from the fame, views result, with regard to she Executive power. Tlut it may be neceflary, in certain cases, that the functions attributed to the King, throughout -all the parts ofthe French empire, should be pro niifctioufly exercised in the colonies, by a gover nor who represents hiin.. That therefore the choice and installation of officers, which are in his nomination, the appro fcation neceflary for the execution of the decrees ofthe administrative aflemblies—and the other adts which require celerity, may be provisionally afligned to this governor, under the positive re ierve of the King's approbation. But that, in the colonies, as in France, liingis the only and Supreme Chief of the Execu-" tive power—thaoall the officers of justice, the administration, the military forces, ought to ack nowledge him as their chief-—and that all the , powers attributed to royalty, in the French con- only be exercised provisionally by those he has charged with them, and definititely by himfelf. These principles being acknowledged, all the ■views which may concur in favor of the prolper ity of the colonies, may be taken into conlidera tion by the colonial aflemblies. The French nation does not wish to exercise over them any other inflikcnee than that of the ties eftabliflied and cemented for the common -utility—it is in no wife jealous to eitabliih orpre ierve the means of oppression. What sources of prosperity are offered to the patriotifni of the colonial aflemblies by the dif ferent parts of the labor entrusted to them. The eftablifliment of a simple judiciary order, fecur in®' to the citizens an impartial and piompt jus tice, an administration committed to the hands of those who are interefled in it, a plan of imports iuited to their convenience, the forms of which cannot be changed, and rhequamity can only be regulated by the >ote of the colonial aflemblies themselves France, to which its commercial laws with the •colonies ought to secure, with fonie benefit the Teimbuvfenmnt of the expences, which it is obli ged tofupport for their protection, does not con sider their polleffion as a fifcal resource. 1 heir particular imposts shall be confined to the expen ds of their own government, they themselves ihall propose the e)tab!i!limeiu mil proportion of them. France does Hot consider its colonics as the means of juftifying avidity, of flattering the ty ranny of foriie persons appointed to superintend their ailminiftration —the intereltsof the citizens ought to be managed by themselves, and the ad aminiilratiou can only be entrusted to such as they have freely elected. The essences of a complicated justice, the de lays and artifices of chicanfcry, the removals oc casioned bythe too refined spring of certain tri bunals, cannot l'uit men continually engaged in ianadvantageous cultivation, and the commerce ■of its produ&ions—the colonies therefore require anore rigoropfly than the metropolis, a prompt stdminiftration ot jnftice divested ot every means of defpotifni and oppression. There is then none of these views but which the National Aflembly will adopt with fatisfa&ion "whenever they shall be proposed to it by the co lonial aflTemblies—but, after having considered "whatfuits the interior happiness of the colonies, it remains to pay attention to their exterior in- lererts The National Allenihly exercises towards each of thepartsofrhe I'rench empire tliedutiesvvhich belong to the social body over all the members B'iat compose it-.-every one finds in it the g'.iar dian ofits interests and liberty— every one is fub ■jecled by it to theexercile oft he will ot the whole. The depositary of the most legitimate and most imposing authorities, the nation which has char ged it with the preservation ofits rights, has pla ced at its dilpofal all the force necessary to gua ranty them. It is then arigid duty, a sacred ob ligation to maintain them without alteration— 1. it tlie more inconteflable these rights are, so .much the greater means has the uation which has nmtrufted ihem, to support them, and so much the 3efs does it fait theaffembly which represents it, Jo call to their alliftance the arms of weaknels and of tyranny. A timid circumfpedion, a vain xJiflimiilation, would dejbafs its character to a le \el witli'ufuiped or tottering powers—it can then, it ought then, in treating with the children of the country, to forget for a moment, and lay aside Jill the rights and all the powers which it is char, ged to exercise over them, to examine and dif cuss their interests with freedom, to attach them to their duty by the sentiment of their own wel fare, and to lend to the majority of the nation it represents, the only language which can suit it, that of reason and of truth. A FREE people are naturally high spirited ; efperially those vVho are torn and nurtered in the principles of liberty ; ihey are rlways governed with difficulty—and the tefliaints which are ne ciltVv to prevent those excesses w.'