tailed. The only question at present was, w nether, from a conftittiuonal doubt which had no foundation, the house would reftt r e to give the President the power propofeyl, and by that means delay the raifingof men,"until the President should call Congress together, which would be at least two months after the danger appeared. In his opinion, this was no time for aking these nice constitutional scru ples, he thought the power ought to be given, or the army immediately raised. Indeed no army could be raised without giving to the Prelident a certain degree of power. For his part, he thought as much discretion was given to the President when an army was ordered to be raised immediately, as in the mode propo sed by this bill. And the power to raise an army, when a certain contingency (hall take place, was by no means equal to th£ power placed in the President, of commanding the army when it is raised. Mr. O. hoped therefore the fedion would be retained. Mr. M'Dowell was much better pleated With the amendment proposed by the feledt committee, thin with the bill as it originally tame from the Senate ; but he had objections to the amendment on conftitutianal ground. He believed the power of determining the fit time to rase an army was verted in Congress, and could not be transferred. Hed'dnotwiih to put it in the power of the President, or of any other man, or body of men, to appoint a large numberot officers, and create a very hea vy ex pence without neceflity. Especially when he saw, from the communications which Were bef re the house, that there was reason to believe, that if this power was given, the President would immediately appoint officers, and proceed to raise the men. If the situation of the country requires an army to be raised, he \ wiihed gentlemen to fay so, and propose a re folutioii to that efleth For his own part, he did not believe the present situation of the ■ Country required it; but that the Militia was equal to the defence of the country, at least in the firft in (la nee. If we were invaded by a for midable foe, an eftabliftimentof the kind pro pQfed, and to a much greater extent, might be ( r.ecefTary. But the gentleman last up fays our Militia are wanting in discipline and arms, and indifferently officered, and therefore an army is jiecetfary. He could not fee himfelf how a change of name could make any differ ence in the competency of force. It was nei ther bounty, nor a coat that could make afol dier. I fan invasion takes place, the Militia mud be relied upon at the firfi. As to what the gentleman had said about the Militia be ing badly disciplined and officered, it might in lb me refpefts be true ; but so far as it related to the Militia of N. Carolina, he would tell that gentleman that whoever were his infor mants, that the aflcrtion was not correft. The Militia of tfiat State had, in most instan ces, been able to repel any force which had , fcome igainft them, with the afliftancc of but , very few regulars. But suppose the gentleman had his 10,000 men, when they werediftribu • ied to different parts of the Union, it would afford but a small number to each, and the Militia mud at least principally be depended upon. Except gentlemen wished, therefore* to saddle the country with a standing army, he thought they ought not to vote, for this bill, as they mud fee how difficult it is to get rid of any force which has once been raised. Let them also recollect how much the appoints naent of a great number of officers in the army wouldincreafe the influence of the Executive, andconfequentlv the dangerous effeft it would have upon the liberty and independence of the country. The experice was a very confidera bleobjeft, but that which he had. last named Was, in his opinion (till greater. Gentlemen had spoken of the conversati ons which h-d taken place betwixt X, Y & Z, and our env< ys in Paris, which thev Teem ed to think threatened great dangers to this country. He owned he relied but little up on that inofficial information, which he co uld not coafider as coming from the French nation. If the opinions of indivi duals in any country were to be taken and atled upon as the opinions of the nation of which they have fo«med a part, we should be continually in error ; this might be judga ed of from what we fee at home, for if the opinions of some individuals in this country, or the opinions which are ilTued from some of thep»efTes here, were to be taken as the op-mons of the country, and afted upon by ike French govtrnment, we should think k* a very extraordinary