that it might fee good policy to inWrdift the vtlTcli of all nations, from carrying our produce Mr., Fitzfimons obfervcd that the question was fully agitated the last feflion—he was one ot those who were in favor of the dif -crimination at that time—but he now greatly doubted the pro priety ol the measure. France does not turnifh Hups in fuchnum bers as to make it any great object with them to be exempted.— thole measures which ase calculated to diminish the navigation of lier rivals, she would" consider as an indemnification for the en hancement of the duty on her own—With the additional heavy tonnage n«w proposed, Great-Britain has so great a surplus o Hhipping, that foe cannot employ them so advantageously in an\ way, as in the trade of America. America is the best fo reign market that Great-Britain has: This every man may be convinced of who looks at what cpvers him. He instanced a nam ber of articles (cfpecially lumber) which Great-Britain is abso lutely dependent on America for—and (he has no market for up wards of four millions gallons of rum bt* the United States ; The sale of this rum is a source of greater profit than all her other "Well-India trade. We enjoy great and encreafmg commercial advantages, from the adoption of the constitution. I should be extremely sorry to risk these advantages by adopting the motion. ' and if this is to be a condition of enhancing the tonnage. I flia.l as at present informed, vote against it. Mr. Ames in oppotition to the motion, observed, that from the introductory observations of the gentleman, he anticioared some thing which would conduce much to the advantage of our allies— Lut it had terminated in a proportion to teftify ourgratitude to that nation, which in any event cannot be nrioh benefited by the difcrim.nation proposed, it it should be adopted. Adverting o ■what had bern said upor treat ct. He doubted whether any treaties were of any advantage to us, and therefore h was not solicitous to have them increased. Our (hips are at pre sent (notwithlkaiiding the treaty) admitted with almost as much" facility into the Brittfhas into the French Island*. The great de sign in the increase of the tonnage, is to incrcafe our own naviga tion—"jbut the gentleman's plan is to teftify our gratitude to o 1 «lltes, by waging a commercial war with nations not in treat). Thequeit on the last feflion was thoroughly discussed-, and he ho ped that it would not be renewed the prefent—cfpecially when it is coniid"red that the other house weTe so strongly agamll it. 2f wc make a diitin&ion here ; we ought to carry it through, an-' Jeffen the duties in other inftnnces. NEW-YORK, JUNE 5, 1790. At a Triennial General Meeting of the CINCINNATI, held in ihe city ojPhilao&lphi a, in the Month oj May lajl, the following Officers mere unanimously elected: PRESIDENT-GENERAL, tHis Excellency Georce Washington, Esq. late ComrtiaYidcr in Chief of the Armies of the United States. VICE-PRESIDENT GENERAL, Major-General Thomas Mifflin. SECRETARY-GENERAL, Major-General Henry Knox. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY-GENERAL* Major William McPherson THEfollozuing ADDRESS zoas prefevted tolfie President of the United States, on Tuesday la/l,byaCommittee t conjijling of Gen. KNOx,Crn. Matthews,Co/. Gu nn, (01. Hawki ns,Co/. W. S. Smith, Gen. Ci arkson, and Col. Humphkiys, appointed for that purpofe > at the general me ting of the State Societies of the Cincinnati. To the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES AMERICA, SIR, X 7E, the Delegates of the State Societies of the Cincinnati, *f- V V fembled at our triennial General Meeting, congratulate you on being unanimously ele&ed the Head of our rising Republic. As a part of the Community, we felicitate our Countrymen on this happy event, and we embrace the firft opportunity of expref fmg our fentim an, with no lcf* zeal than fincerity> When we fay we loV« and revere you as a Father, Ve not only speak the language of our own hearts, but we {peak the language of all who have fought, fuffered, and conquered under your com mand. Were poverty, and conicioufnefs of duty our only recom mence, still fliould we glory in the part we have acted. For our motives, as they regarded our country, will afford us fatisfaftion, as well through th vicissitudes of life, as in the moment of diflolu tion. As Mrmbers of our Infiitution, ort a former occasion, we appealed to H< aven, and ouro>yn Hearts for the purity of our in tentions :—Our f< llow-citiz nj will witness, thai the conduct of the Officers and Soldiers <&f the late American Armies, has not been Jcfs patriotic in Peace, than it wa* glorious in War. A good Constitution was the object for which we risked our Jives, and experienced onparralleled difficulties. We are happy in the convi&ion that our views 3tc answered in the present Go vernment of the United States :—While we applaud the wiTdom of our Countrymen in placing you at the head of it, we pledge our ielves to fuppoit its admimfiration withthe remnants of lives long fioce devoted to chepubltc service. We need not enumerate yonr titles to the gratitude of your country ; or echo, in the fuffrages of our particular Constituents, the public sentiment. But w«* may fay, that we fee with exultn tion our Countrymen beginning to reap the fruits of Indepen dence under the auspices of the Person, who was more instrumen tal than any other in its establishment. May you as a