.'ch alwavs precede the loss of th e1 " so justly p ; ze a are fcldom fubinitted to without f#ti Pa nee ; a truly independent Jcgiflator mufi thejffcrc nccef lin'.y be ftraicltiats unpopular. EXTRACT. AUTHENTIC* INFORMATION- (Wt art haft) '< Uftefiu tkt jolttwini authentic ligenee.) M*. RUSSELL, YOU will receive, 'inclosed, some papers, which the Righi Hon. Viscount ni PoNTtvis-GirN withes vou to infertin your ufeful and well-written Cintinei : And you will fee by them how diffident you ought to be of all the reports too easily propa gated by mdifcretion, or bythe rivals of your commerce, and ours. The ports of our Colonies continue to be open to the Ameri cans, as before, and upon the terms in the Ordinances of their re fpeftive Governors. You know my solicitude to make public thofc kind of publications so ufeful to the dearest interests of this port,as well as of .lithe other ports of my diftrift ; and I lhali continue to fend you their authentic information. None of the letters which I have received from.ttarimjve make any mention, " that the American vessels were boarded, and all the military weapons on board taken away. 1 due regard, Yours, &c. DE LE TOMBE. EXTRACT from the difpatdus of the Right Hon. Viscount DE PON TE V ES-GIEN, tO M. DE LeTOMBE. " OntoardHit Ihusthi.S/. Pierre, June 15. •' STffCE the begining of the troubles there has been a point ed enmity between the tow* of». Pierre, and the colony, whicft encreafed continually, fronUhe anarchy which reigned in that ci ty. The 3d of June, after the usual procession.a quarrel took, place between the free-coloured people, and a mob, which natrd by the sudden slaughter of 15 mulattoes, and three of their white officers. One hundred an<Tlwenty-feven mulattoes were af terwards confined in Jail, and their puni(hment wa» infilled upon by that unruly mob, which the Municipal body was not able to restrain. Every citiren lamented the |progteilive oppression of a gang of vilians which cftablifbed themselves in St. Pierre : And that city, so important to commerce, was approaching to be the haunt of vagabonds of all nations : Which event, had it arrived, would have proved fatal to all the windward Iftands. In this exigency, the colony held a special meeting—the colonists united, all the free coloured people armed themselves, and demanded thai iuftice should be done ; even the slaves began to stir, and every thing would have been in a deplorable fiwaiion there, if a fpeeoy relief had noj been granted The Colonial Alfembiy having therefore reqriefled the Viscount D* Damas to employ all the for ces under his command, and to march to St. Pierre in order to e liver that town from oppreflion, and to reilore the activity and liberty of its commerce : And myfelC having also been equally ic quelled, we thereupon agreed to mov<*on the bufinefs,the gth init. by land and by water. The town "f Si. Pierre was loon surround on every part, and taken poflfeflion of by our troops without firing a single gun ; and every thing palled with the great-eft good order. The Municipal body, and the citizens, being fatisficd, have pre iented usaddreffes of thanks, which 1 have the honor to fend you. 41 In order to juftify the (laughter perpetrated the 3 inft. it was ailed gcd that a plot had been laid by the hec-coloured people a gainst the whites. Those who were put to jail remain th<*re and their cafe will jbe legally fcmtitiized. The above is al l that has taken place. We believe we have rendered an important service to the Colony, to the Metropolis, and to their refpeftive com merce : Especially as we have been io fortunate as to luccced in thfs very dekcate operation without bloodlhed, and to the fatis tad ion of all the citizens. 1 have the honor &c. See. (Signed) " On board the llhiflre, Ju*s 17. 14 We have terminated our bufiucfs here and to-morrow wc (hall go back to Fort-Royal, leaving at St. Pierre's a batalion, in garrison, at the request of the ctizens. The greater part of the disturbers have fled ; a part will be sent to France, and some vvill be puniihed according to thejuftice of the laws : Some have been punished bv a few days This important mi litary enterprize has not cost a drop of blood. If we had denied the request, the Colonics and the coloured people would have executed that delicate piece of business without us ; and whatever might have been the iflue, it woald have been fatal to the colony. 44 1 am now gowing to prepare for my departure for France— and ftiould be very sorry not to have it in my power to fee your town again, where reside an Hancock, an Adams, a Bowdoin, and a multitude of citizens, extremely affe&ionatc and amiable ; to whom 1 am attached by the warmcft gratitude. 