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A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNQ, No. 34, NORTH FIFTH S / KF.F. i, PHILADELPHIA.
[No. 94 of Vol. IV.]
LAW OF THE UNION.
SECOND
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
AT THE SECOND SESSION,
Begun and held at the of Philadelphia,
in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday
the fift;h of November, onethoufond
seven hundred and ninety*two.
AN ACT making Appropriations for
the Support of Government for
the Year one thousand (even hun
dred and ninety-three.
by the Serrate owi
Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress Alfembled, That for
the fervicc of the year one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-three, the e be appropri
ated a sum of money, not exceeding one mil
lion five hundred and eighty-nine thoofatidj
and forty-four dollars, and ieventy-two cents;
that is to fay :
For the compensations granted by law to
the President and Vice-Prelident of the Uni
ted States, thirty thousand dollars : For the
like com pen fatfons to the members of the Se
nate and Houie of Representatives, the r offi
cers and attendants, estimated for a felfion of
fix months continuance, one hundred and for
ty-three thousand, five hundred and ninety-one
dollars : For the salaries of the door-keepers
and afllftant door keepers, of the Senate and
Iloufe of Representatives under the ast fbr
their compenfation,*pafled the 12th of April,
one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two,
one thousand two hundred and thirty-three
dollars, and lixry,eight cents: For the expen
ses of firewood, Stationary, printing work,
and all other contingent expences of the two
Houses of Congress, nine thousand five hun
dred and fifty-two dollars : For making good
a deficiency in the appropriation, in the year
one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two,
for contingent expenses in the office of the
Clerk of the House of ?».eprefentatives, five
hundred and seventy-eight dollars t For the
Compensations granted by law, to the chief
justice, associate judges, diftrift judges, and
the attorney-general, forty three thousand
two hundred dollars : For the additional sa
lary of the attorney-general, by the ast of the
eighth of May, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-two,two hundred and sixty dollars,
and eighty-two cenfs : For defraying the ex
pense of clerks of courts, jurors and witnefles,
in aid of the fund arising from fines, forfei
tures and penalties, twelve thousand dollars :
For defraying the expences of profecufcions
for oJ nccs against the United States, and for
the fate keeping of prisoners, four thousand
dollars : For compensation to the Secretary
<>f the Treafory, clerks and persons employed
ip his office, eight thousand three hundred
and fifty dollars : For salary of the two prin
cipal clerks to the Secretary of the Treasury,
from the eighth of May to the thirty-firfl of
December, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-two, one thousand and forty three
dollars and twenty-eight cents : For expenle
of ftationarv, printing, and all other contin
gent experces in the office of the Secretary of
the Treasury, five hund:ed dollars : For com
pensation to the comptroller of the Treasury,
clerks and persons employed in his office, nine
thousand four hundred &nd fifty dollars : For
the encreafed salary of the Comptroller from
the eighth of May to the thirty-fiift of De
cember, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-two, two hundred and sixty dollars
and eighty-two cents : For expense of fta
tionarv, printing, and all other contingent ex
penses in the comptroller's office, fix hundred
dollars: For compensation to the auditor of
the Treasury, clerks and persons empioyed in
his officc, ten thou fat d four hundred and fif
ty dollars: For the encreafed salary of the
auditor,from the eighth of May to the thirty
firft of December, one thoufond seven hun
dred and ninety-two, two hundred and sixty
dollars, and eighty-two cent*: For expenle
of ftatittaa; y, printing, and other contingent
expenses, in the auditor's office, fix hundred
dollars : For compensation to the register of
the Treafuvy, clerks and persons employed in
his office, eightern thousand fix hundred dol
lars : For the encreafed salary of the register
of the Treasury, from the eighth of May, to
the thirty firfl of December, one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-two, three hundred
and tweuty-tix dollars and three cents, and
for miikiug good the deficiency in the appro
priation of one thousand (even hundred and
ninety-two, one hundred dollars j making, in
the whole, four hundred and twenty-fix do!-
Wednesday* April 24, 1755.