reward for your services enjoy length of days, and every temporal blessing, and may such blellings be a prelude to cvedafting felicity. Signed in behalf ojthe General Meeting, T. MIFFLI N, Vice-Presiden t-G en era l . fkiU&tphia, May 1790. t A+test. ■ ■ : H. XNOX, jSit^fary.Central; To the DELEGATES of the STATE SOCIETIES of the CINCINNATI, lately aflembled at their Triennial Meeting, GENTLEMEN, ALTHOUGH it is easier for you to conceive, than fdrme to ex plain ihe pleating frnfations which have been excited in my breast, by yourcoiigrttuUtions on my appointment to the head of . this ri&njj; Republic : Yet I mutt take the liberty to thank you sin cerely for the polite manner in which you felicitate our Country men, and teftify you' regard to me on this occasion. In addition to that reward for your fufferings and frrviceawhich arises from the consciousness of having done your duty, you have Monuments more expreflive of your merits than even th' . universal applaufeof your Country, in the establishment of its Inde pendence and Sovereignty. Nor fhouldany poflible circumstance s of poverty or adverfny compel you to give up that sweet fatisfa&i- - on for the part vou-4iave ailed, which ought to attend you as well ; <hc yiciflitudes of life as in the moment of dissolution. The candour of your fellow-cii zens acknowledges the patri otic of yourtonduft in pcace. as t heir gratitude has declared the?r ' obligations for your for' itude and perseverance in war—A know ledge i hat they now do jijiLi~e so the purity of your intentions pught to be your higheifc confolaVon, as the fa£t is demonftraiive yocrgreatcft glory. CINCINNATI, The objeA for which your gallantry encountered ctery din ger, and your virtue sustained unparalleled difficulties, has happily been attained. A government, promiiing protection and prospe rity to the People of the United States, is eftabliflied ; and its ope rations hitherto have been luch as to juftify the most sanguine ex pe&ations of further fuccefs—lt was naturally to be expelled, that lives which had long since been devoted on the Altar of Ireedom, could never be offered at the Shrines of Anarchy or Despotism — And the offer which you. make of the refid'JC of those.lives to sup port the Administration of this Government is not less a proof of its excellence, than an encouragement for those concerned in its execution to use their best endeavours to make it a lource of ex ten sive and permanent bleflings to their Country. Whatever titles my military services may have given me to the regard of my Country, they are principally corroborated by the firm fupportof my brave and faithful atlociates in the field : And, if any consideration is to be attributed to the fuccefsful exer cise of my civil duties, it proceeds, in a great mcjfure,from the wisdom of the Laws, and the facilitv which the difpofiiion of my feilow-cuizens has given to their administration. To the- most affedlionate wiihes for your temporal happinck, I add a fervent prayer for your eternal felicity. G. WASHINGTON. (CIRCULAR.) To the STATE SOCIETIES of the CINCINNATI, Gentlemen, HAVING made choice of all our officers for the three ensuing years, as will appear bv the enclosed certified lifts ; and hav ing completed all the I ifinefs before us, we could not, however, f parate without addrellmg you, on the situation and proipefcl of the affairs ol the United States. Withhearts filled wujilovetoour native climes, and gratitude to the author of every good gift, who has caftout Idtin such pl-a fant placet ; we rejoice that our countrymen m rapidly recbv.r ---i ig from the calamities occasioned bv the lata war, and that they are at last favored with -a government which will probably secure tl-thera the enjoyment of all the benefits they had a right to expect from the revolution. Already We percerveihatagriculture, com merce, rhanufattures, private happiness andpoblte prosperity, en rreafe in a wonderful manner, under the auspicious influence ps •his government. And from a view of all the ciicumftances, we irejuftißed in a belief, that our profpefi of felicity is as fair as that of any nation under heaven. While we recall to rnind that you were the Chiefs of that glo rious baad of heroei, who merited and obtained the diftinguiflird appellation of the PATRIOT ARMY, we feel all the endear, ments of our former connexion recur with redoubled force. The world considered that charafier as the belt guarantee for your future eondufl. Nor has your condufl ai any time deceived the mofc fangnrae expe&ations nt the friends of freedom. The general tenor of your behavior, fmce the war, and parti- I during the. period in which the present government was | formed and eteblimed, has been so perfectly unexceptionable, and so entirely conloftant to your profeflions, as to entitle ybu to the univtrfal approbation of your fellow-citizens. It gives us inexpteflible pleasure to find.tbat the unraafonable and illiberal clamour, which at one moment had been excited a gainst our institution, has totally subsided. The accounts which we annually fee'from all parts of the con tinent of the manner in which you celebrate the declaration of In dependence, on the fourth day of July, the day fixed for.your State meetings, afford us The reasons for the recognitiefa of that feftivafare so obvious »nd important, that we hope yton will ever continue to consider that day, as a day of Thanksgiving. , , , _ We