44 Farewell, dear, Sir, I reiterate to you always, with new plea sure, my aflurances of the bucctc and inviolable attachment which have avowed to you. (Signed) CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THURSDAY, JUNE 18. MR. SMITH of (S. C.J Mr. Sedgwick and Mr. Lawrance having spoke against the rqotion made by Mr. Parker for adjourning Congrcfs to Philadelphia, and blamed Mr. Vming for bringing it forward again after Ihe deciCon of the Senate against the measure. * Mr. Parker rofc and laid. T take to myfelf Mr. speaker the blame, if the thing is hiameable, lor restating the question which my worthy friend from Delaware has supported with so much energy. I think if he is with zeal on thisnccafion it is a laudable zeal, and worthy of that independence of spirit which the honest representative of a free people ought ever to pofkr s • for my part I am convinced of the rettitude of his intentions, and I do not entertain an apprehension that the gentlemen in opposition will dare to impeach the matives by which either o( us are actua ted. Under animpreffion that it is adverse to the common interest ot this great republic tohavethe feat of government placed in an ec centric position—l thai; continue by all juftifiable me3 ns to at. empt the application of a remedy to an evil which I so iuftl deem a grievance. ' J Was I the immediate representative of the city of Near-York • »rone of the more eastern States, I might forget in a tnomen' like this, that I was a representative of America, but as a repre fentative of Virginia, and far removed from the present feat o"i Congrtfs I can with more concern reded on this improper fltua :ion. Hen e I must be excused lor doing my duty in advocatm 2 a removal to a place more central and mort. agreeable t6 my im mediate constituents as well as to the great body of the people o' United America ; lam the more countenanced, Mr fpaker ir this exertion by the late declared voice of this Hnafr If I a ,.,' not mistaken, when the question was last before this Hoafe then ppeared to be more than two thirds of ,he reprefcntatives'of th. people in Uvor of a tcraoviUo PluUdslpuij ; and ihall wc sub 534 BOSTON JULY 15. PONTEVES-GIEN. PONTEVES-GIEN." I mil what appears so dearly to be the desire of the majority *{ h dcopte of America, to the small majority of a tmglc mtmst iri the Senate.— We who are the reprtfenutives of the people for whom this government was inaitmed as the conilitution expressly declares, to concede to a bare majority of the rcpiefcntative, of the States. Snail we remain ina&ive and fink into nlent apathy, be cause the Senate has been pleased not to concur with us lu the firfteffay made to promote the equal diftnbution of the benefit, •f the poverniriert to all its parts—do gentlemen wi(h to be d c . 2 a led into a (late olvaffalage to the Senate, and only bethemotk guardians of our country's welfare—are we to fit here to do no thing but register the edicts of a body, whose councils are con cealed within the impenetrable walls of a dark divan ? The .re moval of Congress is a measure of neceflity and those who teel it, importance cannot, nor ought they to avoid prefling it—gentle men tell us it !• an irritating fubjeft, but are we who fuftam tie oppression not excufeable for being irritated ? I inako this ap peal with confidence to the northarn gentlemen, and aJk if ibey wDuld fit quiet if they were dragged to Halifax in North-Caroli na, a place not an inch more dillant from the extremity ol New- Hampshire, than New-York is from the mod distant, part ot Georgia t For myfeK I declare, that were we there I Ihould join th»m in a removal to a place mote central to the union though more inconvenient to the part of Virginia I represent ; I fttall c xnfider an accommodation in this bufinek as aftrengthenmrbaud of union Those who are real friends to Uniud America, will diflipatc their local attathmeots and meet on central ground. I vould not like the gentlemen from the Eastern States and \e w . York throw embariaflments in the way of a measure lo cjlcula. ted lodo iuftice to aU, and which ought to give general falufa G% tion, and by such means cease the murmurs of thole who have jult cause ot comolairit—let those gentlemen cohfider that this go. vernment is a'government of the people, and not of a few gieat men, the whole and not a part only are to receive the bc.iefm which it is constituted to dispense; let them consider what the voice of the people is ; we are the representatives of the people m an equal andjuft pi oportion—two thirds of these reprefentativei lave declared the fentimrnts of their conftiluents; Pennf,lvai:;a is evidently the present center of representation,, coufequeotlydf population, and as the centcr of wealth for the present may be a bout Philadelphia, for the' present I will submit to a removal there, in full confidence that when the permanent feat is hied it will be further South, as population and migration will (hortly give strength to our Southern and Western country. Who afe they then Mr. Speaker, that atreft the removal to Philadelphia- Tne Senate ? And who are the