principal at the time of fublcription, bearing an
interelt payable quarterly at the rate or" three
per cent, per annum, UHtil the principal iuui or
the laid ilock : : iall be .redeemed."
Id fopport of" this motion, >lr. Mercer spoke
aear an hour.
Mr. Madison, in lieu of the proposed amend
raent, offered the following: *
" Provided, That, instead of the terms con
rained in the a«ft making provision tor the public
debt of the United States, the fuhferibers {halli e
ceive certificates tor the joint amount of t tie prin
cipal and arrears of iuteretl fubfoibed ; whicli
certificates (hall bear an imereft equivalent toilie
terms contained in the laid act."
The fabje<st was warmly debated (ill the ofu.il
boor of adjournmeut, when the committee lose
and reported progress
II" o -
Mr. I. Smith, from the committee for enrolled
aills, reported that the coniuiitiee had waited on
ihe Prefideot of the United States, and preferred
to hitn, for bis approbation, the " bill eitablifli
inga mint, and regulating the cuius of the L ulled
icatts."
Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee appointed,
reported a bill in couformity to the refoiutions
adopted on Monday last, respecting the Ohio
Company. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, March 29.
The bill reported yeiterday pui fuant to the re
solutions 011 the memorial ot the directors ofthe
Ohio Company , was read the firlt and second time,
and committed to a cotuaiittee of the whole House
on Monday next.
The committee to whom was referred the re
port of the Attorney General uu the petition of
Andrew Jackson. reported that it would not be
expedient to grant the prayer of said petition.
A report of the Secretary of the Treasury on
the memorial of William smith of Baltimore,
orefpecting certain Loan-Office certificates was
read and laid on the table.
Mr. Vining from the committee to whom was
referred fondry memorials of the Truitees of
Several seminaries of learning jvaying compen
sation for loiles ai>d injuries fuilained during the
3ate war, brought in a report which was read
and laid on the table. After reading and refer
ring sundry petitions—the House relolved itfelf
into a committee of the whole on the report of
the Secretary of the Treafurv, on the public
debt—a proportion whichwasdebated ycfterday
being withdrawn,
Mr. Giles prop: V 3 a c!as<~e to be added to the
firft propo£.ic>L, _finoc by Mr. Fuzlimons, the
objett of wcics preclude the admiiQon of
the irredeec.we p : ie in the debt hereafter
to be fubfcr.:.rd to .Lt .in of the United States.
Tbic mocioß after a leagthy debate, was uega
#r«d—33 to 35.
The £ ft 31.1 second proposition were then fe
derally pot and agreed to.
The third proportion being read, Mr. Key
moved that it Ihoald be struck out—(his was fuc
ceedtd by a motion to amend it, by inferring, a:
their Itquidated value, after the words United Slates,
this was agreed to. Another motion of amend
ment was made and negatived—and then a mo
tion for the committee to rife and report pro
gress, being carried, a decision on the proposition
as amended, was prevented.
The committee on enrolled bills reported, as
duly enrolled, a bill for finishing the light-honfe
on Bald-Head, Cape-Fear River, and the Speaker
iigued the fame. Adjourned.
nUDAY, ItMci jo.
Mr. fmktr at dt«p—imi w whw »« nfciiri the repon
apnvkMfh i»a fepe*«wlwfcwas«ad w* bid on ike table.
, TWtryil b»iwgjir in Mr. Vj—g icfpe&ag the
IYrlM««u— ftniliw;, 111 mm 1 ilri■ mr rnfiiln u ipccd
»1 iiwinn ipfii«iriitycfwtnditfnmML Sc*c.
nl pcotwa* wae read and rcforaA,
IrcDraiaeejf (kc»We« «he report of the Sccmuy of
wTn«fanra*ikcfaHi(Ui. Mr. fcacy w the Chair.
Thcthnd pmfobini wa* litrmncwWMiiM aw aaesd
ncat n> propofod by Inkuf oml «bc Ml ikefc words.
* wkhooc ofehgrd to tJrihiogr thsir crnjhcJtr*," tb» *-
tie«J«cfcoo bcu»jp«* m
«hepupofirioa,that wa*»Moargatived—*4 iocs.
TWyii ymp»faloo bciag read, the word •* September" w»
a ; W die n*r*in« 00 the prupefcioo with ihebbofc. be
ing p«t «aoifitdi«iW itfKuc.
~ Tbtftt 1 ayfcti— a &«*» aOumioe •»
(ho* read ; fc)inji>u an Mrmtk of Mr- K«|,
}t*rjUad wn iatoiM. . ,
lit frtjifl was ik« drbmirf tia afcgj o'clock, the cwimr
itfiafcuttwn dcntM,ai rrp»»Jed (xopA
A wfn? ww rccrnrcd liom ibcinmt by Mr.fcatory Out,
>«h*e Militia hill pjflfd the Strtt with ifHumi
The canmua of asroikd btll*, iqnfUil that they had >hi*
day laid before the PitXitUnt of ik Uaiud State*, (or hi* appro
faWtaa, aad the bill Cor fim&mg ihe.Ligbt-Hoofc as Bald-Had,
vAtaoikaf Cifc-futma.