lars aacl three cents : For expenses of ila*
tionary, printing, and other contingent ex
pen in the remitter's office, two thousand
dollars : For compensation to the Tre a fur er,
clerks and perfdns employed in his office,, four
thpufand one hundred dollars : For the en
creafed salary of the Treasurer, from the
eighth of May, to the thirty-nrft of December,
one thousand fe veil hundred and ninety-two,
and for maki6g good a deficieiicy in the ap
propriation of the year one tnoufand seven
hundred and ninety-two, for clerks in that
office, five hundred and thirty dollars and six
ty-eight cents : For expense of firewood, sta
tionary, printing ahd other contingencies in
the trea urer's office, four hundred and fifty
dollars : For compensation to the commiiiion
er of the revenue, clerks and persons employ
ed in his office, four thousand. ope hundred
dollars : For the salary of the commissioner
of the revenue, cleiks and perftuis employed
in that office, from the eftabJifhment thereof,
to the of December, one thousand
seven hundred and ninety two, including al
so contingent expenses to the fame time, tvto
thonfand eigne liuudred and fevemy-three
dollars and forty-fix cents : fj»r the exppnfe
of llationnryV printing and other ronv.ng« nt
experices in the office of the commilfioner,
three hundred dollars : To make good the
deficiency in the appropriation of t!>e year
one thonfand seven hundred and ninety-two
for the contingent expenses of the treafury
departinent, two thousand four hundred dol
lars : For the payment of rent for the several
houses employed in the treasury department,
one thousand four hundred and eighty-nine
dollars and ninety-nine cents : For wood and
candles in the several offices in the treasury
department (except the treasurer's office) one
thousand two hundred dollars : For compen
fatiors to the several loan officers, thirteen
thousand, two hundred and fifty dollai s : For
defraying the expences of flatioiiary, and for
hire of decks in the offices of the several com
missioners of loans, to the firll of March, one
th< ufand seven hundred and ninety-three, au
thorized by the ast of the eighth of May, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, thir
ty-two thousand seven hundied, and twenty
nine dollars. *nd uimjty-five * t"o make
good deficiencies in former appropriations, for
similar cxpenfes-, one thousand fix hundred
and fifty dollars : For compensation to the
Secretary of State, clerks and other persons
employed in his office, fix thousand three hun
dred dollars : For defraying the expense of
the laws of the several States, pub
lishing and distributing the laws of Congress,
and all other expenses in the office of the fe
' cretary of State, one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents :
To make good a deficiency in the appropria
tion of the year one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-two, for the contingent expenses
in this office, ninety-three dollars and thirty
four cents : For compensation to the com
missioners for settlement of the accounts be
tween the United States and the individual
States, clerks and persons employed in their
office, fix thousand fix hundred and fifty dol
lars : For defraying the contingent expenses
of the board of commiflioners, four hundred
and seven dollars : For compenfntions to the
Governors, Secretaries and Judges of the ter
ritory north-weft, and the territory south of
the river Ohio, ten thousand three hundred
dollars : For expenses of flationary, office -
rent, printing patents for lands, and other
contingent expenses in both the said territo
ries, seven hundred dollars : For the payment
of thepenfions granted to invalids,eighty-two
thousand, two hundred and forty-five dollars,
and thirty-two cents : For payment of the
annual allowance granted by (->ngrefs to Ba
ron Steuben, two thousand five hundred dol
lars : For payment of sundry penfiotis grant
ed by the late government, two thousand se
ven hundred and fixty-leven dollars, and fc
veuty-three cents : For the maintenance and
repair of light-honfes, beacons, piers, flakes
and buoys, twenty thonfand dollars : For the
farther expenJe of building and equipping ten
cutters, three thousand dollars : For the pur
chase oi hydrometers, for the ule of the offi
cers of the cufloms and infpettors of the re
venue, one thousand five hundred dollars : To
make good the deficiency in the appropriation
of the year one thoufaud seven hundred and
ninety-two, for the purchaie of hydrometers
fix hundred aud ten doliars, and ten cents:
For the payment of such demands, not other
wise provided for, as shall have been duly
allowed by the officers of the treasury, five
thousand one hundred and sixty-nine dollars :
For compensation to the Secretary of War,
clerks and perfonsempioyed in his office, seven
thousand an<f fifty tloiiars : For the cncreaied
salary of the chief clerk in the war depart
ment, from the eighth of May, to the thirty
firlt of December, one thousand seven hun
ered aud ninety-two, one hundred and thirty
dollars and forty-one cents : For expenses of
firewood, ftationarv, printing and other con
tingent expense* in the office oi'the Secretary
of War, fix hundred dollars : For compensa
tion to the accountant to the war-department
and clerks in his office, four thousand two
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'hundred dollars : For salary to the account
ant,' clerks and for contingent expenses in that
office, fom the establishment thereof, to the
thirty-firft of December, one thousand (seven
hundred and ninety-two, one thousand one
hundred and fixty-five dollars and eighty-nine
cents : For contingent expenses in the office
of the accountant to the war department,
three hundred dollars f For payment of four
years rent for the building occupied for offi
ces of the Secretary of War and accountant,
one thoufmd lix hundred and sixty-six dollars,
and sixty-six cents : F° r salaries of the store
keepers at the several arsenals, rent for the
buildings occupied as magazines, for payment
of the laborers, coopers, armorers and other
persons employed in taking care of the ord
nance, arms and military stores, seven thou
sand eight hundred and thirty-five dollars and
thirty-two cents : For. five hundred rifles,
purchased in the year one thoufapd seven hun
dred and ninety-two, fix thousand dollars s
For expense of repairing arms, equipments
of cannon cartridge-boxes, swords and eyery
other article iu the ordnance department, ten
thoufanxl dollars : For defraying the expenses
of the Indian department, fifty thoufmid dol
s i For tbefiay of ttft troops authorized by
law, three hundred ami four thousand, t'hree
hundred and eight dollars : For subsistence,
three hundred and twelve thousand, fiveluin
died and sixty-seven dollars, and seventy five
cents : For forage, tilirty-fonr thousand eight
hundred and fifty-fix dollars : For clothing,
one hundred and twelve thousand dollars :
For equipments for cavalry, five thousand
dollars : For hor/es for cavalry, five thousand
dollars : For hospital department, twenty
mo thousand dollars : For qtiaiter-mafter's
department one hundred thousand dollars :
For maps, hiring exprelfes, allowance to of
ficers for extra expenses, printing, lo'fs of
ttores, advertising, apprehending deserters,
and every other contingent expense in the
war-department, thirty thousand dollars :
for the defenfive protection of the frontiers,
Sfty thousand. dollars : For the payment of
bounties, fifteen thousand two hundred and
forty dollars.
