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' { 'HE TRAVELS of AMACHARSIS the
YOUNGER,in GREECE, during the middle of the
I" mrth Century before the Christian ./Era.
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GON V G RES S.
ttOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES..
Monday, March 15.
Debate on Mr. LtvingdUti'* resolution continued.
Mr. Page's Speech—conclude!
The judges may decide on caies aiifing under
treaties made according to the conttiffclion, &.Con
grefs may and ought to pass laws to carry into effect
all fucti treaties, provided they are not iciconfittent
with the general welfare, for which it is their con
ftitutional du'y to provide, and which is not cor.
ftded to the President and Senate by >hc conftituti
on, nor can be eutruded to them aloi.t by {Ik peo
ple upon any principle which has eyer had weight
in the formation of a republican government. If
it btfaidj, that this coiiftruftion of oui 1 crfnlfiaition
will render it difficult to form and ratify treat:fs, it
may be answered that •' the:e may be difficulties
but theie will be no abfnrdities,"—afld when
once those difficulties are removed, there will be
no danger of discontent and infra6tion of treaties.
But we are told, lir, that the power given ,to
Congress by the' Caoftitution to regulateconimerre,
cannot extend to that regulation wliiVli d<fpe|ids up
on the will of a foreign nation or and
which can only be regulated by, compact or by
the treaty-making or padliou9 powers. Grantir.g
that litis afiercion be true, which, however may he
denied, as the general belief which I have alluded
to, and on which the exigence of the pr. lent go
vernment was founded, teemed to contradict it—
for it was almolt Universally believed, that aiiadt of
Congress regulating the commerce of the United
States with Great-Britain, as had been ptopnfed to
the farmer Congress, or Congress under the confe
deration, or as proposed to this House 3I January,
1794., and well known bv the name of
ptopofitions, or as proposed by Mr, CJia kf, 7th
April, 1794, would have brought a'oput a more |
advantageous conimtrrcial int'ci cstlrfc *eilb- !
diiett negotiation with the Brilii, I
minilter-—it was thought highly probable that the j
Parliament of Great-Britain would (if any of those
propof:?i<V;s hid been adopted by Congress) have 1
rsfufed to have renewed their adt, "by which the
trade with these United States (as if liiey were
more degraded than Colonics) was legulated by a
King's proclamation—l fay granting however, that
aflertion to be true, how does it prove, or what
other affertiun can prove, that Congrels has not a
right under the express words of the Constitution,
which declares, that it (hall have power to regulate
commerce with foreign nations, to be a paity to
that cempaift, or to have some (hare either pievi
oufly or subsequently in the treaty-making business,
when it reg ;'l es the commerce of the U. S. with
Foreign nations ?
1 may agree that a treaty is neccflaty to cflablifh
a commercial i itercourfe between two nations to
their mutual advantage arH fatikfaftion, but I must
affirm that as that treaty would be a commersiiil re
gulation, and as Congress is expressly empowered
by the constitution to regulate commerce whenever
such treaty (hall be madvi-betweeii the United States
and any other nation, Congress mutt either dirtft
that the negociation be commenced upon conditions
approved, orfan&ion the ratification of such treaty
by some a£t, (hewing that the regulation of com
merce by the treaty was made by the authority of
Congress, in conformity to the constitution.
Besides, fir, if the President and Senate can re
gulate the commerce of the United States with one
nation, they can with all nations, and if they c:in
with all, what nation can there be with whom Con
gress can regulate commerce ? This argument,
therefore, mull fall to the ground. We aie told,
however, that the treaty-making power, from its
nature is competent to all the o'-je&s at least of the
treaty under consideration, and is not to be con
trouled or checked by this House. Let me examine
this sffeition. If this be true, fir, we find, that
although the British king, from whose tyranny we
revolted, cannot force upon his fubjeds, again 11 the
will of their representatives, a treaty, which it is
acknowledged too, he hai a right to make, the
President of the United State"! can by his Procla
mation force tipin the people who are his conflitu
eits, a treat?, which their diredt representatives
wiih to suspend, alter, or annul—Can this pofliblv
be a true conftrotfion of the treaty mak ng power !