Senate? The representatives ot political communities, of States unequal in their extent and po pulation—and although I admire the propriety of their tlhblili ment and their utility in manv cases i yet as this is a question m which the representatives of the people are more interefled than the representatives of the States arc—l think their opinion ought to prevail—and not to be blown away by the still voice o( men (hut up in a conclave, wrapt in secrecy their high mightinelln (for so they may be termed from their introduction of titles, ic. 6t .) are tbey to diftateto the icprefcntatives of a free ptoplt—l trust not. Here Mr. Parker was interrupted by several gentlemen calling to order ; Mr. Smith of (S. C.) hoped-the gentleman might be permiited to go 011—but he would allure him he ihould at au fwered. Mr. Parker proceeded. I do not wish Mr. speaker, to take up the time of the House, but I jpi strongly persuaded that in a government like ours, in a question like this, the Senate (hould be faiisfied to let the representatives of the people feletfc the place *io(l convenient to the communitv at large ; for myfelf 1 declare I have no pcrfonal objcftion to New-York, so far from >t that was I to fele£t a place to spend my own time, I (hould p~efcr it 10 Philadelphia; butas a representative of America, I have n> right to consult mv private happiness nor overawe the weal with it, my advocating a removal then cannot be afcrit-ed to private views or felf-intercfted motives; what (Insulates toe is the wilh of the people I represent and a conviflion of the prop erty of the measure. When deliberating on a national of great importance private wifh.s (hould be baqifhed and the com mon cause c«nfulted. Gentlemen tell u» there it no neceflity for prefling this question at this time ; but fir, I think since we are embarked in it weoug'.l to prosecute the voyage untiljwe arrive at that place, which will restore union, harmony, and good humour ; even if we now re linquifli the bufmefs we have no Security, but it will haunt us and meet us at every turn. Hence I think, lir, there is an abso lute neceflity of temoving immediately, if we wish the govern ment to last, andtofome place from whence the legiflatuie ray extend its influence in an equal and regular manner to all the ex tremities ; the people know and feel its partial operation, and i:t very uneasy under it. Gentlemen fay we ought to determine the permanent refidtnee; to me, fir, it is a matter of indifference which is lirll deternised, permanent or temporary residence—but as a majority have refu ted to consider of the permanent residence at this time, 1 am wik ling to give up to their aesifion, and contend for the prefentoniy for the temporary feat. I wilh this to be nearer the center of the United States than it now is ; I repeat again, that whilst I have a majority of the people and their reprefeutatives, I will tot re linquish my endeavor toobtainwhat they desire with so much anxiety and what they are entitled to on every principle of justice and equity. It is said that no petitions are come forward praying thts re moval. I admitthere are none—our constituents have confidence in us, and could not suppose it ncceffary to trouble us with peti tions, in order to induce us to adopt a measure, the propriety o£ which rauft be obvious to every eye ; but if we now decline to fatisfy their just desires, we may expect not only petitions, but rcmovjlranccs against our culpablenegle£V. When people feel what it is to travel, cxhaufted with fatigue some hundred milts more than an equal apportionment requires, they will not only c° m " plain of us, but will have reason to wurfe and execrate the authors of their ca! .mities Tue ge»i .emen from the Eastward may feel easy under eve'y thing of this kind, whilst they remain in New-York; but the foutfcefn gentlemen will be guilty of great inattention to the in* tereii ot those they represent, if they remain any longer idle fpcc tators of a game, by which their particular constituents only can be looters. (From Lloyd's Minifies.) _ WEDNESDAY, JULY 21. Theengrofled bill refpefting consuls, was read the third time and parted. A petition of John Tucker, Clerk of the Su preme Court of the United States, was read,pray* ing to be repaid ceitain funis he had advanced to procure seals tor the Supreme and Circuit Courts. Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee of confer ence 011 the lubjert [of the bill for fettling the accounts between the United States and the in dividual Hates,reported ceVtain amendments that it would be proper to make in the said bill ; the house took the report into consideration, agreed to the fame, with a small alteration. A meflage was received from the Senate, that they had pafled the funding bill, with sundry j amendments, the amendments were made the ° r " der of the day to-morrow. I Adjourned.
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