And be it further enacted, That the feve
appropriations herein before made /liill
be paid and discharged out of the funds fol
lowing, to wit :
First—The sura of fix hundred thousand
dollars reserved by the ast making provision
for the debt of the United States.—Secondly.
—The fur-plus which, may remain unexpend
ed, of the monies appropriated for the use of
the war department, in the year one thousand
seven hundred and ninety-two—And, thirdly
—The surplus of the existing revenues of the
United States, to the end of the year, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, ex
cept what may. be othevwife appropriated,
ijuring the present feflion of Congress.
And bp it further enacted, That the Presi
dent of the United States be authorized to
borrow, on account of the said States, any
lum or sums, not exceeding, In the whole
eight hundred thousand dollars, at a rate of
interest not exceeding five per centum, per
annum, and reimbursable at the pleasure of
the United Slates, to lie applied for the pur
poles aforefaid, and to be repaid out of the
said l'urplus of theduries on imports and ton
nage, to the end of the present year, one thou
sand (even hundred and ninety-three : And
that it lhall.be lawful for the bank of the Uni
ted States, to lend the said sum. And the
Prelident of the United States lhall cause so
much of tjie loan, made of the bank of the
United States, pursuant to the eleventh fec
tiou of the act, by which it is incorporated,
to be paid off, in funis not less than fifty
thousand dollars, as, in hit opinion, the state
of the treufury may, from time to time, ad
mit, out of any monies, which may be in the
treasury, having due regard to the exigen
cies of government, and the appropriations
made and to be inade by law.
JONATHAN TRUMBUU., Speaker
oj the Houje si/
JOHN yke-Prefidcnt oj the
United Siatei, and Prcfident of the Senate.
APPROVED FEBRUARY 28, 1793.
ChO. WASHINGTON,
l'refidenl aj the United States.
Fm the GAZETTE oj the UNITKD STATES.
[CONCLUDSD FROM OUR LAST.J
WHILE we exult in the success of reason
and juilice—wh'le we rejoice in the re
cent vi&ory ol energetic principles ovej chime
rical and republican fjmpiicity, it
ii duty so to conlider the past, aa lo pioiit 111
what is 10 come. In this view, I lhal) make
foine obfc» vauons, as what dirtttly flow irom
idte CongrefTiouai occurrences.
1 hope the members ot Cougrefs will now he
taught to be moie cauunus how they alarm their
country, and blame the faith! ul and molt ufetul
fi'ivantt ol the public. We thould all have an
eye on the conduct of pubi c men; and mem
bcis of more than any others, aire
called to this duty : they are ccmintls on she
walls ot the republic, and should immediauly
give notice of approaching danger. But let it
be rcmcmUcicd, thai if (ihu' ik«' mere roiftake).
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they call fri< nns fOcs, arra muk the very
pillais of she tj-»tc as lecirr cori'pi' >rs agamll
it, they may »oon iuvolvc us in anarchy and
ruin.
Again, the pro pie ought ro I alee up no rcpoit*
or iccufanohs as eilablifhed truths. They ought
to immediately examine every iuggeftion «ul de
linquency in iheir fcrvants ; hut till (key airive
at the issue of iliat exaininai ion, they ought rjot
to condemn—not even to fufpeift. One
suppose ihc flaming patriots of Congress knew
from whence have drawn their knowledge
of governmental corruptions —one would sup
pose that before they mfe to atcufe public func
tionaries, they knew of a certainty that their ac
cusations were true. Yet we have icen the con
trary. While therefore we arc carcful to give
full credit and applavife to thofc who, through
youthful ardor, are bold in attacking every ap
pearance of a plot against our liberties —let us
not pi ecipitately join in every hue and ci y against
government, its measures and iis officers ; but
let us examine for ourselves, and when we arc
convinced, then lei us condcmn. Too many
think there is no need of cauuon here; »hcy
think the only danger is, that the people will be
too lupine, will be too indiffeicm to .the dan
gerous rticafuies of their ft rvants. Honce
talk of jealouly, as a tnoft efTencial republican
virtue—Hence loiflc tell me, ihev take a certain
Ga?.ette ; not because they reiifh the abuf" it
teems with, but because it serves as a good pur
gative to the coirupt humours necejjarily giiihr/-
ing, from time to time, in the oody politic.
