bat tlie impracticability of this clause obliges them to leek relief through their repre.'enta tives- Tl|C ' t!ie diftri<ft be came from, he much feared couki not be executed. Each mjlitia-niaq is to tome into the field with a jnulket, or firelock, a bayonet,, cartoucli-box, and Otfcer equipment";. Thcle, he verily be lieved, could not be had. If the citizens, even tboi'e who would think lightly of the burthen, could not procure thole accoutrements, the law must be violated. Congress, he hoped, would uot force his well inclined fellow citi zens to violate the law—but if the law could „ot polfibly be executed because impraaica b e the legislature would be answerable for the'indignities it brought upon itfelf, t>) thus nrefcribms unneccffary hardftiips. .It was then to Ihield Copgrefs and the dignity of ie gillation from the lharne of imposing impollible obligations, as well as to redress the citizen, that he wilhed the claule altered.—Several modes presented thernfelves—The most obvi ous is, the furnilhing of the arms at the pub iic expence—and another is, the furnilliing of the arnrs to fuclr as might in the opinion of certain officers be too poor conveniently to find tliem. Congress might leave it with ei ther the officers of the militia, or with tne deputy marffials. The disposition once felt to relieve, would prelentlydefignate its mode of accolnpliffiing redrels. Fines too would prove a perpetually accumulating fund,which could in a few years either be applied to the further purchase of arms, and further exone ration of the poorer class, who might rot fall within the idea of the most rigid poverty —or, to a reimburleir.ent of the public for the arms firft purchased. At all events, it could do no liarin to hear what a committee could report en this fuhjefl—and when the house reflected that this was the wifli of a populous diftria, and he verily believed ,of the whole state of Maryland, he did not doubt of at least.a sober regard to f'uch claims. A matter of great importance it certainly was, that as far is confident with the good of the whole, the interests and wiflies of a part (hould be at tended to—in this cafe, his constituents ar gued from impartial views or local motives, but from the fundamental principles of pro perty & taxation,equally applicable to allwho thought thernfelves aggrieved. He was con vinced the clause in question was as imprac ticable as it was oppreflive, and he hoped to have a committee appointed. He felt, that whatever might be the event, he had dis charged the dutj he owed his fellow citizens, and obeyed his own opinions. Mr. Williamfon strongly reprobated the idea of making the arming of the militia a public expence, as involving a most un equal and oppreflive species of taxation, tfpecially as it is conceded that more than one hnlf of the militia are already armed. Mr. Kittera said he was opposed to the nwioa; by a calculation which he offered, he said the expence of arming the militia « the public charge would amount to 42 millions i.f dollars, rating the expence at £.10 per man, according to the estimate of a gentleman from Maryland.—He re probated the idea of making any alterati - on in thelaw bfcfoie any experience of its effects had taken place. Mr. Mercer supported the estimate he had made of the individual experice ; and if it amounted said he, as the gentleman from Pennsylvania has said, to 42 millions of dollars, was the expence leflened by its being imposed in the most unequal aui oppreflive manner ? He said he never had any idea of the goveinments incurring fucli an expenge~he had no conception of the policy of a militia amounting to 750,000 men- he never wished to fee a militia which should exceed thirty thou sand ; the plan of armirg such an immense niafa of militia .was, in his opinion, the molt gbfurd idea that could be imagined, and Stnoiwted to a relinquifhmeuc of all hope of an cffkient'militia. Mr. Page was opposed to the motion, It objected panitulai-ly to Mr. Mercer's idea of arming so small a part of t|\e mi litia, andpointed outthe would naturally take place in consequence of different principles being adopted in refpedi to the arming the militia. He remarked that the difficulties which had presented themselves in the former difcuf iion of this butinefs 110'vv occurred in full 01ce , and would involve the house in all ptiplexities which had he; ttofore at tended the buiinefs. Mr. Dayton made a few remarks on the motion—ne was opposed to it—and reprobated in strong terms any plan of'arming tie mili tia. >vhicli fiionkl give either t\ estate or ge neral government a right to dispossess them tr.e'ir arms on' any oecafion. M l '- Murray added some further re marksy and then the question was deter mined in the negative-*— ayes 6 ; noes 50. The ayes and roes' being as follow, A Y H^S. Mclfr*. B. Bcurn, Key, Mirccr, Murray, Suropttr, Wiilisr ——6. N O E S, -i*fx 1 5. Aim f. h fh<, Bi'lo v. n. R; in well, Bcn for>, h bourn. Clrfik, Dayton. Fifzfimons, Gerry, (•nfs, G'ur.iin, (-odrihuc, G< don, Gr cnup, g,, ®T, C»i-ac, Hartley, Hc.iUr, Hillhoufe, Hiitirr KiuVitJ], Kilter?., Lavisnce, Learned, lui d, I.ivcrmore, Macon, MadHon, A-'Ocic. 2vj..i,Um ijg, Kilca,Qii, ?age f Paiker, Schoonmakrr, Sedgwick, J. Smith, W. Smith, J. Stctlf, Slurbs, Sylvtita, Thatcher, Trui!