States, by Mr. Dandridge, his Secretary:
United States, 18th March 1794.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and ut
Houfc of Representatives,
THE Minister Plenipotentiary of the
Freneh Republic having requeded an ad
vaance of money/ I transmit to Congress
certain documents relative to that fubje£L
G. WASHINGTON.
The meflage and papers were read.
Ordcicd, That that they lie for coufi
deration.
44 The resolution sent from the House
of Representatives for concurrence, au
thorizing the President of the United
States, to employ, as dispatch boats, such
of the revenue cutters as the public exi
gencies may require," was ren'.
R-.'folvcd, That the Senate concur
therein,
O.dered, That the Secretary acquaint
the Home of Representatives with the
concurrence.
The bill, sent from the House of Re
presentatives for concurrence, entitled "an
ast to provide for the ere£ting and re
pairing of arsenals and magazines, and
for other purposes," was read the firft
time.
O dered, That this bill pass to the se
cond reading.
Mr. Vinirig reported from the commit
tee on enrolled bills, that they had this
day laid the following enrolled bills be
fore the Piefident of the United States;
The bill) entitled " An ast authorizing a
loan of one million of dollars The bill,
entitled " An ast making further provi
sion for the expenses attending the inter
course of the United States with foreign
nation*; and further to continue in force
the ast, entitled " An ast providing the
means of in;ercourfe between the United
K tes and foreign nations," and the bill,
entitled " An ast to provide for the de
ft, i. e of certain ports and harbours in the
United States."
The Senate rcfumed the second reading
of the hill,' sent from the House of Re
presentatives for concurrence, entitled "an
ast to prohibit the carrying on the (lave
trade from the United States to any fo
reign place or country.
Ordered, That this bill pass to the
th id eading.
On n*btion,
Ordered, That the Secretary of the
Sl -le pay out of the contingent money,
to John Dunlap, two hundred and thirty
fev.n dollars, being the amount of his ac
count for Printing the Journals of the Se
nate, during the two la!t sessions of Con-
grcfe.
-'he Senate adjourned until 11 o'clock
to morrow morning.
CONGRESS
House of Representatives.
Wedncfday, Januaiy 29.
The SPEECH of Mr. Smith, of South-
Carolina, in reply to Air. Madison, on
the fubjeft of the Commercial Regulations.
Qcontin u^d]
We receive rom Britain,' said the gen
tleman, whatever (he pleased to fend us,
while fne refufed our principal staple.
Mr. Smith denied both these positions;
they were not founded in any sense.
I. The staple alluded to was flour and
grain. This the regulations of Britain
excluded fiom her home markets, except
in safes of extraordinary demand, but in
her V/ejl-India markeii the staple wasfree,
so that the afiertion was much too gene
ral. Our flour and grain were admitted
in those of her markets where perhaps it
most interested us that they should be,
where the demand was constant; they
were fußject to impediments in thofc of
her markets, where the demand would,
from the nature of things, be only occa
fioaal; while Franee, 011 the contrary, by
her permanent system, received this arti
cle only in her home markets, where there
could be no demand for it in ordinary
times, and excluded it from her Weft-In
dia markets, where there would be a con
flant demand.
2. It was not true that we received in
discriminately the manufactures of Bri
tain. We endeavor to exclude in the
fame sense, that (he excludes our (lour &
grain (viz by prohibitory duties) all such
of them as we think ourielves able to sup
ply ourselves with, for instance, candles,
cTieefe, soaps, nails and fptkes, steel, ca
bles and cordage, boots and /hoes, and
indeed the manufa&uies of leather gcne
rally, beer and porter, and many other
articles.
The gentleman was ajlonilhed at the
vast prevalency of British manufactures in
the United States* But there was no
ground for adonifhment to th'ofe who at
tended to fads. Tue tiue and natural
rcafon was, because Britain furniftied bet
ter as to quality and price than any other
country, mod of the more solid and ufe
ful kinds of manufacture and those of the
mo(t extensive coniumption ; generally
speaking, (he was rivalled elsewhere only
in luxuries and fripperies. Mr. Smith
said, if the gentleman had been adonifhed,
he had been no less so, at the idea of ex
cluding Britifli luxuries tor French manu
factures ; from the bed information he
had obtained, the mod solid and ufeful ar
ticles came from Britain, the frivolous,
luxurious and unneccflary ones from
France : He had procured from a mer
chant trading with France, a copy of an
order for a French cargo, such as is usual
ly sent, and it supported him in his afler
tion. Mr. Smith read the order, which
confided of, fans, cambrics, lawns, lute
drings, modes and fattins, silk dockings,
shoes, shoe-patterns and flippers, walking
canes, watches, feathers and flowers,
gloves, laces and edgings, ribbons, tiffa
ny,* crape, hair powder, human hair for
braids, combs, essences, perfumery, sweet
meats, mirrors, made up millenary, gold
and (liver thread and spangles, gold and
filvercord, ornamented fancy timepieces,
silk velvets, umbrellas, &c. These were
the JubJlttules for tlie manufa&ures of iron,
wool, cotton and leather, which the gen
tleman wiihed to exclude, by the duties
contemplated in his propositions.
