Mr. Wadfworth hoped it would not be llruck
our. He obfierved, that as the house had the
power of .organizing the militia, and were about
determining that there should be infpeftors,
they could with the fame propriety fiiy what rank
those infpecSors should hold. He was as much a-
Yerfe as any man to granting unneceU'ary titles ;
but where great trust was reposed, and severe du
ty required, there rank {hould also follow. These
inspectors were placed in a very important stati
on, which they could not properly fill without
the weight of i'ome military rank.
Mr. Stone withdrew liis motion.
Mr. Blood worth moved that the rank of brig
adier fiiould be given to them, agreed.
Mr. Benfon moved for an additional clause to
the bill, for granting to the President of the
United States, the power of calling out the mili
tia into the service of the United States, &c. to
repel invaflons or suppress infurretftions.
Mr.Sherman obfervedthat the proposed clause
■was not explicit enough. The general govern
ment by the constitution had not the power of
calling out the militia to suppress infurre<ftions
in the ltatesj without the special request of the
states.
Mr. Bloodworth hoped the additional feclion
would not be adopted, it would be lie said, a
dangerous provision.
Mr. Benfon argeed to withdraw liis motion for
lie present, to bring it before the houte when
the principles of the bill came to be difcufled by
them.
The committee rofe,reported the bill with sun
dry amendments. The speaker resumed the
chair.
Mr. Fitzfimons propoled giving the bill with
the amendments to a special committee to report
thereon
Mr. Madison said it would be improper to re
fer it to a committee, without iirft agreeing to the
principles of the bill.
Mr. Livermore was also against leaving it to a
committee The principles of the bill were by
no means fettled. Three-fourths of it he looked
tipon as useless. The house he conceived, had
no business to enter minutely into particulars ot
the business, further than was warranted by the
constitution.
The report of the committee was ordered to
lie on the table. (Adjourned.)
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22
/ Mr. Lee presented a petition from S. Summers, an afliftant-quar
ier-mafter, who had received no compensations torhis services last
Referred to the Secretary of the Trcafury.
war.
A was received from the Senate, informing that they
had appointed Mr. Foster, a committee on their part, for the put
pole of xamining enrolled bills,to which they requeued the con
currence ot this house j and the appointment ot a committee on
fheirpart : Ordered, that Mr. Floyd, and Mr. Muhlenberg be a
committee on the part of the house, for the purpose afoiefaid.
The bill for the eftabljfhment of an uniform militia, with the
amend mc:nts as reported by the committee, were taken up in the
house : Same of the amendments were retained ; some modified
and amended, others rejected. Not having gone through the bill,
ifae house adjourned.
THURSDAY, Dec. 23.
Mr. Lawrance presented an add reft from the representatives of
the society of the people called Quakers, in the state of New-York
and Western parts of New-England, praying exemptions from
te? ng arms, or being fubjeQcd to penalties, on account of their
scruples ; which was read.
On motion of Mr. Fitzfimons, the petition of John Churchman
was read a second time, and referred to a committee, consisting
1 of Mr. Huntington, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Heifter.
On motion of Mr. Lawrance, ordered, That the clerk of this
house be dire£led to communicate to the Senate,, copies of the re
ports of the secretary of state, refpe&ing coins, weights and mea
sures ; alfothe report of the secretary of the treasury, iubmitting
a plan for the establishment of a national bank.
Mr. Fitzfimons gave noticc that he (hould move for leave to
bring in a bill refpc£ling the freight of goods on board merchant
lhips or veffeJs.
i A mellage was recevied from the President of the United States
Iwith a copy of a repoit from the secretary of the government
' north weft of the Ohio, rfcfpefting the lands in the western terri-
[|pry, with sundry papers accompanying thefame ; also a copy of
|Fhc secretary of date's report on the fame fubjeft : Which were
read, and ordered to be communicated to the senate.
On motion of Mr. Sherman the house proceeded in tlpie further
consideration of the amendments agreed to in committee of the
■whole, on the militia bill, and made some further progress therein.
Mr. Floyd of the committee on enrolled bills, reported the bill
supplementary to an ast, making provision for the debts of the
United States ; which the committee had examined, and found
duly enrolled.—TheSpeiker iigned the fame.
FRIDAY, Dec. 24.
f Mr. Moore presented the petition of Thomas Nelson, in behalf]
'•f the executors of mariners, who perished on board th<
frigate -which was blown up in an engagement the last
war,
A committee was appointed to bring in a bill to determine how
frr the owners of ships or vclTels (hall be liable to the freighters of
goods on board thereof.
Mr. Burke gave notice that on Monday next he should move for
leave to bring in a bill to alter the time of the meeting of Coogrefs.
