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His f*?ei<rncy having withdrawn, on morion by ge>
n rc' K^x, Ifcanoed by ^ neral Putnam.
kefoLtO, 'Faat rne unanimous thanks of the officers
of rim army be preferred to hi* excellency the com
mander in caief, tor hrcxcMlrat address, and the com
munication he 'as been pieafed to make them ; and
toaf he be affor d that the officers reciprocate his at
1 f^lon^e tx : , Rians, with tue greatest sincerity of
w°icb toe hern.m oeart is capable.
T, e addrrft f,6^ the army to Congress—the report
of the commute” from the army —and the refutations
ot Congr.^ef 2„h J nuary, bring reed:
On a nmbon'oy general Putnam, feeonded by gene-
V c r>at a committee be appointed immediately
to draw up feme ref fictions exprefßve of the bufinrfs
before us, and to report hi half an hour; that this
rommi^ee consist of one general officer, one field offi
c r, and one captain ; and t^at general Knox, colonel
l;r oks and captain Howard, compose the said com
inittee.
Toe report of the committee being brought in, and
fuhy confided, ' 1
Rrfolyed unanimously, That at the commencement
of t^ e pref-nt wr, the officers of the American army
^ng?.ged in t ie service of their country from the pared
love and attachment to the rights and liberties of hu
man nature, which motives Bill exist in the highest
degree; and that no circumflances of difirefs or dan
ger shall ird ce a conduct that may tend to fully
tue reputation and glory which they have acquired,
at tie price of tueir blood and eight years faithful
services.
Refoived unanimoufly,That the army continue to
have an uufa;ken confidence in the justice of Congress
and their country, and are fully convinced that the
reprefentativesof America will not difbind or disperse
t e army until their accounts are liquidated, the ba
lances accurately ascertained, and adequate funds efla
blifhed for payment; and in this arrangement the offi
cers txpe& that the half-pay, er a commutation of it,
Should tie efficaciously comprehended.‘
Resolved unanimously, That his excellency the com
mander in chief be requeued to write to his excellency
the prrfid^t of Congress, earneßly entreating the most
speedy decision of that honourable boy, upon the fub
jeasofour late address, which was forwarded by a com
mittee of the army, some of whom are waiting upon
Congress for the result. In the alternative of peace
or war, this event would be highly fabsfaHory, and
would produce immediate tranquility in the minds of
the army, and prevent any further machinations of
deigning men, to sow di cord between the civil and
military powers of the United States.
On motion,
Resolved unanimously, That the officers of the A
merican army view with abhorrence and reject with
disdain, the infamous proportions contained in a late
anonymous address to the officers of the army, and re
sent with indignation the secret attempts of some un
known performs to collect the officers together, in a
manner totally fubverftve of all difcipliae and good
order.
kcfo ; ved unanimously, That the thanks of the officers
efthe a r my be given to the committee who presented
to Congress the late address of the army, for the wif.
dom and prod nee with which they have conduSed
th^ business; and that a copy of the proceedings of
t is day be transmitted by the president to major pene
rl M'Dougall ; and that he be requeued to continue
bs felicitations at Congress, until the objeds of-his
mi r on are accomplished.
T ne meeting was then dissolved.
HORATIO GATES, Maj. Gen. President.
The follnw'ng ar p the RESOLUTIONS referred to in
te foregoing Address and Recommendations.
In C ONGRESS, September 6, 1780.