The balance of trade was said to be a
gaind us in our trade with Britain, and
in our favor with other nations. Mr.
Smith said, the ide<is advanced as to this
point were of the lad century, and were
now exploded by all enlightened politici
ans. The only sense in \vhich the quedi
on could be intereding to us, refpe&ed
the balance of o(ir whole trade with all
the VforLl, not with a particular country.
It was immaterial whether it was againd
us in this country or in our favor with
that, the enquiry should be, how it dood
upon the whole ; and for it to dand well
upon the whole, the bed expedient, as it
regarded our internal commerce was, to
get what we want, where it could be ob
tained cheaped and bed, and to have as
great a choice of markets as v pofiible for
what we have to fell, by which means we
secure the bed price.—Measures tending
to change this course of things were the
bed that could be devised to render the ag
gregate balance disadvantageous to this coun
try.
Mr. Smith illustrated his positions by
the following (latement : Suppose the
whole amount of our imports to be as 200,
Britain fumifliing 150, France, 50;
Suppose our exports also equal to 200,
Britain taking 150, France, 50 ; here
the balance of our whole trade, according
to the rule adopted, would be equal.
Suppose Britain furniOied her manufac
tures 10 percent cheaper than France, &
that regulations were adopted, which
(hould have the effect of equalizing our
exports and imports to and from both
countries j Britain in this cafe would fur
nifh only one half of our imports, which
would coll us the fame as before, but
France would have to furnilh us with an
additional quantity equal to what cod in
Britain formerly jo, but as commodities
with her by the supposition, are 10 per
cent, dearer, the fame supply would now
cojt 55 ; our account of imports and ex
ports would then stand thus :
IMPORTS.
From Britain . - 100
From France former supply' 50
Additional f'ipply of 50 iranf-
po»tcd from Britain, coll-
ing 10 per cent. more.
Here it is evident the excess of imports
to exports on the fame scale of supply
would be as Jive, so that what is called
the balance of trade, before equal, would
now be turned against us in the proporti
on of Jive.
Thus the notable plan forgiving us a
more favorable balance of trade, would
end in rendering it less favorable, by di
verting us from thole sources where we
can get supplied on the best terms, to
others where we fliould be supplied on
worse terms.
(Sfacß to it continued.)
LAW OF THE UNION.
THIRD CONGRESS riF THE
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia,
in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday
thefecond of December,one thousand
(even hundred and ninety-three.
An ACT authorizing a loan of one m 'tllon
BE it enacted by the Senate and House ef
Rrprefentatiivs of the United States of
America, in Congress ajfembledy That, the
Prcfident of the United States be, and he
hereby is authorized and empowered to bor
row, on the credit of the United States, if
in his opinion, the public service shall require
•t, a sum not exceeding o*e million of dol
lars, at an intercft not exceeding five per
centum per annum, reimbursable at the plea
sure of the United States, to be applied to
fucb public purposes, as are authorized by
law, and to be repaid out of the duties on
imports and tonnage to the end of the pre
sent year: AND that it ftiall be lawful for
the bank of the United States, and the said
bank hereby is authorized and empowered to
make the loan aforefaid.
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
John Adams, Vice-President of the
United States and Prelident
of the Senate.
Approved March the 1
twentieth, 1794. J
G°. Washington, President of the
United States.
RESOLVED by the Senate and Hoiife of
Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That an
Embargo be laid on all ships and vefTels in
the ports or the United States, wh ther al
ready cleared out or not, bound to any fo
reign port or place, for the term of thirty
days; and that no clearances be furniihed,
during that time, to any ship or vefiel bound
to such foreign port or place, except ships or
vefTels, under the immediate directions of
the President of the United States; And
that the President of the United States be
authorized to give such inftru&ions to the
revenue officers of the United States, as shall
appear belt adapted for carrying the said re
folutipn into full effe&.
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg,
Speaker of the Houfe*of Representatives.
John Adams, Vice-President of the United
States, and President of the Senate,
A*Pproved—March the twenty-lixth, 1794.
Go: Washington,
President of the United States
OF THE
UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS I have received infor
mation that cfcrtain persons in vi
olation of the laws, presumed under colour
of a foreign authority to enlist citizens of
the United States and others within the
ftateof Kentucky, and have there affcmbled
an armed force for the purpose of invading
and plundering the territories of a nation
at peace with the said United States:
And whereas such unwairantable mea
furss, being contrary to the laws of nations
and to the duties incumbent on every ci
tizen of the United States, tend to dilturb
the tranquility ot the fame, and to involve
them in the calamities of war: And where
as it i 3 the duty of the Executive to take
care that fnch criminal proceedings Ihould
be suppressed, the offenders brought to juf
ticc, and all good citizens cautioned against
measures likely to prove so pernicious to
their country and themselves, fnould they
be seduced into Cmilar infractions of the
laws;
EXPORTS.