The house thert proceeded in the confederation of the amend
ments proposed by the commit,tce of the whole, to the milit'.a
bill ; thfc amendments were adopted by the house with some
amendments,
The amendment proposed by Mr.' Mndifon, to exempt persons
|*onfcientioufly fcrupulousof bearing arms from militia duty, was
after a.long debate disagreed to—cn the principle of the particular
States* being competent to making the exemptions in general.
The bill was then recommitted to the following committee
fir. WafHworth, Mr. Giles, and Mr. Tucker. Adjourned.
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
December 23, 1790.
RESOLVED, That it would be inexpedient to alter tbefyftrm for
funding the public debt eftablifhcd during the last feflion of Con
yefs, and that the petition of Thomas M'Kean and Ailing
thrmfi lvrs a committee of the public creditors of the common
wealth ot Pennsylvania, cannot be granted
The yeas 2nd nays being required upon the above refbJution
were as follows ;
} EAS.—Meffrs. BafT't, Butler. Dalton, Dickinfon, Ellfworth,
Elmer, Few, F >fW, Hawkins, Johnson, Izard, Ktn<j, Lingdon,
Maclav. Read, S r l>uyler, Stanton, Strong, Johnftori, Wmgate.
NAY.—Mr. Morris.
Report oj the CommiJlivners appointed for the reduflio* of the debt of
the United States.
The Vice-Prefidcnt of the United Stales, the Chief Justice of
the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of theTrca
fury, and the Attorney-General of the United States, report to
Congress, That pursuant to the a£l making provision for the re
dudion of the public debt, they, on thej 26th of Augull, 1790,
onvened in the city of New-York, and entered on the exercise ol
the trust rcpofed in them ; —that conformably to their refoluiion,
. pproved by the President of the United Stales on the 08th of the
fame month, they have commenced the purchase, through the
agency of Samuel Meredith, which on the 26th day of Novem
ber lail, amounted to the sum of 278,687 dollars, 30 c*nts, re
ndered debt of the United States, for which there have been paid
1 5°i 2 39 dollars, 25 cents in specie, as will more particularly ap
peal by a return of the fame Samuel Meredith, confirmed by an
authenticated copv of his account fettled at the treasury ot the Un
ited States, and prayed to be received as part of this report, in
which are fpecified thr* places where, the times when, and the per
ions of whom the said purchases have been made.
Signed, by order of the boards
LONDON, OA. 16.
Original Communication! from PaYis.
THE last dispatches from England have reliev
ed the Spanish Ambafl'ador here from some
of his fears. He did not expedt the Britifli Minis
try would continue a negociation which he has
long known would end in a rupture between his
Court and that of St. James's, provided the Span
ish party in the north could gain certain points,
which now seem likely to be carried in favor of
his Catholic Majesty.
The Parisian militia complain of the King's re
sidence at St. Cloud. As the weather becomes
bad, the service cannot be agreeable to men ac
customed to ease. His majelty fays he is sorry
they should have the lead caufeof diffatisfaftion;
but, as he never required their services, he does
not think himfelf obliged to take any fleps to re
move the cause of their mnnnilrs. His present
intention is to fpcnd the winter in the country.
There is about to be erected, a high National
court in France, for the express cognizance of
the offences comprehended under the terms,
Leze Nation. Before this court the members of
that Parliament and the procureur are to be im
peached, and proceeded against as guilty of re
bellion and contumacy.
The afl'embly decrees further, that the king
be supplicated to secure the persons of the offen
ders to answer when summoned before this crimi
nal court.
Sentence has been palled upon the persons con
cerned in the late dilturbani.es at Florence ; 21
of the principal of them are condemned to the
gallies for fifteen years, 60 are banished from the
Grand Dutcliy of Tufcany, 100 have been order
ed to remain in confinement, and hope for pardon.
The diflurbances at Florence have been en
tirely quieted by the 'appearance of the Austrian
troops.
KINGSTON, (Jamaica) Nov. 8.
How melancholy mult be the reflections of a
citizen of the world, when hefurveys the present
Rate of Europe ; every nation of which seems
only to have exiftencc for the horrid purpose of
making war upon its neighbour ; and such is the
baneful system of government now too generally
adopfed, that even a benevolent Monarch, who
loves his people, and wishes well to all degrees
of human nature, cannot, with lafety, withhold
himfelf from uniting in the sanguinary contests,
in some shape or other, altho his feelings as a man,
and his principles as a christian, impel him to
prefer social peace to the fliameful triumphs of
bloody ambition.
In future ages, when the force of local attach
ments (hall have ceased to operate against the in
terests oftruth, Mr. Pitt's conduct asla Premier,
will be undoubtedly the theme of much admira
ration. In the whole round of Britifli States
men, from the days of the sagacious Lord Bur
leigh to the present moment, no man has had
more serious difficulties to encounter than him.