presume not to give yoa any advice, for the regulation of the internal concerns of your focietirs. But we are persuaded that you will do good to all men, whenforver and wheresoever op portunities will perhtu ; arid particularly that you will, to the ut most of your ability, alleviate the penury and diftrefles of those who have borne with you the burden of the war. As many in rtances have already occurred of widows, orphans and unfortunate members of your focietres, who claim and receive support from your beneficence, it behoves you to place your funds upon the best possible footing, to accomplish the,truly benevolent and fra ternal purposes for they were intended. Sii|ce it is but too justly to he apprehended, that the number of persons who will be entitled to yoalr alfiftance will rather encreafe than dimiuifh. We mod ardently desire, that the character of the Cincinnati may continue to be lefpefted-, in consequence of. their completing the glory of foldicrs, by acting well the part of citizens. With this objefl in view, we doubt not that you will afliduoufly culti vate all the virtues of peaceable and patriotic citizens, especially industry, frugality, honesty, and a fixed determination to support the government of your country. It if necefTary for the Ulterior arrangement* of our society * large, that you should transmit to our Secretary General, accurate returns of the perfonscompofing your State Societies, as soon as they can be conveniently completed. We forward to you by this conveyance, the copy of an ad» dTef, which we presented to the Present of the United States, to. gethtrr with his answer. It now only remain-for us to commend you to the holy keeping of Almighty God ; and to wilh you eve ry blefling which your own hearts can desire. DONE in our General Meeting, at the City of Philadelphia, * this Fourth day oj May, 1790. ' Attest H. KNOX, Secretary-General* LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. PUBLISHED CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES : AT THE SECOND SESSION, Gcgun and held at the city of New York, on Monday the fourth iVt arv ' ° nf reven hundred and ninety AN ACT for the Encouragement of Learning, by fecunng the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of fucli Copies, during the times therein mentioned Wo!'" a r J l l' Se Z' e ani " 0u r <0 J K'pr'fiw™ of the Uiwted AJ States of Amenca m longrcfs ajjemhled. That from and after the - -trig of this ast, the author and authors of any map, chart book >r books already printed withm theft United States, being a ci % thereof, or ref.dcnt within the fame, hi, <A h ° " r •executors, adm.n.ftrators or assigns, who hath or h«e'not tranf 478 T. MIFFLIN, Vice-President-Gen*ra» ferred tb any other perfdn the copy-rigtit of fpch map, chart t> - or books,(hare or Oiafes thereof ; and any other person or n« f°°* being a citizen or citizens of these United States, or residents th° nS ' io, his Or their executors, administrators or. afligns, who hath**" have purchased or legally acquired the copy-right of any such chirt, book or books, in order to print, reprint, pubhfh or v a' the lame, (hall have the sole right and liberty of printing. repr j f ing, publishing and vending such map, chart, book or book! fo-- the term of fourteen years from the recording the title thereof ' theClerVsOfficeasishereinafterdircfted : And that the author''and authors of any map, chart, book or books already made aud com posed, and not printed or pubh(hed, o* that (hall hereafter be made and composed, being a citizen or citizens of these Un ; tcri States, or resident therein, and hjs or their executors, administra tors or afligns, shall have the sole right and liberty of printin a printing, publifhins and vending such map, chart, book or books" tor the like term of fourteen years from the time of recording th' title thereof in the Clerk's office as aforcfaid : And if, at the ex piration of the f.ud term, the author or authors, or any of them" be living, and a citizen or citizens of these United States, or refi' dent therein, the fame exchifive right shall be continued to hi or them, his or their executors, administrators or afligns, f or th* further term of fourteen years : Provided, he or they°(hjll cauf the title thereof to be a fccond time recorded and publilhed the fame manner as is hereinafter directed, and that within f l?c months before the expiration the firft term of fourteen vea aforefaid. And be it further enafled, That if any other person or perform from and after the recording the title of any map, chart, book " books, and publtfhing the fame as aforcfaid, and within the times limited and granted by this.ast f shall print, reprint, publift or i m port, or caufcto beprinted,reprinted, published or imported, troni any foreign kingdom or state, any copy or copies of such ma chart, book or books, without the consent of the author or pron ctor thereof, firft had and obtained in writing, signed in the L " fence of two or more credible witnefles ; or knowing the fame tr> be so printed, reprinted, or imported, (hall publish, fell, orexpofe to (ale, or cause to be publilhed, fold, of cxpofed to sale, anv con/ of such map, chart, book or books, without such* consent firft hai and obtained in writing as aforefaid, then such offender or offend ers (hall forfeit all and every copy and copies of such map, chart book or books, and all and every sheet and (heets, being