procedure. Fcr his part he did nor rely upon these communi cations, and he was persuaded this country would be fccure from an invasion from Fiance, from its not being in her power to Undertake it, and if it were, that it would not be her interest to attempt it. One word. Mr. M'D. said, with refpeA to the milit a, and he had done. The gen tleman last up said it was impoflible that 1 they could contend with old veteian troops, j That gentleman, he believed, had himfelf 1 never had any experience in fighting, and he 1 depended too much ujxon names. He him- ' was acquainted with instances in which 1 our militia had over-turned the greatelt ve- I terans ; and if this was rot fufficient, if the i gentleman would reiolleft that some of the < moll brilliant achievements of the French '< armies, were acoomplifhed by new, undifci : plined troops, he would no longer infill up_ t on his opinion that we mull have a standing < army to meet an invasion. Mr. Hap. per could not persuade himfelf t that the arguments adduced againfl the un- t Conditutioualitv of the present bill, were ca- * pable cf a serious reply ; but with refpeft to a the expediency of the measure, he thought a there-were some considerations worthy of a notice, which had not yet been laid before c the committee. Gentlemen opposed to this measure, are r conllantly cOßtrading the services of the mi litia with those of regular troops. Nobody * ha« said that the defence of the country i ought to depend upon regular troops entire- e ly, or upon the militia entirely," yet gentle- r men argue as if the queliion was whether the e country should be, defended by the one or the other. They gave the force proposed 1 to be raised. indeed, a name which does not belong to it, viz. that of a standing army, t Was ab.dy of troops raised only for three h years, to be called a standing army ? A re- t gular force and a Handing army are quite n different things. A standing army is wholly h in the power of the Executive of a country, n and not liable to be put down ; fueh an efta., t blilhment would be alarming in this country, 6 and it had been effeftually preventen fcy the b confticution, whieh declares that no appro- ji pria ion for an army shall be made for isore v t an two-years. ti Mr, H. said, he was flroßg'y impressed h s - with the ufrfulnefs of militia he bclii ved h they were the great (trrnjrth of this country ; j j but he did not believe tin y coul 'be called il into f rvice with fufficient promptm-fa, with r, out the aid of regular troop., and gentlemen le who fprak of their experience cannot con -10 trovert this point. I hey fay the militia might be called out to meet any predatory i( j attack; hut < xperieoce did not confirm this. ' le It was well knowa that in sparse fettled is countries the militia could not tie promptly n called into fervire ; in compaft settlements, 0 he knew the contrary was trtie. In that part of the country where this defence was : mod wanted, the settlement is very thin,and , r the m litia not being used to aft 'ogeiher, e would, at firft, make but an indifferent de 'e fence. In the late war the militia were almost conftanly intermixed with regular J* troops, and he would not flop to fay how often they were defeated notwithfla'fcding. )S It was also well known how long it took I. to organize these troops, and" how much it the enemy gained on account of these de li lays; yrt we are to fay, because our militia £ are brave, and rhe people are attached to a their liberty, no other troops (hall be em _ ploye-J in the defence of them but the mii y tia. He knew that the people were attach !i ed to their right', and would defend them ; ! n but he also knew, that fomethiig more than e a disposition to do it was necefTary ; they t mull have flcill, and what ts more important, c they mud have commanders. He himfelf . belonged to one of the bed corps of militia e in South Carolina, which, though cc mpofed e of persons who had the greafcd (lake in the 1 s country, wanted discipline, and was far from 1 being prompt in obedience to orders. In deed, he believed the milicia only wanted i e the habits of fold ers to make them equal to j r' regular troops. But gentlemen fay, that [ , there is no danger of ari invasion from Eu rope, as France had neither troops nor (hips for the purpose, being wholly engaged in her ' projeft againfl England. But are there no . Frenchmen but in Europe ? Did gentlemen i look at the situation of the southern dates? t It was true the gentleman from Virginia - (Mr. Brent) had taken upon