Soifte cases have presented themselves, of the ut
most moment to our profperiry as a people, and
to his honor as a man ; yet has he so warily guid
ed the veflel of government through the tern pelts
of the times, that in no Angle instance can his
enemies charge him with the want of foreknow
ledge, or the want of\iaving a due regard for
the privileges of the community, or the dignity
of his fovcreign.
N E W-Y O R K, Dec. 20. ■
The President of the society of the Cincinnati of this state hav
ing heard of the death of Major Wvllysand Capt.Ffothingham, re
fluefts that mourning crape for the space of twi ntjr-one days, be
worn by the members of the society, in testimony <of the high re
lpe£t they entertain of the merit of their deceased brothers.
By Order, WILLIAM W. MO&RIS, Sec'y.
SHEPHERD's-TOWN, Dcc. 6,
The fubferiptions lately obtained from individual.in this town
and its vicinity, to be applied towaids cresting the Federal Build
ings, under certain conditions, amount to upwards of twen-
TY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
GEORGE-TOWN, Dcc. 18.
His excellency Alexander Martin, Esq. is re-ele&cd Go
vernor of the State of North-Carolina for the ensuing year.
683
JOHN ADAMS.
BOSTON, Decrmbcr 15.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
We have it from good authority, that OIL is admitted in En
gland in American Bottoms, which is one of the many advantages,
that may accrue 10 this country, from a war between England
and Spam. We give th•» information that thole who plough the
ocean to obtain Oil, may reap the advantage, as it is probable,
the alien duty may be taken off likewise.
Philadelphia, Dec. 25.
Extract of a litter from BoHoti, Dec. 11.
"We are anxiously waiting to fee the Presi
dent's Speech, and the opening and afpecft of the
present felfion of Congrefs—lf wifdoin guides
the helm, our national profpedis will be blight
and glorious ! far beyond common calculation.
1 think the ellablifhmenc of a national bank, un
der wife regulations, may be prodntflive of vast
benefits ; by taking the funded stock in the bank
forfecurity: The nation may pay the interest
of the debt, with the interelt received for the
loan of bank notes, so that in fact, the one may
so balance the other as to cost the nation nothing
to pay her interest: ; and nearly all her revenue
inay be applied to pay off the principle of her
debt. If this calculation be light, what an eligi
ble situation our public debt mult be in!
I have jaft glanced an eye over the address of the
Pennsylvania creditors, proposed for further
consideration, in order to petition Congress. I
am not ripe in opinion to form any conjectures
what effedt it may produce ; or what attention
ought to be paid to it. The funding system was
not formed agreeable to my ideas of juflice,
but it may be dangerous to alter it : It require*
much greater wisdom to mend a bad fyllem,
than to make a good one."
One great objeift of the Conflitntion in provi
ding for a national militia in the United States,
most undoubtedly was, to preserve some propor
tional equality in the strength of the several parts
of the Union—but except a supervising power
should be exercised by the general government,
it is evident that particular states may, and will
make such regulations in their militia, as will
create in those ltates the most attentive a force,
that may be paramount to that of their neigh
bours ; and an agreement of several states in
such apian ofdifcipline, would produce ajmilitary
power that would give law to the Uuion. This
power ex ifts in the refpedlive ftates,till it (hall be
aflumed by Congress agreeable to the con
stitution. Experience has proved, • that left at
large in the hands of the several states, a rival
military spirit has been generated, which has
produced the greatest difp.irity between the mi-
litia of different states—a division of the power
to regulate the militia, reduces the defence of
the United States to a nullity—What will be the
confequencefThe general government is left with
out a relource in any emergency, except in a
standing army ; so that the result is this—Whether
the general governmentihall so arrange the mi-
litia as to have a force of this description, at its
command, or whether it muftr have recourfeto a
standing army ? for a government without the
sword as well as the purse, is but the ikeleton of
a government.
By the report of a committee of the Legifiature of Maryland on
the Airumption of the State Debts, it is recommended to the State
Creditor* to lubferibe to the Loan of the United States, and the
State to make up the deficiency on the 6 per cent, interest, which
will be occasioned thereby.
APPOINTMENTS,
ThePrefident of the United States by and with the advice and
content of the Senate, has been pleased make the following ap
pointments :
Woodbury Langdon of the State of New-HampQiire, to be
one of the Commifiioners for fettling the accounts between the
United States and individual States, in place of John Taylor Gil
man, who has resigned his appointment.
And William Gardiner, Commiflioner of Loans in the
State of Ncw-Hampfhire, in place of Nathaniel Gilman who
has declined his appointment. w'
(£3" " A Friend to Commerce '* in our next.
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