bvcral countries to which the fame have
refpeftively been exported.
Statements of the" good*; wares a"j
merchandize imported iitto the feve 1 *
Hates from the lit day of July 1791. t0
tlic 30th day of June, 1792, and fro«»
the lit day of July 1792, to the 30th day
of June 1793, fpecilying for each period,
separately, the quantities and the prime
coil and dutied values of eafch kind, and
the several countries from which the fame
have refpetlively been imported.
Statements of the tonnage of foreign,
teffels entered into the several dates from
the ift day of July 1791 totbe 30th day
of June.l79i, and from the id day of
July 1792 to the 30th day of June 1793,
fpecifying for each period separately, the
several countries to which the said veflels
refpe&i*ely belong.
Statements of the tonnagie of United
States Vrflels, entered into the leveval
states, frbni the Ift day of July 1791,10
the 30th'day of June 1792, and from the
ill day 6f July 1792, to the 30th d.iy vf
June 1793, diftinguilhing for each period
separately, tlrofe employed in fiilieries, in
the coafting'and in the foreign trade, and
fpecifyir.jr the several countries from which
the fai<f veflels employed in the foreign
trade, ftroc.
The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock Cd
tnorrow.mqrning.
Ttiefday, January 14.
Agreeable to the order of the day, the
Senate took into consideration the motion
made yeftcrdny, for an amendment to the
conftitotion of the United States, refpecft
ing the Judicial .power thereof.
On motion by Mr. Gallatin, that the
motion be- amended to read as follows :
" The Judicial Power of the United
except in cases arijing under treaties
male under the authirity of the 'Unittd
States ,' (hall not be construed to,extend to
any fult in law or equity, commenced or
profecutedagainftoneof the United States,
by citizens of another state, or by citizent
or fubje&s 'of any foreign state
It pafled in the negative.
Oirxr.otion
That the motion be amended, to read at
follows:
" "she Judicial power of the United
States extendi to all cades in law arid equi
ty in VrhicVr one of the. United States is a
party, but no suit (hall be ptofecuted a
gainst oae of the United States by citizens
of Another (late, or by citizens or subjeCts
of a foreign state, where the cause of acti
on fliill have arisen before the ratification
of this amendment"—
It jfcffed in the negative ;
And on the question to agree M the re
fohitidn as follows r *
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Repij&fentative* of the United States of
America in Congref* assembled, two thirds
of bdth Houses concurring, that the fol
lowing article be proposed to the Legisla
ture* of the several states, as an amend
ment' tO the constitution of the United
State*; which, when ratified by three
fourths of the said legislatures, (hall be va
lid as part of the said constitution, to wit:
The judicial power of the United State*
shall not. be confirmed to extend to any suit
in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted
against One of the United State*, by citi
zen* of another State, or by citizens or
fubjeft* of any foreign State.
It j>afled in the affirmative:
Yeas—23,
" Nays—2.
The yea* and nay* being required by
one fifth of the Senators present—
Those who voted in the affirmative,
are Mefirs. Bradford, Bradley, Brown,
Burr, Butler, Cabot, Ed wards, Ellfworth,
Foster, Frelinghuyfen, Hawkins, Jackson,
Izard, King, Langdon, Livermore, Mar
tin, Mitchell, Monroe, Robinson, Strong,
Taylor, and Vining.
Those who voted in the negative, arc
Messrs. Gallatin, and Rutherfurd.
Ordered, That the Secretary desire the
concurrencc of the House of Reprefenta
tivee in this refofution.
Tfct Senate proceeded to the tonfide
rktioir of die following motion, viz.
" That the constitution be amended by
adding at the end of the 9th feftion of
the 1S article the following clause:
"• Nor (hall anyperfon holding any of
fice or (lock in any inftittition in the na
ture, of a bank, for issuing or discounting
bills or notes payable to bearer or order,
under the authority of the United States,
be a member of either house, whilst he
holdi such office or stock ; but no power
»o grant any charter of incorporation or
commercial or other monopoly Audi
M her eh J" implied."