him to fav that J he would b ■ refponfi'le for the fafety of the ! southern dates, from the militia alone ; but, . though that gentleman might be well ac . quainted with the sea coafl of Virginia, he - believed he knew little of that be ween 1 1 Charleftonand Savannah. It was disagree ' ; able to him to point out the weak places of the union, nor would he have done it, had j not gentlemen spoken of the fafety of that e coast. Mr. H. then mentioned several p'a 1 ces whe e attacks might be made with faci > lity and success. We know, said he, that = Victor Hughes and ToufTaint have each of J- them corifiderable force, and though not fuf t fici-nt perhaps to expel the troops from St. . Domingo, th y might be fufficient to fend 1 againlt our southern coall, and do confidera , ble damage before any opposition eould be J made to them ; except we had a few thou ' sand regular tronps dationed in that qflar [ ter; and if they were to get pofTeffion of Savannah or Charleflon, they might do im mense milchief before they could be diflodg -1 ed. He believed it would be wife 10 pre . vent this mi/chief, and that would be most effeftuslly done by giving the President the . power proposed. • Bcfidet, some regard was due to the feel- 1 ! ings of the people in that part of the coun- 1 try; they are alarmed on account of their 1 | situation, and wish Cbngfcfs to. take fotne ; : measures for their defence. If they find i the President is veiled with tTie power of raif, i ing an army, they will be fatisfied ; but if I they find themselves abandoned, however at- I tached they may be to the government, this 1 attachment may be dedroyed by neghd. 1 The gentleman from Pennsylvania may rrd fecurelv on the banks of the Monongahala, J , and the gentleman from Virginia in the thick < settlements of that country, but they ought t to recolle£l also the situation of these expo- I fed people, and provide for their fafety. r The Committee had been told by the gen- r tleman from Pennsylvania that there was no g danger to be apprehended in the Southern d States, as the white population was equal to f the defence of that country ; but if he was t well acquainted with the fea-coad of that 11 counlry, he would know that the black po- 1 pulation on the fea-coad is very great, and o that there is a large traft of country foil of a fa'lntfTes and mardies bttween them and the ll white population, and that if once the blacks d made a lodgement in these marsh s, it would it be difficult to driv« them off. The people h in this quarter expeft, therefore, in any t< emergency, to receive aid from government; if and unless they fee a measure of this kind r; agreed to, they will be dilheartened and their ft confidence in the Union will be much weak- r: ened. w Mr. H. concluded wi'h hoping the mo, w tiou to strike out the fedion would be nega- tl tived, as the force would not be called out tl without necessity, the President having te te answer for liis conduft on his responsibility ; w and if there should be imminent danger of in an invasion, no one would fay that this force ly ought to be called out. 0 ) A. motion was mads for the committee to ft: rife. al Mr. N. Smith hoped the commkte# to would not rife. This fubjeft had already bt undergone one day's, discussion and he doubt- B ed not by this time every gentleman had (I made up his mind on the fubjeft. He with- in; ed, therefore, the question might be taken, eo Ihe quedion was then put on the com- ne mittee's rising, and negatived 48 to 35. fta Mr, R. WILLIAMS then rose, and said if ne the committee were determined not to rife, fta he supposed they would be vVilling'to attend co to what was said on the fubjeft. He could nr not have sonceived that this question could up have turned so much upon the disposition of co members as to the propriety of defending co t!'.e country. To discover which was the m< be(t way of defending the country, whether ws by a regular army or by a militia, was a sub- me jest well worthy enquiry. In that point of to view, he fho\ild consider the question ; and H therefore hoped that nothing which he should fro fay, would be afenbed to a wifii to oppose l'g fed any measure for the defence of the country, y; j The gentleman from South Carolina had led endeavoured to ma ; e a diftiiiftion betwixt th- the army prqp»fed to be raised by this bill len and a danding army ; bin immediately after, an- his arguments (hewed that he confi iered it tia in the fame light as a (landing army, as he >ry said nothing (hr.rt of t!iii could effeitualy lis. i oppose ai> invasion of the country. For led part, he cou'd not fee how the calling these tly men a provifionai army could make them so its, , much more ejfeaive than in the form of mi lat ' litia. But the gentleman fay-, it is necef »as j fary for militia to have regular troops to lean nd upon. He be ieved they were not the kind er, of defence which the people would wish to le- lean upon in cafe of an invasion. On the :re contrary, in such a cafe, he believed cvVry lai- man would wilt to defend himfelf and family. 