment wouia ?
from Mr.ingbiim and Mr. iMm
-contrary, met qucnw ; '
- . Li'J ,!n nn rlni 1
ment was uegaiyeu w.m-- i
to 72.
OVI V V; V UM - - . i .
mmrm. tViit k'trt Oi 005 Oi lut
mItiUs xhich restrict1
ment of the noes in spscirt
are. presented 4t tlie P. inc.
- - -..m.mmUm
ittasting f oie of the Speaker.
Mr Farrow then moved toiWj
i l1 m. - . i' ...ion muCD 0
Din oyiairiKiuK.utw --,. jw
tbeskbbeuribcafD
ing in lieu thereof a P),
thVpririlege
be hereafter cUnWeted. .9
Sis'matibnWaS
HMri Pitkin then propo0
amendraehttothebil!, nt w
mountMmecWitaIbIanL
gaprcviosquc
Tenn and suported
numDer,Viz.:r5fbr6r5 J
- : - vim ami
on
the lable ; w""0 m .
tived 93 to 56,
i
was then
in
.1 r."
ion
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is
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