- v.-t'll, Tucker, Vcuablc, Waid, White, Wil ha 111 lon ,50. Mr. Sedgwick presented the petition of John Smith, read and refer red. The petition of Thomas and Edward Faulkner, was read and referred to the secretary of war. Mr. Muhlenberg ptefented a petition from the dealers inpainters oil and colours praying that the duties on dt y paints may be reduced so as to afford due encourage ment to the vinding and preparing co lours yi the •united states. The motion for a committee to report a bankrupt law was called up by Mr. Boudinot, and a committee appointed consisting of Meflrs. W. Smith, Boudinot Lawrance, White and Gerry. The house then took into consideration the resolutions of the committee of the whole on the Prefideiit's speech,—The firft and fccond resolutions were agreed to. Mr. Parker moved to strike out the latter clause of the third resolution, re fpeding the reference to the Secretary of the Treasury. On this motion the de bate was renewed ; Mr. Page, Mr. Tuc ker, Mr. Findley, Mr. Giles, and Mr. Madison supported it. Mr. Gejry, Mr. Lawrance, Mr.Liver more, and Mr. Ames were in opposition: the observations, though similar to those made in the committee, were more ex tensive. The question was at length ta ken, and pafied in the negative, the ayes and noes being as follow : AYES. McfTrf. Afh<", Baldwin, Clank, Findley, Giles, Greenup, Griffin, Grove, Heiftrr, Lee, Macon, Madison, Mercer, Mooie, Niies, Orr, Page, Parker, Scboonrnakei, Sumpter, Tread well, Tuckcr, Venable, White, Willis 25. Adjourned. NOES. MefTrs. Ames, Barnwell, Bcnfon, Bouriinot, S. Bourn, 13. Bourn, Dayton, Fitzfimons, Gerry, Oilman, Goocihue, Gordon, Hartley, Hilihoufe, Huger, Jacobs, Kttchell, Kitlera. Learned, Leonard, Liveimorc, Muhlenberg, Murray, Sedgwick, J. Smith, W. Smith, Steele, Sturges; SylvePter, Thatcher, Ward 32. Thursday, November 22. John Milledge, Esq. a new member from the state of Georgia appeared, produced his creden tials, was qualified and took his feat. The house proceeded in the consideration of she refolutitns of the commits of tb«? wh<\le on the President's fpeech.—Tlie lall refclution was for a reference to the Secretary of the Trealury, dirediing him to report a plan for reimbur finjj a loan mads of the bank of the U. S.—thi» re solution wSs agresd to by the house. Mr. Parker, Mr. Heiiler, and Mr. Macon were appointed a committee to report a bill pur suant to the resolution that provision ought to be made by law, for the widows and orphans of the persons who were killed while acSing under the prcte&ion of flags of true# to the In dian tribes. Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Dayton, and Mr. Learn ed were appeinted a committee on the resolu tion-—that prnvifion ought to be made to sup port the intercourlc of the united states with fo reign nations. In comif.ittse of the whole on the bill provid ing for the registering and recording- of Ihips or vessels. Mr. I.iwranecin the chair. The bill was considered by paragraphs. The committee went through tlie discussion, and reported the bill to the house without any amendment. A mefiage waj received from the Proficient of the united ftf.tes by Mr. Secretary Lear, com municating the abftradt of a fupplcrr.cutary ar rangement made by him for carryinginto execu tion the law for collecting duties impofcd oil spirits distilled from foreign and doineftic mate rials within the united states. An account of the lubdivifions of the furveyi, together with an eftiniate of the amount of the conipenfationi and charges attending the collec tion of the afoufaid revenue; the amount of these was about 45,000 dollars. Thin meflage being read, it was ordered, that 100 copies be printed for the use of the house. The report of the Secretaiy of the Treasury j-elativeto the requisite appropriations waj re ferred to a committee of tke whole house on Monday next. In committee of the whole on thß report of the Secretary of the Treafiiry on the petition of Joseph Headerfon. Mr- Lawrance in the chair. The report was read, and a refolction mo ved pursuant thereto. Mr. Ames Hated the rcifons on wlii, h the prayer of the petition was founded. Mr. B. Bourn obfcived, that the report was not so explicit as to enable the cemmittee of the ■whole to form a competent judgment of the merits of the cafe—he moved that the commit tee of the whole should be discharged, and that the report be rt ferrca to a fele& committee-- this motion obtained, and the report was accor dingly referred to a leleift committee confiding of Messrs. Ames, B. Bourn and Clark. Mr. Ames moved that a committee be ap pointed to bring in a bill, granting to thetom millioners for treating with the iouthern Indi ans dollars for their extra expellees in going to, and returning from the place of trea ty —This motion was agreed to, and a commit tee appointed confifling of Mefirs. Ames, X uck er, ana Smith of N. H. 203 A letter was read from the secretary of the trealury enclosing reports on a larire number of petitions referred to him the lall session. These petitions Were read and occupied the remainder time till the adjournment. FRIDAY, Nov. Ajbil'to reimburse certain extra experfes .