✓0 ONGR r S3 took into consideration the report of
j the committee to whom were referred the inftroc
tems of the general a{o mbly of Maryland to their de
legates in Congress, refpefling the.articles of confede
ration, and the declaration therein referred to, the
act of the legislature of New York on the fame sub
j-% and the rernonßrance of the general assembly of
Virginia- ,which report was agreed to, and is in the
uor.s following:
That having duly considered the several matters to
them fubrndt 1, they conceive it unnecessary to exa
mine into the mefis or policy of the inftrudions or
declaration of the feneral assembly of Maryland, or
of the remonstrance cf the general assembly of Virgi
nia, as they involve questions, a difeuffion of which
its declined on mature consideration, when the arti
cles of confederation were debated; nor, in the opini
on of the committee, can such questions be now re
vived with any profpea cf conciliation: that it ap
pears more advifeable to press upon those Rates which
can remove the embarrassments refpeQing the western
country, a liberal surrender of a portion of their ter
ritorial claims, since they cannot be preserved entire
without endangering the Lability of the general confe
deracy; to remind them how indifpenfibly necessary
it is to ehablihi the fcederal union on a fixed and per
manent basis, and on principles acceptable to all its
iTpeHive members; how effectual to public credit and
confidence, to the fnppmt of our army, to the vigor
cf our councils and fucefs of our measures, to our
tranquility at home, and our reputation abroad, to our
prefect fafety and our future prosperity, to our very
cxi Hence as a fre fovercign and independent people:
that they are fully persuaded the wisdom of the re
fpedive legislatures wil le^d them to a full and impar
tial confide ration of a fubjeß so intereßiog to she Uni
ted Status, and so necessary to the happy eftabliihment
of tne fcederal union; that they are confirmed in tne e
expectations by a review of the beforementioned aft
of the legislature of New-York, submitted to their
confederation; that this aft is exprefsiy calculated to
acceler te the feeders! alliance, by removing, as far
as depends on that Bate, the impediment arising from
the weßern country, and for that purpose to yield up
a portion of territorial claim far the general benefit:
whereupon,
Resolved, That copies of the several papers referred
to the committee be transmitted, with a copy of the
report, to the legifl;tures of the federal fiates ; and
that it be earnekly recommended to tnofe Rates,who
have claims to the weße<ncountry, to pass such laws,
and give their delegates in Congress such powers, as
Ri iy effeanaPy remove the oiVy obstacle to a final ra
tification of the articles of confederation ; and that the
legiilwire of Maryland be earueßly requested to ao #
tcorife their delegates in Congress to subscribe the said
articles.
In CONGRESS, October 10, 1780.
CONGRESS resumed the consideration of the report
of tire committee on the motion of the delegates of Vir #
ginia ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That the unappropriated lands that may
be ceded or relinquished to the United States, by any
particular Rates, pursuant to the recommendation of
Congress of the 6th day of September last, shall be dis
posed of for the common benefit of the United States,
and be fettled and formed into diflinH republican
States, which shall become members of the fcederal u
nion, and have the fame rights of sovereignty, freedom
and independence, as the other. Rates: that each Rate
which shall be lo formed,,RiaU contain a suitable ex
tent of territory, not less than one hundred, nor more
than one hundred and fifty ,miles square, or as near
thereto as circumstances will admit : that the necHfa
ry and reafenable expences which any particular Rate
fnall have incurred since the commencement of the pre
fect war, in subduing any Britith posts, or in main
taining forts or garrisons within an d for the defence,
or in acquiring any part of the territory that may be
ceded or relinquished to the United States, shall be re
imbursed:
That the said lands shall be granted and fettled at
such times, and under such regulations a, shall be here
after agreed on by the United States in Cougrefs as
sembled, or any nine or more of them.
By the UNITEDSTATES in CONGRESS
ARembled,
December 16, 1782.
WHEREAS ft is essential to jufbce and to the pre
servation of public credit, that whenever a nation is
obliged by the exigencie of public affairs to contrail
a debt, proper,funds should be eflablifhed, not only
for paying tneannual value or interest of the fame, but
for difeharging the principal within a reasonable peri
od; by which a nation may avoid the evils of an ex
ceffive accumulation of debt; therefore,
Resolved, That whenever the nett produce of any
fun is recommended by Congress, and granted by the
Rates, for funding the debt already contra&ed, or for
procuring future loans for the support of the war, shall
exceed the fun requifi:e for paying the interest of the
whole amount of the national debt which these Rates
may owe at the termination of the prefect war, the
surplus of such grants shall form a finking fund, to be
inviolably appropriated to the payment of the princi
pal of the said debt, and shall on no account be di
verted to any other purpose.