3w Mr. W. said, who are the persons intend ed to compote this provifionai army ? Are ok they men who have more natural ties to the ch country than those who compose the miiitia ? le- No; they are taken from the drcets of large tia cities ; many cf them are men without any to attachment ts the country at all, and per a- haps poffefied of but little principle. He i- 1 mud. therefore, give the preferer.ee to mi h- litia. a; | Gentlemen fay this army is to be raised at an. the discretion of the President, asd that it ey J will not be foimed unUfs the circumstances it, of the country require it; yet, at the fame elf ume, they go on to point oat parts of the tia country which at this moment dand in need ed i defence. It therefore appeared to him, he that •gentlemen were of opinion that if this ■m law pasTed, the President would immediate n- jly raise the men. The gentleman from S. Ed ; Carolina fays, he has received letters from to | his condicuents speaking of their alarm. He nt had also received letters, but his constituents u- requed that arms and ammunition might be ps fnrniflied them, not that a ftjnding army er (hould'be sent to defend them, io If was said, that thi; bill ought not to be . n objeaed to on conditutianal ground, as s ? Congress frequently empowered the Prefi ia dent to do business which the conditution at had vested solely in them ; but gentlemen [ie m«ke no diftinaion between Congtefs de~ it, termunng a thing (hall be done, and leaving c- it to the President to determine whether it be (hall or (hall not be done. No person hss eii said Congress could Hot authorize the l'ie e fident to raise an army for the defence of the of country ; but it was denied that the power id could be transferred from Congress to him, at to determine whether it (hould or (hould a not be raised. Mr. W. believed the trans :i- ferring of power from one department to a at nother, was not only dangerous but embar sf raffed the proceedings of government. And if- it was aifo observable, that every indance of it. this kind was produced as a precedent for id future deviations, and all objeaions to such a- t proceeding were opposed by faying, «it be had been done so before." u- Mr. W. said, if Congress had a right to ir- transfer this power, he wished gentlemen to of (hew why they could not also transfer the n- power of declaring war ; as they had not g. yet (hewn this, though before called upon to e- do it. Indeed, he (hould not be surprized id if this power (hould be a/ked for on some ie future accafion. The only difference which Mr. W. could :1- fee betwixt the provifionai army when raif n- ed, and the present militia, was, that the ir former would have its officers under federal ie aiithori y, and in the latter they would be id appointed by the dates. The men would f, in general be the fame. What did this go if to, but to fay that the militia is not to be t- truded under their present officers, there is mud be officers fixed by the general govern t. ment. d The gentleman from Conn, aicut (Mr. l, Dana) had quoted several clauses of the k Constitution, and made some criticisms upon it them, and had endeavouted to make the fup >- porters of the present motion ridicul u , by representing them as wishing i 0 turn the i- members of this house into recruiting fer- . o geants, brokers, tax gatherers, &c. In n doing this, he believed he had fuffered him -0 felf to metamorphose the Conditution, so as s to make it mean any thing or nothing, in. t dead of construing it in a liberal manner.—" i- The fame gentleman fays, he (hould have bo "1 objeaion to raif.