■5 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SATURDAY, July 24. Debate on the amendment of the Senate to the Fund ing Bill, to assume a part of the State Debts. MR GERRY. I did not expe£t,fir, to be under the neceflity of rfgain entering into a full difcuflion of this fubjeft; but, fomcobftrvations which fell yeftcrday from the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Jackson) and which have not been answered, re quire consideration. His motion is to difagrec to the proportion of the Senate for assuming the State debts ; and either the gentle man has mistaken the queQion involved in the proportion of the Senate, or I confefs I have no idea of it. He supposes it is a question, whether ths United States rtiall charge thcmfelves with a debt which waa contrasted by the several States for their own purposes, and in which the Uuited States are do ways concerned; and whether we (haltahus npon the union a heavy and un lieceffary burden ? —lf this was the question, I should not for my part, neither do I believe there is a numbir on the floor «vho would hcfitatea moment to reject it. But the question, as I con ceive, is, whether the United States fliall pay a debt which they contra&ed, and promised to pay for the common defence. A debt which in their distress, they desired the States to A debt which was thus transferred to the States without their con sent, or the consent of the creditors, and which has never been discharged. A debt, which if a suit could be injlitut.d agaioft the United States, would be recovered in any court of justice or equity. This, as I conceive, is the nature of the question on the proportion before us from the Senate. Bnt as tbefe points on a former occasion have been fully considered, and the fatts relating to them, well established, a further difcuflion thereof may becbn fidered as a waste of the time of this house, I (hall at tend 10 other observations of the gentleman from Georgia. He fays, that by means of the alfumption, States who have pcid their own debts will be taxed for the debts of others. And ha* tiot the gentleman consented to a bill, which this morning has been pal Ted by the Senate, and which provides, that Stats who have not paidtheir proportions of the State debts, (hall be charged with the balances due thereon, whether they have paid their own debts or not ? Will not this provision tax the deficient States for debts ol other States— they not, in justice, to be thus taxed, if their demands arc lets than their proportions of the amount of the State debts ? Surely, the gentleman has not forgot the provi iions in this a&, 1 mean the ast for fettling the accounts between the United States and individual States.—This provides that every State ftvall be credited for all its supplies and fcrviccs for common defence, whether authorrfed or unauthorised, regularly or not regularly vouched, and whether her debts arc funk or not funk ; and thole States who have been so fortunate as to pay then own debts, will receive so much thereof as was contra&rd for the union, and also the interest thereon : Wnilit on the other hand, they are to be chargcd tor their proportions of the balances due td the several States—for all advances made to them refpe&ively by the United States, and for such part of their debts as we ma) aflume — and for charging the latter, an express provilion is made in the bill before us. What further measures tnen can be adopt ed to do justice to the States, who by their exertions have djf charged in whole or in part their own debts ? But let me enquire, Sir, which are the Stales who have made such vast exertions to fink their debts ? Arc they thofc only who have opposed the a Sumption ? 1 affirm not, but that the States in savor-os it have made as great, if not greater progress in finking their debts, than those who are against it ? Much hzs been said of the State of MafTachufetts, and let us examine its conduit relative to the point. If any gentleman will be at the trouble ol com puting the claims of the several States, as contained in the report of the commiflioners for fettling the accounts between the United States and individual States, he will find the aggregate amount, cxclufive of such as are general and unfpecifi; d claims, to be a bout 75,172,448 specie dollars ; if we deduct from this sum what is charged in the books of the Trea'uiy to the several States being 10,672,770 dollars the