* ''ommitiioneis ior treating of peace with the Creek Indians—was reud t ! :t lirft time. Mr. \Villiamfon presented the petition of lundry inhabitants oi Tarborough, Wafiiing ton, &c. in North Carolina, praying an alter ation in the route of the post through pait of tnat Hate—read, ar.d referred to the commit tee on the poft-olhce law. In committee of the whole on the bill re ceived from the Senate, reflating foreign coins, and for other purposes.—Mr. Sedgwick in tiie chair. Tin bill was read by the clerk, and then conf.dered in paragraphs. The committee agreed to sundry amend merits, rose and reported progress. A petition, prelented by Col. Afhe, praying the renewal of certain loft certificates—-was read & referred to the committee on loft cer tificates. Adjourned till Monday. NEW-YOKK, Nov. 21. F-kt!ors of Prtjident and Vice-Prefidcnt. William Floyd, Esq. of Suffolk county ; Sa muel Ofgood, Esq. of the city and county of New-Yoflk; Edward Savage, Esq. of Walh ington county; Stephen Ward, Esq. of Weli chefter county; John Bay, Esq. of Columbia county ; Jefi'e Woodhull, Esq. of Orange c»un ty ; David Van Ness, Esq. ofDutchefs coun ty; Johannes Bruyn, Efq- ofUlfter county; Volktrt Veeder, Esq. of Montgomery coun ij ; Abraham Yates, jun. Esq. of the city and county of Albany; Samuel Clarke, Ei'q. of Sa ratoga county ; and Abraham Ten Eyck, Efq of Renfellaer county. Philadelphia, Nov. 24. The Governor of this commonwealth has iflued a proclamation, declaring that William Henry, Joseph Heifter, Thomas M'Kean, Henry Miller, John Wilkins, jun. Robert Coleman, Thomas Bull, Cornelius Coxe, Ro bert Johnfton, John Boyd, David Stewart, George Latimer, Hugh Lloyd, James Morris, and Robert Hare, are duly elected and chosen electors of a President and Vice-President of the United States, to serve at the election in that behalf to be held, at Harrifburgb, in the county of Dauphin, on the firfl Wednesday of December next, agreeably to the ast of Con gress, and the ast of the General Alfembly of this commonwealth, in such cafe made and provided. By ths latest accouHts from Georgia, re ceived from Mr. Seagrove, Agent for Indian affairs in the southern department, it appears that the Chiefs of the Creek nation are not unfriendly to any part of the United States— On the contrary, Mr. Seagrove fays he has reason to tiiink it is the wifli of nine tenths of that nation to be in ft rift friend fliip with 11 's. And all danger of an interruption of the harmony, arises from the reiblefs and vicious disposition of feme of the white people among us. His Sxcellcncy Thomas Sim Lee, is una nimously re-elected Governor of Maryland, Lord Macart.ie;' failed from Kpithead the 26th September lull, in the Ihip Lion, of 64 guns, Sir Erafinus Gore, commander, on the long intended er.iba3y to the Empeioi of China. On the 10th inft. John Trotter, ferjeant in Capt- Faulkner's company of riflemen, was (hot at Pit I (burgh for desertion. The Ne«-E»unfwick Church Lottery fin idiei! d: a« i r;/ Is.; 1 Saturday ; a lift of the blanks has not been received. COMMU NICATIONS, The accusation against the Vice-President shews a ilifpofuioi; to make him appear un worthy of the office he now holds, as well as of the confidence and refpeft of His fellow citizens which he has long held; —It is no small compliment paid him by his enemies, that they can find nothing against lii;n but his opinions. . His life is unbleutiihed; Ms cou dodt manly and Gncerc —he has not, lixe most popularity seekers, hid himftlf from his coun trymen-n-A cunning ambitious man ir.lteaa of broaching nnoopularlenumriits won! J have locked them up in his own bufoin, and have kept them tlieie till policy would give thein vent, and that would not lie till the people were'difjpofed to receive them. Mr. Adams may not have afled with policy by turning author But believing his fentiir.ents well founded.and very important to his country, he has not heiitated to avow them. Admit (ftey aiv »»ong—and Iris adversaries trouble themfclves tefs to prove that they are wroiijr than that they are unpopular, still it is plain that he believes thc-m right—for it is not to be supposed he would raifc a clamour against himfeif if he did not believe them.—His con duct is therefore ihat of a patriot; let them fay in welcome, >a mift'aken patriot. The men who condemn his errors ought to do jus tice to his virtue and sincerity.