- the proposed army immedi f ately, but thcexpence. Was it not rather e that he wilhed to place a power in the Prefi s der.t to exercise, which he supposes he will 1 immediately exercise, but which he appte. e hende Congress would not be prevailed with 1 ir to exercise at present? For his own part, ' ; if an army was to beraifed, he wi(hed to i 1 raise it in the way pointed out bv the Con- 1 r ditutien. It was said that if this army was i - raised, it might at any time be difljanded, < when it (hould cease to be wanted ; but . when he heard gentlemen fay they wifhid I - this army rather to eonfid of 50,000 men, I t than 10,000, and knew the difficulty at- ' » tending the breaking up of any thing which < ; was once edabliftied, he was deiirous of avoid- < f ing a measure which he believed to be whol- ' : ly unnecessary. The geographical Sttiation « of thjs count y, said Mr. W. is such, that a r danding army of 200,000 men would not be able to defend it. It was idle, therefore f to suppose the country coold be very much t benefitted by the raising of 10,000 men. t ■ Bm the gentleman from South-Carolina f (Mr. Harper) dill speaks of th fe men be. c ing necessary for the defence of the four hern c country. That gentleman r-ay think them t necessary for the defence of some part of his e date, but he could nbt believe thtm to be ri necessary for the defence of any part of the date to which he (Mr. W.) belonged. His t condituentß never wished to fee a danding ar- a my sent amongd them. Indead of looking j< upon such men as their defence, they would ii confidcr them as the greated curse that could d come upoß them. Why, then, will gentle- f< men continually infill upon these men being p wanted for the southern dates, when no ft member from those dates will fay they wi(h la to have them, except one gentleman (Mr. d Harper). And though the gentleman p from Massachusetts (Mr. Otis) was f> ob- h liging as t» fay he (hould wuVto take the hi y. fame care of the ftnnjiern ftatc» as the eaf id tern, he ceuld affiire that gentleman he might :t mike himfelf perfealy easy a to their fafery. II Mr. W. concluded with repeating l*te r, hope that the feeliou would be ttruclc out. it Mr. Findley said this bill cer ainly pro ie posed a transfer of power to the Prelident, y wliich was lodged by the conflitmion in Con 's grefs, and therefore he was opposed to it.— fe The gentleman from South Carolina denied "o that the army proposed to be laifed by this i- bili could be considered as a (landing army, f- because the bill was only to be pa (Ted for n three years. Upon the fame ground it might d be said, that Great-Britain has no (landing 0 army, as their military edablifhment law le is parted annually. Mr. F. was of opinion, y that if this bill was now passed, the men r. could not beraifed ; the officer.-, he had no 1- doubt, would. At ihe commencement of e our revolution, when every bread glowed e »i;h eathuliafm in the cause in which we ? were engaged, there was a difficulty in get e ting men. We might, as he'had said, get y an army o( rfficers, but won! they, when I •- got, be equal to the militia officers ? He ; 1 e doubted it. If the army was to be increased, f i i- it would be necessary to increase the wages | ( of the men Militia, he said, was the na- j 1 it tural force of the country, and the railing | 1 t cf io ,000 men would not prevent them from j 1 s coming forward in defence of their country, I e when dinger appeartd. He was himfelf i e got too old for service, but he had fo'ns < 3 whom lie believed would be ready to fly with , their fellow citizens to the defence of their I s country in cafe of invasion. ( After a few words from Mr. Davis in ( ~ favour of the committee's riling, and frQm J * Mr. N.Smith againd it, the quedion on e riling was put and carried 45 to 36. s Adjourned, half pad four. i e t y Friday—may 4. j Delate on granting have to Mr. Pinclney to j e receive lertain presents. ( 1 (Continued from Saturday's Gazette.) ' Mr. W. Claiborne submitted to the gen- I i tleman from Delaware, as a lawyer, whether ' 1 the committee could gather, from ariv thing c . before the house, that these presents made f r by foreign courts, confided of chains or r t fnuff-boxes ? He owned he could draw no S s such conclusion for himfelf. But whatever n - the present may be was immaterial to him h e in the present quedion, because he was f ( r convinced that nothing which an European h , monarch had in his power to give, could l ' 1 lessen the patristifm of our late minider, or b - alienate his affeftions from his country. It ■ was not to the amount of the present, and whether it was a fnnff-box, or anything f< 1 else, which was a thing of no consequence, *1 f and ought not to have been named. He c r ohje&ed to the principle of our foreign tl i miniders receiving presents at all from Eu- q t ropean monarch* ; this principle be looked fl upon as the more dangerous, because it " 3 opened an avenue to foreign influence an c ' 3 