part of the fame, or either of them, to the author or proprietor of such man chart, book or books, who shall forthwith destroy the fame : And" every such offenderand offenders, shall also forfeit and pay thefuir* of fifty cents for every sheet which shall be found in his or their pofleflion, either printed or printing, published, imported, or ex posed to sale, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this ast the one moiety thereof to the author or proprietoi of such map' chart, book, or books, who shall sue for the fame, and the other moiety thcre<>£ to and for theufe of the United States, to be reco vered bv action of debt in any court of record in the United States wherein the fame is cognizable. Provided always, That such action be commenced within one year after th cause of action shall arise and not afterwards. . And be it further tnaclti, That no person (hall be entitled to the benefit of this ast, in cases where any map, chart, book or books hath or have been already printed and published, unl<ffs he (hall firft deposit, and in all other cases, unless he shall before publica tion deposit a printed copy of the title of such map, chart, book or books, in the clerk's office of the diftrift court where the au thor or proprietorfhall reside : And the clerk of such court in hereby directed and required to record the fame forthwith, in i book to be kept by him for that purpofe,_in the words follow ing, (giving a copy thereof to the fdid author or proprietor, under the seal of the couit, if he shall require the fame) Diilri&of to wit : Be it remembered, That on day of in the vear of the independent* of the United Slates of America, A. ff. of thefaid diftrift, hath deposited in this office the title of a map, chart, book or books, (as the cafe may be) the right whereof he claims as author Or proprietor, fas the cafe may he) inThc wou\s following, to wit : [here insert the tithe J in conformity to the ast of the Congrcfs of tiie Uarted States, intitled, "An ast for the encouragement of learning, by fecurin£ the copies of maps, charts ind books, to the authors and proprietors of Cuch copies, during 'he times thereia meutiooed." C. D. Clerk of the diftrift of /' For which the said clerk (hall be entitled tojeceive sixty cents from the said author 01 proprie tor, and sixty cents for every copy under seal actually given to such author or proprietor as aforcfaid. And such author or pro prietor shall, within two months from the date thereof, caufea copy ofthe said record to be published in one or more of the newspapers printed in the United States, for the ipace of four weeks. And be it further enabled. That the author or proprietor of any such map, chart, book or books, shall, within fix months after the publishing thereof, deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Secreta ry of State a cqpy of the fame, to be prefcrved in his office. And be itfurther enafled, That nothing in this ast ihall becen ftuied to extend to piohibit the importation or vending, repruit ing or publishing within the United States, of any map, chart, book or books, written, printed or published by any person not a citi zen of the United States, in foreign parts or places without theju rifdiftion of the United States. Andbe it further enabled, That any person or perfohs who (hall print or 'publish any manuscript, without the consent and appro bation of the author or proprietor thereof, firft had and obtained as iforefaid, (if such authoi or proprietor be a citizen of or relident in their United States) (hall be liable to fuffer and pay to the said au thor or proprietor all damages occasioned by such injury, to be recovered by a special action on the cafe founded upon this ast, in any court having cognzance thereof. And be itfurther enafled. That if any person or persons (hall be fijed or prosecuted for any matter, ast or thing done under or by virtue of this ast, he or they may plead the geueral lfTue, and give the special matter in evidence. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Reprcfentatives. JOHN ADAMS, F? ce-PreJident oj the United States. and President of the Senate. Approved, May thirty-mrit, 1 79 0- GEORGE WASHINGTON, Present ofthe United Slates. (True Copy) THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of Statu CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESEN TA TIVES. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2. I ? E c House a ß reed 10 fin "P th<l blanks in the Funding Bill. I he firft blank, refpeftmg the loan that is to be negociated so the payment of thr foroign debt, is limited to a furti not exceed ,r, o 12,000,000 dolhrs, with a reservation that the United States, pav the fame within 15 years, if they shall think proper so to do. The loan for the domestic debt to be opened on the firlt day of September next, and to continue open till the firft day o£ Au gust 1791. ,1 • ' Non fubfcrihing creditors are to produce the evidences of ilifir debt to the commissioners, previous to June i, 179'. orcltr that the fame may be cancelled, and new certificates ltfued The faiarits of the commiflioners, was then fixed as follow*. Dollars. The commiilioner for the state of New-Hampshire, The cooim Oionerfor the state of Maflachufetts, '-5 00 The coinmiflioner for the state of Connecticut, l9oe The commissioner for the state of New-York, 1 J ca Trr*?"*- ■*
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