—Examples of liich manly firmnels and zealous preference of what lie deems truth to popularity will not be very frequent —Even-the befi. men will clitife to enjov their own opinions in peace and qoi etnels, and they will rarely cxpofe tl emfelves to perfuafioa by exposing them —It ought to be remembered, that his bock fias been lilhed these eight years; bis ientiments did not prevent his being appointed Vice-trefi fident on the firft ele<slion. It wa# then ard is still well known that he is a tho s ough and zcaloufly attached to our present linppy constitution. In his writing! quoted by his adversaries, he calls it our only hope and the ail- of our fafety. It is not fay- :ucn that a man who has devoted l*s ■jJ.', to talents and a great pa .! and fucceis to the common country, and wl.o, hi* very enemies fay, has scorned to deceive it>; nHe?(t itclerves it; con- fideiice. While certain clamourers accuse Congress ot having created a monied influence, a>.d in orde rto make t'nat Influence the tnoic exttrn f»ve and mischievous have incorpt rated a na; tional Bank, the Governor of ?>lallachufetts goes so far as to recommend to the Legisla ture of that State to become interested in a Bank instituted by Law at Bolton ; He* thinks it would be for the advantage of tie citizens. The United States actually enjoy one fifth of the profit of the National Bank. Our fault finders are requested to compare the opinion of the Governor of Mairachuletts with charges against Congress. Wanted, a set of second hand grievances and complaints again ft men and measures.— It is supposed that they have become worn and thunib'd over during the late elections, but they will do for every day use ; half price will be given for them at the Office in Street. Quete, whether is is not as proper to save grievances as rags ? They will do a second time in another lhape. N. B. Their being a little foul will l>e no objection. Some persons make a fnfs about republican principles ; It is admitted that none are more excelient or more ti ue ; yet are the men who give as a toast the republican inter, eft in the United States, meaning the antile deral iritereft, really republican! Turn this cant into plain Englilh, and what does it a mountto? Draw a small party clofeiy toge ther, and by art, induflry, and lies, obftruft the laws of the peopie. Is he a republican who would have drawn the sword to put the state of New-York out of the union? Yet, the man who was so violent that his party Ihrunk from his flandard, when he was willing and ready to erect it against the people of the United States, and their free constitution, is now held up as the pure republican, the man of the people —Actions speak louder than words. L O N D O N, September 25. The old conlliturion of Kranc e » in one thing, and we believe in th at (in»le point, is superior even to th's happy country. By the law, every person who has ever had ten chil dren in lawful wedlock, whether they are alive or not, is exempted from taxes, —a law worthy jo be in ferred in our llatutes. The decree which enjoins, that the refradtory piiefts {hall receive no passports for any country actually at war with France, will now force them to pass into England ; for in ten days fiom this date, France is likely to be engaged in hoftflitics with every power that is near them. Several hundreds of French priefls and nobles have arrived at Jersey within this fortnight ; some of them are reduced to that degree of pover ty, that they are obliged to teach French and Belles letters at fix sous a leflon, and others are forced to hire themselves as gardeners. Dotflor Priestley has declined the office of fitting in the National Con vention of France, though he has been chosen for three places. The hall, now occupied by the National Convention of France, is on the firfl floor of the Thuilleries, and was once intended for a Thea tre, at tlie fpfdtacles of which the court only were to be present. Ihe old decorations of the palace have been removed, and ordered to be fold. TO COR X KSI'ONDENTS. Want o/'time and rooin prevent, the repub lication cf " I.\cius," containing extrads from Mr. Abams's l):jc«cc-alfo the extrads Jrom til fame work by M a r c v s. " Antonius and MutiuS," in our next. SHIP NEWS, the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Schooner Hercules, Chadwick, N. Caroling price oj Stacks as in tur la]}. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. Phi l adelthi a, November 20, 179 a. r T" , HE Stockholders of the Baok of the United X Slates are hereby informed, that aecording to the Ifaiute ol in .or poration, a general clesioa foriwenty-fiveD icfl is willbeheM at the Bank of the Unind Statu, in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday ihc seventh day of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. And pursuant to the eleventh fcQion of the Bye-Laws, 1 lie Stockholders iif the said Bartkai* hereby notified to aflemble in general meeting at the f»me place, on Tuelday the eolith day of January uext, at five o'clock in the evening. By «*<i" of lhc Pretident and Diyrflorl, JOHN KEAN, CaO»i«r. •vice of'
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