influence amongd monarchs, too, which has b e always proved the dedruftion of Republics. t Notwithdandingwhat had fallen from the 0 » gentleman from Delaware, he was convinced " i the gentleman from South-Carolina would 11 e not think himfelf authorized to receive these » presents, without the authority of Cangref, b 1 were they offered to him as a private citizen, •> . as they were certainly meant as a compli- P e ment to him as minider. As to what P 1 had been said by the gentleman from Dela- ° c ware, with refpea to the present of a fuuff i box, or pidure, being precedents which r< 3 would lead to the granting of titles, what 1 ■ he said, was, that the precedent would au- 01 : thorize the application for leave to accept t! . of a title, at some future period, which would introduce a difcuflion on that floor, 01 . whether it ought to be received or not, and* i thereby disgrace the country in the eyes of d i eveiy enlightened citizen. ni Mr. Thatcher was in favour of the refo- j° lutfon. Gentlemen seemed oppejfed to it e ' • on the ground of its edablifhing a prece- dent for the future. He did not think this P' objeftion founded; for, as the constitution ™ does not absolutely forbid the receiving of or presents, the difcuflion on the,propriety of P' allowing it in futur? would not be prevented by the present dccilion. Future louses <" could refufe or grant leave to receive these lh presents, and the coHftitution did not ab- 4,1 folutely take away the right. He conlidered the gentleman who now applied to Congress as having a natural right to receive a pre sent except some reason was /hewn to the *b> contrary. Gentlemen allow they knew of w ' no special reason ; they allow the applicant & has done the business with which lie was entruded, well. He supposed, therefore, that gentlemen mud themselves vote for it, except they abandon their own ground. \ But the gentleman from Tennessee had hal said, the resolution ought to be disagreed gra to, io order to dop the avenues to corruption from foreign courts. For his part, he Ple could fee no connexion betwixt a decision ou this quedion and corruption; for whether }. it was agreed to, or disagreed to, it would , ■ot take away the power from miniders to receive presents, if they were so disposed. But it was said, that to agree to this re- f solution, would lead to the granting of titles. Suppose, said Mr. T. a title (hould wo be applied for, and leave granted, and a pi " foreign power (hould create a duke or a count of a citizen of this country, what r could it be, but to make him and his pof- terity for ever ridiculous? A» he saw no evil which could arise from agreeing to this « resolution, he (hould vote for it. Mr. R. Williams hoped by the v#te of Stri this day, the house would get rid of future applications of this kind. When the sub- Th jea was fir ft introduced, he was opposed to it ; but, if the quedion had gone off without debate to-day, he intended to have voted for it. From the difcuflion which had taken place, however, he was convinced it was a ' i'ubjea upon which they ought not to legif- late, fmce the ading upon it, would pro duce greater evils than the conditution had provided againd. He believed they ought A here to put a dop to the business. If not, i R V he wmild rather that our miniders (hould be j " » :af- at. liberty to receive all the piefenti offered fht to them, than that the thing ftould stand ty. upon its present footing, hie The gentleman last up, had endeavoured to shew the determination upon the present ro question would not set an example for the nt, future. It was his with to fix a principle an- upon this fubjetf, and he had no doubt this decision would do it. , ied It had been said, that the gentleman who his made this application,.had a i«'ght to receive ny, these presents, without this application for Wtjr, then, was the application made ! *ht OughtCongrefs to be called upon ever'y year ng to discuss qneftions which would cost the aw union 2 or 3OCO dollars, every year, if the >n, right of receiving the presents existed inde len pendent of Congress. This, he believed, no would be spending the money of the public of in a way which wauld not be very well ap ed proved. As this was the firft application we which ha 1 been made since the existence of ;t- the present government, for this leave, it set was the proper time for Congress to fay, en they will, or will not countenanpe the praq rle tice of receiving ihefe presents.. Our mi. d, j miters he said. would be obliged by such a ;es ; determination, as