Sorely it can not. If it be true, then, can the
PreGdent repeal, as he has by the tteaty, the laws
of Congress, although by the constitution he can
not negative them. He can oblige Congress to
levy taxes ; can withdraw impofl and tonnage from
their reach ; prohibit the exportation of sundry ar
ticles, the produce of the United States, although
the constitution forbids the Senate and Representa
tives conturring to lay the fmalkft duty on the ex
portation of any article ; he can create officesand
annex salaries thereto ; deitroy the tights of this
House ; provuke w^t; in short, he can do any thing ;
but this we are sworn to deny. The absurdity of
that conttruttion must be evident, and the recollec
tion of our oaths to support the constitution, of
which we have been reminded must force us to re
volt at the Thoughts of adopting such a monitrous
conftru&ion of the conttitution. We arc reminded
also of the Prclident's proclamation. I will attend
to it. 1 look upon it a propei notification of the
ratification of the treaty of ?mity with Great-Bii
tain, but it can have no effect on tlie trtaty of
commerce and navigation 'till Ln&ioned by the
votes of congress. The evarmtion of the pills on
our frontiers held by the British, if intended in con
fequettce of the treaty of amity ought to take piace,
or'if in conformity to the treaty of peace ; hut, if
intended as a compliance with conditions annexed
to the treaty of commerce and navigation, good
fault requires that they ought not U" be evacuated
until a final adjufhnrnt of the differences which
/may a rife in the cnurfe of the difculT.oii of the me
rits of that treaty, and this with me is one reason
why 1 wifi) for information from the President re
fpecling the treaty. I confefs too, fir, that I wish
for a full and free conference with the Senate on the
important fnbjed of the treaty.
, "4
I wist alio to know wh t w;>» (he Irrpeiious uc
wffitv vyhich indu ed a n«gugatbh an* it.cat en
of luch a treaty as the one betou* tis, wiikii cas 1
it arjj-les which appear so pernicious, as irom the - '
authority of writers son tWe law of iia'io"s, an in
the eonfeliion of ami mbrr yeilercUy, might be de- ■
clared null and vui-i, and which (treaty) rs dellt
tute of «thcrs which our coiiTluuents hoped an
expe£ted would form an important pait "* ' U
(rejiy. ol
I will now to a few arguments wnu w
thought weighty, at lesff they were applied so eat- bi
nellly to the leprefentaiives frr.m Virginia, as l
they were what are called argumei.ta ad ho minti-. Q
We weie tolJ lir, that' Viic nia had put the fame
conftruftion which they now pdt i for thealTembiy c ]
of that fta'e hid proposed certain amendments hut {j
thtfe aweiidmi nti it fhftuld be reirwmbered were in- t(
te.<«Jed tu r.-move tiie cv.is which the conttrui..o.i p
those gentlemen put on the conflitution ii" a.'opUu
mu!l produce : and would ba uiineceffiiry if that 0
cpr.flru6tiyn.f«r which the Vuginian reprefentativ.s fc
contended should be adopted by Congress. 4
arguments of certain membeis of the general and f (
aivi/ litre Conv-ntion were also retorted on them :
hut, Sir, the gentleman w;;s too much agitated to 0
do (triii't jultice in his recitals, for I thiiik he diJ ft
not recite enough of some passages from the de- q
bates which lit read ; 'lit the opinion! of those gen
tlemen as Hated, only prove, that the conflitution 0
bas ambiguities, but can never prove that it be- v
comes this house to explain rhem so as to put it into j
the power of the PiefiUent and Senate, as it was
well remarked by the member from Pennsylvania, t
to legifiate by alii fiance of any foreign power with
out the aid of the h'oule ol representatives, and
reduce the reprefeutotives to a mere committee of f
wayj and means. We were asked fir, with great
vehemence by a member from MafTachufetts why
there had been no objection to any treaty which ,
had been made'till no v. He enumerated I think j
feveial pations with whom treaties had been made, .
and demanded why we objedted ag'aiiift the treaty |
with G.cat Biitain alone ? 1 reply to this, Sit ,that j ,
oljecf ions were made by Congress even to the trea- (
-Iv —i' ■» -j- 1 j r n'inili it'icli poltrtcai iaivai3bn \ j
"oepeixTed, and Iwo a: tioles were altered [that com- i |
plaints have been made againlt several Indian tiea- j j
iiv.s; that however, if no obji&ions had ever been 1
made to any before?, it might be said to be high j
time for us to make a ltand to examine into, and .
check a little the expensive business of trea'y-ma
king ; and it may be allied in reply to the gentle- ;
man, what other treaty except that with Great \
liiitain ever lepealed a£is of Congress; prohibited
the exportation of the valuable commodities of
the ttaies, and at the fame li > e obliged lis to a- |
bandon our claim to the lights of neutrality, and |
to acquicfcc in an avowed attempted to deflroy our j
fiiendsand only f.ifw allies? The gentleman will j
i 1 pardon me when I f.ty he fhotild not havs alked
I fucil quell ions.