REPUBLICAN governments cost infinitely left
than monarchies—and yet the expence ot the
former is always a copious fubje<st of complaint.
It is well worthy of consideration how far a
repining fault-finding spirit at the slowness of
proceedings in the deliberative public bodies of
tree States may tend to the injury and final de
ttruJiion of a rcpublicau government.
rill to-morrow.
REMARK.
MuM THE
* V MA. r. FRtN £A I
WE were arvifed upon t-e commencement of the present
government, that the Vice-Pre&dcnt had adopted a rule of
coiuiu& lor bimfelf, in the of the duties of bis ortice.
defeiving t,>e it anon ne h is. and me natuie of the trutt re
posed in htm l y tbe public. Tlut iu cafe* where the Senate
t.-iou d be equally divided.upon a bill which had palfed tneHeul'e
ot Reprefenta: v j, he would vote tor tne biU. This deter mma
t- >n was thought wife and just, bec«<ufe upon the permanent icale
of the government it would be eqnal, one while favorable to one
r'erelt, and a'-.o?her to tv. - ->ther. And the peculiarity of his
rike, hein»; the i rvant ot the union, suggested the neceilry ot
me ruic, ior other wife his feelings might occauonai.v bus his
judgment, and in the corfl.il of contending iatercib, m >ke him
" 'generate m*o the representative of lome ttatc, aud thus cveu.u
a. \ become the mere creature of a party.
The pubhc would be gr*rfied by information from that ho
: arable gentleman, whether such rule was ever adopted; and if
so, uoon what principle he juilifics us violation, on the repreien
»a:ton bill; tor by the the Senate which have been
p»:hhfhed, it arpcars thjt upon leveral diviGoos 00 that intereffiug
qoeftton, he nvaiiablv departed from it, voting upon all occalions
a»ainft the Houfeot Reprelematives. As 'us of irrportance that
:he ccrnucf of an officer :n this high ftauoo, lbould appear irre
pro>chab:e before the public, it i> hoped such explanation may
be given, as will faiisty even the raoit fcrupuious, of the purity o:
hts motives.
\\ niMcvcr obj<r£tions may have been heretofore entertained
hts ponocal pnncipks, vet none have been urged agaiaft
ns mo a!s. The public have therefore lolaced thexnfelves under
the beJief, that although he might in the fcivor of bis heart wilh
a government ot a different from that which binds tOj*e
*••*»• in the bonds of peace, the freemen of America, he would
r.otvruh:i.?ndir£ faithfully execute the portion v.:.icq had Dtcn
allotted him, ot the duties of the preienc one.
Philadelphia, March 31.
A lo>n of three millions of guilders for account of the United
Slates, has occu ejected at four per cent, inierett, in ihe cuy of
Amitcrdam.
A treaty of commerce has been concluded between the Turks
and ihe kingdom ot Poland, in which the Polanders are al.owcd
ihe free navigation ot the Black Sea.
The French frieate, La Mofelie, lhat arrived hereon Friday lad
con mardca by Cap.. Ferrarie, Lieutenant in ihe navy of France
left the Cape the 6 ( .h of March. Six thousand troops had then
a< r:ved,l)ut these were judged inefficient to recover the island
fpeedili. The national civil coramiffioners had lent an urgent
demand to France for fourteen thousand moie, which, in addition
to tbe 6co© already arrived, it was thought would oe fully (u ra
cier! t to reduce ihe rcvohcrs to inftdnt lubmiflion.
Farther Ext'cZs cf a letter from Columbia, dated Feb. 14 *
" Commandant Wilkinfon beingappointed Lieuienaut-Coionel
to the fccond Un.ted States regiment, about the rnicaie of Janu
ary, the firing of cannon, at Fort-Walhington, announced io ihe
inhabitants bis arrival. His appointment as Lieuienaut-Colonei,
gave him the command of the Federal Trooos.
'■ Our winter has uncommonly severe ; we have had snow
on the ground upwards of fix weeks, mcft of the time 18 or 20
inches deep, and the 1 iver Ohio being do fed, the ice at Cincinnati,
lor near a fortnight, afforoed a bridge to the Kcntuckey Ihore.
Lieut. Col. Wilkinfan, perhaps concluding business would be 10
be cone early in the fpnng, improved the advantage of the snow
to transport forage for the cavalry to Fort-Jelferfon, and engaged
all the teams and sleds tnat could be procured in the different fet
tlemfr.ts ; and having ceternvned upon an imm; d:ate enterprize,
addreired himfeif to the militia at the different fettiements in the
Kon. Judge Symmes' Purchase ; and on the 20th uit. vilited Co
lumbia, where he met the militia at Capt. Gano's; he made his
2opearance in an old hunting frock—he them very
feelingly, telling them he had tome thoughts, it it Ibould be found
pra&icable, of viiiting one of the Indian towns; and noted to
them the expediency and neceffitv of bringing the canoon from
the place of tbe fatal defeat of the 4th November last, as there was
a probability that, uniefs that were done, they might be brought
againtt us the approaching campaign ; and dwell a little upon the
melancholy theme ot their countrymen lying in the field of battle,
calling noon them for the rights of sepulchre. Theie nin s were
fufficient—they rtruck the fouls of the ioiid boys."