For my part, I explode tljrfe notions, not only
as infamoufly (illy, but as aflually pernicious to
the public good. Why flbould we make it a
virtue to do that to a public ch.ira&er, y/hich if
done to a private, would make us worthy to be
cropped ? This jealousy, with too many, is but
another name for inj*iflice and abufc. I think
I would help to hunt our of the land every aris
tocrat, every convi&cd enemv to the l>appinrfs
of others. But, for all this, I would not call 4
man one, and pei fecute him as such, be cause he
is in office apd I am out, because he is tich and
J am poor, because his political principles and
mode of promoting the general welfare arc dif
ferent from mine—because I am nobody*) and
he is Secretary of the Treasury.
This conduct, this extravagant jealousy, I pro
nounce pernicious; and, nfmga lalhionable de
mocratic phrase, I denounce it to a difccin iitf
piioltc. Men of grmus. cultivated tatents and
integrity* are men of generous and exquifi'e feel
ings. By that abuse, which too many deem a
virtuous republican jealousy, these chara&ers will
be thrust out ol office, that men may take ih. ir
places, who at gaming tables and brothels have
loft the fear of their Cieator, the Jove of o;hcrs,
and that delicious fenfibilitv yhjch ever arcont
pamcs an upright and a poliflied mind. Hard
ened bv vice, the laiter can bear without emo
tion, that abuse they once so ficcly bellowed on
better men.
Who can eflimate the loss of men, such as
Mr. Hamilton appeaisto be? It is immonfe.
Great capacity, much cultivation, not a mere
Chaotic map of ciimbeffome erudition, but
wholesome fyttrmatic knowledge, almost un
equalled diligence and labour, iound integrity
and diftingnifhed patriotism, are united in him.
Drive, by rash accusations and abuse,
such as he is, Irom the helm, and we fh.ill soon
founacr or be wrecked, amidst those storms, to
which every government is more or less cx«
posed.
The lots of nvn uncommonly qualified in
head and heart, 10 promote the public wcaj, is
not the only ill effect of an uncorretted jealousy
in the pcoplr. It will difpoCe them e er to give
their con6dencc to those that oppose govern
ment, whatever be their principles or their mo
rals. 1 hus the vi 1 ell men will at times be exalt
ed. The people will fofter vipers in their bo
som, who, in return, will fling them to death.
A -variety of contradi&ory measures will be pur
(tied. The government will wan? fyft. m and
liability—it will lose the public confidence, it
will timet*—it may fall. Nay more, such ex.
treme jealousy, pulfiing us, on the one haiui*
to unjutt treatment of men in office—and on the
other, lo the heaping ol applause upon men out
of office, is the frequent forerunner, and with
ourftlves may one day oe the caufc of thi,t mo
narchic or auftocratic tyranny we now so hear
tily execrate. Tho' 1 accustom rayfHf to hope
for the best, tho* I admire Dr. Fia ixim,
and daijy find lite fwecter by looking at the
liandtome leg, yet reason and compel me
to dread, left treacherous and tyrannic Croni-v
wells be fecretiy hidden under our and
Not that 1 there is any
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profpeft of thcii having then heart's wish, u
ail nj> e*tcnf. 1 fear not, that we (hall fee them
or atjciUriy pV nobles; but I fear, I I
their principles <ind mcafurts wili one day iiri
pair that harmony which now pervades the
Union, and that energy in the united govern?
nrtnt, v\hicr>, under a gracious providence, ha*
rescued us fiom ruin, fills us wuh felicity, and
coveis us with honou r .
My pall obfeivauons arc general. I now
close with one more particular. It is, that the
late proceedings m Congress Jhould endear the
Secrciaty ol tlie Treafuiy to every virtuous Ame
rican. He t» one of the brightest j ; weli In Co
lumbia's crown. As a pilla, in the federal
building, he ieems to unite the lolidity ot th;
Done order, ilje delicacy and of ;ti=
lon'c, aud the touching beauty oJ.tr,i? Corin hian.
Here yon fee I inoulgrjnylelf. Not t h,i we are
known to each other—l never was of his ac.
and uever expertt®. be— nor de I