AndifteT debate,
Ordered, That the further considera
tion of this motion be postponed until to-
morrow.
The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to
morrow morning.
Wednesday, January 15.
The following written meflagc wis re
ceived from the Prefi.ient of the United
States by Mr. Diindridge hit Secretary.
United States, 15th Jan. 1794.
Gentlemen of the Senate and
of the House of Rcprefentatives,
1 LAY before you, as being connect
ed with the correspondence already in your
pofleffion, between the Secretary of State
and the Minister Plenipotentiary of the
French Republic, the copy of a letter
from that Minilter of the 2jth of De
cember, 1793; and a copy of the Pro
ceedings of the Legislature of the State
of South.Carolina.
G. WASHINGTON.
The meflage and -papers therein refer
red to were read.
Ordered, That they lie for considera
tion.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the motion made yesterday for an a
itiendment to the con ftj tut ion of the Uni
ted States, inhibiting the holders of any
office or ftoek in the Bank of the United
States, from a feat in either House of Con-
grefs.
On motion,
To amend the motion to be read as
follows
" Nor. (hall any person holding any of
fice in any institution in the nature of a
bank under the authority of the United
States, be a member of either House,
whilst he holds fuch.office ; but no power
to grant any charter of incorporation, or
any commercial or other monopoly (hall
be hereby implied." .
And after-debate the further considera
tion thereof wai postponed until to-mor-
row.
The Senate- adjourned to 11 o'clock to
morrow-morning.
Thursday, January 16.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the motion made yesterday to amend
the motion under consideration the 14th
instant, for an amendment to the constitu
tion of the United States, Inhibiting per
sons holding arty office or stock in any ii»-
ftitution in the natureof a bank of the U
nited States from being a member of ei
ther House of Congress.,
On motion,
To amend the amendment fo-that it be
read as follows:
" Nor shall any person holding any of
fice in the bank of the United States be a
member of either house, whilst he hold*
such office; but no power to grant any
charter of incorporation or any commerci
al or other monopoly, shall be hereby im
plied."
It patted in the affirmative*
Yeas—,l3,
Nays—l 2.
The yeas and nay* being required by
one fifth of the Senator* present—
These who voted in the affirmative,
are MefTr*. Bradley, Brown, Burr, But
ler, Edwards, Gallatin, Hawkins, Jack
fon,lzard, Martin,Monroe, Rebinfon, and
Taylor.
Those who voted in the negative, are
Medrs. Bradford, Cabot, Ellfworth, Fos
ter, Frelinghuyfen, King, Langdon, Liv
ermore, Mitchel, Morris, Strong and Vi
ning.
On motion,
It wa* agreed to expunge the following
•laufe of the motion last adopted :
" But no power to grant any charter
of incorporation or any commercial or
other monopoly, shall be hereby implied.'-'
And on the question to agree to the
motion, amended as follow* :
" Nor shall any person holding any of
fice in the Bank of the United States, be
a member of either House, while he holds
such office." .
It pasTed in the negative t
Yeas— 12,
Nays—l 3.
The yeas and nays being required by
one fifth of the Senators prcfent.
Those who voted in the affirmative, are
Meffit. Bradley, Brown, Burr, Butler,
Edwards, Gallatin, Hawkins, Jackfons,
Martin, Monroe, Robinson, and Taylor.
Those who voted in the aegative, are
MefTrj. Bradford, Cabot, EUfworth, Fos
ter, Frelinghuyfen, Izard, King, Lang
don, Livenhore, Mitchtl, Morri», Strong,
and Vining.
On motion,
It wr6 agreed that the further confede
ration of amendmerits to the Constitution
of the United States, be poftpoaetl;
(To he Continued.)
CONGRESS.
Jt»ufe of Reprefcntat'svct.
January 14.
In committee of the whole, on the report of
the Secretary of State, relative to the com*
mtrcial intcrcourfe of th'u country, vj'tlh fw
reign nations.