I will not on aqucflion wiuch involves perhsps
1 the fate of the United Siates as well as the politi
, cal existence of this house, fay any thing to pro
l Vok« warmth. I will refrain therefore from fay
ing any thing refpetling the attempts whbh have
i been made both within and without the doors of
r this house, to deter members from opposing the
3 treaty, and will not now repeat the harsh enpref
t fion» which have escaped fr«tn some members in the
5 eourfe of debate, but contend for, and will use
r the right of freedom of speech, reminding the
committee however, that freedom of debate should
f always be regulated by a sense of propriety and de
cency, and that a difference o'f opinion on quef
. tions which mult be decided by voting, cannot re
e quire pifiionate debate.
, j Fom what I have said, 1 think I have proved,
_ that 1 may vote for the icfolution before the com
t mittee not only without iufnlting the Prefident,but
as paying all the refpefk to him which can be due
s to the Prefirfent from an independent branch of
e the legiilattire, the.direst representatives of his con
ttituents ; that I may vote for it, as a conltitution
c al right of this house, when it may wilh for ißfor
t mation from the President refpetiing the Hate of the
e union; that I may vote for it, not only as ufeful,
e but as iieceflary to know the true meaning and in
;s tention of certain articles in the treaty, whether it
g mav bp propei to direct any impeachment or not.—
[. I think I have also proved that Congress has a con
1. ftitutional right to par/it ipate in the ratification of a
■ s treaty of commerce if luch treaty can be called a
v regulation of commerce, and I think it has bees
'| amply proved by other members that whenever
; money is neceflary to >-arry any treaty into effedt,
-s this house has a eonlliuitipnal authority to deliber
ate on the proprieiy of granting it ; to call for in
-0 formation refpedting that propriety, and to with
m hold a gra"t of money if it (howld be found unne
r. cefiary ot improper, and this has been demonstrated
b not only from exprels wbrds in the con(titution,but
a . from the nature of the cafe, and the practice 1*
x . France and England, nations which have been fup
,j posed far less independent of their executive than
ils the United States ; and it has alio been evidently
: ; proved by Hating the mifchiefs and absurdities
of which must reuilt from a contr.iry fuppolition.—
c . For these leafons and others which I have not time
0 f to mention, I shall vote fur the resolution before the
Committee.
[Debate to be continue^.}
* VaTEL, book id, chip, xxii.p.29B.—A Treaty
is ralid, if there be no fault in the manner in which it
was concluded, and for this purpose nothing more can
be required thin » fvffirient power in the controlling
parties, and their mutual conlent fujficient/j declared.
A Treaty pernicious to the State is null, and not
obligatory.
No conductor of the nation having power to make
inch Treaties.
1 he nation itfelf cannot enter into engagements con
trary to its mJifpenfable obligations.
In the year 1506, the States-General of the kingdom
of France, aflerabled at Tours, engaged Lou it XJI.
to break the Tueaty'he l.ad coiiciinicii with the Em
peror Maximilian', and the Arch-Duke Philip his
foil ; btcaule that Treaty was pernicious to the king
dom. They found (hit neither the Treaty nor the
oath that had accompanied it, could oblige the king to
alienate the dominions of the crown. For the i'ame
reason, a want'of po'«er, 4 Treaty is shfoTauty mum.
Tocfday, A ptil 5.
Tie bill providing for the sale of the lands of
the United States North Wf.lt of the Di'l9, and
Sou,!, of Kentucky river, was further confided
in C inmitte of the whole, and finally patted to be
engrofledfor a third reading to-moriow.
Wednesday, April 6.
Theengrofled bill providing for the sal« of the
Wnited States' lands in the Territory North Wtft
of the River Ohio and South of Kentucky nvir,
was read the third time, the blauks filled up and the
A* message was received from the Senate by Mr.
Otis their Secretary, informing the house that ttu t
have pasTed a bill to regulate the compeufat.on of
clerks, in which they request the concurrence of
the heufe. This bill was twice read and committed
to thecommittca 011 tke petition of NatUaniel Ay.
A report was read from the Committee of Claims
on the petion of Arther St. Clair praying comj>en
fation for sundry horles killed in the attion of the
4 th November, 1791. This report contains a re
foluiton making a general provifiuu foa lndeir.ni.y.
ing officers whose duty requires that they (hould be
on horse ba k in time o'f attion, in safe tlieirhorfeg
(hould be killed. This report was referred to the
Committee of the whole.
A bill making provilion for the paoment in part
of the debt due to the bank of the United States,
was twice read and committed for Monday next.
Interim tobe printed.
The petition of Alexander Fowler was refered to
the Committee ot Claims.