balance will be 64,499,678 If we suppose Maflachufetts chargeable with a icvemh ot this balance, it will amount to 9,214,239 dollars, which will pro bably be the extent of its proportion ; the principal of the claim of that S:ate then being Dols. 14,573,217 If we dedud its proportion of the aggregate bal- ance The balance due to the State for the principal of its claim will be Add to this at least nine years intercft, And the whole balance will be 8, 52,826 But (hould we even admit to be added to the aggregate balance mentioned of 64,429,678 dollars, ten million of dollars for the general or anfpccifiea claims of several States, the balance due to Maflachufetts will in that cafe, be for principal about Dal\. For nine years intcreft, Making in the whole By this dale mem it appears, from authentic documents, that the amount ©Ithe claims of Malfachufetts, which have been as regularly kept and are as well vouched as any in the union, and in moll instances much better, fa Dollars. For principal ' »4>573> 2 *7 For mtereil 2,893,848 Making in the whole 17,467,065 And as the lime for receiving State claims is extended by Con gress, and there are, as I am informed, additional demands that are not contained in the accounts exhibited by Maffacbufetts, which, including interest, will be upwards of one million and an half of dollars, the claim of that State will not be much ftiort of nineteen millions of dollars ; and of this turn there being about five million now owed, it is evident that not much less than four teen millions of dollars are already funk by that State. Has any "State in the union rxcceded—has any equalled thele exertions? Look at the tax bills of that State, and you will find in the year 1783 the enormous sum of / 593,430 9 10, equal to 1,978,101 dollars (including a tax for equahfing bounties) levied in one a& ; and so high were the taxes at that time, as I am well informed, that*n eminent merchant, who has since been unfortunate, paid 10001. sterling, and another very refpeftable chara&er in Boston, paid 15001. fteiiing specie taxes in one year. These facts arc a specimen of the exertions of Massachusetts, whose.teal perhaps carried her farther than good policy could juftify ; for notwithflanding the well known attachment of her citizens to good government, these burthens were insupportable, and the coufequence was the event which the gentleman refers to when he mentions the leaders of the infurccftion. But as some of the deluded citizens concerned therein were pun'»fhcd, and o ihers pardoned by government, I think a veil Ihould be drawn over that unhappy affair. The gentleman has enquired whether the union is indebted to Maflachufetts, North-Carolina and South* Carolina in the sum of 10,000,000 dollars. I have (hewnjthat it probably owes to oue of these States the great eft part of this sum, and there can be no doubt it owes more to all of them. FOR THS GAZETTE Of THE UNITED STATES. TO A BOOK OP POEMS, fiENT TO A YOUNG £ ADY OP POETIC *0 W'Clll. GO little tuneful tender book ! And fondly at thine image look ; As zephyr mild or purling-rill, On fair Narciffa fori distil. No wild romance above the life T6 meet thee there in rival ilrife ; The graceful muse lhall faithful prove, To nature, hsrmooy and love. Refined delight the muse shall.bring, With silent ilep, or easy wing ; The kindling glow do thou improve, And wake the youthful fair to love. Then sing that bands as hearts (hould join, That kindred fouls alone ihtwinc, That joys on earth, and blift above, Are found in elevated love. O ! fpright|yyour the choicest lay I This (half talk repay, T iat n thy nutnbers cheerful roll, Thau'lt love Narcifia's feeling foul. See yonder fctting orb difplay> The living bluftej of the sky; Now birds enchant, and nature's gay, Nor all, fair page, with her can vi*. While riper virtues shall adorn Than yet her tender age btftows, We hail the day at dewy morn, And pleai'd oWferve the budded rose. Accept my song, and ffaould'ft thou choose, Attune it for the lovely maid, Whose lyre awoke my (lumbering mule, And let it at her feet be laid. Go, favoi'd book, thy lot it seems, Which I (hould highly prize, Soft press her hand, diep drink the beams Oi sweet Narciia'j eyes ! PHILADELPHIA, August, 20. Ext rafi of a letter from a refpeflablc citizen tf Edin burgh, ti a gentleman in this city, dated the 28th of April, 4790. " I am sorry to fay, the people of this