Sketch of Mr. MadifonV obfervationi in
reply to Mr. Smith.
( Conclude J.)
Here Mr. Madison entered into a more
particular detail of the items of the pro
duce of the United States, exported into
the Trench and Britiih dominions, and of
tKe impoftt demanded by these nations re'f
pe&ively. As, to Britain, there is'a Hand
ing prohibition against the importation of
wheat and flour into that country, until
they rife to such a high price, that Britain
cannot supply herfelf any where else than
in the United States. In France, the
only duty impofed,was one eighth per cent
and that cannot be called a tax, but is on
ly meant as a custom-house regulation, to
ascertain the quantity imported. In the
French Weft Indies, wheat and flour pass
by a general law, duty free, that is, on
payment of the said one eighth percent.
Rice is admitted on the fain: terms of one
eighth per cent, into France, whilst in
Britain, it pays 7 (hillings and four pence
sterling, per cwt. and in the French Weft
Indies, only .one per cent. In tile Bri
ti(h Weft Indies, it is free. Salted fiih
is prohibited is the Britilh Weft Indies.
Indian corn pays one per cent, in the
French islands, and is free in the BritffK.
The only article that he had ever heard df
exported from the Weft Indies to this
country, which could be said to be •
tageous to the manufactures of thcUni' -
.ed States, was molafles, which we g\ t
from the French islands; andthis isalihoft
the only instance, where we have raw ma
terials from any country. He iSbferved,
that Ffance would feel the want of our
commerce, mvich less fertfibly thai) Britain
would feel it, as her internal refourcei
were infinitely greater.- ■' The difpofitioils
I of the two countries towards us, .were ex
tremely different—Britain had behaved
very coldly, and-France vify warmly.
After taking a comprehensive ranges
thro' all the various articlesof the produce
of the United States, such as felted beef
and pork, indigo, tobacco, See. he (hew
ed always the illiberal reftrifVions laid on
our trade by the Britilh policy,v.hen com
pared to the benefits allowed to us by
France, whereour (hipping may be natu
ralised. and many othe* advantages grant
ed, that are forbid by Britain ; to follow
Mr. Madison thro'the whole of his details
would be far beyond the limits of our plan
as well as that we feel much diffidence
in recording this important fpecch. We
mult therefore pass over some of the de
tails, in order to observe, than when he
came to make mention of the advantages
derived by Britain, from the fur trade, in
which the United States were in
tended to participate,but from which they
were a&ually reftrifled, by the detention
of the Western Pofti, this obliged him to
introducefomepoliticalobfervations, which
he was sorry he could not on the prcfent
occasion, refrain from doing.
He apo'ogized for introducing politics
iato thi» (jucftion, a proceed'ng which had
been so severely deprecated, by the gen
tleman who spoke yesterday. He felt it
however, impofiible to keep them altoge
ther out of view, in considering th£ ques
tion r.ow under difcufiion, and it mtift be
confeiTed, that France had conftaut'.y dis
played a difpufitionto cultivate our friend
fhip, while Britain had (heyra-thc reyerfe.
" I do not wi(h,faid he, to enter into
any irritating views. I could be content
to forget, with the member who spoke yes
terday, that the treaty of peace is not yet
executed. I pass over the Western Fofts;
the Algerines, the Indians, the violation
of neutral bottoms, the feiznre of our
(hips, in contradiction- to the law of na
tions i and their feiznre in entering har
bours which Were not besieged. All this
I an.-forget; huti-jlujt rjj
fyrget ttfe political iritereft of AnrtritS, W/
far as to with to falter the naval power of
a nation, that hat perGftcfip
Jifpcf;tionsi A power, troTn-whom-w?
hare nothing ta Lops, aiid I Iruit na/Aitg
toftar." /' -
< M Mr. Madison never could dilfcoVer upoii
what grounds Vvc could be' ftiggofed to '
dread the coiifequence of theprcfjxjfition*.