The petition of Dempfey Bwgefs was read,
playing ths renewal of fundiy loft certificates; re
fered to the Committee of Claims.
Mr. Kitchell had leave of absence for one week.
Mr. New reported from the Committee of en
rolment that they had laid before the Preidtwf -W
his approbation the a& to authorize the hnikli .g
a light house on Baker's Island in Mafia, huietts.
The order of the day on the Prefidem?s m-[Ta s e
\ of the 30th March, being called lor, Mr. JSitiil i
| U
"1 guilty of very great neglige,» eof duty totitis t on
flituentl if he did not oppoie the motion fur going
I into a committee of the whole on the Prcfidci.t'b
; mefTage. # .
| He said he wished the house to go into a cammit
• tee of the whole on the fla.e'of the Unk.-n. It p.p.
pearcd to him very ntceffa>y to go into a commit
i tee of the whole on that fuhjeft, and perfectly un
■ necessary to take up time in difcufiirig the im-flage
of the President. It was well known that tlie ill
of June was the time fixed for the British to give
] up the Wcftern Posts. It was also well known that
! many ge.:tiemen in that house had declared that
' j the treaty lately concluded ivith Great Britain, was
' i not obligatory on the nation, was not obligatory on
that house, until! it had received their fanclion. If
this opinion was juil, he apprehended the British
' were not bound to give up the polls until that house
' had declared the treaty binding. He was one of
' those who believed this opinion incurred ; he be
lieved that house had no participating power i:i
: making treaties; but there was no man who would
fay, they had not the phylical power to break the
: treaty ; and, after what had taken place in that
house, may it not be eonceived the British will re
r fufe to give up the polls before the taeaty had been
E a died upon by them. If this was likely to be the
e cafe, they had no time to lose. It was then the
6th of April; it would take a month to transmit
" the ratification to the necefTary place, and there
" would rcm:>in only 23 or 24 days for the bufmefs to
" pass thro' both U&of.-s, This, it would be allowed,
was a short period, and what, said he, may be the
> event of delaving the conlideration so long, as that
" the British will not deliver up the polls at the time
1 appointed ? Thiseould not be determined; but of
e this much he was certain, nations were judges in
' their own mule. As long as each nation kept ex
" aftly the line marked put, there could be no ex ;ufe
" for a breach in the other party ; but, as soon as
" one or the other is guilty of a breach of contract,
e i!,e conlequences cannot be forefeen.
'» The two nations being judges in their own cause,
" it may be expedted they wiil judge like parties. It
1 was out of his power to fay what might be the
~ event ; but it might involve the two nations in f*.
" rious difficulties. He did not fay the British would
8 refufeto give up the posts ; i.r, if they did that dif
a ficulties would ensue. But it was in thtir power
8 to prevent the poffibiiity of mifi hicf, provided they
:r went immediately into the bufmefs. And why thould
icy not do this ? Of what importance was
iuo a committee of tie whole on the truiT ge of
he President ? Was there included ill it any pro
position of great national advantage ? Did they ex
pert to get the papers by it ? Nu. They expefhd
to enter their rtafona on the Journals for calling
for tli<i papers. Let them do what th;y plcafed,
no material national advantage was connected with
the queflion. And if there was, it was not ntcef
fary to go into the consideration now. If tiiey
wanted to enter into a negocia'ion wish the Presi
dent on the fubjeft, or declare the sens» of ihe con
ftilution, they might do i: the next fcfiion as well
a$ this.
But the difcuflion of the mefTage at all, hs tho't,
would be attended with fcrious confluences. They
had been told, on a former occafiuri, that the i'enli
bility of the countiy had been excited by the trea
ty ; that sensibility, he tcared, had, in funic degree,
made it 3 way into that hotife, and it was that in his
opinion, which had caused the present motion. He
(aid ihis, becaute he could not (lift-over any benefit
to be dtrired from the proposed -dtfeuffjon ; tit be
lieved it would on|y serve to add fuel to a {fame
which it would be well to extinguish. Kc thought
a business in which the public inSrrelt was concern
ed, fliould firii claim their attention-; and as theie
were vety ftronp reafonstaking up the bnfinefft
relative to the fbve of the Union, he hoped they
would negative the motion btfore them, and take
up the other.
After a few oh, r crv; (i6ns ffom Mr. Giles i'd favor
of trcing into t'.e toi Miration of the Piefident'*
message, Mr. Sc-Vwi U Wuved iliat the qucftien
ilhould be taken by yets and nays. His motive was
that the refpoMibihty for the confeqoences of the
t mcaUire (hould be tistd on the proper perfoyk