country, (Scotland) seem ilill unfriendly to the Americans, and that the news printers cannot be prevailed <»» to copy any thing from your papere. The in sertion of General Washington's speech tothefe cond meeting of Congress, cost the friends of America here, 2jl. llerling. You will observe by Mr. Pitt's speech that the national revenue is in a flourifiiing ft. te Confideriiig, however, that in a revenue of about feventeeu or eighteen miilious sterling, there is only a furplui of about nine thousand pound*, I really do not fee any rea son for fucli pompous and bombastic speeches. The future profpeifts of increase in the revenue and prosperity of the nation, is very favourable ; and, 1 hope, there Mr. Pitt will be a true prophet. He deserves a great deal of praise : my only ob jection to him is, that he seems to be no friend to freedom at home ; as he is known to be to the establishment of liberty in France. The French afleinbly isan illuftriousbody ; and many of the members are men of extraordinary abili ties. lam sorry to fee so few of the news papers in Britain friendly to their cause. Liberty, how «ever, seems to be coo firmly fixed, ever to be over turned by the ariftocratics, or by the Kingly power.—France will, of course, increase rapidly in trade, and will become a better market than formerly for American produce. " I find that the United States are going pret ty extensively into the planting of cotton, it is needless for me to tell you, that the feeds of In dia, or Siam cotton, transplanted and propogat ed in your country, will enhance the quality of the cotton wool. I notice, also, what the indus try of one person is doing, in the planting of mul berry trees, for die fake of the silk trade. " lam informed that there ai*fe, at present, 24 American students at this university ; two are from New-York, and oneprtwofrom Pennsylva nia—all the others are from the foiuhernftates." 9> 2, 4> e 39 5358,978 2,893,148 4,000,000 2,160,000 6,160,000 NEW-YORK, August 2 f. ExtraCl of a Utter, from Bo ft on, August 9, The reverend l3o<stors Byles and IValter liave lately made us a vlfic from the fair regions of Nova-Scotia; and it is faidnotwithftwiding their love of their King, and attachment to the hie rarchy of the Church, they wilh to live under the old tree of liberty.—No door feeins to be open at present ; but if the old ordinations should be preferred to the new, or American manufatfture it is probable that a chance may ©ffer—efpecial ly as brother Ogden of Portsmouth fajs the /heepfold ofEpifcopacy is extending its limits to the Eastward. This Day published, And to be fold by THOMAS ALLEN, The American Museum, for August, amon S man V other interesting articles, fever- S ''Lettersifrom~WAßN»k Mif-tlin, on the Quaker's oeti- 'I tion to Confjrefs, for the abolition of the Slave 8 Au gH ft 2 1,1790: j| 572 (To be continued.) ADDRESS 1790, MASSACHUSETTS STATE LOTTERY. THE Man ners s f t He STATE LOTTERY, prcfentthe PaSb« with the Firll C'af» of the Majfackufelti Jemi-annual Slalf Let. tcry, which will commencc drawing in the RtpHfcntatius' Chanicr in Boflon, on the Seventeenth of Mirck next, or [conn, if H,.' Tickets shall be disposed of. SCHEME. NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE. 25j000 Tickets, at Five Dollars each, »ra 125,000 Dollars, to be paid in the following Prizes, lubje& l() , dedu£Uon of twelve and an ImIJ fxr (cnt, for the ufcof the Com. monwealth. Prizes. Dollars. Dollar, 1 of 10000 ii i QOO( J 2 3000 axe fooo 3 aooo 6 ,o °o 6oo» *° S°° jTO 3° aoo Soa, 80 »«> 8;oo 9® 5° 4500 100 40 ■ 4^ ' 20 30 .360, ,6 ' IO 322* 2 °° 10 3000 75 8j 8 6o6Sa 8388 Prizes. v^oo* 16612 Blank.. 3 ' sjeoo. Q3 TICKETS in«y be had of the fevcral Managers, who will pay the Prizes on demand—of the TREASURER of the Common, wealth—of JAMES WHITE, at his Book-Store, Franklin's-He,J, Court-Street, and at other places as usual. BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jun.l DAVID COBB, I SAMUEL COOPER, i Managers. GEORGE R. MINOT, I JOHN KNEELAND, Bojion, Jul) 28, 8790. t* TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Nr\ l u b 1 3' OT ICE is hereby given, that Proposals will 'be received at the office of the Secretary oj the Treasury, to the fir j! day c/OBober next in. ciuJive,forthefupply of all rations, which may be requiredfor the ufeof the I Kited States, from the JirJi dayaf January to the thirty firfl day if uecerr.ber 1791, both days ttnluSve, at the places,and uiithin the diftrih nerem after mentioned, viz. At any place or place), betwixt Yorktoan in the Jlate of Penvfylwut. and Fort Pitt and at Fort Pitt, J) ' At an\ place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt and Fort M'lnto/h, on the River Ohio, and at Fort M'lntofh. At any place or places, betwixt Fort M'lntofh and the mouth of the Ri ver Mufkingum, and at the mouth oj the River Mufkingum. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth oj the River Mufkingum, mi up the/aid River to the Tufcartwas, and. at the Tufcarowas, and thence over to the Cayoga River, and down the said River to its mouth. At anyplace or places, betwixt the mouth of the t iver Mufkinrum, mi the mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of the said River Scioto. At any place or places, betwixt the month of Scioto River, and the mouth of the great Miami at the mouth of the great Miami, and from thence to the Rapid;, or, the Falls of the Ohio, ant atthefaid Rapids. At any place or places, bUwixt the mouth of the great Miami, up the f did Miami, to and at Piquetcwn, and thence over to the Miam Filiate, on the rwer of the fame name which empties into Lake Erie. ~, i' W f ,ace " placesfmm the rapids of He Ohio, to the mouth of the . Wabafh, thence up the said Wahajh tc Post St. V,ncnnes,tt Pofi S*. V. • fore'dfatb "d*" tke ■^' i river Kab ll ' the Mi **i V >H>, >><- At any place or places, from the moUthof the Wabafh river tothimeutk of the river Ohio. J At any placeir places, on the eafi fide of the river MiMbfiJnm the mouth ofthe Ohio river, ti the mouth of the Illinois river. '" r t laces '-f rom tf " month of the Miami river to the Miami At any place or places, from the Miami Village to Sandufky, and it Sandufky, and from Sandufky to the mouth of Cayoga river. t any place or places, betwixt Fort Pitt aud Venango, and at Vcnmit. At any place or places, betwixt Venango and Le Beuf and at Li Btuf 1 f'n mxt j l ? "«</*«*««d Prefq'/fle, at Prefq'ljle, and betwixt Prijj' IJle and the mouth of Cayoga river. J At the mouth of Cayoga river, and at any place or places, on the rout ' °I 11 river, by the way of Big Btmt At any place or places, ou the eajl fide of the MiMpbi, between the mouth of the Ohio andthe river Margot inclusively. ' ■ or places',from thefaid river Margot, to the rivir Yaws' inclusively ■It any place or places from the mouth of the river Tcnnefcc, tiOcothaP' p°'r "ear creek, on the said river inclusively. Sil"td a.iy rations be required at any tla'ces, or within ether difrißi, notjpceif.ed m these proposals, the price of the fame to be hereafter aguti on, betwixt the public ana the contraSor. The rations tc be fifths are to conjifl of the following artidei, W. One pound oj bread or flour, On efcu.ii of beef, or } of a pound of pork, Half a Jill of rum, brandy or wki/ky. One quart of fait, } ' Two quarts of vine gar. \ A Two pounds of soap, f P er - >°9 rations, One pcxad of Candles, ) The proposals mujlfpecify the lowefl price per ration. No credit is rt- ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Secretary oj the Treasury. By Order of the Honorable Richard Morris, Efj. Chief JuJlict oj the State of Neui-York. la hereby given to Lewis M'Donald, of Connefticot, , that upon application and dut proof made to the laid chief justice by a creditor of the said Lewis M'Donald, purluantto an ast of the Legitiature of the {aid State, entitled, An act for relief against abfeonding and absent debtor!," p'f .r.ur 4 , l ?® 6; hc - the f»td chief justice, lias direfled all the fa,d Lew, M'Donald, estate, within this State, to be f«'z ed, and that unlefi he shall discharge hij debts within twehe months alter the publication of this notice, the fame will be fo!4 , lor the payment of his creditors. Dated the 3 d May, 1790. New-York, May 7,1790. J (tw.iy.) TO BE LET, On very low term—and entered ufioo immediately, until the frjl tf May next. T^HATelegant new TWO STORY BRICK HOUSE, in the A Bowery-Lane, formerly occupied by RoaißT Gilbiß* 1 Livingston, deceased ; it has (gven Fire Places with a good Cellar under the whole House—a convenient out-Houfe in the rear, with a Coach-Hoafe, and Stables ; for further particulars en <lu" e °f , MANGLE MINTHORX (« w. t. f.) • Corporation Dock. BG** Dr. Price's Revolution Sermon may hhtij the Editor. -Priet tfj. 5 fp». 'If •i .
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