And in order that the several flat's may have pro
per information of the Rate of their finances, it is fur
ther resolved, that as soon as the public debt can be
liquidated, each Rate be annually furoiflied with tue
amount thereof and the interest thereon, and also of
the proceeds and disposition of the funds provided for
the redemption thereof:
Resolved, That the faith of the United States be
pledged for the observance of the foregoing resolution;
and that if any Rate shall think it necessary to make it
a Condition of their grants, the fame will be considered
by Congress as confident witn their resolution of the
3d of February, 1781.
By the UNITED STATES in CONGRESS
Assembled.
February 17, 1783.
WHEREAS by the Bth article of the confederation
and perpetual union, it is agreed and declared, that
all charges of war, and all other expences for the
common defence or general welfare, allowed by the
United States in Congress sffemblea, shall be defray
ed out of a common treasury, which 'fhall be (applied
by the several Rates in proportion to the valu~ of all
land within each state, granted to or surveyed for
any person, as such land and the buildings and im
provements thereon, shall be eflimated according to
such mode as the United States in Congress assembled
shall from time to time direct and apppoint.
Resolved, That the legislature of each Rate be, and
they are hereby required to t^ke such meafur.es as shall
appear to them mod effectual for obtaining a just and
accurate account of the quantity of land in such Rate,
granted to or surveyed for any person, the number of
buildings thereon, dißinguithipg dwelling houses from
other buildings, and the number of its inhabitants,
dißinguifhing white from black: that the legislature
of each Rate he, and they are hereby also required to
cause he said account to be tranfmittel and delivered
to Congress, on or before the rff dy of March, 1784;
and that Congress will, on the 2dday o f March, 1784,
or at there next fi ting thereafter, appoint a' grand
committee, confiding of a member present from each
state, to take into ther consideration the said re
turn, any nine of whom concurring shall make a just
and tr e eftiroate of the value of all toe lands in each
of the United States, granted to or furveyd tor any
person, and of the buildings and improvements thereon,
and Chal report such estimate to Congress, to be tub
jest only to their approbation or rejection. That tne
(aid ehimate, when approved by Congr fs, shall be a
rule for adjuring all accounts between the United
States and the individual Rates ; that is, each Rate
shall be debited for its just quota or proportion on the
principle aforefaid, of the money theretofore adv-meed
or paid, and of the amount in value of the fupphes
furnifed by all the flafes for the ferv ice cf the Unit
ed States, and credited for the money advanced, and
the amount in value of the fupplis furnished by such
Rate for the service of toe United tales. That the
'rid efiimate shall operate for a term not exceeding
five years, as a rule for apportioning on the several
Rates the sums which Congress shall from time to time
deem necessary and require to be raised for supporting
tne public credit and contingent expences ; and that
the money which shall be paid from time to time by
any Rate into the continental treasury, on account
of such quota or apportionment, shall be duly paged
to the credit of such itite on the said accoa nt-
L ONDO N.
April 18. The Clips of admiral Hughes were paid
one dividend of prize money, for the capture of Trin
romale, at Madras, the 10th of October ; the warrant
office rs Glares amounted to 1301. each.
Extract of a letter from Paris, April g>
' 'WeJearn that M. du Chillau is dead of his wounds.
Weexpect every day the arrival of the captains turn
ed out of their (hips for disobedience of orders, and
sent back to France by M. de Suffrein.
" It is assured that tne count de Graffe accuses 26
of his captains, who saw his signals and answered them,
but did not obey them,
<c A requifitorial on the conduct of M. de Tronjoly
proves, that this captain, instead of taking care of the
preservation of the king's domains in India, was busy
in carrying on a traffic for wine, from Conßance or the
Cape. In consequence of this conviction he is struck
off the lift. It is said he wanted to complain, but his
friends advised him to be silent."