To Britain 100
55 To France ioo
I have therefore thought proper to iflue
this proclamation hereby solemnly warning
every person not authorifedby the laws.a
gainft enlilling any citi'zen or citizens of
the United States, or levying troops, or
assembling any persons within the United
States for the purposes aforefaid, or pro
ceeding in any manner to the execution
thereof, as they will answer the fame at
their peril: And Ido also admonish and
require all citizens to refrain from enlft
ing, enrolling or assembling themselves for
such unlawful purposes and from being in
any wife concerncd, aiding or abetting
therein, as they tender their own welfare,
in as much as alllawful means will be ibicl
ly put in execution for securing obedience
UNITED STATES,
of Dollari,
BY THE
PRESIDENT
to the lairs, and for punlihinij such. dan
gerous and darjpg violation* thereof.
I do moreover charge and require all
courts rhagiftraUj and other officers, whom
it may concern, according to their refpe
ti»e duties, to exert the powers in them
severally veiled to prevent and suppress all
such unlawful afTemblages and proceedings
and to bring to condign punishment thoie
who may ltave been guilty thereof, as they
regard the due authority of Government,
and the peace and welfare of the United
States.
In tefiimonej •whereof, I have
caused the seal of the Unitd
States of America to be affixed
to thefc prefeni;, and figired the
fame with my hand. Done at
I the City of Philadelphia, the
twenty fourth day of March,
one tlroufand seven hundred
and ninety four, and of the
Independence of the Usited
States of America, the eight
teenth.
(L. S.)
Go: WASHINGTON,
Cy the President.
Edm ; Randolph,
PHILADELPHIA,
MARCH 27.
The receipt at the New Theatre on Mon
day evening, for the benefit of the captives
at Algiers from this port, was it'3o ucllar*;
the eleir profit probably about 900. The
house was not as full as it might have been,
many being kept away by the fear of too
great a croud. A very handsome occasional
addrefc was delivered by Mr. Wignell:—We
(hall endeavour to obtain a copy of it.
Gen. Advertiser.
AT s general meeting of the Citizens of
the City of Philadelphia,- the diftrift of
Southwark, and the Townihipof the
Northern liberties, he'd by adjournment
at the City Hall on Saturday the 22tl
day of March, 1794—The following
Report of the form of a proper inftru
mcnt to express the Public Thanks, for
the services of the Committee of Health,
and of the Heps which it will be expe
dient to pursue, in order to attain the
objects recommended to the public at
tention, by that Benevolent Commit
tee, was taken into consideration, and
the queft'.on being put 011 each proposi
tion the whole was unanimously adop
ted :—
At a meeting of the citizens of Phila
delphia, the Northern Liberties and dif
trift of Southwark, airembled on Satur
day the 15th March 1794» at the City
Hall, for the purpose of taking into con
sideration the report of their committee,
appointed to prepare an instrument expref
live of the most cordial grateful, and fra
ternal thanks of the citizens of Philadel
phia to (heir committee of health, for
the important, hazardous, and fuccefsful
services by them rendered, during the ca
lamity that lately affiiaed the city and li
berties, the following form was unani
inoufly adopted and agreed to on this oc
casion.
WHEREAS it hath pleased the Su
preme Ruler and Governor of the
Universe, to permit, during the months
of August, September and October last,
a molt dreadful visitation or epidemic ma
lady to afflicl the city and liberties of Phi
ladelphia 1 , in such manner that it is suppo
sed not Ids than jooo of the inhabitants
thereof have fallen vi&ims to the lame.
And whereas the following citizens of
Philadelphia, as guardians of the poor
to wit:
James Wilson, and
Jacob Jenkins, William Sarifbm.
And the following periods as a com
mittee of health—to wit:
Matthew Ctarkfon, : 'james Witman,
Stephen Girard, John Connelly,
John Letchwortb, Daniel Offley,
John Haworth, Thom?s Wiftar,
Thomas Savery, Israel Ifrad,
Henry D«orreft, James Sharfwood,
J. D. Sergeant, Mathcvv Carey,
Caleb Lowiiea, Samud Benge,
Peter Helm, Andrew Adgate,
James Kerr, and
James Swain, Joseph Infkeep.
And the fo'Jowing peribns, membersof
the alJiUant committee of he>kh, in the
Northern Liberties and the diftrift of
So.ithwarit—to wk:
Wm. P. Sp; *%»<*, Jacob Winncmore,
William Gregory, and
Jofcph ' Shubart Atmfoge,
totally Mregvied their own perianal pre