At the utmoft.thty went only taeettaKiffr
reciprocity, and in fa&, did not even {so
that length. If we are a free people, we •
have a right flowing from bur indepen
dence, to make what regulations we think
proper. If it was the design oF~ttther
powerij to drive us . iiito a quatrd, we
could'net help it, and we mult abide the
itfue, but if that was the intention of any
of the powers of Europe, they could fopn -
find a much better pretence, than any a
riling from the jpropofitions.
Hfc next noticed an old argument, that
had so frequently been advanced in regard
to the unequal operation oftorita'age laws
on the diffci*nt ftatts, but' there was no
Hate *hat would make a greater facrificr >
than Virginia, from which he had the ho
nor to be a representative. The'fouthera
states, as to domestic- mariufa&ores', were ■
hardly inferior to the northern, and Were,
rapidly advancing to an'equality. The
materials of fhip-buiiding were ipwdifced
more abundantly in the states foiith of
Pennlylvania, and they exported the most
Valnuble commodities. They had cpnfe-i
quently a greater risque on the element of
the tea, and therefore stood in heed of bc
ing prote&ed by maritime regulations.
The proportion of (hips built in Amsrica
to those in Britain 'previous to the reyolu-'
on, was as twenty thre to forsy. -Thred
fifths of these wire built ir. the eaftcro
states, snd two-fifths in the southern dates.
Here he quoted the opinions Contained
in » report of one of the officers of th?
executive of the "United States, which
mentions-, that Britain during the last hurt
. dred yeafs, hid fperit forty two of them
in war, *iid fifty eight in> peace ; the con
feqiienci of which' has been extremely in
jurious to-the mercantile ic.tereft of Ame
rica. Mr. 'Madison entered into fumefur
ther details, through which we found it,
difficult to foEoW him;.trf]>ecting±hc«nor
rhous advance of freight tipon American <
cargoes transported in Britifn bottoms,
duririg a British WSr.c.. The Jpfrjin: these
cases fell on America, jmd'froro whence he
inferred the propriety and of
tranfportir.g our produSion's intiattQms of
; our own.
When we confide* v -the imm'nfefldjmn
tage:i that mud lefult. from-t!te.reguliitiojts
propbfed by the-- refolutiuiij bsfor?". the
committee, there .cau fee.jio doubt* .but
that they will amply repay.us (<y
pence of fitting out a marine- force, and for
any other confequencesthat might attend ,
it. With regard to. the. effect that>:jnight
be expected in Europe'from these propo
sitions. he- believeA.thu they would pro
duce a' (hort inconvenience and a foiling
benefit. Perhaps they would have ail e£
fe£t to change the policy of some foreign
nations. In 1783 and 1784, it.was de
bated in the BritWh Cabinet what line of
conduit ojight to be pur.ued with regard
to America. After confidence diftulSon
it was determined,, that the government of
America was so feeble, and tha interests
of the refpe&ive ftatu so discordant, that
Britain might ast towards us as ilie thought
proper. . ....
• 111 will and jealousy hive always been
the predominant featui es of Englan l'» be
haviour towards Ame.ica, (he had been
farther encouraged by the dream of being
able to farm (li provisions for her Weft-
India islands from the remnant of hen pof
feffionaon tbe cor.t'nent of America. Ex
perience had long fin?e put an end tojuch
expectations. The only other grounds for
treating us with difrefpeft were founded
on the impotency of our governors and the
want of union among ourselves.
The decision of the lioufe on the refp
lutiom now pending would determine
whether these tvvo causes lUB exilted. A
determination against them, jpuld give
in Europe a very bad of Our
national char/i&er, had they reafbn to be
lieve that our government was feeble, or
that the interest of the different
could, npt be reconciled. He would' not
at prefeni farther intrude on the patience
qf the committee and thereforeiconcludtd
by o'.iferring, that to reject theyrapafr
tions was to rivet the fetter* if meeSiO
merce of 'America, those fetters"willct
have produced such and injuri
ous ccniequeoces to the <^uotr^<