The reinforcements for the French and British (quad
rons being all arrived in the Bast-Indies, which they
are expected to have been by the beginning of October,
at fartheft : those under fir Richard Bickerton to join
admiral Hughes at Madras; and those under 1° che
valier Froment, to join le Baillie Suffrein at Trinco
male; the two fleets will be very powerful. The Bri
tish will consist of seventeen fail of the line, including
the Isis, of 50 guns: the French sixteen fail of the line
including le Flamand, and another fllip of fifty guns
each. So that there are very great expectations as
another conflict, no less obflinate and bloody than ei
ther of the two lafl, before any account can be receiv
ed in the Eastern world of a cessation of hostilities hav
ing taken place among all the belligerent powers.
Yesterday afternoon as a barber's apprentice was
looking in at a print-shop window near Temple-Bar, a
chimney-sweeper's boy obfervieg the print of the coa
lition, ioftmtiy clasped him round the neck, and ex
claimed, come, my boy, let you and I have a coalition
of our own.
An honest tradesman in. Cornhili, remarkable for hi?
fidelity snd tender attachment to his wife, having to
his great surprise, caught her in bed with bis appren
tice a few mornings ago, charged her with the profli
gacy of her conduct in the most pointed and fevers
terms: —the woman liflened to him with great corrpo
fure for some time, and then coolly told him, he ought
to have known, that since the coalition at the weft
end of the town, there was nothing left to blush at !
April 20. Friday a large bod, of sailors with a flag
before them marched to St. James's, with a petition to
his majesty for the payment of their wages and prize
money, when they were referred to the lords of the ad
miralty for redrefe.
Yesterday the Park gates were al! shut and (aßened!
by order; but fomeof the tars found means to Rale the
wall's, or climb over the gates, and got into St. James's
Park • ,but on the Appearance of the guards armed,
they withdrew peaceably, without any bloodshed, or
any mifchief done.
Extract of a letter from Plymouth.
“ Sunday April 13. This forenoon arrived his ma
jeQy's ship St. Michael, 72 guns, from Gibraltar, af
ter a passage of 22 days; she left the troops healthy
and well, and has on board a number of Spanish de
serters, and also some hundred soldiers. General Elli
ot aod the duke de Cribon had an interview on the
isthmus before the ship faifed ; the latter made a pre
fect of a fine horse to general Elliot."
April 2v. Building materials of every kind are go
ing to be sent out to Gibraltar to rebuild tne town tor
the accommodation of its inhabitants: but it will be rais
ed upon an entire new plan, from a hint of governor
Elliot.
Treaty of Peace between the Mahrattas and
the English, signed May 17, 1782.
r. All places and territory, taken io the course 0
the war from the Pefhwa, are to be reflored in two
months after the interchange of the treaty.
2. Salfett and the other islands to remain curs.
3 Baroach to remain ours. We propose to make at
separate grant of it to Sindia.
4. and 5. Ail other territory to which we have $
claim by the treaty of Foonender, to be reinquifhed
by the ,Pefhwa.
6. Ragonent Row to go where he pleases out of our
protection, and allowed four months for that purpose ;
to be allowed 25^000 rupees per month, if he shall
ch ofe to place himfelf under the proteaion of Mahda
jei Sindia.
7. Tne allies of each party to be included in the
treaty.
8. Tuttey Sing 'o be replaced in his original Rate,
without retrofp.aion.
9. The Pethwa a grees that Hyder £ 111 relinquish all
hie conquers in t: e Carnatic, aod release all his prifo,
tiers within fix months after ratification of the treaty •
and the Enghfh e gace tuey will abflain from hoHili
ties with him, while he is at peace wim them and with
the Puhwa.
to. The 7th enlarged.
11. aod 12. Tne navigation and commerce of each
Rate open to the other,
13. No European factories to be allowed in any of
the PUhwa's dominions, except such as the Portuguese
already possess.
14. Neither party to assist the eqemi 3 of the.other,