if the decision wasagainft la- j the praflice, I hey would no longer be tron ng I bled with the offers of presents, or if they >m had them offered, they could, without hefi y, tation, decline the acceptance of them ; but, elf if this was not done, thiire would be no end ins of the business. If this mation fhoultj not th be negatived, if he should be here, ano eir ther feflion, he would propose the patting of a law to authorize our mifiifters to receive in these presents except there fnould appear im some particular objection to such a law. on Mr. Lyon said. he had heard much about American feelings. He had some of those feelings himfelf, and they taught him neither to approve direftly or indirealy of the practice of foreign governments paying our to public agents. If the gentleman from South Carolina had not been well paid for his ser vices, he should be willing to pay him more; n- but he Ihculd not be willing to lay this cr country under an ©bligatiop to a foreign ig country, by our ministry accepting of pre ]e fents, or to make similar returns to their 3r miniiters. It was said, the gentleman from io South-Carolina might receive these presents • r now, without the consent of Congress. If :n he chose to ri(k his own charailer bydeing is f°i Congress had nothing to do with it ; n hut for Congress to authorize any such d thing, in his •pinion, would be a fliameful , r business. [ t Mr. Bayard wonld tell the gestleman d from Tenneffes on what authority he in g formed the committee that the pref«Bts in question consisted of what he had mention. e ed. Being upon the committee to whom n this fubiedt was referred, he made some en. quiry as to what were the usual presents, d from the European courts, and found, that [ t in Holland, it was customary to give a gold n chain and nsedal; in France, a gold fnuff is hox > and in Spain a pi&ure. It was oa s. this ground he laid these things were le of no cotlfequence. Mr. B. then remarked d upon what had fallen from Mr. R. Wil d liams, with refpeft to the expence incurred ; e in discussing this fubje<3, and said it had f, been owing to gentlemen opposing the refo 1, lution that so long a discussion had i- place, as to the law which that gentleman lt proposed to introduce, he must fee that the t- confiitution would not admit of such a law. f_ But some gentlemen were opposed to tbi» h resolution, because it was supposed the t United States would be obliged to recipro- I- cate the favor to miuifters who were feot to t this country; and some gentleman had.fciitd h the occafiea ef faying that few of these ministers were deserving of any such pre d fer.t. But because these gentlemen may be ,( diffatisfied with the conduft of foreign mi mfter* resident here, they ought not to in jure our own minister, wh»m all allow has t efitr.tially served his country. He did not . think this the proper place to discuss the s propriety of making presents to foreign „ ministers. When Congress we e called up s on to adt in this matter, then would he the f proper time for gentlethen to make their ] Hand upon it, and fay the allowance should, s or not be made. He did not think . the thing followed of course. He hoped, therefore, \he resolution would be agreed to. I (To be continued.) i •" : *»* The SEVENTH VOLUME of : this Gazelle has teen lent ly the Editor to •whom is not recolleSed i it is requeued it mat he returned. ~~ for sale. ' ~ A neat Country House, THREE and a half mile* from the city, on the Wiflahicon road, wth feventwn and a half acres ofiand, half in uri hard and halt in graft. Apply to Edward Bonsall& Co. in Dock-flreet, or ts the fubferiher at Mount Pleasant, on Schuylkill, adjoining the prem-ifes. Jonathan Williams. N. B. If not fold before the firft of June, it will not be for file during the season. ma r. '9 fltj Very Great Bargains ' /"^ONSISI INGof Table Linen, Scotch and KJ India Muslins, now felling off and well worth the attention of Houfckeepers to make pur chafe of Enquiie of 1 homas Randall, No. 88 Spruce-Brett• may 17 § TO RE RENTED, To a Small Genteel Family. A Pleasant House in Dock street, near Front ■L i- ftrcet—Apply at No. South Second- Street - j may „ For Sale, The eargo ofthebrig American front Laguira, CONSIST! KG Of* Caraccas Cocoa. Henry Philips, No. in, South Feurth Street. a P"I 5 TO BS HULU, ~~ By John Nixon & Co. A f«w hhds. excellent St. Croix SUGAR and RUM, which will be landed at Will;ngsand Fran, cis' whajl next Monday, the 21ft inflaot. ma y' - 1 Mjteotf
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