* By m fiake dated the 4tk 1* our lajt.
Extracl of a letter from Ecjlcm, March 17.
" I 3m not much more pleased with the pro J rejs of Congrets
this fcfiioa, than with the laic expedition. The tr ding and waftc
of lime in unimportant bills, has been intolerable I wifli ihe
scribblers againtl good charaELcrs were employed in fpurr ng their
delays, and the longftecchifiers. Bat Congress conduci like other
national Governments; and the world is, and will continue 10 be
like the old zuoHd—nor listen to the voice of wisdom, till "the
waters of the flood come and drown them." 1 don't find one
member crvmg aloud against this waste of public time and cxpencc.
I wonder Come don't do 't for the fake of popularity."
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.
" Government depends on opinion.lt is happy for man
kind, lhat in proportion as the people have been enlightened and
civilized, their opinioo has always been in favor o! government.
Liberty, ?ena*ne eqnal liberty, has no other retreat now left,
but in the arms of government — governmeui founded on the prin
ciples of iuftice and right.
Liberty ha« been repeatedly tempted to take refuge In anarchy ;
hot this has aimoft always, in the iOue, bound her in the chains
of despotism.
Un J er the Romans, Liberty tried AriJiocracy—which artfully
stripped her of all her charms, and left her nothing but a name.
In the time of the r volution Ihe tried Democracy ; but Cromwell
r ole the hearts of the people—he dubbrd the Pat hament-Houfe a
den of thieves, and accordingly turned the members our, and
locked up ihe doors. Liberty has now taken up hei residence in
• e Uo-ted States, under our happy Republican Government—this
we ray pronounce is ber Jafl retreat. The people are in a state
of probation ; if we are wife ?o secure the privileges we en : t oy,
by {■. sporting the fabric we have r*ifed, Liberty will refic/ in
t\t 1 highly favoied lane, 'ill the final consolidation of all govern
ment in the divine—but if we (hould be so unwise asto fuffcr the
*-c sice to be defaced by th*- untcmpered dauoings of pretended.
' ■it ignorant arcbiic&t, we (hall rue our lolly when it will be too
IMC.
Tk erf is m mtnkmd m almofl oatverfs! propensity to cgotifm—
to this l««fcc we may iracc the variety of systems which aift is
philofepby lod po|itict; aod if it went no further, it
be from thisaifo proceeds the (pint ot in
tolerance and fofa of the liberty of ipeecb, and
the freedom of the~prd».
What property at * pctfo* he (aid 10 his pofleffiom,
ifhe ciasot retff* (iMi ii fecurtty, with then at ploftne ?
Of what advantage to the w»t Id, or «o hnfllelf, is a prtfou'iihcn
(al stock, U be caossoi jflipsrtbb ideas wnhfjecdoin ?
387
XATIOXAL GAZETTE,
VALERIUS.
Tnere i« a peifecurion of opinion extant at the present day
which is fee ret ly undermining the firft principles of civil liberty'
and if coutinued, will preclude all mor«l aud political improve*
liienr. r
We frequently hear of tc political heresies" now a days let
t >c it>odarri of political orthodoxy De once reared, and von (hail
loon hrar po -ileal anathemas thundering rooi do meal co&ors.
" ot hmk what they plrafe. and to speak ti*c!- fcotim nts,"
is the unalienable right of free Ameri- ass, for the juii cacrcife of
which they are amrnab.r only »o the laws —and be that s
the cry of •• mad cn;" only, to foi:d
o: checking free difauilition, :s a tyrant iu gr«;u,
Justice is the hrigh'dl luminry :n th' cooftellaiion of republi
can virtues—The influence of rhi? divine pnnctpie leads the
Tr.rnds of genuine freedom to treat at. mankind a* members of
one common family.
IK SENATE OF THE UMTLD STATES,
MONDAY, MAKCH 26.
The following Resolution wa» moved
RESOLVED, That it be a ltanding rule. :hat tht d x>»s of she
Senate Cr.amber remain open whiift the Senate thu.i be iiiting in
their leg fiitive capacity, except oo Inch occaiimis as, ia tneir
judgment, may require secrecy ; and that this rule Ihall commence
and be in on the firli dav of th** next fcffioa ot Congrels.
It Difled in the negative—Yeas 8, Nays j 7.
The Yea j and Navs being required by one fitih of the Senators
present, thole who voted in the affirmative, are,
M ifri. fiutier, Carioll, Foi ter, Hawkins, j jnufton, King, Lee,
and Monroe.
TSofc who voted in the negative, are,
Meff'S. BaiTet-, Bradley. Cabot, Dickmfon, Ellfworth, Few,
Gunn, Henry, liard, Langdon, Read, KoDinfon, Rutncriura,
Snerraan, Stanton, Strong, and Wsn^ate.
£T In our last it was fa:d that the majority on the above
confilled ot fraxtccn. Taking it lor granted inat the
cxcefs a!o«e conlt-.tutes the majority, that ftalcineut v»as erroneous
—lue majority beui£ only 9.
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